Ukraine has imposed a new round of sanctions on the Russian defense industry, according to a presidential decree signed on Aug. 3.

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While players up and down the Red Sox lineup have been hot, Rutschman only adds to that offensive firepower. And the Red Sox definitely believe he can do that because they were willing to get rid of right-hander Anthony Eyanson, their No. 2 prospect per MLB Pipeline, as part of the trade, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Rutschman also holds another year of team control for the 2027 MLB season before he is set for free agency the following year.

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The Orioles were already selling their tradable pieces before the deadline, with starter Dean Kreamer and outfielder Taylor Ward both dealt prior to Rutschman. Baltimore hasn’t had the same luck as the Red Sox, owning a 54-58 record and wishing to go in a different direction moving forward.

But Rutschman has been a good piece for them this season, earning his third All-Star nod as he slashes .251/.331/.433 with a .764 OPS, eight homers and 47 RBI across 67 games this season.

Rutschman is a switch-hitter, creating what should be a middle-of-the-order bat for Boston that can do damage on a playoff-hungry squad.

Behind the plate, Rutschman established himself as one of the best catchers in Major League Baseball. With a pitching staff that boasts some of the best arms in the league, Rutschman should be able to slot right in and take over the majority of the duties there.

However, it isn’t expected that Rutschman can carry a full catcher’s workload anymore, so the Red Sox will have to decide between Connor Wong or Carlos Narvaez in those moments to back him up.

And the Yankees can’t be happy that a player like Rutschman will now be playing for their rival, especially considering their catching woes this season. It's no secret the Yankees have been in the market for a catcher, with Austin Wells, Ali Sánchez and J.C. Escarra not producing up to expectations this season.

But with Rutschman headed to the Red Sox and the Miami Marlins sending Liam Hicks to the Rays, the pickings are slim as the deadline approaches.

But the Red Sox couldn’t care less about the Yankees, as they’re riding high after sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers, who angered many when they landed back-to-back AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal in a trade with the Detroit Tigers that adds yet another superstar to its comically stacked depth chart.

The vibes are high at Fenway Park, and Rutschman only adds to the positivity surging through this major market with playoff dreams in sight.

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FIRST ON FOX: The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for Somalis in the U.S. is facing a new impeachment threat from President Donald Trump's allies in Congress.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed an impeachment resolution against Judge Allison Burroughs, a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Burroughs issued a stay on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid an ongoing lawsuit by African Communities Together arguing the move was made based on racially discriminatory grounds.

SUPREME COURT WEIGHS TRUMP EFFORT TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIAN, SYRIAN MIGRANTS

Ogles' resolution, first obtained by Fox News Digital, accused Burroughs of having "defied the authority of both Federal law and the Supreme Court."

"There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases—defiance, obstruction, and delay," DHS General Counsel James Percival posted on X on Friday.

The order came despite a Supreme Court ruling in June that significantly curbed lower courts' ability to block TPS decisions.

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But the latest stay order is based on an amended complaint by the plaintiffs aiming to account for that ruling.

Ogles argued in his impeachment resolution, "In issuing this stay, Judge Burroughs attempted to get around the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe by entertaining spurious allegations of racial and national-origin discrimination against an Administration that has chosen to not renew a single temporary protected status designation."

"This judicial activist's obstruction of the people's will must be stopped," Ogles told Fox News Digital. "Judge Burroughs must be impeached."

FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MOVES TO IMPEACH JUDGE WHO ORDERED CONVICTED CUBAN PLANE HIJACKER FREED FROM ICE

Fox News Digital reached out to the Massachusetts district court for a response to Ogles' impeachment threat earlier Monday.

TPS is a humanitarian program providing safe harbor in the U.S. for people who fled natural disasters or war in their home countries.

Ogles' impeachment resolution is one of several that has been filed by Trump allies in Congress so far during the president's second term.

A significant effort to pursue impeachment against U.S. federal judge James Boasberg fell flat last year after senior House Republicans argued it was not the most effective way to rein in what they called "rogue" judges.

But Fox News Digital first reported earlier this year that conservatives would begin their campaign to remove who they describe as activist judges from the bench again.

Burroughs was appointed to the bench in 2014 by then-President Barack Obama.

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The latest update to the Google Health app for iOS allows Google Health data to sync to Apple Health. Google's app is used to collect data from wearables like Fitbit trackers and the Pixel Watch.

Sync to Apple Health. Share your data like your exercise records, sleep, vitals, steps, and more from Google Health to Apple Health.

Google Health (previously the Fitbit app) collects fitness, sleep, and wellness data from a connected wearable device. Steps, distance traveled, heart rate, sleep, and more can now be added to Apple Health. As noted on Reddit, some data such as HRV doesn't transfer over.

Syncing can be enabled after downloading the update by selecting Connections, choosing Apps and services, and then adding Apple Health.

Apple Health data already synced to Google Health, so the new update adds two-way sync between the platforms. Fitbit devices have never had native sync to Apple Health, and users previously had to use a third-party syncing utility or a workaround to transfer data.

Version 5.05 of the Google Health app is available from the App Store for free. The update also adds Smart Health Links for sharing medical records with providers or family members.
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Prosecutors responded Monday that the defense had wrongly implicated the district attorney's office in decisions made by the Office of Court Administration.

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"The District Attorney's Office had no role in developing the Office of Court Administration's media access plan for this trial, and will have no role in selecting which news reporters attend the trial, as defense counsel surely knows from her long prior association with this office," Seidemann wrote in the filing.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Friedman Agnifilo and Mangione's spokesperson for comment on the matter.

Mangione is charged in New York state court with murder and terrorism-related offenses in the Dec. 4, 2024, fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. He has pleaded not guilty.

A routine Instacart delivery turned into every parent's nightmare after a Georgia mother's car was stolen with her 2-year-old daughter still inside, as newly released 911 audio and police body camera video capture the frantic rescue.

"Someone just stole my car and it has my 2-year-old daughter in it," the distraught mother tells an Atlanta 911 dispatcher in audio released by police.

When the dispatcher asks whether the child is inside the vehicle, the mother replies, "Yes, my 2-year-old daughter was in the backseat. I was dropping off an Instacart order and I came back outside and my car is gone. My daughter was inside."

HELICOPTER FOOTAGE CAPTURES FLORIDA MAN ALLEGEDLY ABANDONING CHILD DURING HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM DEPUTIES

Moments later, she cries out again, "My daughter was inside!"

The ordeal unfolded around 4:36 p.m. on July 30, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

Police said the vehicle had been left running with the toddler inside while her mother delivered an Instacart order.

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Officers with the department's Auto Crimes Enforcement Unit immediately began searching for the vehicle and used the city's license plate readers to locate the car, the suspect and the child in under 15 minutes, according to police.

Body camera video released by the department shows officers surrounding the stolen vehicle and ordering the driver to raise his hands and get out.

"Hands up! Hands up!" an officer shouts.

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"Hands on the window now," another officer orders. "What you're gonna do is you're going to get out and face away from me, you understand me? Get out the car, slow. Put your hands behind your back."

The video shows officers taking the suspect into custody as the toddler cries nearby and her mother works to calm her.

"It's okay, baby. It's okay, baby," the mother can be heard saying.

Moments later, an officer radios, "The child is okay. The child's okay."

Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Saleem Martin.

Martin was charged with kidnapping, theft by taking, simple battery, entering an automobile, cruelty to children and criminal attempt to commit a felony, according to police.

Authorities said the toddler was unharmed and reunited with her parents.

According to an arrest warrant obtained by Atlanta NBC affiliate 11Alive, the child's mother later noticed that the bottom of her daughter's dress was unbuttoned.

The warrant alleges the toddler told her mother "the man did it," referring to the man who had been driving the car.

Martin allegedly had both hands on the child's torso when officers found him and was trying to duck down and hide between the seats, according to the warrant cited by the outlet.

The Atlanta Police Department's Special Victims Unit was brought into the investigation.

Martin allegedly told investigators he had been touching the child because he was trying to calm her down, according to 11Alive.

He also allegedly claimed he jumped into the vehicle because he was trying to "get back to New Jersey" and did not realize the toddler was in the backseat until after he drove away.

According to the arrest warrant, Martin also allegedly told investigators he realized there was an iPad inside the vehicle and discarded it because he believed it could be used to track him.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Atlanta Police Department for comment.

No matter where his assistant coaches went while at Alabama, former coach Nick Saban always had a watchful eye on his staff members who would sneak out of the office for a round of golf.

In Tuscaloosa, there were plenty of interesting stories to come out regarding Saban assistants finding time to get out of the office in the offseason.

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Whether it was scrambling to get a round of basketball in during their 'free time' or trying to decipher which golf course within driving range of Alabama's campus that Nick Saban was heading to for a round was all part of the game.

For Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding, there was a method to their madness, and it involved getting a tip from whomever Saban was golfing with that day.

Whichever course Saban went to, the assistants would head to the other one in town. That worked, until the now Rebels coach had a breakdown in communication on where their boss was actually at.

"There are two courses in Tuscaloosa. You got Indian Hills and you got North River," Pete Golding explained. "I was told that coach Saban was playing North River. So, I got our group together and said 'hey, let's go to to Indian Hills' during the day at like 2 o'clock. Sometimes in the spring after lunch, coach (Saban) would disappear. You wouldn’t know, he didn’t tell ya.

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"Well, we're on 10, which is a Par-3 over the water and sixteen is coming back in this direction. We got Stoops, Sarkisian and Freddie Roach. So, Sark is about to tee-off and we look down on sixteen green, and there's coach Saban with the Pro at Indian Hills and two of his buddies."

Ok, well right then Golding had to know the jig was up.

The Alabama assistant coach and his co-workers should have probably called it a day. But, given that they were already on the course, and their boss was down the fairway on another hole, the foursome decided to risk it.

Unfortunately, this would turn out to be one of the craziest experiences for the assistant coaches, thanks to a shot from now Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian.

"We're deciding should we hit or not, and Sark is like we'll just be quiet and hit," Golding recalled. "He hits like 145 or whatever, with an eight-iron. He hits it, then it hits like one time and goes in the hole. A hole-in-one. It's like you're watching a movie in mute. Nobody wants to say anything, because we can't let Saban know.

"The pro over there sees it and asks 'who hit that'. We bee-lined straight for the carts, like nobody else even hits and we're down there hiding in the woods or whatever."

In case you were wondering, it did not take long for coach Nick Saban to find out about the insane hole-in-one from his assistant coach, Steve Sarkisian. If you've never been to Tuscaloosa, I promise you that word travels fast, especially on the golf course.

"We hear about it the next day. He ain't gonna sit around and come over there and make it awkward."

Imagine that. Hitting a fantastic shot, knowing that the strictest coach in college football is standing just over on the next green, and you cannot celebrate the shot.

This actually makes the entire afternoon that much better, at least in my eyes.

Nick Saban is known for being a competitor on the course, so figuring out that Steve Sarkisian drained a hole-in-one while the staff was supposed to be back at the office breaking down film during the spring undoubtedly had the former Alabama coach looking for answers.

And, it wouldn’t take him long to find out who hit the shot.

I think we've all heard the stories of what it was like working for Nick Saban as an assistant coach at any one of his stops as a head coach.

But, deciding to still move forward with their round of golf knowing the boss would find out at some point took fortitude.

Now, imagine the other stories that could be told from Saban's time at Alabama.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told Jewish leaders and community members during a roundtable last week that she has no plans to attend the Michigan Democratic Party’s nominating convention next month out of concern for her safety.

"I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome," Nessel said, according to the Michigan Advance. "I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying. And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me."

Nessel, the first Jewish person to be elected Michigan's attorney general, claimed that party leadership has neglected her concerns over the rise of antisemitism within the Democratic Party despite reporting that she was harassed by some members.

Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus chair Jessica Alexander told Fox News Digital that she respected Nessel's decision and, though she does not believe that the Democratic Party itself is antisemitic, acknowledged a rise in "anti-Jewish" attitudes among dissenters. 

LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS HECKLE PRO-ISRAEL DEMOCRAT HALEY STEVENS AT MICHIGAN CONVENTION

"At this point, why should she put herself in a circumstance that feels untenable and reactionary? As active and dedicated members, we don't feel or believe the Democratic Party is antisemitic, but the anti-AIPAC rhetoric circling many current campaigns is a dog whistle for classic anti-Jewish tropes such as ‘Jews hold the power, they have the money, rising gas prices are their fault, etc.,’" Alexander said.

Alexander, who is a professor at Eastern Michigan University, added that as someone not "open to immense scrutiny" like an elected official, she is planning on attending the convention, expecting a "large turnout" for her caucus. 

Nessel said she could say as a Democrat that "some things have changed," according to the Advance, and that society had to exist where "intelligent discourse and debate" could occur without threats.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Michigan Democratic Party for comment.

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A spokesperson for the Michigan Democratic Party told the Michigan Advance that the party rejects "antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all forms of hateful conduct" and that the organization is "ensuring party-hosted events are safe and secure environments for all attendees" at the Aug. 29 convention.

Nessel revealed in 2023 that she was the target of a "heavily armed defendant" who was allegedly plotting attacks against Jewish elected officials in the wake of Israel's war in Gaza.

She also clashed with progressive "Squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., after bringing charges against anti-Israel protesters at the University of Michigan.

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Nessel is far from the only Michigan Democrat to express concerns over antisemitism within her party. Former Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow confirmed during a debate in May before she suspended her campaign that disdain for Jewish people among Democrats is a growing problem.

"At the Democratic convention, an attendee yelled an antisemitic slur at my husband, who is Jewish and was walking with my 5-year-old daughter. That is terrifying," McMorrow said.

Some Jewish Democrats have also reported intending to vote for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers if progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins the upcoming Democratic primary.

'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com.

Happy MLB Trade Deadline day to all who celebrate!

Sure, I know that's a niche topic, but man — there is nothing better than a trade deadline day in sports. Any sport, really. Take your pick.

The NFL trade deadline in October used to be a waste of time, but not anymore. The baseball deadline has always been electric, and this year is no different.

In fact, people are on edge from coast to coast right now because of the Tarik Skubal trade over the weekend. Did you hear about that?

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Of course you did! Fans are FUMING right now. Folks are ready to lock it down. They want a salary cap. They want the Dodgers relegated forever. Even LA fans are walking on eggshells.

Speaking of ... welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where Maggie Sajak bleeds Dodger blue in secrecy as baseball barrels towards a lost season. We'll get into it.

What else? I've got a Mexican League player sucker punching a third baseman during a rundown (seriously), ESPN Radio bringing back Mike Golic out of nowhere, and how about the insane gushing by the World Wide (Woke) Leader over the Minnesota coach yesterday?

My God. These people are just nuts. It's amazing.

OK, grab you a chocolate chip cookie for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, and settle in for a Monday 'Cap!

My wife made some sort of healthy, chickpea/almond flour/protein powder chocolate chip cookies today for the kids, and they were good. Fair is fair, and they got the job done. MAHA Mom!

That being said, the healthy stuff doesn't hold a candle to the old school ingredients. Not even close.

Mount Rushmore of Cookies? Sure, why not? It's the first Monday of August, after all.

1. Heath Bar (the ones from Publix deserve to be in the Hall of Fame)

2. Sugar (needs to be soft and a little doughy, though)

3. Peanut Butter (see above)

4. Oatmeal Raisin (probably won't be popular but that doesn't mean it's wrong)

There you have it. You are welcome! Another great Ted Talk in the books to start August.

Now, let's get this class started by checking in with Maggie Sajak and the LA Dodgers, who are officially the most villainous team in sports since ... the '90s Yankees?

Does Maggie speak for all Dodgers fans today? Are you embarrassed by your team?

Look, I'm not Dodger fan. I'm actually a Red Sox fan, which has been just incredible over the past six weeks. 28-5 since June 26! Just amazing.

Anyway, I don't blame the Dodgers. Some folks are furious with them today. Everyone is convinced they're ruining baseball and pushing us towards a lockout this winter.

That may be the case, but the Skubal trade has nothing to do with it. Literally any team in baseball could A) afford to have taken on Skubal's $9 million salary for the rest of this year, and B) put together a package to match what the Dodgers gave up ...

... mainly because it was a pretty crappy package.

So, why were the Dodgers the only team to step up to the plate? Or, better yet, why did the Tigers jump at that trade? I have no clue, but I do have a conspiracy theory.

The rabbit hole in me thinks the rest of the owners allowed the Dodgers to make this trade because they want the public on their side during these upcoming negotiations. They were thinking long term.

These lockouts are always about perception. It dictates everything, and it's usually on the players' side.

This looming lockout — and there will 100% be a lockout — could be the first time in history where the fans side with the owners.

Regardless, don't blame the Dodgers for picking up the phone and making the call. They gave up peanuts for a two-time Cy Young award winner. Every other team could've done it, and they chose not to.

At least the LA faithful packed the stadium yesterday to show their appreciation!

Lordy. Look at that stadium! It was half-empty for a Sunday afternoon game against the Red Sox! Boots on the ground tell me that a bunch of fans didn't show up because it was "hot" and "sunny."

Give me a break. Hilarious.

OK, let's leave LA and head across the border, where Mexican League outfielder Danry Vasquez punched his way out of a pickle this weekend:

Whoaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! I've been in baseball for a long time now — as a player and now a Big J writer — and I can confidently say that I've never seen someone do that. What a brawl.

And how about the shot Vasquez took after landing the initial punch? Just gets pummeled from behind. Absolute beatdown.

Now, peeling back the curtain a bit here, I'd normally go into a long diatribe breaking this fight down — punch by punch. I'd have some fun with it.

BUT, some digging showed me that this Danry Vasquez is an absolute scumbag and has done some really disgusting things in the past. Yes, there is video. Yes, it involved his girlfriend. No, I will not be showing it here.

You can find it on your own if you'd like, it's not hard. It's a tough watch. I'd suggest you just take my word for it.

Seems like this guy shouldn't ever be allowed near a baseball field again.

OK, let's rapid-fire this Monday class into a big Monday night of trading! First up? I can't get over the wokes over at ESPN gushing over the Lynx coach wearing a 'protect trans kids' shirt during yesterday's game:

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"I would encourage to go and listen to Cheryl Reeve's comments."

Yeah, no ... we're good. Thanks, though, ESPN! And how about the stones on Cheryl giving Sophie Cunningham a lecture before the game?

What did Trump say during his SOTU earlier this year?

"These people are CRAZY."

They really are. Just insane.

Speaking of ESPN ... anyone notice who was back on the FM/AM airwaves this morning?

Mike Golic! Wow. What a throwback. I hadn't heard Golic on ESPN in a decade. Lordy, do I miss those days.

I can vividly remember waking up every day at the crack of dawn and going to school in the old 1997 jeep wrangler with the top down and listening to a static "Mike & Mike" on AM radio. It was a staple in our car for years. Then we'd get Cowherd on the drive home.

Perhaps this is the latest sign that ESPN is moving back to that era? I hope so, but I'll believe it when I see it.

