A Florida woman pumping gas was engulfed in a fireball after a stranger allegedly walked up and deliberately ignited the fuel with a lighter in a seemingly random attack, police said.

The 41-year-old victim, identified in court records as Christine Sherbuk, was filling her Volvo SUV at a Mobil gas station in St. Petersburg on Thursday night when Eleanor Crawford approached her, according to police and an arrest affidavit.

Crawford, 41, allegedly lit the gasoline at about 8 p.m., setting the SUV ablaze and leaving Sherbuk with second-degree burns to her arms and back.

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She was rushed to the trauma center at Tampa General Hospital in serious condition. Police said she was stabilized and is expected to survive.

Scotty Gramling told Fox 13 Tampa Bay he was parked nearby when the violence erupted and raced to help Sherbuk as flames swallowed her vehicle.

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Gramling helped the injured woman into his truck and called 911. He described what he witnessed as a "fireball."

Moments earlier, Gramling said, he had called the police non-emergency line after seeing Crawford involved in some kind of altercation across the street. It appeared someone was trying to pull her out of the roadway before a fight broke out, he told the outlet.

Officers were already heading to that disturbance when the gas station attack unfolded, according to the outlet.

Police caught Crawford a couple of blocks away within about 20 minutes. The arrest affidavit says multiple witnesses saw her ignite the gasoline and that the incident was captured on video.

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Crawford and Sherbuk did not know each other, investigators said. Authorities have not identified a motive.

"I don't know if alcohol and drugs were involved, but indicative of her history, there might've been something that diminished capacity there," Assistant Police Chief Mike Kovacsev told Fox 13. "Why would she even do something like this?"

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Police said Crawford has an extensive record that includes several drug- and alcohol-related charges. Authorities have not said whether she was under the influence at the time of the alleged attack.

"It's kind of a unique case because you don't see anything like this, especially something that results in such horrific burns," Kovacsev said. "But they went out there, they worked with the fire department, and luckily they were able to get her stabilized, and she's going to make it."

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Crawford has been charged with attempted felony murder and two counts of arson. She is being held on $350,000 bond while awaiting trial.

A judge ordered her to be fitted with a GPS monitor by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office before her release from jail, court records show.

The case remains under investigation.

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A police response to reports of a man chasing a woman spiraled into a deadly confrontation when an unrelated knife-wielding man charged an officer through a crowded seaside park in California, chilling new bodycam video shows.

The tense encounter unfolded Aug. 22 as Santa Monica Police Department officers investigated a report of a man chasing a woman near the Broadway stairs, according to a newly released critical incident briefing.

The man killed in the confrontation was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner as 44-year-old Michael Rodriguez.

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Two uniformed officers responded to Broadway and Ocean Avenue at approximately 12:30 p.m. before speaking with witnesses in the 1400 block of Palisades Park.

The popular oceanfront park was crowded with pedestrians, visitors and vendors that Saturday afternoon when officers spotted Rodriguez, who was unrelated to the original call, holding a large knife above his head and moving toward an officer and several bystanders, police said.

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"Hey, put that down," an officer can be heard repeatedly shouting as he draws his gun and backs away from Rodriguez.

"Put it down. Put that down," the officer commands.

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Rodriguez ignored the warnings and continued advancing with the knife raised above his head, according to police. He then quickened his pace and closed the distance between him and the officer while the officer retreated.

The officer fired one round from his department-issued firearm, striking Rodriguez in the chest.

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Bodycam video from the second officer shows Rodriguez falling to the ground as the knife drops from his hand.

The officers immediately called for backup and requested emergency medical personnel.

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"Officer needs help," one officer can be heard saying before asking witnesses to remain at the scene.

As police approached Rodriguez and checked him for additional weapons, an officer discovered a second knife in his right pants pocket. Officers also spotted the handle of a third knife sticking out of his backpack, police said.

Investigators described the knife carried during the confrontation as a large, fixed-blade "fighting and utility style" weapon with a clip-point blade, protective hand guard, metal grip and serrations along part of its spine.

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Officers immediately began treating Rodriguez, applying gauze and a chest seal to his wound before performing chest compressions.

"Come on, you need to breathe," an officer can be heard pleading as police continued their lifesaving efforts.

Santa Monica Fire Department personnel later took over medical care and transported Rodriguez to a local hospital. He was pronounced dead in the emergency room at approximately 1:49 p.m.

Rodriguez died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the medical examiner, who ruled his death a homicide. The case remains open, according to agency records.

No officers, bystanders or other members of the public were injured.

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"Any loss of life is tragic, and we recognize the impact on the family, our officers and our community," Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said.

"Our officers face difficult and dangerous situations every day," Jacob continued. "When a life is lost during a police encounter, our responsibility to provide a clear and open account is especially important. Releasing this video is an important step in providing that account to our community."

The Santa Monica Police Department said detectives are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will separately review the officer’s use of deadly force, while the police department conducts an internal administrative investigation.

Authorities cautioned that the bodycam video and accompanying briefing reflect preliminary evidence and do not represent final findings or conclusions.

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Elena Rybakina moved one step closer to completing a career Grand Slam Saturday, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to win her first U.S. Open title.

Rybakina had already been guaranteed to replace Sabalenka at No. 1 in the women's tennis world rankings next week, but she did more than inherit the top spot. She claimed the title Sabalenka had won the previous two years, making the changing of the guard official.

Rybakina was still processing the special moment afterward. "It’s tough to find words right now, honestly," Rybakina said. "I don’t expect nothing like this coming to this tournament. I’ve been dealing with a little bit with an injury, but somehow everything aligned together on my side."

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Rybakina won the Australian Open title earlier this year after defeating Sabalenka on another hard court, this time at Melbourne Park.

Sabalenka entered Saturday’s final with a 19-match winning streak at the U.S. Open, where she had not lost since falling to Coco Gauff in the 2023 final. Sabalenka was trying to become the first person since Serena Williams from 2012-14 to win three in a row at Flushing Meadows.

"I really felt like home here and cannot wait to come back next year," Sabalenka said. "I wish I could perform a little bit better, but I guess next year."

Saturday marked the third U.S. Open women’s final since 2000 between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, and the first won by the No. 2 seed. Serena Williams was the top seed in the other two, defeating her sister Venus in 2002 and Victoria Azarenka in 2013.

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Rybakina was born in Russia but represents Kazakhstan. She won her first major title at Wimbledon in 2022. A win at the French Open would complete a career Grand Slam for the 27-year-old.

Rybakina did show some frustration after pulling a backhand wide with a break point in the opening game of the third set, but soon she had taken charge of the match for good.

Sabalenka had won the two other meetings this season, on the hard courts at Indian Wells and Miami, and leads their rivalry 10-8.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies responded to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Malibu Friday night after a woman showed up uninvited twice, according to multiple outlets.

After the woman was dropped off by an Uber, she attempted to contact security at the $8 million home and was told she needed to leave, according to the California Post.

But the unidentified woman came back again, prompting Harris’ security to call the authorities after 10 p.m.

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The woman was not arrested, FOX 11 reported.

President Donald Trump ended Harris’ Secret Service detail a year ago after former President Joe Biden had extended a year beyond the traditional six months for former vice presidents.

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Lt. Jason Duron, a watch commander at the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff’s station, told the Los Angeles Times: "We are stepping up patrols of the property to be safe.

Eduardo Negrón, a Harris spokesman, told The Times: "Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman [Doug] Emhoff’s property before the individual reached the home. They are grateful to the security and law enforcement personnel who responded swiftly."

Negrón said neither Harris nor former second gentleman Emhoff were home at the time.

The couple bought the ritzy property last January.

The former vice president is a native of the Golden State, and she served as District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California and as a senator representing the state before she joined Biden’s presidential ticket.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the sheriff's department and reps for Harris for comment.

A man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer in 2022 was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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

Ritchson's first significant role in Hollywood was in the hit TV show "Smallville," later appearing in "Blue Mountain State," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "Titans" and others.

His career-defining role came in 2022 when he landed the role of Jack Reacher on the Amazon Prime show "Reacher."

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"It’s funny: I've shown my kids the show," he told GQ in January 2024. "I let them watch season one – but I wouldn’t let them see the naked guy hanging crucified on the wall [who had his bollocks chopped off and was forced to swallow them whole], but everything else was… Within context, it all made sense."

He added: "They loved it, man. For me, it’s not ‘Dad TV’, it's ‘family TV’. I walk down the street and little ladies on their walkers are like 'Reacher… Reacher…' It’s such a misnomer to me to qualify this as ‘Dad TV’. But I am a father and I, too, love the show. Maybe it does work.

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The son of former Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, whose brutal regime was accused of widespread atrocities during his more than two decades in power, has been living in Ohio for years, according to a new report.

Ayanle Siad Barre, 61, lives in the Columbus area, home to a large Somali community, the New York Post reported. The outlet also identified his sister, Deka Mohamed Siad, as living in Ohio.

Their father ruled Somalia from 1969, until his government was overthrown in 1991. His regime has been accused of mass killings that left as many as 200,000 people dead, torture and other human rights abuses, including atrocities against the Isaaq clan. Mohamed Siad Barre died in 1995.

Historian and Oxford University doctoral researcher Mohamed Haji Ingiriis described Ayanle as his father's "right-hand man" and alleged that he wielded significant power within the government, according to the Post. Fox News Digital has not independently verified those allegations.

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Fox News Digital previously reported that another figure from the Barre era, former Somali military commander Yusuf Abdi Ali, had lived in the U.S. before being deported.

An immigration judge determined in 2024 that Ali personally engaged in torture while serving in the Somali National Army, and ordered soldiers under his command to detain and torture civilians and assist in extrajudicial killings, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Ali, who had been living as a permanent resident in Virginia, was deported to Somalia in December 2024.

"The United States will not be a safe haven for those who commit human rights violations," ICE official Russell Hott said at the time.

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The Post also reported that Ayanle established a translation-services company called Somal Global Services.

His sister, Deka, and her late husband operated Vanguard Home Health Care, which received more than $1.8 million in Medicare funding, according to documents reviewed by the publication.

The Post reported that the company appeared to have operated legitimately and filed the appropriate paperwork.

Some survivors of the Barre regime are now calling for U.S. authorities to investigate members of the former dictator's family.

Human rights activist Suleiman Bolaleh called for an investigation to determine what Barre family members knew or did during the dictatorship, according to the Post.

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The calls for an investigation do not establish wrongdoing by Ayanle or other family members.

Fox News Digital reached out to Ayanle Siad Barre for comment, but attempts to reach him through publicly listed contact information were unsuccessful.

ICE, Department of Justice and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this reporting.

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Team USA women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson hopes her team can give Americans another reason to unite during an emotional weekend for the country.

The U.S. advanced to the FIBA Women’s World Cup championship game with a 76-66 victory over Spain in Berlin on Saturday, one day after the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Lawson said after the USA's semifinal win over Spain that winning the championship would carry added meaning after the somber anniversary.

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"I think, you know, being a part of USA Basketball for so long, there’s a great pride in it," Lawson said. "I mean, from when I was 17 years old until now, being a part of it in different capacities, you know, I think—I don’t know if there’s anyone prouder to represent the U.S. than I am in this capacity.

"And so we think about that. And I felt the presence of the U.S. here, even though we are in Europe. I felt it, and certainly felt it yesterday in 9/11 and, you know, a somber anniversary."

The 2001 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Americans marked the milestone Friday with remembrance ceremonies across the country.

Lawson called the anniversary a "powerful memory" that remains with her and the team beyond one day.

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"And it’s something that was, you know, a powerful memory, and something that is on our minds, certainly on that day, but really other days as well," Lawson said. "It would mean a ton to win a World Cup for our country. We’re proud to be Americans, and we’re proud to represent USA. And to win a World Cup would be an amazing thing."

Lawson also said the team’s potential influence reaches beyond a women’s basketball community that has experienced heated rivalries and divisions in recent years.

"And as far as unity, I think unity is not just exclusive to the women’s basketball community," Lawson said. "I think it’s unity for our country as well.

"I think our team hopefully is creating unity across our country. People being proud about how we play and how we represent the red, white and blue."

Lawson’s connection to USA Basketball began as a teenager. She later helped the Americans win an Olympic gold medal as a player at the 2008 Beijing Games.

She coached the U.S. to the inaugural women’s 3x3 basketball gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and served as an assistant on the team that won gold at the 2024 Paris Games. USA Basketball selected Lawson in 2025 to lead the women’s national team through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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She is now one victory away from winning her first major international championship as the head coach of the five-on-five senior team.

The Americans had to fight for that opportunity Saturday.

Spain tied the semifinal at 58 entering the fourth quarter. The U.S. then held Spain to eight points in the final period and used a 12-2 run to pull away.

Breanna Stewart led Team USA with 16 points. Kahleah Copper added 13, while Jackie Young finished with 12.

The victory extended the Americans’ World Cup winning streak to 35 games. The U.S. has not lost in the tournament since falling to Russia in the 2006 semifinals.

Team USA will face France in Sunday’s championship game after the French defeated host Germany 86-64 in the other semifinal.

The matchup will be a rematch of the 2024 Olympic gold-medal game in Paris. The U.S. escaped that contest with a 67-66 victory after France’s Gabby Williams made a shot with her foot on the 3-point line as time expired.

France entered the World Cup final undefeated and moved ahead of the U.S. in FIBA’s final power ranking after group play. The Americans are pursuing their fifth consecutive World Cup championship and 12th overall. France is appearing in its first World Cup final.

Faith has also remained an important part of the experience for Team USA guard Paige Bueckers.

Bueckers, who has spoken openly about her Christian beliefs throughout her college and professional career, was asked how important her relationship with Jesus Christ has been during the tournament.

"My faith has always been important to me," Bueckers said. "It’s carried me through life. It’s been my rock, my foundation. So, I take that with me wherever I go."

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He was ultimately taken to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on Aug. 23 for additional medical treatment, according to reports. 

The family asked friends and loved ones to keep Junker in their thoughts and prayers.

"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for every prayer, message, phone call, kind thought, and offer of support," the family wrote.

He ultimately passed away on Sept. 4 surrounded by loved ones, according to family postings on Facebook. 

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Junker's church remembered him for his faith and the impact he had on those around him following his death.

"Pastor Steve was a wonderful person, loved by many, and had a great impact on many people through his faith," Chippewa Lutheran Church wrote in a Facebook post.

The church also shared a tribute from Nathaniel Junker, Steve Junker's son, who sang worship songs inspired by his father. 

"He closed his eyes to this life and opened his eyes to Jesus," the church's post read.

Fox News Digital reached out to Junker's family for comment.

A mourner wrote on Facebook, "May God bring comfort for all who loved and care for Pastor Steve Junker. I'm so sorry for your loss."

An obituary for the pastor noted that he worked as a pharmacist before answering the call to ministry. He left behind a wife, five children and their spouses, a grandchild and many other family members. 

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Oregon’s winning streak came to an abrupt end Saturday, with Oklahoma State pulling off the first major upset of the season in a 39-31 victory.

The result snapped the Cowboys' 21-game skid against FBS opponents and gave first-year Oklahoma State coach Eric Morris his first win with the program. It also ended Oregon’s 41-game winning streak against unranked opponents.

The breakthrough sparked a memorable celebration in Stillwater, especially after Oklahoma State went 1-11 last season and opened this year with a 24-10 loss to Tulsa.

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Oklahoma State quarterback Drew Mestemaker threw for 317 passing yards and two touchdowns, adding 109 yards and a rushing score in the upset win.

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The Ducks, the preseason No. 2 who looked vulnerable in a season-opening home win over Boise State, suffered a huge blow to their national title hopes. Oregon entered that matchup as overwhelming favorites.

Mestemaker, who played for Morris last season at North Texas, bounced back from a poor performance in the opener. His 10-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter gave the Cowboys the lead for good.

Oregon returns home next Friday night to face Portland State. Oklahoma State hosts Murray State next Saturday.

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A cause of death was not stated in the obituary.

Duckworth will be laid to rest at Floral Hills Memorial Garden on Monday.

As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where.


Apple now says the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the chip in every country except for the U.S.

According to a tipster known as @itspdfu, who has been digging through Apple's software updates in recent weeks, iOS 27 code reveals that the iPhone 18 Pro Max is equipped with a Qualcomm modem instead of the C2 chip in the U.S.

Apple has yet to provide an explanation for this modem difference, so we can only speculate for now. In 2023, Qualcomm announced that it would supply Apple with smartphone modems through 2026, so perhaps Apple is equipping the U.S. version of the iPhone 18 Pro Max with a Qualcomm modem in order to honor this agreement in a minimum way.

Apple's C2 modem supports ultra-fast mmWave 5G in the U.S., unlike its previous-generation C1 and C1X modems. Qualcomm modems in the iPhone 12 and newer already supported mmWave 5G in the U.S., so Apple is playing catch up here. Apple said the C2 delivers "meaningfully faster uploads" compared to the C1X while consuming 15% less energy.

Apple's first-generation C1 modem debuted in the iPhone 16e in February 2025, and the second-generation C1X debuted in the iPhone Air in September 2025. Now, the third-generation C2 modem has arrived in the iPhone 18 Pro models, except for the iPhone 18 Pro Max in the U.S. as mentioned, as Apple's transition away from Qualcomm continues.

It is unclear which Qualcomm modem is in U.S. units of the iPhone 18 Pro Max, but the Snapdragon X85 is most likely. Over the coming weeks, real-world performance tests should show how the C2 and Snapdragon X85 stack up.

Apple's foldable iPhone Duo uses the C2 modem worldwide.
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Just one week removed from a controversial victory against Western Michigan, in which officials added an extra second to the clock to allow for a game-winning Hail Mary, many had written the Wolverines off for dead.

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Make no mistake about it, this was a vintage Big Ten performance.

A lot of talk in the offseason was spent on how elite Oklahoma's defense was, and while the Sooners' unit played admirably, the Michigan defense was stifling and, at times, completely suffocating.

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The beleaguered sophomore carried the ball 18 times for 87 yards and found the end zone late in the first quarter to help the Wolverines draw first blood.

