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Haverford professor charged over alleged ‘heinous’ antisemitic online attacks, barred from campus

A Haverford College professor was arrested Tuesday and charged with federal cyberstalking after allegedly sending dozens of antisemitic threats to a colleague in Pennsylvania, prompting the college to bar him from campus, more than two years after Jewish students accused the same professor of making threatening statements about supporters of Israel in a separate lawsuit against the school.

Haverford College President Wendy Raymond addressed the arrest of religion professor Guangtian Ha in a statement provided to Fox News Digital by a college spokesperson.

"I am heartbroken and furious at the possibility that an individual within our community would seek to inflict such pain on another," Raymond said. "This disturbing news is made even more harmful for many given its proximity to both the Jewish High Holidays and the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks."

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According to a federal indictment, Ha allegedly used at least four anonymous X accounts to send approximately 50 threatening messages to a Jewish colleague between October 2025 and May 2026.

Prosecutors alleged that Ha posted the colleague's home address, referenced the colleague's children and made statements invoking the Holocaust. The colleague's spouse and three children temporarily left their home twice because of the threats, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The arrest follows earlier allegations against Ha that were included in a 2024 antisemitism lawsuit against Haverford College. In a January 2025 amended complaint, Jewish students accused Ha of publishing hostile social media posts about supporters of Israel, including one in which he allegedly said he knew their identities.

The complaint reproduced a statement attributed to Ha targeting people within his Haverford community who remained silent about, or supported, what he characterized as genocide.

"I will never forgive them," Ha said, according to the complaint. "I know their names and I know their faces. Never forgive. No reconciliation."

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The plaintiffs alleged that Ha's remarks were threatening and that college administrators had been informed of his posts by September 2024. They further alleged that Haverford had taken no effective action against him at the time of the January 2025 filing.

The earlier lawsuit did not establish that Ha engaged in unlawful conduct, and the allegations in that case are distinct from the federal cyberstalking charge.

Raymond said the college had placed Ha, who was already on sabbatical and not teaching during the academic year, on administrative leave pending the criminal proceedings over the "heinous online attacks."

"I am deeply distressed by these allegations and want to state in the plainest of terms that any form of harassment or discrimination based on identity is unacceptable, antithetical to our values, and has no place at Haverford," Raymond said.

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The arrest came just two months after Haverford settled the lawsuit brought by Jewish members of its community over allegations that administrators failed to adequately address antisemitic harassment following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel.

As part of the August settlement, the college committed to annual antisemitism awareness training, revisions to campus policies and the creation of a committee to address antisemitism. A federal judge had previously dismissed the plaintiffs' Title VI discrimination claim while allowing a breach-of-contract claim to proceed.

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Raymond also acknowledged the involvement of federal and local authorities in investigating the allegations against Ha.

"I also want to thank the FBI, Haverford Township Police Department, and Campus Safety for aiding in the investigation," Raymond said.

If you've ever wondered why Alex Ovechkin has crushed soda on the bench his whole career, here's your answer

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin's career is legendary in a few ways, but one of the stranger parts of it is his mid-game beverage choice.

While most players who have ever laced them up in the National Hockey League have opted for water or sports drinks while on the bench, the Great 8 has famously opted for Coca-Cola.

On Wednesday night, Ovechkin played in the final home-opener of his career, and after the Caps' 5-3 win over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins, he explained the origins of his high-sugar drinking habit.

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The question came from TNT's Paul Bissonette, and Ovechkin said it was a long story, but it started with a trainer in his native Russia.

"A long story, but one of my trainers who I work with back in Russia told me — he was a marathon runner — and he said, like, 'When you're tired, you're exhausted, you need some sugar in your body or some energy, (and) we always drink Coca-Cola.'

"So, I started drinking (Coke), and I think it worked."

Yeah, I'd say it probably did.

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Ovechkin is known for some unusual dietary habits for someone who has played at such a high level for as long as he has. I mean, there are countless photos of him getting on the team plane with a Subway sandwich and a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos in his hand.

