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Jerry Seinfeld turns tables on radical anti-Israel agitators after chaotic Chicago stunt backfires
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld turned the tables on anti-Israel hecklers who attempted to derail his Chicago performance last Friday, mocking the protesters as security removed them from the venue.
Viral video from the confrontation shows activists shouting at Seinfeld at the Chicago Theatre, accusing Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza and alleging that American taxpayer dollars are funding the deaths of thousands of civilians.
"Twenty-two thousand Palestinians who are children now are killed with our taxpayer money, and you’re making jokes!" a woman shouted in clips posted online.
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Seinfeld then dances on stage and mocks the protesters with sarcastic remarks, calling himself "racist" and saying, "It’s a genocide. I’m into it." He also joked that he would find out how much the protesters paid for their tickets and send the money directly to Israel.
As security personnel escorted the demonstrators out of the auditorium, one audience member shouted, "Rough her up!"
The Anti-War Committee Chicago and the Chicago branch of the US Palestinian Community Network have taken credit for organizing the disruption, writing on Instagram, "Friday’s disruption sent a clear message: Those who defend Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and throughout Palestine will be met with protest and are not welcome on Chicago’s stages without opposition."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Seinfeld’s team for comment but did not hear back.
The altercation is the latest in a string of protests targeting the 72-year-old Jewish comedian over his staunch defense of Israel.
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Comedian and media analyst Tim Young told Fox News Digital he believes protesters are paying top dollar to hijack comedy shows for viral attention rather than political discourse.
"They know that once they start yelling, everyone will whip their cameras out, and it is a very direct interaction and maybe one of the only direct interactions protesters get to have with celebrities and with the internet," Young said.
"If you are in a very intimate environment where everyone is quiet, listening to one person, you will be heard. And, so, that's what they're taking advantage of here."
Young compared the disruptions at Seinfeld's shows to protests at political rallies, arguing that some activists are willing to pay steep ticket prices to confront the comedian.
"It seems like people are going to Jerry Seinfeld's shows like they're going to a Trump rally to protest," Young said. "They wanted to get Jerry's attention. They want to, for some reason, they're very, very adamant on getting him to react to the Israel-Palestine conflict."
Young also linked the disruptions to Seinfeld's past criticism of performing at universities.
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"It's why Jerry doesn't like to go and perform at college campuses. And he said he hates performing at college campuses specifically for that reason," Young said.
"He doesn't want to get into the political thing. He doesn't want to have protesters yelling back and forth with him. It's a waste of the rest of the audience's time, and he knows that."
In May 2024, dozens of students walked out during Seinfeld's commencement address at Duke University, some holding Palestinian flags.
Seinfeld returned to the university in September 2025 to introduce freed Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov at a campus event, where he addressed anti-Israel protests, saying, "Free Palestine is, to me, just — you’re free to say you don’t like Jews. Just say you don’t like Jews."
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"By saying ‘Free Palestine,’ you’re not admitting what you really think," he said. "So, it’s actually — compared to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m actually thinking the Klan is actually a little better here because they can come right out and say, ‘We don’t like Blacks, we don’t like Jews.’ OK, that’s honest."
Seinfeld also faced controversy overseas last month when several European acts withdrew from the inaugural MEO Commedia a La Carte Fest in Lisbon, Portugal, where he is scheduled to headline later this year.
The acts did not name Seinfeld directly in their withdrawal statements, but some cited concerns about the Israel-Gaza conflict. One performer said someone involved in the festival defended ideas they considered indefensible.
Young, who previously dismissed efforts to cancel Seinfeld over his support for Israel, argued that protesters target the billionaire comedian because of his influence and celebrity status.
"This is all about control. It's all about power. And it's all about the left having power over these very influential and powerful people," Young said. "And they’re not having it."
I lost half my right lung to cancer. Pope Leo's diagnosis gives me hope
When Pope Leo told the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Sunday that doctors had found "a small, localized nodule" in his lung, the reassurances came fast. Most nodules are benign, media medical experts quickly said. Probably nothing to worry about.
