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The Virginia high school track and field athlete who was seen bashing an opponent's head with a baton during a race has been charged with assault and battery, Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. I.C. Norcom High School student athlete Alaila Everett was seen smashing her baton on the head of Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker during a championship meet last week. Footage of the incident went viral in the following days, prompting national controversy and backlash against Everett. Tucker was later diagnosed with a concussion and possible skull fracture.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTucker and

Don't taunt Juan Soto because he'll make you look silly.Soto signed the richest deal in the history of North American sports in December, when he agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets.In the early going, Soto seems to be worth every penny, hitting nearly .400 in his first Mets spring training.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut one fan in the stands Monday night disagreed, constantly heckling Soto by calling him "overpaid" and "overrated," and it was caught on camera.Soto turned and gave the fan a look. Perhaps it was a look of annoyance,

Kiss me, I'm Irish! – but you better behave.Boston officials are hoping an earlier start time for this year's iconic South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade will tamp down on the "tomfoolery."The two-for-one celebration – a St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day parade – is slated to kick off at 11:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 16. That's an hour-and-a-half earlier than past years as politicians and parade organizers attempt to prevent bad behavior from revelers."The parade will be starting earlier this year in an attempt to get a better handle on the tomfoolery," state Sen. Nick Collins said

President Donald Trump touted the House’s passage of a funding bill to keep the government up and running, labeling it a "big win" for America. The House passed the funding measure by a 217 to 213 margin Tuesday evening, mostly along party lines. The legislation is now headed to the Senate, where lawmakers must pass the measure before Friday or else face a partial government shutdown. "Big WIN for Republicans, and America tonight," Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday night. "Congratulations to ALL!" The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump’s post when asked for additional comment. TRUMP-BACKED BILL TO AVERT

Chaos erupted in Congress Tuesday, when a Republican "misgendered" a fellow House member. But maybe it was really just a case of a politician doing the unthinkable: telling the truth.Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Europe Subcommittee, referred to trans Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., as "Mister McBride," causing a heated exchange that brought the hearing to a crashing halt. Ranking Democrat Bill Keating, of Massachusetts, rode to McBride's rescue."Mr. Chairman, you are out of order!" Keating thundered. "Mr. Chairman, have you no decency?" he harumphed, channeling the well-worn phrase from the 1950’s McCarthy hearings. "This

As the Trump administration seeks to mediate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced that he plans to propose "bone-breaking sanctions and tariffs" this week in a bid to goad Russia into making peace.The U.S. and Ukraine declared in a joint statement on Tuesday that Ukraine would be willing to agree to a 30-day ceasefire."Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation," the statement noted.RUSSIA HITS

Vanna White can cross getting a tattoo off her bucket list.The 68-year-old "Wheel of Fortune" co-host posted an Instagram video on Monday, in which she can be seen visiting her daughter, tattoo artist Giovanna "Gigi" Santo Pietro, 28, to get her very first tattoo."She's not making me do this. It's my choice," White can be heard saying in the video before heading into Lincoln Tattoo Company in Venice, California, with her daughter.In the behind-the-scenes video, White told Gigi, who she shares with her ex-husband George Santo Pietro, that she decided to get a tattoo of a heart on her wrist

A manhunt is underway for a driver who shot a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman in West Philadelphia, police said. The shooting stemmed from a road rage incident that unfolded just after 7 p.m. Monday at the intersection of 42nd and Girard Ave, according to Philadelphia police. NEW YORK FIRES MORE THAN 2,000 PRISON GUARDS FOR REFUSING TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER ILLEGAL STRIKEThe suspect, described as a bearded Black man in his 40s, was captured on multiple cameras in the area before fleeing the scene. TRUCK PASSENGER SHOOTS FIREWORKS AT CAR IN ALLEGED ROAD RAGE INCIDENT CAUGHT ON VIDEOFootage released by

The hometown sheriff's department of a missing American college student has named a person of interest in Sudiksha Konanki's disappearance in the Dominican Republic.Loudoun County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Thomas Julia told Fox News Digital that 24-year-old Joshua Riibe is a "person of interest" in the college student's disappearance during the University of Pittsburgh student's spring break.Julia said that Riibe "has been interviewed at length," but noted its' "still a missing person case, not a criminal case." Riibe has not been accused of any crime in the case."Sheriff Chapman wants to make sure the investigation is comprehensive and includes all

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in New England executed a joint operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, to arrest "illegal criminal aliens" on Tuesday.In a post on X, the DEA New England division said its agents assisted ICE and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston with the arrests on the idyllic and posh summer vacation destination island situated 30 miles south of Cape Cod.The Nantucket Current reported that the DEA confirmed it had arrested a man previously charged with kidnapping and domestic assault and battery, as well as a woman. Authorities did not identify the

Twenty people have been charged, and the final arrest was recently made in connection with a Nevada prison brawl that left three inmates dead and five others injured. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said the final arrest for the deadly incident at Ely State Prison was made on March 5. In total, 20 people face multiple charges, including three counts of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon with intent to promote or assist a criminal gang, and five counts of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon with intent to promote or assist a criminal gang.FORMER

Chris Pratt is recalling a life-altering moment that swayed him to make "deals with God" in order to save his son, Jack.Back in 2012, Jack was born seven weeks early and only weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces. During a recent appearance on "Fox & Friends," Pratt explained that his stance on faith changed at that moment."The most impactful moment was when my son was born. He was born early and had some health scares, and in that moment, I really made some deals with God, as you do when you're praying, and I felt like if you save my son,

