Former reality television personality-turned-Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt lashed out at his opponent, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, after she accused him of exploiting the grief of Palisades Fire victims.

“It’s the most insane, psycho, diabolical thing I’ve heard in a minute – but it’s not shocking,” he told “The Will Cain Show” Monday.

Pratt’s comments follow the release of a pointed political advertisement from his campaign targeting Bass and other opponents, alleging they live in luxury homes far removed from the “mess” they have created, including homelessness and crime.

In the ad, Pratt claims to be living in a trailer after his $3.8 million Pacific Palisades home burnt down in the fire.

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Former reality television star Spencer Pratt is running against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to lead the second-largest city in the country. (Left (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images), Right (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))

In response, Bass said Pratt has capitalized on the grief of Palisades Fire victims to revive his public profile after his reality television career faded.

“I feel like he’s exploiting the grief of people in the Palisades, and I think that’s reprehensible. That’s the main thing. And I think he is about his own celebrity. He’s famous now again,” she said in an interview.

Pratt fired back at the mayor, telling Fox News host Will Cain, “My ads are the truth. These politicians do not have to live the consequences of their decisions. My ad is that simple.”

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Pratt went on to level serious allegations against Mayor Bass, who won the mayor’s race by nearly 100,000 votes in 2022, including claims of obstruction of justice.

“This is the same woman that will allow 7,000 houses to burn to the ground, 12 people to burn alive, and then actively cover it up, get caught covering it up and then say that the LA Times is lying, even though they have the emails where she’s altering the after-action report, which, as far as I’m concerned, is obstruction of justice,” he said.

“It’s disgusting.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

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The former reality television personality also accused Bass of purposefully letting people burn alive in the Palisades Fire to secure a million-dollar property discount for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris, who recently purchased an $8.15 million home in Malibu, endorsed Bass for mayor Monday.

“Mayor Karen Bass is the leader Los Angeles needs right now,” Harris said. “She has done what so many said couldn’t be done — the first ever two-year decline in homelessness, reducing crime to levels this city hasn’t seen since the 1960s, and refusing to back down when the federal government came after our neighbors.”

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“She has my full support for re-election,” Harris added.

“Obviously, Kamala Harris loves Karen Bass. Because of Karen Bass letting the Pacific Palisades and Malibu burn down, Kamala Harris was able to get a $2 million discount on her new house in Malibu,” Pratt alleged.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass met with President Donald Trump at the White House to push for wildfire recovery funding. (LA Supervisor Kathryn Barger via X)

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Pratt lambasted Bass as a “MAGA Karen” and “corrupt” following her recent, friendly White House visit with President Donald Trump – a figure she has historically criticized, especially during his mass-deportation campaign against Los Angeles’ immigrant population.

“She can have all the political endorsements she wants,” he said. “She can go do all the photo ops she wants with Trump in the White House. And, you know, they’re calling her MAGA Karen all over X because she was the one walking out with the MAGA teddy bear out of the White House. So, she’ll take any endorsement to keep her corrupt politician career going here.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the mayor’s office for comment.

Life comes at you fast in the WNBA, but it comes even faster when you’re Hailey Van Lith.

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The women’s college hoops star and 2025 high draft pick is now looking for a job after the Chicago Sky waived Van Lith, something of a surprise to many.

CHICAGO, IL – AUGUST 25: Hailey Van Lith #2 of the Chicago Sky high five during the game against the Las Vegas Aces on August 25, 2025 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Melissa Tamez/NBAE via Getty Images) ((Photo by Melissa Tamez/NBAE via Getty Images))

The decision comes just one year after the Sky picked Van Lith with the 11th overall pick, choosing to fill that void by signing veteran Natasha Cloud, a move that suggests Chicago may have already given up on Van Lith’s development.

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It was not long ago that Van Lith was one of the most recognizable names in college hoops and one of the first NIL stars during her time at Louisville.

Van Lith’s rookie campaign in 2025 saw her average fewer than four points per game. At a certain point, people were more interested in her off-court relationship with Jalen Suggs than her on-court potential. It’ll be a rough week for both, as Suggs and the Magic saw their season end Sunday in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

By bringing in Cloud on a $555,000 deal, Chicago is betting that a proven floor general is worth more than the upside of a high-profile draft pick.

