President Donald Trump ordered an all-of-government effort to protect the District of Columbia’s water supply and slammed Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as a sewage pipe interceptor rupture in Cabin John has released an estimated 240 million gallons into the Potomac River. 

The break was first noticed on security cameras off the Clara Barton Parkway just north of the District line Jan. 19, and within several days, crews from DC Water were able to segregate much of the spill into the paralleling Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, according to local reports.

The pipe takes wastewater from several towns in the John F. Dulles International Airport area all the way to Washington, where it is processed farther downstream at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Anacostia, D.C.

"There is a massive ecological disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the gross mismanagement of local Democrat leaders, particularly, Governor Wes Moore, of Maryland," Trump said in a Truth Social post late Monday.

TRUMP SAYS HE COULD SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TO MARYLAND TO ADDRESS CRIME

"This is the same Governor who cannot rebuild a bridge. It is clear local authorities cannot adequately handle this calamity," Trump said, referring to the newly elongated timeline and reported projected multi-billion-dollar cost-projection overruns for the rebuilding of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on the Baltimore Beltway.

The catastrophe affects the region’s other Francis Scott Key Bridge in Georgetown, D.C., as Trump alluded to the explosion in e.Coli counts downriver from the spill.

"I am directing Federal Authorities to immediately provide all necessary Management, Direction, and Coordination to protect the Potomac, the Water Supply in the Capital Region, and our treasured National Resources in our Nation’s Capital City," Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. "While State and Local Authorities have failed to request needed Emergency Help, I cannot allow incompetent Local ‘Leadership’ to turn the River in the Heart of Washington into a Disaster Zone." 

Moore spokesperson Ammar Moussa blasted Trump in response, saying he has his "facts wrong — again."

"Since the last century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor, which is the origin of the sewage leak. For the last four weeks, the Trump Administration has failed to act, shirking its responsibility and putting people's health at risk," Moussa said. "Notably, the president’s own EPA explicitly refused to participate in the major legislative hearing about the cleanup last Friday."

"Apparently the Trump administration hadn’t gotten the memo that they’re actually supposed to be in charge here," Moussa said. 

Trump also cited the Palisades fire in California, saying that Democratic officials have a "war on merit" with "real consequences."

He also noted that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is currently subject to a partial government shutdown affecting Department Homeland Security. 

"FEMA, which is currently being defunded by the Democrats, will play a key role in coordinating the response," he said, as many of those workers may go unpaid.

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Maryland state Del. Linda Foley, D-Potomac, whose district is just upstream from the spill, said at an Annapolis hearing that it has been characterized to her as "one of the worst ecological disasters in the eastern part of the United States."

Moussa said that Maryland, by contrast, has taken action — pointing to the shellfish fishery closure downstream to the Nice Bridge — and told Fox News Digital that Annapolis sent personnel "within hours" to help coordinate the response and protect drinking water in Montgomery County.

"The Potomac isn’t a talking point, and the people of the region deserve serious leadership that meets the moment."

Moore’s Department of the Environment did issue an emergency closure for shellfish harvesting downstream of the spill, as ecological effects are being felt all the way at the Harry Nice Bridge where U.S. 301 crosses between Bel Alton, Maryland, and Dahlgren, Virginia, nearly 60 miles south of Washington.

Rather than most cases where a state line runs down the center of a waterway, Maryland controls nearly all of the Potomac — save for the part where the District of Columbia briefly covers the Old Line State’s historical boundaries.

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The unique boundary is also why eccentricities like Lady Bird Johnson Island, on the "Virginia side" of the Potomac near the Pentagon are actually in the District of Columbia.

David Gadis, CEO of DC Water, wrote in an open letter that the Potomac River is a "shared treasure" and that "any event that threatens its health understandably causes concern, frustration, and a sense of loss."

"Our immediate priorities have been containment, environmental monitoring, and stabilization - working closely with federal, state, and local partners to assess water quality, ecological impacts, and necessary remediation," he wrote. 

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Anderson Cooper is leaving "60 Minutes" after nearly two decades on the long-running CBS News program. 

Cooper, who is a primetime anchor on CNN, will reportedly keep all of his focus on the full-time cable gig going forward. Cooper joined "60 Minutes" as a rotating correspondent in 2007.

The exit was first reported by Bleaker Media. 

CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

This is a developing story.

Jamie Lee Curtis also honored Duvall, sharing a film still of the actor from the classic 1972 film "The Godfather," in which he starred in his iconic role as Tom Hagen. 

"The greatest consigliere the screen has ever seen," Curtis wrote in the caption of her Instagram post. "Bravo, Robert Duvall."

Michael Keaton, who co-starred with Duvall in Ron Howard’s 1994 comedy-drama "The Paper," posted a photo of the actor on Instagram.

"Another friend goes down," Keaton wrote in the caption. "Acted with and became friends. Shared a great afternoon on my front porch talking about horses. He was greatness personified as an actor. RIP RD."

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Feb. 16 that Russia is preparing new large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Kyiv's negotiating team arrived in Geneva for another round of peace talks with the United States and Russia.

Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead.

Authorities announced Monday that two illegal immigrants were arrested last week in connection with a "violent" home invasion in North Carolina that sent one victim to the hospital.  

The reported burglary occurred in a suburban neighborhood in the middle of the night on Wednesday, the Pitt County Sheriff said. 

"At 3:16 a.m. on February 11, 2026, Pitt County deputies responded to a reported assault at 200 Louis Street in the Cherry Oaks neighborhood of Greenville. Arriving deputies determined that the incident was a home invasion," the agency said.

"Both arrested suspects were discovered to be in the United States illegally."

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Police arrested the suspects two days later, identifying them as 20-year-old homeless man Jonathan David Garcia-Lario and 21-year-old Chapel Hill resident Zaid Mayen. Investigators said they recovered related evidence at an apartment in Chapel Hill, roughly two hours from the crime scene. 

The suspects are accused of committing multiple serious crimes, including rape or an equivalent forcible offense, kidnapping, burglary and using a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

They are each facing four felony charges for first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree forcible sex offense, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious injury.

Authorities did not confirm the nature or extent of the victim’s injuries but said the individual was taken to a local hospital by ambulance.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was notified, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to become involved. Authorities noted that an ICE detainer was placed on each individual, indicating that immigration agents may eventually take custody of them.

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The arrests were carried out with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, which helps track and apprehend fugitives. The Chapel Hill Police Department also took part in the operation. 

Officials suggested that the incident was a serious criminal offense that prompted detectives from the Major Crimes and Forensic Services Units to respond to the scene.

Garcia-Lario was initially booked into the Franklin County Detention Center, where he was held without bond, and was later transferred to the Pitt County Detention Center on Monday, where he remains in custody without bond.

Mayen was initially booked into the Orange County Detention Center and held without bond.

Fox News Digital reached out to the DHS for more information.

Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir once again comes heartbreakingly close to a Winter Olympic medal for Team GB with her second fourth-place finish of the Games.

Miura and Kihara put together their best free skate of the year on Monday, earning 158.13 points, thunderous applause and, most importantly, an Olympic gold medal.

The U.S. Department of Transportation encourages airlines to seat young children next to a parent or accompanying adult at no additional charge, according to the agency’s website. 

However, federal regulations do not currently require airlines to guarantee adjacent seating.

The department maintains an online dashboard that outlines which carriers commit to seating children age 13 and under next to an accompanying adult without an added fee.

The dashboard shows that Southwest Airlines does not commit to providing fee-free guaranteed adjacent seating.

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Other major carriers that do not commit to providing fee-free guaranteed adjacent seating include Delta, Spirit, Allegiant and United, according to the DOT dashboard.

Several airlines, however, state that they will seat children age 13 and under next to an accompanying adult at no additional cost under certain conditions. 

Those carriers include Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Frontier, Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue.

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Coco Gauff says it is "tough to wake up" and see what is happening back home in the United States amid the president's immigration crackdown.

Apple today provided developers with the first beta of an upcoming iOS 26.4 update, which adds quite a few new features to the iPhone. There's a video podcasts feature, updates to Stolen Device Protection, end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, an Apple Music tool for generating playlists, and much more.


We've rounded up everything we've found that's new in the first beta of iOS 26.4. The beta is limited to developers right now, but Apple should release a public beta in the next couple of weeks. iOS 26.4 is expected to launch this spring.

Playlist Playground

‌Apple Music‌ has a new Playlist Playground feature that lets users create a playlist with a text-based prompt.


In the ‌Apple Music‌ app, there's an option to type in an idea and get automatic song suggestions for a playlist. Apple has some pre-set suggestions that include "morning coffee music," "hip-hop party songs," and "disco songs that defined the 1970s," but you can type in any idea, mood, or feeling.

From there, the Playlist Playground feature will automatically generate a list of 25 songs, along with a custom title. Playlists that you create can be customized further with additional text prompts, and you can select a cover and a description.

Apple Music

‌Apple Music‌ features a "Concerts Near You" feature that helps you find shows in your area and tour dates for artists that you're a fan of.


Apple has redesigned albums and playlists, adding full-page artwork.

Apple Podcasts

With iOS 26.4, Apple is adding video podcast capabilities to the Apple Podcasts app. The feature uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to provide podcast creators with "unprecedented control and monetization opportunities" while also providing a high-quality viewing experience.


The iOS 26.4 Podcasts app will let users switch between watching and listening to shows, with videos able to be downloaded for offline viewing. HLS ensures smooth playback regardless of network connection, so videos will work on Wi-Fi or cellular. Apple says that the new video episodes will integrate with existing ‌Apple Podcasts‌ features, including personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions in the New and Category sections.

Stolen Device Protection

Stolen Device Protection is now enabled by default for all ‌iPhone‌ users, rather than being an opt-in feature.


Apple implemented Stolen Device Protection back in 2023 after reports about a new ‌iPhone‌ theft method. Thieves would spy on an intended victim to learn their passcode, then steal the target's ‌iPhone‌. With the passcode, criminals were able to empty bank accounts, access passwords, and turn off Find My.

Stolen Device Protection requires additional authentication through Face ID or Touch ID to access certain ‌iPhone‌ features like the Passwords app, Lost mode in ‌Find My‌, Safari purchases, and more. Some features are disabled entirely without authentication, while others have a one-hour security delay.

End-to-End RCS Encryption for Messages

With iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4, Apple is testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for ‌RCS‌ messages, a security feature that is not currently available for cross-platform messaging.


Apple has been working with the GSM Association to implement E2EE for ‌RCS‌ messages. iMessage, the messaging protocol for sending texts between iPhones, has long supported end-to-end encryption. ‌RCS‌ messages between Android devices have also featured E2EE, but there was no full encryption for Android to ‌iPhone‌ (or vice versa) communications. With the addition of E2EE for ‌RCS‌, messages between ‌iPhone‌ users and Android users will eventually be just as secure as iMessage.

Messages sent by ‌RCS‌ that have end-to-end encryption will feature a lock icon in the conversation interface. As of right now, Apple is testing iPhone-to-iPhone ‌RCS‌ encryption, with the feature set to roll out for ‌iPhone‌ and Android conversations in a future iOS 26 update.

Messages that feature E2EE will feature a lock icon in the conversation UI, both for iMessages and ‌RCS‌ Messages.

Messages App

There are new animations in the Messages app for actions like launching a new conversation.

Apple Account Unified Design

In the App Store, ‌Apple Music‌, and other apps that have user settings, there is a new unified Apple Account hub that replaces the existing profile feature.


It offers largely the same functionality as the prior profile settings for each app, but there is a new unified design.

The ‌App Store‌ merges apps and purchase history, and has a dedicated section for app updates. It now takes two taps to get to app updates rather than having them available at the bottom of the profile page.

The ‌App Store‌'s navigation bar also no longer features Search as a separate button, and the search bar itself is at the top when tapped rather than the bottom.

Ambient Music Widget

There is a new Ambient Music widget for the Home and Lock Screen. It supports playing different built-in ambient music options for sleep, productivity, wellbeing, and more.

Wallpaper and Watch Face Gallery

The Wallpaper Gallery has an updated design that allows Wallpapers from each category like Weather, Astronomy, Emoji, Colors and More to be downloaded to the ‌iPhone‌.


The Watch Face Gallery in the Apple Watch app also features the same design change.

Freeform Creator Studio

Freeform Creator Studio is live in iOS 26.4, allowing Creator Studio subscribers to access new Freeform features. Creator Studio for Freeform adds a dedicated Content Hub that houses the Freeform shape options.


Creator Studio users will be able to access free, high-quality content like graphics, photos, and illustrations that are not available to non-subscribers, plus there are AI capabilities for creating and editing images.

When Creator Studio launched, Apple said the premium content and features in Freeform would be coming to the Apple Creator Studio subscription later this year.

Freeform also has a new icon.

Reminders

The Reminders app has a new "Urgent" section. Reminders that have Urgent toggled on during creation will show up here. Urgent ensures that reminders have an accompanying alarm so you get a clear warning when a reminder is due.

iCloud Web Settings

In the iCloud section of the Settings app, there's now an "iCloud.com" option if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the interface. It replaces the simple "Access ‌iCloud‌ Data on the Web" toggle that was previously available.


The setting includes a new "Allow Search" toggle that lets trusted Apple devices provide search results to iCloud.com.

New Emoji

There aren't new emoji in iOS 26.4, but code suggests that new characters will be introduced in a future beta. There are references to new emoji, and we are expecting several new emoji options.


Emoji characters that are coming include trombone, treasure chest, distorted face, hairy creature (aka Bigfoot or Sasquatch), fight cloud, apple core, orca, landslide, and ballet dancers.

Notification Forwarding for Third-Party Devices (EU)

In the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple tested a new "Notification Forwarding" setting that allows incoming notifications on an ‌iPhone‌ to be forwarded to a third-party wearable device like an Android smartwatch, but it was not included in the launch version of the software. It is back in the iOS 26.4 beta.


Notifications can only be forwarded to a single device at a time, so if Notification Forwarding is enabled with a third-party wearable, the Apple Watch won't be able to receive and display notifications.

Apple is adding notification forwarding to address antitrust complaints suggesting that third-party wearables should have the same access to notifications and other features as the Apple Watch. It is limited to the European Union.

Proximity Pairing - EU Only

In the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple also tested other Europe-only changes for third-party wearables, which were shared by the European Commission, such as Proximity Pairing.

Proximity pairing allows third-party devices to pair with an iOS device in an AirPods-like one-tap way by bringing an accessory close to an ‌iPhone‌ or an iPad. Proximity Pairing was not enabled in iOS 26.3, and it too may come in iOS 26.4.
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"So, I promise you I’m not being judgmental because I think there’s a place for legit everyone, and some people thrive in different areas. I don’t think I’m an LA girl," she said in a video. "Like, at all. It’s just weird. People don’t dance. People don’t even like say, ‘Hi.’ They have no personalities. They have no personalities and they all look the same. It’s weird. Please tell me that’s not weird.

"All these personalities you see on like Instagram and TikTok, all these famous influencers, I like how they found a space where they can feel like themselves and gain confidence online, but if you can’t speak to people or look people in the eye, like in person … is that not weird? Am I weird? I mean I know I’m weird, but like, people get so used to talking into their phones."

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Cunningham then signed off with some advice to those in the celebrity and social media influencer space.

"Talk to someone in person. And look like yourself."

Cunningham is hoping to begin gearing up for the 2026 WNBA season. The players and the league are still locked in a bitter labor battle.

For now, some players are competing in Unrivaled.

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The macOS Tahoe 26.4 beta that Apple released today includes a Charge Limit feature for the Mac. There is a new slider bar that lets Mac users select a charge level from 80 percent to 100 percent.


The Charge Limit is a setting that's available in addition to Optimized Battery Charging, and it can prevent a Mac from ever charging to 100 percent.

Apple's existing Optimized Battery Charging feature keeps a Mac from charging to 100 percent until it's needed for use, with the option using your daily charging routine to determine when to charge to full. While Optimized Battery Charging can help preserve battery life, it still regularly allows a Mac to charge to 100 percent.

The new Charge Limit feature is a hard restriction that keeps a Mac's battery at 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent, or 100 percent, giving users more control over the Mac's maximum charging level. Keeping a Mac's battery at 80 percent could increase battery longevity by preserving battery health over time.

Charge Limit can be enabled by opening up the System Settings app, going to Battery, and clicking on the "i" button next to Charging.

Apple's iPhones have had a charge limit feature since the iPhone 15 lineup launched in 2023.
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Many of the victims in the hamlet of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., have links to Conuma Resources, which temporarily stopped mining last week.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nancy Guthrie's family members have been cleared as suspects in the investigation into her disappearance, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

"To be clear…the Guthrie family  –  to include all siblings and spouses –  has been cleared as possible suspects in this case," Nanos said in a Monday afternoon statement. "The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.

"To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel," he added. "The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple…please, I’m begging you the media to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism."

A mother fatally shot her young daughter before turning the gun on herself inside a Las Vegas hotel room, according to police.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) homicide Lt. Robert Price said at a Monday news conference that officers were initially called to the Rio Hotel & Casino around 10:45 a.m. local time on Sunday for a welfare check on the pair. 

After knocking and calling into the room for about 15 to 20 minutes, officers advised hotel security and cleared the call.

Hotel security later received additional information from family and friends asking them to attempt to locate the mother and daughter.

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At approximately 2:30 p.m., security went back up to the room, made entry and discovered both victims dead.

Price said the mother, believed to be in her mid-30s, and her pre-teen daughter had traveled to Las Vegas for a dance or cheer competition. 

"The mother shot her daughter and then shot herself," said Price. "This is a sad and tragic incident and our hearts go out to the family."

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The homicide lieutenant stressed that the investigation remains ongoing, but told reporters a note was left behind. He declined to discuss its contents and said family members and the cheer teams had been notified.

Fox 13 Salt Lake City reported that LVMPD officials were unable to confirm whether the deaths are connected to a missing mother and daughter from Utah, identified as Tawnia McGeehan and Addi Smith. LVMPD did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Utah Xtreme Cheer, which had circulated information earlier in the day about the pair being missing, later posted on Facebook that "Addi has passed away."

"We are completely heartbroken. No words do the situation justice. She was so beyond loved, and she will always be a part of the UXC family," the group wrote. "Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers and continue to send them love as they navigate this unimaginable loss."

Nader credited her recent career success to the GLP-1 medication after receiving feedback from a client that she needed to lose weight.

"If I didn’t get a job, I would say to [my old agency], ‘Can we get feedback from the client?’ The direct feedback was I needed to lose 30 pounds. I didn’t shed one tear over it," Brooks told the outlet. 

"I don’t feel bad for myself," she continued. "I just say, ‘The facts are they want me to lose weight. How can I achieve that?’ The facts are that when I started GLP-1, my career took off. I’m not saying it’s OK. I’m not saying it’s right. I think everybody is different – but I lost 30 pounds, and I booked all the jobs."

Nader admitted to chasing perfection in a recent interview with Us Weekly. The now 29-year-old model revealed she got facial fillers at 18 after her parents gave her $1,000 to "have fun."

"I felt like it was what everyone was doing," Nader claimed. "I was thrown into this world of Hollywood and chasing perfection. And I thought that getting filler was the answer."

The macOS Tahoe 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 betas that Apple released today reintroduce a compact Safari Tab Bar option for those who prefer that view option.


Apple removed the compact tab bar option with the launch of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ and iPadOS 26.4, but there were Mac and iPad users who missed it.

The Safari app on Mac and the Safari section of the Settings app on ‌iPad‌ both now feature an option to toggle on the Compact Tab Bar as an alternative to the standard Separate Tab Bar.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 are limited to developers right now, but Apple should release public betas soon. The software is expected to launch in the spring.
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Meyers Taylor put together a time of 59.51 to launch herself ahead of teammate Kailie Humphries for first place. The two still needed to await Germany’s Laura Nolte. They held their breath as Nolte lost just a few hundredths of a second on her run and finished in second place.

Meyers Taylor had a total time of 3:57.93. Nolte finished at 3:57.97. Humphries picked up a bronze medal with a time of 3:58.05.

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It’s the first gold medal for Meyers Taylor. She tied Bonnie Blair as the most decorated female Winter Olympian in Team USA history. Both women have six total medals.

Meyers Taylor had been so close to getting gold multiple times. She won a silver medal in the monobob in 2022 in Beijing and had silver medals in the two-woman bobsled race in 2018 and 2014. Now, she can call herself an Olympic gold medalist.

