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'Spokane 3' protesters convicted on federal conspiracy charges for blocking ICE transfer in Washington
Three protesters dubbed the "Spokane 3" were convicted Thursday on federal conspiracy charges stemming from protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Washington state last year.
The defendants — Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II — were accused of attempting to prevent federal officers from transporting two detained immigrants from Spokane to Tacoma in June 2025, KUOW reported.
They were among hundreds of demonstrators who responded to a social media post by former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart calling for supporters to block the transfer bus, according to the report.
Stuckart was serving as a sponsor for one of the two immigrants who were seeking asylum in the United States.
He was later arrested along with nine other protesters on conspiracy charges.
According to KUOW, Stuckart and five others pleaded guilty in exchange for reduced sentences.
Following Thursday’s verdict, Washington state Rep. Natasha Hill, D-Spokane, criticized Stuckart for not attending the proceedings.
"You started this and you couldn’t even show up to finish it," Hill said. "So I call on you, and I call on others to do what you said you were going to do, and stand up for your community because the fight is not over with this conviction."
Stuckart later wrote on Facebook that attending the two-week trial would have violated the terms of his parole.
"I feel awful about the guilty verdict," he wrote. "I feel awful for Jac, Bajun and Justice and their families. I support those that took plea deals and I support those that went to trial."
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He also referenced the two detained immigrants.
"I am trying my best to finish what I started by taking care of the guys the government wrongfully took," Stuckart wrote.
Bajun Mavalwalla Sr., the father of one of the convicted protesters and a congressional candidate, said federal prosecutors were attempting to make an example of his son, according to KUOW.
He accused the government of trying to discourage Americans from speaking out against immigration enforcement policies.
"The right to protest, the right to dissent, the right to assemble — all of those things are now in question because of this case," he said. "In other cases across the country, the juries were not tainted and the cases have been thrown out."
Eight riders left dangling atop 100-foot roller coaster for over three hours at Texas amusement park
Eight riders were left dangling near the top of a towering roller coaster for more than three hours before firefighters rescued them one by one at a Texas amusement park, officials said.
The Galveston Police Department said authorities responded around 5:35 p.m. Thursday to Pleasure Pier in Galveston, where the Iron Shark roller coaster malfunctioned.
Officials said eight people were aboard the ride when it became stuck.
The Galveston Fire Department used a ladder truck to remove the stranded passengers one by one using safety harnesses, a process that took roughly three and a half hours to complete.
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The malfunction was captured live by local television stations, showing passengers stranded near the top of the ride’s 100-foot vertical lift hill.
The Houston Independent School District confirmed that some of the riders were students participating in a field trip organized by Energized for STEM Academy Middle School and Energized for STEM Academy High School, two HISD in-district charter schools, FOX 26 Houston reported.
"We are grateful that all students, staff, and chaperones are safe. School administration is in direct contact with the families of all students who were on the trip. We are thankful for the rescue efforts of the first responders and park personnel," the district said in a statement.
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Officials have not said what caused the ride to malfunction.
"The ride experienced a malfunction at its initial ascent," Pleasure Pier COO Terry Turney said in a statement. "However, as designed, it immediately stopped to keep everyone safe."
"Our focus immediately shifted to the safety of our guests," Turney continued. "Therefore, we contacted the Fire Department to assist, ensuring all guests were safely removed from the ride."
Turney said the ride will undergo a thorough inspection before returning to service.
Thunder lose star Jalen Williams for Western Conference Finals Game 7 as hamstring injury lingers
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be shorthanded in Saturday’s pivotal Game 7, as one of Oklahoma's key contributors has been sidelined with an injury.
OKC guard Jalen Williams has been ruled out for Game 7 with a hamstring issue, ESPN reported on Friday. Williams appeared to aggravate his left hamstring during the Thunder’s 122-113 victory in Game 2. He missed the next three games before returning for Game 6, but logged just 10 minutes off the bench in Oklahoma City’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, which forced a winner-take-all Game 7.
