Car plows through protesters as police vehicles vandalized in growing unrest
A car drove through a crowd of demonstrators Tuesday night as hundreds of anti-ICE protesters gathered in Downtown Chicago.
The protests in Chicago come as Los Angeles has faced days of unrest.
Protests in LA started on June 7, with rioters burning cars, throwing objects and fireworks at police, smashing the windows of the LAPD’s headquarters and looting stores.
Tuesday’s footage from FOX 32 Chicago shows what appeared to be a woman driving through the Chicago demonstrators walking with signs and biking on Wabash and Monroe.
A police officer attempted to hit the window of the moving vehicle in an apparent attempt to get the driver to stop, but it kept moving, FOX 32 reported. It is unclear if anyone was injured during the incident.
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The Chicago Police Department told Fox News Digital on Tuesday evening that they were waiting to hear from responding officers when asked if the car’s driver would face charges for driving through protesters.
While most Chicago protesters were peaceful on Tuesday, some demonstrators clashed and vandalized police vehicles, and public transportation was temporarily suspended downtown, FOX 32 reported.
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Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez noted on X that multiple police cars had been vandalized.
“I guess we haven’t learned,” he wrote in one Tuesday evening post.
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“I’m so sick of anarchy apologists and their ‘It’s not violent, just property damage bro’ bull—-,” he said in another.
An earlier protest Tuesday was part of a campaign called “From LA to Chicago: ICE Out!” according to FOX 32.
“I just think it’s not right what’s going on right now … people are being snatched off the street, so you just gotta do something about it,” Benjamin Rose, one of the protesters, told the outlet.
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Demonstrations have been popping up across the country, from Asheville, North Carolina, to Chicago to Los Angeles, where unrest broke out over the weekend following a raid. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE raids in LA over the weekend resulted in “hundreds of illegal aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents,” including “many with a criminal history and criminal convictions.”
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DHS listed more information about 19 suspects that ICE Los Angeles arrested on June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree murder to rape.
“America’s brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA’s streets, while LA’s leaders are working tirelessly against them,” DHS said in a Sunday statement as riots continued through the weekend.
Newsom threatens prosecution of rioters while attacking Trump’s ‘escalation’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, on Tuesday said anti-ICE protesters who engage in violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law while also criticizing President Donald Trump for a “brazen abuse of power” in sending troops to respond to demonstrations.
Newsom said during a news address that 220 people have already been arrested in connection with the Los Angeles riots and that officials are reviewing footage to build additional cases.
The governor also thanked individuals who protested peacefully during demonstrations against deportations and ICE raids on migrant workers at local businesses.
Peaceful assembly is not what Trump wanted, the governor said, accusing the president of choosing “escalation,” “more force” and “theatrics over public safety.”
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Newsom and the president have taken jabs at each other in recent days over the Trump administration’s move to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles, with the governor saying it threatens state sovereignty, wastes resources and worsens the situation, while Trump argues that the move was necessary to quell any violence.
“These are the men and women trained for foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement,” Newsom said Tuesday. “We honor their service. We honor their bravery. But we do not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces. Not in LA, not in California, not anywhere. We’re seeing unmarked cars, unmarked cars in school parking lots, kids afraid of attending their own graduation.”
“Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals,” he continued. “His agents are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers and seamstresses. That’s just weakness. Weakness masquerading as strength. Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting our communities. They’re traumatizing our communities. And that seems to be the entire point.”
Newsom had sent a letter on Sunday urging the administration to rescind its deployment of National Guard troops and return them to his command. The state has also filed a lawsuit against the administration over the federal deployment.
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“Just yesterday, we filed a legal challenge to Donald Trump’s reckless deployment of American troops to a major American city,” the governor said Tuesday. “Today, we sought an emergency court order to stop the use of the American military to engage in law enforcement activities across Los Angeles.”
The governor said if some people could be snatched off the streets without a warrant based only on suspicion or skin color, then nobody is safe.
“Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control,” he said. “And by the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence as long as it serves him. What more evidence do we need than January 6th?”
Newsom also cited border czar Tom Homan’s threat to arrest him for alleged immigration interference, an idea Trump later endorsed, saying Newsom’s “primary crime was running for governor because he’s done such a bad job.”
