A man on board an American Airlines flight from Connecticut to Chicago Tuesday night faces charges after he allegedly forced a flight attendant to the floor and attempted to drag the flight attendant up the aisle while acting erratically, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).In a news release, the DOJ said 24-year-old Julius Jordan Priester, of Wichita, Kansas, was arrested and charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.Priester was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 3359, which departed from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, at about 9:30 p.m., en route to Chicago.Court documents filed Wednesday allege that, during the flight, Priester stood up, began to take his shirt off and ran toward the back of the plane, yelling, "Help me!"WOMAN SUES AMERICAN AIRLINES AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON PLANE, CITES PATTERN OF IN-FLIGHT ATTACKSPriester then allegedly grabbed a flight attendant who was seated, and he shouted, "Youre coming with me," before forcefully taking the victim to the ground.The DOJ alleges that after taking the flight attendant to the ground, he attempted to drag the victim up the aisle.Passengers intervened, and Priester was returned to his seat, where the DOJ said he continued to act erratically and spoke incoherent sentences.COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING COFFEE AT AIRLINE EMPLOYEES, FORCING WAY ONTO CANCUN FLIGHTThe captain of the flight declared an emergency, and flight data from FlightAware.com shows the plane turned around over the Finger Lakes region of New York before heading back to Bradley Airport, where it landed just before 11 p.m.Once the plane returned to the gate, Priester was removed from the aircraft by Connecticut State Police and taken to a local hospital for evaluation.American Airlines told Fox News Digital it does not tolerate violence on its flights.AIRLINE PASSENGER CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING PILOT, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: 'I WILL REALLY BREAK YOUR JAW!'"On May 27, American Eagle Flight 3359, operated by Envoy, with service from Hartford (BDL) to Chicago (ORD), returned to BDL due to a disruptive customer," the airline said. "We do not tolerate violence, and we thank our team members for their professionalism and our customers for their assistance."On Wednesday, Priester appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish in Hartford, Connecticut. Priester was ordered detained pending a bond hearing scheduled for Friday.The FBI is investigating with assistance from the Connecticut State Police.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is shutting down its diversity, equity and inclusion office following a comprehensive assessment that began nearly 18 months ago.MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced the closing, or "sunsetting," of the Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO) last Thursday."As Ive said many times, MIT is in the talent business," Kornbluth's announcement read. "Our success depends on attracting exceptionally talented people of every background, from across the country and around the world, and making sure everyone at MIT feels welcome and supported, so they can do their best work and thrive."Among the top priorities listed in the memo, titled "How we support our community," was a section with the header "Core programs will continue, but we will wind down the central ICEO."ELITE UNIVERSITY ELIMINATES DEI HIRING REQUIREMENT: 'THEY DON'T WORK'"Thisprocess began nearly 18 months ago," a university spokesperson told Fox News Digital, noting that the decision followed a "comprehensive assessment" of the Institute.The ICEO, which billed itself online as a steward of "MITs values and their interconnections," claimed it built "community through care, education, restorative practices, and programming that embraces, celebrates, and helps increase MITs diversity in all its forms."MIT will also eliminate the role of vice president for equity and inclusion, Kornbluth confirmed.Earlier this month, the school became the first in its class to scrap diversity pledges in its hiring and admissions processes a practice slammed by free speech advocate organization FIRE as functionally serving as "ideological litmus tests."TRUMP ADMIN ASKING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CANCEL REMAINING HARVARD CONTRACTSMIT's decision comes on the heels of the Trump administration's public feud with nearby Harvard University, including a recent ask to pull all federal funds amounting to a staggering $100 million in contracts being funneled toward the Ivy League institution.This comes after Harvard has shown little sway in its standoff with the president over foreign student enrollment and alleged race-based admissions.MIT, however, has been downscaling its DEI infrastructure for some time and the university spokesperson denied any correlation between ongoing political disputes involving Harvard and the ICEO's demise.

