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Steven Spielberg took home the best motion picture – drama award for “The Fabelmans,” and also earned the best director trophy at the 80th annual Golden Globes Tuesday night.

Austin Butler praised Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and Elvis Presley as he picked up his first Golden Globe award for best actor in a drama.

Standing in awe on stage after winning for his starring role in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic “Elvis,” he said, “I’m in this room full of my heroes. Brad, I love you.”

He also thanked director Quentin Tarantino, saying, “Quentin, I printed out the Pulp Fiction script when I was 12.”

Pitt, who skipped out on the red carpet, was nominated for best supporting actor in “Babylon.”

He lost out on the award to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actor Ke Huy Quan,” who was the first actor of Asian descent in 40 years to win in the category.

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Austin Butler, left, thanked his heroes while accepting his first Golden Globe award.
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael talked Hollywood Foreign Press Association controversies during his opening monologue.

“I’m here ’cause I’m Black,” Carmichael said. “I won’t say they were a racist organization, but they didn’t have a single Black member until George Floyd died, so do with that information what you will.”

“Like, one minute, you’re making mint tea at home; the next, you’re invited to be the Black face of an embattled White organization. Life really comes at you fast,” he joked.

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He laughed, “I’m unfireable.”

Eddie Murphy made light of another controversy from last year’s awards season as he accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award.

“There is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity and peace of mind,” he told the “up-and-coming dreamers” in the audience. “Just do these three things – Pay your taxes, mind your business, and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out your f—ing mouth.”

Murphy was referring to the now infamous moment Smith slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

Eddie Murphy brought out his best Will Smith joke at the Golden Globes.
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Jerrod Carmichael hosted Golden Globes Tuesday at Beverly Hills Hilton.
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Jennifer Coolidge joked she was at the Golden Globes to present an Oscar.
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Angela Bassett shows off her Golden Globe Award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
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Angela Bassett won a Golden Globe for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” marking the first major award for a Marvel film actor.

Jennifer Coolidge remembered getting a call about being asked to present at the Golden Globes and initially saying yes, but then having a “complete anxiety attack” and rescinding her offer.

She then thought about having to walk from “behind the curtain without breaking my skull.”

One of the Globes producers said, “Jennifer, then why don’t you just wear a pair of Crocs?”

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Standing on stage wearing a stunning black lace gown, she remembered, “Are you kidding me? With my Dolce & Gabbana dress? All of those Italians would lose their minds,” Coolidge said.

The “White Lotus” star joked, “And the Oscar goes to,” before announcing the winner.

Tyler James Williams from “Abbott Elementary” won the Golden Globe for supporting actor – TV series. He thanked the cast and crew of the show, created by Quinta Brunson. Eddie Murphy was pictured giving a standing ovation to the first-time Golden Globe winner.

“I truly, truly appreciate this, and I pray that this is a win for Gregory Eddie (his character on “Abbott”) and for his story and for stories like his … that we may understand that his story is just as important as all of the other stories that have to be told out here,” Williams said. 

Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a television series for his role in “Bear” and declared, “I love acting,” as he thanked the cast and crew for his award.

“Rihanna, I love you and I dressed up as you for Halloween. I had to take my moment,” Niecy Nash told the “Umbrella” singer from the stage before announcing Quinta Brunson as the winner for best actress in a television series.

Tyler James Williams won best supporting actor – television series for “Abbott Elementary.”
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“Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson rocked a Christian Siriano gown for the ceremony where she won best television actress – Musical/Comedy Series.
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky cuddle up at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Steven Spielberg accepts best director award for “The Fabelmans.”
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The “Abbott Elementary” star thanked her husband, her “wonderful, wonderful, wonderful cast,” and laughed as her group chats full of family and friends kept her phone buzzing. 

“Abbott” later picked up the best TV series – musical or comedy Golden Globe award. Brunson thanked Henry Winkler, Bob Odenkirk and Seth Rogen for inspiring her. 

“We made this show because we love comedy, and we love TV,” Quinta said.

The star-studded event returned for the first time since 2021 after a controversy involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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At the time, the HFPA came under fire after a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed ethical lapses and a stunning lack of diversity — there was not a single Black journalist in the 87-person group. Studios and PR firms threatened to boycott. Tom Cruise even returned his three Golden Globes, while other A-listers condemned the group on social media.

