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Trump administration expands efforts to stop Christian violence in Nigeria with aid threat
President Donald Trump's administration is picking up steam in addressing violence against Christians in Nigeria this week, after Trump lashed out at the nation's government for having "done nothing" to stop the killings.
"I’m really angry about it," the president told Fox News Radio on Friday. "What’s happening in Nigeria is a disgrace."
War Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu last week amid threats from Trump to cut off aid to Nigeria if it "continues to allow the killing of Christians." Nigerian officials have pushed back on the accusation.
"Hegseth emphasized the need for Nigeria to demonstrate commitment and take both urgent and enduring action to stop violence against Christians and conveyed the Department’s desire to work by, with, and through Nigeria to deter and degrade terrorists that threaten the United States," the Pentagon said in a statement.
Jonathan Pratt, who leads the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, also testified before Congress on Thursday and said any Pentagon involvement would be part of a broader strategy.
"This would span from security to policing to economic," he said. "We want to look at all of these tools and have a comprehensive strategy to get the best result possible."
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Recent incidents in Nigeria have included the mass abduction of over 300 children and 12 teachers from a Catholic school on Friday, as well as a shooting at another church that left two people dead. The gunmen also abducted several congregants from the church.
The primary threat comes from the Islamist radical group Boko Haram, as well as its splinter Islamic State of West Africa Province. The groups target primarily Christians, though Muslims of other sects also face attacks.
On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz held an event highlighting the ongoing violence in Nigeria. During the event, Waltz called the killings of Christians in Nigeria a "genocide wearing the mask of chaos." He was joined by rap superstar Nicki Minaj, who called for religious freedom for all.
Fox News' Rachel Wolf and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump admin slams South Africa for ‘weaponized’ G20 presidency as summit ignores Christian persecution
JOHANNESBURG: The White House has mounted a new verbal attack on South Africa over the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. White House deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly hit back at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after Pretoria refused to allow a U.S. embassy delegation to take part in the summit’s closing ceremony.
The U.S. takes over the G20’s presidency next year. But Ramaphosa’s spokesperson told reporters here at the summit their president won’t perform the ceremonial hand over to a junior diplomat. Washington had asked to send the embassy’s chargé d’affaires to the ceremony.
In what is becoming an increasingly fractious back-and-forth of bitter statements between Pretoria and Washington on several issues around the G20, Kelly told Fox News Digital, "President Ramaphosa initially declared that he would pass the gavel to an ‘empty chair.’ Now, he’s refusing to facilitate a smooth transition of the G20 presidency at all."
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Kelly continued "This, coupled with South Africa’s push to issue a G20 Leaders Declaration, despite consistent and robust U.S. objections, underscores the fact that they have weaponized their G20 presidency to undermine the G20’s founding principles. President Trump looks forward to restoring legitimacy to the G20 in the U.S.’s 2026 host year."
Trump withdrew all U.S. participation in the summit over his claims that some white South Africans were being racially discriminated against.
Now South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Dr. Warren Goldstein, has also lashed out at the G20, speaking exclusively to Fox News Digital, saying, "How can it be that in the long wish list of items that make up the G20 Leaders Declaration, there wasn’t space to condemn one of the greatest human rights crises in Africa - the continent wide jihadi war on Christians?"
He continued "How can it be that the first G20 hosted in Africa by an African government ignores how Africa — from Mozambique to Mali, the DRC, Nigeria, Sudan and so many other countries — has become the central front of Islamist terrorism?
"Just Friday, more than 300 girls and 12 teachers were kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria," he added. "Who will speak up for these children and save them? The silence of the G20 declaration on this and other Jihadi atrocities on the continent is a moral disgrace, revealing the gathering to be a heartless charade that history will judge harshly. God’s condemnation of Cain following his feeble defense of "am I my brother’s keeper?" stands as an eternal accusation against the leaders of the G20 — "What have you done? The blood of your brother calls out to Me from the ground."
