First lady Melania Trump announced on Friday that eight Ukrainian children displaced during the country's ongoing war with Russia had been reunited with their families."Each child has lived in turmoil because of the war in Ukraine. Three were separated from their parents and displaced to the Russian Federation because of frontline fighting. The other five were separated from family members across borders because of the conflict, including one young girl who has now been reunited from Ukraine to Russia," Melania Trump said.The first lady added that some minors who were displaced during the war have since reached adulthood and are residing in Russia, but their safe return home requires "coordinated assistance."The first lady stressed that this is part of an ongoing process and that plans are already underway to reunify more children with their families.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather criticized CBS News on Thursday for making journalist Bari Weiss its editor-in-chief, as well as acquiring her independent news outlet, "The Free Press."Rather, age 93, argued on his Substack page that the hiring of the anti-woke reporter, as well as CBS coming under the control of billionaire David Ellison whose father is a friend of President Donald Trump meant that CBS News will be catering to the Trump agenda."The American people will pay the price for this move, as will the journalists of CBS News who can no longer credibly serve as watchdogs because the ones they are meant to hold to account are signing their paychecks and hobnobbing with the president," the veteran journalist wrote.At one point, he warned, "It is a dark day in the halls of CBS News."FCC APPROVES PARAMOUNT-SKYDANCE MERGER FOLLOWING TRUMP SETTLEMENT, COLBERT CANCELLATIONCBS parent company, Paramount, named Weiss the editor-in-chief of CBS News on Monday following the companys acquisition of "The Free Press" for $150 million. The move angered liberal journalists and media figures, as Weiss outlet has made waves for challenging DEI, gender ideology, and supporting Israel.Rather questioned Weiss credentials."The former opinion writer for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times is not a reporter. She has never worked in television news and she has never led a staff larger than a few dozen," Rather wrote. "That all changed this week when David Ellison, whose Skydance Media recently acquired CBS, installed Weiss in a position created for her. She will not report to the president of CBS News as one might expect but to David Ellison directly."BARI WEISS JOINS CBS NEWS AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, PARAMOUNT BUYS FREE PRESS FOR $150 MILLIONThe former CBS anchor also addressed Weiss recent statement that she wants to combat illiberalism on both the right and left in her new role, criticizing her for going after both sides when one side has Trump."While one must keep an open mind, it is hard to do so when such a statement portends a push for bothsidesism and arguments reliant on false equivalences. There can be no equivalences drawn between the two political extremes in this country, especially when one extreme is led by a man who rarely speaks without lying."Weiss hiring comes months after Paramounts merger with Skydance that resulted in Ellison, the former Skydance CEO, being named CEO of the new joint company. In addition to being close to Trump, Ellisons father, Larry, is a pro-Israel tech mogul worth around $300 billion.CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWSRather continued, saying that the deal and hiring of Weiss are "signals to everyone, especially to the man in the Oval Office, that CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale.""Anything that runs afoul of Trumps agenda may be flagged and is unlikely to be aired unaltered, if aired at all. No journalist or their work can remain unaffected by toiling in such an environment," he said."It is a dark day in the halls of CBS News, where the portraits of television news pioneers once hung Cronkite, Murrow, Sevareid, Collingwood. They were journalists who made television a trusted source of information. Whom and what are we to believe today?" Rather asked.Rather stepped down from his role as "CBS Evening News" anchor in 2005 and left the network the following year after reporting a discredited story about then-President George W. Bush.CBS News declined to comment on this story. Fox News Digital also reached out to Paramount.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

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CNN's Anderson Cooper acknowledged that it was "not a great look" for New York Attorney General Letitia James to threaten to sue President Donald Trump after she was elected in 2018."According to PolitiFact, the day after she was elected in 2018, Letitia James was asked by a community activist if she was going to sue President Trump. And she replied, quote, Oh, were going to definitely sue him. Were going to be a real pain in the a--. Hes going to know my name personally," Cooper recalled on Thursday."I mean, thats not a great look for somebody who has just been elected, who has just been campaigning, who hasn't even looked, I guess deeply at any evidence," he added.NEW YORK AG LETITIA JAMES' INDICTMENT SPARKS SHARP PARTISAN DIVIDEWhile CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin agreed that