It's so unusual to see this kind of old-school way of operating in an age when most athletes are walking science fair projects with highly structured diets and eating schedules.

And what's wild is that the Coke drinking habit has another notable adherent. Phil Kessel, who holds the NHL's current record for 1,064 consecutive regular-season games played, was also known to favor Coke during games instead of good ol' H20.

Parkinson's patients may protect memory and movement with one simple habit

Weekly physical activity could help to slow down disease progression in Parkinson’s patients, a new study found.

The research, led by the University of Cincinnati, included 294 patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease. Their average age was 66.

The participants reported their weekly physical activity via questionnaires.

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Physical activity was assessed through structured interviews covering moderate and vigorous activities at work, at home and during recreation.

Examples of moderate activity included brisk walking, light swimming, doubles tennis and household activities such as washing windows, vacuuming or mowing the lawn, the study release stated.

Vigorous activity included pursuits like jogging, fast bicycling, team sports and singles tennis, along with shoveling and carrying heavy loads.

Participants were divided into three groups based on their amount of weekly physical activity — up to four hours, four to eight hours and more than eight hours.

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The researchers then monitored the participants’ cognitive health for up to five years and their motor function for up to seven years.

Each additional hour of physical activity per week was linked to slightly slower declines in memory, thinking and movement abilities over time, even after accounting for factors such as age, sex, education, weight and disease severity.

Patients who were physically active for four to eight hours per week experienced slower declines in memory and thinking abilities than those who exercised less than four hours.

Exercise duration above eight hours per week did not appear to provide additional benefits for memory and thinking.

The study was published Oct. 7 in Neurology, the official medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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"Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that causes movement and cognitive problems that gradually worsen, leading to disability and a loss of independence," study author Dong-Woo Ryu, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Cincinnati and The Catholic University of Korea, said in the press release.

"Previous research has shown associations between physical activity and movement symptoms. Our study found physical activity may have dual benefits, with associations with slower declines in movement and cognition."

Ryu pointed out that the potential benefits of physical activity for Parkinson’s patients may depend on how long they stay active and whether they continue exercising over time.

"While our study found small differences between activity levels, these differences may become more meaningful over time," he said.

The researchers cautioned that most participants had relatively strong thinking and memory skills when the study began, so additional research is needed to confirm the findings.

"Exercise has well-established benefits for physical fitness and mobility, along with potential benefits for brain health through mechanisms that are not yet fully understood," Dr. Vibhash Sharma, a neurologist at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, who specializes in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, told Fox News Digital.

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"These findings further emphasize the importance of regular physical activity in managing Parkinson’s disease."

One of the strengths of the study is that patients were followed over several years, with assessments of both motor and cognitive function, noted Sharma, who was not involved in the research.

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The study did have some limitations, the researchers acknowledged.

Because the study was observational, it could not establish whether exercise directly slows Parkinson's disease progression.

Also, as participants reported their own physical activity, they may not have accurately remembered how much they exercised.

The participants were all located at a single location and were primarily White, which could limit the generalizability of the results, the researchers noted.

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"It is also possible that patients with inherently slower-progressing disease are more likely to remain physically active," Sharma added.

Randomized studies are needed to confirm whether exercise directly slows cognitive or motor decline, according to the researchers.

The study was supported by a grant from the Gardner Family Foundation and the Precision Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases Fund.

Deadly crash kills two as plane plunges into 'ball of flames' near suburban golf course

A small plane crashed shortly after takeoff near a Northern California airport Wednesday morning — killing two people on board and sparking a fire, authorities said.

The plane, a Van's RV-7A, crashed shortly after taking off from Petaluma Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital.

The incident took place at around 10:45 a.m. local time on Oct. 7.

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The aircraft went down in a field near Rooster Run Golf Course, where aerial footage showed scattered wreckage and scorched ground, according to FOX 2 San Francisco.

Both people on board were killed, Petaluma police told FOX 2.

The investigation is being led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), with the FAA assisting.

An NTSB spokesperson told Fox News Digital that a "post-impact fire" erupted after the crash.

