Health's weekend read includes Taylor Swift's impact amid brain surgery, seniors’ health struggles and more

Fox News Digital publishes an array of health pieces all week long to keep you in the know on a range of wellness topics: health care access, innovative surgeries, cancer research, mental health trends and more — plus, personal stories of people and families overcoming great obstacles.

As you wind down your weekend, check out some of the top stories of the week in Health that you may have missed, or have been meaning to check out. 

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A New Jersey woman stayed awake during her brain surgery — and sang Taylor Swift songs to help doctors gauge her cognitive function. Selena Campione, 36, shared her story with Fox News Digital. Click here to get the story.

Adults tend to need more medical care as they age, but coordinating that care can be stressful and strenuous for seniors. Doctors discussed the health care challenges older adults face — and what needs to change to improve the situation. Click here to get the story.

It’s happening more often — busy physicians are turning to chatbots for help in summarizing medical reports. Experts weighed the benefits and the risks of using AI in the health care space. Click here to get the story.

Time-restricted eating has been linked to a higher risk of heart-related death in a new study. The researchers and cardiologists offer their insights on the surprising connection. Click here to get the story.

Kate Middleton’s announcement of a cancer diagnosis has sparked an outpouring of support — and concerns about the uptick of cases among younger adults. Here’s what to know about the recommended cancer screenings for early detection. Click here to get the story.

The benefits of cold plunging and other ice therapies have been called into question by a new study. The researchers plus cold therapy experts reacted to the findings. Click here to get the story.

People who smoke marijuana daily face a significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study found. Get the details on the effects of frequent cannabis use. Click here to get the story.

Drug overdoses reached a new high last year in the U.S., according to a new CDC report. Find out what groups were most affected — and what addiction experts think about the surge. Click here to get the story.

Since 2020, the prevalence of medication abortions — triggered by what’s known as the abortion pill — has risen 10%. Women’s health experts detailed the possible reasons for the increase. Click here to get the story.

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Turkey's opposition leads in vote to run main cities

President Erdogan is battling to win back Istanbul and Ankara, which he lost five years ago.

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Tigers' A.J. Hinch says he was nearly hit by car on field before game vs. White Sox

Thursday marked opening day for baseball, and it nearly turned disastrous for Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch during his team’s game against the Chicago White Sox.

The White Sox decided to bring players out on Guaranteed Rate Field via car. 

Hinch told reporters Saturday before the second game of the season he was nearly hit by a car.

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"That was a close one," Hinch said, via MLive.com. "They have priority. Clearly. I'll let the cars pass next time."

Photos on social media showed the cars traveling around the warning track and down the third base line. It wasn’t clear just how close the vehicles got to Hinch.

The Tigers have gotten off to a hot start to 2024 with two straight wins.

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On Saturday, Carson Kelly hit a run-scoring single in the seventh inning and the 10th inning to help Detroit defeat Chicago 7-6 in extras. Mark Canha and Riley Greene also homered during the game.

"We want to play for bigger things. We want to go to the playoffs, and we want to go win," Kelly said after the game. "Obviously, to get there, you've got to win ... these close games, and I think that's what we're going to go out and show."

Hinch is in his fourth season with the Tigers. He guided Detroit to an improvement in 2023 from 2022 with a record of 78-84.

He’s 481-329 during his career after managing the Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros earlier in his career.

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Texas appeals court blocks state from investigating parents providing children with transgender treatment

A Texas appeals court upheld a lower court's injunction Friday blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their children with gender-transitioning treatment. 

The appeals court in Austin upheld a district court judge's injunction imposed in March 2022 after Republican Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate families whose children were receiving puberty blockers. 

"This is a much-needed victory for trans youth and those who love and support them," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Abbott's office and the ACLU for additional comment. 

The ACLU and Lambda Legal had initially challenged Abbott's order on behalf of the family of a 16-year-old transgender girl. 

She had taken puberty-delaying medications and hormone therapy. Her mother, a DFPS employee, was placed on administrative leave following Abbott's directive, according to Reuters. 

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Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled in March 2022 that the plaintiffs in the case faced "deprivation of their constitutional rights, the potential loss of necessary medical care and the stigma attached to being the subject of an unfounded child abuse investigation."

Meachum also held that Abbott had exceeded his authority in the initial February order. 

Earlier this month, another Texas judge temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from requiring an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to provide information about transgender children receiving gender transition treatment.

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The ruling came shortly after PFLAG National, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, challenged Paxton's office in court to prevent it from collecting the information.

Travis County District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel said providing the information would harm PFLAG and its members in several ways, including violating their rights of free speech, association and protection from unreasonable searches.

Fox News' Landon Mion and Reuters contributed to this report. 

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Should you make a wedding shot list? Expert photographer shares her approach to capturing a wedding day

Choosing a photographer is one of many important decisions couples have to make when planning their wedding.

Deciding on the person to be responsible for capturing your day is not a choice to take lightly. You'll have to spend time looking through many galleries and talking with multiple professionals to find the right fit for you. 

A photographer is tasked with the important role of capturing the love you and your partner share through photos. On top of that, they are responsible for capturing other moments from the day, such as the guests in attendance and even the smaller details of the wedding, like vow books and florals. 

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When it comes to wedding photographers, one question many brides and grooms have is whether they should create a shot list for the photographer to work off of. With so many things to plan for the day, is creating a shot list something that couples should make a priority? Kristin Piteo, a global wedding photographer, provides her insight on shot lists and unique photos she takes for couples that provide them with memories that last a lifetime.

