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The northern Virginia transgender bathroom saga notched another controversy Friday with the release of emails from Arlington County, Virginia, schools regarding correspondence board members received from serial sex offender Richard Kenneth Cox.Cox, 58, was thrust into the national spotlight after Virginia's Fairfax County Democratic prosecutor Steve Descano declined to prosecute Cox for charges of perversion in women’s locker rooms while neighboring Arlington County, Virginia, arrested him in 2024 on similar offenses which he has faced in court in October. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, lambasted news that Cox — who identified himself as a transgender woman named "Riki"

Comedian Bill Maher said he can't deny President Donald Trump's success during his podcast on Monday, while acknowledging he was not Maher's choice. Maher, speaking with actor William H. Macy during his "Club Random" podcast, said he can't deny success – no matter who it is. "I always say this — you cannot ever deny success. You just have to give your respect even if it’s not your thing. Have the humility to give it up for enormous success on any level. Trump — not my choice, didn’t vote for him," Maher said. "And he’s – I can’t deny the success."Macy agreed

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered a stark warning during a Monday press conference on Day 13 of the government shutdown."We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history unless Democrats drop their partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government and pay our federal workers," the leader of the House of Representatives said.The government entered into a shutdown nearly two weeks ago on Oct. 1 after Senate Democrats rejected the GOP's federal funding plan. They have since blocked consideration of the same bill six more times. JOHNSON RAISES STAKES ON SCHUMER AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BARRELS

The UAB Blazers fired head coach Trent Dilfer on Sunday after the team dropped to 2-4 on the year following a loss to the Florida Atlantic Owls.The Super Bowl champion took over as UAB’s head coach before the start of the 2023 season after success at the high school level. He never had a winning season while on the sidelines at UAB.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"We have made a decision to part ways with Head Football Coach Trent Dilfer. We agree that — unfortunately — our on-field performance has not lived up to the standard of winning

Tua Tagovailoa’s frustrations with the Miami Dolphins’ performances through six weeks of the 2025 NFL season appeared to boil over following a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.Tagovailoa said he was "shocked" with the latest losses and was asked how the team will avoid trying to take a "woe is me" attitude through the next few games. He suggested that other members of the team must start pulling their weight and doing the little things.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Well, I think it starts with the leadership in helping articulate that for the guys, and then what

Vice President JD Vance criticized NBC News on Sunday morning, accusing the network of ignoring Israelis celebrating President Donald Trump’s role in securing a peace deal between Israel and Hamas.During NBC’s "Meet the Press," Vance said he watched NBC’s coverage showing demonstrators in Israel booing when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s name was mentioned at a rally — while failing to note that the crowd cheered when Trump’s name came up.Vance said, "But I also have to give your network a little bit of grief, Kristen, because last night I was watching NBC, they were covering this and they mentioned during

The Kansas City Chiefs, coming off a loss, got right back on track with a dominant home win against the Detroit Lions, 30-17, on "Sunday Night Football."The Chiefs got back to .500 with a 3-3 record, while the Lions had their four-game win streak snapped as they moved to 4-2 on the year. It was expected that both teams would pull out all the stops, as two of the best offenses in the NFL went against each other yet again at Arrowhead. But there were some key miscues from the Lions that ultimately left them behind. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE

A hard-fought win by the Kansas City Chiefs over the Detroit Lions took a wild turn once the final whistle blew on Sunday night as a brawl broke out among players.Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes was going up to Lions defensive back Brian Branch for a postgame handshake. Branch snubbed Mahomes’ sportsmanship and it appeared wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster took exception to that.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSmith-Schuster and Branch exchanged words before the defensive back shoved the wide receiver in the helmet. Smith-Schuster went down on one knee and running back Isiah Pacheco was trying to hold the

Ben Stiller is opening up about why he felt like he was "failing" following his separation from his wife.In his new documentary, "Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost," the 59-year-old "Zoolander" star explores his parents’ decades-long partnership, comparing it to his own marriage with Christine Taylor.Ben and Taylor married in 2000 and announced their separation in May 2017 after 17 years together."When we separated, my feeling was like ‘Oh, I’m failing at this’ and look at my parents. They have this incredible 50-plus year marriage and I can’t live up to that," he tells Taylor in the documentary, per People.JANA

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi gave a playful response to actress Amy Poehler’s parody of her on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live."Poehler, who hosted Saturday’s episode, appeared in the cold open as Bondi during her testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing last week."My name is Pam Bondi. I spell it with an ‘i,’ because I ain’t gonna answer any of your questions," Poehler said. "My time is valuable. The DOJ has many ongoing operations, and we’re moving like Kash Patel’s eyeballs—very quickly in multiple directions at once."SNL SAYS TRUMP’S BEEN IN OFFICE ‘100 YEARS’ WHILE MOCKING PAPAL AMBITIONS AND

A new UC Irvine study may have finally uncovered how dietary fiber protects the body from sugar’s damage, and how protecting yourself starts in the gut.Researchers at the UCI School of Medicine found that inulin, a naturally occurring fiber found in vegetables like onions, garlic and artichokes, can reshape the bacteria living in your gut to stop fructose before it hits your liver."We found that consuming a type of dietary fiber called inulin… changes the bacteria in the gut to promote the consumption of harmful dietary fructose," said lead researcher Cholsoon Jang, PhD, of UCI’s Nutrient Metabolism & Disease Lab. The

Los Angeles Rams kicker Joshua Karty’s field-goal attempt went off the right upright and made one of the loudest doinks of the season, creating a buzz among NFL fans on Sunday.Karty seemingly had a chip-shot attempt from 26 yards out against the Baltimore Ravens. The make would have tied the game at 3-3 in the first quarter. Instead, the moment went viral across social media as the Rams’ special teams issues continue.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMKarty had a game-winning field goal blocked against the Philadelphia Eagles earlier in the season. Eagles defensive lineman Jordan Davis created a

