https://meenews.co/post/6aad939e75342cf4db876c2f Clay Holmes and Chase Burns set up a pitchers' duel as Cubs visit Reds at Great American Ball Park te 2026-09-18T19:40:14.178Z Clay Holmes and Chase Burns set up a pitchers' duel as Cubs visit Reds at Great American Ball Park It is somewhat difficult to believe that the baseball season is almost at a close. I was considering some of the early or preseason thoughts and where they are now. I thought the Royals and Mariners would be good teams this season. I didn't expect the Rays to be quite this good. I did have the Brewers and Cubs being successful, and in this order. I was way off on any awards, but my player props look like they are in great shape. Now we head into the last few days of baseball. Tonight the Cubs take on the Reds. The Chicago Cubs are 85-68 for the season and currently in control of the first wild-card spot. The problem for the team is that their record is identical to Philadelphia's, and they are just a game ahead of the San Diego Padres. They could finish anywhere from first to third, and remember that first place hosts a game instead. The Cubs have one of the best offenses in the history of their organization, and they still can't overcome the Brewers because their pitching is among the worst in baseball. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE They tried to address the issues with pitching this season, but they seem to be trying to fix a leaking boat with duct tape. One of the guys who has been helpful is Clay Holmes. For the season, Holmes is 6-7 with a 2.85 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. He might be the most reliable starter in the Cubs rotation at the moment, but that doesn't mean he's been flawless. He has made seven starts with the Cubs and has allowed 15 earned runs, but eight of them came in one outing against the Marlins. He hasn't faced the Reds this season, but he is holding them to a .160 average over 25 at-bats. CUBS SET FRANCHISE RECORD FOR MOST HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE GAME WITH OFFENSIVE OUTBURST VS RIVAL BREWERS The Cincinnati Reds have to be fairly frustrated themselves about how this season has gone. Last year they snuck into the postseason, and this one will see them fall under .500. That isn't to say there haven't been bright spots for the team. Sal Stewart has looked great for them, hitting 32 homers and 109 RBIs. Elly De La Cruz has continued to establish himself as one of the best in the game. Even the pitching staff from Cincinnati has some good pieces. Arguably, the best pitcher for Cincinnati this season is tonight's starter, Chase Burns. For the year, Burns has racked up 15 wins against just three losses. He has a 2.80 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP while striking out 181 strikeouts. He doesn't qualify for the ERA or WHIP rankings because most of his starts don't see him go overly deep into games. He has only completed six or more innings in 12 of 28 starts this season. He has been superb at home with a 2.09 ERA in 13 starts. The Cubs faced him once this season and got two earned runs off of him over 5.2 innings. This is a game that I think we see runs as tough to come by. Burns is a really talented pitcher, and Holmes is also a good pitcher. You don't want a fly ball pitcher for games at Great American Ball Park, and Holmes is a ground ball guy. I think this is a good game to take the under through five innings. The problem is that you can't trust either bullpen, so give me under 4.5 through five innings. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad939d75342cf4db876c26 Kim Kardashian reveals new health scare with haunting connection to father’s cancer death te 2026-09-18T19:40:13.010Z Kim Kardashian reveals new health scare with haunting connection to father’s cancer death Kim Kardashian is opening up about a new health diagnosis that hits close to home. In a new trailer for "The Kardashians," the reality star, 45, revealed that she has esophagitis, which is inflammation of the esophagus. The diagnosis held a particular significance given that her father, Robert Kardashian Sr., died of esophageal cancer in 2003 at age 59. ALCOHOL TIED TO SURPRISING CANCER DEATH PATTERN IN ADULTS UNDER 55, RESEARCHERS FIND In the episode, the Skims founder is seen lying on a hospital bed as someone off camera asks, "Didn’t your father ... isn’t it what he died of?" Kardashian’s manager and mother, Kris Kardashian, became emotional at this suggestion, saying, "I can’t, it makes me want to cry." Experts have noted, however, that the two conditions are not the same. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Kim Kardashian's diagnosis, esophagitis, is inflammation of the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach. It is most commonly caused by acid reflux, certain medications, infections or allergies, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Esophageal cancer occurs when malignant cells form in the tissues lining the esophagus, per the National Cancer Institute. There are two main types: squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. While esophagitis itself does not directly cause cancer, the chronic inflammation can in some cases lead to Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition that can increase the higher risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. This risk is higher among those with ongoing acid reflux (GERD). CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER About 5% to 15% of people with GERD develop Barrett's esophagus, although most people with Barrett's do not develop esophageal cancer, the NIDDK states. For those who have been diagnosed with esophagitis, Mayo Clinic provides the following recommendations to manage symptoms and reduce future cancer risk. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ In another health scare, Kardashian revealed in 2025 that her doctors discovered a small, unruptured brain aneurysm during an MRI scan. "They’re like, 'It’s been there for like years. It was here a few years ago,’" she said in an episode of "The Kardashians." Fox News Digital reached out to Kardashian requesting comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad939b75342cf4db876c1d Syracuse football coach mocked for trying to intimidate a ref, Mets medical staff looks lost & MLB WAG Brylie! te 2026-09-18T19:40:11.760Z Syracuse football coach mocked for trying to intimidate a ref, Mets medical staff looks lost & MLB WAG Brylie! 'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com. Second Friday of both college and NFL season being in full swing? Sign me up! What a weekend we have staring us right in our fat, American faces. Incredible weekend of college football, by the way. Unless you're the Big Ten. Hilarious schedule. Relax! It's a joke. We're having fun today. Let's keep this class light, loose, and FAST. It's a Football Friday, after all. We've all got better things to do. Let's roll. Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where former Mississippi State softball star, and current MLB WAG, Brylie St. Clair says goodbye to summer as we near the astronomical beginning of fall. It's this coming Tuesday, for those who care. Don't say you didn't learn anything today! What else? I've got Syracuse coach Fran Brown whiffing on his intimidation attempt, Sophie Cunningham going to bat for Sydney Sweeney the day after Paige Spranaic did the same, and did you know there is a Big 12 conference game tomorrow ... ... in LONDON. London! IT'S ONLY WEEK TWO, BUT KANSAS QB ISAIAH MARSHALL MIGHT HAVE COMPLETED THE PASS OF THE YEAR Why? No clue. But we're gonna dig in here in a minute. Grab you a dog for Responsible Dog Ownership Day, whatever that is, and settle in for a Friday 'Cap! You know who is probably taking the day off for this special day? Kirk Herbstreit. Did y'all see it last night during our first Thursday Night game of the season? That's right. You saw it. I saw it. We all saw it. Amazing. Look, I like Herbie. I think he's one of the best, if not the best, analysts in the game. He's smart. He's not annoying like Romo, or horrible like those awful Jason Witten years on MNF. He's just really solid. But goodness, does the dog shtick annoy the piss out of me. It's just the worst. I couldn't believe it when that commercial came on during the game last night. I was stunned. I shouldn't have been. I should've known better. But still, my jaw dropped. It's enough already. Please. We're still early enough in the season where we can turn this thing around, Herbie! OK, let's get this class started with someone I'm not sure can turn it around any more ... Syracuse head coach Fran Brown: I'm not sure I've ever seen a coach do that — at any level, in any sport. That was embarrassing. How can you look your guys in the eye after pulling that, and still ask them to respect you? That's supposed to be a LEADER of men! Pathetic. Kudos to the ref for not moving a muscle. Elite response. And then he tosses the flag. Perfection. Syracuse, by the way, has won just once since last September — a 66-3 win over New Hampshire two weeks ago. At least the Orange responded WELL to Brown's little gimmick on the field last night: Yep. That's it, right? That's the worst field goal attempt of all time. Has to be! Lordy, what a kick. OK, let's leave the gridiron and head to the hardwood, where Sophie Cunningham told the gaslighters to pipe down over Sydney Sweeney this week: "Why are girls mad?" Cunningham asked on her newly revamped, "No Hesitation" podcast. "That is literally what she does. Why is anyone mad? It is a gambling ad: men, sports, naked women. Of course, that’s going to draw attention." Amen, Sophie! This. All of this. I've been screaming it for a week now. All the gaslighting and virtue-signaling over this Sydney Sweeney ad from female athletes saying she set women's sports back decades makes ZERO sense. It was a GAMBLING ad. Sweeney was catering to one very specific audience, as her and new podcast partner, Drew Hanlen, pointed out. Drew, who wouldn't stop talking (take a breath, Drew!), figured around 75% of sports bettors are men. I think that's way off. I'd put it closer to 90%. Maybe 95%. Regardless, that's who the ad was for — and it worked! THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! OK, let's rapid-fire this Friday class into a big weekend of FOOTBALL. Speaking of ... did y'all know there was an actual college game in London tomorrow? That's right. Kansas and Arizona State will be playing a Big 12 conference game at Wembley Stadium. Why? I have no earthly idea. None. Seems incredibly wasteful, for multiple different reasons. That being said ... this coach is an absolute animal: I've played for a lot of coaches in my life. A LOT. Some were bad. A few were awful. A couple were really, really good. This Andy Kotelnicki is someone I'd like to get in a foxhole with. Give me this guy over Mr. Flincher from Syracuse any day of the week! Next? On the way out, let's go ahead and check in with the medical staff for the New York Mets: CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Goodness gracious. First of all, that was an awful collision. Tough watch. The good news? Word is Jared Young is OK. He's moving. Seems like he's gonna be fine. Now, let's talk about the medical staff ... I was on pins and needles the whole time. I was SWEATING. They couldn't get him up, and then when they finally did, they just jerked him around like he was a piece of meat. Have they never done that before? Seriously. It looked like they had no clue how to get the stretcher to go up, which seems like Day 1 stuff in that field. Wild scene. Wild year for the Mets, and not in a good way. OK, that's it for today — and this week! Good work, everyone. Let's go enjoy some football this week. AND some baseball! Regular season ends in nine days. A lot on the line. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Take us home, San Francisco Giants WAG, Brylie St. Clair! Is the Syracuse coach cooked? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad939475342cf4db876bf6 St. Paul Mayor’s Behavior Faulted After Police Chief’s Complaint te 2026-09-18T19:40:04.021Z St. Paul Mayor’s Behavior Faulted After Police Chief’s Complaint An outside investigation found that Mayor Kaohly Her had engaged in offensive behavior, but found no evidence that she sexually harassed colleagues. It did find that she had engaged in “offensive” behavior. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad914675342cf4db876bac Illegal immigrant arrested in Indiana for allegedly voting in federal election: DHS te 2026-09-18T19:30:14.637Z Illegal immigrant arrested in Indiana for allegedly voting in federal election: DHS EXCLUSIVE: An illegal immigrant from Guatemala is accused of voting in a national election in Indiana, a crime that federal officials said steals votes from American citizens, while announcing the woman's arrest. Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida was arrested Sept. 3 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Indianapolis, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. "The patriots of ICE arrested this illegal alien from Guatemala after she illegally voted in a past election," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. "This illegal alien will be deported so she can never again poison our elections. ICE ARRESTS PERUVIAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY VOTING IN 2024 ELECTION AS DHS CITES SIMILAR CASES "If even one noncitizen casts a vote, it steals a vote from an American citizen." It wasn't clear which election Mendez-Merida allegedly voted in, officials said. However, she illegally entered the U.S. through Arizona in September 2015 during the Obama administration, according to DHS. WHITE HOUSE UNLOADS ON VIOLENT ‘CRIMINAL ALIEN’ NABBED AFTER INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER ELECTION OFFENSE She was arrested by a U.S. Border Patrol officer and released. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal for her in September 2019. "The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy in the United States," ICE Enforcement Division Acting Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said. "Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida attempted to subvert a national election by unlawfully casting a vote. DHS APPROVES PLAN TO VERIFY VOTER CITIZENSHIP, MONITOR MAIL BALLOTS AS TRUMP PUSH INTENSIFIES "Voting in U.S. elections is a privilege that is reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens, and we cannot allow that sacred right to be perverted by foreign nationals who seek to undermine American democracy." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad914575342cf4db876ba3 Foreign hackers breach two more US water utilities, threaten safety of Colorado residents te 2026-09-18T19:30:13.423Z Foreign hackers breach two more US water utilities, threaten safety of Colorado residents Foreign actors hacked two Colorado water utilities' computer systems last month, changing pumping cycles, disabling alarms and altering equipment settings before operators regained control, state officials said Thursday. The intrusions did not affect drinking water quality or treatment processes, according to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' office. But the incidents add Colorado to a widening series of breaches on U.S. water and wastewater infrastructure. High-profile cyberattacks have targeted more than 100 drinking water and wastewater systems across 12 states this year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, expanding the footprint of a threat that federal authorities warned this summer was disrupting water operations across the country. WATER CYBERATTACK HITS AT LEAST 7 STATES Colorado officials have not identified the actors behind the intrusions of the two small systems or said whether they are connected to the broader activity reported elsewhere in the country. "These were brief incidents, and the risks were quickly addressed by the providers themselves, who subsequently alerted the state," Polis spokeswoman Eric Maruyama said in a statement. The hackers altered equipment settings, disabled remote access and alarms and changed pumping cycles, according to the governor's office. The incidents demonstrate how hackers can reach beyond traditional computer networks and gain access to operational technology used to control physical equipment at water facilities, including pumps, valves and other machinery. The water utility systems that were impacted provide drinking water to approximately 400 people. IRANIAN HACKERS ATTACKED OUR WATER SYSTEMS. HERE ARE 5 THINGS OUR LEADERS NEED TO DO NOW Federal authorities warned in July that malicious cyber actors were targeting internet-connected operational technology at water and wastewater utilities. At the time, the FBI and EPA said utilities in at least seven states had reported incidents, some of which degraded water operations. The agencies said attackers had remotely accessed internet-facing programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, and tampered with device configurations, in some cases causing utilities to lose monitoring or control capabilities. Reported operational effects included loss of water pressure and flooding. The Colorado breaches follow a series of attacks on water systems across the country this summer, including cyber activity affecting more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota. Federal investigators have examined whether Iranian actors or hackers affiliated with Iran were responsible for the Minnesota attacks, though officials had not publicly attributed the activity at the time. President Donald Trump disputed suggestions that Iran was behind the Minnesota attacks, saying during a Cabinet meeting, "They blame it on Iran. I don't think so," and instead blamed Minnesota officials. IRAN’S CYBERWAR TARGETS ORDINARY AMERICANS. WE NEED TO DISMANTLE THE HACKER NETWORK The recent incidents have renewed attention on longstanding cybersecurity vulnerabilities within America's water infrastructure, particularly among small and rural utilities that can have limited cybersecurity staff and resources. Many utilities use internet-connected industrial control systems to remotely monitor and operate pumps, valves, water pressure and other equipment. Federal officials have urged operators to remove programmable logic controllers from direct exposure to the internet and strengthen authentication and access controls. The EPA, which serves as the federal government's sector risk management agency for water and wastewater systems, told Fox News Digital it is working with utilities, states and federal partners to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen cybersecurity. Since fiscal year 2025, the agency has identified more than 900 vulnerabilities at over 650 water systems and helped eliminate about 700 at more than 500 utilities. EPA has also conducted more than 710 cybersecurity risk assessments and provided direct technical assistance to approximately 15,900 utilities. The FBI declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad913d75342cf4db876b7c Cost of Iran War Estimated at $43.6 Billion te 2026-09-18T19:30:05.349Z Cost of Iran War Estimated at $43.6 Billion For the first time, the Pentagon reported costs incurred by each armed service. The figures are almost certainly on the low side, congressional officials said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad8c9175342cf4db876a98 Arizona Financial participating in Arizona Credit Union Week te 2026-09-18T19:10:09.716Z Arizona Financial participating in Arizona Credit Union Week Arizona Financial Credit Union is among 18 credit unions in Arizona participating in Arizona Credit Union Week from Oct. 12-16. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad8c8f75342cf4db876a8f Yucca man gets 12-year prison term in armed Windsor Beach dispute te 2026-09-18T19:10:07.991Z Yucca man gets 12-year prison term in armed Windsor Beach dispute A dispute between two groups of boaters at the Windsor Beach launch ramp at Lake Havasu brings more than a dozen year prison sentence for a Yucca resident. William Wachtveitl, 54, was sentenced Sept. 17 by Mohave County Superior Court… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad8a3475342cf4db876a29 Judge Who Struck Down Trump’s Compensation Fund Asks: Will Trump Just Pay Allies Another Way? te 2026-09-18T19:00:04.857Z Judge Who Struck Down Trump’s Compensation Fund Asks: Will Trump Just Pay Allies Another Way? The question was raised at a court hearing by a federal judge who has already barred the fund from moving forward. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad87db75342cf4db8769b2 A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers te 2026-09-18T18:50:03.993Z A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad858d75342cf4db87697b Robert De Niro gets emotional as Amy Poehler praises him for speaking 'truth to power' as regular Trump critic te 2026-09-18T18:40:13.484Z Robert De Niro gets emotional as Amy Poehler praises him for speaking 'truth to power' as regular Trump critic Actress Amy Poehler made Robert De Niro emotional on Tuesday as she thanked him for being so vocal, as the actor is a regular critic of President Donald Trump and his administration. Poehler thanked De Niro during an interview on her podcast, "Good Hang," telling the actor, "I just personally want to thank you for doing what you do and speaking out in the way that you do about where we are in the world. There's a lot of people that are asked to speak truth to power, and they're usually members of the margins. They are people that are young, don't really have as much currency or a footing as other people. It's often people of color. It's often women." "To see a person like yourself, the age that you are and the status that you are, it reminds me of – the best way I can describe it is when it's like if someone's giving a terrible speech at a wedding, and they're ruining the wedding, and the wedding is America and there's another adult who says like, 'We don't talk like that. That's not how you're supposed to treat people. This is insane,'" she added, telling De Niro it made everyone feel "safe."' BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN REIGNITES TRUMP FEUD, SAYS 'CRITICAL PATRIOTISM' DEFINES A PATRIOT De Niro grew teary-eyed as he thanked her for her words. The actress told De Niro he was standing up for a lot of people who don't have the same kind of power he does. DE NIRO CALLS CONTROVERSIAL MAMDANI POLICE COMMENTS 'RIDICULOUS' AS HE DEFENDS MAYOR GOING TO 9/11 SERVICE "It's true. It is," she said. "There's not a lot of men who, in your position, who do that and White men of a certain age, like who, frankly, you know, have a ton of power and don't use that responsibility in a way that they could. So, thank you," Poehler said. De Niro told Poehler that it was "so upsetting" to see what was happening in the U.S., and added, "It's so crazy." 100 DAY SPRINT TO THE MIDTERMS KICKS OFF AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CLASH FOR CONTROL ACROSS THE COUNTRY "I mean, in a way, that's better that it's so blatant, because this will happen again, and this guy will influence people, and they'll come up, and they'll say, 'Well, I can do it this way or that way.' And we have to always be on guard with what's happening now," De Niro said. The actor told Poehler people had to fight, even if they feel hopeless. Christian Toto, editor of Hollywood in Toto, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "Amy Poehler is one of our most talented comic actresses. Her work on 'Parks and Recreation' alone proves it. And she's just as clueless about the culture as most celebrities, alas." "What Robert De Niro has done over the last decade is nothing less than beclown himself over all things Trump. His ill-informed, one-note attacks on the President are embarrassing. He's done nothing to raise the level of discourse, and using every bully pulpit to rage against a political leader has made many look askance at his otherwise sterling film career," he continued. "He's neither brave nor inspired. He's simply regurgitating what all his peers think and say. And many say what he says, but often in a slightly more coherent tone. He should know better. And Poehler should understand how badly the Oscar winner's ravings land with the public." De Niro grew emotional over the state of the country during a February 2026 interview with Nicolle Wallace on her podcast, "The Best People." Wallace told him he played a big role as one of Trump's most outspoken celebrity critics. After accusing Trump officials of not respecting many of America’s law enforcement institutions, she asked the 82-year-old actor what he worries about for New York under the ongoing Trump administration. He voiced concern that there would be a campaign of retribution against the people of New York, such as sending in ICE agents. ART GARFUNKEL JOINS GROWING LIST OF CELEBRITIES CONSIDERING A MOVE ABROAD OVER TRUMP PRESIDENCY "People have to resist, resist, resist, resist, resist. That's the only way. There's no magic. There's no nothing – people are not going to go away, even if Trump dies for some reason by having an illness or something," he warned. "Parts of that movement are still there, and that's the scary part. It has to be neutralized by the people." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Wallace followed by recalling an Academy Award speech he gave in 1981, when he thanked the people he worked with, saying he has continually lifted people up around him. When she asked him why he emphasized lifting people up around him so much, he went right back to politics. "You have to," he said, starting to cry. "You have to lift people up. You have to bring them together. Period. You can't divide people. You can't win that way. It's a no-win situation." De Niro claimed in June that he can't love an America led by Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad858c75342cf4db876972 Judge says issues in Trump administration anti-weaponization case 'alive and kicking' despite DOJ push te 2026-09-18T18:40:12.196Z Judge says issues in Trump administration anti-weaponization case 'alive and kicking' despite DOJ push ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Department of Justice lawyers have asked U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema to dismiss a case connected to the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," arguing that Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal recission order in August and has affirmed many times, including under oath before Congress, that the fund is dead. However, Brinkema seemed skeptical on Friday. "The issues that underly this case are still alive and kicking in my view," Brinkema said. "The real concern that lurks... is the concept of taxpayer money being used to promote particular political views," Brinkema said, pointing to pro-life activists convicted of violating the FACE Act and others who attempted an "insurrection" on January 6th "to overthrow the legitimate election." CLINTON JUDGE INDEFINITELY BLOCKS TRUMP'S $1.776B ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND "That entity is gone," said Brinkema, referring to the Anti-Weaponization Fund and agreeing that Blanche has said under oath at his confirmation hearings that the fund is dead. "But is there a functional equivalent?" Brinkema said, referring to the DOJ's ordinary Judgment Fund authority. The Judgment Fund is a permanent U.S. Treasury account managed by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service that pays court judgments and DOJ legal settlements against the federal government. Brinkema called that fund "a less transparent structure" and suggested that some defendants convicted of FACE Act crimes have already received large payouts from the DOJ's Judgement Fund. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS TRUMP DOJ'S NEARLY $2B 'ANTI-WEAPONIZATION' FUND Here Brinkema affirmed she was talking about the case of Paul Vaughn. Vaugh, of Centerville, Tennessee, was convicted in January 2024 for his role in blockading an abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tenn., in March 2021. Vaughn ultimately received a pardon and a taxpayer-funded payout from the DOJ's Judgment Fund which he has confirmed to Fox News is "seven figures." BIDEN ADMIN USED ABORTION GROUP DOSSIERS, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF MINORS, TO TARGET CHRISTIANS, DOJ REPORT REVEALS DOJ lawyer Andrew Block asked what remedy the plaintiff wants given asked "the fund is dead." Brinkema countered that although the case is nowhere near the remedy stage, "I think there are remedies." She brought up the possibility of requiring a "neutral" person to oversee a fund, "not someone from the DOJ, which I see unfortunately as coerced," in this matter. "A proper, unbiased look... There's been too much talk from members of the administration, which undercut [DOJ's] position," Brinkema said. "They contradict themselves all the time." Brinkema closed the hearing by telling both sides she intends to craft a new discovery order in the coming days, suggesting this case is far from over. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad834375342cf4db876913 The best cheese for a burger, according to expert — and why some popular picks fall flat te 2026-09-18T18:30:27.208Z The best cheese for a burger, according to expert — and why some popular picks fall flat It's National Cheeseburger Day, but while Americans may agree that cheese makes a burger better, deciding which cheese belongs on top is another matter. A 2015 YouGov/HuffPost survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found that 71% preferred cheeseburgers, compared with just 20% who preferred hamburgers.  American was the top choice among cheeseburger fans, with 40% choosing it, followed by cheddar at 31%. Swiss cheese earned 10% of the vote, while provolone garnered 5% and blue and Jack both received 4% each. AMERICA'S BEST FAST-FOOD BURGER REVEALED — AND IT’S NOT AVAILABLE IN EVERY STATE But choosing the right cheese isn't just a matter of taste. How a cheese melts — and whether it stays put on the burger — comes down to science. "A classic cheeseburger, what I think of is that orange slice, which is usually an American cheese or cheddar cheese," Gina Mode, coordinator of the Cheese Industry and Applications Group at the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) in Madison, Wisconsin, told Fox News Digital. The slice has to do three things at once, she said: taste like something, melt well and stay put. "You want it to have that nice cheese flavor, that cheddar flavor," Mode said. "You want it to have a nice softness to it when it melts, and you also don't want it to flow off your burger." A good melt comes down to a few scientific variables, Mode explained. The cheese needs to have the right composition, the right pH and the right amount of intact casein, which is the milk protein. As cheese ages, that structure changes, building flavor but working against meltability. "You'll notice an older cheddar is going to crumble, and it's probably going to oil off if you melt it," Mode said. Young, natural cheeses that hold their structure are safe bets for a burger. They include Colby, Monterey Jack, Muenster, Swiss, low-moisture mozzarella and provolone. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS That doesn't mean aged cheese is off the table, however. Mode said it can and should be included as part of a cheeseburger, just incorporated differently. CDR's own research chef is a fan of a smoked blue cheese or Brie with a burger, she noted. "You could shred those cheeses or crumble those cheeses on your burger," Mode said. "Or you could even put them inside the burger patty for one of those Juicy Lucy burgers." American cheese is a favorite because it melts the same way nearly every time. "American cheese is a processed cheese," Mode explained. "You start with a natural cheese, like a cheddar, and you shred it or grind it, and then you cook it along with an emulsifying salt." Cheese is essentially protein, fat and water, and the latter two "don't want to mix together," Mode said. The emulsifier binds the components together and leads to a smooth, complete melt. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Mode herself grew up on a fifth-generation dairy farm, and CDR is dairy farmer-funded and serves cheesemakers across an 11-state region. She encourages people to try new cheeses with their burgers and pointed to a new "natural American cheese" with no emulsifying salt recently introduced by a Wisconsin cheesemaker. "They changed the cheesemaking recipe — the way they make the cheese, so that it has the same or similar functionality to an American processed cheese while it still is a natural cheese," Mode said. "So there's that out there, too, for folks [who] are looking for a cleaner label." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Mode is also enthusiastic about flavored cheeses that contain a little spice, herbs or smoke. She also recommends people consider cold pack cheese, the spreadable kind usually reserved for crackers. "It's great to spread on your burger bun, especially if you toasted the bun so it's a little warm," she said. As far as when and how to apply cheese for a perfect melt, Mode said to do it at the very end. "The burger is finished cooking, and usually at the end you let it rest a little, and that's the perfect time to add the cheese," she said.  "If it's one that takes a little more oomph to melt, like a nice thick piece of cheddar, you can put a cover on it, and it'll hold that heat in." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad833475342cf4db8768ee Trump Courts North Korea’s Leader, but Might Need China to Reignite the Flame te 2026-09-18T18:30:12.467Z Trump Courts North Korea’s Leader, but Might Need China to Reignite the Flame President Trump has gotten no love back yet from Kim Jong-un. He could turn to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to help set up a summit when Mr. Xi visits Washington next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7e8475342cf4db876842 Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge te 2026-09-18T18:10:12.443Z Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge A New York City socialist seeking to replace a retiring Democrat drew criticism Thursday after pledging to carry the "fight" inspired by Mexico’s struggle for independence into Congress, with critics pointing to her disclosure that she met with members of Mexico’s ruling left-wing party. Claire Valdez, who is seeking Rep. Nydia Velazquez's seat in a district that includes Bushwick and Ridgewood, is facing calls for the State Department to investigate her under the Logan Act, a rarely enforced 1799 law that criminalizes certain unauthorized efforts by private citizens to influence foreign governments in disputes involving the U.S. Democrats have also invoked the law in connection with President Donald Trump. In response to her post, immigration attorney and columnist Alicia Nieves tweeted at Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, a former ambassador to Mexico, calling for an investigation of Valdez after the candidate disclosed that she had met with members of Morena, Mexico’s ruling left-wing party. "Given that she is currently a congressional nominee, not a member of Congress, and appears to have discussed facilitating support contrary to current U.S. policy as well as describing our country an ‘empire’ that has ‘stolen from us’… I hope the administration will review whether these communications warrant investigation under the Logan Act." COLORADO'S SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CALLS FOR 'MORE IMMIGRANTS INTO OFFICE' TO STOP AMERICA'S 'EXPLOITATIVE' NATURE The act, enacted in 1799, came after the John Adams administration and congressional Federalists objected to Pennsylvania politician George Logan’s unauthorized trip to France, where he sought to ease tensions during what was called the "Quasi-War." Federalists feared private diplomacy could undermine the U.S. government’s foreign policy. Adams and his Federalist allies also viewed Logan’s actions through the partisan tensions surrounding the 1800 presidential race against Thomas Jefferson. In her tweet, Valdez wrote, "215 years ago, Mexicans fought an empire that demanded our land and our labor. And we won." "I'll carry that fight with me to Congress as New York's first Mexican-American representative," Valdez pledged. "And I'm strengthened not just by Mexico's history but its present." She said she met "comrades" in the Morena Party who are "standing up to the empires and corporations that have always taken from us — and building a government for the working class. Viva la Independencia, Viva México!" MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST PREVAILS IN CROWDED PRIMARY TO REPLACE RETIRING REP Fox News Digital reached out to Valdez and the Mexican government for comment. Morena could not immediately be reached. Critics also pointed out that Valdez's father, Larry, is connected with a company that helped construct a Texas immigration facility during the Obama administration. They contended that the connection conflicts with her opposition to immigration enforcement. "This would be a great campaign for Congress in Mexico," added Christina Pushaw, a top communications official for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Fox News Digital also reached out to community organizer Melvin Rivera, the Republican opponent facing Valdez, for comment. Democrats cited the Logan Act in connection with Trump after he publicly remarked, "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" in reference to his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton. Then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada suggested that Trump had violated the Logan Act. The law has also been invoked against other public figures, including former Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, but no prosecution under the statute has resulted in a conviction. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Two men faced proceedings under the Logan Act but were never convicted. A grand jury indicted Kentucky farmer Francis Flournoy in 1803 after he advocated a separate Western United States allied with France. Jonas P. Levy was arrested and held to bail under the law in 1853 after writing to Mexico’s president. Valdez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 7th Congressional District, will face Republican community organizer Melvin Rivera and other candidates in the November general election. Fox News Digital reached out to Rivera for comment on Valdez’s remarks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c3b75342cf4db876802 Lit lights up Thunder Valley te 2026-09-18T18:00:27.044Z Lit lights up Thunder Valley Thunder Valley Rally returns to Cottonwood’s Riverfront Park on Friday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Sept. 19, hosted by the city of Cottonwood’s Parks & Recreation Department and local sponsors. Festivities include a bike show, local vendors, the Miss TVR contest at Main Stage bar and live music at River Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c3975342cf4db8767f9 Old & New World to blend te 2026-09-18T18:00:25.791Z Old & New World to blend Ezequiel y Los Conjunto Addictz opens for Kilted Spirit at Red Dirt concert It’ll feel like the United Nations but with more clapping in this week’s installment of the free Red Dirt Concert Series, Friday, Sept. 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Posse Grounds Pavilion at the Barbara Antonsen Memorial Park. El Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c3875342cf4db8767ed Maricopa’s new indoor sports facility opens next month te 2026-09-18T18:00:24.049Z Maricopa’s new indoor sports facility opens next month Maricopa’s newest indoor sports facility is ready for its close-up. The Fieldhouse at Copper Sky will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, Oct. 10, giving residents their first chance to explore the city’s new indoor recreation space. The free event runs from 9 a.m. to noon, 17985 W. Greythorn Drive, and will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, sports activities, food trucks and professional wrestling. Visitors can shoot hoops, play volleyball and pickleball, take part in arts and crafts and let kids burn off some energy in an inflatable play area. Phoenix Championship Wrestling also will put on a professional wrestling show. The 42,000-square-foot facility has been in the works for more than two years. The city first proposed the project in 2024 as a $16.2 million facility designed to add indoor court space as Maricopa’s recreation programs continued to grow. Construction began in June 2025. The building can accommodate four basketball courts, six volleyball courts and 12 pickleball courts, although not all courts can be used simultaneously. City officials have said the additional space is needed as Copper Sky’s existing facilities have become increasingly booked. The post Maricopa’s new indoor sports facility opens next month appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c3175342cf4db8767cc Dems abandon candidate who said MAGA 'more destructive' than Nazis, but she’s stuck on the ballot te 2026-09-18T18:00:17.462Z Dems abandon candidate who said MAGA 'more destructive' than Nazis, but she’s stuck on the ballot A Democrat running for the state legislature in battleground North Carolina remains on the ballot despite her party publicly abandoning her after inflammatory social media posts she made resurfaced. The North Carolina House Democratic Caucus and a county party group both condemned posts by Shelly Headen in which the legislative candidate called for an attack on U.S. soil targeting red states, and compared President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. But Headen remains a candidate because the filing deadline to drop out of the race was Aug. 20, and the general election ballots are finalized and were sent out to voters starting on Sept. 4. Headen, who is challenging Republican state Rep. John Blust for the House District 62 seat in Greensboro-anchored Guilford County, posted a year ago, "I think our only hope is an attack on US Soil … preferably Alabama, Louisiana … where the stupid people live." WATCH: HUGH HEWITT'S TAKE ON THE HEADEN CONTROVERSY In separate posts, she argued that the damage done by Trump was "getting close to surpassing Hitler," and claimed that the "MAGA cult may be more destructive and evil than the Nazis." Breitbart reported that a Facebook post by Headen which pictured her at a memorial at the Nazis' Dachau concentration camp in Germany, where tens of thousands of people were murdered during World War II, with the words, "This is where Trump supporters belong." Headen denied last week to the Greensboro News and Record that she posted the concentration camp image, and said she believed the image was edited to include the words over a real photo. Her old comments grabbed new national attention earlier this week when the White House Rapid Response account that supports Trump shared them on X and charged that Democrats "ARE SICK PEOPLE!" DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB North Carolina Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley posted on social media a photo of Headen and former Gov. Roy Cooper, the Democratic Senate nominee, and argued, "Roy Cooper still stands with NC Dem who called for the genocide of Republicans. This is against everything America stands for." Cooper's campaign emphasized in a statement, "These remarks are reprehensible – Roy strongly condemns them and all forms of political violence and he believes it’s up to all of us to speak responsibly." Headen, a certified public accountant and small business owner, told WFDD, a public radio station in North Carolina, that she didn't remember making the posts but apologized to those hurt by them. And she added that she understood the party’s decision to drop support for her. But in an interview with The Assembly, a digital-first news operation in North Carolina, Headen defended her posts, describing them as "a few angry moments." "I’ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country," Headen also told The Assembly. "If a few angry moments on social media are the end, then so be it. MAGA will keep winning if we continue with not standing up for what’s right." The Assembly's reporting preceded the move by Democrats to drop support. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "Shelly Headen’s posts are unacceptable and do not reflect the values we expect of our candidates," the North Carolina House Democratic Caucus said in a statement. The caucus added that it "condemns these comments without qualification and will not support Shelly Headen’s candidacy." The Guilford County Democratic Party said in a statement, "We unequivocally reject and condemn the social media posts by Shelly Headen. These statements violate everything our party represents. Effective immediately, the county Democratic Party is formally withdrawing all financial, operational and organizational support for Shelley Headen’s campaign." Headen earlier this week told Fox News Digital that she's received death threats in recent days, but declined to give any further responses regarding her posts. In an article published Thursday in the Rhino Times, Headen reiterated, "I’ve been getting death threats and now all I want to do is protect myself and my family." "My whole world has been collapsing," she added. And she acknowledged that she took down her social media pages, saying, "I don’t have access to any of my accounts anymore." Republicans have spotlighted the controversy. North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall called Headen's comments "Absolutely disgusting." And the North Carolina House Republicans wrote on X, "Democrat Shelly Headen who is "Running to Restore Human Decency" just posted that she wants an attack on US soil. It is unclear whether Shelly would prefer ISIS or China to attack the United States, but it’s clear she wants an attack." Meanwhile, the popular conservative X account Libs of TikTok argued that Headen "should drop out immediately. She doesn’t belong anywhere public office." The attention over the resurfaced comments comes a week after Headen faced a separate controversy following a move by State House Republicans to release two 2024 Guilford County Sheriff's Office incident reports involving her and her husband, Gregory Thomas Headen. The reports, which identify the alleged domestic offense as physical assault, list Headen as the suspect and her husband as the potential victim. In a statement she released earlier this month, Headen said that during a stressful time in their marriage, she and her husband had "a couple of arguments that escalated." She said that during one argument, her husband grabbed her, causing her to fall backward and hit her head, and that she then called 911. Headen, in her statement, described herself as having experienced abuse. And she argued that Republicans were using a private family matter for political gain. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c3075342cf4db8767ba Ihsan Sacko’s golden boot chase afoot with Phoenix Rising in playoff hunt te 2026-09-18T18:00:16.015Z Ihsan Sacko’s golden boot chase afoot with Phoenix Rising in playoff hunt PHOENIX – Rising, coming off last Saturday’s thrilling 2-1 victory over reigning USL Western Conference champion FC Tulsa, are riding a five-game unbeaten streak and are ninth in the Western Conference standings at 33 points, only one point behind the last team in, Lexington SC. FC Tulsa, however, is in a four-way tie at 36 points, meaning that three points separates fourth and ninth place in the conference.   With only six games remaining in the regular season, it is critical that Rising maintain their momentum. To do so, they’ll likely have to keep banking on high performances from Sacko, their French forward, to stay afloat. Sacko has bounced around from club to club for much of his football career. He first played for big French clubs RC Strasbourg Alsace and OGC Nice, then suited up for smaller teams Troyes (France), Cosenza (Italy), US Avranches (France) and FC Thun (Switzerland). At age 29, “Nino” has settled in with Phoenix and has become the oil that runs Rising’s machine this season. “He has been critical (to) us all year,” Rising coach Pa-Modou Kah said. “I think if you look at him, (he is) one of the best players in the league this year.” In 22 appearances this season, Sacko has 12 goals, four assists, 49 shots and 47 chances created. All of those numbers are team-leading. He is the first Rising player to score 12 goals in a season since Daniel Trejo scored 19 in 2023. Sacko is currently tied for second in the golden boot race, which goes to the league’s top goal scorer, and there is a tie for the league lead at 14 goals between El Paso Locomotive’s Rubio Rubin and Colorado Springs Switchbacks’ Khori Bennett. “I knew some moments for when I go up and down,” Sacko said, “and in this moment of my career I am going up. So for me, I just have to stay focused on that and still work out like I usually do.” Sacko’s game is made more impressive by his versatility on the field. He has played at forward, winger and even in the midfield, allowing him to be effective on every play and stay consistent in every game. “He just needs to keep up what he is doing,” Rising goalkeeper Patrick Rakovsky said. “Obviously, I know he has been moving around a lot from middle, right, left, whatever it is. I don’t think there was ever complaining that he was like ‘I want to be there now.’ He’s fully behind the team and he’s basically playing where we need him.”  Sacko’s versatility has helped 10 different Rising players score this season, with seven of them scoring two or more. “I applaud him and his performances and getting all those goals,” defender Collin Smith said. “Whenever we go into these matches, we can just keep looking at each other and keep relying on each other to perform and do better.” Sacko’s dominating season revolves around more than just a race for the golden boot. Rising have been searching for a true scoring anchor ever since Trejo left in 2023.   Forward Rémi Cabral scored a team-leading seven goals in 2024 and six goals last year. This season he plays for FC Tulsa, where he has five goals.  Midfielder Charlie Dennis led the team with eight goals last year. This season, after scoring only once, he was sent on loan to New Mexico United, clouding his future in Phoenix. Even midfielder Hope Avayevu, who led the team in assists, shots and chances created last year, has been unable to maintain his form. Sacko has excelled in all of these offensive categories and is one of  the biggest reasons Rising are still in the playoff chase. A player of his caliber performing at a high level could offer the team an opportunity to lock in a true anchor on offense. Sacko said he doesn’t pay much attention to the golden boot race. “I wasn’t focused on that, I don’t look forward to it,” Sacko said. “I’ll check sometimes to see who is the top scorer, but I am not focused on that. We have an objective to get Phoenix Rising into the playoffs at the end of the season. So if I can help my teammates score a lot of goals, we win the game and take it.” Sacko’s contract is set to expire on Nov. 30,  leaving his future with the team uncertain. “If we can have an agreement with everybody, a good agreement for everybody, why not?” Sacko said when asked if he would return. “And if I don’t have any better, I don’t think I will leave. But the option is on them, not me.” Rising takes on Rubin and El Paso Locomotive on Saturday at home,  The Locos are on top of the Western Conference with 43 points and are riding a seven-game win streak. This match could be critical to both Sacko’s golden boot chase and the Rising’s pursuit of the USL Championship playoffs. PHOENIX – Ihsan Sacko’s chase for the golden boot has been impressive, adding spice to Phoenix Rising’s season, but it’s not the only race grabbing attention.  Rising, coming off last Saturday’s thrilling 2-1 victory over reigning USL Western Conference champion FC Tulsa, are riding a five-game unbeaten streak and are ninth in the Western Conference standings at 33 points, only one point behind the last team in, Lexington SC. FC Tulsa, however, is in a four-way tie at 36 points, meaning that three points separates fourth and ninth place in the conference.   With only six games remaining in the regular season, it is critical that Rising maintain their momentum. To do so, they’ll likely have to keep banking on high performances from Sacko, their French forward, to stay afloat. Sacko has bounced around from club to club for much of his football career. He first played for big French clubs RC Strasbourg Alsace and OGC Nice, then suited up for smaller teams Troyes (France), Cosenza (Italy), US Avranches (France) and FC Thun (Switzerland). At age 29, “Nino” has settled in with Phoenix and has become the oil that runs Rising’s machine this season. “He has been critical (to) us all year,” Rising coach Pa-Modou Kah said. “I think if you look at him, (he is) one of the best players in the league this year.” In 22 appearances this season, Sacko has 12 goals, four assists, 49 shots and 47 chances created. All of those numbers are team-leading. He is the first Rising player to score 12 goals in a season since Daniel Trejo scored 19 in 2023. Sacko is currently tied for second in the golden boot race, which goes to the league’s top goal scorer, and there is a tie for the league lead at 14 goals between El Paso Locomotive’s Rubio Rubin and Colorado Springs Switchbacks’ Khori Bennett. “I knew some moments for when I go up and down,” Sacko said, “and in this moment of my career I am going up. So for me, I just have to stay focused on that and still work out like I usually do.” Sacko’s game is made more impressive by his versatility on the field. He has played at forward, winger and even in the midfield, allowing him to be effective on every play and stay consistent in every game. “He just needs to keep up what he is doing,” Rising goalkeeper Patrick Rakovsky said. “Obviously, I know he has been moving around a lot from middle, right, left, whatever it is. I don’t think there was ever complaining that he was like ‘I want to be there now.’ He’s fully behind the team and he’s basically playing where we need him.”  Sacko’s versatility has helped 10 different Rising players score this season, with seven of them scoring two or more. “I applaud him and his performances and getting all those goals,” defender Collin Smith said. “Whenever we go into these matches, we can just keep looking at each other and keep relying on each other to perform and do better.” Sacko’s dominating season revolves around more than just a race for the golden boot. Rising have been searching for a true scoring anchor ever since Trejo left in 2023.   Forward Rémi Cabral scored a team-leading seven goals in 2024 and six goals last year. This season he plays for FC Tulsa, where he has five goals.  Midfielder Charlie Dennis led the team with eight goals last year. This season, after scoring only once, he was sent on loan to New Mexico United, clouding his future in Phoenix. Even midfielder Hope Avayevu, who led the team in assists, shots and chances created last year, has been unable to maintain his form. Sacko has excelled in all of these offensive categories and is one of  the biggest reasons Rising are still in the playoff chase. A player of his caliber performing at a high level could offer the team an opportunity to lock in a true anchor on offense. Sacko said he doesn’t pay much attention to the golden boot race. “I wasn’t focused on that, I don’t look forward to it,” Sacko said. “I’ll check sometimes to see who is the top scorer, but I am not focused on that. We have an objective to get Phoenix Rising into the playoffs at the end of the season. So if I can help my teammates score a lot of goals, we win the game and take it.” Sacko’s contract is set to expire on Nov. 30,  leaving his future with the team uncertain. “If we can have an agreement with everybody, a good agreement for everybody, why not?” Sacko said when asked if he would return. “And if I don’t have any better, I don’t think I will leave. But the option is on them, not me.” Rising takes on Rubin and El Paso Locomotive on Saturday at home,  The Locos are on top of the Western Conference with 43 points and are riding a seven-game win streak. This match could be critical to both Sacko’s golden boot chase and the Rising’s pursuit of the USL Championship playoffs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c2e75342cf4db8767b1 Big test at Wembley: ASU faces Kansas in Big 12 matchup on London’s grandest stage te 2026-09-18T18:00:14.507Z Big test at Wembley: ASU faces Kansas in Big 12 matchup on London’s grandest stage LONDON – Freddie Mercury rocked Wembley Stadium. Madonna performed before 70,000-plus fans in the same setting. On Saturday, it’s the Arizona State football team’s turn to perform on London’s grandest stage.  In a first-of-its-kind neutral site clash, ASU will square off with Kansas at Wembley Stadium at 9 a.m. MST. The international Big 12 matchup will be the first game in England to feature two FBS teams. The Sun Devils are no stranger to big venues. They played in front of more than 102,000 fans at Kyle Field last week in a 48-20 loss to then-No. 10 Texas A&M in College Station. But this will be a different vibe. Wembley, which seats 90,000, won’t replicate a typical college atmosphere. It will likely feature fans donning jerseys from NFL teams and other college programs. Somewhere in between, the contingent of Sun Devil fans wearing maroon and gold will try to turn the crowd partisan. Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham isn’t taking the opportunity to play in this sports cathedral for granted.   “I’m expecting a fun crowd, like an unbelievable stadium and an unbelievably fun crowd that’s excited to watch college football,” Dillingham said. “Any time you get to play in an iconic stadium, it’s special.” Logistically, the trip presents challenges. With the game fixed in Week 3, instead of being a traditional Week 0 game, the Sun Devils faced a difficult turnaround, playing in College Station last week and flying straight to London with no time back home.  Dillingham noted that Kansas received an extra day of rest, having lost to then-No. 23 Missouri 38-21 on Sept. 11, compared to the Sun Devils, who played the following morning. “There’s no advantage from a football perspective,” Dillingham said. “Week 3 of a season to fly across the country to play a football game. There’s zero positive from a football perspective. The only positive is our kids get an experience that I wasn’t going to rob them of.  “Does it hurt? Yeah, that’s not a positive for my personal career. No way would I want our team to fly across the country, Week 3, to play this game. But this is an experience.” Kansas coach Lance Leipold agreed that it has been difficult to plan for the game. The Jayhawks have faced similar challenges, although they arrived in London later in the week, leaving for England on Tuesday.  “It’s a huge undertaking,” Leipold told reporters Wednesday. “A lot of different people have made this happen. … Our rosters are a lot bigger than the NFL rosters, so there are just more things that are happening.”  Leipold dismissed notions that his team has a competitive advantage, even going so far as to suggest that ASU might have an edge.  “The game ended at close to 11 p.m., and they kicked off at 11 a.m., so I don’t know if it’s exactly as much as we want to make it out,” Leipold said. “I think they got the advantage maybe to come here and get acclimated. I don’t know.” Count Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham among those excited to play at London’s historic Wembley Stadium, which will host the Union Jack Classic between the Sun Devils and Kansas on Saturday. “Any time you get to play in an iconic stadium, it’s special,” Dillingham said. (Photo by Richie Meno/Cronkite News) Dillingham has never coached a game overseas, so he sought guidance from NFL minds to help him plan for the trip. They discussed topics such as when the team should arrive during the game week.  “I’ve reached out to a bunch of people, not just one, to get advice,” Dillingham said. “Most of the teams that we spoke to that were our side were just saying to get out there fast, especially if you have an away game before. (There’s) no point to fly home and then fly back out two days later … that was the kind of advice I got from people was get out there fast.” Once the Devils touched down in London, Dillingham went straight to work, toiling away in his hotel for nearly two days before stepping outside to prepare for Kansas.  The Jayhawks played well at home in a rivalry game against Missouri – at least for a half. After going into the break tied 14-14, Kansas wilted in the second half, much like ASU did against Texas A&M. The Tigers outscored the Jayhawks 24-7 in the final two quarters in what finished as a 38-21 Missouri win.  Similar to his team, Kansas’ starting quarterback, sophomore Isaiah Marshall, showed flashes of excellence at times, hitting receivers while facing pressure and throwing on the run. In other instances, he showed his youth, making questionable decisions, including tossing two interceptions.  For ASU, the key will be containing Marshall within the pocket, something the Sun Devils executed well, for the most part, against Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed last week.  “There’s a little bit of help from playing a guy who’s athletic, but we’ll face a lot of athletic guys this year,” Dillingham said of the experience his team got playing Reed. “That’s kind of what college football has gone to. It’s a lot of athletic guys back there.” On the flip side, Arizona State will look to build on the offensive momentum it has developed in the first two weeks. The connection between sophomore quarterback Cutter Boley and senior wide receiver Reed Harris has proved especially strong. The pair connected for two touchdowns and 189 yards against Texas A&M.  “Reed’s been awesome. He’s a worker,” ASU wide receivers coach Hines Ward said of Harris. “For me, it’s just about trying to help him be consistent, week in and week out.” Harris, a 6-foot-5 wideout, emerged on the national scene last week with a signature performance against the Aggies and now has a chance to star on an international stage. Dillingham has taken note of Harris’ relentless work ethic, noting that it shows up in practice every day.  “He goes full speed. He has one of the higher workloads in every single practice we’ve had. We have to tell him, ‘hey, hey, hey,’” Dillingham said, motioning to calm down with his hand. “I think that shows up on game day with not just how he catches the football, but I think that shows up with his effort, with how he blocks, and I think it’s an all-inclusive reflection of him.” Turnovers proved to be problematic for Arizona State against A&M. The Sun Devils gave the ball away on three straight possessions in the fourth quarter.  With two offenses that have shown some promise early in the season – but with a taste of recklessness – the Devils and Jayhawks could deliver fireworks for the fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium for this historic event.  “They’re very talented. They were very similar to us with second-half turnovers, especially for them, it was in the fourth quarter,” Leipold said of ASU’s performance against Texas A&M. “They played toe-to-toe with them.  “I’m sure they came out of it with a lot of confidence they can play with a lot of people in the country.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad7c2475342cf4db876780 Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters te 2026-09-18T18:00:04.706Z Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad79d775342cf4db87674a Dabble Promo Code FOXNEWS Unlocks Play $5, Get $50 Promo for College Football Week 3 te 2026-09-18T17:50:15.151Z Dabble Promo Code FOXNEWS Unlocks Play $5, Get $50 Promo for College Football Week 3 If you’re looking for a way to add to the excitement of Week 3 of the College Football season, look no further. Dabble is offering new users an opportunity to get $50 in bonus cash when placing a $5 wager using promo code FOXNEWS. There are almost 40 games for us to enjoy this weekend. The biggest one of the weekend, though, is LSU vs. Ole Miss. Without question, this will be the one everyone watches and talks about after the game is over. Last week we had Texas hosting Ohio State, and it lived up to the hype. Will LSU and Ole Miss match that same energy? Even if it doesn’t, there are plenty of other options for us to choose from. Tonight even brings us a ranked matchup. 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Castro told investigators he was being attacked with a broom and shovel before opening fire, but prosecutors say surveillance footage contradicted his account. During his Friday court appearance, Castro, 52, was wearing an ankle monitor and was instructed by a judge to travel only between Minnesota and South Texas. If he has any altercation with law enforcement, he is required to report it within 72 hours, the judge said. He was then released. ICE OFFICER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING INVOLVING VENEZUELAN MAN Castro was previously held in Texas custody for about 90 days before he was released. He was held for so long partly because Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities. Castro was booked in Minnesota last week following his release in Texas, his home state. Per his release there, Castro was required to wear an ankle monitor and to surrender his passport and firearms. He faces federal and state charges related to the shooting. ABBOTT TAUNTS FAR-LEFT AG WITH FIERY WARNING OVER ICE EXTRADITION FIGHT: 'SUCH BAD LAWYERS' Prosecutors said Castro lied about the circumstances of the shooting, which occurred during "Operation Metro Surge" — part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. He said he was being attacked with a broom and shovel before he fired his weapon. The law enforcement operation saw thousands of federal agents in Minnesota that resulted in sweeping arrests, as well as the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens. ‘UNPRECEDENTED’: JUDGES REVEAL BEHIND-THE-SCENES COORDINATION ON TRUMP IMMIGRATION CASES Minnesota authorities have battled the Trump administration over who should handle any charges against Castro. The administration contends that only federal authorities have jurisdiction over the case. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad79d475342cf4db876738 Swing state mayor sued as city’s Muslim holiday displays ignite religious-favoritism fight te 2026-09-18T17:50:12.858Z Swing state mayor sued as city’s Muslim holiday displays ignite religious-favoritism fight A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges the city of Dearborn spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on public displays celebrating Muslim holidays while ignoring a Christian resident’s repeated requests for Easter and Passover recognition. Margot Cleveland, a journalist with The Federalist, filed a civil rights lawsuit with the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) against the city of Dearborn and Democratic Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, alleging the city violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, including protections involving religious establishment, free speech and equal protection. "The City of Dearborn spent taxpayer money to light up its streets and parks for Ramadan while stonewalling a resident who simply asked that Easter, Passover, and other Christian and Jewish holy days be treated the same way," Robert J. Muise, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel, said in a statement. "That is a straightforward Establishment Clause violation, and the retaliation our client faced for speaking up about it only compounds the constitutional harm." PASTOR UNLEASHES ON DEARBORN AS RELIGIOUS TENSIONS ERUPT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' Dearborn is home to one of the largest Arab American communities in the country. The city had 109,976 residents in the 2020 Census, and 54.5% reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry. Michigan Avenue, the city’s main thoroughfare, is lined with businesses featuring Arabic-script signs and Middle Eastern cuisine. There are ten mosques within the city limits, according to an online directory. Hammoud was first elected mayor in November 2021, becoming the first Muslim and Arab American to lead the city of Dearborn. "What makes this case especially troubling is that City officials, up to and including the Mayor, responded to a citizen’s respectful request for equal treatment with silence, stonewalling, and outright hostility — including the Mayor’s own words telling a Christian resident he is ‘not welcome’ in his own city," David Yerushalmi, an attorney on the case, said. "Our client is simply asking the City to treat Christians and Jews as equal citizens." Lawyers for Cleveland pointed to a September exchange between Hammoud and Christian pastor Ted Barham as evidence of what they allege is the city’s hostility toward Christians. Barham had raised concerns during a City Council meeting over the city’s decision to rename a street after Usama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, who has made statements expressing support for Hezbollah. TRUMP INAUGURATION PASTOR SAYS DEARBORN CHRISTIANS 'AFRAID' TO SPEAK OUT IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY CITY In the exchange, Hammoud called Barham a "bigot" and an "Islamaophobe." "And although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here," Hammoud told the Christian pastor. "And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city . . . because you are not somebody who believes in coexistence." But Cleveland’s lawsuit alleges that city leaders ignored her requests for the city to also recognize Christian and Jewish holidays after she began seeing "Ramadan Kareem" banners and large crescent moons displayed across the city in spring 2025. A FOIA request revealed that the city had spent $1,500 on Ramadan banners and $5,000 on the crescent-moon display. The Dearborn Police Department was also selling Ramadan-themed T-shirts. In emails to the city, Cleveland said she did not want the city to stop celebrating Muslim holidays but wanted equal recognition for Christian and Jewish holy days. "I much prefer to ensure equality of faith traditions, as opposed to a challenge to the display," Cleveland wrote in an email. MASSACHUSETTS HIGH COURT BLOCKS CITY FROM DISPLAYING CATHOLIC SAINT STATUES HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS Not only did the city allegedly ignore Cleveland’s requests, but in February 2026, it expanded its Ramadan displays, commissioning crescent-and-star lights that were displayed on municipal streetlights across the city. "This initiative reflects who we are as a city," Hammoud said in a statement. Tensions between Cleveland and city officials continued in April, when Cleveland alleges she was told she could attend a community meeting as a resident but not as a journalist. The lawsuit also alleges Hammoud made what it describes as a "snide comment" about residents who criticize the city on social media to monetize their posts. The lawsuit also alleges that in February 2026, the city expanded its Ramadan displays, commissioning crescent-and-star lights for municipal streetlights across the city. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Cleveland pushed back, according to the lawsuit, saying she was simply "a concerned resident who was ignored when I asked for the City to treat Christians and Jews equally." "Despite the repeated requests, they treated her as if she were an outsider and not a full member of the political community," Muise told Fox News Digital. The lawsuit comes during Michigan’s closely watched 2026 U.S. Senate race, with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim and the son of Egyptian immigrants, facing Republican nominee Mike Rogers for the state’s open Senate seat. Religion and antisemitism have become points of dispute in the race, with Republicans and some Democrats criticizing El-Sayed over his association with streamer Hasan Piker, who said the U.S. was worse than al Qaeda "pound for pound, as far as the number of deaths," while arguing that U.S. military actions that kill civilians can amount to acts of terror. At the same time, El-Sayed and his supporters have accused opponents of targeting him with anti-Muslim rhetoric. Fox News Digital reached out to Hammoud’s office and Cleveland’s attorneys for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad79d375342cf4db87672f How CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin's family foundation became a major funder of left-wing activist groups te 2026-09-18T17:50:11.670Z How CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin's family foundation became a major funder of left-wing activist groups CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin's family foundation became a major financial backer of a network of left-wing activist organizations over more than two decades, providing nearly $3.2 million to CodePink while also bankrolling protest groups, legal advocacy organizations and progressive nonprofits, a Fox News Digital investigation found. The foundation, Arc of Justice, is a $54.6 million private foundation formerly known as The Benjamin Fund. A review of its complete IRS filing history found it made nearly 1,500 grants totaling about $24.6 million to organizations involved in anti-war activism, progressive policy, legal advocacy and campaigns involving immigration enforcement, China, Cuba and the Israel-Hamas war. Among its largest recipients were CodePink, Global Exchange, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Grassroots International and Social Good Fund, alongside grants to dozens of other organizations involved in anti-war activism, progressive policy, legal advocacy and progressive media. Arc of Justice provided CodePink more than twice the approximately $1.33 million the group received from the funding network linked to Shanghai-based Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham. A previous five-part Fox News Digital investigation found Singham's network directed at least $278 million into organizations that promoted pro-China messaging. LAWMAKERS THROW OUT 'TROJAN HORSE' ACTIVISTS THEY SAY ARE ENGAGED IN AMERICAN SUBVERSION Arc of Justice has come under scrutiny after California revoked its charitable registration following years of financial compliance failures, though the foundation has been working to regain its standing with California regulators. Benjamin, who co-founded CodePink with Singham’s wife Jodie Evans, has remained one of the group's most visible public faces, frequently leading protests and interrupting congressional hearings. On Tuesday, she was escorted from a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on alleged foreign malign influence after protesting during the proceedings. The Fox News Digital investigation also found the foundation itself has undergone sweeping changes in recent months, with Benjamin stepping down from the board, new leadership taking over and the organization saying it intends to chart a different course for its charitable giving. Arc of Justice began funding CodePink in 2009 and provided grants to the organization in 15 tax years through 2024, totaling $3,195,280. According to the documents, CodePink was Arc of Justice's largest activist beneficiary. Since 2009, the foundation and its predecessor, The Benjamin Fund, also directed about $2.05 million to Global Exchange, the anti-war and social justice advocacy group Benjamin co-founded with her former husband, Kevin Danaher, which has long campaigned against U.S. military intervention and economic sanctions. Arc of Justice also provided about $2.24 million to Grassroots International, which funds grassroots social movements around the world; $1.61 million to Social Good Fund, which provides nonprofit infrastructure and fundraising support for charitable projects; about $1.29 million to the Center for Constitutional Rights, a legal advocacy organization; and about $114,000 to Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ), an activist nonprofit. AFGJ has drawn scrutiny over its past fiscal sponsorship of Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian activist group later sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury. Benjamin said Arc's final grant to Alliance for Global Justice was $10,000 in 2022 and that the foundation "was not aware of any specific groups fiscally sponsored by AFGJ" when it made its grants. Through attorney David Levitt, the foundation said both CodePink and Alliance for Global Justice were recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt public charities and that Arc was entitled to rely on that status when making its grants. The grantmaking reached across a much broader activist network. Since 2009, IRS filings reviewed by Fox News Digital show Arc of Justice and its predecessor gave about $492,000 to World Beyond War, roughly $255,000 to the Institute for Policy Studies and about $124,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace. It also gave $110,000 to Grassroots Global Justice and about $90,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy. IRS filings also show Arc of Justice and its predecessor provided about $65,500 to Democracy Now! since 2009, where Benjamin has frequently appeared as a guest over the years. Founded in 2002 with the aim of preventing the Iraq War, CodePink has grown into one of the country's most visible anti-war protest groups, repeatedly disrupting congressional hearings and protests involving senior U.S. officials, including then-Secretaries of State John Kerry and Mike Pompeo. The group has also participated in nationwide No Kings protests, opposed ICE enforcement actions, organized anti-Israel rallies, campaigned against U.S. policy toward China, Cuba and Iran. Earlier this year CodePink led a delegation to Cuba that included Twitch political streamer Hasan Piker. Asked about Arc's long-term funding of CodePink and other activist organizations, Matthew Johnson, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, said sustained financial support can have an impact well beyond the dollar amounts involved. "Small amounts of money can actually go a long way toward impacting the broader media ecosystem... from the perspective of political organization, they may be having an outsized impact on the kind of information that is available to Americans," Johnson told Fox News Digital. Johnson, who testified before Congress Tuesday about how foreign adversaries may use nonprofits and other organizations to shape U.S. public opinion and policy, told lawmakers that CodePink launched its "China Is Not Our Enemy" campaign in 2020 following meetings in Beijing and has since pursued China-focused advocacy and organized travel. The campaign argued the United States should pursue cooperation with Beijing rather than confrontation. CodePink and Benjamin have denied taking direction from the Chinese government. WATCH: Heritage Foundation senior fellow confronts CodePink's Medea Benjamin before House hearing Benjamin told Fox News Digital the grants were intended to support CodePink's anti-war work. "The foundation's donations to CodePink were made to support its anti-war work," she said in an email response. At the House hearing on Tuesday, Benjamin also rejected suggestions that she or CodePink took direction from foreign governments. "I've been an anti-war activist from the days of Vietnam," Benjamin said. "I never had a foreign government tell me what to do." Singham and the organizations he has funded identified in the Fox News Digital report have denied taking direction from the Chinese government, and neither Singham, Benjamin, nor the organizations have been charged with wrongdoing. CHINA EXPERT WARNS BEIJING WANTS AMERICANS — NOT THE CCP — TO SPREAD ITS MESSAGE Arc of Justice was formerly known as The Benjamin Fund, Inc., with California corporate records showing the foundation formally changed its name in November 2019. Benjamin's father, Alvin Benjamin, a prominent Long Island real estate developer who founded The Benjamin Companies in the early 1960s, provided some of the foundation's earliest documented financial backing. The Benjamin Fund's initial 2003 IRS return shows he contributed a partnership interest valued at $683,715 to the foundation, with Medea Susan Benjamin serving as president. Much larger contributions followed. In 2010, the estate of Benjamin's mother, Rose Benjamin, contributed $10,863,060, according to the foundation's IRS filing. Five years later, the Estate of Alvin Benjamin contributed another $15 million, followed by another $8,603,450 in 2019. Medea Benjamin — identified as Susan Benjamin on the filing — personally contributed $1 million to Arc of Justice in 2022, listing a Miami address. Arc of Justice's wealth was largely tied to an investment portfolio that continued to grow while the foundation distributed millions of dollars in grants. Federal tax returns reviewed by Fox News Digital show the foundation's assets grew from $39.63 million at the end of 2020 to $54.64 million in 2024, as it distributed millions of dollars annually in grants. Arc of Justice generated much of its annual income from its investment portfolio, collecting dividends from stocks and mutual funds, interest on cash holdings and profits from investments that had increased in value. In 2023, the foundation reported nearly $2 million in revenue, including $1.11 million in dividends and interest from securities, $166,421 in interest on savings and temporary cash investments and $686,919 in net gains from asset sales. Its investment holdings also produced substantial gains as the portfolio increased in value. In 2020, Arc of Justice reported $12,344,501 in unrealized gains on securities, helping push its year-end assets to nearly $40 million. Over more than two decades, IRS filings reviewed by Fox News Digital repeatedly reported no compensation for the foundation's officers and no highly paid employees, while the foundation directed millions of dollars to outside organizations. After California revoked Arc of Justice's charitable registration, Fox News Digital reported that a new Florida nonprofit using the Arc of Justice name was incorporated at the Miami home of Benjamin's longtime partner, Tighe Barry, raising questions about the future of the foundation and whether its assets or operations were being moved out of California. The address is a modest turquoise home largely obscured by trees — an unassuming setting for an organization tied to a private foundation with more than $50 million in assets. Benjamin and Barry have frequently appeared together at CodePink demonstrations over the years. Levitt later told Fox News Digital the Florida corporation had been created as a "placeholder" while the foundation considered relocating its operations from California, but the move was never completed. He said the California corporation was never formally dissolved, no assets were transferred and the Florida entity "holds no assets and has conducted no business." The foundation has been attempting to get its registration reinstated after recently filing five years of overdue reports covering 2020 through 2024 and paying $1,800 in filing fees and penalties as part of a petition for reinstatement, documents submitted to California regulators show. $54M CODEPINK-LINKED FOUNDATION SHUT DOWN IN CALIFORNIA POPS UP AT RAMSHACKLE MIAMI HOME In the reinstatement petition, Levitt attributed the missed filings to what he described as an administrative misunderstanding over whether the foundation had successfully relocated from California to Florida. He wrote that, during the tenure of the foundation's "former president," who served through the end of 2025, foundation leaders believed Arc was no longer subject to California's charitable registration requirements because it had moved to Florida. The petition says the foundation later appointed a "new president," who discovered the compliance problems in 2026 and began the process of bringing the organization back into compliance. The petition also states that the foundation's directors and officers personally paid the penalty portion of the overdue filing fees. The filings identify Maya Danaher, Benjamin's daughter, as president of the California foundation. Danaher previously served as the foundation's treasurer before becoming president. "As previously reported, I have resigned from the foundation's board, and its new management will set its own funding priorities going forward," Benjamin said. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY ARE STANDING AT THE GATES AGAINST 'TROJAN HORSES' PROMOTING MALIGN FOREIGN INTERESTS It is unclear why Benjamin resigned from the board, why the proposed move to Florida was ultimately abandoned or why the foundation's new leadership decided to shift its grantmaking priorities away from the causes it had supported for more than two decades. Benjamin was not listed as an officer or director of the Florida corporation, where Barry was listed as secretary and registered agent. Its stated goal is blunt: "WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE NON PROFITS," according to the articles of incorporation. Levitt said the foundation's new leadership intends to shift its grantmaking away from the causes it historically supported. "Going forward, the foundation's new management intends to focus its grant-making on domestic childhood enrichment programs and organizations that support the well-being of children, families and individuals in need throughout the US," Levitt said. WATCH: Cuba expert says CodePink acts like a ‘Trojan horse' for communist interests inside the US Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad79cb75342cf4db8766ea In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza te 2026-09-18T17:50:03.396Z In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza Availability of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series turned patchy within hours of its debut on India's quick-commerce apps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad777d75342cf4db8766b9 Obama's brother-in-law rejects civil rights, racism argument against college sports overhaul te 2026-09-18T17:40:13.948Z Obama's brother-in-law rejects civil rights, racism argument against college sports overhaul While a bill to add a new swath of regulations to college sports is generating a swell of bipartisan support, some opponents are suggesting that the bill itself is racist. The Protect College Sports Act, pushed by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has so far survived two key hurdles in the Senate and is on its way to a final vote in the coming week. However, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, the Congressional Black Caucus and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., one of a handful of Senate Democrats pushing against the bill, have argued that the bill would disproportionately affect Black student-athletes and put their newfound agency in decision-making granted by name, image and likeness (NIL) back into the hands of White coaches and college presidents. SENATE MOVES TO REIN IN COLLEGE SPORTS 'WILD WEST' WITH SWEEPING NEW RULES FOR PLAYERS, SCHOOLS "It's a civil rights issue, that's the reason the NAACP is strongly opposing this bill, because they see it as a civil rights issue," Murphy told Fox News Digital. "I didn't make that up. That's the reality." "The athletes who will be most affected by this bill are largely Black athletes, and the people who will be helped by this bill are largely White coaches and White college sports executives," he continued. "I’m not the one who sees this as a civil rights issue, the NAACP opposes it because they see this as a civil rights issue." The Protect College Sports Act would broadly add restrictions to the transfer portal for student-athletes and create a uniform eligibility framework of five years, recruiting and tampering guardrails that establish when schools or agents can contact or recruit a student-athlete, a federal standard for NIL rules, and a revenue-sharing cap. Proponents of the bill, including former President Barack Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, who is the executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, argued that the bill did not disenfranchise Black athletes. SENATE ADVANCES LANDMARK PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT, IGNORING SEC AND BIG TEN OPPOSITION WITH CLOCK TICKING "Well, you know everybody is entitled to their interpretation of what's going on," Robinson told Fox News Digital. "I would disagree with that, and I would point out that if we don't fix this system, the same student-athletes they're talking about are not going to be college educated, because you cannot get educated by transferring to four or five different schools. You can't get a college degree doing that, so that's what I would say." Robinson was one of several former coaches who made the trip to Washington, D.C., this week to promote and support the bill. Craig Bohl, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, told Fox News Digital that the assertion that the legislation had racist undertones was "the farthest thing from the truth." CRUZ AND CANTWELL REFUSE TO BEND TO SEC AND BIG TEN CONCERNS IN REVISED COLLEGE ATHLETICS LEGISLATION "You know, one of the things that has been good for me, you know, working 43 years, coaches care deeply about all our players," Bohl said. "And while I appreciate their convictions on it, it's a misguided statement." "What we're looking at is opportunities for all. We want players to have an opportunity for compensation," he continued. "We want players to be able to have the ability to transfer. We also are looking for some stability with eligibility. We don't need NFL players coming back playing in our game." The Congressional Black Caucus has argued against the bill for months and charged that its members would not support the legislation after the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act earlier this year. "Honestly, some of those concerns initially were over redistricting, and, you know, I'm not solving that problem with this bill," Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., one of the co-leads of the bill, told Fox News Digital. "We're just trying to address the chaos that exists right now in college athletics, where 27-year-olds are playing against 17-year-olds, unlimited transfers, graduation rates are plummeting," he continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad777475342cf4db87667b Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households te 2026-09-18T17:40:04.267Z Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad751e75342cf4db87660a Judge denies efforts to end oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as racial profiling of latinos persists te 2026-09-18T17:30:06.190Z Judge denies efforts to end oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as racial profiling of latinos persists This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Arizona Luminaria. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. A federal judge has denied efforts to remove oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, saying the agency continues to show racial disparities in traffic arrests of Latinos — and that there is not enough evidence that efforts to improve would stick without legal monitoring. In his 72-page ruling issued Sept. 10, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow stressed Sheriff Jerry Sheridan’s role in the department’s racial profiling since the start of the case more than a decade ago, including fighting court-ordered reforms and stymieing investigations. Sheridan was the No. 2 under former Sheriff Joe Arpaio when the county was found out of compliance with federal law. “Then Chief Deputy, now Sheriff, Sheridan in particular was found to have abused his authority over MCSO’s internal affairs process by obstructing and manipulating misconduct investigations and disciplinary proceedings — including those involving himself — to shield deputies and Command Staff from accountability and undermine the enforcement of remedies designed to address the constitutional violations against the Plaintiff class,” the judge wrote in an opinion that mentions Sheridan 30 times. The department declined to comment on Snow’s statements about Sheridan. But the sheriff previously told Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica that he disagreed with Snow. “I was very truthful. To this day, I think he got that wrong about me,” Sheridan said. In his ruling, Snow said it may no longer be necessary for the court to track some areas originally identified for oversight in the 2013 decision, recognizing the “burdens” that go into monitoring certain elements.  County leaders have repeatedly cited costs as they’ve called for an end of court oversight. Maricopa County filed the motion in December, with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office later joining, arguing the violations were no longer occurring. The yearslong federal monitorship of Arizona’s largest sheriff’s office dates back to a 2007 class action racial profiling lawsuit that found the department under Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latinos in the state’s most populous county. Today, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, there are an estimated 1.5 million Latino or Hispanic people living in Maricopa County — all of whose rights are protected under the lawsuit. In 2013, Snow ordered the department to document all traffic stops to detect any patterns of racial bias and to employ additional investigators to probe reports of deputy misconduct. Snow also appointed a monitor to oversee compliance with the settlement. In the 13 years since, the department has yet to convince the judge that its deputies don’t racially profile Latino drivers and that it adequately investigates deputies’ alleged misconduct. In denying the recent motion, Snow cited data showing that sheriff’s deputies in Maricopa County continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that first led to court oversight of the department. “Those disparities remain,” Snow added. A key part of the judge’s analysis results from traffic reports collected by the sheriff’s office. An analysis of those reports on behalf of the plaintiffs by a professor of computer science from the University of California, Berkeley approximates that Hispanic motorists are 40% more likely to be arrested than white motorists, are stopped 30% longer than white motorists and are 2.5 times more likely to be searched than white motorists.  The responsibility is on the defendants to explain the stark disparities for Latino drivers, Snow said. “They have failed to do so.” To end court oversight, the sheriff’s office must be in full compliance with the reforms continuously for three years. An investigation by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica found that despite the monitor’s annual reviews showing ongoing racial disparities in traffic stops, Sheridan and county leaders continued to press for an end to court oversight.  Arpaio’s wide-ranging, illegal traffic sweeps prompted the lawsuit, known originally as Melendres v. Arpaio, named for Manuel de Jesus Melendres Ortega, a legal resident who was arrested in such a sweep. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office holds a town hall at a community center in Gila Bend, Arizona, in 2025. Credit: Jesse Rieser for ProPublica Under Arpaio, Maricopa County became an early testing ground for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce federal immigration laws. Many Arizonans say abuses from that time, including profiling of Latino motorists, foreshadowed what’s playing out now under the Trump administration’s expanded use of 287(g) and its mass deportation system. The arrests of hundreds of American citizens by immigration authorities since President Donald Trump returned to the White House have prompted widespread accusations of racial profiling. In response, the Department of Homeland Security told ProPublica that agents do not racially profile or target Americans. “We don’t arrest US citizens for immigration enforcement,” wrote spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. The decade-plus of legal oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice experts have said, offers insight into the difficulties of reforming law enforcement agencies charged with endemic racial bias. Sheridan, a Republican, was found in civil contempt in 2016 for denying knowledge of Snow’s court order to stop making illegal immigration arrests. Sheridan has said he was always truthful. He inherited the settlement when he took office in January 2025.  A 2025 evaluation by the monitor found the department complied with more than 90% of the requirements but fell short in the two areas that most directly impact Latino drivers: eliminating racial bias in traffic stops and quickly investigating allegations of deputy misconduct. In trying to end federal oversight, Sheridan and county supervisors argued that racially biased Arpaio-era policies were no longer written department policy and there were few complaints of misconduct by deputies against Hispanic drivers. “MCSO has reformed its policies, improved its workforce, and implemented mechanisms to assure that racial profiling never occurs. This litigation has been a success, and the time has come to allow MCSO to stand on its own two feet, freed of oversight,” the county’s original motion said. Filing a complaint Snow’s original requirements for ending oversight of the Sheriff’s Office include modifying the MCSO code of conduct to keep employees from using county email to denigrate people for their race or skin color, improving record-keeping so unredacted complaints are available to the monitor upon request and implementing a program to determine whether employees are providing appropriate and accurate information about the complaint process. Members of the public who would like to file a complaint against MCSO can do so by contacting the monitoring team or filing a complaint directly with MCSO.  MCSO monitor team: monitormcso@gmail.com 602-812-7513 Complaints to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office can be submitted through its online form, in person at any MCSO facility or through the following methods:  Call: 602-876-5429 or a free 24-hour hotline at 844-887 4483 Text: 602-876-1000 Fax: 602-876-0070 Mail: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Professional Standards Bureau, 550 W. Jackson St., Phoenix, AZ 85003 Since joining the Melendres case and settlement in 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice had supported Snow’s federal oversight and the reforms. But with Trump back in the White House, an attorney with the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division informed the court in January that the department supported ending oversight. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Kate Brophy McGee and Vice Chair Debbie Lesko, both Republicans, as well as a spokesperson with Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, said they were disappointed by the judge’s ruling. Steve Gallardo, the county’s lone Democrat on the five-member board, has opposed ending oversight, advocating for continued progress toward eliminating racial bias in policing. “The court has maintained an unelected and unaccountable federal monitor over MCSO – creating bureaucracy and regulatory burdens that have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. That ‘oversight’ comes at the cost of public safety, as the county must pay the monitor and his staff by foregoing other critical services,” said a joint statement from McGee and Lesko.  Following complaints by Sheridan and Republican county supervisors that oversight costs topped $200 million, the court ordered an audit of the sheriff’s office spending. Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated. Only $63 million was appropriately charged to the settlement, they said.  Officials with the sheriff’s office, however, welcomed parts of the judge’s latest ruling. “We believe MCSO has implemented durable remedies for violations that occurred 19 years and three administrations ago,” Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez said. “We are encouraged that the Court has provided a framework on eliminating portions of the Order that are no longer necessary and focusing compliance efforts on the remaining issues to be addressed.”  Speaking to a Phoenix-area radio station, Sheridan said he saw positive elements of the judge’s order but wondered whether his office could ever satisfy all parties to the lawsuit.   “We at the sheriff’s office feel we’re in compliance with all the” court’s orders, Sheridan told KTAR News. “But the court-appointed monitor does not believe so. It’s a matter of us making a pitch to the court directly, not through the monitor.”  Notably, the judge’s ruling said, there was no evidence that the department would continue to remedy the violations should oversight to ensure Latinos’ constitutional rights end.  Raul Piña in Phoenix’s Encanto Park in 2025 Credit: Jesse Rieser for ProPublica “The record does not support a finding that, absent federal monitoring, Defendants are unlikely to resume the conduct that necessitated the Court’s injunctive Orders,” the ruling stated.  Raul Piña, a member of a court-mandated community advisory board tasked with helping the sheriff’s office rebuild trust with Latinos, said the problems at the department went beyond one specific leader, to multiple systems that have allowed biased policing long-term. To change that, Piña said, you need a broader overhaul. “You can paint the house, but if the foundation is broken you will have the same problem,” he told Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of citizens and legal residents caught in Arpaio’s sweeps, celebrated the current ruling.  “Any other decision would have had a devastating impact on Maricopa County’s Latino residents,” Christine Wee, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Arizona, said in a statement. “The Court’s decision recognizes that any current and future misconduct committed by MCSO will not be tolerated. Simply put, MCSO is not ready for the court-ordered reforms to end.” The post Judge denies efforts to end oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as racial profiling of latinos persists appeared first on AZ Luminaria. 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"His wife is an antisemite. His wife is a racist" as well as "a homophobic," Rapaport said. MICHAEL RAPAPORT CHEERS MACKLEMORE GETTING DROPPED FROM ED SHEERAN'S TOUR, SAYS 'f--- YOU' The mayor's office on Friday responded to Fox News Digital's comment request by referring to remarks Mamdani made when asked earlier this week about the planned gathering. "I welcome them," the mayor said. "They can have a vigil, or I've heard some describe it even as a protest." Mamdani said whatever the gathering "is intended to be, they have the room and space to do so outside of Gracie Mansion." "I think that at the time that they are there I will probably be somewhere else across the city," he said. Rapaport said he is "absolutely considering running for mayor," though he left the door open to backing another candidate if that person would have "a better chance of winning." The next Big Apple mayoral contest is in 2029. MAMDANI MAKES EYEBROW-RAISING CLAIM ABOUT NETANYAHU PROTESTS AHEAD OF NYC VISIT Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, principal of SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox school in New York City, explained the plans for the gathering in a piece published by The Times of Israel. "On Friday morning, students from SAR, Ramaz, and a number of other schools will stand on East 88th Street and daven. They’ll sing. A few of them will speak. Then they’ll get back on the buses and return to class, two days before Yom Kippur," Krauss wrote. "Here’s what we want students to learn in the three periods this costs: you belong in this city, and when Jews feel unsafe we gather, and we pray, out loud. We express both our vulnerability and our agency at the same time. Showing up is a civic act, one the Constitution protects and one they’ll need for the rest of their lives," he noted. "Our students love this city and they love Israel, and they don’t see a contradiction." 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(Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) WASHINGTON — A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the second this month, following comments from top Trump officials citing a federal policy to allow ICE officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement. The groups argue the policy violates the federal law that prohibits “armed men” at election sites, and also causes voter intimidation, which is barred under the Voting Rights Act. Under federal law, “troops” or “armed men” are allowed at polling locations only if “such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” And the section of the Voting Rights Act the groups cite prohibits “intimidation,” “threats,” or “coercion” against a person for voting or attempting to vote. “The result is predictable: voters across the country—particularly Black, Latino, and Asian voters, naturalized citizens, and members of mixed-status families—are afraid to vote, help others vote, and participate in civic life,” according to the suit.  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin earlier this month noted that agents could conduct immigration enforcement at polling places. And before U.S. senators this week, FBI Director Kash Patel did not rule out sending FBI agents to polling locations, but said officers would “follow the law.” The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to States Newsroom’s requests for comment Friday.  “We reject this administration’s attempt to desecrate our polling sites by converting them into militarized zones through the unlawful deployment of ICE or any other federal agent,” Kristen Clarke, the NAACP’s general counsel, said in a statement.  NAACP is one of nine groups that filed suit. The rest are Mi Familia en Accion, Asian Pacific American Advocates, the National Urban League, Minnesota 8, the Service Employees International Union, the American Federation of Teachers, the International Union of Painters and the United Food and Commercial Workers International. “Turning the fundamental right of exercising our vote into a high-stakes encounter with the militarized strong arm of the current administration isn’t protection and it isn’t oversight; it’s disenfranchisement, period,” Clarke said. “The NAACP calls on the court to reject this blatant attempt by federal officials to obstruct our elections through tactics pulled straight from the Jim Crow playbook.”  The nine groups are represented by the Legal Defense Fund, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the National Immigration Law Center, Protect Democracy and the Democracy Defenders Fund. 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The warning letter marks an escalation in DHS' tactic of targeting illegal immigrants and problematic asylum seekers or green-card holders by also targeting the attorneys who represent them and seek to help them remain in the U.S. "Asylum offers protection to aliens who have fled their countries due to persecution by the government on account of a protected ground," Percival warned the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on Wednesday. TRUMP PUTS ASYLUM LAWYERS ‘ON NOTICE’ WITH NEW FRONT IN WAR ON FRAUD "To be eligible for asylum, an alien must show that he is a "refugee" as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A), meaning that he is unable or unwilling to return to his country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." Percival said asylum is discretionary and not guaranteed for someone who believes they are being targeted in their home country, even if they meet the eligibility requirements. "We have been abundantly clear: If immigration attorneys commit fraud for their clients, the attorneys will be fined," Percival told Fox News Digital on Thursday. He warned of a growing backlog of asylum cases clogging up the immigration courts system and warned AILA against exacerbating it, should they then face consequences. "Filing a frivolous asylum application generally renders an alien permanently ineligible for most forms of relief and other immigration benefits ... The Department will vigorously pursue all available remedies against anyone engaging in this conduct," Percival warned in his letter. "We must restore order and accountability to our immigration framework now, or we risk dismantling the humanitarian safety net for those who need it most." In 2025, AILA previously criticized President Donald Trump after he raised concerns over "rampant fraud and meritless claims" in a directive to DHS and the DOJ. AILA officials called the missive "chilling" and rejected that their members are engaged in frivolous litigation or conduct. Fox News Digital reached out to AILA for further comment. Percival wrote Wednesday that an asylee’s persecution must be committed by a "state actor" to be considered by the U.S. system, while adding that private actions against an asylee are potentially valid when that person’s government acts in a way unwilling to confront the persecution. CHICAGO'S DEADLY JUNETEENTH WEEKEND LEAVES 7 DEAD AS TRUMP SHAMES DEM GOV FOR INACTION But he said that carve-out is a high bar, appearing to take a shot at Illinois leaders over the state's persistent crime problems. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad706c75342cf4db876502 UA professor fights health gap through Hopi dry farming te 2026-09-18T17:10:04.009Z UA professor fights health gap through Hopi dry farming A University of Arizona professor and Hopi dry farmer is working to close a health and economic gap that leaves some Arizona tribes facing an 80% diabetes rate and a life expectancy 33 years shorter than communities just across the highway. As a young man, Michael Kotutwa Johnson attended the Southwest Indian Bible Conference when his grandfather, Fred Aptvi Johnson, was president. Each time they went, his grandfather bought food for attendees, holding a core belief that no one should go hungry. With that value instilled in him, Johnson has become a prominent activist for tribal health and agriculture. He teaches at UA's School of Natural Resources and the Environment, where he focuses on conservation, including dry farming, a traditional Hopi agricultural method. Dry farming demands a great deal of labor and patience given Arizona's low rainfall, reinforcing Hopi resilience and spiritual beliefs. As one of the oldest tribes in the United States, the Hopi had other places to go, but they ultimately flourished in Arizona. “We don't always have enough soil moisture and therefore sometimes don't even get a crop,” Johnson said. “But it's that process over 3,000 years living in this same place and not being relocated, like a lot of tribes, that's given us our character, identity and shaped our cultural landscape to actually farm in the semi-arid region that only receives 6 to 10 inches of rain a year.” Dry farming “puts the culture back in agriculture,” Johnson said. “I think one of the things that really amazes me is that the Hopi people chose to live there,” he said. Johnson also works as an Indigenous resilience specialist at UA's Indigenous Resilience Center, which is dedicated to finding ways to give back to local tribes after massive land loss. Tucson Spotlight just won a national award for local journalism collaboration. Get the stories that earned it delivered straight to your inbox. Michael Kotutwa Johnson speaks at a University of Arizona event about his work in Indigenous agriculture and dry farming. Courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson. With deep ties to the 22 tribes in the state, Johnson uses his resources to create opportunities. “I just recently was able to get a stakeholder to donate two greenhouses to put them on the lands of the Yaqui and the Salt River to help with their community, to improve the health of their community,” Johnson said. Johnson's work with local tribes is one of the most important aspects of his career. He believes in upholding their right to identity and culture while ensuring the tribes' future health. He works with UA's Cooperative Extension program, which identifies agricultural needs in the community and proactively addresses them. “I specifically work on issues that tribes face when it comes to agriculture,” Johnson said. “Whether it's more traditional agriculture, like Hopi, where I'm from … or whether it's kind of like the farms they have in Gila River and even the Colorado River Indian Tribes where they're producing big-time agriculture, where they grow a lot of cotton, alfalfa, and other vegetables.” The Arizona Institute for Resilience recently published a study highlighting massive Indigenous agriculture production, co-authored by Johnson, that verified the disparity between land management and profit. “A lot of people don't know that, you know, here in the state of Arizona that 66% of the agriculture producers are American Indian and of the 12 million acres that has actually farmed or has cattle production in Arizona, American Indians sit upon 80% of that,” Johnson said. His research also focuses on the economic imbalance of non-native agricultural producers, who make around five times more than Indigenous producers, causing financial opportunities to leave the reservations. Another key part of Johnson's work focuses on health disparities that affect various tribes. He also raises questions about food quality, including the difference between eating traditional versus processed food. “One tribe here in Arizona … has an 80% diabetes rate, which is the highest in the globe,” Johnson said. “Then you have one tribe that has a 52 year old life expectancy rate when right across the highway, it's 85 years old, on a non-reservation.” Michael Kotutwa Johnson holds Hopi corn in his UA office, where he works to expand access to traditional Indigenous food systems. Courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson. Johnson's work with Arizona's tribal nations has grown into community education and outreach efforts outside of tribes. The impact of his work resonated when he first spoke to a group of non-tribal members about the health and economic disparities within tribes, who quickly asked what they could do to help. “The gift that I have for speaking and for getting people together, to work with and collaborate with all people across all races and politics, I realized I was having an impact then,” Johnson said. His reach has grown exponentially over the past four years, during his time at UA and in the community. But he still faces an uphill battle due to his unfamiliar approaches, which many community members have not previously seen. Johnson uses activism, rather than money, to accomplish his goals in agriculture. He believes UA should be serving the public instead of focusing on the economic aspect of development, and says most people view him as a farmer instead of an academic. “It's more about me going out there and putting boots on the ground and becoming visible,” Johnson said. “Because once you leave your community, you have that responsibility to always come back or figure out ways to help them keep going.” Even though Johnson is several hours away from his home on the Hopi Reservation, he takes people there on occasion to create learning experiences. He said his mission in life is to create as many opportunities and choices as possible. “Right now, a lot of times American Indians in this country do not have those opportunities nor do they have the access,” Johnson said. “I'm trying to open those doors. I cannot make you stop eating potato chips, but what I can do is give you an alternative, because at the end of the day, it's all about choice.” Johnson is continuing his work locally while also spreading the word at conferences nationwide, visiting Dickinson College in Pennsylvania last April to lecture about his efforts to revitalize what he calls the American Indian food system. The American Indian food system goes beyond agriculture to include hunting and gathering, and having access to the places where those practices once happened. Rebuilding that access, he said, requires relearning how to relate not just to the environment, but to oneself and to community members. “That's my number one goal, in my lifetime just to try to do that,” Johnson said. Katlyn Vargas is a University of Arizona student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at katlynvargas@arizona.edu. 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"I don't think that we want a very left-leaning governor with his Department of Health and their henchmen having this kind of police power in Pennsylvania," Diamond said. A spokesperson for Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen — who led the Pittsburgh area’s COVID mitigation response — said Shapiro "did not personally propose" the updates and rejected critics’ characterizations. "Any misconstruing of these proposed changes designed to scare Pennsylvanians is inaccurate and disingenuous," Neil Ruhland told Fox News Digital. A Shapiro spokesperson also responded to criticism Wednesday, saying the governor’s philosophy is that "public health depends on trust" and emphasizing that the proposed health regulations are part of a larger effort to update about 200 regulatory areas across state agencies. Lapowsky told Fox News Digital that the public, stakeholders, independent regulators and the legislature can review and respond to the proposed changes. "Once public comment concludes later this month, [Shapiro] will weigh in, and the regulations will be revised accordingly," she said. Lapowsky said Shapiro’s emphasis on public trust includes respecting parental rights. Critics say the proposed regulations could give health officials greater authority over certain disease-control measures involving children, including masking. Lapowsky added that the governor believes "government should work closely with the people it serves." GOV SHAPIRO SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ‘LIFESAVING REPRODUCTIVE CARE’ IN ESCALATING ABORTION BATTLE Ruhland said the Pennsylvania Department of Health began analyzing and proposing regulatory updates several years ago and that the regulations in question are 25 years old and need modernization to "better support evolving public health needs and manage dangerous disease." While the proposed regulations do not themselves enact a new mask mandate, they would broaden disease-control language beyond "surveillance," a term central to litigation over Pennsylvania’s statewide school masking order during the pandemic. Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Jesse Topper told Fox News Digital that although the proposed regulations directly affect Pennsylvania, Americans elsewhere should also pay attention. "Everybody in the United States was impacted by COVID one way or another," said Topper, R-McConnellsburg. "We were one of the worst locked-down states in the entire nation. And we had one of the worst death rates from COVID… We don't want unelected bureaucrats making those decisions. We need to follow the [Commonwealth] Constitution, which says, ‘Hey, you can declare a public health disaster emergency if you want. But after 21 days, the legislature gets to say whether you can continue that or not’." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Gettysburg, who along with Diamond led demonstrations against lockdown policies during COVID, told Fox News Digital that the proposed regulations are an "end-round" around voters. "Pennsylvania endured enough government overreach during COVID. We will not go back," said Mastriano, whom President Donald Trump nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to Slovakia. Jason Richey, an attorney and the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, also dubbed the changes "COVID 2.0." "These are even worse than the COVID rules... [DOH] can look at your medical records. They can enter any building and go in without a warrant to do an investigation. They can even take your kid from school and talk to him privately without your consent," Richey said in a video recorded outside a Pennsylvania Department of Health office in Lehigh County last week. Beyond the public health implications, Topper said he is concerned that the proposed regulations would expand government authority. 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Experts now say those authorities could also give the executive branch significant leverage over frontier AI companies if one of their systems posed catastrophic national security risks. Exactly how the government could use DPA's powers against a dangerous AI system remains largely untested, but national security and legal experts who spoke with Fox News Digital described a range of existing authorities that could apply — including laws in the act that encompass cyberattacks, exports, federal contracts and civil liability. THE AI REVOLUTION COULD BECOME A NATIONAL SECURITY DISASTER IF WE AREN'T CAREFUL "The authorities could be a little clearer," James Lewis, director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Fox News Digital. "But you could probably cobble together a solution using the legal authorities we have now." The question has taken on new urgency after leaders at some of the nation's most powerful AI companies issued stark warnings this week about increasingly capable models and backed calls to slow the pace of development so safety measures can catch up. Trump said this week that the administration already has "tremendous criminal and regulatory power" over AI companies as he pushed back on calls from industry leaders for new guardrails on increasingly powerful models. That largely remains because Congress recently extended most of the DPA's authorities, which were set to expire on Sept. 30, through Dec. 11, 2026. This is sure to set up another reauthorization fight later this year, right before the power of the legislative body could change after November's midterms in the new year. TRUMP PLAN TAPS US FIRMS TO FIGHT FOREIGN CYBERCRIME Lewis said the cyber threat has already changed. Finding vulnerabilities that once took months can now take days or even hours, he explained, while AI can help attackers chain smaller weaknesses together into more damaging attacks. "The threat itself is not new," Lewis said, recounting a recent conversation with a senior official from a Five Eyes intelligence partner. "We've known about this for a while, but people weren't taking it seriously." AI, he said, has "changed the landscape dramatically." The Trump administration has already begun building a framework to identify when those capabilities become dangerous. A June executive order directed federal agencies, including the NSA and CISA, to establish classified benchmarks for advanced cyber capabilities and determine when an AI system should be designated a "covered frontier model." The order also calls for a voluntary framework through which developers can give the government early access to covered models before their release — while expressly stopping short of creating mandatory federal licensing or pre-clearance for frontier AI. But knowing a dangerous capability exists is only the first problem. The next question is what Washington can actually do about it. One potentially powerful use of the Defense Production Act would come before an AI system ever caused damage: forcing companies to tell the government what they are developing. James E. Baker, a former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces who previously served as a legal adviser to the National Security Council, pointed to the DPA's broad information-gathering authority. "What you could use the DPA for is to require reporting, and that's the first step to making sound policy," Baker told Fox News Digital. "You can have a debate about whether there should be regulation and what the regulation should look like. But you really can't argue against knowing what's happening." "That's the first place to start: know what's happening, and then you can react with either a policy prescription, a legal prescription or nothing at all." The DPA's limits, however, are just as important. Paul Rosenzweig, a lawyer and former deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, said the law was principally designed to ensure the government could obtain goods and services needed for national defense — not to give Washington broad power to stop private companies from producing them. "The Defense Production Act is more about mandating the production of things for the United States rather than preventing the production for the general public," Rosenzweig told Fox News Digital. Where it could prove particularly useful, he agreed, is giving the government access to information. "What it does give them, I think, and this is the best part about it, is it does give them a pretty good handle for demanding more information about a defense-sensitive kind of product, which frontier AI certainly could be reasonably characterized as," Rosenzweig said. If the DPA could help Washington understand what AI companies are building, other existing authorities could potentially come into play depending on the threat. Export controls can restrict sensitive technology from reaching foreign adversaries. Government contracting rules can impose conditions on companies seeking federal business. And criminal laws continue to apply when AI is used to commit crimes. The June executive order, for example, directed the attorney general to prioritize enforcement of existing federal criminal laws against people who use AI to illegally access or damage computer systems. Trump has separately directed national security agencies to expand their use of frontier AI while requiring systems used by the military and intelligence community to remain controllable and preserve clear lines of human accountability. "I think it's important to understand that there's no broad AI exemption from generally applicable law," Rosenzweig said. Both federal and state governments already have "a host of legal authorities" potentially applicable to frontier AI, he said, ranging from tort liability and privacy rules to consumer protections and criminal law. But Rosenzweig cautioned that no one knows precisely how well that patchwork would hold up in a true AI emergency because it has never been tested. The uncertainty becomes even greater if an AI system causes damage on its own. If a model autonomously hacked a hospital, company or critical infrastructure network, for example, Rosenzweig said courts would have to determine whether the developer was negligent, whether a stricter product liability standard should apply and whether the damage could even be reliably traced back to a particular AI system. "I tend to think that liability is going to be difficult to establish early on," Rosenzweig said. "Right now, that's not where I would base my deterrence model." That uncertainty points to the limits of the government's existing toolkit. The laws already on the books give federal and state authorities multiple avenues to respond to dangerous uses of AI, but many have never been tested against a system acting with increasing autonomy. For now, Rosenzweig said, that leaves policymakers applying laws written for other threats to a technology evolving faster than the legal system around it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad6e1d75342cf4db8764af WATCH: Ilhan Omar denies feds have contacted her after border czar Homan confirms 'criminal' investigation te 2026-09-18T17:00:13.619Z WATCH: Ilhan Omar denies feds have contacted her after border czar Homan confirms 'criminal' investigation Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told Fox News Digital she has not been made aware of any criminal investigation into her after White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating allegations involving Omar. "No, they have not," Omar said after being asked if the DHS had reached out to her about any investigation. Homan confirmed that there is an "ongoing criminal investigation" into the Minnesota Democrat on "The Sunday Briefing." Homan declined to give comment on whether the federal government had evidence that Omar committed immigration or naturalization fraud — a popular allegation against Omar that has prompted numerous calls for a probe. Homan declined to give specifics on what the investigation is centered on. HOMAN CONFIRMS 'CRIMINAL' INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ILHAN OMAR, SAYS HE KNOWS 'THINGS ARE GOING ON’ When asked directly whether Homan was confirming an investigation involving Omar, Homan replied, "I'm confirming that ICE is, yeah — look, I said months ago that there's something that's been reported and needs to be looked at." Fox News Digital asked Omar for her response to the allegations, particularly the claim that she married a man who critics allege is her brother as part of a scheme to obtain citizenship in the U.S. "The right wing has always had this s--- going, so I don't really worry about it," Omar said about the allegations. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad6bc275342cf4db876443 'Leftist delusions' face reckoning as one of America's biggest colleges makes major shake-up te 2026-09-18T16:50:10.900Z 'Leftist delusions' face reckoning as one of America's biggest colleges makes major shake-up Texas’ flagship public university is ending new enrollment in three majors focused on gender, sexuality and race in a move that is being hailed by many conservatives as a major victory. Students applying to the University of Texas at Austin can no longer select Women’s and Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies or African and African Diaspora Studies as majors, the institution has confirmed. The move follows a slew of other universities dropping similar majors and heated internal deliberations at UT Austin about whether to keep theirs. "In recognition of the changing degree offerings in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, the University is no longer enrolling new students in three majors: Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies," a university spokesman told Inside Higher Ed. "So, as you might expect, those majors have been removed from the University’s admissions applications to avoid new students enrolling in majors that are changing. Students currently enrolled in those majors will be able to complete their degree," the statement continued.  LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORT "I don’t know the particulars of UT Austin’s programs. But this news is unsurprising. Across the Anglosphere, ethnic and sexuality studies have long been captured by political activists," Timur Kuran, a professor of economics and political science at Duke University, wrote on X. "Other state universities, and even private ones, will follow." Low enrollment has been part of the broader debate over the programs, although UT Austin has not publicly said it was the reason for ending new enrollment in the three majors. Earlier this year, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the university had just 307 students enrolled across the entirety of African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latino studies, women and gender studies and American studies, citing institutional data. That represents less than 1% of the 44,315 undergraduates who were enrolled at the university in Fall 2025. UT Austin, which is one of the largest universities in the nation, has also faced growing pressure from Republican state and federal officials over how it handles race, gender and other politically sensitive subjects. The University of Texas System has reviewed courses on gender identity to assess compliance with state and federal law and alignment with Board of Regents priorities. An internal email obtained by the Austin American-Statesman indicates that, while the majors may be on the way out, much of the coursework could remain. The plan appears to be to consolidate the defunct majors into a single offering. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES TITLE VI INVESTIGATION INTO DEI PROGRAMS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY "Gender and ethnic studies have transformed the study of the humanities and social sciences, and now they are what they are," Lisa Moore, the university’s chair of women and gender studies, said prior to the consolidation announcement. "We can’t unknow what we know… It’s just not the case that we can believe that only a small slice of human beings are responsible for everything that’s good about the world." Conservatives, unsurprisingly, have a less rosy view of the field. Steve McGuire, a fellow at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, called axing the majors "the pedagogically responsible thing to do." "Excellent news. These programs are not ‘viewpoint diversity.’ They are ridiculous Leftist delusion[s] that have no place in truth-seeking institutions," J.D. Haltigan, a research fellow at the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, wrote on X. "They should be abolished entirely from every institution of higher-learning." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES STRIPPING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM SCHOOLS USING RACE-BASED PROGRAMS Some on the right see this as a sign of things to come. "Every red state should follow suit with their universities," independent scholar Varad Mehta wrote on X. Indeed, a number of universities in red states have already scaled back similar programs. Texas A&M University, Wichita State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Toledo are among the institutions to make such cuts. UT Austin did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad696e75342cf4db8763a7 Trump Calls A.I. Fears a Hoax. Inside the White House, the Debate Is More Complex. te 2026-09-18T16:40:14.355Z Trump Calls A.I. Fears a Hoax. Inside the White House, the Debate Is More Complex. The president seems driven chiefly by the sense that A.I. is the way to economic growth, and nothing can be allowed to stand in its way. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad696875342cf4db87639b Pima County tightens NDA rules after Project Blue backlash te 2026-09-18T16:40:08.736Z Pima County tightens NDA rules after Project Blue backlash Pima County supervisors tightened rules on non-disclosure agreements tied to economic development, requiring public disclosure of NDA materials 90 days before any board action, in a move sparked partly by secrecy surrounding the Project Blue data center proposal. The county's NDA with Amazon for Project Blue, a proposed 290-acre data center near the Pima County Fairgrounds, drew sharp criticism after its terms were largely kept from the public, and the Tucson City Council later voted to reject the project outright. Supervisors also voted during their Sept. 8 meeting to expand the economic development due diligence process to include large-scale water and power users. Both changes were approved 4-1, with District 4 Supervisor Steve Christy opposing. The NDA policy change means the county will send letters to each party it's engaged with in a non-disclosure agreement, detailing the changes, including timeframe limits for the agreements. It will also require public disclosure of materials in the county's possession related to the topic covered in the NDA, released 90 days before any action requested by the Board of Supervisors or other county bodies like the Planning and Zoning Commission. The letters will also ask NDA holders to confirm they want the agreement to remain in place, with no response within 30 days terminating it. Supervisors receive quarterly reports on the county's NDAs during their meetings, but those discussions happen in executive session, closed to the public. The county does not enter into unilateral NDAs, and any changes to agreements must be discussed with the county administrator and county attorney's office. County policy also requires the county administrator to report to supervisors on the scale of a project and its NDA once the agreement's timeframe expires, which defaults to 180 days, if the other party requests a one-year renewal for board approval. The change also clarifies the administrator's role in that process. Tucson Spotlight trains the next generation of Southern Arizona journalists and publishes their work free for everyone. No paywalls, no corporate backing — just readers who believe this community deserves better local news. Pima County supervisors approved new NDA and due diligence rules Sept. 8, prompted partly by the secrecy surrounding Project Blue. District 3 Supervisor Jennifer Allen said she does not support the use of non-disclosure agreements in government. While she said they make sense for negotiating purchase agreements, she called obscuring information from the public and reducing transparency "problematic." “I think this policy is a great step towards putting in place transparency and creating some process by which we get a little bit of the NDA can be retained, but setting some clear communication about what that process is and when it ends and what can and cannot be obscured,” Allen said. The board also expanded due diligence requirements for economic development projects, requiring a comprehensive project profile report with detailed information from proposers. The changes extend the process to anyone who uses more than 7.48 million gallons of water per month, the threshold for a large-scale water user, or who upgrades or builds a substation with an input voltage of 115 kilovolts or greater. The board held a hearing and unanimously approved a request by Tucson Electric Power for a 138-kilovolt substation that falls under that criteria. Despite several questions from residents, officials said the substation is unrelated to Project Blue. Allen suggested the due diligence policy borrow from the Pima County Health Department's data center framework, which calls for analyzing a project's pre-construction, construction and operations phases, not just within the project's bounds but also its cumulative impact on the region. County Administrator Jan Lesher called the health department's framework the county's "gold standard" template for other departments working with large projects. District 5 Supervisor Andrés Cano said he learned that several county staff members were "encouraged to refrain" from providing technical expertise on Project Blue. Lesher responded that unifying county information into one response template would help address that, along with potentially putting together a "minority report" if possible. Allen said data centers are drawn to Arizona because of light regulation and called for the county to step up and handle that analysis in the absence of stronger rules. “This policy is a step towards ensuring that we are doing that analysis. I think it creates the space for departments to know that that analysis is encouraged and it is now structured and codified in policy and we want to know their analysis for what is in the four corners of the project,” Allen said. “I think it's a really important policy to make sure that we are doing the due diligence to understand the information that we don't get from the absence of a larger regulatory environment so that we get impacts on land, air, water, public health, culture, history and the things that we need to protect and the things that make us the community that we love.” Supervisors also approved a proposed 2027 fiscal year budget of more than $33 million for the Regional Affordable Housing Commission program. The budget passed 3-1, with Christy opposing and District 2 Supervisor Matt Heinz abstaining. That's an increase from fiscal year 2026, when the county directed $21 million toward building more affordable housing and an additional $3.5 million toward keeping others in affordable housing. That funding brought a total increase of 618 housing units, including 23 for transitional housing for the homeless, with 1,239 more units in development and 910 households able to remain in housing. The additional funds will include $5 million to construct more housing and $3.7 million to help keep people housed. Tom Litwicki, chair of the county's regional affordable housing commission, praised the county for "historic" investments in affordable housing, urging consideration of an additional $1 million from the general fund that the commission unanimously recommended. Litwicki said rising interest rates are driving up construction costs, while a shrinking number of vouchers assigned to such projects is reducing rental support statewide, along with the state's low-income housing tax credits going unrenewed. The board took no action on the additional $1 million. Ian Stash is University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at ianjgs16@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad696775342cf4db87637f Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops te 2026-09-18T16:40:07.480Z Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad671475342cf4db876359 Angel mom pleads with her party to 'grow up' on immigration after newlywed son killed in truck crash te 2026-09-18T16:30:12.579Z Angel mom pleads with her party to 'grow up' on immigration after newlywed son killed in truck crash A lifelong Democrat whose newlywed son and daughter-in-law were killed in a crash involving an illegal immigrant truck driver is pleading with her party to change course on immigration, saying she is "ashamed" of how her party has handled the issue. "I was shocked and heartbroken to hear that the man responsible for our son and daughter-in-law's death, the driver of the 18-wheeler that they collided with, that he was a part of Biden's catch-and-release policy," angel mom Elizabeth Carter told "Hannity" Thursday. Carter's son, William Micah "Billy" Carter, 25, and his wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower Carter, 24, were killed in Nov. 2025, when their Subaru struck a tractor-trailer that had jackknifed across both lanes of U.S. Highway 20 in Oregon. The couple had been married for just 16 days. WATCH: 'LIFELONG DEMOCRAT' ADMITS SHE IS ‘ASHAMED’ OF PARTY AFTER SON KILLED IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRASH The truck's driver, Indian national Rajinder Kumar, was charged following the crash and has pleaded not guilty. Federal immigration authorities who later took him into custody say Kumar entered the U.S. illegally near Lukeville, Arizona, in Nov. 2022 and was released by the Biden administration, pending immigration proceedings. He later received work authorization and a CDL issued in California, according to Houston's FOX 26. "If it weren't for that, our son and daughter-in-law would still be alive," Carter said, pinning blame on both federal and state policies that made the tragedy possible. The heartbroken mother's comments came after speaking on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, where she pleaded for lawmakers to make a change to immigration policies. ICE LAUNCHES CDL FRAUD TIPLINE AS DHS HIGHLIGHTS DEADLY CRASHES INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS "[My son and daughter-in-law] lost the Russian roulette game our government is forcing them to play," she said. "We allowed 10 million people in under Biden. How is there a different suggestion as to how to process them other than the same way they came into the country, en masse, leaving?" "I have to say, as a lifelong Democrat, I am ashamed of what my party is doing." Carter's husband, Dennis, also voiced frustration Thursday, focusing his criticism on policies that allowed Kumar to obtain a CDL. "Just because someone is incompetent and can't do the job that they wanted to do, just because they got here, that doesn't mean, ‘Okay, they're here, we should give them a job that they can't do and just turn them loose on the road,’" he told "Hannity." Dennis identified himself as a lifelong Republican and also offered a contrast to his wife's political background, saying their marriage demonstrates that political differences do not have to become personal divisions. "We have learned that the two parties can exist in the same household, and we actually get along," he said. Elizabeth agreed, saying the couple knows "how to disagree without tearing each other apart" and instead tries to better understand the issues on which they differ. Elizabeth also imparted a challenge to the Democratic Party during her appearance, pleading for them to "grow up" and start communicating with ICE at the state level. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad671375342cf4db876350 China firm gave Iran lifeline to collect Hormuz tolls before pulling plug amid US warning te 2026-09-18T16:30:11.347Z China firm gave Iran lifeline to collect Hormuz tolls before pulling plug amid US warning Iran’s sanctioned Persian Gulf Straits Authority (PGSA) regained secure online access for four days after a Shanghai-based internet security firm provided and then revoked its web credentials, enabling Tehran to vet vessels, collect Strait of Hormuz tolls and operate despite U.S. digital restrictions, global internet monitors said. TrustAsia issued an automated domain-validated certificate, a routine process that verifies control of a website domain through server checks and typically does not involve manual vetting or background checks.  The move prompted U.S. sanctions experts, including Jeremy Paner, a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, to urge TrustAsia to review its compliance program before offering further services to the IRGC-linked maritime authority — with Paner warning them to act "before it is too late."  The PGSA first said its website was disrupted Aug. 10 because of "the enemy's political influence on the internet service provision systems," according to a post on X. IRAN REQUESTS TALKS WITH US AS WHITE HOUSE WARNS 'VIOLENCE WILL BE MET WITH VIOLENCE' NetBlocks CEO Alp Toker told Fox News Digital that the authority had lost its web security credentials after the entity was added to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list on May 27. The loss of standard SSL/TLS certificates, Toker said, made the PGSA website inaccessible using standard browsers. This forced shipping firms to use unencrypted connections that, according to Toker, could leave their data vulnerable to interception. While no data breaches resulting from the use of these connections have been made known, and there are no known instances in which a shipping firm’s data was intercepted and used to its detriment because of the certificate expiration, Toker said the site’s inaccessibility resulted in a shift to what he described as "insecure protocols." "The digital transparency records are authoritative on this," he said, adding that the measure forced the traffic into a format that could be readily intercepted. "This is a class of vulnerability open to government exploitation, rather than a corporate breach or personal data leak." Toker claimed this could make it easier for authorities to read communications sent through the platform, potentially identifying shipping firms collaborating with the PGSA. TRUMP SAYS IRAN WILL PAY — WHAT IT TAKES TO END THE WAR REMAINS UNCLEAR "The net result was that the website was more difficult to access, because most web browsers strongly encourage the use of secure HTTPS," Toker said, adding that any form submissions could have been easily "eavesdropped on because they're no longer encrypted in transit."  "The mentioned issue has been resolved, and the secure domain https://pgsa.ir is now once again available for submitting requests using any browser," the PGSA said six days later on Aug. 17 and in another post shared on X.  "If the issue recurs in the future, the HTTP domain will again be temporarily available using the Firefox browser." Toker confirmed that Iran had turned to Shanghai-based certificate authority TrustAsia Technologies, which he said issued new digital security credentials to the PGSA despite the U.S. sanctions and restoring secure access to its website.  "Iran’s IRGC extorts vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz through the so-called Persian Gulf Strait Authority," the Treasury Department said in May when designating the entity, adding that the PGSA "spearheads an Iranian-controlled scheme that flagrantly violates international law and U.S. sanctions." "Anyone cooperating with the so-called strait authority may be providing support to and receiving services from the IRGC, which ultimately benefits from this attempted extortion, and may therefore be exposed to sanctions risk," the Treasury Department warned. The Chinese firm bills itself as a "leading and professionally certified certification authority in China with its focus on trusted, secure and cryptographic communications in the digital world." Its mission, it says, is to "Build trust everywhere in the digital world." "Almost all of these root authorities do business with the U.S., so they tend to comply with U.S. sanctions," Toker said. But TrustAsia, he noted, had "gone its own way, building a China-first certificate infrastructure that sidesteps the West." Toker said TrustAsia had "simply gone ahead and issued Iran's PGSA with a new certificate, and Iran was once again collecting revenue from ships passing the Strait via its secure online portal." TRUMP CALLS ON ARAB NATIONS TO SIGN ABRAHAM ACCORDS Paner warned that U.S. authorities would have enforcement powers over such actions. "The U.S. has incredibly broad authority to impose sanctions on non-Iranian companies that provide any sorts of services to sanctioned Iranian companies," he told Fox News Digital. "Many times, that authority will be abbreviated or explained as being providers of material support to sanctioned Iranian companies. But in fact, any level of services whatsoever could be the basis for the United States imposing sanctions against the company for providing services to Iran." "Restoration of the certificate is unequivocally sanctionable," Paner warned. "Restoring the certificate is/was a service provided to the PGSA, which can be the basis for imposing sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended. "That authority does not in any way require that the service be "knowingly" provided to the PGSA. In other words, the automated nature of the service is irrelevant and does not make the service any less sanctionable," the lawyer added. In a statement to Fox News Digital on Aug 20, a spokesperson for TrustAsia confirmed that the firm issued a "Domain Validated TLS certificate for pgsa.ir." "Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention," the firm said before clarifying that "DV certificates are issued through automated validation of control over the requested domain names." IRAN ACCELERATES EXECUTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-REGIME ACTIVISTS AMID INTERNET CENSORSHIP "This process does not verify or assert the legal identity, affiliation, or sanctions status of the entity operating or benefiting from the domain. "As a result, the relationship described in your inquiry was not identified during the automated issuance process." Following the firm's review, TrustAsia said it "added the entire pgsa.ir domain namespace to our restricted-issuance list to prevent further issuance or renewal. " "We also expect to complete revocation of the existing certificate within this week," the spokesman said on Aug. 20. These actions are precautionary compliance and risk-control measures. They should not be interpreted as a finding that the certificate was technically misissued, TrustAsia said. Toker confirmed the TrustAsia certificate's privilege had been withdrawn on Aug. 21 at 12:15:25 UTC. "This usually means the issuer has taken action," he said. The internet expert clarified that the revocation will gradually be coming into effect, with the firm "signaling that the PGSA certificate should no longer be trusted, and they're distributing this notice that privilege is withdrawn, usually meaning customer misuse or breached terms of use." "The secure website will stop working in most browsers, unless the owners can find a certificate authority that's willing to issue a new certificate," Toker said. IRAN’S UNSEEN SUPREME LEADER BECOMES WEAPON IN ESCALATING POWER STRUGGLE, EXPERTS SAY After reviewing TrustAsia's statement, Paner also said that OFAC would expect the company to "use the discovery as an opportunity to enhance its compliance program before it is too late." The former OFAC official clarified that Iran's revenue collection in the waterway would likely draw high-level scrutiny in Washington. "Iran's attempt to extort the world in the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is of the utmost importance to OFAC, which is the agency that implements and enforces U.S. economic sanctions. Because major U.S. web browsers currently recognize TrustAsia’s root certificates, American systems would have automatically trusted the sanctioned Iranian portal. Toker claimed the Treasury Department could have found TrustAsia in violation of sanctions for providing material assistance to a blocked entity, potentially forcing tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to revoke trust in TrustAsia. There is no evidence that this process had begun or was likely to occur. "This could have splintered the global chain of trust and potentially render much of the Chinese web inaccessible from the West," Toker warned. IRAN IS NOT A NORMAL NATION YOU CAN MAKE DEALS WITH; IT’S A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT Paner clarified that the certificates authenticate the site, boosting its credibility, and suggested TrustAsia should have weighed the risks of working with sanctioned entities. "There's always reputational risk involved in any company that decides to do business with the IRGC." "If I were advising TrustAsia, I would at minimum immediately identify all other IRGC companies receiving services." Paner added that this latest situation aligned with broader warnings from administration officials. "I think this dovetails pretty nicely with Secretary Bessent's comments about how the coming sanctions are going to be unlike any that has come prior. Sanctions require a careful balancing of the costs and the benefits. "When it's a Chinese tech company providing necessary services to the IRGC, I'm confident that the U.S. government is going to forego any sort of balancing in that regard." The United States on Aug. 24 had sanctioned nearly 60 Iran-linked individuals, entities and vessels and expanded the threat of secondary sanctions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. These did not include TrustAsia. Bessent described the measures as part of an "economic onslaught" targeting Tehran’s global financial networks under "Operation Economic Outcast."  A Chinese Embassy spokesperson also said in a statement: "I am not aware of the specifics you mentioned. I have no information to provide." Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and The White House for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad64b675342cf4db8762ca Houston Cougars vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Friday night preview and over 53.5 prediction te 2026-09-18T16:20:06.992Z Houston Cougars vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Friday night preview and over 53.5 prediction One of my favorite things about college football as the season goes on is that we get it on multiple days. Right now, it is pretty much only on Friday and Saturday. However, as the season gets further into it, we see games on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and the NFL fills in the rest. I’m excited to see what happens tonight, as there is a Friday game between two top teams as Houston takes on Texas Tech. The Houston Cougars come into tonight’s contest with a 2-0 record and a ranking of 22nd in the nation. They are one of those teams that are good, but probably not quite good enough to make the college football playoffs. My guess is that they end up with some sort of solid Bowl Game. Before they get there, they have a long way to go. The team has had two games so far, with the first against Oregon State, which is a decent but not great team. Last week’s game was against the Southern Jaguars. Houston has been impressive on the gridiron offensively. Their quarterback, Conner Weigman, has looked great in his first couple of games, throwing for 425 yards and four touchdowns. He does have one interception. They also have gotten quite a bit of production from their two primary running backs, Makhi Hughes and Reshaun Sanford. They have combined for 242 yards and four touchdowns over 40 rushing attempts. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BIG 12 WINNER NOT NAMED TEXAS TECH OR BYU, CONSIDER THE HOUSTON COUGARS The Texas Tech Red Raiders are one of those clubs that is borderline for the College Football Playoff race. They will need some big wins in order to get into the race officially. As of right now, the team is 2-0 and currently ranked 13th in the nation. They faced Abilene Christian in their first game of the season and won 33-10. In the next game, they took down Oregon State. That was a closer game, but still a comfortable win for the Red Raiders, winning 35-24. It isn’t often that you get to see two teams with a common opponent this early in the season. It does give us a little bit of insight to review, but not a ton. In Texas Tech’s two games, they’ve been able to attack both via the air and on the ground, but their offense has been a bit more balanced than their opponent. Texas Tech has 62 passing attempts vs. 86 rushing attempts. They have racked up 495 passing yards compared to 328 rushing yards. TEXAS TECH HEAD COACH BLASTS USC, LINCOLN RILEY, FOR POOR ATTENDANCE AT LA COLISEUM IN WEEK ZERO In the Oregon State games, Houston scored 33 and allowed 20. Texas Tech scored 35 and allowed 24 points. This puts both of those totals at 53 and 59. I am looking at the games and how they’ve been played and think the offenses are a bit ahead of the defenses for both squads. I like both quarterbacks in this game. I also think the running games should find their way to make an impact. Give me the over 53.5 for this one. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad626775342cf4db87623a 'Scream' star admits he's 'ashamed' of sequel return after actress fired over anti-Israel comments te 2026-09-18T16:10:15.660Z 'Scream' star admits he's 'ashamed' of sequel return after actress fired over anti-Israel comments "Scream" actor Matthew Lillard said Tuesday that he felt "ashamed" for returning to the horror franchise after actress Melissa Barrera was fired over social media posts about Israel and the war in Gaza, telling fans during a 30th anniversary screening in Austin, Texas, that he believed he ended up on the "wrong side of history." Lillard, who reprised his role as Stu Macher in the seventh installment, said his excitement about returning to the franchise overshadowed his concerns about how Barrera had been treated. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Lillard said, "I went back to do Scream, and I got called out. And I’m like, ‘Oh, f---. That’s brutal.’" "I feel bad about that. I feel ashamed about that. Because in that moment I was so excited to go back, I didn’t really think about Melissa and that journey." "I’m embarrassed, that’s the truth… I blew that. I’m on the wrong side of history for that. I still like being in the movie [but] it may not have been the best idea," Lillard continued. PEREZ HILTON JOINS 'TOMI LAHREN IS FEARLESS' AND DECLARES CANCEL CULTURE IS NOW A SPORT Barrera was dropped from the franchise in November 2023 after publishing and sharing a series of posts criticizing Israel following Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack. In one post previously reported by Fox News Digital, Barrera accused Israel of committing "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza. "Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp," Barrera said. "Cornering everyone together, with no where to go, no electricity no water … People have [learned] nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently watching it all happen. THIS IS GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING." In another post, Barrera claimed Western news outlets were disproportionately presenting Israel's side of the conflict and told followers to draw their own conclusions about why. ‘NO JEWS, NO NEWS’ STRIKES AGAIN AS SELECTIVE COVERAGE OF THE 'UNSETTLERS' FUELS ANTI-ISRAEL ANGER "Because western media only shows the other side. Why they do that, I will let you deduce for yourself," Barrera said. Spyglass denied at the time that Barrera was removed merely for supporting Palestinians, instead saying it viewed some of her rhetoric as antisemitic. "Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech," the company said. Fox News Digital reached out to Spyglass Media for comment about Lillard's remarks.  Barrera subsequently rejected the suggestion that she was promoting antisemitism and defended her criticism of governments, Fox News Digital reported in May. MORE THAN 180 JEWISH ENTERTAINERS RALLY BEHIND ACTOR MARK RUFFALO IN PROTEST LETTER "I believe a group of people are not their leadership and that no governing body should be above criticism. I pray day and night for no more deaths, for no more violence and for peaceful co-existence," Barrera said. The controversy resurfaced earlier this year when Barrera criticized former cast-mates who returned to the franchise without her. When asked whether actors who went back for "Scream 7" were "scabby," Barrera agreed. "One hundred percent. I think they all are," Barrera said. "And they have to live with that." At Tuesday’s screening, Lillard directly defended Barrera’s position and criticized the lack of public support she received after her firing. "Melissa Barrera, who’s a beautiful actor, was fired for what she said after the whole Palestinian... what started happening in Israel," Lillard said. "It’s really f-—– bulls--- and really hard, and she’s on the right side of history." "When that happened to Melissa, the whole world didn’t pipe up, but she was a year early on what the f---’s going on. But the whole world should have popped up and said, ‘She’s right.’ And they didn’t. And that’s brutal." Despite the upheaval surrounding its development, "Scream 7" was released Feb. 27 and eventually crossed $200 million at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise’s history, according to Paramount. The film shifted its focus back to Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott and brought back several franchise veterans, including Lillard. When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Hollywood in Toto editor Christian Toto said of Lillard’s remarks: "Now that the Palestinian cause is spiking in his far-Left industry, he has regrets. Now. Months after shooting the film. Months after its release. Months after the actress in question lost the role."  Toto added, "Will he give all the money back? Does he know what she actually said about Israel and the timing of those comments? Is he aware of other artists who have had their free speech rights trampled?