NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Massachusetts city with one of the nation’s largest Cape Verdean communities has imposed a temporary curfew ahead of Friday’s historic World Cup match between the West African nation and Argentina.The curfew will be in effect in Brockton, just south of Boston, from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Saturday. City officials said the decision follows recent World Cup celebrations that led to dangerous and unlawful behavior. “World Cup celebrations have resulted in incidents of reckless driving, illegal street gatherings, vandalism, assaults, fireworks violations, disorderly conduct, and other criminal activities,” the city said. WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE Brockton is home to one of the largest Cape Verdean communities in the United States, with nearly one in four residents identifying as Cape Verdean, according to local outlet The Enterprise.Friday’s match was expected to draw large celebrations, as the 2026 tournament marks the first time the African island nation has qualified for the FIFA World Cup.Following previous World Cup matches, Brockton police said several people were injured in shootings that erupted during postgame celebrations, according to local outlet Boston 25 News — prompting city officials to impose the temporary curfew ahead of Friday’s…

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they have built the most life-like synthetic cell yet, creating a laboratory-made system assembled entirely from nonliving components that can grow, replicate its genetic material, divide and even pass beneficial traits to future generations.The researchers describe the work as a major step toward building artificial life, but said the synthetic cells cannot survive outside carefully controlled laboratory conditions and require externally supplied nutrients and specialized components to grow and divide.Their findings were published Thursday as a preprint on bioRxiv, meaning the research has not yet undergone peer review.SCIENTISTS UNVEIL ‘LIVING BANDAGE’ THAT COULD DRAMATICALLY SPEED WOUND HEALING “One of the most ambitious and fascinating goals of bioengineering is to build a biochemical system that could cross the threshold from chemistry to life,” the researchers wrote. They said the work demonstrates “the first minimal cell with a cell cycle, genetically encoded growth and division, all coupled to selection and competition.”The researchers call the synthetic cell “SpudCell.” Unlike earlier approaches that started with living organisms, SpudCell was assembled from chemically defined, nonliving components.Its 90,000-base-pair genome enables the synthetic cell to produce proteins, replicate its DNA, feed, grow and divide into daughter cells.AI-DESIGNED ‘UNIVERSAL VACCINE’ PASSES…

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top general has publicly thanked the departing head of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, Gen. Christopher Donahue, for helping build and sustain Washington’s support pipeline to Kyiv as the officer relinquished his post on Thursday after an unexpectedly brief 18 months in command.Word broke June 23 that the four-star general had submitted his retirement papers after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth personally requested that he resign, according to multiple reports. The Army has yet to provide a definitive reason for the change.Donahue’s predecessor, Gen. Darryl Williams, held the post for nearly two and a half years. Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, Donahue’s deputy, took over in an acting capacity Thursday after a farewell ceremony at the Clay Kaserne headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany.Within days of the news, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, held a phone call with Donahue and published a farewell on his personal social media accounts, thanking the outgoing official for creating a partnership that he said delivered long-range systems, strengthened Ukraine’s air defenses and saved thousands of Ukrainian lives.The two military leaders have worked together since the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, when Syrskyi, then chief of Ukraine’s Ground Forces, directed the defense of Kyiv…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Any time the U.S. Men’s National Team steps on a pitch, it’s going to draw in a lot of eyeballs, but Wednesday’s match against Bosnia and Herzegovina was historic.Preliminary numbers from Nielsen report that the broadcast on Fox averaged 24.43 million viewers, with the broadcast peaking at 31.88 million late in the game.That was enough to make it the largest English-language audience for a soccer broadcast in U.S. history.WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE It just edged out the previous record holder — the 2015 Women’s World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan — which averaged 22.32 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Telemundo’s Spanish telecast of the game brought in 9.1 million viewers for a combined total of 33.53 million, easily a record for a soccer match broadcast in the United States.But what else is new? This World Cup has been obliterating ratings records since it started.FOX ONE’S NEW WORLD CUP VIEWING EXPERIENCE The highly-anticipated clash saw the U.S. trying to win its first knockout stage match since 2002 and bounce back from a disappointing loss to Türkiye that capped off the group stage.Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina looked…

