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Georgia high school basketball player assaults pair of athletes from opposing team, video shows
Tempers flared during a high school basketball game in Georgia this month. The heated moment appeared to spark a physical altercation between players from opposing teams.
TMZ reported that the fight in question happened during a game between Sonoraville High School and Rockmart High School on Jan. 3 in Calhoun, Georgia. Calhoun is located approximately 70 miles from downtown Atlanta.
A video posted to social media appeared to show an unidentified Rockmart player shoving one of Sonoraville’s athletes to the ground. The Rockmart athlete then immediately hit the Sonoraville player in the face immediately after he regained his footing.
The Rockmart player was later seen punching a separate player from the opposing team.
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The second Sonoraville player was hit after he dashed toward the scuffle. Spectators in the crowd could be heard making noises as they reacted to the situation. The video also showed some individuals moving from the stands to the court area to intervene.
An incident report from the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office suggested a Rockmart player was provoked by the repeated use of a racial slur by the player from the opposing team.
The teenager who appeared to initiate physical contact during the incident faces two charges of simple battery, per the police report. The brawl broke out during the third quarter of the game.
Officials from Rockmart High School and Sonoraville High School have yet to offer public comment on the incident.
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Smugglers transporting vans packed with 26 Chinese migrants detained in Florida: police
Police in Florida say that two vans packed with 26 Chinese migrants were stopped on Tuesday morning while two alleged smugglers were detained, Fox News Digital has learned.
The incident took place in Coral Gables, a city near Miami, and comes more than a week after a group of more than 30 migrants in vans were also apprehended there.
In today’s incident, Coral Gables Police Department Detective Khaled Tahah said that an alert citizen contacted police at around 8 a.m. regarding possible Chinese migrants being transported in passenger vans.
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“Our units responded to the area and were able to locate both vans. Traffic stops were conducted on each van and it resulted in a total of 26 people who appear to be Chinese migrants.”
Taha said that the occupants of the vans are a mix of both males and females. The two alleged smugglers are males.
One of the vans was stopped at 11600 Old Cutler Road, while the other was stopped at the 8800 block of Old Cutler Road at Kendall, he said.
Several people could be seen sitting on the side of the road as police conducted the stop, WSVN reports. They were later loaded onto county trolleys and transported to an undisclosed location, per the outlet.
Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Patrol responded to the scene and have taken over the investigation, Tahah said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to both agencies for further information but did not immediately receive a response.
Tuesday’s incident comes more than a week after a group of more than 30 migrants, most of them Chinese citizens, were found inside a Toyota and U-Haul truck also in Coral Gables after a report of an alleged abduction.
That incident took place on Jan. 17, after a security guard for a homeowners association reported seeing an abduction around 9:35 a.m., Coral Gables Police Chief Edward James Hudak Jr. told reporters.
The vehicles were stopped by officers, and the woman who was allegedly abducted was taken from the Toyota. Officers then began investigating the U-Haul truck, which had 16 Chinese females, 15 Chinese males, one male from Cuba and a female from Ecuador, according to police.
In addition to the migrants in the Toyota were a Cuban man, a Brazilian woman and a man from Ecuador, police said.
Investigators were looking into whether the woman who was possibly being abducted was trying to escape her alleged smugglers. The Coral Gables Fire Department responded to provide medical care to the migrants, who were “tired” but in good condition, police said.
The migrants were handed over to the U.S. Border Patrol, and four others were taken into police custody related to the incident.
The number of Chinese nationals being encountered at the border has increased enormously since 2021. There were 1,970 encounters in FY 2022 and over 24,000 in FY 2023, with over 24,200 encounters recorded in the 2024 fiscal year as of April 2024.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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Trump-endorsed candidate wins GOP primary in Florida race to replace Mike Waltz in Congress
A candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special election Tuesday in Florida’s 6th Congressional District to replace former GOP Rep. Michael Waltz.
Waltz stepped down from his House seat last week to serve as national security advisor in Trump’s second administration.
The Associated Press projects that state Sen. Randy Fine will win the GOP nomination in the Republican-leaning district, which stretches from Daytona Beach to the southern suburbs of Jacksonville along Florida’s Atlantic coast.
Educator Josh Weil won the Democratic primary.
IT’S PRIMARY DAY IN PARTS OF THIS CRUCIAL STATE
Fine, who at one time was the only Jewish Republican lawmaker in the state legislature, topped a couple of other Republicans running in the primary. He will be considered the clear favorite in the April 1 general election.
Republican and Democratic primaries were also being held Tuesday in Florida’s 1st Congressional District in the special election to fill the seat left vacant after GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress abruptly late last year after Trump tapped him to be his attorney general.
Gaetz eventually withdrew from consideration amid growing Republican opposition. The congressman’s resignation also came as the House Ethics Committee had been preparing its report on allegations against Gaetz that included illicit drug use and sex with a minor, all of which he has denied.
Both of Tuesday’s Republican primaries in Florida are a test of Trump’s overwhelming clout over the GOP.
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The general election in Florida’s 1st District is also April 1.
With a fragile, razor-thin majority in the House, the likely reinforcements from both districts will be welcome news to Republican leadership in the chamber as it tries to pass Trump’s agenda.
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MAGA candidate wins GOP primary in Florida race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress
The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special election Tuesday to replace former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida’s 1st Congressional District.
The Associated Press projects that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will win the GOP nomination in the district, located in the northwest corner of the state in the Panhandle region.
He will face gun safety advocate Gay Valimont, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
IT’S PRIMARY DAY IN PARTS OF THIS CRUCIAL STATE
Patronis, also endorsed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, topped nine other Republican candidates in the crowded primary field. He will be considered the favorite in the April 1 general election to fill the congressional seat in the heavily red district.
“A fourth generation Floridian from the beautiful Panhandle, and owner of an iconic seafood restaurant, Jimmy has been a wonderful friend to me, and to MAGA,” Trump wrote in a social media post earlier this month.
Gaetz resigned from Congress abruptly late last year after Trump tapped him to be his attorney general, and Gaetz eventually withdrew himself from consideration amid growing Republican opposition.
The congressman’s resignation also came as the House Ethics Committee had been preparing its report on allegations against Gaetz that included illicit drug use and sex with a minor, all of which he has denied.
Among those who lost to Patronis in the GOP primary was a former Navy veteran who challenged Gaetz last year with the backing of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Gaetz triggered the congressional maneuver in 2023 that eventually led to McCarthy’s ouster from power after less than a year as House speaker.
Patronis, whose family runs a popular restaurant in Panama City, which is outside the district, was criticized for not living in the district.
He twice won statewide elections as chief financial officer and, until Gaetz quit Congress, was seen as a potential candidate in Florida’s 2026 race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Republican and Democratic primaries were also being held Tuesday in Florida’s 6th Congressional District in the special election to fill the seat left vacant after GOP Rep. Michael Waltz stepped down to serve as national security advisor in the second Trump administration.
The general election in the red district is scheduled for April 1.
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With a fragile, razor-thin majority in the House, the likely reinforcements from Florida’s 1st and 6th congressional districts will be welcome news to Republican leadership in the chamber as it tries to pass Trump’s agenda.
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