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad626175342cf4db8761f2 F.B.I. Temporarily Halted Cooperation With Canada Over References to 9/11 te 2026-09-18T16:10:09.684Z F.B.I. Temporarily Halted Cooperation With Canada Over References to 9/11 The abrupt move by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, came as President Trump was ramping up his attacks on the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad625f75342cf4db8761e5 Rio Nuevo compromete $15 millones para Friedman Block te 2026-09-18T16:10:07.424Z Rio Nuevo compromete $15 millones para Friedman Block Leer en inglés El mes pasado, Rio Nuevo adelantó aproximadamente $2 millones en fondos para la reurbanización del Friedman Block y prorrogó los plazos de varios proyectos en el centro de Tucson, aun cuando la junta afronta compromisos pendientes por valor de unos $15 millones. Los promotores del proyecto paralizado Friedman Block presentaron una propuesta preliminar de reurbanización durante la reunión de la junta celebrada el 11 de agosto, y Grant Krueger, propietario de Union Hospitality Group, informó a la junta el 25 de agosto que el problema del estacionamiento se había resuelto. El plan de estacionamiento original y preferido contemplaba compartir plazas con el complejo de apartamentos vecino, Council House, el cual podía aportar hasta 166 plazas adicionales, una mejora considerable respecto a las 82 plazas del aparcamiento actual. Krueger afirmó que la colaboración convertiría, en última instancia, al Friedman Block en una propiedad sustancialmente mejor, pero que el plan resulta costoso, supone un desembolso inicial adicional de $500,000 para los promotores, más $250,000 en reembolsos del impuesto TPT y honorarios de abogados. También existe un plan de contingencia, para el caso de que Council House rechace compartir sus espacios con Friedman Block, que consistiría en adquirir 26 plazas de aparcamiento en la calle Plumer Avenue y alquilar 60 plazas al M. Lee Starr Learning Center, situado inmediatamente al norte de la propiedad. Krueger opinó que el simple hecho de contar con un plan de contingencia probablemente facilita las negociaciones con Council House. “Creo que podemos sacar adelante el proyecto Council House, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que tenemos un plan para hacerlo sin ellos,” afirmó. Noticias del sur de Arizona escritas por periodistas que viven la realidad de la zona. Gratis en tu bandeja de entrada. El Friedman Block se encuentra en la Sunshine Mile de Tucson, donde los promotores trabajan en la reurbanización de la propiedad. Arilynn Hyatt / El Foco de Tucson. Los promotores solicitan entre $250,000 y $500,000 a Rio Nuevo para cubrir el déficit y pagar a Council House, o bien para abonar el alquiler del centro de aprendizaje, dependiendo de qué plan de estacionamiento se adopte finalmente. Tras una sesión a puerta cerrada para analizar los pasos a seguir, la junta votó por unanimidad impulsar el proyecto, sujeto a ciertas condiciones. Rio Nuevo aportará $500,000 en efectivo inicial, estableciéndose un límite de $2 millones para los reembolsos a los promotores. Asimismo, se fijarán plazos estrictos para el avance del acuerdo, especialmente dada la prolongada duración del proyecto. Tras la votación, el director financiero Dan Myers presentó el informe económico e informó a los miembros de que Rio Nuevo había gastado aproximadamente $3.1 millones hasta el 31 de julio. Sin embargo, debido a importantes compromisos adquiridos con proyectos como el Tucson Inn and Market y el hotel Moxy, entre otros, Rio Nuevo tiene un saldo pendiente de unos $15 millones. Myers señaló que la junta directiva deberá recurrir a sus inversiones anteriores para seguir financiando los proyectos más recientes. “Están pasando muchas cosas y se está gastando mucho dinero, pero creo que todo vale la pena,” dijo Myers. En la reunión también se evaluó la relación de Rio Nuevo con Empire Pizza, que ya suma tres años, y su expansión hacia un edificio contiguo en el 145 E. Congress St., lo que permitirá contar con más espacio para el servicio de comedor y las instalaciones del bar. La solicitud de permiso de construcción ya ha sido presentada y revisada por la mayoría de los departamentos, pero ha quedado pendiente de una revisión adicional por parte del departamento encargado de los distritos históricos. La junta debatió la posibilidad de conceder una prórroga de un año, se señaló que, dado que el proceso de revisión histórica y de diseño probablemente demora entre tres y cuatro meses, dicha extensión otorgaría a Empire tiempo suficiente para obtener las aprobaciones correspondientes. Jacqueleen Larson, propietaria y gestora de El Ritual, un estudio de bienestar social ubicado en el 401 N. Toole Ave., está llevando a cabo actualmente las obras de acondicionamiento del local, el cual se centrará en la terapia de contraste, la terapia de sonido, el trabajo de respiración y la meditación. El proyecto presentaba un avance de aproximadamente el 75% el mes pasado. El acuerdo de beneficios económicos entre Larson y la junta estableció el 31 de agosto como fecha límite para finalizar las obras de acondicionamiento. Por precaución, Larson solicitó una prórroga hasta el 30 de noviembre ante la posibilidad de cualquier contratiempo antes de concluir el proyecto. La junta no tomó ninguna decisión sobre la prórroga, pero es probable que vote al respecto en la próxima reunión. Larson está trabajando en la fase final de la adecuación de El Ritual, intensificando la promoción en redes sociales y organizando visitas para los miembros fundadores. La gran inauguración está prevista provisionalmente para octubre. La junta también escuchó a representantes de Eleven Eleven Tucson, un nuevo grupo de hostelería y ocio nocturno centrado en revitalizar la experiencia del centro de la ciudad. El socio director Fernando Minjarez y su hermano, Geovanny Minjarez, presentaron los planes para un nuevo salón, discoteca y bar clandestino en el número 121 de la calle E Congress. El inmueble albergaba anteriormente el Zen Rock Nightclub, otro centro de entretenimiento y discoteca de varios niveles. Fernando Minjarez señaló que el espacio requiere “un concepto renovado, una reinversión considerable y un equipo dispuesto a operarlo con un propósito claro.” “Nuestra visión no es la de una discoteca unidimensional. Estamos creando un destino sofisticado y de concepto múltiple, capaz de acoger a distintos tipos de público por diversos motivos,” afirmó. Un rasgo distintivo del proyecto de los hermanos Minjarez es el aprovechamiento de los tres niveles de la propiedad. El diseño incluye un bar y una zona de salón con piano en la planta superior, pensados ​​para ofrecer una experiencia más exclusiva y refinada, mientras que la planta principal servirá de espacio para eventos de mayor envergadura y dinamismo, así como para la faceta de discoteca del proyecto. En la planta inferior se ubicará un bar de estilo clandestino speakeasy, y el edificio contará además con una cocina completa, una incorporación totalmente nueva a la propiedad. Se trata del edificio ubicado en el 121 E. Congress St., antigua sede de la discoteca Zen Rock, donde Eleven Eleven Tucson busca obtener financiación de Río Nuevo para crear un nuevo lounge, discoteca y bar clandestino speakeasy. Los hermanos destacaron el valor de ofrecer tres experiencias distintas en una misma ubicación del centro, señalando que sería una gran oportunidad para fomentar las visitas recurrentes y generar ventas sujetas a impuestos para la ciudad. El grupo solicita $355,368.38 a Rio Nuevo para ayudar a financiar la renovación del inmueble. La junta no tomó ninguna decisión, pero expresó su interés en colaborar. “Es un proyecto magnífico, creo que estaríamos encantados de apoyarlo,” afirmó el presidente Fletcher McCusker. La junta debatió la posibilidad de ofrecer reembolsos en lugar de simplemente efectivo, de forma similar a lo planteado en el caso del Friedman Block. Para concluir la reunión, la junta recibió información actualizada sobre el proyecto del Tucson Children’s Museum, que se está ampliando hacia el edificio histórico adyacente, situado en el 130 S. Scott Ave. El proyecto incluirá una cafetería en colaboración con El Charro y una nueva tienda de regalos. La directora ejecutiva, Hilary Van Alsburg, informó que se están ultimando los planes para el interior y el exterior del edificio. Señaló que se prevé finalizar la construcción para mayo de 2029 y solicitó una prórroga del acuerdo EBA hasta esa fecha. La junta aprobó la solicitud de prórroga. Ahva Ghazanfari es estudiante de la Universidad de Arizona y pasante de Tucson Spotlight. Puede contactarla en ahvanghazanfari@arizona.edu. Esta nota fue traducida por Priscilla Daniel. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad625d75342cf4db8761c9 Family offices are clamoring for AI investments te 2026-09-18T16:10:05.263Z Family offices are clamoring for AI investments Whether it's a permanent shift or part of a familiar cycle is worth asking, though. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad600a75342cf4db87618c Roger Goodell details NFL expansion possibilities and a timetable for a full season of international games te 2026-09-18T16:00:10.461Z Roger Goodell details NFL expansion possibilities and a timetable for a full season of international games Commissioner Roger Goodell made the rounds during the NFL's first week of the regular season and into Thursday night's opening of the new Highmark Stadium in Buffalo. Out of that travel that spanned continents, we're getting a picture of his plans for league expansion. Bottom line: Goodell sees NFL expansion outside the United States on the horizon. "I think if we continue to grow, continue to get the kind of reaction, I do think a franchise will be international at some point in time," Goodell said prior to the Thursday night game between the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions on Prime's pregame show. "I think Europe is the most likely [place], for a lot of reasons. One, the length of time we've been playing there. But also, the scheduling is going to be a lot easier." ROGER GOODELL DISMISSES 49ERS COACH'S CONCERNS ABOUT PLAYING IN AUSTRALIA, SAYS IT'S PART OF LONG-TERM PLAN The NFL began playing regular-season games in Europe in 2007 and to date has played 55 regular-season games there. One could also argue Europe makes sense for international expansion because most of the teams in the AFC East and NFC East and some teams in the AFC South and NFC South are within a seven-hour flight to, say, London. Other places simply don't make similar sense at this time. "Australia might create a few complications for us," Goodell admitted. NFL TO COMMEMORATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ACROSS ALL ITS STADIUMS AND EVEN IN AUSTRALIA Goodell apparently is not thinking about expanding by one team in Europe. That would throw off the league's 32-team symmetry. "I also believe we could have more than one team, which I think, ultimately, the support is there," Goodell said. "Two more teams." So when will all this happen? Goodell recently signed a new contract that carries his tenure as commissioner through the 2030 season. There has been speculation his goal is to have international expansion by the time his contract expires. Is that the timeline? "I don't think so," Goodell said on the Netflix pregame show recently. "There was no connection to the two. "You know, listen, our vision here is to make it a global sport. The NFL deserves to be, it's a great game, and we all believe in it passionately." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! But while expansion by the end of the contract isn't a Goodell goal, having a full season's worth of international games is definitely on his radar. This year the NFL is playing nine games abroad. Next year that number rises to a record 10 international games. "I think our work here will be to get to 16 regular-season [International] games," Goodell said. "When we get to that point, then we'll be looking for the next, you know, stage to grow. But we think we'll be there in a few years. "That may happen within four years." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5db275342cf4db87610b GOP lawmakers smell something else behind Big Tech's AI doomsday warnings: 'Something else going on' te 2026-09-18T15:50:10.847Z GOP lawmakers smell something else behind Big Tech's AI doomsday warnings: 'Something else going on' Republicans on Capitol Hill are grappling over whether and how to regulate artificial intelligence companies even as top AI business leaders warn the technology could pose an existential threat to humanity. The simmering debate over AI guardrails has exploded this week as House lawmakers worked through their final week in Washington until after the midterm elections. The flurry of activity was partially spurred by tech CEOs like Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman warning that the pace of innovation should be slowed after both companies saw AI models hack into other organizations of their own accord. And while some in Congress are demanding swift action, others who spoke with Fox News Digital are questioning the motivation of AI companies in calling for the government to step in. "I think there's a false sense of urgency," Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont., told Fox News Digital. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: CONGRESS MEETS AI AS FEARS OF HUMAN EXTINCTION JOLT CAPITOL HILL Downing spent his young adulthood in tech, having previously been a research scientist at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and founding online calendar company WebCal, which was later acquired by Yahoo!. "Yes, we should be taking it seriously, but I think the hyperbole is misplaced right now," Downing said. "Any one of those people crying gloom and doom has the possibility of stopping it in their own shops, so there's something else going on there." Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., a former assistant U.S. attorney, also doubted AI companies' motives. AI 'DOOMERS' RISK KNEECAPPING US VS CHINA, BUT EX-PENTAGON VET SAYS BOTH EXTREMES MISS THE MARK "I'm very skeptical of people in big business who want to leverage big government to suppress competition," Knott said. "I'm afraid that's what we're seeing. That'd be like ... Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple saying, 'We need to regulate all tech.' Whether it's software or hardware. It's like, guys, you're here already, right? And if there's one thing that I'm confident in, to protect AI for good, there has to be more than one option." Still others believe lawmakers do not broadly have enough knowledge to take on AI guardrails. Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital that Congress should instead repeal Section 230, a federal law shielding internet and tech companies from liability for what third parties post. "I think the warning is real, and I think that AI is unbelievable — look, AI is going to cure cancer. AI is going to find solutions to get rid of diseases that we never thought we could get rid of, but it does need to have some oversight. It needs a kill switch," Patronis conceded. "But again, I don't think Congress has the expertise to tell an emerging technology what's the best way to go." Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said when asked if Congress should act before the end of this year, "It's too complex a subject. You've got to understand it." Meanwhile, President Donald Trump also joined the debate by dismissing AI companies' calls for more government regulation. TRUMP UNLOADS ON TECH TITANS PUSHING FOR SLOWDOWN ON EMERGING INDUSTRY: ‘WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!’ "AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX," he wrote on Truth Social. "The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" But others are pushing for the government to step in to at least some degree, with some Republicans arguing for human guardrails to ensure AI does not go too far by itself. RAND PAUL CLASHES WITH FELLOW REPUBLICAN OVER AI 'KILL SWITCH' AS SENATE GRAPPLES WITH 'TERMINATOR' FEARS "The sooner we can act, the better," Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., chair of the House's AI task force, told reporters Wednesday. "Certainly, we've had some warning shots lately that have been very concerning ... So, God forbid we have a Chernobyl moment at some point here that really causes harm to people and focuses the public's attention on AI in a way that we hope it will never be." When asked by Fox News Digital about Trump's warning, however, he said, "I think the president was talking about the dangers of over-regulation, and that's something I very much agree with him on." RESEARCHER WHO DEPARTED AI ROLE OVER FEARS OF RACING INTO EXTINCTION SAYS PEOPLE ARE 'BEGGING' FOR REGULATION Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., held a press conference alongside Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., on Thursday pushing legislation to stop "rogue" AI agents such as those that broke out of containment during trials by OpenAI and Anthropic. "We want to make sure that people remain in control. This isn't about stopping AI or stifling innovation," Lawler said. "Some states have put a moratorium on the infrastructure that powers this technology. That does not invent a kill switch." Gottheimer said the bill "tells the National Institute of Standards and Technology [to] get in a room and set standards, so organizations can find every agent on their network, verify who built it, who's running it, watch it in real time for anything suspicious, and cut off its access the second something looks wrong." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5db075342cf4db8760f0 Wildfires threaten tribes’ health, income and cultural traditions te 2026-09-18T15:50:08.882Z Wildfires threaten tribes’ health, income and cultural traditions The Columbia Princess Ferry stays on the Gifford side of the Columbia River as the Modrite Fire exhibits extreme fire behavior just south of Inchelium, Washington. Fires in the state hit tribes particularly hard this year. (Photo courtesy of Colville Tribal Broadcasts, News and Information) Neighbors across the Colville Tribes communities in Washington state knew Matilda Bob’s log home as the “rainbow house,” for its brightly painted exterior. Now it’s gone. Sparked by a lightning strike in mid-July, the Kaiser Canyon Fire destroyed Bob’s home and 42 other houses on the Colville Reservation, along with 100 outbuildings such as sheds and barns, tribal leaders said. “I couldn’t believe that it had happened,” said Bob. “It went so fast.” Tribal leaders across Washington and Oregon told Stateline that this year’s record-breaking wildfires burned timber that they rely on for income, threatened food sources and waterways, and harmed the health of their communities. Power outages left families without food they’ve hunted or gathered and frozen. Hotter, drier conditions driven by climate change already have made wildfires nationwide more frequent and intense, a trend that is expected to accelerate. Substandard housing and higher rates of acute and chronic underlying health conditions, including respiratory illnesses, make tribal communities more vulnerable during and after the fires.  “What typically used to be like a two-month fire season for us when I first started fighting fire about 25 years ago — now that’s at least three months and sometimes longer, depending on the year,” said Cody Desautel, executive director of the Colville Tribes, who is also a forester and wildland fire expert. An especially warm winter also left Washington state with about half its usual snowpack, raising drought concerns and wildfire risks. Nighttime view of the Kaiser Canyon Fire during firing operations on Whitmore Mountain. (Photo courtesy of Colville Tribal Broadcasts, News and Information) This year saw particularly devastating fires in eastern Washington, including arson-instigated fires that destroyed over 700 homes in Spokane. The conditions prompted Washington state Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson to declare a statewide state of emergency on Aug. 1, citing an “unprecedented” red flag alert of extreme fire danger from the National Weather Service.  The Colville Reservation includes the southern portion of Ferry County, which has the second-lowest median household income of all counties in the state. The tribe lost a significant amount of timber, a main source of income, during the fires. Many residents didn’t have home insurance because the housing didn’t qualify or they couldn’t afford it, said Cindy Marchand, chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, adding that about half of homes destroyed in the fires weren’t insured. Other residents couldn’t afford to upgrade to more fire-resistant material, she said. “The rates are just astronomical in the sense that a lot of people in our area are not able to afford this,” Marchand said. “We have elders living on a single income, they’re on a fixed income, and so they’re having a hard time making it as it is.” By mid-September, the total acres burned across the state reached roughly 900,000 acres, the worst since 2015.  Since July, about 200,000 acres burned across the Colville Reservation alone, with the Kaiser Canyon Fire scorching over 138,000 acres and the Modrite fire burning more than 57,000 acres. In Oregon, over 60,000 acres burned across the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, where at least six homes were destroyed. The Wrights Spring Fire in Oregon burned through 55,000 acres across Klamath County, national forest and tribal lands. Health effects Faith Zacherle-Tonasket has seen how the wildfires have affected perinatal health. Founder of xa?xa? Indigenous Birth Justice, which offers perinatal and doula support across the Colville Reservation, Zacherle-Tonasket said three of her clients went into early labor during this year’s fires. She and her team believe stress amid displacement due to evacuations contributed to the early labor. Emerging research is also showing how wildfire smoke is a primary pollutant affecting pregnancy. Zacherle-Tonasket also helps lead the River Warrior Society, a nonprofit offering wildfire relief for tribal and non-tribal members. The group has been coordinating shelter placements for elders, donations and food assistance. “This is one of the biggest fires our reservation has had,” she said. “The biggest need we have on our reservation is air purifiers.” Respiratory health has been a major concern post-wildfires amid smoke and poor air quality. American Indian and Alaska Native people disproportionately have chronic respiratory health conditions exacerbated by wildfire smoke, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Matilda Bob’s father, a veteran who is now displaced with her, has COPD. Along with respiratory distress, there’s been “tremendous stress, anxiety, grief, trauma — and we expect and know that those behavioral health needs are going to continue beyond this current emergency. Post-fire recovery creates additional health concerns,” said Dayna Seymour, the Colville Tribes’ health and human services chair. “Our members are going in now to clean up the ash and debris, and aren’t really always sure what’s in that ash and debris, whether there’s hazardous materials, heavy metals, asbestos or other contaminants.” Seymour added that community members helped deliver medications to their displaced neighbors and helped each other dig fire lines. Research shows disproportionate smoke exposure among tribes in California, noted University of Kansas Assistant Professor Melinda Adams, a cultural fire practitioner and scholar who teaches in the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment. “Because wildfire is increasing in frequency and intensity,” said Adams, a member of the N’dee San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona, “we must look at cumulative effects and identify patterns in human and environmental health while investing in climate and wildfire mitigation strategies that include Indigenous knowledge.” Prescribed burns, carefully controlled fires to reduce brush that could fuel megablazes, are crucial tools in preventing dangerous wildfires and preserving ecosystem health. But regulatory barriers have made implementing traditional Indigenous burn practices difficult, Desautel and Adams said. This week, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced legislation that would streamline approval of prescribed burns, while the EPA issued guidance last year.  Funding and staffing limitations are also a barrier, Desautel added. The Indian Forest Management Assessment Team found that Indian trust forest lands are funded at about a third per acre of comparable federal forests.  Waterway pollution, cultural art lost Seymour added that traditional foods including huckleberries and herbs and roots, such as bitterroot and camas, that the tribes rely on were scorched across the land. “Those are things that we utilize to help us in ceremony, that we utilize to eat for subsistence. So that was a huge loss for our people,” Seymour said. In Oregon, while no homes were lost on the Klamath Tribes’ lands, leaders still have concerns and uncertainty around environmental aftereffects, particularly on traditional food systems the tribes were finally in the process of regenerating. The tribes had just started restoring their ancestral salmon after removal of four dams two years ago. Last year, the tribes documented the first adult Chinook salmon in the Williamson River, and earlier this year detected the first salmon hatch in over a century in the tributaries of the Upper Klamath Lake. “The biggest (wildfire) impact is the effects on hunting and gathering that may be felt in the future. …With this high-intensity, high-severity wildfire, there’s likelihood of sedimentation into the streams that could serve as spawning grounds for that new salmon,” said Tim Sexton, Wildland Fire Program Manager at the Klamath Tribes. Research is showing how wildfires affect fish habitats. Deer stand near firing operations on the western perimeter of the Kaiser Canyon Fire, near Omak Lake Road and Coyote Creek Road area on July 25, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Colville Tribal Broadcasts, News and Information) Klamath Tribes Chairman William Ray Jr., a former firefighter of 40 years, said he’s been advocating for tribal control of the waterways amid pollution that already existed before this year’s wildfires. “We have ecological collapse going on. Our water quality in our lake and rivers isn’t very good,” he said. At the Colville Reservation, Zacherle-Tonasket said many of her community members are holding off on traditional hunting and instead her nonprofit has gotten discounts from local butchers to help families. “We don’t want to hunt this year,” she told Stateline. “It’s just ethically not right to hunt when our own animals are suffering the way we are.” Bob said that many cultural heirlooms burned — her own traditional beadwork, a 100-year-old berry basket passed down from her great grandmother, and her nephew’s handmade attire worn during special dances at powwows.  But her family will continue to dance as they do “for the people who can’t,” she said, on their ancestral land. “Every time your foot hits the floor’s a prayer,” she said. “We were raised to respect the land. … We’re still standing in the fact that we’re all OK, that we all made it, that we didn’t lose anybody.” Stateline reporter Nada Hassanein can be reached at nhassanein@stateline.org. This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5dab75342cf4db8760a8 FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading towards US coast te 2026-09-18T15:50:03.711Z FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading towards US coast The feds are said to be investigating the compromise of the tankers' networks, which in one case interfered with one of the tanker's navigation and propulsion systems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5b5b75342cf4db876082 Duncan Sheik, ‘Barely Breathing’ singer, dead at 56 te 2026-09-18T15:40:11.904Z Duncan Sheik, ‘Barely Breathing’ singer, dead at 56 Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the hit "Barely Breathing" and the Tony and Grammy-winning musical "Spring Awakening," has died. He was 56. Sheik died Thursday from organ failure, his mother, Suzanne Sheik, told The New York Times.  Representatives for Sheik did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. While "Barely Breathing" made Sheik a familiar voice on ’90s radio, Broadway ultimately became a defining chapter of his career. "With the exception of our director, we are all kind of Broadway outsiders. We wanted to shake things up a bit. And we just set out to make this really cool piece of theater," Sheik told The Associated Press in 2007 of "Spring Awakening." This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more developments. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5b5a75342cf4db876079 Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton tells Macklemore he is ‘standing’ in solidarity with him on Palestine te 2026-09-18T15:40:10.663Z Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton tells Macklemore he is ‘standing’ in solidarity with him on Palestine Pop star Macklemore has generated quite a buzz recently with his "Free Palestine" messaging while on Ed Sheeran's "Loop Tour." The 43-year-old musician was kicked off the tour following backlash from his pro-Palestine stance, but there have been a few "woke" celebrities who have come to Macklemore's defense. Following the Seattle native's pledge to donate $1 million to Palestinian aid organizations, children's YouTube star Ms. Rachel said she would match his donation and urged "every wealthy White celebrity" to do the same. MACKLEMORE DONATES $1M TO PALESTINIAN AID ORGANIZATIONS AFTER ED SHEERAN TOUR FALLOUT Ms. Rachel isn't the only one to throw her public support behind Macklemore, though, as Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton took to social media to praise the rapper for his stance. Hamilton commented under Macklemore's Instagram statement on the matter, pledging to "stand" in solidarity with him. COLIN KAEPERNICK ACCUSES NFL OF 'COLLUDING' AGAINST MACKLEMORE AMID 'FREE PALESTINE' CONTROVERSY If you know anything about Hamilton, then this shouldn't come as a shock. The 41-year-old was at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement, especially when it reached a fever pitch following the death of George Floyd in 2020. Hamilton took part in the protesting of the U.S. National Anthem, kneeling during its playing before every Grand Prix event he entered in that same year. He's been spotted wearing shirts supporting causes linked to Black Lives Matter quite often and has also been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ issues. Between those incidents and his past comments about Formula One's lack of diversity - Hamilton is mixed-race and is the only Black driver in the sport - it's easy to see why he was so quick to jump on the bandwagon to support Macklemore for his pro-Palestine stance. As others continue to excoriate the rapper for his "Free Palestine" messaging, such as Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, you can expect many more on the other side of the aisle to voice their support for him. It's an issue that has been around for a long time, and it certainly isn't going away any time soon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad5b5375342cf4db876021 Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-09-18T15:40:03.648Z Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes discuss one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad590875342cf4db875fec Pilot’s sudden death during overnight layover puts spotlight on fatigue concerns te 2026-09-18T15:30:16.545Z Pilot’s sudden death during overnight layover puts spotlight on fatigue concerns An Air India captain was found unresponsive in his hotel room during an overnight flight layover in New Delhi, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The captain has been identified as Sunny Sharad Asaldekar, 46, The New Indian Express reported. He had checked into the hotel Thursday, and his brother contacted the hotel manager the following evening after Asaldekar stopped answering calls. The hotel manager entered the locked room with a master key and found Asaldekar unconscious and unresponsive, according to the outlet. 'WE NEED TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY,' FLIGHT CREW WARNS AS PILOT HEALTH EMERGENCY UNFOLDS Police responded to the hotel, and Asaldekar was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead. "Air India is deeply saddened at the passing away of a cockpit crew member in Delhi last night," the airline said in a statement to The New Indian Express. "He was on a layover rest at a hotel in Delhi where he was found unconscious last evening. He was rushed to the hospital immediately, where he was declared dead." A post-mortem examination was conducted, but the cause of death has not yet been determined. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The Federation of Indian Pilots renewed its call for an urgent review of fatigue-management practices after the pilot's death but said it was not directly linking fatigue to his death, according to The Times of India. Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, a former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot who also flew for American Airlines and FedEx, told Fox News Digital that fatigue has long been a concern in commercial aviation. "Pilot fatigue in aviation has been an issue since day one," Buckley said. While passengers may assume an overnight layover gives pilots plenty of time to recover, Buckley said required rest does not always mean pilots get enough sleep. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "A layover is just that. It's a crew laying over in a city that is not their home base," he said. Pilots may arrive at a hotel in the early morning hours and then try to sleep during the day, Buckley said, which can work against the body's natural sleep cycle. "It's just unnatural to sleep during off hours," he said. Buckley said he faced that challenge while flying overnight routes himself — and that pilot fatigue was among the reasons he made changes in his career. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Long-haul flights can be especially difficult when pilots cross multiple time zones, he added. "Where it really takes a toll on the body for pilots is east-west," Buckley said. "When you're crossing multiple time zones, [that's] when your body can really get messed up." Fatigue can also build up beyond one flight or layover, according to Buckley, who cited irregular hours and prolonged periods of sitting, plus diet issues, exercise challenges and time away from family as factors that can affect pilots. Buckley said U.S. safeguards include federal crew-rest requirements, airline policies and labor agreements, but pilots also play a key role in deciding whether they are fit to fly. "At the end of the day ... you know who determines if a pilot is fit to fly? You," Buckley said. Fox News Digital reached out to Air India for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad590375342cf4db875fa2 Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Says He Didn’t Doubt Her Guilt te 2026-09-18T15:30:11.138Z Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Says He Didn’t Doubt Her Guilt The juror, Michael P. Desronvil, defended his decision not to join other jurors in voting for Ms. Clancy’s acquittal. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad58fd75342cf4db875f82 I’m so mad that I love Orion’s $2,195 AI mattress pad te 2026-09-18T15:30:05.053Z I’m so mad that I love Orion’s $2,195 AI mattress pad Sleeping on the Orion is like flipping your pillow to find “the cool side,” except that your whole entire bed is the cool side. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad58fb75342cf4db875f79 Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer te 2026-09-18T15:30:03.095Z Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad56a875342cf4db875f52 Riley Green drops 19-track album 'That's Just Me' and country music fans can't get enough te 2026-09-18T15:20:08.910Z Riley Green drops 19-track album 'That's Just Me' and country music fans can't get enough Riley Green fired up fans Friday with the release of his new album. Green is one of the most popular talents in the country music world, and his rise over the past couple years has been beyond impressive. His music covers the entire spectrum, and he's built a rabid following of millions of fans. Country music followers were eager for his latest album, and it's finally here. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR RILEY GREEN KEEPS COOKING WITH NEW SINGLE 'THAT'S JUST ME' FROM UPCOMING ALBUM Green's new album "That's Just Me" hit streaming platforms and shelves Friday morning. It includes a total of 19 tracks. Five singles from the album were previously released prior to September 18. RILEY GREEN DROPS NEW SINGLE 'GO AGAIN' WITH HANNAH MCFARLAND AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER ALBUM As country music fans would expect, it's generating some serious buzz, and one new song is particularly good: "Lookout Mountain" with Randy Owen. The emotional song featuring Owen is classic Riley Green. It's about heartbreak and loss, and very on-brand. Give it a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. People in the comments on YouTube were quick to offer plenty of different reactions. One person wrote, "Love this song." Another added, "This whole album is nearly flawless. I hope it doesn't fly under the radar because this is the best record I've heard from a male country artist in many years." A third added, "Great song." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Overall, the album is outstanding. Expectations were high prior to "That's Just Me" coming out. I have a feeling many fans will feel like expectations weren't just met. They were exceeded. Have you already listened to all 19 songs? Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad545575342cf4db875ed5 Country music star pulled her Bible into bed with her to get through divorce te 2026-09-18T15:10:13.395Z Country music star pulled her Bible into bed with her to get through divorce Accustomed to performing under the bright lights of concert halls as well as TV studios during her time as a finalist on "The Voice," country music star Karen Waldrup of Nashville never anticipated the darkness and despair that would accompany a divorce. But she told Fox News Digital this week in a moving interview how she got through the most "awful" times in the fall of 2025, even while recording new songs, including "Keeping the Faith" and "Just in Case," which is out Friday, Sept. 18. The songs and the phrases have deep resonance with her Christian faith, she said.  105 YEAR-OLD CREDITS THE GOOD LORD FOR HER LONG LIFE: ‘EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING’ "'Keeping the Faith' is one of my favorite songs I've ever been a part of," she said. It's not just about "keeping the faith, it's about keeping the hope, keeping the dream, keeping the focus, keeping the optimism. I went through a really challenging time in the fall of 2025. ... It was awful. So many people know the disheartening horror of that experience, and it was terrible." "But I decided to make a song, ‘Keeping the Faith,'" said the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter.  "And the day that I tracked that song was a tough day. It was the toughest day that I've ever been in the studio. And I didn't know if it was even going to come out good because I felt so broken.  ‘QUIET QUITTING’ IN MARRIAGE: THE SUBTLE SIGNS A SPOUSE HAS EMOTIONALLY CHECKED OUT  "But I think in the end, the song came out great because of the brokenness," she said. "I think you can kind of hear it in the vocal, the desperation of keeping the faith and saying, ‘Hey, you know what, no matter what goes on, you got to get back up and go, you got it. Pick it up. You got to keep the faith.’ And so I'm proud of that song." Waldrup was not only a top 5 finalist on Season 25 of "The Voice," she’s a BMI songwriter and a member of the Recording Academy (NARAS) and the Country Music Association (CMA). She's won 12 Nashville Industry Music Awards and has seven studio albums and over 50 songs released worldwide.  "After a lot of time, reflection and prayer, I’m ready to share that my marriage has ended in divorce," she wrote to fans in February on her Facebook page. "This has been a deeply personal journey, and I’ve taken the time I needed to process it privately. I’m grateful for the love, grace and support around me, and I appreciate kindness as I continue to move forward." She told Fox News Digital, "There's a bridge [in the song ‘Keeping the Faith’] that says, 'There's a reason I'm still standing here stronger than I ever knew." "And I think after you go through something like that, your whole dream of a lifelong marriage goes away and is no longer a part of your life — it's so heartbreaking. But after you come out of it, I truly believe that you are stronger. People are stronger from this experience." "My faith definitely carried me through that season, the fall of 2025. I was very vulnerable," she said.  "We were working on the record, and I had to keep going. I look at people like Dolly Parton or Reba [McEntire], and I think about how many times they had somebody pass away, and they had to get back up on stage — or they had their mom in the hospital or something, and they had to go play a show," she added.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "And when I was going through that, I was actually sleeping with my Bible every single night, in the bed with me at night. I was waking up every morning, opening my scripture and reading it. My faith was definitely the foundation of what got me through that." She said her friends made a difference as well. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "My friends believed in me. They believed I would get through it. They never doubted me. And one of the things I did, I made a list of the top six people — one being God, so God plus five people — that I felt like I could really talk to about what I was going through without them making me feel worse." "And I tried to really only talk to those five people," said Waldrup. "Sometimes when you're going through something like a divorce, everyone has their opinions. Everyone has all these different things that people want to say. And so I found that was a really helpful thing. "When you're going through something tough in life, rather than listening to the opinions of 50 people, you can kind of go, OK, these are the five people that, when I talk to this person, make me feel like I'm gonna get through this. And those are the people that I really leaned on. So my faith, my scripture and my friends." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Waldrup said she believes she is "living God's purpose for my life." "I do think part of my purpose in music is to inspire. I don't make my musical experience all about me," she said. "This music is a gift, this show is a gift, this moment is a gift." And "I believe in giving," she added.  "I don't really need to be important. All I need to do is do God's work. … He gave me this voice. And we're talking about faith, we're talking about music, we're talking about joy, we're talking about friendship, and about love — or the lack thereof.  "There are so many things that we are called to talk about in life. And I do feel like I'm living God's purpose for my life." Waldrup has performed in more than 15 countries.  Her newest single "Just in Case" is available now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad544e75342cf4db875e93 Trump’s Open Claims That He Directs Super PAC Spending Draw Watchdog Complaint te 2026-09-18T15:10:06.125Z Trump’s Open Claims That He Directs Super PAC Spending Draw Watchdog Complaint Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad544b75342cf4db875e72 Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-09-18T15:10:03.562Z Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $200 before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad51fb75342cf4db875e42 Young swing-state voters cozy up to Democratic Socialists, say party establishment must ‘learn’ from DSA wins te 2026-09-18T15:00:11.670Z Young swing-state voters cozy up to Democratic Socialists, say party establishment must ‘learn’ from DSA wins Gen Z and young Millennial voters in Michigan who are leaning blue for the midterm election say they welcome the ideas of the Democratic Socialists of America, with a couple of voters agreeing that Americans should abolish the Senate. Fox News Digital was on the ground at Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's "Students v. Billionaires" rally at Michigan State University on Sept. 11 and at the Detroit Health Department's annual block party, where young Democratic voters said rising costs and the complacency of the Democratic establishment have made the DSA more appealing to them. "I feel as if they actually focus on the people," said Detroit resident Shelby Campbell, who is also a 2023 Wayne State University graduate. "It's not as, I guess, capitalistic or just bought into the system. They want to do good, but they are just another big organization, and I think we just need to get rid of all the political parties and be independent." SHOCKING PERCENTAGE OF DEMOCRATS IDENTIFY AS 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS' ACCORDING TO NEW POLL: 'TOXIC POLICIES' So far this election cycle, dozens of Democratic Socialists of America candidates have won their primary races, including Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, who defeated incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich. But some of the biggest upsets came out of New York, where New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialists of America member, saw three candidates he endorsed — Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander — win their Democratic congressional primaries. The flurry of DSA-backed primary victories has put Republicans on the offensive while fueling concern among some Democrats about the socialist movement’s growing influence within the party. Noel Otteson is a sophomore at Michigan State University. He described himself as a "leftist" and "anti-capitalist," but he said he supports El-Sayed for his Medicare for All stance and his promise to get money out of politics. SCHUMER DODGES QUESTION ON WHETHER DSA BELONGS IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY "I believe in the power of people and democracy over corporations and oligarchs running everything, putting millions upon millions if not billions of dollars into Congress too," Otteson told Fox News Digital. "The system is rigged against the average person and is in favor of corporations and special interests and lobbyists," Otteson continued. Otteson said he supports the DSA's proposal to abolish the U.S. Senate, which he called "undemocratic." "The way that the Senate is set up is inherently undemocratic," Otteson said. "I'm someone who always, always, prioritizes democracy, and the Senate isn't that." "Some states hold more power than others based on population, and I would probably advocate for a more parliamentary system, you know, things like the U.K. and a lot of other European countries have, or most other countries have actually," Otteson said. NEWSOM ADMITS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST IDEAS ‘MAINSTREAM’ IN DEMOCRAT PARTY: ‘PRETTY ALIGNED’ He proposed that the House of Representatives should be expanded. And in the heart of Detroit, Jahdante Smith, who is a Green Party candidate for District 9 of the Michigan House of Representatives, agreed that the Senate has got to go. "Their stance on abolishing the Senate, I think that is something that can work, only because the Senate is one of the most exclusionary clubs in politics and is also very, very hard to get into, and I think if you have a Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Senate in one state, they kind of cancel each other out, and they really don't get anything positive done," Smith told Fox News Digital. Smith said he supports the DSA's anti-ICE agenda and Medicare for All proposals, but wants to see the organization bring about actual change. "I support their ideas, but I love to see them have more traction in getting things actually done. Policy is something that you have to enact. It's not bills die in Congress, bills die on Capitol Hill every day," Smith told Fox News Digital. "You have to be able to get those bills passed through. I do support their stance on anti-ice." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Blake, a Michigan State University freshman, said he likes a lot of what the Democratic Socialists of America is pushing but said he's not on board with everything on its agenda, including abolishing the Senate. "The standard democrat has shown themselves to more or less be incapable of standing up for themselves and standing up for what's right," Blake told Fox News Digital. "So I've leaned on, I've decided to take my allegiances with further parties on more extreme sides of leftism because they can do what needs to be done." "And I feel like that's a lesson that normal Democrats need to learn," Blake continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad4fa275342cf4db875dd4 Council & city staff talks housing strategy te 2026-09-18T14:50:10.850Z Council & city staff talks housing strategy Rent Local, STR deed restriction programs may be discontinued; city has $19 million in fund Sedona City Council heard an updated draft of the city’s Balanced Housing Strategy on Sept. 8, from Community Development Director Tony Allender and Housing Coordinator Laura Stewart. The city aimed at a targ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad4d4875342cf4db875ce7 Bonded by a bolt: Four lifelong friends recall 1976 lightning strike on Humphreys Peak te 2026-09-18T14:40:08.594Z Bonded by a bolt: Four lifelong friends recall 1976 lightning strike on Humphreys Peak Doug Laguarta, Mark "Dan" Ayub, Stephen Mott and Kevin Kveton reunited in Flagstaff 50 years after being struck by lightning while climbing the San Francisco Peaks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad4d4775342cf4db875cde ACS holding annual Climb to End Cancer event in Flagstaff Sept. 19 te 2026-09-18T14:40:07.173Z ACS holding annual Climb to End Cancer event in Flagstaff Sept. 19 Adult registration costs $50 and is available at flagstaffclimb.com through 8:30 a.m. the day of the event. "Living proof" registration for those who have been diagnosed with cancer is $35. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad4d4475342cf4db875cbd Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-09-18T14:40:04.717Z Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Inertia co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson joins the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $200 by September 25. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad4aec75342cf4db875c59 Jury Reaches Mixed Verdict in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl te 2026-09-18T14:30:04.760Z Jury Reaches Mixed Verdict in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl The Telemundo reporter, Adan Manzano, was found in his hotel room just before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad463f75342cf4db875b36 The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-09-18T14:10:07.434Z The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is today, September 18. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad463d75342cf4db875b2d Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI te 2026-09-18T14:10:05.735Z Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad43e975342cf4db875b01 Maye Musk defends Sydney Sweeney's nude sports ad and recalls 12-year path to citizenship te 2026-09-18T14:00:09.245Z Maye Musk defends Sydney Sweeney's nude sports ad and recalls 12-year path to citizenship Maye Musk, swimsuit model and mother of Elon Musk, joined OutKick’s "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless" to tackle Sydney Sweeney, government fraud, and her 18 grandkids. Musk jumped into defending Sydney Sweeney after the actress caught online heat over going nude for a sports ad. Lahren noted that Musk, who famously graced the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover at age 74, knows a thing or two about the industry. SYDNEY SWEENEY FIRES BACK AT TROLLS AFTER FACING CRITICISM ONLINE FOR PROVOCATIVE SPORTS AD "She’s a model," Musk told Tomi. "Well, she’s an actress, but she’s a model and modeling, you can look sexy and acting, you can look sexy and have fun." "I think she’s fabulous," Musk added. "I mean beautiful, fabulous and she seems to have a great sense of humor. So she’ll need it." To Maye, women can use their looks to build massive careers and have fun without taking a lecture from progressives. Musk also slammed tax dollars funneled to dead people and fake nursing homes, praising independent journalist Nick Shirley as "cheeky," "smart," and "funny" for exposing millions sent to an empty Minnesota learning center. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Then, things got real when Musk recalled her own 12-year grind to earn American citizenship. "When I moved to America, it took me 12 years to become a citizen," Musk said. "When I was there with the ceremony, I was just crying. I was so happy to be a citizen." Maye contrasted playing by the rules with illegal migrants receiving taxpayer-funded hotels and benefits, questioning why Americans are footing the bill. Musk wrapped things up with a simple rule for her 18 grandkids: no Christmas presents, just hugs. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "You never have enough hugs," Musk said. "Hugs count." Maye's next move ... hit a Tennessee Volunteers football game with Lahren in Knoxville. Go Vols. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad419175342cf4db875a79 Country music star pulled her Bible into bed with her to get through 'awful' divorce te 2026-09-18T13:50:09.566Z Country music star pulled her Bible into bed with her to get through 'awful' divorce Accustomed to performing under the bright lights of concert halls as well as TV studios during her time as a finalist on "The Voice," country music star Karen Waldrup of Nashville never anticipated the darkness and despair that would accompany a divorce. But she told Fox News Digital this week in an interview how she got through her most "awful" times in the fall of 2025, even while recording new songs, including "Keeping the Faith" and "Just in Case," which is out Friday, Sept. 18. The songs and the phrases are deeply tied to her Christian faith and her beliefs, she said.  105 YEAR-OLD CREDITS THE GOOD LORD FOR HER LONG LIFE: ‘EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING’ "'Keeping the Faith' is one of my favorite songs I've ever been a part of," she said. It's not just about "keeping the faith, it's about keeping the hope, keeping the dream, keeping the focus, keeping the optimism. I went through a really challenging time in the fall of 2025. ... It was awful. So many people know the disheartening horror of that experience, and it was terrible." "But I decided to make a song, ‘Keeping the Faith,'" said the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter.  "And the day that I tracked that song was a tough day. It was the toughest day that I've ever been in the studio. And I didn't know if it was even going to come out good because I felt so broken.  ‘QUIET QUITTING’ IN MARRIAGE: THE SUBTLE SIGNS A SPOUSE HAS EMOTIONALLY CHECKED OUT  "But I think in the end, the song came out great because of the brokenness," she said. "I think you can kind of hear it in the vocal, the desperation of keeping the faith and saying, ‘Hey, you know what, no matter what goes on, you got to get back up and go, you got it. Pick it up. You got to keep the faith.’ And so I'm proud of that song." Waldrup was not only a top 5 finalist on Season 25 of "The Voice," she’s a BMI songwriter and a member of the Recording Academy (NARAS) and the Country Music Association (CMA). She's won 12 Nashville Industry Music Awards and has seven studio albums and over 50 songs released worldwide. She married Cody Henderson in Sept. 2020.  "After a lot of time, reflection and prayer, I’m ready to share that my marriage has ended in divorce," she wrote to fans in February on her Facebook page. "This has been a deeply personal journey, and I’ve taken the time I needed to process it privately. I’m grateful for the love, grace and support around me, and I appreciate kindness as I continue to move forward." She told Fox News Digital, "There's a bridge [in the song ‘Keeping the Faith’] that says, 'There's a reason I'm still standing here stronger than I ever knew." "And I think after you go through something like that, your whole dream of a lifelong marriage goes away and is no longer a part of your life — it's so heartbreaking. But after you come out of it, I truly believe that you are stronger. People are stronger from this experience." "My faith definitely carried me through that season, the fall of 2025. I was very vulnerable," she said.  "We were working on the record, and I had to keep going. I look at people like Dolly Parton or Reba [McEntire], and I think about how many times they had somebody pass away, and they had to get back up on stage — or they had their mom in the hospital or something, and they had to go play a show," she added.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "And when I was going through that, I was actually sleeping with my Bible every single night, in the bed with me at night. I was waking up every morning, opening my scripture and reading it. My faith was definitely the foundation of what got me through that." She said her friends made a difference as well. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "My friends believed in me. They believed I would get through it. They never doubted me. And one of the things I did, I made a list of the top six people — one being God, so God plus five people — that I felt like I could really talk to about what I was going through without them making me feel worse." "And I tried to really only talk to those five people," said Waldrup. "Sometimes when you're going through something like a divorce, everyone has their opinions. Everyone has all these different things that people want to say. And so I found that was a really helpful thing. "When you're going through something tough in life, rather than listening to the opinions of 50 people, you can kind of go, OK, these are the five people that, when I talk to this person, make me feel like I'm gonna get through this. And those are the people that I really leaned on. So my faith, my scripture and my friends." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Waldrup said she believes she is "living God's purpose for my life." "I do think part of my purpose in music is to inspire. I don't make my musical experience all about me," she said. "This music is a gift, this show is a gift, this moment is a gift." And "I believe in giving," she added.  "I don't really need to be important. All I need to do is do God's work. … He gave me this voice. And we're talking about faith, we're talking about music, we're talking about joy, we're talking about friendship, and about love — or the lack thereof. There are so many things that we are called to talk about in life. And I do feel like I'm living God's purpose for my life." Waldrup has performed in more than 15 countries.  Her newest single "Just in Case" is available now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad419075342cf4db875a70 Reaction to ‘Ted Lasso’ shows left-wing critics are never satisfied, so why does Hollywood keep trying? te 2026-09-18T13:50:08.630Z Reaction to ‘Ted Lasso’ shows left-wing critics are never satisfied, so why does Hollywood keep trying? Apple’s major hit show "Ted Lasso" centered its return on women’s soccer and nearly every grievance progressive critics prioritize. They still said it failed women. It should serve as a reminder to Hollywood that trying to please people who are never satisfied is a losing battle. And Hollywood really should stop ruining good shows trying to chase that approval. Now, I loved the first two seasons of "Ted Lasso." The third season wasn't as good, but I watched the entire thing. So, when Apple brought the show back after a three-year hiatus, I was willing to give Season 4 a chance. I didn't make it through the premiere. During the opening sequence, Ted is working at a Kansas City grocery store and casually stealing food from his employer. When a coworker asks whether he worries about getting caught, Ted says he doesn't, "probably due to my deeply ingrained white male privilege." It was a throwaway joke that arrived almost immediately, before the show established its new story or gave viewers much of a reason to care. It felt deliberate, like the writers were telling the audience exactly what kind of season this would be. RIDICULOUS USA TODAY COLUMN PROVES THAT THE DEMAND FOR MISOGYNY IN SPORTS FAR EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY Then came the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum scene. Leslie Higgins visits the museum after discovering that the American Jazz Museum is closed for a private event. A tour guide explains how Black baseball players, including Satchel Paige, were denied opportunities in Major League Baseball because of segregation. Higgins responds by comparing their experience to women once being prohibited from playing soccer in England. Using the color barrier in American baseball as a narrative bridge to the challenges facing a fictional English women's soccer team felt painfully forced and over-the-top. My wife rolled her eyes. I looked at her and asked whether there was any reason to keep watching. She agreed there wasn't. So, we turned it off. I couldn't stomach watching the remaining episodes, but I did review the transcripts of all seven that Apple has released as of Sept. 17. I paid particularly close attention to the first four episodes, which were among those provided to television critics before the season premiered. Those transcripts confirmed exactly what the opening episode suggested: Gender politics aren't a minor component of the new season. They are the season. The second episode revolves heavily around whether Rebecca is sufficiently feminist after hiring Ted to coach AFC Richmond's new women's team. Alice Chilton, who helped construct the team, tells Rebecca she is resigning after being passed over for the head-coaching position. Before leaving, Alice asks Rebecca whether she considered her for the job. Rebecca says no. Alice then asks whether Rebecca considered any woman. Again, Rebecca says no. This sends Rebecca into a panic over whether she is supportive enough of women. She begins reading feminist literature and delivers a painfully awkward press-conference speech declaring that women are "just as capable and compelling as men" and that "the future is female." She then introduces the manager of Richmond's women's team, "who just happens to be a man." The show plays Rebecca's desperation for laughs. But the underlying conflict is whether Ted, as a man, should have received the opportunity at all. Remember what Ted accomplished with Richmond. He took the club through relegation, earned promotion back to the Premier League and then led it to second place after entering the final day of the season with a chance to win the championship. Ted was overqualified to coach a brand-new second-division women's team. Yet the show treats Rebecca's decision to hire him as evidence that she might have failed women. The first four episodes introduce several predictable progressive talking points surrounding supposed oppression of women in sports: lower salaries, inferior facilities, inadequate media coverage and a lack of financial support. One might argue that those are products of capitalism and not some nefarious plot to hold down female athletes, but I digress. Then comes a cascade of storylines centered on female athletes, as if the writers had a checklist and had to make sure they hit them all. One player leaves the team after becoming pregnant. A single mother brings her child to open tryouts because she couldn't arrange childcare. Sponsors threaten to abandon the team, while male shareholders mock the entire idea as a waste of money. Then Zelda Southport, a wealthy investor in women's sports, delivers a speech accusing executives of using women's soccer for "reputation-laundering" while hiding their "fake allyship." She invokes the "patriarchy" for good measure. Again, the writers aren't trying to hide their political messaging. Quite the opposite, in fact. The political messaging is the entire plot. On Aug. 5, the day Season 4 premiered, "Ted Lasso" co-creator Brendan Hunt appeared on Sarah Spain's podcast. Spain is a radical left-wing activist who has referred to Vice President J.D. Vance as a "demon" and launched a disgusting personal smear of Sophie Cunningham for having the temerity to argue against "biological men" in women's sports. Hunt chose Spain's show to help promote the new season, which felt like a very intentional promotional choice. The following night, Jason Sudeikis, Hunt, Juno Temple and several members of the new cast appeared at an exclusive "Ted Lasso" event at the Paley Museum. Megan Rapinoe, another radical far-left-wing activist, served as the moderator. The people behind "Ted Lasso" knew whose approval they wanted and went directly to Sarah Spain and Megan Rapinoe to seek it. The interview with Hunt also made clear how central the women's team was to the show's return. He said Sudeikis kept thinking about doing the series with a women's team after Season 3. That idea led to a small writers' retreat intended to determine whether the show remained "fertile ground." The writers decided it did. In other words, women's soccer wasn't simply the setting selected after the decision to revive "Ted Lasso." It was the idea that convinced the creators to revive it. Despite my reaction, plenty of people watched the Season 4 premiere. According to Nielsen data provided by Apple, the episode generated 296.6 million viewing minutes in the United States across Aug. 4 and Aug. 5. More than 200 million minutes came on Aug. 5 alone, making "Ted Lasso" the most-streamed program in the country that day. Apple called it the biggest launch in Apple TV history. That's impressive, but it also isn't terribly surprising. "Ted Lasso" was one of the most popular streaming shows in America during its original run. It won 13 Emmy Awards, became Apple's signature television series and disappeared for three years after what many viewers believed was its finale. Of course people wanted to see it return. Nielsen's first weekly report was also strong. "Ted Lasso" generated 866 million viewing minutes across 35 available episodes, including the first three seasons, during the week of Aug. 3 through Aug. 9. The Season 4 premiere accounted for 36% of that total, and the show ranked second among streaming originals. But those figures establish only that people were interested in the return of "Ted Lasso." They don't tell us whether the audience stuck around as the season progressed. OutKick/Fox News Digital reached out to Apple and asked for episode-by-episode viewing totals for the subsequent Season 4 episodes. We also asked whether the company had internal data showing how many viewers who started the premiere finished it and continued watching the season. Apple did not respond. The company eagerly supplied the figure that allowed it to announce the biggest premiere in the history of its streaming service. It became much less communicative when asked for the numbers that would show whether those viewers kept watching. If the later episodes were setting similarly historic marks, it is reasonable to think Apple would be just as eager to publicize those numbers. Instead, the company that celebrated the premiere hasn't released any viewing data on the show in over a month. While that doesn't prove viewership collapsed after the premiere, there is no public evidence that the record-setting launch translated into equally historic retention. TIME critic Judy Berman received the first four episodes of Season 4 for review. So, she saw Ted invoke his "white male privilege," Rebecca admit that she never considered a woman for the coaching job, Alice confront her over that decision, players struggle with pregnancy and childcare, sponsors abandon the women's team and wealthy investors get lectured about the patriarchy and their "fake allyship." The show couldn't have worked harder to establish its progressive credentials. Despite all of that, Berman's headline read: "Ted Lasso Doesn't Know What to Do With Women's Soccer." Berman argued that Ted's presence could come across as "paternalistic" and said the character sometimes resembled a "cringey, try-hard male feminist." She complained that Rebecca and Keeley still felt filtered through the "male gaze" and noted that many qualified female coaches could have received Ted's job. "A different coach is going to have to inspire those locker rooms, because Ted Lasso just doesn't belong," she concluded. You know, for a group of people who constantly complain that men think women "don't belong" in sports, they sure don't seem to have a problem proclaiming that men don't belong in women's sports. Well, except the men who "identify" as women, of course. Those men are to be celebrated. Variety critic Alison Herman wrote that "feminist commentary was never the series' strong suit" and argued that despite the show's pivot toward women, longtime male characters like Ted, Beard and Roy remain "load-bearing" and "space-occupying" protagonists. The Times of London critic Carol Midgley criticized the decision to sideline Alice in favor of Ted and argued that other storylines played into gender stereotypes, concluding that "occasionally you could argue the show itself is sexist." Apparently, building the season around women's sports, sexism, representation, unequal funding and male privilege wasn't enough. Even one of the people enlisted to celebrate the season found another way the show elevated a man at women's expense. At the end of Spain's interview with Hunt, she recounted a conversation in which Malala Yousafzai argued that the series should really be called "Rebecca." Her reasoning was that Ted's compassionate coaching style is possible only because Rebecca, as the club's owner, permits it. Spain said Malala believed a male owner would have fired Ted and hired a more traditionally masculine manager. Spain later asked Sudeikis what he thought of Malala's argument. "They're not changing the name," he replied, according to Spain. Hunt was far more accommodating. Spain quoted him calling Malala "incredible" and saying, "Everything she says makes sense," before joking that Warner Bros. probably didn't want to relabel all the merchandise. Think about the moving target here. "Ted Lasso" resurrected itself around a women's team, filled its opening episodes with feminist grievances, pushed its title character toward the sidelines and promoted the season alongside Sarah Spain and Megan Rapinoe. The response was still that the woman wasn't receiving enough credit and perhaps the man's name should be removed from the title. As of this writing, Season 4 holds an 88% critics score and a 69% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on those numbers, critics generally approved of the season's direction more than the audience did, yet prominent progressive reviewers still found new ideological shortcomings to condemn. What was "Ted Lasso" supposed to do? Hollywood studios repeatedly bend popular franchises around the demands of progressive critics. Writers center the "correct" political issues, diversify the cast, elevate female characters and turn familiar stories into vehicles for approved social messages. The audience gets a less entertaining product and critics still aren't satisfied. So, what's the point? You see, for the left-wing media, satisfaction would undermine the entire industry. A critic whose influence comes from identifying perceived sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and whatever other "isms" and "phobias" they will invent in the next few years has little incentive to declare that a mainstream television show handled everything correctly. The standard changes because the criticism is the product. Hollywood keeps playing along, presumably because executives want favorable coverage, awards and protection from the online backlash that comes with refusing to follow the approved script. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Yet "Ted Lasso" demonstrates how little that protection is worth. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The show's creators resurrected a beloved series and rebuilt it around the issues progressive television critics claim to care about most. They then took it directly to sympathetic figures in left-wing sports media for promotion. The progressive critics still weren't happy. At some point, Hollywood might consider making shows for the people watching them instead of people professionally committed to manufacturing grievances on behalf of whichever "marginalized group" the show has supposedly wronged. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad418c75342cf4db875a2f Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites te 2026-09-18T13:50:04.328Z Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad3f3875342cf4db8759de Buffalo Bills fans pay eye-opening prices for beer and food at Highmark Stadium opener te 2026-09-18T13:40:08.784Z Buffalo Bills fans pay eye-opening prices for beer and food at Highmark Stadium opener The sun is shining this morning in Buffalo, New York as I pump out an edition of Friday Screencaps before hopping in the car for the drive back around Lake Erie to a whole different world from what I just experienced in Orchard Park. My mission going in from my boss was simple: Go ask questions, talk to the people and document the opening of the new Highmark Stadium. What I experienced was what I suspect it's like to be on a drug-induced trip like those people in San Francisco experience where they're taking dumps in the streets and hunched over in paralysis as the drugs run wild through the bloodstream. Gameday in Buffalo is unlike anything I've ever experienced, and I've been to all the biggest mainstream sports experiences in the U.S. NEWLY RELEASED DATA SHOWS WHICH AMERICAN CITIES HAVE THE MOST PASSIONATE FANBASES IN THE NFL The locals don't even blink at the sight of guys like this who are about to delete 32 beers. The real members of Bills Mafia have their own looks. Thousands of looks. They don't even blink at a 400-pounder walking around with his rack hanging out. This is a place where adults make the pilgrimage to the legendary Pinto Ron and Pizza Pete tailgate spot in the Hammer Lot where Pinto Ron's team of merry pranksters pour shots of liquor into a bowling ball finger hole. Drinking the shot is just one part of the routine. Throwing the ball to the ground and then blowing on a vuvuzela is also included in the bit. For the ladies, Ron's crew provides cherries that are dangled over their faces. Most of the classy women will not suck the cherry off the stem. Some, however, go for the full experience. I assume the cherries have been soaked in moonshine. BUFFALO BILLS' LATEST EDITION TO THEIR NEW STADIUM IS PREDICTABLY (AND PAINFULLY) ON BRAND Hundreds and hundreds of people drink the shot out of the same hole over the course of a tailgate. Sanitation isn't a thing here. The liquor kills the germs. Pinto Ron's team also cooks right on the hood of the most famous Pinto in Buffalo. Bacon and dogs were on the menu Thursday. Yes, I'm told the Pinto runs. LIONS AVOID FRANCHISE-WORST COLLAPSE AS DEFENSE STOPS SAINTS TWO-POINT CONVERSION IN OT Meanwhile, about 20 yards from Ron's holy grail of tailgating, Lions fans had their own headquarters. That's where the infamous Tubgaters held court with their traveling hot tub that is mounted on a trailer. The owner tells me that when he rolls into town, he'll pull up to a house and ask the locals if he can fill up his tub. On Thursday, he had the water up to 98 degrees, but he assured me it could get up to 115 degrees for those really cold winter nights. Buffalo Bills games are Disney World for NFL tailgating debauchery, but there's a method to the madness. People are cordial. Free food is very common. It's everywhere. Free liquor is everywhere. Friendship isn't hard to come by. You can arrive by yourself and leave with dozens of friends. RYAN FITZPATRICK SAYS FRIENDS RAVING ABOUT HIGHMARK STADIUM DESPITE HARSH CRITICS: 'ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE' Needless to say, I'll be back. My dad needs to see this. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 When I think of loud stadiums, I think of places like Autzen Field in Oregon or Arrowhead. Highmark Stadium IS LOUD. It's loud from the second you walk in. The music being played pregame was LOUD, super loud. The in-game experience is the same thing. I'm talking piercing noise. The other big takeaway for fans has to be concession pricing. Not that we should be shocked. I found this couple who just exited a concession room where they picked up the prized Bills beer horns and some food. Here's what you get for $113: • Two beers (16 oz, I believe) • Two of the prized beer horns – yes, they have lids so you don't spill beer as you're walking around • A bucket of popcorn • A personal pizza Other food prices that I spotted: • Souvenir bucket of popcorn: $19 • Dill pickle popcorn: $10 • Pierogies: $14 • Sweet Italian sausage on a sub roll: $14 CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE • Order of chicken wings (I assume you get six): $18 Other observations from Highmark: – The concourses are a mess in the areas where they're selling the beer horns. In one area of the 300 level, an escalator dumps fans into an area where fans had waited over an hour for the horns. "How long have you been waiting for a beer," I asked one guy. "An hour and fifteen minutes," the guy replied. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! I thought he was screwing with me. "Are you serious," I fired back. That's when others in line spoke up. He wasn't lying. An hour or more wait was common. But, if you were to ask a Bills fan if the lines, and prices, and insanely packed concourses were worth it after the Bills worked over the Lions in their new stadium, they'd tell you it was all worth it to watch Josh Allen have another career night. All was right in the world as long as you don't look at your credit card statement. ################ SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER And with that, I'm going to close down my Buffalo operation and get home to Ohio. Thank you to Buffalo. It was a trip I won't soon forget. Have a great day. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad3f3375342cf4db87599d Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites te 2026-09-18T13:40:03.331Z Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad3ce075342cf4db87595e Ex-Dem insider reveals why Biden's daughter threatened to sue her: 'Bordered on parody' te 2026-09-18T13:30:08.708Z Ex-Dem insider reveals why Biden's daughter threatened to sue her: 'Bordered on parody' Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, threatened to sue a former Democratic fundraiser for spilling secret internal discussions about her father’s cognitive and political decline in the 2024 presidential election. Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser who switched her party affiliation over unheeded warning signs about Biden's decline in the 2024 election, said Ashley Biden posted the threat to Instagram in February of last year. "They wanted to scare me. That was the goal," Li told Fox News Digital. Li’s account of the threat, in her view, was one of the many attempts to intimidate her that she received after deciding to speak out about the fear, disorganization and secrecy that had paved the path for Biden to run for re-election in 2024 despite looming concerns about his age. Also, the fact that those threats never materialized is evidence to Li that even her critics recognize the validity of her testimony. EX-DEM FUNDRAISER TORCHES BIDEN AS BOOK LAUNCH IMPLODES: 'NO ONE WANTS TO READ' Li described the threat from Ashley Biden in her book, "Unburdened." "Ashley later threatened to sue me for saying there was a cover-up of her father’s decline, lashing out on Instagram with a bravado so crude it bordered on parody: ‘This woman is a bonavide [sic] liar. Karma is a real bad b----, Lindy,’" she wrote. "’I don’t know you but can’t wait to meet your a-- in court. Ready for a lawsuit? Let’s go! I won’t put up with this BS anymore.’" In an interview with Fox News Digital, Li showed screenshots of the post, which she said was taken down just a day later. She recalled thinking it was odd; beyond the lawsuit threat, Ashley Biden claimed she didn’t know who Li was. But Li had met Ashley Biden on a number of occasions and shared pictures of the two of them with Fox News Digital as proof. "Doesn’t even pass the smell test," Li said. EX-DEM INSIDER DROPS BOMBSHELL ON WHERE HARRIS RANKED IN SECRET POLL FOR BIDEN REPLACEMENTS As a top fundraiser for both Biden and Harris, Li worked closely with top donors, high-profile members of the party and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). When she decided to go public with revelations about Biden’s age, she said the retaliation began immediately. "When I went on Shannon’s show to say Biden needs to step aside — and three hours later he did — my access immediately vanished and all my fears about speaking up were justified," Li told Fox News Digital. "I knew that if I spoke up my life would be ruined and frankly, in that respect, it was. I was never invited to the White House again, never spoke to Biden again. Prior to that, I was invited to the White House every two to three weeks. There was always some event." When Li brought Ashley Biden’s threat to her legal representation, her lawyers dismissed the possibility but said that the Bidens would likely try to avoid a painful disclosure battle that could drag more details into the public eye over his cognitive decline. EX-DEM INSIDER EXPOSES WHAT HARRIS TOLD TOP DONORS DAYS BEFORE BIDEN DROPPED OUT: 'INSULTING' "My lawyer’s eyes lit up: ‘You want her to use you. The discovery would be incredible,’" she recalled. "Truth, after all, remains the strongest shield against defamation." "Everything I said was true so... I’m still waiting to hear exactly what I said that is legally actionable," Li said. Representation for Ashley Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad383375342cf4db875872 Flock CEO, tech rivals called to testify before senators over AI camera privacy concerns te 2026-09-18T13:10:11.307Z Flock CEO, tech rivals called to testify before senators over AI camera privacy concerns FIRST ON FOX: The CEOs of four companies, including Flock Safety, are being called to testify before a Senate panel next week as lawmakers look to crack down on AI-powered surveillance camera tracking Americans’ movements, Fox News Digital has learned. A number of lawmakers and several governors have called for investigations into alleged privacy violations regarding the handling of images and data generated by AI-backed surveillance cameras. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism will hold a hearing titled "Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network" on Sept. 23. THREE NEW COMPANIES FACE JOSH HAWLEY'S INVESTIGATION INTO AI SURVEILLANCE AND VEHICLE TRACKING "Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church," subcommittee Chairman Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I’m investigating these companies to determine WHO has access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ data - and what they’re doing with it." Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, Rick Smith, CEO of Axon Enterprise Inc., Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Solutions, and Filip Kaliszan, CEO of Verkada, have all been invited to testify before the committee. Fox News Digital reached out to the four companies invited to testify. AI-powered surveillance cameras have been heavily scrutinized by lawmakers over concerns that the cameras track individuals’ movements without reason, regardless of whether a crime is being committed. FORMER PENTAGON AI CHIEF WARNS FLOCK CAMERAS COULD CREATE 'CHINA-LIKE SURVEILLANCE STATE' IN THE US A number of politicians have taken action against the devices, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordering the removal of all license plate reader cameras from Florida state roads and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordering all state agencies to stop spending state money on Flock Safety cameras. Flock Safety cameras, along with other similar brands and technology, use artificial intelligence to automatically track and identify vehicles and license plates for local law enforcement use. Nationwide concern has grown about whether the AI-backed system should be allowed to track the movement of vehicles without a warrant or the consent of drivers. FLOCK SURVEILLANCE SPREADS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS RED-STATE LAWMAKERS SEEK TO AX '1984'-STYLE TRACKING TOOLS A total of about 120,000 Flock Safety cameras are operating in the U.S. in every state except Alaska. Opposition to Flock Safety cameras has created an unlikely political overlap, with Republicans and far-left activists criticizing the technology for very different reasons. Republican lawmakers have largely centered their objections on privacy rights, government overreach and warrantless surveillance, while socialist and communist organizers have incorporated the cameras into broader campaigns opposing artificial intelligence, law enforcement, immigration enforcement, data center development and what they describe as an emerging "police state" or "AI surveillance state." LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS ARE TRACKING DRIVERS EVERYWHERE President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he supports the idea of Flock Safety cameras "because of law enforcement" and the aid AI-powered cameras provide to police and local law enforcement. Over the last year, several far-left organizations tied to a network funded by Shanghai-based tech businessman Neville Roy Singham have organized local opposition to Flock Safety cameras while simultaneously campaigning against new data center projects. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump and other Republican leaders have continued to champion data center construction as part of the administration's broader technology and infrastructure agenda. FIRST ON FOX: ‘NO KINGS’ PROTEST NETWORK BEHIND FIGHT AGAINST AI DATA CENTERS AND FLOCK CAMERAS The Party for Socialism and Liberation's Denver chapter teamed up with Indivisible and the far-left Sunrise Movement in May to promote a public forum focused on the alleged link between data centers and mass surveillance, contending that both exist to serve billionaires instead of everyday communities. TEA PARTY FOUNDER LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE 'DATA CENTER REVOLT' AGAINST AI DATA CENTER EXPANSION The Party for Socialism and Liberation's Tucson chapter joined "deFLOCK Tucson" and the "No Desert Data Center Coalition" on July 25 for a gathering dubbed "It's ALL Connected," held at the Global Justice Center on E. 26th Street. Event advertisements posed a question about what mass surveillance, data centers and electricity have in common, responding with a single message: "IT'S ALL CONNECTED." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad383275342cf4db875869 Can tech really get you off your phone and into real life? te 2026-09-18T13:10:10.250Z Can tech really get you off your phone and into real life? How many times have you picked up your phone to check one thing and found yourself still scrolling 30 minutes later? I know I've done it. Our phones make it incredibly easy to stay connected. Yet something interesting seems to be happening at the same time. Many people are looking for more reasons to put those phones down and spend time with other people in the real world. Run clubs are growing. Local gatherings are drawing attention. Phone-free events are popping up. People seem hungry for experiences that feel a little less like another feed. That raises an interesting question: Could the same technology that keeps pulling us online also help get us back into real life? That idea is behind NewTree Social, an early-stage community events app from 29-year-old founder Maddy O'Connor. She wants people to use their phones to discover something happening nearby, make a plan and then go experience it. And the timing may be right. RESTAURANTS BAN DINERS' PHONES DURING MEALS AS NO-SCROLL TREND GROWS: PUT IT AWAY OR ELSE NEW! 🩺 Free CyberGuy LIVE class: Get Better Healthcare With AI Saturday, September 26 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will show you five practical ways AI can help you organize your health history, remember important appointment details, understand complicated medical information, research prescriptions and prepare smarter questions for your doctor. No technical experience is needed. Save your free spot at CyberGuyLive.com There is some real data behind this shift. Eventbrite's 2026 Social Study surveyed people ages 18 to 35 in the U.S. and U.K. It found that 79% planned to attend more events in 2026. Among Gen Z respondents, 46% said they were limiting screen time and 74% said in-person experiences were more important than digital ones. Now, keep in mind that this research comes from Eventbrite, a company whose business revolves around live events. Still, those numbers line up with something we are seeing play out in the real world. Eventbrite says phone-free experiences listed on its platform grew 567% globally between 2024 and 2025. Attendance at those events rose 121%. The company based those numbers on events that used "phone-free" terminology in their title or description. For people who have spent years with a smartphone within arm's reach, intentionally putting it away feels significant. It also creates an unusual opening for technology. Instead of asking how an app can keep you scrolling longer, what if the goal becomes helping you find something worth closing the app for? That is where O'Connor comes in. She told CyberGuy that the idea for NewTree grew partly from her own experience living in Washington, D.C. without an established group of friends. Her experience changed depending on where she lived and whether she could find places where meeting new people felt natural. At the same time, she was watching interest grow around run clubs, wellness events, social clubs and other in-person experiences. So she started building around that behavior. NewTree is designed to help people discover local activities and meet others through something they already want to do. I think that part is important. Walking into a room of strangers solely because you are supposed to meet people can feel awkward. Walking into a fitness class, community event or gathering you already find interesting gives you a reason to be there before you ever introduce yourself. For someone who recently moved or simply wants to expand a social circle, that could make taking the first step a little easier. Open NewTree and the basic experience should feel familiar. There is a feed. You browse events nearby. You can RSVP and get reminders about something you want to attend. But the idea behind that feed is a little different. O'Connor comes from a graphic design background and told CyberGuy that she deliberately wanted NewTree to feel more like a social platform than a traditional events directory. The app currently focuses on community, fitness and wellness events around Tampa, St. Pete and Clearwater. Apple describes it as an app for discovering local events, RSVPing and meeting new people. Hosts can add photos and videos to event listings. Users can browse what is happening around them and RSVP from their phones. O'Connor also wants reviews to play a bigger role in what people discover. She says reviews of a host's events can affect how those events perform in the feed instead of simply sitting on a profile. There is something almost funny about the concept. You open another social-style app because you want to spend less of your social life inside apps. But maybe that is exactly the point. EXPERTS REVEAL WHY 'NONNAMAXXING' TREND MAY IMPROVE MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH NewTree is entering a crowded space. Meetup, Eventbrite and Facebook already help people discover events nearby, and both Meetup and Eventbrite offer personalized recommendations. So what is NewTree trying to do differently? O'Connor says she wants the experience to feel more like a social platform built specifically around getting people together in person. She also says reviews can influence how a host's events perform in the feed, so better-reviewed experiences can potentially receive greater visibility. During NewTree's early pilot, O'Connor is personally reviewing and approving hosts before their events can appear publicly. None of those ideas completely reinvents event discovery. The bet is that putting them together in a more curated, community-focused experience will give people another useful way to find things to do and meet people nearby. Whether that gives people enough reason to add NewTree to the apps they already use is one of the biggest things the company still has to prove. Here is what I would be watching. Does NewTree help people make plans they actually follow through on? Getting someone to download an app is one thing. Getting them to put on shoes, leave home and show up somewhere is much harder. The idea works if you spend a few minutes browsing NewTree, find something interesting and eventually put the phone back in your pocket because you have somewhere to go. It becomes a lot less interesting if people simply scroll through another feed filled with things they might someday do. O'Connor is very open about just how early NewTree is. She told CyberGuy that NewTree is pre-traction and pre-revenue. Tampa Bay is the starting point because she wants to prove that people will use the platform in one market before trying to expand throughout Florida and eventually nationwide. So there is a long way to go. But the behavior NewTree is betting on already appears to be taking shape. Of course, using an app to find events where you may meet strangers brings some very real safety questions. O'Connor says she has taken a hands-on approach during NewTree's MVP stage. She told CyberGuy that she personally reviews and approves hosts before their events can appear on the platform. Users can report content or other users and block people. Hosts can also remove or report attendees. NewTree's current support page says business profiles are reviewed before they can post. However, there is an important limitation. A verified badge means NewTree says it has confirmed that the business is who it claims to be. It does not mean NewTree is endorsing or guaranteeing a specific event. NewTree's terms go further. They say events are generally operated independently by outside hosts and that NewTree does not ordinarily perform criminal background checks or identity verification on users, attendees, hosts or organizers. So I would still do some homework before showing up at an unfamiliar event. Look up the organizer independently. Check the venue. If you are uncomfortable going alone, bring someone you trust. Technology can help you find people. It cannot remove all of the risks that come with meeting people you do not know. Privacy deserves a close look too. O'Connor told CyberGuy that NewTree collects basic account information, including your name, email, date of birth and location. She says the app can use a saved profile location or, with your permission, your device location. She also said the information is stored through NewTree's Supabase database, with database-level access controls designed to limit who can access different information. When someone RSVPs to a free event, O'Connor says the host receives the attendee's name, email and location information so they can manage and communicate with attendees. 1 IN 6 ADULTS PLAGUED BY LONELINESS AS RESEARCHERS REVEAL LASTING IMPACT OF COVID PANDEMIC Another detail could cause some confusion. Apple currently gives NewTree a 13+ age rating. NewTree itself says you must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use the platform. O'Connor told CyberGuy that Apple's 13+ label reflects its content-based App Store rating rather than the minimum age NewTree allows on the platform. So, despite what you may see on the App Store listing, NewTree says the service itself is for adults 18 and older. Right now, Apple lists NewTree as an iPhone app. O'Connor told CyberGuy that Android support is planned but not available yet. The business model is still taking shape too. O'Connor says she is leaning toward keeping the app free for users while eventually offering optional premium tools for businesses and hosts. Exactly what those paid features would include has not been decided. So I would look at NewTree for what it is today: a very early app built around a much larger change in the way some people are thinking about technology. Most of us could probably use a few more reasons to put the phone down and do something in the real world. Our phones have become where we communicate, work, watch videos and fill just about every empty moment. Sometimes the screen starts taking the place of the experiences it was supposed to help us find. Maybe the better approach is expecting more from the technology we already use. If an app helps you discover a local event, try something you would never have considered or meet someone you otherwise never would have crossed paths with, the phone becomes the starting point. Then it can get out of the way. I like that idea. Use the technology to find something worth doing. Then look up from the screen and go do it. What stands out to me here is how good technology has become at keeping us looking down. Notifications pull us back in. Feeds always have something else waiting. Before you know it, another chunk of your day has disappeared into a screen. Now we are seeing signs that many people want something different. They still want technology, but they also want more opportunities to be around people in the real world. NewTree has a lot to prove. But I like the problem O'Connor is trying to solve. Your phone already knows how to keep you home and entertained for hours. Maybe the next really useful social app will be the one that gives you a good reason to leave. Would you use an app designed to get you off your phone and out meeting people, or does downloading another social app defeat the whole purpose? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad383075342cf4db875860 The AI revolution could become a national security disaster if we aren't careful te 2026-09-18T13:10:08.800Z The AI revolution could become a national security disaster if we aren't careful Reindustrialization is alive in America. Yet the recent backlash on artificial intelligence (AI) data centers reveals we have not learned from our offshoring mistakes: creating dependencies that will not be easily reversed. Whether or not AI data centers are built in America, AI is here to stay. Either we choose to shape the trajectory of AI technology by embracing the AI data center buildout or cede this advantage to other nations that are eager to lead the AI race. China, for example, announced nearly $300 billion in data center investment through 2030, not including private sector spending. India is offering a 20-year tax holiday for foreign cloud operators and the Republic of Korea is offering regulatory relief. Meanwhile, many Americans are calling for moratoriums. The national security consequences of who hosts AI data centers go beyond competition with China. If we do not build AI data centers in the United States, we risk everything that is inside the data centers: the data, compute, and intellectual property (IP) that drive innovation, protect privacy, and enable sovereignty. We will also forfeit our ability to set the security standards for this critical infrastructure. LIZ PEEK: CHINA IS CHEERING AS THE LEFT BLOCKS AMERICA’S AI INFRASTRUCTURE If AI data centers are the engines of AI innovation, data is the fuel. A significant amount of data is required to make AI useful, all of which must pass through AI data centers. Data, therefore, must be handled carefully — especially for privacy reasons — and viewed as a national asset. Adversaries will view data routed through AI data centers as an opportunity to advance their own AI ambitions. Data may be collected for espionage purposes or to accelerate adversaries’ own AI models, as we have seen China do time and again in cyberspace and through adversarial distillation. Adversaries may also conduct adversarial attacks during model training, which could, without our knowledge, degrade and manipulate data that determines the performance of AI models. Either way, insecure or compromised data impacts everyone — from large businesses to individuals — and exposes potentially sensitive information. Then there is compute. America currently hosts 75% of global high performance compute, making it a true strategic advantage. CHINA-LINKED HACKERS INFILTRATED US GOVERNMENT NETWORKS BEFORE FBI TAKEDOWN Strong export controls on advanced compute enable us to widen America’s AI lead against adversaries and work with allies and partners to shape the trajectory of AI. Our commitment to increased domestic semiconductor production through implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act is reinforcing our lead with new U.S. capacity. But where do chips go once we have them? Many of them go to AI data centers. By sending AI data centers overseas, the chips will follow — and potentially the businesses that supply them. Re-offshoring will have a detrimental impact on U.S. resiliency and the U.S. economy, which has prepared for the reindustrialization of semiconductor manufacturing for the past four years. CHINA IS BUILDING AN AI WAR MACHINE. WASHINGTON MUST WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Today, China’s semiconductors are a few generations behind the leading-edge due to U.S. export controls on high-end chips and equipment. But if chips are increasingly housed overseas where we cannot enforce security standards, we may increase the ease of remote access instead of closing this loophole, further enabling China to accelerate its own AI development. Relying on overseas AI data centers will also kneecap us in the event of a global crisis because other nations–not the United States–will decide where to surge compute. There is no guarantee that America will receive any of that capacity, but what we do receive will be slow because it will not be on our shores. Compute capacity is already severely constrained and will only become more limited as demand grows for AI tools. This will impact our military, which already faces a potential compute bottleneck, and our innovators powering new breakthroughs, including researchers, students, and startups. Having AI data centers in America ensures we can comfortably prioritize access during a crisis while continuing to foster our innovation economy and technical workforce. Tying together data and compute is AI IP, which includes the AI models and model weights that have enabled America to stay at the frontier. IP is already a well-known target for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and this extends to AI. China has already engaged in IP theft through adversarial distillation to compete with proprietary, American frontier models. Sending AI data centers overseas is like handing IP over to the CCP, which they will continue to use for their own market dominance and, presumably, their military advantage. Luckily, America currently hosts the most AI data centers. However, given about 60% of announced projects for this year have yet to begin construction, this lead cannot be taken for granted. As companies and policymakers seize this moment to reframe the narrative about resource use and benefit to local communities, three immediate actions can build public confidence and ensure America’s security interests. CHINESE BOT FARM CAUGHT RED-HANDED TRYING TO INFLUENCE HEATED AI DATA CENTER DEBATE First, America should leverage federal land to start rapid AI data center buildout. In July 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order to open up federal land and streamline permitting for commercial AI data centers. By using this authority, America can ensure AI is viewed as a common good instead of a local burden. It also puts the responsibility on the U.S. government, rather than local communities, to work with data center developers to scale AI using modest resources. Second, the Commerce Department should leverage the AI Exports Program to promote secure, global AI data center buildout with allies and partners. Allies and partners need AI capacity as much as the United States, and we should help enable their success. Standards for cyber and physical security of AI data centers are vital to securing and shaping AI use, but are still in development. The AI Exports Program, which aims to share the American tech stack with allies and partners, can be the enforcement mechanism to standardize safe and secure AI data center operations overseas. Through this program, we can mitigate the impact of insider threats and natural disasters; failures of interdependencies, such as water and energy; and compromise of data, compute, and IP. By setting these expectations through an established program, companies can confidently build and other countries will know how to leverage the American tech stack for their own advantage, reinforcing it as the secure alternative to China’s tech stack. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Third, we must save room for AI data center improvements. Although we do not want to stall AI data center buildout, which erodes their value, it is worth asking if the pace of this buildout is necessary to stay ahead in AI. Not every data center proposed is expected to be built, but estimates project that we could reach $7 trillion in global AI data center investment by 2030. The domino effect of more compute is greater opportunity to innovate better methods to power AI that may not require a massive data center, or to improve AI models so that they do not need as much power. We must give innovators time to make these breakthroughs, and us the flexibility to adapt. America is poised to lead or lose the AI industrial revolution — a physical representation of its security interests. It must choose to lead by embracing AI data center buildout in the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad337f75342cf4db875763 Ryan Clark again accuses ESPN of leaking his firing to OutKick: Here’s the real story te 2026-09-18T12:50:07.777Z Ryan Clark again accuses ESPN of leaking his firing to OutKick: Here’s the real story Ryan Clark once again accused ESPN of leaking the news of his firing to OutKick to embarrass him. This time, he said so during an appearance on the influential Black radio show "The Breakfast Club." "Everybody that got laid off got told on Tuesday. Only one person got told on Monday on set. Me. That’s the distinction," Clark told the hosts Tuesday. "It was also purposeful. It was also meant, in my opinion, to humiliate. In leaking it to OutKick, you now know if anybody is going to curry favor for you in this decision, it’s going to be them because it’s me." ESPN informed Clark of his firing during a commercial break of the July 22 edition of "NFL Live." He did not return to the program. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! He continued, "There’s so many reputable sports publications. Whether it’s you know Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, The Athletic. If this is going to be as big a news as it turned out to be, why not give it to them? Because you knew who you were giving it to. You knew the small amount of people within that building that knew it. Then the humiliation that you at least purposed it to come along with me being laid off." "I do feel like it was about that humiliation, and he wanted to save me from that. It was already going to be enough written. It was already going to be enough laughs, enough jokes that I worked that day anyway. So I appreciated him." This is not the first time Clark has made that claim. Nor is it the first time listeners of "The Breakfast Club" have heard it. The day after OutKick reported the news, one of the show’s hosts claimed a source told them ESPN executive Burke Magnus leaked the information to OutKick to spite Clark. It is possible the source was someone who spoke with Clark — or Clark himself. The version of events Clark and the show’s hosts are presenting, however, is not accurate. I would know. I am one of three people who know how OutKick obtained the information and why ESPN informed Clark of his firing during a live program. So let’s go step by step. TOMI LAHREN DEFENDS OUTKICK'S ESPN SCOOP, TORCHES JEMELE HILL, BACKS SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM We must first return to Super Bowl week in February. Although the game aired on NBC, agents, executives, and on-air talent from various networks routinely descend on the host city for meetings and negotiations. One of the most notable pieces of information to emerge that week was that Clark’s standing at ESPN had deteriorated ahead of the network’s first Super Bowl broadcast in 2027. Sources told us Clark was unlikely to remain part of ESPN’s "Monday Night Countdown," which was scheduled to serve as the network’s Super Bowl pregame and halftime show. They also questioned whether he would remain with ESPN at all. The rumblings were not entirely surprising. Despite what Clark says, he was not universally loved inside ESPN. He had supporters, including Stephen A. Smith, ESPN NFL studio executive Seth Markman, and Mina Kimes. But he also had plenty of detractors. Complaints about Clark included his handling of previous contract negotiations, including videos and regular updates; demeaning comments about Robert Griffin III for marrying a white woman; an on-air and behind-the-scenes blowup with Peter Schrager; reckless comments about Louisiana police; and multiple headlines that had little to do with sports. ESPN would not fire Clark over any single incident. The network tends to tread carefully when dismissing Black talent because of the risk of false accusations of racism, accusations Clark eventually made anyway. Waiting for a broader layoff period made sense. Those rumblings continued throughout the spring and summer, especially after ESPN omitted Clark from its upcoming Super Bowl plans during the network’s May upfront presentation. Before July, OutKick also reported several times that Clark’s future with ESPN was uncertain. RYAN CLARK MADE IT TOO DIFFICULT FOR ESPN TO JUSTIFY KEEPING HIM AFTER YEARS OF CONTROVERSY Now let’s jump to July. On Friday, July 17, a friendly media ally told me they had heard ESPN planned to let go of Clark the following week, when the network was expected to announce layoffs. For context, this person was not a source. Everything we discuss is private and off the record. They did not give me the information for publication, and I had no plans to report it. Two days later, on Monday, others in the industry began asking whether I had heard about the layoffs, who was on the list, and whether Clark was among those who'd be dismissed. That afternoon, I learned that my OutKick colleague Dan Zakhsheske had also heard that ESPN planned to lay off Clark on Tuesday. Zakhsheske and I then gathered the information and confirmed it with two additional sources. We typically avoid reporting transactional media news, but Clark had become a significant figure in the broader sports conversation because of his racial and political commentary. We decided the story was substantial enough to report. Around 4 p.m. ET that day, in accordance with our standard editorial policy, we informed ESPN’s public-relations department that we planned to report Clark’s firing. ESPN PR said it would get back to us. Around 4:48 p.m., the network responded that it had no comment. We published our story, only to learn that The Athletic had reported a bare-bones version at approximately the same time. We later learned that ESPN informed Clark of his firing during the commercial break, right around 4:48 p.m. — before sending us its response. The timeline makes clear that ESPN did not work with OutKick. No one high up at the company leaked the information to us or intended, as Clark put it, to "humiliate" him. So why did ESPN handle it this way? ESPN has told multiple people who inquired about the situation that management did not think OutKick would hold the news until after "NFL Live." The network feared Clark would learn about his firing from our report. The executive who informed Clark — and told him OutKick knew about it — was Seth Markman, one of Clark’s allies. It appears Markman made that decision because he believed Clark was better off hearing the news directly from him. In our view, Markman handled the situation poorly and helped create the secondary storyline surrounding Clark’s firing: the OutKick angle. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE ESPN also deserves blame for assuming OutKick would not hold the story until it addressed the layoff with Clark. The fact that we reached out to the network indicated that we would wait. The network then added to the circus by tipping off The Athletic that we had the story. As for why Clark’s firing was announced a day before the rest of the layoffs, the answer is simple: He was the only person whose name moved the needle. Cam Newton was the second-biggest name laid off. OutKick reported his termination the following morning. For all the drama, headlines, and accusations, OutKick did not contribute to the situation beyond reporting the news. We heard about a story from sources and reported it after seeking comment from ESPN. Every other subplot was the product of ESPN’s poor handling of the situation and Clark accusing us of conspiring with his former bosses. To avoid another situation like this, ESPN should stop assuming our intentions are poor and do a better job keeping sensitive information concealed. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Perhaps unbeknownst to ESPN management and Clark, his impending firing was relatively well known in and around ESPN. People talk. And OutKick has never needed an intentional leak to learn what is happening inside ESPN. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad2ed075342cf4db874b40 Sophie Cunningham says what other gaslighting female athletes won't about the naked Sydney Sweeney ad te 2026-09-18T12:30:08.897Z Sophie Cunningham says what other gaslighting female athletes won't about the naked Sydney Sweeney ad After a full week of women athletes fuming at Sydney Sweeney for, apparently, setting women's sports back decades with her naked gambling ad, Sophie Cunningham has set the record straight. And, to the surprise of approximately nobody, the WNBA's most sane player offered up the most sane take of this entire, silly ordeal. "Why are girls mad?" Cunningham asked on her newly revamped, "No Hesitation" podcast. "That is literally what she does. Why is anyone mad? It is a gambling ad: men, sports, naked women. Of course, that’s going to draw attention. "Do I agree with it? Morally, I think it’s kind of weird, but each to their own. Go do your thing, sis." SYDNEY SWEENEY FIRES BACK AT TROLLS AFTER FACING CRITICISM ONLINE FOR PROVOCATIVE SPORTS AD Shockingly, it's another home run for Sophie Cunningham. She just doesn't miss. What a run! Look, Cunningham's right. This is what Sweeney does. She likes to take her clothes off, if you haven't noticed. It's sort of her shtick. In fact, the whole ad campaign was her idea, according to Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky! Sweeney literally came up with the whole thing. SYDNEY SWEENEY LEAVES LITTLE TO THE IMAGINATION IN PROVOCATIVE NEW CAMPAIGN "It really was Sydney who was driving a lot of the visuals and the messaging," he said during a panel earlier this week. "We're hugely supportive of women's sports. I think it's a huge component of our platform. We never intended to portray female sports." Correct. This ad had nothing to do with women's sports. It was about gambling. Aren't they all nowadays? Seems like it. Sweeney was catering to one very specific audience, as her and new podcast partner, Drew Hanlen, pointed out. Drew, who wouldn't stop talking, figured around 75% of sports bettors are men. I think that's way off. I'd put it closer to 90%. Maybe 95%. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Regardless, that's who the ad was for — and it worked! SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM ADDRESSES PERCEPTION THAT SHE IS THE 'SEX SYMBOL' OF THE WNBA "I can understand when you first see that ad that like it could kind of deflate women, because it’s like we’ve worked so hard to get a little bit of respect around here," Cunningham continued. "But when you really think about it, it’s like, screw it, let that girl do her thing. This has nothing to do with us. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "At the end of the day, I’m really loving seeing all these girls who are powerful, strong, showing young girls what it looks like to be an athlete. I don’t think the ad was coming for women in sports." Another win for the WNBA's most sane player. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad2ecf75342cf4db874b37 Dave Rubin breaks down Hasan Piker's transition from Twitch streamer to political player te 2026-09-18T12:30:07.763Z Dave Rubin breaks down Hasan Piker's transition from Twitch streamer to political player Hasan Piker may be a major name in online political media now, but when he got his start at The Young Turks, a network co-founded by his uncle, Cenk Uygur, he was a young, loud guy looking to make a splash in the online political discourse. Dave Rubin, who formerly worked on The Young Turks, recalls Piker as "a big dude" who was "really loud." "[Cenk] just put Hasan on air, even though virtually everyone there wanted to be on air," Rubin recalled in a conversation with Fox News Digital. Rubin said that most of the staff at The Young Turks wanted to be on camera, but "once [Hasan] just showed up, he just got on camera. Cenk just gave him the keys to the kingdom and I guess he became some sort of personality since then." While Piker has continued to profess anti-capitalist and progressive views, while building an audience of loyal followers, Rubin later had a political epiphany and realigned himself with the right. In a 2017 PragerU video, Rubin explained that the Left had gone from being "progressive to regressive," pointing to cancel culture and calls for censorship, among other things. HASAN PIKER IS BECOMING THE 'FACE OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT,' FORMER DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE WARNS Rubin said he was not surprised that Piker had gone from Twitch streamer to what he called the "brain trust" of Democratic Socialists. "The Rubin Report" host explained that he saw Piker as filling a void for the Left as the Right saw a rise in online personalities. Rubin also pointed to the ways in which Piker differed from the typical left-leaning personalities, which he said have made the Twitch streamer resonate with young people. "There weren't that many entertaining new people on the left online. As I said, the right had this rich group of people that was growing and growing and going, whether it was Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson or me or Steven Crowder or whoever it might be. There was this long list of people. The left had a couple people…. They were all sort of dorky, effeminate, weird, kind of limp-wristed, low testosterone," Rubin said. "And he came on, and again, he's big, he kind of jacked, you know, he wears his fancy clothes, he is aggressive, it's not really what progressives are," he said. Beyond Piker’s physical presence and media rise, Rubin argued that the streamer's ideology is anchored in an aggressive critique of Israel, something that he said has become more common among left-wing personalities. He argued that progressives "have an endless obsession and hatred of Israel," which he said "is just an extension of hatred of the Jews." FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER EQUATES ISRAEL'S 'RIGHT TO EXIST' TO NAZI GERMANY "You don't have to agree with everything any government does or anything else, but when you have no standards for any other country, and then you hold only one country to any standard whatsoever, and that country happens to be the place where the Jews live, maybe it has a little something to do with Jews," Rubin said. Piker has faced accusations of antisemitism and sparked backlash with a recent comment about Jewish Americans' support for Israel. During his Aug. 20 stream, Piker said, "People don't f--- with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they're singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews." Several lawmakers condemned the remarks, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who campaigned with Piker, responded to the streamer's remarks, saying "I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence." EL-SAYED DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM HASAN PIKER AFTER DISTURBING REMARKS ABOUT JEWISH AMERICANS Rubin believes that one of the reasons behind the focus on Israel is that "Jews don't fit into the intersectional calculator." He said that, while Jews had been historically persecuted, their success in America has made it so they don't fit the mold of an "oppressed minority" the way other groups do. "If you're an oppressed group that's not oppressed, it debunks their whole ideology," Rubin said. According to Rubin, the central hypocrisy comes down to Piker's lifestyle versus the beliefs the streamer professes to hold. This dynamic, Rubin warns, could leave Piker's audience bearing the consequences of his ideas. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I have no doubt he lives like a capitalist while promoting socialism and he won't be eaten by the revolution the way some average kid who gets confused by his ideas and then probably gets out there and does something stupid will," Rubin said. Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and The Young Turks for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad2a2375342cf4db874a3a Sydney Sweeney’s provocative sports ad 'reinforces the image she has already built' despite backlash: expert te 2026-09-18T12:10:11.576Z Sydney Sweeney’s provocative sports ad 'reinforces the image she has already built' despite backlash: expert Sydney Sweeney sparked backlash across the aisles following the release of her provocative campaign for a sports trading app. No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinion of the naked ad. Adrienne Uthe, founder of Kronus Communications, exclusively told Fox News Digital that while Sweeney's latest ad may have ruffled feathers, "women having agency also means allowing women to make choices about their image that other women may not personally agree with." SYDNEY SWEENEY FIRES BACK AT TROLLS AFTER FACING CRITICISM ONLINE FOR PROVOCATIVE SPORTS AD "People are entitled to dislike the ad, just like women athletes are entitled to criticize it for their own reasons," Uthe said. "But I don't think this is materially damaging to Sydney Sweeney in any way, shape or form. "In fact, I don't think it's a large departure from who she is and what her brand represents. She's a beautiful woman right now at the peak of her career, and she ultimately can decide which projects she wants to take and which ones she doesn't." She added, "And she's chosen to make sexuality a part of her brand for better or for worse." WATCH HERE: EXPERT WEIGHS IN ON SYDNEY SWEENEY PROVOCATIVE AD CONTROVERSY Sweeney's latest ad featured several shots with strategically placed sports equipment covering her mostly nude body. "Think you know sports? Prove it. Novig is just sports. So, they wanted a show," the "Euphoria" star said in the campaign. SYDNEY SWEENEY, SCOOTER BRAUN ROMANCE FACES BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET AS EXPERT WARNS COUPLE TO 'BE PREPARED' Several female athletes didn’t appear to take too kindly to the ad. Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ariarne Titmus, British sprinter Amy Hunt and former American gymnast Gracie Kramer were among those to denounce the ad. Uthe believed Novig's creative team accomplished its goal, but stressed the significance of effective marketing. "Going viral tells me they captured attention. It doesn’t tell me they captured the customer," Uthe said. "This is where social media completely distorts reality, and we've seen this across all platforms in pop culture, politics, sports and beyond. So the narrative that is the loudest isn't necessarily what is true and what the majority opinion is." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Uthe noted that one side claimed the ad objectified women in sports, while the other narrative questions why there's outrage over an obviously provocative ad. "Once one of those frames takes over, whether it's through different content that someone is viewing or someone just inherently has a bias for this topic, that perception is really gonna make it a reality for them," Uthe said. "And that's why I always say, if you can make it trend, you can it true." Olivia Bennett, Senior Account Director at Go Up, thought that the campaign was simply "bad for women in sport." "I can understand the commercial calculation behind choosing Sydney Sweeney," Bennett told Fox News Digital. "Novig will know its audience, and Sydney has built a public brand where sex appeal, provocation and controversy consistently generate attention. "But this was a national campaign. When you choose someone with such a heavily sexualized and frequently controversial public image, you know the campaign is going to travel far beyond your existing customer base. The wider reaction was entirely foreseeable." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Bennett believed that the bigger issue at hand was what the ad said about women in sports. "What I find most telling is that female athletes themselves are now pushing back and saying: this isn’t how we want women in sport to be represented," she said. "Once the people who actually work and compete in that world start using your campaign as an example of the problem, you have a much bigger reputational issue than a few negative comments online." She added, "For Sydney, I don’t think the campaign is off-brand at all. If anything, it reinforces the image she has already built. But that doesn’t make it good for women in sport. Personal-brand fit doesn’t remove the wider impact of the message you’re putting into the world." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE In what appeared to be a response to the backlash, Sweeney shared a number of ESPN magazine covers featuring nude athletes, including Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey, Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe and Caroline Wozniacki. "It's gamedayyyy," the blonde bombshell wrote before tagging the newly launched sports platform. While many comments encouraged "The Housemaid" actress, Sweeney was hit with accusations of sexualizing a predominantly male-dominated field. "As a former athlete and a woman who has personally experienced sexualized comments, I’m genuinely disgusted and deeply disappointed by this campaign," one user wrote. "We’ve spent years fighting to be seen and respected for our talent, strength, and achievements-not reduced to our bodies." "The campaign was about embracing a fun idea," Sweeney said in a statement, according to Variety. "The concept is simple: cut through the noise and put the focus entirely on sports. The campaign brings that idea to life with confidence, humor and a playful edge." Sweeney's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad2a2275342cf4db874a31 1,000-year-old church mystery cracked by students from King Charles' alma mater te 2026-09-18T12:10:10.593Z 1,000-year-old church mystery cracked by students from King Charles' alma mater Boarding school students in Scotland helped uncover something extraordinary during a school trip: the remains of what's believed to be a 1,000-year-old Viking-era church. Young people from Gordonstoun, located in Moray, Scotland, uncovered the foundations of an altar and a step inside the long-known ruins on the deserted island of Swona in Orkney. Gordonstoun — the alma mater of King Charles III and his late father, Prince Philip — runs an annual service project on the remote island called the Swona Service Project, where students take part in archaeological and restoration work. ANCIENT VIKING SWORD DISCOVERED 'STICKING UP OUT OF THE GROUND' AFTER 1,300 YEARS Gordonstoun housemaster Daniel McLean, who is also the organizer of the project, told Fox News Digital the structure had long been known locally as a "kirk," or church, but its origins remained uncertain. While the ruins themselves were already known, it was unclear whether the structure had actually been a church. The excavation uncovered altar foundations and a step, lending new weight to a local legend that the ruins were once a church. The team had surveyed the site the previous year, McLean said, and found several characteristics consistent with early medieval church architecture. 'SIGNIFICANT' EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH EMERGES BENEATH FORMER FISH MARKET IN ANCIENT CITY "Everything about the structure [fit]," he said. "The size of it, the length, the width ratio, the east-west orientation, the location of the door, the construction methods — it all [fit] for it to be an early medieval church." When the team returned to excavate the site, McLean said they began digging along the inside of the eastern wall, where they believed an altar would have stood. "I thought if there's anything churchy here, we may find the remains of where the altar was on the inside of the east wall," McLean said. The team quickly uncovered the foundations of the altar and a step in front of it. RARE ROYAL ARTIFACT LINKED TO INFLUENTIAL KING-TURNED-SAINT UNCOVERED AFTER DECADES MISSING The church is believed to date to the 10th or 11th century, based on similarities to other Viking-era churches in the region. For Archie Maclean, one of the students who worked on the excavation, seeing the remains up close made the discovery feel real. "When you see the altar in person, you go, 'Oh my gosh, it's still an altar after all of this time,'" Maclean told Fox News Digital. Maclean helped dig the original test pit and later cleaned up the altar and doorway for photographs. He said he was struck by how well the structure had survived. DISCOVERY BENEATH SOCCER FIELD REVEALS MASSIVE MEDIEVAL CONVENT LOST FOR CENTURIES "Same with the doorway as well, the structure of the building is still so visible, even after years of earth and wind and weather eroding the outside — I found [it] fascinating personally," Maclean said. The school has a unique arrangement with the island's owners, the Annal family, and the Swona Heritage Group, to make the experience possible. The 10 students traveled roughly 10 hours by bus, ferry and boat to reach Swona, a remote island about seven miles north of John o' Groats. Alfie Pullin, a student who helped restore the old house where the group stayed, told Fox News Digital the team worked to replace its wooden living room floor, which had rotted away because of drainage problems. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The house had no electricity, while the students pumped fresh water from a 1,000-year-old well, according to Gordonstoun. Pullin described spending a week working on the isolated island without knowing what the experience would bring as "very surreal." "I think it's very surreal to go onto an island with a task, but also a sense of [not knowing] what will actually happen while you're on there for a week," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Pullin added the experience allowed the students "to make these discoveries and to upkeep the island and come away knowing more and leaving the island in a better state than it was before." School officials plan to return to Swona next year for further investigations of the archaeological sites. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The team also plans to use GPS data and digital images collected at the site to create a 3D model of the church, while archaeologists hope further analysis will help determine its age. Maclean said discoveries on remote sites such as Swona can provide clues about the communities that once lived there, as well as how Christianity spread. "Even in places that seem like the middle of nowhere, you can find these parts of history that can re-contextualize a whole village there, or even up to the way that Christianity was spread in this example," said Maclean. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad2a1d75342cf4db874a0c Funding fight in Prop 320 could affect school safety te 2026-09-18T12:10:05.778Z Funding fight in Prop 320 could affect school safety Key Points: Prop 320 would require some school districts to allocate 60% of operational spending toward specific classroom needs Supporters say the measure would increase academic achievement Opponents say it... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Funding fight in Prop 320 could affect school safety first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad27ca75342cf4db874997 Federal judges reveal private coordination behind Trump immigration cases and more top headlines te 2026-09-18T12:00:10.160Z Federal judges reveal private coordination behind Trump immigration cases and more top headlines 1. DHS accuses judges of 'essentially conspiring' against Trump immigration fight 2. 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Hook ‘em!" before running off back to the locker room to celebrate the victory with his team. At the time, Rowe hadn’t even asked her first question to him postgame, and she seemed quite upset as she darted out of camera view after Sarkisian ran away. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Sarkisian addressed the situation ahead of the team’s next scheduled contest against UTSA. "As it pertains to after the ball game, again there was a delay after I greeted Coach Day in the middle of the field. There was a delay in the moment, you know, through that delay, I wanted to go celebrate with our team," he said, per On Texas Football. "We just had a 21-point fourth-quarter comeback against the No. 1 team in the country. If hindsight’s 20/20, if I could do it all over again, I would have exuded more patience in that moment and sat through and waited for the interview with Holly." TEXAS' ARCH MANNING UNDER SCRUTINY FOR HIS REACTION TO AI VIDEO OF STEVE SARKISIAN SLAPPING ESPN'S HOLLY ROWE Sarkisian added that he has "a ton of respect for ESPN and Holly" and didn’t mean to let the moment get the better of him. "Holly and I go way back to even my days of playing at BYU, and we’ve got a great relationship. ESPN is a great partner of ours. We know we’re going to have more opportunities with that crew covering us, and we’re looking forward to those opportunities. So, could have definitely handled that situation better with a little bit more patience in the moment." The viral moment was one social media users ran with, creating AI versions in which Sarkisian was seen slapping Rowe before running off the field. And those AI-manipulated videos led quarterback Arch Manning to have to issue an apology to Rowe after describing those videos as hilarious during his Monday press conference. Manning, who led the Longhorns back in the second half on Saturday night, apologized to Rowe on Tuesday following his Monday news conference, calling his comments "insensitive" and saying he will be "more thoughtful going forward." Rowe accepted his apology. "Obviously Arch recognizes he made a mistake, and it’s an unfortunate one," Sarkisian added. "Nowhere do we condone domestic violence or violence against women. Nothing in our program says that nor Arch individually. I think if he could take it back, he would." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! As for Sarkisian, there was also a moment after the first half that could’ve led to his reaction postgame, as ESPN’s Laura Rutledge and the crew had technical difficulties that irked the Texas head coach for having to wait to go back in the locker room and figure out how to come after Ohio State in the second half. Rutledge was even spotted sprinting toward the tunnel in an attempt to reach Sarkisian, only to find he had already headed to the locker room. She acknowledged his patience during the delay, though that patience wore thin once ESPN's technical issues dragged on too long. In the end, Sarkisian and Manning offered their apologies, and the Longhorns are now ready to move on as one of the AP poll’s top teams in the country after their victory. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad256e75342cf4db87490a 119,000 fake shops could steal your credit card details te 2026-09-18T11:50:06.469Z 119,000 fake shops could steal your credit card details You find a product you want for 65% off. The site looks polished, the branding feels familiar and the deal seems hard to pass up. That could be exactly the trap. Cybersecurity company Nebty has linked about 119,000 domains to a fake shopping operation called DoppelCart. The sites impersonate legitimate businesses and can steal payment details at checkout, including one-time bank verification codes. BleepingComputer reports that more than 105,000 DoppelCart shops were active in Nebty's latest scans, while Nebty says the majority of the cluster remains online. So, before you jump on a huge discount from a store you do not recognize, take a closer look at who is really behind the checkout page. FAKE RENTAL LISTING SCAMS CAN COST YOU THOUSANDS NEW! 🩺 Free CyberGuy LIVE class: Get Better Healthcare With AISaturday, September 26 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will show you five practical ways AI can help you organize your health history, remember important appointment details, understand complicated medical information, research prescriptions and prepare smarter questions for your doctor. No technical experience is needed. Save your free spot at CyberGuyLive.com Nebty discovered DoppelCart while investigating fake shops that targeted several of its customers. Researchers noticed that stores impersonating different companies shared technical characteristics. They began following those connections through publicly available website scans. The investigation eventually grew to roughly 119,000 associated domains. Nebty says that, to its knowledge, DoppelCart represents the largest publicly documented fake-shop cluster when measured by associated domains. The company also makes an important point about attribution. Shared infrastructure does not prove that one person or organization controls every DoppelCart store. Even so, the technical overlap is striking. Nebty CEO Benedikt Scheungraber told BleepingComputer that 96% of the confirmed shops shared identical build files and resolved to 27 commerce backends. Most of the domains connected to DoppelCart use the .shop top-level domain. Nebty's September 2026 data included 118,787 distinct .shop domains linked to the cluster out of 4,361,908 .shop domains in the company's snapshot. That's 2.72%, or roughly one out of every 37 domains in that particular data set. However, that number needs some context. Nebty says the snapshot represents domains listed in the .shop DNS zone. It does not tell us how many legitimate or fraudulent stores were operating at the same moment. For comparison, researchers previously documented BogusBazaar, a fake-shop operation involving more than 75,000 domains. Nebty cautions that observation periods and counting methods differ between investigations, so the numbers are not perfectly comparable. We reached out to GMO Registry, which operates the .shop domain, for comment but did not hear back before our deadline. The days when every scam website looked like somebody threw it together in five minutes are long gone. DoppelCart sites can copy product catalogs from real companies along with descriptions, branding and other material. In some cases, researchers found fake stores loading assets directly from the legitimate company's servers. That creates a real problem for shoppers. You may recognize the brand. The products look right. Nothing on the page immediately screams scam because much of the material came from the real business in the first place. Scheungraber says DoppelCart shops mimic 44,182 different brands, with a median of two clones for each brand. Some brands received much more attention. Researchers found more than 30 shops apiece targeting companies including SodaStream, Velasca, CurrentBody, Daniel Wellington, Dreame, Horze, MOVA and SPARK PAWS. This is where the scam can catch you. Most of us shop around before spending money online. Finding the same product at a dramatically lower price can feel like a great deal. DoppelCart stores take advantage of that reaction. Researchers found fake shops advertising discounts as high as 65%. Of course, a steep discount does not automatically mean you're looking at a scam. Real stores run clearance sales every day. Still, if you've never heard of the retailer and its price beats everyone else by a mile, spend another minute checking who you're buying from. CyberGuy has a full guide on the warning signs worth checking before buying from an unfamiliar website: Tips to help you tell if an online store is real or a scam. 'THE ODYSSEY' STREAMING SCAM COULD STEAL YOUR BANK INFO The real danger starts when you decide to check out. Nebty tested several checkout pages tied to the DoppelCart cluster and found code collecting: According to the researchers, those fields can be transmitted through WebSockets to command-and-control infrastructure in real time. So, an attacker may receive the information while you're still sitting on the checkout page. The technique has similarities to web skimming, where malicious code captures payment information as a shopper types it into an online checkout page. We've previously broken down how that kind of attack works and why shoppers may see no obvious warning: Web skimming attacks target major payment networks. This is the part I find especially concerning. Many of us have been trained to see a verification code from our bank as an extra layer of protection. DoppelCart can potentially turn that security step against you. Nebty found that the checkout code can relay the one-time confirmation code issued by a victim's bank. Attackers may then try to use the code to get past protections surrounding a fraudulent transaction. So, don't automatically enter a bank code simply because a checkout page asks for it. Read the bank's message carefully. Look at the merchant and transaction details if they're included. If something does not match the purchase you're making, stop the transaction and contact your bank through its official app or the number printed on your card. DoppelCart creates another headache after the purchase. Some fake shops display the real company's legitimate customer support address. Now imagine you place an order and nothing arrives. You find the support information on the site and contact the business demanding to know where your purchase went. The company you're calling may have no idea what you're talking about because you never bought anything from it. Nebty says legitimate businesses have received complaints from shoppers over orders those businesses never processed. The scammer gets the payment information. Meanwhile, the legitimate company gets the angry customer and has to explain that somebody copied its store. Nebty says it tried to contact the main hosting provider associated with DoppelCart sites but received no response. Want to see whether a brand or website appears in the DoppelCart investigation? Search Nebty's DoppelCart database at investigations.nebty-id.com/doppelcart APPLE PAY TEXT SCAM THREATENS $8,250 LOSS IN 35 MINUTES A professional-looking site no longer gives you enough information to decide whether a retailer deserves your trust. Instead, slow down when you're shopping somewhere unfamiliar. Look at the domain in your browser before entering payment information. A fake site may use a recognizable company name inside a completely different domain. If you're trying to buy directly from a well-known brand, find its official website independently. Also, don't let the padlock or HTTPS fool you. HTTPS tells you a website encrypts the connection. It does not prove the seller behind the site is legitimate. Scammers can encrypt websites too. A 65% discount can make you want to buy before the deal disappears. That's when I would slow down. Check the product on the company's official website or compare it with a retailer you already know. If the price difference looks unusually large, investigate the seller. Search the store's name before buying. Look beyond reviews displayed on the website itself. Search for independent complaints or reports that connect the domain to scams. Then check the company's contact information. A cloned website can look impressive while having very little legitimate history behind it. The Federal Trade Commission recommends paying by credit card when possible for online purchases because credit cards provide protections when a transaction goes wrong. Some issuers also let you use virtual card numbers for online purchases. Availability varies by issuer. A virtual number can keep your primary card number away from the merchant and may let you shut down the virtual number if something goes wrong. Don't treat a one-time verification code as a routine box to fill in. Read the message your bank sends. If the merchant or transaction looks unfamiliar, do not enter the code. Contact your card issuer through a trusted channel instead. Check whether your bank or card issuer lets you receive notifications when purchases hit your account. Alerts can help you spot an unfamiliar transaction quickly. Do not ignore a small charge simply because the amount looks harmless. Any transaction you don't recognize deserves a closer look. Strong antivirus software can help warn you about known malicious websites and dangerous links. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com However, no program catches every newly created fake shopping site. That means your own judgment still plays an important role when a store you've never heard of suddenly offers the deal of the year. Act quickly if you think you purchased from a DoppelCart site or another fake retailer. The FTC recommends contacting the financial institution you used to make the payment as soon as possible. Use the number on the back of your card, your bank's official app or its official website. Tell the issuer that you entered your card information on a suspected fraudulent website. Ask whether the card should be locked or replaced with a new number. If you also entered a one-time verification code from your bank, tell them that too. Review your recent transactions and continue watching the account. If you paid the fake retailer, tell your issuer that you believe the transaction involved a scam. Also report any other charges you do not recognize. The FTC recommends asking the card issuer or bank whether it can reverse the fraudulent transaction and return your money. If the fake store asked you to create an account and you reused a password from somewhere else, change that password on the other accounts. Give important accounts unique passwords. A password manager can help generate and store strong passwords without forcing you to remember every one. Remember what DoppelCart checkout pages can collect. The people behind the operation may have your contact information along with payment details. Be suspicious of unexpected bank warnings, delivery messages or refund offers connected to the purchase. Scammers sometimes target people who already lost money and then pose as someone who can help recover it. Go directly to your bank or the company's official website rather than clicking a link in an unexpected message. If you downloaded a file, installed software or gave the suspicious site additional access to your device, update your security software and run a scan with strong antivirus software. If all you did was type card information into the fake checkout, focus first on protecting the payment account and watching for fraudulent transactions. Report suspected fraud to the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Reports can help authorities identify fraud patterns and investigate scam operations. What bothers me most about DoppelCart is how convincing these fake stores can look. You may recognize the products and the branding because scammers copied them from a real business. For me, that changes how I look at a bargain from a store I don't know. If the price seems unusually low, I want to know exactly who I'm buying from before I enter my card information. Take a minute to check the web address and search for the retailer on your own. That small pause could save you from having to replace your card or deal with fraudulent charges later. Have you ever landed on an online store that looked completely legitimate but something made you suspicious, and what tipped you off? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad1e6a75342cf4db874780 Celebrity plastic surgeon reveals when it's too soon for a facelift, and when waiting can backfire te 2026-09-18T11:20:10.672Z Celebrity plastic surgeon reveals when it's too soon for a facelift, and when waiting can backfire When it comes to getting a facelift, timing may be everything. Going under the knife too soon could mean having surgery before it’s necessary — but waiting too long can also backfire, according to celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow. During an episode of Josh Peck’s podcast, "Good Guys," the Beverly Hills-based surgeon said some women are jumping the gun and getting the procedure too soon. CHEAP SURGERY OVERSEAS MAY COME WITH DEVASTATING COMPLICATIONS, DOCTORS WARN "For those people in their 30s who want some skin tightening, they need to wait, 'cause there will be the technology that will allow early facelifts without cutting," he said. Dubrow also mentioned Kris Jenner’s recent facelift, which may have motivated women to seek out the procedure based on her results. "That made facelifts like, ‘Oh, Kris Jenner did it and made it public. Now it's cool. Everybody get a facelift,’" he said. "So then you're seeing 38-year-old people in your office wanting a facelift, and you go, ‘OK, hold on a second. You don't even need a facelift. You need to wait, because, you know, a facelift is incisions, and scars, and elevating up the skin, numbness, and all sorts of potential things that can go wrong." MEN FACE NEW PRESSURE TO STAY ‘HOT’ AS THEY AGE — AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT LIVING LONGER Dubrow warned that if people have too many facelifts, "when it starts to relax, it can relax in weird ways." "You've all seen it – people who look pretty good, but there's something about the way their skin lies on their face that looks unnatural, and it ruins the whole look," he warned. "If you have early laxity, don't go in for your ‘Kris Jenner facelift.’ Still wait, because that technology is just around the corner." Conversely, the surgeon has warned that waiting too long – while relying on other nonsurgical fixes – can also backfire. "A lot of women are staying on the ‘nonsurgical treadmill’ for too long," Dubrow told Fox News Digital. DO RED LIGHT THERAPY AND COLD PLUNGES REALLY WORK? A DOCTOR REVEALS THE TRUTH "They keep adding filler, lasers and tightening treatments, when the real problem is that the deeper tissues have dropped." While it is possible to get a great result with a later-in-life facelift, the doctor pointed out that as the skin becomes looser, the tissues descend further, which may require more extensive surgery. "My feeling is that once those treatments stop producing a natural result, continuing to postpone surgery can actually make you look less natural." That’s not to say that non-surgical treatments don’t have their place, he noted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "Fillers, lasers and tightening treatments can buy you time when they are used intelligently – but fillers cannot lift sagging tissue, and too much filler can make someone look distorted." Aggressive energy treatments can also create scarring under the skin and make surgery more difficult later, Dubrow cautioned – "so, ask whether a treatment is truly delaying a facelift or just delaying the decision." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER There is no "magic age" in terms of best results with a facelift, according to Dubrow. "For some women, it is their late 40s. For others, it is their 50s or 60s," he said. "It comes down to genetics, skin quality, and what is happening along the jawline and neck." Advice for facelift timing can vary depending on what type of expert you see, and every specialist tends to see the problem through the treatments they perform, the doctor noted. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "A dermatologist may explain what can still be accomplished without surgery, and a board-certified plastic surgeon can tell you when those options have reached their limit … and when it is time to actually reposition the anatomy," he said. Ultimately, he suggests getting opinions from both sides. "The right time should be based on your face, not the doctor’s menu," Dubrow said. "Choose what makes sense for your anatomy, your goals and your tolerance for surgery." "The best facelift is the one nobody knows you had, but the best advice often comes from hearing more than one point of view." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad1e6975342cf4db874777 Jasmine Crockett torched for honoring singer with notorious history of violence: 'Completely vile' te 2026-09-18T11:20:09.786Z Jasmine Crockett torched for honoring singer with notorious history of violence: 'Completely vile' Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who recently lost her Senate bid, is facing online backlash after she honored music artist Chris Brown by entering him into the congressional record this past weekend. "Now, y’all know I tend to get in trouble every once in a while. I’ma make this real quick. I need to know who run it! So is Dallas in the building?" Crockett said as she took the stage alongside Brown on Saturday evening. "Let’s give it up for Chris Brown," she added to applause from the audience. The moment drew scrutiny from viewers online, raising questions about Crockett’s status as a lawmaker and whether it should be used to celebrate Brown, someone with a history of domestic violence. AMERICA OWES BLACK WOMEN 'EVERYTHING,' REP JASMINE CROCKETT RANTS OVER JULY 4 WEEKEND Among other instances of misconduct, Brown pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony assault after he attacked his then-girlfriend and famous singer, Rihanna. Many images of her injuries were made public, sparking intense condemnation from the music industry. His violence, however, wouldn’t stop there. He was involved in a 2013 altercation with Frank Ocean, another singer, and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge that same year. In 2017, another ex-girlfriend was granted a domestic violence restraining order against him after she alleged physical abuse. Most recently, Brown pleaded guilty to charges of striking producer Abe Diaw twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in July 2023. He is expected to receive a sentence in October for a separate charge for affray, a criminal charge in English law for unlawfully threatening violence against another person. Andrew Kerr, an investigative reporter with the Washington Free Beacon, quickly noted Brown’s past in a post to X after news of Crockett’s tribute began to spread online.   "Kamala Harris-endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett uses her congressional authority to honor Chris Brown, the rapper best known for beating ever-living sh-- out of Rihanna in 2009," Kerr wrote. Shannon Watts, a Democratic activist and political commentator, also pointed out Brown’s storied past. WATCH: HEARING TURMOIL AS JASMINE CROCKETT UNLOADS ON MLK'S NIECE IN WILD RACIALLY-CHARGED RANT "Chris Brown pled guilty to felony assault after brutally attacking Rihanna. Another ex, Karrueche Tran, later obtained a five-year restraining order after testifying that he abused and threatened her. He has also faced multiple allegations of violence and sexual assault against other women," Watts wrote. Crockett’s member statement, a form of recognition that lawmakers can have entered into the congressional record without any vote, recognizes "the artistry of Chris Brown and Usher Raymond." On stage on Saturday, Crockett framed her member statement as a way to recognize two key artists who had helped shape contemporary R&B and pop music, especially for the Black community. "I know it’s almost Sunday, so I wanna be clear. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. And right now, we are experiencing Black joy to the highest level, and I wanted to make sure we document that in the Congressional Record," Crockett said. But Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross believes that the moment was a political miscalculation, coming across as ignorant of the challenges in the Black community. "Chris Brown has a problem, and several folks beyond Rihanna have met his violent rage. It’s well-documented. This was a ridiculous move by Crockett," she wrote on X. "Also, when Black women suffer [domestic violence] at the highest rates and often fatally, this was tone deaf as hell," she added. Eric Michael Garcia, the D.C. bureau chief of the Independent, echoed Cross’ thinking. "Absolutely disgusting to see Jasmine Crockett platform and honor an abuser of women. Just completely vile," Garcia wrote in a post of his own. Dan Winslow, a New York Times bestselling author, hinted that the moment had changed his view of her. WATCH: TALARICO EMBRACES ‘FREAKY’ IDENTITY AS CROWDS CHANT NAME MEANT AS INSULT: ‘SO WEIRD’ "CHRIS BROWN plead guilty to beating Rihanna. It was a horrific and savage beating. Crockett thought he deserved to be honored. Absolutely disgusting behavior. I am glad she lost. I will never support her again," Winslow wrote. In response to the public backlash, Brown posted a response to his Instagram account, pleading to be left alone and expressing displeasure at Crockett having put him in the spotlight. "Funny thing is... YALL CAME TO ME WITH THIS! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I was minding my own d-mn business. My shows in Dallas were already sold out. I ain't asked to be honored because I knew some sh-t like this would happen... I have an idea how about y'all leave me the f--- alone and let me focus on the fans that spent their money to actually see and support me," Brown wrote. Having decided to give up her seat to pursue a Senate bid, Crockett will not be returning to the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the next congress after she lost to James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the Lone Star State. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad1e6875342cf4db87476e There is a way to fix Social Security. And the solution might surprise you te 2026-09-18T11:20:08.972Z There is a way to fix Social Security. And the solution might surprise you Every few months, another headline tells Americans that Social Security is going broke. It's scary. It's also not quite true. Social Security isn't going to wake up one morning with zero dollars coming through the door. Even if its trust fund reserves are depleted, millions of workers will still be paying Social Security taxes every payday. CONGRESS SPENDS $7 TRILLION. HERE’S HOW THAT MATH WORKS OUT IF YOU THINK OF JUST $100 The problem is that those taxes eventually won't generate enough money to pay 100% of scheduled benefits. So, let's stop pretending Social Security can't be fixed. It can. You're just probably not going to like the fix. Here are three changes Washington should seriously consider. In 2026, employees pay 6.2% into Social Security and employers contribute another 6.2%, but the tax stops once wages reach $184,500. SIX DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PROVE THE WEALTHY PAY A LOT MORE THAN THEIR ‘FAIR SHARE’ Someone making $100,000 pays Social Security tax on every dollar. Someone making $1 million doesn't. That's going to become increasingly difficult politically and mathematically to defend. My first suggestion: Raise the Social Security taxable wage ceiling to $400,000. For somebody earning $400,000, that would expose another $215,500 of wages to Social Security taxes. It also doesn’t make Social Security an infinite tax like Medicare. PROGRESSIVES WANT TO TAX BILLIONAIRES FIRST, AND YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST At today's 12.4% combined employee-employer rate, that's potentially another $26,722 annually flowing into the system from that worker and employer combined. Depending on exactly how Congress structured the change, we're potentially talking about well over $1 trillion of additional revenue over a decade. Higher earners won't like it. I wouldn't like paying it either. But Social Security needs revenue. It’s called a compromise. Here's the second part politicians really won't want to advertise. Especially Democrats. TOP SENATE DEM’S NEW TAX IDEA GETS TORCHED AS CRITICS WARN NEARLY EVERY AMERICAN COULD PAY Everyone needs some skin in the game. Instead of suddenly slamming workers with a giant payroll-tax increase, raise the employee Social Security tax rate from 6.2% to 7.2% gradually over 10 years. That's just 0.1 percentage point each year. Employers would see a corresponding gradual increase. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS, BUT HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THEM? For someone earning $75,000, the first increase amounts to about $75 for the entire year. Ten years later, the employee would be paying an additional $750 annually at today's income. Nobody enjoys paying more taxes. But slowly adjusting the rate over a decade gives workers and businesses time to adapt. AMERICA'S LIFESPAN HAS DOUBLED SINCE 1776 — EXPERTS REVEAL WHAT CHANGED Now comes the third rail. Retirement age. Today's full retirement age is 67 for people born in 1960 or later. Don't change the deal for someone who's 62 and has spent their entire working life planning around 67. Instead, draw a line. If you were born after 1990, gradually move full retirement age to 70. Someone born in 1991 turns 35 this year. They have decades to plan for the change. People are living longer than generations before them. If we're going to make Social Security financially sustainable for another generation, the retirement-age math eventually has to reflect longevity. Here's the political problem. Republicans don't want tax increases. Democrats don't want benefit reductions. Workers don't want to pay more. Employers don't want to pay more. High earners certainly don't want another $200,000-plus of wages subjected to payroll taxes. And nobody wants to hear they're working until 70. Welcome to compromise. There are really only three levers available to fix Social Security and it’s really this simple unless you start doing means testing. Tax more income. Raise more revenue. Reduce future benefits. This plan pulls all three. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Higher earners pay Social Security tax on more wages. Workers and employers gradually contribute more. Younger Americans wait longer for full retirement benefits. And importantly, Social Security doesn't "run out of money." Payroll taxes continue coming in even if the trust fund reserves are exhausted. That's why Congress should stop scaring Americans and start solving the problem. Because the longer Washington waits, the uglier the eventual solution becomes. Nobody gets everything they want under this plan. That's exactly why it might actually work. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM TED JENKIN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad1e6875342cf4db874765 El-Sayed tries to put the Hasan Piker debate behind him as midterms approach te 2026-09-18T11:20:08.162Z El-Sayed tries to put the Hasan Piker debate behind him as midterms approach Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has faced backlash for months over his relationship with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who is known for his controversial rhetoric. The candidate has yet to disavow Piker and now seems to be tiring of the questions, looking to shift focus to the issues that he says are really at the heart of the race. El-Sayed's relationship with Piker was scrutinized before the two of them appeared at a campaign event in April 2026. On March 30, El-Sayed posted a video with the caption "Let's talk about Hasan." In the video, the Michigan Democrat explained that he was looking for a way to access people who "feel locked out of our politics," saying that they are the same people who Piker speaks to through his daily streams. He went on to clarify where he agrees with Piker, which included the streamer's stances on the war in Iran, AIPAC's involvement in U.S. politics and healthcare. "Now, he streams for eight hours a day, every day. A lot of the things that he said, I might not agree with, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to have a conversation with him, and that doesn't mean that the people who listen to him don't deserve to listen to their politicians and to have a pathway into politics to vote for the things that they need and deserve," El-Sayed said. ABDUL EL-SAYED SAYS RALLYING WITH HASAN PIKER DOESN'T MEAN HE ENDORSES 'AMERICA DESERVED 9/11' REMARK The Michigan Democrat joined "FOX & Friends" ahead of his event with Piker, where he said that appearing with someone did not mean that he agreed with them. While he did not disavow Piker specifically, he referred to the streamer's past remarks, saying, "Of course, I oppose rape. Of course, I don't think 9/11 was justified." Amid the scrutiny of his decision to campaign with Piker, El-Sayed repeatedly blamed the criticism on "cancel culture" and insisted that Democrats needed to be willing to speak with people at their level. The event with Piker went on as planned, but El-Sayed still faced questions. He was asked while standing next to Piker to disavow the streamer's past rhetoric, which he refused to do. "I'm not here to disavow people's views. I'm here to have a conversation about how to get money out of politics, put money back in pockets, and pass Medicare for all. That's the conversation that folks are here to listen to," El-Sayed said in response. EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTION The controversy surrounding the April campus appearance would set off a months-long line of questioning, with El-Sayed repeatedly walking the line between condemning some of Piker's rhetoric without going into specifics or alienating the streamer's audience. This became more common after El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in the Democratic primary in August. Following El-Sayed's victory, Piker called for those who opposed the Michigan Democrat to be "punished" by the party. "You can't be out here saying like, 'Oh, I'm a centrist Democrat. And I think Abdul is a bridge too far.' That must be punished," Piker said. After his primary victory, El-Sayed was asked in multiple interviews to comment on Piker's past rhetoric. When CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked El-Sayed whether he would renounce Piker in August, something that Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., had urged him to do, the Michigan Democrat said he was "less focused on folks who are campaigning with me, more focused on the folks I'm campaigning to." A few days later, El-Sayed was asked about Piker again, this time during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." In response to host Kristen Welker's question, El-Sayed repeated what he said on CNN about focusing more on voters than those who appear with him on the campaign trail. Shortly after El-Sayed's appearance on "Meet the Press," Piker drew the ire of several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle after making a comment that some interpreted as blaming antisemitic attacks on American Jews' support of Israel. "People don't f--- with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they're singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker said during his Aug. 20 stream. HASAN PIKER CALLS FOR DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE ABDUL EL-SAYED TO BE 'PUNISHED' The comment set off a wave of condemnations from lawmakers, including Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.; and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; and Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.; Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y.; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Brad Schneider, D-Ill.; Greg Stanton, D-Ariz.; and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich. El-Sayed issued a statement in which he seemed to distance himself from Piker amid the backlash. "I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence. This is particularly true for communities that have been intimidated for their beliefs in the past," El-Sayed wrote on X. "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters," he added. "Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk." Shortly after the controversy over Piker's remarks, El-Sayed told Semafor that he had "no plans" to campaign with the streamer. However, this did not stop the press from asking the Michigan Democrat about Piker. During an appearance on "The Breakfast Club" in late August, El-Sayed framed criticism of his ties to Piker as a form of "cancel culture," saying that there was a "massive effort to cancel Hasan." "I think we've got to stop with the cancel culture. It's not about, like, 'Where are you on this one individual?' It's more, 'Do you agree or disagree with the thing that the person said?' And, the thing about it is, that, like, when we play as if the whole person can be reduced to a single soundbite that you took out of context, you're not, you're not dealing with real life," El-Sayed said. ABDUL EL-SAYED DISMISSES QUESTIONS ABOUT HASAN PIKER TIES ON 'FACE THE NATION,' PIVOTS TO GROCERIES El-Sayed's exasperation with the media's questions about Piker became apparent during a Sept. 13 appearance on "Face the Nation." When CBS News' Weijia Jiang asked El-Sayed about Jewish Michiganders' concerns regarding his ties to Piker, the Michigan Democrat appeared to be fed up. "Weiija, with all due respect, this is the third time you’ve asked about a Twitch streamer in California. I’ve done four events in Michigan this week. You know what didn’t come up? Twitch streamers in California," El-Sayed responded. The candidate said that voters would rather discuss grocery prices, healthcare and the environment, among other things. "I’m not interested in having a conversation about streamers in California because they are not raising the prices of gas and groceries," El-Sayed added. Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign and Piker for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad1c0f75342cf4db8746e1 Robert Kraft opposes dangerous lies, not free speech | Matt Calkins te 2026-09-18T11:10:07.241Z Robert Kraft opposes dangerous lies, not free speech | Matt Calkins Based on the way American attitudes have shifted toward a certain country in the Middle East, Robert Kraft likely lost a lot of fans with a recent decision. But that doesn't mean it was the wrong decision. Not in the least. The Patriots' owner said Monday that Macklemore will be removed from two of Ed Sheeran's shows later this month at Gillette Stadium (which Kraft also owns) for what he deemed "hate speech" toward the Jewish community. Macklemore has made no secret of how he feels about Israel, regularly using his platform to decry a "genocide" he falsely says is taking place in Gaza. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! His protest song "Hind's Hall" — in which he says former President Joe Biden has blood on his hands and that the music industry is "complicit" with its "silence" — is hardly subtle. It celebrates the violent and illegal actions by students, faculty and outside activists on the campus of Columbia University. And though some may accuse Kraft of launching an attack on free speech, I think he was saying something else: enough. That takes a lot of spine when it's clear there will be backlash. All of the other opening acts for Sheeran (not to mention his own band) quit the tour in solidarity with Macklemore, while Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounced Kraft's choice as "censorship" against "the genocide in Gaza." Kraft has since pledged $2 million toward humanitarian aid in the Israel-Gaza region but he's held firm on his Macklemore ban. Other owners have followed suit. Good on them. The genocide talk has to stop — because it has real consequences. "Real Time" host Bill Maher expressed a similar sentiment during his "New Rule" segment last Friday. It was a long way from an Israel hagiography, but he pushed back against the genocide lie that so many have adopted as fact. ROBERT KRAFT, GILLETTE STADIUM BOOT MACKLEMORE FROM ED SHEERAN TOUR OVER ‘FREE PALESTINE’ RANT Genocides, Maher said, are attempts to wipe out entire populations. The attacker won't stop until all of its human targets are exterminated. That isn't what's happening in Gaza — just as it wasn't what was happening when the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, leading to the end of World War II. A stat that Maher used to bolster his point was that about 73,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli counter attacks since October 7, 2023,(according to Hamas, while not distinguishing how many were part of Hamas) which comprises roughly three percent of their population. He then pointed out how nearly 99 percent of the three million Jews in Poland were killed during World War II. The first reflects the tragedy of war. But only the second is a genocide. Still, polling has shown that Americans are more likely to believe that a genocide is taking place in Gaza than not. And it coincides with a Gallup poll showing that more Americans are sympathetic toward Palestine than it is Israel. Another study found that almost half the country has difficulty distinguishing American Jews from the Israeli government. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Might that be why the Anti-Defamation League reported a 360% increase in antisemitic incidents since Hamas' attack on Israel three Octobers ago? Or why a 2025 American Jewish Committee poll found that 91 percent of American Jews felt less safe as a Jewish person due to violent attacks in the U.S? Or why 55 percent said they have changed their behavior (such as hiding Jewish identity) over a one-year span for fear of antisemitism? If you watch this video of Pro-Palestine supporters blocking a Jewish student from going to class, you'll see a clear case of young minds being poisoned by rhetoric. Kraft, who's Jewish, knows the effect that type of rhetoric can have. So, he did something about it. This, of course, is much different than preventing someone from speaking their minds in a public space. Free speech in that respect must be preserved at all costs. But the First Amendment doesn't stop words from having consequences. Sometimes they get you fired, sometimes they tarnish your reputation, and sometimes they make it so you can't perform in privately-owned stadiums. This isn't the first time Macklemore has been muted for what's come out of his mouth. After he said "F--- America" at a show in Seattle two years ago, the Mariners stopped playing his song "Can't Hold Us" during the seventh-inning stretch. No doubt the rapper has the right to say what he wants. But Kraft and other owners have the right — or perhaps in this case, duty — to say "not on our turf." I'm generally not a big fan of end-zone messaging like "End Racism." It just feels performative. But Yom Kippur — the holiest of Jewish holidays — starts at sundown Sunday. If the NFL insists on those end-zone slogans, maybe "End Antisemitism" should get a turn Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0e0275342cf4db8743dd Psychosis evidence changes everything in Clancy judge's other killer mom case: retired judge te 2026-09-18T10:10:10.947Z Psychosis evidence changes everything in Clancy judge's other killer mom case: retired judge Judge William Sullivan, who drew national attention earlier this month after declaring a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, also presided over another closely watched child-killing trial that a retired Massachusetts judge says would look dramatically different if retried. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last month vacated the murder convictions of Brockton mother Latarsha Sanders, ruling jurors were improperly prevented from seeing psychiatric records central to her insanity defense and ordering a new trial. "They ordered a new trial which will fundamentally change the way the case is going to be tried," retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital. LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL DECLARED AFTER JURY DEADLOCKS IN KILLINGS OF HER THREE CHILDREN Sullivan, who presided over Sanders' 2022 trial and later sentenced her to two concurrent life terms without parole, has returned to the national spotlight following the closely watched Clancy trial, which ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked over whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children. Like Sanders, Clancy admitted killing her children but argued she lacked criminal responsibility because of mental illness. "There is no doubt the defendant committed these incomprehensible crimes," Justice David Gaziano wrote for the unanimous court in Sanders' case. "The sole issue before a Superior Court jury was whether she lacked criminal responsibility." LINDSAY CLANCY JUDGE CALLS MISTRIAL, THEN GRANTS DEFENSE ONE HOUR STAY FOR APPEAL The justices concluded Sanders was entitled to a new trial because jurors never saw medical records documenting diagnoses and treatment of mental illness that were relevant to the only issue disputed at trial: whether she lacked criminal responsibility. Lu said the ruling does far more than simply order another trial. "Thousands of pages of mental health records will be admitted ... and the jury's gonna get it all," he said. Lu cautioned against judging Sullivan's decision with the benefit of hindsight. "The trial judge did an excellent job ... but now I'm a great Monday morning quarterback just like everybody else," Lu said, explaining that the evidentiary issue was unusually difficult before the SJC clarified the law. Sanders admitted killing her sons, 8-year-old Edson "Marlon" Brito and 5-year-old La'Son Brito, but argued she was legally insane at the time of the attacks. Her attorneys contended she was suffering from severe mental illness and psychosis, while prosecutors argued she appreciated the wrongfulness of her actions despite bizarre statements she made before and after the killings. According to evidence summarized by the Supreme Judicial Court, Sanders had become consumed by conspiracy theories involving the Illuminati and expressed fears about voodoo before the killings. After the deaths, investigators said she gave police multiple conflicting accounts before eventually telling detectives the stabbings were part of a "ritual" tied to voodoo and the Illuminati. At trial, Sanders' defense called a clinical neuropsychologist who testified she was "grossly psychotic" at the time of the killings and suffered from a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. The expert based that opinion in part on thousands of pages of psychiatric treatment records from prison and a state psychiatric hospital. Those are the records Lu said a future jury would likely hear if prosecutors pursue another trial. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The Supreme Judicial Court said that was an error, concluding the excluded records documented repeated observations of paranoia, hallucinations, delusional thinking and schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses that formed the medical foundation of Sanders' defense. Read the court's ruling: "We hold that the exclusion of the MCI-Framingham and WRCH medical records documenting the defendant's post-arrest diagnoses or treatment of mental illness ... impermissibly stripped the sole defense 'of the medical foundation that supported it,'" the court wrote. "The defendant is entitled to a new trial." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Lu said the opinion should not be interpreted as a determination that Sanders was legally insane or wrongly convicted. Instead, he described it as the resolution of a difficult evidentiary question that changes what evidence jurors would be permitted to consider if the case is retried. During oral arguments before the Supreme Judicial Court, Sanders' attorney, Robert Shaw, argued the trial judge's exclusion of medical evidence deprived his client of "a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense," FOX 25 in Boston reported. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Assistant Plymouth County District Attorney Melissa Johnson countered that Sanders showed no documented psychotic behavior for months after the killings and that the records were properly excluded, the station reported. SEND US A TIP The justices also addressed two issues that would likely shape any future trial. GOT A TIP? First, they said prosecutors could refer to Sanders describing herself as "evil" because the statements were relevant to whether she appreciated the moral wrongfulness of her actions, so long as the argument remained tied to that legal issue rather than serving as a personal attack. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST However, the court found prosecutors improperly suggested Sanders may have borrowed elements of her story from episodes of "Law & Order: SVU," ruling there was no evidence supporting that theory. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The ruling vacates Sanders' convictions and sends the case back to Plymouth Superior Court for a new trial. An overturned conviction does not clear Sanders of the charges, Lu said. "It just means you have to do it all over again," he said. Fox News Digital has reached out to Sullivan, Sanders' attorney and the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0e0275342cf4db8743d4 Prince Harry, Meghan Markle feeding the 'publicity machine' despite privacy demands: expert te 2026-09-18T10:10:10.299Z Prince Harry, Meghan Markle feeding the 'publicity machine' despite privacy demands: expert Sources close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are "pushing back" after King Charles issued new guidance on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's positions now that they are back in the United Kingdom. King Charles issued guidance claiming that Harry and Markle are "akin to private citizens" via a letter issued by the Lord Chamberlain on Sept. 7. Sources told People magazine that Harry and Markle are "public figures" and that if Harry and Markle were private citizens, the Lord Chamberlain "would not have needed to issue a letter of formal guidance." "Members of the public know who they are. The idea that they can live a normal, ‘private’ life is sadly not realistic," the source added. Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered," addressed the "not realistic" claim by the source and told Fox News Digital that the "private citizen" guidance just means that they do not represent the king. KING CHARLES DRAWS ‘LINE IN THE SAND’ WITH PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE AFTER COUPLE CAUGHT OFF GUARD: EXPERT "I want to push back on this argument coming from People Magazine and sources close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that it's somehow unrealistic for the Sussexes to live as private citizens. Being a private citizen does not mean you're anonymous. It simply means you don't represent the king. The jobs you accept and the responsibilities you take, you take them on as yourself, not the crown," Schofield began. Schofield drew a comparison between Princess Anne's children – Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips. Princess Anne is Queen Elizabeth's only daughter and the sister of King Charles. She chose not to give her two kids royal titles at birth. "They're recognizable, have commercial interests, attend major royal family events, but they do not represent the monarch, yet they have both successfully built lives outside of the working institution. Harry and Meghan could pursue a quieter life, a life like Zara and Peter. They choose not to. In my opinion, you can't repeatedly feed the publicity machine and then complain about a lack of privacy," she said. Schofield argued that the king’s clarification was necessary as Harry and Markle’s public profile has become increasingly intertwined with the controversies surrounding them. MEGHAN MARKLE’S UK RETURN POSES PALACE CONTROL ‘NIGHTMARE,’ EXPERT WARNS "Prince Harry is classified as a non-working member of the royal family whose position is akin to a private citizen. Of course, Harry and Megan are famous. Nobody's disputing that, but where does their fame end and infamy begin? Fame can inspire people to invest in you emotionally and financially. Infamy means people know your name because controversy follows you," she began. Schofield continued, "And after years of feuds, lawsuits, and relationships that deteriorate, I think it's fair to ask how much of the Sussex's enormous public profile today is driven by admiration and how much is driven by controversy, which is precisely why the king has every reason to make their status crystal clear." Ian Pelham Turner, royal broadcaster, disagrees with Charles's stance on labeling his son and his wife as private citizens. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Harry is the son of a king. He has prominence in Britain. Thus, whether William likes it or not the King should decide not to weakly disenfranchise his second son," Turner said. "He is a billionaire with vast fortunes. Pay for his son’s full security rather than looking like an Ebenezer Scrooge after." He continued, "Although some royals still live in Dickens times, we are actually in the 21st century. How would the King feel if a second tragedy happens in his lifetime, first Diana, and potentially Harry and his family?" Private citizens are not granted security like members of the royal family are. Richard Fitzwilliams, royal commentator, told Fox News Digital that Charles' letter, declaring Harry and Markle private citizens, is a "total mess." "The current situation with the King’s letter about their status and the Sussexes response is a total mess. The raising of the security issue which, in the Sussexes view, is a further example of the risks they face, was, in fact, highlighting the incompetence on their part as no proper recce [reconnaissance] has been done during term by their team," Fitzwilliams said. Fitzwilliams argued that the king's letter was a "slap on the wrist" for Meghan and Harry, proving his lack of trust for the former senior royals. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "The King’s letter restated the facts without giving them much of a chance to 'clarify' things. It was clearly intended as a slap on the wrist and evidence that the King didn’t trust them. Unfortunately, nothing is going to stop matters becoming a circus, with royal engagements overshadowed by what they get up to," he said. As for what's to come, the royal experts are stumped. "It is simply impossible to anticipate the way this may go. It is only clear that, whatever their motives and mistakes, the Sussexes are news whatever they do. That strengthens their hand because it gives them a very high profile. This has nothing to do with the rights and wrongs of any issues involved," Fitzwilliams said. Schofield explained that Markle and Harry are "unpredictable." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Harry and Megan are unpredictable. The palace can't have governments, charities, businesses, even members of the public wondering whether their activities somehow carry the endorsement of the crown. It doesn't. They don't. King Charles is saying, absolutely not," she said. Schofield continued, "Harry spent years insisting that he wanted independence from the institution. Independence means you don't get to demand the privileges or the authority or the special treatment afforded to people who stayed and did the job. It's the king who determines who represents the crown, not Prince Harry, not Megan Markle, and certainly not anonymous sources briefing People Magazine. Harry wanted his freedom from the system. He got it, but freedom from the system also means accepting that you no longer have a seat at the table." Fox News Digital has reached out to Archewell and Buckingham Palace for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0e0175342cf4db8743cb Man loses weight eating nothing but a certain food for 25 days — and paid a price te 2026-09-18T10:10:09.609Z Man loses weight eating nothing but a certain food for 25 days — and paid a price A New Jersey man ate nothing but certain foods from a fast-casual chain for 25 days — an experiment that left him nine pounds lighter and craving a slice of pizza. Tim Donahue, a 27-year-old Hoboken resident who works in advertising in New York City, documented his challenge as a modern-day spin on Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary "Super Size Me," he told Fox News Digital. But instead of eating McDonald's for a month, Donahue wanted to see what would happen if he exclusively ate at a chain on the opposite end of the fast-food spectrum. AMERICA'S FAVORITE FAST-FOOD CHAIN NAMED: MCDONALD'S WINS HEARTS BUT NOT BEST BURGER, SURVEY SAYS "I think it felt the furthest possible opposite of McDonald's," Donahue said of choosing Sweetgreen. The idea also came from watching his health-conscious co-workers routinely order Sweetgreen for lunch while he showed up with fast food. "Everyone inside my office is very healthy, and they were getting Sweetgreen bowls every single day for lunch," Donahue said. "I myself would go pick up a fast-food burger and everyone would razz and make fun of me." Donahue originally intended to make his experiment last for 30 days, but there was a practical problem. EATING 5 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR HEART HEALTH, STUDY FINDS "I wanted to do 30, but if you try to look at your calendar and try to fit [it into] any 30-day window, there was always a wedding, a work trip, a reason why I couldn't do 30," he said. "I said, 'You know what, it's either going to get done with 25 days or I'm never going to it done.'" His primary rule was simple: Whatever he consumed had to be available on Sweetgreen's menu, although he made an exception for black coffee. And while Sweetgreen offers more than salads, Donahue tried to keep the experiment centered on its bowls. By the third day, he said, there was little chance of turning back. Donahue didn't begin the challenge expecting to lose weight, but by the end, the number on his scale had dropped by about 9 pounds. He also found a clear favorite on the menu. AMERICA'S LATE-NIGHT FAST-FOOD CULTURE MAY BE MAKING A COMEBACK — HERE'S WHY "I was rocking with the hot honey chicken bowl," he said. "I was getting that all the time." Donahue said the variety made eating from the same restaurant for nearly a month easier than one might expect. The bigger challenge, he said, was arranging his life around the experiment. "The most challenging aspect of the project was not the food, it was the logistics," he said. Meals had to be planned around the store's operating hours. Going out with friends meant skipping drinks and potentially bringing a salad along. Even dates with his girlfriend took a back seat. One thing Donahue doesn't recommend about his experiment today is the price tag. "You can cook at home and make a salad at home and spend a significantly smaller amount of money," he said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Donahue said he offset some of the expense by deciding not to spend money on alcohol or other restaurant meals during the challenge. But, he admitted, it was a "very expensive" project. "Out of pocket, this is not a sustainable thing to do over groceries," he said. Donahue also emphasized that Sweetgreen didn't pay him to conduct the experiment. The company subsequently embraced his idea, Donahue said. "His video inspired us to launch our own 30-day Sweetgreen challenge," Nicolas Jammet, Sweetgreen's co-founder and chief concept officer, told Fox News Digital. "We put out an open call for 30 participants to eat only Sweetgreen for 30 days and document how they feel throughout, and we already received hundreds of applications." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS After 25 days of salad bowls, Donahue headed to his favorite neighborhood pizzeria. "A cheese pizza after a month of salads was incredibly well-deserved," he said. There was just one problem. The sudden return to heavier food didn't sit particularly well. "It did make me feel quite sick because it's a shock to your system," Donahue said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Despite dropping weight and saying he experienced benefits, including more energy, Donahue isn't presenting his experiment as nutritional advice.  He stressed that he isn't a doctor or nutritionist and didn't undertake the challenge to tell others how they should eat. "The experiment was largely a fun filmmaking journey for me," he said. "I would never prescribe this to someone." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0e0075342cf4db8743c2 Fox News Digital's News Quiz: September 18, 2026 te 2026-09-18T10:10:08.844Z Fox News Digital's News Quiz: September 18, 2026 Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring Macklemore and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft going back and forth over Israel and Mideast aid, and a romance scam costing one woman nearly $1 million. Looking for another challenge? A stark warning about artificial intelligence and Nike's struggles were featured in last week's News Quiz. Test your knowledge of gridiron grazing, silver-screen secrets and more in this week's American Culture Quiz. If you're looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here. Check back next week for the latest News Quiz from Fox News Digital. Thanks for playing! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0e0075342cf4db8743b9 ‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine te 2026-09-18T10:10:08.100Z ‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine Russian State Duma elections began Friday — the first since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — including in occupied areas of Ukraine, where Russia will look to reinforce the illusion of popular support for its full-scale invasion and annexation of eastern Ukraine. OSCE election observers are not invited to monitor the outcome of the elections, a telling signal, critics say, that the Kremlin has no intentions of conducting free and fair elections. "Russia’s refusal to invite an election observation mission seriously breaches its international commitments and shows a worrying disregard for democratic standards. Election observation is not optional — it is something that all OSCE participating States have agreed to, and it is a cornerstone of transparency and accountability," OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, Pere Joan Pons told Fox News Digital. Russia enacted strict censorship laws after the invasion, criminalizing any dissent about the operation or the armed forces and spreading misinformation about the war. CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE MET WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS IN VISIT TO MOSCOW, KREMLIN SAYS As the Kremlin has tried to keep popular support in favor of its war against Ukraine, a Russian court sentenced Lev Shlosberg, a vocal critic and leader of one of Russia’s only opposition parties to over 11 years in a penal colony for criticizing the war. Prior to Shlosberg’s sentencing, Russia's Supreme Court banned his opposition Yabloko Party from participating in September’s Duma elections. There are nine parties on the list, all supportive of Putin, including the Kremlin's own United Party in the elections, the Associated Press reported.  Shortly after Russia’s invasion in 2022, Moscow unilaterally annexed portions of occupied Ukrainian territory in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation allowing elections to take place in the occupied territories. Ukraine, and the international community, do not recognize Russian sovereignty over the occupied regions. Elections in Russia, and by extension in the occupied territory, are seen by his critics as window-dressing opportunities used by Putin to highlight his narrative that the war in Ukraine and the annexation of Ukrainian territory was a legitimate and lawful action. Keti Korkiya from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Russia Program told Fox News Digital that, "Russians are ready to support, symbolically, Putin, the Kremlin and the war, but if they have to pay a personal price, or even [an] economic price, they are unwilling to do that. That's why Russia has not done another wave of mobilization." The upcoming elections, like most elections in Russia, will take place under a climate of pervasive fear and manipulation, not the freedom to exercise a democratic right, according to critics. "It’s a total regime of terror," Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow at the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, told Fox News Digital. The last time Russian elections were held in the occupied territories was in 2024, when Putin secured a sixth term in office, winning nearly 90% of the vote. Residents in occupied Ukraine were forced to acquire Russian passports, which is how authorities are able to compile lists of voters. FORMER GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS NATION'S ELECTION WAS 'RIGGED,' AND 'WRITTEN IN MOSCOW' "Election officials are escorted by Russian soldiers carrying ballot boxes door-to-door. Ostensibly framed as a security measure against Ukrainian partisan strikes, this is about direct intimidation, and it is a flagrant violation of international law," Barbieri added. President Vladimir Putin said in August that the State Duma elections will reaffirm Russia's stability on the world stage, noting the election will highlight the "maturity" of Russia’s political system and resilience in the face of foreign aggression, according to Turkey's Anadolu Agency. Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) approved new electoral regulations that will be implemented in occupied Ukraine. The Commission stressed the importance of early and at-home voting to prevent large gatherings which could be exploited by Ukrainian attacks. Russia's ministry of foreign affairs posted on X that preparations for overseas voting in Russia’s State Duma elections are nearly complete. It said there are 326 polling stations set up at Russian embassies & consulates in 152 countries. Volodymyr Ariev, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, said people living in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories should boycott the staged Russian elections. "Any sort of elections held in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories is illegal and a breach of international law. Ukraine will never recognize any person "elected" as a Member of Parliament in the temporarily occupied territories," Ariev told Fox News Digital. Ariev said people living in the occupied east should leave their homes and spend election day someplace else, to avoid being coerced into voting. PUTIN PLANS FOR NEXT 6-YEAR TERM AS RUSSIANS VOTE IN 'NEITHER FREE NOR FAIR ELECTION' Ivana Stradner, who focuses on Russian information security and influence operations at the FDD, says as Russia’s battlefield momentum stalls, the costs of war mount, and Ukraine brings the conflict to Russia’s doorstep, Putin is seeking political legitimacy this election. "The State Duma elections give the Kremlin a chance to manufacture the appearance of public support…not only for United Russia, but for continuing Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. When the battlefield gets harder to sell, the ballot box becomes another way to sell the war," Stradner told Fox News Digital. In the 2024 presidential elections, the annexed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic delivered well above the current targeted 70% support, voting well over 90% for President Putin. "Apparently, in Putin’s version of democracy, the voters get to choose… just not the result," Stradner added. The three days of voting ends on September 20. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0dff75342cf4db8743b0 Top DOJ official warns of deadly smuggling route after 42 vanish at sea te 2026-09-18T10:10:07.420Z Top DOJ official warns of deadly smuggling route after 42 vanish at sea A Colombian smuggler’s guilty plea is shedding new light on a deadly route to the United States after a boat carrying 42 people vanished at sea and a top Justice Department official said the danger would not have ended if they reached land. Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, 41, also known as "El Calvo," pleaded guilty in federal court in El Paso, Texas, after being extradited from Colombia for his role in a smuggling conspiracy that prosecutors said used bribery and maritime routes to move migrants north. The boat left Colombia’s San Andrés Island for Nicaragua on Oct. 21, 2023, carrying approximately 40 migrants and two captains. It never arrived, and no one aboard has been seen or heard from since. "This was a particularly sad and disturbing situation," Assistant Attorney General Tysen Duva, who leads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, told Fox News Digital. OVERCROWDED MIGRANT VESSEL WITH 240 PEOPLE ON BOARD INTERCEPTED NEAR TURKS AND CAICOS "These 40 individuals and the two boat captains, once they set out from San Andrés Island to Nicaragua, were never heard from again," Duva said. "These individuals are, of course, missing and presumed dead, and it appears that there were no survivors." ELEVEN INDICTED IN ALLEGED TEXAS SMUGGLING SCHEME THAT LEFT 7 MIGRANTS DEAD IN SHIPPING CONTAINER Duva said the disappearance offers a brutal look at the danger posed by transnational smuggling organizations that turn vulnerable migrants into commodities while pursuing routes toward the United States. "It’s all about money," he said. "Anybody who’s involved with a cartel or transnational smuggling in this regard, it is about money. It’s about preying on people’s misfortune." MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN BORDER CHILD SMUGGLING CASE INVOLVING THC-LACED CANDY According to the Justice Department, Linero Pinto advised migrants on how to reach San Andrés Island, personally received them upon arrival, arranged their accommodations and transported them to boats bound for Nicaragua. From there, the migrants intended to travel through Central America and Mexico before illegally entering the United States, prosecutors said. CBP JOINS FORCES WITH COAST GUARD TO INTERCEPT 3 SMUGGLING BOATS, APPREHEND 60 PEOPLE OFF CALIFORNIA COAST Linero Pinto also bribed members of the Colombian Navy to obtain real-time intelligence about the positions of patrol vessels between San Andrés Island and Nicaragua, allowing smuggling boats to evade authorities, according to court documents. He admitted helping smuggle the migrants aboard the boat that vanished in October 2023. INSIDE UNDERGROUND EL PASO STORM DRAIN SYSTEM BORDER PATROL SAYS CARTELS EXPLOIT TO SMUGGLE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS Duva said the victims had not even completed the opening stretch of the dangerous route when they disappeared. "That’s the first leg. They didn’t even finish the first leg here and get to Nicaragua and then try to come north by land," he said. "It’s a really long journey, and it’s full of really bad things that can happen." DOJ SAYS 11 MIGRANTS INDICTED IN MULTI-STATE SEX TRAFFICKING, DRUG, FIREARMS CASE The danger, he warned, is not confined to the open water. Duva said migrants can face treacherous terrain while traveling through South and Central America and across the U.S.-Mexico border. Even those who reach the United States may be trapped by mounting debts and pushed into sex trafficking, he warned. "You pay money to come to the United States, and then when you get here, the co-conspirators or those involved in the criminal enterprise will say, ‘But now you owe more, and you’re going to work this off in the sex trade,’" Duva said. "Cross-border smuggling cases often times just morph right into human trafficking cases," he continued. "The crime sort of changes along the way. The travelers are the ones victimized, and this comes at a significant cost in terms of public safety." Linero Pinto was charged in October 2024 and arrested in Colombia that December at the request of the U.S. government. He was later extradited to the United States and made his first appearance in federal court in El Paso in December 2025. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and placing lives in jeopardy. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, though a sentencing date has not been set. ‘GHOSTS’ ON FLORIDA HIGHWAYS: ROADSIDE STINGS SNARE 249 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OFFICERS WARN MANY MORE HIDING A case against alleged co-conspirator Hernando Manuel de la Cruz Rivera remains pending, Duva said. The prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America and was coordinated by Joint Task Force Alpha, the Justice Department-led initiative targeting cartels and other transnational organizations involved in high-impact human smuggling and trafficking. Duva praised President Donald Trump and his administration for putting a "tremendous focus" on the initiative and providing the Justice Department with additional resources to pursue smugglers, cartels and other transnational criminal organizations. "We’re super thankful to President Trump," Duva said. "We’re deeply thankful to the White House for that. We’re thankful to Congress for that, and we’re going to keep doing what we’re doing." Duva said funding approved through Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill allowed the Criminal Division to hire additional prosecutors and place experienced attorneys in sections handling the administration’s priorities. "People think, ‘Well, what is that? What did it do?’" he said. "We’re feeling the effects of that. We’re able to put skilled prosecutors in these different sections to attack these administration priorities." Duva said the task force is hunting criminal networks along the southern border, maritime routes near Florida and the northern border with Canada. "We are focusing on these cases at any border that we have," he said. His warning to smugglers operating beyond America’s borders was blunt. "Our reach is substantial," Duva said. "We are going to chase these cases no matter where they originate from or where we find them." Duva said the department’s expanded international partnerships are critical because the criminals behind the operations often believe distance will protect them from prosecution. "They just think, ‘Well, they catch other people, but they’re not going to get me,’" he said. "You really try to combat that one case at a time." Joint Task Force Alpha has produced more than 483 domestic and international arrests, over 436 U.S. convictions and more than 371 significant prison sentences, according to the Justice Department. FIRST TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBER EXTRADITED TO US ON HISTORIC TERRORISM CHARGES APPEARS BEFORE HOUSTON JUDGE Duva said the mission should transcend partisan fights because the networks being targeted threaten migrants and American communities alike. "It shouldn’t be partisan," he said. "It should be obvious that anybody who’s in the White House, anybody who is in Congress, should be lauding these cases and the work that’s being done by Criminal Division entities like Joint Task Force Alpha." The Justice Department’s ultimate goal, Duva said, is the "total elimination" of cartels and the criminal organizations profiting from human suffering. "You do it one case at a time," he said. "We are focused on doing the very best cases that we can for the American people. That’s what we get up every day and think about." For Duva, however, the vanished boat remains a haunting illustration of why that mission matters. "I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of anybody who survives that one after several months and a year," Duva said. "It’s super tragic, and hopefully people realize when they hear about this case just how dangerous it is and how important it is that you target these smuggling groups." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad0dfe75342cf4db8743a7 Judge Judy warns of 'danger' if prosecutors don't retry Lindsay Clancy after murder trial ends in mistrial te 2026-09-18T10:10:06.641Z Judge Judy warns of 'danger' if prosecutors don't retry Lindsay Clancy after murder trial ends in mistrial Judge Judy Sheindlin weighed in Thursday on the closely watched Lindsay Clancy murder case following its mistrial, warning there could be a "danger" in prosecutors deciding not to retry the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children. The 83-year-old judge and television personality was asked by TMZ whether Clancy should face another trial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict earlier this month. "I think there's a danger in that, in not retrying," Sheindlin responded. Sheindlin, who launched the popular syndicated show "Judge Judy," which aired for 25 seasons, was also asked about her view on the outcome of the trial after the jury's deliberations ended in a reported 11-1 split in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible. PATRICK CLANCY SPEAKS OUT AFTER HUNG JURY IN LINDSAY CLANCY CASE, ADDRESSES PROSPECT OF ANOTHER TRIAL "I can't give you a two minute answer on that," Sheindlin said. She was then asked whether she believed Clancy should have been found guilty. "There's no question, my dear, that she killed her children," Sheindlin said. "The only question is, is there an excuse for it? Make up your own mind on that one." DR PHIL SAYS LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL A 'TEACHABLE MOMENT' ON POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS: 'THERE WAS A FAILURE HERE' TMZ also asked Sheindlin about Rep. Nancy Mace's public call for Clancy to be publicly executed. "I think it's ridiculous," Sheindlin responded. Clancy's defense does not dispute that the 36-year-old former delivery room nurse strangled her three children with exercise bands in January 2023. Her defense has argued that she was not criminally responsible because of mental illness or defect. LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR DENIES BIAS ALLEGATIONS, WANTS 'CONVERSATION STARTED' ABOUT WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4 after seven days of deliberations when jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Several jurors later said 11 members of the panel favored finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, while one favored conviction. Immediately after the mistrial was declared, Clancy's longtime defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, signaled that he would fight another attempt to put her on trial. The defense has indicated it plans to argue that the circumstances surrounding the mistrial should bar a second trial. However, in a recent interview with Fox News' Bryan Llenas, Reddington said that if prosecutors reduced the top charge to second-degree murder, he would opt for a bench trial — one without a jury — in the hope that she would receive probation. Clancy remains in custody at Tewksbury Hospital and is due back in court Sept. 29. Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and Stepheny Price contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad06f775342cf4db874229 ‘Unprecedented’: Judges reveal behind-the-scenes coordination on Trump immigration cases te 2026-09-18T09:40:07.457Z ‘Unprecedented’: Judges reveal behind-the-scenes coordination on Trump immigration cases Federal judges in Minnesota tasked with deciding a flood of habeas petitions challenging the detention of immigrants swept up during President Donald Trump's Operation Metro Surge weren't working entirely on their own — behind the scenes, they were regularly consulting one another through running email threads and developing tools to quickly handle recurring legal questions. The behind-the-scenes coordination among Minnesota's federal bench, revealed in a New York Times report Thursday, included regular meetings, running email threads, an informal spreadsheet created by court clerks showing which judges to turn to with particular legal questions, and templates some judges developed to quickly issue orders when similar detention disputes repeatedly came before the court. The disclosures are fueling questions over whether the judges were colluding on separate cases involving the same Trump administration immigration policies, or simply sharing expertise to manage an extraordinary caseload. FEDERAL JUDGE TIES ICE AGENTS' HANDS WITH RULING ON WARRANTLESS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARRESTS "The idea of a running email chain involving a variety of cases — it strikes me as very weird and frankly unprecedented," Robert Luther III, a professor at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School whose work includes federal courts and judicial ethics, told Fox News Digital. Federal judges can and routinely do consult colleagues, Luther said, particularly about procedural or evidentiary questions. But each judge is ultimately responsible for independently deciding the cases assigned to them — a distinction Luther said makes the coordination significant. The disclosures have also drawn criticism from the Trump administration on two fronts. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival accused the former chief judge who led the district during Metro Surge of "essentially conspiring with his judicial colleagues" to thwart federal immigration enforcement. The Justice Department (DOJ), meanwhile, questioned the decision by sitting judges to give extensive on-the-record interviews about their experience with the administration's immigration operation. Seven of the district's judges spoke to the Times for Thursday's report, including former Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz, who sat for a 90-minute interview about the court's experience during Metro Surge. Schiltz declined to discuss ongoing cases, according to the Times, but described what happened in Minnesota's federal court as having "created a grave threat to the rule of law." "It is remarkable that sitting federal judges are giving on-the-record interviews attacking this Administration's policies rather than ruling from the bench," a Justice Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "If judges followed the law in adjudicating cases, there wouldn't be an 'overwhelming' habeas caseload. Judges who have made public comments on pending or related matters should consider whether recusal is warranted going forward." OBAMA, BIDEN JUDGES DRAW FRESH FIRE AS TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION COURT CLASHES HEAT UP: ‘ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE’ But Chief Judge Eric Tostrud, who was himself among the Minnesota judges interviewed by the Times, rejected suggestions that the coordination described in the report compromised individual decision-making. He told Fox News Digital that every member of the bench independently decided the merits of each petition assigned to them, while pointing to an extraordinary surge in litigation — from 12 alien-detainee habeas petitions during all of 2024 to 1,427 through August of this year — and noting that many involved similar or identical, often novel, legal questions. "The bottom line is that each of us made an independent decision with respect to the merits of each and every petition we were assigned," Tostrud told Fox News Digital. Tostrud stressed that the judges did not uniformly reach the same conclusions, saying that while some reached the same result on certain legal questions, they "reached different outcomes regarding other legal questions." He said the judges' ability to communicate helped them resolve the cases quickly and thoughtfully, regardless of whether individual petitions were granted. What exactly the judges were sharing behind the scenes, however, remains unclear. Tostrud declined to disclose the contents of the court's internal working materials, saying documents created by judges and court staff "are not public." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION PUSH FUELS ICE'S BIGGEST ARREST MONTH IN AGENCY HISTORY That distinction could be significant, according to Luther, who said administrative templates are commonplace in federal courts, but drew a line between those and templates touching the substance of a case. "Templates that deal with administrative matters strike me as entirely appropriate and commonplace in federal courts," Luther said. "Templates for substantive matters — that seems like something altogether different." The coordination unfolded amid a broader clash between Minnesota's federal bench and the Trump administration over Operation Metro Surge. The dispute came as immigration litigation inundated the district. During the first three months of 2026, Minnesota's federal court received 1,116 habeas petitions, compared with just two during the same period the previous year, according to the Times. Court staff worked 16-hour days, seven days a week to process the incoming cases. Patrick Schiltz, who served as the district's chief judge during Metro Surge before taking senior status — a form of semi-retirement — this summer, emerged as a prominent judicial critic of the administration's handling of the operation. In a Jan. 28 order, Schiltz accused ICE of violating nearly 100 court orders during that month and warned that "ICE is not a law unto itself." OBAMA JUDGE'S PECULIAR TRUMP REBUKE IGNITES FURY OVER 'UNPROFESSIONAL' LANGUAGE: 'EMBARRASSMENT' The cases cited in Schiltz's January list of alleged violations have largely concluded, according to the Times, which reported that the administration ultimately corrected the issues flagged by the court in many of them. DOJ said its review of the cases found that in the "large majority" of them, detainees were released on time and no violation occurred, while in most of the remaining cases the department said it ultimately did what the court ordered despite missing an additional deadline. MASSACHUSETTS' HIGHEST COURT PUBLICLY REPRIMANDS JUDGE ACCUSED OF ENABLING IMMIGRANT TO ESCAPE ICE Federal judicial ethics rules generally prohibit judges from publicly commenting on the merits of pending or impending cases, but permit judges to explain court procedures and engage in broader speaking and teaching about the law, legal system and administration of justice. The DOJ argued that judges who publicly commented on pending or related matters should consider whether recusal is warranted. The Times reported, however, that Schiltz declined to discuss ongoing cases, while Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee who also participated in the interviews, defended judges' ability to speak publicly about judicial independence. "We are allowed to speak out about judicial independence," Brasel told the Times. "And so we should, in order to keep it." Luther, however, took a different view of the judges' decision to participate in the interviews. "Judges should be speaking through their judicial orders, not through their surrogates at The New York Times," he told Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad06f575342cf4db874203 Our View: Let’s bring the Mohave County Fair to more of Mohave County te 2026-09-18T09:40:05.787Z Our View: Let’s bring the Mohave County Fair to more of Mohave County The Mohave County Fair is worth celebrating. For generations, county fairs have given families a place to gather, young people a place to show what they have learned and communities a chance to celebrate what makes them special. Mohave County… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad024a75342cf4db874121 We should use Reagan as a guide in handling our modern arms race with China te 2026-09-18T09:20:10.150Z We should use Reagan as a guide in handling our modern arms race with China I can still remember, as a young Air Force officer, sitting in the cockpit of my B-1 bomber knowing that we could deliver nuclear weapons virtually anywhere in the world. I also remember watching President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1986 to negotiate nuclear arms reductions. The whole world was watching. The nuclear arms race was a global threat, and the world’s two most powerful nations had a responsibility to confront it. Now imagine that, as Reagan sat across the table from Gorbachev, American companies were selling Moscow the technology it needed to make its nuclear arsenal even more powerful. ANTHROPIC CEO LIKENS AI FIGHT WITH CHINA TO COLD WAR, SEEKS 'DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS' The idea would have been absurd. Yet today, as the United States enters another potentially historic technological arms race, we are entertaining a remarkably similar proposition: selling China the advanced computer chips it needs to build the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence. CHINA IS BUILDING AN AI WAR MACHINE. WASHINGTON MUST WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Advanced AI chips are not nuclear weapons. But in the emerging competition over artificial intelligence, they may be the closest equivalent we have to the strategic materials that powered the last great arms race. In short, they are the fuel. Without enormous quantities of advanced chips and computing power, China cannot train frontier AI systems at the same scale or speed as the United States. That is precisely why Beijing wants them, and precisely why Washington should think very carefully before selling them. TRUMP'S AI RACE WITH CHINA COULD BECOME THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF OUR TIME When President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House this month, there will be no shortage of issues to discuss. Trade. Security. Technology. The future of the world’s most consequential relationship. But Trump should make one principle clear: America will not help China build the technology that could erase one of our greatest strategic advantages. CHINA’S ROUTING OF BIDEN IN CHIP WAR WITH US CREATED A COMMUNIST TECH GIANT The United States currently possesses enormous leverage. America remains at the center of the world’s most advanced AI ecosystem, and China still depends heavily on access to American-designed chips and the broader technological infrastructure surrounding them. We should not give that leverage away. Earlier this year, the United States began allowing some advanced AI chips, including Nvidia’s H200, to be sold to China on a case-by-case basis. Those sales come with restrictions and security requirements. But the strategic question is more fundamental: Why should we accelerate China’s ability to compete with us in the first place? US ADVERSARY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON AMERICA’S AI LEAD WITH AN UNDERESTIMATED EDGE Supporters of chip sales argue that keeping China dependent on American technology preserves our influence and supports American companies. They also argue it disincentivizes China from developing its own capabilities. But there is great evidence that it has exactly the opposite effect. China is using our chips to accelerate their own capabilities. And national security should never be reduced to an argument over market share. An advanced AI chip sold to China does not simply power a search engine or make a factory more efficient. At sufficient scale, these chips provide the computing power required to train increasingly capable AI systems with applications in intelligence, cyber operations, military planning, autonomous weapons, scientific research and countless other fields. RUBIO WARNS AMERICA MUST 'STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE' AS CHINA WORKS TO SURPASS THE US WITH STOLEN TECH We would never have looked at Soviet demand for strategic nuclear technology and concluded that the important question was whether an American company could make the sale. We understood that some technologies were too consequential to treat as ordinary commerce, and AI chips increasingly belong in that category. This does not mean America should retreat from AI development. Quite the opposite. We should build faster, innovate more aggressively and maintain as large a technological advantage over China as possible. But there is a difference between racing ahead and helping your adversary catch up. Trump should use the Xi meeting to turn America’s chip advantage into negotiating leverage. If China wants greater access to advanced American computing power, then Beijing should have to accept meaningful, verifiable limits on the most dangerous forms of AI development. We should demand transparency around massive compute clusters and clear restrictions on capabilities that could threaten U.S. national security or escape meaningful human control. And any agreement must be enforceable. China has given us little reason to rely on promises. The standard should be simple: Trust nothing. Verify everything. This is where Reagan’s example matters. He did not negotiate with the Soviet Union because America was weak. He rebuilt American strength first, then used that strength to secure limits on a dangerous arms race. He understood something we should remember today: You do not surrender your leverage before negotiations begin. Trump should apply that lesson to the defining technological competition of our time. America should lead in AI. America should win. And America should negotiate from strength to keep this race from carrying both nations somewhere neither can control. But we cannot negotiate from strength while handing China the fuel it needs to catch us. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Selling advanced AI chips to Beijing while worrying about China overtaking us makes about as much strategic sense as selling nuclear technology to the Soviets during the Cold War. Reagan would have understood that immediately. Our current leadership should too. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY CHRIS STEWART Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad024975342cf4db874118 LEE CARTER: The Fed finally raised rates. The real danger now for the GOP is what happens next te 2026-09-18T09:20:09.504Z LEE CARTER: The Fed finally raised rates. The real danger now for the GOP is what happens next The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time since 2023. There will be much discussion about what this means for the economy. There should be. But there is another question, less technical and perhaps more important as we approach the midterms. What does it mean to the people living in the economy? FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS The Fed sees an economy strong enough to withstand higher rates. Growth is solid. Consumers are still spending. Businesses are investing. The labor market is holding up. These are good things. And yet there is something strange about the word economists keep using to describe the American consumer. Resilient. Americans have certainly been that. They have absorbed years of higher prices. They have adjusted household budgets. They have postponed purchases. They have watched mortgage rates make houses they once could afford suddenly unaffordable. They have put more on credit cards and paid more interest for the privilege. US ECONOMY NOTCHES REMARKABLE NEW RECORD, SPARKING CHEERS: ‘GOOD JOB EVERYONE’ And they have kept going. But perhaps we’re asking too much of the word "resilient." A family can be resilient because it is thriving. It can also be resilient because it has no choice. A consumer can keep spending while putting more on a credit card. A small business can keep its doors open while canceling the expansion it hoped to finance. The spreadsheet calls that resilience. The voter may call it exhaustion. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: VOTERS SAY THEY’RE IN ECONOMIC PAIN, BUT WILL DEMOCRATS GAIN? There comes a point when people don’t want to hear that they’re weathering the storm remarkably well. They want the storm to end. That is the part of Wednesday’s decision Washington should be thinking about. The Federal Reserve raised rates because inflation remains too high. Higher interest rates are meant to slow demand. Borrowing becomes more expensive. People spend less. Businesses invest less. The economy cools and, eventually, inflation should cool with it. This is sound economic theory. It is also someone’s life. A small-business owner who was thinking about expanding now looks again at the cost of the loan. A young couple thinking about buying their first home runs the mortgage calculation one more time. A family that hasn’t paid off its credit card watches another month’s interest accumulate. None of them thinks: Monetary policy is working. They think: This is getting harder. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS WANT MAJOR CHANGE AMID ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DISCONTENT And there is another complication. Some of today’s inflation pressure isn’t simply a story of Americans buying too much. Energy prices have surged amid geopolitical turmoil. Tariffs have added pressure to some goods prices. Supply matters, too. The Fed has a powerful tool for suppressing demand. It does not have a tool for producing oil. That distinction becomes important when the cure for higher prices is making money itself more expensive. Economist Mitch Roschelle put the larger dilemma this way: Monetary policy can suppress demand, but it cannot manufacture supply. The policies Washington says will eventually increase supply may take years to bear fruit. Voters aren’t living years from now. They’re voting this November, after the Federal Reserve has just delivered an unmistakable message: Inflation is still a problem. That leaves the consumer caught in the middle. The policies that might increase supply take time. The interest-rate hike designed to suppress demand does not. Its effects begin showing up in the cost of money now. And that may be the essential disconnect of this economy. FOX NEWS POLL: 'RESILIENT DISCONTENT' DEFINES THE US MOOD AT 250TH ANNIVERSARY Washington lives in the eventually. Consumers live in the now. Washington can debate whether today’s inflation began with pandemic spending, the Inflation Reduction Act, tariffs, oil prices, the war in the Middle East, consumer demand or some complicated combination of all of them. Voters don’t have to settle that argument. They know what a gallon of gas costs. THE AMERICAN DREAM NOW COMES WITH A ZIP CODE: HERE'S WHERE STARTER HOMES ARE STILL WITHIN REACH They know what they spent at the grocery store last Saturday. They know whether their credit-card balance is bigger than it was a year ago. They know whether the house they hoped to buy still feels possible. And they know whether they feel as if they are getting ahead or falling behind. That is why economic statistics and economic sentiment can tell such different stories. The statistics measure the economy. People measure their lives. There is, inevitably, a political dimension to all of this. IT’S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID. AMERICANS VOTE BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL ECONOMY President Trump has repeatedly called for lower interest rates. On Wednesday, the independent Federal Reserve looked at the economy and concluded that rates needed to go higher. Democrats will point to that decision as evidence that inflation remains a problem on Trump’s watch. Republicans will point to energy prices, geopolitical turmoil and other forces beyond the president’s control. Both arguments will be made loudly. But voters may hear something simpler. The president has said prices are coming under control. The Federal Reserve just said inflation remains elevated and raised interest rates to fight it. That doesn’t tell us who caused inflation. It tells us inflation isn’t over. And politically, that may be the more important distinction. Because Washington thinks about causation. People think about experience. GEN Z IS WORKING HARD, BUT THE ECONOMY IS PUTTING THE AMERICAN DREAM OUT OF REACH FOR MANY There is an echo here of the 1970s, although history is never as neat as politicians would like it to be. Then, too, oil shocks collided with an inflation problem already underway. Paul Volcker ultimately broke entrenched inflation with extraordinarily aggressive monetary tightening, at enormous economic cost. We are not living through the 1970s again. But history sometimes asks familiar questions. What happens when part of your inflation problem comes from things monetary policy cannot fix? And what happens when the cure lands on people who already feel they have been taking the medicine for years? That is why Wednesday’s Fed decision matters beyond the markets. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Politicians will argue about causation. Economists will allocate responsibility. Voters get to ask two considerably simpler questions: How am I doing? And: Who’s in charge? The Fed thinks the economy can take the medicine. The question for November is how Americans feel after swallowing it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aad024875342cf4db87410f America runs on data. If we don’t build the infrastructure, China will te 2026-09-18T09:20:08.761Z America runs on data. If we don’t build the infrastructure, China will Most Americans don't think much about digital infrastructure because, for the most part, it is always there. We carry supercomputers in our pockets and expect instant access to our bank accounts, medical records, airline schedules, businesses, families and virtually any piece of information we need. We have become so accustomed to that availability that it is easy to forget there is an enormous physical infrastructure behind it. Both of us learned the value of information long before we entered the critical infrastructure industry. Kirk learned it beneath the ocean aboard U.S. Navy nuclear submarines, while Mike experienced it years later on the battlefields of the Global War on Terror with special operations forces. The missions and eras were different, but the lesson was the same: Having the right information at the right time can save lives. Knowing where your people are, understanding what is happening around you and acting on reliable information faster than an adversary can determine the outcome of a mission. That lesson applies to the challenge America faces today. The race for artificial intelligence isn't simply about who develops the best software or algorithm. It is also about who can build the power generation, transmission, data centers and workforce required to run it. If we fail at that part of the equation, it won't matter how innovative we are. 8 EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WOULD QUIT WORKING WITHOUT DATA CENTERS For generations, one of America's greatest strengths was our ability to turn innovation into physical capability. We built interstate highways, ports, power plants, factories and telecommunications networks that fueled economic growth while strengthening our national security. THE MACHINES THAT KEEP AMERICA ALIVE ARE FAILING. WE FORGOT HOW TO REPLACE THEM We are at another such moment, except we aren't moving fast enough. Permitting delays, grid bottlenecks and supply-chain constraints are slowing new generation and transmission at precisely the moment AI and advanced computing are creating enormous new demand for electricity. China understands this. It is aggressively expanding power generation, transmission, manufacturing and computing capacity because technological leadership ultimately requires physical capacity. While Washington debates how AI should be governed, our competitors are making sure they have the infrastructure to deploy it. US ADVERSARY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON AMERICA’S AI LEAD WITH AN UNDERESTIMATED EDGE That is why the way we talk about data centers also needs to change. They aren't simply large commercial buildings filled with servers. They are part of what we call the Fifth Utility, the interconnected compute, power, fiber and digital infrastructure that supports banking, healthcare, transportation, commerce, emergency communications, national intelligence and defense. None of that means communities should accept development without asking tough questions. Residents deserve to know how projects will affect power, water, land, electricity rates and local infrastructure. Developers have an obligation to show up early, answer those questions honestly and invest responsibly in the communities where they build. DATA CENTERS FORGOT THE CONSUMER — AND THAT COULD COST AMERICA THE AI RACE We can protect communities and ratepayers while still building the infrastructure America needs. In fact, we must do both. The same is true of our workforce. Data centers and power plants don't build themselves. America needs electricians, line workers, welders, high-voltage technicians, construction professionals and mission-critical operators. Meanwhile, roughly 200,000 men and women leave military service every year with many of the qualities this industry desperately needs: technical discipline, leadership, adaptability and the ability to perform when failure isn't an option. FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS, STATES SHOULD RESPECT LOCAL CONTROL ON DATA CENTERS Creating stronger pathways from military service into critical infrastructure careers should be part of our national strategy, not simply a workforce initiative. We spent our military careers understanding that information superiority matters only if you have the people, systems and infrastructure to deliver it when it counts. Technology may have changed, but the principle hasn't. America still has the capital, energy resources, technology and talent to lead the digital age. What we cannot assume is that those advantages will last while we take years to build what our competitors are building now. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The digital world may feel invisible, but the infrastructure behind it isn't. It requires power, transmission, fiber, steel, concrete and skilled people. If America intends to lead the digital age, we need to start building like it. Kirk Offel is a Navy nuclear attack submarine veteran and the CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, a Texas-based Service-Disabled Veteran Owned data center company that trains and hires future leaders for high-skill jobs in the data center industry. He is a Top 10 ranked global voice on data centers. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM KIRK OFFEL CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MIKE SARRAILLE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacffed75342cf4db874058 Ashley Hinson, a Republican ‘Minivan-Driving Mom,’ Steers Away From Trump in Midterm Elections te 2026-09-18T09:10:05.610Z Ashley Hinson, a Republican ‘Minivan-Driving Mom,’ Steers Away From Trump in Midterm Elections Representative Ashley Hinson is hoping to keep a crucial Senate seat red in Iowa, where the president has created major headwinds for her party. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacffec75342cf4db87404f Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors te 2026-09-18T09:10:04.781Z Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Organizers of a referendum to repeal an abortion ban in deep-red Idaho are far more focused on how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacffeb75342cf4db874046 Ocasio-Cortez Donates to N.Y. Democrats, Will Barnstorm State Ahead of Midterms te 2026-09-18T09:10:03.848Z Ocasio-Cortez Donates to N.Y. Democrats, Will Barnstorm State Ahead of Midterms The news has reignited speculation about whether the progressive representative from the Bronx is considering a run for senator or president. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacf8f075342cf4db873ee8 U.S. Consumer Prices Rise 0.4% In August While Phoenix Inflation Hits 2.5% te 2026-09-18T08:40:16.218Z U.S. Consumer Prices Rise 0.4% In August While Phoenix Inflation Hits 2.5% By Matthew Holloway | The U.S. Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in August, accelerating from July’s 0.1% increase, while annual inflation remained at 3.4%, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gasoline prices accounted for more than one-third of the monthly increase. In the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area, consumer prices increased 2.5% over the year ending in August, below the national rate, but eased back from June’s 2.8%. Local energy prices rose 19.1% over that period, including a 32.5% increase in gasoline prices. Nationally, gasoline prices increased 3.9% during August, and the broader energy index rose 2.1%. Shelter costs increased 0.3%, while food prices rose 0.1%. Grocery prices were unchanged for the month, and food away from home increased 0.3%. CPI-U increased by 0.40% in August & rose to 3.40% over the past year. Core CPI, which excludes food & energy, +0.29% in Aug & +2.45% over the past year. Energy inflation +2.10% in Aug & +16.28% over the past year. Food inflation +0.12% in Aug & +2.67% over the past year.… — Joint Economic Committee Republicans (@JECRepublicans) September 11, 2026 Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.3% in August following a 0.2% rise in July. Over the preceding 12 months, core prices increased 2.4%, energy prices rose 16.3%, and food prices increased 2.7%. The national monthly figures are seasonally adjusted. The annual changes are measured before seasonal adjustment. The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Republicans’ August inflation update, released this month, provided calculations to two decimal places. It reported monthly headline inflation of 0.40% and core inflation of 0.29%, compared with Cleveland Federal Reserve forecasts of 0.36% and 0.20%, respectively. The committee’s calculations placed annual headline inflation at 3.40% and annual core inflation at 2.45%. Its report notes that differences in change figures can result from rounding. Across the four regions identified in the committee’s accompanying release, annual inflation was highest in the Northeast at 3.9%, followed by the Midwest at 3.6%, the West at 3.2%, and the South at 3.1%. In its release accompanying the update, JEC Republicans reported annual inflation of 3.9% in the Northeast, 3.6% in the Midwest, 3.2% in the West, and 3.1% in the South. Phoenix-area prices increased 0.5% over the two months ending in August. During that period, local energy prices increased 4.6%, food prices declined 1.6%, and prices excluding food and energy rose 0.5%. The local BLS figures are not seasonally adjusted and cover a two-month period. Over the year, Phoenix-area food prices increased 1.7%, including a 1.0% increase in grocery prices and a 2.5% increase in food away from home. Local core inflation was 1.3%, while shelter prices declined 0.3%. Inflation-adjusted earnings were mostly steady in August. Real average weekly earnings for employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased 0.16%, while real average hourly earnings declined 0.09%. Over the year, real hourly earnings declined 0.3% and real weekly earnings increased 0.3%. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post U.S. Consumer Prices Rise 0.4% In August While Phoenix Inflation Hits 2.5% first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacf8ee75342cf4db873edf New Arizona Property Tax, Deed Laws Take Effect te 2026-09-18T08:40:14.621Z New Arizona Property Tax, Deed Laws Take Effect By Matthew Holloway | Arizona laws affecting property taxes, deed recording, and county assessor operations took effect Saturday, Sept. 12, the general effective date for the 2026 legislative session. Additional property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and their surviving spouses are scheduled to begin with the 2027 tax year. “Ensuring the public has clear and timely information about changes in property tax laws is central to our mission,” Maricopa County Assessor Eddie Cook said. “This year’s legislative session brought meaningful improvements for property owners, especially veterans and individuals with disabilities, and protections from deed fraud – an issue that has surged nationwide.” An earlier measure, HB 2792, took effect Feb. 12 and specified that the full property tax exemption for veterans with a 100% service-connected disability rating applies to their primary residence. Under HB 4168, the full exemption will also cover a veteran whose service-connected disability status is total disability based on individual unemployability. The law removes household income limits for disabled veterans and eligible surviving spouses, and allows a qualifying surviving spouse to receive the exemption for which the veteran was eligible. Those changes apply beginning with the 2027 tax year. A separate measure, HB 2120, adds a written Social Security Administration disability determination to the documentation accepted when establishing eligibility for a property tax exemption. Property owners also face new procedures when recording documents. SB 1479 generally requires valid photo identification when documents are recorded in person at a county recorder’s office or recording kiosk, with exceptions for specified professionals and institutions. It increases the criminal penalty for knowingly recording a forged or false real estate claim and adds a thumbprint requirement for certain notarized documents. The same law directs county assessors to establish a voluntary system by Jan. 1, 2027, to alert participating owners when the assessor receives notice of a change in property ownership or the owner’s mailing address. The Maricopa County Assessor’s Office said Cook championed the measure. Other changes address how assessors work with property owners. HB 2173 allows tax officers to accept electronic responses and, when a taxpayer elects to submit one, an electronic notice of claim in property tax error cases. The existing deadlines remain in place, and communications that require certified mail must still be served that way. SB 1294 permits an assessor to retain a property’s classification for up to five years after destruction by a verifiable accident, unless its use changes sooner. That provision applies retroactively to Sept. 13, 2024. Two laws change agricultural-property inspections. HB 2104 generally bars an assessor from reclassifying or inspecting agricultural property for three years after the owner prevails in a qualifying appeal, subject to specified changes involving the property. HB 2105 requires advance notice of inspections and a copy of the inspection report for property owners, and limits consecutive-year inspections of qualifying agricultural property. HB 2327 allows eligible people to request broader restrictions on identifying information in county assessor, recorder, and treasurer records. HB 2950 allows counties and municipalities to establish tourism improvement areas funded by assessments on participating lodging businesses. Finally, SB 1067 prevents certain county abatement liens from being extinguished by a property tax lien sale or foreclosure. Those provisions expire Oct. 1, 2028. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post New Arizona Property Tax, Deed Laws Take Effect first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacf8ec75342cf4db873ed6 Biggs Introduces Bill To Expand Colorado River Water Supplies, Accelerate Infrastructure te 2026-09-18T08:40:12.918Z Biggs Introduces Bill To Expand Colorado River Water Supplies, Accelerate Infrastructure Ethan Faverino | Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) introduced legislation this week aimed at increasing water supplies and accelerating infrastructure projects across the Colorado River Basin. The legislation comes as the region faces historically low reservoir levels and new reductions in Lower Basin water deliveries. The Colorado River Basin Water Security and Infrastructure Act would direct federal resources toward water augmentation, storage, desalination, recycling, treatment, and conveyance projects while changing federal permitting requirements for certain water infrastructure. Today, I introduced the Colorado River Basin Water Security and Infrastructure Act to expand water supplies, accelerate critical infrastructure projects, and strengthen long-term water security throughout the Colorado River Basin. Congress and the people we serve cannot simply… pic.twitter.com/7WoWt97KQc — Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 16, 2026 The legislation comes amid continued uncertainty over the Colorado River’s long-term management. The seven Basin states did not reach consensus on a long-term post-2026 operating framework earlier this year. The Department of Interior subsequently finalized operating guidelines for 2027 and 2028 in August. Those guidelines call for 1.25 million acre-feet in annual reductions to Lower Basin deliveries during each of the next two years. “The goal of this legislation is simple: add new water, strengthen the Basin, and protect the farms, communities, and military installations that depend on the Colorado River,” stated Congressman Biggs.  Under the bill, certain water-supply projects would be exempted from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Federal agencies would also face deadlines for reviewing project applications, including 30 days to determine whether an application is complete and 180 days to issue a final decision. The legislation would also allow project sponsors to rely on a broader range of existing feasibility and impact studies rather than repeating previous engineering work. Major federal projects included in the legislation would receive congressional pre-authorization in an effort to shorten the time between planning and construction. Another major component of the proposal is the creation of a Basin-wide Water Augmentation Fund. The program would provide a 2-to-1 federal cost share for eligible projects pursued by states, tribes, municipalities, utilities, and private partners. Projects eligible for funding would include desalination, water reuse, storage and conveyance infrastructure, aquifer recharge, and salt cedar removal, among other efforts intended to increase available water supplies. The legislation would also authorize or accelerate several large infrastructure projects throughout the Basin, including restoring the Yuma Desalting Plant to full capacity and pursuing binational desalination projects with Mexico. Other provisions would support capturing ocean discharges in California for potential water supply, augmentation projects in Arizona and Nevada, and new Upper Basin development projects. Biggs argued that increasing the Basin’s overall water supply should play a larger role in addressing the region’s water challenges. “My bill offers a path forward by investing in new water, modernizing critical infrastructure, and removing unnecessary federal barriers that can delay projects for years,” said Biggs. “Increasing the amount of water available to the Basin will bolster our single-family housing market, and strengthen food security, economic security, and national security throughout the American Southwest. Congress and the people we serve cannot simply wait for relief from the drought or conserve our way out of this crisis.” The Colorado River provides water to more than 40 million people, supports approximately 5.5 million acres of farmland, and serves 30 tribes. The river also supplies hydropower and water resources across seven U.S. states and Mexico. Conditions across the system have deteriorated during the prolonged drought. The Bureau of Reclamation reported in August that the combined contents of Lake Powell and Lake Mead had fallen to levels not seen since Lake Powell began filling in the 1960s. The agency said the Basin has experienced an unprecedented drought for the past 26 years, with conditions worsening in 2026. Biggs has been involved in several other Colorado River-related efforts this year. In March, he led Arizona Republican members of Congress in raising concerns about the Bureau of Reclamation’s draft environmental review for post-2026 operations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead. In April, Biggs joined Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) in urging federal officials to release funding for drought-related projects across the Basin. Biggs later partnered with Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus in seeking additional Colorado River funding as part of an emergency funding package. The most recent legislation places an emphasis on expanding water supplies and infrastructure throughout the Basin. Biggs said the proposal is intended to provide greater long-term certainty for communities and agriculture rather than relying solely on reductions in existing water use. “We must think big, be leaders, and deliver real solutions that will bring relief for decades to come,” said Biggs. “I urge my colleagues to act quickly and send this legislation to the President’s desk.” Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Biggs Introduces Bill To Expand Colorado River Water Supplies, Accelerate Infrastructure first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacf8e975342cf4db873ec8 Work continues on SR 51 – closures scheduled next two weekends te 2026-09-18T08:40:09.988Z Work continues on SR 51 – closures scheduled next two weekends The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising Phoenix area drivers to plan for the following weekend closure and nightly lane restrictions for work on the State Route 51 pavement rehabilitation project between Interstate 10 (Papago Freeway) and Shea Boulevard: Southbound SR 51 will be CLOSED from Glendale Avenue to Indian School Road from 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, to 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21. The following ramps also will be closed: The southbound SR 51 on-ramp at Northern Avenue DETOUR: Drivers may consider taking westbound Glendale Avenue to southbound 16th Street to eastbound Indian School Road to access SR 51 south of the closure. In addition: Southbound SR 51 will be narrowed to one lane between Indian School and McDowell roads nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting Monday, Sept. 21, and ending Friday morning, Sept. 25. Southbound SR 51 is scheduled to be CLOSED between Indian School Road and I-10 from 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, to 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28. For more information about the SR 51, I-10 to Shea Boulevard Pavement Rehabilitation Project, visit azdot.gov/SR51-I-10-Shea-Pavement-Rehab. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacf8e775342cf4db873ebf Kiwanis tournament a success te 2026-09-18T08:40:07.229Z Kiwanis tournament a success Close to 150 golfers participated in the 31st Annual Sunstroke Open charity golf tournament, a fundraiser for programs supported by the Valley of the Sun-Camelback Kiwanis (photo courtesy of Jim Lunseth). The Valley of the Sun-Camelback Kiwanis 31st Annual Sunstroke Open charity golf tournament, held June 6 at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Course, was an overwhelming success, the organization said. Close to 150 golfers had the opportunity to putt for prizes donated by Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits, before the 7:30 a.m. start of the tournament. Online, silent and live auctions were held during a “fabulous” lunch in the Arizona Golf Course Ballroom. After lunch, numerous prizes and awards were handed out to the lucky golfers. The Kiwanis club is an all-volunteer charity that has been supporting Valley children for over 75 years. With the success of the Sunstroke the organization said they are able to continue supporting high school Key Club efforts, elementary school Terrific Kids programs, awarding student scholarships, supporting vulnerable youth by sending them to weekend camps, assisting foster kids and supporting local school districts by filling in the gaps with funds and volunteers engaging in fun service projects. Those interested in getting involved should contact Scott Holcomb at 602-358-4033. Find more information at https://k02959.site.kiwanis.org. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaced3575342cf4db873b9e Minnesota woman's mugshot goes viral after social media users spot resemblance to Jennifer Lopez te 2026-09-18T07:50:13.121Z Minnesota woman's mugshot goes viral after social media users spot resemblance to Jennifer Lopez The mugshot of a Minnesota woman arrested for allegedly stealing batteries is going viral after social media users noticed her resemblance to a famous pop superstar. Cyrena Anne Quast, 35, was arrested Aug. 30 on a theft charge in Monticello after she allegedly stole two double packs of power tool batteries valued at around $580 from a store, according to a criminal complaint obtained by TMZ. But it was Quast's booking photo that had the internet doing a collective double take. JENNIFER LOPEZ'S BOLD WIMBLEDON HAT DIVIDES FANS OVER ROYAL BOX ETIQUETTE Social media users quickly pointed out that the mugshot appeared to bear a striking resemblance to Jennifer Lopez. "It really does look like her!" one user exclaimed, while others suggested the two could even pass for twins. Another referenced Lopez's 2002 hit "Jenny from the Block," declaring Quast, "the real Jenny from the block." Others had a little more fun with the comparison, with one saying Quast looked like J.Lo if the global superstar "had a really rough week." JENNIFER LOPEZ SENDS FANS INTO A FRENZY AS SHE SHOWS OFF CHISELED ABS IN GYM SELFIES Another suggested Quast might have a future as Lopez's stunt double. Still, not everyone was seeing double, with plenty of social media users pushing back on the supposed "uncanny" resemblance. "She looks absolutely nothing like her," one user quipped. Her alleged return visit raised red flags when an employee recognized Quast from a similar theft days earlier and alerted police, according to the complaint. Quast was arrested and booked into the Wright County Jail on a gross misdemeanor theft charge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaced3375342cf4db873b81 NAU ROUNDUP: Freeman, Copeland earn Big Sky weekly honors after career outings te 2026-09-18T07:50:11.717Z NAU ROUNDUP: Freeman, Copeland earn Big Sky weekly honors after career outings NAU football's Deliyon Freeman and soccer's Emery Copeland put up performances to remember last week, garnering each of them Big Sky Conference honors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaced3275342cf4db873b78 Emery Copeland te 2026-09-18T07:50:10.743Z Emery Copeland Northern Arizona goalkeeper Emery Copeland (1) pins the ball underneath her right foot during a match against UTEP on Aug. 30 at Lumberjack Stadium. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacca0875342cf4db873427 Hoffman subpoenas Hobbs, Mayes over foster care contract increase te 2026-09-18T05:20:08.324Z Hoffman subpoenas Hobbs, Mayes over foster care contract increase PHOENIX -- Sen. Jake Hoffman is issuing subpoenas to Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes to demand they tell his Senate Government Committee what they know about a 2023 decision by the state to give a nearly 60%… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacca0775342cf4db87341e Bill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes House te 2026-09-18T05:20:07.411Z Bill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes House The House passed legislation Wednesday that would direct states to consider adopting federal standards for large-scale industrial power users, an attempt to address growing voter anger over the speed and scale of data center development. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacca0675342cf4db873415 Bullhead Schools holding first surplus sale of semester on Friday, Sept. 18 te 2026-09-18T05:20:06.315Z Bullhead Schools holding first surplus sale of semester on Friday, Sept. 18 BULLHEAD CITY — The Bullhead City School District's first surplus sale of the new school year is Friday, Sept. 18. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacc0ae75342cf4db87324f Bills cruise past Lions to christen new home behind Josh Allen's five-touchdown performance te 2026-09-18T04:40:14.887Z Bills cruise past Lions to christen new home behind Josh Allen's five-touchdown performance The wait for regular-season football at the Buffalo Bills' new home ended Thursday night, when Highmark Stadium hosted its first regular-season game. Right on cue, Buffalo's star quarterback Josh Allen orchestrated a picture-perfect first half as the home team raced to a 27-10 halftime lead over the Detroit Lions. Allen threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores to power the Bills to a 41-31 victory. Allen recorded the fourth five-touchdown game of his career Thursday, one week after throwing two touchdown passes and running for two more in a 36-31 season-opening win over the Houston Texans. BUFFALO BILLS' PLAN TO FEATURE CANADIAN ANTHEM AT STADIUM OPENER MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS The $2.1 billion stadium that officially opened last month was built across the street from the Bills' former home. Allen followed the pregame fireworks celebration with more fireworks of his own by overseeing touchdown drives on each of Buffalo’s first four possessions. Bills running back James Cook had 134 yards rushing and put the game away with a 1-yard TD run with just under three minutes remaining. Allen’s two rushing touchdowns upped his career total to 83, moving him into a tie for 18th on the NFL list with Jim Taylor. He also picked up his 90th regular-season victory, becoming one of just four quarterbacks to reach that milestone in their first nine seasons. The Lions were undone by an injury-depleted defense, and a banged-up offensive line that had difficulty opening holes for Jahmyr Gibbs and protecting Jared Goff. After rallying from a 21-0 deficit to cut Buffalo’s lead to 34-24, the Lions' offense stalled midway through the fourth quarter. Backed up at their own 10, the Lions went three-and-out and were forced to punt after Goff had two passes tipped by Deone Walker, and Gibbs was stopped for no gain. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Goff finished 26 of 38 for 327 yards and four touchdowns, while Amon-Ra St. Brown had nine catches for 142 yards and two scores. Gibbs scored on an 11-yard catch but was limited to 52 rushing yards, and Sam LaPorta added a 1-yard touchdown reception. Despite being an open-air facility, the Bills' new home was designed to withstand Buffalo’s weather. Underground heating coils keep the natural-grass field from freezing, while roof sensors monitor snowfall and activate the world’s largest stadium snow-melt system. The new stadium will also shield most fans from the wind with its 360-degree canopy. Highmark Stadium seats 60,108 fans, about 10,000 fewer than its predecessor. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aacb9a175342cf4db8730eb Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Muslim cleric after past Osama bin Laden praise surfaces te 2026-09-18T04:10:09.222Z Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Muslim cleric after past Osama bin Laden praise surfaces The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric after past comments surfaced in which he praised Osama bin Laden. Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi received the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation at Lambeth Palace last Friday, during a ceremony that coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Lambeth Palace announced the reversal Thursday after previous comments by Ashrafi had "come to light," causing it to reconsider the award. "It is a longstanding principle of interfaith dialogue and co-operation that we must engage with one another across deeply-held differences, and that remains the case," Lambeth Palace said in a statement. BUSH REVIVES ‘ISLAM IS PEACE’ MESSAGE WITH FRESH FOCUS ON POST-9/11 MOSQUE VISIT "However, previous comments made by Imam Ashrafi have come to light that have led Lambeth Palace to reconsider this award and we can now confirm today that the award has been withdrawn," the statement continued. "We have contacted Imam Ashrafi to make him aware of this decision." Lambeth Palace added that it continues "to pray for the Christian community in Pakistan, and for all those working for interfaith dialogue and harmony in Pakistan and around the world." According to Lambeth Palace, the award was given to Ashrafi because of his "longstanding support for religious minorities in Pakistan, particularly the Christian community." SEAL WHO KILLED BIN LADEN RECALLS 9/11 MOMENT THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE: ‘WELCOME TO MY WORLD’ According to the BBC, Ashrafi said in 2007 that bin Laden — the architect of the 9/11 attacks — had "been fighting for Islam against the Russians, Americans and British." The BBC also reported that Ashrafi said he would give bin Laden the title "Saifullah," meaning "Sword of God." Ashrafi told the BBC that his remarks had been "totally taken out of context" and described the backlash against him as an "unfair campaign." He said he made the remarks about bin Laden in 2007 in response to "the hurt felt by many Muslims" over the British government's decision to knight "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie. During the award presentation last week, the Archbishop's office said Ashrafi was being honored for "his outstanding work as an ambassador of interfaith harmony in Pakistan, known for his commitment to promoting religious tolerance." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaca6e275342cf4db872ceb Suns forward Dillon Brooks empowering kids at youth basketball camp te 2026-09-18T02:50:10.801Z Suns forward Dillon Brooks empowering kids at youth basketball camp MESA – When Dillon Brooks’ name is mentioned, it likely brings to mind his reputation as a “villain.” Off the court, Brooks is doing his best to reflect a different image. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaca48375342cf4db872c28 Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns te 2026-09-18T02:40:03.339Z Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if F-35 jets are sent to Saudi Arabia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aaca22c75342cf4db872bb1 Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Robbing Women te 2026-09-18T02:30:04.284Z Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Robbing Women The officer, a Customs and Border Protection agent at a Chicago airport, was accused of assaulting and threatening four women, all of Chinese descent, at hotel rooms in 2022. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac9fd575342cf4db872b42 Arizona asks US Supreme Court to halt prison healthcare takeover in ‘Hail Mary’ filing te 2026-09-18T02:20:05.443Z Arizona asks US Supreme Court to halt prison healthcare takeover in ‘Hail Mary’ filing Photo by Matthew Hendley | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Attorneys for Arizona’s prison system ran to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to make one last plea to delay a court-ordered takeover of its healthcare system. A federal district court judge and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already denied the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry’s request to put off receivership of the prison healthcare system until an appeals court makes a final call. But in a final attempt to buy more time, a lawyer for the Corrections Department argued the state is entitled to the opportunity to fully argue its case before it loses control of its employees, its contractors and its multimillion-dollar healthcare budget. “The gravity of that action and the costly and disruptive consequences for the department and the state are hard to overstate,” former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement wrote in an application to stay filed with the high court on Sept. 16. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE An attorney representing the roughly 25,000 inmates in Arizona prisons called the request a “Hail Mary” and noted they had yet to receive a deadline to respond to the stay request. But in any case, Corene Kendrick, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, said their clients cannot wait any longer for constitutional healthcare. “You wish that the time and money that they’re spending on fancy Supreme Court attorneys to write these briefs for them were better spent focusing on improving the healthcare and implementing the reforms and working collaboratively so that the receiver can get in place.” Kendrick said.  Inmates first sued the department in 2012, alleging prison medical, mental and dental care posed a threat of serious injury and death and constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. After more than a decade of litigation and an ultimately unsuccessful settlement agreement, Judge Roslyn Silver issued a final injunction in 2023, finding the department’s healthcare system was “plainly grossly inadequate.” Two years after the order, attorneys for the plaintiffs claimed slow progress by the department and continual harm to the state’s incarcerated population warranted a takeover of prison healthcare.  And in February, citing after court-appointed monitors reported the department’s failure to comply with 131 of the court order’s 154 “quality indicators” and eight deaths in custody, Silver greenlit receivership. She then appointed Annette Chambers-Smith, former director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, to serve as receiver, effective Oct. 19. The department immediately sought a stay to delay Chambers-Smith’s start date until after the receivership issue was decided by the appellate court. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to press pause but agreed to speed up briefing on the appeal.  The department then filed a last-ditch request for a stay on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,” where justices can decide on emergency and procedural orders without oral argument, extensive briefing or written opinions.  In the filing, Clement argued receivership is meant to be the “remedy of last resort” but has not been treated as such by the district court. “Rather, the court reached for one of the most powerful and federalism-defying tools in its arsenal as a first resort when the state did not promptly live up to the court’s expectations under a wide-ranging and demanding injunction,” Clement wrote. He claimed Silver had ignored the improvements the department has made since she issued her final injunction in March 2023 and incorrectly focused on the more than decadelong history of litigation. The arguments are largely the same as the Corrections Department argued before Silver and the appellate court when they asked those courts to pause the receivership. Clement contended the department had made “tangible” progress since Silver’s final order, pointing to the department’s work growing its healthcare staff by more than 50%, opening and improving facilities, increasing access to treatment for substance-use disorder and implementing a new model of care. He added that Silver’s order was “impatient,” too, as the receiver was allowed a minimum of five years to fix the healthcare system, while the department had less than three between the final injunction and the receivership order. At bottom, Clement said Silver was legally required to start with the least invasive fix and move toward receivership only after initial attempts to compel compliance failed. “The district court inverted that approach here, dropping the proverbial nuclear bomb without exhausting less devastating firepower,” Clement wrote. Kendrick noted that Silver had, in fact, taken steps to push the department in the right direction.  “The facts and the history shows that (Silver) has bent over backwards for years, and court judges before her tried to avoid receivership,” Kendrick said. “But ADCRR was just so intransigent that she found that it was absolutely necessary.”  Kendrick said attorneys for the plaintiffs are waiting on the justices to set a deadline for response.  Meanwhile, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is starting to delve into the merits of the receivership order itself.  In an opening brief filed Sept. 15, the department’s attorneys leaned on the same arguments presented in the bid to the Supreme Court.  A response from the plaintiffs is due Oct. 15. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac9b2975342cf4db872a71 Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report te 2026-09-18T02:00:09.549Z Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report The lone holdout juror whose refusal to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity led to a mistrial is speaking publicly for the first time, disputing claims from fellow jurors that he expressed doubts about the prosecution's case. Michael P. Desronvil said in a statement to NewsNation that he never wavered in his belief prosecutors proved Clancy knew what she was doing when she strangled her three young children in January 2023. "I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present," Desronvil said. LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR ‘LOOKED AT THE CASE AND HE MADE THE CALL,’ HIS BROTHER SAYS "Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing and planned," he added. His comments directly contradict accounts from fellow jurors, who said after the mistrial that Desronvil appeared to acknowledge reasonable doubt during deliberations but still refused to join the other 11 jurors in finding Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury deadlocked 11-1, with Desronvil standing alone in favor of convicting Clancy rather than accepting her insanity defense, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial. JUROR ON LINDSAY CLANCY TRIAL SAYS 'WE LET DOWN LINDSAY' FOLLOWING MISTRIAL The public statement comes as Plymouth County prosecutors weigh whether to retry Clancy, whose attorneys have also floated the possibility of resolving the case without another jury trial. Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley previously told Fox News Digital that prosecutors face the difficult task of deciding whether they can persuade a future jury to unanimously reject Clancy's insanity defense after the first panel failed to reach a verdict. "The question is whether they could ever get a jury, particularly in Massachusetts, that would unanimously vote against this defendant," Turley said. "For prosecutors, they have to weigh that, but they may find the alternative equally unappealing — to simply walk away and say, 'There are three dead children here, but we just don't think we could ever win this case.'" Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, admitted killing her children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — but argued she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from severe mental illness at the time of the killings. Prosecutors argued she planned the murders and understood the wrongfulness of her actions. Judge Sullivan has ordered jurors' identities and questionnaires sealed, citing safety concerns following the high-profile mistrial. Clancy is due back in court Sept. 29 as prosecutors determine whether to seek a retrial. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac967875342cf4db872988 Brutal MLB collision leaves New York Mets first baseman Jared Young motionless on the field te 2026-09-18T01:40:08.021Z Brutal MLB collision leaves New York Mets first baseman Jared Young motionless on the field New York Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off on a stretcher Thursday night following a terrifying collision with teammate Nolan McLean during a game against the Phillies at Citi Field. The play unfolded in the top of the sixth inning when the Phillies' Justin Crawford grounded a slow roller up the first-base line. Both Young and McLean, the Mets' starting pitcher, converged to field the ball. As Young dove toward the grounder, McLean attempted to jump over his teammate. BLUE JAYS STAR VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR GETS KNEED IN THE HEAD DURING CHAOTIC PLAY, LEAVES GAME McLean's knee made contact with what appeared to be the side of Young's head during the play, sending Young face-down into the dirt. He lay there without moving for several moments. Medical staff from the Mets dugout rushed onto the field to treat the 31-year-old infielder. Trainers stabilized Young's neck and evaluated him on the field before placing him on a stretcher. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Young offered a positive sign to the Citi Field crowd as he was driven off the field, raising his thumb to give a thumbs-up as fans responded with a supportive ovation. Mark Vientos replaced Young at first base when play resumed. The Mets have not yet released an official medical update regarding Young's status. The team is expected to provide further details following complete hospital evaluations and concussion testing. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac941b75342cf4db8728e0 Former Institute of Peace Workers Warn Trump May Push to Engrave Name on Building te 2026-09-18T01:30:03.848Z Former Institute of Peace Workers Warn Trump May Push to Engrave Name on Building As part of a lawsuit, the workers have asked a federal court to stop any plans to engrave the building with President Trump’s name. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac91c575342cf4db872877 Michael Ray Cunningham te 2026-09-18T01:20:05.795Z Michael Ray Cunningham Michael Ray Cunningham, 76, passed away on Aug. 23, 2026.       He was born Dec. 8, 1949, in Winslow, to Willard and Esta Lee Cunningham. He grew up in Winslow, graduating from Winslow High School in 1967.       In 1968, he began the Santa Fe Railway, with a railroad career that lasted 30 years. He was a life member of the United Transportation Union.       He was a big baseball fan and coached Winslow Little League for many years, serving as president of the league for five years. He was a lifetime member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, serving in several officer positions and as Exalted Ruler in 1983.       He enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. His greatest pleasure, though, was being a grandfather to his four grandsons, Hunter, Conner, Tyler and Gage.       He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Cora; his son, Robby, and daughter-in-law, Shelly of Burleson, Texas; his daughter, Megan Cunningham of Flagstaff; his grandsons, Hunter and Conner Cunningham of Burleson, and Tyler and Gage Zickerman of Flagstaff; his brother, Don Cunningham of Flagstaff; and many nieces and nephews.       He was preceded in death by his parents, Willard and Esta Lee Cunningham; his brother, Rich Cunningham; and his sister, Sue Cunningham. Screenshot The post Michael Ray Cunningham first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8f7175342cf4db8727ed Ms Rachel urges 'every wealthy White celebrity' to match Macklemore's donation to Palestinian causes te 2026-09-18T01:10:09.497Z Ms Rachel urges 'every wealthy White celebrity' to match Macklemore's donation to Palestinian causes Children's YouTube star Ms. Rachel announced on Thursday that she plans to match singer Macklemore's $1 million donation to Palestinian causes and urged "every wealthy White celebrity" to do the same. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Macklemore shared his plans to donate his earnings from the "Loop Tour" with Ed Sheeran to six organizations, including the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Medical Aid for Palestinians, UNRWA USA National Committee and American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA). The 43-year-old rapper was previously dropped from Sheeran's tour on Monday after he repeatedly called for a "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" during his opening act at MetLife Stadium earlier this month. MS RACHEL SAYS BACKLASH OVER HER GAZA POSTS 'DOESN'T FAZE' HER AS SHE CALLS OUT CELEBRITY SILENCE In response, Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, wrote on Instagram that she plans to match Macklemore's donation and called specifically on White celebrities to do the same. "I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy White celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza. Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day. We have a moral obligation to use our privilege and platforms to protect children and human rights," Accurso wrote, adding that she will be donating to the PCRF. Fox News Digital reached out to Accurso for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Macklemore has challenged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match his donation after Kraft refused to host the rapper at Gillette Stadium because of his activism. Kraft responded that he had already committed $2 million to Palestinian aid in the region, referencing his longtime humanitarian work in the Middle East. MS. RACHEL CLAIMS CELEBRITIES SILENT ON GAZA WOULD ‘PROBABLY’ SPEAK IF CHILDREN ‘WERE WHITE’ Accurso was also one of several prominent progressives who called out Sheeran following Macklemore's removal as the opening act for his tour, suggesting that silence to the cause was "racist." "If more than 20,000 White children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts," Accurso said. "Treating some children’s lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral." Accurso has been criticized by pro-Israel organizations and groups that say her posts have shared anti-Israel propaganda by repeatedly accusing the Jewish nation of committing "genocide." BILL MAHER RIPS MACKLEMORE'S GAZA STANCE, SAYS CELEBRITY 'MORAL CONFUSION' IS FUELING ANTISEMITISM Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the executive vice president of the Coalition for Jewish Values, previously said in a statement to Fox News Digital, "She claims to care about 35.5 million children suffering from acute malnutrition across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but spends an inordinate amount of time speaking about 0.031 million children in Gaza. When 0.09% of starving children receive 90% of her attention, something is wrong."  "She had nothing to say about Israeli children being held hostage until seven months later, when the backlash became too loud to ignore," he added. "It is clear that her problem is not a deep concern for children, but that she is using her purported deep concern to mask something much darker." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8d1b75342cf4db87276c Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, 84, remembered for decency and major legacy on Western water policy te 2026-09-18T01:00:11.726Z Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, 84, remembered for decency and major legacy on Western water policy PHOENIX – Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, who shaped Western water policy over more than a quarter century in Congress, died Wednesday night at age 84. Kyl was diagnosed with dementia in December 2025. His family announced the death Thursday and said it was “due to complications from a neurological disease.” Kyl won a Senate seat in 1994 after four terms in the House. Reelected twice, he rose to the No. 2 post in the Senate GOP conference, influencing tax policy and judicial nominations as a member of the Finance and Judiciary committees. Former colleagues remembered him as a dedicated and principled public servant with an unusually strong grasp of water policy.  ”If it meant a lot to Arizona it meant a lot to Jon Kyl,” former Sen. Jeff Flake, a fellow Republican who won the seat Kyl gave up in 2012, said by phone.  Both Gov. Katie Hobbs and her challenger, Rep. Andy Biggs, recalled Kyl with fondness. “Arizonans are mourning the loss of former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl,” Hobbs, a Democrat, said in an X post. “Throughout his decades of public service in the House and Senate, he was a dedicated statesman who always cared deeply for our state.” Biggs, a Gilbert Republican, called Kyl “an exemplary public servant who understood Arizona, fought tirelessly for our interests, and approached his responsibilities with humility and conviction. “His example demonstrated that public service can be carried out with principle, dignity, and a genuine devotion to the people one represents,” he posted on X. Time magazine named Kyl one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. In 2014, Arizona State University launched the Kyl Center for Water Policy to promote long-term solutions to the state’s water needs. Kyl helped by lending his name, sharing his expertise and serving as a spokesperson. “He was doing water policy long before he got to Congress in the private sector,” Flake said. “To have ASU carry on that legacy with the Kyl Center, it just meant a lot to him because it meant a lot to Arizona.” In a statement, the Kyl Center called Kyl “a visionary statesman and a brilliant water attorney who fundamentally believed that Arizona’s water future depends on collaboration, stewardship, and finding common ground. His legacy is woven into everything we do, and we remain dedicated to honoring his vision.”  In a 2019 interview with PBS, Kyl said water settlements he helped hammer out were among his proudest achievements. Among those was the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, a landmark tribal water rights law that ended decades of litigation over Gila River Indian Community water rights. The complex deal involved the state, Salt River Project, federal government, Phoenix and other cities, and an assortment of irrigation districts and others. Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, called it “one of the most technically and politically challenging of all Tribal water settlements,” and the largest water settlement in Arizona’s history.  He emphasized that the resolution “would not have been possible without Senator Kyl’s skillful leadership.” He also noted that Kyl successfully represented the state in a key Supreme Court case in 1983, before seeking office. “His influence in the development of water policy in the Southwest will be felt for generations to come,” Buschatzke said in a statement. Kyl was known to be civil in his approach to policy and encouraged parties working together in order to solve Arizona’s unique problems.  “I never heard Jon Kyl disparage another member of congress or anyone. He was just a kind, honorable man, and that allowed him to develop coalitions and work with people across the aisle that some members just can’t do,” said Flake.  When Sen. John McCain died in office in August 2018, Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Kyl to fill the vacancy temporarily. He served four months.  “He was a true statesman, mentor to so many and a giant in Arizona and our country,” Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Bullhead City, posted on X. “His service to AZ and our country will never be forgotten.” McCain, in a tribute when Kyl retired from Congress in 2012, said that “I’ve never failed to be impressed by the qualities Jon brings to these matters. His unflappable patience, his tireless work ethic, his careful attention to detail, his determination to be fair to all parties involved, and achieve results that are in the best interest of our state of Arizona.” Kyl became a lobbyist at Covington & Burling after leaving the Senate, with clients including chipmaker Qualcomm and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Gordon James, a friend and public relations specialist who met Kyl while helping on one of his campaigns, said Kyl was an example of “how the United States should be and Arizona should be represented.” “I can’t ever remember anyone, Republican, Democrat, independent, ever say anything derogatory about him,” James said. “He was the go to guy (and) they would want to throw their ideas by him.” Kyl’s involvement with ASU went beyond the center that carries his name,  though he received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Arizona. He joined ASU as a Distinguished Fellow and scholar in 2013 and later periodically taught undergraduate classes.  “It is with deep sadness that the ASU Community recognizes the passing of Senator Jon Kyl. A true statesman and public servant, Jon was dedicated to representing Arizonans and advancing the interests and reputation of the state he loved dearly,” ASU President Michael Crow said in a statement. “I have been very fortunate to count him as a friend and ASU has benefitted from his support and commitment. … We will proudly continue the important work we undertook together as part of his great legacy.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8d1475342cf4db87273a S.U.V. Driver Charged With Murder in Los Angeles Bus Crash te 2026-09-18T01:00:04.562Z S.U.V. Driver Charged With Murder in Los Angeles Bus Crash Prosecutors said the driver was impaired by drugs and ran a red light before ramming a city bus on Tuesday. Two people died. Compounding the tragedy, a news helicopter also crashed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8abf75342cf4db8726f9 University event with Hasan Piker in Texas draws backlash from both sides of the aisle te 2026-09-18T00:50:07.832Z University event with Hasan Piker in Texas draws backlash from both sides of the aisle The University Democrats, a student group at the University of Texas at Austin, unintentionally brought together political heavyweights from both sides of the aisle after announcing earlier this month an event featuring controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. Piker, who hosts hours-long streams on a daily basis, is known for his incendiary rhetoric, anti-capitalist views and anti-Israel stance. The streamer has recently become a source of an offline debate over how Democrats engage with voters. According to University Democrats, Piker is expected to address "a variety of topics, ranging from immigration, to genocide, to the future of the Democratic Party." The group noted that the event, which is scheduled for Sept. 30 and limited to UT Austin students, staff and faculty, will include a Q&A session. WHO IS HASAN PIKER? MEET THE FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY AND DIVIDING DEMOCRATS On Monday, University Democrats claimed in an X post that UT Austin was violating its own policies by "failing to accommodate" the event and provide a large venue. Fox News Digital was not able to independently verify the club's claim. It didn't take long for Texas lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, including Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Henry Cuellar, to voice their disapproval of the event and condemn Piker. "Hasan Piker’s scheduled appearance at the University of Texas is deeply concerning," Cuellar wrote on X. "Free speech allows difficult and controversial views, but it does not require anyone to stay silent when someone has a history of hateful comments about Jewish Americans, 9/11, and Hamas terrorism." "Jewish students at UT should not be made to feel targeted or unsafe on their own campus," he added. PIKER DEMANDS DEMOCRATS DEFEND HIM FROM ATTACKS, CLAIMS HE’S NO ‘TOXIC RADICAL FORCE' In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, Cruz said that Piker's appearance at an event by University Democrats was a statement about the status of the Democratic Party. "Hasan Piker is an America-hating Marxist who has said that America deserved 9/11 and celebrates political violence against Republicans," Cruz's statement read. "Americans are entitled to free speech, but it is incumbent upon good people to condemn Piker's incitement. Instead, some Democrats are bringing him to college campuses, while almost all other Democrats are conspicuously silent or worse. It says everything about the state of their party." Andrew Mahaleris, press secretary for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, also chimed in, telling Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) that "Terrorist sympathizers have no place in Texas." "Hasan Piker said America deserved 9/11 and praised the brutal terrorist organization Hamas. University Democrats at UT Austin are choosing to amplify that disgusting rhetoric," Mahaleris told JNS. CONTROVERSIAL STREAMER HASAN PIKER'S LECTURE AXED BY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AMID FREE SPEECH QUESTIONS While lawmakers focused their criticism on Piker's past rhetoric, the streamer pushed back, saying that the pressure campaign to cancel the event presented a constitutional issue. "Ted cruz, greg abbott ken paxton and now, henry cuellar have demanded that i have my speech at UT austin get cancelled. it's a public university. this is a direct violation of the 1st amendment. free speech must be protected. dems should push back against this attack!," Piker wrote on X. The controversy over the event reflects growing tension over Piker's increasing prominence on the political stage. While some argue that he brings in younger voters, critics say that his rhetoric goes too far. Fox News Digital reached out to University Democrats, UT Austin and Piker for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8abe75342cf4db8726f0 Patriots' TreVeyon Henderson explains siding with family over DCF in custody dispute involving gender identity te 2026-09-18T00:50:06.871Z Patriots' TreVeyon Henderson explains siding with family over DCF in custody dispute involving gender identity New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson stood his ground Thursday when questioned about a social media post defending a Massachusetts family that claims the state took custody of their teenage daughter after the parents refused to affirm her gender transition. The parents, Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, have been fighting DCF to regain custody of their daughter since charges were filed against them in January 2025, around the time they claim they refused to consent to medical procedures intended to transition her to a male. In the post, Henderson, a devout Christian, shared a video clip from Fox News, and quoted Scripture. He said, "These parents who want to honor our Lord and lead their daughter into the truth, and away from what she can’t see that will destroy her just as God has entrusted the parents to do. May justice be served." BLUE STATE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCUSED OF DEFYING SUPREME COURT, HIDING GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS Henderson, who is a Christian, stood on Biblical principles on an 80-20 issue. His post so far is resonating. It had 3.5 million views as of Thursday evening. But when he met with reporters in Foxboro on Thursday, they seemingly asked as many questions about that issue as his status for Sunday's home opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. "Yeah, I think the biggest thing, what I saw on my end is I saw the, the state take away someone's child because they didn't want to affirm the daughter as a boy," Henderson said in explaining his reasoning for the post. "And I heard that the school, without the parents' permission, tried to transition a child or do some sort of thing to transition her into a boy. "And I don't believe that's right. I believe the family, being a Catholic family and having certain morals that they go by and live by, they have the God-given right to raise up their kid, to know the Lord, to honor the Lord. "...I think what they were doing, trying to raise up their kid the right way from, from what I've read and heard, I think that the family did right by not affirming their daughter as a boy, but choosing to affirm her the way that God created her to be as a girl." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Reporters pressed Henderson on local reports that the child's father is alleged to have pulled his daughter's hair and even threatened to kill her. The allegations led to no criminal findings and, indeed, all charges are scheduled to be dropped if the father stays away from the girl. And, again, Henderson held firm. "It doesn't mean that he was guilty of those charges," Henderson said. "It's just accusations. Just as the same way people make accusations against me, it doesn't mean that those accusations are true. It's just accusations at the end of the day. "I think you're innocent until you're proven guilty. So if he was guilty, then that's on me, because I didn't know all of that. But if he's not guilty, if these are just accusations that they're making about the father, then I don't think that's right to run away with that and say, the father did this, so we have to take his daughter away. "I still don't think that's right." The Boston Herald has reported that Kutzkos’ attorney, Vernadette Broyles, said a restraining order stands against the parents after an unidentified adult assisted the child in obtaining the order against them after being in state custody for nearly a year. Those details aren't moving Henderson, who believes his advocacy is coming from God. "I think my perspective of this world has changed," he said. "I just try to look at this world through a Biblical lens now, and, yeah, I feel the calling on my life. I'm not here to just play football. I think I have it in my bio that football is what I do, but a child of God is who I am. "And so, first and foremost, I'm going to honor God above all else. I know it comes with a cause. But like the Bible says, like, what do I gain if I hold on to my life, but at the end of the day, I lose it? But if I lose my life for His name's sake, then I gain true life, and that's what I gained." So football is becoming secondary to God for Henderson. "With this game or without this game, with money or without money, as long as I have Jesus, I got everything that I need," he said. "And so my heart is fulfilled. And I'll continue to honor the Lord and live for him, no matter what it costs me, because I know at the end of the day, it'll all be worth it." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac8abd75342cf4db8726d8 Immigrant rights group launches $10M plan to mobilize Latino and independent voters te 2026-09-18T00:50:05.507Z Immigrant rights group launches $10M plan to mobilize Latino and independent voters Canvassers for Living United for Change in Arizona pose for a picture. (Photo courtesy LUCHA) An immigrant rights group will spend millions and knock on tens of thousands of doors to fire up Latino voters ahead of the November midterms, in the hopes of electing progressive candidates who will push back against President Donald Trump.  Living United for Change in Arizona, which frequently campaigns on behalf of Democrats, is planning to invest as much as $9.9 million over the next six weeks on voter outreach efforts in both federal and statewide races. Control of Arizona’s  government is on the ballot this year as the statewide offices are all up for grabs, along with two U.S. House seats that could help decide which party controls Congress.  And local progressive groups, including LUCHA, are once again aiming to flip the state legislature, which Republicans have controlled for all but two terms since 1966.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE The funding is an impressive sum from an organization that made just under $9 million in revenue in 2024, the last year its tax records are available, and demonstrates the energy behind progressive campaigning efforts in this year’s election cycle. César Fierros, a spokesman for LUCHA, said the money comes from a mix of member support, individual and philanthropic contributions and the group’s political action committee. Stephanie Maldonado, LUCHA’s political director, said the goal is as much to erect a bulwark against the Trump administration as it is to create a legislative environment that results in Arizona-centered policies. The group has long called for worker and renter focused policies at the state level, including mandatory paid family and medical leave and affordable housing solutions that have been mostly rebuffed by Republicans, who decide which proposals are considered. “We need candidates that are going to fight back,” she said. “(Who) are going to hold the line for everyday, hardworking Arizonans and not just protect private interests, like those of corporations, data centers, electric companies and corporate landlords.”   The campaign strategy is to connect with at least 400,000 voters through door-knocking, phone calls, mailers and digital outreach. And that’s more of a minimum for the group, which has years of experience canvassing and has outperformed that number in past elections.  In both the 2022 and 2024 cycles, LUCHA made contact with more than half a million voters; in 2024 alone, activists knocked on over 630,000 doors.  Maldonado said the focus will be on Latino voters and voters who aren’t registered with either major political party, noting that both are electoral blocs with the potential to swing close races. In 2022, Democrat Katie Hobbs defeated her opponent, Republican Kari Lake, and captured the governor’s seat with just a little over a percentage point. And Kris Mayes was elected state attorney general with a razor-thin 280-vote margin.  About 34% of voters in Arizona aren’t registered with a party, according to a July report from the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, placing the group closely behind registered Republicans, who make up the state’s largest group of voters, at 35%.  And about 25% of Arizona’s voters, or 1.3 million, are Latino. That demographic, Maldonado said, deserves representation and LUCHA is committed to ensuring their voices are heard at the ballot box.  “Latinos are the second highest population in the state,” she said. “They’re a very important electorate bloc that makes decisions in statewide races.”  Part of the impetus behind motivating Latino voters is the Trump administration’s vitriol against the immigrants. Trump’s mass deportation campaign has led to the violent arrests and mistreatment of hundreds of people, many with American family members, and racial profiling tactics that have ensnared citizens. Maldonado pointed out that Arizona, as a border state, is at the center of the White House’s anti-immigrant agenda, and noted that how much state officials get involved with federal deportation efforts is likely to be decided in November.  Hobbs has so far refused to wade into immigration enforcement but her opponent, Republican Andy Biggs, has been a vocal proponent of Trump’s deportation campaign. And in the attorney general’s race, Republican Warren Petersen has vowed to aid federal agents in deporting immigrants, including those who came to the country as children and are currently shielded from removal under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  “Every election is the most important election, however I do believe that what happens in this election will really decide what happens in the next two to four years,” Maldonado said.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac886b75342cf4db872672 ICE deports ex-Liberian fighter accused of torture, recruiting child soldiers te 2026-09-18T00:40:11.234Z ICE deports ex-Liberian fighter accused of torture, recruiting child soldiers EXCLUSIVE – A former Liberian combatant believed to have ordered and participated in killings, torture and the recruitment of child soldiers was deported after spending nearly two decades in the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Amos Sheik Massaquoi, 55, to Liberia on Aug. 11, officials told Fox News Digital. He is believed to have served as chief bodyguard to Maj. Gen. Daniel Chea, a former leader in Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia. ICE said Massaquoi is believed to have ordered and participated in extrajudicial killings, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, forced labor and the recruitment of child soldiers during the Liberia's civil wars from 1989 to 2003. "If you are a confirmed human rights violator and you believe you can hide in the United States, you are mistaken," ICE Chicago Field Office Director Frank Padula said. LIBERIA AGREES TO ACCEPT 1,200 THIRD-COUNTRY DEPORTEES FROM US WITHIN A YEAR "ICE will pursue, arrest and remove any individuals who committed atrocities abroad and ensure our communities are not used as a sanctuary from accountability." EXCLUSIVE: 25 YEARS AFTER 9/11, ICE SAYS MORE THAN 2K KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN DEPORTED Massaquoi legally entered the U.S. in August 2006 but was only authorized to remain until Nov. 6 of that year, according to ICE. He remained in the country until Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested him in Maryland in August 2019 for being illegally present in the U.S. An immigration judge granted him bond less than two months later, and he was released. TRUMP DOJ ESCALATES CITIZENSHIP CRACKDOWN ON GROUP ACCUSED OF HIDING TERROR TIES, VIOLENT CRIMES Massaquoi was taken back into custody by ICE Baltimore on April 1, 2025, after officials said he failed to comply with the terms of his release. An immigration judge ordered him removed the following month. ICE said Massaquoi also received specialized military training at an academy in China in 2004, one year after Liberia's second civil war ended. Liberia's civil wars killed almost 250,000 people, most of them civilians, according to the United Nations. Taylor, who led the rebel movement before becoming Liberia's president, was later convicted of aiding and abetting crimes committed by rebel forces in neighboring Sierra Leone. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA "Amos Sheik Massaquoi is believed to have engaged in cruelty and terror, marked by killings, torture, forced labor, unlawful imprisonment and the recruitment of children into armed conflict," HSI Maryland Special Agent in Charge Akil Baldwin said. "If it is confirmed that an individual has engaged in such bloodshed anywhere in the world, then you have no place in the United States," he added. FIRST USE OF ALIEN TERRORIST REMOVAL COURT SENDS AFGHAN WOMAN BACK AFTER ELECTION DAY ISIS PLOT: DOJ The investigation was supported by ICE's Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center, which tracks people suspected of atrocities abroad who try to enter or remain in the U.S. Since 2003, ICE has arrested more than 520 people for human rights-related violations and removed 1,178 known or suspected human rights violators, according to the agency. The center has also stopped more than 415 suspected human rights violators and war crimes suspects from entering the country. Anyone with information about a suspected human rights violator in the U.S. can contact the ICE tip line at 866-DHS-2-ICE or submit a tip online. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac861675342cf4db872611 SR 347 construction returns with straight week of lane restrictions te 2026-09-18T00:30:14.081Z SR 347 construction returns with straight week of lane restrictions State Route 347 gave Maricopans a two-day breather, but now it’s back to business. Construction resumes tonight, with another weekend of one-lane traffic in both directions between Casa Blanca Road and Mammoth Way. Here’s the schedule: Thursday, Sept. 17: Southbound SR 347 will be narrowed to one lane from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday for paving. Friday, Sept. 18-Monday, Sept. 21: Both directions will be narrowed to one lane around the clock for paving. Northbound restrictions begin at 8 p.m. Friday and continue until 4 a.m. Monday. Southbound restrictions begin at 8 p.m. Friday and continue until 5 a.m. Monday. Monday, Sept. 21-Wednesday, Sept. 23: Both directions will be narrowed to one lane nightly for materials testing. Northbound restrictions will run from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., while southbound restrictions will run from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24: Both directions will face overnight lane restrictions for paving. Northbound traffic will be narrowed to one lane from 8 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday. Southbound traffic will be narrowed to one lane from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers should slow down, follow posted speed limits and merge safely through work zones. ADOT also advises allowing extra travel time and watching for construction personnel and equipment. See State Route 347’s live traffic cams on InMaricopa.com. The post SR 347 construction returns with straight week of lane restrictions appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac861075342cf4db8725f0 Hasan Piker insists Middle East would be 'more stable' if Iran had nuclear weapons during Axios interview te 2026-09-18T00:30:08.245Z Hasan Piker insists Middle East would be 'more stable' if Iran had nuclear weapons during Axios interview Progressive commentator Hasan Piker is not opposed to Iran having nuclear weapons, according to comments he made in an interview with Axios. "Do you think Iran should be free to build a nuclear weapon?" Axios correspondent Alex Thompson asked in a clip that aired Thursday on CNN. "I think Iran, much like any other sovereign nation, has a right to defend itself, regardless of its domestic policies," Piker responded. RADICAL EL-SAYED ALLY DOUBLES DOWN ON ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC WITH STUNNING TERRORISM COMPARISON The popular Twitch streamer went on to cite political scientist John Mearsheimer in the belief that "mutually assured destruction is the only way for countries to have sovereignty," something he said would bring regional stability. "Now having said that, do I want Iran to have nuclear arms? No. But I also don't want America, or Russia, or China to have a nuclear arms either," Piker said. "Do you think the Middle East would be more stable if Iran had a nuclear weapon?" Thompson followed. "I believe yes. I think that the Middle East would more stable," Piker responded. ABDUL EL-SAYED DISMISSES QUESTIONS ABOUT HASAN PIKER TIES ON 'FACE THE NATION,' PIVOTS TO GROCERIES The far-left personality went on to stress that he's not "advocating" for a nuclear-armed Iran or that they should have weapons-grade enriched uranium, but insisted that the nuclear conversation is a "distraction." "Time and time again, they have shown, the Iranian government, regardless of whether you want to trust them or not, you can just look at their actions, have proven that they are utilizing the conversation of enriched uranium as a point of leverage to bring America back to the table to get sanctions relief," Piker said. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS Piker began generating headlines earlier in the day when he claimed the U.S. is responsible for more terrorism than al-Qaeda "pound for pound." Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who campaigned alongside Piker during the primary, has repeatedly been asked about Piker's commentary and has attempted to distance himself from his latest comments, telling Axios "I do not agree with this statement [on al-Qaeda], nor do I give much weight to the statements made by a social media streamer. I am more concerned with the dangerous policies of Donald Trump and Mike Rogers that are raising the prices of gas, groceries and healthcare for Michiganders." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac83b375342cf4db87254f Jury Reaches Mixed Verdict in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl te 2026-09-18T00:20:03.677Z Jury Reaches Mixed Verdict in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl The Telemundo reporter, Adan Manzano, was found in his hotel room just before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac816775342cf4db872506 Colin Kaepernick accuses NFL of 'colluding' against Macklemore amid 'Free Palestine' controversy te 2026-09-18T00:10:15.618Z Colin Kaepernick accuses NFL of 'colluding' against Macklemore amid 'Free Palestine' controversy Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick accused New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other NFL owners of "openly colluding" to force Macklemore off Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour following the rapper’s pro-Palestinian remarks. Kaepernick drew a direct comparison between Macklemore’s removal and his own allegation that NFL owners conspired to keep him out of the league after he began protesting during the national anthem in 2016. "What Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore the opportunity to go out and perform with Ed Sheeran is that they are willing to collude," Kaepernick told Ben Meiselas during a MeidasTouch interview. "They are openly colluding." MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE Macklemore had been scheduled to open for Sheeran at Gillette Stadium, which is owned by Kraft’s company, as part of the singer’s "Loop Tour." However, Macklemore said Sheeran informed him that Kraft objected to his appearance and contacted other NFL stadium owners after the rapper used his performances at MetLife Stadium to say "Free Palestine," criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement and perform his Gaza protest song "Hind’s Hall." Kraft confirmed that Macklemore would not be allowed to perform at Gillette Stadium but disputed the suggestion that the decision was intended to silence advocacy for Palestinians. He instead cited what he characterized as Macklemore’s history of anti-Semitic rhetoric and imagery. Tour promoter Messina Touring Group subsequently removed Macklemore from the remaining dates, saying multiple venues had indicated they would not host the concerts with him on the bill. Sheeran said the decision belonged to the promoter and maintained that he had attempted to facilitate a conversation between Macklemore and Kraft. Kaepernick argued that the episode demonstrated the willingness of powerful owners to coordinate when they believe their interests are threatened. KAEPERNICK TELLS 'THE VIEW' THAT NFL OWNERS KEPT HIM OUT OVER POLITICS AND POWER, CLAIMS THEY DONATE TO TRUMP "They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you," Kaepernick said. "They will organize against you, which means that we collectively have to organize to be able to protect our interests as well." "When we filed the grievance, it was like, 'well, the owners wouldn’t do that. Everybody just wants to win within the NFL,'" he added elsewhere in the interview. "And the realization is, 'no. They want to protect their interests. They want to protect their power. They want to protect their money.'" Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in March 2017 and has not appeared in an NFL game since the end of the 2016 season. He filed a grievance later in 2017 accusing NFL owners of colluding to prevent teams from signing him in response to his protests against police brutality and racial injustice. The league denied that its teams conspired against Kaepernick. The two sides reached a confidential settlement in 2019 without a ruling on the merits of his claim. Kaepernick also used the MeidasTouch interview to revisit the NFL’s response to the player-led protest movement. He referenced a 2017 meeting at which Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula reportedly said the league needed a prominent Black spokesperson to help resolve the controversy surrounding the demonstrations. Kaepernick claimed the NFL initially attempted to work through the Players Coalition before approaching him about leading its social-justice initiatives. He said he rejected the proposal and accused rapper Jay-Z of eventually stepping "into that role" through his partnership with the league. Kaepernick characterized Jay-Z as the "Black face" NFL owners sought to help "subvert the protests," arguing that the partnership redirected attention away from police killings, incarceration and resources for Black communities. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The NFL and Roc Nation announced their partnership in 2019, giving Jay-Z’s company a role in the league’s live-entertainment strategy and social-justice initiative. At the time, Jay-Z said the country had moved beyond kneeling and should focus on actionable change. Macklemore, meanwhile, pledged to donate the $1 million he said he earned from Sheeran’s tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians and publicly invited Kraft to match the contribution. Kraft later said Sheeran had already privately asked him to contribute $2 million toward humanitarian relief. The remaining supporting acts on Sheeran’s tour, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga, withdrew amid the controversy. Kaepernick said the fallout strengthened the parallel he sees between Macklemore’s experience and his departure from the NFL. "They want to protect their interests," Kaepernick said. "They want to protect their power. They want to protect their money." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac816675342cf4db8724fd Alexandra Daddario stuns in gingham bikini months after split from husband Andrew Form te 2026-09-18T00:10:14.864Z Alexandra Daddario stuns in gingham bikini months after split from husband Andrew Form Alexandra Daddario is soaking up some time away following a year of major changes. The 40-year-old actress shared a series of vacation photos on Instagram Wednesday, including two shots of herself relaxing outdoors in a blue-and-white gingham bikini. Daddario opened the Instagram carousel reclining on a cushioned lounge chair while looking directly at the camera. She wore the checkered two-piece with her long brunette hair loose and swept across one side of her face. JESSICA SIMPSON TURNS HEADS IN BIKINI PHOTOS FROM TRIP TO TURKS AND CAICOS The "White Lotus" star appeared to keep the look natural and accessorized simply with a silver ring as she leaned on one arm for the close-up shot. "Vacation details," Daddario captioned the post. A second photo captured Daddario from a different angle as she stretched out on the same chair. She rested her head against one arm while peeking toward the camera, offering another look at the pale blue gingham swimsuit. Fans quickly took notice of the vacation photos. "If she broke my heart i would apologize…," one person joked. "We missed the Daddarios," another commented. "Your not allowed to look so good effortlessly @alexandradaddario," another fan added. Daddario traded her swimsuit for a more dressed-up look elsewhere in the carousel. In a mirror selfie, the "Baywatch" actress posed barefoot in a cream-colored matching set covered in a bold floral and bird print. The look featured a sleeveless fitted top and floor-length skirt, with a cutout along one side of her waist. Daddario held her phone in one hand and stretched her opposite arm above her head against the wall as she captured the full look. 'WHITE LOTUS' STAR MICHELLE MONAGHAN SHOWCASES HER TONED FIGURE IN STRING BIKINI DURING INDONESIAN VACATION The vacation glimpse comes seven months after Daddario and film producer Andrew Form announced the end of their marriage. A representative for Daddario confirmed the split to People in February after more than three years of marriage. "Alexandra Daddario and Andrew Form have made the decision to end their marriage," her representative told the outlet. "The decision was made with love and respect," the statement continued. "They will continue to co-parent their child together and appreciate privacy as they navigate this transition." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE   Daddario and Form married in New Orleans in June 2022 after making their relationship Instagram official the previous year. The former couple welcomed their first child together, a son, in October 2024. Form also shares two sons with his ex-wife, actress Jordana Brewster. JENNIFER LOPEZ STUNS IN PATTERNED SWIMSUIT WHILE SOAKING UP FINAL DAYS OF SUMMER Daddario had previously opened up about her journey to motherhood, revealing in a 2024 interview with Vogue that she experienced a pregnancy loss before welcoming her son. "It's long and complicated, so I don't want to be too specific," she told the outlet at the time. "Those kinds of losses and trauma are very hard to explain unless you've been through them." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Daddario added, "I really relate to all the women who have been through those kinds of things in a way that I didn't understand fully before. It's very, very painful." The actress has remained busy professionally amid the changes in her personal life. Earlier this month, Daddario stepped out during New York Fashion Week for Montblanc's 100 Years of Leather celebration at the Crane Club in Manhattan. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Speaking at the event, Daddario reflected on how her outlook has evolved as she's gotten older. "When I was younger, I never wanted to use them," she told WWD while discussing the luxury items she once saved for special occasions. "I didn't want to use the best skin care product. I didn't want to use my fancy bag." "And now that I get older, I'm like, 'I'm alive. Things are meant to be used. You use them until they wear out, and that's what's good about them.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac816575342cf4db8724ec Trump may strip Mexican gray wolf protections prematurely, risks further endangerment te 2026-09-18T00:10:13.323Z Trump may strip Mexican gray wolf protections prematurely, risks further endangerment WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump initiated a review on the status of Mexican gay wolves on the Endangered Species List in an executive order earlier this month, despite the species’ population count falling short of the minimum requirement. It’s a move conservationists argue ignores science and threatens to remove protection of Mexican wolves in order to appease the ranching industry, which has advocated against the species for decades. “The Trump executive order is just a more extreme example of openly putting politics above science,” said Carlos Carroll, an ecologist who studies the population growth of gray wolves. According to Trump’s executive order, the Secretary of the Interior has 90 days from Sept. 4 to decide whether the Mexican gray wolf species is healthy enough to be downlisted to the “threatened” status or be removed off of the Endangered Species list altogether. “FWS will be evaluating all applicable science, existing laws and the ESA listing status of Gray and Mexican Wolves,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service said in a written statement to Cronkite News. “The Executive Order does not change the current threatened or endangered status of any wolf populations.” While the executive order does not immediately change the status of the species, Carroll and other conservationists have long voiced concerns about the long-term health of the wolf species if their endangered status is touched too soon.  As of 2025, there are 319 Mexican gray wolves living in the United States, between Arizona and New Mexico. For the past 50 years, the gray wolf subspecies has been marked as “endangered” on the list, giving them federal protection, along with federally initiated programs which assist with reintroduction measures and population monitoring. To be downlisted from “endangered” to the “threatened” tier, the wolves must maintain a U.S. population average of 320 or more over the course of four years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To be removed off the list completely, the wolves must average a population of 320 in the U.S. and 200 in Mexico for at least eight years; numbers that have not yet been reached. “We still want to know the genetic health of the wild population before removing protections,”said Craig Miller, an Arizona senior representative at the Defenders of Wildlife  The FWS’s own data show the Mexican gray wolves have not reached the population stability required for their endangered status to be revised in any capacity. They have averaged an estimated population of 276 over four years and 222 over eight years in the U.S., falling short of the required averages. And based on their own population modeling, reaching a steady 320 population count in the United States is necessary for the species’ resiliency without federal intervention, according to the FWS Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan. An earlier research study commissioned by the FWS in 2013 found that a wolf population of 750 over an eight year period was more likely to facilitate a self-sustaining species. Carroll, who was one of the ecologists who worked on the 2013 study, said the agency dismissed the findings and hired a new team of researchers who decided a wolf population of 320 was a sufficient measurement. In 2019 Carroll and a group of researchers questioned the scientific integrity of the new findings. “The last iteration of the recovery group was dominated by the state game agencies,” Carroll said. “So it’s not surprising to me that they ended up with a lower number.” Both Carroll and Miller said they expect the federal government’s  sharp pivot was partially due to a pacifying attempt to appeal to the deer-hunter rancher community, which has been vocal against the reintroduction of the wolves. Ginger Cheney is a rancher located along the Arizona-New Mexico border in Blue, Arizona, with 300 heads of cattle between her two ranches. She said this past year she had at least 16 cows killed by Mexican gray wolves.  Cheney wasn’t concerned that the federal government’s possible premature status revision would put the wolf population at risk, because she said she did not believe the official count of 319 Mexican gray wolves was correct. She said she believes the count is much higher and a portion of wolves were miscounted.  “There’s a lot of uncollared wolves out there, in unknown packs,” Cheney said. “I don’t think that they need to worry that we haven’t hit the 320 because we have.” She said lethal measures are the most effective ways of securing her cattle’s safety. In his executive order, Trump suggested that the Department of the Interior consider allowing lethal removal of Mexican gray wolves to assist ranchers in combating livestock predation.  “Illegal killing remains their greatest threat,” Miller said. “The president’s suggestion that, you know, people can shoot them now is blatantly wrong, and it demonstrates a disturbing disregard for both science and the law.” Conservationists continue to fight for the protection of the animals. “It doesn’t take much for one bad year and it can dip again,” said Hollie Colahan, the executive director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. “Just want to see that it’s at that level and then see that it can maintain that level.”  Colahan said if the wolf species is removed from the Endangered Species list now, it is likely the population will decline.  “That 320 over four years was a decision that was based on science,” Colahan said. “It was based on the biology of the wolves and the population.” According to the FWS’ 2017 recovery plan, the eight year period to remove the wolves from the Endangered Species list is approximately two wolf generations, providing assurance that reproduction and mortality rates are “performing such that recovered status is likely to be maintained after delisting.”  “We consider a resilient population to be one that is able to maintain at least a 90% likelihood of persistence over a 100- year period,” the Fish and Wildlife Service said in the recovery plan.  Colahan said averaging the population over a longer period of time is also important in case one measured year is a “fluke,” inaccurately representing the long-term population size.  Colahan said removing the wolves from the list is counterproductive, because the species’ population will presumably drop to endangerment level again, resulting in another extensive process to get them back under endangered status.  “What we want to do is get them up to the level that we feel they’re self-sustaining, so they don’t need to be on there anymore, and don’t have to come back on the list at some future point,” Colahan said.  If the wolves are removed from the list completely, they will lose all federal protections and funding for reintroduction programs. The wolves’ protections will then be the responsibility of each state. Jim Devos, Mexican wolf coordinator for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, said the department does not comment on executive orders, but does manage the wolf population along with state and federal partners. Colahan said she remains concerned the state may follow the federal government’s lead, upsetting the ecosystem. “Wolves being at the top there, those apex predators are really important in keeping things in balance.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac816275342cf4db8724d5 Sen. Mitzi Epstein won’t run again, but politics is in her blood te 2026-09-18T00:10:10.111Z Sen. Mitzi Epstein won’t run again, but politics is in her blood Sen. Mitzi Epstein might not be running for the Legislature again, but she plans to stick around in politics.  You might see her around the Capitol. Or the Maricopa County Stadium District Board. Or advocating for fair taxes. Either way, Epstein, D-Tempe, who served six years in the House and four in the Senate, most recently in Legislative District 12, is still talking politics.  The questions and answers have been edited lightly for style and clarity. What first sparked your interest in running for office?  Education has been the focus from the beginning and always. I was looking at how things were going for my kids and all the other kids, and I was very active in creating advocacy groups of parents and teachers and retirees and so on to support public schools. I kept noticing, “Oh, the bottom line here is the funding from the state is inadequate.”  School funding is still an issue 10 years later. What’s your response to that? Folks in my generation need the younger generations to be all that they can be, and if we’re not funding their schools adequately, then we’re doing ourselves a disservice.  We have had some good steps forward. Red for Ed – I am never going to forget how great it felt to stand with 75,000 people at the Capitol – parents and teachers and retirees and grandparents and students to say invest in education.  When I was minority leader, I simply said, “Look, we need $300 million just to catch up with inflation for K-12.” The education community agreed, the governor agreed, and we did get $300 million in the budget to try to address the gap between how inflation has grown so much faster than our funding per pupil has grown.  What impact did you bring to your district?  When I was elected, we turned our district from red to blue. I think that our community feels very strongly about education. They prefer to bring money to all the kids in the state, more than fix this one pothole or create a fish pond or various other kinds of projects I’ve seen over time. How have politics changed from when you started to now?  I’ve been a Legislature watcher for much longer than that, and there was a time when every speech on the floor and every committee speech started with, “I respect all of you so much, and here’s something nice about everybody,” and then go on with your explanation of what you want to be different.  It’s frustrating to hear certain legislators who seem intent upon winning points for their political party and denigrating, insulting and making wild accusations about the other party. Even worse is when they stand up and make wild accusations that are completely unfounded about everybody on the left. That is just plain bigotry and prejudice. It needs to stop.  What can the legislature do better as a whole, regardless of who is in power? More transparency and time. Giving us an amendment and saying, “Vote on this in five minutes,” is ridiculous. There’s no time to vet it.  We need time to avoid mistakes. Every single year in recent times, we pass budgets, and we always have to do supplementals the next year. Never mind the dollars and cents, just changing the words because we were in a hurry, and the Republican Party wanted us to rush it through, so they’re full of mistakes, and we have to go fix them. When there’s a law that has a mistake, that affects people’s lives.  We need to raise the [legislative] salaries. It’s hard to recruit smart, hardworking people who also need a full-time salary. Our salaries haven’t even kept up with inflation since the 1990s. What is your proudest accomplishment while in the Legislature? In 2024, when I was the Senate Minority Leader, I felt like the coach, responsible for a whole team whose job was to get the torch across the finish line after the other Olympians had carried it to the stadium. They had done all the talking to get this groundswell of public support to repeal the 1864 ban on abortion, and we in the Legislature had to actually make it happen.  Our pitcher was Sen. [Priya] Sundareshan, and our quarterback was Sen. Anna Hernandez. With a brilliant staff, we planned many different chess moves and used set plays to create a strategy for whatever punts, strikes, and foul balls the opponents might throw at us. Each of our caucus members took a turn with a speech here and a point of order there, and lots of conversations about the importance of this freedom for women to determine their own lives. What will you miss most about the Legislature? I will miss not having a microphone to write the wrongs in society. In my first year on the House Ways and Means Committee, I saw a legislator share information that was wrong. It was really frustrating to hear people say things that were just wrong. I can’t do anything about it sitting in the audience, but it suddenly dawned on me: I have a microphone.  I’ve used a microphone to correct mistakes and to right wrongs and to speak up the way that I know my constituents want us to speak up on the floor in committees and press conferences and conversations with great reporters.  What won’t you miss? This goes back to those insults that my colleagues would make from time to time, where they just broadly say everybody on the left is mean to puppies. It’s prejudice, and I will be glad to be getting away from that. The post Sen. Mitzi Epstein won’t run again, but politics is in her blood first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac816075342cf4db8724b0 NAU football leads nation in takeaways ahead of game at Utah Tech te 2026-09-18T00:10:08.689Z NAU football leads nation in takeaways ahead of game at Utah Tech NAU leads all of Division I football in takeaways and turnover margin heading into Saturday night’s showdown against Utah Tech in St. George. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac815e75342cf4db87248d Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal te 2026-09-18T00:10:06.555Z Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal Geothermal startup Mazama is drilling three miles underground to tap superhot rock, with one well capable of generating 15 MW of electricity 24/7. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7f0675342cf4db872434 Alabama Executes Inmate After Supreme Court Blocked Last Attempt te 2026-09-18T00:00:06.081Z Alabama Executes Inmate After Supreme Court Blocked Last Attempt Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7cb075342cf4db8723da Trump's EPA reforms are a huge boost to manufacturers, but there's more red tape to cut: Expert te 2026-09-17T23:50:08.254Z Trump's EPA reforms are a huge boost to manufacturers, but there's more red tape to cut: Expert trump The Trump administration's move to eliminate a swath of Biden-era power plant emissions standards will be a game changer for the U.S. economy, National Association of Manufacturers CEO Jay Timmons tells Fox News Digital. Timmons hailed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for the move announced this week, but noted that even more red tape remains to be cut. "It really sent a signal to manufacturers that the administration was listening to our concerns," Timmons said of the cuts to power plant emissions standards. TRUMP'S EPA CHIEF PUSHES BACK ON CLIMATE SKEPTICS BEING LABELED 'SCIENCE DENIERS' He said NAM and other groups had objected to former President Joe Biden's 2024 standards "very, very clearly" at the time, saying the standards were "simply unworkable." "The timeline that they had proposed was just, it wasn't feasible. Not that the aspirations for, you know, for cleaner air and a healthier environment aren't good aspirations. I think we all share that. I know the current EPA and Administrator Zeldin certainly share those objectives, but how you get there really matters and whether manufacturers are able to meet the challenge," he said, noting, however, that the Biden administration had heard their concerns, but simply disagreed. TRUMP-APPROVED ENERGY PROJECTS AT RISK OF SUDDEN DEATH BY NEXT HOSTILE PRESIDENT The emissions regulations cut this week were removed by executive fiat, but Timmons says more lasting change must come through Congress as manufacturers hope to avoid regulatory whiplash between administrations. "Uncertainty is the absolute worst enemy for manufacturers because manufacturers are on a very long-term horizon when it comes to planning and strategy, product development, research development, so when administrations change, there has often been kind of that pendulum swing," Timmons said. SEN KEVIN CRAMER: CHINA BUILDS FOR WAR WHILE AMERICA WAITS ON PERMITS One area he said could use further reform is in permitting. NAM polling found that 80% of manufacturers say the length and complexity of the permitting process is harmful to increasing investment. As much as 87% of manufacturers told NAM they would expand business operations, hire more workers or increase wages and benefits if the permitting process were more streamlined. SENATE MOVES TO UNSHACKLE AMERICA'S DRIVERS FROM CALIFORNIA'S 'CLIMATE ZEALOTS' Timmons said it is critical for Congress to hear directly from manufacturers when drafting legislation, however. "There needs to be more opportunities for business to be at the table. To really explain what the art of the possible is. No one is saying that we should not be working hard to achieve cleaner air, cleaner water, healthier communities. In fact, we're saying exactly that. We should be part of the solution to make that happen," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7caf75342cf4db8723d1 Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly rolls back Youngkin's plans to protect girls' sports te 2026-09-17T23:50:07.521Z Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly rolls back Youngkin's plans to protect girls' sports Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger quietly rolled back proposed protections for girls' sports in the state, without telling the public. Spanberger’s administration withdrew a proposed regulation that would have prevented biological males from competing on female-only athletic teams and entering certain female-designated spaces, including locker rooms and bathrooms. The withdrawal occurred July 30, 2026, but received little public attention until September. The administration did not issue a news release or publicly announce the decision. THE STATES THAT STILL ALLOW TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN'S SPORTS FACE QUESTIONS AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING The change appeared instead on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website, which lists the proposed regulations as having been "withdrawn on 07/30/2026 after the comment period had ended." OutKick has reached out to Spanberger's office for an explanation, but has not received a response. The proposal had not yet become a finalized regulation. Its withdrawal ended the rulemaking process initiated under former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The effort began with a petition filed in April 2025 by female athletes Réka György, Lily Mullens and Carter Satterfield. The petition asked the Virginia State Board of Health to adopt regulations barring biological males from female-only athletic teams and competitions, as well as female spaces in which women and girls could be undressed. The Virginia High School League changed its eligibility policy in February 2025 to restrict participation in girls’ sports to students whose biological sex is female. The organization oversees most public high school athletic competitions in Virginia. Virginia’s Department of Education also issued model policies under Youngkin in 2023 directing public schools to generally separate athletic teams and intimate facilities on the basis of biological sex. Those policies state that school divisions should provide reasonable accommodations to students while preserving the availability of sex-separated bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Implementation of the state’s model policies has varied among local school divisions, contributing to a prolonged dispute over transgender policies in Virginia schools. The issue has been especially contentious in Northern Virginia, where disagreements over bathrooms, locker rooms, pronouns and parental notification have prompted clashes between state officials and local school boards. The withdrawn Board of Health action would have established a separate regulatory framework reaching organized female sports and sex-separated spaces across Virginia. With the July 30 withdrawal, there are no remaining actions listed under the proposed regulatory chapter. The athletes argued that the participation of biological males in women’s sports and their access to female-designated facilities created physical and psychological harms for women and girls. In August 2025, the Board of Health unanimously approved the petition by a 14-0 vote and authorized the state to begin developing the regulations. According to the state’s regulatory website, the proposed rules were intended to "prevent biological males from participating in organized female-only athletic teams and competitions in Virginia" and from entering designated female spaces where women and girls were likely to be in a state of undress. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7cae75342cf4db8723c8 Finnish foreign ministry official details how Russia's 'hybrid warfare' reshaped border security te 2026-09-17T23:50:06.661Z Finnish foreign ministry official details how Russia's 'hybrid warfare' reshaped border security Russian tactics designed to disrupt European nations forced neighboring Finland to fundamentally rethink its border security, culminating in the recent completion of a new border fence along its eastern frontier. Finland constructed roughly 124 miles of fencing along its border with Russia — a secondary security measure intended to stem the flow of unauthorized Russian migrants, Petri Hakkarainen, political director for the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital. "We have in the past witnessed Russia's attempts… to instrumentalize migrants at the Finnish border," Hakkarainen said. "Basically pushing migrants towards our borders, forcing us then to take them on." A sudden influx forces the Finnish government to process large volumes of asylum claims, which could destabilize society if carried out on a massive scale, he explained.  In response, Finland closed its entire land border with Russia in 2023. Moscow swiftly filed a formal complaint, condemning the closure as "Russophobic." NATO ALLY POLAND WARNS RUSSIA, BELARUS PUSHING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TOWARD ALLIANCE — AND THE US The Kremlin expressed "deep regret" over the move, claiming it replaced decades of "pragmatic, mutually respectful relations" with an anti-Russian political stance. Finland shares an 833-mile border with Russia — the longest of any European Union or NATO member state. The completed border fence supplements the border closures. As Russia remains locked in a war of attrition in Ukraine, Western officials have accused Moscow of launching widespread destabilization campaigns, ranging from disinformation to state-sponsored economic coercion intended to erode public trust across Europe. FINLAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UKRAINE ‘IS NOW HOLDING THE CARDS’ AS RUSSIA SIGNALS TALKS "We think it's important to listen to those of us who live next door to Russia," Hakkarainen said. "Listen to our analysis of the situation: we consider Russia to be a long-term threat to transatlantic security — not only to Ukraine, not only to Europeans, but to transatlantic security as a whole." Finland launched the border fence initiative after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a landmark conflict that prompted the historically neutral Nordic nation to join NATO in April 2023. Moscow has long viewed NATO’s eastward expansion as a direct security threat, using it to justify reinforcing its western defenses.  When Finland officially joined the alliance, Helsinki saw an immediate reaction: over 1,300 migrants without visa arrived at its eastern border. FINLAND'S PARLIAMENT VOTES TO LIFT DECADES-OLD BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN HISTORIC NATO DEFENSE SHIFT Finland accused Moscow of weaponizing migration as an act of "hybrid warfare," a charge the Kremlin denied. Closing the border checkpoints has proven "very effective," Hakkarainen noted. Beyond physical barriers, Finnish lawmakers passed the Border Security Act.  The temporary law allows border authorities to restrict asylum applications and turn back migrants if a foreign actor attempts to destabilize the country by funneling people across the border. NATO JETS SHOOT DOWN DRONE IN LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE AS RUSSIA GROWS 'INCREASINGLY RECKLESS,' RUTTE SAYS While the law sparked some initial debate over potential human rights and international law violations, Hakkarainen emphasized that national defense took priority. "We take these concerns very seriously," he said. "But national security and our own sovereignty... weighed more heavily in this conversation, though there is broad majority support for the act." ITALY-SPAIN BORDER FEUD EXPOSES EUROPE’S DEEPENING IMMIGRATION DIVIDE "We take our security and preparedness very seriously," Hakkarainen added.  "I would say not despite that, but because of that, we are able to lead very normal lives here — regardless of the neighbor we have." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7a5975342cf4db872356 Nebraska Senate candidate seems to confirms audio claiming Trump supporters' lives 'suck so f---ing bad' te 2026-09-17T23:40:09.999Z Nebraska Senate candidate seems to confirms audio claiming Trump supporters' lives 'suck so f---ing bad' Independent Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn appeared to confirm leaked audio on Wednesday in which he suggested people who supported President Donald Trump have lives that "suck so f---ing bad." In audio obtained by the Omaha World-Herald, Osborn seemed to be heard demeaning Trump supporters in Nebraska, claiming they only support the president because he's "on the winning team." "Billy Bob in f---ing Red Cloud, Nebraska, who lives next door to the f---ing Trump store as you pull into town and is waving the Trump flag … all he knows is he’s like on the winning team," the person who appeared to be Osborn said. "He’s been so effective at taking Billy Bob and his wife Mary Jane or Mary Jo and telling them, look we’re winning. You’re on the winning team. And that’s all they care about, because their lives probably suck so f---ing bad." FOUR MONTHS TO MIDTERMS: 12 RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SENATE MAJORITY When asked about the audio on CNN's "Inside Politics with Dana Bash," Osborn said, "It sure sounds like me," but added that it sounded "out of character" for him. "I talked to a tremendous amount of people and, again, I don’t remember the context of this one particular conversation, but it certainly does sound out of character for myself," Osborn said. "I’ve always lived by the golden rule, treat others like you want to be treated, and if somebody was offended by this, certainly I would apologize to those people that might be offended, but I got to tell them I feel their pain. I absolutely feel the pain. We’re all angry right now and sometimes when you’re angry you say some things." During the interview, Osborn emphasized that the audio was not what he truly thought of Trump voters and instead a discussion on the "disenfranchised" voters. FOX NEWS POLL: 'RESILIENT DISCONTENT' DEFINES THE US MOOD AT 250TH ANNIVERSARY "I talked to a lot of Trump voters and … I’m talking about people are pissed off, people are disenfranchised, especially, and that’s what Trump captured in Nebraska. He captured people who are angry about the political system and Trump ran outside of that as an outsider," he said. "That’s what people like about Trump. It’s why I’m running again as an independent running outside the political system, because I’m tired of the two-party doom loop." Fox News Digital reached out to Osborn's campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Osborn's opponent, incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebr., told Fox News Digital: "I've been to Red Cloud. I've been to every corner of Nebraska. The people Dan Osborn is mocking are the hardest working people in America. They don't need a candidate who looks down on them. They need a senator who fights for them. That's what I do every day." JASMINE CROCKETT DISPARAGES MAGA VOTERS, TRUMP AS 'MOST UNPATRIOTIC PEOPLE' Earlier this month, Fox News Digital obtained audio of Osborn suggesting that he would appeal to Republican voters by distancing himself from progressive issues. "The state is made up of 50% Republicans, 26% Democrat, 24% independents. So my win numbers, mathematically, I have to get probably 10-15% of Republicans to win this race. How am I going to do that by f---ing saying, ‘Oh, I love trans people, and they should be able to play in sports?’" Osborn said. "F--- no, Jane, that’s not how I win. I win by s---ing on the party." In another clip, he was heard saying, "I have people recording me, so I can’t say I want to abolish ICE. I can’t say those words. I’ll be f---ed." Though Osborn has insisted that he was "independent" of the two parties, Fox News Digital reported in May that Osborn's campaign was predominantly funded by left-wing donors and activist organizations like ActBlue. Osborn has also predominantly supported other Democrats' campaigns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7a5975342cf4db87234d Mike Huckabee calls out Macklemore on antisemitism: 'Voice' of 'Jew Hatred' te 2026-09-17T23:40:09.258Z Mike Huckabee calls out Macklemore on antisemitism: 'Voice' of 'Jew Hatred' U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called out Macklemore for antisemitism on Thursday, saying he supports NFL owners pushing to cancel his performances. Huckabee made the statement in an interview with Fox News Digital, saying his time living in Israel has shown him that the vast majority of criticisms against Israel are misguided and unfounded. "It's really unfortunate that Malcklemore has decided that he's going to become the voice, if you will, of Jew hatred, and I don't understand why it's entertainers like him think that it is entertaining to go and take a pro-Hamas position, a position that supports people that viciously raped, beheaded babies, burned elderly people in their wheelchairs and did unthinkable and unspeakable things to innocent civilians as Hamas came across the border from Gaza and butchered, massacred 1200 people, and then took 251 people hostage, including many Americans," Huckabee said. ROBERT KRAFT, GILLETTE STADIUM BOOT MACKLEMORE FROM ED SHEERAN TOUR OVER ‘FREE PALESTINE’ RANT "The fact that there's a pushback against that, why not? I think most of us would say that, you know, you have free speech, but that doesn't mean that you can say anything you want anytime you want, anywhere you want without consequences. The people that own these stadiums, the people that have promoted the concerts, weren't promoting a pro-Hamas rally," he added. Huckabee went on to address reports of rising antisemitism in Canada and calls for President Donald Trump's administration to take on the issue. FROM AUSCHWITZ, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ISSUES URGENT WARNING OVER RISING ANTISEMITISM IN CANADA Huckabee referenced a letter sent to Trump by the National Association of Christian Lawmakers earlier this month. The letter called on the administration to allow Jewish Canadians to more easily obtain visas to enter the U.S. "I think we've all seen and frankly been quite alarmed at some of the extraordinary Jew hatred that is taking place in Canada, and many Canadian Jewish people are really concerned and afraid for their lives. Lives and they fear that they might be the subject of some violent attack or a terror attack. The rhetoric in the country has gotten very, very harsh, and President Trump, as you may remember, took the letter from the NACL and he published it and said that he would certainly look into it," Huckabee said. BILL MAHER RIPS MACKLEMORE'S GAZA STANCE, SAYS CELEBRITY 'MORAL CONFUSION' IS FUELING ANTISEMITISM The ambassador also addressed the latest developments in the conflict with Iran, namely the Iran-backed Houthi offensive against Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen. Asked whether Israel may be interested in assisting Saudi forces in the conflict, Huckabee said Israel has made it clear it wants to improve relations with all of its close neighbors in the Middle East. "Would Israel be willing to bring some assistance? I think they would. Whether they have been asked? That's something to ask the Saudis or to ask the Israelis. Wouldn't be for me to say what has been done or what has been requested. But there is a growing sense that Israel isn't the problem over here. Israel isn't trying to take anybody else's land," he said. Fox News' Eric Mack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac7a5475342cf4db872317 Virginia Attorney General: D.H.S. Likely Broke State Law in Voter Fraud Investigation te 2026-09-17T23:40:04.964Z Virginia Attorney General: D.H.S. Likely Broke State Law in Voter Fraud Investigation The department has pulled hundreds of agents from their regular duties to find noncitizens on the voter rolls, despite decades of evidence that widespread voter fraud is exceptionally rare in the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac780275342cf4db8722bf Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover te 2026-09-17T23:30:10.076Z Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover PHOENIX — State officials are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a court-appointed receiver from taking over Arizona’s prison health system. In a filing on Wednesday, attorneys for Ryan Thornell, director of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, said the prison system has made “tangible progress” in improving physical and mental healthcare for inmates.  U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ordered an overhaul in 2023 to correct what she determined were constitutional deficiencies. The changes include doubling spending on inmate health care, adding staff, improving facilities and expanding access to substance-use disorder treatment. Silver later tapped Annette Chambers-Smith to take control of the system, giving her the authority to hire and fire staffers, terminate contracts, and, with court permission, order the state to spend more money. After the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block the takeover, Silver last week set Oct. 19 as the date Chambers-Smith assumes control. The nation’s high court is now the only entity that can reverse the order. Much of Wednesday’s filing repeats what state attorneys have already argued, first to Silver and, more recently, to the 9th Circuit, including its claim that conditions have improved over the last three years.  Silver, however, has questioned the rate of progress. She noted that the case dates to 2012 and that state officials have repeatedly promised to do better. The state’s lawyers don’t dispute that Arizona prisons still fail to meet the legal standards for care. But they argue that Silver should impose some sanction short of the court-ordered takeover of the prison system. In seeking high court intervention, they also urged the justices to consider the implications of giving a private receiver control of a critical state function while the state continues to appeal Silver’s underlying order.  Justice Elena Kagan, who handles such special requests on the court’s “shadow docket,” will decide whether to seek a response from the inmates’ attorneys or refer the matter to the full court. In this last-ditch effort, state attorneys retained Paul Clement, a specialist known for handling cases before the Supreme Court — and who, according to Reuters, bills at $2,650 per hour. Clement urged the justices to consider the breadth of Silver’s order. He said it is “far from clear” that precedent allows a federal judge to appoint a receiver over the objections of a state agency, particularly one responsible for “a state correctional agency operating at the apex of state sovereign authority.” Clement told the court that the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act requires judges to use the “least-intrusive mandates” to ensure compliance with the law and that receivership is “a remedy of last resort.” He said Silver did not meet that standard when she gave Chambers-Smith control of the prison health care system, allowing the receiver to wrest it from Thornell, whom Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed and the Arizona Senate confirmed. Clement also argued the takeover could be overturned within months if the 9th Circuit rules for that state. That, he argued, could create “chaos” by putting Chambers-Smith in charge in October, then returning control to Thornell afterward.  The Supreme Court has not yet set a date for further action on the state’s petition.  The post Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac780075342cf4db8722b6 Polls don’t vote. Voters do. te 2026-09-17T23:30:08.928Z Polls don’t vote. Voters do. Gibson McKay Arizona has entered polling season, with six surveys measuring the governor’s race this week, followed by a chorus of instant statistical experts — many using numbers the way a drunk uses a lamppost: more for support than illumination. Every recent poll shows Gov. Katie Hobbs leading Congressman Andy Biggs. Most show a competitive race. Two local polls placed Hobbs ahead by 13 and 15 points. Maybe they are right. I do not pretend to be the smartest guy in the room. I have, however, been in the room for more than 30 years. Back when we drank from garden hoses, polls stayed in the field for two weeks. We worked from voter lists, set quotas based on actual voting history and kept calling until we filled them. It was slow, expensive and difficult. However, we were usually within two to four points of the final election result. Election Day was generally confirmation, not discovery. I can remember being materially surprised only once—and that was not by a poll I conducted. Polling is harder now. People screen calls, ignore texts and guard their attention like the scarce commodity it has become. Modern pollsters compensate with speed, online panels and increasingly elaborate weighting. Noble Predictive Insights surveyed 923 self-identified likely voters through screen questions and an opt-in online panel, then weighted the results by demographics and a projected turnout model. HighGround Public Affairs conducted 400 live interviews drawn from a voter file and used likely-voter quotas—a firmer starting point—but also weighted the completed sample. Weighting is not dishonest. Modest weighting can correct modest imperfections. My concern begins when mathematics is asked to replace human beings we never interviewed. There is another recent concern, separate from methodology. A poll should be a thermometer, not a thermostat. Its job is to measure public opinion—not manufacture momentum or change the political temperature. Call me a purist, but a poll should discover the story, not become it. That distinction became painfully clear this month when a mysterious company released fabricated polls in three states. One was promoted by a mayoral campaign, repeated by news outlets and followed by movement in election-prediction markets before being exposed as fake. I am not suggesting that any Arizona polling firm fabricated its results. But polling has become part of campaign messaging. I tell clients: You will never read about my internal polls in the newspaper. A poll is intelligence to develop a battle plan, not advertising. Today, surveys commissioned by campaigns, political organizations and interested parties can be released selectively, amplified breathlessly and used to create the very momentum they claim merely to measure. A poll does not have to be fake to function as propaganda. Sometimes it only needs a favorable result, a professional-looking press release and an audience eager to believe it. Then there is the problem with weighting human behavior. Weighting works beautifully when measuring the volume of gas in a cylinder. Gas obeys the laws of physics. It does not get stuck at work, lose its ballot, become disgusted with both candidates or decide Election Day would be better spent golfing. Voters are not molecules. Voting is a behavior. Imagine a high school wants to know what students eat for lunch. Past receipts show that 60 regular customers buy pizza, 25 buy hamburgers and 15 buy salads. One method interviews those actual buyers in those proportions. The other interviews whoever happens to be near the cafeteria door. Only five salad buyers respond, so the poll counts each of them three times. The spreadsheet now shows 15 salad buyers. The cafeteria still contains five. We did not find 10 additional students; we handed five teenagers three lunch trays apiece and congratulated ourselves on the head count. That is the distinction between using quotas to build a representative sample and using weights to reconstruct one afterward. One uses mathematics to describe the people interviewed. The other asks mathematics to impersonate the people who are missing. Increasingly elaborate weighting has coincided with some spectacular polling misses. That does not prove weighting caused them. It should, however, encourage humility—and prompt a basic question: Did we talk to the right human beings? That is why I start with the voter file. Asking, “How likely are you to vote?” is like asking a bar patron whether he intends to tip. You will usually receive the respectable answer. The receipts are more useful. Did the person vote in the last midterm? The one before that? Does the person vote only in presidential years, or also in quiet municipal, school and bond elections? I would weight the predictive value of those elections—not give additional mathematical weight to individual respondents. For a 2026 midterm, voting in 2022 and 2018 tells us more than voting in a presidential election. Then look for the ballot ritual: the same voting method, consistent ballot returns, a stable address and other habitual voters in the household. Stability creates the conditions. Repetition creates the ritual. But voter history is only half the equation. A habitual voter will show up for almost anything. A Civic Localist may skip statewide contests but vote when the ballot includes a school-voucher measure, water issue or local tax proposal. Past behavior establishes the baseline. This ballot may activate it. Taken together, the current polls tell us something useful: The race presently leans toward Hobbs. But “leans” is not the same as “decided.” Some polls place Biggs within striking distance, and a meaningful number of voters remain undecided with more than two months until Election Day. Those voters are not blank slates. Many are Republicans or Democrats who are dissatisfied, distracted or not ready to commit. As Election Day approaches, partisan voters tend to go home. Independents are different. Current polling suggests many may be open to moving away from Republicans—but preferring a candidate and showing up for a midterm are two different behaviors. That makes the elections in which an Independent has actually voted especially important. An Independent who participated in the last two midterms may be a valuable persuasion target. One who routinely skips them may be an expensive theory. Registration tells us how a voter identifies. History tells us whether that voter is likely to participate. The important questions remain: How many partisan voters go home, when do they go, and how many Independents show up at all? Finally, a 400-person poll has a margin of error of about plus or minus 4.9 points for the overall sample. But cross-tabs are smaller polls hiding inside the larger one. If that sample contains 208 women and 192 men, the margin of error is approximately plus or minus 6.8 points for women and 7.1 points for men—before weighting or design effects. Divide the sample again by age, party or region, and the uncertainty grows quickly. That is why I have always preferred at least 600 interviews. It lowers the overall margin of error to about four points and makes the cross-tabs less fragile. It is more expensive and takes longer. Precision usually does. Of course, a larger sample cannot rescue the wrong sample. Six hundred of the wrong voters merely produces a more precise description of the wrong electorate. The evidence says Hobbs leads today. It does not say she will win by 15 points — or that Biggs cannot close the distance as Republicans return home and the campaign becomes real. So, one more time: Stop asking voters, “How likely are you to vote?” We already have the voter file. Spend more time examining what people have repeatedly done and less time asking what they currently intend to do. Intentions answer polls. Behavior casts ballots. Gibson McKay is principal of Sherpa Public Affairs, an Arizona public affairs firm. He has advised more than 150 campaigns over a career spanning three decades. The post Polls don’t vote. Voters do. first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac77ff75342cf4db87227e Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate te 2026-09-17T23:30:07.131Z Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac77fe75342cf4db872275 Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories” te 2026-09-17T23:30:06.167Z Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories” The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac75a975342cf4db872246 ‘It was great for us youngins to step up to the moment’: Phoenix Mercury rookies hungry for last four games of WNBA season te 2026-09-17T23:20:09.431Z ‘It was great for us youngins to step up to the moment’: Phoenix Mercury rookies hungry for last four games of WNBA season Cronkite News offers an audio version of this story using an automated voice created by AI. Errors in pronunciation, pacing and intonation may occur. If you notice an error please contact cronkitenews@asu.edu. PHOENIX – With Team USA overseas en route to bringing home a gold medal from the FIBA World Cup, the Phoenix Mercury practices took on a different vibe. The rookies, in particular, provided a newfound energy for a team that’s riding out the season, knowing it has already missed out on a playoff berth.  “It’s a great opportunity for some of our young players to maybe find their voice a little bit more with some of our veterans not around,” said Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts, who served as an assistant with Team USA while guard/forward Kahleah Copper was the Mercury’s lone player representative for the U.S., and forward Valériane Ayayi played for France. “It sounds like the gym has been great.” The United States’ win in Berlin over France on Sept. 13 allowed most of the WNBA players to grab a needed rest, as the league took a temporary holiday. In Phoenix, the break allowed the Mercury rookies to discover a voice of their own. After going 14-26 in the regular season, only four games remain for the Mercury, with their rookies hungry for more minutes. Rookie guard Shay Ciezki has embraced the idea of “staying ready” this season, and is eager to rise to the occasion. “(When) the opportunity comes, it was great for us youngins to step up to the moment,” Ciezki said. “And (to) be ready because of the work that we put in together every single day.” Undrafted out of Indiana, Ciezki has spent the season working on transitioning her college game to the professional level. She has found that tenacity on the defensive end takes work, from picking up ballhanders to getting in their faces. Conversely as a point guard at this level, it has been easier to facilitate the ball because of the talent surrounding her on the court.  Similarly to Ciezki, rookie guard Kara Dunn has put an emphasis on defensive play since her days at USC. With veteran players in Dunn’s ear, the undrafted guard has used their words to motivate her as a defender. “Just wanting to have a place in the league, it really pushes you,” Dunn said. “So (I’ve been) pushing myself defensively to not be a liability, (and) to not only not be a liability but to be a main option for defense.”  As the franchise navigates a season of highs and lows, Tibbetts has seen veteran players serve an essential role in rookie development. Whether it’s through the way they conduct themselves, communicate or build habits, Tibbetts is pleased with the team’s camaraderie even as it plays out the season.  “It’s super important to have players around that have done it,” Tibbetts said, “that have gone through some of the struggles that young players have in our league.” Six spots on the Mercury’s 15-woman roster belong to rookies, and they’ve been encapsulated by the high-level play of their teammates and the wisdom that has come from it, with guard Kelsey Plum and forward Alyssa Thomas having strong influences.  Plum in particular holds a special place in Ciezki’s heart. The rookie once admired Plum from afar, connected to the first pick of the 2017 draft only through a television screen. Now she plays alongside her, marveling at the opportunity to learn at the hands of her idol.  “To have (Plum) around is absolutely amazing for me,” Ciezki said. “I was watching her in high school and college, (and) I try to translate my game after hers.” Thomas will do her job regardless, so to compete at her level, everything must be done with pace and an eye on the ball.  The idea of “pace and space” guides the Mercury in their last push of the season, with the rookies optimistic about getting these concepts down and improving game flow. “I wish coming back we were playing for more,” Tibbetts said. “Although we are playing for something, we want to be competitive in our last four games and continue to get better.”  The Mercury hope efforts to build skills and culture will exist long past the end of this season, beginning Thursday night against the Portland Fire, with Tibbetts seeing the Mercury environment providing young, moldable players with the opportunity to grow and achieve.  “I don’t consider us weak links at all,” Dunn said. “We’re younger players, so we’re still trying to find our dream in the league. I think that us competing, especially together every day, and building that culture, building that bonding, and then whenever we get our chance, then it goes well on the court.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac75a875342cf4db872237 Follwoing Trump’s loss on vote-by-mail, advocates ready poll-watching armies te 2026-09-17T23:20:08.213Z Follwoing Trump’s loss on vote-by-mail, advocates ready poll-watching armies Voters at Deering High School in Portland cast their ballot in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now that they’ve won a major battle over mail ballots. Common Cause, a nonpartisan pro-democracy organization, announced a “voter protection” campaign Thursday that would place thousands of volunteers at polling sites in 25 states. The initiative is designed to counter potential administration moves to intimidate voters, such as ordering troops or law enforcement officers to polling places. The Democratic Party is also upping its voter protection efforts, launching its own initiative this week to deploy 10,000 volunteers to assist voters at polling locations in all 50 states plus seven U.S. territories. Both efforts are described as preemptive efforts to head off any possible attempts by President Donald Trump to skew election results. Trump for years has alleged, without evidence, U.S. elections are beset by myriad attempts at fraud. He has used that pretext in attempts to enact policies to restrict voting, including the order limiting vote-by-mail that the U.S. Supreme Court blocked for this election.  ‘Breathing down our neck’ Voting rights advocates say they are preparing for more efforts to dissuade voters from casting ballots.  Voters are “facing aggressive and deliberate threats from this administration and anti-voter forces that are tied to this administration,” Common Cause CEO Virginia Kase Solomón said. “Whether it be voter intimidation at the polls, the attacks on mail-in voting or attempts to collect your personal data, the barriers that voters are facing right now … are not only real, they are urgent. And they are intentionally designed to make everyday Americans give up.” The Democratic plan, led by the Association of State Democratic Conferences, a coalition of the 57 state and territorial party leaders, was also in part a reaction to Trump, ASDC Chair Jane Kleeb said in an interview. “We had to react to the threat that was breathing down our neck,” Kleeb, who is also the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, said in an interview. Trump has broadly accused Democrats of trying to cheat, and has placed particular focus on the possibility of noncitizens voting. White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis wrote in a Thursday email that the administration would continue to guard against that possibility. “Despite extreme Democrats and the media claiming it never happens, the evidence of non-citizens registering and voting in our elections continues to pile up,” Bis wrote. “Any non-citizens found registering and voting in our elections will be arrested and held accountable. Only Americans should be electing American leaders.” The Justice Department has charged a handful of voter fraud cases of foreign nationals in recent months.  The administration has also argued a software glitch in New Jersey that registered 6,600 noncitizens showed why tighter regulations on voting are needed. “There continues to be a narrative and a concern that noncitizens are voting,” Ari Mittelman, the executive director of the civic education group Keep Our Republic, said, adding that examples like the New Jersey glitch kept the issue “on the minds of many.” Troops at the polls? Common Cause officials and Kleeb highlighted the possibility of federal troops or law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at polling places as a strong concern. “We don’t know exactly what Donald Trump is going to do,” Kleeb, whose interview was conducted before the Supreme Court’s mail voting decision on Sept. 14, said. “But if we take him at his word, he will disrupt the vote-by-mail process, and he will have people outside of polling locations to intimidate voters.” Administration officials have dismissed the idea of sending federal agents to the polls, but have not completely ruled it out.  FBI Director Kash Patel repeatedly dodged the question during a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday. At a press conference this month, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE would not have a sizable presence at election sites, but could deploy as part of the agency’s routine duties. “ICE isn’t there to patrol the polling places,” Mullin said. “We’re there to enforce specific threats. The only reason why we would be at polling places: Because there is a threat to that polling place or we are serving a warrant on someone we are actively tracking down.” And then-White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a question about sending ICE agents to the polls “disingenuous” at a February press briefing. “I can’t guarantee that an ICE agent won’t be around a polling location in November. I mean, that’s frankly a very silly hypothetical question,” she said. “But what I can tell you is I haven’t heard the president discuss any formal plans to put ICE outside of polling locations.” Disinformation, distrust Trump’s relentless focus on election regulations has contributed to a distrust of elections. Only 34% of adults in a AP-NORC and USAFacts poll this month said they trust government certifications of election results “a great deal” or “quite a bit.” Solomon said on the Thursday press call announcing the voter protection drive that the administration and its allies were seeking to sow distrust in the election. The program, which the group said was the country’s largest nonpartisan election protection effort, hopes to counter that narrative by installing voter advocates at polling stations. Volunteers will receive about an hour to 90 minutes of training on their state’s voting laws and how to help voters. ASDC volunteers will also receive about an hour of training.  “They are trained to check for things like signage, polling place accessibility, long lines,” Common Cause Director of Policy Carol Evans said. “They are trained to be a positive and joyful presence at the polls to make the experience better for voters. And importantly, they are our eyes and ears on the ground to alert us to serious issues.” In another voter education initiative, Keep Our Republic has launched a series of town hall-style events in the five states in which it operates — Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — to give election officials a platform to speak to voters and increase trust in the election process, Mittleman said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac75a475342cf4db872213 Blanche’s Partisan Activity Ahead of Midterms Dismantles Another Principle te 2026-09-17T23:20:04.403Z Blanche’s Partisan Activity Ahead of Midterms Dismantles Another Principle The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac735075342cf4db8721d2 Human vs. ChatGPT NFL Week 2 betting picks: AI looks to rebound after disastrous 0-5 debut te 2026-09-17T23:10:08.637Z Human vs. ChatGPT NFL Week 2 betting picks: AI looks to rebound after disastrous 0-5 debut Well, so much for the robot takeover. Last week, I kicked off a season-long experiment in which I go head-to-head with ChatGPT on NFL bets. I also openly predicted that artificial intelligence would wipe the floor with me. It's important to be nice to our future overlords and pray that they show mercy. Apparently, ChatGPT felt sorry for me because it proceeded to go 0-5. Meanwhile, I finished 3-2 and gained 0.99 units. That’s hardly the kind of week that makes the guys in Vegas suspicious, but it looks spectacular next to ChatGPT’s 5.23-unit loss. One week is obviously far too small a sample to draw any sweeping conclusions. So, naturally, I’m going to draw one anyway: humanity is safe. At least for now. NFL WEEK 1 PROPER REACTIONS: RAMS PANIC, BEARS HYPE AND CHARGERS DOUBTS NEED PATIENCE AFTER ONE GAME The rules remain the same. ChatGPT and I each make our five best bets using the same set of odds, and no selection can be priced worse than -120. Every wager is sized to win one unit, which means a -110 favorite risks 1.10 units to win one, while a +110 underdog risks approximately 0.91 units to win one. Before we get to the Week 2 picks, let’s review the opening week. The Packers losing at plus money softened the damage, and hitting both the Bears spread and Raiders-Dolphins under secured a profitable opening week. We were one garbage-time Deshaun Watson touchdown away from cashing a 4-1 week, but that's why they call it gambling. Honestly, I felt pretty good about the process. The Packers were the far superior team for a large portion of the game before laying an egg and, as mentioned, the over only hit in Browns-Jags because of a 46-yard touchdown in the final two minutes of a blowout. Five bets. Five losses. Woof. There weren’t many bad beats hiding in the wreckage, either. Detroit won but failed to cover, while Houston, Los Angeles and Green Bay all lost outright. The Buccaneers and Bengals also sailed past the total. ChatGPT spent nearly 20 minutes analyzing every eligible spread, total and moneyline before producing its card. Apparently, it needed another 20. SEASON REPORT CARD DAN: 3-2, +0.99 units GPT: 0-5, -5.23 units THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. ET It's terrifying to back the Browns after that putrid Week 1 performance, I get it. But the lookahead line, which was posted before Week 1 results could influence the market, had the Browns +6, so oddsmakers have baked in how bad the Browns looked and moved them to more than a touchdown underdog. And, let's be honest, the Buccaneers didn't play all that well, either. I think this is too much of an overcorrection and the public is chomping at the bit to bet against the Browns. We're going to fade the public here and take the points. This is a pure number play, and the move from Cleveland +6 to +8 is meaningful. Still, the Browns’ offensive-line concerns and Deshaun Watson’s turnover risk give Tampa Bay several paths to create separation, so I would lean toward taking the points but stop short of betting it. Green Bay Packers at New York Jets, 1 p.m. ET Week 2 is a great time to fade Week 1 perceptions, and this game is a perfect example. Everyone is piling on the Packers after they blew a double-digit second-half lead to the Carson Wentz-led Minnesota Vikings (rightfully so). NFL WEEK 1 TAKEAWAYS: BENGALS FLASH CONTENDER UPSIDE, BEARS EXPLODE AND PACKERS COLLAPSE But the truth is that Green Bay is still a far superior team to New York, which managed to beat lowly Tennessee in Week 1. The lookahead line on this one was Packers -5½, so again, there's been an overcorrection. I just don't see it. I expect Green Bay to compete for an NFC North title and I expect the Jets to be better than last season, but not a team that should hang with an already desperate and hungry Packers team. I agree with fading the Week 1 overreaction, but crossing the key number of three makes this less appealing. Green Bay has the more talented roster, but Geno Smith has repeatedly succeeded against Jonathan Gannon-coached defenses, so I would have needed Packers -3 to make the bet. Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. ET With Tua Tagovailoa still not practicing and uncertainty surrounding Atlanta's Week 2 starter, that's not good news for points. The Falcons only scored 13 in Week 1, but this total is 44 because the Panthers surrendered 59 points to the Bears. Obviously, I don't see a repeat coming. I think with the Panthers installed as favorites, they want to control the pace here and that means a heavy dose of Chuba Hubbard, A.J. Dillon and Jonathon Brooks. Plus, Atlanta is going to lean on Bijan Robinson a lot to compensate for the quarterback issues and the spread isn't large enough to think this will be a blowout. I see this as a low-scoring game with limited possessions, especially in a divisional matchup. This is my favorite pick on Dan’s card. Atlanta’s quarterback uncertainty should produce a conservative, run-heavy game plan, while Carolina has every reason to slow the game down after surrendering 59 points in Week 1. The Panthers’ defense creates some risk, but 44 is high enough to make the under playable. Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m. ET We won money last week taking the Commanders as underdogs against an NFC East rival and I see no reason not to go back to the well here. Yes, public sentiment turned a bit on Dallas after the no-show performance against the Giants, but I still think people are in on the Cowboys and out on the Commanders. Washington looked far more impressive than Dallas last week and showed a lot on the road against Philadelphia. One might think home-field advantage helps the Cowboys, and it does, but they might be a little tight in front of a home crowd desperate for a win. Also, the Commanders are built like a turf team, so I think that mitigates the advantage, as well. Washington was competitive against a much stronger opponent in Week 1, while Dallas was thoroughly outplayed at home by the Giants. Getting more than a field goal is valuable, although the Commanders’ growing injury list, particularly in the defensive front seven, keeps this from being one of my five best bets. Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m. ET It might seem like I'm relying too heavily on lookahead line changes and that's because ... I am. I believe that there is no bigger overreaction week in all sports than the one that follows Week 1 in the NFL. People are already burying the Chargers and this line moved from nearly double-digits (Chargers -9½) to under the key number of 7. This feels like an overreaction to Week 1, where the Chargers turned in the worst performance of any team, at least relative to preseason expectations. I expect both the offense and defense to play a lot better. The Raiders beat up on the weak Dolphins, which covered up that Kirk Cousins threw two picks and just didn't look very good. He's going to have to throw a lot more in this one and that's better news for the Chargers than it is for the Raiders. The adjustment from Chargers -9½ to -6½ appears excessive after one terrible performance. Las Vegas committed four turnovers despite beating Miami, and Kirk Cousins now faces a defense with far more talent. Getting Los Angeles below the key number of seven makes this my second-favorite pick on Dan’s card. For full transparency, I decided to upgrade the GPT model this week to see if it would produce better results. After using GPT-5.6 Sol with max reasoning in Week 1, I used GPT-6 Pro, powered by GPT-6 Astra, for Week 2. Then, I fed it the OddsChecker board as it appeared Thursday at 3 p.m. ET and gave it the following prompt: "Pick your five best bets for Week 2 based on the odds provided. No bet can be priced worse than -120. Review every spread, total and moneyline that falls within those parameters and determine whether it belongs among your five picks. Explain exactly why you’re selecting each of the five bets. Also explain exactly why you’re passing on the eligible bets you don’t select. Use at least 10 different sources for each game so you have a broad understanding of everything surrounding each game." After nearly 35 minutes of thinking, here’s what it came up with. Editor’s note: Despite being instructed to review at least 10 sources for each game, ChatGPT incorrectly claimed that Denver played an overtime game in Week 1. The Broncos lost to Kansas City, 31-10, in regulation. GPT also incorrectly identified Pittsburgh’s Marquise Brown as being on injured reserve. New England receiver A.J. Brown is the player on injured reserve. Those are fixed below, but we wanted to be fully transparent. Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. ET Minnesota’s Week 1 score concealed an offense that averaged only 3.9 yards per play and produced just five gains of at least 10 yards. With Kyler Murray in concussion protocol and Jordan Mason on injured reserve, the Vikings may struggle to generate explosive plays or maintain efficiency. GPT’s projected score: Bears 24, Vikings 20 GPT coming after my heart again with another under and I LOVE this bet. The Bears’ historic 59-point Week 1 outburst means the public is likely to pour money into the over, so this is a great spot to zig when the betting public zags. Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots, 1 p.m. ET Both offenses averaged approximately 4.1 yards per play in Week 1, and New England enters the game without A.J. Brown, who was placed on injured reserve. New England’s defense should limit explosive plays and force Pittsburgh to sustain long drives. GPT’s projected score: Patriots 21, Steelers 17 I'm a sucker for under bets, so GPT clearly knows the way to my heart. After a historic Week 1 where it seemed like no defenses showed up, it seems likely that some regression is due for Week 2. Neither of these offenses inspired much confidence in Week 1, so I'm not against this play either. Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m. ET Jacksonville’s offense showed a coherent identity in Week 1, and Trevor Lawrence enters this matchup playing efficient football. Denver has to correct several offensive problems on a short week after an ugly Monday Night Football loss, while Jacksonville receives the full protection of a field goal. GPT’s projected score: Jaguars 24, Broncos 23 OK, I don't hate this look at all. Jacksonville wasn't really tested in Week 1, but they handled business and blew out the lowly Browns. The Broncos, meanwhile, looked like a mess. I thought Denver was overrated coming into the season, and it's possible Jacksonville is actually the better team. Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET Indianapolis allowed over 500 yards in its opening game and is already adjusting its defensive communication system. Kansas City should create sustained scoring opportunities against that defense, and the spread remains below the key number of seven. GPT’s projected score: Chiefs 30, Colts 20 OK, maybe GPT didn't learn anything, and it's going right back to the well with a team that over-performed in Week 1 (Kansas City) laying a touchdown against a team that underperformed in Week 1 (Indianapolis). That's not a spot I ever want to be in. New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams, Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET The Giants’ offense looked functional in Week 1, while the Rams’ pass rush takes a significant hit with Myles Garrett on injured reserve. Getting a full seven points at nearly even money provides value in a matchup that projects to stay within one possession. GPT’s projected score: Rams 27, Giants 23 It seems like GPT learned its lesson about backing touchdown favorites in Week 1 and decided to flip to the other side. The problem is that the Giants are a bit overrated after demolishing the Cowboys and the Rams are a bit underrated after their terrible performance in Australia against the 49ers. This is a pass for me, but I actually lean LA, especially since Sean McVay had extra time to prepare. OK, that's it for Week 2! Check back next week to see how we both did. Follow along throughout the season as we try to answer the most important question currently facing the United States of America: Who is better at betting on the NFL, humans or robots? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac734b75342cf4db872186 Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear te 2026-09-17T23:10:03.040Z Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac70fb75342cf4db872156 'South Park' rebrands as 'South America' in Season 29 premiere mocking Trump's renaming push te 2026-09-17T23:00:11.735Z 'South Park' rebrands as 'South America' in Season 29 premiere mocking Trump's renaming push Comedy Central’s "South Park" returned for its 29th season Wednesday night under a satirical new title, "South America," continuing the show’s recent run of political satire related to President Donald Trump. The premiere follows two seasons that frequently targeted Trump and his administration, including the Emmy-winning 27th season. The episode kicked off with an updated theme song referencing "South America" instead of the town’s usual name, "South Park," accompanied by a revised town sign and an animated, unclothed Trump. Later in the episode, characters wearing red and blue "South America Strong" T-shirts appeared during a country-style song celebrating the fictional rebranding. SOUTH PARK CREATORS MOCK TRUMP'S LAKE ONTARIO RENAME AND COMPANY COMPLIANCE IN MOCK STATEMENT The show also committed to the gag on its official website, changing the name and branding across much of the site and YouTube account to "South America." While the main plot centered on the town’s kids getting hooked on e-bikes, leading to Kenny’s death in an e-bike explosion, the "South America" premise satirizes Trump’s efforts to rename geographic landmarks. TRUMP FLOATS RENAMING THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS AFTER REBRANDING HISTORIC LAKE Trump signed an executive order in August directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America." His administration previously directed the federal government to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Ahead of the premiere, "South Park" co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released a statement mocking Trump’s renaming conventions and Apple and Google’s adoption of the Lake America name. AFTER 'LAKE AMERICA,' TRUMP SUGGESTS A NEW NAME FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO "Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount – a Skydance Capitulation," the creators said in a statement announcing the change. The joke comes after "South Park" took home an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, celebrating the win with another Trump joke showing a cartoon version of the president with his pants down and the caption, "You finally got your Emmy." The caption referenced Trump’s previous Emmy nominations for his reality show "The Apprentice." COLBERT WINS EMMY AFTER SHOW'S CANCELLATION BUT AVOIDS DISCUSSING TRUMP During the show’s 27th season, the writers increased their focus on Trump, beginning with the season premiere, "Sermon on the Mount," which depicted the president in a relationship with Satan. The episode won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, marking the show’s first win in the category since 2013 and its first since Trump initially took office in 2017. At the time, the White House responded to the portrayal, telling Fox News Digital: "This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention," White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said. "President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history – and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak." Entertainment critic Christian Toto argued that the show historically targeted both sides of the political aisle but shifted its approach in its recent Trump-focused episodes. COLBERT'S FINAL YEAR MARKED BY ATTACKS ON TRUMP, LIBERAL TALKING POINTS AND CELEBS KISSING HIS RING "Last season, it abandoned that approach and went hard against all things Trump. Like many modern Trump gags, the jokes were obvious and rarely funny. In doing so, ‘South Park' earned the Legacy Media's newfound admiration. Suddenly, every new episode got ‘breaking news’ treatment," Toto, host of "The Hollywood in Toto Podcast," told Fox News Digital. He compared the shift to that of other major comedy shows, including "Saturday Night Live," which he said "gave up on bipartisan yuks and became a one-sided sketch factory with diminishing results." STEPHEN COLBERT'S 'LATE SHOW' JOKES TARGETED CONSERVATIVES 87% OF TIME IN FINAL YEARS, STUDY SAYS "The first new ‘South Park’ episode of the season mostly avoided politics. We'll see if that continues. Will be interesting to see if the ensuing Trump jokes are funny or more ‘clapter,’ and if creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone return to hitting both sides of the aisle again. It's not as if they lack material on that end. James Talarico alone is worth a half dozen shows," Toto added, referencing Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico. Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac70fa75342cf4db872146 Mexican holiday celebration at Arizona Capitol connects culture, economy te 2026-09-17T23:00:10.302Z Mexican holiday celebration at Arizona Capitol connects culture, economy PHOENIX – For the fifth consecutive year, the Consulate General of Mexico in Phoenix hosted a Mexican Independence Day celebration at the Arizona State Capitol, bringing together politicians and community members to celebrate the historic date and the relationship between Arizona and Mexico.  While the celebration marks the 216th anniversary of the Grito de Independencia de Mexico — the call to independence proclaimed in 1810 – the event at the Capitol has grown beyond commemorating this day for many attendees and organizers.   “In addition to celebrating a very important date in Mexico’s history – the birth of the modern Mexican nation – here in Arizona it is also about celebrating and recognizing … the contributions of the Mexican and Mexican American communities throughout Arizona’s history,” said Consul General of Mexico in Phoenix Jorge Mendoza Yescas, speaking in Spanish. “They have helped shape what the state is today both domestically and internationally.”  It’s a celebration of culture and heritage but it is also a reminder of how deeply Arizona’s history and economy are connected to Mexico and the Mexican American community, said  Mónica S. Villalobos, President and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.  “When you look at the economic output of Mexican Americans in Arizona, which is estimated to be about $97 billion, that is good news for both sides of the border,” Villalobos said. “So when we celebrate, there may be a slightly different meaning for each.”  In June, President Donald Trump said he was unsure if the United States would renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, despite Canada and Mexico announcing they wanted the agreement renewed. The statement from President Trump added to previous political tensions with Mexico under the administration.   Hosting the event at the state Capitol is of enormous significance as it is the center of Arizona’s political power, Mendoza Yescas said.  “It is important for people to come and know the place where decisions are made that ultimately affect our Mexican and Mexican American communities either positively or negatively,” he said.  Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, said the event displayed how American and Mexican cultures share themes of liberty and freedom.  “We want to show that we’re good neighbors, it’s part of growing that relationship,” Petersen said. “It’s also connecting with the folks who have immigrated here from Mexico … It’s personal to me, my wife was born in Mexico, so obviously, I’m a big fan of Mexico and our relationship with Mexico, so it’s great to have that positive relationship.” A man holding a Mexican flag walks past the Arizona State Capitol while another man behind him wears a flag as a cape during the official El Grito celebration in Phoenix on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Photo by Lavanya Paliwal/Cronkite News) The small businesses, performers and community members that attend this event are what make it what it is, said Vanessa Nielsen, communications and marketing director for the Arizona-Mexico Commission.  Eva Téllez, a vendor at the event selling light up wands, balloons and flags has attended these celebrations for the past five years. She said the event honors a special day for Mexicans where they can all feel connected and leave with a heart full of joy.  “It reminds us of where we come from, our Mexico, and that we don’t need to forget it,” Téllez said in Spanish. “We feel connected above all to Mexico even though we are not there.” Téllez said the event was not as full as she had seen it in years prior, but that it was fuller than last year when people were afraid to gather due to heightened immigration enforcement.  Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, at a press conference prior to the celebration, emphasized the importance of the relationship between Arizona and Mexico and the economic impact that Arizona and Mexico have on each other.  “This is such an important celebration, and I’m so happy to be a part of it,” Hobbs said. “Our friendship with Mexico is so important, and you can see Mexican influence all over Arizona. It’s a part of who we are.” Hobbs said she takes pride in her administration’s micro business loans for Latino business owners dealing with rising costs.  Supporting Hispanic-owned businesses “isn’t charity or social policy here in Arizona,” said Villalobos, of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “It really is an economic development strategy. You have Hispanic businesses growing two to three times faster than other businesses, and contributing quite a bit to the economy,” she said. Mendoza Yescas said the history between Arizona and Mexico is reflected in economic activity. From 2024 to 2025, two-way trade between Arizona and Mexico increased by about 40%, from $20.5 billion to $28.6 billion, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority.  He said he can see Arizona having the same level of trade with Mexico that California does in about five or six years. He credits the growth of this economic relationship to the bonds that have been built over many years and many delegations of legislators and governors.  Regardless of political party, Arizona officials understand how crucial maintaining a friendship with Mexico is for the present but also the future, Nielsen said.  “Our supply chains, our ability to create jobs, our workforce development initiatives, they all depend on strengthening and maintaining the relationship we have with Mexico,” she said. “So that transcends political parties for sure.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac70f575342cf4db87211d Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. te 2026-09-17T23:00:05.423Z Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac70f375342cf4db872113 Tucson considera aprobar cambios para grandes consumidores de agua. Los defensores dicen que no son suficientemente estrictos. te 2026-09-17T23:00:03.615Z Tucson considera aprobar cambios para grandes consumidores de agua. Los defensores dicen que no son suficientemente estrictos. Read in English El Concejo Municipal de Tucson considerará el martes los cambios propuestos a su ordenanza para grandes consumidores de agua, pero algunos defensores del medio ambiente y residentes de Tucson dicen que los cambios no son suficientes. El Concejo Municipal se apresuró a aprobar una nueva ordenanza en agosto de 2025 para proteger a la ciudad de grandes consumidores de agua, como los centros de datos, con la intención de consultar a la comunidad para revisar y fortalecer la ordenanza dentro de un año. La ordenanza de 2025 fue una respuesta a la indignación pública por el Proyecto Blue, un enorme centro de datos que podría haber utilizado cientos de millones de galones de agua al año. Para tener acceso a esa agua, el terreno donde se está construyendo el centro de datos tuvo que ser anexado a Tucson. El Concejo Municipal rechazó la solicitud de anexión. Durante el último año, funcionarios de la ciudad se reunieron con un grupo de partes interesadas para analizar la ordenanza y proponer cambios que protejan mejor el suministro de agua de Tucson. Líderes ambientales locales dijeron que las conversaciones con las partes interesadas, realizadas solo por invitación, no son suficientes para lograr una mayor participación de la comunidad. La ciudad agregó una audiencia pública a su reunión del 22 de septiembre para recabar más opiniones de la comunidad sobre los cambios propuestos. Los ambientalistas también dicen que los cambios no establecen adecuadamente requisitos medibles y que el umbral de consumo de agua que define a un “gran consumidor de agua” es demasiado alto. ¿Cuántos galones hacen que alguien sea un “gran consumidor de agua”? La ordenanza original definió a los grandes consumidores de agua como aquellos que utilizan 7.48 millones de galones de agua al mes (10,000 pies cúbicos centum, o CCF, por sus siglas en inglés) y exigió a los usuarios presentar una solicitud de servicio de agua para conectarse al suministro de agua de la ciudad. Tucson Water ha recomendado cambios que mantienen ese umbral en 10,000 CCF, pero defensores locales dicen que debería ser de 2,500 CCF, o un promedio de 1.87 millones de galones de agua al mes. Según Catlow Shipek, director sénior de programas de Watershed Management Group, unos 15 usuarios de agua superan el umbral de 7.48 millones de galones mensuales, la mayoría campos de golf. Shipek afirmó que reducirlo a 1.87 millones de galones agregaría 56 usuarios adicionales. Tanto los 15 como los 56 usuarios son clientes actuales de Tucson Water y no se verían afectados por la nueva ordenanza. Pero los defensores dicen que saber cuántos usuarios y qué industrias se encuentran dentro de los umbrales actuales y propuestos ayudaría a aclarar quiénes podrían verse afectados. Catlow Shipek, junto con Lisa Shipek, co directora ejecutiva de Watershed Management Group, presentó algunos de los cambios adicionales que recomienda la organización durante una sesión informativa en línea la semana pasada. Watershed Management Group es una organización sin fines de lucro que aboga por la restauración y protección del agua en el sur de Arizona. Los funcionarios de Tucson Water no han revelado quiénes son los grandes consumidores de agua de Tucson, dijo Catlow Shipek durante la presentación. La oficina de Miranda Schubert, concejal del distrito 6, también solicitó esa lista, pero no la recibió, según declaró a Luminaria. Schubert explicó en un mensaje posterior que la información se considera datos de clientes protegidos. Un hogar de Arizona utiliza un promedio de 126 galones de agua al día, según un análisis de Making Action Possible Southern Arizona. Con ese promedio diario, un hogar tardaría más de 160 años en utilizar 7.48 millones de galones de agua, el umbral mensual para los grandes consumidores de agua. “Esa es una cantidad de agua increíblemente grande”, dijo Schubert. El concejal Kevin Dahl durante una reunión el 3 de junio de 2025. Crédito: Noor Haghighi. Credit: Noor Haghighi El concejal del Distrito 3, Kevin Dahl, también está de acuerdo en que el umbral debería ser más bajo, pero no dio una cifra específica. Tiene la intención de tomar esa decisión con base en lo que escuche durante la audiencia pública del 22 de septiembre y en la discusión de la reunión, dijo Dahl a Arizona Luminaria. Dijo que planea aprobar las recomendaciones, entendiendo que pueden volver atrás y continuar modificando la ordenanza. “Creo que lo que tenemos que hacer ahora es bajar el límite, para que alguna industria pueda entrar por debajo de este. Así podemos adquirir algo de experiencia con esto antes de hacer muchos cambios”, dijo Dahl a Arizona Luminaria. Compensar el agua que no puede reutilizarse La ordenanza actual pide que los grandes consumidores de agua presenten un plan de conservación del agua junto con su solicitud ante la ciudad. Esto incluye tanto a nuevos usuarios como a aquellos existentes que ya alcanzan el umbral y solicitan un aumento en su consumo de agua. Entre los cambios que Tucson Water está proponiendo se encuentra el requisito de que el solicitante utilice agua reciclada para compensar al menos el 30% de su consumo de agua, o más si el director de agua de la ciudad determina que se justifica un mayor uso máximo de agua reciclada. La ordenanza exige que el director de agua de la ciudad consulte con su director de resiliencia y determine si el plan de conservación de agua del usuario “demuestra que el gran consumidor de agua utilizará el agua de la manera más eficiente que sea posible y garantizará que el agua no se desperdicie”. Watershed Management propone agregar una métrica de desempeño: una compensación de 2 a 1 de la demanda de agua consuntiva, es decir, del agua que no puede reutilizarse. Participa Los residentes pueden inscribirse para hablar durante una audiencia pública del Concejo Municipal de Tucson llenando una tarjeta al inicio de la reunión y entregándosela al secretario municipal. Las audiencias públicas están programadas para una hora y cada persona que hable tendrá 5 minutos para compartir sus opiniones. Los comentarios públicos también pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a cityclerk@tucsonaz.gov. El Concejo Municipal de Tucson llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre los cambios propuestos a su ordenanza para grandes consumidores de agua durante su reunión del 22 de septiembre, que comenzará a las 5:30 p.m., en 225 W. Alameda St. Por ejemplo, explicó Catlow Shipek, si un nuevo consumidor de agua planea utilizar 70 acres-pie de agua al año, o alrededor de 22.8 millones de galones, y el 30% de esa cantidad, o 6.8 millones de galones (21 acres-pie), se pierde en el sitio, lo que significa que no puede devolverse a la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales, el usuario tendría que compensar alrededor de 13.6 millones de galones en un año (42 acres-pie). Para cumplir con la compensación propuesta de 2 a 1, el usuario podría aportar dinero a programas existentes de conservación de agua dentro del área de servicio de Tucson Water, como el retiro de césped o la infraestructura verde para el manejo de aguas pluviales. Dahl dijo que ha propuesto un desarrollo con consumo neto cero de agua para nuevas industrias grandes, lo que exigiría que el plan del consumidor de agua incluyera medidas como “urinarios sin agua, captación completa de agua de lluvia y conservación de agua de última generación”. La empresa pagaría entonces una tarifa en lugar de implementar medidas de conservación de agua en otros lugares que equivalga a la cantidad de agua que espera consumir anualmente. “La idea sencilla es que las nuevas industrias no tengan ningún impacto en nuestros suministros de agua mediante la máxima conservación de agua y el pago por medidas de conservación en otras partes del sistema para compensar lo que utilizarían anualmente”, dijo Dahl a Luminaria en un correo electrónico posterior. Cerrar vacíos legales Tucson Water también propone un cambio en el lenguaje de la ordenanza que considera el uso de agua “agregado” de un cliente en sus “instalaciones, campus o ubicación” como la cantidad que determina si el cliente será considerado un gran consumidor de agua. Schubert dijo que esto cierra un vacío legal, ya que en ocasiones los usuarios utilizan varios medidores para evitar alcanzar el umbral. Los cambios propuestos por Watershed Management también exigirían que la ciudad contabilice el agua reciclada como parte del uso total de agua. Actualmente, a los usuarios que utilizan agua reciclada se les cobra por ella a una tarifa subsidiada, dijo Schubert. En 2024, todos menos uno de los 17 campos de golf a los que Tucson Water presta servicio utilizaban agua reciclada, según un memorando del condado de Pima. Pero el agua utilizada en los campos de golf tiende a ser mayormente consuntiva, ya que se utiliza solo una vez para regar el césped. Miranda Schubert estaba al frente en las elecciones primarias demócratas para el Concejo Municipal, Distrito 6, el 5 de agosto de 2025. Crédito: John Washington. Credit: John Washington Schubert dijo que la principal objeción que han escuchado al intentar establecer normas más estrictas sobre el uso del agua es que esto es “otro ejemplo de que Tucson no es una ciudad favorable para los negocios”. Pero el objetivo de la ordenanza no es prohibir ni limitar el consumo de agua en Tucson, dijo, sino exigir a los usuarios que elaboren un plan de conservación. “Se está exigiendo a las empresas que expliquen por qué está justificado que utilicen tanta agua”, dijo Schubert. “Y lo que hemos escuchado de nuestros electores es que sí, los empleos son muy importantes para nuestra economía local, pero no a costa de nuestra sostenibilidad a largo plazo y de tener agua potable y de que nuestra comunidad sea habitable para las futuras generaciones”. Se espera que Arizona tenga una reducción del 30% en la distribución de agua del río Colorado, por lo que ambientalistas y líderes locales están pensando en el futuro del suministro de agua y la sostenibilidad de Tucson. Los habitantes de Tucson deberían pensar en maneras de ser más sostenibles “independientemente de lo que esté ocurriendo con el río Colorado”, dijo Catlow Shipek. “Creo que este cambio nos ayudará a definir cuáles son nuestros valores”, dijo Catlow Shipek. “Hará que no toda nueva solicitud de agua se convierta en una batalla — una batalla política — sino que pueda haber objetivos claros y un camino definido para cualquier nuevo negocio o cualquier nuevo consumidor de agua”. Traducción: Beatriz Limón  The post Tucson considera aprobar cambios para grandes consumidores de agua. Los defensores dicen que no son suficientemente estrictos. appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac6e9f75342cf4db8720af NBA star Kyrie Irving jumps into NFL drama, offers to pay player's fine for Gaza-themed eye black te 2026-09-17T22:50:07.881Z NBA star Kyrie Irving jumps into NFL drama, offers to pay player's fine for Gaza-themed eye black Leave it to Kyrie Irving to find a brand-new way to play white knight in someone else’s political circus. The Dallas Mavericks star is pulling out his wallet yet again, offering to cover the $11,492 fine handed down to Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after he wrote "Hind Rajab," a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in 2024, on his eye black during Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills. When the disciplinary report surfaced on X, Kyrie posted regarding Al-Shaair: "I’ll take care of his fine." NFL RESTARTS SOCIAL JUSTICE MESSAGING WHILE BATTLING DOMESTIC ABUSE, DRUNK DRIVING AND PROSTITUTION ARRESTS The NFL penalized Al-Shaair under strict rules banning unauthorized personal messages on game-day gear. And this is not his first offense. In January 2026, he took an $11,593 hit for writing "Stop the Genocide" on his eye black during a playoff matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. That is on top of his history of cheap shots on the field, including the brutal late hit on a sliding Trevor Lawrence that earned him a three-game suspension. NFL PUTS 'INSPIRE CHANGE' AND 'CHOOSE LOVE' ON FIELDS BUT NOT SO AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ITS DOMESTIC ABUSE ISSUES Between his vocal Muslim faith and his endless appetite for a spiritual crusade, Kyrie opening his wallet here surprises nobody. In late 2022, while with the Brooklyn Nets, he sparked a massive firestorm by sharing a link to "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," a movie filled with antisemitic tropes, Holocaust denial and claims attributing the slave trade to Jewish people. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! After refusing to unequivocally disavow antisemitism, the Nets suspended Irving for eight games, declaring him "unfit to be associated" with the franchise. An Instagram apology eventually followed, but Kyrie’s habit of using his fortune to back unauthorized political statements clearly is not going anywhere. Don't expect any nuance from NFL compliance officers. That same week, Cardinals backup cornerback Kei’Trel Clark caught a $6,651 penalty simply for putting "Glory Be 2 God" and a peace symbol on his eye black against the Chargers. Clark accepted the penalty on Instagram, writing that he will always "give God the Glory and out loud." Geopolitical protest or religious speech, the league seemingly treats all unauthorized eye-black messages the same. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac6e9a75342cf4db87207e Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. te 2026-09-17T22:50:02.928Z Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac6c4975342cf4db87202f Ohio mom of 16 cradles stomach in court, pleads not guilty in severe abuse case involving own children te 2026-09-17T22:40:09.456Z Ohio mom of 16 cradles stomach in court, pleads not guilty in severe abuse case involving own children An Ohio mother of 16 children who were rescued from a home where they allegedly lived in horrific conditions cradled her stomach while in court, where she pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the charges against her. Elizabeth Siders, 34, who faces four counts of child sexual abuse and 19 counts of child endangerment, appeared in court, FOX 8 reported. While in front of the judge, Siders, who was dressed in an orange jumpsuit, kept shielding her stomach and clutched her belly, The Daily Mail reported. Fox News Digital has reached out to her attorney, Thomas Stolly, for comment on the charges against his client, as well as whether she is once again pregnant. OHIO MOM ARRESTED FOR HAVING 16 KIDS IN 'EVIL' LIVING CONDITIONS WANTS TO BE REUNITED WITH CHILDREN: LAWYER "We have an individual in Elizabeth who was married at age 15, who has essentially been pregnant for the better part of two decades," Stolly told local media. "Who has never fully gone through any postpartum period, who has not been receiving regular medical care that would be appropriate for someone who has had 16, 18 children." "I have concerns about what effects those have had on her," he added. HSI AGENT WHO INVESTIGATED CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES INDICTED ON RAPE AND CHILD ABUSE CHARGES Siders and her husband, Gary Siders Jr., are accused of sexual abuse against a minor in 2022. The alleged victim is not among the 16 children, the news report states. However, the child was in the care of the couple at the time the alleged abuse occurred. Gary Siders Jr. has also pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, but was found incompetent to stand trial last week. Siders and her husband have been ordered to have no contact. On Wednesday, a judge deemed Elizabeth Siders a flight risk and raised her bail from $250,000 to $550,000. FLORIDA AG SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR COUPLE WHO ALLEGEDLY HELD 4 CHILDREN IN ‘ROLLING PRISON’ FOR NEARLY 7 YEARS In July, investigators found the children — ranging in age from 17 months to 18 years old — living in deplorable conditions inside a home in Hamden. They were initially investigating child sexual abuse allegations regarding Siders's extended family members: Brandon Henderson, the longtime partner of Gary Siders Jr.’s sister, and Joshua Saunders, a cousin of the 16 rescued children, the FOX 8 report states. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac6c4375342cf4db871fe3 PrismML hopes its tiny LLM could change how we all use AI te 2026-09-17T22:40:03.244Z PrismML hopes its tiny LLM could change how we all use AI If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac69f375342cf4db871fc0 The 'New Yorker' claims women can be 'kind of pregnant' in article questioning pregnancy tests te 2026-09-17T22:30:11.585Z The 'New Yorker' claims women can be 'kind of pregnant' in article questioning pregnancy tests The New Yorker drew criticism Thursday after promoting an essay that described the binary distinction between being pregnant and not pregnant as "misleading" and said a woman could be "kind of pregnant" or "a little bit pregnant." The essay, "The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy," by Apoorva Tadepalli, examined the uncertainty surrounding early pregnancy tests, miscarriage and viability through the writer's experience with multiple pregnancy losses and her current pregnancy. The magazine promoted the piece on X by saying at-home tests capture only a moment when an embryo has implanted and that someone could be "kind of pregnant, a little bit pregnant, or almost pregnant, or maybe pregnant" while still testing positive. Los Angeles County Republican Party Chair Roxanne Hoge, a mother of four, told Fox News Digital that uncertainty over whether a pregnancy will remain viable does not change whether a woman is pregnant. "As a mother of four and an actual biological woman, I must applaud the author for noticing that women do, in fact, make babies," she said. "While I sympathize with her on the very sad reality of carrying a pregnancy after a loss, this was a lot of words to try and pretend that a fetus is a clump of cells. You're either pregnant or you're not." MED SCHOOL DEANS COME UP EMPTY IN TENSE HEARING WHEN ASKED POINT BLANK IF MEN CAN HAVE BABIES: 'RIDICULOUS' Elizabeth Barcohana, America First Policy Institute California Ambassador to the America First Women's initiative, said that the distinction should be between the existence of a pregnancy and whether a woman knows that pregnancy is viable. "A woman cannot be ‘a little bit pregnant.’ Pregnancy is a physical, biological state that begins when a fertilized embryo implants in the uterus and triggers a chemical hormonal reaction," Barcohana said in a Thursday statement to Fox News Digital. "This article is not about being pregnant. It is about a woman’s experience about knowing whether she is carrying a viable healthy pregnancy." Tadepalli described testing positive during five pregnancies and spending periods of those pregnancies unsure whether she would miscarry. She said those experiences affected her ability to emotionally embrace her current pregnancy, with much of the essay examining what early testing can and cannot tell women about what will happen next. PRO-LIFE PUBLISHER FACING DEMANDS TO RETRACT CALLING ABORTION ‘KILLING’ FIRES BACK: ‘THE ANSWER IS NO’ Lisa Cusack, president of the Don’t L.A. My Burbank PAC, told Fox News Digital that she viewed the article’s framing as an attempt to make pregnancy more subjective while arguing that uncertainty in early testing does not change whether a woman is pregnant. "This article just seems like a tortured attempt to make pregnancy into a subject experience in order to justify abortion," she said. "The fact that an at-home pregnancy isn’t sophisticated enough to pick up the beginning stages of every pregnancy doesn’t mean you’re ‘kind of pregnant,’ or that pregnancy itself, which literally begins with conception and ends with birth, is ‘nonlinear.’" "Women have always known that early pregnancies sometimes don’t take, or show up on tests, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re either pregnant or not, whether you know it or not, or want it or not," she continued. WHAT MY SON'S ULTRASOUND TAUGHT ME ABOUT ABORTION — AND MASSACHUSETTS IGNORES Barcohana said that element of the essay was relatable to women who have experienced pregnancy loss and blamed The New Yorker’s presentation for shifting attention away from it. "The New Yorker’s editors betrayed the author with this provocative headline, because what she’s really talking about — in a vulnerable way that millions of women can empathize with — is the utility and impact on women of unreliable early testing," she said. "She tried to talk about something totally legitimate for women trying to start a family and they [editors] hijacked it." Fox News Digital reached out to The New Yorker for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. The distinction between detecting pregnancy and determining whether it is viable is also reflected in medical guidance. The Food and Drug Administration says at-home pregnancy tests detect human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, a hormone produced after a fertilized egg is attached to the uterine wall. The agency notes that testing too early can produce inaccurate results and that a positive home test does not provide information about how a pregnancy will develop. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists states that pregnancy begins when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus, while pregnancy viability can require additional evaluation as development progresses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac69f275342cf4db871fb7 'Gone too far:' GOP candidate runs to Trump’s left on signature issue in deep red district te 2026-09-17T22:30:10.669Z 'Gone too far:' GOP candidate runs to Trump’s left on signature issue in deep red district Rep. María Elvira Salazar, a Republican who represents a solidly red district in Miami, has broken with the president on immigration as the midterms cycle hits a fever pitch. "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," Salazar said in a newly released campaign advertisement. "Be careful what your advisors are telling you about immigration policy. The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today. You can be for immigration what Lincoln was for slavery and Reagan was for communism." "I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land," she continued. THE HISPANIC VOTE IS UP FOR GRABS IN 2026. CANDIDATES WHO IGNORE IT WILL LOSE A Fox News poll released Wednesday found President Donald Trump’s overall approval rating at 39%, with 61% of registered voters disapproving of his job performance. Voters disapprove of Trump generally by a margin of 61% to 39%, according to the poll. On immigration, however, only 56% of voters are unhappy with the president's performance, beating out his handling of the economy and foreign policy. VOTERS SAY REPUBLICANS OUTDO DEMOCRATS ON THESE KEY ISSUES: FOX NEWS POLL Salazar’s break with the president on immigration follows a legislative record that has combined tougher enforcement measures with support for legal-status reforms. During her time in Congress, Salazar has supported tougher border enforcement while also backing legislation that would provide legal status to some long-term noncitizens, including through the the bipartisan DIGNITY Act. She also voted for the 2023 Secure the Border Act and the 2025 Laken Riley Act, which expanded immigration enforcement and required the detention of certain undocumented immigrants accused of crimes. TRUMP ADMIN MARKS 15 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH ZERO BORDER RELEASES AS APPREHENSIONS PLUNGE 94% Trump’s hardline stance on immigration, likewise, is nothing new. The issue defined his initial rise to power during the 2016 presidential election and he leaned heavily into promises of deportations while on the campaign trail in 2024. Amid the president’s hawkish rhetoric, Hispanics in places such as the Miami metropolitan area and along the Southern border shifted heavily to the right. Trump has endorsed Salazar’s bid for reelection. The Salazar campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac69f075342cf4db871fa5 House GOP lawmaker under fire by fellow Republicans after ad bashing Trump on immigration te 2026-09-17T22:30:08.808Z House GOP lawmaker under fire by fellow Republicans after ad bashing Trump on immigration FIRST ON FOX: A House GOP lawmaker’s pointed message to President Donald Trump criticizing his immigration policy is under fire from her Republican colleagues. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., released a campaign ad on Thursday that attacked Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement, specifically arguing that he has gone too far in pursuing people without criminal records. "President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts should be applauded and continue as is," House Freedom Caucus leaders said in an official statement first shared with Fox News Digital. "Any alien who enters this country illegally has committed a crime. The United States should deport every illegal alien. This is America, and this government should be ensuring the dignity of American citizens. Illegal aliens can enjoy dignity in their home country or come to this country legally." GOP INFIGHTING ERUPTS OVER IMMIGRATION BILL THAT WOULD SHIELD MILLIONS FROM DEPORTATION The statement continued, "Granting illegal aliens any legal status to remain in the United States is amnesty. We reject amnesty. The House Freedom Caucus stands with President Trump: secure the border, enforce the law, and lock these policies into statute, so no future administration can erase them with a pen." TRUMP DHS CHIEF UNDER FIRE FROM CONSERVATIVES AFTER IMMIGRATION SPEECH IGNITES BACKLASH The ad takes place outside the White House, with Salazar directly addressing the camera. "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," Salazar said. "Be careful what your advisors are telling you about immigration policy. The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today." "You can be for immigration what Lincoln was for slavery and Reagan was for communism. I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land. And only you can do that," she said. TRUMP-BACKED REPUBLICAN SURVIVES PRIMARY AFTER BUCKING HIM ON DEPORTATIONS It’s a notable choice of words, given that her district voted for Trump by double digits in 2024. But she’s one of several Hispanic lawmakers in the House GOP who have been warning their party could be alienating Hispanic and Latino voters who were critical to Republican wins in recent years. Salazar’s South Florida district is currently rated R+6 by the nonpartisan Cook political report, meaning it’s likely to stay in Republican hands. But Democrats are targeting her seat as a potential pickup opportunity as they work to win back control of the House. She previously took heat from the Freedom Caucus over her bipartisan legislation to reform the asylum process and give a legal pathway to undocumented people already in the U.S. who have not committed crimes. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also pushed back on Salazar, telling Fox News in a statement: "DHS is focused on delivering the most HISTORIC mass deportation campaign in American history—exactly as President Trump promised." "Whether Congresswoman Salazar likes it or not, the men and women of ICE are enforcing the laws passed by Congress. To be clear: the only thing America should be giving illegal aliens is a one-way ticket home, or a generous $3,000 check for them to self-deport immediately. We will not ignore the rule of law," the DHS spokesperson said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac69ef75342cf4db871f9c Unearthed clip exposes what 'DEI Queen' in razor-thin House race thought of 'Back the Blue' law te 2026-09-17T22:30:07.949Z Unearthed clip exposes what 'DEI Queen' in razor-thin House race thought of 'Back the Blue' law Christina Bohannan, an Iowa state legislator and the Democratic nominee in one of the country’s most competitive districts, once opposed an Iowa "Back the Blue" law passed in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd riots, calling it an "overreaction." "I think that we’re seeing a backlash and, frankly, an exaggerated backlash, an overreaction to all of that," Bohannan said at a 2021 virtual legislative forumon social justice issues. "That’s what’s happening. A lot of this is happening because they just don’t have a lot of minorities in their districts, they don’t interact with people on any kind of regular basis and so they don’t see these issues." To some onlooking critics, her resurfaced comments are further proof of what they’ve characterized as her soft-on-crime stances — positions they believe are at odds with the electorate of the Hawkeye state as she wages her third campaign to unseat Rep. Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa. WATCH: BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRAT CALLED IOWA A 'BACKWATER' OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES BAN "Christina Bohannan achieved the ultra-rare-final-boss level of woke where police are bad, criminals are good, and anyone who disagrees is racist," Zach Kraft, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "There is a reason why this DEI Queen has been rejected twice by voters - she is straight up nuts, and her soft-on-crime agenda would endanger all Iowans." Bohannan launched her career in education, teaching at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she remained until, in 2020, she won a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives, unseating a 20-year Democratic incumbent. Bohannan has run for Congress before. In 2022, she lost to Miller-Meeks in a 53.4% to 46.6% contest. She tried again in 2024 and got closer, losing by a fraction of a percent: 50.0% to 49.8% — just 799 votes. VANCE, CRUZ, HEAD TO IOWA ON 2026 MISSIONS AS 2028 GOP RACE TO SUCCEED TRUMP HEATS UP In all three races, Republicans have attacked her on her statements as an academic and her voting record as a state legislator, painting her as a soft-on-crime candidate. In the resurfaced clip, Bohannan was referring to Senate File 342, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2021. Among other provisions, the bill raised penalties for rioting, making it a class D felony punishable by five years behind bars, and implemented more stringent punishments for unlawful assembly. The law came amid a wave of anti-police sentiment that swept the country after George Floyd, a Black man from Minneapolis, died after then-officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck area during a restraint. The incident sparked widespread debate on law enforcement safety and profiling. Where states like Minnesota and Washington passed restrictions on police and other law enforcement officers, Iowa lawmakers rallied to their support. Iowa Rep. Jarad Klein, a Republican and the bill’s sponsor, framed the legislation as a clear way to support embattled public servants in a floor speech. "Let me be clear: If you support law enforcement, truly support law enforcement, you will be voting ‘yes’ tonight. If you stand up and say you support law enforcement, your words will become meaningless with a ‘no’ vote. Actions speak louder than words," Klein said. Gov. Reynolds echoed that thinking at her signing. "I made it clear in my Condition of the State Address that Iowa’s law enforcement will always have my respect, and I will always have their back. Today’s bill embodies that commitment in a historic way. The public peace is too important, and the safety of our officers too precious, to tolerate destructive behavior," Reynolds said in a press release. For her own part, Bohannan said she opposed the legislation, arguing it went too far. "The bill that’s coming over to the House from the Senate about the protestors actually would make it okay for a person to drive negligently or grossly negligently and hit a protestor and there would be immunity for that. It’s sick. These are kids, mostly," she said. UNEARTHED CLIP EXPOSES MORE ANTI-POLICE RHETORIC AS EL-SAYED GETS GRILLED FOR DELETING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS The final version of the bill does have a provision that protects drivers from civil liability. But it only applies to drivers "exercising due care" and who cause injury to someone engaging in disorderly conduct by blocking traffic in a public street or highway. Bohannan’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on her statements from 2021 or whether she stood by her views of the "Back the Blue" bill. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac679a75342cf4db871f31 Two regular dudes are about to fish for $1.25 million against the best bass anglers in the world te 2026-09-17T22:20:10.694Z Two regular dudes are about to fish for $1.25 million against the best bass anglers in the world Eric Giessing and Kyle Carr are about to find out exactly how good they are at bass fishing. World Bass Enterprises (WBE) announced this week that Giessing, a 53-year-old amateur angler from Farmington, Mo., and Carr, a 39-year-old local tournament fisherman from Gatesville, Texas, have been selected as the two "Average Joes" who will compete in The Champions this fall. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS And WBE isn't sticking them in some separate amateur division. They're fishing the same tournament, for the same money, against 60 of the best professional bass anglers in the world. That includes a $3.25 million purse and $1.25 million for the winner. That’s the largest purse in bass fishing history. "Fans of every sport wonder how they'd fare competing against the pros," WBE founder and CEO Brian Bird said. "We thought it would be neat to give bass fishing fans the chance to actually answer that question. Eric and Kyle will now get to see how they stack up against the pros." Well, they're certainly going to get an answer. When Bird first told OutKick OutDoors about the Average Joes concept earlier this summer, the two spots were still up for grabs. Now we know the contestants, and WBE has since revealed the professional field they'll have to deal with. The Champions will pit its Stars and Stripes rosters against one another, bringing together elite anglers from the Bassmaster and Major League Fishing worlds. And there aren't many soft spots on either side. Start with Trey McKinney, whom OutKick OutDoors spoke with earlier this month after he wrapped up a historic Bassmaster Elite season. The 21-year-old became the youngest Bassmaster Angler of the Year in history and, at the St. Lawrence River finale, also broke the B.A.S.S. record for the heaviest one-day bag of smallmouth bass. Then there is Jordan Lee, a two-time Bassmaster Classic champion who won the sport's marquee event in consecutive years in 2017 and 2018. Hank Cherry is also a back-to-back Classic champion, while Jason Christie won the 2022 Classic. TREY MCKINNEY SAYS BASSMASTER VETERANS MADE HIM EARN THEIR RESPECT BEFORE HISTORY AOY SEASON And that's just one side of the field. The Stripes roster includes Jacob Wheeler, who has won four Bass Pro Tour Angler of the Year titles and captured REDCREST in 2026. Wheeler has racked up 12 Bass Pro Tour wins since the circuit began in 2019. There's also Dustin Connell, the only three-time REDCREST champion, and reigning 2026 Bass Pro Tour Angler of the Year Zack Birge. Oh, and Ott DeFoe, who won the 2019 Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville, is in there too. So, yeah. Good luck, fellas. To be fair to Giessing and Carr, "Average Joe" doesn't mean either guy wandered into Bass Pro Shops last week and bought his first rod. Both have tournament experience. Giessing has been an amateur angler for five years and fishes primarily around Lake of the Ozarks. He started fishing as a kid with his late father and has competed in a variety of amateur events in recent years. And he's not shy about wanting to see how far he can take it. "My goal is to continue growing as a competitor, learning from every experience, and pushing myself to see how far I can take this passion," Giessing said. "I consider myself a power fisherman and enjoy the challenge of finding aggressive fish and figuring out what it takes to get them in the boat." Giessing said his ultimate goal would be reaching the professional ranks and competing at the highest level of tournament bass fishing. Well, this should be one hell of an audition. Carr also grew up fishing with his dad and now competes with Cen-Tex Bass Hunters in Belton, Texas, as well as the Tuesday Night Tight Lines 3x9 Series on Stillhouse Hollow Lake. "My dad taught me from an early age what it means to be a sportsman, respect the outdoors, and appreciate conservation," Carr said. "I've been hooked on bass fishing since I was a kid, and these days I enjoy putting that passion to work." He added: "At the end of the day, I just enjoy being on the water, chasing bass, and competing with good people who share the same passion for fishing." The jump from a Tuesday night tournament to lining up against Wheeler, McKinney, Connell and a pile of Bassmaster Classic champions is admittedly a pretty significant one. But that's also what makes this interesting. The inaugural Champions tournament will take place Oct. 28-Nov. 1 on Old Hickory Lake at Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville, Tenn., just outside Nashville. The concept from the beginning has been to put top anglers from the sport's major professional circuits on the same water and settle things in one big-money event. Bird said Giessing and Carr won't be treated any differently just because they got into the field through a sweepstakes. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "We're going to roll out the red carpet for them and treat them the same way we treat the pro anglers," Bird said. "Both 'Average Joes' have a chance to win the grand prize and the ultimate bragging rights, but no matter what, they'll be leaving Nashville with some prize money and a great story to tell." Well, fellas, you’ve got six weeks to practice. Good luck! Love all things fishing and outdoors? Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram and TikTok! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac679975342cf4db871f28 Meyer Lansky’s grandson reflects on late mobster's crime empire, Las Vegas legacy and missing millions te 2026-09-17T22:20:09.528Z Meyer Lansky’s grandson reflects on late mobster's crime empire, Las Vegas legacy and missing millions To Prohibition-era gangsters, history buffs and true crime aficionados, he was Meyer Lansky — the financial mastermind who built an international gambling empire. To his namesake, he was simply "grandpa." Meyer Lansky II, the grandson of the late mob boss who helped establish organized crime across the nation, reflects on his grandfather through personal letters, photographs, and firsthand memories in his new book with S. J. Peddie, "The Lansky Legacy: The Life and Letters of Meyer Lansky." "He never mentioned the names of anybody that he worked with. He was always cautious with that," Lansky told Fox News Digital. CHARLES MANSON'S GRANDDAUGHTER REVEALS MOMENT SHE DISCOVERED DARK FAMILY SECRET: 'IT WAS DEVASTATING' Growing up in Washington state, the younger Lansky initially saw his grandfather as a stern, serious figure who strictly compartmentalized his life. The elder Lansky never brought up his underworld dealings; instead, he focused on teaching his grandson how to present himself to the world, introducing him to fine details like tie pins and shoehorns. "Growing up in Washington state, I wasn't exposed to those kinds of things anywhere else," Lansky said. "He was always asking me about my grades, my studies, and what books I was reading. "He’d give me basic advice: ‘Whatever you do, do a good job. Be honest with people, provide good service, and people will come back to you.’" SAMMY 'THE BULL' REVEALS WHY HIS LOVE FOR JOHN GOTTI TURNED INTO PRISON HATE The elder Lansky, widely dubbed the "mob's accountant," rose to prominence in the early 20th century alongside childhood friends Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Together, they revolutionized organized crime, building lucrative gambling operations from Havana to Las Vegas. "He was right alongside Luciano and Bugsy Siegel during the transformation of the syndicate into the modern American Mafia," Lansky said. That reputation carried real-world danger. The younger Lansky recalled a chilling incident from his childhood, when his grandfather's notoriety and perceived wealth nearly led to his kidnapping. As he grew older, the veil began to slip. EX-MOB CAPO ALLEGES FURIOUS RFK WEAPONIZED THE FBI AGAINST HIS FATHER OVER MARILYN MONROE "One day I was listening to the radio and heard that Treasury Secretary John Connally was going to Las Vegas to investigate Meyer Lansky," he said, referencing the decades-long, unsuccessful federal effort to convict his grandfather. "When my grandfather visited a week later, I told him, ‘Hey, I heard your name on the radio.’ He looked at me, smiled, and said, ‘You did?’ He didn't elaborate, but I knew at that point he realized I was going to figure out who he really was." EX-COLOMBO CRIME FAMILY CAPO REVEALS HOW GAS TAX SCHEME RAKED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WEEKLY While mob historians contend that the Polish-born gangster perfected modern money laundering and amassed vast fortunes, a central mystery remains: what happened to the money? If the elder Lansky stashed away millions, his grandson noted, the family never saw it. Yet, the physical legacy remains impossible to ignore. REDDIT DEBATE REVEALS LAS VEGAS HAS BECOME FAR MORE THAN A GAMBLING DESTINATION FOR MILLIONS OF VISITORS "He was heavily involved in transforming the American Mafia into something that still holds an irresistible, nostalgic grip on culture," Lansky said. "These guys are major figures of history. "They took a barren desert and turned it into a sophisticated gambling empire." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac679575342cf4db871ef3 Montana Ban Would Strike at Political Spending, and the Supreme Court te 2026-09-17T22:20:05.313Z Montana Ban Would Strike at Political Spending, and the Supreme Court A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac679375342cf4db871ed1 The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875 million worth of AI te 2026-09-17T22:20:03.773Z The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875 million worth of AI A new AI-based software program is being launched to help air traffic controllers better navigate their jobs as the crossing guards of America's skies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac654375342cf4db871ea4 Fox News Poll: Majority says immigration enforcement has crossed the line te 2026-09-17T22:10:11.851Z Fox News Poll: Majority says immigration enforcement has crossed the line A 53% majority of registered voters say the Trump administration’s enforcement of immigration laws has gone too far, according to new Fox News polling, a view that has stayed consistent since June 2025. The remaining voters are split between enforcement not going far enough and about right (23% each). The results skew along party lines: 87% of Democrats and 60% of independents say enforcement has gone too far, while most Republicans split between not far enough (40%) and about right (43%). Among those saying enforcement has gone too far, voters are divided on the reason: 45% point to the government using too much force, while 49% say the wrong people are being targeted.  FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS Democrats say the government is targeting the wrong people (by 7 points) while independents say it’s because of using too much force (by 2 points). There are not enough Republicans saying the enforcement has gone too far to draw meaningful conclusions. Consequently, President Trump’s approval rating on immigration sits at 43%, down from a high of 48% last summer. For the past four years, until this summer, voters consistently said the Republicans would do a better job handling immigration than the Democrats. That advantage has all but disappeared, as voters are split between the parties (48% D vs. 49% R). The Democrats are competitive on immigration thanks to independents backing them over the GOP by 6 points and 15% of non-MAGA Republicans preferring the Democrats. FOX NEWS POLL: COOL YOUR SERVERS! VOTERS REJECT DATA CENTERS "The immigration issue has been defined in terms of border security since the Biden years," says Daron Shaw, the GOP pollster who helps conduct the survey with Democrat Chris Anderson. "But voters now think of immigration policy as ICE crackdowns, and many say these have been too aggressive." Despite fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) voters identifying immigration as their priority, it only trails the cost of living (34%) and the broader economy (14%) as the most important issue facing the country. One more thing… Nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) agree that a child born to an illegal immigrant in the United States should automatically become a citizen. While overall support has softened from previous highs around 67-69%, it’s still far above its low of 45% in 2006. CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS AND TOPLINE Again, results are defined by partisanship: roughly 9 in 10 Democrats and 6 in 10 independents support birthright citizenship while 6 in 10 Republicans oppose it. Among Hispanic voters, two-thirds disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance and his handling of immigration. They trust the Democrats over the Republicans on the issue by 19 points, while 60% say immigration enforcement has gone too far. Three-quarters of Hispanic voters think citizenship should be guaranteed for those born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents. Conducted September 11-14, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,211 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (96) and cellphones (821) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (294). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac654375342cf4db871e9b Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war te 2026-09-17T22:10:11.014Z Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war Nearly seven months into the war with Iran, a new Fox News national survey finds views souring as voters feel the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the war, a growing number think the conflict will make the U.S. less safe, and a majority believes the decision to take military action was wrong. Seven in 10 voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the conflict, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS In addition, a growing 47% of voters say the conflict will make the U.S. less safe in the long run, up from 39% in April. By comparison, 32% think it will make the country safer and 20% say no difference. The rise in concern is largest among White voters, voters under 45, and independents. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while 37% say it was right — widening the margin to 23 points, up from 17 points in June (58% to 41%). Attitudes against the war have increased modestly across most demographic groups, with the largest shifts among Hispanic voters, voters under age 30, moderates, and voters 65 and over. FOX NEWS POLL: ECONOMIC ANXIETY AND CANDIDATE CONCERNS DEFINE OHIO SENATE RACE "Typically, the public rallies around the president in response to a foreign policy crisis," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. "But two things are different here. First, President Trump hasn’t consistently and forcefully made the case for the war and the U.S. doesn’t have boots on the ground. Both of those things matter for public opinion." Trump’s overall job performance stands at 39% approve and 61% disapprove. The president’s ratings on foreign policy are underwater by 24 points. His 37% approval is a second-term low and is just one point above his first-term low of 36% in September 2019. When asked to name the most important issue facing the country, in their own words, only 4% of voters say Iran and a miniscule 1% name foreign policy in general. By comparison, 34% mention the top issue of the cost of living. Meanwhile, by a 10-point margin, more voters say the Democrats are better equipped to handle foreign policy than the Republicans — a reversal from the previous midterm cycle when Republicans were more trusted by 6 points in September 2022. Israel and Ukraine A low of 48% say they side more with the Israelis than the Palestinians (38%) in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. That is down from 54% in June and a high of 68% at the conflict’s outset in October 2023. Since 2023, the sharpest decline in support for Israel — down at least 20 points — comes from women, Hispanic voters, voters under age 45, voters with a college degree, and Democrats. Republican support has fallen 10 points during the same time. On Ukraine, voters favor the U.S. continuing to provide financial aid to fight Russia by 16 points (55% to 39%), roughly unchanged during the past two years. Democrats favor supporting Ukraine while Republicans and independents are divided. One more thing… Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the U.S., more than twice as many voters say Trump is not tough enough on China (45%) as say he is too tough (20%). Three in 10 (30%) say his approach is about right. There is bipartisan agreement on this: the largest share of Democrats (44%), Republicans (47%), and independents (44%) say Trump is not tough enough on China.  Republicans are more split, with 43% saying his approach is about right. CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS AND TOPLINE Conducted September 11-14, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,211 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (96) and cellphones (821) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (294). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac654275342cf4db871e92 Radical El-Sayed ally doubles down on anti-American rhetoric with stunning terrorist comparison te 2026-09-17T22:10:10.070Z Radical El-Sayed ally doubles down on anti-American rhetoric with stunning terrorist comparison A popular far-left streamer tied the Democratic nominee in the high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Michigan doubled down on anti-American comments he's made in the past during an on-camera interview released Thursday. Hasan Piker was featured in an episode of "The Axios Show" taped in Los Angeles, where he resides, where interviewer Alex Thompson recalled the internet personality's past claim that "America is the top dog in terrorism." "Do you think America, then, is worse than al-Qaeda?" Thomspon asked. HASAN PIKER INSISTS ABDUL EL-SAYED ASKED HIM TO 'STUMP' FOR MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN AMID BACKLASH "Pound for pound as far as the number of deaths, yes," Piker replied. "We have caused tremendous terror all around the world." "I think that that is not only terror that we are waging on regular civilians, and nations in the periphery, but it's also having consequences on ourselves," the Twitch streamer continued. "It's having dramatic consequences on the home front." "One clear example of this is what we did in Minab [Iran],' Piker said, referring to American attacks earlier this year that struck a school. A United Nations mission said it found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the U.S. committed a war crime. "There's no distinction between blowing up a school, tripple-tapping it with Tomahawk missiles. If you're killing 140 school girls, that is an act of terror." Piker conceded that not all Americans are terrorists, but still called for an "environment of accountability." EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTION Piker is closely tied to Abdul El-Sayed, the controversial far-left U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan. Piker joined El-Sayed on the campaign trail during primary season. The two were pictured partying together on the night El-Sayed ended up winning his primary election. Since winning the Democratic primary, El-Sayed hasn't been able to shake Piker's shadow, and has refused to condemn him for past controversial comments. Instead the candidate has painting him as a "streamer from California" who has no bearing on the race in Michigan in attempts to distance himself from Piker's more radical views and comments. Piker said in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11." He has also praised Mao Zedong and Communist China, said capitalists should be murdered in the streets and is known for making antisemitic comments. El-Sayed's campaign responded to Piker's comments on The Axios Show, but did not mention Piker by name. ABDUL EL-SAYED DISMISSES QUESTIONS ABOUT HASAN PIKER TIES ON 'FACE THE NATION,' PIVOTS TO GROCERIES "I do not agree with this statement [on al-Qaeda], nor do I give much weight to the statements made by a social media streamer," the campaign told Axios. "I am more concerned with the dangerous policies of Donald Trump and Mike Rogers that are raising the prices of gas, groceries and healthcare for Michiganders." El-Sayed's campaign reiterated that statement when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. During a trip to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to meet with potential future colleagues, El-Sayed was caught on camera walking into the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). When asked by Fox News Digital whether he would condemn Piker, El-Sayed waved off the question and swiftly ducked into the building where he sat down with Democrat senators. El-Sayed's staff later banned Fox News Digital from joining an impromptu post-meeting press event where he took questions and discussed a range of issues key to the 2026 midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac654175342cf4db871e89 NFL's highest-paid TE George Kittle reveals favorite purchase: A 50-foot flagpole for a massive American flag te 2026-09-17T22:10:09.064Z NFL's highest-paid TE George Kittle reveals favorite purchase: A 50-foot flagpole for a massive American flag George Kittle signed the richest contract for a tight end in NFL history in April 2025, but it was also his third major deal. By the time the final contract expires in 2029, the three deals will have paid him approximately $155 million. So the obvious question many athletes often hear was asked by the guys from the "Bussin' With the Boys" podcast: What is Kittle’s favorite splurge purchase of all time? "Building a football field at my house, building a workout facility, putting up a 50-foot American flagpole," Kittle said. "That's probably my favorite purchase on my property I've made. My wife really likes that one." THE STORY BEHIND BETSY ROSS AND THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG AS AMERICA CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY The 50-foot American flagpole now sits on Kittle's offseason home, which is a roughly 178-acre ranch in the Nashville area of Tennessee. And, of course, the 50-foot flagpole, as tall as a typical four- or five-story building, displays one enormous flag. "It's pretty f-----g massive," Kittle said. "Right when you pull in, it sits right next to the football field. It's the only thing you can f-----g see." The sight of Old Glory — and all it represents — waving in the wind has got to fire Kittle up. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "It does," he said. "I saw it last night. We have lights pointing up at it, and I was just, had just got out of the car, I was like, 'Oh, God, it's so beautiful.' "So, yeah, that's one of my favorite purchases." Look, the NFL gets a lot of bad publicity sometimes for the problems some of its employees have with domestic abuse or driving under the influence. The league itself has been ripped by conservatives for posting social justice messaging on its fields, and it has been accused of taking advantage of its antitrust exemption under the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act. But this serves as a reminder that the league is made up of plenty of people like Kittle. They're people who love America. They're proud Americans. They are patriots, really. No, not every one of those is erecting a 50-foot flagpole. But so far this year, at least, none are kneeling when the flag is the center of attention during the national anthem. George Kittle is one of the good guys. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac653c75342cf4db871e55 Man Who Attacked Ilhan Omar Sentenced to 14 Months After Plea Deal te 2026-09-17T22:10:04.694Z Man Who Attacked Ilhan Omar Sentenced to 14 Months After Plea Deal Anthony J. Kazmierczak sprayed vinegar at Ms. Omar while she was speaking at a Minneapolis town hall in January. He pleaded guilty to assault in May. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac62eb75342cf4db871e2d Second alleged shoplifting attempt lands man in jail te 2026-09-17T22:00:11.753Z Second alleged shoplifting attempt lands man in jail Police say a man left his niece in a grocery store parking lot after attempting to shoplift $430 in merchandise.  A security guard noticed Leonard Burton, 43, and a girl leaving Fry’s Marketplace on John Wayne Parkway around 12:40 p.m. Sept. 5 without paying for the items in his bags.  When the guard approached Burton, he dropped the bags, pushed the girl aside and ran to his vehicle, according to a probable cause statement. Store security told police the girl tried to get into the vehicle before Burton “yelled at her then drove off without her.”  The girl later confirmed she was Burton’s niece.  Police arrested Burton at a home in the Villages about an hour later on suspicion of shoplifting, assault and endangerment.   Burton was arrested in July for shoplifting nearly $1,000 worth of merchandise from Walmart.   The post Second alleged shoplifting attempt lands man in jail appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac608f75342cf4db871d8c Costco's unexpected new role in Americans' love lives: 'Secret sauce is the sampling' te 2026-09-17T21:50:07.074Z Costco's unexpected new role in Americans' love lives: 'Secret sauce is the sampling' As more of life moves online, people are finding an in-person connection somewhere unexpected: the aisles and food court of their local Costco. The membership warehouse club — known for its bulk grocery items and huge packs of home supplies — has joined the likes of bars, churches and parks as a public spot where people socialize, make friends and may spark or renew romance. Costco has become what sociologists call a "third place," a communal gathering spot where people build community outside their home and work environments, USA Today reported. GROCERY STORE SWITCH COULD SAVE AMERICANS MONEY WHILE SHAKING UP DINNER ROUTINES "Costco has turned shopping into an experience, not just an errand," Phil Lempert, a consumer and trend analyst known as the "SupermarketGuru," told Fox News Digital. "You go in for paper towels and walk out having sampled food, discovered something unexpected and maybe bumped into someone you know. Their secret sauce is the sampling." University of California, Davis students Sharon Hwang, Katrina Le and Steven Zhang organize a group of fellow students for a trip to their local Costco for a food-court meal once or twice a quarter, USA Today reported. "If something small like a Costco trip can help someone meet new friends or feel a little bit connected, then I feel like we accomplished something," Hwang told the publication. Friends and social media influencers Analyse Talavera and Carmen Rene Smith have traded costly dinner catchups for Costco errand runs. "Especially in this economy, instead of going out and dropping $200 on dinner — which Analyse and I are good for — we go to Costco and stock up on meal prep for the week and then top it off with a $3 fro yo," Smith told USA Today. More than 25 years after two military veterans began meeting at their neighborhood Costco in Brentwood, Tennessee, for a Friday hot dog, the Middle Tennessee Veterans Support Group — "Camp Costco" — is still going strong, now supporting a couple of hundred service members across generations. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "Nobody cares what rank you were or what service you were in," Marine veteran and group member Paul Napoli told USA Today. "Everybody mixes together." Some couples use their shopping trips as a substitute for date night, dubbing it "clubbing for married folks" or "the Kirkland Signature date night," after Costco's in-house brand. Still others use the store to find love, and some couples have chosen Costco as the venue for their nuptials, according to Reddit posts. It can also be a fun place to explore, Lempert said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "Costco creates a kind of retail ritual: the treasure hunt, the samples, the food court, the great deal you want to tell somebody about," he said. "Consumers aren't just buying products. They're sharing an experience — and that's incredibly powerful in an increasingly digital and isolated shopping world." The appetite for that experience comes as in-person connection erodes elsewhere. Americans now spend about 35 minutes a day socializing, down from 45 minutes 20 years ago, and only 30% do any face-to-face socializing on a given day, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey. The surgeon general's 2023 advisory found roughly half of adults experience loneliness, and the Survey Center on American Life reports 44% have nowhere in their community to go regularly. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Costco shoppers, by contrast, are loyal — averaging 31 trips to the warehouse annually, according to consumer analytics firm Numerator. They also make the food court a regular habit, spending in line with what they spend at major regional fast-food chains, including In-N-Out. The membership model further creates a social aspect and sense of belonging, Lempert said. "Membership changes the psychology of shopping — it makes one feel special," he said. "You’re not simply a customer walking into a store; you're a member of a club. Costco has essentially made the membership card part of the consumer's identity." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac5e3c75342cf4db871d0e Mamdani's new $4M NYC public bathrooms auto-open doors after 10 minutes te 2026-09-17T21:40:12.290Z Mamdani's new $4M NYC public bathrooms auto-open doors after 10 minutes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rolled out a $4 million public bathroom pilot Wednesday in Queens that will install 17 Throne Labs units across all five boroughs to address the city's restroom shortage, with company co-founder and COO Jessica Heinzelman explaining that users get 10 minutes before escalating warnings culminate in the door automatically opening. Heinzelman detailed the final warning during the city's press conference, saying users receive flashing lights and an audio notification before the door opens. "At 10 minutes, there are flashing lights. The audio comes on. And this is both in English and Spanish for all of these indicators," she said. "It says, ‘The door — your time is up, the door is opening.’ The door’s opening. That extends for about 30 seconds. So, if you are still pants down, we're not going to open the door on you. But then the door does open." SMART TOILET SEAT COULD DETECT AFIB IN 30 SECONDS Heinzelman told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Throne Labs settled on the 10-minute restriction after reviewing typical public restroom limits and measuring how long people actually spend inside its units, saying most users leave well before the deadline. "The 10-min limit is a common standard for most timed public restrooms. We further validated measuring the average throne use time, with the vast majority of users across our markets leaving within 3.5 minutes," she said. "Users are notified of the time limit prior to entering and the throne provides multiple audio and visual warnings throughout the use." "At the tail-end of the use there is 30 seconds of audio and visual queues [sic] to leave. This has proven successful in other cities, balancing human needs and mitigating loitering," her statement continued. MAMDANI LAUNCHES FAST-TRACK HOUSING-COURT PUSH, SAYS LANDLORDS UNABLE TO COMPLY ‘SHOULD NOT BE A LANDLORD’ Former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the unusual feature should be weighed against New York City's longstanding shortage of public bathrooms and the high cost of building traditional facilities. "Anyone who’s walked the streets of New York knows the lack of basic public facilities is a real quality-of-life problem," he said. "Cities have managed to spend extraordinary sums building individual public toilets, so if this modular pilot can actually get clean, safe bathrooms on the street for a fraction of that, it’s a victory for municipal common sense." "After all, I’d much rather see the mayor doing the gritty, unglamorous work of solving an actual New York City problem than spending his time grandstanding about Middle East policy," he continued. AOC SLAMS ‘OPPRESSED’ TRUMP STATES WHILE TOUTING NYC SERVICES DESPITE $5B DEFICIT AND TRANSIT CRIME SPIKE The one-year pilot will place the ADA-accessible units at high-traffic locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. According to the Mayor's Office, they will be free, operate daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and can be opened through text message, QR code, the Throne app or physical tap cards distributed through community partners. Mamdani said the modular approach allows the city to avoid some of the infrastructure expenses associated with permanent bathrooms because the units do not require direct connections to water, sewer or power systems. During the press conference, he compared the price of the entire pilot with the historical cost of a single city restroom. "Seventeen costs about what one public restroom has historically cost in New York City. And that is part of why we have not built that many, because we've seen the cost of these restrooms just escalate year after year," Mamdani said. The 10-minute limit is designed partly to deter loitering and extended occupation. Throne Labs says users receive reminders at five and eight minutes, flashing lights and a more urgent message at 10 minutes, and the door opens at 10 minutes and 30 seconds. The company said 81% of users across its network finish within five minutes and more than 95% at one downtown Los Angeles location finish within 10 minutes. NIGHTTIME BATHROOM TRIPS COULD REVEAL HIDDEN HEALTH ISSUES — HERE'S WHEN TO WORRY The same technology is already being used in California. Caltrain's current restroom pilot uses Throne units at Redwood City, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto stations and tells riders that after the 10-minute limit, "a visual and auditory warning will sound before the doors are opened." Long Beach also launched four Throne units in 2025 and subsequently extended its partnership after the initial pilot. The city's original announcement said the units contain 21 sensors that monitor cleanliness, usage and potential misuse while maintaining user privacy. The city's subsequent pilot feedback also showed at least one user raising concerns about the time restriction. In Long Beach's published community survey responses, one respondent said the city should increase the limit after nearly being caught inside when time expired. "Please make it more than ten minutes. I was almost embarrassed in front of strangers still using the restroom," the respondent said. Mamdani said New York City has roughly one public toilet for every 8,500 residents and characterized the 17 units as a first step toward a larger network. When asked about the restriction Wednesday, he offered a more succinct warning to New Yorkers accustomed to lingering in the bathroom. "This is not a place to scroll on your phone. I know that many people do that. This isn't one of them," Mamdani said. Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac5e3b75342cf4db871d05 Bill Belichick would like you to know that his 25-year-old girlfriend isn't running things at UNC te 2026-09-17T21:40:11.462Z Bill Belichick would like you to know that his 25-year-old girlfriend isn't running things at UNC You may be under the impression that Bill Belichick has a lot more pressing matters than addressing the role his 25-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson has as it relates to his head coaching job at the University of North Carolina. You know, with that whole investigation into the Tar Heels football program. But in a Wall Street Journal interview published Wednesday, the 74-year-old head coach did just that. A legendary head coach of his age can't start dating a much younger woman without some eyebrows being raised and some assumptions being made. Like the assumptions being made shortly after he was hired at UNC. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Belichick calls those ridiculous. He said, "The way the story was picked up was a long way from that. Like, 'She's trying to be the general manager of the team,' and it's so ridiculous." She was simply doing her part in coordinating his schedule and that had nothing to do with anything going on at North Carolina. Can't a man have his girlfriend help out with his schedule? He was a busy man when he took the job. "When I took the job here, it was December, and at that time I was doing five TV shows, the radio show, I had a book coming out. I had a lot of other things going on when I took the job," Belichick said. An email that Belichick sent about having his requests for personal appearances forwarded to Jordon had nothing to do with the university. So she's copied on a few emails. BILL BELICHICK'S SON RESIGNS AS NORTH CAROLINA'S DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AS INVESTIGATION INTO CULTURE CLOSES "Well, that was leaked as released as 'Jordon's involved in every single thing that I do, and she's copied on every email,'" the Tar Heels head coach said. "That's just a flat-out lie." Belichick brushed off the public records requests Jordon made for any communications between reporters and university employees involving conversations about them as a request for "things that had already been sent." Jordon is not the GM. She's not handling everything for him day to day. She's copied on a few emails and helping out with scheduling unrelated to UNC. Furthermore, she's been lying low recently. So low that she didn't even make her debut this season until last weekend when the Tar Heels improved to 2-0 on the season with a 35-3 victory over East Tennessee State. It almost sounds like—to this hopeless romantic, anyway—people aren’t going to stop until these two call it quits. They don't want to see these two come together and find happiness. That's a shame. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac5e3a75342cf4db871cee Trump yanks ICE director nomination before Senate confirmation hearing te 2026-09-17T21:40:10.053Z Trump yanks ICE director nomination before Senate confirmation hearing Federal immigration officers were at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026 to help with airport security as a partial governemnt shutdown continued. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) WASHINGTON — The White House Thursday withdrew the nomination of Richard “Lance” Schroyer to lead the agency the president tasked with carrying out his mass deportation campaign, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, had yet to have his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  The chair of the committee, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, had no objections to Schroyer’s nomination, his office said in an email to States Newsroom.  Richard “Lance” Schroyer (Photo courtesy Department of Homeland Security) The White House did not immediately respond to States Newsroom’s request for comment. The withdrawal was announced in a brief statement on the White House website along with those of several other nominees. The Trump administration nominated Schroyer on June 27. He worked to establish Oklahoma’s law enforcement partnership with the federal government to assist with immigration enforcement in the 287g program, and is a close ally of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who previously served as Oklahoma’s U.S. senator.  Schroyer also worked in law enforcement for nearly 30 years. The current acting director of ICE is David Venturella, a longtime federal immigration official and former vice president of the private prison company GEO that rakes in billions through federal contracts by detaining immigrants at its facilities across the country.  He took over in May after former acting ICE director Todd Lyons stepped down, following the shooting of two U.S. citizens by immigration officials in Minneapolis earlier this year. The White House has not announced a replacement for Schroyer. The last time the Senate confirmed someone to lead ICE was 11 years ago. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac5e3575342cf4db871cdc Two Lake Havasu City council candidates face off in first forum of runoff election te 2026-09-17T21:40:05.735Z Two Lake Havasu City council candidates face off in first forum of runoff election Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac5bdf75342cf4db871c75 Bijan Robinson believes Texas' comeback over Ohio State can change entire season trajectory te 2026-09-17T21:30:07.989Z Bijan Robinson believes Texas' comeback over Ohio State can change entire season trajectory The Texas Longhorns vaulted up the AP poll this week following a thrilling second-half comeback against then-No. 1 Ohio State—a game that still has Atlanta Falcons star Bijan Robinson smiling ear to ear. Robinson starred for the Longhorns before being taken by the Falcons in the first round of the NFL Draft, and though he was anxiously waiting for his own start to the NFL regular season, he was tapped in this past Saturday night to see how his alma mater would fare at home in Austin, Texas against the Buckeyes. It didn’t start at all the way Robinson and Longhorns fans wished, but he noticed something in former head coach Steve Sarkisian that gave him hope the second half would be one to remember. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "I knew when Sark ran off because the interview was taking too long or whatever, I knew exactly where his mind went," Robinson told OutKick, while also highlighting his partnership with Sonic. "He had to get back [to the locker room]. He doesn’t have that much time, so he has to get back there as fast as possible, and he’s already game planning in his head for the second half. "So, I knew something was going to change in that second half." Whatever changes Sarkisian made worked, and it was quarterback Arch Manning and the Longhorns’ offense going to work as the defense shut down Ohio State star receiver Jeremiah Smith and allowed their teammates to get the ball back. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! In the end, Texas scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, including the decisive touchdown and extra point to win, 24-23, in a game that Robinson believes could be season-altering. "That can change everything," he said. "That can change the whole trajectory of the season. That one half can change everything, and I think just confidence wise, it’s a confidence booster doing that against the number one team in the country. Just knowing we can be in any game, and we can do it against the best team, that’s elite confidence. "But I think now it’s us understanding every team is trying to come to win, come to beat us and we can’t lose that edge. If we lose the edge, somebody’s going to try to come in and beat us. So, I think it’s a really great start, but we have a long season." As Robinson said, with the No. 1 team title now, the target is certainly on the backs of the Longhorns moving forward. But as the saying goes, "Pressure is a privilege," and that’s the mindset he thinks his former college squad will have throughout the season as they hope to get back to the College Football Playoff and make a run to the national championship. "Everybody was texting me after the game. It’s cool to be a part of Texas and the football team," Robinson added. "People text me like I’m on the team. I am a part of the team, but I just give all those guys credit on the field. They played their butts off, man." With football season officially back, Robinson highlighted his favorite food pairing if he were the one sitting down to watch the Falcons and the rest of the NFL slate on Sundays. Robinson preached how great the Sonic $7 Big Deal Meal was, as it includes a cheeseburger, medium drink, choice of medium tots or fries, and a vanilla sundae. And after getting the Big Deal Meal, he’ll be sure to throw in a strawberry limeade and a chili dog if he’s feeling extra hungry. But overall, Robinson loves how great and affordable this special deal is for everyone, especially those families looking for something good to pair with their football each week. "I feel like it gives everybody an opportunity to get a meal together as a family and they don’t gotta worry about it costing too much, or stuff like that," he said. "They know they can go right to Sonic, order the $7 Big Deal Meal and enjoy it. They can have a full meal and it’s not just a hamburger or a drink or something like that. They can enjoy something together as a family. "It’s been great to hear the feedback, and all my friends literally went the day they saw it." Robinson and Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield were featured in the "My Greatest 7" campaign, which will be seen throughout the football season. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac598875342cf4db871c08 Starbucks resolves Florida DEI lawsuit with blockbuster nationwide agreement te 2026-09-17T21:20:08.725Z Starbucks resolves Florida DEI lawsuit with blockbuster nationwide agreement EXCLUSIVE — Starbucks will pay Florida $1 million and will not use race-and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in employment practices companywide under a sweeping settlement ending the state's civil rights lawsuit against the coffee giant. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agreement applies to all Starbucks operations nationwide, not just the company's locations in Florida. "Every Floridian deserves to be hired, promoted and compensated based on merit, qualifications and character — not race or sex," Uthmeier told Fox News Digital. "This resolution ensures that Starbucks’ policies and practices fully comply with Florida’s civil rights laws. DEI can never be an excuse to violate civil rights." The negotiated resolution ends the lawsuit Uthmeier filed in December 2025 accusing Starbucks of violating the Florida Civil Rights Act through racial and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in its workplace policies. GOP FRESHMAN FIREBRAND TARGETS GLOBAL CONSULTING GIANT OVER 'PLAINLY ILLEGAL' DEI PRACTICES Under the agreement, Starbucks committed to complying with the state civil rights law, which prohibits race and sex-based preferences in hiring, promotions, pay, executive compensation, mentorship programs, supplier selection and board composition. The company also agreed it will not participate in organizations that require it to increase the racial diversity of its board of directors. GEORGIA DISTRICT QUIETLY TRAINED TEACHERS TO BLAME 'WHITENESS,' 'DECOLONIZE' UNDER FEDERAL CRACKDOWN: REPORT Starbucks' chief legal officer will be required to submit annual certifications of the company's continued compliance for four years. The company will also pay $1 million to the Florida Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse the office for the time, expenses and costs of bringing the case. "We’re pleased to have resolved this matter without admission of wrongdoing and appreciate the constructive engagement of the Attorney General’s Office throughout this process," Pilar Ramos, executive vice president and chief legal officer of Starbucks said.  "We will continue to focus on offering great jobs and career opportunities to our partners who wear the green apron, while making a positive impact on the communities we serve in Florida and around the world." The agreement includes no admission of liability or wrongdoing by Starbucks. SEATTLE MAYOR’S STARBUCKS BOYCOTT CALL SLAMMED BY LOCAL RADIO HOST AS COFFEE GIANT ADDS NASHVILLE-BASED ROLES The settlement follows Uthmeier's lawsuit, which alleged Starbucks had turned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives into a system that discriminated based on race. The December complaint pointed to goals Starbucks announced in 2020 to have people of color fill 40% of retail and manufacturing jobs and 30% of corporate positions by 2025. ‘SEATTLE CAN’T SURVIVE THIS’: CRITICS HAMMER SOCIALIST MAYOR AFTER STARBUCKS REVERSAL It also alleged the company paid certain employees more than workers of other races with the same experience and skills and, before March 2024, tied executive bonuses to diversity goals. For fiscal year 2024, the lawsuit alleged that bonus criteria included executives mentoring Black, Indigenous and other employees of color, holding monthly meetings with mentees and keeping retention among those workers above a stated threshold. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCUSES PRESTIGIOUS LAW SCHOOL OF FAVORING BLACK APPLICANTS OVER WHITE, ASIAN PEERS The complaint further alleged that Florida Starbucks employees and job applicants contacted the attorney general's office and reported feeling excluded or humiliated because they were White. Uthmeier accused the company of "systemic discrimination" against workers it considered "non-diverse." "Starbucks made DEI more than a slogan," Uthmeier said when the lawsuit was announced. "They turned it into a mandatory hiring and promotion system based on race." FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HIT WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OVER RACE, SEX-BASED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS He said at the time that race-based hiring goals and executive bonuses tied to meeting them amounted to discrimination prohibited under Florida law. The state initially sought $10,000 in damages for each alleged instance of racial discrimination against a Florida resident, an amount Uthmeier's office said could have reached tens of millions of dollars or more. Starbucks operates more than 900 stores in Florida, according to the complaint. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES STRIPPING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM SCHOOLS USING RACE-BASED PROGRAMS The effort began in 2024 under then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, now a Republican U.S. senator, after she called for an investigation into the company's hiring practices. Florida was not the only state to challenge Starbucks' DEI policies. Then-Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a separate federal lawsuit in February 2025 alleging the company used race and sex-based hiring quotas and unlawfully tied executive pay to diversity targets. OAKLAND SCHOOLS IN HOT SEAT OVER 'STUDENTS OF COLOR' PROGRAM WHILE TAKING MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING A federal judge dismissed that case in February 2026, finding that Missouri had not identified a resident who was actually harmed by the policies. The state appealed the ruling. Starbucks previously disputed Florida's allegations, telling Fox News Digital after the lawsuit was filed that its programs and benefits were open to everyone and lawful. "Our hiring practices are inclusive, fair and competitive and designed to ensure the strongest candidate for every job, every time," a company spokesperson said at the time. Fox News Digital's Rachel del Guidice and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac598775342cf4db871bf7 Craig Counsell romanticizes Pete Crow-Armstrong's monster night against Braves on cusp of MVP honors te 2026-09-17T21:20:07.735Z Craig Counsell romanticizes Pete Crow-Armstrong's monster night against Braves on cusp of MVP honors It may have taken until game 153 of the season, but the aura and abilities of Pete Crow-Armstrong finally got to Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell. The 24-year-old superstar has arguably been the most exciting player in Major League Baseball this season, having put together what feels like countless memorable performances, showing off his power at the plate, speed around the bases, and ability to cover a freakish amount of space roaming center field. During the Cubs' 8-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night, PCA registered his seventh multi-home-run game of the season, with three of the seven taking place over the last three weeks alone. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Something about Wednesday's two-home-run night, however, struck something within Counsell, so much so that he shared details about his emotions after his team's win over the Braves. "When he hit the second homer, Alex Bregman was standing next to me," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, according to MLB.com. "I said, ‘Alex, we don’t get to see things like this.’ You spend your whole life in baseball, and you just don’t see this happen on a baseball field. You’re grateful to be a part of it." Crow-Armstrong's first home run of the contest came in the bottom of the third inning, and while it sent Wrigley Field into a frenzy, his second long ball of the night did, as Counsell alluded to, have a different feel about it. CUBS STAR PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG APPRECIATES THE WILD CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT BABE RUTH NEVER EXISTED As PCA stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, the hometown crowd decided to shower him with "MVP" chants. Facing an 0-1 count, he got the low, slightly below-the-zone pitch he's enjoyed hitting all season, and responded to the chants with a home run to right-center field. "You’re grateful to see things like this," Counsell said. "And you’re grateful that the fans get to see a season like this, because they're going to talk about it. They're going to tell their kids about it. They're going to tell their grandkids about seasons like this." As the Cubs' manager, Counsell is always going to praise his players after special performances, but for him to go down the semi-emotional path and explain that people will talk a bout Crow-Armstrong's season to their grandchildren is taking things to a level not often seen, especially when it comes to regular season baseball. Crow-Armstrong's two homers give him 44 on the year, which officially moves him past Cubs legend and Hall of Famer Billy Williams for the most by a left-handed hitter in team history. PCA also connected for a triple during Chicago's win on Wednesday, giving him 81 extra-base hits on the year, another franchise single-season record. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER In a mind-blowing statistic shared by MLB's Sarah Langs, Crow-Armstrong's 10 total base game against the Braves marked the 10th time in his career he's accomplished the feat, which is three more such games than any other player before turning 25 years old, dating back to at least 1900. If, for whatever reason, a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America was still on the fence about giving the nod for National League MVP to Crow-Armstrong this season, Wednesday night's show may have persuaded them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac598675342cf4db871bee High stakes, social media barbs remind college football fans that Auburn and Florida share history of hatred te 2026-09-17T21:20:06.678Z High stakes, social media barbs remind college football fans that Auburn and Florida share history of hatred The center of the college football universe this coming weekend will undoubtedly be in Oxford, Mississippi, and it's easy to see why. Ole Miss and LSU are both top-ten teams with College Football Playoff and national title aspirations, but there's also the added bonus of former Rebels coach Lane Kiffin making his return to Vaught Hemingway Stadium for the first time as the new head coach of the Tigers. With all that in mind, there is a different game set to kick off around the same time in a different part of the SEC that will feature both extremely entertaining football and two fanbases with a ton at stake as well as plenty of hatred to go around. OLE MISS AND LSU WILL DELIVER CINEMA, BUT THE NEXT WEEK FOR EACH TEAM COULD BE THEIR MOST PIVOTAL TESTS In case you didn't know, Auburn and Florida are old rivals. I'm talking very old rivals. Before their annual matchups and bitter back-and-forth contests with LSU and Tennessee, the Gators considered the Tigers one of their biggest rivals, and the feeling was mutual on the other side. These two programs have met 84 times dating all the way back to 1912, and from 1945 until 2002, they played each other every year. Auburn holds the all-time series lead at 43-39-2, but the Gators have dominated the rivalry since 1990 when Steve Spurrier arrived in Gainesville, boasting a 12-6 record in that timeframe. That's not to say the Tigers haven't ruined plenty of Florida's best seasons in that stretch, and as a Gator fan coming of age during those years, I can speak to several personal experiences. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! I was a bit too young to remember 1994, when the Tigers marched into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium as 17.5-point underdogs and handed the top-ranked Gators their first and only regular season loss that year. I do, however, remember the 2006 Auburn team pouncing all over the second-ranked Gators to give that team their only loss en route to a national championship. The very next year, a reeling 2-2 Auburn squad upset top-five Florida in The Swamp, giving then-head coach Urban Meyer his first home loss as a Gator. That might explain part of why the rhetoric around this renewed rivalry is so toxic on social media this week, but it doesn't tell the whole story. History is only half of the equation here, as both the Tigers and Gators are breaking in new coaches who just as easily could have been on opposite sidelines. Saturday night will be the first SEC game for both Auburn head coach Alex Golesh and Florida head coach Jon Sumrall, so this contest will be a huge early test for two programs desperate to get off on the right foot in conference play. COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S CHAOS ERA IS HERE: TEXAS RALLIES, OREGON FALLS AND LANE KIFFIN EYES RETURN TO OLE MISS While the winner won't necessarily be out of the woods when it comes to proving they are ahead of schedule in year one, the loser will almost certainly be faced with some tough questions after failing to beat a team that is in a similar boat from a timeline perspective. There's also the added animosity Tigers fans likely feel towards Sumrall, who, by all accounts, was Auburn's top choice in their search for a new coach last November before he pivoted to the Gators. It's highly likely that both programs ended up with the best coach for them moving forward - I personally think Golesh will be great at Auburn and I'm obviously super high on Sumrall so far at Florida - but on Saturday night, Tiger fans will be eager to prove that the man who spurned them for a different shade of orange and blue made the wrong choice. Losing this game is going to suck for whichever coach, program, and fanbase fails to come out on top, and that's why it's so intriguing despite the fact neither team is ranked in the top-25. There are plenty of football-related aspects that make this matchup a must-watch, too, though. The chess match between Florida's offensive coordinator extraordinaire, Buster Faulkner, and Auburn's defensive coordinator DJ Durkin, who many consider one of the best in the conference, as well as the prospect of Gator running back Jadan Baugh going against the Tigers' stellar linebacker duo of Elijah Melendez and Xavier Atkins, will have football fans salivating. When you combine the off-field narratives with the on-field action, Auburn and Florida should provide one of the most entertaining matchups of the early season. Just pray for the losing fanbase, because social media won't be a happy place for them on Sunday morning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac54d675342cf4db871ae1 Yosemite Wildfire Grows to Nearly 1,200 Acres te 2026-09-17T21:00:06.361Z Yosemite Wildfire Grows to Nearly 1,200 Acres The blaze has forced trail closures and hurt air quality in sections of the national park. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac528375342cf4db8719a9 Dan Le Batard falsely claims that ESPN only hires and pays white people | Bobby Burack te 2026-09-17T20:50:11.776Z Dan Le Batard falsely claims that ESPN only hires and pays white people | Bobby Burack Liberal sports host Dan Le Batard is complaining about white people again. This time, he is expressing his frustration with ESPN paying certain white people more money than he'd like. "Since George Floyd, the company of ESPN and the country of the United States were promising some sort of change over the last five years. But what has happened with the NFL Network and ESPN ... having put a whole bunch of white people in charge of how to select the next evolution of ESPN, this is what happened. I want to ask you guys if anyone is noticing this. Have you noticed that the people at ESPN who are getting the chances and big money ... are Joe Buck, Pat McAfee, Josh Pate, Rich Eisen, the Golics, Jason Kelce, Peter Schrager and the Mannings? "As the money flows in to fund [ESPN], that is now sitting out the political discussion that it's a whole lot of white people hiring a whole lot of white people and giving the money to a whole lot of white people ... it's only those people getting that money. Has anyone noticed that?" DAN LE BATARD CLAIMS ESPN IS RUN BY MCAFEE AND 'WHITE PEOPLE' AFTER LAYOFFS, SLANDERS OUTKICK IN UNHINGED RANT To answer his question, no. Most people have not noticed that. For one, normal people don't count the number of white and black people on television. They don't care. More importantly, however, people haven't noticed what Le Batard is describing because his premise is false. Consider the names Le Batard cites. He lists Joe Buck and Pat McAfee among ESPN's highest-paid talents. They are. But between them is Stephen A. Smith, who is black. Last year, Smith signed a five-year, $100 million contract extension with the company. Because McAfee signed a licensing deal, Smith is ESPN's highest-paid full-time employee. ESPN did bring back Mike Golic and Mike Golic Jr. this year, as Le Batard mentions. But their inclusion in his argument is questionable because they returned on relatively minor deals to host a radio-only program. If Le Batard is going to mention them, he should also acknowledge that ESPN brought back Stan Verrett, a black commentator with a long history of toxic, embarrassing social media posts. The Mannings are also on a licensing deal, as are Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, who host "Inside the NBA" during the NBA Finals. The point isn't that ESPN has failed to pay star white talent—it has. The point is that Le Batard has selectively cherry-picked those deals to construct an argument about racial bias that doesn't withstand even modest scrutiny. In fact, there might not be another media network in the country, other than BET, that has prioritized excluding white people from its hiring practices as much as ESPN has over the past decade. The "change" Le Batard describes is that ESPN no longer entirely excludes white men from the hiring and promotion process, as it once did. After George Floyd died in 2020, talent agents recognized that ESPN would not promote any white male, regardless of his qualifications or fit for the role. The company gave nearly every new promotion to a black employee. Look at the commentators ESPN promoted during that period: Malika Andrews, Monica McNutt, Elle Duncan, Clinton Yates, Andraya Carter, Chiney Ogwumike, Ryan Clark, Marcus Spears, David Dennis Jr. and Christine Williamson. ESPN has since recognized that this overtly racist approach was not sustainable, particularly because most of its audience is white men. For the most part, the network now elevates and pays those whom management believes deserve it, regardless of their skin color. ESPN's most prominently promoted talent over the past year includes McAfee, Stephen A., Schrager, Jason McCourty, Josh Pate, Mina Kimes and Malika Andrews. There are some hits there, and some misses. However, because that group is about 50% white, Dan Le Batard has an issue — or pretends to. We don't find Le Batard's outrage genuine. If he were truly concerned about a media network hiring too many white people, he would run his own media company far differently. From what we can tell, Le Batard's Meadowlark Media has just one full-time black employee: a producer named Roy Bellamy. Everyone else at his company, which may have up to 40 total employees, is white, and mostly male. Why the hypocrisy? OutKick asked Le Batard that question on Thursday via text message: "Hi, Dan. I have two questions: By the way, happy to re-schedule that interview your rep scheduled with me any time." Le Batard did not respond as of publication. We will update this story if he does. But don't plan on a response. Le Batard tends to go silent when he exhibits hypocrisy, which happens with some frequency. Most notably, he has repeatedly declared zero tolerance for violence against women, despite once employing Howard Bryant, who was arrested for allegedly choking his wife in public. Le Batard was also the first host to interview Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, after a Daily Mail report cited an alleged incident in which he slapped his ex-girlfriend. Despite the news and interest surrounding the scandal, Le Batard never asked Emhoff about the allegation. And yet, he criticizes other outlets for failing to ask subjects about allegations involving violence against women. At this point, you have to wonder why Le Batard is like this. How can he so calmly and falsely accuse others of doing exactly what he does? Is there something seriously wrong with him? Is he trying to overcompensate for his early, wild bachelor days? Is he still bitter that ESPN chose Pat McAfee over him? Is he simply a fraud? Unfortunately, despite his own publicist reaching out to set up an interview a few years ago, he ultimately declined to speak with OutKick. He has, however, mentioned both the site and me several times on his show. He has previously accused me of "wearing the [KKK] hood" and "trying to hold women in media back." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! We found this accusation strange, as I am not the one who owns and operates a media company of nearly all white men and a man arrested for domestic violence. Put simply, Dan Le Batard is a liar. He should not be taken seriously. That said, it will be interesting to see whether ESPN executives Burke Magnus and Mike McQuade fall for Le Batard's challenge — and that's what this was — and reprioritize DEI. Given their history, we wouldn't doubt it. Finally, you have to find amusement in Le Batard caterwauling over ESPN paying too much money for Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Pat McAfee — perhaps the three most valuable people in the industry. