A dangerous mosquito-borne virus that can cause deadly brain swelling is surging across Orange County — and officials are now sending trucks into one hard-hit city to fight back. West Nile virus has been detected in mosquito samples from 13 Orange County cities this season, with the number of positive samples more than doubling in just one week, according to the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District. The county has recorded 38 positive mosquito samples so far in its latest testing. Fullerton has emerged as the hotspot, with near 40% of the cases — reporting 15 positive samples. The virus has…

Investment firm Apollo Global Management launched a £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion) bid for easyJet on Friday, trumping a rival offer from Castlelake and setting up a potential takeover battle for one of Europe’s biggest airlines. EasyJet’s board said it would back Apollo’s £7.15-a-share proposal, withdrawing support for Castlelake’s £6.90-a-share offer ($7.3 billion), which the parties had agreed in principle only days earlier. Apollo’s proposal, which it needs to firm up by early August, marks a bold attempt to outmaneuver Castlelake and take control of the three-decade old budget airline that has seen its stock price halve since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s no surprise that a second…

A book about the Holocaust was “canceled” after the author said he refused his editor’s insistence that the introduction include criticisms of Israel for committing “war crimes” in Gaza and the Trump-led US for creating “concentration-style prisons” for migrants. Rafael Medoff, the author of the book “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” said he refused to publish what he believed were falsehoods editor Craig Yoe wanted to put in the book contracted to be published by Dark Horse. Prior to the current controversy, Dark Horse published two of Dr. Medoff’s other books, “Whistleblowers” and “Cartoonists Against Racism” without incident. It was only…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner’s political collapse did more than derail a scandal-plagued Senate campaign in Maine. It also completed Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s public transformation from a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive populist to one of the left’s most aggressive internal critics.Fetterman was among the first prominent Democrats to call out Platner’s mounting controversies, even as many party leaders continued backing the scandal-plagued candidate until a former girlfriend publicly accused Platner of rape, an allegation he denies. The accusation prompted the remaining pillars of Democratic support to collapse.By Wednesday night, Fetterman laid into his onetime political…

Everything’s bigger in Texas — including the nightmares. On Thursday, Six Flags Over Texas opened Tormenta: Rampaging Run. It’s the world’s first-ever “giga dive coaster,” a new breed of thrill ride that towers between 300 and 399 feet and dangles riders face-first over the edge. Located in the northeast part of the Lone Start State in Arlington, Tex., the coaster has major fear factor: a slow crawl to the top that puts riders at 309 feet — the same height as the Statue of Liberty. Then the ride holds daredevils over the abyss for an agonizing three seconds, allowing them…

Even a historic World Cup performance couldn’t get him to row. Norway is into its first-ever World Cup quarterfinal, and the “Viking Row” celebration has become a hit after games. But one fan has noticeably refused to take part — and now has explained why. “First of all, I just find it really stupid,” Emil Lappen told Sky News. “That’s the thing I thought when they came up with it, that it was stupid and annoying, and I didn’t want to do it.” Lappen refused to perform the celebration after Norway’s 3-2 win over Senegal at MetLife Stadium, even as…

Getting a Big Apple dream body takes a bite out of your budget. That’s according to new data about the most expensive American cities to stay active. New City is ranked as number three.  It’s no surprise given New York’s exorbitant costs of living, much less living well. Be it a $15,000 membership to NYC’s ultra luxe label supermarket, a $15,000 liposuction procedure, or a $100,000 access fee to Manhattan’s most exclusive wellness club, eating clean and looking strong comes at a premium. “New York is already an expensive place to live, so it’s not surprising to see fitness costs…

A new upgrade to the International Space Station’s (ISS) quantum laboratory is enabling NASA to probe the behavior of atoms further than ever before, the space agency has announced.Combining the ISS’s newly upgraded “Cold Atom Laboratory” with the near zero-gravity of low Earth orbit, scientists are attempting to understand the properties of so-called “ultracold” atoms in an environment impossible to replicate on Earth. The aim of the mission is to study how clouds of atoms behave at temperatures close to absolute zero (minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius) — the coldest possible temperature in the universe, where…

CNN pundit Scott Jennings ripped into fellow conservative panelist Caroline Sunshine during a fiery on-air clash over Iran after she admitted she hadn’t heard the US has been engaged in conflict with the regime for nearly five decades. The heated exchange took place on Thursday’s “CNN NewsNight,” hosted by Abby Phillip, where guests sparred over whether Congress should impose additional “guardrails” on President Trump’s authority to launch military action against Iran. Jennings, who argued against new restrictions, dismissed calls for greater congressional oversight, saying the US couldn’t afford to be “all rainbows and unicorns with the Iranians,” adding that “they’ve…

The Pentagon released its fourth batch of UFO files Friday following President Trump’s declassification order, including footage of a mysterious six-pointed object off the coast of East Asia. The latest files — while containing no proof of alien life — add to the diversity of unexplained phenomena revealed since May, which have run the gamut from well-documented moving orbs to a more thinly sourced spotting of an enormous crystal potato-shaped object over Colorado. The Trump administration, including the FBI, is treating UFOs as a national security threat that warrants more investigation — though they have offered no evidence to back…