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The 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, marking the sixth arrest in connection with Sunday's incident near the airbase.

Trump border czar Tom Homan took issue with criticism from Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar who said ICE operations have gone too far. "Give me an example on when we went too far," Homan told CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez.

"I think it's important that the information be released and be a little bit more transparent about what the process is," Graham Lee, president and CEO of GSL Group said.

1. AI agents tried to hack divorce records from a Canadian government website, report says  The Globe and Mail
2. AI agents tried to hack Library and Archives Canada website, research firm says  CBC
3. AI hack on Canadian archive is ‘the world we live in now,’ expert warns  ctvnews.ca
4. OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canada’s gov’t  Al Jazeera
5. Rogue AI agents tried and failed to hack US and Canadian government websites  Yahoo News Canada

1. AI agents tried to hack divorce records from a Canadian government website, report says  The Globe and Mail
2. AI agents tried to hack Library and Archives Canada website, research firm says  CBC
3. AI hack on Canadian archive is ‘the world we live in now,’ expert warns  ctvnews.ca
4. OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canada’s gov’t  Al Jazeera
5. Rogue AI agents tried and failed to hack US and Canadian government websites  Yahoo News Canada

A major international airport is facing mounting scrutiny after investigators released preliminary findings into a series of runway incidents and near collisions.

The incidents, which involved passenger aircraft, all occurred at Sydney Airport during the past three months.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released preliminary reports Sept. 30.

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The incidents began July 27, when a Qantas Boeing 737 was cleared to cross a runway in front of a QantasLink Dash 8 that was landing, according to the ATSB.

On Aug. 9, a Jetstar Airbus A320 was forced to brake abruptly to avoid a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 being towed across its path. A flight attendant aboard the Jetstar aircraft fell during that sudden braking and fractured her wrist.

The same day, a Qantas Boeing 737 was cleared to cross a runway in front of a Virgin Australia 737 that had just been cleared for takeoff, the report said. 

Nine days later, a Qantas Airbus A321 had to brake while taxiing to allow another Qantas 737 to pass in front of it.

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In a statement to Fox News Digital Thursday, Sydney Airport said safety was its "highest priority."

"We will continue to support the Minister and Airservices as they work through the preliminary findings and the appropriate actions," a spokesperson said. "We await the final reports and any recommendations arising from the ATSB’s investigations."

Staffing levels at Sydney Airport's control tower had emerged as a recurring area of inquiry, investigators said, although they have not determined whether staffing factors directly contributed to any of the recent incidents.

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"These investigations will look to understand the significance of staff resourcing pressures within the tower, specifically, the practice of combining operational roles, the routine reliance on overtime to fill shifts and training or supervision activities being conducted alongside operational duties," Angus Mitchell, ATSB chief commissioner, said in a press release.

Investigators also raised concerns about fatigue, though they cautioned that a heightened risk of fatigue does not necessarily mean controllers were tired at the time of the incidents.

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"We are examining the effectiveness of the measures in place to manage this identified risk," Mitchell added.

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The incidents came as Sydney Airport recorded the highest rate of ground conflicts per aircraft movement among Australia's major airports in the post-COVID period, about 20% above the national average, according to a separate ATSB analysis.

Mitchell cautioned that the findings should "be viewed in the context of Sydney Airport being the most complex in the country."

Fox News Digital reached out to the ATSB for further comment and insight.

FIRST ON FOX — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a Kentucky church’s fight to build a prayer grotto on its property, taking up a dispute over what constitutes a "substantial burden" on religious exercise under federal land-use law.

Ryan Gardner, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, which represents the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, told Fox News Digital the implications stretch far beyond the proposed Catholic shrine in Park Hills, Kentucky.

"This is a massive case for religious liberty because it has the potential to impact every single zoning law in this country," Gardner told Fox News Digital.

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At the center of the case is a proposed 16-by-39-foot grotto that court records say would include a shrine to the Virgin Mary, a plaza, walking path and retaining wall. Gardner compared its roughly 600-square-foot footprint to the size of a swimming pool.

The church applied in March 2021 for a conditional-use permit and variance to build the grotto behind its building in honor of the Virgin Mary’s apparition to Saint Bernadette in Lourdes, France. The church building itself has stood on the property for nearly a century, predating Park Hills’ zoning ordinance adopted in 1974.

The property history is a bit more complicated than the case’s shorthand description may suggest. The proposed grotto involved an adjacent parcel that was initially subject to a perpetual lease that would be transferred to the religious organization as a condition of the project’s approval. But unlike many religious land-use disputes, Gardner said, the church’s initial fight in this case was not with the local government.

The Park Hills Board of Adjustment approved the church’s permit in April 2021. Two neighboring property owners, however, Joel and Elizabeth Frederic, objected and challenged the board’s decision in Kentucky state court.

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A trial court ruled in the church’s favor, but the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed, concluding the board exceeded its authority in approving the project and finding no violation of federal religious land-use law. The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the RLUIPA ruling in December 2025, prompting the church to seek Supreme Court review.

The case centers on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, known as RLUIPA, a federal law enacted to protect religious institutions from certain burdens on the use of their property.

"RLUIPA is at the intersection of two very critical rights in this country: the rights of religious liberty and property rights," Gardner told Fox News Digital.

The church asked the justices to review two questions under RLUIPA, but the Supreme Court agreed to hear only one about whether prohibiting a religious institution from building a religious structure on its own property constitutes a "substantial burden" on religious exercise under the law.

