Senator erupts as judge nukes $7.2M fraud case in déjà vu for scandal-soaked Minnesota
A Republican state senator in Minnesota is calling one judge a “true extremist” after she overturned a $7.2 million taxpayer fraud conviction.
Abdifatah Yusuf and his wife, Lul Ahmed, were charged in June 2024 and were accused of stealing $7.2 million from the state’s Medicaid program while operating a home healthcare business. The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office said the business lacked an office building and operated for “years out of a mailbox.”
The attorney general’s office said Yusuf received Medicaid money by billing for services not provided and services that lacked “any documentation,” and overbilled for services.
Yusuf allegedly used the money to fund a “lavish lifestyle,” including shopping sprees at luxury stores such as Coach, Michael Kors, Nike, Nordstrom and more.
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Yusuf directed over $1 million from the business account to his personal account and also withdrew over $387,000 in cash, the attorney general’s office said.
A jury convicted Yusuf of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle, over $35,000, in August. However, that decision was thrown out by Judge Sarah West in a mid-November ruling, according to KARE.
In her decision, West wrote that prosecutors “relied heavily on circumstantial evidence,” adding that the state didn’t rule out other potential “reasonable inferences.”
The judge added she was, however, “troubled by the manner in which fraud was able to be perpetuated at Promise Health.”
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Republican Minnesota Sen. Michael Holmstrom said in an interview that West is a “true extremist.”
“Judicial reform is necessary in Minnesota… This wasn’t an extreme situation,” Holmstrom told Fox News Digital. “This is just how she operates.”
“I think that she is a true extremist, that her ideology is running her courtroom and damaging our justice system. People in Minnesota are questioning whether or not the judicial system can be trusted. And with judges like this, I see why,” he added.
Holmstrom said he noticed one of the sealed exhibits in Yusuf’s case contained an international money order to an undisclosed person in an unknown country. Holmstrom said he made a request to see the exhibit, which hasn’t yet been granted.
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“I want to know what happened, and I think Minnesotans honestly deserve to know what their tax money is going to fund and how these remittances are working,” he said.
Holmstrom added that he was “outraged” upon hearing West had reversed Yusuf’s conviction, arguing she was “outside her authority” to make the decision.
Ben Walfoort, the jury foreperson in Yusuf’s case, said the decision to convict wasn’t a complicated one.
“It was not a difficult decision whatsoever,” he said, according to KARE. “The deliberation took probably four hours at most. Based off of the state’s evidence that was presented, it was beyond a reasonable doubt,” Walfoort said. “I am shocked. I’m shocked based off of all of the evidence that was presented to us and the obvious guilt that we saw based off of the said evidence.”
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The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, led by Democrat Keith Ellison, has filed an appeal of West’s decision to overturn Yusuf’s verdict.
Minnesota has grappled with fraud problems, including the Feeding Our Future scheme, which involved hundreds of millions of dollars in embezzled COVID-19 funds. The alleged fraud stems from Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program, Feeding Our Future and other organizations.
President Donald Trump on Nov. 21 terminated deportation protections for Somalis in Minnesota, claiming that “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing.”
His decision came after a report from the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, alleged that millions of dollars were being funneled to Al-Shabaab, a Somali terror group, related to the Feeding Our Future scam.
Fox News Digital reached out to a representative for West and Yusuf’s attorney for comment.
Yusuf’s attorney, Ian Birrell, said West made the correct decision, adding his client was wrongly accused.
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“Judge West’s ruling affirms what we have maintained from the beginning: our client Mr. Yusuf was wrongfully accused and did not commit fraud or racketeering,” he said, KARE reported. “The Court’s decision to enter judgments of acquittal on all charges reflects the fundamental principle that justice requires both fairness and proof. We appreciate the Court’s careful attention to the evidence and the law.”
Judge blindly signed gag orders hiding Trump prosecutor’s congressional subpoenas
FIRST ON FOX: A top federal court official defended Judge James Boasberg’s gag orders that hid subpoenas related to the FBI’s Arctic Frost investigation, saying this week that the chief judge in Washington would likely have been unaware that the subpoenas’ intended targets were members of Congress.
The administrative office for the federal courts indicated that the chief judge in D.C. routinely blindly signed gag orders when the Department of Justice requested them, including during Arctic Frost, the investigation that led to former special counsel Jack Smith bringing election charges against President Donald Trump.