Later in the evening, Coolidge was back to win her first Globe for “The White Lotus.” She put the award down on the stage and said, “I don’t work out, you know. I can’t hold it that long.”

Coolidge praised “Lotus” creator Mike White for giving her “hope” in her career during her speech, which was heavily bleeped. “Even if this is the end, because you did kill me off … it doesn’t matter. You changed my life in a million different ways. My neighbors are speaking to me, things like that. I was never invited to one party on my hill and now everyone’s inviting me.”

White later took his own moment on stage to thank Coolidge while accepting the Golden Globe for best limited anthology series or TV movie. He joked he wanted to give his speech in Italian, but was too drunk. 

“I know you all passed on this show,” he said while looking into the audience and laughing. “Very gratifying moment.”

Michelle Yeoh won Golden Globe for best actress in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
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Sean Penn introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Golden Globes Tuesday.
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Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won for best animated film. 
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Steven Spielberg won best director for “The Fabelmans,” and admitted he had been hiding the story “since he was 17 years old.”

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“Everything I’ve done up to this point has made me ready to finally be honest about the fact it’s not easy to be a kid, the fact that everyone sees me as a success story … but nobody really knows who we are until we’re courageous enough to tell everyone who we are, and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out when I could tell that story,” he said.

Carmichael returned from a commercial with a joke that shocked social media users.

“Alright you guys, we are back,” he said. “We are pressed for time. We are live from the hotel that killed Whitney Houston, the Beverly Hilton, so that is very exciting.”

Sean Penn raised awareness for Iranian protestors during a humanitarian speech before introducing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy via video at the Globes.

“There are still battles and tears ahead, but now I can definitely tell you who are the best in the previous year, it was you. The free people of the free world. Those who united around the support of the free Ukrainian people in our common struggle for freedom,” Zelenskyy said. “There will be no third World War, it is not a trilogy. Ukraine will stop the Russian aggression on our land.”

“House of the Dragon” won best drama series, and “The Banshees of Inisherin” earned the best motion picture – musical or comedy award.

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A CNN segment on Tuesday discussed how “easy” it is to mishandle classified government documents. 

Former President Trump was embroiled in a scandal over the summer regarding government documents kept at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida. Now that President Biden appears to have mishandled classified documents as well, some parts of the media appear to be far less outraged over the issue. 

“You were also involved in the Hillary Clinton classified information issue,” CNN Newsroom host Alisyn Camerota said to former CIA lawyer Brian Greer. “How easy is this? How easy is it to walk out of some secure facility – the White House, with classified documents? How often does this happen?”

Greer suggested that such is a mistake is not only easy to make, but a daily occurrence. 

Former CIA lawyer Brian Greer spoke on CNN about how commonly government documents are mishandled. 

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“With a situation like this, doesn’t happen that often but more generally speaking, mishandling of classified information does happen quite a bit – every day within the federal government,” Greer said. 

“It’s the sad reality of the situation where people are not properly trained and proper procedures aren’t in place to catch this kind of thing. And look back now, we’ve had the last two presidential elections, the major party candidates of both parties now have all been at one time now under investigation for mishandling classified information,” he continued.

Host Victor Blackwell asked Greer to explain his statement that there is a “danger in over-criminalizing mishandling of classified information.”

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to speak to reporters as he and first lady Jill Biden leave the White House and walk to Marine One on the South Lawn on December 27, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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Greer suggested that because “the criminal statutes that are out there that are old and quite vague, almost any mishandling case could potentially be shoehorned into a criminal investigation.”

Greer then circled back to his earlier point, “Because this type of mishandling happens all the time and now it’s become such a political football with all three last presidential candidates being investigated, I do worry about – while we need to take this all seriously and needs to be investigated, I do worry about over-criminalizing it.”

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was also accused of mishandling classified documents.
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He said that some cases for government employees should have them “disciplined or fired, but launching these full investigations that become political footballs is dangerous because it can disincentivize people from serving in the federal government.” 

He continued, “We do want to incentivize them to do the right thing, which is to report it when it happens and not do the wrong thing to conceal and obstruct, which is what Trump did.”

Fox News host Sean Hannity reacted to the classified documents originally discovered on Nov. 2 ahead of the midterms in the Penn Biden Center office. 