The Sooners entered as 5.5-point favorites and, more importantly, College Football Playoff hopefuls. They still have plenty of time to right the ship, but losing to a Michigan team in transition has to feel like a splash of cold water to the face in Norman.

Somehow, the Wolverines are 2-0 after the first two weeks of the college football season. If you had said that 60:01 of game time earlier, even the most optimistic Michigan fan would have laughed in your face.

Now the Maize and Blue have a signature win under their belt, which could be the difference between a trip to the CFP and a prolonged offseason come December.

A table for one is becoming more common in the dining scene, with solo reservations reportedly spiking in recent years.

Reservations for one surged 22% year over year in the third quarter of 2025, according to restaurant technology company Toast’s latest trends report, suggesting that dining alone may be losing its stigma.

Single-diner bookings still accounted for less than 1% of total reservations, according to Toast, but industry experts say it reflects a broader shift and opportunity in the restaurant world. The trend was also evident in the af&co. and Carbonate 2024 Hospitality Trends Report, which cited Brandwatch data showing interest in eating as a party of one had increased 7% year over year.

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"People stopped waiting for someone else to be free," Stephen Ingber, owner of Denver private-chef and catering company MileHighCook, told Fox News Digital. "A good meal used to require a date or a group to justify it. Now it just requires a reservation."

Ingber said about 15% of his bookings are now for one guest and that has risen annually. Some solo customers even book weekly or monthly, he added, and are often the best kind of customer.

Solo dining has also grown across both quick-service and full-service restaurants, as more consumers, especially Gen Z and millenials, embrace meals centered on convenience and personal enjoyment, Fox News Digital previously reported.

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"It's a small slice that is growing fast," agreed Terry Psaltakis, a 30-year restaurant operator from Chicago and founder of ShiftTrained.

Experts say restaurants that offer bar seating, smaller tables with a view, wine by the glass or half-bottle options and menus that do not assume sharing are best for solo diners.

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Just as important, Psaltakis said, is giving solo guests the same care and service as larger parties. Without company to distract them, they are there solely for the dining experience.

"Get it right and that solo diner turns into a regular who comes back every week and knows your bartender by name," Psaltakis said.

For diners who feel self-conscious, Ingber and Psaltakis both recommend the bar. "Ask the bartender what they’d order," he said. "A good one, a ready one, lights up."

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Dining alone isn't always a sign of loneliness, Rene Mondy, a Georgia-based licensed grief therapist and founder of The Solo Dining Directory, told Fox News Digital.

"Solo diners in healthy relationships seem to understand that dining with a partner or surrounded by friends doesn’t always equal connection," Mondy said.

While some diners might be hungry for conversation, others might relish in the alone time, Ingber said. He recommended using the experience as an opportunity to order something you might avoid with company or on a date, and not hiding behind a phone or book.

He also says to remember one thing: "Nobody is looking at you, and if they are, they're jealous."

Former ESPN personality, and one of the most politically divisive sports personalities of our lifetime, Jemele Hill, and countless liberals on social media are losing their minds over the fact that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was invited as a guest on ESPN's "College GameDay" to have a discussion with host Rece Davis about the bipartisan "Save College Sports Act," which he co-authored.

Hill posted on X, "Did not know ESPN had become a political lobbying firm."

The lack of self awareness is astounding. Hill hosted a show on ESPN called SC6 with another woke personality, Michael Smith, in which they discussed divisive political ideologies, mainly focused on race, even going as far as promoting Black Lives Matter.

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On July 12, 2016, Hill and Smith discussed four police officers leaving a WNBA game after Minnesota Lynx players wore Black Lives Matter shirts. Hill argued that demanding "accountability of police officers who commit unjust actions" was not equivalent to disrespecting police.

ESPN itself had Hill moderate its August 2016 "Athletes, Responsibility and Violence" town hall, which focused specifically on athletes, guns, violence and law enforcement.

In 2017, Hill made numerous inflammatory, awful comments about police, President Donald Trump, and conservatives. Hill claimed the "policing & judicial system are institutionally racist," endorsing the idea that law enforcement needs reform.

Hill also echoed and agreed with Colin Kaepernick's statements about comparing cops to the "slave patrols" that enforced discipline on pre-Civil War plantations.

Hill's post on Twitter calling Trump a "white supremacist" also caused ESPN to release a public statement distancing themselves from the employee's rhetoric.

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ESPN has also overtly lobbied for Democrat policies. 

In 2022, former ESPN personality, Elle Duncan, who is now unfortunately the face of Netflix's sports programming, protested Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ "Don’t Say Gay" bill (The Florida Parental Rights in Education Act) live on air. Duncan was upset that the bill would restrict classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for kindergarten through 3rd grade, stating, "We understand the gravity of this legislation and also how it’s affecting so many families across this country, and because of that, our allyship is going to take a front seat, and with that, we’re going to pause in solidarity," said Duncan."

That kind of lobbying has no business in sports. It has nothing to do with sports. It was overtly politically divisive. The same cannot be said about Cruz and the "Save College Sports Act."

Don't forget this either: in 2023, ESPN celebrated Lia Thomas, a male who stole records, opportunities, and trophies from real women, during Women’s History Month. It was definitively divisive and politically partisan.

The list goes on and on.

The problem is, Hill is so lost in her woke ideology, she doesn't know how much of a hypocrite she is. She is willfully ignorant to how ESPN has been a mouthpiece for Democrats, especially over the last six years.

Also, "College GameDay" hosted Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2025 during its visit to the University of Pittsburgh. Hill had nothing to say about that. Why? It doesn't fit her narrative.

All in all, no matter what side of the political aisle you sit on, or how you feel about Cruz, him joining "College GameDay" to discuss the "chaos" college sports is going through because of a lack of regulation on NIL, the transfer portal, and more, it is not divisive or politically partisan like Hill and ESPN has been over the years.

Many of the people in the crowd who booed and those online freaking out about this need to get over themselves.

Spain kept the pressure on nearly all afternoon and had the game tied 58-58 entering the fourth quarter. But the Americans saved their best basketball for last, winning the final period 18-8.

Breanna Stewart led Team USA with 16 points and 6 rebounds, while Kahleah Copper added 13 and Jackie Young finished with 12 points and 5 rebounds. Young was especially important late, scoring 6 of her 12 points in the fourth quarter as the U.S. finally created some separation.

Afterward, Stewart said the difference was sticking with the fundamentals as the pressure mounted.

"Just continue to do the little things," Stewart said. "Honing in on the rebounding, making sure that we were getting to the offensive glass. Defensively, we picked up in the second half."

Stewart also made clear the Americans understand what’s next.

"This is going to be challenging, and obviously we have the biggest one tomorrow," she said. "But that’s what we’re here. We’re going for gold, and that’s what we’re going to do."

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The win was far from pretty.

Team USA shot 40% from the field and 3-for-18 from 3-point range, while committing 15 turnovers. The Americans also managed only 9 assists after entering the semifinal with Caitlin Clark leading the team in that category.

Clark, who once again came off the bench, finished with just 1 point, 1 assist and 1 rebound while going 0-for-3 from the field. Paige Bueckers scored 6 points, while Angel Reese added 5.

At halftime, with the U.S. leading only 39-36, head coach Kara Lawson said her team needed to be "a little more precise in our coverages" and noted that uncharacteristic turnovers had cost the Americans opportunities. She added that the team needed to "stay aggressive and stay calm."

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Spain got 17 points apiece from Maria Conde and Iyana Martín, but managed only 8 points in the decisive fourth quarter.

Now Team USA’s quest for a fifth consecutive World Cup championship moves on to the final against France. Stewart called France "a really tough team" and said the Americans would quickly turn the page after surviving Spain.

Anthropic CEO urges AI companies to slow model development amid fears over misuse

A tech titan's call to slow the artificial intelligence arms race ignited fierce reaction online, with some fellow executives insisting that the United States can't surrender its lead role in the rapidly evolving industry, while others warned that unbridled progress could threaten the very future of mankind.

In an essay published Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged caution and warned that advances in AI technology could outpace humans' ability to control the technology.

"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain," Amodei wrote.

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"Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all," Amodei added.

The essay drew high-profile support from tech executives, with SpaceX CEO and xAI founder Elon Musk backing Amodei, posting, "Dario is right."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman similarly posted on X, writing, "I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier."

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Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo responded to Amodei's essay on "Fox News Live" Saturday, arguing that voluntary industry measures might not be enough to prevent advanced systems from escaping human control.

"After they've accumulated all of the hard power in the world, they run the factories, they're integrated into the military, you know, they're sort of running the whole system, and humans are just sort of giving them orders," Kokotajlo said. "Then they stop taking orders at some points, and they kill off the humans."

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However, former White House AI "czar" David Sacks pushed back against AI warnings, including a viral post from former Anthropic staffer Jacob Coxon. 

"[The warnings are] designed to scare the public about AI so that these NGOs can implement their preferred approach to AI, which is a government takeover," Sacks told "Special Report" on Thursday. 

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Kokotajlo dismissed claims that AI safety advocates are working with foreign actors or NGOs, noting that he personally retweeted Coxon's statement after Coxon resigned.

"Is this a Chinese plot? No, of course not," Kokotajlo said, adding that warnings are coming from academics and industry veterans.

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Although Kokotajlo said he appreciated Amodei's comments, he argued that guardrails imposed by private companies might not be enough.

"I'm happy to see Dario coming out and saying this... it's still a step in the right direction," Kokotajlo said.

"But also, I worry that they're not going to go far enough and that we need to do something that's more radical," he added.

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Lawmakers have raised similar concerns about AI regulation.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., called on Congress to "convene a special session on AI and what the future of the U.S. looks like."

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Speaking on "Fox News Live," Luna described advanced AI as a "massive — uncontrolled currently — super weapon" and urged lawmakers to treat the emerging technology with the same level of caution as nuclear arms.

"AI doesn't just stop at state lines. It has the ability to, in some of the experiments that they have observed, to jump out of its box in its system. It has formed its own language," Luna said.

"We have [to] ensure that there's a kill switch in place to protect humanity. I think that that's a very measured approach on this," she added.

Luna said that while lawmakers need to implement safeguards, the United States cannot afford to slow down and lose ground to foreign adversaries in AI development.

"Whoever controls AI will control, effectively, the world," Luna said. "Do we want that AI to be programmed and learned on our morals, our values as Americans, or do we want it done as dystopian China? I would argue that we have to win that race."

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Toothless Spurs' draw a blank again and are now in danger of seeing a brave new era turn into a false dawn, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Consumer group Which? has called the sale of jack mackerel, a cheaper, less nutritious species of fish, an example of "skimpflation".

Although Bar-Bill Tavern is not where the Buffalo wing was originally created, it is a spot that holds its own and serves up some of the best wings in the area, according to locals and Visit Buffalo Niagara.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen told Barstool Sports Radio in 2019 that Bar-Bill Tavern was his favorite local spot to get wings.

"Five hundred Shahed drones per day is certainly not the right time to even begin a discussion about easing sanctions," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 12, after France reportedly joined Slovakia in calling to delist Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.

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Dayana Yastremska says her flat took a "direct hit" by a Russian missile in Odesa, and all that left was her Roland Garros towel.

So, if you're a big fan of bluefin, make your way to the southern coast of California soon.

You'll either snag the catch of a lifetime, or enjoy some damn good sashimi at a local restaurant in the process.

Former Brat Pack member Andrew McCarthy produced the 2024 documentary, "Brats," which featured many of the pack members, and allowed them to reflect on their feelings about the term. 

Nelson refused to participate in the documentary, explaining, "I don’t even know who’s in the Brat Pack."

"It’s like, why kind of rebirth something that wasn’t necessarily fun?" he said. "How can we be experts on something that didn’t ever really exist?"

Other Brat Pack films include "The Outsiders," "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty In Pink" and "About Last Night..."

The new campaign marks another chapter for the company Cavallari launched in 2017.

In an August interview with Business Insider, the former "Laguna Beach" star said Uncommon James remains at the center of her busy work schedule, alongside her Fizzen sparkling protein drink, "Let's Be Honest" podcast and entertainment projects.

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"My three kids, who are 10, 12, and 14, are my first priority," Cavallari told the outlet. "Next comes Uncommon James, the jewelry, skincare, and homeware company brand I launched in 2017."

Despite being the face of the company, Cavallari said much of her work happens far from a traditional office.

"For the rest of the week, I'm usually working on my laptop at my kitchen counter," she said. "It's a mix of editing podcasts, prepping for guest interviews, and pitching projects over Zoom."

Cavallari described herself as a "big picture" founder who particularly enjoys the creative side of building the brand.

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"I get really excited about marketing and big, brand moments throughout the year," she said, while acknowledging she still finds herself involved in smaller decisions.

Her ambitions as an entrepreneur weren't always part of the plan.

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Cavallari was 17 when she became a reality television star on MTV's "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" before later appearing on its spinoff, "The Hills."

"When I was on 'Laguna Beach,' I didn't have business aspirations," she told Business Insider. "To be honest, I don't think I had any aspirations at 17. Once I was on TV, however, doors opened, and I ran with the opportunities."

That eventually led Cavallari to launch Uncommon James.

"I wanted to prove to everyone, and to myself, that I could make it in the branding world," she said. "That's why I launched Uncommon James."

Nearly a decade later, Cavallari said her definition of success has shifted.

"I've done the hustle, and although I'm still grinding, success for me would look like slower mornings, a peaceful mind, and having time in my day to do what I want."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff was quoted as saying on Saturday that Kyiv was preparing for the resumption in October of three-sided talks aimed at resolving the more than 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia.

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Four Wisconsin police officers were injured Saturday morning as a suspect drove into a crowd of people.

Officers with the Green Bay Police Department responded to a disturbance at a food truck at about 2:15 a.m. local time Saturday and were attempting to take some people into custody when a car drove toward bystanders and officers, prompting one officer to open fire.

The suspect then fled, which led to a short police chase that ended when officers did a PIT maneuver, a tactical move used by police to stop drivers.

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The driver was taken into custody without incident on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

The four officers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and received medical treatment.

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No injuries have been reported from the shooting.

Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis said at a subsequent news conference that the department didn’t know yet if the driver was connected to the disturbance near the food truck.

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He added that a couple of the officers’ injuries happened before the vehicle drove into the crowd, when they were attempting to take people into custody.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office will assist the department in investigating the officer-involved shooting.

When it comes to OpenAI vs. Anthropic this year, I’ve been all in on Codex. After a chaotic couple of years for OpenAI in 2024 and 2025, this year has been solid. I think OpenAI is in the best position to bring the potential good from AI to the most people.

But this is a good new blog post from Dario Amodei about pacing the frontier. A short excerpt from the beginning:

I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom. […] But like many technologies before it, AI brings risks, and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious.

Sam Altman responds:

I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks.

Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We’ll have more to share soon.

Dario and Sam don’t agree on very much. This feels big.

Keely Hodgkinson is again denied a major prize by rival Audrey Werro - but reveals she had to overcome a torn hamstring to make the start line at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

"I was born a Jew," she continued. "I didn’t pick it, and I’ve never hidden it. And this week a whole lot of people decided what I believe without asking me, without checking a single thing I’ve ever said or done, because a repost and the word 'Jew' were apparently enough to fill in the rest. But let me fill it in... myself."

"Of course I don’t speak for Israel, or for any government. I never have. What I said in October 2023 is still exactly what I believe: Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations. Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child. Anybody’s child."

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She detailed the work she's done with UNICEF over the years, spending time with children "on both sides of that fence," and said, "I’m not going to litigate a complex war in an Instagram caption, and I’m not going to recite anybody’s slogan to earn back a follower."

Pink went on to explain that what she was "reacting to" was Macklemore himself. She recalled him performing his song "Same Love" at the Grammys in 2014, and how she cheered on the message, but "Four months later Macklemore put on a hooked nose, a black beard and a bowl cut, performed in it, and called it a 'random costume.'"

"Every Jew I know knew exactly what it was. The same love, it turned out, had a guest list, and we weren’t on it. But he apologized, and I let it go, because that’s what we do. We let it go. Then last weekend he stood in front of a stadium full of music-loving families, with violent images from a war on the screens, dedicated a song to the movement of his choice, and then took the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn’t about them."

She added, "You don’t get to decide that for us."

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"That’s what prompted my repost," she wrote. "Not 'Free Palestine,' and not anyone’s right to say it. I have never asked for another artist to be silenced and I’m not asking now. I don’t need anyone fired, and I don’t need a refund. What I need is to be able to say, as a Jewish mom, 'that scared me, and it scared people I love,' without being told our fear is just propaganda, and without being told I’m somehow cool with genocide because I noticed?"

Pink wrote that she's always stood up for her beliefs, even when she is criticized for it, citing her own protest song, "Dear Mr. President," which she wrote in 2006 in response to the Iraq War.

"I have stood up for other people’s people my whole career, and I know exactly what it costs," she said. "And now I’m standing up for my own people, and I thought I knew going in how lonely that would be. And it’s lonelier than that. But I’m doing it anyway."

"Something has changed in this country, and I can read it in my own comments. 'From the river to the sea.' 'Zionist,' spat like it’s a slur, by people who couldn’t tell you the details of what I believe, because I hadn’t told them yet. I wasn’t asked. I was told. I don’t think most of them hate Jews. I think somebody handed them a story where the Jew who won’t apologize for existing must be the villain, and they’ve been putting words in my mouth ever since."

She said that while she can take being portrayed as a villain, "I just won't take it quietly, and I'm not going to teach my kids to."

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Pink added, "So, to the ones who are furious with me: you don’t have to agree with me. You never did. That’s been our unspoken agreement for twenty-five years, and it still stands, and so do I. You don’t have to agree with one thing Israel’s government does to not want the Jewish family two rows down from you to be scared or targeted at a concert. That’s the only thing I’m asking anybody for. To the ones who are frightened this week, Jewish or Muslim or Palestinian or Israeli or just tired of all of it: I see you. And if anybody wants to really know what I think, just ask me. I’m right here. I’ve never been hard to find. And I’ll keep speaking out, in my own words."

