Climate change: World's hottest day since records began

Monday 3 July was the warmest day yet recorded with temperatures averaging over 17C for the first time.

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Former South Florida police officer pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud

A former South Florida police officer pleaded guilty Monday to stealing about $285,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.

Former Miami-Dade police officer Samuel Harris, 43, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Miami federal court, according to court documents. He faces up to 20 years in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Sept. 25.

According to court documents, Harris falsely claimed in a June 2020 Paycheck Protection Program loan application that his business, Oregen Digital Inc., had 10 employees and a monthly payroll of more than $50,000. Prosecutors said Harris was able to obtain a forgivable loan of $125,579.

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Harris also falsely claimed in a Economic Injury Disaster Loan application submitted to the Small Business Administration that Oregen had annual gross revenues of more than $859,000 and 10 employees. Prosecutors said Harris received a $10,000 advance that did not need to be repaid and $149,900 in loan proceeds.

The Paycheck Protection Program involves billions of dollars in forgivable small-business loans for Americans struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money must be used to pay employees, mortgage interest, rent and utilities. It is part of the coronavirus relief package that became federal law in 2020. The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is designed to provide economic relief to small businesses that are experiencing a temporary loss of revenue.

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Watch: Explosions and gunfire as BBC reports from Jenin

Yolande Knell is near the camp where Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants are fighting.

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Nigel Farage: Banks warned against closing accounts

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says she is concerned banks are shutting accounts for the wrong reasons.

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Wimbledon 2023: Lauren Davies takes best shot of day one

Watch the best shots from day one of Wimbledon, including a 'phenomenal' winner by Lauren Davies and epic rallies with Britain's Liam Broady & Harriet Dart.

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Rickie Fowler captures first PGA Tour win since 2019 at Rocket Mortgage Classic

For the first time since 2019, Rickie Fowler is lifting a PGA Tour trophy. 

Fowler, who came close to his first career major win at the 2023 U.S. Open, defeated Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa in a playoff hole to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. 

As you’d expect for someone that lost his swing for awhile before finding it again, Fowler saw his putt go in, and he looked to the sky and breathed a sigh of relief as the crowd around the green cheered. 

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All three golfers were 24-under when 72 holes came to an end, leading to the playoff hole on 18. Fowler’s approach shot allowed him a birdie opportunity, and after Hadwin and Morikawa couldn’t make it in the cup, he knew he had a chance to finish it off. 

Fowler, who has been putting great of late, had a confident stroke. It tumbled from left to right and found the bottom of the hole. 

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Fowler has consistently said, "I’m not scared to fail," because he has been to rock bottom, being cut from tournaments in recent seasons and missing out on major appearances. That mindset, along with reuniting with swing coach Butch Harmon, has allowed him to swing freely and he has been hunting flag sticks since the end of 2022 leading into this year. 

"Really the main thing is just get back to playing golf and not playing too much golf swing," Fowler told Fox News Digital before playing in the 2022 PGA Championship. "Still working on things I knew I needed to do, and Butch knew I needed to do as well and getting into some better positions. But at the end of the day, keeping the mind pretty free of swing thoughts other than maybe one or two key things to focus on. Exaggerating quite a bit in practice so that I don’t have to think about it too much while I play, and that’s been one of the biggest things. Being able to go out and play golf and hit shots and not be thinking too much about the golf swing."

Fowler ended up being cut in the PGA Championship, as Oak Hill Country Club was troubling for many other top names like Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm. 

However, the 2023 U.S. Open was a completely different animal, as he was tied for the lead with Wyndham Clark going into the final round on Sunday. Fowler couldn’t keep pace as that first major victory still alludes him. 

But you can bet he is loving every second of victory in Detroit on Sunday, as he can finally hold some hardware again, realizing all the hard work and persistence to get back to the top of golf has paid off. 

This is Fowler’s seventh PGA Tour victory, with the last coming at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Feb. 3, 2019. 

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Enough! French police unions condemn 'savage hordes' forcing Macron into action

As the violence spiraled out of control in parts of France, two unions representing many of the country's police demanded Friday that the government of Emmanuel Macron act immediately and support them as they counter the rioters.

The statement posted on social media from Alliance Police Nationale and UNSA police seems to have gotten their message across as more police have been sent to stop the unrest. "In the face of these savage hordes, calling for calm is not enough, we need to impose it, to re-establish order in the republic and put those arrested beyond where they can act up," the translated statement read.

It also made it clear that it if the police didn't get the political support needed in putting down the violence, they could take action. "Today the police are in combat because we are at war, tomorrow we will be in resistance and the government should realize that."

The strongly worded statement noted that its members and the majority of citizens could no longer put up with the dictates of a few. "The time isn't for union action but to combat or battle these irritants to surrender, capitulate and please them… All the options must be put in place to reinstate the fastest possible the law of the state." Other reports said the police unions were waging a war against what they termed as "vermin."

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The head of the National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions disavowed the police union statement. 