The administrative office’s director, Robert Conrad Jr., provided the explanation on behalf of Boasberg to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital.
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The letter came in response to Grassley, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, demanding an explanation from Boasberg about why he authorized the one-year gag orders, which barred phone companies from telling Republican Congress members that their records were subpoenaed by Smith in 2023.
Conrad said he could not address those specific subpoenas and gag orders, in part because some of the material was sealed, but that he could help the lawmakers “understand relevant practices” in place during Arctic Frost.
The DOJ’s requests for gag orders, also known as non-disclosure orders, “typically do not attach the related subpoena; rather they identify the subject accounts only by a signifier — e.g., a phone number,” Conrad wrote. “As a result, [non-disclosure order] applications would not reveal whether a particular phone number belonged to a member of Congress.”
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Grassley reacted to the latest correspondence from the court by faulting the Biden DOJ for seeking the gag orders from Boasberg without notifying the judge that they pertained to Congress members.
Grassley noted that the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section gave Smith’s team the green light to subpoena lawmakers’ phone records but had also told the prosecutors to be wary of concerns lawmakers could raise about the Constitution’s speech or debate clause, which gives Congress members added protections in prosecutorial matters.
“Smith went ahead with the congressional subpoenas anyway, and it appears he and his team didn’t apprise the court of member involvement,” Grassley told Fox News Digital. “Smith’s apparent lack of candor is deeply troubling, and he needs to answer for his conduct.”
The DOJ revised its policy in response to an inspector general report in 2024 so that prosecutors were required to notify the court if they were seeking a gag order against a Congress member so that judges could take that into consideration when deciding whether to authorize the orders. Smith’s subpoenas pre-dated that policy shift.
The subpoenas, and the gag orders that kept them concealed, have drawn enormous criticism from the targeted lawmakers, who alleged that the Biden DOJ improperly spied on them over their alleged involvement in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and that Boasberg was complicit in allowing it. Among the top critics is Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who was set to lead a since-postponed hearing Wednesday examining the case for impeaching Boasberg. Impeachment of judges is exceedingly rare and typically has only occurred in response to crimes like corruption and bribery.
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Johnson said he remained unsatisfied with Boasberg after the letter from the administrative office.
“Judge Boasberg’s refusal to answer questions from Congress about his approval of unlawful gag orders is an affront to transparency and an obvious attempt to deflect any responsibility for his awareness of or involvement in Jack Smith’s partisan dragnet,” Johnson told Fox News Digital. “Judge Boasberg must immediately lift the seal that is apparently preventing him from addressing Congress’ questions and provide the public a full explanation for his actions.”
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Public documents reveal that as chief judge of the D.C. federal court, Boasberg authorized numerous gag orders that blocked phone companies from telling about a dozen House and Senate lawmakers that Smith had subpoenaed their phone data.
Smith had sought a narrow set of their records, which included details about when calls and messages were placed and with whom the Congress members were communicating. The records did not include the contents of calls and messages. Smith has defended the subpoenas, saying they were in line with department policy and “entirely proper.”
Far-left firebrand ‘refused’ to pay condo payments amid luxury hotel controversy
FIRST ON FOX: Progressive firebrand and rumored Senate candidate Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has had an unpaid lien balance of over $3,000 against her luxury condo in Dallas for over a year, according to county records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
A notice of a lien filed on April 11, 2024, which is publicly available on the Dallas County Clerk’s website, shows that Crockett owes the Westside Condominium Association a total of $3,047.79.
The notice said that Crockett “is in default in her obligation for payment of assessments and has failed and refused and continues to fail and refuse, despite demand upon her, to pay the Association assessments and related charges properly levied against the Property.”
The lien gives the Westside Condominium Association in Dallas a legal claim on the unit, preventing Crockett from selling or transferring the property until the debt is paid.
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The Dallas County Clerk’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday evening that there is no record of the lien being released, indicating Crockett has still not paid the overdue amount.
Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett’s office regarding the outstanding lien but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
Crockett purchased the condominium, which is just north of downtown Dallas, in May 2014, according to county records. She is registered to vote at the address.
According to a Homes.com listing for Westside Condominiums, the complex is a gated community that offers residents a “refreshing retreat” and “comfort and convenience in a secure setting.” The complex is complete with a pool, clubhouse, sleek kitchens and bathrooms “designed with spa-like features.”