She ended her post by acknowledging the anniversary of 9/11, as well as Rosh Hashanah, saying, "Now I’m going to go make dinner for my kids, light the candles, dip some apples in honey, pour a glass of wine and be full of gratitude. That’s my tradition. It also happens to be a Jewish one. Shana tova."

Following the original wave of backlash against his performance, Macklemore shared a video to Instagram of himself speaking onstage, explaining that one of the reasons he chose to tour with Sheeran was to be able to say "Free Palestine" in front of a large audience.

"Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial," he wrote in his caption.

A spokesperson for the Economic Securities Project (ESP), an organization that led the creation of more than 100 guaranteed income programs, told Fox News Digital that affordability is creating the "need to bring cash to communities even more urgent."

"Further, the destruction of the social safety net paired with skyrocketing costs of healthcare and food have made the need to bring cash to communities even more urgent," ESP's director of cash initiatives, Shafeka Hashash, told Fox News Digital.

"Amid the affordability crisis, we have a responsibility to share what we know about cash: that it provides stability, supports economic mobility and helps families move toward a more economically secure future," she added.

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As Americans are struggling with rising housing, food and energy costs, both parties are trying to convince voters they have the answer to the affordability crisis ahead of the high-stakes midterm elections. The past holiday weekend was emblematic of ongoing concern over affordability. The AAA estimated that nearly 40 million Americans would pay unprecedented prices for gasoline, making it the most expensive Labor Day holiday at the pump on record.

Meanwhile, the ESP has been pushing for guaranteed income long before affordability became a salient issue. Founded in 2016, ESP launched with more than "100 entrepreneurs, activists, researchers, and philanthropists" advocating for direct cash payments.

Hashash’s comments came after ESP released a report published Aug. 12 and titled "Right on Time: How Cash Helps Families Move Through Life’s Transitions," making the case for institutionalizing "no-strings-attached" cash assistance.

The push comes as city leaders across the nation face a financial cliff. Dozens of municipal mayors are scrambling to maintain local cash-handout experiments as the federal pandemic aid that funded them nears its final spending deadline.

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The report's authors build their case by citing "a wealth of data collected from over 250 cash and guaranteed-income pilots across 40 states and the District of Columbia," claiming the findings prove that direct cash transfers are a "legitimate policy tool."

However, rather than pushing immediate, universal cash handouts nationwide, the authors suggest a tactical shift of tying direct payments to specific life events. Cash assistance works best during periods of personal or financial hardship, they argued, writing that "cash does its strongest work in moments of transition."

The report highlights life events such as having a child, housing relocation or post-incarceration reentry. 

Hashash told Fox News Digital that the "‘cash for transitions’ memo was not inspired by the lack of federal funding."

"It is a reflection of our learnings and observations from more than 250 pilots across 40 states over the past decade. We examined the data and found cash has its greatest impact in moments of transition. These findings are increasingly urgent and resonant across the field as our society collectively grapples with how to approach mass transitions in the face of an increasingly AI-powered economy," she explained.

The report pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic as a prime model, calling direct government checks an example of "large-scale transfers" that reached "households at speed and scale."

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Advocates and mayors are hoping to transform pandemic-era cash assistance programs into permanent government policy now that federal COVID-19 relief funds are expiring.

Under federal law, local governments had until Dec. 31, 2024, to legally obligate their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and most obligated funds must be fully spent by Dec. 31, 2026. 

The broader campaign for direct payments includes Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, led by former Stockton, California, Mayor Michael Tubbs. Tubbs, who launched one of the nation's early municipal cash experiments, has long argued that federal tax dollars should fund income supplements to help lower-income Americans keep up with rising inflation, rent and groceries, claiming it's a viable policy to tackle affordability.

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In the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, municipal officials recently announced an expansion of the city's guaranteed income program using the remainder of previously allocated ARPA funds before the spending clock runs out.

Evanston is one of more than 100 U.S. municipalities that have launched universal basic income-style pilots since 2018. While many early experiments relied on a blend of private philanthropic dollars and emergency federal stimulus, those coffers are rapidly hitting zero. The looming shortfalls are driving local officials to find alternative avenues to make cash handouts permanent, mirroring recent tax-funded budget maneuvers in neighboring Cook County, Illinois.

State affiliates are already moving forward. Economic Security California, an ESP arm, is laying groundwork for state-funded guaranteed income programs. California leads the country in pilot programs, hosting more than 60 cash initiatives to date. To sustain these efforts, ESP recommends that local and state governments look beyond donor funding and establish dedicated revenue streams from local taxes.

"We can say, however, that there’s an active and growing movement for cash in hundreds of communities across the country," Hashash said.

She added: "We regularly take calls from some of the 1,500 members of the Guaranteed Income Community of Practice – researchers, nonprofits, local government officials, and community leaders all interested in bringing cash to their neighborhoods. We just can’t announce any pilots or policies before the localities do."

According to Stacey, her husband might also be padding the stats a little bit.

"You have alleged before that he pads his numbers," Bensinger said.

Winkler immediately looked offended.

"Wait a minute. Really?" he asked.

Stacey didn't back down.

"I write down in my book exactly," Winkler protested. "I don't round off. That I do only in charity."

That set his wife up perfectly.

"The biggest charity is your fish size," Stacey fired back. "You are about your fish size the way other people are about… other sizes."

Ouch.

After 48 years of marriage, Winkler seemed stunned to learn that his own wife apparently doesn't trust his measurements.

"I have just learned something I've never known," he said. "I don't pad my numbers, but my wife believes I pad my numbers. Shocking. I'm shocked. I'm hurt."

Who among us hasn't exaggerated a little after a fishing trip?

But the (alleged) fish inflation isn't even their biggest problem on the water.

The couple used to fish together, but that arrangement apparently became unsustainable because Henry — otherwise known for being an exceptionally pleasant human being — becomes an entirely different person once there's a trout involved.

He explained that they once had clearly defined territory while sharing a boat. Stacey got the water from the front of the boat back to the oars. Henry got everything behind the oars.

Simple enough.

Except Henry didn't particularly care for that arrangement whenever Stacey's side looked more promising.

"I'm here to catch a fish," he explained. "And sometimes her water on the other side of the oar looks really fishy."

So his fly would occasionally "wind up" in Stacey's section.

"Not wind up," she argued. "Slap into my water."

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Winkler insists he's simply following the fish. Stacey says her normally reasonable husband suddenly loses all regard for rules, boundaries and marital harmony the moment he picks up a fly rod.

"There was just no way because he's too crazy," she said of fishing together. "He is this reasonable man who turns into a 7-year-old."

In fact, the couple said their first fly-fishing experience together generated more arguments than all their previous years of marriage combined.

"She just didn't understand," Henry explained.

Stacey was unimpressed.

"So then what I would do would be to not catch fish to make you feel better?" she asked.

"That would have been so thoughtful," he deadpanned.

Eventually, the Winklers found the secret to a happy fishing marriage: Don't fish together. Now they take separate boats, separate guides and even fish different parts of the river.

Problem solved! Well, mostly.

Because Stacey still has one surefire way to get under her husband's skin.

When she catches a big fish, she sends him a photo.

"He gets irritated," she said.

"I do not get irritated," Winkler insisted.

He just desperately wants to know how she keeps doing it.

"I really think that there is something about female pheromones that attract the fish," he joked, marveling at how quickly his wife seems to hook monsters.

He even floated another possibility: "Unless on the boat she can Photoshop."

Stacey, meanwhile, says fly-fishing is one of the only areas of her husband's life where the famously nice, mild-mannered actor gets genuinely reckless.

"If you are fishing somewhere in your area and Henry thinks he sees some bubbles or whatever, he's going there," she said. "So, there is nothing sacred."

Maybe not.

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But after 48 years together, the Winklers have clearly figured out the important stuff.

Separate boats. Separate fishing territory.

And never, ever trust your husband's estimate of how many inches that fish actually was.

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An Ohio man has been convicted of the attempted murder of his ex-wife, whom he tried to shoot last year while she was dining with her family at a restaurant in Toledo, a harrowing incident caught on chilling surveillance video.

On April 11, 2025, Matthew Exton, a 43-year-old former attorney, was having a drink at Souk restaurant when he spotted his ex-wife, Kada Malone, dining with her parents at the nearby Italian restaurant Sabira, according to the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office.

He entered Sabira, ordered a drink for Malone's table, spat in their direction and walked out.

Security footage from the restaurant then shows Exton returning with a handgun before thrusting it to within point-blank range of Malone's head and pulling the trigger as she reacted, putting her hands up in front of her face.

The gun failed to fire.

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Prosecutors said the gun did fire because the safety was still on. A waiter tackled Exton from behind before he could try to shoot Malone again.

Authorities noted that there was a round in the chamber and seven more bullets in the magazine.

"The defendant did not come with the intention of having a meal. He came with anger in him and with the intention to commit a public execution of his ex-wife at the restaurant that day," Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney Julia R. Bates said in a statement. "The employees and patrons who stepped in to stop the defendant that day are heroes."

Bates also thanked the jury, which found Exton guilty on Sept. 4 of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault and two firearm specifications attached to all three counts.

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The two counts of felonious assault applied to Malone's parents, Jeannie Malone and Charles Malone.

The day the jury handed down their guilty verdict, Exton had an outburst in the courtroom and had to be removed.

During the prosecutor's closing arguments, they pointed to a voicemail Exton left for Malone prior to the attempted shooting that referenced the Johnny Cash lyric "Sooner or later God will cut you down," WTOL 11 reported.

Prosecutors said the message was an instance of threatening behavior that spoke to Exton's motive and state of mind ahead of the crime.

Exton, who appeared to take issue with the prosecutor's framing of the voicemail, then began screaming the lyrics to "God's Gonna Cut You Down" as court officers removed him. At another point, he made a gun-like gesture with his fingers and pointed it at assistant Lucas County Prosecutor Rose Mock.

The jury was instructed by the judge to disregard Exton's conduct and not let it impact their deliberations.

Exton, a former lawyer and local prosecutor, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 21, 2026.

Fox News Digital reached out to Garfunkel for additional comment.

Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.

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Some social-media users were surprised that the sandwich wasn’t grilled with the cheese inside to melt it, as with a traditional American grilled cheese. 

Others remarked that they weren’t surprised the famously quirky Beatle — who is today 86 years old — would prefer a less conventional version.

"I wonder if Ringo will ever do or enjoy one normal thing in his life," one Instagram user wrote.

Others questioned Starr’s molecule claim, while one commenter pointed out, "Goat milk fat molecules are smaller and finer than cow’s milk, makes it easier to digest."

Some other celebrity sandwiches @domenicskitchen has recreated include rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard’s — peanut butter, banana and honey on white bread fried in butter — and country star Alan Jackson’s — pineapple and mayonnaise on white bread.

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You might expect someone taking down surveillance cameras to avoid being filmed. Jevon Martinez did the opposite.

The 44-year-old Rio Rancho, New Mexico, man recorded himself removing Flock Safety camera equipment around Bernalillo County on Sept. 2. He loaded the equipment into his pickup truck while explaining his reasoning to people watching online. The timing gave Martinez his opening.

Days earlier, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen had moved to end the department's three contracts with Flock Safety. Allen cited concerns about privacy, data sharing and his confidence in the company. However, he still supports automated license plate reader technology and plans to look at other vendors.

Martinez apparently saw the remaining cameras as unfinished business. What happened next shows how quickly a fight over surveillance can turn into a criminal case once someone starts removing hardware they do not own.

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Martinez made his position unusually easy to understand because he documented it himself. In a Sept. 2 social media post, Martinez said BCSO no longer subscribed to Flock. He wrote that he was taking down the equipment so he could return it.

He also insisted that he was neither destroying nor stealing the equipment. Martinez described it as property that had been left unattended.

His videos carried the same message. "Since BCSO is busy, I know BCSO is busy, everyone who works for BCSO, I know you guys are busy, so I went ahead and helped you out," Martinez says while driving his pickup.

The camera then shows what he means by "helped." His truck bed is filling up with Flock equipment.

This also was not Martinez's first encounter with law enforcement over license plate readers. Rio Rancho police had arrested him months earlier in a separate Sandoval County case involving the alleged removal and damage of three license plate reader systems. He faced nine felony charges in that case.

Martinez does not come across in the videos as someone trying to keep a low profile. Quite the opposite. "We got a bunch of these bad boys," he says while showing off the equipment in the back of the truck.

Then comes the line that gives the videos an almost game-like quality. "Let's see how much I can get in one day. That's gonna be the challenge for everyone out there."

At another point, Martinez tells viewers, "Not in my city, not in my state." He also repeatedly calls the Flock cameras "tyranny trees," a nickname that says plenty about how he views automated vehicle surveillance. Reports of his livestream show him dismantling one of the systems while continuing to explain his position. Martinez creates his own record as he goes, with his face, voice and actions captured on camera.

This is where Martinez's social media explanation runs into an important problem. Bernalillo County authorities say he removed 10 Flock camera systems with an estimated combined value of $16,500.

However, only two were associated with BCSO. Authorities say the other eight were managed by neighborhood associations. That changes the picture considerably.

Martinez repeatedly described what he was doing as returning equipment to the sheriff after BCSO ended its relationship with Flock. Yet most of the systems authorities recovered were connected to other organizations.

BCSO also says the equipment remained property that members of the public had no authorization to remove. So while Martinez's videos clearly explain what he believed he was doing, they do not settle the ownership question.

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Martinez said throughout his videos that he planned to return the equipment to BCSO. However, investigators give a somewhat different account of how that ended.

According to the criminal complaint, Martinez drove past BCSO headquarters three times while the equipment remained in his truck. Deputies eventually stopped him outside the sheriff's office.

Video of the arrest shows deputies surrounding his pickup with guns drawn before placing him in handcuffs. Martinez was unarmed, and the charges against him stem from the alleged removal of the equipment rather than a violent offense.

Court reporting differs slightly on the precise larceny charge. One account of the criminal complaint describes attempted larceny over $2,500, while BCSO reporting lists larceny over $2,500. He also faces an interference with communications charge.

Martinez appeared virtually in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on Sept. 4. Prosecutors did not file a pretrial detention motion, and Judge Claire McDaniel did not order him held in the Bernalillo County case.

That did not mean Martinez walked free. He remained in custody because of the separate Sandoval County case tied to the earlier alleged license plate reader removals. Reports say that Sandoval County held him over a violation of his release conditions and that a grand jury has since indicted him in that case. The cases remain unresolved, and the charges are allegations unless and until proven in court.

There is another wrinkle here that makes this story more interesting. Sheriff Allen had already reached his own breaking point with Flock Safety.

BCSO had three contracts connected to the company. One covered five automatic license plate reader cameras. Another involved 16 speed cameras connected to the Flock network. A third covered gunshot detection technology.

Allen said he had lost confidence in Flock over privacy safeguards and data sharing. He also raised concerns about other law enforcement agencies gaining access to New Mexico plate data.

Still, Allen has defended the underlying technology as a useful law enforcement tool. His disagreement centers on the vendor and the safeguards surrounding the data. That puts BCSO and Martinez in an unusual position. Both expressed serious concerns about Flock. Their ideas about what should happen next could hardly be further apart.

Automatic license plate readers can create a detailed record of where vehicles appear. Flock's LPR systems collect license plate text along with the date, time and camera location. They can also record basic vehicle characteristics such as make, model and color. Flock says the system does not collect the driver's identity through the LPR camera.

Police can use that information to generate leads in investigations. The concern comes from what happens when millions of those observations become searchable.

We saw the risks firsthand in Colorado, where a woman faced a porch theft accusation after Flock cameras linked her truck to the area. Other location data eventually helped her show where she actually was.

Flock cameras have also moved into places you may visit every week. CyberGuy found license plate readers operating at some Home Depot and Lowe's parking lots in Connecticut. That means pulling into a store can create another record tied to your vehicle.

Then there are systems that can combine different types of signals. We recently looked at SignalTrace, technology that can correlate wireless device signals with license plate reader information and travel patterns.

All of this helps explain why a camera on a roadside can trigger such a strong reaction. It does not give someone permission to dismantle one.

You can question automatic license plate readers without ever touching a camera. Start by finding out which company operates the readers in your community and how long your local agency keeps the data.

Then ask who can search the system and how officials audit those searches. Private cameras deserve attention too. A homeowners association, shopping center or business may operate plate readers that connect with law enforcement.

Public records can help you understand how local agencies use the technology. Public meetings also give residents a way to challenge contracts before officials renew them.

If you want cameras removed, push the people who have the legal authority to make that decision. That keeps the debate focused on surveillance policy rather than turning it into a criminal case.

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I understand why these cameras make people uncomfortable. A system that quietly logs where vehicles appear deserves close scrutiny, especially when information can move between agencies. Bernalillo County's own sheriff had enough concerns about Flock to walk away from the company. Martinez clearly shares the privacy concern, but his videos show what can happen when someone decides to take the next step on his own. 

The biggest factual problem with his argument is hard to overlook. Authorities say only two of the 10 systems he removed were associated with BCSO. The other eight were managed by neighborhood associations. Then there are the videos themselves. Martinez wanted people to see what he was doing. He explained his reasoning and showed the equipment piling up in his truck. Those posts may help him make a political argument online. They also give investigators a remarkably detailed record of what happened. For me, the useful questions are who gets to collect our movement data and what limits control access to it. Those are fights worth having in public.

If your local sheriff said it no longer trusted a surveillance company, would you want every camera removed immediately or would you accept a replacement system with stronger privacy safeguards? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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After residents raised concerns, "City staff reviewed the permit and related project documents, which indicate that the replacement fencing was intended to match the previous conditions," the release further stated.

Whippy said he spoke directly with the project manager, who was "receptive to the concerns raised by the community and has expressed a strong commitment to working with the City and Caltrans’ contractor to identify and implement appropriate modifications."

"We have a timeline for the construction crew to come back to town in the next couple of weeks for fence modifications," Whippy told SFGATE.

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"[She taught me] not to let anybody else define you but yourself," Sarah Rose said. "You have to have a good feeling about yourself and be confident in yourself. And, really, if you have that as a foundation, the opportunities are endless for where your journey might lead. I’ve always taken that to heart. No matter what anyone else’s opinions, feelings or thoughts are, I just know that I’m secure in myself. And she’s playing a big role in that."