Barron's reported that one far left-wing politician condemned the police unions' statement; former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon tweeted "unions' calling for civil war should learn to keep quiet."

Richard Landes, a retired Boston University professor of history who is currently in Paris and has written about France, told Fox News Digital, "The police would never have said that in 2005. But since then there has been a stealth war on the police, with some specifically targeted. I expected the police to behave more docile now than in 2005 because they have been targeted by radical Islamists. That statement is remarkable."

In 2005, two French Muslim teenagers saw a police van cross their path and they fled. The police chased the boys, who hid in a dangerous power substation, where they died due to electrocution. The police said it was an accident and the deaths triggered three weeks of rioting across France. Rioters torched cars and public property. Immigrants and French of largely North African origin who live in housing projects stoked most of the violence. The French government declared a state of emergency in November 2005 to prevent further violence.

On Friday the government announced it was putting some 45,000 police on duty to take on the rioters since the death of the 17-year-old Nahel M., whose last name has not been released. Police pulled over the teenager in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning during a traffic stop.

An officer appeared to shoot Nahel as the car suddenly pulls away, traveling only a short distance before crashing, with Nahel dying at the scene. Police took the offending officer into custody and opened an investigation into charges of voluntary manslaughter, with charges brought against him on Friday.

Reuters reported that, in an interview with French television, the police officer's lawyer, Laurent-Franck Lienard, said his client had aimed at the driver's leg but was bumped when the car took off, causing him to shoot toward his chest. "Obviously (the officer) didn't want to kill the driver," he said according to the report.

Since Tuesday some 200 police officers have been injured. The number of people arrested as of Sunday morning had grown to more than 3,000.

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Macron faced criticism on Friday for being aloof and dancing at an Elton John concert in Paris as France was engulfed in fire and violence.

The dramatic statement from the police unions about waging "resistance" against their employer, the French government, appears to have jolted France’s interior minister and Macron to embrace a hawkish crackdown on the widespread anarchy and violence.

France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin took to Twitter to praise the police for their "resolute action." He wrote the actions of law enforcement led to a "calmer night" on Saturday.

Landes said the public are mostly sympathetic about the crackdown. "I talked to one person in a bike shop. He said ‘They are not riots. They are pillaging.’"

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He said over the last 20 years people have become "more aware of the problems." Landes termed the response by the press and intellectuals to the riots in 2005 as "naiveté."

When asked about reports that the protesters have legitimate grievances, Landes said, "Sure. But that hardly legitimizes what they are doing." He continued, "There may be discrimination, and there is discrimination in every culture. Being an immigrant is not easy." But, he added, there is a strong dimension of hostility toward France by some of the country's Muslims that he claimed refuse to assimilate.

Fox News' Peter Aitken, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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South Korea draws hard line on North Korean aid no longer a 'support department' for dictatorship

The government of South Korea is warning that its Unification Ministry is no longer interested in giving blanket support to its northern neighbors.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced the shift in posture toward North Korea Sunday after appointing a conservative head to the ministry, according to a report from Yonhap News Agency.

"So far, the unification ministry has operated as if it were a support department for North Korea, and that shouldn't be the case anymore," Yoon said, according to senior presidential press secretary Kim Eun-hye. 

"Now, it's time for the unification ministry to change."

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South Korea's Unification Ministry is tasked with maintaining contact with its northern neighbor since the peninsula was split in two following the Korean War.

The ministry has throughout its history pivoted in different directions depending on warming and cooling of relations with North Korea.

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Tensions between the North and South have frayed during President Biden's administration amid increased U.S.-South Korea military exercises and weapon testing in North Korea.

The hermit kingdom has also returned to an aggressively anti-American posture in solidarity with its allies, Russia and China.

"From now on, the Unification Ministry must carry out its proper responsibilities in accordance with the constitutional principles that unification must be based on liberal democratic order," Yoon reportedly told staff. 

"The unification that we pursue must be one in which all the people from the South and the North enjoy better lives and are treated better as human beings," he added.

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The false French riot posts spreading online

A number of false and misleading claims about the French riots have been circulating on social media.

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New Jersey: Dramatic rescue as helicopter pulls firefighters from river

The boat had stalled and went over the edge of a dam during a rescue mission in New Jersey in the US.

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Drivers sound off on course conditions following fatal crash at Formula championships: 'Has to change'

Dilano van 't Hoff, an MP Motorsport driver, died on Saturday at 18 following a crash at the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine in Belgium.

Many of his competitors, though, say the tragedy was easily avoidable.

Aston Martin Formula One driver Lance Stroll said changes to the course need to be made.

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"It’s a tragic day for motorsport. We lost a driver today, so I just want everyone to think about that. My thoughts are with him today," Stroll told Sky Sports.

Stroll said that the corner of the circuit where van 't Hoff died has become way too dangerous, citing that his death is the second at the track since 2019.

"It breaks my heart what happened, and I think Eau Rouge at Spa needs some looking into, because we’ve lost two drivers now in the span of four . . . years. It’s a really dangerous corner, and we say it every year, and it’s not fair what happened today.