“He’s calling for a sitting governor to be arrested for no other reason than, in his own words, for getting elected,” Newsom said of Trump.
The governor had previously dared Homan to make good on his threat, saying “arrest me” and “come and get me, tough guy.” But Homan eventually backed down, admitting that Newsom had not done anything to warrant his arrest.
Newsom concluded his remarks on Tuesday by warning that Trump’s actions he says threaten state sovereignty and democracy are not exclusive to California.
“When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation,” Newsom said. “This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He’s taking a wrecking ball, a wrecking ball to our Founding Fathers’ historic project.”
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“If you exercise your First Amendment rights, please, please do it peacefully,” he continued. “I know many of you are feeling deep anxiety, stress and fear, but I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him.”
Trump surprises crowd at Fort Bragg with big announcement
President Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday that his administration will restore the original names of several U.S. Army bases that were renamed during the Biden presidency, calling the previous changes unnecessary and politically driven.
“For a little breaking news,” Trump said during a speech at Fort Bragg, “we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee.”
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The crowd erupted in cheers and Trump continued: “We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious. You know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious. We want to keep it going.”
The seven bases were renamed in 2023 under a Pentagon directive carried out by the Biden administration, following a 2021 law passed by Congress.
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In response to Trump’s announcement, the U.S. Army released a statement defending the original decision. “The Army will take all necessary actions to change the names of seven Army installations in honor of heroic Soldiers who served in conflicts ranging from the Civil War to the Battle of Mogadishu,” the statement said. “Five of them received the Medal of Honor, three received the Distinguished Service Cross and one received the Silver Star.”
Among the individuals honored under the Biden-era renamings: 1st Lt. Vernon W. Pickett, who received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroic action in World War II; Col. Robert B. Hood, also a Distinguished Service Cross recipient for valor in World War I; and Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon, who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu.
Others included Pvt. Fitz Lee, Gen. James H. Polk, Capt. Edward W. Rucker, and three Medal of Honor recipients: Lt. Col. Edward Hill, 1st Sgt. Robert A. Pinn, and Pvt. Bruce Anderson, honored at what was formerly Fort A.P. Hill.
“That’s a big story,” Trump said. “We just announced that today to you for the first time. They said, ‘Why didn’t you wait till Saturday?’ Said, ‘I can’t wait. I got to talk to my friends here today.’”
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A military parade is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 in Washington, D.C.
The White House has confirmed the restoration of the Army base names to Fox News Digital.
Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony’s deadly confrontation caught on school video
Amid an ongoing investigation over the fatal stabbing of high school student Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas, track meet, the school district announced it has surveillance footage of the stabbing.
The Frisco Independent School District confirmed to Fox News Digital that it possesses surveillance footage of the April 2 incident at Kuykendall Stadium but will not be publicly releasing the video.
The fatal altercation between 17-year-old Metcalf of Memorial High School and allegedly 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, unfolded during a rain delay on April 2 at the district track and field championship.
Anthony is facing first-degree murder charges.
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Authorities say that Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf in the chest. Though the two students reportedly had no prior relationship, a brief altercation escalated quickly.
An arrest report obtained by Fox News sheds new light on the pre-stabbing clash after Metcalf reportedly told Anthony that he needed to move out of the Memorial team’s tent, a witness told Frisco police. The report noted that Anthony “grabbed his bag, opened it and reached inside it” and said, “Touch me and see what happens.”
“Austin stood up and pushed the male to get him out of the tent,” the arrest report said.
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The witness told police that Anthony then “reached into his bag and the male took a knife out of the bag and stabbed Austin,” per the report. The witness then told the officer that Anthony left the scene after the stabbing. Metcalf, 17, died in his twin brother’s arms.
Anthony was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with first-degree murder. He and his supporters say he acted in self-defense and that Metcalf pushed him out of the tent.
His bond has since dropped from $1 million to $250,000. His bond conditions include house arrest and an ankle monitor, and he will only be able to leave his home with the judge’s permission.
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Married counselor who enticed student into sexual encounters learns punishment
An Ohio school administrator, who was married with children, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for having sex with a teen student in her office.
Emily Nutley, a 43-year-old former counselor who worked with at-risk students at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to sexual battery in April, and must also now register as a Tier 3 sex offender every 90 days during her life, WLWT’s Karin Johnson reports.