I heard the same reassurances about my own lung not long ago. They were wrong then, and on Tuesday the Vatican confirmed they were wrong now. The nodule was adenocarcinoma, lung cancer. Surgeons removed the lower lobe of the Holy Father's right lung through a few small incisions, guided by a camera rather than an open chest, and he was back in his room the same afternoon.
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That is almost exactly what happened to me. Half of my right lung was removed just 12 months ago, and I was running just four weeks after that. So, my first reaction when I heard the pope's diagnosis was not dread. It was hope.
I was 43, a mother of four, a daily runner, and the daughter of a lung doctor. The morning I learned I had lung cancer, I had already completed a six-mile run without a hint that anything was wrong. I had no symptoms. Under current guidelines, I was not supposed to be at risk, and I did not qualify for screening.
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My diagnosis came from a scan I chose, not from a symptom. My husband and I have always leaned toward proactive testing, and at his urging I scheduled what I assumed would be a baseline full-body scan, paid for out of pocket. It showed a 3.8-centimeter nodule on my right lung. Initial advice from the reading radiologist recommended to follow-up if symptoms occurred. But with a father as a lung doctor and a friend as a lung radiologist, they pushed me to follow up sooner. The new low dose CT of my chest showed the mass had grown in just two months. But that scan led to a diagnosis of stage 1B lung cancer and, like the pope, to surgery to remove it. Still, no symptoms ever appeared.
Four weeks to the day after my operation, I was on a plane. I was running again within weeks. Caught early and handled by a skilled medical team and a surgeon who does this every day, lung cancer is not a death sentence. It is a survivable disease, a fixable problem. If the pope keeps his November trip to South America, he will board that plane about as far out from surgery as I was.
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So the gloom I see in my text threads with Catholic friends this week is misplaced. What should worry Americans is something else entirely. The pope's cancer was found during a routine checkup. Mine was found because I paid for a scan no one recommended. Most Americans get neither.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and one of the most expensive cancers to treat, because it is usually found late. Current guidelines recommend screening only for adults ages 50 to 80 with a heavy smoking history. Fewer than one in five people who qualify ever get the scan. And nearly two-thirds of people diagnosed with lung cancer would not have qualified at all. I am one of them.
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Stage at diagnosis is the strongest predictor of both survival and cost. Found at stage I, five-year survival can exceed 90%. Yet most cases are still found after the disease has spread, when curative treatment becomes unlikely.
There is a fix on the table. The Saving Health by Identifying Risk for Americans (SHIRA) Act, a draft bill now circulating in the White House, HHS and Congress, would make lung cancer screening free to the patient under Medicare — no copay, no deductible. It would cover veterans exposed to burn pits, guarantee a first scan to cancer survivors and those with a family history, and require Medicare to modernize who counts as "high risk" so that never-smokers, like me, stop being invisible. It builds a path toward age-based screening after 40, the way we already screen for breast and colorectal cancer.
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I was fortunate. A preventive scan, a persistent friend and father, and an early diagnosis gave me a future I might not otherwise have had. The pope was fortunate too: a routine check found his cancer before he felt a thing. Luck should not decide who survives lung cancer. Screening policy should.
I am praying for the pope this week, and I am confident. I would like every American to have the same reason for confidence he does.
Rays look to even series in Game 4 as Nick Martinez brings dominant record against Guardians
We saw the end of a dynasty on Thursday night. I suppose if you're a Los Angeles Dodgers hater, you're happy. If you're a fan of the "small market" club, then you're happy as well.
Baseball is one of those things where it almost doesn't matter who you have on the team. Just like in hockey, whichever team hits wins the game. We are now assured of two teams being in the bottom half of the league in payroll, representing the league in the World Series. The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians play Game 3 on Friday night.
The Rays came into this series as the best team in the American League. Their regular season saw them win 98 games and take the top spot in the League. They swept the New York Yankees in the ALDS and didn't even really sweat in that series. Now they are down 2-1 after having the lead in all three games. It is hard to close out games in the playoffs, but the Guardians seem to have the same never-say-die mentality that the Milwaukee Brewers have. Their hitting really hasn't been bad, and their pitching has been strong, but the Guardians have just been a bit better in both areas.