"As far as shot list goes, particularly, in my opinion, unless it's something for family photos where you have to put together different aspects of families, I don't particularly work off shot lists, because it kind of takes me away from being in the moment on the wedding day," Piteo told Fox News Digital.

"Unless there's something very particular, like, ‘Oh, I'm wearing my grandmother's ring, I want to make sure that I get a photo of me wearing my grandmother's ring,’ something like that I want to be brought to my attention," Piteo continued. "Other than that, you chose your photographer because you trust them, and you like their work, and you've invested in them . . . . You don't really need a shot list, because they're going to capture all the things that you want and more."

This is just one reason why hiring a professional wedding photographer that you trust is so important. If you hire someone whose work you love, creating a shot list is one fewer thing you have to worry about in the wedding planning process, because they will take care of capturing all the moments, big and small, of your big day. 

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There are many classic, very obvious moments a photographer should capture on your wedding day. These includes the first kiss, the wedding party all together and the bride walking down the aisle. 

Other parts of the day that are less traditional to photograph make for unique wedding prints of beautiful moments. 

"I think that one of the main types of ways I photograph is those in-between moments," Piteo explained. "So maybe it's him walking with his hand on her lower back or just those in-between moments that you don't really have to give too much direction on."  

Piteo also expressed that not every couple’s pictures are going to look the same.

"I really want to make sure that when they look back on these photos, that they see their personalities, and it's not just a cookie cutter gallery from couple to couple to couple," Piteo said.

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Piteo noted that she also captures reactional moments throughout the day for more unique and memorable wedding photos.

"I think some really important photos that maybe don't seem as apparent to people that aren't photographers are reactional photos. So, photos that you wouldn't think of normally taking," said Piteo.

"Obviously, when you see wedding photos, you see the couple's photos, you see the family photos, you see all these things that are in a row, but capturing the images that maybe people don't think about as much on a wedding day, like the bride fixing something on her dress in the middle of the reception or things like that, that are little candid moments that might mean a lot," Piteo explained.

A moment that seems so small in the grand scheme of the day, like a bride reaching down to put on her shoe, putting on a piece of jewelry or even fixing her makeup, can turn out to be artistic, gorgeous prints. 

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"The intimate times that the couple spends together that the outside world isn't seeing is what I'm seeing. So I'm trying to capture him fixing a piece of hair that's in her face that I have not guided. So anything that just feels authentic and not placed there on purpose is something that I view to be very artistic and memorable," the global wedding photographer said.  

Beyond the people present at the wedding, there are a lot of other aspects that couples will want to remember. These smaller details include things like the chairs at their ceremony, their rings, the vow books they read from and even the atmosphere of the event. There’s really no detail too small. 

"When capturing the details of the day, I think making sure that you capture the scenes is so important. So when they are able to look back at these photos 5, 10, 15, 30 years from now, they can be brought back to the whole environment of the day," Piteo said. 

"So whether that be the chairs, the wedding tent, the candlelit ambiance, I try to encapsulate the whole entire being of the wedding day, so they can really remember what it was like on that actual day," Piteo noted. 

"So if there's only candlelit lighting, I want to make sure that I'm capturing that ambient light. If there are really particular wooden chairs, I want to make sure that I capture them in any way that they are displayed to me," Piteo explained. 

These details should be captured just the way they are, so the couple can look back at the pictures and see those moments that may have passed them by during their busy wedding day. 

"If they have their vow books placed up at the altar, capturing that, because that's obviously something that they put together that was really intentional, and that's just the way I move throughout the day," Piteo said. "I want to make sure that everything is documented for them. So they can always remember these little moments that maybe rush by for them. It's up to me to hold these as keepsakes for them."

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Baltimore bridge collapse: Powerful crane linked to CIA secret Cold War mission arrives to clean up debris

A powerful floating crane that played a role in what the CIA says was one of the "greatest intelligence coups of the Cold War" has arrived at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site in Baltimore to start removing debris. 

The Chesapeake 1000, which Unified Command tells Fox News Digital can "carry up to 1,000 tons," arrived late last night at the wreckage site in the Patapsco River, where the remains of four construction workers are still missing following Tuesday’s collapse. 

The crane originally was built as the Sun 800 in 1972 to help construct the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a deep-sea vessel used by the CIA in a secret mission called "Project AZORIAN" to recover a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank in the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War, according to the Engineering News-Record. 

It later had its capacity increased from 800 to 1,000 tons and was bought by New Jersey-based Donjon Marine Co. Inc. in 1993, which confirmed the details of the report to Fox News Digital on Friday. 

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Donjon Marine Co. Inc. says on its website that the floating crane barge is nearly 200 feet long and has a boom of 231 feet. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore described it Thursday as the "the largest crane in the Eastern seaboard." 

The cargo ship Dali struck a pillar of the bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse and killing six. 

On Thursday, the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command – which is made up of the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland State Police and other agencies – said "on-scene crews continue to assess and monitor for spilled oils and hazardous substances to prevent further discharge or release into the marine environment." 

"First responders have observed a sheen around the vessel. There are 56 total containers loaded on the vessel that contained hazardous materials," it added in a statement. "Fourteen were impacted. The 14 that were impacted were assessed by an industrial hygienist for potential hazards." 

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The CIA says Project AZORIAN came to be after K-129, a "Soviet Golf II-class submarine carrying three SS-N-4 nuclear-armed ballistic missiles," sank in 1968 about 1,800 miles northwest of Hawaii. 

