To curb rising youth violence, city leaders in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are implementing a new citywide curfew for minors.Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin told Fox News Digital that the city recorded nearly 2,000 incidents of interaction or arrest involving minors over about a 16-month period."We looked at the last couple of quarters of the previous year, and then the first two quarters of this year, and it was almost 1,900 incidents of arrest or crimes that had been committed by juveniles. And so we know we have a problem there, and we want to make sure that we're proactive to deal with it," Colvin said.With the new ordinance, kids under 16 are prohibited from being in any public space between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., with some exceptions, including those who are accompanied by parents or guardians or another authorized adult escort, running direct-route errands, traveling to and from work, responding to emergencies, attending supervised activities such as sports or school events, and participating in religious services.JERSEY SHORE BOARDWALK MAYHEM PUTS BLUE STATE'S 'SOFT' CRIME APPROACH UNDER MICROSCOPEFayetteville is home to Fort Bragg, known briefly as Fort Liberty, the largest U.S. Army base by population. As of this week, the city is still in an "educational" period in which those who violate the curfew will be informed of the new rules, but punishments such as citations and detentions may occur as time goes on.Adults 17 and up, including parents and business owners, who are responsible for youths found to be in violation of the curfew may face a Class 3 misdemeanor charge and a maximum fine of $500.NORTH CAROLINA COUPLE NABBED AFTER DEPUTIES FIND ENOUGH FENTANYL TO POTENTIALLY KILL 13,000 PEOPLE: POLICE"Right now, the way that the ordinance is set up all of our punitive actions will take place against the parents. Whoever the responsible party is the custodian of that kid will be issued citations and possibly subject to fines and maybe arrest in certain cases of repeated violations," Colvin said. "And we're going to let them know that there are judicial consequences to inaction."Colvin brought up one incident in particular that happened earlier this year, when a 12-year-old girl named Adrianna Bethea was shot at a carnival in March, according to the Fayetteville Police Department and the mayor's office.The young cheerleader was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition and is fighting to walk again after she was shot in the back and the chest, according to CBS 17. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting so far."A group of kids got into an altercation, and a gun was pulled, and a young lady was shot, and she's paralyzed," Colvin said. "That spoke volumes to me. I knew her family, and it really made me angry. I'm a father of three daughters, and I've taken my kids to carnivals. I just think that our citizens deserve firm action."SPRING BREAK CRIME PLUMMETED IN FLORIDA HOT SPOT AFTER WARNING GOES VIRALThe mayor's office introduced five new safety recommendations in April following the shooting, including the youth curfew, and the Fayetteville City Council on which Colvin served four years before becoming mayor adopted all of them.Two city council members, Deno Hondros and Mario Benavente, voted against the curfew. They did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.VIRGINIA TOWN BACKS AWAY FROM DISSOLVING POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER CITIZEN UPROAROther cities have implemented similar youth curfews, including Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city. Colvin said Fayetteville's curfew model is based on Charlotte's.In addition to the curfew, Fayetteville expanded youth recreational activities "and partnerships with organizations who were already doing mentorship-type activities," the mayor said. He brought up a new youth "midnight" basketball program, which does not actually take place until midnight but was extended to later hours. Certain youth centers will also be expanding the activities they offer, according to Colvin.NC POLICE RELEASE NEW PHOTO OF MISSING GIRL MADALINA COJOCARI ON HER 14TH BIRTHDAYA new chief will join the Fayetteville Police Department next week, and Colvin expects the department head to help implement the new ordinance."I'm certain that they will make sure that they are presenting a professional response to it. They're training their officers as to the terms and conditions of what their role will be. They're setting up the partnerships that are necessary because the city can't do this alone. We'll need social service, we'll need juvenile justice, and we need the other governmental units that have a role in this space. This is an ecosystem. That we all have to work in to create a safer, better environment for our young people."