Humphries earned her second Olympic medal. She won gold in 2022 in Beijing.

Team USA hasn’t found itself on the podium in too many winter events, but two more medals added to their total is something they will definitely take heading into the middle of the final week.

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A shocking scene unfolded inside Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal 1 on Monday when a man was seen pushing over check-in kiosks and trying to smash them with a metal pole.

Footage of the incident went viral and showed the man dressed in a black jumper, blue jeans, and wearing a cross-body bag striding toward a row of automated check-in kiosks in the departure area.

Without hesitation, he began forcefully pushing the machines over one by one.

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The kiosks toppled to the ground in quick succession, crashing loudly onto the terminal floor.

Not satisfied with knocking them down, the man then grabbed a nearby metal stanchion — one of the poles used to guide passengers in queue lines — and used it to smash the machines repeatedly.

Stunned travelers and airport staff were seen watching with no one intervening.

The rampage reportedly resulted in damage to around 10 kiosks, as well as metal barriers, nearby counters and even a glass panel.

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The South China Morning Post reported that the man was later identified as a 35-year-old British tourist who had been trying to buy a plane ticket before the violent episode began. 

The exact trigger for his outburst was unclear.

Airport authority personnel and airport security responded by rushing to the scene and warning him to stop further vandalism.

Officers then arrested the traveler and launched an investigation into his airport meltdown, according to Viral Press.

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When the man was detained, officers reportedly found that he was carrying four Viagra pills without a prescription.

"Airport Authority personnel and airport security immediately arrived at the scene, warned the man to stop further vandalism, and called the police. Officers then arrested him and are continuing their investigation," an Airport Authority spokesperson said, according to the Telegraph.

Busfield's attorney insisted the case against the "West Wing" actor "cannot be proven at trial" in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

"The indictment was not unexpected. As the saying goes, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich," Larry Stein said. "What is deeply concerning is that the District Attorney is choosing to proceed on a case that is fundamentally unsound and cannot be proven at trial. The detention hearing exposed fatal weaknesses in the State’s evidence – gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure."

"This prosecution appears driven by something other than the facts or the law," he added. "Mr. Busfield will fight these charges at every stage and looks forward to testing the State’s case in open court – where evidence matters – not behind closed doors."

Busfield's first arraignment is scheduled for March 10.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

The video received more than 21 million views on X and over one million on TikTok, with nearly 300,000 likes on Instagram and more than 11,000 comments at the time of publication.

"I’ll be honest, I just thought it was funny, I’m not that invested in politics, but if I see an opportunity to take the piss I’m all over it," Smith told Fox News Digital.

He also commented on his own Instagram post, writing, "Unfortunately I don’t have time to respond to all these comments, but I just wanted to say I have absolutely no idea how this skit relates to politics."

Britain's Labour government has been toughening its stance on immigration as it seeks to address the surging popularity of the populist Reform U.K. party, which has taken a strict approach to immigration.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.

Tom Homan, the border czar appointed by President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration, believes the administration may still deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in other sanctuary cities as federal agents wind down their presence in Minnesota.

Homan said he thinks that possibility depends entirely on whether cities with policies shielding illegal immigrants decide to cooperate with federal immigration efforts.

"I think it depends on the situation," Homan said in an interview with CBS on Sunday. "I've said from day one that, you know, we need to flood the zone and sanctuary cities with additional agents. The number of agents depends on the situation on the ground [and] how many known criminal targets are out there."

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Homan’s comments come as the administration looks to redirect its immigration enforcement goals while, at the same time, taking its focus off of Minneapolis by ending Operation Metro Surge.

Several cities voiced opposition to Trump’s immigration crackdown from the outset of his second term, making it an official position of obstructing the administration’s work.

In some cases, cities limited their partnerships with ICE by denying them access to holding facilities, refusing to share intelligence, or instructing local law enforcement to disregard their operations.

Minneapolis was one of them.

But the Twin Cities began to draw special attention from Trump and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem last year when links surfaced between the state’s Somali immigrant community and as much as $9 billion in state benefits fraud.

In response, the administration began deploying a heavy ICE presence to Minneapolis as part of Operation Metro Surge and framed it as a way to push back on illegal alien criminals in the city. In its first press release on the operation, DHS revealed that ICE had arrested five Somalis and six Hispanic aliens with criminal backgrounds.

"Today, ICE announced they have arrested some of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including child sex offenders, domestic abusers and violent gang members during Operation Metro Surge," DHS said in a statement on Dec. 4.

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ICE’s presence in Minneapolis soon became a lightning rod for Trump’s crackdown on immigration, sparking widespread protests and alarm from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

In particular, Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee alongside Kamala Harris, blasted what he saw as a lack of communication with local authorities and use of excessive force.

"The forcefulness, lack of communication and unlawful practices displayed by your agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota," Walz said in a letter to Noem in December.

Operation Metro Surge ended last week in the wake of two deadly confrontations between immigration enforcement and civilians that brought renewed scrutiny on DHS and also derailed congressional considerations for the agency's 2026 funding, thrusting it into a partial shutdown on Friday.

Despite the administration’s tensions in Minnesota, Homan believes officials in sanctuary cities can avoid future clashes by steering clear of repeating Minneapolis' policies.

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"I'm hoping other sanctuary cities look at what happened in Minnesota," Homan said.

He believes there's still room for agreement even amid heightened criticisms of ICE.

"A lot of politicians are out there on the left [are] saying ‘OK, ICE, we agree. You should be focusing on public safety threats. You should focus on illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes in this country,’"

Homan did not describe what cities might be a focus for future ICE operations.

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President Donald Trump derided California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s international outreach as "inappropriate" on Monday. 

Trump's warning was to British leaders against partnering with the Democratic governor after Newsom signed a clean energy agreement with the United Kingdom during a European diplomacy tour.

"The U.K.’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum," Trump said in an interview with Politico Monday, adding that it was "inappropriate for them to be dealing with him."

The president's remarks came after Newsom stepped onto the global stage at the Munich Security Conference, signing cooperation agreements with Ukraine and the United Kingdom while sharply criticizing the president’s foreign policy approach — moves likely to intensify speculation about the governor’s future presidential ambitions.

NEWSOM’S DAVOS DETOUR: 5 CRINGE MOMENTS THAT OVERSHADOWED HIGH-PROFILE SUMMIT

Newsom has long been viewed by political strategists and analysts as a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2028. His appearances at global forums combined with high-profile criticism of Trump have only intensified that speculation.

The second-term Democrat used the high-profile security summit to position California as a "stable and reliable" alternative to the federal government, telling an international audience that the current administration is merely "temporary" and will be "gone in three years."

"Donald Trump is on his knees for coal and Big Oil, selling out America’s future to China," a Newsom spokesperson told Fox News Digital in response to the president's criticisms. "Governor Newsom will continue to lead in his absence. Foreign leaders are rejecting Trump and choosing California’s vision for the future." 

But it was Newsom’s blunt assessment of world leaders' attempts to work with the 47th president that drew the most attention. Addressing European heads of state and diplomats, Newsom claimed that foreign leaders "rolling over" for the White House make themselves "look pathetic on the world stage."

The governor doubled down on a jab he first debuted at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, telling reporters he "should have brought a bunch of knee pads" for world leaders who he believes have bowed down to the president’s "transactional" diplomacy. Newsom specifically took aim at what he called the "complicity" of allies who have sought to appease the President following recent controversies over Arctic sovereignty and NATO funding.

"I can't take this complicity of people rolling over," Newsom said during a sideline appearance. "I mean, handing out crowns, the Nobel prizes that are being given away ... it’s just pathetic."

NEWSOM WARNS ‘PATHETIC’ FOREIGN LEADERS TO GROW A BACKBONE IN BIZARRE TAKEDOWN LIKENING TRUMP TO A T.REX

Newsom’s diplomacy tour included the signing of a clean energy memorandum with U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, which the governor’s office said would facilitate nearly a billion dollars in new investment. That agreement followed a Saturday pact with the Lviv region of Ukraine, which Newsom said would involve California companies in the "rebuilding and resiliency" of the war-torn nation — specifically in defense, energy, and digital technologies.

The State Department historically has encouraged "subnational diplomacy," particularly on trade, and governors from both parties routinely lead overseas economic missions. Such agreements are typically structured as nonbinding memoranda of understanding and do not carry the force of federal treaties.

However, Newsom’s appearance at the Munich Security Conference, a high-profile gathering of global defense and diplomatic leaders, paired with his direct criticism of Trump’s policies underscores how domestic political rivalries are increasingly spilling onto the global stage.

Foreign policy traditionally has operated under the principle that the U.S. should speak with one voice in its dealings abroad. Newsom’s remarks, delivered before foreign heads of state while signing agreements of his own, presented an alternative vision of American leadership at a time when Washington is navigating disputes over NATO funding, Arctic sovereignty and the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump derided California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s international outreach as "inappropriate" Monday. 

Trump's warning was to British leaders against partnering with the Democratic governor after Newsom signed a clean energy agreement with the United Kingdom during a European diplomacy tour.

"The U.K.’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum," Trump said in an interview with Politico, adding that it was "inappropriate for them to be dealing with him."

The president's remarks came after Newsom stepped onto the global stage at the Munich Security Conference, signing cooperation agreements with Ukraine and the United Kingdom while sharply criticizing the president’s foreign policy approach — moves likely to intensify speculation about the governor’s future presidential ambitions.

NEWSOM’S DAVOS DETOUR: 5 CRINGE MOMENTS THAT OVERSHADOWED HIGH-PROFILE SUMMIT

Newsom has long been viewed by political strategists and analysts as a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2028. His appearances at global forums combined with high-profile criticism of Trump have only intensified that speculation.

The second-term Democrat used the high-profile security summit to position California as a "stable and reliable" alternative to the federal government, telling an international audience that the current administration is merely "temporary" and will be "gone in three years."

"Donald Trump is on his knees for coal and Big Oil, selling out America’s future to China," a Newsom spokesperson told Fox News Digital in response to the president's criticisms. "Governor Newsom will continue to lead in his absence. Foreign leaders are rejecting Trump and choosing California’s vision for the future." 

But it was Newsom’s blunt assessment of world leaders' attempts to work with the 47th president that drew the most attention. Addressing European heads of state and diplomats, Newsom claimed that foreign leaders "rolling over" for the White House make themselves "look pathetic on the world stage."

The governor doubled down on a jab he first debuted at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, telling reporters he "should have brought a bunch of knee pads" for world leaders who he believes have bowed down to the president’s "transactional" diplomacy. Newsom specifically took aim at what he called the "complicity" of allies who have sought to appease the President following recent controversies over Arctic sovereignty and NATO funding.

"I can't take this complicity of people rolling over," Newsom said during a sideline appearance. "I mean, handing out crowns, the Nobel prizes that are being given away ... it’s just pathetic."

NEWSOM WARNS ‘PATHETIC’ FOREIGN LEADERS TO GROW A BACKBONE IN BIZARRE TAKEDOWN LIKENING TRUMP TO A T.REX

Newsom’s diplomacy tour included the signing of a clean energy memorandum with U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, which the governor’s office said would facilitate nearly a billion dollars in new investment. That agreement followed a Saturday pact with the Lviv region of Ukraine, which Newsom said would involve California companies in the "rebuilding and resiliency" of the war-torn nation — specifically in defense, energy, and digital technologies.

The State Department historically has encouraged "subnational diplomacy," particularly on trade, and governors from both parties routinely lead overseas economic missions. Such agreements are typically structured as nonbinding memoranda of understanding and do not carry the force of federal treaties.

However, Newsom’s appearance at the Munich Security Conference, a high-profile gathering of global defense and diplomatic leaders, paired with his direct criticism of Trump’s policies underscores how domestic political rivalries are increasingly spilling onto the global stage.

Foreign policy traditionally has operated under the principle that the U.S. should speak with one voice in its dealings abroad. Newsom’s remarks, delivered before foreign heads of state while signing agreements of his own, presented an alternative vision of American leadership at a time when Washington is navigating disputes over NATO funding, Arctic sovereignty and the war in Ukraine.

The iOS 26.4 update that Apple is beta testing includes a new "Playlist Playground" feature in the Apple Music app that's designed to let users create a playlist with a text-based prompt.


In the ‌Apple Music‌ app, there's an option to type in an idea and get automatic song suggestions for a playlist. Apple has some pre-set suggestions that include "morning coffee music," "hip-hop party songs," and "disco songs that defined the 1970s," but you can type in any idea, mood, or feeling.

From there, the Playlist Playground feature will automatically generate a list of 25 songs, along with a custom title. Playlists that you create can be customized further with additional text prompts, and you can select a cover and a description.

The Playlist Playground is available in the iOS 26.4 beta, and you can get to it by opening up ‌Apple Music‌, tapping into the Library, and tapping on the "+" button to create a new playlist. If it doesn't show up, you may need to restart your device or the ‌Apple Music‌ app.

Playlists can be shared and displayed on your profile, similar to standard playlists.

iOS 26.4 is limited to developers right now, but Apple will likely release a public beta in the near future. The software will launch in the spring.
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The increasingly controversial medical non-governmental organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) that has been accused of its anti-Israel rhetoric shocked many when it recently announced that it had ceased operations at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza due to the presence of gunmen using the hospital it had constantly accused Israel of raiding.

MSF said that its teams had "reported a pattern of unacceptable acts, including the presence of armed men, intimidation, arbitrary arrests of patients, and a recent situation of suspicion of movement of weapons," and said the "incidents pose serious security threats to our teams and patients."

Salo Aizenberg, director of media watchdog group HonestReporting, told Fox News Digital that "MSF buried its acknowledgment of seeing armed gunmen at Nasser Hospital at the very end of a 2,500-word Gaza projects update, but still wouldn’t name who those gunmen were. Hamas."

STEFANIK ASKS AG BONDI TO PROBE MEDICAL CHARITY OVER HAMAS PROPAGANDA CLAIMS

Hamas’ continued operations highlight another challenge: the need to disarm Hamas, as required by the ceasefire currently in place.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Israel Defense Forces said it "possesses intelligence indicating that Nasser Hospital is being used as a headquarters and military post for senior Hamas commanders and operatives in the southern Gaza Strip. For two years, the IDF and the defense establishment has warned about the cynical use by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip of hospitals and humanitarian shelters as human shields to conceal terrorist activity."

While noting that MSF’s decision was "important," the IDF said that it "comes too late. This is further proof that reinforces the necessity for the disarmament of the Hamas terror organization."

Fox News Digital asked the White House whether the presence of armed fighters in Nasser Hospital is a violation of the ceasefire. A White House official stated that "we can't confirm Medecins Sans Frontieres' claims, but any threatening presence of Hamas is one of the reasons why we continue to emphasize that Hamas must disarm."

US-BACKED GAZA AID GROUP SLAMS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, ACCUSES IT OF SPREADING 'FALSE' CLAIMS

MSF has previously stated that it has been "operational out of Nasser Hospital since before the conflict escalated in October 2023."

Aizenberg said that MSF’s discourse is a change from prior statements. "When the IDF raided Nasser Hospital in February 2024, saying Hamas operatives and hostages were believed to be there, it was condemned as an illegal attack on a medical facility," Aizenberg said. "MSF now confirms the hospital was used by combatants and for weapons movement. The IDF was right all along."

Concerns have also come from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which provided over 187 million meals to Gazans between May 26 and late Nov 2025. In September, GHF told Fox News Digital that Nasser Hospital routinely issued "false reports" of civilian deaths at GHF sites to the media.

FORMER DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS LEADER CALLS GROUP 'ACCOMPLICES OF HAMAS' OVER GAZA WAR RESPONSE

MSF did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about their failure to address the presence of armed gunmen at Nasser Hospital previously, whether the armed gunmen at the hospital are members of Hamas and why they chose to include their change in operations at the end of a lengthy statement alleging "intimidation, pressure and smear campaigns" regarding MSF from Israeli authorities.

The IDF banned MSF from operating in Gaza beginning on March 1, citing the organization’s failure to provide a list of all Palestinian staff, according to the Times of Israel.

MSF has come under fire in the U.S., with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi in September requesting that she investigate the organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act because it "mirror[ed] propaganda continuously pushed by Hamas."

As the ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration takes hold, other anti-Israel NGOs also seem to be coming to terms with their obsession with Israel. Former Oxfam in the U.K. CEO Dr. Halima Begum is taking the charity to court for accusations of sexism, racism, and antisemitism. She told the U.K.’s Channel 4 News that "it always felt as though we were disproportionately working around the crisis in Gaza."

Addressing Begum’s remarks, Israeli cabinet minister Amichai Chikli said that Begum has "been a vocal critic of the State of Israel. Therefore, when she testifies about the level of antisemitism within the organization and levels these accusations herself, her remarks should resonate around the world all the more."

On Monday, Israel’s news agency TPS-IL reported that Oxfam will no longer be permitted to operate in Gaza beginning Feb. 28, the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism has ruled.

Watchdog organization NGO Monitor told Fox News Digital that the confluence of news stories demonstrates that "slowly, superpower NGOs are being exposed from the inside – their anti-Israel rot bared for all to see. A major return to founding principles is required to ensure that human rights once again become driving ideals inside the world’s most influential NGOs."

It may be more tempting to take that aging Mac you've been coddling and put it out to pasture soon. Apple has announced an event for March 4, which in usual Apple fashion, it has branded a "Special Apple Experience." Also in usual Apple fashion, it has not come out and said what it's going to be announcing. We have a pretty good idea, though.

The event will kick off at 9AM ET on March 4—Ars will be on the ground in New York City to cover Apple's latest unveiling, whatever form it may take. Apple doesn't release most products on a set schedule, but some recent speculation about likely hardware updates can point us in the right direction.

As we reported recently, the iPhone 17e may be making an appearance in Apple's lineup soon. This updated version of the budget-oriented iPhone will have an A19 chip inside, similar to the one powering the base model iPhone 17. It may also add MagSafe charging. Don't expect to see a multi-camera array like you'd get on the more expensive Apple phones, though. Pricing will be the most important thing to watch for should Apple announce this phone. Right now, the non-Pro iPhone 16 and 17 (including the 16e) are all clustered in the $600-800 range. Another $599 budget iPhone won't make waves.

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Police are now investigating what led to the 24-year-old New Jersey native being attacked, and if being a professional football player is a factor.

The Post added that the suspects hit him and then fled the scene.

EX-NFL PRO BOWL LINEMAN TRE' JOHNSON DEAD AT 54

Hickman was in stable condition after the assault, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was released later on Monday.

Hickman, who went undrafted out of Ohio State, is coming off a breakout season with the Browns after starting all 17 games.

While Cleveland finished the year 5-12, their defense was a formidable unit, and Hickman came out with career highs in tackles (103), passes defended (seven) and interceptions (two).

Hickman made his NFL debut during the 2023 season after joining Cleveland following the draft. He had a pick-six in his 10 games that season, as well as 25 combined tackles.

Hickman has a big offseason ahead, too, as he is a restricted free agent with the Browns.

Cleveland has the option to place one of four tenders on Hickman, which allows them to match an offer sheet from another team that may want to sign him.

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A shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday left two people dead, including a suspect, and four others injured, during a domestic violence altercation that turned deadly, sources told Fox News. 

The gunshots rang out at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a hockey game between Coventry and Blackstone Valley Schools, WPRI.com reported. 

A source with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) told Fox News that the shooting stemmed from a domestic violence incident and turned into a murder-suicide. 

The source said the gunman killed his wife and shot two of his kids before turning the gun on himself. He shot his third child - who is currently hospitalized, the source said.

BROWN UNIVERSITY, MIT SHOOTINGS: ARE ELITE US UNIVERSITIES PREPARED FOR TARGETED VIOLENCE?

An employee at a nearby Walgreens nearby told the news outlet that people came into the pharmacy panicking, saying there was a shooting. 

All students from the Coventry Boys Hockey team who were at Lynch Arena have been accounted for and are safe, Superintendent Don Cowart said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. 

"District officials were notified of the situation while the team was at the arena and immediately began coordinating with event staff and law enforcement. An officer from the Coventry Police Department is on scene and remains with the students," he said. 

