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Brisbane, Australia CNN  —  Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades. Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with strength the equivalent of a category 1 Atlantic hurricane, is expected to cross the coast just south of the Queensland capital of Brisbane, home to 2.5 million people, in the early hours of Friday, potentially at high tide, complicating the days ahead for emergency services. “This is a rare event – to have a tropical cyclone in an area that is not classified as part of…

 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the economic outlook for America on ‘Kudlow.’ Companies in the private sector added just 77,000 jobs in February, payroll processing firm ADP said on Wednesday. The figure — the lowest since July — is well below economists’ estimates of 140,000 jobs and also more than the prior month’s upwardly revised reading of 186,000. Annual pay was up 4.7%, the same as the prior month, ADP said.”Policy uncertainty and a slowdown in consumer spending might have led to layoffs or a slowdown in hiring last month,” said Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist. “Our data, combined…

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant and head coach Mike Budenholzer were caught in an intense moment during the team’s victory Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.Durant walked back to the bench when it appeared Budenholzer was trying to tell him something. Cameras caught Budenholzer grabbing Durant’s arm and the star basketball player ripping it away. The two had more words before resetting and getting on with the game.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant, #35, shields the ball from Los Angeles Clippers guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, #10, during the first half of an NBA…

The Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team got a crash course into the old saying, “when it rains, it pours,” on Tuesday in a game against the George Mason Patriots.George Mason broke a 42-year-oold NCAA Division I record when the team scored 23 runs in the second inning of their 26-6 win over Holy Cross. The Patriots sent 28 batters to the plate in the inning and 19 batters after Holy Cross got the first out of the inning.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM General view before the start of the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. (Steven…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday night was well-received by those who backed him against Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but alienated Democratic voters who oppose his agenda, a CNN focus group in the Philadelphia suburbs found. Speaking to CNN’s Boris Sanchez, a group of Bucks County voters weighed in on Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress – after he last year became the first Republican to win the political battleground in a presidential race since 1988 with his 291-vote victory out of about 400,000 cast. Carolyn Debuque, a retired Air National Guard officer from Quakertown,…

CNN  —  Well, it finally happened: President Donald Trump fulfilled his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on America’s top three trading partners, Mexico, China and Canada. Collectively, these three countries shipped $1.4 trillion worth of goods to the United States last year, accounting for 40% of all the goods the US imported, according to Commerce Department data. Effective immediately, all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, with the exemption of Canadian energy products, are subject to a 25% tariff. Goods coming from China are subject to a 20% tariff. As the countries vowed retaliatory tariffs on the US, Commerce Secretary…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday night was well-received by those who backed him against Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but alienated Democratic voters who oppose his agenda, a CNN focus group in the Philadelphia suburbs found. Speaking to CNN’s Boris Sanchez, a group of Bucks County voters weighed in on Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress – after he last year became the first Republican to win the political battleground in a presidential race since 1988 with his 291-vote victory out of about 400,000 cast. Carolyn Debuque, a retired Air National Guard officer from Quakertown,…

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CNN  —  Eligibility: In order to be eligible for the CNN Heroes Awards Program (the “Awards Program”), nominees must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as of December 8, 2024 and some portion of nominee’s activities must have taken place on December 8, 2024 or be ongoing, and nominees can not have previously been selected as a CNN Hero Finalist or Winner (“Eligible Nominees”). CNN Heroes may be nominated as set forth herein or chosen by CNN. Nominations submitted in prior years of the Awards Program which meet all requirements of these legal disclosures will also…

CNN  —  The Republican-heavy audience that tuned in to hear President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday greeted it with tempered positivity, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Speech-watchers broadly said Trump’s policies would take the country in the right direction, with majorities saying the same across five issue areas that were the focus of the president’s speech. But fewer expressed strong confidence in Trump to help people like them, use his presidential power responsibly or provide the nation with real leadership. Roughly 7 in 10 speech-watchers said they had at least a somewhat positive reaction to Trump’s speech…