| Fox News - Latest Headlines | | | | Federal judge to consider dismissal of New Hampshire anti-discrimination laws lawsuit | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A federal judge is considering a motion from the state to dismiss challenges to New Hampshire's new anti-discrimination laws filed by teachers and administrators who say they are confused about what they can legally teach. Judge Paul Barbadoro said Wednesday he'd make a decision within 60 to 90 days. Two lawsuits have been consolidated. The National Education Association-New Hampshire, which represents the majority of all public school employees in the state, and two diversity, equity and inclusion school administrators, sued New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, Commission on Human Rights Chair leaders and Labor Commissioner Kenneth Merrifield. HOUSE REPUBLICANS INVESTIGATE EDUCATION DEPT FOR ALLEGEDLY USING COVID RELIEF TO FUND CRITICAL RACE THEORY A similar lawsuit also was filed by the AFT-New Hampshire union, three high school teachers; and two parents. The "Prohibition on Teaching Discrimination" provision prohibits teaching children that they are inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive by virtue of their race, gender or other characteristics. The "Right to Freedom from Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education" prohibits training sessions or programs teaching that one identified group possesses "natural biological, or innate characteristics as opposed to apparent or accidental characteristics" that make them inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive. The laws allow disciplinary action to be taken against teachers who violate them. 'WOKE' DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EQUITY CHIEF WRITES ANTI-WHITE POSTS: 'EXHAUSTED WITH THESE WHITE FOLX' An earlier version of the legislation echoed a since-rescinded Trump administration order that sought to ban discussion of "divisive concepts" in schools. | | | | | Roger Federer's retirement draws reaction on social media: 'You changed the game' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Roger Federer announced Thursday he will be stepping away from the world of competitive tennis after injuries have hampered the last part of his illustrious career. The 41-year-old Swiss tennis legend made the revelation in a letter addressed to fans on social media. He wrote he will not be playing in any more ATP Tour events or Grand Slams. His final event will be the Laver Cup in London next week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Federer’s announcement drew a ton of reaction from his opponents over the years. Retired American tennis star Andy Roddick was among those to lead the tributes on Twitter. Federer finishes his career with 20 Grand Slam titles and more than 1,200 victories, in addition to 103 singles titles. He also added a gold medal in Olympic doubles in 2008 and a silver in singles in 2012. ROGER FEDERER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM TENNIS AFTER INCREDIBLE CAREER Federer was one of the most dominant tennis players in his era and had some epic matchups with Roddick, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic when they were coming through the ranks. At one point, he had won four consecutive U.S. Open titles. However, over the last few seasons, Federer has been hampered by injuries. He did not play any pro events in 2022 and only competed in 19 matches from 2020-2021. His last tournament title came in 2019 at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Federer’s announcement comes a few weeks after Serena Williams announced her retirement | | | | | | | 12-year-old boy charged in California school shooting | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A 12-year-old boy who police say wounded a fellow student last month at an Oakland school after accidentally firing a gun he brought to campus has been charged in the case, authorities said. The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Tuesday the boy was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors did not specify what they boy was charged with, saying they couldn't discuss the case because it involves a minor. MILWAUKEE POLICE FATALLY SHOOT MAN AFTER SQUAD CAR HIT BY GUNFIRE The 13-year-old boy wounded in the Aug. 29 shooting at Madison Park Academy was treated at a hospital and later released, the department said. Police said the 12-year-old suspect ran away after firing the weapon but was quickly taken into custody and booked at Juvenile Hall on suspicion of assault with a firearm and other weapons charges. The shooting took place in an open quad area at the school, which both boys attended, authorities said. The gun was recovered. The school, which has about 750 students in grades six to 12, was evacuated but reopened the following day with counselors available to students and staff. | | | | | Illegal gambling operation bust nets 5 arrests, allegedly operated by well-known NY crime family | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Five people have been charged by federal authorities for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business with suspected ties to the Lucchese crime