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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s been two years since Rick Allen, the legendary drummer from Def Leppard, was randomly attacked outside a Florida hotel, and the 61-year-old musician is still struggling with the aftermath. “I’ve been going through some challenging times, kind of related to what happened in Florida,” Allen said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk.” “And that whole thing is ongoing, when I got beaten up outside the hotel. So I’ve been trying to deal with that the best that I can, and really I just needed to take a break…

Many travelers to Istanbul, Turkey, may find themselves at one of the most beautiful sacred places in the world: the Hagia Sophia.The ancient temple attracts scores of visitors from the West. It’s known for its history as a Christian basilica for almost 1,000 years before becoming a mosque during the Ottoman Empire.Officials are now working to preserve the historic domes of the monument — built between 532 and 537 AD — from the threat of earthquakes.POPULAR CHURCH WILL CURB TOURIST CROWDS BY CREATING SEPARATE ‘SELFIE SPACE’The renovation will reinforce the Hagia Sophia’s main dome and half domes, replacing the worn lead coverings and…

CNN  —  The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with his funeral scheduled for Saturday April 26 at 10 a.m.. Given his relatively liberal policies and habit of phoning up members of the public for a chat, it’s possible that many non-Catholics will want to pay their respects, in addition to the nearly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. Foreign visitor numbers in Italy are already reaching all-time highs — and Rome is even fuller than usual this year because of the Vatican Jubilee, which will see an…

CNN  —  The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that it will revive a lawsuit from fuel producers challenging California’s strict vehicle emission rules, with both conservative and liberal justices signaling that the companies have standing to sue. Several of the justices suggested a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, erred when it barred the fuel makers’ suit on the theory that market forces are driving the national push toward electric vehicles far more than California’s tough regulations. “Wasn’t the goal of the California regulations to reduce the use of petitioner’s fuel?” Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, pointedly asked the attorney representing…

CNN  —  Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate who has been in immigration detention in Louisiana for more than a month, was barred from attending the birth of his firstborn child Monday, after immigration officials denied him permission to attend the birth in person, according to emails reviewed by CNN. On Sunday morning, attorneys for Khalil wrote to Mellissa Harper, director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in New Orleans, requesting that Khalil be released from detention for two weeks so he could travel to New York and be with his wife when she delivered their son.…

CNN  —  The Trump administration appears open to negotiations with Harvard, even after America’s most prestigious university sued the federal government – setting up a clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. Last week, administration officials reached out to Harvard representatives three times in an effort to restart talks, a person familiar with the outreach told CNN. The nation’s oldest university indicated it was not interested in negotiating, the person said. Two sources tell CNN all outreach attempts were informal. Barring a settlement, the legal showdown over frozen federal funds will likely take years to play out and…

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EXCLUSIVE: The families of the victims of an Orange County, Calif., high-speed car crash are sending letters to the state to keep an illegal immigrant convicted felon behind bars, as he’s expected to be released from prison over six years before his 10-year sentence is up.Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, was driving drunk, high, and speeding at nearly 100mph on the 405 freeway in Orange County in November 2021, when he crashed into a car being driven by a young couple, 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, killing them both as they burned alive. In 2022, he was convicted of two…

EXCLUSIVE: The families of the victims of an Orange County, Calif., high-speed car crash are sending letters to the state to keep an illegal immigrant convicted felon behind bars, as he’s expected to be released from prison over six years before his 10-year sentence is up.Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, was driving drunk, high, and speeding at nearly 100mph on the 405 freeway in Orange County in November 2021, when he crashed into a car being driven by a young couple, 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, killing them both as they burned alive. In 2022, he was convicted of two…

CNN  —  The Department of Education has recently announced that it will restart collecting federal student loans in default on May 5, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished. More than 5 million borrowers are in default, the department said in a news release. Federal student loans go into default after 270 days without payment. As part of the move, the Education Department’s Office of Student Aid will restart the Treasury Offset Program, which collects debts by garnishing federal and state payments, such as tax returns or social security benefits. The department has also…