https://meenews.co/post/6ad7dd6775342cf4db92ec4d Trump says Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported, calls her ‘a disgrace to our country’ te 2026-10-20T21:30:15.226Z Trump says Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported, calls her ‘a disgrace to our country’ President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar could face jail in addition to deportation, calling the Minnesota Democrat "a disgrace to our country" as she faces a federal investigation into allegations involving her citizenship. Trump made the remarks inside the Oval Office during his fraud incentive program announcement, responding to FOX Business correspondent Edward Lawrence’s question about whether a problem with Omar’s age could lead to her deportation. "Well, she could be. She could also go to jail," Trump said. "You know, they keep talking about deportation. No, she could go to jail." ILHAN OMAR SHOULD BE JAILED, DEPORTED IF CITIZENSHIP FRAUD PROVEN, TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAYS The president did not identify a specific criminal charge or present new evidence against Omar during the exchange. "This is just my opinion," Trump added, before calling the congresswoman "a very dishonest person" who "hates our country." OBAMA BACKS ILHAN OMAR AMID PROBE, ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF 'APPALLING' TARGETING IN LENGTHY STATEMENT His comments come after border czar Tom Homan said Omar could lose her citizenship and be deported if investigators prove immigration fraud. Federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., home Oct. 12, seizing her cellphone and other possessions. The investigation centers on allegations that Omar or her father misrepresented her birth year on immigration paperwork. The disputed timeline concerns whether she was a minor when her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and qualified for citizenship through him, or was already 18 and needed to apply separately. HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN Omar has denied wrongdoing. She and other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have denounced the investigation as political persecution targeting a prominent Trump critic ahead of the midterm elections. Speaking Saturday on "The Big Weekend Show," Homan said the outcome would depend on the evidence. DEMOCRATS' FURY OVER ILHAN OMAR RAID DRAWS STINGING GOP REMINDER ABOUT RAID FROM THE PAST: ‘SET THE PRECEDENT’ "Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We’ve done it before," Homan said. "And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen." Homan said Omar would be held to the same standards as anyone else, while declining to discuss the specifics of investigators’ findings. HOMAN CONFIRMS 'CRIMINAL' INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ILHAN OMAR, SAYS HE KNOWS 'THINGS ARE GOING ON’ "I’m not going to get ahead of the bureau or HSI, but I’ve been told they have a strong case, and we’ll let the evidence lead where it leads," he said. During Tuesday’s exchange, Trump also attacked Omar’s criticism of the United States, questioning why she sought to tell Americans how to run the country after coming from Somalia. ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS "Then she comes over here, and she says that she wants to tell us how to run America," Trump said. "She wants to tell us how to run the United States of America." He also criticized her assertions of constitutional rights and called her election to Congress "amazing." TRUMP RALLY CROWD CHANTS 'DEPORT' AS PRESIDENT RIPS ILHAN OMAR AFTER FEDERAL RAID "She’s a disgrace to our country," Trump said. The president ended the exchange by saying he hoped Omar would receive fair treatment. "I hope they treat her fairly," he said. Fox News Digital reached out to Omar's office for comment. Fox News Digital's Max Bacall contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7dd5e75342cf4db92ec21 In Texas’ Senate Race, Paxton and Talarico Converge on Key Battleground te 2026-10-20T21:30:06.973Z In Texas’ Senate Race, Paxton and Talarico Converge on Key Battleground In Tarrant County, a fight over polling places has energized Democrats as Republicans seek to defend their grip on a longtime stronghold. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7dd5b75342cf4db92ebe7 Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy te 2026-10-20T21:30:03.456Z Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7db0e75342cf4db92eb6e MIKE BENGERT: Can SUSD Governing Board Member Pittinsky Be Trusted? te 2026-10-20T21:20:14.287Z MIKE BENGERT: Can SUSD Governing Board Member Pittinsky Be Trusted? By Mike Bengert | Anyone who has watched Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board meetings over the past two years has likely noticed how often Member Pittinsky cites his business experience and expertise. He presents himself as a thoughtful decision-maker, especially when the board considers difficult choices such as closing schools. Yet when the facts conflict or information is lacking to support what Menzel wants—or with what is right for SUSD students and parents—Pittinsky consistently abandons those concerns and votes in support of Menzel. That is the pattern followed by the union-backed majority of education professionals on the Governing Board. At the September 8th board meeting, Pittinsky asked how many students might leave SUSD if additional schools closed. Emphasizing his business background, he explained that businesses call this “churn.” Menzel and his staff agreed to provide the information. At the October 6th meeting, when the board discussed and voted on the Phase II committee’s school closure recommendations, staff presented its “churn” analysis. Notice that staff acknowledged receiving parental input, likely referring to surveys in which more than 160 families reportedly said they would leave the district if Laguna closed, but did not treat it as a “driving factor” in calculating churn. Instead, staff gave more weight to travel time, competition, and historical attrition. Consider the contradiction: a district that says it values parents’ input discounted families who said they would leave and relied more heavily on other factors. Menzel and his staff presented this as meaningful analysis for a critical decision about closing schools. That is difficult to accept. The central problem is that closing four schools in two years, with more closures possible, is unprecedented in SUSD. Historical attrition is therefore an unreliable basis for estimating the effects. Pittinsky’s response makes clear that he was dissatisfied with the analysis. Pittinsky said: “As I think it was noted, I’ve asked for this for a long time. I do need to say I am disappointed and frustrated that it came so late in the process. Not to be clear because I view it as like this point estimate. You know you could say 65,64,63. It’s all a function of the assumptions. But so, I think anyone who looks at these, my judgment at least, anyone who looks at this as a point estimate, I think that’s false precision.” He continued: “I think we can and need to do better in developing a much more multi-dimensional model for thinking about these kinds of enrollment dynamics.” Although Pittinsky criticized the analysis and said the board needed a more sophisticated understanding of why families choose SUSD or a competitor, he nevertheless concluded that “it doesn’t block me from feeling like I can make a judgment tonight.” In other words, Pittinsky acknowledged that the analysis was late, imprecise, and based on an incomplete understanding of declining enrollment, concerns many community members have raised for years, yet still felt prepared to vote on closing more schools. Is that the way Pittinsky makes decisions in his business? Asking for data, not getting it, but proceeding anyway. The next time he says he needs data before making a decision, can we believe him? The board and staff not only lack a clear understanding of declining enrollment, they have also declined to seriously examine alternatives to school closures, despite Member Carney’s repeated requests over the past two years. Is the SUSD community comfortable with major decisions being made without adequate data and without considering all available alternatives? As the October 6thmeeting moved to the proposed alternatives and the vote, the board discussed how Mesa Public Schools was addressing declining enrollment. The exchange between Members Pittinsky and Carney became heated. Carney noted that, a year earlier, she had asked the board to create a long-range planning committee modeled on Mesa’s. She questioned why SUSD was not considering Mesa’s other strategies instead of focusing solely on school closures. Although alternatives like Mesa’s were not on the agenda, and district counsel repeatedly warned Pittinsky to stop so as to avoid another open meeting law violation, he continued the discussion and more than likely committed another violation. SUSD had been cited in the past for a violation by the Arizona Attorney General for discussing non-agendized topics. Pittinsky insisted that he had researched the issue and argued that Mesa was starting from a very different position than SUSD. The issue is not whether districts statewide are losing enrollment, that is well documented, or what is the root cause of the decline, which SUSD has yet to determine. The key question is how each district responds. Pittinsky then said, “Mesa actually did close schools. They closed or repurposed three junior high schools and they did it very early in a way that our board has been less willing to do.” Notice how Pittinsky shifted from the definitive claim that Mesa “did close schools” to saying it “closed or repurposed” them. He also distanced himself from prior decisions by referring to “our board,” even though he has served on it for the past two years. The point Pittinsky, Sharkey, Lewis, and Menzel appear to miss, perhaps deliberately, is that Mesa developed a plan for declining enrollment rather than closing schools first and asking what to do afterward. Pittinsky’s research also appears to have overlooked publicly available information showing that Mesa’s schools and governing board are pursuing strategic ways to create “vibrant and thriving” schools rather than “disrupting and dismantling” the district, the way SUSD is doing. Here are some excerpts: “Mesa Public Schools will offer more educational choices to families by transitioning an elementary school into an accelerated learning campus and launching two new high schools for the 2026-27 academic year.” “Because of dropping enrollment, the district has to think strategically and creatively, Superintendent Dr. Matt Strom said, “Or we’re probably going to be moving to school closure within the next three to five years.” “We were fortunate to receive a lot of feedback from parents and community members that were excited and eager for this change to happen,” said Jacob Martinez, vice chairman of the district’s Planning and Boundary Design Advisory Committee.” I believe that last year Member Carney asked for this same committee to be formed in SUSD.  But “our board” rejected the idea. Here are some excerpts from an article by Rachel Walden, Mesa Public Schools Governing Board Member, on how their board has been addressing the issue of declining enrollment. “We adopted a small school model that allows a school to stay financially viable and continue to operate. These schools have shared resources, shared staff, focused specials, and aides may be leveraged differently than at a comprehensive campus. The model provides the opportunity to specialize and meet student interests.” “Financial uncertainty also means we must explore ways to bring in revenue, which is underway at MPS. Mesa fully welcomes ESA families. The Eagleridge campus offers three full days of educational programming for K-12 students from across the Valley. Ninety-five percent of Eagleridge is funded through ESA dollars. The MPS board approved a fee schedule allowing families to use ESA dollars to participate in classes at other campuses, which increases revenue to the district.” “Responsible budgeting requires continual evaluation. Positions not related to the classroom and not required by regulation or law can be eliminated in many cases. Courses with low student interest should be removed, which will change staffing needs.” “If enrollment continues to decline, the Board may eventually have to consider school consolidation or closure. Those decisions should come only after other strategies have been exhausted and after careful consideration of student outcomes, finances, facilities, transportation and community impact.” Notice how rather than just blaming ESA for declining enrollment, like Menzel does, Mesa schools turns it into a revenue stream for the district. Although there are several more stories like these, here is just one more. “Faced with ongoing student loss, Mesa Public Schools is looking to reconfigure six of its campuses for the 2026-27 year instead of closing sites.” The bottom line is that SUSD’s Governing Board, dominated by Menzel’s supporters, has failed its students, parents, and broader community. SUSD cannot continue electing board members who place Menzel’s agenda above students’ interests. It is time for a change. Mike Bengert is a husband, father, grandfather, and Scottsdale resident advocating for quality education in SUSD for over 30 years. The post MIKE BENGERT: Can SUSD Governing Board Member Pittinsky Be Trusted? first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d8c275342cf4db92ead9 Irish rock legends U2 get the nod to perform during the NFL's Thanksgiving Eve halftime show te 2026-10-20T21:10:26.385Z Irish rock legends U2 get the nod to perform during the NFL's Thanksgiving Eve halftime show It used to be that the night before Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Eve, as it were — was for college kids to get plastered back in their hometowns and then spend the next day wearing sunglasses while suffering through a meal at thekids's table. Not anymore. The NFL is taking it over, and they're bringing U2 with them. The Irish band — Bono, the Edge, and two other guys who didn't get the memo on cool nicknames — will play at halftime during Netflix's Thanksgiving Eve game between the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. NFL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL THANKSGIVING EVE GAME BETWEEN PACKERS AND RAMS WILL BE STREAMED ON NETFLIX "There's a reason U2 has headlined stadiums for decades: they don't just perform, they deliver iconic moments audiences remember forever," Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said. "We’re thrilled that they'll bring that same magic to the NFL stage on Netflix. It’s going to be an unforgettable night for football fans and Netflix members worldwide." I think people are generally okay with U2... unless, of course, they give everyone their new album for free, in which case the pitchforks and torches come out. DRAKE MAYE BATTLES CRIPPLING MILKSHAKE ADDICTION, GREAT WHITE GOES AIRBORNE AND BETTER HALFTIME SHOW IDEAS This news comes the same day that reports started making the rounds of Jay-Z picking himself to handle Super Bowl halftime show duties, something U2 happens to know a thing or two about. 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"And it just felt very strange to be honest with you. But it started to feel really good and I really started to love it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d8bc75342cf4db92eac7 Jay Z's past political statements won't help perception of NFL politicizing Super Bowl halftime te 2026-10-20T21:10:20.733Z Jay Z's past political statements won't help perception of NFL politicizing Super Bowl halftime Bad Bunny's halftime performance this past February produced the largest drop in Super Bowl viewership during halftime in history. Specifically, viewership on NBC and Telemundo fell from 135.9 million at the end of the second quarter to 128.2 million during Bad Bunny's performance from 8:15 to 8:29 p.m. That's a 5.7% decline during halftime, compared to a 4% drop during Kendrick Lamar's performance a year earlier. Before the past two years, Super Bowl audiences had typically grown during the halftime show. According to Puck, the person responsible for selecting Lamar and Bad Bunny has now chosen himself to perform this year in Los Angeles: Jay Z, whom the NFL empowered as halftime czar in 2019. On the surface, a third consecutive year of declining halftime viewership should concern the league. Jay Z offers nostalgia. He was one of the defining hip-hop artists of the 2000s. He remained relevant well into the following decade through collaborations with artists such as Kanye West and Rihanna. More American viewers are likely to recognize Jay Z than Lamar or Bad Bunny, even if the latter is a massive international attraction. Still, recognition doesn't necessarily translate to interest. Lamar and Bad Bunny divided fans along political lines at a time when partisan activism often limits the appeal of an event as mainstream as the Super Bowl. Jay Z's political history is even more extensive. Sports fans may remember that he helped distribute "I Can’t Breathe" T-shirts as part of protests following the death of Eric Garner. He also headlined an Ohio concert for then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and was an outspoken supporter of Barack Obama. Jay Z celebrated Obama's election in the 2008 track "My President," rapping, "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk/Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run/Obama’s running so we all can fly." Is that so? Jay Z's political commentary has also included repeated criticism of Republicans, particularly President Donald Trump. He has called Trump "a joke," "not a very sophisticated man" and, during a 2018 CNN interview, a "superbug." He has also linked Trump's political rise to racism in America. "[Trump] cannot be my president. He cannot be our president," Jay Z said while campaigning for Clinton in 2016. He has also described America as "sexist" while discussing the country's failure to elect a female president. Anyway, Jay Z has now chosen to perform at the biggest annual entertainment event in this supposedly sexist and racist country. The NFL can argue that an artist's politics are irrelevant unless they surface during the halftime show. Maybe. But viewers don't necessarily make that distinction. Bad Bunny didn't make a political statement during his performance. He didn't have to. His anti-Trump commentary was already part of his public image, and a record share of the Super Bowl audience tuned out during his performance. The NFL understands this dynamic well. A poll last year found that it took nearly a decade for the league to regain its previous popularity among Republican-voting consumers after the national anthem protests began in 2016. The lesson should be obvious: alienating half the country is bad for business. The kneeling controversy hurt the NFL. The past two halftime shows have coincided with unusual audience declines. There is little reason to expect Jay Z to reverse that trend. Especially now that viewers have somewhere else to go. Turning Point USA's alternative halftime show was successful enough last season to establish an alternative for viewers who object to the NFL's selection on political grounds. The league can distance itself from Jay Z's selection by pointing to his authority over the halftime show. That's not convincing. No serious person believes Roger Goodell and the NFL are powerless to veto the performer at their own championship game. Of course they aren't. The NFL partnered with Jay Z's Roc Nation in 2019 to advise on live music entertainment and work with the league's Inspire Change initiative. The agreement came while the NFL was still navigating the political fallout from the Kaepernick controversy. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Seven years later, judge the arrangement by the results. The past two halftime shows lost viewers. And last season, many of them didn't return for the third quarter. While the uncompetitive Seahawks-Patriots matchup didn't help, overall Super Bowl viewership declined from 127.7 million in 2025 to 124.9 million in 2026. Considering Nielsen's change to its measurement system last year, the underlying decline is greater than the raw difference of nearly 3 million viewers suggests. We are not suggesting the NFL overcorrect by putting a conservative-leaning musician on stage. The Super Bowl doesn't need a Republican halftime show any more than it needs a Democratic one. It needs an artist with broad appeal who doesn't give millions of viewers another reason to change the channel. It should not be this difficult. If Jay Z's latest solution is to choose himself, the NFL ought to take someone else to the decision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d8ba75342cf4db92eabe NFL VP says league is 'vigilant' about security for France matchup, remains confident in plans te 2026-10-20T21:10:18.438Z NFL VP says league is 'vigilant' about security for France matchup, remains confident in plans The NFL reiterated Tuesday that all plans for playing its inaugural regular-season game in France remain on track and that the league is confident in its "operational and security plans," despite civil unrest that has made headlines in the country over the past week. "[We're] obviously being very vigilant in everything we do and all of our planning on an hour-by-hour basis, working closely with our two teams," NFL executive vice president for Club Business and International Peter O'Reilly said Tuesday. "We've got confidence in the plans both from an ops and security standpoint." NFL MONITORS FRANCE STREET VIOLENCE BEFORE SAINTS-STEELERS GAME NEAR PARIS WITH BIG DECISION LOOMING O’Reilly acknowledged that the NFL has contingency plans for every game, including moving it to another location or postponing it. However, he said discussions about those options for this particular game are nowhere near a critical stage. "We have never been close to that point," he said. "As you know, we've always got contingency plans for every game, every single one of them. But no, we were not at that point at any point in the conversation." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! So where does all this confidence come from that a gathering of roughly 81,000 fans, two full teams, politicians and others will be safe when cars have been burned and stores looted less than 20 miles away in central Paris? "Our team's been on the ground, security team's been on the ground, and obviously, working in close partnership with Stade de France, which is a world class stadium, hosted world class events, most recently the Olympic Games," O'Reilly said. "But not just on game day, all of our events we have going on we've got, we always have a very strong security presence, as you know, around all of those events. And that presence will be heightened with local authorities making sure that there's nothing more important from our standpoint than the team security, the fans' security, everybody involved with this game. "So extremely vigilant as we always are. As I said, confident in all of those plans as we head towards Sunday." 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(Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror) A pair of Green Party candidates dismissed allegations they fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funding as a “black helicopter” conspiracy theory, but the director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court on Monday that investigators have already uncovered 17 voters who say they didn’t give money to help those candidates qualify. “No helicopters. No conspiracies. No crackpots. Just proof,” attorney Craig Morgan wrote on behalf of Clean Elections Commission Executive Director Tom Collins in a brief filed with the Supreme Court. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE The Supreme Court last week agreed to take up a lawsuit Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier, the Green Party nominees for governor and secretary of state, filed last month challenging the authority of the Clean Elections Commission to investigate whether their campaigns forged voter signatures and $5 qualifying contributions to get millions of dollars from the public campaign funding system. In August, the commission opened a formal investigation into Lombardo, Collier and Republican Scott Neely, who lost his primary for governor to Andy Biggs. That decision followed an exclusive report from the Arizona Mirror that six people who were listed in campaign finance records as having made $5 contributions to all three candidates were adamant they didn’t give any money to the candidates.  That reporting corroborated preliminary findings from Collins, who separately discovered that thousands of donors were listed as contributing $5 to all three campaigns on the same days. Many of them had never made a contribution to any other candidate, according to campaign finance reports.  Voters rarely make qualifying contributions to more than one Clean Elections candidate, but the Mirror’s analysis found that the three long-shot candidates reported collecting contributions from nearly 4,000 of the same voters — including more than 2,600 who were listed as giving to all three. In letters to each of the candidates, Collins informed them of the Clean Elections investigation into their campaign finances and warned them that they could be required to repay all or some of the money. In the lawsuit, Tim La Sota, an attorney for Lombardo and Collier, argued that the Clean Elections Commission was attempting to overstep its legal authority by “decertifying” the candidates from receiving Clean Elections funding for their campaigns. Only the secretary of state, with the help of the county recorders, can certify that the candidates collected enough $5 contributions to receive public funding, he wrote. And, the Green Party candidates argued, the Clean Elections Commission doesn’t have the authority to order them to repay the funding. They have asserted even if a candidate did receive money through illegal fraud discovered after the fact, a criminal investigation — which is ongoing — is the proper way to hold a campaign accountable. A trial court judge dismissed the lawsuit and the Court of Appeals said it wouldn’t overturn that ruling, reasoning that it was premature because the Clean Elections investigation was still ongoing and the commission hadn’t yet ordered the candidates to return the money. But the Arizona Supreme Court accepted their appeal and will decide whether the commission can effectively overrule the secretary of state’s certification that the candidates qualified, and if so, whether it can order them to repay the money if it concludes the money was illegally obtained. The attempt to do so, La Sota wrote in his Supreme Court filing, is “a raw usurpation” of the power given to the secretary of state to determine whether candidates qualify for Clean Elections funding.  “There is absolutely no role by law for the Commission in this process, much less the power to effectively countermand the determination made by separate election officials,” he wrote. And Lombardo and Collier, as they have done throughout the litigation, sought to minimize the fraud claims as “paper thin allegations” from the six voters the Mirror highlighted in its earlier reporting. But Collins noted in his filing that the investigation is serious. As proof, he noted that the Clean Elections Commission has found many more voters who say they never gave any of the three candidates a dime, many of whom signed declarations alleging that the people gathering signatures for the campaigns either lied about the forms they were asked to sign or outright fabricated their signatures. Among them are Donna and Daniel Korstick, who both said the signatures on forms bearing their names weren’t actually theirs. And, they noted in their declarations, none of the handwriting is theirs — and their street name was misspelled repeatedly.  And Geoffrey and Melissa Dowdle said that, while the signatures appear to be theirs, they never signed the forms that were turned in to qualify for the public campaign funding. Nor, they said, did they fill out any of the fields on the paperwork or misspell their own names or the city of Casa Grande, where they live. Collins and the Commission also took aim at the legal rationale underpinning Lombardo and Collier’s lawsuit and said that the Clean Elections Act, which voters approved in 1998 to create the campaign funding program, doesn’t end enforcement once candidates clear “a signature-verification step” overseen by the secretary of state. “A duty to guarantee that public money is spent only as the Act specifies necessarily includes the power to retrieve money that was not,” Morgan wrote in Collins’ filing. The Clean Elections Act, attorney William Richards wrote on behalf of the commission, “makes the Commission the exclusive investigator and enforcer of violations of the act’s requirements and restrictions.” If the Supreme Court finds otherwise, the commission argued, then it would only “encourage fraud by ensuring there is no longer the investigatory and enforcement bulwark intended by the voters.” “Neither the (Clean Elections) Act’s text nor its structure, nor even reason, permit such an absurd windfall,” Collins told the high court. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d8ae75342cf4db92ea73 The Awkward Case for Thanking Trump on Women's Health te 2026-10-20T21:10:06.201Z The Awkward Case for Thanking Trump on Women's Health Trump's women's health initiative deserves credit, but without new funding, its promise will depend on what the NIH delivers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d66275342cf4db92ea32 Disabled Canadian man says hospital repeatedly offered assisted death as he fought for care to stay alive te 2026-10-20T21:00:18.780Z Disabled Canadian man says hospital repeatedly offered assisted death as he fought for care to stay alive A Canadian man battling a debilitating neurological disease told Fox News Digital that hospital staff repeatedly raised the possibility of medically assisted death while he was fighting for the home care he says he needs to survive. Roger Foley, who has spinocerebellar ataxia, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that the conversations began in 2016 at Victoria Hospital, part of the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, where he says he has remained hospitalized for years while seeking a self-directed home-care arrangement. In a July 7, 2026, letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Foley's attending physician said he could safely leave the hospital if the Ontario government authorized an individualized home-care arrangement. EXCLUSIVE: ‘BROKEN COUNTRY’ FILMMAKER WARNS CANADA’S SLOW DECLINE OFFERS CAUTIONARY TALE FOR AMERICANS "By any reasonable clinical standard, you could be discharged from our hospital if you had adequate support at home," wrote Dr. George K. Dresser, an attending internal medicine physician at London Health Sciences Centre. Dresser said Foley has been medically stable for much of his prolonged hospitalization, despite suffering hospital-acquired infections, and argued that conventional home-care programs have failed to accommodate his complex medical needs. "You have been at London Health Sciences Centre because the unique needs that you have cannot be met by existing programs in the community," the physician wrote. Dresser described Foley as "a square peg in a round hole," arguing that the hospital's standardized approach to care is poorly suited to a patient who requires consistent caregivers and highly individualized assistance. The physician also suggested that keeping Foley hospitalized may be unnecessarily expensive for Ontario's healthcare system. "A community-based, self-directed arrangement would in all likelihood cost substantially less than continued acute admission, while delivering far better-matched care," Dresser wrote. He urged Ontario's Ministry of Health to authorize funding that would allow Foley to recruit, train and manage his own personal support workers, potentially ending his yearslong hospitalization. Foley alleged that assisted dying was raised again during a disputed discharge process in 2017, when he says he was threatened with daily hospital charges of approximately $1,500 if he did not accept the care arrangements being offered. POPE LEO CALLS OUT ‘FALSE COMPASSION’ OF MEDICALLY ASSISTED SUICIDE DURING FRENCH HOSPITAL VISIT "I don't want to die," Foley told Fox News Digital, describing his determination to return to his apartment with caregivers of his choosing. Foley also alleged that the hospital removed lighting accommodations for his neurological condition in May 2025, making it difficult for him to receive care and consume food and fluids. Foley said the lighting dispute is particularly serious because his neurological condition makes him sensitive to certain wavelengths of light, including those emitted by fluorescent fixtures. For years, he said, the hospital accommodated his condition with amber-spectrum lighting that allowed caregivers to assist him without triggering his symptoms. But in May 2025, Foley alleged the hospital withdrew those accommodations and began requiring staff to provide care under fluorescent lighting. He claimed the change has made it increasingly difficult to receive routine assistance, including help with eating and drinking, because he must wear large, heavy protective goggles that place additional strain on his already compromised neck. CATHOLIC NUNS SUE NEW YORK, SAY ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW FORCES THEM TO VIOLATE THEIR FAITH Foley said he has sometimes relied on personal support workers from outside the hospital to help him consume fluids and that financial limitations have prevented him from arranging enough outside assistance to meet all his needs. He further alleged that some hospital employees have been instructed not to provide care unless fluorescent lights are turned on, even though he says other staff members have been able to assist him using the amber lighting without difficulty. Foley also claimed hospital personnel began asking him questions about suicidal thoughts again around the time his lighting accommodations were withdrawn. Unlike his earlier experiences, he said he refused to engage in those conversations because he no longer trusted the hospital's intentions. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). He said he does not refuse to discuss his mental health in general, and is not opposed to mental health assessments or receiving appropriate mental health support. However, he said previous experiences with hospital staff have made him wary of engaging in such discussions, especially because he said medical assistance in dying (MAID) had previously been raised as an option. The allegations mark the latest chapter in what Foley described as a nearly decade-long struggle to obtain the kind of care that would allow him to leave the hospital and return to his own home. Despite his prolonged hospitalization, Foley said he has never given up his apartment, which he described as accessible and equipped with a ceiling lift to assist with his mobility needs. "I have my own apartment. I still pay all my bills," he told Fox News Digital. "The last 10 years I haven't given up my apartment and I have wonderful community [personal support workers] that are ready to start working for me as soon as I get the self-directed funding," Foley said. FAMILY SOUNDS ALARM AFTER 83-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA DIES UNDER CANADA'S ASSISTED-DEATH PROGRAM Self-directed funding primarily refers to the Direct Funding (DF) Program for adults with physical disabilities and Family-Managed Home Care for broader home care services. Under such a model, Foley explained, patients with disabilities would have greater control over choosing and managing their caregivers rather than relying exclusively on agencies selected through the provincial home-care system. Foley argued that this would provide more consistent and safer care, particularly for patients with complex medical needs who require caregivers familiar with their individual conditions. He said his physicians have supported his efforts to obtain alternative home-care arrangements, but he has been unable to secure the funding necessary to put his plan into action. Foley said that the existing system has left him caught between remaining hospitalized indefinitely and accepting community-care arrangements he believes would place his health at risk. "I'm not giving up," he said. "I don't want to die, my daughters know I don't want to die, my physicians have always been very explicit and direct that it's not safe to put me in that type of close model that I need direct funding." In the letter from Dresser, Foley's attending physician, he writes in part, "I am therefore advocating that the Ministry to consider authorizing an individualized, self-directed funding arrangement that would enable you to be discharged from acute care and to arrange and direct your own care in the community. I am very willing to meet with Ministry staff, to provide whatever clinical documentation is required, and to work collaboratively on the design and safeguards of such an arrangement." Before his illness progressed, Foley said he had built a career in banking, worked as a television host and comedian, and even trained as a professional wrestler. He described earning recognition for his work before his deteriorating health eventually forced him to leave his career and go on long-term disability. GRANDDAUGHTER SAYS GRANDMA REJECTED MAID BEFORE LETHAL PROCEDURE, ‘I DON’T WANT THE DEATH SHOT’ But Foley said he has continued looking for ways to contribute to society despite his physical limitations. He is now involved with a project called "Bring Roger Home," which he said is working with a nonprofit organization to raise money for the care he needs to return to his community. The effort also includes releasing music he recorded years earlier, with proceeds intended to support his home-care needs and eventually help other people facing similar circumstances. One of the songs, "Limitless with Limitations," reflects the philosophy he said helped him come to terms with his condition. "Just because you're not the person that you were doesn't mean that the person you are can't be limitless and achieve positive things and goals," Foley said. He also urged people living with disabilities or chronic illnesses not to lose hope, even when their medical circumstances become overwhelming. "Don't give up who you are at your core and believe in yourself," he said. Foley said his ultimate goal remains unchanged: to return home, reconnect with family and friends, and live as independently as his condition allows. His experience has also shaped his opposition to Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) system, which he argues cannot be adequately safeguarded when patients face serious gaps in medical care and social support. According to the BBC, Canada’s MAID law, which legalized euthanasia in 2016, is responsible for one in every 20 deaths in Canada. Foley contended that patients should have meaningful access to treatment, disability assistance and home-care alternatives before assisted death is considered. For him, the central issue is not whether he has the ability to end his life, but whether he can obtain the assistance necessary to continue living it. "Even in the darkest times," Foley said, "you can still find a light at the end of the tunnel to go towards." Fox News Digital reached out to London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), which operates Victoria Hospital, Ontario Health atHome, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and Dresser, Foley’s physician, for comment but did not immediately receive responses.  Cheshire Independent Living Services declined to comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d65a75342cf4db92ea09 Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia te 2026-10-20T21:00:10.337Z Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d65575342cf4db92e9e8 Rams Sign 12-Year NFL Veteran Kicker After Ugly Cardinals Loss te 2026-10-20T21:00:05.737Z Rams Sign 12-Year NFL Veteran Kicker After Ugly Cardinals Loss The Los Angeles Rams have added a new kicker to their roster, as they have signed veteran Brandon McManus. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40f75342cf4db92e97a MLB player will become World Series champion regardless of Brewers-Rays outcome te 2026-10-20T20:50:23.294Z MLB player will become World Series champion regardless of Brewers-Rays outcome The World Series hasn’t started yet, but one player is already a champion. Relief pitcher Jake Woodford played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays this season, guaranteeing that he becomes a champion. The Rays traded the 29-year-old to Milwaukee just before the season began in March. Woodford was in the Brewers’ bullpen to start the season, appearing in 16 games. He had a 1-0 record with a 6.94 ERA and one save in 23 1/3 innings pitched. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE On June 5, Woodford was designated for assignment and subsequently released a few days later. On July 4, he signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs. Woodford appeared in just one game for the Cubs, allowing three runs in two innings. The Cubs designated Woodford for assignment on July 11, and he was released on July 16. However, the Cubs signed him to a minor league contract on July 18. On July 29, the Cubs selected his contract, returning him to the major league roster. Woodford threw one scoreless inning on Aug. 3 but was once again designated for assignment by the Cubs on Aug. 4 and released on Aug. 10. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Rays then brought him back, signing him to a minor league contract on Aug. 11. After more than a month in the minor leagues, the Rays selected his contract and added him to their major league roster on Sept. 24. Woodford pitched against the New York Yankees, giving up three earned runs in 1 1/3 innings. He was designated for assignment on Sept. 25 and released again on Sept. 29. Woodford’s roller-coaster ride took him through three different teams over the course of the 2026 season, but one of those teams is guaranteed to win the World Series. However, Woodford is not guaranteed to receive a ring. There is no official rule that requires teams to give rings to every player, as ring distribution is at the discretion of team ownership and management. The World Series begins on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, with the Brewers hosting the Rays. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40875342cf4db92e952 Trump Pushes to Evict White House Press Corps te 2026-10-20T20:50:16.410Z Trump Pushes to Evict White House Press Corps President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40675342cf4db92e935 Deion Sanders Sends Prayers for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts After Diagnosis te 2026-10-20T20:50:14.471Z Deion Sanders Sends Prayers for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts After Diagnosis Colorado coach Deion Sanders sent prayers for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts after learning of his health situation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40475342cf4db92e92c Steph Curry Gets Honest About Klay Thompson's Decision to Leave Warriors te 2026-10-20T20:50:12.861Z Steph Curry Gets Honest About Klay Thompson's Decision to Leave Warriors From 2011 to 2024, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson took the court together as the Golden State Warriors' "Splash Brothers." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40275342cf4db92e923 Trump May Be Paxton’s Best Weapon Against Talarico Despite GOP Concerns te 2026-10-20T20:50:10.984Z Trump May Be Paxton’s Best Weapon Against Talarico Despite GOP Concerns Some Republicans have expressed concern about Trump visits, but polls show his rallies haven’t hurt Paxton against Talarico. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d40075342cf4db92e91a Jewish Opposition to Abdul El-Sayed May Not Matter in Michigan Race te 2026-10-20T20:50:08.789Z Jewish Opposition to Abdul El-Sayed May Not Matter in Michigan Race Abdul El-Sayed says Israel isn’t a U.S. ally. Michigan’s math suggests he can win without Jewish voters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d3fe75342cf4db92e911 Trump's $8B Diesel Aid Package Branded 'Band-Aid' by Iowa Farm Leader te 2026-10-20T20:50:06.884Z Trump's $8B Diesel Aid Package Branded 'Band-Aid' by Iowa Farm Leader The criticism comes as the administration rolls out its Harvest Fuel Relief program ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d3fc75342cf4db92e8ef SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations te 2026-10-20T20:50:04.468Z SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations SpaceX’s data centers and Grok agents have been more profitable than investors expected in second quarter of the year, as the company leaves its roots as a space company behind to focus on artificial intelligence, which now makes up 52% of its income. Elon Musk’s deep conglomerate reported on Tuesda Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d1aa75342cf4db92e891 Ravens Sign Veteran Kicker Amid Tyler Loop's Struggles te 2026-10-20T20:40:10.647Z Ravens Sign Veteran Kicker Amid Tyler Loop's Struggles The Baltimore Ravens are brining in competition for kicker Tyler Loop after his most recent missed kick against the Browns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d1a875342cf4db92e888 Pete Hegseth Responds After Trump Rejects His Livestream Execution Plan te 2026-10-20T20:40:08.479Z Pete Hegseth Responds After Trump Rejects His Livestream Execution Plan Hegseth said that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will get the death he "deserves" at his public execution come December. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d1a675342cf4db92e87f Yankees' Former Rookie of the Year Emerges as Trade Target for AL West Team te 2026-10-20T20:40:06.680Z Yankees' Former Rookie of the Year Emerges as Trade Target for AL West Team The Texas Rangers are being linked to New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil ahead of the MLB offseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7d1a375342cf4db92e858 OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business te 2026-10-20T20:40:03.776Z OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cf6375342cf4db92e830 Reporter’s Notebook: A Democratic majority could expose the limits of the progressive agenda te 2026-10-20T20:30:27.722Z Reporter’s Notebook: A Democratic majority could expose the limits of the progressive agenda "You made me promises. Promises. Knowing I'd believe. Promises. Promises. I knew you'd never keep." — Promises, Promises by Naked Eyes "I am a supporter of Medicare-for-all," declared Minnesota’s Democratic nominee for Senate, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, D. "I'm going to get there with my friend Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. And we are going to power map the s--t out of the U.S. Senate and figure out how to build power for the things that we know that we deserve and the things that we need." Hard-left progressive House and Senate candidates like Flanagan are pitching Medicare-for-all. The abolition of ICE. The Green New Deal. An arms embargo for Israel. And a $25 an hour minimum wage. Flanagan is in a race with Republican Senate nominee Michelle Tafoya to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. The race favors Flanagan. However, it’s not a done deal that she wins. But Democratic Socialist candidates for the House like Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Melat Kiros in Colorado, along with Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York probably will. Come January, they will prospectively represent Democratic strongholds where progressive ideas are popular. MEET THE FAR-LEFT INSURGENTS WAGING WAR ON THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IN 2026 MIDTERMS But if Democrats win either the House or Senate, it won’t be because voters pulled the lever for Kiros in Denver or Avila Chevalier in Harlem. They’ll win because Democrat Cait Conley defeated Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in Dutchess County, north of New York City. Maybe because voters cast their ballots for Democrat Brian Poindexter in Wooster, Ohio, rather than Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio. Democrats could flip the House if Democratic nominee Christina Bohannan appeals more to voters in Davenport, IA than Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa. This brings us back to the progressive agenda. Democrats might win the House and or the Senate. But Valdez and Kiros aren’t the "majority makers." Candidates like Poindexter and Conley are. And if they’re elected to the House, it’s doubtful that moderates from swing districts can support progressive ideas like the Green New Deal or Medicare-for-all. It’s about the math. And it’s more than likely that Democrats will need the voters of those moderate "majority makers" from battleground districts to enact those policies. That’s to say nothing about needing 60 yeas in the Senate to crack a filibuster – even if Democrats do marshal a slim majority there. And, if something extreme did get through both bodies of a potentially Democratically-controlled Congress, President Trump would like veto it. THE BLUE WAVE LOOKS REAL UNTIL YOU LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER It is said that you campaign in poetry but you govern in prose. The left has pushed a lot of progressive poetry with their agenda items of late. They’ll tout the opportunity to enact some of those policies if Democrats win the majority. However, the reality of advancing any of that into a legislative reality is slim. The progressive ideas may energize the base. But the Democratic base is sure to feel let down if Democrats can’t make good on some of their campaign promises. We’ve seen this before. A party promises voters the moon in the midterm elections. Then struggles to make good on those promises. Republicans won the House in 1994 for the first time in four decades with the 10-point "Contract With America." The document promised to cut spending and reduce influence in Washington. But in the end, the House and Senate only approved a few of the items. President Clinton vetoed others. In 2006, House Democrats campaigned on drawing down the war in Iraq. They captured the House. Congress began defunding the war effort. But it took several years, much to the dismay of party activists who demanded an immediate pullout. In 2010, Republicans won back control of the House, gaining a record 63 seats. The goal was to reduce spending and repeal and replace ObamaCare. It never happened. In fact, some Republicans are still trying to unwind ObamaCare today. CARVILLE SAYS HE'D RATHER REPUBLICANS KEEP THE HOUSE THAN DEMOCRATS WIN BY FIVE SEATS, HELD 'HOSTAGE' BY DSA This is all about exciting the base. And then figuring out how to govern. What candidates promise on the campaign trail rarely morphs into a legislative reality. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is reportedly in discussions with DSA-backed candidates to secure legislative commitments before some of their candidates will back him in a potential race for Speaker. That said, political observers would find it hard to believe that Democrats would balk at promoting Jeffries, making him the first Black House Speaker in American history. There’s a chance Democrats could face infighting if the party fractures between moderates and progressives. Imagine for a moment that Democrats do have the House and intend to bring a Medicare-for-all bill to the floor. The House must first adopt a rule which governs how the House debates that measure on the floor. Would a moderate Democrat like Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., oppose the rule (provided she wins reelection)? After all, Gluesenkamp Perez voted for GOP procedural measures earlier this year, igniting an internal Democratic firestorm. However, those votes may have been good matches for her battleground district. But voting aye on a procedural plan for a controversial, progressive political initiative won’t work in Gluesenkamp Perez’s district. That’s why the progressive agenda may already be dead in the water. If Democrats do win the House and Jeffries clasps the Speaker’s gavel, his role will be different. He needs to manage his entire caucus. So appealing to the hard left doesn’t work. He must also hear out the moderates. And certainly the majority makers. For instance, Jeffries isn’t pushing the Medicare for all scheme. HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY "I haven't co-sponsored the Medicare for all legislation that has been introduced over the last several years. I do think we need to figure out how to fix our broken healthcare system and then build something better once we repair the damage that has been done," said Jeffries. That’s a natural stance for a national political leader. Jumping feet first into such a nettlesome issue might not be sound politics. Especially since you must also address the concerns of the moderate majority makers. But Jeffries may have an out that all Democrats can unify around: investigations of the Trump administration. Since President Trump began his term, Jeffries has promised to hold its officials to account. Jeffries has called out Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. Ridiculed Attorney General Todd Blanche. Blasted Vice President JD Vance. Spoken about alleged corruption by the Trump family. Democrats are also campaigning as a foil to the Trump Administration. Their base will demand action via investigations, too. That certainly resonates with the progressive base. And, even moderates who may be the majority makers. But it isn’t a $25 an hour minimum wage. It’s not the abolition of ICE. It’s not the Green New Deal. Democrats probably won’t get what they want legislatively if they attain the majority. Those are just the political realities. But they may be able to rack some points with investigations. Those would reflect the political realities as well. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cf5475342cf4db92e7e7 Commanders WR Terry McLaurin's 'Brutal' Injury News Revealed te 2026-10-20T20:30:12.099Z Commanders WR Terry McLaurin's 'Brutal' Injury News Revealed Washington Commanders star wide receiver Terry McLaurin is out for the rest of the season due to a "brutal" injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cd0b75342cf4db92e7a6 Ilhan Omar's daughters show up at scene of DC raid as rumors swirl about embattled rep's whereabouts te 2026-10-20T20:20:27.582Z Ilhan Omar's daughters show up at scene of DC raid as rumors swirl about embattled rep's whereabouts Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. has not been seen in public since a pre-dawn raid of her Washington, D.C. residence last week — but Fox News Digital spotted her daughters descending on the home in recent days. Isra Hirsi pulled black sedan into the driveway of the home under the cover of darkness Saturday night and stepped out of the vehicle carrying a bag with both hands. She walked directly into the front door of the same home that was swarmed by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents a week prior. "What's your problem?" Hirsi said to Fox News Digital after getting out of her car. Just two days later, a young teenage girl believed to be Omar's second daughter also was seen entering the home with a woman that appeared to be her caretaker. ILHAN OMAR’S EMBATTLED HUSBAND APPEARS AT SCENE OF HSI RAID IN MIDST OF CRIMINAL FRAUD INVESTIGATION The daughters arrived on the scene roughly a week after the house was raided by federal agents. Omar also has a son who is the only immediate family member of Omar's that Fox News Digital has not seen arrive at their home in D.C., since the federal search where her phone and passport were reportedly seized. The same night Omar's eldest daughter was captured entering the home, U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) — whose jurisdiction is typically limited to U.S. Capitol building and grounds, but extends to protecting members of Congress and their families — showed up on the congresswoman's street. Omar shares her three children with Ahmed Hirsi, who she ceremonially married in 2002 and legally married in 2018. During the time before her legal marriage to Hirsi, she was legally married to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is allegedly her brother, from 2009 until 2017 — during which time Omar's youngest daughter was born. She married political consultant Tim Mynett in 2020. Throughout the week after the raid, Mynett has emerged from the home intermittently, mostly to walk the family’s Golden Labrador Retriever dog, Teddy. He has defended his wife to Fox News Digital, saying he has "no concerns" about the investigation. He also snapped when asked about unsubstantiated rumors that the congresswoman had fled the country. "You guys are annoying the hell out of the neighbors around here, man," said Mynett. Omar's eldest daughter, Isra Hirsi, is controversial in her own right. The 23-year-old activist and graduate of Barnard College — a Columbia University affiliate — was arrested at Columbia and later suspended from the school in 2024 after participating in the school’s now-infamous anti-Israel tent encampment, which lasted for two weeks until it was dispersed by NYPD. ILHAN OMAR'S HUSBAND SNAPS OVER RUMORS SHE FLED US AFTER FEDERAL IMMIGRATION FRAUD RAID She also co-founded the U.S. Climate Strike in 2019, part of a global movement that organized student walkouts of class as they demanded the passage of the far-left Green New Deal and a switch to 100% renewable energy. Despite its name, the group didn’t stop at advocating for "green" energy policies. It also demanded universal healthcare, student debt relief, stronger union organization and advocated for giving land back to Native Americans. Hirsi has also railed against capitalism publicly on social media. Omar's sister, Sahra Noor, did not show up for a scheduled stop on her book tour in Minnesota last week due to a "family emergency," according to the book store hosting the event. Three sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that Noor voluntarily spoke with federal investigators last week. Omar’s home was raided by HSI, the chief investigatory body of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at around 6:00 a.m., last Monday. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agency executed a search warrant in relation to an immigration fraud probe. Specifically, investigators are probing whether the congresswoman and/or her father falsified information when filling out her citizenship paperwork. Border Czar Tom Homan revealed over the weekend that if the allegations are proven, they could lead to Omar’s denaturalization. The New York Times reported that about a dozen people, including Omar’s relatives, have been subpoenaed in the case. Omar has not responded to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital, but she has reacted publicly to the raid on social media. REP ILHAN OMAR'S IMMIGRATION HISTORY FACES NEW SCRUTINY AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SUBPOENA RELATIVES "This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," she said in a statement posted to X hours after the raid. For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back. Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies." In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital last Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said the investigation is not politically motivated. "We don't want to be like the Biden administration. We never want to be like that — where they would allow the law to go after their political opponents," he said. "We really want to let the law, the facts drive this," he continued. "And if justice requires something else be done, then, of course, we'll take a step when we have to." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cd0375342cf4db92e79d Former Disney star Erik von Detten sued for elder abuse after couple poured $2.1M retirement savings into gold te 2026-10-20T20:20:19.394Z Former Disney star Erik von Detten sued for elder abuse after couple poured $2.1M retirement savings into gold Former Disney star Erik von Detten is being sued by an elderly California couple who claim he convinced them to invest more than $2.1 million of their retirement savings in overpriced gold coins. Sheila Greenberg, 85, and her husband, Norman Greenberg, 97, filed the lawsuit against von Detten, who is best known for his roles in Disney's "Brink" and "The Princess Diaries," and his former employer, Rosland Capital, in Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 11. The complaint accuses the defendants of financial elder abuse, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud and conversion. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, the Greenbergs believe Rosland "designed in large part to appeal to senior citizens through their television and internet advertising, direct mail brochures, and high-pressure boiler-room type sales practices." ALEC BALDWIN SUED BY ‘RUST’ PROP COMPANY OWNER ALLEGING ACTOR MADE HIM ‘SCAPEGOAT’ IN DEADLY ON-SET SHOOTING The Greenbergs claim they contacted Rosland in 2020 after seeing the television commercials promoting gold as a safe way to protect their wealth. Once put in touch with von Detten, one of the company's top advisors, the couple disclosed that their combined traditional IRA accounts contained more than $2 million. "Von Detten earned Sheila’s and Normans’ trust. They believed him to be an expert and thus placed their faith completely in Von Detten to make the correct choices and recommendations and expressed as much to him," the court documents state. On Oct. 19, 2020, the Greenbergs allegedly followed von Detten’s recommendations and purchased more than $999,000 worth of Lady Liberty gold coins. The lawsuit claims Sheila paid $599,654.83 for 797 coins, while Norman paid $399,519.09 for 531 coins. "They believed that, however valued, Von Detten was taking care of them and the price they paid was a fair price for what they bought and the gold they purchased was worth the money they spent. Afterall, this was an IRA rollover. An investment intended to protect their hard-earned wealth for retirement." The complaint alleges the coins were sold at a premium of roughly 60%. The Greenbergs claim they paid the equivalent of $3,009.56 per ounce when the spot price of gold was approximately $1,903 per ounce. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The lawsuit claims the couple lost more than $367,000 in value almost immediately after the first transaction. The Greenbergs allege von Detten continued contacting them and "hounded" them to invest even more money. The complaint claims Rosland "likely" viewed the couple as a "whale" after learning how much money they had available. On Nov. 5, 2020, the couple allegedly made another purchase totaling more than $1.14 million. Sheila reportedly bought 885 additional coins for $677,644.50, while Norman purchased 614 coins for $470,139.80. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The lawsuit claims the second transaction resulted in another immediate loss of more than $418,000. In total, the Greenbergs allege they paid $2,146,958.22 for coins worth approximately $1,360,925. The complaint claims the couple’s entire traditional IRA accounts were rolled over into the gold investments. The lawsuit also alleges the physical coins were never delivered to the Greenbergs. Instead, they were sent to Delaware Depository for storage. The couple claims they continued paying fees to maintain their gold IRA accounts and store the coins. After the retirement accounts were "depleted," the complaint alleges Rosland pursued other sources of money. In August 2021, the Greenbergs allegedly used their family trust to purchase nearly $200,000 worth of additional gold coins. The lawsuit claims they paid $135,487 for 109 PAMP British Museum Lewis Chessmen coins that were worth approximately $48,832. They also allegedly paid $64,300 for 50 PAMP F1 Abu Dhabi coins that were worth about $22,420. GRANDPARENTS ARE IDENTITY THEFT'S BIGGEST PAYDAY The Greenbergs claim they did not realize they had been overcharged until 2025, when they began looking into the value of their holdings. When an Advantage Gold representative allegedly suggested the company operated differently from Rosland, Sheila turned to AI to look into Rosland's business practices, a search that led her to uncover what she described as unethical conduct. "By their conduct, Defendants took, secreted, appropriated, obtained or retained an unconscionable mark-up over the fair value of no less than $900,000 for a wrongful use, because they knew or should have known that doing so would likely be harmful to Plaintiffs," the documents state. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Instead of helping them protect their hard-earned wealth, Defendants helped themselves to it. 49. In addition, Defendants committed financial elder abuse because they took, secreted, appropriated, obtained or retained Plaintiffs’ money with the intent to defraud." The couple is seeking at least $900,000 in compensatory damages, double damages, punitive damages, prejudgment interest, attorneys’ fees and costs. They have also demanded a jury trial. A representative for von Detten did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cada75342cf4db92e720 Reporter's Notebook: France braces for more unrest after parts of Paris spun out of control te 2026-10-20T20:11:06.411Z Reporter's Notebook: France braces for more unrest after parts of Paris spun out of control PARIS, France: Paris is burning. Yet again. But this time, according to officials and analysts, it’s different. And unrest here could have a lasting impact on France… perhaps the world. I have been covering protests in France for decades. I lived in Paris for nine years. I know that the French are very skilled at taking politics to the street. The recent upheaval has many worried. From all the people I hear from on the ground here, the rioting has been more violent, more destructive, more profound. Domestic strife seemingly out of control. FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS When I approached the bar at a brasserie near Place de la Republique, the server asked if I was an American and a journalist. After replying yes to both he concluded, "So you’ve come to cover the civil war." The numbers tell the tale. Some 2,500 arrests during the last weekend of clashes between protesters and police. Around 1,000 officers injured. Many hurt, some seriously, on the activists’ side. And about 3000 businesses impacted, trashed, looted. Damage estimated over one billion dollars. FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING What was most striking were the attacks on official buildings. An historic city hall in Limoge. A police headquarters in crime-ridden Marseille. An important tourist office in Lyon. Symbols of a French government under siege. The mostly peaceful protests supporting recent student concerns, as well as working and middle-class economic worries, hijacked by those bent on anarchy. And opportunistic young crooks looking for cheap thrills. Yes, there are immigrants and foreigners amid the rabble. Plus, those said to have ties with so-called "ultra-left" groupings. But this remains a very French uprising. Which in a way makes it even more unsettling. Nearly ten years of rule by President Emmanuel Macron has left this country more divided, with promises unfilled, anger near the surface. And violence a real danger. FRENCH NEWSPAPER RIPS MACRON AFTER RIOTS ERUPT ACROSS FRANCE: ‘INDELIBLE STAIN’ What was also deeply troubling about the latest bout of violence — and authorities have admitted it — is that there were periods of time when parts of Paris and other cities were out of control. Shop owners were forced to fend for themselves. All of this plum pickings for politicians on the left and right. Either sympathizing with protesters’ demands. Or calling for more law and order. Both sides slamming those in power. With presidential elections upcoming in six months, timing is everything. With the French treasury bare, it seems the more pressing and more promising route for the current authorities is greater security. That’s why top government officials have been speaking out about their planning for the next big protest set for this weekend. French Prime Minister Lecornu says it will be countered by a "massive police operation" backed by the military. Activists will have to choose, Lecornu went on to say, between "violence" and the French "republic." "Do or die" talk that still does not address the underlying problems, not just facing France but other countries as well. That’s why, in addition to the curiosity factor of everyone being intrigued by France, it could also provide some real-time lessons on how or how not to deal with a brave new world of inequality and dwindling resources. See you at the "barricades." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cad375342cf4db92e717 Urban Meyer joins Dan Dakich, gushes about new Florida head coach Jon Sumrall: 'I love that guy' te 2026-10-20T20:10:59.941Z Urban Meyer joins Dan Dakich, gushes about new Florida head coach Jon Sumrall: 'I love that guy' Urban Meyer knows a thing or two about what makes a great college football coach. The 62-year-old College Football Hall of Fame inductee won three national championships during his nearly two-decade career, two of which came while he was roaming the sidelines at the University of Florida. His ties to Gainesville made him a trusted voice in the Gators' latest coaching search, and coaching searches have been frequent occurrences since he exited stage left in December 2010. FLORIDA GATORS COACH JON SUMRALL SAYS HE WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT TULANE IF HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO COACH PLAYOFF TEAM With Meyer's help, Florida selected Jon Sumrall, whose first year is off to a roaring start thanks to two top-10 wins (Ole Miss and Texas) before he's even had a chance to coach a full season. Seven games into his tenure, Meyer has been blown away by Sumrall, and joined Dan Dakich on his show, "Don't @ Me," to discuss how he had a small part in helping usher the new Gator to The Swamp this past fall. FLORIDA COACH BRINGS LAUGHS, NO FILTER AND LANE KIFFIN COMPARISON REBUTTAL TO FIRST SEC MEDIA DAYS "I don't like him, I love the guy," Meyer said with the same smile a proud older sibling would wear when talking about his younger brother's accomplishments. "I never met him until this year, I was involved in the coaching search. They asked me to kind of vet, and one phone call, I hung up the phone and I called a guy on the board of trustees and I said, 'you found your guy, man.'" FORMER OHIO STATE, FLORIDA COACH URBAN MEYER REVEALS THE ONE PLACE HE REFUSED TO RECRUIT PLAYERS FROM As I mentioned before, Meyer knows what a good coach looks like. Outside of his accomplishments, Meyer's "coaching tree" looks as impressive as anyone's not named "Saban." Just a few of Urban's notable assistant coaches over the years include Ryan Day, Dan Mullen, Brian Hartline, Charlie Strong, Steve Addazio, Luke Fickell, and Mike Vrabel, among others. So, when Urban Meyer hops on the phone and says "you found your guy," chances are he's onto something. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "This guy doesn't b—h... you ever hear him bitch about the NIL? You ever hear him b—h about the transfer portal," Meyer asked rhetorically. "No, he loves the game. He loves his players." Meyer also lauds Sumrall for how tough he is on his players while still showing them love. FLORIDA COACH JON SUMRALL REVEALS EARLY CAREER STRUGGLES, LIVING IN SLUMS OF SAN DIEGO AND 'CARRYING A GLOCK' THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I love when he says, 'yeah, we suck, we just suck less today and we beat Texas.' I mean how cool is that?" A big part of why Meyer has been so drawn to the 43-year-old Gators coach is the fact that he sees a lot of his younger self in Sumrall, too. He brings up their Bloody Tuesday practices and mentions that the second in command is Rusty Whitt, Florida's head strength coach. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "The number two in charge is their strength coach, just like us," Meyer recalls. "I believe he's a Green Beret who runs the strength program, and he's the culture." It's early, and a lot of things can still change, but Sumrall is doing his best to make Meyer look like a genius since the moment he hung up that phone 11 months ago. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cacd75342cf4db92e70e Forty-five percent of college students say violence can be justified to stop hate speech, poll finds te 2026-10-20T20:10:53.691Z Forty-five percent of college students say violence can be justified to stop hate speech, poll finds Four in 10 college students believe people should face criminal prosecution for expressing opinions they find offensive, according to a new poll that raises questions about the next generation's attitudes toward free speech and the First Amendment. "Four in ten (40%) agree that offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution, while 52% disagree. Agreement is up seven points from last year and is the highest in the three years this question has been asked," a recent survey from the Buckley Institute found. The survey also found that 45% of students believe violence is acceptable to stop offensive speech. "Forty-five percent (45%) agree that physical violence can be justified to prevent a person from using hate speech or making racially charged comments, while 50% disagree," the survey states. "Agreement is up six points from last year and ties the all-time high of 45% set in 2023. In 2017, the first year this question was asked, agreement was 30%." I’M A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. OUR PROFESSION SHOULD FINISH WHAT CHARLIE KIRK STARTED The survey also found that 42% agree that political comments they disagree with can be harmful to their mental health, while 53% disagree, up four points from last year and is the highest reading in the five years this question has been asked. The survey polled 803 undergrads at four-year colleges across the country in mid-September. The survey included full-time undergraduate students under the age of 25 attending four-year public or private colleges and universities. It excluded part-time students, those 25 and older, and students enrolled in community colleges, technical schools or trade schools. UNIVERSITY PAYS PROFESSOR $600K AFTER BEING PUNISHED FOR PARODYING LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Lauren Noble, the executive director of the Buckley Institute, told Fox News Digital in a statement Tuesday that the support among undergraduates for prosecuting free speech is a red flag for the country. "The high levels of undergraduate support for censorship should serve as a warning to America," Noble said. "The 40% of undergraduates who support criminalizing offensive speech will bring that perspective into their communities and workplaces after they graduate. Two hundred fifty years after America’s founding, defenders of the First Amendment should be worried about what the future holds when these censorious students assume positions of leadership." LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORT She added that institutions of higher learning have dropped the ball when it comes to educating students on why the First Amendment is a crucial right. "The survey data shows that America’s colleges and universities are clearly not doing enough to impress upon their students why free speech is so critical to a free society," Noble added. "When significant numbers of college students accept violence and shout downs as appropriate responses to speech they disagree with, alarm bells should be ringing for Americans across the political spectrum." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7caba75342cf4db92e6de Alabama Governor Commutes a Death Sentence, Citing Thin Evidence te 2026-10-20T20:10:34.736Z Alabama Governor Commutes a Death Sentence, Citing Thin Evidence Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid $5,000 by the state for providing information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7cab675342cf4db92e6d5 Republican Women Lean on Working Mom Cred to Stump in Tight Iowa Race te 2026-10-20T20:10:30.123Z Republican Women Lean on Working Mom Cred to Stump in Tight Iowa Race Senator Katie Britt of Alabama was the latest national Republican to visit Iowa to campaign for Representative Ashley Hinson. President Trump will follow on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7caac75342cf4db92e6b5 Colts Make Two Roster Additions After Firing GM Chris Ballard te 2026-10-20T20:10:20.592Z Colts Make Two Roster Additions After Firing GM Chris Ballard One day after the Colts fired GM Chris Ballard, assistant GM Ed Dodds made his first roster additions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7caa775342cf4db92e6ac White House Correspondent Hits Back After Trump Brands Him a 'Sick Person' te 2026-10-20T20:10:15.336Z White House Correspondent Hits Back After Trump Brands Him a 'Sick Person' White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg has hit back after Donald Trump branded him a “sick person” during a heated exchange. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7caa175342cf4db92e68a Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car te 2026-10-20T20:10:09.185Z Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more personalized responses while driving. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c85a75342cf4db92e65b Deebo Samuel missed a game but managed to play through his injury as a wingman on an e-dating TikTok stream te 2026-10-20T20:00:26.612Z Deebo Samuel missed a game but managed to play through his injury as a wingman on an e-dating TikTok stream It's fair to say that Deebo Samuel has a history of missing games due to injury throughout his career. His style of play contributes to that, and he was inactive for Monday night's Commanders and 49ers game due to a hamstring injury. He's expected to miss "at least a couple of weeks," 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said after he hurt himself in a win over the Seahawks. But that doesn't mean San Francisco's offensive weapon isn't playing through his injury. He most certainly is, and he's putting it all on the line as a wingman. Not just any wingman, an e-dating TikTok livestream wingman. Is there anything Deebo Samuel can't do? And no, you're not allowed to say stay healthy. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It turns out he's a sucker for romance like the rest of us who have dropped our guards and allowed ourselves to be. The role of the e-dating wingman is exactly what it sounds like. Deebo played, through his injury it's worth pointing out again, wingman/matchmaker over the weekend. He hosted an e-dating livestream on his own TikTok account for a couple during their virtual first date. TERRY MCLAURIN CARTED OFF, MIKE EVANS HURT AS 49ERS HOLD OFF COMMANDERS 23-17 ON BRUTAL MNF From the looks of it, his services as the wingman may have seriously been needed. Let's just say one of them on the online date really outkicked their coverage here. Those not as in touch with their romantic side left comments on the screenshot of his livestream like "Step away from Antonio Brown, we should be concerned." Others with a more refined perspective understood what Deebo Samuel was up to while trying to help two people connect with one another. One wrote, "Pastor Deebo doing gawds work." I couldn’t have said it better myself. If he's too hurt to take the field, playing through his injury by helping to bring a couple of people together using the power of the internet is "doing gawds work." Best of luck to Deebo and to Bebo, for that matter. Whether a connection was made with the help of the 49ers receiver or not, Isabel is going to be just fine. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c85875342cf4db92e652 Vance reveals the Trump dilemma that could complicate his 2028 White House ambitions te 2026-10-20T20:00:24.951Z Vance reveals the Trump dilemma that could complicate his 2028 White House ambitions Vice President JD Vance said he isn't sure if he'd receive President Donald Trump's endorsement "right out the gate" if he were to run for president in 2028. Vance expressed that uncertainty during a Monday interview with journalist Mark Halperin on his platform 2Way. The interview aired just weeks before the midterm elections, as Republicans and the White House are focused on maintaining control of Congress. Vance emphasized that his top priority was the midterms and said he wasn't certain that a 2028 presidential run was in his future. However, he said, "I think if I run, the president will endorse me." VANCE CONFRONTED ABOUT 2028 AMBITIONS AFTER TRUMP TEASES 'DREAM TEAM' RUBIO TICKET "Right away?" Halperin asked. "I would think so, but I don’t know, man," Vance said. "I haven’t talked to him about it." Halperin suggested it might be "weird" if Vance were to share with Trump his 2028 ambitions and for Trump to sit on an endorsement, a characterization that Vance pushed back on. "No, I don’t think it’d be weird," Vance said. "Again, I think I would get his endorsement, but I also think there’s something to be said for people actually running their own race, and because the president’s endorsement is so dispositive, you could absolutely see a scenario where the president says, ‘You know what? We need to let, like, this race play out and not, like, preemptively prejudge the results.'" Earlier in the conversation, Halperin brought up previous remarks by Vance in which he said that "whoever the president endorses for the Republican nomination will ultimately win the Republican primary." CRUZ-VANCE RIVALRY HEATS UP AS TEXAS SENATOR SUGGESTS VP IS 'FEELING INSECURE' Vance said this is typically true of both the Democratic and Republican parties, but that Trump's endorsement is much more consequential because he first won the trust of everyday voters while Republican Party elites rejected him. Vance said Trump's endorsement signals to voters that a candidate is not beholden to the party's elite. "That’s the person they say, ‘Okay, if Trump is with a guy, that must mean that the elites are against that guy," Vance said. "I think that Trump’s endorsement just carries more weight than any political endorsement in history because of that. Obviously, the voters are gonna decide. Donald Trump is only one vote of many, but I think his endorsement is still the most powerful." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Vance's uncertainty over winning Trump's blessing comes after Trump previously teased pitting Vance against Secretary of State Marco Rubio for his endorsement in the 2028 presidential race. Trump called Vance and Rubio the "dream team," at a May Rose Garden Club event but has refused to say who would be at the top of the ticket. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c85775342cf4db92e649 Drake Maye battles cripplilng milkshake addiction, Great White goes airborne and better halftime show ideas te 2026-10-20T20:00:23.504Z Drake Maye battles cripplilng milkshake addiction, Great White goes airborne and better halftime show ideas '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. I don't know about you, but I've got that Tuesday feeling, and it's time to dig into some Nightcaps because we've got everything from Drake Maye's obscene milkshake habit to an Air Jaws sighting to discuss. I'm deputizing for the great Amber Harding, and it's good to get back in the saddle after I had a short week last week to celebrate the wife's birthday. And she did it right: an Airbnb with a pool, theater, and game room that was only about 20 minutes from our regular abode, and she invited friends and family over. Between floating in the pool and watching hockey games on the outside TV (which was slightly broken; can't win them all) and watching the Vincent Price vehicle "The Tingler" in the theater, I had to ask myself a couple of times if it was my birthday too. A great time was had by all, but those Airbnbs aren't cheap, and that's why it's back to work for this hombre! So, let's dig right in. I'm a big milkshake guy, but I like an everyman's milkshake. PATRIOTS' DRAKE MAYE 'LOOKING MYSELF IN THE MIRROR' AS GAME HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED SINCE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP All I want is a nice, frosty chocolate shake that is thick, but not so thick that nothing comes through the straw and you pass out. I don't need whipped cream, wacky flavors, or half of a cherry pie sticking out and chocolate syrup squirted all over the top of the glass. Just. A. Milkshake. And I bet Drake Maye has similarly strong opinions because he had a bona fide milkshake problem. In an interview with Men's Health, the Patriots QB revealed that he is trying to cut back from as many as three shakes in a day. SHARK WEEK SHOCKER AS GREAT WHITE BREACHES JUST YARDS FROM OBLIVIOUS BOOGIE BOARDER And no, not protein shakes. The fact that he was crushing that many milkshakes and is a starting quarterback in the NFL is crazy. You'd think he'd be washing himself with a rag on a stick and having to get weighed at the zoo. Unreal. This needs to be studied by science. Smart to cut back, but I bet he takes the occasional late-night trip down to Steak 'N' Shake to whet his whistle when he's jonesing. He's only human. I'm not a beach guy. That's partially because of "Jaws" and also because I don't like sand or when seaweed touches my foot. However, I've warmed up to the beach as I've gotten older, but consider me out again after seeing this video of a Great White doing its best Shamu impression off the coast of California that went viral. Now, I'm a veteran "Shark Week" watcher, so I was familiar with the phenomenon of sharks breaching and doing flips like it's the X-Games. I was, however, under the impression that this was something that only happened off the coast of South Africa, which was fine by me. Now, the cartilaginous acrobatics are hitting American shores (technically, they're still off of them, but you know what I mean). This sort of thing never happens in pools... right? Perhaps more so than any other position in sports, being a hockey goalie attracts a certain offbeat breed. It makes sense. Most of us would decline if asked to put a huge chunk of the team's fate on our shoulders while fighting off 100 mph howitzers. That's how you wind up with Ilya Bryzgalov talking about the "hu-mang-ous big" universe, or Gilles "Gratoony the Loony" Gratton believing he's a reincarnated conquistador and sitting out a game because the moon was in the wrong part of the sky. Let's add Calgary Flames netminder Devin Cooley to this list. It's been a slow start to the season, but Cooley played well in their recent win over the Carolina Hurricanes, and followed it up with some stellar interviews off of it. I mean, that felt more like a psych lecture than the usual "We just need to go out and get pucks deep" brand of hockey interview, and I'm all about it. There's more where that came from, and apparently, Cooley's teammates all run to the TV when he does an interview, and I think you can see why. Great stuff. Hockey needs more of this. It sounds like Jay Z has hired himself for the Super Bowl halftime show. I've not been a fan of his work with the Super Bowl halftime show over the last few years. Save for the one with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Dr. Dre, most have been forgettable as far as the production is concerned. I mean, can anyone remember any specific moments from them since he started in 2019? Not really. There hasn't been any Prince guitar solo, Bob Ross-looking slackline guy, or Janet Jackson nipple to speak of. Nonetheless, I like some of his tunes, and I kind of respect the audacity to be like, "Alright, the best person to do this is... me." I wish I had more of that. Still, it wouldn't be a Super Bowl halftime show if we didn't go over some acts that would've been great to see instead. Metallica -Whenever the idea of a rock band doing Super Bowl halftime show duties comes up, 'Tallica is always first. They like big, unusual gigs. That's why they played in Antarctica and are currently in the midst of a Sphere residency. Speaking of which, have you seen what they do when they play "The Call of Ktulu" there? Bring that level of show to the Super Bowl. Foo Fighters - If Metallica is busy, the next number most people call when they need a rock and/or metal band is Dave Grohl and Co., and I think they could do it. They've got plenty of hits and bring the energy as well as any band out there. Trying not to sing along with "Monkey Wrench." You can't. Jack White - Now, I know he's got a sprinkling of TDS, but the man's repertoire speaks for itself. Plus, he played the Thanksgiving halftime show in Detroit just last year to rave reviews. Maybe he brings Meg White out for "Seven Nation Army" or something. It would be awesome. The Muppets - Everyone would love this, and if you want to see 65,000 people weeping, just let Kermit the Frog whip out his banjo and uncork a stirring rendition of "Rainbow Connection." Any country artist - I looked it up, and there have been some sporadic country artists over the years, like Shania Twain in 2003, and a full-fledged country-fied halftime show in the mid-1990s. But as big as country music has gotten, how has this not happened again? There are plenty who could handle it. Hell, Ella Langley has been annihilating the Billboard charts lately. Trot Chris Stapleton out there for a few songs with special guests, and I can assure you, there will be no complaints. Still, best of luck to Jay Z, and what are the odds we get a Kanye cameo? I'm going to guess quite low. I'm really looking forward to the World Series, because I'm psyched to see a new franchise win a World Series, but I'm torn on one aspect of it. The indoors-ed-ness. This has the potential to be the first completely indoor World Series ever. Obviously, Tropicana Field is indoors, while American Family Field has a roof that can be opened and closed. This is great for getting the series played on time... but it still feels wrong. I don't like this trend we're seeing with more and more teams moving inside. Sure, I get the logistics and the financial upsides, but who doesn't get excited to see a football game in snow or a World Series game where you can see the players' breath. I'll tell you: no one. I hope the folks in Milwaukee come to their senses and pop the roof open if the weather is clear but cold. Give the people what they want, and maybe a little icing on that slide will help Bernie get a little extra speed. ... That's it for this edition of Nightcaps! See you tomorrow! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c85475342cf4db92e62f Arizona lottery results for Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 te 2026-10-20T20:00:20.307Z Arizona lottery results for Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 Powerball - Oct. 17 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c84d75342cf4db92e615 ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente te 2026-10-20T20:00:13.521Z ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en Conecta Arizona. Cuando Maria L. Ossa recibió su boleta electoral por correo, se detuvo a revisarla porque su nombre estaba escrito incorrectamente, por una sola letra. En lugar de estar dirigida a Maria L. Ossa, la boleta decía Maria O. Ossa; la inicial de su segundo nombre era incorrecta. Había recibido por correo una boleta electoral con un error en su nombre. Desde que se registró para votar, Ossa ha votado por correo, al igual que el 80% de los habitantes de Arizona, según la Comisión de Elecciones Limpias de Arizona (AZ Clean Elections). “Siempre he votado y es la primera vez que me pasa esto”, dijo Ossa a Conecta Arizona. “Aquí están metiendo mano negra. A mí no me importa de parte de quiénes venga, no me interesa, pero a mí me tienen que respetar mis derechos”. Su mayor preocupación al ver el error era que este pudiera afectar su voto y provocar que no fuera contado. A medida que aumenta la desconfianza en el voto por correo —especialmente entre los republicanos—, los votantes como Ossa podrían dudar más en entregar sus boletas si encuentran un error en ellas o si se equivocan al llenarlas, por temor a que sus votos sean invalidados. Molesta, llamó al número de teléfono que aparecía en su identificación electoral, la misma que ha tenido desde que se registró por primera vez para votar como demócrata en 2010, poco después de convertirse en ciudadana estadounidense por naturalización. En esa identificación, su nombre aparecía como Maria L. Ossa. El número correspondía a la Oficina de Servicios Electorales y Votación Anticipada del Condado de Maricopa. Ossa dijo que, cuando llamó, la persona que le contestó únicamente le aseguró que podía utilizar la boleta para votar, sin ofrecerle una explicación que aliviara sus preocupaciones sobre si su voto sería contado. “Me dijo: ‘Ay, no, lo sentimos, pero no se pueden hacer cambios’”, contó. La persona agregó que su supervisor había dicho que podía entregar la boleta de todas formas, a pesar del error. “Estuve 100% en desacuerdo,” dijo. “Me molesté y le dije: ‘yo tengo aquí mi tarjetita, te mando la foto, te estoy diciendo. Y qué tiene que ver el supervisor con el cambio del middle name? ¿Sabes qué? Yo me voy a ir por otro lado porque la mano negra de ustedes no me está gustando. Y le colgué.” Entonces, ¿qué debes hacer si recibes una boleta electoral con un error? ¿Y qué puedes hacer si te equivocas al llenarla? A continuación, te lo explicamos. Si tu boleta tiene un error que no cometiste tú Conecta Arizona habló con una empleada llamada Angela, de la Oficina de Servicios Electorales y Votación Anticipada del Condado de Maricopa, encargada de responder las preguntas de los votantes del condado sobre las elecciones y sus boletas. La Secretaría de Estado de Arizona tiene una lista con la información de contacto de los funcionarios electorales de cada condado del estado. Los votantes que tengan preguntas sobre las elecciones o sus boletas pueden comunicarse con los funcionarios de su condado para obtener información electoral confiable y precisa. Angela explicó que el personal electoral cuenta con varias maneras de identificar las boletas y asegurarse de que sean contabilizadas, incluso si contienen algún error, ya sea que lo haya cometido el votante o que se haya originado en la oficina electoral al enviar la boleta. Primero, está la verificación de firmas. Las oficinas electorales utilizan la firma que aparece en la declaración jurada de la boleta y la comparan con las firmas de años anteriores como medida de verificación. Además, cada boleta tiene un número de identificación electoral único para cada votante, que funciona como una segunda medida de seguridad. Por último, los votantes pueden incluir su número de teléfono en la declaración jurada de la boleta, justo debajo del espacio para la firma. De esta manera, si surge alguna pregunta, el personal electoral puede comunicarse con ellos para aclarar la situación. “Si el error fue de nuestra parte, definitivamente podemos solicitar que se hagan esas correcciones menores y que se envíe una nueva boleta […], pero la boleta de (Ossa) seguiría siendo válida incluso si tuviera un error. Realmente depende de los votantes”, dijo Angela. Los errores en las boletas electorales pueden ocurrir por diversas razones. Las oficinas electorales comparten y obtienen información de otras agencias gubernamentales, como el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (MVD, por sus siglas en inglés). Por ejemplo, si actualizas tu licencia de conducir o renuevas el registro de tu vehículo y escribes algo incorrectamente por accidente, ese error podría aparecer en tu boleta electoral. En última instancia, depende del votante decidir si se siente cómodo entregando una boleta con errores o si prefiere solicitar una nueva o votar en persona el día de las elecciones. Según la Comisión de Elecciones Limpias de Arizona, la fecha límite para solicitar que el condado envíe una boleta por correo es 11 días antes de las elecciones, es decir, el 23 de octubre. Si cometiste un error al llenar tu boleta Sin embargo, si cometiste un error al llenar tu boleta, hay pasos que puedes seguir para corregirlo. La declaración jurada de la boleta es el sobre amarillo que debes firmar. Se trata de un documento legal en el que declaras que la boleta te pertenece y que tú emitiste el voto. Si te equivocaste al marcar tu voto, el sitio web de la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima indica que puedes tachar la selección incorrecta y marcar la opción que realmente deseas elegir. Si varias personas de tu hogar votan y firmas por accidente la declaración jurada de otra persona, puedes “simplemente pedirle que firme tu declaración jurada. Si lo deseas, puedes agregar una nota a cada declaración que diga ‘confusión en el hogar’. Nuestro personal podrá entonces relacionar las firmas durante el procesamiento”, explica el sitio web. Si olvidaste escribir la fecha en que firmaste tu boleta, el sitio indica que no importa, siempre y cuando el sobre sea recibido antes de las 7 p.m. del día de las elecciones. Para consultar otras preguntas frecuentes, los votantes del Condado de Pima pueden visitar la página de preguntas frecuentes de la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima. Si tienes más preguntas en el Condado de Pima, puedes llamar al (520) 724-4330. Para consultar las preguntas frecuentes del Condado de Maricopa, visita su sitio web electoral. Si tienes más preguntas en el Condado de Maricopa, puedes llamar al (602) 506-1511. También puedes inscribirte para recibir actualizaciones sobre tu boleta electoral. Para recibir actualizaciones por mensaje de texto o consultar el estado de tu boleta en el Condado de Pima, haz clic aquí. Para acceder a tu panel electoral personalizado y consultar el estado de tu boleta en el Condado de Maricopa, haz clic aquí. “El voto por correo es seguro”, señala el sitio web electoral del Condado de Maricopa. “El condado cuenta con controles internos y métodos de seguimiento para garantizar la seguridad de las boletas, desde el momento en que se envían por correo hasta el traslado de las boletas marcadas desde la oficina postal y su resguardo en instalaciones seguras, entre otras medidas. El Condado de Maricopa realiza múltiples auditorías antes y después de contabilizar las boletas. Solo se cuentan las boletas verificadas”. Corrección de boletas electorales (ballot curing) La ley de Arizona permite que los votantes tengan cinco días después del día de las elecciones para corregir ciertos problemas con sus boletas enviadas por correo. Este proceso se conoce en inglés como ballot curing. La corrección de boletas es una medida de protección establecida por la ley estatal de Arizona que permite a los votantes que hayan cometido un error menor en su boleta enviada por correo solucionar el problema y asegurarse de que su voto sea contabilizado. Según la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima, los votantes que necesiten corregir algún problema con su boleta pueden recibir llamadas, mensajes de texto y correos electrónicos para informarles sobre inconvenientes con el sobre de la declaración jurada, incluida su firma. The post ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c84b75342cf4db92e5f7 LeBron James, Joel Embiid Set for Limited Minutes to Begin Season: Report te 2026-10-20T20:00:11.455Z LeBron James, Joel Embiid Set for Limited Minutes to Begin Season: Report The Philadelphia 76ers will reportedly limit the minutes of both LeBron James and Joel Embiid to open up the season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c84875342cf4db92e5ee Jim Nantz Names Who He Believes Should Be the NFL MVP This Season te 2026-10-20T20:00:08.333Z Jim Nantz Names Who He Believes Should Be the NFL MVP This Season Jim Nantz appears to agree with his CBS booth counterpart J.J. Watt when naming who he thinks the MVP should be. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c84575342cf4db92e5e5 Draymond Green Has Bold Expectations for Warriors Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg te 2026-10-20T20:00:05.639Z Draymond Green Has Bold Expectations for Warriors Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg The Golden State Warriors selected former Michigan Wolverines standout Yaxel Lendeborg with the No. 11 overall pick. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c5f675342cf4db92e5a3 NFL clears Philadelphia Eagles of wrongdoing in handling of Jalen Hurts blood clot situation te 2026-10-20T19:50:14.445Z NFL clears Philadelphia Eagles of wrongdoing in handling of Jalen Hurts blood clot situation The NFL is satisfied with the manner in which the Philadelphia Eagles handled the Jalen Hurts blood clot situation the past two weeks, a league source confirmed on Tuesday. The matter is closed as far as the league is concerned. That means the NFL review of the matter will not result in any team punishment for how the Eagles handled the injury designation for Hurts ahead of the Week 5 game between them and the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. EAGLES QUARTERBACK JALEN HURTS RULED OUT OF SUNDAY'S GAME 'OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION' DUE TO BLOOD CLOT The Eagles did not report Hurts had been discovered to have a superficial blood clot the day before the game. Hurts played in the game and even practiced multiple days afterward. But late last week further evaluations revealed that Hurts has a deep vein trombosis as well as a bilateral pulmonary emboli – which the Eagles and Hurts' agent announced on Monday. Hurts is out for the remainder of the season. The Eagles have made it clear they have been in contact with the league throughout the process. That process included the NFL's chief medical doctor having Hurts seen at the Cleveland Clinic in London on that fateful Saturday before the game against Jacksonville. The NFL released a statement provided to OutKick and Fox News Digital on the matter: "The league had been in contact throughout the process with the Eagles medical personnel, and the Cleveland Clinic in London where the tests were conducted. "The league’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills arranges for medical resources with leading providers in every international market with approval from the NFL Players Association. "Medical care for players is provided by club medical staff in coordination with independent doctors." After the superficial blood clot in Hurts’ calf was first discovered, the team, staff, doctors and Hurts made the determination that he could play the following day against the Jaguars. Aside from their two publicly disseminated statements on the matter, the only person in the Eagles organization to discuss the Hurts matter is coach Nick Sirianni. And he hasn't been forthcoming. "You know, the health of our players are, is always at the forefront of our mind," Sirianni said. "And leave that up to the medical experts, but we always, always care deeply about our players. And that's when you are completely focused on together and connection. You're always thinking about the well-being of your guys and that's what we were in that situation." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Beyond that, Sirianni repeated during his press conference on Monday that he is not a medical expert and added, "I trust the people that are involved in helping us all make these decisions." But the club had no one from the medical staff answer reporters' questions. GM Howie Roseman, who is in charge of the medical staff under the Eagles structure, also did not address the matter. Roseman typically does not speak with reporters during the season, in deference to the coaching staff's messaging, with the rare exception of trades being made and an NFL-required availability. The lack of answers from the team has opened the door to more questions. And those will persist even as the team and the league are trying to move forward. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c5ed75342cf4db92e569 Student Loan Update: Report Warns That Millions Could See Wage Garnishment te 2026-10-20T19:50:05.363Z Student Loan Update: Report Warns That Millions Could See Wage Garnishment Officials are reportedly preparing to impose financial consequences on defaulted borrowers in 2027 after delaying those measures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c3a775342cf4db92e529 Italy unleashes military response to violent riots as France faces a reckoning of its own te 2026-10-20T19:40:23.448Z Italy unleashes military response to violent riots as France faces a reckoning of its own Italy is moving to deploy 500 troops with expanded police powers following a weekend of violent riots, taking a more direct military approach to public security than France, where weeks of unrest have prompted authorities to bolster their security response. Videos of unrest in France and Italy flooded social media on Saturday and Sunday, showing violent clashes between demonstrators and police amid burning buildings and looted storefronts. At multiple points during the chaos, police attempting to contain the violence were forced to retreat. In Paris, for instance, roughly a dozen officers confronted several hundred demonstrators but were unable to make arrests, using rubber-bullet launchers and grenades to keep advancing rioters at bay as they made a gradual retreat. Italian police in Milan, meanwhile, made a similar retreat as hundreds of young rioters threw explosive firecrackers, metal barriers and glass bottles at them in their attempt to occupy a public square. Though France is escalating its response now, demonstrations have been ongoing in the country since last month, with many schools being burned and ransacked by rioters. MACRON JETS OUT OF RIOT-TORN FRANCE FOR GULF TRIP AS POLITICAL PRESSURE MOUNTS A Fox News Digital investigation found that socialist groups, Islamic advocacy organizations and environmental activists were involved in the French riots, which financial analysts estimate caused over $1 billion in damages. Videos from the unrest also showed demonstrators waving foreign flags, including Palestinian flags in France and an Albanian flag during the violence in Milan. Italian media reported that many first and second-generation migrants were among the rioters in Milan. WHO'S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC.' FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS With another wave of riots planned for this coming weekend and authorities bracing for more violence, France and Italy are turning to their armed forces to reinforce security after days of rioting. France’s gendarmes, essentially military police officers, assisted in containing last weekend’s riots. The nation’s interior minister announced on Tuesday that the military would be increasing its presence in anticipation of further rioting. FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING "We will ⁠deploy the Sentinelle force, ​obviously ‌as a substitute ‌to interior security ‌forces ... mostly to free police and gendarmes in their mission to maintain order," he ‌told France’s legislature. France has upcoming presidential elections, with some political observers viewing the migrant-heavy riots as an electoral boon for Marine Le Pen, the most popular right-wing candidate. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced a similar deployment, pledging that 500 troops will be entering Milan. The country’s deputy prime minister explained that the police would be granted police powers, providing some insight into the role they could play in squaring off against rioters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c3a575342cf4db92e520 Rays star Freddy Peralta achieves historic pitching feat only accomplished twice since 1913 te 2026-10-20T19:40:21.954Z Rays star Freddy Peralta achieves historic pitching feat only accomplished twice since 1913 When you do something on the baseball field that’s only been done twice in nearly 114 years by two Hall of Famers, you know it’s extraordinary. Tampa Bay Rays star and ALCS MVP Freddy Peralta has been lights out down the stretch. In his last 10 starts dating back to the regular season, he has pitched more than 50 innings, allowed one run or fewer in each start, and his team has won all 10 games, according to Opta STATS. The only two other pitchers to have such streaks were St. Louis Cardinals legend Bob Gibson in 1968 and Walter Johnson in 1913 with the Washington Nationals. However, Johnson’s Nationals are not today’s Nationals. The franchise later became known as the Washington Senators before moving to Minnesota and becoming the Twins in 1961. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE When the Rays acquired Peralta from the New York Mets at the trade deadline, he had a 4.99 ERA in 22 starts. While they expected him to improve, no one could have expected this. "This is crazy," Peralta said. "I’m very happy to be here and grateful to be here because when I was in July, I had no idea where I was going to be. I think that this was the right place." Since joining the Rays, the 30-year-old went 5-2 in 10 regular-season starts with a 3.25 ERA and was named the American League’s Pitcher of the Month for September. In the postseason, he has been especially dominant. In four appearances (three starts), Peralta has a sparkling 1.08 ERA in 16 2/3 innings pitched. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Nicknamed "Fastball Freddy" for his heater, Peralta credited Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder, along with bullpen coach Jorge Moncada and bullpen catcher Charlie Valerio, for his turnaround. "They helped me a lot," Peralta said. "I can’t thank them enough because the way that they helped me is amazing, something I’m never going to forget in life. I’m very grateful to have people like that here, people that I never saw before and now they are part of my family." While Peralta is on a roll, the World Series is going to be a little odd for him: He will face the Milwaukee Brewers, with whom he spent the first eight seasons of his career. "Milwaukee is a team and a city that gave me the opportunity to make my dream, and also Milwaukee is going to be always in my heart," Peralta said. "But this is a time to compete ... and excited to go." The right-hander is set to hit free agency this offseason and could earn a big payday. First, however, he is looking to take down his old team and help the Rays win their first World Series title. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c3a475342cf4db92e517 Americans warned about Paris travel after violence, looting and tear gas-filled streets te 2026-10-20T19:40:20.469Z Americans warned about Paris travel after violence, looting and tear gas-filled streets The U.S. Embassy in France is warning Americans to steer clear of violent protests as unrest sparked curfews and raised concerns about travel disruptions across the country. The riots — fueled by a range of grievances, including rising living costs and mass migration — have been reported across France, with protests reported in cities including Paris, Lille and Lyon. Authorities have imposed localized curfews as a result. The embassy said in a Monday statement that partial curfews had been introduced in several French cities, with additional restrictions possible. MCDONALD'S RANSACKED AND WRECKED AS STORES, RESTAURANTS SUFFER FROM VIOLENCE AND RIOTING "Following the October 17 protests that turned violent, media report the Prime Minister’s office introduced partial curfews for Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20 in several cities across France, including Lille," the embassy said. "Media report more curfews may follow for parts of Paris and in prefectures across the country, and that scattered protests could continue." In Paris, authorities also imposed overnight curfews in areas including Place de la République and the Les Halles Shopping District, according to The Associated Press (AP). Riot police deployed tear gas across the streets near Place de la République in an attempt to disperse crowds during the escalating street battles, the same source reported.  ANGRY LOCALS BLOCK FAMOUS BEACH AS MASS TOURISM PROTESTS ESCALATE AT VACATION HOT SPOT The gas quickly mixed with heavy, acrid smoke from torched vehicles and street fires, according to Reuters. The chaos forced Dutch entrepreneur Tije De Boer, who was visiting Paris with his children, to evacuate his hotel at Place de la République.  De Boer described the scene to Reuters as "like a war zone" following the intense protests that rocked the French capital on Oct. 17. "It's like a war zone here," De Boer said, according to the Reuters report. TOP TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE WORLD SHUTS DOWN AMID VIOLENT PROTESTS Major tourist attractions have also been impacted. The Louvre Museum in Paris was forced to close Monday after protesters blocked its entrances, Fox News Digital previously reported. Travelers visiting Paris are being advised to avoid popular protest gathering spots, including Place de la République, Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation, along with major thoroughfares such as Boulevard Voltaire, which are frequently used for demonstrations, according to The Times of London. Outside the capital, Lyon's tourism office at Place Bellecour was vandalized and set ablaze during the Oct. 17 demonstrations, according to city officials.  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Visitor services have since been relocated to a temporary facility on the same square. The violence also spread to other French cities, including Limoges, where the historic town hall was set ablaze during the Oct. 17 unrest, according to numerous reports.  In Bordeaux, the mayor reported that as many as 100 stores had been looted during the demonstrations, Reuters reported. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Despite the violence, flights to and from Paris have largely continued operating, according to flight data reviewed by Fox News Digital. However, travelers could still face disruptions on the ground, with the embassy advising Americans to check for Metro station closures and other transportation interruptions before heading out. The embassy also urged travelers to confirm flight schedules directly with their airlines and allow extra time to reach their destinations. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Monitor media and local resources for updated information and curfews in your area," the statement added. "Plan alternative routes and allow extra travel time for travel." Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department for comment. Fox News Digital's Jessica Mekles and Reuters contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c39b75342cf4db92e4df Instacart Agrees to $5 Million Settlement After Newsweek Green Card Report te 2026-10-20T19:40:11.875Z Instacart Agrees to $5 Million Settlement After Newsweek Green Card Report American workers affected by the grocery delivery site's recruitment processes will be able to apply for a payout, the DOJ said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c39a75342cf4db92e4d6 Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case as African Outbreak Spreads te 2026-10-20T19:40:10.042Z Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case as African Outbreak Spreads The WHO said that the imported case detected in Kenya, which came after travel, underscores the risk of international spread. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c14d75342cf4db92e47e Trader Joe's has 30 new stores in the works — find out where they're opening te 2026-10-20T19:30:21.973Z Trader Joe's has 30 new stores in the works — find out where they're opening The popular grocery store Trader Joe's is expanding with 30 new locations across 16 states. Two of the stores — in Anaheim Hills, California, and West Jordan, Utah — are set to open this week, according to Trader Joe's website. The other 28, which span states from Arizona to Washington, are listed as "coming soon." TRADER JOE'S WORKERS SHUT DOWN LONG-RUNNING CHECKOUT LINE RUMOR: 'OVER-THE-TOP FRIENDLINESS' A spokesperson for Trader Joe's told Fox News Digital that stores are typically added to the list three to six months before planned openings. Three of the newest additions — in Bend, Oregon; Boynton Beach, Florida; and Phoenix — are expected to open in 2027, according to local and national reports. "We are actively looking at hundreds of neighborhoods across the country as we hope to open more new neighborhood stores each year," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Illinois has the most locations on the "coming soon" list, with four stores planned in Oswego, Chicago and Joliet. California, Florida and Texas have three each. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Washington have two apiece, while Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio and Oregon each have one. Trader Joe's operates about 660 stores nationwide. Shoppers can check the company's store-opening announcements for updates as more locations receive opening dates. "Since Trader Joe's began in 1967, we have been in growth mode," the spokesperson added. "Some years we grow more than others, and our goal is always to bring delicious products at great values to as many people and neighborhoods as we can." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The chain was founded in Pasadena, California, by Joe Coulombe. It has since built a following around its private-label groceries, from seasonal favorites such as Apple Cider Donuts, Pumpkin-Flavored Joe-Joe's cookies and holiday Jingle Jangle to affordable skincare that shoppers have called "dupes" of high-end brands. The store's $2.99 mini canvas totes recently went viral, with shoppers lining up for new colors and some resale listings asking for hundreds of dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Its crew members, meanwhile, are known for their unusually warm, chatty checkout demeanor that some shoppers mistake for flirting, Fox News Digital previously reported. Trader Joe's gets hundreds of requests each day for new stores but expands cautiously, prioritizing real estate and supply-chain efficiency, Entrepreneur magazine editor-in-chief Jason Feifer previously said in a viral post. He argued that the deliberate pace helps the chain keep prices low and preserve its in-store "treasure hunt" feel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7c13f75342cf4db92e441 Trump To Rally in North Carolina as Thom Tillis Warns of GOP 'Train Wreck' te 2026-10-20T19:30:07.333Z Trump To Rally in North Carolina as Thom Tillis Warns of GOP 'Train Wreck' Donald Trump is rallying in Greenville, North Carolina, on Tuesday to campaign for Senate nominee Michael Whatley. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7bee575342cf4db92e38e Collins and Jackson Bring Longtime Rivals Manchin, AOC Into Maine Fight te 2026-10-20T19:20:05.375Z Collins and Jackson Bring Longtime Rivals Manchin, AOC Into Maine Fight Manchin and Ocasio-Cortez are supporting opposing candidates in Maine's U.S. Senate race, a critical race in the midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7bc9975342cf4db92e28a Advocates say Trump’s plan to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 census is unconstitutional te 2026-10-20T19:10:17.240Z Advocates say Trump’s plan to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 census is unconstitutional (Photo by Miranda Faulkner/Cronkite News) Community advocates and city leaders are sounding the alarm over a federal push to make sweeping changes to the census, warning that those changes will make it harder to meet public needs.  Last month, the Census Bureau published a proposal to count only citizens and lawful permanent residents when the census is next collected in 2030. And questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation would be eliminated. Collecting information on race and ethnicity has been included in the decennial census since 1790. The plan, which has drawn backlash from elected officials and activists across the country, will likely face a legal challenge if the Trump administration moves forward with it.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Tempe Councilwoman Doreen Garlid said the changes jeopardize the ability of city officials to determine where to allocate resources for at least a decade after the census is taken.  “How many police officers and firefighters we staff, where we run transit and which federal grants we qualify for all trace back to the count,” she said during a virtual roundtable on the proposal.  Garlid pointed out that Tempe’s city council relies on the data from the census to put together its budget every year. She added that the changes to who is counted leave out international students, who make up a significant portion of the college city’s population. Nearly 18,000 foreign-born students attend Arizona State University.  Garlid called on local leaders to speak out against the proposal and submit a comment to the federal government about the impact it would have on their communities before the Nov. 2 public comment deadline. Those comments, she noted, will be reviewed in court if a legal challenge arises.  “Every city, town, village and county relies on an accurate count, and every one of them pays when it falls short,” Garlid said. “So, public officials need to be on the record.”  Stacey Carless, the executive director of North Carolina Counts, a community outreach and civic engagement group, said that removing race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census would be a step backwards after just recently making progress on the issue.  In 2024, the federal government combined race and ethnicity into one question and added separate Middle Eastern and North African categories. Merging the questions on race and ethnicity and expanding the list of options was lauded as a way to help people feel more confident about self-identifying and result in fewer people leaving the questions unanswered.  “We’ve had a lot of progress in regards to making sure that communities are reflected in the data and that they’re seen,” Carless said. “We don’t want to move backwards with removing race and ethnicity questions from the decennial census altogether. We should be building on the progress that we already made and not undoing it.”    Carless added that the demographic questions are critical because they can be used to challenge gerrymandered congressional maps. The data collected from the census is used to divide the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.  “How can we address discrimination if we’re taking away the very data that helps us identify and prove it?” Carless asked.  Murad Awawdeh, the president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, slammed the effort to ignore immigrants as unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment requires the census to collect information on everyone who lives in the country and the census has long interpreted that as meaning anyone, regardless of their citizenship status.  “The 14th Amendment says count ‘the whole number of the persons’ in each state,” Awawdeh said. “It says ‘persons,’ not citizens.”  Awawdeh said that excluding noncitizens from the census count would negatively impact the ability of states to allocate public resources.  According to the Migration Policy Institute, an estimated 307,000 immigrants without legal status called Arizona home in 2023.  This isn’t the first time the Trump administration has lashed out at the inclusion of immigrants in the census. In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a question asking about citizenship status from the 2020 census. Lauren Morales, the public policy officer for the Colorado Health Foundation, which advocates for racial justice in healthcare, said that the demographic data gathered in the census is important because it helps determine where money for public health efforts should go. The amount of federal funding a state receives for their Medicaid and Medicare programs is partly decided by that data. And public health organizations figure out where to open new clinics or what services best serve a specific community by referring to that information, too.  Minority populations face health disparities, Morales noted. Some communities deal with a higher risk of diabetes and others suffer greater maternal death rates. The census helps identify where those communities are, Morales said, which makes it easier to come up with solutions and direct funding where it’s most needed.  “If we don’t know where disparities exist, we have fewer tools to determine where resources are needed to address these disparities which perpetuates or deepens inequities,” she said. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7bc9675342cf4db92e26a ‘Feminists Lied’ tour aims to challenge abortion, feminism narratives on college campuses te 2026-10-20T19:10:14.638Z ‘Feminists Lied’ tour aims to challenge abortion, feminism narratives on college campuses Just over a year after the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, the organization is teaming up with Students for Life of America (SFLA) to launch a tour focused on discussing feminism and abortion with college students. The tour will be the first-ever partnership between the two groups. The tour, which is being called "Feminists Lied: Prove Me Wrong," is kicking off on Tuesday with eight events scheduled at campuses across the country, including University of North Texas, Grand Valley State University, University of Cincinnati, Boise State University, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Southern Oregon University and University of Washington. The organizations say that the campus tour is aimed at challenging "the claim that feminism and 'reproductive rights' have helped women more than they’ve harmed them." "There’s a lot of young women who have bought the lies of the second wave and third wave of feminism, and are actually walking around hurt on college campuses unaware of where the pro-life movement really stands with women, all that we do to serve women and families facing unplanned pregnancies and beyond," SFLA President Kristan Hawkins told Fox News Digital. INSIDE CHARLIE KIRK’S EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE VOICES Hawkins is set to speak at the events and ask the students a fundamental question at the heart of the debate topic: "Have women been told the truth about career, equality, empowerment and motherhood?" "If men do not have to sacrifice their children in order to succeed, why should women?" Hawkins said in a statement announcing the tour. "A society that values women should treat motherhood as an essential contribution worthy of honor, not a liability. Students deserve to hear that case, and we are going to make it on their campuses." The "Feminists Lied: Prove Me Wrong" events will mirror Kirk’s famous "Prove Me Wrong" sessions during which he would debate college students and allow them to ask questions about various controversial topics. He was in the middle of one of these events on Sept. 10, 2025, when he was shot and killed. Since his death, TPUSA has kept Kirk's spirit alive through the Pick Up the Mic initiative, bringing debates and open conversations with a full roster of speakers, including Hawkins. "Charlie and I were friends, and so it means a great deal to me to be on campuses with his chapters at Turning Point and to really continue doing the work that he set out to do," Hawkins told Fox News Digital. OPINION: I’M A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. OUR PROFESSION SHOULD FINISH WHAT CHARLIE KIRK STARTED Hawkins said that prior to Kirk's death, the two had been trading stories and photos of their visits to various college campuses where they would speak with students, and she believes it is "extremely important that we continue this free speech work" that Kirk started. Hawkins rejected criticism of college visits like hers as a form of "rage bait," saying that they are not meant to merely incite division and spark anger, but rather to change minds in meaningful ways. "These videos, these conversations that we're having, not only do they change [the] minds of the 100-plus students who are gathered who can actually hear the conversation happening in real time, they change tens of thousands of minds of young people online," Hawkins said. Hawkins told Fox News Digital that she has seen the results of these conversations for herself in real life. She said that she has held children whose mothers were thinking about getting an abortion and changed their minds after watching videos of debates online. "There's not a doubt in my mind that these conversations are important for saving lives and changing minds," Hawkins said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Hawkins is no stranger to campus debates. Over the course of 20 years, she has built a national network of Student for Life campus groups across all 50 states. This past spring, she embarked on the "Abortion is Human Sacrifice" tour, which was also aimed at discussing the issue of abortion with college students. Hawkins told Fox News Digital that it doesn't matter whether she is at an Ivy League or a community college campus, the conversations often involve the same arguments from pro-choice advocates. "It really doesn't matter, to be honest with you, if I'm at Harvard or if I'm in a community college or a high school, the questions about abortion are about the exact same, no matter where you go," she said. "You will always get a question about children in foster care, as if a child being in foster care somehow justifies the violence of abortion against a million children a year. You will hear horrific stories about sexual assault and rape, and sometimes these are very deeply personal stories." Ultimately, Hawkins believes that the key to winning over the hearts and minds of those on the other side comes down to the question of "what is inside a woman?" "If what's inside a woman is a meaningless clump of cells that is not a human person, then there is no permission needed for abortion, abortion's fine, abortion is nothing," Hawkins said. "But if what's inside of the woman is unique, all-living human being who is completely unique and unrepeatable, then we need to have a conversation about that human being because all of those things that you hear as a justification for abortion under circumstances, those stop being justifications for harming another member of our human species." While the conversations may have stayed the same, the demographics, according to Hawkins, are changing. She noticed that Gen Z men tend to be more pro-life than millennial men. However, Gen Z women still tend to be pro-choice, according to Hawkins. The pro-life advocate wants to help these young women understand how feminism has failed them. "When I'm on campus today, when I am on campus this semester, a lot of my conversations are going to be towards the women and really addressing the lies that the second wave, the late second-wave feminists, the third-wave feminists, told women, that they needed abortion in order to be free and equal. That that was going to make us happy and responsibility-free, and it hasn't worked and by any measure by looking anxiety rates, depression rates, SSRI use, that hasn't worked," Hawkins told Fox News Digital.  "Young women are increasingly unhappy," she added. "They are not doing okay and we need to back up the conversation and ask the question of ‘why?’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7bc9475342cf4db92e261 Why your VPN keeps triggering extra security checks te 2026-10-20T19:10:12.642Z Why your VPN keeps triggering extra security checks Ever notice that websites keep asking you to verify your identity when you're using a VPN? Whether you're checking your bank account, signing into email or shopping online, those repeated security checks can get frustrating. Your VPN may be part of the reason. A VPN changes the IP address websites see, which can sometimes trigger additional verification requests. Fortunately, a dedicated IP address may help reduce those interruptions while keeping your VPN protection enabled. Here's what you need to know. Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You’ll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. YOUR BANK MAY STOP TEXTING YOU SIX-DIGIT CODES First, let's set the record straight: A VPN generally does not interfere with how your passkeys or two-factor authentication codes work. Time-based authenticator codes are generated on your device and can work without an internet connection. Passkeys use cryptographic keys to verify your identity during a sign-in, while push notification approvals require a network connection. A VPN can usually work alongside all of these methods. What it does change is the public IP address websites see. When you connect through a VPN server, websites and apps see that server's IP address instead of your usual public IP address. That's the whole point. But it's also why banks, email providers, and financial apps sometimes get nervous. These services use your IP address as one of many signals to decide whether a login looks legitimate. If you always log into your bank from roughly the same location and the same address, and suddenly your account is being accessed from a different city or a different country, the system flags it. Not because your VPN broke anything, but because from the app’s point of view, someone new just walked in the door. One common trigger is a VPN connection that uses shared IP addresses. Your public IP address may change when you reconnect or switch servers, although some VPN connections can keep the same address across multiple sessions. For a bank or workplace login portal that recognizes your usual login patterns, an unfamiliar IP address or location can raise a red flag. The second trigger is shared IP addresses themselves. When hundreds of users connect through the same VPN server, they all appear to be coming from the same address. Websites and security systems recognize these addresses as VPN traffic and treat logins from them with extra suspicion. That means more CAPTCHAs, more verification steps, more temporary lockouts. Neither of these is a flaw in your VPN. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to do. But if you're regularly logging into sensitive accounts, those extra security checks can get frustrating fast. One potential solution is a dedicated IP address. Instead of sharing an IP address with other VPN customers, you receive a fixed address reserved for your use. Each time you connect to that dedicated VPN location, websites see the same public IP address. This consistency may help reduce unnecessary CAPTCHAs and security checks, especially on services that consider your usual login location. However, a dedicated IP doesn't guarantee that a bank or website will recognize your connection as trusted. Security systems also evaluate your device, account activity and other risk signals. Some VPN providers offer dedicated IP addresses as part of their subscription plans or as a paid add-on. These services let you maintain a consistent IP address while keeping your internet traffic encrypted through the VPN. However, privacy protections vary by provider, so check how your dedicated IP is assigned and whether it can be linked to your account. There is also an important trade-off. Because only you use your dedicated IP, websites may find it easier to associate repeated visits with the same address. Shared VPN addresses can provide greater privacy against IP-based tracking by mixing your traffic with other users. For people who frequently encounter login interruptions, a dedicated IP may provide a more consistent browsing experience without giving up VPN encryption. For the best VPN software, see my expert review of the best VPNs for browsing the web privately on your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. ANTI-SCAM SETTINGS ON IPHONE, PIXEL AND GALAXY YOU SHOULD CHECK If you're still running into extra verification requests, here are five things worth trying. Some VPN server IP addresses trigger more security checks than others. Try connecting to a server closer to your actual location. This may help reduce verification requests, although websites can still recognize VPN traffic. Some VPN services offer split tunneling, which lets you choose which apps use the VPN connection. For example, you might allow your banking app to connect directly to the internet while keeping other apps protected by the VPN. Just remember that apps bypassing the VPN will expose your regular public IP address. Feature availability varies by provider and device. Only bypass the VPN for sensitive apps when you're using a network you trust. If your six-digit authentication codes aren't working, your device's clock could be the problem. Time-based codes depend on accurate time settings. Make sure your phone's date and time are set to automatic. If codes still fail, confirm you're selecting the correct account in your authenticator app. Some websites offer a "Don't ask again on this device" option after you verify your identity. Selecting it can reduce repeated security checks on your personal computer or phone. Make sure your browser allows cookies for those websites, since private browsing or automatically clearing cookies can cause them to forget your device. Never use this option on a shared or public computer. A VPN can trigger extra security checks, but that doesn't mean every authentication request is legitimate. If your phone asks you to approve a login you didn't initiate, deny it. Someone could be trying to access your account. Check your recent account activity for unfamiliar sign-in attempts. If you spot anything suspicious, change your password and review your account's security settings. HOW TO FIND COMPROMISED PASSWORDS ON IPHONE AND ANDROID I like the extra privacy a VPN provides, but I can understand how repeated security checks could get frustrating. A VPN generally works alongside passkeys and two-factor authentication without interfering with their underlying security. However, changing IP addresses and shared VPN connections can prompt websites to request additional verification. A dedicated IP may reduce those interruptions by giving websites a more consistent connection to recognize. It won't eliminate every security check, but it can make frequent logins more convenient. The most important thing is to keep your authentication protections enabled, even when an extra verification step feels inconvenient. Have you ever been locked out of an account while using a VPN, or found a solution that smoothed things out? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7bc8e75342cf4db92e236 Tucson groups turn climate anxiety into action te 2026-10-20T19:10:06.427Z Tucson groups turn climate anxiety into action Tucson groups, from a high school climate coalition to a women’s hiking club, are fighting climate anxiety with action, community and time outdoors. A Walton Family Foundation-Gallup report found that 38% of Americans say extreme weather has damaged their community. Among residents hit by extreme weather, worry that it will happen again is highest in the Mountain region, driven largely by drought along the Colorado River. In August, the Interior Department ordered a 20% reduction in water deliveries to the lower basin states. Low water levels also threaten plans to expand power generation, which raises concerns for Tucson, where water is already scarce. For Arizona Youth Climate Coalition members Gabe Sadza and Sophia Garcia, the response is making sure community voices are heard in discussions about the city’s environmental future, including proposed data centers in the region. Sadza is a sophomore at University High School and the coalition’s statewide communications director. “We need to put a focus on our local residential and business spaces before we start thinking about accommodating large-scale data centers,” Sadza said. Sadza and Garcia, a Canyon del Oro High School senior and the coalition’s co-lead, participated in an August town hall about what the proposed Project Blue data center could mean for the community. During the event, one attendee said she felt helpless in her efforts to drive change. That sentiment is common. An American Psychiatric Association report found that one-third of Americans worry about climate change on a weekly basis. 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. Gabe Sadza, statewide communications director of the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition, says simply showing up to climate discussions can create change. Courtesy of Gabe Sadza. But many struggle to translate this concern into action. Sadza said that simply participating in discussions about climate and the environment has the potential to create change. “Continue showing up,” he said. “You don’t have to have a large audience or a large network in order to make your impact known.” The coalition has put that advice to work on Project Blue, a data center proposed north of the Pima County Fairgrounds. Sadza and Garcia say they were uplifted by the Tucson City Council’s unanimous rejection of Project Blue in 2025 and continue to call for data center regulations. “What really struck me was the amount of community involvement from the audience,” Sadza said. But they were disappointed to see Beale Infrastructure move forward with the project under a previous land annexation agreement with Pima County, despite clear public opposition. “It’s disheartening to see that corporations and other governing bodies don’t care about what people have to say. They’re more in it for their own interest,” Garcia said. “We don’t know the extent of the effects that these massive data centers will have. We haven’t seen anything to this scale.” Pima County Economic Development describes data centers as “the physical backbone of the internet” and essential for the modern economy, but Garcia disagrees, saying the arguments in favor of data centers are “not worth the effects it will have on Tucson’s electric grids and water resources.” The coalition is also concerned about how data centers and other environmental challenges will disproportionately affect Tucson’s neighborhoods. Low-income communities are especially vulnerable, with electric costs increasing with temperature and many neighborhoods lacking shade. Ward 5 Councilmember Selina Barajas helped the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition understand disparities in Tucson neighborhoods and founded the hiking group Reinas Who Hike in 2022. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Ward 5 Councilmember Selina Barajas has worked closely with the coalition to understand these disparities, including by introducing the group to the tree equity index, a tool that shows many Tucson neighborhoods are hotter because they lack tree canopy. Barajas also carries her commitment to environmental stewardship across generations through Reinas Who Hike, a group she founded in 2022. “We’re all sisters, cousins, moms, and tías,” said Reinas Who Hike member Patricia Sanchez. Protecting the environment matters to the group, and the hikes give them time to slow down and connect with nature. For Sanchez, that connection began in childhood. When she was younger, her uncle showed her the importance of the natural world. She also received environmental education through programs like Camp Cooper, and she stresses the importance of teaching environmental stewardship to younger generations. “My uncle kept it alive for us as kids and I carry that with me,” she said. Cassandra Becerra, Arizona state director of Mountain Mamas, a nonprofit that organizes parents and caregivers to protect air, water, climate and public lands for future generations, is also a member of Reinas Who Hike. She said her commitment to environmental advocacy was shaped by the 12 years she spent working for the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva. “He taught me to love public lands in a different way. To not just enjoy nature but be a spokesperson for nature,” she said. Members of Mountain Mamas pose with a Pima County Board of Supervisors proclamation presented to the group as part of Latino Conservation Week. Courtesy of Mountain Mamas. Mountain Mamas has participated in Latino Conservation Week, an initiative launched by the Hispanic Access Foundation in 2014 to encourage Latinos to be outdoors and become advocates for natural resources and public lands. Becerra aims to bring Latino voices into the climate conversation. “We belong in these spaces; these lands belong to all of us,” she said. Becerra applauds young people in Tucson for their commitment to climate advocacy. “I’m very proud of our youth. They’re leading this effort to take care of our environment, to battle the fights of climate change,” she said. For the coalition, environmental advocacy means representing voices across the city. “We want to make sure every community has what they need and that the distribution of resources is equitable,” Sadza said. While the future can seem bleak, members of these groups remain hopeful that civic and environmental education and communication with representatives can help prevent further destruction. For Sadza, the hope for change is what keeps the fight moving forward. “If the climate can get worse, it can also get better,” he said. Ava Schrag is a University of Arizona journalism student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at avaschrag@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/6ad7ba4075342cf4db92e1f4 On the streets with Dr Oz as surprise fraud crackdown sends daycare directors scrambling te 2026-10-20T19:00:16.098Z On the streets with Dr Oz as surprise fraud crackdown sends daycare directors scrambling FLUSHING, N.Y. — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz confronted employees at two New York City senior care centers over suspected Medicaid fraud, challenging their billing practices as Fox News Digital got an exclusive look at the crackdown in action. Oz, accompanied by senior federal health officials, delivered warning letters to Kent Senior Care and Evergreen Adult Day Care in Flushing, Queens, during a broader fraud crackdown that involved the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the NYPD and other agencies. The letters notified the facilities that their billing practices had raised concerns among federal authorities. The two visits by Oz were part of a broader crackdown in which CMS officials conducted more than 80 visits and delivered warning letters to providers across New York City on Tuesday. Fox News Digital accompanied Oz as he pressed employees about questionable billing records and challenged their explanations for how taxpayer dollars were being spent. DR. OZ NAMES 5 STATES IN FRAUD CRACKDOWN AS TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS MEDICAID ABUSE "The whole experience was suspicious," Oz told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview following the visits. Oz said federal authorities were conducting a broader crackdown that included arrests, search warrants and efforts to stop certain operators from billing Medicaid, although Fox News Digital did not independently witness those enforcement actions at either Queens facility. Kent Senior Care declined comment during a phone call with Fox News Digital on Tuesday. Evergreen Adult Day Care did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.  The first stop came around 8:30 a.m. at Kent Senior Care, where Oz entered the facility and personally handed its director a letter from the federal government notifying the business that its billing practices were under scrutiny. FBI LAUNCHES 'MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS' LIST AS DOJ CHARGES OHIO DEFENDANTS IN $30M MEDICAID SCHEME FOR KIDS "The bills are much higher than they should be," Oz told the director. "The billing is for more people. It doesn't look very crowded here." The director pushed back during the exchange, explaining that it was still early and additional seniors would arrive later in the morning, as Oz questioned whether the facility's Medicaid billing records accurately reflected its actual attendance. The occupancy of the space was 70 persons, according to an observe posted maximum occupancy sign on the wall. "The bills we're getting are as though it's completely full all the time," Oz said. FBI ADDS 2 FUGITIVES TO 'MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS' LIST AMID HISTORIC $6.5B HEALTHCARE TAKEDOWN: PATEL The director maintained that the facility billed only for seniors who actually attended, and that it required participants to sign attendance sheets. "You're getting this letter from the U.S. Government because we don't believe you," he told the director. During the exchange, Oz also questioned why the center's billing records appeared to reflect seniors attending five days a week when the director acknowledged that many participants typically attended only two or three days. The director insisted the facility billed for actual attendance and said some seniors attended more frequently than others. The confrontation intensified when Oz and other federal officials raised questions about specialized transportation services billed for seniors using wheelchairs. DR OZ SAYS 800 HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPENDED IN CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED $1B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME "I don't see any wheelchairs here," Oz told the director. Fox News Digital observed seniors inside the facility, including individuals using walking aids, but did not see anyone using a wheelchair during the visit. Another official said billing records included charges for specialized wheelchair transportation, raising questions about whether the services had been provided and which company was responsible for submitting the charges. The director said some seniors had mobility difficulties, including those recovering from strokes, and that the facility had wheelchairs available. He also said that workers could have copied information from previous files instead of properly updating the billing codes as it applied to wheelchair use. "Probably he just copy and pasted," the director said. MEDICAID PROVIDER ALLEGEDLY BILLED $165K FOR DEAD PATIENT'S RIDES AMONG FRAUD EXPOSED IN EXPLOSIVE REPORT During the visit, Oz walked over to several mahjong tables set up inside the facility, questioning whether taxpayer dollars were being properly spent on the recreational activities offered through the Medicaid-funded program. "Should the American taxpayers be paying so folks can play mahjong?" Oz asked the director. The director defended the activity, explaining that mahjong helps seniors exercise their fingers, socialize and improve their memory, particularly those experiencing cognitive difficulties. "It's free for them, not free for the taxpayers," Oz responded. "Is that what our federal tax dollars for Medicaid is supposed to go to? Or is it life-saving heart surgery? Or, you know, new therapies for cancer?" Oz raised additional concerns about the facility's attendance records after observing seniors entering without signing in, despite the director's insistence that participants were required to document their attendance. "People were just walking in there without signing anything," Oz said. "And then after I showed up and he saw what we were doing with my team, he started collecting these documents to be signed." Oz said the apparent inconsistencies raised further questions about whether the facility's attendance records accurately reflected the services being billed to Medicaid. Fox News Digital also witnessed several seniors enter Kent Senior Care without immediately signing attendance sheets. Additional seniors who arrived later were instructed to sign in. Social adult day care programs can provide eligible seniors with structured activities, supervision, meals and social support. Medicaid reimbursement depends on applicable program rules, individual eligibility and documentation of services provided. TREASURY HAILS SUCCESS OF ANTI-FRAUD PROCESS THAT FLAGGED AND PREVENTED $99 MILLION IN PAYMENTS TO DEAD PEOPLE At the second stop, Evergreen Adult Day Care, Oz confronted a floor manager over another set of billing discrepancies before examining the facility's attendance records. The manager told Oz that approximately 200 seniors attended the facility on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, compared with about 150 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, although it was unclear whether those figures represented total daily attendance or the number of seniors present at one time. But Oz questioned those numbers after walking through the facility and observing significantly fewer people. "So I look at maybe 25 people in the whole space now," Oz said. The manager disputed that estimate, explaining that some seniors were participating in classes while others had left to shop, visit a pharmacy or attend medical appointments. "The numbers don't seem to add up," Oz responded. Oz also questioned the manager about wheelchair-related billing, asking how many participants used wheelchairs. TRUMP'S WAR ON FRAUD EXPANDS AS TREASURY LAUNCHES NEW SITE WITH WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES The manager initially indicated that none did before acknowledging that a small number of seniors used them. "But you said there weren't any, were you?" Oz pressed. He subsequently discussed the apparent discrepancy with other federal officials accompanying him. "I'm struck by how few people are here as well," Oz said. "This makes me wonder how they sustain these billing levels." The visit took another turn when Oz examined the facility's attendance books, which he said contained "fraud." Fox News Digital observed sign-in sheets that appeared to contain names entered for Oct. 22, and Oct. 23, dates that had not yet occurred at the time of the visit. The entries dated Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, both after the visit, raised questions about whether the facility was documenting attendance in advance, although Fox News Digital could not immediately establish whether the entries were completed attendance records or advance schedules. Oz said federal authorities believed organized criminal networks were exploiting the Medicaid-funded programs by offering seniors money to attend facilities and then billing the government for services that were not actually provided. Oz alleged that individuals he described as being connected to the "Chinese mafia" were paying some seniors between $1,000 and $1,200 to participate in fraudulent billing arrangements, though the administrator did not identify a specific criminal organization or provide supporting evidence during the interview. Oz said the federal government had identified significant spikes in billing across the industry and claimed that annual spending on the programs had approached $1 billion. "We know from the billing here that there's no way this business is running in the way that they claim to be running without something being wrong," Oz told Fox News Digital. "Is it an innocent mistake? A hundred times in a row, I don't think so." Oz alleged that proceeds from fraudulent Medicaid billing schemes were being used to finance other criminal activities, including money laundering and human trafficking, although Fox News Digital had not independently verified those connections or established any such link to the two facilities visited. "It's really a clubhouse for crime," Oz said while describing the alleged broader scheme. He said fraud accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic and criticized the previous administration for failing to address what he described as rapidly rising spending and suspicious billing. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged the crackdown on Tuesday, calling it part of a "massive effort to combat fraud and abuse" in Medicaid and confirming that state health officials had joined federal and state law enforcement in targeting suspected fraud at social adult day care programs. While Oz personally delivered warning letters to the two Queens facilities, state, local and federal law enforcement officials were simultaneously conducting searches at other locations across New York City as part of the coordinated crackdown. Specific details about the facilities targeted, individuals involved and evidence recovered were not immediately available as the investigations remained ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ba3c75342cf4db92e1e4 Man Who Took Flamingo From Las Vegas Hotel Is Found Guilty of Cruelty te 2026-10-20T19:00:12.116Z Man Who Took Flamingo From Las Vegas Hotel Is Found Guilty of Cruelty The man, visiting from Canada, carried a flamingo named Peachy from its habitat to his hotel room. He was convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ba3975342cf4db92e1db If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them? te 2026-10-20T19:00:09.951Z If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them? A changing of the congressional guard in January could leave room for meddling, though most legal scholars doubt it would happen. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ba3775342cf4db92e1bf Russell Wilson Praises 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan With 1-Word Description te 2026-10-20T19:00:07.330Z Russell Wilson Praises 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan With 1-Word Description The San Francisco 49ers extended their undefeated record with a 23-17 win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b7e875342cf4db92e175 Coconino National Forest planning multiple burns on Tuesday and Wednesday te 2026-10-20T18:50:16.361Z Coconino National Forest planning multiple burns on Tuesday and Wednesday The Coconino National Forest (CNF) announced Tuesday morning that it is planning to being multiple prescribed burn projects today and Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b7e575342cf4db92e14d Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter dies at 42 after years of health struggles te 2026-10-20T18:50:13.155Z Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter dies at 42 after years of health struggles Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, has died at the age of 42. Kennedy, the daughter of Michael Kennedy and Victoria Gifford Kennedy, died Sept. 21 at her Massachusetts home, according to an obituary published by Burke Funeral Homes. Her cause of death remains pending, People reported. TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG, JFK'S GRANDDAUGHTER, DIES AT 35 AFTER YEAR-AND-A-HALF LEUKEMIA BATTLE Born in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 1984, Kennedy spent much of her upbringing in Cohasset, Massachusetts. She attended Milton Academy before earning a bachelor’s degree in history from Georgetown University. She went on to pursue advanced degrees in education, earning a master of science in early education from Pace University and a master of education in education policy and management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Kennedy began her professional life with Teach for America, teaching for two years in New York City public schools. That experience sparked a lifelong commitment to early childhood education and reform, according to her obituary. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Over the course of her career, Kennedy worked as an advocate for equitable elementary education and charter schools, collaborated with education technology companies on curriculum improvement, and served as an instructional coach for primary school educators. An avid athlete and long-distance runner, Kennedy completed the 2019 Boston Marathon. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ In 2020, Kennedy suffered a severe spinal cord injury that caused long-term paralysis and significant health obstacles. Following her injury, Kennedy focused on disability rights advocacy, including testifying at the Massachusetts State House on healthcare discrimination against individuals living with disabilities. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Kennedy was preceded in death by her father, Michael, in 1997, and her infant daughter, Josie. Kennedy is survived by her sons, Conor, 12, and Declan, 10; her ex-husband, Liam; her mother, Victoria (the daughter of Frank Gifford and Maxine Avis Ewart and Kathie Lee Gifford’s stepdaughter); her brother, Michael, and his family; and her sister, Rory, and her family. Funeral services were held privately. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b7e275342cf4db92e144 France is learning the hard way what happens when the socialist bill comes due te 2026-10-20T18:50:10.535Z France is learning the hard way what happens when the socialist bill comes due "Is Paris Burning?" The title of that 1960s movie came from a message Adolf Hitler sent to his commanding general in Paris in August 1944. He wanted Paris to burn if he couldn’t keep it. Today, the call isn’t coming from the Führerbunker; it’s from inside the house. It’s not Nazis, but the French — and quasi-French — burning Paris and other French cities. The Louvre museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa, closed Monday "due to a student social movement." That’s one way to describe the utter chaos overtaking French cities. PHOTOS SHOW AFTERMATH OF RIOTS AS MASKED GROUPS CLASH WITH POLICE ACROSS FRANCE In Limoges, rioters set fire to the town hall, destroying its iconic tower. In Marseille, they broke into city hall and vandalized the interior. In Paris, a video circulating online appeared to show young thugs shouting, "Wallah! Kill her!" and "Dirty whore!" [my translation] at a policewoman they chased and threw to the ground — all while trashing property and assaulting people on the streets. What’s happening in France is both familiar and new. It’s familiar in that mass protests are endemic to France. They happen every few years when a feckless government tries to balance the books by reforming France’s ruinously generous public benefits. What’s new is the addition of foreign influence and the scale of the violence. FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’ The high-schoolers who kicked off this round of protests are angry about class sizes, dilapidated schools, and access to college. Retirees who joined them say state pensions aren’t enough to live on. Everyone complains about the high cost of living. They all want more state spending to cure their ills. French protests often turn violent. Torched cars, vandalized property, and looting are common. What has added fuel to the fire this time is the "Casseurs" (breakers), looters, and violent thugs going beyond what was tacitly tolerated in the past. Many seem to be of migrant background, and some carry Palestinian flags or those of the North African countries they or their parents came from. FRANCE ROCKED BY STUDENT RIOTS AS HUNDREDS ARRESTED, VIOLENCE SPREADS NATIONWIDE Videos in French media showed streets of looted stores. Rue Paradis in Marseille has many high-end jewelry and fashion stores, but also many mom-and-pop shops whose owners work long hours for little profit. Dozens of these are now looted shells. Their metal shutters — designed to prevent windows from being broken and stores from being burglarized — lie torn off or broken. Many of France’s major cities are run by socialists. Marseille’s mayor, Benoit Payan, blames the French government for failing to protect city hall — where his own office is — and local stores. He wants Paris to pay for all the damage. Once again, the French taxpayer is on the hook. LIMOGES TOWN HALL 'LARGELY LOST' AFTER FAR-LEFT RIOTERS SET HISTORIC BUILDING ON FIRE AMID FRENCH UNREST How does this end? Not quickly. The political left is well organized, galvanized, and funded — including with foreign money. We are likely to see more promises of increased spending from lame-duck President Emmanuel Macron, now in the last year of his two terms and unable to run again. He gave a speech condemning the violence on Sunday, but he’s been notably absent as it has unfolded. On Tuesday he stuck with his schedule and flew to the Gulf region. France has presidential elections next April. Two leading contenders are Marine Le Pen of the right-wing National Rally (NR) and Jean-Luc Melenchon of the left-wing France Unbowed (LFI). Of the two, Le Pen promises to lower migration and limit welfare payments to migrants. Melenchon welcomes mass migration and opposes any reduction in benefits. Le Pen opposes illegal migration, but she hasn’t campaigned on reducing the bloated benefits bill. MACRON JETS OUT OF RIOT-TORN FRANCE FOR GULF TRIP AS POLITICAL PRESSURE MOUNTS But France’s checkbook is tapped out. It hasn’t balanced a budget in 50 years, and this year’s deficit is over 5%. Economic growth is under 1%. Diesel costs about $10 a gallon. National debt is 120% of GDP, and the bond market is getting nervous. Like other developed countries, France’s fertility rate is below replacement, and the country has allowed in millions of immigrants from its former colonies. On balance, these new arrivals and their children have a lower employment rate than native French, but they get the same social services. Those numbers don’t work, no matter how smart the president in Paris. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Not only is France broke, but it has too few bodies to handle multiple riots at once. France’s national police handle the cities, while the gendarmes enforce the law in the countryside. Both are funded centrally by the French state. Towns have municipal police, but they aren’t equipped or trained for law enforcement, let alone riot control. France has specialized riot-control units, but only so many. The French military is probably Europe’s best, but it is not used for internal operations. Like France, some of our major cities, New York and Seattle, are now run by avowed socialists. Arguably, administrations in Boston and Los Angeles are also closely aligned with DSA values. And more cities will be in the future.  The DSA wants open borders, nationalized health care, curtailed law enforcement, and higher taxes. If we don’t take heed, France’s present could be our future. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM SIMON HANKINSON Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b7e075342cf4db92e13b Could France's riots happen here? Experts see parallels in socialism, immigration — and key differences te 2026-10-20T18:50:08.481Z Could France's riots happen here? Experts see parallels in socialism, immigration — and key differences Violent riots sweeping France have exposed a far-left network of communist groups, labor unions and political activists mobilizing around student grievances, raising questions about whether similar political and immigration tensions could ignite unrest on American streets. A Fox News Digital investigation identified 50 organizations involved in France's student protest movement and its broader network of supporters and international amplifiers, including communist and socialist groups, labor unions and political parties. The American parallels extend beyond political rhetoric. Fox News Digital previously reported that agitators at Delaney Hall in Newark used encrypted Signal chats to coordinate transportation, supplies and demonstrations before clashes with federal agents. Santiago Vidal Calvo, a researcher at the Manhattan Institute, singled out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, arguing that their approaches to immigration enforcement could move the United States closer to conditions he associates with France's crisis. RO KHANNA SPARKS BACKLASH OVER FRANCE RIOT COMMENTS AS CRITIC SAYS HE WANTS TO ‘RIDE THE RAGE WAVE’ "I have absolutely no doubts that if we had Mamdanis or El-Sayeds or AOCs in charge of immigration policy, our immigration landscape would be very different today than what it currently is," Calvo told Fox News Digital. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has made a similar argument, explicitly tying France's violence to the stakes of the 2026 midterms. "France is descending into chaos because they wanted OPEN BORDERS — just like the socialist Democrats in America," Johnson wrote on X. "What we are witnessing is a chilling warning for all Americans of what happens if the radical Marxist insurgent left gets their way." Johnson argued that a Democratic victory in November would lead to more permissive immigration policies, casting the election as a choice between the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the approach favored by Democrats. President Donald Trump similarly posted on Truth Social that "migrants have taken over France," urging the country to "CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST!" The immigration debate is also playing out directly in the 2026 midterms. In Michigan's closely watched Senate race, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed has made abolishing ICE a campaign position, arguing that the agency cannot be reformed. His Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, has sought to portray El-Sayed as an ideological extremist as the two compete for a seat that could help determine control of the Senate. In New York City, Mamdani signed a February executive order reinforcing sanctuary protections and restricting federal immigration enforcement on city property without a judicial warrant. Both Mamdani and El-Sayed frame their policies as safeguards against abusive enforcement, while critics warn they could weaken immigration controls. The unrest began with students protesting conditions in France's education system before labor unions, political activists and groups with separate grievances joined the movement. Fox News Digital's investigation found that 15 of the 50 organizations identified in the broader network were student or youth groups. Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge and fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, described a convergence of frustrations over school funding, rising costs, France's stagnant economy and longstanding tensions surrounding immigration and assimilation. FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS "You've got the simple educational one which is partially economic, you've got the larger economic one and on top of that you have the assimilation issue," Arthur said. But Arthur expressed skepticism that the United States would experience nationwide riots on the same scale, pointing to differences in immigration patterns and assimilation. "Now can we see mass protests like this in the United States? I don't think so," Arthur said, noting that protests over urban ICE operations have not escalated into a comparable nationwide movement. Nathalie Szerman, a Europe-based researcher with the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), pointed to another potential factor: The demonstrations intensified around the 65th anniversary of the Oct. 17, 1961, massacre of Algerian demonstrators by Paris police. "October 17 is a very symbolic date for the Algerian-ethnic groups," Szerman told Fox News Digital, describing demonstrators memorializing a deadly 1961 crackdown by Paris police on Algerian demonstrators. "The first protest groups were not ideologically aligned with 'political Islam' but were students from immigrant suburbs, driven by education concerns. Agenda-driven, organized 'Political Muslim' groups used the momentum of the protests for their own ends," Szerman said. "It's a lot of things together, the resentment towards France and the political agenda," she said. Alan Mendoza, executive director of the U.K.'s Henry Jackson Society — named for the late Washington Sen. Scoop Jackson — argued that the far-left movement led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon helped encourage broader mobilization ahead of France's next presidential election. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu blamed Mélenchon and his party for the unrest, according to Le Monde, while Mélenchon fired back after Lecornu demanded that LFI "choose a side" between France and the rioters — calling the either-or "detestable." Mendoza warned that similar political tensions could surface in America, citing backlash against socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani from anti-Israel activists who had previously supported him. "What was interesting was the sight of him being turned on by the pro-Palestinian protesters the other day, when he was acknowledging October the 7th, the loss of human life on his radio site, he was turned on by the very hard left people who had helped propel him to power," Mendoza said. "What that shows you is that it is very real a possibility at the hard left who are never satisfied and actually want chaos more than anything else," Mendoza added. Arthur said France's far left can openly champion expansive immigration policies, while American Democrats face a different political reality: They cannot publicly embrace open borders without risking backlash, he argued, pointing to the Biden administration's tendency to portray illegal immigration as a problem it could not control rather than a policy it actively supported. "Riot is to France what football is to the United States," said Arthur. Szerman, however, said comparable unrest was possible despite differences between the two countries. "I definitely think that what's happening in France could happen in the United States," she said, while noting that the more accommodating U.S. education system and different approach to immigrant integration could reduce the severity of any such violence, making a French-style nationwide crisis less likely. Calvo, meanwhile, warned that adopting more expansive immigration policies without adequate screening and integration safeguards could create pressures similar to those he believes contributed to France's unrest. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "France is in this mess because of the horrible policies they had in immigration over the last years," he said, warning that importing similar approaches could bring unrest to American communities. Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani, El-Sayed and Ocasio-Cortez for comment. Fox News Digital's Ashely DiMella contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b59875342cf4db92e0a9 Giants release Najee Harris two days after he criticized coaching staff's running game plan te 2026-10-20T18:40:24.172Z Giants release Najee Harris two days after he criticized coaching staff's running game plan The New York Giants may still be searching for their feature back, but they appear to know who won't fill the role. Two days after criticizing the coaching staff's game plan following a four-carry, two-yard performance, the G-Men released Najee Harris. Harris, a training camp pickup following struggles by Tyrone Tracy, got the start on Sunday, as Cam Skattebo was all but benched after another fumble, perhaps this one the most costly, last week. Skattebo was on the field for just six snaps and did not touch the ball. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The Giants used a three-running-back rotation of Harris, Tracy and Devin Singletary, yet their top two leading rushers were quarterback JJ McCarthy (26 yards) and wide receiver Darnell Mooney (20). As John Harbaugh put it after Sunday's loss, "Nobody's really taken the bull by the horns." Well, Harris said it was difficult for him and the other backs to get into a rhythm. "I don't think nobody can," Harris said, via the New York Daily News. "And this is not to anything that's the coaching staff or anything. This is just personal, running backs, quarterbacks. It's hard to get in a rhythm with one or two plays. NEARLY $1M IN GRADED TRADING CARDS STOLEN FROM FEDEX TRUCK OUTSIDE PSA FACILITY IN SANTA ANA "The first couple runs will be, 'OK, how are they playing me?' The next one is gonna be, 'OK, this is how you attack it.' But if you're getting a play here and get taken out four series, there's nothing you can do. I don't know. I've never been through this before." Harris has 99 rushing yards on 31 carries (3.2 yards per carry), a far cry from his four straight 1,000-yard seasons to open up his NFL career, which began just five years ago. Harris was a first-round pick out of Alabama and was the Pittsburgh Steelers' bell cow but left after four seasons. He joined the Los Angeles Chargers, but injuries kept him out for almost the entire season. Giants running backs are averaging just 3.4 yards per carry this season, with Skattebo barely leading the way at 3.6. Out of his 294 rushing yards, 81 of them came against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1. He followed up with 36, 60, 58, and 59. Harbaugh is patiently waiting to see who will take the bull by the horns, but one thing is for certain — it won't be Harris. New York will go to Houston to take on the suddenly-hot Texans before their Week 8 bye. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b59675342cf4db92e0a0 Sea mine crisis re-emerges in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran urges Washington to accept deal te 2026-10-20T18:40:22.619Z Sea mine crisis re-emerges in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran urges Washington to accept deal Sea mines have resurfaced as a threat in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran claimed Oct.17 that two oil tankers caught fire after striking the explosives, raising fresh alarms over the safety of one of the world's most critical shipping lanes. This came as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) warned that sea mines pose a serious threat to vessels navigating the strategic waterway and while Tehran continues to maintain its own unauthorized shipping corridor inside its territorial waters. "The traffic separation scheme, the information that we have is that they still have mines. And of course, whilst the conflict is ongoing, it's very difficult for us to use third parties to verify that it is clear of these hazards," IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told Fox News Digital. INSIDE THE DANGEROUS US MISSION THAT CLEARED IRAN’S MINES FROM HORMUZ SHIPPING LANES "So in the meantime, we cannot guarantee that a vessel that intends to transit that route will not be hit by a mine." Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said Saturday that two oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, citing Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). State media also said both tankers were carrying about 2 million barrels of crude oil, according to Reuters. IRNA also reported that the vessels had switched off their positioning and radar systems and attempted to use a route through the strategic waterway that Iran had not authorized. IRAN WARNS SHIPS OF 'FORCEFUL RESPONSE' AS US-BACKED HORMUZ ROUTE CHALLENGES TEHRAN'S GRIP The second tanker was left immobilized after striking a mine, according to the Reuters report. The alleged strikes came as Tehran continued to maintain its transit passageway inside Iranian territorial waters, imposing tolls and safety fees administered by the IRGC — a framework rejected by Washington and the IMO as inconsistent with international maritime law. International shipping through the narrow chokepoint has historically relied on an IMO-approved traffic separation scheme adopted in 1968. "Right now there's only one route that was adopted back in 1968 that is approved and recognized for IMO and that appears in all the charts for the vessels to operate," Dominguez explained. IRAN FAILS TO STRIKE DEAL WITH US AS DEADLINE PASSES AND TRUMP CALLS FOR ‘WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER' "There's only one route that should be used for transit, but it's not clear of mines right now, so it's not safe." "We have received confirmation from Iran about the establishment of its temporary route in the waters," he added before stating that the route was not provided with "an official confirmation or a decision of the organization." "Any other route needs to actually be sent to the organization to go through the processes, and we have not received that." "We have received communication from Iran to use that route because of the conflict," Dominguez clarified. "That's the way that it's been presented. But anything for us to approve needs to go through the mechanisms at the international maritime organizations and the member states need to review it." The developments also came amid stalled negotiations between Washington and Tehran over ending the conflict and restoring maritime traffic. DISTRESS CALL CAPTURES TANKER UNDER FIRE, IRAN SHUTS HORMUZ TRAPPING THOUSANDS OF SAILORS Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and a former Revolutionary Guard commander, said Tehran considered Washington's latest response to negotiations "insufficient," Reuters reported, according to IRNA. Rezaei said the U.S. had accepted some of Iran's seven conditions but that other issues remained unresolved, adding that Tehran was no longer responding to Washington and that the U.S. needed to clarify the outstanding matters. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran had submitted a proposal to Washington through Qatar, which is mediating the negotiations, outlining conditions under which the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and normal maritime traffic resume within seven days. "Our situation is clear and based on ⁠the seven-day proposal presented to the US. They shared comments which ​we are reviewing, but our proposal is still on the table ​and if there is any honesty on the US part, which there isn't, the way to reopening the Strait of Hormuz is obvious," Araqchi said in ​Baghdad, Reuters reported IRAN REQUESTS TALKS WITH US AS WHITE HOUSE WARNS 'VIOLENCE WILL BE MET WITH VIOLENCE' Meanwhile, attacks on commercial vessels around the Strait of Hormuz have surged over the past two weeks. Senior Iranian officials also told Reuters that Tehran has shifted its strategy for attacking commercial vessels during that period. For commercial shipping operators, Dominguez warned that the continued threat of mines and attacks means the waterway has yet to return to normal operations. The Strait of Hormuz is "not open for business in the way that it was before the conflict started," he said. "Our role right now is to prepare for when we have the opportunity to go back, resume the operations, follow all the procedures at IMO, but not until the root causes are addressed and those are beyond IMO." Fox News Digital reached out to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b59375342cf4db92e082 AI Cash Is Pouring Into Midterms. How Will It Impact Voters? te 2026-10-20T18:40:19.104Z AI Cash Is Pouring Into Midterms. How Will It Impact Voters? A new source of political money is drawing scrutiny: donations linked to the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence industry. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b59175342cf4db92e079 Trump, Vance Offer Cash For Tips in Fraud Crackdown Weeks Ahead of Midterms te 2026-10-20T18:40:17.341Z Trump, Vance Offer Cash For Tips in Fraud Crackdown Weeks Ahead of Midterms Donald Trump and JD Vance announced a $25 million whistleblower initiative Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58f75342cf4db92e070 NFL Says Eagles, Jalen Hurts' Blood Clot Situation Was 'Handled Appropriately' te 2026-10-20T18:40:15.532Z NFL Says Eagles, Jalen Hurts' Blood Clot Situation Was 'Handled Appropriately' The NFL reportedly believes Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts' blood clots scare was "handled appropriately." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58d75342cf4db92e067 Trump Pushes $400M to GOP in Midterms as Bloomberg Drops $80M For Democrats te 2026-10-20T18:40:13.747Z Trump Pushes $400M to GOP in Midterms as Bloomberg Drops $80M For Democrats The president said he was spending the money because he believed in the GOP amid turbulent polling ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58c75342cf4db92e05e Dillon Brooks Trolls LeBron James in Hilarious Promo Before 76ers Season te 2026-10-20T18:40:12.039Z Dillon Brooks Trolls LeBron James in Hilarious Promo Before 76ers Season Suns star Dillon Brooks reignited his feud with LeBron James by trolling the NBA superstar in a hilarious promo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58a75342cf4db92e055 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Breaks Silence on LeBron James' Helicopter Deal te 2026-10-20T18:40:10.162Z NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Breaks Silence on LeBron James' Helicopter Deal LeBron James' helicopter deal with Fanatics has drawn attention ahead of his first season with the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58775342cf4db92e03a ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats te 2026-10-20T18:40:07.343Z ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them something in another chat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b58575342cf4db92e031 Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers te 2026-10-20T18:40:05.283Z Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b33c75342cf4db92dfd2 Philadelphia 76ers bring LeBron James and Jaylen Brown to MSG for NBA Opening Day clash with champion Knicks te 2026-10-20T18:30:20.999Z Philadelphia 76ers bring LeBron James and Jaylen Brown to MSG for NBA Opening Day clash with champion Knicks I have always felt that, above any other league, the NBA does a great job of trying to provide the best matchups on the biggest days. The NBA Opening Day brings three phenomenal games. The first is between the Celtics and Pistons, and the last one of the night is between the Spurs and Thunder. Sandwiched between the two games is this one between the 76ers and the Knicks. The Philadelphia 76ers are most people's pick to win the Eastern Conference this season. Their additions of Jaylen Brown and LeBron James are the main cause of all of the excitement. Adding those two players to the lineup with Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and VJ Edgecombe gives them arguably the best starting lineup in the league. Their bench is a bit thin, with just Anfernee Simons and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as the main players. This team isn't built for the regular season; they are built for the playoffs. There is obviously a long way to go before we get there. There will almost certainly be a learning period for the team to play together. There are now four guys on the team who could be the leading scorer for the team if they got the opportunity. There will be some questions about matchups and defense. There will be some struggles trying to play together. Those may come out tonight against a team with continuity and even more reason to be excited. LEBRON JAMES’ 76ERS DEBUT SET FOR BLOCKBUSTER KNICKS SHOWDOWN AT MSG The New York Knicks are raising a banner tonight and receiving their rings. That alone will make the entire fanbase of Madison Square Garden go nuts. This team has already captured the hearts of New York, and tonight is the final marker of the celebration from last year's championship. The Knicks have a deep starting lineup with Jalen Brunson being the superstar. Karl-Anthony Towns is still an elite option, and his backup, Andre Drummond, will help the team maintain some strength when he goes to the bench. I like him more than Mitchell Robinson, to be honest. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! I am most interested in seeing how the team responds after the opening ceremony. When the ball goes up for tip-off, it will essentially be the same as any other time. The Knicks have the edge in terms of familiarity. That helps quite a bit in basketball, but the big issue for them in this will be on defense. Teams have tried to exploit Brunson on defense for years, but against the 76ers, no matter who he guards, they will have the advantage. The NBA Preseason doesn't always give us much insight, but I think there might be some opportunity for us to look into how the 76ers did their substitutions. They were trying to keep two of the four- James, Brown, Embiid, and Maxey- on the floor at all times. The Knicks might have a lot of adrenaline coming into the quarter, but I think the rotations for the 76ers, and being a bit amped up, might cause them to not shoot all that well. I think the total of 60.5 points in the first quarter is just a bit too high for this one. Give me the under 60.5 in the first quarter. 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/6ad7b33a75342cf4db92dfc9 'Ant-Man' star Evangeline Lilly says she left Hollywood because she 'always hated being famous' te 2026-10-20T18:30:18.175Z 'Ant-Man' star Evangeline Lilly says she left Hollywood because she 'always hated being famous' "Ant-Man" star Evangeline Lilly revealed in an interview with CBN News published Monday that she walked away from Hollywood six years ago despite a successful acting career, citing her longtime discomfort with fame, health problems and a desire to pursue a more meaningful life guided by her Christian faith. "I've always hated being famous," she said. "I never made any secrets about that. I've always said being famous is the cost of the wealth that you can get as an actor." The actress, best known for portraying Kate Austen in "Lost" and Hope van Dyne in Marvel's "Ant-Man" franchise, acknowledged experiencing moments of fear after walking away from the wealth, professional influence and recognition that accompanied her Hollywood success. "There has been definitely moments of fear of like, ‘How do you consciously and intentionally let go of so much seemingly power and influence and potentially money and also just affirmation of yourself,’" Lilly said. 'VAMPIRE DIARIES' STAR IAN SOMERHALDER SAYS LEAVING HOLLYWOOD FOR FARMING 'SHIFTED MY LIFE FOREVER' Christian Toto, a film critic and founder of Hollywood in Toto, told Fox News Digital that Lilly's decision to leave her acting career is exceptionally rare, particularly for someone who achieved success in major Hollywood franchises. "It's extremely uncommon for stars to walk away from their acting careers," he said. "It happens, but it's the exception to the rule. Many work very hard to achieve a level of fame, so giving that up doesn't always make sense. For some, like Lilly, they learn that an actor's life has too many drawbacks, and they seek something more fulfilling." Despite those concerns, Lilly explained that her faith ultimately helped her embrace a future outside the entertainment industry's spotlight, saying she believed God had a greater purpose for her life beyond acting. "It's just been incredibly liberating and beautiful to step into a total trust and surrender that God has a plan for my life," Lilly said. "That that plan doesn't necessarily need to – it doesn't have to be about fame and money and wealth and power. It can be about more important things and that all of it works together." RICHARD GERE CONFRONTS HOLLYWOOD FAME, EGO AND GREED AS 'DARK CLOUDS' THAT THREATEN INNER PEACE Toto also said that celebrities face intense public scrutiny, arguing that social media has increased the personal pressures associated with Hollywood fame. "There's a cost to Hollywood fame," he said. "You live under the microscope. Strangers assume they know you and sometimes treat you that way in public. Your career is subjected to scrutiny in ways others can't imagine. It's always been so, but the rise of social media makes all of the above worse." The actress also revealed that leaving Hollywood significantly improved her physical and emotional well-being after years of struggling with chronic health issues she associated with the demands of her career. "My health has dramatically improved. I had massive chronic health issues by the time I retired," Lilly said. 'BLUE BLOODS' STAR JENNIFER ESPOSITO SAYS SHE WAS LOCKED IN PSYCH WARD AS HEALTH BATTLE SPIRALED Lily clarified that she had considered herself retired since 2020, four years before her departure attracted widespread media attention following a retrospective social media post in 2024. In June 2024, Lilly publicly announced she was stepping away from Hollywood by sharing a video recorded in 2006 in which she expressed her desire to retire from acting, raise a family and pursue humanitarian work. Toto suggested that Hollywood's treatment of older actresses could also influence decisions to leave the industry, particularly for women who have spent decades pursuing major acting roles. "Another factor? Hollywood can be cruel to women past the age of 40. Men are allowed to age naturally and can still land major roles, even in action films. It's not as easy for actresses," Toto said. Fox News Digital reached out to Lilly for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b33575342cf4db92dfa7 Teen Dramas Today Are Not What You Remember—Psychologist Explains Big Shift te 2026-10-20T18:30:13.057Z Teen Dramas Today Are Not What You Remember—Psychologist Explains Big Shift Gen Z's new favorite shows show healthy masculinity and conflict resolution. A clinical psychologist breaks down why. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b33175342cf4db92df9e George Kittle Explains the Mindset the Undefeated 49ers Have This Year te 2026-10-20T18:30:09.696Z George Kittle Explains the Mindset the Undefeated 49ers Have This Year The 49ers remain undefeated after six weeks, and they may be able to credit this mindset that Kyle Shanahan has harped on. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b0da75342cf4db92df43 Madison Brooks rape suspect's attorney held in contempt for using her name to try to ban pink in courtroom te 2026-10-20T18:20:10.796Z Madison Brooks rape suspect's attorney held in contempt for using her name to try to ban pink in courtroom The defense attorney who asked a Louisiana judge to ban pink from the courtroom in the Madison Brooks rape case was held in contempt Monday. Caitlin Fowlkes, who represents 21-year-old Desmond Carter, used Brooks’ full name in a court filing attached to her July motion seeking to ban trial spectators from wearing pink. Under Louisiana law, sex crime victims must be identified only by their initials in court filings, and attorneys are required to redact their full names. Brooks, a 19-year-old Louisiana State University student at the time, was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men after a night out in 2023, then struck and killed by a car. MADISON BROOKS’ MOM SLAMS ATTEMPT TO BAN PINK AT TRIAL FOR SLAIN LSU STUDENT: ‘WE WEAR IT TO HONOR HER’ Judge Gail Horne Ray had ruled in August that Brooks' supporters could wear pink in the courtroom, but on Monday she found Fowlkes in contempt for failing to redact Brooks' full name from the filing. Fowlkes received no punishment. While Brooks' name has received significant public attention and has been discussed by the governor of Louisiana, Ray wrote "the law is clear that an attorney's failure to comply with the provisions of this law 'shall be punishable as contempt of court." SEND US A TIP According to a coroner's report, Brooks had a BAC of .319 at the time of her death and had injuries consistent with rape. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Carter was 17 years old when he was taken into custody at the time of the incident. Brooks left Reggie's Bar in Tigerland alongside three men — Carter, Casen Carver, Kaivon Washington and Everett Lee, according to officials. Authorities say Carver drove the group to a parking lot where Carter and Washington allegedly raped Brooks. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The men told police that Brooks asked to be taken home after the incident, providing multiple incorrect addresses before requesting to be let out near a subdivision, where they said she wandered into the street and was struck by a car. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The driver of the car that hit her remained on the scene and was ultimately cleared of charges. "Maddie felt safe that night, she thought these were her friends and I think a lot of selfish choices were made that night, and ultimately it led in a horrific ending," Brooks' mother, Ashley Baustert, previously told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to Fowlkes for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7b0d875342cf4db92df3a NY cop calls for police protections after protester he arrested showed up to his house, harassed his family te 2026-10-20T18:20:08.529Z NY cop calls for police protections after protester he arrested showed up to his house, harassed his family Louis Civello, a Suffolk County police officer and president of the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association, detailed Tuesday a prior incident in which a protester he once arrested tracked him down and waited outside his home. "We are at an inflection point. This job is harder than ever before," Civello said during a New York State Public Safety Alliance event advocating for stronger legal protections for law enforcement officers and other local officials. Civello recounted an incident in early 2026 in which he arrested a protester who showed up at his office for trespassing. EXCLUSIVE: LA ICE DIRECTOR REVEALS OFFICERS FOLLOWED HOME, HARASSED AS POLICE FAIL TO HELP IN SANCTUARY CITY "Well, that wasn't enough for this individual," Civello said. "He then decided he was going to find my address, came to my home with a billboard truck. That's how much money these people are making. They can buy billboard trucks," Civello continued. DAVID MARCUS: WHY THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM VIOLENT PROTESTS "Now, there's only one reason to come to my house, right? I'm a public figure. Everyone knows where my building is in Suffolk County. There are seven police precincts in Suffolk County that you can protest in front of if you so choose. You only come to my home to terrorize my family, to get at me via my wife and my children," Civello said. He then explained that the harassment his family endured from the provocateur was far from an isolated incident, but rather the norm. DEADLY CARTELS KNOW WHERE OUR BORDER AGENTS LIVE. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES He used the moment as an example of why he believed New York state needed to enact stronger protections for police officers, particularly as it pertains to privacy. "The laws are woefully inadequate, and they're gonna get worse if we don't work to fix them," he said. CHURCH PROTESTERS COULD FACE TOUGHER PENALTIES UNDER RARE BIPARTISAN CRACKDOWN "Right now, no law against it. No law against coming to my house. So if you are a rapist, and I as a police officer arrest you, you can sit at the edge of my driveway and greet my wife as she comes home. No law against it. No law is publishing my address. If you want to look me up, look any police officer up, look any of us up, it's a few clicks of a mouse," he continued. Civello called for an anti-doxxing law, and also questioned why New York doesn't have a "Halo Law," the popular moniker assigned to a newly enacted Florida statute that protects first responders from harassment after they give an individual a warning. PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER KILLED, PARTNER SHOT 12 TIMES IN AMBUSH; SUSPECT FOUND HIDING IN TREE "Why don't have an anti-doxxing law? Why don't we have laws that make sense?" Civello asked. Civello was not the only law enforcement officer calling for stronger protections. AMERICA'S WOUNDED COPS FIND HOPE, HEALING AND SECOND CHANCE THROUGH OFFICERS WHO REFUSE TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND "All we're asking for is fifteen foot," Scott Munro, the president of the Detectives' Endowment Association, said. "Fifteen foot, that's all we're asking for, for safety reasons." Munro also highlighted the broader coalition the New York State Public Safety Alliance had cobbled together in an effort to protect public employees from civilian violence. The group, Munro relayed, included 99 unions. complete with firefighters, traffic agents, sanitation enforcement agents, environmental police, bus drivers and more. BRUCE BLAKEMAN HAMMERS DEM GOV HOCHUL, MAMDANI OVER SUBWAY SAFETY DURING NYC CAMPAIGN RIDE "You're gonna say 'why MTA?'" Munro said, "it's because they're assaulted every day, they're in their faces every day," he continued. "Those people get assaulted every day. Assaults are up, almost 2,500 assaults this year alone on police officers, felony assaults, and public servants in New York City. That's what's going on," Munro said. FOUR WISCONSIN COPS INJURED AFTER SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER BARRELS TOWARD CROWD, SPARKS POLICE CHASE Fox News Digital contacted the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association and the Detectives' Endowment Association, which runs the New York State Public Safety Alliance, for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ae9575342cf4db92dee1 Eastbound Lockett Road between Fourth Street and Patterson Boulevard closed on Oct. 20 te 2026-10-20T18:10:29.458Z Eastbound Lockett Road between Fourth Street and Patterson Boulevard closed on Oct. 20 The section of road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ae9075342cf4db92deb5 OutKick readers blast WNBA players for hiding during Finals national anthem te 2026-10-20T18:10:24.319Z OutKick readers blast WNBA players for hiding during Finals national anthem Rules for thee, not for me. Monday night in San Francisco, for the second consecutive game of the WNBA Finals, the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries stepped off the court before the national anthem and then immediately returned to the court after Canadian-born Alanis Morissette finished her performance. The spineless league hasn't said a word despite the women continuing to break an anthem rulebook provision that requires them to attend the performance. Now that we've reported, it's time for you guys to react and share your feelings on this drama that isn't going away. WNBA SILENT AFTER FINALS TEAMS SKIP NATIONAL ANTHEM DESPITE RULE REQUIRING PLAYERS TO STAND AND LINE UP Let's do this. • UNLV Doc has some deep thoughts to share: WNBA types and political sycophants probably think they're rebels, and they are. But they are rebelling against order and creation in favor of chaos, which is always the easy way to mindlessly effect change, and what the selfish have always done. Honorable rebels take a stand, work, and sacrifice, even against self-interest to bravely bring about something other than the chaos that naturally exists without applied effort to create something good. I'm looking forward to seeing such leaders emerge from the WNBA mob; I know they're in there somewhere. • Richard C. sent in this great take: How about a double disqualification and no champion recognized this year. • Carmen has hit a breaking point: I love Daily Outkick and I hate the WNBA and everyday it's just funny to read and move on. It's not that funny anymore. The WNBA has failed women. As a female coach, I do my best to build strong, confident, capable, athletes who happen to be females. They are held to a standard that doesn't include entitlement, excuses, or any agenda other than TEAM. The WNBA is about anything but sport, and that is inexcusable for so many young women pursuing professional sports. Pushing themselves to another level to achieve their goals. It's embarrassing that this is women's professional basketball when so few hold themselves to that level. It's a soap opera that deserves zero attention. As an organization that is supposed to promote the best in women's sport, it's become laughable. It's a joke that has a played out punchline. You have failed those you are supposed to be a trailblazer for. When athletic performance is secondary to everything else, you have failed as a league. • Pops makes a good point: The WNBA proves once again they are a political activist organization not a women’s basketball organization. They decide what rules they want to enforce and what rules they will not enforce. • Kenneth is fed up: Well I have an answer. If the WNBA had any balls (which they don’t) both teams would be banned from playing the game and all players suspended indefinitely. If you can’t attend and stand for the national anthem of the country that has given you everything then you have no business being here. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE • Mark S. sends a message to WNBA executives: What a crock. The league is a farce and an embarrassment to our country, not thier country. Fine them all. This is not a political forum it is a game and rules are rules. Enough of the lesbian leaque and who wnba management listen to. Stand up and control your players or get rid of them Set an example. • Mike Mc. says: The WNBA is a sideshow of awkward misfits playing a child's game poorly.  It's no surprise that they do dumb things, but it is surprising that any discerning "fan" pays attention to this collection of grumpy malcontents.  On second thought, if you had any discernment, you wouldn't be a fan. Problem solved. • Joe B. wants the WNBA to take a hike: Remove the entire league from USA arenas. Sell the entire group to Europe, Asia or a South America country. Who needs these disrespectful ingrates playing here? THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! • Don says enough is enough: Why are we continually putting up with the WNBA? They have proven they are a league that continually cares only about themselves and no one or nothing else.The league fails to react to any of the players who disobey the rules. They have tried to turn this into a racial bias league. I think i am done. • Gary says punish them for breaking the rules: This is just another example of disrespect for our nation and should not go unpunished by the league. Actions should have consequences. • Richard S. tells us: Stop giving the anti American league any more print. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER • Michael M. emails: I think all the international players should be deported for not respecting the American flag and National Anthem and all the lesbians be disbarred from playing in the WNBA. • Jerry has a simple message: Real Americans don't watch this trash anyway. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ae8a75342cf4db92deac When will Tiger Woods return to golf following latest DUI arrest? Current signs point to two possibilities te 2026-10-20T18:10:18.923Z When will Tiger Woods return to golf following latest DUI arrest? Current signs point to two possibilities The golf world has been posed with the question of when Tiger Woods might make his return to the sport countless times at this point in the 15-time major champion's career. That question has lingered since Woods' latest DUI-related arrest in March, but we've now reached the point in the proceedings where we're starting to collect legitimate clues about what the answer may be this time around. The most recent meaningful golf shot Woods hit took place in March 2026 when he competed in a TGL event alongside his Jupiter Links teammates. That same month, he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and charged with two misdemeanors in Florida. He ultimately completed a months-long inpatient rehab program overseas before entering a plea deal in September in which charges were reduced. TIGER WOODS MAKES FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE DUI, REHAB STINT AS PGA TOUR ANNOUNCES SWEEPING CHANGES In early October, Woods was seen hitting golf balls at one of his TGR Live events, and while the video showed him hitting just one shot, it ramped up the speculation that he was in the process of working his way back to competing. With Woods now eligible to compete on the PGA Tour Champions circuit as a 50-year-old, a competitive return coming in the form of a debut start on the senior circuit would, and still could be, a possibility. However, Woods has never committed to competing on the PGA Tour Champions circuit. This leads us to the more likely scenarios in which we could see Woods make a return to golf, with evidence supporting each. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Woods has long played tournament host of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, and with the 2026 event set for the first week of December, making a competitive return in a very limited-field event could make for a perfect scenario. The initial 20-player tournament field was announced on Monday, but only 17 names were listed. The three final spots, all tournament exemptions, are set to be announced at a later date. Woods could use one of the final three spots in the tournament for himself, but it is worth noting that he has not teed it up in the Hero World Challenge since 2023. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The 2027 TGL schedule has not been released, but Woods was officially announced as a returning player on next season's Jupiter Links team alongside Tom Kim, Max Homa, Akshay Bhatia and Keith Mitchell. Woods being listed on the initial roster announced on Tuesday indicates he has plans to compete in some capacity, at the very least. Woods making his return to the golf spotlight in the TGL, the simulated indoor league he co-founded back in 2022, would certainly make sense. If the league follows the pattern of the 2026 schedule, the first event of the new season would take place at the end of December and run through late March. Woods' last tournament start took place at The Open in July 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ae8075342cf4db92de89 Daddy Musk Is Buying the Love of America's Ungrateful Children te 2026-10-20T18:10:08.084Z Daddy Musk Is Buying the Love of America's Ungrateful Children Elon Musk wants to give America's children free SpaceX stock. They can take Daddy's money without having to love him in return. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ac3a75342cf4db92de5b From learning to leading: McKinna Brackens embraces expanded role for ASU women’s hoops te 2026-10-20T18:00:26.496Z From learning to leading: McKinna Brackens embraces expanded role for ASU women’s hoops TEMPE – McKinna Brackens returned to Arizona State this fall with more than a final season of college basketball ahead of her. She returned with USA Basketball experience behind her, professional aspirations in front of her and a Sun Devil team increasingly looking in her direction.  Brackens is no longer the newcomer learning coach Molly Miller’s system. She has become one of the players responsible for leading it.  “I feel like I took on more of a leadership role this year, being a returner and just leading by example,” Brackens said. “Being an extension of coach Molly on the court…and just trying to take more of a vocal leadership role this year.” That is the biggest change for Brackens entering her senior season. Last season, she was learning. This season, she is leading.  After averaging 14.4 points and a team-high 6.4 rebounds per game while helping ASU reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019, Brackens returns as one of the most important pieces of a team that lost three key contributors.  ASU lost its leading scorer in Gabby Elliott, who averaged 15.8 points per game and earned All-Big 12 Third Team honors. Also gone are Marley Washenitz, who averaged 7.9 points and provided a steady presence in the backcourt, and Last-Tear Poa, the veteran guard who transferred to ASU from LSU and brought championship experience and another voice of leadership to the team.  The Sun Devils are asking Brackens to do more than replace production. They are asking her to become the voice of the team.  When Brackens arrived at ASU after two seasons at UNLV, much of her attention was spent figuring out Miller’s system. Now, that part comes naturally.  “She knows exactly the terminology,” Miller said. “She understands what we’re trying to do. She finishes my sentences.” That familiarity has changed Brackens’ focus.  Instead of thinking about where she is supposed to be, she can think about how to make the play work. Instead of simply learning the system, she can help teach it.  Associate head coach Stephanie Norman has seen the difference.  “I see her trying to coach up the other kids, whereas last year she’s just learning it firsthand on her own,” Norman said. “I think she can pass those on to her teammates now, and then that gives her a sense of pride and ownership that this is her program.” That ownership is important for a team with so much turnover, but Brackens believes the group has something that can make up for the lost production: versatility.  “I feel like our bench is deeper,” she said. “We have a lot more people that can take the ball and go score anytime. So, it’s just figuring out how to play together.” The challenge is making that depth work in a team context.  Brackens said the group has emphasized passing up good shots for great ones and learning how to put teammates in positions to succeed.  “We have a very unselfish group,” Brackens said. “Everybody knows they can score anytime, but ‘When can I get my teammates the ball? How can I get my teammate the ball and get them in the best position?’”  For Brackens, being a leader means helping create that environment. Over the summer, she played 3×3 basketball with Team USA in the FIBA Nations League. The experience pushed her physically and forced her to adjust to a different style of basketball.  “It’s very physical when you’re playing any international basketball,” Brackens said.  Brackens often had to defend opposing bigs, something that she believes has expanded her game defensively. She also learned to play through contact.  In 3×3, Brackens said officials were less likely to stop play for contact, forcing players to adjust and continue playing through physicality.  “I feel like those pieces – my physicality, my rebounding and also defense – I’ll bring back from USA Basketball,” Brackens said.  The experience gave her more than a new set of skills.  “This USA Basketball experience, I think, just really elevated her confidence to believe she can do these things,” Norman said.  That confidence could be important as Brackens takes on a larger role at ASU. She is no longer simply trying to prove she belongs. She is trying to lead a team toward something bigger.  Last season, ASU was trying to find out what it could become. The Sun Devils eventually found their way back to the NCAA Tournament, ending a six-year drought in Miller’s first year on the job after a successful run at Grand Canyon University.  This season, Brackens does not want simply reaching the tournament to be the ceiling.  “I feel like we can compete for a Big 12 championship, regular season and in the (conference) tournament, and I want to make the NCAA Tournament, Sweet 16,” Brackens said. “I don’t want to just make it there and then say, ‘Oh, we made it.’ No, we want to compete. We want to win some games.”  The expectations are higher now, and Brackens understands that comes with her new role.  She has spent a year learning Miller’s system. She has played on an international stage. She has become more comfortable with her teammates and more confident in her own game.  Now she has to put all of that into her leadership.  “Target or no target, we’re going to go in there and we’re going to work,” Brackens said. “We’re going to try to compete. We’re going to win games.”  But her senior season is about more than team goals. It is about becoming a player her teammates can follow and her coaches can trust. And that development could extend well beyond ASU.  Brackens wants to play professionally, and Norman believes she has the tools and versatility to make that possible.  “She’s really positionless,” Norman said.  Brackens can score from the midrange, attack the basket and stretch the floor. Miller calls her a “stretch four” and sees the potential for her to become a three-level scorer.   “She’s a weapon out there,” Miller said. “We can put her on the block. We can have her rip from the elbow. We can send her off flares and hit 3s. She can put the ball on the floor and she can slash.” The next step is consistency.  Miller wants her to become more reliable from the 3-point line, while Norman wants her to continue developing her ballhandling and guard skills.  “There’s not a kid in the country I would rather have shooting a 15-foot jump shot,” Norman said. “That’s her money bag, that mid-range game.” Brackens has set an ambitious individual goal to match those expectations.  “I want to average a double-double at the end of the season,” Brackens said. “I feel like sometimes I let myself fall short, like I would get close to having one. So I feel like just continuing to rebound when the game gets tough and pushing past any tiredness I’m feeling.” The double-double, the professional aspirations and the expanded role all point toward the same thing: Brackens is trying to become more than the player she was when she arrived at ASU.  She is becoming the player her teammates look to.  The player her coaches trust.  And, perhaps most importantly, the player who believes she can lead them somewhere she has never been before. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ac3175342cf4db92de43 Flagstaff's Howl-O-Ween returns to Heritage Square on Oct. 24 te 2026-10-20T18:00:17.701Z Flagstaff's Howl-O-Ween returns to Heritage Square on Oct. 24 Scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the event includes a block party with live music and vendors, adoptable pets, a pet parade and a costume contest to benefit High Country Humane. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ac2f75342cf4db92de3a National Weather Service issues flood watch for much of Arizona through Oct. 22 te 2026-10-20T18:00:15.846Z National Weather Service issues flood watch for much of Arizona through Oct. 22 The National Weather Service expects periods of widespread showers and thunderstorms with flash flooding possible due to excessive rainfall. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ac2d75342cf4db92de31 London Zoo: Toads, witches, magic and Halloween te 2026-10-20T18:00:13.842Z London Zoo: Toads, witches, magic and Halloween This week's London Zoo column from Karen London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7ac2675342cf4db92ddd8 Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei te 2026-10-20T18:00:06.967Z Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9d975342cf4db92dd97 An ICE deportation jet with a broken fuel gauge leaked fuel at Mesa airport, closing a runway te 2026-10-20T17:50:17.340Z An ICE deportation jet with a broken fuel gauge leaked fuel at Mesa airport, closing a runway An Avelo Airlines jet in October 2025 in use by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Air Operations at Mesa Gateway Airport for deportation and detainee transfers. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) An aircraft used for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda leaked fuel onto the runway at the Mesa Gateway Airport, temporarily closing it, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement pilot told air traffic controllers that his plane’s fuel gauge wasn’t working, according to audio reviewed by the Arizona Mirror.  “Can you send the trucks? We have a fuel leak, again,” the pilot told ground control at the airport Friday.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Mesa Gateway Airport is home to the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center, or AROCC for short, a 25,000-square-foot facility that opened in 2010 to little fanfare and can house up to 157 detainees and 79 employees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to an ICE press release from 2010. It is also the operational hub of “ICE Air,” has been the site of severe overcrowding and has also been a frequent departure point for flights that have sent immigrants to African countries they’ve never been to. The facility made national headlines because it was set to be where two gay Iranian men were set to be deported from, ultimately to their deaths.  “On October 16, there was a fuel spill at Mesa Gateway Airport involving a contract charter plane,” an unnamed U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Mirror. “The fire department responded and cleared the scene. There were no injuries or damage.”  The day after the leak occurred, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited the facility.  The airport itself said that there was a “mechanical issue resulting in a small fuel venting from the wing” which led to the aircraft returning to the ICE operated hangar.  “Mesa Fire declared the aircraft safe and it will depart when the operator has cleared the mechanical issues,” Ryan Smith, Mesa Gateway spokesman, told the Mirror.  The aircraft in question is operated by GlobalX, a charter company that plays a pivotal role in Trump’s deportation program. “Negative because our indicators are MEL’d right now,” the ICE pilot replied to ground control when asked if they knew how much fuel that they had spilled.  MEL, or minimum equipment list, is a designation that allows operators to fly without certain pieces of equipment functioning temporarily from the Federal Aviation Administration. In this case, it meant that when ground control wanted to learn how much fuel the ICE jet had leaked, it couldn’t, because the aircraft did not have a functioning fuel gauge.  The leak and its subsequent clean up temporarily closed one of Mesa Gateway’s runways as airport officials inspected it, cleaned it and towed the ICE aircraft back to AROCC.  Ground control audio captured by liveATC.net also showed that ground control was unaware of the initial leak until Mesa Fire Department reported it as it tried to respond.  “Requesting clearance to the fuel spill,” a fire department truck can be heard saying over the radio.  “I’m not aware of a fuel spill,” ground control responded back.  Other charter services used by ICE have come under scrutiny for cutting corners, and in the past, ICE has been sued for the conditions on its flights. ICE flights have also been increasing, with more in September than in the prior two months, according to Human Rights First.  The plane that leaked its fuel has performed 2,040 total flights for ICE since 2021, according to data supplied by ICE Flight Monitor. This year, it has made 216 flights, up from the 209 it did for the entirety of 2025.  Detainees are supposed to be at AROCC for no more than 12 hours while they wait to be loaded onto a plane, either so they can be deported or transferred to a different ICE facility. The Mirror’s reporting found that publicly available data shows how overcrowded the facility has become in the past year. The average length of stay in 2026 is about 36 hours, compared to the same time frame in 2025, when the average stay was about 12 hours.  In 2025, the average daily population was approximately 21 people for the same timeframe. So far in 2026, there have been an average of 274 detainees each day. The Mirror found one individual in the data who stayed for 18 days, coinciding with a time when the population of the facility was near its peak of 777 individuals in a single day. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9d775342cf4db92dd76 Tourist killed in freak accident at landmark designed by one of America's most famous architects te 2026-10-20T17:50:15.422Z Tourist killed in freak accident at landmark designed by one of America's most famous architects A tourist was killed in a freak accident while visiting an architectural landmark designed by one of America's greatest architects last week, according to authorities. Rogério Renato Mateucci, 55, was killed around 2 p.m. on Friday when strong winds blew a piece of roofing material off a roof — striking him in the head. Mateucci, the rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil, had been touring Taliesin West, a historic architectural landmark designed by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: 'A FREAK THING' Taliesin West was built in 1937. It is now closed to the public, according to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's website. Joe Spector, CEO of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, told Fox News Digital he was extending his "deepest condolences" to Mateucci's family and loved ones. "The Scottsdale Police Department is aware of the incident, and no further details will be shared out of respect for privacy and to allow officials to complete their work," said Spector.  "The property is closed to the public until further notice." MASSIVE BISON RAMS PICKUP TRUCK IN YELLOWSTONE AFTER DRIVER TRIES TO AVOID COLLISION A spokesperson for the Scottsdale Police Department confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital. "The man was reportedly killed instantly and was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders," police said. "He had been on a walking tour of the property with other people when the accident occurred." The official added, "Detectives and crime scene personnel responded to investigate, but no foul play is suspected in this weather-related accident." YELLOWSTONE OFFICIALS DECIDE FATE OF BISON THAT LAUNCHED GRANDFATHER 8 FEET IN AIR In an Instagram post, the university announced Mateucci's death with "profound sadness." The school canceled classes at three of its campuses on Oct. 17 and 19 and suspended administrative operations on Oct. 19 as it mourned his passing. Vidal Martins, vice rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, told FOX 10 Phoenix that strong winds blew a piece of clear roofing material into their path, striking Brother Rogério in the head. Mateucci was reportedly eager to visit the property, given his interest in art. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "He loved the arts and architecture," Martins said. Martins called the incident "deeply, deeply sad." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "It’s hard to understand, it’s hard to accept," he said. Martins also said Mateucci had a lasting impact on the community through his efforts to improve the lives of those around him, per FOX 10. "He was a very kind person, someone that takes care of everybody. He was a religious man," he said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived from 1867 to 1959, is widely regarded as one of the most influential architects in American history. His most notable works include Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Taliesin West served as his winter home and architectural studio. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9d375342cf4db92dd56 Medicare Open Enrollment Started: 3 Major Changes Will Hit Seniors in 2027 te 2026-10-20T17:50:11.765Z Medicare Open Enrollment Started: 3 Major Changes Will Hit Seniors in 2027 The annual Medicare open enrollment period began October 15 and runs through December 7. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9d275342cf4db92dd4d Jayden Daniels Shares Message to Terry McLaurin After Scary Injury te 2026-10-20T17:50:10.124Z Jayden Daniels Shares Message to Terry McLaurin After Scary Injury The wide receiver suffered a "severe" knee injury and was carted off the field during the loss to the 49ers on Monday night. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9d075342cf4db92dd44 Katie Zacharia Remarks on Lessons Learned in 5 Days as Trump's Press Sec te 2026-10-20T17:50:08.174Z Katie Zacharia Remarks on Lessons Learned in 5 Days as Trump's Press Sec Zacharia gleaned three lessons from the five days she spent at the helm of the Trump administration's communications team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9ce75342cf4db92dd3b Map Shows East Coast States Facing Nor'easter Flood Threat This Week te 2026-10-20T17:50:06.280Z Map Shows East Coast States Facing Nor'easter Flood Threat This Week System is forecast to bring strong winds, coastal flooding and other threats to communities in multiple states through Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a9cb75342cf4db92dd18 Empire High student wins Hughes Vail debit card contest te 2026-10-20T17:50:03.666Z Empire High student wins Hughes Vail debit card contest An Empire High School student who had never entered an art competition won a Hughes Federal Credit Union contest with a watercolor of a desert sunset over Vail, and it will be the face of the credit union’s new Vail debit card. Veta Roth’s painting, “Where the Desert Meets the Sky,” beat four other finalists last month at the credit union’s Vail branch, where about 100 people voted in 90 minutes. Roth's design received 42% of the votes. She r The event marked the Vail branch’s first debit card design contest, in which high school students submitted their own artwork. Roth, who attends Empire High School, was inspired by Arizona’s sunsets, especially the view from Vail. With only about a month to prepare, she decided to capture the beauty she sees on the horizon in her design. “When I heard about this contest from my teacher in art class, I knew it would be a great opportunity,” Roth said. Roth’s family says she has always had a natural talent for drawing. She started taking art classes in ninth grade, but this was her first competition. Her piece is a 4-by-6 canvas made with watercolors, oil pastels and acrylic markers. The final version took some work. “There was a lot of trial and error,” Roth said. “It took a lot of practice, and there were a lot of drafts.” Help us build local news that brings people together, not apart. Veta Roth holds a $500 check for first place in the Hughes Federal Credit Union Vail debit card design contest as her father, Storm Roth, looks on. Courtesy of Hughes Federal Credit Union. Roth’s father, Storm Roth, watched her work on the painting and marveled at how much effort she put into the design. “She was very excited about this,” Storm Roth said. “Her usual art style is drawing portraits and sketches, so this type of art style with watercolor was outside her realm.” Taking on a new art style, Veta Roth created a vivid, intricate painting of lively green cacti in the Tucson desert, with deep purple shadows on the mountains beneath a golden horizon. Three of the five finalists are students at Empire High School, where Ben Kross teaches art. Kross was at the Sept. 26 event to support them. Kross, who has taught for 20 years, promoted the contest to his students and reminded them of the deadlines. Students worked on their entries outside of class. “(Entering the contest) wasn’t a requirement, but I told them to pursue it on their own, even if they were a little bit interested,” Kross said. And while he was happy to support all his students along the way, Kross said Roth earned her win on her own. “She deserves all the credit,” Kross said. Kross has watched Vail grow into a “very close” community. He moved there when it had fewer homes and shopping centers, “when there used to be nothing,” he said. From left, second place winner Jemma Byrd with “Life in the Valley,” finalist Kendal Miller with “Sonoran Sunset” and first place winner Veta Roth with “Where the Desert Meets the Sky” hold large prints of their debit card designs. Courtesy of Hughes Federal Credit Union. That closeness was on display at the contest. Event organizer Irlanda Cuevas said the turnout went beyond family members to include friends and neighbors. “There’s such a tight-knit community here in Vail, through word of mouth alone, people knew to come by,” Cuevas said. Jemma Byrd won second place for her piece “Life in the Valley,” and third place went to Addyson Nemitz for her work “Resting on the Tree.” This event was designed to give students the opportunity to showcase their artwork while promoting financial literacy. Hughes has supported the Vail District Foundation through sponsorships, donations and financial education for students, including lessons on building a budget and understanding credit. “Perhaps at the high school level, they’re getting ready to purchase their first vehicle, so we support them in those initiatives or how to get ready for college,” Cuevas said. The winning card will be available Nov. 1, with $5 from each card issued going toward teacher grants, student opportunities and academic enrichment programs. Kenia Licea is a University of Arizona journalism student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at klicea2004@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/6ad7a77e75342cf4db92dcb9 Kendrick Perkins Doesn't Hold Back on Celtics' NBA Title Chances te 2026-10-20T17:40:14.514Z Kendrick Perkins Doesn't Hold Back on Celtics' NBA Title Chances The Boston Celtics are entering a new era following the decision to trade away Jaylen Brown this past offseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a77b75342cf4db92dcb0 Could Your Surroundings Affect Your Risk of Dementia? te 2026-10-20T17:40:11.830Z Could Your Surroundings Affect Your Risk of Dementia? Could having a garden or a few trees and plants nearby lower your risk of dementia? Scientists think so. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a52375342cf4db92dc13 Trump's Approval Rating in Senate Battlegrounds 2 Weeks Before Midterms te 2026-10-20T17:30:11.771Z Trump's Approval Rating in Senate Battlegrounds 2 Weeks Before Midterms Trump is unpopular in seven states with toss-up Senate races ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to polling data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a51f75342cf4db92dc0a Stefon Diggs Gets Honest About Commanders Season After Loss to 49ers te 2026-10-20T17:30:07.099Z Stefon Diggs Gets Honest About Commanders Season After Loss to 49ers Wide receiver Stefon Diggs got honest after the Commanders suffered their fourth loss of the season in a struggling NFC East. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a2d675342cf4db92d8cd UCF Gets Tough Quarterback News Ahead of BYU Clash te 2026-10-20T17:20:22.965Z UCF Gets Tough Quarterback News Ahead of BYU Clash UCF faces a major quarterback challenge against No. 2 BYU as its injured starter remains sidelined for another crucial matchup. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a2d375342cf4db92d8b1 Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps te 2026-10-20T17:20:19.705Z Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a2d075342cf4db92d89e ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente te 2026-10-20T17:20:16.327Z ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en Conecta Arizona. Cuando Maria L. Ossa recibió su boleta electoral por correo, se detuvo a revisarla porque su nombre estaba escrito incorrectamente, por una sola letra. En lugar de estar dirigida a Maria L. Ossa, la boleta decía Maria O. Ossa; la inicial de su segundo nombre era incorrecta. Había recibido por correo una boleta electoral con un error en su nombre. Desde que se registró para votar, Ossa ha votado por correo, al igual que el 80% de los habitantes de Arizona, según la Comisión de Elecciones Limpias de Arizona (AZ Clean Elections). “Siempre he votado y es la primera vez que me pasa esto”, dijo Ossa a Conecta Arizona. “Aquí están metiendo mano negra. A mí no me importa de parte de quiénes venga, no me interesa, pero a mí me tienen que respetar mis derechos”. Su mayor preocupación al ver el error era que este pudiera afectar su voto y provocar que no fuera contado. A medida que aumenta la desconfianza en el voto por correo —especialmente entre los republicanos—, los votantes como Ossa podrían dudar más en entregar sus boletas si encuentran un error en ellas o si se equivocan al llenarlas, por temor a que sus votos sean invalidados. Molesta, llamó al número de teléfono que aparecía en su identificación electoral, la misma que ha tenido desde que se registró por primera vez para votar como demócrata en 2010, poco después de convertirse en ciudadana estadounidense por naturalización. En esa identificación, su nombre aparecía como Maria L. Ossa. El número correspondía a la Oficina de Servicios Electorales y Votación Anticipada del Condado de Maricopa. Ossa dijo que, cuando llamó, la persona que le contestó únicamente le aseguró que podía utilizar la boleta para votar, sin ofrecerle una explicación que aliviara sus preocupaciones sobre si su voto sería contado. “Me dijo: ‘Ay, no, lo sentimos, pero no se pueden hacer cambios’”, contó. La persona agregó que su supervisor había dicho que podía entregar la boleta de todas formas, a pesar del error. “Estuve 100% en desacuerdo,” dijo. “Me molesté y le dije: ‘yo tengo aquí mi tarjetita, te mando la foto, te estoy diciendo. Y qué tiene que ver el supervisor con el cambio del middle name? ¿Sabes qué? Yo me voy a ir por otro lado porque la mano negra de ustedes no me está gustando. Y le colgué.” Entonces, ¿qué debes hacer si recibes una boleta electoral con un error? ¿Y qué puedes hacer si te equivocas al llenarla? A continuación, te lo explicamos. Si tu boleta tiene un error que no cometiste tú Conecta Arizona habló con una empleada llamada Angela, de la Oficina de Servicios Electorales y Votación Anticipada del Condado de Maricopa, encargada de responder las preguntas de los votantes del condado sobre las elecciones y sus boletas. La Secretaría de Estado de Arizona tiene una lista con la información de contacto de los funcionarios electorales de cada condado del estado. Los votantes que tengan preguntas sobre las elecciones o sus boletas pueden comunicarse con los funcionarios de su condado para obtener información electoral confiable y precisa. Angela explicó que el personal electoral cuenta con varias maneras de identificar las boletas y asegurarse de que sean contabilizadas, incluso si contienen algún error, ya sea que lo haya cometido el votante o que se haya originado en la oficina electoral al enviar la boleta. Primero, está la verificación de firmas. Las oficinas electorales utilizan la firma que aparece en la declaración jurada de la boleta y la comparan con las firmas de años anteriores como medida de verificación. Además, cada boleta tiene un número de identificación electoral único para cada votante, que funciona como una segunda medida de seguridad. Por último, los votantes pueden incluir su número de teléfono en la declaración jurada de la boleta, justo debajo del espacio para la firma. De esta manera, si surge alguna pregunta, el personal electoral puede comunicarse con ellos para aclarar la situación. “Si el error fue de nuestra parte, definitivamente podemos solicitar que se hagan esas correcciones menores y que se envíe una nueva boleta […], pero la boleta de (Ossa) seguiría siendo válida incluso si tuviera un error. Realmente depende de los votantes”, dijo Angela. Los errores en las boletas electorales pueden ocurrir por diversas razones. Las oficinas electorales comparten y obtienen información de otras agencias gubernamentales, como el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (MVD, por sus siglas en inglés). Por ejemplo, si actualizas tu licencia de conducir o renuevas el registro de tu vehículo y escribes algo incorrectamente por accidente, ese error podría aparecer en tu boleta electoral. En última instancia, depende del votante decidir si se siente cómodo entregando una boleta con errores o si prefiere solicitar una nueva o votar en persona el día de las elecciones. Según la Comisión de Elecciones Limpias de Arizona, la fecha límite para solicitar que el condado envíe una boleta por correo es 11 días antes de las elecciones, es decir, el 23 de octubre. Si cometiste un error al llenar tu boleta Sin embargo, si cometiste un error al llenar tu boleta, hay pasos que puedes seguir para corregirlo. La declaración jurada de la boleta es el sobre amarillo que debes firmar. Se trata de un documento legal en el que declaras que la boleta te pertenece y que tú emitiste el voto. Si te equivocaste al marcar tu voto, el sitio web de la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima indica que puedes tachar la selección incorrecta y marcar la opción que realmente deseas elegir. Si varias personas de tu hogar votan y firmas por accidente la declaración jurada de otra persona, puedes “simplemente pedirle que firme tu declaración jurada. Si lo deseas, puedes agregar una nota a cada declaración que diga ‘confusión en el hogar’. Nuestro personal podrá entonces relacionar las firmas durante el procesamiento”, explica el sitio web. Si olvidaste escribir la fecha en que firmaste tu boleta, el sitio indica que no importa, siempre y cuando el sobre sea recibido antes de las 7 p.m. del día de las elecciones. Para consultar otras preguntas frecuentes, los votantes del Condado de Pima pueden visitar la página de preguntas frecuentes de la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima. Si tienes más preguntas en el Condado de Pima, puedes llamar al (520) 724-4330. Para consultar las preguntas frecuentes del Condado de Maricopa, visita su sitio web electoral. Si tienes más preguntas en el Condado de Maricopa, puedes llamar al (602) 506-1511. También puedes inscribirte para recibir actualizaciones sobre tu boleta electoral. Para recibir actualizaciones por mensaje de texto o consultar el estado de tu boleta en el Condado de Pima, haz clic aquí. Para acceder a tu panel electoral personalizado y consultar el estado de tu boleta en el Condado de Maricopa, haz clic aquí. “El voto por correo es seguro”, señala el sitio web electoral del Condado de Maricopa. “El condado cuenta con controles internos y métodos de seguimiento para garantizar la seguridad de las boletas, desde el momento en que se envían por correo hasta el traslado de las boletas marcadas desde la oficina postal y su resguardo en instalaciones seguras, entre otras medidas. El Condado de Maricopa realiza múltiples auditorías antes y después de contabilizar las boletas. Solo se cuentan las boletas verificadas”. Corrección de boletas electorales (ballot curing) La ley de Arizona permite que los votantes tengan cinco días después del día de las elecciones para corregir ciertos problemas con sus boletas enviadas por correo. Este proceso se conoce en inglés como ballot curing. La corrección de boletas es una medida de protección establecida por la ley estatal de Arizona que permite a los votantes que hayan cometido un error menor en su boleta enviada por correo solucionar el problema y asegurarse de que su voto sea contabilizado. Según la Oficina del Registro del Condado de Pima, los votantes que necesiten corregir algún problema con su boleta pueden recibir llamadas, mensajes de texto y correos electrónicos para informarles sobre inconvenientes con el sobre de la declaración jurada, incluida su firma. The post ¿Te llegó la boleta electoral con errores? Qué hacer para que tu voto cuente appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a08475342cf4db92d87a Maricopa Moose, Duke’s double down on helping local veterans te 2026-10-20T17:10:28.728Z Maricopa Moose, Duke’s double down on helping local veterans At least three veterans will get help with gas and groceries thanks to an $860 donation Monday night from the Maricopa Moose and Duke’s Roadhouse. The organizations presented the check to Veterans in Need during their regular bingo night at the Western-themed restaurant. The Moose contributed $430 from bingo proceeds, and Duke’s matched the amount. The donation will help veterans cover immediate expenses as they work toward longer-term stability, a spokesperson said. This is the second year Veterans in Need has been selected to receive a donation from the Maricopa Moose, a fraternal volunteer organization that raises money for local charities through bingo. The donations are part of a year-long effort by the Moose to give back to the community, as well as raising funds for their lodge and Moose charities. Donations have topped $11,000 in that time.  The monthly donations vary depending on the funds raised, with Duke’s matching the Moose’s contribution, said Moose Heart of the Community Chairperson Patricia Stillman. The Maricopa Pantry is expected to be the next beneficiary of the program. Stillman said with holidays coming up, they’re planning unique bingo nights. That includes a Halloween-themed one next week.  “If you show up wearing a costume, a Halloween shirt or anything Halloween-related, you get a free card to play,” she said.  Veterans in Need Board Member Justin Price speaks before accepting a donation from Maricopa Moose and Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] A view of bingo ink markers sitting on a table at Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Patrons have food and drinks during a weekly Maricopa Moose bingo night at Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Members of Maricopa Moose sell bingo cards at Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Veterans in Need Board Member Justin Price accepts a donation check from Maricopa Moose and Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] The post Maricopa Moose, Duke’s double down on helping local veterans appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a07c75342cf4db92d851 Sunny Hostin re-visits 'problematic' Kamala Harris answer on 'The View' as hosts question her 2028 potential te 2026-10-20T17:10:20.267Z Sunny Hostin re-visits 'problematic' Kamala Harris answer on 'The View' as hosts question her 2028 potential "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin revisited her widely-discussed 2024 question to former Vice President Kamala Harris during an event on Monday, calling the former Democratic presidential nominee's answer and refusal to distance herself from former President Joe Biden at the time "problematic." Brian Teta, the talk show's executive producer and host of its "Behind the Table" podcast, selected the moment as Hostin's most memorable on the show. He said it was a "seminal moment" in the 2024 election cycle. Hostin described the question as a "gift" and said she thought Harris would have to distance herself from Biden because of his approval ratings at the time. She also said "The View" was the perfect venue to ask the question, calling the liberal show's audience "her people." "I actually thought the answer was going to be, you know, ‘We had a lot of wins in this administration. I was there for those wins, but I, as a woman of color, as a child of immigrants, as I have a different lived experience, and I intend to bring that lived experience with me into the White House. I will do this. I will do that. I will do this. I will do that. I will do that.’ That was what I was expecting. I was not expecting, 'Not a single thing comes to mind.' And I knew honestly when she said it that it was really problematic," Hostin said.  KAMALA HARRIS CALLS TO EXPAND SUPREME COURT, ADD STATES IF DEMS TAKE CONGRESS The co-hosts noted that the moment was discussed in books published after the 2024 election, including Harris' memoir, "107 Days," and was also featured in a political ad for President Donald Trump. In "107 Days," Harris wrote that she had no idea she had just "pulled the pin on a hand grenade," with her answer to Hostin's question. She wrote that her staff was beside themselves. "Stationed at various places around the set, my staff were beside themselves. Political operatives have an eye to see a moment, and I could kick myself for giving the other side that moment. During the commercial break, while I was having a bit of fun with some young students I’d noticed in the audience who were obviously playing hooky, offering to write notes to their teachers after the show, Opal [Vadhan] passed me a note from our team, telling me to return to that question and mention that a big difference would be that I would put a Republican in my cabinet," she wrote in her book. 'THE VIEW' CO-HOSTS CAST DOUBT ON KAMALA HARRIS VIABILITY AS 2028 CANDIDATE Teta and the co-hosts said they all knew her response was going to be a problem. Co-host Ana Navarro said Harris' staff "ran" because staff members knew immediately that Harris needed to return to the question and address her answer. KAMALA HARRIS FACES DEMOCRATIC DOUBTS OVER 2028 AS ALLIES PUSH BACK ON CLAIMS SHE’S SQUANDERED HER CHANCE During the show on Friday, both Navarro and Haines said they wouldn't tell Harris not to run, but questioned if she would be the best option for the Democratic Party. "If the Democrats want to win, I don't think she's the right candidate because I think the Democrats have been screaming for new energy. They've been saying we need something new to combat this. This would be her third time on this ballot. From the first time when she didn't... she was out really early when she ran, and then the time with Biden, this would be the third time. People are clamoring for fresh energy, and there's a lot of candidates," Haines said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Co-host Joy Behar has said on several occasions that she doesn't think the U.S. would elect a woman as president, citing Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's losses to Trump. She has said the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee should be a man if the party wants to win. Hostin questioned whether president would be the right position for Harris during an April episode of "The View" and said she wished Harris had pursued a run for California governor. "This goes right to the heart of what the Media Research Center has been arguing to the FCC about for months now. The View knowingly operates as a propaganda arm for the Democratic Party and for Democratic candidates," NewsBusters associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Sunny openly admitted that her intention with the question was to help Kamala with what she felt was a layup question that would lead to a slam-dunk answer. This incident was an abuse of ABC's privileged access to the public broadcast spectrum." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a07875342cf4db92d848 Christian Pulisic showed up on Megan Moroney's lock screen picture after the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show te 2026-10-20T17:10:16.471Z Christian Pulisic showed up on Megan Moroney's lock screen picture after the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Has Christian Pulisic moved up to lock screen picture material for Megan Moroney? That's the word on the street after the country singer's lock screen on her phone appeared to show the USMNT star. This is round three of the dating rumors by my count, anyway. There was the rooftop bar sighting in Nashville and her trip to Italy that included her wearing what looked like one of his jerseys. As someone who isn't up on all the lock screen protocols, I don’t know if a friend makes the cut or not. That said, it seems like it would be reserved for someone of more significance. But what do I know? THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Moroney, after performing during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, was leaving the event's after-party when the lock screen was spotted. You can see the picture of her leaving here and assign any significance you'd like to it. I'd like to shift the focus, if I may, to something else that took place at the fashion show involving the singer. Yes, she made a dream of hers come true by performing a few songs on the runway, and that's great. But it was a moment on the red carpet prior to the show that grabbed my attention. A heartwarming moment where she gave people a look at the person behind the persona. BYU TIGHT END'S 'DWTS' GIRLFRIEND ON HAND FOR GAME WINNING CATCH BEFORE HITTING VICTORIA'S SECRET RED CARPET It came with a simple story about overcoming an unexpected challenge. She was asked what was the most outrageous thing she's ever done in the name of fashion. Her answer involved another red carpet appearance. "I’ll tell you what my brain immediately went to. The ACM Awards a few years ago, I had these like sticky underwear on, and they fell off on the carpet," Moroney told E News. "Then I just took them off and gave them to my publicist. So yeah, I didn’t have underwear on, on the carpet. That’s outrageous." It's outrageous. It's pushing through a difficult moment. It's human. It's storytelling. It's part of having yourself a huge night. Megan Moroney nailed this red carpet interview. She then nailed her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway performance, even with enormous wings on, and topped it off with some Christian Pulisic fodder for those who spend their days in the celebrity rumor mill. This is riding a media wave like a seasoned professional. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a07375342cf4db92d825 Wizards Get Devastating AJ Dybantsa Injury News Before NBA Opener te 2026-10-20T17:10:11.223Z Wizards Get Devastating AJ Dybantsa Injury News Before NBA Opener Wizards rookie AJ Dybantsa will miss the season opener against Milwaukee after suffering an ankle injury in the preseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7a06e75342cf4db92d804 Propuesta 430: Pima Community College busca bono de $250 millones te 2026-10-20T17:10:06.588Z Propuesta 430: Pima Community College busca bono de $250 millones Leer en inglés El 3 de noviembre, los votantes del Condado de Pima decidirán si aprueban una emisión de bonos por $250 millones para Pima Community College; se trata de la primera vez en 30 años que la institución solicita este tipo de medida a los votantes. La Propuesta 430 autorizaría a la institución a emitir $250 millones en bonos de obligación general, los cuales se pagan mediante los impuestos a la propiedad. La mayor parte de los fondos se destinaría a mantenimiento y mejoras. La institución estima asignar $58.9 millones a mantenimiento postergado, eficiencia energética y tecnología de la información, y $57 millones a la modernización de espacios académicos, lo que incluye el traslado del Centro de Excelencia desde el campus East y la renovación de instalaciones en el campus Desert Vista. Alrededor de $39.8 millones se utilizarían para construir un nuevo Centro de Excelencia en Seguridad Pública y Servicios de Emergencia, y $27.3 millones servirían para transformar las oficinas de apoyo estudiantil en centros integrales que ofrezcan servicios de inscripción, asesoría, ayuda financiera y exámenes. Otros $29 millones financiarían el traslado de la sede de la policía de la institución al campus Downtown, y $38 millones se destinarían a refinanciar bonos de ingresos existentes. La institución afirma que la refinanciación reduciría los costos futuros por intereses y liberaría casi $4 millones anuales para programas. La emisión de bonos busca ampliar la capacitación en tecnología de la información y áreas de respuesta a emergencias, así como apoyar el nuevo programa de licenciatura en formación docente de la institución. Para una vivienda con un valor fiscal de $250,000, el costo de estos bonos sería de unos $31 al año (aproximadamente $2.59 mensuales), basándose en un plazo de 20 años. Su membresía permite pagar a periodistas emergentes para que cubran el Sur de Arizona como se merece. Los partidarios afirman que los fondos son necesarios. "Esta propuesta permitiría a PCC no solo cubrir los gastos operativos, sino también seguir siendo un líder estatal en educación superior," señaló la representante estadounidense Adelita Grijalva en una carta de apoyo a la emisión de bonos. "Ahora más que nunca, es fundamental apoyar a nuestros colegios comunitarios, especialmente aquí en Tucson y el condado de Pima." La institución educativa indica que la financiación estatal para proyectos de capital cesó en 2009 y que los fondos estatales para gastos operativos se redujeron a cero en 2015, lo que representa una pérdida acumulada de $221 millones. "Han pasado 30 años desde que Pima College solicitó a los votantes la aprobación de una emisión de bonos", declaró el exalcalde de Tucson, Jonathan Rothschild, en un comunicado de prensa. "El estado no aporta financiación alguna a Pima College. Esta es una oportunidad para que los ciudadanos del Condado de Pima proporcionen recursos necesarios directamente a los estudiantes para su capacitación laboral en aquellas áreas donde el condado más necesita trabajadores." Rothschild afirmó que la Propuesta 430 "garantizará un futuro con buenos salarios para nuestros jóvenes y una economía sólida en el sur de Arizona." Otro partidario de la medida destacó un programa en particular. El teniente Richard Yrigoyen, oficial de seguridad del Departamento de Policía de PCC, hizo referencia al programa de técnicos en emergencias médicas (EMT) y personal de primera respuesta, el cual recibiría un impulso económico gracias a estos bonos. "Actualmente existe una gran escasez de personal de primera respuesta en el condado de Pima," dijo Yrigoyen a El Foco de Tucson. "No se trata solo de la policía; también faltan paramédicos. Esta medida ayudará a fomentar no solo la creación de nuevos empleos, sino también la retención y capacitación del personal, mejorando así el sector en su conjunto." Yrigoyen comentó que obtuvo dos títulos gracias a PCC, uno de los cuales le permitió iniciar su carrera en las fuerzas del orden. Campus Noroeste de Pima Community College. La Propuesta 430 destinaría $58.9 millones al mantenimiento postergado, la eficiencia energética y la modernización de los sistemas informáticos de la institución. Cortesía de PCC. Sin embargo, al menos un exalumno de PCC, Carlos Mejorado Carrillo, se opone a la Propuesta 430, argumentando que los votantes aprobaron una propuesta anterior, la Propuesta 481, hace unos seis años para ampliar la capacidad de gasto de PCC. “PCC cuenta con instalaciones y servicios terminados,” escribió Carrillo en una carta oponiéndose a la emisión de bonos. “No ha publicado un informe claro que vincule las promesas con los resultados, demostrando cómo las inversiones anteriores mejoraron las tasas de finalización, el empleo, los salarios, el acceso y la equidad.” Carrillo dijo que PCC prometió todos esos resultados en el momento de la votación. “La emisión de bonos propuesta también parece no estar alineada con la forma en que los estudiantes asisten cada vez más a PCC.” señaló Carrillo. Explicó que la enseñanza en línea es cada vez más popular entre los estudiantes de PCC, pero que solo $3.9 millones, es decir, el 1.6 % del total de la emisión de bonos, se destinarían a los sistemas informáticos y a la renovación de la infraestructura de la institución. Carrillo señaló que, antes de solicitar más fondos, PCC debería demostrar si estos proyectos y los diseños futuros se ajustan a la matrícula prevista y a las necesidades de la institución.  Afirmó que su postura no consiste en oponerse al PCC ni a su misión, sino en exigir equidad, transparencia y una revisión independiente antes de contraer otra obligación a largo plazo. Si el bono fracasa, PCC dice que no podría abordar más de $56 millones en mantenimiento diferido y que podría necesitar aumentos significativos de matrícula o tener que reevaluar si los campus existentes siguen siendo viables. Yrigoyen señaló que no podía descartar que la institución trasladara los costos a los estudiantes.  “Históricamente, la universidad ha hecho todo lo que está a su alcance para evitar trasladar la carga al estudiante, pero afirmar que "es poco probable que eso suceda" no sería justo,” dijo Yrigoyen. 💡 Las elecciones generales son el 3 de noviembre. Los votantes del Condado de Pima pueden registrarse, verificar su registro o solicitar una boleta por correo en recorder.pima.gov. Quentin Agnello es exalumno de la Universidad de Arizona y periodista independiente en Tucson. Puede contactarlo en qsagnello@gmail.com  Esta nota fue traducida por el equipo bilingüe de El Foco de Tucson. 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/6ad79e1b75342cf4db92d7aa MS Symptoms Explained as Christina Applegate Shares Misdiagnosis te 2026-10-20T17:00:11.365Z MS Symptoms Explained as Christina Applegate Shares Misdiagnosis The actress said she felt she had "let everybody down" after she became a prominent public voice for MS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79e1775342cf4db92d7a1 Giants Release Former Pro Bowl Running Back te 2026-10-20T17:00:07.460Z Giants Release Former Pro Bowl Running Back The Giants' running back core only rushed for 34 yards in Sunday's loss to the Saints. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bdb75342cf4db92d6f2 BetMGM Bonus Code FOXNEWS: Unlock $1500 in First Bet Cover on Any NBA Opening Day Game te 2026-10-20T16:50:35.485Z BetMGM Bonus Code FOXNEWS: Unlock $1500 in First Bet Cover on Any NBA Opening Day Game The NBA has returned and is delivering three great games today. Six of the premier teams are taking center stage, and BetMGM wants you to get involved in the action with promo code FOXNEWS, offering $1,500 in bonus bets if your first wager loses. The first game of the season takes place in the early afternoon, with the Celtics going to Detroit and taking on the Pistons. Boston will look to figure out how they can get Paul George and Mitchell Robinson involved in the new-look offense. The Pistons were able to take the top spot in the East last season, but really didn’t make any significant additions in the offseason. They added John Collins to replace Tobias Harris.  Odds are subject to change Philadelphia is one of the teams with the brightest outlooks in the NBA. They have revamped their team with major additions. They traded for Jaylen Brown, a former NBA Finals MVP. Then they signed LeBron James as a free agent. Their starting five might be the best in the entire NBA. The Knicks are coming off winning an NBA championship, but they didn’t really make an addition to the team; they lost Mitchell Robinson. They do have the main five starters still on the roster, though. Odds are subject to change The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming into the game without making too many additions to their roster. They added Aday Mara, who could be a big piece for their defense. The bench is still deep and one of the best in basketball. The Spurs fell short in the NBA Championship last season. Victor Wembanyama is looking to establish himself as the best player in the league and get over that hump. Tobias Harris was added to the team, but he is out for this game. The team is deep enough that it shouldn’t matter.  Odds are subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bd875342cf4db92d6e9 Bruce Blakeman hammers Dem Gov Hochul, Mamdani over subway safety during NYC campaign ride te 2026-10-20T16:50:32.717Z Bruce Blakeman hammers Dem Gov Hochul, Mamdani over subway safety during NYC campaign ride Striking a Make America Safe Again tone, Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul as the "most pro-criminal governor" during a Monday campaign event riding the New York City subway system, which has been plagued by violent crimes and commuter safety fears. "I have not heard from one person, and from all the people, that it's safer on the subways and public transportation in New York," Blakeman said as he rode the subway. "I've heard just the opposite. Everybody says they feel less safe." "So we want them to feel safe," he said. VIOLENT TRANSIT ATTACKS IN ATLANTA, NEW YORK AND CHARLOTTE FUEL CALLS FOR TOUGHER TRACKING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS Blakeman, a Nassau County executive, is a former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Now running for governor, he was campaigning Monday in the densely populated city, which is overwhelmingly a Democratic stranglehold. "Hire more police officers, hire more conductors, clean up our subways and get help for those who are emotionally ill – get them help that they need; not have them roam around our subways," Blakeman told reporters as he rode the subway, targeting both the governor and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the deep-blue area. MAMDANI UNVEILS SWEEPING NYPD USE-OF-FORCE REVIEW, BUT STOPS SHORT OF FULFILLING KEY CAMPAIGN PROMISES "The crime in the subways has gone up tremendously under Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani," Blakeman lamented. "They are not committed to public safety. I will be committed to public safety. I will make sure that our public transportation is safer and cleaner for the traveling public." "That's how you get more people back in public transportation, not by putting a tax on them with congestion pricing, which is nothing more than a tax on the middle class," he added. NEW YORKERS TAKE ZOHRAN MAMDANI FREE BUS PROMISE LITERALLY AS MTA LOSES MILLIONS IN SKIPPED FARES Blakeman hit Democrats for being negative influences on public safety, and Hochul specifically, for having "reduced the number of conductors on our trains and subways." "They are not committed to public safety," he said. "I will be committed to public safety. I will make sure that our public transportation is safer and cleaner for the traveling public." MAMDANI CLASHES WITH DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS' PUSH TO ABOLISH POLICE AND PRISONS More police patrolling the subways and improving the lighting in dimly lit subway systems are on Blakeman's priority list, but he also discussed having more conductors manning the subways. Hochul vetoed Albany legislation that would have required conductors on more subway trains, leaving the MTA’s one-person train operation program in place versus the June 2025 state-passed bill requiring at least two-person crews — an operator and conductor. SHOCK POLL: POWERFUL BLUE STATE GOV'S LEAD SHRINKS TO SINGLE DIGITS WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION Hochul vetoed that bill on Dec. 5, 2025, arguing it would restrict MTA modernization efforts and cost up to $10 million annually. "Police are very important, but I think people feel very comfortable and very safe when they see a conductor," Blakeman said. "I want to increase the numbers so that people feel safe." Blakeman called Hochul "the most pro-criminal governor in the United States of America," citing several criminal-justice and immigration policies. HOCHUL BOASTS 'I JUST BANNED IT' AS NEW YORK OUTLAWS LOCAL POLICE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ICE "Whether it’s cashless bail, Raise the Age, the HALT Act, Clean Slate, or refusing to cooperate with ICE and federal agents, she has made us less safe," he said, striking at Democrat-backed legislation long rebuked by police groups and Republican public safety hawks. Cashless bail limits when judges can require defendants to put up money to be released. Raise the Age generally keeps 16- and 17-year-olds out of adult criminal court, while the HALT Act limits solitary confinement and changes prison disciplinary practices. The Clean Slate law seals certain criminal convictions from public view after a designated waiting period. "People feel less safe in every community that I go to in New York State," Blakeman said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bd475342cf4db92d6e0 Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Knicks-76ers, Spurs-Thunder te 2026-10-20T16:50:28.948Z Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Knicks-76ers, Spurs-Thunder There are three games to welcome back the NBA today, but the two biggest games start at 7:00 ET tonight. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users $350 in FanCash when wagering $20 on one of the games and using promo code FOXNEWS350.  A lot has changed over the summer. The 76ers have added two major pieces to their starting lineup, and even one to their rotation. The additions of Jaylen Brown, LeBron James and Anfernee Simons will give the team a boost. The big question, as always, surrounds Joel Embiid and his health. The Knicks were able to capture their first championship in over 40 years. Jalen Brunson established himself as a true 1A option for the team, and the Knicks now have a chance to be the first team in about a decade to win the NBA Championship in back-to-back years. There are some cracks in the foundation, though. Karl-Anthony Towns wants a new contract, the team lost some depth, and it is hard to win two years in a row.  How does a team respond to getting knocked out of the postseason, in Game 7, on their home court? That’s the question the Thunder will have to answer today. Oklahoma City won the championship two years ago, and they were knocked out by the Spurs last year. This year, they are opening the year against their biggest threat to returning to the Finals.  If we question how a team responds to being knocked out in the Western Conference Finals, we probably need to wonder how a team responds to being knocked out of the NBA Finals. The Spurs had leads in a few games and, simply put, they blew it. Sometimes, teams need to lose in order to learn how to win. Will the Spurs start their journey to the championship with a win today? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bd175342cf4db92d6d7 Hard Rock Bet Promo Code: Bet $5, Get $500 in No Sweat Bets for NBA Opening Day te 2026-10-20T16:50:25.642Z Hard Rock Bet Promo Code: Bet $5, Get $500 in No Sweat Bets for NBA Opening Day The NBA tips off today at 3:00 p.m. ET for another great year of action. Will we see the Knicks repeat as champions, or will we see yet another new winner? Hard Rock Bet is offering new users a chance to bet $5 and earn No Sweat Bets. If those bets lose, you’ll be given up to $500 in bonus bets.  There are three NBA games on today’s schedule, and all six teams have slightly different goals. Let’s take a look at each as they start today’s slate:  Boston Celtics — Prove they did the right thing by trading away Jaylen Brown — It isn’t often that you see a young superstar sent away, especially after he just led your team to the playoffs. However, it started becoming clear that Boston needed to split up Brown and Jayson Tatum. This year will be about establishing Tatum again as the key to their team.  Detroit Pistons — Prove last year wasn’t a fluke — the Pistons were the best team in the East by record last season. This is just a few years removed from being one of the worst teams in the league. Cade Cunningham and company need to find a way to earn another home-court advantage, at least in the first round of the postseason.  Philadelphia 76ers — Championship or bust — Expectations are high for the city of brotherly love. That’s what happens when you have Jaylen Brown and LeBron James come into town. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bc175342cf4db92d6a4 Falcons Poach Pass-Rusher From Commanders te 2026-10-20T16:50:09.745Z Falcons Poach Pass-Rusher From Commanders The Atlanta Falcons signed a pass-rusher from the Washington Commanders before they play the 49ers on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad79bbe75342cf4db92d681 Dos escaños del concejo de South Tucson, en juego el 3 de noviembre te 2026-10-20T16:50:06.111Z Dos escaños del concejo de South Tucson, en juego el 3 de noviembre Read in English El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Debbie Federico y Eduardo Baca se enfrentan a los actuales concejales de South Tucson, Cesar Aguirre y Brian Flagg, en las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre por los dos escaños que quedaron vacantes tras las primarias de julio. Ocho candidatos compitieron por tres escaños en las elecciones primarias no partidistas del 21 de julio. La alcaldesa Roxanna Valenzuela fue la única que obtuvo una victoria directa, con 201 de los 1,060 votos emitidos. Aguirre recibió 166 votos; Flagg y Federico empataron con 154 votos cada uno, y Baca obtuvo 119. Federico, quien durante las primarias hizo campaña junto a Zeke Cook para representar a este municipio de 1.2 millas cuadradas, ahora realiza su campaña junto a Baca. Durante las primarias, Federico expresó su deseo de crear un plan de desarrollo integral y actualizado para la ciudad, reinstalar cámaras de vigilancia de Flock bajo directrices estrictas y con transparencia, y encontrar fuentes de financiamiento para complementar el presupuesto municipal. Con el lema bilingüe “De aquí, para aquí. “From here, for here,” Federico compartió en una publicación de Instagram que creció en la misma casa en South Tucson que construyó su bisabuelo. Su objetivo es “aumentar los ingresos municipales para que South Tucson pueda valerse por sí misma, financiar la seguridad pública mediante una economía local sólida y honrar nuestras raíces mientras avanzamos juntos.” Federico también detalló sus prioridades: “Un concejo equilibrado. Actualmente, una sola organización tiene la mayoría en nuestro Concejo Municipal”, escribió. “Eso no es representación.” Ella también señaló que la ciudad necesita calles limpias y seguras, y que debería ser capaz de cubrir sus propios gastos. “No puedes defender un barrio que no puedes permitirte mantener,” escribió. “South Tucson debería ser un destino, no un simple obstáculo en el camino.” Baca, quien se postuló como candidato por escrito en una elección de destitución celebrada en agosto de 2025, en la que se buscaba remover a Aguirre de su cargo, abogó anteriormente por una mayor inversión municipal y por dialogar directamente con los miembros de la comunidad sobre su visión para South Tucson. Actualmente, bajo el lema “Hecho en South Tucson,” Baca, propietario de Baca Upholstery desde hace más de 40 años, mantiene vivas las tradiciones a través de Folklorico Tapatio. Baca “defenderá a las pequeñas empresas que mantienen nuestra ciudad en marcha, preservará nuestra cultura y tradiciones para la próxima generación, y aportará un liderazgo práctico y directo en el ayuntamiento,” escribió Federico en su publicación. Federico comentó que ambos aportan fortalezas distintas a la contienda. “No realizamos el mismo tipo de trabajo, y precisamente de eso se trata,” escribió Federico. “Nuestro barrio merece líderes que lo conozcan desde diferentes perspectivas y que compartan un mismo propósito.” Aguirre, Valenzuela y Flagg hicieron campaña juntos en 2022 y, nuevamente, durante las elecciones primarias bajo el nombre “Defend Nuestro Barrio;” este grupo respalda ahora a Aguirre y a Flagg para los dos escaños del concejo que quedan por ocupar. La campaña de Flagg se centra en priorizar los programas locales y las iniciativas de seguridad antes que el desarrollo urbano, compensar los costos carcelarios y continuar las negociaciones sobre los acuerdos judiciales relacionados con los opioides. “Quiero ser reelegido para el Concejo Municipal de South Tucson, aunque la idea de ser político me provoca náuseas,” escribió Flagg en una publicación de Instagram. “La razón para seguir haciéndolo es servir y defender este barrio, escuchando a la gente y luchando por llevar una buena dosis de políticas progresistas a toda la región. Sin duda, es un experimento sobre cómo luchar por la justicia en una jurisdicción de 1.2 millas cuadradas.” Aguirre basa su campaña en el argumento de que su labor en South Tucson aún no ha concluido. “Durante mi primer mandato, me di cuenta de que lograr resultados como funcionario electo requiere tiempo, y más de un solo voto,” escribió Aguirre en Instagram. “En los dos primeros años, se avanzó muy poco debido a disputas personales entre los concejales que formaban parte del cuerpo en ese momento.” Aguirre afirma creer que el actual concejo, que incluye a Pablo Robles y Dulce Jimenez, elegidos en las elecciones anteriores, tiene presentes los mejores intereses de la ciudad y está abierto a mejorar South Tucson, incluso cuando sus miembros no coinciden en todo. Defend Nuestro Barrio apoyó a Robles y Jimenez en su candidatura para las elecciones de 2024. “El trabajo debe continuar,” escribió. Valenzuela ha expresado su apoyo a Flagg y Aguirre, destacando que votaron a favor de resoluciones que impiden al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) utilizar propiedades municipales para sus operaciones; además, señala que han abogado por la limpieza del motel Spanish Trail y han contribuido a mantener el vecindario en buen estado mediante el apoyo a jornadas de limpieza en el barrio.  Valenzuela escribió en Instagram que el trío “intensificará” las colaboraciones con organizaciones locales para apoyar a la comunidad sin hogar, “garantizará que South Tucson reciba la parte que le corresponde” de los recursos del condado y del estado, y fortalecerá su relación con la fiscal general Kris Mayes para procesar a “propietarios de viviendas en mal estado que se aprovechan de nuestra gente.” The post Dos escaños del concejo de South Tucson, en juego el 3 de noviembre appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7997575342cf4db92d652 Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history te 2026-10-20T16:40:21.491Z Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history Work continues on the new QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, on April 17, 2026. Today’s data center buildout has become the largest industrial boom since the railroad era of the 19th century, with $10 trillion in investment and almost twice the economic impact. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures.  Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the railroad expansion of the late 1800s, when titans battled one another to lay the transcontinental tracks that would connect America from coast to coast. Railroads in the 19th century consumed about $173 billion in today’s dollars and created more than 2% of the nation’s annual economic output (GDP) over 20 years.  Today’s data center buildout will dwarf that amount, with $10 trillion in investment, and now have almost twice the economic impact — nearly 4% of GDP. That’s according to a report created by a Columbia Business School professor, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. States are starting to feel left out of the windfall, many having granted tax exemptions before the boom.  Years ago, before artificial intelligence prompted a tsunami of building, states typically welcomed data centers supporting internet traffic, offering tax abatements and other perks. Many officials now are rethinking that approach as tax revenues take a bigger hit and high energy demands take a toll on affordability.  Nevada, for instance, trimmed tax abatements and will ask data centers to agree to foot the bill for energy and water demands, in a September executive order from Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo.  States where data center costs will be concentrated over the three years are Texas ($638 billion), Virginia ($249 billion), Ohio ($169 billion) and Georgia ($160 billion), according to projections from Industrial Info Resources, a market intelligence firm.    Southern states dominate the landscape for the number of data centers planned, with large numbers also proposed in Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Indiana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington state, according to a Pew Research Center report in April.  The profitability of AI has yet to catch up with the expense of the buildout. “It is not a pretty picture right now,” said IIR’s senior vice president of research, David Pickering. “I think it will become profitable once things settle down a bit and more legislation is put in place to regulate how we handle AI.  “The big players will no doubt find a way to make it profitable,” he said.   There are signs the staggering cost of data centers is crowding out other investments such as housing.  Over the past two years new construction value for data centers has more than doubled to $85 billion annually, while all other construction value has dropped 8%, according to a Stateline analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data as of August. As new data center value grew by $48 billion since 2024, new houses and apartments dropped by $29 billion, according to the data. 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Josh Bivens, chief economist for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, agreed that the economy’s recent dependence on data centers and other AI spending is unhealthy, calling it “a narrow base of growth, basically one sector, and a pretty fragile one.”  “Anything that upsets expectations about the future potential profitability of AI investments will likely lead to pretty sharp cutbacks,” Bivens said. “I’m uneasy about how durable this strength might turn out to be.” As for the historic nature of the buildout, Mark Higgins, author of a book on U.S. financial history, said there are parallels to the age of railroad building in the late 19th century.   “Railroads were a huge investment,” Higgins said. “In the 1800’s most of the capital was foreign, and it would attract all this money from Europe, then everything would crash — there were several panics —and Americans would buy the distressed railroads and profit, because they knew which were the good ones.”  Railroad construction, which did not include trains themselves, cost $4.3 billion between 1870 and 1890, about $173 billion in today’s dollars, according to historical figures provided to Stateline by Van Nieuwerburgh and adjusted for inflation. Other large-scale construction booms consumed only about 1% or less of annual GDP: Canals in the early 19th century, electrification in the early 20th century, highways in the mid- to late-20th century, and telecoms and fiber between 1996 and 2003. In a report this month the International Monetary Fund warned of the risk of lower stock prices if high expectations for AI fail to materialize.  “Although core firms in the AI ecosystem have been profitable so far … weaker or less durable investment and profitability in AI could trigger a correction,” the report warned. The buildout will also double electricity consumption, Van Nieuwerburgh estimated, a continual thorn for data center projects that need more power to process vast data troves to power AI applications.  An Oregon report last month, which led to a continued freeze on data center approvals in the state, said the single most frequent concern in public comments is utility affordability. An analysis from two universities in July found that the combination of data centers and cryptocurrency mining could raise electricity bills by 8% nationally, and as much as 25% in parts of Virginia. The report came from a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and North Carolina State University.  Virginia passed an electricity consumption surcharge specifically for data centers that began in July, in a budget compromise that preserved lucrative tax breaks for the data centers. Some localities with heavy concentrations are considering pauses, and at least one city has a moratorium. Stateline reporter Tim Henderson can be reached at thenderson@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/6ad7997375342cf4db92d631 NFL France preparations continue as Steelers speak with league, Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry heads to Paris te 2026-10-20T16:40:19.463Z NFL France preparations continue as Steelers speak with league, Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry heads to Paris Supporters of the New Orleans Saints are marching into France, and the wave began early Tuesday when an Air France charter flight carrying Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and others was expected to arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport northeast of Paris. The Republican governor, wearing a hoodie with the Saints' trademark fleur-de-lis symbol across his chest, left Louis Armstrong Airport on Monday evening. He spoke with reporters before boarding his flight "with a bunch of folks" who would spend the week in France before Sunday's NFL game between the Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers at Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Landry seemed confident the trip's safety risk was manageable — so much so that the group carried the Saints' Super Bowl XLIV Lombardi Trophy on the trip. NFL MONITORS FRANCE STREET VIOLENCE BEFORE SAINTS-STEELERS GAME NEAR PARIS WITH A MAJOR DECISION LOOMING "Yeah, look, we've been in contact with the State Department and talking to our partners over there," Landry told reporters. "One thing the NFL does very well is work with the FBI, to use Department of Justice, Interpol, they do a great job of securing new stadiums out there. "And we waited to hear the comment from the NFL. They said it's safe. We're gonna go out there with a bunch of folks from Louisiana and hopefully have a good time." The NFL on Sunday released a statement that said the game is still on. but nothing in the statement unequivocally said the situation is safe. "Preparations continue as scheduled for NFL events and the game at Stade de France next Sunday," the NFL statement provided to OutKick and Fox News Digital read. NFL SAYS FIRST REGULAR-SEASON GAME IN FRANCE REMAINS ON TRACK DESPITE GROWING UNREST IN PARIS "We continue to work closely with local authorities and partners on all operational and security matters. We are also providing the two clubs with regular updates. There’s been no disruption or impact at league sites." The Saints traveled to France after their game on Sunday and some fans are obviously following. The Steelers plan to fly to France on Thursday but on Monday afternoon held a Zoom meeting with the league office about the trip. All the players, coaches and even Steelers owner Art Rooney II were on the call. "That's part of the normal planning anytime you go abroad," Steelers coach Mike McCarthy said. "The team is excited to go over there but we're in contact with the league... "We are aware of the situations over there, and have a lot of confidence in our plan." ROGER GOODELL DETAILS NFL EXPANSION POSSIBILITIES AND A TIMETABLE FOR A FULL SEASON OF INTERNATIONAL GAMES New Orleans players, already in France, are off Tuesday and free to roam away from their temporary headquarters near Versailles. Some players planned to attend a Paris Saint-Germain FC soccer match in the evening. This is against the backdrop of the French government imposing a curfew and many businesses and some famous tourist attractions shutting down amid the wave of violence that engulfed sections of Paris and other cites around the country. Despite all this, Landry is expecting to conduct some business on behalf of the people of Louisiana while in France. "Look, we do a lot of work and business in Europe, and so we're very excited," he said. "We got a number of meetings, a meeting with the CEO of Shell, the CEO of BP, and others." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Another meeting Landry hopes to have is with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who is scheduled to attend the game. Landry hopes to lobby Goodell to hold another Super Bowl in New Orleans. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7996f75342cf4db92d612 Trump Keeps Throwing Money at His Biggest Midterm Problem  te 2026-10-20T16:40:15.769Z Trump Keeps Throwing Money at His Biggest Midterm Problem  Trump is offering the electorate direct financial assistance, but continues to struggle on the wider "affordability" issue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7996d75342cf4db92d609 Scientists Discover What Can Trigger Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct te 2026-10-20T16:40:13.805Z Scientists Discover What Can Trigger Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct The experts used 3D models to uncover how cancer cells responded when mechanically confined for prolonged periods of time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7996b75342cf4db92d600 The Brand Architect of NBA Tunnel Style, Music and Sports Culture te 2026-10-20T16:40:11.715Z The Brand Architect of NBA Tunnel Style, Music and Sports Culture Tammy Brook helped turn the NBA tunnel into a runway, blending athlete style, fashion and culture into lasting influence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7996975342cf4db92d5f7 LaMelo Ball Heaps Praise on Teammate Before Timberwolves Debut te 2026-10-20T16:40:09.740Z LaMelo Ball Heaps Praise on Teammate Before Timberwolves Debut Minnesota Timberwolves guard LaMelo Ball had some high praise for his new teammate Jaden McDaniels before the 2026-27 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7996775342cf4db92d5d6 Where Arizona House candidates in District 17 stand te 2026-10-20T16:40:07.096Z Where Arizona House candidates in District 17 stand A retired Air Force colonel, a fifth-grade teacher, a former preschool director and a church ministry volunteer are running for two Arizona House seats in Legislative District 17. Republicans Rachel Keshel and John Winchester and Democrats Holly Lyon and Kevin Volk are vying to represent 249,296 residents in a district that covers large portions of Pima and Pinal counties, stretching from Marana and Oro Valley to the outskirts of Tucson and the Vail area. Representatives serve two-year terms and are limited to four terms, or eight years. Incumbents Keshel and Volk are hoping to continue their work in the district. Keshel was first elected in 2022. A former teacher, she also worked in business management as a UPS executive and a preschool director. Volk was first elected in 2024. Before taking office, he worked in public education as a fifth-grade teacher and also as a real estate agent for his family’s firm and a small business owner. Lyon is a retired Air Force colonel who served 26 years and worked at NATO headquarters and the Pentagon. She was a middle school teacher before joining the service. Winchester, a lifelong Tucsonan, has spent years volunteering with his church while working in higher education and community development. Tucson Spotlight asked all the candidates about their positions on groundwater regulation, affordable housing and public school funding. Your membership pays emerging journalists to cover Southern Arizona the way it deserves. Incumbent Kevin Volk is seeking another term in the Arizona House in Legislative District 17, which stretches from Marana and Oro Valley to the outskirts of Tucson and the Vail area. Courtesy of Kevin Volk. Keshel was the only candidate who did not respond. Her campaign website describes her as an authentic conservative fighter who plans to prioritize border security, provide election integrity through transparency and oversight and strengthen the economy. Water is a top concern as Arizona heats up. The state had its second-hottest August on record, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and groundwater pumping is largely unmeasured and unregulated in rural areas outside the state’s Active Management Areas. “We know water is a precious resource, and I think it’s ridiculous that foreign and out-of-state entities are pumping unlimited groundwater and threatening our water security,” Volk said, adding that the sooner the state takes action to protect its water, the better off residents will be. “Let’s hear that bill, discuss it, work together on it, and protect Arizona water so that it’s available for Arizonans first.” Lyon voiced similar sentiments, pressing the need for prompt collaboration between water and economic policies. “Water policy and economic policy cannot be separated,” Lyon said. “Sustainable growth requires sustainable water management, and Arizona must lead on this issue rather than letting this looming crisis lead us. If Arizona does not take proactive steps now to manage water more responsibly, we risk federal intervention and broad restrictions that could severely impact our economy and our people.” Winchester took a different approach, saying he prefers policies that wouldn’t limit agricultural or economic development. “Applying strict Active Management Area rules statewide, including limits on agricultural expansion, assured supply mandates, and heavy conservation requirements, would ignore real regional differences in hydrology, local economies (especially agriculture), and property rights,” Winchester said. “Existing tools already allow targeted intervention where the science justifies it. I would support using those tools basin by basin, driven by data and local input, rather than a blanket expansion of state control.” John Winchester, a candidate for the Arizona House in Legislative District 17, talks with voters at Tucson Spotlight's June 10 candidate meet-and-greet. Diana Ramos / Tucson Spotlight. Candidates also weighed in on housing, where costs are rising much faster than paychecks. The gap between income growth and housing prices in Tucson is widening, according to Making Action Possible, a University of Arizona statistics dashboard known as MAP. A recent MAP report shows Tucson’s median household income has risen 31.7%, while housing prices have risen 69.2%. With the cost of living rising, affordable housing is becoming a bigger issue for Arizonans. Poverty in the Tucson area has fallen five percentage points since 2014, according to a 2024 MAP study, but 14.3% of Tucson residents still live in poverty. For many voters, making housing more affordable is a top concern. “Housing affordability has become one of the defining economic challenges facing Arizona families,” Lyon said. “In Tucson and across LD17, too many working families, young professionals, and seniors are being priced out of stable housing, either for sale or rent.” Volk said he has witnessed firsthand how the lack of affordable housing affects constituents, in some cases forcing as many as four generations of a family to live in a single household. “Arizonans, and their kids and grandkids, need more options for housing,” Volk said. “We need to increase the supply of homes in a way that is appropriate to our local communities.” Holly Lyon, a candidate for the Arizona House in Legislative District 17, talks to attendees of a June 10 candidate meet-and-greet. Diana Ramos / Tucson Spotlight. Winchester wants the government to allow more flexible zoning, speed up permitting and limit local obstacles to building, which he says would ease the cost of housing. “The Legislature should press local governments to allow a greater diversity of housing types and to ease the regulatory burden on home building,” Winchester said. “Government policy helped drive up housing costs and (the) government can help bring them down by undoing those policies. My priority is clearing the way for builders to deliver the homes LD17 families need, at prices they can afford.” Education is another prominent issue for voters, with Arizona ranking among the lowest states in per-pupil spending. Lyon stressed the importance of quality public education to the future of Arizona’s economy and workforce. “While funding alone will not solve every challenge in education, we cannot expect schools to succeed without making serious investments in students, teachers, and classrooms,” Lyon said. Volk’s concerns with education come back to problems with the current Legislature, which he says has gotten more partisan and less productive. “We need to prioritize renewing this education funding source as a top priority for next year to raise teacher pay and fully fund facilities,” Volk said. “That is how our schools will be equipped to best serve Arizona students and their families.” Winchester believes the metrics of education spending are blunt and fail to account for student needs, regional costs and the split between classroom and administrative spending. “Arizona must fund education adequately, but the challenge is effectiveness, not raw dollars,” Winchester said. “My top priority is targeted reform that maximizes return. That means strengthening school choice with accountability, refining the funding formula for efficiency and student need, and focusing on teacher effectiveness, early literacy, and less bureaucracy. Arizona needs its kids to succeed, and I intend to work toward that end.” 💡 The general election is November 3. Pima County voters can register, check their registration or request a mail ballot at recorder.pima.gov. 