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An investigator was expected to arrive at the scene Thursday to document the wreckage before the aircraft is recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

NTSB investigators will review flight tracking data, air traffic control communications, aircraft maintenance records, weather conditions, the pilot's flight experience and witness statements, the official added.

Petaluma Police Lt. Zilverio Rivera told reporters the aircraft was "fully engulfed in fire" when emergency crews arrived, FOX 2 reported.

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Gary McClintock, who was playing golf nearby at the time of the crash, told FOX 2 he witnessed what appeared to be engine trouble shortly after takeoff.

"All of a sudden, the engine kind of stops, sputtering a little bit," McClintock said, as FOX 2 noted. "He starts to dive a little bit."

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He added, "We saw then he makes the turnaround here. It looks like he's trying to make it back to the airport, and you can hear the throttle kick in and, all of a sudden, he just crashed and went down into a ball of flames."

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The FAA lists the Van's RV-7A among its eligible amateur-built aircraft kits.

The NTSB said a preliminary report is expected within 30 days. 

A final report identifying the probable cause of the crash could take 12 to 24 months.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Petaluma Police Department for additional information.

Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb look to exploit struggling Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football

We’ve once again reached a Thursday Night Football match. This week has a little less luster than some of the others due to injuries, but it is still a football game and the only NFL one we get tonight. Let’s lock in, find a good wager, and get some cash as the Buccaneers head to the Lone Star State to take on the Cowboys.

Is the Buccaneers season already over? It is hard to say anything other than "Yes." The team is 0-4, and they will be without Baker Mayfield for at least this week and potentially next week. Personally, I feel like this is one of those seasons you just start to look for what will happen next year. Mayfield signed a contract extension, and this almost instantly became a lost season.

The team can’t run the ball, and now they won’t be able to throw the ball as effectively. To their credit, Jalon Daniels played pretty well under center last week. They were close with the Packers, but they ultimately lost the game. Dallas has one of the worst rushing defenses in the league, and a bad-ish passing defense, so opportunity should be there for the Buccaneers regardless of who is starting at quarterback.

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All of last season, the talk was about how bad the Cowboys' defense was. Dak Prescott put together a nice season – though his success mostly comes at home. This season was supposed to be different with a rebuilt defense. Through four games, the team has one of the worst defenses in the league. They allow the third most yards per game of any defense in the game and the fifth most points per game.

Tampa has one of the better rushing defenses in the league, but that isn’t the strength of Dallas anyway. They would much rather give the ball to Prescott and have him throw the ball 40 times. It is a successful formula, especially when Dallas is at home. Half of Prescott’s yards and touchdowns this year have gone to CeeDee Lamb. I don’t think Tampa has much to stop Lamb from being successful.

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Dallas has looked inconsistent at best this season. They were able to get a win over Houston last week. Tampa seems to be on the verge of a win, but not quite able to get over the hump. I think the only way for Dallas to win, regardless of who is under center for the opposition, is to get into a shootout. I’m going to take the over 47.5 points.

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Fort Hood survivor shot in head vows to watch terrorist face historic firing squad

More than 15 years after surviving several gunshot wounds during a terrorist attack at Fort Hood, retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford is preparing to watch the man who shot him be executed.

Speaking on "America’s Newsroom," Lunsford explained why he wants to attend the execution, which President Donald Trump recently approved to be carried out by firing squad.

"You live by the sword, you die by the sword," Lunsford said. "And the way that he went about doing his deed was a coward's way because we didn't have any way to defend ourselves that day."

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Trump approved the use of an Army firing squad to execute Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in the 2009 attack. Hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood while shouting "Allahu Akbar."

Standing at 6-foot-9, Lunsford was shot several times, including once in the head. He believes attending the execution could bring closure to survivors and grieving families.

"It's for two reasons. One is to give the families of the deceased a chance to close a chapter and also the survivors to close a chapter," Lunsford said of the execution.

"And it sends a clear message that we will not stand for this activity in any of our armed services or in the United States," he added.

