Judge limits Trump’s immigration crackdown with sweeping restraining order

A federal judge in Los Angeles late Friday issued a sweeping temporary restraining order (TRO) against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ruling that the agency likely violated constitutional protections through its immigration enforcement practices in California.

In a 53-page order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a Biden appointee, barred ICE from conducting detentive stops in the Central District of California unless agents have “reasonable suspicion” that a person is in the country unlawfully. 

Frimpong’s ruling explicitly prohibits ICE from relying solely on race or ethnicity, speaking Spanish or English with an accent, location, or type of work when forming suspicion, citing the Fourth Amendment.

The order also requires ICE to keep and turn over detailed records of each stop and agents’ reasoning for them, develop official guidance for determining “reasonable suspicion,” and implement mandatory training for agents.

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Frimpong presided over a hearing Thursday where she considered granting the request that will have major implications for immigration enforcement in California, a state that has become a focal point in President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation plans.

The judge heard arguments about whether to grant the TRO against ICE over allegations the agency is violating constitutional rights during its immigration arrests.

Frimpong said during the hearing on Thursday that she was leaning toward granting the TRO Friday.

“I think it’s important for the court not to burden otherwise lawful law enforcement activities,” the judge said.

The case was initially brought in June as a routine petition from three detainees, but it has ballooned into a weighty lawsuit challenging the way ICE operates.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass praised the federal court’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order halting what she described as “unconstitutional and reckless raids conducted under the Trump Administration.”

“Today, the Court ruled in favor of the United States Constitution, of American values and decency — this is an important step toward restoring safety, security and defending the rights of all Angelenos,” Bass shared in a statement.

Bass characterized the federal actions as aggressive and harmful and reaffirmed Los Angeles’ commitment to protecting its residents’ rights.

“Los Angeles has been under assault by the Trump Administration as masked men grab people off the street, chase working people through parking lots and march through children’s summer camps. We went to court against the administration because we will never accept these outrageous and un-American acts as normal,” she continued. 

Immigration rights groups and local governments, including the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Culver, and West Hollywood, have all intervened in the case and Democrat-led states have filed an amicus brief in support of them.

The plaintiffs alleged in court papers that ICE is “indiscriminately” arresting people with “brown skin” at Home Depots, car washes, farms and more. Authorities made the arrests with no “reasonable suspicion” and sometimes mistakenly apprehended U.S. citizens in the process, all in violation of the Fourth Amendment, attorneys wrote.

The plaintiffs argued the Trump administration gave ICE an unrealistic quota of 3,000 arrests per day, causing officers to feel pressured to blow past legal requirements to achieve those numbers.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is disputing the allegations and denies wrongdoing.

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli responded to the ruling and vehemently opposed the allegations in the lawsuit. 

“We strongly disagree with the allegations in the lawsuit and maintain that our agents have never detained individuals without proper legal justification,” Essayli wrote in a post on X.

“Our federal agents will continue to enforce the law and abide by the U.S. Constitution.”

Department of Justice attorneys wrote that immigration arrests, of which there have been nearly 3,000 across California since early June, have been carried out legally.

“Their request that immigration authorities be enjoined from relying on certain factors like occupation and location flies in the face of established law requiring immigration officials to consider the totality of the circumstances, including things like occupation and location,” the attorneys wrote.

The plaintiffs have also asked the judge to expand visitor access to a short-term detention facility in downtown Los Angeles.

The facility became the site of protests and unrest in early June, leading to authorities temporarily abandoning the building. The plaintiffs allege that detainees’ access to lawyers has been hindered while in the facility, in violation of the Fifth Amendment.

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Frimpong’s order reinforces their Fifth Amendment claim, requiring ICE to ensure immediate legal access for detainees. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect pending further litigation.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Bombshell report reveals Secret Service security lapses during Trump’s PA rally

A new report from the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlines the U.S. Secret Service’s security failures during the first attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., one year ago.

The report, ordered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reveals that the Secret Service received classified intelligence regarding a threat to Trump’s life 10 days before the rally, but failed to share the information with other key agencies. It also identified a series of procedural and planning mistakes, including “misallocation of resources, lack of training and pervasive communication failures” that led to the near assassination.

“One year ago, a series of bad decisions and bureaucratic handicaps led to one of the most shocking moments in political history,” Grassley said. “The Secret Service’s failure on July 13 was the culmination of years of mismanagement and came after the Biden administration denied requests for enhanced security to protect President Trump. Americans should be grateful that President Trump survived that day and was ultimately reelected to restore common sense to our country.