Earlier this month, the Baltimore Ravens released Justin Tucker as 16 massage therapists from eight different Baltimore spa and wellness centers accused him of inappropriate behavior due to alleged incidents between 2012 and 2016.The team, though, called the roster move a "football decision" after the 35-year-old, who is a five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler, had his worst year in the NFL in 2024 with a 73.3% field-goal percentage.Tucker made 22 of his 30 field-goal attempts, missing 3-of-8 from 40-49 yards and 6-of-11 from 50 yards and beyond. He also missed two of his 62 extra point attempts.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe still has the all-time career field-goal percentage at 89.1%, and head coach John Harbaugh said the scenario is "complicated.""I mean, you're talking about arguably the best kicker in the history of the game. And like we said, it's multilayered [and] it's complicated," Harbaugh told the media on Wednesday, via ESPN. "But in the end, it all comes back to what you have to do to get ready for your team to play the first game. And I think if you step back and you take a look at all the issues and all the ramifications, you can understand that we've got to get our football team ready, and we've got to have a kicker to go. And that was the move that we decided to make."So, in that sense, it's a football decision, and now we have to spend all of our focus and our time to get these kickers ready. We've got a competition going on and [we've got to] get these guys ready to make kicks. So that's all I'm thinking about. From my perspective, it's like, 'We have to have a kicker out there making kicks,' and what's the best way to get that done?"The Baltimore Banner first reported the allegations, with victims saying Tucker repeatedly exposed himself during a span of four years, including his rookie campaign when the Ravens won the Super Bowl.MYLES GARRETT ABSENT FROM BROWNS OTAS AS ROMANCE RUMORS SWIRL WITH OLYMPIC STARTucker has denied all allegations, calling them "unequivocally false" in a statement posted to social media."Throughout mycareer as a professional athlete, I have always sought to conduct myself with the utmost professionalism. I have never before been accused of misconduct of any kind, and I have never been accused of acting inappropriately in front of a massage therapist or during a massage therapy session or during other bodywork," Tuckers statement said."I have never received any complaints from a massage therapist, have never been dismissed from a massage therapy or bodywork session and have never been told that I was not welcome at any spa or other place of business." Six massage therapists came out first, followed by seven more women and an eventual total of 16. The accusations from all women are similar.Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Cincinnati Bengals star receiver JaMarr Chase isnt entirely sold on the idea of competing in the Olympics when the U.S. gets to host the Summer Games in 2028.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday after the first day of organized team activities (OTAs), Chase expressed hesitation in competing in the Los AngelesOlympics, adding that he will need more information about how it will all play out before making a decision."I don't know," Chase said, viaSports Illustrated. "I want to hear more information about it. I want to know the timing for us, offseason, in season. I want to know if we're getting paid. I want to know where we traveling every other week or every day, like all that plays a part, because we have an offseason, we have a life. How long would that be? I don't know.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"There's a lot of questions to it. I think it's pretty cool, but I'm not really 100% on it yet."Flag football will make its debut at the Summer Games when the Olympics return to LA for the first time since 1984. NFL players will now have a chance to earn a gold medal while representing their country a goal that many pros have long hoped to one day achieve.Just last week, NFL owners voted unanimously to approve a motion that will allow players in the league to participate a movethe NHL announced it was doing just last year.TEAM USA FLAG FOOTBALL STAR WANTS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OLYMPIC TEAM AMID NFL PARTICIPATIONWhile most NFL players have expressed excitement over the chance to compete, underlying tensions from the flag football community have risen.Darrell Doucette III, who is already on the U.S. mens national team as the teams quarterback when the team sat on top of the world flag football rankings last year, made headlines in August when he claimed that he was better thanKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with regard to flag football, specifically.He said at the time that his hope is that NFL players will have to try out for a place to compete just as the current flag football players have had to do."This is a sport that weve played for a long time, and we feel like we are the best at it and we dont need other guys," he toldThe Washington Post in a recent interview. "But we all have one goal in mind, and thats to represent our country. Were definitely open to all competition. If those guys come in and ball out and theyre better than us, hats off to them. Go win that gold medal for our country."Fox News Digitals Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As former first ladyMichelle Obama