Chapter 1: What happened during the shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto?
A shooting at a U.S. consulate. On Lisa Brady, Fox News. It happened during pre-dawn hours. The American consulate in Toronto hit by gunfire. Our community has experienced a deeply concerning incident. And I went again by acknowledging the worry and uncertainty many people are feeling today.
Chief Superintendent Chris Leather of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police also just telling reporters whether it's terrorism related is under investigation, but they are boosting security at the U.S. and Israeli consulates. No injuries reported. The U.S. and Israel keep pounding Iran with War Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the force and frequency of strikes are increasing.
And he says they're taking every effort to minimize civilian deaths. Unlike Iran, who targets civilians indiscriminately, who we've seen in the intel moving rocket launchers into civilian neighborhoods, near schools, near hospitals, to try to prevent our ability to strike. That's how they operate. The U.S. continues to insist there will be no ceasefire, leaving Iran's Islamic rulers in power.
Fox's Evan Brown, Iran's parliament speaker, posting they also are not seeking a ceasefire. President Trump has warned Iran will be hit even harder if it blocks oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Thanks to Donald Trump's lack of foresight, Iran has a new, even more radical, even more hostile supreme leader. who will not be inclined to give up leverage over the strait.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, as many Democrats, criticized the war while also continuing to block Homeland Security funding in a fight over immigration enforcement policies. It's hard to get to a solution when you have one party that refuses to even sit down and talk. Senate Majority Leader John Thune accusing Democrats of playing politics and refusing to negotiate.
The Alabama governor just commuting the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Sonny Burton, who was set to be executed this week, though he was not in the building when a man was killed during a robbery in 1991. Governor Kay Ivey changing his sentence to life without parole. America is listening to Fox News. Join Fox in supporting our troops.
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Chapter 2: How are U.S. and Israel responding to the situation in Iran?
There are lots of studies showing the negative effects of pandemic-related school disruptions, but first and second graders who were babies or not born yet still do worse on reading and math tests than kids before, according to the NWEA Education Assessment and Research Group.
Its report shows math scores have been inching back up every year, but reading scores are stuck where they've been since the spring of 2021, the end of the first full pandemic school year. The researchers say they can't pinpoint one specific cause, but there is something going on.
More screen time, for example, fewer parents reading to their children, and it's possible that the pandemic did affect future literacy skills by limiting early childhood experiences. Chris Foster, Fox News. The Vatican just confirming that Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of a San Diego bishop facing embezzlement and money laundering charges.
A day after, Bishop Emanuel Shaletta pleaded not guilty to 17 felony counts. Also insisting during a recent mass he's never abused any penny of the church money. Prosecutors in San Diego County say the allegations are related to missing rental payments from a tenant of the church's social hall. Crews in St. Petersburg, Florida, are trying to confirm whether bodies are under a baseball stadium.
The city council recently approved a nearly $400,000 contract for what's known as ground truthing, the process to physically investigate underground anomalies that may confirm if the possible anomalies detected are graves. There could be as many as 10 bodies underground lot one at Tropicana Field. Councilmember Corey Givens Jr.
believes one of his relatives could be among those buried at the site of a segregated cemetery which closed in 1926 in the historic gas plant district. A once thriving black community which was largely displaced during urban renewal and the construction of the stadium. Fox's CJ Papa. City officials say the work is expected to start after the 2026 Tampa Bay Rays baseball season. Stocks are higher.
The Dow's up 198 as oil prices fall. Elisa Brady, Fox News. This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus. A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at foxnewspodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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