NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina man with a lengthy rap sheet is back behind bars after allegedly assaulting a police officer at a local hospital. Justin Wilkes, 37, was taken into custody on Wednesday after he allegedly hit a campus police officer in the head at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, according to WBTV. Wilkes allegedly had been ordered to leave the property, resulting in an argument in which Wilkes began yelling at the officer, the outlet reported. VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDER ACCUSED OF KILLING TEACHER AS 911 CALL REVEALED HER FINAL MOMENTS: REPORT As Wilkes was being arrested, he allegedly hit the officer in the head and made “utterances” with the intent to “provoke immediate violent retaliation.”Wilkes was later arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer, according to jail records obtained by Fox News Digital. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALLEGEDLY AMBUSHED WOMAN ON FLORIDA BEACH IN RANDOM ATTEMPTED DROWNING ATTACK: POLICE According to court records obtained by WBTV, Wiles was out of jail on pretrial release at the time of Wednesday’s arrest. He had previously been arrested on Feb. 11 – just one week earlier – for trespassing at the same hospital. Court…

The Department of Defense is defending its decision to invite controversial Pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist who opposes women serving in combat, to preside over a 15-minute worship service at the Pentagon this week. A spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was glad to welcome Wilson to the Pentagon on Tuesday to deliver a devotional as part of a monthly Christian gathering he instituted last summer. “Despite the Left’s efforts to remove our Christian heritage from our great nation, Secretary Hegseth is among those who embrace it,” the spokeswoman’s statement read.In an interview with Military Times, Wilson, a Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Tusk and USS Ray from 1971 to 1975, said the heart of his message to the hundreds of troops who voluntarily attended the service was simple: “Stand firm, don’t be cowed.” Wilson leads the Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and co-founded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), which has grown into a global network comprising more than 160 congregations. But his theological and historical views, particularly on slavery and gender roles, have long drawn scrutiny and criticism.In his own church, women are barred from leadership roles and congregational voting is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The free bird is flying high in Milan.The United States men’s Olympic hockey team dominated Slovakia from start to finish on Friday, winning 6-2 to set up a gold medal game against their archrival Canada.Dylan Larkin got the scoring started early in the game, and Tage Thompson found the back of the net in the closing moments of the first to put the Americans up 2-0.  It was the second period, though, that was dominant. Jack Hughes and Jack Eichel scored within 19 seconds of each other, and Hughes scored again later on to make it a 5-0 game. In the third, Brady Tkachuk added another for good measure.This will be the first time the Americans will play for gold since 2010, when they lost an overtime heartbreaker to Canada in Vancouver. Canada, which has won three gold medals in Olympics in which NHL players participated (1998-2014), clinched its spot in the gold medal game after fighting back from a 2-0 deficit against Finland earlier Friday. US SKIER’S QUEST FOR OLYMPIC GOLD COMES TO A CRUSHING HALT AFTER TERRIFYING CRASHLooking ahead, the U.S.-Canada rivalry is one that, to put it bluntly, Canada…