While Sara Rose admits Sheindlin could be a "no-nonsense grandmother," she also has "a much softer, supportive side," noting she is often "the first person I call if I have a problem or a question or something that needs to get solved."

"She’s a fantastic problem solver, especially for the ones that she loves," she added.

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Campaign personnel for Amy Acton, Ohio’s former health director and Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, got into a confrontation with a Republican political activist wielding a camera last Saturday at one of Acton’s campaign events in Harrison, Ohio.

When the cameraman approached Acton, asking her why she continued to decline invitations to debate her Republican challenger, Vivek Ramaswamy, her staff quickly rushed in to block him off from Acton.

The video, which shows Acton walking away from the interviewer, adds to criticisms from Ramaswamy’s camp that she hasn’t given a good answer for why she isn’t willing to do a debate as both candidates enter the homestretch of their campaigns.

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"Dr. Amy Acton, why do you refuse to debate your opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy?" the interviewer asked.

"No photos, no videos," the staff repeated. "I said — no pictures, no interviews."

At one point in the confrontation, Acton’s staff seemed to have bumped into the cameraman, jolting his camera out of frame and prompting him to ask them to be "careful."

Acton did not respond to the questions.

Earlier this month, after Ramaswamy accepted a debate invitation from CNN, Acton’s campaign told local media she would not accept.

"Dr. Acton’s focus is on talking with Ohioans, not platforming a scam artist who spreads baseless lies about her and her family, uses AI to falsely paint her as someone with a substance abuse problem, and shames Dr. Acton for being sexually abused as a child while Vivek stands with predators and abusers," a campaign spokesperson said in a Sept. 2 statement.

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The response refers to a series of Republican attacks: her role in Ohio’s COVID response, a verbal domestic dispute in 2019 that she had while intoxicated, and AI-generated campaign ads that replaced her car’s license plate with a "drunk mom" tag. It also nods to Ramaswamy’s quiet posture toward releasing the Epstein files at the outset of his gubernatorial campaign.

In his response, Ramaswamy ignored Acton’s needling.

He seized on her decision, calling into question her qualifications to lead the state as its top executive while, at the same time, refusing to press her case on a debate stage.

"It’s too bad for Ohio voters that Acton won’t take voter questions, won’t debate, quit after failing as Ohio’s health director, and has some serious issues now surfaced in multiple police reports," Ramaswamy said in a post to social media.

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Acton’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital about her interaction with the interviewer last Saturday.

Having cleared the Ohio Democratic primary, Acton will face off against Ramaswamy in the state’s general election on Nov. 3.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned about the growing threat global terror organizations pose to the United States through their ability to radicalize individuals online at home.

Speaking on "Special Report," Clayton pointed to an attempted bombing in New York City as an example of how modern extremists no longer need distant foreign training camps to launch attacks and instead can be recruited online.

Clayton responded after host Bret Baier cited United Nations figures showing that al Qaeda's global network has grown to an estimated 25,000 potential fighters — roughly 50 times its estimated size at the time of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001.

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"Those numbers may be surprising. I think it's important for America to hear those numbers, but they reflect the evolving threat environment, the threat environment from terrorists," Clayton told Baier.

"Terrorists recruit today much differently than they did 25 years ago," he said.

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Clayton said terrorists were previously often recruited and trained in camps overseas, but that process has changed in the 25 years since 9/11.

"Today, they recruit their agents online. They attempt to radicalize them online," Clayton said.

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"Just this year, we had two radicalized men from Pennsylvania travel to New York to try and detonate a bomb outside Gracie Mansion. Thanks to the NYPD, who just like in 9/11 ran to the fire, no one was killed," he added.

Federal prosecutors described both men as supporters of ISIS who consumed radical content online.

Prosecutors allege the men traveled from Pennsylvania to Manhattan on March 7 with two explosive devices and attempted to detonate them near protesters and police officers outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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When asked about remaining security gaps identified in a recent House Intelligence Committee report, Clayton said communication among intelligence and law enforcement agencies has improved significantly since 9/11.

"What I can tell you is that the women and men of the intelligence community, working domestically with law enforcement, working overseas with our partners, are committed every day to closing those gaps and identifying evolving threats," Clayton said.

"There have been, and again, the American people should know this, there have been many threats on our soil that have been thwarted," he added.

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The Supreme Court will no longer hear an oral argument for a case centered on bond rights for noncitizens detained for lengthy periods, ruling the case moot after New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul pardoned a lawfully present Dominican citizen, who pleaded guilty to second-degree assault.

Hochul pardoned Keisy Guerrero Mariano, who is identified in court documents as "Keisy GM," in late August, effectively killing the Trump administration's appeal to the Supreme Court arguing that noncitizens, including those with green card status, do not have a legal right to a bond hearing for a prolonged detention if they have committed crimes that are grounds for mandatory deportation.

Hochul, who is staunchly opposed to President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown, issued the pardon for Mariano just as the brief was due.

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Solicitor General John Sauer agreed Friday that Genalo v. Black is now moot, but said the Trump administration will seek an "alternative vehicle" to challenge the Second Circuit’s 2024 ruling that prolonged immigration detention can trigger a constitutional right to a bond hearing.

Sauer said the administration intends to find another case through which the Supreme Court can resolve the issue during its 2026-27 term.

The lawsuit centered on the challenges of plaintiffs Carol Williams Black, a Jamaican national with lawful standing, and Mariano — both convicted criminals detained by ICE.

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Mariano was first arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in 2020 over a 2015 second-degree assault conviction for which he served time, making him eligible for deportation.

He spent nearly two years in ICE detention, but was released in 2022 due to a nationwide injunction that required the release of detainees because of COVID-19 health risks.

Prior to his release, Judge John P. Cronan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Mariano's habeas corpus request in November 2021.

But in May 2024, the Second Circuit overruled Cronan's decision, ruling that the government must grant noncitizens a bond hearing once detention becomes "unreasonably long." Failure to do so, the court ruled, would violate the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.

The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case June 15; however, the high court ruled Black's case moot because he had left the United States and filed a court declaration that he would not be returning to the country.

Black was convicted in New York in 2000 of sexually abusing a minor under the age of 11.

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Hochul's decision to issue a pardon to Mariano has garnered fierce criticism from legal experts.

"Pretty wild to fully pardon an aggravated felon to (1) stop the felon from getting deported and (2) stop the Supreme Court from ruling on an issue. (Especially as this litigation has been going on for years)," Eric Wessan, Iowa’s solicitor general, posted on X.

He praised Sauer's decision to fight back on the Second Circuit's ruling.

"I wonder how many non-American felons Governors like Hochul will choose to fully pardon and free to avoid them facing consequences for their actions," Wessan added.

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

The former mayor of a small town in northern California was found civilly liable Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting seven women.

Dominic Foppoli, who led the town of Windsor from late 2018 to 2021, was ordered to pay a combined $13 million in compensatory damages. 

The payouts to the women, whose allegations span from 2001 to 2020, will range from $6,000 to $4,650,938 each, KTVU FOX 2 reported.

He could also have to pay punitive damages to the women. That phase of the civil trial will begin on Tuesday.

Foppoli has consistently denied all wrongdoing and has never been criminally charged in connection to the allegations. He stepped down as mayor in May 2021 after four women came forward to the San Francisco Chronicle to accuse him of sexual assault.

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The lawsuit, filed in April 2022, detailed allegations from seven Jane Does. Several women alleged Foppoli drugged their drinks before assaulting them, while Jane Doe 1 claimed he raped her dozens of times, including one alleged incident in which she said he handcuffed her to a bed.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a total of 13 women have accused Foppoli of sexual assault or misconduct.

In 2024, the state attorney general’s office suspended its criminal investigation into Foppoli, saying prosecutors did not have enough evidence to warrant filing charges on the cases not barred by the statute of limitations at that time.

Foppoli testified during the civil trial, which began in July, again denying the allegations against him.

"I've been a terrible boyfriend and partner, cheating, selfish and egotistical, but I've never done any of those things I'm being sued for," Foppoli said on the stand, according to KGO Eyewitness News.

The jury also found the Santa Rosa chapter of Active 20-30, an all-male charitable social club where Foppoli was a member, liable for Jane Doe 4's alleged assault and awarded her an additional $2 million, the Chronicle reported.

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According to the lawsuit, the woman alleged Foppoli sexually assaulted her during the national Active 20-30 convention in Reno, Nevada, in June 2012. She also accused the organization of failing to investigate complaints she made to its leaders.

Traci Carrillo, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told Fox News Digital that the initial San Francisco Chronicle story "gave some of our clients a voice that no local news agency wanted to touch because it accused a powerful and connected local politician of crimes and sexual misconduct."

"It took over 5 years to get them justice, which was always about accountability. Their trauma was real, and they were believed, not shamed or silenced in the courtroom," Carrillo added. "They feel vindicated and will now focus on the much-needed healing the jury has provided for them."

Foppoli's attorney, Andrew Watters, said in a statement to Fox News Digital that he would seek a mistrial over claims that the court improperly excluded key witnesses for the defense. If that fails, Watters said he would pursue an appeal.

"What happened with the verdict was that the jury sent a message based on questionable self-reported evidence and junk science, and that’s not appropriate. It appears the passions of the jury were inflamed by the evidence, and they hated my client, so they made a very large award to punish and make an example of him," Watters said in a statement.

Foppoli, speaking at a press conference outside the courthouse Friday, said his accusers "are trying to crucify me for a cause I'm not responsible for," adding that they were motivated by the $13 million payout.

Foppoli still faces a separate lawsuit from Farrah Abraham, a social media influencer and former reality television personality who claims the ex-politician raped her in March 2021 at a house party in Florida. That civil case is expected to go to trial next year, according to court records.

The Chronicle reported that Christopher Creek Winery, which Foppoli owns, settled a separate lawsuit filed by a Montana woman who alleged Foppoli raped her multiple times in 2020 when she was 18.

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DOJ went after protesters for felony assault, but juries, judges were unconvinced, AP analysis finds  apnews.com

The billionaire said that no stock was sold, and that he canceled a plan to unload 50 million shares.

A businessman pardoned by President Trump backed Nigel Farage’s party with roughly $48.7 million, a sum quickly matched by a second donor.

Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach, falling for fake government requests

Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit  apnews.com

The college football season is humming along, and Friday night's action between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Missouri Tigers gifted us some must-see early season fireworks.

Things got hot and heavy before the game even started, with Kansas dropping a hype video in the lead-up to the game that framed the Tigers as "evil," alluding to Missouri's involvement as a slave state in the mid 1800s.

Mizzou got the last laugh, though, as the Tigers blasted the Jayhawks 38-21, adding a late score that head coach Eli Drinkwitz said was meant to "embarrass" their rivals for their social media stunt.

All of that is well and good, and it's what makes college football the greatest sport on earth, but that's not why we are here.

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During the game, Kansas signal caller Isaiah Marshall completed what can only be conservatively described as the throw of the year.

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Yes, it's only week two, but just watch this throw and tell me it's not only the greatest throw of the year, it might be one of the best of all-time.

I don't have the foggiest idea how he even stayed in bounds to get this pass off, let alone complete it 15 yards downfield to his receiver for a first down.

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You think jump passes are cool? How about a fadeaway, 360-no-scope, dime while throwing across his body?

As I mentioned, Kansas would end up losing this game, but may have the best highlight anyone is going to produce for the next several years in college football.

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Marshall had accuracy issues for a majority of the night, completing only 43% of his passes and tossing a pair of interceptions in the process, but if he can channel more of what he did on this play, the Jayhawks may have found an absolute gunslinger for the next few years.

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If all else fails, Kansas offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki can just draw up the "no-scope sideline pass" in a pinch.

Works every time!

Police say more arrests coming in death of Mississippi woman found hanging from tree  apnews.com

Rival demonstrators march through Portsmouth as new police powers come into force.

Congrats to John Brayton on releasing a big update for his feed reader Unread. Works on all Apple platforms, even syncs with Micro.blog’s Inkwell.

Iran-Oman understanding does not provide for immediate reopening of Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reports

The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.

Best known for The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, the British film-maker was celebrated for working with international directors throughout his decades-long career.

Kyiv authorities don't have the resources to build shelters at every gas station, while the city also lacks weapons needed to intercept Russian drones and missiles, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Other issues could be the cause, too, according to StudyFinds, including diabetes, an overactive bladder, an enlarged prostate and fluid buildup.

For some people, simple habits can help, including not drinking for roughly two hours before bedtime and stopping alcohol about three hours before bed, Darley said.

She also suggested keeping floors clear of rugs and clutter, using gentle amber lighting, sitting on the edge of the bed before standing to avoid getting dizzy — and installing grab bars for extra support.

Hungary PM Magyar says to scrap Orban-era restriction on gay adoption

Chaos reigned supreme in the main event of "Friday Night SmackDown" and when the dust settled, Sami Zayn was the new Undisputed WWE champion.

CM Punk put the title on the line against Zayn, weeks after beating him for the title on "Monday Night Raw." Zayn’s first reign only lasted a few days when he initially pinned Cody Rhodes at Night of Champions. But Zayn has been hungry to get another shot at the title.

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He delivered but needed a mess at ringside to do it.

Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae appeared to be in Zayn’s corner for the match. LeRae distracted the referee, at one point, which allowed Gargano to try to hit Punk with the belt. He missed completely and Punk nailed him with a Go to Sleep. As the referee tried to roll Gargano out of the ring, Kevin Owens appeared and tried to hit Zayn with the belt.

Owens nailed Punk instead, which he didn’t seem to be too concerned about. Owens put his attention on Zayn before he was hit with a low blow. Punk stumbled to the corner, setting Zayn up for the Helluva Kick.

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Zayn was dead on and pinned Punk for the win.

It’s the second time in his career – and second time this year – that Zayn has held the Undisputed WWE Championship. The first reign only lasted nine days. Here’s to hoping that the reign lasts a bit longer than that.

It’s the fifth time this year the title has changed hands.

Drew McIntyre won it back in January with Rhodes winning it back in March. Zayn beat Rhodes in June before losing to Punk in July. Now, in September, with several premium live events around the corner that have major implications for the title, Zayn is the champion.

But the title picture is as murky as it gets.

Punk, Owens, Rhodes, Gargano and Randy Orton could all become challengers for Zayn immediately. McIntyre, who has been out of the ring for months, could also pose a threat whenever he comes back.

"People would say... 'Are you dating?' and I'd say, 'Well, I don't date much anymore because I used to date, and you'd look across the table at the guy... you'd think, 'OK, I wonder if we're going to end up in bed together,'" she said.

"Now I look across the table and I just think, 'When am I going to have to change this guy's diapers?' It's just not that fun anymore."

Earlier that year, the "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" actress admitted she was kicked off a dating app after her profile was flagged for appearing to be fake.

"You know, I thought, I'm going to say to the universe that I am open and vulnerable, and I'm putting myself out there," Hatcher explained on "Getting Grilled with Curtis Stone."

"That's what I thought my gesture of joining that Hinge app would be. And then they kicked me off."

She added, "Well, they thought I was pretending to be Teri Hatcher."

"They apologized, and then I was like, 'I'm sort of over it.' So now I'm over it," she continued. "I'm definitely done with the dating apps, and I feel like if there's any way I'll go somewhere and meet someone, that's what it's going to have to be, but honestly, I'm happy."

In 1989, Hatcher married personal trainer Marcus Liethold before divorcing one year later.

She then married Jon Tenney in 1994, and the former couple welcomed a daughter in 1997. By 2003, though, the pair called it quits.

After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.

A local elected official in Iowa is criticizing state lawmakers after they blocked cities and counties from testing direct cash payments to residents, claiming local governments are being handcuffed by state-level "ideological wars."

Mandi Remington, a Democratic county supervisor in Johnson County, Iowa, told Fox News Digital that she wanted to test whether giving cash to low-income residents could serve as a feasible poverty-alleviation policy. However, the effort was shut down before it could launch.

"We are supposedly a home rule state, but that's not what it seems like in practice," Remington said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I live in a blue dot in a red state and, essentially, anything that we try to do in these pockets that is not being done in other parts of the state automatically gets pushed back against."

Remington’s comments follow an op-ed she wrote arguing that guaranteed income programs "help everyday Iowans." She noted that the Johnson County Board of Supervisors attempted to bring a guaranteed income initiative to their community, championed by Supervisor V Fixmer-Oraiz.

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The local push was inspired by similar pilots across the country, including the UpLift trial in central Iowa, which provided 110 families with $500 per month for two years. Remington argued the policy would build on successes seen in other jurisdictions.

Those plans were derailed when Iowa Republicans passed legislation prohibiting local governments from creating or maintaining guaranteed income programs. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 2319 into law on May 1, 2024. Proponents of the ban, including GOP lawmakers, argued that government cash handouts undermine the American work ethic, subsidize low wages, and foster government dependency.

"There's no room for doing research. There's no room for evaluating evidence. There's no interest in even hearing about evidence that has been found in other places," Remington told Fox News Digital. "I have not been present on the universal income matter specifically at the Capitol, but I have testified in legislative hearings here and watched as legislators didn't even pretend to listen to the people speaking to them. Because in their minds, whether they want to call it socialist or leftist or whatever term they throw at it, they have just lumped it into a certain ideological category because of where it's coming from."

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In her published letter, Remington argued that restricting local control hurts working families.

"Unfortunately, some of our state leaders are more interested in controlling local government and waging ideological wars than they are in passing policies that help everyday Iowans," Remington wrote. "The state’s ban on guaranteed income isn’t good policy, and it doesn’t help hard-working Iowans get by. It’s simply obstructionism without evidence. Seven Republican legislators understood this and joined Democrats in voting against the ban."

Gov. Reynolds' office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

Iowa is far from the only state where Republicans have pushed back against cash-handout initiatives.

GOP lawmakers across the country have raised legal, budgetary and philosophical concerns regarding guaranteed basic income. In Michigan, House Republicans demanded a rigorous inspection of a taxpayer-funded cash assistance program for new mothers, questioning its benefits and scrutinizing how millions in public funds were spent.