family over the course of at least 15 years. The U.S. Department of Justice made the announcement Wednesday via press release. An indictment unsealed in a Brooklyn federal court states four of the defendants were arrested at their residences in the New York area, and a fifth was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Justice Department alleges that one person arrested in the scheme, 57-year-old Anthony Villani, is a "Lucchese crime family solider." NYPD HUNT GHOULISH MASKED ROBBERS CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN ARMED STICK-UP "As alleged, this conduct demonstrates how members of La Cosa Nostra continue to engage in illegal gambling operations and money laundering money-marking schemes that lead to threats of violence against anyone who stands in their way and has resulted in millions of dollars in profits to the Lucchese crime family," stated United States Attorney Breon Peace. "These charges illustrate this Office’s continued commitment to rooting La Cosa Nostra out of New York." La Costa Nostra refers to an organized crime syndicate composed of several "families" known for their associations with the Sicilian mafia, CBS News reports. SALMAN RUSHDIE STABBING: NEW YORK DA WANTS WITNESS NAMES WITHHELD UNTIL TRIAL James Coumoutsos, 59; Dennis Filizzola, 58; Michael Praino, 44; and Louis Tucci, Jr., 59, are the other four defendants in the scheme. Villani is facing racketeering in connection with participation in various criminal schemes, including illegal gambling, money laundering and attempted extortion charges for his alleged connection to a fraudulent online gambling enterprise called Rhino Sports. Records obtained from the gambling business’s website indicated that Villani’s illegal gambling operation regularly took bets from between 400 and 1,300 bettors each week, most of whom were based in New York City and the metropolitan area. It was hosted online using offshore servers in Costa Rica and employed local bookmakers to pay and collect winnings in cash, the Justice Department said. Villani’s bookmakers allegedly regularly included members and associates of the Lucchese crime family and other La Cosa Nostra families. As part of the scheme, Villani employed co-conspirators Tucci, Jr. and Filizzola, as runners to assist in operating the business. Villani is alleged to have received more than $1 million annually from the business. During law enforcement searches related to this matter in December 2020, agents recovered over $407,000 in cash from one of Villani’s residences, as well as brass knuckles and gambling ledgers. | | | | | Bipartisan coalition of state AGs urge Biden to declare fentanyl a WMD as opioid crisis rages | | Sep 15, 2022 | | FIRST ON FOX: A bipartisan coalition of 18 state attorneys general are calling on President Biden to take "immediate and decisive action" to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction -- arguing that doing so could protect Americans from a "mass casualty event." In a letter to Biden, the 18 attorneys general -- led by Florida AG Ashley Moody -- note that fentanyl is "exacerbating the death toll increasing exponentially every year for the last several years." "The purpose of this letter is to propose an unorthodox solution that may help abate or at least slow the crisis’s trajectory while also protecting Americans from a mass casualty event from fentanyl," they say."We ask that you consider classifying illegal fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction or, if you conclude you do not have authority to do so, urge Congress to pass legislation to do so." The U.S. is dealing with an increase in deaths attributable to illicit fentanyl, which is primarily made in Mexico with Chinese precursors and then smuggled in across the southern land border. The synthetic opioid is 50-100 times more potent than morphine and is frequently cut with other drugs, meaning that users may often be unaware that they are ingesting the potent substance. FENTANYL SEIZURES AT SOUTHERN BORDER JUMPED OVER 200% IN JULY Of the more than 108,000 overdose deaths last year, more than 80,000 were linked with fentanyl, officials say. The Drug Enforcement Administration has previously warned that the drug is killing Americans at an "unprecedented rate. The letter cites statistics that show that fentanyl deaths increased 59% in Florida in 2020 and 18.3% in Connecticut. Moody, who has been sounding the alarm about the effects of the opioid crisis on Florida, called for Biden to declare the synthetic drug a WMD in July. A weapon of mass destruction is defined by the U.S. government as a "nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people." FLORIDA AG MOODY URGES BIDEN TO DECLARE FENTANYL A WMD This letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, shows how the support for such a move has grown. Attorneys General from Connecticut, Arkansas, New Mexico, Guam, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia all signed onto the letter. A weapon of mass destruction is defined by the U.S. government as a "nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people." The state officials argue that the fentanyl crisis meets that definition. "Enough fentanyl has been seized