SEAN HANNITY: We begin tonight with a special look at the U. Penn. Biden’s Center for Diplomacy and Engagement made possible, it appears, by the Communist Party of China. Now, in 2014, shortly after establishing the academic center, all in Biden’s name and appointing the former vice president to lead the new department, $54 million in anonymous donations from China magically just poured right into the coffers. Now, last year, a government watchdog demanded that these sketchy donations be investigated out of national security concerns. And now, lo and behold, breaking this week, a trove of top secret classified documents, including sensitive compartmented information from the Obama administration. They were uncovered in a private, unsecured office at the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Engagement in a folder that was marked VP Personal. Now, this reportedly includes secret material surrounding the UK, Iran, Ukraine. Now, to put it simply, thanks to Joe Biden, America’s most sensitive secrets were floating around in an unsecured office that was bought and paid for by the CCP. 

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Now, of course, Joe Biden, he doesn’t need to defend himself. Why should he? He’s got Don Lemon. He’s got liberal Morning Joe. He’s got the ladies of The View. He’s got two fake news networks, MSDNC, Fake News CNN, he’s got The Washington Post, The New York Times, three networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, and dozens of other outlets that are more than happy to defend the president against all odds. 

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The Golden Globes returned on Tuesday with a star-studded ceremony, in which it immediately addressed its controversy that canceled last year’s show after it was discovered the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had no Black members. 

“I’m here because I’m Black,” host Jerrod Carmichael joked as he came on stage, before describing how HFPA’s scandal led to his opportunity. The show then started to announce the evening’s winners. 

Steven Spielberg had a good night, with his semi-autobiographical film “The Fabelmans” winning for best motion picture drama and he also won for best director. 

The dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” was awarded the best picture for a comedy as well as best screenplay and Colin Farrell was awarded best actor for the film. 

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Steven Spielberg accepts best director award for “The Fabelmans.”
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Kevin Costner won best actor for a TV drama for “Yellowstone” but wasn’t able to be at the show because of historic flooding in Santa Barbara. 

Ke Huy Quan, who made a triumphant return to acting after a decades’ long hiatus following his debut as a child actor in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” in 1984, won the first award of the night for best supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” 

He was followed by Angela Bassett for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” who mentioned the loss of star Chadwick Boseman.

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Angela Bassett and Ke Huy Quan won the first awards of the night. 
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Quan’s castmate Michelle Yeoh scored another win for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Abbott Elementary” started racking up wins on the TV side early with creator Quinta Brunson and supporting actor Tyler James Williams both taking home awards. The show later won for best TV comedy. 

Here is a list of all the winners: 

Best supporting actor – motion picture: Ke Huy Quan for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 

Best supporting actress – motion picture – Angela Bassett for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” 

Best supporting actor – television series – Tyler James Williams for “Abbott Elementary” 

Austin Butler poses with the best actor in a motion picture – drama award for “Elvis.”
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Best score – motion picture – Jason Hurwitz for “Babylon” 

Best original song – motion picture – “Naatu Naatu” for the movie “RRR.” 

Best television actor – musical/comedy series – Jeremy Allen White for “The Bear” 

Best television actress – musical/comedy series – Quinta Brunson for “Abbott Elementary” 

“Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson won the award for best television actress – musical/comedy series.
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Best actor – motion picture – musical/comedy – Colin Farrell for “The Banshees of Inisherin.” 

Best actress – motion picture – musical/comedy – Michelle Yeoh for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 

Best picture – animated – Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” 

Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won for best animated film. 
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Best actor – motion picture – drama – Austin Butler for “Elvis” 

Best television actress – drama series – Zendaya for “Euphoria” 

Best supporting actress – television series – Julia Garner for “Ozark” 

Best actress – motion picture – drama – Cate Blanchett for “Tár”

Best motion picture – non-English language – “Argentina, 1985”

Best screenplay – motion picture – Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin.” 

Best director – motion picture – Steven Spielberg for “The Fabelmans” 

Best supporting actor – television limited series/motion picture – Paul Walter Hauser for “Black Bird.” 

Best supporting actress – television limited series/motion picture – Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” 

Jennifer Coolidge accepts her award for best actress. 
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Best actress – limited series, anthology series, or television motion picture – Amanda Seyfried for “The Dropout.” 