In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County — home to Houston — over its guaranteed income program, leading the Texas Supreme Court to freeze the trial. Meanwhile, in Arizona, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-led bill that would have prohibited local governments from enacting guaranteed income programs.

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Progressive groups have pushed back against state-level restrictions. Adriane Brown, senior communications director for the Economic Security Project (ESP) — an advocacy organization founded in 2016 to promote direct cash transfer policies — defended the trials.

"It doesn’t serve anyone to ban guaranteed income. Mandi Remington’s letter speaks to the precarity — emotional, financial and otherwise — of leaving an abusive relationship," Brown told Fox News Digital. "Thankfully, there are several guaranteed income pilots across the country building on what we know about cash’s ability to offer survivors stability during these difficult transitions."

The ESP helped create over 100 guaranteed income pilots across the U.S.

"In the case of Iowa specifically, thankfully, not all lawmakers fell along partisan lines," Brown added. "If elected officials’ end goal is truly to make sure families are safe and secure, then guaranteed income pilots should be allowed to exist. Lawmakers who voted to ban guaranteed income amid a cost-of-living crisis are out of touch and do not care about families."

Beyond political opposition, many guaranteed income programs face an impending funding cliff. Dozens of cities launched cash-transfer pilots using federal pandemic relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Under federal rules, ARPA allocations had to be legally obligated by the end of 2024 and fully spent by December 31, 2026.

As federal relief funds dry up, local leaders are scrambling to find alternative funding streams. While Cook County, Illinois — the second-largest county in the nation — moved to set up ongoing municipal funding for guaranteed income following its initial 2022 pilot, most local jurisdictions lack the budget to sustain direct cash transfers without private philanthropy or federal aid.

"The UpLift program was able to find a way to sustain itself through non-government money," Remington told Fox News Digital. "Unfortunately, we are also now in a position where all of our nonprofit agencies and mutual aid organizations are in their own financial crises as well. So funding in general has become a problem across the board for government, private citizens, and community agencies."

Apple's long-awaited foldable iPhone Duo is here, but that wasn't all we saw at this week's event, as Apple also took the wraps off of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and the AirPods 5.


We'll have to wait a little over a month to get our hands on the foldable iPhone Duo, but the rest of the products will be out at the end of next week. And don't forget iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and other software updates that will be dropping on Monday!

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Everything Apple Announced at This Week's Event

We'll pull out the highlights below, but be sure to check out our recap video and complete index to all of our coverage of Apple's "Surprise and Shine" event that saw the introduction of several new iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods models.


The event saw John Ternus taking the stage just days after officially becoming Apple CEO, making some of the bigger announcements of the day and handing off to other Apple executives to present the details.

Apple Announces Foldable 'iPhone Duo'

The star of Wednesday's show was a "one more thing" unveiling of the iPhone Duo, Apple's new compact foldable phone featuring a more traditional-sized screen on the outside but unfolding into a nearly iPad mini-sized screen on the inside.


In addition to a refined hardware design, the iPhone Duo features numerous software refinements to deliver a user experience optimized for the new form factor.

Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo begin on October 16, with a launch to follow on October 23, and in the meantime, check out our hands-on video from the event.

Apple Announces iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

Apple this week also unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which look very similar to the iPhone 17 Pro models but have several upgrades.


As was widely rumored, both devices have a smaller Dynamic Island that can show up to three Live Activities at once. The A20 Pro chip in the iPhone 18 Pro models has a 6-core CPU, a 7-core GPU, and a 32-core Neural Engine, and thanks in part to a much larger vapor chamber cooling system, Apple says sustained performance is up to 40% faster compared to the A19 Pro chip.

Other updates include new camera features such as a variable aperture on the Main camera, longer battery life, and new color options, all of which we discussed in our hands-on and early impressions video. Pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max kicked off today, with a launch coming on September 18.

Apple Announces Apple Watch Series 12 With S11 Chip, Upgraded Health Sensors and Ceramic Models

The Apple Watch Series 12 was also introduced this week, featuring a new S11 chip, a similar redesigned health sensing system as on the Ultra 4, and new aluminum, titanium, and ceramic finishes.


Series 12 comes in Space Gray, Black, Light Gold, and Dark Bronze aluminum finishes. The aluminum models gain Ceramic Shield, which Apple says makes their screens 60% tougher. Polished titanium models are also available in Radiant Gold and Natural, while ceramic models come in Pearl White and Night Blue.

Pricing starts at $399, with pre-orders available now ahead of a September 18 launch.

Apple Announces Apple Watch Ultra 4 With Two-Day Battery Life and Upgraded Health Tracking

Apple this week announced the Apple Watch Ultra 4, which features a new S11 chip, a redesigned health sensing system, and a larger battery that Apple says delivers two days of battery life.


With improved power efficiency, Ultra 4 offers up to 18 hours of workout tracking with full GPS and heart rate monitoring, or 45 hours in its maximum extended workout mode, according to Apple.

Pre-orders are available now ahead of a September 18 launch, with prices starting at $799.

AirPods 5 Announced With Improved Noise Cancellation, Audio Quality, and More

Finally, Apple introduced AirPods 5, offering Active Noise Cancellation with its entry-level wireless earbuds at a starting price of $129. A $149 version with a Wireless Charging Case adds swipe-based volume controls on the stems and longer battery life.


Apple says AirPods 5 remove up to 50% more external noise than AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation. They also boast a redesigned acoustic architecture and updated Adaptive EQ which promise richer, more detailed sound, and an improved Transparency mode that makes nearby voices and sounds more natural.

AirPods 5 are available to pre-order now, with availability beginning Friday, September 18.

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How the record donations change the country’s political landscape.

Are England a better team in September than in June? BBC cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt discusses the positives and negatives of the Test summer and what the next period may bring.

The communities that I feel the most connecting to on Mastodon have been going through a rocky few weeks. Federico Viticci back on X. Marco Arment taking a break. Everything with Omarchy and 1Password.

I usually avoid Meta, but maybe I need to cross-post to Threads for a bit. Change of pace. POSSE.

When Los Perros del Mal reformed in AAA, the company’s most fearsome faction wasn’t going to take any form of disrespect from anyone whether they were wearing a mask or not.

The group walked into Triplemania 34 in Las Vegas on Friday night with an aim to capture the AAA World Trios Championship against Los Psycho Circus. By the end of their match, Angel, Berto and Daga were holding the belts.

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Psycho Clown, Dave the Clown and Murder Clown were a formidable group in their own right. The group had held the championship at Origenes all the way back in November 2024 and held the title for 663 days before running into Los Perros del Mal.

"The Dogs of Evil" did get some help in the form of El Carnicero, who has been tormenting the AAA roster for weeks. He attacked Dave the Clown while the referee’s back was turned. It caused Psycho Clown to take his eye off the ball. Psycho Clown and El Carnicero brawled to the back while the match was still ongoing.

The six-man tag team match became a three-on-two as Los Perros del Mal took advantage. Karmen Petrovic, one of the leaders of the group, caused a distraction and the group took the opportunity to win the match.

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Angel, Berto and Daga picked up the win to become the new trios champions.

It is the second time in the group’s long history that they have held the titles. Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fury initially won the belts as members of Los Perros del Mal at Triplemania XIX in June 2011 when the titles were first introduced. They beat Los Psycho Circus then as well – which featured Psycho Clown, Murder Clown and Monster Clown.

The group held the titles for 267 days before eventually losing to Los Psycho Circus in March 2012.

For now, Los Perros del Mal are on top of the trios world. It doesn’t appear as though they are looking back.

Mudd concluded his comments by suggesting that Macklemore should take into account the potential consequences of taking such a polarizing stance as a public figure.

"If Macklemore were my client, I'd advise him that calling a war a genocide invites the public shredding Bill Maher just delivered," Mudd told Fox News Digital. "There's no rule against entertainers taking a stance, but he needs to understand the career, reputational and pushback risk that comes with it."

"We are grateful for the incredible efforts of the motor vessel Northwest Explorer, [plus] federal, state, village first responders and mission partners who assisted in the effort that resulted in a life saved," Little said.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Coast Guard for further comment and details. 

The boy's mother was listening to a radio transmission of the rescue Monday while other family members huddled around a speakerphone, one of them told the AP.

"We all cried and jumped for joy when the captain announced on the radio, ‘We found a kid, he’s alive, he’s alive,’" the family member said. "Then we asked, ‘Where’s the rest of them?’"

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Video of the rescue shows the boy in a bright yellow jacket kneeling atop the overturned skiff. The boat’s crew tossed him a line, tugging the skiff closer until they could pull him into a rescue basket.

The bodies of his two deceased family members were recovered. 

Earlier this year, Fox News Digital reported on another dramatic rescue after a family of three was found alive following nearly a week adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

The family's boat engine failed — prompting a Coast Guard rescue.

The Associated Press contributed reporting. 

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Roxanne Perez vowed to take the opportunity that was afforded her, walk into Triplemania 34 in Las Vegas on Friday night and earn the No. 1 contender spot for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship.

She did just that.

Perez outlasted WWE star Nattie and AAA stars La Hiedra and Faby Apache to win the match and get a chance at the Reina de Reinas Championship at Worlds Collide either against reigning champion Flammer or La Catalina – who square off for the title on Night 2 in Mexico City.

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It was a hard-hitting contest and Perez had to watch her back throughout. In the opening moments of the match, her three opponents ganged up on her and tossed her out of the ring. She even saw Flammer get involved as she tried to help La Hiedra win the match.

However, Perez pushed La Hiedra into Flammer and nailed Pop Rox. She pinned La Hiedra and won the match. La Hiedra and Flammer seemed to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. The two had an animated conversation in the ring once the match was finished.

Nonetheless, Perez is headed to Worlds Collide at the end of the month in pursuit of the Reina de Reinas Championship.

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Perez told OutKick Dropkick hours before the match began that she understood the tall task at hand but was determined to climb the mountain to get what she desired.

"It definitely is a big task. I have a big opportunity right in front of me that I know I'm gonna take. I know that I'm gonna go straight to Worlds Collide and become Reina de Reinas champion, but also I am not underestimating every woman that is in this match because like you said, legends in all different aspects," she said. "La Hiedra knows AAA inside and out. Natalya (Nattie), she's a legend in WWE in the Divas era. She's a trailblazer for us women. She didn't get these opportunities before and she worked to make sure that all of us got these opportunities. So, I respect her so much for that. Faby Apache, a legend in the Lucha Libre world.

"So yeah, I have a lot on my plate right now, but it's nothing that ‘The Prodigy’ can't overcome. ‘The Prodigy’ has gone through so much the past 10 years of me wrestling, and if anybody thinks that I'm just gonna let this opportunity slip away, I've been waiting for one opportunity and I finally have it and I'm not gonna let it slip through my fingers."

Perez awaits the winner of Flammer and La Catalina.

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Buendia also sees friendships form and partnerships born. Students find bandmates and singing partners and learn from each other.

"I always like to hear a conversation when we start wrapping up where a musician asks someone that they just met that day, ‘Do you wanna come to my place and record a song? ’ And, and it's always like, ‘Yes, of course,’ and then they come back next week together, and it's just, it's a really beautiful thing to watch. So there are opportunities. I think just like the same way connecting with anyone in any other way, there are opportunities to grow mutually."

Now in her final year of college, Buendia has seen plenty of growth in herself. In all kinds of ways.

But she is convinced that her music, "Meet Me Here" and "The Lodge" are the biggest reasons she let down her guard and was able to maximize her college experience.

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"Yesterday, I was reading through my old journals from my freshman year of high school talking about how I felt so lonely those first few months, and I was just thinking about if I was able to walk upon (Pearl) street on a Sunday, it would have done so much for me," Buendia said. "It feels really beautiful that I'm able to be part of such a fruitful community that cares about each other and is interested in setting up events where people can be accepted and fed and clothed and walk away with a full belly, a new t-shirt, hopefully new shoes, pants, and, just knowing that they have somewhere where they belong. "

To check out the music at "The Lodge" at the University of Texas, follow Buendia and her "Meet Me Here" friends on social media.

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Vice President JD Vance used his keynote address at the Republican midterm convention Thursday to frame the November elections as a fight over America’s future, arguing that every child is entitled to inherit the country’s opportunities regardless of background.

The speech also gave Vance one of his most prominent national platforms since becoming vice president to define his own political vision, as he emerges as a central figure in the GOP’s post-Trump future and speculation continues about a potential 2028 presidential campaign.

"Every American child is born an heir, born with the right to inherit the blessings of the greatest country on Earth — not because of who their parents are, what they look like or where they come from, but because they are Americans and this is our country," Vance said in Dallas.

"And that birthright, ladies and gentlemen, is what this November is all about," he added.

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Vance tied that idea to his own family, speaking about the birth of his fourth child, Alec, six weeks ago. He said he wants his son and all American children to grow up with access to clean water, healthy food, a quality education, safe communities and the opportunity to afford a home and raise a family.

He also connected that vision to the legacy of his late friend Charlie Kirk, who was killed one year ago. Vance said Kirk encouraged young men to fall in love, start families and become fathers.

The speech marked a shift from the personal story of Vance’s Appalachian upbringing that he emphasized during the 2024 Republican convention. Instead, Vance presented himself as a father focused on the country his children will inherit, while using the platform to preview the issues and themes that could define his future in the Republican Party.

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Vance then pivoted from his family-focused message to a sweeping attack on the Democratic Party. He accused Democrats of abandoning working-class Americans and becoming increasingly hostile toward the country’s traditional values.

"The Democrats are the party of hatred," Vance said. "They’re the party that despises America and the people who built it."

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He urged Republicans to view the November election as more than a traditional partisan contest.

"This November is so much more than red team versus blue team," Vance said. "It’s about fighting for our fellow citizens, for their dreams, and for the inheritance of a great nation that all of us are going to leave behind."

The speech placed family, faith and national identity at the center of Vance’s midterm message while offering a glimpse of how he could define himself within the Republican Party beyond President Donald Trump.

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Nothing says college football like Ted Cruz and Rece Davis.

Or, you know, something like that.

Cruz made a nearly 10-minute cameo on ESPN's College GameDay Saturday morning to push the "Protect College Sports Act," which is currently collecting dust in Congress. Among the many things Cruz said, the most notable was this:

"I think we're going to get the (60) votes."

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Before we get into the nuts and bolts of the bill — and believe me, I'll keep that brief — we have to address the elephant in the room.

Cruz, a Texas senator, got booed so loudly during the entirety of the interview — which took place on the Longhorns' Austin campus — that you could barely hear a word he said.

Fair is fair, and I have to be fair here ...

This was a tough watch:

Goodness gracious. Just a brutal scene here for Ted Cruz. You couldn't hear a thing he said, for the most part, the entire interview. At one point, it sounded like it was finally dying down, only for the "Ted you suck" chants to take over.

Now, I have no idea why they were booing Ted Cruz. The truth is, they don't, either. Do you think a bunch of hungover college kids who haven't slept since Thursday give a you-know-what about the "Protect College Sports Act"?

Of course not! They couldn't tell you one single thing in the act, or what it's about, or whether it's good or not. They're not booing the bill itself — which, in theory, will help stabilize the current NIL landscape in college sports, which has spiraled out of control.

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Nick Saban has backed it. Deion Sanders was on a commercial supporting the bill immediately following Cruz's appearance.

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Still, it's struggling to pass. Shocking! That almost never happens in Congress.

As for the booing ... I assume it's because Cruz A) is a Republican and college campuses lean left, B) students don't want politics on a sports show, C) Austin is a liberal town, or C) all the above.

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He's clearly a Longhorns fan, so you would think that would've been his saving grace here. But not in Austin, which is a liberal haven in a deep red state.

Credit to ESPN for having a Republican on its airwaves, though. That's a big step!

Just wish we could've heard a thing he said.

Think about how often you hand someone your driver's license without giving it much thought. You rent a car, check into a business or go somewhere that needs to verify your age. Someone scans your ID, hands it back and you move on.

A dark web service called Nexus claimed to have collected more than 153 million driver's license records from people in the United States and Canada. It also claimed to have more than 10 million identification cards, over 3 million travel documents or international IDs and at least 579,000 medical cards. That's a staggering amount of identity information.

There is an important caveat, though. The 153 million figure comes from Nexus itself. It has not been confirmed as the number of unique people affected. Some records also contained multiple images of the same license. Still, researchers found enough real driver's licenses in the database to get the FBI's attention.

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INSURANCE BREACH EXPOSES 7M DRIVER'S LICENSES

KrebsOnSecurity reported that Nexus appeared on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit on Aug. 31. The service advertised access to identity documents covering more than 170 million people in North America. Driver's licenses made up the biggest category.

Nexus claimed more than 153 million driver's license records. It also advertised millions of other identity documents and hundreds of thousands of medical cards. Krebs tested the service by running a blank search. That returned roughly 11.5 million pages of results with about 15 records per page.

That does not prove there were 153 million different people in the database. However, it does support the possibility that the collection was enormous. More concerning, the driver's license total increased by nearly 400,000 records in about 24 hours while Krebs was examining the service.

The people running Nexus claimed they had been continuously taking new data for more than a year. Investigators have not independently verified that claim.

The timestamps attached to some of the images helped researchers begin tracing where the records might have originated. Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs discovered his own Virginia driver's license being offered as a free sample by the people promoting Nexus.

His record contained six image files. Those included images of the front and back of his license, along with infrared and ultraviolet versions. Krebs then asked friends and family members for permission to search for their licenses. Nine people whose licenses appeared in Nexus said the timestamps closely matched dates when they had traveled or presented identification. That led investigators away from the idea that airport security alone might explain the records.

For example, Krebs reported that he had used his passport at airport security during one trip. Later that day, he and his mother handed their driver's licenses to a Hertz rental car representative. Their driver's license scans in Nexus carried timestamps only seconds apart.

Security researcher Zach Edwards found his license in Nexus too. His timestamp lined up with a trip to Las Vegas. Edwards said he had presented his license in several places during the trip. However, he specifically remembered having it scanned at Planet 13, a marijuana dispensary.