"I think that corner has to change. I think it’s way too dangerous, and I think every time we go through there, there’s an accident waiting to happen. Today it happened again, and we lost a young kid, and it’s not fair," Stroll continued, adding that "we have to talk about it."

Reuters notes that the portion of the track "leads into the fast and steep Raidillon right-hander and crest," leading to a "deadly record spanning decades."

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French racer Anthoine Hubert died in August 2019 at the exit of Raidillon in an F2 race at Spa-Francorchamps. Following that incident, changes were made to the area.

The track was wet, which, combined with the dangerous spot, caused "real danger," Stroll's teammate Fernando Alonso said.

"We cannot see anything. So if there is a car in the middle of the straight or whatever, that's the real danger. What happened today should not be repeated," he said.

Van ’t Hoff won the Spanish F4 championship in 2021 and was ranked 15th in the FRECA standings entering Saturday. 

A minute of silence was held before the main 24 Hours of Spa race on Saturday.

Fox News' Joe Morgan and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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London Pride in pictures: Huge crowds turn out for parade

The parade was briefly halted after protesters lined Piccadilly - but the landmark event carried on.

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Madonna recovering after serious infection Kelsea Ballerini hit in face when fan throws jewelry onstage

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Liberals lament string of Supreme Court verdicts: This truly sucks

Liberals on mainstream media outlets and on Twitter expressed outrage over a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, announced this week from the majority-conservative court. 

After the highest court in the land ruled against affirmative action policies in college admissions, ruled against President Joe Biden’s student loan bailout, and ruled in favor of a Colorado graphic designer’s free speech to refuse making wedding websites for same-sex couples – all in the span of two days – prominent liberals were dismayed. 

CNN hosts argued that the string of conservative decisions would usher in the return of Jim Crow laws, MSNBC contributors and network guests claimed they would pave the way for the end of legalized gay marriage, and other prominent liberal commentators proclaimed on Twitter that these rulings were evidence that the court had become a "MAGA political operative."

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Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Colorado web designer on Friday, CNN host Sara Sidner suggested that the discrimination the decision allows for towards LGBTQ people could manifest towards Black Americans in the form of Jim Crow laws.

On air, Sidner asked CNN correspondents, "What is your reaction to this and what the fallout may well be? A lot of people worrying about things like Jim Crow. Could somebody decide that they want Black folks to come in the back door because they don’t want them in their store? I mean, how far might this go?"

During an MSNBC broadcast covering that ruling, NYU professor Melissa Murray declared that the Supreme Court is "drunk on its own power." She added, "It’s a 6-3 conservative supermajority, and they’re basically doing what they want."

Murray also complained that the court "nonetheless issued this broad and breathtaking ruling that will dramatically change public life for millions of couples."

Sarah Kate Ellis, president of LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD slammed the decision while she was on with MSNBC, saying, "I think this is license to discriminate at the highest court. I think this is a pattern we've been seeing with the Supreme Court where they're taking away rights instead of broadening rights for marginalized communities."

In another segment of her appearance, Ellis also proclaimed that the court is "not reflecting the views of the country, of where this country wants to go." She added, "They’re pulling us back into the old stone ages as opposed to progressing us forward."

A CNN.com article penned by reporters Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole argued that the decision will induce anxiety in those worried about the safety of the court’s previous decision in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. 

The authors wrote, "The ruling – rooted in free speech grounds – will pierce state public accommodation laws for those businesses who sell so-called "expressive" goods. It is the latest victory for religious conservatives at the high court and will alarm critics who fear the current court is setting its sights on overturning the 2015 marriage case."

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On Twitter the reaction was as hyperbolic. MSNBC contributor Dean Obeidallah argued that the SCOTUS decision in the web designer’s case empowered "right wing bigots." He tweeted, "GOP Supreme Court celebrates Pride month by empowering right wing bigots to refuse service to the LGBTQ community."

MSNBC host Chris Hayes lost it over the court’s ruling against the student loan handout Friday, tweeting, "godd----- this truly truly sucks."

In another post, the host condemned the multiple conservative rulings decided by the court along with the loan decision. He wrote, "Lots of very bad things this 6-3 majority has done, (Dobbs being, imho, the worst), but them deciding you are now $10,000 poorer than you were yesterday is really a helluva thing. 

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin claimed the court's decision proves the institution is basically a pro-Trump outfit. She declared, "when the outcomes at the supreme court perfectly align with rightwing agenda the court is corrupt. it is not a court. it is acting like a MAGA political operator."

Hollywood actor and Twitter liberal George Takei railed against the web designer decision, tweeting, "I’m sorry. In America, your right to exercise your religion doesn’t give you a right to discriminate. If your business is open to the public, you don’t retain some license to discriminate based on religious belief. Religious bigotry is still bigotry. SCOTUS should be ashamed."

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Ashes 2023: Why England's Bazball style is starting to lose its shine

England's style of cricket has won many admirers but their Ashes approach is hurting the people who love them the most, says Stephan Shemilt.

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