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Girls at elite prep school threatened in 'revenge porn blast' as parents shell out $63k a year to attend
Two teenage girls say a former teacher linked to a $63,000-a-year Brooklyn private school threatened them with a "revenge porn blast," exposing nude images after allegedly coercing them for explicit photos, according to a newly filed federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit accuses Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School, of soliciting nude photos and videos from the girls when they were just 13 years old and later sharing the material with students.
Nguyen pleaded guilty last year to a felony charge and multiple misdemeanors and is now serving a seven-year prison sentence, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
The civil complaint, filed Thursday in federal court, names Saint Ann’s School, several administrators and Nguyen as defendants. The girls, who were not students at Saint Ann’s, allege school leaders were negligent and failed to act despite repeated warning signs about Nguyen’s behavior.
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Nguyen, 39, was arrested in June 2024 outside the Brooklyn Heights campus. He pleaded guilty to using a child in a sexual performance and five misdemeanor counts.
Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.
The lawsuit marks the first time some of Nguyen’s victims have publicly shared their accounts.
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Nguyen betrayed his position of trust by targeting teenage victims from multiple elite independent schools.
According to prosecutors, Nguyen used the messaging app Snapchat to pose as a teenage boy and engage minors in sexually explicit conversations, persuading them to send nude images and videos. The victims were between 13 and 15 years old, and the crimes occurred between October 2022 and May 2024, the DA’s office said.
According to the complaint, obtained by the New York Times, the girls say they felt pressured to comply because they believed Nguyen was a peer with social influence connected to Saint Ann’s students.
"This was a sickening betrayal of trust by a schoolteacher who solicited students into sending him graphic and nude photos," Gonzalez said at sentencing. "Today’s sentencing holds him accountable for his actions while sparing the young and vulnerable victims from having to relive this emotional abuse in court."
After the girls cut off contact, Nguyen allegedly shared their nude images with other students.
The lawsuit claims Saint Ann’s leadership was alerted twice in early 2024 that explicit images of young girls were circulating among students on Snapchat but failed to notify police or intervene beyond internal meetings.
"Only the school knew about both the revenge porn circulating and Nguyen’s history of misconduct," the complaint states.
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Saint Ann’s administrators knew when Nguyen was hired in 2020 that he had previously served time in prison, according to the complaint. The New York Times reported in December 2024 that at least one staff member warned against hiring Nguyen, citing his criminal history involving financial exploitation of an elderly couple.
Nguyen was initially hired as a clerk before becoming a middle school math teacher. School officials allegedly knew he slept on campus, gave students gifts and snacks, and searched for students on social media.
Parents, teachers and students who raised concerns were allegedly dismissed or "shamed" for being "racist or not progressive," according to a 2024 law firm report commissioned by the school. Nguyen is the son of Vietnamese immigrants.
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After the lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York, Saint Ann’s leaders sent a letter to the school community disputing the allegations.
"The complaint includes several misrepresentations of Saint Ann’s role, and we will address and dispute this delicate matter through the appropriate legal channels," Head of School Kenyatte Reid and Board of Trustees President Mary Watson wrote, adding they were "concern[ed] for all victims impacted by Nguyen’s actions."
The girls’ attorney, Joshua Perry, said the evidence will show Saint Ann’s leadership repeatedly ignored warning signs about Nguyen’s behavior.
"The school ignored every warning sign and coddled a known predator," Perry told Fox News Digital.
Perry said Saint Ann’s knew Nguyen had a prior conviction involving vulnerable victims, knew he was grooming students with gifts, interacting with them on social media, violating boundaries by visiting their homes and hosting unauthorized sessions with students on campus.
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"These aren’t just my guesses," Perry said. "The school’s own internal investigator, the law firm Debevoise and Plimpton, found all these facts. But the school still refuses to accept any responsibility."
Perry also pushed back on suggestions that the harm to his clients is merely alleged, noting Nguyen’s guilty plea.
"It’s not just alleged. Nguyen pled guilty, and Jane and Joan’s impact statements were read at his sentencing," he said.
Perry said the girls, identified in court filings as Jane and Joan, were deeply traumatized.
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"They were devastated. Depressed. Anxious. Terrified. Ashamed," Perry said. "But they’re incredibly brave young women, and they’re fighting back."
