NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance admitted that he should have worded his criticism of U.S. Catholic bishops “more carefully” after claiming they may have been worried about their “bottom line” from helping illegal immigrants last year.Last year, Vance, who is Catholic, responded to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) after the organization condemned the Trump administration’s policies regarding immigration raids. In his comments, he suggested the USCCB was more concerned over its “bottom line” from losing funding rather than helping refugees.”I think that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns?” Vance asked on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” in a Jan. 2025 interview. “Or are they actually worried about their bottom line? We’re going to enforce immigration law. We’re going to protect the American people.” Last month, more than a year after Vance’s comments, retired Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop emeritus of New York, said in an interview with EWTN News that Vance has since “apologized” for his comments, saying they were “out…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 80 people fell ill with a suspected norovirus outbreak on a major cruise ship in February.On March 1, The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) boarded Holland America’s Westerdam ship to investigate a massive outbreak in Hong Kong.Among the approximately 2,800 passengers on board, 65 guests and 11 crew members developed symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Symptoms included diarrhea, vomiting and fever. “During the previous voyage of Westerdam from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong, a number of guests reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness,” Holland America told Fox News Digital in a shared statement.”The cases were mostly mild and quickly resolving,” the statement continued. “As a precaution and consistent with our standard protocols, we implemented enhanced sanitation procedures and conducted additional deep cleaning when the ship completed its sailing in Hong Kong,” the cruise line added.CDC REPORTS FIRST CRUISE NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS YEAR, AS NEARLY 90 PEOPLE ARE INFECTEDThe ship had calls at ports including Japan, Busan in Korea and Shanghai on the Chinese Mainland.Testing by the ship’s lab found that stool samples from seven patients tested positive for norovirus. The CHP planned to conduct additional testing.”We implemented enhanced sanitation procedures and conducted additional deep…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic Senate hopeful in Iowa is pitching himself as a candidate who believes in the party’s “old Democratic values.”However, on Saturday, State Senator Zach Wahls hosted a campaign event at a radical activist bookstore, Dog-Eared Books, that has been vocal about abolishing ICE, financially supports anti-ICE nonprofits, holds drag story time for kids, and promotes books banned in schools for their sexually explicit content, among other far-left activism the store engages in. Fox News Digital asked Wahls ahead of the event if he was aware of the bookstore’s radical track record and whether he regretted holding a campaign event there, but Wahls never responded.Meanwhile, Wahls’ campaign website promises Iowans he will work to “secure the border and fix our broken immigration system,” and in posts on social media he has insisted that the nation must have an immigration system based on “law and order.”  “I believe in the old Democratic values of hard work and family, not handouts for billionaires and insiders,” Wahls also touts in a campaign video pinned to the top of his X account.Video obtained by Fox News Digital from outside the Ames, Iowa, bookstore where Wahls held his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., invited an illegal immigrant guest to this year’s State of the Union address who’s referenced in two police reports that Massachusetts authorities have declined to release, citing exemptions involving “sexual assault and juveniles,” according to a report.The Boston Herald reported that the Milford Police Department (MPD) denied a public records request for two 2021 reports that allegedly reference Marcelo Gomes da Silva, whom Moulton invited to attend President Donald Trump’s speech on Feb. 24.According to the Herald, the newspaper sought reports dated June 30, 2021, and Sept. 15, 2021. MPD Deputy Chief John Sanchioni denied the request, writing, “The records you are requesting are not public records in accordance with M.G.L. c. 4 s. 7 cl. 26 (A).”He also wrote that one report “involves a sexual assault and juveniles” and that the other “involves juveniles,” citing Massachusetts public records law. Sanchioni did not elaborate on the nature of the reports and did not indicate that Gomes da Silva had been charged with any crime. The Herald reported that Gomes da Silva was identified as a “person of interest” in the records it sought.Fox News Digital has reached out…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jayson Tatum’s return to an NBA court appears to be coming much sooner than anyone expected.  The Boston Celtics superstar could be suiting up as early as Friday, which marks nearly 10 months since he tore an Achilles against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, per ESPN. The Celtics will face Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks Friday at TD Garden, and Tatum is expected to be out there with his teammates for the first time since his injury. Tatum was officially listed as questionable on the Celtics’ injury report. Brad Stevens, the Celtics’ president of basketball operations, noted that his star guard wouldn’t be cleared until he was definitely ready to play, both physically and mentally.That’s especially the case considering the Celtics don’t need Tatum to rush back. They’re 41-21, which gives them the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Tatum also noted he would want to return for a home game.Boston has had players stepping up in the absence of Tatum, including his counterpart Jaylen Brown. Brown has taken on the scoring load, averaging 28.9 points per game with 7.2 rebounds and five assists. Derrick