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Chloe Cole cancels University of Washington speech citing Antifa threats
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FIRST ON FOX: Chloe Cole is speaking out after canceling a University of Washington speech over alleged Antifa threats, while vowing to reschedule the event as campus tensions grow increasingly dangerous.
“We started having these threats from different groups like Antifa,” Cole told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday, adding tensions peaked in the days before the event.
On Sunday, a 19-year-old University of Washington student who was identified as a transgender woman was stabbed to death in an off-campus housing facility, local outlet KING 5 reported.
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Chloe Cole, who detransitioned after medical procedures, is shown in before and after transition images. (Chloe Cole for Fox News Digital)
“I don’t want anybody to die,” Cole said. “I don’t want the violence to continue. And I can’t believe that, in the wake of such a horrific crime, people can even think about continuing that violence. There’s no justification for it.”
Cole, a detransitioner who went through the process of transitioning from female to male between the ages of 12 and 16, was scheduled to speak Wednesday at the University of Washington as part of TPUSA’s “Pick Up the Mic” initiative.
“There were local Antifa groups that were actually scheduling these large-scale protests, and there were so many people who I saw online, just out in the open, who were saying things like, ‘I hope you get Kirked,’” Cole said.
A student group, UW Divest News, urged protests, calling Cole a “transphobic right-wing grifter” and encouraging students to pressure the university to cancel the event.
Chloe Cole sits for an interview with Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital )
“This event was going to be another one of those events where I talk about my experience about how to tackle these issues,” she said.
Cole continued, “I do worry about my personal safety and I do regularly receive threats of all sorts, but after this event, I’ve had so many people just messaging me from, emailing me all over, telling me that whatever violence would have happened at the event, I would deserve to be subjected to it.”
For Cole, the reality that some people were using the murder of the University of Washington student that she had nothing to do with as a justification for further violence is “egregious.”
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Detrainsitioner Chloe Cole says her event at University of Washington with TPUSA tomorrow has been postponed due to alleged threats from Antifa. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
“I’ve had a lot of students say, ‘Out of respect, you should shut down this event. You shouldn’t be speaking here at all because somebody died. And it’s your rhetoric that continues the deaths of transgender people,’” Cole said. “I’ve seen more people connect me to this murder that I did not do than people calling for an investigation, to find the perpetrator, to find the monster who did this.”
Cole said that people seem to care more about ideology and politics than treating people well and that she thinks more should be done to protect people like herself who face death threats for speaking their mind.
“I’m not afraid of these people,” she added.
Chloe Cole testifies before Congress as Texas Christian University disputes claims it canceled a Turning Point USA event on Wednesday. (Jasper Colt-USA TODAY)
The women’s rights advocate said that she is not allowing herself to be discouraged despite the situation.
“I have a heart for these people,” Cole said. “I want them to know that there is another way out for them. And I used to be that radical myself. But it’s not something that’s discouraging me, because I know there’s always going to be another opportunity. It’s something I’m going to keep praying on. And I — for as long as I feel called to do this — I will continue speaking on campus.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the University of Washington said that, “The national TPUSA organization made the decision to cancel the event that was scheduled for today,” adding that the “UW Student Activities Office leadership was also in contact with the UW chapter of TPUSA about the appropriateness of the timing of such an event given the recent killing of a member of our LGBTQIA+ community. But, again, the decision was made by the national TPUSA organization.”
The spokesperson also said that “no suspect has been identified and no motive for this crime has been established,” and that the Seattle Police Department is leading the homicide investigation.
Chloe Cole, a de-transitioner who discusses transgender issues, told Fox News Digital that Texas Christian University engaged in viewpoint discrimination by complicating the process for Turning Point USA to host an event featuring her. TCU disputes claims it canceled the event. (Fox News Digital)
Katelyn Seratt, Turning Point USA chapter president at the University of Washington, told Fox News Digital in a statement, “As many in the Seattle area have heard, a transgender University of Washington student was tragically murdered on Sunday night. The University of Washington chapter of Turning Point USA condemns this horrific act of violence in the strongest possible terms. No one should ever be subjected to such senseless brutality. Our thoughts and condolences are with the victim’s family and friends.”
Seratt continued, “In light of this tragedy and by an overwhelming surge of violent threats directed at our chapter, threats that appear deliberately designed to falsely associate our peaceful event with the murder, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming event with Chloe Cole.”