After all, we did have an announcer treating Cheryl Reeves wearing a pro-trans shirt like the falling of the Berlin wall just 24 hours ago, so I won't be holding my breath.

OK, that's it for today. Good start to the week. Good start to August.

Here's an old broadcast of the night that Yankees great Thurman Munson died to take us into the week.

Incredible scene.

RIP!

Are the Dodgers to blame for the Skubal trade? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

Collins wrote about his struggle with alcoholism in his 2016 autobiography, "Not Dead Yet."

"Night after night I find myself lying on the bed, staring out of a skylight at grey Swiss skies, rueing my life," he wrote, according to People. "I’m all alone, save for my good friends Johnnie Walker and Grey Goose. ‘You’ve got everything,’ I think, ‘but you’ve really got f--k all.'"

Collins didn't shy away from describing how quickly his life unraveled after retirement.

"It took me until the age of 55 to become an alcoholic," he wrote. "I got through the heady Sixties, the trippy Seventies, the imperial Eighties, the busy Nineties. I was retired, content – then I fell. Because suddenly, I had too much time on my hands."

"The huge hole, the void, I had to fill somehow," Collins added. "I filled it with booze. And it nearly killed me."

California's highest court rules for Gilead in 'duty to innovate' case

The U.S. Army has already reached its fiscal year 2026 active-duty recruiting goal months ahead of schedule, marking a dramatic turnaround after years of falling short as military leaders point to renewed patriotism, career opportunities and a growing sense of purpose among young Americans choosing to serve.

Fox News was granted exclusive access inside Fort Hood, one of the Army’s largest installations, where commanders and soldiers offered a firsthand look at what they say is driving the recruiting resurgence.

Just a few years ago, the Army was struggling to meet its recruiting goals. After hitting a low in fiscal year 2022, recruiting has climbed every year since, rising nearly 38% overall, with the biggest jump coming in fiscal year 2025. This fiscal year, the Army has already met its active-duty recruiting goal with more than 61,500 future soldiers signing on for service.

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The recruiting surge has been accompanied by another encouraging trend for Army leaders: retention goals are also being exceeded, with more soldiers choosing to continue their military careers.

Among them is infantryman Guadalupe Campos, who joined the Army when he was 18 years old and recently extended his service nearly six years later.

"I wanted to do my due diligence and service to my country," Campos told Fox News.

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For Campos, serving in uniform has reinforced both his patriotism and the bonds formed alongside fellow soldiers.

"I love my country, I love America. This is our home, and we have, I mean, this is everything that we all have in common is this American flag that we fly on our right shoulder," he said.

Campos said the Army brought together people from every walk of life, united by one common mission.

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"A lot of the guys that I worked with, they come from a lot of parts of life, whether it’s good or bad. And at the end of the day, we have that one common goal and that’s to be ready when the time comes for us to have to do our jobs," he said. "We serve and protect the United States Constitution and its people from enemies of a foreign and domestic, and we take that to heart."

Jade Root, Army Recruiting battalion commander, said the recent turnaround reflects a broader desire among young Americans to serve.

"Locally we have seen a strong sense of young men and women who want to serve a purpose much higher than themselves. They understand the opportunities that the Army provides to acquire critical skills and leadership skills that will last them a lifetime," Root told Fox News.

Root also believes the recruiting numbers reflect something larger.

"I think it shows a strong signal that patriotism is alive and well," Rood said. "We have a high propensity of people that want to serve, but most importantly that our Army is growing."

Army leaders say today’s recruits are motivated by a combination of patriotism, benefits and a sense of purpose.

The Army says today’s typical recruit is about 23 years old, and recruiters are spending more time in high schools, on college campuses and in local communities to connect with potential future soldiers.

"I always ask our recruiters, remember they are not just a number, this is someone’s son or daughter," Root said.

Today’s Army also extends far beyond traditional combat roles, offering more than 200 career fields, ranging from medics and helicopter mechanics to cybersecurity, engineering, military intelligence and animal care.

Army Animal Care Specialist Grizel Cornejo said many prospective recruits are surprised by the range of career opportunities available while serving.

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"It's really encouraging for people to realize they can have the career they want… but also be in the Army and serve the country," Cornejo said.

As modern warfare continues to evolve, Army leaders say they’re increasingly looking for recruits with technical skills in areas such as cybersecurity, engineering and military intelligence as the service prepares for the future battlefield.

For commanders at Fort Hood, the recruiting rebound is about more than reaching a numerical goal. They say it reflects a new generation stepping forward to serve, one motivated by patriotism, opportunity and a willingness to answer the call.

U.S. natural gas futures made a modest advance with temperatures expected to heat up into next week, favoring power-sector demand.

Oil futures fell after the U.S. suspended plans for major attacks against Iran, while expectations of a negotiated solution to the conflict remain in question.

Apple Pay expanded to the Philippines today, which means iPhone and Apple Watch owners in the country can add supported debit and credit cards to the Wallet app for contactless payments.


Credit and debit cards can be added by opening the Wallet app and tapping on the "+" button. According to users on Reddit, supported banks include UnionBank, GoTyme, Metrobank, and Chinabank. Cards are verified using SMS or phone call.

Once an eligible card is added to the Wallet app, it can be used at retail locations that support ‌Apple Pay‌. Reddit users have been able to add their cards to Apple Wallet and make ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases at stores like Starbucks and 7-Eleven.

‌Apple Pay‌ is available in a long list of countries around the world, with details on supported banks. The Philippines hasn't been added to Apple's site yet, but Apple should soon have a full list of participating banks.
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Chaos broke out in the fourth inning of Sunday night's Liga Mexicana de Béisbol, aka Mexican Baseball League, game between the Toros de Tijuana and the Acereros de Monclova.

A runner ended up in the pickle after trying to score on a ground ball to third that wasn't fielded cleanly. He didn’t end up scoring and was tagged out on the play by the third baseman.

The runner, Tijuana's Danry Vasquez, a noted scumbag with a violent past who spent time in a couple of Major League Baseball organizations, responded to being tagged out on the play by throwing punches.

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By noted scumbag, I mean he was arrested and charged with domestic violence for an assault on his then-girlfriend in the stairwell of Whataburger Field that resulted in the Houston Astros releasing him.

Back to this insane play. The tag appeared to be of the normal everyday variety. Certainly nothing worthy of the response it was met with.

After hitting Monclova third baseman Rodolfo Amador in the back, Vasquez dropped him with a right hand to the face. Both benches cleared, and all hell broke loose.

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Before the action, which started on the third baseline, moved towards the mound, Vasquez can be seen kicking Amador while he was still down on the ground.

Vasquez was then knocked to the ground himself as he backpedaled by a justifiable clothesline from Monclova first baseman Ryan Hernandez.

Here's the wild brawl as it unfolded, which World Baseball reports, has resulted in Vasquez being "suspended indefinitely by the LMB."

The outlet also reported that Vasquez and Toros pitcher Adonis Medina were both ejected from the game, as were Monclova first baseman Ryan Hernandez and second baseman Jecksson Flores.

It was also reported on social media by Mexican journalist Rosa Lilia Torres that Hernandez, who can be seen knocking Vasquez to the ground with what appears to be a clothesline, left the ballpark in an ambulance.

He reportedly suffered a broken arm during the brawl.

As for Danry Vasquez, he doesn’t come across as the kind of guy you want to hang with. I can't imagine that he's worth a roster spot. Unless you're really in need of someone who just might throw punches for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

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"If he ever does walk, he will kill again," he said.

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Prolonged dry spell poses a challenge to the region’s already stressed economy.

The country’s foreign ministry said discussions with Oman are continuing on managing traffic through the critical passage, while President Trump called Tehran “unbelievably duplicitous.”

Fox News Digital asked the NFL on Monday if such an investigation involving Smith is ongoing or closed, but has yet to get a reply. It is possible the league has decided to let the club decide the discipline, which it already has.

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Netflix has replaced Kay Adams with former ESPN host Elle Duncan as its lead NFL studio host for the upcoming season.

On Monday, the streamer announced its studio team for the Week 1 broadcast on Sept. 10, when it will exclusively stream the 49ers vs. Rams from Melbourne, Australia. Duncan will host alongside desk analysts Michael Irvin, Nick Foles, and Clay Matthews.

While Netflix signed Duncan earlier this year to be the face of its sports division, there was at least some question about whether she'd also take over NFL hosting responsibilities, a role Adams held the past two seasons.

The decision is also questionable.

Kay Adams is a fan favorite and one of the best NFL hosts in the industry. If a network with NFL rights were building for the future, it'd likely rank Adams second only to ESPN's Laura Rutledge as its ideal lead host.

By contrast, Duncan is a toxic figure. She is best known at ESPN for reportedly convincing executives that Sage Steele was "not black enough" to participate in a social justice special, protesting Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law live on ESPN, and encouraging fathers to support their daughters' abortions from the SportsCenter set.

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Last week, Duncan blamed Caitlin Clark and her fans for the ongoing turmoil surrounding the WNBA, just days after USA Today shamefully suggested Clark's on-court antics could lead to the lynching of Black people.

Duncan then criticized Clark for not telling fans not to "use her name" to spread hate, despite Clark doing exactly that.

"People should not be using my name to push those agendas. It's disappointing. It's not acceptable," Clark said in 2024. "Treating every single woman in this league with the same amount of respect, I think, it's just a basic human thing that everybody should do."

Notice Duncan hasn't called on Angel Reese to condemn those using her name to justify similar bigotry, namely the racially charged attacks directed at Clark and her fans.

Duncan is a bad-faith actress. She is dishonest. And her presence on Netflix inevitably politicizes the broadcast.

Netflix has already faced deserved criticism for its sports coverage, often turning live events into infomercials for its entertainment division.

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Longtime sports radio host Dan Patrick criticized the company's approach during the Home Run Derby last month.

"I'd like to think I'm at least socially aware of sporting events, but I had no idea," Patrick said. "And then all of a sudden, it's like Netflix, and then you had Will Ferrell show up, you had Bonds and Pujols, and I'm like, OK. They're trying. Netflix is trying, trying different things. Now, sometimes you can try too hard. Sometimes you can try to dress something up, and you really don't need to."

Adams, at least, kept the focus on football, a sport she has covered for years. Duncan has little connection to the leagues Netflix carries, namely the NFL and MLB.

Fans will already be annoyed that they need yet another streaming service to watch Week 1 of the NFL season. Wait until they finally log in and hear Duncan screeching, probably about the fact that the Rams-49ers game features two White quarterbacks and head coaches.

Yes, she is one of those.

Adams is a good football host. Replacing her with Duncan raises questions about how much merit and audience preference factor into Netflix's programming decisions.

We suspect not much.

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"Stay aware of your surroundings. Stay alert in tourist spots," the advisory states.

The State Department also advises travelers to remain alert around banks and ATMs. It urges that people avoid demonstrations and crowds, and that they monitor local media for breaking news that could affect travel plans.

Before departing, officials recommend that people familiarize themselves with local laws and customs. 

The U.S. Embassy notes that marijuana and other drugs remain illegal in Belgium and warns that bringing drugs into, through or out of the country can result in serious criminal penalties.

The embassy also reminds travelers to keep a close watch on backpacks and small bags, particularly on trains and at major train stations, where thefts can occur.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department for comment.

The warning comes as U.S. officials continue issuing travel and security advisories for destinations around the world.

U.S. officials have updated several travel advisories in recent weeks, as Fox News Digital previously reported.

Last week, the State Department raised its travel advisory for Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta to Level 3: "Reconsider Travel" after tens of thousands of migrants crossed into the Spanish territory from neighboring Morocco, prompting Spain to deploy military, national police and Guardia Civil forces.

The advisory warned that the "massive and uncontrolled arrival of migrants" could create "unpredictable and dangerous security situations."

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The elevated warning applies only to Ceuta, while the rest of Spain remains under its existing travel advisory level.

Brittany Miller of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., in a letter to President Donald Trump suggested that an examination of the evidence indicates that the administration's boat strikes against alleged drug traffickers have killed people who were not participating in narcotrafficking.

"They are murder victims," the lawmaker asserted in the Aug. 3 letter.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, "On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to take on the cartels – and he has taken unprecedented action to stop the scourge of narcoterrorism that has resulted in the needless deaths of innocent Americans. All of these decisive strikes have been against designated narcoterrorists bringing deadly poison to our shores, and the President will continue to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice."

Fox News Digital also reached out to the War Department on Monday.

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The U.S. military has conducted dozens of deadly strikes against vessels of alleged "narco-terrorists."

"In late July 2025, you directed the Department of Defense to conduct kinetic operations to combat narcotrafficking operations in the Americas. You selected numerous organizations for targeting. That target list is classified so I cannot reveal it. Importantly, the classification of the list means that those you have asked the Department of Defense to target are entirely unaware that they are marked for execution," Kaine wrote in the letter.

"In September 2025, the United States launched boat strikes in international waters in the Americas pursuant to your directive. A Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion issued in September 2025 provided legal support for such operations so long as they complied with specific factual conditions. That legal opinion (and the specific factual conditions) is classified. As a result, these conditions are also unknown to those being targeted," he continued.

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"A Department of Defense order implementing your July directive (the EXORD) was issued in October 2025. The EXORD contains targeting criteria that the Department of Defense should use in carrying out your kinetic operations directive. The EXORD and its targeting criteria are also classified," the senator noted.

"My review of your directive, the OLC legal opinion, the EXORD, and the notifications of the boat strikes, makes clear that the United States is engaged in violent and fatal attacks against people far beyond those whom the OLC opinion claimed could be lawfully targeted. In other words, a careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking," he declared.

Kaine has served in the U.S. Senate since early 2013 and was Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate during the 2016 White House contest that Trump won.

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Kaine asked the president to look into "the extent to which the leadership of the Department of Defense has exceeded your July 2025 directive," and "to halt this illegal, costly and ineffective operation."

A House GOP lawmaker is accused of sexually harassing two "young female staffers" in his office in an explosive report that details lavish gifts, trips, and even reciting a poem for one of the aides in an incident that made others in his office uncomfortable.

The House Ethics Committee is recommending a censure for Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., after an extensive probe found that he violated the House of Representatives' code of conduct with repeated incidents targeting the two staffers.

"Specifically, the Committee found that Representative Edwards engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers. While Representative Edwards denied that any of his conduct was intended as a sexual or romantic advance, his pattern of behavior would lead a reasonable observer to interpret it as such, including providing the young women with lavish and recurrent gifts, making comments regarding their appearance and dress, inviting them to intimate dinners and vacations, sending notes regarding his effusive affection, and inviting them to other activities as a way to spend time together," the report said.

The committee also said Edwards sought to cooperate with the panel, but that some messages deemed relevant to the probe were "omitted and/or seemingly deleted from his phone."

"An example of Representative Edwards’ unprofessional conduct was commenting on the two women’s appearance in the congressional office, telling them when they looked 'pretty' or 'breathtaking,' and even remarking on one staffer’s weight," the report said.

Edwards told the committee he only commented on staffers' clothing and said "it’s almost an insult if you don’t make some comment about [one another’s clothing]," according to the report.

Other allegations include that Edwards "wrote poems for Staffer 2, including one that he read at her going away party in the congressional office accompanied by a slideshow, during which he cried."

"Several staffers present testified that they felt uncomfortable, and Representative Edwards acknowledged in his own testimony that he could tell the staff felt uncomfortable," the report said.

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Jefferson had previously served time in an Arizona prison for aggravated assault, according to state records.

He was sentenced to five years in 2021 and released in October 2024. He also had an earlier burglary conviction.

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"Susan was a beacon of light to everyone who knew her," the family said. "She spent her entire life working tirelessly, pouring her heart into her family, and putting others before herself. She was just on the brink of retiring — a milestone she had worked so hard for and was so excited to finally enjoy."

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Her family said that she beat cancer two times.

"Words cannot describe the pain and shock our family is navigating right now. After beating cancer twice, her life was taken by a violent individual with prior criminal charges of violence," family said.

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Detectives with the department’s Robbery Assault Unit and Homicide Unit are continuing to investigate.

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Two people in Michigan have died in connection with the state's sprawling cyclosporiasis outbreak, marking a rare fatal outcome from the intestinal parasite, health officials said Monday.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said the deaths were identified as part of the ongoing outbreak, which has so far sickened 11,234 people statewide. As of Thursday, 193 people with reported infections said they had been hospitalized.

According to the agency, medical records showed both people who died "had significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration." Officials said no additional information about the cases will be released.

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State health officials are continuing to investigate the source of the outbreak and said available evidence points to lettuce or salad greens as a potential culprit. However, investigators cautioned that other food items have not been ruled out, and no specific type of produce, grower or supplier has been identified.

MDHHS said it is working with local health departments and other partners as the investigation continues and will provide updates as more information becomes available.

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Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. The hallmark symptom of a cyclospora infection is watery, often "explosive" diarrhea that can last for weeks or even months if left untreated, the CDC says. Other symptoms include severe abdominal cramping, bloating, nausea, fatigue and significant weight loss.

Health officials emphasized that cyclosporiasis is generally not considered a life-threatening illness and that deaths associated with the infection are uncommon in the United States.

Fox News Digital's Angelica Stabile contributed to this report.

Apple products have been getting expensive recently, all thanks to RAMageddon. However, with one Apple laptop, you might not even be able to get one today if you wanted to. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s MacBook Air is in such short supply that if you place an order for one today, you won’t receive it until […]

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon demanded in a letter sent July 29 that a school district in Maryland stop hiding information about student gender transitions from parents or face litigation from the Justice Department.

"By categorically withholding ‘(i)nformation about a student’s gender identity’ from parents except where ‘legally required,’ AACPS appears to have adopted a blanket, district-wide practice of nondisclosure untethered to FERPA’s enumerated exceptions … parents were denied access to their child’s full record, information was disclosed without parental consent, and the parents were denied a hearing to correct the record," she wrote, aimed at the Anne Arundel County school system. 

"Comply with the law or face us in court," Dhillon later added on X.

The demand marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to challenge school policies that allow students to socially transition without their parents’ knowledge, testing whether federal education privacy law requires districts to disclose gender-identity records. Anne Arundel County now faces possible litigation — and potentially the loss of federal funding — unless it reverses the policy within seven days, escalating a national dispute over parental rights, a significant plank in the president's policy agenda.

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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is designed to give parents the legal right to access their children’s educational records, which the Trump administration argues includes information related to changes in their gender identity. The law has previously been used by the DOJ in attempts to overturn similar policies in Maine and California.

LGBT advocates argue that nondisclosure for information linked to a child’s gender identity is important to preserving the safety of children growing up in non-affirming or abusive households. Social conservatives, meanwhile, take the position that schools don’t have the right to conceal information about their children from them.

Before Dhillon sent her letter Wednesday, the DOJ and the Department of Education announced that they had entered a partnership to crack down on transgender nondisclosure policies in both Anne Arundel County and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, potentially withholding federal funds from the district until it changes course.

