The Global Update

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has denied allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in 2023, according to newly filed court documents.  Retzlaff, 22, is being sued for alleged battery, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress from an alleged assault at Retzlaff’s apartment in November 2023, according to a lawsuit filed in Utah last month.  He has…

Musician Azealia Banks said on Wednesday she canceled her performances at two upcoming U.K. festivals because they asked her to make anti-Israel statements on stage. The rapper and singer took to X earlier this week to announce that she was pulling out of the Maiden Voyage Festival in London, as well as the Boomtown Festival…

OTTAWA, Canada – While Iran’s retaliatory military attacks against Israel have ended, the Canadian government department responsible for national security is monitoring “the residual impact of the evolving situation in the Middle East,” according to a spokesperson for Public Safety Canada. “Canada’s law enforcement agencies remain on alert,” Noémie Allard said in a statement provided…

I’m sorry to report that the theater kids in the Democrat Party are at it again, this time quite literally and in Washington’s jewel of the performing arts, the Kennedy Center. On Monday night, Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., put on the “Love is Love” concert co-hosted by Democrat Sens. Tammy Baldwin , of Wisconsin; Jacky Rosen,…

Prolific filmmaker James Cameron called the movie “Oppenheimer” a “moral cop-out” because it did not show the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “Yeah, it’s interesting what he stayed away from. Look, I love the filmmaking, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out,” Cameron said in…

The new Mr. and Mrs. Bezos are out and about the day after saying, “I do” in a lavish Italian wedding. On Saturday, Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos were seen arriving at Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy. The couple smiled and waved at the masses as they were escorted by bodyguards. In some photos,…

The Justice Department, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, has abruptly fired at least three federal prosecutors involved in cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to multiple reports. Among those dismissed were two supervisory attorneys who oversaw Capitol riot prosecutions in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., and a line prosecutor…

Rep. John McGuire, R-Va., welcomed 21-year-old Seth McCready home from Israel this week, as the State Department issued a security alert for U.S. citizens traveling worldwide and the conflict between Israel and Iran raged on.  McCready talked to Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday after he…

A new poll from Pew Research Center highlighted President Donald Trump’s growing coalition of racially and ethnically diverse voters, Thursday.  The Pew Research Center poll, which the organization calls “a study of the 2024 election, based on validated voters,” said that Trump made up extensive ground with Hispanic voters, Black voters and Asian voters.  It found that…

Caitlin Clark might only be in her second season in the WNBA, but what she’s already done for women’s basketball is enough for Cooper Flagg to place her on his Mount Rushmore.  During his introductory press conference after being selected first overall by the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, the Duke product was asked what players…