NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City officials are looking at ways to ease costs for independent grocers as taxpayers foot the bill for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan.The administration is eyeing tax breaks, incentives and zoning benefits to help private grocers manage costs as the city moves ahead with taxpayer-subsidized stores that will receive low- or no-cost real estate, city-funded buildouts and other subsidies.That could put taxpayers in a position of paying twice, once for the city-run stores and again for incentives that could be used to ease costs for private grocers operating…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Embattled Sinaloa, Mexico, Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya abruptly requested an indefinite leave of absence Saturday, just one day after returning to office following a three-month absence triggered by U.S. drug trafficking charges against him.Rocha, 77, shared a letter on social media asking for “temporary leave of an indefinite nature, for more than 30 days” from his position as governor.The letter, dated Aug. 22 and stamped received by the Sinaloa State Congress that day, does not say when Rocha plans to return or why he is stepping away again.MEXICAN SENATOR ACCUSES SHEINBAUM OF…

School administrators at a San Diego High School are being accused in a federal lawsuit of retaliating against two students for expressing pro-Trump views at a February 6 anti-ICE rally on campus. The suit, against Torrey Pines High School, also alleges admin falsely reported one of the students to police, who ended up in an overnight psychiatric hold. In the federal complaint from Aug. 19, one student, referred to as M.F., says he and a co-plaintiff, referred to as A.F., attended to express their contrary viewpoints. To make his point, M.F. brought a small printout to the demonstration that spelled…

More than 10,000 people marched in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, on Sunday in a protest against human-made climate change, weeks ahead of a 13 September general election where the issue is top among Swedish voters’ concerns. The protest comes as experts in Sweden and abroad have warned that the government’s climate policy jeopardises the country’s emissions-cutting goals, to reduce CO₂ emissions from transport by 70 percent from 2010 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. Organised by youth and sporting groups, unions, rural associations and rights groups, the rally in the Swedish capital included Sweden’s most famous…

The mystery man known as “Lucky,” who was found with no identification in Amsterdam in 2023, is not a missing Vancouver man, according to police. Vancouver police confirmed earlier this week they were looking into whether “Lucky” might be John Russell Kenny, missing since 1994. On Saturday, Amsterdam police confirmed on Saturday “Lucky” and Kenny are different people.“This lead was investigated together with the Canadian police, and it has now been definitively established that Lucky and Mr. Kenny are not the same person,” Amsterdam police spokesperson Marijke Stor said.Vancouver police Const. Megan Lui confirmed the finding in an email to…

August 21, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAARevelations that elders of a wealthy Christian sect secretly paid bundles of cash to far-right activists and others with fringe views for an “influence campaign” to disrupt Albanese government appearances during the federal election are a reminder that the fragile bond between religion and politics must always be kept in check.An investigation by our reporters Sherryn Groch and Michael Bachelard has uncovered a digital trail of evidence showing the church formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren mobilised far-right figures around…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If the end of summer means less time working remotely and more time at the office, you might want to give your wardrobe a quick fall update — and no, we’re not just talking about sweaters. Instead of reaching for high heels, which might make your feet ache after a few hours, consider laid-back alternatives that look just as elevated while also giving your work uniform an autumnal-chic spin. We scoured Amazon’s fall edit and found several laid-back luxe shoe…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The internet is ablaze after controversial socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan invoked second lady Usha Vance in taking a dig at Vice President JD Vance, leading some top voices to question how he would treat female staff should he win in November.”El Sayed is now attacking Wives [sic] of US leaders? What a guy,” said former Florida state representative Ben Graber on X.El-Sayed, running against Republican former congressman Mike Rogers, launched the attack on Saturday after Vance slammed him for his stated adherence to Sharia law during a rally in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cruise operators are being asked to scale back trips through certain fjords, or narrow coastal waterways surrounded by steep terrain, after residents of Greenland raised concerns about the impact of ships on local communities and the environment.The guidance comes after residents cited noise, effects on wildlife and a desire to preserve natural areas used for recreation, hunting and fishing, according to a press release from the government of Greenland, Naalakkersuisut.Naalakkersuisut is recommending that cruise ships avoid sailing through affected fjord areas when possible or limit their presence in those locations.POPULAR CRUISE LINE’S…

The agency charged with tackling Los Angeles’ spiraling homelessness crisis works from a swanky office in downtown where lucky tenants can summon a chauffeur-driven Maybach and hop a helicopter to LAX, the California Post can reveal. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is headquartered on the 10th floor of the AON Tower at 707 Wilshire Boulevard, a 62-story Class A skyscraper with about 1.3 million sq-ft in office space that claims workers can enjoy an “unexpected level of hospitality that is far from the status quo.” And the lucky bureaucrats can sweat it out in the downstairs ”707 Fitness Vault”,…

It’s an unlikely thing to wait in line for. Head down a side street, in through an anonymous door, and you’ll join a long line people waiting to go upstairs. Open a spiked metal gate at the top, and there you have it: the university jail. I’m in Heidelberg, visiting a series of small rooms covered in graffiti where students were imprisoned for centuries. In Germany, in fact, the possession of a prison was a distinguishing feature of universities. It was a sign that the institution possessed legal authority over its members. It was also a product of the fact…

Published on 23/08/2026 – 15:35 GMT+2 Rising tensions between Italy and the main European Union countries over the implementation of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Ireland has become the seventh member state to call for asylum seekers to be returned to the countries of first entry and for strict compliance with the rules on secondary movements. The most heated confrontation remains with Germany. While Berlin is pushing for readmissions of so-called ‘Dublin cases’ – migrants who arrived in one member state and then moved to another without having lodged an asylum application – Italy is strongly opposed…

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…

August 23, 2026 — 5:30amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAARents in parts of the nation’s capital cities have soared by 80 per cent since the end of the COVID-era freeze on rents, but there are pockets of the country where landlords are getting less from their tenants than they did five years ago.Houses have become so unaffordable for many that people are turning their attention increasingly towards either buying or renting inner city units where they also face competition from international students, figures compiled by property data company Cotality…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! My mom has always been my fashion role model, even though many of her pieces are out of my budget. She’s all about comfy fabrics, flattering silhouettes and polished details, and her favorites never seem to go out of style. But what I realized is that none of those elements have to do with price. With this in mind, I scoured Amazon and found 17 luxe-looking pieces that totally nail her aesthetic, and they shockingly start at only $8. From…