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A New York Democrat blamed "institutional misogyny" as she resigned from her government leadership position in the wake of accusations a staffer tried to solicit someone he thought was an underaged girl.  Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair Catherine Borgia stepped down on Friday under pressure from colleagues who said she failed to act when she was told in December that the staffer was caught on video by a vigilante group that tricked him into thinking he was meeting a 14-year-old.  She resigned after bringing forth a lawsuit on Wednesday that temporarily prevented her colleagues from voting her off as top lawmaker, but that order was lifted on Friday. She resigned 30 minutes before fellow legislators were slated to hold a vote, The Journal News reported. Borgia, in a statement released Friday, argued that "institutional misogyny" led to her resignation, the New York Post reported. NY POLS KEPT DEM AIDE ON STAFF FOR MONTHS DESPITE CLAIMS HE WAS VIDEO...

A walrus who was controversially euthanized last year in Norway after becoming a viral sensation for videos of it enjoying itself in an Oslo fjord last summer now has its own statue in the Scandinavian capital. The walrus, named Freya, was notable for its seeming lack of fear of humans, but Norwegian authorities made the decision to kill the beloved 1,300-pound animal for public safety reasons, saying fans of the walrus hadn’t kept their distance from it as officials had recommended.  Astri Tonoian, the artist who made the life-size, crowd-funded sculpture unveiled in Oslo Bay on Saturday, said it is called "For Our Sins."  "This is how humans treat wild nature , but it is also how humans treat humans," she said, according to BBC News. "This is how we treated Freya. And so, I will call the statue For Our Sins."  WILD ON ICE EUTHANIZED AFTER SUFFERING INJURY DURING TRAINING FOR KENTUCKY DERBY   Erik Holm, the sculpture’s crowdfunding organizer, told ...

The Miami Heat came away with the Game 1 victory over the New York Knicks in their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, but it didn’t come without a big scare for their star that got them there in the first place.  Jimmy Butler ’s 98 points in the final two games of the first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks led the Heat to a shocking upset over the NBA’s best team in the regular season. Butler had 25 points to kick off this series, but with five minutes remaining in the game, he collided with Knicks guard Josh Hart on a drive to the basket that resulted in a rolled ankle that had him in a load of pain. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Butler was down on the court for a few minutes while head coach Erik Spoelstra and the training staff ran out to see what was ailing him. Video replay showed that Hart’s foot got in the way of Butler landing on a jump shot, resulting in the roll. He confirmed that was the case to the broadcast following the Heat’s 108...

Arizona state officials are seeking victims who were "treated" by a fake doctor accused of committing dozens of felonies. Jose Andres Lopez, 40, was arrested by Lake Havasu City police on December 16 and indicted before a grand jury. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced his charges on Wednesday. State officials are now looking for clients who were "treated" by Lopez at the Institute for Male Health and Performance in Lake Havasu City. Officials believe he may have "practiced" under the name Dr. Joseph Lopez. Lopez's charges include computer tampering, taking the identity of another and forgery. Officials say that the offenses took place between 2017 and 2021. IN ARIZONA, FRESH SCRUTINY OF SAUDI-OWNED FARM'S WATER USE Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital claim that while pretending to be a doctor, Lopez allegedly wrote prescriptions including Hydroxyzine, Meloxicam and Norel Ad. The suspect is also accused of forging sensit...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that the cultural movement of transgender rights in the U.S. "is creating more gender dysphoria" and "confusion" among young people. "I think that when a kid says that I'm born into the wrong body, that my gender doesn't match my biological sex, more often than not that is a case of a mental health disorder," Ramaswamy said on NBC News' "Meet the Press." Anchor Chuck Todd asked Ramaswamy whether he had ever talked to parents of transgender children to try to understand their perspective. "I have, actually," Ramaswamy said. "It's a difficult place to be, I acknowledge that. But what we need to do on both sides here is act with compassion, not really what makes us feel good about ourselves." RAMASWAMY VOWS TO MAKE ‘MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT’ IN HIS CAMPAIGN "We've created a culture that teaches parents that they're being bigoted or that ...

