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CHENNAI - Close to 970 million Indians start voting today as India holds its general election with polls suggesting that incumbent Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will win a third term in the world's largest democracy."Many Indians view Modi as a ‘strongman figure’. None of the opposition parties can field a candidate with equal charisma. Also, they have no coherent strategy or platform except that they are ‘anti-Modi,'" 25-year-old Anandh Nair from Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala recently told Fox News Digital.Modi first became prime minister in 2014. He was then re-elected for a second term in 2019. Nair, a student, said

MLB announced veteran reliever Aroldis Chapman has been suspended two games after his heated argument with a home plate umpire who ejected him. "Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Aroldis Chapman has received a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his inappropriate actions in the bottom of the eighth inning of Monday night’s game against the New York Mets at Citi Field," Michael Hill, MLB senior vice president for on-field operations, said in a statement. "Unless appealed, the suspension of Chapman is scheduled to begin on Friday, when the Pirates are to host the Boston Red Sox at PNC Park. If Chapman elects to

An attorney who witnessed a horrifying murder-suicide inside a Las Vegas law firm is speaking out – telling her story to Fox News Digital.Lisa Rasmussen was inside the conference room at Prince Law Group on the morning of Monday, April 8 when fellow attorney Joe Houston pulled out a gun without warning and opened fire.The terminally ill Houston gunned down prominent Las Vegas attorney Dennis Prince and his wife, Ashley, before turning the gun on himself. The bizarre shooting was the culmination of an "incredibly tense" custody battle with "​​a lot of venom going back and forth," Rasmussen said."All of

Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., claimed that there were "no open borders," just two days before the migrant arrested in a deadly car accident that killed her adviser illegally entered into the U.S.In a resurfaced video from March 10, 2021, a month when Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reported over 170,000 migrant encounters at the border, Cortez Masto is seen telling MSNBC that there was "a lot of misinformation" surrounding the southern border crisis."There's no open border," the Democrat Senator claimed. "As someone who was attorney general for eight years, my state worked very closely on the border with Mexico. There

More than a dozen House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Iran's airstrikes on Israel Thursday.The resolution, which also affirms U.S. support for Israel responding to the attack however it deems necessary, overwhelmingly passed 404 to 14. Just one House Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted against the bill. Fox News Digital reached out to Massie for comment.He was joined by 13 Democrats, including "Squad" member Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; Cori Bush, D-Mo.; Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.; and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was also among those opposing the bill.House

The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.The Geneva-based U.N. health agency released a technical document on the topic on Thursday. It said it was the first step towards working out how to better prevent this kind of transmission, both for existing diseases like measles and for future pandemic threats.The document concludes that the descriptor "through the air" can be used for infectious diseases

As anti-Israel protests take over public spaces from the Golden Gate Bridge to Columbia University, one attorney went viral for her admonishment of such "clueless defenders" of the Palestinians' top benefactor, the hardline theocrats in Tehran.Elica Le Bon, who self-describes herself as a "daughter of Iran," asked protesters where their voices were when the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was "lynching Iranian men from cranes for protesting" and punishing women who object to Iran's subjugation of their gender."If you'd listened to us for the past two years, much less the past 45 years, you'd know that Iranians don't want war

You've seen us on screen, but have you ever wondered what we're like off-camera?For the last few months, I’ve enjoyed checking in with some of your favorite Fox personalities to learn more about who they are behind the scenes.What's the one thing Jesse Watters couldn’t live without? What's Bill Hemmer’s favorite Halloween costume? And what's sitting on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand? But that's not all! The fun is just getting started.This week, we're excited to shine the spotlight on Griff Jenkins. He is a Washington-based national correspondent for Fox News Channel and a co-anchor of "FOX News Live." He joined the network

