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The Indiana Fever's 2026 season may be studied by historians for decades to come.

Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, their supporting cast, rival players and neurotic fans and critics combined to form a perfect storm of cultural chaos.

It pushed the WNBA to new heights in TV ratings and attendance, all while driving two sides of America further apart in a deepening cultural divide, sparking often-emotional debates on race and sexuality, day after day.

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The entire WNBA will be coming out of the season a completely different league than what it was going into 2026, as there will be a change in commissioner, all while two former NBA players are now declared for the 2027 draft.

Here's how it all went down.

The Fever entered 2026 with championship expectations.

Clark was preparing to return after injuries limited her to just 13 games last year, as Cunningham was returning from injury too. Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull re-signed to reunite the core that carried to the brink of the 2025 Finals. The Fever also added veterans Monique Billings, Tyasha Harris and Myisha Hines-Allen and drafted South Carolina guard Raven Johnson with the No. 10 pick.

Before training camp, Hull, who had become a fan-favorite in 2025, told Fox News Digital what it was like living inside the Clark-generated media spotlight that began in 2024.

"The most challenging part is there's just so much scrutiny," Hull said. "People need to know that everyone's human. We're real people. I think when things get blown out of proportion, when things get really personal and there's personal attacks on people's character, I think that's where it gets over the line."

Hull disputed the idea that opponents had necessarily become more physical with Clark, arguing that social media magnified every collision and missed call. But she acknowledged that the Fever’s massive following gave opponents extra motivation whenever Indiana came to town.

The attention also came with an upside. Hull told Fox News Digital that seeing young fans arrive in Fever gear and aspire to play professional basketball had been "the most rewarding part" of the Clark era. After Indiana came within one victory of the 2025 WNBA Finals despite losing Clark and Cunningham to injuries, Hull declared the 2026 championship goal "very achievable."

But they had no idea what laid ahead.

Clark’s long-awaited regular-season return came in front of a sold-out Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd on May 9.

The opener pitted Clark against Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, another former No. 1 overall pick whose arrival gave the league a second young superstar capable of drawing enormous national attention.

The teams were called for a combined 53 fouls, disrupting a game that still came down to the final possession, as Clark missed a deep 3-pointer that could have forced overtime.

Hours after the loss, Clark joined country music star Morgan Wallen for his signature concert walkout at Lucas Oil Stadium. The hometown crowd roared as Clark emerged alongside Wallen, but the appearance immediately dragged her back into the cultural and racial debates that had followed her since entering the WNBA.

Critics condemned Clark for associating with Wallen, who was recorded using a racial slur in 2021 and later apologized. ESPN contributor Jayson Buford called the appearance "blatantly corny" and wrote that Clark was beloved "despite her proximity to the type of whiteness that is inherently scary." Other fans criticized Clark for celebrating at a concert only hours after missing a potential game-tying shot in Indiana’s loss.

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Others accused Clark’s critics of applying a double standard. Jemele Hill noted that Peyton Manning, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Myles Garrett and Marshawn Lynch were among the prominent sports figures who had participated in Wallen’s concert entrances without generating comparable outrage. Cunningham, meanwhile, celebrated her teammate’s appearance in an Instagram post.

Four days later, Clark picked up her first technical foul of the year during an 87-78 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks. After being called for an offensive foul late in the first half, Clark approached referee Jason Alabanza, clapped in his face and continued arguing as the teams headed toward their locker rooms.

"I think the refs are doing a tremendous job," Clark told USA Network reporter Paris Lawson that night. "I deserved the technical they gave me. But it’s great for the game. They’re going to keep the hands off; they’re going to make the play be good. Obviously they called a lot of fouls tonight but it’s going to even out. So, you’ve got to give them credit. They’re doing the right thing."

But coach Stephanie White criticized the referees after the game.

"A lot of us spent a lot of time in the offseason on various committees trying to remedy this officiating thing," White said. "This felt a lot like last year to me. And that's not where we want it to be."

On May 17, Cunningham came off the bench and scored 17 points in an 89-78 win over the Seattle Storm. But her most viral moment came after she blocked former Indiana University star Mackenzie Holmes and celebrated emphatically. When critics said she was doing too much over one regular-season block, Cunningham responded on social media.

"HAHAHA ‘act like you’ve been there before’….. okay but the last I did this was against my 2 year old niece," Cunningham wrote. "LET ME LIVE!!!!"

The Fever’s championship expectations began to buckle after consecutive losses to Golden State and expansion Portland. During a 100-84 loss to the Fire on May 30, Clark scored only six points on 1-of-7 shooting and was seen arguing with White during a timeout, fueling online speculation about a rift between the superstar and her coach.

Clark rejected suggestions of a fractured relationship when she spoke to reporters June 1.

"First of all, two people being competitive. Two people that really want to win," Clark said.

White added, "I think what happened in that moment is I was challenging a player. It’s coaching. It’s what it is. I don't often think it becomes an issue if you're watching it in men's sports most of the time."

But Cunningham’s remarks the following day suggested the Fever still believed a serious internal conversation was necessary.

"We had a team meeting Monday — a long meeting — and so hopefully we’ve kind of turned the page," Cunningham told reporters June 2. She estimated the meeting lasted between 90 minutes and two hours, began with the coaches and ended with the players speaking among themselves. She called the discussion "much needed."

"We’re just too soft right now, and that’s not what our identity is, so we need to get away from that."

The Fever briefly appeared to find their footing after the meeting. On June 8, Clark buried a deep 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining to give Indiana a 78-76 victory over Washington Three days later, she produced 32 points and 10 assists in a 114-106 overtime win against Chicago.

Clark received another technical foul late in Indiana’s June 13 victory over Connecticut after exchanging words with Saniya Rivers.

Then came the renewal with Clark's rivalry against Angel Reese, who was now a part of the Atlanta Dream.

The Fever then played consecutive games against Reese and the Dream in mid June. On June 18, Reese appeared to mock Clark for trying to draw a foul after the two made contact. Reese later caught Cunningham in the face with an elbow while battling for a rebound, although officials assessed only a common foul. Atlanta won 108-101.

Two days later, Reese swiped at the ball in Clark’s hands after Clark was fouled, prompting the longtime rivals to exchange words.

The brief confrontation quickly spread across social media as Atlanta won again, 113-96, as Clark was seen rolling her eyes while talking with White on the sideline.

The fuse was lit June 22.

During the fourth quarter of Indiana’s first game against Phoenix, Clark and former Fever teammate DeWanna Bonner became entangled while fighting for position. Words were exchanged. Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls.

Then Cunningham pointed right at Bonner.

Standing several feet away from Bonner, Cunningham extended her arm, locked eyes with her former Phoenix teammate and silently pointed at her for approximately 22 seconds. The moment was so prolonged, so unusual and so perfectly suited for the internet that it instantly became one of the WNBA season’s defining images.

Cunningham later explained that Bonner told her, "Don’t you point at me."

That only made Cunningham want to continue.

"And I was just kind of pointing, and she is like, ‘Don’t you point at me,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, shouldn’t have said that,’ and I didn’t say a word," Cunningham said on her podcast.

Then came the rematch that changed everything.

With 6:52 remaining in the second quarter June 24, Clark drove into the lane and fell onto her side after contact. As Clark and Phoenix players scrambled for the loose ball, Thomas dove toward the floor. Video showed Thomas appearing to press a closed fist directly into Clark's throat.

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Thomas then rose and stepped over Clark as play continued.

The referees called nothing.

No personal foul. No technical foul. No flagrant review.

The replay spread across social media, where fans dissected the contact frame by frame and once again accused WNBA officials of allowing opponents to take non-basketball shots at Clark without immediate consequences.

Clark remained in the game initially but departed during the third quarter with a back injury and did not return. Phoenix escaped with a 111-109 victory.

White unleashed one of the most blistering postgame attacks on WNBA officiating of the Clark era.

"The fact that it was a no-call, it’s absolutely egregious and utterly disrespectful," White said.

"We have a generational talent and a WNBA superstar who had two cheap shots right there that weren’t called," White said. "She is not called the same way as everybody else is called. The fist in the throat is crazy. It’s crazy. It’s dangerous."

The officials had missed it in real time. The league office could not ignore it on replay.

On June 25, the WNBA retroactively assessed Thomas a Flagrant-2 foul for a "non-basketball act," concluding that she had recklessly made contact with her fist to Clark’s throat area. Thomas received a one-game suspension and a $1,000 fine. It was the first suspension of her 13-year WNBA career.

"Player safety should be paramount in our league," Fever president Kelly Krauskopf said in a statement. "We appreciate the WNBA’s review of last night’s incident and the action taken. Right now our focus is on Caitlin and our entire team as we prepare for Saturday."

The season would never be just about basketball after that, and it was still only beginning.

Thomas's punishment divided the public.

Clark supporters argued one game was insufficient for an ejectable non-basketball act. Thomas defenders maintained that slow-motion replays and freeze frames made an accidental collision appear deliberate.

Clark missed Indiana’s June 27 game against Los Angeles with a back injury. The Fever did not attribute the injury to Thomas’ contact, and Clark had already experienced back trouble earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, Cunningham’s 22-second point became one of the year’s biggest sports memes. On June 30, the White House posted an edited video pairing Cunningham’s gesture with President Donald Trump pointing, transforming a moment of basketball trash talk into a national political symbol.

That same day, Thomas said she and members of her family had received death threats and racial slurs following the incident. She also criticized Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for failing to defend the league’s players publicly. Engelbert responded by condemning the abuse.

"We still have yet to hear anything from Cathy, it’s no surprise," Thomas said. "As usual, she remains silent, and that’s unfortunate when our lives are being threatened."

Engelbert responded later that day. "The WNBA vehemently condemns any and all forms of hate," she said, adding that the threats and racial abuse described by Thomas were "completely unacceptable and not representative of the WNBA community." The statement came only after Thomas called out the commissioner, intensifying criticism that the league had been reactive throughout the controversy.

Clark addressed the fallout July 3. She agreed that Thomas’ contact warranted a flagrant foul and said the league needed to improve its officiating and protection of players. But Clark also forcefully condemned the attacks directed at Thomas.

"The harassment, the hate — none of that is OK," Clark said.

Day after day, the temperature rose. And every big to medium name in sports media was getting their turn with the thermostat.

On June 25, Boomer Esiason argued that Clark was denied respect because she was a "straight white basketball player" and should consider leaving the WNBA.

Three days later, ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike said Clark could "embellish contact" and suggested the league reacted to the optics of a viral freeze-frame.

On June 29, Emmanuel Acho declared that the WNBA would be "better off" without Clark because she had become more distraction than asset—even while crediting her with helping deliver charter flights, a lucrative media agreement and richer contracts.

The stakes rose into politics, medicine and even the Olympics.

On July 2, former Philadelphia 76ers orthopedic consultant Dr. Nicholas DiNubile gave a harrowing warning to Clark, telling Fox News Digital that as little as 10 to 20 pounds of pressure could damage the throat or larynx, while swelling or bleeding could rapidly obstruct an airway if she were to get hit in the throat again.

The controversy inevitably reached the White House on July 6, when President Donald Trump said Clark had been "treated rather rough" and called the Thomas incident "a pretty bad event."

Two days later, 11 Republican House members led by Rep. August Pfluger demanded answers from Engelbert about what they described as repeated hostility and violence against Clark.

Their letter suggested investigations by the Justice Department, Labor Department or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission if discrimination or retaliation were creating a hostile workplace were on the table. The Fever said neither the organization nor Clark knew about or participated in the effort.

Jemele Hill called the GOP intervention "f---ing ridiculous," while CNN’s Abby Phillip said Republican support for Clark appeared to exist "exclusively because she is White."

Engelbert did little to regain control. On July 10, Dan Patrick said the commissioner canceled a scheduled interview on his show. Patrick said his staff had waited nearly two hours. Footage of Engelbert golfing nearby as he discussed the cancellation only made the optics worse.

On July 16, eight Olympians representing the United States, Jamaica and Germany told Fox News Digital that they believed WNBA had failed to adequately protect Clark and called for the league to consistently enforce its rules. The group included gold medalists Nancy Hogshead and Donna de Varona.

But the next night Clark reminded everyone why the entire country was arguing about her.

While operating under a minutes restriction, Clark erupted for a career-high 45 points, 10 assists and four steals in less than 30 minutes as Indiana defeated Seattle 110-107. She became the first player in WNBA history to record at least 40 points and 10 assists in one game, while producing the highest-scoring performance ever by a point guard or Fever player.

For one night, basketball reclaimed the story.

But it wouldn't last.

On July 21, an ESPN profile revealed the now-famous or infamous quote from Cunningham: "I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."

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The quote split instantly along familiar political lines. Cunningham refused to retreat when reporters questioned her July 22.

"I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense," she said. "I think it’s really important to protect children, and that’s little girls who are also involved in that category."

Clark, meanwhile, wasn't done being used as a martyr to discuss racism.

USA Today columnist Nancy Armour argued that Clark’s alleged flopping and berating of officials fueled racist harassment and placed Black and queer players in danger. Armour invoked the murder of Emmett Till while connecting the controversy to America’s history of White women portraying Black people as threats. After intense backlash, Armour apologized for what she called an "inartful comparison."

Clark appeared to push back on the cultural narratives during All-Star weekend, accusing the media of creating a "false characterization" of her and making accusations about her character without knowing her.

"It’s emotionally exhausting, it’s draining, it makes your shoulders tense, because you know, people don’t want to talk about the basketball," Clark said. "They want to stir it up and make it something else."

Former President Barack Obama then surprised the All-Stars at practice and encouraged Clark not to let the surrounding "nonsense" destroy her joy for basketball.

But a new storm was waiting for the Fever once All-Star weekend was over.

The Fever's first game after the All-Star break was in Seattle against the Storm.

That night, Outside Climate Pledge Arena, Cunningham’s defense of female-only sports prompted banners, balloons, a life-size cardboard cutout and a billboard truck declaring, "Sophie supports women & girls! Save women’s sports."

The rally was organized by independent journalist and podcast host Brandi Kruse, women’s-rights advocate Amy E. Sousa — known online as "Known Heretic" — and the group Women Are Real.

The rally promoted Washington Initiative 638, which would prohibit students defined as biologically male from competing in certain female-only K-12 sports and require medical verification of biological sex.

Supporters carried signs reading "Thank you Sophie," "I said what I said" and "With love is truth."

Counterprotesters arrived with LGBTQ flags and signs supporting transgender inclusion.

The divide continued inside. the arena Storm center Stefanie Dolson entered the arena wearing a "Trans rights are human rights" shirt. Cunningham was booed when she checked into the game and again when she attempted her first free throws.

Then during the game, two teenage girls wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts held a sign reading, "Thank you Sophie for speaking up for girls." One of them was Washington high school runner Ahnaleigh Wilson, who said she had competed against a transgender athlete several times and attended her first WNBA game because Cunningham’s remarks made her feel supported.

The girls alleged Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton approached them and called them "f---ing insane."

One day later, the story had shaken the nation, erupting on social media and across mainstream news. The Storm was forced to acknowledge the incident and apologized, before the WNBA later fined Keaton and suspended her from Seattle’s next five home games.

And Cunningham was quick to weigh in on the matter herself.

Cunningham reposted Fox News Digital’s report on X about Keaton’s punishment, writing, "I truly believe there is a safe space and love for EVERYBODY," Cunningham wrote. "You can disagree and still be kind."

She praised the teenagers for defending their beliefs, promised to send them gifts and called Keaton’s alleged conduct "truly embarrassing."

The incident set the WNBA's drama on a track from a hot topic in sports media into the spotlight of a one-month national obsession.

The "Save Women's Sports" movement had found its road map in the Fever’s upcoming schedule after the Storm game.

The next stop was just down the West coast in Portland.

As the second Cunningham rally raged outside the Moda Center, once again pitting women's sports advocates against pro-trans counter-protesters, WNBA coaches faced consequential questioning inside.

An OutKick reporter pressed both White and Fire coach Alex Sarama on their stances on whether biological males should be allowed to compete in women's sports. Neither coach gave a clear yes or no answer, and their responses frustrated all sides on social media.

White's response in particular, as the coach of Clark and Cunningham, drew national backlash all while her team was playing the game that night.

"I don't think I'm educated enough," White said, adding "I never believe exclusion is the answer."

The answer drew prominent voices across social media, on both sides of the aisle, into the debate that had suddenly gripped the WNBA.

And that grip only tightened in the following weeks.

The first use of the term "Sophie Night" appeared in an OutKick article previewing the third rally that was set to take place in Minnesota for the Fever's Aug. 2 game against the Lynx.

The name stuck.

On Aug. 2, Jennifer Sey, Riley Gaines and Michele Tafoya joined women’s sports advocates outside Target Center, where OutKick documented counterprotesters shouting slurs and security intervening during a physical confrontation. College softball player Kendall Kotzmacher later told Fox News Digital that one protester said she "should’ve been aborted."

Inside, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt, while Gaines alleged an arena employee tried to make her lower a sign that read, "Sophie, thank you — a girl mom." Gaines refused and later posed with Cunningham holding the sign.

On the sidelines, Cunningham said Reeve approached her for a face-to-face conversation in which both shared their perspectives and "left with love and respect."

Clark, meanwhile, was finally pulled into the debate. She declined to take a side, saying the issue was for "leagues and governing bodies" to resolve with their athletes and that Indiana’s focus was basketball.

Then came the sleeping giants.

On Aug. 7, former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White announced they intended to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft while identifying as women, openly challenging a collective bargaining agreement that limited eligibility to "players who are women" but did not further define the term. White first revealed his plan exclusively to OutKick.

In response the WNBPA said transgender people should not be subjected to "hate, abuse and demonization" and declared that players would not be used as "political pawns." Commissioner Cathy Engelbert called the subject "complex and nuanced" in a memo to teams and promised listening sessions and additional discussions.

Then Aug. 8 deteriorated whatever restraint remained.

As a fourth Cunningham rally unfolded outside Chicago’s United Center, Sky guard DiJonai Carrington struck Cunningham across the face and neck as she drove toward the basket. Carrington received a flagrant-2 foul and was ejected, then posted "WHITE PRIVILEGE" and tagged the Fever.

Carrington did not explain what the post meant or accuse Cunningham by name. There was also no evidence the foul was motivated by Cunningham’s position on transgender athletes. But Cunningham called the contact intentional and accused Carrington of seeking attention.

"This has nothing to do with race," Cunningham said. "There’s no reason even to play that card."

The fallout became nearly as combustible as the incident. Sports Illustrated changed a headline that initially described the hit as Cunningham receiving a "bitter taste of karma," while ESPN’s broadcast did not address Carrington’s "White privilege" post. The WNBA also imposed no additional discipline on Carrington, who was allowed to play in the Sky's next game.

White also faced initial criticism after saying she did not believe Carrington intentionally targeted Cunningham’s neck, even as she agreed with the ejection. Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith publicly called for her firing.

After reviewing the replay, White called the hit "egregious." On Aug. 11, she delivered a prepared defense of her players and staff, denounced the "hate," "fearmongering" and "divisiveness" surrounding the league and concluded, "Everybody else can go to hell."

Some Fever fans booed her that night. Clark said hearing it made her "a little sick," while Cunningham publicly stood behind her coach.

The next day, a league task force of team presidents and general managers discussed transgender eligibility but established no new standard. The WNBA said there were "no immediate eligibility matters" and condemned "bad-faith efforts" to demean or marginalize others.

But the rallies kept spreading.

At an Aug. 16 game in Atlanta, WNBA security ordered a mother and her 17-year-old daughter to cover their XX-XY shirts or leave. OutKick later learned that security also made a fan cover a "Protect Trans Kids" shirt. The league acknowledged the intervention "should not have happened," while the Dream said its personnel were not responsible.

The game itself was one of the best contests of the regular season, as Clark and Cunningham escaped Atlanta with an overtime victory, avenging their earlier losses to Reese and the Dream earlier in the season. Clark was even seen laughing after Reese missed the game-winning layup.

Two days later, Canadian powerlifting champion April Hutchinson led the seventh Cunningham rally and the first outside the United States in Toronto, where a billboard truck was told by police it had to shut down its message in support of protecting women's sports.

