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FIRST ON FOX: As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his new Cabinet, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, has a message not just of hope and healing as the nation moves forward after the presidential election but also for Thanksgiving and the entire holiday season."We did have a very contentious election," Jeffress told Fox News Digital in an exclusive on-camera video. (See the video at the top of this article.)"We've had many contentious elections throughout history. But I think now that the election is over, now that President Trump has been re-elected, I really sense on both

The National Football League has been cracking down on celebrations that may look like guns – but Patrick Mahomes apparently missed the memo.The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was one of the latest to use his arms in the fashion to celebrate a touchdown, and it affected his wallet.The NFL Network reports that Mahomes was fined over $14,000 for what the league is calling a "violent gesture."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMany players have been hit with penalties and fines because they would use the celebration, albeit innocently, on first downs.Last month, the league had grown "concerned" about the

Veteran political analyst and best-selling author Mark Halperin told "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that he warned liberals and "Never Trump" Republicans that Trump was likely to defeat VP Kamala Harris. Halperin reacted to the mainstream media, including MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezezinski, preparing to cover a second Trump presidency. CNN, MSNBC COULD RETURN TO RESISTANCE TV AFTER BEING RELIABLE ANTI-TRUMP NETWORKS DURING FIRST TERMMARK HALPERIN: I really pleaded with everyone I knew who was a Never Trumper, someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome or super opposed to Donald Trump. I said he's going to get 47% of the vote and he

Fred Harris, a self-described populist Democrat from Oklahoma who served eight years in the U.S. Senate before an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1976, has died. He was 94.Harris’ wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to the Associated Press in a text message on Saturday, writing: "Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. He was 94. He was a wonderful and beloved man. His memory is a blessing."Harris, who was living in New Mexico, died in a hospital in Albuquerque, Elliston told The New York Times.Harris first served for eight years in the Oklahoma State Senate after

Israeli officials on Sunday confirmed the death of an Abu Dhabi rabbi who had been missing since Thursday. "The UAE intelligence and security authorities have located the body of Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday, 21 November 2024," the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on X. "The Israeli mission in Abu Dhabi has been in contact with the family from the start of the event and is continuing to assist it at this difficult time; his family in Israel has also been updated." "The murder of Zvi Kogan, of blessed memory,

Two-thirds of people say they overindulge in food during the holidays and a third drink more alcohol, according to an Ohio State University survey last year.But it is possible to enjoy the holidays while maintaining a healthy lifestyle, says Dr. Nicole Saphier.In a conversation with Fox News Digital, the Fox News medical contributor shared her top four tips for navigating the season in a more nutritious way.HOLIDAY GATHERINGS CAN LEAD TO STRESS EATING: TRY THESE 5 TIPS TO CONTROL ITIt’s best to cook at home whenever possible, Saphier said.Studies have shown that people who cook at home tend to have

An 18-year-old Idaho woman was arrested after she allegedly dropped a dead baby in a Safe Haven Baby Box at a hospital, according to police.Angel N. Newberry was taken into custody on an arrest warrant for failing to report a death to law enforcement officials and the coroner, Blackfoot Police said. She was booked into the Bingham County Jail.The Safe Haven Baby Box allows parents to safely and anonymously surrender a newborn under 30 days old without legal repercussions, as long as the child is unharmed. Leaving a harmed or deceased infant, however, is not protected.BRYAN KOHBERGER CAN FACE DEATH

Chuck Woolery, former game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble," has died at the age of 83.Woolery died at his home in Texas in the presence of his wife, Kristen, his friend and podcast co-host Mark Young told The Associated Press. Along with his wife, Woolery is survived by his sons Michael and Sean and his daughter Melissa."Chuck Woolery was without doubt the Real Deal. Our 7 years as the original host and hostess on Wheel of Fortune were like magic," Susan Stafford, who was Chuck Woolery's co-host on "Wheel of Fortune," said in a statement

Saturday night was all right for Max Verstappen.The Red Bull racer finished in fifth place at the Las Vegas Grand Prix and it was enough to capture his fourth consecutive Formula 1 World Championship. He needed to finish ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris to pick up the title win and did just that. Norris was in sixth place.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIt was far from the easiest weekend for Verstappen. Red Bull made a mistake adjusting his rear wing and data showed his vehicle was running slower than Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton on the straightaways.