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In a press release announcing the joint effort, the agencies claimed that the Education Department had received complaints from parents in Anne Arundel County who alleged the district "was secretly helping their daughter pretend to be male at school" and declined to provide information about it when confronted.

An Education Department official told Fox News Digital that the agency does not comment on ongoing investigations and a DOJ spokesperson referred Fox News Digital to Dhillon's remarks when reached for comment.

Students enrolled in Anne Arundel Public Schools are, per district policy, allowed to use any name or pronoun they prefer, even if it doesn’t align with their sex, without requiring parental approval. Staff are, however, instructed to involve the student’s family in developing a support plan for the student unless "there is a genuine safety concern for the student’s physical, emotional, or mental health safety."

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Additionally, the policy designates records about student gender identity as confidential medical information and advises that it should be revealed when legally necessary.

The Anne Arundel, Maryland, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, school districts did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital.

"School districts that hide information from parents are violating federal law," Dhillon said. "FERPA is not optional, and any districts that attempt to bypass or distort its requirements should expect immediate federal action. In partnership with the Department of Education, the Department of Justice will initiate enforcement proceedings with districts that fail to comply."

Dhillon's letter gives Anne Arundel Public Schools seven days to rescind its policy, provide parents impacted with the relevant records and inform staff that they cannot withhold information from parents. If the deadline is not met, the letter claims the district could face legal action.

The way Apple combines work and personal iCloud accounts left some employees able to access confidential documents after departing the company, reports The Information. The site spoke to more than half a dozen former Apple employees who were unknowingly left with access to sensitive content.

The former employees said many Apple files they had been shared on over their careers at the company—including planning documents for product launch events—continued to sync to their personal devices through the iCloud storage service after they left Apple. In some cases, they even received notifications about fresh updates to the documents. Some former employees said they were petrified to delete the files for fear that doing so would attract Apple's attention.

Apple files get mixed in with employees' accounts because the company encourages them to use their personal Apple Accounts with their work ‌iCloud‌ account. Employees are given a 2TB ‌iCloud‌ plan and are able to merge the storage with their existing Apple Account or create a new account. Since only one primary account can be signed in at a time, most opt to use their existing account to avoid having to carry two iPhones.

Apple has a managed folder for workplace files that it revokes access to when an employee leaves, but some internal documents aren't saved there automatically and shared files end up mixed in with personal content. Employees can also retain access to iMessage chats and files shared via the Messages app.

Lingering access to Apple systems is central to Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI. In its filing, Apple alleged that former employee Chang Liu breached Apple's systems using a "rare, previously unknown authentication bug" to download files while he was working at OpenAI.

Apple told The Information that the OpenAI lawsuit is unrelated to any files left available on ‌iCloud‌ and that it does not pursue legal claims against former employees who accidentally have Apple documents in their personal ‌iCloud‌ accounts.

This case is about OpenAI employees wrongfully taking Apple's secret and confidential information regarding our unreleased technologies, processes, and products. Nothing in the filing relates to documents shared by, or stored in, iCloud.

Former employees say Apple does not do a thorough enough job going through personal devices to remove sensitive files that have been stored in ‌iCloud‌. In a now-settled legal dispute, chip company Rivos claimed Apple intentionally lets former employees retain access to files "as part of a planned effort to generate a pretextual basis to sue the employees and their new employer for 'stealing' Apple material." In the Rivos case, an employee was targeted for keeping work files in his personal ‌iCloud‌ account.

Another former Apple employee sued by Apple, Gerard Williams, countersued and accused the company of using intimidation tactics to scare people thinking of leaving. Apple sued Williams for breach of contract after he started processor company Nuvia, presenting extensive phone and text records of his communications. The court rejected Williams' claim, and Apple dropped the case in 2023.

In 2025, Apple also accused former Vision Pro engineer Di Liu of downloading thousands of corporate documents to his personal cloud storage shortly before leaving the company for Snap.

The Information does not outright suggest Apple is purposefully allowing former employees to retain access to ‌iCloud‌ files, but points out that Apple's use of ‌iCloud‌ for file sharing and its incomplete wiping of employee accounts are at odds with its heavy focus on privacy and security.
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Harris had a little over 100 days to mount a presidential campaign, and wrote in her book after the election that his decision to run for a second term was reckless. 

"'It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.' We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized. Was it grace, or was it recklessness?" Harris wrote. "In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision."

Harris took a series of left-wing policy positions during the conversation, and said she had not made a decision about 2028 yet.

"We must allow for a real conversation about revisiting certain things," Harris said. "I know this is gonna be controversial coming from me, in particular. We need to revisit the Electoral College."

Harris lost both the Electoral College and the popular vote to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

She also voiced support for expanding the Supreme Court.

"We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices, like we have 13 district courts," Harris said. She also suggested the U.S. should revisit statehood for Puerto Rico, expanding beyond her previous support for statehood for Washington, D.C.

Zeteo founder and far-left commentator Mehdi Hasan reacted to a clip posted of Harris with a Biden animation where he appeared surprised.

The Independent's Eric Michael Garcia also reacted with a gif of the former president.

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Familiarity will be a theme for the U.S. men's national soccer team at the 2030 World Cup.

Despite major speculation before and throughout the 2026 World Cup that manager Mauricio Pochettino was leaning toward returning to the club level, the United States Soccer Federation announced Monday that the 54-year-old had agreed to a new contract to keep him on the red, white, and blue sideline through 2030.

"Working together with U.S. Soccer over the past two years, it has become clear to us that there is tremendous potential to make the Men’s National Team program even stronger," Pochettino said in the announcement.

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"The passion we experienced from the fans throughout the World Cup only strengthened our belief in what is possible here. We are excited by the opportunity to bring all our experience and knowledge to even more areas of U.S. Soccer while helping strengthen the pathways for players, coaches and teams across the Federation. We want to try to have a lasting impact on the sport in the country that has welcomed us so warmly and for that impact to extend beyond results on the field."

Pochettino and staff led the USMNT to just its third World Cup group stage outright win in team history at the 2026 World Cup, as well as the squad's first knockout-stage win since 2002 with a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The USMNT was certainly looking to earn a spot in the quarterfinals, at minimum, in Pochettino's first run as World Cup manager, and while it fell short thanks to a wildly disappointing outing against Belgium in the Round of 16, it's difficult to say his re-upping with the national team is not a significant win for American soccer.

On paper, that is, at the very least.

For starters, it's hard to imagine the USMNT attracting a bigger, more-proven name than Pochettino to take over. On top of that, USA soccer presumably handing over more rein to a proven manager trying to build a team culture while the country continues to grow its own soccer culture feels like a no-brainer.

The 2030 World Cup will be jointly hosted by Portugal, Spain, and Morocco.

It is impossible to predict what the USMNT will look like in four years, but having the same manager building momentum who is already familiar with the territory, players, and prospects is a great first for the future of American soccer.

While the woke WNBA seems intent on speeding down a dangerous road toward biological males competing on its courts, pioneers in female athletics are sounding the alarm over where this could all end up.

During an appearance with her husband, Dan Dakich, host of OutKick show "Don't @ Me," Leigh Ross-Dakich, a hall of fame softball player who won over 500 games during head coaching stops at Bowling Green and Syracuse, issued a dire warning to those wokes like Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase who is on record seemingly defending the idea of biological males taking roster spots from biological females.

"Let's go. One league. Let's see what happens. What's going to happen is that girls are going to get wiped out," Ross-Dakich cautioned.

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And why would that be? Because there are physical differences between men and women. Obviously. But don't take our word for it, you should listen to gay rights hero Billie Jean King, who has said exactly that, only to then go on to advocate for including biological males in female sports.

Ross-Dakich, along with the likes of tennis legend Martina Navratilova, cannot understand why the likes of King and WNBA coaches are so married to their positions.

"The players that are here now, I don't know if they understand what women had to go through years ago in the '70s and '80s to get to a point where they actually could play and have their own leagues. I don't think they understand that," Ross-Dakich continued.

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Billie Jean King no longer has a job to lose. The same goes for Megan Rapinoe. It's easy for them to earn political points with the Alphabet Mafia. But, at what cost to the future of female sports? Will they blink if a biological male decides to start identifying as female and takes a WNBA roster spot?

If these so-called leaders don't blink, Ross-Dakich believes the results will be catastrophic.

"If you want to do that and make one league, women will be phased out. These women that are fighting for women – women power – are now phasing themselves out of jobs," she added. "You're not saying that trans kids can't play. Whatever is on your birth certificate is where you should be playing. It's common sense."

As U.S. President Donald Trump backs away from giving Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot air defense missiles, Ukrainian officials say Kyiv had a chance to solve the problem years ago — but Washington rejected the idea back then as well.

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A leading House Democrat went scorched-earth on insurgent socialists rising within his party, repeatedly telling them to start their own party and accusing them of trying to "hijack" the Democratic Party as a "vessel" for their communist, "anti-American," open-border platform.

House Intelligence Committee member Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, told Fox News on Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is "not Democrats" and rejected the idea that its platform is compatible with the Democratic Party’s.

"Obviously, I'm a very proud, commonsense Democrat, and I don't think DSA members are Democrats. They're socialists, right? And I'm all for them having their own party if they want one, but if they're trying to take over our party, that's unacceptable to me," Gottheimer said on "The Big Weekend Show."

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"Their values, their ideas are certainly not in line with ours, and they don't support our leadership. They're trying to use the Democratic Party as a vessel for their ideas. And as you heard in some of these conventions, literally, they're supporting the Communist Manifesto and [Leon] Trotsky, they're anti-American, they are anti-cop, they don't believe in borders."

Gottheimer was referring to man-on-the-street clips of DSA members at the group’s Chicago convention. One socialist said they are organizing a front to get "ICE off our campuses," while a member of the DSA’s National Political Committee said people such as Gottheimer who call them anti-American do not understand that their platform is the "most American thing you can do."

Another DSA NPC member said socialism is the "same kind of stuff that I am used to [in] growing up in the Christian Church."

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Gottheimer said 45 million voters are registered Democrats, compared with 150,000 official DSA members.

"They’re not welcome in the Democratic Party," he said.

He pushed back against members of his own party who have expressed openness to DSA-aligned candidates such as Maine oysterman Graham Platner.

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who represents Silicon Valley, said Democrats should not have "watched wealth pile up on Wall Street and Silicon Valley" at the expense of working-class Americans, adding that "the Democratic Party needs reform."

Gottheimer countered that fringe coalitions are mounting insurgencies in both parties and "trying to barge in" with incompatible ideas.

He also pointed to longtime Clinton confidant James Carville, who told Fox News that he would disown the Democratic Party if left-wing streamer Hasan Piker were permitted to become one of its leaders.

Former U.S. Marine Corps bomb technician Johnny Joey Jones asked whether Gottheimer would also leave the party over Piker or if Democratic leaders embraced socialists such as Harlem’s Darializa Chevalier.

"Well, [House Minority Leader Hakeem] Jeffries won’t — and let me be very clear that Hasan Piker is not a Democrat – the guy is the ultimate grifter, right? He’s the guy who said that 9/11 is America’s fault… We’ve got to make it clear he’s not welcome in the Democratic Party."

Gottheimer said the DSA platform shows that the organization is incompatible with the Democratic Party. He added that socialists can "scream and yell and try to …hijack [the party] and shove their ideas in and use it as a vessel."

"We have to make clear that’s not who we are…"

While Gottheimer reiterated that he does not plan to leave the Democratic Party any time soon, Jones noted that one prominent New Jersey Democrat already has.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, whose district includes Cape May, switched parties during President Donald Trump’s first term, angering South Jersey Democratic committees as the longtime lawmaker embraced Trump’s platform.

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"You wouldn't be the first New Jersey congressman to find a better party. I'm just saying leave the door open if you want to," Jones said.

Gottheimer’s district includes liberal New York City suburbs immediately west of the George Washington Bridge and the deep-red, Trump-friendly Skylands near the Delaware Water Gap, making it one of the most politically diverse districts in the state’s congressional delegation.

Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA and Piker for comment.

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Sunday was Kelly Stafford's 37th birthday, and she did what many people do to celebrate the occasion. She went out with friends, let the double middle fingers fly, and shook her butt as one does to mark another year of life.

If she wasn't married to the reigning NFL MVP, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, nobody would think twice about it. It would be typical mom of four behavior as she gets another year closer to 40.

And people think it's all fun and games being married a star football player worth millions. There are tradeoffs like not being able to celebrate your birthday and sharing a video on social media without making headlines.

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As annoying as that is, that's just the beginning of what is required. That's just the beginning of what is required. You have to, as Kelly has done many times, fight back against the constant disrespect being shown toward her husband, Matthew, not Matt.

Admitting things like you enjoy THC gummies sometimes and explaining that you're a better parent when you take them is somehow an issue. It's not a situation everyone can handle.

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Credit to Kelly, because she does a decent job of picking up the sword when needed and recognizing when some entertainment is needed. The transition from Detroit to Los Angeles isn't as smooth without her.

So, if for a day she wants to have fun with her friends like everyone else and unwind with a solidly executed double-barreled middle finger action that she tops off with a shake of what her mother gave her, Kelly should be able to do that.

She should also be able to share it with over 460,000 of her friends on social media. I guess what I'm ultimately saying here is happy birthday, Kelly Stafford.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called Hamas’ newly elected leader to congratulate him and pledge Tehran’s continued support for the group’s cause, Hamas said Monday — as President Donald Trump promotes a landmark agreement intended to strip the terrorist organization of its weapons and power in Gaza.

Pezeshkian congratulated Khalil al-Hayya on his election as head of the group’s political bureau and told him Iran would continue supporting the Palestinian cause, according to a Hamas statement posted in Arabic, and reviewed by Fox News Digital.

"We are with you, and we support you in every action you take, despite the attacks we are facing," Pezeshkian said, according to Hamas’ account of the call.

Fox News Digital has asked Iran’s mission to the United Nations to confirm that the call took place and provide an official readout.

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The reported conversation highlighted a central contradiction confronting Trump’s Gaza initiative: While the White House is presenting the roadmap as a landmark agreement to remove Hamas from power and secure its weapons, Iran — the group’s longtime military and financial patron — was simultaneously reaffirming its support for Hamas and its new leader. Tehran’s backing raises fresh questions about whether Hamas is prepared to surrender the arsenal at the core of its power and how the Board of Peace could enforce disarmament against a group that continues to receive political support from one of Washington’s principal regional adversaries.

Trump in recent days announced what he called a "HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups," presenting it as a breakthrough after nearly three years of war. The stakes extend far beyond the wording of the deal: Hamas’ weapons remain the central obstacle to rebuilding Gaza, and the agreement will test whether Trump’s Board of Peace can enforce a postwar transition or whether Hamas will exploit the process to survive, regroup and retain power.

At the center of the effort is Trump’s Board of Peace, the president’s handpicked vehicle for implementing his Gaza policy and potentially extending his approach to other global conflicts. Trump chairs the board, whose executive leadership includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The White House says the board will oversee Gaza’s transition, mobilize reconstruction funding and hold the parties accountable.

But the tensions intensified Monday also on the Israeli side, when Nickolay Mladenov, Board of Peace director-general and high representative for Gaza, and board advisor Aryeh Lightstone met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urged Israel to halt its attacks in Gaza.

Israel appeared to reject the board’s two central demands shortly afterward.

"Israel will not withdraw from its current line in the Gaza Strip and will continue to thwart any threat to our civilians and soldiers," an Israeli political official said. The statement amounted to a rejection, at least for now, of demands that Israel return to the "yellow line" and halt targeted strikes in Gaza.

A Board of Peace official declined to discuss the meeting but said the body remained focused on carrying out the roadmap.

"We are focused on implementation," the official told Fox News Digital. "We have provided a pragmatic path forward to transform Gaza by removing Hamas from power and seeing it hand over its weapons. These steps would undoubtedly allow for the improvement of life in Gaza and enhancement of security in Israel. We remain determined to advance these objectives."

Meanwhile, the Hamas terrorist group says it has agreed only to a phased and conditional process involving the storage of weapons after Israel stops its attacks, withdraws its forces and allows more aid into Gaza. Hamas has avoided the word "disarmament" in its statements and insists its weapons would remain under Palestinian control rather than being surrendered to Israel or an international force.

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The board’s 15-point roadmap calls for Hamas to transfer Gaza’s civilian government and security responsibilities to a Palestinian technocratic body known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. Hamas-run police would surrender their weapons to the committee, while heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels would be addressed later through a phased decommissioning process linked to an Israeli withdrawal.

The intended endpoint is that only the new Palestinian authority would possess or control weapons in Gaza. But the roadmap leaves unresolved who will enforce the process, what constitutes compliance and which side must act first.

Hamas’ disarmament remains a central obstacle to rebuilding Gaza. Trump has tied reconstruction to the group laying down its weapons, while The Associated Press reported that the Board of Peace had secured approximately $7 billion in pledges by February — a fraction of the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild the devastated territory.

Moumen al-Natour, a Palestinian lawyer from Gaza and co-founder of the anti-Hamas "We Want to Live" movement, said civilians desperately want the agreement to succeed but do not trust Hamas to relinquish power.

"Civilian people inside Gaza Strip… want safety, want to stop this war, want a new government, want to be alive," al-Natour told Fox News Digital.

But al-Natour, who previously was imprisoned by Hamas, warned that the group would use delays and violations to remain embedded in Gaza.

"I can’t trust Hamas because I know Hamas," he said, arguing that the group had repeatedly arrested and killed Palestinians who opposed its rule. He said an international force of only a few hundred personnel would be unable to secure Gaza or prevent Hamas from intimidating residents and that a much larger force and a new Palestinian police structure would be required.

Drawing on a grassroots network of thousands of Gazan professionals who reject Hamas’ ideology, the "We Want to Live" movement is promoting its own plan to rebuild Gaza’s civil society and is calling for cooperation with the Board of Peace and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, the technocratic body tasked under the U.S.-backed transition plan with governing and rebuilding the enclave.

Al-Natour also proposed allowing civilians who want to escape Hamas-controlled areas to move into protected zones near the "yellow line" — the boundary separating Israeli-held territory from the rest of Gaza — where they could live under a new Palestinian administration backed by an international security force. He said the arrangement could provide Gazans with a safer alternative while a post-Hamas governing structure is established.

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Michael Milstein, a former military intelligence officer in Israel and now head of the Palestinian Studies Centre at Tel Aviv University, said the compromise has been developing for months under pressure from Qatar, Turkey and Egypt.

Milstein said Hamas may be prepared to give up control of Gaza’s day-to-day government and accept restrictions on heavy weapons but is unlikely to abandon its armed organization completely.

Under the model Hamas appears to favor, Milstein said, a technocratic government and international forces would assume responsibility for public services and reconstruction while Hamas preserves its personnel, infrastructure and political influence — an arrangement resembling Hezbollah’s longtime position in Lebanon.

"There is a very, very low chance that Hamas will completely disarm," Milstein told Fox News Digital, describing the roadmap as the kind of "gray area" Hamas has historically used to its advantage.