Although Ohio law does not mandate a prison term for such a crime, the victim’s family called for the maximum possible sentence. Ohio asked for a five-year sentence, while the defense asked for probation.
A sentencing memorandum obtained by the Cincinnati Enquirer said text messages showed Nutley initiated the sexual relationship with the male student in late 2023. Nutley had texted the student, who was 17 at the time, sent nude photos of herself to him and had at least four sexual encounters with him.
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When the teen tried to end things with Nutley, who was 42 at the time, the documents state that “she threatened to kill herself” and paid him to keep quiet about the relationship.
The student told his parents about the situation on Oct. 7, 2024, and met with school administrators the following day, the newspaper reported. On Oct. 11, 2024, the school fired Nutley after an internal investigation.
In the memorandum, prosecutors likened Nutley to “most pedophiles,” saying that she “preyed on the most defenseless person she could find.”
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Nutley’s attorney, Joe Suhre, filed a separate sentencing memorandum, describing her as a “broken woman” who suffered from mental illness and alcohol abuse and was a survivor of sexual abuse.
Suhre said that when the sexual encounters with the student began, Nutley was depressed over the death of her brother and the dissolution of her marriage. He said a psychologist treating her found her behavior to be tied to “unresolved trauma.”
Prosecutors wrote that the student “will pay the price for the rest of his life” over Nutley’s actions.
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Since her conviction in April, Nutley has been in a treatment program for those convicted of sex crimes, Suhre said.
Democratic lawmaker faces prison after allegedly attacking federal agents at protest
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was hit with a federal indictment for allegedly obstructing Homeland Security agents during the May 9 incident outside a Newark immigration detention facility in a move her attorneys call political payback.
U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the three-count indictment, charging McIver with forcibly impeding federal officers during the attempted arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall immigration facility.
According to a DOJ press release, McIver and two other members of Congress were conducting a congressional oversight visit that coincided with an immigration protest. After Baraka entered the facility’s secured area, federal agents warned him to leave.
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When officers tried to arrest him, McIver allegedly blocked them, putting her arms around the mayor, and “slammed her forearm” into one officer while grabbing another.
Each of the first two counts carries a maximum eight-year prison sentence. The third carries up to one year.
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In a statement on X, Habba said: “While people are free to express their views… they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement.”
McIver’s attorney, Paul Fishman, dismissed the case as political in a statement given to Fox News:
“This prosecution is political retaliation against a dedicated public servant… We fully expect the Congresswoman’s exoneration.”
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The preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday was canceled. An arraignment is expected within two weeks.
Prosecutors in Idaho murders case rip Bryan Kohberger for holding up trial
Bryan Kohberger’s lead defense attorney Anne Taylor may be avoiding news cameras, but she has shown she is able to use widespread attention to the case to her advantage in her courtroom maneuvering.
Even before Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall issued the first gag order in the case, Taylor declined to comment when contacted by Fox News Digital. Since then, she has declined to respond to additional requests for comment.
“It is unusual for defense counsel to avoid trying to grab the spotlight and possibly influence public opinion via press conferences, but there’s more than one way to skin a cat,” said Royal Oakes, a Los Angeles-based litigator and media analyst.
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In Kohberger’s case, convincing evidence has already been made public — including the allegation that police found his DNA on a Ka-Bar knife sheath under 21-year-old Madison Mogen, one of the four victims, and surveillance video of a suspected vehicle coming and going at the crime scene.
“You’ve got the car circling the victim’s house,” Oakes told Fox News Digital. “You’ve got the DNA. You’ve got the cell phone records. The strategy instead is to go kind of a technical route and question the science of the DNA and also to argue autism by the criminal defendant. That’s a key factor, and that’s not the kind of thing you necessarily go public with.”
Taylor used unflattering depictions of her client to have news cameras thrown out of the courtroom and to secure a change of venue, which moved Kohberger’s upcoming trial out of Latah County, where the students were killed, to Boise.
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Defense filings have highlighted widespread news coverage, as well as social media discussions involving thousands of web sleuths and true crime followers.