Best limited series, anthology series, or television motion picture – “The White Lotus” 

Best actor – limited series, anthology series, or television motion picture – Evan Peters for “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” 

Best television actor – drama series – Kevin Costner for “Yellowstone” 

Best musical/comedy series – “Abbott Elementary” 

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Best picture – musical/comedy – “The Banshees of Inisherin” 

Best drama series – “House of the Dragon” 

Best picture – drama – “The Fabelmans” 

The man accused of attempting to kill two New York City police officers on New Year’s Eve has been hit with federal charges, according to the Department of Justice.

Trevor Bickford, 19, allegedly used a machete to attack two New York City Police officers in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve and is reported to have traveled from Maine. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder of an officer and two counts of attempted assault, and is now being charged with four counts of attempted murder of officers and employees of the U.S. Government and persons assisting them.

Bickford allegedly committed the attack nearly two hours before midnight outside the secure area at Times Square where individuals are searched for weapons.

Before Bickford was shot by a police officer, authorities said he hit two officers with the machete. One of the officers received a fractured skull because of the incident while the other had a bad cut, but are expected to recover.

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Trevor Bickford, 19
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The individual was on the FBI’s radar for weeks prior to the attack, according to reports. A high-level police source previously told Fox News Digital that he had recently converted to Islam and said that authorities received a tip saying that Bickford expressed interest in traveling to Afghanistan.

The Department of Justice says that Bickford attempted to “wage Jihad by killing U.S. Government officials,” and says that in 2022 he began consuming materials “espousing radical Islamic ideology” such as “promoting the Taliban and reflecting the teachings of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, a prominent radical Islamic cleric who was a spiritual mentor of al Qaeda.”

According to the Justice Department, this led to Bickford’s radicalization and “devoting himself to violent Islamic extremism and waging jihad.”

Bickford’s radicalization led to a desire to travel to the Middle East to “support the Taliban,” and began taking steps to “ally himself with the Taliban and work with the Taliban to fight against governments that, in [his] view, oppress Muslims,” the DOJ said.

The 19-year-old also told a family member that he “wanted to travel to the Middle East so that he could be a suicide bomber for his religion,” the Justice Department alleges.

Bickford decided that he wanted to stay in the United States and not travel to the Middle East in order to “wage jihad against the U.S. Government within the United States,” authorities said in a press release.

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The weapon an unnamed attacker allegedly used to stab two NYC police officers.
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Just before Bickford allegedly carried out the attacks, he said “Allahu Akbar,” which is an Arabic phrase meaning “God is great,” the DOJ said.

Among the items recovered by law enforcement was a journal belonging to Bickford which had an entry from Dec. 31, 2022 stating that “this will likely be my last entry,” and said that his brother has “joined the ranks of my enemy” after enlisting in the U.S. military, officials said.

The DOJ also said that a book inside a bag belonging to Bickford was found by authorities and contained a highlighted quote reading “Fight in the Name of Allah and in the Cause of Allah. Fight against those who do not believe in Allah. Wage a holy war.”

NYE SLASHING SUSPECT TREVOR BICKFORD CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE OFFICERS
 

After he was arrested, Bickford told authorities that he walked around the area of Times Square on New Year’s Eve “trying to figure out the right time to kill” and also recited Quran verses in his head to “hype himself up” before the alleged attack.

When authorities asked Bickford why he committed the attack, he said that “all men of military age were his targets; no one can work for the U.S. Government and be a true Muslim because the U.S. Government supports Israel; and he wanted to kill as many of these targets as he could.”

Bickford also intended to die in the attack, authorities said, adding that he claimed that the attack was “unsuccessful” because he “did not kill any officers, and he did not die himself.”

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If convicted, Bickford faces a potential sentence of 80 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland said “We are deeply grateful for the bravery of the officers who were injured in this horrible attack and who put their lives on the line every day to serve their communities.  Together with our law enforcement partners at every level of government, the Justice Department will continue to work to disrupt, investigate, and prosecute those who target and attack law enforcement and endanger the American people.”

Fox News’ Stephen Sorace, Anders Hagstrom, and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart departed on a journey to become the first pilot to successfully fly solo from Hawaii to mainland United States on this day in history, Jan. 11, 1935. 