CLAUDIO MANUEL NEVES-VALENTE IDENTIFIED AS BROWN UNIVERSITY AND MIT SHOOTING SUSPECT, FOUND DEAD

"We are aware of the incident and are coordinating with our partners," the FBI said. "We refer you to the locals for any additional information."

Rhose Island Gov. Dan McKee said his office was monitoring the events. 

"I just spoke with Mayor Grebien as well as the Rhode Island State Police who are working with local law enforcement," he wrote on Facebook. "I am praying for Pawtucket and everyone involved."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Pawtucket Police Department. 

The U.S.-Europe dynamic was more cordial at the Feb. 13-15 Munich Security Conference than last year, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivering a conciliatory speech.

But the substance of the relationship remained unchanged, despite the softer rhetoric.

U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign

After falling down for a short second, Horishima somehow regained his balance, but was facing backwards down the mountain.

Instead of trying to turn, Horishima simply looked behind him and continued down the rough mountain backwards as he crossed the finish line.

TEAM USA MEN'S HOCKEY GOES UNDEFEATED IN GROUP C, EARNS BYE INTO NEXT OLYMPIC ROUND AFTER WIN OVER GERMANY

The NBC announcers were memorized by what they witnessed from Horishima.

"Oh my goodness, what is going on? I can’t believe my eyes," commentator Trace Worthington said. "Ikuma Horishima coming across the line backwards."

Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury was awarded the gold medal in the event, while Australia’s Matt Graham finished behind Horishima to win bronze.

Horishima won his second medal of these Winter Games, securing a bronze in the men’s moguls. He finished behind Australia’s Cooper Woods and Kingsbury in that event.

Horishima’s silver, though, tallied Japan’s 17th medal, which is tied for third in the Games behind Norway and Italy. Norway leads the way with 27 medals, including a leading 12 golds, while Italy has 22 medals.

The United States has 17 total medals, including five goals and eight silvers, thus far.

Horishima made his Olympic debut in the 2022 Beijing Games, though he failed to medal in his events.

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A year later, a fiery crash at Toronto's Pearson airport that saw a Delta Air Line plane flip on the runway still haunts a passenger who says he is grappling with physical and mental trauma to this day.

Former President Barack Obama criticized the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, calling it an "atrocity," given the billions of dollars elected officials have thrown at the problem over the years. 

Obama was speaking with YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen when he touched on criticism local residents and business owners have voiced for years.

"I think it is morally — ethically speaking — it is an atrocity that in a country this wealthy, we have people just on the streets, and we should insist on policies that recognize their full humanity — people who are houseless — and be able to provide them with the help and resources that they need," Obama said.

DAVID MARCUS: I'VE SEEN ENOUGH HUMAN SUFFERING IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS TO KNOW TRUMP'S NEW POLICY IS RIGHT

"We should recognize that the average person doesn’t want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown," he added. "That’s a losing political strategy."

Obama noted that building support for programs and resources to assist those living on the streets needs to come with some level of accountability for those being offered the help. 

"We're not going to be able to generate support for it if we simply say, you know what, it's not their fault and so they should be able to do whatever they want, because that's a losing political strategy," he said. 

FORMER OBAMA OFFICIAL FREAKS OUT AT CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT OVER HER RECORD AMID HOUSING CRISIS DEBATE

"That doesn't mean that we care less about those folks," he added. "It means if we really care about them, then we got to try to figure out how do we gain majority support and be practical in terms of what we can get through at this moment in time and build on those victories," he added. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. 

California has spent billions to combat homelessness. In his State of the State address last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom touted a 9% statewide drop in homelessness.

In January, he announced new investments to create more shelters and services.

"No one in this country should be without a place to call home. In California, we’re proving there is a solution," Newsom said in January. "The strategies we’ve put in place are working, and they’re turning this crisis around — but we’re not done. We won’t stop until everyone has a safe, stable place to call home."

A Best Buy employee in Florida was charged with fraud after allegedly using his manager's code to heavily discount nearly 150 items that he and his accomplices purchased and pawned.

It seems that the manager first started growing suspicious about "strange sales numbers" in December 2024, an ABC News affiliate in West Palm Beach reported. Private investigators traced the weird sales back to a 36-year-old employee, Matthew Lettera, who allegedly conducted 97 discounted purchases for himself and 52 additional transactions for others. Some MacBooks were discounted as much as 99 percent, a local CW affiliate reported. In total, Best Buy lost more than $118,000 from the scheme.

According to a LinkedIn profile that matches Lettera's information, he started working at Best Buy in January 2020 after pivoting from career training as a chef.

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macOS Tahoe will be the last version of macOS that supports Intel-based Macs, with Apple planning to phase out Intel Macs entirely following its transition to Apple silicon.


Apple today reminded developers and users that future versions of macOS will not support Intel machines, and Rosetta 2 support for apps will end after macOS 27.

Starting with ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4, when users launch an app that uses Rosetta 2, there will be a popup letting them know that the app will no longer work when support for Rosetta 2 ends.

Apple says that it will continue to support older, unmaintained gaming titles with Rosetta along with software running Intel binaries in Linux VMs beyond macOS 27. There could also be future security fixes.

Apple first announced plans to stop supporting Intel Macs with new versions of macOS back in June 2025 when it debuted ‌macOS Tahoe‌ at WWDC.

Apple started its transition to Apple silicon with the 2020 launch of the M1 Mac machines, and three years ago, the company completed the transition to Apple silicon with the Apple silicon Mac Pro.

macOS 27 will launch in September 2026, so the end of support for Intel-based Macs is approaching.
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The CFTC, the legitimate regulator of these financial instruments, backs Crypto.com in a lawsuit appeal.

I shouldn’t be so harsh, but it’s disappointing to see that for every podcast platform with real power, one by one they come up with their own proprietary solution for video. There’s already a perfectly good RSS-based spec for how to handle this. I’ve been planning to support it in Micro.blog.

"COVID sped up our relationship, which I felt like God knew we needed because we were going to start a family," she said. "And had it not been for COVID, we would’ve taken a lot more time to get comfortable with each other, to even know that we were ready."

Rihanna recalled that she and Rocky were both certain that they wanted to start a family together.

"We didn’t even really talk about it," she said. "There was no denying it. It was the best thing that ever happened to us. It just happened."

"I let God lead and just let go," she said. "Because in previous relationships, I tried and tried and tried my best, and you still feel like it’s not enough. So when someone sees you completely and believes in you, and thinks you’re worthy of being the mother of their kids, it’s a great feeling. I felt the same about him. I knew he would be a great dad."

EXCLUSIVE: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a high-profile women’s rights activist who fled Sharia law, has endorsed Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, for re-election in a critical Senate race that could determine whether the GOP retains its majority.

In a video announcing her endorsement, Ali, a speaker and author who fled Somalia after suffering female genital mutilation, said that "only John Cornyn has a proven record of stopping radical Islamic extremism."

"I've seen firsthand what radical Islam does to women, to families, and to nations who ignore the warning signs. America is not immune, and neither is Texas," she went on, adding, "That's why experience matters."

This comes amid an already contentious Senate primary race in Texas between Cornyn, who has held the seat since 2002, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas. President Donald Trump has not weighed in on the race, though he recently hinted he may do so, saying, "My problem is I’m friendly with all of them."

TEXAS GOVERNOR EXPOSES ‘HYPOCRISY’ OF DEM PUSH FOR STATES’ RIGHTS IN MINNESOTA AFTER BIDEN YEARS

Texas leaders have recently sounded the alarm about the growth of Sharia law in the Lone Star State. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott recently issued a proclamation designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as "foreign terrorist organizations" and "transnational criminal organizations" under Texas law.

Ali emphasized the importance of Cornyn’s experience in pushing back against Sharia law, taking subtle jabs at Paxton and Hunt, who would be first-term senators.  

She said that Cornyn "has taken the threat seriously when others choose denial or political games."

"If you want a Texas that protects its people and defends its values, you need a leader who understands the danger and knows how to stop it," she said.

"To keep Texas strong and safe from radical Islam, vote John Cornyn."

GOP GOVERNOR LAYS OUT PLAN TO ‘PURGE’ TERRORISTS AND TERROR SUPPORTERS FROM STATE

In response, Cornyn told Fox News Digital, "I am honored to be endorsed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has spoken fearlessly about the dangers of radical Islam from her own experience."

Cornyn’s office pointed to several actions he has taken as senator to push back on Sharia Law in the U.S., including recently Introducing the Defeat Sharia Law in America Act, which the office said aims to clarify that discriminating based on Sharia Law is a violation of the Civil Rights Act, co-sponsoring the No Sharia Act, which it said prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing foreign laws or judgments that violate the Constitution and calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate "EPIC Ranches City" in Texas, a master-planned development that allegedly marketed itself as a Muslims-only community.

In 2025, Cornyn also introduced legislation to strip the tax-exempt status from organizations that provide material support to designated terrorist groups, specifically targeting CAIR. He also co-sponsored the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, which directs the Secretary of State to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

"For many years now, I have worked to confront this radical ideology, from working to ban Sharia Law, to identifying, arresting and prosecuting terrorist organizations, and calling on the DOJ to investigate the EPIC City development," said Cornyn. "I will continue to protect Texans from the threat of radical Islamic ideology anywhere in our country."

TEXAS REPUBLICANS LAUNCH 'SHARIA FREE AMERICA CAUCUS' AIMED AT DEFENDING 'WESTERN CIVILIZATION'

Ali’s endorsement comes just over two weeks until primary election day in Texas.

Cornyn, a high-ranking Senate Republican, has also been endorsed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee as well as the National Border Patrol Council.

Meanwhile, Paxton, who has served as the top attorney for Texas since 2015, was recently endorsed by Turning Point Action, the political arm of the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Hunt, a U.S. Army veteran, has been endorsed by Veterans for America First.

Both Paxton and Hunt have also spoken out against Sharia Law in Texas. Paxton sued CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, seeking to shut them down and bar their operations in Texas. He also sued the developers behind EPIC as well, arguing they violated Texas securities law by selling investment interests without proper registration and by failing to verify accredited investor status as required. Hunt has said Sharia law is "completely incompatible with the founding principles of the United States of America" and argued it should have no place in U.S. legal or civic systems.

TEXAS DEMOCRAT FEUD GROWS AS COLIN ALLRED CLAIMS JAMES TALARICO MADE OFFENSIVE REMARK ABOUT FAMILY, CAMPAIGNS

All three Republican candidates have touted their support for Trump and their records of supporting his agenda in their respective offices.

Trump recently told reporters that he may weigh in on the primary race soon, saying, "I’m giving it a very serious look."

"You know, my problem is I’m friendly with all of them. I like all of them, all three," Trump said.

"But you’ll be seeing soon," he went on. "They say whoever I endorse wins. That’s probably right."

Whichever Republican emerges victorious from the primary election will face off against either leading Democratic voice Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, or  progressive rising star state Rep. James Talarico.

According to Paxton’s office, Ali will appear at a campaign roundtable with religious leaders in North Texas later this week.

Activists love it, but it is counterproductive, has no basis in statute, and could be unconstitutional.

Some of President Donald Trump's top Democratic critics who may run for the White House in 2028 used appearances at a high-profile European conference this past weekend to blast the Republican president's agenda and try to beef up their foreign policy chops.

But for some of these Democrats with national ambitions, the international stop at the prestigious Munich Security Conference may have backfired.

Meanwhile, a highly anticipated address by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who may be on the GOP's 2028 ticket, won positive reviews for his charm offensive with European allies bruised by Trump's aggressive second-term moves towards some of America's oldest and closest allies.

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Eight Democrats considered potential 2028 contenders — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo — all descended on Munich.

"I think they hurt themselves badly," Hugh Hewitt, the popular conservative radio talk show host and Fox News contributor, said of the Democrats during an appearance on "Fox and Friends."

‘DOUBLING DOWN ON STUPID’ - NEWSOM TAKES AIM AT INTERNATIONAL GATHERING

But it was Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive champion who has long been laser focused on affordability and other domestic issues, who scored the worst reviews.

"We are seeing our presidential administration tear apart the transatlantic partnership, rip up every democratic norm," Ocasio-Cortez said as she took aim at Trump. "I think many of us are here to say we are here, and we are ready for the next chapter, not to have the world turn to isolation, but to deepen our partnership … and increase our commitment to integrity to our values."

But Ocasio-Cortez was heavily criticized for her gaffe when asked during a panel discussion whether the U.S. should send troops to defend Taiwan from a possible invasion by China.

The four-term lawmaker appeared to stall for nearly 20 seconds before offering that the U.S. should try to avoid reaching a clash with China over Taiwan.

"AOC is like a parade of clichés. A model U.N. student that didn’t get enough sleep," Hewitt argued.

Social media posts by others on the right weren't as kind, slamming her for offering up a world salad.

But it wasn't just Republicans who critiqued Ocasio-Cortez.

A veteran Democratic strategist who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely told Fox News Digital, "it is abundantly clear that AOC is not ready for prime time given her remarks in Europe."

Whitmer, the term-limited governor of the key Great Lakes battleground state, was also criticized.

Asked what victory would look like for Ukraine, Whitmer said Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, who were sitting with her on the panel, were "much more steeped in foreign policy than a governor is."

"Ukraine's independence, keeping their land mass and having the support of all of the allies, I think, is the goal," Whitmer added.

NEWSOM STOP IN KEY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATE SPARKS MORE 2028 SPECULATION

Newsom repeatedly took aim at the president during his appearances.

"Donald Trump is temporary," he said Friday during a climate change discussion. "He’ll be gone in three years." And he hammered Trump over climate policy, arguing the president is "doubling down on stupid."

"Never in the history of the United States of America has there been a more destructive president than the current occupant of the White House in Washington, D.C.," Newsom charged. "Donald Trump is trying to turn back the clock."

Matt Mowers, a longtime Republican strategist and State Department veteran during Trump's first administration who later was a 2020 GOP congressional nominee in swing state New Hampshire, gave the Democrats low scores.

"What we saw on the Democratic side were a bunch of folks who were not ready for prime time," Mowers told Fox News Digital. "I think the American people are going to look at the circus group that showed up there and wonder if they can trust any of them to be in a position of power and lead America forward."

THE ONE SENTENCE IN RUBIO'S ‘SPEECH THAT REVEALED TRUMP’S RED LINE FOR EUROPE

But longtime Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, pointing to the Democrats at the conference, told Fox News Digital that "speaking in Munich serves to bolster their foreign affairs credentials, especially under the backdrop of the looming 2028 presidential campaign."

"It’s unclear which strategy is going to work, but I think regardless of who is successful, they will need a clear and cogent foreign policy to return our position at the global table," Caiazzo said.

Rubio's speech came a year after Vice President JD Vance, the perceived 2028 Republican front-runner, delivered a scathing attack on Europe during his 2025 speech at the security forum.

America's top diplomat, speaking a month after Trump took a sledgehammer to Europe during remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was applauded for saying "in a time of headlines heralding the end of the trans-Atlantic era, let it be known and clear to all that this is neither our goal nor our wish, because for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe."

Striving to ease tensions fueled by Trump's push to take control of Greenland and the president's threats of further tariffs on European nations, Rubio emphasized that "the United States and Europe, we belong together."

But while softer in tone, Rubio's underlying message was as uncompromising as those of Trump and Vance, that Europe needed to join America's new reshaped vision for the world, or get out of the way.

And Rubio strongly criticized European nations over their immigration and climate agenda, and slammed the United Nations, saying the world body "played virtually no role" in peace efforts in Ukraine and Gaza.

Pointing to what he called "the dynamic duo of JD Vance’s speech last year and Marco Rubio’s speech this year," Mowers said, "You needed more of a wrecking ball last year to wake everyone up."

And he said this year, "You have someone who can try to bring together more unity based upon a shared framework. But I think the two of them together have done a great job at really explaining what a U.S.-European relationship can look like for the 21st century."

A dispute stemming from questions about the use of AI firm's Anthropic’s model during the U.S. operation targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has triggered a Pentagon review of the company’s partnership, with senior officials raising concerns that Anthropic could represent a "supply chain risk."

Axios first reported on the growing tensions between the Pentagon and Anthropic, a tech company known for emphasizing safeguards on AI. 

Anthropic won a $200 million contract with the Pentagon in July 2025. 

TRUMP’S VENEZUELA STRIKE SPARKS CONSTITUTIONAL CLASH AS MADURO IS HAULED INTO US

Its AI model, Claude, was the first model brought into classified networks.

Now, "The Department of War’s relationship with Anthropic is being reviewed," chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told Fox News Digital.

"Our nation requires that our partners be willing to help our warfighters in any fight."

According to a senior administration official, tensions escalated when Anthropic asked whether Claude was used for the raid to capture Maduro, "which caused real concerns across the Department of War indicating that they might not approve if it was." 

"Given Anthropic’s behavior, many senior officials in the DoW are starting to view them as a supply chain risk," said a senior War Department official. "We may require that all our vendors and contractors certify that they don’t use any Anthropic models."

The officials did not elaborate on when Anthropic made the inquiry or to whom.  Axios reported, citing a senior administration official, that Anthropic raised the question with an executive at Palantir, its partner in Pentagon contracting.

Palantir could not immediately be reached for comment. 

Anthropic disputed that characterization. A spokesperson said the company "has not discussed the use of Claude for specific operations with the Department of War" and has not discussed such matters with industry partners "outside of routine discussions on strictly technical matters."

The spokesperson added that Anthropic’s conversations with the Pentagon "have focused on a specific set of Usage Policy questions — namely, our hard limits around fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance — none of which relate to current operations."

WHAT THE ALLEGED ‘SONIC WEAPON’ USED IN VENEZUELA MAY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN

"We are having productive conversations, in good faith, with DoW on how to continue that work and get these complex issues right," the spokesperson said.

Pentagon officials, however, denied that restrictions related to mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons are at the center of the current dispute.

The Pentagon has been pushing leading AI firms to authorize their tools for "all lawful purposes," seeking to ensure commercial models can be deployed in sensitive operational environments without company-imposed restrictions.

A senior War Department official said other leading AI firms are "working collaboratively with the Pentagon in good faith" to ensure their models can be used for all lawful purposes.

"OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok have all have agreed to this in the military's unclassified systems with one agreeing across all systems already, and we are optimistic the rest of companies will get there on classified settings in the near future," the official said. 

How this conflict resolves could shape future defense AI contracting. If the Department insists on unrestricted access for lawful military uses, companies may face pressure to narrow or reconsider internal safeguards when working with national security customers.

Conversely, resistance from companies with safety-focused policies highlights growing friction at the intersection of national security and corporate AI governance — a tension increasingly visible as frontier AI systems are integrated into defense operations.

Neither Anthropic nor the Pentagon confirmed whether Claude was used in the Maduro operation. Advanced AI systems like Claude, however, are designed to do something human analysts struggle with under time pressure: digest enormous volumes of information in seconds.

In a high-risk overseas operation, that could mean rapidly sorting intercepted communications, summarizing intelligence reports, flagging inconsistencies in satellite imagery, or cross-referencing travel records and financial data to confirm a target’s location. Instead of combing through hundreds of pages of raw intelligence, planners could ask the system to surface the most relevant details and identify potential blind spots.

AI models can also help war planners run through scenarios — what happens if a convoy reroutes, if weather shifts, or if a target moves unexpectedly. By quickly synthesizing logistics data, terrain information and known adversary patterns, the system can present commanders with options and risks in near real time.

The debate over fully autonomous weapons — systems capable of selecting and engaging targets without a human decision-maker in the loop — has become one of the most contentious issues in military AI development. Supporters argue such systems could react faster than humans in high-speed combat. Critics warn that removing human judgment from lethal decisions raises profound legal and accountability concerns if a machine makes a fatal mistake.

Biden's office and ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.

Fox News' Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report. 

This thread started by John Spurlock has context for Apple’s HLS announcement. It appears to not use RSS at all, making it no better than YouTube or Spotify shows. Apple had a chance to lead on openness and they blew it… Cynically I wonder if it’s because they’re skimming ad revenue from the deal.

Apple today released new public beta firmware for the AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods 4. The firmware is limited to developers and public beta testers at the current time, and it has a build number of 8B5034f. Apple first provided this firmware last week, but it was only available to developers at the time.


Apple today started testing iOS 26.4, so it's possible the new firmware includes features related to the iOS 26.4 beta.

With iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, Apple added a beta firmware update installation option that's available from the AirPods settings interface when the AirPods are connected to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, which facilitates beta testing.

