A mural painted to honor Iryna Zarutska — the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered while riding a North Carolina train — is being taken down after outrage in Providence, Rhode Island.

On Tuesday, a construction crew was seen near the exterior of The Dark Lady, an LGBTQ+ club in downtown Providence, working to remove the partly finished mural. The mural, which was painted on canvas, was lowered to the ground, folded up and taken away, WJAR-TV reported.

Artist Ian Gaudreau confirmed the news that the artwork was going to be removed after local outrage.

“A lot of people voiced their frustrations, and voices were heard, and the work is coming down as a reaction to that,” Gaudreau told WJAR-TV Monday.

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The mural’s removal came as residents and elected officials complained about the artwork. The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told Fox News that he wanted the artwork taken down, saying that the art is “divisive and does not represent Providence.”

“The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence,” Smiley said in a statement. 

He said he continued to “encourage our community to support local artists whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us.”

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Chairman of the Narragansett Republican Party Anthony D’Ellena created a petition in an effort to keep the mural of Zarutska in Providence.

“This is exactly what Democrats do — they try to erase the memory of their victims and they don’t fix their soft-on-crime policies,” D’Ellena told WPRI-TV. “They erase the evidence, so no one sees the deadly price of their policies.”

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“I want a local business here in Rhode Island to see this petition and to invite the artist to do a mural on their business,” he said.

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On Sept. 9, 2025, Eoghan McCabe, CEO of the AI customer service company Intercom, posted on X that he would pledge $500,000 to paint 50 memorial murals across the country in Zarutska’s honor.

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On Sept. 10, he posted that funding for 300 murals had been raised and that they were in touch with 800 artists. Elon Musk replied to his post with a pledge of an additional $1 million for the project.

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Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee who fled her country after the Russian invasion, was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack while riding the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte, N.C., last year. 

The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death, which is a capital offense under federal law.

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Records from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction show Brown has a prior criminal history, including convictions for larceny, breaking and entering and armed robbery. 

“Iryna was riding home on the train when a deranged monster, who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no-cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body,” President Trump said.

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano Jr. contributed to this report.

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The church bells still ring in Rmeish on the Lebanon-Israel border.

While much of southern Lebanon has suffered destruction during the war between Israel and the terror group Hezbollah, the predominantly Christian border town close to Israel remained largely untouched. Churches are still standing. Homes remain intact. Residents say the village avoided Israeli strikes because locals refused to allow Hezbollah fighters to operate from inside the town.

“There was more than one attempt for them to come to the outskirts or the entrance of the village to launch rockets from there,” one resident told Jusoor News. “The young men of Rmeish confronted them and prevented them from entering.”

“That led to the protection of Rmeish from any Israeli attacks,” the resident said. “The Israelis do not target aimlessly. They target launch sites.”

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The account offers a rare public glimpse into open resistance to Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon, where criticism of the Iranian-backed terrorist group is often met with accusations of treason or collaboration with Israel.

Tarek, a Christian social activist from Rmeish who spoke by phone with Fox News Digital, said residents of the town have long-faced pressure because they refused to align with Hezbollah.

“After 2000, when Israel left, we were always labeled as collaborators of Israel,” Tarek said. “We suffered a lot from this stigma.”

He said Hezbollah supporters accused the town of cooperating with Israel simply because it escaped the destruction seen in neighboring villages.

The interviews come as the Trump administration brokers talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at stabilizing the border and addressing Hezbollah’s military presence in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem recently rejected any discussion about disarming the group, while U.S. officials continue pushing to strengthen the Lebanese state over the armed terror group.

Tarek argued Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon cannot be separated from Iran.

“The Lebanese government has been ruled by Hezbollah for almost 36 years,” he told Fox News Digital. “They are deeply entrenched in all arms of the government, security, army and institutions.”

“If the president or prime minister says they want peace, Hezbollah will resist that,” he added.

Tarek said weakening Iran is the key to weakening Hezbollah.

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“It’s about cutting the head of the octopus, which is the Iranian regime,” he said. “Once you cut the head, Hezbollah will no longer function.”

Another resident said many in the town increasingly believe “Hezbollah’s project is an Iranian project, not a Lebanese one.”

Another woman from the village described living surrounded by war while trying to keep the town outside the fighting.

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“We are in the middle, and the war surrounds us from all sides,” she said. “This makes us live in a state of fear, anxiety, insecurity and instability.”

A man from the village said residents had endured decades of wars that they have nothing to do with.

“We decided to remain steadfast,” he said. “Where would we go?”

An older resident said his family has suffered from violence along the border since the 1970s.

“We are tired of wars,” he said. “We want nothing but peace.”

Despite accusations from Hezbollah supporters, residents insisted they do not regret standing up to the terrorist group.

“All accusations of treason are rejected,” one resident said. “The people of Rmeish want to live safely on their land.”

Another resident added: “Just because I don’t believe in your project doesn’t mean I’m a traitor.”

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Ahed Al Hendi, a senior fellow at the Center for Peace Communications, told Fox News Digital that, “The defiance shown by Christians in southern Lebanon reflects a major shift in the country’s internal dynamics. For more than two decades, many Christians living near the border suffered under Hezbollah’s dominance, yet were stigmatized and often afraid to speak openly against it.” 

“Today,” Al Hendi added, “with the changing balance of power, they are increasingly confronting Hezbollah publicly and speaking out against what they see as its tyranny.”

Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is taking heat from critics over a contentious exchange he had with a local reporter about whether he was subjecting himself to a “gotcha piece.”

Becerra, who is now widely considered a leading Democratic candidate in California’s jungle primary following the exit of disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, sat down with KTLA’s Annie Rose Ramos as part of the station’s interview series on the top hopefuls in the race.