42 world leaders and major institutions such as the U.N. are represented at the summit. Only one of them, Italy’s President Giorgia Meloni, has addressed the issue of Christian persecution in the last few days – and she did that Friday, before the summit started. Posting on X, she wrote, "We ask the Nigerian government to strengthen the protection of Christian communities and all religious communities and to pursue those responsible for these heinous attacks."
The White House could question the validity of the Leaders’ Declaration produced at the G20. Ramaphosa conceivably didn’t realize his microphone was open right at the beginning of proceedings Saturday. Journalists in the media center next door to the main summit hall could hear him telling leaders that the final 122-point resolution was ready for them to endorse – before they had discussed it.
As it stands, South Africa has officially marked the U.S. as ‘absent’ from this G20 summit. The only U.S. presence here this weekend was the American flag in the media center.
The final G20 South Africa Summit Leaders' Declaration was released on Sunday with the only reference to religion, noting, "We condemn all attacks against civilians and infrastructure. We further reaffirm that in line with the U.N. Charter, all states must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state and that states should develop friendly relations among nations, including by promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. We condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Fox News Digital reached out to the South African government but did not receive a response.
Kathie Lee Gifford chose family privacy over fame despite creating the Kardashian TV phenomenon
Kathie Lee Gifford is opening up about one of the most enduring friendships of her life.
During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 72-year-old TV personality discussed her upcoming thriller, "Nero and Paul," her thoughts on filming a reality show and her long-lasting friendship with reality TV star Kris Jenner.
"She has been my friend for 50 years," Gifford said of Jenner. "I was 22, and she was 20 when we met. Nobody knew who I was, nobody knew who Kris was, and we just fell crazy in love with each other. I've had so much fun."
She explained that eventually her life took her to New York City while Jenner built a life in Los Angeles with her first husband, Robert Kardashian.
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Gifford joked that "we all know what happened" in Jenner's life, adding that she was the one who arranged for Jenner and her family to appear on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," the show that propelled the whole family to superstardom.
"It's been nothing but success, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, ever since," she said. "But I haven't changed, and down deep, Kris hasn't either."
WATCH: KATHIE LEE GIFFORD SHARED DETAILS ABOUT HER DECADES-LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH KRIS JENNER
While Gifford was the one who suggested Jenner and her family get their own reality show, she says it has never been something she has had any interest in.
"I'm not acting out this life of mine. I'm living it," she said. "That's why I said no to a reality series every time it was offered to me. I said, 'No, I'm in show business and I chose that as a child. My children didn't. I'm going to go home to my children and my husband every day and have a life that's private as much as possible. Keep my children out of it.'"
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She went on to explain that the Kris Jenner fans see on the show is a persona, saying, "Kris is acting on her show," adding that that's just the nature of reality TV, where "they have a producer who says, 'This is what's going to happen today, make it real, make it fun.'"
She said the same goes for all members of the family, with Gifford claiming they are all "acting out their personas" and have "learned" to do it over the years.
WATCH: KATHIE LEE GIFFORD SHARES WHY SHE NEVER AGREED TO APPEAR ON A REALITY SHOW
Jenner recently celebrated her 70th birthday with a huge party, which Gifford attended, even though she usually chooses to "turn down most big events" because "they're loud and noisy and you never get a chance to even talk to anybody."
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Prior to going to the party, she told Jenner, "I didn't come to go to the party. I came to love on you and just remind us of all we've been through and God's faithfulness in our lives."
While at the party, Gifford said she found a table in the corner and "avoided pictures with her pretty much all night," because "it was her night."
Gifford described arriving in Los Angeles prior to the birthday party to give Jenner her gift, adding the two of them spent hours "sipping Perrier and lime and just talking and crying and laughing" about all they had been through together.
"She's got 13 grandchildren now," she said. "I've got five and, you know she's in a happy relationship, and I'm a widow. And yet we're the same people that we were when we met all those years ago. Just we have a lot more to show for it, that's for sure. But basically, we're the same people. And we're grateful. We're grateful people."