Developers and public beta testers can use the beta option to turn on beta downloads.
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The former president also spoke to Cohen about the Democratic Party, the Trump administration and more. 

Obama warned during the conversation that politicians could "age out" and lose a crucial connection to a younger electorate.

"I’m not making a hard and fast rule here, but I do think that Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment, to the zeitgeist, to the times and the particular struggles that folks are thinking about as they look towards the future, rather than look backward toward the past," Obama said.

"I’m a pretty healthy 64, feel great, but the truth is, half of the references that my daughters make about social media, TikTok and such, I don’t know who they’re talking about," Obama said in the interview. "There is an element of, at some point, you age out. You’re not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through."

Hill, who will turn 32 on March 1, is recovering from a season-ending injury he suffered on Sept. 29 against the New York Jets. He needed surgery to repair significant damage to his left knee, including a torn ACL.

Miami acquired Hill in a blockbuster trade with the Kansas City Chiefs before the start of the 2022 season. He signed a four-year extension reportedly worth up to $120 million. It made him the highest-paid player at his position at the time. The deal, which ran through the 2026 season, would have been a $51 million cap hit.

Hill was a standout player on the field despite rocky moments off the field.

He was an All-Pro in his first two seasons with the Dolphins. He played in 54 games and had 340 catches for 4,733 yards and 27 touchdowns. He didn’t have the same postseason success as he had with the Chiefs.

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Off the field, Hill’s personal life drama caught headlines. He was also detained in an altercation with law enforcement outside Hard Rock Stadium in 2024.

He said in October he was undecided on whether he wanted to keep playing beyond the 2025 season.

"At the end of the day, I feel like that decision is based upon how I feel and where my mindset is at the moment," he said on the podcast of Terron Armstead, Hill’s former Dolphins teammate. "I’m happy with the career that I’ve had. I love playing football. I love it, but it takes a lot. It takes a lot on you mentally, it takes a lot on you physically.

"I’m at the point now where I need to have a conversation with mom, family, everybody. Wherever my mind is at the time, the decision will be made, but I know right now, I haven’t had time to live in the moment."

Miami’s front office underwent a change in the offseason. The team parted ways with Mike McDaniel and hired Jeff Hafley as its head coach. Jon-Eric Sullivan also replaced Chris Grier as the general manager.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The move follows further revelations over her friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Joshua Rothman writing at The New Yorker about writers creating spaces to focus and inspire:

Having access to these spaces and resources has been a privilege. There’s no question that they’ve helped me write. And yet, if I look back over my career as a writer, the value I’ve derived from carefully controlling my environment has paled in comparison to my main source of motivation: scary e-mails from editors.

I would get nothing done without deadlines.

The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.

The proposed change has been set out in an amendment to the government's Crimes and Policing Bill.

Fox News Digital reached out to the senators' offices on Monday.

The "vast majority" of the campus community is vaccinated, according to university health updates. The school remains open for normal operations, including in-person classes and Mass.

People with a history of infection or who have received the full series of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunization are 98% protected and are unlikely to contract measles, according to the DOH.

League One club Mansfield will host record 14-time winners Arsenal at Field Mill in the FA Cup fifth round, as Manchester City head to Newcastle in a repeat of the League Cup semi-final.

Loic Meillard of Switzerland wins slalom to close out men's Alpine program at Milan Cortina Olympics

Florida police arrested an agitator outside President Donald Trump's West Palm Beach golf course this weekend.

Police say the man, identified as Paul Messer, was engaging with anti-Trump protesters across from the golf club on Sunday when he got into a verbal dispute with another protester and struck her multiple times in the upper chest and neck with a metal flagpole, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

The woman stumbled backward and had visible redness on the right side of her neck. Messer was taken into custody and transported to the Palm Beach County Jail on a battery charge.

The White House press pool following Trump witnessed the altercation, saying Messer was holding a pro-Trump flag during the incident.

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"As we continue to hold across from the golf club, a small group of protesters gathered by a barricade. Some had signs that read 'F--- ICE,’ while another couple displayed pro-Trump flags. A man with a Trump flag was then arrested by a sheriff’s deputy. A small group continues to stand by the barricade with their signs," a pool report said.

The altercation came just weeks after Trump played golf with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Trump International Golf Club. Rounding out their foursome were college football coaching legends Urban Meyer and Nick Saban.

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Trump signaled warmer relations with the Florida governor last summer, and Florida has in turn increasingly aligned itself with key Trump administration priorities.

Among those priorities is the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative launched by Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services, which DeSantis has moved to embrace. As a result, DeSantis’ state kicked off its "Healthy Florida First" initiative in January, an effort across the state to test for contaminants in food products that DeSantis said is in lockstep with the administration’s priorities.

Starting with iOS 26.4, Stolen Device Protection will be enabled by default and turned on for all iPhone users. Stolen Device Protection adds extra security in case of physical ‌iPhone‌ theft.


Apple implemented Stolen Device Protection back in 2023 after reports about a new ‌iPhone‌ theft method. Thieves would spy on an intended victim to learn their passcode, then steal the target's ‌iPhone‌. With the passcode, criminals were able to empty bank accounts, access passwords, and turn off Find My.

Stolen Device Protection requires additional authentication through Face ID or Touch ID to access certain ‌iPhone‌ features like the Passwords app, Lost mode in ‌Find My‌, Safari purchases, and more. Some features are disabled entirely without authentication, while others have a one-hour security delay.

Actions requiring ‌Face ID‌ or ‌Touch ID‌ to complete:

• Viewing/using passwords or passkeys saved in iCloud Keychain


• Applying for a new Apple Card


• Viewing an ‌Apple Card‌ virtual card


• Turning off Lost Mode


• Erasing all content and settings


• Taking certain Apple Cash and Savings actions in Wallet


• Using payment methods saved in Safari


• Using your ‌iPhone‌ to set up a new device

These actions do not have a passcode backup, so you can't use a passcode to avoid using ‌Face ID‌ or ‌Touch ID‌.

Actions that have a 1-hour security delay, and require two biometric authentications:

• Changing your Apple ID password


• Updating select ‌Apple ID‌ account security settings, including adding or removing a trusted device, trusted phone number, Recovery Key, or Recovery Contact


• Changing your ‌iPhone‌ passcode


• Adding or removing ‌Face ID‌ or ‌Touch ID‌


• Turning off ‌Find My‌


• Turning off Stolen Device Protection

Prior to iOS 26.4, Stolen Device Protection had to be enabled manually in the ‌Face ID‌ and Passcode section of the Settings app. There is an option to remove security delays when the ‌iPhone‌ is in a familiar location, which allows full functionality at home but protection when out and about.

iOS 26.4 is limited to developers at the current time, but a public beta will be coming in the near future. Apple plans to release the update in the spring.
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An Australian influencer is accusing Billie Eilish of being behind his removal from the United States after he mocked her Grammy Awards "stolen land" speech by launching a crowdfunding effort to "move into" her multi-million-dollar Los Angeles mansion.

"Billie Eilish got me deported from the US — I think her legal team contacted DHS," Drew Pavlou wrote Sunday on X.

"I spent 30 hours at LAX immigration trying to explain that my s--- posts were just a joke and that I didn’t actually plan to personally move into her mansion," he continued.

Pavlou added that most of the agents he encountered were "nice" and "laughed at the idea," but there was "nothing [he] could do" to escape the situation.

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"Maybe evil leftists are still in charge of sections of the bureaucracy. I guess some people are in fact actually illegal on stolen land, and I guess I am just a BAD GUY…. 

"Honestly I am legitimately one of the most misunderstood theorists/artists of the 21st century," he added.

"Bad Guy," which is stylized in lower-case, is the name of one of Eilish's songs.

Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor representatives for Eilish responded to requests for comment.

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Pavlou later posted an update with what appeared to be his removal paperwork, alleging that Eilish's legal team had potentially "compiled a dossier" on him. He's provided no direct evidence of Eilish's involvement.

"The agents were asking me about my entire history as an activist opposed to the Chinese government, whether I had ever plotted to assassinate Chinese Communist Party officials; it was legitimately insane," he recalled.

"I suffered for my art as an online s---poster," he added.

BILLIE EILISH'S BROTHER FINNEAS RIPS 'OLD WHITE MEN' WHO WERE ANGERED BY ANTI-ICE GRAMMYS SPEECH

In a separate post regarding the incident, Pavlou claimed authorities asked if he planned to "trespass" on Eilish's property and told him he should have applied for a business visa to appear on conservative media personality Stephen Crowder's show in Texas later this week.

"They didn’t ban me from the US but they said I have to apply with a different visa next time," he elaborated.

He also replied to a community note that said he wasn't deported but rather "denied entry" because of visa issues. 

"Community note is wrong, customs officials told me that I was denied entry because of the Billie Eilish posts," he wrote.

Pavlou's claims regarding Eilish and the denial of entry followed his tongue-in-cheek crowdfunding campaign earlier this month to "move into" the singer's home since she believes "no human being is illegal on stolen land."

Eilish, who won Song of the Year at the 2026 Grammys, condemned ICE during her acceptance speech. The 24-year-old went viral when she declared, "No one is illegal on stolen land."

Fox News' Stephanie Samsel contributed to this report.

The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says.

A growing number of U.S. states have introduced legislation that would make it a felony for protesters to disrupt church services or other places of worship, in an apparent effort to head off anti-ICE demonstrations like those that unfolded weeks earlier in Minnesota.

In Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, signed into law a Republican-led bill that strengthens penalties against demonstrators who disrupt church services in the state and creates a so-called "buffer zone" around worshipers to further protect churchgoers.

In Alabama, House lawmakers are preparing to vote on a Republican-backed bill that would make it a Class C felony for individuals to enter a church or place of worship with intent to disrupt a service. If passed, first-time violators could face up to 10 years in prison.

In Idaho, a newly proposed bill seeks to add churches and religious services to the state's "disturbing the peace" law, which currently applies to neighborhoods, families and individuals. Violations of the existing law are a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in prison.

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Other states have introduced bills that would enact harsher penalties for individuals obstructing or interfering with religious services, and some lawmakers have pointed directly to Minnesota as the reason for the changes.

South Dakota, for its part, has mulled two separate bills this year aimed at cracking down on church demonstrations. 

The first, introduced by a Republican lawmaker in the state, sought to enact a 50-foot perimeter around places of worship, and include a one-hour time buffer barring demonstrations from taking place before or after any services. That effort failed to garner support amid concerns of potential First Amendment violations. 

But the second bill, filed by South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden (R), has gained more traction.

Rhoden's legislation would reclassify the disruption of a church service from a misdemeanor to a felony, punishable by two years in state prison, a fine of up to $4,000, or both.

The state lawmakers are part of a growing list of legislatures that have sought to enact similar measures in the weeks following anti-ICE disruption at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where a group stormed into the church chanting "ICE out," among other things.

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The disturbance resulted in federal criminal charges against nine individuals — including former CNN anchor Don Lemon and another journalist — accused of participating in the anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. All were indicted on charges of allegedly conspiring to violate constitutional rights, as well as violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. 

The FACE Act, passed in 1994, is a federal law that prohibits intimidation, or obstruction to deliberately "injure, intimidate, or interfere" with an individual's ability to exercise their right to religious freedom at a reproductive healthcare facility or a place of worship. 

Republicans and pro-life groups criticized the law as being selectively enforced under previous administrations, and focusing almost overwhelmingly on demonstrations outside reproductive healthcare facilities, rather than places of worship.

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Shortly after the start of his second term, President Donald Trump announced the pardon of 23 individuals arrested for FACE Act violations.

The Justice Department has no official tally of the individuals charged under the FACE Act since its passage more than 30 years ago.

In Ohio, two GOP lawmakers introduced a new bill, HB 662, that would reclassify interfering with religious services from a first-degree misdemeanor to a fifth-degree felony.

The authors of the legislation, Reps. Tex Fischer (R-Boardman) and Johnathan Newman (R-Troy), pointed to the recent unrest as the driver behind their new legislation.

"While every American has the right to peacefully protest ICE or any other government entity, they do not have a right to storm into a place of worship and disrupt another American's right to freely practice their religion," Fischer said.

"We cannot allow our country to be a place where families fear they may face harassment or see their religious services disrupted by activists attempting to score political points while attending church on a Sunday morning," he added. 

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security feature that is not currently available for cross-platform messaging.


Apple has been working with the GSM Association to implement E2EE for ‌RCS‌ messages. iMessage, the messaging protocol for sending texts between iPhones, has long supported end-to-end encryption. ‌RCS‌ messages between Android devices have also featured E2EE, but there was no full encryption for Android to iPhone (or vice versa) communications. With the addition of E2EE for ‌RCS‌, messages between ‌iPhone‌ users and Android users will eventually be just as secure as iMessage.

Developers running the iOS 26.4 beta will see a new switch in the Settings app that's turned on by default. The toggle enables testing end-to-end encrypted ‌RCS‌ messaging for supported devices and carriers. Most carriers that support ‌RCS‌ will also support ‌RCS‌ end-to-end encryption, according to Apple. During the first beta, ‌RCS‌ encryption is available for testing Apple devices only when iMessage is disabled.

‌iPhone‌ users who have the beta installed will see a lock icon in ‌RCS‌ chats, with the icon indicating that E2EE is enabled. The lock icon will also now appear in iMessage chats.

‌RCS‌ End-to-end encryption for Apple devices will roll out to beta users gradually, so not everyone will have access right away. Encryption will become available over time, and you can tell if it's enabled through the lock icon.

Cross-platform testing between ‌iPhone‌ users and Android users will begin at a later date.

E2EE for ‌RCS‌ will require Apple to update to ‌RCS‌ Universal Profile 3.0, which the GSMA published with Apple's input. Apple currently supports ‌RCS‌ Universal Profile 2.4. ‌RCS‌ Universal Profile 3.0 will also add features for editing text messages, deleting text messages, and replying to specific messages inline during cross-platform conversations.

Apple released the first betas of iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 today, with the updates available for developers. Apple plans to launch the updates in the spring, but while E2EE is in testing, the full functionality is not expected until a later iOS 26 update.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the district attorney's office and to the police department on Monday to request an update on the situation.

Robert Duvall, 'Tender Mercies' Oscar winner, dies at 95

With iOS 26.4, Apple is adding video podcast capabilities to the Apple Podcasts app. The feature uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to provide podcast creators with "unprecedented control and monetization opportunities" while also providing a high-quality viewing experience.

"Twenty years ago, Apple helped take podcasting mainstream by adding podcasts to iTunes, and more than a decade ago, we introduced the dedicated Apple Podcasts app," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Services. "Today marks a defining milestone in that journey. By bringing a category-leading video experience to Apple Podcasts, we're putting creators in full control of their content and how they build their businesses, while making it easier than ever for audiences to listen to or watch podcasts."

The iOS 26.4 Podcasts app will let users switch between watching and listening to shows, with videos able to be downloaded for offline viewing. HLS ensures smooth playback regardless of network connection, so videos will work on Wi-Fi or cellular. Apple says that the video episodes will integrate with existing ‌Apple Podcasts‌ features, including personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions in the New and Category sections.

Creators are able to distribute through participating hosting providers and ad networks, with Acast, ART19, Omny Studio, and SiriusXM brands supporting HLS video at launch. Creators will be able to dynamically insert video ads for broader video advertising opportunities.

The Podcasts app previously supported video podcasts via RSS, but the iOS 26.4 feature is a streamlined, native option for creating and monetizing video podcasts.

Podcasters can find more information on the new video feature through Apple's podcasts website. HLS video is available for testing today in the beta versions of iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4. iOS 26.4 will be released in the spring.
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Democrats were mocked for leaving one of their most popular presidents off their party’s Presidents' Day message after Republicans noticed that former President Bill Clinton was absent.

The former Arkansas governor and 42nd commander-in-chief was missing from a "Happy President’s Day" image that included John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

The only Democratic presidents missing between Roosevelt and Biden’s tenures were Clinton and Harry Truman.

In response, the RNC retweeted the @TheDemocrats post with an image of Clinton wearing glasses and sitting next to Hillary Clinton, with a concerned or focused look on his face.

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"Forget someone again??" the RNC caption read.

Fox News Digital reached out to the DNC to ask whether the omission was intentional and to the Clinton Foundation for comment.

Republicans, meanwhile, posted a Presidents Day image of Mount Rushmore featuring a color image of Trump next to President Abraham Lincoln, positioned on the right side of the South Dakota monument.

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Their account also retweeted the Department of Health and Human Services, which wrote that "This Presidents Day, we honor the leaders who shaped our nation and reaffirm our commitment to serving the health and well-being of every American."

HHS included a composite of Trump, Lincoln and President George Washington to make their point.

Clinton, one of the most popular presidents in recent history, was not without his share of scandal.

The late Kenneth Starr investigated Clinton for connections to a controversial 1978 land deal in the Ozarks nicknamed "Whitewater" dating to Clinton’s time as Arkansas attorney general.

While Clinton was never charged with wrongdoing, Arkansas business partners Jim and Susan McDougal were convicted in connection with the failed Whitewater deal. Hillary Clinton had previously worked for the law firm that represented Jim McDougal’s bank. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Clinton’s successor, was also convicted.

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But the Whitewater case led Starr to discover what became the Monica Lewinsky Scandal — wherein Clinton allegedly had a sexual relationship with a White House intern.

On January 26, 1998, Clinton famously maintained his innocence in the face of impeachment over Starr’s case, declaring at the end of a childcare policy press conference:

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

"I never told anybody to lie, not a single time. Never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people," Clinton added.

U.S. markets are closed for Presidents Day. GDP and inflation data are due in the coming days, while Walmart will be in focus in another batch of blue-chip earnings.

The NAACP formally asked a federal judge to protect voter information seized by the FBI from an election warehouse in Atlanta on Sunday.

The NAACP and other organizations say the documents contain "sensitive personal information," and asked the judge to impose limits on how the FBI can use the data. Their motion argues the seizure from the Fulton County elections building "infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote."

The motion asks the judge to "order reasonable limits on the government’s use of the seized data" and to prohibit the government from using the data for purposes other than the criminal investigation cited in the search warrant affidavit.

That request includes prohibiting any efforts to use it for voter roll maintenance, election administration or immigration enforcement.

TRUMP DOJ DEMANDS MINNESOTA VOTING RECORDS OVER SAME-DAY REGISTRATION 'VOUCHING' CONCERNS

They also requested that the judge order the government to disclose an inventory of all documents and records seized, the identity of anyone who has accessed the records outside of those involved in the criminal investigation, any copying of the records and all efforts to secure the information.

The FBI arrived to the elections warehouse on Jan. 28 with a search warrant for documents relating to the 2020 election, including all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls.

Sunday's motion was filed by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of the NAACP, Georgia and Atlanta NAACP organizations, and the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda. It notes that the seizure happened as the Justice Department has been seeking unredacted state voter registration rolls.

Fulton County officials told reporters this month that FBI agents were seen carrying some 700 boxes of ballots from a warehouse near the election hub and loading them into a truck.

Fulton County has also separately sued the FBI in an effort to have the elections documents returned.

Fox News' Breanne Deppisch and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Democrats are sticking to their skepticism about President Donald Trump’s performance on the economy, blasting the country’s "unaffordability" even as the reporting from January exceeded expectations on inflation and the job market.

January’s inflation report, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed just a 2.5% increase in prices over last year — a number that inches the economy closer to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.

Similarly, the U.S. jobs report for last month showed that the economy added 130,000 jobs, beating out projections from forecasters like, Oxford University and Bloomberg.

Many predictions had estimated the U.S. would add just 50,000 to 75,000 in January.

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The reports are the latest in a series of reports during the second Trump administration that have defied Democrat predictions of persistent inflation and economic downturn amid the implementation of GOP policies that Democrats oppose, such as Trump’s tariffs and a more aggressive focus on domestic production.  

But to Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the top Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee, the numbers don’t make good on the promises Trump made on the campaign trail.

"Donald Trump promised to lower costs ‘on day one.’ But one year into his second term, food continues to get more expensive, utility costs are soaring, and housing prices are rising," Warren said in a statement on the inflation report.

"Trump is making life less affordable for American families – and instead of fixing the economic pain he’s caused, he says this is the Trump economy, and he is ‘very proud’ of it," she said.