Trump, whose campaign had requested enhanced security but was denied by the Biden administration, was grazed in the right ear while addressing the crowd. Secret Service agents swarmed him, but he famously rose to his feet as he was being hustled to safety, raised his fist in the air and exhorted horrified onlookers to “Fight, fight, fight.” One man in the crowd, Cory Comperatore, was killed protecting his family, while two others were injured. A 20-year-old local man, Thomas Crooks, was shot dead by counter snipers as he crouched on the roof of a nearby building.

“There were mistakes made, and that shouldn’t have happened,” Trump told his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Fox News. 

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The GAO is the U.S. government’s primary auditor. Its nearly year-long probe is the longest review of the attempted assassination to date. Key findings include:

• Ten days before the event, high-level Secret Service officials were briefed on a classified threat to Trump. “Once those officials reviewed the intelligence, they could have then requested that personnel within their chain of command be briefed on the specific information.” Officials failed to share this information, leaving federal and local law enforcement entities planning and staffing the event unaware of the active threat, including members of the Donald Trump Protective Division. Local law enforcement officials told the GAO they would have requested additional assets for the Butler rally, had they known.
• The Secret Service agent who was responsible for “identif[ying] site vulnerabilities,” was new to her role. The Butler event was “her first time planning and securing a large outdoor event as the site agent.”
• At the time of the Butler event, the Secret Service lacked a formal policy for communicating a protectee staff’s requests for changes to security plans. A Trump campaign staffer had asked the Secret Service advance team, who was unaware of the active threat to Trump, not to use large farm equipment to address line-of-sight concerns near one of the buildings so as not to interfere with campaign press photos. The advance team complied, a decision which may have given Crooks a clearer shot at the stage from his rooftop perch.
• Secret Service officials denied the Donald Trump Protective Division’s request for enhanced counter Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (cUAS) equipment at the Butler event, as “these resources had already been allocated for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.” Fortunately, senior officials with knowledge of the threat against Trump stepped in to approve counter sniper assets for the rally, a decision which was described as “inconsistent” with agency practices for making resource decisions.” Absent this last-minute decision, Trump “would likely not have received the counter sniper assets that ultimately took out [Crooks],” the GAO wrote.

Fox News confirmed ahead of the one-year anniversary of Trump’s first attempted assassination that six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at Trump during a rally in western Pennsylvania last summer. 

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Supervisors and line-level agents were given suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days without pay in February, the Secret Service confirmed to Fox News.

And the news comes as Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., approved a subpoena to the FBI and Justice Department for more information on the Butler assassination attempt. 

Johnson, who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, was a co-author of the bipartisan Senate Homeland Security Committee report on the assassination attempt last year.  

On the House side, the assassination attempt task force released its final report on Dec. 5, 2024, highlighting the “significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners.”

The report concluded the shooting was “preventable,” identifying poor advance planning, lack of coordination with local law enforcement and poor Secret Service coordination by the U.S. Secret Service. It proposed 37 “actionable recommendations related both to the security failures on July 13 and to overarching structural changes” the Secret Service should adapt to increase safety measures moving forward. 

Both Senate and House reports followed congressional testimonies, including from acting FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, who acknowledged the agency’s “failure” in Butler. 

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from the agency less than a week after the attempted assassination of Trump amid mounting pressure, taking “full responsibility for the security lapse.”

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One day after Butler, the FBI announced its federal investigation into the shooting, calling it an assassination attempt and a potential act of domestic terrorism. 

Military town enacts citywide curfew for minors to address surge in youth crime

To curb rising youth violence, city leaders in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are implementing a new citywide curfew for minors.

Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin told Fox News Digital that the city recorded nearly 2,000 incidents of interaction or arrest involving minors over about a 16-month period.

“We looked at the last couple of quarters of the previous year, and then the first two quarters of this year, and it was almost 1,900 incidents of arrest or crimes that had been committed by juveniles. And so… we know we have a problem there, and we want to make sure that we’re proactive to deal with it,” Colvin said.

With the new ordinance, kids under 16 are prohibited from being in any public space between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., with some exceptions, including those who are accompanied by parents or guardians or another authorized adult escort, running direct-route errands, traveling to and from work, responding to emergencies, attending supervised activities such as sports or school events, and participating in religious services.

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Fayetteville is home to Fort Bragg, known briefly as Fort Liberty, the largest U.S. Army base by population. As of this week, the city is still in an “educational” period in which those who violate the curfew will be informed of the new rules, but punishments such as citations and detentions may occur as time goes on.

