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New Mexico AG launches criminal investigation into DEA over allegations agents let fentanyl flood state
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Friday announced a criminal investigation into allegations that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico communities while agents pursued larger criminal investigations.
The inquiry comes days after The Associated Press reported that DEA agents repeatedly monitored—but did not seize—large fentanyl shipments between 2023 and 2025 while attempting to build broader criminal cases.
Torrez said the investigation will examine potential legal remedies, including criminal prosecution, civil litigation and structural reforms intended to prevent similar conduct by DEA agents in the future.
"The families who have lost children, siblings, and parents to fentanyl deserve the truth about what the federal government knew and what it failed to do," Torrez said in a statement.
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"If the DEA stood by while poison flooded our communities, that is not a bureaucratic failure," he continued. "It is a betrayal of the people it was sworn to protect."
Torrez said his office "will pursue every legal avenue available to hold the responsible parties accountable and make certain this never happens again."
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called for the investigation earlier this week, saying she was "appalled" by allegations that federal agents knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach communities across the state.
"Make no mistake: the DEA knew people would die if these pills made it into New Mexico communities, and the agency let it happen anyway," Grisham said. "The result: hundreds of New Mexican parents burying their kids. Hundreds of New Mexican kids growing up without stable parents. All while the federal government stood by."
Grisham also pointed to allegations that DEA agents monitored the delivery of 74,000 fentanyl pills to a mobile home park in Albuquerque without intervening.
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"Shockingly, the federal government stood by while monitoring shipments, tallying exact pill counts, and watching as these deadly drugs hit the streets," she said.
Current and former DEA agents, including whistleblower David Howell, told the AP the agency's tactics gambled with public safety and may have violated Department of Justice guidelines.
While the DEA initially denied Howell's allegations in a statement to the AP, the agency later requested that the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General conduct an independent review.
"Should that review identify areas of improvement, the DEA will of course implement changes to better their practices," the Justice Department said in a statement. "We welcome a partnership with Governor Lujan Grisham, as well as New Mexico state and local leaders, to fight the scourge of fentanyl and keep her constituents safe."
The allegations stem from enforcement operations conducted during the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, even as the DEA promoted its "One Pill Can Kill" public awareness campaign warning that even a small amount of fentanyl can be fatal.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the DEA for comment regarding the investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Brewers human howitzer Jacob Misiorowski breaks his own record for hardest pitch thrown by a starter
It was just a couple of weeks ago that Milwaukee Brewers righty Jacob Misiorowski absolutely melted some brains by throwing a 104.5 mph heater past Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber.
That was an MLB record for the hardest pitch ever thrown by a starter, and it came after Misiorowski threw multiple pitches north of 103 and even 104 mph in the same at-bat.
Well, he's at it again, and we may just want to start writing the record books in pencil, because this is probably not going to be the last time this happens.
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The Brewers were taking on the Chicago Cubs, and it seems that Misiorowski is, perhaps unsurprisingly, at his best when it comes to velocity when he's fresh.
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Like Schwarber was earlier this month, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was in the leadoff spot.
He took the 0-2 offering from Misiorowski and fouled it off down the third baseline.
Of course, that's not what was noteworthy. The noteworthy part was that the scorebug said the pitch was 105 mph.
Officially, it was really 105.5 mph.
To quote one Charlie Brown: "Good grief."
A few curls a day, some deeper stretches and maybe a bowl of Wheaties, and I don't think that there's any doubt that Misiorowski can probably work up a pitch that is the hardest thrown by anyone.
That 105.5 mph pitch tied him with Ben Joyce of the Los Angeles Angels, who threw a 105.5 mph pitch back in 2024.
The two fastest pitches ever recorded belong to Red Sox pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who has thrown pitches of 105.7 and 105.8 mph.
Missing 1200-pound giraffe Gracie found 2 weeks after wandering away from ranch in viral search
A fugitive 3-year-old giraffe was found via helicopter on Friday after two weeks on the run from her home at a private ranch in Texas.
The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
The 10-foot-tall animal was located by helicopter on Friday morning about four miles south of the ranch in a remote, heavily-wooded area.
Vick Jones, who manages the ranch, told FOX 7 that Gracie moved there in May and still wasn’t used to her surroundings when she wandered away.
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He explained that she likely didn’t mean to leave the ranch, but had been feeding in an area of the ranch that giraffes never had before and got out and came back on the wrong side of the gate.
Gracie is one of two giraffes who live on the property.
"Just one of them bad deals that happen, you know?" he told the station. "And inadvertently, like I say, we’ve never had giraffes go up in that area before and she did."
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Jones decided to post a missing alert for Gracie on a local lost and found app.
