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Criminal charges against Ashlyn Watkins were dropped Nov. 1. according to court records. The South Carolina basketball star was arrested in late August on assault and battery and kidnapping charges.Shortly after the arrest, Watkins learned she was suspended from the team. The junior from Columbia, South Carolina, was allowed to continue attending classes.The University of South Carolina released a statement Wednesday confirming the forward was back at practice. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"With the dismissal of the legal charges, South Carolina junior forward Ashlyn Watkins has returned to team activities beginning with practice today," the statement said.Watkins had not

FBI agents stopped a New York man from boarding a flight from New York to the Middle East, where he was allegedly going to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to wage jihad, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).The DOJ said in a press release that Syed Aman, a U.S. citizen and resident of Nassau County, New York, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.Aman was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, as he attempted to board a flight to Doha, Qatar. The DOJ

Stalled negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, the financial backers of LIV Golf, could move forward following former President Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s elections, according to one of the Tour’s biggest stars.Rory McIlroy drew the connection during a press conference at the DP World Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWhen asked about rumors that a deal has already been struck, McIlroy denied any knowledge but added that changes to the White House could be a good sign of what’s to come. "Given today’s news with

The controversial "floating garbage" joke about Puerto Rico made by a comedian at a rally for Republican President-elect Donald Trump during the final days before the election may not have had the negative effect on Trump's support from Puerto Ricans that critics expected it would.Despite the backlash from the quip made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally in New York City roughly a week before Tuesday, Trump still won several Florida counties with the state's largest concentration of Puerto Ricans, which he lost in both 2020 and 2016.Osceola County, which is home to the largest concentration of Puerto

When President-elect Trump enters the Oval Office in January 2025, he will likely transform how the United States conducts immigration policy – with a historic deportation operation, a crackdown on foreign gangs, an end to the broad use of parole to allow in migrants, and renewed border wall construction at the top of his agenda."We're going to fix our borders," Trump said Wednesday as he declared victory. "We're going to fix everything about our country, and we've made history for a reason tonight."Trump made immigration and ending the crisis at the southern border a central part of his campaign, as he

In the wake of former President Donald Trump's historic win projected by the Fox News Decision Desk, several winners and losers of the 2024 election have become clear.Here are those who came out on top on Election Day and those who didn't quite meet expectations.MITCH MCCONNELL SINGS TRUMP CAMPAIGN PRAISES: 'SHARPER OPERATION THIS TIME'TrumpTrump defied all expectations, even some of the more conservative-leaning estimates of the 2024 election. By notable margins, Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in several key battleground states, being projected by the Fox News Decision Desk to win the election by amassing the necessary 270 electoral

Former NFL star defensive back T.J. Ward appeared happy with election results after Fox News projected Donald Trump had defeated Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency.Trump was projected to win re-election early Wednesday morning as he clinched wins in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Since then, he has also been declared the winner of Michigan and has been knocking down the supposed "blue wall" of Democrat-favored states.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWard, a Super Bowl champion and three-time Pro Bowler, wrote his take on X."I’m so glad we done with this Kamala foolery lmao," he wrote. "Sometimes you have to

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — The official response from Xi Jinping's communist China to President-elect Trump's victory was formulaic."Our policy towards the U.S. is consistent," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters Wednesday afternoon. "We will continue to view and handle China-U.S. relations in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and win-win cooperation." National Taiwan University Department of Philosophy professor Yuan Juzheng returned to Taiwan from a trip to China Monday, where, he noted, nearly everyone he met with wanted to talk about the U.S. election. He told Fox News Digital a Trump win is a "worst-case scenario" for Beijing.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney acknowledged former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election victory on Wednesday, noting in a post on X that the nation has "a new President-elect."Cheney, a vociferous Trump critic who supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, asserted that Americans must accept the result."Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect.  All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections," Cheney declared in her post. LIZ CHENEY BLASTS TRUMP AS ‘DEPRAVED,’ ‘UNSTABLE,’ CLAIMS PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE WOMEN RALLYING BEHIND HARRIS"We now have a special

