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A Fredericton man, who was arrested after he barricaded himself in a downtown apartment building for seven hours on Thursday evening, appeared in court on Friday. The man, who is in his late 30s, was brought into Fredericton Provincial Court  for a breach of an undertaking from June 9. He appeared before Judge Julian Dickson in a grey, hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. There was no comment on the nature of his charges, but both the Crown and the defence rejected the man's release from custody. A bail hearing was set for Aug. 22 at 1:30 p.m. in Fredericton. Standoff on Aberdeen Street Police used tear gas to get the man out of the building on the 200 block of Aberdeen Street, late Thursday night . About 12 to 15 police officers responded to the standoff, which began at about 6 p.m. Sgt. Jason Forward of the Fredericton police said the street was blocked off and people were evacuated from the building from 6 p.m. Thursday until 1 a.m. Friday, when the man was arrested. Sgt. Justin ...

Megyn Kelly is excited about bonding with her fellow human beings . She’s so excited she’s bouncing in her chair, hands waving, as she talks about empowerment and laughter and tears. It’s a recent summer evening , and we’re in her living room on Manhattan’s Upper West Side —a simple space of modern furniture, earth tones, and bookshelves (mostly hardcover novels, De­Mille to Franzen). The apartment is quiet, uncharacteristically so, as her husband, the tech CEO turned novelist Douglas Brunt , and their children—sons Yates and Thatcher, eight and four, and six-year-old daughter Yardley—are all at the beach. Kelly, barefoot in a loose cream-colored sweater and black leggings, is telling me about her new perch at NBC and the morning show, Megyn Kelly Today , that’s set to debut later this month. Not that she can get into specifics. Occupying what used to be the 9:00 a.m. hour of the Today show, her new venture, she says, will have a live studio audience and guests of various sorts. It w...