The Planet 13 connection pointed researchers toward Louisiana-based identity verification company IDScan.net, which announced a partnership with the dispensary in 2022. Its scanners can capture IDs using ultraviolet, infrared and white light, similar to the additional scans found in some Nexus records.

IDScan.net has since acknowledged a security incident. The company says an unauthorized third party may have accessed or copied customer information stored in accounts on its cloud. That information may include full names and driver's license or other government-issued identification numbers.

IDScan.net says it is notifying potentially affected people and offering free credit monitoring. However, the company has not confirmed that the Nexus collection came from its systems or that the 153 million records represent 153 million unique people.

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The FBI has now confirmed that it is examining what happened. In a statement to on Sept. 2, the bureau said it was "looking into the incident" but could not provide more information because of the ongoing investigation.

reported that the breach, if confirmed at the reported scale, could rank among the largest exposures of government-issued identity documents in North America.

Shortly after KrebsOnSecurity published its investigation, the Nexus dark web site disappeared. Its login page was replaced with a message saying the service was no longer available. That does not mean the stolen records disappeared with it. Anyone who purchased or downloaded information before the site vanished could potentially retain copies.

Your driver's license holds information criminals can use to make impersonation attempts much more convincing. Depending on the state, it may include your full name, address, date of birth, license number, photograph and signature.

A high-quality image of the front and back can also give a criminal something physical to present during an identity check. That can become especially concerning when businesses use driver's licenses to verify customers remotely or in person.

A stolen card number can usually be canceled. Your name, photograph and other identity information are much harder to replace.

You cannot pull back a driver's license scan that may already have leaked, but you can make stolen identity information harder to use and watch for warning signs.

A credit freeze can make it much harder for someone to open a new credit account using your identity. The Federal Trade Commission says freezes are free. They also do not affect your credit score and remain in place until you lift them. To fully freeze your credit, contact Equifax, Experian and TransUnion separately .

A freeze primarily protects against new credit accounts. It will not stop someone from misusing an existing bank account or another service that does not check your credit. The FTC recommends credit freezes as one of the strongest protections against new-account identity theft.

Look through your credit reports for accounts, inquiries or personal information you do not recognize. An unfamiliar account can be an early sign that someone is using your identity.

Do not assume one clean check means you're finished. Stolen information can sit unused for months before a criminal tries it. The FTC recommends reviewing your credit reports regularly for accounts you do not recognize.

A credit freeze cannot stop every form of identity fraud. Turn on transaction alerts through your bank and credit card providers. Also watch for password changes, new devices and changes to your contact information. Check your statements instead of relying only on alerts.

Your primary email account can become a gateway to everything else. Use a strong, unique password, store it in a trusted password manager and enable multifactor authentication when available.

Protect your mobile account too. Ask your carrier whether you can add an account PIN or stronger protection against unauthorized number transfers. Also, treat unexpected calls differently when the caller already knows information about you.

Knowing your address or driver's license details does not prove someone is legitimate. That information could have come from stolen records.

Even with good security habits, identity theft can still happen. Your Social Security number, financial information or other personal data may already be exposed without you knowing it. An identity theft protection service can add another layer of monitoring.

Depending on the service and plan, protection may include credit and financial account monitoring, alerts when personal information appears in known breaches or risky online locations and access to specialists who can help with recovery if fraud occurs. Some services also offer reimbursement or coverage for eligible identity theft losses.

Look closely at what each service monitors, how quickly it sends alerts and what recovery help is included.

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If you discover someone using your identity, document what happened and start the recovery process quickly. The FTC recommends reporting identity theft through IdentityTheft.gov. The service creates a recovery plan based on the type of fraud involved.

If someone misuses your driver's license, contact your state motor vehicle agency as well. Procedures for replacing a compromised license or changing a license number vary by state. Keep copies of reports, case numbers and correspondence. You may need them later when disputing fraudulent activity.

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What jumps out at me here goes beyond the massive 153 million figure. We hand over our driver's licenses all the time, often without knowing who keeps the scan or how long they store it. If criminals get a copy, they may have another powerful piece of information to use for identity theft. While investigators work to determine where the Nexus records came from, protect what you can. Consider freezing your credit, keep an eye on your accounts and use identity theft monitoring if you want added protection. And the next time someone scans your license, ask what happens to that image after you leave.

After seeing how driver's license scans can potentially end up in criminal hands, will you think twice before letting a business scan yours? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com

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Officials say a rail fragment was found on the tracks after Friday's crash of a passenger train that left 44 people injured.

Captain Joe Root says England are in a better place at the end of their tumultuous summer and is impressed by how they have handled the chaos.

The 15-year-old boy was rescued while the other two passengers from the capsized fishing vessel, his brother and cousin, died.

High in the Himalayas, cutthroat competition is squeezing the Tibetans who scour the hills several weeks a year for a prized delicacy.

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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said the government should not restrict sex changes, arguing that "whole a--" doctors like himself should be allowed to make their own determinations for patients' treatment plans.

The remarks came during El-Sayed's Friday rally held at Michigan State University, during which the former Detroit Health Department head responded to a student's question about protecting sex changes. Since launching his campaign, El-Sayed has flaunted that he is a "physician" and, if elected, he would be the first doctor to serve as a Democratic senator in 50 years. However, Fox News Digital previously reported El-Sayed has never held a medical license in Michigan or New York.

"I went to a whole a-- medical school, everybody I graduated with also went to whole a-- medical school," El-Sayed said. "And then... they went to whole a-- residency. Right? And some of them went to whole a-- fellowship. They took whole a-- exams to provide whole a-- healthcare."

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"They are the experts that a patient wants to see when they seek care," El-Sayed continued. "And the decision about what healthcare is necessary ought to be held between a patient — and or their parents if they're under the age of 18 — and their doctor. That's it."

The remarks come as the Trump administration has made major strides in restricting minors' access to "sex-rejecting" procedures, which include hormone therapy and surgeries.

Earlier this week, the Justice Department announced that Mount Sinai had joined other hospitals, like Texas Children's Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Connecticut Children's Hospital, to halt sex change procedures for children after reaching an agreement with the Trump administration.

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El-Sayed has made the promise of "Medicare-for-all" — government-run healthcare — as the major selling point of his campaign; he said that even though the government will be covering the bill, it needs to stay out of the doctor's decisions about a patient's treatment plan.

"I don't think the government gets to have a say about what healthcare is provided in what circumstances and why," El-Sayed said. "And to me, that is the standard on which we decide how we make healthcare decisions."

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"Not what the government says you can or can't do, but what a patient and/or their parent, if they're under 18, and their provider to decide. That's the most important thing," El-Sayed continued. "And there's a lot of disinformation about us, what we're talking about, when we talk about reproductive rights and when we're talking about healthcare for the trans folks. But, in the end, the place where the rubber meets the rope is in that clinical room between a patient and a provider, and that to me is the center we should engage on."

El-Sayed argued that Republicans agree with his belief that treatment decisions should be between a patient and their doctor, pointing to the Right to Try Act, which allows terminally ill patients to try experimental drug treatments that aren't yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration after they have exhausted all other treatment options.

"Because conservatives fought for a very long time for this legislation called 'Right to Try' legislation, which is the idea that the government couldn't tell you [that] you couldn't have a certain medication," El-Sayed said.

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"So they agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between the person and their provider. That's it. So let's use that standard, and keep to that standard, and make sure the government doesn't have the ability to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own life," El-Sayed said.

However, the research on the efficacy of treating individuals with gender dysphoria by allowing them to change sexes with "cross-sex" hormones and puberty blockers is limited.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, whose guidelines are used by leading medical associations like the American Academy of Peditatrics, is currently facing a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission stemming from allegations that its guidelines misled parents about the "medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness" of sex change procedures.

The FTC has accused WPATH of failing to disclose the side effects associated with some procedures, such as patients experiencing incontinence, erectile pain, mood disturbances, pelvic pain and vaginal pain stemming from "cross-sex" hormones.

Meanwhile, countries that have socialized medicine have put restrictions in place for minors seeking sex changes. In England, the National Health Service put a pause on "cross-sex" hormones for 16- and 17-year-olds in March after finding research was "really weak" to support it.

The country already had a ban in place restricting children under 16 years old from taking sex-change hormones.

El-Sayed's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment regarding his medical credentials.

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Words matter. It’s not enough to be right. If you twist the truth to get your way, it undermines everything. Lies tend to snowball.

The new iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max are available for preorder starting Saturday, Sept. 12. T-Mobile is offering the iPhone 18 Pro on us with an eligible trade-in and an Experience Beyond plan. You can also save $1,200 on the iPhone 18 Pro Max with an eligible trade-in plan.

To celebrate the iPhone 18 Pro's release, T-Mobile is offering a special deal. The new iPhone 18 Pro is reportedly 50% faster and offers up to 13 more hours of video playback than previous generations.

New customers can get an iPhone 18 Pro when they switch to T-Mobile, put in their existing phone number and enroll in the Experience Beyond plan.

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Existing customers may also qualify by trading in an eligible device in any condition and enrolling in the Experience Beyond plan. Current Experience Beyond customers may qualify, too.

The Experience Beyond plan costs $100 per month for one line, $85 per line for two lines and about $57 per line for three lines. It includes unlimited talk, text and data, along with Netflix and Hulu.

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If you prefer a larger phone, the iPhone 18 Pro Max offers a slightly bigger screen than the iPhone 18 Pro. It also provides up to 15 additional hours of video playback, for up to 45 hours on a full charge. The phone comes in the same four colors as the iPhone 18 Pro: Burgundy, Silver and Black.

T-Mobile is also offering up to $1,200 off the iPhone 18 Pro Max when you enroll in the Experience Beyond plan and trade in an eligible device in any condition. With the base model priced at $1,299, the offer brings the cost to $99 before taxes, fees and plan costs.

Reynolds made the remarks while promoting his new Apple TV film, "Mayday," a Cold War-era movie set in 1987.

The actor also questioned how future generations will view the current era, suggesting that cultural nostalgia can obscure the realities of the time in which people actually lived.

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His comments sparked a debate on the "Actual Friends" podcast, where celebrity physician Dr. Drew pushed back on Reynolds' assessment.

"I am a Ryan Reynolds fan. I met him way back in the day. People take aim at him all the time. I think he's a great guy," Dr. Drew said.

"He is very wrong here."

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Dr. Drew argued Reynolds was confusing the 1980s with the more turbulent 1970s, describing the following decade as a period of optimism and celebration.

"The '80s was this huge relief that came," he said. "And yes, there was a lot of hatred for Reagan at the beginning, but things went so well it all went away, and it was just one relief, one celebration after another for like eight years."

For Dr. Drew, the debate ultimately boils down to one question: "What happened to fun?"

"The '80s were just flat-out fun. They really were. People were having fun, and we just don't seem to have fun anymore," he said.

Limits on golf carts would have an impact on visitors who have difficulty walking.

Rome "has very little public transportation. So for people who have mobility impairments, it can be a difficult city to visit," she said.

"For certain types of tourists, yes, this will be a blow. It will mean it'll be harder to get around Rome," she said.

The golf carts have also fueled debate online.

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"Unless you have mobility issues and need the golf cart to get around, then please don't," one Reddit user wrote. 

"Rome is a living, breathing city, home to millions of us. It's not a theme park for your enjoyment."

Another commenter barked, "Golf carts belong on a golf course or resort, not in an actual city."

Others defended the tours and said they offered an easy way to see the city.

"I did one last week.... It was around [three] hours and excellent!" one traveler wrote.

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Though, you don't come to Texas without trying some of this BBQ that would make you wanna slap your mama. No, don't hit your mom, it's just a phrase us southerners use when describing a stellar food choice.

There had to be a stop at Terry Black's BBQ, where we were joined by a plethora of Ohio State fans who had made the trip to Austin. Some of them must have came straight from the airport, carrying their luggage into the local establishment, which is also known as a BBQ cathedral.

But, past all of the love of pork and ribs, the distaste for their opponents wasn’t hard to find. That even included the 'team up north', according to a few Buckeyes.

"F--- Michigan," one Ohio State fan yelled through the sweet haze of BBQ smoke.

It certainly doesn’t get much bigger than this, especially for an early season game.

Arch Manning versus Julian Sayin.

Jeremiah Smith on one side, Cam Coleman on the other.

A Texas defense looking to create its own noise versus an Ohio State offense, that are both talented enough to help each team play for a national championship.

For an entire year, we've waited on this rematch in Austin. We all know that both squads have spent the money needed to field a championship-winning team. Now, it's time to prove it on the field, with over 100,000 fans watching inside DKR Stadium, and millions tuning in at home.

It's the Longhorns vs. the Buckeyes. The SEC versus the Big Ten.

We are in for a show tonight in Texas, with plenty of college football fans wondering if Arch Manning can take the next step in this journey to have fans proclaim 'Texas Is Back'.

Obviously, we've got a long way to go in the 2026 season, but tonight we see just how good each one of these contenders really are.

Or, maybe we leave Austin with one team looking like a pretender.

Either way, the BBQ was delightful.

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iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders began today in the U.S. and many other countries. If you have yet to place a pre-order on Apple's online store, you might face a longer wait now, depending on your desired configuration.


The first customers who pre-ordered right when pre-orders began at 5 a.m. Pacific Time today will have their devices delivered on Friday, September 18 launch day. As of 5 p.m. Pacific Time, though, select iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max configurations on Apple's online store in the U.S. are now showing delivery estimates into October for new orders.

• iPhone 18 Pro / Black / 256GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Black / 512GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Black / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Black / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Silver / 256GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Silver / 512GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Silver / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Silver / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Glacier / 256GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Glacier / 512GB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Glacier / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Glacier / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Burgundy / 256GB: September 24-29


• iPhone 18 Pro / Burgundy / 512GB: September 24-29


• iPhone 18 Pro / Burgundy / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro / Burgundy / 2TB: September 18

• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Black / 256GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Black / 512GB: September 24-29


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Black / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Black / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Silver / 256GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Silver / 512GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Silver / 1TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Silver / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Glacier / 256GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Glacier / 512GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Glacier / 1TB: September 24-29


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Glacier / 2TB: September 18


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Burgundy / 256GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Burgundy / 512GB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Burgundy / 1TB: October 6-13


• iPhone 18 Pro Max / Burgundy / 2TB: September 18

Apple Store pickup may still be an option for launch day depending on the model.

Inventory will likely continue to tighten for both delivery and Apple Store pickup as the day progresses, so order quickly if you are planning to.
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Thousands of Celine Dion fans gathered on Friday night for a giant, outdoor karaoke night, on a Paris screen.

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Lordy. This kid has got it. I covered a lot of high school football back in the day. A lot. Sometimes, you can just see when someone has it.

I believe you're seeing that this season with David Gabriel Georges. He's a 5-star running back on the same team in which Peyton Manning's son is a backup, and is seemingly impossible to take down. Somehow, he's only ranked No. 2 in the country at running back.

Nonsense. Like most rankings, that's hogwash. Don't see how that's even possible. Earlier this year, folks on the internet compared him to Derrick Henry during his dominant tenure at Yulee High School down here in Florida.

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I'm not sure I'd go that far, but ... it's not the craziest comp in the world:

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Yeah, that'll play in the SEC.

High school football is the best.

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It has been a disaster of a start for me with College Football. I’ve always enjoyed betting on it, and usually I find really nice opportunities early in the season, but I was awful last week. The good news is that I have plenty of weeks to dig myself out of the hole I built, but the bad news is that it happened at all. Today, I have a play for this match between Alabama and Kentucky.

Alabama is one of those schools that is synonymous with College Football. They haven’t been at the top of the nation in a few years, but they are still a tough team with plenty of talent. They started their season with a strong victory over East Carolina University. They won 48-10 with very little struggle to get things going. It was a good sign for a team looking to adjust to Keelon Russell being under center full time.

Russell looked great in his first game this season, even if he wasn’t all that accurate with his throws. Perhaps that is something to watch over the next few games. The Alabama quarterback threw 30 times and only completed 18 of his passes. He did run 13 times for 86 yards and a touchdown. The ground game was strong for Alabama in this one, so Russell also didn’t need to be overly accurate. They ran the ball 49 times for 227 yards and five touchdowns.

Kentucky also opened their season with a rather inferior opponent. They faced the Youngstown State Penguins and blew them out 45-13. It was actually a bit of a surprise that they allowed 13 points to their opponent, and not all of it was in garbage time. The story of this game was really not about the Wildcats' defense; it was about how good the offense looked in their first game. Putting up 45 is a good number to hang on your opponent, but how they did it was most impressive.

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The Wildcats turned the ball over to Kenny Minchey, who made his debut. Minchey was 18-for-27 with 301 passing yards and four touchdowns. He also showed that he can run if he needs to, getting 17 yards on his one rush attempt. The rest of the backfield did a solid job, rushing for 188 yards on 33 carries and two touchdowns. Sure, it was against a bad team, but they still did a good job of taking advantage of the opportunity presented to them.

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This one should be a pretty fun game to watch. I think both teams are still going to focus on getting their offenses rolling instead of putting up defensive stops. Obviously neither team will willingly give up points, but I don’t think they have much of an option here. I’m going to back the over 48.5 in this one. I think you can play this up to over 50.5.

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As much fun as College Football is, even I have to admit that most of the teams are, well, scared at the beginning of the season. Sure, these games between obscure schools and powerhouses get some excitement for the random school, and money coming into them.

As far as watching, it is kind of boring seeing a team win games by 40 points. I want to see ranked matchups early on – if we have expanded playoffs, teams should be forced to play tougher games to start their year. It means the regular season is actually meaningful and that if a team does go undefeated, they’ve been challenged. If Notre Dame goes undefeated, we will look at maybe two games this year and be impressed. However, if you have teams like Ohio State and Texas facing each other early in the year, and throughout the season, and one goes undefeated, it is much more impressive.