Among the policies Democrats believe are contributing to high prices, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, singled out Trump’s position on tariffs in his own statement about the price index.

"Donald Trump promised he would end inflation on ‘day one.’ Today is Day 389, and prices are higher than ever," Boyle said.

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"Instead of keeping his promise, Trump has increased the costs Americans pay through his massive tariff taxes — the highest tariffs since the Great Depression. Ordinary Americans simply can’t afford Trump’s reckless economic policies," he said.

The criticisms from Boyle and Warren aren’t new. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., blasted the administration on affordability even ahead of the reporting on inflation. 

"Costs haven’t gone down in the United States of America. Costs have gone up under failed Republican policies. Housing costs are out of control. Grocery costs are out of control. Healthcare costs are out of control. Utility bills are out of control. And child care costs are out of control," Jeffries said in a press conference last week.

Other Democrats believe the numbers themselves may come with an asterisk.

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said he thinks the job report, in particular, doesn’t signal a strong market on its own.

"Beating expectations once doesn’t absolve the pain of the meager monthly average of 15,000 jobs created last year," Neal said in a statement about the labor report.

"The fine print of this report, which shows significant downward revisions of Trump’s first year in office, casts strong doubt that people can rely on this administration to deliver for them," Neal said, referring to other disappointing jobs reports from 2025.

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Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, believes Republicans are showing signs of nervousness about the economy.

She believes that Trump has already tacitly admitted that affordability remains an issue for Americans.

"Trump called this affordability crisis a ‘hoax,’ but he knows it's real and now wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%," Waters said, referring to an idea floated by Trump earlier this year to limit the amount banks can charge borrowers.

"Well, President Trump, I’m pleased to know if you’re listening, we don’t agree on much of anything, but we do on this," Waters said.

Democrats contacted by Fox News Digital did not address whether the numbers from the January reporting indicated the country was on the right track, despite their other outstanding concerns.

Cayla Barnes put the U.S. on the board in the first period. She scored on assists from Kelly Pannek and Lee Stecklein. The game opened up in the second period as the U.S. kept berating the net and got the puck behind the opposing netminder.

Tyler Heise, Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Hayley Scamurra each put a goal into the back of the net in the second period. The U.S. didn’t score in the third, but didn’t have to.

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Frankel made 23 saves in the win.

The U.S. went through group play only allowing one goal and have outscored their opponents in the knockout stage 11-0. The Americans will face the winner of Canada and Switzerland for the gold medal.

Team USA already defeated both teams in group play, 5-0 in each game.

The Americans will seek to avenge a disappointing end to the 2022 Beijing Olympics that saw them lose to Canada in the gold medal game. The U.S. women’s hockey team has two gold medals since making their first Olympic appearance in 1998. The wins came in 1998 and 2018.

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A look at the life of the prolific actor whose many films included Apocalypse Now and The Godfather.

Colombia identifies remains of rebel group priest killed in 1966

Showman Tyson Fury says he is "coming back to make boxing great again" as he prepares to fight Russia's Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.

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TUCSON, Ariz. — As the Nancy Guthrie case enters week three, investigators and the public are awaiting potentially pivotal DNA results tied to a glove recovered near the scene.

But according to retired FBI agent Jason Pack, even a major forensic development may not be the silver bullet many are expecting.

"From the perspective of an agent who’s sat in that war room waiting on lab results, DNA is one of the most powerful tools we have, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood by the public," Pack told Fox News Digital.

When investigators await DNA findings on a key piece of evidence, Pack said they are preparing for what he described as "three parallel realities."

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If the DNA matches a known individual, Pack called that "obviously a significant investigative development" — but cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

"A match doesn’t automatically equal guilt," he said. "It tells you that person’s biological material came into contact with that item at some point. You still need to build the narrative around it. When? How? Is there an innocent explanation?"

He noted that any competent defense attorney would immediately scrutinize the chain of custody, potential contamination and the possibility of secondary transfer.

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"So a match accelerates your investigation," Pack explained. "It doesn’t close it."

A mismatch, meaning the DNA belongs to someone not currently on investigators’ radar, can be just as meaningful, he explained.

"Now you’ve potentially identified an unknown subject. You’re running it through CODIS, you’re looking at familial DNA possibilities, you’re expanding your universe of suspects," Pack said.

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Importantly, he noted, that development wouldn’t necessarily dismantle an existing investigative theory.

"It doesn’t mean your current theory is wrong. It means you have a new thread to pull."

The third possibility — inconclusive or degraded results — is often the most misunderstood outcome, Pack said.

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Environmental exposure, mixture profiles, the material of the glove itself and low-copy-number DNA can all complicate testing, he added. 

"An inconclusive finding doesn’t exonerate anyone, and it doesn’t implicate anyone," Pack said. "It simply means that particular piece of evidence can’t speak as loudly as you’d hoped."

Pack cautioned against allowing a single piece of evidence to dominate public expectations.

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"I’ve worked investigations where one piece of evidence became the public’s obsession, and it created enormous pressure that didn’t serve the case," he said.

While a glove recovered at or near a scene is significant, he noted such items can be transient.

"Gloves get dropped, discarded, blown around," Pack said. "The questions of when it was deposited and whether it’s actually connected to the crime are just as important as whose DNA is on it."

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Seasoned investigators, he added, never rely on one forensic result alone.

"DNA is one lane on a multi-lane highway," Pack said, pointing to digital forensics, cell tower data, witness canvasses, financial records, surveillance footage and behavioral analysis as parallel investigative tracks.

"The best cases are built on convergence — when multiple independent lines of evidence point in the same direction," he said. "You never want to be in a position where your entire case rises or falls on a single lab result."

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As anticipation builds around the pending DNA findings, Pack offered a final note of restraint.

"While these DNA results may be the most anticipated development, they shouldn’t be viewed as the most determinative one, regardless of what they show."

Nancy Guthrie disappearance timeline:

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January 31, 2026

Between 9:30–9:45 p.m. — Family drops Nancy off at home

9:50 p.m. — Garage door closes (per authorities)

February 1, 2026

1:47 a.m. — Doorbell camera disconnects

2:12 a.m. — Security camera detects motion

2:28 a.m. — Pacemaker disconnects from phone application

11:56 a.m. — Family checks on Nancy after she misses weekly church livestream gathering

12:03 p.m. — 911 called

12:15 p.m. — Sheriff’s deputies arrive at home

She continued, "In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind."

The Academy Award-winning actor was known for his storied Hollywood career, which included the films "Apocalypse Now" and "Lonesome Dove."

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A House GOP lawmaker has become the first member of his party to support a Democrat-led effort to limit presidential pardon power.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., signed on in support of legislation led by Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., to establish a congressional review process for presidential pardons.

It comes after President Donald Trump pardoned five ex-NFL players guilty of various charges including perjury, drug trafficking, and counterfeiting. 

"Across multiple administrations, we’ve seen legitimate questions raised about how this authority has been used at the same time, the ability of Congress to provide oversight has weakened," Bacon said in a statement. "Frankly, it is clear to me the pardon authority has been abused."

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And while Bacon did not mention Trump directly, Olszewski made clear that the Republican commander-in-chief is the main impetus for his push for a new constitutional amendment.

"The announcement follows the Trump Administration’s decision earlier this week to pardon five former NFL players whose charges ranged from perjury to drug trafficking," said Olszewski's press release announcing Bacon's support on Monday. 

"The pardons are part of what Olszewski describes as a disturbing pattern of abuses of the presidential pardon power benefiting the wealthy and well-connected."

BIDEN’S AUTO-PEN PARDONS DISTURBED DOJ BRASS, DOCS SHOW, RAISING QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY ARE LEGALLY BINDING

The amendment, if adopted, would give Congress the right to initiate a review process for presidential pardons if called for by 20 House members and five senators.

The review process would end with a vote on whether to nullify the pardon, needing two-thirds' support in both the House and the Senate to succeed. 

The president would then be barred from issuing that same pardon to the same recipient again.

Former President Joe Biden notably took heat from Republicans and even some Democrats when he issued preemptive pardons for his family members and other allies, including son Hunter Biden, shortly before leaving office.

Bacon, a moderate Republican and retired Air Force brigadier general, has already announced he is not seeking re-election in November. 

He's one of several GOP lawmakers in Congress who have been willing to buck Trump on a variety of issues, including the separation of powers.

For instance, Bacon was one of a handful of House Republicans who voted with Democrats to terminate Trump's emergency declaration at the northern border, which the president had used to justify imposing tariffs on Canada without congressional approval.

Bacon told Fox News Digital at the time, "It is time for Congress to make its voice heard on tariffs."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

The National Parks Services (NPS) is seeking public input over whether Los Angeles County's iconic coastline should be designated as a national park. 

The "Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study," which was approved by Congress in 2022, will examine a large swath of the Pacific coast stretching from Will Rogers State Beach near the Santa Monica Bay to Torrance Beach.

The study also includes the San Pedro coastline within the city of Los Angeles. It will evaluate four specific factors: significance, suitability, feasibility, and the need for NPS management.

The agency stated that the study's purpose is to "gather information about select sites along the Los Angeles coast through research and public input, and then to report these findings to Congress," Fox Los Angeles reported. 

NEW NATIONAL PARK ON 'EDGE OF THE WORLD’ TO BE BUILT IN TWO YEARS: SEE THE STUNNING PHOTOS

The public comment period closes on April 6, after which the NPS will analyze the feedback alongside their internal research. 

The study will produce a report in 2027, which will provide answers on whether the targeted areas are feasible for either a national park or an NPS unit. 

"New national park units are typically added to the National Park Service (NPS) by an Act of Congress," the NPS website states. "However, before Congress decides to create a new park or add land to an existing park, it needs to know whether the area meets established criteria for designation as a national park unit. This evaluation is conducted through a special resource study. "

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Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, whose district includes the San Pedro coastline, told Fox News Digital that she will wait for the report on the study.

"Los Angeles County’s beaches are among our greatest shared treasures and public assets, and any conversation about their future deserves a thoughtful, fact-based approach," Hahn said in a statement. "I’m looking forward to seeing the pros and cons that come out of this study and what making our beaches a national park could mean for public access, local decision-making, and our responsibility to protect our beaches for generations to come."

The NPS manages 433 individual units covering more than 85 million acres in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and U.S. territories, according to the NPS website. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the NPS and the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors for comment, as well as local environmental groups. 

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming less than a week after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3.


Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 could be significant updates that will introduce several new features. We were counting on the betas to include the smarter, more personalized version of Siri that Apple first debuted at WWDC 2024, but Apple has apparently run into issues that could see some or all ‌Siri‌ features delayed until iOS 26.5 or iOS 27.

We could still get some new ‌Siri‌ capabilities, such as tools for generating images and searching the web.

The update is also expected to include new emoji characters, such as trombone, treasure chest, orca, landslide, and Bigfoot.

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 are limited to developers at the current time, but Apple will likely release a public beta in the next week or two.
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Apple today provided the first beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming just a few days after Apple launched ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3.


Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 could introduce some new Siri features, though at least some of the capabilities that we were expecting have been delayed. The update is also expected to introduce new emoji characters.

The beta is available to developers right now, but a public beta is expected in the next week or two.
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Apple today provided developers with the first betas of upcoming watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4 betas for testing purposes. The software comes a few days after Apple launched the 26.3 versions of each platform.


The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required.

The updates are expected to introduce new emoji characters, plus there could be new Siri capabilities, but we don't know exactly what's in the software as of yet.

Apple will likely provide public beta testers with access to the tvOS 26.4 and watchOS 26.4 betas later this month, but visionOS 26.4 will remain limited to developers. The software updates will probably launch in mid-to-late March.
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Former Reagan Education Secretary William Bennett is siding with Trump on much of the administration’s agenda, but drawing a firm line on marijuana policy — arguing the White House should not move to federally reschedule cannabis.

"I love Donald Trump," Bennett said during a phone call to Fox News Digital. "I love almost everything he does, but I don't love this." 

Bennett spoke to Fox News Digital Friday in reaction to Trump signing an executive order in December 2025 directing the Justice Department to expedite moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule III essentially would treat marijuana more like a regulated medicine, but would not make cannabis legal nationwide. 

"This reclassification order will make it far easier to conduct marijuana-related medical research, allowing us to study benefits, potential dangers, and future treatments," Trump said in the Oval Office of the executive order. "It's going to have a tremendously positive impact." 

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Bennett served as President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988, after leading the National Endowment for the Humanities earlier in the Reagan years.

He later became the first director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — the role commonly known as the nation’s "drug czar" — under President George H.W. Bush's administration, where he advocated for a "war on drugs," including promoting the administration's national drug control strategy that emphasized drug prevention and enforcement of laws against drug use. 

He told Fox News Digital that he is a supporter of the majority of Trump's policies, but cannot back rescheduling marijuana, citing its effects on students and serving as a "gateway drug" to addiction and crime. 

The former Reagan official told Fox News Digital that marijuana use among young adults overwhelmingly has gone unchecked, as the current culture promotes and accepts the use of cannabis to the detriment of youth health. 

"Marijuana clouds focus and attention, which you obviously should have if you're going to school," he said. "So it clouds that, it interferes with that, it inhibits that. It is also the gateway drug. It leads to the use of other drugs. Almost anybody who uses a so-called ‘more dangerous’ drug than marijuana has entered through the portal called marijuana." 

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He added that "you can concede the fact that marijuana can have some positive effects, and at the same time understand that it’s, on the whole, a negative," arguing that cannabis can ease pain for some while being "massively destructive of attention and focus among young people."

Bennett said the prevalence of marijuana use among young adults has compounded dropout rates and absenteeism in schools in recent years. 

In the post-pandemic education landscape, U.S. schools continue to battle absenteeism, with the nationwide rate of students missing 10% or more of schooling sitting at about 28% in the 2022–2023 school year, which is a decrease from the pandemic high of 31% in the 2021–2022, according to Department of Education data. 

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"If you combine the dropout rate, the fact that attendance is down at schools and the use of marijuana among young people … it’s just another bad thing to happen to children," Bennett told Fox News Digital. 

When asked about the pushback to the effort to reschedule, White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital that it's part of the president's "pledge to expand medical research into applications of marijuana and cannabidiols by rescheduling marijuana."

"The President’s historic action paved the way for the development of promising new treatments for American patients, especially veterans — and the presence of several leaders from law enforcement and veterans groups at the Oval Office signing is indicative of how President Trump continues to push the envelope to support our nation’s heroes," Desai said. 

The culture surrounding marijuana has changed in recent years, in part due to marijuana lobbyists and the fast-growing cannabis helping launch pot into the "mainstream," according to Bennett, pushing public opinion from narrow support for medical use into a broader culture that treats the drug as "generally okay."

Fox News Digital also spoke with Elayne Bennett, the former education secretary's wife, who is the founder and president of a nonprofit focused on promoting "self-respect through self-control" for school students, called the Best Friends Foundation. 

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Elayne Bennett works directly within schools, including in Washington, D.C., and said that the culture has shifted to the point that students are unaware of the effects marijuana and other drugs have. 

She pointed to an interview that the Best Friends Foundation held with one of its students, a 14-year-old boy who relayed he was never told habitual marijuana use before the age of 18 can shave off eight IQ points from a person as an adult, as research has found. 

"That just hit me like a ton of bricks," she said. "I mean, are you kidding me? That's insane. Nobody is saying, 'Hey, stop it, don't.'" 

Elayne Bennett worked with former first lady Nancy Reagan to promote abstinence from drugs, and called on the Trump administration to "Reinvigorate the ‘just say no’" campaign famous in the 1980s and '90s. 

"Nancy Reagan, just say no. Reinvigorate that drugs hurt you. Drugs kill," she said. 

The former secretary of education noted that Trump himself is a teetotaler of drugs and alcohol, while advocating he apply that mentality more broadly.

"America's always been a self-correcting society. We do a lot of dumb things and bad things, but then we correct, and we can correct on this one," he said. 

The Department of Homeland Security told a court Friday that it could once again ban federal lawmakers from making unannounced visits to ICE detention centers after funding restrictions passed by Congress had expired.

Government lawyers wrote to the D.C. federal court that there was "no lawful basis" for the court to continue blocking the policy, saying the partial government shutdown cleared the way for DHS to enforce it. The policy has been a point of contention in court for months as Democratic House lawmakers show up unannounced at facilities. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., used a recent surprise visit he made to a detention center in Maryland, for instance, to slam DHS for what he said were "disgraceful," overcrowded conditions.

DHS first imposed a seven-day notice requirement for Congress members who wanted to visit Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities last summer, leading 13 House Democrats to sue.

The plaintiffs included Raskin, Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Co., and Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., who argued that since 2019, Congress and the president have passed funding bills that allowed lawmakers to conduct "real-time oversight of the true conditions" of immigration facilities.

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Government lawyers countered that the courts did not have the authority to resolve what they said was a legislative dispute and that ICE needed the seven-day notice to be able to "allocate the resources necessary for congressional visits."

"Those protocols therefore reasonably balance the need for safe and secure visits with Members’ interest in conducting oversight," the lawyers wrote. "The protocols are also consistent with ICE’s statutory obligations because § 527 does not prohibit ICE from deriving an advance notice requirement from some other statutory source of authority, and other statutes grant [DHS] and ICE broad discretion to oversee detention facilities."

Judge Jia Cobb has twice blocked DHS from enforcing the rule, saying in her latest decision this month that the policy was crafted based on already-approved funds. Cobb also said the policy caused irreparable harm to Congress members by "denying them the ability to carry out timely oversight of covered facilities" at a time when the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and deportation methods have become a polarizing topic.

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"If anything, the strength of that finding has become greater over the intervening weeks, given that ICE’s enforcement and detention practices have become the focus of intense national and congressional interest," Cobb, a Biden appointee, wrote.

The partial government shutdown, centered on DHS funding, began Saturday. It followed an impasse after Democrats demanded immigration reforms and Republicans resisted many of their proposals, including requiring judicial warrants for private home entries and placing other limits on ICE operations.

The funding lapse, which remains indefinite as Congress is on recess, has shut down funding for parts of DHS, including TSA, FEMA and other agencies, and has forced many employees deemed essential to work without pay.

Cobb has not addressed DHS’s latest notice that it plans to revert to the seven-day notice requirement.

"Tehran" stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, Shervin Alenabi and others.

Eden started working in TV production in Israel in the 1990s, working on shows including comedy "Yom Haem" and crime drama "Magpie," before finding international success with "Tehran."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Australia's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup are all but over after Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka hit a brilliant unbeaten 100 to condemn them to an eight-wicket defeat.

Referee Chris Kavanagh and his assistant Nick Greenhalgh have not been selected for a Premier League game this weekend.

But her hopes of possibly getting to the podium were dashed.

Norway’s Anna Odine Strom and Eirin Maria Kvandal picked up gold and silver medals respectively. Slovenia’s Nika Prevc got the bronze medal.

Belshaw, 23, was competing in her first Olympic Games. She was named the 2022 Ski Jumping Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard federation. She competed in the normal hill competition and finished in 21st.

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The U.S. also finished in seventh place in the mixed team normal hill event.

A similar incident occurred with Tschofenig.

The Austrian star was disqualified from the event as his boots didn’t meet Olympic requirements. His boots were four millimeters over the standard.

"I used new shoes in training, which, by the way, I wasn't very happy with, but I kept them," he told AFP. "Unfortunately, I was naive and didn't check the sizes. That was incredibly stupid of me."

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I use dark mode on my phone, but light mode on my Mac. So when I’m developing an app that will mostly be used from a computer, dark mode is unfortunately an afterthought. I came up with a theme system for the new RSS thing, but now considering throwing it out and just having good defaults.

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Dismissing any approximations to Article 5 as mere "rhetorical expressions," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys named financial support for Ukraine's military or future EU membership as more realistic guarantees.

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ByteDance says that it's rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool.

The changes come after Disney and Paramount Skydance sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance urging the Chinese company to promptly end the allegedly vast and blatant infringement.

Studios claimed the infringement was widescale and immediate, with Seedance 2.0 users across social media sharing AI videos featuring copyrighted characters like Spider-Man, Darth Vader, and SpongeBob Square Pants. In its letter, Disney fumed that Seedance was "hijacking" its characters, accusing ByteDance of treating Disney characters like they were "free public domain clip art," Axios reported.