The Board of Peace also is pressing for an end to actions that could derail the plan. After Israeli strikes killed civilians and reportedly destroyed medical supplies over the weekend, Mladenov, the director-general of the Board of Peace, called for de-escalation but did not identify Israel by name.

"Two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies," Mladenov wrote on X, adding that he was working with the parties and regional mediators to "create the space for the full implementation of the President’s plan."

Israel, meanwhile, says it will not withdraw before Hamas genuinely disarms. Hamas says Israel must withdraw first.

The roadmap also faces resistance inside Israel’s government. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlements Minister Orit Strock urged Netanyahu on Monday to convene the security Cabinet immediately and block the international stabilization force from entering Gaza, according to Israel’s N12 news outlet.

In an urgent letter reported by N12 on Aug. 3, 2026, the ministers called the Board of Peace roadmap "dangerous to Israel" and argued that it contradicts Israel’s stated goals of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza. They objected that weapons would be placed under the authority of a new Palestinian body rather than removed from Gaza or handed to Israel and that Israeli troops would begin withdrawing while the disarmament process was still underway.

The far-right ministers also argued that the international force would monitor the separation between Israeli troops and the new Palestinian administration rather than directly disarm Hamas. They demanded that Netanyahu prevent implementation until the roadmap is revised to require full demilitarization before an Israeli withdrawal. The letter underscores that the plan’s obstacles extend beyond Hamas: Influential members of Netanyahu’s coalition are also challenging its sequencing, enforcement and security provisions.

That leaves Trump’s proclaimed milestone resting on the same question that has stalled previous Gaza negotiations: whether Hamas is truly preparing to surrender the weapons that underpin its power — or merely buying time to ensure that it remains standing when the rebuilding begins.

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DETROIT, Michigan — Republican Mike Rogers is confident he'll defeat whichever Democratic rival he faces off with in the midterm elections in the crucial Senate showdown in this Great Lakes battleground state.

"It doesn't matter to us. We've looked at both candidates. We feel confident we're going to beat either one of those candidates that come out of that race," Rogers said in a Fox News Digital interview two days before Michigan's primary.

Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director who unsuccessfully ran an insurgent campaign for governor in 2018, is facing off for the Democratic Party's nomination in Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens, a more moderate candidate backed by the establishment. The primary race is the biggest battle to date in the party's ideological war between the far-left and the center-left.

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Rogers says both El-Sayed and Stevens "are very radical, and they are way too extreme for Michigan." And pointing to El-Sayed, he charged, "Abdul, he has his own special sauce of crazy."

The expensive and combustible scrum between El-Sayed and Stevens in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is backing Stevens, is bolstering Republicans and potentially endangering a must-hold seat in November for the Democrats as they face an uphill challenge to win back the Senate majority.

"That certainly helps," Rogers said as he pointed to the Democratic primary battle.

Rogers, a former congressman who lost the 2024 Senate election in Michigan by a razor-thin margin while President Trump narrowly carried the state, touted that while the Democrats engage in what some describe as a civil war, "we've unified the Republican Party in a way I haven't seen in decades here on this particular race."

"We're building our team, our resources, and are ready for the fight after August 5 in a way I don't think Democrats are expecting," he highlighted.

El-Sayed, who, if elected, would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator, has made support for Medicare-for-all a major component of his campaign.

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He has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and is a vocal critic of Israel amid its war with Hamas — even characterizing Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide" against Palestinians. And El-Sayed, who served as a top surrogate on Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, has vowed not to accept PAC donations.

El-Sayed, who is backed by many leaders on the left and was joined on the campaign trail two weeks ago by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, has reiterated that he's not a socialist.

But Rogers argued that El-Sayed is "in a different league altogether about pushing that socialist agenda, Democrat Socialists of America are in Michigan working for him right now. They're parachuting in from all over the country."

"If you believe in the future of America and your own prosperity and your individual liberties, well…. We're going to talk about it because they've got plans to take all that away," Rogers claimed, as he pointed to the far left and El-Sayed. "And just because you're a smooth talker and could sell ice to an Eskimo doesn't mean people are ready to give up their rights."

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Both El-Sayed and Stevens are confident that Democrats will unite following Tuesday's primary.

"Let's make sure that anyone but Mike Rogers gets to the United States Senate," Stevens told reporters on Sunday. "After the primary, you're going to see a united Democratic Party. You are going to see us going full force, full fledge ahead."

And El-Sayed told Fox News Digital, "I think we all understand the risk of Donald Trump. We all understand the risk of Mike Rogers."

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"This is a guy who is not going to stand up and take on the war machine. He's not going to stand up and take on Big Pharma. He's not going to stand up and take on Big Tech. He is going to do the bidding of large corporations," El-Sayed argued as he referred to Rogers. "I think everybody understands what the stakes are. So I'm looking forward to welcoming everybody who might have voted differently in the primary."

Asked about El-Sayed's comments, Rogers charged, "The guy lies... this guy will lie from today until November 4, trying to get people to... walk past how bad he is for our state and our future in the country."

Fox News' Luke Trevisan contributed to this report.

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A lifelike humanoid robot was expected to take a seat inside a New York high school classroom. Those plans are now on hold. The planned robot is reportedly stationary, with silicone skin and long brown hair.

Realbotix and Salamanca City Central School District had announced a limited pilot program for fall 2026 involving Optio, an artificial intelligence-powered  educational assistant, and one new Realbotix M-Series humanoid unit.

On July 24, the district announced that the pilot program had been paused while it works through enhanced student data privacy agreements with the New York State Education Department.

The district is also continuing discussions with community members and other stakeholders before moving forward. It has not announced a new date for the pilot program. The technology was intended to support AI and robotics lessons while teachers remained in control. Still, putting a humanlike machine in front of students raises questions about privacy and how quickly students may trust it.

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Salamanca City Central School District is located in western New York on Seneca Nation territory. The district had planned to introduce Optio to high school students enrolled in Woz ED AI and Robotics courses.

Realbotix previously described this as a limited fall 2026 pilot involving its digital assistant and one physical robot. The district has since placed the project on hold while it addresses student privacy agreements and gathers additional community input. Realbotix told CyberGuy, "The partnership also gives educators an opportunity to evaluate these technologies in a controlled classroom environment under district oversight."

The district reportedly paid $57,590 for the robot and AI program, according to the school board contract. Realbotix reportedly discounted the package from the M-Series robot's listed starting price of $95,000. The initial Optio rollout had been expected to expand to approximately 500 high school students during the fall semester. That planned expansion would have applied to the AI platform and student avatars rather than 500 physical robots.

The proposed project includes two connected parts. Optio is the digital AI educational assistant that students can access through personalized avatars. The M-Series robot would give that technology a physical presence in the classroom. Realbotix told CyberGuy, "Its technology combines conversational AI with a physical humanoid platform capable of natural interaction and lifelike expressions."

The company says its humanoid platform can use natural conversation and facial expressions during real-time interactions. The robot is designed to give students hands-on exposure to AI and robotics rather than limiting the lesson to a laptop screen.

The robot was expected to remain seated while using upper-body movements and facial expressions. The school reportedly requested a Western New York accent. However, Realbotix told CyberGuy, "The physical unit has not yet been deployed. Additional details regarding its implementation will be determined in coordination with the district."

That means some details reported about the robot may reflect the planned design rather than the finished classroom robot. The district had said the system would use school-approved curriculum instead of searching the open internet. When the technology lacked an answer, it was trained to say, "I don't know," rather than inventing information.

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Realbotix designed Optio as an AI educational assistant and an at-home tutor. Students will interact with avatars trained on district curriculum. The platform is designed to reinforce concepts and provide individual tutoring outside regular school hours. Realbotix says it can also offer homework support across multiple languages.

Students reportedly may be able to upload photos of homework for feedback. They could also request lessons based on their interests or receive real-time translations. Teachers may use Optio for lesson planning and curriculum adjustments. The physical robot could also provide prompts based on material already loaded into the system.

Realbotix told CyberGuy, "The program is intended to complement, not replace, teachers by giving students supervised access to emerging AI and robotics tools as part of the district's existing STEM curriculum." The company added, "Realbotix's products are designed to support human engagement and expand access to information and services while complementing the work of educators and other professionals."

The district has paused the pilot program while it works through enhanced student data privacy agreements with the New York State Education Department. It says appropriate privacy protections and community input are important parts of the process. The district has not said when those agreements could be completed or when the pilot might resume.

If the program moves forward, it would operate under district oversight with education-specific safeguards. Realbotix says those guardrails are designed to block inappropriate responses and reduce unreliable outputs. The robot and avatar would reportedly operate through a closed system without an open internet connection. The district also said Realbotix will lack access to personally identifiable student information.

The classroom robot would reportedly lack facial recognition and recording features found in some other Realbotix models. However, personalized learning requires the system to remember some information. Students will use unique identification codes when interacting with the technology. Those codes will allow Optio to retrieve learning information and continue earlier conversations without relying on a student's name.

Several media reports connected the school project to an adult-products business under the same parent company. Realbotix disputes the way some reports characterized that relationship.

Realbotix provided this clarification to CyberGuy:

"For clarity, some media reports have falsely connected the Salamanca project to an adult product or adult-products business. The Salamanca robot is a newly manufactured, purpose-built educational unit; no existing product or hardware is being modified or repurposed for the school." The company continued, "Realbotix LLC focuses exclusively on non-adult commercial applications, including healthcare and education. No adult-products company has any involvement in the Salamanca project or in any product or project developed by Realbotix LLC. Separate companies."

Realbotix Corp. describes itself as a holding company with two separately operated businesses. Realbotix LLC develops humanoid robots for commercial uses, while Intima LLC operates in the adult wellness and companionship market. The company says the subsidiaries maintain separate employees and facilities. It also says they do not share products, inventory, manufacturing resources or technology. Realbotix told CyberGuy, "The Salamanca robot is a newly manufactured, purpose-built educational unit; no existing product or hardware is being modified or repurposed for the school."

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Most students and teachers will not see a humanoid robot in the classroom anytime soon. Still, Salamanca's paused pilot shows where school technology may eventually be heading. Giving AI a face and a voice could make lessons more engaging. It could also lead students to trust the technology more quickly than they would trust a typical computer program.

Parents should pay close attention to what Optio remembers and who can access that information. Teacher oversight will also be important when the system gives an answer that sounds confident but may be wrong. A closed system would give the district more control than an open chatbot. Even so, students, teachers and parents deserve clear rules about student data and how the robot will be used.

The physical unit has yet to enter the school, and the district has not announced a new start date. Before moving forward, Salamanca says it will work through enhanced student data privacy agreements with the New York State Education Department and continue engaging with community members and other stakeholders. Many key questions will remain unanswered until those protections are finalized and students and teachers begin using the system in a real classroom.

Pausing the pilot program makes sense while the district works through student privacy agreements. The robot could make AI lessons more engaging, but families still need clear answers about what Optio remembers, who can access that data and when the district deletes it. The real test will come if the district restarts the pilot and shows that the technology can support learning without putting student privacy at risk.

Would you feel comfortable with a lifelike robot helping in your child's classroom, or does this take school technology too far? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.

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A socialist candidate vying to unseat a sitting House Democrat says there is "one issue" he agrees with Republicans on.

Michigan state lawmaker Donavan McKinney is among the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members giving establishment Democrats a run for their money across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.

Members of the group have shown that they're a potent force among the left's base voters, while also working to appeal to the same working-class, anti-establishment sentiment that helped President Donald Trump get elected in 2016.

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The latest evidence of that is McKinney's tease in a recent interview with Zeteo News, "I gotta give Republicans — I agree with them on this one issue. The one issue is waste, fraud and abuse."

But he differed with the GOP on where that's coming from.

"Republicans' analysis is there's waste, fraud and abuse when it comes to the poor. It's kind of like, you know, voting fraud. There's like .0001%, like very small percentage of folks, poor people, take advantage of the system," McKinney said. "The waste, fraud and abuse is coming from our taxpayer dollars subsidizing our corporations and the wealthy, so they can get richer and we keep being poor."

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"We're gonna attack the waste, fraud and abuse, but we're going to attack it for the top 1% earners in this country," he added of his goals if elected to the House.

McKinney is running to unseat Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., a progressive who split with the DSA over the party's anti-Israel sentiment.

And during a rally over the weekend, McKinney attempted to appeal to voters who feel the strain of high costs in their everyday lives.

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"All I hear across our communities is that I don't have enough resources to survive. I would define politics, it's pretty simple, it's the redistribution of resources. Well, we have to take our taxpayer money to send it overseas for bombs and weapons, to kill families and children. No more to support genocide. I think that's a damn shame," he said.

"We're in Iran spending billions of dollars a day on average. And you're telling me the people in my district, the seniors, our children, our most vulnerable populations can't get the resources they deserve? I don't think this is the America anyone wants us to live in, am I right?"

He also criticized "self-interested" lawmakers in both parties for falling out of touch with what Americans across the country are struggling with.

But on the other side of the aisle, the growing insurgency from the socialist left could provide a boon to Republicans who are fighting an uphill battle to keep control of the House.

GOP leaders across the country are warning that Americans are not interested in socialism or its core beliefs, like the redistribution of wealth and demise of capitalism.

Meanwhile, DSA-linked candidates have already unseated incumbent House Democrats in New York and Colorado.

A Buffalo, New York, music venue says it has barred a DJ from performing again after it said a "We Are Charlie Kirk" meme was shown during a recent performance that sparked backlash online, prompting the club to issue a public apology.

In a Facebook statement posted Sunday, live music bar Nietzsche's said it only learned about the incident after it circulated on social media. While the venue said the artist and promoter described the incident as a joke, it apologized to patrons, said the content did not reflect its values, and announced the DJ responsible would not be invited back.

"We want to apologize for a moment that occurred during a show at Nietzsche's last weekend, involving a ‘We are Charlie Kirk’ meme that we just became aware of via social media," the venue said in a post on Facebook. "After speaking with the artist and promoter, we understand it was intended in jest, but it's not something that has any place at Nietzsche's."

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The bar and lounge continued, "We want to reaffirm that Nietzsche's is, has been, and always will be a place of acceptance, respect, and community. We recognize that this moment did not reflect those values, and we sincerely apologize to anyone who was made to feel unwelcome or hurt."

"The DJ who included this content will not be performing at the club again," Nietzsche's added. "We appreciate everyone who brought this to our attention and will continue working to ensure Nietzsche's remains a welcoming space for all."

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Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University during his American Comeback Tour.

Shortly after Kirk’s assassination, a song thought to be AI-generated called "We Are Charlie Kirk" was credited to Spalexma that was released on Sept. 18, 2025. It is in the style of a Christian power ballad, with lyrics like, "He spoke the truth when the cost was high / He lived for Jesus, unafraid to die."

TikTokers and others have used the song in videos to mock Kirk and his death since last year.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Nietzsche's and Turning Point USA for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Lost in the kerfuffles over court cases involving the NCAA and the 'Protect College Sports Act' heading to the Senate floor this that week for a vote is the fact that we will play college football this month after another wild offseason of drama.

Can you feel it?

As football teams hit the practice field this week for the start of fall camp, the anticipation builds for what is to come in just 25 days after a majority of the headlines over the past seven months have centered around the future.

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The expansion of the College Football Playoff. Congressional leaders trying to garner enough from SEC and Big Ten leaders to pass legislation that will have major ramifications on the future of college athletics. Court cases involving athletes who feel they were wronged by the NCAA installing a new 5-for-5 eligibility rule that gives athletes five years to play five seasons in all sports.

Bundle all of this together and we once again had an offseason that did not center around what was going to take place on the football field this year.

I am not implying that what is taking place off the field is not important, far from it. The NCAA put itself in this spot, and it's having to spend an insane amount of money to defend their decisions in courtrooms across the country.

What I am saying is that the average fan who just wants to cheer on their team, or call into their local postgame show to unload on whomever is coaching their favorite squad after a loss, is tired of hearing about the everyday noise that has overtaken the offseason.

And guess what? I don't blame them one bit. In reality, I agree with them.

We spent college football media days clamoring over the future of college athletics and how much money it's going to take in hopes of competing for a national championship. At the end of the day, fans that pay for tickets, parking, memorabilia, food, hotels and gas just want to sit in their seats to cheer on their team.

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Whether that's inside the stadium or sitting on the couch with their friends, the conversation around what college sports will look like in two or three years has gotten old, quick.

Since the inception of NIL, which was highlighted by Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher trading jabs about how much money was spent on the Texas A&M roster, the offseason talk has shifted from the on-field product to which lawyer is representing a player in their fight against the NCAA.

Again, that is just the world we live in now. It's not going away any time soon, no matter if Congress passes the 'Protect College Sports Act' or not.

All across the country, players and coaches are preparing for the upcoming season. At the same time, fans are booking hotel rooms or deciding how much money they will need to spend on streaming platforms so they can enjoy a season of college football.

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We had plenty of drama though, thanks to figures like Brendan Sorsby, Lane Kiffin, the entire Texas Tech athletic department, Ole Miss and even Bill Belichick.

In Austin, there are Texas fans wondering if this is the year in which Steve Sarkisian can get the Longhorns playing for a national championship.

Out in Southern California, USC fans are already preparing to hold a picket line if Lincoln Riley cannot get the Trojans back into the CFP conversation.

The list goes on, and on. And, I love it. The local radio stations are getting everything together from a technical standpoint to host postgame shows that are like therapy sessions for fans.

We have also spent this offseason clamoring over who's the best conference in college football.

Is it the Big Ten or SEC? Well, who has won the past three national championships? Curt Cignetti rightfully stood at the podium last week in Chicago and made that point abundantly clear.

Will the ACC make another run at a College Football Playoff title game appearance, and can that team once again be Miami? Is this the final season in which Dabo Swinney will lead Clemson down the hill? How many vacancies will the ACC have after this season comes to an end?

There is a lot of pressure on schools to deliver, and if you aren’t in the CFP conversation when the first weekend of November rolls around, then fans will be prepared to start conversing about how much money was spent on a roster that came up short.

We have entered the most nerve-wracking point of the year in college football. The 'expectation' period, where everyone still has a chance.

This is what we crave. This is what we find ourselves stressing over when life might be kicking us outside the sports realm.

And sure, there will be plenty of noise around legislation and court cases that are currently ongoing off the field.

Unfortunately, that's the world we live in right now when it comes to college athletics. But, the beautiful sight of your favorite team running out of the locker room is nearly upon us.

Congratulations to you all. We've made it to another season of college football.

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Recently fired "60 Minutes" correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley have found a safe space, landing at Columbia Journalism School (CJS) for the 2026–27 academic year.

Alfonsi and Pelley, who were shown the door from "60 Minutes" after clashing with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and objecting to attempts to tamp down the partisanship at the iconic newsmagazine, will serve at the historically liberal-yet-celebrated home to the Pulitzer Prize as journalists-in-residence, the school announced Monday.

Alfonsi and Pelley will "work closely with students, individually and as a group, through lectures, workshops and special events designed to sharpen their reporting, investigative and sourcing skills," according to CJS. They will also contribute to the Columbia Journalism Review. 

