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Fox news dataset is a collection of more than 1 million news articles. All the news alrticles are present till the year 2023.
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| New York man contracts rare dengue fever from local mosquito | https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-york-man-contracts-rare-dengue-fever-from-local-mosquito | 2013-11-21 | 2015-10-24 | Fox News | http://www.foxnews.com/ | Fox news | A Long Island man came down with dengue virus back in September, according to health officials in Suffolk County, New York. The 50-year-old man has since recovered. | https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/524/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 | INFECTIOUS DISEASE | <div class="article-body"><div class="image-ct featured featured-image" isfeatured="true"><div class="m"><picture><source height="192" media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/343/192/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/686/384/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="343"><source height="378" media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/672/378/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1344/756/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="672"><source height="523" media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/523/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1862/1046/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="931"><source height="405" media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/720/405/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1440/810/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="720"> <img alt="eff248cb-" height="675" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/eff248cb-0_21_Mosquito_bite_450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" width="1200"/></source></source></source></source></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span></span> <span>(iStock)</span></p></div></div></div><p class="speakable">A Long Island man came down with dengue virus back in September, according to health officials in Suffolk County, New York. The 50-year-old man has since recovered.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">Dengue is a leading cause of illness and death in tropical and subtropical countries, according to the CDC.</p><p>This was the first known case (in which) someone in New York State contracted dengue locally, health officials said. You get dengue virus from a mosquito bite. That means he got the virus from a local mosquito that probably had previously bitten an infected traveler.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>"The exact route of transmission in this case is unknown," Dr. James Tomarken, Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Services, said in a statement released to news outlets. "However, we have determined that this individual acquired dengue virus locally, as he had not traveled outside of the local metropolitan area during the incubation period."</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Indeed, other recent dengue infections (from 2011 and 2012) are thought to have happened while those patients were travelling overseas.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p><a href="http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24025119/officials-li-man-likely-contracted-dengue-virus-from-local-mosquito" target="_blank"><b>Click for more from My Fox New York</b></a>.</p> <!-- --> <div class="article-meta"><!-- --></div></div> | A Long Island man came down with dengue virus back in September, according to health officials in Suffolk County, New York. The 50-year-old man has since recovered. Dengue is a leading cause of illness and death in tropical and subtropical countries, according to the CDC. This was the first known case (in which) someone in New York State contracted dengue locally, health officials said. You get dengue virus from a mosquito bite. That means he got the virus from a local mosquito that probably had previously bitten an infected traveler. "The exact route of transmission in this case is unknown," Dr. James Tomarken, Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Services, said in a statement released to news outlets. "However, we have determined that this individual acquired dengue virus locally, as he had not traveled outside of the local metropolitan area during the incubation period." Indeed, other recent dengue infections (from 2011 and 2012) are thought to have happened while those patients were travelling overseas. Click for more from My Fox New York. | f17f746c-afd9-512f-af6d-c6ced8e088e4 | 09/07/23 | |
| Firefighters, soldiers, aircraft battle wildfire north of Athens | https://www.foxnews.com/world/firefighters-soldiers-aircraft-battle-wildfire-north-of-athens | 2013-08-06 | 2015-01-13 | Associated Press | http://www.ap.org/ | Fox news | Firefighters and soldiers are battling a wildfire that broke out overnight and burned through forest near Greece's capital city, Athens. | https://static.foxnews.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/bg/default-placeholder.png | World | <div class="article-body"><p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">ATHENS, Greece – </span>Firefighters and soldiers are battling a wildfire that broke out overnight and burned through forest near Greece's capital city, Athens. Authorities have managed to prevent the flames from moving into a nature reserve near the city's northern suburbs.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">The fire department says nearly 300 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers struggled through the night to contain the blaze that broke out in the Varibobi area north of Athens. At first light Tuesday they were joined by 10 water-dropping planes and two helicopters. At least four homes in the area were burned.</p><p>The blaze broke out late Monday night, the fire department said in a statement. Earlier Monday, another large wildfire burned about 10 homes as it raged through a hamlet near Marathon, north of Athens.</p> <!-- --> <!-- --></div> | Firefighters and soldiers are battling a wildfire that broke out overnight and burned through forest near Greece's capital city, Athens. Authorities have managed to prevent the flames from moving into a nature reserve near the city's northern suburbs. The fire department says nearly 300 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers struggled through the night to contain the blaze that broke out in the Varibobi area north of Athens. At first light Tuesday they were joined by 10 water-dropping planes and two helicopters. At least four homes in the area were burned. The blaze broke out late Monday night, the fire department said in a statement. Earlier Monday, another large wildfire burned about 10 homes as it raged through a hamlet near Marathon, north of Athens. | 07e46dd1-a783-5678-a204-089d0348b5a1 | 09/07/23 | |