The ship used in that mission, the Hughes Glomar Explorer, was "ostensibly a commercial deep-sea mining vessel ostensibly built and owned by billionaire Howard Hughes, who provided the plausible cover story that his ship was conducting marine research at extreme ocean depths and mining manganese nodules lying on the sea bottom," according to the CIA. 

The Explorer eventually pulled up a part of the submarine in 1974 that included the bodies of six Soviets, but another part broke off about halfway to the surface, the CIA says. A second mission to recover that lost portion was scuttled after details of the program were exposed by the media a year later. 

"Although Project AZORIAN failed to meet its full intelligence objectives, CIA considered the operation to be one of the greatest intelligence coups of the Cold War," it said. 

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US tuberculosis cases in 2023 were at highest level in a decade, CDC says

The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 was the highest in a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. 

The CDC said on its website Thursday that "overall, cases increased from 8,320 in 2022 to 9,615 in 2023, an increase of 1,295 cases" 

"The rate also increased from 2.5 per 100,000 persons in 2022 to 2.9 in 2023," it added, noting that numbers were up among all age groups. Data from the agency shows nearly 10,000 infections in 2013. 

CDC officials expected TB numbers would rise, but the 2023 count "was a little more than was expected," Dr. Philip LoBue, director of the agency's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, told The Associated Press. 

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The new CDC statistics are not a count of how many people were newly infected in 2023, but rather of how many people developed a cough or other symptoms and were diagnosed. 

An estimated 85% of the people counted in 2023 were infected at least a year or two earlier and had what’s called latent TB, when the bacterium enters the body and hibernates in the lungs or other parts of the body. Experts estimate as many as 13 million Americans have latent TB and are not contagious. 

"Although TB incidence in the United States is among the lowest in the world and most U.S. residents are at minimal risk, TB continues to cause substantial global morbidity and mortality," the CDC says, calling it "one of the world’s leading infectious disease killers." 

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The CDC says tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" that usually targets the lungs but can also attack other parts of the body such as the kidney, spine and brain. 

Symptoms of TB disease in the lungs include chest pains and a prolonged cough, sometimes with blood. 

Other symptoms include weakness or fatigue, weight loss, fever and loss of appetite. 

Cases declined sharply at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but have been rising since. 

"This post-pandemic increase in U.S. cases highlights the importance of continuing to engage communities with higher TB rates and their medical providers in TB elimination efforts and strengthening the capacity in public health programs to carry out critical disease control and prevention strategies," the CDC said. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Harvard sees dip in applications following antisemitism, plagiarism controversies

Harvard University suffered a 5% drop in admission applications following its highly publicized antisemitism and plagiarism controversies.

The Ivy League school published data on its incoming Class of 2028 on Thursday, announcing the acceptance of 1,937 students from an application pool of 54,008.

This marks a small downward tick in applications from last year — approximately 3,000 fewer.

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In December of last year, the Harvard early application pool saw a 17% decline from the year before, receiving 7,921 early applications, compared to 9,553 applications in 2022.

The November 1, 2023, application deadline came before Harvard's then-President Claudine Gay's congressional testimony that ignited discussions about institutional leaders' reluctance to adequately condemn antisemitism.

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The scandal only got worse after Gay was accused of plagiarism in her academic work.

After facing dozens of plagiarism allegations, Gay released a letter to members of the Harvard community, saying she was stepping down as president but will return to the Harvard faculty.

An antisemitism task force was assembled from faculty and staff at Harvard, but that group has been plagued by resignations and internal complaints that it cannot properly undertake initiatives.

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Major donors to the school have pulled their contributions amidst the chaos, including hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and philanthropist Leonard Blavatnik.

Fox News Digital's Taylor Penley and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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Chinese migrants make multi-country trek to US southern border: 'I just want to make money'

FIRST ON FOX: Chinese migrants are making their way to the U.S. southern border in record numbers as part of a migration crisis of global proportions and are traveling through multiple countries to get there.

So far in federal fiscal year 2024, which began Oct. 1, 2023, there have been over 22,000 migrant encounters of Chinese nationals at the southern border. That’s on pace to exceed the 24,314 encountered in fiscal 2023. That was a massive increase from the 2,176 encountered in fiscal 2022 and 450 encountered in fiscal 2021.

Fox News spoke this month to a 36-year-old man from northern China who had traveled to Mexico with his wife and twin sons on their way to the U.S.

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His Douyin account, the Chinese version of TikTok, shows his family in China on the way to the airport. He says he has collected information online about a way to travel to the U.S., including information on routes, border navigation and how to dispose of information so one's origin cannot be traced. People "vlog" about their journey on Chinese social media apps to get in contact with other Chinese nationals in the U.S. who can help find them jobs and a place to live.

He says they left China in January and have traveled from China to Thailand (with a transfer in Bahrain) then going through Morocco (with a transfer in Spain), Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and now into Mexico.

So far, they’ve spent nearly $17,000 to make their way to the U.S. and are using a mix of cash, bank cards and app-based payments. Unlike many migrants, who will pay smugglers to guide them, this migrant designed all the routes himself, including through dangerous rainforests. 

"The Mexican Immigration Bureau has been very strict these days," he said. "Spending money may not solve the problem, but fortunately, I have two children, and they actually take much better care of children and women."

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Some migrants have been pictured expressing support for President Biden, while Republicans have accused the administration of encouraging the flow with its reversal of Trump-era policies, a claim the administration has rejected. But the migrant Fox spoke to expressed indifference about who is running the country.