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"This is a critical time for a free press," Pelley said in a statement. "Columbia is leading the way in training the next generation of great journalists, and I am honored to join Sharyn in that vital cause."

The Media Research Center believes "Columbia’s journalism program is not committed to honest journalism" and instead "delivers a one-sided education that celebrates left-wing policies and is overwhelmingly run by liberal journalists."

"The school uses its position as a leading journalism institution to promote a liberal agenda that has sweeping impact on the news Americans consume," the MRC said in a report on higher education. 

Meanwhile, Weiss has made several changes to "60 Minutes" during her tenure, which has been marked by sharp criticism from liberal media observers. Pelley was fired from the long-running CBS News show in June after he accused Weiss of "murdering" "60 Minutes" during a tense all-staff meeting that was supposed to be new executive producer Nick Bilton’s introduction to the staff. 

"She’s murdering ‘60 Minutes.’ She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that," Pelley told staffers. 

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Pelley also told Bilton, who has no linear television experience, that he has "slender qualifications" for his new role. Pelley was fired the next day, with Bilton writing that he "hijacked" the meeting to disparage management. 

"Yesterday’s performative display of hostility — enacted in front of the staff instead of in a civil, private conversation — demonstrated that you have no interest in contributing to the future success of the show, or approaching my new tenure with a mind open to collaboration and progress. I am here to deliver first-in-class news programming, not to make headlines about newsroom drama," Bilton wrote to Pelley in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital. 

As for Alfonsi, CBS News declined to renew her contract months after she lashed out at Weiss for delaying a segment about allegations of abuses at the El Salvador prison CECOT. 

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Last year, Weiss delayed the "Inside CECOT" segment that featured Alfonsi interviewing some released deportees, who described torturous conditions. A CBS spokesperson told Fox News Digital at the time that it was determined the segment needed "additional reporting," seemingly due to concerns about not yet having an on-the-record response from the Trump administration for the newsmagazine segment. 

In a stunning note to fellow "60 Minutes" staffers that quickly leaked to the media, Alfonsi said her segment was being held for political reasons, not editorial ones. Alfonsi told colleagues Weiss had "spiked" the story and not given her a chance to discuss it further.

CBS ended up airing the segment in January. 

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An Ohio man accused of shoplifting leaped onto a woman's car as she barreled down the highway trying to escape police, dramatic video shows.

Two Ohio men accused of shoplifting from a Kroger were pulled over by Miami Township police on July 27, and one of them, later identified as Kaamil O'Berry, bolted from the car and fled on foot, according to WKRC.

The suspect was seen running over the on-ramp to I-75 as he ran away from police.

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As O'Berry allegedly continued to run from police, he was seen running onto the interstate and jumping onto the hood of a woman's car, who continued driving.

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The suspect clung to the hood of the woman's car until both vanished from the highway camera's view, allegedly attempting to take control of the car. He broke her windshield in the process as well.

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Eventually, O'Berry fell off the woman's windshield and was arrested. He was transported to a nearby hospital, according to the report.

O'Berry was arrested on charges of obstructing official business, theft and aggravated robbery.

David Sutter, who was in the car with O'Berry, was charged with complicity to theft.

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Arnold, guilty or not, seems to be on a similar path now. He already is losing the 2026 season, which was supposed to be his third in the league, barring a dramatic change of circumstances.

And while the Lions try to fill the void on their roster, Arnold is in danger of joining a different and very upsetting list of NFL players.

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As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that's with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a car. And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off to the best of starts.

Picture the scene: You've been at home for a total of one night out of the previous eight, and you've just landed at the airport after an eight-hour flight. It's 85˚F (30˚C) and raining. You could take the metro home. Sure, 80 minutes isn't quick, but all you have to do is sit there, then walk home a block. But you can't because there's a car to be reviewed, waiting to be driven home. In rush hour.

I will confess, I did not know VW made a Jetta Sport. For one thing, it's not the Jetta GLI. That car has plenty of power and torque and uprated suspension, and it can even be ordered with a six-speed manual, unlike the Golf GTI, although based on our most recent GLI drive, you may regret ticking that particular box.

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday creating a new White House commission aimed at putting military families at the heart of military readiness, Fox News Digital has learned.

The executive order would establish the President's Military Spouse Commission, which would advise the president on policies affecting military spouses and families and provide annual recommendations to improve their quality of life while strengthening military readiness, a White House official told Fox News Digital.

The commission is designed to give the White House a direct line to the challenges facing military spouses, including childcare, employment, housing, health care, education and the demands of repeated deployments.

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Trump is expected to sign the order Monday afternoon alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, his wife Jennifer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and several military spouses, the official said.

The Military Spouse Commission will be chaired by Jennifer Hegseth.

Trump will appoint an executive director, while Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's wife, Christie Mullin, and 20 other military spouses representing the service secretaries, Joint Chiefs of Staff and each branch's senior enlisted leader will serve as commission members.

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Military spouse employment and pay are the top concerns for active-duty military families, followed by time away from family, child care, housing and housing allowances, and children's education, according to Blue Star Families' latest Military Family Lifestyle Survey.

An estimated 1 million children have at least one parent serving on active duty, according to government website Military One Source.

During his first term, Trump expanded support for military families by improving occupational license portability for military spouses, broadening access to remote and flexible work, and increasing opportunities for federal employment.

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In 2018, Trump also signed legislation allowing military spouses to claim the same state of legal residence as their active-duty spouse, even when military orders require the family to move elsewhere.

In a Military Spouse Day proclamation signed in May, Trump said the nation's 250 years of freedom were made possible by the Armed Forces and the "selfless spouses" who have shared in the burden of military service across generations.

He acknowledged at the time "more work is needed" in relation to employment, quality housing, affordable childcare, accessible healthcare, and education for military families.

"In times of peace and in the crucible of conflict, they rise to meet every challenge and bear the pressures and sacrifices with relentless grace and fortitude," the proclamation read.

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House Republicans are probing New Jersey's government after Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted to more than 6,000 noncitizens being added to Garden State voter rolls in 2023 and 2024.

The GOP has been hammering New Jersey Democrats ever since Sherrill announced that 6,600 noncitizens were mistakenly added to the state's voter rolls during that two-year period, before she was in office, as election integrity sits as a key focal point ahead of the November midterms.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., wrote to New Jersey Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell on Monday for more information on the state's compliance with federal laws surrounding elections.

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"During a July 21, 2026, press conference, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that approximately 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024 because the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) sent the information of noncitizens who accurately marked they were not citizens to the Department of State’s Division of Elections and the noncitizens were then registered to vote," Jordan and Steil wrote.

"According to Governor Sherrill, around 400 of these individuals successfully voted in elections since 2023. We write to express our serious concerns with New Jersey apparently adding thousands of noncitizens to its voter rolls and to request information from the New Jersey Department of State about its compliance with applicable federal voting laws."

Sherrill attributed the mistake to a "serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle system."

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But it's unclear how many noncitizens have been able to register to vote beyond those two years, thanks to New Jersey motor voter laws that make it easy for people to go through that process during a visit to their local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) location.

The revelations appear to undercut Democrats' assurances that noncitizens are not voting in U.S. elections, while feeding into Republicans' push for stricter federal standards at the ballot box. To date, however, there has been no evidence that shows noncitizens have swayed the outcome of any federal election.

"The vendor, IDEMIA, that provided the software that Governor Sherrill alleges caused the noncitizens to be registered refuted Governor Sherrill’s claims, stating that New Jersey agencies were to blame," the Republicans' letter said. "According to IDEMIA, the registration of noncitizens appears to have ended only when MVC asked IDEMIA to change certain settings in June 2024, but the noncitizens were not removed from the voter rolls and the issue was not publicly disclosed until now."

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"If the New Jersey government had access to accurate information about the citizenship status of the noncitizens who were registered to vote and were aware of the situation in June 2024, this raises additional questions about Governor Sherrill’s decision to blame IDEMIA, to not remove the noncitizens from the voter rolls, and to not disclose the issue to the public."

They pointed out that Caldwell, as the top elections official in the state, is "uniquely positioned" to help with House Republicans' investigation.

The committees are now seeking any and all information related to New Jersey's compliance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA).

"HAVA governs the rules, maintenance, and technical coordination required for statewide voter registration databases. The NVRA mandates that state motor agencies serve as voter registration portals with requisite compliance protocols to maintain accurate and up-to-date voter rolls. The CRA requires states to maintain voter records and empowers the U.S. Department of Justice to vet voter rolls by cross-referencing lists to identify improper registrations," the letter said.

They're also looking for any documents pertaining to how New Jersey vets its voter rolls for eligibility as well as evidence of a "lack of cooperation" with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its aim to verify the citizenship status of each state's voters.

The letter is also signed by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., and Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., both of whom chair relevant subcommittees on the matter.

They are requesting that New Jersey's government provide the documents by no later than August 17.

Fox News Digital reached out to Sherrill's office for comment.

India has proposed extending tax breaks until 2041 for foreign companies that supply machinery to their contract manufacturers, handing a win to Apple as it expands iPhone production in the country, reports.

Introduced in February, the exemption previously ran only until 2031, and Apple had long since lobbied against being taxed on the high-end iPhone machinery it owns in India. The draft bill still has to be passed by both houses of parliament.
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A 14-year-old Montana rancher-in-training says God put him in the right place at the right time after he used the cowboy skills he'd spent months practicing to lasso and rescue a drowning man from the Yellowstone River following a rafting accident.

Jory Thomas was camping with his family near Greycliff, Montana, on July 5 when they heard someone screaming for help.

"We all heard, 'Help, help,'" Thomas told KTVQ. "There's two or three people floating down the river, one hanging on to the cooler, and he wasn't saying anything."

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A raft and paddleboard had struck a bridge pillar, throwing four people into the river. Three reached shore, but one man continued drifting downstream while clinging to a cooler.

Thomas said there was no time to wait.

"This current was pretty fast then, and he was moving pretty quickly," he said. "Only thing I could focus on was helping him get out of the water because I didn't want to see anyone go in front of me."

He emptied his pockets, crossed a waist-deep side channel and ran along the bank. Then he grabbed a 12-foot lariat he'd brought from home — something his grandmother told the station he'd never packed for a camping trip before.

"My first instinct, I thought, was try and rope him and drag him out before he gets too far down the river," Thomas said. "Luckily, I caught him first try."

Thomas pulled the man toward shore through chest-deep water until first responders arrived.

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The teenager said he'd only started taking roping seriously this year while helping with cattle on the family ranch, telling the station that his skills improving the more he roped cattle.

Thomas said he believes his faith guided him to act.

"God was basically putting me in the place of all this," he said. "God was just telling me all of this at the time and saying, 'Go get him, you got it, and I believe in you.'"

He later reflected that he never expected the same skills he learned on the ranch would save a person's life.

"I just thought I could help with cattle," Thomas said. "Not really helping humans and stuff like that. But I'm glad I was here to help."

The Sweet Grass County Sheriff's Office later honored Thomas with a Certificate of Achievement. Sheriff Alan Ronneberg and Undersheriff Ron Swanson recognized the teen for rescuing the man near Pelican Fishing Access.

"Well done, Jory!" the sheriff's office wrote in a social media post.

The couple appeared to be avid paddleboarders, as depicted in several photos posted to social media, and was "well known in the Wrightsville Beach paddleboarding community," WWAY reported.

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A neighbor told WECT that Stephen Willetts was "retired Army."

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A man named Fuller Royal, who said he was Tracey Willetts' second cousin, made a post to social media saying that Stephen was a lifelong friend, and a devoted EMT.

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According to the post, the Willetts lost their two sons within a year of each other between the years of 2013 and 2014.

Royal wrote, "I can't begin to imagine how much that hurt and what they went through. I pray they are reunited with their boys and that everyone is whole, safe and at peace. God Bless them all."

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Well, we're still waiting for that post-final major championship of the year hangover to set in.

A week after Jackson Koivun picked up his first win on the PGA Tour in just his third start as a professional, Michael Thorbjornsen earned his maiden victory on Tour at the Rocket Classic, making it back-to-back weeks that two of American golf's most highly anticipated players found the winner's circle.

While it has felt like a long time coming for Thorbjornsen to cross the finish line from an outsider's perspective, it's fair to say the wait has felt significantly longer for the 24-year-old himself after the journey he's already been on in his young career.

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Speaking of a long time, it has been nearly four full years since Patrick Cantlay won a golf tournament, and based on his strategy during Sunday's final round at the Rocket, he seems perfectly content with that reality.

Finally, this weekend will mark the end of the PGA Tour regular season. As per usual, there are some big-time names on the outside looking in when it comes to punching tickets to the FedEx Cup Playoffs. We'll take a look at them and toss some predictions out there.

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It's not entirely fair to pin the statement 'it's a matter of when, not if this player wins on the PGA Tour' on someone, because winning on the PGA Tour is outrageously difficult. Michael Thorbjornsen, however, has certainly had that sentiment attached to his name for years now.

It took Thorbjornsen 65 starts on Tour to earn his first victory, and while that number may seem somewhat large, context is supremely important to look at in the case of his career.

In August 2023, he suffered a stress fracture in his back that forced him to miss out on playing in the U.S. Amateur and a spot on the U.S. Walker Cup team. Later that same year, he underwent ankle surgery while still recovering from his back injury. He's also withdrawn from multiple PGA Tour events mid-round due to other injuries.

While overall he's hit the ground running since turning professional in June 2024 with 40 made cuts and 20 Top 25 finishes in his 64 previous starts before finding the winner's circle at the Rocket Classic, he's dealt with some battles most players in his age bracket avoid.

With all that in mind for the former Stanford standout, his come-from-behind win and slamming of the door on the 72nd hole made for a compelling scene on Sunday afternoon.

Thor began the day four shots off the lead, and while knowing he'd need his best stuff to climb to the top of the leaderboard, he went out and fired a bogey-free 63 to eventually snag a two-shot victory. It's worth mentioning he did so while playing alongside major champion Xander Schauffele, who was firmly in the mix on the back nine on Sunday as well.

Thorbjornsen has some catching up to do when it comes to fellow 24-year-old Tour players like four-time winner Tom Kim and three-time winner Akshay Bhatia, but it has been abundantly clear he has the tools, the speed, and a sneaky great game around the greens to jump into the upper echelons of players, not just younger players, on the PGA Tour.

Patrick Cantlay began Sunday's final round five shots back of the lead. Sure, that's a large deficit to try and erase, but firing a low round in the 60s and seeing what the leaders end up doing behind you seems like a game plan to implement when you're a guy searching for your first win since August 2022.

After getting to 2-under for the day through his opening five holes, Cantlay carded a bogey on the Par 4 7th hole, which is forgivable given it played as the hardest hole on the course on Sunday. He then sent a clear, embarrassing, and sad message on the eighth tee.

The Par 4 8th hole was the easiest hole on the golf course for the final round, playing at just 332 yards and drivable for a large chunk of the field. The overwhelming majority of players attempted to drive the green, and at worst, left themselves a chip shot of less than 20 or so yards, giving them a great opportunity at birdie, or maybe even an eagle.

Cantlay opted to hit an iron off the tee, leaving himself 130 yards to the pin. Mind you, Sunday's final round was played under lift-clean-and-place conditions given the rain the golf course had taken on overnight. The greens were incredibly receptive, and controlling spin with a full wedge shot as opposed to a chip shot makes the eighth hole significantly more difficult, but clearly, Cantlay didn't see it that way.

He ultimately hit his approach shot to 21 feet, missed the birdie putt, and walked away with a lifeless par.

Cantlay finished T-8, and of the 13 other players who finished T-8 or better, only Hideki Matsuyama and Michael Kim chose to lay up on the eighth as he did.

This week's Wyndham Championship is the final opportunity for players to earn a Top 70 spot in the FedEx Cup standings, earn a spot into the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, and keep their seasons alive, and there are some notable names who have to have big weeks in order to accomplish that.

Keegan Bradley (72), Jason Day (75), Brandt Snedeker (83), Brooks Koepka (86), Tony Finau (89), Lucas Glover (96), and Billy Horschel (107) will start the week on the outside looking in. That list of players has a combined eight major championships and two FedEx Cup titles between them. Despite winning just two weeks ago, Koivun is the bubble boy, beginning the week at No. 70 in the standings.

Of the names listed above, it's going to take each of the guys outside the Top 80 to have huge weeks to earn a spot in the field in Memphis. Snedeker's name stands out as a two-time Wyndham Championship winner. While Sneds has great history to lean on, Koepka has played the event just three times in his career, with the last being a missed cut in 2020.

Let's go out on a limb, however, and predict Koepka finally puts it all together this week, does enough and gets enough help as well, to sneak inside the Top 70.

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Apple last month filed a new legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) over the British government's demand for access to encrypted iCloud backups belonging to UK users, according to an order issued by the court and reported by the Financial Times.


The Home Office previously agreed to drop its original demand for a backdoor covering UK and U.S. customers alike, after a diplomatic row with Washington. The British government subsequently issued a new technical capability notice (TCN) to Apple last year, limited to users in the UK.

Technical capability notices are issued under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, which the government says is necessary to investigate terrorism and child sexual abuse. They can force companies to hand UK security services access to customer data, even when that data is encrypted.

The court notified Privacy International of Apple's new complaint. The group, along with Liberty, had already brought a separate complaint against such notices at the IPT, with that case due to be heard in December.

Apple has long argued that any such backdoor would weaken security for all its customers. Apple and the Home Office are both legally barred from discussing TCNs.
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The BBC is the first media organisation to gain access to the city and speak to people on the ground in Rawalakot.

Apple today highlighted tomorrow's start for the Leagues Cup, an annual competition among teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX, with all 62 matches available for Apple TV subscribers to watch at no additional charge in over 100 countries and regions.


The tournament features 18 of the 30 MLS teams and all 18 Liga MX teams, with the top three finishing teams receiving spots in the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup. The Leagues Cup champion will receive a direct berth into the Round of 16 at the Champions Cup as teams vie for qualification to the FIFA Club World Cup and other international tournaments.

Phase One of the Leagues Cup runs from tomorrow through August 13, with the Quarterfinals scheduled for August 25–27 and the Semifinals to be played September 1–2. The final and third-place matches are scheduled for September 6.

In addition to ‌Apple TV‌ coverage, Apple is featuring the Leagues Cup across a number of its other services, including real-time scores and stats in the Apple Sports app, curated warm-up playlists on Apple Music, Maps Guides to every MLS stadium in Apple Maps, and a dedicated Leagues Cup hub in Apple News.
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"As this is an active and ongoing investigation, DACC is not able to answer specific questions about this case at this time," the department said, adding that it is committed to ensuring kennel operations meet legal requirements and provide humane care.

TMZ, which first reported the search, said Blair was present during the inspection and cooperated with authorities. No dogs were removed from the property, according to the outlet.

In a video accompanying her Instagram post, Blair reiterated that the visit centered on administrative issues rather than the animals' condition.

