The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had lodged a detainer asking Texas to not release an El Salvadoran national, who is accused of murder in two fatal shootings and is in the country illegally, without notifying the agency. Jefferson Adonay Velasquez-Torres, 18, was charged this week with murder for an April 27 shooting outside a Houston nightclub in which Noah Ramirez, 27, died. Two others were injured in the shooting, according to a
Francesca Hong, the likely Democratic nominee for governor in Wisconsin backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, once argued that Americans should not celebrate Thanksgiving. " Cancel Thanksgiving . Should have done this in 1621," Hong wrote in a now-deleted post to X. "If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed indigenous folx [sic] and women, so be it," she added, referring to the spread of s
"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings sparked online debate Thursday after using sarcasm to dismiss calls from transgender activists to boycott The New York Times' word games. Jennings sarcastically claimed he received "express permission from the trans community" to keep his games subscription, taking aim at demands that readers boycott all New York Times products. The joke has since sparked pushback from transgender activists online, who accused him of trivializing their concerns. The exchange began o
Federal prosecutors moved Friday to dismiss a felony vandalism case against former U.S. Olympian David Hearn, after he was accused of vandalizing the reflecting pools in Washington, D.C., as seen in a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital. Hearn was indicted July 2 on one count of felony destruction of property. U.S. Park Police alleged Hearn grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the pool’s coating on June 19, continuing after a National Park Service employee told him to stop. Officials i
Mandy Patinkin decided that when he dies, he wants his body to be composted. The 73-year-old said on his "Don't Listen to Us" podcast that he remembered memorizing a speech from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, "and it was about being in a box … But the idea — I'm very claustrophobic, very claustrophobic, and the idea of being put in a box, knowing that I'm going to be in a box when whatever I'm familiar with is drastically changed is just unacceptable to me. Period. Full stop." The "Crim
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If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney has reached a plea agreement in the second-degree murder case stemming from the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, her attorneys confirmed to Fox News Digital. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed and will not become final unless they are accepted by the court, according to a statement from the Prieto Law F
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President Donald Trump said Friday that Americans should be prepared for the fighting with Iran to continue, predicting Tehran would eventually "peter out" as U.S. strikes steadily weaken its ability to retaliate. Asked whether the back-and-forth attacks could continue until Iran was no longer capable of striking back, Trump said, "Yeah, sure, I think so. I’d be foolish to say no. You know, you always have to keep your guard up." "They’ll get weaker. They’ll get a little stronger, maybe. But the
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President Donald Trump said Friday that Americans should be prepared for the fighting with Iran to continue, predicting Tehran would eventually "peter out" as U.S. strikes steadily weaken its ability to retaliate. Asked whether the back-and-forth attacks could continue until Iran was no longer capable of striking back, Trump said, "Yeah, sure, I think so. I’d be foolish to say no. You know, you always have to keep your guard up." "They’ll get weaker. They’ll get a little stronger, maybe. But the
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Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local elections Labour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens. Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council leader, will now succeed Andy Burnham and hold one of the most powerful political positions outside Westminster. Continue reading...