tells it, its not easy being married to a famous man, describing people "spilling water" on her while trying to reach her husband.Both Obama and her guest, OB-GYN Dr. Sharon Malone, who joined the podcast that Obama co-hosts with her brother, "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson," discussed the challenges of being married to famous men on Wednesday.Malones husband is former Attorney General Eric Holder, who was the 82nd attorney general of the United States from 2009 to 2015 under former PresidentBarack Obama.MICHELLE OBAMA URGES PARENTS NOT TO TRY TO BE FRIENDS WITH THEIR CHILDRENMichelle Obama recounted the first time she met Malone during an event."They put us together because we were both reluctant spouses attending one of these huge dinners," Obama said. "And what, where were they was Barack a U.S. senator?""Yes, he was a senator because you, you were still living in Chicago and Eric was in private practice,"Malone said. "So it was just it was very early days."Michelle Obama said the experience was overwhelming."There was a line of people waiting to shake hands with our respective husbands," she said. "You know, people, like, reaching over our heads and spilling water on us, trying to get to these two, you know, illustrious men."Obama said that she saw Malone across the table and felt a kindred spirit, saying, "She had the same look on her face as I did, like, Here we go."She added that they exchanged a look that said, "You see this? Like, this is crazy, isn't it, girl?" They soon became friends.MICHELLE OBAMA REVEALS BARACK OBAMA NEEDED TO 'ADJUST' TO BE PUNCTUAL, LEAVE ON TIMEObama also spoke about "the fight to protect women's reproductive health" beyond abortion."Sadly, it has been reduced to choice," Obama said. "The question of choice. And it's as if that's all of what women's health is. That's the only thing. And as I attempted to make the argument on the campaign trail, this past election, was that there's just so much more at stake."She also called out men for not knowing enough about womensreproductive health."So many men have no idea about what women go through, right," Obama said. "We haven't been researched. We haven't been considered. And it still affects the way a lot of male lawmakers, a lot of male politicians, a lot of male religious leaders, think about the issue of choice, as if it's just about the fetus, the baby, but women's reproductive health is about our life.""This whole complicated reproductive system that does - the least of what it does is produce life," Obama said. "It's a very important thing that it does. But you only produce life if the machine that's producing it is functioning in a healthy, streamlined kind of way. But there is no discussion or apparent connection between the two."

In his first meeting with reporters this year, Caleb Williams immediately addressed "what everybody would love to ask about."Earlier this month, it was revealed Williams had preferred going to Minnesota and even tried to avoid getting drafted by the Chicago Bears, who eventually selected him No. 1 overall.Williams admitted the story had become a "distraction" and felt it was important to talk about the circumstances.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe second-year quarterback didn't exactly deny what was said in the book, "but something that keeps getting lost and not being addressed is the fact that" he "wanted to come" to Chicago after visiting with them, which he did after his meeting with the Vikings.Williams said his "thoughts" about the Bears were "fair," considering "there hasn't been a 4,000-yard passer." Williams' 4,030 total yards were the most by a Bears quarterback ever."But I came here on a visit, and it's a challenge to be able to try to turn around. And that was the main goal of all of that. Through all of what happened last year and in previous years, I think that was enticing," Williams said."That was something that was glaring to me. I wanted to come here and be the guy and be a part and be a reason why the Chicago Bears turn this thing around. That last thing that was said in all of that, I think, is the most important thing is that I wanted to be here. I love being here."MYLES GARRETT ABSENT FROM BROWNS OTAS AS ROMANCE RUMORS SWIRL WITH OLYMPIC STARWilliams even name-dropped Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron, the since-fired head coach and offensive coordinator, as those he was thankful for.Former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson became the Bears' new head coach this offseason. It was a move Williams was "extremely excited" about, to the point he even thanked Bears brass in a phone call."Then once I got off the phone, I was driving on the highway, and I don't know if it was safe or not, but I gave a loud yell and scream of just excitement," Williams said at the time of the hiring."It brings a bunch of clarity to the offseason. It brings a bunch of different things to the offseason. I'm really excited about the Bears and being able to make this happen. And keep Ben Johnson as our coach for a long time."Williams got some additional help in the NFL Draft when Chicago drafted Michigan tight end Colston Loveland with the 10th overall pick.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

