NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! UCLA’s national champion women’s basketball team was given an eyebrow-raising political quest by late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.During a group interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday, a discussion with Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Angela Dugalić and coach Cori Close turned political.After Kimmel pointed out that former President Barack Obama made a social media post congratulating the team on their championship win, the host asked if President Donald Trump had reached out yet. The players answered “no” in response to Kimmel’s Trump question.But then Kimmel steered the conversation…

Weeks after Noma’s world-famous chef René Redzepi announced he was “stepping away” from the restaurant amid a series of scandals, an LA shop selling their pricey goods will open up. Northwest of downtown LA in Silverlake, the first ever-US based Noma Projects store plans to set up shop where it will sell fancy sauces and vinegars for eye-popping prices. The shop is just down the way from where the Michelin-starred Copenhangen pop-up restaurant is operating. “Opening April 9, the shop extends the work of our Test Kitchen and Fermentation Lab — bringing our staple flavors from Copenhagen alongside new ones…

SEATTLE — The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.Whittaker, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor retailer REI and later as its president and CEO, died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington, according to a statement from his family.Jim Whittaker is interviewed for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the First American Ascent of Mount Everest in Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File“Whether at home, in the mountains, or at sea, he sought to share adventure, joy, and optimism with those around him,”…

Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Kirstin Maldonado, a member of Pentatonix, will join the Broadway cast of Six beginning June 1. Maldonado will play Anne Boleyn. Dylan Mulvaney will play her final performance as Anne Boleyn on May 31. Six, by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, is currently playing an open-ended run at the Lena Horne Theatre. Kirstin Maldonado joins continuing Queens: Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Adrianna Hicks who plays Catherine of Aragon, Jasmine Forsberg who plays Jane Seymour, Olivia Donalson who plays Anna of Cleves, Grammy Award-winner Abigail Barlow who plays Katherine Howard, and Anna Uzele who plays Catherine…

OnlyFans model Nicole Raccagno claimed that she was in contact with Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryon Noem, who allegedly offered to finance a breast augmentation for her. “I f***ing want to pay it,” Bryon, 56, allegedly wrote to Raccagno, 47, according to March text messages obtained by the Daily Mail on Tuesday, April 7, offering to pay to enlarge her 38N breasts. “Because you’re the one that I love. I would love to marry you.” In an additional message, Bryon allegedly told Raccagno that he was developing strong feelings for her. “I seem to be falling in love with you. I…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A school district in Maine has had an apparent change of heart after a lawsuit filed by a father-son duo a month ago claimed it did not allow high school students the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms.The Portland Press Herald first reported last month that Christopher Hickey filed the suit on behalf of his 10th-grade son, Clayton, alleging the Falmouth School Department in southern Maine was violating a long-standing district policy and state statue, requiring that students recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.According to the lawsuit, the pledge…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is facing heat for trying to discredit a user on X who said sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for governor, will end up “kick[ing] his a–.”Gallego, who has been friends with Swalwell for many years, also defended Swalwell for being “targeted” in a separate post on social media, arguing he is the subject of sexual misconduct allegations because he is “in first place.”Swalwell has fiercely denied the allegations being elevated on social media by Democratically-aligned politicos, including Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol…

One of the many faults with today’s Democratic party is they don’t know how to win. They are defeatists. They find themselves on the wrong side of all kinds of 80-20 issues, like open borders, defending illegal criminals, waste, fraud, and abuse corruption, tax hikes, and men in women’s locker rooms. Now, here they go once again badmouthing President Trump’s tremendous victory in Operation Epic Fury, that absolutely crushed Iran in only 38 days. These defeatist Democrats now want to limit the commander in chief’s foreign policy powers, at almost exactly the moment where Mr. Trump, and our mighty military,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Before the heat of competition truly begins with Thursday’s first round, the Masters Par 3 Contest provides all golfers in the field the opportunity to make life-long memories with their families and friends.Scottie Scheffler was among those surrounded by his entire family during the iconic event at Augusta National Golf Club – including his 12-day-old son.Scheffler’s wife, Meredith, was seen with their son, Remy, strapped into a baby carrier, while their eldest, two-year-old Bennett, was having the time of his life teeing it up with his father. Remy was born on March…

Talk about egg on their face. After nearly a decade of clucking about a cleaner conscience, Chick-fil-A is walking back its once-crystal-clear promise to go 100% cage-free — at least on schedule. The Atlanta-based chicken giant first made the pledge in 2016, vowing to ditch conventional eggs entirely by the end of 2026 as part of a broader push toward “transparent and responsible sourcing.” But with the deadline now in sight, that sunny-side-up ambition is looking a little scrambled. “In 2016, Chick-fil-A communicated we would source only 100% cage-free eggs by 2026,” the company now says on its website. “Currently,…

Hurtling back toward Earth after a historic loop around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts worked through a relatively light day in space Wednesday, wrapping up a few final tests before packing up for reentry and splashdown Friday.Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen planned to hold a news conference late Wednesday, answering reporters’ questions about the flight, the first piloted trip around the moon in more than a half century.The crew then plans to take another turn at manually piloting their Orion capsule, testing their ability to precisely maneuver the spacecraft. The…

After competing together on Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars last year, Mark Ballas and Whitney Leavitt have reunited on The Great White Way. The duo is now starring in the Broadway production of Chicago, and caught up with Good Morning America this week to commemorate this milestone.  Leavitt, whose claim to fame came on the hit show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, noted the similarities between herself and the character, Roxie Hart, saying they are both “sassy, impulsive and always learning.” Their Chicago dreams were sparked when the duo performed a dance to the iconic number, Cell…

For nearly 50 years, Masayoshi Takanaka was virtually unknown outside Japan. Now, thanks to a wave of young fans discovering his music online, the 1970s guitar hero is selling out major venues around the world — and he’s as surprised as anyone. “I was actually planning to fade out [my career],” Takanaka told The Guardian in April 2026. “But now I feel like this might be my second coming. My life has changed so much in the last few years.” Masayoshi Takanaka: From Tokyo Stages to Global Stardom Born in Tokyo in 1953, Takanaka picked up the guitar in middle…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A string of killings across the United States involving suspects in the country illegally is fueling renewed outrage from lawmakers and immigration officials, who warn the violence is not an isolated trend but the result of systemic enforcement failures.National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto told Fox News Digital the crisis has been building for years, arguing that millions were allowed into the country without proper vetting.”It will not be the last—it’ll be more,” Del Cueto said. “We do not know what their intentions were… and then you have people…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One of the largest school districts in the country is facing allegations that it lets teachers decide if parents are sufficiently “supportive” enough to tell them about their child’s desire to switch genders.Trump-aligned America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal complaint against Montgomery County Public Schools, which is in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., with the Departments of Justice and Education, alleging it has been violating the constitution and other federal law through its “Gender Identity in Montgomery County Public Schools” handbook. AFL goes on to allege the school…