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Slack messages reveal "Proximal Origin" authors privately assigned up to 30% probability to a lab leak while publicly ruling it out in their paper.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/slack-messages-rand-paul-authors-key-covid-19-origin-paper-private-doubts

A House Republican asked the Smithsonian director if Mickey Mouse is racist, citing an exhibit linking the character to blackface minstrelsy traditions.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-director-pressed-woke-exhibits-mickey-mouse-racist

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., told CNN he hopes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attempt to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-democrat-hopes-mamdani-wont-be-arresting-anyone-after-recent-netanyahu-comments

A dead wild bat found near a San Diego Zoo Safari Park restaurant tested positive for rabies, marking the 19th such case in the county in 2026, said experts.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/rabid-bat-found-near-zoo-restaurant-sparks-urgent-public-health-warning-serious

Bill Maher mocked liberals for obsessing over President Donald Trump's personality, saying his White House dinner and Kennedy Center drama prove the antics don't matter.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/maher-mocks-liberals-panicking-trumps-antics-personality-10-years

A House hearing turned into a debate over the World Cup and racism, ending with Rep. Jasmine Crockett making an argument she probably never intended.

https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/texas-rep-jasmine-crockett-tried-call-argentina-racist-world-cup-embarrassed-herself

LeAnn Rimes shared a naked hot tub photo with Eddie Cibrian during their cross-country road trip from California back to Nashville on Instagram.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/leann-rimes-shares-naked-hot-tub-photo-eddie-cibrian-road-trip-california-nashville

A 3-year-old girl was bitten by a rattlesnake hiding beneath an Amazon package outside her California home and spent two days receiving antivenom.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-toddler-bitten-rattlesnake-hiding-beneath-amazon-package-amid-active-snake-season

Dozens of American universities collectively accepted $27.6 million from foreign entities blacklisted by the federal government in late 2025.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elite-universities-face-federal-cash-squeeze-over-millions-tied-china-linked-entities

John Harbaugh reacted to Cam Skattebo's slipped backflip at Fanatics Fest, telling the Giants running back to "at least stick" the landing.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/john-harbaugh-reacts-cam-skattebo-scary-backflip-slip-ahead-giants-training-camp

Videos show fire and bright orange flames outside 26 Federal Plaza as Andrew Arrabaca allegedly fired an airsoft rifle at the federal building.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/army-veteran-faces-arson-charge-fire-attack-outside-nyc-federal-building

Caitlin Clark declined the WNBA 3-Point Contest invitation despite the league adding logo shots seemingly built around her long-distance shooting brand.

https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/caitlin-clark-declines-wnba-3-point-contest-invitation-dealing-major-blow-all-star-weekend-espn

A movie theater outside Portland, Oregon, sparked outrage with a marquee promoting "The Odyssey" that critics called antisemitic and historically false.

https://www.foxnews.com/culture/portland-area-movie-theater-center-antisemitism-controversy-over-marquee-advertising-the-odyssey

A teenager named Quinn Brown bought a Wilt Chamberlain warm-up jacket at a Portland Goodwill for $3.07, and Sotheby's just auctioned it off.

https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/wilt-chamberlain-warm-up-jacket-bought-3-thrift-store-sells-tens-thousands

Gruesome testimony revealed maggots and flies in the Tesla trunk where prosecutors say D4vd left 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/singer-d4vd-shows-no-emotion-detective-recounts-gruesome-discovery-teens-dismembered-remains-report