"He's obviously not 100%," Mark Daigneault, the head coach of the Thunder, said.
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Daigneault applauded Williams for fighting through the injury and doing everything he could to help Oklahoma City.
"He didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what to expect. So, it was a matter of getting him out there in kind of an insulated role and see what he can bring to the team. He's an All-Star player, he's an All-NBA player. He hasn't done a full return to play [protocol] like he would if this was the regular season, and yet, he just wants to do whatever he can to try to contribute whatever he can to the team."
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"I give him a lot of credit to get himself out there. He did the best he could. He's certainly not the reason we lost."
Williams did not talk to reporters after Thursday's game in San Antonio.
Williams underwent surgery last offseason to repair a wrist injury but still played a key role in the Thunder’s run to the NBA Finals last season. He appeared in just 33 regular-season games before this year’s playoffs.
The winner of Saturday’s Game 7 will advance to the NBA Finals to face the New York Knicks. New York snapped a nearly three-decade Finals drought by sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Claude Lemieux's family pays tribute to NHL champion who died days after Canadiens torch ceremony
The NHL and greater sports world continues to mourn the loss of two-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux, who died on Thursday. He was 60.
Lemieux’s death came as a surprise, as he carried the torch at the Montreal Canadiens’ home arena Monday before the team’s Game 3 matchup against the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final. In his red and blue Canadiens sweater, No. 32, Lemieux smiled and carried a flame toward a darkened rink.
Tributes quickly poured in as news of Lemieux’s death spread, with his daughter among those who remembered one of hockey’s most respected — and polarizing — figures.
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After reposting a New Jersey Devils tribute to her father on Instagram Stories, Claudia Lemieux shared a heartfelt message of her own. "No words to express the level of devastation we feel. I love you forever daddy. Forever your only girl."
Claude Lemieux’s son, Brendan, also honored his father by sharing a photo featuring three generations of the family on social media.
"I love you dad! My son’s favorite person is going to watch from above for a while. We will see you," he wrote along with a red heart emoji. Brendan inherited his father’s passion for hockey and went on to spend a decade in the NHL, most recently playing for Carolina during the 2023-24 season.
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Lemieux authored one of the most famous goals in Canadiens history as a rookie in 1986, slipping a backhander over Hartford goaltender Mike Liut’s glove and into the top corner in Game 7 of the second round.
Lemieux grew up in Mont-Laurier in western Quebec.
Former Canadiens center Doug Gilmour said Lemieux possessed the rare ability to frustrate opponents while earning the respect of teammates, a trait that stood out during the 1989 Stanley Cup Final.
"He was a pain in the a-- to play against, but you wanted him on your team."
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FBI arrests protester who threatened to kill ICE officer's family at NJ detention center protest, Blanche says
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday said that a man who made death threats against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and his family at a protest in New Jersey Thursday night had been arrested.
The arrest came just hours after Blanche promised the protester, who was captured on video, would be found and arrested.
"That’s a federal crime," Blanche said on Fox News’ "The Will Cain Show" on Thursday. "Not only threatening the ICE officer — but think about how disgusting this individual is by threatening his wife and his children with death.
In the video, the protester can be heard taunting the officer: "I will kill your whole f---ing family. Your whole f---ing family is dead. Your children and wife all dead. I have your face mother---er! All dead!"
Blanche said the officer was just doing his job and "standing there."
On Friday evening, Blanche wrote on X: Told you. @FBI just arrested the man who threatened to kill ICE officers and their families. FAFO."
He has not yet been identified.
The clash occurred Thursday evening outside of Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center where protesters were accused of biting, kicking and punching agents.
Agents responded by deploying pepper spray and beating back agitators as the protest continued into its sixth night.
Nine rioters were arrested during the clashes Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital.
Approximately 100 protesters mobbed the area surrounding the detention center, chanting "F--- ICE" and brandishing black umbrellas, gas masks and other gear to protect themselves from pepper spray and various anti-riot measures.