Lunsford said that for him and others affected by the attack, even holidays are not the same, adding that families of the deceased will "never get a chance to cherish a Christmas, a Thanksgiving, an Easter" with their loved ones again.

"For the survivors, even though we can still do those, celebrate those holidays, we still feel for those ones that we lost that day. Me personally, the holidays will never be the same for me. But what I can do for the ones that I lost that day is to live for them and to keep fighting so that we will never have this happen again," he added.

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Hasan remains on military death row at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. If carried out, his execution would be the first by the U.S. military since 1961. The military last used a firing squad for an execution in 1945.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the decision on X, writing: "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009."

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Parnell added: "Judgment day for Hasan has finally come."

Hasan’s execution is set to take place Dec. 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas, where the attack took place, according to acting Army Secretary Adam Telle.

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Leo Briceno contributed to this report.

Mother of dead Russian anti-plague institute worker: 'I know the truth'

The mother of Darya Shipilova, the 28-year-old Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East worker whose death has sparked global public health concerns, pushed back against reports her daughter was infected after she broke a test tube.

Svetlana Shipilova, who is a medical professional, told the Russian outlet Glubina she does not believe the account circulating regarding her daughter's demise, according to The Telegraph.

"I know the truth," she reportedly said. "I’m having to fend off stupid acquaintances who believed all this. The clever ones didn’t believe it, of course.

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"Not even all medical professionals understand it’s impossible to break a test tube like that," she added. "Even if you fling it at the wall. Only an amateur could say something like that.

"Even hypothetically, you simply can’t spill what’s inside or break the tube. They’re that well protected." 

She also asserted to reporters, "They simply let my daughter die."

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Russian public health agency Rospotrebnadzor has said the woman died of "pneumonia of unknown origin" and that "extensive" testing uncovered no evidence the individual's illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted during remarks Wednesday that "we don’t yet have the full picture of this event, and we are not able to conduct a full risk assessment."

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"CDC is aware of and closely monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Russia that resulted in a death," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in part of a post Tuesday on X.

"We are working across the U.S. government to assess developments as additional information becomes available."

The Associated Press contributed to this report

Trump calls Democrat he pardoned a 'loser' for not switching parties

President Donald Trump lambasted incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, calling the congressman "a loser" on Wednesday, while criticizing the lawmaker for remaining a Democrat after receiving a presidential pardon.

Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife last year as the couple faced charges pertaining to bribery and money laundering.

"In any event, I did the pardons, and made no deal, where a crooked politician would have, but I thought there would be a good chance that Cuellar, who was persecuted by Democrats because they didn’t like him, would have routinely gone over to the Republican Party — the people that saved him from years in prison," Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post.

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Cuellar, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005, is currently seeking re-election.

"In any event, the man running against him, Tano Tijerina, is a STAR and, hopefully, will WIN! We call that payback for a disloyal and ungrateful person, a person whose life has been saved only to go back into the clutches of the people that tried so hard to destroy him. Henry Cuellar is a LOSER who, right now, should be serving a longterm jail sentence with his wife in a top level penitentiary," Trump declared in another part of the post.

"Tano, a legendary Baseball Star, Great Athlete, respected County Judge, and fine person, will hopefully beat Cuellar so that people can show how bad it is when you are recognized and humiliated as being one of the most disloyal political people on Earth!" Trump wrote. "I am very proud of the fact that I didn’t make a deal with Cuellar, which I easily could have, but relied on his character, which turned out to be a faulty one."

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Trump issued the Truth Social post on Wednesday prior to delivering similar remarks during a rally in San Antonio, Texas.

Tijerina declared in a Wednesday post on X, "Everyone in South Texas knows anything after Hello coming from Henry Cuellar is a lie. President Trump just confirmed that."

Fox News Digital reached out to Cuellar's campaign for comment on Thursday.

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In part of a Truth Social post last year, Trump claimed that President Joe Biden had "used the FBI and DOJ to 'take out' a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border 'Catastrophe.' Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH."