One year after an assassins near-miss attempt on President Donald Trump, many who witnessed the shooting firsthand say they remain deeply dissatisfied with official investigations, which they believe have failed to provide meaningful answers."Im highly dissatisfied with the lack of preparation," said Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., who was seated in the front row at the rally. "The failures were almost unbelievable," he told Fox News Digital, echoing a widespread view that the breach was the result of avoidable missteps by law enforcement.Despite probes by multiple federal agencies and a formal congressional investigation, both local residents and lawmakers say theyre still left wondering what went wrong."The task force was bipartisan. And frankly, I don't think to this day they've gotten all the answers," Meuser said.ONE YEAR AFTER TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, BUTLER WIDOW DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM SECRET SERVICEShooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was killed by law enforcement at the scene. Since then, the Secret Service has undergone a series of high-profile shakeups.A congressional select committee found in its report a "lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners," adding that the agency had been alerted to Crooks suspicious movements for over 10 minutes before he fired a shot.But for those who were there, major questions remain:What was Crooks motive? Why werent agents stationed on a nearby pitched roof? Why was Crooks' presence on top of the AGR building not acted on sooner? How was he able to fire eight rounds before being neutralized by a Secret Service countersniper?In the absence of concrete answers, some attendees have drawn their own speculative conclusions."There were certain stock transactions that transpired right beforehand," one rally-goer said."CNN never airs Trumps rallies. Why did they air this one?" another asked. (CNN has said it aired the Butler rally in anticipation of Trump announcing his vice presidential pick.)WHO WAS THOMAS CROOKS? ONE YEAR LATER, MOTIVE AND MISSED WARNINGS HAUNT TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING"I dont think it was [Crooks]," another witness claimed. "Nobody that went to school with him believes he could have engineered that kind of event."Zach Scherer, a Butler local who has worked on all three of Trumps presidential campaigns, voiced ongoing skepticism."We don't know anything about this kid from Bethel Park," he said. "The Comperatore family needs answers. The rest of the community does too. It affected every single person who was here."Corey Comperatore, a local firefighter, was killed during the shooting."Investigations that were already done are very inconclusive," said Erin Autenreith, a GOP activist and rally attendee from Glenshaw, Pennsylvania. "There's just so much technology now these videos have such high resolution they can actually see the bullets.""The American people, they don't trust the investigations," she added. "Nobody believes it. So I don't think it's good."Jim Hulings, chairman of the Butler County GOP, criticized Pennsylvania officials for what he called apathy toward the case. He singled out both the Republican district attorney and state attorney general.SECRET SERVICE CHANGES THE AGENCY HAS MADE POST-TRUMP BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT"Murder was never investigated," Hulings said. "We asked for the district attorney to call for a grand jury. He wouldnt do it. We gave him a letter and 8,000 signatures on a petition. He still wouldnt do it.""The AG doesnt really care either," Hulings added. "We got Dave Sunday elected, and he went persona non grata."Some argue the investigation should be elevated to the federal level, given its national implications.But longtime rally-goers agreed on one thing: a scant security presence was noticeable from the start of the day in Butler last year."All the other rallies I'd been to, there was Secret Service everywhere, so I just assumed they were going to be there. And they weren't," said Lucie Roth."There was no counter sniper teams visible. There was no drones. There was no helicopters," said Hulings. "Very few police."A number of factors have been blamed: technical issues with drones, high temperatures prompting Secret Service to seek refuge in the air conditioning, a force that was spread thin by long hours and unexpected overtime.A Senate report found that key resource requests were denied, and some were not even made: Secret Service did not request a surveillance team to help patrol the rally of 15,000 attendees, while an event for first lady Jill Biden had one assigned for her event of 400 individuals roughly an hour away.Until a fuller picture emerges, those who lived through that harrowing day say they wont stop pushing for accountability not just for Trump, but for Comperatore and a shaken community still seeking closure.