Seven key swing counties, known as "bellwether counties," with some exceptions, have consistently sided with the winning presidential candidate for decades.They are Door County, Wisconsin; Kent County, Michigan; Vigo County, Indiana; Clallam County in Washington; and Bucks, Erie and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania.In some, Trump won or improved his performance from 2020. Other counties went for Harris, who is projected to lose the 2024 race.Here's how these battleground counties voted in Tuesday's election.With 98% reporting as of Wednesday morning, Trump led in Bucks County, a primarily suburban county just north of Philadelphia, by a mere 512 votes. If Trump's lead of 49.58% to

Former President Donald Trump has officially regained the Oval Office after being declared the president-elect following Tuesday's election.Not only did Trump win the Electoral College, but also the popular vote.The Hollywood elite are voicing their opinions - some in shambles, others rejoicing. ELECTION 2024: TRUMP, HARRIS' TOP CELEBRITY SUPPORTERSA dejected Christina Applegate took to social media to share her frustration with the results."Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why?And if you disagree , please unfollow me," she wrote on X.In an additional post, Applegate, who has battled

U.S. Capitol Police announced Tuesday that officers arrested a man who "smelled like fuel" and had a torch and a flare gun at the U.S. Capitol.Capitol police said the man, whose name was not immediately released, was stopped during the security screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). "The CVC is closed for tours for the day, while we investigate. We will provide more information when we can," Capitol police posted on X. Fox is told the suspect also wrote a 25-page manifesto and indicated that on Tuesday he intended to deliver it to Congress. The arrest happened around 12:30 p.m. ET,

Many journalists were clinging to fading hopes that Kamala Harris could somehow pull out a victory as Donald Trump won state after state in the greatest comeback in American political history.By early this morning, it was clear that the outcome they most dreaded had materialized, and it wasn’t all that close.The Blue Wall crumbled when Trump won Wisconsin, and with it the vice president’s chances – and already some of her allies in the press are blaming racism and sexism. He wound up, at this writing, with a near-sweep of the battleground states.FOX NEWS PROJECTS DONALD TRUMP DEFEATS KAMALA HARRIS

Ten states voted directly on abortion-related measures Tuesday, with abortion advocates claiming seven victories.Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota all went to the polls on the issue, with the majority of the ballot measures seeking to amend efforts passed in Republican-led states whose leaders moved to restrict abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo the state's near-total ban, one of the nation’s tightest restrictions, with an amendment that would allow lawmakers to restrict abortions past the point of a fetus’ viability – usually considered after

Super Bowl champion head coach Tony Dungy took a victory lap on Tuesday night after a Florida abortion amendment failed to get enough support to pass.The measure needed a 60% supermajority to pass, the highest threshold in the country. It failed after 43% voted "No" and 57% voted "Yes."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDungy, who was against the amendment, cheered its failure. The former Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach also praised voters for not passing Amendment 3, which would have legalized marijuana."The polls are closed in Florida and Amendment 3 and Amendment 4 both failed to

Jason Kelce’s interaction with a Penn State fan over the weekend seemingly struck a chord with New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Khalen Saunders. Saunders, whose brother is a backup dancer on Taylor Swift’s "Eras Tour," defended Kelce on social media Tuesday after the former NFL center was seen smashing the phone of a fan who used a homophobic slur to attack Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce."My brother! I’ve dealt with this problem for years & years. You do NOT need to apologize for defending your brother in any circumstance," Saunders wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"You are genuinely one of the

Media outlets that spent much of 2024 sounding the alarm that former President Trump is a threat to democracy didn’t take it particularly well when it began to look like he would win on election night.Fox News projects Trump will become the 47th President of the United States, despite years of unflattering coverage from legacy media outlets. In the face of this dawning reality, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow suggested that Trump would make national abortion banned by executive order, while her colleague Alex Wagner grappled with the reality that MAGA is a real movement with "legs."CBS’ Gayle King fretted over Trump’s unchecked