Ohio State comes in as the top-ranked team in the country. The Buckeyes looked every bit of it in their season opener as they dominated Ball State with a 56-3 victory. Ohio State looked great on offense, with an extremely efficient Julian Sayin throwing for 320 yards on 21 of 25 passes with three touchdowns. Even both of his backups were solid, both going 5-for-6 with over 50 yards and a touchdown. This wasn’t exactly a challenging game for the team.

Ohio State now needs to figure out how to beat a Texas defense that is one of the better in the nation. It will be a good challenge after last year’s battle the two teams had. Ohio State looked great in basically every game last year, but scored only 14 against the Longhorns last season. Sayin had only 126 passing yards in that game, the fewest of the entire season.

Texas enters today’s game as the fourth-ranked team in the nation, and once again has high expectations. Those expectations will be tested early in the season, just as they were last year. In 2025, Texas had to travel to Ohio State for the first game of the season. They put up a respectable fight, but the offense got very little going in that one, with just seven points. Arch Manning looked very uncomfortable under center, completing just over 50% of his passes for 170 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

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The Longhorns had a different start this season with an easy win over Texas State. I was wrong about this game, as I expected Texas to take its foot off the gas. The Longhorns somewhat did, scoring just 10 points in the final quarter and taking Manning out in the third, but they had too many points already to keep the under in play. Manning looked much better in this game with 305 yards, four touchdowns, and completing 20 of 27 passes. He did have an interception, though.

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This should be a game in which you get everything you can out of Texas. The Longhorns can’t be taken seriously if they continue to lose to the best teams in the country. They have one of the tougher schedules in the country, and this is the start of it. The line opened as a pick’em, and the Longhorns have become the favorite. Ohio State has lost a lot of defensive players since the last time the two teams have met. I think it is justifiable to take the Longhorns here, and I’m going to ride with the home team and the one that needs revenge. Give me Texas.

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Let's get this weekend rolling with a fresh edition of Saturday Screencaps where we get locked and loaded for a MASSIVE weekend of football. College football. B1G vs. SEC. And the NFL is finally here to keep us glued to our couches even though it's still summer.

Guys, watch the games on the patio. Get some fresh air with your 12-hour marathons. Get out of the basements. At the very least, go to the garage and tinker while the games are on.

Let's go to Los Angeles this morning where this absolute s--- show popped up in my Instagram algorithm from one of those new immersive experience theaters where fans are watching games. I've covered a ton of fan fights during my 19-year (soon to be 20-year) Internet career and this is the very first fan brawl I've witnessed inside a Cosm (that's what these places are called) theater.

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According to the guy who posted this on social media, "The GUY with the white T-shirt (49er fan) is the one who started the whole argument. He’s the one that was calling out all the LA Rams names back-and-forth the GUY without a T-shirt (LA Rams fan) AND that’s how you take down a 40 Whiner fan."

Again, that's just what the eyewitness reports. Take it with a grain of salt.

Guys, we've officially crossed a divide. There have been fights at Buffalo Wild Wings for years. We've seen fights in basic dive bars. All of that is common. We've never seen anything like this at a Cosm where tables can go upwards of $1,800 for popular events.

For today's Oklahoma-Michigan game at the Los Angeles theater, seats are going for $92 each. If you want a really good seat, it's $138.

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Don't say I didn't warn you. Have your head on a swivel at Cosm if you show up for a game between heated rivals. You just never know when someone could be ready to throw punches.

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At Cosm Detroit, tickets for tomorrow's home opener against the Saints are going for $330 to sit and watch the immersive game.

For today's Oklahoma-Michigan game, one ticket will run you $150. Meanwhile, a ticket to get into the stadium is just $48. Sure, you still have to buy a plane ticket, but that gives you an idea of where we're at with ticketing. Are people really willing to leave their houses and pay big money to watch a game on a screen under the right circumstances? Based on the prices and seats that have been sold, it appears so.

I want to end the week on this note. According to news reports, Sverre is 102 and was in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. He saw action in Iwo Jima and Okinawa. If this doesn't make you proud of this country and what we all stand for, I don't know what would. Go have yourself an incredible weekend. Do it for Sverre.

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And with that, I'm off to attend a Screencaps Jr. race at one of the biggest cross country invitationals in the Midwest. The course might end up muddy with rain possibly coming in later this morning.

After that, I'll be in Detroit for a special event. More on that later. Have a great day.

While addressing the ISNA conference, El-Sayed reportedly focused on anti-Muslim hate, according to the Post.

"We found ourselves in a moment now where, as people point to us, Muslim Americans, they want to tell us that we don’t belong," El-Sayed said, according to the Post.

"They want to tell us that this country is not ours. They want to tell us that because of our names or how we pray, that somehow we are less than," he added.

El-Sayed previously faced scrutiny for campaigning alongside controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who is Uygur's nephew. Piker was criticized back in 2019 for saying that "America deserved 9/11." He later apologized and retracted the statement. El-Sayed has offered criticism of some of Piker's remarks but has yet to fully disavow him.

Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed and ISNA for comment.

Elton encouraged partners to consider how sharing certain opinions can impact other loved ones, especially if one person confides in a family member or friend about the other's views.

"You can create this triangulation where you're connecting with someone against your partner, and you don't want that," she warned.

"Talk to your therapist, vent to your therapist… because if you start venting to your family and friends, then they start forming certain opinions about your partner, and it can affect how they talk to them, how they interact with them."

Before making any drastic decisions, such as ending a relationship over political discord, Elton suggested slowing down and returning to a more grounded state.

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"We hear certain things and we fill in the gaps," she said. "When we hear someone's political affiliation, we often make assumptions about who they are without really hearing them out."

Rather than making assumptions based on the media or podcasts a partner consumes, for example, Elton encouraged couples to ask questions, stay curious and remain open-minded.

"The idea that we live in a multiverse is a fringe idea in a small part of a subfield of the physics community," says German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder. "Nobody who does serious science works with the multiverse because it’s utterly useless."

So, then, we all now face this burning question screaming for an answer: If our universe is not a coincidence, how do we explain it?

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For me, the answer goes back to that unforgettable day at the Getty. As I stood there, seized by the ineffable beauty of Leonardo da Vinci’s exquisite sketch, it never would have occurred to me to entertain the notion that it was an accident.

Today, likewise, when I contemplate life, the night sky, and the precision and improbability of the vital signs that define the essence of our cosmos, my reaction is crystal-clear and supported by the latest scientific evidence. In both the outer and inner being of the universe, I perceive not the throw of dice, but the hand of a Master Artist.

One interrogation still vividly stands out to Schmidt.

On missions, Schmidt was almost unrecognizable. Clad in full combat gear with her hair pulled back in a tight bun, she accompanied Green Berets on the field. But inside the interrogation room, she traded her uniform for civilian clothes.

"This particular mission, I was there," Schmidt recalled. "I saw the guy being detained."

During the interrogation, Schmidt asked the detainee to explain how he had been captured. He launched into what Schmidt said she knew was a fabricated story.

"That's not how you were detained," she told him. "Tell me the truth."

He just smirked.

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Then Schmidt reached up and pulled back her hair.

"Imagine no hair," she said. "Imagine me in uniform. I was there."

Schmidt said the man's eyes widened. He instantly recognized the interrogator who had witnessed his capture.

"I kind of enjoyed that," she said. "And then, the rest of the questioning went a little bit different after that."

Asked what Americans take for granted, Schmidt didn't hesitate.

"Everything."

That is the message she hopes to carry now as a model.

"Our freedom, our ability, especially for women, especially coming back from the Middle East, just being able to drive by myself, vote, get a job, have a mortgage and credit cards, that I do not take for granted," she explained. "Just basic comforts of being at home. People complain about things, and I just roll my eyes now, thinking we have it so good; you guys don't even understand. But I think just appreciating the opportunities we have."

"The opportunity is the largest one for me," she continued. "We can be anyone we want to be, we can go anywhere we want to go, do what we want to do, and not everyone in the world has that freedom. Just being able to do anything that I want to do without a man. I can go about my life, and I do not need a male guardian there with me to do it. I think a lot of women here don't understand what life is really like for others. I'm grateful that I had exposure to it, so that it all makes me more appreciative."

Winemakers can produce bubbly up to 15% ABV following an unusual harvest that produced sweeter grapes.

Nike did so anyway, and now the proverbial chickens have come home to roost.

It doesn't stop there, though, as Carton continues to explain Nike's follies, citing their pulling of the Betsy Ross Edition shoes in 2019 per Kaepernick's request.

Then, in 2020, a slogan change from "Just Do It" to "Don't Do It" in the wake of the George Floyd protests further sealed the fate of the athletic apparel giant.

"So the slogan that made Nike popular... they decided to do the exact opposite by starting a new slogan," says Carton.

Finally, in 2023, Nike made the same mistake Bud Light made by deciding to partner with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, destroying a decades-long campaign with Brandi Chastain as the centerpiece of their sports bra ads.

"They made Dylan Mulvaney the face of their sports bra program," Carton explained. "They took this amazing, unique moment in the history of women's sports, and they bastardized it by bringing it to a transgender woman."

Carton is, of course, referring to the moment in the 1999 Women's World Cup, when Chastain scored the game-winning goal in the Cup Final and removed her jersey to reveal she was wearing a Nike sports bra.

If anyone in the marketing offices at Nike is still confused as to why their stock keeps plummeting, send them this clip.

History class is in session, and Professor Carton is being generous enough to give you the answers to the midterm.

"I get there’s a past. But why are we stirring that bullcrap up? I was embarrassed for them, to be honest, and that’s why I tried to embarrass them at the end."

Lordy.

Missouri won, 38-21, in a game that was tied at halftime but got away from Kansas in the second half. The Tigers scored a touchdown on fourth down late in the final quarter already up by 10, and then got the ball back with 28 seconds left after Kansas turned it over on downs.

Instead of taking a knee and running out the clock, Mizzou backup QB Matt Zollers dropped back to pass and threw it incomplete into the end zone. The TIgers did end up running on the next play to end the game, but the message was sent.

And, according to Drinkwitz, it was intentional ... all because of a silly social media video.

Whatever you need to get those juices flowing, though. Rivalry games in college football are different. It's why we love this sport.

Let's hope this one continues.

""I mean, if they’re gonna be weird about, what’s the point?" Drinkwitz said after the win. "If they wanna have a football game and have a great rivalry on the border, awesome let’s do it. But, if we wanna make it deeper than that man.

"Like, we left Kansas bleeding again. Call it good"

As Reform slip back in the polls, Labour and the Conservatives rediscover a familiar political divide, writes Laura Kuenssberg

Gaga and Polansky met in late 2019, and were first romantically linked when they were spotted kissing that New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. The singer hard-launched their relationship by going Instagram official in February 2020, posting a yacht photo sitting in Polansky's lap, captioning the post, "We had so much fun in Miami."

The singer confirmed the two were engaged in July 2024, sharing that Polansky had proposed earlier that year, in April. They later made their red carpet debut at the "Joker: Folie à Deux" premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2024.

"The missing piece in my life was having real love," she told Vogue in September 2024.

Gaga recently wrapped up her Mayhem Ball tour in April, and her last public appearance was at the Grove in May for the premiere of "Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem."

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England survive an almighty scare to eventually win the third Test against Pakistan by eight wickets and complete a 3-0 clean sweep.

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Video from the scene appeared to show some fans throwing drinks, while loud "U-S-A" chants broke out as security escorted the man off the field.

The game resumed after the on-field incident.

YANKEES, SPORTS WORLD REMEMBER 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 WITH 'GOD BLESS AMERICA' AND MOMENTS OF SILENCE

The Yankees and Mets wore special caps honoring FDNY, NYPD and other first responders. Across Major League Baseball, players and coaches wore caps featuring a special "We Shall Never Forget" side patch.

When play on the baseball diamond began, designated hitter Ben Rice also homered, helping the Yankees improve to 85-62 and move a season-high 23 games above .500 as they commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Rookie Spencer Jones added an RBI single in the first inning and Ryan McMahon hit an RBI single in the eighth as the Yankees remained three games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.

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Carlos Rodón allowed two runs and three hits in a season-high 6.3 innings. The left-hander notched two of his eight strikeouts on slugger Juan Soto, who heard boos from Yankee fans before each at-bat.

Bellinger homered after catching the ceremonial first pitch from Brielle Saracini, whose father Victor Saracini was the pilot on United Airlines Flight 175, which was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

Bellinger gave the Yankees a 4-1 lead by hitting a full-count curveball off McLean into the right field seats. Rice added his 37th homer by sending a sinker the opposite way into the left field seats on the first pitch of the fifth.

Game 2 of the Subway Series is scheduled for Saturday at 1:35 p.m.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.

BRICS adopts joint declaration, urges 'maximum restraint' in Mideast

Apple is now accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max through its online storefront and the Apple Store app. If you don't see the option to order, make sure to refresh until the store comes up. The app is often a quicker way to get a pre-order in.


Pre-orders for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models are available in more than 65 countries and regions around the world. If you used "Get Ready" ahead of time, you'll be able to place an order with just a couple of taps.

The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max are Apple's latest flagship iPhones, featuring a new variable aperture Main camera, a faster A20 Pro chip, improved vapor chamber cooling, upgraded 5G modems, longer battery life, faster charging, and a smaller Dynamic Island. The new iPhones come in silver, black, glacier, and burgundy.

Pricing on the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ begins at $1,199 for the 256GB model, and the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max is priced starting at $1,299. Up to 2TB of storage is available at higher prices.

Apple is not offering the lower-cost iPhone 18 at this time, and the iPhone Duo won't launch until October 23, so there may be high demand for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models. It's always a good idea to pre-order early because popular colors and capacities often sell out.

In addition to Apple, carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are accepting pre-orders, as are retailers like Best Buy and Walmart. Carriers are offering trade-in deals and discounts for customers, while Apple has the Apple Upgrade program available with monthly payment options.

Customers who pre-order an ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ or an ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max today will start receiving their iPhones on Friday, September 18.
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While the study identified a potential mechanism that may help explain reduced fat accumulation in cells, that is different from showing that eating blueberries or taking pterostilbene supplements directly leads to fat loss, Katz added.

"Blueberries and grapes are nutritious foods for many reasons, but this study alone doesn't show that eating more of them will reduce fat buildup in human muscle," she said.

Fox News Digital reached out to the study authors for comment.

"The greatest definition of love I've ever heard is to will the good of the other," he added. "It doesn't mean you have to like them at all. It doesn’t mean you have to agree with their decisions at all, but you want them to find the light. You want them to be redeemed. You want that because we all need redemption. We all need forgiveness."

In the film, Levi plays another former CIA operative who is Neeson’s protégé, and he said it was a relief "that I was not wrong to want to meet one of my idols, you know, like everybody says 'don't meet your idols,' and I get it."

The "Shazam" actor revealed that he’s met some of his idols in the past who didn’t live up to his image of them, "but fortunately, you get these wonderful, beautiful exceptions."

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Director Guy Moshe told Fox News Digital that he had been looking for a while for a movie in which he could lend his perspective as an Israeli military veteran, but he said he didn’t want it to be a reenactment of something that really happened.

"So when one of the producers came to me with this hook, you know, this idea of this urban legend or like CIA lore or whatever, like money hidden in a wall in Tehran since ‘79, which may or may not be a true thing, I thought, ‘What an interesting way of sort of like hooking a story around a group of guys in that field.’"

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He said it was about a year and a half after the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan, and "I could feel what those American soldiers must be feeling after a 20-year war, handing the keys back to the Taliban or something."

Moshe said he had been serving in the Gulf when "we gave back the keys to the PLO after the Oslo agreement."

"I just knew there and then I’ve got to do this," he explained. "I want to start the film in the evacuation from Afghanistan, and I want to give these people some sort of a journey to a mental redemption rather than specific redemption for something, so to fix what was broken in them."

Ultimately, Moshe said "The Fix" is "about a father who wonders if he wants his son to grow up to be like him, even though outwardly the father is "the image of the hero that we like to look at," referring to the mentor/mentee relationship of Neeson and Levi's characters.

The director said he thinks Neeson has succeeded as an action hero because he’s "real."

"We identify the most, especially in the action genre, we identify with real people, with a person that we feel conveys something that we believe is a real person in a real situation," he explained. "It sounds simple. It's the hardest thing to do in acting."

A Bahamian national who arrived in the U.S. during President Gerald Ford’s administration and was living with a green card racked up a violent rap sheet before investigators found he voted illegally in the 2020 election, sparking the deportation process, officials say.

The case of Anthony Tyrone Higgs is only the latest in a slew of arrests connected to illegal votes cast in recent elections, as the Trump administration engages in a broader crackdown on election integrity-related crimes.

"This alien was a guest in our country who forfeited his right to be in the U.S. when he committed these violent crimes and voted in the 2020 election," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis exclusively told Fox News Digital on Friday.

ICE ARRESTS PERUVIAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY VOTING IN 2024 ELECTION AS DHS CITES SIMILAR CASES

"Any noncitizens who vote illegally in our elections will be arrested and removed. American elections are only for Americans."

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of DHS, confirmed in a statement that Higgs had illegally voted in the 2020 election.

FORMER KANSAS MAYOR WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO ILLEGAL VOTING TURNS HIMSELF IN TO ICE

HSI’s Atlanta office arrested Higgs in Decatur, Georgia on Sept. 3, and he is currently in the custody of ERO, the ICE subdivision that handles migrant removal operations.

Higgs was admitted into the U.S. in October 1976 as a lawful permanent resident – commonly dubbed a green card holder. The Trump DHS has since placed him in proceedings to revoke his immigration status due to his lengthy rap sheet.

TRUMP DOJ UNLEASHES LARGEST DENATURALIZATION EFFORT IN DEPARTMENT HISTORY — AND SAYS IT’S ‘ONLY THE BEGINNING’

"This criminal alien from the Bahamas has a rap sheet for multiple violent crimes, including armed robbery, domestic violence, and assault on a police officer," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

"On top of all of that, he illegally voted in the 2020 election," he added.

MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES

Higgs’ record also includes resisting arrest, two counts of grand larceny and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Of the voting-related charge, Mullin said just one noncitizen casting a ballot is enough to cancel out an American citizen’s vote.

"Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, this criminal will be removed from our country and can never interfere in our elections again," he continued.

