Indian Army officer, who assaulted SpiceJet staff, put on no-fly list for 5 years; here’s what it means
The incident occurred on July 26 at the boarding gate for a SpiceJet flight from Srinagar to Delhi after a dispute over extra baggage charges. SpiceJet said the officer was carrying two cabin bags, weighing more than double the permitted limit of 7 kg. Read on to know more on this.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2025: Top 10 wishes, WhatsApp messages, status to celebrate Ganpati Bappa
The festival is marked by prayers, aartis, and community celebrations, culminating in the Visarjan, where idols are immersed in water.
Chhattisgarh Horror: Man brutally kills mother with axe, sits near body singing for hours; attacks police
A brutal incident from Chhattisgarh has left everyone shocked. A 28-year-old man from Jashpur district killed his mother with an axe, sat just a few metres away from the dead body and sang for many hours.
India Rains LIVE Updates: 30 killed after landslide hits Vaishno Devi Yatra route; heavy rains disrupts trains, traffic in Jammu
Relentless downpours have wreaked havoc across Jammu and Kashmir, triggering flash floods and landslides.
Bill giving attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes heads to Abbott’s desk
The measure comes four years after the state’s highest criminal court ruled the agency could not bring election cases without an invitation from local prosecutors.
TribCast: How will Texas protect its campers from future floods?
In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Tribune climate reporter Emily Foxhall about the emotional pleas Camp Mystic parents made to state lawmakers and analyze the proposed new laws in response to the Kerrville floods.
Environmental laws waived to build border wall in Texas wildlife refuge
Advocates say there’s no national security justification for building a wall through a Rio Grande Valley wildlife refuge that provides habitat to ocelots and other endangered species.
House Democrats’ frustration with STAAR bill highlights divide over how new test should look
Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.
DC launches ‘We the People’ campaign while National Guard patrols streets, picks up trash
National Guard troops deployed under President Donald Trump’s sweeping federal takeover of the capital were spotted this week picking up trash bags in Lafayette Park, the National Mall and the Tidal Basin. About 110 soldiers have been assigned to cleanup duty as part of a White House-directed “Safe and Beautiful Task Force,” according to reporting from FOX 5 DC. The unusual optics highlight Washington’s image problem. Trump ordered roughly 800 Guard members into the city under a crime emergency plan, though only a fraction actually patrol with police. The rest are handling logistics or community projects, like hauling away litter under the supervision of the National Park Service. At the same time, city tourism leaders are rolling out new ads to sell a different picture. TRUMP’S WEEK SHAPED BY CRIME AGENDA, POTENTIAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO CHICAGO Destination DC, the city’s official marketing arm, reported a record 27.2 million visitors in 2024, who spent $11.4 billion, generated $2.3 billion in tax revenue and supported 111,500 jobs in the capital. To build on the momentum, the group is pushing a “We the People DC” ad campaign that profiles 20 locals who “live, work and thrive” in the city. “Following the federal executive order… DDC acted quickly to counter the narrative and separate rhetoric from reality,” the organization said in its release. International visitation is expected to drop 5.1% in 2025 — better than the national forecast but troubling since overseas tourists stay longer and spend up to four times as much as domestic ones, the group said. Tourism officials are banking on America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 to draw millions more. TRUMP’S USE OF NATIONAL GUARD IN DC IS A MODEL FOR SAVING AMERICA’S CITIES By then: The National Archives will finish a $40 million renovation. A new immersive museum will open under the Lincoln Memorial. The Jefferson Memorial will add a modern exhibit hall. The National Air and Space Museum will reopen its final galleries. The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden and a new 14-gate concourse at Dulles Airport are also set to open in 2026, with convention business projected to generate nearly 700,000 hotel room nights that year. President Trump promised to “make [Washington] safe; make it smart; make it beautiful,” vowing to “restore the city back to the gleaming capital that everybody wants it to be.” That backdrop makes the city’s PR campaign — and the optics of Guard troops hauling litter — part of a broader political battle over whose vision of the nation’s capital will prevail. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The White House did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Judge tells Cuomo to stop using taxpayer money to ‘resurrect his public image’ in legal case
On Tuesday, a judge rejected former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to prolong a taxpayer-funded legal battle with a woman who accused him of sexual assault, saying the New York City mayoral candidate was trying to litigate in an effort to repair his tarnished reputation. “Cuomo has not advanced any viable argument for why the taxpayers of this state should continue to foot the bill for his continued use of civil litigation discovery devices to further his efforts to resurrect his public image,” state Supreme Court Justice Denise Hartman wrote in a decision posted online Monday. Hartman’s decision came a month after the state agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Brittany Commisso, an ex-aide who said he sexually harassed and groped her while he was in office. HOCHUL AIDE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT WAS FOCUS OF PRIOR BEHAVIOR PROBE: REPORT An investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James determined that the Democrat had sexually harassed at least 11 women. Cuomo resigned in disgrace because of the allegations. Cuomo, a Democrat, asked the judge not to discontinue the lawsuit without releasing text messages he said refute her allegations, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi told Fox News Digital. In her ruling, Hartman allowed Commisso to drop the lawsuit and denied Cuomo’s motion on the texts. “Brittany Commisso’s allegations are false and for four years she hid her contemporaneous text messages that obliterated her claims,” Azzopardi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “She is desperate to keep the texts from public scrutiny, which is why she suddenly settled her case for a fraction of her initial multimillion dollar demand soon after she was forced to produce them in her meritless lawsuit.” CUOMO ATTACKED DURING DEBATE BY FELLOW DEMS FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESS ABOUT COVID NURSING HOME SCANDAL “Governor Cuomo will continue to fight for the release of all the evidence because it shows he didn’t sexually harass anyone and further discredits the AG’s political report. Release the evidence and let the public decide,” he added. Commisso previously testified that Cuomo grabbed her buttocks while they took a selfie in the executive mansion in 2019 and that in 2020 he reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast. She revealed her identity for the first time in a joint interview with “CBS This Morning” and the Albany Times Union, just days after she became the first of Cuomo’s accusers to file a criminal complaint against him. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani by more than 12 percentage points. Fox News Digital’s Jessica Chasmar as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.