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New York man allegedly placed hidden cameras in public park restroom; captured explicit images of children
A New York man secretly recorded hundreds of women and girls in a public restroom at a local park where he worked, federal prosecutors allege.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, said that 54-year-old John Towers planted hidden cameras in the ladies' room of a public park in Putnam County, New York — authorities declined to share the name of the public park.
Towers allegedly used the planted cameras to capture "prepubescent minors" and females using the bathroom.
"John Towers’s alleged disturbing conduct violated the public’s trust by placing hidden cameras in a public bathroom and using those cameras to capture sexually explicit images of children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. "As today’s arrest shows, we will use every tool available to law enforcement to investigate and prosecute those alleged to have sexually exploited children."
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Towers allegedly used an old cellphone and 10 "spy cameras" to record approximately 800 explicit videos of girls and women using the bathroom, a Manhattan federal complaint said.
They also found more than 6,000 images and videos that had been uploaded to the internet, according to the complaint.
Authorities said that three of the spy cameras were designed to look like ballpoint pens, and others looked like a battery pack, an antenna and a tiny camera that looked like a button.
Towers transferred the recordings to a hard drive, prosecutors alleged.
When investigating Towers' home on March 19, authorities found computers and hard drives filled with pornographic images.
Many of the files contained the misspelled term "yung," prosecutors alleged.
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Federal authorities believe that the hidden cameras were in the bathroom from at least July 24, 2018, until Dec. 9, 2019.
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Towers is charged in the federal complaint with sexual exploitation of a minor, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of 30 years, and possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
WNBA star Caitlin Clark autographs ultrasound photo during appearance at Pacers playoff game
Fans attending a long-awaited Indiana Pacers' home playoff game were treated to a surprise appearance by basketball sensation Caitlin Clark.
Clark was the first player selected in the 2024 WNBA Draft, and she will begin playing regular-season games next month inside the same arena where the Pacers play. Clark received a standing ovation when she was introduced to the crowd, and she even tossed a few T-shirts to fans.
Before the Pacers' first postseason game since 2019 tipped off, Clark helped rev up a raucous Indiana Pacers crowd by pumping the accelerator of a replica IndyCar.
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At one point during Clark's appearance, a fan asked her to fulfill a rather unusual request — an ultrasound autograph.
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The Indiana Fever shared a video showing a smiling Clark signing the ultrasound photo.
Clark stuck around to watch the Pacers defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime to take a 2-1 first-round series lead. Clark did not speak. But when she joined her new Fever teammates on the court during the second quarter for the T-shirt toss, Fever guard Erica Wheeler had some words for the crowd.
"Playoffs!" Wheeler told the team’s emcee when asked about this season’s goal. "We want to be doing this, and we’ve got the pieces. We want it to look like this every night."
Indiana has not advanced to the WNBA playoffs since 2016.
"That’s definitely our goal is to get back to championship habits," Clark said shortly after she was drafted. "I’m very lucky to be going there to an organization that really loves women’s basketball. … There’s a lot of young talent on the team, and just getting back to the playoffs and doing everything we can to win a lot of basketball games is certainly the goal."
Clark, the NCAA Division I all-time scoring leader, finished her college career with 3,951 points. The Fever begins training camp April 28, and its regular season begins May 14.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Harvey Weinstein moved to Manhattan hospital after arrival at NYC jail
Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital in New York City after being examined by doctors upon his arrival at the Rikers Island jail on Friday, his lawyer, Arthur Aidala, told the Associated Press on Saturday.
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Aidala told the outlet that Weinstein, whose 2020 rape conviction was overturned in a New York appeals court on Thursday, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for additional tests.
"They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically. He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health wise," Aidala said of the 72-year-old former movie mogul.
Craig Rothfeld, Weinstein's prison consultant and authorized DOCS representative, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "We grateful for NYC DOC's care and discretion as they have been treating Harvey Weinstein's medical issues as best they can."
"Harvey is in the hands of NYC Department of Corrections and NYC H+H/Correctional Health Services and is having his medical needs tended to by DOCS and CHS," Rothfeld added. "We are grateful for how smoothly they handled his eventual return to Bellevue's prison ward."
Weinstein’s representative, Juda Engelmayer, told Fox News Digital that Weinstein was moved to Bellevue on Saturday morning.