James' 2018 comments were "inappropriate," he argued that they were typical of "how our system works.""We live in a system where attorneys general and district attorneys in the United States unlike almost any other country are elected officials, are politicians, so they run for office making political statements. That's how our system works," he told Cooper. "It's not pretty. I don't think it's a great system, but there's nothing uncommon about it."Toobin added that just because James made "inappropriate comments" about the president doesn't mean that she should "get indicted for fraud years later," arguing that criminal cases are supposed to "stand or fall on their own merits."TURLEY HAILS TRUMPS 'TREMENDOUS VICTORY' AFTER CIVIL FRAUD PENALTY TOSSED, BLASTS 'GROTESQUE' USE OF NY LAWCoopers comments came during a broader discussion about James being indicted on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan said James faces up to 30 years in prison per count, up to a $1 million fine on each count and forfeiture if she's convicted.In a statement, James said the charges were part of President Donald Trump's effort to impose "political retribution at any cost.""His decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country," James said. "This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREEarlier this year, the Justice Department opened an investigation into James for alleged mortgage fraud after James successfully won a civil case last year against Trump and his Trump Organization over allegations of faulty business practices.Although James won the civil case against Trump, an appellate court in New York threw out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against the president in late August.The New York Appellate Division overturned the penalty after ruling the disgorgement was an excessive fine that violated the Eighth Amendment.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

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Philadelphia residents should stay as far away from the lottery as possible.Three of their local sports teams were in action on Thursday night, at one point all playing at the same time. They all lost.Arguably the most important game was the Phillies' National League Division Series game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, where a win would have forced a decisive Game 5 back in the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday after trailing the series 2-0.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIt took extra innings, but a brutal throw on a poor decision by Orion Kerkering sent the Dodgers to the National League Championship Series, ending the Phillies' season.That occurred while the Eagles were trailing at halftime to the New York Giants, but the G-Men turned it up a notch with three touchdowns from rookie running back Cam Skattebo to win 34-17. It was the first time the Giants had won a Thursday night game since 2015, and it was just the fourth time in their last 22 meetings, including the playoffs, the Giants beat them.TRAVIS KELCE IS 'TERRIFIED' OF HIS DAD HEARING TAYLOR SWIFT'S RAUNCHY SONG; KYLIE KELCE REACTS TO ITFor the cherry on top, the Flyers lost their first game of the new NHL season to the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers.According to Bob Ventrone Jr., this was the eighth time in which the Phillies, Eagles, and Flyers all played on the same day, and the first time they all lost since Oct. 16, 1983. This was also the first time they had all played since 1993.In 1991, the Flyers salvaged the day with a tie to the Pittsburgh Penguins after the Phillies lost to the New York Mets, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers squeaked out a win against the Birds.The only time they all won was on Oct. 19, 1980.There has never been a day when all four teams (the 76ers) have played on the same day.At least the locals still have a Super Bowl championship they can still lavish in, but the Eagles have now lost two in a row and do not look anything like they did last season.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect at 12:00 p.m. local time, marking the beginning of the end of the brutal war that has gone on for more than two years. The development also brings the hostages one step closer to returning home.U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Friday morning that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that Israel completed the first phase of the withdrawal and that Hamas' 72-hour window to release the hostages had begun.The Israeli government approved and signed the deal overnight, local time, kicking off a 24-hour countdown clock during which time troops had to withdraw to a pre-determined position."Following the political echelons instructions and due to the situational assessment, the IDF has begun operational preparations ahead of the implementation of the agreement. As part of this process, preparations and a combat protocol are underway to transition to adjusted deployment lines soon. The IDF continues to be deployed in the area and prepared for any operational development," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on X.TRUMP PEACE DEAL TRIGGERS 72-HOUR COUNTDOWN FOR HAMAS TO RELEASE 48 HOSTAGES FROM GAZAHours later, the IDF confirmed that the ceasefire commenced and that troops had positioned themselves "along the updated