"Today we got a really big surprise visit," she said in the video. "And as it turns out, there is nothing but some paperwork and some new diagrams and things."

"Wanted to check in and let you know I am fine. The animals are fine. And we just have some paperwork that has to be dealt with. And that's all this was all about. I don't know why mail isn't used more often to notify somebody. Just saying," she said, while also encouraging supporters to donate to the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation — the nonprofit she founded in 2003 to rescue and rehabilitate abused, neglected, and abandoned animals.

She ended her video by reiterating how she and the animals are doing, saying, "I wanna let you know I'm ok and so are the animals. Thank you so much."

Representatives for Blair and the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Free agent Jordan Henderson signs a two-year deal with Chelsea after his contract with Premier League rivals Brentford is mutually terminated.

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A three-month trial heard the teenage girls were given drugs and sexually abused.

I’ve mentioned a few times how the AI community is overwhelmingly still using X. This is annoying because I’m fascinated with AI, and I like to know throughout the week what big changes are happening in the industry.

I stopped posting to Twitter over a decade ago. And more recently with Elon Musk, the X API has become more unpredictable and developer-hostile. (I still think Micro.blog should probably integrate with it anyway, so that users can prioritize their own blogs and still reach social followers with POSSE, but it’s a question I’ve tabled for now.)

I had even gotten into the habit of routinely checking X posts from folks in the AI industry. I really dislike this. There has to be a better way to keep up with news. Blogs like TechCrunch help, but only if an X post becomes important enough to bubble up to a broader audience.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been testing a new solution using ChatGPT scheduled tasks. I have a task that can run at regular intervals, finding any relevant posts and summarizing them for me. The prompt looks like this:

Find the latest public posts/tweets from notable OpenAI and Anthropic employees, summarize the most important updates, and include links to the original posts. Prioritize posts from the last 8 hours and focus on AI product, research, developer, policy, and company-relevant updates.

It’s working well. Here’s a screenshot from ChatGPT from over the weekend:

I don’t actually know how this works behind the scenes. I assume it’s downloading various profile pages while navigating around the dickovers that increasingly get in the way of signed-out reading on platforms like X and Reddit. But however it’s doing it, it works. It finds both X posts and company blog posts from OpenAI and Anthropic.

The larger point isn’t really about X. This workflow is just a specific example of what will become more common in the future, as AI assistants proactively help us save time, just as RSS feed readers help us avoid reloading a website home page over and over.

Social media powered by ads and algorithms is too addictive. The best way to avoid it is to not check mainstream social media at all, otherwise we’re inevitably going to get sucked into the infinite timeline. I think RSS feed readers and AI assistants will have an important role to play in helping us stay informed even as we’re mostly unplugged from the worst aspects of it all.

"Some key Russian enterprises involved in ballistic missile production are not under sanctions imposed by the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Switzerland, and other jurisdictions," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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In this interview, the Kyiv Independent's Martin Fornusek speaks with Martin Sklenar, former Slovak defense minister, about the likelihood of a Russian attack on NATO, Europe's military readiness, U.S. troop reductions, defense spending, and the growing debate over conscription.

Two key Republican rebels are dropping their resistance against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have for weeks dug their heels into the ground against confirming acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to fully take over the position. They have been trying to extract concessions from the administration in exchange for their votes.

And those concessions came on Sunday as Blanche’s first key test fast approaches. After warring with Trump and Blanche’s confirmation nearly being withdrawn, the duo are now ready to support the president’s pick to replace former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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"We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon," they said in a joint statement.

Cornyn and Tillis had two primary objectives: ensure, in explicit writing, that the nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization fund would not return, and that Trump’s audit immunity would not extend beyond him and the defendants listed in his lawsuit against the IRS.

Blanche announced on Sunday that the anti-weaponization fund was getting the permanent boot, and that the audit protection was going to be narrowly tailored to Trump and his family.

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Cornyn and Tillis said they "are pleased" with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) formal order to deal with both issues, and noted that doing so addressed "concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share."

Both issues came from the settlement deal Trump and his family reached with the IRS earlier this year that Blanche helped to roll out.

And both lawmakers are needed to advance Blanche out of committee and onto the Senate floor, given that if either one of them balked against the nominee, he would fail and be stuck in limbo.

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Cornyn and Tillis both sparred with Trump over the last few days leading up to this moment.

Trump declared that he would withdraw Blanche’s nomination if neither of them broke their resistance. He reupped the pressure over the weekend when he announced that if Blanche’s confirmation continues to stumble or fail, he would revive the anti-weaponization fund and pressure Congress to codify it.

He declared on Truth Social, "I will keep Todd as Acting AG, and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill," passed through Congress.

Tillis countered that Trump "clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks either by inappropriately establishing another bogus fund or pushing Congress to vote for a bill that the majority of Republicans in the Senate would be against."

"It’s unfortunate that Todd Blanche, who I consider qualified for the job, will not be confirmed because of this reversal," Tillis said over the weekend. "Hopefully, we can resolve this by Tuesday."

With the issues appearing to be resolved, the committee vote on Blanche is moving full steam ahead.

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, rescheduled the vote for Tuesday after nixing last week’s hearing. A spokesperson for Grassley said his top goal is to see "Todd Blanche’s nomination to be successful."

"Grassley would like to see Blanche confirmed before the August recess as he has an excellent record restoring law and order and keeping Americans safe," they said.

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A veteran retired investigator following the Nancy Guthrie case said the release of two purported ransom notes echoes the investigative strategy that helped identify the Unabomber, as authorities hope the messages will generate new tips six months after her suspected kidnapping in Tucson, Arizona.

"Law enforcement rarely makes the deliberate call to release an offender's own words to the public," said Lisa Miller, a retired investigator from the Colorado Attorney General's Office.

While she's not connected to the Guthrie investigation, she's been following it closely for the past six months.

NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM DEMANDS RELEASED BY PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BID TO IDENTIFY SENDER

"The last major precedent: 1995, the Unabomber manifesto…published on the FBI’s recommendation, betting someone would recognize the writing," she noted in an X post over the weekend. "It worked."

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David Kaczynski and his wife, Linda Patrik, recognized Ted Kaczynski's writing style and alerted authorities. Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 and pleaded guilty two years later to avoid the death penalty. He spent most of his time behind bars at the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado.

According to FBI records, Kaczynski sent a 35,000-word manifesto outlining his motives "and views of the ills of modern society."

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Then-FBI Director Louis Freeh and then-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno signed off on a plan to publish the document. After it ran in national news, the task force investigating that case received thousands of tips — including a note from David Kaczynski, who included other writing samples that linguistic analysts used to compare against the manifesto.

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On Friday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department released two notes that have been deemed potentially credible in the abduction of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Authorities said the two notes share a "unique linguistic style" and are believed to have been sent by the same person.

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"There are a number of pieces of information in these notes that just might jar someone to say, 'You know, I've heard that,' or the wording, the style of the writing," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a video posted to X Saturday. "We hope that by releasing the actual note, we'll get some response from the community."

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They are much shorter than the Unabomber's lengthy essay and less useful for linguistics analysis, Miller said, but they still contain clues and consistent phrasing that could stand out to someone who knows the writer.

The clearest habit appears to be the sender's tendency to write a statement and then immediately follow it with a comma-spliced reinforcing statement, she said.

For example, she gave the following lines:

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"You will not be able to contact me from here on out, there will be no negotiation."

"We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention."

Miller said she doesn't believe the notes were written by artificial intelligence. The notes include "uneven grammar and syntax," emotionally charged repetitions and awkward phrasing, she said.

Authorities are looking for help identifying the masked intruder who appeared on Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera on the night of her abduction as well as the sender of the notes.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI or, to remain anonymous, call 520-88-CRIME.

The sum of all rewards in the case is over $1.2 million. The money remained unclaimed as of Friday, a day before the six-month mark since Guthrie's kidnapping.

Curium said it would pay $102.50 a share in cash for Lantheus, a 2.9% premium to Friday’s closing price of $99.64 and 8.5% above Lantheus’s closing price of $94.47 on May 21, before Bloomberg reported that Curium was circling the company.

The bank aims to finance one million affordable housing units and provide loans to 200,000 first-time home buyers through 2035.

Apple wants its future glasses and headsets to double as health and fitness devices, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.


In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said the ambition traces back to Vision Pro's early development, when Apple weighed a number of ambitious health and fitness features for the headset. Among the ideas Apple explored was a Vision Pro-native take on Fitness+, designed to have wearers work out and follow along with classes while the headset's body-tracking sensors monitored their form. That project stalled and was ultimately scrapped, according to Gurman, both because of technical limitations and because the headset was simply too heavy to wear comfortably during a workout.

Apple has apparently carried that ambition into its smart glasses project once the company shifted its spatial computing focus away from Vision Pro. He draws a parallel to AirPods, which Apple transformed from simple earbuds into a functioning hearing aid system. Sensors embedded in the glasses, he suggested, could eventually let Apple capture movement data in a similar way, opening the door to fitness-tracking functionality later down the line.

Gurman noted that this won't be part of the glasses when they debut next year; he expects the health capabilities to arrive gradually, over a period of years rather than at launch.

He pointed out that the Vision Products Group, Apple's team responsible for glasses and future headsets, is looking to hire a "strategic product design leader" tasked with helping "define the future of health, well-being and fitness experiences across vision products." Whoever fills the role will need to "translate ambiguous opportunities at the intersection of spatial computing, wearables, consumer health and human behavior" into an actual product direction.

The listing also calls for a candidate with "experience developing and validating digital health or fitness products" and "familiarity with sensor-driven experiences." Put together, Gurman argues, the posting confirms Apple's intent to eventually place its glasses alongside AirPods and Apple Watch as health platforms.

Apple's first smart glasses are expected to launch late next year, following a potential unveiling at WWDC.
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The month of July has been exceptionally dry, warm and sunny for most of the UK as Tomasz Schafernaker explains.

Romania blasts rocks to reroute cooling Danube water to nuclear reactor

SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

There have been persistent rumors about such an agreement for months, but now The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate reports that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to announce the agreement later this month.

The deal would give SpaceX control of an 18-mile stretch of marshland southwest of Lafayette. The site, known as Pecan Island, became available as part of a legal settlement that resolves dozens of lawsuits that blame ExxonMobil for pollution and coastal land loss, the newspaper reports.

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Henry Pollock is set to demand a substantial increase on his current Northampton contract to stay at Franklin's Gardens, with agent Eddie Hearn suggesting annual earnings of £1m are his going rate.

Updating the Mac app today with some improvements including a Scheduled tab and little indicator for scheduled posts.

UBS fined $125 million by US regulators for money laundering violations

Greek crews fight wildfire northwest of Athens for fourth day

Each year hundreds of gannet chicks are killed for their meat on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir.

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack on holiday-makers killed seven, including 3 children

With a month to go before the start of the Women's Super League season, Manchester United are without a manager and have a thin squad.

"I don’t think we should feel like our safe space is being threatened," Reeve told reporters on Saturday. "I don’t think these demonstrators are not being peaceful, not that I’ve seen. I haven’t seen all of it. I haven’t heard everything that’s happening. But everyone has a right to peacefully assemble, whether you agree with them or not."

The national debate over trans athletes in women's sports has gripped the WNBA after Cunningham revealed her stance on the issue in an ESPN article last month. The three allies that have taken place at Fever games since then have garnered mainstream national attention.

The third rally in Minneapolis on Sunday was the biggest one yet, and featured more confrontational exchanges between the "Save Women's Sports" protesters and the pro-trans counterprotesters than the first two rallies, as seen in footage posted to social media.

Britain's Mimi Rhodes and Leona Maguire, of Ireland, have earned wildcard picks for Europe's Solheim Cup team to take on the United States in the Netherlands next month.

Apple's first camera-equipped AirPods could launch as soon as next month, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Apple has reportedly spent years working on camera-equipped AirPods under the code name "B798," as part of a broader AI wearables push that also encompasses smart glasses and a wearable AI pendant. That model had been on track for a 2026 release before slipping to 2027.

In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that a separate camera AirPods project, code named "B790," has been progressing alongside B798. He noted this isn't unusual for Apple, saying the company "famously creates competing versions of the same product internally." He added that the B790 hardware is closer to production. Pieces of it have turned up in iOS 27's code, and it is reportedly listed internally as a candidate to ship before the year is out.

It is not the first sign of B790's existence. Developer Sam Henri Gold found traces of the same codename buried in the second iOS 27 developer beta last month. Gurman did not mention what separates the B790 hardware from the more advanced B798 model, and it's still an open question whether Apple will ultimately ship both.

Rather than taking photos or video, the sensors in Apple's camera AirPods are expected to hand Siri a live view of a wearer's surroundings, tying into existing Visual Intelligence tools. Because a camera-equipped model is expected to cost more than the current $249 AirPods Pro 3, Gurman previously said Apple is weighing "AirPods Ultra" branding rather than calling them "AirPods Pro 4."

If the B790 model does arrive this year, a September debut alongside new iPhones is the most likely scenario, while the fuller featured B798 version remains slated for late 2027.
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BBC Sport's Aadam Patel reports on the latest from the Liverpool tour of the United States.

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Three passengers – a 24-year-old and two 18-year-olds – were also ultimately arrested, and each was charged with misdemeanor highway racing. All four were booked into the Hillsborough County Jail.

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Investigators said the incident began around 1:30 a.m. Saturday when hundreds of vehicles blocked all northbound lanes of I-75 while participants allegedly performed burnouts and other stunts in the middle of the interstate.

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Investigators alleged Lugo fled the scene as many of the vehicles dispersed when law enforcement arrived, triggering the pursuit shown in the newly released dashcam footage.

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The I-75 incident marked the latest in a series of takeover-related events that have drawn increased attention from Florida law enforcement this summer.

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In June, the St. Augustine Beach Police Department said it thwarted a planned "teen takeover" before it began after investigators used electronic monitoring to identify plans circulating online.

Earlier this year, Orlando police also released video showing hundreds of riders on e-bikes swarming downtown streets, running red lights, blocking traffic and delaying an ambulance. Officers said the group created a significant public safety hazard and vowed to continue cracking down on similar incidents.

Towards the end of July, we began tracking major discounts on the 2026 MacBook Pro, with up to $500 off select models on Amazon. These sales are still available this week, and Amazon has even sweetened the pot for select devices with sales that are better than we saw during the July event.

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14-Inch MacBook Pro

Prices start at $2,259.99 for the 24GB/1TB 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro, down from $2,499.00. Amazon is also providing $500 off both the 15-Core/24GB/2TB model, as well as the M5 Max 26GB/2TB model, both of which are new low prices in the wake of the price hikes.

16-Inch MacBook Pro

In terms of the larger display models, we're tracking discounts on all four models on Amazon. These start at $2,759.99 for the 24GB/1TB M5 Pro configuration ($239 off), and reach up to $4,499.00 for the 48GB/2TB M5 Max device ($500 off).






If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.

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U.S. natural gas futures edged up in early trading with above normal temperatures likely to support power-sector demand into next week.

Earlier this year, Apple informed the European Union that it had agreed to acquire certain assets and hire employees from PlasmaSolve, according to a notice published today on the European Commission's website.

Apple Inc. ("Apple"), through a subsidiary, will acquire the entire issued share capital of PlasmaSolve s.r.o. ("PlasmaSolve") and offer employment to and hire certain PlasmaSolve employees. PlasmaSolve develops solutions, including a plasma simulation software, to design and optimize plasma-based manufacturing processes.

PlasmaSolve is a Czech materials science firm founded in 2016 that has focused on creating simulation software to assist manufacturers with various plasma-related technologies. The company's website remains active, and it outlines some of the grant funding it has received over the years related to its work.

PlasmaSolve's primary product was MatSight, a suite of apps intended to help manufacturers simulate the results of various vapor deposition processes for metals. Apple has used the technology for many years on a number of products, including on various iPhone models to create a durable thin film on the casing to minimize scratching and other damage.
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The sun is out, it's August, Mrs. Screencaps' flower gardens are glorious, football returns this week and it's time to crank out a fresh edition of Monday Screencaps after my final (sorta long) vacation of 2026.

Starting this week, you'll get continuous padded football games to gamble on until the end of January. You degenerates have made it to the finishing line. That doesn't mean you should stop RESPECTING SUMMER, but it means you'll now be able to RESPECT SUMMER on the patio with football games on in the background.

What does football mean to our being on this planet? Marco Rubio made it clear during this interview with Lara Trump over the weekend. Ladies, we want one thing and it's not as disgusting as you make it out to be.

PERCEPTION IS REALITY, AND THE SEC NEEDS TO START WINNING AGAIN BEFORE IT CONTINUES TO PUFF OUT ITS CHEST

We just want a miserable day in late October to ourselves to watch football on a Saturday. All day. That day might start on the couch and end on a neighbor's patio sucking down drinks while watching the SEC try to stay relevant in the national championship chase.

Then, on Sunday, we want to reorganize the garage...with the NFL on the garage TV(s). This week, our journey begins.

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I had no idea who Macy Kate is until she popped up in my IG algorithm. I think she popped up because SeanJo liked her content, which typically pumps content into my algo. Long story short, Macy got her start in pop music like a decade ago. Her flame burned out, but then she started dating Tampa Bay tight end Payne Durham and now she's back and trying to reconfigure as a country(ish) pop singer.

Between the Dodgers anthem and a video Macy released last week where she's riding in a truck with Payne while he's looking at a cell phone, these two are poised to have a big 2026 NFL season. How do I know? These two are able to agitate the Instagram losers. "That’s not cool. Driving, hugging, and using cell phone. I mean … not cute," some cat lady wrote on Instagram.

Some pronoun warrior also jumped in. "(A)nnnnnd we’ve crossed the line from cute to unsafe. Wear a damn seatbelt," the bitter (probably) single woman moaned.

Now, let's compare Macy's anthem to this disaster at some women's softball game. Choose your fighter.

What happened to our music festivals? I don't even recognize what went down in Chicago over the weekend and I'm not even talking about the Asians refusing to wrestle in this pit. The music industry is a complete disaster.

I get it, the lineups change as generations change, but when Olivia Dean and Jennie are your Saturday night headliners, we have issues. Dean is some British pop singer and Jennie is some South Korean K-popper. Time magazine swears Jennie is one of the top 100 most influential people of 2026. Yeah, OK.

Yeah, but the Smashing Pumpkins played Friday night. Oh yeah, about that performance, Billy Corgan brought out Olivia Rodrigo to help sing "Thirty-Three" and make it sound like a sh-tty American Idol performance so her dork fans would then go nuts and post the performance on TikTok.

So dumb, but, they have to pay the bills, so they'll keep pumping out the TikTok artists.

Ben from Wisconsin has his little ones out there in the yard smacking golf balls. #Respect

Never forget that this was Vandalia, Ohio's baby until 2006. Trapshooting belonged to a stretch of road along U.S. 40 where guys shot clays while aiming towards Dayton International Airport.