"At the same time, we‘re cautiously optimistic and are prepared to go to trial, if it comes to that," Engelmayer added. "There are fewer charges now and the deck isn’t going to be illegally stacked against him. While we all enjoy the same rights when it comes to our justice system, a defendant has an additional right to due process. We are glad the Appeals Court judges saw it that way."
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On Thursday, in a 4-3 decision, the appeals court found that Weinstein's trial judge allowed prosecutors to call women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to testify, even though their accusations did not specifically relate to the entertainment mogul's charges.
Weinstein is expected to return to court on May 1, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
An attorney for Weinstein did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The former Hollywood film producer - who was accused of sexual assault and rape by more than 80 women - was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted in February 2020 of forcing oral sex on TV and film production assistant Mimi Haley in 2006 and third-degree rape of hairstylist Jessica Mann in 2013.
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He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault from actor Annabella Sciorra’s allegations of rape in the 1990s. He has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sex.
"Justice was served. I believe this decision is larger than Harvey Weinstein," Donna Rotunno, Weinstein's defense lawyer, told Fox News in a statement on Thursday. "Courts cannot operate on emotion and lack of due process. The world is off-balance, and when the justice system does not work, nothing does. This decision restores faith in the foundation of our system."
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However, though the New York appeals court overturned Weinstein’s conviction, that does not mean he is getting out of prison.
After Weinstein's sentencing in New York in 2020, he was extradited to California in July 2021 to face sexual assault allegations made by four women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013.
Additionally, in December 2022, he was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving a woman known as Jane Doe 1. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in February 2023. Weinstein also faces charges in London for two alleged offenses in 1996.
Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz, Michael Dorgan and Tracy Wright contributed to this post.
Washington chooses its wars; Ukraine and Israel have made the cut despite opposition on right and left
Washington, D.C., chooses its wars. And, for now, leaders in Washington have decided the U.S. has a vested interest in the war in Ukraine.
After months of consternation, lawmakers eventually approved $62 billion for Ukraine to fight Russia in recent weeks, with most Democrats endorsing American assistance.
But Congress only dislodged the money after a lengthy push by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. President Biden, McConnell and others finally pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to support the aid, even though most House Republicans opposed it. The Senate OK'd a combination foreign aid package a few days later, 79-18. Only 31 of the Senate’s 49 GOP members voted yes.
Tucked into that package was money for Israel, another conflict in which the U.S. has infused itself, thanks to the votes of bipartisan lawmakers.
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A not-so-subtle reminder of how Washington immerses itself into overseas conflicts came the other day following the death of Alfonso Chardy. Chardy was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Miami Herald and helped untangle and expose the Iran-Contra Affair in the mid-1980s. That was a decision by the Reagan administration to involve itself in proxy wars in Central America under the guise of fighting the spread of communism during the Cold War. There was worry about increasing Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere.
Leftist Sandinistas grabbed power in Nicaragua in the late 1970s. Congress sent money to the Contra rebels to support them in the civil war. But lawmakers began restricting money to the Contras in the early 1980s before eliminating all funding.
Reagan administration officials found a creative — albeit illegal way — to go around Congress.
The U.S. would covertly sell weapons to Iran in an effort to curry favor with Tehran to release western hostages held in the Middle East. The proceeds from those arms sales benefited the Contras to wage their battles against the Sandinistas.
Congress may have decided against getting involved in Nicaragua. But Washington as a whole picked that particular fight, making sure the U.S. was fighting through a proxy in Central America.
Fast-forward several decades, when the U.S. made a decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003. Congress voted in the fall of 2002 to approve the operation, but few lawmakers defend the entirety of that conflict today.
That was the thesis of a floor speech from Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, perhaps the most ardent opponent in Congress against sending assistance to Ukraine.
"In 2003, I was a high school senior and I had a political position," declared Vance, speaking about his time finishing high school in Middletown, Ohio, and enlisting in the Marine Corps. "Back then, I believed the propaganda of the George W. Bush administration that we needed to invade Iraq."
Vance later said arguments about helping Ukraine "sound familiar."
"It’s the same exact talking points 20 years later with different names," said Vance. "I saw when I went to Iraq that I had been lied to. That the promises of the foreign policy establishment of this country were a complete joke."
Vance called the push for war in Iraq "perhaps the most shameful period in the Republican Party’s history of the last 40 years."
