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• BioNTech says it could tweak Covid vaccine in 100 days if needed

  26-11-2021 19:30
  
  Company says it will know in two weeks whether current Pfizer jab is effective against Omicron variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBioNTech says it could produce and ship an updated version of its vaccine within 100 days if the new Covid variant detected in southern Africa is found to evade existing immunity.The German biotechnology company is already investigating whether the vaccine it developed with US drugmaker Pfizer works well against the variant, named
  
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• Trump AG pick hangs by a thread as key GOP senators refuse to commit

  16-07-2026 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is headed for a second straight day of grilling in the Senate, and his path to confirmation still remains cluttered with two key Republicans keeping tight-lipped on whether they’ll support him.Blanche’s first day was fraught with questions about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of millions of documents related to the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, known as the Epstein Files, the now-defunct anti-weaponization fund an
  
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• Red state governors blast CNBC's 'worst states to live' list, point to booming population growth

  16-07-2026 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican governors are firing back at CNBC after the financial news outlet released its annual quality-of-life rankings, which placed conservative red states in all the bottom-10 spots on the list, even as official U.S. Census data shows those very states are leading the nation in population growth.CNBC faced a wave of online mockery and conservative backlash Monday following the release of its 2026 "America’s Top States for Business" study. Critics quickly took to social media to call o
  
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• Caitlin Clark calls out referees for failing to call foul on play she says gave her a contusion

  16-07-2026 12:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Caitlin Clark directly called out a referee for missing a call against her after a loss on Wednesday night.Clark was seen yelling demonstratively in the face of a referee after a play against Golden State veteran Kiah Stokes. Clark said she was "kneed in the quad" after the game and suffered a contusion."I got kneed right in the quad, that hurts, the ref can’t miss that," she told reporters.STEPHANIE WHITE GIVES CAITLIN CLARK STATUS UPDATE AHEAD OF FEVER-SPARKS, BUT HER NEXT MOVE RAISES QU
  
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• Dem Senate hopeful's pink-gloved meltdown resurfaces after viral pep talk ignited mockery

  16-07-2026 12:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Haley Stevens’ awkward campaign pep talk that went viral this week is not the first time the Michigan Democrat has made waves for an unusual public speaking moment.Stevens, who is now running for Michigan’s open Senate seat, was mocked online this week after a video of her cringey stump speech telling supporters she would bring "a little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of energy and a little bit of stick-it-to-them … because that’s the Michigan way" went viral and g
  
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• Trump keeps 'really big' address under wraps as White House says ‘nobody knows’ what he’ll reveal

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump announced he will deliver a Thursday night address that he suggested will focus on "free and fair elections," teasing what he called one of the most important speeches of his presidency while offering few details about what he plans to unveil."As usual, anonymous sources are speculating about what President Trump will say during his speech on Thursday evening," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital. "The truth is, nobody knows yet what Presiden
  
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• Slain N.J. woman, missing Bahamas boater's spouses lawyer up; one disappears while other recently spotted

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Brian Hooker, the husband to missing Michigan mother Lynette Hooker, has kept a low profile for months following her mysterious disappearance.Comparatively, in a separate high-profile case, Conor Hanlon, the husband to slain New Jersey therapist Brooke Hanlon, has been spotted twice in one week.In both cases, these husbands have kept quiet as questions remain unanswered about their wives. Both men have lawyered up. Neither has been charged with a crimeLYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE
  
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• Inside Princess Diana and JFK Jr.'s secret meeting that fueled romance rumors for decades

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  In December 1995, the world's two most famous people met in secret at New York City's Carlyle Hotel.John F. Kennedy Jr. hoped to persuade Princess Diana to grace the cover of his magazine, "George." The Princess of Wales, for her part, wanted to meet the man who had managed the impossible: living under an unforgiving media spotlight without being consumed by it.Caroline Hallemann wrote about the encounter in her book, "The Kennedys & the Windsors," which explores the two dynasties and how th
  
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• Celebrity chef says if you can drive to McDonald's, you can cook healthy meals at home

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A Michelin-starred chef wants people to know that a lack of effort — not distance — is what's stopping American families from eating healthily. He argues that advances in technology have made fresh food more accessible than ever, shifting the conversation from access to personal habits.Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian spoke with Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair about all things nutrition, but one hot take stood out from the rest."You're not in a food desert — t
  
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• Billions in taxpayer income are leaving two iconic states — as a new economic map emerges

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  As Americans continue relocating across state lines, California and New York remain at the center of the nation's migration story.The latest IRS data show the top 10 counties with the largest net losses of taxpayers to other states were all located in California and New York. Compiled from federal tax returns, the figures offer one of the clearest snapshots of where Americans are relocating — and where their income is moving with them. Economists say those migration patterns help explain b
  
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• Apple AirDrop, Android Quick Share flaws put phones at risk