| Nearly 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquor | https://www.foxnews.com/world/nearly-50-indonesians-dead-in-april-from-bootleg-liquor | 2018-04-09 | 2018-04-09 | Associated Press | http://www.ap.org/ | Fox news | Nearly 50 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia including the capital Jakarta in little more than a week. | https://static.foxnews.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/bg/default-placeholder.png | World | <div class="article-body"><p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">JAKARTA, Indonesia – </span>Nearly 50 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia including the capital Jakarta in little more than a week.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">In the latest incident, 17 people died between Thursday and early Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung.</p><p>Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, said Monday that 16 died at the hospital and one was dead on arrival.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said another 31 people have died in Jakarta and its satellite cities of Depok and Bekasi in separate incidents since the beginning of the month.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>High taxes on alcohol have spawned a black market for booze among the poor in Indonesia, the world most populous Muslim nation. Potentially lethal ingredients including methanol are sometimes used in bootleg recipes.</p> <!-- --> <!-- --></div> | Nearly 50 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia including the capital Jakarta in little more than a week. In the latest incident, 17 people died between Thursday and early Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung. Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, said Monday that 16 died at the hospital and one was dead on arrival. Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said another 31 people have died in Jakarta and its satellite cities of Depok and Bekasi in separate incidents since the beginning of the month. High taxes on alcohol have spawned a black market for booze among the poor in Indonesia, the world most populous Muslim nation. Potentially lethal ingredients including methanol are sometimes used in bootleg recipes. | 835e71f9-0ea2-507e-b632-6308273e71f9 | 09/07/23 | |
| Taking the kids aboard Disney's new Fantasy | https://www.foxnews.com/travel/taking-the-kids-aboard-disneys-new-fantasy | 2012-04-06 | 2016-11-21 | Fox news | Taking the kids aboard Disney's new Fantasy is one trip that's great for the young ones and grown-ups, too. | https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/disney1a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 | Walt Disney World Orlando | <div class="article-body"><div class="featured featured-image"><div class="content"><div class="slides"><ul class="slide-container"><fieldset id="radio-btn-0"><div imagefull="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1920/1080/disney1a-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" imageid="83d61833-edb8-580a-874e-77a9a2f5a4da" imageorig="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/disney1a-1.jpg" imagethumb="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/96/96/disney1a-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" responsiveimages="[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]" source="[object Object]"><input checked="checked" id="img-1" name="radio-btn-0" type="radio"/> <li class="slide"><div class="container"><picture class="m"><img alt="0e4f3e53-" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/disney1a-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1"/></picture> <div class="ctrl"><!-- --> <label class="next" for="img-2"> next </label></div></div> <div class="info"><div class="pager">Image 1 of 3</div> <div class="caption"><p><span>Animator's Palate aboard the new Disney cruise ship Fantasy.</span> <span>(Disney)</span></p></div></div></li></div><div imagefull="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1920/1080/disney2a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" imageid="40c9d861-54d6-56c8-b400-1d7d3ccf2298" imageorig="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/disney2a.jpg" imagethumb="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/96/96/disney2a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" responsiveimages="[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]" source="[object Object]"><input id="img-2" name="radio-btn-0" type="radio"/> <li class="slide"><div class="container"><picture class="m"><img alt="2648619c-" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/disney2a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1"/></picture> <div class="ctrl"><label class="prev" for="img-1"> prev </label> <label class="next" for="img-3"> next </label></div></div> <div class="info"><div class="pager">Image 2 of 3</div> <div class="caption"><p><span>Princess Paige's makeover at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.</span> <span>(Disney)</span></p></div></div></li></div><div imagefull="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1920/1080/disney4a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" imageid="659d8458-7695-5d07-bdac-bd1afea3ba22" imageorig="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/disney4a.jpg" imagethumb="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/96/96/disney4a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" responsiveimages="[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]" source="[object Object]"><input id="img-3" name="radio-btn-0" type="radio"/> <li class="slide"><div class="container"><picture class="m"><img alt="3c5013d7-" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/disney4a.jpg?ve=1&tl=1"/></picture> <div class="ctrl"><label class="prev" for="img-2"> prev </label> <!-- --></div></div> <div class="info"><div class="pager">Image 3 of 3</div> <div class="caption"><p><span>One of the adult bars in the Europa adult entertainment area aboard the Fantasy.</span> <span>(Disney)</span></p></div></div></li></div></fieldset></ul></div></div></div><p class="speakable">This is one time you'll want to encourage kids to color inside the lines. Grown-ups, too.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">As soon as you sit down for dinner at Animator's Palate aboard the new Disney cruise ship Fantasy, your server hands you a green marker and a special placemat and instructs you and the kids to draw your own character within the blue lines. (One of the teens I was with drew a fetching Cyclops.)</p><p>Just before dinner, as Mickey Mouse appears on large monitors around the room, our placemats are whisked away. While we eat (have you ever tried buttered popcorn soup?) we're treated to a montage of famous food-themed moments from Disney cartoons (think Lady and the Tramp sharing that strand of spaghetti). But the piece de resistance isn't dessert, though the warm chocolate lava cake certainly is yummy. It's the magic that has animated our rudimentary green stick drawings and brought them to life on the huge screens around the dining room. Your characters march and skip and dance with Mickey, Jiminy Cricket, Cinderella and Snow White.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Wow! Even the jaded 17 year olds I'm with are impressed. At the end of the show, each of our names -- as we signed them on our placemat -- is listed on the credits as "guest animator." We leave the dining room smiling, clutching our drawing that has been returned embossed with a gold seal proclaiming each of us an "Official Disney Animator."</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>You'll find that irrepressible Disney magic wherever you go on this 4,000-passenger ship. The Fantasy is the sister ship to the Disney Dream, with one big difference: The programming has been designed to entertain and wow you and your kids for seven days, instead of three or four. And from what I saw on a three-day preview cruise just before the ship's inaugural sail, it works. (For the latest prices and availability, check <a href="http://www.disneycruises.com" target="_blank">www.disneycruises.com</a>.)