Aug. 20, ahead of the Fever's game against the Wings in Dallas, the eighth "Sophie Night" had attracted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who attended with his daughter in matching XX-XY shirts. Paxton told OutKick that he was monitoring the treatment of Cunningham’s supporters but announced no formal action.

New York delivered the largest confrontation yet Aug. 22. Dueling crowds gathered behind police barriers outside Barclays Center ahead of the Fever's game against the liberty, where an OutKick photographer alleged his glasses were taken and officers escorted an OutKick reporter from a crowd of pro-trans protesters for his safety.

Inside, the Liberty displayed three paid messages welcoming transgender fans. But Fox News Digital exclusively reported that the team had refunded lesbian hip-hop artist Julie Potter after attempting to rewrite her message: "Thank you Jennifer Sey! XX-XY Athletics will Save the Day!!"

The circus reached its August climax one day later in Chicago.

Carrington had teased the rematch by posting "8/23." But former NBA player Freedom stole the spectacle. Wearing a shirt defining a woman as an "adult human female," he attended the rally and sat courtside before becoming embroiled in a shouting match with Sky guard Natasha Cloud.

Freedom said Cloud confronted him after he celebrated a Cunningham basket, alleging shouting at him "she's not going to sleep with you."

Sky ownership said Freedom became a potential threat when he stood and stepped toward the court during the interaction with Cloud, as Security removed him, and Sky principal owner Michael Alter subsequently barred him from future home games.

Alter told OutKick in an exclusive interview that some conduct does not warrant a warning, using firing a gun at someone as an "extreme example." Freedom denied threatening anyone and threatened legal action while speaking to OutKick later that day. Freedom made good on his promise of legal action just weeks later.

But the spectacle ultimately produced the WNBA’s largest regular-season television audience in 29 years.

On Aug. 24, unnamed league sources reportedly said Freedom and White were ineligible for the draft and called their declarations publicity stunts. The league, however, did not publicly identify the standard used to reach that conclusion.

Freedom's stunt also seemingly drew mimicry from White.

Four days later, White arrived at a Fever home game wearing a long blonde wig and introduced himself to OutKick as "Queen Roysha." Fans lined up for photographs. Gaines was also in the building that night, and her adversary and Olympic legend Simone Biles was the team's guest of honor for that game. Still, the guest that fans in the arena or on social media had the most interest in that night was White.

In less than a month, Cunningham’s comments had spawned a traveling protest movement, dueling demonstrations, accusations of censorship and racism, a league task force, two former NBA players’ draft campaigns and a courtside confrontation that ended with one of them banned from an arena.

The Fever were no longer merely a basketball team.

They had become a traveling national referendum for a divided nation.

The WNBA took a break from the chaos right at its peak.

The league paused for two weeks as Clark, Reese and Paige Bueckers joined Team USA for the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin.

No partnership carried more intrigue than Clark and Reese. The two stars both accepted reserve roles, frequently entered games together and were seen laughing and talking on the bench. Their complementary styles also produced some of Team USA’s most electric stretches.

"We just continue to build chemistry because we know we’re going to be USA teammates for a while," Reese said after their best performance together in the quarterfinals.

The Americans completed an undefeated run by defeating France on Sept. 13, capturing their fifth consecutive World Cup championship. Clark and Reese sat beside each other throughout the final round and connected on pivotal plays during the title game.

Afterward, OutKick asked Clark whether she and Reese were friends now.

"We’ve always been friends," Clark responded while wagging her finger. "Don’t try to do that. Don’t try to do that."

The exchange immediately went viral, becoming the subject of another heated media debate over whether the Clark-Reese rivalry was real, exaggerated or manufactured entirely by the press.

After the World Cup break dampened the discourse around women's sports, Clark and Cunningham returned to WNBA action Sept. 18, and quietly finished out the regular season with two wins and two losses.

The Fever returned to Minnesota on Sept. 24 for their regular-season finale, where the final "Sophie Night" rally of the year unfolded outside Target Center. An opposing protester told Cunningham supporters through a bullhorn that they "should have been aborted," while another repeatedly called the XX-XY Athletics organization a "hate group."

Inside, Minnesota routed Indiana 86-66. Clark scored a career-low two points, Aliyah Boston suffered a lower-leg injury and Tyasha Harris had to be carried from the floor.

The Fever finished 28-16, fell to the No. 6 seed and drew the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.

Aces star and WNBA legend A'ja Wilson immediately delivered a reality check. She overwhelmed Indiana with 38 points and 16 rebounds in a 102-85 Game 1 rout. Las Vegas led by as many as 27.

Facing elimination Sept. 29, Clark answered with one of the greatest playoff performances in league history.

She became the first WNBA player to record a points-assists double-double before halftime of a playoff game and finished with 27 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds in Indiana’s 99-89 victory. A second-quarter technical foul only ignited her, as the Fever responded with a 24-6 run. Clark eventually fouled out with 2:45 remaining, but she had already forced the series back to Las Vegas.

Then the basketball game became something else.

Late in the fourth quarter, Wilson and Cunningham became tangled during a physical play. A male spectator behind the basket stood and pointed toward Wilson, prompting her to move toward him before teammates and officials intervened. Wilson received a technical foul, while the spectator was temporarily escorted from his seat and later allowed to return.

A witness told OutKick that the man had only shouted, "It’s on you!" Wilson offered a different perspective, saying the man had stepped toward her and that his gesture and tone were "unacceptable." Fever security interviewed the fan and witnesses and found no Fan Code of Conduct violation. The WNBA later reached the same conclusion.

The league also determined Wilson had remained in a designated "player escape lane," not entered the stands, explaining why she was not automatically ejected or suspended. Enes Kanter Freedom, who had been removed and later banned from Chicago Sky games after his own courtside confrontation, called it a double standard and told OutKick Wilson should have been suspended.

Cunningham naturally poured gasoline on it. The next morning, she posted a TikTok marveling at the "comeback year for the point," invoking both the Wilson incident and her own viral finger-pointing confrontation with DeWanna Bonner earlier in the season.

Wilson got the final response.

Game 3 opened in open hostility. Just over three minutes into the winner-take-all contest, former Fever player Brianna Turner worked her way into Indiana’s on-court huddle. Clark shoved her out. Both players received technical fouls.

Early in the second quarter, Turner appeared to hook Hull’s arm and pull her to the floor. Officials called the foul on Hull. White, Hull and the Fever bench pleaded for a timeout and challenge, but the officials allowed Las Vegas to proceed with a free throw, closing Indiana’s opportunity for review. The Fever bench received another technical foul amid the confusion.

Indiana still twice pulled within two points during the fourth quarter. Then, with the Fever trailing 82-77 and 3:16 remaining, Jewell Loyd inadvertently caught Clark in the mouth with an elbow while battling for a rebound.

There was no whistle and no review.

Clark briefly left the court with blood pouring from her mouth. When she returned, she pulled down her lip and showed the damage to an official.

The Aces attempted 35 free throws to Indiana’s 20 in Game 3 and held an 89-58 advantage across the series, despite the Fever taking twice as many shots in the restricted area. White called it a "game of the margins" and noted the disparity after the game.

"Hmm, interesting," Clark interjected.

But the officials were not the entire story. Wilson was.

She scored 36 points with 10 rebounds, while Clark and Mitchell combined to shoot 13-of-41. Las Vegas earned a 94-83 victory and eliminated Indiana for the second consecutive season. The questionable calls supplied one final controversy, but Wilson supplied the decisive answer.

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The Aces left with the series. Clark left Las Vegas with blood in her mouth.

Now, as the Fever and the WNBA as a whole will look toward 2027 with questions abound, as to whether Cunningham will be returning to the team, and what the new commissioner will mean for the league's culture and Clark's presence.

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The ax required by regulators is intended for emergencies but puts a weapon in reach for attackers.

A Ukrainian official said that the construction of pontoon crossings could take up to three months and would help traffic move through the capital, which remains heavily restricted after multiple bridge attacks.

Celtic's largest shareholder Dermot Desmond is targeted in a protest at the Alfred Dunhill Links golf tournament in St Andrews as tennis balls were thrown towards him.

The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.

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"Antisemitism has to stop," Blair told the audience. "Not be managed. Not be explained. Not be weighed against something else. Stop. Two years ago the phone stopped. Tonight I’m the one talking, in a room full of my own people, saying the thing out loud. I’m a Jew. I’m still here. Hineni."

Fox News Digital reached out to Blair for comment.

The controversy comes amid the fallout surrounding Macklemore, who was dropped from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran's tour after his politically charged performance at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

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Sheeran later said removing Macklemore was not his decision and that he had spent the week trying to resolve the dispute, including speaking with Kraft.

On Sept. 4, Macklemore performed his song "Hind's Hall" while repeatedly chanting "Free Palestine" as images from the war in Gaza played behind him.

His performance garnered backlash, and the rapper later defended the performance on social media, writing, "Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial."

He subsequently announced a new concert run dubbed the "Free Palestine Tour."

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Kraft, whose company owns Gillette Stadium, had previously taken issue with Macklemore's comments, saying in part, "Gillette Stadium has a longstanding commitment to providing a welcoming environment for all guests and ensuring that events held at our venue do not provide a platform for hate speech."

He also stated, "Based on Macklemore’s recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran’s shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community, we determined that his participation in the September 25th and 26th concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line."

Fox News Digital has reached out to Kraft and Bryan for comment.

Manchester United manager Eva Olid says she is "asking for recommendations" as she prepares to look around the city for the first time during the international break

Another fantastic week of high school football in the books! Hard to believe, but we're already halfway through the regular season. Stunning, right?

Feels like we just fired up the stadium lights for the preseason classics in August, and here we are, already in the first weekend of October.

Final month of the season is here. Time to lock in, fellas.

I've taken it upon myself here at OutKick to highlight at least one high school football play/ player/ story each and every Saturday during the season. These guys are all about to be millionaires with the silly NIL rules, so we might as well get ahead of the curve and start identifying them early.

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So far this season, we've seen (arguably) the country's top running back do incredible things in Tennessee on multiple different occasions, a wild Hail Mary in Florida, an entire California team get suspended because the mascot shot the bird to some fans, and, last week, a giant running back in Kentucky.

What a run we've been on, and I can assure you, it won't end today.

Nope. Today, we're gonna stay in my own backyard and check in on this week's Deltona-Matanzas game in Central Florida.

Things got a little ... out of hand ... after the final buzzer went off.

Take a look:

Whoaaaaaaaaa Nellie! Look at that brawl. What a scrum.

Those are my old stomping grounds, by the way. I spent seven years covering high school football in Volusia County. I miss one thing about my former job, and this is it. High school football Friday nights. They're undefeated. You never know what you're gonna get.

According to Zach Allen of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, these guys were going back and forth all night. Sometimes, you can just feel when a fight's gonna break out in these games. Your spidey-senses start tingling as the game winds down, and something just tells you to start rolling the camera.

Right on cue ... chaos.

I count at least five different fights at once, spanning the entire width of the field. Little scrums. Big ones. One-on-ones. Just pure anarchy. No clue who was blowing the whistle the whole time, but, clearly, nobody got the message.

I see multiple helmets being tossed. I see cops getting involved. I see coaches trying to yank players from different scums all over the place.

Headsets are on the ground. Players are on the ground. One coach appears to take a pretty serious tumble. At the very end, it appears one player is helping another injured teammate off the field.

Not great. None of it is a great look. Feel like that goes without saying. I would imagine multiple players from both teams will be suspended after this. Perhaps the respective coaching staffs, too.

Don't forget, we had an entire team out in California suspended two weeks ago, including the coaches.

We'll see if Volusia County drops the hammer in similar fashion after this.

What a brawl.

Actress Sharon Stone said Wednesday on Michelle Obama's podcast that if men could get pregnant, people could find abortions "from a vending machine."

While appearing on the "IMO" podcast, Stone described having an abortion she kept secret when she was 18 and her lack of sexual experience at the time.

"He didn't have any knowledge or information that I should have some kind of birth control," the 68-year-old actress said. "And I had no...like when I tell you I could have been the girl who gave birth in the bathroom stall."

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Stone joked that her parents assumed her weight gain was the "freshman 15" before criticizing people she said want to refuse to "give women care."

"And now we don't wanna give women care, OB-GYN care, and we wanna prosecute women for having a miscarriage? What kind of arcane b-----it is this?"

"If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion from a vending machine," she added.

Obama laughed at the comment and added that there would likely be a "birth Olympics" if men could get pregnant.

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"Exactly. If there would be the birth Olympics… men would film themselves going into labor and honoring their pain and, you know it would be…there would be trophies given, you know, 'well done dude,' 'Bob, you did that without an epidural,'" Obama said.

Fox News Digital reached out to Stone's representative for comment.

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In a comment to Fox News Digital, Laura Echevarria, National Right to Life's communications director and press secretary, decried Stone's flippant comments regarding abortion.

"Vending machines are about convenience. Abortion is about consequences— it ends the life of an unborn child and can profoundly impact the mother. Reducing abortion to something dispensed on demand doesn’t elevate women; it trivializes both women and their children," Echevarria said.

She continued, "We can and should advocate for excellent medical care for women without diminishing the value of their children. Women and their unborn children deserve compassion and support—not rhetoric that reduces abortion to the equivalent of purchasing a snack."

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s Communication Director Kelsey Pritchard told Fox News Digital: "The Democrats simply can't defend their no-limits abortion-on-demand agenda, so they resort to cynical man-bashing. Small wonder their party has negative appeal to men. If they really believed their rhetoric, they would never allow dangerous abortion drugs to be sold anonymously online."

Stone's podcast appearance came a few days after she called out fellow actress Sydney Sweeney over her provocative ad for a sports prediction platform.

"I think that it’s up to her to take responsibility for her actions, not up to me to judge her for her actions. It is up to me to be a cheerleader for the women who have made it through and become champions in women’s sports," Stone told People.

The billionaire is laying the groundwork for a $15 billion refinery across the bay from the 700-year-old Swahili trading port.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill earlier this week that would impose a 25% tax on private detention centers, a policy that would apply to all the facilities that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Golden State.

"If we can’t kick out private facilities, we’ll go after their profits," Newsom said in a press release.

The move, which Newsom hailed as a way to push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and what he sees as the practice of privatizing federal enforcement, is raising concerns among immigration experts who believe the increased tax could force the government to explore alternative facilities less suited to housing detainees. It also poses questions about what would happen if all eight of ICE's detention facilities chose to suspend their operations in California.

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That’s the view of Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow and an immigration expert with Advancing American Freedom, a conservative-leaning think tank.

"It's very clear that there's only one purpose to this California gigantic tax increase, and that is to make sure that the federal government cannot find any private property owners, any private contractors in California that are willing to lease space to the federal government," Spakovsky said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

"The alternative for the federal government is to look at all the different federal properties that the government actually owns out there, over which neither Newsom or anybody else in California can impose any kind of tax, and see if any of those federal facilities can be converted to being a detention facility."

Spakovsky explained that could mean repurposing warehouses or office space.

The newly minted law, AB 1633, is among 20 other bills that Newsom signed on Tuesday. In its current form, the 25% tax applies to the gross income of any private detention facility and applies to federal, state and local contract recipients. Revenue from the bill will go to a "Due Process for All Fund," designated for immigration-related services, according to the bill’s language. Now that AB 1633 has been signed into law, it will go into effect on July 1, 2028.

Alongside the bill, Newsom signed a handful of other restrictions.

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"We’re also banning the Orwellian practice of using shock gloves in enforcement activity as well as further protecting access to our court system," Newsom said.

"We may not be able to dictate federal immigration policy, but we can make clear that activities taking place in California will be subject to California law."

Despite Newsom’s framing, Spakovsky believes the governor will affect federal immigration law enforcement by limiting the overall space it has to operate. He pointed to reporting from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that details its detention needs. He explained that the government relies on private contractors, at least partially, to avoid the costs of building their own facilities.

"If you look at that report, currently ICE has about enough detention space for about sixty-six thousand aliens. Okay, that's the full size of the federal government's detention capacity," Spakovsky said.

If an entire state’s private detention contractors decided the tax is too high, ICE’s overall capacity could shrink.

California is home to eight ICE detention facilities, according to reporting from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). All of them are privately operated.

The GEO Group, a corrections company, owns five facilities. Imperial Valley Gateway Center LLC, a local detention company, owns one more. Two more were purchased by DHS in July but are run by CoreCivic, a prison company, and have contracts through 2027 and 2029.

Although the bill won’t go into effect until 2028, in Trump’s last year of his second term, Spakovsky believes that the government might begin evaluating where else it can find partnerships to meet its detention needs sooner rather than later.

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"Look, if I was the federal government and I couldn't find enough federal properties in California to do this, I would then go into neighboring friendlier states that I could quickly transport aliens I've detained and I would lease and rent facilities there."

"I'd go to Arizona. I'd potentially go to Nevada. I'd go to other states where they might be eager for federal government money and the increased employment from private contractors hiring people to work on these facilities."

The office of Gavin Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Great Britain's Sonay Kartal reaches last-32 at the China Open as Alexander Zverev sets up a quarter-final clash against Novak Djokovic in Beijing.

Great thing about working with other people like Vincent is sometimes they go behind your back and do crazy things you wouldn’t have done like port Wavelength to the Mac. 🤪 I still need to figure out how best we can officially support and maintain this. Focus! But in the meantime it’s open source.

Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 aboard that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston

Are you looking to Roll Tide, or are you looking to bark like a Bulldog today? There is an SEC battle brewing, and you’ve got a great offer from Underdog today to enjoy the action. Alabama and Mississippi State battle, and Underdog is offering new users a chance to use promo code FOXNEWS to earn up to $100 in bonus bets on a $5 wager. 

The game kicks off at 12:00 ET, and we have Alabama looking to remain perfect as they once again try to march to the College Football Playoffs. Their team has already been tested a bit against Kentucky, Florida State, and South Carolina, but this is certainly the toughest matchup of their early season. 

So far, the team has done a solid job of staying composed on both sides of the ball. They haven’t scored fewer than 45 points in a game this year, but did allow 36 points to Florida State when they played two weeks ago. Quarterback Keelon Russell comes into this matchup in a position he isn’t used to — being the second-best quarterback in the game. Can he prove otherwise? 

Mississippi State has come somewhat out of nowhere to be the 16th-ranked team in the country. Beating Alabama would vault them up even higher in the ranks and silence some of the naysayers. Last week, the team faced their first major test and passed by beating Missouri. They didn’t make it easy on themselves, winning 31-24, but they still should be proud of beating a ranked opponent.

The story of the early going for the Bulldogs is their quarterback, Kamario Taylor. This year has been a dream for Taylor through four games. He is racking up passing yards and already has 14 touchdowns. He does have two interceptions, but if he can protect the football and keep rolling, he may end up as a Heisman finalist. 

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Ax-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns

Years before, Curtin was charged with two misdemeanors after allegedly being found with drugs in her vehicle. In 2018, she was charged with driving under the influence where cops allegedly found drug paraphernalia.

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She recently explained that her life in front of the cameras contributed to addiction issues, and that the way her family was portrayed "made [her] turn to the drugs."

"It being played out in the public forum like that … was really hard for me, like really difficult because all my friends in school were watching it and they really weren’t too nice to me," Curtin told Daily Mail earlier this year.

An exercise in Indonesia offered a preview of the military’s high-tech future—and the kinks that still need ironing out.

Sam Altman on X:

I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue.

My mind keeps returning to the article in The New York Times that I mentioned the other day. The future is going to be weird.

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Big Ten battles are almost always among the best of any college football weekend. What happens when you get two nationally ranked teams from the Big 10 battling? We will find out as Iowa hosts Ohio State. Underdog is offering you a chance to earn $100 on a $5 wager using promo code FOXNEWS. Bet $5 today, receive a $10 bonus bet, and repeat the process for 10 days to earn $100.

Ohio State has one blemish on the record this season, and if you’ve followed the sport, you know it is their loss to Texas. With the Longhorns now ranked as the top team in the country, you can blame the Buckeyes for losing the game all that much. Still, it was one that they let slip away; that can’t happen again. 

Their other three games have been much easier. Week 1 saw them dominate Ball State with a 56-3 victory. Week 3 was a 59-3 win over Kent State, and last week, they took it to Illinois, winning 42-19. Quarterback Julian Sayin has looked great so far with 10 touchdowns and 1,206 passing yards for the year. 