This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News.  The Illusion of Reform I have watched the machinery of federal health agencies up close, and the 2024 election was the last test. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was given the chance to lead the Department of Health and Human Services with the full backing of President Trump, the Republican majorities in Congress, and a public desperate for change. Yet, after 18 months of trying to dismantle the deep state, the FDA, CDC, and HHS remain intact, and the pharmaceutical lobby has successfully stalled every meaningful vaccine safety reform [1]. This experience has convinced me that reform from within is structurally impossible. The system is not broken by accident; it is designed to harm the American people in order to protect the monopoly profits of Big Pharma and the power of bureaucratic elites. I believe the illusion of reform is the most dangerous lie we tell ourselves. Every new administration promises to “clean up” the agencies, but the revolving door between regulators and the industries they oversee guarantees that nothing changes. As I have documented in interviews with constitutional attorney Jonathan Emord, the FDA has systematically suppressed truthful health information for…

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to uphold state laws that protect women’s sports was a swell moment for Riley Gaines. But she admits the fight has taken a toll.”Everything that, that I have found myself fighting for over the past few years. I don’t want to speak for anyone else. Um, but there is a level of me that’s exhausted as well.” Gaines told Fox News Digital.”It’s exhausting that in the year 2026, we are still having this conversation, that the highest court in the land is having to rule on, on such insanity, when, I mean, I think even just 10 years ago, we wouldn’t have necessarily celebrated this ruling. We would’ve kind of been like, ‘yeah, duh. This is, like, the default.’ It’s the standard position for anyone to take. Of course we don’t want boys in girls’ sports. But now we find ourselves celebrating, which is a, a telltale sign of the times, of where we’re at culturally and socially. Um, and so there’s still more work to do.”RILEY GAINES: SUPREME COURT HANDS WOMEN AN IMPORTANT WIN, BUT THE FIGHT ISN’T OVERShe is already thinking about next steps. And it will take more than six votes…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida’s State Board of Education voted Tuesday to move forward with a policy barring illegal immigrants from being admitted to the state’s public colleges, marking the latest effort by state leaders to tighten immigration rules in higher education.The board voted 6-1 to make the Sunshine State’s 28 state colleges and the state’s adult education programs inaccessible to illegal immigrants.The Orlando Sentinel reported that the only vote against the measure was from member Daniel Foganholi, who the outlet said was a first-generation American born to immigrants from Brazil.LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORT But the state board said it did have the authority to implement the rule, citing Florida statutes that pave the way to allow it to create admission criteria, the Sentinel noted.Higher Ed Drive reported Thursday that, in 2023, the state was home to approximately 50,000 illegal immigrant students, according to the American Immigration Council.Last year, Florida ended a program that let illegal immigrant students under DACA pay in-state tuition.The Orlando Sentinel identified Alex Liberman, one of over 50 people who shared an opinion during public comment, who said that, “Education is not meant to be a…

A U.S. Air Force major was arrested Wednesday for protesting alone on House steps as he called for the immediate impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump.Maj. Jason Watson was arrested by Capitol Police officers at approximately 1:15 p.m. local time for demonstrating on the House steps without a sitting member of Congress, Capitol Police told Military Times. Watson, an active-duty service member with a military career dating over 20 years, walked halfway up the steps of the House to its chained railing to hold a sign that read “Impeach Convict Remove.”Watson was first escorted to the bottom of the steps by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who then left the area, causing the officers to arrest Watson under 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing and Incommoding.“When the Member of Congress left the area, our officers gave the man lawful orders to stop the illegal demonstration, or he would be arrested,” the spokesperson said. “The man refused our lawful orders.”The spokesperson highlighted that there are other areas on the Capitol where demonstrating is allowed.Watson stoically stood wearing his uniform on the steps for roughly one minute before officers first approached him. Another minute later, he was again approached by an officer, who spoke to…