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A woman is facing felony and misdemeanor charges after she allegedly posted about wanting to kick a pro-life display booth at Miami University, in Ohio. Key Takeaways: * Nineteen-year-old Alexandra Patterson was arrested and charged after she allegedly posted a threat against Miami University pro-life students to a social messaging app. * In the message, she suggested that either dining dollars would be available to anyone who would 'kirk' a pro-life student table or that she herself was willing to 'kirk' the table in exchange for dining dollars. * The post was a reference to the September 2025 assassination or...

The daughter of Paraguay's embattled former president Santiago Pena received heavy backlash for posting a mirror selfie wearing a t-shirt with the slogan 'Tax The Poor.' Costanza Pena, who is currently an economics and history student at New York City's Columbia University, caused upset over the photo as her father is under investigation after the collapse of a major digital bank in her home country. The 21-year-old's t-shirt scandal comes as her father offered his resignation via X after the crisis at government-linked Ueno Bank turned Pena's own party against him and is currently under house arrest. Ueno Bank is...

Demographics, age, and social views: Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, Silent Generation. The intersection of demographics, age, and social views explores how a person’s place in society—particularly their generational cohort—shapes their perspective on cultural, political, and systemic issues. Decades of data, notably from researchers like the Pew Research Center, reveal clear patterns in how social views evolve across different age groups. Khan Academy·khanacademymedicine1. The Core Generational FrameworkSociologists and demographic researchers categorize the population into distinct age cohorts to track shifting trends over time: USC Libraries Research Guides +1Generation Z (Born 1997–2012): Digital natives, highly diverse, and fiercely progressive on...

California Rep. Ro Khanna boasted about return of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) after historic Democratic victories across the country Tuesday — while a high-profile wealth tax measure he championed looked headed for defeat at the ballot box. “Tonight, DEI is back as America celebrated diversity and inclusion,” the progressive Silicon Valley congressman bizarrely said in a video posted to X as election results rolled in on Election Night. “Likely three Black governors: the first Latina governor in Texas, the first Muslim American senator, the first gay senator. I love this America tonight,” Khanna added. His celebration came as the...

I was optimistic because I've seen far more Minogue signs than Healey signs in my county, but I also tried tempering my expectations given we are stronghold for the most degenerate politicians....but seriously, WTF?? What has caused such apathy, ignorance, and delusion to befall the electorate in the last few decades?Many people in this state live fairly prosperously compared to those from other states...I just don't get the political mindset of these folks...RANT OVER

Organized criminal networks stand accused of using stolen American identities, fictitious college students, and artificial intelligence to fraudulently obtain federal student loans and grants. n October 29, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nationwide crackdown on organized criminal networks accused of using stolen American identities, fictitious college students, and artificial intelligence to fraudulently obtain federal student loans and grants. The announcement followed the Treasury Department’s identification of approximately $270 million in suspicious financial transactions. Investigators believe the “fraud has been ongoing since at least 2021.” The investigation, dubbed Operation Ghostbusters, has expanded to “more than 40 open cases”...

Colorado makes families with traditional values choose: their beliefs or $6,300 per child? This is getting old. Three times in the past decade the Supreme Court has vindicated religious schools excluded from state programs. Colorado still needs a remedial lesson. The state’s “universal” pre-K plan lets religious schools participate only if they agree to enroll families who oppose them on sex and gender. On Tuesday the Justices can reinforce religious liberty in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy.The Colorado program, launched in 2023, pays for 15 hours of preschool a week, about $6,300 a year. Providers are subject to what...

University leaders are preparing layoffs, eliminating vacant positions, and cutting expenses to address a projected $19 million FY2028 deficit.. Federal records compiled by MyVisaJobs show the University of Maine System filed 19 H-1B labor-condition applications in fiscal 2026. ... The University of Maine (UMaine) in Orono is preparing faculty and staff reductions as it confronts a projected $19 million deficit for fiscal year 2028, while the broader University of Maine System continued H-1B sponsorship during fiscal 2026. University leaders have proposed layoffs, eliminating vacant positions, reducing outside contracts, modifying some annual appointments, and consolidating units as part of an effort...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that feds probing Rep. Ilhan Omar assembled a “large case” dealing with multiple people. “This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual. This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations,” he told Fox News on Friday. Mullin said Homeland Security Investigations agents — who searched Omar’s Washington, DC, home on Oct. 12 — “did a lot of investigation to be able to present the case to them.” “And I’ll just say this again: We’re enforcing our nation’s laws, and we’re going to...

The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching.The Defense Department’s vaunted network of research laboratories — whose scientists helped develop satellite communication, radar technology, and even the computer mouse — was in trouble.The labs lost a significant share of their staff last year, largely in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to thin the federal work force, the report found. Refilling critical positions was proving difficult due in part to President Trump’s demand that new hires be...