The complex’s HOA fees range from $222 to $403 and include all facilities, structure maintenance, sewer and water, according to the listing.
“The more we learn about Jasmine Crockett, the more clear it is that she’s the worst possible candidate to run for Senate in Texas,” a longtime Democratic strategist who has worked with campaigns across the country, told Fox News Digital. “Recent weeks have shown she’s just not ready for primetime.”
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Crockett recently raised eyebrows over her Federal Election Commission filings that showed she spent nearly $75,000 of donor money on luxury hotels, transportation and security this year in cities across the U.S.
Crockett’s filings show luxury hotel and transportation expenses in Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other major cities, despite representing Texas’ 30th Congressional District, which includes Dallas.
In total, Crockett’s filings show her campaign spending $25,748.87 since January on high-end hotels and limousine services.
The hotel expenses include $4,175.01 at the Ritz-Carlton and $2,304.79 at The Luxury Collection. Other hotel expenses include $5,326.52 to the West Hollywood Edition in Los Angeles, $1,173.92 to the Times Square Edition in New York City, over $2,000 to the Cosmopolitan and Aria resort in Las Vegas and $2,703.14 to the Edgartown Inn and $3,160.93 at The Coco, both in Martha’s Vineyard.
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Additionally, Crockett’s campaign paid Chicago-based limousine service Transportation 4 U $2,728.00 for travel, as well as $2,310.30 to DCA Car LLC, a premium car and limousine service, and $1,254.00 to Bay Area Limousine.
In that same time frame, Crockett’s campaign also spent nearly $50,000 on security expenses despite repeatedly calling for defunding the police. In 2021, while Crockett was serving in the Texas House of Representatives, she said, “The Defund movement seeks to actually bring about healing and finally invest in our communities to make them safer, addressing the root causes of crime and by allowing the professionals to do their respective jobs. Defund is about finally being smart on crime. Defund is about lightening the load for our offices of all things they didn’t sign up for. Defund is about finally being fiscally responsible when it comes to policing in this state.”
Crockett, who is one of the most recognizable and outspoken members of the Democratic Party, has also been embroiled in several controversies this year. Perhaps most notably, she garnered widespread condemnation for attacking Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, calling him “Governor Hot Wheels.”
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She has said she is “seriously weighing” a possible run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. She is expected to announce her decision on Dec. 8, according to the San Antonio Current.
Cornyn, who is running to serve a fifth term, is in a bitter primary battle against Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt.
Ole Miss players slam Kiffin’s farewell claims as teammates call out apparent falsehood
Lane Kiffin said in his farewell to Ole Miss post that players on the team asked athletic director Keith Carter to let him stay, but that claim is being refuted by a starting Rebel.
Kiffin said in his post that he requested to “complete a historic six season run with this year’s team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs,” but Carter denied it “despite the team also asking him to allow me to keep coaching.”
Starting center Brycen Sanders called out Kiffin bluntly, quoting his X post.
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“‘Despite the team asking me to keep coaching;’. I think everyone that was in that room would disagree,” Sanders posted.
It should be noted Sanders misquoted Kiffin, but it’s quite clear how some players feel about Kiffin’s departure and post.
“Let em’ know. Every single person,” fellow offensive lineman Jayden Williams said in response to Sanders’ post.
Linebacker Suntarine Perkins added, “That was not the message you said in the meeting room. Everybody that was in there can vouch on this.”
Kiffin left the Rebels for LSU after weeks of speculation. He was introduced as the team’s head coach on Monday, one day after being booed while boarding a private jet from Oxford.
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Kiffin’s offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis Jr., left Ole Miss to stay with Kiffin, but he will continue to coach Ole Miss throughout the College Football Playoff.
“We went through a lot last night with [Ole Miss athletic director] Keith Carter trying to figure out a way to make this playoff run work and be able to coach the team. And at the end of the day, that’s his decision and I totally respect that. I understand that decision,” Kiffin told ESPN about Carter’s choice not to let him finish the season as the Rebels’ coach. “I just totally wish the team the best of luck, wish that I was coaching….I just hope they play really well and go win the national championship.”
Kiffin is reportedly set to make $13 million per season with the Tigers, making him the second-highest-paid college coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.
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Ole Miss defensive coordinator Pete Golding was named head coach to replace Kiffin in Oxford.