Nguyen’s attorney, Frank Rothman, told The New York Times that his client is penniless and incarcerated but acknowledged potential liability for the school.
"At a minimum, they should have stopped to think, ‘Is this the man for the job?’" Rothman said.
Saint Ann’s has faced previous sexual misconduct allegations. In 2019, the school acknowledged that 19 former staff members may have engaged in inappropriate behavior with students.
Statements from the girls were read at Nguyen’s sentencing hearing last year.
"Photos of me as a naked preteen will forever be on the internet," one wrote. "You ruined my life, broke my ability to trust, and hurt any chance at loving myself."
Perry said he hopes additional victims will come forward but accused Saint Ann’s of discouraging them.
"Saint Ann’s has a track record of bullying and intimidating victims," he said. "But Jane and Joan are fighting back and other young women can, too."
Perry said he is seeking accountability from Saint Ann’s leadership, accusing school officials of minimizing responsibility.
"Saint Ann’s turned a predator loose on Brooklyn’s children," he said. "They don’t get to hide in their ivory tower."
Fox News Digital reached out to Saint Ann’s School and Nguyen’s lawyer for comment.
Escaped kangaroo blocks Virginia highway after being chased by hunting dogs, officials say
Local law enforcement sprang into action Saturday morning after a kangaroo was spotted on a major highway in central Virginia.
The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Thomas Nelson Highway and Oak Ridge Road near the unincorporated community of Arrington after receiving a report of a kangaroo blocking traffic.
"You never know what you are going to see on a weekend in Nelson County!" the sheriff’s office wrote, sharing snowy photos of the unlikely highway hopper.
Once on scene, deputies quickly determined the animal was injured. Photos appeared to show blood on the kangaroo’s paws.
Officers safely steered the kangaroo off the roadway and onto nearby private property before tracking down the animal’s owner, according to authorities.
"When the owner arrived, he shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart to subdue the animal," Nelson County Sheriff Mark Embrey told Fox News Digital.
With assistance from Virginia Conservation Police Officer Andrew Sundra, deputies were able to safely capture the injured kangaroo. The animal was returned to its owner and is expected to make a full recovery, according to the sheriff’s office.
"The Kangaroo has been returned to its owner, and is expected to make a healthy recovery!" the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office wrote. "We'd like to thank everyone who assisted our deputies with this very unusual incident!"
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Embrey said the female kangaroo had escaped from a private property several miles away after being chased by local hunting dogs. The dogs frightened the animal, causing it to leap over a containment fence.
At the time of the escape, the kangaroo was carrying her baby, known as a joey.
"This kangaroo was a female, and she had her baby 'joey' on her person," he said, "After jumping the fence, she dropped her baby a short distance from the owner's farm. The female kangaroo continued to be pushed by the local hunting dogs."
By the time the animal reached the highway, Embrey said, she had successfully outrun the dogs.
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Hours later, the department leaned into the moment with a tongue-in-cheek follow-up.
"We’ve already wrangled one rogue kangaroo today," the office wrote. "Let’s not turn Saturday night into an outback adventure, mates."
The incident echoes a similar escape last April, when a runaway kangaroo forced the closure of an Alabama interstate highway.
That animal was later captured by state troopers and its owner after being involved in a two-vehicle crash.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.
Researchers pinpoint source of black hole's 3,000-light-year-long jet stream using enhanced telescope network
Scientists have traced a 3,000-light-year-long cosmic jet streaming out from the first black hole ever imaged to its likely source point with the help of "significantly enhanced coverage" from the global Event Horizon Telescope, a new study published this week revealed.
The findings, published in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics" on Wednesday, could help pinpoint exactly from where and how black holes launch vast cosmic jets that travel at nearly the speed of light.
M87 is a supermassive black hole located in the Messier 87 Galaxy around 55 light years from Earth, and is 6.5 billion times larger than the sun.
The first image of M87 was released to the public in 2019, after the data was collected by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2017.
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Not only is the black hole supermassive, "it's also active," Dr. Padi Boyd of NASA explained in a video about the discovery of the black hole. "Just a few percent are active at any given time. Are they turning on and then turning off? That's an idea… We know there's very high magnetic fields that you launch a jet. And so this image is observational evidence that what we've been seeing for a while is actually being launched by a jet connected to that supermassive black hole at the center of M87."