More recently, Taylor is arguing that two major media projects — a “Dateline” episode and a forthcoming book from bestselling crime author James Patterson and crime reporter Vicky Ward — should justify another postponement of her client’s trial in the deaths of four University of Idaho students.
In particular, she claims the May 9 “Dateline” episode contains damning material that could put Kohberger’s right to a fair trial at risk.
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“The program includes details and materials, including video footage, cellphone records, and photographs of documents, that are not publicly available through official channels,” she wrote in a motion to continue filed on May 20. “The show repeatedly emphasizes the non-public nature of this information, stating it was obtained from unnamed sources who are close to the investigation, and that the materials were obtained exclusively by ‘Dateline.'”
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Some of it will be inadmissible at trial, she added.
Furthermore, she asserted that “the leaked materials appear carefully curated to promote a narrative of guilt.”
“The defense strategy of delay and moving the trial is working beautifully,” Oakes said. “She was able to change the venue. She gets some postponements, and now she wants further postponement.”
If she gets it, there are two key factors that would benefit the defense, he added.
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“No. 1, give her time to come up with something to overcome this amazingly strong physical evidence against him, and also maybe diminish the public anger,” he said. “As the months and the years go by, people will forget how horrific the crime was, and maybe give her a better chance to get a good result at trial.”
“They are trying to keep it out of the court of public opinion,” said David Gelman, a Philadelphia-area defense attorney and former prosecutor who is following the case. “How do you do that? Stay away from media.”
That is tough in a case garnering international attention.
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New legal documents show prosecutors opposed postponing Kohberger’s summer murder trial, asserting that alleged evidence leaks, which may have breached the gag order, are insignificant.
“It is time to try this case. (The) defendant was arrested in late December of 2022 and was indicted in May of 2023,” Latah County prosecuting attorney William “Bill” Thompson wrote in the latest legal document posted on Tuesday.
“But now, after all discovery deadlines have passed and after the Court conducted the pre-trial conference, (the) defendant seeks a trial continuance of unspecified length. He bases his request on his claim that his mitigation investigation is incomplete,” he continued.
Prosecutors noted that the Idaho constitution gives victims a right to timely disposition of a case and that the defense team has had sufficient time and resources to review discovery materials, with no violations established by the state.
They also argued that the defense team had adequate resources, including three trial attorneys, investigators, a public defense attorney, and an outside mitigation specialist. It rebuts claims by the defendant about insufficient preparation time, stating that the team has identified over 1,000 exhibits and nearly 200 witnesses for the trial.
Kohberger’s defense has submitted 2,100 pages of purported mitigation materials, 132 exhibits and backgrounds on 55 potential penalty phase witnesses, in reference to the full investigation for the penalty phase.
“Defendant’s Motion amounts to a request for a perpetual continuance so that his counsel can go down every rabbit-hole until Defendant, rather than the Court, deems himself ready for trial. The law requires no such thing,” prosecutors wrote.
The state says if an individual has been influenced by the Dateline story or any pretrial publicity, and feels that they cannot be impartial, they will not be seated as a juror.
The document reads that “delaying this trial will only allow more opportunities for pretrial publicity” and that there is no reason to think that media coverage in this case will “dissipate”.
The court encouraged the defense to seek additional resources if necessary and noted that professional standards for a death penalty case defense have been met.
Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in a 4 a.m. home-invasion stabbing spree.
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Jack Lu, a retired Massachusetts judge and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Criminology and Justice studies, said Taylor could consider trying to “humanize” her client — but anything else could be dangerous for the defense.
“That case sends a chill down the spine of every professor in a school of criminology in the United States,” he told Fox News Digital.
Rare cancer triples among millennials as doctors warn of ‘alarming rates’ in research
A rare type of cancer is growing among millennials and members of Generation X, new research shows.
Diagnoses of appendix cancer have tripled in the U.S. for people born between 1976 and 1984 — and it has quadrupled for those born between 1981 and 1989.
The study was published on Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Researchers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program to arrive at these findings.
“When you take these alarming rates that we are seeing for appendiceal cancer across generations, together with the fact that one in every three patients diagnosed with appendiceal cancer is diagnosed under the age of 50, these point to a timely need for everyone to be aware of the signs and symptoms of appendix cancer,” said lead author Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, in a press release from the university.