Tongue cancer warning signs highlighted after ‘Full House’ star’s diagnosis
On the heels of comedian Dave Coulier’s announcement of his tongue cancer diagnosis, experts are sharing what to know about the disease.
Coulier, 66, announced in a Tuesday interview that he has been diagnosed with early-stage P16 carcinoma, or oropharyngeal tongue cancer.
“Oropharyngeal” refers to cancer that begins at the base of the tongue. The “P16” indicates that it is associated with HPV (human papillomavirus).
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The news comes just months after the “Full House” star announced his battle with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. The tongue cancer is “totally unrelated” to that initial cancer, he told “Today” in the interview.
“I went in for a PET scan, just a routine check-up, and something flared on the PET scan,” Coulier said. “It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue.”
The comedian had announced on April 1 that he was cancer-free following the non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis.
“To go through chemotherapy and feel that relief of whoah, it’s gone, and then to get a test that says, well now you’ve got another kind of cancer … it is a shock to the system,” he said.
Coulier shared that he will undergo a course of 35 radiation treatments.
What to know about tongue cancer
Tongue cancer can affect the front of the tongue (oral cavity) or the base/back of the tongue (oropharynx), according to the National Cancer Institute. Risk factors and prognosis can differ substantially depending on the location of the cancer.
In 2025, it is expected that there will be about 20,040 new cases of tongue cancer and approximately 3,270 deaths, the NCI states. (These numbers only include cancers that begin in the front two-thirds of the tongue.)
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When including all oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers — which totals all mouth and throat cancers — the numbers rise to 59,660 new cases and about 12,770 deaths in 2025, per the American Cancer Society.
The overall five-year survival rate for tongue cancer is 71%.
Studies have shown that cases have been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years, affecting almost all age groups and races.
“The rise is linked to the dramatic rise of HPV,” Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel told Fox News Digital. “It can metastasize, but the prognosis is 80% to 90% curable if it’s HPV-related.”
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George Semeniuk, M.D., a medical oncologist and hematologist at City of Hope in Newport Beach, California, agreed that tongue cancer is one of the fastest-rising head and neck cancers doctors are seeing.
“Early detection is critical,” he told Fox News Digital.
Warning signs and risk factors
Some of the earliest warning signs of tongue cancer include a persistent sore or ulcer on the tongue, pain when swallowing, a lump or changes in speech, according to Semeniuk.
“Anything that lasts longer than two weeks should be evaluated by a specialist,” he advised.
Siegel added, “Look out for a sore that won’t heal or difficulty swallowing. Show your doctor, ENT or dentist.”
Other common signs include a lump or thickening on the tongue; red or white patches on the tongue or lining of the mouth; persistent tongue, pain in the mouth, jaw or throat; and numbness or burning in the tongue, according to multiple health sources.
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Those affected may also notice difficulty chewing, swallowing or speaking, or unexpected bleeding in the area.
If the cancer has spread, the patient may notice a lump in the neck (from enlarged lymph nodes), ear pain (usually on one side), or stiffness or swelling of the jaw.
The biggest risk factors for tongue cancer are tobacco use, heavy alcohol consumption and HPV, Semeniuk noted.
“We are also seeing increasing cases in younger adults who have never smoked, which underscores the role HPV can play,” he said. “People with long-standing mouth irritation, weakened immune systems or poor oral hygiene may also be at higher risk.”
Treatment and prognosis
The standard treatment for tongue cancer is largely dependent on the stage of the disease and where it is located, according to experts.
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“Treatment depends on the stage and location of the tumor, but often involves a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and, in more advanced cases, chemotherapy or targeted therapies,” Semeniuk said.
“At City of Hope, we also use minimally invasive surgical approaches and precision-guided therapies to preserve speech and swallowing whenever possible.”
Siegel noted that tongue cancer tumors tend to be more responsive to surgical resection, radiation and chemotherapy.
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“Prognosis is significantly better when tongue cancer is diagnosed early. If detected at an early stage, cure rates can be quite high,” Semeniuk told Fox News Digital.
“That’s why it’s so important for people to pay attention to changes in their mouth and seek care promptly. Regular dental visits and HPV vaccination are also important steps in lowering risk.”
‘I’m entitled to a personal life’: Patel fires back at Democrats over FBI jet trips
FBI Director Kash Patel pushed back against House Democrats investigating his use of the FBI jet for personal reasons, insisting he has been a better steward of taxpayer dollars than his predecessors.