On Wednesday evening, DHS reported that approximately 100 anti-ICE protesters gathered around the Delaney Hall ICE facility. While rioters assaulted and threw objects at law enforcement, DHS said "local police refused to help our officers." Six rioters were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers.
"We called local police, we called state police multiple times. Listen, I know the law enforcement there would love to respond, but because of Governor Sherrill's behavior what the governor is doing, she's not allowing public officers and state officers to respond," Mullin said during a Thursday morning appearance on Fox & Friends.
Demonstrations over conditions for detainees began Friday, May 22, after detainees penned an open letter claiming they were being denied access to medical care, being insufficiently fed and detained without due process.
DHS has denied those claims.
Fox News' Charles Creitz and Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
Tennis player Rafael Jodar accused of pushing French Open ball girl, but did he really?
We live in an age where cameras are everywhere, and when someone starts throwing around accusations of wild behavior — y'know, like allegations of shoving a ball girl at the French Open — there will probably be some video evidence to prove or disprove that claim.
Well, lucky us, we have an example of this.
Spain's Rafael Jodar had just won a five-set match over American Alex Michelsen, but the talk afterward had to do with claims that he shoved a ball girl.
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A reporter brought this up during his post-match press conference, and Jodar vehemently denied the claim.
Jodar said that the ball girl simply tripped over a rolled-up tarp when he was walking by her, on his way to get something from his dad during a bathroom break (this sounds like something that would happen in Little League).
So, let's look at the tape. He says he didn't shove a girl who's just there to chase tennis balls and whatnot, and this reporter thought it looked enough like he did to ask him about it.
To the tape!
By which I mean social media clip...
Yeah... unless he used the Force to do it, I'm going to go ahead and say he didn't push her.
I think this is simply a matter of timing and perspective. It's clear that Jodar never actually makes contact with his hand, but the timing of the play and the difficulty of judging depth make it look possible — at least on first watch.
If you re-watch it even one more time, it's clear as day, in this humble and handsome writer's opinion, that he absolutely did not push her.
Which raises the question: Why didn't the reporter watch this a little closer before putting Jodar on blast and making him defend himself?
We can give the benefit of the doubt and assume that not all the angles were available yet or hadn't been posted online. But there was at least one angle clear enough to make the reporter think we had an ol'-fashioned ball girl pushin' on them clay courts at Roland-Garros.
Brendan Sorsby admits wagering nearly $90,000 during college career as NCAA fight heats up
A district court judge in Lubbock, Texas, will take center stage Monday afternoon as attorneys for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby seek a landmark injunction against the NCAA that could allow him to play this season after admitting to placing thousands of bets over the past four years, including on his own team.
The gambling saga involving the Red Raiders' currently ineligible star quarterback has caught the attention of the college athletics world, with his time at Texas Tech potentially coming to an end after just five months.
Now, in Lubbock district court documents obtained by OutKick, attorneys for Brendan Sorsby are laying it all on the line in hopes of a judge granting him an injunction to play, and they are basing a portion of their case on the diagnosis of a doctor based at an Arizona rehabilitation center.
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In hopes of getting a judge to rule against the NCAA, Sorsby's legal team provided a plethora of information to the court on Friday, including how the quarterback was able to place so many bets while enrolled at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech.
ESPN's David Purdum was first to report the amount wagered and details outlined in court documents, which OutKick has confirmed through txcourts.gov.
According to a 111-page affidavit filed, the quarterback had placed $90,000 worth of bets over the past four years, dating back to his first year playing for the Indiana Hoosiers. Sorsby, per his attorneys' filing, used multiple betting apps to place wagers, including FanDuel, Underdog, Hard Rock Bet and PrizePicks.
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But, he did not do this on his own, getting help from friends to place bets on different sports that included the NBA, PGA Tour and MLB, along with college football.
The quarterback admitted to transferring at least $60,000 to friends who were placing bets for him.
And, the most consequential of them all might have come while he was a scout-team quarterback at Indiana. Sorsby, through the filing, admitted to placing at least 2,900 wagers for over $30,000 during his time in Bloomington.