Iowa doesn’t have a blemish on its record, and a strong game here might give them future consideration for the College Football Playoffs. A win would likely get them a spot if they go perfect this season. They haven’t beaten Ohio State since the 2017-18 season, but they were at home when that happened. 

They are coming off of an impressive win over Michigan last week, going on the road and getting a last-second victory with a final score of 20-19. Their first three games were fairly easy, with the exception of a tight one against Iowa State University. Against Northern Illinois and Northern Iowa, they won a combined 95-0. 

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Another gloomy, rainy day in Austin. Perfect morning to get coffee and write some code, or settle in with a good book. I’m at Cherrywood for the first time in a while. ☕️

College Football rewards us after a long work week with a full day of games kicking off early at 12:00 ET and running the rest of the day. Fanatics is trying to reward new users with $350 in FanCash on a $20 wager when using promo code FOXNEWS350.

The fun starts early this week with Alabama coming into Mississippi State with a 12:00 ET kickoff. The Crimson Tide are 4-0 and have looked better each week. The team started the season with a win over East Carolina, winning 48-10. Then they had to travel to Kentucky and face the Wildcats. It was no contest with a 45-17 win. 

The past two weeks have been slightly more difficult to win, but nothing nail-biting. They faced FSU and post a season-high 50 points. They won by two scores, so it still wasn’t a close game. South Carolina visited last week, and Alabama rolled to a 31-point victory. 

Mississippi State has been climbing the rankings all season. They have a Hiesman trophy candidate under center, and they are 4-0 to start the year. They’ve even had a few tests this season. In Week 1, they faced University of Louisiana Monroe and crushed them with a 62-13 victory. Week 2 was another win, but a tougher opponent in Minnesota. 

Week 3 brought them to South Carolina. The Bulldogs won the game, but it was by just one touchdown and they allowed 34 points to the Gamecocks. You have to assume their defense isn’t quite as good as Alabama’s. Last week, they hosted Missouri, a ranked team, and escaped with a 31-24 victory. 

Tonight should be a fun game between the two ranked teams. A win for Alabama could show some further progress in their season. A win for Mississippi State could be the exclamation point on what has been a solid season. One win for new bettors comes from Fanatics Sportsbook and their offer of $350 in FanCash when wagering $20 using promo code FOXNEWS350.

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Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the assassination attempt at President Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024, sent a series of strangely coded text messages in the months leading up to the shooting, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch.

"Did you 3D print the parts?" an individual the FBI described as an "unknown contact," messaged Crooks on Feb. 9, 2023.

"Yes, except for the fan blades," Crooks responded.

"Woah that looks cool," the unknown contact replied to Crooks, also asking about the "parts" in response to a Crooks message which the FBI redacted.

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Another series of messages between Crooks and a redacted second party display a series of odd one- or two-word messages Crooks sent the contact between May 21, 2023, and Jan. 3, 2024.

"Hello … Hello red …Hello red … Hdudhdbdbbd … 7888ejdj … Yolo … Ddodjjf … 890 … Hdjd … Djdj … red … Yup red … Hello … Jhhhuuh … Hhdj … Jjjjjjjjjjjj … Hello red … Red red," Crooks' messages read. The FBI redacted any potential response from the other party, according to the documents.

Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.

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The document release also included 40 drone photos Crooks took between Feb. 6, 2024, and Feb. 27, 2024, which included photos of PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium, where the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates and the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers play, respectively.

Crooks' affinity for 3D printing had been previously reported by the New York Post, after the outlet reviewed a series of documents obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

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Crooks had previously attempted to use his 3D printer to create a Glock 19 handgun, his father, Matthew Crooks, told investigators, according to the documents obtained by Grassley.

"Using carbon fiber plastic, a dryer and a toaster oven, Thomas did once create a Glock 19," Matthew Crooks told investigators.

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But, fearing the gun would explode, Matthew Crooks forbade his son from using it, according to records obtained by the Post.

Crooks' assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, while unsuccessful in killing Trump, resulted in the deaths of two civilians. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old fire chief, died immediately while shielding his family from bullets.

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James Copenhaver, a 76-year-old veteran, was shot in the triceps and the midsection, receiving injuries to vital organs including his kidneys and colon.

Though Copenhaver was released from the hospital a week after the shooting, he dealt with complications from the injuries in the ensuing years. On Sept. 23, 2026, he died due to those complications.

"These latest records reveal more pieces of the puzzle surrounding Thomas Crooks," Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said in a statement. "The FBI should stop the slow drip of heavily redacted records and immediately provide the full investigative record — especially since the death last week of James Copenhaver, who was severely injured from being shot during the assassination attempt on President Trump."

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Some of the best games each week are between the top 25 teams in the country. Sometimes they are blowouts, but sometimes they are great battles. Tonight we have Florida taking on Missouri, and Fanatics is offering new users a chance to bet $20 and receive $350 when wagering on the game with code FOXNEWS350.

Florida is one of the best teams in the country and is coming off an absolutely dominating performance against a fellow top-10 team. The Gators rocked Ole Miss one week after the Rebels made a statement win against LSU. The final score was 52-28, showing just how great Florida was.

They did have a bit of a tougher time with Auburn when the two teams played each other in Week 3. Auburn still dropped the game, but kept it close. The Gators won 44-39, and the 44 points were the fewest they’ve had all season. The 39 points were also the most allowed this year.

Missouri is 3-1 for the season and coming off a loss to Mississippi State last week. In Week 4, they had to travel to play the Bulldogs, and they lost the game 31-24. It wasn’t a terrible game, but they just couldn’t pull it out. A win here would vault them up the list of top-25 teams in the nation.

The three wins that Missouri has this season are against Arkansas Pine Bluff, Kansas and Troy. Kansas is likely the only decent team they’ve faced. It can be hard to judge a team until they start playing real competition. Florida is definitely a challenge they want to conquer.

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College football has some of the best action we will get this weekend, not just in volume but in matchups, and one that stands out is Notre Dame vs. North Carolina. To get in on today’s action, Fanatics Sportsbook is offering you $350 when you wager $20 or more using promo code FOXNEWS350.

For the season, Notre Dame is 4-0 and comes into the game as the third-best team in the country according to polls. This year’s schedule hasn’t been a challenge yet, but it is possible they have some tough games ahead, including this one. Their offense has rolled, and their defense has been crisp.

The question is whether wins over Wisconsin, Rice, Michigan State and Purdue are good enough to judge just how dominant this Fighting Irish team is. You could make an argument that Wisconsin and Purdue are the better teams they’ve faced, but they had no trouble winning a combined 90-23 over those two teams.

North Carolina is 2-1 for the season, and if you want a reason to bet on them, it is because Bill Belichick is the coach, and he has had an extra week to prepare. They still don’t look like a dominant program, and there seems to have been more off-field storylines than on-field production. 

However, if you think the Tar Heels can prepare a plan to stop Notre Dame, having an extra week would certainly be helpful. In their three games, they have beaten TCU in the first game, then took down East Tennessee State. Before the bye week, they lost to Clemson 28-20. 

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There are only a few games this week between ranked teams, but the ones we get are very good, including the Iowa vs. Ohio State game. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS350 to bet $20 and receive $350 in FanCash when betting on the Iowa vs. Ohio State game.

We know that Ohio State is one of the best teams in the country, but they’ve already had one blemish on their schedule. To open the year, they beat Ball State by 53 points. Then in Week 2 they had a showdown with Texas. After controlling the first half, Ohio State blew the lead in the second, losing 24-23. The Buckeyes took out their frustration on Kent State the following week, winning 59-3. Last week, they hosted Illinois and won the game 42-19. 

Quarterback Julian Sayin has looked solid throughout his four games. He has 10 touchdowns and 1,206 passing yards. He does have one interception on his resume. The running game features a combination of backs, but the leader is Bo Jackson with 283 yards on 50 carries. Jeremiah Smith has hauled in seven touchdown passes for the Buckeyes. 

Iowa has had one of the harder schedules of anyone in the Big 10, but so far, they haven’t had any issues. They are 4-0, having beaten Northern Illinois 40-0 to start the year. In Week 2, Iowa State University came to their field, and they won 16-13, a tight battle. It wouldn’t be the last of the season.

In Week 3, Northern Iowa was shut out by the Hawkeyes, with Iowa coasting to a 55-0 win. Last week was a tough battle as they played Michigan and beat the Wolverines 20-19. This time, they got the last-second touchdown. They must now regroup after an emotional victory and try to beat Ohio State. 

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You’re presented with choices every day, and some are easier than others. You have the option of 53 games to bet on this Saturday in college football, and Underdog is giving you an opportunity to play $5 and earn $100 in bonus bets on the college football game of your choice using code FOXNEWS.

While ranked matchups are always fun to watch, there are some other great games on the schedule worth paying attention to, including Notre Dame vs. North Carolina and Auburn vs. Tennessee.

Notre Dame comes into this game as the 3rd-ranked team in the nation. Skeptics would say that the team hasn’t faced anyone this year, and there is a case to be made. They’ve played Wisconsin, Rice, Michigan State, and Purdue in their four games. They are 4-0 and have outscored their opponents 199-33 in those games. Clearly, their offense is rolling, but perhaps defensive genius Bill Belichick can stop them. 

North Carolina is 2-1 for the season and had a bye week to prepare for this game. They started the season overseas and played TCU for the second straight year. However, this year’s game went differently, with the Tar Heels winning 15-10. Then they beat East Tennessee State before losing 28-20 to Clemson two weeks ago. With extra time to prepare, can they find a way to slow down Notre Dame?

Auburn comes into this game with a 3-1 record, including a 1-1 mark in the SEC. They’ve had some challenging games and have looked solid in all four contests. They started the year narrowly beating Baylor, winning 17-16. Then they played Southern Miss and won by 35 points. Florida has looked like one of the best teams in the country, and Auburn hung with them. Last week, Auburn was able to win the game over Vanderbilt. 

Tennessee matches Auburn's record, and they are currently 17th in the nation. They didn’t have a very tough schedule to start the year, beating Furman by almost 50 points. The Volunteers then went to play Georgia Tech and won 45-24. Another blowout win over Kennesaw State set them up for their showdown last week with Texas. It was a close game, but ultimately they fell short. 

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It isn’t a ranked matchup, but one game that stands out on the schedule today is the matchup between Miami and Clemson. Miami is the fourth-ranked team in the nation, and Clemson comes into the game needing a statement win this season. 

Miami ended their season just short of a National Championship last year, but they have picked up right where they left off. Their quarterback, Darian Mensah, looks like he could be this year’s Heisman winner. Leading his team to a 4-0 record, he has 14 touchdowns and 1,211 yards on 94-for-106 passing. 

The Miami ground game has been equally impressive. Mark Fletcher Jr. has three touchdowns, but also has 230 yards on just 36 carries this season. That doesn’t take into consideration that Javian Mallor has 226 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries, or that Chris Wheatley-Humphrey has a touchdown and 104 yards on 11 rushes. 

Clemson started their season against LSU, and they lost that game in rather embarrassing fashion. They lost 51-10, offering little fight and few positive takeaways. The next three games haven’t been all that tough, but they have won over Georgia Southern, North Carolina and Cal the past three weeks. 

Their team is led by Tait Reynolds, but he has left the team with more questions than answers this year. He is 54-for-84 for the season with 521 passing yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. The running game has gone well, and Gideon Davidson is putting together a solid campaign with 346 yards and three touchdowns.

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Third, turn the Senate’s words into justice. As Senator Scott said this week, America "has a duty to secure justice" for its murdered citizens. The Department of Justice must keep pursuing everyone responsible for October 7 — the killers, and those who financed, armed and enabled them — until each one faces justice. Every terrorist should know that killing an American carries severe and lasting consequences. That is not vengeance. It is deterrence, and it is what protects the next American family from becoming mine.

This week, without a single objection, the Senate showed what any country owes its citizens killed by terrorists, and the families they left behind. I could not save my son. I can still demand that our country tell the truth about how this happened, work to prevent it from happening again, hold those responsible to account, and make sure no other American family has to search for that truth alone.

Looking ahead, specialists will examine the vessels to glean more information about them, including their precise age and origin.

Researchers will also determine whether the vessels came from a larger archaeological site — and if more artifacts await discovery.

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Though extraordinary, such discoveries are not unheard of in Italy.

Earlier this year, Italian authorities announced the discovery of a Roman merchant shipwreck still carrying its cargo of amphorae in the Ionian Sea.

At the time, officials said the shipwreck had been discovered off the coast of Apulia during a routine maritime patrol in June 2025. 

The vessel was dated to the late Imperial era, which spanned roughly 284 A.D. to 641 A.D.

The Supreme Court temporarily cleared the Trump administration to continue its third-country deportation policy this week, as DHS’ top lawyer mounts a public defense of an immigration authority the administration says previous presidents largely left dormant.

DHS has increasingly used so-called "third-country" removals when a removable alien cannot be returned to their home country or that country refuses to take them back — part of what agency General Counsel James Percival describes as a broader Trump strategy of reviving immigration authorities already on the books.

"Imagine going to a country and saying, hey, we've got a guy, he's not your guy, and he's a rapist, but can he please live there?" Percival told Fox News Digital.

"That's not an easy ask. It requires significant diplomatic energy… Norway is not taking a rapist from Cuba."

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The justices on Tuesday stayed a lower-court judgment restricting DHS’s policy, allowing the administration’s guidance to remain in effect while the Court considers the case on the merits. Arguments are set for December over whether agency procedures comply with federal immigration law, due process and safeguards against torture.

The case does not squarely challenge DHS’s underlying authority to conduct third-country removals, but rather the procedures it must follow beforehand.

"It’s in the statute expressly that we can do this," he said. "If you go back and read most of the immigration laws, there's a lot of really good tools in there that people just haven't used."

The third-country provision was included in a major immigration reform package passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996: the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA).

"A lot of people in government sort of treat their authority like fine china," Percival remarked.

"They're afraid if they ever actually use it, someone will take it away. And if you've ever owned fine china, it's like you can find yourself at the end of your life and you were so afraid you would break it you never used it."

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But Percival’s strategy has not come without blowback from human rights advocates, who pointed most recently to allegations that deportees were beaten by authorities in Equatorial Guinea, a tiny nation on Africa’s Atlantic coast that has been under the control of President Teodoro Obiang since 1979.

Obiang's government received $7.5 million from Washington as part of an agreement with Malabo to accept third-country deportations.

"I’d rather live in the United States than Equatorial Guinea too, but I’m an American citizen and I haven’t killed anybody," Percival said.

The detention issue traces in part to the Supreme Court’s 2001 decision in a case involving a stateless legal resident whom the government ordered deported due to his criminal record. Kestutis Zadvydas was born to Lithuanian parents in a German displaced- persons camp, but neither Lithuania nor Germany would accept him.

The court held that six months of post-removal detention is presumptively reasonable, after which continued detention can be challenged if removal is not reasonably foreseeable.

Percival is making that case publicly through his "Daily Deportee" series on X, highlighting criminal deportees whose home countries will not accept them.

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"If the person is a child rapist and serves 20 years, we have two choices: Find a third country — or let the child rapist go live in an American community," he said, adding that the effort is intended to shape public understanding of the issue and highlight its stakes.

Percival cited Burmese national Kyaw Mya, whose home country won’t take him back.

Percival said another case he plans to feature involves a migrant who committed a violent crime, was not removed by the Bush administration after serving time and then allegedly reoffended after his release:

"[He] tried to kill somebody, the gun misfired, so he pistol-whipped them instead. He served time for that. He got out," Percival explained.

As DHS continues seeking to use underutilized tools in the IIRIRA and other laws, Percival pointed illegal immigrants and criminal resident aliens to another oft-repeated option that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin continues to keep on the table:

"It’s not too late to get $3,000 and a flight home."

I’ve been the family financial decision-maker for a quarter of a century. Handing the reins to somebody else has taught me a lot about my blind spots.

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After stories began circulating of Douglas' new admission, Turner said in a statement to People, "Good heavens what a fuss about something 40 years ago! I love Michael and I look forward to enjoying the book."

"Romancing the Stone" follows Turner as Joan, a romance novelist who travels to Columbia to rescue her sister from smugglers and meets bird hunter Jack Colton, played by Douglas, who agrees to help her.

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Lurker eventually filed for divorce in 1995, and after 23 years of marriage, their divorce was finalized in 2000, with the actor writing, "After that first split it was never the same between us ever again."

He went on to marry actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in November 2000. He has since welcomed two children with the "Wednesday" actress: son Dylan, 26, and daughter Carys, 23.

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This is a big one. Jr.'s team hasn't lost an invitational during his middle school career. The only race they've lost in two years was last year's state championship. Today, the boys will be running on the shores of Lake Erie at a race they dominated last year. The weather should be perfect — 60 and sunny. No wind. I'm definitely no cross-country expert, but this seems like about as great as it's going to get.

Mike T. and Cindy T. are out and about soaking up some fresh air before winter kicks in.

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And that is a wrap for this Saturday. If you get a chance, watch the Ken Anderson video I recorded this week on heart health. #NotSponsored. Ken was incredible. Great guy. He got my jokes. He even laughed HARD at a joke where I asked a doctor on the call if AI could detect if QBs like Ken have ice in their veins.

This week was a reminder of why this job is just the best. I get to interview interesting people. I then get to play golf at interesting places with friends I've met through this job and live a pretty incredible life via what this column has evolved into.

None of it is lost on me. I owe it all to those of you who have read all these years and get what I'm trying to accomplish on a daily basis.

With that said, let's go have a great weekend. Don't forget to stop and smell the pumpkin spice candles and tell your wife how much you enjoy fall. She'll smile. Try it.

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Criticism over the recent casting of actress Meryl Streep as the voice of the Christ-like lion Aslan in Netflix’s "Narnia" adaptation has continued as some Christian and media figures question the choice. An online petition is also calling on Netflix to replace director Greta Gerwig for future "Narnia" films.

The petition, entitled, "Demand Netflix to replace director of the Narnia films," was started Friday on Change.org following negative reactions from some Christian fans and critics to the theological implications of a actress voicing Aslan, an allegory for Jesus Christ.

"Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew," written and directed by Gerwig ("Barbie"), is based on the 1955 novel, the sixth published and first chronologically in the children’s book series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by British author, literary scholar and Christian thinker C.S. Lewis.

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The film is set to hit theaters Feb. 12, 2027, and Netflix on April 2, 2027, but it was the recently announced casting of Streep that brought renewed attention to concerns from some Christians about altering the voice of Aslan, a character Lewis presented as a Christ figure in Narnia.

Movieguide founder Dr. Ted Baehr, who served as president of the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation after it helped produce CBS’s classic 1979 animated adaptation of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," said he was confused by the choice.

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"When I did it, they had a hundred million or more people who had read ‘Chronicles of Narnia.’ Now I'm sure it's double or triple. And most of them know that Aslan is a Christ figure, and we understand that Christ in the Revelation gets married to the church, that he's a guy, but he's fully God and Holy man. We understand all that, so with the change that they're doing, it's going to alienate a lot of Christians," Baehr told Fox News Digital.

Baehr, who noted that he spoke briefly with Gerwig about the film and that the 43-year-old filmmaker told him that, as a young woman, his version was her favorite, said she "comes at it from a different point of view."

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"That doesn't mean that it won't do well at the box office, it just means that there will be an extra audience, maybe 110 to 140 million Christians that may not show up because they don't like that," Baehr said. "But you know, you can build a movie with a lot of one group or another, so it doesn't mean the movie won't succeed, it just means it'll lose an audience."

In his case, Baehr said he fought to ensure Aslan remained an uncompromised allegory for Jesus Christ in the 1979 adaptation.

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For her part, Gerwig, who has described herself as a Unitarian Universalist and churchgoer, has said she envisions her version as a "rock opera" and explained to entertainment site Empire that she wanted someone who was "profound but not pretentious, who had gravitas but not morose self-seriousness" to play the part of Aslan — someone, she said, "who could communicate depth and pathos as well as joy and delight."

She added, "I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child. And also to be one of the greatest actors to ever do it. That list is not a long one."