“I’ve also used the airplane less than my prior two predecessors,” Patel said Tuesday on “The Ingraham Angle.”
“I’m entitled to a personal life just like my other agency counterparts with their partners. Do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely. And do I take trips with her? Absolutely.”
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House Judiciary Democrats launched a probe into Patel’s use of the bureau’s jet, accusing him of having “commandeered U.S. government aircraft for personal joyrides.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Ill., wrote to Patel, criticizing him for using the jet for an “overnight date,” a trip to a luxury hunting retreat called “Boondoggle Ranch” and more.
“Why should American taxpayers be footing the bill for private jets every time you decide to hang out with your golf buddies, see your girlfriend, or go to your ‘Boondoggle’ escape?” the lawmakers asked.
When questioned by Ingraham, Patel said, “All FBI directors are required users of the FBI plane.”
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“They don’t let me fly commercially,” he continued.
“But my predecessors wasted millions of dollars because they were too lazy to drive an extra 20 minutes and go to Andrews Air Force Base. They used D.C. Reagan National as their personal hub, costing the taxpayer $4 million. I shut that policy off and mandated the use of government airfields.”
Patel went on to argue that he is the “only” FBI director to turn over travel-related information.
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“That information shows one thing,” he said.
“I am a steward of the taxpayer dollars. My predecessors weren’t. They couldn’t drive 20 extra minutes on every trip. I’ll drive an extra hour if it saves a taxpayer an extra few bucks.”
Medieval graves reveal harsh reality of early Christians: ‘Life was hard and short’
Danish archaeologists recently unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early Christian Denmark.
Officials from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, Denmark, announced the discovery in a recent news release.
The skeletons were found in nearby Aarhus, in St. Oluf’s Cemetery, which existed from the 1100s until 1813. It was named after St. Olaf, a Norwegian Viking king renowned for spreading Christianity across Scandinavia.
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“The remains are believed to be up to 900 years old, belonging to a churchyard from the 12th century, near the old Viking town of Aros,” the museum said in a statement. The discoveries came during a city project to upgrade waste facilities.
Mads Ravn, head of the Moesgaard Museum’s local heritage department, told Fox News Digital his team uncovered a remarkable 77 ancient graves in total.
“[It was] much more than expected and very dense,” he said.
The graves didn’t belong to Denmark’s earliest Christian converts, Ravn noted. The religion first spread in the 9th and 10th centuries. Around 965, Harald Bluetooth completed Denmark’s conversion to Christianity, as commemorated on the Jelling rune stone.
The faith appears to have become firmly established in Aarhus by the 12th century; the cemetery represents graves that were firmly rooted in Christianity, rather than transitioning to it.
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“The town of Aarhus, where the cemetery is found, is important because during its time of use it became the graveyard of the poor, while the rich were buried in the cathedral about 500 meters [1,640 feet] to the south,” Ravn said.
“Therefore, it was densely packed with skeletons, with new burials sometimes disturbing older graves and leaving some of the skeletons in parts.”
Few of the remains were buried with grave goods, but Ravn noted that one early modern grave featured a curious artifact.
“One from 1626 was buried with a coin in the mouth, suggesting that local folklore, and especially a tradition among sailors, seems to have prevailed,” the archaeologist observed.
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“It could indicate that the person was ‘secured’ a payment to the other side, [a custom] known as far back as Ancient Greek tradition.”
The real surprise of the excavation, said Ravn, was how much it revealed about the poor Christians of Aarhus, as opposed to the rich.
“[It] opens a door to understanding everyday life, and from other cemeteries we know that life was hard, with an average life expectancy around 37 years, often revealing many diseases,” the archaeologist said.
“One find revealed three children buried on top of each other, as if they were buried after an infection, plague or another deadly disease,” Ravn continued.
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“Further analyses may reveal the cause of death and the age and sex of the skeletons in more detail.”
The team’s main takeaways from the dig were disease-related, as leprosy, plague, waterborne illness and syphilis and other ailments were all common causes of death in olden days.
“[It] opens a door to understanding everyday life.”
“One could argue that this was the reason that they could bring all the new diseases to the New World, where it took a hard turn on the Native Americans,” Ravn noted.
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“Further analysis may reveal which diseases dominated.”