"The Dixie Highway and the National Road, two chalklines drawn across the smooth slate of Ohio, meet ten miles north of Dayton at a village called Vandalia. At Vandalia are the $100,000 grounds of the Amateur* Trapshooting Association of America, where, late every August, with eleven freight carloads of clay targets (made of sand and plaster of Paris) and $32,000 worth of shotgun shells, are held the most important trapshooting events in America," Time magazine wrote about the Grand in 1932.

It's all gone now. Even the shuttles I used to drive up and down the Grand grounds.

– Kevin has a problem: Joe, great to have you back in the saddle.  With the cost of everything going up I have a new shakedown scam going on - dorm room decorating. What should it cost to make your dorm room liveable?

I have a daughter going out of state and she has put together a list on Amazon (#notsponsored) that tops out at over $800. That's her half! Now it includes essentials like bedding....I think that may be all that is actually "essential". I realize she is a girl and they are different from boys (yes America - boys and girls ARE different) but the idea that she needs to deck her dorm room out is a bit much for me.

It's her and a roommate and they have their own bathroom - so they need shower curtains and liners, multiple trash cans and all that. But a padded headboard for her dorm bed which of course needs a mattress pad, dust ruffle, throw pillows 'so when I come back to my room it's comfy and warm and welcome.' Joe, if she's made her bed more than 10 times in the past year other than when she's changed her sheets I'll pay for half the T's airfare to their next Mediterranean destination.

Is this a thing now? Dorm rooms getting decked out? This doesn't even include the cost of getting her out to school and flying home. What would you say is a fair budget number? SC Nation please tell me I'm not crazy.

Kinsey: You're not crazy, Kevin. Let's face it, the freshman girls are looking for social media content. They cannot be seen as having an inferior setup. Your daughter has seen on TikTok — for years — what it looks like for college freshmen girls to move in and start their college careers. Those TikTok videos have influenced her. The blame for this is social media.

Your only line of defense here is to buy her the essentials and tell her to buy the padded headboard with her own money. Or you bite the bullet now, buy the headboard and stand firm that this is a one-and-done scenario. Good luck!

Are there any dads out there who can provide cost analysis? How much are you guys spending to furnish your kids' dorm rooms?

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That is enough for this Monday morning. There should be plenty of content to get you guys fired up and moving this week. Good luck to all the students who started sports over the weekend. Screencaps Jr. gladly rode his bike to cross country practice where he'll go through a grueling 90-minute workout. I told him to go play pickleball afterwards just to keep the day rolling. He gladly accepted that challenge.

That's the energy I want to see out of us today. Let's go get after it.

Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.

Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens to enforce them through the courts when the government does not act to address the problem. Called “citizen suit provisions,” those parts of the laws allow regular people and advocacy groups to sue companies they believe are violating the law. Citizens can also sue federal agencies that fail to enforce the laws.

Since the 1970s, those provisions have been used in over 2,000 lawsuits. In fact, a majority of environmental cases are citizen suit cases. Citizen suits have been used to halt the construction of dams to protect endangered species, end the injection of wastewater into groundwater, and secure US$14.2 million in civil penalties for illegal emissions from a petrochemical facility. In short, these cases have shaped modern environmental law.

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Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests.

The girl, from West Yorkshire, was found injured at the Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath shortly after midnight.

The Sophie Cunningham train rolled through Minnesota on Sunday, and, somehow, it made it through in one piece.

Barely.

Cunningham — who has morphed into the WNBA's most polarizing player — has jumped head first into the trans culture war over the past two weeks, and things are starting to escalate.

PS: You will NEVER guess which side is starting to do the escalating.

Just kidding. It's the left. It's always the left. Duh.

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Anyway, Cunningham and the Fever lost to the Lynx, 108-100, in a game that featured a dueling protest outside the arena, signage inside the area, and ESPN treating Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve wearing a pro-trans shirt like the falling of the Berlin wall.

Seriously, it was incredible, even for them.

Cunningham, meanwhile, finished with three points on just 1 of 2 shooting, but was also on the receiving end of one of the nastiest elbows this side of the Mississippi.

Naturally, Sophie was then called for a foul, sending social media into a frenzy:

Amazing. What a scene. What a sport.

Look, I don't know whether it was a foul or not. I have no clue. If you want the Xs and Os of the game, go check out ESPN — assuming they're done gushing over the Lynx coach.

Optically, though, this is such a bad look for the league. A bad look, but not a surprising one. This league can't get out of its own way, as we've documented this entire summer.

Remember when Caitlin Clark was thrown to the ground like a rag-doll last month and there was no foul called? That's what started this PR nightmare for the WNBA.

Since then, it's been all downhill. The Clark fallout. The predictable narrative shift to racism. And now, everything's been on fire since Cunningham told ESPN a few weeks ago that men don't belong in women's sports.

That reignited the culture war for both sides, and it's been off to the races ever since. We've got protests outside the arena. Booing inside the arena. OutKick questions being cut off after the game because the WNBA is scared to answer them.

It's just chaos.

Credit to Sophie, though. She's clearly not backing down or bending the knee.

We'll see where this week takes us.

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The source said the Post’s report that such a conversation had been arranged was erroneous.

The New York Post reported Monday that Infantino was scheduled to speak privately with Rubio amid growing pressure over his failed attempt to sell a portion of FIFA’s commercial business to private investors.

According to the Post, the stated purpose of the conversation was to discuss how soccer could serve as a form of American "soft power." However, one source characterized it as an effort by Infantino to secure support for his position.

"He wanted to get online with the secretary and talk about how soccer can be a form of soft power for America," the source told the Post. "But we all know that it is about job protection. It is not about anything else at this point."

The report also claimed Infantino had repeatedly attempted to reach Trump since the controversial proposal collapsed Friday and was seeking prominent "allies" willing to publicly defend him.

FIFA’s source specifically denied that a call with Rubio or another Trump Cabinet official was scheduled. FIFA did not provide an on-the-record statement addressing the Post’s separate claim that Infantino had attempted to contact Trump.

Infantino and Trump have developed a friendship, particularly during this summer’s World Cup in the United States. But Infantino’s current problems center on a proposed company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.

EUROPEAN SOCCER'S GOVERNING BODY FLIPS SPORT UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOYCOTT OF FIFA, FUTURE WORLD CUPS

The new operation would have taken control of FIFA’s broadcasting, sponsorship, licensing and ticketing business.

Thrive Capital, the private equity firm founded by Josh Kushner — the younger brother of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner — would have purchased a 20% stake for a little more than $4 billion.

Put simply, Infantino wanted to sell private investors a portion of the business responsible for generating much of FIFA’s money.

The proposal reportedly caught several top FIFA officials and national soccer federations by surprise, with many claiming they first learned about it through media reports.

FIFA Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour said he felt "deceived" and described the proposal as the work of one man.

The backlash was swift.

UEFA’s 55 European member associations agreed to boycott FIFA competitions while the proposal remained active. The Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf also opposed the plan. UEFA has threatened legal action and instructed FIFA officials to preserve documents and electronic communications connected to it.

Infantino eventually abandoned the proposal Friday, but that has not stopped the revolt against his leadership.

Wales became the first national federation to officially withdraw its support for Infantino’s re-election, citing failures involving governance, leadership, communication and judgment. England has also reportedly withdrawn its backing, while UEFA said Infantino has lost the confidence of world soccer and that "no option should be off the table."

Infantino appeared nearly certain to win another term only weeks ago after reportedly securing pledges from roughly 200 of FIFA’s 211 member federations. He still has significant support in Africa and parts of Asia.

But as opposition continues to build, FIFA says no rescue call with Rubio or another Trump Cabinet official is on the calendar.

Thousands are expected to attend the funeral of Glen Hansard at a public wake ahead of his funeral on Tuesday.

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is continuing to advocate for President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from the Middle East.

"President Trump again called off strikes on Iran—this is a good decision. It is clear that he wants out of this war, for all the obvious reasons. It is also clear that Iran will not simply return the SOH [Strait of Hormuz] to how it was before the war. We need to accept that we can’t use military force to open the SOH (we’ve tried that) without a catastrophic escalation into a bloody, years-long war," Kent wrote.

"Now is the time for President Trump to pull our troops out of the region. He can declare victory (reiterate the previously stated goal—no nukes—was met) & quietly use the carrot of sanctions relief to open the SOH once our troops are out of harm’s way. If we stay, we risk accelerating an escalation/retaliation cycle we can’t control," he added.

EX-COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL JOE KENT CONTINUES CALLING FOR US MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM MIDDLE EAST

Kent cited his opposition to the Iran war when he resigned from the National Counterterrorism Center director role earlier this year.

Fox News Digital reached out to request comment from the White House early on Monday morning.

President Donald Trump indicated in a Saturday night Truth Social post that the U.S. was going to hold off on launching new attacks against Iran.

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"The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II. Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to. This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat," Trump wrote.

"Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL. The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment. Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" he added.

Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency pushed back against the notion that Iran requested America refrain from additional attacks, calling Trump's claims, "nothing but a new lie," the BBC reported.

NPR reported that Mehr described the U.S. president's assertions as "simply a new lie," citing unnamed Iranian military figures.

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While speaking to the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump, referring to negotiations, said, "It begins tomorrow afternoon."

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A convicted killer allegedly shot two men, killing one, less than two hours after he was released from a North Carolina jail on bond last week, a stunning timeline that is raising fresh questions about why the repeat violent offender was free in the first place.

David Simpson, 29, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon in the July 29 shooting at an east Charlotte apartment complex. A Mecklenburg County judge on Friday ordered that he be held without bond.

Court records obtained by WCNC show Simpson was released from the Mecklenburg County Jail at 12:20 a.m. after posting a $10,000 bond on an unrelated charge of possession of a weapon by a prisoner. Police said the shooting happened less than two hours later, around 1:45 a.m., leaving one man dead and another seriously wounded.

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Police said the shooting followed a long-running dispute over a parking space outside the apartment complex. Officers had already been called to the property twice that night after arguments broke out between the victims and residents over where they had parked.

Surveillance video cited in the documents appears to show Simpson outside with his girlfriend when the victims' SUV drove past. Detectives said Simpson went inside, returned carrying what they described as a weighted black bag, and ran toward the victims.

About 10 minutes later, two gunshots can be heard on the video. Roughly 30 seconds after that, Simpson is seen jogging back toward his apartment while handling the bag before driving away, investigators said. Officers recovered two spent 7.62-caliber rifle casings at the scene.

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One victim died at the scene. The second made it inside an apartment before collapsing and later underwent surgery.

Court records show Simpson was previously charged with first-degree murder in a 2013 fatal shooting but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2015, Queen City News reported. He served about five years in prison before being released on parole in 2020.

Since then, he has been arrested several more times, including on multiple charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, WBTV reported.

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He also had pending charges this year for possession of a firearm by a felon, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor larceny, WCNC reported, citing court records.

Charlotte defense attorney Tim Cannady, who is not involved in the case, questioned why Simpson remained free despite his history.

"If you look at his history, it seems like this gentleman has picked up just about every year up to this point some kind of a violent crime," Cannady told WCNC. "So you kind of have to ask the question: Why wasn't he already in jail?"

Former Charlotte City Council member Tariq Bokhari offered a similar criticism.

"We know what these top 1% of repeat offenders are going to do, and for some reason, we just don't have the appetite to take action," Bokhari told WBTV. "It feels like 'Groundhog Day,' to be quite honest."

Simpson refused to leave his jail cell for his first scheduled court appearance Friday morning, delaying the hearing until a judge ordered him to appear later that afternoon.

His girlfriend, Shakema Scott, has also been charged with accessory after the fact.

Simpson is due back in court on Aug. 21.

Monday Morning Pit-Stop is a weekly NASCAR column that runs on OutKick.com and Fox News Digital. If you're looking for a normal NASCAR recap, go check out insufferable ESPN ... assuming they still know NASCAR exists.

First Monday of August and we don't even have a NASCAR race to complain about today. What are we supposed to do now?

Feels weird, doesn't it? The NASCAR Cup Series season is the longest in all of sports, with — by far — the fewest down time. The fellas get two(ish) off weeks a season, give or take, and that's about it from February through October.

So when the series is off, it's a bit of a shock to the system. It just doesn't happen. Hand up, I actually forgot it was an off week yesterday afternoon and started reflexively looking for the race at around 3 p.m.

I couldn't take anymore of the trans talk from the WNBA, and I needed something to put on while I yanked weeds from the back deck.

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Crickets. Nothing. Dead air.

You never know what you have have till it's gone.

Anyway, this award-winning (allegedly) column doesn't take weeks off, so we're here, ready to turn the page toward the rest of the season. Daytona is just a few weeks away, you know.

How should we fill the space? How about this social media post from NASCAR that absolutely blew up the internet over the weekend? Fans were quick to call them out, and I don't blame them.

What else? I've got Jeff Gordon giving us a rare insight into his relationship with the late, great Dale Earnhardt, Samantha Busch reminiscing on some early days with Kyle, and McCall Gaulding spending the off week in Costa Rica.

Sound good? Good!

Four tires, enough fuel to get us to Iowa, and maybe a few more off weeks for the fellas throughout the year, because two(ish) ain't enough ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'NASCAR Finally Goes Viral, But The Double Standard Is Glaring' edition — is LIVE!

There it is! That's the post that set the internet ablaze this weekend.

Good for NASCAR for being part of the news cycle on an off weekend, though. Credit where it's due. Bad PR is still PR.

Just ask the WNBA.

That above moment is from a decade ago (time flies!), when Cole Custer sprinted across the track and attacked John Hunter Nemechek after the two wrecked each other at the finish. I can't believe it's been 10 years since that moment.

I'm tell you, folks, you blink and a decade has passed. Lordy.

Anyway, it was an iconic moment in NASCAR history (not really), and, for some reason, the interns who run the main account posted it Friday. Naturally, it went mega-viral to the tune of nearly 6 million views, with big-time personalities such as Pat McAfee even reposting it:

Again, PR is PR, and when you get Pat McAfee to repost a 10-year-old truck race on a random Saturday in August, you're doing something right.

That being said, hardcore fans were QUICK to point out the double standard by NASCAR — and it's one that I've pointed out for years.

NASCAR routinely promotes this stuff on its social media accounts. Remember the infamous Kyle Busch-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. fight a few years back? The social media team(s) gobbled that up ... for days! They milked it for all it was worth.

At the same time, though, the sanctioning body will also A) fine drivers for this behavior, B) dock them points, C) sometimes suspend them, and D) discourage it entirely on the track.

You can't have your cake and eat it, too!

I could go on and on. Seriously, NASCAR fans are nothing if not consistent in their bitching and moaning.

Look, I get it. It seems odd to promote this stuff off the track, but actively discourage it on the track and after races. That being said, the social media team and the actual folks who run the sport are in two very separate buildings. Hell, I'm on even sure they're on the same property!

Two different bottom lines, and two very different goals. I see it here at OutKick all the time. The social team's job is to create content, and clicks, and engagement. They don't care about the Xs and Os of stuff and how the sausage is made. They care about the impressions.

That being said, I also think NASCAR should just let this stuff happen and leave it alone. Let the boys police themselves — on and off the track.

When was the last time a NASCAR social media post got 6 million pageviews? Probably something to consider.

OK, let's move this class along ...

Speaking of the good old days of NASCAR — when men were MEN! — let's check in with Jeff Gordon and ... Dale Earnhardt?

"If I had time with him again before we lost him, what would I have said to him? What would I have asked him?" Gordon said last week on the 'Bussin With The Boys' podcast.

"I definitely would've said, 'Hey, '95 when we were going for the championship, how much of that was just total bulls–t? It was getting under my skin. I would do an interview, and they go, 'We were just talking to Dale, and Dale said Rainbow Warrior, Wonder Boy, and all these nicknames he had for me.

"'He can't win the championship, what are they going to do, serve milk at the championship? I didn't want to get involved in that. And I kinda wish I had a little bit more, because I do think he was doing it because he knew it was working.

"Not just to get under my skin, but it was working for the media, it was working for NASCAR, and the growth and the fans.

"I think that's what I'd love to know is, how much of that was manufactured?"

Dale, by the way, would've probably loved NASCAR's post from over the weekend. Like Jeff said, Dale knew what he was doing. He knew what worked, and what played on TV, and what lit fires. He knew how to get eyeballs to the screen, and, more importantly, how to keep 'em there.

The Dale Earnhardt-Jeff Gordon rivalry from the late 1990s was peak NASCAR, in my opinion. That's when the sport was exploding. When it was bigger than the NFL, if you believe that.

And yes, Jeff should've engaged a little more. Duh. Always engage, folks.

Hope every driver in the garage reads that today.

OK, two more quickies on the way out. First? Samantha Busch has been slowly returning to social media since Kyle's death two months ago (goodness), and it's a gut-punch of a post every single time.

After last week's race at Indy, Samantha revealed that's where her and Kyle first met nearly 20 years ago:

"These photos were taken later that year in 2007, and looking at them now, I see two kids completely caught up in the excitement of falling in love, with absolutely no idea what was ahead of us," she wrote. "We grew up together. We built a life together. Through every season, every challenge, and every dream, we just kept choosing each other.

"I look at these pictures and wish I could tell that 21-year-old girl to soak up every single second. She never could have imagined how beautiful our life would become, or that one day she’d be wishing for just one more day with you."

Goodness gracious. Like I said, just a punch straight to the gut. I can't believe it's been two months. Wonder what Kyle would've thought of NASCAR's post over the weekend?

OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. We made it through the final NASCAR off week of 2026.

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Kemsley offered fans who purchased tickets their "sincere apologies for the disappointment this decision may cause, and we are deeply grateful for their continued loyalty and support."

"George has never been afraid to stand by his personal convictions, and I have always respected him for that," Kemsley noted. "Equally, I believe it is my responsibility to make decisions that are in the best interests of my artist while also showing respect to others."

He added, "In this instance, I felt it was right to step aside, allowing the production to remain the focus, while ensuring everyone involved can move forward with mutual respect and goodwill."

He stepped back from his show last month following allegations against his former boss David Sullivan.

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An explosion ripped through a restaurant in central Moscow on the evening of Aug. 1, killing five people and injuring 21 others.

Police are still working to determine why a 24-year-old gunman opened fire at a crowded In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, killing three people and wounding seven others before taking his own life after taking fire from a bystander and an off-duty Idaho state trooper.

Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday that investigators were confident Chad Williams acted alone in Saturday's attack, but detectives had not yet established a motive or fully traced his movements before the shooting.

"We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties," Hicks said of an armed citizen and officer who returned fire. "We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and the citizen, and their heroic action to stop this incident."

Police have not publicly identified the trooper or the bystander, but the Idaho Statesman detailed the heroics of Jordan Salinas, 35, of Kimberly, Idaho, strapped by the shoulder with a FN Five-seveN semi-automatic pistol fitted with a suppressor.

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Salinas, a reported "healthcare worker, the full-time caregiver of his wheelchair-bound brother," told the paper he took up gun training after a 2021 shooting – never even aiming a gun at an animal – saying he was able to "observe," "orient" and "decide" that "OK, this is the guy," he said before being resolute to "act."