A painkiller used for lower back pain could be linked to a higher risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to new research.The study, published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, found that groups previously considered too young to develop the conditions faced more than twice the risk when taking gabapentin."Our findings indicate an association between gabapentin prescription and dementia or cognitive impairment within 10 years," the research team stated in a press release.BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS MAY HAVE LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, STUDY FINDSThe drug has become increasingly popular for treating chronic pain, especially neuropathic (nerve) pain, the researchers noted in a press release.Gabapentin which is also used to control seizures, according to Cleveland Clinic has relatively low addictive potential compared to traditional opioids.Recent research has sparked new concerns over its side effects, including a possible association with neurodegeneration.Previous findings could not confirm a specific link, especially regarding whether certain age groups are more vulnerable.In the latest study, researchers collected data from TriNetX, a health research network containing electronic health records from 68 healthcare organizations across the U.S.MORE SENIORS ARE USING CANNABIS THAN EVER BEFORE DESPITE HEALTH RISKS, RESEARCH SHOWSExamining anonymous records of adult patients, the team looked at groups who had been prescribed gabapentin for chronic lower back pain between 2004 and 2024 and compared them to people who hadnt received the drug. There were a total of 26,414 individuals in each group.The researchers accounted for factors like demographics, co-existing conditions and the use of other pain-relieving drugs.Patients who had received six or more gabapentin prescriptions were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be diagnosed with MCI within 10 years of their initial pain diagnosis, the study found.Looking at specific age groups, people between 18 and 64 years old who received the drug were more than twice as likely to develop either condition than those who hadnt been prescribed gabapentin.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERWhile there was no heightened risk among those aged 18 to 34 who were prescribed the drug, the risk of dementia more than doubled (and the risk of MCI more than tripled) among 35- to 49-year-olds.Researchers observed a similar pattern among 50- to 64-year-olds.Risks rose with prescription frequency: Patients with 12 or more prescriptions were 40% more likely to develop dementia and 65% more likely to develop MCI than those who were prescribed gabapentin between three and 11 times.The study did have some limitations. As this was an observational study, no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, the researchers noted.For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthThey also acknowledged that because the study was retrospective, they couldnt account for dose or length of gabapentin use.The results "support the need for close monitoring of adult patients prescribed gabapentin to assess for potential cognitive decline," the researchers added.

GILSUM, N.H. Republicans aren't wasting an opportunity to make democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani a cudgel to bash Democrats across the country.Mamdani's stunning mayoral primary victory in the nation's most populous city rocked the political world, adding fuel to an already volatile election season.Republicans have been relentless in trying to anchor Mamdani to Democrats across the country who are running in competitive races in elections this year and in next year's midterms.That's the case in New Hampshire, in the high-profile 2026 race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.Republican candidate and former Sen. Scott Brown went up this week with a digital ad that edits a picture of Rep. Chris Pappas, the Democratic candidate in the race, alongside photos of Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive rock star who backed Mamdani.TRUMP ARGUES NYC FACES DIRE CONSEQUENCES IF COMMUNIST MAMDANI BECOMES MAYORThe caption on the ad reads "Comrade Chris."Pappas, speaking with Fox News Friday on the campaign trail as he toured W.S. Badger, a natural and organic skincare and sunscreen company in this southwestern New Hampshire town, said, "Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars running attack ads against me through the years trying to paint me as someone that Im not.""People know me. They know the work that Ive been doing. They know that Im one of the most bipartisan members of the House of Representatives because I believe in solving problems and getting things done," Pappas said. "Im a New Hampshire Democrat. Im proud of my track record in Congress."THE PLOT TO STOP MAMDANI: DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLE TO PREVENT FAR-LEFT TAKEOVER IN NYCPappas was joined on the campaign trail by longtime Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who spent plenty of time in New Hampshire ahead of her third-place finish in the state's 2020 Democratic presidential primary."Its about New Hampshire. Theyre going to do this in all these races across the country. They try to attach