An Oklahoma man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of grooming a teenage girl. Alexander Sweet, 28, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of coercion and enticement of a minor, four counts of production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, Fox 25 Oklahoma reported . "Alexander Sweet targeted and groomed a vulnerable teenager struggling with the loss of two loved ones and a difficult childhood," U.S. Attorney Clinton Johnson said in a statement. "She showed tremendous courage when she faced him in a federal courtroom. This predator thought he was above the law but has now been convicted and sits behind bars where he can no longer victimize another child." MASTURBATING BANDIT IN TEXAS WHO BROKE WOMAN'S LEG IN VIOLENT CHASE DODGES JAIL TIME The Department of Justice explained during the hearing that years of abuse from Sweet left the victim with...

Prince William and Kate Middleton were all smiles in a new photo they released to celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary. The Prince and Princess of Wales beamed while riding bicycles in the image they posted on their Instagram page Saturday. The couple wrote "12 years" in the caption, adding a red heart emoji. In the snap, the two wrapped arms around each other as they posed on bicycles against a backdrop of the English countryside. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were both casually clad in blue jeans, which William paired with a dark blue button-down shirt and Kate with a white eyelet lace blouse. William was sporting black Ray-Bans and a black belt, while Kate wore black shades with mirrored lenses on top of her head and carried a brown cross-body bag. APP USERS CLICK HERE The image was taken by royal family photographer Matt Porteous in Norfolk last year. William and Kate have previously released other snaps from the photo shoot on U.K. Mother's Day and C...

Gwyneth Paltrow reflected on popularizing the term "conscious uncoupling" when she divorced Chris Martin. In a Friday Q&A session on her Instagram story, the 50-year-old actress shared her thoughts on using the term when she announced her separation from the 46-year-old Coldplay frontman in 2014  "I definitely did not coin the phrase, but I feel, despite us taking quite a lot of s--- for it when we first announced that all these years ago, I feel very proud that we were able to, maybe, make some divorces a little bit easier, happier," the Goop founder said.  "It makes me feel pretty proud when people come up to me on the streets and say, 'Thank you for introducing that concept because I've become good friends with my ex. I'm very happy that we were able to play a small part in that cultural shift." GWYNETH PALTROW REFLECTS ON CHRIS MARTIN SPLIT: ‘I NEVER WANTED TO GET DIVORCED’ Relationship coach Katherine Woodward Thomas originally c...

On Monday, Hunter Biden will finally make it to Arkansas. The Natural State itself is not a favorite Biden family destination but there is one thing that would ordinarily be an attraction: Biden's daughter Navy Joan.  In the Biden family, the four-year-old girl remains "she who not be named" literally. Not only has President Biden  refused to refer to her as a grandchild  or even include a Christmas stocking with the other children, her father Hunter is fighting to prevent her from using the Biden name. Indeed, the only reason that Hunter is coming to the same state that his daughter lives in is to seek to reduce his child support. The viciousness of the Biden family in dealing with this little girl is only matched by that of the media. Reporters who profess to support women and denounce deadbeat dads have either ignored this story or belittled her mother Lunden Roberts. HUNTER BIDEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN-PERSON FOR ARKANSAS PATERNITY CASE HEARING FOR UNCLAIM...

A woman at the University of Kansas was found dead in bed at a sorority house on Saturday morning. Lawrence Police Department officers responded to the Alpha Chi Omega sorority on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. and found the 19-year-old woman in her bed "already beyond life-saving measures."  Police say there doesn't appear to be any indication that foul play was involved after an initial investigation. Officials aren't releasing details on the woman's identity to allow for next of kin notifications to be made. An investigation into the woman's death is ongoing. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/kansas-university-alpha-chi-omega-sorority-student-found-dead-police

