Day: December 4, 2025

New York state blocks second Long Island school district from adopting transgender bathroom ban

9:16 am December 4, 2025

New York state has blocked another school district from enacting a transgender bathroom ban, the second Long Island district that the state has stepped in to prohibit from enforcing such a restriction, according to officials. Locust Valley School District had adopted a resolution to prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that are […]

Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers guitarist and Stax Records legend, dies at 84

9:06 am December 4, 2025

Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers band member and Booker T. & the MG’s guitarist, has died. He was 84. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, told the Associated Press that Cropper’s family notified her of his death. Cropper died Wednesday in Nashville, according to Worley. Worley’s foundation operates at the Stax Museum […]

US Institute of Peace officially renamed for Trump as White House moves to dismantle agency: ‘Congratulations’

8:32 am December 4, 2025

The U.S. Institute of Peace has been formally rebranded as the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, marking the latest step in the president’s months-long effort to dismantle the congressionally created agency. The name change comes after a turbulent year for the organization, which the Trump administration has sought to shut down while shifting its […]

Massive 14-foot shark dies after being stranded on Massachusetts beach during migration

8:19 am December 4, 2025

A 14-foot-long thresher shark died Tuesday after becoming stranded in shallow water off the coast of Massachusetts. The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), a nonprofit organization that responded to the scene, told Fox News Digital Wednesday that the shark was first spotted alive at Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, the animal died just […]

Feds arrest felon illegal immigrant after seizing tens of millions in meth stashed in blackberries

7:10 am December 4, 2025

An illegal immigrant from Mexico, who previously served nearly two decades in federal prison, was indicted Tuesday after allegedly conspiring to move tens of millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in the Atlanta area, leading authorities to seize nearly 1,600 pounds of the stimulant drug hidden in blackberry shipments. Gerardo Solorio-Alvarado, 44, of Mexico, is […]