"I just thought, well, maybe some of the locals out on the ranches, people who work on some of these ranches might would see that or hear about it and give me an idea of which way she might have went off the property," Jones explained. "And 24 hours later, it’s all over the world."
The post quickly went viral, with people making AI photos of Gracie everywhere from working as a lifeguard at a pool, as a firefighter who doesn’t need a ladder or floating down a lazy river in a floaty.
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"I now know what the word viral means," Jones joked.
Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said Jones called a veterinarian after Gracie was found Friday, and they are getting ready to send a team to get her back to the ranch.
"She’s in good shape," Jones said. "She’s standing there, swishing her tail."
He also stressed that she is a gentle giant who wasn’t of any harm to anyone.
"If you move toward her, she's taking off," he said.
Gracie was found on empty private property near a pond and creek and had plenty of vegetation to eat.
For the trip home, Gracie will need to be sedated, have a hood put over her eyes, and then she’ll be transported in an open-air trailer, then an enclosed trailer made for giraffes.
Texas Hill Country has one of the largest concentrations of captive exotic animals in the U.S. and Johnson said in the past he’s had calls for lost monkeys and zebras but no giraffes.
Despite requiring jackhammering through rock, Jones said he now plans to put a fence around Gracie’s enclosure.
Mets reporter dissects team's miserable season while Pride Night Mr. Met dances behind him
The New York Mets are in disarray thanks to a brutal start to what was supposed to be a promising season.
On Friday, the team hit a low point, firing manager Carlos Mendoza... but you wouldn't know it if you just looked at Mr. Met.
He was having the time of his life dancing behind a reporter while dressed in his Pride Night best.
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In what felt like an absolute fever dream, the PIX 11 studio team was talking to reporter Steve Gelbs before a game against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies.
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Obviously, the tone was kind of somber as Gelbs did a midseason dissection (vivisection?) on the team's season and where everything went wrong.
However, "somber" is not in Pride Night Mr. Met's vocabulary.
He was very... uh... flamboyant, given the circumstances.
Mrs. Met is going to have to start asking herself some tough questions...
That's one of those moments where you're watching the broadcast, you see Gay Pride Mr. Met doing the Party Boy behind a reporter, and you have to turn to someone and ask, "Did that just happen, or is there a gas leak in this house?"
It might even be the first time that I'm glad a team held a wildly unnecessary Pride Night because it made that clip infinitely funnier.
Regular Mr. Met dancing behind Steve Gelbs? Pretty funny.
Mr. Met kitted out for Pride Night, oblivious to the grease fire around him? Gold, Jerry!
This is why, if you're a mascot performer, you should probably be aware of how your team is playing and maybe temper what you do just a touch.
Maybe keep it a little subdued eight hours after the manager gets dealt a pink slip, even if it is Pride Night and everything has a little more "pizzazz."
Frankly, I think that should be the final straw to give Mr. Met the ol' heave-ho, too.
Then the Mets can adopt the only mascot who actually cares about on-field performance, Grimace of McDonald's fame.
Texas Board of Education approves required reading list with Bible passages for 5 million students
The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list Friday that includes passages from the Bible, marking the latest effort by conservative officials to expand Christian teachings in public schools.
The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5, with one abstention, to approve the required reading list for the state's more than 5 million public school students.
The required reading list includes works such as Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" along with passages from the New Testament.
The decision came after intense debate between supporters and critics and has been closely watched by education observers, who say it appears to be the first statewide required reading list of its kind in the United States.
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Critics argued the required reading list promotes Christianity over religious diversity and civil rights while blurring the constitutional separation of church and state.
Supporters argued Judeo-Christian traditions are fundamental to the nation's founding and should be reflected in classroom instruction.
The required reading list will take effect beginning with the 2030-31 school year for elementary school students.
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The board's decision follows a series of education measures in Texas, including allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students, requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms and approving an optional Bible-infused curriculum.
A 2023 Texas law requires a mandatory list of at least one literary work to be taught at each grade level. The newly approved required reading list contains roughly 200 texts, including books, essays and passages from the Bible.
One critic of the decision, Elva Mendoza, legislative communications associate for the progressive Texas Freedom Network, told The Associated Press that the required reading list lacked diversity and did not give teachers and students the flexibility to choose what they read.
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"Kids of all faith backgrounds and no faith are served by Texas schools and they should all feel welcome in Texas schools," Mendoza said.
"But this is sending the message to children that one and only one religious text — a Christian one — is worthy of making this required reading list," she added.