people. People have never even met some of these people. And they keep doing it," Klobuchar told Fox News when asked about the Republican ad anchoring Mamdani to Pappas. "To me this is about whats going on for the people of this state."The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was one of the first out of the gate to capitalize on Mamdani's leftward lurch, firing off an email release minutes after his victory that claimed, "the new face of the Democrat Party just dropped, and it's straight out of a socialist nightmare."Aiming to tie House Democrats to Mamdani, NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella argued that "every vulnerable House Democrat will own him, and every Democrat running in a primary will fear him."The National Republican Senatorial Campaign (NRSC) also quickly got into the game, tying Pappas and Abdul El-Sayed one of the contenders for the Democratic Senate nomination in battleground Michigan to Mamdani.No surprise the Republican attacks have even come from President Donald Trump, who, since Mamdani's victory two weeks ago, has repeatedly claimed that the 33-year-old Ugandan-born state assemblyman from the New York City borough of Queens is a "communist."Mamdani, who convincingly topped former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic mayoral nomination and take a big step toward becoming the city's first Muslim mayor, is giving Republicans plenty of ammunition.He's proposed eliminating fares to ride New York City's vast bus system, making CUNY (City University of New York) "tuition-free," freezing rents on municipal housing, offering "free childcare" for children up to age 5, and setting up government-run grocery stores.RESURFACED MAMDANI PHOTO SPARKS SOCIAL MEDIA FIRESTORMAlso fueling the Republican attacks are recent news items that have gone viral. They include a 2020 photo Mamdani posted online that shows him flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus, stories about comments Mamdani made last December, when he said as mayor he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his recent comments in a cable news interview that "I have many critiques of capitalism.""The Democratic Party's trying to convince people that the tail is not wagging the dog, and they don't answer to the more extreme elements of their party," veteran Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News. "Now, that entire effort is undercut by a socialist winning handily in a bellwether election to determine who's going to run America's largest city.""It's a messaging nightmare that's going to unfold in real time from now until the midterms," said Reed, who is a top political advisor to Brown.MAMDANI LANDS ENDORSEMENT OF TOP CUOMO BACKERVeteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance told Fox News that "the primary challenge for Democrats regarding Mamdanis candidacy is not his policy approach. The challenge is his party identification as a democratic socialist.""If theres any doubt about the negative implications of adding the word socialist to Mamdanis party affiliation, one need only peruse the national coverage whose focus has been on his party and the absence of party leadership to rush to his defense or offer endorsements," Lesperance, the president of New England College, said.But Democrats question the effectiveness of the GOP push.They argue that there's a world of difference between heavily blue New York City, where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a roughly six-to-one margin, and some key battleground states and swing districts across the country.Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee told reporters the day after Mamdani's victory that "I love New York, but it's a very liberal place and I don't know that you can necessarily apply that to the rest of the country."Pappas campaign communications adviser Collin Gately pointed to the ad from the Brown campaign and said, "Granite Staters trust Chris and will see through these attacks."And veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo cautioned, "I wouldn't read too much into this."Caiazzo, a veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, argued that "Republicans are making too much out of this."

After Melissa Gilberts biological father saw her on television, he knew that the young actress was his child.The former child star, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder in "Little House on the Prairie," recently appeared on her co-star Patrick Labyorteauxs podcast, "The Patrick LabyorSheaux." She described what it was like getting in contact with her birth father after she welcomed her son Dakota in 1989."I didn't tell him who I was, and then he asked me, Well, who are you? What do you do?" Gilbert recalled.'LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE' STAR SAYS CONTROVERSIAL STORYLINE 'WOULD NOT HAPPEN TODAY' DUE TO AGE GAP"And I said, Well, here's the thing Did you ever watchLittle House on the Prairie? And he said, You're Laura, aren't you? I knew it. He knew it.""He could see," the 61-year-old shared. "And when I met my half-siblings, we all looked alike. So you could definitely see it Its pretty clear."Labyorteaux, who was also adopted, said he had a similar experience. Like Gilbert, his birth mother died before he was able to find her."I never met her, but I met her family, who was a stepfamily," the actor explained. "She had three kids that she had inherited from the husband that she married. So, she had three kids, but they weren't her biological kids. She only had one biological kid They would watch Little House and when I would show up because of my eyes, they would go, Oh, thats probably your kid.' And they would make fun of her like that They were right."Gilbert was adopted by actors Barbara Cowan and Paul Gilbert. Her biological parents were also in entertainment. According to the star, her birth mother was an exotic dancer and her father was a stock car racer and musician."It was pretty clear that it was in me," said Gilbert on pursuing showbiz. " All the kids are performers on both sides of that family. So it was genetic and environmental."