M87 both sucks in surrounding gas and dust and spews out powerful jets of charged particles from its poles that form the jet stream, according to Scientific American and Space.com.
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"This study represents an early step toward connecting theoretical ideas about jet launching with direct observations," Saurabh, team leader of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, said in a statement, according to Space.com.
He added, "Identifying where the jet may originate and how it connects to the black hole's shadow adds a key piece to the puzzle and points toward a better understanding of how the central engine operates."
The Event Horizon Telescope involves a global network of eight radio observatories that can detect radio waves from astronomical objects like galaxies and black holes that converge to create an Earth-sized telescope.
Event Horizon refers to the boundary of a black hole beyond which light can’t escape, according to the National Science Foundation.
The findings came after studying data from the Event Horizon Telescope from 2021, but the authors of the study added, "Although this result is robust under the assumptions and tests performed, definitive confirmation and more precise constraints will require future EHT observations with higher sensitivity and improved intermediate-baseline coverage via additional stations and expanded frequency range."
Trump says Iran 'seriously talking to us' as military ships head to Middle East
President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes Iran is negotiating "seriously" with the U.S., stressing that he hopes an "acceptable" deal can be brokered.
The president's comments were made as he reportedly weighs options on a possible military strike on Iran amid widespread protests and a violent crackdown in the country.
When asked by a reporter aboard Air Force One whether he had decided on a strike against Iran, Trump responded, "I certainly can't tell you that."
"But we do have very big, powerful ships heading in that direction," he added. "I hope they negotiate something that's acceptable."
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The president then sidestepped a question about whether Tehran would be emboldened if the U.S. opted not to launch strikes on Iran, saying, "Some people think that. Some people don’t."
"You could make a negotiated deal that would be satisfactory with no nuclear weapons," Trump said. "They should do that, but I don't know that they will. But they are talking to us. Seriously talking to us."
Trump has said the U.S. will not share military plans with Gulf allies while negotiating with Iran, even as U.S. naval forces surge into the region.
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Speaking with Fox News Channel senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich on Saturday, Trump said, "We can’t tell them the plan. If I told them the plan, it would be almost as bad as telling you the plan — it could be worse, actually."
"But, look, the plan is that [Iran is] talking to us, and we’ll see if we can do something," Trump continued. "Otherwise, we’ll see what happens. … We have a big fleet heading out there, bigger than we had — and still have, actually — in Venezuela."
On Sunday, the speaker of Iran’s parliament said the Islamic Republic now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups after the bloc declared the country’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror group over its crackdown on nationwide protests.
Iran again invoked a 2019 law to declare other nations’ militaries terrorist groups following the United States’ designation of the Guard as a terror organization that year.
The announcement by Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, comes as the Islamic Republic also planned live-fire military drills for Sunday and Monday in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade passes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
House GOP's already fragile majority to further shrink after Democrats' ballot box victory
Democrat Christian Menefee, a former attorney for Houston's Harris County, has won a special congressional election in a left-leaning district in Texas, which has been vacant for nearly a year.
The Associated Press reports that Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, a fellow Democrat, in Saturday's runoff election to fill the seat left vacant when Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died last March.
Menefee's victory means the Republicans' razor-thin House majority — they currently control the chamber 218-213 — will shrink by one seat when Menefee is sworn in to Congress.
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Sylvester, a former longtime state lawmaker, served two terms as Houston mayor before winning election to Congress in 2024 to fill the seat of the late longtime Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
While Texas has redrawn its congressional maps for the 2026 midterms, as part of the high-stakes redistricting battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats, the special election used the state's current district lines.
The addition of another lawmaker into the House Democrats' ranks will give Republican leadership in the chamber further headaches.
"They'd better be here," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., recently said of his members. "I told everybody, and not in jest, I said, no adventure sports, no risk-taking, take your vitamins. Stay healthy and be here."
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And House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office confirmed it is advising members that "outside of life-and-death circumstances," they expect Republican lawmakers to be on Capitol Hill.
Three other special congressional elections are on tap this year.
Eleven candidates are running in the Feb. 5 Democratic Party primary in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.
The seat was left vacant after now New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill stepped down after winning November's gubernatorial election in the Garden State.