Tonight, the Rays send out Nick Martinez to the hill. In the regular season, Martinez went 15-6 with a 3.10 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. Those numbers were all top-15 in baseball. He made the first road start of the ALDS against New York, and he allowed two earned runs over 3.2 innings on five hits. The good news for Tampa fans is that Martinez has been elite against the Guardians this season. He has two starts this year against Cleveland, and he allowed seven hits and no walks in 13 scoreless innings this season. Jose Ramirez is 1-for-11 against him.
The Guardians were technically the second-ranked team in the American League, but based on record, they were lower. Cleveland struggled in the first round, losing the first two games to the Chicago White Sox. However, they found a way to make it work, getting the final three games of the series and advancing to face the Rays. The Guardians offense has been a bit inconsistent in the postseason, but they have won games in a multitude of ways.
Cleveland hasn't made a decision on who will start today. It is possible they send Tanner Bibee to the mound. Bibee didn't have a great season, but it wasn't terrible, either. He had a 4.36 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP for the year. He has only seen one out of work for the postseason. It was in the 9-5 Guardians win over the Chicago White Sox, and he allowed two earned runs and two walks.
He has 11 innings against the Rays this season, and has allowed four earned runs. The numbers make me think he will be in the bullpen if he doesn't start, but the team is likely to do a bullpen game overall.
This series really will come down to whichever team can get the big hit. There are so many matchups that managers set up with their pitchers that most hitters don't have the edge. You can't expect either team to put up a ton of runs, but I think Martinez starting today should give the Rays the advantage.
Tampa won't be facing Parker Messick, Gavin Williams, or Foster Griffin in this game. I think their hitting can get to the Guardians bullpen, and I think Martinez gives them a small advantage. Give me the Rays to even the series today.
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Race to find Amelia Earhart's lost plane hits rough seas as crucial deadline nears
Days into their expedition, the team searching for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane is battling severe weather — and racing to identify a mysterious object that could finally solve the aviator's disappearance.
Purdue University announced in a Thursday update that the 17-person expedition was forced to pause field operations after winds and rough seas made it too dangerous to reach Nikumaroro by transport boat.
The group is investigating the Taraia Object, a visual anomaly in the island's lagoon that researchers believe could be the wreckage of Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E.
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Winds and rough seas near Nikumaroro "made conditions unsafe," Purdue University said.
"Despite Thursday’s weather delay, the expedition remains on schedule, with two more days of field operations planned — and an update on the identification of the Taraia Object expected — before the team must depart the atoll and return to Tarawa, Kiribati," the university said.
Because Nikumaroro is 17 hours ahead of Eastern time in the United States, an update could come as early as Saturday, although Purdue did not give a specific release time.
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The university also said the team had begun collecting data on the Taraia Object, but it cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions.
"We understand the tremendous interest in what we’re doing at Nikumaroro, and we appreciate everyone’s patience," Rick Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute and a leader of the expedition, said in a statement.
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"This is a complex scientific process," he added.
"You don’t simply arrive at a site and immediately identify what’s there. We have to carefully collect the data, analyze it and reach sound conclusions."
Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world.
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She and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished during one of the final legs of their journey after departing Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island.
Earhart was just 39 years old when she vanished — one of the most famous people in the world at the time.
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Purdue became involved in the latest search in February 2025, when expedition leader Rick Pettigrew approached the Purdue Research Foundation about investigating the Taraia Object.
Purdue spokesperson Trevor Peters previously told Fox News Digital that, if the Taraia Object is Earhart's airplane, the team hopes to conduct a full-scale archaeological excavation next year with the proper permissions.
"The eventual curation of the wreckage has been the subject of discussions with [the Republic of] Kiribati, and although nothing has been finalized, ALI [the Archaeological Legacy Institute] and the Purdue Research Foundation share a dream of returning the plane to Purdue to be displayed, consistent with Amelia's original wishes," he added.
Black civic group blasts Talarico campaign over canceled event: ‘Deeply disappointed’
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico is facing lingering frustration from inside his own political backyard over the cancellation of an event that was supposed to take place on Oct. 5 with a Black civic-service group.