Vance added that his "excuse" for backing the war in Iraq "is that I was a high school senior. What is the excuse of many people who are in this chamber or in the House of Representatives at the time and are now singing the same song when it comes to Ukraine?"
The answer is that America’s leaders are committed to helping Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
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History will bear out who is right or wrong on this front. Just the same as history has judged U.S. involvement in Central America against Soviet influences or by seeking war in Iraq. Remember that the foreign aid package includes money for Israel. Congressional Republicans were more comfortable assisting Israel than some liberals.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was one of the most outspoken opponents of sending U.S. dollars to Israel.
"Put simply, we are deeply complicit in what is happening. This is not an Israeli war. This is an Israeli-American war. Most of the bombs and most of the military equipment the Israeli government is using is provided by the United States and subsidized by American taxpayers," said Sanders. "We are aiding and abetting the destruction of the Palestinian people."
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., also opposed the legislation in the House.
"This bill passed today is a death warrant. A death warrant on Palestinians," said Bush. "Apparently, it means that Palestinians are not as valued. That their lives are not as valuable as Israeli lives. And I have to say this, for those that feel that way, shame on you."
Back on Ukraine, it was clear McConnell prevailed. Perhaps it's one of his last major policy achievements as Republican leader. McConnell didn’t call out Vance by name. But it was clear who he was targeting in an impassioned floor speech.
"So much of the hesitation and shortsightedness that has delayed this moment is premised on sheer fiction," said McConnell. "I take no pleasure in rebutting misguided fantasies. I wish sincerely that recognizing the responsible ideas of American leadership was the price of admission for serious conversation about the future of our national security."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., echoed his counterpart.
"Getting this done was one of the greatest achievements the Senate has faced in years. Perhaps decades. A lot of people inside and outside the Congress wanted this package to fail," said Schumer.
"I think we’ve turned the corner on the isolationist movement," observed McConnell. "You could argue that this is a more challenging time right now than it was leading up to World War II. I don’t want it to take something like the Pearl Harbor attack to get our attention."
The U.S. sat on the sidelines as Adolph Hitler ran roughshod through Europe in the 1930s and early 1940s. The U.S. only got involved after the Japanese bombed Pearl Habor and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a plea to America during a Joint Session of Congress just after Christmas in 1941.
America chooses its wars; America has chosen its wars in Ukraine and Israel.
History will judge whether those were the right decisions.
Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith's charges against former President Donald Trump.
The high court was considering Trump's argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, but another issue is whether Smith and the Office of Special Counsel have the authority to bring charges at all.
"Did you, in this litigation, challenge the appointment of special counsel?" Thomas asked Trump attorney John Sauer on Thursday during a nearly three-hour session at the Supreme Court.
Sauer replied that Trump's attorneys had not raised that concern "directly" in the current Supreme Court case — in which justices are considering Trump's arguments that presidential immunity precludes the prosecution of charges that the former president illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election.
Sauer told Thomas that, "we totally agree with the analysis provided by Attorney General Meese [III] and Attorney General Mukasey."
"It points to a very important issue here because one of [the special counsel's] arguments is, of course, that we should have this presumption of regularity. That runs into the reality that we have here an extraordinary prosecutorial power being exercised by someone who was never nominated by the president or confirmed by the Senate at any time. So we agree with that position. We hadn't raised it yet in this case when this case went up on appeal," Sauer said.
In a 42-page amicus brief presented to the high court in March, Meese and Mukasey questioned whether "Jack Smith has lawful authority to undertake the 'criminal prosecution'" of Trump. Mukasey and Meese — both former U.S. attorneys general — said Smith and the Office of Special Counsel itself have no authority to prosecute, in part because he was never confirmed by the Senate to any position.
Federal prosecutions, "can be taken only by persons properly appointed as federal officers to properly created federal offices," Meese and Mukasey argued. "But neither Smith nor the position of special counsel under which he purportedly acts meets those criteria. He wields tremendous power, effectively answerable to no one, by design. And that is a serious problem for the rule of law — whatever one may think of former President Trump or the conduct on January 6, 2021, that Smith challenges in the underlying case."
The crux of the problem, according to Meese, is that Smith was never confirmed by the Senate as a U.S. attorney, and no other statute allows the U.S. attorney general to name merely anyone as special counsel. Smith was acting U.S. attorney for a federal district in Tennessee in 2017, but he was never nominated to the position. He resigned from the private sector after then-President Trump nominated a different prosecutor as U.S. attorney for the middle district of Tennessee.