Adults 17 and up, including parents and business owners, who are responsible for youths found to be in violation of the curfew may face a Class 3 misdemeanor charge and a maximum fine of $500.

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“Right now, the way that the ordinance is set up… all of our punitive actions will take place against the parents. Whoever the responsible party is – the custodian of that kid – will be issued citations and possibly subject to fines and maybe arrest in certain cases of repeated violations,” Colvin said. “And we’re going to let them know that there are judicial consequences to inaction.”

If minors are continuing to be a problem because of parental neglect, then there are consequences.

— Mayor Mitch Colvin

Colvin brought up one incident in particular that happened earlier this year, when a 12-year-old girl named Adrianna Bethea was shot at a carnival in March, according to the Fayetteville Police Department and the mayor’s office.

The young cheerleader was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition and is fighting to walk again after she was shot in the back and the chest, according to CBS 17. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting so far.

“A group of kids got into an altercation, and a gun was pulled, and a young lady was shot, and she’s paralyzed,” Colvin said. “That spoke volumes to me. I knew her family, and it really made me angry. I’m a father of three daughters, and I’ve taken my kids to carnivals. I just think that our citizens deserve firm action.”

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The mayor’s office introduced five new safety recommendations in April following the shooting, including the youth curfew, and the Fayetteville City Council – on which Colvin served four years before becoming mayor – adopted all of them.

Two city council members, Deno Hondros and Mario Benavente, voted against the curfew. They did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Other cities have implemented similar youth curfews, including Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city. Colvin said Fayetteville’s curfew model is based on Charlotte’s.

In addition to the curfew, Fayetteville expanded youth recreational activities “and partnerships with organizations who were already doing mentorship-type activities,” the mayor said. He brought up a new youth “midnight” basketball program, which does not actually take place until midnight but was extended to later hours. Certain youth centers will also be expanding the activities they offer, according to Colvin.

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A new chief will join the Fayetteville Police Department next week, and Colvin expects the department head to help implement the new ordinance.

“I’m certain that they will make sure that they are presenting a professional response to it. They’re training their officers as to the terms and conditions of what their role will be. They’re setting up the partnerships that are necessary because the city can’t do this alone. We’ll need social service, we’ll need juvenile justice, and we need the other governmental units that have a role in this space. This is an ecosystem. That we all have to work in to create a safer, better environment for our young people.”

Charlie Kirk warns Republicans risk losing White House in 2028 if they don’t do this

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk cautioned Friday that the Republican Party risks losing support from the same young voters who propelled President Donald Trump to the White House if it fails to follow through on key promises.

“The biggest threat to the Republican Party in 2028 is if we do not deliver on our promises of [home]ownership for the next generation,” Kirk told Fox News Digital in an interview at the Turning Point Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida. “The youth vote didn’t just vote for Donald Trump. Young voters put Donald Trump in the White House.”

Kirk discussed the future of the conservative movement, why Generation Z is trending rightward, and why tech giants are suddenly showing interest in engaging with Republicans.

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The influential conservative media personality said there was no doubt that younger voters were trending conservative, and he believes that the shift was largely driven by losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Canceled milestones like prom, graduation, and in-person learning had a huge impact on this generation, he said.

“There’s very low trust of institutions and the institutions have failed them,” Kirk told Fox News Digital. “Primarily, if you’re 18, 19, 20, 21 right now, that kind of portion of Generation Z, they were lied to during COVID and so much of their livelihood and so much of what they care about, and they’re deeply passionate about was taken from them abruptly… So they’re a little bitter about that.”

Kirk also pointed to skyrocketing prices and record-breaking illegal border crossings under the Biden administration as driving factors behind Gen Z’s growing alignment with Trump. But he warned that unless Republicans can deliver solutions, the party risks alienating this emerging bloc of voters by 2028.

“If we don’t fix the homeownership problem in this country, the cost-of-living crisis, and if we don’t give the next generation [a chance] at being owners and not renters, we are going to see what I call ‘Mamdani-ism’ spread across the country,” he predicted.

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Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, soared to victory in New York City’s Democratic primary mayoral race on a hard-left platform that included freezing rent, city-owned grocery stores, free buses, free childcare, raising corporate taxes and massively increasing the minimum wage. 

“Mamdani-ism is the radical element of the Democratic Party, which is bitterness, discontent, the mobilization of grievances,” Kirk told Fox News Digital. “Where it is free stuff, populism weaponized against the American public.” He sees 2028 as a battle between two choices for America: an “optimistic” and patriotic vision where Americans take pride in ownership or one that follows more closely to Mamdani’s views.