A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated in India this week was found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who was deaf and mute, was declared dead at a hospital in the state of Rajasthan in the northwestern part of India without a post-mortem examination, according to The Times of India. Once it was clear Kumar was alive at his cremation on Thursday afternoon, his family reportedly took him back to a hospital where he died early Friday morning. COLORADO FUNERAL HOME OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CORPSE ABUSE AFTER NEARLY 200 BODIES

Former NFL star Jason Kelce got a first-hand look at the Appalachian State Mountaineers football team on Saturday.Kelce made the trip to Boone, North Carolina for the Mountaineers' matchup with James Madison. App State was ultimately able to pull off the 34-20 victory. Now, if the Mountaineers are able to pick up their sixth win of the season next week, App State would become bowl eligible.But before Saturday's Appalachian State-James Madison game, Kelce made his way to the tailgate area. At one point during his stop, Kelce was seen chugging beers. The retired Philadelphia Eagles center and seven-time Pro Bowler

Van Halen's Sammy Hagar shared that he would like to reconcile with his former bandmate Alex Van Halen amid their longtime estrangement.During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the 77-year-old musician expressed his hope that he and Alex, 71, could mend their relationship before they die."It’s on my bucket list that I will not take this to my grave, and I don’t want Al taking it to his grave," Hagar said. "I’ve put the olive branch out there many times, and I just put it out again to Irving Azoff. Hagar became Van Halen's new frontman in 1985, when he replaced

When chef Melissa Martin of Louisiana makes biscuits, she includes an unexpected ingredient: 7-Up soda. "This recipe most likely came from the side of a box but has become a family favorite," Martin says in her new cookbook, "Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of a Cajun Life."While the original recipe called for a pre-made baking mix, Martin adapted the recipe in her cookbook "to avoid food additives whose names you can't pronounce." LOUISIANA'S 'GRAVY BOYS' ARE DEDICATED TO CAJUN CUISINE AND CULTUREThese biscuits are best served warm, she said, but "are good the next day warmed up in the toaster, too." Additionally, these

During his 17 seasons patrolling the Alabama football sideline, Nick Saban became familiar with competing against Auburn, the Crimson Tide's in-state rival.The retired Saban works as an analyst for ESPN's "College GameDay." The popular television program was in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday for the matchup between Ohio State and Indiana. The Buckeyes entered the Week 13 contest No. 2 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, while Indiana was slotted fifth. Ohio State handed Indiana its first loss of the season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDuring a discussion about Saturday's Southeastern Conference showdown between Auburn and the visiting Texas A&M

CNN host Abby Phillip called on the Democratic Party to reject "groupthink" and allow for viewpoints to be heard, especially in news media and in elite circles like the Ivy League. "You can create interesting content that is not safe," Phillip said in a panel at Harvard Kennedy School, first noted by Mediaite. "We've had some moments that are not comfortable happen at the table." Phillip, a graduate of Harvard University, said that elites, especially in the Democratic Party, increasingly only build consensus in conversations with each other. TRUMP NOMINEE FOR FCC CHAIR SAYS LEGACY MEDIA 'STATUS QUO' NEEDS TO CHANGE"I have observed

Chad "Ochocino" Johnson missed just 10 games in his illustrious 11-year career, and now he's spilling his secrets.The six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver revealed on the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast an odd way of keeping his ankles healthy.Johnson would soak his ankles in his teammates' warm urine.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe podcast brought up a video of Johnson discussing the remedy from a podcast in 2016."You know what I did for ankle sprains?" the former wide receiver said at the time. "I would collect warm urine from my teammates, heat it up and put my ankle in

The Florida Gators delivered a crushing blow to No. 9-ranked Ole Miss’ hopes of making the College Football Playoff, beating the Rebels 24-17 Saturday. The Rebels had a chance to tie the game late, but quarterback Jaxson Dart threw two interceptions in the final two minutes. On the first interception, Dart took a shot to the end zone into triple coverage, getting picked off by Bryce Thornton with just under two minutes left.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Rebels' defense forced a three-and-out following the interception while using all their timeouts, giving Dart and the Rebels another chance to tie