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Fox News Digital reached out to Gerwig’s agent, Creative Artists Agency CEO and co-chairman Bryan Lourd, for further comment.

Fox News Digital also reached out to Netflix for comment. 

Ned Lott, a casting and voice director and producer who has worked in the animation industry since 2000 with companies ranging from Disney to Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon on projects including 2025’s animated "David" and 2005’s "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," recalled his experience casting Aslan for the 2005 film.

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"It’s like casting for the voice of Jesus, or the voice of God. Like, in my mind, it was very important that the character of the books, and the integrity of the books, matched the voice, and even the actor," he told Fox News Digital.

Lott said that when it came to casting Aslan for the 2005 film, he and his team auditioned dozens of British actors. But with just 24 hours left to make a decision, no one was completely satisfied.

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"It still wasn't like a slam dunk, you know. And so, it was just this kind of moment where I was leaving work and I was like, I literally talked to God. I said, ‘Okay, we have to find your voice, and I have one more day. So I need some help, you know.’ And I got in my car, I turned on the radio and all of a sudden there was the voice," Lott recalled. "Like, literally, there was the voice of Aslan, and I didn't know who it was."

He did know it was a movie trailer for the 2005 film "Kingdom of Heaven," and so, after arriving home, he looked up the film on IMDb and saw that it was Liam Neeson, an Irish actor who had never appeared on their list of British celebrity thespians.

The rest is history, with Neeson famously voicing Aslan in three "Chronicles of Narnia" films.

Lott explained that casting is about the character rather than the performer and that there are instances in which a man has successfully voiced a female character. He cited director Brad Bird’s portrayal of Edna Mode in "The Incredibles" as one example. Lott said such casting is typically done for comedic effect.

Additionally, Lott cited tricks that can be done with pitch shifting and EQ settings, as well as a voice actor’s performance, that can leave audiences unaware that the voice actor is a different gender from the character.

Still, he said, this casting of Streep as Aslan leaves him puzzled.

"We took so much care with Aslan and really understood him. It just seemed like a choice that we would have not made back in 2005 because we understood the integrity of the books and tried to do as much as we could with the integrity of what the author had in mind," Lott said. "So, it’s just like a different philosophy. It’s not something I’m used to. Clearly, there’s an artistic reason."

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A conservative political activist who has been deeply entrenched in right-wing politics for decades is calling on the government to implement safety guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to protecting children and ensuring that the booming technology doesn't displace American workers en masse.

"If something happens with one of these companies, whether it's a child taking their own life due to suicide by manipulation with a chatbot, these companies are not required to report it to the federal government," Amy Kremer told Fox News Digital.

Kremer is the chairwoman of Humans First, a gorup that advocates for government safeguards on the technology and says it gives the American people a voice in the AI conversation, rather than leaving all the power in the hands of what it calls "Big AI globalists" who have little concern for ordinary Americans.

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"We are a grassroots organization focused on putting guardrails and safety mechanisms in place around AI technology in order to protect the American people, our children, jobs and so forth, and also to put those guardrails in place to to make sure that the people have a seat at the table and a voice in the conversation about what goes into their community," Kremer said.

Kremer, who is known by the political right for her time as a Tea Party advocate and ferocious fighter for President Donald Trump's MAGA movement, mentioned the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, which claimed the lives of two people and injured six others, as an instance of AI gone wrong.

Court documents in that case claim that the alleged shooter, Phoenix Ikner, used ChatGPT to plan aspects of the shooting. The company was sued by the wife of one of the deceased victims, and the state of Florida took the rare step of opening a criminal investigation into the company.

"If a chatbot is used in planning a school shooting like what happened at Florida State University in April of 2025, they're not required to report that to the federal government," said Kremer. "The only reason we know about a number of these things that have happened is because of lawsuits that have been filed by the victims and/or their families."

She argued that as a former flight attendant, she had to report every issue on an airliner to the government. And just as hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and hordes of other industries are regulated under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Kremer believes that AI companies should face similar scrutiny.

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AI is a hotly-contested issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with some Democrats looking to reign in the technology while the Trump administration hoping to keep competition and innovation flowing in the effort to win the AI race with China.

But Kremer is far from a Democrat, and she wants also wants the United States to crush China in the race for technological dominance.

"I want America to win this AI race, I absolutely I do. I'm America first, always have been, and we've led the world on innovation and ingenuity," she said. "But again ... I go back to, you don't have to forego safety to have innovation and ingenuity."

"I'm not siding with the Democrats," Kremer said. "I am not a tech person. I'm not anti-AI. I'm not anti-technology. I'm not anti-data center."

"I am a mom with common sense and I'm a conservative, and it only makes sense that guardrails are put in place," she added.

After all, Kremer said, AI companies aren't partisan actors.

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"They don't care about Republicans, they don't care about Democrats, they don't care about Americans. At the end of the day, I think they care about their own companies and their technology, and that's what, what drives them," she said. "And so, everything with these guys I think is contractual, you know, it's not, 'these are my friends, these are the people, I have the same ideology.' It's contractual, it's what benefits them and I think that's why they've cozied up to President Trump and Republicans in this administration and Congress."

In a high-stakes summit in Washington, D.C., last week, AI was a hot topic of discussing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump, though what exactly was discussed remains under wraps.

"The Trump administration’s priority is to ensure there is a booming economy so that workers have many opportunities and experience limited volatility from any short-term disruptions," a White House official told Fox News Digital. "The goal is for workers to continue to have access to high paying jobs and that workers can easily adapt to new technologies and processes."

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As for children's safety, the official pointed Fox News Digital to its National Policy Framework on Artificial Intelligence.

That framework calls on Congress to implement a number of AI child safety measures, including empowering parents with tools to control their children's content exposure, privacy settings, content exposure and account controls.

It also asks the lawmaking body to "establish commercially reasonable, privacy protective, age assurance requirements (such as parental attestation) for AI platforms and services likely to be accessed by minors," and ensure that AI platforms implement safeguards against child sexual exploitation and self-harm.

The rituals and shared practices associated with religious life likely play a role in strengthening that connection, the expert suggested.

"Certain religious settings are really focused on rituals and traditions," Steinman said. "And if you're looking at partnership and marriage … engaging in sexual connection and sexual intimacy can really become a ritual itself."

The research highlighted what has been described as an ongoing "sex recession," where people are not engaging in sexual intimacy as much as they once did.

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Regardless of religious affiliation, Steinman encourages people to find ways to connect with their partners.

"Get off the phones, get off of the internet, turn the TV off and start really connecting with your partner," she advised.

Steinman suggested that partners engage with one another and build connections that go deeper than simply asking, "How was your day?"

That can include building emotional openness and discussing how partners want to connect sexually, she said.

The events on FlyDubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on 30 September 2026 reads like something out of one of my thrillers. But what occurred in the skies over Saudi Arabia was not fiction, it was real world and highlights an adage I learned long ago and has been repeated in various incarnations across social channels with differing attributions over the years — hope is not a course of action, in most cases, no one is coming to save you, you will need to be your own cavalry.

That means be prepared.

I am actually surprised that this or something like this has not happened previously — an unhinged pilot or co-pilot killing the other, perhaps suicidal, perhaps in search of martyrdom, as what some terrorist organizations call an istishhadi or "martyrdom seeker."

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With prior planning it is possible for pilots to work together in a "martyrdom operation" that would be much harder to thwart. Or a single pilot or co-pilot could work with other "muscle" sitting in first class to prevent passengers from doing what they did on September 30, giving the terrorist in the cockpit time to kill them all or once again turn an airliner into a weapon focused on a specific target.

I think about scenarios like this every time I fly.

I look at and evaluate the passengers, the flight attendants, and I always look in on the pilots as I enter the aircraft, searching for anything that does not look or feel right, remembering something a Vietnam-era Project Delta Army Special Forces soldier told me decades ago: "if it doesn’t look right, it’s probably not."

Trust your instincts — you have them for a reason.

I am also identifying assets and liabilities among those groups. Who is a potential asset if things go south? I’m noting shoes, belts, shirts, watches, hats, bags, sunglasses, tattoos, cauliflower ear, and filing away what that tells me about each person. Which of them are likely to help — and which of them may hinder in the event of an incident.

On September 30, the skies over Saudi Arabia were full of miracles. The pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, was not immediately incapacitated in the initial knife attack and managed to open the cockpit door before collapsing. Passengers with the instinct to act, fight, and prevail were sitting near the front of the plane, one of the passengers had the wherewithal to pull back on the controls — something he remembered from watching a television show.

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And there happened to be a pilot or pilots onboard who were able land the plane. Incredible.

If any one of those things had not happened, we would be talking about a very different incident, one in which every single person on that flight is dead.

I weave a lot of history and the history of terrorism into my thrillers, and I also have a series of non-fiction books on terrorism, the second of which is on Pan Am 103, a plane that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, killing 259 passengers and crew and 11 residents on the ground. In that attack, there was no warning — a bomb detonated in the cargo hold at 31,000 feet.

The destruction of Pan Am 103 horrified the world — and led to important changes in airline security, thanks in large part to pressure from victims’ families who pushed lawmakers to pass the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990. That legislation heightened the focus on domestic and international security, including placing federal security managers at major airports and requiring background checks on all air carrier workers. The law demanded the FAA work in tandem with the FBI, expanded scrutiny of overseas airports, and improved the flow of terrorist threat information.

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The recent FlyDubai event should lead to changes as well, namely enhanced pilot screenings. It is not just about qualifications and your ability to fly a plane — it’s about your background, associations, and your mental stability.

If, for example, a background check finds that instead of funding your 401(k) each month, you are diverting funds to Hezbollah or a charity funding terrorist organizations — an obvious red flag — you should not be a pilot and certainly should not be flying a plane full of Israelis into Tel Aviv.

This is common sense to most, but common sense seems to be in limited supply these days.

The model for hijackings and the use of terror focused on airlines was different before September 11, 2001. Typically, in the 1970s and 1980s, planes were hijacked and the passengers were exchanged for prisoners or ransomed — sometimes a passenger or passengers were killed to make a point.

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From a tactical security standpoint that meant that you would want a window seat so you were not in the aisle where you could be struck and injured or grabbed by a terrorist — you wanted to be able to survey the situation, bide your time, and act when appropriate.

On September 11, 2001, that paradigm shifted — planes and passengers were not being hijacked to bring about a political end or for a ransom, they were being turned into weapons. That adaptation by terrorists meant protectors needed to act quickly in the event of a hijacking. They moved from window seats to aisle seats to be in an advantageous position to recognize the threat and take immediate decisive action. And by "protectors" I do not mean military or law enforcement, I mean citizens. I am referring to those who have not suppressed the will to fight and have not outsourced their protection to a government or outside entity who is not coming to save them.

Protecting those who cannot protect themselves is our responsibility as citizens, as husbands, as fathers. The FlyDubai incident is an example of that duty and of the warrior mindset — from the pilot to the passengers who all acted heroically to save the day.

Col. John Boyd developed something called the OODA Loop — Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. In combat, in most cases, whoever does that faster than their opponent — or who can disrupt their enemy in the middle of their loop — will be victorious. That is what the pilot and passengers did on the FlyDubai flight. They stepped up and tapped into that primal urge to live and to protect that is in all of our DNA — and they prevailed.

The enemy will learn and adapt to September 30, 2026.

Next time it might be both pilots or it might be one incapacitating the other, working in conjunction with a passenger or passengers who will block access to the cockpit. We must adapt as well to ensure those with mental disorders or associations with terrorist organizations or those who fund them are kept from the ranks of the aviators we all trust with our lives.

As John Steinbeck writes in The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights, "‘Now — I will lay down the law, and you will learn it word by word, and every word must be edged with fire. This is the law. The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplementary.’"

Remember — hope is not a course of action.

In most cases, no one is coming to save you. Your mind is the ultimate weapon, and you will need it, coupled with the will to fight, to save yourself and your loved ones, and in this case, an entire plane full of innocent people.

Be prepared.

Despite Cruise and Iñárritu's best efforts, "Digger" is truly a mess of a film that's unworthy of the work we're used to seeing from the two of them. You're better off revisiting "Dr. Strangelove," "Birdman" or any Cruise classic. It's easily the biggest misfire of awards season. 

"Digger" is rated R for pervasive language. Running time: 2 hours, 9 minutes. In theaters now.

India retain Asian Games cricket title, Kim lands golf gold and military reprieve

Things are getting crazy in the Apple rumor world, as even though the iPhone 18 Pro and several other products have only just launched and the iPhone Duo is right around the corner, there's even more to come imminently.


October 13 looks to be the date for an introduction of Apple's revamped smart home portfolio, including the home hub device we've been hearing about for ages. This week also saw word that Apple's supply chain is struggling to meet production yield goals for the iPhone Duo ahead of its launch, while iPhone 18 Pro owners are now getting a chance to put the devices through their paces, so read on below for all of the details!

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Three New Apple Smart Home Products Coming on October 13

A couple of those leaked products above could be arriving very shortly, as Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple will be introducing a trio of new smart home products on Tuesday, October 13.


Apple will reportedly debut its long-rumored smart home hub product, as well as the new HomePod mini and Apple TV models, and while he didn't specify how Apple will introduce them, signs are pointing to some sort of event.

Apple retail stores have reportedly also received confidential boxes that are marked "Do Not Open Until October 8" and which are likely to contain merchandising materials. It's unclear, however, if they are for the upcoming iPhone Duo launch or something related to the smart home product introduction.

Apple Smart Home Hub to Feature iMac G4-Style Design

Apple's long-rumored smart home hub will have an iMac G4-style design and a host of unique features, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.


The smart home hub is said to feature a square 6-inch display, with variants that can be placed on a countertop or mounted on a wall. It features a single FaceTime camera on the front, with microphones and speakers in its connected base.

Leaks suggest the hub may be available in Silver, Space Gray, Starlight, and Rose Pink colors, and will be able to display user-customizable Photo Faces pulled from your photos library, memories, and shared albums, a feature that appears similar to what will be available for StandBy mode on the iPhone Duo.

iPhone Duo Reportedly Facing Production Problems Ahead of Launch

The iPhone Duo is reportedly facing production difficulties ahead of its October launch, with early output expected to be limited.


A person said to be close to Foxconn's supply chain told China's Jiemian News that final assembly yields for Apple's first foldable iPhone were only slightly above 60% as of September 17. The source said that, under Apple's current quality standards, it could take another six months to a year for the assembly line to reach a mature yield.

According to the source, Foxconn is repeatedly adjusting equipment, assembly processes, and production settings as it makes the iPhone Duo at scale. The source also said suppliers were waiting to see whether Apple would ease any quality requirements to accelerate production.

iPhone 18 Pro First Impressions: What Do You Think So Far?

It's been almost two weeks since the iPhone 18 Pro models launched, and we want to hear from MacRumors readers. What do you think of Apple's newest iPhones? If you upgraded from an older phone, was it worth it? What about upgrading from an iPhone 17 Pro? What problems are you running into? Anything you love so far?


MacRumors readers have already been sharing early opinions on the MacRumors forums, and there are interesting discussion threads to read through. For early reviews and hands-on images, make sure to check out the first impressions and photos thread.

Not everything has been perfect, however, as some users have been experiencing issues such as speaker crackling or popping while some iPhone 18 Pro Max users on AT&T in the U.S. have been having issues with cellular connectivity or eSIM provisioning.

Apple Planning to Launch Products Faster and More Often

John Ternus is marking one month as Apple CEO, and he is apparently undertaking efforts to restructure the company to accelerate product development and introduce new products more frequently, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Ternus apparently wants Apple to "broaden its range of devices and create a leaner organization with a greater focus on engineering." One proposal under consideration is to rely less on Apple's traditional spring and fall product release cycles, and introduce new devices more quickly and throughout the year. Ternus has also purportedly indicated that Apple must become "more experimental" to remain competitive in the era of artificial intelligence.

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The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.

Co-deputy leader Mothin Ali tells the party's conference many young people are "bored, desperate and lost".

Two men were arrested on the eve of Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Field goal attempts if and only if the ball is ruled (a) below or above the crossbar or (b) inside or outside the uprights when it is lower than the top of the uprights. If the ball is higher than the top of the uprights as it crosses the end line, the play may not be reviewed.

This one was not reviewable, based on that rule. It went above the uprights.

It's also important to note that the NFL and NCAA differ just a bit in their language regarding made field attempts. The college rulebook states the ball must cross "over the crossbar between the uprights of the receiving team’s goal."

The NFL rulebook specifically mentions what we saw last night:

The entire ball must pass through the vertical plane of the goal, which is the area above the crossbar and between the uprights or, if above the uprights, between their outside edges.

The NCAA rulebook doesn't say anything about the ball going above the uprights. Just "between" the uprights. Not saying that's the rule, just saying the rulebook leaves it out. Context is important.

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The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain's Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.

Even Lewis Hamilton fears Max Verstappen will be tough to beat in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

"The truth about youth sports, it is not for your kid to become an NFL great. Not to make it to the NFL, not to make the spectacle of being a star player. Youth sports gives your kid a community," Stewart told OutKick in a recent interview.

"It gives them a sense of prioritization. You are a kid, you have to make time to play. You have to make time to study, you have to make time to take care of the things at home, make your bed in the morning, wash your own jersey, iron your own clothes, whatever it is that you have to do, you are becoming a man, a young man. And this is the community for it."

"This is the middle school age where we're now a community that's giving you the tools to be successful teenagers."

While Charlotte Christian School in North Carolina may have one of the most decorated middle school coaching staffs of all time, Stewart emphasized that their credentials aren’t the most important thing. Above all else, the 39-year-old wants to be a good mentor to incredibly impressionable middle schoolers.

"The thing that I like most about this age specifically is how impressionable they are. They are sponges. They want to learn. They want to be good and they're OK with being pushed and you can talk to them like adults, right? You know at the high school level, you have to talk to the high schoolers, like high schoolers. It's really interesting, but you know, at this age, you can talk to them like adults, and they'll receive it and they'll believe it and trust it," Stewart said.

The former Panthers running back said youth sports give kids a platform to find belonging and purpose among their peers.

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"As people, our personalities, the things that we believe in, this is an opportunity to mentor, right? And get your young men ready to become young men. That's really what I see in middle school football, and it goes throughout, you know, baseball, basketball, whatever those things are. You get a chance to have your kid to be around other kids to become friends and it's an easier way to become friends with teammates and find a belonging and a purpose," Stewart said.

"Because it can be lonely being a middle schooler trying to find your way. I see a lot of the kids on our team, I'm like, man, if it wasn't for football, who knows where this kid would be, right? What would he be doing after school? Would he be at home by himself, or is he here amongst guys having fellowship before practice? Laughing and giggling, playing around, whatever it is, and then all of a sudden have to figure out what that on and off switch is for when practice starts, right?"

Stewart never thought he would coach football. Olsen and Kuechly had coached Olsen’s sons throughout youth football and would ask Stewart to coach year after year. Stewart has two daughters, so he didn’t think it made sense for him to coach, but when his daughters began attending Charlotte Christian School, the former running back joined the staff.

With Stewart on the sidelines, his daughters have gotten more interested in the sport.

"My daughters actually enjoy going to the games and they look forward to it. They like seeing me on the field and coaching the kids up and they ask questions about the game and they ask about practice and it's an interesting time of the year because they didn't necessarily get to see me play football," Stewart said.

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"And so, to be able to connect the dots, I think makes them feel pretty good about their dad and just about themselves and our family as a whole, just understanding that football is a part of our family."

Stewart sees football as a teacher of many of life’s important lessons.

"Football is family and you show up no matter what. It teaches you the selflessness of our lives. It teaches you responsibility; it teaches you prioritization. But most importantly, it teaches you more about yourself and what you can get out of yourself," Stewart said.

Watching kids grow and develop, both as players and as people, is incredibly rewarding for Stewart.

"Me and Luke have a favorite player, his name is Jack... and Jack is probably as big as this pencil or this pen. Not really, but like he's a smaller kid. But I would take Jack to a battlefield because I know Jack will have my back. I know that he's loyal to the game. I know he's loyal to the cause. I know that he believes in the cause and he'll do whatever it takes to make it right. He might get it wrong, but if you give him a shot, he's going to put in the effort every single time," Stewart said.