Migrants have different motivations for going to the U.S., some for more political or religious freedom, some because the U.S. offers benefits like health care, while others travel to America because they have lost faith in the Chinese economic recovery.

"No matter whether it is Trump or Biden, we just wanted to come to the United States. I am not worried about my legal identity problem, because as long as we arrive in the United States, there will always be a way to solve the identity problem. We want to go to the United States mainly for our children and to give them a better future."

There are risks not only on the journey but even in China. One can be detained and fined nearly $1,500 for obtaining fraudulent travel documents.

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"My English is not very good, and I don't know anyone in the United States. Once I get to the United States, I know I have to start all over again. But I want to live a good life in the future, and I want my children to be educated well. I strive to take root in the United States as soon as possible."

Another migrant Fox spoke to was in his late 30s and had worked in the poultry business. Inspired by others who had moved to the U.S., he also flew to Ecuador via Thailand and then moved over to Mexico but was deported. He also believes Mexican authorities are targeting the Chinese.

He also didn’t express concern or interest in the U.S. political situation.

"I don’t care, I just want to make money, and the United States is the country to go," he said. 

He also posted on Douyin, including about his experience of being removed from Mexico. In the comment sections of his videos, there were many comments suggesting he will be welcomed by the Chinese community in different locations. 

China is one of more than 150 countries represented among migrants arriving at the southern border. Some officials and Republican lawmakers have raised concerns that single adults entering from the geopolitical foe could pose a national security threat.

"There have been numerous documented instances of Chinese nationals, at the direction of the CCP, engaging in espionage, stealing military and economic secrets," a group of Republican senators warned last year.

Fox News staff contributed to this report.

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Ronna McDaniel clashes with NBC News host in heated interview: 'Do you owe this country an apology?'

Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel clashed with NBC News host Kristen Welker on Sunday during a contentious interview after she was hired by NBC to be a contributor. 

Welker questioned McDaniel's support for Trump as the head of the RNC during the heated interview, and asked if McDaniel enabled the former president to "spread election lies." Liberals, including many figures within NBC, have lambasted the network for hiring McDaniel, calling the move "appalling."

McDaniel argued there were concerns about the election in 2020 and said she had to see them through at the time, but added that Biden was fairly elected president. 

"I think it's fair to say there were concerns then, but no, Biden is the president, and we need to move forward and this is important for our country," she said. 

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"I think what people struggle with is, by the time Jan. 6 happened, all of those court cases, more than 60 court cases had already been litigated. Donald Trump had lost, the Supreme Court said they’re not going to take up concerns; as the head of the RNC, did you not have a responsibility to say Joe Biden won?" Welker asked. 

McDaniel argued that she had said that Biden won. 

"At the time? At the time, before January 6th? Before January 6th, and you're still saying there are concerns this morning as you sit here," Welker said. 

"Saying there's concerns about the election doesn't mean he didn't win, and that's the only thing I'm going to say," McDaniel responded.

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"Do you, to the people who feel like you enabled Donald Trump and his lies about the election, do you owe people an apology? Do you owe this country an apology?" Welker pressed. 

McDaniel said she looked back after elections to make sure it was done in a "transparent and fair way," and condemned the January 6th riot at the Capitol. 

Welker also pressed McDaniel to admit Biden had won the election "fair and square," after playing a clip of an interview from 2023, during which she did she said the race was not fair.

"Can you say, as you sit here today, did Joe Biden win the election fair and square?" Welker asked.

"He won, he’s the legitimate president," McDaniel responded. Welker asked again if Biden had won fair and square. 

"Fair and square, he won, it's certified, it's done," she said, as Welker questioned why it took her so long to say this. "I’m going to push back a little, because I do think it’s fair to say there were problems in 2020, and to say that does not mean he’s not the legitimate president."

McDaniel resigned from her post at the RNC after Super Tuesday, as previously reported by Fox News Digital.

McDaniel will not appear on MSNBC despite the announcement Friday she would appear across NBC platforms.

Before the interview, Welker stressed to viewers she was uninvolved with McDaniel's hiring as an analyst and said it would be a "news" conversation. Afterwards during a panel discussion on "Meet The Press," Chuck Todd lambasted NBC for bringing on McDaniel and said Welker had been put in a difficult position, calling on network honchos to apologize.

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Following Schumer and Biden comments on Jewish state, locals have a message: 'Stay out of Israeli politics'

JERUSALEM – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., should not interfere with Israel’s internal politics and President Biden is turning on the Jewish state out of his own political interests ahead of the U.S. national elections in November. These are just some of the views Israelis in Jerusalem’s bustling Machane Yehuda food market expressed to Fox News Digital earlier this week. 

Shoppers expressed disappointment with recent comments made by Schumer criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and suggesting it was time for Israelis to hold new elections. Speaking at a virtual gathering of Republican senators on Wednesday, Netanyahu hit back at Schumer, a lifetime supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official, calling his comments "wholly inappropriate and outrageous," according to reports.

Israelis interviewed by Fox News Digital shared a similar sentiment when asked what they thought about Schumer’s call for a new election.

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"I don't think it's Schumer's place to comment on the politics in Israel or tell us we need to do a re-election," one shopper told Fox News Digital. 

Another said Schumer "should worry about his own re-election and try to stay out of Israeli politics." 

"We know how to handle ourselves," he said. 

"We had elections," another of those interviewed stated. "We have a government that was elected. He understands democracy. He knows Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East."