Gifford also spoke to Fox News Digital about her new book, "Nero and Paul," which combines historical accuracy with a fictional narrative to tell the story of Roman Emperor Nero and Apostle Paul. In the early days of Christianity, Emperor Nero persecuted Christians, arresting and torturing them before their execution. Paul was a former persecutor of Christians who became a missionary and was later beheaded in Rome.
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She explained the book is written as a thriller, which will tell "the true stories of these people's lives," saying they "accomplished amazing things" in addition to having "sex with everyone and everything" and murdering "everybody that got in their way." She contrasts this story with Paul, who "was literally martyred for his faith," saying she hopes to get across the message that while there has always been evil around, "the Lord God [is] still present in every nanosecond of our lives."
"So we're hoping to make these into a docuseries because they're just so exciting," she said. "It's like a thriller. So I'm trying to tell people, and they're listening to me, and they're enjoying it so much more. Instead of reading it, which it's thick. There's a lot of history here, a lot of stuff. Just listen to me when you're in the car, or you're winding down or something, and let me tell the story. Let me do the hard work. And you'll get wrapped up in this thing, and you will go, 'Are you frickin' kidding me?' You know, it's that good."
Bible app shatters milestone with one billion downloads as faith revival surges worldwide
When he launched the YouVersion Bible App in 2008, Bobby Gruenewald never imagined the reach and impact it would have.
"There's been lots of challenges and ups and downs, but we never thought it would be possible 17 and a half years ago that we'd be celebrating a milestone of 1 billion installs," he told Fox News Digital. "But that's what we celebrated last Monday."
Now, more than a decade later, the CEO and founder of YouVersion says renewed interest in the Bible is unmistakable and growing faster than ever.
"We’re seeing it globally, for sure, including in the U.S. It’s actually been a trend line that’s been happening for probably more than a year now. It picked up pace even more this year," Gruenewald said.
YouVersion, created by Gruenewald and Life.Church, celebrated surpassing one billion installations across its family of apps at its "Beyond a Billion" event at the Paycom Center on Nov. 17.
The event featured messages from Gruenewald and Life.Church Senior Pastor Craig Groeschel, with worship led by Christian artists including Lauren Daigle, Phil Wickham and CeCe Winans.
The app’s growth, Gruenewald said, reflects a wider cultural hunger for faith and truth.
"Here we are in November, which is definitely not a peak time, and we’re seeing the all-time historical record days for engagement in the Bible app," he said, noting that engagement typically spikes around New Year’s Day and Easter.
Some faith leaders have suggested the nation is experiencing a surge in spiritual revival, with Bible sales rising 36% in September, according to a recent Wall Street Journal analysis. That follows a 22% boom in 2024 and reports from some churches of higher attendance.
Gruenewald sees that revival reflected especially among young people.
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"Gen Z is more open to the Bible than we ever anticipated would happen," he said. "We live in a world where we’re trying to question the veracity of everything that we consume," he added, referring to the rise of AI. "The natural reaction to that is to search for and look for things that are actually real and can be trusted and are true."
"We feel like this is sort of a perfect setup for the Bible because there’s nothing like it in the world," he continued. "It has been moved and translated carefully from generation to generation for thousands of years."
Gruenewald first had the idea for a digital Bible to help him read Scripture more consistently in 2006. The first version, a website, failed, but the setback pushed his team to reimagine the project for mobile devices. Their idea evolved into a Bible app, which launched in Apple’s App Store in 2008 with the help of a young volunteer.
He believes part of the app’s success is that it’s entirely free to users and does not run ads or sell or monetize data while still offering a high-quality experience.
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YouVersion partners with 30,000 ministries and publishers worldwide and is supported by tens of thousands of donors monthly. Thousands of volunteers help offer the Bible in more than 3,600 versions and over 2,300 languages, he said.