The Central Texas African American Civic Engagement Symposium (CT-AACES) expressed deep frustration in an email, sent to the Talarico campaign and obtained by Fox News Digital, after the campaign cancelled an event – which had 325 confirmed registrants – during Talarico's two-week absence from the campaign trail due to illness.
CT-AACES said the cancellation left them with "irrecoverable financial loss," and that Talarico's campaign had not engaged in rescheduling efforts
"While we understand Representative Talarico’s health required priority, we are deeply disappointed by the campaign’s decision to issue a flat cancellation rather than committing to a rescheduled date," the email reads. "It was a missed opportunity for Representative Talarico to directly address community skepticism and demonstrate the sincerity of his commitment to Central Texas African Americans."
The cancellation is the most recent instance of the tensions that Talarico's campaign has faced with the Black community. It also casts doubt on the effectiveness of his efforts to reach Black voteBlack voters through a $25 million outreach pledge aimed at mobilizing black voters is fully reaching the ground.
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The frustration isn’t isolated to CT-AACES.
At least one Austin-area Democratic operative who has met directly with Talarico told Fox News Digital that she remains frustrated by what she described as uneven follow-through on outreach to Black Democrats and candidates further down the ballot.
"Black voters aren't a monolith," the source cautioned, rejecting any blanket assertion that Black Texans distrust Talarico outright. "I think that there are pockets that do. There's a pocket that doesn’t. And then there's the pocket that's really unsure," she said.
The operative, who previously ran for Talarico's prior state House seat and spoke to Fox News Digital, is particularly familiar with the nominee and the Democratic organizing landscape in the Austin region.
Asked about a $25 million investment to focus on door-knocking in Black neighborhoods, in-person community events and engagement with Black churches, the source said those investments haven’t manifested yet.
"We haven't received the money, but we're being told it's coming," she said of some accounts she has heard from the ground. "We received, you know, one or 2% of what we were told we were going to get. And then it's been silence since," she said.
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The comments come after Talarico appeared on a Black voter coalition Zoom last week, delivering brief remarks about "put[ting] in the money … time … and effort to win" before his feed disappeared from the call reportedly without a public question-and-answer session. At the July Houston town hall where Talarico announced the $25 million pledge, nurse Kandice Webber confronted him as the event approached its scheduled end and demanded that he remain to answer questions. "Black people don’t trust you for this reason," she said, according to the Texas Tribune .
"And you cannot win without us, so you stay here and you answer our questions, or you suffer the consequences," Webber said.
During his primary, Talarico also encountered controversy over the black vote when reports surfaced the he had characterized rival candidate and former NFL linebacker Collin Allred as a "mediocre Black man." "He had the audacity to say to a Black woman that he had signed up to run against a mediocre black man," Allred said in a video response posted to X.
"We should say ‘thank you.’ Thank you for taking off the mask. Thank you for telling us who you really are and what you really think… keep my name out of your mouth while you’re at it."
Talarico, for his part, described the wording as a mischaracterization, stating that he "described Congressman Allred’s method of campaigning as mediocre" and that he would "never attack him on the basis of race."
Talarico also received criticism from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, his primary opponent in the Senate primary, after she accused him of darkening her skin in campaign ads against her.
"And you know, I've been asked a couple of times about it. And you know, I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer, and I see when they're sending out ads and they're darkening my skin. And I'm just like, I know what this is, right?" Crockett said at a press conference.
The operative said she personally pressed Talarico during a June meeting to do more to endorse and support down-ballot Democrats after hearing from campaigns that donors had already exhausted their political giving on his Senate bid and were asking whether he had endorsed those candidates.
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"He was very gracious. He said he understood," she told Fox News Digital. "I followed up with his staff multiple times and to this day have still not heard anything, which has been really frustrating to me."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Talarico campaign for a response to the characterizations and comments.
Americans back Trump's decision against livestreaming Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution
Americans interviewed by Fox News Digital were overwhelmingly pleased with President Donald Trump's decision to call off livestreaming the Fort Hood shooter’s planned firing squad execution after the Pentagon had announced it would be livestreamed for public viewing.
"I'm really glad that he called it off, because I feel like it's not really a deterrent, it's more like a shock effect," Sylvia from Arizona told Fox News Digital. "I don't think we really need that in this country right now."