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser apparently traveled to the ritzy Masters golf tournament on the taxpayer's dime – writing off the expense as a business opportunity to "promote sports and economic development" in the nation's capital. Professional golf's major event The Master's in Augusta, Georgia is more than 500 miles from Washington, D.C.According to the mayor's public schedule, Bowser attended the world-renowned golf tournament, "as part of a sports and economic development visit."MAYOR BOWSER DIRECTLY ASKED IF PEOPLE SHOULD ‘FEEL SAFE’ IN DC: ‘WHAT’S THE PLAN?'SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER SPOTTED AT DALLAS DIVE BAR AFTER WINNING 2024 MASTERSA spokesperson confirmed to DC News

New York City health officials issued a warning about the increase in transmitted bacterial illness spread by rat urine after 24 cases were reported in 2023, the most for any year. Only six cases of leptospirosis have been reported in the city so far this year but numbers were trending upward, the New York City Department of Health said. Cases in New York are largely associated with exposure to materials contaminated with rat urine from the Norway rat. The disease can cause fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, conjunctival suffusion, jaundice, and rash, Celia Quinn, the deputy commissioner for the

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from last July's catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather as they head into this year's growing season.Dog River Farm, in Berlin, Vermont, lost nearly all its produce crops in the July flooding. The farm removed truckloads of river silt and sand from the fields before another round of flooding in December washed away more precious soils, wiped out the farm's garlic planted in late fall and left behind more silt and several giant holes in a field, said owner George Gross on Wednesday.VERMONT OFFICIALS URGE FARMERS TO DOCUMENT, REPORT

Members of the antiwar group Code Pink told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday to "stop supporting mass murder" over the Biden administration's support of Israel as it continues to battle Hamas terrorists. Austin was leaving a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing where he and other leaders testified about the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request when Code Pink members voiced their discontent with U.S. policy toward Israel. "We feel that he knows better than to say ‘this is not a genocide’ and he knows that Israel is violating international law and U.S. law, and so he should stand up

Sydney Sweeney may be one of Hollywood's biggest rising stars, but some people don't see the appeal.Longtime film producer Carol Baum attended a screening of her 1988 movie "Dead Ringers" at the Jacob Burns Film Center in New York, and in a discussion following the film, she reportedly took the opportunity to slam Sweeney for both her looks and her talent."There's an actress who everybody loves now — Sydney Sweeney," Baum said, per the Daily Mail. "I don't get Sydney Sweeney."SYDNEY SWEENEY WANTS TO ‘PUSH THE BOUNDARIES’ IN ACTING, DOESN'T LIKE TO REHEARSEThe producer said that she'd recently watched "Anyone

A retired teacher of more than four decades is accused of having sexual contact with a young boy, and investigators believe there may be additional victims who could come forward.Keith Steininger, 68, who taught and served as a Boy Scout leader at Pennsylvania boarding school Girard College for 41 years, allegedly sexually assaulted a student between 2018 and 2020, when the child was between the ages of 11 and 13 years old, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday."Sexual contact with a child is always wrong," District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in the release. "When an adult entrusted with

A little music can go a long way. When it comes to workplace productivity, playing some tunes can get you in the groove, get your creativity flowing and help you get your work done. Everyone has their own unique preferences when it comes to workplace music. Many like to stick with a specific genre like country or rock when working. Others prefer calming instrumentals for productivity, like piano melodies, but some may find that type of music makes them more tired than alert.BEST 50 ROCK SONGS FOR THE ULTIMATE WORKOUT PLAYLIST Powerful movie soundtracks are popular to play among workers, such as

The U.S. provided assurances requested by the British High Court in London that could allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges.The High Court ruled last month that if the U.S. failed to provide assurances, Assange would be allowed to make an appeal challenging his extradition over WikiLeaks' publication of classified U.S. military documents 14 years ago.Lawyers for the U.S. were asked to provide assurances that Assange could seek a First Amendment right to free speech during a trial in the U.S. and that the Australian publisher would not face

