The Trump administration designated an Ecuadorian gang as a "foreign terrorist organization" on Wednesday, extending its list of designated foreign terrorist groups in Latin America and the Caribbean to 21. The State Department designated Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. According to the department, Los Tiguerones is an Ecuador-based gang linked to narcotrafficking and other illicit activity, along with several attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers and journalists, including the live takeover of an Ecuadorian TV station in 2024. "The Trump administration will continue to use all available tools to protect our nation by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. US FORCES SINK NARCO-REFUELING STATION LINKED TO ECUADORIAN CARTEL IN PACIFIC: SOUTHCOM "Today’s action taken...

"I'm getting out. I'm coming home." Those were the final words of William Lawrence Fallon Jr. before he was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 25 years ago. He worked as an IT manager for Cantor Fitzgerald and was just 38 years old when he was killed. I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11. PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIES His daughter Kayla Fallon Smith was 8 years old when she learned her father would not be coming home. Before the attacks, Smith, now 33, said her father – who always commuted into work early – would call the house phone in the morning to wish her and her sister well before they would head to school. 📩 Send me a story idea: kelsie.cairns@fox.com 📸 Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv 🎥 Facebook: Kelsie Cairns He went in early so he could leave earlier in the afternoons to take her to dancing school after her school day. "That was the kind of man he was. I remember he would get up and work out in the morning before eve...

Elaine Pelino, a former NFL cheerleader and publisher pitching herself as the party-line choice, and Aaron Guckian, a former aide to former Gov. Donald Carcieri and a more centrist candidate are locked in a GOP primary that remained too close to call by early Thursday morning. The race centered on experience and qualifications as Republicans hope they have found a candidate to win over a historically Democratic-leaning state. SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES OVERHAUL TO CUT RED TAPE AND SPEED UP AMERICAN ENERGY PROJECTS In the last election, Daniel McKee, the then-Democratic candidate and current governor of Rhode Island, beat out Republican challenger Ashley Kalus in a 57.9% to 38.9% victory. Among other priorities in her campaign, Pelino promised to champion merit-based hiring , support law enforcement, immigration law and school choice."This is what I’m going to do. I’m learning. Everything is a learning [curve] because I’m not a lifetime politician. I’m here because I love Rhode Islan...

A.J. Brown’s highly anticipated debut with the New England Patriots was interrupted by an apparent injury in the third quarter of Wednesday’s NFL season opener. Brown appeared to suffer the injury while trying to make a catch at Lumen Field against the Seattle Seahawks. The game was billed as a rematch of Super Bowl LX, which Seattle won in February by defeating New England 29-10 to claim the franchise’s second Vince Lombardi Trophy. New England led 10-0 when Brown exited the game Wednesday. INJURY BUG BITES 49ERS AGAIN AS TEAM LOSES KEY DEFENSIVE TACKLE DURING PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA Brown went down after a Seahawks defender rolled into him and remained on the field after the play. After medical personnel tended to Brown on the field, he made his way to the sideline without assistance. PATRIOTS LOCK UP CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ AS HIGHEST-PAID NFL CORNERBACK JUST BEFORE SEASON OPENER AT SEATTLE He later entered the blue medical tent before eventually heading to the locker room wearing only o...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an injunction blocking the Internal Revenue Service from sharing personal information such as the addresses of taxpayers with immigration authorities, ruling the Trump administration's policy was unlawful. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the IRS unlawfully disclosed taxpayer information in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's request for the last known addresses of 1.28 million suspected illegal migrants . The court said the IRS failed to ensure that ICE's requests met the "stringent conditions" required under a federal tax-confidentiality law adopted in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, which generally bars the IRS from sharing tax-return information with other federal agencies. Last year, the IRS shared roughly 47,000 taxpayer addresses with ICE under a policy that aims to assist President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda . The IRS had adopted a polic...

Two candidates — Stefany Shaheen, the daughter of retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Maura Sullivan, an Obama-era official — remained locked in a Democratic primary race early Wednesday morning in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. The contested race remains too close to call as both Shaheen and Sullivan, the two frontrunners, vie for a chance to keep the district under Democratic control as its incumbent, Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., pursues higher office. Pappas, who has represented the district since 2019, announced a bid for the U.S. Senate last year. EX-GOP SENATOR CLEARS HURDLE IN CRUCIAL COMEBACK BID AS REPUBLICANS TRY TO FLIP KEY SENATE SEAT "I’m honored that the people of New Hampshire have entrusted me to fight for them; I’m proud of what we have accomplished together and I’m going to continue this fight in the U.S. Senate," Pappas said in a press release. Incumbents often present their party’s best chance to win in competitive districts . Pappas last ...