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• Coronavirus: Beach crowds as countries ease lockdowns

  16-05-2020 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People head to the seaside around the world, with various measures to maintain social distancing.
  
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• Treat yourself: Save up to 50% on tech from Apple, Bose and more

  31-12-2025 07:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The holidays may be over, but it’s not too late to score worthwhile deals on quality tech. From must-have gadgets to everyday staples, now’s the perfect time to upgrade your setup – whether it’s a new smart TV, noise-canceling headphones, or replacing that dated tablet with something shiny and new.Best headphones: AirPods Pro 3: $229.99 (8% off)
  Best portable speaker: JBL Flip 5 waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker: $79.95 (20% off)
  Best charger: Nomad Stand One: $83 (30
  
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• Mamdani picks educator who worked to dismantle Gifted & Talented program as NYC schools chancellor

  31-12-2025 06:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is expected to announce Wednesday that he will appoint Kamar Samuels, a longtime New York City educator and Manhattan superintendent, as the next schools chancellor, according to multiple reports.Samuels, who has been an educator with New York City public schools for almost two decades, is known for promoting racial diversity through school mergers and for working to dismantle the Gifted & Talented program, which some critics argue is racially biased, the New York
  
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• Former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dead at 92

  31-12-2025 06:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado died on Tuesday at the age of 92, according to his family.Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter Shanan Campbell, announced. He is survived by his wife Linda, their two children, Shanan and Colin, as well as four grandchildren.Originally a Democrat, Campbell switched to the Republican Party in 1995 while serving in the U.S. Senate, a seat he held from 1993 until his retirement in 2005 due to health reasons.Befor
  
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• Last day to get Gordon Ramsay’s go-to cookware on sale up to 50% off

  31-12-2025 06:01 via foxnews.com
  
  HexClad's holiday sale, which includes everything from knives and aprons to the brand's iconic Hybrid fry pan, ends today. (FOX is an investor in HexClad). Famous chef Gordon Ramsay is the genius behind the brand which is on many of home cooks' wishlists. Whether you are looking to spend your holiday gift cards or are prepping your kitchen for your new year cooking goals, HexClad has something for you.Holiday Essentials bundle: $999 (42% off)
  Hybrid pots and pans set, 12-pc: $629 (37% off)
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• Illinois star runs over official in key play, leads team to Music City Bowl win

  31-12-2025 04:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Illinois Fighting Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer had an incredible night against the Tennessee Volunteers in a Music City Bowl win, but a play in the third quarter caught the eyes of college football fans.The Fighting Illini were up three points in the third quarter and had the ball on first down from the Volunteers’ 41-yard line. Altmyer took the snap and dropped back to pass. He faked a pass to his right and took the ball up the middle of the field.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON
  
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• Missing elderly person found in bitter cold woods after police deploy thermal imaging drone

  31-12-2025 04:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in Pennsylvania revealed Monday that officers located a missing elderly person in a wooded area amid bitter cold temperatures, thanks to the use of a drone equipped with thermal imaging.The West Chester Police Department (WCPD) said an officer, cross-trained as a drone pilot, stepped in after the department was contacted by a neighboring agency to assist in a search and rescue effort on Sunday.The pilot used a drone equipped with thermal imaging and a spotlight to help guide officers
  
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• Erika Kirk opens up about grief and faith at Christmas: ‘Life is different now’

  31-12-2025 04:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Erika Kirk shared an emotional Christmas message Tuesday, reflecting on life after the death of her husband, saying how faith and devotion continue to guide her as she navigates grief and raises her children.Kirk, the wife of the late conservative icon and Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, shared pictures and videos on Instagram of her two children celebrating Christmas, and describing how she’s balancing old traditions with new ones."This Christmas we tucked away. And w
  
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• DHS reviews citizenship cases from Somalia, other high risk countries for possible fraud

  31-12-2025 04:08 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing immigration and naturalization cases involving migrants from 19 countries of concern, including Somalia, to determine whether any individuals obtained American citizenship through fraud that could warrant denaturalization, DHS confirmed to Fox News."Under U.S. law, if an individual procures citizenship on a fraudulent basis, that is grounds for denaturalization," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Fox News.The r
  
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• Putin residence drone attack dismissed as ‘implausible’ as Ukraine accusations mount

  31-12-2025 03:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Escalating claims by Russia that Ukraine tried to hit a residence used by President Vladimir Putin with drones have been dismissed by a top military drone expert, who called the alleged attack "hard to fathom" and tactically implausible.Cameron Chell's comments came as Moscow doubled down on accusations Kyiv has flatly denied, with the drone industry leader arguing the alleged strike announced Monday runs counter to Ukraine’s drone tactics.Chell, the CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, a dron
  