"The only other countries that really do that are like North Korea," David from Arizona said. "We don't want to be North Korea."
"I never approved of the idea of it being public in the first place," Nate from Virginia said. "I think it's just ridiculous to make a spectacle out of an execution, especially in 2026 of all time."
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced earlier this month that Nidal Hasan’s execution, set for Dec. 3, would be publicly available via livestream.
Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to announce that while livestreaming the execution could serve as a deterrent to terrorism, the execution would not be available for public viewing as he acknowledged that many Americans would rather not witness Hasan's death.
"He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Despite the execution not being publicly available, Trump confirmed that the family members of the victims who died in the 2009 shooting "deserve to witness JUSTICE" and will be permitted to attend in person.
"Well, maybe he has a conscience now," one person said about Trump’s reversal of the Pentagon’s decision to livestream the execution.
Some Americans who spoke with Fox News Digital argued that Trump’s decision to call off the livestreaming was to save face after criticism of the proposal was circulating, with many arguing that livestreaming the execution would turn it into a spectacle and could easily be exposed to children.
"I think it was trying to save his image," Ivy from Georgia said.
"He doesn't wanna look like a bad person, but at the end of the day, we all know who he really is — a piece of s---," Ivy said.
"I think it was just so clearly an unpopular thing to do that he realized it would probably do more harm to his public image than good," Nate said.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist at the time of the shooting, killed 13 and injured 32 people when he shouted "Allahu Akbar" and opened fire at a military base in Texas. The mass killer is now 56 years old and uses a wheelchair after he was left partially paralyzed from being shot by police officers during his arrest almost 17 years ago.
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Only one person who spoke with Fox News Digital argued that livestreaming the execution would have been a good idea, even adding that he would have watched the livestream himself.
"Yeah, I would watch," Daniel from Virginia said. "Because I wouldn't want somebody to kill another person, you know what I mean? That person should be held wrong for what he's done."
Hasan was sentenced to death during his 2013 military trial after being found guilty on all 42 counts. His execution is set to be the first U.S. military execution in over six decades.
World Series hero Miguel Rojas emotionally announces retirement after Dodgers get swept in NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers World Series hero Miguel Rojas announced his retirement from baseball Thursday at age 37.
After the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Dodgers 6-4 to complete the sweep and advance to the World Series, an emotional Rojas said he was hanging up his spikes.
"No, I think this is it, guys," Rojas told reporters postgame. "This is it as a player. That was my last game played. That was the last time that I put these cleats on and this uniform on as a player. From now on, I'm going to start thinking about what's going to happen in my life as a baseball person."
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Rojas was responsible for one of the biggest swings in Dodgers history. In the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, with the Dodgers trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by a run, Rojas hit a game-tying solo home run to send the game to extra innings. The Dodgers went on to win the game and secure their second consecutive World Series title.
The two-time World Series champion may have retired from playing, but he plans to remain in baseball in a different role.
"I want to start my career on the other side of the of this business and I'm looking forward to do it here, with the Los Angeles Dodgers, as well. It's really hard because I never wanted to make a big conference or anything like that but I just wanted to be clear with the guys and with everybody in this clubhouse that this was it. I'm ready to move on and start the next chapter of my career," Rojas said.
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Rojas began his career with the Dodgers but was traded to the Miami Marlins after his first season. He spent the next eight seasons with Miami before being traded back to Los Angeles ahead of the 2023 season.
The utility player said the last four seasons with the Dodgers have been life-changing.
"Yeah, the last the last four years here for me have changed my life and I can't be more proud of being a Los Angeles Dodger for the time that I was here and I promise the guys loyalty forever because they helped me grow. And not just as a player but as a person, as a leader, as a future coach or whatever my job is going to be in the future as a baseball man, and I'm just so happy that I got to wear this uniform until the last day of my career," Rojas said.
"I know losing the last game of the season this year it doesn't feel the same as the last two years but there's a lot of things to be happy for and to be proud for being part of this group and trying to trying to win three times in a row. It was special and that's something that I’m going to remember forever, the good, the bads, the up and downs, is all part of the process and is all part of the journey."
