| Fox News - Latest Headlines | | | | Supreme Court denies bid by Yeshiva University to block LGBTQ+ student organization, sends back to NY courts | | Sep 15, 2022 | | The Supreme Court denied a bid by Yeshiva University to block an LGBTQ+ student organization from forming on campus and is sending the issue back to the New York courts. In a 5-4 ruling against the Jewish university on Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied Yeshiva's request to put a New York County Supreme Court decision on pause, and the school will now need to go through the New York court system. Supreme Court Justices who dissented from the majority included Justice Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, said that "The application is denied because it appears that applicants have at least two further avenues for expedited or interim state court relief." SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS PRIOR RULING, ALLOWS JEWISH UNIVERSITY TO DENY LGBTQ+ GROUP RECOGNITION Alito's dissent states that the First Amendment allows Yeshiva University to freely exercise its religion, and added that it's doubtful a return to state court will be successful for the school. "I doubt that Yeshiva’s return to state court will be fruitful, and I see no reason why we should not grant a stay at this time. It is our duty to stand up for the Constitution even when doing so is controversial," Alito wrote. New York County Supreme Court Judge Lynn Kotler ruled on June 14 that because the university is chartered as a nonreligious organization, it must be in compliance with the New York City Human Rights Law. JUDGE RULES YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUST RECOGNIZE LGBT STUDENT GROUP Kotler said in a previous ruling that the university must "immediately grant plaintiff YU Pride Alliance the full equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges afforded to all other student groups at Yeshiva University." The New York County Supreme Court judge also ordered the university and its President, Ari Berman, to be "permanently restrained from continuing their refusal to officially recognize the YU Pride Alliance as a student organization because of the members’ sexual orientation or gender and/or YU Pride Alliance’s status, mission, and/or activities on behalf of LGBTQ students." | | | | | Florida Chick-fil-A employee saves 'screaming' woman with a baby in would-be carjacking | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A young Florida Chick-fil-A worker thwarted an attempted carjacking incident by rushing to the aide of a woman and baby by tackling the suspect. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged 43-year old William Branch with carjacking with a weapon and battery. LOS ANGELES GIRL DEAD, ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED, AFTER SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL The victim was helping the infant out of her car at Chick-fil-A when Branch approached her holding a stick and demanded her car keys, police said. Branch then allegedly grabbed the keys from the woman's waistband, opened her car door and got inside. The employee of the fast food chain intervened when the woman began "screaming," authorities said, and Branch allegedly punched the woman in the face. Police said the employee was not seriously injured from the scuffle. Video shot by a witness shows the man tackling and latching onto Branch before taking him to the ground. Police arrived on the scene and arrested Branch. They later commended the Chick-fil-A worker for his bravery. "A major shout-out to this young man for his courage!" police said in a statement. Social media users commended the unknown employee for his bravery on Okaloosa social media accounts. "I hope my sons grow up to be this brave." one said. Another commented, "Just when I thought Chick-fil-A couldn’t be any better!! Like a boss!" | | | | | Seattle police officers injured in fire, barricade incident leaving one victim and suspect dead | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Seattle police say a man and a woman were found dead in a burning home following a domestic incident that officers were responding to Wednesday morning. Police received a call from a home in Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood around 8:30 a.m. Operators heard a man yelling and a woman in distress, police said. Upon arrival, officers knocked on the door, and a man inside told them he was armed and would not come out, police said. Officers entered the house after the suspect told police a woman inside the house was injured. NYC POLICE GROUPS DONATE FUNDS FOR 1,000+ NEW BALLISTIC VESTS FOR DETECTIVES AMID NATIONWIDE VIOLENCE ‘CRISIS’ The man barricaded himself in a room and told officers he was carrying a knife. Seattle Police Department’s Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz later said that the man tried to stab the officers. Afterward, the officers realized the basement was on fire. A SWAT team, equipped with oxygen masks arrived on the scene and entered the home to locate the suspect and victim, but the smoke and flames became too much, and they had to step back, police said. Seattle fire crews extinguished the fire and entered the home where they found one person – believed to be the suspect – and a woman both deceased inside the home. Four officers suffered from smoke exposure and were treated at Harborview Medical Center. The identities of the suspect and the victim have not been released. | | | | | United Nations report: 'modern slavery' on the rise with 50 million people worldwide in forced labor, marriage | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A United Nations report released Monday revealed that some 50 million people worldwide were living in "modern slavery" at the end of 2021, marking a significant setback in progress. The figures were a 25% jump from the previous report in 2017 on people who were either in forced labor or marriages. "It is shocking that the situation of modern slavery is not improving," said International Labor Organization Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement. "Nothing can justify the persistence of this fundamental abuse of human rights." The ILO and partners point to worrying trends such as "commercial sexual exploitation" affecting nearly one in four people who are subject to forced labor – with the poor, women and children being disproportionately vulnerable. ILO, along with the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration and the Walk Free foundation – a rights group that focuses on modern slavery – reported that 28 million people were in forced labor and 22 in forced marriages at the end of 2021. The report released Monday said such