Hundreds of workers are set to lose their jobs after one of the largest breweries in Southern California announced its production facilities will be leaving the region. Stone Brewing will be exiting its three locations in Escondido as the company moves production to Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County and to Kansas City. The craft beer pioneer will first lay off 58 workers in late October before eventually axing a total of 220 employees, according to a notification letter filed with the state. Stone Brewing was acquired by Japanese beer giant Sapporo in 2022 to take on production of…

August 21, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWhen John Howard lost the 2007 election, he could proudly and correctly claim the nation’s finances had never been in better condition.Budget surpluses and government policy such as the sale of Telstra had dramatically improved the nation’s books. Gross government debt was $55 billion or just 0.3 per cent of GDP.Jim Chalmers is the first treasurer to oversee $1 trillion in gross government debt.Dominic LorrimerYou would have to go back to the 1910s to find debt at such a low…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! No matter what you think about capri pants, we’re here to say those feelings are valid. But we’ve seen the style nonstop this year on celebrities like Julia Roberts, and the actress proved that it’s time to either jump on board or get left behind. Her green capris style is only $37! Spotted strolling around New York City, Roberts wore a classic denim button-up shirt, cork sandals and army green capris that hit just below her knee. It’s an outfit that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI interviewed Salvatore Gravano, the former underboss of the Gambino crime family known as “Sammy the Bull,” to ask if ex-FBI Director James Comey likely knew what the term “86” means, according to court documents.Gravano, who had familiarity with Comey due to Comey’s role as the lead prosecutor in United States v. John Gambino et al. in the 1990s, told an FBI case agent during a May 2026 phone call that Comey “had to know” what 86 meant, according to a sworn affidavit from his lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald supporting Comey’s motions…

Hours after the US slapped 50% tariffs on Canadian products, Prime Minster Mark Carney said Saturday that new retaliatory tariffs will take effect on Sept. 8. Speaking from Ottawa a day after threatening to impose “dollar for dollar” tariffs on the United States, Carney said, “in the coming days, we will release the details of these new tariff measures, which will come into force the Tuesday after Labor Day.” The threat comes after new 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports — including beer, cheese and electronics — went into effect at 12:01 a.m., Saturday morning, after the Trump administration slapped…

Attorney Thomas Kenniff, 51 — who along with his law partner Steven Raiser succcessfully defended subway Samaritan Daniel Penny in a sensational trial that captivated the nation in late 2024 — is adding another chapter to his career: author. His debut novel “Tuxedo Park” (Post Hill Press) was released this past Tuesday. The legal thriller, which centers on a race to bring a president-elect to justice, is already garnering him notable praise. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tweeted that Kenniff is the “next Scott Turow” — the lawyer-turned-author who penned the 1999 bestseller “Presumed Innocent.” And if anyone knows a…

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola paid tribute to former Estonian Prime Minister and European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas following the news of his death which was announced by the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Saturday. “It is with sadness that I must announce that my dear father, Siim Kallas, passed away last night,” Kaja Kallas posted on Instagram. Siim Kallas, Estonia’s first ever European commissioner, starting from 2004 and father to the EU’s current foreign affairs chief, died at the age of 77. Metsola’s tribute highlighted the courage needed to rebuild Estonia, introduce its own currency in the…

Canada’s largest private-sector union says it has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on a new deal for some 4,600 auto workers. Unifor announced the agreement Saturday morning and said it would cover workers at auto plants in Oshawa, Ingersoll, St. Catharines and Woodstock. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. “Our bargaining committee worked diligently to reach these agreements, which deliver strong income and benefit gains, amid some of the most challenging times in our history,” national president Lana Payne said in a…

August 21, 2026 — 11:08amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFiona Brown has declared she “ultimately triumphed” over those who tore her down while warning federal parliament must overhaul the way it treats staff caught in political crossfire.The former Liberal staffer’s case brings to a close one of the final pieces of litigation arising from the Brittany Higgins affair, which has spawned multiple court cases, investigations and compensation claims since it erupted in 2021.Fiona Brown was chief of staff to then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds when Brittany Higgins alleged Bruce…

The Old Guard is a superhero story meets covert ops and military, but without any capes or costumes. The superpowered beings at the heart of the film are a mysterious group of immortal beings, led by Andromache or “Andy” (Charlize Theron), who have secretly protected humanity for millennia. As they struggle to maintain their anonymity, they must also contend with the emergence of a new immortal, Nile (KiKi Layne). Together, the team faces both modern threats and age-old enemies in their quest to preserve secrecy about their identities and ensure security for the future. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who previously created…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: An illegal immigrant who re-entered the U.S. five times said his drinking is the “mistake” that finally led to his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Thursday morning.Ernesto Alejandro Perez-Garcia, a Mexican national, was arrested by ICE in Redondo Beach, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Perez-Garcia has a history of arrests dating to 2003 for alcohol-, controlled substance- and driving-related offenses, as well as making terroristic threats and illegally re-entering the U.S. ICE said he illegally entered the country five times and made four additional attempts to enter.Fox…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Houston Texans reportedly signed wide receivers Sterling Shepard and Zay Jones on Friday. The addition of both veterans comes on the day Houston placed second-year WR Jayden Higgins on season-ending injured reserve after tearing his ACL in Tuesday’s practice. Shepard and Jones will provide a boost to what was already a thin receiving corps even before the Higgins injury. Shepard is entering his 10th NFL season, and will be joining his third team. He spent the last two years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the eight before that with the New York…

Minnesota Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar is facing heat from her Republican opponent and critics on social media for campaigning on addressing the massive fraud scandal in her state despite not mentioning it a single time in any press release since the crisis emerged. A Fox News Digital review found that Klobuchar’s Senate office repeatedly issued press releases addressing other forms of fraud between 2022 and 2025, but a review of 1,000 of her official press-release archive found no release directly addressing or offering solutions to fix Minnesota’s sprawling social-services fraud scandal or Feeding Our Future. The $250 million Feeding Our…

When it comes to detecting psychos, you just gotta go with their gut. Scientists have found a surprising link between certain microbes and darker personality characteristics, according to a shocking study in Nature. “We hypothesized that the composition of the gut and oral microbiota may be associated with subclinical psychopathic personality traits,” wrote the team, led by Carolina Costa from the University of Porto in Portugal. While it’s long been known that microscopic flora can influence our mental state, this yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study reportedly marked the first time this particular “association” had been explored. It is well known that psychopathy —…

August 21, 2026 — 11:50amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAEvery few years a sexual assault story catalyses a moment of public reckoning about how we treat women and girls in society. This week, the conversation arrived when sexual assault allegations were levelled against students of Scots College, and days later, a player from the Sydney Swans.These events are not the same, nor are the alleged perpetrators. The accused are underage boys in one case, and a high-profile sportsman in the other. Their different roles in society come with different…