"And so last year we had him as a seventh grader, and now he’s an eighth grader, and he helps out the seventh graders. He’s more vocal this year and just seeing his confidence just kind of rise through the surface, it’s really cool. And yesterday we had a game and he’s making tackles now. He plays corner, and I’m not talking about like, just wrapping guys up, I’m talking going in for the kill."

"We put him in at running back yesterday, and we gave him a toss, first toss of the year. Stiff-arm a guy, scores a touchdown, right? And that’s what makes you feel good."

In today’s day and age, when it feels like we see parents brawling with each other, yelling at referees or even running onto the field during a play, remember that youth sports are for the kids.

And youth sports aren’t even about the game; it’s about the community that comes with it.

Oral hygiene is incredibly important, and the NFL has partnered with Oral-B and Crest to make them the official toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and mouthwash of the league. Stewart has introduced a Panthers toothbrush into his routine.

"Oral hygiene and taking care of yourself is just as important as working out, right? Like, just as important as what you're eating on a daily basis as far as the health standard, right? Because we're talking about our gut health," Stewart said.

In addition to waking up and brushing his teeth, the former running back said he uses mouthwash about four times a day. Unfortunately for him, not all the coaches in his career cared as much about their breath as Stewart did.

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"Some coaches I’ve had, I won’t name them, but they got some ranky breath. I can tell you that. It’s unfortunate when you meet people that have funky breath because they don’t even know," Stewart said.

Stewart spent 10 seasons with the Panthers and one with the New York Giants. In 134 career games, Stewart rushed for 7,335 yards and 51 touchdowns while catching 162 passes for 1,295 yards and seven touchdowns. He made the Pro Bowl in 2015.

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It feels nostalgic to look at clouds. I remember laying in the grass as a boy and staring at them.

It doesn’t take long to look, so I wonder why I stopped?

The clouds were particularly beautiful yesterday, around sunset, just outside my bedroom window.

A Biden-appointed judge is being labeled an "activist judge" by conservative critics after ruling that the federal government's application of a law barring noncitizens from voting in elections violates the Constitution in a federal criminal case.

In a 31-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz of the Southern District of Florida dismissed federal charges against Chelsea Cox, a woman originally from Jamaica who voted in the 2020 presidential election, despite not being a U.S. citizen. The ruling comes as the Trump administration has intensified efforts to prevent noncitizens from voting, including through federal prosecutions and attempts to verify citizenship on state voter rolls, sparking legal battles with Democratic-led states and voting-rights groups. President Donald Trump's election integrity efforts have been driven in large part by his and his allies' belief that the 2020 election was "stolen" — an unproven claim he continues to maintain.

Leibowitz ruled that the Constitution gives states — not Congress — the authority to determine who qualifies to vote in elections, effectively ruling that a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) criminalizing noncitizen voting in federal elections is unconstitutional as applied to Cox.

"The Constitution commits to the States, and the States alone, the general power to set voter qualifications in federal elections," Leibowitz wrote in his ruling. "This is clear from both the text of the document and the debates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787."

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The ruling garnered sharp blowback from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who is co-author of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which is currently being stalled in the Senate and unlikely to be passed before the midterm elections.

"This insane ruling will certainly be overturned," Lee wrote on X. "But it gives the game away: Democrats pretend we don’t need the SAVE Act because non-citizen voting is already illegal… while activist judges try to destroy laws banning non-citizens from voting!"

Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow with Advancing American Freedom, agreed that Leibowitz's ruling will most likely be "squashed" by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

"Judge David Leibowitz’s opinion that the federal law barring aliens from voting is unconstitutional is patently wrong," Spakovsky told Fox News Digital. "It is true that states have the constitutional authority to set the qualifications of citizens who are eligible as voters in federal elections. But he ignores the fact that in Article I, Section 8, Congress is given 100% authority over naturalization."

Spakovsky said the Constitution gives Congress authority to decide how noncitizens enter the country and what activities they may engage in once here.

"That gives the federal government the authority to ban aliens from voting or otherwise in any way participating in the democratic process," Spakovsky said.

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Spakovsky pointed to Bluman v. FEC , a 2011 decision written by then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh and later summarily affirmed by the Supreme Court, which upheld restrictions on foreign nationals' campaign spending. The opinion said the government may exclude noncitizens from activities tied to democratic self-government.

"The Supreme Court has long held that the government (federal, state, local) may exclude foreign citizens from activities that are part of the democratic self-regulation in the United States," Kavanaugh wrote. "For example, the Supreme Court has ruled that the government may bar aliens from voting, serving as jurors, working as police or probation officers, or teaching at public schools."

However, Bluman v. FEC involved campaign contributions and expenditures, not a federal criminal prosecution for voting.

Anhishek Kambil, a partner at Holtzman Vogel Law Firm, said he'd be "surprised" if the federal government did not prevail in its appeal.

Kambil pointed to Oregon v. Mitchell, in which the Supreme Court ruled the the government had the authority to set voting age in federal elections, which would be a voter qualifier.

"So the Supreme Court has held, in an instance, that there is federal government authority to regulate in certain instances some types of qualifications of voters, but the way that this judge read it kind of made everything a mess," Kambil told Fox News Digital.

Leibowitz rejected the federal government's argument that the Constitution grants Congress total authority over regulating immigration and noncitizens.

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While he acknowledged that Congress has "broad, undoubted power" over immigration and noncitizens; he said those powers are not "a series of blank checks" and cannot override the Constitution’s "foundational constitutional constraints" assigning voter-qualification authority to the states.

The judge also rejected the federal government's reliance on the Elections Clause, which allows Congress to regulate how states conduct federal elections, including by passing laws to combat voter fraud. Leibowitz said the statute at issue was not designed to regulate election procedures or prevent fraud but instead created a federal voter qualification by determining who could vote.

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While Leibowitz ruled that the federal government cannot continue prosecuting Chelsea Cox, Florida would still have the authority to bring state charges.

President Joe Biden nominated Leibowitz to the federal bench in 2024. The Senate confirmed him, 64-33, in a bipartisan vote, with then-Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., voting in favor. Thursday's ruling is his most politically consequential decision from the bench to date.

She said she plans to continue testing the social physiology theory.

Social setting is also only one of many factors that can affect blood glucose.

Erin Palinski-Wade, a New York-area registered dietitian specializing in diabetes, told Fox News Digital that the amount and type of carbohydrates consumed are particularly important.

She noted that blood sugar can also be affected by factors including stress, sleep, physical activity and a person's surroundings.

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"Stress, whether you had [quality sleep] the night before, how active you were that day, even things like the temperature of the room, noise pollution — all of those things can impact blood sugar," Palinski-Wade said.

Regulating blood sugar after meals is important because persistently elevated glucose can contribute to serious health problems over time, including heart, kidney, eye and nerve damage, according to the National Institutes of Health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) specifically recommends monitoring glucose two hours after a meal for many people with diabetes — and notes that keeping blood sugar within the target range helps prevent or delay serious health issues. 

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a plane with six people on board that disappeared Saturday morning while en route to Boston from Bermuda.

Authorities are searching for the Gulfstream G100, a twin-engine, mid-size jet, off the coast of Nantucket. Both air and surface crews have been deployed to the area, according to the Coast Guard Northeast District.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported losing contact with the aircraft early on Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said.

According to data from FlightAware, the plane took off from Bermuda International Airport at 11:41 p.m. ET.

The Canadian-registered aircraft is owned by Latitude Air Ambulance, according to records from the Official Canadian Civil Aircraft Register database reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Latitude Air Ambulance is a medical transport company that brings patients home from around the world when they require specialized care. The company did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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There are three characters in this case: a victim, a coward and a villain. 

The victim is broadcaster Braiden Bell, who was the Portland Trail Blazers play-by-play announcer for less than 12 hours before the team fired him Thursday for tweets he posted in 2012 and 2013… when he was 15 years old.

The coward is the Blazers, who were informed of said tweets and ousted Bell immediately, presumably out of fear of the ever-ravenous outrage mob.

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And then there's the villain: KGW in Portland, the TV station that dug up those tweets and used them to try and ruin a man's life.

Let's start with the ugly part — the tweets themselves. They are certainly nothing to condone, and are the kind of posts that should have given any of Bell's teenage friends pause at the time.

The first was from November 2012, when Bell wrote, "Gotta give a shoutout to all the big girls out there and those closet w----s #BigUps."

The next was less than a month later, when Bell tweeted, "I'm not racist at all...But not gonna lie...Asian people piss me off! Hahaha #Honest"

The third was from February 2013, when Bell tweeted, "We got a sl-t alert on aisle 10." And the final tweet KGW reported came less than two weeks later, when Bell typed "Girls these nights...Smh #ThirstyForTheD."

Again, these are a long way from pleasant. And if Bell was shamed by peers for his words at the time, it would have been justified. But I think most of us who saw this story were thankful that our stupidest or most offensive comments as adolescents weren't broadcast to the world. As Jason Whitlock said on X: "Virtually everything that came out of my mouth at 15 was a fireable offense. Amazing, sad story."

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There is a reason we do not let 15-year-olds drive independently. Just as there's a reason they have to wait three years before voting. Their minds aren't fully developed. Their mouths are dormant volcanoes. To hold adults forever responsible for their words — not actions — as teenagers is an exercise in cruelty.

And that's just what the KGW reporting team was on this story — cruel.

Exactly what public good does unearthing these tweets and reporting them to the Blazers accomplish? How does dragging this man's name just after he landed his dream job serve the greater Portland community?

America's confidence in the media is hovering at an all-time low. Stories like this only amplify that distrust...and it appears the KGW team knows this.

Before Friday, Devon Haskins — the lead reporter on this story — had his email address displayed on his X account. It has since been scrubbed and his DMs are closed. KGW news director John Tierney, whose byline was included on the report, also removed his email address after this story blew up. A third reporter, Alma McCarty, closed off her X inbox, too, while Jared Cowley, the final byline on the story, has no public contact info, either.

These are not the actions of media members standing firm on a story they believe in amid public backlash. These are the actions of cowards who know they erred and are running for cover. Embarrassing.

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But not as embarrassing as the Blazers firing Bell the same day they hired him.

I've seen some critics of the team say their PR leaders fell short by not doing their due diligence on Bell. But according to KGW's reporting, Bell had over 30,000 tweets, and not one since February 2013 could be construed as offensive. Is it really a PR failure to not sift through 14 years of social media posts? It's not like Bell came out of nowhere. He was already calling games for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and G League's Valley Suns, and there didn't seem to be any indications he held racist or misogynistic views.

Tweeted by former Arizona Republic sports columnist Paola Boivin: "Braiden's tweets at 15 do not reflect the person I know. I'm a big believer in not letting a poor decision or short timespan define a person's body of life work. I used to be more righteous. As I matured, I learned that decisions in youth are often driven by bravado or surroundings."

If only the Blazers — who just traded for Ja Morant, a player who was suspended 25 games for flashing a gun on an Instagram Live broadcast — were as empathetic.

The truth is, the public is generally forgiving. Remember when comedian Shane Gillis was fired from "Saturday Night Live" after it was discovered he used the Asian slur "c---k" on a podcast? He's now selling out stadiums and has hosted SNL twice. Kevin Hart, meanwhile, was fired as the 2018 Oscars host for a an unearthed homophobic comment. He has since hosted the Roast of Tom Brady and makes $20 million per movie. And the gaffes by those two came when they were grown men, not three years into puberty. One sincere apology from Bell and Blazers fans would have moved on.

I suppose the big takeaway from this is to understand that the internet is forever and will come back to haunt you if you're not careful. Doesn't matter how old your posts were or how much you've matured since. There are always vultures circling, and always cowards caving.

Week 5 is here for college football, and Week 4 finally brought me a winning week in the sport. I’m hoping to build off that momentum and keep rolling. We’ve got some great games ahead of us this week, and the schedule is built for a full day of football watching. My first game starts early in the day as Alabama takes on Mississippi State.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are 4-0, but something feels like this team isn’t quite as impressive as past years. They haven’t won a National Championship since the 2020 season. Since Nick Saban has left, they are 24-8, including this year’s 4-0 start. Certainly things have gotten more difficult for all teams, but Alabama’s success is slipping away as they continue to search for a new identity under Ken DeBoer.

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So far, the team is ranked 7th in the nation, but they face a tough schedule ahead. This is the first of four games against ranked opponents in five weeks. This could be a trap week as well because they have Georgia at home next week, always one of the toughest teams in the country, and one of the toughest games on their schedule each season. Keelon Russell, the team’s quarterback, has looked solid in the past two games, throwing for seven touchdown passes and 685 yards. If he can be a difference-maker at the position, I expect Alabama to make a real run at the National Championship.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs are 4-0 and currently the 16th ranked team in the country. They haven’t had an especially difficult schedule to start the season, but they did have a challenge last week as they beat Missouri. It was probably best for them that they were hosting the game, but even as the home team, it feels like Mississippi State is a tier below the top College Football Playoff teams.

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They are led by a Heisman hopeful in Kamario Taylor. He is currently 10th in yards at 1,192, 1st in touchdowns at 14, and 9th in QBR at 87.1. He has thrown an interception in the past two games, and really hasn’t been as effective on the ground as he was in the first two games. A win here would be big for his Heisman resume, and for Mississippi State pushing for a chance to get into the College Football Playoffs.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, I don’t feel like they are ready to get there, and I don’t think they’ll win this game. Alabama should win this one without much of an issue. The line has already moved higher and in favor of Alabama. I wouldn’t take this at anything higher than -7, but I do think the Crimson Tide should cover it against a good, but not quite great Mississippi State team. Give me Alabama.

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The best thing about sports is that we don’t ever really know what will happen. The worst thing about sports betting is that we don’t ever know what will happen. It is a challenge, but also fun, to try and predict what will happen in games. Last week, I didn’t play the game between Ole Miss and Florida, but I would’ve been wrong. This week I’m hoping to be right about this matchup between Florida and Missouri.

The Florida Gators come into this game with a 4-0 record and are coming off of arguably the most impressive victory in College Football this season. The Gators hosted Ole Miss last week, and they rocked the Rebels. In fairness, this was a trap, and I did mention it in a preview I provided in a different article. Ole Miss had just come off an emotional win and was riding high; it was the ultimate let-down spot. Florida, to their credit, took advantage of the situation and won 52-28.

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They really haven’t had to play anyone outside of Ole Miss this season. They started the season with a demolition of Florida Atlantic, winning by 45. Then they beat Campbell by 49 in Week 2. Their biggest challenge was going on the road to face Auburn. They were able to win 44-39 in that game, and they were up big for most of the game. However, late in the game, they gave up two touchdowns in the final eight minutes to make the game closer than it needed to be.

Missouri is the 25th-ranked team in the country, and they currently sit at 3-1 for the year. They opened the season with a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff. It wasn’t much of a contest, with a 40-point win over the Golden Lions. The following week, they did have a bit of a challenge as they faced Kansas and won on the road with a 17-point victory over the Jayhawks. Week 3 saw them take on Troy and win by 10. Last week, they wouldn’t escape Mississippi State and lost by seven on the road.

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In order to win this one, they will need to find a way to stop a Florida team that has had no trouble scoring the ball this year. However, Florida also needs to be concerned about how they will stop quarterback Austin Simmons. He has 947 passing yards for the season and 11 touchdown passes. He has been really strong in almost every game. Last week he threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns. He won’t really run the ball, rushing 10 times for 1 yard this season, so he will look to attack the Gators through the air.

It is hard to believe that the Gators are going to lose this game, but it wouldn’t be surprising if this is a tougher match than their game last week. Florida struggled on the road against Auburn, and I think Missouri will make things difficult for the Gators as well. However, I think the over is the right play here. Both teams have strong offenses, and I think the defenses will struggle to stop them. Give me the over.

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This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of kit.

They’ve been hiking into the wilderness with powered assistive devices attached to their hips and legs. Designed to increase lower-body strength when climbing or carrying heavy loads, these pieces of equipment are being tested to see if they can boost rescuers’ speed and endurance when it matters most—during searches for stranded people.

Devices like these are called human exoskeletons. They attach to parts of the body to create an external—or “exo”—mechanical structure. This powered frame enhances the wearer’s physical capabilities.

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"When Prince William, as a little boy, fell at Buckingham Palace, he was overheard by a guest crying out, 'Gary! Gary!’" said British royals expert Hilary Fordwich. "The Queen told the surprised guest, 'I'm Gary. He hasn't learned to say "Granny" yet.'"

Several royal experts noted that at university, William was known as "Steve" in an attempt to fly under the radar.

One of the royal family's best-known nicknames is "Lilibet." Then-Princess Elizabeth struggled to pronounce her own name as a toddler, and her grandfather, King George V, reportedly imitated her pronunciation. Her husband, Prince Philip, also affectionately called her "Lilibet," and the name was later chosen by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their daughter, Princess Lilibet.

But not all royal nicknames were affectionate.

"Courtiers have long referred to Prince Harry and the former Prince Andrew, as the 'Dukes of Hazard,' which needs no explanation," said Fordwich.

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"When Kate is getting a little bit upset with William in any way, she starts using the names of 'Baldy' and ‘Big Willy,'" Turner alleged, a claim previously made by author Tom Quinn. A Kensington Palace spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that the palace doesn't comment on books.

King Charles has reportedly used other terms of affection for Queen Camilla.

"Back in 2022, the king was heard at an event referring to Camilla as 'Mehbooba,' the Urdu word for 'my beloved,'" said Fordwich.

Charles has publicly used the term for Camilla. While still Prince of Wales, he referred to her as "my mehbooba" during a British Asian Trust speech.

"Princess Diana's family always referred to her as 'Dutch,' short for 'Duchess.' She wasn't an actual duchess, but her family gave it to her as she had always behaved that way as a young girl. Her nickname for her brother, Charles Spencer, was 'Carlos,'" Fordwich said.

Charles Spencer has also spoken about the siblings' nicknames. In a September interview, he said their stepfather began calling Diana "the Duchess" because she had a "very refined air," which the family shortened to "Dutch." Spencer also said Diana called him "Carlos."

Stooks told GB News that these days, it would be difficult to know what name the king uses, if any, on WhatsApp.

"The king didn't really use technology at all when I worked there," he said. "He used to have a very old-fashioned, basic mobile phone, but he never used it. I remember William and Harry trying to get him to keep up to date with it. They were always encouraging him to use his phone, but he wasn't interested. He wasn't a fan at all."

"If something will go wrong, I cannot be saying, ‘Ah, we have a fault in our system.’ Automatically, I will be [considered] guilty as charged."

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"I have notoriety. It means that I cannot do mistakes."

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He knows there are some who say his past crimes make him a threat. He wants them to consider this:

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"Yes, on paper I'm a convicted criminal," he said. "But I'm not the same kid that I was [at] 19 years old."

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Though he’s never married, he’s now the father of an 11-year-old daughter with one woman and a 3-year-old son with another woman.

"And we do change. People do change."

There are certain phone calls I would happily hand off to almost anyone. Calling my wireless carrier to fix a billing problem comes to mind. So does chasing a restaurant reservation that I cannot book online. Now, AI wants the job. A new generation of personal artificial intelligence agents can handle tasks across apps, websites and connected accounts. Instinct and Meta's newly launched Muse are pushing that idea further. Instinct can now place phone calls to businesses for some early-access users, while Meta is testing a similar capability with Muse. Instead of asking AI what number to call, the idea is that I can tell the agent what I need and let it handle the conversation. I know that sounds incredibly convenient, but it also raises a bigger question. How comfortable are you letting software speak and make decisions in your name?

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Instinct founder Noah Shinn announced Instinct Concierge on Sept. 16. The feature lets the company's AI personal assistant handle phone calls and other service tasks for users. Shinn gave examples that will sound familiar to anyone who has wasted part of an afternoon on hold. Instinct could call a restaurant that does not take online reservations. It might get you onto your dentist's cancellation list. The AI could also try to sort out a problem with your cable bill. The company is rolling Concierge out in early access to some users, with plans to expand availability over time.

Calling fits with what Instinct has already been building. Its AI assistant can work across connected services and take actions on a user's behalf. Instinct has also given its assistants dedicated email addresses. Those addresses can help with account sign-ups and management. Users can also add other people to a trusted network. That allows their assistants to communicate with one another for certain tasks.