figures marked an increase of 10 million people living in modern slavery since the last such report was published in 2017, based on figures a year earlier. Two-thirds of the increase pertained to forced marriages alone, it said. UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL WEIGHS ACCUSING CHINA OF ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY’ Based on available data, ILO and partners found increases in child and forced marriages in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Egypt, India, Uganda and Yemen. But the report said wealthier countries were "not immune" to the problem, with nearly one-in-four forced marriages taking place in high or upper middle-income countries. Crises including the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and armed conflict have underpinned rises in extreme poverty, unsafe migration, and gender-based violence in recent years, raising the risk of all forms of modern slavery, it said. All told, more than 2/3 of all forced marriages were found in the Asia-Pacific region – the world's most populous region – but the highest number per capita came in Arab countries where nearly 5 in 1,000 people were in forced marriages. Forced marriage, the report said, is closely tied to "long-established patriarchal attitudes and practices" – while 85% of cases were driven by "family pressure." Regarding forced labor, about one in eight of those affected were children and half of those in commercial sexual exploitation. Director-General Guy Rider of the U.N labor agency, which brings together workers, businesses, and governments, called for "an all-hands-on-deck approach" and said, "trade unions, employers' groups, civil society and ordinary people all have critical roles to play." The Associated Press contributed to this report. | | | | | MSNBC guest says Republican Party has been 'leaning' toward 'fascism' for '7 decades' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones David Corn claimed Wednesday on MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber" that Trump wasn't "an aberration," there's been "seven decades of the GOP encouraging and exploiting extremism." Corn talked about "the history of the dark side of the GOP," and said, "Tribalism, bigotry, paranoia, conspiracy theory" isn't "the totality of the Republican Party, but it isn’t something that started with Trump." He warned further that "Trump is not an aberration. He is a continuation, a culmination, it’s always been there and it’s always been essential to the Republican Party’s strategy to win elections." The author and commentator explained that Biden slamming Trump supporters in his speeches has made a new book he's promoting extremely relevant to America's national conversation. BIDEN'S ‘SEMI-FASCIST’ LABEL LATEST ANTI-GOP MONIKER BESTOWED BY DEMOCRATS, MEDIA "This book is very timely and relevant because it gives us this historical context as we consider what MAGA extremism means within the Republican Party and we debate whether Biden is wrong or right when he talks about Trump leading the Republican Party in the direction of fascism or semi-fascism," Corn said. "My point is that the Republican Party, is they’ve been leaning in this direction for seven decades through basically every presidency and presidential campaign," he continued. He also warned that there is no easy switch towards "your father's Republican Party" because the very idea is a sham. BIDEN SAYS ‘EXTREME’ MAGA PHILOSOPHY IS ‘LIKE-SEMI-FASCISM’: ‘IT’S NOT JUST TRUMP' "What I discovered in doing this book is, that there was no golden age of the Republican Party in the sense that this was not an issue within the party. It was just not talked about. The media didn’t cover it as much and the Republican Party itself didn’t acknowledge it and was able to keep it to the side," he claimed. Corn said, "If you go from Sarah Palin to the Tea Party to Trumpism, and as the Republican Party has accepted and encouraged this part of its base, it’s thrown it out sort of bloodier and bloodier red meat until Donald Trump comes along and says, 'I know what you want.'" He concluded that this aforementioned aspect of the GOP has "always been there" but "it’s been growing and each kind of iteration becomes more intense and so you can’t go back. I don’t think you can sort of recover a kinder, gentler Republican Party at this point." | | | | | San Francisco DA will charge teens as adults only in 'heinous' cases that 'shock conscience' of community | | Sep 15, 2022 | | San Francisco's newly-appointed district attorney said underage suspects will only be prosecuted as adults when they are accused of committing "heinous" crimes "that shock the conscience of the community." The new policy is a different approach from former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who had a blanket ban on charging juveniles as adults under any circumstance before he was recalled by voters in June. Under Brooke Jenkins, the district attorney's office will only transfer the cases of defendants ages 16 and 17 to adult court for serious allegations, including murder, attempted murder, sexual assault, kidnapping and torture. Before a teen is charged as an adult, the case will be reviewed by the newly created Juvenile Review Team, Jenkins said Tuesday. SAN FRANCISCO VICTIM'S RAPE KIT USED AS EVIDENCE AGAINST HER YEARS LATER IN UNRELATED CASE: LAWSUIT "Juveniles of color have been disproportionately charged as adults in the American criminal justice system. We must always presume that our justice-involved youth should remain in the juvenile justice system where they have access to supportive services," she tweeted. "I also have to recognize that as a DA’s office we must retain prosecutorial discretion to ensure that we protect the public and deliver justice in our most serious and egregious cases that is fair and proportional." The Juvenile Review Team will review the cases before making a recommendation to Jenkins, who has the final say. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California said such policies for young defendants have historically been used against minority suspects. "Adult prosecution of children has always been applied in a very racist way, both in San Francisco and elsewhere," said Yoel Haile, director of the criminal justice program for the ACLU of Northern California. "Black and Latino youths are significantly more likely to be prosecuted as adults than their white peers." Other California prosecutors have chosen to shield underage suspects from adult court. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has received backlash and been on the end of two failed recall efforts over many of his policies, including his office's handling of juvenile cases. | | | | | US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz will opt-out of opening round of the Davis Cup Finals | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will skip the opening round of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday, which is taking place only three days after the Spanish teenager won the U.S. Open. Alcaraz arrived in Valencia a day before Spain was scheduled to face Serbia in the group stage. Sunday’s victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday’s U.S. Open final saw the 19-year-old Alcaraz become the youngest man to lead the ATP computerized rankings since they began in 1973. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Albert Ramos Viñolas and Roberto Bautista Agut will line up for Spain in the singles matches on Wednesday, with Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez in the doubles. Granollers and Bautista Agut were part of Spain’s victorious Davis Cup team in 2019. After facing Serbia, which is without Novak Djokovic, Spain will take on Canada on Friday and South Korea on Sunday in Group B. The top two teams in each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals, which will be played in November in the southern Spanish city of Málaga. Three other venues — Bologna, Italy; Hamburg, Germany; and Glasgow, Scotland — are also hosting group matches. | | | | | Jurgen Klopp jokes about new Chelsea owner's idea of Premier League All-Star Game | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has balked at a suggestion by Chelsea’s new American owner that the Premier League could introduce an All-Star Game between the best players from the north and south. Speaking at the SALT conference held in New York on Tuesday, Todd Boehly said he hoped the Premier League might "take a little bit of a lesson from American sports" and have an All-Star Game that would raise money for clubs lower down English soccer’s pyramid. The idea was put to Klopp after Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Ajax in the Champions League later in the day and the German coach mocked it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "What can I say — does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well and let them play against a football team?" Klopp said. Klopp’s main issue was that there was no space in an already-crowded soccer calendar to fit such a game. "When he finds a date for that, he can call me," he said. "He forgets that in the big sports in America, these players have four-month breaks so they are quite happy they can do a little bit of sport in these breaks. It’s completely different in football." The MLB, NBA and NHL all hold an All-Star Game in the middle of their seasons. The NFL’s equivalent — the Pro Bowl — now takes place the Sunday before the Super Bowl. Boehly, who part-owns MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers and owns shares in the NBA’s LA Lakers, has made his presence felt since fronting the consortium of businessmen who bought Chelsea for 2.5 million pounds (then $3.2 billion) in May. Making himself chairman as well as interim sporting director, Boehly oversaw a record spending spree of $300 million on new players in Europe’s summer transfer window. Then, just seven games into Chelsea’s season, Boehly fired manager Thomas Tuchel and replaced him with Graham Potter from Brighton. FOLLOWING QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S DEATH, JURGEN KLOPP URGES LIVERPOOL FANS TO RESPECT MOURNING PERIOD With many leading teams — Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and now Chelsea — owned by Americans, perhaps it was inevitable that ideas with a nod to U.S. sports might creep into English soccer. Just last year, these four teams, along with Manchester City and Tottenham, attempted to help launch a breakaway European Super League along with clubs from Italy and Spain. The proposal collapsed within 48 hours when the English clubs withdrew amid an escalating backlash from their supporters and warnings from the British government that legislation could be introduced to thwart it. Boehly’s idea is far less radical but would also change the status quo of English soccer’s traditional calendar which is already packed because of the presence of two domestic cup competitions to go along with the 20-team Premier League. Klopp has been an outspoken critic about the demands being put on players because of the increasing number of club and national-team games throughout the year. This season, the World Cup is being held in the middle of an English league campaign for the first time. Klopp also questioned whether "people want to see" combined teams from the north and south, essentially pitting rival clubs together. "Imagine that — (Manchester) United players, Liverpool players, Everton players, all together in one team," he said. "So all the London guys together?" Klopp added. "Arsenal and Tottenham. Great. Did he really say it? Interesting." Boehly also raised the possibility of "a tournament with the bottom four teams" — presumably referring to the Premier League’s relegation battle — but didn’t expand on that, when talking as a guest at the SALT conference. | | | | | 'Chicago Fire' halts production after shooting near set in Oak Park, police confirm shooter 'fled scene' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | "Chicago Fire" was forced to stop production after shots were fired nearby where the NBC show was filming Wednesday, the Chicago Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital. Authorities responded to the scene shortly after 1:45 p.m. when an "unknown offender, armed with a handgun shot at a group of people standing in the 5900 block of W. Madison Street" near the Oak Park area of the city. While "no one was struck," the suspect fled the scene in a "dark color SUV" and detectives are investigating the shooting. WRECKAGE FOUND IN PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED THREE OF MEGAN HILTY'S FAMILY MEMBERS The incident occurred while the NBC show was filming outside of the A.A. Rayner and Son's Funeral Home. Multiple security personnel were on scene of the Dick Wolf drama, which stars Jesse Spencer, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, and Lady Gaga's ex-fiance, Taylor Kinney. QUINTA BRUNSON JOKES SHE ‘MIGHT PUNCH’ JIMMY KIMMEL ‘IN THE FACE' AFTER STUNT DURING HER EMMYS SPEECH Last month, Chicago PD reportedly ordered two commanders to divert officers to production sets after authorities responded to an incident where a suspect "lit and threw an unidentified object" near a film set at the University of Illinois. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Weeks before, productions were halted on FX's "Justified: City Primeval" when the occupants of two vehicles exchanged gunfire close to the set. "The Chicago Police Department is committed to ensuring members of the city’s vibrant film and television community are able to do their jobs safely," a CPD spokesperson told Deadline in a statement at the time. "We work in close coordination with the Chicago Film Office, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications to ensure production crews have the resources necessary to feel safe and secure while filming in the city’s neighborhoods." Fox News' Larry Fink contributed to this report. | | | | | Seventh-generation 2024 Ford Mustang debuts, and it's not even close to an electric car | | Sep 15, 2022 | | The Ford Mustang two-door will be rolling into its seventh decade without taking a detour toward electrification. The seventh-generation 2024 Mustang unveiled Wednesday in Detroit will be offered with either a V-8 engine or a turbocharged four-cylinder like the outgoing model. And there are no plans for a hybrid or electric powertrain. It will even be available with a six-speed manual transmission. Ford CEO Jim Farley told Fox News Digital that consumers interested in an electric Ford sports car can buy the Mustang Mach-E, but that loyal Mustang buyers aren't looking for that. FORD MUSTANG NITE PONY IS A DARK HORSE "We don’t see hybrid applications in this vehicle line as being an attractive option at this point," Farley said. "They’re expensive. It’s appropriate in an F-150 that can power your house or a Maverick that gets 42 mpg. But, for a V-8 customer in this segment, they want that V-8 experience, so we think this is the right bet for us. "Mustang is one of the reasons why I came to the company, because the company was committed to making vehicles that are opinionated," Farley added. "They’re not the result of extensive consumer research. They exist because of our belief that cars are still an emotional product that can give you an experience that other products can’t." The 2024 Mustang is an evolution of the current car that's been redesigned with sharper exterior styling and a new interior that features dual widescreen digital displays for the instrument cluster and an infotainment system that can be configured in a variety of ways to suit the driver's preference. Vehicle Engineering Manager Eddie Khan told The Fox Garage that the Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 in the Mustang GT will be the most powerful version of the engine ever. The exact figure hasn't been finalized, but the team is targeting 500 horsepower for a high-performance Dark Horse model that will sit above the GT. A Remote Rev function included with the Performance Pack that can be ordered with either engine will allow owners to use a button on their key fob to rev the engine from outside the vehicle just for fun, while an electronic drift brake will provide a new way to enjoy a car from the driver's seat. The emergency brake handle is electronically connected to the rear brakes and can be used to lock them up to initiate a drift through a curve and can be switched through several levels of intensity to help the driver develop skills. BRAND NEW 1964.5 FORD MUSTANG TOOK 4,200 HOURS TO BUILD AND IS WORTH A FORTUNE The Performance Pack also comes with upgraded tires, brakes and a computer-controlled suspension system that adjusts the stiffness of the shocks between comfort and handling and can also mitigate the harshness of driving through potholes. It does that by collecting information from the front wheels as it drives through the hole and using that to prepare the rear shocks for the impact. Pricing for the 2024 Mustang will be announced closer to when it goes on sale next summer. While some have predicted this will be the last generation Mustang powered by a V-8 engine, Farley isn't so sure. "I don’t think any of us can answer that question. We don’t know," he said. | | | | | Greg Gutfeld: We are very pro-immigrant, we are against illegal immigration and line-cutting | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Fox News host Greg Gutfeld claimed America is "pro-immigrant" and against "line-cutting" on the "The Five." NUMBER OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS WHO ENTERED US SINCE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE APPROACHING TWO MILLION GREG GUTFELD: You hit the nail on the head. You get the sense … we've done these, this story for years. You get the sense that no one's listening but our audience. And I think it's because the media only cares about the optics if it can be tethered to Republicans or to law enforcement, hence going after the Border Patrol agent. They could pin that on law enforcement, even though, so they didn't have to say it was Biden's fault. So the only way to fix this is to elect a Republican, but not for the right reasons, because, you know, not because the Republicans will fix it, but because the media will then do their job when a Republican is in charge and there are migrant drownings and there are 300 fentanyl deaths a day. Then if they can pin that on a Republican; then it's a story. Because, remember what happened to the kids in cages? How miraculously that went away when Trump went away and how it didn't matter under Obama. WATCH THE FULL SEGMENT BELOW: | | | | | Yahoo News investigation finds 'mounting skepticism' about Havana syndrome link to foreign 'attacks' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | An investigation by Yahoo News found that there was "mounting skepticism" from U.S. officials about Havana syndrome cases being linked to foreign attacks, the outlet reported on Wednesday. Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, told Yahoo News that there was no evidence that foreign actors caused the Havana syndrome health problems that have been reported in the last few years. "A Yahoo News investigation has found there is mounting skepticism among senior officials about a key underlying premise of the new law: that the symptoms associated with Havana syndrome, which the government formally refers to as Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI), can be linked in any way to hostile attacks by a foreign power," the outlet reported. President Biden signed the HAVANA Act in October 2021, which provides up to to $187,300 for victims who are former or current officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who have experienced brain injuries and other related health problems that have become known as Havana syndrome, according to the New York Times. MORE ‘HAVANA SYNDROME’ CASES REPORTED AT US EMBASSY IN BERLIN: REPORT U.S. officials reported the first cases of Havana syndrome in Cuba in 2016. "We have not identified any outside causality in any Anomalous