Shoppers were also asked if they felt that the president, who spoke to Netanyahu by phone earlier in the week and reportedly demanded he send a delegation to Washington to discuss Israel’s strategy in its five-month-old war in Gaza, had turned on Israel.  

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"He is turning a little bit on Israel as a strategy because he, Biden, wants to win the next U.S. election," one Israeli interviewed told Fox News Digital. 

"Unfortunately, that’s the main issue with politicians," another person interviewed said. "They have their own concerns and not for the well-being of all the people."

Others said they did not trust Biden, called him a liar and noted that the U.S. leader "is not in the soundest of minds, so whatever he says it’s here today it could be gone tomorrow."

"President Trump was the only president who really understood the true alliance with Israel and bucked the anti-Israel foreign policy of the foreign policy of America," said another shopper. 

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Fox News Digital also asked those in Jerusalem, a city known for its more conservative views as compared to Israel’s second-largest city of Tel Aviv, if elections were held in Israel today who they might vote for.

One man said he would vote for Netanyahu, while others hesitated, noting that while it would be difficult to cast a vote for Netanyahu after the horrific terror attack carried out by Hamas terrorists on southern Israel on Oct. 7, they also felt that there were no viable alternative options.

"It would be very difficult for me to vote for Bibi Netanyahu again… after what has happened," one man said, referring to the Israeli leader by his nickname. "I would have to look into alternative but similar options." 

Another person responded that she wouldn't vote for Netanyahu "because I just think he was too long as prime minister in Israel, it's time for a change."

Netanyahu is the longest-serving leader in Israel’s history. First elected prime minister in 1996, Netanyahu took the country through five rounds of snap elections after failing to secure a clear majority of votes needed in order to establish a government. In 2022, following the fifth election, Netanyahu, 74, joined forces with far-right and ultra-religious parties to finally form a government. In the months leading up to the Oct. 7 terror attack, Israelis had been holding mass weekly demonstrations against his government’s plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary. 

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Bill Maher panics over Trump's gain with young voters: Biden might lose 'because hot dogs cost more'

"Real Time" host Bill Maher is sounding the alarm on former President Trump's gain among young voters, suggesting on Friday night the impact of inflation could ultimately hurt President Biden at the ballot box. 

"What is it with this guy? Always gaining with the people he's supposed to be losing," Maher complained on Friday during a panel discussion. "Now he is up five points among 18 to 29!… 65% of Gen Zers say that they believe Trump would shake up the country for the better. See, this is the problem. It's that there are two kinds of voters: voters who know things and voters who just go by feelings."

"And yes, Trump, I get it. He appears robust more [than Biden]" Maher conceded before comparing Trump's "yellow hair" and red tie to McDonalds. "Kids love a brand. It's a brand."

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Former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke responded by suggesting young voters like the "shock value" and "entertainment" that comes from Trump and how he's a "master of distraction and attention," which draws in voters. O'Rourke went on to argue that the Biden administration has been championing causes of young Americans like climate change and gun control. ABC News contributor Sarah Isgur told Maher young people are "incredibly frustrated with the establishment" and they see the establishment's attacks towards Trump who they see as a "rebel."

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Later in the discussion, Maher theorized that Trump is winning over young voters because he's a "great liar," pointing to his rhetoric over the cost of food. 

"Here's what he's been saying about food: ‘Food that costs 40, 50, 60% more than it did a few years ago.' Well, food is up like 20% since Biden became president, not all his fault," Maher said. "Trump says bacon ‘up five times.’ Well, it's up 12%. See, this is a big problem when you don't know anything."

"I have a feeling Biden's gonna lose this election because hot dogs cost more," Maher added. 

The HBO host went on to read quotes young voters gave to The Washington Post, one being "When Trump was president, there wasn’t inflation. We could afford food."  Another he read, 'Trump- there was no inflation. Prices really skyrocketed since Biden took over."

"You see, we were just kind of lucky for 20 years and there wasn't much inflation," Maher reacted. "So maybe you've never lived in a time when there was inflation. So you think ‘Oh, you know, Trump- no inflation. Biden- inflation. We vote Trump!’" 

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Maher later pointed to numbers during Presidant Reagan's successful 1984 election when inflation, unemployment and interest rates were higher than they currently are in 2024.

"A little bit is our expectations are different, is it not?" Maher asked. 

Isgur responded by stressing the impact of social media and how "the loudest, angriest, most outrageous voices" are telling voters what to be "pissed off at" and motivating them to vote because they "hate the other guy."

"That's why we can't have nice things," Isgur quipped. 

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Stormy Daniels claims she never trusted attorney Michael Avenatti, who 'used his powers for evil'

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels said Thursday that she never trusted her disgraced former attorney Michael Avenatti, who is now in prison, claiming on "The View" that she had "no choice" but to hire him. 

Daniels was asked about Avenatti, who initially represented her in her litigation against Donald Trump that made her a household name in 2018. 

"So for a while, he was kind of seen like a liberal darling, someone who was championing your cause, supporting you, but when did you realize that something wasn’t right with this guy?" co-host Sara Haines asked.

Daniels said she knew "from the beginning," and said she was "never alone with him." She told the show's co-hosts to watch her face in the new documentary "Stormy" when the two interact, claiming she wasn't buying any of this "bull." Avenatti was eventually convicted of fraud and identity theft for stealing $300,000 from Daniels.

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Co-host Joy Behar asked Daniels, "why did you use him in the first place?"

"Because I didn't have a choice," Daniels responded. "No one would touch my case at all because either they didn't want to be associated with the adult film business or they didn't want to go against Trump." 