The gunman, he said, was shocked by the armed response.

"He did not like it when bullets started firing both ways," Salinas, whose girlfriend at the restaurant was stuck in Williams fire, told the Statesman, adding he felt "no fear."

"There’s a task that needs to be done, and we’re the ones who need to do it," he added, only standing down when he said police took over the scene, thinking, "OK, my part is done."

The shooter was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the restaurant, according to police.

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"These people are true heroes in our community," Twin Falls County Sheriff Jack Johnson said. "They diverted the shooter and without a doubt saved many lives."

Hicks said Williams' family was cooperating with authorities. Detectives were examining his activities before the shooting and trying to determine whether any victims had been deliberately targeted.

Authorities said seven people were injured. Two remained in critical condition Sunday, three were listed as stable and two had been treated and released from a hospital.

Officials said both fired at Williams during what authorities described as a chaotic and fast-moving attack, diverting his attention from the restaurant as customers and employees fled.

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Witness Lane Koehn, 34, said he was stopped at a traffic light near the restaurant when he saw a man carrying an AR-style rifle emerge from the drive-thru. Another man armed with a handgun then began firing at the shooter, Koehn told The Associated Press.

Koehn said he later saw an In-N-Out employee drag a wounded co-worker across the parking lot. The injured worker had been shot in the chest, he said.

"She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it," Koehn said.

One of the three people killed was an In-N-Out employee, company owner Lynsi Snyder confirmed in a statement. Officials had not released the victims’ identities as they worked to notify relatives.

"My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed," Snyder said. "We lost one of our beautiful associates tonight."

"In-N-Out will be mourning with the families and praying for them as they tread through a very painful season."

Snyder said the employee had been caring for customers when she was killed. The company was working with police and offering support to victims, employees and their families.

The shooting erupted Saturday afternoon at the recently opened restaurant in a busy commercial area where hundreds of shoppers, diners and employees were believed to have been present.

Twin Falls resident Haley Dodaro said she and her mother were waiting in the drive-thru when they saw workers running from the restaurant and people fleeing across the road.

"At first," Dodaro said, she thought there might have been a fire. A person directing traffic then warned them that there was an active shooter.

"People were running out crying and screaming," she said. "It was very scary."

Nayeli Rodriguez, who was inside the restaurant with her daughters, said an employee told customers to get down after gunfire was heard near the kitchen. An older man tried to shield Rodriguez and her children before they escaped.

"We were trying to get as far as we could, and some angels let us in their car," Rodriguez said.

A local taxi company said one of its drivers, Terry Dudley, was shot twice in the back while charging his Tesla near the restaurant. North Star Taxi said Dudley survived but faced "a very long road ahead."

Salinas posted a humble Facebook message urging focus on "victims, their families, and everyone affected."

"The last 24 hours have been overwhelming," the message posted late Sunday night read. "I want to sincerely thank my family, friends, and everyone who has reached out with messages, prayers, and support. I haven't been able to respond to everyone yet, but please know I've seen your messages, and they mean more to me than I can put into words.

"In the coming days, I'll share a more complete account of what happened, to the best of my recollection, when I'm able.

"For now, my heart remains with the victims, their families, and everyone affected by yesterday's tragedy. Thank you for continuing to keep them in your thoughts and prayers, and thank you all for the incredible support you've shown me and my family."

The FBI asked members of the public to submit photographs and video recorded during the attack. Twin Falls police also urged anyone who witnessed the shooting or had relevant information to contact investigators.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Jadeveon Clowney is back with the Houston Texans, an addition that comes with much attention, and the expectation of fielding the NFL's best defense. and Super Bowl talk.

But, please, pump the brakes.

Because if there's one thing Clowney's 12-year career has taught us, it is that high expectations have too often gone unrealized.

The one-time No. 1 overall selection in the NFL Draft spent this offseason as a valued free agent until he agreed on Sunday to rejoin the Texans, the team that originally drafted him in 2014.

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And, true to form, Clowney arrives with commotion and fanfare for great things ahead. Fans are aflutter that this familiar name is aboard for the coming season and Clowney is doing nothing to minimize the excitement by talking about a Super Bowl.

"I can help contribute and (we have) a good chance to chase a Super Bowl," Clowney told KPRC 2 Houston.

In another interview Clowney said he's learned to lead during his career and knows what it takes to get to a Super Bowl.

So, lotta high expectations, y'all.

Except this is where the Clowney reality begs caution. Because Clowney has never won a Super Bowl. He's never played in a Super Bowl.

And while that doesn't prevent him from helping the Texans in 2026, he won't be leading the charge. He'll be supporting starters Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter who were both top 10 in sacks last season.

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Clowney is a piece to the puzzle on a defense that was No. 2 in fewest points allowed last season behind the Seattle Seahawks. He's not the signature piece.

"We're continuously trying to build depth, especially in that room because of the way we play and stylistically what we ask those guys to do," said Texans defensive coordinator Matt Burke. "It is important. It's important for us to be able to keep guys fresh and to keep Danielle and Will and those guys throwing fastballs through the whole game. The depth piece is an important piece for us."

The Texans and Clowney agreed to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million. The deal includes incentives that could push that money higher.

But this isn't about money for Clowney, who had been negotiating with multiple teams including the Cleveland Browns.

Clowney lives in Houston, so it makes sense for him. And he loves the idea of playing for Texans coach DeMeco Ryans.

"I was looking forward to playing for DeMeco," Clowney said. "Pretty exciting coach to play for. I reached out to him and told him I wanted to play for him,

"It was a family decision. It wasn't about the money, it was about chasing my legacy and chasing a Super Bowl. I've got a lot of game left and I want to contribute."

Clowney returns to Houston, in part, because of its head coach. He was traded by Houston just prior to the 2019 season, in part, because he feuded with coach Bill O'Brien.

Clowney was picked with the No. 1 overall selection in the 2014 NFL Draft to be perhaps an all-timer and definitely a perennial Pro Bowler. But that's not what happened.

He earned three Pro Bowl invites, the last one coming in 2018. He didn't turn into the unstoppable sack-machine the Texans originally hoped, indeed, he's a more consistent run-stopper than pass rusher.

Clowney wasn't even the best pass rusher or defensive lineman in 2014 because Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald were selected later in that fateful draft. Clowney has never delivered a double-digit sack season.

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So the player selected to be a franchise cornerstone has bounced around with seven teams.

This all, of course, serves as a sober caution: High expectations and Jadeveon Clowney have been constant companions in the NFL and the current Super Bowl talk in Houston continues that.

But the history is the history.

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The Sconset Civic Association also proposed turnstiles or gates at entrances, but those weren't approved.

A Reddit post on the Nantucket debate generated hundreds of comments.

"My family has a house there, and trust me when I say the entire island has no need for influencers or to go viral," a Reddit user said.

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The "island gets so crowded during the summer that even cottage industries have popped up to handle the crowds," the commenter added.

A Connecticut resident who has spent summers in Sconset for 38 years also said the island feels different.

"The crowds are flashy, but they have more to spend," the person, who asked to remain anonymous, told Fox News Digital.

J.Q. Louise believes the tiny size of the island — it's about 14 miles long and 3.5 miles wide — magnifies the problem.

"It kind of felt like a hidden gem, and it definitely isn't hidden anymore," she said.

Fox News Digital reached out to the town of Nantucket, Siasconset Civic Association and Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce for comment. 

Ashley J. DiMella and Jessica Mekles of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.

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A clean energy super PAC bankrolled by a left-wing billionaire is pouring millions into an effort to unseat Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., as he wages a bid for re-election in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.

The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition super PAC had spent roughly $1.3 million on opposing Ogles and supporting his Republican challenger, Charlie Hatcher, Tennessee’s former commissioner of agriculture, and recently bought another $700,000 worth of ads.

The group has raised $6.7 million this year, making Ogles a sizable portion of their spending this cycle. A Fox News Digital review of FEC filings discovered that the super PAC is bankrolled by Chris Larsen, the California-based billionaire chairman of Ripple, which is described on its website as the "leading financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses." 

Larsen has donated $6 million to the super PAC since Feb. 2026. His latest $5 million donation to Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC is his second-largest single donation after donating $5,444,975 to Future Forward PAC in 2024 to support Kamala Harris's failed presidential campaign.

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Larsen has also donated over $1 million to the Jane Fonda Climate PAC, over $1 million between the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and over $300,000 supporting Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., among other six-figure donations to top Democratic campaigns and PACs.

The way that Ogles sees it, it’s an attempt to show Republicans what happens when lawmakers attempt to scale back government investments in renewable energy sources.

"When you have a group spending roughly $2 million in a Republican primary, that tells you how much money they're making off of government subsidies, and they're upset that the government welfare has been taken away from them," Ogles told Fox News Digital in an interview.

Larsen, who is an angel investor and climate philanthropist, is making "climate change his top priority," according to an online bio. 

"He founded the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation (since renamed as the Clean Break Fund) in 2021 to guide his climate philanthropy, and is an active early investor in numerous climate tech companies, as well as several prominent climate funds," the bio continues. "His philanthropic priorities include the climate-driven home insurance crisis, making climate change a bipartisan issue once again, and carbon dioxide removal, among many other projects."

Ogles, a member of the fiscally minded House Freedom Caucus, has been one of the most outspoken Republicans calling for a reversal of energy initiatives passed under President Joe Biden. Among them, Ogles has argued against clean energy subsidies in Biden’s Infrastructure and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

But more than that, Ogles thinks it’s his proximity to Trump that has made him a target.

"It's because I'm close to the president. It is because I am outspoken. And quite frankly, it is because I speak plainly on these issues," Ogles said.

Trump, who has endorsed Ogles, reaffirmed his support for the conservative firebrand ahead of the primary.

"Andy will be really enshrined as one of the best congressmen that you’ll ever see. He’s just fantastic," Trump said. "Andy has always been there when we needed him and when I needed him. He’s been a great help. He’s been a source of inspiration to a lot of people in Congress."

Figures who have donated to Invest in Tomorrow framed energy policy as an issue with electoral consequences, hinting that Ogles is on the wrong side of the issue.

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"Our campaign is here to show that politicians who oppose clean energy do so at their own political peril. Andy Ogles is next," Tom Matzzie, the PAC’s executive chairman, said in a statement to Axios.

Matzzie is also CEO of a solar energy company, CleanChoice Energy.

When asked about the comment, Ogles said he doesn’t think his views are at odds with the way voters see energy and has characterized the opposition spending as an attempt to buy a seat energy groups can control.

"If trying to build an energy sector that is self-reliant, because it's a national security issue, makes me an extremist, then so be it."

Ogles said he stands by his all-of-the-above energy stance. In his view, it’s not the government’s job to pick winners and losers in the energy market — especially in light of the country’s overspending challenges.

"I'm not against solar. We have a farm. I've got a big shop. You know, I've contemplated putting solar on my shop to help to run my farm. But I don't want a government subsidy to make it work. I don't need a government subsidy to pay for it," Ogles said.

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"Look, at the end of the day, you know, I voted for conservative policies and that's what America wants right now. We're barreling towards $40 trillion in debt," he added.

The Tennessee primary will take place on Thursday, Aug. 6.

Wayne P. of Evangeline, Louisiana, opened an email that would make almost anyone's stomach drop. The sender claimed to represent the ShinyHunters hacking group and demanded $2,000 in Litecoin within 48 hours. The message also claimed hackers had recorded intimate videos through Wayne's camera and planned to send them to his contacts.

Wayne paused instead of paying. He ran security scans on his phone and PC, then contacted CyberGuy.

Wayne's instincts were right. The email closely matches a widespread sextortion campaign that uses real breach information to support an invented device takeover. So, what gave this scam away, and what should you do if a threat like this lands in your inbox?

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Wayne's email follows a familiar sextortion script. The sender claims hackers reached his phone and computer, then says they recorded intimate activity through his camera. However, the message offers no proof. Wayne received no screenshot, stolen file or sample of the supposed recording. The demand for $2,000 in Litecoin, the 48-hour deadline and the warning against contacting police all point to an extortion scam built to create panic.

The FBI has warned that emails signed with the ShinyHunters name may contain false claims about embarrassing photos or videos. In many cases, the material described in the message never existed. CyberGuy has covered similar sextortion emails that use personal details and Google Maps images to make a bluff feel disturbingly personal.

The scam contains one accurate detail. Carnival Corporation disclosed a data breach after an April 2026 social engineering attack. Carnival said its security team found unauthorized activity involving an employee account on April 14. The company blocked the activity and brought in outside security experts. On April 22, investigators determined that the attacker had copied personal information. The exposed data varied by person. Carnival listed names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and government-issued identification numbers. The company began sending notices on May 27. It also offered eligible people in the U.S. two years of complimentary credit monitoring.

CyberGuy previously explained how the Carnival breach may put your travel data at risk. Our report noted that nearly 6 million people may face phishing or identity theft risks after the breach. A scammer may know that you used Carnival or Holland America because your information appeared in leaked data. However, an email address alone gives the sender no control over your phone, camera, microphone or keyboard. The breach supplies the believable detail. The scammer invents the rest.

CyberGuy reached out to Carnival for comment, and a Carnival Corporation spokesperson provided us with the following statement:

"In April, we identified unauthorized access to a limited part of our IT system caused by a social engineering attack on a single user account. We immediately blocked the activity, engaged third-party security experts and alerted law enforcement. Our investigation found certain personal information was illegally accessed. We're notifying affected individuals and deeply regret any concern this causes. Protecting the privacy and security of personal data is a priority for us and we've added new layers of security and monitoring on top of the comprehensive protections already in place. We'll also continue advancing our defenses against evolving threats."

Wayne's message contains several signs of a bluff. First, it came from an unrelated address. The sender offered no screenshot, stolen file or other evidence of access. Meanwhile, the message demanded cryptocurrency and imposed a 48-hour deadline. It warned Wayne against contacting police and told him not to reset his devices. Those instructions create panic while discouraging outside advice.

The sender also promised to remove Wayne's information from the dark web after payment. The email provides no way to verify that claim. Paying could also confirm that the address reaches someone willing to respond. The FTC warns that blackmail emails may claim access to a computer or webcam. Some messages include information exposed in a data breach to make the story sound credible. The agency advises recipients to avoid payment.

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Wayne's clean scans support the conclusion that the email contains an empty threat. Still, no single scan can evaluate every online account tied to an email address. Based on the message alone, Wayne has no reason to erase or factory-reset his devices. The situation changes if he clicked a link, opened an attachment or installed software.

Therefore, the next step involves checking accounts rather than wiping devices. Review the recent sign-in history for your email account. Then inspect forwarding settings and inbox rules for anything unfamiliar. A criminal with email access may create a rule that secretly sends copies of your messages elsewhere.

A fake threat still deserves a calm security check. These steps can help you close possible openings and prepare for follow-up scams.

Do not send cryptocurrency. Avoid replying to the email as well. A response confirms that someone reads the address. It may encourage the scammer to increase the pressure or send another demand.

Wayne did the right thing by forwarding the message to reportphishing@apwg.org. The Anti-Phishing Working Group accepts suspicious emails for analysis and archiving. When your email service allows it, forward the original message as an attachment. That method preserves more technical information. You can also report the message through the FTC's ReportFraud website at reportfraud.ftc.gov/ and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov/. IC3 accepts reports involving cyber-enabled fraud, online scams and other internet crimes. After reporting it, mark the email as phishing or spam. Then delete it.

Carnival's public notice omits account passwords from its list of exposed information. Even so, change your Carnival or Holland America password if you reused it somewhere else. Your email account deserves extra attention because password reset messages often land there. Use a long, unique password and turn on two-factor authentication. A trusted password manager can create and store unique passwords. That prevents one exposed password from unlocking several accounts.

Open your email provider's security page and review recent logins. Look for devices or locations that you do not recognize. Check the dates and times as well. Next, check automatic forwarding and inbox rules. Remove anything unfamiliar. Then change the password and sign out of other sessions.

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Carnival said some exposed records contained government identification numbers. Anyone who received a breach notice should read it carefully and use the offered credit monitoring when eligible. Review bank and credit card statements for unfamiliar activity. You should also check your credit reports. For stronger protection, consider a credit freeze with all three major bureaus. CyberGuy's online security checklist at cyberguy.com explains more steps you can take after your information appears in a breach.

Scammers often combine breach data with details from people-search sites and data brokers. That research can uncover your address, phone number, age, relatives or previous locations. Removing those records cannot stop every scam. However, it can reduce the information criminals use to personalize future messages. A data removal service can submit requests to data brokers on your behalf and continue checking for information that reappears. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com

Wayne's email contained no link or attachment in the copy he shared. Future scam messages may include both. Strong antivirus protection can warn you about malicious websites and phishing pages. It may also flag unsafe downloads or scan supported devices for malware. Even with security software, avoid links and attachments in alarming messages. Instead, type the company's official web address into your browser. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com.

Take stronger action when you interact with the message.

Wayne reported no clicks or downloads. His scans also found no problems. Based on those facts, the message appears to rely on leaked information and fear rather than device access.

Wayne handled the threat correctly. He avoided payment, checked his devices and reported the email before fear could take over. The Carnival breach may explain how the sender connected Wayne to the cruise company. Still, the message offered no proof that anyone accessed his camera, microphone or computer. Scammers often use one accurate detail to make a much larger lie feel believable. Secure the accounts tied to the exposed email address and review recent sign-ins for anything unfamiliar. Most importantly, slow down before reacting to an urgent demand. Once you look for real evidence, threats like this often begin to fall apart.

Have you received a threatening email that used real details about you? Write to us and tell us what it claimed in the comments below so we can help other readers spot the warning signs. Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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After scoring a well-executed goal to put the Revolution up 2-0 in the 36th minute, Turgeman jogged across the front of the goal in front of Montreal supporters with his hand up to his ear. Montreal's goalkeeper, Sebastian Breza, apparently had enough of Turgeman's celebration, and shoved him to the turf, which sparked a back-and-forth between a number of players.

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Amid his goal celebration, i24 News reported that witnesses inside the stadium said beer bottles were thrown at Turgeman. Breza received a yellow card for his shove on the striker following the first-half goal in the match that ultimately ended 2-2.

On Sunday, CF Montreal released a statement about the allegations of discriminatory comments directed at Turgeman during the match.

"CF Montreal is aware of allegations regarding discriminatory comments directed at a player by fans during last night's match against the New England Revolution," the statement began.

"The Club does not tolerate discrimination, or hateful behavior of any kind. We take these allegations very seriously and are currently reviewing the matter. We are in contact with MLS and the New England Revolution as we work to establish all the facts and take the necessary actions."

MLS has not released a statement regarding the alleged incident at the time of this writing.

The 22-year-old Turgeman was born in Ashdod, Israel, and played for the local club during the majority of his youth career before joining the Revolution in 2025. He has represented Israel on the international stage at both the youth level and on the senior team, scoring two goals in nine appearances in 2025.

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