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• NFL Draft prospect AJ Simon dead at 25

  18-04-2024 03:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Amitral "AJ" Simon, a pass rusher who was an NFL Draft prospect, has died at the age of 25. Simon’s school, the University of Albany, announced his death Wednesday, posting on social media that he was "Forever a Great Dane.""The UAlbany football program was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former student-athlete Amitral "AJ" Simon this morning," a team statement said. "AJ was a tremendous young man and even better teammate throughout his time at UAlbany. He was a role m
  
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• White House considers accepting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees amid Israel-Hamas war

  01-05-2024 06:16 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration is considering welcoming certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees as they seek to escape war-torn Gaza amid the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas.Senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed in recent weeks the details of potential options to accept Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent U.S. residents, internal federal government documents show, according to CBS Ne
  
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• Kentucky Derby organizers implement more safety measures after last year's string of deaths at historic track

  01-05-2024 05:09 via foxnews.com
  
  The 149th edition of the Kentucky Derby was overshadowed by the deaths of 12 horses in the days surrounding the race at the historic track. Two horses died on May 6, 2023 — the same day as last year's race.The deaths came at a time when the sport of horse racing traditionally draws the most attention. But, last year's tragic series of events at Churchill Downs left many in tears and raised questions about the safety of the sport."You can’t ever be too safe when it comes to our sport,
  
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• Trump condemns 'brainwashed' anti-Israel mob as NYPD moves in, dings Dems: 'Where is Schumer?'

  01-05-2024 05:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump condemned the anti-Israel throngs at Columbia University Tuesday as they began to feel the power of the NYPD after the department received permission from administrators to move in on the demonstrations and made arrests.Trump also took umbrage at certain Jewish politicians who he said have not been at the forefront of joining him in condemnation of the protests and threats against Jews on campus."I'm watching Jewish politicians abandon Israel — I've seen it, you've s
  
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• NYPD release video showing professional 'protest consultant' at Columbia University

  01-05-2024 04:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York City Police Department released a video showing a professional "protest consultant" who was seen on other social media videos instructing a mob of anti-Israel agitators as they took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University overnight Monday.New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke about outside agitators during a press conference Tuesday evening."What should have been a peaceful protest, it has basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators. We were extremely cautious about r
  
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• Military jet crashes near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico

  01-05-2024 04:43 via foxnews.com
  
  An F-16 military jet crashed near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, just before noon local time on Tuesday, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.According to Air Force Col. and 49th Wing Commander Justin Spears, the jet's pilot was the lone occupant in the plane and was able to safely eject from the aircraft before it crashed.The pilot was transported to a local hospital, where he was determined to be in good condition and later released, Spears said.Spears said the Air Force F-16 Fighting
  
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• JESSE WATTERS: Columbia has Bud-lighted their brand

  01-05-2024 04:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Jesse Watters shreds the anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the country on "Jesse Watters Primetime." JESSE WATTERS: Columbia has Bud-lighted their brand. I didn't think you could make Brown look normal, but you did. Who would have thought scrapping the SATs, injecting DEI, CRT, affirmative action and thousands of foreign exchange students would have created America's first Sharia law school. Well done. Just like Black Lives Matter, it's spreading across the count
  
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• SEAN HANNITY: Biden is completely missing in action

  01-05-2024 04:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Sean Hannity shreds President Biden's response to the anti-Israel protests on college campuses on "Hannity."SEAN HANNITY: One Jewish student told the local news, "It is a very visceral, very visceral feeling in me when someone tells me to go back to the gas chambers," and Joe Biden says nothing at UCLA? A suspected "Zionist" wearing a Star of David necklace forced off the sidewalk by racist students. The pro-Palestinian rioters said that Zionist Jews are not allowed to use the side
  
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• Two Columbia students who faced off with mob speak out, claim a car full of 'masked people' surveilled them

  01-05-2024 04:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Columbia University students attempted to blunt the break-in of Hamilton Hall on campus at the hands of anti-Israel throngs, telling Fox News they wanted to make a quiet statement by standing up to unruliness.Charles Beck and Rory Wilson spoke to "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday after Beck was filmed being assailed by masked demonstrators. Wilson joined his classmate in a "spur of the moment" decision stemming from his disdain for the chaos. Video of the confrontation showed the two stud
  
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• LAURA INGRAHAM: Columbia's president should have been fired long ago

  01-05-2024 03:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Laura Ingraham calls out university presidents for allowing "spoiled brats" to take over campuses in her opening monologue Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." LAURA INGRAHAM: Biden's spoiled brats. That's the focus of tonight's "Angle." Now, stories of horrible, bratty children indulged by their parents are nothing new. Until children are punished, until they're made to stop, they're going to keep misbehaving. Is anyone really surprised that the anti-Israel Columbia brats took ov
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for Central African Republic's former president over human rights abuses