The daring flight across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean had claimed the lives of 10 previous aviators. She earned $10,000 from promoters in Hawaii for her death-defying achievement.

The pilot also hoped to promote a future in which commercial air travel closed distances around the world. 

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“I wanted the flight just to contribute,” Earhart said of what was, at the time, an unprecedented trip across open ocean. 

“I could only hope one more passage across that part of the Pacific would mark a little more clearly the pathway over which an air service of the future will inevitably ply.”

Amelia Earhart on Jan. 12, 1935, after the first Hawaii-to-California flight. She was the first pilot to succeed at flying the route. 
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She flew from Honolulu to Oakland, where she landed the following day and was greeted by a crowd of some 10,000 people celebrating her achievement.

“Though some called it a publicity stunt for Earhart and Hawaiian sugar plantation promoters, it was a dangerous 2,408-mile flight that had already claimed several lives,” writes the National Air and Space Museum. 

“Earhart’s nearly 19-hour flight across the Pacific took her 600 more miles over water than Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic trip.”

She made the journey in a small single-engine Lockheed 5C Vega. It marked the start of an incredible period for air travel for the famed American pilot. 

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“Later that year, Earhart made record flights from Los Angeles to Mexico City and from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey,” according to the National Air and Space Museum. 

She also placed fifth in the 1935 Bendix Race, a transcontinental race sponsored by Bendix Corporation that achieved great renown in the 1930s and 1940s.

Amelia Earhart at the Oakland Airport on March 12, 1937. The pilot disappeared over the Pacific Ocean just four months later. Carl Bigelow/Oakland Tribune, published Nov. 24, 1961. 
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Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas and achieved fame in her 30s as one of the nation’s most daring pilots — and one of the few women in what was a burgeoning and still largely male profession of flying planes. 

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She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross from the U.S. Congress.

Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared mysteriously on July 2, 1937, near Howland Island, a small coral shoal near the equator about halfway between Australia and Hawaii. She was attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. 

Earhart continues to capture the public’s imagination today. 

She was honored in the U.S Capitol just last year — joining Dwight D. Eisenhower as one of two Americans representing the great state of Kansas in the National Statuary Hall.

Western Wireless Receiver, Type 7, Ser. No. 141. Amelia Earhart used this Western Wireless Type 7 radio receiver on her 1935 solo, nonstop flight from Hawaii to Oakland in her Lockheed 5C Vega.
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Earhart is one of only 11 women among the 100 Americans in the group — two for each state in the Union. 

“We captured her as she often stood, in a gentle breeze, looking toward the sky with a hint of a squint in her eyes,” said sculptor George Lundeen of the image of Earhart in bronze, “her scarf about to blow over her shoulder … as if she’s getting ready to fly.”

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The Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation, meanwhile, announced yesterday, on the eve of the 88th anniversary of her Hawaii-to-California flight, the expected April 14, 2023, opening of the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum. 

The new attraction in Atchison “will become the first museum to blend STEM and historical storytelling to celebrate Earhart’s world-renowned legacy as a trailblazing aviator and innovator,” the foundation said in a statement. 

Lawmakers watch as a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean, is unveiled in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill on July 27, 2022 in Washington, D.C. the Amelia Earhart statue is one of 11 women represented among the 100 statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.  
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Earhart’s incredible 19-hour solo journey from Honolulu to Oakland is just one of many flights that thrilled Americans at a time when flight invoked images of freedom, mastery of one’s fate and the pioneer spirit at the heart of the nation. 

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“Amelia Earhart captivated the world with extraordinary bravery, unwavering perseverance and daring determination to defy the odds and pursue her dreams of flight,” said Karen Seaberg, founder and president of the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is demanding the reinstatement of an adjunct professor fired for displaying an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in class.

Erika López Prater, an adjunct art history professor at Minnesota’s Hamline University, was fired after a student complained about images of Muhammad in her course.

HAMLINE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FIRED FOR SHOWING IMAGES OF MUHAMMAD HAD WARNED STUDENTS IN SYLLABUS

Prater issued a syllabus warning students that the class would contain images of holy figures, including the prophet Muhammad and the Buddha. Students were told they could contact her with any concerns about the course material, and none did, according a report from the New York Times.