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Gardner said lower courts have developed different approaches to the law since Congress enacted it in 2000, leaving religious organizations with different levels of protection depending on where a dispute arises. He argues the Supreme Court now has an opportunity to establish a clearer standard nationwide.

The missionaries similarly argued in their Supreme Court petition that federal and state courts are divided over how to determine whether a land-use restriction creates a "substantial burden" under RLUIPA. The Frederics disputed that characterization in their opposition brief, arguing appellate courts generally consider similar factors and that differing outcomes can reflect differing facts. The Frederics also argued that the Missionaries failed to show that alternative locations for the grotto were unavailable.

An attorney for the Frederics did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The case also puts two constitutionally significant areas of law alongside one another — religious exercise and the authority of local governments to regulate property use.

While Gardner acknowledged that zoning serves a legitimate role in how local governments organize, he argued those same regulations remain subject to federal-level protections for religious exercise. That question, he said, reaches well beyond one prayer grotto in Kentucky.

The SCOTUS ruling could affect disputes involving churches, synagogues, ministries and other religious organizations seeking to use their properties for worship or religious activities, according to Gardner. He warned that an overly narrow interpretation of the federal law could have "dire consequences" for religious land use around the country.

For the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, however, the case that could shape religious land-use law across the country began with something much smaller, a roughly 600-square-foot place of prayer.

Alberta-born k.d. lang says people should listen to each other, doesn't have strong stance on separatism  castanet.net

Alberta-born k.d. lang says people should listen to each other, doesn't have strong stance on separatism  Castanet

With midterms just 33 days away, Pres. Trump campaigned in Texas – where one of the nation’s fiercest Senate races could decide control of Congress.

Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.

Trump border czar Tom Homan speaks with CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez about February's fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that formally recognizes two Muslim holidays as state holidays on Sunday, making it the second state to formally recognize both holidays statewide.

California Assembly Bill 2017 officially added Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the list of state holidays, which would permit public schools and colleges to close and allow state employees to be eligible to observe the holidays. 

However, schools and businesses will not be required to close on these days, and courts will be required to stay open.

This makes California the second state in the country, after Washington state, to pass statewide legislation recognizing the Muslim holidays.

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Before signing AB 2017, Newsom had multiple bills on his desk that provided protections and exceptions for other religious observances, including Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. 

For example, AB 395, which reached the governor days before AB 2017, would codify these Jewish holidays, among others, into state law and require state agencies and facilities like schools to "make every reasonable effort" to avoid scheduling significant functions for those days.

Another bill, AB 1763, would also guarantee students in K-12 be allowed excused absences for religious holidays.

Though these bills were introduced and presented to the governor before AB 2017, Newsom did not sign the additional bills into law until Wednesday, prior to the midnight deadline.

Republican opponents criticized Newsom for appearing to prioritize bills recognizing Muslim holidays over bills allowing for equal treatment for Jewish holidays.

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"The fact that Newsom chose to sign the Eid law before the law that protected other religious observance speaks volumes about the direction he is moving as he eyes a 2028 run for the presidency," Elizabeth Barcohana, chair of Jewish engagement for the California Republican Party, told Cleveland Jewish News (JNS) Thursday.

She also warned that these laws would give Muslim holidays additional privileges not afforded to other religions, which could include closing schools.

"People may think this is alarmist, but this is an example of American laws adopting a Sharia law framework," Barcohana told JNS. "Special protections no other religious observance receives, the option to shut down public institutions to observe the holiday that, until now, only Christian holidays received and curriculum in public schools that is religious in nature notably about a religion that emphasizes conversion."

However, David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, supported Newsom's actions, saying he was not concerned about the order in which the bills were signed because all three became law.

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"With more than 1,000 bills in front of him this past month, we aren't concerned with the sequencing of Assembly Bill 395 and Assembly Bill 1763, as long as they got signed, and they did. We're thrilled to see these two critical religious freedom protections become law and to recognize three Jewish holidays in California statute for the first time," Bocarsly told Fox News Digital.

His organization also celebrated Newsom signing into law SB 1387, which recognizes Jewish identity as an ethnicity.

Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response. 

Christy Clark clarifies ‘dumb woman’ remark as B.C. NDP leader slams ‘ridiculous stories’  CTV News

Christy Clark clarifies ‘dumb woman’ remark as B.C. NDP leader slams ‘ridiculous stories’  CTV News

1. Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day  ctvnews.ca
2. Sooke Brewing Company says co-owner 'terminated' after Truth and Reconciliation Day shirt controversy  CHEK News
3. Sooke brewery fires co-owner over ‘show me the evidence’ shirt  Sooke News Mirror
4. Sooke Brewing Company fires co-owner over ‘show me the evidence’ T-shirt backlash  CityNews Vancouver
5. B.C. brewery co-owner sparks backlash over ‘show me the evidence’ shirt  Abbotsford News

US deploys Roosevelt strike group and 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as part of a wider buildup around Iran.

1. Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day  CTV News
2. Sooke Brewing Company says co-owner 'terminated' after Truth and Reconciliation Day shirt controversy  CHEK News
3. Sooke brewery fires co-owner over ‘show me the evidence’ shirt  Sooke News Mirror
4. Sooke Brewing Company fires co-owner over ‘show me the evidence’ T-shirt backlash  CityNews Vancouver
5. B.C. brewery co-owner sparks backlash over ‘show me the evidence’ shirt  Abbotsford News

Hugo Flint-Cahan, 34, was fatally attacked by Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, at a mental health trust in east London.