</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>That means more special dinners and menus (think princess and prince dinner, a captain's gala and pirates evening) and more than 120 different youth activities. According to Jen McDonald, who manages the 77-member youth staff that oversees programming for some 1,500 children, programs start with a nursery for infants (parents say the $6 an hour charge is well worth it for a facility that rivals the best day care centers) and include a 9,000-square-foot teen club with its giant 103-inch LCD screen, the opportunity to create videos, spin music tracks and sun on a private deck area. If your kids are crazy for Disney characters, they'll have two dozen unique character experiences on board that they won't get in the theme parks. (Story time with Belle, perhaps? A Tinkerbell talent show? Fun and games with Captain Hook?)</p><p>There's the first onboard Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique where little girls were patiently waiting in their princess gowns to be transformed into princesses with special updos, including one with multicolored hair, sparkly nail polish, eyes shadow and face gems. One mom from Michigan noted her daughter never sits so patiently when getting a hair cut at home. If you'd rather be a pirate -- there is a special pirate night complete with fireworks -- the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique can also accommodate pirate makeovers for boys, as well as girls.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban3" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban3"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>There are two new Broadway-caliber musical shows, including "Disney Wishes" about three best friends about to graduate from high school and a Muppets Adventure Game around the ship where you uncover clues by use of a dozen pieces of "Enchanted Art" that come to life as you stand in front of them. (In case you are wondering, the Enchanted Art looks like a painting but is really a framed LCD screen that "recognizes" a guest is present and activates the animation. What's even cooler is you will see something different another time you visit.</p><p>Kids gave thumbs up to the new AquaLab -- an 1,800-square-foot water play area on Deck 12 with pop jets geysers and bubblers.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb4"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>There are scores of activities scheduled for the entire family to share (everything from family dance parties to first-run Disney movies and game shows (how well do you really know your mom and dad?) but a surprising array for adults, too.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban4" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban4"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>In addition to the adults spa, there is a special adult pool and sun deck, adult beach on Castaway Cay, the cruise line's private island, two first-rate adult-only restaurants and a brand-new adult entertainment district, Europa, designed to make you feel as if you are club-hopping across Europe -- from an Irish Pub to a London dance club to an Italian bar complete with parked Vespa and intimate French boudoir, each with signature cocktails. (Think private label Taittinger Champagne at Ooh La La where you relax on Louis XIV lounges.)</p><p>If I sound impressed, I am. I like the little touches -- the fact that counselors will pick the kids up from a late-dinner early so parents can relax, that there is no charge for late-night children's programming, as is the case on other cruise lines, that some rooms have a small, round tub in the shower stall that is ideal for bathing young kids and that the beds are high enough to put suitcases underneath. The youth staff is prepared to welcome most youngsters with special challenges and they speak at least a half-dozen languages. The menus are designed to encourage kids to try new foods -- at no extra charge, of course, and most important, every effort has been made to make sure that everyone -- kids, parents, grandparents -- gets time and space to do what they want. (The Disney ships attract a lot of multigenerational groups.)</p><p>No wonder Tom Staggs, the chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts, who was about to sail with his wife and three sons, says bookings on Disney Cruise Line are ahead of last year, despite consumer concerns in the wake of the Concordia tragedy and the fact that half of those who sail with Disney are first-time cruisers -- those most skittish about cruising now. Disney has made it easier for would-be cruisers to try their ships, too, with sailings this year from New York, Galveston, Los Angeles and Seattle.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb5"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban5" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban5"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban5', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban5'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Bronlyn Holland, 10, from Georgia was preening in front of the mirror at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, the sparkles glinting in her hair. She'd saved her money to pay for her $54.95 makeover herself. "I've always loved princesses," she explained. "You never are too old to be a princess!"</p><p>Certainly not aboard the Fantasy.</p><p><i>For more Taking the Kids, visit </i><a href="http://www.takingthekids.com" target="_blank"><i>www.takingthekids.com</i></a><i> and also follow "taking the kids" on </i><a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank"><i>www.twitter.com</i></a><i>, where Eileen Ogintz welcomes your questions and comments.</i></p> <!-- --> <div class="article-meta"><!-- --></div></div> | This is one time you'll want to encourage kids to color inside the lines. Grown-ups, too. As soon as you sit down for dinner at Animator's Palate aboard the new Disney cruise ship Fantasy, your server hands you a green marker and a special placemat and instructs you and the kids to draw your own character within the blue lines. (One of the teens I was with drew a fetching Cyclops.) Just before dinner, as Mickey Mouse appears on large monitors around the room, our placemats are whisked away. While we eat (have you ever tried buttered popcorn soup?) we're treated to a montage of famous food-themed moments from Disney cartoons (think Lady and the Tramp sharing that strand of spaghetti). But the piece de resistance isn't dessert, though the warm chocolate lava cake certainly is yummy. It's the magic that has animated our rudimentary green stick drawings and brought them to life on the huge screens around the dining room. Your characters march and skip and dance with Mickey, Jiminy Cricket, Cinderella and Snow White. Wow! Even the jaded 17 year olds I'm with are impressed. At the end of the show, each of our names -- as we signed them on our placemat -- is listed on the credits as "guest animator." We leave the dining room smiling, clutching our drawing that has been returned embossed with a gold seal proclaiming each of us an "Official Disney Animator." You'll find that irrepressible Disney magic wherever you go on this 4,000-passenger ship. The Fantasy is the sister ship to the Disney Dream, with one big difference: The programming has been designed to entertain and wow you and your kids for seven days, instead of three or four. And from what I saw on a three-day preview cruise just before the ship's inaugural sail, it works. (For the latest prices and availability, check www.disneycruises.com.) That means more special dinners and menus (think princess and prince dinner, a captain's gala and pirates evening) and more than 120 different youth activities. According to Jen McDonald, who manages the 77-member youth staff that oversees programming for some 1,500 children, programs start with a nursery for infants (parents say the $6 an hour charge is well worth it for a facility that rivals the