"We just don’t want there to be any barriers to people being able to use it," Gruenewald explained.
YouVersion says it has seen record-breaking engagement in the past year, with app installations rising 12% globally, year over year, and daily usage up 18%. In the United Kingdom, there have been more than 17.7 million app installs, according to YouVersion.
Gruenewald said their team is humbled by the app’s growth.
"We see ourselves as stewarding this on behalf of the kingdom; it’s not ours," he reflected.
After reaching 1 billion installs, he believes the next billion could come in as little as five years — and the third in three.
"The best is yet to come still," he added. "We’re just kind of at the beginning of what God is wanting to do."
Trump says Dems who told military to defy illegal orders committed 'sedition at the highest level'
President Donald Trump on Saturday purported that Democrats who urged the military to defy illegal orders engaged in "sedition at the highest level" and "should be in jail right now."
This comes after one of the lawmakers who appeared in the video calling on troops to ignore unlawful orders, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, was targeted with a bomb threat just days after the clip and Trump's subsequent statements suggesting the Democrats be executed.
In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump argued that the "traitors" who appeared in the video "should be in jail right now, not roaming the fake news networks trying to explain what they said was OK."
"It wasn't, and never will be!" he claimed. "It was sedition at the highest level, and sedition is a major crime. There can be no other interpretation of what they said!"
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Trump initially responded to the video message by saying, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" He also shared a post from another account that said, "Hang them George Washington would."
The White House and the president himself later attempted to walk back his comments, saying he did not wish to execute the Democrat lawmakers.
In another post on Saturday, Trump alleged that "many great legal scholars" agree with his position that "the Democrat traitors that told the military to disobey my orders, as president, have committed a crime of serious proportion!"
Slotkin, who previously worked at the CIA and Defense Department, shared the video on Tuesday of herself and other Democrat lawmakers who formerly served in the military and intelligence community encouraging troops and members of the intelligence community to ignore illegal orders from officials.
"This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens," the lawmakers said. "Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats coming to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."
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Other lawmakers in the video included Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, as well as Reps. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Jason Crow of Colorado.
Trump administration officials and other Republicans criticized the video, which affirms that refusing unlawful orders is a standard part of military protocol.
Slotkin's office said on Friday that police responded to her Michigan home following a bomb threat, but that she was not home at the time.
U.S. Capitol Police told her that she would have security at all hours of the day.
"We’ve got law enforcement out in front of my house," she told MS Now. "It changes things immediately. And leadership climate is set from the top. And if the president is saying you should be hanged, then we shouldn’t be surprised when folks on the ground are going to follow suit and say even worse."
The lawmakers in the video have vowed not to back down despite the threats.
"What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty," they said in a joint statement on Thursday.
"In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated," the statement added.
Texas National Guard to return from Illinois ahead of Thanksgiving, Gov Abbott says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that Texas National Guard troops will return home before Thanksgiving after they were deployed to Illinois last month to support federal immigration agents.
"They’ve already been ordered to return before Thanksgiving," Abbott told Nexstar.
Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops were sent to Illinois on Oct. 7 after Abbott authorized their deployment to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and buildings amid protests against federal raids targeting illegal immigrants in Chicago and other Illinois cities.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted Abbott's deployment, calling it an "invasion" and urging the Texas governor to withdraw the troops.
It is unusual for a governor to deploy the National Guard to another state without an invitation from that state's governor. Democrat officials have argued that such a deployment is unconstitutional and violates state sovereignty.
A legal battle over the deployment of the troops to Chicago prompted a federal court to rule that the troops could not be activated, but could remain in the state.
The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not yet issued its ruling.
Due to the court ruling, the Texas National Guard never performed active duties beyond securing their base at a U.S. Army Reserve training center.
Thanksgiving can help families heal students from college indoctrination
Each fall, millions of American families send their sons and daughters off to college with a mixture of pride and concern. They hope their students will grow in maturity, sharpen their minds, and step into their callings with confidence. But all too often, what comes home during Thanksgiving break is not just a tired student. It is a changed one.