“Life was hard and short [back then], with many women dying in childbirth,” he added. “When people ask me if I, as an archaeologist, wish to have lived in the past — the answer is negative.”
Trump gives most explicit endorsement yet for doing away with income tax
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Americans may “not even have income tax to pay” in the near future, saying tariff-driven revenue could allow for the historic elimination of the federal income tax under his tenure.
Trump told a press gaggle after his cabinet meeting that “at some point in the not too distant future you won’t even have income tax to pay,” arguing that revenue the government is collecting under his administration is now “so great… so enormous.”
“Whether you get rid of it or just keep it around for fun or have it really low, much lower than it is now, but you won’t be paying income tax,” Trump added.
If enacted, abolishing income tax would mark the most ambitious overhaul of the American tax system in more than a century. Trump’s repeated public support for replacing income tax with tariffs makes this the most explicit endorsement yet.
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Earlier in his second administration, the president floated a tax plan eliminating income tax for individuals earning under $150,000, with tariffs proposed as a replacement.
“It’s time for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever before,” the president said back in January. “Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich foreign nations, we should be tariffing and taxing foreign nations to enrich our citizens.”
When asked if he was serious about eliminating personal income taxes by podcaster Joe Rogan, then-candidate Trump responded, “Yeah, sure, why not?” and said tariffs could fund the government instead of wage taxes.
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His views on the income tax have changed — as part of his prospective run for president in 1999 under the Reform Party, Trump considered a one-time “net worth” tax on those with wealth over $10 million.
If serious, Trump’s proposal would require major tax-code changes and likely face legislative hurdles with a narrow House majority.
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Abolishing the income tax has long been a fringe idea, but with Trump pushing aggressive tariff revenue, the concept has moved closer to the mainstream debate stage.
The White House did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
Alleged NYU student attacker had staggering criminal past including murder arrest
The man arrested for allegedly attacking a 20-year-old New York University (NYU) student near the college’s Manhattan campus had 16 prior arrests, according to police.
James Rizzo, 45, was busted by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and charged with persistent sexual abuse, forcible touching and assault in relation to the incident.
Rizzo allegedly approached the student from behind at around 9:20 a.m. Monday, slapped her head and buttocks, pulled her hair and ran off, police said.
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He was perp-walked out of a Manhattan police precinct on Tuesday night, dressed in a black hoodie and gray sweatpants. He did not say anything to quizzing reporters as he was escorted into a police car.
The New York Post reported Rizzo’s 16 prior arrests include sexual abuse, forcible touching, repeated assaults on women, burglary and a 1997 murder arrest. New York state prison records show Rizzo has no murder conviction on his record.
Rizzo previously served a two-year state sentence for persistent sexual abuse before being released on parole in September, the records show. He was still on active parole on Monday.
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The victim, identified on social media as NYU student Amelia Lewis, posted video and surveillance footage of the attack on X and TikTok, saying a man had assaulted her on the street without warning.
“When I turned around, I saw this old, White guy, and, like right when I turned around, he like grabbed my f—— hair like this and like yanked me and threw me to the ground,” Lewis said.
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A group of girls is then seen in the footage helping her up after she was knocked to the ground.
Lewis said the surveillance video was obtained by a friend of hers from a nearby liquor store. She described the assailant as a tall man with long brown hair and a long brown beard, wearing gray sweatpants, a black puffer jacket and a blue towel around his neck.
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The college student said she sent the video to NYU security, who forwarded the footage to police.
“The University is pleased that a suspect has been apprehended in the attack on one of its students that took place Monday morning on a Broadway sidewalk. We take this incident very seriously,” said NYU spokesperson John Beckman. “We are continuing to offer support to the student, and our Campus Safety Department assisted the victim and worked with the police investigating the incident.”
“I just really want to emphasize how not OK this is. I am a student at NYU. I should not be scared to be walking the street to go to my 9:30 a.m. class. These people are disgusting, and they should not be able to be walking around the street freely targeting girls and doing this. Cause I heard that this guy did this a month ago,” Lewis said in the video.
“I’m honestly still in shock, but I’m more enraged that things like this are able to happen in this city, and we really need to do something about it because this is unacceptable,” she continued.
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“This just shows that you really need to reflect on who you’re voting for and supporting right now because New York needs help, and we’re just not getting the help we need, and this is crazy,” she added.