Voters under 30 were the “decisive element” in the 2024 election, Kirk said, boosting Trump to victory in key swing states like Michigan and narrowing the gap in bluer places. 

“So we must deliver for this cohort. We must show them that their lives are tangibly better, or else in 2028, we’re going to be in a much more competitive race than I’d like to be,” he said.

Big Tech has also seemed to notice the generational shift to the right, with several Silicon Valley leaders appearing to want a friendlier relationship with President Trump in his second term.

Meta was one of the tech companies sponsoring the conservative event in Tampa. Kirk said he’s “thrilled” that Silicon Valley seems more open to conservatives after years of tension and hostility between the two over social media censorship.

With Kirk and other Turning Point figures’ success on social media, he thinks it should be a “no-brainer” for tech companies to seek a friendlier relationship with young conservatives.

“7,000 students, this is your target demo,” he said. “And secondly, we want to dominate on these platforms because, honestly, we already are. I mean, my personal Instagram, I think we’re upwards of almost 6.4 million followers. We get billions of impressions a year. You know, were very viral around TikTok. So I can’t speak for Mark Zuckerberg, but we’re thrilled to have Meta, Rumble and any other tech companies as well.”

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Fever president vanishes from social media after controversial Clark remarks resurface

Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf appeared to delete her X account, and social media users took notice ahead of the team’s Friday night win over the Atlanta Dream. 

The previously-active account with the handle “@k2indytex” is now offline. The account was believed to belong to Krauskopf. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Fever for a response. 

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The apparent deletion was noticed on social media the same day that comments from Krauskopf’s introductory press conference resurfaced. 

During Krauskopf’s Oct. 8 introductory address, the team president spoke about making the Fever an “enduring brand like Apple,” while discussing Clark’s presence on the team. 

“This is about the Indiana Fever. Yes, we have a foundational player in Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, and we’re going to continue to add to that. But I want this team to be a leader in the country and a brand, an enduring brand, like Apple or something. We have a real opportunity here,” Krauskopf said. 

Clips of that quote went viral on Friday, prompting criticism from passionate Clark fans.

In her full Oct. 8 press conference, Krauskopf suggested the team will look to move on to focusing on a new demographic, compared to the fans that it appealed to when it won its only WNBA championship in 2012. 

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“This is the moment where it takes a generation some time to get to that level,” Krauskopf said. “I would tell our players, ‘Look, we’re building this for someone else. We’re building this for someone’s 10-year-old daughter now,’ because that’s what you do. We wanted to keep moving it forward, pushing it forward and paying it forward.”

“I know what kind of support we have, and we have it and that’s where I feel empowered and very confident in the direction that we’re going, because we have that level of support.”

Krauskopf pointed out that Clark was 10 years old when the Fever won its first title, and emphasized the player’s value in recruiting. 

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“If you’re a smart basketball player and you watch the way [Caitlin Clark] plays, you would want to play with her,” Krauskopf said. 

The Fever went on to beat Atlanta 99-82 on Friday night, as Clark scored 12 points in her second game back from a groin injury. 

Fitness guru Denise Austin flaunts bikini body at 68: ‘Who cares how old you are?’

Denise Austin doesn’t care about wearing a bikini in her 60s.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Austin shared that age is just a number after posing in a bikini at 68.

“I love to feel good. And one of the best things is when you’re exercising, you just feel empowered, you feel better. And I still have the energy I did when I was 30. So I’m just so happy that I still feel good and thank God I’m healthy. And why not? When you’re 68, who cares how old you are? If you’re having fun, get yourself feeling good, then go after anything, you know, live life,” the professional fitness coach said.

Austin explained that her family is very supportive of her continuing to rock a bikini, especially her husband.

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Austin feels more confident in her body as she approaches her 70s than she did in her 30s.

“Well, honestly, I think I’m more confident now than I’ve ever been. And I just think that, you know, at this stage in life, you got to just live it up. Every day matters and go for it. And, you could do anything if you set your mind to it. And there’s no reason not to go for it because what do you got to lose at this age,” Austin said. 

“When you’re 68, who cares how old you are? If you’re having fun, get yourself feeling good, then go after anything, you know, live life.”

— Denise Austin

Although Austin is feeling more confident than ever, she’s aware of the way her body has changed over the past three decades.

“Oh, of course they have,” she said of her body image changing. 