This is the quiet crisis playing out on campuses across the country. While parents expect education, many universities are orchestrating re-education. The classroom, once a place for honest exploration, has become a platform for ideology. In my new book, "College Without Communism," I make the case that higher education has shifted away from forming students through truth and toward shaping them through cultural conformity.
This shift rarely happens all at once. It’s slow, subtle and often invisible to those living inside it. Students are immersed in environments that question faith, reframe morality and replace conviction with relativism. They are encouraged to deconstruct everything, except the worldview of the institution itself.
But here’s the hope. Culture never gets the final word. Thanksgiving break offers something precious and increasingly rare in the academic calendar: time. Time to think, to reconnect, to remember.
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Thanksgiving is not just a pause in the semester. It is a sacred opportunity. It brings students back to the people who knew them before the pressure to conform. It opens the door for truth-telling, spiritual reflection, and the restoration of identity. In a world that tries to blur lines and erase roots, this holiday can remind students exactly who they are.
This isn’t just about political drift. It’s about spiritual foundations. Many students leave for college with a vibrant faith, but return home unsure of who God is, what is right or why truth even matters. And it doesn’t take long. Sometimes, it only takes one semester.
That’s why families can’t afford to treat Thanksgiving as just a time to relax. It’s a time to re-engage. Don’t settle for small talk around the table. Ask real questions. Invite open conversation. Speak life and identity into your student with love and clarity. Remind them that their value is not defined by grades, popularity or cultural approval, but by being made in the image of God.
Pray with them. Share your own convictions. Tell the story of how your faith was tested and made stronger. And if they come home questioning, doubting or wrestling with big ideas, don’t shut the door. Open it wider. Listen with patience. Respond with grace. Then point them back to the truth that never changes.
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Today’s students are not as hostile to faith as headlines suggest. Many are quietly searching for something solid in a culture that feels increasingly unstable. They are craving clarity, connection and courage. Families and churches can meet that need, if we are willing to speak up and stay close.
At Southeastern University, we work daily to equip students not just with knowledge, but with wisdom. We want them to think critically without being consumed by ideology. We want them to engage culture without losing their soul. And we know that none of that happens without families, churches and mentors who are committed to forming the whole person.
Thanksgiving is more than a holiday. It is a spiritual reset. It roots us in gratitude. It reconnects us with our story. And for students being tugged in every direction, it may be the lifeline that brings them back to who they were always meant to be.
This generation doesn’t need to be rescued from college. It needs to be re-rooted in truth. So, this Thanksgiving, let’s do more than gather around the table. Let’s remind our students of who they are, whose they are and why it still matters.
Texas A&M committee finds professor’s firing over transgender-related lesson unjustified
A Texas A&M committee ruled that the university’s decision to fire a professor after a student was removed from class for objecting to a children’s literature lesson on gender identity was unjustified.
A video recorded earlier this year by a female student showed her asking Melissa McCoul, a senior lecturer in the English department, if teaching gender ideology is legal, pointing to President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at removing the subject from higher education.
The internal committee ruled that the university failed to follow proper procedures and did not prove there was good cause to terminate McCoul. The committee unanimously voted this week that "the summary dismissal of Dr. McCoul was not justified."
The university said in a statement that interim President Tommy Williams has received the committee's nonbinding recommendation and will make a decision after reviewing it.
McCoul's lawyer, Amanda Reichek, said the dispute is likely to end up in court because the university appears to want to continue fighting, and the interim president is facing similar political pressure.
"Dr. McCoul asserts that the flimsy reasons proffered by A&M for her termination are a pretext for the University’s true motivation: capitulation to Governor Abbott’s demands," Reichek said in a statement.
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans had called for her firing after watching the video.
"Fire the professor who acted contrary to Texas law," the governor wrote on X in September.
