“I have been a friend of Donald Trump since 1987 through the New Jersey legal community in which his sister and I were active as judges. Trump and I have also known each other through my on-air television work at Fox News. Trump enjoys a personal familiarity with many of my Fox colleagues and me,” Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge, explained in the article published by Fox News....

“The president’s allusions to violence are palpably dangerous. They will give cover to crazies who crave violence, as other intemperate words of his have done,” Napolitano warned in an op-ed published by Fox News on Thursday. He pointed out that “bounties” have already been offered for information that could lead to identifying the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine scandal. “Trump also suggested that his impeachment would produce a second American Civil War....

The media outlet required all in-person and work-from-home employees to upload their vaccination status to a system called “Workday” by August 17, according to an internal memo recently published by AdWeek. Fox News doesn’t require its employees to be vaccinated. However, it still required them to provide vaccination information for contact tracing and space planning purposes to follow guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as state and city health authorities, the memo said....

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the weekend suggested that Trump should testify in Congress as part of the impeachment proceedings, Trump on Monday tweeted that he’d “strongly consider” it. If the president agrees, he will make history as the first in America to ever testify for their own impeachment inquiry. Pirro appeared on Fox News’ The Five on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues covered in the media, including Joe Biden’s recent remarks about marijuana, former President Barack Obama weighing in on progressives and the revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death....

In a new Fox News poll released Thursday, Biden towered above his Democratic challengers at 35 percent, more than the share of support received by the next four leading contenders combined. Fourteen percent of South Carolina Democratic primary voters indicated support for Senator Bernie Sanders and 12 percent chose Senator Kamala Harris. Thursday’s poll is the first major survey in South Carolina to be conducted after the first Democratic debates of the 2020 cycle....

On Thursday, while the Fox Business Network cable channel and streaming platforms provided coverage of the hearing, hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity appeared in their regular time slots. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson dismissed the idea that the first hearing was significant and on his Friday night show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, he referred to it as a “show trial.” He took aim at other networks that decided to air the hearing during their prime time slots and accused them of doing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “bidding....

Fox “absolutely” wants to keep the star broadcaster, spokesman Eddie Motl told Sporting News on Tuesday. MORE: Get ready for ESPN’s three-hour NFL pregame show “Charissa is a highly valued member of the FOX Sports family and is an extremely talented broadcaster, including in her current role as host of FOX NFL KICKOFF,” Motl said in a statement. After starting her career with Fox, Thompson worked for ESPN from 2011-13....

Outside of a surprising draw against Hungary in the sapping heat of Budapest, the French seemed to cruise rather effortlessly to the top spot of the toughest group at the Euros. They left the impression they could flip the switch on their attacking buzzsaw whenever they wanted. And to think that the French finished top of that group without needing Kylian Mbappe to score a goal or assist in the three matches....

During his 16 years in the NFL, Gore was a dominant player, rushing for 16,000 yards, the third-most in NFL history, on 3,735 carries with 81 rushing touchdowns. At a position with such a relatively short shelf life, Gore proved an ironman outlier as his 16 seasons are tied for the most ever by a running back. Williams appeared in 845 games — started 771 — and averaged 16.3 points, 3....

“The thought that went through my head was how fortunate I’ve been to be able to work with so many great players, so many guys who were dedicated to winning and moving this program forward, and the same with our coaches,” Solich told Sporting News on Wednesday. “That’s the thing that popped up at me.” Solich molded those players and coaches with a toughness that defined him as a fullback, assistant coach and head coach at Nebraska....

I thought today we were going to have a nice day, just lounging all day, maybe go to the beach. But I should have known. Right after breakfast I had to go sightseeing. When I heard the plan I was even less encouraged. It was rice-paddy trekking, which is walking through rice and you can’t tell the difference between a weed and rice and then go to a dumb old temple....

Fred Thompson has his own version of the shtick. Speaking at a fund-raiser last week, he introduced Jeri Kehn Thompson as “my campaign manager—oh, I mean my wife.” The line got a laugh, but in Thompson’s case, the powerful-spouse bit is no act. Within his still-unofficial campaign, Jeri has emerged as the would-be candidate’s top political adviser and de facto campaign manager. She urged her husband to run in the first place....

President Joe Biden said earlier this week that his administration is purchasing 1 billion at-home rapid tests to distribute to the American public free of charge. The first 500 million of those tests will be made available for American families to order next week. At the beginning, residential addresses will be limited to ordering four tests. The limit will be in place in order to “promote broad access” to the free tests, according to a White House fact sheet....

Chirac’s debacle is also a story of broader confusion. For a generation now, continental Europe has been stuck in a pattern of stagnant growth and mounting unemployment. Yet by world standards, Europeans have led lives of luxurious security, and they don’t want to give that up. The French system assures voters everything from lifetime health care to five-week vacations, even subsidized meals in their local bistros. In France there is such a thing as a free lunch, or so it has seemed....

The petition concerns Reed, 51, a Texas man charged with the 1996 rape and murder of a woman named Stacey Stites who was then 19. The two were in a consensual relationship at the time, although Stites was engaged. He was arrested for her murder in 1997, and has been on death row since 1998. His conviction was largely based on the fact that DNA evidence matched a “small amount” of sperm found in Stites’s body to Reed, according to the petition page....

Researchers found they are 42 times more likely to suffer from narrow nostrils and 30 times more likely to develop obstructive airways syndrome, compared with other breeds. The research, published in Canine Medicine and Genetics, was carried out by the Royal Veterinary College, U.K. It looked at health data on 2,781 French Bulldogs and 21,850 dogs of different breeds. French Bulldogs are a small and stocky breed of dog, with broad, square-shaped heads....

Tsonga won the rain-affected 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3 defeat. Berdych became the first man to take a set off Tsonga at this year’s competition, but Tsonga, the 14th seed, won to set up a quarterfinal match against Kei Nishikori. MORE: Rafael Nadal remains king of clay | Novak Djokovic rolls on | French Open images Nishikori, the tournament’s fifth seed, defeated Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Berdych arrived at the tournament having reached the quarterfinal of every competition in 2015, but he made 15 unforced errors in surrendering a sloppy second set....

In a match that finished close to 1 a.m. Paris time Sunday, Federer scored a 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-6(4) 7-5 victory in front of an empty stadium. The stands were empty due to Paris’ 9 p.m. curfew. The 3 1/2-hour epic forced Federer to dig deep after he lost the second set and was down 4-2 in the third. The world No. 8-ranked player’s experience on the big stage shone through in the closing stages of the tightly contested match....

There was no such troubles for the men’s contenders, as two legends of the game coasted through to the second round. Reigning champion Krejcikova dumped out, world no.1 Swiatek looks imperious In the biggest shock at Roland-Garros so far, no.2 seed and defending champion Barbora Krejcikova was eliminated by French local favourite Diane Parry 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the first round on day 2. Despite only playing in two tournaments since the Australian Open, Krejcikova was heavily favoured to steam roll her 19-year-old 97th-ranked opponent....