Soldiers of the Army National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division snagged the award for Best Innovation at the U.S. Army’s inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition in Huntsville, Alabama, this week for inventing a drone that uses a claw to retrieve downed drones. Project RED, which stands for Recovery Exploitation Drone, is built to fly over and inspect downed unmanned aircraft systems. The system uses artificial intelligence software to discern the difference between friendly and enemy drones. Using a robotic arm with a claw, it can pick up a fallen drone and transport it to troops for evaluation or repair. The unit, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard, built the robotic arm using 3D printing. It is made of carbon fiber, and can easily be replicated.At the awards ceremony Thursday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll presented the winning service members with an honorary plaque. The team also received a drone prototype from the Army Research Laboratory and a one-year contract for the lab to help with design improvements for Project RED. The 28th Infantry Division was the only National Guard unit to field a team in all three categories — Best Innovation, Best Operator and Best Tactical Hunter-Killer Team — at the Army…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The office of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Friday called a GOP-led investigation into her family’s finances a “stunt,” one day after a House deadline for her husband to turn over records tied to his companies’ rapid growth.The House Oversight Committee had set Feb. 19 as a deadline for Tim Mynett, Omar’s husband, to provide information about the sudden success of two of his companies to the House Oversight Committee.”This is all a political stunt. These sham accusations were referred to the Ethics Committee, and our office has not received any follow-up because this is a baseless, headline-generating speculation and a politically targeted attack on the Congresswoman,” a spokesperson for Omar told Fox News Digital.Omar’s office declined to say whether it had submitted the business records as requested by lawmakers.CONGRESS OPENS ‘INDUSTRIAL-SCALE FRAUD’ PROBE IN MINNESOTA, WARNS WALZ DEMANDS ARE ‘JUST THE BEGINNING’ eStCru LLC, a winery, and Rose Lake Capital LLC, a consulting firm, both owned partially by Mynett, increased sharply in reported value between 2023 and 2024, drawing questions from lawmakers about the source of the pair’s wealth.In just one year, the two companies added roughly $30 million in combined…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lent typically means giving up meat on Fridays — but not necessarily sacrificing fast food.Observant Catholics who avoid meat on Fridays usually have two choices in the fast-food drive-thru: grilled cheese or fish sandwiches.Fish sandwiches have become a Lenten staple, and fast-food chains are leaning in with limited-time offerings this season.YOUR FRIDAY FISH FRY JUST GOT MORE EXPENSIVE AS LENT BEGINS AMID SEAFOOD SPIKESIt’s not just Filet-O-Fish sandwiches from McDonald’s. Below are some popular fast-food joints offering limited-time fish sandwiches. Wendy’s Crispy Panko Fish SandwichWendy’s brought back its fan-favorite fish sandwich for Catholics this Lent.”This limited-time fish sandwich has earned a strong, dedicated fan base over the years, and we’re here to give the people what they want,” the chain said in a Feb. 17 statement. BUFFETS MAKE OLD-SCHOOL COMEBACK AS AMERICANS HUNT FOR DINING VALUE: ‘FINANCIAL GENIUS'”The wild-caught Alaskan pollock fillet’s buttery flakiness is complimented by savory notes of garlic and onion, inspiring our fans’ love of the fish sandwich’s texture, flavor and crispiness.”Wendy’s said the sandwich pairs best with its Hot & Crispy fries, Cheese Fries or the Chive Baked Potato.The sandwich will be available until Easter, which falls on April 5.…

As the Navy moves to expand its “No Sailor Lives Afloat” initiative first announced last year, a top leader in personnel policy described the effort as part of a larger push to keep sailors by ensuring their quality-of-life expectations are being met.On Thursday, the service announced it had to date resituated 4,500 sailors who’d been living afloat to shore-based housing, and was working to expand housing access to more troops.While details in the announcement were sparse, officials said Naval Installations Command had identified “several short-term and long-term projects across all major homeports” so unaccompanied sailors would have more access to shore-based berthing. “These efforts include improving conditions in current barracks, bringing additional rooms back online through additional investments, expanding [public-private venture] options, exploring innovative housing solutions, providing temporary lodging when needed and advocating for an increase to the Basic Allowance for Housing,” officials said in a release.BAH, an allowance that’s set across the military and factors in a service member’s location, time in service and dependents, is congressionally supervised and typically updated once per year, in the National Defense Authorization Act. It’s not yet clear what kind of additional augmentation the Navy might ask for to provide ship-based sailors with…

United States President Donald Trump said that he would “love to have China and Russia” join the Board of Peace he instituted as a way to “stabilize” Gaza in the aftermath of the war with Israel. “They’ve been invited. You need both. You need all persuasions. No discrimination,” Trump was quoted as saying while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Moscow suggested that it was considering Trump’s invitation. In January, President Vladimir Putin also floated contributing $1 billion sourced from Russian sovereign assets frozen in the US – the exact fee for a permanent seat – even before a final membership decision was reached. Moscow, however, said it had not yet received a response to the proposal. China has already declined, citing its commitment to “true multilateralism” and the United Nations-centered international system. Trump also claimed that a lot of other countries had already joined the board, and that “we have a lot that are going through the process of getting on.” Trump’s remarks came after the board held its inaugural meeting in Washington, drawing heads of state and senior officials from around 40 countries. Over 20 nations have accepted the American invitation to join the board, with roughly…