Malik Monk scored 28 points, De’Aaron Fox added 26 points and 11 assists, and the Sacramento Kings staved off elimination in their first-round playoff series by beating Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors 118-99 on Friday night in Game 6. Now, a winner-takes-all Game 7 is back in Sacramento on Sunday afternoon. Rookie Keegan Murray scored 15 points with four 3-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds for his first playoff double-double , and the No. 3-seeded Kings withstood every scoring surge the defending champions made on their home court and shined in nearly every facet of this one with their special season on the line. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kevin Huerter, struggling with his shot all series — 20 of 52 coming into the game — hit a 3 with 6:23 to go and another with 4:58 left as Sacramento gave the state capital one more chance to Light the Beam. Curry scored 29, Klay Thompson 22 and Kevon Looney pulled down 13 more rebounds to give him an NBA-lead...

Paul Stastny scored 6:01 into overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Sebastian Aho tied it midway through the third period for the Hurricanes. Frederik Andersen stopped 35 shots while making his first start of the postseason . Cal Clutterbuck scored for the Islanders and Ilya Sorokin finished with 39 saves. New York was eliminated in the first round for the first time in their last five trips to the postseason. The Hurricanes advanced to face the winner of the series between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. The Devils lead 3-2 heading into Game 6 on Saturday night. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Derek Stepan started the winning sequence in overtime when he intercepted Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech's clearing pass. Stepan skated up and passed to Stastny, who fired a sharp-angle shot from the goal line that deflected off Sorokin...

SatanCon 2023 in Boston, an event hosted by The Satanic Temple, will host lectures featuring left-wing ideology April 28-30. This year, the Satanic Temple dedicated the "largest satanic gathering in history" to Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after the group wasn't allowed to deliver a satanic invocation at a City Council meeting in 2021 and filed a lawsuit. The convention has numerous guest speakers and lectures, many of which are dedicated to far-left identity politics.  "Sins of the Flesh: Satanism and Self-Pleasure" will be taught by Eric Sprankle, a "sexuality studies" professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato. PARENTS SWEPT UP INTO CONTROVERSY OVER AFTER-SCHOOL SATAN CLUB SPEAK OUT: ‘AT THEIR WIT’S END’ According to his faculty profile, Sprankle's stated "research areas" include themes such as "Understanding the impact of stigma on marginalized sexual communities," "Examining therapist biases against f...

North Dakota state senators overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Narrow exceptions would be granted for rape and incest up to six weeks of pregnancy under the bill passed April 19. Abortions for certain medical emergencies are allowed at any stage of pregnancy. The bill has passed the Senate and House with veto-proof majorities, so it could become law without Republican Gov. Doug Burgum's approval. It would be one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. UTAH JUDGE CONSIDERS DELAYING ABORTION CLINIC BAN SET TO TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK Supporters said the bill would further the state's mission to protect all human life — aged, unborn and everything in between — whereas opponents said these abortion restrictions would have dire consequences for women and girls. "We talk about rape and incest, and those are horrific circumstances," Republican Sen. Janne Myrdal, of Edinburg, said while speaking in support of the bill o...

The United States government has begun a land evacuation of American civilians who are in Sudan amid a growing civil conflict. A U.S. official told Fox News that there's an ongoing effort to bus a large group of Americans to the Red Sea, where Port Sudan is located. It's unclear how many Americans are being evacuated or how many buses are being used in the effort. Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a Thursday press briefing that U.S. Africa Command was flying unmanned ISR drones over potential land routes in Sudan, adding that U.S. Naval assets are off Sudan's coast in the case of an evacuation. "We have focused our efforts on support to overland routes ," Ryder said.  This is a developing story. source https://www.foxnews.com/world/u-s-government-begins-land-evacuation-of-american-civilians-sudan-official

The Houston Texans are not playing around in the 2023 NFL Draft as they made a shocking trade to No. 3 overall with the Arizona Cardinals just moments after selecting at No. 2. Houston went with quarterback C.J. Stroud at No. 2 out of Ohio State, which was surprising to many because rumors said they would go with a defensive player.  Well, they got the best defender on the board, too, as Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. was taken after the Texans made a trade with the Cardinals , a team long considered to be willing to move from No. 3.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The trade details, per NFL Network, are the No. 3 and No. 105 picks from the Cardinals sent to the Texans in exchange for No. 12, No. 33, a 2024 first-round pick and 2024 third-round pick. Texans new head coach DeMeco Ryans likely had a say in this deal because he is a defensive-minded coach who knows what it takes to stymie offenses in the league. 2023 NFL DRAFT: TEXANS SELECT CJ STROUD WITH...

