A North Carolina high school valedictorian hijacked her graduation speech to rant against Israel and ICE — and was dramatically yanked from the podium, shocking video showed. Clayton High School senior Leen Hijaz was delivering the commencement speech Thursday when she ditched her pre-approved remarks, unleashing a fiery tirade blasting immigration enforcement and backing Palestine, according to ceremony footage and district officials. “Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard,”…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAStephen Mackerras has a more colourful past than your average Redlands schoolteacher.In the 1980s, he hosted a Saturday night request show on radio station 4ZZZ and would interview visiting musicians and other celebrities, often taking photographs when he did so.The photos, taken on his Minolta SLR, were never published. Apart from recent outings on Mackerras’ social media accounts, they sat in a box for the past few decades.“I showed them to some friends recently, particularly ones of Michael Hutchence, because he’s a legend, and…
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott speaking in May 2025. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty ImagesSpeaking on Monday night at a Build event, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott said one of the difficulties with new AI tools is “how do we figure out how to make these capabilities more valuable” so that people will actually use them. “Pure human psychology … is throttling things,” Scott said. In other words, people need proof that this new way of doing things is better than the way they’re used to. That’s particularly so when it comes to agentic AI, which he said requires a lot of trust. “We need to think really…
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A crazed Iowa dad who murdered six relatives was heard shouting about death and money just 10 minutes before he turned the gun on himself. Ryan Willis McFarland, 52, was spotted around noon Monday outside his home in Muscatine, where four of his relatives were found shot dead — before two others were found dead at two separate locations. “I heard him walk by my house, saying, ‘Don’t worry about money. Everything goes away when you die,’” neighbor Melissa Weggen told the Quad-City Times of McFarland, whom she thought of as a “decent guy” who would lovingly hold hands with…
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Kim Kardashian just hard launched her romance with Lewis Hamilton. The Skims founder, 45, shared a look at her life lately via Instagram on Monday, June 1, including pictures with her children, sisters and friends. But most notable was that two of the slides featured Hamilton, 41, as the couple enjoyed a bike ride. In a funny video, Hamilton captured the pair on bicycles as Kardashian appeared to veer into the Formula 1 racer’s lane. “Lately,” Kardashian captioned the post. The All’s Fair actress and racing driver have been spotted together numerous times over the past several months, including this…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LOS ANGELES — As celebrities continue to rally behind Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, reality TV personality and O.J. Simpson murder trial witness Kato Kaelin tells Fox News Digital that Pratt is the candidate he thinks will bring necessary change to the city.”It’s clear to me that Karen Bass did an awful job as LA Mayor during the 2025 fires,” Kaelin, a Los Angeles resident who rocketed to fame after testifying in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, told Fox News Digital, alluding to the heavy criticism Bass has faced for…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google co-founder Sergey Brin just became the latest high-profile member of the tech world to throw his financial support behind a Republican.Brin gave Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt a maximum donation of $1,800 on May 27, according to municipal campaign finance records. Other big names in tech making contributions to the mayoral hopeful include Palantir’s chief technology officer, SpaceX’s director of solar production, a communications executive at TikTok, the co-chairman and co-founder of Riot Games, Activision Blizzard former CEO and the Winklevoss twins.Pratt is a registered Republican running in Los Angeles’…
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Each year, the eastern end of Long Island gets louder and livelier with new bars, clubs and even speakeasies. This summer, the scene promises to sizzle with a series of openings that offer different levels of fun. If martinis and mahjong are your dream night out, we know just the place. You’d rather guzzle magnums of rosé on a boat? We’ll help you set sail. Raise a glass to our list of the most intriguing places to see and be seen in the Hamptons this season. Last summer, Dante — a cocktail bar that originated in Greenwich Village in…