Mexico's once all powerful drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is claiming he cannot get phone calls or visits in the maximum security U.S. prison where he is serving a life sentence.El Chapo penned his complaint to District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan in the Eastern District of New York in late March, complaining that he hadn’t been able to speak with his twin daughters."The facility stopped giving me calls with my daughters and I haven’t had calls with them for seven months," he wrote. "I have asked when they are going to give me a call with my daughters

The two bodies that were recovered in rural Texas County in Oklahoma have been identified as the two missing Kansas moms who disappeared without a trace.On Tuesday, the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner (OSBI) announced that they had positively identified the two deceased persons from Texas County as 39-year-old Jilian Kelley and 27-year-old Veronica Butler."Our thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones, along with everyone throughout their community," the department said in a press release.Butler and Kelley were last seen on March 30 heading to pick up children before their car was found abandoned near the Oklahoma-Kansas

Caitlin Clark fever has already struck the WNBA.Shortly after the Indiana Fever selected her with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday, most sizes of Clark's jersey were sold out on Fanatics within an hour. It's unknown how many Clark jerseys Fanatics sold, but extra small, medium, large, extra large and double-extra large jerseys were unavailable to purchase on the website not long after they became available for sale.Clark's immediate impact on the WNBA isn't much of a surprise. As her college career at Iowa progressed, Clark brought extra attention to women's college basketball. Iowa's home and

Ernie Aimone, 81, said he has never feared for his life in his 40 years of delivering pizzas in Chicago – until last Wednesday, when he was robbed by teen carjackers on his route. "I had just finished delivering a pizza and I was walking back to my car and somebody behind me was yelling 'gimme the keys, gimme the keys' and ran at me real fast from behind," Aimone told Fox News Digital. One of the attackers punched him in the face – a "glancing blow," the former Army sergeant said – and he "laid down and made them think that

Prince Harry has lost an initial bid to appeal a High Court ruling over his security in the U.K.On Monday, a High Court judge rejected his request to appeal an earlier ruling upholding a government panel’s decision to limit his access to publicly funded security. The Duke of Sussex lost his taxpayer-funded personal protective security after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family in 2020.The legal battle started more than four years ago, when the younger son of King Charles III claimed that he and his family were endangered when visiting his home country

NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday.Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA’s to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review put the total cost at $8 billion to $11 billion, with an arrival date of 2040, about a decade later than advertised.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that’s too much and too late. He’s asking private industry and the space agency’s centers to come up with other options to revamp the project.

No matter how you look at it, the first direct attack by Iran against Israel was a victory for the Jewish state.And the United States. And Britain and France. And an utter humiliation for Tehran.Yet many are still understandably nervous that it could lead to a wider war.In launching more than 300 drones and missiles over the weekend, the Iranians showed the world that Israel’s military technology is far superior to theirs. Iran no longer seems quite so threatening, and Israel seems more than capable of defending itself.UNIQUE BIPARTISAN SOLIDARITY AFTER IRAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL: CAROLINE DOWNEYEven as the media

All right, to the news. Like I said, over the weekend, Iran launched an all-out attack on Israel, shooting as many as 300 drones and rockets at the Jewish state. And I don't mean Florida. The result? One injury. One. By that metric, it was far more dangerous to be on the New York subway this weekend than strolling around Tel Aviv. Seriously, you have a better chance of getting hurt trying to take a burrito from Whoopi Goldberg.Give credit to Israel's air defense system, Iron Dome, which is the same nickname we gave Jesse Watters' head. Now, however, give

A county in Colorado is suing its own state over sanctuary immigration policies, according to a new filing.Douglas County filed a lawsuit on Monday morning against Governor Jared Polis and the Centennial State, in reference to Colorado House bills 19-1124 and 23-1100. The state is currently seeking the right to comply with the federal government on immigration matters, which the bills prohibit.Specifically, the bills forbid Colorado police from arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants based on immigration status. It also prevents state judges from exchanging information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Local Colorado governments are also prohibited from entering into agreements