in the last year to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States several times over. Indeed, given fentanyl’s lethality, the amounts being interdicted and seized are inconsistent with what one would expect from drug trafficking activity and are indicative of either purposeful conspiracy to murder Americans or an effort to stockpile a dangerous chemical weapon," they say. They argue that the low production cost, lethality and availability of the chemical means it would be an "ideal choice" for bad actors to use as a chemical weapon -- and note that it has already been used as such by the Russian army to end the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, killing more than 120 hostages in the process. "The threat of a state enemy using this drug to do harm to the American people cannot be understated," they argue. The attorneys general argue that designating fentanyl would require the Department of Homeland Security and the DEA to coordinate with agencies including the Pentagon on the crisis, which could in turn lead to policies to detect or prevent the transport of fentanyl. While they acknowledge that no state (or non-state) actor except for Russia have weaponized fentanyl, "waiting for some state or non-state actor to utilize it as weapon before it is classified as such seems to be the same type of reasoning that kept the government from investigating foreign nationals learning to fly, but not land planes in the lead up to September 11th." WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS TO TACKLE ‘OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC’ "We must not sit idly by until a terrorist chooses to inflict harm using this substance on a large group of Americans—our countrymen are already dying from this poison," they argue. "We cannot wait for tragedy to strike when proactive steps can be taken now to preserve American lives. We urge you take immediate and decisive action and declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. The White House has been highlighting its own efforts to reduce fentanyl deaths in the U.S., and has said that the 200% increase in seizures at the southern border in July is a sign that its anti-smuggling efforts are working. The White House didn't immediately return a request for comment. Officials have said that the administration is focused on both stopping smugglers as well as help for those affected by the crisis. The White House has highlighted a successful effort to get the U.N. to ban opioid precursors, two executive orders signed by Biden to counter transnational criminal organizations and increased cooperation with Western Hemisphere countries to crack down on drug trafficking. "This is something that the President cares about. This is something that the President has laid out a plan to make sure that our kids; our babies; young Americans here in this country are not continuing to suffer from that, are not continuing to be given — or access to drugs," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said last month. "This is something that’s incredibly important to this President." | | | | | Fatal Hawaii ambulance fire due to oxygen device | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, officials in Hawaii said Wednesday. The Aug. 24 fire killed a 91-year-old patient and severely injured a 36-year-old paramedic when flames engulfed the back of the ambulance in the parking lot of a Kailua hospital. SMALL ON-STAGE FIRE EXTINGUISHED DURING PANIC AT THE DISCO CONCERT; NO INJURIES REPORTED "Based on the preliminary findings of this investigation ... the fire is classified as accidental and originated at the portable oxygen regulator assembly," Honolulu Fire Chief Sheldon "Kalani" Hao said at a news conference. "The exact and definitive cause of this fire cannot be determined within the scope of the Honolulu Fire Department." Dr. Jim Ireland, the emergency services director for the city and county, said the injured paramedic reported hearing a loud sound when he was connecting a breathing device called a CPAP, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure, to an oxygen source in the back of the ambulance. "It is reported that at the time the paramedic connected the CPAP oxygen line to the portable oxygen cylinder, there was a sound described as a pop, followed by a bright flash of light with the back of the ambulance immediately filling with smoke and fire," Ireland said. He said the emergency medical technician who was driving the ambulance reported hearing the same sound before the fire. PORTLAND-AREA MAYOR'S HOME TARGETED BY ARSON SUSPECT WHO ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE BY GARAGE, FLED SCENE The city hired investigators from the Emergency Care Research Institute, a private, nonprofit firm that specializes in medical device evaluations, to help the fire department determine the cause of the fire. Ireland said the investigation into what sparked the fire is ongoing and a final report will be issued once complete. | | | | | Washington Post editorial board bashes Lindsey Graham abortion limits bill 'dangerous' and 'hypocritical' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Sen. Lindsey Graham’s, R-S.C. decision to introduce a