Projected President-elect Donald Trump said "God spared life for a reason" during his victory speech at Trump Headquarters early Wednesday morning.Trump, who has been the target of two assassination attempts since July, shared his appreciation for a second presidency during his 25-minute speech from West Palm Beach, Florida."Many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason, and that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness," Trump said. "And now we are going to fulfill that mission together."He continued: "The task before us will not be easy, but I will bring every

The American people have spoken and spoken clearly that Donald Trump is their choice for president. They sent a clear message to the coastal elites that it’s the working class and middle America that runs this country.Vice President Kamala Harris ran a worthy effort in a short period of time and certainly did better than President Joe Biden would have done. There will be a lot of second-guessing, particularly around her failure to pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her vice presidential running mate but the blue wall so collapsed that even that decision would likely not reverse this outcome.Americans

In the biggest political comeback in our lifetime, Donald Trump will once again be seated in the Oval Office as the 47th president of the United States.How did he do it? No one expected him to be able to recreate the magic of his 2016 surprise win.  After facing an endless onslaught of lawfare, false narratives, demonization of his family, and literally being shot in one of two assassination attempts, former President Trump overcame every obstacle. He defied the odds, and the masses responded.Some will be tempted to dismiss his successful comeback as a consequence of a bungling Democratic Party

The Fox News Decision Desk projects Democratic state Attorney General Bob Ferguson will win Washington state's gubernatorial race, an open race with the retirement of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who decided not to seek a fourth term.The state's top lawyer since 2013, Ferguson ran on a platform of continuity and reform, and has positioned himself as a defender of progressive values in a state known for its Democratic leanings. He is also known for taking on high-profile lawsuits against the Trump administration and corporations. He won with 74% of the vote in the August primaries.Ferguson’s campaign has been marked by his

With the Senate flipping to the GOP column, it’s unclear how many Republicans they’ll have. But they could have well over 50 votes. But they won’t have 60 yeas to crack a filibuster. That could mean a pressure campaign to eliminate the filibuster. Here’s the other dynamic: Democrats are holding the seats they need to potentially win the House. Democrats have already flipped one key NY seat in their favor. POLICE ARREST MAN AT US CAPITOL SMELLING OF FUEL WHO HAD MANIFESTO, FLARE GUN AND BLOW TORCHWith a GOP Senate and the possibility of a Democratic House, we would be on the precipice of

Liberal social media commenters and left-wing members of the media slammed Florida voters and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for rejecting an amendment that would have created a constitutional right to abortion, describing its failure as "openly fascist.""He’s put everything on it, including, as you said, threats, whatever it takes to try to make sure that that amendment fails using the power of government in a way that is, I would say, openly fascist and very determined," MSNBC's Joy Reid said Tuesday evening on air about Florida's Amendment 4 failing. DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law last year, which banned

Abortion on the ballot has been seen as a sticking point for Republicans since the overturning of Roe V Wade, but a major amendment in Florida failed after voters voted "No" on the progressive legislation.The measure needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass, the highest threshold in the country. It failed after 43% voted "No" and 57% voted "Yes."Florida's abortion ban has been a contentious topic in the once-swing-state, with proponents of the amendment arguing that the Sunshine State's current 6-week abortion ban is too restrictive after it was implemented in May.The amendment's language states, "No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay,

The Democrats are expected to hold onto a highly contested Senate seat in Maryland, an overwhelmingly blue state, in a very competitive and expensive race that drew plenty of national attention.The Fox News Decision Desk projected on Tuesday that Angela Alsobrooks, the Democrat Senate nominee and Prince George's County executive, would defeat former two-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Alsobrooks is projected to succeed Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin, who is retiring this year after serving nearly two decades in the Senate and nearly six decades as a state and then federal lawmaker.A former prosecutor and ally of Vice President Kamala Harris, Alsobrooks