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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing back against Paul Flores, the man convicted of murdering California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) freshman Kristin Smart in 1996, for his request to overturn or reduce his convictions, calling his request "meritless." Flores is currently serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for Smart's murder following a three-month trial in October 2022. In a new 107-page court filing, Flores' defense claimed that Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe abused her discretion multiple times, including not dismissing a juror that Flores argued showed signs of bias and allowing a ball-gag photo to be shown at the end

"The View" co-hosts unloaded on President Donald Trump for saying that giving mothers a $5,000 bonus was a "good idea" during the show on Wednesday, claiming the notion was insulting and racially motivated. Goldberg sarcastically introduced the segment, saying she was "incredibly insulted" by the idea and the administration didn't understand how women's bodies work."I will say this, I paid in my money. I want my money back from Social Security. I’m sorry," Goldberg began. "It is not anybody else’s responsibility but mine to make sure I keep my payments up. That’s the first thing, but let me talk about some

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., called on President Donald Trump's administration to take action against her state. In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital addressed to the Departments of Education and Justice, Miller pleaded for the agencies to investigate after the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) said it would continue allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports. "I am writing to express my deep concern regarding a recent decision by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which has chosen to blatantly disregard federal law and reject basic biological reality by allowing biological males to compete in girls’ athletic programs. This

Deborah Lipstadt, who served as special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism during much of the Biden administration, has indicated that she is "pleased" the Trump administration is seeking to tackle antisemitism."I’m pleased that they’re addressing it, because that’s what I did for the past three years, which was to really push the Biden Administration to seriously address it. So I am very, very pleased that it’s on their agenda," she told the New Yorker. The outlet noted that the conversation with Lipstadt was edited for length and clarity.Emory University announced in December that Lipstadt would return to the higher

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff. Unofficial vote totals show state Sen. John Horhn leading two-term Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba 18,493 to 6,246, according to the city clerk’s office. Although absentee votes have not yet been counted, Horhn declared victory in the race. Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens II and Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks are facing charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, honest services wire fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department announced last November. All three have pleaded not guilty. An indictment alleged the three Democrats accepted

FIRST ON FOX – The former social media designer for Fyre Festival says social media is fueling the idolization of scammers and their wild ideas — Fyre Festival 2 being no exception.Oren Aks spoke with Fox News Digital after the apparent postponement of Fyre Festival 2, a do-over version of the original Fyre Festival, which failed in 2017 after promising attendees who paid thousands for tickets a luxurious music festival set in the Bahamas and delivering a ramshackle campsite on the island instead.Fyre Festival 2 was set to take place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, between May 30 and June

A Fort Worth man is now in police custody after he beat his mother to death during an attempted "exorcism," according to Fort Worth Police.An arrest warrant affidavit says that Fort Worth Police responded to an anonymous caller’s 911 call. The caller claimed they received a photo on Snapchat of a woman on the ground covered in something red, possibly blood, according to Fox 4 in an affidavit. The caller gave the address of the person responsible for the photo and when police got there, 23-year-old Alexander Taylor Valdez answered the door holding a Bible.TEXAS HOMICIDE SUSPECT BECAME OBSESSED WITH COWORKER, MURDERED HER OVER

Shannon Sharpe has found himself in a highly-publicized civil battle after he was accused of sexual assault this week.The football Hall of Famer turned national television star was accused of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. He was also accused of engaging "in the intentional infliction of emotional distress," with his accuser seeking $50 million in damages.The situation has already gotten extremely ugly, with Sharpe calling the allegations a "shakedown" while he and his legal team released sexually explicit messages the woman had allegedly sent him over time. The woman is being represented by Tony Buzbee, who represented two

Pro-Israel Cornell University students are slamming their school for hosting an upcoming concert featuring a famous anti-Israel R&B artist.As reported by The Washington Free Beacon, outraged students signed a petition calling on Cornell to un-invite musician Kehlani from performing at the school’s annual "Slope Day" concert on May 7. Kehlani has shared multiple anti-Israel messages in her music and on her social media pages in recent years, including a call for an "intifada.""The fact that the university would allow for students to bring in a performer with views that actively call for violence to an event where she is supposed

Mike Patrick, a 36-year play-by-play announcer for ESPN, died of natural causes on Sunday. Patrick was 80 years old. Patrick’s doctor, as well as the City of Clarksburg, West Virginia, confirmed the longtime broadcaster’s death on Tuesday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAfter starting his career in 1982, Patrick became well known as the voice of ESPN’s "Sunday Night Football," a role he starred in for 18 years. He began that job in 1987, calling some of the best in NFL primetime until 2005. He was in the booth with former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann, and then Paul Maguire. LONGTIME NHL GOALIE, BROADCASTER

Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., is one of the many voices sounding the alarm about a recent oil refinery closure announcement having a greater impact on American wallets.Valero Energy Corp. announced that it will likely close its Benicia refinery near San Francisco in April 2026, putting more than 400 jobs in jeopardy."We understand the impact that this may have on our employees, business partners, and community, and will continue to work with them through this period," Lane Riggs, chair, CEO and president of Valero, said in a news release on April 16.Fong said the state’s energy policies are making it tough

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to President Donald Trump's Justice Department for criminal prosecution. Cuomo – the Democratic scion now considered the current frontrunner in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June – was first referred to the Biden Justice Department for criminal prosecution in October 2024. Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then-chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, said Cuomo made "multiple criminally false statements" to Congress about his handling of the 2020 COVID-19 nursing home death scandal. In a new letter to Attorney General