New York Jets star wide receiver Garrett Wilson was seemingly frustrated with the team and let head coach Aaron Glenn know it as halftime began against the Denver Broncos.The Jets’ final drive was awkward and perplexing as they called a fake punt to keep the drive alive but didn’t take any major risks down the field. The 10-play, 31-yard drive ended with a short pass from Justin Fields to Josh Reynolds, and they failed to get up to the line of scrimmage to snap another play.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe NFL Network broadcast showed Wilson animated as

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.This week's quiz highlights hometown harvests, amazing marathon runs — and more.Can you get all 8 questions right?For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyleTo try your hand at more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click here. Also, to take our latest News Quiz — published every Friday — click here. Source link : https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/american-culture-quiz-test-yourself-hometown-harvests-top-tales-marathon-runs Author : Publish date : 2025-10-12 12:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A man is accused of urinating on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, prompting a swift response from security personnel and drawing the attention of many visitors.Security staff and plainclothes police officers quickly intervened and escorted the man out of the church, according to multiple Italian news outlets. The incident occurred in full view of a large crowd, with footage circulating widely online.Vatican officials had not immediately issued a statement, though some reports indicated that Pope Francis was informed and "shocked to learn of the news."The episode is the latest in a series of disturbances

A call to shine laser lights into the sky in an effort to disrupt federal helicopters flying over South Portland has prompted serious safety concerns and forced a key trauma hospital to reroute air ambulances.The online flyer, posted on the homepage of Rose City Counter-Info, a self-described "anarchist counter-info platform in so-called Portland, Oregon," encourages participants to take part in a "laser tag" event aimed at federal aircraft. The post urges individuals to mask up, coordinate with others, and take steps to avoid identification – including cleaning laser pointers with alcohol, wearing gloves, and removing potential DNA traces before disposal.As a

If you consider yourself a home chef, do yourself a huge favor and take advantage of HexClad’s latest sale, running now through Oct. 12th. (Fox is an investor in HexClad) The popular cookware line, brought to you in partnership with Gordon Ramsay, is competing with Amazon’s October Prime event by offering deep discounts on all its cookware bundles. Individual pans, knives, cutting boards and other must-have kitchen essentials are also on sale.Original price: $5,379Nearly everything HexClad makes is included in the Everything Under The Sun Bundle. You’ll get every pot you could need, from classic sauce pots to fry pans, a wok

A beachgoer in Ibiza made a grisly discovery Friday morning when a human foot washed ashore on one of the island’s busiest beaches, Playa d’en Bossa.Local outlet Diario de Ibiza reported that the remains appeared among storm debris and were spotted by an unidentified man walking along the shore. The witness immediately alerted authorities, and by around 8 a.m. local time, several Spanish National Police patrol units had arrived at the scene.Images published by The Sun show police officers and investigators in high-visibility vests inspecting the area as onlookers gathered nearby. Authorities closed off part of the beach to collect

President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to travel to Israel and Egypt before quickly returning to Washington, D.C., to honor the late Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he will address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and then visit Cairo as part of a trip marking the historic peace deal he secured between Israel and Hamas. He is expected to return to the White House to honor Kirk on Tuesday, Oct. 14 — which would have been the conservative activist’s 32nd birthday.TRUMP CAPS UK TRIP

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and a former administration advisor, told a large crowd at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night that she was "in awe" of the "strength and conviction in spite of such suffering" of the families of the hostages as they prepare to come home following the historic Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal brokered by her father earlier this week."And the president wanted me to share, as he has with so many of you personally, that he sees you, he hears you, he stands with you always," she added. "And, the return of each hostage is

Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an organization that most assume is focused on delivering much needed aid and supplies in harsh environments without bias or favor. However, one of the organization’s former leaders is criticizing how MSF has handled the situation in Gaza, even going so far as to say that its members have acted as "accomplices of Hamas."Alain Destexhe, who worked as a doctor with MSF in the 1980s before going on to serve as the group’s secretary general in the 1990s, told Fox News Digital that the organization moved away from its impartial, humanitarian

There’s a strong argument to be made that Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk are the two most significant conservative figures in the country over the past decade, and New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli clearly has been taking notes.In an age of screens and isolation, Trump and Kirk have always understood how powerful actual human presence and interaction are — and that was on full display Friday night in this South Jersey beach town.DAVID MARCUS: FOR JACK CIATTARELLI, SOUTH JERSEY AND VOTER ENTHUSIASM ARE KEYS TO VICTORYBy my count, about 800 people showed up on the boardwalk. Among them

If you stayed up for the decisive Game 5 between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, it was worth every second.In a game that lasted roughly five hours and ended after 1 a.m. ET, the Mariners are headed to their first American League Championship Series in 24 years after a 3-2 win in a 15-inning marathon.Both teams were kept scoreless from the top of the eighth through the top of the 15th, but the Mariners finally pulled through with Jorge Polanco’s bases-loaded single to send them to the ALCS and end the longest winner-take-all game in history.CLICK HERE FOR MORE

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became the first university to reject the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," which would have given it preferential access to federal funding.In a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, MIT President Sally Kornbluth wrote that the university "cannot support the proposed approach" and cited concerns regarding free expression."The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on

Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, declined to call on her party’s attorney general hopeful, Jay Jones, to drop out of the race during a Thursday night debate. She stands among many other Democrats who have also declined to do so after text messages surfaced in which Jones fantasized about killing his Republican colleague in 2022.Jones, a former delegate from Norfolk, Virginia, has faced mounting calls – mostly from Republicans – to bow out of the race for Virginia attorney general. But Virginia Democrats and other party leaders around the country have refused to cave to pressure they