In his 13-year career, Rojas was known more for his defense than his offense and was valued for his versatility across the infield. In 1,401 career games, he batted .260 with 61 home runs and 386 RBI.
Ilhan Omar's sister skips book tour event amid week of chaos following raid on progressive's DC home
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The older sister of embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is currently on a book tour promoting a memoir about her life as a Somali immigrant, skipped a scheduled event amid the fallout from the raid on the congresswoman's home.
As Omar faces a federal government probe related to potential immigration fraud as well as a separate investigation into her financial disclosures, Sahra Noor was scheduled for a book tour stop at the University of Minnesota Rochester on Thursday night.
Noor, who came to the United States as a refugee alongside Omar and other family members in the 1990s, was reportedly subpoenaed in relation to the immigration investigation into her sister. She currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya, according to her LinkedIn page, but is on a worldwide book tour promoting her recently-released "Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Noor for comment but did not hear back at time of publication.
According to a flyer, which was posted on Facebook by Rochester-based bookstore Garden Party Books, the event was scheduled for Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. It was set to be held at the Intercultural Student Center at the University of Minnesota Rochester.
When Fox News Digital arrived for the event, the space was completely empty. Fox News Digital had previously RSVP'd for the event via a QR code on the flyer and did not receive any communication that the event had been canceled, rescheduled or relocated.
Neither the University of Minnesota Rochester nor Garden Party Books returned Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Noor's absence from the book tour stop comes amid rumors that Omar fled the United States following the raid earlier this week. While the congresswoman has not been seen in public since Monday's raid, her husband snapped when asked outside the home on Wednesday whether he had a response to the rumors that she fled the country.
The flyer said that Garden Party Books, along with the University of Minnesota Bookstores and the Rochester Public Library, were "proud supporters" of the event.
It also described Noor as a "poet, storyteller and health system leader," and said the book is a "story of migration, motherhood, grief and family."
According to Noor's website, her book was officially launched during an event in a Nairobi bookstore on Aug. 13, 2026. She appeared in early September at a festival in Cape Town, South Africa to promote her work.
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Now, she is touring in the United States. Noor held an Oct. 1 event in Minneapolis, and another five days later at the University of Minnesota. She hosted an event in St. Paul, Minnesota on Oct. 7. Her next scheduled event is at the Somali Community Cultural Innovation Hub in Seattle on Oct. 23.
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the leading investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), executed a search warrant on Omar's home starting at around 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning.
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Fox News Digital first reported Monday that the raid stems from an investigation into whether Omar or her late father, Nur Mohamed, fraudulently filled out her citizenship paperwork decades ago.
The investigation, two sources noted, could lead to the congresswoman's denaturalization.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Omar's phone, passport and computers were seized in the raid.
Omar has described the search as an "outrageous abuse of power" and called it an "unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies."
Washington school district that forced kids to hide Bibles in sealed envelopes must apologize, pay $275K
A Washington state school district has agreed to publicly apologize, undergo religious liberty training and pay $275,000 in attorney's fees after a lawsuit challenged policies that required elementary school students to keep Bibles concealed in sealed envelopes, according to a Christian education organization whose CEO says children felt pressured to hide their faith.
Joel Penton, founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy, told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday that parents described the emotional toll of the Everett School District's restrictions, which also included requiring families to submit permission slips every week for their children to attend voluntary, off-campus Bible instruction.
"I also heard from parents that their children felt like they were being told they had to hide their faith when they were told they had to put their Bibles and things in envelopes as though it was something to be ashamed of, and I know that was very hurtful as well," Penton said.
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LifeWise Academy, which provides privately funded Bible instruction to public school students during the school day with parental permission, filed suit after the Everett School District imposed restrictions that the organization argued unfairly targeted its program.
Penton said LifeWise had operated in Everett for several years, serving dozens of students and families, before the school board changed its policies.
"Then the school board changed some of their policies in some ways that were pretty transparently discriminatory and infringed on the religious liberty of our program there," Penton said. "And some of those policy changes included requiring parents, instead of simply signing a permission slip one time for the entire semester, the entire year, they were requiring them to hand-bring in a permission slip each and every week, which was quite onerous."