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“Going through menopause is a big change in every woman’s life. You get the tummy, you get that kind of anxious feeling, but I do think that if you kind of exercise and move through it, you feel better there. You come out the other side and you feel great. So I just… I live a life, I eat, I enjoy my wine. I enjoy being out with people, I don’t starve myself, I never have, I honestly eat well 80% of the time and then have my treats, like wine or whatever, 20% of time. As you should, you need to enjoy life. Life is short, so live it up. That’s what I tell everybody. You know, why not?” Austin asked.

In June, Austin took to Instagram to share some photos of her in a bikini while enjoying a vacation in the south of France.

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“Feeling strong, healthy, and SO HAPPY here in gorgeous Bay Cassis!!! There’s nothing like a little sunshine, fresh sea air, and a swim in the Mediterranean to lift your spirits and keep you feeling GOOD!!” the professional fitness coach wrote. 

“Vacation is the perfect time to stay active and take care of YOU. Whether it’s a quick swim, a walk by the water, or just soaking in nature’s beauty… it all adds up to a healthy body and a happy mind!! Let’s keep moving, smiling, and enjoying every moment together!! xoxoxo.”

In the pictures, Austin was wearing a blue bikini with white trim as she posed on steps leading into the water. She paired her look with gold, dangling earrings and tortoise shell glasses as she smiled for the camera.

A few days before she shared the post, she uploaded two other bikini photos from her recent vacation.

In these shots, Austin wore a bright red bikini as she was about to climb down steps leading to the ocean. In the second picture, Austin was holding a life ring that had the words “Les Roches Blanches” printed along the side.

“We’re soaking up the SUNSHINE in beautiful Cassis, France!!! WOW, the water is the most stunning shade of BLUE I’ve ever seen!!!” Austin captioned this post. 

“There’s just something so magical about the Mediterranean Sea… a quick dip is all it takes to feel totally refreshed, recharged and alive! I’m savoring every second of this special trip… the salty sea air, the warm sunshine on my skin, and the joy of being surrounded by such breathtaking beauty!!! Taking time to relax, unwind, and be present – it’s SO GOOD for the soul!! Sending you all a big HUG from the South of France!! xoxoxo.”

Austin shared her fitness secrets with Fox News Digital about how she’s been able to stay fit over 60.

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“I believe that if you can do just small little things, like I walk a lot more than I ever used to, I stretch a lot more just because I want to stay pliable, so if I reach for something, my back won’t go and I do more weight. Light weights, and then some days I do heavy weights. Two days a week, I do about seven and a half to 10 pounds in each hand. So I kind of have increased my weight training program to be strong, be fit, because now we know through research that those muscles work miracles on your metabolism, and they keep you young. They also fight osteoporosis so we can live longer but better. And that’s what my vision is for people to live longer, but also live better,” she said.

Along with a fitness routine, Austin relies on getting a “good night’s rest” every night, drinking plenty of water and never skipping a meal.

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“I try to go to bed around 10 and wake up around 6 a.m. That is really important. Sleep helps your brain health, helps your beauty, and gives you energy. But also, I drink lots of water during the day. I truly don’t skip meals. I like to eat three meals a day, a lighter dinner, and I try to walk every single day, at least half an hour, and I pump those arms. 

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“The more muscles you use, the more calories you burn. And standing up burns more calories than sitting down. So whenever you can, if you’re sitting on your rear end too long, get yourself up. It helps with your circulation and more energy. Oxygen equals energy. So take good deep breaths, get the oxygen flowing so you feel better,” Austin said.

The “Fit Over 50” founder shared tips for how women can achieve their fitness goals during the summer.

“Oh, summer, well, just get out there and do something new. Maybe try, you know, swimming in the ocean, if you haven’t done it in a while, surfing, do anything kind of new this summer, get on your bike and enjoy a bike ride, even if it’s not new, just kind of get outside and feel young again. Things that you do, I do cartwheels on the beach now, I do handstands, anything to make you feel like you’re vibrant and young and fit over 50,” she said.

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Parking dispute over saved NYC parking spot erupts into violent brawl: video

Two individuals were arrested in New York City last week after video captured them spewing racial slurs and viciously attacking a female driver over a public parking space.

Andreea Dumitru, 45, and Sabrina Starman, 21, were charged with assault on Monday after attacking a 21-year-old driver outside a home in Ridgewood, Queens, police confirmed to Fox News Digital on Saturday. 

Social media users on Reddit alleged that the two attackers were a mother-daughter duo who became violent after the victim tried to move a trash can that was placed in the street to block off a public parking spot.

The suspects allegedly punched the woman multiple times in the face and body, causing substantial pain, authorities said.

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The victim was identified as Jada McPherson, according to the New York Post.