  01-05-2024 03:16 via foxnews.com
  
  An internationally backed court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant Tuesday for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses from 2009 to 2013, a spokesperson said.The Special Criminal Court was set up in the capital, Bangui, to try war crimes and other human rights abuses committed during the coups and violence that the country has experienced since 2003.CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REPORTS 10,000 CHILDREN STILL
  
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• Top UN court rejects request for Germany to halt military aid to Israel

  01-05-2024 03:15 via foxnews.com
  
  The top U.N. court rejected on Tuesday a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.The International Court of Justice said that legal conditions for making such an order weren't met and ruled against the request in a 15-1 vote, effectively siding with Germany, which told judges that it's barely exporting any arms to Israel.ORTEGA-LED NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF ABUSES 'TANTAMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
  
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• Portuguese-flagged ship targeted in Arabian Sea drone assault; Houthi rebels claim responsibility

  01-05-2024 03:11 via foxnews.com
  
  A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen's Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday.The attack on the MSC Orion, occurring some 375 miles off the coast of Yemen, appeared to be the first confirmed deep-sea assault claimed by the Houthis since they began targeting ships in November. It suggests the Houthis — or potentially their main benefactor Iran — ma
  
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• Astros' Jose Abreu getting sent to A-ball after tumultuous start to season

  01-05-2024 03:11 via foxnews.com
  
  In his first 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, Jose Abreu was named to three All-Star Games, earned three Silver Slugger Awards, and won an MVP in the truncated 2020 season — soon, he is in A-ball.The Houston Astros announced on Tuesday they will send the first baseman down to the minor leagues on Tuesday as he continues to struggle at the Major League level.Abreu signed a three-year deal worth nearly $60 million with Houston prior to the 2023 season, and he posted career-lows with a .237/.
  
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• Colombia's president says hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from military bases

  01-05-2024 03:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from two military bases in the South American country.In a brief statement, Petro said that an inspection this month by the army found that hundreds of thousands of bullets, thousands of grenades and 37 anti-tank missiles were stolen from a military base in the center of the country and another near the Caribbean coast.TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS PROTEST AGAINST LEFTIST PRESIDE
  
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• Pennsylvania House votes to criminalize Bluetooth stalking

  01-05-2024 03:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Pennsylvania took a step Tuesday toward becoming the latest state to punish someone for using a Bluetooth-connected device to track someone without their permission.The state House of Representatives voted 199-1 to approve legislation that would make using a tracking device to secretly track another person part of Pennsylvania's laws against stalking. The crime would be punishable as a third-degree misdemeanor, or up to 90 days in jail.The bill goes to the Senate, where a separate bill is pendin
  
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• Common mental health problem can shorten cancer survivors’ lives, study finds: ‘Critical issue’

  01-05-2024 03:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Cancer survivors who feel lonely tend to have a greater risk of dying, research suggests.The study, led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN), found that cancer survivors with the highest levels of loneliness had the highest mortality risk, according to a press release.Researchers analyzed 3,447 cancer survivors 50 years of age and older, pulling data from the 2008-2018 Health and Retirement Study.CANCER CASES IN TH
  
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• Columbia University protests: Rep. Elise Stefanik urges trustees to remove Shafik after mob seizes building

  01-05-2024 02:54 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is calling for the removal of Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik, after a mob of anti-Israel agitators took over an academic building early Tuesday morning.In a letter sent on Tuesday to David Greenwald and Clair Shipman and obtained first by Fox News Digital, both co-chairs of the Trustees of Columbia University, Stefanik called the "chaos that has engulfed" the campus for weeks, reaching new levels early that
  
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• Alabama lawmakers eye gambling compromise as legislative session nears its end

  01-05-2024 02:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a compromise on gambling legislation that would authorize a state lottery and multiple sites with electronic gambling machines. But the measure faces an uncertain outlook in the closing days of the legislative session.A conference committee approved the two-bill proposal as lawmakers aim to put the issue to a statewide vote this August. Lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate could vote on the measure as soon as Tuesday evening.
  