Meese and Mukasey argued that because the special counsel exercises broad authority to convene grand juries and make prosecutorial decisions, independent of the White House or the attorney general, he is far more powerful than any government officer who has not been confirmed by the Senate.
Sauer and Trump's other attorneys objected to the legitimacy of Smith's appointment in the charges against Trump in the classified documents case, also brought by Smith, before a Florida federal court.
In a March court filing in Florida, Trump's attorneys claimed that the special counsel's office argues in federal court that Smith is wholly independent of the White House and Garland — contradicting Trump's arguments that the federal charges against him are politically motivated. But at the same time, the special counsel's attorneys insist that Smith is subordinate to the attorney general, and therefore not subject to Senate confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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"There is significant tension between the Office’s assurances to that court that Smith is independent, and not prosecuting the Republican nominee for President at the direction of the Biden Administration, and the Office’s assurance here that Smith is not independent and is instead so thoroughly supervised and accountable to President Biden and Attorney General Garland that this Court should not be concerned about such tremendous power being exercised to alter the trajectory of the ongoing presidential election," Trump's attorneys wrote in the filing.
The special counsel's office, responding to Trump's claims in the Florida case, argued that the attorney general "has the statutory authority to appoint a Special Prosecutor" and that the Supreme Court even upheld that authority "in closely analogous circumstances nearly 50 years ago" — in a 1974 case that challenged the prosecutor investigating the late President Richard Nixon.
Meese and Mukasey wrote in their brief that the Nixon case was irrelevant because it "concerned the relationship between the President and DOJ as an institution, not between the President and any specific actor purportedly appointed by DOJ."
The pair also said special counsel investigations are necessary and often lawful, but stated that "the Attorney General cannot appoint someone never confirmed by the Senate, as a substitute United States Attorney under the title ‘Special Counsel.’ Smith’s appointment was thus unlawful, as are all actions flowing from it, including his prosecution of former President Trump."
Smith was a private citizen when Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed him as special counsel to investigate Trump in 2022.
Other recent special counsels — including John Durham's Trump-Russia probe; David Weiss of the Hunter Biden investigation; and Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's mishandling of classified documents — were all confirmed by the Senate to various positions before being named as special counsels.
The Florida court has yet to rule on Trump's motion to dismiss the classified documents case due to claims that Smith was improperly appointed.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Trump's immunity arguments before its term ends in June.
Texas mom who fatally shot teenager breaking in through daughter’s window won’t be charged
A Texas mom who fatally shot a 14-year-old boy who was breaking into her 8-year-old daughter’s window last December found out this week she won’t be charged.
"I feel great that they were able to see it through my eyes," Aleah Wallace told FOX 4.
She said she had worried her case would be "drug out, or I would be away from my kids or, you know, things like that."
A grand jury in Tarrant County this week chose to no-bill Wallace, meaning they didn’t find enough evidence to charge her with a crime over the shooting.
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Wallace said she and her kids are still in therapy over the incident.
"They go to counseling once a week, so it's still a little tough for them, but other than that, they're okay," she said of her four daughters.
But she said she still feels for the family of Devin Baker, 14, who lost their son when he climbed in her window.
"I want to offer my condolences to his family," she told FOX 4.
Wallace previously defended her actions to FOX 4, while facing eviction for allegedly violating the apartment’s rules that guns aren't allowed in government-subsidized housing.
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"It’s just me and my four daughters that stay there," she told the news station in January. "I just was protecting my daughters. I'm devastated that he was 14. I hate that. I literally do. And I'm so sorry. But at that point, I had to think about my babies. I didn’t know he was 14 when he was on the other side of that window. All I knew was that somebody could come in and hurt me or my kids. That's it."
Baker’s mother previously said he had snuck out of her home in the middle of the night without her knowledge before the shooting.
Wallace had been the victim of repeated attempted burglaries in the weeks leading up to the shooting, and she called 911 each time, police confirmed last year.
Her eviction threat was dropped after a lawyer took up her case pro bono, and she has also been supported by Republican state Rep. Carrie Isaac.
"I want to say thank you so much, we are eternally grateful," Wallace said of the support she received.
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Wallace said she and her daughters have since moved from the apartment.