  16-07-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Apple AirDrop and Android Quick Share are the kind of phone features you probably use without thinking much about them. You want to send a photo across the room. You want to move a file from your phone to your laptop. So you tap share, pick a nearby device and move on.Now, new security research shows those handy nearby-sharing tools can also create a wireless opening around your phone.Researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security examined Apple AirDrop and Android Quick Shar
  
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• Swalwell campaigns drop eye-popping cash to celeb defense attorney weeks after resigning

  16-07-2026 11:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., paid one of his attorneys over $360,000 combined from his congressional and gubernatorial campaign accounts just weeks after dropping out of the gubernatorial race and resigning from Congress, a Fox News Digital review found.A $50K payment, which was made on April 24 to celebrity lawyer Sara Azari for "Legal [and] Accounting Services," raises questions about what the payment was for and whether Swalwell was intending to try to salvage his public ima
  
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• SEN ELIZABETH WARREN: The housing bill is law without Trump. Families need Congress to keep sprinting

  16-07-2026 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The biggest housing bill in more than 30 years is finally law. For more than two weeks, President Donald Trump refused to sign the bill — not because he had a problem with it, but because he cared so little about the squeeze families are facing that he sat on the bill for so long, it became law without him.President Trump calls the affordability crisis a "hoax" and has called this landmark legislation "minor." But overwhelming numbers of Americans understand that the affordability and hous
  
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• MORNING GLORY: I asked Trump if he was prepared to remove Iran’s new leaders

  16-07-2026 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  "Can you or the American military or the Israeli military get to what’s left of their third string and their fourth string and their fifth string? Do you know where they are? Can you kill them?"I posed those questions to President Donald Trump Monday, July 13."Yeah, I do, but we don’t want to talk about that," the president replied.TRUMP SAYS HE LEFT INSTRUCTIONS TO 'BOMB' IRAN 'AT LEVELS' NEVER SEEN IF HE IS ASSASSINATED"But we certainly are watching, yeah," he added. "I know a lot
  
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• CHAD WOLF: Canada can't expect free trade while leaving our northern border vulnerable

  16-07-2026 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The longest international border in the world has a security problem, and Canada is not treating it with the urgency it deserves.Recently, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin laid out a sobering picture of how people from 78 nations have been apprehended crossing the northern border. U.S. agents are now arresting a terrorist on the watch list nearly every week at the northern border, and over the past year alone, enough fentanyl to kill 17 million Americans has been seized
  
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• BRET BAIER: Lindsey Graham was a true defender of America and a bridge builder

  16-07-2026 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Lindsey Graham was a consequential senator. If there was an important issue, he was right there on top of it. But that’s not the whole story. The essence of his character, the shaping of his background, the joy he found in people and in the political process, and the joy he brought to those around him, is the big story.Over the years I had an opportunity to see Lindsey at work on many occasions, and to hear his passion for the issues. He could be the most entertaining person at any dinner
  
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• Two families sue North Dakota hospital on allegations babies were switched at birth

  16-07-2026 08:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Two families are suing a North Dakota hospital, alleging hospital staff mistakenly switched two baby boys at birth more than 36 years ago.Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison were the only two babies born at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota, on Jan. 26, 1988, the men and their families said in the lawsuit, according to KVLY. Christian Unity Hospital Corporation, doing business as Unity Medical Center, was named as the defendant.The plaintiffs allege hospital staff switched the infants and
  
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• ICE arrests record 238 illegal immigrants in one day during South Texas enforcement operation

  16-07-2026 07:10 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that its Harlingen, Texas, field office, working with law enforcement partners, arrested 238 illegal immigrants in a single-day operation that the agency said set a record for targeted arrests in the Rio Grande Valley.ICE said the arrests marked the highest number of targeted arrests in a single day for Enforcement and Removal Operations Harlingen.The June 18 operation resulted in the arrests of illegal immigrants with convictions i
  
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• Marcello Hernández roasts Jake Paul, Tiger Woods and Bill Belichick in ESPYS monologue

  16-07-2026 06:06 via foxnews.com
  
  The ESPYS brought some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment to New York City on Wednesday night, a day that typically ranks among the slowest on the sports calendar.But this year’s ceremony was preceded by a World Cup semifinal match in Atlanta that was already being described as an instant classic. Lionel Messi and Argentina punched their ticket to a second straight World Cup final with a win over England. The defending champions will meet Spain on Saturday in nearby New Jerse
  
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• Lindsey Graham’s final act reverberates in Senate as sister is urged to 'keep pedaling'

  16-07-2026 06:00 via foxnews.com
  
  It was 2:35 a.m. ET Sunday.The phone rang, yanking me out of deep slumber.Calls like these are never good.In the split second before I answered the phone, my mind traveled to the obvious place for any journalist who covers Capitol Hill and gets a call at that hour.LINDSEY GRAHAM, SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR WHO ROSE FROM SMALL-TOWN ROOTS TO GOP POWER BROKER, DIES AT 71Surely it was about former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.McConnell has been out of service and nowhere to be found for
  