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• Jelly Roll's wife hits back at critics after meeting her 'hall pass'

  01-05-2024 02:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Jelly Roll's wife is not tolerating any backlash after meeting her "hall pass."Over the weekend, Bunnie Xo uploaded a video of her meeting Motionless in White's lead singer, Chris Cerulli. "When you finally meet your hall pass," she wrote on top of the video meeting Cerulli at Las Vegas' Sick New World music festival on Sunday.Bunnie, whose legal name is Alyssa DeFord, captioned the video, "You could say we’re in love now," adding a laughing face emoji and a white heart. Playing alongside
  
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• Man Battling Cancer Wins Massive Powerball Jackpot - 'I Prayed to God to Help Me'

  01-05-2024 02:49 via westernjournal.com
  
  Sometimes the most extraordinary blessings emerge from the most unexpected corners. Such is the story of Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, a humble immigrant from Laos residing in Portland, Oregon, who won […]
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• 'Psy-op': Conservatives skeptical of House Dems' motives in protecting Johnson

  01-05-2024 02:48 via foxnews.com
  
  House conservatives are warily watching their Democratic counterparts after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., led a statement promising to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from a GOP-led ouster threat."Some people are wondering if this isn’t like a psy-op, where the Dems are saying we’re going to publicly support you because they want, at the end of the day, for him to be vacated?" Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.House Democratic leaders r
  
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• Sammy Hagar planned to retire until he received a call from Eddie Van Halen

  01-05-2024 02:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Sammy Hagar and Van Halen almost never were. While speaking to Fox News Digital after receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday, Hagar explained he was about to pump the brakes on his music career — until Eddie Van Halen called."Then comes Van Halen when I was ready to retire. I hate to use that word because I swear it’s not in my DNA. But I was ready to say, ‘You know, I’m going to quit for a while. I’m going to stop. I’ve been touring my
  
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• Former world champion boxer Timothy Bradley predicts Mike Tyson will knock out Jake Paul in upcoming bout

  01-05-2024 02:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Legendary heavyweight boxer, Mike Tyson, is slated to make his highly anticipated return to the ring later this year. The July 20 bout against YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul, inside AT&T Stadium in suburban Dallas, will mark Tyson's first fight in almost four years. As the fight draws closer, fans and analysts are sharing their predictions on the bout's outcome. Former world champion and current boxing analyst Timothy Bradley is confident that Tyson will ultimately prevail. Br
  
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• 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Plot Follows Tired Modern Trend of Turning Popular Male Heroes into Washed-Up Failures

  01-05-2024 02:20 via westernjournal.com
  
  Unlike most Disney-Marvel films produced today, the upcoming “Deadpool & Wolverine” has many fans genuinely excited. The teaming up of two iconic characters brought to life by generation-defining acting talent […]
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• With more than 50 overdoses and 8 killed, Texas capital seeing ‘unusually deadly’ string of opioid incidents

  01-05-2024 02:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Austin, Texas, saw an "unusually deadly" surge of more than 50 opioid overdoses between Monday and Tuesday, resulting in eight people dying and several others being rescued with Narcan, according to officials.At about 9 a.m. on Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS personnel began responding to a sudden surge in opioid-related overdose calls.Dispatchers received a series of calls in the downtown area, resulting in a rapid response team that included the Austin-Travis County EMS team and others, being
  
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• First look at Charlotte house where shootout left 4 officers dead, 4 others injured

  01-05-2024 02:16 via foxnews.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New photos taken by Fox News Digital show the devastation left in the wake of the deadly shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, that left four law enforcement officers dead and four others injured.The brick home was badly damaged in the gunfight. Photos show the entire front of the home busted open, exposing the inside. Debris is scattered all throughout the front yard. The shootout happened Monday afternoon. It began when a U.S. Marshals Task Force attempted to serv
  
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• Angels star Mike Trout needs surgery to repair torn meniscus, GM says

  01-05-2024 02:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Things just keep getting worse for Mike Trout.The three-time AL MVP, who hasn’t played in 140-plus games since 2016, will undergo surgery on a torn meniscus.While it’s not season-ending, the center fielder will be sidelined for a while.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTrout was on a power surge to start the year, blasting 10 home runs. However, with the rest of the Los Angeles Angels in shambles, he only has 14 RBIs.His average has dipped to .220.ANGELS' MIKE TROUT:
  
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• High School Principal Axed After Prom Is Marred by 'Disgusting Spectacle' Featuring a Drag Queen

  01-05-2024 02:02 via westernjournal.com
  
  A high school principal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been fired during an investigation into a drag queen performance at prom. According to NBC News, Irene Cisneros, the principal at […]
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• Jerry Seinfeld Doubles Down, Says 'Seinfeld' Jokes Would Never Be Written Today

  01-05-2024 01:56 via westernjournal.com
  
  Renowned stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld made headlines this week for criticizing the “extreme left” for ruining comedy. The quote came out during a wide-ranging Sunday interview with The New Yorker […]
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