Rams' Sean McVay suggests team is willing to 'work toward' resolution for Matthew Stafford’s contract
Super Bowl winner Matthew Stafford seems to want to return to the negotiating table. The NFL Network recently reported the 36-year-old quarterback was not happy with the amount of guaranteed money remaining on his contract with the Los Angeles Rams.
He is expected to collect an estimated $31 million in guarantees for the upcoming 2024 season, according to Overthecap.com.
Rams coach Sean McVay acknowledged the report but stopped short of providing any substantive details on a possible timetable for potentially adjusting Stafford's contract.
"I've had good dialogue with Matthew," McVay told reporters Friday. "We'll keep those things in house, but he's been working with our guys, and we'll keep those things in house."
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McVay and Rams general manager Les Snead were also asked if they believed the franchise would be able " to find a solution for the contract issue," but they danced around the question.
"We're definitely jacked to have Matthew as our QB," Snead said.
At times, an NFL player's displeasure about his contract can lead to the player skipping practices and other offseason workouts. McVay said the team is taking a day-by-day approach.
"We're going to take it a day at a time. We'll see," McVay said. "So, we're going to try to figure it out. There's nothing that's more important than making sure that he feels appreciated and he knows how much we love him and want him to lead the way. I think that commitment that I think he wants to have can be reciprocated, and we want to work towards figuring that out."
The Detroit Lions traded Stafford to the Rams in 2021. He led the Rams to a Super Bowl title in his first season in Los Angeles and signed a four-year extension with the Rams in 2022.
Stafford and star receiver Cooper Kupp dealt with injuries during the 2022 campaign, and the Rams finished with a disappointing 5-12 record. Stafford appeared in nine games in 2022. He injured his thumb last season but still appeared in 15 regular season games and helped lead the Rams to the playoffs.
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Jim Harbaugh tells Michigan star they are reuniting with Chargers, sings school's fight song in celebration
Junior Colson was coached by Jim Harbaugh for all three of his years at the University of Michigan. Well, Colson will be in familiar territory in the NFL.
After nine seasons in Ann Arbor, Harbaugh returned to the NFL to be the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Several Wolverines were in this draft, including 10th overall pick J.J. McCarthy, who is now the Minnesota Vikings quarterback. In fact, in the third round, three-straight Michigan players were drafted (Blake Corum to the Rams, Roman Wilson to the Steelers and Zak Zinter to the Bengals).
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But before those three were picked, the linebacker in Colson got the life-changing call when he was informed that he would be the 69th pick of the draft . . . by Harbaugh's Chargers.
Harbaugh is the one who called Colson to let them know they were reunited.
During the call, Harbaugh let out his "Who's got it better than us?" which became a Michigan rallying cry en route to their national championship.
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Colson, of course, replied with "Nobody."
Shortly after the pick, Harbaugh belted out, "Hail to the Victors."
Harbaugh went to Michigan in 2015 after coaching the San Francisco 49ers for four years. He lost Super Bowl XLVII to his brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens.
Colson set a career-high with 44 solo tackles last season as part of an elite defense who played a key factor into going 15-0 on the season. His 95 tackles led the team.
The Chargers' defense ranked 28th in the NFL last year, so they could sure use any help they can get.
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Marla Adams, ‘The Young and the Restless’ star, dead at 85: report
Marla Adams, who famously portrayed Abbott family matriarch Dina Abbott Mergeron on "The Young and the Restless" for 37 years, has reportedly died. She was 85.
The Emmy Award-winning soap opera actress died in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We send our deepest sympathies to Marla Adams’ family," the show's official X account (formerly Twitter) wrote on Friday. "We’re so grateful and in awe of Marla’s incredible performance as Dina Abbott Mergeron as both Marla and Dina made an unforgettable mark on Y&R."
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Representatives for "The Young and the Restless" did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Before Adams — born in Ocean City, New Jersey in 1938 — began her career in daytime television, she first appeared on Broadway in "The Visit" in 1958 and in the 1961 film, "Splendor in the Grass" alongside Natalie Wood.
It wasn't until 1968, when Adams made her official debut on daytime TV as Belle Clemens on CBS' "The Secret Storm" and years later, in 1982, as Dina Abbott Mergeron on "The Young and the Restless."
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"I was the b---- of daytime," she told Ocean City's Daily News Source in 2016. "I played a good b----."