Health Incidents," Nichols said on the Yahoo News' "Conspiracyland" podcast titled "The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome." CIA Director William Burns has also said they have not found evidence that would connect foreign actors like Russia to a "sustained global campaign on the scale of what has been reported." The CIA can answer for a majority of Havana Syndrome cases but there are still a few that remain under investigation. "But privately, senior officials say the lack of hard evidence has made them increasingly dubious about the existence of a supposed microwave superweapon or other exotic devices that might have caused the symptoms — an emerging view that suggests the entire Havana syndrome narrative, as has been reported by much of the media for the past five years, may end up being a conspiracy theory that simply never panned out," the Yahoo News report said. "As I began to read the data, read the intelligence, read the results of the investigations and the assessment work that was being done around the world, it just became harder and harder to explain these instances as an attack. I never saw anything that was clear-cut that provided even an identification of who was doing it… or a definitive source for what was causing these symptoms," John Cohen, a former acting undersecretary for intelligence and analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, told the Yahoo News podcast CIA DIRECTOR'S TEAM EXPERIENCED HAVANA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS ON RECENT TRIP TO INDIA Yahoo news reported that there were often clashes between officers that were skeptical of Havana syndrome being linked to foreign attacks and those who believed they "were victims of hostile actions from a foreign adversary." Cohen said that intelligence officials were even "pursuing a theory that the entire Havana syndrome controversy was being stoked by a foreign intelligence ‘disinformation’ campaign designed to play up health incidents in order to create chaos within the U.S. intelligence community and to undermine internal 'cohesion,'" Yahoo News reported. They added that no evidence was found on that theory. In 2021, several U.S. diplomats at the Berlin embassy reported having symptoms of Havana syndrome. Symptoms include hearing sudden piercing noises, dizziness, headaches, severe fatigue, vertigo, nausea, and sometimes cognitive difficulties. | | | | | Ron DeSantis sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard | | Sep 15, 2022 | | EXCLUSIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed through on his promise to drop off illegal immigrants in progressive states, sending two planes full of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. A video provided to DeSantis’ office and shared with Fox News Digital shows the migrants deboarding the planes at Martha’s Vineyard Airport in Massachusetts, the office said. "Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations," the governor’s communications director, Taryn Fenske, told Fox News Digital. FLORIDA GOV. DESANTIS SAYS FUNDS ARE IN PLACE TO BUS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS OUT OF HIS STATE "States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country’ by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies," she said. "As you may know, in this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law," she added. The office of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker did not respond to an after-hours inquiry from Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reported in April that Florida’s budget since-approved by the State Legislature included $12 million for the Florida Department of Transportation to remove illegal immigrants from the state and relocate them. Martha's Vineyard is famously known as a playground of rich progressives, including former President Barack Obama, who bought a multimillion-dollar house there in 2019. DeSantis, a Republican, proposed Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard as a destination for such migrants, but his office explained at the time that they could also be sent "to other ‘progressive' states whose governors endorse blatant violations of federal immigration law." TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT DIRECTS USE OF BUSES TO DROP OFF MIGRANTS AT STEPS OF CAPITOL IN DC "It is not the responsibility of Floridians to subsidize aliens to reside in our state unlawfully; we did not consent to Biden’s open-borders agenda," the governor’s office said at the time. In November, DeSantis said dozens of migrant flights landed in Florida at the behest of the Biden administration, and he threatened at that time to send them to Delaware on buses. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, began sending thousands of illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C., in April as the migrant crisis overwhelmed border states. In August, buses from Texas started heading to New York City and Chicago. Arizona has also sent buses to Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris, was put in charge of tackling the border crisis by President Biden shortly after they assumed office in 2021, sparked a firestorm this week after she twice declared the U.S. southern border is "secure," while administration officials estimate an average of 55,000 so-called "gotaways" each month, or illegals who successfully make it into the country without being detained. Fox News' Kyle Morris, Adam Shaw, Jon Brown, and Matteo Cina contributed to this report. | | | | | Country should brace for economic 'disaster' if rail strike moves forward, manufacturer group warns | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A freight railroad strike will have "devastating" consequences for the US. economy and will significantly set back any progress made in the past year to curb U.S. inflation rates, the president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers warned on Wednesday. "If this goes south and we see a strike, it could be devastating for manufacturers, it could be devastating for consumers," Jay Timmons told Fox News, stressing that "we just need to see this thing get done." Unions representing rail workers turned down a proposed deal with rail carriers on Wednesday and are reportedly planning to move forward with a strike demanding further concessions from railroads that would improve working conditions for members. RAILROAD UNION VOTES TO AUTHORIZE STRIKE THAT COULD HAMMER ECONOMY The Biden administration has been involved in the negotiations to avert a strike, which the Association of American Railroads (AAR) says would cost upward of $2 billion per day, hurting businesses and consumers alike. Timmons said the