Wagering on his own team cost the Texas Tech QB his eligibility
The damaging bets came during the 2022 season, when Sorsby says he placed at least 40 different wagers on his own football team during the redshirt season. The court filing says that the quarterback was making bets that ranged from $1 to $114 during a two-month period from September to October of that year.
In his defense, Sorsby claims that he only bet on the Hoosiers to win, and that he stopped placing bets prior to playing in his Indiana debut that came against Penn State that season. According to NCAA rules, a player can participate in up to four games and still preserve a redshirt season.
But also, NCAA rules prohibit a student-athlete from wagering on any sport that also has a championship game at the collegiate level. This means, betting on your own team to win is obviously against the rules. For this, along with thousands of other bets placed on different sports, the NCAA has deemed Sorsby ineligible for the upcoming 2026 season.
In a previous motion, attorneys representing Sorsby blamed the NCAA for not supporting the quarterback during this situation, and rather using his gambling addiction against him.
"Mr. Sorsby is currently ineligible to play for Texas Tech due to prior violations of the NCAA's sports gambling rules. Rather than support a student-athlete's recovery from a gambling addiction, the NCAA has weaponized his condition to shore up a facade of competitive integrity," the complaint read.
While Sorsby contends that he "never bet on the Indiana team and/or individual members of the team in a game in which he participated. He did not engage in any activity designed to influence the outcome or integrity of an intercollegiate contest or in an effort to affect win-loss margins", he is fighting an uphill battle.
Gambling only continued with the Red Raiders, using friends to place bets
There were questions as to whether Sorsby had stopped gambling after enrolling at Texas Tech, but the quarterback admitted in the filing that his addiction continued to spiral while in Lubbock.
Documents state that Brendan was using accounts belonging to two friends to place bets, while admitting to sending $5,000 to those same friends so they could gamble on MLB, NBA and PGA Tour events for him.
"Given the money I had and earned from NIL, the total amount of money I made from 2022 to 2025 was not a big deal to me. I never kept track of my betting over time, but I'm pretty sure I lost more than I won," Sorsby said in the filing.
But, given everything that has transpired over the past four years, with Sorsby recently completing a 35-day stint at a rehabilitation clinic in Arizona, the quarterback is still receiving support from Texas Tech.
In a letter to the NCAA on Friday revolving around his fight for reinstatement, the school continued to suggest a two-game suspension would be enough punishment for the crime.
"By imposing a two-game suspension on Sorsby and allowing him to continue his final season of eligibility, the NCAA would not be creating bad precedent, nor flouting existing precedent," the school noted. "This is a case of first, and perhaps last, impression.
"Has the NCAA ever had an athlete who admitted to placing thousands of bets, and the only bets on his former team were for his team to win when he was not suited up for the game and when the student's physician indicated he placed those bets due to an adjustment disorder with anxiety that caused him to place those bets to feel part of the team?"
Is the punishment fitting for the crime? Red Raiders fight for Sorsby
Yes, Texas Tech believes a two-game suspension would be sufficient punishment for Sorsby admitting to placing bets on his former team while he was on the roster.
And, the Red Raiders, along with Brendan's attorneys, are essentially painting the NCAA as the bad guys.
"Imposing a career-ending sanction on Sorsby will send the message to current and future athletes hiding in the shadows of the stigma of mental health challenged and addiction that they need to stay silent and never seek help or treatment because the NCAA will take a punitive approach by automatically applying the maximum sanction," Texas Tech argued.
It should be noted that Brendan Sorsby did not come forth with his problems with gambling until the NCAA was made aware of his past transgressions, along with Texas Tech not knowing about the issue when he enrolled at the school. It was a tip to the NCAA that started this investigation.
Now, Sorsby, along with Texas Tech and the entire collegiate athletics world, awaits a district court's ruling that could shake the entire foundation of which we currently live in.
Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan: GOP blasts clone candidate as lookalike enters Alaska Senate race
FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic strategist has deployed a candidate look-alike that Republicans fear may act as a decoy and create confusion around their real nominee.