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• Mother jumps into water to save 4-year-old daughter who fell between cruise ship and dock

  31-12-2025 03:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A mother jumped into the water without hesitation after her young daughter fell between a dock and a Carnival cruise ship in the Bahamas, prompting a frantic rescue captured on video.The incident unfolded near Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island and was captured from above aboard a nearby cruise ship, with video showing workers and passengers reacting as the child and her mother were in the water alongside the Carnival Sunrise.The video was shared on TikTok by user Chelspiers, who said she wa
  
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• Isiah Whitlock Jr dies at 71 after decades-long career spanning 'The Wire', 'Veep' and Spike Lee films

  31-12-2025 03:22 via foxnews.com
  
  "The Wire" star Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died. He was 71.Whitlock died peacefully in New York on Tuesday after battling a short illness, his manager, Brian Liebman, confirmed to the Associated Press.Whitlock was most famously known for his role as the corrupt state senator, Clay Davis, in HBO's "The Wire."Liebman took to Instagram on Tuesday to honor Whitlock after his passing."It is with tremendous sadness that I share the passing of my dear friend and client Isiah Whitlock Jr. If you knew him &m
  
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• Florida firefighters allegedly waterboarded, whipped rookie over TikTok video as 4 face criminal charges

  31-12-2025 03:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Nearly a dozen firefighters and paramedics were fired, and four are facing criminal charges, after a 19-year-old rookie Florida firefighter was allegedly whipped and waterboarded in a violent hazing incident.The teen firefighter told authorities he was hazed Nov. 26 during his second-ever shift at Marion County Fire Rescue’s Fire Station 21, nicknamed the "friendship" station, after colleagues tried to force him to unlock his phone to watch a viral video he posted on TikTok.Marion County S
  
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• Bear remains under California home after weeks of failed removal attempts

  31-12-2025 03:15 via foxnews.com
  
  A trap set to capture a 550-pound bear living under a home in Altadena, California, has accidentally caught the wrong animal, according to local media outlet The Los Angeles Times.The misstep marks yet another failed attempt to remove the male black bear, which has been denning on the property for at least a month.According to surveillance video, the large bear has been wedging itself in and out of a small crawlspace beneath homeowner Ken Johnson’s house since late November.Following weeks
  
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• Every NFL playoff scenario for Week 18: Division titles, No 1 seeds up for grabs

  31-12-2025 03:05 via foxnews.com
  
  There’s only one game remaining in the regular season for every team in the NFL, but for some, a trip to the playoffs is riding on how Week 18 plays out.Looking at the NFL playoff picture, there are only two more playoff spots left to acquire, one in each conference.And Week 18 is for the AFC North and NFC South titles.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens will be going head-to-head at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday night to determine wh
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple Martin joins Chappell Roan backtracking on Brigitte Bardot tribute

  31-12-2025 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Apple Martin, the daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and musician Chris Martin, joined singer Chappell Roan in walking back her tribute to French actress Brigitte Bardot after learning about Bardot's political views.After learning about Bardot's death at age 91 on Sunday, Martin posted a tribute to the actress on Instagram. However, by Monday, the post was removed, and Martin had made a new post on Instagram Story denouncing Bardot's views."I was completely unaware of Bardots [sic] views and wi
  
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• US citizens injured in Peru train collision near world-famous Machu Picchu tourist destination

  31-12-2025 02:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Two trains collided head-on along a rail line leading to Machu Picchu in Peru on Tuesday, killing a railroad worker and injuring dozens of others, including U.S. citizens, authorities in Peru said.The Associated Press reported that the person who died was a railroad employee, according to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the Cuzco police department, who said rail service was suspended along the route connecting Machu Picchu with the nearby city of Cuzco following the crash.The U.S. Em
  
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• Wild video shows speeding car going airborne, ejects driver into backyard pool

  31-12-2025 02:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Terrifying footage from a southern Nevada home surveillance video shows the moment a car crashes through a backyard wall, goes airborne and ejects the driver into a private swimming pool.The incident happened late Dec. 15 in Laughlin, according to FOX 5 Las Vegas.According to police and a crash report seen by the outlet, the driver was allegedly speeding moments before failing to stop and slammed into and through the concrete wall.Footage also shows the impact sending the white vehicle rotating
  
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• Body found during search for missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos as another teen girl disappears

