DENVER – Scams targeting older Americans are surging, and federal officials are warning that the tactics are becoming harder to detect. The Federal Trade Commission says scammers are posing as IRS agents, police officers or other officials – often over the phone or online – to steal thousands of dollars …
Read More »Police chase ends with truck explosion and fire in dramatic scene captured on camera
A slow-speed police chase outside Kansas City in Missouri ended with fireworks Sunday night, after the suspect’s “hoopty” truck rolled over and burst into flames, according to crime scene video. The suspect, who authorities say later told deputies he “was high on meth,” pulled into a wooded area behind his …
Read More »'Dr. Antifa's' Mediterranean move partially financed by fellow Rutgers professors, other American academics
FIRST ON FOX: On Friday, the Rutgers University Senate voted in favor of a resolution in support of academic freedom and expression brought before the body after a far-left professor, known as “Dr. Antifa,” was doxxed and threatened, and left the country. The Senate, which is described as a “university-wide …
Read More »Connecticut Democratic senator under fire over 'shameful' anti-Trump protest photo
Connecticut Democratic state Sen. Saud Anwar faced widespread condemnation over an image of himself at a “No Kings” protest that many called inflammatory. On Saturday, Anwar posted several photos of the protests in his district on his Facebook account. One image featured him standing next to a protester holding a …
Read More »University fires Turning Point USA table flipper from teaching assistant role after campus outburst
An Illinois State University teaching assistant has been fired after he was captured on video flipping a Turning Point USA table and tearing up the group’s flyers. “While Illinois State University does not comment specifically on personnel matters, we can confirm Derek Lopez has been relieved of his duties as …
Read More »Trump rips 'stupid and outdated' Senate tradition blocking US attorney nominees
President Donald Trump called out Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley while asserting that multiple U.S. attorney picks remain unconfirmed because Grassley is honoring the blue slip tradition. The arcane custom involves showing deference to home-state senators by allowing them to stymie the confirmation of nominees they do not like. …
Read More »Gov. Jeff Landry warns criminal migrants in bold ad: 'We've got a place for you' at Louisiana Lockup
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is putting criminal illegal migrants on notice with an ad promoting “Louisiana Lockup,” a detention facility built inside the nation’s largest maximum-security prison. The ad highlights Louisiana’s push to combat crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Landry said the facility will hold migrants convicted of serious offenses …
Read More »Trump’s impending San Francisco crackdown sparks backlash from Newsom, mayor
The White House is urging California Democrats to welcome the National Guard to “clean up” San Francisco, but Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., said the deployment will “ruin one of America’s greatest cities. “ President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that the National Guard is headed to San Francisco …
Read More »Roommate's loud smoothie prep at dawn ignites viral debate over noise etiquette
A man fed up by his roommate’s 5:30 a.m. smoothie habit garnered overwhelming support on the internet from people sympathetic to his dilemma — and his clever way of trying to deal with it. The man, who shared in a Reddit post that he’s 30 years old and from Melbourne, …
Read More »Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned. Sarkozy, 70, …
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