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UT Austin protests descend into chaos, anti-Israel students yell at police: 'Pigs go home!'

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One hundred or more protesters gathered on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday to participate in an unruly anti-Israel demonstration.

The rowdy protests invited hundreds of onlookers, some of whom joined in on the anti-Israel chants on the school’s South Lawn. UT Austin is one of many American universities where anti-Israel protests have intensified over recent days, as the Israeli military’s war against Hamas continues in the Middle East.

The Austin Police Department (APD) and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were observed making arrests. Some officers monitored the protests on horseback.

“APD, KKK, IDF / they’re all the same,” the group was heard chanting.

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At least 20 people were arrested at an anti-Israel protest at UT Austin on Wednesday. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)

Protesters also chanted “Pigs go home!” at the Texas law enforcement officers on the scene. The keffiyeh-wearing protesters attempted to set up a few tents but were quickly thwarted by police. 

The DPS later told Fox News Digital that it made more than 20 arrests. The department said that the arrests were made “in order to prevent any unlawful assembly and to support UT Police in maintaining the peace by arresting anyone engaging in any sort of criminal activity, including criminal trespass.”

On X, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott denounced the protests as lawless and antisemitic.

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Protesters set up tents on the campus of UT Austin, but law enforcement quickly intervened. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)

“These protesters belong in jail,” Abbott wrote. “Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period.”

“Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.”

UT Austin told Fox News Digital that it “does not tolerate” disruptive protests early Wednesday afternoon. Later that evening, UT Austin President Jay Hartzell released a statement about the protest activity, calling it a “challenging day.”

“We have witnessed much activity we normally do not experience on our campus, and there is understandably a lot of emotion surrounding these events,” Hartzell wrote.

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Around 100 protesters gathered at UT Austin, which is a fraction of its student body. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)

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“Today, our University held firm, enforcing our rules while protecting the Constitutional right to free speech,” he continued. “Peaceful protests within our rules are acceptable. Breaking our rules and policies and disrupting others’ ability to learn are not allowed.”

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Abducted 10-month-old New Mexico girl found alive after mother fatally shot, suspect in custody

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An abducted 10-month-old girl has been found alive, and a suspect is in custody after she was reported missing in New Mexico after her mother and another woman were found shot dead in a park last week, authorities said Monday morning.

Eleia Maria Torres was found safe and taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, the Clovis Police Department said in a statement. 

Police said a suspect was also taken into custody without providing further details.

“Through a collaborated law enforcement effort, 10-month-old Eleia Maria Torres has been located and a suspect has been taken into custody,” the department said. “Baby Eleia has been taken to a local area hospital as a precautionary measure. The Clovis Police Department would like to thank all agencies involved in this investigation that worked tirelessly to reach this conclusion.”

10-MONTH-OLD NEW MEXICO GIRL KIDNAPPED AFTER MOTHER, ANOTHER WOMAN FATALLY SHOT

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Eleia Maria Torres was found safe days after she was abducted by the individual who fatally shot her mother and another woman. (Clovis Police Department)

Police said more information would be released later.

The Clovis Police Department responded on Friday at about 4:30 p.m. to Ned Houk Park at 700 County Road 17 near Clovis. Responding officers found two deceased women, identified as 23-year-old Samantha Cisneros and 23-year-old Taryn Allen, KRQE-TV reported.

Eleia Maria Torres.

Eleia Maria Torres was taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, police said. No further details about how authorities located the baby were immediately provided. (New Mexico State Police)

A 5-year-old girl was also found nearby with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. She was transported to a hospital for treatment. No update on her condition was immediately available.

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Officers became concerned that another child was present during the suspected crime after finding an infant car seat, stroller and baby bottle at the scene. 

As officers searched for the second child, family members told them that Cisneros was the mother of the injured 5-year-old girl and 10-month-old Eleia. An Amber Alert was then issued for the missing child.

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Police believed at the time that Eleia was abducted by the individual who shot her mother and Allen.

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.

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Southern California women being vigilant following recent random attacks

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Southern California women being vigilant following recent random attacks

In light of recent assaults in Southern California, women across the Southland are learning how to better protect themselves against random acts of violence.

There have been several high-profile attacks on women in the past weeks, including the vicious assaults of two females who were walking near the Venice Canals.

The acts of violence have prompted several SoCal women to take up self-defense lessons and remain vigilant when they’re in public.

One woman, identified only as Melissa, was attacked by a stranger who lives in her own neighborhood in October of last year. She says the incident motivated her to learn how to protect herself.