White has added…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Long border crossings, SUV convoys and six-figure jet charters have become the new escape route out of the Middle East as Operation Epic Fury intensifies, with private flights now accounting for nearly a third of all departures from Oman’s main airport.FlightRadar24, a real-time flight tracking platform, reported that while Oman continues to be a “vital” hub for evacuation and repatriation flights, private flights accounted for 31% of operations Wednesday at Muscat International Airport.As of Thursday afternoon, the platform reported more than 30% of all movements at the airport were private flights.Semafor reported earlier this week that airports in Oman and Saudi Arabia were drawing ultra-wealthy travelers looking to leave the countries. People familiar with the matter told the outlet that private security companies have been booking fleets of SUVs to take people on the 10-hour drive from Dubai to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where private flights are available. The clientele evacuating the region are a mix of senior executives at global finance firms and wealthy travelers in the region for business or vacation, according to Semafor.LIV golfer Jon Rahm, a two-time major winner, was just one of the wealthy who arranged flights amid the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Ohio mother was charged Thursday with aggravated murder after the bodies of her two young daughters were found buried in separate suitcases in shallow graves in Cleveland earlier this week, officials said.Aliyah Henderson, 28, was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, police told Fox News Digital.The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the girls’ names and said DNA relationship testing helped identify them. Mila was 8 years old and her half-sister, Amor, was 10, the office said.The medical examiner’s office has not released a cause of death. The girls were discovered Monday evening after a man walking his dog near East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, in a field near Ginn Academy, found a partially buried suitcase and called police.Officers responded and located a shallow grave containing a deceased individual inside a suitcase. After canvassing the area, police found a second shallow grave and another suitcase containing a second body.Mila’s father, DeShaun Chatman, said in an interview with The Associated Press that investigators told him late Wednesday that his daughter was dead.RURAL COMMUNITY ON EDGE AFTER HUSBANDS FIND THEIR WIVES DEAD…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A dozen alleged members and associates of a notorious Los Angeles street gang were arrested in a sweeping federal takedown Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced.Authorities say the suspects are tied to 18th Street, the city’s largest street gang, which evaded law enforcement by using tents to blend in with the homeless population. Investigators allege the group trafficked drugs across Los Angeles, operating mainly in MacArthur Park and Skid Row.”A total of seven federal indictments charge members of this gang,” Bill Essayli, the first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, said. “18th Street has harmed MacArthur Park residents and turned the park into a crime-infested area full of drug addicts and the criminals who enable them.”  The gang is alleged to have grown into a massive criminal organization with ties to the Mexican Mafia. Members face charges including murder, extortion, racketeering, conspiracy and drug trafficking. In one instance, prosecutors said a member murdered a drug trafficker in retaliation for failing to pay the gang’s extortionate “taxes.” As part of the takedown known as “Operation Dead Horse,” authorities arrested the gang’s alleged street boss…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, announced Thursday evening he will not seek re-election amid a House Ethics investigation into an affair he admitted to having with a former staffer.Gonzales, a married father of 6, admitted to the affair for the first time on Wednesday – a day after advancing to the GOP primary runoff for his congressional district.”At 18, I swore an oath to defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. During my 20 years in the military and three terms in Congress, I have fought for that cause with absolute dedication to the country that I love,” Gonzales said in a statement.”From overcoming the border crisis to taking a stand with my communities after the worst school shooting in Texas’ history, my philosophy has never changed: do as much as you can, and always fight for the greater good,” he continued. “After deep reflection and with the support of my loving family, I have decided not to seek re-election while serving out the rest of this Congress with the same commitment I’ve always had to my district,” he added. “Through the rest of my term, I will continue fighting for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bob Harlan, who served as Green Bay Packers president and CEO for almost two decades, has died. He was 89. The Packers announced Harlan’s death earlier Thursday, saying his family informed them of his death after a brief illness. Team historian Cliff Christl noted Harlan had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia. Current Packers President and CEO Ed Policy released a statement.  “The Packers family was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Harlan,” Policy’s statement on social media said.”Bob was a visionary leader whose impact on the franchise was transformational. From his inspired hiring of Ron Wolf to turn around the club’s on-field fortunes to his tireless work to redevelop Lambeau Field, Bob restored the Packers to competitive excellence during his tenure and helped ensure our unique and treasured flagship NFL franchise was on sound footing for sustained generational success. “We send our deepest sympathies to his wife, Madeline, and the entire Harlan family.”Harlan joined the Packers in 1971, but he wasn’t elected president and CEO until 1989. But after he was elected to lead the publicly owned franchise, he wouldn’t move from the role until retiring in 2008. Harlan was pivotal in getting the…