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed the United States government reached out to him about a position within its ranks. Portnoy described the call he got from someone within the government as "weird" in a video posted to his X account. He said he mentioned the call he got during an appearance with Fox News’ and Fox Business’ Stuart Varney but "nobody paid attention."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut while he didn’t have interest in the job, he did find one big requirement to be quite odd. "I got a call, I don’t know, a couple months ago? I don’t know

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes.Their nightmare was supposed to be over.UN WARNS OF 'FRIGHTENING AND DISTURBING' ACTIVITY BY MILITARY, REBELS IN WESTERN BURMALast month, a dramatic and highly publicized operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in Myanmar where they were forced to trick Americans and others out of their life savings. But survivors have found themselves trapped once again, this time in

FIRST ON FOX – The mother of an American teenager who was murdered while on vacation in Aruba in 2005 is speaking out on the search for missing American college student Sudiksha Konanki."The family is so fortunate to have an American embassy there to work with. I did not have that in Aruba," Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee Holloway, told Fox News Digital exclusively about the search for Konanki in the Dominican Republic. "Surely they are checking cameras from hotel, gas stations, traffic lights, store fronts and wherever they had dinner, any casinos they visited, the beach areas," Holloway continued.Natalee Holloway, 18,

Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has filed a lawsuit against Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau after she was censured on Feb. 15 for her social media post about a trans high school athlete. The lawsuit seeks to have Libby's voting and speaking rights restored. Maine House Clerk Robert Hunt is named as the other defendant in the lawsuit. Libby was originally told she would have her rights restored if she apologized for the post. However, she has said she will not apologize.Libby's censure came in response to a social media post in which she pointed out a high school trans

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Ia., says it’s time to give the Department of Justice the tools it needs to tackle China’s trade crimes. The congresswoman’s Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act has bipartisan support as both Democrats and Republicans look to stop threats posed by China.China-based companies have stolen American businesses’ intellectual property (IP) and flooded the market with cheaper versions of their products, which are often low quality. In addition to IP theft, Chinese companies are also committing crimes through transnational shipping, which involves the shipping of products to another country to evade U.S. tariffs."This is

Former Vice President Kamala Harris was roasted for delivering another "word salad" on a public stage after trying to tie the "innovation" of Big Tech to her love of nacho cheese Doritos during an artificial intelligence conference. "Kamala just tried to explain innovation and it is the dumbest thing I have ever heard," popular conservative X account End Wokeness posted to its account accompanied by a clip of Harris. Harris attended the Human AI conference Sunday in Las Vegas, which was billed as Harris' "first post-election address." She took the stage with Nuno Sebastiao, the CEO of data science company Feedzai.Harris recounted

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on "Hannity" that Democrats are in a rage and offering "no solutions," dismissing a claim by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., that Republicans are "on the run." Gingrich said the left is resorting to extreme tactics in an effort to resist President Donald Trump and oppose Elon Musk's efforts to cut government spending.‘THEATRICS’ BY LIBERAL LAWMAKERS DURING TRUMP'S SPEECH ONLY HELPED HIM ACCORDING TO DEM INSIDERSNEWT GINGRICH: Well, I think that everything you showed earlier reflects what Lincoln said at Gettysburg when he said, this is a test of whether this system or

A traveler who was at the resort in the Dominican Republic on the same day University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki vanished is claiming there was "no communication" from the hotel regarding beach safety, leaving it "kind of just left up to your own discretion." D’Lani Sweeney spoke to NewsNation as the search remains ongoing for the missing 20-year-old, who was last seen entering the beach early Thursday morning at the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana, according to La Policia Nacional, the country's national police force. On Monday, ABC News reported that Konanki may have drowned, citing law enforcement sources. "I remember the

FIRST ON FOX: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is putting pressure on House Democrats hours before a critical vote on a bill to avert a partial government shutdown before the end of this week.The clip, which runs just under two minutes, is a supercut of top Democratic lawmakers emphasizing that their party does not support government shutdowns nor the office closures and mass furloughs that come with them."House Democrats have long warned about the consequences of a government shutdown," the text on the screen begins.The message is immediately followed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stating during a press conference,

The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, is likely subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled Monday, noting that the newly formed department had been run in "unusual secrecy."U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, sided with the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in rejecting the Trump administration’s argument that DOGE does not have to respond to public records requests.The administration claimed that DOGE is an arm of the Executive Office of the President, making it not subject to FOIA requests, which allow the public to request access to

Dr. Jeremy London, a cardiovascular surgeon in Savannah, Georgia, has built a popular following on social media, sharing everything from heart-healthy tips to whether consuming eggs or red wine is good for the heart.The medical doctor also created a series of videos called "Cook Dinner with a Heart Surgeon."In the videos, London "welcomes" followers into his kitchen as he prepares home-cooked meals for dinner.'I'M A HEART SURGEON, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EGGS, YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR HEART'The video for his Greek-inspired chicken salad and chia strawberry protein pudding, which was posted on Feb. 6, has garnered the most attention

Lawmakers in the Texas legislature are considering a bill that would prohibit people in the state from changing the gender marker on their birth certificate to reflect their gender identity.The measure, Senate Bill 406, is now being debated in the Texas Senate.Last year, the Texas Department of Public Safety stopped changing gender on driver’s licenses unless courts intervened, according to FOX 4.The Senate bill would block changes to gender on birth certificates, regardless of whether there is a court order.TEXAS LAWMAKER PROPOSES BILL TO BAN GENDER TRANSITION TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING ADULTS"This bill is not about restricting anyone’s personal expression.

The search for 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished from a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic, is intensifying as police reveal a male friend she was with is currently under investigation. According to La Policia Nacional, the country's national police force, Konanki was last seen entering the beach early Thursday morning at the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana. It is unclear who the "young man" is, but police said he was in the water at the same beach, and they were questioning him in an attempt to corroborate his version of events, according to a translation of