best day care centers) and include a 9,000-square-foot teen club with its giant 103-inch LCD screen, the opportunity to create videos, spin music tracks and sun on a private deck area. If your kids are crazy for Disney characters, they'll have two dozen unique character experiences on board that they won't get in the theme parks. (Story time with Belle, perhaps? A Tinkerbell talent show? Fun and games with Captain Hook?) There's the first onboard Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique where little girls were patiently waiting in their princess gowns to be transformed into princesses with special updos, including one with multicolored hair, sparkly nail polish, eyes shadow and face gems. One mom from Michigan noted her daughter never sits so patiently when getting a hair cut at home. If you'd rather be a pirate -- there is a special pirate night complete with fireworks -- the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique can also accommodate pirate makeovers for boys, as well as girls. There are two new Broadway-caliber musical shows, including "Disney Wishes" about three best friends about to graduate from high school and a Muppets Adventure Game around the ship where you uncover clues by use of a dozen pieces of "Enchanted Art" that come to life as you stand in front of them. (In case you are wondering, the Enchanted Art looks like a painting but is really a framed LCD screen that "recognizes" a guest is present and activates the animation. What's even cooler is you will see something different another time you visit. Kids gave thumbs up to the new AquaLab -- an 1,800-square-foot water play area on Deck 12 with pop jets geysers and bubblers. There are scores of activities scheduled for the entire family to share (everything from family dance parties to first-run Disney movies and game shows (how well do you really know your mom and dad?) but a surprising array for adults, too. In addition to the adults spa, there is a special adult pool and sun deck, adult beach on Castaway Cay, the cruise line's private island, two first-rate adult-only restaurants and a brand-new adult entertainment district, Europa, designed to make you feel as if you are club-hopping across Europe -- from an Irish Pub to a London dance club to an Italian bar complete with parked Vespa and intimate French boudoir, each with signature cocktails. (Think private label Taittinger Champagne at Ooh La La where you relax on Louis XIV lounges.) If I sound impressed, I am. I like the little touches -- the fact that counselors will pick the kids up from a late-dinner early so parents can relax, that there is no charge for late-night children's programming, as is the case on other cruise lines, that some rooms have a small, round tub in the shower stall that is ideal for bathing young kids and that the beds are high enough to put suitcases underneath. The youth staff is prepared to welcome most youngsters with special challenges and they speak at least a half-dozen languages. The menus are designed to encourage kids to try new foods -- at no extra charge, of course, and most important, every effort has been made to make sure that everyone -- kids, parents, grandparents -- gets time and space to do what they want. (The Disney ships attract a lot of multigenerational groups.) No wonder Tom Staggs, the chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts, who was about to sail with his wife and three sons, says bookings on Disney Cruise Line are ahead of last year, despite consumer concerns in the wake of the Concordia tragedy and the fact that half of those who sail with Disney are first-time cruisers -- those most skittish about cruising now. Disney has made it easier for would-be cruisers to try their ships, too, with sailings this year from New York, Galveston, Los Angeles and Seattle. Bronlyn Holland, 10, from Georgia was preening in front of the mirror at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, the sparkles glinting in her hair. She'd saved her money to pay for her $54.95 makeover herself. "I've always loved princesses," she explained. "You never are too old to be a princess!" Certainly not aboard the Fantasy. For more Taking the Kids, visit www.takingthekids.com and also follow "taking the kids" on www.twitter.com, where Eileen Ogintz welcomes your questions and comments. | 41540ab8-62aa-53d7-8170-b97cda01e8e4 | 09/07/23 | |||
| Dutch boat docks off coast of Guatemala to offer abortions in international waters | https://www.foxnews.com/world/dutch-boat-docks-off-coast-of-guatemala-to-offer-abortions-in-international-waters | 2017-02-24 | 2017-02-24 | Fox News | http://www.foxnews.com/ | Fox news | The boat arrived in the Pacific port of Quetzal on Wednesday and planned to stay five days. | https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/524/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 | The Americas | <div class="article-body"><div class="image-ct featured featured-image" isfeatured="true"><div class="m"><picture><source height="192" media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/343/192/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/686/384/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="343"><source height="378" media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/672/378/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1344/756/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="672"><source height="523" media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/523/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1862/1046/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="931"><source height="405" media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/720/405/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1440/810/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="720"> <img alt="abortion ship" height="675" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/barco-abortos-guatemala.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" width="1200"/></source></source></source></source></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>The boat has the right conditions to provide medical abortions to women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant.</span> <span>(PRENSA LIBRE/YouTube.com)</span></p></div></div></div><p class="speakable">Guatemala authorities and a Dutch nonprofit organization are locked in a standoff over a sailboat that has docked off the coast of the Central American country offering to perform free abortions.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">The government of President Jimmy Morales said Thursday it will not allow the group, Women on Waves, to pick up women in port for the procedure.</p><p>Abortion is illegal in Guatemala.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p><b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/11/anti-abortion-activists-counter-protesters-rally-around-us.html" target="_blank">ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS RALLY AROUND US</a></b></p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>The boat arrived in the Pacific port of Quetzal on Wednesday and planned to stay five days. Leticia Zenevich, a spokeswoman for the organization, said officials from the prosecutor's office for human rights were inspecting the boat.</p><div class="embed-media youtube" data-v-5a001baa=""><div class="video-container" data-v-5a001baa=""><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-v-5a001baa="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aTvhNxmlPjU" width="720"></iframe></div></div><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>She said the vessel has the right conditions to provide medical abortions to women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant.</p><p>Women on Waves selected Guatemala as the first Latin American country they visited because of the strength of its women's organizations, Zenevich said.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban3" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban3"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/trump-expands-anti-abortion-ban-to-all-us-global-health-aid.html" target="_blank"><b>TRUMP EXPANDS ANTI-ABORTION BAN TO ALL US GLOBAL HEALTH AID</b></a></p><p>She explained the boat would sail 12 miles off the Guatemalan and only then would doctors start the procedures.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb4"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>"Abortions would take place in international waters under the jurisdiction of international laws, the laws of the country will not be violated," Zenevich said.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban4" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban4"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Pro-abortion activists are calling for the protection of the boat’s crew, who remain under the army’s watch since Thursday afternoon.</p><p><i>The AP contributed to this report.</i></p> <!-- --> <div class="article-meta"><!-- --></div></div> | Guatemala authorities and a Dutch nonprofit organization are locked in a standoff over a sailboat that has docked off the coast of the Central American country offering to perform free abortions. The government of President Jimmy Morales said Thursday it will not allow the group, Women on Waves, to pick up women in port for the procedure. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala. ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS RALLY AROUND US The boat arrived in the Pacific port of Quetzal on Wednesday and planned to stay five days. Leticia Zenevich, a spokeswoman for the organization, said officials from the prosecutor's office for human rights were inspecting the boat. She said the vessel has the right conditions to provide medical abortions to women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant. Women on Waves selected Guatemala as the first Latin American country they visited because of the strength of its women's organizations, Zenevich said. TRUMP EXPANDS ANTI-ABORTION BAN TO ALL US GLOBAL HEALTH AID She explained the boat would sail 12 miles off the Guatemalan and only then would doctors start the procedures. "Abortions would take place in international waters under the jurisdiction of international laws, the laws of the country will not be violated," Zenevich said. Pro-abortion activists are calling for the protection of the boat’s crew, who remain under the army’s watch since Thursday afternoon. The AP contributed to this report. | 7b713b83-92d9-5401-93e7-1ce7c0edbd21 | 09/07/23 | |
| America Ferrera expecting second child with husband Ryan Piers Williams | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/america-ferrera-expecting-second-child-ryan-piers-williams | 2019-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | Fox news | America Ferrera is ending the decade with some big news. | https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/1200/675/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 | Babies | <div class="article-body"><div class="featured featured-video video-ct" data-v-b8a95802=""><div class="contain" data-v-b8a95802=""><div class="control" data-v-b8a95802=""><a class="top" data-v-b8a95802="" href="#"></a> <a class="close" data-v-b8a95802="" href="#">close</a></div> <div class="video-container" data-v-b8a95802=""><div class="m video-player" data-v-b8a95802="" data-video-domain="foxnews" data-video-id="6054388105001" data-widget-type="embed"><a data-v-b8a95802="" href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/6054388105001"><picture data-v-b8a95802=""><source data-v-b8a95802="" media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/288/162/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/576/324/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"> <source data-v-b8a95802="" media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/672/378/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/1344/756/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"> <source data-v-b8a95802="" media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/676/380/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/1352/760/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"> <source data-v-b8a95802="" media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/896/500/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/1792/1000/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"> <img alt="Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for Dec. 31" data-v-b8a95802="" height="500" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/12/896/500/America-Ferrera-Ryan-Piers-Williams.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" width="896"/></source></source></source></source></picture> <span class="overlay" data-v-b8a95802="">Video</span></a></div></div> <div class="info" data-v-b8a95802=""><div class="caption" data-v-b8a95802=""><h4 class="title" data-v-b8a95802=""><a data-v-b8a95802="" href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6054388105001">Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for Dec. 31</a></h4> <p data-v-b8a95802="">Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines for Dec. 31 are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="speakable"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/america-ferrera-eva-longoria-letter-latino-comminity" target="_blank">America Ferrera</a> is ending the decade with some big news.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">The "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/foxnews.com/category/entertainment/tv" target="_blank">Ugly Betty</a>" star took to Instagram to announce that she's expecting a baby with husband <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/foxnews.com/category/entertainment/movies" target="_blank">Ryan Piers Williams</a>.</p><p>"Welcoming Baby #2 in 2020," she wrote in the caption. "Happy New Year from our wild & growing bunch."</p><div class="embed-media instagram"></div><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>The photo featured Ferrera, 35, standing in a snowy field while Williams, 38, and their son, Sebastian, 1, smile up at her.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Williams, also an actor, shared the same photo on his page, captioning it, "So much to look forward to in 2020, but one thing in particular sticks out! Can’t wait to welcome another beautiful creature into this world. Happy New Years!!"</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Fererra's fellow celebs were quick to wish her congratulations in the comments.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/foxnews.com/category/person/reese-witherspoon" target="_blank">Reese Witherspoon</a> sounded off, saying, "Congratulations!!!! This is the most exciting news."</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban3" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban3"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>"Happy Happy New Year!!!!!!" said "One Day at a Time" star <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/one-day-at-a-time-saved-cancellation-season-4-2020" target="_blank">Justina Machado</a>. "Congrats love !!!"</p><div class="embed-media instagram"></div><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mindy-kaling-tv-academy-sexism" target="_blank">Mindy Kaling</a> commented with just several exclamation points.