While the attack erupted on Monday, neighbors say tensions over the parking spot have been simmering for years. 

Social media users on a Reddit post titled “The fight over the parking spot finally happened” claimed that the individuals involved routinely used trash cans and traffic cones to illegally hold street parking for hours while they were away.

A former resident on the Reddit thread said, “Sometimes those trash cans will be there for three hours reserving the spot.” 

The person who filmed the altercation said in the post, “It’s been going on for years. The whole family does it, today someone finally had a breaking point.”

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Video shows the moments before the brawl, where the 21-year-old victim is seen with her car, trying to clear the parking spot by removing the garbage bin. 

A man was heard shouting, “Stop touching my stuff!” as he placed the garbage cans back on the curb, according to Fox 5 New York.

The victim responded with, “I just got home from work! I don’t want to circle the block five times looking for a parking spot because this [expletive] was holding it with a garbage can,” the outlet reported.

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Moments later, Starman lunged at the woman and began throwing punches. Dumitru and an unidentified man joined in by hitting the woman and pulling her hair as the victim curled up defensively. 

A bystander with a cane was also heard yelling as the scuffle escalated.

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Police arrested Dumitru and Starman at the scene, and the victim was treated for her injuries on-site, authorities said.

James Patterson explores Bryan Kohberger’s motives and mistakes in Idaho student murders

Bryan Kohberger, a painfully awkward, arrogant introvert and criminal justice student, believed he could have committed “the perfect murders,” James Patterson said.

“One of the things that professor [Dr. Katherine Ramsland] said that with murderers like this, they get tunnel vision – they panic, and they miss things,” the award-winning author told Fox News Digital. 

“So here was Kohberger who almost committed the perfect murders – except [he had] that tunnel vision,” Patterson shared. “He left that knife sheath behind. And that’s what ultimately led to his arrest.”

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Patterson, who has sold more than 425 million books, published over 260 New York Times bestsellers, and won 10 Emmy Awards, has teamed up with investigative journalist Vicky Ward to write a new book, “The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy.” 

He is also a producer on the new Prime Video docuseries, “One Night in Idaho: The College Murders,” which is based on the book. Several loved ones of the victims spoke out in the film.

Fox News Digital reached out to Kohberger’s lawyer for comment.

Kohberger, a former Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student, pleaded guilty on July 2 to killing four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022, as part of a deal with prosecutors to escape the death penalty.

The 30-year-old faces four consecutive life sentences for fatally stabbing 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, as well as 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at their off-campus house.

For the book, Patterson and Ward conducted more than 300 interviews and took a deep dive into Kohberger’s upbringing.

“He was inappropriate – he didn’t know how to socialize very well,” Patterson explained. “… He was a teaching assistant, and he was just turning people off. He graded the women poorly. He had an inability to deal with women, yet he thought he was popular. It was a thought of, why aren’t these people, these women, loving him? Because he found himself very worthy. And in this documentary, most of this comes out.”

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According to the book and docuseries, Kohberger may have been inspired by one killer – Elliot Rodger. The 22-year-old was obsessed with exacting “retribution” after experiencing what he claimed was a lifetime of social and sexual isolation, The Associated Press reported.

In 2014, Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning the gun on himself.

“No one knows that, like Rodger, Bryan is a virgin who hates women,” the book claimed. “No one knows that Bryan copes with loneliness by immersing himself in video games. Like Rodger, he goes for night drives. Like Rodger, he visits the gun range. And, like Rodger, he goes to a local bar and tries to pick up women.”

“Elliot Rodger wrote that he kept trying to place himself in settings where he could pick up women,” the book continued. “But no one noticed him. Bryan must think that surely he’ll be noticed. Women must spot his looks, his intelligence, and they must want him. They don’t.”

Patterson pointed out that at the Seven Sirens Brewing Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Kohberger would push his way into unwanted conversations with female bartenders and patrons. He went as far as asking for their addresses. Some women, according to the book, started complaining to the brewery’s owner about “the creepy guy with the bulging eyes.”

Kohberger was adamant that women would notice him. But Patterson noted that to many, he was simply “off-putting.”

“He made people uncomfortable,” said Patterson. “The bartenders and owners remembered him as being this weird duck who would sit at a bar and just weird everybody out and talk inappropriately. He had a lot of trouble socializing.”

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According to the book, Kohberger felt that by going to Moscow, Idaho, across the state border, he could find a girl willing to date him. He read about a place online called the Mad Greek where they sell vegan pizza – he’s vegan. When he walked inside, he noticed a blonde waitress – “Maddie” Mogen.