  31-12-2025 02:23 via foxnews.com
  
  A body was found Tuesday evening as authorities in Bexar County, Texas, grapple with a series of disappearances involving teen girls who all went missing within a week.The body was found during the search for 19-year-old Camila Olmos, though police said it is too early to determine whether the remains belong to her.Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said during a news conference that investigators had "just recently found a body in a field" around 4:40 to 4:45 p.m., adding that the medical exam
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu pushes back on 'fake spins' suggesting tension between him and Trump

  31-12-2025 01:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed what he called "fake spins" of his meeting with President Donald Trump during an interview on "Special Report" Tuesday evening.Netanyahu spoke with "Special Report" executive editor Bret Baier after meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Monday to discuss plans to implement the second phase of the Gaza peace deal. Though he acknowledged the difficulty implementing the second phase has been, Netanyahu denied reports that he and Trump were "but
  
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• Alabama star wide receiver shuts down transfer rumors

  31-12-2025 01:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams had a breakout freshman season with the Crimson Tide, eclipsing 45 catches and 800 yards receiving in 13 games.He had a quieter season in 2025 than he, or Alabama fans, would have hoped. Through 13 games, he has 43 catches for 636 yards and four touchdown receptions. As Williams gears up to play Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals, he was asked about the possibility of hitting the transfer portal.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS
  
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• SEE IT: Daycare center at heart of Minnesota fraud investigation fixes sign after viral mockery

  31-12-2025 01:50 via foxnews.com
  
  The Minneapolis-area daycare, whose misspelled sign "Quality Learing Center" went viral after being reported on by YouTube journalist Nick Shirley in his investigation into rampant fraud in Minnesota, has now corrected the infamous sign.Shirley and another man approached a building labeled the Quality Learing Center (sic) in Minneapolis, with Shirley noting that "Learning" was misspelled on the daycare’s sign outside. The business appeared inactive during the visit despite receiving state
  
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• Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirms return plans despite missed playoffs, injury concerns

  31-12-2025 01:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Andy Reid has spent nearly all of his adult life in coaching. For more than the last quarter-century, Reid has patrolled the sideline as an NFL head coach, first guiding the Philadelphia Eagles and now leading the Kansas City Chiefs.Reid cemented his legacy in Kansas City with three Super Bowl titles, but his age, Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending ACL injury and the uncertainty swirling around Travis Kelce’s future have fueled speculation that he could step away as soon as 2026.Despite
  
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• Drone search launched for runaway wallaby in New Jersey that can reach 35 mph: ‘They get hoppin’

  31-12-2025 01:48 via foxnews.com
  
  New Jersey authorities are using drones to search for a runaway wallaby who hopped his way off an animal farm in Gloucester County on Monday night.Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.The missing marsupial was later spotted in a Walmart parking lot nearly five miles from the farm Tuesday morning.Sue Layden, who owns the animal sanctuary with her husband, told Fox News Digital they have had Rex for
  
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• Shirley associate in viral video says he filed criminal complaint against Walz over daycare fraud allegations

  31-12-2025 01:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Independent journalist Nick Shirley and his researcher "David" returned to the Quality Learning Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday dressed in a sweatshirt emblazoned with "1-800 FRAUD," following the release of his viral video alleging fraud at state-funded childcare facilities in Minnesota.At the site, David also told reporters he had filed a criminal complaint against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz related to the alleged widespread fraud.In a post shared on X, Shirley and David are also shown during th
  
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• Brigitte Bardot’s death shrinks Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ list to just 3 living names

  31-12-2025 01:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Billy Joel’s pop song history lesson that is "We Didn’t Start the Fire" got an update following Brigitte Bardot’s death on Sunday.The 1989 song lists 59 people— both famous and infamous — that the Piano Man immortalized as being important to the mid-century period.And with the French actress’ death at 91, only three of the notables mentioned remain alive, according to an update on Reddit that showed a chart of every name listed.Those listed in the song include
  
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• Flu is surging, and doctors say we're nowhere near the peak

  30-12-2025 22:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Flu is surging across the U.S., sending thousands more people to the hospital and hitting young children especially hard, as doctors warn the season still has a long way to go
  
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• Tatiana Schlossberg dies following cancer battle

  30-12-2025 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  Tatiana Schlossberg dies following cancer battle
  
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• Tatiana Schlossberg dies at 35 following cancer battle

  30-12-2025 21:19 via nbcnews.com
  Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, has died at the age of 35 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare form of cancer. The journalist and author revealed her diagnosis in an essay published in The New Yorker, where she detailed her treatment journey and the impacts of the illness on her young family. Schlossberg also criticized her cousin, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, whom she said was "an embarrassment to me and the rest of my family" whe
  
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• Flu cases continue to surge across the country

  30-12-2025 20:25 via nbcnews.com
  Flu cases continue to surge across the country
  
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