country should brace for a "potential disaster" if a deal is not reached by Friday's deadline. "We say potential because there is still time to get this resolved, but there's only a few days left," he said on "America Reports." "We really need to get this under control and this is a compromise. These negotiations, they’re always compromises. But this is the largest single increase in wages we have ever seen for rail workers. So it’s a great deal." Amtrack on Wednesday canceled some of its long-distance routes in preparation for possible freight railroad service interruption later this week. The railroads have already started to curtail shipments of hazardous materials and have announced plans to stop hauling refrigerated products ahead of Friday’s strike deadline. Timmons said businesses that rely on railroads to deliver their goods should start planning for supply chain interruptions. "You mentioned all kinds of commodities that move by rail. Here is one to think about: chlorine. We have already got members… reporting that they are having halts to shipments," he said. "One of those is chlorine. You cannot risk the fact that chlorine might be sitting out there unattended. What does that mean for drinking water all across this country? Do we want boil alerts everywhere across the country like we see in Flint, Michigan and down in Jackson, Mississippi?" "Perhaps we are getting inflation under control at this point, so we’re going to now turn around and do it all over again and do it to ourselves? That does not make any sense," Timmons added. Timmons praised President Biden as the "most pro-union president in my lifetime" and called on the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to "flex a little muscle" to get the deal done. If a deal is not reached by the deadline, Congress is expected to get involved to stop any shutdown. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she is now engaged with the White House and unions in an effort to avoid a strike, adding that she would rather see a negotiated settlement than action from Congress. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Let's get this done," Timmons said. "Let's make sure that commerce in the United States isn't disrupted because of disagreement that has already been negotiated by the Presidential Emergency Board." Four unions remain holdouts on the deal put forth by the Presidential Emergency Board. Another eight rail unions have agreed to the plan. | | | | | Erling Haaland's ridiculous goal leads Manchester City over Dortmund in UEFA Champions League match | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Manchester City fans around the world are trying to wrap their heads around how Erling Haaland scored on Wednesday. But Dortmund, Haaland's former club who Man City beat, 2-1, in UEFA Champions League play, has seen it all before. The match was tied at one apiece in the 84th minute when Joao Cancelo used the outside of his right boot to bend a ball into Dortmund’s 18, and it looked to be a touch too strong for anyone to get to. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Haaland, though, immediately leaped in the air and used the outside of his left boot to score on an insane acrobatic finish. All Dortmund could do was put their heads down and try to comprehend what they just witnessed as Haaland nonchalantly celebrated the game-winning goal with his teammates. QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRIBUTES PLANNED AS PREMIER LEAGUE RETURNS TO PLAY This Man City win in the UEFA Champions League group stage is their second thus far. They dominated Sevilla on Sept. 6 in a 4-0 victory. And of course, Haaland, the scoring machine that he is, tallied two goals in that match as well. FOLLOWING QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S DEATH, JURGEN KLOPP URGES LIVERPOOL FANS TO RESPECT MOURNING PERIOD In this game, Dortmund had the lead in the 56th minute when Jude Bellingham tallied the first goal of the match. But John Stones got Man City on the board in the 80th minute for the equalizer. Then Haaland put the dagger in Dortmund four minutes later. Man City’s next Champions League match will come on Oct. 5 against Copenhagen, while Dortmund will take on Sevilla on the same date. | | | | | Ex-aide to Andrew Cuomo sues, alleges former gov and top aides created 'sexually hostile work environment' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | An ex-aide to Andrew Cuomo has sued the disgraced former New York governor as several other top aides in federal court, alleging that she was retaliated against after complaining about Cuomo's alleged misconduct. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday by Charlotte Bennett and names Cuomo as well as his former chief of staff ,Jill DesRosiers; former secretary Melissa DeRosa; and Special Counsel Judith Mogul. Bennett says in the lawsuit that Cuomo "subjected her to sexualized comments about her appearance" and "assigned her humiliating and demeaning tasks." She also said the former governor allegedly "subjected her to invasive and unwanted questions about her personal life, romantic and sexual relationships, and history as a survivor of sexual assault." The former aide also alleged in the lawsuit that Cuomo said he was "lonely" in a comment to her and wanted a girlfriend who lived in Albany, allegedly adding that he'd be willing to date someone over the age of 21. Bennett was 25 at the time of the alleged remark, according to the lawsuit. ANDREW CUOMO FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST NY AG LETITIA JAMES OVER SEXUAL HARASSMENT PROBE On Bennett's first full day of her job on May 16, 2019, the lawsuit alleges that Cuomo "called her into his office" and asked a series of questions, which eventually pertained to personal relationships. Cuomo allegedly asked the new employee if she currently had a boyfriend as well as inquiring about the length of her longest romantic relationship. Bennett's lawsuit describes the questions as both "inappropriate" and said they made her "uncomfortable." After Cuomo allegedly asked Bennett to begin traveling with him, he allegedly asked her a series of questions about her personal life, to which she responded "weightlifting, skiing, and running." Cuomo allegedly then asked how much weight Bennett could bench press as well as how many pushups she had the ability to do, he then challenged her to a "pushup competition." Bennett also alleges Cuomo made "sexual advances" toward her, and cited a June 25, 2020, incident. She said in the lawsuit that while Cuomo was discussing a proposal on police reform, he said that the way Charlotte's mask moved in and out when she breathes reminded him of the monsters in "Predator," the movie. The