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“TPUSA at UW is not leaving campus,” she added. “We remain fully committed to promoting free speech, open dialogue, and intellectual diversity at the University of Washington. We look forward to rescheduling this important conversation at the earliest appropriate time.”
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Experimental weight-loss drug outperforms original GLP-1s in mouse study
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A new weight-loss drug variation is showing promise in early trials.
Research from the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity at Helmholtz Munich in Germany, published in the journal Nature, tested an experimental obesity and diabetes drug called GLP-1-GIP-Lani.
The drug combines GLP-1 and GIP — two natural hormones that help regulate appetite and blood sugar, similar to popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic — with PPAR activity, which may improve insulin sensitivity, inflammation, fat metabolism and liver health.
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The team of researchers, led by Professor Timo D. Muller at Helmoltz Munich, called the drug a quintuple agonist, as it targets five receptor systems.
In a press release, Muller described the drug as a “Trojan horse”: the incretin component — hormones that help regulate blood sugar and appetite — allows it to enter target cells, and once inside, the PPAR “cargo” activates to help the body better use insulin, process fat and reduce inflammation.
The researchers hope the “Trojan horse” effect will allow for lower dosing and fewer side effects. (iStock)
This allows for the dosage of the drug to be lower, which could reduce side effects.
“A major advantage is the amount,” Muller said. “Because the second component is not administered separately and systemically, but ‘travels along’ with the incretin part, it can be used at a dose that is orders of magnitude lower.”
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The study tested the drug combination in mouse models, including mice with diabetes-induced obesity, insulin resistance and genetic obesity.
In these mice, the compound was found to lower body weight, food intake, fat mass, blood sugar and insulin-related problems more than GLP-1 and GIP alone. It also outperformed semaglutide.
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The researchers reported that typical gastrointestinal side effects were similar to those seen with existing therapies.
“We see a principle with strong effects in the animal model — now the task is to optimize the approach for humans and move it toward the clinic,” Muller said in the release.
The preclinical study was conducted in mouse models and cannot yet be applied to humans. (iStock)
Dr. Peter Balazs, MD, a hormone and weight-loss specialist practicing in New York and New Jersey, said the drug is designed to target obesity and insulin resistance “at multiple key sites simultaneously, including the brain, pancreas and metabolic tissues.”
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“This is a novel mechanism because it’s not just relying on a higher dose of an existing drug,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview.
“Current GLP-1 medications are highly effective appetite suppressants, while this quintuple agonist seems to function both as an ‘appetite brake’ and a metabolic engine,” he added.
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While traditional GLP-1s primarily reduce appetite, slow gastric emptying and increase insulin secretion, this quintuple agonist “appears to do all of the above” while also “directly improving insulin sensitivity in the liver and muscle, reducing inflammation in adipose tissue and remodeling lipid metabolism,” the expert confirmed.
While traditional GLP-1s primarily reduce appetite, slow gastric emptying and increase insulin secretion, this quintuple agonist “appears to do all of the above,” an expert said. (iStock)
“The result may be greater weight loss through a combination of caloric restriction, enhanced fat oxidation and potentially increased central energy expenditure,” Balazs said.
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Although the drug provides a “promising direction for the future,” Balazs noted that the study was conducted only on mouse models and there is no human safety or efficacy data, which means the drug cannot yet be recommended for clinical use.
“Additionally, it was conducted over a relatively short period of time, so we cannot draw conclusions about long-term effects,” he added.
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49ers’ George Kittle shares funny spider story during Achilles rehab
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San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is no stranger to taking defenders on in the middle of the field, but he found himself in a battle against a different kind of beast early Wednesday night.
Kittle, 32, took to social media to retell his tale against a ginormous spider.
“At 4 a.m. this morning, as I laid in a deep slumber, I was called to action by my wife, who had discovered a spider the size of a half-dollar in the bathroom. Without hesitation, I arose to combat the intruder,” Kittle posted to X.
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle plays against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Jan. 5, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
Kittle, who has been rehabbing after tearing his right Achilles tendon during the playoffs, used his equipment to eliminate the threat.
“Claire handed me the slant board I’ve been using for rehab, and I immediately knew the spider had no chance. It took but 1 attempt to strike down my opponent. I received hugs and kisses for my bravery and fell back asleep with confidence. Have a day, gentlemen,” Kittle posted with a spider emoji.