It’s been speculated by sources who spoke to Patterson that Mogen rejected Kohberger.

The book pointed out an eerie similarity.

“Elliot Rodger wrote of reuniting with a childhood friend named Maddy in the months before the day of retribution,” read the book. 

“She was a popular, spoiled USC girl who partied with her hot, popular blonde-haired clique of friends,” Rodger wrote, as quoted by the book. “My hatred for them all grew from each picture I saw of her profile. They were the kind of beautiful, popular people who lived pleasurable lives and would look down on me as inferior scum, never accepting me as one of them. They were my enemies. They represented everything that was wrong with this world.”

When asked if we’ll ever know Kohberger’s true motives for committing the murders, Patterson replied, “Oh, I think we already do [know].”

“I think he had decided that Maddie… You could see it when you went by the house. You could see her room. Her name was up in the window of her room. We think it seems like he went there to deal with her. It seems fairly obvious. Will we know more? I don’t know. If he wants to be interviewed at this stage, I’m happy to go there and do an interview. And I’ve done that before – people who’ve gone to prison, and they decide that, all of a sudden, they want to talk.”

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Past acquaintances described Kohberger as frustrated by females – and even sexist as a result. One woman who met Kohberger on a Tinder date several years ago claimed on social media that her interaction with him was so awkward she pretended to vomit just to get him to leave her apartment. He also appeared to be well-versed in “incels,” or “involuntary celibates.”

“Pretty much everybody we talked to just said, ‘This is a strange man with a strange look – couldn’t look people in the eye,’” said Patterson. “If he did look at you in the eye, sometimes people wished that he hadn’t. And his impression of himself was totally out of whack with the way other people perceived him.”

The book describes Kohberger as having once expressed an “offensive, anachronistic view of gender roles.” And following the murders, he may have viewed himself as a criminal mastermind.

Moscow, Idaho, was overwhelmed by the gravity of his heinous crimes and the public scrutiny that came with it.

“You’ve got not only the murders here, but all of a sudden, you’ve got press from around the world in this small town,” Patterson explained. 

“You’ve got all of these rumors. One of the things in the book, and one of the saddest things that we discovered in the documentary, is the way that this stuff gets picked up by these true crime people, some of whom are vampires. They’re awful, they don’t care. They don’t take responsibility for their actions. And when you write a book or do a documentary, you have to be responsible for it. And we were responsible.”

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And it could have been that “tunnel vision” Kohberger had that reportedly made him believe he wouldn’t get caught.

“Dr. Ramsland teaches her students that killers get tunnel vision when they are committing murder,” the book shared. “That’s why mistakes get made. Amid the high adrenaline and hyper-focus on the act itself, killers can forget things they otherwise would not.”

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And Kohberger’s family isn’t to blame, said Patterson.

“I think from everything we can gather, his parents did their best,” said Patterson. “They seemed to have done their best with him.”

Kohberger’s guilty plea doesn’t end the quest to seek more answers.

“Look, people talk,” said Patterson. “… When you’re in a big city, like New York, you’re kind of used to, unfortunately, to violence. But you’ve got these two college towns, Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington, and they don’t know what to make of this.

“… It’s a story of these families, and these kids… And, to some extent… the documentary – it will make you afraid. It will certainly make you feel what it was like to be in those towns during this period. What it was like the next day – the shock, the fear.”

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“It was a hard case to solve,” he reflected. “[Investigators] were very fortunate that Kohberger made that one really big blunder… He didn’t make a lot of mistakes. So it was a tough investigation… He might’ve never been caught. We might’ve been writing about God knows what right now.”

Melissa Gilbert’s father ‘knew’ she was his daughter after watching ‘Little House on the Prairie’

After Melissa Gilbert’s biological father saw her on television, he knew that the young actress was his child.

The former child star, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder in “Little House on the Prairie,” recently appeared on her co-star Patrick Labyorteaux’s podcast, “The Patrick LabyorSheaux.” She described what it was like getting in contact with her birth father after she welcomed her son Dakota in 1989.

“I didn’t tell him who I was, and then he asked me, ‘Well, who are you? What do you do?’” Gilbert recalled.

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“And I said, ‘Well, here’s the thing… Did you ever watch ‘Little House on the Prairie?’ And he said, ‘You’re Laura, aren’t you? I knew it.’ He knew it.”

“He could see,” the 61-year-old shared. “And when I met my half-siblings, we all looked alike. So you could definitely see it… It’s pretty clear.”

Labyorteaux, who was also adopted, said he had a similar experience. Like Gilbert, his birth mother died before he was able to find her.