CREEPY CAMPUS  – Archaeologists were astonished to uncover hundreds of skeletons while excavating the grounds of a university, which once hosted a medieval church demolished in the 1650s.'FAVORITE DAY' - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump opened the White House grounds to children from all over the nation for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.DINNER TABLE DEBATE – A man described a relationship issue with his girlfriend focused on her choice of unique food — and his "disgusted" reaction to it. On Reddit, plenty of people had strong opinions.SPRING WEAR – From playful prints to shimmering metallics,

House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding "daily proof of life" after being denied a meeting with the Salvadoran national who was deported from Maryland. Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona and Maxine Dexter of Oregon flew to El Salvador Monday following a visit to the country by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., last week.  "We had a meeting this morning with the embassy here in El Salvador and from what we have heard there is no

Josh Duhamel has opted to live in his "doomsday cabin" in Minnesota over Hollywood.The "Ransom Canyon" star, his wife, Audra Mari, and their 1-year-old son, Sheperd, live 40 minutes away from civilization on their lakeside property in northwest Minnesota. The actor's 11-year-old son, Axl, with ex-wife Fergie, also spends time at the home.Duhamel's property, which he jokingly told Country Living he refers to as his "doomsday cabin," is located up a two-mile dirt path up to his home in the forest. "It’s an exhale whenever we get here," he noted.Since the star is raising a family, he prefers to be

President Trump is fighting a war with many battlefields.It’s a nine-front crusade, although I could easily double that number.If there’s a common thread here, it’s the president taking on elite institutions that he has long resented or reviled.That’s why his first three months seem stuck on hyperspeed – critics would say chaos – because he’s broken with the traditional model of tackling one or two issues at a time. Voters gave him a second term to shake things up. It’s the first Trump term on steroids.EDUCATION DEPT. TO RESUME COLLECTIONS ON DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2020The

Cade Cunningham had 33 points and 12 rebounds, Dennis Schroder made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 55 seconds left, and the Detroit Pistons snapped their NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 100-94 on Monday night in Game 2 of their playoff series.The Pistons, who hadn’t even been to the postseason since 2019, recovered after the Knicks erased a 15-point deficit to earn their first playoff victory since Game 4 of the 2008 Eastern Conference finals against Boston. The Celtics won the final two games of that series and the Pistons were then swept in 2009, 2006

There is a spike in converts to the Roman Catholic Church as young adults reportedly seek "moral order" after the pandemic years.While people may convert to the Catholic faith at any time of year, the Easter season is when many choose to do so. According to the National Catholic Register, "certain dioceses are reporting increases of 30%, 40%, 50% and even more than 70%" this year. One particular diocese in Fort Worth, Texas, has seen spikes in numbers, where the number of converts from "896 at Easter 2023 to 1,544 at Easter 2024, an increase of 72%."Father Will Straten, the

Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a $50 million lawsuit filed on Sunday, according to multiple reports. The former NFL player denied all accusations in a statement through his attorney on Monday, calling the civil suit an attempt to "blackmail" him. According to the lawsuit obtained by ProFootballTalk, Sharpe was accused of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. The 13-page complaint, filed in a Nevada state court, accused the three-time Super Bowl champion of engaging "in the intentional infliction of emotional distress."The plaintiff claimed that the two began a "rocky consensual relationship"

Pope Francis, 88, died on Easter Monday of a stroke and cardiac arrest, according to an announcement from the Vatican.Fox News’ Alex Hogan confirmed in an on-air report that the Pope had a stroke in the early morning of April 21, went into a coma and then had a heart attack.The Pope’s death follows years of ongoing health concerns, including a recent hospitalization for double pneumonia.POPE FRANCIS DEAD AT 88 YEARS OLDThe official death announcement was made at the Pope’s residence in the Chapel of St. Martha on Monday.Pope Francis served for 12 years and advocated for causes including migrant

More kids are hitting the links.According to the National Golf Foundation, 3.7 million young people, ages 6 thru 17, played golf on a course in 2024, an increase of close to 50 percent from five years earlier.One of the all-time greats, Annika Sörenstam, is behind a new effort to help even more young people play the sport.  Sörenstam has partnered with Bank of America for an initiative called "Golf With Us.""This initiative is close to my heart because it's a way to help grow the game of golf, and we're gonna do that by giving young kids the opportunity to

A recently departed top Pentagon aide goaded President Donald Trump to remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from his Cabinet, describing "total chaos" and "dysfunction" within the top brass of the military. "The dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president – who deserves better from his senior leadership," John Ullyot, a former senior communications official for the Pentagon, wrote in an op-ed for Politico published on Sunday. "Trump has a strong record of holding his top officials to account. Given that, it’s hard to see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer."Ullyot departed the Pentagon’s public affairs

Over the course of his 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, connected with many of Hollywood's elite.Here are some other celebrities who had the honor of crossing paths with Pope Francis.PHOTO GALLERY: POPE FRANCIS THROUGH THE YEARSPOPE FRANCIS DIAGNOSED WITH BILATERAL PNEUMONIA, VATICAN SAYS"Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio met with the Pope for a quick conversation while filming the documentary "Before the Flood" for National Geographic in 2016.In an Instagram post shared by the actor at the time, DiCaprio can be seen showing the Pope a book

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave."In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church’s top bishops – called the College of Cardinals – from around the globe. Though there are more than 240 cardinals currently, only those under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the conclave and the number of cardinal electors is limited to 120.  Nearly all prefects of Vatican offices lose their jobs when a pope dies, but a few stay on, including the foreign minister and the master of

Pope Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88, according to Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo."At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church," Farrell announced."He taught us to live the values ​​of the Gospel with fidelity, courage and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized," the announcement continued.POPE FRANCIS, STILL RECOVERING FROM PNEUMONIA, MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE ON EASTER SUNDAYFarrell added: "With immense gratitude for his example as a true