Daniels also said in some cases, she couldn't afford it. 

"And Michael did listen, he did believe me, he had his own motives, but he did believe me. He only took $100," she continued. 

She said Avenatti was a "brilliant man," but lamented that he "chose to use his powers for evil" before making a crude remark about his imprisonment.

"That is so sad," she said. "Because he has more power than I could ever hope to have, because he is a White man and he didn't show his [private parts] on camera. But he's probably showing it somewhere else now."

The disgraced lawyer became popular in the liberal media, as he made hundreds of appearances on CNN, MSNBC and elsewhere after taking on Daniels as a client, Fox News Digital previously reported. At one point, Daniels and Avenatti posed for a Vogue photo shoot.

"Daniels clearly trusts and relies on Avenatti, but she also treats him like a lovable, well-meaning stepbrother who forgot to take his Ritalin," reporter Amy Chozick wrote in the Vogue feature.

"The View" co-host Ana Navarro compared Avenatti to the "Holy Spirit" during an episode of the show in 2018. At one point, Avenatti even served as a "guest co-host" for the ABC gabfest, and he flirted with a Democratic presidential run.

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"Lately to me, you're like the Holy Spirit," she said. "You are all places at all times. Right? I do, I see you all over cable news."

Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2022 for cheating four former clients out of millions of dollars and trying to obstruct the IRS from collecting payroll taxes from a coffee shop that he owned. 

He was also already serving a five-year prison sentence for stealing $300,000 from Daniels and attempting to extort footwear manufacturer Nike out of $25 million. 

Avenatti appeared across all the major cable news networks over 250 times between February 2018 and 2019, according to the Media Research Center. 

Fox News' Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.

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Wildfire response plans overhauled in Greece ahead of summer fire season

Greek authorities presented new plans Thursday for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers, including changes in the deployment of firefighting aircraft and increased staffing in specialized forest firefighting units.

The new plans come after massive fires last year killed more than 20 people and decimated vast tracts of forest and farmland, including a blaze in northeastern Greece which raged out of control for about two weeks, growing into the largest wildfire recorded in a European Union country since the European Forest Fire Information System began keeping records in 2000.

The government has pointed to a changing climate and extreme weather that has included drier winters and more frequent summer heatwaves as contributing to an increased risk of forest fires.

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The new plans were presented by the head of the fire department, Lt. Gen. Theodoros Vagias, to coincide with International Day of Forests on March 21.

"This is a big fight for us. It’s climate crisis, it's a time of need," Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said, speaking at the presentation. "We’re going to have a huge effort this summer to do the best of what we can do, to the best of our abilities, in order to be able to protect Greeks, protect tourists, protect their houses, and protect, of course, the wildlife and our forests."

The changes include having water-dropping aircraft take off in the initial stages of the outbreak of a wildfire instead of waiting for a request for air support from ground firefighting crews once the blaze has already spread, and having more fire trucks deploy in the initial stages of any wildfire.

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The number of specialized forest firefighting crews will increase from six to 16, including 10 that will be able to deploy rapidly by aircraft, while forestry units will be deployed on the ground with firefighters for better coordination during fires.

Greece is also seeking to increase its water-dropping aircraft fleet with seven new Canadair planes over the next few years. The aircraft are the main means of aerial firefighting used in Greece and several other European countries, and Greek lawmakers were expected to approve a bill Thursday regarding the purchase.

The procurement is for five new planes with a six-ton water capacity, along with two additional aircraft to be obtained through the European Union’s civil protection RescEU program that assists member states in the handling of disasters, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said Thursday.

Marinakis said the first two planes would be delivered to Greece in 2027, one more in 2028 and another in 2029, with the remaining three arriving in 2030.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to travel to Canada on Sunday for meetings that are expected to include the signing of the Canadair deal.

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TikTok creators speak to app's positive economic, social impact as possible ban looms

Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job.

Then he started posting random jokes and commentary about pop culture and politics on TikTok. Just over 2.5 million followers later, he quit his nine-to-five and recently booked his first nationwide tour.

Pearlman is among the many TikTok creators across the U.S. outraged over a bipartisan bill passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell its stake. The bill still needs to go through the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.

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Content creators say a ban would hurt countless people and businesses that rely on TikTok for a significant portion of their income, while also arguing TikTok has become an unrivaled platform for dialogue and community.

Pearlman, who lives outside Philadelphia, said TikTok has transformed his life, allowing him to live a dream, provide for his family and spend the first three months of his newborn son's life at home. His customer service job only offered paternity leave equivalent to three weeks off, with two weeks paid.

"I don’t take a day for granted on this app, because it’s been so shocking," said Pearlman, 39. "In reality, TikTok has been the driver of American social media for the last four years. Something will step into that place if TikTok vanishes tomorrow. Whether or not that will be better or worse, Congress has no way of knowing."

TikTok, which launched in 2016, has skyrocketed in popularity, growing faster than Instagram, YouTube or Facebook. The push to remove the app from Chinese authority follows concerns from lawmakers, law enforcement and intelligence officials about the insecurity of user data, potential suppression of content unfavorable to the Chinese government and the possibility that the platform could boost pro-Beijing propaganda, all of which TikTok denies.

To date, the U.S. government hasn't provided any evidence showing TikTok shared U.S. user data with Chinese authorities.

The move comes as the pandemic saw huge growth in digital marketing as people were stuck at home consuming — and creating — content at levels not seen before.