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French police raided the headquarters for the Arab World Institute on Monday as part of its investigation into a former government official's connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Authorities searched the Paris headquarters along with several other locations, according to the National Financial Prosecutor. The investigators were searching for documents relating to ex-culture minister Jack Lang, who previously served as the AWI's head until his resignation last month. AWI is a part of France's foreign ministry.

Both Jack and Caroline Lang have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or receiving financial benefits from Epstein. Their lawyer, Laurent Merlet, told French broadcaster BFMTV this month that "there was no movement of funds".

Fallout from the release of millions of new documents related to Epstein has rippled through Europe. On Saturday, Paris prosecutors set up a dedicated team to review the files, coordinating with the financial prosecutor and national police.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter on Saturday that "all" Epstein files have now been released, consistent with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

"In accordance with the requirements of the Act, and as described in various Department submissions to the courts of the Southern District of New York assigned to the Epstein and Maxwell prosecutions and related orders, the Department released all ‘records, documents, communications and investigative materials in the possession of the Department’ that ‘relate to’ any of nine different categories," the letter read.

The letter includes a list of more than 300 high-profile names, including President Donald Trump, Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince Harry, Bill Gates, Woody Allen, Kurt Cobain, Mark Zuckerberg and Bruce Springsteen.

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In accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the list of names includes "all persons where (1) they are or were a government official or politically exposed person and (2) their name appears in the files released under the Act at least once," the letter said, adding that the names appear in a "wide variety of contexts."

Some of the names mentioned had "extensive direct email contact with Epstein or Maxwell" while others were mentioned "in a portion of a document (including press reporting) that on its face is unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell matters," the letter said.

The document outlines the broad range of Epstein-related materials the Justice Department says are encompassed, including records concerning Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; references to individuals—up to and including government officials—connected to Epstein’s activities; and documents tied to civil settlements and legal resolutions such as immunity deals, plea agreements, non-prosecution agreements and sealed arrangements. 

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A deputy in Florida saved an unconscious woman during a house fire on Sunday.

Footage from Volusia County Sheriff's deputy Austin Graham's body camera shows him forcing entry into the home after responding to reports of a house fire.

Graham found the woman unconscious on the floor of a hallway, and he quickly carried her out of the home.

"Come on, ma’am, I got you," Graham could be heard saying in the footage.

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Another deputy helped Graham carry the woman once he got her out of the house. She was then brought to a nearby hospital in serious condition, but she is expected to make a full recovery.

Graham was evaluated for smoke inhalation on the scene, but did not require hospitalization.

"Great news: At last update, she was stable and expected to make a full recovery! The cause of the fire appears to be accidental, starting in the kitchen," the sheriff's office wrote in a statement on Facebook.

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The incident comes just weeks after a house fire in Washington state killed dozens of dogs on the property of a canine breeder.

Firefighters responded to the scene in late January after a neighbor had reported that there may have been occupants inside the home, which was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.

Police were able to contact the homeowner after running the license plates on a vehicle outside the home and getting a phone number. The owner, who was not home at the time, arrived a short time later.

Fire officials said that while no people were at the home at the time of the fire, dozens of animals were inside.

"Firefighters were able to rescue three dogs, but unfortunately, approximately 40 other dogs perished in the fire," Ileana LiMarzi, a public information officer with the fire department, said in the statement.

Heating accounts for nearly half of the global energy demand, and two-thirds of that is met by burning fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal. Solar energy is a possible alternative, but while we have become reasonably good at storing solar electricity in lithium-ion batteries, we’re not nearly as good at storing heat.

To store heat for days, weeks, or months, you need to trap the energy in the bonds of a molecule that can later release heat on demand. The approach to this particular chemistry problem is called molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage. While it has been the next big thing for decades, it never really took off.

In a recent Science paper, a team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and UCLA demonstrate a breakthrough that might finally make MOST energy storage effective.

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Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital that unusual incidents are statistically inevitable, given the volume of passengers screened each day.

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"Nothing that airline passengers do ever surprises me — because with over 2.5 million people a day passing through security checkpoints (with varying degrees of expectations, forgetfulness and even sense), there are going to be extremely strange outliers," he said.

Leff added that while the behavior should not be excused, publicizing the incidents may serve as a reminder for travelers to review security rules before heading to the airport.

When you hear the word robotics, you probably think of factory machines or humanoid robots sprinting across a test track. That image makes sense. For years, robotics lived in labs and industrial spaces. 

But a quieter shift is happening much closer to home. It is happening around your ankles, knees and hips. Wearable robotics are moving out of research labs and into everyday life. From powered shoes to lightweight exoskeletons, this new wave of assisted movement technology is becoming a real consumer category. 

The goal is not to replace your effort. It is to support it. And that shift is bigger than any single brand.

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For years, sports innovation focused on speed. Lighter foam. Carbon plates. Better traction. Most of those gains targeted elite competitors. Now the focus is expanding beyond race day. Nike's Project Amplify, developed with robotics partner Dephy, is one example. The system pairs a carbon plate inside the shoe with a motorized cuff worn above the ankle. Sensors track stride patterns in real time, and the cuff provides subtle forward assistance designed to feel smooth and natural. Instead of forcing movement, it learns it.

Earlier attempts at powered footwear struggled because batteries and motors were too heavy to sit inside a shoe. The result felt awkward and unbalanced. Modern designs solve that problem by moving energy storage above the ankle or to the hips. By shifting weight higher on the leg, engineers reduce strain on the foot and improve balance.

Battery improvements and smarter motion sensors also play a role. Today's systems adapt to your stride in real time, making assisted movement feel less like equipment and more like an extension of your body. The company has said it is targeting a commercial release around 2028.  But Nike is not alone in this space.

If you have ever felt your legs get heavy halfway through a long walk, you understand why this category exists. Maybe it is a trip through the airport, a walk around the neighborhood or a few flights of stairs that feel steeper than they used to. Most people are not trying to run faster. They just want to move without feeling worn out. That is where wearable robotics are starting to show up. Companies are building products meant for real people, not just elite athletes or lab testing.

The Hypershell X is one example. It is a lightweight outdoor exoskeleton designed for hikers and long-distance walkers. The system wraps around the waist and legs and uses small motors to reduce fatigue on climbs and uneven terrain. The goal is straightforward. Help you go farther without feeling drained halfway through the trail. Hypershell also introduced the X Ultra, a more powerful version built for steeper terrain and longer outings. It delivers stronger assist levels while staying compact enough to wear under standard outdoor gear. Both models are designed for recreational users who want endurance support, not medical treatment.

Dnsys has also introduced the X1 all-terrain exoskeleton. The hip-mounted system is marketed to hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who want help reducing fatigue on climbs and long treks. Unlike lab prototypes, the X1 has been sold through crowdfunding and direct online orders, making it one of the early consumer entries in this space.

Another example is WIM from WIRobotics. This wearable robot weighs about 3.5 pounds and supports natural hip movement while walking. It is meant for older adults, active adults and people recovering from minor injuries who want extra assistance without wearing something bulky or clinical looking.

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The medical side of wearable robotics has been evolving even longer. Companies like Ekso Bionics and ReWalk have developed powered exoskeletons that help people with spinal cord injuries or stroke stand and walk. These systems are used in rehabilitation clinics and in select personal mobility programs. They show how wearable robotics first proved themselves in medical settings before gradually influencing consumer designs.

These products vary in power, price and purpose. What connects them is a shared direction. Wearable robotics are beginning to actively assist movement, not just track it.

Here is something people rarely admit. It is not always an injury that stops movement. It is hesitation. Many people worry about knee pain creeping in halfway through a walk. Others fear running out of energy before they make it home. Some quietly stress about slowing everyone else down.

Those doubts shorten walks and cancel runs long before physical limits do. Wearable robotics hopes to close that confidence gap. By reducing fatigue and supporting joints, assisted movement systems can make activity feel realistic again for people who might otherwise skip it. Effort does not disappear. The barrier to starting simply becomes lower.

A better comparison might be e-bikes. Electric assistance did not eliminate cycling. Instead, it expanded who felt comfortable getting on a bike in the first place. Powered footwear and wearable robotics could have a similar effect on walking and running. In practical terms, that might look different for different people.

Some commuters could replace short car trips. Older adults might stay active longer without feeling as worn out. Casual runners could finish a workout with energy to spare instead of dragging through the final mile. In other words, this shift is not about creating super athletes. It is about widening the circle of people who feel capable of participating.

You may never strap on a powered exoskeleton. You may not be waiting for motorized shoes to hit stores in 2028. But this shift still matters. If walking a long trail leaves your knees aching, or if you skip runs because you worry about burning out halfway through, this kind of technology is being built with you in mind. The goal is not to turn anyone into a super athlete. It is to make movement feel more doable.

For some people, that could mean walking an extra mile without thinking twice. For others, it might mean keeping up with friends, staying active longer or feeling a little less hesitant about getting started. Wearable robotics are changing the conversation. Instead of asking how fast you can go, the question becomes simpler. How comfortable do you want to feel while moving? And that is a very different way to think about fitness.

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Wearable robotics systems are still in the early stages of consumer adoption. Most powered footwear and exoskeleton systems remain expensive and limited in availability. But the direction is clear. Technology is shifting from tracking your performance to actively supporting it. That is a meaningful change. If assisted movement becomes as common as smartwatches or fitness trackers, it could reshape how people think about aging, endurance and daily mobility. Walking farther may feel realistic again. Running may feel less intimidating. Staying active later in life could become more achievable for millions. The real question is not whether wearable robotics will improve. They will. The bigger question is how we choose to use them.

If wearable robotics can help you walk and run with less strain, would you try them, or would you rather rely only on your own effort? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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A prominent surfer from California was murdered at his home in Costa Rica during an apparent break-in over the weekend, according to reports.

Kurt Van Dyke, a 66-year-old expatriate who owned a hotel in the Costa Rican town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, was found dead Saturday inside his apartment, the Tico Times reported.

A preliminary exam indicated that Van Dyke’s body showed signs of asphyxiation and multiple stab wounds, the outlet reported.

Van Dyke, a native of Santa Cruz, California, was in the apartment Saturday morning when two armed men stormed inside, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The men then held Van Dyke and his 31-year-old girlfriend, whom he shared the apartment with, in a room.

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The girlfriend survived the ordeal and told authorities that the men had bound her hands and feet with zip ties and assaulted her, according to the report. At some point during the incident, Van Dyke was killed, she said.

The girlfriend also said the men stole some of the couple’s valuables, including a 2013 Hyundai Elantra.

Security footage from the scene showed the two suspects fleeing the property in the Elantra and a second vehicle, the report said. 

No arrests have been made, and officials have yet to announce a motive.

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Van Dyke’s brother, Peter Van Dyke, remembered his brother as a kind soul in a text message to the Chronicle.

"My brother was a very benevolent, giving person who would help just about anybody," Peter Van Dyke said. "Kurt would never hurt anybody, and he was always there when you needed him. Everyone that he met knew this about him." 

Officials in Costa Rica said that Van Dyke’s death shocked the community.

"I am deeply saddened," Roger Sams, president of Costa Rica’s Southern Caribbean Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, told Costa Rican newspaper La Nación in Spanish. "We’ve had a long period of calm and tranquility.… This shocks and saddens us because the Caribbean has been so peaceful."   

Van Dyke had developed a notable reputation among Santa Cruz’s surfing community before permanently settling in Costa Rica, where his skill surfing big waves earned him the moniker of "King" from the local surfing community, the Chronicle reported.

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A Portland, Oregon, pizza restaurant is greeting visitors to its website with a vulgar, anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) message.

Visitors who navigate to the website for the Portland-based pizza shop, Tastebud, are met with a vulgar anti-ICE pop-up message and a series of political and social statements.

"Food is Political, No one is illegal on stolen land, F--- Ice, Abolish Ice, Release the Trump/Epstein files," the pop-up reads, with an option to sign up for the restaurant's newsletter. 

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The pop-up continued, "Black Lives Matter, Trans women are women, Trans men are men, Love your LGBTQ+ neighbors, Free Palestine, The holocaust was real, Healthcare is a human right, Masks save lives, Get your damn vaccines, Wash your hands, Germ theory is science, Cook chicken to 165, Stay hydrated."

Tastebud, which offers wood-fire pizza and salads, was started in 1999 "under the creative vision and hands of Mark Doxtader. But like most good things, Tastebud is built on a community of friends, family and farmers," according to its website. 

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Tensions over ICE have risen following the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent after she allegedly attempted to ram an officer with her vehicle after refusing to exit it. Protests against federal agents have continued to escalate since Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Jan. 24.

In a Jan. 30 post on its Facebook page, the restaurant appeared to reference protests against ICE, saying, "We appreciate, support and respect all business and individuals who can participate in today’s call to general strike. We will remain open today — to feed and gather our staff and community. We will also donate a percentage of sales to organizations that are on the ground fighting, helping those who are directly effected by DHS/ICE/CBP and their lawless and terroristic actions." 

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The restaurant also mentioned Good and Pretti, saying, "Renee Nicole Good and Alex Prett were murdered in plain sight."

In January, ICE reported that it has had an over 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks aimed at officers and an 8,000% increase in death threats.

Tastebud and ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. 

On March 2nd, FediForum is hosting a special Growing the Open Social Web workshop. As part of registration, attendees are encouraged to submit a position paper with ideas for growing the social web.

I have a very specific proposal: we should move away from email-like user handles on the fediverse. This style of user identity has three problems:

• They are confusing to new users. They look like email addresses but aren’t.
• They work against portable identity. When you migrate to another server, your identity changes. This also adds friction during registration as new users are again confused about the implication of picking a server.
• They conflict with the identity used everywhere else on the web. Simple domain names and subdomains have been used on blogs for decades (and now for Bluesky usernames too).

ActivityPub already supports domain names. The next step would be to formalize how servers can gracefully handle both domain names and email-like user handles. Then we can talk about how onboarding and migration could be improved by embracing this.

Last year I also wrote an email and blog post about this.

Millions will vote in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, and local elections in England.

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"It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my husband, Tre’ Johnson, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly ... during a brief family trip," she wrote. "His four children, Chloe, EJ, EZ and Eden, extended family, friends, and I are devastated and in shock."

The New York native was a standout at Temple before he was chosen by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played 14 games in his rookie year as he competed to become the team’s starter.

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He was moved from tackle to guard in his second season and played at the position for the rest of his career. He had two stints with the Redskins and played three games for the Cleveland Browns in between them. Johnson was in the NFL from 1994 to 2002.

Johnson was named to the Pro Bowl in 1999 and was a Second Team All-Pro selection.

He became a high school history teacher at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, once his NFL career was over. His wife said Johnson took a leave of absence after recent health issues.

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Michaelson agreed and wondered what the alternative might be and asked: "A civil war?"

"It's just purely emotional. It's just so disappointing that some of the people who I think of as rational people, Donald Trump, he does a lot of stupid things. He also makes people stupid," Maher responded. "Like, again, what is the alternative? He's the president. You can't not talk to him. What is the downside?"

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nancy Guthrie has been missing from her home in Tucson's Catalina Foothills since the early morning hours of Feb. 1, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona.

She's the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, and her disappearance has garnered international attention.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said early in the investigation that her home was viewed as a crime scene and indicated that she'd been removed from it against her will.

Since then, new evidence has emerged publicly and behind the scenes, but deputies and the FBI have not named any suspects or made any arrests.

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Earlier this month, Nanos revealed a timeline showing Guthrie ate dinner with relatives and was dropped off at home by family around 9:48 p.m. on Jan. 31. Detectives determined her garage door closed at 9:50.

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At 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1, her Nest doorbell camera went offline. At 2:28 a.m., Guthrie's pacemaker device lost connection with her smartphone. She was reported missing around noon later that day.

Shocking video recovered from her missing Nest camera shows a masked man on her doorstep, who appears to be carrying a stuffed backpack and a holstered gun.

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The video contains several clues about the suspect. According to FBI analysts, he is between 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 5 feet, 10 inches tall, has a medium build and was carrying a black Ozark Trail brand backpack, sold at Walmart stores for around $11.

The $10 holster has also been tentatively identified as another Walmart product, a large-sized Strategy branded hip holster designed for a revolver, according to a Miami-area police officer who is not connected to the case. The weapon, however, appears to be a small semiautomatic pistol, the officer said.

Walmart has extensive surveillance systems at its stores and may be able to help investigators track when the items were purchased and by whom.

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The suspect appeared to block the camera with a handful of plant matter before the video ended. The camera itself was not present at the scene when police arrived.

The FBI's ability to recover footage was a groundbreaking investigatory move. Guthrie had several other cameras at her home, and it remains unclear whether investigators can obtain more video that could help crack the case.

Investigators have recovered a DNA sample from an unknown individual from inside the Guthrie home. It came from someone other than Guthrie or any of her close contacts, like relatives and hired help, according to authorities.

They were checking it against a glove recovered from inside a two-mile search radius around the house, which the FBI said "appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video" and contained DNA consistent with an "unknown male profile" that was expected to be checked against the federal database sometime Monday.

Investigators found 16 gloves in all, according to the FBI, but just one was an apparent match to those seen in the video.

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A trail of blood drops on Guthrie's front steps is a genetic match to the missing woman, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators have not confirmed whether it was there before she was taken, and Sheriff Nanos has declined to discuss specific evidence from inside the home.

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The pacemaker helped determine a potential timeline for Guthrie's abduction, when it lost connection to her smartphone, as well as providing a potential trail.

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Authorities deployed a high-tech Bluetooth scanning device by air in search of the signal from Guthrie's pacemaker.

The search was unsuccessful.

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Roadside surveillance and security cameras as well as cell tower data and similar digital forensics are expected to provide key leads in investigations like this, experts tell Fox News Digital.

Behind the scenes, this type of information may have played a role in how investigators approach potential persons of interest, including the brief questioning of a Rio Rico man earlier in the investigation.

Investigators have received thousands of tips in the case, and they have asked for those living within a two-mile radius of Guthrie's home to submit home security video showing anything suspicious or unusual between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2.

Undisclosed information from an informant led to police and FBI activity Friday night that included the search of a home and a vehicle around the corner, as well as the temporary detainment of three people — none of whom were charged with a crime or called suspects in connection with the warrant.

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"There is a moral dimension to this endeavour. Rearmament is not warmongering; it is the responsible action of nations determined to protect their people and preserve peace. Strength deters aggression. Weakness invites it," they wrote.

Zagreb is ready to help resolve the disruption in compliance with EU law and the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations, Croatian Economy Minister Ante Susnjar said.

A western state’s governor and attorney general are launching an investigation into potential violations of a statewide ban on sanctuary cities and sanctuary-jurisdictional policies, pledging zero tolerance for failure to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte told Fox News Digital that he and Attorney General Austin Knudsen, both Republicans, will investigate the capital city of Helena under SB 200, which permits civil legal action and enforcement of fines against jurisdictions found in violation.

"In Montana, we don’t tolerate defiance and we support our law enforcement officers," Gianforte told Fox News Digital.

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"While the attorney general’s initial investigation will focus on the city of Helena, we’re really sending a message to all local governments across the state: If you are found to be in violation of state law, there will be penalties."

In response to Helena City Commissioners’ vote to prevent local coordination with federal immigration enforcement, Gianforte and Knudsen announced the decision will be investigated as a potential violation of the sanctuary city ban originally authored by state Rep. Kenneth Holmlund, R-Miles City.

Gianforte said he has "serious concerns" about the resolution’s compliance with state law and said that under the sanctuary city ban, no state or local agency may refuse to cooperate with DHS.

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In a letter to Knudsen formally requesting his office’s cooperation, Gianforte laid out how "securing the border has been a top priority of President Donald J. Trump after the previous administration let nearly 11 million illegal immigrants enter freely into the United States under their watch."

He referenced Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said that it is unfortunate to see "recent events" elsewhere in the U.S. that have put immigration agents in danger.

In that regard, he described a recent Helena City Council vote as ordering local officers not to get involved in actions to assist other agencies nor to detain or stop a person based on suspicion of immigration law or status infractions.

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"This resolution is clearly designed to obstruct federal law enforcement operations," Gianforte said.

Knudsen told the Flathead Beacon that Helena appears to be "thumbing its nose to the Montana Legislature" and must understand it does not make state law.

"I encourage [the city] to retain counsel [and] get a lobbyist…" he said in part.

A spokeswoman for the city of Helena told Fox News Digital it had not received any formal communication on the matter from Gianforte, and added that "as a general practice, the City does not provide comment on pending or potential litigation matters."