lawsuit states that Cuomo allegedly followed-up by saying "If I were investigated for sexual harassment, I would have to say I told her she looked like a monster." ANDREW CUOMO SUES NY AG TO COVER LEGAL COSTS IN HARASSMENT LAWSUIT She alleges in the lawsuit that DesRosiers, Mogul, and DeRosa all "aided and abetted" the sexual harassment, and said that Cuomo subjected her to a "sexually hostile work environment." When Bennett reported Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment to DesRosiers, the lawsuit alleges that she was transferred to an "inferior position" on the Executive Chamber's health policy team. The lawsuit also alleges that Cuomo "embarked on a campaign to publicly cast doubt" on the allegations brought by Bennett and other women after they cooperated with the probe by state Attorney General Letitia James. Bennett, according to the lawsuit, experiences "near debilitating anxiety," symptoms of depression, and began suffering from a "chronic neurological disorder" over what she says was a "direct result" of Cuomo's alleged harassment. Bennett said in a statement that her career as a public servant was "cut short" due to Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment. "My career as a public servant was abruptly cut short because of Governor Cuomo’s and his top aides’ sexual harassment and retaliation against me after I complained about Governor Cuomo’s misconduct. They must all be held accountable for their actions," Bennett said. NEW YORK JUDGE RULES ANDREW CUOMO DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY BACK $5 MILLION IN BOOK PROFITS Rita Glavin, who represents Cuomo, said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the former governor has always said that he "didn't harass anyone." "The Governor has always said he didn’t harass anyone and with each day that goes by more and more information is uncovered showing how evidence favorable to the Governor was suppressed and crucial facts ignored or omitted that undermined witness credibility. What else will come out during the discovery process? We’ll see them in court," Galvin said. The lawsuit comes after Cuomo filed an ethics complaint against James over the handling of the sexual harassment investigation that resulted in his resignation as governor. In the complaint, Cuomo said that James violated rules of conduct and had an "intolerable personal and political conflict of interest." "She engaged in a terrible and quite obvious manipulation of facts, evidence and the law, furthered a false narrative about me and hid evidence that undermined the report from the media and the public," Cuomo wrote in the complaint. Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report. | | | | | Cruz clashes with Murphy on school safety, says if Dem 'just shut his mouth' both their bills would be law | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A pair of senators clashed on the Senate floor Wednesday over a school safety bill, with the Republican senator quipping if the Democrat "just shut his mouth," then both of their measures would be law. Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., got into a heated exchange over the Texas senator's bill after the Connecticut senator objected to Cruz's movement to bring his bill, the Securing Our Schools Act of 2022, up for a vote. "What we just saw on this floor was stunning. I am genuinely at a loss for words," Cruz said. "This bill is common sense. There is not a constituent in Texas, or Nevada, or Connecticut, if you asked would it be a good thing to have more police officers keeping our kids safe, they’d say ‘of course, it would.’" TED CRUZ’S 2022 MISSION TO NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR LEAVITT THAT COULD ALSO PAY DIVIDENDS IN 2024 Cruz put Murphy on blast over his objection to his bill, saying he heard Murphy would be blocking the legislation while noting that the Democrat "styles himself the leading advocate of gun control in the U.S. Senate." The Texas Republican said Democrats haven’t told him why they are objecting to his bill and that he was "genuinely looking forward to" hearing Murphy’s remarks. "The fact that he chose not to say a word about why he objects is stunning," Cruz said. "I find myself genuinely flabbergasted." Cruz also slammed Murphy for walking off the floor after blocking his bill, saying it was because there were "precisely zero reporters" in the Senate press gallery, and blasted the Connecticut Democrat’s gun control legislation he "rammed through" the Senate. "There are lots of arguments the senator from Connecticut could have made. He chose to make none of them," Cruz said before asking for another vote on his bill. Murphy returned to the Senate floor to maintain his block and return fire against Cruz, attacking his speech as "a TV show" and "clickbait." "The senator is right: I’m not going to engage in a colloquy on the merits of this request or the previous request. This isn’t real. This is a TV show, this is clickbait, this is theater. This isn’t an actual attempt to pass legislation." Murphy said he was asked by Senator James Lankford, R-Ok., to "engage in a dialogue" over the bill, saying he believed it to be a "legitimate request." "And now there is a unanimous consent request to pass a bill that’s under negotiation, discussion between serious legislators who actually want to find results," Murphy said. "So, no, I’m not going to debate the merits of these [unanimous consent requests], this isn’t real," he continued as he objected again, took off his microphone, and departed the floor a second time. "Madam President, the senator from Connecticut just gave us the sum total of his wisdom as he walks off the floor again," Cruz fired back. "Which is he says this isn’t real." "The senator from Connecticut says this isn’t real," the Texas senator said. "The only reason this bill has not passed the United States Senate is because the senator from Connecticut stood up and uttered two magic words: ‘I object.’" "Had he done something really simple — just shut up, just shut his mouth, just sat there — we would be standing in a position where both of these bills would have been passed into law," Cruz said. A unanimous consent request moves a bill out of its committee and brings it up for a vote on either the House or Senate floor. Cruz’s bill would allow schools to reinvest unused COVID-19 funds to enhance school security with schools having expanded control of how to spend the money. Texas Republican Rep. Randy Weber is leading the House companion bill. The bill would also put $15 billion behind school safety personnel and would double the number of police officers in schools. Additionally, the bill would invest $10 billion into hiring 15,000 