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Hailey Van Lith poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected 11th overall by the Chicago Sky during the 2025 WNBA Draft at The Shed in New York City on April 14, 2025. (Elsa/Getty Images)

The move also highlights a broader philosophical shift in Chicago.

The team has spent the last few weeks dismantling the core of a roster that struggled to find its identity last season, most notably trading Angel Reese to Atlanta.

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By cutting Van Lith, the Sky have effectively wiped the slate clean of their most recent high-stakes gambles.

At 24 years old, Van Lith is young enough to bounce back, which is oddly reminiscent of her stint at LSU, bound for more stardom but majorly regressing, starting from zero once again. She enters the free-agent market as a cautionary tale of how quickly a “can’t-miss” prospect can find herself on the outside looking in.

Hailey Van Lith of the Chicago Sky watches the game during the second half against the Atlanta Dream at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill., on April 29, 2026. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire)

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being taken off a ventilator, his doctor said, adding he has “9 lives” following a dramatic turnaround from a dire condition.

Dr. Maria Ryan told Fox News correspondent Danamarie McNicholl that Giuliani began feeling ill after returning from a trip to Paris, with his breathing deteriorating to the point that he required hospitalization and was placed on a ventilator.

Ryan said his condition turned critical, prompting a priest to be called to his bedside to perform last rites.

By Tuesday, however, his condition had improved enough for doctors to remove him from the ventilator. He is now breathing independently and able to speak, though he remains in critical but stable condition.

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Rudy Giuliani attends the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on Sept. 11, 2025, honoring victims of the terror attacks on the 24th anniversary. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

“He’s a fighter — the way he was yesterday in such a critical condition, he did have a priest come anoint him,” Ryan told Fox News. “And all the prayers from around — it’s like a miracle. This guy’s got 9 lives, today he’s doing much better.”

Ryan said she expects Giuliani to make a full recovery.

A spokesperson for Giuliani also pointed to his health history following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when he was exposed to debris while responding at Ground Zero, later leading to a diagnosis of restrictive airway disease.

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City in September 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

In a video shared on X, Ted Goodman said Giuliani is now “breathing on his own” and remains in “critical but stable condition.”

“Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the ultimate fighter,” Goodman said.

The update comes after Giuliani was hospitalized with severe breathing issues, prompting concern about his condition. His team had previously said he was in critical but stable condition.

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Giuliani, 81, has faced a number of health challenges in recent years but has remained active in public life.

He previously made headlines after being seriously injured in a car crash in New Hampshire in August 2025. Authorities said the vehicle he was riding in was struck from behind on Interstate 93 in Manchester, leaving him with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and other injuries.

Despite those setbacks, Giuliani returned to work and continued to appear publicly in the months that followed.

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Ryan said the latest improvement marks a turning point in his recovery, though doctors will continue to monitor his condition closely in the coming days.

Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

Good boy, Ruger! A hero police pup followed his nose to find a missing autistic teen in a Florida parking lot, leading police straight to the rescue.

The high-stakes hunt kicked off on April 21 after the terrified youngster vanished from his home, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

That’s when K-9 Ruger and his partner, Officer Chris Havens, swooped in to save the day. The four-legged officer smelled the missing teen’s sock and began his search, police said.

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K-9 Ruger with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office helped locate a missing teenager with autism on April 21, 2026. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office)

Body camera video captured the rescue, with Ruger not missing a beat and dragging patrol officers through the brush and down to the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Ryar Road.

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The “paws-itive” ending came when cops heard the boy’s screams for help coming from a nearby business lot.

“You did a good job calling us over,” an officer is heard telling the teen in the body camera video. “When you see the police, you say something to them.”

“We’re glad we found you, we were getting really worried,” he said.

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K-9 Ruger and Officer Chris Havens responded to reports of a missing teenager, using the scent from his sock to track him, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office)

After a checkup, the boy was reunited with his frantic family.

“When your loved one goes missing, we deploy our best tools to find them quickly and safely,” the department said.

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A Jacksonville police dog is being praised after successfully tracking a missing autistic teenager by following the scent from a sock.  (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office via Facebook)

As for Ruger, police said that the dog earned himself a chew toy.