Campaign material metadata reveals that Amber Lee, a progressive consultant, authored a press release announcing the Senate bid for a second "Dan Sullivan" — a figure Republican strategists say has nothing to do with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
"Mary Peltola and Chuck Schumer know they can’t beat Senator Sullivan on his record, so they’re resorting to deceitful political maneuvers that attempt to trick Alaskans and buy a seat," National Republican Senate Committee Spokesperson Nick Puglia told Fox News Digital.
Although Republicans have months to clarify the situation to voters before the state’s primary in August, the filing shows efforts to create confusion to sway a high-stakes Senate race.
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The campaign website leans into the name overlap.
"Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska," it reads.
According to his biography, this second Sullivan spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry, but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.
"Over time, he became increasingly frustrated with what he saw as federal inefficiency and a lack of long-term thinking in government," the biography reads.
The campaign's Instagram page has no posts and just two followers.
The campaign did not immediately respond to questions if Sullivan had been asked to run, whether the campaign had made filings with the FEC, or if he intends to run as an independent.
Both Sullivans will appear in Alaska’s open primary system, where the top four candidates advance to the general election.
If selected among them, the second Sullivan may appear on the ballot in November — a development that could prove especially confusing to Alaska’s many rural communities.
Despite the comedic nature of the thinly-veiled ploy, the filing is especially relevant in Alaska — one of only two states that have implemented ranked choice voting. The system allows voters to select multiple candidates in order of preference.
Under this model, voters can still apply their vote to a second, sometimes even a third option if their first choice is eliminated from contention.
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The system, sometimes called "instant runoff voting," greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a voter’s first choice.
Although Lee, the Democratic strategist, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, documentation of her political leanings appears to rule out an earnest attempt to campaign for another Senate hopeful who just happens to share the "Dan Sullivan" name.
In addition to being called a backer for Mary Peltoa, Sullivan's Democratic challenger, by the New York Times, Lee’s consulting firm, Amber Strategies, lists a number of progressive clients, including Alaska Women Ascent.
The group aims to "train women who are pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ rights, pro-union, anti-racist and pro-racial justice" to serve as candidates and volunteers.
In the past, Alaska has historically voted Republican, but recently elected Peltola to its lone, at-large district in 2022.
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Sullivan, who previously served as Alaska’s attorney general, first came to the Senate in 2015 and last won reelection in a 53.9% to 41.2% victory over nonpartisan challenger Al Gross.
Alaska will hold its primary on August 18.
Virginia bus crash that killed five involved driver who doesn't speak English, Sean Duffy says
The driver of a bus involved in a deadly Virginia crash that killed five people doesn't speak English, authorities said, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy who called it "unacceptable."
Five people were killed and dozens were injured when the driver of an E&P Travel bus heading from New York to North Carolina failed to slow down near a work zone and slammed into several cars on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, the Virginia State Police said.
The crash happened around 2:35 a.m. Friday.
A 13-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy, who were in the car ahead of the one the bus hit, died along with a 45-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman after their car caught fire. They were all from Massachusetts.
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A 25-year-old woman, who was in the car immediately in front of the bus, was also killed.
At least 44 others were taken to hospitals, including three in critical condition, police said.
The driver of the bus, identified as Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, was injured in the crash. Police say charges are pending.
Ding is a naturalized citizen originally from China who received his commercial driver’s license in New York two years ago.
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"Unacceptable. This is exactly why we are holding states’ accountable, enforcing the rules of the road, and cracking down on drivers who can’t speak English," Duffy wrote on X. "If you can’t be properly trained, read our road signs, or communicate with law enforcement, you have no business driving a bus."
Duffy added that the Transportation Department is investigating "New York licensing records, training documentation, and the driver's history. Any company, trainer, or school that contributed to putting an unqualified driver on the road will face intense scrutiny."
Federal law requires commercial drivers to speak English well enough to do their job safely.
In February, Duffy announced that all truckers and bus drivers would be required to take the test to get their license in English.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Virginia State Police.