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac528275342cf4db87199d YENDI PARKER: After Years Of Complaints, Yuma’s Biosolids Fight Finally Brings State Action te 2026-09-17T20:50:10.668Z YENDI PARKER: After Years Of Complaints, Yuma’s Biosolids Fight Finally Brings State Action By Yendi Parker | For residents of Yuma County, concerns over biosolids are nothing new. For years, residents, growers, businesses, and local officials have raised concerns about odors, flies, dust, debris, and the sheer volume of treated sewage sludge being brought into southern Yuma County and applied to agricultural land. And for years, Yuma kept asking for action. On September 10, the Arizona State Land Department finally acted, finding AgTech LLC in default on one State Trust Land lease and declining to renew four others after determining that continued leasing was not in the best interest of the State Land Trust. According to the state, AgTech applied more than 68,000 dry metric tons of treated sewage sludge in 2025 alone, with more than 97 percent originating from California utilities. But Yuma’s fight over biosolids did not begin in 2026. Yuma County’s own timeline shows the Board of Supervisors formally discussing nuisance and public health concerns surrounding biosolids as far back as 2016. In 2020, the Board formally opposed a proposed 6,000-acre biosolids site. Then, in 2025, the Board formally asked the Arizona State Land Department to terminate AgTech’s lease in response to continuing complaints about odors, flies, dust, and debris. The County could not terminate the lease itself. That authority belonged to the state. Still, another year passed. The issue has since received considerably more attention from statewide officials, with the recent action publicly highlighted by both the Governor’s Office and Attorney General’s Office. Then, on September 10, 2026, after years of local complaints and more than a year after Yuma County formally requested termination of the lease, the State Land Department acted. The decision came less than two months before Arizona’s general election. For local grower Tyler Woodman, however, the story goes back much further. “I have been ‘dealing with it’ for about 20 years,” Woodman said. Woodman farms roughly a mile north of some of the sites and described years of smelling trucks and odors when the wind shifted, watching the number of trucks traveling through the area and hearing concerns from agricultural workers and neighbors about flies. Eventually, he said, frustration turned into action. “Seeing that every route that everyone has ever taken never seemed to bear fruit for whatever reason, I just simply had enough,” Woodman said. Woodman began filing public records requests with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Arizona State Land Department and digging through inspection reports and other records himself. “After that, I did FOIAs for ADEQ and ASLD, and the stuff I was reading in their inspection reports troubled me deeply,” Woodman said. “So, I just kept digging.” His questions increasingly centered on the amount of biosolids being applied, the acreage being used, and whether existing oversight was sufficient. Woodman said one of the things that troubled him most was the feeling that responsibility for oversight was fragmented among agencies. “Overall, I just kinda got this weird feeling that no one was really in charge and ADEQ didn’t really have the tools they needed to enforce things even if they wanted to,” he said. The recent State Land Department decision does not settle every question surrounding biosolids in Yuma. Residents continue to call for additional environmental testing, while AgTech disputes the state’s conclusions and has said it intends to appeal the lease decision. The company maintains that it has been a responsible steward of the land and has challenged the process used by the state. Woodman himself is also now facing a defamation lawsuit filed by AgTech over statements he made while speaking publicly about the company’s operations. But perhaps his explanation for continuing to dig best captures why the issue has resonated with so many people in Yuma. “It’s a double-edged sword,” Woodman said. “You don’t want to be wrong about what you think is going on, but you also don’t want to find out you’re living next to a superfund site.” Whatever comes next, one part of the history is already clear: Yuma did not suddenly discover this issue in 2026. Residents had been complaining. Growers had been asking questions. County officials had been pressing state agencies for action. The Board of Supervisors had formally requested termination of the lease. For years, Yuma kept making noise. This September, the state finally listened. Yendi Parker is an English teacher at Yuma Catholic High School. She also serves as the Western Arizona Chapter Manager for Our America and 3rd Vice President for the Arizona State Federation of Republican Women. The post YENDI PARKER: After Years Of Complaints, Yuma’s Biosolids Fight Finally Brings State Action first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac527d75342cf4db871986 Fay R. Ward te 2026-09-17T20:50:05.489Z Fay R. Ward Fay R. Ward, daughter of Henry Riley and Gertrude Williams Riley, was born June 5, 1949, in New Orleans, La., and passed away Sept. 14, 2026. She accepted Christ at an early age and later rededicated her life.       Fay married Oliser Ward Jr. on May 20, 1974, and together they raised three children: Sandra Lewis, Kesha Carter and Oliser Ward III. She retired from Arizona Public Service. Fay leaves to cherish her memory her loving husband, children, sister, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, extended family and dear friends.       A Celebration of Life will be held in her honor at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the First Baptist Church in Holbrook. There will be a viewing the night prior from 4-6 p.m. at Owens Livingston Mortuary Holbrook Chapel. The post Fay R. Ward first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac502c75342cf4db871926 Barstool chief Dave Portnoy blasts Macklemore's shady past, strongly supports Patriots owner Robert Kraft te 2026-09-17T20:40:12.912Z Barstool chief Dave Portnoy blasts Macklemore's shady past, strongly supports Patriots owner Robert Kraft Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy firmly backed Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s decision to ban Macklemore from Gillette Stadium, telling the rapper to take his political activism somewhere else. Kraft’s decision helped get Macklemore kicked off Ed Sheeran’s U.S. "Loop Tour" after the Patriots owner cited the rapper’s history of antisemitic controversies. "I back Robert Kraft banning Macklemore from performing at Gillette 1000% and thank him for having a spine when many others in his shoes don't," Portnoy said in a video posted to X. MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE "Macklemore, who is turning this into a political rally, you're going to come into Bob Kraft's house and spit in his face? No f------ way!" Portnoy said. "That's not censorship. This ain't freedom of speech, homie. He owns the stadium! It's his house." He added: "Would you have a party and invite someone over who is going to spew what you consider hatred? If I go to the Ed Sheeran concert, I don't want to hear a ‘Free Palestine’ rant from a guy who isn't being genuine about it all. I didn't pay to hear Macklemore give me a political speech, I paid to hear Ed Sheeran sing." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Portnoy spotlighted Macklemore’s antisemitic past. "Bob Kraft, I am sure, did what I did when I saw this, he researched Macklemore," Portnoy said. "It didn't take long to learn that Macklemore has a pretty shady past. He already, at a prior concert, dressed in wildly antisemitic tropes." Portnoy was referring to a 2014 Seattle performance in which Macklemore wore a dark suit, fake beard and prosthetic nose, drawing criticism for invoking antisemitic Jewish caricatures. Macklemore later apologized. During Sheeran’s Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, Macklemore led anti-Israel chants, projected Gaza war imagery and performed "Hind’s Hall." Several venues reportedly told the tour promoter they would not host shows if Macklemore remained on the lineup. Kraft refused to host him at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and the promoter ultimately removed him from the remaining dates. Macklemore later accused Kraft of coordinating a stadium boycott against him. He pledged his $1 million in tour earnings to Palestinian aid and challenged Kraft to match the donation. In a statement released through Gillette Stadium, Kraft said Sheeran had contacted him privately before Macklemore’s public challenge. Sheeran asked Kraft to support a $2 million humanitarian donation, and Kraft said he agreed to support relief efforts in the region. Kraft also cited Macklemore’s history of antisemitic tropes and his failure to acknowledge the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people. PINK HITS BACK AMID BACKLASH FOR CRITICIZING MACKLEMORE'S PRO-PALESTINIAN CONCERT REMARKS After Macklemore was dropped, opening acts including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga pulled out of the remaining tour dates in protest. Portnoy slammed the musicians who abandoned Sheeran’s tour, accusing them of hypocrisy and putting political posturing ahead of their commitment to fans. "I feel bad for Ed Sheeran; his band quit, saying, ‘This is censorship, Free Palestine!’ That guy, Finneas, the brother of Billie Eilish, f------ hypocrites; they backed out," Portnoy said. Portnoy closed by insisting that defending Kraft required more than a token show of support. "I don't stand with Bob Kraft 5 percent, 10 percent," Portnoy said. "I stand with Bob Kraft 110 percent. More Jews have to speak out. That's why I am making this video, because it's really easy for everyone just to pile on right now, but I have his back a hundred million percent." Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac502b75342cf4db87191d WATCH: Gaffe-prone Seattle socialist mayor cuts off police chief in yet another awkward interview te 2026-09-17T20:40:11.800Z WATCH: Gaffe-prone Seattle socialist mayor cuts off police chief in yet another awkward interview Already known for awkward, gaffe-prone interviews and public appearances, Seattle socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is being mocked again for another uncomfortable on-camera moment. This time, Wilson, a Democrat and self-identified socialist, is being criticized for a strange interview about the city’s gun violence reduction plan alongside Seattle Police Assistant Chief Nicole Powell and Amy Barden, chief of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) Department. At one point during the interview, Wilson interjected after a long pause when Powell was questioned by a reporter about the usefulness of new Flock-type surveillance cameras being installed in the city. KOMO News reporter Chris Daniels had asked Powell whether the new cameras could assist with Seattle’s slate of unsolved cases. The assistant police chief hesitated, looked down and began to speak twice before Wilson interjected. "Cameras are obviously a useful tool, right? We’ve seen in the 'Bite of Seattle' shooting there’s been camera footage from businesses around Seattle center, we have cameras at Seattle center, those cameras have been useful tools in solving crime, there’s no doubt about that," said Wilson. SEATTLE MAYOR GRILLED ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AS RESIDENTS DEMAND ANSWERS Visibly uncomfortable after Wilson interjected, the assistant police chief chuckled, motioned to the mayor and repeatedly looked off camera. The reporter continued pressing them, saying, "What’s going to be the metric of success?" Powell looked to Wilson, whose voice cracked slightly as she answered, "Ultimately, we want to see zero homicides, we want to see fewer homicides, and we want to see fewer guns shot." While Wilson spoke, Powell nodded along and looked to the side off camera again. The reporter persisted, asking, "Would either of you like to answer that question?" as he motioned to Powell and Barden. Barden jumped in quickly, steering the conversation away from flock cameras. "From my side, in addition to shots fired and homicides, you want to look at referrals in the services and whether or not somebody is making meaningful improvement in their life," said Barden. BLUE-CITY POLICE CHIEF DRAWS SCRUTINY AFTER REFERRING TO KNOWN GUN VIOLENCE SUSPECTS AS ‘TRIGGER PULLERS’ After Barden finished speaking, the reporter turned the floor over to the assistant police chief who laughed and finally answered, "Just to piggyback, taking a holistic approach this strategy works." "It is proven in other cities like this, and it takes all of us," Powell added, as she looked back at Wilson and Barden. This comes as debate continues over the expansion of surveillance cameras in Seattle and other cities across the country. During her campaign last year, Wilson argued against expanding surveillance cameras in the city but has taken a different tone since becoming mayor. Last September, Wilson remarked that "turning on more cameras won’t magically make our neighborhoods safer. But it will certainly make our neighbors more vulnerable," reported The Urbanist. However, after becoming mayor, Wilson announced that she would pause expansion of Seattle’s surveillance-camera system pending a privacy and data-governance audit, while allowing the existing cameras to remain in operation. She said the city would use the audit’s findings to determine whether and how to proceed with further expansion. During the KOMO News interview this week, Wilson was pressed on when she will set a date for a decision. She answered, "I’m going to sound like a broken record on this but we’ve been conducting this audit of our data security and storage and privacy practices, we’re expecting the results of that audit around the end of this month and so, at the end of this month, we’ll be making that information public and then I’ll be making a decision about that expansion." SEATTLE MAYOR ADMITS BREAKING STARBUCKS BOYCOTT AFTER URGING RESIDENTS TO SHUN COFFEE GIANT The awkward on-camera moment was quickly called out by many online. Popular conservative account "End Wokeness" called it an "incredible moment." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "Seattle Assistant Police Chief Nicole Powell gets asked if turning back on Seattle CCTV cameras would help[,] she looks nervously at Mayor KatieWilson (who turned off the CCTV) Look at the face she gives the camera," the account wrote. Some voiced their frustration, such as political advocacy group Future 42, which posted, "Daniels asks the SPD Chief sitting beside the mayor if the crime cameras ‘could be a tool to help in any of these unsolved cases.’ The Chief's facial expression and silence say it all, which is then followed by Katie Wilson interjecting that cameras are in fact a ‘useful tool’, even though she personally made the decision to turn them off," the group wrote, adding, "What else can we say, except Katie Wilson still has no idea what she is doing as Mayor of Seattle?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac502575342cf4db8718cb OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior te 2026-09-17T20:40:05.270Z OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable AI models learn to hide it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac502375342cf4db8718c2 The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI te 2026-09-17T20:40:03.117Z The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI Y Combinator has funded 106 companies related to AI observability in recent years Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4dd175342cf4db87189c Ed Sheeran faces growing backlash as radio station bans songs, protest groups respond to Macklemore's removal te 2026-09-17T20:30:09.718Z Ed Sheeran faces growing backlash as radio station bans songs, protest groups respond to Macklemore's removal Ed Sheeran continues to deal with the backlash surrounding Macklemore's removal from the singer’s U.S. tour. An Irish radio station announced on Thursday that, in response to the controversy and the feedback from its listeners, it would no longer be play music released by the 35-year-old "Shape of You" singer for the "foreseeable future." Dave Kelly, group programme director at Bay Broadcasting, which runs Classic Hits Radio, told The Independent that their decision "has been carefully considered," and "is not intended as a personal judgment on Ed Sheeran." "We acknowledge his own explanation of the circumstances surrounding recent events," he said. "As an independent Irish-owned radio station, however, we believe it is important to listen to our audience and to stand alongside Irish artists who have made what is undoubtedly a significant professional decision based on their own convictions." ED SHEERAN SAYS HE TRIED TO ‘BUILD A BRIDGE’ OVER MACKLEMORE TOUR SPOT BEFORE VENUES SAID NO He went on to say that they as a company "believe in peace, humanity and respect" as well as "the right of people and artists to express and act upon their sincerely held views." "In light of the strength of feeling expressed by our listeners and the decisions taken by Irish artists involved in the tour, we believe removing Ed Sheeran’s music from our playlist is the appropriate decision for Classic Hits Radio at this time," he concluded. The controversy began after Macklemore repeatedly called for a "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" during his opening act at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sept. 4 and 5. Advertisement He was then dropped as an opening act on Sheeran's "Loop Tour." The "Thrift Shop" singer alleged that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pressured Sheeran into dropping him from the tour, by telling the singer he would not be allowed to perform at Gillette Stadium and by encouraging other stadium owners to issue a similar ultimatum. Following Macklemore's removal from the tour, four other supporting acts chose to drop out, including Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Lukas Graham, and Finneas. In addition to the radio station's decision to temporarily remove his music from their catalog, the pro-Palestine groups Philly Palestine Coalition and Shut Down D&Z have planned a protest outside of Sheeran's Philadelphia concert. They shared a flyer on Instagram urging people to attend the protest on Sept. 19 outside the Lincoln Financial Field. The flier reads, "Gaza is our compass" and "Billionaires, Zionists & Warmongers out of Philly." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Palestine returns to headlines across the world and we return to the streets to fight for Gaza. Free Palestine is not a tagline for celebrities or a slogan for online statements," they wrote in the caption. "A free Palestine is the work of generations of Palestinian resistance, a free Palestine is the compass for all oppressed people, a free Palestine demands nothing less than total liberation. Free Palestine is a call to direct action. On Saturday, we take to the streets to return the conversation to Palestine, and return Philadelphia to action." They continued, writing that Sheeran removed Macklemore from his tour "in the name of 'neutrality' and being 'apolitical' and due to threats from stadium owners, including Lincoln Financial Field." "There is no neutrality against oppression, only complicity. When the news cycle has moved on, we will still be here. Join us. FREE PALESTINE, FREE LEBANON, FREE CUBA, FREE CONGO, FREE SUDAN." Sheeran addressed the controversy on Instagram, writing: "I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn’t mean I don’t have them, and it doesn’t mean I don’t care." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "After Macklemore’s performances at my New Jersey shows, venues on my upcoming tour dates communicated that they would pull the shows if he was still supporting," Sheeran wrote. "I was informed that this stance was based on how Macklemore conveyed part of his message during his performance, rather than on everything that was said. I spoke with the venues at length all week to try and build a bridge. One of those people was Robert Kraft. I was also involved in direct talks with promoters along with activists on both sides to try and find a mutual resolution for all, but the venue’s and promoter’s decision was final." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE He added that the decision to remove Macklemore from the tour was the promoter's and that "Macklemore’s contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me." "There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics – my audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds," he added. "Those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum. I respect Macklemore’s strength of purpose to stand up and shout for what he believes. However, there is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace. I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open, not closed. If we only focus on shouting the loudest, nothing will ever change. There are different approaches to being an advocate for change." Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Ed Sheeran but did not immediately hear back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7e75342cf4db87182d Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown te 2026-09-17T20:20:14.469Z Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown EXCLUSIVE – Starbucks will pay Florida $1 million and end race- and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in employment practices companywide under a sweeping settlement ending the state's civil rights lawsuit against the coffee giant. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agreement applies to all Starbucks operations nationwide, not only the company's locations in Florida. "Every Floridian deserves to be hired, promoted, and compensated based on merit, qualifications, and character—not race or sex," Uthmeier said to Fox News Digital. "This resolution ensures that Starbucks’ policies and practices fully comply with Florida’s civil rights laws. DEI can never be an excuse to violate civil rights." The negotiated resolution ends the lawsuit Uthmeier filed in December 2025 accusing Starbucks of violating the Florida Civil Rights Act through racial and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in its workplace policies. GOP FRESHMAN FIREBRAND TARGETS GLOBAL CONSULTING GIANT OVER 'PLAINLY ILLEGAL' DEI PRACTICES Under the agreement, Starbucks committed to complying with the state civil rights law, which prohibits race and sex-based preferences in hiring, promotions, pay, executive compensation, mentorship programs, supplier selection and board composition. The company also agreed it will not participate in organizations that require it to increase the racial diversity of its board of directors. GEORGIA DISTRICT QUIETLY TRAINED TEACHERS TO BLAME 'WHITENESS,' 'DECOLONIZE' UNDER FEDERAL CRACKDOWN: REPORT Starbucks' chief legal officer will be required to submit annual certifications of the company's continued compliance for four years. The company will also pay $1 million to the Florida Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse the office for the time, expenses and costs of bringing the case. "We’re pleased to have resolved this matter without admission of wrongdoing and appreciate the constructive engagement of the Attorney General’s Office throughout this process," Pilar Ramos, executive vice president and chief legal officer, Starbucks said. "We will continue to focus on offering great jobs and career opportunities to our partners who wear the green apron, while making a positive impact on the communities we serve in Florida and around the world." SEATTLE MAYOR’S STARBUCKS BOYCOTT CALL SLAMMED BY LOCAL RADIO HOST AS COFFEE GIANT ADDS NASHVILLE-BASED ROLES The settlement follows Uthmeier's lawsuit, which alleged Starbucks had turned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives into a system that discriminated based on race. The December complaint pointed to goals Starbucks announced in 2020 to have people of color fill 40% of retail and manufacturing jobs and 30% of corporate positions by 2025. ‘SEATTLE CAN’T SURVIVE THIS’: CRITICS HAMMER SOCIALIST MAYOR AFTER STARBUCKS REVERSAL It also alleged the company paid certain employees more than workers of other races with the same experience and skills and, before March 2024, tied executive bonuses to diversity goals. For fiscal year 2024, the lawsuit alleged that bonus criteria included executives mentoring Black, Indigenous and other employees of color, holding monthly meetings with mentees and keeping retention among those workers above a stated threshold. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCUSES PRESTIGIOUS LAW SCHOOL OF FAVORING BLACK APPLICANTS OVER WHITE, ASIAN PEERS The complaint further alleged that Florida Starbucks employees and job applicants contacted the attorney general's office and reported feeling excluded or humiliated because they were White. Uthmeier accused the company of "systemic discrimination" against workers it considered "non-diverse." "Starbucks made DEI more than a slogan," Uthmeier said when the lawsuit was announced. "They turned it into a mandatory hiring and promotion system based on race." FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HIT WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OVER RACE, SEX-BASED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS He said at the time that race-based hiring goals and executive bonuses tied to meeting them amounted to discrimination prohibited under Florida law. The state initially sought $10,000 in damages for each alleged instance of racial discrimination against a Florida resident, an amount Uthmeier's office said could have reached tens of millions of dollars or more. Starbucks operates more than 900 stores in Florida, according to the complaint. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES STRIPPING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM SCHOOLS USING RACE-BASED PROGRAMS The effort began in 2024 under then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, now a Republican U.S. senator, after she called for an investigation into the company's hiring practices. Florida was not the only state to challenge Starbucks' DEI policies. Then-Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a separate federal lawsuit in February 2025 alleging that the company used race and sex-based hiring quotas and unlawfully tied executive pay to diversity targets. OAKLAND SCHOOLS IN HOTSEAT OVER 'STUDENTS OF COLOR' PROGRAM WHILE TAKING MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING A federal judge dismissed that case in February 2026, finding that Missouri had not identified a resident who was actually harmed by the policies. The state appealed the ruling. Starbucks previously disputed Florida's allegations, telling Fox News Digital after the lawsuit was filed that its programs and benefits were open to everyone and lawful. "Our hiring practices are inclusive, fair and competitive, and designed to ensure the strongest candidate for every job, every time," a company spokesperson said at the time. Fox News Digital's Rachel del Guidice and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7d75342cf4db871824 'Charlie's Angels' actress claims costar invited her to threesome, a contraband bra for love & no harm no foul te 2026-09-17T20:20:13.240Z 'Charlie's Angels' actress claims costar invited her to threesome, a contraband bra for love & no harm no foul It's a chaotic time out there, what can I say? In last week's True Romance we were all over the map and this week we have more of the same. Around the time I was sending the editors last week's column, the news that Aaron Rodgers had decided to kick his farewell tour off with a podcast appearance diving into his past relationships was starting to surface. He dropped a claim that his engagement to Shailene Woodley fell apart almost immediately after he popped the question. He alleged days after his proposal that she told him, "Before we get married, I gotta go f--- this guy." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Rodgers then put up 221 yards through the air and a touchdown in a Steelers win to start the season. Woodley was then asked about it on Sunday night as she was attending a pre-Emmys fundraiser. She didn’t answer the question, but according to TMZ, "she laughed, flashed a pretty telling smile, and kept it moving." That's a solid way to set the tone this week. We're going to get into the time a "Charlie's Angels" actress claims that her costar invited her to a threesome with the costar and the costar's husband. We're also going to take a look at when it goes wrong. Sometimes that happens, and you find yourself stuffing your bra with contraband due to your romantic interest in a prisoner and you get busted. Like I mentioned, it happens. But if it's not worth potentially losing everything for it, was there ever a real shot at love? I don’t blame her. She chose to find that out and is facing the consequences. All that and a song this week that picks the pace up a little. Let's get to it. Go follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook and keep sending your emails here: sean.joseph@outkick.com (anonymously if you prefer). With "Charlie's Angels" set to turn 50 on September 22, the timing of actress Jaclyn Smith's memoir "I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie," which came out earlier this month, couldn’t have been better. And neither could her story about one of her former costars inviting her to a threesome. The 80-year-old writes in her memoir that Tanya Roberts, who died in 2021 at the age of 65, had an open marriage with her husband Barry Roberts. Smith says the couple "wasn't shy about it in the least, or about propositioning people to 'swing' with them," reports People. In fact, Smith claims she was asked by Roberts to join her and her husband for a threesome during a flight to Hawaii to shoot "Charlie's Angels." AN OPEN MARRIAGE SOMEHOW LEADS TO REGRET, WOMAN HOOKS BEST FRIEND UP WITH SISTER'S EX & DUMB DIVORCE EXCUSES She says that she turned down the threesome offer, but that she found Roberts' "honesty about her sexuality to be brave and self-aware." Smith added, according USA Today, "The world is made up of all kinds of people with all kinds of passions, and hooray for that. My own perspective on marriage was traditional, based on the values I grew up with. Her choice seemed complicated to me, with great potential for hurt feelings." If that doesn't sum up this column perfectly, I don't know what does. We have a world with all kinds of people taking all kinds of approaches out there, and you don't have to agree with or even understand them to sit down, unpack them and judge them in your own way. I think that's part of the beauty of what we do each week. Open marriages don't have to be your thing to read about an elderly actress’s account of having her costar ask her to join in on a threesome. What a truly touching tribute to the legacy of "Charlie's Angels" as it turns 50. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. From one touching story to another. This one is of a prison pharmacy technician who dared to risk everything for love. The 61-year-old woman began what was labeled a "flirtatious online relationship" with a man. She later found out that he was a prisoner and continued to flirt with him through Facebook. She was eventually paid to smuggle drugs into the prison. She's now serving a six-year prison sentence after she was strip searched and caught with cocaine, a spice paste which is made in a lab that mimics cannabis and tobacco stuffed in her bra, reports Yahoo News. That turned out to not be her first attempt at smuggling contraband into the prison. She admitted that she had smuggled in SIM cards for money prior to being caught. It was partially for the man she flirted with online, and she needed the money because she was in debt. She was found guilty and given her sentence back in February. Now it wouldn’t be risking everything if she was simply fired from her job and put behind bars for several years. The reason her story is back in the news is that she also had to be banned from working as a pharmacy tech. That took place after the General Pharmaceutical Council heard the case and ruled that she breached professional standards. You live, you flirt online and dare to take a chance on love, and you learn. Who doesn’t want to hear about the possible soulless and depraved having an affair and getting away with it? I know I do. That's why when I came across this old topic, "[Serious] People who had an affair and got away with it: what's your story? Do you feel any guilt?" on Reddit, I decided to find out what these lunatics had to say. As you might have expected, some of these affairs these people plan on taking with them to their graves. Best of luck with that: Loyal True Romance reader, Deep in the Heart of Texas, thought it was time to up the pace and sent over: Time for Some Rockin' Country on True Romance - "What Was I Thinkin'?" - Dierks Bentley ------------- That's all for this week. I'd say it was another full column from the world of romance. Let's do it again next Thursday. For those following along with the viral debate, after nearly 13,000 votes, the excuse given for cheating was found by 55% to not be a valid one. Keep the song of the week suggestions coming and anything else you want to send my way. As always, you can reach me, anonymously if you prefer, at sean.joseph@outkick.com. Go follow along on Twitter and Facebook. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7c75342cf4db87181b Mackenzie Phillips makes new claims about father's alleged abuse te 2026-09-17T20:20:12.035Z Mackenzie Phillips makes new claims about father's alleged abuse For decades, Mackenzie Phillips said she lived with the pain of not being believed about her late father, John Phillips. Then an unexpected letter landed in her hands – and changed everything. Phillips opened up about a stunning letter from a longtime family friend that corroborated her claims of abuse by her late father during an episode of Valerie Bertinelli's podcast, "Get Naked." Phillips recalled receiving the letter while working at Breathe Life Healing Center. MACKENZIE PHILLIPS SHOCKS WITH 15-YEAR CELIBACY CONFESSION AS SHARON STONE, TERI HATCHER RETHINK ROMANCE "Head of HR comes in. And he says, 'Oh, you got a letter.' And I said, 'Oh, wow. It's probably fan mail.' Because, you know, we get fan mail there," she told Bertinelli. "And I won't go into too much detail, but it was from one of the most credible sources you could ever know of a family friend saying that... their husband observed something horrific when I was 9." "And I said, ‘Jeffrey’ – my brother, you know – 'I want to tell you.' He said, 'I don't want to know.' Nobody wants to know. Nobody wants to know, you know," Mackenzie said. "So I'm on my own again... I'm on my own in this nobody believes me." "Here's the thing is that I told the people – that said that I was lying – back then," she added. "They already knew. But I got this letter." Bertinelli asked Mackenzie how it affected her to find the courage to speak out only to have people not believe her. MACKENZIE PHILLIPS SAYS SHE AND VALERIE BERTINELLI DRANK WINE, DID COCAINE DURING SITCOM BREAKS "Well, there's an element of protecting the legacy of The Mamas & The Papas," she explained. "I can separate the man from the music. I know that this was like the perfect storm of drugs and alcohol and untreated mental health. My dad was a not-well man." "But I got this letter, and I'm sitting there reading it, and it was like shocking, shocking – the content," Mackenzie recalled. "And this woman said, 'I'm so sorry I didn't come forward to support you while you were on "Oprah." I was afraid. I didn't know what to do. But here's what happened.' And I'm sitting there. And I'm like numb." At the time, Mackenzie had the director of Breathe Life Healing Center read the letter. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "And I handed it to her, and she sat in the chair in my office, and she went, 'Oh my God, Mac.' And tears started pouring down her face," she remembered. "I could feel nothing. I just sat." "But she said, 'Mac, honey, it's time. It's time for you to dig even deeper. It's time because now that you have this, you had a knowing all along, but now you have proof of being groomed from a very young age,'" Mackenzie recalled. Mackenzie alleged John had raped her at age 19 in her memoir, "High on Arrival," published in 2009. "I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father," she wrote. "I don't remember how it started or, thankfully, how it ended." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS After the alleged rape, Mackenzie claimed the intimate relationship became consensual and lasted for 10 years before she became pregnant. The incest stopped then, and she had an abortion, according to Mackenzie's memoir. However, Mackenzie now views the relationship with her father differently. "I learned from my appearance on 'Oprah' and my book that – because I was calling it consensual because I was trying to protect him – there is no such thing as consent between a parent and a child,' she told Bertinelli. "The power differential is too great." John died in 2001 at the age of 65 after suffering from heart failure, years before Mackenzie's memoir was published. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Mackenzie's disclosure divided members of the Phillips family, although Mackenzie’s half-sister Chynna publicly supported her for speaking about her experience. John married four times and fathered five children: Jeffrey and Mackenzie with Susan Adams; Chynna Phillips with Michelle Phillips; and Tamerlane and Bijou Phillips with Geneviève Waïte. Known as "Papa John," the musician helped create the signature California folk-rock sound of the 1960s as a principal songwriter, singer and arranger for The Mamas & the Papas. Among the songs most closely associated with his songwriting are "California Dreamin,'" "Monday, Monday," "I Saw Her Again," "Creeque Alley" and "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7a75342cf4db871812 Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss comes with betrayal, lawsuits and memories of him trying to burn it all down te 2026-09-17T20:20:10.812Z Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss comes with betrayal, lawsuits and memories of him trying to burn it all down OXFORD, Miss. - Just blocks away from a busy Ole Miss campus, residents of the small town of Oxford roamed 'The Square' on a Wednesday night that felt like a perceived calm before the storm that will have this city roaring over the next few days. An Ella Langley concert is scheduled for Thursday night, serving as an expensive kickoff party for a game that has drawn the attention of the entire college football world. Students strolled from campus to restaurants such as City Grocery, while visitors looking to stock up on Ole Miss gear stopped by Game Day Apparel for powder-blue hats featuring the phrase "Spot the Ball." MOUNTED POLICE, EXTRA PATROLS AND KIFFIN HATE: OXFORD PREPARES FOR OLE MISS-LSU GAME WITH EXTRA SECURITY Folks flocked to 'Off-Square Books' to hear my colleague John Talty discuss his new book on Lane Kiffin, which has already generated notably unfavorable reactions from those within Lane Kiffin's inner circle since its release. Inside Ajax Diner on Thursday afternoon, conversations shifted between the former head coach and the 2026 Ole Miss football team led by Pete Golding. SAM LEAVITT INJURY BOMBSHELL SENDS LSU-OLE MISS SHOWDOWN INTO CHAOTIC MODE, AS KIFFIN'S RETURN LOOMS But ... one talking point is persistent inside the landmark restaurant that opened in 1997. "We really need to win this game," one diner attendee said while clad in powder blue gear. "I can't imagine how that bastard will act if they [LSU] win." There are plenty of people around Oxford who claim to know Lane Kiffin, whether through his six years in town or relationships built through late-night voice messages and text conversations. According to people who have spent time around him, the idea that Kiffin is a true "people person" remains debatable. "He didn’t really have use for you if there wasn’t something coming on the other end," Mike, from Oxford told OutKick. "Sure, he embraced the town, but he was spending more time in the yoga studios than the actual community. I'm not judging. He's a grown man, and he was single. "Obviously, you could tell he changed his life while here in Oxford. But, that doesn’t make him a good person, considering how he tried to burn this place to the ground on his way to LSU." OLE MISS FILES LAWSUITS AGAINST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO LEFT FOR LANE KIFFIN'S LSU About that burning to the ground. If Lane had just left for Baton Rouge without all of the chaos that came with him trying to pigeon-hole his way into coaching Ole Miss during their playoff run, maybe the feelings would be a tad bit different. But, that's not Lane, especially when he doesn’t get his way. From assistant coaches pulling double-duty, flying back-and-forth between Oxford and Baton Rouge, to Kiffin just waiting for the Rebels to lose in the Sugar Bowl so he could at least feel better about his decision to leave during the most chaotic time in Ole Miss history, nothing was cordial about his exit. LANE KIFFIN GOES OFF SCRIPT: HULK HOGAN, OLE MISS AND SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINATE SEC MEDIA DAYS It's one thing to get a divorce. It's another to take things out of spite or try to empty the bank account on the way out of a marriage. "He's calling players while they are in meetings in hopes of negotiating a deal with their agents to get them to transfer once the season ended," one Ole Miss donor told OutKick. "The man was doing everything in his power to create obstacles for the Rebels during their CFP run." SEC FILES BOMBSHELL LAWSUIT AGAINST LSU, LANE KIFFIN WHILE PRO PLAYERS FIGHT FOR COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY IN COURT That even included quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who would return to Ole Miss for another season after being granted an injunction against the NCAA. When the wheels were put into motion for Trinidad Chambliss to petition the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility, the thought process behind the move came from those within the Ole Miss athletic department. After alleging that a health issue during his time at Ferris State forced him into having to take a medical redshirt, the NCAA denied his waiver for an additional season. So, led by lawyer Tom Mars, after a call from Lane Kiffin, a lawsuit was filed against the NCAA in a small town court in Pittsboro, Mississippi. Inside A Louisiana Courtroom: SEC-LSU legal Circus Played Out Like A John Grisham Novel In Stunning Showdown We all know what happened from there, with Chambliss receiving his injunction by a local judge who shed a few tears while reading his order to the courtroom filled with supporters. The problem for Lane Kiffin was that he was thinking, before the case ended up in a courtroom, that Chambliss would follow him to Baton Rouge. Obviously, that part of the plan did not come to fruition, with Grove Collective founder Walker Jones putting together a deal for Chambliss that would keep him in Oxford, and away from the guy who tried his best to steal as much talent as possible from the Rebels roster. "This school was going to fight like heck to keep Trinidad and Kewan [Lacy]," another Ole Miss booster told OutKick. "We couldn’t lose those two guys, especially to Lane. This town has embraced those two, along with the entire team, like they are family. "Everywhere you go in Oxford, there are signs with their names or faces on it. When they decided to stay, we knew how much that bothered him [Kiffin]. I think in some different world, we would’ve paid them double, just to piss Lane off. He wasn’t going to get the entire family." LSU-OLE MISS SHOWDOWN INTENSIFIES AS TIGERS STAR SERVED WITH LAWSUIT PAPERS OUTSIDE FOOTBALL FACILITY And it seems as though court cases have just magically appeared around Kiffin, with the most recent battle taking place in Baton Rouge when Zxavian Harris and Dae'Quan Wright sued the NCAA for an additional season after exiting NFL preseason camps. As for Kiffin's interesting mind, even if LSU was not technically involved in the case, most of the football players involved in the Baton Rouge court were presumably headed to LSU. Well, there was maybe one player, Ethan Johnson, that supposedly went against the grain and ended up at South Carolina. "Somebody mentioned that when that one player [Johnson] decided to sign with the Gamecocks over LSU, ole Lane tried to get him taken out of that case in Louisiana," an Oxford local who had a relationship with Kiffin told OutKick. "Who knows, but it wouldn’t surprise me because that's how he operates. "It's his way or the highway. We learned that here. But, I'm not going to sit here and act as though we aren’t grateful for what he did for our program." Sure, some people simply want to watch the world burn. And this could be one of the wildest scenes college football fans have witnessed in quite some time. Ten months after Kiffin left Oxford on a private jet bound for Baton Rouge, he will return to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium as the head coach of the LSU Tigers. This will not be his first trip back to Oxford since leaving Ole Miss. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! But Friday afternoon through Saturday night will bring a different kind of energy — one built on the pageantry, resentment and unpredictability that make college football so compelling. There will be profanity. There will be middle fingers directed at Kiffin. But, there will also be a top-ten showdown that will have major ramifications for the season. The main character of this story will arrive on Friday afternoon to a destination being kept secret in the name of security. The supporting cast, meanwhile, will be waiting inside Oxford — hoping to turn Kiffin’s so-called homecoming into a nightmare. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7975342cf4db871809 Texas Air National Guard pilot ejects safely before F-16 crash in Michigan te 2026-09-17T20:20:09.615Z Texas Air National Guard pilot ejects safely before F-16 crash in Michigan A Texas Air National Guard pilot was forced to eject from a fighter jet during a "mishap" Thursday in Michigan, officials said. The pilot, who is with the 149th Fighter Wing based at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, was flying a routine training mission in an F-16, when the unspecified mishap occurred seven miles south of Grand Traverse, Michigan, a unit spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The pilot ejected before the crash and is in stable condition, officials said. HOLLYWOOD LEGEND MAKING MOVIE ABOUT EPIC IRAN RESCUE MISSION TO SAVE F-15 FIGHTER JET CREW No further information about the crash or the pilot was disclosed. "I’m aware of the plane crash near Traverse City," U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., wrote on social media. "I am closely monitoring the situation as we work to get more information on the incident. I am praying that the pilot and folks on the ground are safe." TRUMP RETALIATES AFTER IRAN ATTACK AS EXPERT WARNS REGIME IS GROWING MORE DANGEROUS Video footage posted to X shows black smoke rising into the sky from what is presumably the crash site. The Grand Traverse Emergency Management Agency ordered everyone within a mile of the site to evacuate the area. "Evacuate away from the intersection of Co Rd 633 and Jefferson Pl. Follow instructions from emergency personnel," the agency said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac4b7375342cf4db8717b4 Is the AI safety debate about safety or control? te 2026-09-17T20:20:03.170Z Is the AI safety debate about safety or control? Not everyone agrees with Amodei's call for globally coordinated action for AI safety. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac492775342cf4db8716ee Signs point to progress for Maricopa’s next gas station te 2026-09-17T20:10:15.272Z Signs point to progress for Maricopa’s next gas station Terrible’s is getting closer to opening in Maricopa and a new city filing reveals what brand of gas will be under the canopy. A comprehensive sign plan submitted Aug. 25 identifies the proposed gas station at the southwest corner of Honeycutt and Porter roads as Terrible Herbst-Chevron. The 20-page plan shows Chevron branding on the fuel canopy and monument signs, along with Terrible’s signage on the building. The monument signs also include electronic fuel pricing. Signs facing the residential neighborhood north of the property will be nonilluminated, according to the plan. It’s the first major update on the project since November, when Maricopa City Council approved a rezoning request for the 2.21-acre property. Plans at the time called for a seven-pump gas station and 6,100-square-foot convenience store. In April, Jean Ventures submitted a major development review permit for the building and vehicle canopy. The post Signs point to progress for Maricopa’s next gas station appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac492375342cf4db8716cd Best hikes in and around Oxford to get you ready for Ole Miss-LSU's week three showdown te 2026-09-17T20:10:11.700Z Best hikes in and around Oxford to get you ready for Ole Miss-LSU's week three showdown The eyes of the college football world will be focused this weekend on Oxford, Mississippi, for the showdown between Ole Miss and LSU. Two top-ten teams in the SEC duking it out is already newsworthy, but with the added context of Tigers coach Lane Kiffin making his way back to Vaught Hemingway Stadium for the first time since his departure from the university, this one is sure to be a hot ticket. If you're lucky enough to be attending the game, you'll likely want to enjoy the great outdoors and take in all the natural beauty that the Magnolia State has to offer, and luckily for you, we here at OutKick OutDoors have you covered. BEST HIKES TO TRY AROUND LUBBOCK AHEAD OF TEXAS TECH'S WEEK ONE MATCHUP WITH ABILENE CHRISTIAN Here are four of the best hikes in and around Oxford to help you usher in the game on Saturday. For those of you wanting a real hike without ever leaving the friendly confines of Oxford, this one is an absolute slam dunk. The South Campus Rail Trail features a five-mile round trip trail that follows an old gravel railroad bed (hence the name), while the surrounding network contains more than 20 miles of single-track trails, according to the university website. It's right by campus so you don't have to travel too far, and it also features a quiet, wooded area to take your mind off the stresses of gameday. Whether you're looking for a straightforward walk or something a little more adventurous through the surrounding woods, South Campus Rail Trail is the move. Serious hikers who actually came to work up a sweat will love Clear Creek Trail. It's a little further away - about 30 minutes from downtown Oxford - but the drive is well worth it. Clear Creek Trail offers a 13-mile loop around nearby Sardis Lake, and the trails are even split up for different levels of hikers. There's a three-mile beginner loop or an eight-mile beginner/intermediate combination, meaning there's something for everyone. The views of the lake are spectacular, especially during late summer and early fall, and the proximity to the water means hikers can make a full outdoors day that includes a little fishing if you've come prepared. 6 OF THE BEST FALL CAMPING DESTINATIONS IN AMERICA, PLUS GEAR BEGINNERS SHOULD PACK One thing to note is that this doubles as a mountain biking trail, so hikers should be aware of this and yield appropriately. The combo of the woods and the water make this a must-see. It's been called the antithesis of a college football Saturday, and although that sounds like a pejorative, I can assure you it's not. Holly Springs National Forest is probably the most secluded and serene spot on this list, so if you really just need to get away from it all before a stressful slate of SEC football, this is the place for you. 14 TAILGATING ESSENTIALS FOR GRILLING, WATCHING THE GAME AND STAYING WARM The area offers a remote destination for hikers who don't want to deal with the large crowds some of the more "touristy" destinations hold. The whole forest is home to 155,000 acres of federal land, and a special mention needs to be made for the recreation area at Chewalla Lake, which is great for hiking, fishing, canoeing, and more. With it being so secluded, you'll have to drive a bit to get here (Google Maps plots it as 65 minutes from Oxford), but that's the price you pay for being one with nature. If you're looking to broaden your horizons and really explore everything northern Mississippi has to offer, make the trek here. You won't regret it. So, you brought the whole family along for a little SEC football action? Great! If you're looking for a hike you and the kids can enjoy, Lamar Park is the place to be. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It's a six-minute car ride from the stadium, so you won't have to worry about entertaining the rugrats on a long road trip, and once you arrive, you'll find a well manicured park and a low intensity walking loop for hikers trying to avoid a more strenuous workout. Anyone who is trying to get a little sunshine and some fresh air on the morning of the game without busting their butt should check this place out, as it's more of a scenic stroll than a heart-racing romp through the wilderness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Visit Oxford's website specifically recommends its paved loop for families and visitors of varying mobility levels, so you know it's kid-friendly. Hit Lamar Park for a Saturday morning stress buster and thank me later. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac491e75342cf4db87168e Más llamadas y calor ponen a prueba a técnicos de la UA te 2026-09-17T20:10:06.092Z Más llamadas y calor ponen a prueba a técnicos de la UA Leer en inglés Entre el calor del verano y el aumento en el volumen de llamadas, los equipos de Servicios Médicos de Emergencia de la Universidad de Arizona han aprendido que sobrevivir en este trabajo depende tanto de gestionar el estrés fuera del horario laboral como de mantenerse alerta y eficiente en el lugar de la emergencia. UAEMS atendió 17 llamadas más en junio y julio en comparación con el verano anterior; aunque los organizadores reconocen que este aumento no refleja necesariamente las estadísticas o tendencias de llamadas de verano del Departamento de Bomberos de Tucson ni de otras agencias, sí representa un incremento significativo para el programa de verano de la universidad. A pesar de que este verano ha sido uno de los más calurosos registrados, los técnicos en emergencias médicas (EMT) de la UA han encontrado formas de manejar tanto el desgaste físico provocado por el calor como el estrés inherente al trabajo. "El simple hecho de estar bajo el calor con el uniforme completo, cargar nuestro equipo por escaleras exteriores y permanecer a la intemperie es intrínsecamente más difícil que cuando hace más fresco afuera," comentó Kera Medhi, EMT de la UA. "No es que afecte mi mentalidad; es simplemente un factor más a tener en cuenta: recordar mantenerme hidratada y llevar una botella de agua." Trabajar en medicina de emergencia no es fácil y requiere una gran capacidad de afrontamiento y sistemas de apoyo sólidos, señaló Ella Blom, EMT de la UA. "Antes podía terminar mi turno y dejar el estrés en el trabajo, pero las situaciones que enfrentas como personal de primera respuesta pueden ser difíciles de dejar atrás al salir," dijo Blom. Matt Tran, EMT de la UA, afirmó que la ajetreada jornada laboral es parte del trabajo y, dado que la labor de respuesta a emergencias nunca dejará de ser caótica, aprender a gestionar ese caos resulta fundamental. "Creo que aprender a desenvolverse con comodidad en medio del caos ha sido el mayor desafío a superar. No es que tenga menos preocupaciones, sino que sé cómo gestionarlas mejor," dijo Tran. "Hay muchas cosas que no podemos controlar ni influenciar, y eso puede volvernos locos. Saber qué podemos hacer y qué podemos controlar ayuda a manejar esa situación." Tu membresía permite pagar a periodistas emergentes para que cubran el sur de Arizona como se merece. Los miembros de UAEMS se reúnen en las escalinatas de Old Main; es un equipo muy unido en el que los técnicos en emergencias médicas (TEM) sienten que forman más una familia que un grupo de trabajo. Cortesía de Ryder Deffinbaugh. Algunas intervenciones nunca son fáciles. Blom comentó que todavía estaba procesando una llamada por paro cardíaco mientras lidiaba con el estrés de aprender a desempeñar el papel de supervisora ​​de turno, aunque señaló que UAEMS siempre ha proporcionado recursos útiles. "Es obligatorio llamar a uno de nuestros jefes tras un incidente crítico; ellos se reúnen con nosotros en la base para analizar la intervención y ofrecernos una derivación a CAPS si así lo deseamos," dijo Blom. "Y no son solo la estructura de liderazgo y las políticas las que fomentan este apoyo, sino sobre todo las personas." Blom no es la única que piensa así: Medhi comentó que también disfruta formar parte de UAEMS y sabe que sus compañeros TEM siempre la respaldan. "Los amigos que he hecho en el servicio son de los más cercanos que tengo. Compartimos experiencias similares en cuanto a los tipos de llamadas, y los equipos sin duda estrechan lazos tras intervenciones específicas. Si alguien vive una situación crítica, todos nos interesamos por su estado," dijo Medhi. "Siempre hay al menos una persona cerca que comprende la situación." Tran coincide con esta opinión y señala que los TEM han vivido situaciones similares y saben por lo que están pasando sus compañeros. "Sea lo que sea que vivas o la dificultad que enfrentan, es muy probable que otra persona esté pasando por lo mismo," dijo Tran. "Hablar de ello con los demás ayuda a gestionar el estrés y crea vínculos muy fuertes." Los miembros de UAEMS comparten una comida durante una reunión del equipo, una de las formas en que el grupo fomenta el compañerismo fuera de los turnos de trabajo. Cortesía de Ryder Deffinbaugh. Para muchos de los estudiantes, UAEMS no se percibe tanto como un trabajo al que deben registrar su entrada cada día, sino más bien como una comunidad muy unida. "Mis compañeros técnicos en EMT de UAEMS son, sinceramente, como una familia. Todos tenemos intervenciones que se nos quedan grabadas y comprendemos el ritmo de vida ajetreado que conlleva dedicarse a la medicina. Aquí me siento muy apoyada," comentó Blom. Fuera de la agencia, el estrés se gestiona de otras maneras. Blom mencionó que disfruta realizando proyectos de ganchillo tras una jornada larga o especialmente dura; por su parte, Medhi prefiere pasar el tiempo leyendo o probando nuevas aficiones de menor intensidad. A medida que el verano llega a su fin, los técnicos en emergencias médicas se preparan para una temporada de mayor actividad. Con el regreso de los estudiantes al campus, la frecuencia de las llamadas volverá a aumentar. Esto, sumado a las clases y otras actividades extracurriculares, deja a estos estudiantes trabajadores con menos tiempo para dedicarse a sí mismos. "Creo que el nivel de estrés es mayor en otoño," señaló Blom. "En esa época también tengo más asignaturas, por lo que acumulo más tareas y dispongo de menos tiempo para realizarlas durante el turno. Estudio para paramédico, así que mi horario de otoño incluirá clases aproximadamente de 9 a 16 horas la mayoría de los días, además de varios turnos semanales, algunos de ellos nocturnos." A pesar de la apretada agenda y el estrés añadido, los estudiantes que trabajan en UAEMS lo hacen porque es su pasión. "Haces todo lo que puedes y das lo mejor de ti. Es la única forma de salir adelante" afirmó Tran. Gabrielle Cotnoir es estudiante de periodismo en la Universidad de Arizona y pasante en El Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en gabriellecnews@gmail.com. Esta nota fue traducida por Priscilla Daniel. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac491c75342cf4db871670 UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents te 2026-09-17T20:10:04.324Z UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac46d075342cf4db87164b Boston Red Sox send Sonny Gray to the mound against Texas Rangers in key MLB matchup tonight te 2026-09-17T20:00:16.955Z Boston Red Sox send Sonny Gray to the mound against Texas Rangers in key MLB matchup tonight Yesterday was a winning day on the diamond as both MLB plays that I put out came through for us and cashed. We only have about 10 games remaining for the teams. The playoffs are within reach for some teams, and others are looking at some options for the future. Tonight we have a game between one team that has already locked up their spot, the Red Sox, and another team still battling to try and get in, the Rangers. The Boston Red Sox are 12 games above .500, and they have been one of the best teams in baseball over the past couple of months. They've been very streaky, winning multiple games at a time and moving up the standings. The Red Sox are currently sitting in the second spot in the Wild Card, and they control their own destiny. Much of the early-season problem was how the team was playing in Boston. They are just one game over .500 at home, but they are 11 games above on the road. One guy who did excel in Fenway is tonight's starter, Sonny Gray. He has been good on the road as well and has put together one of the best seasons of his career. Gray is 17-5 with a 2.76 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. This has been the most games he has ever won, and if it stands will be his second-lowest ERA ever. His road ERA is actually better than his home ERA, and his night games have been fantastic this season. He has thrown 13 innings this month and allowed just three earned runs. Gray faced the Rangers once this season, and he allowed just one earned run over six innings. The Texas Rangers have a much more difficult path to the postseason. The team is .500 for the year, and there are questions about whether anyone who wins the American League West will finish the season with a winning record. They have chosen a great time to get hot, though, as they've won their past four games and are now tied with the Astros for the division lead. They are also just one game behind the White Sox for the final Wild Card spot. This game would go a long way for the team in getting closer to one of those two options. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Coming into the season, I was expecting the Rangers to be one of the better teams in the division, mostly due to their rotation. Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi, and MacKenzie Gore were guys I expected to give them a good chance in the majority of games. Tonight, though, the Rangers won't rely on their starters. They are sending out Tyler Alexander to start the game. He brings a 3.38 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP to the table over 66.2 innings. The Rangers have a rough bullpen with a collective 4.27 ERA. I'm not really sure why the line is moving toward the Rangers for this game. Sonny Gray is a significantly better pitcher and way more reliable than anyone from the Rangers bullpen. The smart move, to me, is not to worry about the full game and just isolate when we can assume Gray will be on the hill. Give me the Red Sox through five innings. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac46c775342cf4db871610 ICE Agent Charged in Shooting Appears In Court in Minnesota te 2026-09-17T20:00:07.212Z ICE Agent Charged in Shooting Appears In Court in Minnesota Months after prosecutors charged Christian Castro in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in January, he made his first court appearance in Minnesota. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac46c475342cf4db871602 Hasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed te 2026-09-17T20:00:04.778Z Hasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Piker’s argument that the U.S. has caused more terror than Al Qaeda. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac447475342cf4db8715c6 Detroit Lions vs Buffalo Bills Thursday Night Football preview and betting odds for Week 2 te 2026-09-17T19:50:12.547Z Detroit Lions vs Buffalo Bills Thursday Night Football preview and betting odds for Week 2 Thursday Night Football is back for us, and we are ready to start betting on yet another week of the NFL. Week 1 went okay, and as we get more information, we should get even better and bigger plays to put our money on. Over the years, Thursday night games have been better matchups. Before, they used to be ones that you’d barely care about because they were between bad teams. This has the makings of a great matchup between the Lions and Bills. The Detroit Lions like to make things difficult for themselves, don’t they? Despite the odd victory in Week 1, they still are 1-0, which is better than half of the teams in the league. The Lions were ahead in the third quarter by 21 points, but they let the Saints march all the way back and tie the game. Then the game went into overtime, where Detroit looked great on offense. They had a chance to end the game on a fourth down. It did not work out, as the Saints converted. The Lions' defense was one of the main problems; they couldn’t get off the field when they needed. However, they did stop the 2-point conversion that would’ve lost them the game. The Saints weren’t even in a hurry-up offense when the Lions were struggling. That’s what makes me the most concerned about the team overall. On offense, Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St. Brown looked great in the game, both scoring two touchdowns. LIONS AVOID FRANCHISE-WORST COLLAPSE AS DEFENSE STOPS SAINTS TWO-POINT CONVERSION IN OT The Buffalo Bills are another team that really doesn’t take the easy way out. It is almost like they look at Josh Allen and say, "Try and beat us, just don’t let this guy get the ball with a chance to win the game." Sure, sometimes it doesn’t work out, and it never does in the postseason. However, the strategy does seem to get them to double-digit wins each year. The Bills were able to get a solid 36-31 victory over the Texans to open their season. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Houston was expected to have one of the best defenses in the game, and Allen and company carved them up. Allen threw for 334 yards with two touchdowns, and added another two touchdowns on the ground while running for 23 yards. It seems like he liked his new target DJ Moore, who hauled in five receptions for 100 yards and a score. The Bills defense, one of the downfalls, did get the stop needed in this one and held off a late scoring drive. NFL WEEK 1 TAKEAWAYS: BENGALS FLASH CONTENDER UPSIDE, BEARS EXPLODE AND PACKERS COLLAPSE Based on the scoring from the first game, the Bills and Lions should rack up points in this one. The line has already moved higher, but that may be a bit of an overreaction to the first week’s scoring. I think this game goes under the total. Thursday night games tend to be a bit lower scoring. I also am not confident that the new field for the Bills is in great shape after they had to redo it. Finally, I think both teams will make the adjustments on defense more than offense. I’m going to back the under 54.5. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac447375342cf4db8715bd Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Get $350 When You Bet $20 on Bills or Lions te 2026-09-17T19:50:11.570Z Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Get $350 When You Bet $20 on Bills or Lions We are almost at the busiest time of the sports calendar. Each day will be filled with a different sport and something that you can’t miss on television. Tonight is one of those nights as the Lions take on the Bills on Thursday Night Football. Fanatics Sportsbook has an extra way for new users to enjoy the game with promo code FOXNEWS350, dishing out $350 in FanCash when you place a $20 bet on tonight’s game. New to sports betting? Here’s why you might want to pick the Lions. Detroit comes into this game with a little bit to prove after almost letting a victory slip away last week. Jahmyr Gibbs, the star running back, will cause fits for any defense, and Buffalo is no exception. Buffalo’s secondary looked a bit shaky against Houston, and Jared Goff will pepper Amon-Ra St. Brown with targets against them.  The Bills make a compelling case as well. No one likes to lose a debut, and the team is playing their first-ever home game in their new stadium. Josh Allen is one of the most elite quarterbacks in the game, beating you with his arm and his legs. The Bills didn’t get much of their running game going against the Texans, but the Saints proved that the Lions can be attacked in the trenches. If you’re going to pick a trio to go against the Lions, Allen, James Cook, and Kahlil Shakir are as good a choice as any in the league.  No matter which side of the game you’re on, Fanatics makes it easy to be a winner. Any new user signing up with Promo Code FOXNEWS350 will receive $350 in FanCash after placing a $20 wager on tonight’s game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac447275342cf4db8715b4 US economy notches remarkable new record, sparking cheers: ‘Good job everyone’ te 2026-09-17T19:50:10.467Z US economy notches remarkable new record, sparking cheers: ‘Good job everyone’ Americans may not feel it in their wallets, but two major measures of economic well-being improved in 2025, as the nation's poverty rate fell to a historic low and inflation-adjusted median household income reached a record high, according to new Census Bureau data. In 2025, the poverty rate in the United States dropped to an all-time low of 10.2%, down roughly half a point from 2024, according to the Census Bureau. Even as the proportion of people living in undesirable conditions declines, however, the percentage of people who told Fox News pollsters that their personal financial situation was worsening or not changing held steady at around 85% for the duration of 2025. Many have attributed President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, which some conservatives fear could cost the GOP control of Congress in November, to his economic policies. Amid Republican unpopularity and consumer pessimism, even states that are usually reliably conservative, like Texas, Ohio and Alaska, could very well send Democrats to the Senate. FOX NEWS POLL: MOST RATE THE ECONOMY NEGATIVELY, INCLUDING HALF OF REPUBLICANS The Census Bureau defines poverty depending on the number of people in a given household and their income. A family with two adults and two children, for instance, would need to make less than $32,649 a year to be considered impoverished. The threshold for poverty increases as inflation lowers the value of the dollar. Median household income also reached an all-time high, growing by 2.6% to $87,460 in 2025. That gain, however, is erased by inflation as the dollar’s value declined by about 3% between 2024 and 2025. A number of factors could explain the gap between economic perception and improving macroeconomic indicators. "See a lot of mutuals on here in DC, New York, LA talking about high prices. Meanwhile folks I know in Alabama, Indiana, Georgia getting new jobs, raises, or expanding and growing," Andrew Beck, a partner at the consulting firm Beck and Stone, wrote on X. "Doesn’t help young folks in the blue states, but the South is booming." THE RED STATES CHARGING AHEAD WITH AMERICA'S WEALTH AS RIVALS WATCH BILLIONS SLIP AWAY Economic growth in Southern states has consistently outpaced that of the United States at large, spurred by internal migration and friendly business environments incentivizing large enterprises to move south. High gas prices, sparked by the president’s military operations in the Middle East, and price increases attributable to tariffs have also proven unpopular, hurting the president’s approval ratings even as poverty rates dip and incomes climb. Roughly two-thirds of voters in a recent Fox News poll said that they believe the Trump administration is making the economy worse. THE OVERLOOKED WAY THE IRAN WAR IS MAKING GROCERIES, AMAZON PACKAGES AND NEW HOMES MORE EXPENSIVE Conservatives on social media have used the Census Bureau’s data to take a victory lap. "Poverty is bad. Every American should celebrate poverty rates are now the lowest on record. Good job everyone," Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-WA, wrote on X. "Keep it going." "Good news we can all celebrate," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, a critic of the president, posted. The number of people without health insurance also remained near historic lows, according to the Census Bureau. Some on the left, however, deny that poverty rates are actually declining. "Our elites terrorize the entire world while ordinary Americans continue to foot the bill. We spent trillions ‘fighting’ the terror we created to provide cover for our oil barons stealing 3rd World resources," Twitch streamer Hasan Piker wrote on X Thursday. "It only amounted to more death overseas, more poverty at home. All while the [military industrial complex] ballooned. No houses, no hospitals, no schools-just a growing crisis of homelessness, underemployment and diseases of despair in the wealthiest country on earth." Even as Americans have gotten wealthier over the past few decades, the price of housing has significantly outpaced wage growth. With personal homeownership holding strong cultural importance to Americans, rising home costs fuel pessimism in ways that improvements in other areas can’t necessarily offset. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac447175342cf4db8715a3 ‘I don’t really know what to expect’: ASU London will create unique student section at Union Jack Classic te 2026-09-17T19:50:09.099Z ‘I don’t really know what to expect’: ASU London will create unique student section at Union Jack Classic LONDON – Third-year ASU London student Akosua Otchere didn’t know what she was signing up for when she claimed her ticket for the Union Jack Classic.  At first, she thought it might be a game of what Americans refer to as soccer. Rightfully so, given that football is the native sport for Brits. Otchere quickly learned that she would be experiencing a new type of football – one that involves tailgates, marching bands and college mascots, all of which she’s never seen before in England.  Otchere will be one of the many students who will receive their first taste of college football when they file into historic Wembley Stadium Saturday to watch Arizona State take on Kansas in a Big 12 matchup at 9 a.m. MST. The university is offering free tickets to ASU London’s 320 students, who will sit together in a one-of-a-kind student section at the neutral-site international game.  “I’m ready to watch the game. I’m sure it’ll be fun,” Otchere said. “I know that there’s running and that there’s a ball that looks like a rugby ball, but it’s not an actual rugby ball. It’s going to be cool, a nice cultural shift.” As a carry-over student from the Arizona State co-founded TEDI-London program, which is now part of the newly created ASU London school, this will be her first exposure to life as a Sun Devil – quite literally. She hadn’t seen the Sun Devil mascot, Sparky, and nearly fell out of her chair laughing in shock when she saw him.  “I don’t really know what to expect because I haven’t thought about America a lot,” Otchere said.  Attending the game with Otchere is second-year student Meralou Verde. She also hasn’t watched much football living in the U.K. – most of their background knowledge comes from American movies.  “I’m actually excited for the marching band,” Verde said. “I guess I’ll figure it (the rules) out as I go. I’ll do a quick Google search.” First-year student Shelby Connell might be able to help.  She’s more versed in the college football landscape, especially when it comes to the Sun Devils. The Scottsdale Chaparral High School grad packed all the essentials before hopping on a plane to travel across the pond to her new school in England.  As someone who grew up in the shadow of the then-named Sun Devil Stadium, attending ASU football games since she was 3 years old, her bag was filled with maroon and gold paraphernalia to rep her school. She plans to teach her peers about the Sun Devil football traditions and chants, like how to make a forks-up hand sign, while also helping them gear up for the game. “I brought a full suitcase full of stuff,” Connell said. “I have all the merch, face tattoos, beads and we’ve got multiple shirts, so we’re merching everyone up.” While Connell might help some of her peers look the part of typical college students cheering on their school on a fall Saturday, helping them understand the action on the field is a more complicated task.  Though many of ASU London’s students aren’t first-year students, they’ll need to take a crash course on football 101 through their peers.  “We’ll have to hype everybody up and be like, ‘Come on, scream! This is when you scream,’” Connell said.  Some students aren’t new to American football, having watched the National Football League.  However, very few of them have experienced the full breadth of what college football has to offer.  Spurred on by his dad, who is a big fan of professional football, ASU London student Gustavo Alves watched an NFL game a few years ago, leaving MetLife Stadium, the home of the New York Jets, impressed by the passion of American fans.  “Back in Brazil, we have our teams that we support, but it’s not that deep,” said Alves, who grew up in Brazil and is now attending ASU London. “You guys are like, ‘If I’m born here, I’m going to support this college. I’m going to support this football team, this basketball team.’ I think that’s great. I love that.” Graduate student Melih Civici is eager to experience a college football environment for the first time. While it likely won’t be able to replicate the scenes he’s seen on social media like the 100,000-plus sea of gold at Michigan’s Big House or a rowdy Death Valley crowd for a sold-out night game at LSU’s Tiger Stadium, Wembley isn’t a bad fill-in.  “The energy is so different from a normal (English) football game,” Civici said. “When I see the videos, it’s totally different. And seeing them and being able to go to it in person now is like a really cool opportunity. “I can feel the energy before the game. So many people are so excited.” James Wood, a Brophy College Preparatory grad, will help spearhead the charge of trying to channel the energy into recreating the zealous student sections he’s contributed to back in the States. The school’s limited size will require a collective effort on Saturday.  “I think we’re going to have to bring the student section to Wembley,” Wood said. “I don’t know if there’s going to be a lot of people, but we’re going to have a lot of passion, so that’s what’s important.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac446c75342cf4db871572 How Trump’s New Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families te 2026-09-17T19:50:04.649Z How Trump’s New Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac446a75342cf4db871551 Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal te 2026-09-17T19:50:02.196Z Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac423075342cf4db87152f Caitlin Clark opens up on conversations with referees as she looks to avoid suspension for technical fouls te 2026-09-17T19:40:32.292Z Caitlin Clark opens up on conversations with referees as she looks to avoid suspension for technical fouls Caitlin Clark says she has adopted a new approach to her conversations with WNBA referees as she attempts to avoid a suspension during the Indiana Fever’s final stretch of the regular season. Clark has accumulated seven technical fouls, leaving her one away from an automatic one-game suspension. With four regular-season games remaining, the Fever star said she now tries to remind officials that she wants to work with them when discussing calls. "I feel like the refs might also know I have seven technical fouls, so I always try to warn them," Clark said. "Like, ‘I’m working with you. I’m working with you. Like, let’s have a conversation.’" CAITLIN CLARK DROPS F-BOMBS AT OFFICIAL WHILE ARGUING FEVER WEREN'T GETTING THE SAME WHISTLE AS VALKYRIES The adjustment, Clark said, has changed her interaction with with referees. "I think it’s made my conversations with them more positive and more conversational in both ways for them and for me," she said. "I mean, I think it’s certainly been, like, a conscious effort about it, and I think it’s helped me play better basketball. It’s just, like, focus on what I need to focus on, and let the last play go. Like, you can’t go back in time and change things." Under WNBA rules, a player or coach receives an automatic one-game suspension after being assessed an eighth technical foul during the regular season. An additional suspension is imposed for every two technical fouls after that, while the totals reset for the playoffs. Clark briefly appeared to reach the eight-technical threshold during an Aug. 8 victory over the Chicago Sky. She was called for a technical after making contact with an official while going out of bounds, but the league rescinded it after the game, returning her total to seven and eliminating the suspension. Clark now has four regular-season games left to navigate. However, she noted that she effectively needs to avoid another technical only during the first three. A technical during Indiana’s finale would not remove her from that game, and there would be no subsequent regular-season contest for which she could be suspended before the total resets. "I really only have three more games to go because the fourth game starts — if I get a technical, I’m not kicked out of the game — and then it resets for the playoffs," Clark said. She added that the new interactions have made her "proud of herself." "I'm really proud of myself, but still three games to go. And I think it's helped me learn a lot about myself and the ways that I can impact my team, and, you know, how to communicate with the refs," Clark said. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Clark’s interactions with officials have drawn attention throughout her WNBA career. She has frequently expressed frustration over calls and the physical defense used against her, occasionally directing animated reactions toward referees. Clark received six technical fouls in each of her first two WNBA seasons, finishing one short of the league’s previous seven-technical suspension threshold both years. CAITLIN CLARK CALLS OUT REFEREES FOR FAILING TO CALL FOUL ON PLAY SHE SAYS GAVE HER A CONTUSION She has also acknowledged that her emotions can work against her. During her rookie season, Clark said she needed to do a better job of controlling her reactions because her team relied on her to remain on the court. That balancing act has continued as she has tried to preserve the intensity that defines her game without allowing disputes with officials to become a distraction. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The Fever return from the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup break Friday against the Toronto Tempo. Indiana will then host the Washington Mystics before finishing the regular season with consecutive games against the Minnesota Lynx. Indiana entered the break at 26-14 and had already secured a playoff berth, although its final seed remains unsettled. Clark returns to the Fever after helping the United States win the World Cup in Berlin. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac422f75342cf4db871526 Erdogan's Turkey cracks down on LGBT community in name of preserving family values te 2026-09-17T19:40:31.349Z Erdogan's Turkey cracks down on LGBT community in name of preserving family values Turkish authorities launched an unprecedented crackdown on the country’s LGBT community on Sunday, raiding gay bars and shutting down activist organizations, in what the government said are efforts to protect Turkey’s family values. Since the nationwide crackdowns began, Turkish authorities have arrested and detained some 116 people across 15 provinces in actions against LGBT rights organizations and activists. The Turkish criminal justice system has also launched investigations of more than 160 people, according to Amnesty International. Amnesty International reported that 180 social media accounts belonging to LGBT organizations, activists, journalists and media outlets have been blocked or restricted. TURKEY’S NATO ROLE UNDER SCRUTINY AMID NEW REPORT ON HAMAS, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIES "This appalling escalation in Türkiye’s crackdown amounts to a full-scale assault on LGBTI rights and those who defend them. The relentless raids, arrests and demonization of LGBTI people under the spurious guise of ‘protecting the families’ demonstrates why defending LGBTI rights in Türkiye is more important than ever," Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, said in a statement. In a statement posted on X, Turkey’s Minister of Justice, Akın Gürlek, said, "we are steadfastly continuing our efforts to protect the family, our children and our youth from all forms of exploitation, obscenity, crime and harmful content." Gürlek stated that the Ministry of Justice sent a comprehensive directive to the 175 chief public prosecutor's offices in all of Turkey’s 81 provinces to go after content and behavior that the government considers opposed to "public morality" and harmful to the country’s youth. "The best interests of our children are not open to debate for us. We will show no tolerance for any criminal organization targeting the institution of the family, the future of our youth, and the order of our society," Gürlek’s statement went on to say. WHO IS TURKEY'S RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN? HOW NATO'S MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEADER KEEPS REINVENTING HIMSELF Turkey’s focus on family values and traditional norms is part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Decade of Family and Population vision, a long-term strategy aimed at tracking population trends and promote an increased fertility rate to spur population growth. Many see Erdoğan’s renewed emphasis on "family values" and his targeting of groups he portrays as threats to those values as as an effort to cement his legacy. An enduring question asked by analysts is as Erdogan ages and approaches another election in 2028 is what kind of Turkey he leaves behind. "Erdoğan’s "family values" agenda is about more than defending conservative values, it is about defining what kind of society Turkey should be and who belongs in it," Gonul Tol, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Fox News Digital. "The LGBT community is a particularly useful target because Erdoğan can portray it simultaneously as a threat to the traditional family, a Western import, and a symbol of the cultural values he says his movement is fighting against," Gonul added. With protests against the moves beginning to take shape, the crackdowns show no signs of letting up, even as international attention and condemnation begins to pour in. TRUMP BETS ON FORMER NATO TROUBLEMAKER AS TURKEY'S STRATEGIC VALUE SURGES Police used pepper spray against peaceful protesters in İzmir, along Turkey’s Aegean coast, and detained more than 95 people on Tuesday who had gathered outside İstanbul Courthouse in protest. Turkey, which officially became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, received strong pushback from the commission. A European Commission spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "The Commission is concerned about the recent arrests and legal proceedings initiated against LGBTIQ+ activists, human rights associations, and businesses, as well as of the blockages of websites and social media accounts, accompanied with allegations concerning funding of civil society organizations. We are following developments closely."  The Commission reiterated that Turkey, as an EU candidate and member of the Council of Europe, should promote and ensure respect for the human rights and dignity of all individuals, regardless of gender or sexual identity. A spokesman for the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac422d75342cf4db87151d McMahon makes another move in cutting red tape as teachers are 'strangled by regulation' te 2026-09-17T19:40:29.499Z McMahon makes another move in cutting red tape as teachers are 'strangled by regulation' FIRST ON FOX — U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon is pushing forward with the administration's campaign to scale back federal education red tape, backing a national movement designed to bypass administrative bureaucracy and teachers unions. The initiative, dubbed the Let Teachers Teach Coalition, aims to empower local educators and return decision-making authority to classrooms and school districts nationwide. This coalition was launched on Thursday, Constitution Day, to strengthen civics and history education and "put teachers, parents, and students back at the center of America’s classrooms." POWERFUL TEACHERS' UNIONS SHARE STRIKING LINK WITH STATES STRUGGLING TO TEACH KIDS TO READ "Teachers dedicate their lives to the success and well-being of America’s children," McMahon told Fox News Digital.  "Yet too often, their ability to do that work is constrained by bureaucracy, political agendas, and mandates that have little to do with helping students succeed," she added. "The Let Teachers Teach Coalition is giving a voice to the educators who have spent too long navigating unnecessary regulations and restrictive systems. When we give teachers the freedom to focus on teaching, we create an environment where students, families, and communities can thrive and succeed." Spearheaded by the the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), the coalition provides educators and parents with toolkits to navigate local school board politics and directly engage board members. The goal is to equip current, former and retired teachers, along with administrators and parents, to drive policy shifts at the grassroots level. "While some education policy is decided at the state and federal levels, many of the issues teachers face every day are determined by local school boards and districts," AFPI announced in a statement. "Let Teachers Teach will build a national network of educators and equip them to drive change from the classroom up — identifying problems, advocating for solutions, and turning successful local policies into models that can be replicated across the country." MCMAHON TELLS HOUSE PANEL TRUMP ADMIN MOVING TO DISMANTLE ‘FAILED’ $3T EDUCATION BUREAUCRACY The coalition aligns directly with McMahon’s primary mandate from President Donald Trump: dismantling the traditional footprint of the federal Department of Education and returning governance directly to the states. Department officials recently pointed to national test scores showing that only three in 10 students are proficient in math and reading — despite more than $3 trillion in federal taxpayer money spent since the department's creation in 1979. The movement coincides with McMahon’s ongoing 50-state "Returning Education to the States" tour and targeted local radio outreach, where she has been speaking directly with families about how K-12 schooling will look under the administration's decentralization plan. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TARGETS HEAD START BUREAUCRACY IN MOVE ADVOCATES SAY PUTS PARENTS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT To facilitate the wind-down of federal oversight, the administration has rolled out interagency agreements — including shifting student loan collection and management operations over to the Department of the Treasury. The administration is also championing the Education Freedom Tax Credit, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, which will allow individuals to receive a tax credit up to $1,700 for contributions to approved scholarship-granting organizations. McMahon has repeatedly emphasized that the U.S. Department of Education does not set local curricula, buy textbooks, or hire teachers, describing the agency's primary administrative function as a "pass-through" for federal funding. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac422c75342cf4db871514 Paige Spiranac and her 'cans' go to bat for Sydney Sweeney, Ole Miss-LSU gets nasty & UF alumni speak out te 2026-09-17T19:40:28.116Z Paige Spiranac and her 'cans' go to bat for Sydney Sweeney, Ole Miss-LSU gets nasty & UF alumni speak out 'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com. First real Thursday Night Football game of the year? What a blessing. Al and Kirk on the call. I'm sure we'll see the goofy dog at some point. Bills. Lions. Gibbs. Allen. Lordy. What a WAY to start Week 2 of the NFL season! I also walked outside this morning and I felt it for the first time. That slight breeze. The fact that I didn't break a sweat on the way down the driveway to get the trash cans. The way the grass wasn't completely soaked from the morning dew because the humidity was set at 150%. Fall. If you live in Florida long enough, you just get a feel for these things. A sixth sense. We know the difference between 90 and 85. When the mornings are 76 and not 86, we can immediately feel it. BET365 BONUS CODE: BET $10, GET $365 WIN OR LOSE ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, BILLS VS LIONS This morning was one of those mornings. I can't wait to see what tonight holds. Let's roll. Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Paige Spiranac says goodbye to summer and defends Sydney Sweeney as the wokes continue to melt down over her sports gambling ad. We all knew Paige would side with Sydney, right? Seems like a natural fit. CRAIG CARTON: 'CRAZY PEOPLE' HATE SYDNEY SWEENEY, SUPPORT LINDSAY CLANCY What else? I've got Landry Kiffin clapping back at those DISGUSTING Ole Miss banners, this SEC on CBS flashback had me feeling things, and goodness gracious, did you guys have some responses to yesterday's inquiry about the 1990 Gainesville Murders. The response was so big, I think I'm going to turn it into a column later this week. I'll give you a taste today, though. OK, grab you a cheeseburger to get an early start on tomorrow's National Cheeseburger Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap! I know we have some new readers since the last time we celebrated the great American cheeseburger, so a quick housekeeping item ... For those who don't know, the cheeseburger from Buffalo Wild Wings is, without a doubt, the best burger in America. I've stood on this hill for years now, and I feel as strong today as I ever have. I'll die on it. It's not one you'd immediately think of when it comes to burgers, but trust me, it's worth the try. I've had readers reach out over the years thanking me for speaking the truth. It's just the best. It's never let me down. I took that picture at my fantasy football draft last year. Unfortunately, we went to Applebee's this year for the draft, and — while good — their burger didn't even come close. I also started 0-1 last week, which can't be a coincidence. We'll see how this week goes. OK, enough food talk. Let's get this class going with Paige Spiranac saying goodbye to summer with a bikini-clad Instagram post, and then defending Sydney Sweeney in the comments section. Naturally. "God forbid a woman loves her nice cans." Put it on a hat, Paige! She's the influencer who started all of this, right? Paige Spiranac walked so everyone else could run. Influencers nowadays are a dime a dozen. They're everywhere. When Paige Spiranac first started out, she was it. So when Paige chimes in on something, we listen. And she stated the obvious about this whole Sydney Sweeney drama ... THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It's nonsense. Complete and total nonsense. I'd wager a guess that Novig has seen a 100% increase in sign-ups since Sydney launched her new campaign. That's a win. "Oh no, she lost 200,000 of her Instagram followers!" Give me a break. Have any of them hit a 7-player prop parlay that pays $1,300? Don't think so. That's all that matters. OK, let's move this class along and check in on Landry Kiffin, who has, allegedly, been the subject of some NASTY signage up and down Oxford this week ahead of her dad's big return: "I understand emotions are high this week, and people are upset, but I’m my own person," Kiffin said, adding that she's been the "punchline" of a sexual joke. "I’ll never understand how someone can feel good about themselves putting such vulgar things about a girl on a giant banner hanging from their house." Landry went on to say that students are "saying really inappropriate things about me with somebody I genuinely have never met in my life, which makes it even more frustrating," and that she hopes "people realize there is an actual person behind the jokes people make." All of this stems from a rumor in Oxford — a long-running rumor, I might add — that Landry Kiffin and a former player had sexual relations during Lane Kiffin's tenure at Ole Miss. Fans believe that is the reason this former player was essentially benched last season. I don't feel like getting a call from Legal today, so I won't go into further detail. Feel free to Google it on your own time. It ain't hard to find. Anyway, Landry is still a student at Ole Miss, which really makes this feel like some serious friendly fire to me. Tensions are HIGH in Oxford right now. I can't wait for Saturday night. Game of the Year, by a mile. OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big night of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit. Speaking of that Ole Miss-LSU game, you know what channel it should be on? CBS. This came across my desk this morning, and buddy, it made me feel so many things: Lordy. I miss the SEC on CBS so much, it hurts. That's my childhood. That song, and that intro, and those announcers ... it's all my childhood. Nothing will ever come close. For those wondering how CBS's new deal with the Big Ten is working out ... the marquee game this weekend? USC at Rutgers. What a fall from grace. Next? Yesterday I asked if we had any former UF students who were on campus/in school during the infamous 1990 season when the Gainesville Ripper was on the loose. ESPN had a new 30 for 30 that premiered this week on those 14 days, which coincided with Steve Spurrier's first game as head coach. I got dozens of emails. Dozens. Turns out, a TON of you were. From Erik T: I was a junior at UF, and my little sister was a freshman (her first week away from home). The atmosphere on campus that week is indescribable. Me, and most of my friends were staying at other female friend's apartments to 'protect' them. We were armed with bats and knives, and sleep didn't come easily as we were just as scared. And, from Glenn S: I was in Gainesville all during that time. Never seen a place so terrorized. It was an awful time. Obviously, I have more. A ton. Like I said, I'm going to go further in depth later this week. Just wild stuff. If anyone else has any stories, please, reach out. I'm all ears. OK, let's go have a big Thursday night. Thank goodness football is back. See you tomorrow. Were you in Gainesville in 1990? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac422975342cf4db8714fd Nearly 6,700 Arizona homicides remain unsolved. The victims’ families deserve better. te 2026-09-17T19:40:25.431Z Nearly 6,700 Arizona homicides remain unsolved. The victims’ families deserve better. (Photo by Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) September is National Cold Case Month and on Sept. 20, my cousin Loretta Lynn would have turned 65 years old. Instead, my family has spent nearly four decades waiting for the identity of who killed her. Loretta Lynn (Photo courtesy Karen Dana) On June 14, 1988, I was traveling in Europe when I picked up a pay phone and received the news that changed my family forever: Loretta had been murdered in her own home. She and her husband had just moved into a duplex in Mesa the Saturday before she was killed. She was a beautiful young mother with a loving husband who was in awe of her presence. My cousin and her husband had a seven-month-old baby together, with another on the way. When I heard what happened, it felt like someone had reached into my chest and ripped out my heart. I desperately wanted to come home, but I stayed in Europe. I was left trying to process that Loretta had been murdered with a child in her womb while I was grieving with one in mine. Life kept moving after that phone call. Children grew up. Careers changed. Decades passed. One thing did not change: Loretta’s murder remained unsolved. Eventually, waiting wasn’t enough for me. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE When Bryan Patrick Miller, known as the Phoenix “Canal Killer,” was arrested in 2015, I became increasingly interested in advances in DNA testing and the investigative genetic genealogy that was used to catch Miller. I started researching cases, attending DNA conferences and learning everything I could about the technology that was helping investigators solve crimes that had once seemed impossible to resolve. What I learned also made me frustrated. At the time, the Mesa Police Department did not have a dedicated cold case detective or unit. The homicide detective assigned to Loretta’s case had other responsibilities and could only return to her case when time allowed. I found myself learning about advances in forensic technology that weren’t being explored in Loretta’s investigation. I didn’t understand my rights as a victim’s family member. I didn’t know we could obtain the police report. Too often, I felt as though I was the person responsible for keeping Loretta’s case alive. No family should have to become an amateur investigator just to make sure their loved one isn’t forgotten. Loretta’s case is not an isolated tragedy. From 1965 through 2024, Arizona recorded approximately 18,490 homicides. About 6,695 of them remain unresolved — roughly one out of every three. Those aren’t simply old case numbers sitting in filing cabinets. They are somebody’s daughter. Somebody’s son. Somebody’s mother, father, sister, brother, cousin or friend. And every unresolved case leaves a family living in a strange space between grief and hope. You mourn someone you love while wondering whether the next phone call could finally bring an answer. We should invest in modern forensic laboratories and technology, expand dedicated cold case resources, strengthen DNA collection and testing, and improve information sharing among law, public safety agencies and detention systems. Families also need something much more basic: consistent communication and a clear point of contact. Whether a homicide gets another serious look should not depend on whether a police department happens to have extra staff, funding or someone familiar with the newest forensic technology. But improving how Arizona handles unresolved cases also requires us to have a difficult conversation about where we put our public safety dollars. For many years, I believed the person who murdered Loretta deserved the death penalty. But 38 years of living with an unsolved murder changed how I think about justice. Executing Loretta’s killer would not bring her back. And if pursuing the death penalty requires enormous amounts of public money and government resources, I have to ask a different question now: What if some of those resources were used instead to help us find the killers we haven’t caught? What if we invested more aggressively in new DNA testing, forensic genealogy, cold case investigators, missing persons investigations and support for families? Arizona continues to devote significant resources to punishment, including capital punishment. Since 2007, providing defense in the hundreds of death penalty cases pursued by Maricopa County prosecutors has cost $289 million alone, while thousands of unresolved homicides sit alongside missing-person cases, unidentified remains and other unsolved violent crimes. Public safety should not only be measured by how severely we punish someone after a case is solved. It should also be measured by whether we can solve the case in the first place. My experience ultimately led me to create the Missing or Cold Podcast, where I tell the stories of people who have gone missing and victims of unsolved homicide. After 17 years working in talk radio, I knew the power of giving people a microphone. I wanted families like mine to have one. Today, there is finally reason for me to feel hopeful. Loretta’s case now has the support of a dedicated cold case detective, and for the first time in a long time, I believe there may be a path forward. But it should not have taken 38 years. On Sept. 20, Loretta should have been celebrating her 65th birthday surrounded by the people who loved her — her husband, her children and the family who still carries her with us. Instead, we are still waiting for answers about why she never got the chance. Thousands of Arizona families are waiting, too. They deserve more than our sympathy. They deserve a public safety system willing to invest in finding answers. Thirty-eight years is too long to wait. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac422375342cf4db8714cc Play me some mountain melodies: Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass Festival marks 20 years in Flagstaff te 2026-09-17T19:40:19.515Z Play me some mountain melodies: Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass Festival marks 20 years in Flagstaff The festival, celebrating its 20th year, takes place Sept. 18-20 at the Pepsi Amphitheater. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac421b75342cf4db8714c3 Small businesses in Flagstaff invited to apply for business retention and expansion incentive te 2026-09-17T19:40:11.510Z Small businesses in Flagstaff invited to apply for business retention and expansion incentive The program offers a grant designed to support the growth, stability, and resilience of existing local businesses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac421a75342cf4db8714ba Gardening Etcetera: Daffodils are resting up for spring te 2026-09-17T19:40:10.349Z Gardening Etcetera: Daffodils are resting up for spring This week's edition of the Gardening Etcetera column, written for the community by certified Master Gardeners of the University of Arizona's Coconino County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac421675342cf4db8714ae Kindergarten enrollment drops 13% as TUSD mulls closures te 2026-09-17T19:40:06.203Z Kindergarten enrollment drops 13% as TUSD mulls closures TUSD's superintendent says declining enrollment and falling birth rates have pushed the district to the end of its runway, with a committee now weighing which schools to consolidate. Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo presented his report to the governing board Sept. 8, along with recent enrollment data that shows a decrease in Pima County births and a steady decline in enrollment. “Overall, our membership is down just … a little over a thousand … year-over-year, which results in a 2.8% decline,” said data analyst David Scott. “The one grade level that really stands out is kindergarten with a decline of 13.3%.” TUSD's kindergarten enrollment has tracked closely with falling birth rates in the county, dropping from roughly 13,000 students on day 10 of the 2009-10 school year to just under 10,000 in 2026-27. Pima County public school enrollment peaked in 2006-07 and has declined every year since, with 9,500 fewer students enrolled in 2024-25 than at its peak, while charter school enrollment grew by 9,200 students over the same period, according to district data presented at the meeting. Scott said membership is how the state calculates school funding: students in grades one through 12 count as one, while preschool and kindergarten students count as one-half, since the state only funds half a day of kindergarten. “Membership can be averaged over time and our funding is based on the average of that membership over the first 100 days,” Scott said. TUSD's Reconfiguration Committee and a Strategic Facility Planning Task Force have been tasked with assisting the district in implementing its consolidation plan. Members of the Reconfiguration Committee, whose identities were previously withheld, include six parents, five educators and school representatives, 10 local government representatives, seven community members and three business and union leaders, according to information the district posted. During an Aug. 29 meeting, the committee discussed data surrounding enrollment trends within TUSD and Pima County, school-by-school enrollment, budget information and facility use within the district. “Even under an equal funding formula, some campuses consistently run a surplus relative to their operating costs, while others run a structural deficit,” according to the committee's presentation to TUSD's board. “Fixed costs (building operations, minimum staffing levels) exceed what enrollment-based funding brings in.” The district's presentation also pointed to the state's override tax levy sunset as a factor putting a deadline on the decision, along with a review showing some schools are effectively subsidizing others under the current funding model. The district protected school budgets as long as possible, but that's no longer sustainable. “The question isn't whether change must happen. The question is how we design that change so that TUSD schools can successfully serve Tucson students in a sustainable, high-quality, and economically responsible way far into the future,” according to presentation materials. As the plan evolves, the committee hopes to discuss consolidation with community members during interactive meetings Sept. 21, Sept. 23 and Sept. 26. More information about the meetings can be found on TUSD's website. TUSD is in the third year of what Trujillo described as a major instructional initiative, with the current curriculum spanning 2024 to the present. The current phase focuses on endurance by “sustaining and deepening instructional quality across the district.” The goal is to build lasting change and remain accountable to the families the district serves. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Flori Huitt provided a curriculum update, outlining the curriculum's priorities: high-quality instruction, regularly collaborating Professional Learning Communities and a board-adopted curriculum for students. “We do review implementation of our curriculum and making sure that we know what's being taught and learned,” Huitt said. “This matters because consistent access to grade-level curriculum, it really is a matter of equity. Ensuring that a student has the opportunity to learn and it shouldn't depend on which classroom and what school they're in. It should really be high quality across our school district.” Nya Belcastro is a University of Arizona student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at nya2005@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3fc275342cf4db871475 Talarico hit with ‘blatant corruption’ allegation over hefty salary from consulting firm, campaign pushes back te 2026-09-17T19:30:10.418Z Talarico hit with ‘blatant corruption’ allegation over hefty salary from consulting firm, campaign pushes back EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico, who has repeatedly accused his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, of corruption, is now facing Republican accusations of "blatant corruption" over consulting work he performed for a progressive firm while serving on the Texas House's influential Public Education Committee. Talarico's campaign has denied the allegation as a "lie." The Lone Star State's Senate race is entering its final stretch, with Talarico leading Paxton in recent polling. A Republican loss could damage the GOP's chances of retaining its Senate majority. Paxton has projected confidence that, after emerging from a particularly bitter primary race, Texans will respond to his campaign once they hear his message. Talarico, meanwhile, has continued targeting Paxton through major ad buys, including one in which the Democrat calls him "the most corrupt politician in Texas." Republicans are now responding with allegations of their own, characterizing Talarico's past arrangement with the consulting firm as a "textbook pay-to-play scheme." SHOCK POLL: TALARICO TIES PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE RACE, THREATENING GOP STRONGHOLD They are pointing to paychecks Talarico received from a firm called MAYA Consulting that simultaneously drew in millions in state contracts awarded by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which he helped provide oversight to as a member of the Public Education Committee. Talarico announced he was joining MAYA Consulting in a 2019 Facebook post. In the post, he stated that as a consultant he would be "working with districts, nonprofits, and communities to build excellent and equitable educational opportunities for all our students." According to a Senate campaign financial disclosure filed in 2025, Talarico worked with MAYA Consulting, which has since been rebranded as VIDA Collaborative, from 2019 until 2025. During those same years, official legislative records show that Talarico served as a voting member of the Texas House's Public Education Committee from 2019 to 2025. Among its responsibilities, the committee oversees the Texas Education Agency, which awards government contracts to firms for services, including then-MAYA Consulting. TED CRUZ, CONSERVATIVES RESPOND AFTER TALARICO CRITICIZES BIBLE-RELATED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AS 'PROPAGANDA' TEA registers from 2021 and 2022 show that the agency awarded MAYA two contracts worth $3.578 million and $1.635 million, respectively. The contracts were related to priorities Talarico was pushing in the Texas House at the time, including addressing learning loss due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, Talarico’s disclosure shows that he earned $83,333.40 from the nonprofit in 2025, in addition to his $13,904.92 part-time salary as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Kassi Longoria, CEO of VIDA Collaborative, confirmed with Fox News Digital that Talarico served as an "independent contractor consultant" with the group from 2019 to 2025. She said that Talarico "has no current role with our organization" and clarified that "during his time at VIDA, his consulting work was structured, specifically to remain separate from his role as a Texas state legislator." She said that Talarico "never worked under, received compensation from, or was involved in securing any state- or federally-funded contracts." She noted that "as a matter of standard practice, VIDA discloses any outside employment or potential conflicts of interest for our staff — including Rep. Talarico’s legislative role — in our proposals when we apply for publicly-funded opportunities" and that "similarly, Rep. Talarico’s relationship with VIDA was disclosed in his required public financial disclosure filings." However, Republican National Committee spokesman Zach Kraft accused Talarico of wrongdoing, calling the Democrat’s involvement with MAYA an example of "blatant corruption." TEXAS DEM CANDIDATE TO HOLD HIGH-DOLLAR HOLLYWOOD FUNDRAISER WHILE GOP GATHERS IN DALLAS: 'FAKE COWBOY' "We are looking at a textbook pay-to-play scheme with James Talarico steering millions in taxpayer funds to his DEI consulting agency under the condition he gets commission through a scam no-show job," Kraft told Fox News Digital. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER As a member of the Texas House's Public Education Committee, Talarico was not involved in TEA's process for awarding outside contracts and did not vote on the contracts. Fox News Digital is also not aware of any evidence that Talarico received a commission for contracts awarded to MAYA, a claim that both the organization and Talarico’s campaign denied. Kraft alleged that Talarico is "one of the most morally bankrupt individuals to ever run for public office in Texas." JT Ennis, a spokesperson for Talarico's campaign, pushed back, saying, "This is a lie." Ennis said that "James’ relationship to MAYA was fully disclosed in compliance with Texas House rules" and that "James had no involvement in MAYA Consulting securing any public contracts and his contract with MAYA barred him from representing MAYA before the Texas Legislature or education agencies." "Ken Paxton is making up lies about James to distract from the fact that he’s been impeached by his own party for bribery, reported to the FBI by his own staff, and indicted for investment fraud for scamming his own friends," Ennis alleged, while adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in Texas, and this November, Republicans, Democrats, and independents will come together to reject Ken Paxton’s corruption and stand up to this broken, corrupt political system." In July 2015, Paxton was indicted on charges that he misled and defrauded tech startup investors and failed to disclose that the startup was paying him to promote its stock. Prosecutors agreed in 2024 to drop the charges under a deal requiring Paxton to pay about $271,000 in restitution, perform 100 hours of community service and complete 15 hours of legal ethics courses. Paxton did not enter a plea under the agreement and was never convicted. Meanwhile, Madison Cercy, a spokeswoman for Paxton's campaign, told Fox News Digital, "It couldn’t be clearer: James Talarico sees Texans tax dollars as his own personal slush fund." Fox News Digital is not aware of any evidence that Talarico has misused tax dollars. Cercy called Talarico a "taxpayer-funded DEI consultant whose employer receives millions of dollars from Texans while pushing radical ideology in our schools." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3fc175342cf4db87146c DAVID MARCUS: Dovie Eisner’s beautiful life inspired a generation of conservative thinkers te 2026-09-17T19:30:09.144Z DAVID MARCUS: Dovie Eisner’s beautiful life inspired a generation of conservative thinkers I can’t remember the first time I met Dovie Eisner, which is odd given that he always stood out, his small broken body wheelchair-bound with a breathing tube as a result of his being born with a recessive genetic neuromuscular condition called Nemoline Myothapy, but I do remember the last time. From about 2012 until he slipped into a coma last year, and passed away last week on Sept. 11, Dovie was a central figure in the small world of conservative writing and thinking in New York City. It was a group that, along with myself, included the likes of Karol Markowitz, Sohrab Ahmari, and Armin Rosin. Basically, if you had ever written a right wing op-ed in Gotham, you were a friend of Dovie. Dovie’s position in this circle was entirely of his own volition. He would seek us out, often one by one, first through social media, then a lunch or dinner carefully choreographed to accommodate his severe disability. I’ve never known anyone so anxious to be on the scene, nor so deserving. CATHOLIC NUNS SUE NEW YORK, SAY ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW FORCES THEM TO VIOLATE THEIR FAITH When Dovie would see a photo of a meet-up he had not attended, he would simply reply, "Why wasn’t I invited?" which became an inside joke for us, summing up all life’s little disappointments. As a thinker, Dovie was top-notch, and two lights shone brightest in his philosophy: the importance of fairness and the importance of life. Intellectually, Dovie was a tireless — and I’ll be honest, sometimes even annoying — devil’s advocate, with an extraordinary ability to see the best arguments of all sides. There you would be, waxing poetic about free speech absolutism, and in his quiet wheeze of a voice, he would start listing off exceptions — as if he had a Black’s Law Dictionary stashed somewhere in his wheelchair. In retrospect, it is amazing that someone whom life dealt with so unfairly held so dear to his broken breast the ideal that we, us human beings, must always treat others with fairness in mind. Dovie was just as committed to his undying belief in and fight for life. Not just his, but those of the unborn and others in his own shoes, tempted by the easy out of assisted suicide — a practice he abhorred with every fiber of his being. CLIMBING EL CAPITAN WHILE NEARLY BLIND: WHY EITAN ARMON REFUSED TO SIT AROUND WAITING FOR A CURE Writing in the New York Post last year, shortly before his slip into eternity began, Dovie said, "The logic of assisted suicide leads inevitably to the conclusion that those with doctor-approved expiration dates are living lives not worth living. Lives unworthy of life, as the Nazis referred to people with disabilities when they set out to exterminate us with their Aktion T4 program. I’ve heard echoes of that myself — from peers, from rivals, sometimes from myself: I haven’t been suicidal in a good number of years, but I can’t say that about my teens and early 20s." As stoic and strong as Dovie was, there were late-night texts full of fear and sadness as well. He wouldn’t let you off the hook with platitudes, he literally had no time for that. You couldn’t just say, "Don’t worry, it will be OK," because he knew, and you did too, that it damn well wasn’t going to be. Those are some of the most frank and cherished conversations I’ve ever had. No artifice, no lies, the cold, bitter reality of life’s cruelty faced head on. Everything was up for grabs, because Dovie demanded it be so. But also, the presence of God’s love — which Dovie found in every face and facet of the world around him — with a depth one could only envy. HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER SPENT 25 YEARS PRAYING FOR TINSELTOWN, SAYS 'YOU CAN'T HATE THEM' Every writer and thinker who he blessed with wisdom is better for having known Dovie. When we fight for the disabled in the womb, we fight for Dovie. When we fight against the killing of the light that assisted suicide represents, we fight for Dovie. Dovie, who loved life so dearly, and lived it so fully. Often, after a group dinner, the bill would come and someone would say, "Who had five top-shelf bourbons … oh." We would all scrounge to cover Dovie’s excessive bar tab, and we were happy to do it. We would all love to do it just one more time. The kid knew how to live. The last time I saw Dovie, we were standing on the corner outside the Yale Club in Manhattan, and I was having a smoke as we waited for his special minivan to come get him. SCIENTISTS REVEAL SURPRISING BRAIN BENEFIT OF LAUGHTER: 'IT'S A MENTAL WORKOUT' "You know, Dave," he said with thick breath, "all I really want is a beautiful wife and like four kids." I told him, "I get it, man." He looked at me and said, "I mean, Stephen Hawking did it." I nodded, took a drag and said, "Well, how’s your physics?" Dovie spit out his breathing tube and said, "Stop, don’t make me laugh." I spent a lot of time trying to make Dovie laugh, time I am so grateful for. Mark Twain wrote that "Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." Dovie was like a philosopher stone, turning brutal suffering into humor and humanity at every turn. He was the toughest guy I ever met, and we will not see his like again. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3b1475342cf4db871399 America’s hunters get an exclusive seat at Trump’s White House table as he takes aim at Biden-era rules te 2026-09-17T19:10:12.233Z America’s hunters get an exclusive seat at Trump’s White House table as he takes aim at Biden-era rules FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will host more than 100 hunters, anglers and outdoor industry leaders for dinner at the White House on Thursday night, where he is expected to sign executive orders aimed at expanding hunting and fishing opportunities and reversing certain Biden-era restrictions on hunting and fishing. Trump will deliver remarks to the sportsmen and industry representatives gathered for the dinner in the Rose Garden as his administration moves to open more public lands and waterways, ease regulatory barriers and promote hunting among younger Americans and veterans, Fox News Digital learned. He is expected to sign a pair of executive orders in the Oval Office Thursday aimed at expanding "America’s public lands and waterways," promoting healthy wild game populations and expanding access to offshore recreational fishing, a White House official told Fox News Digital. TRUMP WILL WELCOME FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO WHITE HOUSE DINNER TO CELEBRATE TRADE, TAX WINS Representatives from organizations and companies including Bass Pro Shops, the Cabela Family Foundation, the National Rifle Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Yamaha Marine Group, Polaris, Beretta USA, Safari Club International, Primos Hunting, Dallas Safari Club, Outdoor Sportsman Group, Sportsmen’s Alliance, USA Shooting Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Sportsman Boats, Contender Boats, Taurus Holdings and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation are expected to attend. America’s outdoor recreation sector generates over $1.2 trillion annually and supports over 5 million jobs, according to a White House official. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and officials from the Commerce Department and NOAA will be present, Fox News Digital learned. CONGRESS SHOULD HONOR TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND CONSERVE OUR OUTDOORS FOR THE NEXT 250 YEARS The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of Commerce are directed to propose changes to current policies. One of the policies spotlighted in the order targets Biden-era restrictions on the use of traditional lead ammunition and tackle. Under Biden, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopted station-specific requirements for lead-free ammunition and/or tackle at several national wildlife refuges. DENNY HAMLIN SAYS FORWARD-FACING SONAR IN PROFESSIONAL BASS FISHING HAS GONE 'A LITTLE OVERBOARD' Trump’s fishing order seeks to unleash more of America’s coastal waters for recreational fishing while cutting federal red tape and giving anglers a bigger role in how fisheries are managed. The administration seeks to move charter operators toward multi-year permits, replace mail-in catch surveys with mobile reporting, launching programs for depleted stocks such as Atlantic striped bass, and using eligible offshore oil and gas platforms to create artificial reefs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3b1375342cf4db871390 GOP lawmakers pump brakes on Trump's $5K check promise: 'Where are you getting the money?' te 2026-09-17T19:10:11.131Z GOP lawmakers pump brakes on Trump's $5K check promise: 'Where are you getting the money?' President Donald Trump's promise of a big payout for Americans if Republicans win the midterms is getting a rocky reception on Capitol Hill. Several Republicans outright oppose the $5,000 check promise, while others offered tacit support in comments to Fox News Digital but hesitated on whether it could actually be delivered. It's a sign that the GOP will have an uphill fight to get the "Trump dividend" approved by Congress — with the president and lawmakers divided over whether it even needs the legislative branch's green light. "I disagree with it. It's pay-to-play," Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital. "You shouldn't pay anybody to vote your conscience. Plus, where are you getting the money? I think we're in debt $40 trillion." House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., whose powerful committee would likely play a major role in crafting the $5,000 stimulus if it did run through Congress, said he was "skeptical" it could be achieved. TRUMP FACES RECKONING AS GOP FIGURES LABEL $5K PROMISE A 'SOCIALIST VOTE-BUYING SCHEME' "Take a billion dollars ... I'd rather use it to either bolster defense or save Social Security. I think that's a better use of the money. But again, we have to see what we're looking at. Right now, we don't have a bill," Cole told Fox News Digital. TRUMP DANGLES $5,000 CHECKS AS DEBT SURGES — BUT ONLY IF GOP CAN CLEAR MAJOR MIDTERM HURDLE He added more optimistically, "We just have an idea that we want to get money back to the American people. I like that." Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., said he could support the idea if the sudden injection of cash wouldn't send inflation rates soaring. "But it ought to be limited — people that are working, people that are paying taxes. I don't think we should just send paychecks out to everybody willy-nilly," Rutherford told Fox News Digital. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, simply said, "The devil's always in the details. I prefer to look at ways of getting people job opportunities." VOTERS HAVE A BLUNT MESSAGE FOR TRUMP ABOUT HIS IDEA TO DOLE OUT $5,000 CHECKS Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., praised Trump's candor but signaled he was not enthusiastic about a stimulus without guardrails. "If we can structure tax incentives, if we can do some type of — whether it's a cut, whether it's a rebate, something in that vein, I think it's probably a little better policy than mailing people a check just because they're here," Knott said. But the idea did find support from others, like House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md. "I think that hardworking Americans, probably taxpayers, deserve a tax rebate, we’re going to have to discuss how large a rebate that’ll be," Harris told Fox News Digital, suggesting the $5,000 figure should be up for negotiation. "That’s a good idea." He added that it should go through Congress, potentially through the same mechanism that Republicans used to pass the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act." "It would probably have to go through reconciliation," he said. Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, suggested the money could come from what the federal government recovers in efforts to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. "Why don't we continue the president's approach towards fraud, and give a dividend to the people of this great country who that money was stolen from?" Pfluger posed, arguing that hundreds of billions of dollars were lost to fraud in the last administration. Giving $5,000 to every American adult could cost at least $1 trillion by some estimates, a significant portion of the U.S. annual budget. A price tag that big historically, would be subject to congressional approval, but the president may disagree. "I think they will do it if we needed it, but I think not," Trump told CBS News when asked if Congress would need to approve the stimulus. But Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told CNN's "State of the Union" earlier this week, "I would assume, yes, he'd need Congress to act." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3b1175342cf4db871387 Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: $200 in Bonuses up for Grabs Ahead of Bills vs Lions te 2026-09-17T19:10:09.886Z Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: $200 in Bonuses up for Grabs Ahead of Bills vs Lions Thursday Night Kickoff is just hours away and Betr is giving users a major incentive to wager on the high-octane matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. Before kickoff at the brand-new Highmark Stadium, use promo code FOXNEWS to claim up to $200 in bonus bets. This Week 2 slate features a non-conference showdown that showcases two of what should be the top offenses in the league. These dominant offenses promise plenty of action for pick’em entries. Buffalo enters the matchup fresh off a game in Houston that was closer than the final score indicated. Its offense proved it could put up points at will. Playing in front of a home crowd in a new stadium for the first time, the Bills are looking to build immediate momentum and defend their home turf. On the other side, Detroit steps onto the field after pulling off a gritty overtime win against New Orleans in its season opener. The Lions were in control of that game for most of the game, but they blew it late. Luckily, they got the stop needed to give them a win.  New Betr users can add an extra layer of excitement to the matchup. Receive up to $200 in bonuses after your initial deposit by using promo code FOXNEWS. Coming off an electric performance in Week 1, racking up four total touchdowns in Buffalo's 36-31 win, Josh Allen remains one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Whether he is launching deep balls downfield or using his size to push past defenders on the ground, Allen operates as the central engine of the Bills' attack. Breaking in the new stadium, on primetime and against a team that made Tyler Shough look like a Hall of Famer, Allen should be primed for a great statline. Jared Goff continues to do just enough to keep the Lions offense elite. He leads a Detroit offense that can strike through the air or on the ground. Coming off a hard-fought Week 1 win, Goff’s ability to handle home-crowd noise, make quick pre-snap reads, and distribute the ball effectively to his key targets will be essential if the Lions hope to keep pace with Buffalo on the road. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac3b0c75342cf4db871352 G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’ te 2026-09-17T19:10:04.120Z G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’ Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac38bf75342cf4db871300 Husband and wife get trapped in premier hiking destination; only one of them makes it out alive te 2026-09-17T19:00:15.816Z Husband and wife get trapped in premier hiking destination; only one of them makes it out alive A sudden and powerful storm over Washington state's Cascade Mountains quickly turned a challenging hike into a fight for survival for an Oklahoma couple. The pair was navigating the rugged "core zone" of the remote Enchantments wilderness when they were engulfed by heavy, deep snow.  By late afternoon, the freezing, high-elevation conditions brought their trek to a desperate halt. 2 MYSTERY DEATHS AT ZION NATIONAL PARK PROMPT URGENT QUESTIONS ABOUT VISITOR SAFETY At 5:26 p.m., the husband sent an urgent text to 911.  He reported to dispatchers that their clothes were soaked through from the storm, and his wife was physically unable to continue moving, according to FOX 13 Seattle. Help could not reach them in time.  The stranded hiker, identified as 45-year-old Sybil Claborn of Oklahoma City, succumbed to the extreme elements and died in the snow Sunday. Before the rescue team reached them, Claborn's husband tried to carry her out but was unable to do so. They were stranded at an elevation of roughly 7,000 to 8,000 feet, about 8 to 10 miles from the nearest trailheads. TEEN HIKER'S DISAPPEARANCE ENDS IN TRAGEDY AT NATIONAL PARK WITH KEY QUESTION REMAINING The situation prompted a frantic rescue effort involving multiple agencies, but the severe weather repeatedly thwarted attempts to reach the couple by air. The sheriff's office requested a hoist-equipped helicopter at 6:51 p.m., and an Army helicopter launched from Yakima shortly after 8 p.m. Stormy conditions forced the helicopter to turn back as the husband remained in contact with 911 and reported that Claborn's condition was deteriorating. A second Army helicopter attempt around 10:50 p.m. was also unsuccessful, while Chelan County Mountain Rescue crews continued toward the couple on foot. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Ground crews finally reached the stranded hikers around 3:30 a.m., finding Claborn dead and her husband suffering from severe hypothermia. Her husband was warmed inside a tent before he was transported to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth for treatment. Claborn's body was later recovered and taken to the Chelan County Coroner's Office. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Authorities are actively investigating the cause and manner of Claborn's death. Fox News Digital reached out to the Chelan County Sheriff's Office for more information. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ While the tragedy in the Enchantments unfolded amid heavy snow and freezing conditions, other hikers have died this year while battling extreme heat. Earlier this summer, a 68-year-old French tourist died after attempting to hike to safety after his vehicle became stuck in mud in Death Valley National Park. A similar tragedy unfolded at the Grand Canyon in June. That month, an 18-year-old hiker died after developing heat-related symptoms on the park’s Bright Angel Trail, the National Park Service said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac38be75342cf4db8712f7 Far-left streamer Hasan Piker called out by MS NOW hosts in fiery exchange over him being a drag for Democrats te 2026-09-17T19:00:14.563Z Far-left streamer Hasan Piker called out by MS NOW hosts in fiery exchange over him being a drag for Democrats Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker clashed with two MS NOW hosts on Wednesday on multiple issues, including his political influence and his anti-Israel stance, as Symone Sanders Townsend told the streamer point-blank she would be telling candidates she worked for to absolutely "disavow" him. "I used to work campaigns, Hasan, and I have to tell you, if I was a strategist or a consultant or the political director on one of these campaigns, I would absolutely be telling my people to disavow you," Sanders Townsend told Piker in an interview on her "Clock It" podcast, which she co-hosts with Eugene Daniels. "I really would, because we wanna win! We wanna win, and so, like, if you’re not gonna help people win, distance." Piker acknowledged the disagreement between them as Townsend continued, "I’ve elected people, though. You’ve never elected anybody." STEPHEN A SMITH WARNS HASAN PIKER WILL ‘CONTAMINATE’ DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERMS, ‘COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM’ Piker also maintained his view that Israel is worse than Hamas, though he acknowledged it was a provocative statement. "I do believe that," he said. "Is Hamas a religious fundamentalist operation that have engaged in violent actions? Of course they have, absolutely," Piker continued. "But that violence is directly born out of, and even that repression is directly born out of, the conditions brought about by the occupation that's been going on for 80 plus years." Daniels pressed the Twitch streamer on whether he understood that it sounded like he was endorsing violence by making that argument. "Do you understand that that's how people hear it? And is that what you are endorsing?" Daniels asked. "So this, again, goes back to the same — this goes back to the same dynamic, right?" Piker said. "Structural violence and state violence is oftentimes made to be invisible. So when Israel as a state is operating its normal state functions, and sometimes it can come across as excessive, right? It's not seen as violent."  "It's no different than when people protest against police violence and police brutality. The brutality of the police is systemic violence, and therefore it's normalized," he added. "It's made to be invisible," Piker continued. "Whereas when people protest against the police, that is all of a sudden chaotic, that's all of a sudden violent. It's never violent when the police actually release tear gas on protesters. It's violence if the protesters use leaf blowers to blow that tear gas." Townsend jumped in to reject the comparison to protesting the police. "I'm gonna let Eugene move on, but I just want to note, it sounds like the example that you just gave that the people who are protesting the police are Hamas. And I just would reject that as somebody who has protested the police before, but we can move on," Townsend said. HASAN PIKER IS BECOMING THE 'FACE OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT,' FORMER DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE WARNS "Symone Sanders Townsend is putting her finger on a real tension for Democrats heading into the midterms," David Scharf, chair of Morrison Cohen’s Government Strategies & Controversies practice, told Fox News Digital. "Hasan Piker gives candidates access to a large, young audience that traditional political media often doesn't reach. But he also gives Republicans a ready-made way to force those candidates to answer for statements they didn't make." "Every candidate on the record defending him, appearing with him, or refusing to distance themselves from him helps turn him into a campaign issue," he added.  "In safe blue districts, that may not matter," Scharf said. "In a race as close as Michigan's Senate contest, it can. That's why Sanders Townsend, who has actually run campaigns, is looking at this very differently than Piker is. He's building an audience. She's counting votes." RASKIN CALLS PIKER’S RHETORIC 'IRRELEVANT DISTRACTION' AFTER THE STREAMER SAID HE'D VOTE FOR HAMAS OVER ISRAEL Piker insisted during a Friday livestream it was his "God-given" and "constitutionally protected right" to proclaim hatred for America. During one of his lengthy shows, Piker responded to an attack ad against Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed based on his connection to Piker and his past controversial statements claiming to "hate" America. "Bro, I hate this country, dude. I hate America," Piker said in clips featured on the ad. "Oh God, I f---ing hate America so much." Piker argued after showing the clip that it was "clear" that he was angry at "what America as the American government is doing to Americans and to everyone else" but nevertheless defended his right to say he hates the country. EL-SAYED GRILLED ON PIKER, ISRAEL AND SOCIALIST TIES AFTER MIKE ROGERS SKIPS SENATE DEBATE "Of course, I'm a Godd--- American. It is my Godd--- God-given and constitutionally protected right to say I hate America if America is actually f---ing over Americans," he said. "You can clip chimp it all day. It doesn't change that. It doesn't change that mentality." "To present this as like, oh, 'These guys are real America haters' as some liberals have been doing on the timeline, as virtually the entirety of the Republican Party is doing, is so f---ing stupid," Piker added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac38bd75342cf4db8712ee Philadelphia home search uncovers possible human ashes, images of 7 missing women: police te 2026-09-17T19:00:13.343Z Philadelphia home search uncovers possible human ashes, images of 7 missing women: police Philadelphia police found images of seven missing women, including two who appear unconscious and injured, while searching more than 1 million images recovered from a home where investigators also found five urns believed to contain human ashes, authorities said Wednesday. Initial analysis of the images showed two missing women – 27-year-old Gabrielle Armando and 26-year-old Marabel Fresses – lying unconscious in the Chew Avenue home with apparent injuries, Philadelphia Police Department Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said in the press conference. Metadata from the images show they were taken in 2017. "Both women remain missing and have not been seen," Vanore said, adding "to date, neither their bodies nor any DNA evidence have been recovered." The home belonged to deceased pornographer Raymond "R.C." Horsch and was occupied by his son, Eugene Horsch, whose June arrest sparked the investigation. CALIFORNIA AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY FINAL UNKNOWN VICTIM OF ‘HAPPY FACE KILLER’ KEITH JESPERSON AFTER 34 YEARS On June 19, a Federal Park Ranger arrested Eugene Horsch, 44, after investigating him and a female passenger sitting in a BMW outside of Philadelphia's Independence Mall, Vanore explained. "During the course of that investigation, officers recovered two firearms, narcotics, and identification impersonating a federal law enforcement officer, and he was charged. Task force officers from the DEA were able to develop probable cause that same day and serve a warrant on Mr. Horsch's residence," Vanore said. The female passenger presented police with a false identification using the name Blair Tonzelli, a woman who has been missing since 2023, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital. FOUL ODOR AT NYC SCHOOL LEADS POLICE TO BODY HIDDEN IN CHIMNEY The true identity of the woman in the vehicle has not been released. Tonzelli's whereabouts remain unknown. After obtaining a warrant, investigators found "a homemade laboratory of some kind in the basement area, five urns believed to contain human ashes, and a large amount of digital evidence — including computers, hard drives, flash drives, DVRs, cameras, and phones," Vanore said during the press conference. Investigators have identified 58 total people in the videos and images they found in the home. Vanore said "four of those identified appear lifeless, with video depicting what may have happened to one of them." NEW CALIFORNIA LAW EXPANDS DNA TOOLS FOR MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATIONS One video shows R.C. Horsch handcuffing a woman to a bed and zip-tying her neck until she became unconscious. Police identified this woman as Nicole Fusaro, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia. Another missing woman connected to the home is R.C. Horsch's ex-wife, Amy McHale, who has been missing since 2016, FOX 29 reported. Two other missing women have been connected to the home. Police identified one as a 25-year-old woman but did not name her, and the other has yet to be identified, according to FOX 29. "We have only processed a small fraction of the total media. Thousands of videos remain to be analyzed. We are working to corroborate what we see and gather physical evidence to prove our findings, supported throughout by the FBI as we determine our next steps," Vanore concluded Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac38b475342cf4db8712af Marana dining challenge sets record with 1,468 visits te 2026-09-17T19:00:04.804Z Marana dining challenge sets record with 1,468 visits A summer challenge encouraging people to eat and drink around Marana drew record participation this year, with 367 people completing the program with an estimated 1,468 visits to local restaurants, cafes and other food businesses. Dine & Discover Marana wrapped its fourth year in a partnership between the Marana Chamber of Commerce and Discover Marana, the town's official tourism organization. The program launched to support local food-focused businesses during the slower summer months, when many restaurants see a dip in traffic as seasonal residents and visitors leave town. Participants visit locations, fill out a challenge card and earn limited-edition merchandise such as T-shirts and hats for completing the program. More than 100 restaurants participated in this summer's challenge. "The whole idea behind Dine & Discover is to give people a little nudge to try somewhere they haven't been before," said Stefanie Boe, tourism and marketing manager for the town of Marana. "We want people to find that restaurant, coffee shop or local spot they love this summer and then think of it again when friends and family come to visit." Based on an average of $50 spent per restaurant visit, organizers estimate the challenge generated $73,400 in local dining activity this year alone. "This is the first time we could really have a solid estimated per-meal amount," Boe said, adding that the$50 average was at first, a shock. "It's a reality that eating out is more expensive than ever. We appreciate so many people still participating when we know budgets are tight. I think that shows how much people want to support local." Tucson Spotlight just won a national award for local journalism. Become a member today and help make sure Southern Arizona keeps getting the coverage it deserves. A beer flight at Caps & Corks, one of the restaurants participating in the Dine & Discover Marana program, which encouraged participants to snap and submit photos along the way. Courtesy of Town of Marana. This year marked the first time participants could choose a digital challenge card instead of the traditional paper version. Boe said the change came after feedback from past participants. "We had heard from challengers last year that they left their paper card in the car or at home, so they weren't able to get server initials at some locations," Boe said. "Since the digital version allows for GPS, receipt or photo check-in, it gave people more options. As an introvert myself I really loved this." More than 300 people opted into the digital format, logging 499 check-ins at participating businesses. Digital participants also posted photos from their visits showing where they ate. Boe said the town was also surprised by how many people started the challenge but didn't finish. "We asked our digital challengers about this in a survey we're conducting now," Boe said. "Perhaps the physical card is a better reminder to keep going." Regardless of format, organizers say the challenge's overall numbers reflect a community showing up for its local businesses. "Dine & Discover is a great example of what can happen when our community intentionally chooses to support local," said Marana Chamber of Commerce CEO Amanda Wiggins. "Nearly 1,500 visits to Marana dining businesses during the summer months represents real activity for our local businesses, and we're proud to continue growing this program alongside Discover Marana." Organizers say the program is designed to introduce residents to businesses they might otherwise overlook, and to build lasting habits around supporting local restaurants and cafes. A Dine & Discover Marana challenge card next to a plate from Newton Pho Restaurant. Courtesy of Town of Marana. Boe credited word of mouth, social media and this year's added events for the program's growth. "Once someone participates and gets their beautiful merch, they want to do it again," Boe said. "We had lots of new people this year, which is so great to see. I also love seeing people in four years worth of shirts. The Chamber team also added two concerts at Tucson Premium Outlets, and we were able to kick off the program there and then give out merch at the second concert. I loved that." Boe said she doesn't plan major changes to the program next year, but hopes to build on the model. "I think we've found the magic formula for Dine & Discover and we'll continue to be consistent," she said. "Aside from Dine & Discover, I'm planning to use this digital mapping tool to create some other experiences or challenges in the coming months." The challenge also supports the town's broader tourism goals, particularly around winter and spring visitors. "For me it's all about those friends and relatives who come to visit in the winter and spring. This is our largest share of visitation," Boe said. "When your grandkids come to visit, I want locals to have their Marana list of places to eat rather than thinking they need to go to downtown Tucson." She closed with a thank-you to participants. "The more we help what is already here be successful, the more new spots we'll see open up in the coming years," Boe said. Caitlin Schmidt is editor and publisher of Tucson Spotlight. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac340c75342cf4db871207 How hurricane charity scams target you before storms hit te 2026-09-17T18:40:12.393Z How hurricane charity scams target you before storms hit A hurricane-season scammer can start the day with coffee and a spreadsheet. That spreadsheet may hold names, ages, addresses, phone numbers and family details. A scammer might buy that information, pull it from people-search sites or piece it together from public sources. That means hurricane charity scams can start before a storm even hits. By the time a hurricane dominates the news, a fraudster may already know who could respond to a donation pitch. September is National Preparedness Month, and this year's theme is "Americans Stand Ready." While FEMA urges you to make an emergency plan and build a kit, scammers are looking for ways to turn a disaster into a payday. NEW! Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: Get Better Healthcare With AI In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will show you five practical ways AI can help you take a more active role in your healthcare. You’ll learn how to organize your health history, remember important appointment details, understand complicated medical information, research prescriptions and prepare questions for your next doctor’s visit. No technical experience is needed. Register for free now at CyberGuyLive.com 19 EMERGENCY ITEMS TO BUY BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY NEED THEM — STARTING AT $7 Charity scammers do not have to wait for a disaster to start looking for targets. Data brokers and marketers have spent years collecting information about where people live, what they buy and how they respond to solicitations. One Justice Department case shows how dangerous that kind of targeting can become. Epsilon Data Management used transactional data and a database covering 100 million U.S. households to identify "responsive buyers." Prosecutors said two executives, Robert Reger and David Lytle, spent about a decade knowingly selling targeted lists to fraudsters. One client used those lists to defraud more than 218,000 people out of over $23.7 million. More than 12,000 victims got hit more than 20 times. A judge sentenced Reger to 10 years in prison and Lytle to four years. Epsilon also paid $150 million in penalties and victim compensation, with $122 million returned to more than 200,000 victims. The Epsilon prosecution focused on mass-mailing fraud rather than hurricane charity scams. Still, it shows how personal data and behavioral signals can help fraudsters choose targets before a pitch lands. Separate FBI data shows the cost of charity fraud. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center recorded 662 charity complaints and $7,907,609 in reported losses in 2025. A scammer does not need a history of bad donations to target you. Fraudsters can reach people through purchased lists, public records, robocalls and other marketing channels. James Trankle ran three fake charities, including the "Disabled and Paralyzed Veterans Fund," the "National Breast Cancer Awareness Fund" and the "Children's Leukemia of America Fund." He mailed solicitations to thousands of people and collected more than 1,600 personal checks. Then he used donor banking information to create counterfeit checks. Many victims were older adults. A judge sentenced him to five years in prison. Travis Peterson ran a six-year scheme using millions of robocalls and other outreach to solicit donations for sham veterans' charities. Prosecutors said he often targeted senior citizens. A judge sentenced him to 41 months in prison and ordered him to pay $541,032.10 in restitution. These cases show why an unexpected charity pitch deserves a closer look, especially when the caller already knows personal details about you. MINNESOTA NONPROFIT ACCUSED OF SIPHONING $6.5M TO FUND VEGAS TRIPS, LUXURY CARS, PRIVATE LIQUOR STORE Natural disasters create urgency and confusion while bringing out people's desire to help. Scammers know that. After Hurricane Helene, FEMA warned that thieves may try to use stolen names, addresses and Social Security numbers to apply for assistance in other people's names. FEMA also warned residents to be alert for impostors posing as inspectors or disaster workers. The FTC has warned that scammers quickly exploit weather emergencies with fake charities and copycat organizations. Some imitate real charity names or create websites that appear tied to a disaster. Meanwhile, the Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30, and NOAA identifies September 10 as the climatological peak. That puts National Preparedness Month right in the middle of the busiest part of the season. If you want to see how much personal information may be exposed online, a free scan can help you find some of the data that appears on broker and people-search sites. Get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web: Cyberguy.com/FreeScan You can still be generous. The key is slowing down long enough to verify who wants your money and taking a few steps to protect yourself before you donate. Look it up on Charity Navigator, BBB Wise Giving Alliance at Give.org, CharityWatch or the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Avoid links in unexpected texts or emails. Instead, go directly to the charity's official website. The FTC warns that scammers may insist on cash, gift cards, wire transfers, payment apps or cryptocurrency. If you donate, a credit card or check gives you more protection and a clearer paper trail. A demand to donate immediately should make you stop and verify the organization before sending money. Legitimate charities will give you time to research them and decide whether you want to give. Scammers may use names that sound like established charities or web addresses that differ by only a few characters. Before donating, check the spelling of the charity's name and make sure you are on its official website. 5) Do not trust donation links in texts, emails or social media posts A donation request can look convincing even when it comes from a compromised account or impersonates a real charity. Do not assume a fundraiser is legitimate because a friend shared it. Go directly to the charity's official website instead of clicking the donation link and use strong antivirus software to help protect you from malicious links, phishing sites and malware that may be hiding behind fraudulent donation requests. Review your credit card or bank statement after making a donation. Confirm that you were charged only the amount you approved and check that you were not signed up for recurring donations you did not intend to make. Keep the receipt or confirmation for your records. If something feels wrong, report it. File a report with the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov or the FBI at ic3.gov. You can also call the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline at 877-908-3360. Verifying every charity request helps, but your personal information may already be available through data brokers and people-search sites. Removing that data can make it harder for scammers to build a detailed profile around you and use personal details to make a pitch seem believable. One option is to use a personal data removal service that can contact data brokers and people-search sites on your behalf. These services can help reduce how much of your information is publicly available and may continue monitoring for data that reappears over time. You can also make removal requests yourself, although that process can take more time and repeated follow-up. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com Hurricane charity scams work because disasters create urgency while personal data makes scam pitches more believable. The Epsilon case shows how fraudsters can use targeted consumer lists, while the Trankle and Peterson cases show how fake charities can exploit people who want to help. FEMA and the FTC continue to warn that scammers take advantage of disasters and stolen personal information. Before you donate, verify the organization independently, slow down when someone pressures you and use a payment method that gives you better protection. Reducing the amount of personal information available through data brokers can also make it harder for scammers to build a detailed profile around you. You cannot stop hurricane season, but you can make yourself a harder target. Have you ever received a disaster-relief donation request that made you suspicious? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac340b75342cf4db8711fe Fresh activity emerges at Iran’s deeply buried nuclear site as Trump warns Iran not to ‘get cute’ te 2026-09-17T18:40:11.055Z Fresh activity emerges at Iran’s deeply buried nuclear site as Trump warns Iran not to ‘get cute’ New satellite imagery shows Iran has added new defenses around tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, the deeply buried nuclear-linked site President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike, as Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-drafted Security Council resolution aimed at preserving international monitoring of sanctions on Tehran. The Institute for Science and International Security said in a report released Thursday that satellite imagery from Sept. 11 shows earthen roadblocks remain in place on roads leading to Pickaxe Mountain’s western tunnel portals near the Natanz nuclear complex. The institute said the continued restricted access reinforces its assessment that the facility is not currently being used for normal operations, while assessing that valuable equipment or materials remain inside. The report also identified additional soil placed over one western tunnel portal and over a nearby cluster of entrances first built in 2007. The institute said the added soil increases the amount of earth protecting the entrances and helps harden them against aerial bombardment. EXPERTS ‘DEEPLY’ CONCERNED OVER IRAN’S WORK AT UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR SITE The findings come one week after Trump issued his latest warning over Pickaxe Mountain. "We notice there’s a little activity at Pickaxe," Trump told reporters last week. "I would advise Iran not to get cute because we will have to hit them very hard." Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of attacking the site. In a July 28 "Fox & Friends" interview highlighted by the White House, Trump said the U.S. was watching Pickaxe closely and knew "exactly what’s going on," adding that Washington could "take out Pickaxe" if diplomacy failed. Pickaxe Mountain lies roughly two kilometers from Natanz and features multiple tunnel entrances leading into a deeply buried underground complex. Construction began in 2020 following sabotage that damaged an advanced centrifuge assembly facility at Natanz, and Iranian officials subsequently said a replacement underground facility was being built for advanced centrifuge production. Analysts estimate portions of the facility may be buried at least 100 meters beneath the mountain. Iran has said there is no nuclear activity at the site. TRUMP SAYS US HAS 'MASSIVE' MUNITIONS STOCKPILE, VOWS 'TREASONOUS' LEAKERS BEING HUNTED DOWN Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that some analysts believe the opportunity for a straightforward strike on Pickaxe Mountain may already have passed. "The window to strike Pickaxe Mountain, according to some, has already expired because the regime has dug an underground nuclear facility several times deeper than Fordow," Ben Taleblu said. But he argued that Washington retains military options even if destroying the underground complex itself proves difficult. "Washington can do what it’s traditionally been able to do with sites that are underground, hardened and fortified, and that’s to bury their entrances and raise the political cost to the Islamic Republic of being able to dig out," he said. "While there may not be the perfect munition just yet, Uncle Sam always has a bigger bomb," Ben Taleblu added. "And in the meantime, what they can do is show that they mean business by burying the entrances." NUCLEAR EXPERTS URGE TRUMP NOT TO LET IRAN STEER TALKS AWAY FROM REGIME'S ATOMIC THREAT The Pickaxe findings came alongside signs of reconstruction at another sensitive Iranian facility. In a separate report Thursday, the institute said Iran was "rapidly moving forward" with reconstruction of Taleghan 2 at the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran. Vantor Technologies satellite imagery from Sept. 13 shows Iran erected a tarp over the destroyed hardened facility, obscuring work underneath from satellite or aerial observation, while dump trucks, bulldozers, concrete equipment and cranes were active around the site. The institute said Iran also built new concrete reinforcement that could provide additional protection against aerial attack. Taleghan 2 was struck by Israel in October 2024 and again in March 2026 after Iran had rebuilt and hardened the facility. The institute said significant questions remain about Tehran’s plans for the site. The military developments unfolded alongside a separate confrontation over Iran at the United Nations. CHINA ORDERS FIRMS TO IGNORE US IRAN SANCTIONS, DARING US TO ENFORCE CRACKDOWN Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US-authored Security Council resolution that would have extended for another year, until September 2027, the mandate of the Panel of Experts supporting the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee. The measure received 11 votes in favor, while Pakistan and Somalia abstained. The panel investigates alleged sanctions violations and reports on implementation. The dispute reflects a deeper split over whether UN sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement were legally restored through the "snapback" mechanism. Most Council members maintain that the sanctions and related monitoring structures were revived, while Russia and China reject the legal and procedural validity of that position. A day before the vote, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told reporters in New York that Washington considers the sanctions legally restored. "The snapback sanctions … occurred, the United States and this UN Security Council followed appropriate procedures for that to occur," Waltz said Wednesday at a news conference attended by Fox News Digital. "Those sanctions are in place and we expect those who are a party to fully enforce those sanctions." Waltz said the expert panel is important because sanctioned companies and individuals can attempt to evade restrictions by changing names and corporate structures. "The president has been clear and the world community has been clear with resolution after resolution that the Iranian regime cannot have a nuclear weapon," Waltz said. Thursday also brought fresh UN scrutiny of both Washington and Tehran. An independent UN fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe two U.S. strikes on civilian sites in Iran in February constituted war crimes, while separately concluding that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on anti-government protests. The mission is investigative rather than judicial, and its findings do not themselves constitute criminal judgments. Fox News Digital reached out to Iran U.N. mission for comments but didn’t receive them in time for publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac340575342cf4db8711c3 At Gettysburg, a Reporter Captured a Nation’s Loss, and His Own te 2026-09-17T18:40:05.722Z At Gettysburg, a Reporter Captured a Nation’s Loss, and His Own Samuel Wilkeson Jr. filed a report for The Times from the battlefield. Then he went looking for a Union officer, his son. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac340375342cf4db8711a4 Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles te 2026-09-17T18:40:03.137Z Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac31b275342cf4db87117a Rand Paul clashes with fellow Republican over AI 'kill switch' as Senate grapples with 'Terminator' fears te 2026-09-17T18:30:10.754Z Rand Paul clashes with fellow Republican over AI 'kill switch' as Senate grapples with 'Terminator' fears Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., was readying a long-shot attempt at regulating an industry that has, in recent weeks, spurred fears and anxiety about human annihilation. He planned to ram through his bill, which would require artificial intelligence (AI) companies to have a kill switch for rogue AI, on the Senate floor. But his attempt Wednesday night was blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. He told Fox News Digital that he feared there was little desire from Republicans to do anything to regulate AI. "There's no appetite in my caucus to do anything that I can say," Kennedy said. HAWLEY TAKES AIM AT 'CORPORATE WELFARE' AFTER GOP-BACKED TAX BREAK BOOSTED CONTROVERSIAL INDUSTRY Paul contended the following day that regulating something "so pervasive as AI throughout our economy" would require hearing from people who are involved in the industry and having a debate over the regulatory structure. "I think it would be crazy to get on the floor one day and regulate an entire industry," Paul told reporters. Still, the anxiety over the unfettered evolution of AI has spread like wildfire after reports that rogue bots began acting on their own, but it's an issue that Congress has had years to address. Three years ago, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was then leading the Senate when Democrats had control under former President Joe Biden, met with lawmakers and Big Tech CEOs to sketch out an AI roadmap. Since then, Congress hasn’t taken legislative action to add guardrails to AI development. Now, with fears ramping up that AI could wipe out humanity in a decade, and with reports of rogue AI agents scheming privately and attacking other AI, lawmakers are again taking notice. AI'S MASSIVE APPETITE FOR POWER, WATER IGNITES FIGHT IN HIGH-STAKES TEXAS SENATE RACE But some wonder whether this time Congress will take action to regulate AI, or if it’s turning a growing problem into another political issue to be debated and ignored. "It's already a political issue," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital. "Donald Trump has said it's not a problem, and that is like a dead weight loss on every one of the Republican senators or representatives." "Thus far, the courage they have demonstrated in standing up to Donald Trump on anything has been somewhere around zero," she continued. Warren had just left a closed-door meeting led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has pushed for a ban on superintelligent AI, held with lawmakers and with AI experts Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI," physicist Max Tegmark and Ajeya Cotra. "There is now a growing alarm about the future of humanity and creating technology that human beings cannot control," Sanders told reporters. "And I'm happy to tell you that I think there is a growing sense of urgency upon members of Congress that this has to be done." One of the points the experts impressed on lawmakers was that, at the very least, a kill switch should be implemented to deactivate rogue AI. Kennedy was the lone Republican to attend that meeting. "I'm just saying they have to have a kill switch to turn the son of a b---- off if it goes wrong," Kennedy said. "This doesn't put government in charge in any way. It doesn't affect innovation. It just says, if you're gonna sell this thing in America that has the potential to turn into an independent species, like the 'Terminator,’ you've got to have a way to shut it down immediately, as soon as you discover that." TRUMP-BACKED CRYPTO BILL FAILS TO LAUNCH AS DEMS, REPUBLICANS UNITE TO BLOCK IT But there have been Republicans, like Kennedy, who want to regulate AI sooner rather than later. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has been pushing his regulatory bill alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., since 2023. But Thune argued to Fox News Digital that it was Democrats standing in the way. "I think the Democrats, in my view, clearly are trying to politicize this. I mean, all the rhetoric around it and everything else, and stuff like that. But you know, the truth is, the bill, which we have, that addresses the AI issue, which we worked on for a long time, which actually passed the Commerce Committee in 2024, is available with modifications and updates. It reflects what's happened since the last time they passed it in our committee." "The obstacle to getting it up and going and getting it filed is Democrats," he continued. "So if they're looking for a legislative vehicle, there is one out there." Meanwhile, Warren said she could see herself supporting a kill switch, but that Hinton made the case that the switch would need a human to flip it, "and a smart AI will persuade a human being not to do it." "They will create enough evidence, enough of a narrative, that no one will ever throw the kill switch," Warren said. "Which is back to the point I was raising, so where are the places that you act?" She argued that Congress needed to find the "pinch points" where humans could still have agency to stop rogue AI, but for now, there wasn’t a real desire to find a new regulatory and enforcement tool to do so. "There are things we say are illegal. We have a mechanism for how to enforce the laws that say, ‘don't do that,’" Warren said. "It's not perfect, but we have it. We need a whole new enforcement device now, and nobody seems to be thinking through what that looks like." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2f5b75342cf4db871102 Eva Shockey says women don't have to abandon their femininity to belong in the outdoors te 2026-09-17T18:20:11.592Z Eva Shockey says women don't have to abandon their femininity to belong in the outdoors Eva Shockey never thought becoming a hunter should require giving up the other parts of herself. Apparently, plenty of people disagreed. Shockey, one of the most recognizable women in the outdoor industry, told OutKick's Tomi Lahren that she has faced pushback from within the hunting community almost from the moment she entered it — including criticism for something as simple as wanting to look feminine while doing it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS "Pretty much everything I've done in the hunting community, there's been pushback since day one," Shockey said during an appearance on "Tomi Lahren is Fearless." "It's never been where everyone's like, 'Yeah, she's doing it right.' Like, it's just never been like that." But fitting neatly into someone else's idea of what a hunter should look like was never particularly appealing to her. Shockey grew up in a hunting family as the daughter of legendary outdoorsman Jim Shockey, but she didn't immediately follow her dad into the field. In fact, one of the things that kept her away from hunting when she was younger was that she didn't see women who looked or lived like her doing it. When she eventually began hunting herself, she wasn't interested in trading one identity for another. "I didn't hunt because I didn't know you could be this — have hair and makeup and care about your nails being done — and also love to hunt," she said. "I love being in the mountains. I love hiking. I love wearing camo, but I also like still looking feminine." Her solution was pretty simple: Don't choose. "If I'm gonna hunt, I'm still me," Shockey said. "I'm not gonna change who I am because I want to go hunting." STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! That became a defining part of her message as her profile grew over the years. Shockey came into the outdoor industry at a time when hunting media was still overwhelmingly male. She started on television alongside her father before social media opened the door for women and other newcomers to find outdoor personalities who looked more like them. She is quick to point out that she didn't create the movement toward more women hunting. "I got to really ride the wave of a big change in more women starting to hunt," Shockey said. "It wasn't me personally. Like, no, I'm not going to take all that credit. There was a bunch of other women before me. I just got to be a bit of a face of it and represent a lot of women through those last 15 years or so." Still, she has seen the change firsthand. Shockey believes social media, for all its faults, has made the outdoor world far more accessible to girls who might otherwise grow up believing hunting simply isn't something women do. "If young girls want to see someone shooting a bow or they live out in the country and they've never seen a girl hunt — which was little Eva back in the day — they can open social and see people doing what they want to do," she said. And they don't all have to look the same. "I'm by no means everybody's style," Shockey said. "Not everyone wants to see someone with, like, hair and makeup done. But there's lots." That's precisely the point. For Shockey, expanding hunting isn't about replacing one stereotype with another. It's about showing women that they don't have to adopt a particular personality, appearance or identity before they're allowed to participate. CHASE BRISCOE SAYS DEER HUNTING GIVES HIM A BIGGER RUSH THAN DRIVING 200 MPH IN NASCAR Over the years, she said, that message has come back to her directly. "I had a lot of girls, thousands and thousands of girls over the years, come up to me with basically relaying that to me," Shockey said. "Like, 'I'm so glad you said that we could hunt and not be embarrassed of who we are or what we look like or where we're from or whatever that looks like.'" And it isn't necessarily about makeup or femininity. "Maybe it's not hair and makeup," she said. "It's just you want to be who you are and still enjoy hunting. You don't have to transition into a hunter and leave everything else out. Like, we all have more elements than that." Shockey also believes the broader culture has moved closer to the outdoor lifestyle in recent years. More people, she said, are showing interest in gardening, sourcing their own food, hunting and generally reconnecting with where food comes from. "It's changed a lot in the last five years," she said. "I think people are very interested in that lifestyle, and they're very interested in growing things themselves, hunting things themselves." Rather than policing exactly how deeply someone participates, Shockey would rather see that curiosity encouraged. "The things that I believe so strongly in — like the outdoor life, the hunting, the gardens, the healthy food for your family, the fresh air, all that — I believe it's such a great thing," she said. "Even if they're doing 10% of it, that's 10% better than not doing it." And for Shockey, that may be the bigger win. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Not everyone has to become a hardcore hunter. But if seeing women with different personalities, interests and backgrounds makes the outdoors feel a little less foreign — and a little more accessible — then she’s certainly done her job. Love all things hunting and outdoors? Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram and TikTok! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2f5a75342cf4db8710f9 'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson exposes alleged extortion plot that sparked suicide attempt te 2026-09-17T18:20:10.211Z 'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson exposes alleged extortion plot that sparked suicide attempt This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. Alan Ritchson is sharing an intensely personal account of a period when he says his life began to unravel. The "Reacher" star said a former business partner threatened to accuse him of rape if he refused to meet her at a hotel in Cannes, France – an alleged threat he says left him overwhelmed by uncertainty and depression. "I'm a suicide survivor," he said during a recent appearance at FAN EXPO Canada. 'REACHER' STAR ALAN RITCHSON AND WIFE CATHERINE SPLITTING UP AFTER 2 DECADES OF MARRIAGE "I was like in my mid-30s. I was depressed for the first time, and I was depressed because I had done everything right, and I had a falling out with a business partner that threatened to … if I didn't go up to her hotel room, at the Hotel du Cap in Cannes when I was selling a film there, great success for her company that I was running, that she would call TMZ and tell the reporter that I raped her in Cannes, and she would ruin my life," Ritchson claimed. He continued, "So it was like she was blackmailing me to come up, and I was like, 'No, I'm not doing that.' I didn't want to do that." Ritchson did not identify the woman by name during his remarks. The actor said he refused to go to the hotel room and instead took legal action, hiring a litigator to fight the alleged threat. He said the business fallout was severe and that he ultimately reached a settlement — but walked away feeling that something much harder to recover had disappeared. "I lost everything in that relationship; she was a billionaire, and she actually tanked every bit of our business and cost me a lot, and also the threat of that looming over my head – I hired a litigator to fight back and make sure that couldn't happen," Ritchson said. "I ended up winning a settlement, but I didn't win anything because what I was left with was this uncertainty about what happens in life when you do good, you know, and like when you try your hardest." The actor said he "felt helpless," and said the situation left him "really broken and depressed" and feeling like it would be "a gift" to his family if they didn't have to deal with the fallout of the alleged scheme. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Ritchson’s comments come as he navigates a significant new chapter in his personal life. Earlier this month, Ritchson and his wife, Catherine, announced they were ending their 20-year marriage. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS In a joint Instagram statement shared this month, the couple said they had "decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way." The two first met as teenagers and later reconnected before marrying on May 12, 2006. They share three sons — Calem, Edan and Amory. Ritchson is best known for roles in "Smallville," "Blue Mountain State," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "Titans." He landed the title role in "Reacher" in 2022, which helped establish him as a leading Hollywood action star. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2f5575342cf4db8710d9 Hoffman subpoenas Hobbs, Mayes over foster care contract increase te 2026-09-17T18:20:05.263Z Hoffman subpoenas Hobbs, Mayes over foster care contract increase PHOENIX -- Sen. Jake Hoffman is issuing subpoenas to Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes to demand they tell his Senate Government Committee what they know about a 2023 decision by the state to give a nearly 60%… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2d0375342cf4db871076 Minnesota's anti-ICE aid fund becomes latest casualty of state's embarrassing fraud problem te 2026-09-17T18:10:11.672Z Minnesota's anti-ICE aid fund becomes latest casualty of state's embarrassing fraud problem A program designed to assist businesses impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota has been shut down following widespread fraud concerns, according to local news reports. The board of Hennepin County in Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, approved $2 million in funding for local businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge — a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota launched in December 2025. The county received roughly 300 applications and ultimately distributed about $500,000 to 82 applicants, while more than 200 applications were flagged for potential fraud, according to local reports. "The fact that people, after all this fraud, felt that they could apply and get away with it, I think it's a problem because clearly there's no fear out there," Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Lunde said, according to Kare 11. "Until we get it where people fear things, then they're gonna keep doing it." EMMER SAYS MN FRAUD RAIDS SEND ‘CRYSTAL CLEAR’ MESSAGE AFTER FEDS HIT DOZENS OF SITES Much of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric surrounding illegal immigration in Minnesota has been targeted at the state’s Somali population amid reports of widespread fraud. Members of Minnesota’s Somali community have been accused, and in some cases convicted, of using non-existent or inactive businesses and nonprofits to siphon money away from government programs intended to help the needy. FRAUD EXPERT EXPOSES HOW HIDDEN NETWORKS DROVE MINNESOTA FRAUD, OTHER MAJOR SCAMS: 'CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE' Similarly, Hennepin County officials reported that many businesses seeking relief funds drafted applications containing false information, seemingly fabricated by AI, that were copied, pasted, and submitted for multiple businesses. Other businesses submitting applications, meanwhile, were found not to exist when county officials made site visits. "Then at a certain point we're like, 'OK, we're getting declining results on that.' And so we said it's time to stop the program. So we just stopped processing at that point," Lunde, who characterized the applications as overwhelmingly fraudulent, said. The immigration enforcement operation in the state also drew national attention after U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January. WALZ APPROVAL RATING CRATERS TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER AND TRAILS TRUMP AMID MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL: 'TIRED OF IT' Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, has acknowledged responsibility for addressing the fraud in his state, saying it is his "responsibility to fix it." He has previously argued that "any amount of fraud is too much and undermines the very programs that do so much to raise our quality of life."  The governor, however, has pushed back on conservative attempts to pin the fraud primarily on the Somali community in the state.  "What is not helpful is the president of the United States demonizing an entire community," the governor wrote in a December 2025 op-ed. Hennepin County and Walz's office did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2d0175342cf4db871060 In Arizona’s most competitive district, Ciscomani and Mendoza spar over healthcare policies te 2026-09-17T18:10:09.956Z In Arizona’s most competitive district, Ciscomani and Mendoza spar over healthcare policies Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic candidate JoAnna Mendoza at a Clean Elections debate on Sept. 10, 2026. (Photos by Joe Rondone/The Arizona Republic/pool) The future of insurance, hospitals and healthcare is a major issues in the race for Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 6. The contest between Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza is one of the toss-ups that could decide the control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats need to flip a total of three seats across the nation to win back control of the chamber. Ciscomani, who is seeking a third term in the Nov. 3 election, has said his support of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the signature budget plan that was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, would protect Medicaid by rooting out fraud and abuse. “We want to make sure that people that need this service, they have it,” Ciscomani said. “We need to expand and strengthen the safety net of our system so that it can take care of the people that are in the most need.” The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote. Arizona Votes: 2026 Mendoza, a former Marine who previously ran unsuccessfully for the Arizona Legislature in 2020, says Ciscomani cast the deciding vote for a budget plan that creates bureaucratic red tape designed to push hundreds of thousands of low-income Arizonans off the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (aka AHCCCS, the state’s version of Medicaid). That, in turn, will mean fewer dollars for hospitals and clinics, particularly those in rural areas throughout Congressional District 6, at a time when they are already operating on slim margins. “We need to revert the cuts that have been made to AHCCCS and Medicaid,” Mendoza said in last week’s debate. Mendoza sidestepped questions on how she would restore the funding if elected to Congress. Healthcare administrators sound alarm A Congressional Budget Office analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill estimated that, over the next decade, the legislation would cut projected spending on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by more than a trillion dollars, leading to an additional 11.8 million Americans going without health insurance. Among other provisions, the GOP budget plan requires Medicaid recipients to reapply for their benefits at least twice a year. Enrollees between 19 and 64 must work at least 80 hours per month or perform community service or attend classes. Daniel Derksen, the director of the UA Center for Rural Health, said he was concerned about provisions in the GOP budget plan that are “basically implementing things that make it harder for people to stay enrolled in Medicaid.” Or, as Tucson Medical Center President Jennifer Mendrzycki said at an October 2025 gathering sponsored by the Chamber of Southern Arizona: “I don’t know if any of you have had any experience with signing family members up for Medicare or perhaps even for anything related to the government. Not to disparage the government, but there are some challenges with getting some of that work done.” Under the current law, anyone earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line is eligible for AHCCCS, with the federal government providing between 64 to 90 percent of the funding and the state kicking in the remainder. The AHCCCS program provides health care coverage to “low-income residents, including children, pregnant women, elderly individuals and people with disabilities,” said Julia Strange, Tucson Medical Center’s vice president of external affairs. The state contracts with private insurers, which then provide insurance plans to AHCCCS enrollees, Strange said at a 2025 town hall with Sen. Mark Kelly. More than 2 million Arizonans are on AHCCCS, including about 72,000 people who are elderly or who have significant disabilities, Strange said. She added that about 40 percent of the enrollees are children. Strange said providing health insurance to AHCCCS enrollees means they can address health issues before their conditions spiral out of control. For example, someone with insurance can get “an early diagnosis of colon cancer rather than getting a late-stage cancer diagnosis in the emergency department with no means or access to even what is now end-of-life care,” she said. Strange warned that more uninsured patients would lead to overcrowded emergency rooms. “No matter what your insurance is, you’re going to be affected by this bill,” Strange warned. “We’ll go back to where we were in 2006 when it was 18-hour waits.” Financial hit to hospitals, clinics Overcrowded ERs and bad health outcomes aside, there’s also a financial hit to hospitals, which are required by federal law to provide emergency care to those without health insurance. Treating uninsured patients, Strange said, will result in more “bad debt and charity care hospitals.” The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association predicted last year that the legislation would cost hospitals $6 billion over the next seven years and more than half of the state’s hospitals could end up operating in the red. “This bill goes too far,” said Ann-Marie Alameddin, president and CEO of AzHHA. “It removes Arizona’s flexibility, forces new fiscal burdens on our state and risks dismantling a system voters and lawmakers have repeatedly endorsed.” Following the passage of the GOP budget plan, El Rio Community Health President and CEO Clinton Kuntz said the organization was “deeply disappointed.” Kuntz said the legislation “will reshape healthcare for everyone in this country, not just those on AHCCCS/Medicaid. You cannot make a trillion dollars of cuts and push 12 million people to be newly uninsured without having profound consequences for the entire healthcare system.” Strange said AI advances might bring some efficiencies and healthcare executives were working to find solutions. “I think we’ll address some of these issues,” she said. “But services are going to close, and hospitals will close. People focus on rural, but the urban hospitals are just as vulnerable.” A study by Third Way estimated that 10 hospitals in and around Congressional District 6 could close as a result of the budget plan. Derksen, who studies rural health care, called the cuts “a huge concern. I don’t care if you practice in a rural area or urban area, hospital or clinic, no one can absorb a loss of 10 to 15 percent of those who have a payment source from their thing and still operate the types of services we need, like maternal healthcare.” Ciscomani himself warned that the legislation would be damaging to the health care sector in letters opposing healthcare cuts before he voted for the final version of the bill. He co-signed an April 17 letter to House leadership with 12 other Republican lawmakers, who wrote: “Cuts to Medicaid also threaten the viability of hospitals, nursing homes, and safety-net providers nationwide. Many hospitals — particularly in rural and underserved areas — rely heavily on Medicaid funding, with some receiving over half their revenue from the program alone. Providers in these areas are especially at risk of closure, with many unable to recover. When hospitals close, it affects all constituents, regardless of healthcare coverage.” He said during last week’s debate with Mendoza that he withheld his support until GOP leaders removed a provision from the legislation that would have reduced federal matching funds for the program. But the legislation does, over time, cap a key element that provides the state’s share of matching funds: provider taxes, which are paid by hospitals and other healthcare providers. Arizona’s current tax rate is 6 percent (which was forecast to bring in roughly $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2026), but it must reduce that each year until it reaches a maximum of 3.5 percent by 2032. As a result, the state will have to find hundreds of millions of dollars each year from another source or forgo federal matching funds. Ciscomani noted last year that the cap on the provider tax would be harmful to hospitals. In a letter he co-signed with 15 other House Republicans in June 2025, he and his colleagues said the legislation “undermines the balanced approach taken to craft the Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1—particularly regarding provider taxes and state directed payments.” The GOP lawmakers said they were “concerned about rushed implementation timelines, penalties for expansion states, changes to the community engagement requirements for adults with dependents, and cuts to emergency Medicaid funding. These changes would place additional burdens on hospitals already stretched thin by legal and moral obligations to provide care.” While they said they “cannot support a final bill that threatens access to coverage or jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers,” Ciscomani voted in favor of the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill days later, on July 3, 2025. Rural health funding Ciscomani said that rural hospitals may take a hit when they lose AHCCCS patients, but the One Big Beautiful Bill balanced the cuts with the Rural Health Transformation Program, a new $50 billion initiative to support rural hospitals across the nation. Derksen also praised the program, which is designed to assist rural health clinics with technological improvements, including telemedicine. He said about half the state’s funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program would be in rural health workforce development, “which is very good, but there’s a significant chunk for things that I think are really going to transform the way we teach, the way we learn, and all that. That’s digital transformation, artificial intelligence.” While he said the overall program would spend $50 billion over the next five years across the nation, Ciscomani himself expressed disappointment that Arizona received so little of the funding compared to other states. Arizona received $167 million for the first year of the program. That was the sixth-lowest per-capita distribution of the funds among the 50 states. El Rio CEO Clinton Kuntz, who told Tucson Sentinel in January that the “allocation is lower than expected, and that raises more concerns for providers already operating on very thin margins. An important point to remember is that this fund is intended to support transformation, technology, and innovation, not replace the Medicaid dollars that rural areas and providers stand to lose.” Ciscomani told Tucson Sentinel in January that Arizona’s allocation of the funding “falls short of my expectations.” “The working families in rural Arizona deserve to get their fair share,” Ciscomani said. “This can only be achieved by working in close partnership with the Trump administration and Gov. Hobbs’ office – a bipartisan effort I will continue to pursue for AZ06. This fight is far from over.” In the debate last week, Ciscomani praised the funding he previously called insufficient. “This bill that my opponent criticizes also brought in $167 million specifically for rural healthcare,” Ciscomani said. Mendoza said the $167 million didn’t make up for what rural hospitals are going to lose. “It’s like bringing a glass of water to a fire that you started, Mr. Ciscomani,” she said. This story was originally published by TucsonSentinel.com and is republished here with permission. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2cfd75342cf4db871050 Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84 te 2026-09-17T18:10:05.513Z Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84 Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican who spent nearly three decades in Congress and rose to become the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, died Wednesday at age 84. Kyl’s family announced his death Thursday, citing complications from a neurological disease. The family disclosed in December 2025 that Kyl had been diagnosed with dementia and was stepping away from public life. “We know that Jon belonged to all of Arizona, a state he loved and explored with vigor, curiosity, and wonder,” Kyl’s family wrote in a statement. “Serving his state and nation in Congress was a privilege and responsibility he honored and respected. We are grateful for his full and meaningful public life.” Kyl was elected to the U.S. House in 1986 and took office in 1987. He represented Arizona in the House until 1995, when he began his first of three Senate terms. He was elected Senate Republican whip in 2007, a position he held until leaving the Senate in 2013. Kyl briefly returned to the Senate in 2018 after former Gov. Doug Ducey appointed him to fill the vacancy created by Sen. John McCain’s death. Kyl served the final months of McCain’s term before resigning at year’s end. “Jon Kyl gave Arizona nearly three decades of principled, thoughtful leadership — and he gave me something just as valuable: his mentorship and friendship,” Ducey wrote in a social media post. “I’ll miss him deeply.” Kyl was also central to Arizona water policy. He was the principal sponsor of the Arizona Water Settlements Act, which Congress approved in 2004.  The law authorized the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement and amended the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act involving the Tohono O’odham Nation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs later credited Kyl as a key figure in bringing stakeholders together and shepherding the legislation through Congress. “Whether he was negotiating complex water agreements or helping guide our nation’s security policy, Senator Kyl brought credibility, good judgment, and a determination to deliver results. He earned the respect of people across the political spectrum without compromising his principles,” Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, said in a Thursday statement.  In 2006, TIME magazine named Kyl one of the best senators in the country and later included him on its 100 most influential people list in 2010.  The University of Arizona also honored Kyl earlier this year after it established the Kyl Institute for National Security. Kyl earned a bachelor’s degree from the university in 1964 and graduated from its James E. Rogers College of Law two years later.  “The University of Arizona mourns the loss of Sen. Jon Kyl, and our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time,” said U of A President Suresh Garimella. “Sen. Kyl dedicated decades of his life to public service, and his record on national security and water policy left Arizona and the nation better than he found them. It is especially meaningful to us that his legacy continues at this university through the Kyl Institute for National Security, where his commitment to responsible governance lives on in the work of our students and researchers.” The post Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84 first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2aaf75342cf4db870ff8 Our Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS Unlocks a $1000 Deposit Match Ahead of Bills-Lions te 2026-09-17T18:00:15.670Z Our Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS Unlocks a $1000 Deposit Match Ahead of Bills-Lions Week 2 is ready to kick off with the Detroit Lions heading into Buffalo to take on the Bills. We have a marquee matchup, and Underdog is offering a major deal. New users can enter promo code FOXNEWS to unlock a deposit match worth up to $1,000 in bonus funds.  The Lions come into the contest after narrowly escaping with a win over the New Orleans Saints last week. 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MISSING 70-YEAR-OLD HIKER RESCUED AFTER DISAPPEARING FOR A WEEK IN REMOTE NATIONAL PARK Officials did not release details about the cellphone data or the circumstances of Gehring’s death. Gehring left the Madison Falls Trailhead on Aug. 31 for what was supposed to be an overnight backcountry trip. His permit showed that he planned to make a cross-country trek from Boulder Lake to Appleton Pass before returning to the trailhead on Sept. 1. Gehring was reported overdue at 6:30 a.m. the next morning, prompting an immediate search. MISSOURI DEPUTY AG, MISSING 6 DAYS AFTER SEEKING TO SUMMIT WYOMING'S TALLEST PEAK, IS FOUND ALIVE For the next 10 days, teams searched his expected route from the air and ground, using drones and dogs as part of the effort. By Sept. 11, the park announced it was changing tactics after the searches failed to locate Gehring. Teams would instead focus on finding new clues that could help narrow the search. Investigators also asked anyone who had been in the area or had information about Gehring’s whereabouts to come forward. Two days later, searchers found Gehring after receiving and analyzing the additional cellphone location data. Olympic National Park thanked the search-and-rescue teams that volunteered to help with the effort. NPS said no additional information was available at this time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac2aaa75342cf4db870fe6 ‘Money out of politics’ candidate Abdul El-Sayed set to fundraise with George Soros’ nephew in California te 2026-09-17T18:00:10.348Z ‘Money out of politics’ candidate Abdul El-Sayed set to fundraise with George Soros’ nephew in California Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is campaigning on getting "money out of politics", will attend a fundraiser at the West Hollywood home of billionaire George Soros’ nephew. Jeffrey Soros, a California film producer, and his wife, Catharine Soros, will host a meet-and-greet alongside former Obama advisors and Pod Save America hosts Jon Favreau, Tom Vietor and Ben Rhodes, as well as other Hollywood figures, on Sept. 28, 2025, according to a flyer obtained by Punchbowl News. The flyer noted that each guest can donate up to $57,800 to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund. The out-of-state big money fundraiser comes as El-Sayed has repeatedly criticized the influence of corporations and billionaires in politics. At a previous campaign event, El-Sayed said billionaires couldn't tell him what else they could actually buy beyond $100 million other than political power. The event will put El-Sayed alongside relatives of billionaire George Soros, who has for decades used his wealth to support political causes and campaigns, including prosecutors who have advocated for bail reform and eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentences. ‘DESTROYING THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE’: EL-SAYED’S POLITICAL ORBIT COMPLICATES EFFORT TO MODERATE HIS IMAGE Open Society Foundations, the philanthropy founded by George Soros, gave the American Civil Liberties Union a $50 million grant for a nationwide criminal justice reform campaign and a $3 million grant to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law to fund anti-gerrymandering lawsuits and litigation against states with "restrictive" voting laws. It is unclear whether George Soros will attend El-Sayed's fundraiser. Fox News Digital reached out to Open Society Foundations for comment. Jeffrey Soros is the son of Paul and Daisy Soros, who were philanthropists. Paul Soros was George Soros’ older brother. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate education in the United States. Jeffrey Soros is CEO of Los Angeles Media Fund and is an executive producer of "The Space Between Us." Fox News Digital reached out to Los Angeles Media Fund for comment. The flyer also listed television showrunners Ed Redlich and Sarah Timberman, venture capitalist Tom Unterman and Ahmos Hassan, founder and CEO of Chariot Entertainment. EL-SAYED GRILLED ON PIKER, ISRAEL AND SOCIALIST TIES AFTER MIKE ROGERS SKIPS SENATE DEBATE The gathering also comes as El-Sayed has criticized Republican candidate Mike Rogers for attending the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas last week but failing to appear for a televised debate. "Now, in case you're wondering, there is no Dallas, Michigan", El-Sayed told Michigan State University students at a rally titled "Students v. Billionaires" held last week. "He was in Dallas, Texas. Why was he in Dallas, Texas? Given that he's running for Senate in Michigan." El-Sayed also waved off criticism of his affiliation with Hasan Piker, who he said is a "streamer in California" who has nothing to do with Michigan politics, despite Piker joining El-Sayed for a poolside campaign event last month. In the past, Piker has made disparaging remarks about America and Jewish people and has expressed support for Hamas. He once called Orthodox Jewish people "inbreds," said America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks and said Hamas was "1000 times better" than the Israeli government. El-Sayed distanced himself from Piker, who campaigned with him during the Democratic primary, weeks ago after facing criticism over his affiliation with the left-wing Twitch streamer. DEMOCRATS' CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN "Abdul El-Sayed raising dark Soros money in California after begging Chuck Schumer for money in DC is the least surprising thing he’s done all cycle," Alyssa Brouillet, communications director for Rogers' campaign, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "That’s what a conman does — says one thing and does another. Michiganders can’t trust this guy." El-Sayed was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other senators, including Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER In response to questions about the fundraiser at Jeffrey Soros’ home, El-Sayed's campaign pointed to Rogers' own campaign contributions. "Mike Rogers has taken over a million dollars from Big Pharma and spent years in Congress as a self-proclaimed ‘champion’ of drug companies, voting to keep prescription drug costs high," a campaign spokesperson said in a statement. "Corporate special interests are spending millions of dollars in dark money to try to buy Rogers a Senate seat because he’s spent his entire career making himself and his billionaire donors richer while Michiganders pay the price." "Abdul is the only candidate in this race running to get money out of politics and will fight to end Citizens United to ensure that our democracy is working for people, not billionaires," the campaign spokesperson continued. El-Sayed is not the only Democrat courting wealthy Hollywood elites. "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof and his wife, Heidi, hosted a fundraiser for Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on Sept. 10, 2025 in the upscale Hollywood neighborhood of Brentwood. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac285075342cf4db870f58 Doctors say children of immigrants are missing healthcare te 2026-09-17T17:50:08.610Z Doctors say children of immigrants are missing healthcare A Treasure Coast Community Health Center clinician in Florida conducts a dental exam on a child. Four in 10 pediatricians surveyed by researchers at the American Academy of Pediatrics report immigrant families retreating from healthcare for their kids amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Photo courtesy of Treasure Coast Community Health Center) Four in 10 pediatricians reported kids in immigrant families are avoiding coming in for healthcare out of concerns around immigration status, according to a new survey published Tuesday. More than 1,600 pediatricians responded between April and June to the survey by American Academy of Pediatrics researchers. In the survey, pediatricians were asked whether over the past year, their patients or the families they care for avoided seeking medical care for their child due to concerns around the immigration status of a household member. They were also asked the same about sending kids to school and about applying for safety net programs such as Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program or food stamps.  On average, pediatricians reported that about a quarter of their patients are in immigrant families. Forty percent of pediatricians reported those families avoided seeking medical care for their child out of concern for the patient or family’s immigration status.  Thirty-one percent of the surveyed physicians reported immigrant families avoided applying for government programs. Just over a fifth reported that families had avoided sending their child to school. The American Academy of Pediatrics said the findings are likely an undercount and that more children are likely going without care. Stateline reported this month that many clinicians are seeing more advanced illnesses among kids of immigrants, as well as skipped preventive care and forgone surgeries amid immigration status fears. In the survey, answers varied across different service areas and subspecialities. For example, nearly 45% of pediatricians with subspecialities and almost half — 48% — of urban, inner city pediatricians said families retreated from seeking medical care for their child, versus 32% of rural pediatricians surveyed. In January of last year, the Trump administration rescinded Biden- and Obama-era restrictions on places where immigration agents generally could not arrest people, such as hospitals, clinics and schools.  In 2024, a quarter of children nationwide were in immigrant families with one or both parents born in another country, with the percentages varying by state, the researchers noted. Healthcare professionals have also raised concerns about a new federal policy that goes into effect Friday. It broadens the discretion of immigration officers reviewing applications for green cards, certain visas or admissions into the U.S., allowing officers to consider enrollment in public benefits — such as housing and food assistance, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program — as a “public charge,” which is grounds for inadmissibility under federal law.  “Pediatricians have long spoken out against changes to the public charge policy because we know that it leaves families fearful of accessing programs and services that are critical for their health and well-being,” Dr. Sural Shah, chair of the academy’s Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health, said during a news conference on the policy last week. Stateline reporter Nada Hassanein can be reached at nhassanein@stateline.org. This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac284f75342cf4db870f46 Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3 te 2026-09-17T17:50:07.063Z Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3 Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as Timothy Allen Smith, the last person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August. His wife confirmed the discovery Thursday. The flooding, which devastated the Phantom… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac25fc75342cf4db870ed5 ROBERT KENNEDY JR: America deserves better guidance on how to avoid getting sick te 2026-09-17T17:40:12.125Z ROBERT KENNEDY JR: America deserves better guidance on how to avoid getting sick Prevention should be one of the most powerful tools in American medicine. We should identify disease early, prevent it when we can, and give doctors and patients the best evidence to make decisions about their health. Today, we are strengthening one of the institutions charged with doing exactly that. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, announced the appointment of eight new members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. We are reforming and refocusing the Task Force to strengthen scientific rigor, broaden clinical expertise, and improve the recommendations that inform preventive care across America. AMERICANS BORN AFTER 1970 FACE HIGHER DEATH RATES FROM SEVERAL MAJOR CAUSES IN MIDDLE AGE The Task Force carries enormous responsibility. Its recommendations influence how doctors screen for disease, how patients make decisions about preventive care, and how our country evaluates the evidence behind preventive medicine. They also have consequences beyond the examination room: Federal law generally requires private health plans to cover preventive services that receive an A or B recommendation from the Task Force without patient cost-sharing. That responsibility demands rigorous science and practical medical judgment. I appointed eight new members with deep experience across pediatrics, oncology, cardiology, radiology, gastroenterology, family medicine, health economics, and clinical research. Several have spent decades treating patients. Others have devoted their careers to evaluating medical evidence, technologies, and health policy. Together, they bring more frontline clinical experience and specialized medical knowledge to the Task Force. TRUMP SURGEON GENERAL PICK BACKS MMR VACCINE, REJECTS LINK BETWEEN CHILDHOOD VACCINES AND AUTISM The Task Force has traditionally drawn heavily from primary care, preventive medicine, and experts trained in evaluating medical evidence. Those perspectives remain essential. But preventive medicine does not stop at the boundaries of any one discipline. It encompasses cancer detection, cardiovascular disease, medical imaging, pediatric care, diagnostic technologies, chronic disease, and other areas where specialized clinical knowledge can sharpen the evaluation of evidence. We need specialists at the table. We need physicians who regularly treat patients. And we need experts who can evaluate scientific literature while understanding how recommendations work in clinical practice. DOCTOR SHORTAGES ARE HURTING RURAL PATIENTS. LET PHARMACISTS HELP THEM HEAL The eight members announced today bring that perspective. Dr. Seth Corey, who will chair the Task Force, brings 41 years of experience caring for children and young adults and deep expertise in cancer and blood disorders.  Dr. Patrick Hunter has practiced pediatrics for 34 years and brings experience implementing clinical guidelines, including in rural communities.  Dr. Ronald Karlsberg has spent 48 years providing cardiovascular care.  Dr. Venkatesh Murthy brings expertise in preventive cardiology, medical imaging, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. DOCTORS IN TRAINING LEARN COOKING SKILLS TO HELP PATIENTS AMID AMERICA'S CHRONIC DISEASE CRISIS Dr. Goldie Stands-Over-Bull practices family medicine and provides comprehensive care to Native American patients across the lifespan.  Dr. Louis Wilson brings nearly three decades of experience in gastroenterology, hepatology, clinical nutrition, disease prevention, and early detection.  Dr. Dennis Wulfeck has practiced diagnostic radiology for 33 years. Dr. Stephen Parente brings three decades of research examining health policy, health care delivery, and their effects on patients. These appointments add new perspectives without discarding the experience already on the Task Force. 7 NEW DEMENTIA RISK FACTORS REVEALED — INCLUDING ONE MILLIONS STRUGGLE WITH Despite claims last year that I planned to dismiss every member of the Task Force, eight members appointed during the Biden administration will continue to serve. We chose reform over wholesale replacement, preserving institutional knowledge while adding clinical and scientific expertise. The Task Force will remain scientifically independent. HHS will not dictate its conclusions. It will continue to evaluate evidence and make recommendations about screenings, counseling, preventive medications, and other clinical preventive services. 3 THINGS TO AVOID IN MIDDLE AGE COULD MEAN 13 MORE YEARS WITHOUT DEMENTIA, STUDY FINDS But independence should never mean insulation from rigorous scientific debate. Science advances when qualified experts challenge assumptions, interrogate evidence, identify gaps, and test whether conclusions withstand scrutiny. A cardiologist may recognize implications in cardiovascular screening evidence that others overlook. A radiologist can bring specialized knowledge to questions about imaging. A pediatrician understands how recommendations affect children and families. A practicing gastroenterologist knows how screening guidance translates into decisions with patients. Those perspectives belong at the table. Our goal is not to determine what the Task Force concludes. Our goal is to strengthen the expertise applied to the evidence, so Americans can have confidence in how the Task Force reaches its conclusions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The Task Force must follow the evidence wherever it leads, weigh benefits against harms, ask difficult questions, and apply the highest standards of scientific integrity to every recommendation. America faces a chronic disease crisis that medicine cannot solve through treatment alone. We must put prevention at the center of American health care. That requires strong evidence, rigorous scrutiny, experienced clinicians, and a willingness to question conventional wisdom when the evidence demands it. A reformed and refocused Preventive Services Task Force can help meet that standard. 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El-Sayed’s plan would expand public coverage for everyone, regardless of income, age or job. "Medicare for All means no premium, no co-pay, no deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26, turn 65, get married, get divorced — it is there for you," El-Sayed said in a post to X earlier this year. Skeptics of the plan argue it is too expensive and does little to address existing inefficiencies in the American healthcare system. In 2019, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., took to the Senate floor to blast the idea, calling it a straitjacket solution that would undermine health care quality. LIZ PEEK: MICHIGAN CAN STOP THE SOCIALIST FEVER RAGE — OR WATCH IT SWALLOW THE SENATE "The [Congressional Budget Office] projects in its report on a single-payer plan that government spending on health care would increase substantially. They go on to say to cover the massive cost of government-run care, income taxes would have to at least double. 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SOCIALISM'S WAR ON SUCCESS HAS A NEW CHAMPION — AND HE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE IN MICHIGAN His campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it could expand on the costs of El-Sayed’s vision. Having cleared the Democratic primary in Michigan, El-Sayed will face off against Republican challenger Mike Rogers, a former congressman, in the state's Nov. 3 general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac25f875342cf4db870eba Mamdani makes eyebrow-raising claim about Netanyahu protests ahead of NYC visit te 2026-09-17T17:40:08.460Z Mamdani makes eyebrow-raising claim about Netanyahu protests ahead of NYC visit New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday he does not plan to attend protests during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, while denying that he has ever encouraged New Yorkers to protest the Israeli leader. The comments come less than two months after Mamdani said New Yorkers had the right to protest Netanyahu’s visit and that he would leave the decision to them. "I do not have any plans to attend any protest at the UNGA," Mamdani said on Wednesday. "To New Yorkers I have never encouraged them to protest. What I have always told them is that they have the right to do so in this city." ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR SAYS NYC’S MAMDANI IS ‘SOWING CHAOS’ AHEAD OF NETANYAHU’S UN APPEARANCE Mamdani and Netanyahu have clashed over the Israeli leader’s expected New York visit since July, when Mamdani said he had asked his administration to review applicable law to determine whether the city could execute an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Netanyahu. The Democratic socialist mayor said in July that New Yorkers had the right to protest Netanyahu’s visit, calling protest "one of the bedrocks of our city." ISRAELI UN ENVOY BLASTS MAMDANI AS 'CLOWN' OVER CALL TO ARREST NETANYAHU: 'IT'S A STUNT' "It is something that has been a part of what makes our city so special, that New Yorkers can express themselves whether they are in support or in opposition no matter on whatever topic," he said during the press conference on July 22. NETANYAHU ACCUSES MAMDANI OF 'FOMENTING HATE,' SAYS RHETORIC IS MAKING NEW YORK JEWS AFRAID "And I’ve always said that when we respect our Constitution, we also respect our First Amendment. And here in New York City it will always be a place where you can exercise that," the Mayor added. Mamdani has repeatedly criticized Israel’s conduct in Gaza and accused the country of committing genocide, while voicing support for pro-Palestinian causes. He also skipped New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade on May 31, becoming the first mayor in decades to miss the event. Mamdani previously called Netanyahu a "war criminal" and "architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people." Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac239b75342cf4db870dfd Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI te 2026-09-17T17:30:03.946Z Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac214c75342cf4db870dd7 Bet365 Bonus Code: Bet $10, Get $365 Win or Lose on Thursday Night Football, Bills vs Lions te 2026-09-17T17:20:12.815Z Bet365 Bonus Code: Bet $10, Get $365 Win or Lose on Thursday Night Football, Bills vs Lions Years ago, before the sponsored games and different streaming partners, Thursday Night Football had some of the weaker matchups on a slate. 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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: - Robert Kraft pledges $2M for humanitarian aid as Macklemore faces fallout over venue ban - Pink hits back amid backlash for criticizing Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert remarks - Bill Maher rips Macklemore's Gaza stance, says celebrity 'moral confusion' is fueling antisemitism TOP STORY: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledged $2 million in Middle East humanitarian aid following intense blowback over banning Macklemore from Gillette Stadium. Ed Sheeran urged Kraft to match Macklemore’s own relief pledge after venue owners canceled the rapper's opening slot. Kraft insisted the donation targets innocent civilians while doubling down on his hardline stance against concert stage politics. VIDEO: Antisemitic attacks see major uptick as civil rights group issues warning. Columbia student David Pomerantz, New Beginnings Church founder Corey Brooks, End Jew Hatred Movement founder Brooke Goldstein and CUNY professor of law Jeffrey Lax discuss rising antisemitic threats and why the shift has taken place. WATCH HERE: PINK STANDS UP: Pop icon Pink fired back at critics after facing intense backlash for calling out Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert antics. In a raw emotional statement, the Jewish singer defended her right to feel unsafe without being branded pro-genocide. Unloading on her hater base, Pink declared she would never stay silent while standing up for her heritage and protecting concertgoing families. BILL GETS REAL:  Late-night host Bill Maher torched Macklemore on Real Time, accusing clueless celebrities of fueling global antisemitism. Ripping into the rapper’s claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Maher declared Macklemore doesn't know a thing, calling the conflict a war counter-attack. The comedian blasted far-left rhetoric for spreading dangerous lies and giving people permission to hate Jews. NO WAY, NORWAY: Norway is facing fierce international backlash over a controversial bill that could jail citizens for up to three years for doing business with Israeli communities in the West Bank. Israel’s UN ambassador and Christian group leaders slammed the proposal as deeply discriminatory, accusing the Norwegian government of criminalizing trade based on Jewish identity and creating an anti-Israel boycott under law. GUEST EDITORIAL: Iris Reff Ronen, CEO of Warriors of Israel, writes that while global elites squabble over sanctions against Israel, she is watching wounded soldiers pull off miraculous comebacks. The rehabilitation boss slammed armchair politicians for pushing economic warfare while ignoring real human sacrifice. For injured troops rebuilding shattered lives in rehab centers, international political posturing is just background noise to their grueling battle for recovery. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Because nowhere has this moral confusion become more obvious than in a place called Gaza. A little strip of land that was not part of the original Israel, but they won in a war launched against them, but then gave back, gave back as a peace gesture — did they tell you that part on TikTok, kids?" - Bill Maher - Looking for more on this topic? Find more antisemitism coverage from Fox News here. - Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe to additional newsletters from Fox News here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1ef875342cf4db870d41 Nearly 3 in 4 Americans are battling the same exhausting health problem, CDC reveals te 2026-09-17T17:10:16.697Z Nearly 3 in 4 Americans are battling the same exhausting health problem, CDC reveals Exhaustion has become the default state for a vast majority of Americans. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that more than seven in 10 U.S. adults experience fatigue over any given three-month period — a drain that public health officials say is taking a heavy toll on work and daily life. The report, based on the 2024 National Health Interview Survey of roughly 27,000 adults, revealed that exhaustion is one of the most common health complaints nationwide. COMMON BEDROOM MISTAKE COULD BE QUIETLY TAKING A TOLL ON YOUR HEALTH, EXPERTS SAY The CDC defines fatigue as a state of physical or mental exhaustion that does not improve with rest, distinguishing it from simple sleepiness. Overall, 71.5% of respondents reported feeling fatigued on at least some days, with 16.6% reporting "frequent fatigue" — defined as feeling exhausted most days or every day. "Fatigue can be caused by numerous issues," Dr. Earnest Lee Murray, a board-certified neurologist at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, told Fox News Digital. While underlying hormonal, cardiac or neurological conditions can play a role, "a vast majority of fatigue people experience is probably related to poor sleep quality as well as psychosocial stress, which a lot of times go hand-in-hand." NIGHTTIME BATHROOM TRIPS COULD REVEAL HIDDEN HEALTH ISSUES — HERE'S WHEN TO WORRY Frequent fatigue is significantly more common among women (20%) than men (13%). The data also shows that younger adults ages 18 to 34 reported the highest rates of frequent exhaustion at 19.5%, while adults 65 and older reported the lowest rate at 12.9%. Fatigue also increases among lower-income households, residents in rural areas and those living in the South and Midwest. About 50.9% of adults with frequent fatigue reported having difficulties in three or more functional areas, including mood, mobility and memory. More than one-third of frequently fatigued adults said exhaustion limits their ability to work, while 29% reported cutting back on social activities. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "Quality of sleep is very important for restoration of both the mental and physical body," Murray said. "The fatigue that results from poor quality of sleep contributes to slower thought processing, decreased concentration, and a less productive and happy workforce." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Although the report doesn't identify specific causes, experts say workplace culture and constant digital connectivity may contribute to fatigue. "The advancements of instant communication technologies certainly have benefits; however, we are not able to disconnect from our work life any longer," Murray said. "There are now expectation issues from work that can be dealt with quickly over our phone, even late at night. Also, social media and constant scrolling have certainly contributed to a reduced quality of sleep." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Experts say constant interruptions and digital multitasking can leave people feeling mentally drained. Research has found that frequently switching between emails, chat messages and other work tasks forces the brain to repeatedly refocus, contributing to mental fatigue. To combat the growing exhaustion, Murray stressed the need for setting boundaries and seeking medical evaluation as needed. "It is important to disconnect from work and our electronic devices in the hours leading up to sleep," he advised. "Also, if fatigue is becoming a problem, it is important to seek medical attention to ensure there's no underlying medical reason contributing to the fatigue." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1ef775342cf4db870d38 Saudi Arabia facing 'biggest threat' ever to oil production as Iran-proxy Houthis launch attacks, expert says te 2026-09-17T17:10:15.134Z Saudi Arabia facing 'biggest threat' ever to oil production as Iran-proxy Houthis launch attacks, expert says Saudi Arabia is currently facing "the biggest threat" ever to its production of oil as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are launching cross-border attacks and seizing territory near the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an expert told Fox News Digital. Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Thursday that the situation is escalating in the Middle East as Iran "likely instigated the Houthis to force a blockade on Saudi Arabia." "I think this situation is really precarious for the Saudis. This is the biggest threat to their production of oil since their kingdom was founded in 1932. And this is almost existential," he said. "We see that the Saudis are trying to shop for some force to fight their war for them. And I think along the lines, they also called President Trump. It doesn't look to me that Washington is going to get involved in this one," he added. "We'll probably offer them advice and tell support, but I don't think we, the United States, will get involved with this war over Bab el-Mandeb." IRAN-BACKED TERROR GROUP'S LATEST TERRITORIAL GRAB THREATENS SECOND GLOBAL SHIPPING CHOKEPOINT Saudi Arabia was forced to temporarily close its East-West oil pipeline last week following a drone attack launched from Iraq, which Trump said he believes Iran was behind. Then on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia destroyed a Houthi drone that attempted to enter the airspace near Mecca, among other recent provocations. "We know that the United States imposes a blockade on Iran, so Iran is unable to export any of its oil, licitly or illicitly. What the Iranians are trying to do is that they're trying to telegraph to the other oil exporters in the region that either we export, all of us export oil, or none of us will export oil," Abdul-Hussain told Fox News Digital. "This is why you see Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. This forced Saudi Arabia to switch its oil production from east to west, from Hormuz to the other side to the Red Sea. Tankers started picking up oil at the port of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea and sailing south through the Bab al-Mandeb all the way to the Asian markets. "Iran didn't like this because clearly all or none didn't work," he said. "So they likely instigated the Houthis to force a blockade on Saudi Arabia." HOUTHIS ENTER US 'KILL BOX' AFTER SEIZING RED SEA ISLAND, FORMER PENTAGON OFFICIAL WARNS Fox News Digital, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported on Friday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged Trump to take military action against the Houthis. Trump then said the next day during a visit to Ireland that "the Houthis called us and they don’t want to fight with us." "They let us know, they don’t want to fight with us...they don’t want us to go after them," Trump added. "But they have called and they have talked to us, and they don’t want us to, they would much prefer not having us involved." Abdul-Hussain told Fox News Digital that "Our expectation as Washington is that the Saudis, with all these arms that we've sold them over the past few decades, with all the military support and advice we give them, that they should be able to protect their own tankers and ships in this waterway and keep it open. "The Houthis announced that they're only going after Saudi ships and Saudi navigation and they made it clear that they are not going after international shipping, whether [they] are U.S. ships or European ships," he continued. "So this forces a choice on us. Do we go to war with the Houthis out of nowhere, even though they're not willing to, or at least they didn't wage war on our ships and our navigations through Bab el-Mandeb?" "Or we ask the Saudis to handle this, you know, after all the Houthis are not really a state, they're a non-state actor and Saudi Arabia should be able to deal with them," Abdul-Hussain added. "Unfortunately, the Saudis don't seem to have been able to deal with the Houthis." A senior administration official told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the U.S. remains focused on protecting core national security interests such as the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea while simultaneously empowering allies in the region to manage and resolve security challenges. The Trump administration also remains in continuous dialogue with Saudi Arabia and Yemen over regional stability , the official added. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment. Fox News Digital’s Efrat Lachter contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1ef575342cf4db870d2f Husband stands by wife accused of killing son, plotting to poison him after Clancy trial obsession: attorney te 2026-09-17T17:10:13.610Z Husband stands by wife accused of killing son, plotting to poison him after Clancy trial obsession: attorney The husband of an Illinois mother accused of strangling their 2-year-old son during a "psychotic episode" is standing by her, even as prosecutors say she also plotted to poison him amid an fixation with the Lindsay Clancy trial, according to her attorney. Corie Walsh, 38, told officers that she killed her 2-year-old son Barrett on Sept. 1 because she believed he was the "devil" and "anti-Christ," according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. He was found hanging in the basement from a rafter, officials said. A neighbor found the toddler and administered CPR while calling 911, with court documents noting he was "cold and had no pulse." The 2-year-old was pronounced dead later that day at New Lenox Hospital. Barrett's cause of death was determined to be "asphyxia due to ligature compression of the neck." Walsh was treated at a local hospital for self-inflicted wounds to her wrists and thighs. Defense attorneys for Walsh said her husband and mother "have unwavering love and support" for her. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Walsh's husband and mother weren't at her detention hearing on Sept. 8 because that was the same day as Barrett's funeral. Andrea Lyon, a defense attorney for Walsh who previously served on Casey Anthony's defense team, told Fox News Digital in a statement that Walsh's actions were driven by mental illness. "This is a tragedy for the Walsh family, all of whom are mourning the loss of this child," Lyon said. "It is also a tragedy in that Corie herself was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Lyon acknowledged that Walsh was "psychotic" but denied that her client's interest in the Clancy case had any connection to the alleged killing. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "They are not correlated at all. It's just accidental," Lyon said, describing as "baseless and cruel" any suggestion that Walsh's actions constituted a copycat crime. SEND US A TIP Court documents indicate that Walsh had "recently become very invested" in the murder trial for Clancy, who was accused of murdering her three children. Clancy acknowledged she killed her children, but argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis. GOT A TIP? Walsh "had been actively discussing the [Clancy] case via group text message with her friends up until 12:30 PM on September 1, 2026, three and a half hours before the scene was discovered." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST LINDSAY CLANCY FIXATION AND ALLEGED PLOT TO POISON HUSBAND EMERGE AS ACCUSED MOM CLAIMS PSYCHOSIS Retired Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy told Fox News Digital that a psychiatric defense rarely succeeds in cases like this one, and is more common in adult cases than those involving children. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "It's very rare. It's more predominant in adult cases," Roy said. "Cases like this are, with children involved, because of the publicity and just the pain it causes the community are what we call heaters. There's a lot of media focus on them. There's a lot of attention. There's a lot of demands to resolve the case promptly." Fox News Digital reached out to Walsh's attorney and her husband for comment. Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1eee75342cf4db870cf6 White House Pulls Nomination of Lance Schroyer, Ally of Markwayne Mullin, for ICE Director te 2026-09-17T17:10:06.594Z White House Pulls Nomination of Lance Schroyer, Ally of Markwayne Mullin, for ICE Director President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former law enforcement officer from Oklahoma, less than three months ago. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1eec75342cf4db870ceb Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a “workhorse” who shaped water policy, dies at 84 te 2026-09-17T17:10:04.549Z Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a “workhorse” who shaped water policy, dies at 84 PHOENIX (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West and guided the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has died. He was 84. Kyl died Wednesday night from a neurological disorder, said Gordon James, a communications professional who is a longtime friend of the Kyl family. Kyl had withdrawn from public life in December 2025 after announcing he had been diagnosed with dementia. Kyl was a University of Arizona alum who spent almost three decades in Congress, serving in both chambers, and watched his party undergo a drastic transformation, with his career spanning Ronald Reagan’s presidency to President Donald Trump’s first term. Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who considered Kyl a mentor, described the former senator in a February 2025 interview with The Associated Press as a true statesman and a “workhorse” among Washington, D.C.’s “showhorses.” “If you saw him on the plane, he was sitting in the aisle, in coach, and he was reading,” Ducey said. “And he was reading potential bills or Senate business.” Kyl returns briefly to Senate to fill McCain seat Kyl rose to a leadership position during his last full term in the Senate, when his Republican colleagues selected him as minority whip. After retiring from politics in 2013 and becoming a lobbyist, Kyl returned to Congress briefly in 2018, when Ducey appointed him to fill the vacancy left by the late U.S. Sen. John McCain. His appointment drew high praise from Trump, who said he was looking forward to working with “the extraordinary senator.” Kyl stayed for less than four months before rejoining lobbying firm Covington and Burling. “At the federal level, and I regret to say that this is the case, but probably a lot of my better achievements were in preventing bad things from happening (rather) than forcing good things to happen,” Kyl said in a 2012 conversation with former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Lawyer with expertise in water gets elected Kyl was born in Oakland, Nebraska, on April 25, 1942, and grew up in a rural farming district in Iowa that his father represented in the U.S. House. At 18, he headed southwest to attend the University of Arizona, where he met his wife, Caryll, and earned a law degree. Before being elected for the first of his four terms in the House in 1987, Kyl was a key participant in shaping Arizona’s 1980 groundwater code as a lawyer representing a large water utility. The first-of-its-kind code created a regulatory framework for managing groundwater in the drought-stricken state, largely centering on the state’s population centers, including Phoenix and Tucson. In 2004, Kyl authored legislation that provided one of the largest tribal water rights settlements, which, after a decades-long battle, gave the Gila River Indian Community enough water to fill nearly 313,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools annually. Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who later served as majority leader, called Kyl’s work ethic “legendary” in a 2012 floor speech and said Kyl had labored mostly behind the scenes for 15 years to advance the settlement. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but I was in a position to be the catalyst,” Kyl told the Phoenix New Times in a 2006 interview. “There wasn’t anybody else who could do that water deal. And it had to be done.” Arizona State University’s Kyl Center for Water Policy takes its name from him. Its director, Sarah Porter, said Kyl was generous with his time and an effective member of the state’s congressional delegation who took a practical approach to water policy. “He’s always sort of cared about the public good and been able to think about, ‘What will this mean for the generations to come?’” Porter said, adding that Kyl remained “quite a dynamo” until recent years, as his wife battled health problems. ‘Giant’ in the Senate kept Republican caucus together Ducey said Kyl was a “giant” in the Senate, further describing him as serious, engaging, forthright and thoughtful. His biggest impacts, Ducey said, came from the way he kept the Republican caucus together in opposition to Obamacare and his staunch support of Israel. Kyl also backed legislation to authorize construction of a fence stretching hundreds of miles along the U.S.-Mexico border. He later joined with Democrats to support a bill that would provide a path to citizenship and temporary guest-worker status for those in the U.S. without authorization. The proposal ultimately failed. As a lobbyist, Kyl helped guide the confirmation of Trump-picked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. When Kyl returned to the halls of Congress in 2018, he was known as Kavanaugh’s chief Sherpa — an informal but widely known term for a nominee’s guide to the political tundra in the Senate. In a statement disclosing his dementia diagnosis, Kyl harkened back to the words of Reagan, when the former president revealed his own Alzheimer’s diagnosis and said he was starting a journey that would lead him to the end of his life. Kyl said he shared Reagan’s confidence for Arizona and the nation’s future, and that despite his diagnosis, he was a “very fortunate man.” Former Associated Press writer Sejal Govindarao contributed to this report. The post Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a “workhorse” who shaped water policy, dies at 84 appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1a4175342cf4db870c40 AI hysteria has a Y2K problem — and the stakes this time could be far higher te 2026-09-17T16:50:09.668Z AI hysteria has a Y2K problem — and the stakes this time could be far higher Washington’s growing alarm over artificial intelligence is beginning to echo Y2K, experts say, when dire warnings of technological catastrophe prompted a massive scramble to avert failures that ultimately proved far less severe than feared. "You could draw all sorts of scary scenarios with Y2K as well. The financial system was just going to collapse because people had not written their programs for the year 2000. I had been writing programs in the 1980s for the government, so I'm well aware of the program," Junk Science publisher and founder Steven Milloy told Fox News Digital. "But of course, the tech industry knew about the problem, and to the extent that was a real problem, took action to fix it. The same can happen with AI," Milloy added. RESEARCHER WHO DEPARTED AI ROLE OVER FEARS OF RACING INTO EXTINCTION SAYS PEOPLE ARE 'BEGGING' FOR REGULATION Y2K was a computer bug that raised fears systems could fail when the calendar changed from 1999 to 2000. The U.S. spent an estimated $100 billion, $200 billion adjusted for today's inflation, in preparing for the problem, according to a 2000 Senate report. When the new millennium arrived, there were few major disruptions. President Donald Trump has made rapid AI development and the data centers needed to power it a priority, while the administration promotes the technology’s potential economic benefits and Democrats cry foul before midterm elections. DEMOCRATS EMBRACED AI’S GROWTH BEFORE TRUMP CAME ALONG — NOW THEY WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN "Democrats are capitalizing on the fears of Americans that angst over AI," Heritage Foundation technology analyst Annie Chestnut Tutor told Fox News Digital. Democrats are increasingly calling for government guardrails on AI, citing potential threats ranging from job losses and inequality to risks to democracy and humanity. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, for instance, wrote in April that AI "kills jobs, equality, connection, democracy and maybe the human race." But the apocalyptic warnings are not coming only from Washington. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit the company over concerns about the race toward self-improving AI, warning that its developers are "gambling with our lives" and that such systems could potentially "kill us all by the end of the decade." SEVEN-FIGURE BLITZ AS GOP EMBRACES PUSH TO COMPETE WITH CHINA IN BOOMING NEW TECH SPACE Y2K sparked similar fears, as warnings spread of potential power-grid failures, disruptions to air travel and air-traffic control, and even predictions that planes could fall from the sky. The Trump administration has backed targeted safeguards, including AI-powered cyber defenses for critical infrastructure, criminal enforcement against AI-enabled hacking and proposed measures to limit AI-driven child exploitation. Tutor offered a nuanced Y2K comparison, arguing that the episode showed how technological risks can be addressed before they become potentially catastrophic. "The reason now, like, we all laugh about Y2K is because actually software engineers and, like, financial analysts, they've worked really hard to ensure that the catastrophic incidents [didn’t] happen," Tutor said. AI 'DOOMERS' RISK KNEECAPPING US VS CHINA, BUT EX-PENTAGON VET SAYS BOTH EXTREMES MISS THE MARK "I think the same thing could happen with AI," she added. "If AI is built right, it can be more beneficial to Americans than the doomsday scenario." Milloy said the Y2K comparison also fits a pattern he sees with climate change, with dire warnings of an existential threat followed by calls for sweeping government intervention. Climate warnings have likewise been framed in apocalyptic terms, including predictions that entire nations could be wiped out by global warming, Arctic summer ice could disappear within years and Glacier National Park’s glaciers would vanish by 2020. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION "There are a lot of parallels between climate hysteria and AI hysteria," Milloy said. "Climate was existential. It was going to destroy the planet, and by implication, humanity. As we learned last week, AI is going to destroy humanity also on a very short time frame." Milloy argued that while lawmakers are crying foul, they have not established enough specific evidence of catastrophic AI scenarios to justify sweeping restrictions. Trump has responded to AI warnings by calling them a "hoax," reviving the language he has used for years to dismiss climate change concerns. "Give me a real-life practical scenario of how this can happen," he said. "And then if you know what the scenario is, then you can stop it." DAVID MARCUS: BIG TECH INVENTED AI DOOMSDAY TO DUCK REAL LIFE PROBLEMS SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Milloy warned that overly broad regulation could carry its own cost by slowing technological advances before their benefits are fully understood. "The opportunity costs are potentially huge," Milloy said, pointing to potential AI-assisted advances in medicine and productivity while acknowledging that their ultimate scale remains unknown. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1a4075342cf4db870c37 Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump shreds AI doomer 'hoax' te 2026-09-17T16:50:08.485Z Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump shreds AI doomer 'hoax' IN TODAY'S NEWSLETTER: - Trump calls Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during summit, dismisses AI fears as 'hoax' - Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz's 'effective altruism' network tied to AI regulation push - Sam Altman says OpenAI's won't go public in 2026 amid AI safety concerns FUTURE ON THE LINE: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received a surprise phone call from President Donald Trump on Monday, in which the president dismissed fears that AI poses an existential threat to humanity and argued against calls to slow frontier AI development. LISTING LIMBO: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signaled that the company will delay its initial public offering (IPO) amid concerns about the safety and alignment of AI models given potential risks they could pose to society. DIGITAL GUARDRAILS: Microsoft on Monday revealed a draft of a new "Humanist AI Code of Conduct" that outlines the principles that will govern its development of AI models in an effort to get feedback ahead of publishing a revised version later this year. STEP FORWARD: Researchers are now using artificial intelligence to help tailor cancer treatments and uncover overlooked uses for existing medicines. Other systems can search microscopic images or identify subtle biological signals that people could easily miss. OPINION: Every morning brings a new warning about "artificial intelligence" (AI) along the lines of, "We are all going to die." By afternoon, or by the next day at the latest, comes the counter-warning: "Stand down. Nothing to see here." PLAYING SAFE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined two scenarios that he sees could derail progress in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and must be avoided. OPINION: The cat is out of the bag. Simmering concerns about AI agents going rogue, plotting against their owners and hacking outside companies, and new systems coming perilously close to being uncontrollable by humans, are boiling over. Industry insiders warning that AI bots might kill us all are stoking our worst nightmares. ZONING WARS: Democratic lawmakers are calling for tighter restrictions on data centers, while Republicans say the facilities could boost the economy and keep the U.S. ahead in the artificial intelligence (AI) race. DOOM FOR DOLLARS: Concerns about artificial intelligence spelling doom for the human race are being linked to a "cult-like" philanthropy movement known as "effective altruism" supported by billionaire Democratic megadonor and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, according to a policy analyst. SOURCING SOLUTION: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday told lawmakers in Congress that the U.S. needs to foster open artificial intelligence (AI) models to compete with those made by Chinese firms. 'DOOM' AND BOOM: "Doomer"-driven AI regulation could kneecap the U.S. against China while helping tech giants lock in their lead over smaller startups, a former Pentagon AI official who also worked for AI company Palantir Technologies told Fox News Digital. WAKE-UP CALL: Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats during a private fundraiser in New York City Thursday to place artificial intelligence near the center of their political agenda ahead of the midterms and 2028 presidential race while warning that the technology could become dangerous without greater oversight as voters increasingly raise concerns about jobs, privacy and data centers. GUARDRAIL DEBATE: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rejected an emergency moratorium on artificial intelligence development Sunday during CNN's "State of the Union," warning that slowing American innovation could allow China to pull ahead as tech executives and lawmakers intensify calls for new AI safety measures. NUCLEAR ECHOES: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday compared the U.S.-China artificial intelligence (AI) race to the Cold War with the Soviet Union, warning both nations must manage the threat of "potential destruction" from each other. FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook Instagram YouTube X LinkedIn SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS Fox News First Fox News Opinion Fox News Lifestyle Fox News Health DOWNLOAD OUR APPS Fox Business Fox Weather Fox Sports Tubi WATCH FOX NEWS ONLINE Fox News Go STREAM FOX NATION Fox Nation Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future with Fox News here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac1a3f75342cf4db870c2e Falcons goofy quarterback drill sparks hilarious reactions from fans on social media te 2026-09-17T16:50:07.311Z Falcons goofy quarterback drill sparks hilarious reactions from fans on social media Just when you thought you'd seen it all when it comes to practice drills on a football field, the Atlanta Falcons decide to put their quarterbacks through a warm-up exercise that one would assume is reserved for ballerinas or cartoon characters. The Falcons welcome the Carolina Panthers to town on Sunday for their home opener, and during practice on Wednesday, the squad's trio of quarterbacks showed off the spring in their steps. Literally. In the video shared across social media, Michael Penix Jr., Cooper Rush, and Jack Strand each take a snap and proceed to take a dropback. The dropbacks, however, aren't exactly typical; instead, the signal callers hop backwards with elongated strides. Penix and Strand appeared to have bought into the drill a bit more than Rush, as they are seen hopping around like rabbits. Rush, who was QB1 for the Falcons' in their season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, was going through the motions, and you can't really blame him for doing so. KEVIN STEFANSKI 'NOT RULING ANYBODY OUT' AS INJURIES TO COOPER RUSH, TUA TAGOVAILOA CLOUD FALCONS' QB PLANS In typical fashion, NFL fans had a field day in poking fun at the clip showing the quarterbacks going through the unique drill. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Tua Tagovailoa wasn't a participant during Wednesday's practice in Atlanta as the quarterback continues to deal with an oblique injury. After seeing what the coaching staff put his fellow quarterbacks through on Wednesday, he may be thankful for not being out there. The Falcons were able to be competitive against the Steelers in Week 1 thanks to Bijan Robinson accounting for 173 yards of total offense, but the quarterback situation leaves much to be desired. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Rush finished the contest in Pittsburgh going 12-for-22 in the air for 143 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. Penix, who played in nine games for the Falcons a season ago, did not take a snap against the Steelers and has been limited at practice after undergoing surgery last fall to repair a partially torn ACL. If there is one bright spot from the humiliating warm-up drill, it's that Penix's knee looked to be in great shape. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac17e375342cf4db870b7a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host te 2026-09-17T16:40:03.656Z TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And while the main event takes over Moscone West from October 13-15, the conversation doesn’t stop when the Expo Hall closes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac159075342cf4db870b37 School Board Candidate Q&A | How can Havasu schools keep campuses safe and welcoming? te 2026-09-17T16:30:08.963Z School Board Candidate Q&A | How can Havasu schools keep campuses safe and welcoming? Three candidates will vie for two seats on the Lake Havasu Unified School District's Governing Board in the upcoming general election in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac158e75342cf4db870b13 Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84 te 2026-09-17T16:30:06.840Z Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84 The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac158d75342cf4db870b0a U of A mourns passing of longtime Arizona Senator Jon Kyl te 2026-09-17T16:30:05.481Z U of A mourns passing of longtime Arizona Senator Jon Kyl U of A mourns passing of longtime Arizona Senator Jon Kyl nprevenas Thu, 17 Sep 2026 - 09:16 U of A mourns passing of longtime Arizona Senator Jon Kyl Today Former Sen. Jon Kyl, a University of Arizona alumnus who represented Arizona in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac133a75342cf4db870acd Scandal rocks Utah campus as student who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death sparks online firestorm te 2026-09-17T16:20:10.503Z Scandal rocks Utah campus as student who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death sparks online firestorm A college student photographed with a cake mocking Charlie Kirk's death is at the center of a campus controversy that has prompted the University of Utah to investigate two College Republicans for charges of misconduct after one posted the photo online. On Sept. 10, 2026, the one-year anniversary of the conservative activist's public murder, a woman approached a group of College Republicans at an event on the school's campus and presented them with a cake. The words "Happy Kirkiversary" were written in red icing on the white cake. Students Riley Beesley, the chairman of the school's College Republicans chapter, and Rylie Barnes, also a member of the group, took exception to the stunt on a campus less than an hour's drive from another college campus where Kirk was assassinated last year. Barnes posted a photo of the cake to her X account, and it quickly went viral and led to an anonymous X user identifying the student as Sara Larsen. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CONDEMNS FLYERS APPEARING TO CELEBRATE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION The school's College Democrats responded by saying Republicans are "waging a campaign of hate" against them. On Tuesday, the university sent emails to Beesley and Barnes requesting closed-door meetings Wednesday morning with its Student Rights and Responsibilities office. "We received information that, if accurate, may go against this priority and the policy on Student Rights and Responsibilities, and I would like to meet and hear your perspective," says a copy of one of the emails, obtained by Fox News Digital. "The report is regarding an incident that happened on or about September 11, 2026 and allegedly involves you attempting to doxx another University of Utah student over a political issue." The email was sent by the office's assistant director, Jose Morales Diaz. "Doxxing" is the act of publicly revealing, usually online, the personal information of another person, typically with the intent of causing harm to that individual. "We will talk about the information our office received, and you will have an opportunity to give your perspective of the incident if you wish. We will also talk about possible next steps, such as resolutions and educational or restorative measures if appropriate," the email said. 30% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY VIOLENCE ACCEPTABLE WAY TO STOP SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES, SURVEY FINDS The emails also prohibited the students from recording the meetings. But shortly before the meetings were scheduled to take place, the university abruptly canceled them, according to Beesley. Diaz did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. "We found it distasteful, vile, and disgusting. Parents, alumni, students and donors deserve to know about the radical political ideologies festering on college campuses in Utah," Beesley told Fox News Digital of the cake incident. "Given today's political climate, mocking or expressing support such as this should be taken incredibly seriously and the public sphere has a right to know about the lack of morality being observed among young Democrats and those on the left." He strongly condemned doxxing, and said his group had nothing to do with the release of Larsen's information. He also condemned political violence. "We're observing patterns where those on the left find it comical to make threats, have normalized silencing opposing political viewpoints, and avoid accountability or consequences for glorifying murder," he said. "This must end." CARNEGIE MELLON 'DEEPLY CONCERNED' BY PROFESSOR'S 'HOSTILE AND THREATENING POSTS' ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK'S DEATH The university told Fox News Digital it can't comment on student disciplinary action, citing federal law. But Wednesday night, the school released a statement about the ongoing controversy, which has been going viral online for days and has become a national news story. "In recent days, a dispute between political groups on the University of Utah campus has resulted in allegations of harassment, threats, and the inappropriate sharing or amplification of personal information. The University of Utah is reviewing these accusations consistent with established policies, due process and applicable law," the statement said. "As we conduct this review, the university will continue to simultaneously protect freedom of expression and the safety of our students. Calls to harm someone, including electronic harassment and inappropriate sharing of information, are not protected by free speech," it continued. The school also urged the College Democrats and College Republicans groups on campus to convene with leadership in an attempt to better understand one another. It also condemned violence. COLORADO TPUSA CHAPTER ENROLLMENT 'FLAT' AFTER ELDERLY SUPPORTER WAS STRICKEN BY STUDENT WITH TACO BELL CUP Beesley was subject to an alleged violent threat on campus earlier this year, when a person threatened to "Kirk" him. "It was January 12, we were outside tabling and engaging in debates in a format similar to those organized by, let's say, Turning Point USA," Beesley told Fox News Digital at the time. "And soon after [he] declared to us, 'you should die,' followed by, 'I am going to Kirk you,' which you could only think that means I'm either using your imagination going to shoot you or kill you." Dean Stewart, then 21, was arrested following the incident. Criminal proceedings against him are ongoing, Beesley said. An X account with the name Sara Larsen made a post on Sept. 11, 2026, apologizing for the cake stunt. Fox News Digital could not independently verify whether the account owner is the student embroiled in the controversy. "Upon reflection, it was wrong for me to celebrate, or perpetuate the celebration of, Charlie Kirk’s death. I apologize for doing so sincerely. Nobody should be murdered or persecuted for their speech," reads the tweet — the only post present on an account with 311 followers that was created in February 2017. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac133375342cf4db870a7c Apple will let EU apps use less alarming tracking consent screens te 2026-09-17T16:20:03.307Z Apple will let EU apps use less alarming tracking consent screens Apple is changing its App Tracking Transparency prompts in parts of Europe after competition regulators said the system favored Apple over third-party apps, giving developers more flexibility over how they ask users for tracking consent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac10e475342cf4db870a45 Attorney reveals Lane Kiffin used ChatGPT for legal advice during LSU's failed bid to add pro players te 2026-09-17T16:10:12.133Z Attorney reveals Lane Kiffin used ChatGPT for legal advice during LSU's failed bid to add pro players Lane Kiffin isn't just the head football coach at LSU. He's reportedly a big fan of artificial intelligence, and it nearly sparked a nightmare scenario unfolding for the Tigers. LSU was embroiled in controversy before a single snap of the season was played when Kiffin attempted to add former Ole Miss players Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to the roster. TEXAS A&M'S MIKE ELKO DESCRIBES FIGHT BETWEEN LSU, SEC OVER FORMER NFL PLAYERS AS 'PARENTING' The problem? Wright and Harris both had both gone to the NFL on professional contracts. The situation sparked a standoff between LSU and the SEC that's best described as the Cuban Missile Crisis of sports. SEC ACCUSES LSU OF LETTING LANE KIFFIN RUN WILD AS EXPULSION VOTE COMING THURSDAY IN EXPLOSIVE COURT FILING Ultimately, Kiffin and LSU backed down and didn't add the two players. What motivated Kiffin to think he could win? ChatGPT. ESPN published an incredible report on Thursday shining a new light on the situation, and one detail stands out above the rest. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Kiffin relied on ChatGPT to justify how adding pro players would be okay, attorney Tom Mars – a friend of the LSU head coach – revealed to the outlet. Mars explained, "Usually, when I would express an opinion about what LSU was doing, Lane would reply with a screenshot from ChatGPT that supported LSU's position, which was almost always wrong. Lane ignored most of my unsolicited advice, but I don't think he'll be using ChatGPT anymore for legal advice." "Eventually, I told him that a guy with a $91 million contract ought to have a top-notch lawyer on speed dial and not be using ChatGPT for legal advice," Mars further told the outlet. Fact check: 100% true. There is something incredibly hilarious about a college football coach using ChatGPT to justify a legal argument.....to a high-powered attorney. There's a reason major schools and highly-paid coaches have a roster of attorneys kept on standby for any issue that might come up. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER ChatGPT is great for a lot of things, but Kiffin thinking it's a better option than actual attorneys is laugh-out-loud funny. There is simply no sport like college football. You can't beat it. What do you think of Kiffin reportedly using ChatGPT to legally justify trying to add pro players? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac10e275342cf4db870a3c Former GOP whip, Arizona Sen Jon Kyl dead at 84 te 2026-09-17T16:10:10.221Z Former GOP whip, Arizona Sen Jon Kyl dead at 84 Former Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., is dead at the age of 84, his family announced Thursday. Kyl was first sworn in to the Senate in 1995, retiring in 2013. He briefly returned to the Senate in 2018 after former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., died.  Kyl announced he was stepping away from public life in December 2025 after receiving a diagnosis of a neurological disease that resulted in his development of dementia. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac10dc75342cf4db870a04 Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property? te 2026-09-17T16:10:04.187Z Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property? The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac0e8e75342cf4db8709bf Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent te 2026-09-17T16:00:14.828Z Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent A top newspaper in battleground Michigan is skewering left-wing Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over past radical rhetoric as it endorses Republican rival former Rep. Mike Rogers in a crucial midterm showdown. The race between El-Sayed and Rogers to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is a must-win battle for the Democrats as they try to recapture the Senate majority from the GOP. The Detroit News, which has the second largest newspaper circulation in Michigan, charged in its endorsement of Rogers that El-Sayed "has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate." WHO'S UP AND WHO'S DOWN IN THE LATEST FOX NEWS MIDTERM POLLING "He has deleted social media posts that reportedly called into question his attitude about America in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He's taken down roughly 100 YouTube videos that paint an unflattering picture of him and his cultural views," the conservative-leaning newspaper argued. "A candidate who feels the need to hide his past from voters is not someone who can be trusted to be the same person after Election Day as he was on the campaign trail." As he runs for the Senate, El-Sayed has removed or archived thousands of past social media posts and older podcast/YouTube videos. Some of those past comments include floating the idea of abandoning fireworks on July 4th, suggesting replacing the nation's Second Amendment with the "right to have health care," and one-time support for the "defund the police" movement. El-Sayed, who was captain of his high school football team, also criticized football's ties to toxic masculinity and a "bro culture." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The Rogers campaign and other Republicans have blasted El-Sayed for many of his past controversial comments. The El-Sayed campaign said this summer that some of the past comments were removed "to prevent any old posts from being taken out of context." And last week, around the 9/11 25th anniversary, the El-Sayed campaign emphasized that "Abdul has always unequivocally condemned terrorism and the September 11 attacks." Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed campaign for additional comment on the Detroit News' criticisms, but didn't receive a response at the time this story was published. The newspaper praised Rogers, calling him "the prototype of a United States Senator." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "He spent 14 years in the House of Representatives, rising to chair of the vital Intelligence Committee. The 63-year-old Republican left Congress at the end of 2014, having been elected to his House seat seven times by his mid-Michigan constituents. Rogers then embarked on a successful career in private industry, becoming an expert in cybersecurity," the newspaper noted as it referred to his career. An average of the latest polls in the El-Sayed-Rogers showdown indicate a margin-of-error race. The most recent Fox News poll in Michigan, conducted a month ago, showed Rogers holding a slight four-point edge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac0e8d75342cf4db8709b6 Fraud mastermind behind multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that victimized Travis Kelce is illegal immigrant te 2026-09-17T16:00:13.611Z Fraud mastermind behind multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that victimized Travis Kelce is illegal immigrant The mastermind behind the multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme that even victimized NFL star Travis Kelce is an illegal immigrant from India. Thirty-eight-year-old Siddharth Jawahar was sentenced to 11 years in prison this week for running a $35 million investment wire fraud scheme. At his sentencing, Judge Zachary Bluestone said that through his investment company, Swiftarc Capital LLC, Jawahar "weaponized" investors' trust, resulting in "massive" losses for the victims. Jawahar raised more than $35 million from investors between 2016 and 2023 and only invested roughly $10 million of that total. He spent the remainder funding personal luxuries, including private jet charters, upscale apartments in Austin and New York, high-end dining, shopping sprees at clothing stores and exclusive private club memberships. He has now been ordered to pay $31.35 million in restitution to his victims. But that is not the end of Jawahar’s legal issues. He may also be subject to deportation. According to the Department of Justice and a court document reviewed by Fox News Digital, Jawahar is an illegal immigrant from India who has been living in the U.S. since 2005. TRUMP ADMIN’S FRAUD CRACKDOWN TARGETS FOREIGNERS ACCUSED OF INFILTRATING US FEDERAL PROGRAMS Further, the DOJ said that after his indictment on three counts of wire fraud and one count of investment-adviser fraud in 2023, Jawahar tried to obstruct justice by coaching a victim into giving a favorable statement to the FBI while lying about his immigration status and finances. He also tried to get his sister to remotely wipe his iPhone to hide evidence, the DOJ said. Jawahar pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in January 2026. Among Jawahar’s victims was Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who recently married pop superstar Taylor Swift, and several NBA players, including Gary Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Mason Plumlee. The DOJ said Jawahar’s victims resided in Missouri and elsewhere. FORMER USCIS OFFICIAL, ACCOMPLICE CHARGED IN ALLEGED $960K CITIZENSHIP BRIBERY SCHEME Instead of managing a diversified portfolio for his investors, Jawahar allocated roughly 99% of client capital into a single stock, Philip Morris Pakistan. As that position tanked, Jawahar hid the losses, issued falsified statements and used funds from new investors to pay out earlier clients. Jawahar also managed 17 additional entities that he utilized during his scheme. ALLEGED CRYPTOSCAM RINGLEADER SET FOR PLEA HEARING IN $240M BITCOIN THEFT SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER In an X post, Colin McDonald, an assistant attorney in the DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, celebrated Jawahar’s sentencing, calling him an "illegal alien fraudster." He congratulated the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and partners for their "great work" on the case. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac0e8675342cf4db87097c G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’ te 2026-09-17T16:00:06.770Z G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’ Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac0e8375342cf4db87095c Roku’s new Labs hub brings experimental apps to the big screen te 2026-09-17T16:00:03.647Z Roku’s new Labs hub brings experimental apps to the big screen Roku’s latest OS update introduces Roku Labs, a new hub for experimental apps, alongside personalized home screens in more markets, streaming subscription bundles, and more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac0c2f75342cf4db870929 ‘You can’t contract around the law’: states fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities te 2026-09-17T15:50:07.690Z ‘You can’t contract around the law’: states fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities A detainee is seen in a window of Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on June 5, 2026. Some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor) Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t have the authority to regulate federal facilities. But states counter that because the federal government has contracted with private companies to operate the sites, they have the right — and the responsibility — to make sure those companies follow state health and safety rules. Washington state, for example, is embroiled in legal fight with the Florida-based GEO Group over a 2023 law that directs state health officials to regularly inspect privately run detention facilities, including those holding immigrants. The GEO Group operates nearly two dozen immigrant detention facilities nationwide. Despite the law, state health inspectors have repeatedly been denied access to a GEO Group facility in Tacoma, where there have been allegations of medical mistreatment, abuse and neglect and concerns about water quality and food. In an April legal filing, the state cited complaints of rotten, bug-riddled food and only two working bathrooms for 100 people. The state health department says it has received more than 3,500 complaints about the Northwest ICE Processing Center, but has been denied access 10 times since 2023. “Our point is that GEO is a private entity, and so it doesn’t get to claim these federal preemption defenses because those are reserved for the federal government,” said Ellen Range, a section chief in the Washington Office of the Attorney General. “You can’t contract around the law,” Range added. The GEO Group did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But during a May earnings call, George Zoley, the CEO, chairman and founder of the company, decried what he called “unwarranted litigation” and described state efforts to inspect the detention facilities as “fundamentally unconstitutional.” “As some blue states are considering more active involvement in oversight of facilities, I think the logical solution to much of that is federal ownership of the facilities. They are federal facilities to begin with, in my opinion,” Zoley said. Federal ownership “will provide stronger credibility in the courts…that these are federal facilities carrying out the congressional priorities of immigration programs and policies that Congress has passed,” Zoley added, “and that states can only have very limited involvement in those policies and programs.” At least two other states have enacted laws this year that are similar to Washington’s. Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey last month signed a law that empowers the state auditor to inspect immigrant detention facilities to make sure they are following local health and safety rules. And in June, Colorado enacted a measure that strengthens the authority of state and local health officials to inspect immigrant detention facilities, ratchets up the frequency of unannounced inspections and specifies what inspectors must look for. The Colorado law also includes a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for facilities that refuse to allow an inspection. “Our community has been outraged by the conditions in these holding facilities and in these detention centers,” Colorado Democratic state Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, who authored the bill, said. “I think that it’s important for the state to set guidelines and guardrails, and for contractors to follow the law,” Velasco said. “The issue is that they’re saying that they are exempted from the law because they are a federal contractor. So that has been very frustrating.” Colorado and the GEO Group also have been facing off in court. Last month, Colorado sued the company for refusing access and information requests related to a confirmed tuberculosis case at its facility in Aurora. The next day, a federal judge blocked part of Colorado’s law in response to a GEO Group lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the measure. And in California, Democrats are trying to renew a law that directs the state attorney general to regularly review conditions in detention facilities and report back to lawmakers and the governor. That law is scheduled to expire next year, but Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing legislation that would extend it indefinitely. In an email, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said that the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement “is regularly audited and inspected by external agencies.” “All detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers,” the spokesperson wrote. “In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.” Disturbing reports In May, the Trump administration shuttered the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman, created by Congress in 2019 to investigate detainee deaths, access to health care and other issues. But another government watchdog, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, last week released a report on its January 2026 inspection of the Florida ICE facility widely known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” Inspectors found that detainees were kept in small metal enclosures for up to two hours, and didn’t have clean drinking water, daily showers, or safely stored food. The facility closed in June. Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, issued a report citing “over a thousand credible reports of human rights abuses” in immigrant detention facilities since President Donald Trump began his second term. Investigators from Ossoff’s staff found 44 reports of family separation, including mothers being separated from their breastfeeding infants; 206 reports of medical neglect; 88 reports of physical and sexual abuse; and 139 reports of denial of adequate food and water. The reports come as ICE, using new tactics and striving to meet daily arrest quotas, is detaining more people: Federal immigration authorities say they arrested 51,000 immigrants in July, more than any other month of the Trump administration. The number of people in detention soared to more than 65,700 in mid-July, compared to 37,000 two years ago, an increase of about 70%, according to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University research group. “It is worth saying that the detention system has changed a lot in the last year and a half. It’s roughly doubled in size,” said Scott Shuchart, who served as assistant director for regulatory affairs at ICE from 2022 to 2025. “We’re basically holding people who either haven’t committed a crime or who aren’t being detained for having committed a crime as though they were criminals, and then we do it very badly,” he said. “ICE is not constituted or equipped to manage the contractor facilities well — it has never done it well.” Taking responsibility Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock, senior policy counsel at the National Immigration Law Center, which advocates for low-income immigrants, said states that are trying to enforce health and safety rules in detention facilities are struggling to fill the oversight role that federal immigration authorities have abdicated. “It has created this tricky litigation issue, where a state trying to protect the people in ICE facilities has to sue both the federal government — ICE — and a private prison company,” Whitlock said. “And what these two entities often do is it’s a little bit of like hot potato, where the private prison company says, ‘Oh, we’re not the right defendant.’” Claire Trickler-McNulty, an assistant director in the Department of Homeland Security during the Biden administration who helped oversee ICE detention facilities, cautioned that there could be some unintended consequences of the new state laws. Federal contractors might opt to move detainees out of a state where there are a lot of restrictions to one with fewer restrictions, said Trickler-McNulty, who is now an immigration policy fellow at Hyphen, a nonprofit group. That would make it more difficult for families of detainees to support or even find their loved ones from a distance. She also suggested, as Zoley of the GEO Group did, that the federal government might buy more facilities to thwart state oversight. In that case, states would have to think creatively about what they can control. For example, she said, federal facilities will still have to use local resources, such as sewage and water lines, and likely would have to hire private contractors to handle security. “The actual facility is quite dependent on the state and local resources. So ideally, it would be a collaborative arrangement,” she said. “If you want it to be better and have improvements, you really need a willing partner on the other side.” Stateline reporter Shalina Chatlani can be reached at schatlani@stateline.org. This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac09da75342cf4db8708cb Bill Belichick's son resigns as North Carolina's defensive coordinator as investigation into culture closes te 2026-09-17T15:40:10.519Z Bill Belichick's son resigns as North Carolina's defensive coordinator as investigation into culture closes Steve Belichick is no longer the defensive coordinator at North Carolina. The university announced Belichick's resignation in conjunction with the conclusion of an internal investigation into the football program's culture under his father, Bill Belichick, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach. On July 27, the Tar Heels announced that general manager Michael Lombardi had been placed on administrative leave following a human resources complaint filed against him, which sparked the internal investigation into the football program. Lombardi stepped down from his role on Sept. 3, but the internal investigation was not wrapped up until Thursday's announcement. North Carolina's statement explained the investigation found that "actions were isolated in scope and not a systemic failure." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "The University has concluded a thorough and independent investigation into allegations related to culture and climate within the Carolina football program," the statement read. "The investigation determined that certain actions demonstrated a disregard for Carolina's values and standards of conduct. The investigation also found that these actions were isolated in scope and not a systemic failure." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The university did not directly connect Steve Belichick's resignation to Lombardi's or the investigation into the football program. Bill Belichick announced in early August that Steve was away from the team on medical leave. "It’s a medical situation, so I really can’t make any further comment on that," Bill Belichick told the media in August. Steve Belichick's resignation will go into effect on Oct. 27, 2026, following the conclusion of his ongoing medical leave, the school said in its announcement. The Tar Heels' announcement also included a note that wide receiver Keeyun Chapman has been suspended from the team indefinitely in connection with "an incident" that occurred Tuesday night. The Tar Heels have begun the 2026 campaign with a 2-0 record, with wins over TCU and East Tennessee State. They will take on Clemson on the road on Saturday in their first ACC contest of the year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac09d975342cf4db8708c2 Powerful teachers' unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read te 2026-09-17T15:40:09.119Z Powerful teachers' unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read States with stronger teachers' unions tend to have weaker literacy performance and have adopted fewer of the policies credited with improving reading outcomes, according to a new analysis from a center-left think tank. Eight of the ten states to score among the worst in the Progressive Policy Institute’s (PPI) assessment of early-literacy policies were home to powerful teachers' unions. Among the top 60% of states in terms of early-literacy policy scores, only four had strong teachers' unions. Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Indiana, all Republican leaning states with weak unions, were among the states with the best literacy outcomes. Maine, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington and Rhode Island, blue states, were among the worst. ARKANSAS STUDENTS OUTPERFORM NATIONAL AVERAGE AFTER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE EXPANSION, GOVERNOR SAYS The pattern isn't universal. Maryland, a blue state with a strong teachers' union, has posted strong reading results, while South Dakota, a red state with a weaker union, has struggled. The differences suggest union strength and party control alone don't explain states' reading performance. Rachel Canter, PPI’s director of education policy, conducted the analysis with colleagues by comparing teacher-union strength rankings with states’ early-literacy policy scores. Canter is also one of the people behind the slate of educational reforms in Mississippi that propelled the state from among the worst in the country for educational outcomes to among the best. "Democrats, however, don’t often ask me how to replicate Mississippi’s success," Canter said. "They ask if it’s possible at all, given the power of teachers’ unions in their home states." Teachers' unions, according to Canter, exert massive amounts of influence over both educational policies and how those policies are implemented in the classroom. This can make schools in states with stronger unions slower to adapt to challenges or to adopt new, better methods. TEACHERS UNION FACING YEARS OF DEFICITS SEEKS TO BECOME OREGON'S LARGEST PAC, INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SHOW Mississippi’s reforms, among other things, added kindergarten-through-third-grade screenings, literacy coaches, individual reading plans and held back third graders who failed the state reading test. The state reinforced those measures with science-based reading instruction, increased teacher training and tougher licensing requirements. Tweaks to teaching like these can be difficult to achieve in states with influential teachers' unions, with labor reps arguing that the changes place undue burdens on educators. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR BUCKS TEACHERS' UNIONS IN SUPPORT FOR STATEWIDE CLASSROOM PHONE BAN Many of the states that underperformed in the Progressive Policy Institute’s study also have Democratic leadership. Teachers’ unions spend hundreds of millions of dollars every electoral cycle on electing Democrats and pushing left-of-center policies. "States dominated by Democrats have been slower to embrace similar reforms," Canter said. "Organized labor might explain some of this gap." Multiple GOP-led Southern states have adopted educational reforms similar to those introduced in Mississippi. Those same states dominated the Progressive Policy Institute’s rankings of the states with the best student literacy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac052c75342cf4db8707d1 Falcons star Bijan Robinson wants every NFL team to play indoors one day: 'That would be sick' te 2026-09-17T15:20:12.220Z Falcons star Bijan Robinson wants every NFL team to play indoors one day: 'That would be sick' Atlanta Falcons superstar running back Bijan Robinson knows how much of a blessing it is to play in the NFL. He also understands the blessing of playing home games inside a domed stadium each season. Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Falcons, doesn’t have to worry about the elements outside when it’s time for kickoff. It is one of 10 NFL stadiums with domes or fixed/retractable roofs, as it fits into the latter category. The Falcons are one of 11 teams lucky enough to not have to brave any elements when they see a home game on the schedule, but Robinson believes the entire league should experience that someday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Robinson had quite the suggestion for the NFL during a recent interview with OutKick. "I wish one day the NFL can make every team indoors. I think that would be sick," he said, while also discussing his partnership with Sonic. In theory, it would be sick. No matter what the outside weather says, whether it’s heavy rains or snows, strong wind gusts, or freezing cold temperatures, the climate and conditions will always be the same inside a domed field. Every team gets the same conditions to work with and no excuses in terms of elements can be used to blame a poor performance. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! However, Robinson’s dream of playing a 17-game-plus schedule in all domes isn’t very likely to come to fruition. In every sport, there are purists, and football fans are very much at the top of the list. Seeing the winds in Cleveland coming off the lake, or braving the snow in Buffalo in the winter is what traditional football fans look forward to. It’s football – no element other than thunder and lightning will stop what goes on. "I can’t speak for people in Buffalo," Robinson said. "I know they love the snow, they love to be in it. But I feel like there would be a lot of people, too, that might enjoy not having to shovel it out. I know that’s a part of the culture, but if you could just go inside, go there and enjoy the game. Hopefully, we’ll see. Maybe in 10 years we could make that happen." While it’s highly unlikely every team will play in a domed stadium, those building new homes already have it in mind. Almost all seven of the new NFL stadiums currently under construction or planned feature a dome, retractable roof, or a skylight structure. The exception was actually in Buffalo, as the new Highmark Stadium, which gets its debut on Thursday night between the Bills and Detroit Lions, has an open-air roof. But teams like the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns are building enclosed venues. Also, the projects involving the Washington Commanders, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs all feature plans to enclose the field in some capacity. It would be about one-third of the stadium where domes come into play, and sure, players may feel just like Robinson after not having to power through the elements if they don’t have to. For now, though, it’s a privilege Robinson is well aware of. "It’s definitely awesome to get to play inside. That’s a huge advantage because you don’t have to worry about the elements," he explained. "The sun, like, dragging down your energy, or the cold. … For us, we just embrace it. We still practice outside in that heat, and I think it really helps us a lot practicing outdoors. It’s one of those things where it’s not cold here, so the weather changes in Atlanta all the time. One day it could be sunny, one day it could be gloomy, or rain and stuff like that. "For us, it doesn’t really matter what the elements are like during the week. It could pour rain all day and we’re going right inside on Sunday. It’s definitely a blessing to play inside and play a lot of teams that are inside." Robinson and the Falcons are a very lucky group this season, as they have only five outdoor games remaining on their 2026 schedule. They will face the Green Bay Packers on "Thursday Night Football" in Week 3, followed by games against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Week 8, Nov. 1), Browns (Week 14, Dec. 13), Commanders (Week 15, Dec. 20) and Carolina Panthers (Week 18, TBD). With football season officially back, Robinson highlighted his favorite food pairing if he were the one sitting down to watch the Falcons and the rest of the NFL slate on Sundays. Robinson preached how great the Sonic $7 Big Deal Meal was, as it includes a cheeseburger, medium drink, choice of medium tots or fries, and a vanilla sundae. And after getting the Big Deal Meal, he’ll be sure to throw in a strawberry limeade and a chili dog if he’s feeling extra hungry. But overall, Robinson loves how great and affordable this special deal is for everyone, especially those families looking for something good to pair with their football each week. "I feel like it gives everybody an opportunity to get a meal together as a family and they don’t gotta worry about it costing too much, or stuff like that," he said. "They know they can go right to Sonic, order the $7 Big Deal Meal and enjoy it. They can have a full meal and it’s not just a hamburger or a drink or something like that. They can enjoy something together as a family. "It’s been great to hear the feedback, and all my friends literally went the day they saw it." Robinson and Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield were featured in the "My Greatest 7" campaign, which will be seen throughout the football season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac052a75342cf4db8707c8 This $200 cordless vacuum dropped to $140 on Amazon — over 10,000 sold last month te 2026-09-17T15:20:10.799Z This $200 cordless vacuum dropped to $140 on Amazon — over 10,000 sold last month Some cordless vacuums cost $500 or more, but this Levoit cordless vacuum just dropped to $140 on Amazon. Its slim stick design and up to 50 minutes of battery life make it easier to clean without the bulk of a traditional vacuum. READ MORE: October Prime Day starts soon — here are the dates, tips to shop and what's on sale now Original price: $199.99 Make everyday cleaning easier with Levoit's lightweight cordless vacuum. It weighs just over 6 pounds and has a slim design for easier carrying and storage. The battery offers up to 50 minutes of runtime, depending on the cleaning mode. The stick design lets the vacuum lie flat at 180 degrees, making it easier to reach under furniture and into tight spaces. Three LED lights illuminate the floor to help you spot missed debris. An anti-tangle brush head helps reduce hair buildup, while the five-stage filtration system captures dirt and dust inside the vacuum. For homes with pets, the multiuse pet tool helps remove hair from beds, couches and car interiors. Another attachment is designed to tackle dust buildup on surfaces and in tight spaces. READ MORE: Skip the ironing board with this $26 steamer — now 30% off on Amazon This highly rated vacuum has tens of thousands of reviews and a 4.2-star rating. A 30% discount brings the price down from $200 to $140 — its second-lowest price this year, according to price-tracking data. At $140, this model costs considerably less than some premium cordless vacuums while still including LED lights, an anti-tangle brush head and a five-stage filtration system. Reviewers generally praise this Levoit vacuum for its cleaning performance, lightweight design and ease of use. "I thought I wouldn't like the vacuum's top-heavy design, but it hasn't been difficult to get used to," one reviewer wrote. "It really isn't heavy at all, and I'm a petite 5-foot-2 woman. One benefit of the design is that I can reach under furniture without moving it." "This vacuum is cordless, rechargeable and an amazing workhorse," another reviewer wrote. "There are no buttons to push or heads to change when vacuuming carpets and bare floors. It's light enough to carry upstairs and flexible enough to pick up dust along carpet edges and walls." "I am so impressed with this mighty little vacuum," a third reviewer wrote. "The bang for the buck is awesome. It does a great job and is easy to empty. It's super lightweight and has pretty good suction on all surfaces. We use it at our dog kennel facility, which is filled with hair every day, and this vacuum has kept up like a champ." READ MORE: Amazon just dropped this $190 Keurig coffee maker to $100 — one of its lowest prices ever Despite mostly positive reviews, this Levoit vacuum has a few drawbacks. Some reviewers said the handheld attachments provide less suction and don't connect as securely as the main vacuum head. Battery life is another consideration. The vacuum runs for up to 50 minutes in handheld mode, but runtime drops to 30 minutes with the vacuum head and 12 minutes in Turbo mode. If you're cleaning thick carpets or a larger home, you may need to recharge between rooms. With the price down 30% to $140, now is a good time to hit checkout with this Levoit vacuum before the deal changes. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Shark Rotator Lift-Away upright vacuum: $199 (40% off) Dyson V8 cordless vacuum: $299.99 (27% off) Hoover SmartWash+ automatic carpet cleaner: $216.40 (25% off) Bissell PowerClean FurGuard cordless vacuum: $229.99 (23% off) Miele Classic C1 canister vacuum: $319.20 (20% off) If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac052975342cf4db8707bf Idaho prosecutors accuse Bryan Kohberger of 'fishing' to find better arguments for bid to withdraw guilty plea te 2026-09-17T15:20:09.268Z Idaho prosecutors accuse Bryan Kohberger of 'fishing' to find better arguments for bid to withdraw guilty plea Idaho prosecutors are accusing Bryan Kohberger's new legal team of attempting a "fishing expedition" and trying to buy time to find better arguments for his bid to withdraw his guilty plea. "Unfortunately for [Kohberger], that is not how discovery in post-conviction proceedings works," Deputy Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Keith Scholl wrote in a response to the convicted killer's request for more time to file an amended petition. The deadline is currently set for Nov. 13 — four years to the day since the Idaho student murders in Moscow. BRYAN KOHBERGER’S 2027 HEARING IS NOT GUARANTEED AS IDAHO SEEKS QUICK DISMISSAL Kohberger's lawyers argue that the deadline would force them to irrevocably waive any claims not included in the amended petition, which is due before discovery deadlines set for next year. They want to see discovery materials before filing it. Read Kohberger's request for more time: "Post-conviction discovery is supposed to assist you and your lawyers in proving a legitimate constitutional claim, in this case, ineffective assistance of counsel," said Randolph Rice, a Maryland-based attorney and legal analyst who has been following the case. "It isn't supposed to be a fishing expedition to help you invent a new one," he added. "You don't get to throw a fishing net into the discovery ocean and hope you pull up a constitutional violation." ATTORNEY WHO DEFENDED DC SNIPER SAYS KOHBERGER FACES 'MONUMENTAL UPHILL BATTLE' UNDOING GUILTY PLEA Read the prosecution's response: SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Prosecutors have also filed a motion to dismiss Kohberger's handwritten petition outright, but that is not expected to succeed given the likelihood that his lawyers will replace it with a new amended petition. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2, 2025, to four counts of first-degree murder and a burglary charge for the stabbing deaths of 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves as well as 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. SEND US A TIP BRYAN KOHBERGER CLAIMS FAMILY JOINED PLEA TALKS AS HE SEEKS TO WITHDRAW GUILTY PLEA: COURT DOCS A year later, he claimed in a self-produced motion for post-conviction relief that he had ineffective counsel and was duped into pleading guilty by his former defense attorneys. BRYAN KOHBERGER GETS NEW ATTORNEY APPOINTED AFTER HE ASKS COURT FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IN IDAHO MURDERS Judge Steven Hippler gave his new legal team until Nov. 13 to amend Kohberger's handwritten filing. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The convicted killer's lawyers have separately filed a motion to disqualify Hippler from overseeing the case, citing concerns of potential bias, and to change the venue back to Latah County, where the crimes took place. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL BRYAN KOHBERGER'S VICTIMS 'ENDURED A HIGH DEGREE OF PAIN' AND SUFFERING, UNSEALED AUTOPSY REPORTS SHOW Kohberger's criminal defense team had previously changed the venue out of Latah County. The court moved it to Ada County to address fair trial concerns. The Latah County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and Kohberger's new lead lawyer Greg Rauch are both based in the county seat of Moscow. Fox News Digital reached out to prosecutors and Kohberger's team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac052775342cf4db8707b6 Trump’s $5K checks could join stack of past unfulfilled promises, former Congress budget chief warns te 2026-09-17T15:20:07.988Z Trump’s $5K checks could join stack of past unfulfilled promises, former Congress budget chief warns President Donald Trump's latest cash promise to Americans is unlikely to come to fruition, just like others before it, an economist and former congressional budget hawk told Fox News Digital. "So the president has promised a lot of checks, the most recent being $5,000 to every American if Republicans hold on to the House and Senate. We ever going to see these? Well, I don't think so," said Douglas Holz-Eakin, president of fiscal policy think tank American Action Forum. Holz-Eakin previously served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office, and as the director of domestic and economic policy for late Republican Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. TRUMP DEFENDS $5,000 DIVIDEND PROPOSAL, PRAISES 'BEAUTIFUL' TARIFFS ON 'INGRAHAM ANGLE' "The DOGE checks were never realistic because DOGE was never going to save that much money," said Holz-Eakin in reference to the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency's sweeping layoffs and budget cuts to federal agencies. He continued: "And the tariff checks were never that realistic because [Trump] didn't have the authority to issue the checks, and that's actually true of all of these promises." Holz-Eakin also mentioned the Trump administration's recently-proposed plan to give $9,000 checks to stay-at-home-mothers likely won't come through either. "Trying to get money to stay at home moms for childcare, there's a route to that, but it's gonna be tough ... we'll see if they actually pull it off," he said. "So, I would be skeptical that any of these checks are gonna be in your mailbox very soon." The internationally-known economist likened the Trump administration's fiscal policy to that of former President Joe Biden's Democratic administration. "I think we've seen two successive administrations get themselves in the following position: inflation is too high and wages aren't keeping up with it. Well, that's failing at the American dream," Holz-Eakin explained. THE FED JUST THREW A WRENCH IN TRUMP'S MIDTERM ECONOMIC MESSAGE He said that getting inflation under control was the first step in restoring order, as well as being "utterly supportive" of the Federal Reserve, which Holz-Eatin says is working to achieve that goal. The Fed hiked interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years, and signaled that more rate increases could be coming. This comes despite Trump's push to have the world's most powerful central bank lower interest rates to lessen the monthly burden on American's seeking home and auto loans. "Inflation remains elevated," the Federal Open Market Committee said in a post-meeting statement. "Today’s policy action will support a timelier return to the Committee’s 2 percent goal. The Committee will deliver price stability." "You need to have, I think, a more vibrant economy, and this economy is doing okay, but it's putting up with a lot of headwinds," said Holz-Eatin. He named specific Trump administration policy decisions he says are to blame for the lackluster economy, which has burdened the middle class as grocery prices continue to rise. "The first headwinds were tariffs, second headwinds were the the oil prices and fight with Iran, and we need to get past those battles and, and let the economy just go, and ... that would be a better environment for the families," he told Fox News Digital. CONGRESS SPENDS $7 TRILLION. HERE’S HOW THAT MATH WORKS OUT IF YOU THINK OF JUST $100 As for overall fiscal policy, Holz-Eatin says he's worried that the country is going in the wrong direction when it comes to economic and fiscal policy. "I'm a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. I have to every day get up and look at the books and wonder, 'how's this going to add up?'" he said. "And right now it doesn't add up." "We're $41 trillion in debt. The deficit is $2 trillion every year and it's getting larger. You can't just keep putting people on the on government programs. It won't add up." He proposed a fix — reverting to "old school conservative" politics. "I'd like to see a bit of a U-turn that got the debt under control, didn't spend quite so much money, and got through this without having to raise our taxes. So, that sounds like an old school conservative plan to me, but that's not what we're seeing right now." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Trump's economic promises, but did not hear back at time of publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac02d775342cf4db870736 Federal judge ties ICE agents' hands with ruling on warrantless Southern California arrests te 2026-09-17T15:10:15.850Z Federal judge ties ICE agents' hands with ruling on warrantless Southern California arrests A federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction to block the U.S. government from conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests in the district unless the arrestee is deemed likely to escape before a warrant can be procured. "Defendants are enjoined from enforcing their policy and practice of making warrantless civil immigration arrests in this District without a prearrest individualized determination by the arresting agent or officer of probable cause that the person being arrested is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained, as required by 8 U.S.C. 1357(a)(2) and 8 C.F.R. § 287.8(c)(2)," the order signed by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong reads, in part. Frimpong was nominated by former President Joe Biden during his White House tenure. EXCLUSIVE: 25 YEARS AFTER 9/11, ICE SAYS MORE THAN 2K KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN DEPORTED "Mere presence within the United States in violation of United States immigration law is not, by itself, sufficient to conclude that a person is likely to escape before a warrant for arrest can be obtained," the judge's order notes. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California encompasses the following counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. ANGEL DAD REBUKES DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS OVER SANCTUARY POLICIES AFTER DAUGHTER KILLED BY TWICE-DEPORTED FELON "This ruling is one of the most important decisions to date in the community’s effort to end the federal government’s cruel and illegal practice of abducting people and separating them from their families," ACLU Foundation of Southern California senior staff attorney Mayra Joachin declared in a statement. "By requiring immigration agents to follow the law’s requirement to make escape risk determinations before they can arrest someone without a warrant, this court order should put an end to hundreds–if not more–of unlawful arrests that continue throughout Southern California. We will closely monitor compliance with this court order, and expect the federal government to abide by it," Joachin added. MAMDANI BLASTS FEDS FOR WAGING 'CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR' AGAINST NYC'S IMMIGRANTS The Department of Homeland Security provided Fox News Digital with the following statement on Thursday: "ICE has authority for lawful arrests where authorized under 8 USC 1357. Law enforcement officers use 'reasonable suspicion' to investigate immigration status and probable cause to make arrests consistent with the statute and the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court has already vindicated us on these practices." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac02d575342cf4db870720 Riad Tile Launches Extensive Wall Tile Collection Serving Dallas and Beyond te 2026-09-17T15:10:13.571Z Riad Tile Launches Extensive Wall Tile Collection Serving Dallas and Beyond Dallas, TX / Storyteller / Sep 16, 2026 / Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac02d375342cf4db870717 Riad Tile Launches Extensive Wall Tile Collection Serving Dallas and Beyond te 2026-09-17T15:10:11.726Z Riad Tile Launches Extensive Wall Tile Collection Serving Dallas and Beyond Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac02ce75342cf4db8706ce I tried Tovala’s smart oven for two weeks — here’s whether it beats takeout te 2026-09-17T15:10:06.003Z I tried Tovala’s smart oven for two weeks — here’s whether it beats takeout Tovala offers both a smart oven and a meal-delivery service. Its meals come with QR codes that you scan using the app, allowing the oven to automatically follow the cooking instructions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac02cc75342cf4db8706c5 Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon  te 2026-09-17T15:10:04.159Z Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon  If you've been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop deliberating and start applying. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac008075342cf4db870697 Political insider turns anti-incumbent table on 8-year Dem in key Senate race: 'Hasn't delivered' te 2026-09-17T15:00:16.538Z Political insider turns anti-incumbent table on 8-year Dem in key Senate race: 'Hasn't delivered' CONCORD, N.H. - A Republican running to flip a blue Senate seat in a crucial battleground state is flipping the script on the Democrats' anti-incumbent argument. Former Sen. John E. Sununu, the GOP Senate nominee who's running to return to Capitol Hill after 18 years away, charges that his Democratic rival, Rep. Chris Pappas, has "been in Washington for 8 years and hasn't delivered for New Hampshire." Sununu and Pappas are facing off in the midterm election in the battle to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in a race that's one of roughly a dozen that will determine if Republicans hold their control of the Senate. "He has attempted very little in Congress. He's accomplished even less," Sununu said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview this week, as he blasted Pappas, a four-term congressman. THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE IF REPUBLICANS HOLD THE SENATE Sununu was interviewed ahead of a move by the Cook Political Report, a top nonpartisan campaign handicapper, to shift the race in New Hampshire from lean Democrat to toss-up. Earlier this month, another leading nonpartisan handicapper, Inside Elections, also changed their rating to a toss-up. It was a rare move in favor of the Republicans amid a political cycle where the GOP is facing traditional political headwinds for the party in power in D.C.. Republicans are also confronting an extremely rough political climate fueled by persistent inflation, soaring fuel prices due to the ongoing war with Iran, and President Donald Trump's underwater approval ratings. So what's Sununu's secret sauce? Part of it is his last name, which is a political brand in New Hampshire. Sununu's father, John E. Sununu, served six years as governor before heading to Washington, D.C., as then-President George H.W. Bush's White House chief of staff. And one of his younger brothers, Chris Sununu, recently served eight years as governor before taking a break from politics. But also boosting Sununu, his strategy to blast Pappas as a do-nothing member of Congress during another anti-incumbent election cycle, which is a turn of the tables on the Democrats' playbook. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SENATE "He's been on the Transportation Committee for eight years, and New Hampshire is dead last in highway funding in New England. That hurts New Hampshire. His ineffectiveness is doing damage to the state because we're not getting the support we need from Washington," Sununu claimed. While it doesn't rank dead last in every single metric or category, New Hampshire receives some of the lowest total and per-capita levels of federal funding for roads, highways and bridges of any state in the country, according to federal and state figures. Pappas, earlier this year, introduced the Highway Fair Share Act, a bill to increase federal funding for infrastructure and transportation projects for New Hampshire by requiring that each state receive at least 0.5% of the total federal-aid highway formula funding. Pappas and the rest of the all-Democratic congressional delegation in June highlighted $9 million in federal funding for New Hampshire projects. "Chris Pappas has led efforts to expand healthcare benefits for 3.5 million veterans, bring high-speed internet to towns across New Hampshire, put more money back in the pockets of working parents, and secure millions of dollars to improve and repair roads, bridges, and buildings," Pappas Campaign Manager Rachel Petri told Fox News Digital, as she shared a long list of funding accomplishments by the congressman. Petri said, "Chris is rated among the most effective and bipartisan lawmakers and his record stands in stark contrast to John Sununu’s record of voting to cut Medicare, leading efforts to privatize Social Security, and backing Donald Trump’s tariffs and war with Iran." Sununu's anti-incumbent argument is a bit ironic, considering he spent six years in the House and a term in the Senate before losing a rematch with then-former Gov. Shaheen in the 2008 election. Looking back at his years on Capitol Hill, Sununu touted his record "of writing and passing legislation under Democrat presidents, Republican presidents, a Democrat Congress, Republican Congress." But he also emphasized, "I've been in the private sector for the last 16 years. That's a good thing, working for tech firms and small businesses, the Waterville Valley ski area [the Sununu family has had a controlling interest in the resort since 2010], teaching college. It's... a perspective that I think is missing from Washington." WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLS IN KEY MIDTERM RACES SHOW Pappas, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, highlighted that New Hampshire is "a state of voters who are pragmatic, who want their lives to be better and want problems to be solved, and I can demonstrate the ways that I've been working on those issues." "It's expanding access to health care, building more affordable housing in New Hampshire, and ensuring that we're standing up to an administration that's ignoring the day-to-day concerns of Granite Staters," he added. But Sununu wasn't the only one taking aim at Pappas as a do-nothing incumbent. Even his long-shot socialist rival in last week's primary took a shot. First-time candidate and scientist Karishma Manzur, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, charged that "all [Pappas] wants to do is just get his little cushy job and go to D.C., go to all these parties and these restaurants and just do whatever the bare minimum is." Pappas ended up crushing Manzur in the primary by a two-to-one margin, and Sununu defeated former Sen. Scott Brown in a landslide to capture the GOP nomination. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER With the general election sprint underway, Republican-aligned outside groups are now pouring millions into the state to target Pappas. And Pappas is using this week's Cook Political Report race rating to ring an alarm. "MAGA super PACs are pouring millions of dollars a week into New Hampshire to try to flip this seat. And this race is officially a Toss Up," he warned on social media. And Pappas told Fox News Digital recently that Sununu is "backed up by out-of-state special interests and dark money in this campaign. They're outspending us 3 to 1 on TV." Firing back, this week a Democrat-aligned super PAC started running ads charging that, after he left the Senate, Sununu cashed in by working for lobbying firms. Sununu was endorsed earlier this year by Trump, and since then Democrats have repeatedly tied the president, whose approval ratings are well into negative territory in New Hampshire, to Sununu. Pappas called Sununu Trump's "hand-picked candidate." Asked about the full-court press by Pappas and Democrats to anchor him to Trump, Sununu told Fox News Digital, "I've never even met the president." But contrasting himself with Pappas, Sununu added that "there's no question I'll be a much more effective voice with this administration." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac007f75342cf4db87068e GOP congressman presses WNBA to define ‘women’ after Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White ruled ineligible te 2026-09-17T15:00:15.226Z GOP congressman presses WNBA to define ‘women’ after Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White ruled ineligible Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., is pressing WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for answers about the league’s eligibility rules, including one very basic question: How does the WNBA define "women"? In a follow-up letter to Engelbert obtained by OutKick, the Indiana Republican and other members of Congress question the league’s handling of player safety, fan confrontations and, now, who is actually eligible to play in the WNBA. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The letter comes as Engelbert prepares to leave the league. She announced Sept. 4 that she will retire at the end of 2026 after more than seven years as commissioner, and the WNBA has already begun the process of searching for her successor. That timing adds another layer to Stutzman’s request, which asks Engelbert to answer several questions about league policy before Oct. 16. The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement says that "only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA." But it does not go any further in defining what that means. That became a bigger issue this summer after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said female athletes should not have to compete against biological men. Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White later announced that they identified as women and planned to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, seemingly forcing the league to address the issue directly. League sources later told media outlets that neither man was eligible for the draft. WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT SENDS TRANS INCLUSION MEMO AFTER ENES FREEDOM, ROYCE WHITE ANNOUNCEMENTS Now Stutzman wants to know why. "How does the WNBA define ‘women’ for purposes of Article XIII, Section 1(a) of its collective bargaining agreement?" the lawmakers ask in the letter. They then follow with: "If the WNBA has no definition of ‘women,’ why were Freedom and White deemed ineligible to join the 2027 WNBA draft?" Read the full letter here: The letter argues that by ruling Freedom and White ineligible, the league has already shown that it recognizes a distinction when deciding who can play. "As a women’s sports league, the WNBA must ensure the League remains exclusively for biological women," the lawmakers wrote. They also cited Cunningham’s comments and raised concerns about fairness and player safety. But the eligibility question is only part of the letter. Stutzman and other Republican lawmakers previously wrote to Engelbert over concerns about player safety and the treatment of Caitlin Clark. Engelbert responded by outlining the league’s review process and its efforts to create a safe environment for players. The lawmakers now argue that the league’s actions since then have not matched those assurances. They point to Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington’s Aug. 8 Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham and another incident involving Golden State’s Tiffany Hayes just four days later. The letter also compares the WNBA’s handling of Carrington to the NBA’s past discipline of Draymond Green, who received suspensions after repeated physical incidents. Stutzman also raises concerns about how the league handles confrontations between players and fans. The letter cites Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud’s confrontation with Freedom during an Aug. 23 game at Wintrust Arena. It compares the lack of discipline for Cloud with the five-game suspension given to Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton after a separate confrontation with fans. The lawmakers are asking whether the WNBA has a consistent policy for players, coaches and team officials who get into verbal confrontations with spectators. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Altogether, the letter asks Engelbert to answer four questions by Oct. 16: what the league has done to address repeated physical play, how it handles confrontations with fans, how it defines "women," and why Freedom and White were ruled ineligible for the draft. "The WNBA has an extraordinary platform and influence," the lawmakers wrote. "We urge the League to use that platform responsibly by ensuring that rules are enforced equally to protect the safety of women playing the game and fans in the stands." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac007d75342cf4db870685 Los Angeles NBC helicopter seen plummeting toward ground in dashcam video te 2026-09-17T15:00:13.629Z Los Angeles NBC helicopter seen plummeting toward ground in dashcam video Dashcam video from a Los Angeles driver captured an NBC and Telemundo news helicopter rapidly descending toward the ground moments before a fiery crash that killed three people. The video, captured by driver Year Valencia, shows the helicopter dropping from the sky Tuesday while its crew was covering a separate deadly collision involving an SUV and a city bus. "I downloaded the video of my dashcam. It’s a little dot on the video. It’s a crisp video and it just goes down," Valencia told KTLA, which first obtained the footage. "God, it’s so close, it could have happened to anyone. My parents walk down the street." NBC REPORTER, PILOT AMONG THE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN DEADLY LOS ANGELES HELICOPTER CRASH The helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, killing NBC4 and Telemundo 52 reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw and 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia, who was on the ground. The aircraft went down near a storage facility and caught fire, with the blaze spreading to at least four vehicles and two storage containers. The crash came roughly two hours after the SUV slammed into the city bus in a separate collision that killed two people and injured six others, according to authorities. Police said the SUV had been traveling the wrong way, ran a red light and struck another vehicle before hitting the bus. VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN FATAL AMAZON CARGO JET CRASH AT MIAMI AIRPORT Police arrested the SUV's driver, 36-year-old Bailee Lynn Rios, on murder charges Tuesday night. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office was reviewing the case to determine what charges, if any, would be filed in court. The cause of the helicopter crash remained under investigation Wednesday. Video broadcast from the helicopter before it went down captured an alarm sounding inside the aircraft as it began losing altitude. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Fabian Salazar said Wednesday that the helicopter's final video could provide investigators with critical evidence as they work to determine what caused the crash. The sounds captured on the recording appeared consistent with changes in engine speed and likely cockpit advisory tones, he said. The helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350 operated by Angel City Air, was used by NBC4 and Telemundo 52 for aerial news coverage. The NTSB is investigating the helicopter crash as well as the earlier bus collision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aac007575342cf4db870644 Afghan Sentenced to 20 Years After Mixed Verdict in 2021 Kabul Attack Case te 2026-09-17T15:00:05.809Z Afghan Sentenced to 20 Years After Mixed Verdict in 2021 Kabul Attack Case A jury had split on whether Mohammad Sharifullah was to blame in a deadly bombing but found him guilty of aiding the terrorist group ISIS-K. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabfe2375342cf4db87060f Masters deal in Bridge beginners te 2026-09-17T14:50:11.753Z Masters deal in Bridge beginners Club aims to grow membership with mentorship & series for newcomers Mark Ducharme spent years as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard, so he’d know you don’t have to be an engineer to enjoy bridge, but it helps when your partner’s bidding needs some structural support. These days he’s the Sedona-O Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabfe2075342cf4db8705ec Family member of lawyer who coined 'genocide' seeks to strip name from group accusing Israel of atrocity te 2026-09-17T14:50:08.377Z Family member of lawyer who coined 'genocide' seeks to strip name from group accusing Israel of atrocity A family member of Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer who escaped Europe during World War II and coined the term "genocide," is in a fight to have his name removed from a Pennsylvania nonprofit organization that accuses Israel of the exact term he came up with. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security has "warned of genocide in Gaza since Oct. 13, 2023," less than a week after Hamas terror attacks killed about 1,200 and resulted in the capture of 251 hostages in 2023. On Oct. 28, 2023, the institute issued a "statement of mourning for the Gazans and the world," saying that "these two major military powers [the U.S. and Israel] are committing genocide in Gaza only weeks after actively enabling genocide against another besieged people: the Armenians of Artsakh." It also warned that "if the world allows these two powers to continue to act with this level of impunity, genocide will become the normative policy of both dictatorships and the world’s so-called democracies alike." PROMINENT HOLOCAUST MUSEUM CHALLENGES MAMDANI WITH OFFER IN RESPONSE TO CLAIMS ABOUT 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA The man calling for the change is Joseph Lemkin — whose father was Raphael’s cousin — and the sole survivor after his family of six was killed during the Holocaust. Joseph told Fox News Digital that growing up the son of a Holocaust survivor meant being followed by "a black cloud" that colored his entire life. In one example, he explained that when the families at his Jewish day school placed ads during an annual banquet to celebrate their successes, his father wrote a yearly commemoration of the memories of his more than 40 family members who died during the Holocaust, including his parents and brother killed at Auschwitz and two brothers who died after joining underground resistance groups. He said his father raised funds for the impoverished Raphael’s funeral when he died in 1959, and worked until weeks before his death to fundraise for the betterment of his fellow Jewish Americans. Joseph’s experience as the child of a Holocaust survivor came to mind again when his teenage son showed him a social media post from the Lemkin Institute using the family name to accuse Israel of genocide. "Seeing the impact and how my son came across it made me really more concerned about it," Lemkin said. ANTI-ISRAEL NONPROFIT UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OVER FINANCIAL DEALINGS: REPORT In an effort to keep the family name from being "turned on its head," he said he has worked with the European Jewish Association (EJA) to submit a letter of complaint to the office of Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and to Pennsylvania’s Department of State’s Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. In June, Lemkin and his team also sent out letters referencing their concerns to other leaders in Pennsylvania. In response to a request from Shapiro’s office for additional information, Lemkin and the EJA submitted a 32-page comprehensive legal submission and statement of facts and a 58-page evidentiary appendix in April 2025. He said that he believes that an investigation has been opened into the complaint. Pennsylvania's Department of State spokesman, Geoff Morrow, told Fox News Digital "the Department [of State] cannot confirm or deny whether any organization has had a complaint filed against it or is under investigation." Gov. Shapiro’s office did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. ISRAEL TURNS TABLES ON UN OFFICIAL CLAIMING 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA WITH BASIC QUESTIONS In an Oct. 13, 2025 press release responding to an op-ed, The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention stated that "it is very hard to imagine that Raphael Lemkin would not have seen the genocidal dynamics of the present conflict early on, given his definition of the term and his historical studies. We share Raphael Lemkin’s belief in the need for a Jewish national home, but that has not meant that we are unable to see the genocide before our eyes." The same press release also noted that "Joseph Lemkin does not speak for the entire Lemkin family, nor does he officially represent a Lemkin estate. We have Lemkin family members on our side who reached out to us after October 7, 2023. Peter Lemkin, in whose childhood home Raphael Lemkin was a frequent visitor, has been particularly supportive, offering encouragement, sharing insights into Lemkin’s work, and informing us of his family's close collaboration in the effort to get the Genocide Convention ratified by states." In a statement to Fox News Digital, the institute again questioned Joseph’s representation of Raphael, stating in part that "Over the years, members of the Lemkin family have reached out to express their support for our work. Joseph Lemkin has expressed his disagreement with our work. There is no legal battle between the Lemkin Institute and the Lemkin family." Peter Lemkin did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. Nor did another family member identified to Fox News Digital by the institute as being supportive of its work.  