Jensen Savannah, a 29-year-old from Charlotte, began making TikToks of her travels around the Carolinas during the pandemic. Now a full-time influencer, she has tripled her income since leaving her telecommunications sales job.

"'Social media Influencer' is almost to be looked at as the new print and the new form of radio and TV advertising," she said. "It’s going to bring your dollar much farther than it is in traditional marketing."

Some creators describe it as a digital equalizer of sorts, providing a platform for people of color and other marginalized groups to get opportunities and exposure.

"I’ve always had Twitter, I’ve had Facebook, I’ve had Instagram. But TikTok was the first one where, if you want to find somebody who looks like yourself and represents you in any type of way, you can find it," said Joshua Dairen, a Black, 30-year-old content creator in Auburn, Alabama. Dairen makes videos about his state's ghost stories, urban legends and history.

Growing up, he loved researching everything paranormal, but he didn't see a lot of Black representation in the field. Exposure on TikTok has led to jobs writing freelance pieces and contributing to documentaries about paranormal occurrences and unsolved mysteries. The app also gave Dairen the flexibility and confidence to open his own coffee shop, where he gets visits at least once a day from fans of his work.

He thinks banning TikTok sets "a dangerous precedent about how much power our highest levels of government can wield."

Others say the app is both a financial and social safety net.

Chris Bautista, a food truck owner in Los Angeles catering to television and movie sets, started using TikTok during the pandemic to connect with members of the LGBTQ+ community and show support for those who might be having a hard time.

Bautista, 37, grew up in a conservative Christian community outside LA and didn't come out until his late 20s. As a young person, he struggled with his mental health and considered suicide. He wanted to create a platform he could have used as a teenager, one showing that someone like him could go to that dark place and come out the other side a "well-adjusted, confident person."

"I just find the corners of TikTok that I find myself in to be so wildly important and profound," according to Bautista, who said it would be "heartbreaking" if the app was banned.

Bautista didn't start posting with the intention of monetizing the experience, but money from projects tied to the app came at the right time: If it wasn't for the extra income he earned through TikTok during the pandemic and then the Hollywood strikes last year, his business would have shut down.

Almost since its inception, concerns have been raised about the addictive nature of the app, especially for young audiences whose minds are still developing. Marcus Bridgewater, a former private school teacher and administrator who owns his own business and posts TikTok gardening videos, wants Congress to be focused on those issues, and not whether the app is Chinese-owned.

"Social media is a powerful tool," said Bridgewater, who lives in Spring, Texas. "And powerful tools are just that: They are capable of helping us transcend ourselves, but in their transcendence, they’re also capable of completely severing us from those we love."

Pearlman said he has long feared politicians would come after TikTok. He compared the experience of finding out about the House vote to finally getting the call that an ailing loved one has died.

"The part that’s disturbing to me is, I feel like for a lot of Americans, TikTok and social media in general is a release valve — it’s kind of become a default complaint box," he said. "So to many people, it feels like they’re trying to ban the complaint box instead of dealing with the complaint."

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GOP bill looks to stop DHS from grounding air marshals at southern border

FIRST ON FOX: Republicans are introducing legislation to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from deploying federal air marshals to the southern border to help with the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, has introduced the No FAMS At The Border Act. The bill, which was introduced with Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, would block federal air marshals from being deployed to the southern and northern borders unless the Biden administration certifies to Congress that there is a crisis at the border.

It is companion legislation to a bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has previously grilled officials on the deployment of marshals to the border.

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Air marshals have been deployed to the border on multiple occasions, including in 2019 and in 2021. Marshals in 2021 were initially sought to go to the border on a voluntary basis, but it later changed to mandatory deployments. The move was controversial, sparking what was described as a "mutiny" from marshals.

At the time, it was reported that deployments would leave just 1-in-100 flights with agents on board, one-eighth of its normal coverage.

During the peak of the crisis, a number of law enforcement agencies were deployed to the border, sparking criticism about the usefulness of the deployments, where often highly trained employees were processing and conducting welfare checks.

DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the legislation, but officials have noted that marshals were deployed to the border during the Trump administration, and have also been deployed to support the U.N. General Assembly and hurricane recovery, among other missions. Officials have said that any such deployment, which is on a reimbursable basis, is temporary and that air marshals will continue to support the agency's critical mission on the ground and onboard aircraft.

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Hinson, in a statement, called the deployments to the border "unjustifiable" and said they left a "concerning void in our aviation security."

"Our bill will prevent Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas from dodging accountability, perpetuating the border crisis, and making Americans less safe not only in their daily lives but on flights, too," she said.

Pfluger called the deployments a "concerning trend" and that it jeopardizes flight security, urging the administration to "enforce the laws already on the books to end the crisis at the border instead of diverting essential security officials away from their crucial roles."

The bill also has the support of the Air Marshal National Council (AMNC).

"On behalf of Federal Air Marshals nationwide, the Air Marshal National Council strongly supports Rep. Hinson's legislation to prohibit the ongoing deployment of Air Marshals to our border," David Londo, president of the AMNC, said in a statement. "It is time to put the American people we’re proud to protect and serve first, and get Air Marshals back in the air, especially during this time of increased threats to our homeland." 

The bill comes at a time when Republicans are feuding with the administration over how to handle the ongoing crisis. Republicans have said that the Biden administration needs to change its policies and can fix the crisis.

The administration, however, says it needs more funding from Congress and comprehensive immigration reform, as it is working within a "broken" immigration system.