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"They were each married to other people and had three children each and ran off together and conceived me on a motorcycle trip in the desert," she said. "Explains a lot. And then they left their spouses for each other and got married after [getting] pregnant with me and moved all the kids in, so I was number seven. So, the decision was made to put me up for adoption."As Gilbert got older, she yearned to discover her roots."When I saw [my son Dakota] for the first time, I went, Oh my God, he had my eyebrows, and he had my lips, and Ive never seen anyone that looked like me," said Gilbert. "And then I realized theres got to be more."Her family background wasnt the only thing that Gilbert faced after "Little House" came to an end.In the podcast, she described how, as an adult, many fans still expected her to be Laura Ingalls."It was weird," Gilbert admitted. "I think people still, almost into my 40s, always kind of half expected a 12-year-old to come in with a fishing pole [and in] gingham. And that, at that time, to me, felt like a weakness."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSGilbert said it was a "shock factor" when people realized that she was "a full-grown adult with opinions and ideas that are smart and work."For her, it was important to have an identity outside of Hollywood."[As child actors] we either grow up super sheltered and dont know how to do things like wash dishes, or [be] super overexposed and exploited," she said.Gilbert added that the second group are the ones that end up struggling with "the big problems."WATCH: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE CHILD STAR SAYS SET WAS LIKE MAD MENSo at age 22, she moved to New York City to appear in an Off-Broadway play."There I was at 22, living on my own with my cat and my dog in New York City, and completely unprepared to live on my own entirely. Completely," she said." I had to figure out how to do so much stuff that I had no clue about," she shared. "Like, I didn't realize that you could break a $100 bill at a bodega, and you didn't have to go to a bank. It's little things like that At one point, [I] let the dishes pile up in my sink so bad, and I didn't have a dishwasher, so I threw them out and bought new dishes. On my $700 a week salary at that point."Still, Gilbert had fond memories of growing up on the set of "Little House.""Our set was as kid-friendly as a set could be at that time," she said. "Even with all the adult shenanigans going on, we were sort of protected from a lot of that. I didn't know half the stuff that the grown-ups were doing until they started writing books about it."Back in 2024, Gilbert told Fox News Digital she had to eventually leave Los Angeles to age gracefully."I looked at myself in the mirror several years back," the 61-year-old recalled at the time. "I was living in Los Angeles, and I did not recognize who I was. I had overfilled my face and my lips. My forehead didnt move. I was still dyeing my hair red. I was driving a Mustang convertible. I was a size two in an unhealthy way. I looked like a frozen version of my younger self, and thats not who I was.""I was stuck," Gilbert admitted. "I could feel myself fighting it. And I said to myself, Its time to age. I had to leave Los Angeles to do that not Hollywood Los Angeles specifically."Gilbert said she and her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, movedto his home state of Michigan following their wedding in 2013.They lived there for five years. She felt free to finally age."I stopped coloring my hair," she explained. "I had [my] breast implants removed. I decided to just be the best, healthiest version of myself without this pressure to look a certain way, and it paid off in a huge way.""I finally found my feet as a woman, fully, 100 percent strong in my own knowledge, in my own accomplishments. Everything got easier. And a bonus? I have a lot more free time not staring in a mirror, sitting in a dermatologist's chair, or sitting in a hair chair."'THE WONDER YEARS' STAR DANICA MCKELLAR ON ESCAPING HOLLYWOOD 'SUPERFICIALITY'In 2019, Gilbert and Busfield purchased a rustic cottage on14 acres in the Catskill Mountains. Life today is "incredibly fulfilling," she said."Its remarkable," Gilbert gushed. "I love being this age. There are things about it that are not a lot of fun. I dont like it when my ankles ache in the morning or my skins drier. Aging is not for sissies, but it is certainly better than the alternative. And Ive never felt better in my skin."

Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf appeared to delete her X account, and social media users took notice ahead of the team's Friday night win over the Atlanta Dream.The previously-active account with the handle "@k2indytex" is now offline. The account was believed to belong to Krauskopf. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Fever for a response.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe apparent deletion was noticed on social media the same day that comments from Krauskopf's introductory press conference resurfaced.During Krauskopf's Oct. 8 introductory address, the team president spoke about making the Fever an "enduring brand like Apple," while discussing Clark's presence on the team."This is about the Indiana Fever. Yes, we have a foundational player in Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, and we're going to continue to add to that. But I want this team to be a leader in the country and a brand, an enduring brand, like Apple or something. We have a real opportunity here," Krauskopf said.Clips of that quote went viral on Friday, prompting criticism from passionate Clark fans.In her full Oct. 8 press conference, Krauskopf suggested the team will look to move on to focusing on a new demographic, compared to the fans that it appealed to when it won its only WNBA championship in 2012.INSIDE CAITLIN CLARK'S IMPACT ON MEN'S BASKETBALL"This is the moment where it takes a generation some time to get to that level," Krauskopf said. "I would tell our players, Look, were building this for someone else. We're building this for someone's 10-year-old daughter now,' because that's what you do. We wanted to keep moving it forward, pushing it forward and paying it forward.""I know what kind of support we have, and we have it and that's where I feel empowered and very confident in the direction that we're going, because we have that level of support."Krauskopf pointed out that Clark was 10 years old when the Fever won its first title, and emphasized the player's value in recruiting."If you're a smart basketball player and you watch the way [Caitlin Clark] plays, you would want to play with her," Krauskopf said.The Fever went on to beat Atlanta 99-82 on Friday night, as Clark scored 12 points in her second game back from a groin injury.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Two individuals were arrested in New York City last week after video captured them spewing racial slurs and viciously attacking a female driver over a public parking space.Andreea Dumitru, 45, and Sabrina Starman, 21, were charged with assault on Monday after attacking a 21-year-old driver outside a home in Ridgewood, Queens, police confirmed to Fox News Digital on Saturday.Social media users on Reddit alleged that the two attackers were a mother-daughter duo who became violent after the victim tried to move a trash can that was placed in the street to block off a public parking spot.The suspects allegedly punched the woman multiple times in the face and body, causing substantial pain, authorities said.SUBWAY RIDERS DELIVER STREET JUSTICE TO BRUTE WHO GRABBED SCREAMING WOMAN ON PLATFORMThe victim was identified as Jada McPherson, according to the New York Post.While the attack erupted on Monday, neighbors say tensions over the parking spot have been simmering for years.Social media users on a Reddit post titled"The fight over the parking spot finally happened" claimed that the individuals involved routinely used trash cans and traffic cones to illegally hold street parking for hours while they were away.A former resident on the Reddit thread said, "Sometimes those trash cans will be there for three hours reserving the spot."The person who filmed the altercation said in the post, "Its been going on for years. The whole family does it, today someone finally had a breaking point."CONVICTED RAPIST ON PAROLE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK LEAVES NYC MOTHER IN COMAVideo shows the moments before the brawl, where the 21-year-old victim is seen with her car, trying to clear the parking spot by removing the garbage bin.A man was heard shouting, "Stop touching my stuff!" as he placed the garbage cans back on the curb, according to Fox 5 New York.The victim responded with, "I just got home from work! I don't want to circle the block five times looking for a parking spot because this [expletive] was holding it with a garbage can," the outlet reported.SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS CALIFORNIA HOMELESS WOMAN SET ON FIRE IN HORRIFIC ATTACKMoments later, Starman lunged at the woman and began throwing punches. Dumitru and an unidentified man joined in by hitting the woman and pulling her hair as the victim curled up defensively.A bystander with a cane was also heard yelling as the scuffle escalated.Police arrested Dumitru and Starman at the scene, and the victim was treated for her injuries on-site, authorities said.