All of this has drawn serious investor interest. Instinct raised $250 million in an August Series B round that valued the company at $2.5 billion. Then, on Sept. 28, Instinct announced a $1 billion Series C round from investors including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Coatue, valuing the company at $10 billion.

Meta launched Muse on Sept. 8 as a personal AI agent that can work across connected services. Muse can browse the web, fill out forms and complete tasks on a user's behalf. Meta has reportedly been testing an outbound-calling capability that lets some Muse users ask the agent to call U.S. businesses. The feature remains in limited testing rather than being broadly available to Muse users. Muse is now available in the U.S. and Canada.

Muse can also keep working after you close the app. Meta says users choose which services Muse can access and how much permission it receives. Interest has moved quickly. Muse climbed to the top of Apple's U.S. App Store after its Sept. 8 launch, and subsequent reports put its downloads above 3 million by late September. That puts Meta and Instinct in a fast-moving race to turn AI assistants into something closer to digital stand-ins.

Instinct is still available through private access, and the company does not currently publish a monthly subscription price. It also has not announced a separate price for Instinct Concierge or its phone-calling feature. Meta's Muse has a free tier with a usage limit. If you reach that limit, you can upgrade to a paid plan or wait for the free allowance to refresh. Meta says most people should be able to use Muse within the free tier. Paid plans have also been reported at $20 a month and $100 a month, depending on how much additional usage you need. Meta has not announced separate pricing for the phone-calling capability it is testing. I'd also be careful when searching the App Store for "Muse" because there are unrelated apps using that name.

The appeal grows once the AI can handle the back-and-forth for you. Give it a goal, and the agent can carry the conversation without pulling you away from whatever else you are doing. That could be especially useful for tasks that take several steps or require waiting on someone else. The AI can stay on the job, gather the answer and bring the result back to you.

But the more useful these agents become, the more control you are handing over. If the AI can confirm details, make changes or agree to something in your name, you want to know exactly where its authority begins and ends.

The convenience is easy to see. The privacy tradeoff takes a little more digging. Instinct's privacy policy says its assistant can access information from connected apps and services when you grant permission. That can include messages, emails and other private communications. Depending on how you use the assistant, it may also handle voice data, account credentials and payment information. Instinct says health-related information could also enter the system. One example would be asking the agent to book a medical appointment.

That kind of access can make an AI assistant much more useful. It also gives the service a deeper window into your digital life. We have already looked at this broader issue in our article on AI chatbot privacy. Phone calls add another layer because the assistant can now use what it knows while interacting with someone outside the app.

Instinct says users can opt out of having certain information used to train its AI models. However, that choice applies going forward. The company says models previously trained or improved using your information may still retain those improvements. There is also an exception for material flagged for a safety review. Instinct says that information can still be used for AI training related to harmful content detection or safety research.

Google Workspace information gets separate treatment. Instinct says data received directly through Google Workspace APIs does not go toward training or improving its AI models. There is another setting worth knowing about. Disconnecting a third-party integration does not automatically delete information previously collected from it. Instinct says users can separately delete data indexed from outside sources. That is the sort of privacy setting I would check before connecting a large inbox or another account packed with personal information.

Meta says Muse runs inside its own dedicated secure virtual machine in the cloud. Connected credentials go into secure storage. According to Meta, Muse cannot see passwords or payment methods stored there. Muse also asks for approval before certain sensitive actions. Meta gives sending an email or making a purchase as examples. Users can view an audit trail showing what Muse has done and what it plans to do. For purchases, Meta says Link can generate a one-time card number at checkout. That keeps the user's actual card number away from the merchant and the AI agent.

Meta also says Muse conversations and data inside its virtual machine do not get shared with Meta's advertising systems. Users can opt out of having their interactions used for AI model training. Users can change Muse's access or disconnect a connected service whenever they want. Those controls give users ways to limit what services Muse can reach and what actions it can take. Even so, every connected service adds another place where an AI assistant may interact with your personal information.

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We are already used to chatbots getting things wrong. Usually, you read the answer first and decide what to do next. AI agents change that equation because they can take action. Instinct spells this out in its own terms. The company says its services can produce incorrect or incomplete information. It also warns that actions may contain errors and may not always be reversible. The terms go further. When you authorize Instinct to act for you, the service can enter certain agreements, commitments or transactions on your behalf. Instinct says those agreements can be binding as though you entered them yourself. That is a pretty good reason to start small.

We covered this concern when autonomous AI agents first began gaining attention in our article on the first autonomous AI agent. Giving software permission to act creates a different kind of risk than asking a chatbot a question. A bot misunderstanding a restaurant reservation may mean an awkward dinner. A mistake involving a purchase or account change could be harder to unwind.

There is also another person in the conversation. Whoever answers the phone may hear your AI assistant share information about you. For a restaurant reservation, that might include your name and the time you want a table. A medical office could require more personal details. An account problem might involve information used to verify your identity. Think about what the AI will need to disclose before assigning the call.

AI voices can create another complication. We already warn readers about criminals using synthetic audio to impersonate real people. Our report on AI voice scams shows how convincing AI-generated calls can become. As legitimate AI agents begin calling businesses, hearing a computer-generated voice may become more common. That makes independent verification even more useful when a caller wants money or sensitive information.

You do not have to write off AI calling features. I would simply begin with low-risk tasks and expand from there if the service earns your trust.

Try asking the AI to check restaurant availability or confirm a store's hours. Those tasks give you a chance to see how well the agent performs without putting much at risk. Pay attention to the result. If the agent misunderstands a simple request, you may want more supervision before trusting it with something complicated.

Review every connected service before letting an agent make calls for you. A dinner reservation probably does not require access to your complete email history. Look at account permissions regularly. Remove connections you no longer use.

Be cautious about giving an AI agent Social Security numbers, PINs or complete financial credentials. Ask whether the task can be completed without exposing that information. The same caution applies to medical details. An appointment request may require some information, but the agent may not need your entire medical history.

Use confirmation controls whenever the service provides them. This becomes especially useful for purchases, cancellations or account changes. Meta says Muse requests approval before certain sensitive actions. Other AI agents may handle approvals differently, so check the settings before relying on them.

Do not assume the task went exactly as planned. Check the reservation, purchase or account change afterward. Instinct itself tells users to independently verify actions taken by its assistant. That is good advice for any AI agent acting on your behalf.

Removing access to a service may stop future access without deleting information already collected. Instinct specifically says disconnecting a third-party integration does not automatically erase previously collected data. If you want that information gone, look for a separate deletion control.

A restaurant call gives an AI limited room to cause damage. A banking problem or medical conversation can carry much more sensitive information. For those calls, I would think carefully about whether the time saved is worth the access required.

AI agents are adding capabilities quickly. A permission that seemed reasonable when an assistant only organized your inbox could carry more weight once that assistant can make calls and transactions. Review connected accounts after major feature updates. Also check whether the company has changed its privacy policy or added new controls.

Use strong, unique passwords for every account you connect to an AI assistant. A password manager can create and store them for you. Also turn on two-factor authentication or passkeys whenever they are available. If someone gets into one of those connected accounts, they may gain access to much more than the AI assistant itself.

Keep strong antivirus software running on the devices you use with AI agents. These assistants may interact with websites, email and other online services where malicious links or downloads can appear. Good security software can help detect malware and other threats before they cause more damage. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com.

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I can absolutely see the appeal of letting AI deal with a cable company or chase down a hard-to-get restaurant reservation. Those are exactly the kinds of calls many of us would gladly hand off. Where I get more cautious is the amount of access an agent may need to do the job well. Once an AI can read connected information and speak to businesses for you, a mistake can travel much farther than a bad chatbot answer. I would start with tasks where an error is easy to fix. Then watch how the agent handles them before giving it access to anything more sensitive. Convenience is great, but I still want the final say when my money, private information or important accounts are involved.

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Politicians from both parties had a rough week as slip-ups and unpopular messaging sent floods of unwanted attention their way.

Chief among this week’s gaffes was Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s botched attempt to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury during Tuesday’s Senate testimony — a basketball mix-up that unraveled as cameras captured the stunned reaction of Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt seated beside him.

Britt was seated beside Schmitt as he pressed Smith over whether he attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024, pointing to text messages he said showed Smith had been there. When Smith denied attending the NBA game, Schmitt accused him of lying under oath. Schmitt had apparently mistaken references to the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Atlanta Hawks, overlooking that Smith had attended the Iowa-Maryland women’s college basketball game that night rather than the NBA game in Atlanta.

As the situation unfolded, and Schmitt's mistake became apparent, a pool camera zoomed in on Britt's face, revealing her shocked expression.

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"Sen. Katie Britt — a former congressional staffer herself — knew she was watching a mythical staff f*ck up," one MSNOW reporter wrote. "The type of f*ck up that interns will hear about as a cautionary tale on their first day of work on June 1, 2047."

"[Britt] opposes abortion and yet Schmitt just aborted his 2028 VP odds on live TV," a liberal YouTuber quipped.

Schmitt’s exchange quickly became one of the most viral moments of the Smith hearing, drowning out much of the rest of the day’s events.

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The Missouri senator attempted to defuse tensions with a tongue-in-cheek response to the controversy.

"Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?" Schmitt posted to X shortly after the hearing wrapped, referencing the fact that Clark was playing for Iowa in the game Smith attended.

His post drew another wave of negative responses.

"Any person who had a modicum of decency would apologize, immediately, and then impose some basic accountability for some remarkably negligent staff work," New York Times columnist David French wrote. "He was trying to set up a perjury trap with fake information. Pitiful."

"When I talk about how the quality of congressional staff used to be so much higher I feel 70 years old…but this is a good example," one former congressional staffer posted. "No one who worked for any number of Republican senators in 2015 would have ever in a million years allowed this."

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Schmitt wasn't the only politico to draw the ire of the internet this week.

Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, caught heat from figures on the left after posting a video of himself sipping boba tea and criticizing the wealthy interests backing his Republican opponent.

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"The same people that ran Mallory McMorrow's campaign into the ground are telling you to do this goofy s---," left-wing podcaster Kyle Kulinski posted on X. "Just get out there and tell the truth and speak from the heart for economic justice and against war and stop with all this bulls---. C'mon man. You're smarter than this."

"Troy Jackson needs to win but videos like this are unhelpful and cringey," liberal influencer Harry Sisson posted on X. "Please change it up! No boba tea!"

In another gaffe earlier this week, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., accidentally referred to himself as a ‘lifelong Republican’ before immediately correcting himself.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, meanwhile, upset some conservatives with an ad portraying a fictional young White male Medicaid recipient named "Brad" as a gamer who chooses not to work. Some critics accused Sanders of choosing a White male character to avoid depicting demographic groups they said receive government assistance at higher rates."

A youth sports system built around maximizing lifetime playspan would look different. It would encourage children to play multiple sports and build a broad foundation of movement before specializing. It would teach them to run, jump, throw, cut and balance before asking them to compete year-round. It would recognize that even children of the same age develop at different rates. And it would leave room for rest and recovery – and for kids to simply play.

If some children go on to earn scholarships or play professionally, that's wonderful. But the true measure of youth sports' success – the score that really matters – is how many lifelong athletes it creates.

Newly uncovered documents reveal that one of former special counsel Jack Smith’s top deputies advocated for repealing a key constitutional protection for lawmakers.

"I’m an advocate for repealing the clause but absent that, we’re stuck with it and the way it’s been interpreted," JP Cooney, who served as Smith’s principal deputy prosecutor, wrote in a 2021 exchange first obtained by the Washington Examiner. He was speaking with Molly Gaston, another prosecutor who would go on to join Smith, about the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.

The Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution protects members of Congress from civil or criminal prosecution stemming from their legislative actions or speech. In theory, it shields the legislative branch from being coerced by the executive branch under threat of prosecution.

"Records provided to my office revealed that Jack Smith’s right-hand man, J.P. Cooney, flaunted his disdain for the Speech or Debate Clause, which protects the separation of powers. Later, Cooney and Smith violated this constitutional safeguard by secretly obtaining toll records and text messages from dozens of members of Congress," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital. 

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"Jack Smith and his team disgracefully tore up the Constitution throughout his partisan investigation. That’s what happens when runaway Democrat government is in power," Grassley added. 

Smith and his staff were responsible for investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Cooney’s position on the Speech or Debate Clause was a point of contention during Smith’s Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill.

"When you became Special Counsel, what direction did you give your staff to handle Speech or Debate and Attorney-Client material? Did you issue any directives? If so, to whom? Please explain," Grassley asked Smith, citing Cooney’s support for repealing the clause.

"So, with respect to the Speech or Debate Clause, first, we took our obligations seriously under the Speech or Debate Clause. It's, in my view, an important part of the separation of powers," Smith responded. "I had members of my staff who were very familiar with the clause, having worked in the public integrity section for years. We also, when it was appropriate or required, consulted with the public integrity section regarding application of that clause."

Grassley dismissed Smith’s defense by arguing that the behavior of his staff contradicted his statement.

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Republicans have argued Cooney’s views foreshadowed Smith’s later use of subpoenas for lawmakers’ communication records. Smith’s team obtained and reviewed communications involving dozens of lawmakers, while separate subpoenas sought telephone records associated with a smaller group of members of Congress. Among the lawmakers whose messages with White House personnel were obtained and reviewed were Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., and the late Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

"In 2023, Cooney, Gaston, Windom and Ray Hulser were given warnings that subpoenaing congressional information could violate the Speech or Debate clause," Grassley previously said.

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Cooney complained about statutory restrictions surrounding efforts to obtain lawmakers’ telephone records during a separate 2021 investigation, at one point calling the language "ridiculous," according to previously released messages.

When asked about Cooney's position on the Speech or Debate Clause, Democracy Forward – the advocacy organization where he now works – referred Fox News Digital to a press release announcing its hiring of both him and Gaston.

Cooney and Gaston said in the release that they had spent years "holding the most powerful accountable for public corruption and civil rights abuses" and said they joined Democracy Forward amid what they characterized as the Trump administration’s "de-prioritization" of public corruption enforcement.

While Republicans have characterized Smith’s investigation as a political witch hunt, he maintains that he acted impartially and in the best interests of the United States.

Proponents argue that Smith’s investigation was necessary because the allegations involved conduct at the core of constitutional government, including efforts to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the lawful transfer of power, as well as the retention and alleged concealment of highly classified documents on part of President Donald Trump.

Fox News Digital reached Gaston & Cooney PLLC on Wednesday.

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The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attacking a captain on a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit's "crash axe" in the attack and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national.

The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, a Middle Eastern source told Fox News, adding that he was barred from flying with Oman Air — his country's airline — in 2024 due to concerns about extremist views.

The source also said authorities believe the co-pilot moved to Dubai later that year.

The United Arab Emirates, which is leading the investigation into the attack on FlyDubai Flight 1073, said the co-pilot attacked Capt. Smit Machchhar with the cockpit's crash axe, incapacitating him and causing the aircraft to plummet before passengers on board seized control of the plane.

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The source said al-Hammami spent a significant part of his life outside Oman, including time living with his mother, who is from Syria.

According to the source, FlyDubai did not check with Oman Air about al-Hammami before hiring him.

A Gulf diplomat told The Associated Press that investigators are working to determine whether al-Hammami acted as a "lone wolf or has any connection with any extremist groups."

The AP separately reported that Oman had barred al-Hammami from flying over concerns that he had adopted extremist views.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday described the incident as an act of terrorism, saying the attacker had undergone "Islamic radicalization."

"He came to crash the passengers on board," Netanyahu said, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Fox News Digital's Brittany Miller contributed to this report.

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"Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Oct. 3.

Pike was scheduled for execution on Wednesday. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, issued a brief stay amid a last-minute appeal, but the Supreme Court lifted the stay and cleared the way for her to face lethal injection.

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After two doses, she remained alive. She spent Thursday in an undisclosed hospital in critical condition and receiving "lifesaving care," according to her attorneys, who then said on Friday that she was unconscious and on a ventilator.

"Christa remains critically ill and is receiving medical care for the devastating effects of Wednesday night's events," attorneys Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen said in a statement Friday. "As detailed in today's filing, Christa remains hospitalized following Wednesday night's failed execution attempt.

"She is critically ill, unconscious, intubated and receiving breathing assistance through a ventilator," they added. "She is being treated for the serious effects of the pentobarbital administered during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms."

What she may face next remained unclear.

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Randy Spivey, one of Pike's attorneys, responded during a news briefing Thursday by revealing that Slemmer's mother was on Pike's mind in the hours before her scheduled execution.

"I cannot imagine what this was like for the family of Ms. Slemmer, or anyone who loves that family or is close to that family — or anyone who loves Christa or is close to Christa," he said. "This is awful, and this kind of thing should never happen again."

Before raising millions of campaign dollars for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or breaking ranks with the Democratic Party to publish a tell-all political memoir, Lindy Li was trying to build a political career from the candidate’s podium.

"I just knew," Li said.

"I knew that I was supposed to run for Congress. But I didn’t know I was supposed to do it at twenty-four years old."

In the lead-up to the 2024 election, that ambition crashed headlong into lifelong convictions about loyalty and stretched them to a breaking point. Li’s status as a top Democratic fundraiser would soon crumble as she switched her party affiliation over unheeded warning signs about President Joe Biden's decline in the 2024 election. That break has left her uncertain about her future, but hasn’t stopped her from thinking about what could come next.

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"President Rubio calls me in two years, four years, then there's an open seat in Pennsylvania for whatever reason," Li said, ruminating about her future.

"You know, I could solidify my hand on a hundred million dollars. I think few people could do a better job, and I'm sorry if that sounds conceited. And I'm not saying I want it; I'm just saying if it falls into my lap, then sure, but who knows?"

Li’s family initially came to the United States from China, fleeing persecution from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which Li said had killed her great-grandfather. After growing up briefly in Sheffield, England, Li joined her parents in New England at the age of five.

She recounted how her family moved from Boston to New Haven to Pennsylvania as her father worked as a doctor.

From her parents, Li said she inherited a sense of work ethic that enabled her to fuel her sense of political destiny. At Princeton, Li used that work ethic to become the only woman class president to hold the office for four consecutive years.

"I used to go around with candy and just be like, ‘Can you please vote for me? This is what I intend to do. I want to expand late meals and offer sushi,’ whatever the platform was. I was tenacious; nobody could outwork me," Li said.

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The "plan," Li said, was to become a senator.

But that wasn’t supposed to happen for another ten years when, in 2012, a school shooter attacked Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 children. Li recalled how the attack accelerated her convictions to enter public life and prompted her to leave a budding career in finance.

"I just felt it in my heart that I was supposed to help do whatever I could to save those kids," Li said.

Despite conservative leanings, Li ran twice as a Democrat, never advancing past the primary stage. But her fundraising caught the attention of Democratic strategists. In 2016, she raised nearly $515,000 and in 2018 another $168,000.

"I didn't intend to become a fundraiser," Li recalled. "It's a lot of salesmanship, and I hated it. I hate it. And I also know I'm very good at it. This is not me bragging; I just know."

"They came to my home. I remember. The executive director showed up to my home to recruit me for this. It was like Scientology. He noticed— I mean, everybody noticed that as a kid I basically raised $700,000. I just caught the eye of party leadership."

Alongside her aspirations, Li said she also cultivated a sense of loyalty, a quality she said has been a key part of her character since she can remember.

"Like if somebody's kind to me, I will go to the ends of the earth for them. And it always surprises me and I shouldn't be surprised when someone doesn't reciprocate because that's just how I operate. You have to give me a reason to walk away from you. If you have my loyalty, there's very little I wouldn't do for you," Li said.

That loyalty, combined with her fundraising prowess, led Li to climb swiftly, rubbing shoulders with some of the party’s top operatives. During the Biden and Harris campaigns, Li communicated with figures like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., — many of whom she built personal relationships with.

But that loyalty reached a tipping point in 2024 when, as a fundraiser, Li saw the party selling donors and voters on the idea that President Joe Biden could serve effectively as president for another four years despite mounting concerns about his cognitive abilities.

In recent months, Li has published a book, Unbroken, documenting the party’s internal deliberations around Biden’s age and how, according to her, many of them knowingly understood the political liabilities that came with his age.

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That book and the warpath to writing it have severed virtually all of her relationships from when she was a Democrat. As she documented in her book, it even cost her a personal romantic relationship of eight years.