school mental health professionals to prevent future mass shootings. | | | | | Kamala Harris roasted for traveling to promote climate policy: 'Hope you're flying coach' | | Sep 15, 2022 | | Vice President Kamala Harris was roasted Wednesday for her announcement on Twitter that she was flying to Buffalo, New York, to promote the administration's action on climate change. Critics slammed the vice president for using an aircraft to travel at the event in person, thus adding unnecessary CO2 into the atmosphere, and being both hypocritical and irresponsible. "This morning, I’m heading to Buffalo, New York to highlight how we are taking climate action, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act," Harris announced in a Wednesday tweet. KAMALA HARRIS DECLARES ‘BORDER IS SECURE’ AS THOUSANDS OF ILLEGALS FLOOD INTO US EVERY DAY The Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller asked if the appearance was "Something that can't be done on Zoom?" Broadcaster Andrew Lawton was one of many critics who pointed out the hypocrisy of her travel, pointedly asking, "You flying?" Politician Lavern Spicer responded to the tweet by appearing to jokingly warn Harris, "I hope you’re flying coach because, you know, private jets are bad for the earth." Townhall writer Brad Slager asked what sort of vehicle Harris would use as well, inquiring, "Are you taking one of Biden's trains, or scorching the ozone with some G6 exhaust fumes?" VIDEO CAPTURES MIGRANTS IN CAMO SCALING ARIZONA WALL AFTER HARRIS SAYS BORDER SECURE Some commentators appeared to criticize Harris for talking about environmental issues when inflation is both a headlining problem and in the name of the bill itself. Commentator Dana Loesch asked why Harris was traveling to discuss the climate when the Inflation Reduction Act literally has "inflation" in its name, quipping, "I thought it was an inflation bill." Red State managing editor Brandon Morse asked, "But what about the inflation that's effecting the rest of us?" | | | | | Washington DC post office worker robbed at gunpoint while making deliveries | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint this week while delivering mail in Washington, D.C., police said. The gunman approached the carrier on Monday and pointed the weapon at the right side of his neck and then his ribcage, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report obtained by Fox News. The suspect told the victim to give him his keys. He said "give it [keys] to me and get out," according to the report. BOSTON, FEDERAL OFFICIALS PROBING WHETHER NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ‘DETONATION’ INCIDENT WAS STAGED BY EMPLOYEE The mail carrier complied and told police he saw the suspect flee in an unknown direction. The victim left the area and called his supervisor and police, authorities said. He was not injured. Fox News has reached out to the Postal Service. Mail carriers in Washington and Maryland have been targeted in recent weeks. Over a two-day period during the summer, there were at least six armed robberies against carriers. "This alarming trend needs to stop," U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) spokesman Michael Martel said at a press conference in July. "It is a sad state of things when it comes down to robberies against someone that provides an essential service to our communities. But it’s happening here, and it’s got to end." | | | | | White House pressed on relationship with China amid US land purchases, support for Putin | | Sep 15, 2022 | | A White House official was pressed Wednesday on the increasing purchases of U.S. land by Chinese interests, especially in sensitive areas like a North Dakota site within range of a U.S. Air Force Base housing secretive drone technology. Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, told "The Story" on Fox News Wednesday the administration is indeed concerned and monitoring the situation, as China simultaneously engages in energy commerce with Russia amid the Kremlin's invasion of U.S.-backed Ukraine As the Russian ruble has largely increased in value despite President Biden's overtures toward halting oil purchases by the U.S., Chinese President Xi Jinping has been meeting with Vladimir Putin and forging energy purchase agreements. China has also helped Russia with "credit card activity" to help it evade Western sanctions, anchor Martha MacCallum reported on "The Story." KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHO COULD BECOME YOUNGEST ELECTED CONGRESSWOMAN, CALLS OUT ‘EXTREME’ DEMOCRATS When asked if there has been any change in policy or any forthcoming change in policy toward China given the current environment, Kirby replied, "I don't have anything to speak to today in terms of changes in our policies with respect to investment." Kirby said the Biden administration wants a "price cap" on Russian oil so that Putin cannot benefit from sanction-evading revenue. "We haven't seen any indication that [China] is violating the sanctions or giving material support to Russia with respect to Ukraine," he said. "Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin can talk about their meeting and characterize it how they want. We obviously don't want to see business as usual with Russia by anybody." RUBIO RIFFS ON BIDEN'S INFLATION CELEBRATION: ‘I'M EMBARRASSED FOR JAMES TAYLOR' Pressed on whether the White House is concerned at all about the massive Chinese land purchases in areas like Grand Forks, N.D., Kirby said it remains on their radar. "Look, of course, it's a matter of concern. I just don't have a policy decision to speak to today," he said. "But but obviously, it's a concern and we've been and we've been nothing but honest about and consistent about our concerns with with Chinese trade and economic practices." MANCHIN SLAMS HARRIS: DEAD WRONG ON BORDER SECURITY CLAIM "We refer to China as the pacing challenge because not just economically, but but from a security and military perspective, they continue to present challenges and challenges and threats to us in the Indo-Pacific region around the world that that we're going to stay focused on," Kirby added, as Xi has forged relationships with smaller, yet geopolitically key countries like the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Earlier this summer, the U.S. Coast Guard vessel USCGC Oliver Henry was unable to port in Honaira for a routine refueling after Solomon authorities reportedly did not respond to a request from the vessel, according to the U.K. Guardian. The paper reported that country's government has had an increasingly "tense" relationship with Washington since it struck a security deal with Beijing. | | | | | |
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