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and his wife Claire Kittle walk down the side of the court during the Golden State Valkyries game against the Indiana Fever at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2025. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Kittle can only hope his successful and courageous takedown of the massive spider is how his rehab goes. The former Iowa star sustained the injury during the 49ers’ 23-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Wild Card Round.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said last month that “there’s a chance” Kittle could play Week 1 during an appearance on the “Rich Eisen Show.”
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George Kittle attends WrestleMania 42: Night 1 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 18, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)
If Kittle plays Week 1, it would be a huge boost to the 49ers’ offense. The seven-time Pro Bowler has been dynamic in his nine-year career.
Last season, in 11 games, Kittle caught 57 passes for 628 yards and seven touchdowns. In his career, the two-time All-Pro has caught 595 passes for 8,008 yards and 52 touchdowns.
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KongTuke hackers now use Microsoft Teams for corporate breaches
Initial access broker KongTuke has moved to Microsoft Teams for social engineering attacks, taking as little as five minutes to gain persistent access to corporate networks.
The threat actor tricks users into pasting a PowerShell command that ultimately delivers the ModeloRAT, which has been previously seen in ClickFix attacks [1, 2].
Initial access brokers (IAB) like KongTuke typically sell company network access to ransomware operators, who use it to deploy file-theft and data-encrypting malware.
Cybercriminals have increasingly adopted Microsoft Teams in attacks, reaching out to company employees and pretending to be IT and help-desk staff.
The victims are convinced to run a malicious PowerShell command on their systems, which deploys the “ModeloRAT” malware.
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ReliaQuest researchers observed this activity and say that it is a shift in tactics for KongTuke, who previously relied solely on web-based “FileFix” and “CrashFix” lures.
“This Teams activity, which appears to add to, rather than replace, that web-based approach, marks the first time we’ve seen KongTuke use a collaboration platform for initial access,” explains ReliaQuest.
“In the incidents we investigated, a single external Teams chat moved the operator from cold outreach to a persistent foothold in under five minutes.”
The campaign has been active since at least April 2026, with KongTuke rotating through five Microsoft 365 tenants to evade blocking, the researchers say.
To pass as internal IT support staff, the attacker uses Unicode whitespace tricks to make the display name appear legitimate.
The malicious PowerShell command shared via Teams downloads a ZIP archive from Dropbox that contains a portable WinPython environment, which eventually launches the Python-based malware, ModeloRAT (Pmanager.py).
The malware collects system and user information, captures screenshots, and can exfiltrate files from the host filesystem.
ReliaQuest notes that the ModeloRAT version used in this recent campaign has evolved compared to what was seen in previous operations, mostly in three ways:
- A more resilient C2 architecture with a five-server pool, automatic failover, randomized URL paths, and self-update capability.
- Multiple independent access paths, including a primary RAT, a reverse shell, and a TCP backdoor, running on separate infrastructure to preserve access if one channel is disrupted.
- Expanded persistence mechanisms using Run keys, Startup shortcuts, VBScript launchers, and SYSTEM-level scheduled tasks that may survive standard cleanup procedures.
The researchers note that the scheduled task isn’t removed by the implant’s self-destruct routine, which wipes the other persistence mechanisms, and can persist through system reboots.
Source: ReliaQuest
To defend against Team-initiated attacks, it is recommended to restrict external Microsoft Teams federation using allowlists to block these attempts at their start.
Additionally, administrators can use the indicators of compromise available in ReliaQuest’s report to hunt for attacks, signs of compromise, and persistence artifacts.
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Norway hiker finds 1,500-year-old gold sword fitting under fallen tree
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A discovery straight out of a King Arthur legend recently unfolded in Norway, where a hiker unearthed a 1,500-year-old gold sword fitting hidden beneath a tree.
The news was announced May 5 by the University of Stavanger, a public university in Norway.
The artifact was found in the Austrått district of Sandnes, a city in southwestern Norway. It dates to the sixth century, during Norway’s Migration Period, a turbulent era of upheaval following the fall of the Roman Empire.
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The anonymous hiker, who lives in Austrått, said he “like[s] to explore and get to know the local area.”
After noticing a tree felled by a storm, the man — a father of two — began probing the ground beneath it.
A discovery reminiscent of King Arthur legends has emerged in Norway, where a gold sword fitting that dates back 1,500 years was recently uncovered by a hiker. (Annette Græsli Øvrelid/Museum of Archaeology, UStavanger/Cover Images; Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
“I saw a slight rise in the soil under the tree and poked at it with a stick,” he said, according to the release.
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“Suddenly I saw something gleaming. I didn’t quite understand what I had found.”