To an extent, Li understood the price tag that came with her decision to go public with her insider knowledge.

She suspects some of the people she left behind understand that price, too.

"If Josh Shapiro ever walks into the room, I know we're gonna understand each other, I know. Like despite everything that's happened. I think he's going to understand. I understand why he needed to throw me, you know, to the wolves."

"I never would have done that to him, though," she added.

Li still holds fast to the idea of loyalty as a matter of personal conviction. But regardless of where her ambitions take her next, she believes she will have to temper them with honesty that makes few allowances for party narratives.

"I think I would describe my worldview as realpolitik with Lindy characteristics," Li said.

"I'm no longer going to half-heartedly support anybody. I learned my lesson about Biden and Harris. So I'm just waiting," Li said.

A massive surge in cyberattacks on Americans' water supply in recent years has exposed a shift in hackers' focus from financially motivated ransomeware to attacks designed to disrupt one of the most essential pieces of civilian infrastructure, senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials told Fox News Digital.

"Everyday life completely crumbles" when drinking water and wastewater systems are impacted, warned EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Jess Kramer.

"There is definitely been an increase, several fold on attacks recently," Kramer added in an interview with Fox News Digital. "You're seeing everything from failure to change password, leading to cyberattacks all the way to ... system specifics being available online."

Asked why the water sector has become such an attractive target, Kramer said the answer begins with how deeply embedded it is in Americans' daily lives.

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"Our everyday life completely crumbles without access to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure," she said. "Everything from hospitals to daycares, everything that we care about and need on an everyday basis can be impacted" if one of those cyberattacks succeeds.

EPA Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Jeff Hall said water utilities have also become appealing targets because many continue to operate aging infrastructure while lacking the resources to modernize their cybersecurity.

"We will see water systems left vulnerable to cyberattacks where there have not been significant amounts of investment in cybersecurity protocols," Hall said, pointing to basic protections such as virtual private networks and firewalls that are still missing at some utilities.

Hall explained how hackers have "moved from ransomware attacks designed to extort payments from critical infrastructure generally to more specific attacks designed to disrupt critical infrastructure and particularly water and wastewater systems."

Attackers, he said, are increasingly "manipulating the human-machine interface to change critical settings which disrupts the service and also puts people at risk."

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The warning comes as cyber threats targeting U.S. water infrastructure have drawn heightened attention from federal and state officials.

In July, a coordinated cyberattack targeted more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota, disrupting technology used to remotely monitor and control equipment. More recently, Colorado officials disclosed that foreign actors breached two small water utilities and manipulated equipment used to control drinking water systems. Officials said drinking water remained safe in both cases, but the incidents highlighted growing concern over cyber threats to critical infrastructure that millions of Americans rely on every day.

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Unlike data breaches that primarily expose personal information or ransomware attacks intended to extract payment, successful cyber intrusions into water systems have the potential to interfere with services that underpin nearly every aspect of daily life — from hospitals and schools to manufacturing, emergency services and businesses — raising concerns among national security officials about the vulnerability of critical civilian infrastructure.

Kramer added that workforce shortages have compounded the challenge, making it harder for many utilities to recruit and retain employees with the expertise needed to defend increasingly complex networks.

The officials said many of the vulnerabilities EPA continues to identify are surprisingly basic.

Since 2025, the agency has identified more than 900 cybersecurity vulnerabilities at water systems across the country. Kramer said the most common include "failure to change passwords, lack of multi-factor authentication" and critical system information that is "easily accessible" online.

Hall said EPA and its law enforcement partners have also issued advisories about vulnerabilities involving programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, and other industrial control systems that operate pumps, valves and other critical equipment inside water facilities.

"There are aging infrastructure that is embedded in these drinking water systems," Hall said. "It's often left open to the open internet and not protected by any specific firewalls or virtual private networks that would ensure that cyber attackers cannot easily manipulate those."

Hall said the agency remains concerned about a range of adversaries, including state-affiliated actors, hacktivist networks and insider threats.

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"There are certainly state affiliated actors targeting water and wastewater systems," Hall said, adding that investigators are increasingly concerned about the sophistication and intent behind those attacks.

Despite the growing threat, both officials said utilities are making progress by addressing many of the most common weaknesses.

Kramer acknowledged it is difficult to measure national progress because EPA does not have authority to require every water system to report cyber incidents. Still, she said the agency has observed clear evidence that attackers are becoming more sophisticated as utilities work to improve their defenses.

Hall said EPA inspectors review cybersecurity planning at larger drinking water systems, while the agency's Office of Water provides technical assistance, training and one-on-one support to help utilities identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

"We are seeing an increase in the number of systems that are addressing their basic vulnerabilities," Hall said. "But ... there are real concerns that cyber attackers are going up to the next level and that there are still a lot of vulnerabilities out there that we will have to be addressing."

"Okay, hi everyone. I’m Janie," says a curly-haired, bespectacled redhead, clasping her hands in front of her as she shyly addresses a camera from her dorm room.

"It’s day one of rush at the University of Alabama," Janie continues. Then, she lists off where she got each item of clothing she’s wearing: a pleated skirt from Abercrombie, a knit top from J. Crew, socks from Target and sneakers from Nike.

It’s Janie B's first video on her TikTok account, @jani.b086, and it’s a hit. The video, posted on Aug. 8, has since amassed over 120,000 views. Its comment section is full of users doting over the college freshman — the word "adorable" is used by at least a dozen commenters.

Janie’s "outfit of the day" video, known online as an "OOTD," is a popular video format for the thousands of potential new members (PNMs) who document their experience going through the recruitment process for college sororities in an annual TikTok phenomenon known as "RushTok."

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But Janie isn’t like the other RushTok girls who vlogged their Bama Rush experience this year. She doesn’t go to the University of Alabama. She didn’t rush a sorority. She didn’t even get her top from J. Crew or her sneakers from Nike.

That's because Janie isn’t real.

Every detail of every video on Janie’s account, from her dorm room, to her outfits, to Janie herself, was generated by artificial intelligence.

Olivia Moore, an investment partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, created Janie as an experiment to understand how consumers react to AI-generated content. For only $100 in credits, Moore produced a week's worth of videos of her fake RushTok influencer participating in Bama Rush and observed as her audience argued whether Janie was real or not.

The experiment showed how quickly some viewers could detect AI-generated content and how willing some were to continue watching even after they knew Janie wasn't real.

Moore is on the consumer investing team at Andreessen Horowitz where she invests in companies building consumer AI products. She says she has been fascinated by "how people make and interpret and understand AI content."

"The image, video, audio models are getting very human-like, very fast. I think we probably cross the uncanny valley in the next six months," Moore said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

"And so it means that how we as humans are able to detect AI-generated or AI-assisted content and how we interact with it is just going to become even more important because we're going to have a flood of this content, and it's going to be, in many cases, indistinguishable across all of our channels," she continued.

Moore said she created Janie as an experiment to see how consumers react to AI.

"Philosophically, that's an interesting question for me. What do people feel about AI content? What do they feel when they don't know it's AI? What do they feel when something they liked, or loved, or hated or were interested in turned out to be AI?"

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Moore primarily used ChatGPT and MiniMax to breathe life into her fake influencer. She pulled a real video of a University of Alabama dorm room off of the internet and uploaded it to ChatGPT. Then, she prompted Janie to have frizzy red hair, a pair of glasses and style from the 1960s. ChatGPT produced a still image of Janie in the real dorm room photo, and the "RushTok" influencer was born — or generated, at least.

For each TikTok, Moore animated Janie by feeding the still dorm room image into AI video model MiniMax H3. She used ChatGPT to produce prompts to feed into MiniMax, shaping how Janie would move, what she would sound like and the scripts she would follow.

Moore chose RushTok to introduce her AI influencer to the world after watching the annual phenomenon for the past five years. She said it was "the perfect testing ground" for her experiment for several reasons. Janie wouldn't be selling anything or hurting anyone, and RushTok naturally draws high traffic and has a low barrier to entry for new creators. With other PNMs participating in the trend, audiences would experience Janie alongside real humans posting similar content.

On the first day of Alabama Rush, Moore introduced Janie to the world with an OOTD video. Reactions to Janie were split in the comments.

"I would say anyone under maybe 25 immediately clocked her as AI," Moore said. "But anyone in the older demographic, which is much of the Bama Rush audience, was, I would say, fooled by her and just wishing her luck and sending her good thoughts in the process."

By the second day of the experiment the audience was mostly onto her. Moore said people took to Reddit to discuss Janie, created commentary videos on TikTok and corrected anyone who thought Janie was real in her comment section.

"By day two, day three, the comments were filled with still some people who were saying really nice things. And people would comment and tell them, 'Hey, this is AI.' And they'd be like, 'I don't care. She seems so sweet. Like I want her to succeed.'"

As the audience caught on, Moore said she had to change her strategy. She realized that people were still willing to watch AI-generated content as long as it was entertaining enough. So, she started dropping hints in the videos and watched as digital sleuths would proudly point out clues in her comment section.

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Moore said that humans are getting better at detecting AI quicker than AI generation is improving.

"We're kind of in a graph with two competing lines of different slopes. So one of them is like, how fast is AI approaching true human-like quality? And that has gotten a lot better over the past year. The other line is how fast are humans getting better at detecting AI?" Moore said. "It seems like, at least for now, that latter curve is higher slope. It's inflecting faster. The average human can still tell an AI video from a truly human video."

While humans could generally detect the AI content, Moore claimed TikTok , for the most part, did not immediately detect AI in most of the videos.

For the experiment, Moore decided to not label her videos as AI when she uploaded them. Of the 20 AI-generated videos she uploaded, Moore said TikTok only initially flagged 8 as containing AI-generated media. As of the date of this publication, TikTok displays an AI-generated media warning on 16 of the 20 AI videos.

"The platforms themselves are going to have a hard time detecting this content at scale, especially when the models are changing and the strategies are changing, and people are always gonna find ways to make this undetectable," Moore said.

Moore ended her experiment with a video of herself explaining to the audience who she was and why she decided to create Janie. She was shocked by the positive comments she received on the post.

"I think consumer sentiment towards AI is still quite negative. But if people feel like they aren't being tricked, they're being let in on it, they are being told how to do this themselves, they're being entertained by the content that's created, that can completely flip and the feelings can be very, very positive," Moore told Fox News Digital.

Moore predicts that more consumers will start using AI tools to create human-passing content, but she says it will have to compete with human content to gain emotional investment and be as interesting and entertaining to viewers.

"I understand why people are fearful of AI because, so far, if they see AI content, it's usually something that's kind of trying to trick them versus something that is honest with them and shows them how they could get the same value," said Moore.

"The more that we are kind of honest and straightforward as people using AI around how we use it and how much of us as humans still goes into that, it'll hopefully lead to a world where AI is just another tool that allows humans to do things that are even more human."

The Alabama Panhellenic Association declined to comment on Moore's experiment.

TV producer Chuck Lorre used a Hollywood charity gala last Saturday to deliver a profanity-laced speech targeting President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, prompting a fiery response from the White House.

Speaking at the Project Angel Food Angel Awards in Los Angeles, the "Big Bang Theory" creator used his acceptance speech to insult the first family, call the president a "Russian asset" and joke about checking whether Trump had suffered a fatal heart attack. Regarding Melania Trump, he called the first lady "a surgically enhanced, cold-hearted Yugoslavian escort who clearly hates her husband." 

The White House responded to Lorre's remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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"Chuck Lorre should immediately seek psychiatric help to treat his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain," said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.

Lorre was honored at the event after his foundation made what Project Angel Food has described as a "transformational" contribution to the charity. The charity provides medically tailored meals to people facing critical and life-threatening illnesses. During his acceptance speech, Lorre repeatedly turned to politics and told the crowd that his "need to cause laughter" compelled him to do so.

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"I’d love to express my gratitude to all the people who’ve devoted their lives to making Project Angel Food an oasis for those in need. That would be my preference," Lorre said during his speech, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

"But because I’m a comedy writer, I have no choice but to explain how I wake up every morning, turn on CNN to see if the President of the United States had a heart attack while straining to take a dump," he added.

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Lorre, also known for creating shows including "Two and a Half Men" and "Mom," then called on those in attendance to open their wallets to contribute to the nonprofit before comparing first lady Melania Trump to former first lady Michelle Obama.

"I’d love to encourage you to pull out your wallets and contribute to this amazing organization, but my need to cause laughter forces me to question how a country can embrace a smart, educated, warm, funny first lady like Michelle Obama and somehow be OK with a surgically enhanced, cold-hearted Yugoslavian escort who clearly hates her husband," Lorre told the crowd.

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Film critic and Hollywood in Toto founder and editor Christian Toto told Fox News Digital that Lorre's attack on the first lady highlights what he sees as a glaring double standard in Hollywood.

"Generally speaking, we don't attack first ladies. It's just sort of an unspoken rule," Toto said. "They weren't elected. They're just supporting their husbands, so by and large, even comedians won't go there. But when it comes to First Lady Melania Trump, they go there, they go there a lot."

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"Comparing her to an escort is obviously factually incorrect for the obvious, but also just cruel. For all the talk in Hollywood [about] trying to treat women better and #MeToo, and things like that, I thought that was rather inappropriate, to say the least," he said.

Toto added that he believed Hollywood's reaction would be different if a conservative producer targeted a Democratic figure. "There are double standards that exist in Hollywood. Targets you can hit; targets you can't hit. If Michelle Obama was the target of such a cruel attack, I think it would get a lot of attention. There might even be a call for him to apologize for his comments."

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He also criticized celebrities for discussing political issues at charity or non-political events. "When you think about speaking at an event, it's almost like you're on a first date—you don't bring up abortion, you don't bring up gun control, you don't bring up all these sort of hot-button issues," Toto told Fox News Digital.

"It just seems odd that you'd go really hard political, but the celebrities do it for two reasons. One, they can't help themselves and two, no one's going to critique them, no one is going to fact-check them. So, they can say whatever they want. So, it's a very indulgent process, but it shows no sign of stopping," he added.

Lorre also criticized Democrats, calling on the Democratic National Committee to "run from the suicidal insanity of the far-left woke culture in the coming election," before taking aim at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his views on vaccines.

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Lorre ended the speech by again targeting Trump, giving his own version of the Serenity Prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to no longer give a sh-- about all the stupid people in this country, the courage to say Donald Trump is a Russian asset who traded teenagers with Jeffrey Epstein, and the wisdom to end on a cheap laugh."

Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Lorre but did not hear back.

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Texas Senate nominee James Talarico once proclaimed the Bible gives him a moral reason to fight for his progressive policies, but one expert is now accusing Talarico of spreading a "perverted version" of Christianity to justify his agenda.

Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, set off a wave of criticism this week after saying his support for universal healthcare and rejection of "this corrupt system" are rooted in "biblical grounds." He pointed to the actions of Jesus and the Hebrew prophets as the rationale.

"When Jesus healed the sick, he didn't ask for a deductible. So when I fight for universal healthcare, I'm doing it on biblical grounds," he wrote in an X post viewed over 2 million times. "When he fed the hungry, he didn't price gouge for a profit. When the Hebrew prophets saw corruption, they spoke truth to power. When I take on this corrupt system, I'm doing it on biblical grounds."

Just Facts president and co-founder Jim Agresti told Fox News Digital Talarico publicly opposes Christian nationalism while "imposing his own version, a perverted version, of Christian morals on the public."

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"Talarico bills himself as a Christian. He talks about how he's a seminarian," Just Facts President and co-founder Agresti told Fox News Digital. "He frequently quotes the words or misquotes the words of Jesus. And he tries to also, at the same time, say, 'I hate Christian nationalism,' while he's imposing his own version, a perverted version, of Christian morals on the public."

Agresti, who also preaches monthly at his church in Texas and wrote a book about the veracity of the Bible, said the first time he heard Talarico's comments, he immediately believed Talarico was not only "butchering the Bible" but also misrepresenting the Constitution.

"He's perverting the words of Jesus, and he's also flouting the U.S. Constitution," he said.

Agresti said he found more than 50 Bible passages about giving to people in need, none of which described government handouts.

"In every single instance, it's about self-sacrificing generosity," he said.

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He said Talarico's interpretation conflicts with the parable of the Good Samaritan, a story that teaches individuals to voluntarily help those in need.

"It was about an individual who saw someone in desperate need and sacrificed their own time and their own money to help that person," he said. "There was no role for government."

For that reason, Agresti said Talarico's public support for taxpayer-funded universal health care is fundamentally at odds with the Bible.

"He's not even offering to give away his own money," he said. "He's offering to take money from others and then give it to other people."

But Agresti said his concerns go beyond the Bible. He argued both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are rooted in biblical principles, with the Declaration saying government exists to secure God-given rights and the Constitution limiting the government's role.

"These are not things that the Democrats are typically pushing," he said, adding that government welfare programs have contributed to a large national debt, leaving less money for other priorities.

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Agresti highlighted how both Talarico and the left overlook the government's biblical responsibility to "stop crime, stop murder, stop theft."

"These are the things that people on the left are often very soft about," he said.

Agresti argued history offers a similar example, comparing Talarico to Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Agresti said Hamilton similarly "misled the public" by pushing for a larger role for the government after the Constitution was ratified.

"He was clear upon that, but then flipped after the Constitution was enacted," he said. "In other words, he misled the public about what his true agenda was."

But this is not the first time Talarico has faced controversy over his religious remarks. Talarico previously said "God is non-binary" on the Texas House floor in 2021 while objecting to a bill that would ban transgender athletes from women's sports, called Jesus was a "radical feminist," and described the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 was "unchristian."

With the pivotal general election approaching, Talarico is set to face Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a high-stakes Senate race in November.

Agresti cited Jesus' warning about "false prophets" when speaking about Talarico, saying "they're dressed like sheep, but inwardly they're ferocious wolves."

"I don't know what's in his heart," he said. "He might be deluded. I just don't know. That's for God to determine."

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Talarico campaign spokesperson JT Ennis said, "James is a Christian seminarian who’s dedicated his life to the teachings of Jesus Christ — fighting corruption when he sees it because there’s nothing Christ-like about powerful people using scripture to justify hate and greed and score political points. While billionaire-bought politicians like Ken Paxton attack James for his faith — he will continue encouraging Texans to come together by loving their neighbors as themselves." 

Hannah Hirsh, a former stripper of five years who left the sex industry after an encounter with Jesus, is at peace now, even as she discusses the "dark" life she escaped to help save other women from a similar fate.

"A lot of the things that I saw while I was in that life for five years was very dark. You see a lot of addiction. I even got involved into addiction myself. You see drugs. You see alcohol… you even see trafficking," Hirsh told Fox News Digital.

"[To the] women just wanting to go to the club and thinking, ‘I can just go and make some quick money,’ you don't realize the door that you're opening, and you don't realize all of the darkness that comes with it… This all comes with that lifestyle and just feeling empty inside, feeling dead inside and just going against your morals just for money," she continued.

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"I fell into the temptation [of stripping] because of the allure of money… [That’s what] stripping glamorizes [and] society glamorizes this lifestyle and portrays it to be something it's not," Hirsh added.

"If you've actually lived inside of it, you know that while you are doing this, you are not happy," she relayed.

Hirsh’s career in the sex industry came to a halt when the clubs in her area shut down during the pandemic of 2020. The abrupt halt prompted her to sit in silence with God, a reality she describes as pulling her heart out of that line of work and closer to Him.

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"Society makes it seem like this luxurious lifestyle is the goal, but what I have truly learned is the goal is Jesus. The goal is eternal life. That is the true goal. And true riches are found in God," Hirsh continued.

"This fast-paced lifestyle [is] glamorized by society, but it is not glamorous at all. This is coming from someone who lived it," she added.

Hirsh went on to share that "most of the women" in the stripping are "on drugs" and "drinking every single day to numb" themselves to their work.

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"You're constantly being degraded on a daily basis. So, it's not empowering you at all — it's actually belittling you and making you feel less than. But because you are walking away with money, you think that it's empowering you, but just as fast as that money comes is just as fast it goes," she revealed.

"What goes through my mind when I go into the strip club is that these women need God… I go in there and I tell them what they need to hear, what God is placing in my spirit to tell them because my job is to just plant the seed, but God is the one that's going to make the seed grow," she continued.