Teen wearing helmet camera kills worker at Polish school amid fears of copycat attacks

A 15-year-old boy wielding a knife and wearing a helmet-mounted camera attacked a Polish primary school he used to attend, allegedly killing one employee and wounding two others in the country's second school stabbing in two days.

Authorities are investigating whether the attacks are connected to an online challenge encouraging teenagers to kill as many people as possible.

Police said a 37-year-old woman who worked as a caretaker died in the Thursday morning attack at the school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw.

The school's head teacher, Krzysztof Ochmanski, was injured while subduing the teenager, officials said. Ochmanski told a radio station he heard a scream and ran into a hallway.

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"He wounded me with the blade of a rather long knife — he had three knives on him — and hit me with the handle," Ochmanski told the public broadcaster Polskie Radio RDC. "By then, I had managed to restrain him."

The day before the latest attack, a 19-year-old allegedly wounded 10 people, including himself, at a school in Ostroleka, which is in northeastern Poland.

Also this week, police arrested a 17-year-old in Sierpc in north-central Poland after authorities suspected he was planning a similar attack, Reuters reported.

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"We fear a grim copycat phenomenon," Prime Minister Donald Tusk told an emergency meeting, according to Reuters. "We are facing an extraordinary situation. ... For the first time, we are dealing with a killer who wore a helmet-mounted camera, intending to film the knife attack."

Tusk ordered police to visit schools every day to discourage further violence.

Nikola, the 18-year-old sister of a boy at the school that was attacked Thursday, told Reuters there were rumors about the social media challenge that the police are now investigating.

"I mean, I didn't know if it was even real — I still don't know if it's true, actually — because it sounds so unreal, so terrifying, just like something out of a movie: some kind of challenge to kill as many people as possible," she said.

FIRST ON FOX: FBI targets Ghana scam compound linked to nearly $10M in losses, more than 130 detained

FIRST ON FOX: The FBI's global crackdown on overseas scam centers targeting Americans has led to more than 130 arrests or detentions in Ghana, with investigators identifying nearly $10 million in financial losses, Fox News Digital has learned.

The latest takedown is part of Operation Blackout, the FBI's international campaign to dismantle scam compounds that prey on Americans, particularly seniors.

According to information provided to Fox News Digital by the FBI, investigators have identified 89 fraud victims and seized more than 300 devices. The more than 130 individuals arrested or detained include suspected trafficking victims expected to be repatriated to their home countries, primarily Nigeria.

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FBI Director Kash Patel said the operation reflects the bureau's broader effort to dismantle international fraud networks at their source.

"The FBI’s 'Operation Blackout' is our historic, global scam center fraud demolition operation that takes apart scam compounds all over the world targeting American citizens – primarily seniors," Patel said. 

"We are attacking this problem right at the source and blowing these compounds up, seizing billions of dollars, freeing thousands of trafficked workers, and protecting tens of thousands of Americans at risk of looking their hard-earned savings through these scams. Those who steal from Americans no longer have sanctuary – this FBI will find them and bring them to justice."

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The Ghana operation follows an earlier warning from Patel that international scam networks were expanding beyond Southeast Asia and the Middle East into Africa.

"That’s why you’re seeing the migration of these scam compounds to central and sub-Saharan Africa, which is where we are already pre-positioned to take them off," Patel told Fox News Digital in September.

That same month, U.S. investigators helped authorities in Madagascar dismantle 13 scam centers linked to Chinese organized crime syndicates, processing more than 3,200 electronic devices, according to previous Fox News Digital reporting.

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The FBI says Operation Blackout has seized roughly $17 billion globally, led to hundreds of arrests and freed thousands of trafficked workers. The bureau has not provided a detailed breakdown of the seized assets.

The bureau also says it has warned more than 10,000 Americans about suspected scams, preventing an estimated $670 million in financial losses.

The FBI previously reported that 77% of the more than 10,400 potential victims contacted through its Operation Level Up prevention initiative did not realize they were being scammed.

The Ghana investigation remains ongoing, and the FBI expects the number of identified victims and financial losses to grow.