Prater also reportedly warned students that a painting containing an image of Muhammad was going to be displayed a few minutes ahead of time, giving anyone who might be offended by such imagery an opportunity to leave the classroom.

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“It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad,” an official statement from MPAC read. “We issue this statement of support for the professor and urge the university to reverse its decision and to take compensatory action to ameliorate the situation.”

In the statement released Monday, MPAC argued that the artwork was displayed tastefully and for the sake of education on the variance of beliefs among Muslims.

MINNESOTA PROFESSOR REPORTEDLY FIRED AFTER MUSLIM STUDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT IMAGES OF MUHAMMAD SHOWN IN CLASS

“As a Muslim organization, we recognize the validity and ubiquity of an Islamic viewpoint that discourages or forbids any depictions of the Prophet, especially if done in a distasteful or disrespectful manner,” the MPAC statement read. “However, we also recognize the historical reality that other viewpoints have existed and that there have been some Muslims, including and especially Shīʿī Muslims,  who have felt no qualms in pictorially representing the Prophet (although often veiling his face out of respect).”

A wooden inscription of Muhammad’s name.
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Hamline University President Fayneese Miller penned a letter to students last month apologizing for the incident, arguing that not offending the school’s Muslim students was more important than academic freedom.

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“It is not our intent to place blame; rather, it is our intent to note that in the classroom incident—where an image forbidden for Muslims to look upon was projected on a screen and left for many minutes—respect for the observant Muslim students in that classroom should have superseded academic freedom,” Miller said in the letter.

Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report.

Democrat Rep. Katie Porter of California announced Tuesday that she is entering the Golden State’s 2024 Senate race.

The announcement comes before Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has represented California in the Senate since 1992, has made any announcement about whether she will seek re-election in 2024 when her current term expires. 

Feinstein, who at age 89 is the oldest serving senator, is widely expected to announce in the coming months that she won’t seek another term in office.

In a clip shared to social media, Porter, who won re-election to her House seat in the November midterm elections, said: “We’re living through a time of extraordinary change. I’m Katie Porter. Change can be electrifying and exhilarating, but change can also be disruptive — like the constant assault on our democracy and the dangerous imbalance in our economy.”

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“The threat from so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell has too often made the United States Senate the place where rights get revoked, special interests get rewarded, and our democracy gets rigged, especially in times like these,” she added.

Pointing to herself as a voice for residents in California, Porter said California “needs a warrior in Washington.”

“I don’t do Congress the way others often do,” she claimed in the video message. “I use whatever power I have to speak hard truths to the powers that be — to not just challenge the status quo, but call it out, name names, and demand justice.”

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Rep. Katie Porter speaks to supporters, volunteers and staff at an election night party at the Hilton Orange County Hotel on Nov. 8, 2022, in Costa Mesa, California.
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Porter represents California’s 47th Congressional District, a coastal seat that stretches from Long Beach south into Orange County in the southern part of the state. 

The congresswoman, a former law professor who was paid more than $285,000 one year during her time at the University of California, Irvine, is also vowing to take on “Wall Street and the big banks, big oil, and Big Pharma.”

First elected to Congress in 2018, Porter also noted in the clip that she refuses to “accept corporate PAC and lobbyist campaign money.”

“I don’t want it,” she said. “And I’m leading the fight to ban congressional stock trading because it’s just wrong.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks during a news conference on Oct. 22, 2020, at the Capitol.
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Porter was quickly endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading political group on the left.

“Katie Porter is the type of progressive champion Californians need fighting for working families in the U.S. Senate,” PCCC co-founder Adam Green emphasized.

While Porter’s the first to announce, she’s far from the only prominent California Democrat interested in running for Feinstein’s Senate seat.

Rep. Adam Schiff has said he’s mulling a bid, and Rep. Barbara Lee is also seen as another potential contender, in what could turn into a combative Democratic Senate primary.

But Porter appears to be well positioned, thanks to her strong fundraising efforts.

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Porter had $7.7 million in her campaign coffers after a hard fought re-election victory in November over Republican Scott Baugh. She hauled in more than $25 million in fundraising during the 2022 cycle.

The winner of the party’s 2024 Senate nomination will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in the heavily blue state of California.