One may argue that even though Caitlin Clark was off the court on Wednesday, it made a case that she is the Most Valuable Player in the WNBA.That's because in the Indiana Fever's first game without Clark since she suffered a quad injury, the Fever suffered their worst loss of the young WNBA season.The Washington Mystics took down the Clark-less Fever, 83-77, on Wednesday night.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Fever started out hot, getting out to a 10-4 lead, and even leading by five at a point during the second quarter.But from 5:47 left in the second until 5:03 left in regulation, the Mystics outscored the Fever, 46-32. Their 11-point lead (73-62) was their largest of the night until garbage time free throws with under a minute left.Indiana scored seven points in the final 22 seconds to avoid a double-digit loss, but the majority of the final 25 minutes were all Mystics.ANGEL REESE 'NOT THE VILLAIN' IN CAITLIN CLARK NARRATIVE, JEMELE HILL SAYS AMID GROWING WNBA RIVALRYThe Fever's previous two losses this season came by a combined three points - they lost by one to the Atlanta Dream and by two to the reigning champion New York Liberty. The Fever had the ball in the final seconds in both of those contests.Their 77 points are the lowest they've scored all season, as well. They had previously scored 93, 90, 81, and 88.Clark is slated to miss at least two weeks with a right quad injury. In their first four games, the Fever's point differential was +37.The former Iowa Hawkeye is averaging 19.0 points, 9.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds in her four games of the 2025 season. Last year, she set the single-season record for the most assists in one year, en route to winning Rookie of the Year. Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell tied with a team-high four assists on the night. The Fever as a whole had just 15 on the night Clark had a WNBA record 19 on July 17 of last year.DeWanna Bonner dropped 21 points off the bench, leading the Fever.Clark netted a season-high 27 points last Tuesday against the Dream. She dropped 20-plus points in each of her first two games before settling for just 11 on Thursday and then 18 on Saturday against the Liberty.Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Sawmills are working to recycle trees blown down by Hurricane Helene to assist wildland firefighters while boosting domestic timber production.Many of the trees downed by the storm are usable, according to Johnny Evans, owner of Evens Lumber Co. in Manchester, Tennessee. About 6% of the lumber produced at his facility comes from trees that fell during natural disasters."It's a resource that God gave us, and we need to recycle it instead of letting it rot into the ground," Evans said. "If we don't get those dead trees out of the forest, then you're going to have a forest fire. Then it's going to wipe out all your good timber as well as your dead timber."There have been at least eight wildfires in areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene since the storm ripped through the Great Smoky Mountains in September.FRANKLIN GRAHAM DEDICATES HOMES TO HURRICANE HELENE SURVIVORS: GOD HASN'T FORGOTTEN THEM'The Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division estimated it could take at least three years for the thickest trees downed by Hurricane Helene to dry out enough to become potential wildfire fuel. However, those trees can still hinder firefighting efforts by getting in the way of bulldozers used to create firelines."Those trees are there just blocking the dozers. So we have to send in crews to clear a path for the dozers, which is way slower than what we would ideally want to have happen," Megan Carpenter, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division, said.SCIENTISTS IN EAST TENNESSEE EXAMINE FISH COUNTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HURRICANE HELENEThe U.S. Department of Agriculture pitched in $23 million to clear dead trees from high-risk wildfire zones across the country. The dead trees will then be sold to wood processing facilities to be consolidated into soil enrichment materials, construction materials, energy sources and paper. The USDA said the effort would eliminate potential fuel for future wildfires while supporting a March executive order signed by President Trump to boost domestic timber production by 25%.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHigh-risk firesheds will be cleared out first to protect already-vulnerable communities. The U.S. Forest Service is simplifying the permitting and contracting process for sawmills looking to access the timber supply.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino stated Wednesday evening that the bureau is examining issues related to the origin of COVID-19, though he did not confirm the existence of a formal investigation into a cover-up.Bongino made the remarks in a post on X amid growing media attention on a newly identified COVID-19 strain."As we read and process reports of a new COVID strain emerging, I want you to know that we are actively investigating, in multiple field offices, the cover-up of the origin of the COVID virus, along with associated matters requiring our attention," Bongino wrote. "The American people deserve answers."FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR BONGINO: ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS AND CHILD PREDATORS ARE NEXT IN ONGOING CRACKDOWNHe did not identify specific individuals or entities under scrutiny. The FBI has not issued an official news release on the matter, and the scope of the review remains unclear.The FBI did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.Bonginos