Mia Farrow said this week that she "regretted" a since-deleted tweet posted this month in which she wrote that she was "getting tired" of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. "I shouldn’t tweet without thinking. I adore them," Farrow told US weekly on Wednesday about her post, which read: "Here’s my unkind thought of the day: I’m getting a little bit tired of Harry and Meghan." She explained, "I was thinking in that moment about [Princess] Diana and how much I admired her and how much the one thing she would want would be her boys to be together and how perhaps Harry maybe has been saying a lot of things that will make that rift more difficult." Since his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral last September, Harry and Markle’s Netflix docuseries criticizing the palace has been released and Harry published his memoir "Spare," in which he details his struggles with his father and brother.  MEGHAN MARKLE MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE...

President Joe Biden had to be reminded of the last country he visited by an actual child when he couldn't remember during a Thursday event at the White House. "What was the last country you traveled to," one child asked Biden during the White House's Take Your Child to Work Day event. "The last country I've traveled — I'm trying to think the last one I was in — I, I've been to 89 — I've met with 89 heads of state so far, so, uh — I'm trying to think. What was the last — Where was the last place I was? It's hard to keep track. Um, I was — " Biden stammered.  BIDEN BLUNDERS: PRESIDENT STUMBLES HIS WAY THROUGH GAFFE-FILLED WINTER "Ireland!" another child yelled.  "Yeah, you're right, Ireland," Biden said, as the crowd laughed. "That's where it was. How'd you know that?" The boy said he was "going to Ireland too," to which Biden responded, "Oh you're kidding me. Alright ...

A group of knitters created a unique tribute to King Charles III ahead of his coronation on May 6 by knitting a seven-foot tall statue of his likeness.  The team of 29 people used more than 75 balls of wool during the four-month process to create the figure, said the news agency SWNS.  The full display was unveiled to the public on April 23, the agency reported.  FOR KING CHARLES' CORONATION, WORLD'S LONGEST SERVING BRASS BAND PLAYER, 95, CAN TOOT HIS OWN HORN In addition to the likeness of the king , the display also contains a wheelbarrow full of "pond life," a pair of knit rainboots and a "regal watering can," said SWNS.  Anita Armitt, founder of the Holmes Chapel Community Yarn Bombers in Cheshire, England , told SWNS that the display was inspired by the king’s love of nature.  Holmes Chapel is a village located in Cheshire.  "King Charles is into his ecology and his gardening," said Armitt.  "So we thought, ‘Let’s add a few garde...

Residents of a small West Virginia town less than two hours from the nation's capital are worried that their health and quality of life in the Allegheny Mountains will be upended by a logging company's plans to relocate a toxic-spewing fumigation factory to their backyard. Regulators will hold a public hearing next week in response to outrage over Allegheny Wood Products' proposal to move the factory 16 miles within the same county from Moorefield to Baker. An existing air permit allows the Moorefield facility, which treats logs before overseas shipment, to annually emit nearly 10 tons of the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide into the atmosphere. Hardy County, which is along the Virginia border , has about 14,000 residents, considerable poultry and other agricultural operations, and offers tourists a network of river float trips and hiking and cycling trails. Allegheny Wood Products applied for an air quality permit for the Baker plant in January. The state Depar...

