NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Catholic organization is pressing Massachusetts bishops to act against Democratic Gov. Maura Healey after she signed a new law that will eliminate the state’s previous restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks, making Massachusetts the 10th state to permit the procedure up to birth.”To weaponize Catholic virtues, to weaponize Christian virtues in the defense of something so egregiously contrary to the faith is a new moment in the political landscape and in the way in which bishops should deal with politicians,” CatholicVote president and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt told Fox News Digital.CatholicVote is…

A French tourist died in Death Valley National Park on Monday after their vehicle became stuck in mud along a remote road while traveling with a companion amid extreme Mojave Desert heat. After Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, and his travel companion, both from France, became stranded in the remote California desert, the pair began walking across the salt flats to seek help because there were no other vehicles in the area, the National Park Service said in a news release. With temperatures reaching 116 degrees on Aug. 17, Formosa was unable to continue just over a mile into the trek for help. His companion continued on and eventually encountered…

Published on 23/08/2026 – 11:59 GMT+2•Updated 12:00 Europe continues to struggle with the consequences of extreme weather, with Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, and Poland all facing severe conditions. In Serbia, the EU has sent helicopters and firefighters to support local crews battling a blaze that has engulfed more than 1,600 hectares of vegetation in the Deliblatska Pescara nature reserve, 60 kilometres east of Belgrade. The effort is also being assisted by a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 water bomber deployed since Thursday, alongside several Serbian army helicopters. “The situation is extremely difficult,” says Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s Interior Minister, adding that “more than 400…

August 23, 2026 — 8:34pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAt least one fresh allegation of sexual assault and multiple claims of sexual conduct without consent have been made by the three women at the centre of an investigation involving Sydney Swans players at the Pullman East Melbourne.They come as police were alerted to the potential existence of a recording relating to the events at the hotel in the early hours of last Monday.The Pullman hotel in East Melbourne, where the Sydney Swans players stayed.Simon SchluterThe new allegation from the…

Portuguese soccer star Quévin Castro died at age 25 after collapsing during a match. The central midfielder was competing in a friendly preseason match between his team, Real Sport Clube, and rivals Estrela de Amadora at Estádio das Seixas stadium in Malveira, Portugal, on Saturday, August 22, when he collapsed. He was transferred to a local hospital where he was ultimately pronounced dead, per Press Association. The Lisbon Football Association announced the tragic news in a Facebook post mourning Castro. “To the family, friends, and the affiliated club [Real Sport Clube], we extend our deepest condolences during this tragic time…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After news of the alleged Penn State fraternity coke ring broke earlier this week, individual complaints released by the Office of the Attorney General in Pennsylvania provide more specifics into each suspect’s alleged involvement.Those 14 complaints detail an alleged hierarchy within the cocaine-trafficking operation, from accused suppliers and distributors to fraternity members allegedly tasked with weighing, packaging and delivering cocaine.Here are the suspects and their alleged roles.All defendants are innocent until proven guilty. 1. Agostino “Pablo Pledgescobar” AbbatielloAlleged position: “Top of food chain” according to prosecutors.Hometown: Westbury, New YorkAge: 24Major: AccountingFraternity: Sigma…

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.This week’s quiz highlights presidential portrayals, summer sips — and more.Can you get all 8 questions right?Give it a try and see how you do!CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESTo try your hand at more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click here. Also, to take our latest News Quiz — published every Friday — click here. Read the full article here

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several Puerto Ricans interviewed by Fox News Digital in San Juan, Puerto Rico voiced opposition to becoming America’s 51st state, arguing that it would send the economy into turmoil and strip the island of its cultural identity.”I don’t think it should be a state,” Carly, who grew up in Puerto Rico and now lives in Connecticut, told Fox News Digital. “I don’t want them to do PR how they did with Hawaii. I don’t want taxes to spike. People’s wages here are really low to maintain life here.”Statehood for Puerto Rico, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As global attention remains fixed on tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a petroleum geologist is warning that the more consequential energy story may be unfolding thousands of feet underground — and could continue long after any political agreement ends the fighting.Art Berman, a petroleum geologist and energy consultant with more than four decades of industry experience, told Fox News Digital that millions of barrels of Persian Gulf oil production remain shut in and warned that restoring those wells is far more complicated than simply reopening the strategic waterway.”This is potentially…

What a bunch of pricks! An unhinged gang of vagrants—including a sicko in a grotesque penis mask and a maniac setting benches ablaze—is relentlessly terrorizing young girls at a multi-million-dollar soccer field in the trendy Meatpacking District. The Post witnessed the chaotic scenes this week, where the man wearing a revolting mask with a dangling penis for a nose glowered less than 20 feet from the wary kids, stripped and screamed in an unprovoked outburst at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday. “Everyone wants to party, but no one wants to pay for party!” the man bellowed. He took off his…

August 23, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe state’s universities are deploying AI in lectures, as a virtual assistant for conversational skills and as a “study buddy” as the technology continues its march on higher education.Backlash is brewing across the sector as concerns mount about hollowed-out and devalued qualifications, for which some students will pay record prices next year.Since ChatGPT exploded in late 2022, universities have been grappling with how to handle the rise in student use of AI, but teaching stands as a new frontier for…

The Challenge alum Tyler Duckworth has been laid to rest following his shocking death at age 44. A memorial service for the former MTV reality star was held on Saturday, August 22, at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Challenge star Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio posted highlights from the memorial via his Instagram Story. He shared a photo of a program “celebrating the life of Tyler” — which featured a quote from the biblical passage Philippians 4:6-7. The quote read, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump looks to revive summit diplomacy with Kim Jong Un, he faces a North Korea with a larger nuclear arsenal, a powerful new partner in Russia and far less incentive to strike a deal than it had during his first term.Trump’s renewed outreach comes as he remains locked in a nuclear standoff with Iran, reopening another piece of unfinished business from his first term. Unlike Iran, however, North Korea already possesses a mature nuclear arsenal and multiple delivery systems, leaving Trump with little prospect of eliminating the threat militarily…

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Saturday dismissed “AI doomsdaying,” warning that China benefits from “overreaction” by the United States as the two countries compete for dominance in artificial intelligence. Fetterman shared an article on X highlighting a Bloomberg analysis examining what it described as the narrowing US lead over China in the AI race and the faster pace at which Chinese companies are deploying advanced models. The Pennsylvania Democrat reacted to the report by arguing that advancements in AI are critical to national security. “AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman wrote. Fetterman added that pulling back on the…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAPeter Hartcher (“Gambling laws’ biggest winners”, August 22) has done us a favour by reporting parliament’s genuine belief that banning gambling advertising would be “a threat to the viability of free-to-air networks” and “the sporting codes, especially the AFL and the NRL”. More important, apparently, than approaching “the issue through a public health lens”. This also helps us avoid the lazy assumption that parliamentarians were “selling out for political donations”. However, both the alcohol and tobacco industries have adjusted to advertising bans which have…