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“She kicked my dog in the face, and then she started hitting me with open fists,” Melissa said to KTLA 5’s Jennifer McGraw. “Completely caught me off guard. I have to be concerned about my own safety.”

Dave Kerr teaches self-defense classes at his gym, FitSport Kinetics in Pasadena. He preaches to his students to always remain vigilant when walking alone, and learn the basics of how to react if they’re ever the victim of a random attack.

“You don’t want to be buried in your phone if you have earbuds and you can’t hear anything,” Kerr said. “So, one of the things we teach is simple practice of being aware of your surroundings.”

Jen Lester, who also goes by Stun Gun Jen, learned self-defense after hearing from a close friend that she had been raped twice in the previous four years. Lester worked for 12 years as a 911 dispatcher and wanted to use her experience to help teach women how to protect themselves.

“It’s incredibly alarming, it’s something we are seeing in our headlines constantly,” Lester said. “We’re seeing it just in social media posts all the time, there definitely seems to be an escalation.”

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Lester adds you should have four essential items with you at all times to help you keep yourself as safe as possible in case you’re assaulted.

“I have my alarm with the GPS tracking, I have a stun device, I have a striking device for close contact strikes, and I have my pepper spray,” Lester said.

The self-defense expert says a lack of consequences for assailants is another reason why the public needs to learn how to protect itself.

“If we are the consequence, because we can’t get the consequences through our justice system, I believe that we see a little bit of decline,” Lester said. “But we have to start to learn to be the consequence ourself.”

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Floodwaters start receding around Houston area as recovery begins following rescues and evacuations

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Floodwaters in the Houston area began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled the area and led to hundreds of rescues — including people who were stranded on rooftops.

Officials in Harris County, where Houston is located, reported no deaths or major injuries from the flooding. But in North Texas, a 4-year-old boy died after riding in a car that was swept away in fast waters, authorities said.

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After days of heavy rainfall in the Houston area and other parts of Southeast Texas, the forecast on Monday called for mainly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers.

“We can absolutely see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we’ve made it through the worst of this weather event,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county’s top elected official, told reporters Monday.

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A mailbox is partially submerged on a flooded street in an unincorporated area in east Harris County near Houston on Sunday morning, May 5, 2024. The nearby San Jacinto River, overflowing due to heavy rainfall earlier this week, caused the flood waters.  (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Areas near Lake Livingston, located northeast of Houston, received upwards of 23 inches (58 centimeters) of rain over the past week, National Weather Service meteorologist Jimmy Fowler said. Areas in northeastern Harris County, the nation’s third-largest county, had a range of between 6 inches (15 centimeters) to almost 17 inches (43 centimeters) of rain in that same period.

Hidalgo said 233 people and 186 pets had been rescued in Harris County over the last few days. Active rescues stopped Monday, and officials were transitioning from a response phase into recovery mode and cleanup, she said.

While many of the impacted neighborhoods and subdivisions along the San Jacinto River in Harris County were accessible on Monday, others remained cut off by flooded roadways.

Officials were still assessing how many homes were damaged.

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“We’re a resilient community. I know we’ll continue to recover from this,” said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

At least five school districts around the Houston area were closed on Monday due to the flooding.

Houston is one of the most flood-prone metro areas in the country. Hurricane Harvey in 2017 dumped historic rainfall that flooded thousands of homes and resulted in more than 60,000 rescues.

Most of the city of Houston was not heavily impacted by last week’s rainfall, except for the neighborhood of Kingwood, where some homes and roads flooded.

Various counties and communities north and east of the Houston area also continued to recover on Monday.

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“These folks have suffered much, people,” Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace said Sunday during a Facebook livestream as he rode a boat through a rural flooded neighborhood. Partially submerged cars and street signs were around him.

In Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, a 4-year-old boy died when he was swept away after the vehicle he was riding in became stuck in swift-moving water near the community of Lillian just before 2 a.m. Sunday, an official said. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office said the cause of death of the child, who would have turned 5 later this month, was drowning.

Storms brought 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain in a span of six to eight hours in some areas from central Texas to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Stalley said.

Greg Moss, 68, stayed put in his recreational vehicle on Sunday after leaving his home in the community of Channelview in eastern Harris County near the San Jacinto River. A day earlier, he had packed up many of his belongings and left before the road to his home flooded.

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“I would be stuck for four days,” Moss said. “So now at least I can go get something to eat.”

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