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Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman turned heads at last summer's Paris Games, going viral for a celebratory dance after winning the bronze medal.Newman cleared 4.85 meters to earn the first Olympic medal of her career.The athlete-turned-model and influencer is now offering advice to those who aspire to follow in her footsteps.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMNewman began by reflecting on the early life experiences that helped shape her into the person she is today."In grade school, I once got the right answer on a test but didn’t use the method my teacher wanted. She wouldn’t give me

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) held a ceremony Thursday at the Nahal Oz base marking the second anniversary of when it was attacked by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023.The General Staff Forum, including IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Yiska Steinberg, the widow of the late former Nahal Brigade commander Col. Yonatan Steinberg, were in attendance. At 6:29 a.m. local time — the same time the attacks started in 2023 — the attendees held a moment of silence in memory of those who fell on Oct. 7, 2023, and in the war that followed.After the moment

The NFL returns to London for a third consecutive week.The Los Angeles Rams take on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET at Wembley Stadium. The game will air exclusively on the NFL Network, with Rich Eisen as the play-by-play announcer, Kurt Warner as the game analyst, and Sara Walsh as the sideline reporter. Last week, the Denver Broncos beat the New York Jets 13-11 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The week prior, the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns 21-17 in the same venue.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFor the Jaguars, they are no strangers to playing

It has been a turbulent yet inspiring year for Koreans. A declaration of martial law last winter plunged the nation into uncertainty, but what followed was not chaos – it was the reaffirmation of a people’s unshakable faith in democracy. The "Revolution of Light," culminating in the peaceful election of a new government, reminded the world that the Republic of Korea’s constitutional order rests not on the will of any ruler, but on the collective conscience of its citizens. Some observers abroad have mistaken the intensity of Korea’s political transition for fragility or deviation from democratic norms. In truth, such intensity is

The National Rifle Association and other gun groups are suing California over the state's ban on Glock-style guns with features known as switches that allow them to be converted to fully automatic weapons.The NRA was joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Poway Weapons & Gear, and two NRA members in challenging the state's ban.The lawsuit argues that California’s ban on Glock-style handguns violates the Second Amendment and defies U.S. Supreme Court precedent."A law that bans the sale of—and correspondingly prevents citizens from acquiring—a weapon in common use violates the Second Amendment," the lawsuit reads.FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal, as President Trump has moved to send troops to respond to crime.Speaking Wednesday at the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, the mayor was asked about not supporting the use of the National Guard to crackdown on crime."I don’t think it’s legal, let me start there, for the National Guard to police Americans on American soil," Bowser said.The mayor went on to explain how the National Guard in D.C. is under the authority

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show brought together some of today’s biggest names in modeling.Gigi Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and Behati Prinsloo were among the supermodels who showcased the brand’s latest lingerie collections.Here's a look at some of the stars who walked the runway Wednesday evening. Emily Ratajkowski stunned when she walked the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in a pink two-piece lingerie set.The look was paired with a pair of pink high-heels with straps that wrapped around her leg until just above her knee, as well as a large structure made out of pink fabric.HAILEY BIEBER, HEIDI KLUM AND CHARLIZE

The Trump administration plans to withhold $40 million from California over its refusal to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday.The move came weeks after an investigation found that an illegal immigrant truck driver, Harjinder Singh, killed three people after making an illegal U-turn on a Florida road in August. California had issued the driver a commercial license, but these English rules predate the crash.Duffy cited failures by California to enforce English proficiency rules following one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.DUFFY RESPONDS WITH 'CROCODILE TEARS' COMMENT ON BANNED CALIFORNIA TRUCK DRIVER CASE"California is the

COURT CLASH – U.S. District Judge David Nye denied former Boise State athlete Lindsay Hecox’s motion to withdraw a challenge to Idaho’s transgender athlete law, ruling that the case will proceed. The Supreme Court agreed in July to hear it. Continue reading … FAIRNESS FIGHT – Jurupa Valley High School's girls volleyball team in California has now seen at least 10 games on its 2025 schedule forfeited amid a national controversy involving one of its players, who is transgender. Continue reading … POLICY DIVIDE – Jack Brewer, a former Minnesota Vikings team captain, sharply criticized state leadership for not complying with a federal

Senate Republicans tried and failed for the ninth time to reopen the government and are starting to believe that Senate Democrats won’t budge until next week.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats again blocked the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) in their push for an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies.They argue that unless congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump come to the table and negotiate on an extension to the expiring tax credits, they won’t provide Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., the necessary votes to reopen the government.REPUBLICANS EYE FRESH FUNDING FIGHT AS SHUTDOWN STANDOFF DRAGS ONDemocrats also

"General Hospital" star Kirsten Storms revealed she is undergoing surgery to treat a brain aneurysm.Storms, who previously underwent brain surgery in 2021 to remove a noncancerous cyst that was causing symptoms, told her Instagram followers on Tuesday that her neurosurgeon had been monitoring another cyst that wasn’t removed during the first operation and discovered an aneurysm on the right side of her brain during a follow-up scan earlier this year.The actress admitted she was "majorly freaked out" when the aneurysm was discovered, sharing that she felt "my brain seems to be sorta lowkey rebelling against me."‘GENERAL HOSPITAL' STAR KIRSTEN STORMS

President Donald Trump decried left-wing violence on Tuesday while speaking at the ceremony to posthumously honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom."We've watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one. They know that they're failing. They have the Devil's ideology," he asserted.CHARLIE KIRK POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED MEDAL OF FREEDOM ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 32ND BIRTHDAYTrump also sounded off regarding the political firestorm surrounding Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones. At the center of the controversy are Jones’

