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Florida Highway Patrol teamed up with five federal, state and local agencies this month for a three-day immigration enforcement operation along South Florida highways that resulted in 249 arrests and transfers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Fox News Digital, which rode along during the sweep. The operation, dubbed Operation 9 by FHP, assembled more than 100 officers before dawn at a Broward County station. Participating agencies included ICE, U.S. Border Patrol, the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, and the Florida State Guard. It was described as the ninth such operation since October,…

STAFFORD, Va. — A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound I-95 in Stafford County. All five of the people who died were in vehicles hit by the bus, and three of the injured are in critical condition, police said. “The preliminary investigation indicates that traffic was slowing southbound for an upcoming work zone,” state police said in a news release. “A bus failed to slow for traffic and struck…

An 18-year-old woman has died of complications from a legal second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a newly released autopsy. The Larimer County Coroner’s office concluded in the report that “Alexis Lynn Arguello died of complications of surgical pregnancy termination,” including a “probable amniotic fluid embolism,” after the February 2025 procedure in Fort Collins. Ms. Arguello was 21 weeks and six days pregnant when she died at a hospital after receiving a blood transfusion, the report stated. “She experienced refractory shock and multiorgan failure and died,” wrote Joseph K. White, a forensic pathologist. The pro-life groups…

Shrey Parikh felt his body shake from nerves and doubts every time he walked to the microphone at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the final test of a six-year competitive spelling career marked by triumph and heartbreak that he knew could end at any moment. Then he listened to pronouncer Jacques Bailly, and his dour body language vanished as he nodded vigorously, his tell that, yes, he knew the words he was asked to spell. All of them. “Once I get the word,” Shrey said, “I’m not really nervous anymore, because then it’s all in my control.” Shrey arrived as…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that federal agents will arrest an anti-ICE protester who shouted at an officer that he and his family would be “all dead.” The man was caught on video shouting at a protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at an officer who was manning a riot line confronting demonstrators. “I’ll kill your whole [expletive] family,” the man shouted in an expletive-laden tirade. “Your children, your wife, all dead.” “I have your face,” he continued. “You’re dead. Dead. Mr. Blanche told Fox News that deserved punishment. “That’s a federal crime,” he…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Blue Origin rocket exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said its New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test. No one was hurt, according to officials at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. “It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it,” Bezos said via X. “Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.” Emergency crews remained more than an hour later, but officials…

The Biden administration’s effort to inject “gender identity” into Title IX was already pretty dead, but now it’s really dead. The progressive groups attempting to resuscitate the 2024 regulatory overhaul finally threw in the towel this month, entering a series of joint agreements to drop their appeals and have their cases dismissed. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a notice of dismissal in the case brought by four states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina – as well as conservative groups including Defending Education and the Independent Women’s Network. Sarah Parshall Perry, Defending Education vice…

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a man they say robbed two New York City stores at gunpoint in January, walking away with nearly $130,000 worth of Pokemon cards. Andy David Palacios Ortiz faces one count of robbery and another of conspiracy to commit robbery. In one Manhattan store, the robbers walked away with $115,995 in Pokemon merchandise. Another robbery in Queens netted $11,700 worth of Pokemon merchandise. The cards, which depict fantastical characters and can be used in “fights” between decks of cards, are going through a craze, with collectors scouring packs looking for sought-after — and expensive —…

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Black death row inmate in Mississippi who challenged his conviction, claiming the prosecutor wrongly eliminated Black jurors from the pool that found him guilty of capital murder. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court majority said Terry Pitchford’s lawyer did not have proper opportunity to challenge the prosecutor’s removal of minority jurors from hearing and deciding his fate. “After a prosecutor asserts race-neutral reasons for a peremptory strike, the defense counsel must at least have an opportunity to argue that the asserted race-neutral reasons were not…

Several performers have pulled out of a concert series for The Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Freedom 250, the public-private partnership group coordinating events in Washington, announced the musical lineup Wednesday. But Milli Vanilli singer Jodie Rocco told The Associated Press that neither she nor any other group members had been asked to perform, saying they were “shocked” to see their name on the lineup. Morris Day posted on Instagram that he and his R&B band, The Time, would not appear, and rapper Young MC said he would not perform, questioning whether the event was truly nonpartisan…