NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former fifth grade teacher in Louisiana was arrested on multiple charges, including those involving her minor students.Marisa Noel, 31, faces a total of 25 charges, according to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office, including 10 counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, one count of first-degree rape, two counts related to child sexual abuse material, one count of unlawful communications and three counts of computer-aided solicitation of a minor.Noel allegedly abused her position of trust with students. Authorities outlined a wide range of charges involving multiple alleged victims.WEST VIRGINIA TEACHER FIRED AFTER…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans fell far short in their bid to flip a vacant U.S. House seat in a blue-leaning district in northern New Jersey.Democrat Analilia Mejia, who was backed by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of neighboring New York, convincingly defeated GOP candidate Joe Hathaway in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, The Associated Press reported. The race was called minutes after the polls closed at 8pm ET.With her victory, Mejia will fill the final eight months of the term of Gov. Mikie Sherrill, the…

PepsiCo said Thursday its push to make snacks more affordable is bringing customers back, offering an early sign that consumers are starting to return after pulling back in recent years. The company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, with both revenue and profit rising. A notable change came in its North American food business, where demand for products like chips and snacks showed early signs of recovery.After a stretch where higher prices weighed on buying habits, PepsiCo said its efforts to improve affordability are beginning to resonate with shoppers. That shift helped drive growth in volumes, indicating consumers are buying more –…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman paid the ultimate price for not paying attention to high-octane basketball while sitting courtside.During Wednesday night’s Philadelphia 76ers-Orlando Magic play-in tournament game, a woman who had floor seats was on her phone when a pass from Paolo Banchero went haywire.Just about everyone in the vicinity of the basketball moved out of the way, except for the one person who the ball was in a direct line toward.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The unsuspecting woman took the ball right to the head, and it ricocheted several rows behind…

More than half of people still believe that the American Dream is possible for those who want it — but optimism about achieving it greatly differs by demographic. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans (1,000 census-representative Hispanics and 1,000 non-Hispanics), which found that 61% of Hispanic respondents believe the American Dream is still achievable today, compared to 55% of non-Hispanic Americans. Overall, in the study, 58% of all respondents said they still believe in the American Dream in 2026. And the optimism runs even deeper amongst Hispanic Americans: 56% of Hispanics believe they will personally achieve the…

TORRANCE, Calif. () — A police chase involving a speeding Corvette ended with a dramatic crash in the city of Torrance Thursday night.It appears the pursuit began in Orange County and quickly involved high speeds as California Highway Patrol officers chased the suspect on the 5 Freeway before transitioning to the westbound 91 Freeway and then to the 110 Freeway.The pursuit then took to surface streets in Compton and Torrance where, at one point, the suspect pulled into a gas station before taking off again as CHP officers tried to box him in.The chase ended near Sepulveda Boulevard and Hawthorne…

The audience of Just in Time on Broadway was treated to twice the Bobby Darin at the Thursday night performance when original star Jonathan Groff joined current star Matthew Morrison for a dance during the show’s finale! Watch the video! The production, which tells the story of singer Bobby Darin, is staged as an intimate nightclub experience featuring a live band and a selection of the artist’s best-known songs, including “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” and “Splish Splash.” Groff’s appearance marked a brief return to the production following the conclusion of his run earlier this season. Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe…

This week on Legally Us, Rachael Bennett, a certified family law specialist and senior attorney at Sullivan Law & Associates, breaks down The Real Housewives of Miami star Lisa Hochstein and her ex-boyfriend Jody Glidden’s criminal charges in connection to her ex-husband, Leonard “Lenny” Hochstein. Lisa, 43, and Glidden, 52, are each facing one count of interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, April 13. On Wednesday, April 15, Lisa turned herself in to authorities with her attorney Jayne Weintraub telling TMZ that the surrender was voluntary and that her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Mexican national illegal alien accused of randomly setting a New York City apartment building on fire that killed four people and injured seven others, could be released back onto the streets as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials say the city is refusing a request to turn him over to immigration authorities.Roman Ceron Amatitla, 38, of Maspeth, is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder and first-degree arson after allegedly lighting a three-story Flushing building on fire March 16, which he selected at random.Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration on Thursday announced a “significant expansion” of its ​visa restriction policy in ⁠the Western Hemisphere, targeting people working on behalf of U.S. adversaries.In its announcement, the State Department said the expanded policy allows it to restrict U.S. visas for people intentionally acting on behalf of adversarial countries to “undermine America’s interests.””President Trump’s National Security Strategy makes clear: this Administration will deny adversarial powers the ability to own or control vital assets or threaten the security and prosperity of the United States in our region,” the department said in a…

Food and drink giant PepsiCo is seeing significant gains after lowering prices on its signature snacks and beverages earlier this year to lure back cost-conscious consumers. In February, the company slashed prices by up to 15% on its signature snacks, including Lay’s and Doritos, as Americans tightened their budgets amid persistently high costs.PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta told FOX Business anchor Liz Claman Thursday the strategy helped consumers financially and helped drive the company’s first growth in more than a year. “It was a holistic transformation of the business. Price was one element,” he said on “The Claman Countdown”. “We thought…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LAS VEGAS – Mexican pro wrestling legends Blue Panther and Último Guerrero have been through the wringer and then some in their careers.Panther, 65, made his wrestling debut in 1978, left Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1992 and then returned in 1997. Guerrero, 54, started his career in 1990 and joined CMLL in 1997. The two have won multiple championships with the company and, on Thursday night, made more history. Panther and Guerrero were a part of the first solo CMLL show in the U.S. The company made its way to…

Two cousins have been allegedly caught in a massive $8.5 million scheme to scam customers out of vacation rentals and cash, using double-booking and bait-and-switch to target customers. Shray Goel, 36, and Shaunik Raheja, 37, allegedly operated their rental fraud scheme from 2013–2019, using fake identities to defraud predominantly black people. The pair was caught and charged following a federal investigation that led to their guilty pleas this year, the Los Angeles Times reported. Shray Goel allegedly operated their rental fraud scheme from 2013–2019, using fake identities to defraud people. Shray Goel According to the federal investigation, the men admitted…

Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, after leading the agency at the forefront of President Trump’s deportation crackdown for over a year, two U.S. officials familiar with his plan told CBS News.Lyons, a two-decade ICE veteran, told colleagues that he’s planning to depart the agency in June to spend more time with family, including his sons, in Massachusetts, the officials said, requesting anonymity to discuss a move that had not been publicly announced. Lyons is expected to join the private sector after leaving ICE.The expected…

Click, boom! The cast of London’s Hamilton has released a new music video, mashing up “The Schuyler Sisters” with RAYE’s “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” The new social media video was choreographed by Nicolais Kerry, Natasha Wilde, Paulo Jorge Teixeira-Darch, Olivia Kate Holding, Luca Dinardo, Joshian Angelo Omaña, Zera Malvina Aitken, and Liam Raven. Creative direction was from Kerri Tranter. The song, recently released off of RAYE’s new album “This Music May Contain Hope,” has taken social media by storm. The current cast of Hamilton in the UK includes Alex Sawyer as Alexander Hamilton, Jay Perry as Aaron Burr, Bente Mulan as Eliza Hamilton, Emily-Mae as Angelica Schuyler, Jasmine Jia Yung Shen as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Jonathan Andrew Hume as George…