bill that would limit abortions after 15 weeks was slammed by the Washington Post editorial board on Wednesday, calling it both "dangerous" and "hypocritical." The editorial particularly took issue with Graham’s past comments in which he insisted that the Supreme Court’s original ruling on Roe v. Wade was a "power grab" that deprived state and local officials of the ability to dictate their own abortion laws. "Yet there was Mr. Graham on Tuesday, announcing his desire for Congress to grab the power to set abortion policy from those very local officials," the board wrote. The editorial board described Graham’s press conference announcing the bill as one filled with "falsehoods and nonsense." SEN. GRAHAM’S FEDERAL ABORTION BILL CONDEMNED AS ‘UNBELIEVABLY CRUEL’ BY NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST The Post knocked Graham’s assertion that the bill would place the U.S. "in line with science and the civilized world," called his "arbitrary" 15-week threshold for abortion "dubious," and stated there was a lack of consensus on when a fetus begins to feel pain. The editorial called Graham’s claim that 47 out of the 50 European countries have similar abortion rules on the books "bogus." "These societies Mr. Graham apparently considers ‘civilized’ may have strict gestational limits on paper. But in practice, most of their legal regimes governing pregnancy termination are forgiving. Generally, exceptions for things such as economic hardship and fetal abnormalities mean that women can get abortions after top-line time limits pass, so long as they surmount some bureaucratic obstacles," the board wrote. While Republicans have repeated their position that the Supreme Court’s June ruling creates the opportunity for a "different kind of choice," wherein voters decide abortion laws through their representatives, Graham’s new proposal acts as an "alarming alternative vision," the Post said. MSNBC'S JOY REID CLAIMS LATE-TERM ABORTION IS A 'MADE UP TERM' The Post also questioned whether Republicans' dismissive responses to Graham's bill would hold out, citing the potential for future pressure "antiabortion crusaders." "The real test of Republicans’ oft-stated commitment to federalism is only just beginning," the board concluded. Several Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., quickly distanced themselves from Graham’s bill, restating their position that abortion laws should be left up to states. On Wednesday, Graham defended his bill, arguing that after 15 weeks doctors should administer anesthesia and save a child’s life. He said this perspective puts the country in line with France, Germany and Great Britain. "I'm proudly pro-life, and I have no apology for being pro-life and there is no bad time to defend the unborn. So if you expect me to sit on the sidelines and watch the Democratic Party try to pass the most radical abortion law in the history of the country, you're talking to the wrong guy," he said. | | | | | Xi questions Putin over 'concerns' with war in Ukraine in face to face meeting | | Sep 15, 2022 | | In their first face to face meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly voiced "concerns" Thursday over the six-month-long war, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We understand your questions and concern about this. During today's meeting, we will of course explain our position," Putin said, according to Reuters. GRAHAM, BLUMENTHAL CALL FOR RUSSIA TO JOIN LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM, SAY CRIMES ARE 'GENOCIDE' Though it is unclear what issues Beijing would like addressed when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which it has refused to condemn or refer to as a war, Putin thanked Xi for his "balanced position…when it comes to the Ukraine crisis." The pair met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which was attended by six other nations including India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Xi and Putin reportedly took aim at the U.S. during the day’s meet up and accused it of taking "ugly" strides to maintain global domination by aiding Kyiv. "Attempts to create a unipolar world have recently taken an absolutely ugly shape," Putin said during his opening remarks at the summit. "They are absolutely unacceptable for the vast majority of countries on the globe." RUSSIA DECRIES UKRAINE'S CALLS FOR NATO-LIKE SECURITY COALITION AS 'PROLOGUE' TO WWIII Xi took a more delicate approach and said he was ready to "set an example of a responsible world power and to play a leading role to take the rapidly changing world on a track of sustainable and positive development." Iran is now also set to join the SCO, and on Thursday signed a memorandum to join the expanding security body. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Putin, who has looked to Tehran to provide arms as its supplies dwindle in Ukraine, championed the move and said any remaining steps towards Iran’s partnership were just a "formality." "We are very happy about this," Putin said according to a Tass report. "We have done everything for Iran to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization." | | | | | | | |
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