“I never met her, but I met her family, who was a stepfamily,” the actor explained. “She had three kids that she had inherited from the husband that she married. So, she had three kids, but they weren’t her biological kids. She only had one biological kid… They would watch ‘Little House’ and when I would show up… because of my eyes, they would go, ‘Oh, that’s probably your kid.’ And they would make fun of her like that… They were right.”

Gilbert was adopted by actors Barbara Cowan and Paul Gilbert. Her biological parents were also in entertainment. According to the star, her birth mother was an exotic dancer and her father was a stock car racer and musician.

“It was pretty clear that it was in me,” said Gilbert on pursuing showbiz. “… All the kids are performers on both sides of that family. So it was genetic and environmental.”

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“They were each married to other people and had three children each and ran off together and conceived me on a motorcycle trip in the desert,” she said. “Explains a lot. And then they left their spouses for each other and got married after [getting] pregnant with me and moved all the kids in, so I was number seven. So, the decision was made to put me up for adoption.”

As Gilbert got older, she yearned to discover her roots.

“When I saw [my son Dakota] for the first time, I went, ‘Oh my God, he had my eyebrows, and he had my lips, and I’ve never seen anyone that looked like me,’” said Gilbert. “And then I realized there’s got to be more.”

Her family background wasn’t the only thing that Gilbert faced after “Little House” came to an end.

In the podcast, she described how, as an adult, many fans still expected her to be Laura Ingalls.

“It was weird,” Gilbert admitted. “I think people still, almost into my 40s, always kind of half expected a 12-year-old to come in with a fishing pole [and in] gingham. And that, at that time, to me, felt like a weakness.”

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Gilbert said it was a “shock factor” when people realized that she was “a full-grown adult with opinions and ideas that are smart and work.”

For her, it was important to have an identity outside of Hollywood.

“[As child actors] we either grow up super sheltered and don’t know how to do things like wash dishes, or [be] super overexposed and exploited,” she said.

Gilbert added that the second group are the ones that end up struggling with “the big problems.”

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So at age 22, she moved to New York City to appear in an Off-Broadway play. 

“There I was at 22, living on my own with my cat and my dog in New York City, and completely unprepared to live on my own entirely. Completely,” she said.

“… I had to figure out how to do so much stuff that I had no clue about,” she shared. “Like, I didn’t realize that you could break a $100 bill at a bodega, and you didn’t have to go to a bank. It’s little things like that… At one point, [I] let the dishes pile up in my sink so bad, and I didn’t have a dishwasher, so I threw them out and bought new dishes. On my $700 a week salary at that point.”

Still, Gilbert had fond memories of growing up on the set of “Little House.”

“Our set was as kid-friendly as a set could be at that time,” she said. “Even with all the adult shenanigans going on, we were sort of protected from a lot of that. I didn’t know half the stuff that the grown-ups were doing until they started writing books about it.”

Back in 2024, Gilbert told Fox News Digital she had to eventually leave Los Angeles to age gracefully.

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“I looked at myself in the mirror several years back,” the 61-year-old recalled at the time. “I was living in Los Angeles, and I did not recognize who I was. I had overfilled my face and my lips. My forehead didn’t move. I was still dyeing my hair red. I was driving a Mustang convertible. I was a size two in an unhealthy way. I looked like a frozen version of my younger self, and that’s not who I was.”

“I was stuck,” Gilbert admitted. “I could feel myself fighting it. And I said to myself, ‘It’s time to age.’ I had to leave Los Angeles to do that – not Hollywood – Los Angeles specifically.”

Gilbert said she and her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, moved to his home state of Michigan following their wedding in 2013.

They lived there for five years. She felt free to finally age.

“I stopped coloring my hair,” she explained. “I had [my] breast implants removed. I decided to just be the best, healthiest version of myself without this pressure to look a certain way, and it paid off in a huge way.”

“I finally found my feet as a woman, fully, 100 percent strong in my own knowledge, in my own accomplishments. Everything got easier. And a bonus? I have a lot more free time not staring in a mirror, sitting in a dermatologist’s chair, or sitting in a hair chair.”

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In 2019, Gilbert and Busfield purchased a rustic cottage on 14 acres in the Catskill Mountains. Life today is “incredibly fulfilling,” she said.

“It’s remarkable,” Gilbert gushed. “I love being this age. There are things about it that are not a lot of fun. I don’t like it when my ankles ache in the morning or my skin’s drier. Aging is not for sissies, but it is certainly better than the alternative. And I’ve never felt better in my skin.”