Fox News’ Kelly Phares, and Lee Ross contributed to this story 

WWE legend Kurt Angle opened up about a harrowing experience he had while he and his family were on vacation in Miami.

Angle, who is also an Olympic gold medalist, said in a recent episode of the “Kurt Angle Show” he was out jet skiing with his daughter, Giuliana, when they flipped over and went into the ocean. Angle detailed the fear he had while trying to make sure he was not going to sink in the water.

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Kurt Angle, right, is seen in action against Dolph Ziggler during the quarter-final match of WWE “Crown Jewel” World Cup 2018 tournament at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 2, 2018. 
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“Thank God my daughter is like an Olympic-caliber swimmer,” Angle said on the podcast. “I even had the safety vest on, but it wasn’t working; I was still sinking. I can’t swim so I’m in trouble. I couldn’t get above water, I was going under. My daughter kept her composure. The jet ski got away from us, it was like 50 feet away from us. She didn’t know whether to go to the jet ski or to me, but she came over to me and saved my life. She pulled me over to the jet ski, she swam 50 yards with me in her hands.

Professional wrestler and actor Kurt Angle poses on Nov. 4, 2017, as he attends the 2017 Paris Games Week, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris. 
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“I couldn’t get myself on the jet ski, my arms are so weak now because of my neck I can’t push myself up. So now, she’s putting her hands under my a– and pushing me up onto the jet ski, and she got me up there. Then she jumped up behind me and I said, ‘You know what, honey? You just saved my life.’”

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Angle notably has had several surgeries on his neck during his pro wrestling career.

He opened up about his journey to superstardom and the perils he faced with it in an interview with Fox News Digital back in July. He said he hoped his backstory and journey could inspire others.

Kurt Angle on WWE “SmackDown.”
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“I want them to know that this documentary is about overcoming everything — all obstacles, addiction, injuries, death of family members, personal things in your lives. It’s about redemption and gaining back your reputation after you lost it,” he said. “And I want everybody to know that it’s possible. Even at the worst point in your life, you could still come out of it and come out shining.”

Moscow has threatened to seize all property and finances from businesses in occupied areas in Ukraine that refuse to abide by a recent ruble mandate, Kyiv’s resistance website warned Tuesday. 

Russia ordered all companies and local businesses to conduct sales using the Russian currency in an attempt to ban the Ukrainian hryvnia earlier this month, according to Ukraine’s National Resistance – a website created by Ukraine’s armed forces in March to alert citizens on updates relating to the war. 

A Ukraine flag hangs in the window of store in a shopping mall in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
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The website claimed earlier this month that Russian forces in occupied areas “raided” local businesses that refused to stop listing and selling items in the Ukrainian hryvnia. 

Russian forces have apparently been able to more successfully force larger companies to abide by the ruble order, though smaller businesses continue to resist.

Kyiv urged citizens and businesses still in occupied areas like Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kherson to evacuate to safely evade Russian repercussions. 

But the government website also pointed to “practical advice” it has for its citizens to nonviolently oppose Russian forces – which linked to a page that listed a series of resistance methods, including one post that detailed “198 methods of nonviolent actions.”

Relatives mourn during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv Jan. 8, 2023, for a Ukrainian soldier Oleh Yurchenko, who was killed in a battle with Russian troops in the Donetsk region.
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The list is in reference to American author and political scientist Gene Sharp, who wrote “Politics of Nonviolent Actions” in 1973, and included suggestions that range from nonviolent protests to economic boycotts. 

The National Resistance page also included a post on “How to carry out domestic sabotage behind the occupier’s rear,” which detailed destructive measures Ukrainian citizens could take to oppose Russian troops in their areas. 

The list ranged from relatively trivial acts of sabotage like damaging electrical cords, tripping electrical systems by putting coins in light bulb outlets and damaging heavy machinery by loosening bolts and screws to more dangerous ideas like leaving oil containers in a corner that could be easily sparked with “just a cigarette butt thrown away by you.”

A resident pushes his bicycle past “hedgehog” tank traps and rubble, down a street in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on Jan. 6, 2023.
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“Your imagination will help you. But as we always emphasize, before proceeding to sabotage work – first of all, take care of your safety,” the website said. 

Kyiv has said it will look to oust Russian forces and end the near 11-month war by the end of 2023.