FIRST ON FOX: A new campaign launched on Monday to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s pledge to reduce fentanyl overdose deaths, which are one of the nation’s deadliest public health crises. The campaign, titled Make America Fentanyl Free, is described as a privately-funded multi-million-dollar ad blitz on national and local …
Read More »Archaeologists find 1,600-year-old churches and mural of Jesus in Egyptian desert settlement
Archaeologists recently unearthed two churches in Egypt that are over 1,500 years old, offering rare evidence of Christianity’s rise in the country’s Western Desert. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a press release in late July. The churches were found at Kharga Oasis, an ancient …
Read More »From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions
President Donald Trump recently canceled public-employee union contracts for thousands of federal workers. The employees worked in agencies tied to national security, allowing Trump to invoke a national security exemption to the normal rules governing federal employees. Trump’s decision builds on his March executive order expanding the agencies covered by …
Read More »Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff in straight sets to reach US Open quarterfinals
Coco Gauff’s run at the 2025 U.S. Open has ended, and it was Naomi Osaka, the Japanese star who won the tournament in 2018 and 2020, who made it happen. Osaka, who famously defeated Serena Williams to capture the title in 2018, was playing like she has in the past …
Read More »Federal Prosecutors: North Carolina Terror Plot Targeted U.S. Military
RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal prosecutors say two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and obtained maps of a Marine base in Virginia to plan an attack. A superseding indictment returned Thursday against Daniel Patrick Boyd and Hysen Sherifi is the first time authorities have said the …
Read More »Police: Mother Stabbed 2 Young Daughters, Herself at Their Home
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A 5-year-old girl is in a medically induced coma after her mother allegedly stabbed her and her 3-year-old sister in Southern California. Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday morning found the unconscious 5-year-old with stab wounds to the chest inside a Westminster home. In another room …
Read More »Court: Weight-Loss Surgery to be Covered by Pizza Shop
INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana court has ruled that a pizza shop must pay for a 340-pound employee’s weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work — raising concern among businesses bracing for more such claims. The Indiana Court of Appeals decision, …
Read More »Cornell University Student Dies After Contracting H1N1
A Cornell University student died Friday at Cayuga Medical Center from complications relating to H1N1 influenza, according to the Ithaca, N.Y., university. Warren Schor, a 20-year-old junior, is the first H1N1 influenza-related fatality in Tompkins County, the Health Department said. In a message to members of the Cornell community, university …
Read More »Maryland Teacher Who Gave Student Cocaine Sentenced to Six Months
ROCKVILLE, Md. – A former Montgomery County English teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for distributing cocaine to a student. Attorney William Brennan says his client Theresa Duarte apologized at sentencing Thursday to the Thomas S. Wootton High School community for the embarrassment caused by the crime. …
Read More »Virginia Toddler Missing After Taken From Home, Police Say
ROANOKE, Va. – Police are looking for a Virginia toddler they say was taken from his home by three men. An Amber Alert has been issued this morning for 2-year-old Aveion Malik Lewis. Police say the men knocked the toddler’s stepfather unconscious and took the child late Thursday afternoon from …
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