"[Helena's] resolution was drafted with careful consideration of applicable local, state, and federal law, and the City believes the resolution is consistent with those legal requirements," she said.

"The City remains committed to upholding all applicable federal and state laws.

Knudsen’s office signaled it is only officially looking at Helena, but local reports also pointed to concerns about Missoula — the state’s second-largest behind Billings.

A spokesperson for Missoula told the Montana Free Press it has never been and is not currently a sanctuary city, while adding that its police officers do not inquire about immigration status in public interactions.

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Former President Barack Obama says the Democratic Party needs to elevate a younger generation of candidates if it wants to win at the ballot box in the 2026 midterm elections and beyond.

Obama, who was 47-years-old when first elected president in 2008, is warning that older politicians can "age out" and lose a crucial connection to a younger electorate.

"I’m not making a hard and fast rule here, but I do think that Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment, to the zeitgeist, to the times and the particular struggles that folks are thinking about as they look towards the future, rather than look backward toward the past," Obama said in an interview with YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen that was published this weekend.

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There's been plenty of discontent this decade among younger Democrats with some of their party's aging politicians who have resisted bowing out and passing the torch.

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That sentiment was amplified by former President Joe Biden's decision to run for re-election in 2024 before dropping out of the race amid serious questions about the then-81-year-old president's physical and mental acuity after a disastrous debate with now-President Donald Trump.

"I’m a pretty healthy 64, feel great, but the truth is, half of the references that my daughters make about social media, TikTok and such, I don’t know who they’re talking about," Obama said in the interview. "There is an element of, at some point, you age out. You’re not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through."

Younger Democrats primary challenging older incumbents is grabbing attention in this year's midterm elections.

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Myla Rahman is aiming to use Rep. Maxine Waters' 35 years in Congress as political ammunition as she challenges the longtime Democratic congresswoman.

The nonprofit executive, Los Angeles native and cancer survivor, who is 34 years younger than the 87-year-old lawmaker, highlighted generational change as she launched a primary challenge last week against Waters.

"People are sick and tired of the same old thing," Rahman told the California Post in an interview.

Waters, who has been in Congress since 1991, hasn't faced a serious primary challenge in over a decade in California's solidly-blue 43rd District, which is anchored in South Los Angeles.

Waters isn't the only long-serving House Democrat from California facing challenges from younger rivals. So are Democratic Reps. Brad Sherman and Mike Thompson.

In Massachusetts, 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton is spotlighting the generational argument as he tries to oust 79-year-old Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary.

Former South Carolina governor and former ambassador Nikki Haley made plenty of headlines during her 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination when she proposed mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over age 75, which would have included the now 79-year-old Trump.

Trump ended up winning the 2024 election, defeating then-Vice President Kamala Harris, who was 18-years younger than her rival for the White House. And Trump's victory was fueled in part by a better-than-expected performance among younger voters.

Obama said he's hoping to energize younger voters through his presidential center, which is scheduled to open later this year in Chicago.

"That spirit, that energy, it’s out there, and you can feel it, but it’s bottled up," he said. "We haven’t given enough outlets for young people to figure out, ‘How do I become a part of that?’ That’s this enormous, untapped power that we have to get back to."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have the Pride flag considered on the same level as the U.S. flag in the eyes of the federal government.

Schumer announced plans to introduce legislation that would make the flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ movement, a congressionally authorized flag. The distinction would enshrine the flag with similar protections as the U.S. flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags and others recognized by Congress.

His move comes after the Trump administration removed a Pride flag from a national monument outside the Stonewall Inn earlier this month. A clash between police and patrons at the gay bar in the 1960s is widely considered the birth of the gay rights movement.

TRUMP ADMIN RIPS MAMDANI, LOCAL DEMS AS ACTIVISTS OVERRIDE GOV'T MOVE AT NYC MONUMENT: 'FOCUSED ON THEATRICS'

"Stonewall is sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently protect the Pride flag and what it stands for," Schumer said. "Trump’s hateful crusade must end."

The flag has since been reinstalled atop the pole outside the Stonewall Inn, and Schumer's legislative push would prevent it from being taken down in the future.

President Donald Trump has not explicitly targeted the Pride flag but previously signed an executive order restricting what types of flags may be displayed on federal property to ensure only the U.S. flag is prominently flown.

SCHUMER SAYS DEMS WILL FIGHT VOTER ID PUSH 'TOOTH AND NAIL,' BALKS AT DHS ROLE IN ELECTIONS

The Pride flag was taken down from the monument following an internal memo from the Department of the Interior ordering "non-agency" flags at national parks be removed.

The directive, signed by National Park Service Acting Director Jessica Bowron in late January, included certain exceptions to the rule, including historical flags, military flags and federally recognized flags from tribal nations.

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The Stonewall National Monument, first designated by former President Barack Obama in 2016, falls under the agency’s supervision. The Pride flag atop a large flagpole outside the famous gay bar did not fall under the list of protected flags and pennants.

"The very core of American identity is liberty and justice for all — and that is what this legislation would protect: each national park’s ability to make its own decision about what flag can be flown," Schumer said. "Attempts to hurt New York and the LGBTQ community simply won’t fly, but the Stonewall Pride flag always will."

Imran Khan's sons fear for his health, seek visas to visit him in Pakistan

Members of the public, businesspeople, and journalists will be able to upload information about dodgy dealings in the fuel market to the a chat bot called StopShadowBot on the popular messaging app Telegram.

Starmer says Europe must be ready to fight, but can it afford to?

Apple's iPad Pro is likely to be left for years without a major update, according to a reliable leaker.


The Weibo-based leaker, known as "Instant Digital," says that the ‌iPad Pro‌ will not have a major update for a prolonged period of time. The cost of the OLED panel now used in the device is unlikely to come down in price and the last major redesign apparently did not significantly stimulate sales growth.

While Apple may maintain a regular iteration cycle with the device, it apparently has no intention of pursuing significant upgrades such as ultra-slim borders around the display, the likes of which are available on rival high-end tablets.

In 2024, Apple introduced the first major redesign of the device since 2018. Apple added the M5 chip to it in October 2025, along with some minor connectivity upgrades.

The ‌iPad Pro‌ is likely to gain the M6 chip and iPhone 17 Pro-style vapor chamber cooling at some point toward the end of 2026 or in 2027, but there have been no other rumors about the future of the product line.
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British number one Emma Raducanu is knocked out of the Dubai Tennis Championships in the first round by lucky loser Antonia Ruzic.

Gilts yields fell by more than their eurozone counterparts due to a reduced U.K. political risk premium, according to XTB.

Flight LS896 from Turkey to Manchester had to make an emergency landing in Brussels.

"I'm grateful to have amazing work, work with great people who I love," the "Harry Wilde" star said. 

"Oh gosh, I don't even have time for everything I'm doing right now, it's insane," she added. "Mercifully, I have the energy for it. But I'm just so grateful, I really am."

"I never ever imagined I'd be doing what I'm doing right now at this age, ever."

No, George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston

The think tank paid a company at least £30,000 to investigate the origins of a story about undeclared donations.

The previous partnership held training sessions for district personnel and students where participants were asked to read "How Privileged Am I" and rank themselves on how privileged they are. 

"Generate a privilege list related to P-12 settings for the student and adult educator group assigned to your team by listing ways students and adults may experience systems of advantages or rights that are available to them solely based on their social identities," the training instructions read.

While these training sessions were held in the Illinois school district, the organization carries out similar exercises through partnerships with state and local educational agencies across the country. 

Oswego District 308 did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

U.S. President Donald Trump is committed to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban because his leadership and rapport with Trump are crucial to U.S. interests, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, offering a robust endorsement of the nationalist leader as he faces a tough election in April.

Senior Trump administration officials defended the use of masks and other facial coverings by federal immigration enforcement officers, citing a sharp increase in assaults and violent threats against agents amid the administration’s hard-line immigration crackdown.  

White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended the use of masks and other facial coverings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as necessary to protect agents from a rise in assaults and violent threats reported by the Department of Homeland Security.

"I don't like the masks, either," Homan said in an interview Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation." Still, he said, "these men and women have to protect themselves."

His remarks come as Democrats in Congress have sharply criticized ICE agents’ actions in recent months, including the deployment of officers to major U.S. cities — Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis — as part of Trump’s broader immigration enforcement effort. 

MINNESOTA DRAGS TRUMP'S ICE TO COURT IN EFFORT TO PAUSE IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Republicans earlier this month to order the unmasking of ICE agents, describing the step as one of many "guardrails" needed to protect the public and earn their support in resolving the DHS shutdown. 

Jeffries last week told reporters in the Capitol that unmasking federal agents is a "hard red line" for Democrats as Congress debated funding for DHS and ultimately failed to come to an agreement, the Associated Press reported. 

The Trump administration has cited concerns about the number and severity of threats against ICE officers and has vowed to aggressively prosecute individuals who target agents or solicit violence.

Homan pointed to DHS reports from January citing a 1,500% increase in assaults against ICE personnel. Violent threats against ICE officers have also soared by a staggering 8,000%, according to data shared by the Department of Homeland Security in October.

The release from DHS ticked through a number of violent threats that have been made against ICE personnel and their family members, including a voicemail left for the spouse of a Texas-based immigration officer.

"I don’t know how you let your husband work for ICE, and you sleep at night … I hope your kids get deported by accident," the voicemail said. "How do you sleep? …. Did you hear what happened to the Nazis after World War II? Because it’s what’s going to happen to your family."

MINNESOTA AG KEITH ELLISON DENIES DON LEMON, ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS VIOLATED FACE ACT AS DOJ MULLS CHARGES

"From bounties placed on their heads for their murders, threats to their families, stalking, and doxxing online, our officers are experiencing an unprecedented level of violence and threats against them and their families," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement at the time.

DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on the time frames it used to measure the 1,500% and 8,000% increases in assaults and threats, respectively. 

The Justice Department has vowed to aggressively prosecute individuals found to be targeting immigration officers or soliciting violent behavior.

Federal prosecutors in October announced the arrest of Eduardo Aguilar, an illegal immigrant living in Dallas, for allegedly posting TikTok videos soliciting individuals to "murder ICE agents," according to a copy of the federal criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital. 

Aguilar also allegedly offered a reward of $10,000 "for each ICE agent," according to information shared by the Justice Department. If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison. 

GOP SEN. CASSIDY BREAKS WITH TRUMP OVER DEADLY SHOOTING BY BORDER PATROL AGENT IN MINNEAPOLIS

Months earlier, Alan W. Filion, a California teenager, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for allegedly placing 375 "swatting," hoaxing, or doxxing calls that involved ICE and other federal officers.

Fillon's "serial doxxing" campaign involved falsely reported bomb threats or imminent mass shootings at public schools and religious institutions across the country, according to the Justice Department — prompting an emergency response from myriad federal agencies and first responders, and diverting their ability to respond to real crises. 

The Justice Department has cited Fillon's case as a benchmark of sorts for how it will prosecute other individuals found to be weaponizing law enforcement response systems. 

The remarks come as Democrats continued to assail ICE as the DHS funding shutdown drags on. Schumer blasted ICE on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday as "rogue" forces that appear almost "trained to be nasty and mean and cruel, and go way beyond what ordinary police departments do."

"They need to be reined in, and they need to stop the violence," Schumer added.

The Winter Olympics medal hopes of Team GB's men's curlers have been cast into doubt after a shock 8-6 defeat by Norway left them scrambling to make the semi-finals in Cortina.

Wow… The chance of a lifetime just fell into my LinkedIn inbox. (sarcasm)

On a serious note, anytime I get one of these scam messages, I just feel sad for the vulnerable people that fall for these. On a less serious note, I’m starting up a fund to support the victims of these scams. Please send me $100 in Amazon gift cards and your social security number if you want to support it.

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The brilliant Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote, “Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.”

I started doing my daily Readwise reviews again to revisit my old highlights from books and articles. Anytime I reboot a reflective practice like this, I realize how much I missed it. I’m going to start sharing these more to re-process them myself and to share what I have found impactful.

Today’s highlight is from James Clear’s Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping maritime action plan Friday, aimed at reclaiming U.S. maritime dominance and reducing America’s reliance on foreign-built and foreign-flagged ships that carry the vast majority of its international trade.

Senior administration officials warned in a call with reporters that nearly 99% of U.S. international maritime trade moves on foreign-built, foreign-owned and foreign-flagged vessels, a dependence they described as a national and economic security vulnerability as global competition intensifies.

"Roughly 50% of our trade moves through the maritime domain, and 99% of that moves on foreign-built, foreign-owned and foreign-flagged ships," one senior administration official said during a call with reporters. "That’s the market we’re trying to tap."

The initiative, ordered by President Donald Trump in an April executive order, lays out what officials describe as the first comprehensive federal effort in decades to rebuild the nation’s commercial shipbuilding industry, expand the U.S.-flagged fleet and strengthen maritime supply chains.

TRUMP’S $12B RARE EARTH PLAN TARGETS CHINA AS EXPERTS WARN US IS ‘ONE CRISIS AWAY’

The push comes as China now produces more than half of the world’s commercial ship tonnage, while U.S. shipyards account for only a sliver of global output — a disparity that has widened over decades as American commercial shipbuilding declined.

Administration officials also linked that erosion to rising Navy shipbuilding costs.

"The cost of building U.S. Navy warships has gone up far outpacing inflation," one senior administration official said, arguing that rebuilding commercial shipyards, suppliers and skilled labor pools could help stabilize long-term defense procurement costs.

Officials argued that rebuilding commercial shipbuilding capacity would have ripple effects beyond global trade, strengthening the broader industrial base that underpins U.S. naval power.

Throughout the past several decades, as American commercial shipyards shuttered or downsized, the domestic supplier network, skilled workforce and naval design expertise that support both commercial and military vessels also contracted, officials said. That contraction, they argued, has left Navy shipbuilders more dependent on smaller supplier pools and single-source components, contributing to rising costs and production delays.

"The cost of building U.S. Navy warships has gone up far outpacing inflation," one senior administration official said, attributing part of the increase to the loss of adjacent commercial shipbuilding activity. By expanding commercial orders and modernizing shipyard infrastructure, officials said, the government hopes to create economies of scale that would benefit both commercial operators and the Navy.

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Historically, some U.S. shipyards operated as dual-use facilities, building commercial vessels alongside Navy ships — a model that officials said helped sustain a larger workforce and more resilient supply chain. While the maritime action plan focuses primarily on commercial shipping, administration officials said they expect downstream benefits for military shipbuilding as the industrial base expands.

The decline in U.S. shipbuilding capacity has been decades in the making. Following World War II, the United States maintained dozens of major commercial shipyards. Today, only a small number remain capable of building large oceangoing vessels.

In the defense sector, production has consolidated into a handful of primary shipyards. Just two shipbuilders — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and General Dynamics’ Electric Boat in Connecticut and Rhode Island — construct the Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Surface combatants such as destroyers are built at only a few additional yards.

The strain on U.S. shipbuilding has drawn increasingly blunt warnings from Navy leadership. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan has cautioned that American shipyards must "act like we’re at war" as China rapidly expands its fleet and modernizes its production lines.

According to the Office of Naval Intelligence, China’s shipbuilding capacity now exceeds that of the United States by more than 200 times — a gap analysts say reflects Beijing’s heavy state investment in automated, AI-enabled shipyards capable of producing vessels at a pace the U.S. industrial base has struggled to match.

Meanwhile, the Navy continues to face submarine production delays and supply-chain bottlenecks that have slowed delivery of key programs, underscoring the challenges officials say must be addressed if the United States is to regain maritime competitiveness.

"Not somebody just tried to snatch my shopping bag in Milan, force of habit," he wrote on X. "I had it tied around my hand so he couldn’t get it and took off running immediately….but still crazy."

It’s unclear what Owens had in his bag. Biles posted a photo of the two posing in a luxury store.

OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER DISQUALIFIED FROM EVENT OVER BOOT SIZE

Owens and Biles had been spotted at the Winter Olympics, watching the men’s free skate figure skating competition. Both athletes were pulling for Ilia Malinin as the "Quad God" was going for a gold medal to add to his collection.

Unfortunately, Malinin suffered two falls and finished in eighth place in the event.

"Totally devastated for Ilia," she wrote on Threads.

Malinin had been open about the intense pressure he felt during the competition – something that Biles could relate to as she suffered her own battle during the Tokyo Olympics.

Biles went through a series of "twisties" during her gymnastics competition. She took a short leave from Team USA to get it figured out. She returned in the 2024 Paris Games and won three gold medals.

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Apple's first-generation AirTag 4-Pack has dropped to $64.00 this week on Amazon, down from the original price of $99.00. Free shipping options have a delivery estimate around February 21, while Prime members should be able to get it delivered a few days sooner.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Overall, this is a solid second-best price on the AirTag 4-pack that's within $1 of the Amazon all-time low price. Amazon's stock on the first generation AirTag 1-Pack has begun dwindling now that the new second generation models are here, so anyone interested in this low price on the first gen 4-Pack should pick it up while it's still around.



Apple just debuted the all-new AirTag, featuring longer range for tracking items and a louder speaker. We haven't tracked any discounts on the new second generation models as of yet, so anyone who wants to save money should keep looking into the original models.

If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.

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Iran meets UN nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of a second round of US talks

The 7th Corps report comes as Ukraine clings to its last positions in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in eastern Donetsk Oblast, both of which have mostly been occupied by Russia, Emil Kastehelmi, a military analyst with the Black Bird Group, told the Kyiv Independent.

The popular tourist attraction was a proposal spot for couples and featured on postcards.

The new RSS reader is mostly done. A few bug fixes and polish to finish. I think for a 1.0 it’s very good. It does a few new things that I’ve never seen in a feed reader before.

"On the world’s biggest stage, those who appear the strongest may still be fighting invisible battles on the inside," he wrote in the post. "Even your happiest memories can end up tainted by the noise. Vile online hatred attacks the mind and fear lures it into the darkness, no matter how hard you try to stay sane through the endless insurmountable pressure.

"It all builds up as these moments flash before your eyes, resulting in an inevitable crash. This is that version of the story."

Malinin teased his upcoming performance in the traditional exhibition gala that wraps the Olympic figure skating program. The event will take place on Feb. 21.

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Malinin, who won gold in the team event, acknowledged the pressure he felt going into the free skate portion of the event.

"I didn't really know how to handle it," he said Friday.

He is expected to compete for his third consecutive world title in Prague next month. He had been unbeaten in 14 events over more than two years and earned the nickname "Quad God," for his nearly impossible moves on the ice.

The 21-year-old was touted for his graciousness in defeat.

"The nerves just went, so overwhelming," he said, "and especially going into that starting pose, I just felt like all the traumatic moments of my life really just started flooding my head. So many negative thoughts that flooded into there and I could not handle it."

"All I know is that it wasn’t my best skate and it was definitely something I wasn’t expecting. And it’s done, so I can’t go back and change it, even though I would love to."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Democrats are spotlighting their "positive momentum" at the ballot box since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, as they work to win back House and Senate majorities in this year's midterm elections.

"We had a record of victories across the country over the last year," Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin touted this weekend in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital. "We're winning up and down the ballot, big statewide elections, of course, and county races, local races, state legislative races, one after another."

Democrats are hoping for a blue wave similar to the one they rode in 2018, the last time they won back the House from the GOP, and they're energized. But Republicans are not sold on whether special elections are a good barometer of things to come in the midterms.

"Special elections are very strange because turnout is often stifled," House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News Digital late last year.

‘FICTION’ - HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CHAIR SCOFFS AT DEMOCRATS MOVE TO EXPAND GOP TARGET LIST

A stunning setback for Republicans two and a half weeks ago in a special state Senate election for a ruby-red district in Texas grabbed tons of national attention, and was seen by some in the GOP as a "wakeup call."

The Democrats' victory in Texas, and two more ballot box wins since then, were fueled in part by continued concerns by Americans over high prices, and came amid backlash over the Trump administration's unprecedented crackdown on illegal immigration and, as the latest polling indicates, the president remains mired in negative numbers.

Thanks in part to their laser focus on the issue of affordability amid persistent inflation, Democrats scored decisive victories in the 2025 elections, and have overperformed at the ballot box in other off-year and special elections since the start of Trump's second administration.

