NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant was shot and killed in Houston after he allegedly tried to ram U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during an operation, the agency said Tuesday.ICE officers were attempting to conduct a traffic stop for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen, at around 6:50 a.m., an ICE spokesperson told Fox News Digital.Araujo tried evading the ICE officers when he “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer, resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense.”ILLEGAL ALIEN ON THE RUN AFTER ALLEGEDLY RAMMING…

The average new car payment rose to an all-time high in the first quarter as American households continued to face affordability challenges in the economy. A new report by LendingTree citing data from Experian for the first quarter of 2026 found that the average monthly payment for a new vehicle rose 2.9% from a year ago to a record of $770. Lease payments on new vehicles rose at a faster rate, rising 3.2% over the last year to $619 on average in the first quarter. Used car payments saw a smaller increase over the last year, rising 1.5% to an…

UPDATE 7/7/26, 11:25 a.m. ET: Victoria Lee Robinson was not granted her request for a temporary restraining order against ex Tom Sandoval. “It’s no surprise that Victoria’s request for a restraining order was immediately denied,” a rep for Sandoval told Us in a statement following the decision. “The court granted Tom a restraining order and an immediate move-out order against both Victoria and her father. The decision came after Tom presented extensive photographic evidence, along with police reports prepared after officers reviewed all of the video footage from that night, including footage showing Victoria punching Tom in the face.” The…

Former NBA star Lamar Odom is expected to enter a plea deal in a DUI case in Las Vegas, according to his defense attorney. Odom, 46, was arrested Jan. 17 and later charged with driving under the influence, speeding and failure to stay in a driving lane. He pleaded not guilty in March. Odom plans to enter a no-contest plea that will reduce his initial DUI charge to a reckless driving charge, according to his attorney, Michael Becker. Through a no-contest plea, Odom will accept the terms of the Clark County District Attorney’s Office without admitting guilt. He was scheduled…

If four of the states suing Meta for allegedly fueling a teen mental health crisis prevail in their case, the company will be on the hook for a whopping $1.4 trillion in penalties, Meta says — a figure the tech giant blasted as “outlandish.” The Mark Zuckerberg-led company arrived at the gigantic sum — which is nearly as large as the company’s entire market cap — based on how the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have argued penalties should be calculated if they win the case. The two sides are scheduled to face off in Oakland…

A rogue ex-Citi money man could face up to 25 years in prison after he admitted to looting $3.5 million from a trusting client’s life savings, according to court filings reviewed by The Post.  Disgraced investment adviser Sung Moo “Sam” Cho, 44, pleaded guilty on June 15 to wire and investment fraud in Brooklyn federal court for stealing the funds from a wealthy Franklin Lakes, NJ, resident to fund his lavish lifestyle, the filings show. He preyed on his unnamed victim between 2023 and 2025, spending the embezzled money on fancy vacations and expensive jewelry, as well as paying off student…

Gavin Newsom’s order requiring most California state employees to report to the office four days a week is officially in effect — but a growing number of state agencies are still advertising hybrid and remote jobs. The mandate, which took effect July 1, marked the end of the flexible telework arrangements many state workers adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic and applies to roughly 108,000 employees. But as of Monday, multiple job postings on the state’s CalCareers website continued to describe positions as either “telework eligible” or offering hybrid work schedules, raising fresh questions about how broadly the governor’s return-to-office directive…

These are not Texas values, Ken Paxton says Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Ken Paxton reacts to Rep. James Talarico’s, D-Texas., radical views on Christianity and gender on ‘Hannity.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing questions after fundraising with a “female-to-male” top surgeon who previously operated on minors shortly after saying that he does not support sex-change surgeries for children.Talarico, a progressive Democrat, state lawmaker and Presbyterian seminarian, is running a highly competitive race to flip a Texas Senate seat for the first time in decades. He…

A Bay Area restaurateur has gone viral for charging parents as much as $327 for failing to control their rowdy children at his Chinese eatery Chez Xue. You You Xue, who operates two restaurants south of San Francisco, says he’s slapped financial penalties on parents of spirited tots who smashed credit card readers, carved “designs” into tables using utensils and broke teacups at his Foster City restaurant. A parental advisory shared on Yelp and X instructs parents to “Please control your children.” “Chez Xu is a family-friendly restaurant. However, we are not a playground,” the message reads. Children are asked…

We’re all familiar with the internet boyfriends — you have your Glen Powells, Jacob Elordis, Timothée Chalamets and beyond — but Us Weekly has our eyes on a more underground group of swoon-worthy rising stars. They may not always have the lead role, be the team captains or have millions of Instagram followers, but something about these individuals catches our attention and has Us googling them shirtless for more. We’ve always known Zac Efron has it going on, but Dylan Efron’s unexpected rise to prominence on Traitors had Us looking up his Instagram — only to find it’s stock-full of…