A California professor is accused of trying to sexually lure a 7-year-old girl in conversations with an undercover FBI agent. Rodger "Rod" Githens, an associate professor at the University of the Pacific, was arrested Friday and is being charged with receipt and distribution of images of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The criminal complaint details how Githens allegedly attempted to sexually lure a 7-year-old girl in the sting operation. An undercover FBI agent originally met Githens on the Grindr dating app before the two moved their conversation over to Telegram, where the professor appears to open up. Githens allegedly expressed in the graphic conversations with the FBI agent that he previously had sexual relations with children as young as 5-years-old. INDIANA MAN ALLEGEDLY STABBED MOTHER, WHO WAS FOUND WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE 'PROTRUDING' F...

One day before the history of the Houston Texans franchise can change in an instant, they got a head start on welcoming sights. Wide receiver John Metchie III , who was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia last July, returned to the practice field on Tuesday during the team's voluntary minicamp. The Texans selected Metchie out of Alabama in the second round last year. But he was unable to participate in training camp and ultimately missed the entire season because of his illness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "John has made a lot of progress," general manager Nick Caserio said earlier this month, per the Houston Chronicle. "I'd say I'm not exactly sure what we would call his status, but I would say he's made significant strides. He's made significant progress. ... I don't want to use the word rare, but what he's done, what he's endured and where he is physically, it's honestly mind-blowing." AARON...

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards has been charged with assault after his actions following a Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena Tuesday night.  Edwards had a chance to send the game to overtime with the last shot of the game. He missed on a clean look. The Nuggets won the series four games to one, and Edwards was clearly frustrated with himself after missing the shot.  He was waving around a folding chair as he went to the tunnel toward the locker room. And two women working at Ball Arena told the Denver Police Department he struck them while swinging the folding chair.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Anthony Edwards was cited for third-degree assault after the game Tuesday night," Denver Police told Fox News Digital. "It was reported to Denver Police that while Edwards was walking from the court to the locker room at the conclusion of the game, he swung a folding chair and struck two women who were working at the ...

WWE, Vince McMahon and more are part of a new lawsuit where a Black female writer claims discrimination and retaliation after she objected to "offensively racist and stereotypical jargon" in scripts for Black wrestlers and others, per Bloomberg Law.  Britney Abrahams alleges in the lawsuit filed to the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday that she made multiple complaints about the WWE scripts that were discussed in Slack channels that had McMahon and his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, present.  Abrahams was eventually terminated from her post after taking home a WrestleMania 38-branded chair despite it allegedly being a "common practice that White male writers weren’t punished for." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Abrahams began working as a writer in 2020 for WWE SmackDown! and WWE Monday Night RAW . It was there that she complained about racial and gender stereotypes in scripts.  One of them involved Black femal...

Environmental groups criticized the Biden administration after it recently signaled support for a natural gas pipeline project that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has aggressively pushed. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm penned a letter late last week to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) members, arguing that the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project would help boost reliable energy for Americans. The administration's unexpected endorsement of the 303-mile pipeline earned criticism from environmental groups that have loudly opposed the project. "Secretary Granholm's letter is inaccurate," David Sligh, the conservation director of Wild Virginia, told Fox News Digital in an email. "This destructive project has never been needed and won't enhance our energy security. It's not designed to help consumers and it abuses private landowners and our resources. MVP's investors should quit now and not throw more good money after bad." Wild Virg...

Tyler Seguin and Jason Robertson each had a power-play goal and an assist, Roope Hintz had three assists for the second straight game and the Dallas Stars took the series lead over the Minnesota Wild for the first time with a 4-0 win in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Jake Oettinger had 27 saves in his second career playoff shutout. That included the 24-year-old goalie stopping nine shots when the Wild had back-to-back power plays in quick succession in the second period. Seguin's fourth power-play goal of the series came only 2:22 into the game, eight seconds after Wild forward Marcus Foligno's five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for a knee-on-knee hit on Radek Faksa. Mason Marchment scored early in the second period and Ty Dellandrea added an empty-netter with 3:57 left. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Stars will try to close out the first-round playoff series Friday night in Game 6 at Minnesota, where the home team will be trying to avoid ano...