Unlike King Arthur and Excalibur, the find was only a small gold sword fitting, measuring about six centimeters wide.
“You are completely taken by surprise when finds like this appear.”
Still, officials emphasized its importance.
They noted that the sword “likely belonged to a chieftain who ruled at Hove.”
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“It is richly decorated and would have adorned a scabbard worn on a belt, from which the sword hung,” the release noted.
“This is the first time such a find has been made in Rogaland, and only 17 others have been found in Northern Europe so far.”
Officials say the rare gold artifact likely belonged to a regional chieftain. (Annette Græsli Øvrelid/Museum of Archaeology, UStavanger/Cover Images)
Archaeologist and university professor Håkon Reiersen called the find “spectacular.”
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“You are completely taken by surprise when finds like this appear. The odds of finding something like this are minimal,” said Reiersen.
“At that time there were crop failures and crisis, and people likely deposited valuable objects as offerings in hopes of better times.”
The professor said the sword’s owner “was likely the leader in this area in the first half of the sixth century, with a retinue of loyal warriors.”
He added, “Gold scabbard fittings usually show little sign of use, but this one is worn and well used, which suggests the chieftain actually used it a great deal. It emphasized his position and power.”
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As for why it was concealed, archaeologists believe the sword fragment was buried in a rock crevice “as an offering to the gods.”
Researchers, seen above, say the find adds valuable context to the study of leadership and power in early Norway. (Annette Græsli Øvrelid/Museum of Archaeology, UStavanger/Cover Images)
“At that time, there were crop failures and crisis, and people likely deposited valuable objects as offerings in hopes of better times,” officials said.
The artifact is now slated to be put on display at the Museum of Archaeology at the University of Stavanger.
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Kristin Armstrong-Oma, the director of the museum and a professor, said she “extend[s] a big thank you to a very observant hiker.”
The small gold fitting measures about six centimeters wide and once adorned a sword scabbard. (Annette Græsli Øvrelid/Museum of Archaeology, UStavanger/Cover Images)
“[The hiker gave] us a new puzzle piece connected to the power center at Hove during the Migration Period,” said Armstrong-Oma.
“At the museum we have some of the world’s leading researchers on such objects, which allows us to continue studying the find itself and its ornamentation and to discover new answers about the elite who ruled here at that time.”
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She added, “This find will be made available to the public, so people can see it and share in the gold fever with us.”
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Tata Motors PV posts resilient Q4 but JLR drags full-year numbers; stock closes marginally higher
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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited (TMPVL) on Thursday reported consolidated revenue of ₹1,05,447 crore for the fourth quarter of FY26, up 7.2 per cent year-on-year, as a recovery in Jaguar Land Rover production and record domestic volumes helped the company close a turbulent year on a stronger note.
The board, which met on May 14, 2026, approved the audited standalone and consolidated financial results for Q4 and full-year FY26. It also recommended a final dividend of ₹3 per share of ₹2 face value, subject to shareholder approval at the 81st Annual General Meeting scheduled for July 8, 2026.
For the full year FY26, consolidated revenue declined 8.3 per cent to ₹3,35,582 crore. EBITDA margin contracted 660 basis points to 6.8 per cent, while EBIT margin fell to 1.1 per cent. Profit before tax before exceptional items stood at ₹2,519 crore, sharply lower than the prior year. After exceptional charges of ₹4,142 crore — including cyber-incident related costs of ₹2,786 crore and employee separation costs — the company reported a loss before tax of ₹1,623 crore from continuing operations.
JLR remained the primary pressure point. Full-year revenue fell 20.9 per cent to £22.9 billion, with EBIT margin collapsing to 0.7 per cent from 8.5 per cent in FY25. The cyber incident, US tariffs, a weakening China market, and the planned wind-down of outgoing Jaguar models all weighed heavily. JLR’s full-year free cash flow was negative at £2.2 billion.
The domestic passenger vehicle business was a bright spot. Tata PV posted FY26 revenues of ₹58,465 crore, up 20.7 per cent, with record annual sales crossing 6.4 lakh units. EV volumes grew 43 per cent to over 92,000 units. Market share reached 13.6 per cent on a Vehicle basis, with the company claiming the No. 2 position in H2 FY26.
On the NSE, TMPVL shares (INE155A01022) closed at ₹338.75, up 0.56 per cent on the day, though the stock remains down over 51 per cent in the past year against a 52-week high of ₹744.
Published on May 14, 2026