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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmoreassured folks Friday they’re not “fretting” over being delayed in returning to Earth by several months and that they are “grateful” for the extra time in space. “We’re not surprised when plans get changed,”Williams, her hair standing on end, told reporters in an afternoon press conference, a week after the troubled Boeing Starliner that …

A river otter pulled a young child underwater in Washington state Thursday morning while a mother and child walked on a marina dock, wildlife officials said. The otter continued to attack as the mother struggled to pull her child from the water at Bremerton Marina, and she was bitten on the arm by the animal. The pair were pursued by …

Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Columbia anti-Israel agitators to reach ‘crescendo of intimidation’ as Oct. 7 approaches-Jewish Democrat suing Harvard over antisemitism chastises his party for inaction, endorses Trump- Author warns of spiraling Jew hatred plaguing Canada TOP STORY: Cornell Law Professor …

Skeletal remains found last weekend in Wisconsin were those of a missing 3-year-old boy who vanished in February, police said Friday. The Two Rivers Police Department confirmed the remains were those of Elijah Vue, who was the subject of an Amber Alert when he went missing. “The family’s devastated. We’re devastated. Our community is devastated,” said Two Rivers Police Chief …

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). When Theresa DeLucia, a 95-year-old mother of four from New York’s Long Island, died last month, she had already laid out her wishes in a last will and testament more than a decade …

A pro-Israel demonstrator in Massachusetts has been charged after prosecutors say he shot a man sporting a Palestinian flag pin who ran across the street through traffic and tackled the defendant Thursday during a heated dispute about the war in Gaza in which the man accused protesters of “defending genocide” and calling them “sick.” Scott Hayes, 47, of Framingham, has …

A Nebraska man who committed sex crimes while posing as a student at two Lincoln high schools has now been sentenced to 85 to 120 years in prison as a prosecutor labeled him a “predator of the worst kind.” Zachary Scheich, a 27-year-old who posed as a 17-year-old student named Zak Hess, won’t be eligible for parole for more than …

A 20-year-old Maryland woman who was caught on video spray-painting “Gaza” on the Columbus Fountain outside of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station earlier this summer has been arrested Friday and is now facing a federal charge, prosecutors say. Isabella Giordano of Towson is set to make her first court appearance this afternoon on one count of willfully injuring or depredating any …

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday to U.S. narcotics trafficking and murder charges. Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada didn’t speak, except to give yes-or-no answers to a judge’s standard questions about whether he understood various documents and procedures and how he was feeling — …

More Latinos are becoming aware of the gender-neutral word “Latinx,” but still very few approve of using it, according to the Pew Research Center’s bilingual National Survey of Latinos. The term, pronounced “Latin-X,” has been pushed into the mainstream in recent years by academics, activists, and entertainers as an alternative to the gendered words “Latino” and “Latina,” but it has …