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• Louisiana man accused of killing deputy US marshal faces possible death penalty

  16-07-2026 04:39 via foxnews.com
  
  A Louisiana man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing a deputy U.S. marshal who was shot while serving an arrest warrant, federal officials announced Tuesday.Multiple law enforcement officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant related to a prior sexual battery charge when Clarence A. Frazier Jr., 48, of Alexandria, allegedly barricaded himself inside his home and opened fire, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana.Frazier is charged w
  
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• Trump says Iran released American woman held since 2024 in 'gesture of goodwill'

  16-07-2026 04:00 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran has released an American woman who was "wrongfully detained" in the country for the past year and a half.She was identified as Iranian American citizen Dena Karari by her attorney Jared Genser, who confirmed her release to Fox News. She was reportedly accused of espionage over her work with an American nonprofit helping impoverished children.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the woman was detained in December 2024, during the Biden administration
  
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• Caitlin Clark drops F-bombs at official while arguing Fever weren't getting the same whistle as Valkyries

  16-07-2026 03:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Caitlin Clark has seen enough...The Fever star got in an official's face during Wednesday night's home game against the Golden State Valkyries after a no-call appeared to send her over the edge.On the trip down the floor before the confrontation, Clark drove to the basket and appeared to be shoved by Golden State veteran Kiah Stokes while attempting a layup. No foul was called.CAITLIN CLARK BREAKS WNBA ASSISTS RECORD TO A CHORUS OF BOOS AS VALKYRIES SPOIL THE MILESTONEMoments later, with 4:20 re
  
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• Joe Flacco went off on Shedeur Sanders for wearing a helmet visor last season: 'You look like an idiot'

  16-07-2026 03:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Somehow, the 2026 NFL season is rapidly approaching, and equally stunning is the fact that it will once again feature Joe Flacco.The 41-year-old is with the Cincinnati Bengals organization after a midseason trade in 2025, but spent training camp and the first part of the season with the Cleveland Browns. That Browns quarterback room was, without question, the most interesting one in football.Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and then the two rookies, Dillon Gabriel and, of course, Shedeur Sanders. Flac
  
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• Vance warns there will be a 'socialist president in this country' if GOP doesn't fix economy for young people

  16-07-2026 03:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President JD Vance warned during an interview Wednesday that if Republicans don’t fix the economic missteps of recent decades, young people will elect a socialist president.Podcaster Joe Rogan revealed during his interview with Vance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" that the rise of democratic socialists in politics has left him shaken."Those f---ing people scare me," Rogan declared.Vance replied by noting that, in his book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith," he laid out the hist
  
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• Tim Walz offers strange defense for pardoning convicted child rapist Trump administration deported

  16-07-2026 03:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz publicly defended his vote to pardon a Laotian national who had been under a final removal order after losing legal status following a child sex crime conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 10-year-old girl after the Trump administration deported him to Laos last week.Tou Lue Vang, 42, received a pardon from Minnesota's Board of Pardons on June 10. On Friday, the Trump administration announced Vang's legal status had been revoked and that he had be
  
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• WATCH: Russian soldier thrown through air as Soviet-era helicopter gun spins out of control

  15-07-2026 21:37 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, even as Moscow warned Wednesday that Western troops deployed to enforce any eventual peace deal would become Russian military targets."I say, ‘Vladimir, it’s time for you to stop. It’s time for this war to end,’" Trump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst in an interview released Tuesday. Trump said he believed Putin was
  
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• US troops unload China's only known aid flight to earthquake-ravaged Venezuela as Americans surge relief

  15-07-2026 21:09 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. troops unloaded what Fox News Digital is told was China's only aid flight sent to Venezuela so far as the country continues to reel from last month's back-to-back earthquakes.Photos provided by the U.S. government show an Air China plane landing at Simón Bolívar Airport July 6, nearly two weeks after the quakes hit on June 24.The supplies from the Chinese government were then taken off the aircraft by U.S. soldiers, who have been leading the disaster response and aid distribut
  
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• Who is Andy Burnham? The Trump critic set to become the UK's next prime minister

  15-07-2026 19:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Andy Burnham, the former Greater Manchester mayor who has frequently criticized President Donald Trump, is poised to become the United Kingdom's next prime minister after emerging as the only candidate to replace outgoing Labour leader Keir Starmer.Burnham, 56, received nominations from 322 of Labour’s 403 Members of Parliament on the first day of the leadership process, far surpassing the 81 required to enter the contest and leaving potential rivals with virtually no path to qualify. 
  
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• A new chapter for America’s 250th: 'J250' initiative puts Jewish contributions in the spotlight

  15-07-2026 16:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, recently introduced "pro-Semitism," an educational vision centered on celebrating Jewish contributions to America alongside the continued fight against antisemitism.Kaploun underlined his new push by saying, "the Jewish people are more than the hatred that defines us." His remarks came during America's 250th Birthday Shabbat Dinner, co-hosted with the Combat Antisemitism movement, where government officia
  
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