President Biden recently renewed his calls for Congress to pass a bipartisan Senate deal to increase resources and staffing on the border. However, it has been rejected by conservatives who say it does not go far enough in lowering releases into the interior.

The House passed a sweeping Republican signature border bill last year, but that has failed to win over the support of the administration, who has said the bill would make things worse, not better, and "trample on the Nation’s core values and international obligations." 

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Speaker Johnson tells Republicans campaigning against each other in primaries to ‘cool it’: report

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is telling Republicans who are going after sitting GOP lawmakers in contentious primaries to "knock it off," in order to tamp down on divisions within the party, according to a report. 

Johnson, R-La., attended the House Republicans’ annual member retreat at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, last week to unify the often-fractious conference as at least four sitting Republicans in South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia are going to battle against Republican challengers.

"I’ve asked them all to cool it," Johnson told CNN during the retreat. "I am vehemently opposed to member-on-member action in primaries because it’s not productive. And it causes division for obvious reasons, and we should not be engaging in that."

Johnson is trying to figure out how to guide his razor-thin majority through a series of legislative hurdles that divide Republicans, including how to provide military aid for Ukraine, finish government funding and reauthorize a federal surveillance program – all while trying to make a case that voters should re-elect a GOP House majority.

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"So I’m telling everyone who’s doing that to knock it off," Johnson told the outlet, referring to challenging incumbents within the GOP. "And both sides, they’ll say, ‘Well, we didn’t start it, they started it.’"

Johnson took the speaker's gavel late last year after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from office in a historic move that left Republicans deeply divided and mired in dysfunction.

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Johnson told Fox News Digital last week that he is aiming to stay at the helm of the House GOP next year regardless of whether they keep the House majority.

"I have not given a lot of thought about the next Congress, because I'm so busy with my responsibility right now," Johnson said. "My intention is to stay as speaker, stay in leadership, because we're laying a lot of important groundwork right now for the big work that we'll be doing."

Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Massage parlor owner busted after allegedly forcing employee into 'big' and 'small' prostitution jobs

A Minnesota massage parlor owner was arrested after allegedly holding a woman captive in a "small room" and using her as a prostitute for customers, authorities say. 

Authorities in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, received a 911 phone call last Saturday from a "screaming female" and responded to Massage Therapy in Willmar, according to court documents. 

The "screaming female" did not speak English, and the responding officer used a language translation app to communicate with the woman upon arrival, while awaiting a Mandarin translator who could speak to the woman by phone. The woman was described in court documents, which were reviewed by Fox News Digital, as "crying loudly" on the floor. 

Meanwhile, the officer also saw the owner of the massage parlor, identified as 55-year-old Ying He, in the parlor. The victim, whose name and age have not been released, told police that Ying allegedly hit her over the head, and that she felt "dizzy and had a headache."

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The woman added in comments to a translator that Ying did not let her "drink water, cook food, turn on lights, and confined her to a small room," according to the court documents. 

The victim "stated that she gave a 30-minute massage to a customer that day and when the customer asked for more work to be done, her boss became upset with her and ended up hitting her on the head," the records show. 

The woman was transported to a local hospital and treated for her injuries. She told police that she was flown from California to Minnesota on March 3, and had been confined and living in the massage parlor since, where the owner monitored her movements, from eating to showering.

The woman said she paid a Los Angeles agency $100 to help find employment at a massage parlor that did not sell "sex."

The woman accepted the job, under the pretenses that upon her arrival in Minnesota, her new boss would reimburse her half the plane ticket. Instead, according to the woman’s comments to police, she alleged that once she arrived, Ying watched all of her movements and forced her into sex work. 

The victim said she was locked in a small room when she was not with customers and instructed to "do whatever the customer wanted her to do." The woman told police that she was instructed to perform sex acts on the customers, including "small" jobs and "big" jobs.

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"Small job meant assisting with hands masturbating the customer. Big job meant having sexual intercourse with the customer," the court doc reads. 

The woman said she was fearful of fleeing the parlor because the owner "would find her and He's boss in LA was a lawyer for the courts."

Police reviewed surveillance footage from the parlor after Ying denied hitting the woman or holding her captive, and found footage showing the owner hitting the victim on "the right side of her head."

The footage, according to the court documents, showed a male customer exit a massage room and enter a separate room while the victim and Ying stood in the hallway, with the parlor owner allegedly speaking and "gesturing" at the victim. Ying then ran down the hallway toward the victim, stopping right in front of her, apparently sparking concern from the client waiting in the massage parlor. 

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"The client then ran out into the hallway in his underwear as though he had heard something, then went back into the room," court documents state. 

The massage parlor owner returned to the room where the client was located, before going back into the hallway and allegedly hitting the victim, according to the footage. 

The victim was then seen falling and pulling out her cellphone, the documents detailed, citing the surveillance footage. 

Police responded shortly after and Ying was arrested. 

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Ying was charged with one felony charge of soliciting an individual to practice prostitution and two misdemeanors for operating a disorderly house and fifth-degree assault. She’s being held on a $150,000 bond and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. 

Authorities conducted DNA tests in the massage parlor rooms amid their investigation, and also found two sex toys, described as whips, in one massage room.

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Siege after US gunman kills three in Pennsylvania

Police are at the scene in New Jersey after a suspect shot dead three people in nearby Falls Township.

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Tornadoes and funnel clouds hit US states

A storm system struck Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, where multiple warnings were issued.

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Horner accuser to appeal against complaint dismissal

The woman who made accusations about Christian Horner's behaviour is to appeal against Red Bull's decision to dismiss her complaint.

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