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More cases of deadly ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infection in popular vacation destination

Health

More cases of deadly ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infection in popular vacation destination

Eight deaths have been reported in Florida due to a "flesh-eating" bacterial infection, according to state health officials.The Florida Department of Health has confirmed 13 total cases of Vibrio vulnificus across 11 counties, as reported by local outlets.Last year, the state reported even higher numbers: 82 cases and 19 deaths.DEADLY BACTERIAL OUTBREAK INFECTS DOZENS IN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AS OFFICIALS SOUND ALARMLouisiana is also seeing a higher-than-average case count, with the […]

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Billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein nabs $37M Martha’s Vineyard home where Obama vacationed

Business

Billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein nabs $37M Martha’s Vineyard home where Obama vacationed

A Martha's Vineyard estate where the Obama family vacationed for several summers, known as Blue Heron Farm, was sold to billionaire Les Wexner to the tune of $37 million. The buyer was a trust managed by Matthew Zieger, who is the attorney of the retail executive, according to a report from the Real Deal. The home, owned by Norman Foster and his wife, Elena Ochoa Foster, went under contract just weeks after being listed […]

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Fox News AI Newsletter: OpenAI GPT-5 draws Musk eyeroll

Tech/Gear

Fox News AI Newsletter: OpenAI GPT-5 draws Musk eyeroll

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Musk jabs at OpenAI, says Grok 4 Heavy 'smarter 2 weeks ago' than newly launched GPT-5- Small business AI adoption jumps to 68% as owners plan significant workforce growth in 2025- McDonald's plans AI expansion to streamline customer orders, executive saysTECH TENSIONS: Elon Musk escalated tensions in the critical artificial intelligence race Thursday, asserting his most advanced AI model, Grok 4 Heavy, was already outperforming OpenAI’s newly […]

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Chicago’s budget shortfall puts spotlight on Mamdani’s ‘socialism’ agenda for New York City

Politics

Chicago’s budget shortfall puts spotlight on Mamdani’s ‘socialism’ agenda for New York City

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warns that finances in the nation's third most populous city have "reached a point of no return."The mayor said this week that the city will need to take steps to deal with looming budget shortfalls and that key systems that Chicago provides, including education, housing, health care and transportation, are "woefully underfunded."Eight-hundred miles to the east, there are concerns in the nation's most populous city that […]

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Gold prices soar to record high as Trump tariffs threaten bullion trade

Business

Gold prices soar to record high as Trump tariffs threaten bullion trade

U.S. gold futures rose to a record high on Friday amid uncertainty over whether the Trump administration's country-specific import tariffs would apply to the most commonly traded sizes of gold bars.Washington may place the most widely traded gold bullion bars in the U.S. under country-specific tariffs, according to a ruling on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service's website.That ruling came as a blow to global supply chains for the metal and […]

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Charlie Sheen’s daughter Sami claims she was nearly sex trafficked

Entertainment

Charlie Sheen’s daughter Sami claims she was nearly sex trafficked

Sami Sheen’s night out with friends nearly turned into a nightmare.The 21-year-old daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen claimed in a TikTok this week that she "almost got sex trafficked" while hanging out with friends in a restaurant parking lot late Monday night."We didn’t leave until midnight … we were outside taking photos… we were there for five minutes," Sami explained.DENISE RICHARDS' HUSBAND FILES FOR DIVORCE, MONTHS AFTER SHE […]

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Party of ‘crazies’: Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state rep says

Politics

Party of ‘crazies’: Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state rep says

Many of the Texas Democrats who fled the Lone Star State to Democrat-stronghold states amid a Republican redistricting effort are complying with the political stunt out of fear of being primaried by "someone even crazier" within the party, Republican Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain told Fox News Digital in a Thursday interview. "If they were to come back, they would lose in a primary to someone even more socialistic than they […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Duncan says Trump’s attacks justify his switch from GOP to Democratic Party: ‘He’s making my case for me’

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Duncan says Trump’s attacks justify his switch from GOP to Democratic Party: ‘He’s making my case for me’

EXCLUSIVE – Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says President Donald Trump's social media attacks criticizing his move from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party validates his major switch in political affiliations."Failed former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, of Georgia, is a total loser," Trump wrote early Friday on his Truth Social platform.The president charged that Duncan was "never able to get anything done, all he ever did was complain. […]

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Kash Patel slams ‘corrupt’ sanctuary sheriff indicted for cannabis company extortion

Politics

Kash Patel slams ‘corrupt’ sanctuary sheriff indicted for cannabis company extortion

Boston's sanctuary sheriff was arrested Friday on federal charges after allegedly leveraging his elected position to extort $50,000 from a cannabis executive who was seeking state approval to open a dispensary—a scheme FBI Director Kash Patel called a betrayal of public trust.Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees more than 1,000 employees in the Boston-area, was handcuffed Friday morning in the Southern District of Florida after a federal grand […]

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