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb4"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>"Parks and Recreation" star <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christina-hendricks-reveals-police-were-called-during-filming-of-good-girls-pilot" target="_blank">Retta</a> wrote: "America!!!!!! Yay!!! Congrats mamma."</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban4" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban4"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>"You are the sweetest family," wrote <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/judith-light-model-emily-ratajkowski-clothing-line" target="_blank">Judith Light</a>. "All love to you all in this New Year."</p> <!-- --> <div class="article-meta"><!-- --></div></div> | America Ferrera is ending the decade with some big news. The "Ugly Betty" star took to Instagram to announce that she's expecting a baby with husband Ryan Piers Williams. "Welcoming Baby #2 in 2020," she wrote in the caption. "Happy New Year from our wild & growing bunch." The photo featured Ferrera, 35, standing in a snowy field while Williams, 38, and their son, Sebastian, 1, smile up at her. Williams, also an actor, shared the same photo on his page, captioning it, "So much to look forward to in 2020, but one thing in particular sticks out! Can’t wait to welcome another beautiful creature into this world. Happy New Years!!" Fererra's fellow celebs were quick to wish her congratulations in the comments. Reese Witherspoon sounded off, saying, "Congratulations!!!! This is the most exciting news." "Happy Happy New Year!!!!!!" said "One Day at a Time" star Justina Machado. "Congrats love !!!" Mindy Kaling commented with just several exclamation points. "Parks and Recreation" star Retta wrote: "America!!!!!! Yay!!! Congrats mamma." "You are the sweetest family," wrote Judith Light. "All love to you all in this New Year." | 3e59db9e-6e56-57f7-b2bc-36dded5f3041 | 09/07/23 | |||
| Colombia's government lifts coal shipping ban imposed on US-based Drummond after ocean spill | https://www.foxnews.com/world/colombias-government-lifts-coal-shipping-ban-imposed-on-us-based-drummond-after-ocean-spill | 2013-03-01 | 2015-01-13 | Associated Press | http://www.ap.org/ | Fox news | Colombia's government has ended a nearly monthlong ban on coal shipments by the U.S. -based Drummond Co. that was imposed after it dumped tons of coal into the ocean at a Caribbean port. | https://static.foxnews.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/bg/default-placeholder.png | World | <div class="article-body"><p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">BOGOTA, Colombia – </span>Colombia's government has ended a nearly monthlong ban on coal shipments by the U.S. -based Drummond Co. that was imposed after it dumped tons of coal into the ocean at a Caribbean port.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">The Environment Ministry said Friday that an investigation expected to lead to sanctions would continue into the Jan. 12-13 incident, in which an unspecified amount of coal was dumped into the ocean during rough weather.</p><p>The ministry imposed the ban Feb. 6, demanding a new contingency plan from Drummond.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Drummond produces 24 million metric tons of coal in Colombia from an open pit mine near the Caribbean and moves the coal by train to a port near Santa Marta. It is the South American country's No. 2 producer of coal, accounting for nearly a quarter of output.</p> <!-- --> <!-- --></div> | Colombia's government has ended a nearly monthlong ban on coal shipments by the U.S. -based Drummond Co. that was imposed after it dumped tons of coal into the ocean at a Caribbean port. The Environment Ministry said Friday that an investigation expected to lead to sanctions would continue into the Jan. 12-13 incident, in which an unspecified amount of coal was dumped into the ocean during rough weather. The ministry imposed the ban Feb. 6, demanding a new contingency plan from Drummond. Drummond produces 24 million metric tons of coal in Colombia from an open pit mine near the Caribbean and moves the coal by train to a port near Santa Marta. It is the South American country's No. 2 producer of coal, accounting for nearly a quarter of output. | e439307d-2b16-5219-bc8b-4b1d134f0a1d | 09/07/23 | |
| Aretha Franklin Reveals 85-Pound Weight Loss | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/aretha-franklin-reveals-85-pound-weight-loss | 2011-03-02 | 2016-04-08 | Associated Press | http://www.ap.org/ | Fox news | Aretha Franklin says she's lost 85 pounds as part of an ongoing effort to drop weight. | https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/524/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 | Entertainment | <div class="article-body"><div class="image-ct featured featured-image" isfeatured="true"><div class="m"><picture><source height="192" media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/343/192/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/686/384/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="343"><source height="378" media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/672/378/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1344/756/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="672"><source height="523" media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/523/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1862/1046/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="931"><source height="405" media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/720/405/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1440/810/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" width="720"> <img alt="People Aretha Franklin" height="675" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/ArethaFranklinWendy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" width="1200"/></source></source></source></source></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>In this Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 photo provided by "The Wendy Williams Show," Wendy Williams, right, poses with Aretha Franklin during an interview at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, Mich. (AP)</span> <!-- --></p></div></div></div><p class="speakable"><a class="r_lapi" href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/music/pop-rock-1955-2002/aretha-franklin.htm#r_src=ramp">Aretha Franklin</a> says she's lost 85 pounds as part of an ongoing effort to drop weight.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">The legendary singer said in a taped interview that aired Wednesday on "The <a class="r_lapi" href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/the-wendy-williams-show.htm#r_src=ramp">Wendy Williams</a> Show" that she's been trying to shed pounds ever since looking at pictures of herself and deciding she was "entirely too fat."</p><p>Williams interviewed Franklin on Friday at a Detroit-area hotel.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>The 68-year-old Franklin underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December and didn't go into detail about it during the interview with Williams.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>The "Queen of Soul" did say a recurring pain in her side last year was her "first inkling that something was not what it should be."</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>The second part of the interview is to air on Thursday.</p> <!-- --> <!-- --></div> | Aretha Franklin says she's lost 85 pounds as part of an ongoing effort to drop weight. The legendary singer said in a taped interview that aired Wednesday on "The Wendy Williams Show" that she's been trying to shed pounds ever since looking at pictures of herself and deciding she was "entirely too fat." Williams interviewed Franklin on Friday at a Detroit-area hotel. The 68-year-old Franklin underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December and didn't go into detail about it during the interview with Williams. The "Queen of Soul" did say a recurring pain in her side last year was her "first inkling that something was not what it should be." The second part of the interview is to air on Thursday. | 3879513b-a574-5d74-a175-86bf4358db17 | 09/07/23 | |