deployment lines."While Israel's presence has decreased in Gaza, the peace agreement stipulates that it will still occupy 53% of the enclave until the next phase.IDF spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee sent out a statement in Arabic regarding the exact situation on the ground. He warned Palestinians against approaching IDF troops, as doing so "endangers your life." Adraee also said that the northern part of the Gaza Strip is still "extremely dangerous," particularly the areas of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, Shejaiya and any other area with a "concentration of troops." Other areas included in the warning were the Rafah Crossing and the Philadelphi Corridor."Do not move toward Israeli territory, and do not approach the security zone. Approaching the security zone is extremely dangerous. For your safety, do not begin moving to these areas until official approval has been granted," Adraee said in his message.Now that the IDF has completed its repositioning, Hamas has 72 hours to release all the hostages, living and dead. This includes the bodies of U.S. citizens Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.WORLD LEADERS PRAISE 'LANDMARK' ISRAEL-HAMAS PEACE DEAL MEDIATED BY US: 'NEW HORIZON OF HOPE'The U.S. is not deploying troops to Gaza; however, two U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News that 200 troops from CENTCOM will be sent to Israel to help oversee the ceasefire. They will facilitate security and humanitarian flow and monitor the implementation of the deal, including transportation, logistics and engineering, the officials said.President Donald Trump said in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that he expected the hostages to be home on Monday or Tuesday. The president also announced that he would be making a trip over to the Middle East for the official signing of the agreement."We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages, and they should be released on Monday or Tuesday," Trump said, adding that the day the hostages return will "be a day of joy."On Wednesday, hours after the announcement that Israel and Hamas signed the first phase of the deal, Trump spoke with family members of hostages being held in Gaza. The families thanked the president and praised him for securing a deal that would bring their loved ones home after more than two years in captivity.

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Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley warned WNBA players as they appear to be full steam ahead for a labor dispute, while Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has come under scrutiny.Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier amplified the pressure on Engelbert during her final media availability of the season with reporters. She called out what she described as the "lack of accountability from the league office" and alleged Engelbert made scathing comments about rising stars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMColliers leadership heading into what will be heated collective bargaining negotiations was lauded among her colleagues around the league. But Barkley suggested the players should be careful to not overplay their hand."They need to be very careful, theyre walking on thin ice right now," he said on "The Rich Eisen Show." "I know theyre doing some great things, but you cant overplay your handas a league that had Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and a hundred great players, I think we went on strike three times. So, this notion, just because you got power and talent these billionaire owners are just gonna give you everything you want, thats not gonna happen."You can overplay your hand. In the NBA, we were like, No, were not gonna strike. They need us. You know what I was doing? Sitting my Black a-- at home, unemployed playing damn tiddlywinks."SHEDEUR SANDERS RESPONDS TO REX RYAN'S 'EMBARRASSMENT' CRITICISMS, EXPLAINS RECENT 'MIME' ACTBarkley added that players have to be a little more cautious when going up against billionaires and the power that they wield."No matter how many millions you got, youre not a billionaire. So, you always have to be careful overplaying your hand. What you do is, you try to make the best deal possible in the moment and keep growing, but you have to be careful overplaying your hand."NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed optimism that a deal between the players and the WNBA would get done, though he acknowledged the relationship between them and Engelbert would need to be repaired as well."We will get a deal done with the players," he said Monday. "Lots of work left to be done, but well of course get a new collective bargaining agreement.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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The Nobel Committee awarded this year's peace prize to Maria Corina Machado amid calls for President Donald Trump to receive the award in the wake of his brokering a historic deal between Israel and Hamas.Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, was described as a "brave and committed champion of peace" by Joergen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee."She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," Frydnes said.Trump has received several high-profile nominations since returning to office. However, the committee's deadline for nominations was Jan. 31, meaning he could be eligible for next year's prize.NEW YORK TIMES ANALYSIS SAYS TRUMP HAS LEGITIMATE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CLAIM IF MIDEAST PEACE DEAL HOLDSDuring a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump was asked about the Nobel Peace Prize, but did not comment on the award in his response. Instead, he focused on the possibility of addressing Israel's Knesset.Earlier this week, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing the families of hostages and terror victims formed after Oct. 7, appealed to the committee on Trumps behalf."In this past year, no leader or organization has contributed more to peace around the world than President Trump. While many have spoken eloquently about peace, he has achieved it. While others have offered empty promises, he has delivered tangible results that have saved countless lives," the forum wrote in a letter to the committee dated Oct. 6."He has not merely spoken of peace he has delivered it," the forum added.TRUMP HAILED AS PEACEMAKER WORTHY OF NOBEL PRIZE FOR 'HISTORIC' ISRAEL-HAMAS PEACE DEALIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump in July during a visit to Washington, D.C., that he had nominated the president for the Nobel Peace Prize. Netanyahu handed the letter he sent the committee to Trump when he told him the news."The president has already realized great opportunities. He forged the Abraham Accords. He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country and one region after the other," Netanyahu said. "So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. It's nominating you for the peace prize, which is well-deserved."Weeks prior to that meeting, the U.S. and Israel carried out major operations that destroyed Irans nuclear infrastructure, as both countries warned a nuclear Tehran would be a threat to the world.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPTrump was nominated for the award in the past but was not selected. Notably, U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., nominated Trump for the prize in 2020 when he brokered the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and Arab nations.Had he won, Trump would have become the fifth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Previous laureates include former President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, former President Woodrow Wilson and former President Theodore Roosevelt.Fox News Digitals Greg Wehner and Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.

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President Trump issues plenty of threats.Sometimes they get results, sometimes they dont.And sometimes its just bluster. Especially if its an online posting, such as saying that Chicagos mayor and Illinois governor should go to jail for resisting him on dispatching troops to the Windy City.But his relentless personality backed by the worlds most powerful military can be overpowering.TRUMP NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OVER ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE DEALIts hard to overstate what a remarkable achievement Trump is in the process of assembling by getting Israel and Hamas to end their brutal and bloody two-year-old war.Its fair to say no other president could have pulled this off.Joe Biden certainly couldnt. In fact, not since Jimmy Carter staged the marathon Camp David talks with Anwar Sadar and Menachem Begin has a president brokered peace between the Israelis and one of their Arab enemies.Trump himself engineered the Abraham Accords, with help from Jared Kushner, joined by the U.A.E. and Bahrain, in his first term, and later by Sudan and Morocco. That gave him the experience to tackle this immensely tougher challenge and spur more Nobel Peace Prize speculation.Now some quick caveats are in order. The president says he expects the remaining 20 hostages to be returned Monday or Tuesday, but the Hamas terrorists could come up with new objections that derail the train.Reporters were asking about Phase 2, which would include returning the bodies of deceased hostages, but the president wisely deflected those questions.So no popping of champagne corks quite yet.EXCLUSIVE: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SAYS NO PEACE IN GAZA UNLESS HAMAS HANDS OVER ALL 48 HOSTAGES, DISARMSPresumably, it was these reservations that prompted anchors and correspondents on the air to appear rather sober-faced as they covered the latest developments. But I think it was more than that.Some of these journalists are not exactly supportive of Trump. And so its not easy for them to shower him with credit. They say the right words tremendous accomplishment and so on but the body language sends a different message.Look, Israel has been in a state of war, or cold war, with the surrounding countries since its founding in 1948.And in a broader sense, the Jews and the Arabs have had hostile relations for many centuries. Its in the Bible, the plea to Pharaoh to "let my people go."Now, there remain crucial unanswered questions about who will rule Gaza, most of it reduced to rubble, in the future. Israel was subject to a brutal massacre on Oct. 7, but it has also found itself increasingly isolated as more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed. Many Israelis, and American