Adams played her "Young and the Restless" character off and on over the course of nearly four decades. After her three-year contract was up in 1985, the actress returned to Genoa City in 1991, 1996, 2008 and again from 2017 to 2020. Towards the end, her character — living with Alzheimer's disease — died in an October 2020 episode.
"Of all the characters I've played, from ‘The Secret Storm’ to Broadway, this has been the most astonishing, amazing part I have ever had the privilege to play," she said in a 2020 tribute to her character.
"I’ve had the most wonderful life, this little gal from Ocean City," she said in a 2016 interview.
Jewish student slams Princeton for permitting terror group flags, antisemitism on campus: 'Must be stopped'
A Jewish Princeton University freshman recounted the virulent antisemitism he witnessed on the Ivy League campus at an anti-Israel protest encampment this week.
Maximillian Meyer of New York told Fox News Digital that protesters flew Hezbollah flags and chanted in support of Hamas as the wave of anti-Israel activism that continues to wash over some of America's top institutions came to Princeton — placing Jewish students in fear of attending classes and engaging in regular student life.
"The craziest thing to me is the fact that I saw the Hezbollah flag multiple times, and I wasn't even shocked," Meyer said in an interview. "And I thought that that is more emblematic of the moral rot that has taken hold on our college campuses — of our so-called elite college campuses — than anything else. The fact that not only do we have Hezbollah flags, not only are there chants supporting the Houthis, chants supporting Hamas, but that we're not even surprised. It has become ubiquitous. And that is devastating."
The U.S. State Department officially designates Hezbollah a foreign terrorist organization.
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The Hezbollah flag was spotted at the Princeton encampment at approximately 5:16 p.m. Thursday, according to The Daily Princetonian. Organizers then promptly asked it be put away.
The photo of the flag was initially shared by an X account belonging to Myles McKnight, an 2023 alum who also served as president of an undergraduate student organization dedicated to promoting free speech, per the publication. It was re-posted by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Meyer, who is currently studying politics at Princeton, said he has been standing up against anti-Israel organizations since the war in Gaza broke out after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. He said the number of counter-protesters who have joined him varies, sometimes reaching a total of about six or seven students, in comparison to the 100 to 150 students and faculty demanding that Princeton divest from Israel and condemn the Jewish state's campaign to eradicate Hamas, a terrorist group.
However, Meyer said many Jewish students don't want to stay and speak out due to their fear and intimidation by the pro-Hamas groups.
"They are intimidated by the fact that their professors are participating in calls for their own for their own genocide," Meyer told Fox News Digital.
Meyer said that when he does protest, he always holds an American flag alongside the Israeli flag in an effort to signal his support for Israel as a Jewish American.
"So, when I carry my American flag and my Israeli flag, I understand that I'm not just protesting for my own people as a Jew, but I'm protesting for my own people as an American," he explained. "And that is a fundamental point that people need to understand. People need to understand that standing against the pro-Hamas mob is the exact same thing as standing with the United States of America."
Meyer stated his fellow Jewish students can no longer attend school normally, with students now distracted during class "because they hear the chants."
"They're calling for their genocide while they're trying to pay attention and obtain their education," he said. "These are not only distracting and hateful, but they are expressly antisemitic. I'd like to see the administration condemn any of these calls."
Meyer called out faculty members who had supported the protest and specifically mentioned professor Max Weiss, who recently made a speech at the tent encampment on Princeton University's campus wherein he read a poem written by a Palestinian writer. The poem says that Jews "evolved backward" from "victims to victimizes," according to a New York Post reporter, who witnessed the speech. Weiss is currently an associate professor of history at Princeton.
"In that poem [he] said, the Jews have ‘evolved backwards.’ Evolved backwards. And if that's not antisemitic, if that isn't in violation of policies regarding discrimination, I don't know what is," Meyer said.
Princeton University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Just this past week, university police moved in on the tent encampment on Princeton's campus, ultimately leading to two arrests. Princeton University Public Safety, the Ivy League school’s police force, gave demonstrators several warnings before acting, the university said.
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Meyer said he thought the university made a move in the right direction with the arrests of the protesters, but "that's not enough."
"Espousing overt antisemitism is abhorrent. It is abhorrent, and the university doesn't do anything except for talk about free speech and not allow tents to be built. But tents are not the extent of the problem," Meyer told Fox News Digital. "Tents are not the end all, be all of what must be stopped. They certainly must be stopped. But Hezbollah flags must be stopped."
Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.