The video led to public criticism of university president Mark Welsh, who later resigned, although he did not offer a reason and never mentioned the video in his resignation announcement.
State Rep. Brian Harrison said in a statement to Fox News Digital at the time that the "liberal president of Texas A&M must be fired and all DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination defunded."
The opening of the video posted by Harrison on social media showed a slide titled "Gender Unicorn" that noted different gender identities and expressions.
Students in the class told The Texas Tribune that they were discussing a book called "Jude Saves the World," which is about a middle school student who comes out as nonbinary. Several other books included in the course also touched on LGBTQ+ issues.
After a back-and-forth dispute about the legality of teaching the lessons on gender identity, McCoul asked the student to leave the class. Harrison also posted other recordings of the student's meeting with Welsh that showed the then-university president defending McCoul's instruction.
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Welsh said when McCoul was fired that he learned she had continued teaching content in a children’s literature course "that did not align with any reasonable expectation of standard curriculum for the course." He also said the course content did not match its catalog descriptions.
"If we allow different course content to be taught from what is advertised, we let our students down. When it comes to our academic offerings, we must keep our word to our students and to the state of Texas," he said in September, noting that leaders in the College of Arts and Sciences were found to have approved plans to continue teaching course content that was not consistent with the course’s published description.
Earlier this month, the Texas A&M Regents issued a new policy stating that no academic course "will advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity" unless approved in advance by a campus president.
Fox News Digital reached out to Texas A&M for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Teachers called 'true heroes' after repelling grizzly bear that attacked school group, injuring 11
Teachers fended off a grizzly bear that attacked a school group walking along a trail in British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, officials said.
"The group had stopped along a trail near the community when a grizzly bear emerged from the forest and attacked," Inspector Kevin Van Damme of British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service, said in an update on social media. "Teachers successfully repelled the bear using pepper spray and a bear banger."
Eleven people were injured in the attack, including students in the fourth and fifth grade, according to CBC News.
Two were in critical condition, two in serious condition and the other seven were treated at the scene, the British Columbia Health Services said.
The incident happened in Bella Coola, a town more than 400 miles north of Vancouver.
The victims were taken to Bella Coola Hospital and were being transferred to Vancouver for further care, Van Damme said.
Officials were still searching on Friday for the bear, which they believe may have been previously injured.
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"We recognize this incident is distressing for the community. We are in close contact with the Nuxalk Nation as our investigation continues. We thank them for their collaborative efforts to ensure community awareness and shared safety information," Van Damme said. "Our thoughts are with the victims and their families, and we wish them a full and speedy recovery."
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Tamara Davidson, British Columbia’s minister of environment and parks, called the teachers who fought off the bear "true heroes," adding that they were well-prepared, according to the Guardian.
Man fatally shot, woman and children in critical condition after Arizona shootout
One man is dead, and three others were shot, including two children, after gunfire rang out Saturday afternoon in an Arizona parking lot.
The shooting, which involved a sedan and an SUV, happened at about 2:45 p.m. local time in a business parking lot in south Phoenix.
Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Sgt. Brian Bower said during a news conference there was a dispute between the two cars, and both then pulled into the parking lot.
The dispute continued in the parking lot and a physical fight ensued, according to Bower. After the fight, shots were fired.
The male suspect was alone in the sedan, Bower said. A man, woman and two children were in the SUV.
Police said multiple rounds were fired and all four people in the SUV were shot.
The man in the SUV died at the scene, according to Bower. The woman and two children who were also in the SUV were taken to the hospital and remain in critical condition.
Bower said the suspect, who has not yet been publicly identified, remained at the scene until police arrived. The man was also treated at the hospital and later taken into custody.
Police did not confirm any pending charges against the suspect, noting he was speaking with detectives.
Detectives have not yet ruled out the possibility of the incident being related to road rage or self-defense, as there is no indication the two parties knew each other, according to Bower.
The PPD did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.