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing legislation this week that would fully ban coverage of abortion and gender transition care for minors within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Fox News Digital has learned.While existing law prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions under the Hyde Amendment, many plans on the ACA exchanges still offer abortion coverage via various state-level loopholes and separate bill schemes. Hawley's legislation would expressly state that no ACA healthcare plan can cover an abortion procedure, except in cases of rape, incest or a threat to the life of the

A Missouri man who was convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper 20 years ago was executed Tuesday.Lance Shockley, 48, died by lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. at the state prison in Bonne Terre.Shockley, who long maintained his innocence, was convicted of killing Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. in March 2005. Prosecutors said he waited for hours near Graham’s home in Van Buren before shooting him first with a rifle, then with a shotgun when the trooper exited his patrol vehicle.In the death chamber, Shockley’s head was elevated on a pillow. He lifted his head

Two illegal migrants were taken into custody on Tuesday after crashing their vehicle into a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago during an immigration enforcement operation, leading to a clash with protesters, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez, both from Venezuela, were detained Tuesday morning for allegedly ramming a Border Patrol vehicle and attempting to flee the scene, according to a senior DHS source.The incident happened near South Avenue N, according to officials."This morning while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago a vehicle, driven by an illegal alien, rammed a Border Patrol vehicle

Los Angeles County leaders declared a local state of emergency in the region Tuesday, according to local officials.News of the proclamation was shared in a news release online by LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath's office.The measure was said to be a response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across LA County, which is home to more than 10 million people and one of the U.S.'s largest immigrant populations.The county can now offer to support residents financially who have been impacted by the raids, including rent relief and accessing state funds for any legal aid."What’s happening in our communities is

President Donald Trump blasted ABC News host George Stephanopoulos during a Tuesday meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei."We'll take a couple of questions from the news, and I'm sure they'll be incredibly non-hostile, and friendly, like JD went through a very ‘friendly’ interview with George Slopadopoulos," Trump said with apparent sarcasm, making fun of Stephanopoulos’ name.Trump went on to reference the ABC lawsuit, joking, "He was nice enough to pay me $16 million the last time we came — he had to pay $16 million to me. Which is good. It was worth it. It was worth having somebody lie.

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress Cheryl Hines clashed with co-hosts of "The View" and defended her husband, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.On Tuesday, during a discussion of Hines’ upcoming memoir, "Unscripted," the actress was pressed about her husband’s work in the Trump administration. RFK Jr. had originally run as a Democrat in the 2024 election, but eventually dropped out of the race and endorsed President Trump instead, a move many consider to have been a decisive one in the election overall. Since then, Kennedy has faced backlash from prominent Democrats and liberal commentators — including the hosts of

President Donald Trump castigated "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin as a "joke" on Tuesday after she appeared to renege on a promise to wear a MAGA hat on the air if he got the Israeli hostages home.Asked by a reporter about her pledge, which she made last year, Trump inquired if she'd put the hat on. After two opportunities on Monday and Tuesday, she hadn't yet. Trump then claimed Griffin, who resigned as White House communications director in December 2020, had written him "beautiful" letters upon her departure and even afterward, which she's denied in the past."She used to work

Since the release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages in Gaza, details have started to emerge about their medical conditions and the horrors they endured while in captivity. Similar to previously released hostages, those who returned on Monday appeared thin, suggesting they were not adequately fed.Avinatan Or, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival alongside his partner, Noa Argamani, was reportedly starved during his captivity and lost 30-40% of his body weight, according to Israel's Channel 12. The outlet also said official medical documents noted that Or was "thin and very weak." Or was reportedly held in central

President Donald Trump is set to posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday.Turning Point USA COO Tyler Bowyer, a longtime friend of Kirk, said the moment will be both meaningful and emotional. "It is an emotional moment because we know how deserved it is," Bowyer told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday. "Obviously, not having our friend there is going to be something I think that will be tough." TRUMP TO AWARD CHARLIE KIRK MEDAL OF FREEDOM AFTER CAMPUS ASSASSINATIONBowyer is expected to attend the ceremony at the White House alongside Kirk’s widow and new

The Democratic Socialists of America, the political party to which New York City Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani belongs, brushed off Israel's ceasefire with Hamas on Monday and called for further resistance to Israel's "apartheid and occupation" of Gaza.The DSA released the statement, titled "Until Palestinian Liberation," on its website, declaring that they have "no illusions that Israel will honor any negotiated agreement that preserves Palestinian life or self-determination." The statement made no mention of the release of Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity and accused Israel of "terrorizing" the Palestinian people and nations in the region."This will not end Israel’s assault

Former Vice President Kamala Harris commended President Donald Trump and his team for helping to secure the deal that led to the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas — but she only referred to "the President," and did not identify Trump by name in the statement."I am thankful and deeply encouraged that this ceasefire has brought long-awaited moments of joy and reunion — as 20 Israeli hostages are finally reunited with their loved ones and Palestinian families and the people of Gaza begin to receive desperately needed relief from unimaginable suffering," Harris said in the statement.Israel launched a war

President Donald Trump, when asked about the prospect of a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, declined to commit, telling reporters, "We’ll have to see." The comments came during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One as Trump returned home after signing a historic peace agreement that ended two years of fighting in Gaza. When the topic came up, Trump said he was focused on rebuilding Gaza after two years of Israeli bombardment, following the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas. "I’m not talking about a single state or double state or two state," Trump said, adding: "A lot of people like