The winner of the Democratic primary will face off with Randolph Mayor Joe Hathaway, the only Republican to file for the special election, which will be held on April 16.
The suburban district in northern New Jersey leans to the left, with Sherrill winning re-election in 2024 by 15 points, the same margin she carried the district in November's gubernatorial showdown.
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But then-Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by just eight points in the 2024 presidential election, giving the GOP some hopes of possibly flipping the seat.
A whopping 22 candidates, including 17 Republicans, are running in a special election in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, in the race to succeed former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The MAGA firebrand and one-time top Trump House ally four weeks ago stepped down from Congress a year before her term ended.
According to Georgia state law, all the candidates will run on the same ballot. If no contender tops 50% of the vote, a runoff election between the top two finishers will take place on April 7.
The district in northwestern Georgia is solidly Republican, with Greene winning re-election in 2024 by nearly 30 points and Trump carrying the district by 37 points.
Primary Day in California for the 2026 elections is scheduled for June 2, and this year it will also include a primary for the special election in the state's 1st Congressional District, in the race to fill a seat left vacant following the recent unexpected death of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa. The general election will be held on Aug. 4.
The district, in northeastern California, is solidly Republican.
Similar to Texas, California is also altering its congressional maps as part of the redistricting wars, but the special election will be held under the current district lines.
The White House and congressional Republicans criticized the decision by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to not hold a special election to fill LaMalfa's seat until August, six months after the late congressman's death.
But Democrats similarly complained about Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas not scheduling the special election to fill Turner's seat until eight months after the late lawmaker died.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this story.
White House touts Trump’s ‘bold vision’ for towering Independence Arch for America 250
President Donald Trump is pushing plans for a massive triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., a project the White House says will become one of the most iconic landmarks in the world as critics warn the structure could visually dominate nearby memorials, including the Lincoln Memorial.
The White House defended the proposal in a statement to Fox News Digital, describing the monument as a central part of Trump’s legacy and vision ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
"The Arch is going to be one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, D.C., but throughout the world," White House spokesman Davis Ingle said. "President Trump’s bold vision will be imprinted upon the fabric of America and be felt by generations to come. His successes will continue to give the greatest Nation on earth — America — the glory it deserves."
The renewed attention follows reporting by The Washington Post, which said that Trump has expressed a preference for an Independence Arch that could rise as high as 250 feet, a scale that would dramatically alter the skyline near Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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For comparison, the White House stands roughly 70 feet, while the Lincoln Memorial rises to about 100 feet. A 250-foot structure would tower over both.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One Saturday evening, Trump said the arch will be the "most beautiful in the world," but did not confirm the structure’s height.
"I don't know what the height is," he said. "It's just appropriate for the site. We're setting up a committee and the committee is going to be going over it, but it'll be substantial. I'd like it to be the biggest one of all. We're the biggest, most powerful nation. I'd like it to be the biggest one of all."
Trump fueled fresh speculation earlier this month when he shared a series of renderings of a classical triumphal arch on his Truth Social account on Jan. 23. The images showed multiple design variations inspired by classical European-style arches like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, featuring massive columns, wide central openings and ornate detailing.
The president has also displayed scale models of the proposed monument at White House events in recent months, showcasing his personal involvement in shaping the project’s design and placement.
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Trump has publicly discussed the idea since late last year, when he said construction on an Arc de Triomphe-style monument commemorating America’s 250th anniversary could begin within two months.
Trump said construction had not yet begun but suggested the project would move quickly.
"It hasn’t started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months. It’ll be great. Everyone loves it," Trump told Politico during a phone call from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
"They love the ballroom too. But they love the Triumphal Arch," he added.
The monument would be funded privately, using leftover donations from the White House ballroom project, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Key details surrounding the project have not yet been finalized. The White House has not released specifics on the monument’s cost, approval process, exact location or final height, and construction has not yet begun.
Some architects and historians cited by The Washington Post have raised questions about placing a monument of that scale near Memorial Circle, saying it could affect historic sightlines, and the character of the area.
Fox News Digital's Alex Koch and Amanda Macias contributed to this reporting.
Criminal illegal immigrant allegedly rams ICE vehicle in Minnesota as attacks on agents surge
A criminal illegal immigrant was detained Saturday after allegedly ramming his car into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle in Minnesota, according to federal authorities.