The board was also expected to vote Friday on a new social studies curriculum that links Bible stories with American history.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Teen accused of killing two girls in alleged hit-and-run will be tried as adult after identity revealed
The teenager accused of killing two 17-year-old girls in an alleged hit-and-run crash in New Jersey last year has been publicly identified after prosecutors announced Friday that he will be tried as an adult.
The Union County Prosecutors Office announced that 18-year-old Vincent Battiloro of Garwood has been waived up to adult court and will be tried as an adult in connection with the murder of the two juvenile females.
Vincent Battiloro, 18, of Garwood, will now face counts of first-degree murder in the Criminal Part of Superior Court in Union County after his case was waived from juvenile court, according to the Union County Prosecutor's Office.
Battiloro's identity had previously been withheld because he was a minor at the time of the alleged crimes. Prosecutors said his identity could now be released following the transfer to adult court.
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Prosecutors allege Battiloro, who was 17 at the time, struck Isabella Salas and Maria Niotis while they were riding an electric bike in Cranford at about 5:26 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2025.
The two girls, who were both 17, were taken to local hospitals, where they were pronounced dead a short time later.
Battiloro was arrested following an extensive investigation and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and multiple traffic offenses, according to prosecutors.
Fox News Digital previously reported on 911 call audio and police reports obtained through a public records request showing the suspect was released to his father after the alleged hit-and-run.
The records also show Battiloro's father contacted law enforcement after the crash.
In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Union County Prosecutors Office Public Information Officer Lauren Farinas said Battiloro was detained for questioning after the incident and later released. He was arrested two days later, on Oct. 1.
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One caller told 911 dispatchers that a 2021 black Jeep Compass — which police said Battiloro was driving — "flew down the road and hit people," adding that one of the victims was unresponsive.
The same caller also reported that there was "someone underneath a car."
"This is really bad," the caller said.
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"Nobody's conscious," another 911 caller said. "Everyone's stunned, not moving."
"There’s a girl on the road, and there’s a car! Oh my God, please hurry!" another caller said.
Maria Niotis' mother, Foulla Niotis, previously told Fox News that she believes the suspect "planned" the attack and thought he was "untouchable" because he had relatives working in law enforcement.
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She also alleged local police failed to act after the family reported that Battiloro had been stalking her daughter before the crash.
"They should have done a lot. They didn't do anything," Niotis said. "They didn't do anything to help my baby."
"I want justice for Maria and Isabella," she added. "That's what I want."
Fox News Digital's Adam Sabes and Fox News' Eric Shawn contributed to this report.
Toronto Maple Leafs select Penn State star Gavin McKenna first overall in 2026 NHL Draft
The 2026 NHL Draft got underway on Friday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo — home of the Buffalo Sabres — and while drafts usually provide their share of surprises, the first overall pick was not one.
The Toronto Maple Leafs "earned" the top pick after an abysmal 2025-26 campaign, and they used it to select Penn State star Gavin McKenna.
The 18-year-old from Whitehorse, Yukon, has been the presumptive top dog in the 2026 NHL Draft class for years at this point.
However, despite new Leafs GM John Chayka meeting with McKenna at his home, the team was tight-lipped about their decision.
But, in the end, he was always going to be the guy to hear his name called first this year, just not before Justin Bieber made an awkward announcement.
Maybe don't skip the run-through next time, Biebs.
Nonetheless, the pick stands: Gavin McKenna is a Toronto Maple Leaf.
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The Leafs certainly have some needs to address. Their goaltending is questionable (though that's difficult to fix quickly through the draft), and the blue line could use some added size. This draft featured several players who could have helped in that regard, including Albert Smits out of Europe and Chase Reid of the OHL's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
But, in the end, McKenna is the kind of ultra-talented player you take regardless of your needs.
He posted 51 points (15G, 36A) in just 35 games at Penn State last season, so even if he's not a top-line winger, he's going to help fill out the Leafs' second or third lines very nicely.
McKenna's going to have to make an impact quickly as the team looks to turn things around in a hurry under new coach Jim Hiller, and he'll have to do it under pressure.
But he can handle it. He's dealt with tons of attention so far in his career, and even some considerable off-ice distractions to throw down a solid freshman season and set himself up nicely to be the No. 1 pick.
After McKenna, the San Jose Sharks selected Sweden's Ivar Stenberg with the No. 2 pick, while the Vancouver Canucks used the No. 3 pick on Caleb Malhotra, son of ex-NHLer and current Canucks coach Manny Malhotra.
Hundreds of pounds of fireworks explode, destroying homes and injuring firefighters
A massive explosion of hundreds of pounds of fireworks this week rocked an island community in Western Washington, destroying several homes and injuring five people, including three firefighters, according to officials.
