NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Kentucky Democrat campaigning against the influence of wealthy political donors is facing calls to disavow a $500,000 contribution from billionaire Reid Hoffman to a super PAC supporting his congressional bid, with his Republican opponent blasting the financial support as “dirty Epstein class money.”Hoffman contributed $500,000 to Kentuckians Not Corruption, an independent super PAC supporting Democratic congressional nominee Zach Dembo in Kentucky’ s 6th Congressional District, on Sept. 24, 2026, according to Federal Election Commission records. The contribution came as the group was spending heavily on television advertisements supporting Dembo and opposing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As France’s fiery student protests merged with a nationwide revolt on Saturday, a communist leader and academic, Vijay Prashad, celebrated the unrest with a message linking protests across three continents.”Paris-New Delhi-Buenos Aires,” Prashad posted on X, borrowing a line from the British punk band The Clash: “Let fury have the hour, anger can be power.”Prashad was important not only for what he said but who he is: executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit funded by an American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai.The message captured how France’s…

RESEDA, LOS ANGELES () — The family of a missing teen with autism is begging for help after he walked out of his school in Reseda.Junior Saavedra, 18, was last seen at Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center on Friday.The Los Angeles Police Department has now declared the boy a critical missing person.His mother is frustrated with how the school handled the situation. Now, she is demanding an explanation.Maria Saavedra says the school called her and asked if her son had come home, informing her that he left the school.She said she then went to the school, where…

Tracker just introduced Justin Hartley‘s newest — and potentially most significant — love interest after several changes in season 4. During the Sunday, October 18, episode of the hit CBS series, Colter (Hartley) was seen fixing up his car by visiting a store specializing in spare parts. There he shared a few loaded moments with Jenna Nova (Gillian Bolt). The duo bonded while looking for a bench that Colter could use to restore his dad’s truck. Jenna made the first move by asking Colter out to dinner, which he accepted. Later in the episode, he told Jenna over the phone…

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single male who’s happy with his life, with plenty of friends and family. My issue is what I endure during the holidays. Every year, I’m invited over to Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I look forward to seeing family that I only see once or twice a year.  These get-togethers usually consist of 15 to 25 people. Yet, other than having the chance to say hello and goodbye, everyone breaks into cliques while I sit there the whole time with no one ever showing any interest in engaging in conversation with me. I’ve reached the point where…

A mysterious object discovered near a remote Pacific island is not the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane, researchers said after an expedition to the site, dealing another setback to efforts to solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries nearly 90 years after the pilot disappeared.”Evidence gathered at the Taraia Peninsula on Nikumaroro confirmed that the visual anomaly first seen in satellite imagery in 2020 was likely a collection of large trees deposited along the peninsula’s sandspit,” the researchers said. “By the time the team arrived at the site, a good portion of the debris had fragmented and washed away, leaving…

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned of worsening conditions in conflict zones, describing places such as Sudan and Gaza as an “atrocities lab”, where new weapons are being developed and tested amid devastating human suffering. Read the full article here

Selena Gomez has opened up about her nicotine addiction, revealing that vaping has permanently changed her voice. “I’m not going to be able to change my voice. I vaped nicotine a lot and just so everyone knows, that’s somewhat … vaped,” Gomez, 34, said in a candid Sunday, October 18, Instagram Story video, using a hopeful past tense to describe her habit. “Nicotine is so hard to quit and I think I just wanted to say, if you’re going through it or even if you’re trying to vape, it’s just not worth it.” The Only Murders in the Building star,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Firefighters saved a historic New York City church, notable for its appearance in “The Godfather,” as a four-alarm fire tore through a nearby vacant warehouse.More than 200 firefighters and EMS personnel rushed to Mount Loretto in Staten Island after the blaze began to spread inside an empty warehouse at around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, FDNY chief of operations Kevin Woods said at a press conference that evening.”There is heavy, heavy damage to this structure, the roof did collapse, and right now we’re maintaining a collapse zone around that structure,” Woods said.NYC 5-ALARM…

LONG BEACH, Calif. () — Dramatic new video circulating online shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting a man in Long Beach.The group StopICE.net shared video of the incident, which happened on Saturday morning near 56th Street and Elm Avenue.The group says in the moments before the video was recorded, ICE agents used a vehicle to run the man down and tackle him to the ground.Advocates say the man seen being detained is a U.S. citizen from Long Beach.You can hear his cries for help in the video as he’s being held down and restrained by masked agents.SEE ALSO:…

Published on 18/10/2026 – 10:14 GMT+2 NATO fighter jets were scrambled on Sunday after an unidentified flying object, suspected to be a drone, entered Lithuanian airspace, Lithuanian authorities and the Latvian armed forces said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Latvian military said it appeared the jets “did not shoot down the suspected unmanned aerial vehicle” and that it was possible it had “detonated on its own.” The incident took place close to the Latvian border and triggered multiple air alerts, it added. According to Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas, fighter jets carrying out a NATO air defence mission were tracking the object…

Taylor Swift has loved being the girl in the bleachers amid her relationship with her husband, Travis Kelce. Swift made her first appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023, watching them defeat the Chicago Bears from the Kelce family’s private suite. After cheering alongside the tight end’s mom, Donna Kelce, she and Travis celebrated the win together at a private event with his teammates. Swift was in the stands once again during the Chiefs vs. Jets game in New York the following month with cameras showing Swift’s reactions throughout the game. While discussing the NFL’s heavy coverage…

Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their daughter, Kaia, have broken their silence for the first time since Presley Gerber’s death last month. “We are beyond heartbroken to lose our beloved son and brother. We feel so blessed to have had Presley in our lives for 27 years. He is a sweet, beautiful soul who loved and is loved, now and forever,” a statement from the family shared on social media said. “We are so proud of how he showed up in the world, with kindness and vulnerability. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support from so many who know…

Published on 18/10/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2 Cost-of-living protests descended into violence across parts of France on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with police officers and set buildings and vehicles alight. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT More than half a million people are thought to have joined the demonstrations, including 110,000 in the French capital, Paris. Violence also broke out in cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Rennes, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Nice, Toulouse, and Limoges, where the town hall was almost completely destroyed in a fierce blaze. French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on Sunday that more than 500 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters were injured…

Buffalo Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson was ejected and flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after spitting on Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers on Sunday, October 18.  The bizarre incident happened late in the second quarter of the teams’ game at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, as the two players were jawing with one another after a play.  CBS Sports cameras picked up the spit flying out of Gardner-Johnson’s mouth, which earned harsh criticism from legendary play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz.  “This is about as disrespectful as it gets,” Nantz, 67, said.  Rules analyst Gene Steratore was brought in for commentary, calling the…