Tranquilino Sixto-Anorve, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested after allegedly striking an ICE vehicle and a civilian car Saturday morning in St. Paul, officials said.
According to ICE, Sixto-Anorve has multiple DUI convictions and was being targeted for arrest because his criminal history indicated he was a "public safety threat."
"This ramming highlights increased risks our brave men and women of ICE face amid hostile rhetoric and actions from anti-ICE agitators and politicians," ICE said in a statement.
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A spokesperson with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital that Sixto-Anorve entered the country illegally at an unknown date and location.
Sixto-Anorve is in ICE custody.
The incident comes amid heightened concern over illegal immigration and reports of anti-ICE agitators attempting to violently disrupt federal law enforcement operations.
DHS said earlier this month that ICE officers are facing a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks.
According to DHS, from Jan. 21, 2025, to Jan. 7, 2026, ICE officers experienced 66 "vehicular attacks," compared to two during the same period the previous year.
ICE also arrested an illegal immigrant in San Antonio, Texas, earlier this month whom the agency said "weaponized" his vehicle by ramming two ICE vehicles and nearly running over an agent.
Cuban illegal immigrant Robyn Argote Brooks is accused of ramming two ICE vehicles in a San Antonio parking lot in an attempt to evade arrest during a targeted vehicle stop, according to DHS.
Video of the incident shows Brooks driving a sedan that was boxed in by agents’ vehicles when he allegedly defied law enforcement commands and suddenly reversed, narrowly missing an agent and striking a federal SUV.
After unsuccessfully accelerating into the larger vehicle, Brooks then sped forward into another ICE sedan positioned in front of him, continuing to accelerate as agents attempted to stop him.
The confrontation ended when an agent broke through the driver-side window and pulled Brooks from the vehicle to place him under arrest.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.
Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
'Melania' earns $8M opening weekend, marking best documentary debut in over 10 years
"Melania," the documentary detailing the 20 days in the first lady’s life before President Donald Trump took office for the second time last year, is set to beat expectations, earning $8 million at the box office in its opening weekend, the best documentary opening in more than a decade, according to reports.
The documentary will likely finish third behind horror films "Iron Lung" and Rachel McAdams’ "Send Help," but beat out action star Jason Statham’s "Shelter," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Amazon paid $75 million for the distribution rights and to market the Brett Ratner-directed film, which opened across the country this weekend and in 27 countries, making it the most expensive documentary in history, according to The Reporter.
The first lady was also an executive producer on the project, which was produced by Muse Films, a production company the first lady launched late last year.
The strong box office showing was thanks mainly to Americans over 55 years old, who made up 78% of ticket buyers, and especially women over 55 who were 72%, according to The Reporter.
Theaters in rural areas also brought in an outsize 46% of the weekend draw, which is unusually high for an opening. Florida, Texas and Arizona were the top ticket-selling states.
The film has received mixed reviews, with some critics slamming it as propaganda for the Trump administration.
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A 60-year-old Staten Island man who told The New York Times he rarely goes to the theater, said he bought a ticket for "Melania" to see it "kick Hollywood’s a--."
The Times reported that in at least one screening, attendees erupted in applause during the president’s swearing-in and there were shouts of "Trump 2028!"
A review from Variety, however, called it a "documentary that never comes to life. It’s a ‘portrait’ of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial."
The premiere of "Melania" was held in Washington, D.C., on Thursday at the newly named Trump Kennedy Center with guests like Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Nicki Minaj, Patriots owner Robert Kraft and former New York Mayor Eric Adams.
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"I hope they get to see what I see," U.S. Attorney Alina Habba told Fox News Digital at the premiere. "She is incredibly astute. She is incredibly involved. She does everything with grace. She has taken the punches right next to him and always held herself out with such grace. And I'm happy that for a woman who's a girl boss, who's literally a legend, and should have been on the cover of Vogue, she's going to have her time to shine."
Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11," about former President George W. Bush and the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, is the record-holder for the highest-grossing documentary of all time, earning $119 million in 2004, around $208 million when adjusted for inflation, according to The Reporter.
Mamdani taps ex-con to lead NYC jails as Rikers remains under federal oversight
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday appointed an ex-con-turned prison reformer as commissioner of the Department of Correction as his administration pushes a rehabilitation-focused overhaul of corrections.