Jews, believe Bibi Netanyahu let the war drag on too long to protect his political standing.Trump had to pressure Bibi into accepting his peace deal, essentially by threatening to have the U.S. walk away.Now Hamas is essentially being asked to surrender by turning in its weapons. Trump says he will join with other countries in a peace council to prevent the resumption of war. But those details remain murky, beyond the fact that the terrorists will no longer be in charge, as they have been since Israel voluntarily withdrew from the Gaza Strip nearly two decades ago.GRAND JURY INDICTS NY AG LETITIA JAMES ON BANK FRAUD CHARGES IN VIRGINIA FEDERAL COURTSo just as the president was basking in some well-deserved praise for essentially remaking the Middle East, there was a new development.A grand jury indicted Letitia James, New Yorks attorney general, for mortgage fraud.This, in a nutshell, underscores the duality of the Trump presidency.It seems like a petty move, and in a video, James said "we will fight these baseless charges aggressively."As with the recent indictment of James Comey, the indictment was returned only because Trump replaced his own U.S. attorney in Virginias eastern district with White House aide and loyalist Lindsey Halligan, who has no prosecution experience.Trump told his AG, Pam Bondi, in a memo that James, like Comey, was "guilty as hell." The Wall Street Journal says that "Pam" memo was intended to be secret.Career prosecutors had decided there wasnt enough evidence to charge James, who brought a civil suit against candidate Trump on real estate inflation that produced a fine which grew to half a billion dollars so outrageous that an appellate court tossed it out. James also won her job by promising to go after Trump, calling him an "illegitimate" president.SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIESJames has owned a home in Brooklyn for decades, and two years ago she bought a house in Norfolk, Va. with her niece.The career prosecutors found little evidence that James was dishonest in completing the paperwork.The media spotlight immediately shifted from Trump the global peacemaker to Trump the crusader who is doggedly pursuing a campaign of retribution against his enemies.At the very moment he was drawing praise from around the world, Trump stepped on his own story.

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As artificial intelligence becomes more mainstream, the Pima County Sheriffs Department is looking at how it can use the emerging technology.At the beginning of the year, deputies began a trial of Axon's Draft One, which is a program that writes incident reports using AI. A body camera records the interactions, then the program uses the audio plus any additional information from the deputy to create a first draft. Deputies then review everything before submitting the final report."Theyre able to verify the completeness, the accuracy and all of that," Capt. Derek Ogden said, "But the initial first draft, they cant submit as their case report."Demonstrating the program, Deputy Dylan Lane showed how Draft One can write a case report that would have taken him 30 minutes to complete in five minutes.CHATGPT MAY ALERT POLICE ON SUICIDAL TEENS"Most of that time is just the quick changes, making sure that all the information is still accurate and then just adding in those little details," Lane said.Ogden said Draft One saves crucial time during shifts when deputies are handling multiple incidents back-to-back. He said the program is one of several ways the department is exploring AI tools."Recently, we saw a detective from our criminal investigative division use AI to identify a deceased unidentified person," Ogden said. "Were also looking for ways to increase the productivity and efficiency of our patrol deputies and some of our corrections officers."Law enforcement agencies across the country are evaluating how artificial intelligence could help their departments, especially when dealing with resource shortages.SCHOOLS TURN TO AI GUN DETECTION FOR SAFETY"A lot of policing agencies are budget constrained. It is very attractive to them to have a tool that could allow them to do more with less," said Max Isaacs from The Policing Project, which is a non-profit within NYU School of Law that studies public safety and police accountability.Isaacs said while AI offers opportunities to save resources, theres not much data on how much help these programs truly provide."You have a lot of examples of crimes being solved or efficiencies being realized," Isaacs said, "But in terms of large-scale studies that rigorously show us the amount of benefit, we dont have those yet."TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO HARNESS AI IN FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCERSIsaacs also raised the issue of accuracy."AI is not perfect. It can rely on data that is flawed. The system itself could be flawed. When you have errors in AI systems, that can lead to some pretty serious consequences. It can lead to false arrests. It could lead to investigators going down a dead end and wasting time and resources," Isaacs said.Addressing those concerns, Ogden agreed that information can be flawed. He said its why human eyes must review every report written with Draft One.After a successful trial with 20 deputies, Ogden said the next step is to expand Draft One to corrections officers.