"There's certainly positive momentum for the Democratic Party. There's wind at our back. We're seeing win after win, and that's continued unabated into this new year," Martin emphasized.

REPUBLICAN 'WAKE-UP CALL' - SPECIAL ELECTION SHOCKER HIGHLIGHTS GOP TURNOUT AND MIDTERM RISKS

The DNC chair was interviewed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as he made his way up to Maine this weekend to help organize local Democrats ahead of an upcoming special legislative election later this month.

Martin said he's anything but complacent, and is ignoring the latest national polling that indicates that Democrats hold a mid-single digit advantage over the Republicans in the battle for Congress.

"We're not going to rest on our laurels; we're not going to believe those polls. We're just going to keep organizing and talking to voters."

Republicans are facing traditional political headwinds in the midterms, when the party in power usually loses House and Senate seats.

But Democrats also face obstacles, including polling that indicates their party's brand remains deeply unpopular.

Martin acknowledged in a Fox News Digital interview last summer that the party had hit "rock bottom," but added that "there's only one direction to go, and that's up, and that's what we're doing."

PLAYING CATCHUP TO REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS LAUNCH 'LARGEST-EVER' PARTISAN NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN

The rival Republican National Committee (RNC) and Trump's fundraising organizations hold a massive cash advantage over the Democrats.

But Martin says the party's success at the ballot box is boosting fundraising.

"Our fundraising so far this year has really been gangbusters. People are starting to realize that the Democratic Party has a plan to win. They're winning around the country, and they're investing again," he highlighted.

And he added, "What I've always said is we don't need to outraise the Republicans, right? We just need to be able to raise enough money to actually compete, to be in the ring so we can fight, and that's what we're doing."

While economic concerns have played into the Democrats' political narrative, better-than-expected unemployment and inflation reports last week are giving Republicans something to brag about.

"We just had a fantastic report on inflation. Way down. Cost of products way down. We inherited a mess, a total mess. And now it's really coming along. We have the greatest numbers that we've ever had," Trump emphasized Friday in a speech in North Carolina.

But Martin says Trump has "a long ways to go to repair this economy."

"A couple good reports, and they're not even that great right now," Martin argued. "They're going to have to string together a lot of reports to actually repair this economy and make it work for working people."

All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls.

A Minnesota state representative is questioning the integrity of voter roll data in the state’s most populous county, setting off a dispute over access to election records.

"Why is there such an effort to block us or any election integrity group to see this information?" state Rep. Pam Altendorf said Saturday.

"If they're clean, that's great. And if not, if [Minnesota Secretary of State] Steve Simon is unable or unwilling to clean our voter rolls, then we absolutely have to get federal help because this is disenfranchising every legal voter in Minnesota."

Altendorf said the dispute stems from her attempt to obtain active voter roll data from multiple Minnesota counties. She submitted data requests to four counties after reviewing state statutes and consulting with election integrity groups, arguing that as vice chair of the Minnesota House Elections Committee, she has the authority to access the information.

MINNESOTA FRAUD CASE IS 'CANARY IN THE COAL MINE' FOR GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS — INCLUDING ELECTIONS, LAWYER WARS

According to Altendorf, Minnesota's secretary of state directed counties not to provide her with the information. Three counties declined to comply with her request, while Hennepin County — the state’s largest county by population — provided the data.

After reviewing the Hennepin County records, Altendorf said she identified nearly 3,000 active voter entries missing key identifying information, such as birthdates, names and addresses, as well as what she described as potential duplicate records.

Though she did not provide specific examples, she also said she found voters listed as over 100 years old.

However, according to Alpha News, 1900 was used as a placeholder birth year for voters who registered before 1983 since they were not required to provide their date of birth.

DOJ TORCHES DEMOCRATS FOR 'SHAMELESSLY LYING' ABOUT MINNESOTA VOTER ROLL REQUEST

A spokesperson for Hennepin County told the outlet that they administer elections in accordance with state law and guidance from the Secretary of State's office.

The spokesperson also said that "address verification is a routine reason a voter record may be flagged as challenged, ‘including when a registration confirmation postcard is returned as undeliverable.’"

Altendorf began pursuing the data after learning that the Department of Justice had sought voter roll information from states across the country as part of broader election integrity efforts, which she said Minnesota declined to provide due to privacy concerns.

She then reviewed state statutes and worked with election integrity groups, including Minnesota Voters Alliance, before determining she had the authority to request the data herself.

Altendorf said Simon is "actively working to deny" her, as a sitting member of the House Elections Committee, the ability to access voter roll information to determine whether the records are accurate.

The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Albanian PM seeks to stop judiciary from suspending ministers

England remain just as confident they can win the T20 World Cup despite their unconvincing group stage, says batter Will Jacks.

OPEC+ is forecast to resume oil output increases after pausing hikes in the first quarter, according to Kpler, which forecasts Brent to average $65 a barrel this year.

Ottawa history is full of surprises. How long did the capital's shortest-serving mayor actually last? What once stretched between two rivers where the city now stands? Which elegant landmark has ties to the stonemason who built the Rideau Canal? Read More

The price is a 65% premium to Zim’s closing price on Friday.

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called for "humanitarian intervention" in his country and urgent international measures against Iran’s ruling regime amid protests and reported mass casualties.

Pahlavi appealed to President Donald Trump after Trump said regime change in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen."

The prince listed several measures the U.S. could take to weaken the ayatollah, including neutralizing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), cracking down on "ghost tankers" that secretly transport sanctioned oil and provide revenue to the regime, expelling diplomats or holding them to account for criminal behavior, freezing assets of oligarchs, supporting protesters with internet access and asking for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Iran.

"These are specific measures... that the world can [take to] put more pressure on the regime, but it will also show much more support to the Iranian people," Pahlavi said on "Sunday Morning Futures."

IRAN RAMPS UP REGIONAL THREATS AS TRUMP CONSIDERS TALKS, EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF REGIME VIOLENCE EMERGE

He hoped those provisions would "expedite the process" of "getting rid of this regime."

"And finally, Iranians can have an opportunity to speak for themselves."

IRAN SAYS US MUST 'PROVE THEY WANT TO DO A DEAL' ON NUCLEAR TALKS IN GENEVA

Pahlavi is positioning himself as a transitional leader for a post-regime Iran. He said he would serve to "galvanize and unify... the secular democratic opposition" with the ultimate goal of facilitating "a democratic process that will be completely transparent and under international observation" that would allow Iranians to decide the future of their country.

His comments come as Iran is roiled by anti-government demonstrations and regime retaliation against them. Pahlavi said a minimum of 36,000 people were killed by police in the first two days of protests, though it remains difficult to collect accurate data.

"But in the meantime, at least 40,000 people have been arrested. The number of people who have disappeared is yet to be completely realized. We had over 330,000 who were wounded," he said.

He also commended the hundreds of thousands of people who rallied in cities around the world for a Global Day of Action to call for new leadership in Iran in what he called an "unprecedented show of unity and support for one another."

Michigan is taking on major oil and gas companies in court, joining nearly a dozen other states that have brought climate-related lawsuits against ExxonMobil and its industry peers. But Michigan’s approach is different: accusing Big Oil not of deceiving consumers or misrepresenting climate change risks, but of driving up energy costs by colluding to suppress competition from cleaner and cheaper technologies like solar power and electric vehicles.

The strategy is risky and might run into challenges, but it could potentially be a game changer if the state can overcome initial dismissal attempts by the industry defendants, legal experts say.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed the lawsuit last month in federal District Court against BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute. The suit, brought under federal and state antitrust laws, alleges a conspiracy to delay the transition to renewable energy and EVs and maintain market dominance of fossil fuels.

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FIRST ON FOX: A new report is raising fresh questions about whether billions in federal transit spending are delivering results, as funding climbs to record highs while bus and rail commuting remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Released by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, the analysis argues the disconnect reflects structural flaws in how federal transit dollars are allocated — particularly as remote work reshapes commuting patterns and budget pressures intensify.

Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the group and the report’s author, traces the federal transit program to its 1960s origins, when it was intended to expand mobility for low-income residents and reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

AMTRAK ADDING OVER 80 NEW TRAINS IN MASSIVE OVERHAUL OF FLEET; TRAVELERS REACT

Since then, federal support has grown steadily — but transit’s commuter share has moved in the opposite direction, according to the report.

"Transit’s commute market share in the U.S. has dropped from 12% in 1960 to under 4% in 2024," Cox told Fox News Digital.

Today, roughly 3.8% of American workers — about one in 25 — commute by mass transit, according to Cox’s analysis of federal data. By comparison, three times as many Americans now work from home.

While transit use has edged down, 88 million more Americans drive to work than in 1960, the report notes, alongside a 17 million increase in remote workers.

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Cox argues transit struggles to compete with the automobile on speed and access. "Generally, transit travel times are slower than commuting by car," he said. The average one-way commute is about 26 minutes by car, compared with 48 minutes by transit.

The report also highlights disparities in job access.

Researchers examined how many workplaces a person could physically reach in a 30-minute commute. Because cars offer direct, door-to-door travel, drivers can typically access far more job locations than transit riders, whose trips may involve walking to stops, waiting, and making transfers.

Across the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, workers can reach 58 times as many jobs by car as by transit, the report finds — a gap that persists even in New York, which has the country’s most extensive public transport network.

Those findings, Cox writes, underscore what he sees as a need for a broader reassessment of federal transit policy.

With federal debt at historic highs and remote work reshaping how Americans commute, Cox argues it may be time to rethink how Washington funds public transit. The question, he suggests, is not whether public transport has a role — but whether federal spending is aligned with how Americans actually travel today.

It is looking at allowing Chinese-registered companies to follow Chinese accounting rules when listing global depository receipts in London.

EU countries must not hide behind national interests, German minister says

Dollar positioning reached its most negative in more than 14 years, according to the BofA’s latest foreign exchange and rates sentiment survey.

One passenger was taken to hospital after the derailment, which police say could have been caused by an avalanche.

Slalom skier Dave Ryding bids farewell to the Winter Olympics with a 17th-place finish in mixed conditions in Bormio.

Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET.



Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a "special Apple Experience," and there is no further information about what it may entail. The invitation features a 3D Apple logo design composed of yellow, green, and blue discs.

It is notable that Apple is specifically using the word "experience," rather than "event." Unlike a full live-streamed event from Apple Park, the March 4 event in other cities is likely to be smaller in scale.



The announcement of several new Apple products is believed to be imminent, including the iPhone 17e, MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, eighth-generation, iPad Air, 12th-generation iPad, and more. A refreshed Studio Display and an all-new low-cost MacBook with the A18 chip are also possibilities, along with a new Apple TV and HomePod mini.

This "Apple Experience" could involve Apple's announcement of some of these products and provide an opportunity for the media to get hands-on with the new devices around the world.

The Apple Experience commences at 9:00am ET on March 4, 2026.
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NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia's Fulton County

"We must reform ICE. But it looks at this stage, folks, ICE is beyond reform," Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar said in January. "ICE is totally out of control, and this week I intend to introduce a bill to abolish ICE."

Democratic leaders, including Jeffries, shared a list of demands for reform for ICE earlier this month, insisting they be added to the funding bill for the DHS.

The list of demands included, prohibiting masks, requiring ID for agents, upholding the use of force standards, and ensuring state and local coordination and oversight, among others.

Staff and customers tell the BBC prioritising parcels can mean missed NHS appointments and late payment fines.

That’s easier said than done — especially if those chains were put there by people we once considered safe, or by a parent or spouse we should have been able to trust. Unresolved trauma became my prison. I didn’t know how to be set free. The hardest part is that even after the physical abuse stopped, my father never addressed what happened. In my childhood, his presence was massive and terrorizing. But throughout my teens and early 20s, he was there — but not really there. In the movie of our lives, he became less of a monster and more of an extra who blended into the background. His absence during those years was a new and different kind of wound.

I wonder whether my father’s detachment was because he believed that, after all he’d done, he no longer had the right to be my father. Maybe he didn’t talk about the past abuse or make amends because he would have had to own what happened. He would have had to drag it out of the shadows and into the light. I don’t know the answer for my dad; I only know he pretended it never happened.

But it did happen. And at some point — for my father and for the rest of us — everything we try to hide will be laid bare. Jesus said, "For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light" (Mark 4:22 NLT). Everything — even the things we want to keep hidden in the dark — will be brought into the light. That might sound scary, but it doesn’t have to be. When we willingly bring those hidden things into the light to confess, repent and make amends, they begin to lose their power.

Unfortunately, my dad could never bring himself to face what he had done. I believe this kept him imprisoned by guilt and shame. If you relate, please know Jesus loves you and is fighting to set you free and heal every broken piece of you. This promise isn’t just for sons and daughters who have been hurt. It’s also for the father, mother, spouse or anyone who has harmed others. Jesus doesn’t just heal and restore the bad things that happened to us. He also mends the unthinkable things we may have done to others. When we feel chained to guilt and shame, real healing and freedom await on the other side of something called repentance.

Adapted from "Radically Restored" by Stephen McWhirter. Copyright Stephen McWhirter© (May 2026) by Zondervan. Used by permission of Zondervan, www.zondervan.com. 

Six passengers killed in bus crash in southeastern Brazil, 45 injured

A 21-year-old hiker died after slipping off the trail near the summit of Mount Marcy, New York’s tallest peak, authorities said.

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) confirmed the victim, who was from New Jersey, was found dead near the summit area Thursday night. 

Officials have not released the hiker’s name or gender.

The NYSDEC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, but a spokesperson for the state government agency told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise the hiker had called 911 at 3:05 p.m., saying they slipped and were unable to get back onto the trail.

2 HIKERS IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST KILLED AFTER TREE FALLS ON POPULAR TRAIL

A dog was with the victim, and it was not immediately clear whether anyone else was hiking with them or what caused the slip.

Two forest rangers tried to locate the hiker from a State Police helicopter, but heavy cloud cover around Mount Marcy’s summit prevented them from making visual contact, a NYSDEC spokesperson told the outlet.

NEARLY 70 SKIERS STRANDED IN MIDAIR FOR HOURS AFTER GONDOLA MALFUNCTIONS AT POPULAR RESORT

Around 6:06 p.m., one of the rangers was dropped at the Marcy Dam Outpost — roughly 5 miles from and nearly 3,000 feet below the summit — to begin a ground search.

The ranger then hiked toward the hiker’s last known location near the summit and found the 21-year-old at 9:51 p.m., deceased, according to the spokesperson.

The dog was found alive and was led off the mountain by rangers, officials said, but poor weather conditions initially prevented crews from recovering the hiker’s body.

A State Police helicopter transported two forest rangers to the site on Friday morning, where they were able to recover the hiker’s remains.

"The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offers its condolences to the family," the spokesperson said.

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She wrote that tennis gave her some of her best friends and she was able to travel to places she only dreamed of. But she said the sport "took things from me," including her relationship with her body, her family and her self-worth.

"I want to say a ginormous f--- you to everyone in the tennis community who’s ever made me feel less than," her statement continued. "F--- you to every single gambler who’s sent me hate or death threats. F--- you to the people who sit behind screens on social media, commenting on my body, my career, or whatever the f--- they want to nitpick. And f--- you to a sport that hides behind so-called class and gentlemanly values. Behind the white outfits and traditions is a culture that’s racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile to anyone who doesn’t fit its mould.

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"Life is not meant to be lived in misery or half a--ed. My ultimate goal is to be able to wake up everyday and genuinely say I love what I do – which I think everyone deserves the chance at. I’m 25, turning 26 this year, and I feel so far behind everyone else, like I’m starting from scratch. I’m also scared. But that’s better than living a life that’s misaligned, or being around constant comparison and losing yourself."

Aiava, then, thanked those who supported her career.

She has 10 International Tennis Federation titles on her resume and is 269-178 in singles matches at this point. In Grand Slam events, she hasn’t made it further than the second round – which came during the 2025 Australian Open.

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Controversy sweeps through curling at the Winter Olympics, in photos

Rubio plugs Orbán’s bid for another term after April elections during a visit to Budapest

"Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my Administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing working closely with him so that both of our Countries can further advance this tremendous path to SUCCESS and cooperation. I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary — HE WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN!" Trump added.

On the second anniversary of his death, Lyudmila Navalnaya says her son did not "simply die in prison".

Wrote one person on social media about the proposed fines, "Where else are they [the bins] supposed to go?"

Said another person, "Absolutely normal. Bins are supposed to stay two or three hours in the morning or in the evening."

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Kim was penalized and did not complete a lap in the race.

The Virginia native was competing in his first Winter Olympics for Team USA. He was a star on the junior circuit as he picked up a bronze in the World Junior Championships in 2017.

Kim was also disqualified from the short track 1,000-meter heats last week. Van ‘t Wout won the gold in the event.

OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER DISQUALIFIED FROM EVENT OVER BOOT SIZE

Team USA still has hopes to medal in the 500-meter event as Andrew Heo had the fastest time in his heat with a time of 41.136.

The Americans have found the podium hard to get to in this year’s Olympics. Going into Monday, Team USA has attained 17 total medals but only five gold.

Team USA finished with 25 total medals when the 2022 Beijing Olympics came to an end. The team won nine gold, nine silver and seven bronze that year.

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"I'm going to tell you what's going to happen. A Democrat is going to be elected in 2028. You know that. I know that," he said. "The Democratic president is going to announce a special transition advisory committee on the reform of the Supreme Court."

The man accused of carrying out a Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney, Australia, was seen publicly for the first time Monday, appearing by video link from Goulburn Supermax prison during a hearing at Downing Center Local Court.

7NewsAustralia reported that Naveed Akram, 24, spoke only briefly during the less than 10-minute hearing as a suppression order protecting the names of some victims was extended.

"Did you hear what just occurred?" Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon Freund asked. "Yep," Akram replied.

"Your solicitor will call you, OK?" Freund said.

FAMILIES MOURN LOVED ONES LOST IN BONDI BEACH TERROR ATTACK: ‘NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE THE PAIN’

"Yeah," responded the shooting suspect.

Akram has been charged with one count of committing a terrorist act, 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and additional firearms and explosives offenses, according to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions website. 

The most serious charges carry potential life imprisonment.

ISRAELI DIASPORA MINISTER SAYS AUSTRALIA SHOULD HAVE SEEN 'WRITING ON THE WALL' BEFORE TERROR ATTACK

Akram’s lawyer, Ben Archbold, told reporters it was too early to indicate how his client would plead, according to 7NewsAustralia.

"There’s a client that needs to be represented. And we don’t let our personal view get in the way of our professional application," Archbold said.

His next court appearance is scheduled for April 8.

The 24-year-old is accused of carrying out Australia’s deadliest terror attack targeting a Jewish "Hanukkah by the Sea" celebration at Bondi Beach in December. 

His father, Sajid Akram, 50, was shot and killed in a gun battle with police at the scene.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the Bondi attack as an "ISIS-inspired atrocity," saying at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra late last year that the government had been informed by the Office of National Intelligence of an ISIS online video feed reinforcing that assessment.

Apple's iOS 27 update will prioritize cleaning up the operating system's internals, with engineers making changes that could result in better battery life, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


The effort is said to be similar to what Apple did with its Snow Leopard Mac update years ago, and will involve removing old code, rewriting existing features, and subtly upgrading apps to improve their performance.

The result should hopefully be a "snappier, more responsive" OS, says Gurman. Apple is also reportedly planning some interface tweaks, but nothing as dramatic as the Liquid Glass overhaul introduced with iOS 26, which will likely comfort some users.

Code-named "Rave" internally, iOS 27 will also include efficiency improvements that Apple hopes will translate into tangible battery gains for users, says Gurman. However, it's unclear whether Apple would market those improvements or simply let users discover them on their own.

Gurman says getting the software into good shape is especially important as Apple prepares to launch new device categories, including a touchscreen MacBook Pro and its first foldable iPhone, both of which are expected in the second half of 2026.

The cleanup effort comes alongside Apple's other major iOS 27 priority of improving its AI capabilities. The revamped, chatbot-style Siri that Apple announced in June 2024 has been repeatedly delayed, and some of its features are now expected to arrive in iOS 27 rather than iOS 26, reports Gurman.


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Producer of hit Israeli TV series ‘Tehran’ dies suddenly in Greece

GDP and inflation data are due in the coming days, while Walmart will be in focus in another batch of blue-chip earnings.

It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.