A man who admitted to setting a fire inside the only full-service grocery store in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside earlier this year has received a two-year conditional sentence followed by two years of probation. Victor Atkinson, 50, was originally charged with arson to inhabited property and theft in the March 30 fire at Nesters Market but pleaded guilty in June to the lesser charge of arson to property.At a sentencing hearing Thursday, the court heard Atkinson, who was captured on surveillance and quickly identified by store management and police immediately after the fire, confessed to the crime.Following his arrest at the…
A massive housing project on a Southern California country club’s golf course has been stalled due to the presence of mountain lions. The plan calls for turning part of the Woodland Hills Country Club, a century-old golf course near the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood, into a 400-strong housing complex. Newport Beach developer Arrimus Capital, which owns the country club, filed an application to redevelop part of the golf course with 398 homes. The proposed project would include 175 for-sale, three-story detached single-family homes; 189 rental apartments in a four-story building; and 34 rent-restricted apartments in…
Karoline Leavitt has lined up her next gig after exiting the White House. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, August 21, the former press secretary, 28, revealed that she plans to work for President Donald Trump’s super PAC MAGA Inc., according to NBC News. Leavitt, who previously served as the MAGA Inc. spokesperson before joining Trump’s second administration, did not reveal any additional details about her new role. “You guys will still see me all the time,” she added on Friday, noting that her family will remain in Washington, D.C., amid the job change. Trump, 80, announced…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American Airlines flight landed safely in Dallas after a laptop battery caught fire on board, prompting flight attendants to contain the fire and emergency personnel to meet the aircraft, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.American Airlines Flight 2398 was approaching Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Friday after departing Atlanta when the crew reported a laptop battery fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Flight attendants contained the fire with a thermal containment bag, the FAA said.The Airbus A321 landed safely at DFW at about 6:55 p.m. local time, according…
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The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye. The concern revolves around private credit, which doesn’t have a universal definition but broadly involves businesses taking out loans from non-bank lenders including asset managers, insurers and pension funds.A mid-sized business might turn to private credit if they’re looking for money to fund the next stage of growth but are still too small for a traditional bank loan or issuing debt on the bond market.The share…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump looks to revive summit diplomacy with Kim Jong Un, he faces a North Korea with a larger nuclear arsenal, a powerful new partner in Russia and far less incentive to strike a deal than it had during his first term.Trump’s renewed outreach comes as he remains locked in a nuclear standoff with Iran, reopening another piece of unfinished business from his first term. Unlike Iran, however, North Korea already possesses a mature nuclear arsenal and multiple delivery systems, leaving Trump with little prospect of eliminating the threat militarily…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Saturday dismissed “AI doomsdaying,” warning that China benefits from “overreaction” by the United States as the two countries compete for dominance in artificial intelligence.Fetterman shared an article on X highlighting a Bloomberg analysis examining what it described as the narrowing U.S. lead over China in the AI race and the faster pace at which Chinese companies are deploying advanced models.The Pennsylvania Democrat reacted to the report by arguing that advancements in AI are critical to national security.”AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman wrote.CHINA…
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Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Genetics, daily activities, whatever the cause may be, I stand firmly in the broad-shoulder category. I accept it (and have learned to appreciate it), but shopping for chic seasonal dresses still throws me through a loop . . . until now. I recently cracked the shoulder-flattering code, and I now feel confident in nearly every dress I slip on. So what’s the secret? Well, I have a few. Vertical lines, wrap silhouettes and voluminous skirts are a couple of details…