A New York man was arrested after he was allegedly captured on video stealing campaign signs belonging to Republican congressional candidate Anthony Constantino while driving his employer’s vehicle. Josef Marris was charged with two counts of criminal possession of stolen property, according to the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. He was also fired from East Branch Organics, according to Constantino’s campaign. Constantino, who is running in New York’s 21st Congressional District, said the alleged thefts were intended to intimidate his supporters. "My campaign has lost more than $100,000 to sign theft and vandalism," Constantino told Fox News Digital. "There are now...

Discover the 10 essential tools legendary woodsman Horace Kephart carried into the wilderness. These carefully chosen items made up his minimalist kit for survival, camping, and bushcraft in the early 20th century. From his iconic sheath knife to his compact folding lantern, this timeless gear still inspires modern outdoorsmen today. Join me as we explore Kephart’s must-have tools and see why they’re as practical now as they were ove

MIAMI –– Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a record number of illegal migrants in Septemeber, President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan boasted Thursday –– as he warned New York to cooperate with its agents. Homan made the revelation while visting the Port of Miami to tout the Trump administration’s border security efforts, which he credited with helping drive down crime across the US. The veteran immigration official, standing alongside US Customs and Borders Commissioner Rodney S. Scott, said ICE broke its record for arrests every month between June and August this year. Then in September, ICE reportedly deported more illegal...

In 2016, the California School Board Association suggested changes to an administrative regulation that prevented teachers from telling parents about their student’s social gender transition at school—unless the student said it was OK. Most school districts in California adopted the changes without question.MASON AND LISA WILLIAMS first learned that their youngest daughter, Laney, was secretly transitioning at school when they saw a different name in her profile on Schoology, an online learning management system. “Without our consent, she had gone to the administration in September 2021 and asked them to change her name and pronouns,” Lisa said. “And they did...

American who lives and grew up in Los Angeles just took a 5 day trip Miami, Florida She says she can’t believe how clean it is there, how there are no homeless and how much less expensive it is “I didn't realize just how dirty and gross and expensive LA actually is just because I'm used to it. I live here, I live in it. I saw 2 unhoused people the entire time I was in Miami. The whole week I saw 2 unhoused people, and we went to a bunch of different parts in Miami. And the cost of...

In the 2011 film Moneyball, Brad Pitt portrays Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who listens as his scouts enthusiastically praise an up-and-coming baseball player. Beane, unimpressed, asks a simple question. “If he’s a good hitter, why doesn’t he hit good?” This question should be asked about America’s elite universities, particularly in light of the ongoing Cornell Seven controversy. If these institutions are, as some describe them, bastions of rape culture, misogyny, and the institutional protection of sexual predators, why do so many young women desperately want to attend them? And why are their parents willing to spend or borrow...

A Somali-born public school official who invaded the State of Maine years ago now wants to impose his culture on the state's natives. As The Maine Wire reported on Wednesday, the Portland Public Schools Policy Committee held a meeting on October 14 that focused on the school district's newly proposed policy on animals in schools. As currently drafted, the policy states as follows: school administration must sign off on the animals, service animals must be certified, and domestic animals must be restrained. But Abdullahi Ahmed, the Somali-born Muslim assistant superintendent for student, family, and community partnerships at Portland Public Schools,...

Some statistics are not just illuminating, they are downright shocking. Here’s one. At the University of Texas at Austin, one of America’s top universities, only 300 students graduated with a major in the humanities. That would be a big number if UT graduated 1,200 students, but it actually graduates about 12,000. The percentage of humanities major is 0.025 percent. It rounds to zero. That dismal statistic is replicated at universities across the country. While Texas certainly likes to think of itself as unique, in this case, it’s not. At every university, big and small, fewer and fewer students are studying...

A UC Berkeley professor has stopped grading students’ homework for correctness after noticing artificial intelligence tools were helping them rack up top marks. Richard Borcherds, a renowned mathematician who received the prestigious Fields Medal in 1998, said widespread student use of AI has undermined the value of traditional homework grading. “Student use of AI for homework is now widespread,” Borcherds told The California Post. “Grading for correctness just adds a huge incentive for them to use AI for homework instead of doing it themselves, and penalizes students for honesty.” Paying graders to evaluate AI generated answers is also a waste...

MAINEVILLE, OHIO — A mosque rising amid rural homes and farmland in southwest Ohio has become a focal point in the community’s growing concerns over an influx of foreign-owned trucking companies and trucking fraud, with a Fox News Digital review revealing significant financial ties between the mosque, trucking companies and the government of Uzbekistan. Roughly one mile north of the main intersection in Maineville, a small Warren County village with about 1,400 residents, sits the Islamic Center of Maineville, which has been under construction for the past four years following its approval by Hamilton Township in April 2022. Fox News...