The statement to Fox News Digital continued, "The Institute was founded in 2016/2017. In 2021, it was renamed to honor the life and work of Raphael Lemkin, whose research and moral commitments, reflected not only in the 1948 Genocide Convention but also in the many case studies he completed before his untimely death at age 59, have deeply influenced the work of the Institute's founders. Since Raphael Lemkin died without heirs or an estate, there was no official representative for the Lemkin family to contact for permission," it stated. The statement also noted that "The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is an all-volunteer organization founded to fill the gaps in genocide prevention that co-founders Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey and Dr. Irene Massimino observed during several visits to Northern Iraq in 2016 and 2017, when they met with religious leaders, government officials, and survivors of ISIS genocide, including Yezidi, Christians, Shabak-Shia, Kakay and other religious, national, and ethnic minorities. It continued, "This includes, of course, security for the Jewish people, who continue to be the targets of one of the oldest and most lethal global genocidal ideologies — antisemitism. This also includes Palestinians, Darfuris, Armenians, Artsakhsis, Rohingya, Ukrainians, Uighurs, Amhara, trans people, Yezidis, many Christian populations, many Muslim populations, Somalilanders, Kurds, the Karakalpak, many Black and Native communities in the Western Hemisphere, and far too many other groups to mention here. Our world is unfortunately awash in genocide and it benefits all humanity for all of us to be involved in preventing the crime." UN COMMISSION ACCUSES ISRAEL OF 'EXTERMINATION' IN CONTROVERSIAL REPORT The institute utilized the October 2025 press release to start a fundraising campaign "to cover urgent legal fees, hire a full-time administrator, and ensure the survival of the Lemkin Institute." They stated that "the attempt to discredit us or to shut down our work is part of a wider effort to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide in the USA. But we will not allow our work to be smeared, or our voices to be silenced." Israeli civil rights attorney and president of the Shurat HaDin Law Center, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, who is not party to the dispute, told Fox News Digital that "the real question is not simply ‘standing,’ but whether the Institute has a lawful right to use Raphael Lemkin’s name in a manner that implies his endorsement, his family’s authorization, or fidelity to his beliefs. The Institute apparently never received permission from Lemkin, his estate, or an authorized representative when it appropriated the name. While using a deceased scholar’s name is not automatically unlawful, it becomes legally actionable when it misleads donors and the public, creates a false impression of endorsement, constitutes deceptive charitable solicitation, or appropriates the reputation and goodwill attached to that individual’s identity." Commenting recently on the growing threat of antisemitism worldwide after the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, renowned historian Sir Simon Schama called accusations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza a "blood libel" in his keynote address at the Holocaust Educational Trust on Sept. 7. Schama stated that "We, the victims of the greatest genocide the world has ever seen, are being called perpetrators of genocide." The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has published multiple reports on the Israel-Gaza war which allege genocide by Israel. On May 28, 2024, they wrote that "even if there were legitimate doubts about Israel’s genocide, there is no doubt that Israel is committing atrocity crimes of the most barbaric kind. Israel must be stopped."  The Institute also said it is "disgusted by Western leaders, especially in the USA, Germany, and the U.K. They have demonstrated not only that they don’t care one bit about genocide prevention and human rights, but also that they are willing to allow an ally to commit atrocity crimes while they offer material and diplomatic support." The Lemkin Institute suggested that "they should also be put on trial." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabfe1e75342cf4db8705e3 Political insider turns anti-incumbent table on 8-year Dem in key Senate race: 'Hasn't delivered' te 2026-09-17T14:50:06.972Z Political insider turns anti-incumbent table on 8-year Dem in key Senate race: 'Hasn't delivered' CONCORD, N.H. - A Republican running to flip a blue Senate seat in a crucial battleground state is flipping the script on the Democrats' anti-incumbent argument. Former Sen. John E. Sununu, the GOP Senate nominee who's running to return to Capitol Hill after 18 years away, charges that his Democratic rival, Rep. Chris Pappas, has "been in Washington for 8 years and hasn't delivered for New Hampshire." Sununu and Pappas are facing off in the midterm election in the battle to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in a race that's one of roughly a dozen that will determine if Republicans hold their control of the Senate. "He has attempted very little in Congress. He's accomplished even less," Sununu said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview this week, as he blasted Pappas, a four-term congressman. THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE IF REPUBLICANS HOLD THE SENATE Sununu was interviewed ahead of a move by the Cook Political Report, a top nonpartisan campaign handicapper, to shift the race in New Hampshire from lean Democrat to toss-up. Earlier this month another leading nonpartisan handicapper, Inside Elections, also changed their rating to toss-up. It was a rare move in favor of the Republicans amid a political cycle where the GOP is facing traditional political headwinds for the party in power in DC. Republicans are also confronting an extremely rough political climate fueled by persistent inflation, soaring fuel prices due to the ongoing war with Iran, and President Donald Trump's underwater approval ratings. So what's Sununu's secret sauce? Part of it is his last name, which is a political brand in New Hampshire. Sununu's father, John E. Sununu, served six years as governor before heading to Washington, D.C. as then-President George H.W. Bush's White House chief of staff. And one of his younger brothers, Chris Sununu, recently served eight years as governor before taking a break from politics. But also boosting Sununu, his strategy to blast Pappas as a do-nothing member of Congress during another anti-incumbent election cycle, which is a turn of the tables on the Democrats' playbook. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SENATE "He's been on the Transportation Committee for 8 years, and New Hampshire is dead last in highway funding in New England. That hurts New Hampshire. His ineffectiveness is doing damage to the state because we're not getting the support we need from Washington," Sununu claimed. While it doesn't rank dead last in every single metric or category, New Hampshire receives some of the lowest total and per-capita levels of federal funding for roads, highways, and bridges of any state in the country, according to federal and state figures. Pappas, earlier this year, introduced the Highway Fair Share Act, a bill to increase federal funding for infrastructure and transportation projects for New Hampshire by requiring that each state receive at least .5% of the total federal-aid highway formula funding. Pappas and the rest of the all-Democratic congressional delegation in June highlighted $9 million in federal funding for New Hampshire projects. "Chris Pappas has led efforts to expand healthcare benefits for 3.5 million veterans, bring high-speed internet to towns across New Hampshire, put more money back in the pockets of working parents, and secure millions of dollars to improve and repair roads, bridges, and buildings," Pappas Campaign Manager Rachel Petri told Fox News Digital, as she shared a long list of funding accomplishments by the congressman. Petri said, "Chris is rated among the most effective and bipartisan lawmakers and his record stands in stark contrast to John Sununu’s record of voting to cut Medicare, leading efforts to privatize Social Security, and backing Donald Trump’s tariffs and war with Iran." Sununu's anti-incumbent argument is a bit ironic, considering he spent six years in the House and a term in the Senate before losing a rematch with then-former Gov. Shaheen in the 2008 election. Looking back at his years on Capitol Hill, Sununu touted his record "of writing and passing legislation under Democrat presidents, Republican presidents, a Democrat Congress, Republican Congress." But he also emphasized, "I've been in the private sector for the last 16 years. That's a good thing, working for tech firms and small businesses, the Waterville Valley ski area [the Sununu family has had a controlling interest in the resort since 2010], teaching college. It's... a perspective that I think is missing from Washington." WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLS IN KEY MIDTERM RACES SHOW Pappas, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, highlighted that New Hampshire is "a state of voters who are pragmatic, who want their lives to be better and want problems to be solved, and I can demonstrate the ways that I've been working on those issues." "It's expanding access to health care, building more affordable housing in New Hampshire, and ensuring that we're standing up to an administration that's ignoring the day to day concerns of Granite Staters," he added. But Sununu wasn't the only one taking aim at Pappas as a do-nothing incumbent. Even his longshot socialist rival in last week's primary took a shot. First time candidate and scientist Karishma Manzur, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, charged that "all [Pappas] wants to do is just get his little cushy job and go to D.C., go to all these parties and these restaurants and just do whatever the bare minimum is." Pappas ended up crushing Manzur in the primary by a two-to-one margin, and Sununu defeated former Sen. Scott Brown in a landslide to capture the GOP nomination. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER With the general election sprint underway, Republican-aligned outside groups are now pouring millions into the state to target Pappas. And Pappas is using this week's Cook Political Report race rating to ring an alarm. "MAGA super PACs are pouring millions of dollars a week into New Hampshire to try to flip this seat. And this race is officially a Toss Up," he warned on social media. And Pappas told Fox News Digital recently that Sununu is "backed up by out of state special interests and dark money in this campaign. They're outspending us 3 to 1 on TV." Firing back, this week a Democrat-aligned super PAC started running ads charging that after he left the Senate Sununu cashed in by working for lobbying firms. Sununu was endorsed earlier this year by Trump, and since then Democrats have repeatedly tied the president, whose approval ratings are well into negative territory in New Hampshire, to Sununu. Pappas called Sununu Trump's "hand-picked candidate." Asked about the full court press by Pappas and Democrats to anchor him to Trump, Sununu told Fox News Digital, "I've never even met the president." But contrasting himself with Pappas, Sununu added that "there's no question I'll be a much more effective voice with this administration." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabfbc575342cf4db870544 To a Binational Tribe, Trump’s Border Wall Feels Like Betrayal te 2026-09-17T14:40:05.831Z To a Binational Tribe, Trump’s Border Wall Feels Like Betrayal An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf97175342cf4db870506 Cruise vacation takes frightening turn as passenger is airlifted from ship te 2026-09-17T14:30:09.014Z Cruise vacation takes frightening turn as passenger is airlifted from ship A cruise vacation took a frightening turn when a passenger experiencing a medical emergency had to be airlifted recently from a ship sailing near Canada. The passenger was aboard the Celebrity Solstice when additional medical care was needed, prompting a response from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), according to a news release from Esquimalt Public Affairs shared with Fox News Digital. A Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and rescue team were deployed to the ship, with search and rescue technicians lowered onto the vessel to assist with the evacuation. CRUISE SHIP BATTLES ROUGH PACIFIC SEAS TO SAVE INJURED, STRANDED SAILOR The passenger was then airlifted from the cruise ship and transported to shore for hospital care, the same source noted. "A guest experienced a medical emergency while sailing. Since they required additional care, we facilitated their medical disembarkation," a Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Royal Caribbean Group owns Celebrity Solstice through its ownership of its subsidiary brand, Celebrity Cruises. Lynn Elmhirst, producer and host of the travel series "World's Greatest Cruises," told Fox News Digital that medical emergencies can become more complicated when travelers are at sea and far from major cities. Elmhirst noted that the coastline between Vancouver and Alaska includes long stretches without major cities and hospitals, which can complicate an emergency evacuation. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "The more remote you are, the more difficult it is to get that medical evacuation," she said. The incident also serves as a reminder for cruise passengers to understand their insurance coverage before setting sail, according to Elmhirst. "I think from a guest's perspective, there are two really important takeaways from hearing about a medical evacuation at sea," she said. "One is making sure that you have sufficient medical travel insurance." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Elmhirst said travelers should check whether their coverage includes medical evacuation, hospital stays and repatriation if they need assistance returning home. "Even if you have really good health insurance, it may not cover travel," she said. Without sufficient coverage, travelers could potentially face large medical expenses following an emergency abroad, Elmhirst added. She also encouraged travelers with pre-existing medical conditions to speak with their doctors before embarking on a cruise and make sure they are healthy enough to travel. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Regardless [of] any health issues, please speak with your doctor," Elmhirst said. "Make sure that your doctor says that you're well enough to travel." Carrying a passport is also extremely important, even on cruises where it may not be required, according to Elmhirst. She said an unexpected medical evacuation could require a passenger to fly home internationally rather than return to the ship as planned. "Take a passport with you," Elmhirst said — adding that travelers can then focus on "getting well and going home safely" if a medical emergency occurs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf71c75342cf4db870493 Netflix drops first trailer for 'Sacrifice' starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy in new thriller te 2026-09-17T14:20:12.327Z Netflix drops first trailer for 'Sacrifice' starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy in new thriller Netflix's upcoming movie "Sacrifice" looks absolutely bonkers. Basic info: NEW TRAILER FOR 'OTHER MOMMY' WITH JESSICA CHASTAIN REVEALS A SINISTER ENTITY TERRORIZING A YOUNG GIRL Netflix released the trailer for "Sacrifice" on Wednesday, and my interest was immediately grabbed because of the legit A-list cast. It's hard to say no to a movie featuring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans, John Malkovich, Salma Hayek and Vincent Cassel. However, things went to a different level once I actually saw the preview. It's absolutely absurd, and I mean that as a compliment. AUSTIN ABRAMS FIGHTS TO ESCAPE A 60-TON SPERM WHALE IN NEW 'WHALEFALL' TRAILER WITH JOSH BROLIN At the very least, it seems like a refreshing and original idea that blends action, mystery, humor, suspense and (possibly?) the occult. I have a feeling many of you will feel the same way. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. As long as this movie is actually entertaining and not some kind of anti-Capitalism meltdown, then I think there's serious potential. The preview honestly rocks, and completes its only primary goal: Bring interest and intrigue. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Now, we'll have to wait to see if the film actually lives up to the expectations set by the first trailer. You can catch "Sacrifice" on Netflix starting Oct. 16, and make sure to let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf4c775342cf4db870415 'Double Lives' star says being kicked out of church over adult content career didn't shake her faith te 2026-09-17T14:10:15.560Z 'Double Lives' star says being kicked out of church over adult content career didn't shake her faith Tammy has no plans to walk away from her Christian faith, even if some fellow believers question whether it can coexist with her adult-content career. The "Double Lives of Suburban Wives" star spoke candidly to Fox News Digital about being kicked out of a church over her career, saying the experience challenged her faith in people, but not in God. "Me being kicked out of the church that I was at was a real, I think, testament to my faith, in that it never wavered my faith in God," Tammy told Fox News Digital. "It, of course, made me look at my faith in people." 'DOUBLE LIVES OF SUBURBAN WIVES' STAR SAYS SECRET ADULT-CONTENT SIDE HUSTLE GOT HER FIRED FROM CORPORATE JOB Tammy said she ultimately chose forgiveness rather than allowing the experience to change her relationship with her faith. "I did have to, like, choose to forgive for my own heart that, you know, people are people. People make wrong judgments," she said. "You know, they're doing their best of what they think to, like, lead us in the way that they think they should." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "But ultimately, at the end of the day, God knows my heart," Tammy continued. "You know, God has purpose even in my life right now as I'm sitting in this chair, you know, that pastor didn't know about. And I lean into that more than I do human opinions." WATCH: ‘DOUBLE LIVES OF SUBURBAN WIVES’ STAR TAMMY SAYS FAITH NEVER WAVERED AFTER CHURCH OUSTER   Tammy is one of the women featured on TLC's "Double Lives of Suburban Wives," which follows six couples in the St. Louis area balancing marriage, parenthood and suburban life with careers creating adult content. Tammy and her husband, Drew, have been building a business together since college and now work together creating adult content. TLC describes the couple as a steady presence within the group, while Tammy wrestles with how her faith fits into the life they've created. The series, which premiered Aug. 9, follows the women as they confront judgment, family expectations and the complications that come with balancing different parts of their lives. Asked directly whether she believes what she does for a living is a sin, Tammy acknowledged the conflict. "I think there are sinful elements, obviously, I'm not going to ignore that, but just like everything else in life, we are not perfect," Tammy told Fox News Digital. "But I think out of that imperfection, God can still do amazing things, and I'm focusing on that," she continued. "And, you know, I hope that I'm still open, that God can open up doors in my life and change me in the way that He wants to change me." Tammy also had a message for Christians who believe her faith and career are incompatible. HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER SPENT 25 YEARS PRAYING FOR TINSELTOWN, SAYS 'YOU CAN'T HATE THEM' "I would just challenge them to look at their own lives," she said. Tammy pointed to the Christian teaching about casting the first stone while arguing that no believer is without sin. "I mean, in the Bible, it says, like, you know, you who've cast the first stone, you know, like we're not all blameless and sinless," she said. "Like the whole point of Christianity is that Jesus died for our sins because nobody by their works was going to be perfect to earn that." "And it's through that grace that we are allowed to be with God and be in communion with God," Tammy continued. "And even though my sin looks different from yours, we're all still imperfect." Her co-star Brianna, who joined Tammy for the interview, interjected, "Who's to say that your sin is worse?" WATCH HERE: ‘DOUBLE LIVES OF SUBURBAN WIVES’ STAR TAMMY REVEALS WHY SHE TURNED TO CONTENT CREATION Tammy added, "Yeah, or yours is just hidden and mine I'm open about." Tammy acknowledged that reconciling her faith with her career remains an internal struggle. Asked whether she has ever seriously considered walking away from adult-content creation because of her religious beliefs, Tammy said the question still crosses her mind. "I think it's an internal struggle that always pops in your head," she told Fox News Digital. But Tammy said her reasons for entering the business are also tied closely to her family. "The whole point of why I got into content creation was to have more family time and to have some more wholesome things where I can be there for my kids and provide for my kid in ways that I didn't have before," she said. "So to consider one without the other just doesn't do it justice." ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR OPENS UP ABOUT WIFE’S AFFAIR, SAYS MARRIAGE ‘DOESN’T HAVE TO END’ AFTER BETRAYAL Appearing on television has also brought the criticism Tammy was already accustomed to receiving closer to home. "We are getting a lot more hate, but that hate has always been there," Tammy said. "It's just, I think, more in our face because of TV." "But we still deal with it the same," she added. "We try our best to know that this is who we are. We're good parents, we're good friends. We are just trying to live our lives just like everybody else." Tammy said she and Drew understood that putting their lives on television would invite greater scrutiny, making their reasons for participating important. "We had to know for sure, for sure, for sure that we're gonna be okay," she said. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE For Tammy, the opportunity was about more than appearing on television. "It's not just to be like, oh, I have my five minutes of fame on TV," she told Fox News Digital. "It's like we obviously have a lot to speak about as people and about the judgments and the stigmas and a lot of the misinformation that surrounds what we do." "Content creation has… it's not going away," she continued. "And so I just felt like this was such a great opportunity to be able to come out and actually educate people that are curious on really what goes on behind the scenes." Some of that judgment has also followed Tammy into her everyday life. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS During the series, viewers saw an incident involving Tammy and other cast members at her gym. Despite the encounter, Tammy told Fox News Digital she continues to work out there about five days a week. While she said the gym's main staff has remained supportive, Tammy claimed some fellow gym members have become more confrontational. "There have been some gym goers that now, like, feel brazen to, you know, to come out and be nasty towards me," she said. "But I will say that the gym has really stuck up for me in that regard so far." WATCH HERE: ‘DOUBLE LIVES OF SUBURBAN WIVES’ STAR TAMMY VOWS SHE ‘WILL NOT BE PUSHED OUT’ And Tammy said the criticism hasn't made her consider leaving St. Louis. "Heck no, I will not be pushed out of spaces," she told Fox News Digital. "I am a normal deserving human being, just like everybody else," Tammy continued. "Even if you don't agree with what I do, like I still deserve to be in spaces." That determination, she said, is also why she continues returning to the same gym. "I'm not being pushed out spaces and I think we have to stand our ground with that, because otherwise like we are just gonna get bullied over and... pushed out," she said. "No, I deserve to live where I want to live," Tammy continued. "My family deserves to live with the same respect, privacy, safety as everybody else." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf4c575342cf4db87040c Leaked Trump plan sparks GOP showdown over how far Republicans should go to support families te 2026-09-17T14:10:13.947Z Leaked Trump plan sparks GOP showdown over how far Republicans should go to support families The Trump administration is reportedly floating a plan to let some married families with a stay-at-home parent tap federal child-care dollars — a proposal that has triggered a growing fight among conservatives over how far Washington should go to support family life. The reported proposal would expand eligibility for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) assistance to some married families in which one spouse works at least 35 hours a week and the other stays home, with the benefit averaging about $9,000 per child annually, according to reports. The New York Times reported Sept. 5 that the administration was considering the proposal in the context of Vice President JD Vance’s longstanding advocacy for extending child-care assistance to stay-at-home parents, although a White House official told Fox News Digital that Vance has not pushed this specific proposal. AMERICA’S CHILD CARE CRISIS NEEDS MORE PARENTAL FREEDOM — NOT MORE WASHINGTON CONTROL "Until the Administration officially unveils a policy push, any leaked reporting about potential policy ideas that have been neither fully baked nor released should be regarded as pointless speculation," said the official. The Child Care and Development Block Grant was enacted in 1990 under President George H. W. Bush, and the 1996 welfare overhaul under President Bill Clinton amended the program and integrated it with mandatory child-care funding streams that are now commonly known as the Child Care and Development Fund. In a White House press released posted close to Mother's Day, Trump touted how his administration is working to "better empower stay-at-home parents." In May, HHS issued new CCDF guidance clarifying states’ flexibility in how parents can choose among federally permitted child-care providers and services. Critics of the reported proposal, including some Republican and conservative advocates, have warned that it could increase government oversight and create new concerns involving fraud, benefit cliffs, dependency or incentives around work. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also labeled the idea as "socialism" in an X video, while conservative radio host Erick Erickson said on X the plan is "welfare for married people," and allegedly showed a recent pattern of the GOP pivoting towards "Diet Coke of Socialism."   TRUMP FACES RECKONING AS GOP FIGURES LABEL $5K PROMISE A 'SOCIALIST VOTE-BUYING SCHEME' "I am old enough to remember a time when Republicans were against government entitlement programs," said Meghan McCain. Some conservative figures and advocates have expressed support for the reported concept, arguing that federal policy should provide greater support to families that choose to have a parent remain home with children. American Principles Project President Terry Schilling told Fox News Digital that the concept of the nuclear family needs to be reconsidered after years of government policies promoting multiple undergraduate and graduate degrees while delaying marriage and homeownership. "For decades Washington paid institutions to raise kids while lonely young people delayed marriage, homeownership, and children," said Schilling. "If policy helped break the family, policy can help restore it to the center of American life by putting money in parents’ hands, not in the pockets of daycare chains, unions, and nonprofits." The Advancing American Freedom (AAF) organization, founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, urged conservatives to oppose the reported plan. Rachel Greszler, AAF economist and welfare expert, told Fox News Digital in an interview that "government is not the solution to family life." "I fear that if we cross into that, that is taking what is supposed to be like a work-oriented welfare program and turning it into social engineering," she said. Greszler expressed concern that sending government checks to stay-at-home parents would inevitably require guardrails to prevent fraud and abuse — potentially bringing greater government scrutiny into the home. TRUMP’S WELFARE REFORMS ARE A MAJOR VICTORY. BUREAUCRATS COULD STILL WRECK THEM "If we are going to invite checks for parents who are staying home with their children, you are also going to be inviting the government into your home to make sure that you are doing what they think you should be doing with a stay-at-home parent check," said Greszler. She warned that even if conservatives are comfortable with how a Republican administration uses the program, establishing that government power could have unintended consequences if control of the White House changes hands. "I worry that this would open the door into using taxpayer funds for social engineering. That in a different administration after another election could be used for the exact opposite intent of what certain conservatives are looking for right now to use it," Greszler added. DRIVEN BY PROGRESSIVE DOOMISM, LIBERALS ARE HAVING FEWER BABIES THAN CONSERVATIVE FAMILIES Schilling said that the earlier Americans marry and start families, the more prosperous the country will be and this program will give support to married families over commercial daycare networks to raise children. "Traditional welfare routes money through middlemen and too often subsidized family breakdown. This proposal works on the same principle as Republican healthcare reforms: instead of sending subsidies to insurance companies, put the money directly in the hands of families," he said. Schilling says that critics call it dependency when a parent stays home, but call it "investment" when a bureaucracy does it. Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna shared an article on the plan and wrote, "being a stay-at-home parent is a full-time job and there should be resources and reward available to families that do this." Fox News Digital reached out to the office of the Vice President and the White House for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf4bf75342cf4db8703c0 2 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  te 2026-09-17T14:10:07.074Z 2 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Two days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf4bd75342cf4db8703b7 Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia te 2026-09-17T14:10:05.023Z Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia Huawei is accelerating the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip as it pushes to compete with Nvidia and close China’s AI computing gap with the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf26b75342cf4db870390 Tim Scott opens up on ‘miraculous’ car crash survival that changed the course of his life te 2026-09-17T14:00:11.431Z Tim Scott opens up on ‘miraculous’ car crash survival that changed the course of his life Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., opened up about the car crash that derailed his football dreams as a teenager, revealing the moment he believes divine intervention saved his life. "I called for help, which for me was, I just yelled, 'Jesus,'" the South Carolina Republican recalled during the latest episode of "Hang Out With Sean Hannity." "I feel like, in an unusually miraculous way, some power — angel, in my opinion — protected me through all of that carnage." REPUBLICANS HEAD TO DALLAS WITH ONE MISSION: DEFY HISTORY AND WIN BIG Scott recounted the crash during a conversation with Fox News host Sean Hannity at last week’s Republican National Committee Midterm Convention in Dallas, where the two discussed the pivotal moment in the senator's life that unfolded long before he entered national politics. Scott, a standout high school football player at the time, had been "moving up the ranks" when the crash derailed his athletic career. He recalled driving his mother to work one morning before falling asleep behind the wheel on his way home. COLTON BURPO DESCRIBES MEETING JESUS AND HEARING ANGELS SING DURING NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE After waking to the sound of his tires on gravel, Scott said he slammed on the brakes and jerked the steering wheel, sending the car spinning across lanes of traffic before it hit the median. The impact sent him through the windshield as he held onto the steering wheel. The crash left Scott with a broken ankle and back injuries, and many promises of college athletic scholarships dwindled. Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, however, offered Scott a partial scholarship. He said he later gave his life and heart to Jesus Christ while attending a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) meeting at the school. The South Carolina senator's full conversation with Hannity is available on iHeartRadio, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf01175342cf4db87031b Democrats reluctantly hand Trump major victory on key program targeting Tim Walz te 2026-09-17T13:50:09.625Z Democrats reluctantly hand Trump major victory on key program targeting Tim Walz President Donald Trump's crackdown on government fraud is getting unexpected backup from a majority of House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. More than 140 House Democrats voted with all Republicans to make the National Fraud Enforcement Division permanent on Wednesday. The bill passed in an overwhelming 352 to 72 vote, with all of its opponents being Democrats as well. Trump's White House first announced the creation of a new division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat fraud in January 2026, primarily targeting "fraud affecting the federal government, federally funded programs, and private citizens," according to a release by the administration. It was notably used as a cudgel against Trump's political enemies earlier this year, when Vice President JD Vance referred Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to the fraud division for a potential criminal investigation. WHITE HOUSE PUSHES 'WATERSHED' FRAUD-FIGHTING REFORM IN CONGRESS AS VANCE CONVENES TASK FORCE Republicans accused Walz and Ellison of helping facilitate what's become a ballooning fraud scandal affecting Minnesota's social welfare programs. Both have acknowledged that taxpayer dollars were taken advantage of but accused GOP actors of casting the situation as worse than it actually is as a political attack. VANCE REFERS TIM WALZ, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OVER STATE'S ALLEGED FRAUD The Trump administration's announcement of the fraud division also touted its actions in Minnesota, which it said was experiencing a "fraud epidemic." Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a top House progressive, said he would give "tepid support" to the legislation, while pointing out a fraud division has already existed within the DOJ for decades. REPUBLICANS DECLARE WAR ON 'ORGANIZED THEFT' WITH GOVERNMENT FRAUD CRACKDOWN "This is hardly some kind of great breakthrough in law enforcement or criminal justice, but it is perhaps the least offensive piece of legislative flotsam and jetsam that has washed ashore in the last 48 hours of Republican chaos and retreat here in the House of Representatives," Raskin said on the House floor. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., responded, "This conversation is about a piece of legislation. It's about a piece of legislation that we want to be enacted into law. It's not a partisan initiative. It's a permanent, nonpartisan commitment that we do something better because the people who are listening here ... the people who are watching, they're getting tired of it." "They're getting tired of all the money that has been wasted. And to try to pretend that just a few years ago, a couple of years ago, everything was perfect, everything was taken care of and that there was no corruption, we know better," Van Drew said. Raskin spent a significant amount of time accusing Trump and his administration allies of corruption at the expense of prosecuting actual fraud cases, something Republicans pushed back against. "What has come out of Minnesota over the last year, what has been exposed, is absolutely criminal in nature," said Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo. "I think what is coming, what is being exposed in blue cities and blue states run by Democrats, demonstrates that it's probably higher by an order of magnitude." Raskin then targeted Van Drew directly in his comments: "My dear friend from New Jersey wants to make it sound like I'm doing something partisan. I'm joining his bill." "It would be very easy for me to say I reject everything you do because you're on the side of this pro-fraud president, but I'm not doing that. Your bill says, let's call this the 'National Fraud Enforcement Unit. I say, fine, that makes sense to me," Raskin said. "Why don't you cross the aisle and say it's wrong for them to be pardoning white-collar fraudster after white-collar fraudster, or at least pardoning them from having to pay the fines and the restitution back? It's an honest question. Do you really think that $1.7 billion should go from what was going to be the pockets of the victims back into the bank account of the perpetrators?" Van Drew responded, "The gentleman has his numbers. He has his vision, he has his partisan ideas, and that's up to him. But I'm trying to point out today ... we're trying to make something that is right now just an executive order and make it law to help the people." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabf00b75342cf4db8702ca Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls te 2026-09-17T13:50:03.197Z Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls People can use these assistants to make restaurant reservations and cancel subscriptions Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabedb375342cf4db87023e Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers te 2026-09-17T13:40:03.689Z Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers A new coalition that includes Google, Nvidia, Anthropic and Emerald AI wants to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabeb6375342cf4db870217 Bills fan protests OJ Simpson walk of fame snub, Melanie Griffith respects summer & Buffalo reveals a new cage te 2026-09-17T13:30:11.230Z Bills fan protests OJ Simpson walk of fame snub, Melanie Griffith respects summer & Buffalo reveals a new cage Welcome to Thursday Screencaps, but this isn't just another Thursday. This morning, I'm coming to you from suburban Buffalo where I'm holed up in a condo pumping out this edition before hopping in the car and heading down to Highmark Stadium for tonight's historic Bills home opener. Last night was all about getting our bearings straight, so we went to Big Tree Inn, the legendary Bills bar just down the street from Highmark where we bellied up to the bar to talk to some old salty dawgs who'd seen a few things over the years. One of those guys, Scott in Arizona, told me tales of his past adventures. He swears there was a time back in the late 90s or early 2000s when he watched a visiting quarterback take a woman upstairs at Big Tree Inn. As Scott tells the story, on his way back down, the visiting QB fell down the stairs and ended up on the following week's injury report. He told me the name, but I can't report such things. All I can say is that it was a BIG name. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Were the wings any good at Big Tree Inn? Not really, but I wasn't there for the wings. I was there to feel the energy. I was there to hear from these fans who've been in the trenches and have felt the heartache and have lived through snowy Sundays when it looked like this franchise might leave Buffalo. Tonight, that all changes with the introduction of the new spaceship stadium that rises from the earth, unlike Ralph Wilson that sat down in a bowl. Are Bills fans really ready for amenities? Aren't they going to miss the blue collar Ralph Wilson Stadium? When I asked Scott in Arizona that question, you could see the apprehension on his face. I'm furious we missed this press conference, but I had no idea it was going on. I'm not even interested in forming an opinion one way or the other on if OJ should have a spot in the team's walk of fame, but you're damn right I want to have a camera on a lady making a strong case for OJ based on his on-field accomplishments. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Now, let's keep in mind that the area where this walk of fame is located is called the "Family Circle." I think we can all agree, even ignoring the whole double murder thing, is that OJ wasn't exactly the best family man. Maybe you honor his legacy with the team in a different place inside the stadium. The locals believe the team is getting a baby bison mascot and the baby bison will be put into this cage before tonight's game. That's what they say. As your boots on the ground, we'll go take a look later today. • Scott in Arizona said the airport was out of rental cars with 100 reservations going unfilled on Wednesday. • The hotel scene here is terrible. But...this Airbnb in Williamsville that we're staying in for $300 per night is amazing. Brand new. Walked in and the AC was set at 68. Great shower pressure. This sure beats roughing it at some Red Roof Inn off I-90. • The local brewery here in Williamsville was PACKED last night at 8 p.m. A buddy of mine stopped by for a drink last night and said it's because in about 6-7 weeks, the locals are buried in snow, so they have to enjoy the weather before it's too late. • The local news didn't cover a single piece of non-Bills news for 90 minutes this morning. There was even a segment on local elementary kids who wrote and sang a song about the Lions losing tonight. • Kostas revealed to me last night that this will be the very first legitimate football game he's worked in his career. Just five years out of college, he's getting an assignment that grown men would die for. I'll give him credit, he seems to understand how fortunate he is for what he's about to experience. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 – Charles K. writes: Looks like you are in Buffalo? Hope to see you break a folding table or two tonight? Kinsey: I'll be leaving that to the pros. I cannot leave the tailgate areas until I see someone jump off a bus and destroy a table. That's my goal today. – Kevin in Naples, FL has a message for Cathy: When it comes to Cathy the Abdul El-Sayed fan girl, has she ever heard of Sharia Law? Well Cath, let me fill you in on what this means to women. Under Sharia Law, Cathy flushes all her freedom down the toilet. Abdul is pro Sharia Law. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Women are closely monitored, have guardians, are required to seek permission to marry or travel. Women are required to cover themselves up and wear head dresses. In some countries they can't drive or go to school. That's YOUR candidate Cathy. I know he's appealing because he is well spoken and articulates nice meaningless platitudes. He's also not the Fat Orange Meanie that you hate so much, but FFS try doing some independent research. – Kevin in Gibsonia writes: If you want real chicken wings, go to Duff's on the corner of Sheridan and Millersport in Amherst. Hot, medium or mild is the only way to order real wings. If you want garlic parm cinnamon sweet chili teriyaki, go someplace else. Enjoy the stadium, it is awesome. I'm sure the mafia will put on quite the tailgate show for you. Kinsey: I was told by a local that Duff's is trash. – Brent P. in Indiana says: CB needs to contribute more often. Hysterical addition to the column! ################# And with that, I'm off to experience something that has been on my bucket list my entire Internet career. I'm kicking myself for missing out on a true Ralph Wilson experience, but something tells me even though Ralph Wilson is gone, the spirit of these fans remains unchanged. They're ready to slam beers and have fun. You can see it on their faces. Let's go have a great day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabeb5b75342cf4db8701bf Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe te 2026-09-17T13:30:03.429Z Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe The company is partnering with mobility platform Bolt -- but no vehicle orders have been placed just yet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe90a75342cf4db87019b To beat China in AI, America must work with communities — not around them te 2026-09-17T13:20:10.357Z To beat China in AI, America must work with communities — not around them To preserve America’s national security and economic competitiveness against foreign adversaries, the United States must lead the artificial intelligence (AI) era. But, the infrastructure necessary to maintain that edge is increasingly being questioned. More than 200 communities have enacted data center moratoriums or similar restrictions, a growing number of states are imposing or considering pauses, and dozens of high-profile data center projects have slowed or stopped across the country. Certainly, local communities have legitimate questions about this buildout. Who pays for the new electricity and infrastructure? What happens to local water supplies? How will noise, light and large industrial facilities affect nearby neighborhoods? And what will communities receive in return? Those questions deserve and must have honest answers. DEMOCRATS CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP ISSUES – DATA CENTERS But at the same time, America must keep building its data center infrastructure. AI is the most transformative technology of the past 100 years, one that is already driving roughly a third of U.S. economic growth. What we build, or don’t build, today will help determine whether America leads the AI era or falls behind China. We need a better way forward. An "American AI Infrastructure Compact" can protect communities while giving responsible projects a predictable path to construction. Four key protections include: US ADVERSARY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON AMERICA’S AI LEAD WITH AN UNDERESTIMATED EDGE ONE OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST INDUSTRIES IS SPARKING A BLUE-COLLAR JOBS BOOM Communities have every right to demand responsible development from companies making enormous investments. The goal should be to secure those protections without turning away the jobs, investment and tax revenue responsible projects can bring. AMERICA NEEDS AI TO SURVIVE. WORKING FAMILIES ALSO NEED TO SURVIVE IT These commitments are not merely aspirational. One central element of this compact — protecting ratepayers — is already taking shape. In March 2026, America’s largest data center developers signed the national Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing to build, bring or buy the power their data centers need and cover the cost of the infrastructure required to deliver it. Since then, hundreds of utilities, developers and states have joined them in this pledge. These arrangements can do more than shield existing customers from new costs. They can also spread fixed grid costs across a larger customer base and lower rates. In Indiana, a utility has proposed a rate reduction that would save the average household roughly $100 a year, citing revenue from data centers and other large customers. In Louisiana, agreements connected to Meta’s data center will return roughly $2.6 billion to customers over two decades. And NextEra Energy has proposed $2.25 billion in bill credits for customers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina as it prepares to meet a pipeline of more than 130 gigawatts of large-load demand, including data centers. But a compact has two sides. These four protections above define what communities should expect from developers. When a project meets those standards, government owes something in return: a clear and predictable path to approval and construction. TRUMP’S DATA CENTER PUSH FRACTURES CONGRESS AS LOCAL ANGER EXPLODES: 'GRASPING AT STRAWS' That path requires government to set the rules before an application arrives, keep the goalposts in place and approve projects that meet the standards after adequate review. That is how trust runs both ways. Communities know their protections will be enforced, and builders know that meeting the requirements allows them to move forward. America has done this before. The interstate highway system stalled for years over disagreements about who paid for what. Progress came when the country settled on a durable cost-sharing framework that gave every party certainty. Big national ambitions require clear responsibilities and dependable rules. That is the bargain America needs now: Communities get enforceable protections and measurable local benefits. Responsible builders get clear rules and a predictable path to construction. America gets the infrastructure it needs to lead the AI era. That is a win-win-win. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe90975342cf4db870192 Tennis great Patrick McEnroe urges Congress to cap foreign recruits, protect American student-athletes te 2026-09-17T13:20:09.496Z Tennis great Patrick McEnroe urges Congress to cap foreign recruits, protect American student-athletes Tennis legend Patrick McEnroe took his fight directly to Capitol Hill this week, urging Congress to cap international athletes on college rosters at 20%. Speaking with OutKick following his testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the former Davis Cup captain made his mission clear: stop taxpayer-funded universities from shutting out American kids and restore their focus on developing young domestic talent. "Football and basketball are essentially professional now, and universities are under increasing pressure to fund them," McEnroe told OutKick. "The sports being squeezed are tennis, wrestling and swimming, the Olympic sports that don’t generate revenue." The turning point came when McEnroe turned on the SEC Network to watch a college tennis championship and noticed that only two of the 12 players on the court were American. An ACC championship match revealed an even worse ratio, with just one American out of 12. In Division I tennis, international recruits now occupy nearly 70% of roster spots. "This is collegiate tennis, and we’re losing a pathway of dreams and opportunities for American kids," McEnroe said. "I think of it as the rungs on a ladder. If you keep taking away the rungs, the kids will eventually give up." At his academy in New York, McEnroe sees young American athletes grinding every weekend, only to watch collegiate opportunities evaporate as coaches favor older international recruits with professional experience. "Many of those kids dream of playing professionally, but by 14 or 15, they realize that probably won’t happen," McEnroe explained. "What they want is the opportunity to play college tennis, and they’re starting to see that dream disappear. I don’t think that’s right." "That’s why I say I’m not worried about the players who are going to make it," he added. "They represent roughly 1 percent of the people who play college tennis or other college sports and eventually become professionals. This is about the masses." CRUZ AND CANTWELL REFUSE TO BEND TO SEC AND BIG TEN CONCERNS IN REVISED COLLEGE ATHLETICS LEGISLATION To fix the system, McEnroe is backing a legislative proposal introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., that would cap international roster spots at 20%. McEnroe believes a firm limit is necessary to give American student-athletes a fairer opportunity. "I don’t believe the purpose of that funding is to give every roster spot to international athletes," McEnroe emphasized. "I’m completely in favor of international athletes participating, but there needs to be a reasonable limit." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! He noted that college coaches, trapped in a 'win-now' mentality, are often forced into the recruiting arms race, even if many privately support reform. "I don’t blame the colleges or coaches," McEnroe said. "The system needs guardrails so American kids have an opportunity to play. If the percentage is limited, everyone is on a level playing field." "Many coaches I know won’t publicly support this because they’re afraid of losing their jobs," he added. "That’s why I’m doing it for them. I believe most coaches want a level playing field." For McEnroe, tennis is just the tip of the iceberg in a much broader battle across college sports. "This is a message we should send to young athletes and families in every sport, including soccer and lacrosse," McEnroe added. "In non-revenue Olympic sports, we need to restore some balance to collegiate athletics." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The disparity is especially striking when viewed through the lens of the global stage. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, 1,200 NCAA athletes competed, but only 386 were American. More than 800 international athletes trained in U.S. collegiate programs before competing against American athletes at the Olympics. "We have the best training, coaches, facilities and competition in collegiate sports, and we provide all of that to international athletes so they can return home and compete against us in the Olympics," McEnroe argued. "I don’t think that’s what we want taxpayer money supporting." TRUMP URGES CONGRESS TO PASS PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT BEFORE RECESS: 'WE HAVE TO GET THAT DONE' Capping foreign spots is not an attack on international players. It is a necessary fix to ensure American universities return to their core mission of developing home-grown talent. "I’m an international person," McEnroe concluded. "I’ve been fortunate to travel the world through tennis and make friends everywhere. I love that part of tennis and many other sports. But that doesn’t mean international athletes should completely take over an American collegiate athletic system." Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe90875342cf4db870189 Republicans just got a powerful new playbook for the battle for Congress. Here's what's inside. te 2026-09-17T13:20:08.430Z Republicans just got a powerful new playbook for the battle for Congress. Here's what's inside. FIRST ON FOX: With control of Congress on the line and pocketbook issues dominating the campaign trail, a prominent conservative group is unveiling a sweeping affordability agenda aimed at giving Republicans a sharper economic message ahead of the November midterm elections. The Advancing American Freedom report, "Affordability 101," obtained first by Fox News Digital ahead of its Capitol Hill rollout Thursday, lays out more than 100 recommendations to lower the costs of housing, energy, food and healthcare by expanding supply, increasing competition and reducing government barriers. The blueprint is intended as a resource for Republican lawmakers and congressional staff as affordability emerges as one of the defining issues of the 2026 midterm elections. Founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, Advancing American Freedom argues costs can be lowered by reducing regulations, encouraging competition and boosting domestic production rather than creating new federal subsidies. "We want free market conservative candidates to go out there and not just put on the red jersey or not just fight against the blue jersey, but to go there and give people ideas that actually work," Advancing American Freedom President Tim Chapman told Fox News Digital. TRUMP’S AFFORDABILITY PLAN FACES CONSERVATIVE PUSHBACK AS POCKETBOOK ISSUES LOOM OVER MIDTERMS Chapman argued the size and scope of government plays a larger role in affordability than many Americans realize. "The size and scope of the government matters more than people understand in terms of its impact on the economy," Chapman said. "If you look at interest rates right now and how much of the skyrocketing interest rates is fueled by the debt and deficit problem, that's something we need to be concerned about as Americans." Many of the proposals align with Trump administration priorities, including expanding domestic energy production, building more homes, reducing regulations and encouraging innovation. But the blueprint also breaks with the administration on several issues. TRUMP JUST EXPANDED HIS TARIFF PLAYBOOK WITH A POWERFUL TRADE WEAPON NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER USED One flashpoint is Vice President JD Vance's proposal to expand childcare subsidies by broadening eligibility under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), potentially providing some married families with a stay-at-home parent up to about $9,000 per child annually. "His proposal sounds great, right?" Richard Stern, vice president of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise at Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital. "But the truth is, in many cases, it's a $9,000 divorce bonus." On housing, the report says government regulations add 26.4% to the cost of a new single-family home and calls for permitting, zoning and land-use reforms to lower construction costs. "I think those memos that deal with construction regulations and land use are the core group that would help affordability the most," Stern said. 5 STATES COULD BE THE BIGGEST LOSERS IN TRUMP'S TRADE WAR WITH CANADA, EXPERT WARNS The report also argues tariffs raise consumer prices, another point of disagreement with the administration. "If you look at your grocery bill, how much of that is impacted by tariffs?" Chapman said. "That's driving up the price of goods and it's hurting people in their pocketbooks." The blueprint also argues that expanding domestic energy production and easing regulations on artificial intelligence and data centers can help lower costs. Trump has championed rapid data center development despite growing concerns over electricity demand and local impacts. "The counties that have data centers are making money off of it," Stern said. "They're actually reducing energy prices for those homes." As candidates sharpen their economic messages ahead of November, Chapman said the report is meant to give lawmakers concrete policy proposals they can take back to voters. "We want people to have those solutions," Chapman said. "When they go home and talk to their constituents about the future of the country, they can say, 'I actually have an idea. Here's an idea for getting interest rates down or here's an idea for more small business growth.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe90775342cf4db870180 Driverless racing goes global. Will fans care? te 2026-09-17T13:20:07.499Z Driverless racing goes global. Will fans care? Autonomous race cars are starting to show up on some very famous tracks. On Sept. 3, the Indy Autonomous Challenge brought its driverless race cars to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in California. Purdue AI Racing set a new autonomous track record and finished second in a head-to-head passing competition. Italy's Unimore Racing took the win. Two days later, autonomous racing took another step forward in Europe. Five teams brought fully autonomous race cars to Italy's Imola Circuit for the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League's first race outside Abu Dhabi. Team Kinetiz came from fourth on the grid to win the 12-lap event. Now autonomous racing has reached major circuits in the U.S., Europe and Abu Dhabi. The technology clearly travels. The bigger question is whether the fans will follow. NEW! Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: Get Better Healthcare With AI In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will show you five practical ways AI can help you take a more active role in your healthcare. You’ll learn how to organize your health history, remember important appointment details, understand complicated medical information, research prescriptions and prepare questions for your next doctor’s visit. No technical experience is needed. Register for free now at CyberGuyLive.com WAYMO RECALLS ROBOTAXIS OVER CONSTRUCTION-ZONE RISK The races at Laguna Seca and Imola came from two different autonomous racing programs. The Indy Autonomous Challenge brings together university teams that develop AI drivers for identical race cars. At Laguna Seca, nine university teams from North America, Europe and Asia were scheduled to compete. The Sept. 3 event pushed the competition further by adapting the Indy Autonomous Challenge's passing format to a road course for the first time. Instead of several cars racing as a pack, two autonomous cars take turns in attacking and defending roles. The software has to manage spacing and decide when it can safely make a move. Purdue became the only American team to qualify for that portion of the competition. Its car also set a 1:27.731 autonomous lap record before finishing runner-up to Unimore. Then came Imola. A2RL brought autonomous racing from its home at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi to Europe for the first time. The league says Imola represents another step toward its goal of creating an international championship for fully autonomous race cars. Imola raised the difficulty again. Kinetiz, Constructor Racing, PoliMOVE, Unimore Racing and two-time A2RL champion TUM entered the event. Each team competed with identical EAV-25 race car hardware based on the Dallara Super Formula SF23 platform. That means much of the competitive advantage came from the software each team developed. The AI had to figure out where the car was, understand what was happening around it and decide what to do next. Then it had to turn those decisions into braking and steering inputs at racing speed. TUM ran into a technical problem on the formation lap and returned to the pits before the rolling start. That left the remaining cars to fight for position. Unimore had started from pole and led the race. Then things went wrong. WAYMO VEHICLES 'PUTTING AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK,' SOURCE WARNS AMID AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPANY'S MASSIVE RECALL Unimore set the fastest lap of the race before suffering a technical problem that caused the car to slow dramatically. PoliMOVE was close behind and hit the slowing Unimore car from the rear. The collision ended both teams' runs. That opened the door for Kinetiz. The Singapore-UAE team had started fourth but moved into the lead and won by 10.963 seconds over Germany's Constructor Racing. PoliMOVE was classified third. The crash may also be one of the most revealing parts of the race. Driving fast on an empty track is one challenge. Reacting when the car directly in front of you suddenly loses speed creates a much harder problem. That is exactly the type of unpredictability autonomous systems have to learn to handle. These cars are moving a lot faster than you might expect. At Imola, PoliMOVE hit about 157 mph with nobody behind the wheel. During testing, the fastest autonomous lap came within 0.85 seconds of a benchmark lap set by Super Formula driver Juju Noda. That is surprisingly close. In Abu Dhabi last year, former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat still set a faster lap than the autonomous challenger, but the gap had narrowed to just 1.58 seconds. So the question has changed. We already know these cars can get around a race track at serious speeds. Now we are seeing what happens when they have to race another car and make those decisions in real time. Here's where autonomous racing faces a challenge that has nothing to do with speed. Part of the fun of racing is having someone to root for. Fans follow drivers, get to know their personalities and pick favorites. Take the driver out of the car and suddenly that connection looks very different. With autonomous racing, you are rooting for the team behind the software. For some tech fans, that may be enough. Watching engineers figure out how to make an AI-powered race car faster and smarter could become part of the appeal. But will people come back race after race? We are already starting to get a sense of that. The Indy Autonomous Challenge returned to Laguna Seca this year and moved from solo time trials in 2025 to head-to-head passing on the road course. Just two days later, five autonomous race cars competed together at Imola in Italy. Now the harder part may be building the kind of connection that keeps people watching after the surprise of seeing an empty cockpit wears off. There is another reason these competitions are worth watching. Race tracks give autonomous driving researchers a place to push software extremely hard. At Laguna Seca, Purdue's team spent weeks practicing and used simulation to find bugs in its software before race day. At Imola, the AI had to deal with high speeds and other autonomous cars making their own decisions. That pressure can reveal weaknesses quickly. A passenger car on a public road faces a very different environment. It has to deal with pedestrians, intersections and countless situations that do not exist on a closed race track. So winning an autonomous race does not mean the same software is ready to drive you around town. Still, the basic challenge overlaps. An autonomous vehicle has to understand what is happening around it and decide how to respond. Racing forces researchers to test those capabilities at the edge of what the vehicle can handle. That is where this becomes relevant even if you never watch a single autonomous race. Here's what gets me about autonomous racing. We have gone from asking whether AI can keep a race car on the track to watching these cars chase each other at more than 150 mph. That is pretty remarkable. But speed alone will not turn this into a sport people care about. Part of what makes racing so compelling is the person inside the car. You follow the driver, learn their personality and pick someone you want to win. When the cockpit is empty, that connection changes completely. Could fans eventually start rooting for the teams behind the technology instead? I can see Purdue students and engineers developing their own following as these competitions grow. But autonomous racing still has to prove that watching great software compete can be as exciting as watching a great driver push a car to the limit. The cars are clearly ready to race. Now we get to see whether the fans are ready to care. Would you watch an entire race with nobody behind the wheel? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe90575342cf4db87016b Democratic group launches $1M ad blitz highlighting Jay Feely’s allegiance to Donald Trump te 2026-09-17T13:20:05.653Z Democratic group launches $1M ad blitz highlighting Jay Feely’s allegiance to Donald Trump (Screenshot via YouTube/314 Action Fund) A national political action committee that aims to get science-minded Democrats elected is investing nearly $1 million in ads opposing former NFL kicker Jay Feely in his bid for Congress in one of Arizona’s most competitive contests.  The PAC, 314 Action Fund, will be running its ad across the district for the next week on television, YouTube and other streaming platforms, according to the organization.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Congressional District 1 is both Arizona’s wealthiest district and one of the state’s most competitive. Although it leans red, it has been a high priority for Democrats, particularly now, with Americans’ dislike for President Donald Trump threatening to drag down GOP candidates up and down the ballot.  Feely, a first-time candidate, is a Republican who has been endorsed by Trump. The ad, titled “Rubber Stamp,” takes direct aim at Feely’s connections to Trump claiming he will be a “rubber stamp” to Trump and his policies.  “He backed Trump’s tariffs that exploded costs. Praised the war in Iran,” the ad says. “In Congress, Jay Feely won’t be fighting for you. He’ll be a rubber stamp for Trump.”  314 Action will be paying $781,920 to run the ads across CD1 on TV and an additional $185,884 to run the ad on digital platforms. Trump’s popularity has plummeted this year in the wake of the Iran War he unilaterally started, rising costs for fuel and food, a violent mass deportation effort and skyrocketing healthcare bills.  But while other GOP candidates in swing states and competitive districts — and some in Arizona — have begun to distance themselves from Trump, Feely has largely taken the opposite approach, appearing at the GOP midterm convention, where he praised Trump.  In a press release announcing the ad, the 314 Action Fund Executive Director Erik Polyak hit on Feely’s association with Trump and his policies.  “He backed tariffs that jacked up grocery and gas prices, cheered on a reckless war in Iran, and let Trump handpick his district for him,” Polyak said. “Arizonans are getting crushed by rising costs while Feely rubber-stamps every reckless decision to come out of the White House. Voters in AZ-01 need someone who fights for them, not someone auditioning for Trump’s approval.” 314 Action Fund has been backing a number of similar candidates in similar positions in other states as more and more doctors seek to run for office as medical misinformation has flourished under the Trump administration. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe6b275342cf4db870103 Craig Carton: 'Crazy people' hate Sydney Sweeney, support Lindsay Clancy te 2026-09-17T13:10:10.227Z Craig Carton: 'Crazy people' hate Sydney Sweeney, support Lindsay Clancy OutKick host Craig Carton addressed the difference between those who were fine with Sydney Sweeney showing some skin in a sports advertisement and those who supported Lindsay Clancy during her trial in the killings of her three children. Carton, who hosts "The Craig Carton Show" on OutKick, put it bluntly when addressing the so-called Sweeney controversy over her ad for Novig. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "The world’s going crazy when it comes to the photographs of Sydney Sweeney. ‘Oh, we’re sexualizing women. It’s not right. It’s setting the women’s movement back 100 years.’ No, you’re just ugly. That’s what that is." Female athletes and some in the media wagged their finger at Sweeney and Novig over the ad, which showed the actress nearly nude talking about all of the sports users could wager on with the company. Carton asserted that the same ones who were upset about the Sweeney spot also thought Clancy was a "hero." "I’m gonna separate people into two groups, OK? There’s going to be here on the left side, crazy people. We’re gonna call you ‘crazy.’ On the other side, I’m just gonna refer to you as not crazy," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "Consider for a moment that the non-crazy side loves those pictures of Sydney Sweeney. The crazy side would rather support, I don’t know, Lindsay Clancy. She’s a hero to the crazy side. I saw one of those gals come out this morning legitimately refer to her as heroic. She killed her three children. She killed her own children. But for the crazies, ‘Man, she gets it. She represents us.’ For the non-crazies, she belongs in prison for the rest of her life. "Crazy people hate Sydney Sweeney. Crazy people love Clancy. Non-crazy people love Sydney Sweeney. Non-crazy people think Clancy should be behind bars for the rest of her life." Earlier this month, the jury in the Clancy trial was deadlocked with one juror holding out on a not guilty determination. Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial as the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case. Clancy had been charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her children, each of whom had been strangled with exercise bands. Sweeney only riled up some people with an advertisement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe6b175342cf4db8700fa Michigan Republican lawmaker warns guaranteed income programs do not work, voices opposition to state policy te 2026-09-17T13:10:09.240Z Michigan Republican lawmaker warns guaranteed income programs do not work, voices opposition to state policy Guaranteed income programs do not work and amount to mere "redistributions of wealth," according to Michigan Republican state Rep. Jay DeBoyer, who joined other Republicans in the state Legislature in criticizing the programs, which have gained prominence in recent years. "Absolutely not. When does that stop?" Michigan State Rep. Jay DeBoyer, R-Clay Township, told Fox News Digital. "When you think about the role of government, the role of government is not to fund people's lives. The role of the government is to provide a conducive environment where you have opportunities for success." DeBoyer, who chairs the state House Oversight Committee, is leading a contingent of Michigan House Republicans demanding rigorous inspection of Rx Kids — a taxpayer-funded initiative billed as the nation's largest prenatal and infant cash assistance program. Lawmakers are raising alarms over how hundreds of millions of public dollars are being spent. DIRECTOR OF 'CASH GIVEAWAY' PROGRAM TAILORED TO NEW MOTHERS GRILLED ON HOW TAXPAYER FUNDING IS USED IN DEBATE The scrutiny boiled over during a June 2 House Oversight Committee hearing, where GOP lawmakers targeted the program’s lack of spending restrictions or income limits. Republican leaders argue the state-funded initiative has evolved into something far different than what was originally presented to the Legislature, accusing Democrats of using hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding to advance a broader guaranteed-income agenda. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall told Fox News Digital that lawmakers were led to believe they were funding a targeted maternal and prenatal health initiative — not what he characterized as an open-ended social experiment. Under the current design, Rx Kids provides expectant mothers with a lump-sum payment of $1,500 during pregnancy, followed by $500 per month for six or 12 months after birth, depending on the participating community, regardless of household income. GOP lawmakers across the country have raised similar legal, budgetary, and ideological objections to guaranteed basic income (GBI) and direct cash transfer programs. In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County over its Uplift Harris direct-cash pilot, prompting the Texas Supreme Court to block the payments in 2024. Harris County later terminated Uplift Harris and a successor program in June 2025 and moved to reallocate the funds. In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed Republican-backed legislation that would have prohibited local municipalities and counties from enacting GBI initiatives. Meanwhile, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 2319 into law on May 1, 2024, banning local guaranteed income programs statewide. CALIFORNIA GUARANTEED INCOME ADVOCACY GROUP RECOMMENDS PERMANENT POLICY FUNDED BY 'DEDICATED LOCAL TAXES' The director of Michigan's Rx Kids, Dr. Mona Hanna, told Fox News Digital that the initiative is neither a traditional guaranteed income program nor a universal basic income (UBI) model, pointing to its strict focus on the critical first year of a child's life. DeBoyer directly challenged that distinction, pointing to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) plan. The state document explicitly defines a "guaranteed income program" as a "cash payment provided on a regular basis to members of a community with no strings attached and no work requirement," citing Rx Kids as a primary example. "The truth is this is just about redistribution of wealth," DeBoyer said. "It's a distribution tactic that I would argue is not going to help moms and babies, when that's actually what we should be trying to do." Progressive advocates have pushed back against the Republican offensive. Adriane Brown, senior communications director for the Economic Security Project (ESP) — an advocacy group founded in 2016 to promote direct cash transfers — argued that direct assistance enjoys bipartisan support. "Cash is widely supported across ideological lines, and there’s long been growing momentum and political appetite for guaranteed income," Brown told Fox News Digital. "The majority of the Michigan Legislature supports this pilot," Brown added. "Republican Senator John DaMoose wrote an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press about how Rx Kids is a pro-life policy and ‘fiscally responsible,’ and the program has been expanded in both urban and rural communities throughout Michigan by both Democrat and Republican leaders." GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM TARGETS LOW-INCOME HOMES LED BY BLACK MOMS AS CASH HANDOUTS SURGE NATIONWIDE Brown emphasized that economic pressures on young families necessitate immediate, flexible relief. "The bottom line is, people are struggling in our economy," Brown said. "It’s more expensive than ever to have a child. In acute moments of vulnerability, people need all the support they can get. It doesn’t make sense to malign cash assistance as a partisan idea when so many communities would benefit from the stability it offers." 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. The ESP helped create over 100 guaranteed income pilots across the U.S. 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. As many guaranteed income advocates would like to make the policy permanent and even pushed at the federal level, only Cook County, Illinois has approved such a measure so far. DeBoyer countered that established social safety nets already exist to support low-income families, but said those programs carry strict eligibility standards and oversight mechanisms that Rx Kids lacks. "We have a safety net. We spend literally billions of dollars on social welfare," DeBoyer said. "The difference is, in this particular spending, there are no parameters. There is no means test. Literally a millionaire qualifies for this program. An individual who's not an American citizen qualifies for this program." "An individual that is in this program can spend their money on anything they want to spend their money on — they can spend it on alcohol, cigarettes, fast food, or vacations. At the end of the day, we can say that this is about moms and babies, but that creates the potential for massive abuse." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe6ac75342cf4db8700ba Tucson is set to approve changes for large water users. Advocates say they aren’t strict enough. te 2026-09-17T13:10:04.008Z Tucson is set to approve changes for large water users. Advocates say they aren’t strict enough. Tucson City Council will consider proposed changes to its large water user ordinance Tuesday, but some environmental advocates and Tucson residents say the changes don’t go far enough. The city council rushed to approve a new ordinance in August 2025 to protect the city from large water users like data centers with the intention of consulting the community to revisit and strengthen the ordinance within a year.  The 2025 ordinance was a response to public outrage over Project Blue, a massive data center that could have used hundreds of millions of gallons of water a year. In order to access that water, the land where the data center is being built had to be annexed into Tucson. The city council rejected the annexation request. In the last year, city officials met with a stakeholder group to analyze the ordinance and propose changes to better safeguard Tucson’s water supply.  Local environmental leaders said the invite-only stakeholder discussions fall short of wider community outreach. The city has added a public hearing to its Sept. 22 meeting to gather more community input on the proposed changes.  Environmentalists also say the changes don’t properly establish measurable requirements and the threshold for water use that defines a “large water user” is too high. How many gallons makes a “large water user”? The original ordinance defined large water users as those who use 7.48 million gallons of water per month (10,000 centum cubic feet or ccf) and required users to submit a water service application in order to connect to the city’s water supply. Tucson Water has recommended changes that leave that threshold at 10,000 ccf, but local advocates say it should be 2,500 ccf or 1.87 million gallons of water a month on average.  About 15 water users fall within the 7.48 million gallon a month threshold, most of them golf courses, according to Catlow Shipek, senior program director of Watershed Management Group. Shipek said reducing it to 1.87 million gallons would pull in an additional 56 users.  Both the 15 and 56 users are existing Tucson Water customers and would not be impacted by the new ordinance. But advocates say knowing how many users and which industries fall within the existing and proposed thresholds would help clarify who could be affected. Catlow Shipek along with Lisa Shipek, a co-executive director of Watershed Management Group, presented some of the organization’s recommended additional changes in an online information session last week. Watershed Management Group is a nonprofit organization that advocates for water restoration and protection in Southern Arizona. Tucson Water officials have not disclosed who Tucson’s large water users are, Catlow Shipek said during the presentation.  Ward 6 council member Miranda Schubert’s office also requested that list and did not receive it, she told Luminaria. She said she could not remember the reason Tucson Water provided for not disclosing its users.  An Arizona household uses an average of 126 gallons of water per day, according to an analysis from Making Action Possible Southern Arizona. WIth that daily average, it would take a household more than 160 years to use 7.48 million gallons of water — the monthly threshold for large water users.  “That is a bananas amount of water,” Schubert said.  City council member Kevin Dahl at a meeting on June 3, 2025 Credit: Noor Haghighi Ward 3 council member Kevin Dahl also agrees that the threshold should be lower, but did not give a specific number. He intends to make that decision based on what he hears during the Sept. 22 public hearing and the meeting discussion, Dahl told Arizona Luminaria. He said he plans to approve the recommendations understanding that they can go back and continue to change the ordinance.  “I think what we need to do now is lower the cap, so we have some industry come in under it,” Dahl told Arizona Luminaria. “So we can get some experience with it before we do a whole lot of changing to it.” Offsetting water that can’t be reused The current ordinance asks that large water users present a water conservation plan with their application to the city. This includes both new users or existing ones that are already at the threshold and are requesting an increase in water use. Among the changes Tucson Water is suggesting is the requirement that the applicant use reclaimed water to offset at least 30% of its water use, or more if the city’s water director determines a higher maximum use of reclaimed water is warranted.  The ordinance requires the city’s water director to consult with its chief resilience officer and decide whether the user’s water conservation plan “demonstrates that the large quantity water user will use water as efficiently as is practicable and ensure that water is not wasted.”   Get involved Tucson City Council will host a public hearing on the proposed changes to its large water user ordinance at its Sept. 22 meeting, which starts at 5:30 p.m., at 225 W. Alameda St. Residents can sign up to speak during a Tucson City Council public hearing by filling out a card at the start of the meeting and handing it to the city clerk. Public hearings are scheduled for one hour and each speaker has 5 minutes to share their thoughts. Public comments can be also emailed to cityclerk@tucsonaz.gov. Watershed Management is suggesting a performance metric be added — a 2-to-1 water demand offset of consumptive water, meaning water that cannot be reused.  For example, Catlow Shipek explained, if a new water user is planning to use 70 acre feet of water per year, or about 22.8 million gallons, and 30% of that, or 6.8 million gallons (21 acre feet), is lost on site, meaning it can’t be returned to the wastewater treatment facility, the user would have to offset about 13.6 million gallons in a year (42 acre feet). To meet the suggested 2-to-1 offset, the user could pay into existing water conservation programs within the Tucson Water service area, like turf removal or green stormwater infrastructure.   Dahl said he has proposed net-zero water development for new, large industries, which would require the water user’s plan to include things like “waterless urinals, complete rainwater harvesting, and state-of-the-art water conservation.” The company would then pay an in-lieu fee for water conservation measures elsewhere that equal the amount of water they expect to consume annually.  “The simple idea is that new industries would make no impact to our water supplies by doing maximum water conservation and paying for conservation elsewhere in the system to make up for what they would be using on an annual basis,” Dahl told Luminaria in a follow-up email. Closing loopholes Tucson Water is also suggesting a language change that considers “aggregate” water use at a customer’s “premises, campus or location,” as the amount that determines whether the customer will be considered a large water user.  Schubert said this closes a loophole, as users sometimes use multiple meters to avoid hitting the threshold.  Watershed Management’s proposed changes would also require the city to count reclaimed water as part of overall water usage. Currently, users who use reclaimed water are charged for it at a subsidized rate, Schubert said. As of 2024, all but one of the 17 golf courses Tucson Water services use reclaimed water, according to a Pima County memorandum. But water used on golf courses tends to be mostly consumptive as it’s used only once to water the turf.  Miranda Schubert was ahead in the Democratic primary for City Council Ward 6 on Aug. 5, 2025. Credit: John Washington Schubert said the main pushback they have heard in trying to enact stricter water use guidelines is that it’s “another example of Tucson not being business friendly.” But the goal of the ordinance is not to ban or cap water use in Tucson, she said, but to require users to come up with a conservation plan.  “It’s requiring businesses to explain why they are justified in using that much water,” Schubert said. “And what we have heard from constituents is that, yes, jobs are very important for our local economy, but not at the expense of our long-term sustainability and, you know, having drinking water and being habitable for future generations.”  With Arizona expected to take a 30% cut in Colorado River water distribution, environmentalists and local leaders are thinking about the future of Tucson’s water supply and sustainability.  Tucsonans should be thinking about ways to be more sustainable “regardless of what’s happening on the Colorado River,” Catlow Shipek said.   “I think this change will help us define what our values are,” Catlow Shipek said. “It will make it so not every new water user is a battle — a political battle — but one that can have clear objectives and have a clear path forward for any new business or any new water user.” The post Tucson is set to approve changes for large water users. Advocates say they aren’t strict enough. appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe45b75342cf4db870062 Lane Kiffin's daughter disgusted by 'vulgar' bed sheet banners accusing her of having sex with a player te 2026-09-17T13:00:11.808Z Lane Kiffin's daughter disgusted by 'vulgar' bed sheet banners accusing her of having sex with a player We're 48 hours away from Lane Kiffin returning to Oxford as the head coach of the LSU Tigers, and things are starting to get nasty in his old stomping grounds. Unfortunately, Landry Kiffin — Lane's oldest daughter who still attends Ole Miss — has been dragged into the fire. The eldest Kiffin has been the subject of several vulgar bed sheet banners being hung around campus this week, all suggesting she had sexual relations with a former Ole Miss player. I won't name the player here for obvious reasons, but the internet makes things easy to find in 2026. MOUNTED POLICE, EXTRA PATROLS AND KIFFIN HATE: OXFORD PREPARES FOR OLE MISS-LSU GAME WITH EXTRA SECURITY Anyway, Kiffin, 21, took to TikTok Wednesday night to bash the students hanging the signs, saying she was being "turned into a punchline of a sexual joke" and denying she ever knew the player in question. "I understand emotions are high this week, and people are upset, but I’m my own person," Kiffin said. "I’ll never understand how someone can feel good about themselves putting such vulgar things about a girl on a giant banner hanging from their house." She goes on to say that students are "saying really inappropriate things about me with somebody I genuinely have never met in my life, which makes it even more frustrating," and that she hopes "people realize there is an actual person behind the jokes people make." All of this stems from a rumor in Oxford — a long-running rumor, I might add — that Landry Kiffin and a former player had sexual relations during Lane Kiffin's tenure at Ole Miss. Fans believe that is the reason this former player was essentially benched last season. Landry has been dating current LSU linebacker Whit Weeks since last season. LSU-OLE MISS SHOWDOWN INTENSIFIES AS TIGERS STAR SERVED WITH LAWSUIT PAPERS OUTSIDE FOOTBALL FACILITY THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It's one of those Reddit conspiracy theories that really catches fire on weeks like this. Again, Kiffin is still a student at Ole Miss even though her dad fled town last fall, which certainly adds an element to Saturday night's showdown. Speaking of Saturday night ... LSU QB Sam Leavitt was listed as "doubtful" on yesterday's injury report, which was stunning. Oh yeah! LSU star defensive end Princewill Umanmielen was also served with court papers, by Ole Miss, earlier this week. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Police presence is high right now in Oxford. Banners are all over the place. Disgusting rumors are flying. Court papers are being served in parking lots of practice facilities. We could be in for quite a show this weekend. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe45a75342cf4db870059 San Diego bystanders chase down suspected Tesla thief after woman struck on boardwalk te 2026-09-17T13:00:10.528Z San Diego bystanders chase down suspected Tesla thief after woman struck on boardwalk Bystanders chased down and tackled a suspected car thief after he allegedly drove a stolen Tesla through a crowded San Diego pedestrian walkway, striking a woman and leaving her with serious injuries. Video shows Juan Antonio Gonzaba, 39, fleeing the vehicle, which police told numerous local media outlets was stolen, and sprinting through a parking lot. Bystander Alex Srour leapt into action, chasing Gonzaba down and pushing him while he ran, resulting in Gonzaba falling to the ground. SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER LEADS COPS ON WILD CHASE BEFORE DRAMATIC TAKEDOWN ON POPULAR CALIFORNIA BEACH "I hear somebody behind me just scream like, ‘Watch out.’ And then I look and there's like a Tesla just barreling at me going like 70 miles an hour," Srour told KABC-TV. Police charged Gonzaba with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run and auto theft in connection with the incident, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Office. JEANINE PIRRO REVEALS HOW HIGH-TECH CAR THIEVES 'REWRITE THE BRAIN’ OF VEHICLES AND SHIP THEM OVERSEAS Srour, who recorded the incident on a pair of smart glasses he was wearing, said he was sideswiped when Gonzaba careened the Tesla down a pedestrian boardwalk. "He hit my bike and it like pushed me really, it like launched me off to the side," Srour told KABC, adding "people don't expect a car to come through the boardwalk like it's just not normal." WATCH: BYSTANDERS, POLICE LIFT VOLKSWAGEN OFF WOMAN PINNED UNDERNEATH AFTER DRAMATIC E-BIKE CRASH Gonzaba allegedly struck a 25-year-old woman, who was transferred to the hospital with injuries that included a fractured spine, broken ribs and a cut that required 20 stitches, prosecutors told KNSD-TV. Gonzaba is being held without bail in the San Diego Central Jail after prosecutors noted that he has an extensive criminal history, KNSD reported. 'TESLA ROAD RAGE DRIVER' SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER ATTACKING MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN HAWAII If convicted on all charges, Gonzaba faces up to 24 years in prison, prosecutors said Wednesday. Gonzaba pleaded not guilty to all charges during his arraignment, KNSD reported. Fox News Digital contacted the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego District Attorney's Office for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe45275342cf4db87000d How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund te 2026-09-17T13:00:02.716Z How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund BCV's latest fund targets early-stage founders harnessing AGI and building the infrastructure to run it efficiently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe1ff75342cf4db86ffa2 Flagstaff Event Almanac for September 17 te 2026-09-17T12:50:07.008Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for September 17 Sept 17 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabe1fa75342cf4db86ff83 Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries te 2026-09-17T12:50:02.524Z Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries Spotify said since changing its video podcasts creator terms in January, its payouts have increased by more than a third. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdfa975342cf4db86ff58 Texas man who killed 3 in 2005 burglary executed after warden asks him for last words te 2026-09-17T12:40:09.932Z Texas man who killed 3 in 2005 burglary executed after warden asks him for last words A Texas death row inmate was given one final opportunity to speak Wednesday evening, moments before the state executed him for the murders of three people during a botched 2005 robbery. LeJames Norman, 40, had nothing to say. When the warden asked whether he wanted to make a final statement, Norman simply shook his head before he was put to death by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. ARIZONA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED VICTIM BY DOUSING HIM IN GASOLINE AND SETTING HIM ON FIRE IN 2002 ATTACK Norman was sentenced to death for fatally shooting Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, inside the Edna home they shared, about 100 miles southwest of Houston. According to court records, Norman and Ker’Sean Ramey believed there was cocaine inside the home and went there intending to steal it. They never found any drugs. Ramey was also convicted in the killings and sentenced to death. His execution is scheduled for next week. Norman was arrested about five months after the murders while trying to cross back into the United States from Mexico. He later pleaded guilty to capital murder, leaving a jury to decide whether he would be sentenced to death. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request from Norman’s attorneys Wednesday to stop the execution. In his final moments, Norman lay on a thin mattress atop a steel table and looked toward a window. His sister, two of his children and a friend were there watching him. After receiving a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital, Norman took a couple of deep breaths, appeared to yawn and made several snoring sounds. He then stopped moving. A physician examined him about 30 minutes later, and Norman was pronounced dead at 6:44 p.m. KILLER EX-COP EXECUTED FOR CHILD'S SLAYING AS SHERIFF SAYS HE’S SURE SAME MONSTER MURDERED ANOTHER GIRL No relatives or friends of the three people he killed witnessed the execution. Norman was the fifth inmate executed in Texas this year. Another execution scheduled for Wednesday was halted in Georgia, where Stacey Humphreys, a man convicted of killing two real estate agents, had been set to die. A judge stopped the execution in a late-night decision Tuesday after Humphreys' lawyers requested a delay over a new state law that gives victims of childhood abuse the opportunity to have their sentences reduced.  The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdfa975342cf4db86ff4f Arizona sheriff deploys helicopter to save 2 stranded in flooded car te 2026-09-17T12:40:09.035Z Arizona sheriff deploys helicopter to save 2 stranded in flooded car Dramatic video and photos captured an Arizona sheriff deploying a helicopter to rescue two people stranded in a flooded car during heavy rains. The scene unfolded Wednesday along State Route 238, about 20 miles west of Maricopa, where the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reported two people in their 80s stuck inside a vehicle, according to AZ Family. "Reminder, crossing flooded roadways can have dangerous and many times deadly outcomes," the Sheriff’s Office posted to Facebook along with a video showing a helicopter arriving at the scene. "MCSO urges the public to be aware of monsoon storms, stay up to date with weather alerts and avoid flooded areas." ARMY BLACK HAWKS AIRLIFT 200-PLUS STRANDED CAMPERS AS MISSOURI FLOODS TRIGGER MORE 350 RESCUES A photo released by the Sheriff’s Office showed a first responder climbing on top of the car. Other images shared by the Goodyear Fire Department depicted the occupants of the vehicle being brought to safety. "Flooding can change road conditions quickly. Avoid SR 238, and if you come across water covering any roadway, don’t risk it," the Goodyear Fire Department said. 11 VISITORS TRAPPED AS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING TEARS THROUGH ICONIC NATIONAL PARK "Don’t try to drive through. Turn around and find another way," it added. The incident happened as heavy rains impacted communities across the Southwest U.S., according to FOX Weather. "These situations happened extremely quick and are very dangerous. Our pilots and crew have experience with these situations but are still extremely dangerous and difficult," the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement obtained by FOX Weather. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdafb75342cf4db86fe4a Women’s sports bar's hypocrisy shows as it disavows the very thing it was meant to support | Matt Calkins te 2026-09-17T12:20:11.115Z Women’s sports bar's hypocrisy shows as it disavows the very thing it was meant to support | Matt Calkins We know that, at some point, the Sports Bra was a Portland bar built for broadcasting women's sports. One can assume that, at some point, it would show WNBA or NWSL or Women's World Cup games on its screens. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It's unclear, however, how often gymnastics would be displayed. But the owner seems to be doing a lot of them in her head. The Pacific Northwest establishment first came under national scrutiny after it expelled a group of fans for wearing XX-XY Athletics T-shirts earlier in the month. Video shows a server telling the group that their attire was making other customers uncomfortable, and that despite them already having ordered their food, they had to leave. This spawned a social-media firestorm, with myriad X users condemning the bar for its not-so-inclusive behavior. And upon a deeper look, it's uncertain how much the Sports Bra cares about women's sports at all. As XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey pointed out earlier in the week, the bar has a history of activism that goes beyond chucking customers for their garb. Earlier this summer, it announced a boycott of all Women's Elite Rugby matches. The reason? The rugby league said it would follow USOPC policy in disallowing transgender athletes from participating. In short: the women's sports bar banned a women's sport because it wouldn't allow men to play. "We're doing this in solidarity with the players, fans, and organizers calling for rugby to live up to its own values of respect, integrity and inclusion," a bar representative posted on Instagram. "The Sports Bra exists to celebrate and elevate women and girls in sports. That includes trans women and girls. Always. We love women's sports. We love seeing new leagues grow. We want more athletes on bigger stages with more fans in the stands. But growth cannot come at the cost of belonging." OutKick reached out to the Sports Bra for comment, but did not get a reply as of publication time. One thing I wanted to know is what their requirement for streaming any sport was. After all, the NCAA, WTA, Olympics and FIBA all adhere to the same USOPC policy, which would seem to mirror the Rugby league policy. There isn't a whole lot left after that, besides the WNBA, at least for now. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Second, where on Earth was anybody going to find Women's Elite Rugby matches save for a place like the Sports Bra? You're not going to see that at the Yard House or Buffalo Wild Wings. All this boycott did was limit the already scarce number of eyeballs that would have been on a niche women's sport. Who exactly benefits from this? The answer: People who want to feel a sense of moral superiority under the guise of "inclusion." The hard left's treatment of women is fascinating to me. Having worked at the Seattle Times for 11 years, I felt like I saw the term "toxic masculinity" every time I logged onto our website. We had one writer who declared unequivocally that, because of various crime and domestic violence stats, she would prefer to be alone with a bear over a man. And yet, as soon as that man declares he's a woman he achieves instance reverence. Suddenly, the women are the oppressor group. Suddenly, their concern about competing against a biological male or sharing a locker room with them is chalked up to bigotry. It comes down to a victimhood hierarchy, in which whoever is considered to be more marginalized gets the support — logic or fairness be damned. The truth is, sports are not typically about "inclusion." They're really more about exclusion. Only so many people make the team, get to start, run in the final heat, or earn a scholarship. The vast majority of athletes are denied the role or position they want to be in. This is the driving force behind competition. Of course, none of this means that one should lack compassion for people who feel confused or trapped in the wrong body. But you can do this while also acknowledging an unmistakable biological advantage that has led to various trans athletes winning high school, college and professional championships. The most vocal left-wing activists don't want to do that. The folks at the Sports Bra don't seem to want to, either. They're too busy bouncing customers and boycotting games. Funny, when the bar opened four years ago, it seemed like it was one of women's sports biggest champions. Now? It may just be one of women's sports biggest enemies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdafa75342cf4db86fe41 Faint signal leads treasure hunters to massive discovery at legendary 400-year-old wreck te 2026-09-17T12:20:10.145Z Faint signal leads treasure hunters to massive discovery at legendary 400-year-old wreck A treasure-hunting crew searching a legendary 17th-century underwater shipwreck off the Florida Keys has recovered a massive 55-pound copper ingot — the latest find along a trail that its captain believes could lead to more treasure. The ingot was found by divers with Mel Fisher's Shipwreck Expeditions at the wreck site of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, about 35 miles west of Key West. The Spanish treasure galleon was on its return voyage to Spain when it sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622 — carrying silver, gold and emeralds. MYSTERY OF GOLD COIN SHIPWRECK FINALLY UNMASKED AFTER 30 YEARS: 'FANTASTIC CONCLUSION' Mel Fisher began searching for the Atocha in 1969. He spent years recovering artifacts from the wreck before his company prevailed in a lengthy legal battle over rights to its treasure in 1982. Fisher's team discovered the Atocha's famed "Mother Lode," or main cargo deposit, in 1985 — and the site still yields new finds decades later. Photos show the 55-pound copper ingot — or copper bar — heavily coated in marine encrustation after spending over four centuries underwater. In an August press release, Mel Fisher's Shipwreck Expeditions said the ingot has an estimated value of about $18,000 to $25,000. UNDERWATER ROBOTICS EXPERT REVEALS 'SHIPWRECK CITY' HIDING BENEATH MAJOR URBAN LAKE Captain Drake Nicholas was retracing an area from the salvage vessel DARE when his metal detector picked up a faint signal, he told Fox News Digital. The captain said he was following a "tight trail of coins" at the time. "Faint hits are always the most exciting because they lead to, you know, stuff very deep in the mud," said Nicholas. "And I got that very faint hit. I dug down like I always do ... and it got louder, and that's, you know, when the excitement really kicks in." DIVERS UNCOVER HUNDREDS OF ANCIENT RELICS NEAR SHIPWRECK UNTOUCHED FOR 2,100 YEARS Nicholas said he initially mistook the ingot for a cannon due to its rounded shape, large size and bronze-copper coloring. "I was so excited," he said. "I thought it was a cannon, but it ended up being a copper ingot, which was also very exciting." Though the ingot may appear ordinary to the untrained eye, Nicholas said copper was a "very precious" resource in the 1600s — especially for making the bronze cannons that the Spanish Empire relied on. MAN FISHING WITH GRANDSON UNCOVERS MYSTERY WRECKAGE IN MUD FLATS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS INVESTIGATING "I believe that only certain people could actually own copper because it was making such strong cannons," he said. "It wasn't something [that] an everyday guy could have a stockpile of — it was more for the king and queen to make cannons." To make the ingots, metalworkers "would basically dig a hole in the sand and just pour copper into it," he said. "It would make this copper ingot or a copper bar," added Nicholas. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "They were very crude, not many markings on them, a lot of impurities in them, but it was copper being sent over to Spain for bronze cannons." The recent discoveries have given Nicholas reason to believe the crew may be closing in on a larger concentration of treasure. "The size of what we've been finding lately is … leading us to what I believe is the rest of the treasure," Nicholas said. Part of that confidence comes from new technology that Nicholas said allows the crew to detect targets deeper beneath the dense mud covering the site. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "We've never really [gotten] to penetrate that mud with a metal detector to get down and find, you know, the rest of the silver bars, copper ingots and coins," he said. "Right now I have 19 targets that are very interesting, very high-value targets that I'm going out after next," added Nicholas. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "And it's a lot of digging through that mud and getting down to that level. But once I'm there, I'm very, very confident and excited — we're just very excited to see where this is leading." The latest discovery follows another recent find from the Atocha shipwreck. Earlier this summer, Nicholas and his team found a 22.5-pound silver bar at the site, which remained remarkably intact despite heavy marine growth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdaf975342cf4db86fe38 'American Idol' ditches Hollywood for Georgia after two decades as California loses another production te 2026-09-17T12:20:09.277Z 'American Idol' ditches Hollywood for Georgia after two decades as California loses another production "American Idol" is ditching Hollywood for Georgia amid renewed concerns about California’s competitiveness. On Wednesday, Fremantle, the production company behind ABC's long-running singing competition, confirmed the relocation to Fox News Digital. The company is reportedly in final discussions with an Atlanta-area studio complex, according to Deadline. Longtime fans and viewers of the show were quick to react on social media. "'You’re going to…Atlanta!' Just doesn’t have that same ring to it," one user wrote on X. "Another one bites the dust LA. Sad!" another added. "So much for those 'hollyweird' tax breaks eh?" one person quipped. NEWSOM SAYS FILM TAX INCENTIVES ARE BRINGING HOLLYWOOD HOME BUT INDUSTRY EXPERTS WARN IT MAY BE 'TOO LATE' "LOL !!! Another production Hollywood GETTING THE HELL OUT OF CALIFORNIA ! AFTER 25 YEARS BYEEEEE GAVIN NEWSOM American Idol is OUT OF CALI," another wrote. While the move marks a significant change for a series long associated with Hollywood, Lisa Cusack, president of the Don’t L.A. My Burbank PAC, said the relocation should be a warning to California officials. "The issue is that Georgia offers generous incentives for reality TV shows, while California often leaves them behind," Cusack told Fox News Digital. "For example, Nick Schultz’s entertainment tax credit bill, AB 2319, specifically excludes unscripted programming." "Now Georgia has a lot of the same infrastructure as Hollywood, and offers a less expensive, more family-friendly quality of life," she continued. "There’s very little keeping even Hollywood business in California anymore. This should serve as a five-shot-espresso wake-up call to Rob Bonta to settle with Paramount and not make things worse." Last month, Paramount CEO David Ellison threatened to relocate the company’s headquarters to a more business-friendly state such as Georgia, Tennessee or Texas if California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading 11 other states in an effort to block Paramount's $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), did not negotiate a settlement by Oct. 1. PARAMOUNT-WARNER BROS DISCOVERY ANTITRUST TRIAL DATE SET; MERGER PUT ON PAUSE OVER LEGAL BATTLE GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Puck News first reported Ellison's potential exit plans. As Puck News reported, Ellison could move Paramount — and potentially Warner Bros. Discovery if he ultimately merges the companies — out of California "regardless of the eventual outcome of the case." Ellison has even developed a five-year plan that would relocate the vast majority of jobs out of the state while still maintaining a footprint in Hollywood. On Wednesday, TMZ reported that the Los Angeles Mayor's Office and the California Attorney General's Office were told Paramount would announce Tuesday that it was leaving California. No such announcement had been made as of Wednesday. "I tried to warn you," Spencer Pratt wrote on X following the TMZ news. "LA is getting absolutely decimated by the insane communist wackos running California. Bob Bonta’s jihad against Paramount is a death blow. What a corrupt piece of s—." According to Deadline, Georgia has become one of the country’s most competitive production hubs by offering a 20% base film and television tax credit, with a potential 10% promotional uplift for qualifying projects. The state’s official guidelines list television series among eligible productions and require at least $500,000 in qualified Georgia spending. Stephen Weizenecker, a partner at Barnes & Thornburg in Georgia, said there are three pillars to analyze when deciding whether to film in California or Georgia. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Physical infrastructure is equally critical. A show like 'American Idol' requires massive sound stages, specialized equipment for elaborate performance sets, live-audience capacity, and proximity to rehearsal spaces, wardrobe, and production offices," said Weizenecker, who has had a direct role in developing Georgia's entertainment tax incentive framework and spent over two decades advising productions on filming all across the world. "Georgia now offers purpose-built studio campuses — including Tyler Perry Studios, Trilith Studios, and Assembly Studios — that rival Los Angeles market in scale and amenities. I have worked closely with many of these facilities as they grew from concept to world-class campuses, and I can attest to their capacity to support the most demanding productions." Weizenecker said production tax incentives often serve as the "decisive tipping point" once the infrastructure boxes are checked. CARRIE UNDERWOOD SAYS HER FAMILY COULD BE 'SELF-SUSTAINED' ON TENNESSEE FARM AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHT "As someone instrumental in crafting the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act, I have seen firsthand how Georgia's program offers structural advantages over California's that make it exceptionally attractive for a recurring, high-budget unscripted series." Additionally, Georgia has invested strategically in workforce development since the enactment of the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act, according to Weizenecker. "The Georgia Film Academy, a collaboration among the University System of Georgia, the Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development, has trained thousands of professionals across disciplines from grip and electric to visual effects. That pipeline, reinforced by the sheer volume of annual production activity, has created a self-sustaining ecosystem of IATSE-qualified crew members who live and work in the state full-time." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Virtually every major production services vendor — equipment rental, transportation, catering, construction, and specialty providers — now maintains a permanent Georgia presence," he continued. "Post-production facilities offering editorial, color grading, sound mixing, and VFX have expanded significantly, with several national and international post houses establishing Atlanta-area operations." "The same infrastructure supporting Marvel, Lucasfilm, Netflix, and major network television productions is available to a show of 'American Idol's' caliber," he added. "Having advised many of the productions and facilities that anchor this ecosystem, I can confirm Georgia's vendor community is fully capable of supporting this show." The show’s relocation also underscores how its talent is already less tied to Los Angeles.  Carrie Underwood, who won "American Idol" in 2005 and now serves as one of the show’s judges, has lived with her family on a 400-acre farm in Franklin, Tennessee, since leaving Hollywood in 2019. Underwood has described her Tennessee home as the place where she and her husband, former NHL player Mike Fisher, raise their two sons, care for livestock and grow vegetables. In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Underwood said farm life is the opposite of her on-camera career and that she takes pride in being a hands-on mother when she is home. While Underwood’s move was not attributed to the "American Idol" production decision, her established life in Tennessee highlights how the show’s stars — and now its production — are increasingly less dependent on Hollywood. Fox News Digital's CJ Womack and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this post. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabdaf875342cf4db86fe2f Vacation paradise under attack as officials suspect arsonists may be behind inferno te 2026-09-17T12:20:08.011Z Vacation paradise under attack as officials suspect arsonists may be behind inferno A raging wildfire along Italy’s famed Amalfi Coast forced precautionary evacuations and left tourists on edge as emergency crews battled flames across the iconic Mediterranean getaway. Firefighters were deployed in both aerial and ground operations to combat the blaze that broke out in scrubland near Amalfi. Efforts to extinguish the fire continued uninterrupted along the coast after the blaze erupted Monday evening, according to Reuters. STUNNING VACATION HOT SPOT TURNS INTO OVERCROWDED NIGHTMARE AS TOURISTS FLOOD STREETS The flames affected areas surrounding Cus Pogerola, Positano, Amalfi, Tovere di Amalfi and nearby coastal zones, local news outlets reported. Fire crews worked through the night to prevent the flames from reaching residential areas, and no injuries or damage to homes were reported. While strong winds initially prevented helicopters from taking part in the response, firefighting aircraft joined the operation by morning. Italy’s national fire service, Vigili del Fuoco, said on X that emergency crews responded to scrubland fires stretching between Positano, Amalfi, Agerola and Vico Equense along the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Peninsula. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER A total of seven ground teams and three aircraft were deployed as part of the firefighting operation, according to the Turkish news organization Anadolu Agency. As a precaution, some restaurants and facilities in key locations were evacuated as concerns grew among tourists staying in the region, the news outlet reported. Local leaders warned of severe environmental damage and publicly raised suspicions of arson, Italian newspaper Il Mattino said. Positano Mayor Gabriella Guida confirmed that the fire ravaged the woods of Tordigliano on the border between the Amalfi Coast and the Sorrento Peninsula, the newspaper reported. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The flames reached much of the state road — which was closed to ensure safe firefighting operations — and descended toward Positano. It also threatened upper mountain hamlets in the Capo d’Acqua area before Montepertuso, between Positano and Santa Maria del Castello, according to local newspapers. Guida expressed fears that the loss of centuries-old trees would trigger major hydrogeological disruption and landslides once the first rains arrived, Il Mattino reported. She said she believes the cause was likely arson, pointing out that fires breaking out simultaneously across Vico Equense, Agerola, Amalfi and Positano appeared to indicate a coordinated plan, rather than a coincidence, local outlets reported. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Guida acknowledged the economic toll on the destination, noting that travelers were frightened during what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation.  She urged anyone with information about the fires to speak up, according to the newspaper. Sorrento Mayor Corrado Fattorusso released an official statement expressing solidarity with the administrations and communities of the Sorrento Peninsula and the Amalfi Coast, according to local news outlet Il Sole 24 Ore. Describing the fires as an attack on the region's identity, history and environmental heritage, Fattorusso urged authorities to move from words to action by identifying the culprits and establishing concrete land monitoring and prevention measures. As of midweek, fire crews were still working to extinguish the remaining hot spots in areas around the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Peninsula, according to numerous reports. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabd64975342cf4db86fd4b Colorado college TPUSA chapter enrollment stagnant amid fears of retaliation against conservatives te 2026-09-17T12:00:09.687Z Colorado college TPUSA chapter enrollment stagnant amid fears of retaliation against conservatives A conservative student leader at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, says students face a "big fear" of joining the campus Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter because conservatives remain a small minority on campus. "In general, a lot of students are afraid of being ostracized by their peers or ... not being [accepted] — it's a very minority group," TPUSA Chapter President Rachel Cook told Fox News Digital. "Being a conservative on campus or even having conservative-leaning beliefs is not a popular idea here. We have seen a lot of disrespect and not a lot of people who are open to having civil discussion and discourse," Cook added. ERIKA KIRK URGES CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS NOT TO BACK DOWN IN FIRST SCHOOL YEAR SINCE CHARLIE'S ASSASSINATION Cook took over leadership of the TPUSA chapter to promote ideological diversity on campus, arguing that Fort Lewis College needs more balanced dialogue representing different political viewpoints. "An officer has gotten spit at when we table, and we have had people be harassed," Cook said. "We work a lot with pro-life community members who come to campus and do their advocacy whenever we're not able to stand with them. Even in these past couple of weeks, people have come up to them, ripped their signs and attempted to hit them. A lot of people choose not to press charges." Cook noted that enrollment in the Fort Lewis College chapter has remained flat as students fear social and academic retaliation. The stagnation comes nearly a year after the student government's high-profile decision to recognize the chapter sparked intense opposition across campus — much of which was captured on video obtained by Fox News Digital. UC BERKELEY SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY STONEWALLING PROBE INTO VIOLENT AMBUSH AT TPUSA ROB SCHNEIDER EVENT David Peters, former chair of the La Plata County GOP and a retired Chevron executive, reflected on the incident and its lingering effect on the student group. "Their membership has been essentially flat. The issue is that a lot of students are reluctant to join the chapter for fear of retaliation," Peters said. Fort Lewis College officials maintained that campus security remains a top priority and said the college had received no reports of harassment involving TPUSA chapter members this academic year. "Fort Lewis College takes the safety of our students and visitors seriously. We continue to respond to all reports of safety concerns on campus," a college spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Fort Lewis College has not received any reports this academic year involving harassment of members of the college’s TPUSA chapter. Fort Lewis College has a system in place for students to report negative experiences." The ongoing tensions unfold amid a national surge in interest for TPUSA campus chapters following the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. In the aftermath, the national conservative organization reported receiving more than 120,000 inquiries from students seeking to establish local chapters. NEWLY LAUNCHED TPUSA CHAPTER CAUSES UPROAR AT MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE FIRST MEETING At Fort Lewis College, then-senior Jonah Flynn initially led the effort to establish a chapter on campus. Although the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College (ASFLC) student government initially rejected Flynn’s proposal, the body ultimately reversed course and voted to approve the group during an emergency session. The approval vote prompted immediate pushback from anti-TPUSA demonstrators outside the meeting room. According to a Fort Lewis College campus police report, approximately 70 people attended the high-tension meeting, with verbal confrontations spilling out into the building lobby. Despite the friction, Cook remains optimistic about the chapter's upcoming initiatives. "Our vision for this year is to really talk about policy coming up in Colorado that affects us as a community here," Cook said. "We just finished up our vigil for Charlie Kirk, which was a beautiful memorial here at the college. We also have events planned for the Second Amendment — we are going shooting soon — and while a lot of things are still in planning, we're really excited for everything to come this semester." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabd19775342cf4db86fc6b Brandon Johnson's latest viral moment sends Chicago critics into a frenzy: 'What the actual F?' te 2026-09-17T11:40:07.043Z Brandon Johnson's latest viral moment sends Chicago critics into a frenzy: 'What the actual F?' Social media is erupting over a viral video of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson showing off his dance moves, with the clip quickly spreading across X as users call the performance "embarrassing." The clip, circulating on X this week, shows Johnson dancing to "Hideaway" by Kiesza, dancing alongside a group on a rooftop, prompting conservative commentators to call out the mayor for seemingly neglecting the city’s crime problem. Johnson’s campaign confirmed to Fox News Digital that he participated in the video but did not provide details about when it was filmed. The video circulated on X over the same weekend that Johnson announced Sunday that he would seek a second term. PROGRESSIVE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR'S VIRAL HIP-HOP MOVES SPARK 'HUMILIATION RITUAL' MOCKERY ONLINE "What the actual F?," asked Fox News contributor Joe Concha. "1,320 people shot in Chicago in 2026 so far," wrote popular X account End Wokeness sharing the video. "Chicago does not need another influencer with a title," wrote popular X account True Patriot Voice. "23% approval rating. 40 people shot per week. Thugs doing ‘street takeovers’ every week. Businesses fleeing," said conservative commentator Benny Johnson. "Pathetic," said New York Post contributor Miranda Devine. BRANDON JOHNSON BLASTED BY FELLOW DEMOCRAT AFTER TEEN ALLEGEDLY STRIKES 5 OFFICERS DURING TAKEOVER CHAOS "Embarrassing and pathetic," said another user. "Brandon Johnson should be impeached for making this video," said Ambassador Nick Adams, special presidential envoy for American tourism, exceptionalism and values. "Keep voting failures in Chicagoans," said Kaltbaum Capital president Gary Kaltbaum. TRUMP TAKES AIM AT POPE LEO XIV MEETING WITH 'USELESS' CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AT VATICAN Johnson was first elected as the Windy city’s mayor in 2023 and announced he will be seeking a second term over the weekend. Chicago has long struggled with crime, and Chicago Police Department data through June 26 showed shootings up about 3% from the same period last year and motor-vehicle thefts up 10%. Preliminary Cook County Medical Examiner data showed 219 homicides through June 30, compared with 208 during the first half of 2025. The Medical Examiner’s Office has recorded 219 homicides, compared to 208 during the first six months of 2025. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabd19675342cf4db86fc62 Common kitchen staple may help relieve mild constipation, new research suggests te 2026-09-17T11:40:06.301Z Common kitchen staple may help relieve mild constipation, new research suggests People who suffer from mild constipation may find some relief with a simple daily vinegar drink, new research suggests, even as experts urge more study and share cautions.  Constipation is a condition in which a person generally has fewer than three bowel movements a week, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Stools may also be hard, dry or lumpy and difficult or painful to pass. The NIH says adults should get 22 to 34 grams of fiber a day, depending on age and sex — though fewer than 10% of women and about 3% of men reach the recommended daily intake, according to federal dietary guidelines. THE 8 HEALTHIEST BEANS YOU SHOULD BE EATING MORE OFTEN, ACCORDING TO NUTRITION EXPERT Left untreated, chronic constipation can lead to hemorrhoids and anal fissures and, in severe cases, complications such as fecal impaction that may require emergency care. The NIH recommends changes to diet and lifestyle, such as increasing fiber intake with foods including legumes, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, as a first step in treating constipation — along with over-the-counter medicines if needed. Now, a new study has found that consuming vinegar in liquid form may also increase bowel movements. Published online in the journal Scientific Reports by Japanese researchers, the study reported that eating vinegar-based dishes more often was positively associated with better defecation status, though it remained unclear how much vinegar and its potentially active ingredient, acetic acid, were necessary to be effective. "Given that acetic acid may play a key role in the effects of vinegar and that its intake can be strictly controlled, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in which healthy adults with mild constipation (defecation frequency of 3–5 times per week) consumed a vinegar beverage instead of vinegar-based dishes to investigate the effects of vinegar on defecation," the researchers wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The researchers randomly assigned a total of 44 participants — healthy Japanese adults between 20 and 69 years old — to consume either a beverage made with vinegar or a placebo drink at breakfast for four weeks. The participants reported to have an average of three to five bowel movements a week, which the researchers classified as mild constipation. The vinegar drink was made by mixing brewed vinegar with water, providing 750 milligrams of acetic acid in each 200-milliliter serving. The placebo used a small amount of citric acid instead of vinegar to give it a similar tart taste, so participants couldn't tell which drink they had.  Both drinks were sweetened with sucralose and flavored with apple. During the first week, the vinegar group showed trends toward improvement in bowel-movement frequency, number of defecation days and stool volume compared with the placebo group. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ By week four, defecation frequency was "significantly higher" in the vinegar group than in the placebo group — about 1.2 more bowel movements a week — the study concluded. "These findings suggest that daily consumption of vinegar beverages may improve defecation status in healthy adults with mild constipation, supporting a potential dietary approach for maintaining bowel health," the researchers wrote. Both groups experienced gradual improvement over the course of the study — and the researchers suggested that some participants may have been habitually underhydrated, so the added daily drink may have played a part in relieving their constipation. They noted, however, that during the first week, participants in the vinegar group showed signs of greater improvement than those in the placebo group, implying that vinegar or acetic acid may have had an additional early benefit. The study is intriguing and "a promising clue rather than proof that vinegar treats constipation," Florida-based registered dietitian Jamie Lee McIntyre, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. "I wouldn’t leap from this study to recommending apple cider vinegar shots for constipation," she said. "The researchers used a standardized vinegar beverage containing a specific amount of acetic acid. They did not study typical apple cider vinegar supplements or concentrated vinegar shots." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd., a Japanese food company that manufactures vinegar, funded the study; three of the researchers were employed by Mizkan. The scientists further noted that their findings "should be regarded as preliminary and require more confirmation in further studies." "For now, I'd stick with the constipation strategies we know have a stronger evidence base: adequate fiber and fluids, regular physical activity and a consistent bathroom routine," McIntyre said.  "Vinegar can certainly be part of a meal, or serve as a wonderful base to a dressing or sauce, but I wouldn't consider it a constipation treatment based on this one small study." Dr. Eric Shah, a gastroenterologist and clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan, told Fox News Digital that there "is this misnomer that drinking more water helps constipation, when it just makes most people have to urinate more." The key to avoiding constipation is to stay adequately hydrated, take soluble fiber and consider pelvic floor physical therapy when needed, which is a growing field that is readily accessible from primary care, he said.  "What generally comes out of those water trials is that mineral-rich water, particularly magnesium-rich, tends to help more with constipation in clinical trials. The mineral content is probably more important than the volume of intake for most people." McIntyre added that "more vinegar isn't necessarily better." "Because vinegar is highly acidic, drinking it regularly — particularly undiluted — can irritate the esophagus and contribute to dental enamel erosion," she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabcf3f75342cf4db86fbf2 Cardinals backup cornerback fined by NFL for writing 'Glory Be 2 God' on his eyeblack te 2026-09-17T11:30:07.241Z Cardinals backup cornerback fined by NFL for writing 'Glory Be 2 God' on his eyeblack The NFL has informed Arizona Cardinals backup cornerback Kei'Trel Clark he is being fined in the amount of $6,651 for violating the league's rules about not wearing or displaying personal messages either in writing or via illustration on game day. Clark inscribed the eyeblack strip he wore under his eyes with a personal message during Sunday's game between the Cardinals and the Los Angeles Chargers. And the message Clark wrote? "Glory Be 2 God..." Clark also included a peace symbol between the "Be" and the "2." TEXANS' AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR FINED BY NFL FOR WEARING PRO-PALESTINIAN PERSONAL MESSAGE ON EYEBLACK The NFL sent Clark a letter via email this week informing him of the fine and giving him details about what brought it about. The letter reads: "During the Arizona Cardinals-Los Angeles Rams game on September 13, 2026, you were in violation of the NFL Uniform and Equipment Rules. "Specifically, you displayed a personal message on your eyeblack. Rule 5, Section 4, Article 8, Item () of the 2026 Official Playing Rules of the National Football League states that, "throughout the period on game day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office." Clark's salary cap number this season is $1,197,150. A CBA appendix states a player cannot be fined more than 10 percent of his per game salary-cap charge. Clark, in his fourth NFL season, confirmed he was in receipt of the NFL letter on his Instagram account. And although he seemingly questions the fine because he added a questioning emoji and an illustration of Spider-Man in the pose of the thinker, Clark is apparently at peace with it all. "I got to report to God at the end of my days on the day of judgment!" he wrote. "I'll always give God the Glory and out loud. "All good." Clark is at least the second NFL player to be fined this week for violating the personal messages section of the uniform code. Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was informed he will be fined $11,492 because he inscribed the name of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on his eyeblack as tribute to her death in Gaza. The NFL is fining Al-Shaair for what he has admitted to be messaging meant to bring awareness to and stop what he calls the genocide of Palestinians by Israel. And on the surface, the league is also fining a Christian for giving glory to God. Except that Clark is not a Christian. Like Al-Shaair, he has espoused the Muslim faith. The header on his Instagram account reads, "In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful" in Arabic. Last year, Clark posted an ode to his preparation and toughness. "I put my heart into this $h!t, it’s always been bigger then me," he wrote. "Only Allah Knows." It should be noted that God and Allah are not the same although some people, obviously including Clark, use the names interchangeably. The Judeo-Christian God is the God of Israel. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And His son is Jesus Christ. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! And while Allah is the Arabic word for the God, he is not the father of Jesus Christ. He is not part of a trinity. Islam teaches that humans can know Allah’s will and his commands, but cannot intimately know Allah. Christianity teaches God is immanent. God has relationship with His creation by walking with us, speaking with us, and even sending the Word (Jesus Christ) who was with God and is God at the beginning of time to be among us. The Allah of Islam loves humanity conditionally upon righteousness. The God of Christianity loves humanity unconditionally and, indeed, the Bible says God is love. The NFL doesn't care about any of this. It will be taking $6,651 out of Kei'Trel Clark's next paycheck regardless of what God he put on his eyeblack. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabcf3e75342cf4db86fbe9 Robert Kraft pledges $2M for humanitarian aid as Macklemore faces fallout over venue ban te 2026-09-17T11:30:06.446Z Robert Kraft pledges $2M for humanitarian aid as Macklemore faces fallout over venue ban New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft responded to Macklemore’s boot from Ed Sheeran’s tour, confirming a $2 million commitment to humanitarian relief while defending his refusal to host the rapper at Gillette Stadium. Promoters dumped Macklemore from Ed Sheeran’s "Loop Tour" following his anti-Israel tirades in New Jersey. The rapper tried to salvage the fallout by pledging his $1 million earnings to Palestinian aid while attempting to put Robert Kraft on the hook to match him. On Wednesday, Gillette Stadium’s social media account released a statement from Kraft revealing he had already pledged $2 million after Sheeran personally reached out. Kraft pointed to his long-standing humanitarian work in the Middle East. ROBERT KRAFT, GILLETTE STADIUM BOOT MACKLEMORE FROM ED SHEERAN TOUR OVER ‘FREE PALESTINE’ RANT "I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people. I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting," Kraft said in the statement. "Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis. Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges." MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE Kraft added: "In addition, I'd like the people who are speaking in support of the Palestinian people to know that for decades, I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships." The dispute took shape during Sheeran’s Sept. 4 and 5 concerts at MetLife Stadium, where Macklemore led anti-Israel chants and performed his protest track "Hind’s Hall." Promoters and venue owners cut him from upcoming shows shortly afterward. Macklemore then accused Kraft of leading a stadium boycott against him. MICHAEL RAPAPORT CHEERS MACKLEMORE GETTING DROPPED FROM ED SHEERAN'S TOUR, SAYS 'F--- YOU' Kraft pushed back, saying he refused to host Macklemore because of the rapper’s track record of antisemitic rhetoric and tropes. He also emphasized that Macklemore was ignoring the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which killed 1,200 people, while pushing select narratives. Macklemore’s past helps explain why venue owners have drawn the line. In 2014, he faced fierce backlash after performing in Seattle wearing a dark suit, wig, fake beard and oversized prosthetic nose, an outfit widely slammed as a grotesque Hasidic Jewish stereotype. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Pop star Pink recently slammed Macklemore’s onstage rants, arguing that artists do not get to tell Jewish fans what should or should not offend them. Macklemore’s exit triggered a domino effect across Sheeran’s tour. Sheeran clarified that stadium owners and promoters made the call, adding that he tried to mediate before venue owners refused to host Macklemore. Multiple opening acts, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Irish band Beoga, pulled out of remaining U.S. dates in protest. Progressive lawmakers quickly leaped to Macklemore’s defense. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed stadium owners were silencing speech to protect elite interests and called the war in Gaza a "genocide." Here is the basic constitutional reality that AOC and the outrage brigade conveniently ignore: Private venue owners have zero obligation to host speech they oppose on their own property. The truth is, Robert Kraft is under no obligation to finance or host rhetoric that attacks his community on his own stage. Kraft’s $2 million donation delivers actual humanitarian relief to people in need, while Macklemore relies on cheap grandstanding Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabcce775342cf4db86fb78 FIBA secretary general addresses why organization hasn't added 'men's' label to flagship World Cup event te 2026-09-17T11:20:07.347Z FIBA secretary general addresses why organization hasn't added 'men's' label to flagship World Cup event FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis addressed the organization’s decision not to formally label its flagship global tournament the "Men’s Basketball World Cup," connecting the naming debate to broader questions about eligibility in men’s and women’s competitions. "The naming is of course a matter that the Central Board has discussed," Zagklis told reporters Sunday during a press conference ahead of the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. "The Central Board has for the moment maintained the current naming. We do not see that the aspect of men’s and women’s is something that devalues or values the other World Cup in such a way." FIBA officially calls its women’s tournament the "FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup." Its other senior five-on-five tournament remains the "FIBA Basketball World Cup," without "men’s" in the title. Zagklis added that the organization is also considering "broader concerns" over the separation of the men's and women's categories, and referenced studies over "who can compete" in each respective competition. FIBA SECRETARY GENERAL ANDREAS ZAGKLIS SPEAKS OUT ON CAITLIN CLARK'S IMPACT ON GROWTH OF WORLD CUP "We also need to be cognizant of the broader concerns about men and women, and the concerns as well as the studies we are making for our competition and who can compete in the women’s World Cup and who can compete in the other World Cup, which is not necessarily just the men’s World Cup," he said. Zagklis did not explicitly mention transgender athletes in his answer. However, FIBA has publicly confirmed that it is reviewing transgender eligibility and has established an interim approach while that process continues. Following the International Olympic Committee’s adoption of a policy protecting the female category, the FIBA Central Board confirmed in April that FIBA will follow the IOC standard for the Olympic and Youth Olympic Games. The federation said it is waiting for further guidance on the practical, legal and operational aspects of implementation. FIBA-run competitions, including its World Cups, remain subject to a separate review. In December 2024, the Central Board extended its process for adopting a formal transgender eligibility policy by two years. FIBA said it is collecting basketball-specific data and evidence related to transgender participation. A Gender Eligibility Committee composed of medical and legal experts is scheduled to give the Central Board its recommendations at the beginning of 2027. Until then, FIBA said it will not entertain transgender eligibility requests. The organization therefore has not announced a permanent policy for its own competitions, but transgender applicants cannot receive eligibility approval while the review remains underway. Zagklis' answers come amid ongoing controversy in the WNBA, which operates under a different set of rules. The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement says only women may play in the league. However, it does not publicly define that term or provide specific eligibility standards for transgender or intersex players. Debate intensified after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham supported excluding transgender women and girls from female sports. Her comments prompted demonstrations supporting and opposing transgender participation outside WNBA games. WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT SENDS TRANS INCLUSION MEMO AFTER ENES FREEDOM, ROYCE WHITE ANNOUNCEMENTS THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White later declared themselves eligible for a future WNBA draft after publicly identifying themselves as women. Their announcements were widely viewed as attempts to challenge the wording of the league’s eligibility rule. A WNBA task force discussed the subject in August but did not adopt a new standard. The league said no immediate eligibility matter affected the WNBA and condemned "bad-faith" efforts to demean or marginalize others. Supporters of sex-based eligibility rules argue that clear boundaries protect fairness and opportunities in women’s sports. Supporters of transgender inclusion argue that blanket restrictions can discriminate against a small and frequently targeted population. Unlike the WNBA, FIBA has announced a formal review, created an expert committee and established a timeline for recommendations. But it has not disclosed the evidence collected so far or indicated what policy it may ultimately adopt. Zagklis’ remarks did not announce a new rule. They showed that FIBA’s decision to leave "men’s" out of its World Cup name exists alongside a continuing discussion about how the organization will define eligibility for both competitions. When asked about the nature and purpose of the studies Zagklis was referring to and whether FIBA would anticipate biological males competing in the next FIBA Women's World Cup, FIBA pointed OutKick to the Central Board meeting back in April before the tournament began. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9575342cf4db86fb04 Homeowners in the heart of America’s AI boom are getting an unexpected payoff te 2026-09-17T11:10:13.818Z Homeowners in the heart of America’s AI boom are getting an unexpected payoff Billions in build-outs of facilities to support the artificial intelligence (AI) boom have become a lightning rod in communities across America, but homeowners in the nation’s data center capital are seeing a surprising payoff — thousands of dollars in property tax relief. The massive projects have emerged as an issue in the 2026 midterm elections, as voters raise concerns about electricity costs, water use, land development and the strain on local infrastructure. Opposition has crossed party lines, forcing candidates to confront an industry that state and local governments spent years courting. Yet just outside Washington, D.C., the richest U.S. enclave of Loudoun County, Virginia, offers a striking case study of the industry's economic upside. Home to the sprawling tech corridor known as "Data Center Alley," Loudoun has the highest concentration of data centers in the world. Decades of development have transformed the county's landscape and dramatically expanded its tax base, offering a real-world look at the financial benefits proponents say the industry can bring to local communities. 8 EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WOULD QUIT WORKING WITHOUT DATA CENTERS "Loudoun County has more data centers than anywhere else in the country. It's been sort of the capital of data center development for decades," Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the Tax Foundation, told Fox News Digital. "And because of that, Loudoun County property taxes are about half of what they would be without data centers. In fact, data centers provide about 45% of all local tax revenue to Loudoun County, not just property taxes, but all local tax revenue." Walczak said the impact translates into significant savings for individual homeowners. "The average homeowner would pay $5,800 more a year in property taxes if you didn't have data center development," he said, noting that data centers occupy only about 3% of the county's land. But the rapid expansion of data centers has also fueled concerns that their enormous electricity demands could leave residents footing a higher utility bill, potentially offsetting some of those savings. THIS TINY FARMING TOWN YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF IS HELPING MICROSOFT SELL AMERICA ON DATA CENTERS Walczak pushed back on that worry, arguing the industry's impact on homeowners' property taxes is clearer. "The property tax relief is real, measurable, and significant," he said. "The energy costs are largely a solved problem." Walczak told Fox News Digital that the increased demand could require utilities to build new generation and transmission infrastructure, while adding more customers and electricity usage can also spread the grid's fixed costs across a larger base. The critical question, he said, is who pays for the additional infrastructure. "You pay for the additional generation and transmission capacity. The data center pays for that," Walczak said. "And then you actually see a slight reduction in energy costs for everyone." He pointed again to Northern Virginia, arguing that its experience challenges fears that a heavy concentration of data centers inevitably translates into higher electricity prices for residents. "If you look at the places with the largest data center development, you actually see declines in energy prices relative to the rest of the country," Walczak said. "You look at Northern Virginia, it has lower energy prices." As communities across the country weigh the costs and benefits of the data center boom, Walczak said Loudoun County's experience offers a glimpse at what can happen when billions of dollars in new infrastructure become part of the local tax base. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9575342cf4db86fafb President John Quincy Adams knew one book people needed to read to become good citizens te 2026-09-17T11:10:13.087Z President John Quincy Adams knew one book people needed to read to become good citizens Too few American students know enough about our Constitution. Still, fewer know there is such a thing as "Constitution Day." But this year, it might be worth taking up an assignment our sixth president gave to his son in a remarkable series of letters written while President John Quincy Adams served as minister to Russia. Adams did not focus on career advice for his son. He did not teach his son how to make money. Instead, Adams insisted upon this: Read the Bible. Every day. BILL BENNETT: WHAT I TOLD MY SONS ABOUT THEIR FAITH, FAMILY AND AMERICA Adams believed no education could be complete without it. He wrote to his son that when "duly read and meditated on," the Bible is "of all books in the world, that which contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy." And here’s where our Constitution comes in: Adams believed children formed by Scripture would become "useful citizens to their country" and "respectable members of society." GORSUCH HIGHLIGHTS STAGGERING DECLINE IN CIVIC LITERACY THAT PROMPTED HIM TO AUTHOR NEW BOOK There’s much ado today about civics education. And that’s a good thing. More educators and parents should ask: Should students memorize the Constitution? Learn about the three branches of government? Study the Federalist Papers? All extremely important. But John Quincy Adams understood something too many have largely forgotten. AMERICA’S NEXT 250 YEARS DEPEND ON PASSING FAITH AND FREEDOM TO OUR CHILDREN The Constitution details how we, a free people, govern ourselves. But it cannot teach rising generations how to become worthy of that freedom. That is why Adams spent letter after letter introducing his son to the New Testament and to the Hebrew Bible — to Genesis, Exodus, the Ten Commandments and to the Law of Moses. He argued the Mosaic Law represented the greatest moral revolution of the ancient world because it united justice with humanity. TEN COMMANDMENTS BELONG IN TEXAS SCHOOLS AND THE SUPREME COURT CAN PROTECT THEM Unlike the legal systems of Greece and Rome, which largely emphasized civic order or individual virtue, Adams believed the Hebrew Scriptures taught something unprecedented: Duties toward other people were also duties toward God. The laws protecting the stranger, the widow, the orphan and even enemies reflect a moral vision unlike anything the secular world had produced. Adams admired the Hebrew Bible because it did something no human legislature could accomplish. THE BEDROCK OF AMERICAN LIBERTY WAS LAID IN JERUSALEM It recognized individual merit and responsibility. It legislated for human nature. Governments can punish theft. They cannot eliminate envy. Governments can outlaw murder. They cannot command honor, gratitude, humility or self-control. John Quincy Adams’s letters were never simply about raising his own successful children. They were about transmitting civilization itself to all America’s children. Too many fathers today have outsourced the most important conversations about duty, morality and character to schools, to government institutions, to coaches or even to celebrities. Mothers play an indispensable role in raising virtuous children, but there is no substitute for the unique influence of an engaged father who teaches his son what it means to be an honorable man. DADS AREN’T OPTIONAL — AND AMERICA’S KIDS ARE PAYING THE BRUTAL PRICE The consequences of absence are all around us. Young Americans increasingly struggle to distinguish rights from responsibilities. They know how to demand respect but not always how to earn it. They have been taught self-esteem more often than self-government. They build professional résumés but little aptitude for disappointment, mental resilience or for duty. ALEX BERENSON: GENTLE PARENTING CAN'T REPLACE THE STRENGTH OF A GOOD DAD This isn't merely an educational, civic or cultural problem. It's a fatherhood problem. For centuries, American fathers understood that one of their highest callings was to introduce their children to the moral inheritance that made liberty possible. Not because government required it. Because freedom required it. The Hebrew Bible teaches children human beings are capable of both good and evil. Actions have consequences. Morality matters. And it importantly teaches every person bears the image of God. The Founders knew constitutions cannot preserve themselves. Republics depend upon citizens capable of governing themselves before they presume to govern others. John Quincy Adams understood this better than most. His letters to his son were, in many ways, one manual for raising a free citizen. Perhaps that is the lesson we most need today: If we want stronger schools, we need stronger families. If we want better citizens, we need fathers who teach virtues. If we want to renew American civics, we should certainly continue teaching the Constitution. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION But we should also recover the book John Quincy Adams believed came first: The Bible. Because before America can produce good presidents, good judges or good citizens, it must first produce men and women of character. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MARISSA STREIT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9475342cf4db86faf2 Champion athlete soils herself mid-race and keeps going, prompting fitness competition to change rules te 2026-09-17T11:10:12.334Z Champion athlete soils herself mid-race and keeps going, prompting fitness competition to change rules A popular global fitness competition is changing its rules after an explosive incident at a Sept. 12 competition. Australian professional athlete Joanna Wietrzyk won the race at HYROX Beijing — but the victory did not come without struggle. During the race, Wietrzyk experienced fecal incontinence but continued competing. Despite the incident, judges and officials did not instruct her to stop, prompting concerns about potential health and safety risks for other competitors. 'A WIN IS A WIN' SAYS ATHLETE WHO DIDN'T LET A LITTLE DIARRHEA KEEP HER FROM FINISHING IN FIRST PLACE The incident has sparked online debate — some people have supported Wietrzyk for her perseverance, while others suggested that her accident posed a potential biohazard. Wietrzyk reportedly addressed the incident in a social media post, which has since been deleted. "Go hard or go home … a win is a win. In all seriousness, thank you for all the support. I’ll be back soon x," she wrote, according to multiple news outlets. COULD 'HUMANMAXXING' ACTUALLY HELP YOU LIVE LONGER? HERE'S WHAT EXPERTS SAY The athlete has since faced criticism from those who argue that her decision posed a health risk to other competitors. Wietrzyk’s coach, Chris Bayens, posted a statement on social media in her defense. "What happened was an extraordinary set of circumstances that were unforeseen, rapidly evolving and almost impossible to fully comprehend in real time," he wrote on Instagram. "Decisions were made under competition conditions by an athlete, judges and officials, all responding to a situation none of them could reasonably have prepared for." Bayens continued that these decisions can be reviewed and lessons can be learned, but "judging someone’s intent, character or morality through the clarity of hindsight is neither fair nor honest." FITNESS EXPERT VISITS GYMS NATIONWIDE, SHOUTS OUT 4 CLUBS FOR 'GETTING IT RIGHT' "Sport occasionally produces moments that are imperfect and deeply human," he said. "Discussion is legitimate. The hatred and personal attacks that have followed are not." Moritz Furste, co-founder of HYROX, also released a statement following the incident. "I apologize to all that were directly or indirectly affected, as well as to everyone who felt like we did not handle the situation like we should have," he wrote. "HYROX made a mistake by not reacting immediately during the race. In the end, it is my job to foresee these potential incidents – and I did not." FITNESS EXPERT REVEALS SIMPLE RULE TO GET IN SHAPE WITHOUT DREADING THE GYM: 'JUST MOVE' The statement continued, "Of course, we started improving event processes, plus making rulebook changes immediately. As of this moment, there are new rules and procedures in place to prevent situations like this from happening again. We learn and try to get better every day." According to HYROX, the race combines cardio with weight training, involving a total of eight kilometers (about five miles) of running and eight functional workout stations. The structure of the competitions layers a one-kilometer run with one functional workout station, including SkiErg (a machine that simulates cross-country skiing), sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, farmers carry, sandbag lunges and wall balls. Launched in Germany in 2017, HYROX has grown rapidly worldwide, with recent reports putting participation at more than 1.4 million competitors globally. The organization describes the race as the world's fastest-growing fitness sport. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER More than 98% of HYROX competitors complete the race, with no time limit to finish and no qualification required to enter. "The structure of HYROX eliminates the generic fear of ‘coming last,’" the brand wrote on its website. In an interview with Fox News Digital, California-based certified fitness trainer Ryan Read shared why the HYROX format can be so physically demanding. "Your body doesn't get much time to fully recover between efforts," he said. "You may go from running directly to sled pushes, lunges or rowing. That forces your heart, lungs and muscles to work hard for a long period." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ As the race progresses, maintaining proper form can become more difficult, according to Read, as the combination of intensity, duration and repetitive exercises can put a "significant amount of stress on the body." "Muscles become fatigued and the body uses up stored energy and fluids," he said. "During hard exercise, more blood is directed toward working muscles and away from the digestive system. That can make digestion more difficult." Running in particular creates a repetitive movement that can upset the stomach. Combining this with dehydration, heat and eating too close to competition can worsen symptoms, Read cautioned. "This is why some athletes experience nausea, cramping, diarrhea or even vomiting during endurance events." There is a "big difference" between working through normal discomfort and ignoring a medical warning sign, according to the trainer. Elite athletes are often conditioned to push through pain, a mindset that can intensify during competition. Adrenaline can also make it harder to recognize when the body is in distress, Read said. Symptoms like vomiting, fainting, severe chest pain or extreme weakness "should not be treated as proof that someone is working hard enough." "Pushing through certain symptoms can turn a manageable problem into a medical emergency," he emphasized. "Real toughness also means knowing when your body is telling you to stop." Read suggested that fitness organizations should have "clear rules" for when an athlete needs to be evaluated or removed from a competition, and medical staff should be easily accessible throughout the event. "Equipment that becomes contaminated with vomit, blood or other bodily fluids should be taken out of use immediately," he said. "Simply wiping it quickly and sending the next competitor through may not be enough." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Bodily fluids can contain germs that may spread through contaminated surfaces or direct contact, Read said. "The exact risk depends on the fluid, organism and type of exposure. Competitor safety should come before keeping the event moving on schedule." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9275342cf4db86fadd Orange County Fumigation Launches New Website, Reinforcing Its Role as a Second-Generation Termite Fumigation Specialist Serving All of Orange County te 2026-09-17T11:10:10.973Z Orange County Fumigation Launches New Website, Reinforcing Its Role as a Second-Generation Termite Fumigation Specialist Serving All of Orange County Santa Ana, CA / Storyteller / Sep 16, 2026 / Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9275342cf4db86fad4 Orange County Fumigation Launches New Website, Reinforcing Its Role as a Second-Generation Termite Fumigation Specialist Serving All of Orange County te 2026-09-17T11:10:10.075Z Orange County Fumigation Launches New Website, Reinforcing Its Role as a Second-Generation Termite Fumigation Specialist Serving All of Orange County Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9175342cf4db86facb MF Phone Repair Celebrates 2,200+ Google Reviews with 4.7-Star Rating Across Metro Atlanta Locations te 2026-09-17T11:10:09.199Z MF Phone Repair Celebrates 2,200+ Google Reviews with 4.7-Star Rating Across Metro Atlanta Locations Smyrna, GA / Storyteller / Sep 16, 2026 / Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca9075342cf4db86fac2 MF Phone Repair Celebrates 2,200+ Google Reviews with 4.7-Star Rating Across Metro Atlanta Locations te 2026-09-17T11:10:08.009Z MF Phone Repair Celebrates 2,200+ Google Reviews with 4.7-Star Rating Across Metro Atlanta Locations Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca8f75342cf4db86fab7 Eight Autumn Outdoor Power Equipment Tips to Avoid Headaches Later te 2026-09-17T11:10:07.069Z Eight Autumn Outdoor Power Equipment Tips to Avoid Headaches Later (NAPSI)—Once the grass gets its final cut and the leaves are handled, it’s time to swap out the lawn mower, blower, and trimmer for the snow thrower, generator, and chainsaw. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) says handling equipment this… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabca8a75342cf4db86fa72 Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance te 2026-09-17T11:10:02.493Z Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc83975342cf4db86fa4c Pope Leo XIV receives 'symbolic’ sphere in charity's push for AI to 'protect human dignity' te 2026-09-17T11:00:09.382Z Pope Leo XIV receives 'symbolic’ sphere in charity's push for AI to 'protect human dignity' A charity presented Pope Leo XIV with a unique piece of artwork in its push to "protect human dignity" and establish "what should stay human in the age of AI," an official told Fox News Digital. Photos released by Saint Peter for Humanity captured the pope receiving the "Sphere of Humanity" — a green, Murano glass sculpture that "incorporates handwritten passages from his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, reflecting on human dignity, vulnerability, solidarity, conscience and the challenges posed by artificial intelligence" — during his General Audience in early September. The presentation came as Saint Peter for Humanity said it is gearing up next week to gather 70 leaders in New York City to "begin drafting the Codex Humanitatis, an independent initiative inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s call to safeguard human dignity as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly powerful and influential in people’s lives." "We recognize the benefits of AI. We just believe again that there is another force that should belong to that conversation, that other force is humanity," Olivier Francois, the organization’s president and chairman, told Fox News Digital. "So the Codex Humanitatis, which is our initiative, starts from that simple idea. AI should serve people, protect human dignity, expand human potential and advance common good." POPE LEO WARNS AI RISKS BECOMING TOOL OF 'DOMINATION, EXCLUSION AND DEATH' IN NEW ENCYCLICAL "So what are we going to do in New York? We are going to gather 70 Nobel laureates, artists, thinkers, philanthropists, technology and AI experts, obviously that's important, and we will ask them maybe the hardest question of our times, you know, as artificial intelligence grows even more powerful, what must remain human?" Francois added. "So obviously, before we head over to machines, we should be clear about what we value most in ourselves. So we will try to define what being human means and what should stay human in the age of AI. So this is a little bit of the initiative we shared with Pope Leo while presenting the sphere and this symbolic gift." The sphere, based on an original design by Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti, contains four handwritten passages from Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, including, "In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human." The pope wrote in the encyclical released in May, "Each generation inherits the task of shaping its own era, of guiding history to become a place where the dignity of every person is safeguarded, justice is promoted and fraternity is made possible," yet "every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world. OPINION: POPE LEO XIV’S AI WARNING SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO HOLLYWOOD’S MORAL CRISIS "For AI to respect human dignity and truly serve the common good, responsibility must be clearly defined at every stage: from those who design and develop these systems to those who use them and rely on them for concrete decisions," the pope wrote. "In many cases, however, the internal processes leading to a result remain opaque, making it harder to assign responsibility and correct errors. This is where accountability becomes crucial: the possibility of identifying who must ‘account’ for decisions, justify them, monitor them, and, when necessary, challenge them and remedy any harm caused. "Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress; instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family. This need is all the more urgent given the frequent imbalance between the speed of technological growth and the slower development of awareness, norms, safeguards and institutions capable of governing its effects," the pope also said. "It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required. Otherwise, change will be governed only by technocratic thinking and presented as necessary and inevitable, ultimately imposing rules shaped by those who control data, infrastructure and computing power." Saint Peter for Humanity said in a statement about its New York gathering, "Working across ten groups, participants will develop a first draft of the Codex focused on issues including the future of work, accountability, information integrity, human oversight and the protection of children and families." "The draft will then enter a global consultation process before being refined into a final set of principles. Saint Peter for Humanity plans to engage governments, companies and institutions in translating those principles into practice, including through engagement at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos," the nonprofit added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc83875342cf4db86fa43 Ridiculous USA Today column proves that the demand for misogyny in sports far exceeds the supply te 2026-09-17T11:00:08.207Z Ridiculous USA Today column proves that the demand for misogyny in sports far exceeds the supply The demand for misogyny in American sports far exceeds the available supply. That's a problem for USA Today columnist Nancy Armour. Armour has built much of her professional brand around finding sexism and misogyny everywhere she looks in sports. So, what happens when women reach a better position in the sports world than ever before? Armour has to look harder. Much harder. In a column published Tuesday, Armour argued that American sports are happy to take women's money, but don't want women in their space or to treat them with "even the slightest shred of decency." Strong claim. What evidence did Armour use to support the idea that American sports, as a whole, don't want women around? A sports-betting ad featuring a nearly nude Sydney Sweeney, Arch Manning laughing at a stupid AI video, and an architectural rendering that included almost no women. That's it. That's her entire case. The arena rendering barely warrants a response. An architectural rendering of Philadelphia’s future arena showed almost no women, the image was replaced within two days, and the building will be home to the city’s WNBA team. If that is evidence that women aren’t welcome in sports, the definition of evidence has lost all meaning. There's another problem, though. Armour has no trouble finding misogyny in an advertisement, a joke or a computer-generated crowd. But when males take opportunities in women's sports, she attacks the women who object. That's not an oversight. It's the clearest evidence that this isn't really about protecting women. Armour starts with perhaps the most absurd characterization of the three. "A betting company tells women their only place in sports is as a sexualized object," Armour wrote. Wait, when did Novig say that? It didn't. Novig produced one advertisement featuring one woman, Sydney Sweeney, using sex appeal to promote a sports prediction market. Somehow, Armour took that to mean the company declared that every woman's "only place in sports" is as a sexualized object. That's quite a leap. The ad didn't say anything about female athletes, female fans, female broadcasters or women's sports. Plus, Novig isn't selling "sports." Sports are the subject matter. The product is gambling. And the ad is clearly designed primarily to appeal to men, who make up the core audience for sports betting. So what? Not every product or advertisement has to appeal equally to men and women. Women’s clothing companies and cosmetics companies run ads aimed at women. Entire television networks and publishing genres cater primarily to women. No one treats that as evidence that those companies hate men. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! But when a betting company creates an ad tailored to its overwhelmingly male audience, Armour treats the existence of a male audience as the offense. In Armour's world, products aimed at women are called empowerment, while products aimed at men are called misogyny. Then there's Sweeney's role in all of this. According to Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky, Sweeney approached the company, owns equity in it and drove much of the campaign's "visuals and messaging." In other words, an adult woman made a business decision to use her own image to promote a company in which she has a financial interest. Armour responded by calling the ad misogynistic, effectively condemning Sweeney for exercising that agency in a way that appeals to men. Apparently, women are free to make their own choices, provided Nancy Armour approves of them. NIKE-LINKED COACHINGHER PROGRAM FACES SCRUTINY OVER GENDER BIAS TRAINING AND DEFINITION OF GIRLS Armour later claimed that Novig "backpedaled" on its "misogyny." That's not even true. Fortinsky publicly defended the campaign, credited Sweeney with driving the concept and said the company was pleased with the response. Incredibly, Armour linked the word "backpedaled" to a story whose headline said the Novig CEO "defends" the ad. Armour anticipated that someone might point out that female athletes have posed nude for magazines, including ESPN’s famous "Body Issue." She insisted those examples are different because the athletes’ bodies were "the product of years of work and training" and should be appreciated for their accomplishments rather than "ogled over for sexual gratification." Huh. So Armour has appointed herself the arbiter of which women have bodies worthy of being displayed and which women are merely objects. Female athletes who pose nude receive her approval because their nudity serves an Armour-approved purpose. Sweeney voluntarily used her own sex appeal to promote a company she partly owns, and Armour branded her decision misogynistic because it was meant to appeal to men. Careful, Nancy. Deciding which women’s bodies are worthy of being seen and which aren’t sounds awfully misogynistic. Armour’s second example comes from a press conference after Texas’ comeback victory over Ohio State. Manning was asked whether he had seen any fan-edited clips from the game. He said he had seen an AI edit of Sarkisian’s postgame interview, then volunteered the specific clip. "Of him slapping Holly Rowe?" Manning said, laughing. "It’s hilarious." The AI video grew out of an awkward exchange after the game. Rowe attempted to interview Sarkisian moments after Texas completed a 20-point comeback and delivered one of the biggest victories of his career. Sarkisian shouted "Texas fight," flashed the Hook ’em sign and left to celebrate with his team. Rowe responded by throwing up her hands, rolling her eyes and walking off in a huff. Texas later said technical problems with ESPN’s equipment contributed to the failed interview. Similar problems had disrupted an attempted interview at halftime, but in that instance, ESPN’s Laura Rutledge explained that Sarkisian had waited patiently and said the network owed him an apology. So, what exactly did Manning do wrong? He laughed at a fake video making fun of this ridiculous scene. No woman was assaulted and Manning clearly wasn’t laughing at actual violence. He reacted honestly to an obviously fake parody of an awkward postgame exchange. Sports media members constantly complain that athletes are boring, guarded and coached to speak in clichés. Then an athlete offers one unfiltered reaction, and those same media members treat it as evidence of a deep moral failing. This is exactly why athletes never say anything interesting. Manning quickly learned the lesson. He issued the kind of carefully written, corporate apology that public figures release when honesty becomes more trouble than it’s worth. He apologized publicly, spoke privately with Rowe and received her forgiveness. Rowe could have ended the entire controversy by saying no apology was necessary. Instead, she publicly accepted Manning’s apology and referenced their private conversation. That allowed her to occupy both of the most powerful positions in this particular media ecosystem: the victim who had been wronged and the gracious authority willing to offer forgiveness. Victimhood is power in this world, and the more of it you can claim, the better. REPORTER FOR THE ATHLETIC FUMES OVER ARCH MANNING, SILENT ON JOSH JACOBS' ALLEGED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMAN Plus, accountability only flows in one direction when someone is permanently cast as the victim. Everyone else must apologize to Rowe. Rowe never has to apologize for her own behavior, which included an incredibly petty on-camera reaction. But even after Rowe accepted Manning’s apology, that wasn’t enough for Armour. She wrote that Manning’s apology "doesn’t matter" because "the damage was done." Then what, exactly, would matter? Manning apologized publicly and privately. Armour still refused to let the incident end because resolution is useless to someone who needs permanent victims. The misogyny boat must stay afloat. To connect these three completely unrelated episodes, Armour turned to Purdue professor Cheryl Cooky. "It's about a reinscribing of those spaces and a reassertion of those sports as male-dominated and masculine-oriented institutions," Cooky told Armour. She added that when women gain power, society responds with a backlash. Well, there you have it. Two people subscribe to Armour's theory. Unfortunately, neither provided any evidence that these three incidents were part of a backlash against women gaining power. Did Manning laugh at a dumb AI video because he felt threatened by women gaining power? Did Sweeney create a sexually provocative gambling ad to punish female athletes for becoming more popular? Did whoever populated an architectural rendering with men do so as an act of resistance against the WNBA? Armour doesn't even attempt to prove any of that. The study Armour cited, co-authored by Cooky, examined the amount and quality of coverage women's sports received on selected television news and highlight programs during three sampling periods in 2024. Whatever someone thinks of that research, it doesn't establish the motives of Sweeney, Manning or the person who populated an architectural rendering. Cooky's contribution amounts to translating Armour's argument into academic jargon. "Male-dominated and masculine-oriented institutions" sounds more authoritative than "men don't want us here," but it doesn't make the claim true. Armour didn't find proof; she found a professor willing to repeat her conclusion so the same opinion could be presented as expertise. The most revealing aspect of Armour's misogyny hustle isn't where she claims to find misogyny. It's the one place where she refuses to see it. In 2023, then-ESPN host Sam Ponder argued that women deserve fair, sex-based athletic competition. Armour responded with an 800-word attack and accused Ponder of using "fairness" to cloak her "bigotry toward transgender girls and women." "What ESPN's Sam Ponder calls 'fairness' is plain old bigotry," Armour's headline read. Got that? According to Armour, an architectural rendering, an advertisement starring Sydney Sweeney and an off-the-cuff remark by Arch Manning are major threats to women in sports. But a male athlete taking a roster spot, playing time, trophies or championships from girls and women isn't a threat. Worse than that, Armour attacks the women who object to those males. Careful, Nancy. You're starting to sound awfully misogynistic again. Look at the women Armour chooses to attack: Sydney Sweeney, Sam Ponder and Riley Gaines. They are strong, successful women exercising their own agency, and Armour turns on them the moment they make choices she doesn’t like. That's Nancy Armour's brand in a nutshell: men are responsible for everything wrong with women's sports, except the men who "identify" as women. Those men must be defended, even if doing so requires tearing down women like Ponder and Gaines. Armour can hold both positions because she isn’t applying a consistent principle about protecting women. She’s applying whatever progressive ideology demands at that particular moment. LEFT-WING SPORTS HOST SARAH SPAIN LAUNCHES DISGUSTING PERSONAL SMEAR OF SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM Sweeney voluntarily uses her own sex appeal to promote a company she partly owns? Complicit in misogyny. Ponder voluntarily defends women’s athletic opportunities? Bigot. Perfect. The strangest part of Armour's column is that she spends several paragraphs undermining her own argument. She acknowledges that women's sports have "never been more popular" and female athletes have "never had more visibility." She notes that WNBA TV ratings, franchise values and salaries are soaring. She points to signature Nike lines for Caitlin Clark and A'ja Wilson, women coaching in the NFL and NBA, merchandise designed specifically for female fans, women's sports bars and teams building their own stadiums. That sounds like incredible progress. Because it is. Women have more opportunities, influence, visibility and economic power in sports than at any point in American history. The evidence no longer supports declaring that American sports refuse to treat women with "the slightest shred of decency." So, Armour takes three minor and unrelated examples, assigns all of them the same sweeping motive and tells readers that the "male sports monopoly" is lashing out against powerful women. Essentially, the demand for misogyny now far exceeds the supply. And that's a major problem for people whose relevance depends on convincing women that they're still surrounded by it. Armour ended her column by declaring that there is room in sports for men and women. Duh. But Armour doesn't appear interested in making room. She needs a permanent crisis with permanent victims and permanent villains. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER If misogyny in sports ever fades, so does the need for a professional misogyny detector. So, when the supply runs low, Nancy Armour manufactures more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc38875342cf4db86f92a Trump wants largest-ever Israeli heavy bomb transfer — but proposal has Congress preparing for $2.8B fight te 2026-09-17T10:40:08.352Z Trump wants largest-ever Israeli heavy bomb transfer — but proposal has Congress preparing for $2.8B fight The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion military aid package for Israel that would include 40,000 heavy bombs, according to multiple reports. It would be the largest proposed transfer of the powerful munitions to Israel in recent years, if it clears Congress. The proposed package includes 20,000 unguided bombs designed to destroy buildings and bunkers, known as MK-84 bombs; and 20,000 BLU-117 bombs, which are warhead versions fitted with precision-guidance kits — both bombs are 2,000 pounds per unit. Additionally, according to Reuters and The Washington Post, the proposal includes 20,000 much-tougher I-2000 penetrator warheads, which are designed to penetrate concrete or underground facilities before exploding. The package, which is not yet final, has been informally communicated to congressional committees that review major U.S. arms sales — and it's already drawing opposition from Democratic lawmakers. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is calling on Congress to reject the White House's proposal, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., vowed that lawmakers will "work to stop it." HOUSE DEMOCRATS FRACTURE BADLY OVER MASSIE AMENDMENT TO CUT $3.3B IN U.S. AID TO ISRAEL "The American people are sick and tired of funding Israel's genocide in Gaza," Sanders wrote on social media, accusing the Trump administration of "doubling down" by providing $2.8 billion in bombs to the Israeli government. "Not acceptable. Congress must reject these agreements." Van Hollen similarly criticized the proposed package and its use of U.S. taxpayer funds, writing, "How is this America First? We will work to stop it." The State Department did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Israel's Ministry of Defense declined to weigh-in. "All foreign arms sales are moving through the appropriate process. We do not comment on pending sales," a senior administration official told Fox News Digital. Most of the package would be financed through Foreign Military Financing, which uses congressionally appropriated U.S. funds for eligible allies to purchase American-made defense equipment. If completed, the package would be the largest single sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in recent years. It would exceed a 2025 sale that included more than 35,500 of the bombs. The Trump administration approved that nearly $3 billion sale after bypassing the normal congressional review process. It's unclear whether that bypass could or will be used again this time around. The weapons were at the center of a previous U.S. policy dispute, as well. During President Joe Biden's term, his administration paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in 2024 over concerns of the potential for mass casualties in densely populated Gaza. President Donald Trump lifted that hold after returning to office. TRUMP CONFIRMS ‘CRAZY’ NETANYAHU CLASH AS QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER PUSH TO HOLD FIRE ON HEZBOLLAH TERRORISTS The 2,000-pound bombs have multiple variants designed for different targets, including hardened and underground structures. Israel has used U.S.-made heavy munitions during its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, while the United States has used similar weapons against hardened targets in previous conflicts. The proposed transfer comes as Israel remains engaged on multiple fronts. Israeli forces have continued strikes against Hamas in Gaza despite a fragile ceasefire, while tensions with Hezbollah persist following fighting in Lebanon. The United States and Israel also conducted military operations against Iran earlier this year. The package remains at an early stage of the U.S. arms sales process. Informal congressional notification allows relevant committees to review a proposed transfer before the administration proceeds to formal notification. If the administration formally notifies Congress, lawmakers would have an opportunity to review the proposal under the Arms Export Control Act and could pursue legislation seeking to block the sale. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc38775342cf4db86f921 Harris joins forces with radical Senate nominee in key swing state as 2028 whispers swirl te 2026-09-17T10:40:07.532Z Harris joins forces with radical Senate nominee in key swing state as 2028 whispers swirl Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to join Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed at an upcoming roundtable in Michigan, according to his campaign. The two will appear at a Black maternal health roundtable next Tuesday, raising questions about whether Harris might be trying to court the progressive wing of the party in preparation for a 2028 presidential run. "I’m just really looking forward to having her here, and she is somebody who so many folks in communities like Detroit look up to as an inspirational leader," El-Sayed told Politico in an interview on Wednesday. DEMOCRATS' CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN "I’m grateful that she’s coming in and having conversations about what it takes to get the turnout up, so that we can get on to working on some of these issues in the U.S. Senate," he continued. The scheduled roundtable comes after Harris endorsed El-Sayed last month, praising his stance on issues like affordability. "Dr. Abdul El-Sayed understands the power is with the people, and that the stakes couldn’t be higher in this election. While Michiganders struggle to afford everyday essentials — housing, gas, groceries, health care and child care — Trump and Republicans in Congress are giving away $1 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthy and powerful," Harris wrote. "Abdul knows that we need bold solutions to the crises facing America’s working families and he is ready to take on this fight," Harris continued. "I proudly stand with him to ensure we win a Democratic Senate majority in Nov." The news of Harris' upcoming visit to Michigan comes as The Detroit News, a prominent Michigan newspaper, endorsed El-Sayed's Republican rival, Mike Rogers, for Senate on Wednesday. "Mike Rogers is the prototype of a United States Senator," the paper said in its endorsement, referencing his 14 years in the House, Army career, and private sector experience dealing with cybersecurity. On the other hand, the paper skewered El-Sayed for his radical rhetoric, saying he "has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate." "He has deleted social media posts that reportedly called into question his attitude about America in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He's taken down roughly 100 YouTube videos that paint an unflattering picture of him and his cultural views," the paper concluded. "A candidate who feels the need to hide his past from voters is not someone who can be trusted to be the same person after Election Day as he was on the campaign trail." In addition to Harris' visit, El-Sayed is expected to have a busy final stretch of his campaign before the November election as he attends multiple fundraisers in California and New York.  In late September, El-Sayed is scheduled to attend a Hollywood fundraiser at the home of George Soros' nephew, Jeffrey Soros, who is a movie producer. In addition to Soros and his wife, the host committee includes several Obama alums, including Crooked Media's "Pod Save America" hosts Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau. Ben Rhodes, the failed architect of Obama's Iran deal, is also on the host committee. El-Sayed will also be visiting San Francisco during this west coast swing. 12 RACES SCRAMBLE SENATE BATTLEFIELD AS DEMOCRATS EYE COMEBACK Next month, El-Sayed will also be going to New York City to attend a fundraiser hosted by several far-left activists, where the price to attend ranges from $250 to $57,800. Harris’ endorsement of El-Sayed marks just her second major progressive candidate endorsement in the 2026 midterms. She is also supporting Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Before the midterms, Harris also supported New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who was also DSA-endorsed, but only stated that she "supported the Democrat in the race." For his own part, El-Sayed has rejected terms like "progressive" and "moderate" and is not backed by the DSA. But like Mamdani, El-Sayed has made affordability — and the role of government — key pieces of his campaign. In addition to calling for lowering housing costs, he’s advocated for Medicare for All, opposes corporate tax carve-outs, and he supports tuition-free access to higher education. Harris has also received support from El-Sayed in the past. Notably, after now-former President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election, El-Sayed called on the party to rally behind Harris, citing her "potential" for leadership. "Considering all the dangers of the Republican nominee … it’s time for all of us to unite behind Kamala Harris to defeat Trump," El-Sayed wrote in a post in July of 2024. DEMOCRATS WHO ‘NEVER VOTED REPUBLICAN’ BACK ROGERS OVER EL-SAYED IN RAZOR-CLOSE RACE El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital on whether El-Sayed might support Harris if she decided to run for the White House in 2028. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc13475342cf4db86f8ad Josh Hawley shoots down prospect of 2028 White House bid, says he has 'no intention' of running: report te 2026-09-17T10:30:12.981Z Josh Hawley shoots down prospect of 2028 White House bid, says he has 'no intention' of running: report Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has indicated that he does not plan to run for president during the 2028 election cycle. "No, I have no intention of doing so, period," the senator told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. Republicans are currently aiming to retain their majorities in the House and Senate during the November 3 midterm elections — but next year, the center of political gravity will likely shift toward the 2028 election cycle, which will include a White House contest with no incumbent. HAWLEY TAKES AIM AT 'CORPORATE WELFARE' AFTER GOP-BACKED TAX BREAK BOOSTED CONTROVERSIAL INDUSTRY "I have no insight to offer you on 2028, one way or another," he said, according to the Examiner. "I don’t know who will run or what will happen. We need to get through these elections first." Fox News Digital reached out to Hawley's office on Thursday. THREE NEW COMPANIES FACE JOSH HAWLEY'S INVESTIGATION INTO AI SURVEILLANCE AND VEHICLE TRACKING President Donald Trump, who is currently serving his second term, is constitutionally barred from election to a third term, leaving the field wide open for 2028 GOP White House hopefuls. But he could potentially choose to endorse a candidate during the 2028 GOP presidential primary. Hawley, who has served in the Senate since 2019, was re-elected in 2024. HAWLEY RIPS FLOCK'S SPRAWLING SURVEILLANCE WEB AS TEXAS CITIES CUT CAMERAS OVER PRIVACY AND DATA FEARS Hawley emphasized the importance of conservative religious voters, describing them as "the backbone of this party," according to the Examiner. "You cannot win anything without them. You cannot win a primary without them. You cannot win a general election without them. And I would caution anybody who thinks that you can do without them in our voting coalition — you will have a voting coalition of like 10% without religious conservatives, without evangelical Protestants, without conservative Catholics, without conservative Orthodox Jews. So, I’d be real careful about trying to marginalize that coalition," he said, according to the outlet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc13475342cf4db86f8a3 Hamadeh’s Kayleigh’s Law Awaits Senate Action After Passing U.S. House te 2026-09-17T10:30:12.162Z Hamadeh’s Kayleigh’s Law Awaits Senate Action After Passing U.S. House By Matthew Holloway | The U.S. House of Representatives passed Kayleigh’s Law in late August, introduced in April by Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08). The Senate Judiciary Committee has not yet scheduled action on the measure. H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026, passed the House by voice vote on Aug. 31; no individual vote tally was recorded. Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), and David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) were original cosponsors. 🇺🇸WATCH🇺🇸 "Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a former prosecutor and as an Arizonan who has seen what happens when the system prioritizes a criminal over the victim." Congressman Hamadeh takes the House floor to champion his bill, H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026. pic.twitter.com/Yq4fy8PuHH — Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) August 31, 2026 The Senate companion, S. 5372, was introduced Aug. 7 by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. No hearing or markup date has been posted. The bill is named for Kayleigh Kozak, an Arizona mother of five who was sexually abused as a child by her soccer coach. In 2020, 13 years after the offender’s conviction, Kozak was brought back to court when her attacker sought to end his lifetime probation. 🇺🇸WATCH🇺🇸 Congressman Hamadeh promised @kayleigh_kozak that if he got to Congress, he would pass federal Kayleigh’s Law, the lifetime no-contact protection Arizona enacted in her honor. He introduced it. He pushed it. Yesterday, he brought Kayleigh and her family to the… pic.twitter.com/xYjFyGiQt6 — Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) September 1, 2026 Arizona enacted its state version of Kayleigh’s Law through Senate Bill 1653 in 2022. The federal bill would require a court at sentencing to issue a lifetime no-contact order when a victim—or the government with the victim’s consent—requests one following a conviction for a qualifying federal violent felony or sex offense. The order could be suspended or terminated only under limited circumstances specified in the bill. Victims could not be charged a fee for its issuance. Lee said in August that victims “often have to face their abusers in court over and over again.” Kozak said the harm caused by sexual assault is lifelong and its protections should be as well. Like too many other abuse victims, @kayleigh_kozak was forced to repeatedly face the soccer coach who assaulted her as a child, just to get courts to keep him away. Victims deserve protection, not more fear for their safety. Kayleigh’s Law will protect survivors of sexual… — Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) August 12, 2026 Hamadeh called the House vote “promise made, promise kept.” In a post on X, Biggs wrote, “The U.S. House did its job to protect victims of certain violent crimes in passing Kayleigh’s Law this week. Now, the U.S. Senate must act before the clock runs out on us in January. We cannot fail these victims. We must send Kayleigh’s Law to the President’s desk.” The U.S. House did its job to protect victims of certain violent crimes in passing Kayleigh’s Law this week. Now, the U.S. Senate must act before the clock runs out on us in January. We cannot fail these victims. We must send Kayleigh's Law to the President's desk. Watch the… pic.twitter.com/ap1leccQH5 — Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 5, 2026 In a post quoting Biggs, Lee wrote, “Proud to have introduced Kayleigh’s Law in the Senate. Victims should not suffer years of unwanted contact with their abusers. And @RepAndyBiggsAZ is right: as with a large number of important House bills, we need to stop sitting around and PASS IT to President Trump’s desk!” Proud to have introduced Kayleigh’s Law in the Senate. Victims should not suffer years of unwanted contact with their abusers. And @RepAndyBiggsAZ is right: as with a large number of important House bills, we need to stop sitting around and PASS IT to President Trump’s desk! https://t.co/mRum5DDMgN — Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) September 8, 2026 Legislation that does not become law before the 119th Congress ends in January would have to be introduced again in the next Congress. AZ Free News contacted Lee’s office seeking a timeline for Senate Judiciary Committee consideration. No response was received by the time of publication. Republicans hold the majority on the Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The House passed the measure without recorded opposition. Its next potential steps include a committee hearing or markup on S. 5372, or Senate consideration of the House-passed bill. Until the Senate acts, the Arizona-born proposal remains legislation and has not reached the president. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Hamadeh’s Kayleigh’s Law Awaits Senate Action After Passing U.S. House first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabc13275342cf4db86f89a Chandler Unified Approves Land Acknowledgment For Board Meetings, Graduations te 2026-09-17T10:30:10.220Z Chandler Unified Approves Land Acknowledgment For Board Meetings, Graduations By Staff Reporter | Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) narrowly approved a land acknowledgment statement for Native Americans during its regular meeting last week. The board approved the land acknowledgment statement 3-2. The governing board will read a land acknowledgment statement at every meeting and at all graduation ceremony programs.  Board President Patti Serrano, donned in a pro-Palestine keffiyeh scarf and MEChA t-shirt, joined Member Claudia Mendoza and Vice President Barb Mozden in voting to require the land acknowledgment statement. Members Kurt Rohrs and Ryan Heap voted against the measure. Serrano said this land acknowledgement statement was necessary to make Native American students feel “safe” to show up and learn at CUSD schools.  Serrano also claimed that a land acknowledgment statement did not mean that the district would be required to accept requests for acknowledgments for other identity groups.  CUSD has posted a land acknowledgment statement and accompanying video on its Indigenous Education Program page since 2025. That land acknowledgment statement reads that the district exists on lands previously occupied by the Piipaash, Akimel O’odham, Gila River, Salt River, Pima, Maricopa, and Yaqui tribes.  Board member Rohrs questioned whether there would be future efforts to expand the requirement to read a land acknowledgment statement throughout other aspects of district activities, such as student functions like football games, CUSD staff meetings, and the beginning of classes.  Rohrs also said that land acknowledgement statements signaled bias and favoritism toward certain groups. He warned that the board’s approval would lead to demands by countless other identity groups: Holocaust recognition for Jewish students, acknowledgments for the various religious groups, or commemorations of veterans for students in military families.  Rohrs contended that the statement was rooted in “identity politics” that would further cause division in the CUSD community.  “Despite denials, this is clearly a political statement that reveals a preferential and exclusive bias towards a certain point of view of a certain identity group. The district must remain neutral in these matters,” said Rohrs. “For practical matters, this unnecessarily politicizes our board meetings. It has no real purpose in addressing our primary mission of improving academic performance for our students. This statement is an empty performance gesture of wokeness which really doesn’t accomplish anything and distracts from our core mission.”  Board member Heap remarked that the district faces much more pressing matters concerning student outcomes, citing an example of two more students who left the district for homeschooling due to the district ignoring or dismissing requests to curtail teacher and student usage of vulgar language. Heap also remarked that reading scores have declined to the lower 50th percentile.  Heap expressed doubt that the lack of a land acknowledgment statement was having negative impacts on the district, especially the current pressing issues of declining enrollment. According to the board, less than 2% of students will be directly impacted by the land acknowledgement statement. Heap questioned why there were acknowledgments for certain identity groups but not others, which prompted laughter from the pro-land acknowledgment statement audience in attendance.  “Any time when we choose to highlight a group of students only based on their identity, nationality, heritage, we indirectly eschew — that means, you ignore — other people. We have a Hispanic heritage month. Do we have an Irish month? Do we have an Anglo-Saxon month?” asked Heap. “I don’t think that it’s appropriate for us to engage in that activity, either, because we are now wandering in areas that even if it’s right or wrong, I believe this statement ends up [having] a political connotation. Anytime you do that, you show bias, and that’s going to end up driving away students.” Mendoza said that the statement was necessary for respecting diversity and belonging. “By doing this, we are demonstrating that every story matters and every voice has value,” said Mendoza.  Mozden predicted the statement would improve Native American students’ academic performance.  “We have to start somewhere to try to raise our academic performance for some of our subgroups,” said Mozden.  The land acknowledgment incited some community members to call on Serrano to step down from the board, since Serrano led on the effort of its adoption.  Serrano has been accused of imposing a land acknowledgment without board concurrence at board meetings and graduation ceremonies. Serrano has historically declined to participate in recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, and took her oath of office on a fiction book written by Arizona State University professor David Boyle describing the gay sexual fantasies of a boy and his peers and the boy’s rejection of the values held by his conservative, Christian parents. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Chandler Unified Approves Land Acknowledgment For Board Meetings, Graduations first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabbed975342cf4db86f5ac Dem megadonor unleashes reality check on Harris for 2028 while eying socialist firebrand te 2026-09-17T10:20:09.631Z Dem megadonor unleashes reality check on Harris for 2028 while eying socialist firebrand One of Kamala Harris' biggest billionaire backers in 2024 is already casting doubt on another White House bid — while showing surprising openness to a potential 2028 contender from a very different corner of the Democratic Party. LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman called another Harris presidential run a "very challenging path" Wednesday before leaving the door open to supporting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and describing the progressive firebrand as "pragmatic." "It depends a little bit," Hoffman said when asked during POLITICO's Decoded Summit Wednesday in the nation's capital whether he would support Ocasio-Cortez for a 2028 run. "I think she's much more pragmatic than people give her credit for." The comments mark a notable contrast for Hoffman, who poured millions of dollars into helping elect Harris in 2024 and rallied other Silicon Valley donors behind her campaign after former President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid. Asked Wednesday whether Harris should try again in 2028, Hoffman pointed to what he expects to be a crowded Democratic field. WATCH: AOC WON'T RULE OUT WHITE HOUSE BID AFTER POLL NAMES HER DEMOCRATS' TOP 2028 PICK "I think it would be a very challenging path for her, and it's going to be a very noisy field," Hoffman said in response. KAMALA HARRIS IS THE 'FAIRLY OBVIOUS' 2028 PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER, DEMOCRATIC INSIDERS SAY Hoffman's answer was not an endorsement, however. He said any potential support for Ocasio-Cortez would depend in part on whom she was running against, before Hoffman laid out the qualities he would look for in a candidate. "If you're basically kind of pro-society, which she is, and pro-business, which is a question, that tends to be where I think the right focal points are," Hoffman said. Meanwhile, two years earlier, Hoffman had made a similar case for Harris, pitching her to hundreds of venture capitalists as "a great centrist" who cared about both society and business, according to a report from the Washington Post.  "She is a great centrist in that she cares about a greater society, and cares about business," Hoffman said during a virtual "VCs for Harris" rally in 2024, according to the Washington Post. Hoffman’s comments this week about Harris' potential 2028 bid also came days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not seek the presidency if Harris entered the 2028 race.  Republican strategist Mark Bednar, who previously worked for then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, interpreted the two developments as early signs of uncertainty surrounding Harris' position in the emerging Democratic field. GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS HE WON'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2028 IF KAMALA HARRIS RUNS "The idea of pouring cold water over Kamala for others to step forward seems to be very real," Bednar told Fox News Digital. "I don't know if it's directly connected to Newsom in that instance, but it's super interesting how it happens the day after." Bednar, meanwhile, described Newsom's comments about his potential 2028 presidential run as a "smoke signal to Democratic donors" that "you guys are going to have to be the ones that be the bad cop here because I'm just going to be the good cop in public." "If you read between the lines, he's signaling to his donors and to his prospective donors, ‘Hey, you guys need to do the dirty work to get her out of the race,’" Bednar said. Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and Hoffman, but did not receive a response in time for publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabbed875342cf4db86f5a3 The Fed just threw a wrench in Trump's midterm economic message te 2026-09-17T10:20:08.952Z The Fed just threw a wrench in Trump's midterm economic message With the midterms looming, President Donald Trump wants lower interest rates to ease the squeeze on American families. Instead, the Federal Reserve raised rates on Wednesday. The decision is aimed at combating stubborn inflation, but it will make borrowing more expensive for voters and delivers a big hit to Trump's economic promises with less than two months until Americans cast their ballots and determine which party will control Congress. The Fed does not set the prices of groceries, cars or homes. But its decisions affect how much Americans pay to borrow money, especially when they buy a house or car. Higher rates can add hundreds of dollars to monthly payments, even when the price of the home or vehicle has not changed. ONE LITTLE-KNOWN MEETING HELPS DECIDE WHAT AMERICANS CAN AFFORD — AND WHAT THEY CAN’T The Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, raised the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, bringing it to a range of 3.75% to 4%. The increase — the Fed’s first in three years — was aimed at slowing inflation, which remains above the central bank’s 2% goal. Higher energy prices and tariffs have added to pressure on household budgets, and the Fed’s projections indicate that another rate increase could come later this year if inflation remains elevated. The rate hike puts Kevin Warsh, Trump’s pick to lead the world’s most powerful central bank, at odds with the president’s push for lower borrowing costs. The decision could strain their relationship and revive memories of Trump’s repeated clashes with former Fed Chair Jerome Powell. TRUMP DANGLES $5,000 CHECKS AS DEBT SURGES — BUT ONLY IF GOP CAN CLEAR MAJOR MIDTERM HURDLE Although the president appoints members of the Fed’s Board of Governors, the FOMC is designed to make rate decisions based on economic conditions rather than political pressure. Warsh underscored that independence Wednesday, saying the Fed acted based on its assessment of employment, the strength of the economy and the inflation outlook. WARSH FACES FIRST BIG TEST ON CAPITOL HILL AS TRUMP’S FED VISION COMES INTO FOCUS The Fed chairman was later asked what message he had for Trump, who has repeatedly called for lower rates. He declined to discuss the president, saying, "I’ve got nothing for you on a discussion with the president." The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. For Trump, the timing is difficult. He campaigned on improving affordability, but the rate increase could make it harder for households to feel financial relief—and for the administration to show voters that its economic promises are producing results. With affordability and the cost of living already central issues in the midterm elections, higher borrowing costs could further complicate the president’s economic message. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabbed875342cf4db86f59a Memphis mom says Trump brought peace to streets as Democratic DA battles task force oversight te 2026-09-17T10:20:08.224Z Memphis mom says Trump brought peace to streets as Democratic DA battles task force oversight A Memphis mother says President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown silenced the gunfire that years of pleas to local leaders could not and finally allowed her children to play outside. "For once, I’m walking to my mailbox and it’s quiet," Dalisia Ballinger told Fox News Digital. "I’m hearing the birds chirp. I’m hearing the birds sing. I’m seeing children play in the middle of the street. I’m seeing fathers playing football." The striking turnaround turned Ballinger, a former journalist and violent-crime victim, into one of the most outspoken supporters of the Memphis Safe Task Force as the operation marks one year on the ground. It also put her at the center of a growing clash with Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a Democrat whose lawsuit against two new state oversight laws has sparked a petition demanding that he abandon the legal fight and disclose how his office handles cases generated by the task force. FORMER CHICAGO DETECTIVE SAYS ONE CITY'S MURDER PLUNGE OFFERS WINDY CITY CRIME BLUEPRIN "Public safety should not be up for debate," Ballinger said. "I don’t care if you are a Republican. I don’t care if you are a Democrat." Trump established the multi-agency operation through a presidential memorandum on Sept. 15, 2025, ordering federal, state and local authorities to coordinate against street and violent crime in Memphis. The task force is led by the U.S. Marshals Service and includes mobilized members of the Tennessee National Guard. The White House said Tuesday that the operation had produced 12,747 arrests as of Sept. 15, including 131 homicide arrests, 1,276 firearms arrests and 1,408 arrests of known gang members.  The administration also credited the task force with taking 2,160 illegal guns off the streets and recovering 189 missing children. FBI ANNOUNCES 305 ARRESTS, 24 MISSING CHILDREN RECOVERED IN CHICAGO DURING OPERATION NEW DAWN Overall crime in Memphis fell nearly 36% compared with the previous year, while murders dropped 36%, robberies fell 42% and vehicle thefts plunged 57%, according to figures released by the White House. City data had already shown crime falling before the task force arrived, and the statistics do not establish how much of the decline resulted directly from the federal surge. "That era is over. President Trump rejected the excuses, restored law and order, and once again proved that decline is a choice," the White House said. FBI REPORTS LARGEST DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME AND MURDER SINCE 1937 AS HOMICIDES FALL MORE THAN 18% Ballinger said the change became personal when her children could play outdoors without the constant fear that had gripped her neighborhood. She recalled a shooting four houses away in which she said roughly 30 gunshots struck a home occupied by a grandmother and her grandchildren. The family never returned, she said, leaving the property overtaken by grass and weeds. TRUMP'S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN 'WORKING' AS CITY SEES HOMICIDES PLUMMET 43% SINCE 2025: SLAIN INTERN'S MOM "We’ve been begging for years for our local leaders for assistance and for help," Ballinger said. "My children deserve peace, and with the Memphis Safe Task Force being here, we’ve finally been able to get that peace." Now, she and other supporters argue the operation’s arrests mean little if prosecutors later reduce or dismiss cases without explaining why. PROSECUTOR OUSTED AFTER ALLEGED ROMANCE WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SEX-CRIME SUSPECT: 'PATTERN OF MISCONDUCT' A Change.org petition titled "Stop Memphis DA From Protecting Criminals" had gathered nearly 10,000 verified signatures Wednesday.  The petition calls on Mulroy to drop a May lawsuit challenging the Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act and a separate law that authorizes the Tennessee attorney general to audit his office’s decisions in task force cases. The accountability law requires Mulroy’s office to submit a report every 10 business days when it settles or dismisses a charge arising from the task force. The second law allows the state attorney general to review prosecutorial decisions in those cases and ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to appoint a temporary prosecutor. PRIMARY SHOWDOWN: CONSERVATIVE FIREBRAND MARSHA BLACKBURN EYES GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN TENNESSEE Mulroy argues that both laws unconstitutionally single out Shelby County, intrude on the discretion of a locally elected prosecutor and burden his staff with duplicative reporting. His office said it already reports case outcomes under existing Tennessee law. "These bills target Shelby County unfairly and infringe on the rights of Shelby County voters," Mulroy said when the lawsuit was filed. He has characterized the dispute as a battle over whether Shelby County voters or state officials in Nashville control the district attorney’s office. Petition supporters see the lawsuit differently. "Thanks to President Trump, the Memphis Safe Task Force has delivered more for this city in one year than anyone thought possible," Ballinger, one of the petition's leading voices, said in a statement. "While federal, state, and local agents risk their lives taking criminals off our streets, DA Mulroy is fighting in court to hide how his office is undermining this task force." U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tennessee state Sen. Brent Taylor previously pressed  Mulroy for details after his office reported that 430 of 514 felony cases resolved in December 2025 ended without prison time and that 166 of the cases were categorized as violent. The lawmakers said the figures left unanswered how many defendants in violent cases received no prison sentence. Mulroy has accused his Republican critics of distorting crime data for political purposes. Ballinger rejected the claim that the petition is merely a partisan campaign against a Democratic prosecutor. "We have children. We have regular people that might not even be into politics," she said. "We deserve peace. Whether it’s on the East Coast, the West Coast or South, we all deserve peace." MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT ATTORNEY JODY OWENS RESIGNS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL BRIBERY CASE: REPORT The task force has also drawn fierce opposition. The ACLU of Tennessee and several Memphis residents have accused agents of aggressive policing and retaliation against people who record law enforcement. Four residents filed a federal lawsuit this year alleging harassment, unlawful arrests and physical mistreatment while exercising their First Amendment rights. The allegations have not been proven in court, while task force supporters point to thousands of arrests and sharply falling crime numbers as evidence the operation is working. Ballinger said legitimate complaints should be reviewed, but she does not believe they justify dismantling an operation she credits with making her neighborhood livable again. "I’m all for fairness, and I’m all for law and order," she said. "If we need to go back to the table [and] restructure so that people can feel safe, we can definitely put that on the board." For Ballinger, the anniversary is measured less by government statistics than by what she can see and hear beyond her front door. "It was noticeably enough to where it’s like, ‘Wow, there’s kids actually outside playing,’" she said. Fox News Digital reached out to Mulroy’s office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabbed775342cf4db86f591 Man says meat-only 'lion diet' cleared psoriasis covering 90% of his body, ended decades of depression te 2026-09-17T10:20:07.476Z Man says meat-only 'lion diet' cleared psoriasis covering 90% of his body, ended decades of depression A 50-year-old Florida man who says he spent decades battling severe psoriasis, pain and depression credits an extreme "lion diet" with saving his life. Stephen Lashbrook, of Pensacola, told Fox News Digital that his depression began at just 4 years old. In his teens, it was compounded by chronic pain, sleeplessness and, in his early 20s, he was diagnosed with psoriasis, an immune-mediated skin disease. "I was probably 90% covered in psoriasis," Lashbrook said. "My body was just one big, giant, itchy, flaky scab." DOCTORS DIVIDED OVER NEW DIET TREND THAT HAS BABIES LICKING BUTTER AND GUMMING RIBEYE STEAK Creams, steroids and other medications did not help, he said. Doctors recommended expensive, long-term injections to combat his inflammation, which left Lashbrook feeling hopeless and suicidal. Then, he came across a TED Talk from Mikhaila Peterson, an influencer and the daughter of Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson, who used a meat-only elimination diet to tackle her own health issues. "It gave me a whole new lease on life," he said. RED MEAT CAN HELP YOUR MOOD IF PART OF A HEALTHY, BALANCED DIET, STUDY SUGGESTS Lashbrook said he initially cut sugar, grains, fruits and vegetables from his diet.  On Jan. 1, 2024, he committed to the "lion diet," a strict carnivore diet variation centered on ruminant animal meat, "your cow, your buffalo, your lamb, your goat," he told Fox News Digital. Within a week, Lashbrook said his itching and suicidal thoughts stopped and, within a month, his skin began to clear up and his pain subsided. "I haven't had one suicidal thought. I haven't had any depression. I haven't had any pain," he said. "All my skin issues cleared up." RFK JR. CLAIMS HE LOST 20 POUNDS IN 20 DAYS, GAINED MENTAL CLARITY ON EXTREME DIET His current menu consists of only grass-fed ground beef and steak.  Lashbrook said he generally eats one meal per day — about 1½ to 2 pounds of high-fat ground beef usually cooked in an air fryer. "I feel like I'm reverse aging," he said. DOCTORS IN TRAINING LEARN COOKING SKILLS TO HELP PATIENTS AMID AMERICA'S CHRONIC DISEASE CRISIS His reported improvements are based on personal experience. Lashbrook said he has not had follow-up blood work or visited a doctor since changing his diet, preferring to judge the approach by how he feels. "Everyone's different," he added. "Not everybody needs to be on a lion diet. ... I'm a very specific case." Dr. Michael Aziz, a New York City-based internist and regenerative medicine specialist, said that while some people may feel better after cutting sugar and ultra-processed foods, that does not establish the carnivore diet as a treatment for psoriasis or other chronic conditions. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "Many people judge this diet by their success, by their weight loss, but they don't look long-term at their lifespan, how it can be affected by those diets," he told Fox News Digital. One of the main problems, Aziz added, is that carnivore-centered diets lack fiber.  "They can lead to problems like constipation. They can lead to kidney stones. They can lead to increased risks for heart attack and stroke," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Yet meat and protein-forward have drawn recent attention online and in the mainstream, especially as people seek to cut out ultra-processed foods. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he follows a carnivore diet centered on meat and fermented foods, claiming it helped him lose weight and gain mental clarity. Like Lashbrook, Kennedy has acknowledged that his experience may not be right for everyone and medical experts have cautioned that long-term effects of the carnivore diet remain unclear. Lashbrook will share his story this week at Carni-Con, a virtual convention centered around carnivore diets. The event runs from Sept. 18–20 and features doctors, creators and other diet advocates. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "The stories are what's most important," Lashbrook said.  "If people don't hear that these healings are possible, they're not going to know." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabbed575342cf4db86f57c Eight Autumn Outdoor Power Equipment Tips to Avoid Headaches Later te 2026-09-17T10:20:05.427Z Eight Autumn Outdoor Power Equipment Tips to Avoid Headaches Later When the weather turns harsh, it’s best to be prepared. Here’s how. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabb0c975342cf4db86f2a3 Explosive report exposes ‘dangerous imbalance’ in law school pipeline shaping how election cases are decided te 2026-09-17T09:20:09.816Z Explosive report exposes ‘dangerous imbalance’ in law school pipeline shaping how election cases are decided FIRST ON FOX: A report released this week examining America’s election-law pipeline found law schools that are overwhelmingly left-leaning, leaving conservatives outnumbered in both law-school classrooms and election litigation, which has resulted in a real world effect on courtroom outcomes, the report says. After reviewing election-law courses and faculty at all 198 ABA-accredited law schools, The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative legal group, found that liberal professors outnumber conservative professors nearly 7-to-1. "Among those few law schools that make election law classes available, leftist and liberal election professors outnumber right of center and conservative ones 76 to 12," the report states, adding that most of the election law centers are based in universities in blue states like New York and California. "There are so many left-wing lawyers in election law that it creates policy outcomes, election law changes, adapts, and election integrity statutes get struck down because there's so many lawyers on the other side," PILF President J. Christian Adams told Fox News Digital. INSIDE THE FAR-LEFT 'BREEDING GROUND' UNIVERSITIES ALLEGED WHCD SHOOTER CALLED HOME FOR YEARS "So nobody ever studied what's going on in law schools. We just always assumed, oh, there's just so many of them, but we never asked why. So, for the first time ever, Public Interest Legal Foundation went in and quantified the election law professors in the country and figured out if they're liberal or conservative and it's overwhelming. An absolute dangerous imbalance." PILF also examined curriculum at the top schools and characterized 70% of election-law classes as taught by professors with a left-leaning ideological bias. The report argues that students are being trained to challenge voter ID laws, citizenship-verification requirements, redistricting maps, voter-roll maintenance and other election-integrity measures. As a result, the law school graduates then move into liberal nonprofits and major law firms that litigate those issues. EXCLUSIVE: BAD BUNNY, MARXISM AND 'NASTY WOMEN' AMONG COURSES OFFERED AT IVY LEAGUE, ELITE COLLEGES The report cites examples from course descriptions that include references to "voter suppression," racial and partisan gerrymandering, felony disenfranchisement, the Electoral College and "election subversion." The report also highlights what it describes as ideological course offerings at several law schools, including Harvard’s "Bonobo Sisterhood" class, which examines what bonobos can teach humans about creating a society free of male sexual coercion. PILF points to election-law courses at Harvard, Michigan, UC Berkeley and other schools that address social justice, racial inequity, voter suppression, election subversion and proposals to restructure the Electoral College. The report makes the case that the political imbalance in law schools makes its way into courtrooms across the nation. Adams, who litigated a redistricting case in Galveston County, told Fox News Digital that the left brings "a swarm of lawyers" to court, outnumbering conservatives "five, six, seven times" in some hearings. "In that trial, it was so many lawyers on the other side, not only at the regular lawyer table, they filled the jury box," Adams said. "It was like 25 to five." Adams added that "anytime voter ID hangs in the balance, the left sends an army," while "conservatives defending election integrity just don’t have the horses." Adams told Fox News Digital that the current political culture on campuses exacerbates the divide and that part of the solution is law schools in red states establishing election law centers. "There’s definitely a culture on campuses that makes it hard," Adams said. "I’ve spoken at 75 law schools, and at many of them, conservatives show up as an anomaly rather than as active participants. But that’s not true everywhere." "A lot of schools that aren’t ideologically driven still don’t have election law programs. There’s no reason almost none of the law schools in Texas should teach election law. That’s something the legislature could fix by funding an election law chair at one of the state’s public universities." The report does not argue that every professor it identified as left-leaning advocates for a particular legal outcome or that ideology alone determines the result of election cases. Rather, PILF makes the case that the imbalance shapes the pipeline of students and lawyers entering election litigation, leaving conservative attorneys with fewer specialized colleagues, fewer academic resources and less experience to draw on when defending election-integrity laws. The result, according to PILF, is a self-enforcing imbalance where left-leaning professors shape how students are introduced to election law, those students move into voting-rights nonprofits and major law firms, and they eventually become the attorneys challenging election-integrity laws in court. According to report, that translates into more than just an ideological disparity on campus but a nationwide advantage in the lawyers, research and resources available to each side of election litigation. "We can solve this problem of this dangerous imbalance in election litigation, but we have to start to solve it," Adams told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard, UC Berkeley, and University of Michigan law schools for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabb0c975342cf4db86f29a American schools cost more than ever but our students still keep failing te 2026-09-17T09:20:09.135Z American schools cost more than ever but our students still keep failing The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores confirm what parents have been living for years: the United States is falling even further behind academically. American 15-year-olds just posted among the lowest reading and math results this country has recorded in a generation. Reading dropped another 14 points and math sits near historic lows. The teachers union cartel and the one-size-fits-all government school monopoly have produced an international embarrassment. Worse – and tellingly – that collapse followed a historic spending binge. According to the Census Bureau’s latest data, we now outspend every country on Earth: over $21,000 per student. Yet new Gallup polling shows satisfaction with K-12 education at an all-time low, with a whopping 67% of adults reporting dissatisfaction with the system. School-choice momentum helps explain why so many people are finally willing to call the system a disaster. We knew it all along. Families have more options than ever, so they no longer have to live with the cognitive dissonance of pretending they were sending their kids to good schools. They are breaking free from their captors, and the Stockholm syndrome is going away. NUMBER OF K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS DECLINED IN MORE THAN HALF OF STATES, REPORT INDICATES Staffing trends show who the monopoly actually serves. Since 2014, government schools have added about 620,000 employees while student enrollment has dropped by about 775,000. The government school system has become more of a jobs program for adults than an education initiative for kids. Take Frederick Douglass Academy High School in Chicago, which is about 97% empty. Built for more than 1,000 students, it now enrolls 27 children and employs 28 adults. Nearly two-thirds of those students are chronically absent. The school spends more than $90,000 per pupil and enjoys a better than one-to-one staff-to-student ratio, yet not a single child was tested as proficient in math or reading. NEW YORK CITY'S DECLINING PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PROJECTED TO LOSE OVER 150K MORE AS POPULATION DECLINES New York City runs the same model at industrial scale. Some 43% of kids in NYC public schools are stuck in failing campuses where more than half the student body is not proficient in math, reading or both. The city is spending north of $40,000 a kid, more than half a million dollars for each child’s 13-year K-12 "education," and still cannot get the basics right. Parents started waking up to the teachers union insanity during COVID-19, and 18 states have passed universal school choice policies in the past six years as a result. Reopening the buildings did not restore trust. The political indoctrination has only worsened, and the unions learned nothing from the backlash. They doubled down and leaned into ideological warfare, using kids as pawns to advance their socialist agenda. GOV HOCHUL'S PLAN TO OPT NEW YORK INTO FEDERAL SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM DRAWS UNION OPPOSITION Families are already voting with their feet. New data show homeschooling in New York has exploded by more than 200% over the past 15 years, with 53,905 children now learning at home and a sharp rise inside New York City. The Home School Legal Defense Association ranks New York among the most restrictive homeschool regimes in the country. Government schools there must be a total disaster for parents to flee them even without meaningful school choice options on the books. Texas proved demand is just as intense where choice finally exists. The state notched a major win in 2025, then immediately created a new bottleneck: more than 100,000 kids are stuck on a waitlist because the legislature allocated only $1 billion for the program. Comptroller Don Huffines has suggested doubling that funding next year, which is a step in the right direction. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION But Texas should drop the arbitrary cap altogether. Each scholarship is only around $10,000 per student per year, while government schools in the state already spend about twice that amount according to the latest Texas Education Agency data. Hardworking families should not be left on a waitlist while the monopoly keeps the larger check. Now is the time to put the pedal to the metal on the school-choice revolution. Fund students – not systems – and free families from the clutches of the teachers unions. No kid should be trapped in failing government schools any longer. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY COREY DEANGELIS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabb0c875342cf4db86f291 MORNING GLORY: Five Senate races show why Democrats may regret their primary choices te 2026-09-17T09:20:08.410Z MORNING GLORY: Five Senate races show why Democrats may regret their primary choices Abdul El-Sayed. James Talarico. Peggy Flanagan. Troy Jackson. Chris Pappas. These are not your parents’ Democrats. They aren’t even the 2016 or 2020 Democrats. They aren’t even Kamala Harris Democrats. MEET THE FAR-LEFT INSURGENTS WAGING WAR ON THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IN 2026 MIDTERMS Across five battleground Senate races, Democrats have nominated "outliers"—hard-left radicals whose appeals to voters have sent their would-be constituents headed toward the GOP’s alternatives in each state where the races are being waged. In Michigan, radical Abdul El-Sayed beat Rep. Haley Stevens—an old-school, big-government liberal—by 1 percentage point in a race that pollsters often had him up by double digits, and his smallest projected margin had been seven points. Voters were turning on him even then as they learned more about his radical views. SCANDALS, SOCIALISTS AND TRUMP ROIL PRIMARIES, SEND INCUMBENTS PACKING AT NEAR-RECORD PACE El-Sayed eked out a win in the primary, but mainstream Republican Mike Rogers, who served 14 years in the House of Representatives, including a term as chair of the House Intelligence Committee, quickly established himself as a normal, pro-American Michigander with a love of football, Mackinac Island and Ford trucks—all of which El-Sayed had disparaged. Meanwhile, El-Sayed tried without effect to delete radical Hasan Piker from his bio, even though everyone in Michigan had seen Piker carry El-Sayed over the primary’s finish line and campaign with the self-proclaimed America-hater on the last day of the primary campaign. "Advantage Rogers," especially as early absentee voting begins in Michigan next week. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico insists on driving off independents and moderates from his Senate campaign with wacky statements and positions that just keep coming. This week, a friendly questioner caught Talarico exiting a campaign event stage and asked, "Who is your favorite drag queen?" SHOCK POLL: TALARICO TIES PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE RACE, THREATENING GOP STRONGHOLD Talarico didn’t miss a beat or take a breath: "Oh, my gosh. Probably Alyssa Edwards." Talarico’s Texas opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no doubt be using that clip in ads blanketing the Lone Star State soon. There just are not that many Texans who can quickly name their favorite drag queen as they would a restaurant, a pizza topping or a Dallas Cowboys player. In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins is always an electoral powerhouse, and never more so than this year as the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee—probably the most coveted seat in the entire Senate for a senator who wants to make sure his or her state’s critical priorities are funded. DEMOCRATS WHO ‘NEVER VOTED REPUBLICAN’ BACK ROGERS OVER EL-SAYED IN RAZOR-CLOSE RACE Voting against Collins in any year would be unusual—she embodies Maine’s moderation on political matters—but this year her seniority and 10,000 consecutive roll call votes have brought her to the top of the Senate’s food chain. She first drew Graham Platner as her challenger, but he had to quit the race after being engulfed in scandals. Democrats then turned to Troy Jackson, a perennial candidate who finished third in this year’s Democratic primary for governor in the Pine Tree State and whose charisma deficit is immense, made more difficult by the unusual features of his personal and political journey. TAFOYA MAKES 'COMMON SENSE' PITCH TO DISAFFECTED DEMOCRATS AS SHE VOWS TO FIGHT MINNESOTA’S ‘SOCIALIST LURCH’ In Minnesota, cresting fraud scandals drove Gov. Tim Walz from the governor’s race, but his partner in failing to pay attention to alleged fraud schemes, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, slipped through a crowded field and brought her DSA-adjacent and Bernie Sanders-endorsed politics to a Senate campaign in which she is matched against "super-normie" Michele Tafoya, the longtime NFL reporter who has earned five Emmys. Tafoya surged to a tie in deep-blue Minnesota because the state is simply weary of progressive indifference to crime and fraud, and Tafoya is the definition of a "smart moderate." Finally, New Hampshire Democrats turned to left-wing political lifer Chris Pappas to run for the seat being left open by the retirement of moderate Democrat Jean Shaheen. Pappas has been running for office since he graduated from Harvard in 2002. With each step up the Democratic organizational chart, he’s gone further to the left. Now he’s finally getting close to the Senate (and no doubt sees himself in the White House in a few years), only to run into a massive roadblock: John Sununu. NEW HAMPSHIRE CANDIDATE JOHN SUNUNU BLASTS DEMS FOR NOVING ‘FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY’ ON RUTHLESS The Sununu family has been serving New Hampshire voters in every sort of way for decades. They are all MIT engineers, and they are all moderates. Their political brand is among the best in America, and John Sununu’s decision to leave the success he has achieved in the private sector to serve Granite State citizens again is a sharp contrast to the forever-in-government Pappas. With moderate New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte also up for re-election, Sununu has the wind at his back and is running the classic New Hampshire retail campaign, where voters expect to see their Senate candidates everywhere. NEWT GINGRICH: REPUBLICANS CAN WIN THE 2026 MIDTERMS — IF THEY FOLLOW THE PLAN There are four other competitive Senate races of note: in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina. All four states were carried by President Trump in 2024, so every Republican has a good shot, especially incumbent Ohio Sen. John Husted, who is running against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who had been in office for five decades until Buckeye voters finally tossed him out two years ago as too liberal for Ohio. All four will be hard-fought through the close of polls on November 3, but the five described above, in which Democrats nominated radicals and ultra-progressives? Not so much. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION In the Tea Party years, the GOP fell into the trap of nominating candidates who made moderates in both parties and independents shake their heads, and Democrats won again and again. Now the left has seized control of the Democratic Party, at least for a season, and Republicans are benefitting from the lack of discipline in the Democratic primaries. This is how America always self-corrects against political excess. When El-Sayed, Talarico, and others get rejected in November, Democrats will have a chance to reset "between the 40s" of American politics. The country needs two viable parties. It’s time for voters to send the Democrats a loud message, just as they did years ago to Republicans: Nominate normal people, or lose, lose, lose. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabb0c775342cf4db86f288 Kavanaugh throws Trump 'a lifeline' on mail ballot rules despite Supreme Court loss before midterms te 2026-09-17T09:20:07.780Z Kavanaugh throws Trump 'a lifeline' on mail ballot rules despite Supreme Court loss before midterms Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's "hero" Supreme Court justice, isn't closing the door on the United States Postal Service (USPS) enacting Trump's ballot-mail rules in the future, although he agreed with the majority that implementing them ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is too soon. "In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service’s statutory authority," Kavanaugh wrote in his concurring opinion in United States Postal Service, et al. v. California, et al. The concurrence comes roughly three months after Kavanaugh laid out a legal pathway for Trump to implement his executive order curtailing birthright citizenship in his concurrence in Trump v. Barbara. Kavanaugh also offered a blueprint for implementing Trump's sweeping tariffs in his dissent in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. "I would note though that Justice Kavanaugh threw the government a lifeline by saying that he views it as likely that they do have the statutory authority. And I think if you read the dissent, you can see where Justices Thomas and Alito are on questions like that as well," Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project, told Fox News Digital. TRUMP BLASTS SUPREME COURT 'DISASTER' AFTER JUSTICES RULE AGAINST HIM ON MAIL-IN VOTING The Supreme Court on Monday denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to lift a lower court injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service rule, ruling that the government was "unlikely to succeed on the merits" of its challenge. The decision leaves the rule blocked for the 2026 midterms after ballots have already been sent. But as the litigation continues, the case could return to the Supreme Court. "I think there's a fair chance that it winds back up in front of the Supreme Court eventually," Snead told Fox News Digital. A dissent written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by Justice Clarence Thomas also raised questions about whether the policy could ultimately survive the legal challenge and take effect before 2028 "I do think that as a practical matter, the rule is not going to be implemented in time for the midterms. I think that's a done deal at this point. But I do hold out hope that there will be some additional litigation over this that could allow this rule to be implementing ahead of the 2028 presidential election," Snead said. The Postal Service rule requires federal ballot-mail envelopes to include an election-mail logo, be scannable by high-speed processing equipment, and carry a specialized barcode unique to each voter. States would also have to upload certain voter information to a Postal Service portal. A coalition of 24 Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration, alleging the rule violates the Constitution's Elections Clause, which grants Congress the power to regulate elections. The Trump administration argued the USPS is regulating the mail, not election procedures. TRUMP SCORES SUPREME COURT WIN ON MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MIDTERMS "So this case is still alive and well, and I think that Kavanaugh has given us all some hope that as it progresses eventually, this rule might be allowed to go into effect hopefully in time for the 2028 election since the left has successfully killed it for 2026," Snead continued. Iowa Solicitor General Eric Wessan also pointed to timing as a major factor, noting that earlier litigation and an injunction in Massachusetts delayed the Postal Service’s ability to publish the final rule. "So I'm not surprised now, close to the deadline when ballots have to go out to people that the Supreme Court took the approach of maintaining the status quo, although I think that Justice Alito's dissent highlights a lot of issues with the approach taken by the majority, and I would not be sure that the same result would be what the Supreme Court reaches in advance of, for example, the 2028 election," Wessan said. Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, dissented, arguing that the government had made the necessary showing for a stay. He also questioned whether some plaintiffs had standing and described that those plaintiffs relying on a "Hail Mary pass" the Supreme Court has previously said "rarely succeeds." FEDERAL JUDGE AGAIN BLOCKS TRUMP'S MAIL BALLOT ORDER JUST BEFORE MIDTERMS "The hail mary passes seem to be succeeding to a certain extent," Wessan said. "So the president's executive order was issued five months ago, and the injunction followed pretty shortly after. And as the Supreme Court recognized in the litigation earlier, that injunction against the executive order was improper." "But the amount of time that it took to get that resolved by the Supreme Court put the Postal Service in a very tough spot timing-wise with rolling it out for the election coming up in November, especially because states are on the verge of having to send ballots out, whether to the armed services or otherwise," Wessan continued. Abhishek Kambil said the lack of a fuller explanation from the court’s majority stood out to him. "I think the biggest surprise was the fact that it came with an unreasoned order, especially right after they granted a stay in Missouri, which was also on an unreasoned order. So, in cases like this, where there's a lot at stake, you would hope that in in in a stay opinion that the Supreme Court would explain its reasoning," Kambil said. JACKSON RIPS INTO SUPREME COURT COLLEAGUES' 'SERIOUS LEGAL ERROR' ON TRUMP MAIL-IN VOTING ORDER "So, I think the biggest thing that surprised me was the lack of explanation, especially given Justice Alito had a pretty methodical dissent explaining all the ways the majority got wrong, and we don't know exactly how the majority decided to deny the stay," Kambil told Fox News Digital. Wessan said that he expects the rule to remain sidelined this year while leaving open the possibility of a different outcome later. "This rule won't be in effect for the 2026 election, but it very well may end up in effect for the 2028 election, and this is just one of many actions the administration is taking to help with voter integrity," Wessan said. Snead argued that without a looming election, Democratic states may have a tougher time fighting against implementing the USPS rules. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "So they're going to have a difficult time and a steeper hill to climb if they're trying to explain in 2027, for instance, why they can't possibly comply with basic rules like this over a two-year time frame," Snead told Fox News Digital. "And just so folks understand what we're talking about. We're talking about taking best practices about mail ballot envelope design that have been long standing and making that mandatory guidance." "And we're also talking about getting lists of eligible mail voters that states already have so that the Postal Service can essentially create manifests and that will allow them to know who they're sending ballots to and it will allow those ballots to be tracked. So this is a very basic, very simple thing," Snead continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabb0c775342cf4db86f27f Scammers are coming for your money. Here’s the one thing you must never do te 2026-09-17T09:20:07.114Z Scammers are coming for your money. Here’s the one thing you must never do Imagine getting a phone call from your bank. The bank's name is listed on the caller ID with the correct phone number. They know key details about you—your name, your account numbers, maybe even your Social Security number or mother's maiden name. They warn you that you have fallen victim to a financial scam. But the plot twist is that they are the scammers! YOUR FAMILY COULD BE ONE PHONE CALL FROM A BANK SCAM This is happening across the country at an alarming rate. Technology can help increase our productivity, but it also can boost scammers by enabling increasingly sophisticated tactics that allow them to impersonate companies, access sensitive information, and create a panic that causes even the savviest people to unwittingly help them complete their scams. FRAUD EXPERT WARNS AI IS HELPING CRIMINALS OUTPACE THE GOVERNMENT: 'DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS' So, how can you protect yourself from these growing scams, including those in which the scammer is impersonating your bank? If you see your bank, credit card company, Amazon, Microsoft, or any other company with whom you do business calling, and you aren't immediately expecting that call, do not answer your phone. Scammers are "spoofing" phone numbers so that the phone number shows up on your phone with the name of a big company even though they are not affiliated with it. Sometimes, it even shows the correct phone number even though they are calling from another number. If you don't answer your phone, you take away a huge tool for scammers: their ability to create urgency and panic. When you are told that you are the subject of fraud, that your money is at risk, or something similar, and you need to take action, you panic. APPLE PAY TEXT SCAM THREATENS $8,250 LOSS IN 35 MINUTES In a state of panic, you do not think clearly, and this can lead you to take actions that you would never undertake in a calm state. I personally suggest not answering any phone calls. If you receive a call, try calling the person or business back using the number in your contacts if they leave a message. AMAZON'S ALEXA CAN NOW VERIFY SUSPICIOUS MESSAGES If you get a voicemail message about an issue (such as supposedly being the victim of a scam) or a text or email, again, do not panic. Instead, find a trusted touchpoint. THE SCAM TEXT TEST: SPOT DANGER BEFORE YOU TAP For banks, credit card companies, and other financial providers, find their phone number on the back of your bank card or on an old paper statement that you know is legitimate. You can also go to their website and look for a phone number or customer service email address. HI MOM TEXT SCAM: HOW TO SPOT FAKE EMERGENCY TEXTS This puts you in control of the contact, and you can safely find out if there is legitimately an issue or if you have been contacted by a scammer. Controlling the contact instead of letting the scammer be in control is key to fighting scams. If you do let a text or phone call break through (and you shouldn't, but I know it happens), do not respond or give out sensitive information in response to their requests. For example, they may send you a text and ask for a security code sent to your phone. Again, this is them trying to scam you, not help you. Giving up codes like this could help them drain your bank account. Instead, again, seek out a trusted phone number and call the company to verify whether there is a problem. If there is, they can help you directly. Much of the time, you will find out it was a scam attempt. Creating urgency is key for scammers. They make you worried. As noted above, you get into a state of panic, and you take action without thinking. If you are asked to take any urgent action, such as going to a bank immediately, withdrawing or moving funds, buying gift cards, immediately giving out information, or anything else, stop and take a beat. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The same goes for secrecy. If they tell you not to contact the police or not to tell the bank teller what is going on because they might be in on it, do not listen. You are not James Bond, and you are not caught up in an international stakeout—you are simply a person whom a fraudster is trying to trick. Reset and call your financial institution or the police for guidance. This may sound obvious while you are reading it, but thousands of well-meaning people have fallen victim to the psychological manipulation of scammers. Finally, with AI technology, even voices are being spoofed. Have a family code phrase among your family members that isn't published anywhere. Then, if someone calls using your loved one's voice as part of a scam, you can ask for the code phrase. If it isn't given, you will know it is not your family member. Scammers are everywhere. They are relentless, and they will stop at nothing to try to fleece you. Be diligent, take control of your communications, and defuse urgency so that they do not succeed. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM CAROL ROTH Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabae6e75342cf4db86f1d8 Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns te 2026-09-17T09:10:06.786Z Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabae6e75342cf4db86f1cf Democrats Hope Voting Rights Decision Will Drive Black Turnout in South te 2026-09-17T09:10:06.043Z Democrats Hope Voting Rights Decision Will Drive Black Turnout in South Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will bring out Black voters in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabae6d75342cf4db86f1c6 Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid te 2026-09-17T09:10:05.341Z Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic Senate nominee. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabae6c75342cf4db86f1bd Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling. te 2026-09-17T09:10:04.592Z Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling. The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aabac1875342cf4db86f175 Dems boost convicted radical-left candidate, reigniting tensions inside the party te 2026-09-17T09:00:08.472Z Dems boost convicted radical-left candidate, reigniting tensions inside the party The House Democrats' campaign arm is embracing a far-left candidate with a long trail of controversial and inflammatory comments — along with an arrest record — who won their party's nomination in a crucial congressional swing district in battleground Michigan, after holding off on helping him for over a month. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week expanded its target list of GOP-controlled House seats it is aiming to flip as Democrats work to recapture control of the chamber in the midterm elections. One of the three candidates added to the committee's "Red to Blue" program is Will Lawrence of Michigan. Lawrence was arrested in 2013 on charges of resisting police during a protest. Documents obtained by Fox News showed Lawrence was charged with trespassing and with resisting and obstructing an officer. He has said the conviction was later expunged. Lawrence has also deleted hundreds of past controversial social media posts, including support for scrapping police and prisons, open borders, abolishing the Senate, calling for a Democratic Party "civil war" and bashing the nuclear family, which he characterized as part of a "violent way of organizing society." HOUSE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE'S 2013 ARREST RESURFACES IN PIVOTAL RACE FOR CONGRESS A former Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member who says he let his membership lapse, Lawrence has walked back many of his previous statements, including once calling for defunding the police. He told Fox News Digital in a statement last month, "I don't support defunding the police. I follow the lead of first responders and gun violence prevention advocates I have met with here in the district, who support increased funding for youth programs, mental health resources, and community violence intervention, working in collaboration with law enforcement." Lawrence has also distanced himself from some of his other comments, telling CNN, "Like many millennials, I’ve done my fair share of thinking out loud on the internet." Lawrence, a co-founder of the progressive Sunrise Movement, topped two establishment-backed rivals in last month's Democratic primary in Michigan, in a heated nomination showdown that further fueled the party's civil war between the far-left and the center-left. He's now challenging first-term Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District, a Lansing-anchored seat that President Donald Trump carried by just one point in the 2024 election. Lawrence's addition to the DCCC program came more than a month after his primary victory. That's not out of the ordinary, as the DCCC and the rival National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) sometimes take a few weeks before elevating primary winners, as they consider polling, fundraising, and other considerations But Democratic sources told Fox News Digital that some progressives had grown frustrated with the delay. The DCCC waited, in part, out of deference to Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) leaders, according to a CNN report, as Lawrence faced criticism over past comments about Black politicians. The CBC has yet to endorse Lawrence, in part because of his 2024 podcast comments criticizing Black political leaders, calling them a "pillar" of the "capitalist, imperialist" American establishment. Lawrence has apologized for those comments and for also charging that Black political leaders "defang the White left." Fox News Digital reached out to the CBC, but didn't receive a response at the time this article posted. Adding Lawrence to the DCCC list is getting some pushback by centrist Democrats. "I think they waited so long because he is a pretty far-left candidate running in a swing district that is currently held by a Republican and two, he has said something very, very controversial about African-Americans and that’s not great combination when you’re trying to win a swing district," Matt Bennett, co-founder and executive vice president of the Democratic centrist think tank Third Way told Fox News Digital. "It could further exacerbate tensions within the party" if Lawrence hasn't been able to patch up his relationship with the CBC, Bennett added. SUNRISE MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER DEFEATS ESTABLISHMENT-BACKED DEMS IN KEY MICHIGAN RACE In making her announcement on Tuesday, DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene said that Lawrence and the two other candidates added to the 'Red to Blue' program, Democrat Mitchell Berman of Wisconsin and independent Bill Hill of Alaska, "represent the very best of their communities—unbought, practical leaders who know what it takes to win in tough districts." "While Tom Barrett sides with Trump and the corporate special interests, Will Lawrence sides with the people. He stands up to anyone trying to take advantage of Michigan, and in Congress he’ll keep fighting to give the community that raised him a fair shot," DelBene added. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB But NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon pilloried the move by the DCCC to add Lawrence to its list. "D.C. Democrats are embracing Socialist William Lawrence, who wants to abolish the police, abolish prisons, ban fossil fuels, allow sex changes for kids, and advance every other far-left liberal policy in mid-Michigan," Bannon charged. Meanwhile, NRCC National Press Secretary Mike Marinella took to social media to post a long list of Lawrence's past controversial comments. With the additions of Lawrence, Hill, and Berman, the DCCC now has 40 races on its target list. "This is just the latest sign that MI-07 is one of the most competitive races anywhere in the country," Lawrence said on X as he commented on the DCCC's move. "And it’s a vote of confidence that our people powered campaign fighting to bring down the cost of living and standing up to corporate power is gaining momentum." Fox News' Liz Elkind contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab96ff75342cf4db86e3fa Small Business Administration To Prioritize Defense-Critical Manufacturers As New Rules Take Effect te 2026-09-17T07:30:07.924Z Small Business Administration To Prioritize Defense-Critical Manufacturers As New Rules Take Effect By Matthew Holloway | The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced last week that it will prioritize applications from small businesses in defense-critical manufacturing industries for its 8(a) Business Development Program as revised eligibility requirements take effect for individually owned firms. The new guidance also calls for restoring financial and business document reviews of applicants. The priority industries include missile and space vehicle manufacturing, aircraft parts, navigation and guidance systems, electronic components, ammunition, and machine shops. Arizona’s aerospace and defense supply chain includes more than 1,250 companies. The Trump SBA recognizes that American battle readiness depends on Main Street small businesses. That’s why we are now prioritizing processing for 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries. This change will strengthen domestic supply chains by fast-tracking defense-critical… pic.twitter.com/14cAgbdJtb — SBA (@SBAgov) September 10, 2026 “Arizona is a leader in the aerospace and defense industry and a hub for missiles, space, avionics, navigation, electronics, precision manufacturing, and aircraft-related production, with a supply chain of more than 1,250 aerospace and defense companies,” said SBA Pacific Regional Administrator Steven Snow. “By prioritizing qualified 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries, SBA is helping Arizona small businesses compete for federal contracts, expand production capacity, strengthen domestic supply chains, and deliver the components and capabilities that support America’s military readiness.” The 8(a) program provides federal contracting opportunities and business development assistance to qualifying small businesses. The SBA’s certification portal lists benefits including access to sole-source and competitive set-aside contracts, assistance from federal procurement experts, and support from business opportunity specialists. Under the guidance, the SBA will prioritize application review and processing for businesses operating in 10 designated North American Industry Classification System categories. Along with aerospace, electronics, and ammunition manufacturers, the list includes iron and steel mills, ferroalloy manufacturing, miscellaneous fabricated metal products, and shipbuilding and repair. The priority applies to processing applications for program admission. The SBA’s announcement identifies the eligible industry codes. “Under President Trump’s leadership and our partnership with Secretary Hegseth on the Smaller War Plants Commission, the SBA is leveraging the 8(a) Program to reindustrialize America and build out the network of small manufacturers and suppliers that equip our warfighters,” SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said. The guidance supports the Smaller War Plants Commission, which the SBA and the Department of War announced August 25 as an effort to strengthen defense industrial production capacity. A separate final rule published in August removes the regulatory presumption that members of certain racial and ethnic groups are socially disadvantaged. It establishes revised standards for individual applicants to demonstrate disadvantage. The rule follows a 2023 federal court decision in Ultima Services Corp. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found the presumption unconstitutional and prohibited the SBA from continuing to use it. Under the revised standards, applicants must provide evidence of discrimination, bias, or favoritism affecting a racial, ethnic, or cultural group and self-certify that they belonged to the affected group and suffered material harm. The regulation defines material harm as lost access to, or diminished opportunities for, economic advancement. The rule applies to individually owned applicants. It does not change eligibility for businesses owned by tribes, Alaska Native corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, or community development corporations. The final rule details those distinctions. The SBA also said it is restoring “potential for success” reviews, including comprehensive evaluations of financial records and business documents intended to assess whether applicants can perform federal contracts. The agency has posted guidance on those reviews through MySBA Certifications. The agency will return pending applications from individually owned businesses through its “Return to Business” system so applicants can address the revised requirements and provide updated financial records. Applicants will have 45 calendar days to complete the updates and resubmit their applications, the agency said. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Small Business Administration To Prioritize Defense-Critical Manufacturers As New Rules Take Effect first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab94a575342cf4db86e388 West Virginia woman charged in death of ill husband she left on toilet for 19 hours te 2026-09-17T07:20:05.449Z West Virginia woman charged in death of ill husband she left on toilet for 19 hours A West Virginia woman is accused of leaving her frail and ailing husband on the toilet for 19 hours, an act investigators say contributed to his death. Margaret Rog, 75, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of her 76-year-old husband. She was charged with abuse or neglect of an incapacitated adult. Authorities allege Rog had left her husband, who suffers from dementia, Alzheimer’s and legal blindness, on the toilet overnight last month, leading to serious health conditions that contributed to his death, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office said, according to WDTV. Her husband went to the bathroom at around 3 p.m. on Aug. 20, but when he was finished doing his business, Rog was unable to help him off the toilet. IOWA WOMAN DIED FOLLOWING HERNIA REPAIR AFTER NURSES DISMISSED PAINFUL POST-SURGERY SYMPTOMS: LAWSUIT According to investigators, instead of calling for help, the woman left her husband unattended and unresponsive for 19 hours without food, water or his prescribed medications, the sheriff's office said. Deputies allege Rog watched her husband groan in pain but did not call anyone for help and later went to bed as her ailing husband remained stuck on the toilet, according to deputies. At around 10 a.m. the following day, a speech therapist arrived for an in-home visit with Rog’s husband and found the man unresponsive and in dangerously poor condition, according to WDTV, citing court records. The speech therapist then called an ambulance and the man was rushed to the hospital. He was then diagnosed with several conditions, including heart failure, respiratory failure, pulmonary embolism, hypernatremia, sepsis and rhabdomyolysis. The man was also found to have wounds on his backside, shortness of breath and an altered mental status, according to court records. He died in the hospital on Aug. 31. Investigators said the elderly man’s condition and injuries linked to being left on the toilet were "significant contributing factors" to his death, WDTV reported. 7 NEW DEMENTIA RISK FACTORS REVEALED — INCLUDING ONE MILLIONS STRUGGLE WITH Rog allegedly made statements investigators described as self-incriminating to law enforcement, adult protection services and family members over the course of the investigation, according to court documents. The woman allegedly suggested she was aware of her husband’s need for assistance but deliberately opted against offering any help. She pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday and posted a $75,000 bond. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab7f8d75342cf4db86df87 20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards te 2026-09-17T05:50:05.520Z 20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards More than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over a new Department of Homeland Security rule that would give immigration officials wider discretion in determining what constitutes a public charge, a statute that allows the government to deny visas or green cards to applicants it determines are likely to become dependent on government assistance. The rule, which is set to take effect on Friday, would expand the list of possible government aid that officials could point to when deciding to disqualify an applicant. New York State Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 21 states and Washington, D.C., in suing the administration over what they describe as punishment for immigrants' law use of public assistance. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani led a separate lawsuit filed by a coalition of cities challenging DHS' rule. James said the rule would allow immigration officials to consider an immigrant's use of benefits like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and participation in school meal programs when determining whether they could become dependent on government aid. She also said it could lead to more fear of interacting with the government for people who are part of an immigrant family. TRUMP ADMIN PAUSES VISA APPOINTMENTS WORLDWIDE AMID HEIGHTENED SCREENING FOR APPLICANTS "Hardworking families should not be forced to go without the support they need because they fear asking for assistance will get them deported," James said in a statement. "This rule preys on that fear and counts on families forfeiting the food assistance, health care coverage, and other public benefits to which they are legally entitled. My office fought this exact policy once before and won, and we are leading the nation to ensure the Trump administration cannot inflict this harm on families again." The public charge ground applies to certain immigrants seeking admission or adjustment of status. Most undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federal means-tested public benefits, although limited exceptions exist under federal and state law. The states argue they would lose billions of dollars in federal funding if immigrants pull from programs over fears about the public charge rule. Immigration officials under the Biden administration's 2022 public charge rule generally considered only cash assistance for income maintenance, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), along with government-funded long-term institutionalization, when determining a public charge. The rule does not specify a fixed list of public benefits that immigration officials may consider. Instead, it states that officers may consider the receipt of any means-tested public benefits as part of a public charge determination, giving them broader discretion in evaluating applicants. The states' and cities' lawsuits asked the courts to declare the rule unlawful and prevent DHS from using it. "It's very hard to predict how courts will look at this issue. It is very unusual regulation though," Cato Institute Director of Immigration Studies David Bier told Fox News Digital. "I think from that standpoint the states have a good argument that we had a well defined public charge rule and the administration didn't replace it with some other well defined rule, it replaced it with nothing. So now there's just discretion to the officers to do whatever they want with the underlying statute. There's no regulation that clearly says this is what it means to be a public charge in the United States." "The rule as it was before this new regulation was you had to be primarily dependent on certain government benefit programs. This rule removes that definition and doesn't replace it with anything. So now people and applicants, lawyers who are applying to the government on behalf of applicants, they don't know really what the law is," he continued. The states' lawsuit argues that DHS is exceeding its authority because Congress did not approve a broader interpretation of what it means to be a public charge. The states say the new rule is arbitrary and that the agency ignored the harmful consequences of the change. DOJ THREATENS TO CUT BILLIONS IN WELFARE FUNDING FROM STATES FOR FAILING TO REPORT ILLEGAL MIGRANTS "Cruelty is the point," James said at a press conference on Monday. "Having a chilling effect on immigrants is the point. Letting individuals know that they are not welcome here is the point. Immigration animus is the point. The fact that you’re going to deny individuals who are sick and hungry and homeless benefits just is beyond the pale." DHS did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment in time for publication. Bier said the rule does not prohibit immigrants from receiving welfare and is only used as an officer's projection about someone's likelihood of future welfare use in the U.S., warning that it could lead to self-sufficient applicants being denied. "Whether someone is currently using benefits or not doesn't matter under this evaluation. It's this probabilistic determination of the future that they're using in order to deny people legal status and legal permanent resident status in the United States. That's a much more difficult assessment to make. That's going to result in arbitrary denials. It's just not possible to do this type of assessment and not result in people who would be self-sufficient being denied status," he said. This comes as President Donald Trump pursues a broader immigration crackdown that has extended beyond illegal immigration to legal immigration pathways. While Trump campaigned in 2024 on curbing illegal immigration, his administration has also imposed additional restrictions on legal immigration, including higher fees for certain work visas and new limits on how long some foreign students and journalists can remain in the U.S. The administration has also pursued visa revocations and removal proceedings in cases involving political activity and speech, including some anti-Israel activists. Those efforts have prompted court challenges in which plaintiffs allege violations of First Amendment free speech and Fifth Amendment due process protections. "It's very clear that this administration wants to restrict both illegal immigration, which obviously it's done at the border, and through deportations, but also legal immigration," Bier said. Last month, the administration directed U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to postpone immigrant visa interviews while consular officers complete training on new public charge guidance, temporarily stalling applications that had reached the interview stage. "The primary population that's going to be affected by this public charge rule are spouses of U.S. citizens and their kids who are trying to receive green cards so they can live with their American spouse or parent here in the United States. That's the overwhelming majority of the people who are going to be affected by the rule. It's going to result in many of those immigrant families being separated from their American spouse or parent," Bier said. MAMDANI BLASTS FEDS FOR WAGING 'CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR' AGAINST NYC'S IMMIGRANTS The public charge provision stems from the Immigration Act of 1882, when federal lawmakers sought to ensure that immigrants would be able to take care of themselves and not become a public burden. After years of only considering cash benefits, the first Trump administration widened the categories of benefit programs that could be considered a public charge, including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. But the Biden administration in 2022 published a rule that returned to the previous guidance. The rule set to take effect this week would rescind the Biden administration's rule. The new rule is more broad than the one from the first Trump administration, as it does not specify which safety nets should be considered and only states that DHS "will consider the receipt of any means tested public benefits." "One of the most important things to understand is that during the first Trump administration, they had a public charge rule that was well defined that really did explain exactly what you were supposed to do in order to not be deemed a public charge or who was a public charge. This is completely different from that. It's essentially the Wild West. No one knows what's going on, no one knows what the law is now," Bier said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab762b75342cf4db86dafc Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform te 2026-09-17T05:10:03.931Z Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab6ccf75342cf4db86d96c Scene pkg Sept. 16 te 2026-09-17T04:30:07.283Z Scene pkg Sept. 16 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab6cce75342cf4db86d963 Fort Mohave pediatrics clinic issues potential measles case alert te 2026-09-17T04:30:06.325Z Fort Mohave pediatrics clinic issues potential measles case alert FORT MOHAVE — A local pediatrics clinic is warning parents of a potential measles case in the River Valley. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab611275342cf4db86d61a Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-09-17T03:40:02.151Z Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other — and how founders can do that without sacrificing speed, accountability, or culture. Learn more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up to $200. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab5c6775342cf4db86d582 WATCH: Handcuffed inmate breaks free, punches deputy in wild courthouse escape attempt te 2026-09-17T03:20:07.340Z WATCH: Handcuffed inmate breaks free, punches deputy in wild courthouse escape attempt Wild courthouse video appears to show a newly sentenced Ohio man slipping out of his handcuffs, punching a bailiff and making a desperate run for the exit before deputies stopped his escape. Timothy J. Reaggle, 20, of Wellsville, allegedly attacked two Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday shortly after learning he would spend a year in prison in a separate case, according to local reports. Columbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin told WFMJ that both deputies suffered broken bones but have since been released from the hospital. Video released by the sheriff's office shows a deputy escorting Reaggle down a hallway after his sentencing. Reaggle then suddenly breaks free of his handcuffs and allegedly punches the deputy before sprinting away. ESCAPED INMATE'S BID FOR FREEDOM COMES TO CRASHING END AFTER COORDINATED MANHUNT CLOSES IN As he runs down the hallway, Reaggle is seen crashing into another deputy, knocking him to the ground. Reaggle then allegedly headed toward the courthouse exit, where video shows him sliding down the steps and racing toward the front doors before he was subdued with a Taser and taken into custody. The video also shows people rushing to assist the injured deputies. One deputy was later seen lying on the floor, bleeding from the head and holding a paper towel against his face, according to WFMJ. Reaggle had just been sentenced to one year in prison in a case dating to Feb. 14, 2025, according to WKBN. He pleaded guilty in July to charges including aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated menacing, failure to comply and two misdemeanor counts of assault. LOUISIANA SHERIFF CHARGED AFTER TOILET JAILBREAK LET 10 INMATES ESCAPE IN LOCKUP FIASCO McLaughlin said Reaggle is being held at the Columbiana County Jail and will eventually be transported to state prison. Reaggle is also awaiting potential new charges stemming from the courthouse incident. According to WFMJ, McLaughlin said those charges are expected to include assault on a police officer and felony escape. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab5c6275342cf4db86d54a State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials te 2026-09-17T03:20:02.656Z State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab5a0f75342cf4db86d50b Sam Leavitt injury bombshell sends LSU-Ole Miss showdown into chaotic mode, as Kiffin's return looms te 2026-09-17T03:10:07.927Z Sam Leavitt injury bombshell sends LSU-Ole Miss showdown into chaotic mode, as Kiffin's return looms Just when you thought the upcoming showdown between LSU and Ole Miss could not get any crazier, the initial SEC availability report was released on Wednesday night with Sam Leavitt on it. As the mood began to shift on Wednesday night around Oxford, with tension starting to increase around town ahead of Saturday's game, there was an audible gasp that could probably be felt from living rooms across the country. If you were looking for additional drama between the Rebels and Tigers, it was Lane Kiffin that provided the smoke when starting quarterback Sam Leavitt was listed as 'doubtful' on the SEC's website pertaining to injuries. ELLA LANGLEY, DISTRACTIONS AND LANE KIFFIN: PETE GOLDING CALLS OLE MISS-LSU ‘HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING’ After throwing for 366 yards and four touchdowns last week against Louisiana Tech, with three interceptions, everything around Leavitt seemed normal as the week began in Baton Rouge. That changed when Leavitt was held to limited participation in Wednesday's practice because of an upper-body injury, according to sources who spoke with OutKick. Would this be enough to keep him out of action come Saturday? That's a question being asked across college football on Wednesday night. LSU'S LANE KIFFIN ADMITS HE LET TIGER STADIUM WEATHER DELAY DRAG ON IN ORDER TO HURT CLEMSON During his press conference on Monday, head coach Lane Kiffin did not bring up any type of injury that Leavitt had sustained during the win over Louisiana Tech, although he wasn’t asked either. Did something transpire last weekend that we did not see during his four-touchdown game? This could be answered on Thursday night, when Lane Kiffin is scheduled to hold his coaches show in Baton Rouge before the team leaves for the Oxford area on Friday afternoon. For those unfamiliar, the SEC and other conferences began issuing availability reports several years ago, with the initial report coming out three days before a team is set to play. On Thursday, there will be a second update to the report, and another on Friday, before the SEC requires a final availability report to be issued 90 minutes before the respective hits the field for warm-ups. Teams are fined if they do not adhere to conference protocol. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! And yes, a school can be punished for any type of gamesmanship when it comes to these reports. How seriously Sam Leavitt is injured — and whether that injury will sideline him for Saturday's highly anticipated game against Ole Miss — will remain unclear for as long as Lane Kiffin chooses to keep it under wraps. Being designated as 'doubtful' means that the player is "unlikely to play due to significant concerns", according to the SEC handbook. If Leavitt had been designated as 'questionable', it would mean he is "uncertain to play due to injury or condition." LSU IS READY TO PARTY: LANE KIFFIN’S DEBUT BRINGS FIREWORKS TO DEATH VALLEY AFTER REVIVAL-LIKE BUILDUP So, for LSU to put him near the bottom of their status monitoring, the Tigers are certainly at least concerned that he might not suit up for the game. We will continue to monitor this situation, as the drama continues to build before this SEC showdown that has Lane Kiffin returning to Oxford as the LSU head coach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab530775342cf4db86d0ab Clock controversy: NCAA says officials botched replay protocol in Michigan's win over Western Michigan te 2026-09-17T02:40:07.536Z Clock controversy: NCAA says officials botched replay protocol in Michigan's win over Western Michigan Turns out, had the officials followed the correct protocol during the highly-controversial finish to the Western Michigan versus Michigan game earlier this month, the Wolverines would currently have a loss on their record. The ending of what was one of the wildest games of the season remains a major talking point nearly three weeks after Michigan won on a second Hail Mary attempt in the final seconds of its season opener. Should the Wolverines have been awarded an additional second on the clock? The NCAA's FBS oversight committee doesn’t think so. MICHIGAN-WESTERN MICHIGAN CLOCK CONTROVERSY LEAVES PLAYERS, FANS AND A RULES ANALYST PUZZLED During the first attempt, Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood put too much on his pass, which sailed through the back of the end zone. But, due to a Western Michigan player touching the ball with what Big Ten officials said transpired with :01 seconds remaining on the clock, Michigan was allowed to line up for one final play with the game on the line. I think you know what happened next: Bryce Underwood connected with a receiver for the second Hail Mary attempt of the drive, with Michigan winning 13-12 in shocking fashion. The controversy centered around how the Wolverines were awarded the additional time needed to complete the second pass. During their review of the play, Big Ten officials were using a different clock than what was being seen on national television, causing all sorts of confusion across the country as viewers looked on in shock. CRAIG CARTON BLASTS MICHIGAN FANS FOR STORMING FIELD AFTER CONTROVERSIAL WIN: 'THEY’RE A BUNCH OF MORONS' How in the world could the NBC broadcast clock show that time had expired, but Big ten officials were seeing this in a different light? Turns out, the network and Big Ten explained that the television clock was not synced up correctly with the actual game clock. So, the review team awarded Michigan with one final second of game action, but they actually shouldn’t have even been in that situation. But, on Wednesday night, the FBS Oversight Committee released a summary of the events, noting that if the officials had gone about the replay process in the correct manner, Western Michigan would be sitting here today with a win over the Michigan Wolverines. "The committee consulted with national officiating leadership regarding the instant replay protocols," the FBS committee stated. "Based on that information, the committee agreed that the instant replay protocols were not followed in the contest’s second-to-last play. Had the protocols been followed, the outcome of the game would have been different." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Unfortunately for anyone hoping Western Michigan would be awarded the win, a caveat in the NCAA’s statement makes that a moot point. "The committee confirmed that it does not have the authority to overturn the contest," the NCAA noted. "The playing rules governing the result of a contest are clear. Once the referee declares a contest to be final, no appeal of the outcome is permitted, according to Rules 1-1-3-b and 5-2-9 of the NCAA football rules:  Essentially, the NCAA is saying that the officials did not follow procedure in how they were using instant-replay, but there is nothing they can do about it now. That's it. Done. Michigan keeps its win over Western Michigan. All of the controversy that took place in the days following the wild ending in Ann Arbor, with statements from the MAC, Big Ten, NBC and NCAA all lead to the same result. The Wolverines are still undefeated, for now, and this topic continues to be a point of frustration around college football. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab50b175342cf4db86d02d Plane passengers scream in harrowing mid-flight video as violent shaking sends cabin ceiling panels flying te 2026-09-17T02:30:09.168Z Plane passengers scream in harrowing mid-flight video as violent shaking sends cabin ceiling panels flying Video captured an Iranian flight descending into chaos Tuesday as sudden, violent shaking appeared to tear apart the plane's cabin, causing overhead compartments and ceiling panels to collapse onto passengers. The incident happened during a Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 flight over Iran that departed from Mashhad for Kermanshah, according to Jam Press. According to the outlet, the aircraft may have suffered engine damage and a tire blowout during takeoff. During the chaos, the plane's cabin appeared to disintegrate, causing ceiling panels and debris from damaged bins to fall and strike travelers. Passengers were heard screaming and praying as they held their hands up against the falling debris. FORMER NFL QB ROBERT GRIFFIN III DESCRIBES HARROWING ENGINE FIRE ON UNITED FLIGHT The pilot reportedly declared an emergency landing and sought to return to Mashhad Hashemi Nejad International Airport in Iran. The aircraft landed safely, Jam Press said, citing NeedToKnow. No injuries were reported among the 127 passengers and crew members. TWO PLANES BLOW TIRES WHILE LANDING AT MAJOR US AIRPORT HOURS APART, FAA INVESTIGATING The incident caused the temporary closure of one of the airport's two runways. An investigation into the incident is underway, reports said. Passengers were reportedly placed on another flight to complete their journey. According to Jam Press, decades of international sanctions have left Iran's aviation industry struggling to access newer Western-built aircraft, genuine spare parts and other modern upgrades. Local carriers have been forced to rely on aging aircraft while completing complex maintenance on their fleets. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab50b075342cf4db86d024 Democrat candidate seen sobbing, praying in patrol car after DUI arrest: Video te 2026-09-17T02:30:08.220Z Democrat candidate seen sobbing, praying in patrol car after DUI arrest: Video Washington state Democrat Krista Perez, who is running for a state House seat, was seen on police video admitting to drinking wine, declining field sobriety tests and begging to go home before praying and crying in the back of a patrol car after her DUI arrest. Perez finished first in last month's primary in the 29th Legislative District, Position 1, and will face incumbent state Rep. Melanie Morgan, also a Democrat, in November, as the top two candidates advance to the general. Tacoma Police said Perez's 2019 Chevrolet Silverado allegedly struck a parked car on South G Street shortly after midnight on August 11, setting off a chain reaction that damaged five vehicles, according to The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red. Prosecutors charged her with DUI, with a refusal enhancement in connection with the collision and a later encounter with police. MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN ADMITS TO SUFFICIENT FACTS IN JUNE DRUNKEN DRIVING CASE Body camera footage shows police questioning Perez after the crash and her subsequent arrest, while footage from the backseat of the patrol car shows her praying and sobbing, according to video obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red. After police arrive at the scene, Perez told an officer she did not understand what was going on and claims she was not involved in an accident, the footage shows. "Did you get into an accident here?" the officer asks. "I did not," Perez responded. The officer then asked what happened. "I don’t know. I’ve never been in an accident before," she replied. She also said she switched insurers just weeks before the incident when asked for her documents. She was able to tell the officer the name of the insurance company. Perez told the officer she was driving from a friend’s business on Tacoma Avenue South when the collision happened. "Did you have anything to drink tonight?" the officer asked. "I just had some wine while I was there," Perez replied. Asked how much wine she had, Perez said she had one glass. When the officer asked how big the glass was, she told him, "I think you might need to contact the business." The officer then asked her to rate her sobriety on a scale of zero to 10, with zero being completely sober. She first told the officer that she wants to go home. But when asked a second time, she rated herself a four. The officer then asked her to take standardized field sobriety tests but stated multiple times that the tests are optional. "So it’s a series of tests that I take you through to make sure to see if you’re impaired by alcohol, or you’re not. Are you okay with doing that? It’s totally voluntary," he said. Perez declined the tests, kept saying she wanted to go home and repeatedly said that she was "confused." "Not right now. I’d like to go home first," she said. "You’re not going to go home first. I’m going to tell you that right now, okay? So your options between the test, yes or no, that’s going to be determined tonight, right now, not when you go home. So would you like to take these tests or no?" the officer asked. Perez responded by asking if she was allowed to decline the tests. "You do have a choice. You can either say yes, or you can say no. They’re totally voluntary tests," the officer answered. "Yeah, I would like to go home first," she replied. The officer asked whether her answer meant she was declining the tests, and she said yes. She was then told she was under arrest for DUI and to put her hands behind her back. "Hold on. Hold on. One second. Hold on," she said. Perez repeatedly told the officer that she did "not know what any of this means." He told her it means she is under arrest for DUI. Under Washington state law, roadside sobriety tests are not required and declining them is separate from the refusal enhancement prosecutors allege in Perez's case. According to an arrest report cited by The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red, the enhancement stems from what occurred later at Tacoma Police headquarters, where police said she did not provide a usable breath sample after three attempts before the machine timed out. BODYCAM SHOWS TONY ROMO ARGUING WITH OFFICER BEFORE REFUSING BREATH TEST DURING DUI ARREST Inside the patrol car, she can be seen in the footage sobbing, praying and asking God to help her, with her crying lasting several minutes. "Help me, God. Help me. Help me. Holy Spirit, help me, God," she said. State law does not prohibit someone with a DUI charge from serving in the legislature. Other Democrat lawmakers have kept their seats after an alcohol-related incident, including House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, who apologized after acknowledging he drank alcohol before a House Appropriations Committee hearing in February. "I made a poor choice last night by drinking alcohol before we had finished our work for the day. I am disappointed in myself and take responsibility for that poor choice. It won’t happen again, and I’m committed to completing my work this session without alcohol," Fitzgibbon said in a statement at the time to The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab4bff75342cf4db86cf40 Kevin Stefanski 'not ruling anybody out' as injuries to Cooper Rush, Tua Tagovailoa cloud Falcons' QB plans te 2026-09-17T02:10:07.884Z Kevin Stefanski 'not ruling anybody out' as injuries to Cooper Rush, Tua Tagovailoa cloud Falcons' QB plans Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski offered little clarity this week on the team’s murky quarterback situation ahead of a Week 2 home game against NFC South rival Carolina Panthers. Stefanski told reporters Wednesday that he is "not ruling anybody out." His comments came as Cooper Rush, who replaced an injured Tua Tagovailoa in the Falcons’ season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, participated fully in practice after dealing with a back issue four days earlier. Rush finished the 20-13 loss to the Steelers with 143 passing yards, one touchdown and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt. Tagovailoa sustained an oblique injury in practice days before the Falcons were scheduled to kick off against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was ruled out for the opener, remained listed as day to day entering Wednesday’s practice and had yet to participate in practice this week. Rush continued to receive treatment Wednesday for a back spasm that flared up Saturday, Stefanski said. FALCONS NAME SIXTH DIFFERENT WEEK 1 STARTING QUARTERBACK IN SIX YEARS Stefanski declined to say whether Tagovailoa would start if healthy. "Of course, ideal world, I think everybody, every team, you'd love to know who's playing at every position," Stefanski said. "That's a no-brainer. I get that part. But we're going to be flexible and make sure that we're giving all of our guys the ability to go play and play well." Michael Penix Jr. is widely expected to take the starting quarterback job at some point this season. Penix, a 2024 first-round pick, started nine of the Falcons’ first 10 games last season, missing the Week 8 loss to the Miami Dolphins with an injury before returning in Week 9. FALCONS STAR KYLE PITTS SR PREDICTS CFB PLAYERS WILL UNIONIZE, SAYS PRO PLAYERS RETURNING TO SCHOOL IS 'CRAZY' He tore his ACL in a Week 11 match-up against the Carolina Panthers and has since been medically cleared to return, though he recently told reporters he wants to feel closer to full strength before taking the field in 2026. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I had that conversation and I just told [coach Stefanski], 'I'm not where I want to be right now,'" Penix said earlier this month. "I want to be able to be 100 percent so I can help this team win football games. And I'm really close." Jack Strand, an undrafted free agent from Minnesota State Moorhead, was listed as Rush’s backup in Week 1. He quickly won over many fans with a series of highlight-reel plays during the preseason, finishing the exhibition slate with 306 yards, one touchdown and one interception. His opportunities to build on that momentum, however, have been limited, as practice reps typically dwindle once training camp ends and the regular season begins. Even so, Strand remains a possibility for Sunday’s game against Carolina. "Jack is not being ruled out for this game," Stefanski said. The Panthers lost their season opener 59-37 to the Chicago Bears in Charlotte. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab4bfe75342cf4db86cf37 Macklemore donates $1M to Palestinian aid organizations after Ed Sheeran tour fallout te 2026-09-17T02:10:06.901Z Macklemore donates $1M to Palestinian aid organizations after Ed Sheeran tour fallout Macklemore announced that he is donating the $1 million he earned opening for Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour to organizations providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians, prompting a public response from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. On Monday, the 43-year-old rapper was dropped from Sheeran's "Loop Tour" after he repeatedly called for a "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" during his opening act at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sept. 4 and 5. Macklemore alleged that Kraft, 85, pressured Sheeran to remove him from the tour by telling the singer he would not be allowed to perform at Gillette Stadium and by rallying other stadium owners to issue a similar ultimatum. Kraft later confirmed he opposed Macklemore's participation at Gillette based on what he described as the "Thrift Shop" rapper's history of antisemitic rhetoric. ED SHEERAN SAYS HE TRIED TO ‘BUILD A BRIDGE’ OVER MACKLEMORE TOUR SPOT BEFORE VENUES SAID NO Sheeran, 35, has said the decision was made by the tour promoter and venue owners, not by him personally. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Macklemore shared his plans to donate his paycheck from the "Loop Tour" to six organizations including the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Medical Aid for Palestinians, UNRWA USA National Committee and American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA). "With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom," he wrote. "I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people," he continued. "And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth." "I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in. I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine," Macklemore added. "Their risk is of a far different order than mine." HANNAH EINBINDER'S BRUTAL MESSAGE TO ED SHEERAN FUELS GROWING CELEBRITY REVOLT OVER MACKLEMORE TOUR DRAMA Macklemore noted that "writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity to me." "I am doing it because I can and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it," he wrote. "Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free," Macklemore added. "That is where my focus will remain. I will continue to stand with the Palestinian people and their fight for liberation." MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE "When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don’t move with it," he concluded. "Free Palestine." Shortly after the rapper challenged Kraft to match his contribution, Kraft said Sheeran had already asked him to commit $2 million to match the singer's own donation toward humanitarian relief in the region. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people. I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting. Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region and fight this humanitarian crisis," Kraft wrote in a statement shared on Gillette Stadium's social media pages. MACKLEMORE'S LONG HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY FROM GRAMMY WINS TO 'FREE PALESTINE' CONCERT REMARKS "Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges," Kraft continued. "In addition, I’d like the people who are speaking in support of the Palestinian people to know that for decades, I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships," he added. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Fox News Digital has reached out to Sheeran and Macklemore's representatives for comment. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Macklemore was originally scheduled to open at eight of Sheeran's upcoming tour dates following his two performances at MetLife Stadium. The rapper's removal triggered a wave of withdrawals from Sheeran's tour, with fellow supporting acts Finneas, Lukas Graham Aaron Rowe and Beoga all pulling out in solidarity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab474f75342cf4db86ce2d Maryland family speaks out after ‘4-foot-long’ rabid beaver attacks 13-year-old boy te 2026-09-17T01:50:07.588Z Maryland family speaks out after ‘4-foot-long’ rabid beaver attacks 13-year-old boy The family of a 13-year-old boy who was viciously attacked by a rabid beaver in Maryland has spoken out about the incident, describing the animal as a massive, four-foot-long adult. The July 26 incident was the first of three rabid beaver attacks that prompted Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County to close, according to the family's GoFundMe.  The teen was identified as Dominick Cebula by WUSA 9. Dominick was swimming and looking at fish underwater in a designated area when the beaver suddenly struck his chest and latched onto him, the family said in their online fundraiser. RABID BAT FOUND NEAR ZOO RESTAURANT SPARKS URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING: 'EXTREMELY SERIOUS' The family said the unprovoked attack unfolded in front of the boy's mother and younger brother, who watched in horror from the shore. "This 4-foot-long beaver (not a cute little cuddly beaver — this thing was as big as his 8-year-old brother) came out of nowhere from the deep of the lake, beelined straight toward D, and began biting and attacking him," Dominick's aunt, Leigh Cebula, said. "He did not provoke it, poke it, or mess with it in any way. This was completely unprovoked." Dad Jeff Cebula told WUSA 9 the beaver began shaking its head and refused to let go. "He grabbed its head and a leg, and he tried to get it off of him," Jeff said. "At that point, he kind of felt that it was locked onto him. And then it started shaking its head, kind of like a dog would do." Dominick eventually managed to pull the beaver off his chest and tried to back away with his hands raised, his dad said. The beaver then lunged at him again and bit his right hand, prompting Dominick to fight it off a second time. He was promptly airlifted to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where doctors began treating his wounds and administering rabies post-exposure treatment. "It was so traumatic. He was lifeflighted to Johns Hopkins because the paramedics were worried his lung was punctured, luckily it wasn't," Dominick's mother, Alishia Cebula, told Fox News Digital. The boy is now recovering well after undergoing surgery earlier this month. NORTH CAROLINA WARNS MOBILE PETTING ZOO VISITORS OF RABIES EXPOSURE AFTER BABY GOATS TEST POSITIVE "He is doing much better. He just had surgery on 9/4 to repair a severed nerve in his finger," Alishia said. "He had a lot of appointments, especially with the rabies vaccines he had to get. Thank God for the vaccine.  "Luckily, we're getting to the end of this traumatic event." Leigh added that the incident happened in an area where the family had swum for years and had never spotted beavers before. After the attack, the beaver was euthanized after testing positive for rabies. Swimming access to Hunting Creek Lake at the park was closed soon afterward. The incident marked the first in a series of three attacks at the park. On Aug. 5, a 19-year-old fisherman was bitten in the ankle by a beaver. Less than three weeks later, a 10-year-old girl at Seneca Creek State Park was also attacked while wading with an organized group. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab404975342cf4db86ccdf Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski say separation is 'right move' for family after nearly 10 years of marriage te 2026-09-17T01:20:09.060Z Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski say separation is 'right move' for family after nearly 10 years of marriage Amanda Seyfried and her husband of nine years have called it quits. Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski issued a joint statement to People, sharing that they have been separated "for a while" and filing for divorce is what's right for their family. "We have been separated for a while, and it’s proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We’ve got each other forever — and it’s GOOD," Sadoski and Seyfried said. ACTRESS AMANDA SEYFRIED SAYS SHE'S ‘NOT F---ING APOLOGIZING’ FOR CHARLIE KIRK POST CALLING HIM HATEFUL In January, Seyfried touched on her marriage and said Sadoski "sacrifices a lot" for her. "He also knows that, in this moment, the opportunities I’m being afforded are insane… I do say no a lot," Seyfried told Vogue. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS At the time, Seyfried was appearing in "The Housemaid," "The Testament of Anne Lee" and "Long Bright River." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Seyfried and Sadoski first met in 2015 while starring together in the Off-Broadway play "The Way We Get By." They reunited on the set of the movie "The Last Word," began dating in 2016 and secretly eloped in March 2017, just days before welcoming their first child, daughter Nina.  They later expanded their family with the birth of their son, Thomas Jr., in September 2020. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Seyfried and Sadoski kept their private life private. They lived together on a farm in upstate New York, raising their two children. The "Mean Girls" star gave fans little glimpses into her life via Instagram, sharing photos of her farm animals, pets and kids. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab404475342cf4db86cca1 Eagles flag football dominates season opener in Avondale with shutout te 2026-09-17T01:20:04.301Z Eagles flag football dominates season opener in Avondale with shutout A strong defensive performance paired with a high-powered offense leaves Westview scoreless in Flagstaff flag football's season opener in Avondale. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab3ded75342cf4db86cc27 House Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity Costs te 2026-09-17T01:10:05.152Z House Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity Costs The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab3b9775342cf4db86cb47 Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses te 2026-09-17T01:00:07.060Z Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses Snap unveiled new features for its smart glasses this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab394175342cf4db86cb05 Travis Kelce among pro athletes defrauded by Ponzi scheme that funneled funds into one stock te 2026-09-17T00:50:09.433Z Travis Kelce among pro athletes defrauded by Ponzi scheme that funneled funds into one stock Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 36, was officially identified as a victim in a $35 million Ponzi scheme run by a Texas fund manager. During a Tuesday sentencing hearing in a St. Louis federal courtroom, prosecutors named Kelce among those defrauded by 38-year-old Siddharth Jawahar. Jawahar operated Swiftarc Capital LLC, an investment firm that collapsed into a federal wire fraud investigation. HALL OF FAME RECEIVER TERRELL OWENS ACCUSES LONGTIME MANAGER OF 'STEALING' FROM HIM: 'LIAR AND A THIEF' According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Jawahar raised more than $35 million from investors between July 2016 and December 2023. Instead of managing a diversified portfolio, he allocated roughly 99% of client capital into a single stock, Philip Morris Pakistan. As that position tanked, Jawahar hid the losses, issued falsified statements and used funds from new investors to pay out earlier clients. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Federal prosecutors noted Jawahar actually invested roughly $10 million of the total funds raised. He spent the remainder funding personal luxuries, including private jet charters, upscale apartments in Austin and New York, high-end dining and exclusive private club memberships. Court filings did not specify the exact financial loss suffered by Kelce. Kelce was not the only professional athlete caught up in the operation. A 2021 Forbes report previously linked Swiftarc funds to several NBA players, including Gary Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Mason Plumlee. Jawahar pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in January 2026. U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone sentenced Jawahar to 11 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $31.35 million in restitution. Kelce is currently playing in his 14th NFL season after signing a contract extension with Kansas City. Luckily for the Chiefs star, marrying Taylor Swift earlier this year means any bad investment can easily be covered by loose change tucked behind her couch cushions. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab393c75342cf4db86cae8 Senate Republicans launch probe over Hobbs’ pay-to-play allegations te 2026-09-17T00:50:04.922Z Senate Republicans launch probe over Hobbs’ pay-to-play allegations Key Points:  Sen. Jake Hoffman is launching an investigation over pay-to-play allegations involving Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sunshine Residential A hearing for testimony from subpoenaed witnesses is scheduled Sept. 29... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Senate Republicans launch probe over Hobbs’ pay-to-play allegations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab36e675342cf4db86ca83 Republican congressman presses NHL over Alex Ovechkin’s appearance in Putin party campaign ad te 2026-09-17T00:40:06.825Z Republican congressman presses NHL over Alex Ovechkin’s appearance in Putin party campaign ad Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., has a problem with Alex Ovechkin appearing in a campaign advertisement for the Vladimir Putin-backed United Russia party, and he wants NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to address it. Wilson sent Bettman a letter Tuesday calling the Washington Capitals captain’s participation "shameful" and asking the league to review the matter. Capitals owner Ted Leonsis was copied on the letter. Ovechkin does not speak in the ad. He stands behind Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a United Russia campaign video ahead of Russia’s Sept. 18-20 parliamentary elections. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled network RT, also appears in the ad. "While Mr. Ovechkin has every right to hold personal political views, actively participating in campaign material for Putin’s oppressive party while serving as the captain of an NHL franchise in our nation’s capital raises serious questions about the standards expected of players who represent the League and their communities," Wilson wrote. STEPHEN A SMITH WARNS POLITICS IS CAUSING 'DIVISION' WITHIN AMERICA'S LAST UNIFYING PASTIME The letter does not ask Bettman to suspend or fine Ovechkin. Wilson wants the NHL to explain whether it has any policies governing active players who appear in political advertisements for foreign parties or regimes. He also wants the league and Capitals to make clear that Ovechkin’s participation does not represent either organization’s position. Wilson was more direct on social media. "It is incredibly alarming that [the NHL] and [the Capitals] have allowed Alexander Ovechkin to appear in a campaign advertisement supporting the party of war criminal Putin," he wrote. "American hockey fans deserve better leadership from their star players!" Wilson elaborated on the letter Wednesday during an interview with Fox News’ Dan Scully. Asked what he wanted Bettman to do and whether he was seeking discipline for Ovechkin, Wilson did not directly answer. "For Ovechkin to be campaigning for a person who is indeed the new Hitler of the 21st century, it’s just inconceivable," Wilson said. Scully also asked whether Wilson had information that the NHL or Capitals knew about the advertisement beforehand. "Ahead of time, I’m not sure," Wilson said. The Capitals said Ovechkin was approached while spending the offseason in Russia. "This summer, while in Russia, he was asked by his country to participate in a video campaign," Capitals spokesperson Sergey Kocharov said in a statement to Reuters. But who asked him? The Capitals did not say. The team also did not answer questions from Fox News Digital/OutKick about whether it knew of Ovechkin’s participation beforehand or whether anyone within the organization approved or facilitated it. Kocharov noted that Ovechkin lives with his family in Moscow during the offseason and plans to return there after his NHL career. He said Ovechkin and the Capitals are focused on the upcoming season and his continued impact in Washington. WASHINGTON CAPITALS STAR ALEX OVECHKIN CRASHES A COUPLE'S WEDDING PHOTO SHOOT ON A HOTEL STAIRCASE Ovechkin has publicly supported Putin for years. He founded "PutinTeam" in 2017 to rally support for the Russian president, and his Instagram profile photo remains an image of the two men standing together. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ovechkin called for peace but declined to criticize Putin. "Well, he is my president," Ovechkin said at the time. "But, like I said, I’m not in politics. I’m an athlete." Wilson argues that the Kremlin has a history of using athletes and international sporting achievements to promote the Russian government abroad. "An NHL superstar appearing in campaign propaganda for Putin’s political party cannot simply be dismissed as an activity wholly disconnected from the League," Wilson wrote. Wilson also writes that the broader United Russia campaign features Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Lvova-Belova and Putin in 2023 over the alleged unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territory. Scully asked Wilson how Ovechkin’s appearance differs from an American athlete supporting a U.S. politician. "The difference is that the American politician is not a mass murderer," Wilson said. "Now, we can all disagree," he continued. "There is a right to free speech, of course, but there should also be consequences of being associated in promoting a war criminal." Wilson did not say what those consequences should be. When Scully later asked directly whether he wanted the NHL to suspend Ovechkin, Wilson again did not answer. Wilson also said he is working with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and that Risch agrees Ovechkin’s participation "is just not right." Wilson did not describe what action, if any, he and Risch intend to pursue. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The congressman said he has not received a response from the NHL but is willing to give the league time to answer. Throughout the interview, Wilson repeatedly referred to Putin as a "convicted war criminal," echoing the handwritten message beneath his signature. The ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova in 2023, but neither has been convicted by the court. The NHL did not respond to questions about Wilson’s letter, the advertisement or its policies governing political activity by players. Ovechkin did not provide a comment through the Capitals prior to publication. We will update this story if we receive a response from Ovechkin, the NHL or the Capitals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab348f75342cf4db86ca13 Dem insurgent turns on the charm with party establishment as Schumer leaves bitter feud hanging te 2026-09-17T00:30:07.849Z Dem insurgent turns on the charm with party establishment as Schumer leaves bitter feud hanging Michigan’s insurgent progressive Senate nominee ran as far as he could from Washington, D.C., but on Wednesday he traveled to the nation’s Capitol for a closed-door meeting with top Democratic brass as the race for power intensifies. Abdul El-Sayed met with top Senate Democrats just hundreds of yards away from Congress, where lawmakers and the wunderkind candidate huddled to discuss his campaign and how to keep Michigan blue. Many left boasting that the Wolverine State would not turn a shade of purple. But, few, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would say whether the fences broken during El-Sayed’s primary fight had been mended. SCHUMER DUCKS QUESTION ON CAMPAIGNING WITH SOCIALIST CANDIDATE WHO REFUSES TO BACK HIM AS LEADER "Look, we have to win Michigan and we had a great and friendly meeting," Schumer said when asked by Fox News Digital if he and El-Sayed had moved on from their differences. Still, El-Sayed held court with Democratic brass for hours at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s (DSCC) headquarters in Washington, where a steady flow of lawmakers — both allies and skeptics of his Senate bid — milled in and out of the building throughout the day. Schumer and Democrats are confident and determined that they can flip the Senate, which Republicans hold at a 53 to 47 margin. Losing Michigan to the GOP and former Rep. Mike Rogers would serve a mortal blow to that push. "He’s gonna win," Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who is also the DSCC chair, said. The key mission for Democrats is getting independents and Republicans on the fence. But few, including Schumer, said that they would actually hit the campaign trail with El-Sayed. It all comes after El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., locked horns in one of the most bitter Democratic primary fights of this cycle that pitted the Democratic old-guard versus a progressive movement gaining steam across the country. SEE IT: DEM SENATORS RALLY BEHIND EL-SAYED BUT DUCK QUESTIONS ON PROGRESSIVE AGENDA Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who initially endorsed Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow before she dropped out, told Fox News Digital that, "obviously, primaries can get really hot, and the Michigan primary got hot." "This is what you do after a primary is you try to unite the party and then you do the work to reach out and cross over to independent voters and Republican voters," Murphy said. "So I don't think anybody should be surprised that he's trying to build bridges after a heated primary. That's what good candidates, that's what winning candidates do." Another McMorrow backer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., painted a rosy picture of the closed-door session, and noted that it was "hard to hear in there because so many people were talking and laughing and wanted to hear about the campaign." "He makes good connections because it's a lot of people in there who are talking about what can we do next? What can we do to lower costs for families? What can we do to make this government work better for working people? So it was a very enthusiastic, very cheerful group of people," she said. Retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., whose seat El-Sayed is gunning for, initially endorsed Stevens. Now, he’s shifting gears. DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH GETS LEGS AS EL-SAYED'S MICHIGAN SENATE VICTORY SPARKS PARTY DEBATE "I'm endorsing him, and he's been getting support across the board in Michigan. The Democrats are coming together," Peters said in response to a question about whether the Democratic establishment was uniting behind El-Sayed. "We understand how important this election is." Others were more keen to lend an assist to El-Sayed, including Murphy and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who said, "I’m gonna be in Michigan here in a couple of weeks." Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who is running for re-election in deep blue Massachusetts, said that Democrats’ strategy heading into the final stretch was pitching an affordability agenda, and that El-Sayed "is the answer." "I'm helping him. I think we're all gonna help," Markey said when asked if he would fundraise with El-Sayed. The specter of El-Sayed’s relationship with controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who helped to amplify his campaign in the primary battle, wasn’t something that Democrats focused on during their huddle. "Hasan what?," Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital when asked if he came up during the meeting. "I don’t even know who that is." When asked if Piker came up, or if Democrats encouraged El-Sayed to further distance himself from him, Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said, "Not in terms of the conversation. Like I said, I was just trying to get to know him." After initially dodging Fox News Digital’s question on whether he would campaign with Piker, El-Sayed later told reporters that, "This conversation is so far removed from what people are talking about." "Everyday, in Michigan, people sit at their kitchen tables and ask ‘how am I going to make this work next month?’ That’s not a middle, right, left issue, that’s a basic affordability issue," El-Sayed said. But when further pressed, he countered that Michigan voters "really don’t care about that." "They really don't," El-Sayed said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab348e75342cf4db86ca03 Mark Kelly slams House Speaker for delaying Hegseth impeachment vote until after midterms te 2026-09-17T00:30:06.492Z Mark Kelly slams House Speaker for delaying Hegseth impeachment vote until after midterms WASHINGTON – Sen. Mark Kelly condemned Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday for sending his chamber home early – delaying an impeachment vote against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until after the midterms. “He should be called the Speaker of the White House,” Kelly said, “because whatever the president wants or says … he falls in line immediately.” The impeachment resolution from Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie included one article related to Hegseth’s effort to demote Kelly, a retired Navy combat pilot, for urging service members to resist illegal orders. “He recessed because he doesn’t want to have to deal with this,” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, told Cronkite News at the Capitol as he headed into an intelligence committee meeting. Massie surprised his party’s leadership with a privileged resolution Tuesday, a procedure that requires the House to consider the measure within two legislative days. Among the eight articles of impeachment, some concerned Hegseth’s role in the war launched against Iran more than six months ago without congressional approval; the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro; and deadly strikes against purported drug boats in the Caribbean – including strikes against shipwrecked survivors. Article VI addressed Hegseth’s effort to demote Kelly in retirement, and reduce his military pension. Hegseth and President Donald Trump were furious at Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers who posted a video Nov. 18 reminding military personnel of their right and duty to refuse unlawful orders. Trump accused them on social media of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” All six served in the military or CIA. Only Kelly served long enough to retire from the service. Retirees remain subject to the Uniform Code of Military Conduct, though in February, a federal judge ruled that Hegseth’s actions violated the senator’s free speech rights. Kelly serves on the committee that oversees the Pentagon. He retired as a captain in 2011 after 25 years in the Navy, flying dozens of combat missions and four space shuttle missions for NASA. The video didn’t specify any particular illegal orders but at the time, Democrats were criticizing Trump over the boat strikes in the Caribbean. In February, a federal grand jury declined to indict Kelly and the others. “Secretary Hegseth weaponized the Department of Defense to retaliate against and intimidate Senator Mark Kelly,” Massie’s resolution reads. It’s unclear how many Republicans besides Massie would have supported impeachment. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Fountain Hills, told Cronkite News he opposed the impeachment.  “The classic problem of modern Congress is we’re often doing things for more theatrical purposes than electoral orders,” he said. Johnson said the measure would have been easily tabled without a vote on the merits, and he told CNN the decision to start recess a day early was unrelated to the impeachment resolution. House Republicans hold just four more seats than Democrats. Impeachment requires a simple majority. Conviction and removal requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate, where Republicans also hold a slim majority. Massie, along with Kelly and other Democrats, asserted that Johnson used the early recess to protect Hegseth. “I want to see more Republicans stand up to Donald Trump,” said Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix. Her own articles of impeachment against Hegseth, filed in April, are stalled in committee. It drew 16 co-sponsors, all Democrats. One of the six articles in her resolution also cited the effort to punish Kelly, accusing Hegseth of “targeting and launching bogus investigations against specific elected officials for the express purpose of political retribution.”  Ansari asserted that Johnson feared the Massie resolution would pass.   “There is no other job in this country that the boss sends their team on vacation so often,” she said. Kelly said he was surprised by Massie’s resolution but also that Hegseth hasn’t been fired by now. Hegseth is “just fundamentally, on so many levels, unqualified for this job,” Kelly said. “Over the last year and a half in this position, he has demonstrated that he is less qualified than I thought he was.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab323675342cf4db86c974 Is Iran Shaping Up to Be a ‘Forever War’? te 2026-09-17T00:20:06.964Z Is Iran Shaping Up to Be a ‘Forever War’? Our White House and national security correspondent, David Sanger, compares past “forever wars” that President Trump campaigned against with an Iran War that has no clear endgame. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab323475342cf4db86c955 The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards te 2026-09-17T00:20:04.779Z The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab2fe175342cf4db86c8f8 Skaters, scooters and BMX riders to meet for free event Friday te 2026-09-17T00:10:09.205Z Skaters, scooters and BMX riders to meet for free event Friday A Phoenix-based organization is continuing to build relationships with local teenagers, businesses and skate enthusiasts this week, with a free event scheduled to begin Friday at Tinnell Memorial Skate Park. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab2fe075342cf4db86c8ef City in negotiations with Lake Havasu Yacht Club over land lease te 2026-09-17T00:10:08.028Z City in negotiations with Lake Havasu Yacht Club over land lease Negotiations are ongoing between Lake Havasu Yacht Club and Lake Havasu City for their decades-long land lease. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab2fde75342cf4db86c8e2 DNA evidence, suicide note point to suspect in 1987 Glendale murder te 2026-09-17T00:10:06.932Z DNA evidence, suicide note point to suspect in 1987 Glendale murder PHOENIX -- An investigator with the Attorney General's Office said Tuesday he and his officers investigators now believe they know who killed 54-year-old James Chafin in 1987 in a Glendale cemetery. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab2fdd75342cf4db86c8d8 Union Jack Classic an optimal marketing tool for launch of ASU London te 2026-09-17T00:10:05.636Z Union Jack Classic an optimal marketing tool for launch of ASU London LONDON – Enticing college football programs to play a game thousands of miles from home at an international neutral site isn’t an easy task. The logistics involved with transporting personnel and gear alone make it a scheduling nightmare. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aab2d8375342cf4db86c7eb Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors te 2026-09-17T00:00:03.905Z Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors Valor Equity Partners is handing out stock to its LPs instead of cash returns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home