The fire was likely caused by someone smoking too close to where stored fireworks were kept at a home in the Lagoon Point neighborhood, Central Whidbey Island Fire & Rescue Chief Jerry Helm told FOX 13.
"They’re kind of like a little ticking time bomb, and you’re not sure when they’re going to go off," Helm said of fireworks.
Three firefighters were injured in the explosion after they responded to a call of a house fire in the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, the Island County Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday release.
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Two of the firefighters are now recovering at home and the third is expected to leave the hospital soon.
Two civilians took themselves to the hospital before first responders could evaluate them, the release said.
The sheriff’s office said it will determine after the investigation if any criminal charges are warranted.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is also investigating.
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The first house was destroyed along with a neighboring one that caught fire, and a third home was damaged in the blast.
Tanya Hernandez-Garzon, one of the neighbors who lost her home, told FOX 13 that the fireworks were "exploding and shooting everywhere."
"It’s sad to see somebody so immature that they don’t think of other people and to see how much damage is done is really heartbreaking," she said.
Hernandez-Garzon was able to save her five dogs and pet bird.
"Our main concern was to get the dogs out of the house. Everything else is replaceable, but not my animals," she added.
She said she slept in her truck that night, but isn't sure where she's going to go.
Warren tells Trump to 'sign the damn bill' as bipartisan housing package remains stalled in Washington
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lashed out at President Donald Trump during a recent local television interview, labeling him a "man-child" throwing a "tantrum" over his refusal to sign a sweeping bipartisan housing package.
Appearing on WCVB's "On the Record," the left-wing senator did not hold back her frustration over the stalled legislation, delivering a blunt message to the president: "Sign the damn bill."
"If he cared about the American people, he'd have already signed the damn thing," Warren said during the interview, arguing that Trump "does not care about the economic survival of America's working families."
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is an expansive bipartisan package that she said contains nearly 50 provisions designed to address the nationwide housing emergency.
Warren noted that decades of under-building have driven prices up, leaving the U.S. in need of millions of new units.
The primary focus of the bill is to lower the costs of construction and make it easier to build new homes.
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The bill, which was co-sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., also includes a secondary focus aimed at blocking corporate consolidation of the housing market.
Warren explained that the legislation is designed to keep private equity firms from buying up local neighborhoods and turning America "into a nation of renters."
According to Warren, the legislation had widespread support from both sides of the aisle before it was stalled.
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She claimed the bill was "handed to the president on a silver platter" and that lawmakers from both parties were eagerly taking credit for the legislation.
"Republicans were all going online, saying, ‘well, I helped write that bill. This bill is terrific,’" Warren said. "So everybody's out there saying, ‘my bill, I helped make this happen,’ right up until the man-child has a tantrum and announces he will not be signing it."
Critics of the legislation claim it does not allocate fresh federal funding, directly address rising costs of homeownership, or go far enough to address permitting issues.
The president previously canceled a scheduled signing event, insisting lawmakers must first approve the unrelated SAVE America Act, a voting-focused measure, before he moves forward.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Alex Miller contributed to this report.
F1 star Lewis Hamilton reveals that he suffered a serious neck injury in a testing crash
Formula 1 is in Austria for a race at the Red Bull Ring, but fresh in everyone's mind is the Spanish Grand Prix from two weeks ago that saw Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton back on top of the podium.
It was the British driver's 106th grand prix win, but just his first with Ferrari, a team he joined in 2025.
The win was looked at as a bit of a comeback story, but most thought Hamilton was just coming back from a lousy 2025 season for him and Ferrari.
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It turns out, it was actually a return from quite a bit more.
Back in early 2025, Hamilton took part in a private preseason test with Ferrari and crashed during it. The crash was reported at the time, but the severity wasn't known until this week.
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The crash — which occurred, ironically, at the same Barcelona circuit Hamilton won at two weeks ago — left him with a pretty serious neck injury.
"I hit the wall very hard last year in testing," Hamilton said, per The Athletic. "Knocked out one of the discs in my neck, which was into the nerve. So, I couldn’t do a lot for like nine weeks."
Hamilton said that during that time, he had daily chiropractic appointments and struggled with sleeping.
"I had painkillers, I had to get an injection," he said. "I did everything I could to try to fix it."
What's wild is that Hamilton took part in preseason testing and a couple of races in those nine weeks with the bad neck.
Formula 1 drivers train their necks to withstand the extreme G-forces they deal with during races, so imagine having to get through those with an injury like that.
Hamilton will be looking to follow up his win in Spain with another strong performance in Austria. His weekend in Austria isn't off to the hottest start as he finished P5 in both of Friday's practice sessions.
However, he did finish ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in both sessions.