Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have "devastating consequences" for the city's 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces "appear to be positioning themselves." SUDAN CONFLICT SPREADS TO KEY HUMANITARIAN SAFE HAVEN U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and...
The Columbia University student who discussed "murdering Zionists" was "banned from campus" Friday, according to a university spokesperson. Junior Khymani James expressed "regret" early Friday after he went viral online for previously suggesting people should be "grateful" he wasn't "murdering Zionists," whom he likened to "White supremacists" and "Nazis." Without explicitly mentioning what they were, James copped to inflammatory comments that were first reported by The Daily Wire, during a...
A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations said in a statement that a team monitoring the 2-year-old calf saw it swim past the area where its mother had died, pass under a bridge and head down the inlet "all on her own." ORCA CALF STRANDED IN CANADIAN LAGOON TO BE AIRLIFTED AND REUNITED...
An Oregon man who was convicted in the 1978 killing of a 16-year-old girl in Alaska was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. Donald McQuade, 67, told Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson that he maintains his innocence and did not kill Shelley Connolly, the Anchorage Daily News reported. McQuade in December was convicted of murder in the death of Connolly, whose body was found near a highway pullout between Anchorage and Girdwood in 1978. OREGON MAN ARRESTED IN 1978 COLD-CASE MURDER OF ALASKA...
The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan's central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday. Under the so-called congestion pricing plan, the $15 fee will apply to most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during daytime hours. Tolls will be higher for larger vehicles and lower for nighttime entries into the city as well as for motorcycles. The program, which was approved by the New York state Legislature in 2019, is...
The owner of a Michigan company that exploded in March, killing a 19-year-old and injuring a firefighter, was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Thursday, after authorities received an alert that he attempted to leave the country with a one-way ticket to Hong Kong. The Clinton Township Police Department said during a press conference Friday morning that Noor Noel Kestou, 31, attempted to flee the U.S. after the fatal explosion at his vape and smoke business, Goo Smoke Shop/Select...
A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire on Friday, near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of Interstate 40 highway. (Hunter Smith via X)
A prostitution charge against Wynonna Judd's daughter, Grace Kelley. has been dropped after the 27-year-old was arrested for allegedly exposing herself on a busy highway intersection in Alabama. After her arrest April 5, Kelley was charged with three misdemeanors, including soliciting prostitution, indecent exposure and obstructing governmental operations, according to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, Kelley appeared at the Millbrook Municipal Court, where the prostitution...
Joel Embiid, star center for the Philadelphia 76ers, revealed on Thursday that he has been battling through a Bell's Palsy diagnosis for the past 10 days, playing through the diagnosis as the Sixers feel their backs against the wall. Embiid shared the news of his condition with the media after Game 3's 125-113 win by Philly. Bell's Palsy leads to partial paralysis of the face. In Embiid's case, the left side of his face has been affecting him during the ongoing series against the New York...
Fox News host Laura Ingraham says media personalities are getting "nervous" as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Trump isn't turning out "exactly as they hoped" Friday on "The Ingraham Angle." TRUMP SUGGESTS WHITE HOUSE AS VENUE FOR DEBATE WITH BIDEN: 'WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE' LAURA INGRAHAM: Dead dogs can't bark. But from day one of this ludicrous case against Trump, the Manhattan D.A. has been pounding on the canine corpse, trying desperately to...
Some Missouri residents and lawmakers are calling for faster cleanup at several toxic sites in the St. Louis area. "We always felt like we're being gaslit by these federal agencies, like the way they would answer questions, the way they were just very nonchalant," Just Moms STL co-founder Dawn Chapman told Fox News. "They really should have gone in there before any of this was built and cleaned the creek. They had a chance to really prevent all the harm that we're seeing now. And for whatever...
The Carolina Panthers' 2024 first-round draft pick was one of multiple picks the Chicago Bears acquired in last year's blockbuster trade. The Panthers moved up to the top spot in the 2023 draft and selected quarterback Bryce Young. The Panthers finished last season with a 2-15 record and would have been the first team on the clock in Detroit on Thursday. But the Bears held the rights to the pick and drafted quarterback Caleb Williams. David Tepper bought the Panthers in 2018, and the...