Rams legend Eric Dickerson took the mound at Angel Stadium on Wednesday night to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Angels faced the Yankees in Anaheim.Celebration continues across Southern California after longtime Angels owner Arte Moreno agreed to sell the team Tuesday. The fans are getting a new leader in Stan Kroenke, a proven winner who also owns the Rams. Speaking with MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger before taking the field, Dickerson offered a glowing review of Kroenke.”Kind of quiet but a really good businessman as you can tell. But Stan likes winning. I can tell you that right now.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Justice Department warned states they could lose billions of dollars in welfare funding if they do not report known illegal migrants to the federal government, according to a legal opinion released Wednesday.The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel said tates participating in two key welfare programs must require all state agencies to report individuals known to be unlawfully present to the Department of Homeland Security, a significant shift that the administration says will help enforce President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The opinion reverses a 1998 Office of Legal Counsel interpretation…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military on Wednesday intercepted and sank a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that it said was supporting a “narco-terrorist” organization, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).SOUTHCOM said the operation targeted a vessel tied to Los Choneros, which it described as a violent narco-terrorist organization.”On Sept. 2, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, and in coordination and collaboration with the Government of Ecuador, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) successfully interdicted a vessel operating as a floating refueling station in support of illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ends in a mistrial, her defense could hold an unusual advantage in a retrial, a retired Massachusetts Superior Court judge says, as jurors reported for a second time Wednesday that they remain deadlocked.Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6 — who were found strangled at the family’s home in January 2023.Judge William Sullivan gave jurors a Tuey-Rodriguez charge Wednesday afternoon after they reported for a second time that they were deadlocked,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon on Wednesday issued clinical guidelines establishing a new mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and reserve service members ages 30 and up.This comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in July that he was authorizing the screening program for troops to ensure “you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best.””Taking care of your long-term health means ensuring you remain strong, resilient and capable — not just for your next deployment, but for the rest of your life, so you can thrive long after you take off the uniform,” he…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire during a deadly shootout at a crowded Seattle food festival claims he was shooting back in self-defense as authorities continue searching for other gunmen tied to the bloodshed.The teen allegedly pulled a handgun from a pouch and fired after two unidentified suspects began shooting toward him and his friend at the Bite of Seattle on July 26, his attorney said in court documents obtained by KOMO News.The gunfire sent festivalgoers scrambling outside the Seattle Center Armory near the Space Needle. Three people were killed, and…

The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.Iran’s health minister said 18 people were killed and 108 wounded in Tuesday night’s U.S. strikes across Iran. The Iranian Red Crescent said four people were killed and 67 wounded at a wedding ceremony near the coast of the Strait of Hormuz.The return of combat operations has alarmed countries throughout the region, as Iran launched missile and drone attacks against what it said were U.S. assets…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court ruling that granted a father final decision-making authority over whether his daughter attends her mother’s evangelical church amid a parental dispute over the child’s religious upbringing.The court’s ruling on Tuesday maintains a Portland District Court judge’s decision regarding a 2024 dispute between Matthew Bradeen and Emily Bickford about the church attendance of their daughter, who was 11 years old at the time, according to The Maine Monitor.Bickford had been taking her daughter to Calvary Chapel Greater Portland, an evangelical church in Westbrook, on…

Justin Tucker was among three kickers who worked out for the New York Jets on Wednesday, according to The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero. Michael Badgley and Joshua Karty also participated in the workout.Tucker, who is widely considered the greatest kicker in NFL history, has not played since the 2024 season. Last season, Tucker did not sign with a team after serving a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.In January 2025, The Baltimore Banner reported that 16 female massage therapists had accused Tucker of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior during sessions between 2012 and 2016 at eight spas in…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is nearly tripling the ceiling on its contract with Oracle to modernize the agency’s electronic health record system, yet lawmakers left a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday without clear answers about why the increase is necessary or how much taxpayers will ultimately pay.VA’s original electronic health record contract had a ceiling of roughly $10 billion. The department has increased that ceiling to roughly $27 billion, an increase of about $17 billion.The nearly $27 billion figure discussed repeatedly during Wednesday’s hearing is not money VA has already spent. It is the maximum potential value of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) hired a gender-affirming care coordinator last month, a position set to earn between $78,000 and $115,000 annually.The job includes oversight of a program for “managing and monitoring needs and safety risks of transgender, intersex and non-binary adults in custody,” according to the listing. The position also chairs a multidisciplinary team focused on their individualized needs.The role, which comes as the DOC is projected to have a $55 million deficit in 2026, continues gender-related initiatives spearheaded by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, a longtime champion of the trans…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! German-Palestinian-American filmmaker Lexi Alexander pushed an X post appearing to cheer on the death of Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti on Tuesday, referencing accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione.Piacenti was identified as the victim of a deadly stabbing in New York City’s Times Square on Monday where a woman carrying a knife also wounded another person before police shot and killed the suspect. Piacenti was in her first week back at Bank of America after spending five months caring for her newborn daughter.In response to the news, Alexander, who directed the…