As President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, the question of who could govern Gaza if Hamas loses power is one increasingly being discussed. Among the emerging options are local clans and militia leaders.One of those mentioned is Yaser Abu Shabab. Once jailed by Hamas on charges of theft and corruption, he now commands groups of armed men in Gaza's Rafah who patrol and protect aid convoys while openly challenging Hamas's power. "We are not a militia," he insisted in an interview with Israeli outlet Ynet. "Call us counter-terror forces. Our goal is to protect Palestinian human rights from Hamas terrorism."Abu Shababs group, known as the "Popular Forces," began forming in early 2024 after the IDF entered Rafah, and Hamas lost control of the area. Allegedly under Israeli protection, his men now escort aid trucks, distribute supplies, and assert control over parts of eastern Rafah.AFTER SETBACK TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, TRUMP EXPECTED TO LEVERAGE MILITARY SUPPORT IN NETANYAHU MEETINGFor Israel, Abu Shabab represents a test case. Can homegrown actors replace Hamas in Gaza one enclave at a time?Joseph Braude, president of the Center for Peace Communications, told Fox News Digital, "Emerging enclaves like Abu Shababs could become building blocks of a post-Hamas order. Whether they develop into territories of self-rule or are later folded into a larger governing authority, they are a necessary part of whats to come."He also dismissed claims that Abu Shabab has ties to ISIS. "Thats disinformation pushed by Hamas and repeated in the West," Braude said. "His cousins in Sinai are helping Egypt fight ISIS. Hes not part of that world."But others see Abu Shababs emergence as a troubling echo of past Israeli miscalculations.Dr. Michael Milshtein, head of the Forum for Palestinian Studies at Tel Aviv University, told Fox News Digital: "This is a bizarre gang. No ideology, no legitimacy just a criminal group under Israeli protection."HAMAS 'SERIOUS' ABOUT REACHING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BUT INSISTS ON LONG-STANDING DEMANDSMilshtein claimed Israels support for the group includes captured Hamas weapons and coordination from Palestinian officers based in Ramallah. "Hamas even fired RPGs at them during the ceasefire," he said. "And Israel responded by striking Hamas. Its clear theyre being protected."Abu Shabab, who belongs to the influential Tarabin Bedouin clan, says his resistance began when he saw Hamas diverting humanitarian aid. "I started seizing trucks and handing out food," he told Ynet. "I became a wanted man by Hamas, but I fed children. My conscience is clear."Inside Gaza, reactions are mixed. Some locals reportedly follow Abu Shabab because they fear Hamas more than they trust him. Others, like political analyst Mkhaimar Abusada, claim his support is shallow."Hes been disowned by his own tribe," Abusada claimed, currently a visiting scholar at Northwestern University. "The Tarabin see him as a collaborator. If Israel leaves Gaza, Abu Shabab will vanish or be hunted down by Hamas."In his Ynet interview, Abu Shabab said, "We will not leave the Gaza Strip and will continue to fight Hamas until the last one is dead," and added that his group supports the return of Israeli hostages. "Hamas calls me a thief, a traitor, even ISIS all to scare people. But theyre the ones who killed children, like the Bibas family. They live in tunnels. We lost everything."In his interview on Sunday, Abu Shabab denied any connection with Israel. "We are people of peace and brotherhood and do not want wars," he emphasized. "Our connection is with the Palestinian Authority thats all."Still, Milshtein sees the project as short-sighted. "Theres no strategy here," he said. "Just tactical improvisation. The same people who failed to prevent October 7 are now betting on someone like Abu Shabab. Its delusion and its dangerous."Braude said Abu Shabab is no ideologue. "Hes a fighter, not a politician," he said. "But if someone like him can hold territory while professionals within it build a civil administration, then thats a meaningful precedent."Fox News Digital reached out to the IDF and Israeli government for comment on allegations it was funding and protecting Abu Shabab and his militia.

President Trump once famously quipped that he could shoot a man on 5th Avenue and his strongest supporters would stay with him. For nearly a decade this has seemed true, but today, the president may have stumbled on the exception, in the sickening form of the Jeffrey Epstein case.It turns out that Epstein is a major test for Trump in the eyes of his MAGA warriors. They want real answers from this administration, not fumbled document dumps and dismissive comments from the president himself, as we saw this week.10 REASONS THE DOJ AND FBI FACE BACKLASH OVER EPSTEIN FILES FLOPNow, we have FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino who is apparently threatening to resign over the debacle, if Attorney General Pam Bondi doesnt go first and a bewildered MAGA base that feels it is being insulted and lied to by its government, again.To be sure, Epstein was an awful human being who preyed on poor underage girls for decades, according to testimony from the Ghislane Maxwell trial (which I covered in the courthouse), as well as a wealth of other evidence. But for most Americans, his crimes and suspicious death are a mere curiosity at this point.It is much, much more for hard-core MAGA. For them, it is nothing less than a test to determine whether or not the Swamp that has lied to our faces for decades is still in control.This week, Steve Bannon said the only way the Epstein story goes away is if "the 5 to 10 to 15 percent of the Trump movement, the Pepes and hardcores," finally just say, "Ive had enough of it." He added that the basic question is, "who is running the country?"Likewise, at the TPUSA convention in Florida this weekend, which is led by Trump ally Charlie Kirk and is as pure a distillation of the core MAGA movement as exists, my sources tell me that Epstein is very much the top topic of concern.But why did this curious case of this infamous creep and his private island become a synecdoche for all government lies in the mind of MAGA? In other words, how did Epstein become the symbol of deep government corruption?For one thing, the notion Epstein was