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A judge ruled Wednesday that the configuration of New York City’s lone congressional district represented by a Republican is unconstitutional, ordering the state to redraw the district by next month.State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that the composition of New York's 11th Congressional District — which covers all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn — unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents. He ordered the Independent Redistricting Commission to complete a new map by Feb. 6.The district is held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., who won her seat in 2020. She slammed the ruling in

Reports have emerged from eyewitnesses in Iran alleging sexual assaults on teenagers held in custody, as well as authorities forcing families of those protesters killed to pay as much as 10 billion rials to recover their bodies.The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US) also told Fox News Digital Wednesday that the "barbarity continues" across the nation, with prison detainees allegedly being killed and their bodies burned.The reports came as Iran’s government claimed it had successfully crushed weeks of unrest that swept the country.Beginning Dec. 28, the protests erupted amid deep public anger over political repression, economic hardship and state

After President Donald Trump took to the World Economic Forum stage in Davos to declare that Western Civilization must defend itself from an existential attack, Somali-born activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali said that "Trump is right."Trump shocked other politicians and leaders gathered in Switzerland on Tuesday night by declaring, "The West cannot mass import foreign cultures.""The situation in Minnesota reminds us that the West cannot mass import foreign cultures which have failed to ever build a successful society of their own," he said. "We're taking people from Somalia, and Somalia is a failed , it's not a nation, got

In a highly produced social media video posted Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sat down with a local Latino radio station to blast ICE, promise sanctuary-style protections and portray himself as a defender of immigrant communities."Let me tell you very clearly: I am proud to have you in our city, to call you my neighbor, to call you my family," Frey told La Raza listeners in the video. "We don't back down when it comes to helping our family. You all make our city a better place."He added the Latino community "can feel safe calling 911, because the (MPD) does

Nigeria’s military announced Wednesday that 62 hostages were rescued and two militants were killed in a pair of operations against armed groups, a report said. The development comes after more than 160 worshippers were kidnapped from two churches in Nigeria on Sunday by gangs. It's unclear if any of the worshippers are among the hostages rescued. Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba told Reuters that Nigerian forces raided a location in the northwestern Zamfara state after receiving tips that captives were being held there.  The 62 rescued hostages are now in safe custody and are in the process of being reunited with

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States should control Greenland to build a large-scale "Golden Dome" missile defense system he claimed would also protect Canada, arguing that the country depends on U.S. security."We're building a Golden Dome that's going to, just by its very nature, going to be defending Canada. Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should be grateful also," Trump told attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos."But they're not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. They should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because

United States Paralympic snowboarder Brenna Huckaby is preparing for her third Paralympic Games.Huckaby, 29, has had incredible success as she is a four-time Paralympic medalist, winning three gold medals and one bronze. She won two gold medals in her Paralympic debut in Pyeongchang in 2018 in banked slalom and snowboard cross.In Beijing in 2022, she won gold in the banked slalom again, while earning bronze in the snowboard cross.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHowever, Huckaby’s journey to success on the slopes has been one of triumph in the face of a lot of adversity.At age 14, Huckaby was

Osi Umenyiora, a former New York Giants star and two-time Super Bowl champion, revealed a harrowing health battle that left him in a coma for several days.Umenyiora returned to "The Breakdown" on the NFL UK & Ireland YouTube and said he went "through some real adversity."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"I was in the hospital for almost a month," he said. "I was in a coma for five days, had some extensive surgery. I was in a really, really bad place. And I find out right then and there who actually loved me because there were some people