Stanley Richards, who did time in the 1980s for robbery, will be the first former inmate to serve as corrections commissioner.
"Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner," Mamdani said. "I will turn to Stanley as we work to build a city where justice is at the heart of our corrections system," the mayor added.
Richards was convicted of robbery in the late 1980s and served roughly two and a half years on Rikers Island before spending an additional four and a half years in state prison, according to reporting from Gothamist and NY1. He was released in 1991.
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In his first remarks as commissioner, Richards aligned himself closely with Mamdani’s vision and rejected what he described as a punishment-centered approach to incarceration.
"Today we turn the page and we start a new era under Mayor Mamdani," Richards said.
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Richards also pointed to his experience within the correctional system, including serving as first deputy commissioner of programs and operations at the Department of Correction and as vice chair of the Board of Correction’s Task Force to Close Rikers.
The appointment comes as New York City’s jail system remains under heightened federal scrutiny. Earlier this week, a federal judge appointed an outside remediation manager to oversee reforms at Rikers Island after years of violence, staff shortages and federal court findings that city leadership failed to fix conditions inside the jails. Rikers was originally set to be demolished by August 2027 by former Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Asked whether he had spoken with the remediation manager, Mamdani said his administration had already been in contact and emphasized cooperation.
"My administration has, and we look forward to working with the remediation manager on improving conditions in our city’s jails, both for those in custody and for correction officers," Mamdani said.
The appointment has drawn caution from the union representing correction officers, which warned that safety must come before political ideology.
In a statement, Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio said the jails "cannot and will not operate as safely as possible if the concerns of our members are brushed aside," adding that Richards must demonstrate a commitment to "putting safety and security before any political ideology."
Whether Richards’ reform-focused background will translate into improved safety and order inside New York City’s jails remains an open question as he prepares to take over the troubled system.
Mamdani’s office confirmed with Fox News Digital that Richards’ first day in office will be Feb. 16.
Amber Rose defends Charlie Kirk's widow against online critics
Amber Rose is sticking up for Charlie Kirk's widow.
During a recent appearance on a Kick livestream with Sneako on Thursday, the 42-year-old model came to Erika Kirk's defense, against those who criticize the way she reacted to Charlie's death.
"Yeah, I mean they talk s--- about her too," Rose said. "Everyone grieves differently, and I tell people that, like maybe she feels like it's her duty to keep him alive in a sense by kind of doing everything that he was doing. I don't know. I don't know. I can't tell someone how to grieve, you know what I mean?"
Charlie, the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He and Erika had two children.
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Following his assassination, Erika became the new CEO and chair of TPUSA, and has made public appearances at various events.
"This woman should be kicked to the curb," liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch said on her "I've Had It" podcast about Erika. "She is an absolute grifter, just like Donald Trump, and just like her unrepentant, racist, homophobic husband was."
Elsewhere during the livestream, Rose responded to Ariana Grande's support of the protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging Americans to skip work, school and shopping.
Grande posted an Instagram story encouraging her followers to stay home from work or school on Friday, in honor of the protest, writing, "ICE out! Nationwide shutdown! No work. No school. No shopping. Jan 30, 2026."
"Ariana Grande… I think she’s worth, I don’t know, $250–300 million, telling people to not go to work, protest ICE. It's like, 'Girl, shut the f--- up," Rose said.
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She continued: "Do you want to give your money away to these people to stay home from work? Stop telling people to do that… I think anyone that tells people to not go to work, not go to school, not f---ing buy things for their family, and they’re worth $250-300 million, they should shut the f--- up."
Rose famously supported President Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency in 2024, even speaking at the Republican National Convention.
At the convention, she told the audience she decided to "put the red hat on" and "let go" of any fear she had of being "misunderstood" or "of getting attacked by the left."
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She later told Maxim in a January 2025 interview she was "canceled" during the election.
"Unfortunately, the ‘woke’ left cancels people for having a different ideology," she told Maxim. "Fortunately for me, I don’t give a f--- and will always stand 10 toes down until the wheels fall off, regardless of what my beliefs may be. I used to be on the left and thought I was doing the right thing. That’s why it’s so important to have open conversations."
"On the left, there’s no objective truth. It’s only about feelings," she added.