comment represents one of the most direct public statements by a senior FBI official regarding the agencys continued interest in the pandemics origin and the surrounding circumstances.In 2023, then-FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency assessed with moderate confidence that COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China. Chinese authorities have consistently denied such claims, calling them politically motivated and unsubstantiated.FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR DAN BONGINO: JAMES COMEY 'BROUGHT SHAME TO THE FBI AGAIN' WITH '86 47' POSTBonginos post follows the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, provisionally identified by researchers as NB.1.8.1, which has appeared in several U.S. states. Federal health authorities have not designated it as a variant of concern.The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has continued its inquiry into whether early public health messaging downplayed the lab leak theory for diplomatic or political reasons.Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former White House health advisor, has repeatedly denied any effort to conceal information, calling those allegations "entirely false."DOJ INVESTIGATING ANDREW CUOMO FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING ABOUT COVID DECISIONS, SOURCE CONFIRMSCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBongino has increasingly used social media to communicate bureau updates directly to the public.A former NYPD officer and Secret Service agent, Bongino was appointed deputy director earlier this year by FBI Director Kash Patel.

Senior State Department officials tell Fox News all visa holders associated with Harvard University are being scrutinized, not just student visa holders.Along with student visas, the State Department will be conducting a substantive investigation into B-1, or business visas; B-2, or tourist visas; as well as others, officials said.The investigation is aimed at identifying potential security vulnerabilities or other abuses of the visa system.The probe could impact hundreds of people associated with the elite school and could reveal if people entering with claimed connections truly have real connections or more tenuous connections.TRUMP ADMIN ASKING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CANCEL REMAINING HARVARD CONTRACTSFox News Digital learned earlier in the day that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is eliminating the student visa program at Harvard University due to "pro-terrorist conduct" at campus protests.The move is a severe consequence in response to what the DHS claims is Harvards refusal to comply with its requests for behavioral records of student visa holders."This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said. "It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country."TRUMP ACCUSES HARVARD OF BEING 'VERY SLOW' TO TURN OVER FOREIGN STUDENT INFOHarvard may no longer enroll foreign students in the 2025-2026 school year, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status to reside in the U.S. before the next academic year begins."As a result of your brazen refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas rhetoric, and employs racist diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, you have lost this privilege," Noem wrote in a letter to Maureen Martin, the universitys director of immigration services.Noem offered Harvard 72 hours to provide the information requested for an opportunity to regain its visa program for the next school year.HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER TERMINATION OF STUDENT VISA PROGRAMShe called the move the "direct result of Harvards epic failure to comply with simple reporting requirements."Harvard, meanwhile, asserted the termination was "unlawful."Last month, Harvard announced it would allow foreign students to accept admission to both Harvard and a foreign university as backup amid the Trump administrations threats to move to block Harvards authorization to host them. Typically, students must accept enrollment at Harvard by May 1 and cant commit to another university.At least a dozen Harvard students have had their authorization to study in the U.S. revoked over campus protest activity.The Trump administration has already frozen close to $3 billion in federal funding to the university, largely dedicated to research, and launched investigations across the departments of Justice, Education and Health and Human Services. They claim that Harvard has failed to address campus antisemitism and eradicate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in its policies.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday the U.S. will begin "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.He also told Congress this week that the State Department had probably revoked "thousands" of student visas by this point and would "proudly" revoke more."We're going to continue to revoke the visas of people who are here as guests and are disrupting our higher education facilities," he said Tuesday. "A visa is a privilege, not a right."The crackdown on university policies comes after a wave of pro-Gaza student protests and encampments swept schools across the nation since the beginning of Israels offensive campaign to eradicate Hamas after the Oct. 7 attacks to pressure university administrations to divest from Israel.Fox News Digitals Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.