DHS also provided several other recent cases of illegal immigrants or ineligible voters committing or being charged with election-related crimes.

In August, Colombian illegal immigrant Carlos Jaramillo-Grajales was sentenced to three years in prison following an ICE investigation that led to a guilty plea in a case where he was found to have committed identity theft to illegally vote in elections for more than 20 years, according to the agency.

"Federal immigration laws serve to safeguard our nation’s borders and protect the integrity of our government," said Gregory Kehoe, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

"Those who seek to circumvent, exploit, or break these laws will be prosecuted fully," he said in an August statement.

In New Jersey, a Slovakian national was found to have illegally voted in the 2022 midterms, according to HSI – which also cited the case of an Australian national accused of illegally casting ballots in both 2022 and 2024 in Louisiana.

Mauritanian national Mahady Sacko was busted by an ICE and FBI partnership in Democrat-run Philadelphia, and charged with voter fraud.

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Sacko allegedly voted illegally multiple times going back to 2008. He was already under an order of removal, DHS said in a statement, stating that he "exhausted all appeals" and an immigration board upheld his removal order as of 2002 but he remained in the country.

Returning to the case of Higgs, Mullin added in a statement: "Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, this criminal will be removed from our country and can never interfere in our elections again."

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He found Melvin instead in a vestibule inside a secure area of the studio and allegedly accosted him with a racial slur.

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A review of footage from the "Today" show that morning reveals a man resembling Truelove and wearing the same clothing was pictured in the background repeatedly in the 8 a.m. hour.

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Truelove has a criminal record going back decades and in 2007 was convicted of trying to abduct an 8-year-old from a school in Norfolk, Virginia.

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He faces hate crime charges of burglary, a felony, and menacing, a misdemeanor, in connection with the Melvin incident.

Court records in New York show a man with the same name and age as Truelove has additional pending cases in connection with an alleged assault in the NYPD's 5th Precinct in January, trespassing and reckless endangerment charges on the city's transit system from May — and a 12-count criminal mischief indictment from last year.

Twenty-five years after a generation promised to "Never Forget," that pledge now relies on education for the more than 100 million Americans with no memory of 9/11.

The Pentagon is preparing to help address that challenge by breaking ground this weekend on a long-awaited Visitor Education Center at the only one of the three 9/11 attack sites still without a dedicated museum or education center.

The new center is intended to fill the gap that has grown more pronounced with each passing year by helping Americans who never experienced the attacks understand not only what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, but why it continues to matter. 

Joseph Kornhoff, executive director of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, told Fox News Digital that nearly one-third of the country was either not alive that day or has no recollection of it and therefore lacks the "personal connection" shared by those who watched the attacks unfold.

NEW 9/11 MUSEUM EXHIBIT AIMS TO CONNECT YOUNGER AMERICANS TO THE ATTACKS THROUGH POWERFUL ARTIFACTS

"That's what we're trying to provide with the visitor education center experience," Kornhoff said in an interview with Fox News Digital, explaining that the goal is to give visitors a personal connection that allows them to "start to understand the gravity of that day."

Nearly 230 miles north, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York is confronting the same generational divide.

Beth Hillman, president and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, said the passage of time has only made the annual vow to "Never Forget" more important as the number of Americans with firsthand memories of the attacks declines.

"Many in my generation remember exactly where we were on that horrific day," Hillman said during an Aug. 31 press preview outlining the museum's plans for the 25th anniversary. "Yet, 100 million Americans were not even born or are too young to remember that day for themselves today."

BROOKLYN TEACHERS WHO WITNESSED 9/11 AS CHILDREN REVEAL WHAT THEY WANT THE NEXT GENERATION TO REMEMBER

Noah Rauch, the museum’s senior vice president for education and public programs, said he has watched that transition unfold firsthand through the museum’s work with students and teachers. "I've seen this line creeping up between memory and history, between those who remembered the attacks and those who didn't," Rauch said during the Aug. 31 press event.

That transition from memory to history also raises a more modern challenge. Americans too young to remember the attacks are increasingly learning about an event they never experienced firsthand, while conspiracy theories and false narratives about 9/11 run rampant online.

Kornhoff said that makes factual education increasingly important, pointing specifically to conspiracy theories surrounding the attack on the Pentagon and narratives suggesting that America "deserved 9/11."

"That's the need for the education center," Kornhoff told Fox News Digital. "As a nation, we need to really take a step back, look at how we're educating our young children to make sure that we're providing them with the facts of the situation ... and not these conspiracy theories and entertaining wild ideas that just simply are not true."

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The Pentagon center will include 10 exhibits telling the human stories of the attack, including the 184 people killed at the Pentagon and aboard American Airlines Flight 77, the first responders who rushed to the scene and the military and civilian personnel who aided the wounded.

"We are going to address the facts of the day," Kornhoff said. "We are going to address the entire Pentagon story."

The renewed focus on 9/11 education has also reached Capitol Hill. Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., introduced bipartisan legislation ahead of the 25-year anniversary, which aims to direct the Department of Education to examine how 9/11 is taught in schools nationwide and identify gaps in instruction.

Kornhoff praised the effort during his interview with Fox News Digital, saying the legislation reflects a growing recognition of the need to educate generations with no firsthand connection to the attacks.

The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Visitor Education Center is expected to open by the end of 2029 near the existing Pentagon 9/11 Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

The project received $12 million in federal funding this year, along with $1 million from Virginia and additional private donations raised by the Pentagon Memorial Fund. Once completed, the center is expected to include interactive exhibits, historic artifacts and firsthand accounts from survivors and victims' families while providing visitors with additional context about the attack and its aftermath.

Apple today launched pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. If you're looking to place a pre-order on one of these models at a cellular carrier, we've rounded up all of the best deals and offers you can find from the major carriers in the United States.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

AT&T

• iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in

Starting with AT&T, you can get the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max for up to $1,200 off with an iPhone trade-in in any condition. You'll need to upgrade with AT&T Next Up Anytime or switch to get this offer, and AT&T says it will be available for iPhone Duo orders in October as well.



If you switch to AT&T from a different carrier, AT&T will pay off your phone balance at up to $800 off per line. With the $1,200 offer, AT&T is offering the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro at no cost.

T-Mobile

• iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in


• Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4: Get $300 off second model when adding a new line

T-Mobile's offers are nearly identical to AT&T. You can get the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max for up to $1,200 off you trade in an old device (in any condition) and purchase the new device on an eligible unlimited plan. You can also get this offer if you switch a line to Experience Beyond 2.0, Experience Beyond, or Go5G Next.



Additionally, you can get up to $930 off any iPhone 18 Pro model when trading in an eligible device, or switching a line to T-Mobile on Experience More 2.0, Experience More, or Go5G Plus.

For Apple Watches at T-Mobile, if you buy any new Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4 device, you can get $300 off a second model when you add a watch line on the Watch Plan 2.0.

Verizon

• iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: Up to $1,200 off with eligible trade-in


• Apple Watch Series 12: No cost when bundled with a new iPhone

Similar to the other carriers, Verizon is offering up to $1,200 off the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max with an eligible smartphone trade-in. You'll need to purchase the new iPhone on a 36-month payment plan and you'll receive the discount in the form of monthly promo credits over the course of your plan.



Verizon is also offering the Apple Watch Series 12 at no cost when you purchase it alongside a new iPhone. You just need to buy the iPhone on Simplicity, Simplicity Plus, Pro, or myPlan, and purchase the Apple Watch on a 36-month payment plan.

Visible

Visible is offering $480 off the iPhone 18 Pro when you purchase it on the Visible+ Pro plan. To get this deal, you'll need to join or switch to the Visible+ Pro monthly plan and purchase the iPhone 18 Pro at full retail price, and then you'll see the $480 off in terms of monthly service credits.



Visible's offer differs from other carriers due to requiring the full retail purchase of the new iPhone, compared to AT&T and others, which are offering discounts on monthly financing options. If you're interested, new members can get 50% off one year of the Visible+ Pro annual plan with SAVEHALF at checkout.

Visible offers unlimited talk, text, and data for $19/month on the Visible plan, $29/month on the Visible+ plan, or $39/month on the Visible+ Pro plan (prices include $6 discount with current promo code SAVE6).

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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The visit follows the U.S. officials' more than three hours of talks in Moscow on Saturday that a Kremlin aide called "highly useful."

UK PM's office says position on Irish unity unchanged after Trump comments

President Donald Trump said Saturday during a trip to Ireland that he would love to see the country unified.

The Republic of Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1922, while Northern Ireland, established in 1921, has remained part of the U.K.

"I don't want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I'd love to see it unified. I have friends on both sides, great people. They're Irish people. How can they be bad, right?" Trump said in Dublin while on stage with Ireland's prime minister, Micheál Martin. "I'd like to see a unified country. I think it would be a great feather in everybody's cap if that happened. It's going to happen eventually."

He added that the U.K. "will have something to say about it obviously," but reiterated that unification would be a "great thing."

TRUMP SAYS IRAN CONFLICT COULD END AFTER MIDTERMS

In response to Trump's comments, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in a statement that the U.K. government's stance on reunification remains unchanged.

"I am not aware ​that there is majority public support for ‌another ⁠referendum, and until that changes, there will not be one," Burnham told reporters in Parliament, according to.

Later Saturday, Trump addressed a crowd at the Deerfield Residence, the official home of the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.

U.S. Ambassador Edward S. Walsh introduced the president, who took the stage to the sound of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA."

Early in his remarks, Trump revisited the question a reporter had asked during his meeting with Martin about the prospect of Irish reunification.

"That's one of those questions where no matter what you say, no matter how well you say it, there's no good answer, right?" he said, before saying reunification would be a "cool thing."

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The debate over whether Ireland should be one country has been one of the island's most divisive political issues for decades.

At times, it was far more than a war of words. From the late 1960s through the late 1990s, Northern Ireland was gripped by decades of sectarian violence known as "the Troubles."

Irish nationalists and republicans — drawn largely from Northern Ireland's Catholic minority — sought to reunite the island under a single Irish state.

Unionists and loyalists, who mostly belonged to the Protestant majority, wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the U.K.

Throughout the conflict, more than 3,500 people were killed in violence involving Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups, as well as British security forces.

The fighting largely ceased with a peace deal in 1998, but in the decades since, tensions remain between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.

A 2024 U.K. Parliament report found that 90% of students in Northern Ireland attend schools that "are effectively segregated along religious lines."

The peace deal signed in 1998 — known as the Good Friday Agreement or the Belfast Agreement — set up a new government that had representation for both nationalists and unionists. 

It also established that Northern Ireland will remain part of the U.K. unless a majority of citizens vote to leave through a referendum.

Brexit reignited debate over Ireland's future, with Northern Ireland voting to remain in the European Union even as the U.K. as a whole voted to leave. Still, no referendum has been proposed or scheduled on whether Northern Ireland should leave the United Kingdom.

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Author William P. Young’s new book "Return to the Shack" centers on the power of forgiveness, and he praised Erika Kirk for presenting a strong display of it last year.

Young’s novel "The Shack" tells the story of a father’s healing process after his daughter was kidnapped and killed on a camping trip. The grieving dad, Mack, receives a mysterious letter from God asking him to come to a shack, where he meets an unorthodox Holy Trinity. While considered controversial by some religious readers, the story largely resonated with audiences and was turned into a motion picture in 2017. 

Young's sequel focuses on forgiveness as Mack comes face-to-face with his daughter’s killer as he is given a more humanized storyline.

"I think we need to make a distinction between forgiveness and reconciliation," Young told Fox News Digital. "Forgiveness is for the sake of the one who's been harmed, so that you can continue to live your life without the specter of what's on your shoulders. And I mean, you can forgive someone and never trust them again. Reconciliation is the slow, arduous, painful process of learning how to trust. Or taking the risk that you might become trustworthy if you've done the harm. So, reconciliation is for the sake of the perpetrator, much more than forgiveness is."

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Making peace is essential, he said.

"Otherwise, you're going to live with a corpse of an event or a situation or some human being who may be dead," he continued. "A lot of abuse was done to us by people who no longer are alive. And if we can't let them go, which is the idea of forgiveness, is that we move our hands from around their throat so that we may hold something other than their throat, like life. And it becomes essential. Otherwise, we're poisoning all the relationships around us."

Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, shocked many Americans when she publicly forgave the man accused of assassinating her husband last year. Kirk was killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event one year ago at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. 

"Our Savior said, 'Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do,'" Erika said at her husband's memorial service. "That young man… I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it's what Charlie would do."

Young found it a very powerful example of the message he’s trying to convey.

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"And I think that's what Erika was doing, saying, ‘I'm not going to let what you have done to own me,'" the author said. "I'm not going to enter the same prison that you are now in,’ metaphorically, of course." 

"And so, in terms of the human journey, we have this — same with every guy on death row — they don't have, in the deepest places of their heart, a desire to be harmful or to be non-truth tellers or to be unkind," Young continued. "They're human beings and that raises a question is why should that be the deepest places of movement towards a wholeness of what it means to be human by saying, ‘I want to do the work, what it takes to not be addicted. To be a truth-teller, to be someone who is kind and caring.’" 

"And part of that is the underlying belief that love is actually more powerful than violence, or love is more powerful than harm," he added. 

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Young said that is often not the reality and not everyone takes the route Kirk took.

"And we live in a world where it seems like violence is really the power," he said. "In word, thought, or deed, whether we're using it in words online, or we're perpetrating it to the person in front of us, or we're gossiping about someone in order to give ourselves a boost and them a detraction. Love is more powerful, and that's my statement. You know, that's, I'm solidly convinced that it is, because it actually changes things."

Young couldn’t discuss the art of making amends without reflecting on his own years-long journey to forgive his father.

"Violence doesn't change any things," he said. "It only adds to the violence that already exists. And, you know, my dad was an abusive man when I was growing up. And if I thought that treating him with violence was going to be a resolution, I would have been absolutely blind and ignorant."

"It's not violence," Young added. "It's care. It's love. It's listening. It's that people shouldn't take a timeout, and the state offers one if you don't adhere to the rules. But even then, I think that love, God, meets us where we're at and begins to move us in a direction toward our wholeness so that we can learn to love others, and we can learn to love ourselves, and that produces incredible outcomes that would not be available otherwise."

"Return to the Shack: A Journey into Redemption" will be released in October. 

That lowers the threshold from current rules, which require "clear and convincing evidence" to justify taking away press passes.

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"We want them to reform their practices so it's really journalists, legitimate journalists, who should be getting the press credentials," Menin, who used to be MOME's commissioner, said in the FOX 5 interview.

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Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges earlier this year, and his legal team is fighting to have New York state-level charges dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

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He killed Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two from Minnesota, on a Manhattan sidewalk on Dec. 5, 2024. Surveillance video shows Mangione sneak up on him from behind and open fire with a silenced handgun, before fleeing on a bicycle.

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He made his way to a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where police arrested him after customers and restaurant workers recognized him from a wanted poster.

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Pennsylvania state Rep. David Maloney, a Republican, is asking President Donald Trump to rename Lake Erie to "Lake Pennsylvania" following similar renaming efforts by the president.

Maloney is preparing a resolution calling on Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to take steps to rename Lake Erie to "Lake Pennsylvania," arguing that the change is needed to reflect the lake’s modern identity.

"This is Pennsylvania’s only Great Lake. Its modern economy and identity are increasingly tied to the boaters, anglers, families and tourists who come to enjoy it," Maloney said in a statement. "Ohio has plenty of shoreline. New York already has two Great Lakes. Canada has four others."

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"Pennsylvania has one. Let’s call it Lake Pennsylvania!" he added.

Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes by volume as well as the shallowest, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The lake has about 12 million people in its watershed, with 10.5 million people in the U.S. and 1.9 million people in Canada.

This comes after Trump signed an executive order last month to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," a rebranding that Canada does not recognize and has firmly rejected.

"We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement.

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The renaming only applies to the U.S. federal government, meaning Canada, other international bodies and U.S. states are not forced to acknowledge the change. But both Apple Maps and Google Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for U.S. users following Trump's executive order.

The president has also suggested renaming New Mexico to "New America," prompting several of the state’s Democratic lawmakers to call on Apple and Google to publicly commit to keeping the state's current name on their respective maps applications.

Trump has also floated the idea of renaming the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

On his first day back in office in January 2025, Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," but, similar to the Lake Ontario rebranding, the order only applies to the U.S. federal government and does not bind Mexico, other international bodies or private entities.

Apple Maps and Google Maps also adopted this change for users in the U.S., implementing the update using a region-based approach tailored to the location of the user's device.

Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, said he hopes the two sides can "work something out" when asked about a possible plea agreement on Tuesday during a "Good Morning America" interview.

Reddington filed a motion on Wednesday asking Sullivan to enter a finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility on each charge. He wants the motion to be heard at a hearing on Sept. 29.

"A hung jury is not a verdict; jeopardy does not terminate on a hung jury, and a mistrial ordinarily permits retrial," Reddington conceded in the filing. 

He argued that 11 of the 12 jurors "applied the reasonable doubt standard," concluding that the prosecutors hadn't proven that Clancy was criminally responsible. The lone holdout on the jury, according to the motion and other jurors, allegedly ignored doubts he had and wanted a guilty verdict.

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"I‘m willing to listen to Tim. I‘ve known Tim for 30 years. He‘s a very hard charging prosecutor," Reddington said, referring to Cruz. "I hope, however, after sitting through this trial and seeing the evidence that was presented from the government as well as from the defense, that he would revisit that issue and hopefully would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides."

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Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital while he thinks a plea deal is a "good idea" and would be in the public's "interest," he doesn't think prosecutors would agree.

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"I predict that the prosecutor's office will approach this the same way, at least as the charges are concerned, as they did for trial number one, seeking a conviction of first-degree murder. There is some possibility that they'll reduce the charges, and that would, that could happen, but I wouldn't be predicting that," Lu said.

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"I think it's the honest philosophical point of view of the prosecutor in this case that this individual should be convicted of first-degree murder," he added.

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

Clancy is due back in court on Sept. 29 for a status hearing, where more information about the future of her case may be revealed.

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.