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Cancer of the appendix is rare, affecting only about one or two people per million each year in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Even so, doctors emphasize the importance of seeking medical attention if symptoms emerge.
“Ruling out the possibility of an appendix cancer diagnosis, or diagnosing it early, is important for this cancer as we continue to learn what factors may be contributing to this worrisome trend,” Holowatyj said.
Appendiceal cancer forms in the appendix, which is a small organ located in the lower right abdomen.
There are two main types: epithelial appendiceal cancer, which involves the cells of the lining of the appendix, and neuroendocrine appendiceal cancer, which results from the growth of neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors of the appendix, the NCI states.
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In early stages of the disease, most people do not notice symptoms.
As the cancer progresses, common symptoms include pain, a bloated feeling, a mass in the abdomen, nausea and vomiting, and sudden feelings of fullness while eating, according to the above source.
Five-year survival rates for appendix cancer range from 10% to 63%.
Common treatments for this type of cancer include surgery to remove the appendix and any other affected organs, as well as chemotherapy to kill any metastasized cancer cells.
Based on the study findings, the researchers are calling for increased awareness among both the public and the medical community.
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“As incidence rates in younger generations are often indicative of future disease burden, these results support the need for histology-specific investigations of appendiceal adenocarcinoma, as well as increased education and awareness of appendiceal adenocarcinomas among healthcare providers and the public,” the study stated.
There are no standard screening guidelines or risk factors for appendix cancer, which means up to half of diagnoses occur after the disease has already spread, according to the researchers.
Five-year survival rates for appendix cancer range from 10% to 63%.
The new study received funding from the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP) Research Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ actress Dakota Johnson’s brutally honest dating requirement
Dakota Johnson is sharing her dating deal-breaker.
On Monday, the 35-year-old actress appeared on “Today” with Chris Evans to promote their upcoming movie, “Materialists,” in which Johnson plays a professional matchmaker and the Marvel star portrays her ex-boyfriend. During the episode, host Craig Melvin asked the duo, “If either of you were to engage with a real-life matchmaker, what would be one non-negotiable for you?”
While Evans, 43, shared that any potential interest “must love dogs,” his co-star had a more blunt reply.
“Like, not an a——,” Johnson said to laughter from Evans, Melvin and the audience.
“That’s concise,” Evans quipped with a smile. “There it is. Nail on the head.”
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Johnson might be back in the dating pool after she reportedly split from Chris Martin after eight years together. During an interview June 4 with the Los Angeles Times, Johnson sparked speculation that she and Martin had called it quits as she shared her view on relationships.
“For a long time we’ve all been so quick to judge relationships or how they should happen, how they should exist in the world. When people should get married. Divorce is bad. All these things that actually, if you think about it, why is divorce bad?” ” the “Fifty Shades of Grey” star said.
“Why do people have to get married or at a certain age or only once? Why? It doesn’t matter,” Johnson added.
Later that day, People magazine reported that Johnson and Martin had ended their on-and-off again relationship and the split appeared to be permanent.
“It feels final this time,” a source told the outlet.
Johnson and the Coldplay frontman have been dating since 2017. Martin was previously married to Gwyneth Paltrow for 10 years. The former couple, who share children Apple, 21, and Moses, 19, announced their separation as a “conscious uncoupling” in 2014. Their divorce was finalized in 2016 but the two have remained on good terms.
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In December 2020, Johnson and Martin sparked engagement rumors when the “Madame Web” actress stepped out sporting a large emerald ring on her left ring finger.
A source told People magazine in March 2024 Johnson and Martin “got engaged years ago but were in no rush to get married.”
In August 2024, a representative for Johnson denied rumors the pair had decided to part ways.
“The reports are not true,” Johnson’s spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “They are happily together.”
At the time, a source told People magazine Johnson and Martin’s relationship was “going strong.”
“They’ve had ups and downs, but now they’re definitely back on,” the insider shared.
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The actress previously spoke with Elle U.K. and shed some light on her low-profile relationship with the “Fix You” singer.
“We’ve been together for quite a while, and we go out sometimes, but we both work so much that it’s nice to be at home and be cozy and private,” Johnson said in 2021.
When asked how she and Martin manage to maintain a private relationship, Johnson added, “Most of the partying takes place inside my house.”