| The Latest: Longtime telescope opponent expresses gratitude to heavens, court, people | https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-latest-longtime-telescope-opponent-expresses-gratitude-to-heavens-court-people | 2015-12-02 | 2015-12-03 | Associated Press | http://www.ap.org/ | Fox news | The latest on the Hawaii Supreme court invalidating a permit for the construction of what would be the world's largest telescope (all times local): 3:45 p.m. | https://static.foxnews.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/bg/default-placeholder.png | Hawaii | <div class="article-body"><p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">HONOLULU – </span>The latest on the Hawaii Supreme court invalidating a permit for the construction of what would be the world's largest telescope (all times local):</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">3:45 p.m.</p><p>A longtime opponent of what would be one of the world's largest telescopes is hopeful that a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling invalidating its construction permit will lead to project officials abandoning plans for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Kealoha Pisciotta says she's grateful to the heavens, the court and the people for Wednesday's ruling. The court says the state land board should not have issued a permit for the telescope before it held a hearing to evaluate a petition by a group challenging the project's approval.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>The ruling sends the case back to the board for a new hearing.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Construction near the summit of Mauna Kea has been suspended since April amid protests from those who consider Mauna Kea sacred.</p> <!-- --> <!-- --></div> | The latest on the Hawaii Supreme court invalidating a permit for the construction of what would be the world's largest telescope (all times local): 3:45 p.m. A longtime opponent of what would be one of the world's largest telescopes is hopeful that a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling invalidating its construction permit will lead to project officials abandoning plans for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope. Kealoha Pisciotta says she's grateful to the heavens, the court and the people for Wednesday's ruling. The court says the state land board should not have issued a permit for the telescope before it held a hearing to evaluate a petition by a group challenging the project's approval. The ruling sends the case back to the board for a new hearing. Construction near the summit of Mauna Kea has been suspended since April amid protests from those who consider Mauna Kea sacred. | c9ed7aae-fe18-588b-819a-8cb79ab357d0 | 09/07/23 | |
| U.S. Combs for Iraqi Said Behind Attacks | https://www.foxnews.com/story/u-s-combs-for-iraqi-said-behind-attacks | 2003-11-18 | 2015-01-13 | Fox News | http://www.foxnews.com/ | Fox news | Pressing their search for a former Saddam deputy believed to be orchestrating attacks on Americans, U.S. forces Monday attacked dozens of suspected guerrilla hideouts in Saddam Hussein's hometown, killing six alleged Saddam loyalists. | https://static.foxnews.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/bg/default-placeholder.png | story | <div class="article-body"><p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">TIKRIT, Iraq – </span>Pressing their search for a former Saddam deputy believed to be orchestrating attacks on Americans, U.S. forces Monday attacked dozens of suspected guerrilla hideouts in <b>Saddam Hussein's</b> (<a href="http://clickit.go2net.com/search?cid=307797&site=srch&area=is.clicktracking&shape=link&cp=info.foxnws&clickurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.foxnews.com%2Finfo.foxnws%2Fredirs_all.htm%3Fpgtarg%3Dwbsdogpile&ext_qcat=web&ext_qkw=Saddam%20Hussein%27s" target="_blank">search</a>) hometown, killing six alleged Saddam loyalists.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban1" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban1"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p class="speakable">"We are getting intelligence now that he is directly involved in the killing of coalition soldiers," military spokesman Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said.</p><p>Kimmitt said the U.S.-led coalition was intensifying its search for <b>Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri</b> (<a href="http://clickit.go2net.com/search?cid=307797&site=srch&area=is.clicktracking&shape=link&cp=info.foxnws&clickurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.foxnews.com%2Finfo.foxnws%2Fredirs_all.htm%3Fpgtarg%3Dwbsdogpile&ext_qcat=web&ext_qkw=Izzat%20Ibrahim%20al-Douri" target="_blank">search</a>), No. 6 on the most-wanted list of 55 Iraqis and former vice chairman of Saddam's Revolutionary Command Council.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb2"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Also Monday, an Iraqi militant group called Muhammad's Army claimed responsibility for the downing of a U.S. helicopter on Nov. 2 that killed 16 soldiers. The group warned that U.S. forces would face more attacks if they did not leave Iraq in 15 days. There was no way to independently verify the claims.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban2" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban2"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>In a videotape broadcast by the Lebanese Al Hayat-LBC satellite channel, Muhammad's Army also claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of the U.S.-backed Iraq government council and another attack on American troops.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>The group is seeking to return Saddam to power and consists of several hundred former Iraqi intelligence and security services. A group with this name is one of several that claimed responsibility for the Aug. 19 bombing of U.N. headquarters in <b>Baghdad</b> (<a href="http://clickit.go2net.com/search?cid=307797&site=srch&area=is.clicktracking&shape=link&cp=info.foxnws&clickurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.foxnews.com%2Finfo.foxnws%2Fredirs_all.htm%3Fpgtarg%3Dwbsdogpile&ext_qcat=web&ext_qkw=Baghdad" target="_blank">search</a>).</p><p>Kimmitt said coalition forces had captured 99 suspected Saddam loyalists, including a former general in Saddam's elite <b>Republican Guard</b> (<a href="http://clickit.go2net.com/search?cid=307797&site=srch&area=is.clicktracking&shape=link&cp=info.foxnws&clickurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.foxnews.com%2Finfo.foxnws%2Fredirs_all.htm%3Fpgtarg%3Dwbsdogpile&ext_qcat=web&ext_qkw=Republican%20Guard" target="_blank">search</a>), during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over the past 24 hours.