Video of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dancing at a Taylor Swift concert amid a destructive protest in Montreal drew outrage over the weekend.Trudeau, who represents a district in Montreal, had attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday night. A viral video posted on X shows the Canadian politician dancing and singing along to the song "You Don't Own Me" before Swift took the stage.Toronto is roughly 280 miles west of the Canadian capital of Ottowa and 330 miles west of the Montreal district that Trudeau represents.During the same night, anti-NATO demonstrators set off smoke bombs and marched

A civil jury in Ireland ruled that Conor McGregor assaulted a woman in a penthouse after a night of partying in 2018 during a sexual encounter, but McGregor says the claims are false.The former UFC champion said, in a since-deleted post, that he would appeal the civil jury's decision, but he ranted on X earlier Saturday about his accuser's "lies."The accuser, Nikita Hand, also accused triathlete James Lawrence of assault on the same night that McGregor allegedly "brutally raped and battered" her.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDespite the court ordering McGregor to pay over $250,000, it also found

Ridley Scott, the director of "Gladiator II," said during an interview that Denzel Washington's character in the movie, Marcinus, was similar to President-elect Trump. " was a prisoner of war — probably at a North African state — and actually was taken to Rome probably as a gladiator. Survived. Got free. Got into the business of maybe making wine and bread. He evolved into a very rich merchant selling s--- to the Roman armies — food, oil, wine, cloth, weapons, everything. He maybe had a million men spread around Europe. So he was a billionaire at the time, so why wouldn’t

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre announced in September that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and in an interview this week he opened up about the challenges of living with the disease and his hope for the future. The former Green Bay Packers great spoke with TMZ Sports about his health and the benefit of having been diagnosed in the very early stages of the disease. "Overall, I feel – I can’t complain. It’s one of those things that I’m learning a lot about Parkinson's, and my Parkinson's was caught very early, very early." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe continued,

Richard "Ric" Grenell, the former acting director of National Intelligence in President-elect Trump's first administration, is reportedly under consideration to be special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Currently, there is no special envoy responsible for bringing an end to the war in Eastern Europe. Trump is strongly considering whether to create the role, Reuters reported, citing four sources familiar with the president's deliberations.If he does create the new position, Grenell is said to be a leading candidate, though Trump may select someone else, the sources told Reuters. There is also no guarantee that Grenell would accept the position if it were

A mummified saber-toothed cub dating back 35,000 years was left almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost.The remains had been found back in 2020, northeast of Yakutia, Russia. Research regarding the study of the cub was published in the journal Scientific Reports on November 14, 2024. The discovery of frozen remains from the Late Pleistocene period is "very rare," according to the published research, though most discovered in Russia lie in the Indigirka River basin, the authors note. 12-YEAR-OLD BOY STUMBLES UPON STUNNING ANCIENT FIND WHILE WALKING DOG IN ENGLAND: ‘RELATIVELY RARE’The mummified cub remained well-preserved, frozen in time for thousands of years.

Comedian Jay Leno appears to be in good spirits after suffering from a nasty fall. On Friday, Leno, 74, shared a health update as he hosted a Las Vegas charity event."I’m feeling good," Leno said at the inaugural amfAR benefit event, according to People. "I've got a broken wrist, but I’m all right."JAY LENO SUFFERED BROKEN WRIST, FACE BRUISING IN NASTY FALL BUT PERFORMED LIVE SHOW BEFORE GOING TO HOSPITALHis badly bruised face was reportedly covered in makeup at the charity event which honored Sylvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone.On Thursday, Nov. 21. Leno was spotted grabbing lunch in

Saquon Barkley is hopeful that former teammate Daniel Jones can find the same success he did with the Philadelphia Eagles. The New York Giants announced on Friday that they have agreed to cut Jones after the quarterback had requested the team release him just days after his being benched for third-string quarterback and fan favorite Tommy DeVito. "Daniel came to see me this morning and asked if we would release him. We mutually agreed that would be best for him and for the team," President John Mara said in a statement. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Daniel has been a great representative