However, in the interview that aired Tuesday, Becerra appeared to try setting the terms with the reporter.

“By the way, this is a profile piece. This is not a gotcha piece, right?” Becerra began.

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“Look, I think these questions are fair. It’s in order to learn about you as a candidate,” Ramos responded.

“So long as it’s about the profile,” Becerra doubled down.

“I don’t know how you define profile, but I’d like to begin the interview,” Ramos replied. 

“The way I describe profile is you talk about all the things I’ve done, things I want to do — along with some tough questions, but not only tough questions,” Becerra said.

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Becerra did, in fact, face tough questions — including how he’d address homelessness and his record as the Biden-era Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, specifically claims his agency lost track of over 85,000 migrant children who entered the country illegally.

Ramos later told her KTLA colleagues she was “caught off guard” by Becerra’s comments, saying her experience was “dramatically different” from the other candidates she sat down with.

“To have it start this way before I had even asked a question… it’s about asking some of the hard questions sometimes but allowing our viewers to get to know each candidate,” Ramos said. “So that is why not just myself but our editors and executive producers here at KTLA decided to include that portion in this piece.”

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Becerra’s conduct was widely panned on social media.

“A man telling a younger woman how to do her job, this just posted on KTLA Los Angeles. Dude it’s 2026,” Democratic strategist Michael Trujillo reacted.

“Politicians and candidates…let your staff have these whiny conversations! Or at least don’t do it on camera!” Pod Save America podcast co-host Tommy Vietor exclaimed.

“This is not surprising to anyone who has ever covered Becerra. He once held up his fingers in the sign of the cross to ward me off, as though I were a vampire, after a piece accurately describing his effort to undermine Pelosi with the Prog Caucus over ACA public option,” NBC News correspondent Jonathan Allen wrote, referring to a 2010 incident during Becerra’s time as a congressman.

“How come Fauci was the face of Biden’s COVID response and not the HHS secretary? We may never know,” Semafor reporter David Weigel joked.

Others made comparisons to Democratic gubernatorial rival Katie Porter, who had a similar exchange last year with CBS California correspondent Julie Watts, telling her she didn’t want to have an “unhappy experience” and threatened to walk out of the interview over follow-up questions she received.

The Becerra campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital‘s request for comment.

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There was panic in the police department as soon as information was received about a dead body and severed body parts being found in a sack near Abhaide village of Ramgarh police station area late on Tuesday night. On information, police from about half a dozen police stations including Kaimur SP Harimohan Shukla, Mohania SDPO Pradeep Kumar reached the spot. The police cordoned off the entire area and started investigation. FSL and DIU teams also reached the spot and started collecting evidence.

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It is being told that in the last two days, four decapitated bodies and many body parts have been recovered from Ramgarh police station area. The condition of the dead bodies is so bad that identifying them has become a big challenge for the police. After the continuous discovery of dead bodies, a large number of police forces have been deployed in the Ramgarh police station premises and surrounding areas. Police are matching the missing cases registered in nearby districts and police stations. Officials say that the matter is being investigated seriously from every angle.

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SDPO Pradeep Kumar said that on May 10, some parts of two unidentified bodies were recovered from the Durgavati river of Ramgarh police station area. Some parts of the body were also found on the banks of Karmanasha river near Abhaide village. Prima facie the police is investigating all these cases considering them to be interconnected.

He said that till now the entire body has not been recovered from anywhere. In the initial investigation, the bodies of a child, a man and a woman are suspected to be dead, while the identity of the fourth body is not yet clear. The situation will become clear after the post mortem report comes.

SDPO appealed to the people and said that if there is information about any person missing then they should immediately inform the police. Police are investigating all possible aspects. The name of a trailer found on the child’s clothes is also being verified.

Democrats in Virginia apparently filed their redistricting appeal to the wrong Supreme Court, drawing even more mockery in a heated battle over the district lines of the state’s congressional map.

Jason Miyares, the former attorney general of Virginia, led the criticism online on Tuesday, pointing to a previous mistake where Democrats spelled the commonwealth’s name incorrectly on legal documents.

“Good news: Dems managed to spell Virginia correctly,” Miyares said in a post to X. “Bad news: They sent their emergency application to SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) to the wrong court.”

“Baby steps,” the former Republican AG quipped.

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Sure enough, Virginia legislators emblazoned their emergency petition with an address “to the Supreme Court of Virginia” instead of the highest U.S. court, according to an image of the document shared on social media by Miyares.

He was also one to point out on Friday Democrats’ misspelling of the state as “Virgnia” rather than “Virginia” in their filing to the Supreme Court. In that same mistake-riddled document, they wrote “Sentator” instead of Senator.

Miyares’ latest jab adds insult to injury as Democrats are still reeling from a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a set of new maps designed to overwhelmingly favor their party in the November midterm elections. The post also highlights Republican glee at the foiled maps as Democrats hope to keep their gerrymandering push alive by advancing the issue to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS).

The new maps would have eliminated as many as four Republican-leaning districts.

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Virginia’s highest court ruled late last week that Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger had improperly fast-tracked a constitutional amendment that temporarily undid state-level prohibitions on gerrymandering.

In particular, the court ruled that Spanberger’s redistricting push skirted requirements that any constitutional amendment must receive the approval of two separate sessions of the Virginia legislature before it can be put to a statewide referendum.

Most importantly, at least to the state court’s decision, is that those sessions must be decisively separated by an election.

By the time the referendum reached consideration in the General Assembly last year, early voting for 2025 had already begun. This led Virginia’s court to conclude the amendment’s consideration had not meaningfully been separated by a full election and therefore could not be upheld.

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Virginia is now asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on state-level laws, arguing that the court “impermissibly transgressed the ordinary bounds of judicial review.”

It’s unclear when the matter may reach consideration before the U.S. Supreme Court.