Hirsh founded "Kept by Grace Ministry" shortly after reconnecting with her faith, and visits strip clubs regularly to pull women out of the sex industry.

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"For the Christians that believe strippers are beyond saving, I would say that they don't have a true relationship with the Lord… Jesus sat and ate with prostitutes. Jesus was going to those that the Pharisees were calling too dirty… So for the Christians that believe that strippers are too far gone, I would say that you need to understand the heart of God because no stripper, nobody is too far gone for God. No matter what they have done, God can redeem anybody," Hirsh said.

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The internal affairs ministry said that Toyama's population had been padded by at least 2,000, and that city staff members may have been involved.

The man paid his ex-partner around £30,000 over two years believing she had given birth to his children.

But before the game, Northwestern took a second to show off their new $875 million home — which opened its doors 100 years to the day after its predecessor debuted — and it was spectacular.

The first points at the new Ryan Field went to — fittingly enough — the Wildcats when Jackson Kleather booted a 50-yarder between the uprights to cap off Northwestern's maiden drive in their new home.

The Nittany Lions were forced to punt on their opening drive, and OC Chip Kelly's Wildcats offense went right back to work.

Running back Joseph Himon II threw down a massive 47-yard run to put the Wildcats on the Penn State 4-yard line. Two plays later, quarterback Aidan Chiles used his legs to power into the end zone for six.

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The Wildcats couldn't have asked for a better opening quarter with 144 yards of total offense, 109 of those coming on the ground.

However, in the second quarter, Penn State forced a fumble on the Wildcats' second drive and recovered, giving them prime field position.

That eventually led to an 8-yard rushing touchdown for running back Carson Hansen.

Northwestern struck right back with a quick touchdown on the ensuing possession, which stood after a flag for a block in the back was picked up.

Northwestern tacked on another touchdown to go up 24-7.

On their final drive of the half, Penn State looked like they were going to at least put three points on the board; however, kicker Ryan Barker — who was staring down the barrel of Northwestern's new, European soccer-style "Wildcat Wall" — missed a crucial 45-yard field goal attempt.

David Braun's Wildcats dominated in that first half with 278 yards of offense.

That trend continued in the second half. The Nittany Lions continued to struggle to get anything going offensively, while on defense, they couldn't find a way to contain the Wildcats' running game.

If you thought it couldn't get worse for Penn State, it did. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Nittany Lions quarterback Rocco Becht threw an interception at midfield, leaving a possible scoring opportunity on the table.

While Penn State was able to put some points on the board, there was never a doubt that the Wildcats were in control.

While the 34-13 final is enough to get the Wildcats some attention, the fact that they put up 506 yards of total offense, 413 of them on the ground, is going to make defensive coordinators a bit nervous moving forward.

Penn State will head home to host USC next weekend, while Northwestern will spend another week at their new digs and will welcome Ball State.

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Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.

Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on the evening of Oct. 2, striking warehouses and reportedly injuring four people, including a child, officials reported.

Apple today confirmed that a "small number" of iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network have experienced an issue that causes the device to lose cellular service, thereby preventing phone calls, text messages, and data from working. Thousands of users complained about the issue across the Apple Support Community and other platforms.


Apple said it released iOS 27.0.1 earlier this week and an AT&T carrier settings update earlier today to help prevent more iPhone 18 Pro Max users from being impacted by this issue going forward. In a statement shared with MacRumors, Apple strongly encouraged all iPhone 18 Pro Max users to update to iOS 27.0.1 now. To install the update, open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on General → Software Update.

The carrier settings update for the iPhone 18 Pro Max will automatically download for AT&T users over the next 14 days, according to Apple. To manually trigger the update, users can open the Settings app and tap on General → About.

Apple's full statement:

We have identified an issue affecting a small number of iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network that may cause a device to lose service and be unable to make calls. We released iOS 27.0.1 earlier this week and strongly encourage all iPhone 18 Pro Max users to update now, and are also issuing a carrier settings update today. These updates together are meant to help prevent this issue from occurring.

Notably, Apple said that iPhone 18 Pro Max devices that have been affected by this cellular issue on the AT&T network cannot have service reactivated with a software update. Instead, Apple said the device must be replaced entirely, and it advises affected customers to contact Apple Support or AT&T, or visit an Apple Store or AT&T location.

Apple said it has only observed this issue with iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network. No other iPhone models or carriers are known to be impacted.

Apple did not disclose the underlying cause of the issue. U.S. models of the iPhone 18 Pro Max rely on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 modem for cellular connectivity, while variants of the device sold in all other countries are equipped with Apple's custom C2 modem. It is unclear if this modem difference is a factor in this AT&T issue.

It is also unclear if there will eventually be an Apple Service Program dedicated to this issue. In the meantime, it sounds like Apple Stores will replace affected iPhone 18 Pro Max devices for free, so book an appointment with the Genius Bar if necessary.
This article, "Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Users With AT&T Cellular Issue Need to Have Device Replaced" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Its time to migrate to a new pocket journal again! I‘ve been using the one on the left since August 11. I love the process of looking through my old journal, reminiscing, and then manually transferring things over to the new journal.

Started reading: Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson by Mitch Albom 📚

I don’t know if it’s the changing of the leaves, but I’m craving a story that is wholesome and stirring. This is another book from my Goodreads shelf that I can’t remember when or why I added it, but the description sounded like just what I’m looking for.

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Finished reading: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli 📚

I should not have read this as an audiobook! It was beautifully written and I was excited to listen each time, but the material was too dense to fully absorb audibly.

I’m planning to write up a “book review” on this soon, as inspired by:

1. my college pastor Eric Asp (who recently read and wrote about Don Quixote)
2. this article that I happened to come across today: Why I started writing about every book I read

This quote from the article captures my aspirations for my book review.

In my book review process, I take the juiciest off-the-cuff impressions and, through expansion, rewriting, and additional research, turn them into clear, informed opinions that will stick in my mind.

The thing that’s most surprising to me is how little I am able to plan the book review.

I have a few notes from my journal, a few half-baked ideas, a general idea of the direction I’ll take. But then, when I start writing, stuff I didn’t anticipate floods out.

This is proof, again, that I don’t know what I truly got from an experience until I write about it.

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Three University of South Alabama students were arrested Friday over alleged threats against President Donald Trump ahead of his evening rally on the Mobile campus, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News.

The students were each charged with threatening the president over social media posts allegedly made in the days leading up to Trump's visit, according to the Lagniappe Daily.

The federal cases were unsealed Friday afternoon, just hours before Trump was scheduled to take the stage at the university's Mitchell Center, the outlet reported.

OHIO MAN CHARGED OVER GRAPHIC THREATS TO KILL TRUMP, BEHEAD GOP LAWMAKER

Federal investigators discovered the posts while conducting social media intelligence searches ahead of the president's visit and used emergency disclosure requests and information from University of South Alabama police to identify the individuals, according to FBI affidavits cited by Lagniappe.

One student allegedly wrote a threatening remark toward Trump under a TikTok post about the president's planned visit to the campus, according to an FBI affidavit cited by the outlet.

Another student allegedly posted on X that people would "remember the University of South Alabama the same way they remember Utah Valley University," according to the outlet’s account of the FBI affidavit.

Investigators noted that Utah Valley University was where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot last year.

CHARLIE KIRK'S FAMILY ALLEGES UVU KNEW OF ROOFTOP SECURITY RISK BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION: LEGAL FILING

A third student allegedly replied to a TikTok post about Trump’s appearance.

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said earlier in the week that his office was assisting federal authorities as they monitored social media activity related to the president's upcoming appearance.

The University of South Alabama said ahead of the event that the rally was not university-sponsored and that the Mitchell Center had been rented by the Republican National Committee (RNC).

"The University of South Alabama unequivocally condemns any form of threats directed at elected officials or any individual with whom we disagree," the university said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We encourage open dialogue and active civic participation, and having a difference of opinion is a natural part of any vibrant community.

"However, there is a clear line between exercising free expression and engaging in intimidation or unlawful conduct."

PROSECUTOR DROPS CASE AGAINST WOMAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TRUMP ON TIKTOK

Trump took the stage for the midterm campaign rally Friday evening as scheduled, returning to Mobile roughly 11 years after his 2015 rally in the city during the opening months of his first presidential campaign.

"It sort of all began here," Trump told the crowd Friday, recalling the 2015 event.

He also recognized Burch and University of South Alabama President Jo Bonner from the stage.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service and the University of South Alabama for additional information.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of allowing Chinese firms to enter the U.S. market, worrying U.S. carmakers.

McVay said the Rams had a responsibility to protect Donald, regardless of his desire to play.

"I think our job as coaches is [to] put our players in positions to have successful outcomes," McVay said. "He's as tough as it gets, just not feeling good enough. And I think it would be irresponsible on my part — and obviously talking with [team doctor] Reggie [Scott] — to ask him. He would do it and he could probably go be productive, but part of our job is to protect these tough dudes like him from themselves."

"... He's working as hard as he can to get himself feeling as good as possible. And we're hopeful and optimistic that good days are ahead."

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On the other side of the ball, the Rams will welcome back a key offensive weapon Sunday, with wide receiver Puka Nacua set to return after sitting out the past two games with a hip injury.

McVay said Nacua "looked sharp" during practice this week, particularly through the session’s more physically demanding portions.

Nacua finished Week 1 with five receptions for 74 yards. Los Angeles, a pre-season Super Bowl odds-on favorite, enters Week 4 at 1-2.

"The teamwork in resolving this issue was excellent," said Alcock.

"Everyone did their part to help control the checkpoint while we resolved the situation."

Brian Bushnell, TSA's federal security director for upstate New York's airports, said the incident serves as a reminder for travelers to check their bags before leaving home.

"Spent, inert or replica explosive items are not allowed through the checkpoint and can cause delays, disrupt operations and prompt a law enforcement response," said Bushnell.

"When in doubt, travelers should leave the item at home or check TSA’s resources, such as TSA.gov, before packing."

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Though many people believe that spent grenades are not hazardous, officials warn that they can still pose risks. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued public safety alerts regarding vintage grenades in particular.

Recently, at Tampa International Airport, TSA officers discovered another alarming object.

TSA Officer Andrew Carter was screening the passenger's carry-on bag with an X-ray machine when he noticed something unusual about the flashlight — and flagged the bag for a closer look.

He ultimately found a 4-inch, double-edged knife concealed inside a baseball bat-shaped flashlight, according to an employee story published on the agency's website.

"Do not try to test the system," Keith Jeffries, the Florida-based vice president of K2 Security Screening Group and a former federal security director for TSA at Los Angeles International Airport, told Fox News Digital about the knife incident. 

"If you do, you will be caught."

Kelly McGreal of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.

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A quarter of all marriages in Scotland involve couples who don't live here but see it as the ultimate wedding destination.

The U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) jointly unveiled several investment projects on Oct. 2, including the first-ever critical minerals deal with Ukrainian company BGV Group Management.

Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.

FBI has commissioned a classified and internal ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short’

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The shift offers one of the clearest indications yet of how deeply embedded conflict has become in Russian President Vladimir Putin's priorities.

Satellite images reviewed by reporters show grading work, piles of gravel and concrete, and compaction cranes in operation to build a full-scale runway.

The outcome is a positive one for the U.S. planemaker as it seeks regulatory approval for the largest variant of the popular narrowbody family.

It was the state's second botched execution this year, prompting the governor to halt any further executions for the rest of 2026.

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A Venezuelan alleged Tren de Aragua leader who became the FBI's first-ever cyber fugitive on its Ten Most Wanted list is back on U.S. soil after being captured overseas last month.

Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, 50, also known as "Prometheus" and "The Engineer," appeared in a Nebraska courtroom Friday to face charges tied to a multimillion-dollar ATM "jackpotting" scheme.

He pleaded not guilty to four federal conspiracy charges during his initial court appearance and will remain detained in Nebraska while awaiting trial, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

FBI Director Kash Patel touted Aguirre's return as the 10th Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured since the beginning of the Trump administration and the first cyber fugitive ever placed on the list.

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"Now he’s back in the United States to face justice," Patel said. "This FBI is running on supercharged horsepower — and there is nowhere on this planet criminals can hide."

Patel said the 10 captures are more than 2½ times the total recorded during the previous four years.

Aguirre was apprehended last month in Venezuela, and Patel subsequently told lawmakers the FBI had captured one of the nation's top fugitives.

The FBI previously told Fox News Digital that Aguirre led "a large international conspiracy to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions in support of the Tren de Aragua, through an ATM jackpotting scheme since at least 2024."

FBI STRIKES BACK AT HACKING GROUP WITH OVERSEAS ARREST OF ALLEGED LEADER

An ATM "jackpotting" attack is a type of cyberattack in which criminals exploit vulnerabilities in an ATM, including through the use of malware, to force the machine to dispense cash, according to the DOJ.

Prosecutors say Canelon Aguirre developed malicious software and was one of the leaders of the alleged ATM jackpotting conspiracy.

The DOJ says the broader ATM jackpotting conspiracy has been linked to Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said DOJ has charged nearly 350 alleged TdA members and associates since the designation.

"The capture and arrest of Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre marks yet another success for the Homeland Security Task Force and Joint Task Force Vulcan," Blanche said. 

"We will continue to break up narcoterrorist finance networks, prosecute violent criminals, and keep American neighborhoods safe."

Aguirre faces four conspiracy counts involving bank fraud, bank burglary and computer fraud, money laundering and providing material support to terrorists.

The bank fraud conspiracy charge carries the highest maximum penalty at 30 years in prison, according to DOJ.

Fox News Digital's Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.

Next week’s visit will mark Trump’s third trip to Bryant-Denny Stadium for a football game. He also attended Alabama’s 46-41 loss to LSU in 2019 and returned to the university to deliver its commencement address in May 2025.

Trump has made frequent appearances at major sporting events throughout his second term. His Alabama visit will come only two weeks after he attended Texas’ 20-17 victory over Tennessee at Neyland Stadium, where Air Force One performed a low-altitude flyover before kickoff.

Trump also attended the College Football Playoff National Championship in January, Game 3 of the NBA Finals in June and the FIFA World Cup final in July, where he participated in the trophy ceremony.

In 2025, Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. He also appeared at the Daytona 500, the U.S. Open men’s final, the Ryder Cup, the Army-Navy game and multiple UFC events.

Ibaraki Gov. Kazuhiko Oigawa's announcement comes days after the mayor of Hitachiomiya expressed a willingness to accept the survey for his city.

The prefectures that contain the cities will be able to apply for the special designation once the last criterion is met.

The long-delayed delivery comes amid growing concern in Taiwan about Washington's commitment to arming Taipei.

The Ukrainian city was seized by Russian troops in 2022, and its population of about 24,000 has since dropped to around 2,000.

Seoul has said it only agreed to the $54 billion plan if it proves economically viable.

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the move and said Washington would not impose a threatened diesel export ban.

The U.S. had called for action against excess industrial capacity — a criticism commonly aimed at China.

G7 countries have agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after an export ban threat by Donald Trump.

An impressively composed Kuzmenko, given the circumstances, told the media that he wanted to speak to them because he understood that reporters have a job to do.

From there, he explained the circumstances of his father's death, which occurred on a fishing trip.

"My father go permit fishing with friends, and he stayed in the water," he said. "And bear (stand) behind him and attack. And my father fight (the) bear one hour, 10 minutes and he still lived after two days."

He also thanked everyone for the support he received in the wake of the tragedy.

As for his sweater number, Kuzmenko had worn No. 96 in all of his previous NHL stops with the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings.

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Upon signing with the Penguins, Kuzmenko was preparing to use No. 10.

Now, he will wear No. 62, which, according to the Associated Press, carries a lot of personal significance.

His late father was 62 years old at the time of his death, while his mother was born in 1962.

Kuzmenko spent time in the KHL before arriving in the NHL ahead of the 2022-23 season, and has gone on to play in 271 games. In that time, he has racked up 182 points (85G, 97A).

Finished reading: The Fires of December by Brandon Sanderson. Starts strong, ends strong. Might be a little too much Hoid if that is possible, but overall I enjoyed it. 📚

Latvians vote in election in shadow of drone incursions and war in Ukraine

One Minneapolis city council member prompted widespread mockery on social media after going to bat for "cat lovers," claiming Waymo cars are killing cats and urging officials to require humans in the self-driving vehicles.

"I will say cats have been killed and cats have been killed by these autonomous vehicles," Jason Chavez told fellow council members. "I have a cat. I don't want my cat getting killed because of these autonomous vehicles. 

"So, to those cat lovers out there, just know that these Waymo vehicles, these autonomous vehicles have killed cats and that's unfair. 

"I just watched a video sitting here from the dais, and it was really hard to watch. Literally, cats being murdered by these vehicles."

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The ordinance, which narrowly passed Thursday, would mandate a human operator and a special license for all autonomous vehicles. But its future remains uncertain.

Mayor Jacob Frey announced he plans to veto the proposal in a statement to multiple Minnesota outlets, saying it "doesn't make sense," and the city will continue its efforts to embrace "innovative technology," including transportation options. Despite acknowledging the safety concerns, Frey added he would not support a "backdoor ban" of the vehicles.

As Waymo vehicles with rooftop sensors and empty seats become a more common sight, supporters argue requiring a human operator would effectively ban autonomous taxi services and result in higher fares, while opponents insist the technology poses safety risks and takes away jobs.

Social media users were quick to pile on Chavez's remarks about the potential threat to cats, accusing him of blowing the issue out of proportion and shifting focus from more pressing priorities in Minneapolis.

"The Minneapolis City Council wants to require a human in driverless vehicles because cats are being 'murdered' by them," Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X. "This guy's salary is $110,000/year, by the way."

Grage took more swipes at Chavez in separate X posts, writing, "They're calling it the cat genocide" and, "Hide your cats. The Waymos are coming."

In another post on X, conservative commentator Gunther Eagleman wrote, "LOL! MINNEAPOLIS HAS FOUND ITS REAL CRISIS, AND IT'S ROBOT CARS 'MURDERING' CATS."

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Eagleman also argued the city should be addressing larger issues such as crime and fraud, describing the situation as a sign of failed leadership.

"A council member in a city that let rioters burn down a police precinct and watched a $250 million fraud scheme happen under its nose now wants a human in every driverless car to protect the cats," he wrote. 

"He's pulling down $110,000 a year of taxpayer money to say this with a straight face. Minneapolis doesn't have a driverless car problem. It has a leadership problem."

"They're driving over the cats, they're driving over the dogs!" Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus posted on X.

"Why is a city council member making 110,000 when families and seniors are getting priced out of their homes in Minneapolis and taxes are sky rocking????? That's absurd - where is the equality in that???" Three Rivers Park Commissioner Jennifer DeJournett posted on X.

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"Fwiw I've been in a self-driving Tesla that stopped for cats to cross the road and Waymo is a lot more advanced," journalist Zaid Jilani posted on X.

"My FSD Tesla avoids animals on the road. He is full of it," Dealer Teamwork CEO and co-founder Sean Stapleton posted on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to Chavez for comment.

Seeing that this was a massive success, and even though it's unlikely the school will see those type of early attendance numbers moving forward given the tailgating scene, Tennessee athletic director Danny White announced on social media this week that the school would continue this promotion for the remainder of this season.

"Should we make it a thing? Feels like we should make it a thing," White announced on X. "Inspired by Vol Nation’s incredible response to unusual pregame circumstances last week, Happy Hour at Neyland Stadium will be in effect for the remainder of the season! Gates will open three hours early, with half-priced concessions available for the first hour.

"I hope this is a small way we can show our appreciation to the best fans in the country. See y’all Saturday!"

Tennessee will host Auburn on Saturday afternoon, with gates once again opening three hours before kickoff, for the 3:30 p.m. ET start time on ESPN.

Now, let's get other schools who have not already embraced this type of monetary/alcohol promotion to join the party.

Nothing screams college football like 9:00 a.m. half-priced beers.

Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including four women, health officials say

Fox News' Emma Bussey and Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.

For the first time in three decades there has not been a single Atlantic hurricane in September, normally the most active month.

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The step at the Munich festival comes after thousands of voyeuristic videos emerged on social media.

The U.A.E. airline later hired the co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, who stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.

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Luke Humphries breezes into the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Niels Zonneveld.