Penton said they were told they were not allowed to participate at some of the community fairs, which he claimed other student organizations were able to participate in.
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"And then they also told students that if they received any worksheets or even a Bible at our program, when they came back to the school, that those had to come back in sealed envelopes so that other students wouldn't be exposed to them," Penton said.
He argued that the weekly permission requirement threatened the program's ability to operate.
"We knew at least with the permission slip policy that it was meant to effectively shut down the program, that one of the reasons students, parents enroll their students is because of how practical and convenient it is for them to receive Bible education during school hours as part of their school day," Penton said. "And now to tell them that they had to personally bring in a permission slip each and every week just made it really impractical for a lot of parents, and I know there are many who are frustrated about that."
Penton said LifeWise initially attempted to resolve the dispute directly with school officials and later through an attorney before filing suit.
In April, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against the district, according to LifeWise.
The settlement announced Wednesday by LifeWise Academy requires changes to district policies, religious liberty training for school board members, a public written apology posted on the district's website for six months and $275,000 in attorney's fees, according to the organization.
The announcement of the settlement quoted a statement from the district which said, "The District recognizes that comments made at various Board meetings that concerned LifeWise, including by Directors, were offensive and hurtful to the families participating in LifeWise programming. For that, the District and its Board of Directors offer a sincere apology."
In a statement posted on their website, Everett Public Schools said, "Parents and guardians have the right to choose to seek the release of their students during the school day for religious-related activities or instruction that occurs off school property for part of the school day pursuant to District Policy 2340 and Procedure 2340P. The policy and procedures align with both Washington State (RCW 28A.600.025) and federal law, with which the district is required to comply. The procedure allows students to be excused for a portion of the school day, provided the instruction is conducted off-site and does not disrupt their regular classroom instructional time."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Everett School District for comment and was referred back to the district's statement, with the school district saying, "There were no changes to the policy. The Student Release Guidelines have been updated to comply with the terms of the settlement."
Fever star Sophie Cunningham calls Angel Reese dodging $500 fine for technical foul 'absolutely insane'
With the WNBA Finals set to begin on Saturday afternoon between the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream, all the chatter is around which of these franchises will win their first championship since joining the league.
For Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, though, her focus is on a different issue.
During the Dream's series-clinching win in Game 3 against the New York Liberty back on October 9, a situation unfolded following a foul in which Atlanta forward Angel Reese followed Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu after the latter had committed an illegal screen.
Reese followed Ionescu down the court shouting "you can't do that" at the four-time WNBA All-Star.
No technical foul was called, which incensed Cunningham.
The Fever guard mentioned on her "No Hesitation" podcast that Reese avoiding the technical and subsequent $500 fine that is usually tacked on to a playoff tech was "absolutely ridiculous."
"If you're going to chase someone down the court and get in someone's ear, that should be a tech. Anytime," Cunningham said. "It's going to be a tech in the regular season. Now, if she were to stay on her side and just kind of yell and say something, I'm all for that. But the fact that she didn't get a tech on that, I think that's absolutely insane."
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She wasn't the only one to share this sentiment, though, as ESPN WNBA analyst Rebecca Lobo mentioned on the broadcast that Reese should have been hit with a technical foul as the incident unfolded.
While Cunningham was clearly miffed at the circumstances, she did mention that she respects the fact that Reese had her teammate's back in that situation.
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The problem with not calling that first technical foul, though, is that a few minutes later, Reese was T'd up after standing chest-to-chest with Jonquel Jones after blocking her layup attempt into the stands.
Two technical fouls in the same game would have resulted in an ejection of Reese, and could have changed the game in favor of the Liberty.
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Cunningham didn't like the technical that was actually called on Reese, calling it "good playoff basketball," but did take exception to the gap between the two calls, characterizing it as "weird and inconsistent."
Reese is sitting on two technical fouls heading into the Finals, and two more within the span of the seven-game series would result in a one-game suspension.
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Reese and Cunningham's teammate, Caitlin Clark, have a history of hard fouls and competitive banter between the two.
With that in mind, some credit has to go to Cunningham for being measured and fair in her assessment of Reese's fouls.