allowed to kill himself inside a federal prison has always strained credulity. From missing video to conflicting medical exams, there have been legitimate questions about how a man rumored to have damaging information on powerful people and ties to the intelligence community could turn up dead in federal custody. While officials assured the nation there was nothing to see, MAGA seethed. "Epstein didn't kill himself" became not just a meme and a mantra, but a declaration that we've been gaslit by our government.There is also the matter of Bondi seeming to indicate that there was an Epstein client list in a Fox News Channel interview, only to now say it doesnt exist. She says she was talking about the file writ large, but it didnt sound that way at the time.Bongino, in recent weeks, along with FBI Director Kash Patel, told us that a video from the prison is proof positive that this was suicide, but it turns out there was a missing minute of footage, and the video may have been doctored.This was after Bondi all but hijacked a group of influencers in the spring at the White House, handing out binders purporting to share new bombshell information that turned out to be as exciting as a list of grandmas baking recipes.On top of all of this, we have President Trump himself, visibly annoyed in the White House, this week when asked about Epstein, "Are you still talking about this guythis creep?" Trump asked. Well, yes, Mr. President, they are.All in all, the administration's handling of the Epstein case has been about as transparent as a brick wall, one that appears to be crumbling.Trump has expressed concern in the past about innocent people being listed in Epstein documents, as happened to attorney Alan Dershowitz and others, and according to Elon Musk, both Trump and Bannon appear in this evidence, though Musk offers no proof of this.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThis may be a reasonable concern, but after decades of blatant lies and stalled prosecutions of Epstein, Trumps hardcore supporters want more than assurances. They want to see the documents. They want to see everything.And this is a central part of Trumps appeal, his promise to open up the hood and expose the broken-down, deep-state engine of government. But promises are not enough. Where are the results? When are we going to Fort Knox as promised, for example?A breathtaking hallmark of the second Trump term has been extreme transparency. The president takes questions almost daily, and answers with candor. Except, it seems, when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.For a quarter-century now, the Epstein case has been a combustible cocktail of power, greed, private islands and sexual abuse. It has ushered in both careful examination and wild conspiracy theories, and the only way to separate the two is with complete sunlight onto the evidence.For President Trump, this may be the first time he is risking the loyalty of his longest, strongest supporters, and for a populist political movement that is pure poison.The time to release everything is now, the future of MAGA may depend on it.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS

The mother of Aidan Zingg, the rising young motocross star who tragically died after crashing during a competition in California last month, has confirmed his cause of death.Shari Zingg confirmed to USA Today on Friday that her 16-year-old son died as a result of "cardiac tamponade," dispelling conflicting accounts of what happened to Zingg after he crashed during an event in Mammoth Lakes, California on June 28.According to the report, the Mono County Sheriffs Office is conducting the autopsy but provided no further details to USA Today beyond the familys confirmation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Cleveland Clinic describes cardiac tamponade as a condition where "the fluid sac around your heart fills with too much blood or other fluid and puts pressure on your heart," making it difficult for the heart's chambers to fill properly and leading to a drop in blood pressure. The condition can be caused by "cancer, infections, trauma and certain diseases," and can be life-threatening without treatment.The rider crashed his bike in the 250 B class. According to initial reports at the time, Zingg was allegedly run over by other riders. But a spokesperson for Next Level Sports Management disputed those claims in a statement to Fox News Digital, confirming that Zingg "was not run over by any motorcycles/riders."Kawasaki Racing released a statement on Zinggs passing in a post on social media last month, confirming the news of his death.EASTERN MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUIT, 17, KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH AFTER BEING STRUCK BY SEMITRUCK"It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Kawasaki Team Green rider Aidan Zingg," the team wrote on X. "Zingg lost his life following injuries sustained during a crash at Mammoth Motocross in Mammoth Lakes, California."Zinggs dedication and kind demeanor will forever be remembered."Zingg had been competing on the amateur circuit since at least 2019 and qualified to race at the AMA Amateur Motocross National Championship in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, for the seventh straight year, according to MX Sports.Last year, Zingg earned an AMA National Championship in the Supermini 2 class. He was a part of the Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green roster with other up-and-coming riders Kyleigh Stallings, Ryder Ellis, Landen Gordon, Vincent Wey and Enzo Temmerman.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.