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“Because he was able to lead officers close to the missing teen, K9 Ruger earned himself his favorite toy and plenty of ‘Good boy!’s!”

Generation Z is ditching the “spiritual but not religious” label for the pews of the Roman Catholic Church, fueling a conversion boom that experts say is driven by a desire for moral order, ancient tradition, and a rejection of modern secularism.

What was once dismissed as a post-pandemic fluke has transformed into a measurable cultural shift. According to recent data from the Barna Group, a firm tracking U.S. faith trends, Gen Z Christians are now attending church more frequently than Millennials, Gen X, and even Baby Boomers.

In 2025, the typical Gen Z churchgoer attended services nearly two weekends a month—the highest level since tracking began and a 100% increase from 2020 levels.

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Young people, particularly young men in urban areas like New York City are driving a boom in both conversions and attendance of church services and social gatherings. (iStock)

The shift is particularly pronounced among young men, a demographic that has become an increasingly pivotal and competitive voting bloc in recent election cycles.

A Gallup poll released in April 2025 revealed a staggering rise in religious importance among young males. Approximately 42% of young men now report that religion is “very important” to them, up sharply from 28% in 2023. For the first time in recent history, young men have overtaken young women in religious devotion—a reversal of a decades-long trend in American sociology.

The epicenter of this revival is surprisingly found in deep-blue urban centers. In New York City, parish communities are struggling to find enough floor space for the influx of new converts.

At St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, the congregation has reportedly ballooned to four times its usual size. A recent 6 p.m. Sunday Mass was described by onlookers as a “sold-out event.”

“Every inch of pew space was filled, mostly with young adults,” a recent Wall Street Journal report noted of the scene. “Latecomers squeezed into makeshift rows of plastic folding chairs or stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the foyer… Others squatted on balcony steps for the 90-minute service.”

The “social” aspect of the faith is also evolving. At St. Joseph’s, the “Pizza to Pews” pre-Mass meetup at a nearby restaurant saw attendance jump from 100 to over 200 participants in just three weeks, with some young adults traveling from as far as Boston to attend.

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Young women have also used social media to encourage other young women to seek fellowship and guidance in Catholicism by attending church related events and social groups. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The trend is also manifesting in the “Trad” (traditional) lifestyle movement on social media. Isabella Orlando, 23, a nutrition consultant, launched the “Holy Girl Walk” in Central Park—a Catholic spin on the viral “hot girl walk” trend.

What began as a small gathering of 50 women grew to over 150 participants after a video of the group praying the Rosary went viral.

The Rev. Boniface Endorf, pastor at St. Joseph’s, believes the surge is a direct response to the emptiness of modern digital life.

“People are looking for more than career and consumption,” Endorf said. “What does it mean to grow up? They’re looking for guidance.”

The movement comes as many young Catholics express a preference for “Traditional Latin Mass” and more formal liturgies, seeking a “counter-cultural” experience that stands in stark contrast to the progressive values prevalent in modern academia and corporate culture.

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People participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on April 17, 2022.

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us President donald trump Said on Monday (May 4, 2026) that if Iran attacks American ships protecting stranded ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, “it will be wiped off the face of the earth.”

Trump’s statement to ‘Fox News’ comes at a time when Iran has allegedly attacked some ships which were passing through the Strait of Hormuz under ‘Project Freedom’ launched by the US Central Command on the instructions of the US President.

Trump claimed on his social media platform ‘Truth Social’ that Iran had attacked some ships, including a South Korean cargo ship, which was passing through the strait, which has been effectively closed since the war with Iran began on February 28.

Will South Korea join the war?

The US President said, “Iran has targeted some other countries regarding the movement of ships under Project Freedom, including South Korean cargo ships.” Perhaps now is the time for South Korea to join this mission.

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America has military bases all over the world – Trump

The US President said that the US military has targeted seven small boats and urged South Korea to join this operation in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said, “We have more advanced weapons and ammunition than ever before.” He said, “We have the best equipment.” Our presence is all over the world. We have military bases all over the world. All these military bases are full of equipment. We can use all these things, and we will when needed.

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