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban3" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban3"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Last month, a senior U.S. defense official said al-Douri was believed to be helping coordinate attacks on American forces with members of <b>Ansar al-Islam</b> (<a href="http://clickit.go2net.com/search?cid=307797&site=srch&area=is.clicktracking&shape=link&cp=info.foxnws&clickurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.foxnews.com%2Finfo.foxnws%2Fredirs_all.htm%3Fpgtarg%3Dwbsdogpile&ext_qcat=web&ext_qkw=Ansar%20al-Islam" target="_blank">search</a>), an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in the north. The information about al-Douri's role came from two captured members of Ansar al-Islam, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.</p><p>Al-Douri was one of Saddam's few longtime confidants and his daughter was married to Saddam's son, Uday, who was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in July.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb4"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p>Shortly before the U.S.-led invasion began March 20, Saddam announced a reorganization of Iraq's defenses, naming his son Qusay and other trusted aides to command each of four sectors across the country. Al-Douri was named commander for the northern sector.</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb3"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban4" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban4"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>Tikrit, about 120 miles north of Baghdad, is part of a region north and west of Baghdad dominated by Sunni Muslims and regarded as a hotbed of anti-American sentiment.</p><p>During Monday's raids, U.S. forces fired a satellite-guided missile carrying a 500-pound warhead at a suspected sanctuary for Saddam loyalists 10 miles south of Tikrit -- the second use in as many days of the powerful weapon amid a U.S. drive to intimidate the resistance.</p><p>Hundreds of U.S. troops in tanks and assault vehicles marched through crowded downtown Tikrit Monday in a show of force intended to deliver a stern warning.</p><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb5"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban5" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban5"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban5', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban5'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>"They need to understand that it's more than just Humvees that will be used against the resistance and we will crush the resistance," said Lt. Col. Steven Russell, a battalion commander in the 4th Infantry Division.</p><p>U.S. forces carried out dozens of attacks from Sunday night to early Monday, destroying 15 suspected safehouses, three training camps and 14 mortar firing points, said Lt. Col. William MacDonald, a spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division.</p><p>Six suspected Saddam loyalists were killed and 21 arrested, he said.</p><div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load"><!-- --> <div class="ad gam inline" data-iu="ban6" id="mobile-mw-ad-ban6"></div> <script> if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) { window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) { Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban6', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban6'); }); } else { console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found'); } </script></div><p>"Clearly, we're sending the message that we do have the ability to run operations across a wide area," said MacDonald. "We have overwhelming combat power that we will utilize in order to go after groups and individuals who have been conducting anti-coalition activities."</p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb4"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-iu="lb6"></div> <!-- --> <!-- --></div><p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report</em>.</p> <!-- --> <div class="article-meta"><!-- --></div></div> | Pressing their search for a former Saddam deputy believed to be orchestrating attacks on Americans, U.S. forces Monday attacked dozens of suspected guerrilla hideouts in Saddam Hussein's (search) hometown, killing six alleged Saddam loyalists. "We are getting intelligence now that he is directly involved in the killing of coalition soldiers," military spokesman Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said. Kimmitt said the U.S.-led coalition was intensifying its search for Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (search), No. 6 on the most-wanted list of 55 Iraqis and former vice chairman of Saddam's Revolutionary Command Council. Also Monday, an Iraqi militant group called Muhammad's Army claimed responsibility for the downing of a U.S. helicopter on Nov. 2 that killed 16 soldiers. The group warned that U.S. forces would face more attacks if they did not leave Iraq in 15 days. There was no way to independently verify the claims. In a videotape broadcast by the Lebanese Al Hayat-LBC satellite channel, Muhammad's Army also claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of the U.S.-backed Iraq government council and another attack on American troops. The group is seeking to return Saddam to power and consists of several hundred former Iraqi intelligence and security services. A group with this name is one of several that claimed responsibility for the Aug. 19 bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad (search). Kimmitt said coalition forces had captured 99 suspected Saddam loyalists, including a former general in Saddam's elite Republican Guard (search), during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over the past 24 hours. Last month, a senior U.S. defense official said al-Douri was believed to be helping coordinate attacks on American forces with members of Ansar al-Islam (search), an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in the north. The information about al-Douri's role came from two captured members of Ansar al-Islam, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Al-Douri was one of Saddam's few longtime confidants and his daughter was married to Saddam's son, Uday, who was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in July. Shortly before the U.S.-led invasion began March 20, Saddam announced a reorganization of Iraq's defenses, naming his son Qusay and other trusted aides to command each of four sectors across the country. Al-Douri was named commander for the northern sector. Tikrit, about 120 miles north of Baghdad, is part of a region north and west of Baghdad dominated by Sunni Muslims and regarded as a hotbed of anti-American sentiment. During Monday's raids, U.S. forces fired a satellite-guided missile carrying a 500-pound warhead at a suspected sanctuary for Saddam loyalists 10 miles south of Tikrit -- the second use in as many days of the powerful weapon amid a U.S. drive to intimidate the resistance. Hundreds of U.S. troops in tanks and assault vehicles marched through crowded downtown Tikrit Monday in a show of force intended to deliver a stern warning. "They need to understand that it's more than just Humvees that will be used against the resistance and we will crush the resistance," said Lt. Col. Steven Russell, a battalion commander in the 4th Infantry Division. U.S. forces carried out dozens of attacks from Sunday night to early Monday, destroying 15 suspected safehouses, three training camps and 14 mortar firing points, said Lt. Col. William MacDonald, a spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division. Six suspected Saddam loyalists were killed and 21 arrested, he said. "Clearly, we're sending the message that we do have the ability to run operations across a wide area," said MacDonald. "We have overwhelming combat power that we will utilize in order to go after groups and individuals who have been conducting anti-coalition activities." The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 58d34fe2-c527-5ced-bcb0-89ceb480e5ac | 09/07/23 |