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/6ad7996475342cf4db92d5cc Two South Tucson council seats up for grabs Nov. 3 te 2026-10-20T16:40:04.667Z Two South Tucson council seats up for grabs Nov. 3 This article was originally published in Tucson Spotlight, a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Lee en español Debbie Federico and Eduardo Baca are challenging South Tucson City Council incumbents Cesar Aguirre and Brian Flagg in the Nov. 3 general election for the two seats left undecided after July’s primary. Eight candidates ran for three seats in the July 21 nonpartisan primary, and Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela was the only one to win outright, with 201 of the 1,060 votes cast. Aguirre received 166 votes, Flagg and Federico tied with 154 each and Baca had 119. Federico, who campaigned with Zeke Cook during the primary election to represent the 1.2-square-mile municipality, is now campaigning alongside Baca. During the primary, Federico talked about her desire to create an updated, comprehensive development plan for the city; reinstall Flock cameras with strict guidelines and transparency; and find sources of funding to supplement the city’s budget. Campaigning under a bilingual slogan, “From here, for here. De aquí, para aquí,” Federico wrote in an Instagram post that she grew up in the same South Tucson home her great-grandfather built and wants to “grow city revenue so South Tucson can stand on its own, fund public safety through a strong local economy, (and) honor our roots as we move forward together.” Federico also wrote about her priorities. “A balanced council. Right now, one organization holds the majority on our city council,” she wrote. “This isn’t representation.” She also said the city needs clean, safe streets and should be able to cover its own costs. “You can’t defend a barrio you cannot afford to sustain,” she wrote. “South Tucson should be a destination, not a speed bump.” Baca, who ran as a write-in candidate in an August 2025 recall election seeking to unseat Aguirre, previously campaigned for more city investment and for speaking directly with community members about their vision for South Tucson. Currently campaigning under the slogan, “Hecho en South Tucson,” or made in South Tucson, Baca has owned Baca Upholstery for more than 40 years and keeps traditions alive with Folklorico Tapatio. Baca will “stand up for small businesses that keep our city running, keep our culture and traditions alive for the next generation, (and provide) practical hands-on leadership at city hall,” Federico wrote in her post. Federico said the two bring different strengths to the race. We don’t do the same work, and that’s the point,” Federico wrote. “Our barrio deserves leaders who know it from different angles and share one purpose.” Aguirre, Valenzuela and Flagg campaigned together in 2022 and again during the primary as Defend Nuestro Barrio, which is now backing Aguirre and Flagg for the two remaining council seats. Flagg’s campaign centers on prioritizing local programs and safety initiatives prior to city development, offsetting jail costs and continuing opioid settlement negotiations. “I want to be re-elected to the City of South Tucson, even though the idea of being a politician makes me vomit,” Flagg wrote in an Instagram post. “The reason to continue doing it is to serve and defend this barrio by listening to the people and fighting to bring a large dose of progressive politics to the larger region. It certainly is an experiment in how to fight for justice in a 1.2 square mile jurisdiction.” Aguirre is campaigning on the argument that his work in South Tucson is not finished. “In my first term, I came to realize that getting work done as an elected official takes time, and more than one vote,” Aguirre wrote on Instagram. “The first two years very little work was done because of personal politics amongst the existing councilmembers.” Aguirre said he believes the current council, which includes Pablo Robles and Dulce Jimenez, elected in the last election, has the city’s best interest in mind and is open to improving South Tucson, even if its members don’t agree on everything. Defend Nuestro Barrio backed Robles and Jimenez in their 2024 run for office. “The work must continue,” he wrote. Valenzuela has expressed her support for Flagg and Aguirre, crediting them with voting for resolutions that prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from staging on city property, advocating for the cleanup of the Spanish Trail motel and keeping the neighborhood clean by supporting barrio cleanups. Valenzuela wrote on Instagram that the trio will “intensify” partnerships with local organizations to support the houseless community, “ensure South Tucson gets its fair share” of county and state resources and deepen their relationship with Attorney General Kris Mayes to prosecute “slumlords from taking advantage of our people.” The post Two South Tucson council seats up for grabs Nov. 3 appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7971875342cf4db92d582 Las Vegas tourist accused of harming flamingo at iconic hotel in drunken encounter caught on video te 2026-10-20T16:30:16.704Z Las Vegas tourist accused of harming flamingo at iconic hotel in drunken encounter caught on video A Canadian tourist who took a flamingo from its habitat at a popular Las Vegas Strip hotel and carried it through the property was found guilty Monday of animal cruelty after prosecutors argued the bird was injured during the bizarre encounter. The Associated Press reported that Mitchell Fairbarn, of Ontario, Canada, was convicted of felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges after jurors deliberated for about five hours. The case stemmed from a March 3 incident at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, where Fairbarn removed a 27-year-old Chilean flamingo named Peachy from its enclosure and brought the bird to his hotel room. UKRAINIAN INFLUENCERS FILMED THEMSELVES SITTING ON TOP OF SEA TURTLE WHILE IT TRIES TO LAY EGGS Surveillance footage presented during the trial showed Fairbarn holding the flamingo inside an elevator and carrying it through a hotel hallway as the bird squawked. Prosecutors argued Fairbarn deliberately caused the bird pain, pointing to footage of him pulling Peachy by its feet and feathers found on the hotel floor. CALIFORNIA TEEN FACES PRISON AFTER VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS HIM SQUARING UP, REPEATEDLY KICKING SEA LION IN THE FACE Las Vegas police were called after hotel security reported the flamingo missing from its enclosure. When authorities found Peachy, the flamingo was missing seven or eight feathers, had blood on its feathers and suffered injuries to its wings. VIRAL BUSINESSMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY BRAGGED ABOUT WEALTH CHARGED IN FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES HARASSMENT CASE Fairbarn's defense attorney, Josh Tomsheck, acknowledged his client made poor decisions while intoxicated but argued he never intended to injure the animal. "He should not have done that, should not have gone into the habitat, shouldn't have touched a bird, shouldn't have taken Peachy inside," Tomsheck told jurors. "The truth is, Mitch was drunk. Mitch was stupid. He made bad decisions." ONE OF WORLD’S OLDEST ORCA WHALES FOUND WITH POSSIBLE SHOTGUN WOUNDS AS OFFICIALS LAUNCH INVESTIGATION FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Peachy is doing well physically but remains more anxious during veterinary examinations, according to Tiffany Moore, medical director of Lone Mountain Animal Hospital, who treated the bird. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Fairbarn remains under house arrest as he awaits sentencing on Dec. 1. SUSPECT IN VIRAL MONK SEAL HARASSMENT VIDEO SAYS HE WAS DOXXED AS FEDERAL COURT FIGHT BEGINS CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB He faces up to four years in prison on the felony conviction and an additional six months for the misdemeanor offense. SEND US A TIP During the trial, prosecutors acknowledged Fairbarn had received death threats following the incident and was unable to return to Canada when his father died while the criminal case was pending. ATTORNEY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF THROWING ROCK AT ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL SAYS CLIENT WAS PROTECTING TURTLES LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Clark County prosecutor Haley Willming argued those consequences resulted from his own actions. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "None of that would have happened had he not done what he did, had he not made the choices he made," Willming said. The Flamingo Las Vegas, one of the Strip's oldest resorts, is known for its wildlife habitat, which houses flamingos, turtles, koi fish and other animals. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7971675342cf4db92d579 Food delivery favorite forced to fork over millions after DOJ alleged discrimination against American workers te 2026-10-20T16:30:14.937Z Food delivery favorite forced to fork over millions after DOJ alleged discrimination against American workers FIRST ON FOX: Popular grocery delivery company Instacart has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it was accused of discriminating against American workers. The DOJ's Civil Rights Division says it has reached a $5 million settlement with Maplebear Inc., which operates the delivery service used by Americans to get groceries sent to their front doors. The resolution addresses allegations that the company purposefully discriminated against U.S. and American workers based on country of origin, which the DOJ says violates the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). The company, according to the Justice Department, was abusing the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) process by placing undue burdens on American applicants by requiring them to physically mail applications to the company, deviating from Instacart's standard electronic application process. The scheme occurred from December 2023 through February 2026. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES ENDING 60-DAY GRACE PERIOD AFTER JOB LOSS FOR H-1B, OTHER VISA HOLDERS "This significant resolution marks the 15th settlement agreement the Civil Rights Division has reached under my leadership to protect U.S. workers," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said. "Our record demonstrates that the Justice Department is holding companies who prefer workers with temporary employment visas accountable. We will not stop fighting for U.S. workers until there is a fair playing field." The settlement was secured in conjunction with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Instacart will be required, under the settlement, to set up a $4 million fund to compensate applicants who may have been wronged, and another $1 million in civil penalties. The PERM program allows employers to sponsor temporary visa workers for permanent residence in the United States. However, companies using the PERM program are required to make a "good-faith" effort to hire American workers before resorting to foreigners. STARBUCKS RESOLVES FLORIDA DEI LAWSUIT WITH BLOCKBUSTER AGREEMENT Companies cannot create "additional burdens for U.S. and American workers; publishing job advertisements that disfavor, limit, specify, or otherwise discriminate against U.S. and American workers; or use processes that limit, segregate, or classify applicants in any way that tends to deprive U.S. and American applicants of employment opportunities," according to the DOJ. The settlement is the 15th of its kind since President Donald Trump began his second term in office in January 2025 and is part of a broader effort to ensure American workers aren't illegally discriminated against. The EEOC has dubbed the mission "Project Firewall." "Today’s settlement makes clear that when employers erect unlawful barriers that harm American workers, the EEOC will act decisively," said Andrea Lucas, the chair of the EEOC. "The EEOC is committed to holding companies accountable when they deny equal work opportunities to U.S. workers by preferring temporary visa holders for jobs. Discrimination against workers based on their American national origin has no place in our economy." "We're proud to be a U.S.-based grocery technology platform, employing thousands of American workers and serving millions of customers, retailers, shoppers and brands. We encourage qualified U.S. jobseekers to apply to join our team," an Instacart spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Hiring and investing in American workers across our U.S. business is our priority, and we actively promote every role across many channels to ensure qualified U.S. candidates are always first in line for opportunities. While we maintain that our practices complied with all applicable laws and regulations, we’re pleased to have resolved this matter so we can keep our full focus on delivering on our mission for customers, shoppers, retailers and brands." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7971375342cf4db92d559 Manning Family Communicated With Texas HC on Arch's Potential Benching te 2026-10-20T16:30:11.612Z Manning Family Communicated With Texas HC on Arch's Potential Benching The Manning family reportedly communicated with Texas HC Steve Sarkisian behind the scenes regarding Arch's potential benching. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7971175342cf4db92d550 America’s Home-Service Trades Need an AI Upgrade | Opinion te 2026-10-20T16:30:09.869Z America’s Home-Service Trades Need an AI Upgrade | Opinion AI could help home-service businesses streamline operations and preserve expertise, but the gains depend on implementation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7970f75342cf4db92d547 Texas' College Football Playoff Odds Plummet After Loss to Florida te 2026-10-20T16:30:07.862Z Texas' College Football Playoff Odds Plummet After Loss to Florida Texas' CFP odds have plummeted after the loss to Florida, leaving the Longhorns under pressure with a tough schedule ahead. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7970d75342cf4db92d52b Ex-Nvidia-turned-VC Amulya Vishwanath: ‘Physical AI is in it’s LEGO era’ te 2026-10-20T16:30:05.587Z Ex-Nvidia-turned-VC Amulya Vishwanath: ‘Physical AI is in it’s LEGO era’ It’s the moment everyone is waiting for — the ChatGPT moment for robotics, Amulya Vishwanath explained to TechCrunch’s Equity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794c275342cf4db92d4ec Artist who painted Jesus at age 8 tells Hannity she vanished for hours, experienced heaven te 2026-10-20T16:20:18.756Z Artist who painted Jesus at age 8 tells Hannity she vanished for hours, experienced heaven An apparent childhood disappearance sent Akiane Kramarik's family and police scrambling to find her, but the artist who famously painted Jesus at age 8 says she was somewhere no one thought to look. "I recall I am in this entire zone, I'm seeing my whole family and all the dogs and all of the police below," Kramarik said on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast. "It's as if I have like an eagle-eyes perspective." RUDY GIULIANI REVEALS HE HAD 'SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE' WHILE IN PNEUMONIA-RELATED COMA Kramarik, 32, recalled feeling as though her body had "zoomed out" before everything went black.  According to Kramarik, her disappearance sparked fears of a possible kidnapping, prompting family members, neighbors and police to launch a search. "My mom comes and she can't find me. My brothers search around the house, they couldn't find me. [They] call[ed] my dad. Every single neighbor, every friend... The police come, their dogs come, everybody is around the whole neighborhood searching for me. I'm missing, and no one knows where," she said. 'BLIND SIDE' STAR QUINTON AARON SAYS HE 'SAW JESUS' WHILE IN A COMA AFTER NEAR-FATAL STROKE "They think it was a potential kidnapping," she continued. "So my photo was displayed in all the town." Kramarik said she was just 5 years old when the incident occurred in Missouri, recalling that what she described as a journey through another realm corresponded to nearly seven hours of elapsed time, according to her parents. "My parents told me it was about six and a half, seven hours, something like that," she shared. During that time, Kramarik said God showed her extraordinary sights and imparted knowledge to her. She described the experience as lasting longer than the nearly seven hours she said she was missing. LOST CITY WHERE JESUS PERFORMED MIRACLES HAS FINALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED, EXPERT SAYS Kramarik's account is one of several spiritual experiences she has described from her childhood, a period also marked by her exceptional artistic talent. At age 8, she painted "Prince of Peace," her now-famous portrait of Jesus that helped propel her to international recognition as a child prodigy. Kramarik said her otherworldly experience left a lasting impression that extended beyond her artwork. She said the experience also prompted her parents, who had raised their children in a nonreligious household, to reconsider their beliefs. Viewers and listeners can watch or listen to Hannity's full conversation with Akiane Kramarik on "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeartRadio. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794c175342cf4db92d4e3 Denver mother fights for her daughter's education as advocates make nationwide school choice push te 2026-10-20T16:20:17.059Z Denver mother fights for her daughter's education as advocates make nationwide school choice push FIRST ON FOX: Facing limited options, Denver resident Mariah Wakefield was determined to find a school that suited her adoptive daughter Jasiya’s unique gifts. "Not that the school system was a terrible idea, she just needed a little bit more for her to succeed," Wakefield told Fox News Digital, noting that Jasiya was formerly enrolled Denver Public Schools. The bond between Wakefield and Jasiya runs deep. Wakefield became Jasiya’s legal guardian after the girl's mother died in 2013, when Jasiya was just 4 years old. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS ‘HARD RESET’ FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS, VOWS TO PUT PARENTS ‘BACK IN CHARGE’ In the years that followed, Wakefield navigated significant adversity, including household changes and personal instability while grappling with bereavement and incarceration. Throughout the turbulence—and as other children moved in and out of the home—Mariah prioritized Jasiya’s future. Help arrived at a pivotal moment through ACE Scholarships, a national Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) that stepped in to help Wakefield enroll Jasiya in a school where she could thrive. Now, Wakefield wants every parent to know about the organization—especially as ACE launches a nationwide awareness campaign centered around President Donald Trump’s federal school choice initiative. The program, centered on the Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC), allows individual taxpayers to receive up to a $1,700 dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for cash contributions to qualified non-profit SGOs ($3,400 for married couples filing jointly). Under the legislation, state governors must formally opt in for local families and educational organizations to participate. More than half of U.S. states have already signed up to participate. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was the first Democratic governor to announce his state’s participation, dismissing critics at the time by telling local media he "would be crazy not to" join, noting that the program provides crucial funding for tutoring, after-school programs, and summer enrichment. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has also faced calls from school choice advocates as states navigate enrollment options. A Department of Education official recently told Fox News Digital that "competitive pressure" will ultimately compel blue states to capture the influx of private donations created by the tax credit incentive. Trump's landmark school choice program comes as major blue city school districts struggle to retain students since the coronavirus pandemic. NEW YORK JOINS FEDERAL SCHOOL CHOICE INITIATIVE DESPITE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION For decades, school choice has been a contentious issue among many Democrats, who contend that choice models draw funding away from public school districts and weaken labor unions. However, the surge in demand for alternative education—including charter schools, private schooling, and homeschooling following the COVID-19 pandemic—has pushed several prominent leaders to reevaluate their stance. Many organizations, such as the ACE Scholarships, advocate allowing parents to send their kids to schools outside their neighborhood or opt out of going to public school in general. Established 26 years ago, ACE Scholarships issue privately raised scholarships for lower-income families. Since its inception, ACE says it has delivered more than 121,000 scholarships worth over $395 million to students in 13 states.  In response, ACE embarked on a multimillion-dollar national campaign called "Make It Possible". The initiative aims to raise public awareness of the EFTC and educate taxpayers on how directed tax credits can expand access to K–12 education. "While national advertising is designed primarily to inspire and engage Americans, ‘Make It Possible’ is part of a broader, yearlong effort to help taxpayers and families understand the new federal initiative, how it works, and how they can participate," the organization said in a statement. "ACE will also provide educational resources designed to address common questions, clarify misconceptions, and help taxpayers navigate the new opportunity." ACE seeks to expand support for school choice in Democratic-led states, where teachers unions have frequently opposed policies that direct public funding toward private education. Denver is among ACE's primary target markets for the ad push, alongside Washington, D.C., New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Kansas City, Orlando, and Philadelphia.  For Wakefield, school choice policies were key to unlocking her daughter's potential. ARKANSAS STUDENTS OUTPERFORM NATIONAL AVERAGE AFTER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE EXPANSION, GOVERNOR SAYS "So we had this opportunity to go into this, and we just took advantage of it," Wakefield said to Fox News Digital. "I feel that everybody should be notified and have the opportunity to be able to have a different outcome of life for your child." "Sometimes it's really hard to just get into somewhere just because you don't have enough money, enough funding, enough time, any kind of contributions," she added. "So for them to be able to choose a different place to go to is probably the highlight of being able to expand their child's potential... and get them to where they should really be." Today, Jasiya is thriving as a student at Kent Denver School. "For too many American children, financial circumstances determine which educational opportunities are within reach," said Kristy Badger, Chief Marketing Officer at ACE Scholarships. "Every child has unique talents, interests, and learning needs that shape how they thrive. Now, the EFTC will bring together what’s possible for countless students in America." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794bf75342cf4db92d4da Virginia sanctuary county ignores 1,670 detainer requests over 2 years, House Judiciary Committee finds te 2026-10-20T16:20:15.340Z Virginia sanctuary county ignores 1,670 detainer requests over 2 years, House Judiciary Committee finds The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia ignored at least 1,670 immigration detainers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2023 and 2025, releasing criminal illegal immigrants back into the community instead of transferring them to federal custody, according to a new House Judiciary Committee report. The interim staff report – obtained by Fox News before its noon Tuesday release by the committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement – also accuses Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano of treating illegal immigrant defendants differently from similarly situated American citizens to limit their immigration consequences. "This interim report provides evidence of the ways in which just one local jurisdiction has implemented policies that allow dangerous foreign nationals to reoffend and avoid deportation," the report, issued under House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chair Tom McClintock, R-Calif., concluded. SANCTUARY COUNTY REFUSED 615 ICE TRANSFER REQUESTS, TURNED OVER JUST 11 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, RECORDS SHOW "But Fairfax County and prosecutor Steve Descano are not outliers. They are indicative of a modern, radical, socialist Democrat Party that seeks to erase national borders and place illegal alien criminals ahead of law-abiding American citizens," the report added. "The policies supported by these Democrats, including sanctuary policies, will have negative and lasting consequences for Americans. The Committee and Subcommittee will continue to conduct oversight of these sanctuary policies to inform potential legislative reforms to better protect American communities." SOROS-BACKED DA ACCUSED OF GOING EASY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETS SQUEEZED BY HOUSE GOP The committee said a preliminary review of more than 1,100 criminal cases identified more than 100 previously unreported illegal immigrants who benefited from Descano’s prosecutorial decisions. The report said Descano’s office rarely pursued charges against illegal immigrants accused of crimes including driving under the influence, felony drug possession, felony grand larceny, shoplifting, fraud, trespassing, destruction of property and assaulting a law enforcement officer. The committee accused Descano’s office of "de facto" decriminalizing some offenses and said most of the defendants reviewed went on to reoffend, in some cases escalating to violent crimes and murder. JIM JORDAN SUBPOENAS BLUE STATE DAS ACCUSED OF 'PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT' FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS The report, titled "Fairfax County, Virginia: The dangerous consequences of sanctuary policies," also alleges that Descano misled Congress about the scope of his policies. "The Biden-Harris Administration worked to weaken the first Trump Administration’s efforts to hold sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for undermining immigration enforcement," the report read. "In addition to dropping federal litigation relating to sanctuary jurisdictions’ policies, the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice Department, beginning in April 2021, no longer required jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE as a condition of receiving federal grant funding." SOROS-LINKED PROSECUTOR FACES PRIMARY CHALLENGE AS FELLOW DEMOCRAT TARGETS HIS RECORD During testimony before the committee in May, Descano said his policy was "written with legal permanent residents in mind for minor crimes." But in a September letter, the committee said Descano acknowledged that prosecutors could consider immigration consequences in cases involving illegal immigrants as well. Descano’s campaign website previously stated that when "possible," his office would "make charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences." He also argued that "if two people commit the same crime, but only one’s punishment includes deportation, that’s a perversion of justice and not a reflection of the values of Fairfax County." ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN AFTER FAIRFAX COUNTY RELEASE: DHS The committee cited numerous cases in which it said criminal defendants benefited from reduced or dismissed charges. In one example, prosecutors allegedly reduced felony charges involving the sexual assault of a child to misdemeanor "consensual sex with a child" and offered a 90-day suspended jail sentence. The report also said Descano’s office dropped more than 50 charges against a serial fraudster from China and allowed defendants charged with malicious wounding, strangulation, assault and battery and other violent offenses to "escape accountability and reoffend." ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE AND CHILD SEX CRIMES IN TARGETED CRACKDOWN The committee detailed additional cases involving defendants accused of child pornography, rape, abduction, firearm offenses, drug possession and assault. In some cases, the report said, defendants were released despite ICE detainers and later arrested again. One case involved Marvin Morales-Ortez, an alleged MS-13 member whose charges were dropped before the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office released him in December 2025. The report said Morales-Ortez allegedly murdered a man in Reston, Virginia, one day later. ANGEL MOM SAYS BLUE STATE DAS ARE PUTTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid blamed the release on the lack of prosecution, writing that "the system must work as a whole." She added: "When criminal defendants are prosecuted, authorities are better able to track court dates and monitor releases." Kincaid has also previously criticized the county’s prosecution practices, stating, "It’s shameful the way things have not been prosecuted." BIDEN ADMIN RELEASED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING FAIRFAX COUNTY MOTHER The report highlighted the case of Stephanie Minter, who was fatally stabbed in February. The suspect, Abdul Jalloh, is an illegal immigrant with more than 40 prior charges in Fairfax County. The committee said Descano’s office had dropped charges against Jalloh in almost every case and that police warned prosecutors before the killing that "it is not a question of if, but rather when [Jalloh] will maliciously wound — or worse — again." Cheryl Minter, Stephanie’s mother, told the committee that "a system failed my daughter." "When policies protect people who are a known threat, innocent lives are put at risk," she said. "When warnings are ignored, families like mine pay the price." The committee said Fairfax County’s policies "threaten public safety and undermine the safe and effective enforcement of federal immigration law." Descano has rejected the allegations and previously said that "the idea that [his office] favor[s] one group over another is completely wrong." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794bd75342cf4db92d4d1 CBS boss fuels left-wing uproar amid report she urged staff to probe alleged El-Sayed, Muslim Brotherhood ties te 2026-10-20T16:20:13.653Z CBS boss fuels left-wing uproar amid report she urged staff to probe alleged El-Sayed, Muslim Brotherhood ties CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is taking heat from the left yet again, this time over a report urging her staff to probe Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's potential ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Semafor reported Sunday that Weiss "personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood." The report cited two anonymous CBS News staffers who were aggrieved by Weiss' directive. Anonymous CBS News staffers complaining about their boss to liberal media outlets has become commonplace in the media industry.  CONTROVERSY OVER ABDUL EL-SAYED'S FAMILY TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IGNORED, DOWNPLAYED BY LIBERAL MEDIA NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham believes disgruntled CBS News employees constantly offering anonymous quotes to liberal publications in an effort to smear Weiss "helps reinforce" the longstanding bias toward the left.  "She’s making them do difficult things," Graham told Fox News Digital.  "Can we look into whether Abdul El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, like his family says they do? How dare you," Graham quipped. "You’re not supposed to do stories that might make Democrats look bad." While Weiss’ defenders have suggested staffers are essentially irked that she asked them to do journalism, progressives lashed out against Weiss over the latest report. "A rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll who has zero qualifications to be running national TV network is in fact running a national TV network and trying to get it to behave like a rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll," far-left Zeteo founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan reacted on X. "No self-respecting journalist should work for Bari Weiss," The Nation correspondent Jeet Heer wrote. "Nobody should respect or trust ANYTHING coming out of @CBSNews at this point," far-left activist Shaun King exclaimed. Notably, CBS News largely refrained from covering the controversy that blew up last week when unearthed social media posts from his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, claimed their family, including their mother, had ties to the controversial Islamist group after he flatly denied there was any connection to NBC's Kristen Welker. "Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect," Abdelhadi wrote in a 2012 X post, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon. Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, had attended Egypt's Alexandria University, which, according to a report from the Brookings Institution, had strong Muslim Brotherhood activity back in the 1970s. In another 2012 post, Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago, wrote, "My family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively." In a third post from 2013, she wrote, "Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in #Egypt. Lie low, stay safe." ABDUL EL-SAYED GROWS AGITATED WITH REPORTER AFTER BEING PRESSED ON FAMILY'S ALLEGED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIES Graham feels that CBS News staffers who didn’t want to look into the El-Sayed story must find it "wildly offensive" to even consider a conservative point of view.  "They object [to] the idea that they have to be somehow a little bit fair and balanced," Graham said.  As for El-Sayed, he recently doubled down on his denial during a contentious exchange with NBC's Tom Llamas. "It's funny to me," El-Sayed responded. "I was born in 1984 down the street in Rochester Hills. I was raised here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in this city, led the health department in this county — and you want to ask me about what's happening in Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?" "I get it, but you were asked a question, and you gave an answer," Llamas responded. "I have no ties, we have no ties," El-Sayed said, reiterating his denial. CBS CHIEF BARI WEISS' INVOLVEMENT IN VIRAL EL-SAYED REPORT SPARKS DEBATE AMONG CRITICS The Democratic hopeful told Llamas he hadn't had conversations with his mother about her alleged Muslim Brotherhood activity and accused the anchor of using "hearsay evidence from a tweet." "That's just not serious," El-Sayed said. "But you've also gone after the president for truthfulness and when people ask you a question, do you expect the truth?" Llamas then asked. "Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?" El-Sayed fired back. "I don't know, that's why I'm asking," Llamas responded. "And I'm telling you that I was not," El-Sayed told him. In an interview on MS NOW, El-Sayed likened the questions about his family allegiances to ones John F. Kennedy faced as a Catholic while running for president in 1960. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794b975342cf4db92d4b1 Netanyahu Map Shows Israel’s Place Among Middle East Alliances   te 2026-10-20T16:20:09.882Z Netanyahu Map Shows Israel’s Place Among Middle East Alliances   "Netanyahu’s map is far more revealing than he probably intended," Middle East expert Andres Krieg, told Newsweek. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794b775342cf4db92d4a8 Browns’ Todd Monken Sends Jerry Jeudy Message Amid Chiefs Trade Pitch te 2026-10-20T16:20:07.928Z Browns’ Todd Monken Sends Jerry Jeudy Message Amid Chiefs Trade Pitch Todd Monken made his feelings on Jerry Jeudy clear as a CBS Sports trade idea pointed the Browns WR toward Kansas City. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad794b575342cf4db92d49f Packers Pro Bowler Sends Warning on Return of Josh Jacobs, Micah Parsons te 2026-10-20T16:20:05.910Z Packers Pro Bowler Sends Warning on Return of Josh Jacobs, Micah Parsons Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon sent a clear warning about the impending returns of Josh Jacobs and Micah Parsons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7927c75342cf4db92d3e1 Richard Riehle, Prolific Actor Who Appeared in ‘Office Space,’ Dies at 78 te 2026-10-20T16:10:36.709Z Richard Riehle, Prolific Actor Who Appeared in ‘Office Space,’ Dies at 78 Mr. Riehle, best remembered for playing an anxious character with “people skills,” built a career in theater, TV and film that lasted more than half a century. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7927775342cf4db92d3c7 Stephen A Smith Says 'It's Over' for NFL Coach After Week 6 Performance te 2026-10-20T16:10:31.755Z Stephen A Smith Says 'It's Over' for NFL Coach After Week 6 Performance Stephen A. Smith is sounding the alarm on an NFL head coach following his team's performance in Week 6 of the 2026 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7927275342cf4db92d3be Who is Kyle Kennedy? Granddaughter of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, Dies at 42 te 2026-10-20T16:10:26.137Z Who is Kyle Kennedy? Granddaughter of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, Dies at 42 Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, dies at 42 after years of disability advocacy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7926b75342cf4db92d3b5 BYU's College Football Playoff Odds Soar After Notre Dame Upset te 2026-10-20T16:10:19.907Z BYU's College Football Playoff Odds Soar After Notre Dame Upset BYU's win over Notre Dame sent its CFP odds soaring, putting the unbeaten Cougars in a strong position for a playoff run. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7926775342cf4db92d39a Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language te 2026-10-20T16:10:15.922Z Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7926175342cf4db92d391 Streaming guide JustWatch becomes a streamer itself te 2026-10-20T16:10:09.801Z Streaming guide JustWatch becomes a streamer itself JustWatch, the popular streaming search guide used by 50 million people, is launching its own streaming service, offering free, ad-supported movies and shows alongside a $3.99-per-month ad-free tier and movie rentals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7902275342cf4db92d1f9 Winery owned by Ilhan Omar's husband shuttered due to fraud, James Comer says te 2026-10-20T16:00:34.067Z Winery owned by Ilhan Omar's husband shuttered due to fraud, James Comer says A winery co-owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was shuttered amid fraud claims, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said. Comer said over the weekend that the winery had been selling empty barrels to investors under the guise of "wine to be aged." "I can tell you from our initial investigation of Omar and her financial disclosure form that there are multiple fronts where you could get a search warrant issued," Comer told Trey Gowdy on Fox News' "Sunday Night in America." "First of all, not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure form, there was the winery that was the big base of her $25 million listing on her financial disclosure form. That winery has, according to the press, been shut down because of fraud." ILHAN OMAR’S EMBATTLED HUSBAND APPEARS AT SCENE OF HSI RAID IN MIDST OF CRIMINAL FRAUD INVESTIGATION The winery, co-owned by the congresswoman's husband, Tim Mynett, shut down in April this year amid congressional scrutiny over Omar's finances. OMAR'S DISCLOSURES ERASED MILLIONS, LEAVING HER WITH POTENTIAL NEGATIVE NET WORTH. SHE WON'T EXPLAIN WHY The revelation is not new, but it's one of several details that have resurfaced in recent days amid a federal probe into Omar's citizenship in the U.S. Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant at her D.C. home earlier this month. The operation was linked to allegations that she and her father misrepresented the congresswoman's age to more easily obtain American citizenship. REP ILHAN OMAR'S IMMIGRATION HISTORY FACES NEW SCRUTINY AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SUBPOENA RELATIVES Omar's critics, like House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., have called for the progressive Democrat to be deported if the allegations were proved true. She and her allies have denied wrongdoing and attacked the investigation as a partisan hit job against one of President Donald Trump's most vocal opponents. But it's not the first time Omar has faced accusations of impropriety as a member of Congress. The House Oversight Committee had earlier probed Omar's finances after her public disclosures showed a rapid, and at the time unexplained, increase in her net worth. Omar previously chalked up the discrepancy to an accidental accounting error. Comer zeroed in on the winery in a February letter sent just weeks before the business closed down. He wrote to Mynett that Omar's 2023 financial disclosure forms "lists a stake in your winery eStCru worth between $15,001 and $50,000." The following year, her financial disclosure form listed a stake in eStCru "worth between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000." TRUMP RALLY CROWD CHANTS 'DEPORT' AS PRESIDENT RIPS ILHAN OMAR AFTER FEDERAL RAID "There are serious public concerns about how your businesses increased so dramatically in value only a year after reporting very limited assets," the letter said. Omar told The Wall Street Journal in mid-April that she and her husband have less than $100,000 combined. The winery, eStCru, was based in California and was founded in 2020 by Mynett and a business partner. The industry outlet Wine Business named it one of its "Hot Brands of 2022." When asked about the probe, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee pointed out to Fox News Digital that Comer had referred the case of Omar's finances to the House Ethics Committee for review. "Regarding the investigation into her spouse, the House Oversight Committee referred the matter months ago to the House Ethics Committee and encouraged it to do its job and review the concerning allegations," the spokesperson said. The bipartisan panel is tasked with investigating accusations of impropriety by lawmakers and recommending punishments if those probes turn up wrongdoing. It has not yet taken up Omar's case. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7901d75342cf4db92d1ec Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governors Race Even Uglier te 2026-10-20T16:00:29.304Z Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governors Race Even Uglier A Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton’s mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7901a75342cf4db92d1d4 Why Ilhan Omar Is MAGA’s Defining Battle te 2026-10-20T16:00:26.496Z Why Ilhan Omar Is MAGA’s Defining Battle Investigators reportedly hold DNA that could settle whether the Omar married her brother. Someone’s credibility won’t survive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7901775342cf4db92d1cb In Putin's Head, It's Always the Summer of '69 te 2026-10-20T16:00:23.397Z In Putin's Head, It's Always the Summer of '69 It should come as no surprise that Putin wants to discuss an end to war in Ukraine, but only with Xi and Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7901275342cf4db92d1c2 The Bari Weiss Revolt Is an Inside Job te 2026-10-20T16:00:18.501Z The Bari Weiss Revolt Is an Inside Job Bari Weiss faces a revolt inside CBS News, but with 4 million viewers still tuning in, the audience appears unmoved by the uproar. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7900e75342cf4db92d1b9 High-Speed Rail Map Shows Washington’s Bullet Train Plan te 2026-10-20T16:00:14.234Z High-Speed Rail Map Shows Washington’s Bullet Train Plan Washington is seeking public input on a high-speed rail plan aimed at connecting the growing Pacific Northwest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7900975342cf4db92d1b0 Red Sox Linked to Blockbuster Trade for All-Star Shortstop te 2026-10-20T16:00:09.734Z Red Sox Linked to Blockbuster Trade for All-Star Shortstop The Boston Red Sox are being connected to Houston Astros star shortstop Jeremy Pena ahead of the offseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78dc775342cf4db92d157 Manfredi: Residents agree that Maricopa needs a consistent voice regionally te 2026-10-20T15:50:31.255Z Manfredi: Residents agree that Maricopa needs a consistent voice regionally To the editor, Residents consistently tell me transportation is Maricopa’s top priority. They want safer roads, shorter commutes and more ways into and out of our city. I have spent years pushing for those improvements, working with state leaders, ADOT and regional partners to turn those priorities into funded projects. Our work has advanced SR 347 widening and secured the funding needed to make it possible. More work remains, and Maricopa needs a consistent voice at the regional table to keep that progress moving. Many decisions affecting our roads are made outside City Hall, through county plans, regional committees, state programs and coordination with tribal governments. That is why I have made representing Maricopa in those discussions a priority. My assignments have included Central Arizona Governments, the Pinal Regional Transportation Authority, the Rural Transportation Advocacy Council and the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Works Committee. I have also represented Maricopa on the Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation Policy Committee. These organizations have different responsibilities. CAG serves the Gila and Pinal County region. MAG coordinates transportation planning for the greater Phoenix region. The Pinal authority focuses on county transportation projects, while RTAC advocates for rural transportation needs. The League committee addresses statewide infrastructure policy affecting cities and towns. Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation Policy Committee The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) helps guide transportation planning and the regional transportation investment plan for the greater Phoenix area. It develops policy recommendations for the MAG Regional Council, the organization’s governing body. This work matters directly to Maricopa because SR 347 connects us to I-10 through Maricopa County. Decisions about that portion of the corridor affect our residents every day. Not every city who is part of MAG gets a seat on TPC. This seat is earned over years of hard work advancing transportation issues throughout the region.  Central Arizona Governments Central Arizona Governments, or CAG, helps communities in the Gila and Pinal county region plan transportation improvements and pursue funding. Its staff develops regional project programs, assists with grant applications and coordinates with state and federal agencies. For Maricopa, that provides a way to connect our local road priorities with broader regional plans and funding opportunities. League of Arizona Cities and Towns Transportation The League of Arizona Cities and Towns Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Works Committee helps develop policy proposals affecting municipal roads, infrastructure and public works. Those proposals can advance through the League’s resolution process and become part of its legislative agenda. Serving there gives Maricopa input into the policies Arizona cities and towns collectively ask state lawmakers to support. Rural Transportation Advocacy Council The Rural Transportation Advocacy Council, or RTAC, brings rural and smaller metropolitan communities together to advocate for transportation funding and policy. It tracks state legislation, shares information and helps communities make a stronger collective case for investment. For Maricopa this means working with communities facing similar challenges to explain why growing transportation needs require state attention and support.  Pinal Regional Transportation Authority (PRTA) The Pinal Regional Transportation Authority, or PRTA, was created to develop a countywide transportation plan and pursue a voter-approved funding source. Its purpose is to address roads and connections that serve several communities, because traffic does not stop at city boundaries. My service there has provided an opportunity to advocate for Maricopa’s needs within the larger Pinal County transportation discussion.  Why? Serving on a committee does not give one person control over the outcome. It gives Maricopa a voice, a vote where applicable and the opportunity to build support before final decisions are made. The State Route 347 widening shows why that work matters. Bringing the project together required local funding, county participation, regional transportation dollars, state support, ADOT management and coordination with the Gila River Indian Community. Our work through MAG helped secure a regional commitment described at the time as $90 million for widening the Maricopa County portion of SR 347 through Proposition 479, the county’s half-cent transportation sales tax extension. Building on that commitment, I worked with our partners to bring the funding forward to fiscal 2028 and align it with the broader corridor improvements. Under the current adopted program, MAG schedules $74.26 million for construction on the I-10-to-Riggs Road segment in fiscal 2028. By bringing these funding schedules together, we help ADOT coordinate this work with the investments made by Maricopa and Pinal County. At the April 15, 2026, MAG Transportation Policy Committee meeting, staff presented a recommendation to align construction funding for the I-10-to-Riggs Road portion with contributions from Pinal County and Maricopa. I participated in that discussion and thanked our partners whose work helped bring the project together.  Progress That progress belongs to many people and agencies. My responsibility has been to keep Maricopa’s needs in the conversation and help move the work forward. The same sustained effort is necessary for Riggs Road improvements, future interchanges and alternate routes into and out of our city. These projects compete with transportation needs throughout Arizona. They require credible planning, funding commitments and representatives who understand how to move a proposal through the process. I understand that residents sitting in traffic want results. A committee assignment means little unless we use it to advance the work that matters to them. To do that, we must first read the reports and ask questions. Then, we must build support and, most importantly, follow through between meetings. Experience and connections matter Experience in those forums is part of the record I bring to this election. I understand the funding process, the history behind these projects and the relationships needed to keep them moving. That experience does not guarantee every request will be approved. It helps me make an informed case for Maricopa and recognize opportunities to move our priorities forward. As our city continues to grow, we need consistent representation wherever transportation decisions are made. For that reason, I remain committed to this work. Ultimately, the decisions made at those tables affect every family trying to get home safely. Editorial links and source notes Use the following sources as supporting links for the relevant claims. Link naturally within the web article where useful; the print letter can run without links. MAG Transportation Policy Committee minutes April 15 2026 Central Arizona Governments overview CAG Regional Council packet April 2026 MAG Transportation Policy Committee Manfredi: SR 347 moved from years of discussion into construction Vincent Manfredi owns InMaricopa, and this is a letter to the editor.  You can view other opinions and letters here. The post Manfredi: Residents agree that Maricopa needs a consistent voice regionally appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78dbe75342cf4db92d12f 'Grand Theft Auto VI' release set to cost US economy staggering amount as gamers plan PTO days te 2026-10-20T15:50:22.680Z 'Grand Theft Auto VI' release set to cost US economy staggering amount as gamers plan PTO days The "Grand Theft Auto VI" saga has taken a ton of twists and turns in the past year. From delays to leaks and even the "digital release" controversy, GTA VI has been in the news cycle for so long that it's hard to believe this will all be coming to an end next month. On November 19, the world will finally get to experience a video game that has been over a decade in the making. UNKNOWN HACKER ALLEGEDLY LEAKS SEVERAL MINUTES OF GRAND THEFT AUTO VI GAMEPLAY AHEAD OF NETFLIX REVEAL In what could be one of the most anticipated video games of all-time, "Grand Theft Auto VI's" release date will likely be a seismic event in terms of the national economy. That's not me being hyperbolic, either, as experts are predicting the economy of the United States to take a $1 billion hit the day GTA drops. It turns out so many people have already lined up their sick days for November 19 and 20 that it's making national news. Sorry for anyone doing so that I just outed with this article, but that is insane. I can't remember a game causing this much of a stir. Even hotly anticipated releases like "Halo" and "Call of Duty" weren't decimating the workforce the way GTA is doing. And remember, we are still a month away from the game actually coming out. This is just the fallout from the planners getting their ducks in a row. Can you imagine how many people will call in sick the day of the release? MIAMI HEAT TEASE RELEASE OF NEW 'VICE CITY' JERSEYS ON THE NIGHT BEFORE 'GRAND THEFT AUTO VI' RELEASE "Grand Theft Auto VI" is generating so much excitement that the franchise's developers, Rockstar, are turning the city of Miami into a giant billboard for the game. For those who don't know, GTA VI is set in the fictional Vice City, which is a parody of real-life South Florida. Whether the game is good or not remains to be seen, and the long wait could always create a case of Rockstar never being able to live up to the lofty expectations they created with the development time. One thing is for sure, though, for about 24 hours in late November, the world will come to a screeching halt thanks to a video game. If you have friends or loved ones who are even remotely interested in gaming, don't expect to hear from them during this time period. You have one month, plan accordingly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78dba75342cf4db92d126 Why the Pistons on the moneyline could be the play in today's NBA season opener vs. the Celtics te 2026-10-20T15:50:18.755Z Why the Pistons on the moneyline could be the play in today's NBA season opener vs. the Celtics The NBA is here, and I am like a kid in a candy store. The NBA is my favorite league, and basketball is my favorite sport. This also means that all four leagues are in action starting now. The World Series is on Friday, the NFL is on Thursday, and the NBA and NHL play every day. This is the best time of the sports year. College basketball will join the fray shortly, and of course, college football is in action. This afternoon, the NBA season kicks off with the Boston Celtics playing the Detroit Pistons. The Boston Celtics are at a bit of a crossroads. Last season, they were up 3-1 on the 76ers before they lost the final three games, including a game at home, and were knocked out of the playoffs. How did the Celtics respond to that loss? They decided it was time for them to part with a superstar, Jaylen Brown. In fairness, Brown was expressing discontent with the organization and clearly didn't want to be partnered with Jayson Tatum. The Celtics made a clear choice, and now they have to live with it. Tatum will now be in his first full season after tearing his Achilles in the playoffs a couple of years ago. Tatum shouldn't have any struggle with being the top option on the team. However, he has always had excellent secondary options. I'm not sure Paul George or Derrick White will be at the same level as what he had with Brown. Mitchell Robinson should help the defense and rebounding, but he's injured regularly. This could be a tough year for Boston. CELTICS AGREE TO SEND JAYLEN BROWN, 2024 FINALS MVP, TO 76ERS IN BLOCKBUSTER NBA TRADE: REPORT The Detroit Pistons lost 68 games in the 2023-24 season. Take a second read of that sentence. They lost 68 games in one season. They won 44 games the next year and made the playoffs. Last season, they won 60 games and a playoff series. The next step forward would be to win another series in the playoffs and make the Eastern Conference Finals. Cade Cunningham is the leader of this team, and his health pretty much dictates how well this team will do. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Pistons are relatively deep as a club. They have elite shooting from deep with Duncan Robinson. Ausar Thompson is one of the better young forwards in the league. He needs to take a big step forward this season on offense if the team wants to improve from last year. John Collins will add some rebounding and athleticism, but he isn't as good a shooter as Tobias Harris. Jalen Duren was signed to a long-term deal, but there are still talks about trades for Domantas Sabonis. For tonight's game, the line has moved in favor of the Celtics, and I'm just not sure that I see it. I don't think the Celtics are that impressive a team. They have the advantage with Paul George, but I think the interior of Detroit is better than the interior of Boston. I'm going to back the Pistons on the moneyline here. Sharp money says otherwise, so it is a risk, but I think them at home, with a better interior, against a team with two new starting lineup pieces is a better look. Give me Detroit. 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/6ad78dae75342cf4db92d11a Michael Bloomberg Gives $80 Million to Help Democrats in Final Midterm Push te 2026-10-20T15:50:06.722Z Michael Bloomberg Gives $80 Million to Help Democrats in Final Midterm Push The money from the former New York City mayor and megadonor, who is focused on ensuring a sizable Democratic House majority, will help cut into Republicans’ financial advantage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6e75342cf4db92d074 Nearly $1M in graded trading cards stolen from FedEx truck outside PSA facility in Santa Ana te 2026-10-20T15:40:30.357Z Nearly $1M in graded trading cards stolen from FedEx truck outside PSA facility in Santa Ana Nearly $1 million worth of trading cards in more than 200 packages were stolen from a FedEx truck last week outside of Professional Sports Authenticators (PSA) in Santa Ana. The cards, which Santa Ana police said were valued at approximately $963,000, were graded by PSA and were being shipped back to their owners. Police said that sports and Pokémon cards were included in the heist. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The thief had broken into the truck by breaking the lock. The cards were stolen while the FedEx driver was away from the vehicle. Card collector and YouTuber SKY-B was a victim of the heist, saying he had 104 cards stolen, "many" of which are "irreplaceable." "A hundred four cards which were either case hits, which are ultra rare, or they're 1-of-1s, meaning they're the only one in the world," the YouTuber said. "We are aware of a theft involving a third-party shipping vehicle carrying PSA-graded items. We are working closely with law enforcement and the carrier as the investigation continues," Collectors said in a statement. FORMER CLIPPERS STAR WARNS OF TEAM'S UPHILL BATTLE AFTER BRUTAL KAWHI LEONARD SALARY CAP PUNISHMENT Collectors said it has "deactivated the certificates for the stolen items and notified marketplace partners so they can be on the lookout for rare and serialized items." "Our customer service team has contacted affected customers directly and is arranging compensation based on fair market value," Collectors said. "We understand the impact this has on collectors involved, many of whom see these cards as far more than a financial asset. Our team is focused on supporting them. We take this incident seriously, and we will continue working with law enforcement to hold those responsible accountable." No arrests have been made, and none of the cards have been recovered. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6a75342cf4db92d069 Trump Invokes Antisemitic Trope Again at Rally for Kansas Senator te 2026-10-20T15:40:26.409Z Trump Invokes Antisemitic Trope Again at Rally for Kansas Senator President Trump said that opponents of Senator Roger Marshall had unfairly cast him as “some kind of a Shylock-type guy.” Mr. Trump used the same slur last year at a rally in Iowa. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6875342cf4db92d055 What Do Texas Trans Leaflets Say as Organization Denies Sending Them te 2026-10-20T15:40:24.424Z What Do Texas Trans Leaflets Say as Organization Denies Sending Them A transgender advocacy organization has denied any involvement in mailers reportedly sent to Texas households. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6675342cf4db92d04c Kohen Wiley: Attorney Demands Footage, AG Says Police Used Justified Force te 2026-10-20T15:40:22.323Z Kohen Wiley: Attorney Demands Footage, AG Says Police Used Justified Force The Mississippi attorney general said the officer who shot into a vehicle, killing Kohen, was justified in the use of force. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6475342cf4db92d043 Canadian Opera Drops Singer After He Unfurled Palestinian Flag On Stage te 2026-10-20T15:40:20.371Z Canadian Opera Drops Singer After He Unfurled Palestinian Flag On Stage An opera singer said he has “no regrets” after being dropped from a Calgary Opera production for displaying a Palestinian flag. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6275342cf4db92d03a Titans Abruptly Cut Veteran Defender After Unexplained Facility Incident te 2026-10-20T15:40:18.385Z Titans Abruptly Cut Veteran Defender After Unexplained Facility Incident Tennessee released veteran defensive tackle Jordan Elliott after a facility incident, raising questions about the sudden decision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b6075342cf4db92d031 Bills HC Stands up For CJ Gardner-Johnson Amid Spitting Incident, Suspension te 2026-10-20T15:40:16.398Z Bills HC Stands up For CJ Gardner-Johnson Amid Spitting Incident, Suspension Buffalo Bills head coach Joe Brady had some surprising comments about embattled safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b5e75342cf4db92d028 Trump Faces Backlash Over Russia Deal: The Conversation te 2026-10-20T15:40:14.233Z Trump Faces Backlash Over Russia Deal: The Conversation The president's move to ease sanctions on Russian diesel raised eyebrows. Newsweek readers share their thoughts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b5c75342cf4db92d01f Giants Swiftly Cut Former Second-Round Pick Days After Saints Loss te 2026-10-20T15:40:12.086Z Giants Swiftly Cut Former Second-Round Pick Days After Saints Loss The New York Giants have released linebacker Jihad Ward following their Week 6 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b5975342cf4db92d016 Kyle Shanahan Sends Clear Message on 49ers After 'MNF' Win Over Commanders te 2026-10-20T15:40:09.693Z Kyle Shanahan Sends Clear Message on 49ers After 'MNF' Win Over Commanders San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan sent a clear message to his team on expectations after they beat the Commanders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad78b5775342cf4db92d00d Mary Peltola Is Pulling Ahead in the Final Stretch Against Dan Sullivan te 2026-10-20T15:40:07.545Z Mary Peltola Is Pulling Ahead in the Final Stretch Against Dan Sullivan With two weeks to go before Election Day, Mary Peltola has gained a narrow but solid lead over Dan Sullivan, latest polling shows. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7890775342cf4db92cfb0 WNBA tells Congress that Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White are ‘both men’ in eligibility dispute te 2026-10-20T15:30:15.721Z WNBA tells Congress that Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White are ‘both men’ in eligibility dispute WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Republican lawmakers that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible to play in the league because they are "both men," responding to a congressional inquiry without supplying the definition of "women" that lawmakers had requested. "With respect to your questions regarding eligibility, only women are eligible to play in the WNBA and the individuals you cite in your letter are both men," Engelbert wrote in the Oct. 16 response. The letter, which is dated Oct. 16, was provided to OutKick by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), which represents Freedom. The letter answered a Sept. 17 inquiry from Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., and four other House Republicans about eligibility, player safety and confrontations with fans. Freedom and White had announced plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft while saying they identify as women. GOP CONGRESSMAN PRESSES WNBA TO DEFINE ‘WOMEN’ AFTER ENES KANTER FREEDOM, ROYCE WHITE RULED INELIGIBLE The lawmakers asked how the league defines "women" under Article XIII, Section 1(a) of its collective bargaining agreement, and why the two former NBA players had been deemed ineligible. That provision of the 2026 agreement states: "Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA." It does not define the term in that eligibility provision. Stutzman welcomed Engelbert’s statement as an acknowledgment of a distinction based on biological sex. "The WNBA has just taken the first step in defining what a woman is for the sports community," Stutzman said in a statement. "By clearly labeling Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White as men they have acknowledged that identifying as a woman does not change basic human biology." WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT SENDS TRANS INCLUSION MEMO AFTER ENES FREEDOM, ROYCE WHITE ANNOUNCEMENTS Engelbert’s letter did not announce a new eligibility rule or spell out a broader policy governing transgender athletes. Freedom, meanwhile, argued that the response left unanswered the central question of what standards the WNBA applies when deciding who qualifies to compete. "Cathy Engelbert cannot clearly define what a woman is, but she's absolutely certain that I'm a man," Freedom told OutKick. "I mean, how does that make sense? Who gets to decide? Who has the authority to determine whether someone is a woman?" "So if the league is still working through these questions, how can its commissioner be so certain about my eligibility without explaining the standards that she's applying?" he added. Asked whether he believed Engelbert had misgendered him in her letter to Congress, Freedom answered, "Yes, 100%." "I just want her to respect my identity because I am telling you that I identify as a woman," he said. Freedom said his effort to join the league is intended to push it to adopt an explicit requirement limiting participation to biological females. He acknowledged that determining someone’s identity and determining eligibility for women’s sports may involve different decisions. "This is bigger than one basketball player," he said. "I mean, who gets to determine someone's identity? The individual, the commissioner, the medical professional, or a committee or a task force?" "And who gets to determine eligibility to compete in women's category?" he continued. "So those may be different decisions, but the WNBA needs to explain where it draws the line." The debate over the league’s eligibility standards intensified this summer after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham voiced support for excluding transgender girls and women from female sports. Her comments drew both support and criticism, including rallies during the Fever’s road trips. Some players and coaches publicly supported transgender inclusion. Freedom has pointed to Golden State Valkyries player Gabby Williams’ support for transgender athletes as the inspiration for his own effort to enter the WNBA. In August, a league task force of team presidents and general managers discussed transgender participation along with online abuse directed at players. The task force was an existing anti-hate committee, rather than a group created solely to determine eligibility. At the time, the league said there were no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and condemned attempts to use the subject to demean or marginalize others. It said discussions with league stakeholders would continue in the coming weeks and months. Freedom questioned how the league’s ongoing discussions fit with Engelbert’s definitive statement about him and White. "So what about the task force?" he said. "If the task force itself has not reached a clear definition, why is the commissioner making such a definitive statement?" CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Eligibility was only one part of the lawmakers’ inquiry. Their September letter also challenged the league’s response to physical play, including incidents involving Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington and Cunningham, and sought an explanation of its handling of confrontations between players and spectators. In her response, Engelbert defended the league’s officiating and disciplinary processes. She said officials enforce the rules during games, while WNBA League Basketball Operations reviews games afterward, including atypical or overly physical plays. The league can then upgrade fouls or impose discipline. "In all instances the League seeks to apply its rules and relevant disciplinary processes consistently for all players, coaches, and officials," Engelbert wrote. On fan conduct, the commissioner said spectators must follow the WNBA’s code of conduct and can be ejected for violations. She said the league and its teams seek to enforce that code consistently. The lawmakers had specifically cited Sky guard Natasha Cloud’s confrontation with Freedom during an Aug. 23 game against the Fever at Wintrust Arena. They questioned why Cloud had not received punishment while Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton received a five-game suspension following a separate confrontation with fans. Engelbert’s response did not specifically explain the different outcomes involving Cloud and Keaton. Freedom was ejected from the Chicago game and subsequently banned from Sky home games at Wintrust Arena. He later filed a lawsuit alleging that his First Amendment rights had been violated. Sky owner Michael Alter disputed that account, saying security removed Freedom because of his conduct, rather than his speech. Stutzman said he continued to have concerns beyond the eligibility issue. The national anthem has become another point of criticism during the WNBA Finals. Players from the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries left the court before the anthem during the opening two games and returned after it concluded. "While this is a step in the right direction, the alarming disrespect the WNBA still has for their fans and our national anthem needs to be corrected," he said. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Engelbert closed her letter by saying the league would continue working to protect players and personnel, including addressing hate and vitriol directed at players online and on social media. The commissioner is scheduled to retire at the end of 2026, following an announcement in September. Freedom said her successor could resolve his eligibility challenge by making the restriction he wants explicit. "We are adding the word biological next to the word female, this whole thing will end the next day," Freedom said, describing the announcement he wants the next commissioner to make. "I will walk to the sunset. They will not hear from me ever again." The eligibility language is part of the agreement negotiated between the WNBA and its players’ union. Engelbert’s letter did not announce any amendment to that agreement. Freedom said he intends to continue pursuing a place in the league unless its rules change. "I'm asking for consistency," he said. "I spent 11 years playing in the NBA. I understand, you know, professional basketball really well." "If they do not change the rules, they better select me in a WNBA draft in 2027," he added. "You cannot answer an eligibility question simply by declaring what somebody is," Freedom said. "You need to explain the policy you are enforcing." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7890575342cf4db92cfa7 Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on the NBA Season Opener, Celtics-Pistons te 2026-10-20T15:30:13.925Z Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on the NBA Season Opener, Celtics-Pistons The NBA season is just about to tip off, and we have three games of action today with some excellent matchups. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users a chance to celebrate with promo code FOXNEWS350 to earn $350 on a $20 wager on today’s NBA slate. The Boston Celtics head into Detroit to take on the upstart Pistons. Last season, the Pistons ended the season with the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics had a playoff meltdown against the 76ers and then dismantled their star duo.  Jaylen Brown was shipped off to Philadelphia (and he plays later today if you’re interested). Now they have Paul George in his place, and they’ve added Mitchell Robinson to the roster. This isn’t as deep or as talented as their championship team, but Jayson Tatum may be on a mission to prove they kept the right guy.  The Detroit Pistons are just a few years removed from being one of the worst teams in the NBA. The turnaround is complete, and the goal now is sustaining it. They have one of the best young guards in the league, Cade Cunningham. John Collins is a nice addition to the team, but clearly he isn’t a perfect fit anywhere, as this is already his fifth team in 10 seasons. They resigned Jalen Duren, and now they look to run it back and get the 1st seed once again.  Get in on this action with an early tip-off at 3:00 ET, with Fanatics Sportsbook offering new users promo code FOXNEWS350 to provide $350 in FanCash from a $20 wager. Odds are subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7890475342cf4db92cf9e Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $100 on NBA Opening Day, Celtics-Pistons, Knicks-76ers te 2026-10-20T15:30:12.012Z Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $100 on NBA Opening Day, Celtics-Pistons, Knicks-76ers It is like Christmas morning because we get the gift of basketball returning to our screens as the NBA starts up. We have three games on the slate, and Underdog is offering new users the promo code FOXNEWS to play $5 on any game and earn $100 in bonuses. Wager $5 and earn a $10 token; repeat that process for ten days to earn the full $100.  The Celtics are coming to Detroit to take on the Pistons. Boston is looking to return to glory, just a few years removed from a championship. Detroit is a few years removed from being one of the worst teams in the league, but they’ve found themselves with a competitive team that tries hard.  Let’s look at the career stats of both of their team’s superstars and how they stack up against each other:  We have two unveilings tonight. We see the Knicks unveil their championship banner, and we also see the 76ers unveil their new roster. New York will be rocking, raising their banner to the rafters. However, they are doing it in front of a team that lost to them in the postseason last year. The 76ers are one of this year’s favorites to dethrone the Knicks. New York is essentially running back their championship roster. The 76ers made two big additions in the offseason: LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. Those two, coupled with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey (and even VJ Edgecombe), could provide an unstoppable big four. We could see a preview of potentially the Eastern Conference Finals if things align. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7890275342cf4db92cf95 Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: Get $200 in Bonuses and Four Free Picks on NBA Opening Day te 2026-10-20T15:30:10.128Z Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: Get $200 in Bonuses and Four Free Picks on NBA Opening Day The NBA returns to action tonight with three games for us to enjoy, and all three are elite matchups. Betr is offering new users an elite offer of $200 and four free picks to enjoy on the NBA’s opening day! Use promo code FOXNEWS to earn $200 in bonuses. With three games on the day, let’s pick out a player prop in each of the games: Jalen Duren under 17.5 points  Jalen Duren spent a lot of the offseason in contract negotiations. That is behind him, and he can work to build on a season where he averaged 19.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists. He did not face the Knicks last season, so we can’t really compare what he did against Mitchell Robinson. However, in three games against the Knicks with Robinson as his primary defender, he has averaged just 10 points per game.  Tyrese Maxey over 4.5 assists The 76ers point guard is primarily a scorer, but with weapons all around him, expect Philadelphia to ask him to do less scoring and more facilitating. It will be someone different’s night each night. Jalen Brunson isn’t exactly a good defender, and the Knicks won’t be able to switch as much as they did in the postseason against him. Maxey had 6.6 assists per game last season with a worse supporting cast. He is averaging 4.3 assists per game against the Knicks in his career, but this is a bet on him having more help than normal.  Chet Holmgren over 13.5 points The last time we saw Holmgren, he was a shell of himself against this same Spurs team. We’ve heard for years that Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama would be the battle of the future. So far, that battle has been one-sided. Expect the Thunder to get him involved in the offense early. This should be a game where they specifically try to get him ready for future matchups against the Spurs.  New users can take advantage of Betr’s offer to earn $200 in bonus bets and four free picks using promo code FOXNEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7890075342cf4db92cf8c FanDuel Promo Code: Get $350 on the Opening Week of the NBA Season, Celtics-Pistons Opener te 2026-10-20T15:30:08.298Z FanDuel Promo Code: Get $350 on the Opening Week of the NBA Season, Celtics-Pistons Opener The NBA returns to action with three NBA games tipping off tonight to get the season started. FanDuel is offering new users a chance to be part of the game with an offer of betting $5 to earn $350 in bonuses. Bet $5 per day for seven straight days and earn a $50 bonus bet token each day.  The Boston Celtics are on a quest to return to the top of the East, but there are many teams standing in their way. The first of which is tonight’s Detroit team that held the top spot in the regular season last year. The Pistons have one of the better young guards in the league, Cade Cunningham. The Celtics are built around a combination of guys, but their roster continues to change each year. They have Paul George and Jayson Tatum leading the way, but Derrick White is the silent hero. White is one of the better defenders in the game, and he is a strong shooter and scorer as well. His scoring should see an increase this year without Jaylen Brown on the roster. The Pistons didn’t really make many changes from last season. They added John Collins, replacing Tobias Harris. Collins is not as good a scorer, but might be a better rebounder and defender than Harris. Perhaps he can get some lobs and open threes from Cunningham. This game, 76ers vs. Knicks, and Thunder vs. Spurs give us the opening night for the NBA. FanDuel is offering new users a chance to wager on tonight’s game. New users can bet $5 on today’s game to earn a $50 bonus bet. Wager $5+ for seven straight days to earn a $50 bonus bet token each day for a total of $350 in bonus bets. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad786ac75342cf4db92ceef Here's how to preorder Apple's HomeView smart display — plus alternatives to shop now te 2026-10-20T15:20:12.402Z Here's how to preorder Apple's HomeView smart display — plus alternatives to shop now Meet Apple's newest innovation — and the brand's first smart home display — the Apple HomeView. Officially launching on Nov. 13, the new device is available for preorder now on Amazon. The new device keeps your entire household connected with extensive smart features every family will find useful. The Apple HomeView is a central hub for your home, letting you FaceTime loved ones, listen to music and plan your day. With Siri AI built in, you can ask about the weather, look up a recipe while cooking or check your schedule. HomeView can recognize up to six household members and personalize the experience for each person. The 7-inch display and Center Stage camera make it easy to make video calls while cooking, doing chores or moving around the house. Its minimalist design fits neatly on a kitchen counter, and you can customize the display with a clock, favorite character or rotating slideshow of family photos. If you'd rather save counter space, Apple also offers a wall-mounted option. The mounting equipment costs extra, and professional installation may be needed depending on your home's setup. READ MORE: The iPhone Duo starter kit: 10 accessories to protect and upgrade your new phone In the future, you'll be able to connect to other Apple smart home devices, allowing you to turn off the lights, adjust the temperature or lock your doors with a tap or voice command. Apple's smart cameras, thermostats and door locks are expected to launch later this year and in early 2027. They aren't available for preorder yet, but the upcoming lineup could eventually create a more connected home and simplify everyday routines. The Apple HomeView is available for preorder now on Amazon. Add the device to your cart and checkout as usual. The item will ship on Nov. 13. You can also preorder directly on Apple's website. With the Amazon Echo Show 11, you can use Alexa as your personal smart assistant and connect to other Amazon smart home devices to control your entire home with just your voice. For those willing to spend a little more for a larger screen, the Amazon Echo Show 15 has a 15.6-inch HD display with the same smart capabilities. It even comes with a remote to control it as an extra TV in your home.  For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Google's similar Nest Hub also features a 7-inch display for playing music, assessing information online and managing reminders and to-do lists. 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/6ad786aa75342cf4db92cee6 Aaron Boone will return for 10th season as Yankees manager despite fan outrage: reports te 2026-10-20T15:20:10.788Z Aaron Boone will return for 10th season as Yankees manager despite fan outrage: reports The New York Yankees are running it back again. After yet another season of another team celebrating on their own field, reports say Aaron Boone will return for his 10th season as the team's manager. Boone's contract expires after the 2027 season, and assuming the owners lock out the players on Dec. 1, managers are not allowed to communicate with players. So, perhaps management is not willing to take the risk of losing a manager who has finished over .500 in each season and made the postseason in eight of his nine campaigns. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE However, the fan base has grown incensed, as Boone is the only manager in team history to hold his post for at least five seasons and not win a title. The Yankees' 2026 season was almost a carbon copy of last season, going 93-68 and getting swept in the American League Division Series by the eventual pennant-winning Tampa Bay Rays, their own division rival. In 2025, they went 94-68 and lost to their division rival, the Toronto Blue Jays, in the ALDS, who were inches away from winning the World Series. YANKEES LEGENDS DEREK JETER, ALEX RODRIGUEZ DELIVER BLUNT POST-MORTEM ON TEAM: 'SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE' Reports circulated that owner Hal Steinbrenner had been aware of the fans' disdain for their manager - chants of "Fire Boone" rang through Yankee Stadium as the Yankees' season ended. Boone was hired after the Yankees opted not to bring back Joe Girardi following the 2017 season. He was given a four-year deal and then extended another four years. After the 2024 season, in which they lost the World Series, Boone was given a second extension, which is his current deal. A common criticism of Boone is that he is not harsh enough on his players, which leads to lazy play and mental mistakes during a "June Swoon," which the Yankees seem to take forever to crawl out of. Under Boone, the Yankees have won the division three times and the pennant once, yet they've beaten only one team in a postseason series that had a better record than they did (2020 Wild Card Series vs. Cleveland). The Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros are the only teams that are looking for managers after letting go of Dan Wilson and Joe Espada, respectively. The New York Mets (Andy Green), Boston Red Sox (Chad Tracy) and Philadelphia Phillies (Don Mattingly) have all retained their interim managers on a full-time basis. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad786a975342cf4db92cedd Victor Wembanyama says he's too tall for theme park rides, which might be the best excuse of all time te 2026-10-20T15:20:09.161Z Victor Wembanyama says he's too tall for theme park rides, which might be the best excuse of all time San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is a lot of things — an NBA star, tall, etc. — but one thing he is not is an amusement park ride guy. Wemby and the Spurs are gearing up for their season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, and ahead of it, the team went off to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. That's not a bad idea. Blow off some steam, do a little team bonding, cram turkey legs in your face until you puke. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE But if Wembanyama was going to regurgitate turkey legs, it wasn't going to be because of spinning or G-forces experienced on rides. He told reporters that he doesn't do them. Now, we all know that the world is not made for those measuring 7'4". It's made for those of us measuring 5'10" (*raises hand*), which is nature's perfect height. Tall enough to reach things and avoid short jokes, short enough to fit comfortably on planes. But I realized that Wemby actually has an advantage here, being an ultra-tall guy: he has a built-in excuse to sit out the scariest, most aggressive roller coasters. Nothing is more emasculating than being the "I'll stand here and watch the bags while everyone else goes and rides the Pelvis Crusher or whatever" guy. It's a brutal look and tough to come back from. It's a moment that can completely change someone's perception of you. I did it on a sixth-grade field trip, and I still sometimes think about changing my name and dyeing my hair to hide from the shame. SPURS PHENOM VICTOR WEMBANYAMA MAKES NBA HISTORY WITH FIRST CAREER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD However, if Wemby says he's going to take a rain check on a coaster that launches you into the sky like Peter "Maverick" Mitchell taking off from an aircraft carrier, they'll just assume it's because he can't fit or doesn't want to accidentally bonk his head on the roof while pulling back into the station. It's kind of brilliant. You sit it out, and no one rags on you for the rest of your life. Now that's the kind of trade-off I'd take for dealing with decades of "how's the weather up there?" jokes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad786a775342cf4db92ced4 France could face even worse destruction with second weekend of planned riots, State Dept warns te 2026-10-20T15:20:07.461Z France could face even worse destruction with second weekend of planned riots, State Dept warns FIRST ON FOX: The State Department warns that antifacist groups are planning to participate in a "potentially more confrontational protest" this weekend as the far-right National Rally holds its political convention just days after widespread riots overwhelmed police and exposed major security failures. As party leader Marine Le Pen prepares for the gathering on Oct. 24-25 in Orléans, France, an internal document obtained by Fox News Digital cautions that antagonists are planning more demonstrations near the convention venue that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions." The warning comes at a particularly dangerous political moment for President Emmanuel Macron considering the same unrest that exposed his government's security vulnerabilities could also give National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge his record, according to the State Department assessment. GLOBAL 'CHAOS INC' GROWS TO 101 GROUPS WITH PLANS FOR NEW ROUNDS OF DEMONSTRATIONS Now, French authorities face another high-stakes security test as demonstrators prepare to converge on the congress of a party that could benefit politically from the previous unrest. The demonstrations are expected to coincide with National Rally's two-day party congress, where Le Pen is set to launch her presidential campaign. Left-wing parties, unions and activist groups are planning a march Saturday, while antifascist groups have announced plans for a separate protest Sunday near the convention venue, according to the State Department assessment. WHO'S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC.' FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS National Rally President Jordan Bardella has ruled out canceling the congress, while local authorities are preparing additional security restrictions around the gathering. The looming confrontation comes as France is still reeling from the Oct. 17 unrest, when authorities badly underestimated the scale of demonstrations that descended into widespread rioting and looting. Some 550,000 people joined 110 marches nationwide, according to France's Interior Ministry. More than 2,400 people were arrested, nearly 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters were injured and thousands of businesses were damaged. And intelligence failures that far underestimated the turnout left authorities overwhelmed and facing more than double the amount of protesters originally estimated. The State Department's internal assessment notes that the violence has reshaped France's political debate just six months before voters choose Macron's successor. It says the unrest has shifted attention away from the economic and education grievances that initially drove the protests and toward public security and government accountability, potentially giving National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge Macron's record. Left-wing parties, unions and activist groups are planning a march Saturday, while antifascist groups have announced plans for a separate protest Sunday near the convention venue, according to the State Department assessment. French officials have acknowledged that intelligence and planning failures contributed to authorities being overwhelmed during the Oct. 17 unrest. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation after acknowledging police "lost control" in some major cities. Macron rejected it, citing the need for continuity in law enforcement command, and ordered "full transparency" over the failures in planning and intelligence-gathering that preceded the violence. Nuñez has said authorities need to improve their ability to anticipate large-scale mobilizations, putting added pressure on security services to avoid a repeat when demonstrators converge on Orléans this weekend. And the government may have little time to recover even if the National Rally congress passes without major violence. Labor organizations are already mobilizing for nationwide strikes and demonstrations Nov. 5 over wages, public services and the proposed 2027 budget, according to the State Department document. The internal assessment said Macron faces competing pressure to restore order while addressing the grievances fueling the protests, with limited fiscal room for concessions as parliament debates next year's budget. With parliamentary scrutiny looming and further demonstrations already planned, the State Department assessed that France faces another potential flashpoint that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7847675342cf4db92ce7c Macron jets out of riot-torn France for Gulf trip as political pressure mounts te 2026-10-20T15:10:46.802Z Macron jets out of riot-torn France for Gulf trip as political pressure mounts French President Emmanuel Macron pressed ahead with a trip to the Arabian Gulf as violent riots rocked France, fueling fresh criticism of his leadership as his government struggled to contain the unrest. What began weeks earlier as purportedly student-led demonstrations over classroom conditions escalated into widespread riots involving a range of political and ideological factions across France over the weekend. Images and videos posted to social media on Saturday and Sunday showed groups of men waving foreign flags while engaging in acts of destruction on the streets of France's major cities. A Fox News Digital investigation found that communist organizations, Islamic advocacy groups, labor unions and environmental activists were involved in the unrest. Amid this backdrop, Macron was planning a trip to the Arabian Gulf for energy negotiations. The chaos in his country did not dissuade him from traveling. He left for Kuwait on Sunday, shortly after denouncing the "unbridled" violence of the rioters in a nationwide address. WHERE'S MACRON? FRENCH LEADER BLASTED FOR ATTENDING CONCERT AS RIOTS ESCALATED The French president, defending his travel to the Arabian Gulf, noted that heightened fuel prices were, in his telling, one of the causes behind the ongoing riots. French officials say that they have arrested over 2,500 people in connection with the demonstrations. Though Macron acknowledges failures in security, he declined the resignation of his interior minister. Macron received criticism from the left and the right for his handling of the riots. Marine Le Pen, a right-wing contender for the presidency, charged that France under Macron was a country "caught in a vice between violence and impotence." From the left, socialist presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused Macron’s government of relying on "inaction and police brutality" to quell the riots. FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING The demonstrations occurred as France’s presidential election looms. Macron is term-limited, and his centrist allies face an increasingly difficult political environment as figures including Le Pen on the right and Mélenchon on the left seek to capitalize on growing discontent. Political observers have suggested that the riots could help Le Pen, a staunch critic of immigration, at the polls. Macron was also criticized for attending a concert as the riots were ongoing. VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS Violence in the streets of France has reportedly cooled after officials implemented overnight curfews in Paris and other major cities. That was not before rioters inflicted over $1 billion in estimated damages, including by destroying small businesses and setting fire to historic buildings, according to an analysis from the financial services firm Morningstar. The unrest in France struck a particular chord with American conservatives, who saw it as emblematic of a broader decline in European social cohesion and as a cautionary tale for Americans. Simon Hankinson, former U.S. consul in Marseille, called the riots a "warning sign for the United States." Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro blamed the demonstrations on "an out-of-control welfare state, left-wing radicalism and third world immigration. "Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion," Vice President JD Vance wrote on X. "They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn't listen." Some American liberals, including California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, have pointed to economic grievances as a driving force behind the unrest, although Khanna condemned the violence and vandalism that accompanied the demonstrations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7847375342cf4db92ce71 Kim Jong Un Pictured As Unfounded Health Rumors Spread Online  te 2026-10-20T15:10:43.058Z Kim Jong Un Pictured As Unfounded Health Rumors Spread Online  Kim Jong Un appears in photos, after unverified death rumors spread online raising questions about his health and succession. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7847175342cf4db92ce68 Map Shows States Hit Hardest By Rising Home Insurance Costs te 2026-10-20T15:10:41.231Z Map Shows States Hit Hardest By Rising Home Insurance Costs The Midwest faced the highest home insurance premium hikes over the past three years, after being battered by tornadoes and hail. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846f75342cf4db92ce5f FedEx Truck Robbed of Trading Cards Worth Nearly $1 Million te 2026-10-20T15:10:39.241Z FedEx Truck Robbed of Trading Cards Worth Nearly $1 Million Around 250 packages of cards were stolen from a FedEx truck in California, police said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846d75342cf4db92ce56 Trump Threatens to 'Leave' Europe te 2026-10-20T15:10:37.732Z Trump Threatens to 'Leave' Europe The Trump administration has claimed Europe faces "civilizational erasure," in part because of immigration policies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846c75342cf4db92ce4d Communities Need Relationships as Well as Programs | Opinion te 2026-10-20T15:10:36.049Z Communities Need Relationships as Well as Programs | Opinion Lasting renewal requires trusted relationships, practical opportunities and institutions shaped with the people they serve. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846a75342cf4db92ce44 Commanders HC Dan Quinn Put on Blast After Disastrous Mistake in 49ers Loss te 2026-10-20T15:10:34.508Z Commanders HC Dan Quinn Put on Blast After Disastrous Mistake in 49ers Loss Commanders had coach Dan Quinn gets blasted on social media for a significant mistake in the team's Week 6 loss to the 49ers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846875342cf4db92ce3b Kings Turn to an Unexpected Name After Ben Simmons Injury te 2026-10-20T15:10:32.989Z Kings Turn to an Unexpected Name After Ben Simmons Injury Days before opening night, the Kings are working the phones for a guard who could change their backcourt plans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846675342cf4db92ce32 Commanders’ Dan Quinn Insists He Knew It Was Fourth Down After Viral Clip te 2026-10-20T15:10:30.849Z Commanders’ Dan Quinn Insists He Knew It Was Fourth Down After Viral Clip Dan Quinn’s sideline reaction in the Commanders’ loss to the 49ers had fans lip-reading. Here’s what he says happened. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846475342cf4db92ce29 Kyle Shanahan Reveals Concerning Mike Evans Injury News for the 49ers te 2026-10-20T15:10:28.973Z Kyle Shanahan Reveals Concerning Mike Evans Injury News for the 49ers Mike Evans exited the 49ers’ Commanders win early, and Kyle Shanahan’s update raises a big question before Atlanta. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846375342cf4db92ce20 Pope Leo To Explore Secrets Beneath the Vatican in Film With Chris Pratt te 2026-10-20T15:10:27.171Z Pope Leo To Explore Secrets Beneath the Vatican in Film With Chris Pratt "Pétros Ení: Discovering the Origins" is scheduled to hit theaters next year across North and South America and Europe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7846175342cf4db92ce17 Packers Add Cowboys Former First-Round Pick Before Lions Game te 2026-10-20T15:10:25.396Z Packers Add Cowboys Former First-Round Pick Before Lions Game The Green Bay Packers have signed former Dallas Cowboys first-round pick Mazi Smith to their practice squad. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845f75342cf4db92ce0e Rural Hospitals Should Review Claims Before Cutting Care | Opinion te 2026-10-20T15:10:23.662Z Rural Hospitals Should Review Claims Before Cutting Care | Opinion Insurance payment reviews will not solve every rural hospital crisis, but leaders should spot valid issues before service cuts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845d75342cf4db92ce05 49ers QB Brock Purdy Makes NFL History in Win Over Commanders te 2026-10-20T15:10:21.757Z 49ers QB Brock Purdy Makes NFL History in Win Over Commanders San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy kept his team undefeated with a win over the Commanders and made NFL history. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845b75342cf4db92cdfc Commanders Key Offensive Weapon Exits 49ers Matchup With Scary Injury te 2026-10-20T15:10:19.932Z Commanders Key Offensive Weapon Exits 49ers Matchup With Scary Injury Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin exited the team's game against the 49ers early after suffering a scary injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845a75342cf4db92cdf3 Map Shows Utility Bills in Each State as Rising Costs Become Midterm Weapon te 2026-10-20T15:10:18.020Z Map Shows Utility Bills in Each State as Rising Costs Become Midterm Weapon Millions have been spent on political ads that mention utility bills, mostly by Democrats, according to data shared with Newsweek. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845875342cf4db92cdea Jalen Brunson's Mom Drops Personal Message Before Knicks' Season Opener te 2026-10-20T15:10:16.221Z Jalen Brunson's Mom Drops Personal Message Before Knicks' Season Opener Jalen Brunson's mother shares an emotional message before the Knicks' season opener and championship celebration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845675342cf4db92cde1 Georgia Police Officer Fired for Sharing Flock Info With ICE Husband te 2026-10-20T15:10:14.418Z Georgia Police Officer Fired for Sharing Flock Info With ICE Husband A Savannah officer lost her job after her ICE agent husband used her Flock login to conduct license plate searches. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845475342cf4db92cdd8 Passing the Torch: George Clinton, LNDN DRGS on 'Generation P' te 2026-10-20T15:10:12.527Z Passing the Torch: George Clinton, LNDN DRGS on 'Generation P' Pure, uncut funk across generations: Jay Worthy, George Clinton & Sean House join forces to keep the P-Funk legacy alive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845275342cf4db92cdcf Colts' Daniel Jones Hit With Brutal Reality Check After Titans Loss te 2026-10-20T15:10:10.499Z Colts' Daniel Jones Hit With Brutal Reality Check After Titans Loss Jeff Saturday delivered a blunt assessment of Colts quarterback Daniel Jones after Indy's collapse against the Titans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7845075342cf4db92cdc6 Cheese Recall Update in 13 States as Highest Warning Issued Over E. Coli Fears te 2026-10-20T15:10:08.428Z Cheese Recall Update in 13 States as Highest Warning Issued Over E. Coli Fears The recall concerned Monterey Jack, jalapeño jack, medium cheddar and sharp cheddar varieties. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7844d75342cf4db92cdaa TikTok staff raised child safety concerns, but executives reportedly failed to act te 2026-10-20T15:10:05.554Z TikTok staff raised child safety concerns, but executives reportedly failed to act Court documents show TikTok employees were frustrated with how executives responded to their concerns about risks to children. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad77fa075342cf4db92ccd4 Jay-Z reportedly selects himself for Super Bowl LXI halftime show in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium te 2026-10-20T14:50:08.681Z Jay-Z reportedly selects himself for Super Bowl LXI halftime show in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium Jay-Z did not have to look too long and hard for the performer for this year's Super Bowl halftime performance, as the 25-time Grammy Award winner has reportedly selected himself to take the stage at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles. According to Puck News, Jay-Z has given the nod to himself over Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, who were reportedly considered to be finalists to get the gig for the halftime show for Super Bowl LXI. TMZ previously reported that Harry Styles was also among frontrunners for February's halftime performance. Jay-Z and his entertainment company, Roc Nation, have been the producers and decision-makers of the Super Bowl halftime show since 2019. SUPER BOWL LXI GETS PAT MCAFEE TREATMENT AS ESPN ADDS ALTERNATE BROADCAST The 56-year-old rap icon will wrap up his four-city tour with back-to-back shows at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23 and 24. The Jay-Z 30 Tour celebrates the 30th anniversary of his 1996 debut album, 'Reasonable Doubt,' and it has been wildly successful, with Puck reporting that he grossed more than $42 million across three consecutive nights of shows held at Yankee Stadium in July. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE While Jay-Z has never performed at the Super Bowl, his wife, Beyoncé, headlined the halftime show in 2013 in New Orleans. She also made a guest appearance on stage during the 2016 Super Bowl in Santa Clara alongside Bruno Mars and Coldplay. Jay-Z last released an album in June 2017 titled '4:44,' although he recently re-released his 'I Just Wanna Love U' single from 2000. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Jay-Z, the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has 50.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify, ranking him 71st among the most-listened-to artists on the music streaming service. Super Bowl LXI will be held on February 14. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad77d4f75342cf4db92cc93 Our View: Road worker shortage calls for a regional solution te 2026-10-20T14:40:15.857Z Our View: Road worker shortage calls for a regional solution Mohave County's road maintenance workforce has a problem that a pay raise alone won't solve. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad77af275342cf4db92cbff Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS and is now 'back at square one' te 2026-10-20T14:30:10.370Z Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS and is now 'back at square one' Christina Applegate is back at "square one" after doctors told her she does not have multiple sclerosis. The 54-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with MS in 2021, addressed the surprising development Tuesday on her "MeSsy" podcast with Jamie-Lynn Sigler. "This may come as great news, but to me, I’m back at square one," Applegate said while fighting back tears. "It’s hard to say that [my doctor] came into my room, and she said, ‘Congratulations, you don’t have MS.’" KATHIE LEE GIFFORD ADMITS SHE 'WANTED TO DIE' AFTER MISDIAGNOSIS AND MULTIPLE SURGERIES FOR CHRONIC PAIN "What does that moment feel like?" Sigler asked. "I was, like, not happy at all," Applegate admitted. "Everybody else was so happy … You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better." "I haven’t gotten better, Jamie!" she continued. "If anything, I’ve gotten worse in some ways. So I’m back at square one that I don’t know what’s going on with me." Applegate said her doctors are now working to determine what has caused her ongoing health problems and why she was diagnosed with MS in the first place. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "There’s a pretty damn high number of misdiagnoses with MS," she said. "So this is not a rare occurrence. It’s clear now that they’re finding something different. Something else is going on." The actress also admitted that the news left her feeling confused and as if she had "let everybody down." MICHAEL J. FOX SAYS GOING PUBLIC WITH PARKINSON'S WAS 'HELL' ON WIFE TRACY POLLAN "It’s this weird feeling of like … I became this — you and I, the poster children for MS," Applegate told Sigler. "And all that I did, everything I was doing. I had a reason. I had a f---ing reason as to why my day sucked every day." "And now I don’t have a reason, and it’s very unnerving, and it’s really confusing for me," she added. Applegate also opened up about the toll her chronic pain and mobility issues have taken on her mental health and career. "I’ve gone through a great depression because of it," she said through tears. "But you know, I lost everything. I lost my job. I lost — sorry. What do you say to someone who’s been living with this for six years? God, I’m so sorry, I get really emotional because it stopped my life." Applegate clarified that the change in her diagnosis has not changed her physical condition. "I still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor’s office," she said. "I can’t walk from the car to the room. I’m still in this. Nothing magical happened when she said, ‘You don’t have MS.’ Nothing magical happened." Applegate first revealed her MS diagnosis on X in 2021. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS," she wrote at the time. "It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition." "It’s been a tough road," she continued. "But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a--hole blocks it." The actress has been candid about how her health struggles have affected her life, including her ability to parent her 15-year-old daughter, Sadie, whom she shares with husband Martyn LeNoble. "I want to take her [to school and activities]; it’s my favorite thing to do," Applegate previously told People. "It’s the only time we have together by ourselves. I tell myself, ‘Just get her there safely and get home so you can get back into bed.’ And that’s what I do." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Applegate said her physical limitations have also made her more determined to be honest about her life. "My life isn’t wrapped up with a bow," she said. "People’s lives, sorry for lack of a better term, f---ing suck sometimes. So I’m being as honest and raw as I possibly can." During a previous episode of her "MeSsy" podcast, Applegate discussed how her health struggles have affected Sadie. "She didn’t know this. It was like losing the mom she had to this f---ing thing," Applegate said. "And the more she’s gotten older now, I think the more it’s hurting her." "Mommy can’t do all the things that she used to be able to do, and I see it in her eyes," she added. "I see it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad77af075342cf4db92cbf6 Turn membership cards into digital passes on your phone te 2026-10-20T14:30:08.902Z Turn membership cards into digital passes on your phone Take a look inside your wallet. There is a good chance at least one piece of plastic in there does little more than display a barcode. Maybe it is your library card. Perhaps it is a gym membership, grocery rewards card or another card you pull out every once in a while. Until now, getting some of those cards onto an iPhone could depend on whether the organization offered its own digital pass. Apple is changing that with iOS 27. The latest iPhone software lets you create your own pass in Apple Wallet from a physical card, photo or screenshot. Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel owners have similar options, which means you may be able to leave a few more plastic cards at home. Here is how to turn a membership card into a digital pass on all three phones. Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You’ll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. HOW TO SEARCH ANYTHING ON IPHONE, GALAXY AND PIXEL Apple added the ability to create your own passes in Wallet with iOS 27. This comes in handy when a membership or loyalty card has a barcode or QR code, but the organization never gave you an "Add to Apple Wallet" button. Apple specifically points to library cards and gym memberships as examples. If you have an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone, you can create a pass from a photo or screenshot containing the barcode or QR code. Apple Intelligence recognizes the code and can give you the option to add it to Wallet. Apple Intelligence on iOS 27 requires a supported device, including the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or iPhone 16 family and later compatible models. Availability can also depend on your language and region. However, Apple also gives you a manual way to create a pass directly inside Wallet. First, make sure the barcode or QR code is clearly visible. A blurry photo could make the code difficult for your iPhone to recognize or for a scanner to read later. On a compatible iPhone, Apple Intelligence can recognize the barcode or QR code in a photo or screenshot and offer to create a Wallet pass. On a compatible iPhone running iOS 27 or later: Pro tip: After you create the pass, you can tap View Original Photo to see the image you used. You can also build a pass yourself in iOS 27. This gives you another option when you want to add the information manually. Once you've created a pass, you can customize its appearance or change the information it contains. You can also add or remove fields if you want different details displayed. HERE'S SOME TIPS ON HOW TO ORGANIZE PHOTOS WITH KEYWORDS ON YOUR PHONE Samsung Galaxy owners already have a similar option through Samsung Wallet. Samsung says almost any membership card with a barcode can be stored in the app. On a Galaxy phone running the latest available Samsung software: Samsung also supports participating memberships that are already built into Wallet. Once you need the card, open Samsung Wallet and select the membership. The barcode can then appear on your screen for a cashier or compatible reader to scan. Menu names can vary slightly depending on your Galaxy model and Samsung Wallet version. Google Wallet can save passes from images when they contain a barcode or QR code. Google specifically lists library cards, gym passes and parking passes as examples. On a Google Pixel running the latest software: When you need the card, open Google Wallet and select the pass. You can then scan its barcode or QR code at the reader. Tip: Google also lets you return to the original image you used to create the pass. Open the pass and tap the More button in the upper-right corner to find the original image. You may also see Everything else under Add to Wallet . Google uses this option for creating other types of passes from a photo. Select Everything else , accept the consent terms if prompted, then take a photo or choose one from your phone. Google will preview the information it detects so you can review and manually edit it before tapping Add. Start with cards whose main purpose is giving a business or organization a barcode or QR code to scan. A library card is an obvious candidate. Gym memberships and store loyalty cards may work well, too. Parking passes and other simple barcode-based credentials can also be good candidates, depending on how the organization verifies them. The easiest test is to look at the physical card. If the person behind the counter normally scans a static barcode or QR code printed on it, there is a reasonable chance a digital version can work. Keep the physical card until you have successfully tested the digital version. Some scanners may have trouble reading a phone display, and some organizations may require the original card. There is an important limit here. Creating a digital pass from a photograph does not turn every card in your wallet into an official digital credential. Do not assume you can photograph a driver's license, credit card, secure workplace badge or another sensitive credential and use the resulting image as an official replacement. Some digital credentials require verification from the organization that issued them. Payment cards also have separate security and enrollment requirements. Event tickets deserve extra caution. Many ticketing services now use barcodes that refresh or change to prevent fraud. A screenshot of one of those codes may fail at the gate. Whenever an issuer provides an official Add to Apple Wallet, Add to Google Wallet or Samsung Wallet option, use that instead. YOUR PHONE SAYS IT'S UPDATED. CHECK OTHER SETTINGS, TOO I like this iOS 27 addition because it fixes a surprisingly annoying limitation. I have had plenty of cards with perfectly usable barcodes that could not go into Apple Wallet simply because the organization behind them never created a digital pass. Now Apple is giving iPhone owners more control over that process. Samsung and Google already offer useful ways to accomplish something similar, so this is one of those rare phone features that can help you regardless of which of the big three you carry. I would start with the low-risk stuff. Put your library card or gym membership on your phone and see how it goes. If it saves you from carrying another card around every day, great. Just remember that a photo-based pass and an official digital credential are very different things. Your phone can replace more of your wallet than it used to, but I would not empty the whole thing yet. If your phone could replace every card in your wallet tomorrow, which physical card would you be most nervous about giving up for good? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad77aef75342cf4db92cbed China ties suspected in sprawling California pot operations as GOP urges FBI probe te 2026-10-20T14:30:07.412Z China ties suspected in sprawling California pot operations as GOP urges FBI probe FIRST ON FOX: Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., urged FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday to crack down on illegal marijuana cultivation operations in Northern California. Gallagher sent the letter after the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office reported extensive illegal cultivation and illegal immigrant labor in the region. The congressman said the operations have harmed local ranchers, depleted groundwater supplies and raised concerns about potential financing from Chinese organized-crime networks. "Entire rural properties are now covered with rows of makeshift, plastic-covered greenhouses, known as ‘hoop houses,’ where marijuana is cultivated using groundwater hauled in from nearby wells," Gallagher wrote in a letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital.  LEGALIZING POT DIDN’T KILL THE BLACK MARKET, IT CREATED A MARKETING DEPARTMENT FOR IT "The consequences have been devastating, with residents facing depleted water supplies and threats to their safety, while local farmers and ranchers contend with increased competition for groundwater and the risk of contamination to their agricultural land," he continued. The letter cited estimates of as many as 7,000 illegal growers in the Mount Shasta Vista subdivision alone. Gallagher said illegal cultivation has also expanded onto federal lands, including the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. GEORGIA SHERIFF SEIZES 1,800 POUNDS OF SUSPECTED BLACK-MARKET MARIJUANA SHIPPED FROM CALIFORNIA In 2025, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office reported eradicating 332,871 illegal marijuana plants and seizing 54,070 pounds of processed marijuana. FORMER TOP COP WARNS OF LOOPHOLE EXPLOITED BY ILLICIT CHINESE VAPE COMPANIES 'TARGETING OUR YOUTH' Gallagher also raised concerns that Chinese organized-crime networks could be financing or directing some of the operations. "In Siskiyou County, investigators have traced cultivation properties to individuals residing outside the county, while those managing the grows often have no apparent ownership interest," Gallagher wrote. "These arrangements raise serious concerns about who is actually financing and controlling these operations and whether the ownership arrangements are intended to conceal their involvement." Gallagher pointed to a 2018 federal investigation in California involving an illegal marijuana growing operation that authorities said was funded with money from China. The investigation led to federal forfeiture actions involving more than 100 properties in the Sacramento area, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. CHINESE NATIONALS ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING SYNTHETIC DRUGS INTO US PRISONS ON DRUG-SOAKED PAPER The congressman also cited environmental damage linked to the illegal grow sites, including the use of toxic pesticides. "Compounding these concerns is the widespread use of highly toxic pesticides, including chemicals banned in the United States and products bearing Chinese-language labels that are suspected of being illegally imported," Gallagher wrote. Siskiyou County investigators have identified at least 27 pesticide compounds at illegal grow sites, according to county findings. Officials have warned that the chemicals could pose risks to residents, law enforcement officers and first responders.x Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7789a75342cf4db92cb96 Former Clippers star warns of team's uphill battle after brutal Kawhi Leonard salary cap punishment te 2026-10-20T14:20:10.250Z Former Clippers star warns of team's uphill battle after brutal Kawhi Leonard salary cap punishment The Los Angeles Clippers are in trouble. The NBA ruled that the team circumvented salary cap rules with Kawhi Leonard, resulting in the forfeiture of five first-round picks from 2029 through 2033, and owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended from team activities for a year. More often than not, especially considering the NBA Draft is only two rounds, those franchise-altering players are found in those first 30 picks. And for the Clippers, who missed the playoffs and traded away their best player in Leonard, it will be even tougher without potential lottery picks. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Now, the team must think longer and harder when attempting to find a hidden "gem," said former Clipper Baron Davis. "I think for the Clippers, the next five years are going to be super important around how they stay competitive, how they develop the young guys that they can get. And then it's really going to be a big burden placed on free agency and then also scouting, right? Where can you find a gem that you can't find in the draft? Where can you take a chance on someone who may not have performed as a high pick three years later and bring them in and develop them?" Davis told Fox News in a recent interview. "So, it does put you somewhere behind the eight ball when it comes to getting better through the draft, finding that [Victor Wembanyama], AJ Dybantsa, [Kevin Durant], right? LeBron [James], like getting those picks. And so, what the Clippers must do is figure out which direction - and I think over the next two years, we'll start seeing which direction they want to go, as far as do they want to get young and take chances, or are they good enough now to really just rely on free agency to put them back into playoff contention?" Given the situation, it might be a safe bet to bet against the Clippers over the next few seasons, which is always one way for fans to stay tuned into the action. That’s why Davis has recently partnered with Fanatics, whose sportsbook is offering its Fair Play pledge for injury protection and $1 million in FanCash. NBA COMMISSIONER ADAM SILVER BLINDSIDES SONICS FAITHFUL BY FLOATING SURPRISE EXPANSION ALTERNATIVE "For a lot of fans who feel like they have a certain expertise or a certain feeling about a player or a team, now you can actually place your bet, right, and place your wager and be a part of a jackpot or be a part of a transactional bet that rewards you for your expertise," Davis said. "We live in a time now where basketball — sports in general, but specifically basketball — is on a global stage, and that means so many people have access to our game and are watching our game. And so it gives the fans an opportunity to really just gamify their participation while watching as well." The fan experience, though, will still be tough to top the New York City celebrations from this past summer, when the New York Knicks brought home their first title since 1973. Davis’ time with the Knicks was short, but he knew what type of magic could occur in the Big Apple. "I knew what the Knicks brand was about because I was next to Jeremy Lin during Linsanity, and so that was really a snapshot of what could potentially happen," Davis said. "When you look at New York, it's an international market, right? There's a diverse community of people that are well represented, and culture is well represented and respected in New York. And so when you get a run like that in a city like that, it unites people from all walks of life, and it just shows you the power of sports and what sports can do for a city." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7789675342cf4db92cb78 Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol te 2026-10-20T14:20:06.053Z Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol Figma said it plans to support as many standards as possible without exposing all of its data Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7764275342cf4db92cb3a California nurse's husband claimed ICE took her — now he's charged with murder te 2026-10-20T14:10:10.185Z California nurse's husband claimed ICE took her — now he's charged with murder When police were searching for his missing wife, Gurinder Gill allegedly told them Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her when she went out to bring in the mail at their home in Sacramento, California. Days earlier, however, authorities in neighboring El Dorado County found burned and buried remains that were later identified as hers. Now Gill, 28, is charged with the murder of his 30-year-old wife Jasmine Gill, an India-born nurse and the mother of their 8-month-old child. ALABAMA MOTHER SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR HIRING HITMAN TO KILL HER CHILD'S FATHER OVER CUSTODY DISPUTE They were going through a divorce and child custody dispute when she vanished, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. She had last been seen on Sept. 30. Her cousin reported her missing on Oct. 4. MAN WHOSE WIFE VANISHED YEARS AGO NOW CUFFED IN SEPARATE COLD CASE – AUTHORITIES SAY HIS PAST WAS DEADLY "As the investigation progressed, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office detectives identified several inconsistencies in Gurinder’s statements about his wife’s disappearance," Sgt. Edward Igoe, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, said in a statement. After Sacramento detectives contacted Gurinder Gill, they attempted to vet his claim with ICE. ICE LODGES DETAINER FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANT CHARGED WITH STRANGLING WIFE AND DUMPING BODY NEAR OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "Detectives contacted ICE, which confirmed that no enforcement activity had occurred at the residence," Igoe said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB On Oct. 1, investigators found burned and buried remains about 70 miles away from the couple's Sacramento residence. TEEN FOUND IN SHALLOW CALIFORNIA VINEYARD GRAVE IDENTIFIED NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER AS FAMILY WARNS KILLER According to the Sacramento County sheriff, the remains in El Dorado were confirmed to belong to Jasmine Gill. GOT A TIP? Deputies arrested her husband on Oct. 14 and executed search warrants at two homes he is associated with. He is ineligible for bail. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST According to a GoFundMe campaign set up for Jasmine Gill's family, she was born in India, where her mother still lives. Jasmine Gill became a registered nurse to follow in her mom's footsteps and had an 8-month-old. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Supporters have so far raised more than $21,000 in an effort to return her remains to her mother and to help raise her son. "She was fighting for a better future for herself and her baby," the campaign reads. "She was seeking a divorce. She was trying to find the freedom, safety, and fresh start they both deserved. Tragically, before she could build that future, Jasmine was murdered, leaving behind the very child she was fighting so hard to protect." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7764075342cf4db92cb31 Defund the police betrayed Black America. I'm rebuilding what activists broke te 2026-10-20T14:10:08.617Z Defund the police betrayed Black America. I'm rebuilding what activists broke In my neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, too many of our residents, especially the children, fear the police. They have been taught that the police are not their friends, that officers might shoot them, arrest them for being Black, and that they are their enemies. I do not believe any of this, and I have sought to correct these misperceptions, which could have fatal consequences. I recently invited several Chicago police officers to visit my community center, Project H.O.O.D. They came in full Chicago blue uniforms, with their police visor caps with the checkered bands, and their guns. At first, there was tension in the room. You could feel it. Some of the kids hid behind the adults, some of whom stood defiantly. The gulf was profound, and that is why I invited the police in to do my part to repair the damage done by the Defund the Police movement, one encounter at a time. This damage goes back years, a lifetime for most of our youth who know nothing but hostility to the police. For more than a decade, Black Lives Matter and its allies conditioned a generation to treat the police as the problem. Fear and hatred of the police had always been there to some degree in the Black community. CONTROVERSIAL SOCIALIST CHEF FLIP-FLOPS ON ABOLISH THE POLICE, SAYS SHE’S ‘SERIOUS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY’ But there was something different about this conditioning, which began to take off after Trayvon Martin’s death in 2012. When George Zimmerman was acquitted, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" was born, and the message that began to spread was that the police were hunting Black boys. Zimmerman was not a police officer, but for the sake of the narrative, he was made the stand-in as the neighborhood vigilante. Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson in 2014 only reinforced the narrative. "Hands up, don’t shoot" became a slogan that was not true. Brown did not have his hands up — instead, he charged the cop, but the image of a White cop and a dead Black teen was all the narrative needed to continue. Police officers nationwide were demonized as an occupying force rather than neighbors with badges. By the time George Floyd died in Minneapolis in 2020, the groundwork had already been laid. The New York Times published its May 30 opinion piece titled "No More Money for the Police," arguing that the path to safety was to reduce police power and contact with the public and redirect the money elsewhere. In Minneapolis, a majority of the City Council stood in a park and pledged to dismantle the police department. The loudest voices were not asking for better training or more accountability. They wanted abolition. When I heard that, I knew one thing: it would be us who paid the price. Not the folks living in leafy suburbs with Black Lives Matter signs in their front yards. And the impact was felt immediately. No police officer wanted to risk going viral. They pulled back. And, shamefully, many in my community demanded that. MR T TAUGHT ME A LESSON EVERY KID ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE NEEDS TO HEAR In 2019, Chicago recorded roughly 500 homicides. In 2020, that number climbed to 781. In 2021, it reached 804—the city’s deadliest year in a quarter-century. The spike was national—FBI data showed murders rose nearly 30 percent in 2020, the largest single-year increase on record, with Black Americans hit even harder. Chicago’s South and West Sides absorbed a disproportionate share. Police staffing fell as retirements and resignations surged. Morale collapsed under canceled days off, forced overtime, and the constant message that the job itself was illegitimate. Arrests and proactive policing dropped. The outcome was not a policy experiment. There were more funerals in the neighborhoods that could least afford them. So many of those who died during this time should be alive. They died because Black activists demonized the police to advance their own activist agendas, which led to the very destruction of the people they claimed to be helping. To date, none have taken responsibility for their deadly rhetoric. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION There is nothing I can do about the dead. My focus has been on the living, especially the young minds. They are the ones still paying the price. Years of being told that the police are the enemy taught some of them never to call when something bad is happening. They see the uniform and assume hostility rather than help. I have watched that fear take root in kids who have already lost too much. It is one of the lasting wounds of the defund era: not only fewer officers on the street, but a generation that learned the people sworn to protect them cannot be trusted. At Project H.O.O.D., we are repairing that damage the only way I know how—by bringing the police into our building and letting our kids see them as people. Officers come in and sit with the children, the teenagers, and the adults who walk through our doors. They answer questions. They listen to the stories that our young people carry. They show that the uniform does not hide a monster; it covers a man or woman who chose a hard job because they want to keep this community safe. Some of the kids who used to freeze up at the sight of a squad car now stay after and keep talking. A few have even started asking what it takes to become an officer themselves. The fear does not disappear in a single afternoon, but the wall starts to crack. That is the work. It is not a press conference. It is not a slogan. It is one conversation at a time inside a building where we refuse to let the lies of the last decade become the future of the next one. The police are not the enemy. Treating them as if they are has already cost too many lives on these streets. We are done accepting that. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PASTOR COREY BROOKS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7763f75342cf4db92cb28 Larry David saw OJ Simpson the day of Nicole Brown Simpson's 1994 murder: book te 2026-10-20T14:10:07.110Z Larry David saw OJ Simpson the day of Nicole Brown Simpson's 1994 murder: book Larry David eerily crossed paths with OJ Simpson on the day Nicole Brown Simpson was brutally murdered in 1994. David, the co-creator of "Seinfeld" and creator/star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," discussed the chilling moment in his newly released authorized biography, "Emperor Of Nothing: The Making of Larry David." The book was written by Blake J. Harris. Fox News may be compensated for or earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. On the morning of June 12, 1994, David was eating breakfast at the exclusive Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles alongside his then-wife Laurie, newborn daughter Cazzie, and fellow comedy writer Alan Zweibel. Zweibel's wife, Robin, was also at the table. FORMER OJ SIMPSON ATTORNEY, LONGTIME FRIEND BOTH SUPPORT POSSIBILITY OF ACCOMPLICE IN 1994 MURDERS Zweibel said that he will never forget that breakfast with Larry, or the date, "because that night O. J. Simpson killed Nicole [Brown Simpson] and Ron Goldman." "[We] saw him in the dining room the day of the murder!" David said. In the biography, Zweibel explained that he not only saw Simpson, but interacted with him twice that same day. "We were having breakfast and all of a sudden I hear somebody say my name: ‘Zwa-bell.’ I turn around. It’s O. J. Simpson," Zweibel said. He went on to explain how he knew Simpson. "I knew O. J. because I went to the University of Buffalo while he was playing for the [Buffalo] Bills," Zweibel began. "He was like a god. And when he came to host SNL [in 1978], I remember saying to Lorne, ‘This is my hero.’ So I spent a lot of time with O. J. that week. I wrote a lot for that show. And then in subsequent years, we had a mutual friend on Rockingham, and we all had kids around the same age, so we’d see each other at birthday parties and s--t like that," he continued. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Zweibel said that he also saw Simpson later that afternoon at his daughter's middle school dance recital. "Our daughters were [both performing]. And on our way out, I again hear a familiar voice," he said. "S--t," O. J. said to Zweibel. "Twice in the same day!" "Hey, Juice!" Zweibel replied. Zweibel explained in the biography that he called Simpson by his famous nickname and told him that he had nothing new to share since he had already seen him earlier that day. O.J. SIMPSON JOKES ABOUT ‘BLOODY BRONCO,’ BOASTS OF ITS ‘GREAT ESCAPABILITY’ IN DISTURBING RESURFACED VIDEO "Though, of course, [in retrospect] what I should have said was ‘Stay home tonight! Order in! Don’t go out!'" he said. Simpson and Nicole married in 1985 and had two children, Sydney and Justin. They separated in 1992, and Brown filed for divorce after seven years of marriage. In 1994, Brown and Goldman, her friend, were killed. Simpson was tried for their murders and acquitted in October 1995. On Oct. 18, The New York Times reported that a mob-linked drug trafficker with ties to Simpson secretly became a jailhouse snitch and claimed to have information about efforts to dispose of evidence, potentially including a murder weapon that was never recovered. The outlet said that Joseph Ippolito, a former cigarette boat racer, drug trafficker and restaurateur who knew Simpson, had told federal prosecutors he had information on the murder weapon. One has never been recovered. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Elsewhere in David's biography, he discussed the famous decades before "Seinfeld" where he was a NYC comedian. David was infamous among NYC comedians for walking offstage mid-set, refusing to perform if someone looked at their watch, yelling at paying crowds, and needing bouncers to protect him from a "mountain" of a heckler he almost fought. WATCH: OJ Simpson may have had mob accomplice, new report says "I didn't react well to adversity, so I would just walk off," David said. "I was young. I had a bad temper. And my stuff wasn't very commercial. I couldn't really give [the audience] what they wanted. [Before each set] there was a better chance that I'd bomb than do well. And I just couldn't handle being terrible." He continued, "Basically, if the audience didn't like me, I didn't see the need for me to continue torturing them, or them to torture me. So, I'd just leave. I guess the best way to describe me onstage was 'unprofessional.'" David discussed his run-ins with hecklers, and wrote that he was always smart about the fights he would have with audience members. "I did have some fights with the audience, [but] they were really more arguments—I'd say something to them and then they'd say something back. I was never stupid about it, though. I always made sure I had the bouncers behind me any time I said anything," he said. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Before his career took off, David shared in his biography that he was voted "Least Likely to Accomplish Anything" by his peers in high school. He had a long list of bizarre pre-fame jobs – from carrying a bag of irregular bras down Broadway to driving a half-blind woman in a limo – all while violently rejecting his mother’s desperate pleas for him to become a postal worker. "She wanted me to be a mailman. She wanted me to work for the post office. She was always begging me to take the civil service test," David said of his mother's pleas. "Just take the test!! Take the test! What do you have to lose?" he recalled her saying to him. But the comedian had a very logical reason on why he didn't pursue postal work as his profession. "I think I could have done the 'rain' and the 'snow.' But the hail would have done me in, you know? I'm not gonna be delivering in hail," David said. "I would have gone to the supervisor, 'I'm sorry, I can't deliver in hail. I know you got the big motto up there. But I'm not doing hail!'" "Emperor Of Nothing: The Making of Larry David" releases on Oct. 20. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad773ee75342cf4db92caf8 2 hauled off Cathedral Rock te 2026-10-20T14:00:14.460Z 2 hauled off Cathedral Rock An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crew hoisted two out-of-state climbers off Cathedral Rock on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 16 after one of them fell, Sedona Fire District Fire Chief Ed Mezulis said. “Minor injuries are what one of the individuals reported,” Mezulis said. “The other Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad773e775342cf4db92cac9 American who fled US after allegedly killing pregnant wife could return within days with murder charge dropped te 2026-10-20T14:00:07.849Z American who fled US after allegedly killing pregnant wife could return within days with murder charge dropped Italy has granted Texas murder suspect Lee Gilley "partial extradition" after months of back and forth with U.S. courts. Fox News Digital has confirmed. Gilley is accused of killing his pregnant wife Christa Bauer Gilley and their unborn child back in 2024; he was supposed to face trial in Harris County earlier this year – but instead cut his ankle monitor off and fled the U.S. to Italy. He reportedly left his home on a bicycle before boarding a private jet in Memphis, Tennessee according to KPRC, leading authorities to suspect he had help fleeing the country. In the motion obtained by Fox News Digital and translated to English – the Italian court granted the extradition on one charge of murder, not capital murder. PARENTS OF SLAIN PREGNANT MOM CHRISTA GILLEY DEMAND LEE GILLEY'S RETURN FROM ITALY FOR MURDER CASE The motion also spelled out that Italy would only grant Gilley's extradition on the condition that he faces a reduced charge of first-degree murder for killing his wife and not their unborn child. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Fox News Digital previously reported that Italy denied requests to extradite Gilley back to the U.S. with concerns that the murder suspect would face capital murder punishment – including possible death pentalty or life without possibility of parole – if convicted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB TEXAS LAWMAKER WARNS ACCUSED WIFE-KILLER'S ITALY ESCAPE COULD OPEN 'PANDORA'S BOX' FOR FUTURE SUSPECTS LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST SEND US A TIP With the newly reduced charge – the suspect, if convicted would now face a possible punishment of 5 to 99 years behind bars, according to Texas law. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL GOT A TIP? This new motion by Italian courts isn't an automatic ticket back to the U.S. – Gilley's defense attorney Dick DeGeurin confirmed to Fox News Digital it is likely that Gilley's defense attorneys will appeal in the coming days. TEXAS MAN ACCUSED IN PREGNANT WIFE'S MURDER FIGHTS TO REMAIN IN ITALY, CITING 'LIFESTYLE AND CULTURE' This could extend the already lengthy process of getting the suspect back to the U.S. to face charges. Gilley's attorney did not detail an exact timeline of when his client would be returning to U.S. soil. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7719075342cf4db92ca6e Bush family royalty backs Democrat in battle to flip Texas blue te 2026-10-20T13:50:08.208Z Bush family royalty backs Democrat in battle to flip Texas blue Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico got a big-name boost from a surprising corner of the Republican Party as former first daughter Barbara Bush recently donated to the main PAC supporting his campaign. Former President George W. Bush has had a strained relationship with President Donald Trump dating back to the 2016 campaign, when Trump mocked both his mother and brother. But the donation by Bush’s daughter, the twin sister of NBC host Jenna Bush Hager, comes at a crucial time for Republicans’ hopes of holding the U.S. Senate. Fox News Digital confirmed through FEC filings that Barbara Bush — who shares the name of the late first lady, her grandmother — contributed $2,500 to Lone Star Rising PAC this quarter. The PAC accounts for almost all the outside spending supporting Talarico, according to Houston Public Media. TALARICO SAYS THE DIVIDE IS 'TOP VS. BOTTOM' — THEN HEADS TO ONE OF AMERICA'S RICHEST DONOR ENCLAVES While the amount is smaller than contributions from some other big-name donors, including The Eagles’ Don Henley, who gave $150,000 to the PAC, analysts said it is notable that Bush did not make an effort to conceal her politically famous identity. "She didn’t give it to a 501(c)(4), in which her contribution would’ve been completely anonymous. She gave it to a PAC that reports all the money in and out," Texas campaign finance expert Andrew Cates told Houston Public Media. GEORGE W BUSH RAISES MONEY FOR REPUBLICANS, BUT NOT KEY SENATE CANDIDATE Barbara Bush, 44, is currently an executive at the National Basketball Association, where she is vice president of social impact and inclusion. Her FEC filing reflected an address in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. According to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Bush works with the league internationally to use the "convening power of basketball" to support humanitarian efforts involving social justice, "health equity" and sustainability. She also co-founded the Global Health Corps geared toward empowering youth to solve global health issues. She and Hager also co-authored several children’s books. The George W. Bush Presidential Center did not respond to a request for comment directed to both former President Bush and Barbara Bush. Fox News Digital also reached out to the Washington Speakers Bureau, which represents Barbara Bush. Talarico has lambasted big money in politics and criticized Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and opponent Ken Paxton for "want[ing] corporations and billionaires to decide our elections, not Texans." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER However, Talarico has also said he will not "unilaterally disarm" on campaign spending while Republicans employ political action committees, according to the Texas Tribune. Fox News Digital reached out to Talarico’s campaign for comment on Barbara Bush’s donation. Fox News' Will Jacobs contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7718e75342cf4db92ca65 'Best Pancakes in the County' trailer reveals Nicolas Cage's dramatically altered appearance te 2026-10-20T13:50:06.512Z 'Best Pancakes in the County' trailer reveals Nicolas Cage's dramatically altered appearance Nicolas Cage looks a bit unrecognizable in the upcoming movie "Best Pancakes in the County." Cage is one of the most recognizable faces in America, and he's had a crazy career in cinema. The man is responsible for mega-hits, such as "National Treasure," "The Rock," "Face/Off," "Con Air" and "Gone in 60 Seconds." However, his career eventually took a dip amid financial issues before he was able to surge back. TOM CRUISE UNVEILS DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION IN FIRST LOOK AT ALEJANDRO IÑÁRRITU’S HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED 'DIGGER' That now includes a new film where his appearance might have people doing a double take. The preview for "Best Pancakes in the County" was released Monday, and the plot is described as, "After a botched FBI heist, a cunning criminal returns to a remote diner where rival assassins, corrupt agents and an underestimated waitress collide in a deadly confrontation." Cage is joined in the cast by Justin Long, Shelley Hennig, Lauren German and Ravi Patel. NEW CIA THRILLER 'THE FIX' BLENDS HEIST, ESPIONAGE GENRES WITH LIAM NEESON, ZACHARY LEVI While the plot details are certainly interesting, it's Cage's appearance that might draw the most attention. It appears he's wearing a prosthetic nose and heavy face-altering makeup. Check it out below, and let me know what you think at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. The top comment on the trailer on YouTube states, "Nic Cage just being Nic Cage is the BEST Nic Cage for the movies!" That more or less sums it up. Nic Cage is at his best as an actor when you just cut him loose and let him lean into a wacky character. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Now, he's playing a character named "The SonOfAB----" with a seriously altered look. Will it be good? Your guess is as good as mine, but there's no question Cage appears to be leaning into his old-school vibes. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad76f4f75342cf4db92ca0f Torched cars, ransacked businesses: Anti-Sharia crusader warns France 'civil war' could be imported to US te 2026-10-20T13:40:31.495Z Torched cars, ransacked businesses: Anti-Sharia crusader warns France 'civil war' could be imported to US EXCLUSIVE: The top House Republican overseeing Europe policy is blaming the riots roiling French cities on mass migration, and warning the U.S. could soon follow suit. Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that he was not surprised by the violent demonstrations across France — and moreover, argued they were a long time coming. "They've been allowing this to happen for years and years, so they are reaping what they sowed," Self said. "We're also trying to get a handle on our mass migration consequences, just like France should have done years ago. That's why I say this is a lesson to America. We are watching the future of America in France and the U.K., frankly." Self is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also a co-founder alongside Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, of the Sharia-Free America Caucus. VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS Democrats have criticized the group as Islamophobic, and it's been condemned by groups like the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations. But Self doubled down on his beliefs, suggesting France's growing Muslim population is at least partially responsible for the riots. "They've got, what, 7% now are Muslims in France? And, you know, when you reach that percentage — and very concentrated in some large cities — that gives you the tipping point that everybody talks about," he argued. Islam is the second-most popular religion in metropolitan France among people aged 18 to 59 after Catholicism, according to the country's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. ITALY’S SCHOOL VEIL BAN EXPOSES EUROPE’S ASSIMILATION FIGHT AS EXPERT WARNS US COULD BE NEXT He said later: "This is what you get when you think that everyone is culturally and morally equivalent. They're not. And at some point, you have got to make the decision: Are we going to defend a Christian heritage in France, or are we not?" It comes after multiple days of violent protests and riots across France that have seen stores looted and centuries-old buildings burned and desecrated. France's secular centrist government has blamed far-left groups for exacerbating tension over high living costs and expensive education, among other issues. Self argued France was in an open "civil war" and said its military should step in, but was pessimistic that it would. WHO'S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC.' FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS "There's too much destruction now, so we'll see if they've got the gumption to send in the military. But if they don't, then they're very close to losing their culture in the large cities," he said. Asked if the turmoil should force French President Emmanuel Macron to step down, Self said, "That's up to Macron. I think it would probably be beneficial to France." But he maintained the chaos should not turn into a backlash against the U.S.-France relationship — in fact, Self said, the U.S. ought to help France with intelligence-gathering about the protests. "I think we probably ought to offer them what help we could, facial identification, whatever," Self said, clarifying that he did not mean sending Americans in person. "France is still a very important, very large ally and partner. So we need to do what we can, understanding that, you know, President Trump has tried to get them to step up and do more. But this is not the time to abandon France." LIMOGES TOWN HALL 'LARGELY LOST' AFTER FAR-LEFT RIOTERS SET HISTORIC BUILDING ON FIRE AMID FRENCH UNREST More than 500,000 people took to the streets in various cities and towns across France this weekend. French authorities said 1,800 people were arrested nationwide, with over 800 of those arrested in the capital city of Paris alone. In addition to photos and videos of French heritage sites in flames, images showing some protesters carrying Algerian, Palestinian and Moroccan flags have led figures on the right to blame France's immigration policies. The Louvre Museum in Paris announced Monday that it would be closed "for the time being" due to the protests. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad76f3b75342cf4db92ca06 Fan accused of stealing security uniform & sneaking into Alabama-Tennessee game, Sac vs Ball & a blimp tire te 2026-10-20T13:40:11.403Z Fan accused of stealing security uniform & sneaking into Alabama-Tennessee game, Sac vs Ball & a blimp tire Welcome to Screencaps, "America's Best Daily Column," as named by the readers. Screencaps, which publishes seven-days-a-week, is a mix of sports, pop culture, and emails from sane readers from around the world. This column isn't for the coastal elites. Give us a week to steal your heart. Our track record is pretty good. Let's have some fun. Now we have guys like Blake Bible going to extremes to get into mid-season games with playoff implications. Police say they found Bible "drinking a White Claw while wearing a uniform from Axis, the security company paid to work events at the University of Tennessee, near the G10 ramp on Phillip Fulmer Way just before 3:30 p.m." The security company says Bible stole a shirt and hat that its workers wear at games. THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS SACRIFICING ITS SOUL TO BE AN ATM FOR CONFERENCES WITH EXPANSION TO 24 TEAMS My concern is that with a 24-team playoff, will we even get games where college-aged guys are willing to (allegedly) steal security uniforms to see games in-person? The important SEC and B1G teams will be able to lose three games and get into the playoffs. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps Days after Troy Aikman didn't dispute that he's beefing with Joe Buck, the two were back in the same broadcast booth last night and let's just say it was icy. Troy's not in the mood. If you listened to the broadcast, it was all business. There was no banter. Aikman clocked in, did his job and got out. ESPN ALLOWING TROY AIKMAN TO WALK AWAY FROM JOE BUCK BOOTH WOULD MAKE NO SENSE | BOBBY BURACK Who gets Aikman's job? I still say McAfee. He's already traveling with the Monday Night pregame show and doing the MNF alt-cast. • Keith R. writes: I am 60 years old from Pittsburgh.  Just wanted to say I do not understand technology well so I’m not sure how I came across your column.  I’m glad I did though, I love reading it.  If I am able to subscribe I will.  The best thing I’ve read so far was this morning.  I listen to most sports on mute these days.  I have a growing disdain for nearly every announcer and most analysts.  So bad that I find myself not enjoying the game because I just criticize the booth.  If I could watch the skycast on every game I would be happy.  Most of the announcers are just Captain Obvious and I honestly don’t care about 99% of what they say.  All I need is the down and distance and the crowd noise and I’m good!  Kinsey: Thanks for reading, Keith. I'm not going to lie, the OutKick pivot from being it's own entity to being integrated as Fox News Digital's sports division has been a work in progress. Some readers left forever. Many stayed. Many loyal Fox readers think I'm an idiot and they don't get the column. That's fine. And then there are guys like Keith who come along. He gave the column a chance. Now he's hooked. That's the business plan working like a charm. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Let's give a round of applause to Knobel Hunt, who will one day inherit the Kansas City Chiefs, along with his sisters Ava and Gracie. This guy is always overshadowed because he's off working in New York City as an investment banker, which should get him ready to run a billion-dollar NFL franchise down the road. Knobel broke the news Monday that there's a new Swedish girlfriend in the mix. Between Gracie preparing to marry Trent Green's son and Ava cheering at SMU, it's a busy time for the Hunt family. I'm not talking about a problem with a lack of holding the door for people. I'm talking about holding the door for people who are too far away from the door to deserve the door to be held open for them. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Should we be holding the door for anyone who is more than a car length away from the door? Should it be a half-car length rule? In this meme, the lady seem to be about a SUV and a half length away. I say let the door close on her. ################ That is it this morning. The sun is shining. The NBA is back for those of you who LOVE the NBA. Let's get after it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad76cdf75342cf4db92c997 Koe Wetzel and Ella Langley's 'That's Why We Fight' performance at RedWest Festival goes viral te 2026-10-20T13:30:07.623Z Koe Wetzel and Ella Langley's 'That's Why We Fight' performance at RedWest Festival goes viral Koe Wetzel and Ella Langley linked up for a performance going viral online. Wetzel and Langley have a long history of working together, and the pair has pumped out some monster country music hits together. The two released "That’s Why We Fight" in 2023 and "Jaded" this year. Both songs are big hits with country music fans. ELLA LANGLEY'S VIRAL PERFORMANCE WITH MUSCADINE BLOODLINE AT PENN STATE TAKES OVER THE INTERNET Now, the two talented performers are, once again, setting the internet on fire. The two performed at the RedWest Festival in Utah this past Friday, and they linked up on stage to bust out a performance of "That's Why We Fight" for fans in attendance. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ELLA LANGLEY PROVES HER SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINANCE WITH VIRAL TOUR PHOTOS Wetzel shared a video of the performance on his TikTok, and as you'd expect, the duo gave fans exactly what they were expecting. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. People in the comments were quick to fire off plenty of reactions and responses to the two country stars performing together. One fan wrote, "These two need to tour together." Another added, "Two of my faves!" A third commented, "I absolutely love this." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER There's no doubt Langley and Wetzel teaming up will always move the needle, and this performance is proof of that fact. It will be fun to see what the two can cook up next. Let me know your predictions at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad76a8775342cf4db92c93f These numbers show just how fraudulent Notre Dame has been during the Marcus Freeman era te 2026-10-20T13:20:07.558Z These numbers show just how fraudulent Notre Dame has been during the Marcus Freeman era Marcus Freeman is 49-13 overall as the head coach of Notre Dame since taking over the Fighting Irish at the end of the 2021 season. It's a respectable record, but when you take a slightly deeper dive into the numbers, the situation turns into an utterly embarrassing one. Notre Dame's best season under Freeman came in 2024 when the Irish finished the regular season at 11-1, rattling off 10 straight wins after losing at home to Northern Illinois, before ultimately losing in the national championship game to Ohio State. That campaign was unquestionably great and very respectable, but when you peel back the curtain and focus solely on the regular season, not even 2024 could be labeled impressive. On the heels of the Irish losing on the road to BYU in Week 7, the team's first noteworthy opponent of the season, Notre Dame has been in the crosshairs yet again as a program that simply can not win the rare meaningful game it actually schedules during the regular season, and it turns out that there is some very real legitimacy behind that idea. COLLEGE FOOTBALL FACES ANOTHER CLOCK CONTROVERSY AFTER BYU UPSETS NOTRE DAME Chris 'The Bear' Fallica of Fox Sports did some digging into Notre Dame's record under Freeman to find out if the narrative about the Fighting Irish was as bad as some in the college football world have made it out to be, and the numbers paint quite the picture. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Notre Dame has won 16 games dating back to the start of the 2025 season, and according to Fallica's findings, those 16 teams have posted a combined record of 62-91 against FBS opponents. If you take those 16 teams and look at their record against Power Four schools, it drops to a stunning 32-78 mark. While those numbers reflect how soft Notre Dame has made its schedule over the years, it somehow gets even more alarming. WEEK 7 AP TOP 25 POLL FEATURES A COMPLETE SHUFFLE AFTER CHAOTIC WEEKEND, WITH MIAMI TAKING OVER THE TOP SPOT Freeman has posted a 44-11 regular-season record while in charge of the Irish, and of those 44 wins, a whopping five have come against teams that finished the season ranked. Two of those five ranked opponents happened to be service academies. Looking ahead at the remainder of Notre Dame's regular season slate, the Irish play host to No. 1 Miami on Nov. 7 and No. 23 SMU two weeks later. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Things will fall into place as they always do, but it's relatively safe to assume that if the Irish finish the year at 10-2, they will punch a ticket into the College Football Playoff. If Notre Dame finishes inside the Top 12 in the final CFB Playoff rankings, it automatically qualifies for the Playoff no matter the teams or resumes in a similar position. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad76a8375342cf4db92c921 SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation te 2026-10-20T13:20:03.617Z SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7683475342cf4db92c8df Fox News Power Rankings: Trump country at a crossroads te 2026-10-20T13:10:12.019Z Fox News Power Rankings: Trump country at a crossroads Republicans have had their share of good and bad election nights this century, but they’ve usually been able to count on the heartland. Once evenly divided, rural voters have become substantially more Republican over the last two decades. Nearly two-thirds of these voters backed President Trump in the 2024 election. REPUBLICANS FACE BRUTAL MIDTERM HEADWINDS. SIX FORCES COULD HELP THEM DEFY HISTORY. Today, just under half of rural voters say they’ll support the GOP again in November. Like other groups, rural Americans are concerned about paying the bills. Nineteen percent said the rising cost of living is their biggest economic problem in a recent survey, with gas and energy costs not far behind. The Trump administration has, in part, tried to counter those anxieties by talking about job growth and the AI boom, but rural voters are frustrated about those issues too. Less than a quarter of rural voters say the economy is in good shape, and unemployment is a focal point: 8% called a lack of jobs and unemployment their biggest economic issue, and only 28% thought there were good or excellent job opportunities in their communities. DAVID MARCUS: ON THE GROUND IN MIDDLE AMERICA, FOUR ISSUES WILL DECIDE THE SENATE, AND NONE ARE AFFORDABILITY Data centers are part of the story too. Only 2% called it their biggest economic problem, but that number is larger than it seems. For 1 in 50 rural voters, data centers are a bigger problem than housing, the cost of living, or getting a job. These factors have put the Republicans in a tough spot all over the map. They are a reason why heartland states like Ohio and Iowa have been competitive most of the year, and why more rural districts, including some that Trump won by double digits, are becoming margin-of-error races. Even setting the polls aside, there are signs that the rural vote is on shakier footing. TV viewers in Wyoming will see ads this week for Republican candidate Chuck Gray that don’t mention Trump or the GOP. Two years ago, Trump won 71.6% of the vote there – his best performance in any state, in any election. Low rural turnout or party switching would make many races closer than the GOP would like, including in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Four states are worth singling out thanks to another complicating factor. TRUMP-ALIGNED CONSERVATIVE EMERGES FROM CROWDED PRIMARY TO DECIDE WHO FILLS WYOMING’S LONE HOUSE SEAT This year, prominent independent candidates are running for Senate against a Republican in four rural-heavy states: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota. They are pushing anti-establishment policies like congressional term limits and lobbying bans and have a heavy focus on corruption, the top voter concern in last week’s Fox News poll. And all four say they won’t caucus with either party or would form their own independent caucus if they were elected. With the Democratic brand still relatively weak around the country and abysmal in these states, the party has stepped out of the race entirely in three of the four (in Montana, a Democrat is staying on the ballot, though support for her has declined). Normally, frustrated partisans stay home in scenarios like these, leaving the incumbent party to win by a more modest margin. This year, those voters have the ability to turn out for a different candidate, so the margin may get narrower. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS THE HOUSE FALLS, THE SENATE STAYS IN PLAY All these states have been competitive over the last decade or so. Former Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, held on to his seat in Montana in 2018; Republicans have scored single-digit victories in South Dakota and Nebraska (where the same independent is running again this year), and even Idaho had a gubernatorial race that came within 15 points back in 2014. These states could be close again. In this week’s Power Rankings, two gubernatorial races get more competitive as the final two weeks of campaigning begin. The Sunshine State is the beating heart of the "MAGA" movement. Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis have posted stronger results each time they’ve run, with the latter winning his last reelection bid by nearly 20 points. Thanks in part to those performances, Republicans have carved out structural advantages, including a 1.5 million registered voter gap and a resilient get-out-the-vote operation. But DeSantis’ first win came within around 30,000 votes (or 0.4 points) and in a similar environment to the one we’re in now. Here, Hispanic voters will play an outsized role, and polls suggest that a large chunk of them have shifted away from the GOP. In last week’s national Fox survey, 31% of Hispanic voters said they preferred the Republican candidate over the Democrat. That’s down 12 points from their support for Trump in 2024. The Republican candidate, Rep. Byron Donalds, will be pleased to have the endorsement of DeSantis. He remains popular in the state. Donalds still has the edge against Democrat and former Rep. David Jolly, who is hoping former President Bill Clinton can shore up his support when they appear together for the first time today. Still, this race is no sure thing for the GOP. Florida moves from Likely R to Lean R. In Nebraska, Republican Gov. Jim Pillen is looking for a second term in office. He cruised to victory the first time with a 23-point win, but with both suburban and rural voters wavering on Trump this cycle, this could be a tougher battle. Three other factors are playing a role. First, the presence of Dan Osborn, one of the four notable independents on the ballot in Senate races this year, could boost Democratic turnout for challenger Lynne Walz in a governor’s race that would otherwise attract less attention. There’s Pillen himself, who has faced some local pushback over a 5% budget cut and hiring freeze within state government. Finally, the ballot, which will feature third-party challenger Brett Lindstrom, a former state lawmaker who lost to Pillen in a Republican primary four years prior. He’ll appear on the ballot as an "America First" candidate. The party was founded in July. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7683075342cf4db92c8c3 Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull te 2026-10-20T13:10:08.913Z Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7682f75342cf4db92c8ba Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving te 2026-10-20T13:10:07.329Z Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking a wide range of objects up, and it is so smooth and human-like, it is wowing the industry. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7682d75342cf4db92c8b1 US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems te 2026-10-20T13:10:05.568Z US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad765d875342cf4db92c86f DOJ sends grand jury subpoenas to Philadelphia DA Krasner after judge's referral, sources say te 2026-10-20T13:00:08.055Z DOJ sends grand jury subpoenas to Philadelphia DA Krasner after judge's referral, sources say The Justice Department sent grand jury subpoenas to Democratic Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office in recent days, Fox News has learned. Two sources briefed on the subpoenas say they are related to potential obstruction of justice relating to the handling of cases before federal judges. The sources said the subpoenas came as a result of a federal judge referring Krasner and his top deputy to the DOJ for possible criminal investigation. This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7637d75342cf4db92c7f3 Dashcam video captures small plane crashing on San Jose highway, injuring three on board, including child te 2026-10-20T12:50:05.620Z Dashcam video captures small plane crashing on San Jose highway, injuring three on board, including child Dash camera footage captured the dramatic moment a Cessna 177 crashed into the Capitol Expressway in San Jose, California, on Saturday. Video shows the single-engine plane careening into an overpass arching atop the expressway. The crash injured three, including a child, who were aboard the plane, the San Jose Fire Department (SJFD) announced in a post on X. DEADLY CRASH KILLS TWO AS PLANE PLUNGES INTO 'BALL OF FLAMES' NEAR SUBURBAN GOLF COURSE None of the injuries were life-threatening, SJFD wrote. "SJFD is on scene of a plane crash in the area of Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Dr.," the department wrote in the Saturday post on X. "Small prop plane down, no vehicles involved. Two adults and one child transported with non-life-threatening injuries out of an abundance of caution. Please avoid the area," the post read. The fire department also said the crash resulted in a "minor fuel spill which was absorbed." DATA SHOWS AMAZON JET’S KEY BRAKING SYSTEMS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING DEADLY MIAMI CRASH: NTSB Investigators from the SJFD, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) are still investigating the cause of the crash and have not publicly released a potential cause, according to Fox2 KTVU. A spokesperson for the San Jose Police Department told KTVU that drugs and alcohol were not believed to have been a factor in the crash. Fox News Digital contacted SJDF, SJPD, the FAA and the NTSB for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad75ecf75342cf4db92c744 Carmelo Anthony thinks Knicks are the 'team to beat' as long as they do this following NBA title win te 2026-10-20T12:30:07.783Z Carmelo Anthony thinks Knicks are the 'team to beat' as long as they do this following NBA title win Carmelo Anthony can’t wait for Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, as he watches Jalen Brunson and the rest of the New York Knicks receive their long-awaited NBA title rings, and even better, watching a banner fly to the rafters for the first time in 53 years. In fact, Anthony, who will be working the NBC Sports desk as part of their NBA crew, has to stop himself from prepping like he’s the one on the court wearing his No. 7 jersey again for the Knicks. "A game like tomorrow – opening night, ring night, banner night. Like right now, I’m preparing myself to get ready for the game like I’m about to go play," he told OutKick, while highlighting his partnership with DraftKings ahead of the 2026-27 NBA season. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "And I have to pinch myself, like, ‘Yo bro, you ain’t getting back out there. You’re good on this side.’ Just the fact that I can still be in tuned to the game of basketball like that, and more importantly, to moments and still feel what those moments actually feel like. "I can imagine what will be going through those guys’ minds tomorrow, the adrenaline that will be pumping through them. Because winning one is a dream – we all dream of winning one. You don’t play this game without dreaming of winning a championship." This past summer felt like a dream for millions of New Yorkers and others in the surrounding area who were all pulling for the Knicks to break their championship drought. It felt like destiny, from the OG Anunoby tip-in to win Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, to the other key moments in their playoff run that Anthony and many other former Knicks had great seats for at The Garden. But now, Anthony knows what comes with the title territory: everyone is hunting for the crown. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "Defending it is a job," Anthony said. "So, nobody’s sneaking up on anybody anymore. That banner is going up there and the target goes on [the backs of the Knicks] instantly. Every team is going to circle the Knicks on the schedule, so that price of being champs in New York. You better embrace it and it’s going to be a fun ride." The ride this past season was one Anthony didn’t want to get off. He admitted watching the team at first felt like he was a player all over again – until he realized he needed to just enjoy the moment like the rest of his peers and all Knicks fans hoping things would end with the Larry O’Brien Trophy being hoisted. "I was putting myself into those moments and kind of thinking from a mental standpoint like, ‘What would I do here? What play?’ I was playing those games in my head, and then after a while I was like, ‘No, Melo, what are you doing? Just be a fan,’" he said. "So, I started to turn that part of my brain off and operating that way. To be a fan of basketball and the New York Knicks and of the players that were out there representing. It’s a beautiful thing, because as a former player, I love those moments. I live for those moments. The tip-in was like – ah! That was a moment! Jalen Brunson’s three was a moment. So, I understand what the Garden feels like in those moments, but that moment right there was special." A new season brings new opportunity for not just the Knicks, but every NBA team hoping this will be their year. The Knicks have the crown, but teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, who will have LeBron James and Jaylen Brown suiting up for their first regular-season game with them in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, gunning for the title. "When you know you have the crown, you’re not going to let anybody knock that crown off," Anthony said. "No matter what we gotta do, no matter how we gotta do it, no matter how hard it is to maintain this crown, we gotta do what we gotta do. And I think that’s the mentality coming into this season. Also, I think each individual player had to get better at something and get stronger in their weaknesses this offseason. If they did that, again, that’s the championship mindset. "If they’re coming back like that, New York is the team to beat." JOEL EMBIID REJECTS IDEA 76ERS STARS MUST 'TAKE A BACK SEAT' AS NBA REGULAR SEASON LOOMS STAYING MELO WITH DRAFTKINGS While Anthony is looking forward to what the Knicks do this season, he’s excited for his partnership with DraftKings and being a part of its campaign ahead of the season. "We got a great campaign, man. Myself, Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas. We really came together, and I got to give a shoutout to DraftKings and that creative team for putting that concept together," he said. "The beauty in that is the fact that we can have more fun with DraftKings because it’s in all 50 states now, which is major. I just love the fact that more people are involved, and more people can have fun with the game of basketball in this sense, and just sports in general. I love that." Anthony called it a "beautiful thing" being able to work alongside Hart and Jonas for the campaign, which he is excited for fans to see. With DraftKings available in all 50 states, the campaign revolves around Hart and Jonas traveling throughout the country, where car troubles can happen. As the tow truck figures out their situation, Anthony is waiting with his own car problems in the clip as he tries to get the word out about DraftKings. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad75a2175342cf4db92c69a Iran regime under pressure as rebel groups escalate attacks in volatile southeast te 2026-10-20T12:10:09.647Z Iran regime under pressure as rebel groups escalate attacks in volatile southeast A new coalition of Iranian opposition groups in the restive southeastern provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan and Kerman in the Islamic Republic have launched a string of armed attacks against the clerical regime in the region. The six strikes claimed by the coalition known as the People’s Fighters Front (JMM) have contributed to instability in the provinces, raising pressing questions about whether armed resistance against the clerical regime in Tehran will spread and if the regime can retain control over Sistan and Baluchistan, which is a majority Iranian Sunni province. Iran is largely a Shiite Muslim country, and the minority Iranian Sunni population has faced discrimination over the decades. Sistan and Baluchistan is the second largest of the 31 Iranian provinces. MOJTABA KHAMENEI DEFIES ‘MALICIOUS’ ATTACKS AS US ARMY ZEROES IN ON IRAN’S 350,000 TROOPS Mardo Soghom, an Iran expert who has written extensively about the Islamic Republic, told Fox News Digital, "The Sunni unrest can stretch the regime's military and internal security capabilities and have a psychological impact on its forces, in addition to what they experienced during the 40-day operation by the U.S. and Israel. The armed groups would not be able to establish control of the south-east, but they can seriously weaken the regime's control." He added, "Whether these forces are receiving assistance from the Islamic Republic's adversaries — being that the Gulf Arab states or even Israel and the U.S. — remains an open question." According to an October Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) report, "The pace of violence accelerated significantly in recent weeks [in the provinces] with 18 incidents recorded in just the final 18 days of the reporting period, surpassing the total for any previous full month."  JMM coalesced as an opposition coalition in Dec. 2025 through an amalgam of Baloch nationalist organizations with the militant Sunni group Jaish al-Adl. HRANA documented "at least 63 armed incidents were recorded across Iran’s southeastern provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan and Kerman between March 31 and Oct.10, 2026, amid a sharp escalation in armed violence in the region." The armed resistance resulted in "at least 94 people dead and 33 injured, while official sources reported 87 fatalities and 10 injuries." IRAN INSTALLS NEW WAR CHIEFS AS TEHRAN SIGNALS ‘PROLONGED CONFRONTATION,’ EXPERT WARNS The Baloch coalition stunned the regime on Oct. 14 with the assassinations of women members of the Basij paramilitaries, including a commander and a police officer in Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The Basij has been designated a terrorist entity by the U.S. government because it falls under the American-classified terrorist movement Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Just days before the attack on the female Basij commander, Iranian regime-controlled media reported that Nosrat Eftekhari, deputy for Cultural and Social Affairs of the Provincial Law Enforcement Command, was killed by a roadside bomb in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan provinces. Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital that "There have been periodic cycles of unrest in Sistan and Baluchistan Province over the years. What we are now witnessing is an uptick in such activity. The current commander of the IRGC’s Ground Forces, Mohammad Karami used to be governor of the province and commanded IRGC forces there. His experience in the province was one of the reasons Karami was elevated to the post in 2025 given the sensitive security situation in the country." Brodsky continued that "I don’t see any imminent threat in terms of such a seizure of control, but a red line for Iranians, especially in the opposition, is preserving the territorial integrity of Iran. That needs to be understood in Western capitals." MOTORCYCLE PATROLS SWARM IRANIAN CITIES, CHECKPOINTS RISE AS REGIME BRACES FOR UNREST Khalilullah Balochi, who is a Baluch activist and journalist, told Iran International that "The activities of these groups are not new; what is new is the intensification of attacks."  JMM’s devastating attacks targeting the brutal Iranian regime have generated attention from Iranian dissidents and experts. Navid Mohebbi, who worked as a Persian media analyst for the State Department's Public Affairs Bureau, told Fox News Digital "The newly formed popular Fighters Front has carried out a series of relatively successful attacks against mid-level regime officials and security personnel in Sistan and Baluchistan province in recent months, drawing a degree of public attention. At a time when the regime is executing protesters on a daily basis, the killing of certain mid-ranking security and military operatives has been met with some satisfaction among segments of Iranian society." He warned, however, that "Nevertheless, the Iranian public remains deeply cautious and largely distrustful of such groups. Two major concerns underpin this distrust: the possibility of separatist ambitions and the influence of radical Islamism, which is fundamentally at odds with the increasingly secular outlook of Iranian society." AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WAR, US MUST PREPARE FOR A FUTURE AFTER IRAN’S GOVERNMENT FALLS Mohebbi sees encouraging signs from the JMM, including "the coalition’s recent statements, unlike the rhetoric traditionally associated with similar groups, contain no explicit references to Baluch separatism. Instead, the coalition has identified its primary objective as dismantling the system of Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) and liberating the country from its oppression. It has explicitly declared that it seeks ‘an Iran for all Iranians."’ He continued that "The reality is that these groups lack the capacity to confront the regime in conventional warfare. Through guerrilla operations, however, they can inflict significant psychological blows on the regime and its security establishment. Whether their activities can gain traction beyond Sistan and Baluchistan will depend largely on their ability to sustain what appears to be an effort to earn broader public trust." Beni Sabti, an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel, told Fox News Digital the coalition has "a lot of guns" and created an "armed rebellion" against the Iranian regime in the provinces. He said, however, the armed upheaval is limited to the region Baluchistan. Sabti, who was born in Tehran, said the clerical regime in the capital Tehran does not exercise solid control over the provinces, which resembles parts of South America where some governments lost sovereignty to militias. He said that there are no reporters in the restive region. As a result, it is difficult to secure accurate news. Sabti said the "IRGC has a headquarters there to fight against these Baluchis." The JMM coalition "can only continue to harm the soldiers and, from time to time, kill a commander. There are a lot of these local commanders in Iran. It is not like an air force commander." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad75a1e75342cf4db92c67d Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your body te 2026-10-20T12:10:06.983Z Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your body While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, rivals like RingConn and Ultrahuman are emerging to dethrone it, putting pressure on the company to keep innovating. By launching more advanced workout metrics, Oura is looking to differentiate itself from competitors as the smart rin Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad75a1d75342cf4db92c674 Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content te 2026-10-20T12:10:05.384Z Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content Spotify's new paid memberships let podcasters offer fans exclusive perks, including ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content, while keeping 90% of the revenue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad757c875342cf4db92c620 Sports journalists stay silent on WNBA national anthem protest and high school cross country dispute te 2026-10-20T12:00:08.016Z Sports journalists stay silent on WNBA national anthem protest and high school cross country dispute Activists or cowards? That's the question I often ask about members of the media when they go radio silent on a hot-button issue. Do they avoid asking tough questions because they fear the answers might undermine a cause they support? Or do they stay quiet because they're scared of the blowback they'd get from their peers? DREAM AND VALKYRIES SKIP NATIONAL ANTHEM AGAIN IN WNBA FINALS GAME 2 DESPITE RULEBOOK REQUIREMENT Look no further than the past two weeks, when three major stories captured public fascination while traditional newsrooms responded with either deliberate silence or toothless coverage. Story No. 1: The WNBA's national anthem walk-offs. Before Games 1 and 2 of the WNBA Finals, both the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries walked off the court before the singing of the Star Spangled Banner, only to return as soon as it was over. Yet, besides OutKick, I couldn't find a single instance of credentialed media covering the Finals even mentioning this. The San Jose Mercury News lauded Alanis Morissette's rendition before Game 2, but didn't appear to care that players weren't on the court for it. And a writer from SF Gate decried how "conservative media can't stop complaining" about personnel deciding to leave the floor. JEMELE HILL IS RIGHT: WNBA FANS EXPECT JOURNALISTS TO BE 'CHEERLEADERS,' AND THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS Sorry, but this story matters to people. And apparently, mainstream reporters have no interest in asking players or coaches about it. OutKick's Dan Zaksheske has been ready with questions at press conferences but hasn't been called upon. Perhaps WNBA public relations officials are concerned he'll make the people he covers uncomfortable. They certainly don't seem worried that the other journalists in the room will. Story No. 2: Valkyries fans' open hostility toward attendees wearing XX-XY shirts at Game 1. Jennifer Sey, founder of XX-XY Athletics, posted disturbing video from Chase Center on Saturday. In it, a woman calls Sey "disgusting" and tells her to "f---ing kill yourself" for donning a shirt advocating for female-only sports. The clip got four million views on X, but virtually no mainstream media coverage — and certainly no condemnation. Yahoo! Sports ran a story that originally appeared on Basketball Network, but the author, Yakshpat Bhargava, seemed to be siding against Sey. "What Sey should truly understand is that if her goal is to help women's sports take the next leap forward, why ignite controversies that are already in the past?" he wrote. "At this point, all attention should be on the Valkyries and Dream's play on the hardwood." No, the issue of males in female sports is not a controversy that's in the past. It's alive and well. Need proof? Then look at... WOMEN’S SPORTS MEDIA OUTLET BACKS TRANS ATHLETES, THEN AVOIDS QUESTIONS FROM REPORTER WHO DISAGREES Story No. 3: A high school cross country runner who switched from the boys to the girls team midway through the season. I've been covering this one for a couple weeks now. After finishing 76th in a boys JV race in September, a sophomore boy from Camas High in Washington state decided he was going to compete against the girls. Since making the switch, he has won a varsity meet and finished second in another race. In September, two girls from Skyview High protested by walking off the start line after the gun went off, and last week, about a dozen of his own teammates did the same thing. As you might imagine, this has gotten national attention. Several Fox News Channel shows have covered the story, as have the likes of Clay Travis and Riley Gaines. But ESPN? The Athletic? Crickets. And though papers in Washington State such as the Seattle Times have mentioned the protests, nobody in legacy media is criticizing the boy's participation. A couple months ago, I wrote about a new category that The Associated Press Sports Editors added to their annual writing contest: Excellence in Transgender Sports Coverage. But if you read how the category was introduced, you'd see that the only stories that have a chance at winning are hagiographies to trans athletes. There is no room for pushback — only acceptance. I've said before that journalists should be judged on two criteria — what they write, and what they don't write. And too many sports journalists have decided that certain stories are better left untold. The reason is simple — they care more about what their peers think about them than the public. And whether that's born out of activism or cowardice, the result is the same: The public gets cheated. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7556d75342cf4db92c58f GOP Senate hopeful sees opening with key Dem voter blocs in battleground race and more top headlines te 2026-10-20T11:50:05.305Z GOP Senate hopeful sees opening with key Dem voter blocs in battleground race and more top headlines 1. GOP Senate hopeful sees opening with key Dem voter blocs 2. Ilhan Omar's sister questioned by feds after dramatic DC home raid 3. Leftist groups are planning new round of riots as France burns LIVES LOST — Trump blasts Iran over American deaths, protester executions. Continue reading … HOME STRETCH — With 2 weeks until midterms, Trump heads to North Carolina. Continue reading … RED HOT — China swipes back at Trump administration over DeepSeek AI ban. Continue reading … RISING THREAT — French Jews face unsettling warnings amid violent unrest: ‘First time I heard this.' 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7531575342cf4db92c51c Talarico skips Bernie Sanders rally in Texas, campaigns separately as Senate race heats up te 2026-10-20T11:40:05.651Z Talarico skips Bernie Sanders rally in Texas, campaigns separately as Senate race heats up Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico skipped a Monday night rally headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in El Paso, instead holding campaign events hundreds of miles away in North Texas as his closely watched race against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton enters its final weeks. Sanders appeared at the Abraham Chavez Theatre alongside former Rep. Beto O'Rourke and Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Veronica Escobar as early voting began ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Talarico, meanwhile, held a rally at North Crowley High School in Fort Worth as part of his "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts" campaign tour, following an earlier campaign stop in Denton. JAMES TALARICO RESURFACES AFTER EXTENDED ABSENCE AS HIS CAMPAIGN PUSHES BACK Fox News Digital reached out to Talarico's campaign for comment on why the candidate held a separate event instead of campaigning with the other Democrats, who used the El Paso event to promote his Senate bid and criticize Republican campaign spending. "They have spent, so far, $368 million just against one man, the next senator from the state of Texas, James Talarico. That's how desperate, how scared and how panicked they are right now," O'Rourke told supporters. DEMOCRATS SEE NEW CHANCES TO FLIP RED STATES — BUT A $400M GOP SPENDING ADVANTAGE COULD DERAIL THEIR PLANS Casar also expressed support for Talarico, telling the crowd that electing him would help advance Democrats' legislative priorities. Sanders, who did not mention Talarico by name during his remarks, instead directed his criticism toward wealthy political donors and their influence on American elections. "What you are seeing in this campaign, what you are seeing right here in Texas, all over America, is multi-billionaires are pouring hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars," Sanders said. The Vermont Independent urged supporters to vote early, casting the midterms as a battle over the political influence of wealthy Americans. At his separate Fort Worth rally, Talarico delivered a similar message about money in politics, targeting Paxton and billionaire Elon Musk over the influence of wealthy donors in the Texas Senate race. TALARICO SAYS THE DIVIDE IS 'TOP VS. BOTTOM' — THEN HEADS TO ONE OF AMERICA'S RICHEST DONOR ENCLAVES "We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis," Talarico told supporters. He also sought to frame his candidacy as an appeal beyond traditional party divisions. "This election shouldn't be about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. It's bigger than that," he said. Talarico and Paxton are competing for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. John Cornyn. The race has drawn national attention as Democrats seek their first Texas U.S. Senate victory since 1988. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad750bc75342cf4db92c2d5 Global 'Chaos Inc' grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations te 2026-10-20T11:30:04.892Z Global 'Chaos Inc' grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations The political theater of "Chaos Inc." is preparing for a "rebellion...sweeping Europe." Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as "Acte II," with 212 "mobilizations" currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans. And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20. VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT FRANCE PROTESTS AS MACRON WARNS UNREST IS BEING EXPLOITED A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 13 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday. Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the "red-green" alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red. FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’ The network also include groups that proudly use the "Antifa" moniker, like "Action AntiFa16," an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement. Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of "Chaos Inc." are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests. FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS Revealing the complex threads of the "red-green" alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year's Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Bazian didn't respond to a request for comment. The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for "new world order" of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping. BBC CALLS FRANCE PROTESTS 'MOSTLY PEACEFUL' AS FOOTAGE SHOWS RIOTERS TORCHING CARS, BATTLING POLICE On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: "Europe's Youth Uprising." "A rebellion is sweeping Europe," BreakThrough News declares. FURIOUS CROWDS PROTEST SKY-HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND MASS TOURISM IN MAJOR CITY "From student barricades in France, to Spain's housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future," the outlet said. BreakThrough News said protests had spread "from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana" and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain "what's driving the uprising." FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: "Macron must leave and make way for the people!" PHOTOS SHOW AFTERMATH OF RIOTS AS MASKED GROUPS CLASH WITH POLICE ACROSS FRANCE Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics. After "Acte II," they have planned another action on Oct. 31, "Acte III," featuring "yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France," and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14. THOUSANDS FLOOD BRUSSELS STREETS AS ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS ERUPT INTO CLASHES WITH POLICE There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, ("Noisy spring") and May 29, 2027, ("Day against agrochemistry"). The locations listed: "Everywhere in France." For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their "International Youth Strike" on a website, calling for coordinated "demonstrations," "walkouts," "assemblies," "actions," "blockades and occupations." Their manifesto declares that "the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism." In a press release, it says the struggle against "militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism" is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for "radical system change." The British organization "Socialist Students," which describes itself as building the student fightback for "socialist change," says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, "in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups. A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join "a movement for socialist change," while another campaign statement declares: "Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism" and argues that "workers and young people must actively fight and organise." An unidentified person registered the youthstrike.org domain on Aug. 2, according to online records. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74e6875342cf4db92c283 Flagstaff Event Almanac for October 20 te 2026-10-20T11:20:08.028Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for October 20 Oct 20 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74e6575342cf4db92c258 Commanders' Dan Quinn appears to lose track of downs one week after clock debacle – but he has an explanation te 2026-10-20T11:20:05.064Z Commanders' Dan Quinn appears to lose track of downs one week after clock debacle – but he has an explanation Dan Quinn has a public relations problem right now and at the heart of the issue is some powerful people that are painting him as something of an NFL sideline bungler as the Washington Commanders coach. That's exactly how he looked in the second quarter of the Monday Night Football game where his team rallied to lose against the San Francisco 49ers. The problem? Quinn seemed to lose track of the downs in a key second-quarter situation. He seemed to think it was fourth down and called for a field goal when, in fact, his offense had just run a fourth-down play and, not only didn't convert, but also drew a penalty. NFL'S DUMBEST MOMENT OF WEEK 5 HAD THE COMMANDERS TAKING A TIE MORE OFFENSIVE THAN REDSKINS NICKNAME EVER WAS So, there was the coach on national television, seemingly calling for his field goal unit to get on the field when his offense had surrendered the football. And we interrupt this coaching nightmare to say Quinn contends that's not what happened at all. He told reporters a much different version of events after the game. "No, I definitely knew it was fourth down," the coach said. "We were going for it, and I was, I think with whatever you're referring to, I think it was the illegal shift, there's not a penalty to go for a field goal. "Like, it's the turnover on downs. Like, I think somebody asked me, 'Can we kick a field goal?' ... I knew what happened. I think I was probably just commenting that I remember, at least on the headset, somebody asked me after an illegal shift, um, like, it was a turnover on downs." That's an explanation most of the country missed because it happened in Quinn's postgame press conference which wasn't nationally televised. What many instead will remember was what they saw on TV, which made the coach look bad. So, if perception is reality, Quinn is going to have to rehabilitate his increasingly tarnished reputation as a sideline game manager. That's because just last week, Quinn's Commanders utterly embarrassed themselves in how they managed a last-minute situation against the New York Giants, wasting precious seconds, mismanaging the clock and the downs, and settling for a tie when they should have likely won the game. NFL'S DUMBEST MOMENT OF WEEK 2 GOES TO JETS COACH AARON GLENN WHO PLAYED NOT TO LOSE AT END OF REGULATION That terrible scenario that doesn't easily fade definitely caused everyone to believe Quinn was at it again on Monday night – messing up again, forgetting that the last play was fourth down instead of third down. "Field goal," Quinn seemingly said as ABC's cameras caught him and lip readers across the world did their thing. And then he followed with, "Oh, that was fourth down." That scene not only played out during the game, but was then discussed at halftime on both the ESPN main broadcast and the Pat McAfee alternate broadcast. "We found out at halftime Dan Quinn didn't know what down it was," McAfee told his audience. "That's a real problem." The McAfee crew that featured Dan Orlovsky had some fun with the issue because the former quarterback was yelling for Quinn to kick a field goal on fourth down instead of going for it. Quinn, they joked, wanted to kick the field goal Orlovsky wanted on fifth down. "Dan Quinn did not know it's fourth down coming off of last week, and then to go for it and get the penalty," Orlovsky said. "I'm a Dan Quinn guy. But you gotta get the operation better." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! This leaves Quinn in a rough spot. He's probably going to have to explain what happened to Commanders' owner Josh Harris because last week opened the door to everyone believing the coach is indeed capable of making a boneheaded mistake. The question now is whether everyone, including Harris, believes Quinn's explanation or they believe the lip-readers more. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c1375342cf4db92c1e4 'We're going to die': Passengers recount midair terror before emergency landing te 2026-10-20T11:10:11.614Z 'We're going to die': Passengers recount midair terror before emergency landing A passenger flight was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff following reports of a strange odor on board that left travelers fearing for their lives. An American Airlines flight departed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Oct. 17, bound for Philadelphia, before turning back to the airport. Gary Leff, a Texas-based aviation expert who founded the blog "View from the Wing," told Fox News Digital that engine oil entering an aircraft's air supply could potentially explain the odor, although the cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed. PROBE UNDERWAY AS 7 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SICKENED BY BAFFLING ODOR ON MAJOR AIRLINE "When that happens, you can get smoke, you can get vibration, you can get loud noises. It can also wind up making people ill," Leff said. FlightAware data reviewed by Fox News Digital showed that the plane was in the air for 34 minutes before landing back at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. In a statement to Fox News Digital, American Airlines confirmed that the flight returned to St. Louis shortly after takeoff following a reported odor on board. The airline said the aircraft landed safely and was taken out of service for inspection by its maintenance team. The flight had already been delayed roughly two hours following a reported engine issue before passengers experienced trouble in the air, according to a couple who spoke to local outlet First Alert 4. TRAVEL NIGHTMARE UNFOLDS AS MAJOR AIRLINE SCRAPS FLIGHT AFTER HARROWING 12-HOUR DELAY The passengers — Tessa and Mark Springer of Waterloo, Illinois — were traveling to Pennsylvania for work when they heard a troubling noise coming from the back of the plane before takeoff. "We heard just this really horrible noise coming from the back of the plane. It was like ... real loud buzzing, kind of [a] grinding sound," Mark Springer said. Mark Springer said the pilot then announced there was a mechanical issue. "The pilot comes back on and says, ‘Uh, there’s a problem with the engine on the airplane,’" the passenger added. "'We can’t get it started.'" 'WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DIE': PASSENGERS THROWN INTO CEILING DURING TERRIFYING FLIGHT After the delay, the plane finally departed. But about 15 minutes into the flight, passengers experienced a sudden jolt that sent them lunging forward, according to Mark Springer. "All of a sudden, the plane just felt like it hit a ... like in a car, when you slam on your brakes. ... Everybody kind of lunges forward like this," he said. "And then, maybe a minute later, the plane just kind of goes boom and drops. … All of the oxygen masks fall. And we just kind of looked at each other like, is this serious? Is this real?" added Mark Springer. Tessa Springer recalled fearing for her life as the plane turned back toward the airport, telling First Alert 4 she was terrified she would die. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER She texted her children, "Problem on our plane, love you guys," per the outlet. "I was like, we’re going to die," Tessa Springer said. The couple said that once they landed, they evacuated the plane by jumping from its wing, with fellow passengers helping catch one another as they made their way to the ground. "I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get on another airplane ever again," Mark Springer said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Despite the frightening ordeal, Leff of "View from the Wing" said a lengthy delay due to a mechanical issue does not necessarily indicate that a flight is unsafe. "Part of that delay is diagnosing, part of it's addressing it, and part of it's getting all the paperwork right and just doing all the final readbacks and rechecks to make sure that everything is safe for departure," Leff said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "A long delay in and of itself is not a safety concern," he added. Leff also noted that aircraft are equipped with multiple safety systems and emergency procedures designed to protect passengers when problems arise. "There are tremendous redundancies of systems and emergency procedures in place, such that the cockpit crew immediately reacted, responded and got everyone on the ground and off the aircraft to safety," Leff said. "It's certainly not something that you want to go through — but even when something goes wrong, that doesn't mean that things end badly at all," he added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c1275342cf4db92c1db Want flying cars? America needs thousands more Elon Musks and less red tape te 2026-10-20T11:10:10.645Z Want flying cars? America needs thousands more Elon Musks and less red tape One of my favorite cartoons growing up was the Jetsons. The Jetsons were a futuristic family living among the clouds with a fully automated life, from a robot maid named Rosie to technology that could make your dinner or do your laundry in just a few seconds at the push of a button. Everyone’s favorite aspect of this futuristic cartoon lifestyle boiled down to one element, which has become somewhat of a benchmark for technological progress: flying cars. And with Tesla’s recent exhibition, we are one step closer to that Jetsons-esque reality. If you haven’t seen the video, Tesla did a demonstration of their forthcoming Roadster vehicle, slated for 2028 production. The car swooped up a half-loop ramp reminiscent of Matchbox car stunts. At the top of the ramp, the car, which was upside down at the top, flipped over in midair. Then, thrusters seemed to suspend the car in mid-air, before helping guide it gently back down to land on the ground. For just a few moments, that car flew, and it was truly awe-inspiring. FLYING SPORTS CAR HIDES ITS WINGS AS PRODUCTION GETS CLOSER The reactions to this engineering feat and demonstration spectacle are somewhat of a Rorschach test. Those who love building, progress, technology or who are just generally optimistic have seen this demonstration as a formidable, impressive achievement. Those who like to see things torn down or are generally naysayers or obstacle formers react with "it’s not that big of a deal" or give other criticisms. Fortunately, America still has enough people committed to the entrepreneurial spirit to attract the likes of Elon Musk and provide a good home base for his talented team members and others who want to see Musk, America, and human beings in general succeed. It isn’t hyperbole to say that Elon Musk is one of, if not the greatest, entrepreneurs of modern times. Regardless of any personal feelings or thoughts about Musk, if you can separate the art from the artist, or in his case, the entrepreneur from his business accomplishments, objectively, Musk has done the unthinkable time and time again. And we, as a country, are better off for him doing it from America as his home base. As my husband and I talked about Musk’s varying accomplishments, from his early work in online payments, to his achievements in electric vehicle manufacturing and AI, to his SpaceX being able to catch rocket boosters returning to the Earth from outer space upon landing, and now this latest hovering automobile. We discussed that Musk reportedly held discussions with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company regarding a potential collaboration for his "Terafab" semiconductor facility in Texas. I mentioned that chip build out had faced major challenges elsewhere and my husband pointed out that it is different under Musk, saying, "In fact, we need 16,000 more Elon Musks." INNOVATION IS KEY TO AMERICA STAYING A SUPERPOWER. BUT IT IS MISSING AN ESSENTIAL PIECE And he’s right. America needs more Elon Musks. No, Elon Musk does not succeed on his own. There are many team members, alongside him in undertaking outrageous projects and often making them succeed. But there’s something about Musk’s vision, leadership, hiring and willingness to inspire confidence in others, both on his team and in the general public, that makes his teams continue to be successful. And we need more of that. We need to not only attract and inspire those who may even be just a little bit like Musk, to dream bigger and bolder, to take calculated risks and try and try again when things don’t work the first time. And we need to make sure that we incentivize that behavior, instead of trying to penalize it or throw up roadblocks. THE NEXT AMERICAN BOOM COULD BE HERE — UNLESS WASHINGTON REGULATES IT TO DEATH In our own government, which is supposed to help vs. hinder entrepreneurs, we have politicians like Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is noted for going after Elon Musk because of his success, instead of trying to figure out a way to foster more Musk-like successes. After a vastly-ridiculed post made earlier this week from Warren lamenting, of all things, a possible merger between companies that make various spices and condiments, Mike Solana, CMO of Founders Fund and EIC of Pirate Wires, posted on X (also owned by Musk), highlighting the stark differences between the politician Warren and the creator Musk. His post said, "liz warren: we’re gonna stop the mayonnaise company from buying a hot sauce company." He then said, "elon musk:," and included the video from Musk of the roadster’s hovering feat, perfectly illustrating how some in our country are erecting barriers and others are breaking barriers. America was founded on an idea of individual rights and incentives that rewarded successful pursuits, with such rewards growing at scale. We are very fortunate that we have Elon Musk and others who are pushing boundaries, bringing us into new frontiers, allowing Americans who work for him, who invest with him and who use his products or services to benefit alongside of him. We do need 16,000 more Elon Musks. And the way to foster more Elon Musks is to appreciate, incentivize and reward entrepreneurship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c1175342cf4db92c1d2 Elderly Miss. man killed with own gun in random home invasion as sheriff questions possible religious motive te 2026-10-20T11:10:09.693Z Elderly Miss. man killed with own gun in random home invasion as sheriff questions possible religious motive An elderly Mississippi man was fatally shot with his own gun while fighting an alleged burglar inside his home, and his wife managed to escape, authorities said. Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards told Fox News Digital that Eric Basco broke into Bobby McGill’s home around 4 a.m. Thursday while McGill and his wife were asleep. McGill, 81, struggled with Basco, who got hold of McGill’s gun and fatally shot him multiple times, Edwards said. MISSISSIPPI TEEN ALLEGEDLY KILLED ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR HOME BEFORE FIRING ON DEPUTIES IN STANDOFF "It appears that there was a struggle that had ensued between the assailant and the homeowner. And he had a pistol that he kept in his chest there at the foot of his bed," Edwards said. "It looks like to us that what we're piecing together, is that that he may have tried to get that pistol and the individual was fighting him and they had a fight and the guy got the pistol and shot Mr. Bobby multiple times." McGill's wife, Peggy, was able to escape the home safely and called 911 to report that someone had "came into their house and attacked her husband," Edwards said. SUSPECT IN PITTSBURGH DOCTOR'S MURDER HAD BEEN RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL ON PRIOR BURGLARY CHARGE: COURT DOCS Edwards said Basco's likely motive was burglary, adding that he went into a bathroom and shot himself. Basco has since died at a hospital. However, Edwards said investigators obtained a video from the evening before the shooting that appears to show Basco walking down a road about 1.5 miles from McGill’s home, throwing his hands in the air and screaming what sounds like "God is dead." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "It sounds like on the video that we saw that he was saying, God is dead. Now, like I said, we're not 100% sure of that, but it sounds like that's what he was sayin'," Edwards said. "And in Mr. Bobby's yard was a cross and a sign that said, 'Jesus is Lord.' So did that help lure him to that house? I don't know. I'm not saying it did. I'm not saying it had anything at all to do with it. But it's a question that I have in my head if that played a part or not. I don't know, we'll probably never know." SEND US A TIP "It was a very sad, tragic thing, just for no reason," Edwards added. MISSISSIPPI TEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING ELDERLY COUPLE HAD WORKED FOR THEM BEFORE SHOOTING: FAMILY The Union County sheriff said Basco didn't have a criminal history other than minor traffic violations and said there was "something mentally wrong with him or something that altered his thinking." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST He said the couple were "very good citizens." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL McGill’s granddaughter paid tribute to him in a Facebook post, writing, "My Papaw loved the Lord above all else & he loved his family with his whole heart." "What a great man. He led his life by example of what it looks like to walk with Jesus. He made sure you couldn’t leave a conversation with him without hearing about Jesus. His faith became sight this morning," she wrote. "How lucky are we to have the hope of eternity so we can see him again one day. This world & the people in it can be so evil. Please be in prayer for our family in the days to come." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c1075342cf4db92c1c9 Midwest pro-Trump state could hold key to Republicans' midterm hopes te 2026-10-20T11:10:08.723Z Midwest pro-Trump state could hold key to Republicans' midterm hopes DES MOINES, Iowa — House Republicans are pinning hopes of keeping their majority on a state that President Donald Trump won by roughly 13 points in November 2024. And while Iowa has leaned red in recent years, Republicans are now finding themselves defending three of its four congressional districts as polls give Democrats more hope by the day that the key to a blue wave runs through the Midwest. But Republicans are dismissing public perception surveys as a political cudgel used by the media and the left to discourage GOP voters, while insisting the results will come down to one thing. "Nobody knows what's going to happen on November 3rd. But I'm here to tell you, if our people show up, we win. If our people don't show up … then we're going to be scratching and clawing to hang on to every inch that we've got," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told a room of GOP supporters in Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday. MEDIA NARRATIVE PREDICTING BLUE WAVE IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE NOT MESHING WITH LOCAL REPUBLICANS: 'FIRED UP' Fox News Digital joined Emmer and several other House Republicans on a two-district swing in Iowa late last week. The No. 3 House GOP leader spent his afternoon at an event for congressional candidate Joe Mitchell in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, followed by a fundraiser for Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, in Des Moines in the evening. At both events, he argued that polling showing Democrats with a growing advantage was incorrect, but he and others are still warning that getting Republicans out to vote will be key to the party’s success. "Republicans do not like to participate in surveys," Emmer told people Thursday evening in Des Moines. "We are very suspicious of the people who are giving the information to and the databases they’re putting us in. By the way, there are Republicans who answer these surveys who may tell exactly the opposite of what they actually stand on, because again, we don’t trust them." CRITICAL HOUSE RACE THAT COULD DECIDE CONTROL OF CONGRESS HITS HOME STRETCH AS GOP REP WARNS WHAT'S AT STAKE Fox News Power Rankings show all but one of Iowa’s four congressional districts are in play. Nunn’s district and the one represented by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, both "lean Democrat." The seat Mitchell is vying to take over from retiring Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is ranked a "toss-up." Republicans across the country are privately worrying that Trump’s low approval numbers coupled with some of his more unpopular policies could drag down the GOP. Add in the overall high cost of living and gas prices, some on the right are bracing for a 2018-style blue wave. TRUMP’S BEEF IMPORT SCHEME WREAKS HAVOC ON FED-UP RED STATE CATTLE RANCHERS Two of the policies that could sandbag Republican candidates in Iowa in particular are Trump’s tariffs and his decision to import foreign beef. The agriculture-heavy state has been hit particularly hard so far, with tariffs making farm equipment and other materials more expensive, while Trump's trade war with China has hit American farmers hard with Beijing's retaliation. Trump has sought to mitigate the impact of his steel tariffs in particular, announcing plans last month for a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa. But both Nunn and Mitchell are confident in the races they are running. TRUMP-LINKED SUPER PAC PULLS FUNDING FROM 2 HOUSE REPUBLICANS AS GOP FIGHTS TO KEEP MAJORITY "We feel very confident about the race. And that's because we've talked to every voter we can, asked for their vote on November 3rd, and we've been traveling the district for the last 13 months — all 22 counties, rural and suburban and urban, telling people, this is an election of common sense versus crazy," Mitchell told Fox News Digital. "We have the hardest workers on the ballot." Nunn told attendees at his event, "Not only is Iowa at the front line of the entire country when it comes to making sure we've got three competitive House seats, Des Moines, Iowa, the third district, our proud district, is now one of the most competitive in the country." "So not only are we on the front line, we get to be at the tip of the spear," Nunn said, weeks after he led a bipartisan bill aimed at curbing Trump's imports of foreign beef. And despite the national-level outlook on Trump, turning out the president’s supporters could be the difference between narrowly keeping the GOP majority and losing control of the House. TRUMP SAYS POLLS 'DON'T ACCOUNT FOR ONE THING,' AS HE PLEDGES TO DEFEAT COMMUNISTS 'ONCE AND FOR ALL' Trump, for his part, is doing what he can to motivate the base. Nunn kicked off his Thursday evening event shortly after a phone call with Trump, during which the president said he "is committed to making sure we remain here in Iowa," the congressman said. Trump is also set to descend on the state later this week for a rally in Sioux City, though it’s taking place in the only safe district for Republicans in the state. "I'm always competing. I don't care if it's Iowa, I don't care if it's Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada, Texas, Florida, they're all important to this midterm," Emmer told Fox News Digital. "This midterm, to me, will come down to about 10 seats. Everybody talks about 20-plus. No. It's going to be a very narrow end, and for Republicans, Iowa is a great example. If the Republicans come out to vote, we're going to be just fine." If the fate of the House majority did come down to the results of just 10 seats, that would mean Iowa would be responsible for roughly one-third of that success. And while not all Republicans are as confident in the GOP’s chances in Iowa, they do agree that the final results will come down to turnout. "This goes one of two ways — and both aren’t great for Republicans. Marianette Miller-Meeks, Joe Mitchell, and Zach Nunn either win by the skin of their teeth or it’s complete and total obliteration on November 3rd," a GOP operative familiar with campaigns in Iowa told Fox News Digital. "There is no in-between. If Republican voters turn out to the polls, there’s hope. If not, it’s going to be bad." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c0f75342cf4db92c196 Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting tool te 2026-10-20T11:10:07.192Z Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting tool Meeting note-taking tool Otter.ai announced on Tuesday that it has raised $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), which provides capital to startups without diluting equity and gets returns on the results of marketing spend. Otter.ai said that it will use these funds for ente Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad74c0d75342cf4db92c18d Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant te 2026-10-20T11:10:05.922Z Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to create personalized recommendations that remember your preferences. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0575342cf4db92bf3d Angel Reese dominates Game 2 as Atlanta Dream even WNBA Finals against Golden State Valkyries te 2026-10-20T10:10:13.428Z Angel Reese dominates Game 2 as Atlanta Dream even WNBA Finals against Golden State Valkyries SAN FRANCISCO – Angel Reese started Game 1 of the WNBA Finals with 11 points in the first quarter, then went the rest of the afternoon without making another field goal. In Game 2, she gave the Atlanta Dream considerably more than a good start. Reese scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Atlanta to a 79-65 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Monday night at Chase Center, evening the best-of-seven series at 1-1. She added 3 assists, 2 blocks and a steal. She became the youngest player to record at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a WNBA postseason game. DREAM, VALKYRIES SKIP NATIONAL ANTHEM IN WNBA FINALS GAME 2 DESPITE RULEBOOK REQUIREMENT It took four trips to the Finals for the Dream to finally win a game. Atlanta was swept in 2010, 2011 and 2013, then lost Saturday’s opener to fall to 0-10 in championship series games. Reese helped put an end to that streak with one of the best games of her career. But before tipoff, there was another national anthem controversy. Both teams again stayed off the court for the anthem, leaving the floor just before the start of the "Star-Spangled Banner" and returning seconds after Alanis Morissette finished her performance. The WNBA’s rulebook calls for players, coaches and trainers to stand and line up during the anthem. The league has not answered OutKick’s questions about the teams’ absences. Once the game began, Reese attacked the basket and kept giving Atlanta offense. She scored eight points in the first quarter and seven in the second, giving her 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the first half. Those 15 points represented one more than she scored in all of Game 1. ANGEL REESE IS IN THE WNBA FINALS, BUT HER CHICAGO EXIT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HER WINNING MENTALITY Reese’s strong night still included a brief tantrum early in the third quarter. With the game tied at 40, she stomped her feet after not getting the ball and walked away while Atlanta’s possession continued, taking herself out of position to pursue an offensive rebound. That’s a bad look in a Finals game. To Reese's credit, she didn't let one bad moment define her night. She followed the outburst with a block on Tiffany Hayes, then later finished through contact against Kiah Stokes and completed the three-point play. Cameras showed Reese yelling "Give me the f-----g ball!" after the and-1 bucket. Reese finished with nine third-quarter points, matching Golden State’s entire output. The Valkyries never made Reese pay for entering the second half with three fouls. She stayed on the floor for the entire third quarter without picking up another one, while Golden State kept firing jump shots and failed to get to the free-throw line. Both teams made four field goals in the third quarter, including one three-pointer apiece. Atlanta went 12-for-12 at the foul line. Golden State didn’t attempt a free throw. This wasn't a case of a one-way whistle, either; Golden State routinely settled for outside shots rather than attacking the paint. The Dream took a 60-46 lead into the fourth, and the advantage reached 21 with just over six minutes remaining. Reese added six points in the fourth quarter, including a 24-foot three-pointer that put Atlanta ahead 74-55 with 4:15 remaining. The series moves to Atlanta’s State Farm Arena for Game 3 on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0475342cf4db92bf34 Michael Robinson accused Jalen Hurts of faking an injury — then doctors found clots in his lungs te 2026-10-20T10:10:12.620Z Michael Robinson accused Jalen Hurts of faking an injury — then doctors found clots in his lungs The question during Monday's OutKick meeting went as follows: Did Michael Robinson just give the worst-aged sports take in history? It happened Thursday on NFL Network, when the former fullback suggested that Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was faking an injury so as not to be the fall guy for a losing team. "He's pulling himself out, so this doesn't look like it's on me," Robinson said. EAGLES QUARTERBACK JALEN HURTS RULED OUT OF SUNDAY'S GAME 'OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION' DUE TO BLOOD CLOT On October 4, Hurts was cleated in the calf against the Rams. Six days later, an ultrasound revealed a superficial blood clot. He still played against the Jaguars the following day in London, despite doctors reportedly keeping him awake all night over concerns about the risks associated with sleeping with a blood clot. On October 15, the Eagles released a statement saying Hurts wouldn't play Sunday against the Panthers. That night, Robinson chucked his now-infamous verbal air ball. "If I'm Jalen Hurts or anybody in the Jalen Hurts' camp, I'm saying 'if everybody is hurt, then I'm hurt, too'," he said, referring to the rash of injuries on the Eagles roster. Robinson added: "I would advise all of our viewers to go Google 'superficial blood clot' as opposed to a real blood clot." EAGLES APPEAR SET TO ADD QB FROM COWBOYS' PRACTICE SQUAD AS JALEN HURTS DEALS WITH BLOOD CLOT Well, it turns out Hurts' condition was far more serious than Robinson suggested. Doctors subsequently discovered blood clots in his lungs — and now he's expected to miss the rest of the season. Part of me wondered if Robinson's season as a broadcaster was in jeopardy as well, although he did issue the following apology Monday night."  "I want to sincerely apologize to Jalen Hurts, his family, the Philadelphia Eagles organization and fan base for my comments last Thursday. They were unfounded and I never should've speculated on a health issue of a player nor his commitment to this team." The mea culpa seems sincere — and boy was it necessary.  I will admit that my favorite key on my laptop is delete. It's rare that I have to come up with an opinion on a hot mic. But to imply that a world-class athlete is exaggerating an injury to preserve his reputation is a staggering lapse in judgment. On the off chance that Robinson was correct, he might have scored a day-long victory lap. But whiffing like that gave his credibility a permanent stain. NBA GREAT SAYS HE NEARLY 'DROPPED DEAD' DUE TO BLOOD CLOT AS HE OFFERS ADVICE TO VICTOR WEMBANYAMA THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Don't get me wrong, there have been a lot of bad sports opinions that had little impact on the pundit's career. In 2016, Max Kellerman said that Tom Brady was about to "fall off a cliff," only to watch the QB win three more Super Bowls. In 2014, Skip Bayless said that Johnny Manziel was going to be bigger in Cleveland than LeBron James ever was. In 2010, Mel Kiper Jr. said he would retire from ESPN if Jimmy Clausen — who went 1-13 in the 14 NFL games he started — was not a successful quarterback. And last month, LA Times columnist Bill Plaschke said that this year's Rams would go undefeated en route to the Super Bowl (they are 2-4). But none of those takes attacked a man's character the way Robinson attacked Hurts'. They might have been ridiculous, but they were also harmless. Look, I don't want to see Robinson lose his gig the way some online angry villagers do. He gave an egregious opinion, but one reckless remark shouldn't erase a career's worth of work. This one is going to stick with the former Seahawk for a while, though, even with the apology. Bad predictions are forgotten. Baseless accusations aren't. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0375342cf4db92bf2b Elissa Slotkin tells students like me not to work in government. Don’t listen to her te 2026-10-20T10:10:11.881Z Elissa Slotkin tells students like me not to work in government. Don’t listen to her Last week, Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin came to the University of Chicago to send a message to young conservatives: stay out of government, or else. The visit came with little attention initially. Senator Slotkin chose her words carefully. She talked about fighting for the middle class, criticized President Trump’s economic policies, and kept her name in the running for president in 2028. But, buried between her typical politician-speak, she made a clear threat towards young conservatives. Asked whether she wanted to impeach the president, she pivoted and spoke of effectiveness. She thought the 67-vote threshold for conviction in the Senate was too hard to meet, so instead the best course of action would be to go after the people around the president. That way, young people who may be interested in working in the Trump administration would say, "Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, so let me avoid participating in that." MIKE DAVIS: SEN SLOTKIN REVEALS HER INSIDIOUS SCHEME TO TARGET YOUNG CONSERVATIVES That threat felt personal to me. When I was in high school, I served as a United States Senate Page. For those unfamiliar with the program, it selects thirty juniors from across the country to spend a semester going to school and working in the Senate. I did my math homework on the Senate floor when Congress was out of session and ran around delivering messages and papers during session. I made many of my closest friends during that program, few of whom share my viewpoints on politics. And I gained a deep respect for the body I worked for. When I completed the program, my friends and family asked me whether I felt more optimistic or pessimistic about our government. The news coming out of Washington was so bad, they just assumed it would be pessimistic; they were interested in stories about senators yelling at one another and fighting to the death in meaningless partisan battles. But I came out of that program more optimistic than ever. Top of the list of reasons was that no matter their political allegiance, senators encouraged us — a group of impressionable high schoolers — to go into politics and make our voices heard. I was excited about the prospect that I could really make a difference in the future of our country. Hearing Senator Slotkin’s comments, I am left wondering whether that impression was incorrect. But, I choose to believe that the United States Senate can still be the world’s greatest deliberative body and that young people can, in fact, have a say in our shared future. Senator Slotkin’s remarks should be an exception to how the Senate operates, not the rule. Thankfully, her threat could not have come at a more prescient time. The midterms are only two weeks away. Senator Slotkin’s words are not empty; they are a gameplan for what Democrats will do if they retake power in Congress this November. Unfortunately, running that gameplan will come at the expense of young men and women interested in serving their country. More still, in that very same discussion Senator Slotkin left the door open to running for president in 2028. It is far from inconceivable that two years from now, we’ll be welcoming President-Elect Slotkin into the Oval Office. That is why it is more important than ever that young conservatives speak out and show up. It doesn’t matter whether you have a PhD from Harvard or dropped out of high school — your voice matters in this country. If you love our country and have the capacity to serve in government, I encourage you to do so. I recognize that that is not an easy ask. If Senator Slotkin is serious — and there is little reason to think she is not — serving your country will come at a great personal cost. Some very powerful people will seek to make you a pariah, as the host remarked to Senator Slotkin during her interview. And during the Biden Administration, Democrats in the White House and Congress did so to many young conservatives. And one cannot forget Charlie Kirk’s assassination last September at the hands of a radical gunman. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION But the hardest fights are also the most important ones to win. Should our government fall into the hands of those who seek power for revenge and target the weak, our fates will be at the will of tyrants. Preventing such a future requires the involvement of young people. John Adams once remarked to a crowd of young patriots in Philadelphia, "America and the world will look to our youth as one of our firmest bulwarks." 250 years after our nation’s founding, Adams’s words ring more true than ever before. So, do not cower in the face of Senator Slotkin’s threats. In fact, take her threats as a reason to serve our country. I sincerely believe that the fate of our Republic depends on it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0375342cf4db92bf22 Some synagogues canceled prayers as French Jews faced warnings amid violent protests te 2026-10-20T10:10:11.070Z Some synagogues canceled prayers as French Jews faced warnings amid violent protests For some French Jews, Saturday's unrest brought an unsettling warning: conceal outward signs of Jewish identity and avoid gathering outside synagogues.  One community member told Fox News Digital that some congregations had even canceled afternoon prayers on the Sabbath as demonstrations across France descended into violence. Ahead of the protests on Saturday, he said, as a precaution, "Lots of synagogues sent out emails to their people saying, 'We're canceling Mincha on Shabbat afternoon. Please don't go out. It's going to be dangerous,'" Samuel Arrouas, a French Jewish community member who divides his time between Paris and Israel, told Fox News Digital. Mincha is the Jewish afternoon prayer service. Arrouas, who returned to Israel before Saturday's protests, described his shock over the messages. "I'm 40-years-old. First time I heard this," he said. FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING Arrouas said warnings also advised Jews against visibly wearing kippahs, traditional skullcaps, or tzitzit, ritual fringes worn by observant Jewish men. Worshipers were discouraged from lingering outside synagogues after services. "You go to prayers, and you immediately leave," he said. Before leaving France, Arrouas said he encountered masked demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags near Paris Dauphine University. "It's very scary," he said. "When you're Jewish and you pass in front of such a scene, the only thing you want to do is just get away." The concerns emerged as approximately 550,000 people demonstrated across France on Oct. 17 against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools. The demonstrations were masked rioters clashed with police, looted businesses and set fire to vehicles and buildings in Paris, Marseille and other cities. France's Interior Ministry reported approximately 2,400 arrests. ISRAELI AMBASSADOR COMPARES FRANCE'S FAR-LEFT LEADER'S RHETORIC TO HITLER AS ANTISEMITISM SURGES President Emmanuel Macron called for "calm and order" in a national address, warning against escalation. "We all feel anger and shame," he said, distinguishing protesters' "legitimate demands" from "those who destroyed, smashed and looted." He said "nothing justifies" the violence and pledged accountability. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, which Macron refused. Shannon Seban, the France-based executive director of European affairs at the Combat Antisemitism Movement, said the presence of Palestinian flags at demonstrations over domestic issues added to Jewish community concerns. "We have seen Palestinian flags at demonstrations that were supposed to be about education and social demands. What does Gaza have to do with any of this?" Seban told Fox News Digital. INSIDE THE PROTEST PLAYBOOK TO VILIFY ISRAEL ON 'GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION' "This has nothing to do with legitimate student demands anymore. We are talking about organized violence, about people who are not coming to demonstrate but to destroy, to attack our police officers and to challenge the authority of the Republic," she said. Seban linked the violence to rhetoric urging people to "globalize the intifada" and to antisemitic conspiracy theories circulating online. "At the Combat Antisemitism Movement, we documented 1,384 antisemitic posts in just two days, including conspiracy theories accusing Jews and Israel of being behind the unrest," Seban said. "The right to protest is fundamental in a democracy. But the right to protest is not the right to destroy," she added. "France and Europe must wake up. Before it is too late." In Marseille, Bruno Benjamin, president of the Marseille-Provence branch of CRIF, the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, described the damage to local businesses and the anxiety facing the community. "Several hundred shops were ransacked, vandalized, and looted. The scale of the devastation is simply unbearable," Benjamin told Fox News Digital. He said shopkeepers had seen years of work destroyed within hours, leaving some facing layoffs or temporary unemployment for employees. "This is not just an attack on businesses. It is an attack on people's livelihood, their dignity, and the very fabric of our society," he said. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER France's Jewish community security organization, SPCJ, cautioned against assuming that Jewish-owned property was targeted because of religion. In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, SPCJ said a break-in and vandalism at a synagogue in Paris's 19th arrondissement initially suggested burglary, although the motive remained undetermined. Jewish-owned businesses were among those damaged in Marseille, it said, without evidence they had been singled out for being Jewish. The U.S. State Department's existing Level 2 travel advisory urges Americans to exercise increased caution in France because of terrorism and unrest. Fox News Digital reached out to the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment on the unrest and the safety of the Jewish community. Benjamin said rising insecurity and antisemitism had left some French Jews considering whether to leave the country, while others remained determined to stay. "We must relentlessly combat antisemitism, defend their right to live in safety and dignity and ensure that no Jew in France should ever have to choose between their personal security and their love for their country," he said. "Because being Jewish in France should never mean having to live in fear." For Seban of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, it's evident where the blame lies: "Let me be very clear: La France Insoumise and the far left bear a political responsibility for fueling this climate of violence and confrontation." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0275342cf4db92bf19 Princess Diana feared Prince Harry would ‘wither’ in Prince William’s shadow: expert te 2026-10-20T10:10:10.315Z Princess Diana feared Prince Harry would ‘wither’ in Prince William’s shadow: expert Princess Diana feared Prince Harry would struggle to find his place in the royal family while growing up in the shadow of his older brother and future king Prince William, according to a royal expert. The late Princess of Wales’ concerns about her sons are back in the spotlight amid news of the upcoming three-part documentary "Diana Unheard," which will feature never-before-heard audio from roughly five hours of secret recordings that Diana made with her friend Dr. James Colthurst in 1991. The documentary's producers told Deadline that the recordings, which were used in Andrew Morton’s explosive 1992 biography, "Diana: Her True Story," include the princess speaking candidly about her sons William and the line of succession, as well as her troubled marriage to then-Prince Charles and other aspects of royal life. PRINCE HARRY'S RUMORED DIANA FILM 'MIGHT FEEL LIKE ANOTHER BETRAYAL' TO PRINCE WILLIAM AS RIFT GROWS: EXPERT While speaking with Fox News Digital, British royals expert Christopher Andersen shared his view that the recordings could reveal Diana's long-held concerns about the vastly different paths awaiting her sons. "Diana worried from the beginning that Harry might wither in the shadow of his brother the future king," the "Kate!" author said. PRINCE WILLIAM'S ABSENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES AS KING CHARLES REUNITES WITH PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE: EXPERTS "Even at a young age, William shared his mother's concerns and for the most part took great pains to spare his brother's feelings," Andersen continued. "It's very telling that, in his last conversation with Diana just hours before her death, William expressed his fear that a photo opportunity at Eton might leave Harry feeling ignored." Diana died at age 36 in August 1997 after suffering injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Her partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver, Henri Paul, also died in the crash. KING CHARLES, PRINCE WILLIAM 'FURIOUS' AS PRINCESS DIANA'S BROTHER UNLEASHES EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS: EXPERTS Hours before her death, Diana called William, then 15, from her hotel in Paris, according to Morton's biography. During what would become their final conversation, William reportedly told his mother that he had been asked to participate in a solo photocall to mark the beginning of his third year at Eton College and shared that he was deeply concerned the high-profile solo moment would make Harry, then 12, feel overshadowed and excluded. According to Andersen, Diana had confidence that William, now 44, would succeed in his role as future king, but she was apprehensive over how the monarchy's heir-and-spare dynamic would affect Harry, now 42. PRINCE GEORGE FOLLOWS PRINCE WILLIAM'S FOOTSTEPS AT ETON IN A CHANGING ROYAL WORLD: EXPERTS "Wise, sensitive, an old soul — these were some of the words that Diana used to describe William," Andersen said. "She saw him as being mature far beyond his years. While Diana knew much would be demanded of William in the future, she never doubted that he would be up to the task." "Harry was another matter entirely," Andersen said. "The world saw Harry as a charming scamp, and there definitely was that side to him, but Diana knew better than anyone that always being in his brother's formidable shadow could leave the Spare with deep-seated feelings of insecurity and gnawing self-doubt." PRINCE WILLIAM'S DOOR IS 'BOLTED SHUT' AS PRINCE HARRY PLANS UK RETURN WITH MEGHAN MARKLE, CHILDREN: EXPERT However, Andersen expressed his opinion that Diana had faith in the strength of the bond between William and Harry and would not have foreseen their future estrangement. "Looking back, it's so odd to remember how close the brothers truly were," he said. "They had their moments, as all siblings do, but the boys were always so emotionally dependent on each other." PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON 'PLAYING IT COOL' AS PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE RETURN TO THE UK: EXPERT "Diana always felt that, whatever challenges they faced, William and Harry would weather the storm together," Andersen continued. "She viewed the brothers as a unit. As far as Diana was concerned, theirs was an unbreakable bond." Royal expert Kinsey Schofield agreed that Diana did not fear that there would be a rift between the brothers but argued that the late princess worried more over William's burden as the future king than Harry's supporting role. PRINCE WILLIAM, KATE MIDDLETON FACE 'SUSSEX CIRCUS' AS PRINCE GEORGE PREPARES FOR ETON: EXPERT "Based on my research, Diana was more concerned about the pressures of royal life affecting her sons individually than the possibility of them becoming estranged," the host of YouTube’s "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered" told Fox News Digital. "Diana understood that William and Harry were destined for very different lives," Schofield continued. "William was born to be king. Harry was born to support him. She wanted them to remain close because she understood the importance of William having someone he could trust." PRINCE HARRY’S PUSH TO GIVE ARCHIE, LILIBET ROYAL UPBRINGING EXPOSES ‘CONTRADICTION’ AFTER PALACE EXIT: EXPERT "Prince William’s future weighed heavily on Diana because she understood the responsibility he would inherit," she added. "She knew that William would never have the freedom to simply walk away from his destiny. She spoke to him about the importance of finding a suitable and supportive partner. She believed in his leadership but worried about his reluctance as a child." "Harry, on the other hand, had opportunities William would never enjoy. He could pursue his own interests, build a career around charitable causes, and enjoy a degree of independence that his brother couldn’t." Schofield pointed out that Harry was once a favorite of the British public and celebrated for his achievements. "He was enormously popular," Schofield said. "He had a successful military career, founded the Invictus Games, and was one of the most beloved members of the royal family." "Harry wasn’t destined for failure because he was born second," she continued. "He had every opportunity to build a meaningful life within the institution." "I think Diana would have been more concerned about William carrying the weight of the Crown than Harry having to share the spotlight," Schofield added. The royal experts agreed that Diana would have been shocked and distraught over William and Harry's current estrangement. "Diana would have been heartbroken, and it's hard for me to imagine that the split ever would have happened if she had been alive," Anderson said. "Things just wouldn't have gotten so out of hand." "I think Diana would be devastated," Schofield told Fox News Digital. "Prince William and Harry shared an experience that very few people on earth could understand. They lost their mother in front of the entire world. That shared grief should have been something that united them for life." Reports of tensions between the brothers first emerged in 2018, with Harry publicly acknowledging the strain in their relationship the following year when he said the brothers were on "different paths." The divide widened further after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced their decision to step down from their roles as working royals in January 2020. The two's relationship continued to deteriorate in subsequent years following Harry and Markle's bombshell 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, the couple's 2022 Netflix series "Harry & Meghan" and Harry's explosive 2023 memoir "Spare." However, British royals expert Hilary Fordwich cautioned against viewing Diana's decades-old concerns through the lens of events that unfolded long after her death. "Hearing tapes today made back in 1991 though shouldn’t be taken as a current verdict regarding events and complicated results of events Princess Diana isn’t tragically alive to witness," Fordwich told Fox News Digital. While Diana herself was known for challenging royal conventions and became increasingly more independent following her 1992 separation from Charles, she continued carrying out public duties and remained committed to many of the causes she had championed as a working royal. Andersen and Schofield argued that Diana's rebellious streak does not necessarily mean she would have supported Harry's decision to leave royal duties and his subsequent actions. "Diana definitely knew that Harry would have to forge his own path to some extent — certainly more so than William, whose role in royal life is preordained," Andersen said. "But I don't believe Diana would have approved of Harry abruptly bailing on the monarchy the way he did." "True, Diana was a rule-breaker and a rebel but she also had a strong sense of duty and of history," he continued. "Diana believed that Harry had an important role to play. Harry probably would never be king, but he was the son of one and as such had his own unique destiny to fulfill within the monarchy." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Of course Diana would have wanted above all else for her sons to be happy, but it never would have occurred to her that Harry would simply turn his back on the rest of the royal family," Andersen added. "Diana might have sympathized with Harry’s frustrations, but I don’t believe that means she would have supported everything he’s done since leaving," Schofield said. Diana understood what it meant to feel trapped," she continued. "But Harry had choices his mother never enjoyed. And he exercised them." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Whatever new insights the recordings may offer into Diana's private concerns, Schofield said they could serve as a reminder of the priorities that shaped her life as a mother. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Diana wanted both her sons to be happy," Schofield said. "She wanted them to be close. And she wanted them to grow into compassionate men who understood their responsibilities to others." "If these recordings remind Americans of anything, I hope it’s that Diana’s legacy belongs to both her sons," she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0175342cf4db92bf10 ‘Super-drug’ 10 times stronger than fentanyl linked to deaths across multiple states te 2026-10-20T10:10:09.533Z ‘Super-drug’ 10 times stronger than fentanyl linked to deaths across multiple states A powerful new synthetic opioid said to be more potent than fentanyl has been linked to dozens of recent deaths in the U.S., prompting warnings from health officials. Tennessee was an early hotspot, with the state’s health department announcing in March that more than 30 fatal overdoses had been associated with cychlorphine since October 2025. An April 2026 notice from the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy cited at least 41 Tennessee deaths between July 2025 and February 2026 and at least 55 deaths nationally. KRATOM INDUSTRY WARNS SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS SHOULD NOT BE CALLED 'KRATOM' Fatal overdoses have also been reported in Illinois, California and Oklahoma, according to public health and law enforcement records. "Cychlorphine is particularly dangerous due to its strength, where a very small amount can cause someone to stop breathing," the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in its advisory. Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., CEO and chief clinical officer of the New York Center for Living in Manhattan and a clinical professor at Stony Brook Medicine’s School of Social Welfare, called cychlorphine "the new fentanyl on steroids." WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT PENTOBARBITAL AFTER DEATH ROW INMATE SURVIVES 2 LETHAL INJECTION DOSES Cychlorphine is a novel, unregulated synthetic opioid that activates the same receptors as fentanyl, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. It can cause profound sedation, slowed or stopped breathing, and death. The drug is not approved for medical use and has been detected in illicit drugs and counterfeit pills. Kardaras called cychlorphine "one of the most potent synthetic opioids" now appearing in the illicit drug supply. "Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than morphine or heroin," he told Fox News Digital. "Cychlorphine is reportedly up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl — so theoretically, about 500 times more potent than morphine or heroin." "This new synthetic drug is making fentanyl look like yesterday's candy." DR DREW PINSKY REVEALS RED FLAG IN PRESLEY GERBER ADDICTION TREATMENT BEFORE MODEL'S DEATH Cychlorphine is taken in various forms — people can ingest it as a pill, snort it in powder form, or crush it and administer it intravenously, according to Kardaras. "The problem has been, in addition to its potency, it's often put in other designer drugs and in counterfeit pills," he cautioned. While some people seek out cychlorphine for its potency, others may ingest it unknowingly when it is mixed into other substances. "Sometimes by talking about how potent some of these substances are, we increase the allure of them for some addicts, unfortunately," Kardaras said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES While cychlorphine is primarily a street drug, it can also be purchased online or via "boutique designer-drug markets," according to the expert. Cychlorphine can cause a fatal overdose in anyone, regardless of age. Kardaras said younger people may face greater exposure because some are more likely to experiment with drugs or purchase counterfeit pills. "They’re buying something online … and all of a sudden, without knowing it, they’re ingesting fentanyl or another synthetic opioid," he said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Naloxone, commonly sold under the brand name Narcan, can reverse cychlorphine’s opioid effects, but multiple or prolonged doses may be needed. "What used to take one or two doses of Narcan to reverse an overdose may now require five or six doses, based on anecdotal evidence," Kardaras said. The DEA advises people to administer naloxone immediately, call 911 and be prepared to give additional doses. Another major concern with cychlorphine is that standard fentanyl test strips and routine hospital opioid urine screens do not detect it. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Most drug tests have very specific chemical structures that they detect in any kind of synthetic or non-synthetic drug, and this new one hasn't quite been baked into the current testing strips," Kardaras noted. The takeaway, he said, is that cychlorphine may be up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl, is not detected by standard fentanyl test strips or routine hospital opioid urine screens, and may require multiple doses of naloxone to reverse. "So it's a triple whammy," he said. "It's a constant battle of keeping up with the latest iterations of new drugs." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73e0075342cf4db92bf07 McMahon embarks on four-state tour to put local leaders and parents 'back into the driver’s seat' of education te 2026-10-20T10:10:08.731Z McMahon embarks on four-state tour to put local leaders and parents 'back into the driver’s seat' of education FIRST ON FOX: Education Secretary Linda McMahon is set to launch a multi-state speaking tour Tuesday titled "The Next 250: American Education," laying out her vision for the next 250 years of American education while championing the Trump administration's efforts to reduce federal oversight and return power to local communities. "The Trump Administration has moved at a rapid pace over the last 21 months to bring much-needed change to our nation’s education system. ‘The Next 250: American Education’ speaking series is an opportunity to highlight all we have accomplished and look to the work to come for American students, families, and educators," McMahon told Fox News Digital ahead of her first stop in Utah. McMahon will arrive in Utah on Tuesday to tout the administration’s efforts to reform K-12 education by delivering a keynote address on "returning education to the states, investing in meaningful learning and proven interventions, and expanding education freedom for millions of American students and families," according to Department of Education (ED) officials. "In every decision we make, we are not asking what’s better for growing government power, ideological agendas, or bureaucrats’ careers. We are returning education to its most basic obligation: to nurture the God-given potential of our children," McMahon said. AMERICA'S NEXT 250 YEARS BEGIN IN THE CLASSROOM Following her Utah visit, McMahon plans to visit Nevada, Arizona, and Tennessee, where she will address workforce training programs, Pell Grants for community college students and rising higher education costs. McMahon’s upcoming tour follows the department’s broader 50-state "Returning Education to the States" tour. The department has repeatedly emphasized to parents that administrative authority must shift to local leaders, citing $3 trillion in federal spending and national assessment results that the administration says show only three in 10 American students are proficient in math and reading. "Despite $3 trillion in taxpayer investment in a federal Department of Education, only three in 10 students are proficient in reading and math. That is exactly why the Trump administration is returning education to the states and putting local leaders and parents back into the driver’s seat," an ED spokesperson told Fox News Digital. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS ‘HARD RESET’ FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS, VOWS TO PUT PARENTS ‘BACK IN CHARGE’ McMahon, who pledged upon taking office to dismantle the agency from within, has previously said she would hire staff committed to eliminating their respective positions as part of a long-term goal to phase out federal oversight. The tour follows President Donald Trump's recent back-to-school event at the White House, where he promoted school choice initiatives alongside McMahon, students, parents, and educators in the Rose Garden. During the event, Trump argued that despite massive federal spending, student performance remains unacceptable and families require more educational flexibility. He also pledged to eliminate "far-left extremism" from classrooms. As part of that push, the administration highlighted the upcoming Education Freedom Tax Credit. Scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, the program will allow individual taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,700 — and up to $3,400 for married couples filing jointly — for cash contributions made to approved scholarship-granting organizations. ARKANSAS STUDENTS OUTPERFORM NATIONAL AVERAGE AFTER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE EXPANSION, GOVERNOR SAYS The policy effort aligns with a recent interagency agreement between the Department of Education and the Department of the Treasury. Agency officials described the pact as a milestone step toward winding down the Department of Education. Under the agreement, student lending operations will shift to the Treasury Department, which will take over operational responsibility for defaulted federal student loan collection and support efforts to help borrowers return to repayment. This marks one of nearly ten interagency partnerships finalized over the past year as ED seeks to downsize and transfer programs to other executive branch departments. "As a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand that we only get one opportunity to educate and help our children reach their full God-given potential. That is exactly why the Trump administration is returning education to the states and ushering in the largest expansion of education freedom in American history," McMahon said. "This tour has reached millions of families across our great nation, emphasizing the vital role parents play in their child’s life — not bureaucrats in Washington." McMahon has consistently maintained that the agency functions primarily as a "pass-through" for federal grants rather than a governing body over local curricula, noting that the agency's role under federal law is frequently misunderstood. Later this month, McMahon will conclude her tour in Tennessee, delivering a keynote focused on rebuilding public trust, addressing administrative oversight, and reviving academic standards in higher education, ED officials confirmed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73dff75342cf4db92befe DR MARC SIEGEL: Iowa's cancer rate is rising. One answer may be found in the water te 2026-10-20T10:10:07.843Z DR MARC SIEGEL: Iowa's cancer rate is rising. One answer may be found in the water There is a growing concern in Iowa that the increasing cancer rate (10% over the national average, including rates of prostate, breast, colorectal, melanoma and lung cancer) at a time when cancer onset is decreasing in all but three states, could be associated in part with toxins in the environment. Iowa is a big producer of corn and soybeans and also raises hogs. Corn and soy production leads to nitrogen runoff, which can end up in river water used for drinking. The EPA doesn’t yet list nitrates, which come from chemical fertilizers and animal waste, as carcinogens, but they can be converted inside the human body via nitrosation into probable carcinogens.  At the same time, there is concern about the use of pesticides and "forever chemicals." The Make America Healthy Again movement, led by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., has put its big thumb on the scale in favor of decreasing exposure to these chemicals. Candidates on both sides of the political aisle are jumping on board. CAN FAITH HELP PATIENTS HEAL? VETERAN DOCTOR REVEALS WHAT HE'S WITNESSED FIRSTHAND MAHA Action President Tony Lyons told me that the need to decrease chemical exposure is crucial and that not all politicians in Iowa are as sincerely committed to change. He said that numerous studies have linked contaminated water, loaded with nitrates from fertilizer and manure, to cancer. Studies have also linked chemicals in many pesticides "to higher risk of colorectal, bladder, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and other cancers."  As Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn has said, "Any discussion that does not include water quality and the nitrate load when we’re talking about cancer isn’t a serious discussion. It doesn’t matter if you’re left or right, you’re drinking the water." Keep in mind that state-funded research at the University of Iowa still shows that most — but not all — of Iowa's above-normal rates for several cancers can be explained by demographic and behavioral factors, such as smoking and binge drinking. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION At the same time, the University of Iowa has also ramped up its cancer research because of the focus on the increasing cancer rate. Linda Jacobs, age 64, is a direct recipient of a medical miracle resulting from this research. She, along with her medical angel, Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, could easily have stepped right off the pages of my new book, "The Angels Among Us."  A decade ago, she had recurrent breast cancer necessitating a bilateral mastectomy and radiation therapy. Unfortunately, she developed an extremely aggressive and unresponsive angiosarcoma. Milhem injected her tumor with a genetically altered herpes virus he has been studying, and it rendered her cancer-free. Of course, it would be better not to develop cancer in the first place. This is why the focus not just on lifestyle change but also on detoxifying the environment is so important. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DR MARC SIEGEL Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73dfe75342cf4db92bef5 Voters prepare to weigh-in on Trump's economy as costs continue to surge te 2026-10-20T10:10:06.961Z Voters prepare to weigh-in on Trump's economy as costs continue to surge While Americans prepare to cast their ballots for who should control Congress and their local governments, the cost of filling a gas tank, paying rent and buying a home is becoming a defining test of the economy leading up to the 2026 midterms. The latest inflation report underscores the challenge facing President Donald Trump and Republicans as they campaign on the economy and the vow to improve conditions for American consumers. Trump returned to the White House promising to lower costs and is now campaigning for GOP candidates in key races — but the reality is something quite different. With Election Day two weeks away, rising prices are testing whether voters feel like Republicans have done enough to improve the economy and their financial wellbeing. AMERICAN-MADE GOODS ALSO GOT MORE EXPENSIVE UNDER TRUMP TARIFFS, NEW RESEARCH FINDS And that pressure showed up in the latest inflation report, which found consumer prices rose 3.7% over the past year and 0.6% in September alone. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks the prices households pay for a broad range of goods and services, from food and gasoline to housing and medical care. Gasoline was a major driver, with its index jumping 9.1% for the month. But the gas to fill up the tank is not the only fuel cost putting pressure on households. The diesel used to power trucks, farm equipment and freight trains is also surging, which has raised the cost of moving groceries, packages and building materials — another charge that has trickled down to how much Americans pay for those goods. Additionally, the Iran war has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, further tightening global fuel supplies, while disruptions to Russian energy infrastructure have added pressure. Utility costs are adding to the squeeze as colder weather approaches. Electricity prices were up 4.4% from a year earlier in September, while piped natural gas service rose 5%, according to the CPI. Those figures track prices, not what any one household paid, so a local customer’s bill can show how the increase is landing in real life. REPUBLICANS JUST GOT A POWERFUL NEW PLAYBOOK FOR THE BATTLE FOR CONGRESS. HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE. Housing costs also continued to climb. The shelter index, which tracks rents and a measure of what homeowners would pay to rent their homes, rose 3.2% over the past year. Grocery prices offered some relief, dipping 0.1% in September, though they remained 1.8% higher than a year earlier. Additionally, Trump's trade agenda is another part of the affordability debate. A New York Fed study found that tariffs in place through February added 2.9 percentage points to consumer-goods inflation. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods, and U.S. companies that pay them can pass some of the added cost along to shoppers. The study found that higher prices also reached some goods made in the United States, as domestic producers faced less competition from imports. The White House has argued that its trade policies will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and that foreign exporters bear the costs. Housing presents a different affordability challenge. The median price of an existing home reached $417,500 in September, up 1.3% from a year earlier, while the average 30-year mortgage rate was 7.4%. The latest figures give voters a snapshot of what they are paying, but not a verdict on who is to blame. With Election Day approaching, Trump and Republican candidates will have to convince voters that their policies can make everyday costs more manageable. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73dfd75342cf4db92beec Martha's Vineyard police barracks rocked after woman 'ran for her life,' found naked outside: prosecutor te 2026-10-20T10:10:05.968Z Martha's Vineyard police barracks rocked after woman 'ran for her life,' found naked outside: prosecutor A school security official at an elite Boston school has been charged with the rape of a woman visiting from Ireland after police say they found her naked on the side of the road outside the Massachusetts State Police barracks on Martha's Vineyard. The suspect was allegedly a guest at the barracks visiting a state trooper friend from college, prosecutors said in court at his arraignment. Edward Brown, 27, pleaded not guilty in connection with the alleged Aug. 15 attack, which prosecutors said took place inside the barracks. He allegedly met the victim at The Ritz, a bar in Oak Bluffs — the upscale waterfront community where former President Barack Obama owns a home. 'JAWS' CHILD STAR SWORN IN AS POLICE CHIEF ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD Police say they received two 911 calls around 1 a.m. and arrived to find a naked woman in distress. She said she had been approached by a man at the bar before blacking out. Assistant District Attorney Courtney Scalice presented a graphic account of what happened in court, telling the judge the victim told investigators she had been followed around the bar by a Black man in a white hat, before she awoke face down and naked. GOT A TIP? She told investigators he held her down despite her kicking and screaming. Eventually, she asked for water, and when her attacker left, she said she "ran for her life" out of the building. She told police she ran down two flights of stairs and out of the building and had been on the road for a few minutes before someone stopped to help. Responding Oak Bluffs police officers saw bruises on her legs and a red mark on her neck, Scalice said. Brown had allegedly been staying at the barracks as a guest of a trooper stationed there for the summer. Prosecutors identified the trooper as Ryan Costello and said they found Brown with help from a bouncer at The Ritz, the bar where the victim allegedly met her attacker. The bouncer didn't know his name but knew he was friends with state troopers and had a photo. Oak Bluffs police sent the picture to Costello on Aug. 29, two weeks after the alleged assault, Scalice said. He identified the man shown as Brown and said they'd been friends since college. Then on Sept. 11, Costello's attorney gave investigators screenshots of a text conversation between the trooper and Brown, Scalice said. "Prior to September 11th, 2026, these messages had never been provided to any member of law enforcement investigating the alleged rape," Scalice said. Brown allegedly gave shifting accounts of the night to Costello, Scalice told the judge: First he denied bringing a female to the barracks, then he said she'd come inside but left on her own and then he claimed he left her in the Uber and she never came in. At one point he allegedly texted Costello, "I'm at the barracks with this chick, is that okay?" Costello, who prosecutors said was not there at the time, replied "okay." Brown then allegedly asked him where to find condoms and added, "Beers after I slam." Once detectives identified a suspect and obtained a search warrant for Brown's Uber account, detectives also found a ride from about a half hour before the 911 calls. "Officers interviewed the Uber driver who confirmed picking up a Black male matching the defendant's description and a very young looking White female and driving them to the State Police barracks," Scalice said. "The Uber driver described the female as appearing very intoxicated while the black male was not." Brown is listed in jail records as 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 260 pounds. Prosecutors said that they learned from Boston police that he had been the subject of four police reports from two ex-girlfriends claiming he had been harassing them between March and August of this year. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The victim is from Ireland and has returned home. Scalice said she had been swabbed for DNA and that male samples suitable for comparison had been recovered. Oak Bluffs police, working with the Boston Police Department's anti-corruption division, arrested Brown at Boston Latin Academy, where he worked in school security, on Oct. 9. Police allegedly found suspected cocaine in his wallet during the arrest. "The Massachusetts State Police has had no involvement in the Oak Bluffs Police Department’s investigation," Oak Bluffs Police Chief Jonathan Searle said in a Sept. 10 statement, a month before Brown's arrest. "As part of its investigation, Oak Bluffs Police developed probable cause and applied for and received court-authorized search warrants related to the investigation, including warrants executed at the State Police barracks." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS A search of the barracks did not recover the victim's clothes or phone, according to prosecutors. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB "These allegations are deeply troubling," Massachusetts State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble said. "The Massachusetts State Police are fully cooperating with the ongoing criminal investigation and conducting an internal review of applicable policies, visitor authorization procedures and compliance with established requirements. I am committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety, security and accountability at all State Police facilities and ensuring that any identified deficiencies are addressed with appropriate corrective action." MSP no longer allows guests to stay at police housing on Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket as a result of this case. Brown was released on $10,000 cash bail after his arraignment on Oct. 13. Prosecutors had requested $50,000 bail. The judge ordered him to stay away from the victim and any witnesses. He's due back in court on Dec. 11. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Twice during the arraignment, Brown attempted to speak, but his attorney and the judge both advised him not to. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "Mr. Brown has entered a plea of not guilty and denies the allegations," his defense lawyer, Anthony Ellison, told Fox News Digital Monday. "He maintains full faith in the legal process and looks forward to presenting his case in court. A zealous defense will be mounted on his behalf, as there are always two sides to every story." If convicted, he would face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and would have to register as a sex offender. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad73dfc75342cf4db92bee3 Trump puts fraudsters on notice with $25M whistleblower program offering cash for tips that deliver te 2026-10-20T10:10:04.887Z Trump puts fraudsters on notice with $25M whistleblower program offering cash for tips that deliver EXCLUSIVE - President Donald Trump is putting cash behind his crackdown on taxpayer fraud, preparing to offer Americans rewards for tips that help bring fraudsters to justice. Trump and Vice President JD Vance will unveil a $25 million Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program during a Tuesday afternoon announcement with the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in the Oval Office, a White House official told Fox News Digital. The program, known as WHIP, will offer eligible tipsters up to $30,000 if their information leads to a successful fraud conviction or a significant federal enforcement action, the official said. TRUMP'S WAR ON FRAUD EXPANDS AS TREASURY LAUNCHES NEW SITE WITH WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES Trump also plans to present independent journalist Nick Shirley with a $10,000 check for his work exposing suspected fraud in Minnesota, according to the official. "Every day, President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is zeroing in on the rampant abuse of taxpayer dollars and giving Americans the accountability they deserve. This administration has zero tolerance for individuals who steal from Americans," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. EXCLUSIVE: NICK SHIRLEY FIRES BACK AT MINNESOTA CRITICS: 'NUMBERS DON'T LIE, AND CONVICTIONS DON'T LIE' The Justice Department will administer the new program, and Americans will be able to submit tips through fraud.gov, the official said. The initiative aims to encourage both independent journalists and everyday Americans to flag suspected fraud involving taxpayer money. Shirley drew national attention in December 2025 after publishing a video questioning whether several Somali-run Minnesota day care centers were operating as legitimate businesses. His video showed apparently empty facilities and included people who said they had not seen children at the locations. AG BLANCHE UNVEILS FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST 160 DEFENDANTS IN PANDEMIC RELIEF SWEEP The White House credited Shirley’s reporting with helping spur a surge of FBI and Department of Homeland Security resources into Minnesota, followed by investigations, arrests and new charges. One facility featured in Shirley’s video was Future Leaders Early Learning Center, whose former CEO, Fahima Egeh Mahamud, pleaded guilty in July to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. HOUSE GOP BILL MOVES TO CLOSE WHISTLEBLOWER GAPS EXPOSED BY MINNESOTA MEDICAID FRAUD SCANDAL Prosecutors said Mahamud stole more than $4.6 million through false child care assistance claims and $850,000 through a federal child nutrition program connected to the Feeding Our Future scandal. Shirley previously pointed to Mahamud’s guilty plea as vindication of his reporting amid efforts to discredit his investigations. WHITE HOUSE LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE MAP TRACKING BILLIONS IN SUSPECTED FRAUD "Well, numbers don't lie, and convictions don't lie either," he previously told Fox News Digital. The reward initiative adds a public tip incentive to the administration’s broader campaign against fraud in federal benefits programs. TRUMP SAYS ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS ARE UNCOVERING BILLIONS IN WASTE, CLAIMS SAVINGS COULD BALANCE BUDGET Trump established the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in March, with Vance serving as chairman. The executive order directed the group to coordinate efforts across federal agencies to uncover fraud, strengthen eligibility checks and prevent improper payments. Under the new program, submitting an allegation alone would not qualify someone for a reward. The tip must lead to a successful fraud conviction or a significant federal enforcement action, according to the White House official. Fox News Digital's David Unsworth contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff475342cf4db92baa7 The far left wants to kill the tech that can create Trump’s golden age te 2026-10-20T09:10:12.905Z The far left wants to kill the tech that can create Trump’s golden age America seems to be on the precipice of a future technological golden age. Whether we take steps toward that future could depend on which political vision prevails over the next few election cycles. Speaking alongside President Donald Trump at the White House in September, Elon Musk predicted a world where artificial intelligence and advanced robotics create an "age of abundance." Musk suggests these technologies could eventually provide your average person with better medical care than what today’s wealthiest individuals enjoy. TRUMP TO USHER IN ‘GOLDEN AGE’ OF AMERICAN TECH WITH DC BASH SHOWCASING POWERFUL NEW TOOL This optimistic vision aligns well with Trump’s repeated promises of a new American golden age. Yet, as his administration works to accelerate technological advancement, an increasingly influential wing on the far left appears determined to slam on the brakes. The Trump administration has made American leadership in artificial intelligence a cornerstone of its economic agenda. Through its AI Action Plan and executive orders, the administration has prioritized eliminating regulatory barriers, constructing data centers and expanding energy infrastructure necessary to power the AI revolution. TRUMP ANNOUNCES NEW 'AI FORCE,' VOWS TO PROTECT INDUSTRY AS AI CZAR ANNOUNCEMENT NEARS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has argued that AI and automation could help create a new era of American manufacturing. In an interview from 2025, Bessent suggested that the advanced "smart factories" of tomorrow could overcome labor-cost issues, making manufacturing in the United States far more economically feasible. Imagine a future in America where advanced robotics makes domestic manufacturing globally competitive, where AI leads to major medical breakthroughs and where technological innovation produces unprecedented economic prosperity. THE NEXT AMERICAN BOOM COULD BE HERE — UNLESS WASHINGTON REGULATES IT TO DEATH Of course, there are legitimate questions about how this societal transformation will unfold, but the potential benefits are incredible. While many in the Trump administration plan for a golden age, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and his fellow democratic socialists are promoting an entirely different future. In March, Sanders and New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed a nationwide moratorium on new data center construction until Congress establishes a sufficient regulatory system for the industry. INSIDE THE FAR-LEFT'S ANTI-DATA CENTER PUSH AND WHAT EXPERTS SAY IS DRIVING IT: 'PLAYBOOK WE'VE SEEN BEFORE' These positions have quickly become commonplace for Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) activists and candidates. Many of these DSA-endorsed candidates support data center moratoriums and push these sorts of proposals at the state and local level. But Sanders’ anti-AI sentiment goes way further. His American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would effectively nationalize 50% of the AI industry, converting those stakes into a government-controlled fund. The plan would also include stacking the boards of these companies with federally picked appointees to influence corporate decisions. SANDERS PUSHES 'DEATH PENALTY' FOR CRUCIAL US INDUSTRY THAT COULD GIVE ADVANTAGE TO FOREIGN ADVERSARIES More recently, Sanders introduced legislation that would permanently prohibit the development of artificial superintelligence. This plan would establish a new federal AI agency and halt other advanced AI development until regulators approve continued efforts. Under this proposal, individuals who violate the research bans could face up to 20 years in federal prison. Think about that. At a time when America is competing with China for technological supremacy, one of the country’s most prominent socialist politicians wants federal bureaucrats to target AI scientists with potential prison time for developing AI research it deems too advanced. WINNING THE AI RACE MEANS BEATING CHINA ON INNOVATION, COST AND TRUST To be sure, the AI revolution comes with many legitimate concerns that deserve conversation. Potential job displacement, privacy violations, algorithmic manipulation and the possible misuse of advanced AI are issues that will likely need to be addressed. However, the consequences of deliberately suppressing technological innovation are rarely given equal attention. Consider the potential benefits of AI-assisted drug discovery, which could lead to better treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s and many other conditions. AI-enhanced robotics and logistics could transform manufacturing, increase agricultural output and help elderly and disabled Americans maintain their independence. Imagine the lives and the industries that could be saved and the economic opportunities that could spring up from these technologies that we have only now begun to understand. Under the far left’s proposals, we may never see these benefits materialize. Sanders says he is concerned that average Americans will be left behind in the AI revolution, but his proposed restrictions threaten to undermine the very innovations that could cause growth in societal prosperity. Perhaps the most concerning consequence of the far left’s vision is America’s geopolitical future. Like America, China is also pursuing AI at breakneck speeds. While America has enjoyed a substantial lead in this race, the recent Stanford University 2026 AI Index showed the performance gap between American and Chinese models has effectively disappeared. The proposals from Sanders and the far left to stall AI research and data center construction give the Chinese Communist Party opportunity to pull ahead in the AI race. If China were to take the lead in the AI race, America’s global status economically and geopolitically could be severely diminished. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION At the same White House meeting where Musk outlined his optimistic vision of the future, Trump warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping "will take every data center that we don’t want." The AI revolution carries great potential for increased prosperity unlike anything we have seen in our lifetime. It would be a historic tragedy if America surrendered that opportunity because our politicians were more afraid of technological progress than our geopolitical rivals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff475342cf4db92ba9e Navy robot deal quadruples as US looks to ‘outsmart’ China with AI at sea te 2026-10-20T09:10:12.112Z Navy robot deal quadruples as US looks to ‘outsmart’ China with AI at sea FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Navy is quadrupling the ceiling on a contract for AI-powered robots used to inspect warships to $300 million. Just six months after initially tapping the technology to help get ships through maintenance and back to sea faster, the expanded agreement with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics underscores the importance the U.S. military is putting on tech-based solutions. The initial ceiling for the deal was $71 million, but the Navy is pushing to improve fleet readiness amid a widening shipbuilding gap with China. "While the U.S. may not be able to out-manufacture faster than China, we can outsmart the ways that we maintain, operate and are ready with our vessels," Gecko Robotics CEO Jake Loosararian told Fox News Digital. Gecko says its technology can save the Navy up to $8 million in repair costs on a single ship and identify some structural issues up to 50 times faster than traditional inspection methods. INSIDE TRUMP’S DEAL TO GIVE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS A MASSIVE STAKE IN NEW $6.6B SUBMARINE DEAL The company is also unveiling a new robot developed specifically for the Navy that can inspect the steel beneath thick coatings on warship decks without first stripping them away. Dubbed Komodo, the robot scans a ship's deck to map corrosion and material thickness, giving maintenance crews a picture of what needs to be repaired before more invasive work begins. "It's essentially a CAT scan," Loosararian said. "You're basically understanding exactly what's going on." Traditionally, determining the condition of steel beneath a ship's non-skid deck coating can require removing material before crews know the extent of the problem. Komodo is designed to gather that information without first taking the surface apart. "The robots are able to actually understand what's wrong without having to take apart the ship to figure out what to fix," Loosararian said. In another example cited by Loosararian, an assessment that initially called for roughly 1,200 square feet of repair work was narrowed to about 300 square feet after robotic inspections provided a more precise picture of the damage. "You reduce and focus the kinds of repairs that you need," Loosararian said. "You're repairing less." CHINA’S LONG-TERM FINANCES ARE ALL WET AS BILL TO MAINTAIN HUGE NAVY COMES DUE IN 2031 The increased ceiling comes just six months after the Navy awarded Gecko a five-year, $71 million contract vehicle to expand the use of its robotic inspection technology across the fleet. Under the initial agreement announced in March, Gecko was set to begin work on 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, including destroyers, amphibious warships and littoral combat ships. The company's wall-climbing robots crawl across hulls, flight decks, ballast tanks and other difficult-to-access areas, scanning for corrosion, metal loss and other structural problems. The data is fed into Gecko's AI-powered Cantilever platform to help maintenance planners determine where repairs are needed. The goal is to find those problems earlier, before a ship enters a major maintenance period and crews discover additional work that can extend its stay in the shipyard. "The biggest savings are just in speed," Loosararian said. "Speed — you can't put a price tag on it, especially if you're in the U.S. Navy right now." The expansion comes as Navy leaders seek to push fleet readiness toward 80% while maintenance delays continue to sideline ships that would otherwise be available for deployment. China already fields a larger battle force than the U.S. Navy and can produce vessels at a pace American shipyards cannot easily match. That has put additional pressure on the Pentagon to keep more of the ships already in the American fleet available for operations. For Gecko, the longer-term goal is to move beyond finding existing damage and use years of inspection data to anticipate problems before they force ships into longer repair periods. "You are able to predict exactly what's going to break before it does," Loosararian said, allowing maintenance planners to have workers, materials and repair plans ready when a ship reaches the pier or enters a shipyard. The technology could also reduce the amount of dangerous and labor-intensive inspection work performed by shipyard workers as the industrial base struggles with shortages of skilled labor. Loosararian said the combination of robotics and AI is ultimately aimed at allowing a limited workforce to spend more time fixing ships and less time determining what needs to be fixed. For a Navy racing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding Chinese fleet, he argued, getting more out of the ships already in the water could prove just as important as building new ones. "While the U.S. may not be able to outmanufacture faster than China," Loosararian said, "we can outsmart the ways that we maintain, operate and are ready with our vessels." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff375342cf4db92ba95 Top Trump ally warns Republican Party 'dead' if it loses key voting bloc ahead of midterms te 2026-10-20T09:10:11.388Z Top Trump ally warns Republican Party 'dead' if it loses key voting bloc ahead of midterms A top Senate Republican warned that the same voting bloc that has propelled the GOP to power over the last decade is at risk of turning its back on the party during this election cycle. For decades, White, working-class voters often aligned themselves with the Democratic Party, giving Democrats a stranglehold on Congress until the 1990s and often favoring the Democratic candidate atop the presidential ticket. President Donald Trump’s entrance onto the political scene and victory in 2016 solidified a shift that was years in the making, giving Republicans a strong base of working-class support. But with the state of the economy, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, a top ally of Trump’s on Capitol Hill, warned that the GOP’s steady base could head for the exits. FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS "This is the whole deal," Moreno told Fox News Digital. "It's the whole deal. If we don't hang on to those working-class voters, we're dead as a party. That's why I say with no hyperbole, if President Trump hadn’t won in 2016, the Republican Party would be dead. Because the Republican Party had abandoned working-class Americans." "Ironically, the Democrats abandoned working Americans, and there was a void — President Trump filled it," he continued. "That's why he won." Trump has consistently performed highly with White, working-class voters each time he has run for office, scoring between 66% and 67% of their vote between 2016 and 2024, according to a variety of exit polls. REDISTRICTING GIVES REPUBLICANS AN EDGE, BUT AFFORDABILITY WILL DECIDE THE MIDTERMS Some Democrats acknowledged that after the 2024 election, their party had a problem with engaging the working class. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., circulated a memo that urged Democrats to embrace economic populism following stunning losses across the gamut of power in Washington. "No one, including me, has all the answers right now, but what we know for certain is that Democrats must reclaim our identity as the party of the working class," Murphy wrote. Still, Republicans are facing political headwinds heading into this midterm election cycle, in which affordability issues are dominating headlines and voters’ concerns. FOX NEWS POLL: MOST RATE THE ECONOMY NEGATIVELY, INCLUDING HALF OF REPUBLICANS Trump and the GOP again rose to be the dominant party in Washington, D.C., after the 2024 election by pitching a message to rectify the economy that the president charged was "destroyed" by former President Joe Biden. But a Fox News poll published earlier this month found that nearly 60% of voters said that their top concern was the economy. A separate Fox News poll published in May found that 67% of White voters without a college degree disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy. Republicans have hit the trail this Fall pitching their economic successes, particularly from the colossal "big, beautiful bill" and trying to instill in voters that the cost of fuel, for example, is only temporary as the war with Iran continues. Moreno, however, argued that working-class voters "hate" the war. "They obviously hate gas prices because, look, they're already struggling. I mean, you talk to some of these working Americans, they're an engine failure in their vehicle away from bankruptcy, and that's a disaster." "So, I think what we have to do is explain, this is a very, very necessary thing that had to happen," he continued. "Iran was attacking us for 47 years, and we didn't take him out. They would have used a nuclear weapon. I don't know that that case is penetrated enough, and this gas price situation will be very temporary." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff275342cf4db92ba8c Ilhan Omar's sister questioned by feds after dramatic DC home raid te 2026-10-20T09:10:10.619Z Ilhan Omar's sister questioned by feds after dramatic DC home raid EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ilhan Omar's older sister was questioned by federal investigators last week in relation to an immigration fraud probe into the congresswoman, Fox News Digital has learned. Three sources familiar with the investigation said Sahra Noor voluntarily spoke with the investigators after the high-profile Monday morning raid on the residence Omar shares with her husband in Washington, D.C. It is not clear the scope of the conversation Noor had with investigators. Like Omar, Noor came to the United States as a child fleeing civil war in Somali. She currently lives in Kenya, according to her LinkedIn page, but has been in the United States promoting her new book, "Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story." The House lawmaker's sister canceled a Minnesota stop on the book tour last week amid the fallout of the raid and the ensuing interview with authorities. ILHAN OMAR'S SISTER SKIPS BOOK TOUR EVENT AMID WEEK OF CHAOS FOLLOWING RAID ON PROGRESSIVE'S DC HOME The book event, which was scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at the University of Minnesota Rochester, was promoted online by Garden Party Books, a local bookstore that listed itself as a "proud supporter" of the event alongside the university and the Rochester Public Library. A representative from Garden Party Books told Fox News Digital last week that the event was canceled because Noor had a "family emergency." It is now revealed that last week she was questioned by federal investigators. Omar’s D.C. home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the chief investigatory body of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at around 6 a.m. last Monday. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agency executed a search warrant in relation to an immigration fraud probe. Specifically, they are probing whether the lawmaker or her father falsified information when filling out her citizenship paperwork. ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS Border Czar Tom Homan revealed over the weekend that if the allegations are proven, they could lead to Omar’s denaturalization. During the raid, Omar’s personal phone, passport and computer were seized, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. And Omar’s attorneys over the weekend demanded that the Justice Department return some of the property confiscated by HSI. Additionally, The New York Times reported that about a dozen people, including Omar’s relatives, have been subpoenaed in the case. Omar has not been seen publicly since before the raid, though her husband has been seen several times walking their dog, taking out the trash and speaking outside the home with one of the congresswoman's aides. Omar has not responded to Fox News Digital's repeated requests for comment, but she did react to the raid publicly on social media. "This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," she said in a statement posted to X hours after feds descended on her home. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE PHONE OF REP ILHAN OMAR IN RAID TIED TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD PROBE "For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back," the post continued. "Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies." In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital last Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said the investigation is not politically motivated. "We don't want to be like the Biden administration. We never want to be like that — where they would allow the law to go after their political opponents," he said. DEMOCRATS' FURY OVER ILHAN OMAR RAID DRAWS STINGING GOP REMINDER ABOUT RAID FROM THE PAST: ‘SET THE PRECEDENT’ "We really want to let the law, the facts drive this," he continued. "And if justice requires something else be done, then, of course, we'll take a step when we have to." Fox News Digital reached out to Noor, but did not hear back before publication. Omar's attorneys did not immediately return a comment request. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff175342cf4db92ba83 LIZ PEEK: Guaranteed — Democrat midterm win would deliver chaos not 'affordability' te 2026-10-20T09:10:09.796Z LIZ PEEK: Guaranteed — Democrat midterm win would deliver chaos not 'affordability' Have Americans got such short memories that they’ve forgotten the damage done by Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats just two-plus years ago? Do they really want to go down the path of open borders, high crime and suffocating cancel culture all over again? That’s what’s in store if Republicans stay home on Election Day. Democrats are campaigning on mythical "affordability" measures, but mainly they talk about opposing Donald Trump. Why? Because their policies are unpopular or unworkable and they know it. If they recover the majority in Congress, Democrats will spend time reversing the gains Trump has made on securing the border, growing our domestic energy output and suppressing the injurious DEI programs that Biden introduced. HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY Moreover, they will immediately start "investigating" President Trump. They’ll hire Hollywood producers to film their outrage, just as they did after the January 6 riots. As in 2021, if the GOP retains control of the senate, impeachment efforts will be stymied, but Democrats won’t care. The only mystery is which Republican in The Sequel will play Liz Cheney, the anti-Trumper who sanctimoniously betrayed her party in trying to impeach the president. DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'LL MAKE LIFE AFFORDABLE. YOUR WALLET MAY DISAGREE Democrats will waste time and money attacking Donald Trump because hating the president is literally the only thing gluing the party together. Voters will wait in vain for their newly-minted representatives to "fix" affordability, their principal campaign promise, because the far Left and more moderate Democrats cannot possibly agree on how to proceed. Medicare for all? Good luck getting that perennial fantasy by union-loving Democrats. Members of the UAW or the AFL-CIO know how great their healthcare benefits are and will fight tooth and nail any attempt to take them away. An organizing memo from last year puts it best: "UAW members like those at General Motors’ Spring Hill Manufacturing plant pay no premiums for the family plan, have no deductible, and have limited co-pays with a maximum of $25 ." You think Uncle Sam is going to do better? Make housing more affordable? The New Democrat Coalition, a centrist group of legislators, wants to: "Cut red tape and update permitting and zoning to build four million homes in the next decade", sounding a lot like Trump, who has prioritized permitting reform for years. They also back "innovative construction technologies to accelerate home production". The first proposal will run smack into the environmentalists who have pushed housing costs through the roof in Democrat-run states like California and New York. According to a study by Realtor.com, there are only 11 states in which, using the 30% housing-cost threshold, a median-income household can afford the median-priced home. All but two voted for Trump in 2024. The most affordable housing in the country is in Iowa; the least affordable is in New York. The second idea, which is smart, will alienate union voters who hate any innovation that might eliminate jobs (see longshoreman settlement 2025.) Another big expense on the ballot in November is energy costs, which Democrats have promised to bring down. Returning to the New Democrat coalition, accelerated permitting is again on the menu to facilitate building "energy transmission and generation infrastructure." Also touted is ensuring energy is "abundant and available" through "establishing a level playing field for all forms of energy". That’s code for eliminating what the Left considers unnecessary tax breaks for oil and gas companies and ramping up taxpayer-funded subsidies for renewables like wind and solar. Democrats also promise to protect consumers from price hikes driven by data centers, an issue which should be solved at the local level and not by Washington bureaucrats. The Coalition fails to prioritize exploiting America’s enormous reserves of fossil fuels which over time will guarantee affordable energy. Joe Biden did his best to squash climbing oil and gas production, by canceling or delaying lease sales, drilling permits and the XL Pipeline, raising fees on production and taking promising acreage off the table. The anti-oil war waged by the Biden White House, beholden to the green lobby, was a costly hit to U.S. national security and our economy. Blocking new production, like in Alaska, will inevitably lead to higher oil prices. We cannot let that happen. Yes, we need faster permitting of the build-out of the electric grid, and, yes, we should embrace an "all of the above" energy program. That is not what the Left will allow. Progressives like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani aim to make life more affordable by having the government provide "free" housing, childcare and other services. He and his young followers do not understand that greater government involvement all but guarantees inefficiency and higher costs. Look at higher education. Billions of taxpayer dollars have funded kids wanting to go to college; tuition costs have soared way above the rate of inflation, and the value of the diploma has cratered. Also, of course, nothing is free. The Left wants to tax the rich and businesses, but corporations will pass the higher levies along via price increases, and higher-income Americans will decamp to lower-tax locales, as is happening in New York. Meanwhile, government spending on entitlements and benefits has driven our national debt to $40 trillion, pushing interest rates and mortgage costs higher. Under President Joe Biden, spending exploded to levels commensurate with World War II; it remains at unsustainable levels. The Trump White House has put some limits on Medicaid and other expensive programs — limits Democrats will surely race to eliminate — and is trying to root out hundreds of billions in fraudulent payments. Much more needs to be done, but Democrats have zero appetite for cutting spending. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Instead, Democrats will offer up programs that will inflate our national debt even more. Consider the price tag for Medicare-for-all, estimated to cost a staggering $25 to $35 trillion over the next ten years. And that’s just one item on their to-do list. Voters should not be fooled: Democrats will not lower prices. They cannot. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LIZ PEEK Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff075342cf4db92ba7a MORNING GLORY: Minnesota's massive fraud scandal could deliver a stunning Senate upset te 2026-10-20T09:10:09.000Z MORNING GLORY: Minnesota's massive fraud scandal could deliver a stunning Senate upset "This historic fraud happened under her watch, and suddenly, she’s looking out for Medicaid and SNAP? Sell it to someone else, Peggy." With this debate response to Minnesota Democratic Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan’s protestations of concern over access to benefits for the very poor, Republican nominee for Senate Michele Tafoya sealed her status as "rookie of the year" in American politics. A longtime NFL broadcast professional, Tafoya demonstrated decades of quick on-camera thinking in her debate last week with Flanagan and combined it with a deft slash at Flanagan’s greatest vulnerability: Flanagan’s apprenticeship as lieutenant governor to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during the tidal wave of fraud that swept across Minnesota after Covid-era "look-the-other-way" policies became a feature, not a bug, in Minnesota’s vast system of "safety net" programs. ‘BUCK’ STOPS AT WALZ: FLANAGAN DUCKS MINNESOTA FRAUD BLAME AS GOP RIVAL EXPOSES GLARING CONTRADICTION A federal prosecutor estimated the amount of fraud in Minnesota’s spending at as much as $9 billion — that’s a "b" as in "billion." That is a remarkable sum given the Gopher State’s population of fewer than 6 million souls and an annual budget of about $67 billion. To squander an amount equal to close to 15% of a state’s budget on thieves and con artists is staggering. That level of corruption forced Walz to drop his planned campaign for re-election and now dogs Flanagan in her head-to-head campaign with Tafoya for the Senate. WALZ ADMINISTRATION IGNORED FRAUD WARNINGS AS BILLIONS VANISHED, HOUSE OVERSIGHT REPORT ALLEGES As does the rising fear of gangs of Somali-American youths and the sort of violence that recently stunned suburban Twin Cities voters when a shootout occurred at an Eden Prairie high school homecoming game. Eden Prairie is a standard-issue affluent suburban town of about 65,000 people. Fewer than 3,000 Somali-Americans live in Eden Prairie, but the gang shootout on October 2 at Aerie Stadium, during Eden Prairie High School’s game against Minnetonka High School, shocked voters across the entire state. 100-SHOT SOMALI GANG GUN BATTLE ROCKS MINNESOTA AS SHERIFF WARNS 'WE'RE IN TROUBLE' Tafoya was quick to note that everyone arrested in the incident — which left two youths wounded and crowds quickly evacuated from the canceled game — was out on bail within days. That shootout plus the fraud have dominated Gopher State media coverage of the Senate race this month. Tafoya’s knockout line — "Sell it to someone else, Peggy" — was a wake-up call for the electorate. Even longtime Democrats in Minnesota are looking around their beloved state and cannot fathom why it has been engulfed in corruption and crime. SLEEPER GOP CANDIDATE PUTS BLUE-LEANING STATE IN PLAY AS FRAUD SCANDAL SHADOWS DEMS Tafoya would have been a good candidate in any cycle. She’s a terrific one for a midterm statewide campaign when her matchup is among the most watched in the country. Polls in the race are within the "margin of error," which, to remind readers, means the pollsters conducting the surveys acknowledge it’s a toss-up. There may also be a silent and thus hidden-from-pollsters anti-establishment vote lurking beyond downtown Minneapolis, and the very liberal Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ("DFL"), Flanagan’s brand, is the establishment in Minnesota. THE NINE KEY RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE, AND WHERE THEY STAND The DFL is not the DSA, but Flanagan is most definitely "DSA-adjacent." She is as "woke" as "woke" gets. One obvious "tell": Flanagan has repeatedly branded Israel’s battle against Hamas in Gaza — which was triggered by the terrorist invasion and massacre of Oct. 7 — as a "genocide," which is not only a slander but an exceptionally stupid slander. The "genocide" slogan is popular among the radicals chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," but it’s an "idiot wind," to borrow from Minnesota’s Nobel laureate bard Bob Dylan. To level that charge against the Jewish state should earn whoever utters it an immediate exit from American politics, not a six-year seat in the most powerful legislative chamber on the planet. WEAPONIZING THE CHARGE OF GENOCIDE FUELS AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS ANTISEMITISM Flanagan isn’t the most radical Democratic nominee of the 2026 election cycle. That is clearly Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. But Flanagan is tied with Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson for the "never going to win the spelling bee" title and with Texas’s Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico for the gold in the "weird" Olympics this fall. (That’s very fitting since Walz popularized calling then-Senator and now Vice President J.D. Vance "weird" in the 2024 campaign.) Meanwhile, the very smart, very telegenic and very professional and prepared Tafoya has worked and worked every crowd, large and small, across Minnesota with the simple and direct appeal that Minnesota voters deserve better than the hot mess that Walz and Flanagan have left the state in after eight years of hapless indifference to the biggest fraud story in the nation, marching right alongside spiraling violence. Minnesota elects Republicans, just not often. Tafoya isn’t in the lead, but she’s certainly very close to scoring the biggest upset of 2026. Why? Because sometimes even liberals get sick of the left when the left imposes enormous costs on their lives and on the safety of their children and grandchildren. 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. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72ff075342cf4db92ba5e What Could Swing Israel’s Election? Thousands Living in the U.S. te 2026-10-20T09:10:08.085Z What Could Swing Israel’s Election? Thousands Living in the U.S. Thousands of Israelis living in the United States are expected to fly to Israel to vote in the country’s national election this month. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72fef75342cf4db92ba55 A Colorado Town Was Beset by Traffic. Its Fix Led to a Border Battle. te 2026-10-20T09:10:07.279Z A Colorado Town Was Beset by Traffic. Its Fix Led to a Border Battle. Bow Mar says restricting access to its public streets is a safety necessity. Critics see a miniature border wall. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72fee75342cf4db92ba4c A.I. Fortunes Could Bring Critical Funds to Global Health. The Scramble Is On. te 2026-10-20T09:10:06.459Z A.I. Fortunes Could Bring Critical Funds to Global Health. The Scramble Is On. Expected windfalls from I.P.O.s are drawing health leaders into a race for billions in new philanthropic dollars. A fragile aid system may be upended. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72fed75342cf4db92ba43 Taunting Trump Over Gas Prices, Iran Braces for Aftermath of U.S. Vote te 2026-10-20T09:10:05.422Z Taunting Trump Over Gas Prices, Iran Braces for Aftermath of U.S. Vote The midterm elections appear to be a factor for both sides in the war as President Trump weighs his next steps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad72fec75342cf4db92ba3a Republican National Committee Moves $50 Million to Help Midterm Candidates in Huge Cash Transfer te 2026-10-20T09:10:04.449Z Republican National Committee Moves $50 Million to Help Midterm Candidates in Huge Cash Transfer The party apparatus is taking advantage of its enormous war chest, as well as a Supreme Court campaign-finance ruling this year, to send tens of millions into congressional races. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7268d75342cf4db92b84c Mississippi Says It Won’t Bring Criminal Charges in Police Shooting of Toddler te 2026-10-20T08:30:05.258Z Mississippi Says It Won’t Bring Criminal Charges in Police Shooting of Toddler Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad721dd75342cf4db92b78a Rogers argues El-Sayed is vulnerable with 2 traditionally Democratic blocs as Obama heads to Michigan te 2026-10-20T08:10:05.336Z Rogers argues El-Sayed is vulnerable with 2 traditionally Democratic blocs as Obama heads to Michigan Republicans made their pitch to Michigan voters at a Fox News town hall Monday night, with GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers arguing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is vulnerable among Black and Jewish voters as one of the nation's most closely watched Senate races enters its final two weeks. Fox News host Sean Hannity also spoke with Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. John James and House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., as the candidates sought to tie Michigan Democrats to government spending, socialism and the party's progressive wing ahead of Nov. 3. Early on in the night, Rogers argued that his opponent, El-Sayed, could underperform among a handful of key demographics that traditionally support Democratic candidates, presenting political opportunities for Republicans. EL-SAYED GRILLED ON PIKER, ISRAEL AND SOCIALIST TIES AFTER MIKE ROGERS SKIPS SENATE DEBATE Hannity pressed Rogers about El-Sayed's past criticism of former President Barack Obama, whom El-Sayed described as "not the right choice" to advance a progressive agenda following Obama's 2012 re-election. "He is dismissive in Detroit. We have just dozens of black pastors that we have talked to, neighborhood leaders in the city of Detroit that we’ve talked to. They’re looking for a change," Rogers said. Notably, Obama is scheduled to campaign with El-Sayed in Detroit on Oct. 24 and has released a video urging voters to support the Democratic nominee. ROGERS WARNS MICHIGAN VOTERS AGAINST EL-SAYED’S ‘EXTREME’ AGENDA AHEAD OF ELECTION Rogers argued the Jewish community could present a unique opportunity for Republicans amid El-Sayed's criticism of Israel. Recently, El-Sayed declined to answer whether he viewed Iran or Israel as a greater threat. "I think both of them have proven dangerous in their own way. One, at risk of attacking us. One, getting us into wars we have no business fighting," El-Sayed said in a recent debate. Rogers noted that if only half of Jewish Democratic voters in Michigan felt alienated by El-Sayed’s remarks enough to support his campaign, it would provide a significant boost. "There are about 70,000 Jewish Democrats. If we get half of them to vote for us, which we think — we had an event last night. Had over 1,000 people at it. We’re fired up and excited and scared for their children, by the way. They’re afraid for their children. They’re with us, and they’re going to vote, we think, 35,000 votes out of the Jewish Democrat — these are normally solid Democratic votes." "That’s changing the dynamic," Rogers added. MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL WILL HAUNT FLANAGAN IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE RACE, TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN WARNS Rep. John James, R-Mich., the state’s Republican candidate for governor, also appeared with Hannity, presenting his pitch to attendees on what he would do differently if elected. Alongside promises to reshape education, James promised to create more scrutiny around government programs and expenses. "Michigan is spending 50% more right now under Gretchen Whitmer than we spent under Rick Snyder’s administration, the last Republican, and $20 billion more per year than at the height of the pandemic." "Michigan does not have a taxation problem. Michigan has a spending problem," James added. Snyder left office in 2019. James also raised concerns about potential fraud in Michigan, drawing comparisons to Minnesota's sprawling taxpayer-funded fraud investigations. "If a 19-year-old journalist named Nick Shirley can find $9 billion of fraud in Minnesota, a state with 50% of our population and 60% of our budget, what do you think he can find here?" James said, referring to a videographer who had become famous for investigating Somali fraud rings. Shirley drew national attention to suspected fraud involving Minnesota childcare providers, although he did not uncover $9 billion in fraud. That figure came from former federal prosecutor Joe Thompson, who estimated last year that fraud across 14 high-risk Medicaid programs could total $9 billion or more. Minnesota officials have disputed the estimate. Federal and state investigators in Minnesota have uncovered fraud involving taxpayer-funded childcare, food assistance and healthcare programs, including schemes in which defendants allegedly billed the government for services they never provided. OBAMA'S STAR POWER GETS A REALITY CHECK FROM BLACK VOTERS IN CRUCIAL SENATE RACE: 'IT'S A TURNOFF' At the close of Hannity’s town hall, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., the House GOP conference chair, accused Democrats of hiding their true character. "I don’t even call them Democrats anymore; it’s the Communist Party," McClain said. "They want to pack the Supreme Court, they want to abolish the police, they want to let people out of prisons." With primaries in the rearview mirror, Michigan heads to the polls alongside the rest of the country on Nov. 3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad71d3275342cf4db92b6c4 Arizona GOP Accuses Hobbs Volunteer Of Stealing Porch Package While Canvassing With LUCHA Blue Flyer te 2026-10-20T07:50:10.098Z Arizona GOP Accuses Hobbs Volunteer Of Stealing Porch Package While Canvassing With LUCHA Blue Flyer By Matthew Holloway | The Arizona Republican Party is circulating an allegation that a person identified online as a volunteer for Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs took a package from a residential porch while canvassing. Screenshots from the posted footage show the person carrying a LUCHA Blue voter information flyer. Robert Contreras, whose X bio identifies him with Turning Point Action’s Chase the Vote effort in the Gila River Region and as co-chair of the Pima County Young Republicans, shared the doorbell-camera video, writing, “Katie Hobbs volunteer steals package off someone’s porch while knocking.” Katie Hobbs volunteer steals package off someone’s porch while knocking pic.twitter.com/uA6RE9K3rk — Robert Contreras (@R0bertEdward) October 19, 2026 The Arizona Republican Party amplified the accusation, writing, “This is who supports Governor Katie Hobbs.” The party also questioned whether Attorney General Kris Mayes would give the person a pass if she declined an interview with investigators. This is who supports Governor Katie Hobbs. If they catch this thief, will AZ AG Kris Mayes giver her a pass if she refuses to sit for an interview with investigators? Inquiring minds want to know. https://t.co/u4VYHG4WbH — Republican Party of Arizona (@AZGOP) October 19, 2026 The party’s reference to an investigative interview appears to invoke the Sunshine Residential Homes investigation. Hobbs declined an in-person interview but submitted two written statements through her attorneys denying wrongdoing. Mayes declined to prosecute Hobbs following the investigation into political contributions and state decisions benefiting the group-home provider. One video posted by Contreras shows a person holding a flyer toward a Vivint doorbell camera. Another video shows the person bending down and reaching toward an item on the porch. In that video, the person leaves with a package that was already on the porch and takes it to their car. Image Source: https://x.com/R0bertEdward/status/2112058655868870701 Close-up images reviewed by AZ Free News identify the flyer as LUCHA Blue material, displaying election dates and directing readers to the organization’s website. A disclaimer states that the communication was not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. Image Source: https://x.com/R0bertEdward/status/2112058655868870701 Contreras described the person as a Hobbs volunteer. The posts supplied for this report do not explain how that affiliation was established. The flyer identifies the political material being distributed, while the person’s employment or volunteer relationship remains unconfirmed. The quoted posts do not identify the person accused, specify the incident’s date or location, or provide a police report number. The materials reviewed do not establish whether the homeowner reported a theft or whether law enforcement has opened an investigation. 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 Arizona GOP Accuses Hobbs Volunteer Of Stealing Porch Package While Canvassing With LUCHA Blue Flyer first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7188775342cf4db92b3a3 NAU football comes back against Portland State with fiery fourth quarter te 2026-10-20T07:30:15.156Z NAU football comes back against Portland State with fiery fourth quarter No. 8-ranked NAU football trailed at halftime against Portland State before scoring three touchdowns in the last 10 minutes to win. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7188475342cf4db92b391 DHS Reports 95% Drop In Border Apprehensions, First-Ever Fiscal Year With Zero Migrant Releases te 2026-10-20T07:30:12.701Z DHS Reports 95% Drop In Border Apprehensions, First-Ever Fiscal Year With Zero Migrant Releases By Ethan Faverino | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced preliminary fiscal year 2026 data showing a 95% decline in southwest border apprehensions compared with annual levels under the Biden administration. The data also showed the lowest annual nationwide encounters in CBP history. According to the CBP, fiscal year 2026 marked the first time in agency history that the U.S. Border Patrol completed an entire fiscal year without releasing migrants into the United States. September also marked the 17th consecutive month with zero Border Patrol releases. The preliminary figures show that Border Patrol agents recorded 98,708 apprehensions along the southwest border during FY26, compared to an annual average exceeding 1.8 million under former President Joe Biden. The total was also approximately 60% lower than the 249,740 apprehensions recorded during the highest single month under the Biden administration, according to DHS. That’s right. ZERO releases for an entire fiscal year.  Lowest nationwide encounters in CBP history.  Our agents have worked hard for these results, and we are keeping our foot on the gas. pic.twitter.com/nVmR8WLwK5 — CBP (@CBP) October 16, 2026 “President Trump promised the American people a secure border, and the data proves he delivered,” stated DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Over the past year, CBP recorded its lowest numbers in American history. A stark contrast to Biden, where CBP recorded its highest illegal immigration numbers ever.” Nationwide encounters also fell to a reported 379,243 during FY26, compared to an annual average of approximately 2.7 million under the previous administration. The latest figures represent an 88% decline from FY23, when encounters reached their highest annual level. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott attributed the decline to increased enforcement efforts and cooperation among federal agencies. “FY 2026 demonstrated what focused enforcement, strong partnerships, and the commitment of our frontline personnel can achieve,” said Scott. “DHS and CBP are securing the border, stopping dangerous drugs and criminals, protecting communities, and ensuring our personnel have the resources necessary for this critical mission.” The agency also reported a nearly 80% decline in migrant deaths identified by Border Patrol during FY26 and since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, compared to levels under the Biden administration. Despite the reduction in crossings, CBP personnel continued conducting search-and-rescue operations and providing emergency medical assistance. During FY26, CBP’s Office of Field Operations responded to more than 3,000 medical emergencies, performed CPR on more than 50 individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, and administered naloxone to individuals experiencing suspected opioid overdoses. In addition to declining border crossings, CBP reported completing 250 miles of new border barriers along the southwest border since January 2025. The construction includes primary and secondary barriers, waterborne barriers, and supporting surveillance technology. The agency also obligated approximately $34.3 billion between September 2025 and September 2026 toward Smart Wall projects across the southwest border states, using funding provided through the Working Families Tax Cut Act. CBP also reported higher drug seizure totals during the fiscal year. Preliminary figures show the agency seized nearly 1 million pounds of illegal drugs nationwide, approximately 63% above the annual average of 600,000 pounds recorded during the previous four years. “The results could not be clearer: strong enforcement works,” added Mullin. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and the hard work of CBP and DHS law enforcement personnel, we have restored control of the border and made America safer than ever.” Beyond border enforcement, CBP reported stopping more than 4,000 shipments valued at over $325 million due to suspected forced labor violations. The agency also seized approximately 55.5 million counterfeit items with an estimated value exceeding $12.6 billion. Among those seizures were 476,903 counterfeit items associated with FIFA World Cup intellectual property valued at more than $33 million. DHS officials attributed the reduction in unlawful border crossings to the administration’s immigration enforcement policies and investments in border infrastructure, while highlighting increased drug seizures and trade enforcement efforts during FY26. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post DHS Reports 95% Drop In Border Apprehensions, First-Ever Fiscal Year With Zero Migrant Releases first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad7162b75342cf4db92b323 SBA Offers Disaster Loans To Businesses Affected By Grand Canyon Flooding te 2026-10-20T07:20:11.296Z SBA Offers Disaster Loans To Businesses Affected By Grand Canyon Flooding By Ethan Faverino | The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low-interest federal disaster loans for small businesses and private nonprofit organizations experiencing financial losses from flash flooding at Grand Canyon National Park earlier this year. The disaster declaration, issued October 13, follows a request from Governor Katie Hobbs on October 8 and provides assistance to eligible organizations affected by flooding that occurred between August 29 and September 3. The declaration covers five Arizona counties, including Coconino, Gila, Mohave, Navajo, and Yavapai, as well as Kane and San Juan Counties in Utah. Through the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, eligible small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, can apply for loans of up to $2 million to help offset financial losses directly related to the flooding. The loans are intended to provide working capital for operating expenses that businesses and nonprofits would have otherwise been able to cover had the disaster not occurred. Eligible expenses include fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other financial obligations. Businesses and nonprofits may qualify for assistance even if they did not sustain physical property damage. Interest rates are as low as 4% for businesses and 3.625% for private nonprofit organizations, with repayment terms extending up to 30 years. Interest does not accrue, and payments are not required until 12 months after the first loan disbursement. The SBA determines loan eligibility, amounts, and repayment terms based on each applicant’s financial condition. “SBA loans help eligible small businesses and private nonprofits cover operating expenses after a disaster, which is crucial for their recovery,” stated Chris Stallings, associate administrator of the SBA’s Office of Disaster Recovery. “These loans not only help business owners get back on their feet but also play a key role in sustaining local economies in the aftermath of a disaster.” Congressman Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), whose congressional district includes Grand Canyon National Park, also announced the availability of the disaster assistance, encouraging affected businesses and nonprofit organizations to explore the federal program. Following the devastating flash floods at @GrandCanyonNPS, @SBAgov has approved a disaster declaration for several counties. If your small business suffered economic losses as a result, I encourage you to see if you qualify for a low-interest loan: pic.twitter.com/cYlcE7aMYg — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) October 16, 2026 “If your business or nonprofit experienced challenges caused by the flooding, I encourage you to review this avenue of assistance from the SBA,” stated Crane. “The EIDL program offers eligible applicants low-interest loans, which can help offset losses from this tragic disaster.” Crane also emphasized the importance of continued recovery efforts for Grand Canyon communities and highlighted recent congressional action involving the North Rim Restoration Act of 2025. “Although it’s been a difficult period for park staff, gateway communities, and local businesses, my team and I are committed to doing everything we can to assist with the recovery effort,” added Crane. “Between this week’s announcement and recent Senate action on the North Rim Restoration Act of 2025, I’m hopeful we can help deliver long-term stability to this cherished place.” Eligible businesses and nonprofit organizations have until July 13, 2027, to submit economic injury disaster loan applications. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post SBA Offers Disaster Loans To Businesses Affected By Grand Canyon Flooding first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad713ce75342cf4db92b28b Senate Republicans might survive the blue thunderstorm. Uh, I think. te 2026-10-20T07:10:06.759Z Senate Republicans might survive the blue thunderstorm. Uh, I think. With everyone and his brother predicting that a blue tsunami will wash over the Senate as well as the House, I want to write something contrarian.  This way, if the Republicans do hang on to the Senate, I’ll get credit for defying the conventional wisdom. And if they don’t, I won’t get kicked out of the punditocracy – folks will just say well, he put a lot of caveats in there. THE NINE KEY RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE, AND WHERE THEY STAND The truth is, I don’t know who is going to capture the upper chamber, and neither do you.  And neither do all the pontificators and speculators online or on the air.  I do know the GOP is pouring tens of millions into contests they might otherwise lose, giving their people – even scandal-scarred Ken Paxton – a huge advantage on the airwaves in the final two weeks. But money doesn’t always move voters once they’ve made up their minds in this era of early voting.  Is Maine’s Susan Collins liked enough to hang one more time against aggressive Troy Jackson (and thankfully not weirdo Graham Platner), when Donald Trump shouts every day ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’?" We got it, Mr. President.  Josh Turek is an Iowa legislator and also a wheelchair basketball player who suffers from spina bifida. His GOP opponent, Rep. Ashley Hinton, says she doesn’t want "endless wars" but welcomes a Trump visit.  She’s talked about such issues as open borders and transgender surgery. Turek has focused on the Iran war and soaring health premiums because Congress failed to amend the Affordable Care Act. In nearby Kansas, where Trump campaigned yesterday, Democrat Adam Hamilton is the founder of a Methodist mega-church, which would seem like a big plus in that conservative state, but some Dems are turned off by the religious aspect. Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, an obstetrician who served in the Army Reserves, was hurt by a New York Times report on him suing patients who were behind on their bills. By the way, did you ever think you’d see the day when the Republicans just gave up on North Carolina and steered their money elsewhere (conceding the win to former Gov. Roy Cooper)? PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO KANSAS TO CAMPAIGN FOR SEN ROGER MARSHALL So I can conclude three things:  Many of these races have 1-or-2 point "leads," which is within the margin of error, and polling is often inaccurate in an off-year election. The GOP is playing defense in ruby-red states–Trump in Kansas?—which is why Democrats are increasingly confident this is their big year. And, in the famous Tip O’Neill saying, all politics is local. There may be a mega-church guy or a man in a wheelchair or ex-Alaska congresswoman Mary Peltola, a former tribal judge who’s for "Fish, Family, Freedom," but who former staffers say they heard using awful slurs. How on earth do you handicap races with so many toss-ups? Of course, Republicans want to make the country believe that all Dems are like Michigan socialist Abdul el-Sayed, who, when asked whether he’d provide military aid if Israel was under attack, says he would rather spend the money at home.     I still think the Democrats will need to have Vegas luck to win enough Senate races to take control. They also have to defend their own turf. But (escape hatch here) I’m not saying it couldn’t happen. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad713cc75342cf4db92b256 Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet te 2026-10-20T07:10:04.758Z Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to continue building security and filtering tools that help websites grapple with growing bot and AI traffic. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6f55675342cf4db92ac75 UNC settles Trump admin probes into alleged campus antisemitism, race-based admissions te 2026-10-20T05:00:06.651Z UNC settles Trump admin probes into alleged campus antisemitism, race-based admissions The Trump administration reached a settlement with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that will close 18 active federal investigations and a separate Justice Department compliance review involving alleged antisemitism and race discrimination at the university. The voluntary settlement agreement does not require a monetary payment, and the university does not admit to any wrongdoing or liability. The deal, which will remain effective until the end of 2028, allows UNC to maintain its eligibility for federal funding. Under the agreement, UNC will appoint an internal "Merit & Civil Rights Administrator" and establish a "Title VI Coordinator" position in its compliance office to address complaints about antisemitism and race-based discrimination. The university said Elizabeth Hall, associate vice chancellor for university compliance, was appointed to serve in both roles in addition to her existing duties. She will be the point of contact for the Justice Department and oversee UNC's reporting obligations. DOJ SUES UCLA OVER ALLEGED ‘JUDENREIN’ CONDITIONS DURING ANTI-ISRAEL ENCAMPMENT "This announcement reinforces our commitment to the fair and equal treatment of everyone at Carolina," UNC Chancellor Lee H. Roberts said in a statement. "For at least a decade, through different presidential administrations, U.S. universities have faced heightened public scrutiny across a range of issues. We’re proud to resolve those issues at Carolina in a way that protects our mission and affirms the civil rights of everyone in our community." The agreement also requires UNC to provide mandatory antisemitism training to students, faculty and staff. UNC will also prohibit face masks used to conceal an individual's identity, subject to certain exceptions, as part of the deal, which said student groups "shall be subject to discipline for antisemitic discriminatory conduct." President Donald Trump and administration officials have accused pro-Palestinian protesters of antisemitism. But protesters, including some Jewish groups, contend that opposing Israel's military offensive in Gaza is not antisemitic and that support for Palestinian rights does not indicate support for extremism. The settlement agreement also said UNC will adopt what the Justice Department called a "color-blind admissions system," barring the university from using race or altering its admissions process to change the racial composition of its student body. However, it does not prevent UNC from considering how applicants overcame adversity at a personal level, and the university may consider aspects of family background, such as poverty, if those considerations are applied consistently. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES STRIPPING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM SCHOOLS USING RACE-BASED PROGRAMS UNC must also maintain race-blind policies governing student benefits, scholarships, financial aid and programming, according to the agreement. The administration has argued that policies favoring certain racial groups over others violate federal anti-discrimination law. The deal said UNC will send any antisemitism and race discrimination complaints it has received to the DOJ and the Department of Education on a quarterly basis. As part of the agreement, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights will close 18 active investigations into UNC, while the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will close a separate 18-month compliance review opened in April 2025. "Title VI requires that all students — regardless of their ancestry or race — receive equal treatment under the law at federally funded colleges and universities," Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement. "Higher ed policies and practices that tolerate antisemitism or favor certain racial groups over others, frustrate our color-blind justice system. The Civil Rights Division commends UNC for its cooperation in meeting its obligations under federal law without the need for litigation; we hope other institutions will take note and do the same," she added. In 2023, the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at colleges as it struck down ​race-based admissions programs at UNC and Harvard. The administration has targeted universities across the country with probes and threats to pull federal funding in response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus, diversity initiatives and transgender policies. The federal government has also settled with some other schools, including Columbia University, which last year agreed to pay more than $200 million to resolve federal probes, and Brown University, which agreed to provide $50 million over 10 years to Rhode Island workforce-development organizations as part of its settlement. Harvard, which has been a primary target of the administration's threats, has not yet made a deal. Reuters contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6f2fc75342cf4db92abc2 Arizona joins Nevada’s lawsuit challenging federal Colorado River plan te 2026-10-20T04:50:04.171Z Arizona joins Nevada’s lawsuit challenging federal Colorado River plan Arizona is joining a fight against the Trump administration’s 10-year plan for managing the Colorado River that could slash the state’s share of water.  The Arizona Department of Water Resources filed a motion Friday to intervene in Nevada’s earlier lawsuit, claiming the federal government’s plan for the shrinking river would “devastate Arizona’s economy,” the agency’s director said in a news release.  “The State’s towns, cities, tribes, farmers, factories, and businesses cannot survive without sufficient water from the Colorado River,” attorneys for the state claim in the motion.  Nevada filed a lawsuit in late August against several federal agencies, arguing that their plan places a heavier burden on the lower basin states. The amount of water in the  Colorado River is dwindling because of climate change, which is reducing the amount of snow and runoff that fills reservoirs like Lake Mead and Lake Powell, and mid-20th century agreements that promised water users more water than actually exists. Because the seven states that rely on the Colorado River couldn’t reach an agreement on how to manage its water, the federal government proposal intended to better balance the amount of water in the river with the amount withdrawn. Arizona and Nevada argue they have already taken steps to conserve water and are being unfairly targeted. “The Lower Basin states have contributed millions of acre-feet of water toward stabilizing the river system. With more than 5.5 million acre-feet of Arizona water left in Lake Mead since 2014, no state has sacrificed more,” Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke said in an Oct. 16 statement. “The US decision puts the entire burden of sacrifice on the shoulders of three states. We are joining Nevada in challenging that framework.” The Colorado River is divided between upper basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — and lower basin states: Arizona, Nevada and California. The 1922 Colorado River Compact allocates 7.5 million acre-feet of water annually to each of the two basins, as well as a smaller portion for parts of México. The U.S. states in each basin divide their shares.  An acre-foot is the equivalent of almost 326,000 gallons of water, enough water to cover an acre of land about the size of a football field. In Arizona, one acre-foot typically is enough to serve three single-family homes for a year, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. California gets the largest share of Colorado River water: 4.4 million acre-feet per year, or about 27%. The state’s Lower Basin peers get smaller allocations. Arizona receives 2.8 million acre-feet, or about 17% annually. Nevada receives 300,000 acre-feet, or about 2% annually, according to Congressional reports and a California public policy analysis.  The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s plan requires the Lower Basin states to shoulder potential cuts. For Arizona, the proposal means a reduction of 760,000 acre-feet per year — about a quarter of the state’s water allocation and the largest cut among the three Lower Basin states. California would be required to cut 440,000 acre-feet per year and Nevada 50,000 acre-feet. The cuts could amount to up to 3 million acre-feet. The federal government is not requiring cuts for Upper Basin states. Instead, the government is asking the upstream states to voluntarily contribute 200,000 acre-feet each of the two years.  “Arizona has always been willing to do our part to protect the Colorado River, but we will not accept a forced federal plan that solves this crisis on the backs of our families, farmers, and businesses,” Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said in a statement Friday. In a complaint Arizona filed with its motion to join Nevada’s lawsuit, the state claims there was a flaw in the federal government’s environmental review underpinning the decision. Every federal option considered “assumed that the Upper Basin States would make no meaningful reduction in their own use, no matter how little water the River produced.  “The alternatives placed the full burden of any resulting shortfall on the Lower Basin,” the complaint says. Western water rights are prioritized according to a “first in time, first in right” doctrine, meaning those who claimed or purchased river water first are prioritized over water users who did so later. For Arizona, that means its Colorado River rights are of lower priority compared with California that sought usage earlier. Most Colorado River rights were assigned earlier in the 20th century. “Such reductions could effectively dry up the Central Arizona Project canal system, as well as many of our on-river communities and would more than double the water cuts agreed to in the Lower Basin Agreement,” Buschatzke said.  Nevada’s August lawsuit came just three days after the U.S. Department of the Interior formally announced its Colorado River plan in August. In it, Nevada claims the cuts “will cause devastating environmental, socioeconomic, and health and human safety impacts to southern Nevada and its citizens.”  The lawsuit also claims that the federal government’s plan violates several requirements within the Law of the River, based on a series of records that include compacts, treaties, laws and court decisions that manage the Colorado River.  Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo welcomed Arizona’s decision to join the lawsuit, saying in a Friday statement that it’s “an important step in challenging a federal plan that unfairly burdens the Lower Basin and fails to require the Upper Basin to make meaningful reductions.” Arizona says joining Nevada’s lawsuit would allow it to avoid filing a separate but similar lawsuit, and allow the borderlands state to represent its own interests.  “Arizona believes that taking this action now provides the best path forward for protecting Arizona water users,” Buschatzke said.  The post Arizona joins Nevada’s lawsuit challenging federal Colorado River plan appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6ee4d75342cf4db92aa90 Auburn Dismisses All-SEC LB After Upset Win Over Georgia te 2026-10-20T04:30:05.151Z Auburn Dismisses All-SEC LB After Upset Win Over Georgia Auburn dismisses former All-SEC linebacker Xavier Atkins from the program following their upset win over Georgia in Week 7. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6ebf375342cf4db92aa0e Angel Reese Makes WNBA Finals History in Dream Win Over Valkyries te 2026-10-20T04:20:03.679Z Angel Reese Makes WNBA Finals History in Dream Win Over Valkyries Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream made history with their win over the Golden State Valkyries in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a975342cf4db92a30a GLP-1 drugs linked to lower kidney failure risk in bipolar disorder te 2026-10-20T04:10:17.696Z GLP-1 drugs linked to lower kidney failure risk in bipolar disorder ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers found that GLP-1 receptor agonists, medications widely used for diabetes and weight management, were associated with a lower risk of dialysis or kidney transplantation in adults with bipolar disorder and chronic kidney disease. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a875342cf4db92a301 Shrimp te 2026-10-20T04:10:16.773Z Shrimp Shrimp is a young female domestic medium hair mix. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a775342cf4db92a2f8 Linguine te 2026-10-20T04:10:15.693Z Linguine Linguine is an adult male retriever mix. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a675342cf4db92a2e6 Bobby te 2026-10-20T04:10:14.297Z Bobby Bobby is a young male Siberian husky mix. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a575342cf4db92a2dd Mohave College celebrates renaming of Firebird Field to Bighorns Field te 2026-10-20T04:10:13.245Z Mohave College celebrates renaming of Firebird Field to Bighorns Field MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave College celebrated the official renaming of Firebird Field to Bighorns Field during a special ceremony held Oct. 10 before the men's and women's soccer games. The new name reflects the college's athletic identity and marks another… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e9a375342cf4db92a2d4 Mohave College celebrates renaming of Firebird Field to Bighorns Field te 2026-10-20T04:10:11.892Z Mohave College celebrates renaming of Firebird Field to Bighorns Field A Mohave College soccer coach, College leadership and representatives from Bullhead City Rotary gather in front of the new Bighorns Field sign following the field renaming ceremony held Oct. 10. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e74475342cf4db929c47 Rays punch their ticket to the World Series, taking down Guardians in Game 6 to set up series with Brewers te 2026-10-20T04:00:04.715Z Rays punch their ticket to the World Series, taking down Guardians in Game 6 to set up series with Brewers The 2026 World Series is set. The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Milwaukee Brewers, as they defeated the Cleveland Guardians, 7-3, in Game 6 of the ALCS to win the American League pennant. The Brewers, who shockingly swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, have been watching this ALCS patiently to see who their opponent will be. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Tampa Bay won Game 5 on the road, which is always a pivotal tilt when the series is tied at two games apiece, and they didn’t squander their first trip back home at Tropicana Field. With a sold-out "Trop," the Rays used their momentum to get the job done. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Richie Palacios got the Rays on the board first in the bottom of the second inning after a clutch, two-out double to make it 2-0 early. Then, with the game at 3-1 in favor of Tampa Bay, it was their superstar, Junior Caminero, hitting what felt like the series-sealing home run that sent the Trop into rapture. Caminero turned on an inside pitch and was willing the ball to stay fair, as it smacked off the foul pole and the celebration ensued. Caminero stopped before hitting first base, screaming in elation with the crowd and his nearby teammates in the dugout as he understood making it a 5-1 game in the bottom of the seventh inning was a back-breaker for the Guardians. Caminero took his time rounding the bases before touching home plate, and the Rays fans in the stadium matched his energy the entire time. Cleveland, though, wouldn’t go down without a fight. They found some juice in the ensuing frame, scoring twice to make it a 5-3 game. But as they’ve done all season, the Rays responded when they needed it. Yandy Diaz hit his own home run, and there was no doubt about the 416-footer he sent over the left field wall to give his squad a four-run lead. As the top of the ninth began, Bryan Baker, the Rays’ lockdown closer, took the mound to finish the job in Game 6. He got Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez to both ground out to first base before Chase DeLauter popped out foul to punch Tampa Bay’s ticket into the Fall Classic. This marks the first time the Rays have been to the World Series since the 2020 COVID-19-shortened season, while the Brewers are in for the first time in 44 years. Either way, one of these franchises will be winning its first-ever World Series as neither have been able to place one in their trophy case in history. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e29475342cf4db9299e9 Trump Announces $8B Harvest Fuel Relief Program for Farmers: What We Know te 2026-10-20T03:40:04.975Z Trump Announces $8B Harvest Fuel Relief Program for Farmers: What We Know The announcement comes amid concerns of higher fuel prices as Americans are consistently flagging affordability as a top issue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6e03c75342cf4db929959 Rays Eliminate Guardians, Finalize Historic World Series Matchup te 2026-10-20T03:30:04.963Z Rays Eliminate Guardians, Finalize Historic World Series Matchup The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cleveland Guardians in Game 6 of the World Series, setting the stage for a unique World Series. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6db8c75342cf4db92985c Timberwolves Make $40 Million Decision on Jaden McDaniels' Future te 2026-10-20T03:10:04.736Z Timberwolves Make $40 Million Decision on Jaden McDaniels' Future The Timberwolves agree to a one-year, $40 million extension with Jaden McDaniels, securing the forward through 2030. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6d93575342cf4db9297d0 New Mexico Republican Rejects Trump’s Push to Rename State te 2026-10-20T03:00:05.670Z New Mexico Republican Rejects Trump’s Push to Rename State This is not the first time the president has floated the idea of renaming the state "New America." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6d6dc75342cf4db92972d Trump Says America Could Mirror France if Republicans Lose Midterms te 2026-10-20T02:50:04.074Z Trump Says America Could Mirror France if Republicans Lose Midterms Trump’s comments come as protests in France spilled into violence, including looting, fires and clashes with police. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6d48575342cf4db9296a1 NFL Analyst Apologizes to Eagles' Jalen Hurts for Stirring Up Rumors About His Health te 2026-10-20T02:40:05.839Z NFL Analyst Apologizes to Eagles' Jalen Hurts for Stirring Up Rumors About His Health NFL analyst apologizes to Jalen Hurts and the Eagles after backlash over comments about the quarterback's health. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6d22c75342cf4db9295f1 Lakers Cut Former First-Round Pick Days Before Season Opener te 2026-10-20T02:30:04.928Z Lakers Cut Former First-Round Pick Days Before Season Opener The Lakers waive former first-round pick Dalton Knecht after failed trade talks, just days before their season opener. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cfd775342cf4db929595 Brutal night on MNF: Commanders star Terry McLaurin carted off, 49ers' Mike Evans heads to locker room te 2026-10-20T02:20:07.067Z Brutal night on MNF: Commanders star Terry McLaurin carted off, 49ers' Mike Evans heads to locker room Injuries are piling up for the Commanders. On Monday Night Football, top wideout Terry McLaurin had to be carted off the field with an apparent left knee injury after going down without contact. Teammates and Niners players alike took a knee for McLaurin as he exited, leaving Washington facing a 13-3 deficit against undefeated San Francisco. AWFUL SCENE AS LEO CHANEL SUFFERS NECK INJURY, MARKING SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK WASHINGTON COMMANDERS SUFFER SCARE The injury comes with the Commanders sitting at the bottom of the NFC at 1-5, still trying to regroup after a Week 5 clock-management blunder by quarterback Jayden Daniels. Before kickoff, McLaurin — long regarded as the leader of Washington's locker room — spoke to the ESPN broadcast crew about steadying the team through the rough stretch. COMMANDERS RUN OUT THE CLOCK ON THEMSELVES, SETTLE FOR TIE WITH GIANTS IN OVERTIME MELTDOWN "I've just been telling our guys we're going through the fire right now," McLaurin said. "You want to get to something, you gotta go through it. You can't go around it." McLaurin entered Monday leading Washington with 14 receptions for 203 yards and a touchdown. Since entering the league in 2019, McLaurin has remained Washington's most dependable receiving threat. The two-time Pro Bowler's knack for contested catches yielded five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons (2020–2024) despite an inconsistent quarterback carousel, though injuries did limit his 2025 campaign to 10 games. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! San Francisco also sustained a notable injury hit before the break, as wide receiver Mike Evans left the game with less than a minute left in the second quarter. Evans went back to the locker room after a 16-yard reception, leaving with three receptions for 94 yards. The Niners took a 20-3 lead into the break. Washington's offensive depth now faces another test. Offseason addition Stefon Diggs took several hard hits from the Niners' defense before halftime, and the Commanders have already lost star offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil to a season-ending triceps injury. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cfd575342cf4db92958c Rogers warns Michigan voters against El-Sayed’s ‘extreme’ agenda ahead of election te 2026-10-20T02:20:05.711Z Rogers warns Michigan voters against El-Sayed’s ‘extreme’ agenda ahead of election Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers took aim at Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed during a town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, warning voters that his rival's policies would hurt the state. Rogers accused El-Sayed of having a "pattern of deception" and called him a "manufactured candidate," claiming the Democrat has misrepresented his political positions. "He is the most extreme candidate. He has called for defunding the police. He has called for letting criminals out of prison," Rogers said.  TRUMP TAKES BORDER CRACKDOWN TO DEEP-RED STATE AS SHOCK SENATE BATTLE THREATENS GOP STRONGHOLD "He has called for the Green New Deal, which for Michigan is a killer." Rogers also touted his campaign's ground operation, saying volunteers are approaching 6 million doors knocked across Michigan. "That's the energy, and what we're getting off of those doors is, 'Yes, we're voting,' 'No, we're not going to be a DSA state,' 'No, we're not going to let this happen on our watch.'" The Republican also said his campaign is seeing support from voters who traditionally back Democrats. MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW'S TERROR WATCHLIST LAWSUIT DAYS BEFORE OBAMA CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE Rogers later took questions from voters, including a Jewish woman who said she sometimes feels afraid to show her Jewish identity in public. Rogers said he had heard similar stories from Jewish students at the University of Michigan who said they concealed religious symbols because they were being harassed. Rogers also pointed to housing, education and skilled trades, saying he wants to make it easier for young adults to buy homes and bring more defense industry work to the state. 'THE VIEW' CO-HOSTS DEFEND EL-SAYED COMPARING HIMSELF TO JFK OVER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SCRUTINY He also called for putting shop classes back in Michigan high schools, arguing that expanding skilled-trade education would give students more paths to well-paying careers. Rogers closed by again targeting El-Sayed's policies, arguing Michigan "cannot afford" them. "We certainly can't risk his ideology," he said. El-Sayed's campaign could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cd8775342cf4db92951e Karen Bushman te 2026-10-20T02:10:15.970Z Karen Bushman Karen Bushman passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, in her Joseph City home surrounded by her children.       Karen was born on May 5, 1942, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Frank and Mae Mish. Her childhood was spent in Mesa. She married Floyd Bushman of Joseph City on April 19, 1963. She is survived by a sister, five children and their spouses, 21 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren.       Preceding her in death are her parents, two siblings, her husband Floyd, and a daughter (Laura).         Karen was known throughout the community as a compassionate and loving person, and mother.  She will always be known and remembered as someone to count on, someone who would always put others first and someone willing to drop everything if special care or attention was needed.       Karen held many influential callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Serving others in and out of the Church was easy for her. She held charity in her heart for all she came in contact with. Through her callings in the Young Women and Relief Society, her love and compassion reached many. Her love of her Savior grew tremendously as she prepared and taught many lessons, relying on the many hours of study, pondering, and listening to the Spirit.  She is currently very peaceful in His presence.       In addition to nurturing six active kids, she made time for community work and cared for several foster children. She created the First Step Workshop in Holbrook, a place where adults with developmental disabilities could work, associate and thrive.  It was the main priority for her time away from family. Under her direction, it became a mainstay in the area, offering incredible life opportunities to many. She was recognized by the State of Arizona and received an award for her accomplishments.  In 2010, the Joseph City Hall of Fame honored her for her years of work providing services for special needs children and adults.       Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Joseph City. Funeral service to follow at 11 a.m., with interment in Joseph City Cemetery.                     In lieu of flowers, please send donations for the First Step Workshop via Venmo@David-Bushman The post Karen Bushman first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cd8675342cf4db929515 Alice Madeline Funk te 2026-10-20T02:10:14.660Z Alice Madeline Funk Alice Madeline (Dashee) Funk was born on May 3, 1944, in Polacca, and passed on Oct. 9, 2026, at the age of 82. Alice lived a life of creativity, faith, love and deep affection. Alice was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She was a woman of faith, and her Christian (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) and her native beliefs were an important part of the way she lived.        Alice graduated from Haskell Junior Indian College. She was a homemaker and Hopi potter. Her home was a warm, welcoming place. Alice loved cooking, baking, reading, camping, fishing and found simple pleasures of the outdoors. Above all, she cherished spending time with her family and those gatherings were the most treasured. Alice will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her family, friends and all who were blessed to know her.       Alice is survived by her husband, Martin J. Funk Jr.; children, Michelle and Michael; grandchildren: Bre’, Autumn, Katelyn, Leah and Desmond; great-grandchildren, Oakley and Isabella; three sisters, and many nieces and nephews.        Alice is preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Mabel Dashee; daughter, Kimberly; grandson, Cedric; two brothers and two sisters. The post Alice Madeline Funk first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cd8475342cf4db92950a Maricopa Yappy Hour pairs dog-friendly outings with shelter mission te 2026-10-20T02:10:12.424Z Maricopa Yappy Hour pairs dog-friendly outings with shelter mission Canines and cocktails?  Heck yes.  Local non-profit Little Whiskers Animal Rescue is hosting its inaugural Copa Yappy Hour Club Wednesday night for pet owners and their furry friends at Roots Eatery. The monthly event will be held 5 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month at a rotating restaurant.  The event is both a chance to connect with fellow dog owners — and their pooches — and a chance to support the Maricopa Shelter Project, the nonprofit’s donation-based initiative to build Maricopa’s first animal shelter.    “We hope Copa Yappy Hour becomes a monthly tradition that residents look forward to,” said President Brittney McCarthy, adding it helps “spread awareness, build community support, and move one step closer to making that shelter a reality.”  Each Yappy Hour has a different theme and location. This first one at Roots features a Halloween theme, while the second meetup — to be held Nov. 18 at Brooklyn Boys Pizzeria — will be a turkey theme. The third event takes place Dec. 16 at Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers with an ugly Christmas sweater theme.   Costumes aren’t just for the dogs, said organizer Kevin Okuma.  “If you’re a dog lover, come on out and support this great cause so we can build an animal shelter and save lives,” he said.  The event is one of many offered by Little Whiskers to raise funds for shelter expenses. Other fundraising methods include T-shirts and calendars featuring Maricopa first responders. The post Maricopa Yappy Hour pairs dog-friendly outings with shelter mission appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cd7e75342cf4db929499 Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India te 2026-10-20T02:10:06.241Z Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6cb2775342cf4db92941d McDonald's ransacked and wrecked as stores, restaurants suffer from violence and rioting te 2026-10-20T02:00:07.398Z McDonald's ransacked and wrecked as stores, restaurants suffer from violence and rioting A McDonald's in Paris was left ransacked and heavily damaged after cost-of-living protests exploded into riots and widespread looting that also targeted restaurants, cafés and grocery stores across the French capital — with the city now issuing curfews in two places, The Associated Press reported. The McDonald's on Boulevard de Magenta near Gare de l'Est suffered smashed windows and extensive damage inside, according to Le Monde. Computer screens were damaged — while an ice cream machine continued spilling vanilla onto a ketchup-covered floor, the outlet reported. MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYS 400-YEAR-OLD FOOD MARKET, LEAVING HISTORIC LANDMARK IN RUINS Intruders even attempted to cook french fries before a man and his dog drove about 20 people from the restaurant, a security guard told the publication. Fox News Digital reached out to McDonald's for comment about the vandalism. The American-based fast-food chain was hardly the only food business to be caught up in the destruction. A neighborhood café was burned out, a wine shop was destroyed and supermarkets were among the businesses targeted as unrest swept Paris. Among the hardest hit was La Barrique, a neighborhood café near Place de la République that was burned out, according to Le Monde. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The son of the café's owners told the outlet his mother was inside when the business was attacked and was later taken to a hospital with a head injury. Grocery stores were hit hard as well. The Franprix, Monoprix, Picard and Carrefour City locations were among the grocery retailers targeted during the unrest, according to French news agency AFP. At a Franprix on Rue Beaurepaire near Place de la République, shelves were emptied and products were either stolen or crushed on the floor.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Looters elsewhere were seen leaving supermarkets carrying bags filled with food, juice and alcohol, Le Monde reported. An Intermarché Express on Boulevard de Magenta was also looted. A crew from Euronews said they were assaulted by masked individuals while reporting near the supermarket. A Nicolas wine shop on Boulevard de Magenta was also destroyed — with shattered bottles and wine covering the area outside the store, according to Le Monde. The destruction was part of widespread violence that followed demonstrations Saturday over the rising cost of living and other grievances. French-born restaurateur Olivia Ostrow, who now operates Maison Ostrow in South Florida, told Fox News Digital the unrest reflects tensions extending far beyond the French capital. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Ostrow, who was born in Paris and whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, expressed concern about what she described as rising antisemitism and the role of social media in fueling hostility. She argued that some demonstrators have embraced political causes without fully understanding the history behind them. "Those kids and most of those people couldn't point to Israel on the world map if it hit them in the face," she said. Many on social media shared their dismay about what is happening in France. "I have nothing but disgust for anyone trying to justify this," wrote one person. "Let me say it, the ones suffering the consequences are ordinary French people, not the government. It's ordinary citizens who will pay for this, whose cars were burned, whose businesses and homes were looted, and whose physical integrity were threatened." "These are not protests anymore," another person wrote. Several European governments are now advising travelers to France to avoid large crowds and exercise caution during their stay, Reuters reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c67f75342cf4db929342 ‘No block, no rock’: Arizona State receiver Omarion Miller hunting downfield opportunities te 2026-10-20T01:40:15.851Z ‘No block, no rock’: Arizona State receiver Omarion Miller hunting downfield opportunities Arizona State wide receiver Omarion Miller averaged 14.8 yards per catch in the Suns Devils’ past two games against Baylor and Hawaii. He hopes to continue that trend the rest of the season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c67e75342cf4db929339 ‘No block, no rock’: Arizona State receiver Omarion Miller hunting downfield opportunities te 2026-10-20T01:40:14.335Z ‘No block, no rock’: Arizona State receiver Omarion Miller hunting downfield opportunities TEMPE – Omarion Miller led the Big 12 in yards per reception when he was a wide receiver for Colorado last season. Three games into his Arizona State career, his average had fallen from 17.9 yards to 7.5. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c67575342cf4db929301 Elissa Slotkin calls backlash to threat of prosecution comments 'manufactured outrage' te 2026-10-20T01:40:05.278Z Elissa Slotkin calls backlash to threat of prosecution comments 'manufactured outrage' Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., called the backlash against her comments that the threat of prosecution could deter young people from working for the Trump administration "manufactured outrage" during television interviews Monday. During an Oct. 13 University of Chicago event, Slotkin drew criticism after a clip went viral showing her saying she wants to pursue "signature cases" against people who "enabled" President Donald Trump and push a "deterrence message" for young people. "I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’ I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,’" she said. "I want that deterrence message," Slotkin said. While speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday, Slotkin responded to a comment from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who wrote that it was "absolutely disgraceful" to "threaten young Americans for participating in politics and serving their country" with legal retribution. MIKE DAVIS: SEN SLOTKIN REVEALS HER INSIDIOUS SCHEME TO TARGET YOUNG CONSERVATIVES "Yeah, well, look, that’s manufactured outrage," Slotkin responded. "That’s his specialty. I think the thing that I’ve heard from my own Republican colleagues and peers, including interns and folks who work around the Hill who come to our events, they’ll tell you, 'I was worried. My parents were worried, you know. It’s really messy. I’m not sure what to get involved in.' Politics, in general, has become messy."  "But, you know, when you’re being forced by this administration, for instance, to sign a contract that is given over to a company that Trump Jr. is on the board of, and you know that that’s a problem," she added.  Slotkin then referenced her viral video from 2025, in which she and five other Democratic lawmakers urged military members to "refuse illegal orders." She claimed that in both circumstances she was only encouraging people to reject illegal activity. "My point is, do not get yourself involved in illegal activity," she said. "It’s the same thing I was talking about a year ago. Whether you’re the uniformed military or a civilian in government, if you’re being asked to do something by the president or his team, that’s illegal, you have a responsibility to reject that. That is my point, and that was the point I was trying to make." SLOTKIN SAYS DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS 'NEW LEADERSHIP': 'OLD MODELS ARE NO LONGER WORKING' Fox News Digital reached out to Lee's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.  The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump's previous comments on Slotkin. "That's a hell of a statement. Slotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics. That's a Democrat and that's what they do. That's all they're good at — and you know what? That's why they're getting their a--es kicked," Trump said. Slotkin reiterated that she had no intention of targeting people for prosecution solely because of their political affiliation and only cared about people "breaking the law." "If you are violating the law, then you should be held accountable, and that includes people who are supporting that activity. That’s the point I was trying to make. You’re not breaking the law? No problem. We can have disagreements all day long, and certainly Democrats and Republicans do. I don’t care if it’s just freedom of speech. I care if you’re breaking the law," Slotkin told CNN. PENNSYLVANIA SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT SAYS HE OPPOSES IMPRISONMENT EXCEPT FOR 'LAWLESS MAGA THUGS' During a separate interview on MS NOW, Slotkin suggested some of the backlash she received from Republican critics could be attributed to her gender. "I think when you choose to call out their corruption, they clearly don't like that," Slotkin said on MS NOW's "Deadline: White House." "They're clearly trying to change the conversation given what the midterms are and the state of the economy, the state of things around the country. I do think there's something about being a woman and criticizing them and calling them out on that corruption that really gets under their skin, obviously, or they wouldn't respond."  When reached for comment, Slotkin's office directed Fox News Digital to her comments in the MS NOW interview. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c42275342cf4db92925c Neil Armstrong’s Boyhood Home Is Sold to a Historical Society After a $400,000 Gift te 2026-10-20T01:30:10.311Z Neil Armstrong’s Boyhood Home Is Sold to a Historical Society After a $400,000 Gift A retired pilot helped an Ohio historical society become the new owner of the Wapakoneta home where the first man on the moon spent his high school days. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c42075342cf4db929240 Warriors Get Major Stephen Curry Injury Update Before Lakers Game te 2026-10-20T01:30:08.645Z Warriors Get Major Stephen Curry Injury Update Before Lakers Game Stephen Curry receives a positive injury update as the Warriors prepare to face the Lakers in Wednesday's season opener. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c41e75342cf4db929226 Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back te 2026-10-20T01:30:06.278Z Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c1ca75342cf4db929209 Street, parking lot sealing underway throughout Lake Havasu City te 2026-10-20T01:20:10.102Z Street, parking lot sealing underway throughout Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City began street and parking lot sealing operations on Sunday as part of its ongoing pavement preservation program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c1c675342cf4db9291ad Mike Norvell Takes Drastic Action After Florida State’s Loss to Miami te 2026-10-20T01:20:06.996Z Mike Norvell Takes Drastic Action After Florida State’s Loss to Miami Florida State head coach Mike Norvell wasn't happy after his team's OT loss to Miami, and he decided to do something about it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6c1c575342cf4db9291a4 Eagles Called Out for How They Handled QB Jalen Hurts’ Medical Condition te 2026-10-20T01:20:05.205Z Eagles Called Out for How They Handled QB Jalen Hurts’ Medical Condition A former NFL player called out the Eagles organization for how they handled Jalen Hurts' medical situation in London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6bd1b75342cf4db9290d7 French soccer icon Emmanuel Petit condemns arson and looting, warns Macron to 'protect honest citizens' te 2026-10-20T01:00:11.579Z French soccer icon Emmanuel Petit condemns arson and looting, warns Macron to 'protect honest citizens' French soccer legend Emmanuel Petit ripped into the violent rioters wrecking cities across France, telling the lawless agitators who hate the country to "go back from where you came." The 1998 World Cup winner fired up Instagram Sunday to vent his "profound deep anger" after protests turned into total madness with torched cars, looted stores, and trashed streets. More than 2,400 rioters have already been locked up nationwide, Fox News Digital reported. PHOTOS SHOW AFTERMATH OF RIOTS AS MASKED GROUPS CLASH WITH POLICE ACROSS FRANCE What started as protests over school policy and living costs quickly turned into complete street warfare over the weekend. Masked mobs smashed up store windows and set cars on fire, forcing riot police to unload tear gas in Paris and Marseille while French President Emmanuel Macron admitted he felt "both anger and shame." FRENCH NEWSPAPER RIPS MACRON AFTER RIOTS ERUPT ACROSS FRANCE: ‘INDELIBLE STAIN’ The ex-Arsenal star didn't dance around it, unleashing on the lawless mobs tearing through neighborhoods. "It's thugs because their cowardice is what unites them," he blasted. "They destroy everything, they burn everything, they break everything, they plunder, they steal, they hurt, they aggress, they insult." FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS He contrasted the criminal mobs on the streets with honest, hard-working taxpayers who are fed up with runaway inflation and crushing government policies. "You shouldn't mix up the people who manifested yesterday, and I understand them strongly because I too am more than fed up of being pressed like a lemon on a fiscal plan," Petit said, defending working-class families who rise early, pay taxes, and follow the law while being abandoned by the state. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Petit laid down the law on immigration, welcoming foreigners who respect France while telling agitators who hate the nation that nobody wants them around. "I love my country, I love all foreigners who love my country and who want to integrate," Petit said. TRUMP, WALTZ LINK FRANCE RIOTS TO MASS IMMIGRATION AS THOUSANDS ARE ARRESTED "But all the others, starting with the French who do not wish precisely that France continues to be what it is, go back from where you came, we don't need you," he warned. Petit went even further, directly targeting homegrown radicals and native-born rioters taking part in the violence: "And all those who were born with a French passport, break yourselves [get lost], we don't want you anymore." FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’ The soccer star didn't let Macron off the hook either, putting France's political elite on blast and demanding they actually do their jobs to protect law-abiding citizens. "I'm addressing the political class, starting with our dear president, Mr. Macron, and all the political classes," Petit said. "To all these people, I have a message to give you: be very careful about what you are going to do, what you are going to say, and how you are going to protect the honest citizens in France." FRANCE'S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING Petit concluded by slamming a failed government apparatus that taxes citizens into oblivion while starving law enforcement and essential services. "Because today, there's no money for the police, there's no money for the army, there's no money for the hospitals, there's no money for the schools," Petit said. "Bizarrely, the only thing that works in France, is taxes." Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6bd1975342cf4db9290ce JD Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu despite Trump's strong backing te 2026-10-20T01:00:09.586Z JD Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu despite Trump's strong backing Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection bid, saying he intends to stay out of Israel's election despite President Donald Trump throwing his support behind the Israeli leader. During an interview Monday with Mark Halperin on "2WAY Tonight," Vance said his focus remains on U.S. candidates ahead of the midterms, Politico reported. "The president has the most effective endorsement in American or international political history," Vance said. "I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on in the midterms. So I’m not getting involved in Israeli elections." OMAR RAID DRAWS OMINOUS WARNING FROM VANCE AS HE BLASTS PROGRESSIVE REP'S 'RAGE' TOWARD AMERICA However, Vance made clear that his decision should not be interpreted as opposition to Netanyahu. "I’m not anti-endorsing him. I’m not pro-endorsing him. I’m not getting involved in Israeli elections," the vice president added. The comments come one day after Trump gave Netanyahu his "Complete and Total Endorsement" in a lengthy Truth Social post, praising the prime minister as a key U.S. ally and partner in confronting Iran. "Bibi Netanyahu has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote. TRUMP SAYS NETANYAHU NEEDS TO BE RE-ELECTED, OR ELSE US WILL HAVE TO 'FINISH THE JOB’ AGAINST IRAN ALONE Trump said Netanyahu had remained strong despite intense political pressure. "Please let this Letter serve to represent my Complete and Total Endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu in his upcoming Race for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Israel. BIBI NETANYAHU WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" Trump said. Netanyahu quickly welcomed the president's backing, thanking Trump for what he called his "extraordinary endorsement." "President Trump, my friend Donald — thank you for your extraordinary endorsement," he said. "Israel has never had a greater friend in the White House. Together we will never let Iran's regime get nuclear weapons. Thank you for your clarity, courage and unwavering support." NETANYAHU PRAISES TRUMP'S 'WICKED SENSE OF HUMOR,' DEFENDS IRONCLAD ALLIANCE AHEAD OF HISTORIC ISRAEL VOTE Vance's decision to stay out of Israel's election comes after he reportedly waded into another foreign political contest earlier this year. The vice president previously traveled to Hungary in April, where he campaigned alongside then-Prime Minister Viktor Orban shortly before Orban lost his reelection bid, according to Politico. The White House could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6bd1775342cf4db9290c5 Dream and Valkyries skip national anthem again in WNBA Finals Game 2 despite rulebook requirement te 2026-10-20T01:00:07.405Z Dream and Valkyries skip national anthem again in WNBA Finals Game 2 despite rulebook requirement SAN FRANCISCO – The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries were off the court for the national anthem before Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Monday night, repeating their Game 1 absences despite a provision in the league’s own rulebook calling for players to stand and line up during the performance. WNBA SILENT AS FINALS TEAMS SKIP NATIONAL ANTHEM DESPITE RULE REQUIRING PLAYERS TO STAND IN LINE Just like in Game 1, the teams left the floor less than one minute before the start of the anthem and returned mere seconds after the singer sang the final note. The repeat absence followed OutKick’s questions to both teams about why they were off the court Saturday and whether they planned to be present for Monday’s anthem. Despite multiple requests to both teams, those questions had gone unanswered when OutKick published a follow-up Monday morning. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The WNBA’s 2026 official rulebook says players, coaches and trainers are to "stand and line up in a dignified posture" along the sidelines or on the foul line during the national anthem. OutKick asked the league about its anthem requirements, whether any discipline was planned or under consideration over Game 1, and whether it had instructed or planned to instruct either team to be on the court for Game 2. We also asked the league to confirm whether both teams would be present Monday. The WNBA has not responded to multiple requests for comment. Before Saturday’s opener, both teams were warming up on the court before leaving just ahead of the anthem. They returned within seconds of the performance ending. DREAM, VALKYRIES LEAVE COURT DURING NATIONAL ANTHEM, RETURN SECONDS LATER BEFORE WNBA FINALS OutKick contacted the league, Dream and Valkyries that afternoon, then followed up with all three Sunday. The team inquiries also asked whether the WNBA had communicated any instructions or expectations about the anthem since Game 1. Additionally, OutKick attended all five of Saturday’s pregame and postgame press conferences and raised a hand at each, but was never called on to ask the planned anthem questions. OutKick also attended both coaches' press conferences prior to Game 2. Again, we were not called upon to ask a question. The WNBA’s own rulebook calls for players to stand and line up for the anthem. Two games into its Finals, neither team has even been on the floor for it. And the league remains silent about the apparent violation of its own policy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b86a75342cf4db928fd8 FBI investigating suspicious letters sent to Grijalva, Ansari and Stanton te 2026-10-20T00:40:10.406Z FBI investigating suspicious letters sent to Grijalva, Ansari and Stanton Clockwise from left: U.S. Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton (Photos by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images and Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0) Suspicious letters, some of which contained unknown substances, were sent to three of Arizona’s Democratic members of Congress, just days after the Secretary of State’s Office was evacuated because of an envelope filled with white powder.  In a joint statement, U.S. Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton said they were notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Phoenix and the Arizona Department of Homeland Security that their Arizona offices had received suspicious letters, many of which included unknown substances.  Letters addressed to Grijalva and Ansari were delivered to former offices and the one sent to Stanton’s office in Mesa was intercepted before it could arrive.  The trio called the letters an attempt to intimidate them but said it wouldn’t deter them from continuing in their roles as elected officials. The incidents come just two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote. Arizona Votes: 2026 “We’re grateful to law enforcement for acting quickly and keeping our staff and communities safe,” the three Democrats said in a joint statement. “We will not be intimidated, and we’ll keep doing the work that Arizonans elected us to do.” This is the second time in less than a week that Arizona’s elected leaders have received suspicious mail. On Oct. 15, Arizona’s election chief was targeted as part of a nationwide threat wave that saw more than 100 political organizations and elected leaders receive similar letters.    Brooke Brennan, a spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Phoenix, said that the agency is investigating multiple incidents of suspicious mail being sent to the offices of election officials and congressional members across the country.  “The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices, and congressional offices,” Brennan said in an emailed statement. “Some of the letters contained an unknown substance and we are working closely with our law enforcement partners to respond to each incident. We are also working with our partners to identify the individual or individuals responsible for the letters. This FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will continue to safeguard the public and secure elections for American citizens.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b86875342cf4db928fb7 'Office Space' star Richard Riehle dead at 78 te 2026-10-20T00:40:08.637Z 'Office Space' star Richard Riehle dead at 78 Character actor Richard Riehle, who starred in "Office Space" and "Casino," died over the weekend, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 78. Circumstances surrounding Riehle's death were not immediately disclosed. "We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing of our beloved client, Richard Riehle, this past weekend," representatives told Fox News Digital. RJ MITTE, ‘BREAKING BAD’ ACTOR WHO PLAYED WALTER WHITE JR., DIES AT 34 "A remarkable actor whose career in theater, film, and television spanned nearly five decades and more than 400 projects, Richard leaves behind an extraordinary legacy." "Beyond his immense talent, he will be remembered for his genuine goodness, boundless kindness, and unwavering generosity, particularly toward emerging actors and filmmakers, whom he encouraged and supported at every opportunity." ‘SAVED BY THE BELL’ STAR DENNIS HASKINS DEAD AT 75 Riehle's reps added, "Our industry has lost an exceptional talent, and our community has lost a truly wonderful man. We ask that his family’s privacy be respected during this difficult time." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Born in Menomonee Falls, Wisc., Riehle first became involved in theater while attending the University of Notre Dame and made his silver screen debut with a small role in the 1977 Americana drama, "Joyride." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Among hundreds of television and film roles through the years, Riehle found fame as Initech product manager Tom Smykowski in the '99 cult classic film, "Office Space." He portrayed principal Ed Rooney on the television adaptation of "Ferris Bueller," and starred in 45 episodes of "Grounded for Life," in addition to roles on "Murder She Wrote," "Ally McBeal," and "Married to the Kellys." Riehle had multiple appearances on the "Star Trek" franchise, and guest roles on "Home Improvement" with Tim Allen, "The West Wing," and "NCIS." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Riehle also had 10 projects in the works prior to his death, including "Made Vicious" with the late Tom Sizemore and "Mr. Blue" with Daniel Baldwin. He is survived by wife Jane Latham and their four children. Fox News Digital's Larry Fink contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b86675342cf4db928f94 Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine te 2026-10-20T00:40:06.881Z Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b86575342cf4db928f78 NFL Insider Drops Major Update on Giants’ Plan for QB JJ McCarthy te 2026-10-20T00:40:05.246Z NFL Insider Drops Major Update on Giants’ Plan for QB JJ McCarthy NFL Network's Ian Rapoport shined some light on what the New York Giants plan to do with JJ McCarthy after Sunday's performance. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b61075342cf4db928f25 One of Major League Baseball's owners just destroyed the league's entire argument for a lockout te 2026-10-20T00:30:08.324Z One of Major League Baseball's owners just destroyed the league's entire argument for a lockout The 2026 World Series starts later this week, and with it, potentially the last Major League Baseball games we'll see for quite some time. On Dec. 1, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league's owners and the MLB Players Association expires. Barring some extremely unforeseen circumstances, the owners will immediately proceed to a lockout. Players will be barred from contact with team personnel, unable to use team facilities, along with many other noticeable changes designed to pretend as though the stars who sustain the sport don't exist. Nobody knows how long negotiations to determine the next Collective Bargaining Agreement will take to resolve. Nobody knows how long the lockout will continue, or if spring training or the 2027 regular season will start on time. If the league will miss games and potentially jeopardize the sustained growth baseball has enjoyed. For example, the 2026 NLCS between the Dodgers and Brewers was the highest rated LCS from either league since 2015, despite lasting just four games. WORLD SERIES CHAMPION SAYS POTENTIAL MLB LOCKOUT COULD 'ABSOLUTELY' CAUSE CANCELLED GAMES NEXT SEASON Attendance has increased. National ratings have increased. And the owners are reportedly committed to blowing it all up in order to fight for a salary cap. Except one of their newest members just accidentally blew up their entire case and rationalization for it. The salary cap fight stems from anger and outrage over the Los Angeles Dodgers' offseason spending. After winning the 2024 and 2025 World Series, the Dodgers added Kyle Tucker on a $240 million, 4-year deal. Then signed closer Edwin Diaz to a 3-year, $69 million contract. Opposing fans were furious, some suggested canceling the season because a third straight title was a foregone conclusion, and prominent writers egged them on with misleading comments. Fast forward to late October and it's almost impossible to age worse than these predictions of baseball doom. Kyle Tucker was a below average hitter in Los Angeles, one of the worst values of any player in the sport. Edwin Diaz had an ERA near nine in the regular season, battled several injuries, and turned in one of the worst reliever seasons in baseball. The Dodgers won the division series, then got swept by the small market Brewers. The American League will send either the Cleveland Guardians, with the lowest payroll in the league, or the endlessly cheap Tampa Bay Rays to the World Series. But that's not even the worst part for the league office. Fans are quick to dismiss these (quite common) results as "outliers." Even though the Rays are one win from their second World Series appearance in the past seven seasons, more than the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Giants, Cubs, or Angels. Even though a Guardians appearance would be their second appearance since 2016, again, more than any of those organizations. And even though the Brewers have the best record in baseball for two straight seasons. WILL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STILL LOCK PLAYERS OUT AFTER 2026 POSTSEASON PROVES OWNERS WRONG? They might be able to (inaccurately) dismiss the results. But they can't dismiss a small market owner proudly bragging about how much money he and his team are making. That's exactly what Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein last week. Local outlet Baltimore Baseball reported that Rubenstein, speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., told a group of other sports team owners that he bought the organization in part because of how much money they were making. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "A lot of my friends were buying teams, and I realized they're making money. They're making more money than I'm making in private equity," Rubenstein explained, per Baltimore Baseball. "I thought I should look at it as a financial thing, but ultimately I bought the Orioles for a philanthropic purpose. I grew up in Baltimore, as people know. I didn't think I'd done enough for Baltimore, so I bought the team to help revive the team a bit and ultimately revive Baltimore because Baltimore had some challenges." He did claim that "owners care more about winning than making money (but they're) not against making money." Hilarious. Rubenstein's laudable "charity" aside, the admission that baseball teams are making more money than private equity is about as damning as it gets for the league's salary cap arguments. Baseball is a highly profitable industry, small market teams are bringing in enormous sums of money, and many owners are choosing to pocket it instead of reinvesting in their rosters. Because they're not "against making money." One X user showed how prolific small market owners are at pocketing money. While the highest payrolls have increased substantially over the last decade, the lowest payrolls have remained nearly flat. Yet the league is making substantially more money than it was in the 2010s, and cumulative inflation since 2015 has been over 42%. Not to mention that MLB's form of socialism, revenue sharing, means the Dodgers' success benefits teams like the Pirates, Orioles, and Marlins, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars per year...each. Some estimates put the Pirates' revenue sharing payout at anywhere from $60-100 million. Just for existing. Before any income they get from tickets, television, advertising, parking, concessions, merchandise, or non-baseball events. It's ironic though, that the season in which the league angrily posted that too many fans have no hope of their team winning a World Series has been a complete dismantling of that argument. In every conceivable way. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER One of the Brewers, Rays, or Guardians are going to win the World Series, demonstrating that fans can indeed have "hope" if their front offices are competent. The Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Cubs, Astros, Rangers and Red Sox combined to win five postseason games. And one of the league's small market owners accidentally admitted that baseball is more profitable than one of the most famously lucrative industries on planet earth. Rubenstein is, of course, fully entitled to make as much money as he can or wants to with the Orioles. He's also already proven to be one of the better small market owners when it comes to investing money, signing Pete Alonso and Kyle Bradish this past offseason, extending Samuel Basallo, and locking up Shane Baz. But it's ludicrous to act as though there isn't an enormous amount of money coming into MLB. And that plenty of it flows to the "poorer" teams. Will this matter to the owners' fanbase calling for players to take less money so Rubenstein can make more money? Of course not, they're happily set to continue demanding a salary cap to be more like the NFL, the sport with the worst competitive balance in the country and the most predictable outcomes. Why would they let a little thing like reality interfere with that? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b60e75342cf4db928eef Two Colts Pro Bowlers Could Be Traded After GM Chris Ballard’s Firing te 2026-10-20T00:30:06.487Z Two Colts Pro Bowlers Could Be Traded After GM Chris Ballard’s Firing After firing GM Chris Ballard, the Colts could have a fire sale. If so, there's 2 Pro Bowl players who could fetch nice returns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b3b775342cf4db928ebf Turning Point’s $18 million media blitz helps Biggs close spending gap with Hobbs te 2026-10-20T00:20:07.271Z Turning Point’s $18 million media blitz helps Biggs close spending gap with Hobbs Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs leads in candidate spending, but coordinated efforts cloud the picture Congressman Andy Biggs is being bolstered by $18.3 million from Turning Point Action Hobbs has... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Turning Point’s $18 million media blitz helps Biggs close spending gap with Hobbs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6b15e75342cf4db928e19 Trump Campaigns for Republicans as Turmoil Mounts in Washington te 2026-10-20T00:10:06.012Z Trump Campaigns for Republicans as Turmoil Mounts in Washington Our White House correspondent Tyler Pager traveled with President Trump as he campaigned across the country ahead of the midterms. As the president touted his record, political drama mounted in Washington. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6af0d75342cf4db928dba Dems push for new governing trifectas in favorable environment te 2026-10-20T00:00:13.033Z Dems push for new governing trifectas in favorable environment Democrats are aiming to add several new trifecta governing blocks in the midterm elections, capitalizing on a favorable political environment to elevate the party’s power in the states as it... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Dems push for new governing trifectas in favorable environment first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6af0a75342cf4db928d94 Brandon Miller agrees to $209M extension with Hornets as top draft pick cashes in after controversial past te 2026-10-20T00:00:10.532Z Brandon Miller agrees to $209M extension with Hornets as top draft pick cashes in after controversial past Brandon Miller, the No. 2 pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, received a lucrative contract extension from the Charlotte Hornets heading into his fourth season in the league. Miller, coming off a career year with the Hornets, agreed to a five-year, $209 million extension, per The Associated Press. The 23-year-old averaged 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last year, while also dealing with a shoulder injury. The guard/forward has tallied 19 points and 4.6 rebounds per game across his three seasons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE With LaMelo Ball traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of this year, Miller should be expected to take on a larger role for Charlotte during the 2026-27 campaign. Miller was taken after the San Antonio Spurs selected Victor Wembanyama in the 2023 Draft, but there was a time during his final season at Alabama where Miller’s draft stock was in limbo because of controversy off the court. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Miller was involved in the death of a 23-year-old woman in January 2023, where it was found he transported the murder weapon, a firearm, to former teammate Darius Miles, the legal owner of the gun. Miles then gave the gun to Michael Lynn Davis, who was found guilty of shooting and killing Jamea Harris near The Strip in Tuscaloosa. While Miller was never accused of any wrongdoing, he drove the gun to the scene where it was taken out of the vehicle by Miles and Davis. Prosecutors presented text messages showing that Miles had asked Miller to bring the gun to the scene. Miller testified in the capital murder trial last year, admitting he did indeed bring the gun in his Dodge Charger to the scene, but said Miles didn’t tell him why he needed it, that he was going to give it to Davis or that a shooting would occur. Miller also testified that, when gunfire rang out shortly after, two bullets had struck his windshield. He said he was almost hit by the bullets. Ultimately, Miller was never charged with a crime or offered any special promises or rewards in exchange for cooperating. Miller was one of four former members of the Alabama men’s basketball program who appeared on the pretrial potential witness list in the case. Davis was someone he knew since he joined the Crimson Tide’s program, being introduced to him through Miles. Davis had hung around the basketball team, which included moments in the locker room with Miles. Miller was with the Crimson Tide for one season during the 2022-23 campaign before being selected by the Hornets. As news came out about his connection to the shooting, Miller started to face backlash from opposing teams’ fans, with "lock him up" ringing out during a game at South Carolina. He wasn’t fazed, though, dropping 41 points, as well as the game-winner in overtime, in that game. "We hear the chants," Miller said at the time. "I feel like we really just lean on each other to go to places like that and pull out tough wins." With Miller cleared of any wrongdoing, his draft stock remained on a top-three path, and the Hornets selected him in hopes that his prowess on the court in college would translate to the NBA. It certainly has, and Miller has what every professional hopes for after entering the league: a big-time pay day. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6af0575342cf4db928d4a TUSD names first two schools recommended for consolidation te 2026-10-20T00:00:05.480Z TUSD names first two schools recommended for consolidation On Monday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended consolidating Hudlow Elementary School into Sewell Elementary School — the first two schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district. Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said two weeks ago he would first meet in person first with principals, then faculty at each school recommended for the changes. Monday, Oct. 19, the district began informing up to 10 of its 88 schools that they will be closed or consolidated over the next two years. “The district utilized a community advisory committee to evaluate multiple factors beyond basic enrollment and finances, including vacant classroom space, class size impact, access to arts, physical education, preschool, before-and after-school programs, transportation, and special programs such as Exceptional Education and Gifted and Talented Education,” TUSD said in a statement late Monday afternoon. Hudlow Elementary has preschool through fifth grade and is just over a mile away from Sewell, a K-5 school on the east side of town near Fifth Street and Wilmot Road. Families will receive a letter with more detailed information about the recommendations,  including an invite to meet with Trujillo at an on-site school meeting, the superintendent said earlier this month. The next step for school communities is the Oct. 27 governing board meeting, moved to Palo Verde High School to accommodate an anticipated larger crowd. That meeting will be followed by a Nov. 17 legally-mandated public hearing where the community can also comment and then a Dec. 8 vote by the TUSD Governing Board, which must approve or deny the recommendations. Enrollment decline due to lower Pima County birth rates and families using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to homeschool or attend private schools have cost the district revenue and caused the need to close, district officials say. The district held four community meetings over the last five weeks to get feedback on TUSD demographics, enrollment and financial data. More than 300 people, including staff and community members attended the three in-person and one virtual meeting.  The post TUSD names first two schools recommended for consolidation appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6acb875342cf4db928d2a Nick Rallis, Cardinals’ defense lay building blocks in win over Rams te 2026-10-19T23:50:16.235Z Nick Rallis, Cardinals’ defense lay building blocks in win over Rams TEMPE – During an offseason in which the Arizona Cardinals brought in coach Mike LaFleur to replace Jonathan Gannon, the team also retained 10 members of the previous coaching staff. In particular, LaFleur chose to keep defensive coordinator Nick Rallis, who held the same position for all three seasons of Gannon’s tenure. In Gannon’s final season, Arizona surrendered 28.7 points (fourth most in the NFL) and 357.7 yards (sixth most) per game. By the time the Detroit Lions walked away from State Farm Stadium with 45 points and 412 total yards in Week 5 of this season, the lack of improvement from the Cardinals’ defense was a major storyline. To make matters worse, a road matchup against the Los Angeles Rams’ high-flying offense awaited the following week. Instead of raising the decibel level, Rallis silenced the critics for at least a week after shutting down the preseason Super Bowl favorites in the Cardinals’ 18-16 victory on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. It was a moment to relish for the entire unit, including its spiritual leader. “At the end of the day for us, we care about the guys that are in the building,” safety Budda Baker said. “You hear the outside noise, but you ignore the outside noise and that’s the biggest thing for us. That’s probably exactly what Nick is doing as well as he’s just focused on putting the game plan for us to be able to execute and play fast. “I think he has been doing that, and I think we just need to execute better and we will. He’s continuing to grow within his scheme each and every week, so that’s what you want as a player. You want your coach to work hard for you, and of course, we’re all working hard for him.” Through the first five games of the 2026 season, Arizona possessed the league’s worst scoring defense (32.4 PPG) while also placing ninth-worst in terms of total yards allowed. The day after the Cardinals had no answers for Detroit’s offensive attack, the Rams put up 454 total yards in a 37-34 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills. Quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and three touchdowns in a showing reminiscent of his 2025 MVP campaign. As a result, Rallis made a major change to his game plan. His unit, which previously held a 19.9% blitz rate (fifth lowest), kept Stafford under pressure and picked up three sacks. One of those proved to be crucial when linebacker Josh Sweat strip-sacked Stafford on a two-point conversion attempt in the second quarter. LaFleur’s only regret was that defensive end L.J. Collier, who scooped up the ball, did not attempt to pass the ball off after being chased down and tackled 35 yards from the end zone. “It’s basically no risk, give it to the fast guy,” LaFleur said. “L.J. was rolling, though.” Arizona held Stafford to just 222 passing yards, his second-worst total of the season, reminding LaFleur of his experiences game-planning around the team’s defensive identity while he was the Rams offensive coordinator from 2023-25. “I thought their play style was awesome,” LaFleur said of his defense. “I just saw clear minds. I saw 11 as one. I saw cleats in the ground, and I thought they were just working together in unison. “It was reminiscent of what I felt like I saw in ‘24, maybe even in the early parts of last year in terms of just something that did not look fun for the opposing offense.” Baker made the most out of the pivot towards aggression with six total tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack. He leads the team in sacks with 3.5. “Tell Nick to call me on some pressures, man,” Baker said playfully. “It’s definitely nice to get in the backfield a little bit, but also kudos to our defensive players – everyone doing their jobs and certain things that guys have to sacrifice to make other players get the play.” Arizona’s defense also benefited from the efforts of the other side of the ball. Although the Cardinals scored zero touchdowns and relied solely on six field goals from kicker Chad Ryland, they possessed the ball for nearly 35 minutes and ran 13 more plays than the Rams. The first two drives of the second half alone took 16 minutes and 46 seconds off the clock, allowing the defense plenty of time to rest and replenish on the sideline. “Any time you can keep the defense off the field as much as we did there,” LaFleur said, “that’s kind of somewhat starting to be our identity a little bit in terms of we’re playing good ball and it’s long sustained drives. It’s not easy doing what they’re doing out there.” Despite the win, LaFleur also reiterated Monday that one game doesn’t distract from the work that still needs to be done on defense throughout the rest of the season. The eight-game losing streak to NFC West opponents may be over, but Arizona’s defense is still the ninth-worst and third-worst unit in terms of yards and points allowed per game. On the other hand, the Cardinals’ upcoming schedule may afford Rallis and his unit more opportunities to continue improving. Just two of the team’s next seven contests are against opponents with a total offense ranked 15th or higher, and one of them happens to be the Los Angeles Rams. Regardless, LaFleur is continuing to put his trust in his defensive coordinator, just like he did after allowing 30 or more points in four consecutive games. “I knew our defense had more than what we’ve been putting out there and we just had to unlock it some way, somehow,” LaFleur said. “I do believe we can start to build an identity off of this one. “Each week’s going to be a game of its own and there’s always going to be unique challenges, but (I’ve) got a lot of faith in Nick. (I’ve) got a lot of faith in the rest of the defensive staff. I think they’re coaching their butt off.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6acaf75342cf4db928cf8 LISTEN: Kansas soccer field dispatch call captures mass-casualty response after driver kills boy, man te 2026-10-19T23:50:07.832Z LISTEN: Kansas soccer field dispatch call captures mass-casualty response after driver kills boy, man New dispatch audio from the day a driver allegedly plowed into children and spectators at a Kansas soccer field reveals the moments first responders rushed to the scene on Saturday. In the call, dispatchers can be heard labeling the horrific incident as an "MCI" or mass-casualty incident. It happened at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita. Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, were killed. Both victims were from McPherson. CHILD AMONG 2 KILLED AFTER VEHICLE DRIVES ONTO SOCCER FIELD AT KANSAS SPORTS COMPLEX In addition to the deaths, 10 more, including five children, were injured. The 34-year-old woman who was behind the wheel was released with no charges, police said. DRIVER RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGES AFTER PICKUP KILLS BOY, 6, AND MAN ON KANSAS SOCCER FIELD Police have not revealed if there are going to be any criminal charges forthcoming against the driver, who was initially taken into custody. They said Sunday that the driver was released pending toxicology results and an examination of her Chevrolet pickup. She had two of her children inside the pickup. One of her children was playing soccer on a different field at the complex. Investigators interviewed the driver and more than 30 witnesses, including the two children who were in the pickup at the time of the crash. Police consulted with the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office before releasing her. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS A 30-minute log of dispatch communications outlines the response to Saturday's incident: CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB WATCH: Two killed, including 6-year-old boy, after truck plows through Kansas youth soccer game On Monday, the City of Wichita confirmed its public works division "will be installing temporary barriers at key locations around the Stryker Sports Complex until more permanent solutions can be implemented." SEND US A TIP The city also confirmed it would assess security around the complex and police would "be present at the facility" this coming weekend – along with local mental health professionals to assist families in the wake of the tragedy. GOT A TIP? McPherson Mayor Jim Loving said in a statement in part: LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "There is nothing I can say that makes that right. To the families who lost someone: this whole town is grieving with you, and we will stand with you for as long as it takes. To the injured and their families: we are praying for your recovery. Thank you to the bystanders who stepped in before the first ambulance arrived, and to the first responders in Wichita and here at home." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, Wichita Police said, "This is an active and ongoing investigation, and I would refer you to our media release. When we have any new updates to share, we will provide them." Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6acad75342cf4db928cd7 Melania Trump Announces White House Women’s Health Initiative te 2026-10-19T23:50:05.120Z Melania Trump Announces White House Women’s Health Initiative The effort comes as Republicans are struggling to win over female voters two weeks before the midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5e75342cf4db928c78 Amanda Seyfried faces harsh criticism as viewers rip her behavior in Elizabeth Holmes documentary te 2026-10-19T23:40:14.490Z Amanda Seyfried faces harsh criticism as viewers rip her behavior in Elizabeth Holmes documentary Amanda Seyfried landed in the hot seat after her appearance in the latest Elizabeth Holmes documentary unleashed a wave of criticism online. Seyfried surprised viewers when she appeared alongside Nathan Fielder in "You Can See Everything," a documentary that followed Holmes in the last 34 days leading up to the start of her prison sentence. Holmes reported to Federal Prison Camp Bryan on May 30, 2023. Seyfried revisited her connection to the disgraced Theranos founder, whom she portrayed in Hulu's "The Dropout." The new documentary, released Oct. 16, explored Seyfried's evolving perspective on Holmes, including her reactions to Holmes' personal life and relationship with Billy Evans. Stepping back into Holmes' shoes for the documentary, Seyfried helped Fielder recreate conversations he had with the disgraced Theranos founder after she reported to prison. Throughout the film, Seyfried grappled with her growing sympathy for Holmes, even as the convicted fraudster challenged the way the actress portrayed her in the Hulu series. 'YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING' REVIEW: THE BUZZY ELIZABETH HOLMES DOCUMENTARY IS WORTH THE HYPE "Amanda Seyfried defending Holmes as a victim of male manipulation until Holmes accused her of participating in a sensationalized version of the Theranos scandal and then flipping out about how it is just TV was a [sic] truly gross," one X user wrote. "I hope she gets redragged for it." Other viewers piled on, accusing Seyfried of changing her tune when the scrutiny shifted toward her own role in bringing the Theranos scandal to television. "Lots of 'women protecting women' posturing from her until she gets accused of perhaps also causing Elizabeth some degree of pain, after which she immediately deflects and starts engaging in female emotional manipulation by accusing Nathan of covering up for Elizabeth based on her 'intuition,'" another user said. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Another viewer echoed the criticism, arguing that Seyfried's behavior only reinforced their negative impression of the actress. "This is maybe the number one reason why I loved 'You Can See Everything.' Seeing Amanda Seyfried for her true colors in full hypocrisy was such a cathartic feeling," one user said. "It reminds me why we should never take people like her seriously." Not everyone agreed with the harsh criticism. Some viewers came to Seyfried's defense, arguing that her changing opinion of Holmes wasn't a sign of hypocrisy but rather an essential part of the documentary's larger message. "imagine walking away from this blaming amanda seyfried," a user wrote. "the point is, amanda herself changes her opinion on elizabeth holmes. so does nathan fielder. so does the audience. thats the literal point." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Another added, "At no point in the movie does Elizabeth Holmes reckon with how anyone other than her was harmed by the downfall of Theranos. Amanda Seyfried earnestly reckons with the consequences of her actions even when she is (correctly) pretty sure she didn't do anything wrong." Fox News Digital reached out to Seyfried's representative for comment. Holmes was convicted in January 2022 on four federal fraud charges for misleading investors about her blood-testing company's technology and capabilities. A jury found her guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire fraud, all related to defrauding investors. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE She was sentenced in November 2022 to 11 years and three months in federal prison. "You Can See Everything" examined Holmes' efforts to reclaim control of her public image after the spectacular collapse of Theranos, the blood-testing company she founded. As she prepared to begin her prison sentence, Holmes confronted the fallout from her fraud conviction, the intense scrutiny surrounding her personal life and the Hollywood portrayal of her downfall. The film offered a closer look at the disgraced entrepreneur's attempts to navigate life beyond the scandal that destroyed her reputation, while exploring the complicated divide between how Holmes viewed herself and how the public perceived her. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5d75342cf4db928c6f NFL suspends Buffalo Bills safety CJ Gardner-Johnson after grotesque spitting incident te 2026-10-19T23:40:13.218Z NFL suspends Buffalo Bills safety CJ Gardner-Johnson after grotesque spitting incident The NFL announced on Monday that they have suspended Buffalo Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson for one game, without pay, after he spit at Las Vegas Raiders' Brock Bowers on Sunday. Officials ejected Gardner-Johnson for spitting at the Raiders tight end late in the second quarter. BILLS CORNERBACK DISMISSES EFTON CHISM'S MIRACULOUS ONE-HANDED TOUCHDOWN: 'PROBABLY WON'T HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN' Referees immediately flagged Gardner-Johnson for unsportsmanlike conduct and sent him to the lockers at Allegiant Stadium early. The penalty positioned the Raiders comfortably down the field before halftime, allowing Las Vegas to boot a field goal and tie the game going into the break. The Bills ultimately held on to win the game, 33-30. Following the game, Gardner-Johnson issued an apology on social media. NFL REFS HAVE SET ALL-TIME RECORD FOR FLAGS THIS SEASON, AND IT'S CHANGING THE OUTCOME OF GAMES "The gesture I made toward my opponent was inappropriate, unnecessary, and not a reflection of the respect I have for him or this game," Gardner-Johnson posted on his Instagram stories. "There is no excuse for my actions, and I take full accountability," the statement read in part. "No matter how emotional or intense the competition gets, I have to hold myself to a higher standard." Gardner-Johnson being a problem for his team is frankly nothing new. Just last season, Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was slapped with a $57,222 fine and stripped of a game check after spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott during Week 1. THREE COWBOYS PLAYERS FINED MORE THAN $33,000 COMBINED AFTER SEASON-OPENING LOSS TO GIANTS Back in 2020, his own New Orleans Saints teammate Michael Thomas punched him during practice after Gardner-Johnson reportedly provoked him. Later that season, Chicago Bears receiver Javon Wims threw a right hook at him during a live game after Gardner-Johnson ripped Wims' mouthpiece off his helmet. The following year, another Bears receiver, Anthony Miller, was ejected for throwing a punch at Gardner-Johnson during a playoff game. Whether he is suiting up for the Saints, Eagles, Lions, or Bills, Gardner-Johnson's conduct remains exactly the same. He will now miss Buffalo's upcoming game against the Baltimore Ravens simply because he could not act like an adult on the field. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5c75342cf4db928c66 Calgary Opera removes singer waving Palestinian flag during opening night curtain call te 2026-10-19T23:40:12.017Z Calgary Opera removes singer waving Palestinian flag during opening night curtain call The Calgary Opera removed a cast member from its remaining performances of "Tosca" after he displayed a Palestinian flag during the opera's opening-night curtain call Friday. Bass-baritone singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega pulled out the flag during the curtain call following the opening-night performance. The opera company later released a statement calling Sanchez-Ortega's actions "unexpected and unauthorized," confirming that he would be replaced for the remaining performances. "Individual political protest contravenes not only company policy, but also our responsibility to create a more connected, caring, and civil society through shared artistic experience," the statement read, according to OperaWire. "We recognize that this moment may have affected the audience — as well as cast members, crew, orchestral musicians, and Jubilee staff — in different ways, and we regret any discomfort and distress it caused." AUSTRALIAN POLICE INVESTIGATING PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLY IN SYDNEY WHERE PROTESTORS CHANTED ‘GAS THE JEWS’ "We have addressed this matter directly with the cast member and reinforced our expectations with the cast and production team," the statement continued. "Our commitment is to provide a welcoming and respectful environment for our artists, audiences, and community. The role of Angelotti will be performed by another artist for the remaining performances. We thank everyone who joined us for opening night and look forward to welcoming audiences to the remaining performances of ‘Tosca.'" Sanchez-Ortega, who posted a video of himself holding the flag on Instagram, released a statement saying he has "no regret" over his actions and claimed that Calgary Opera was faced with "financial threats" over the move. "I have been informed that I have been removed from further performances of ‘Tosca’ with the Calgary Opera following my display of the Palestinian flag during curtain call. I have no regret," he said.  "This is the state of cultural institutions in Canada," Sanchez-Ortega wrote on social media. "I was informed that financial threats had been made against Calgary Opera. I hold no resentment. After the theatre, (political or otherwise) we all have to go home, and look at ourselves in the mirror. It was my honor to play the role of Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner."  MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE In a statement to Fox News Digital, Calgary Opera declined to comment on "personnel matters" but added that all forms of personal protest, regardless of the political symbol, are prohibited on stage. "Calgary Opera prohibits personal protest on our stages and at our events," it said. "The display of any protest symbol or action would result in similar consequences. We have reiterated this prohibition to all artists and staff, and will continue to apply it universally in response to all cases of unauthorized protest, regardless of the symbol or action that protest takes."  "With respect to the cast member in question, he did not appear in yesterday’s performance of Tosca, and will not appear in the October 24, 2026, closing performance," the statement added. "Beyond that, Calgary Opera does not comment on personnel matters." GORILLAZ FRONTMAN DAMON ALBARN HOLDS UP PALESTINIAN FLAG DURING SHOW AFTER MACKLEMORE TOUR REMOVAL Several entertainers have displayed the Palestinian display in protest of Israel's actions in Gaza since 2023, including performers from Gorillaz and Imagine Dragons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5a75342cf4db928c5d Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening te 2026-10-19T23:40:10.733Z Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Cancer can strike at any age, often without symptoms. For many cancers, routine screening remains the best way to detect the disease early and reduce the risk of death. For lung cancer, screening guidelines can vary, as the disease doesn’t always show obvious signals and can occur in both smokers and never-smokers. Daniel J. Boffa, M.D., chair of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and a thoracic surgeon at Yale University, noted that lung cancer screening is "one of the most powerful ways" to boost survival. POPE LEO'S LUNG TUMOR RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCER RISK FOR NONSMOKERS "It reduces the chance of people dying of lung cancer by 20%," he told Fox News Digital. The share of Americans who are eligible for screening but don’t comply translates to "tens of thousands of preventable deaths every year," according to Boffa. "I'm hoping that within four or five years, a screening CT scan will only be confirmatory after they have a positive blood test done at your doctor's office," he added. That approach could make screening easier and potentially help detect more lung cancers, according to the doctor. In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Lary Robinson, M.D., an oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, noted that in most cases, early-stage lung cancer will not come with any symptoms. In those who do have symptoms, however, the most common are related to the lungs, including a persistent cough, shortness of breath or coughing up blood. DOCTORS PUSH NEW BLOOD TESTS FOR COLON CANCER AS CASES SURGE IN YOUNGER ADULTS Unexplained weight loss can result from any form of cancer, according to the oncologist. Neurological symptoms, like persistent headaches, may also warrant seeing a doctor. Current lung cancer screening guidelines recommend an annual low-dose CT scan for people between the ages of 50 and 80 who currently smoke or have a history of smoking or have at least a 20 pack-year history of smoking, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Before making the decision to get screened, individuals should speak with their healthcare providers about the purpose of the screening and how it’s done, as well as the benefits, limits and possible harms, ACS advised. Those who still smoke should be counseled about quitting and offered interventions and resources to help. Individuals with serious health problems that will "likely limit" their lifespan should not be screened, according to ACS, as well as those who won’t be able to get treatment if lung cancer is detected. NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE? YOU COULD STILL BE AT HIGHER RISK FOR LUNG CANCER Although one out of seven lung cancers will affect someone who has never smoked, there is currently not a set screening guideline for never-smokers. Finding individuals who would benefit from screening is an "intense area of research," according to Boffa. For now, people with a direct family history of lung cancer without smoking should consider annual screenings, as should higher-risk demographics like Asian women. "I would anticipate that in the next year or two, we will have better guidance for people who are at risk for lung cancer, but never smoked," Boffa predicted. Boffa noted that advances in lung cancer treatment have improved survival, even at advanced stages, so screening should not be viewed as a pathway to a terminal diagnosis. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "People are really reluctant to be diagnosed with lung cancer because it does carry a stigma," Boffa said. "For years, there was a reputation that it was a terminal diagnosis. It's just been amazing what research has done for lung cancer." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Most screenings detect a lung nodule or other abnormality, which is more often an infection, scar or inflammation than a tumor, he said. In about one-third of patients, lung cancer screenings also detect unrelated health issues, including the hardening of heart arteries or a nodule in another part of the body. "The reality is over 99% of nodules are actually benign," Boffa said. "And so, you need to have a conversation about what you are going to do with that information." "I think having that conversation ahead of time is really important so that expectations are set – it's not uncommon to find something. Most of the time, it's not something that's going to affect how long you live." The doctor noted that the CT scan only takes a couple of minutes to perform and does not take place in an enclosed space like an MRI. "People who get claustrophobic usually don't have a hard time with lung cancer screening," Boffa said. "And it usually takes a few days to get a report back." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ For those who are over 50 with a history of smoking, Boffa reiterated that getting screened is "one of the most powerful things you can do to reduce your chances of having your life shortened by lung cancer." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5975342cf4db928c54 Python hunters snag Puerto Rico's largest reticulated python on record after it was spotted strangling pet cat te 2026-10-19T23:40:09.338Z Python hunters snag Puerto Rico's largest reticulated python on record after it was spotted strangling pet cat A professional python hunter who doubles as a professional alligator wrestler, according to his Instagram bio, helped catch "the longest live captured reticulated python ever caught in Puerto Rico." Working with Proyectos Retic, a group of python hunters in Puerto Rico who collect data and specimens about the reticulated python, Snakeaholic aka Kevin Pavlidis helped snag a reticulated python that measured 18' 4" long. This gigantic snake was held up by eight people standing shoulder-to-shoulder to show just how big of a snake they're dealing with. They tracked it down after it was "spotted strangling a pet cat behind a house." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS There was no mention of whether the pet cat survived the ordeal or not. These hunters had a snake to catch. But as you can clearly see, that thing can easily take down more than a pet cat. The reticulated python is an invasive species in Puerto Rico, much like the Burmese pythons are, in Snakeaholic's home state of Florida. EVA SHOCKEY SAYS SHE RECEIVED 'THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS' OF DEATH THREATS FROM ANTI-HUNTING ACTIVISTS "It took all my tracking skills and 20 minutes of searching to find this snake down in the jungle," Snakeaholic wrote about tracking down the snake after it was chased down a mountain away from the cat it was strangling. "Removing this invasive apex predator is one more step towards restoring the delicate balance of the ecosystem out here in Puerto Rico and I am proud to be a part of this incredible conservation work!" THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Running around snatching pythons out of the jungle isn't my idea of fun, but someone has to do it. A giant species of snake like this can take over an ecosystem, as Snakeaholic points out. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "As incredible as these snakes are, they are an unbelievably large threat to the delicate ecosystem of Puerto Rico," he added in another post about this monstrous snake. SON OF FLORIDA ALLIGATOR ATTACK VICTIM SAYS TOURISTS AND TIKTOKERS ARE EMBOLDENING THE GATORS "It's not the snake's fault, this is yet another human error of introducing a non-native animal and @proyectoreticpr and I are doing our best to fix the problem other people created." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5675342cf4db928c34 Bend Residents Want Accountability. Oregon’s Gun Laws Make It Hard. te 2026-10-19T23:40:06.127Z Bend Residents Want Accountability. Oregon’s Gun Laws Make It Hard. After a school shooting in which the 16-year-old attacker died, there are few ways to pin official blame. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6aa5475342cf4db928c07 Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45 billion compute deal te 2026-10-19T23:40:04.064Z Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45 billion compute deal In August, Nscale and Anthropic announced a $45 billion compute deal. The two companies are reportedly discussing yet another deal of the same magnitude. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a7fe75342cf4db928b9f Latino Support for GOP's Byron Donalds in Doubt for Florida Governor's Race te 2026-10-19T23:30:06.473Z Latino Support for GOP's Byron Donalds in Doubt for Florida Governor's Race Democrats are hoping to make the race more competitive after Trump won the state in 2024 due to significant gains among Latinos. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a5a775342cf4db928b27 Former MLB GM Proposes Massive Offseason Trade for Dodgers After Playoff Exit te 2026-10-19T23:20:07.077Z Former MLB GM Proposes Massive Offseason Trade for Dodgers After Playoff Exit Jim Bowden believes the Los Angeles Dodgers should acquire two young star position players after their NLCS elimination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a5a575342cf4db928b1e Hornets Make $209 Million Decision on Brandon Miller's Future te 2026-10-19T23:20:05.447Z Hornets Make $209 Million Decision on Brandon Miller's Future The Charlotte Hornets agree to a five-year, $209 million extension with Brandon Miller following LaMelo Ball's departure. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35b75342cf4db928af3 Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire to begin burns in Coconino County on Oct. 20 te 2026-10-19T23:10:19.666Z Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire to begin burns in Coconino County on Oct. 20 With the recent moisture across Arizona creating favorable conditions, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) announced it will begin prescribed fire work in Coconino County. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35a75342cf4db928aea NAU ROUNDUP: Gracie Heinle named Big Sky Golfer of the Week te 2026-10-19T23:10:18.366Z NAU ROUNDUP: Gracie Heinle named Big Sky Golfer of the Week A look at news and results from NAU, including Gracie Heinle earning her first career Big Sky Golfer of the Week honor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35975342cf4db928ae1 HCH Pet of the Week: Harvey te 2026-10-19T23:10:17.053Z HCH Pet of the Week: Harvey Meet Harvey, a 5-year-old, 30-pound sweetheart who believes life is better at a slower pace! This laid-back guy is happiest taking leisurely walks, relaxing on the porch, and cuddling up with his favorite humans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35775342cf4db928ad8 HCH Pet of the Week: Touchstone te 2026-10-19T23:10:15.386Z HCH Pet of the Week: Touchstone Meet Touchstone. He is 10 months old and has spent much of his life at the shelter. He is missing a time in life when critical stages of socialization should be developing. He needs to find a home now so… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35575342cf4db928ab1 Kansas man mapped rooftops near Trump speech site, threatened to shoot president: DOJ te 2026-10-19T23:10:13.109Z Kansas man mapped rooftops near Trump speech site, threatened to shoot president: DOJ A Kansas man allegedly vowed to shoot President Donald Trump and claimed he had already mapped rooftops near his upcoming speech, triggering a federal investigation that landed him in custody before the visit. Jaden J. Read, 24, of Clearwater, was charged Saturday with making threats against the president, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. Authorities arrested him that same day, two days before Trump’s scheduled Monday visit to Wichita. The investigation began Oct. 15, when a Crime Stoppers tip alerted authorities to comments beneath a KAKE News Facebook article about the president’s trip, prosecutors said. THREE COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE FEDERAL CHARGES OVER ALLEGED THREATS AGAINST TRUMP AHEAD OF CAMPUS RALLY "Let’s shoot Trump honestly, where’s our shooter? I’m tired of living this money life," Read allegedly wrote. Prosecutors said he immediately followed with another comment claiming he had ammunition and threatening to kill the president. BUTLER MAN’S ONLINE RANTS TO KILL TRUMP END IN GUILTY PLEA AFTER FBI PROBE Investigators then found additional alleged threats beneath a separate Facebook article from KWCH 12 News about Trump’s visit. "Can we shoot him in Kansas please I will myself," Read allegedly posted. MAN ARRESTED AT TRUMP GOLF COURSE AHEAD OF PRESIDENT’S VISIT ALLEGEDLY HAD WEAPONS CACHE A minute later, prosecutors said, he claimed to know where Trump would speak and to have studied nearby rooftops. "IK where your speech will be. Already mapped out roofs around. Finna get kirked since yall couldn’t help him," the comment read, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. FLORIDA WRITE-IN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE WILLIAM UPHAM ARRESTED AFTER SAYING TRUMP ‘MUST BE KILLED’ Read was taken into federal custody following his arrest in Clearwater. Prosecutors said he would remain there pending a detention hearing. "Political violence and threats of political violence will not be tolerated," U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser said in a statement Monday. "The first Amendment allows for robust disagreement but there are constraints. I caution people to stay within the bounds of constitutionally protected speech." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35375342cf4db928aa8 Veteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour announces exit from network, will go off the air next June te 2026-10-19T23:10:11.863Z Veteran CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour announces exit from network, will go off the air next June Veteran CNN International anchor Christiane Amanpour announced Monday she's leaving the network next summer after more than four decades at the network. "After more than 43 years at CNN, Christiane has decided that the time is right to begin a new chapter," CNN CEO Mark Thompson told staffers in a memo. "Early in 2027, she will scale back her CNN International show, ‘Amanpour,’ to once a week. The program will conclude in May, and she will leave CNN at the end of June." "Christiane has thought carefully about this decision, and she and I have been discussing it for some months. Like so many CNNers who will hear the news today, I’m very sorry to see her go, but I’ve come to accept that this is the right time for her, both personally and professionally," Thompson wrote. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR POINTS TO 'HEMORRHAGING' AT CBS TO WARN OF DAVID ELLISON'S POTENTIAL TAKEOVER AT CNN Amanpour thanked her viewers and alluded to the "pressures" she and her CNN colleagues face during an on-air address. "Now, you know I've always been fiercely independent, and I will continue to be that for you for as long as I am here and beyond," Amanpour said. "That's especially important today as we face unprecedented pressures from all sides, political, financial and also from the rising dangers in the field. I'll always be rooting for CNN maintaining its history of independent journalism." "Remember: always be truthful, not neutral," she also said in a written statement. NEW CNN BOSS MARK THOMPSON SUPPORTIVE OF CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR AS LEFT-WING ANCHOR LAUNCHES WEEKEND SHOW The announcement came as a shock to CNN staffers. One called her CNN's "reigning titan." Another described themselves as a "Christiane loyalist" and called her "the heart and soul of this company," but admitted her stature in journalism can continue without CNN. "She has the power to chart her own course. Yes, she is synonymous with a brand, but she is also a bigger than the brand," the CNN staffer told Fox News Digital. While the 68-year-old journalist is revered among her CNN colleagues and members of the liberal media, she has her critics as well. As she referenced in her statement, Amanpour rejects the notion of neutrality when it comes to reporting, insisting the truth should remain the north star. "Both-siderism — on the one hand, on the other hand — is not always objectivity. It does not get you to the truth," Amanpour told graduates at the Columbia Journalism School in 2023. "Drawing false, moral or factual equivalence is neither objective or truthful. Objectivity is our golden rule. And it is in weighing all the sides and all the evidence hearing everyone reporting everything, but not rushing to equate them when there is no equating and look at the damage that that has done in the climate debate, in the political arena and in the field of battle." CNN'S CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR CALLS OUT BOSS CHRIS LICHT, OFFERS STUNNING REBUKE OF TRUMP TOWN HALL Her coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and her past commentary have also raised eyebrows. Amanpour claimed in October 2023, just weeks after the terrorist attack on Israel, "the rest of the world" agreed with Jordanian Queen Rania Al Abdullah's complaint that the Western world shows more support for Israel than the Palestinians. She also reported that third-party negotiators were trying to implement a "hostage release on both sides," implying Israel, too, is keeping civilian hostages and not just the Hamas terrorists. Earlier in the year, she was forced to apologize after she claimed the murder of an Israeli rabbi's family was the result of a "shootout."  In November 2020, she was condemned by the Israeli government and the Anti-Defamation League for comparing the Trump presidency to Kristallnacht, known as the "Night of Broken Glass" when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 91 deaths and 7,500 Jewish businesses vandalized during the Holocaust. Amanpour walked back her comments following the intense backlash.  Amanpour's forthcoming exit from CNN marks the first major journalist set to leave the network under its new corporate ownership. Skydance CEO and Paramount owner David Ellison recently closed on his $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, merging two legacy Hollywood studios as well as several television networks including CNN and CBS under Skydance. While there's been no indication her decision was tied to Ellison's takeover of the network, Amanpour isn't shy to publicly challenge her bosses, most notably Thompson's predecessor Chris Licht, for airing the now-infamous Trump town hall in 2023. Earlier this year, Amanpour expressed concern about Ellison owning CNN over how he's handled CBS News since he bought Paramount and installed Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. "I’m concerned based on what’s happened to the other things that he’s taken over already, like CBS News, right?" Amanpour said in May. "I mean, do I have to list what’s happening there? I mean, hemorrhaging viewers, probably hemorrhaging money, this ideological realignment of CBS and the destruction, potentially, of ‘60 Minutes.’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a35175342cf4db928a76 Cowboys EVP Shares How Safe Brian Schottenheimer's Job Is te 2026-10-19T23:10:09.281Z Cowboys EVP Shares How Safe Brian Schottenheimer's Job Is The Cowboys lost 23-13 to the Packers on Sunday night, prompting fans to question if the team would make a coaching change. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a34f75342cf4db928a6d Paul George Makes Emotional Admission About Joining Boston Celtics te 2026-10-19T23:10:07.631Z Paul George Makes Emotional Admission About Joining Boston Celtics Paul George opens up about rediscovering his passion for basketball after joining the Celtics following 2 seasons in Philadelphia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a34b75342cf4db928a52 GreenLatinos summit brings climate advocates to Tucson te 2026-10-19T23:10:03.741Z GreenLatinos summit brings climate advocates to Tucson Environmental advocates from across the country will gather in Tucson in November to plan what comes next for Latino and Indigenous communities facing extreme heat and water shortages. GreenLatinos, a national environmental organization, launched its Arizona program in February, adding to existing state chapters in New Mexico, California, Colorado and Illinois, in response to the state’s large Latino population and its ongoing work adapting to severe weather patterns exacerbated by climate change. The group’s national summit next month will focus on climate resilience, coalition building and post-election strategy. Organizers say Tucson is a good place to learn from longtime community leaders and share the region’s conservation strategies with the rest of the country. GreenLatinos Communications Director Edder Diaz-Martinez said local integration has been central to the organization’s approach in Arizona. Ahead of the launch of its Arizona program, GreenLatinos consulted with frontline community members, tribal leaders and borderlands advocates to learn background and context about local issues, including the environmental impacts of border infrastructure. “Tucson is just a natural place where so much is happening on different subjects that we want to talk about,” said GreenLatinos’ Fabiola Bedoya. “The Sonoran Desert, extreme heat issues, water issues, the big conservation movement out here and clean energy efforts. Those aren’t abstract things. They’re something we deal with on a daily basis.” Your membership pays emerging journalists to cover Southern Arizona the way it deserves. GreenLatinos partnered with local advocacy group Chispa Arizona after the Arizona program’s launch, hosting an open-door event at Chispa’s office that brought together regional environmental advocates, Latino community organizers, tribal representatives and government officials from the offices of Gov. Katie Hobbs, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Arizona’s congressional delegation. “We wanted to make sure that folks were included,” Diaz-Martinez said, noting that local advocates and leaders will be featured as key speakers throughout the November summit. In addition to networking, the summit will feature sessions centered on pressing Southwestern challenges, including water equity, Indigenous-led conservation efforts such as the protection of Oak Flat, and borderlands militarization. “There’s so many challenges, but the leadership of Arizona communities really matters to everyone nationally,” Bedoya said. “These are front and center issues that we deal with on a daily basis, and we want to amplify what’s already happening in Arizona.” Beyond policy discussions, the summit will address practical organizational resourcing and administrative preparedness. Programming will guide grassroots groups on securing philanthropy and grant funding and on maintaining administrative compliance to ensure long-term stability. “We want to make sure that we are educating community organizations on the ground to be prepared,” Diaz-Martinez said, stressing the importance of a solid infrastructure for sustaining community-led efforts regardless of shifting political landscapes. The summit’s timing, one week after the midterm elections, adds significant weight to the event. Organizers plan to use the gathering to assess political outcomes and coordinate environmental justice priorities moving forward. “With everything that the Latino community is dealing with, it’s important to come together in ways that we can utilize each other’s work and know that we’re not in the fight alone,” Bedoya said. “It’s a critical time with midterms coming up, and that can mean changes in leadership. So we want to come together right after to see where we go next.” The event aims to bridge local frontline activism with national advocacy while offering visiting attendees a firsthand look at Southern Arizona’s climate initiatives. “Our goal is to share the stories of the people doing work here on the ground,” Bedoya said. “We want people to experience that firsthand and form their own opinions so they carry a better understanding of our community back across the nation.” The GreenLatinos National Summit will take place Nov. 10 through 13 at Casino del Sol. Registration details and full event schedules are available through the conference website. Isabel Vidrio is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact her at  vidrioi@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/6ad6a10275342cf4db928a1a Cause of death released for 3 who perished at Burning Man festival in Nevada te 2026-10-19T23:00:18.166Z Cause of death released for 3 who perished at Burning Man festival in Nevada Officials have disclosed the causes of death for three festivalgoers at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada, weeks after the annual gathering was rocked by multiple fatalities. The causes of death ranged from cardiovascular disease to drug toxicity, according to local outlet KOLO 8 News, citing information from the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's Office. Burning Man, held annually in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, ran from Aug. 30 through Sept. 7 this year, with all three deaths occurring during the festival. MISSING 72-YEAR-OLD HIKER FOUND ALIVE DAYS AFTER FRIGHTENING 100-FOOT FALL LEFT HER BADLY INJURED One man, 62, of Santa Monica, California, was pronounced dead at the festival's Rampart Medical Center on Sept. 3 after suddenly collapsing, KOLO 8 reported. His cause of death was determined to be hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Another man, 51, of Truckee, California, died in an ambulance on Sept. 4 after experiencing chest pain at the festival.  GRIZZLY BEAR MAULS HIKER, DRAGS HIM DOZENS OF FEET ON GLACIER NATIONAL PARK TRAIL His death was linked to methamphetamine and MDMA toxicity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, with chronic methamphetamine use also contributing, the same outlet said. A third man, age 60, of Yuma, Arizona, was found dead in his vehicle. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER He was later determined to have died from cocaine and methamphetamine toxicity, with cardiovascular disease contributing, according to KOLO 8. Fox News Digital reached out to the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's Office for additional information. The festival draws tens of thousands of participants who gather to build a temporary city known as Black Rock City. The festival emphasizes communal effort, self-reliance and self-expression, according to the organization.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The event culminates in the burning of a massive wooden effigy known as "the Man." In a statement earlier in September, Burning Man organizers expressed condolences to the families of those who died and said the three deaths initially appeared to be from natural causes. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "The deaths of three Burning Man participants in 2026 all appear to be from natural causes, but we defer to the medical examiner for official determinations," the organization said. "We encourage and ask that people focus on the contributions of the individuals lost and avoid speculation about the circumstances of their passing out of respect for the participants and their families." Fox News Digital reached out to Burning Man for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a0fe75342cf4db9289ea List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on Russia Sanctions Waiver te 2026-10-19T23:00:14.021Z List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on Russia Sanctions Waiver More Republicans are breaking with Trump on the Russia sanctions waiver, urging continued pressure over the war in Ukraine. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a0fc75342cf4db9289e1 Texas Gets Devastating Colin Simmons Injury Update Before Ole Miss te 2026-10-19T23:00:12.257Z Texas Gets Devastating Colin Simmons Injury Update Before Ole Miss Texas star Colin Simmons is expected to miss multiple weeks with a high-ankle sprain ahead of Saturday's Ole Miss matchup. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a0f975342cf4db9289d8 Yankees Make Big Aaron Boone Decision After Embarrassing Postseason Exit te 2026-10-19T23:00:09.894Z Yankees Make Big Aaron Boone Decision After Embarrassing Postseason Exit The New York Yankees are bringing back Aaron Boone as their manager after their embarrassing playoff exit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6a0f775342cf4db9289cf Florida Makes History as Preseason College Basketball Rankings Revealed te 2026-10-19T23:00:07.332Z Florida Makes History as Preseason College Basketball Rankings Revealed Florida tops the 2026-27 preseason AP Top 25 for the first time since 2006, ahead of Duke, Illinois and UConn. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69ea675342cf4db928985 New Orleans Saints arrive in France with safety top of mind ahead of NFL's first Paris game te 2026-10-19T22:50:14.204Z New Orleans Saints arrive in France with safety top of mind ahead of NFL's first Paris game The picture of the New Orleans Saints arriving in France on Monday and rolling through the streets of Paris amid looting and fires is not an accurate portrayal of what happened. There was none of that drama on the teams' first day in the country. The Saints arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport and are staying on the verdant outskirts of Versailles, about 12–15 miles and 40 minutes from central Paris. But the events that have caused turmoil in Paris and other towns around the country are indeed on the minds of coaches, players, and staff as they prepare to play the NFL's first game in France on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. NFL MONITORS FRANCE STREET VIOLENCE BEFORE SAINTS-STEELERS GAME NEAR PARIS WITH A MAJOR DECISION LOOMING The Saints got a chance to walk around the vicinity of Stade de France in Saint-Denis upon arriving, according to coach Kellen Moore. They're scheduled to go back on Saturday for a walk-through inside the facility. Moore said there are no planned team-bonding events to tour Paris or any other area. But neither have players been told to abstain from having dinner together or taking in some local fare. All of that comes with an understanding: Stay alert and safe. "Us as outsiders," tight end Juwan Johnson told NOLA.com, "we just want to be as safe as possible." TOP TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE WORLD SHUTS DOWN AMID VIOLENT PROTESTS LIMOGES TOWN HALL 'LARGELY LOST' AFTER FAR-LEFT RIOTERS SET HISTORIC BUILDING ON FIRE AMID FRENCH UNREST Johnson said that even though his wife is on the trip, as are the families of many players and staff, she is still "very undecided" about attending Sunday's game. Safety Justin Reid said he plans to take in a soccer game on his day off Tuesday between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona at the Parc des Princes in the southwest section of Paris. Other players also showed interest in attending. But, again, it all comes with the requirement that everyone keeps their head on the proverbial swivel. "It’ll just be, 'keep it low-key, keep it fun,' do things as a group, do things as a team," Reid said. "And above all else, stay out of the mix and don’t find any way to be a distraction to what our ultimate goal here is ... "We want to enjoy being in Paris and seeing things, but I don’t think many of us are very interested in getting into the mix that deeply." Moore seems confident that will be the case. "Our guys are smart," the coach told reporters on a Monday Zoom call. "They understand, you know, this is a still a business trip ..." The Saints as an organization have shown no compunction about being on this trip. When the NFL released a statement about moving ahead with the game as scheduled, the Saints concurred. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! But, the statement from Saints senior vice president of communications Greg Bensel also makes the point that the team has stayed in the loop about security. "We concur with the NFL's statement and are planning to play the game," Bensel said in a statement provided to OutKick and Fox News Digital. "In addition to working closely with the NFL, we have also maintained daily security updates with our security partners in France. "Members of our football operations staff and internal security team have been on the ground in France for the past few days and there has been no disruption or impact at any of our team sites." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69ea375342cf4db928966 U.N.C. Strikes Trump Deal to Keep Federal Funding te 2026-10-19T22:50:11.260Z U.N.C. Strikes Trump Deal to Keep Federal Funding The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not pay any financial penalties but agreed to abide by the Trump administration’s views on diversity and other matters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69ea175342cf4db92894c Packers HC Matt LaFleur Gives Update on Josh Jacobs' Status for Lions Matchup te 2026-10-19T22:50:09.754Z Packers HC Matt LaFleur Gives Update on Josh Jacobs' Status for Lions Matchup Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur provided an update on running back Josh Jacobs before Sunday's Week 7 matchup. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69ea075342cf4db928943 Daniel Jones Signing Deemed Big Offseason Mistake After Colts' Week 6 Loss te 2026-10-19T22:50:08.197Z Daniel Jones Signing Deemed Big Offseason Mistake After Colts' Week 6 Loss An ESPN insider called the Daniel Jones extension a mistake after the Indianapolis Colts lost to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69e9e75342cf4db92893a How Trump's Education Department Changes Affect Campus Sexual Assault Cases te 2026-10-19T22:50:06.384Z How Trump's Education Department Changes Affect Campus Sexual Assault Cases Some are looking to Title IX for understanding on what colleges are required to do when handling sexual assault cases. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69e9c75342cf4db928922 Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says te 2026-10-19T22:50:04.097Z Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says AI labs have staked their reputations on model benchmarking — the supposedly neutral and accurate system of evaluations that are designed to measure whether one AI product is better than another. However, the methods behind these evaluations are complicated and still maturing, said Irene Solaiman, H Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69c4a75342cf4db9288fc With 2 weeks until midterms, analysts say Dems still on track to win US House majority te 2026-10-19T22:40:10.257Z With 2 weeks until midterms, analysts say Dems still on track to win US House majority The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Sept. 30, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) Democrats have used President Donald Trump’s unpopularity to expand the midterm map, and analysts project the party carries momentum heading into the final two weeks of the election cycle, even as Democrats are expected to flip fewer U.S. House seats than wave elections this century. The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter predicts Democrats will gain a net of 10 to 20 House seats in the Nov. 3 elections, Erin Covey, the top House analyst at CPR, said Monday during a panel discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution.  The party needs to pick up just three seats to gain control next year. The Senate is closer to a pure toss-up, with the likely range of Democratic pickups between two and six seats, experts believe. A net gain of four would give Democrats a majority in that chamber. (Getty Images) The landscape is more favorable for Democrats at the end of the 2026 cycle than many people expected at the outset. Trump’s dismal approval ratings, especially on the economy and the war in Iran, appear to outweigh Republicans’ advantages in the Senate map and outside spending. That has put Democrats on offense, pushing the battleground map further into traditionally GOP states and districts. “It’s still not clear exactly how deep into the map Democrats can play,” Covey said. “They have fewer resources to invest in some of these reach seats. But regardless of how far they can expand the map, I think they are going to be in a very good position to win the House, and the Senate perhaps as well.” The president’s party almost always loses House seats in midterms as its base voters are less motivated to turn out and those without strong partisan allegiances tend to opt to balance out the president’s power. That happens “even when the president’s popular, even when there’s a good economy,” Christopher Warshaw, a professor at Georgetown University’s school of public policy, said on the Brookings panel. “And today the president, of course, is unpopular, and we have a relatively poor economy.” Promises not kept Driving Trump’s unpopularity is the administration’s failure to rein in inflation and to stay out of foreign wars, which was core to his appeal in the 2024 election, William Galston, a senior fellow in Brookings’ governance studies program, said.  Galston was also an official in President Bill Clinton’s White House and has staffed Democratic presidential campaigns. Trump also blew a public-opinion advantage on immigration with an aggressive crackdown in the country’s interior that resulted in shooting deaths of U.S. citizens by federal agents, overshadowing his administration’s success at limiting illegal immigration at the southern border, Galston said. “Trump has not done what he said he was going to do, that is, focus relentlessly on prices and bring them down,” Galston said. “He has done what he said he wouldn’t do, and that is start yet another difficult war in the Middle East … and third, he has taken what should have been his big winning issue, namely immigration, and turned it into a jump ball.” President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he just signed waiving federal taxes on red-dyed diesel during a 2026 midterms rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Oct. 5, 2026, at the Nebraska State Fairgrounds with thousands in attendance. (Photo by Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) As a result, the president’s approval rating is at record lows, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll Monday showing only 31% of voters approve of his job as president. His record on the economy is generally viewed even more unfavorably, often polling in the 20s, Galston said. “Other than core MAGA supporters, it is very difficult to find any appreciable pool of voters who think that the president has done a good job managing inflation, high prices, affordability,” Galston said. Some regions, particularly rural areas, have been especially hard hit by Trump’s economic policies. That has put House districts in Iowa, southern Minnesota, Upstate New York and South Texas that had trended toward Republicans in recent decades back in play for Democrats, Covey said. House elections: wave or ripple? Still, even the upper limits of Democrats’ House gains would be well short of what both parties have seen in recent midterm elections.  Democrats gained 41 seats in Trump’s first midterm in 2018 and Republicans gained 63 seats in President Barack Obama’s first midterm in 2010. And in 2006, Democrats capitalized on an unpopular Middle East war to net 31 seats during George W. Bush’s presidency. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the possible future speaker of the U.S. House, speaks at the Detroit NAACP Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit, Michigan, on April 26, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance) In part that’s due to Democrats’ “higher floor” this year, Covey said in an interview. Because they’ll enter Election Day with 214 of the chamber’s 435 seats, plus a vacancy in a reliably blue Florida district, they have less far to go to gain a majority and also less potential to expand. To reach the same 235-seat size Democrats had after the 2018 elections, they need to gain half as many, Covey said. Fewer competitive House districts, after redistricting and geographic sorting, also factor into potential gains, she said. Long-term effects of redistricting Starting with Texas Republicans in August 2025, state leaders redrew several House districts this cycle in rare mid-decade redistricting. In a neutral year, the redistricting arms race should have netted Republicans between eight and 10 House seats, Warshaw said. But this year, the GOP will likely gain around three seats from redistricting, Covey said. “That is not a lot,” she said. “There is a world in which the environment is so bad for them that they don’t net any at all, and that’s because the bulk of these districts that were redrawn were redrawn under the assessment, I think, that it would be a better or at least less terrible political environment for Republicans than what has panned out.” That environment will shift in the next two election cycles, while the district lines are less likely to move. Democrats are likely to have trouble keeping those seats past this cycle, Covey and Warshaw said. “In a midterm environment in 2026, that’s not going to stop Democrats from taking control of the House,” Warshaw said. “But in 2028 or 2030, I think the mid-decade redistrictings will have a much more important impact.” Spending gap greatest in Senate races Spending by super PACs and other outside groups has heavily favored Republicans this cycle, though individual Democratic candidates have often outraised their Republican counterparts. The spending in House races is relatively even, Covey said, but Republican groups have poured money into competitive Senate races. That may indicate the GOP campaign groups view the Senate majority as still up for grabs, and concede the House is likely to flip. “Republicans came into this cycle with a massive spending advantage on the super PAC side,” she said. “What has happened is that Republicans have definitely used that spending advantage in the Senate races to try to attempt to shore up their majority there, even as they largely concede that the House is probably gone at this point.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69c4875342cf4db9288db Matthew McConaughey divides fans over independent voting plea ahead of midterms te 2026-10-19T22:40:08.515Z Matthew McConaughey divides fans over independent voting plea ahead of midterms Matthew McConaughey's call to rethink America's two-party political system has sparked a heated debate on social media, with some critics accusing the Oscar-winning actor of promoting a "privileged perspective" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. On Sunday, McConaughey took to social media and challenged the long-held notion that voting for an independent candidate is a wasted vote, arguing that just a handful of independent lawmakers could dramatically shift the balance of power in Washington. "They've been telling us for years that an independent vote is a wasted vote," McConaughey said in a video shared on Instagram. "Well, a great question for our times is, has that unwasted vote been working out for you?" MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY HINTS AT POLITICAL AMBITIONS AFTER MEETING WITH POPE LEO XIV IN VATICAN CITY While the actor insisted he was not endorsing a particular candidate or political party, his message quickly drew criticism from social media users who questioned the timing of his remarks and warned against encouraging independent voting ahead of November's elections. "This message is so irresponsible right now. Do the math. Willie Nelson would not be impressed," one user commented. Another accused the Hollywood star of being out of touch with the challenges facing everyday Americans. "I understand that you're in a tax bracket where government decisions don't affect you like it does majority of constituents, but this isn't the time my guy," the user wrote. "Our government is doing their damnest to silence the lower and middle classes. These are incredibly dangerous times and we've got to get this administration OUT." A third critic slammed McConaughey's message as "ridiculous," arguing that his celebrity status and financial security bar him from facing the consequences of political decisions. "This is a ridiculous, privileged perspective from someone with nothing to lose either way," the commenter wrote. "Both sides absolutely have faults but one is dragging us deeper into cruel chaos, a broken economy, abducting our neighbors off the street, enforcing violence on its own citizens, stripping women of rights, trying actively to take away this vote you're encouraging people to utilize," the user continued. "If you're gonna hop on instagram with your quick hot take this close to a crucial election period, at least say something substantive and try to stand on the correct side." Despite the backlash, others rushed to McConaughey's defense, praising the actor for challenging political divisions and encouraging Americans to consider alternatives to the two major parties. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "The comments tell the whole story and prove his point to a T," one supporter wrote. "Politicization has warped our minds away from common sense and consistent, integrity based, civic duty or political participation." LEE CARTER: WHY I BELIEVE COLLAPSING TRUST, NOT IDEOLOGY, IS RESHAPING AMERICAN POLITICS Another simply declared, "McConaughey for prez." "The problem is that you make too much sense," a third supporter commented. "The majority of people commenting are the ones that wouldn't stand with us in the middle anyway." In his video, McConaughey argued that independent voters deserve a greater voice in Washington, pointing to the growing number of Americans who identify as politically independent. "The number one political identity in America today is not Republican. It is not Democrat. It is independent," he said. "More of us than either party. So independents belong in the fight. Not as a protest, not as a spoiler, but as a real and potential winner on the ballot and considered seriously by us." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The "Dallas Buyers Club" star went on to argue that electing even a small number of lawmakers who refuse to align themselves with either major party could force Republicans and Democrats to negotiate more frequently. "Here's the math that the parties pray you never do," he said, arguing that three to five independent lawmakers could become decisive votes in a closely divided Congress. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Nothing passes without them," he said. "Every bill has to come through the middle, which means both parties would finally have to compete for the middle. Most of us." However, the actor emphasized that his message was not an endorsement of the organization or any political candidate. "I am not here today to endorse a candidate or a party," he said. "I am here endorsing two things. Fairness and reality." As the midterm elections approach, McConaughey encouraged Americans to research the candidates on their ballots and consider whether independent contenders reflect their values. "America's brand was never R or D," he concluded. "It's independent. Enjoy yours. Just keep living." A representative for McConaughey did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad69c4575342cf4db9288a9 Trump Threatens California Election Officials With Jail. Could It Happen? te 2026-10-19T22:40:05.475Z Trump Threatens California Election Officials With Jail. Could It Happen? Trump says California election officials could face jail. Legal experts explain what prosecutors must prove. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad699f875342cf4db928858 Rams lose Davante Adams for 6-10 weeks after receiver ruptures his hamstring, adding to team's injury woes te 2026-10-19T22:30:16.663Z Rams lose Davante Adams for 6-10 weeks after receiver ruptures his hamstring, adding to team's injury woes If 2-4 wasn’t a bad enough start for the Los Angeles Rams, they are about to be without one of their top players for a while. Wide receiver Davante Adams will be out 6–10 weeks after rupturing his hamstring, head coach Sean McVay revealed following the shocking 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. It was on the final drive for the Rams that it appeared Adams suffered the injury. The Rams were near the goal line where Adams pulled up during his route and hopped out the back of the end zone. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE He eventually limped off the field, and it wasn’t at all what the Rams wanted to see with their 33-year-old receiver, whom Matthew Stafford loves in the red zone since he joined them this past season. While Adams was able to get off the field on his own power, further testing after the game showed just how serious of an injury it is for the veteran. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It’s also quite serious for a Rams team to lose their leading receiver who plays such a vital role on offense, especially when Puka Nacua didn’t start the season on time due to his own injury. Through six games, Adams had 480 yards through the air and four touchdowns. Hamstring injuries for receivers can be tricky, as we look ahead to when Adams could potentially return. The timetable McVay gave proves just how delicate they can be, with the earliest return date sometime in December. If it goes a full 10 weeks, Adams would only be available for the remaining two regular-season games. It’s safe to say Adams will be placed on the injured reserve, and he isn’t the only Rams player heading there after Sunday’s loss. Kicker Blake Grupe, whom the Rams added leading up to Week 6 following the struggles of Harrison Mevis, is out for the season with a knee injury after he attempted a tackle early in Sunday’s game. Defensive tackle Poona Ford is also out for the year with a tricep injury, while fellow tackle Kobie Turner is heading to the IR with a groin injury. Before the season began, there were talks of a "super team" developing in Los Angeles due to the Myles Garrett trade among other additions, while Stafford was coming off an MVP season at quarterback. Now, with Garrett still dealing with a knee ailment in his own right, the Rams have been banged up with key players not just being down for a week or two, but prolonged recoveries. This isn’t at all what McVay and the Rams expected when the season began, but they’ll be forced to weather the storm in hopes they can get back to consistent winning. In the meantime, at receiver, the Rams will have to lean on Nacua, while players like Jordan Whittington and Konata Mumpfield may see increased roles with Adams out. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad699f575342cf4db928828 Texans Announce Massive Tank Dell News Before Giants Game te 2026-10-19T22:30:13.379Z Texans Announce Massive Tank Dell News Before Giants Game The Houston Texans are getting wide receiver Tank Dell back in their lineup for the first time since December 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad699f375342cf4db92881f Rams Announce Brutal Davante Adams News After Bad Cardinals Loss te 2026-10-19T22:30:11.702Z Rams Announce Brutal Davante Adams News After Bad Cardinals Loss The Los Angeles Rams are going to be without star wide receiver Davante Adams for the next six to ten weeks due to injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad699f175342cf4db928816 Map Shows Republican Chances of Losing Senate Two Weeks Before Midterms te 2026-10-19T22:30:09.868Z Map Shows Republican Chances of Losing Senate Two Weeks Before Midterms Ratings and forecasts point the same way: Republicans are at greater risk of losing the Senate than at any point this cycle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad699ee75342cf4db9287fd South Tucson tenants seek deadline on housing probe te 2026-10-19T22:30:06.616Z South Tucson tenants seek deadline on housing probe South Tucson public housing tenants asked the city council earlier this month for a firm deadline on an investigation into the housing authority, saying they have dealt with mold, no air conditioning and a broken elevator. Leaders from the South Tucson Tenants Union and community members living in units managed by the South Tucson Housing Authority shared their concerns during the city council’s Oct. 6 meeting, after initially raising them during an Aug. 25 special meeting. Marisol Winfrey Herrera, an organizer with the tenants union, told council members that City Manager Veronica Moreno has not fulfilled a public records request for the housing authority’s finances, hiring grievance information and employee code of conduct. “We are just demanding more transparency about whatever administrative investigation is being carried out,” Winfrey Herrera said, requesting a hard deadline for the investigation and a conclusion to residents’ ongoing grievances. Winfrey Herrera also questioned how the investigation is being conducted. “Who is asking the questions? What questions are they asked? Who is being asked any questions, and in what environment?” Winfrey Herrera asked. “The statements that tenants have given in public spaces with limited time does not constitute a full and thorough questioning of what they have experienced.” Juana Miranda, a housing authority tenant, said tenants felt pressured to sign a petition supporting Housing Director Irma Gonzalez that had been circulating around the complex. “A person I know was not in favor but signed (the petition) anyway, because since he was paying his rent that day, he didn’t know if he was going to receive retaliation as a result,” Miranda told council members in Spanish. “He felt obligated.” However, not all tenants share those concerns. Stay informed without the overload. Marisol Winfrey Herrera, center, stands with tenants sharing their experiences living at the South Tucson Housing Authority during the city council's Sept. 29 meeting. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Henderson Wilborn started the petition supporting Gonzalez, which received 42 signatures. He said the allegations brought up in the meeting should be investigated fairly, but that his experience differs from other tenants. “From my perspective, Director (Gonzalez) has worked to uphold (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) policies and the responsibilities outlined in residents’ lease agreements,” Wilborn wrote in an email. “My intention in supporting the petition was to encourage a balanced assessment of her leadership, including both residents’ concerns and the progress I have witnessed.” Wilborn said he recognized that improvements take time, resources and coordination, but that he has seen progress. “Based on my observations, Director (Gonzalez) is working to make improvements with the resources available to her,” he wrote in the email. Tahoma Pace, who has been a housing authority tenant since 2024 and was at the meeting, had her statement read to the council by Wilborn. “Even when I expressed my frustration strongly, she treated me with respect, addressed me as ‘Miss Pace,’ and remained calm,” Pace wrote. “I recognize improvements made during Ms. Irma’s administration, including roof repairs, chiller systems, and improvements to the elevator, including its announcements.” Pace wrote that she appreciated Gonzalez’s work to secure resources, coordinate repairs and improve conditions for residents. “In my experience, Miss Irma and staff are working to make our housing safer and better maintained,” Pace wrote. The council did not give the union a deadline. It then turned to public safety and heard an update on a county partnership. A South Tucson Housing Authority tenant shared pictures mold growing from broken pipes in their unit. Courtesy of South Tucson Tenant's Union. The City of South Tucson has partnered with Pima County to launch the Regional Initiative for Safety and Engagement Co-Responder Program, known as RISE. The pilot program aims to reduce homelessness and drug use within the municipality. Cynthia Chapman, safety and engagement liaison for Pima County Justice Services, said the RISE program, which is funded by opioid settlement money, is a countywide effort to improve public safety while improving public access to behavioral health and substance use treatment. “Efforts are in place to increase diversion from arrest to treatment for individuals who need it, provide faster linkage to treatment … to reduce overdose deaths, to reduce the repeat law enforcement contacts with individuals and to increase community trust in law enforcement’s crisis response,” Chapman said. After funding was awarded and county supervisors approved the program, Pima County Justice Services met with the South Tucson Police Department and courts to provide cross-agency training and identify where the city’s justice system needed support. The program has hired staff, including peer navigators who will work at the Sam Lena Library to connect people seeking help with resources. Most recently, the police department set aside office space for co-responders from Connected Health Solutions, who will respond to substance abuse-related calls. “We have a one square mile (city) where the whole population is affected by the fentanyl, poverty and homelessness crisis … money going to this is actually a sign that Pima County … cares about jurisdictions,” said Councilman Brian Flagg, who has sat in on the opioid committee previously. “This co-responder program, courtesy of opioid settlement money, is going to help people struggling with addiction and help our cops make South Tucson a safer, more beautiful place.” Councilman Cesar Aguirre said he knows firsthand what diversion programs can do. “I went through a diversion program that really saved my life,” Aguirre said. “I’ve got a feeling that if we can really push to make this a bigger, better program, and really push to get the funding that we need, that we can really make a difference here in South Tucson.” Council members also learned the results of the investigation into how the Board of Adjustment approved the permit for a cell tower. Since March, community members have raised concerns about the tower. They say the city did not notify them of the planning and zoning meeting where the board discussed it, and that the city changed its regulations after approving the permit. They also worry about potential health risks. According to the investigation, the Board of Adjustment received plans for a 70-foot cell tower, which violates a city ordinance limiting towers to 50 feet. The zoning materials for the application’s review did not include that limit. At a Feb. 25, 2025, public hearing, the board heard that the 70-foot tower met the applicable height requirements and approved it as proposed. The city’s former attorney reviewed the matter Sept. 14, said the board’s approval remained in effect and recommended issuing the permit. The city issued the permit to Pinnacle Consulting on Sept. 17 and received all required fees. “The issued permit remains subject to applicable construction, building inspection, and safety requirements,” said Michelle Stinton, the city’s current attorney. Aguirre expressed his frustration at not being able to revoke the permit. “All parties agreed on the wrong standard, and then everybody applied that,” Stinton said. “That’s where … we can say that there was an actual mistake.” The council requested that the city attorney review the current ordinance regarding wireless communication regulations and return to the next meeting with recommendations. Topacio “Topaz” Servellon is a reporter with Tucson Spotlight. Contact them at topacioserve@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/6ad6979775342cf4db928794 Eagles HC Nick Sirianni Makes Decision on OC Sean Mannion After Week 6 Loss te 2026-10-19T22:20:07.066Z Eagles HC Nick Sirianni Makes Decision on OC Sean Mannion After Week 6 Loss Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was asked if offensive coordinator Sean Mannion will maintain play-calling duties. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6979575342cf4db92878b Packers Coach Matt LaFleur Gives Latest Micah Parsons Injury Update te 2026-10-19T22:20:05.284Z Packers Coach Matt LaFleur Gives Latest Micah Parsons Injury Update The Packers were originally expecting Parsons to be ready for Week 6, but it's unclear when he'll be cleared to play. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6954275342cf4db92873c 'The View' co-hosts defend El Sayed comparing himself to JFK over Muslim Brotherhood scrutiny te 2026-10-19T22:10:10.605Z 'The View' co-hosts defend El Sayed comparing himself to JFK over Muslim Brotherhood scrutiny "The View" co-hosts defended Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over his comparison of questions about his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood to scrutiny former President John F. Kennedy faced over his Catholic faith. El-Sayed made the comparison during an "MS NOW Reports" interview on Saturday, likening questions about his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood to scrutiny Kennedy faced over his Catholic faith. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg highlighted an incident at a recent town hall when El-Sayed was asked whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed did so, but objected to the question, saying the audience member was "implicitly assuming that I’ll have dual loyalties." "I liked what he said. He compared the question he received to John F. Kennedy's question because John F. Kennedy, as you know, was a Catholic, and in the days he was running that was a huge deal and people wanted to know ‘Are you going to listen to the Pope? Are you going to listen to the people?’" Goldberg said. CONTROVERSY OVER ABDUL EL-SAYED'S FAMILY TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IGNORED, DOWNPLAYED BY LIBERAL MEDIA "Yeah, because he was the first Catholic president," co-host Sunny Hostin agreed. "And I loved that comparison because, when John F. Kennedy was asked, he said, ‘I am not running to be a Catholic president, I'm running to be president who happens to be Catholic.’ And candidate El-Sayed said the same thing. ‘I am running to a senator who happens be Muslim.’" "I think he does politics extremely well," she continued. "And there has been these constant Islamophobic — these Islamophobic comments around his candidacy. Trump called him a jihadist. I mean, this is just, I think it's out of line. I think it's out of pocket for our country to be a country where all religions aren't welcome. I think that it's really despicable the way he's been treated." Concerns about El-Sayed's family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood emerged after social media posts uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon showed El-Sayed's half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, described her family's history with the organization. In one 2012 post, Abdelhadi described a conversation with her and El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, about her involvement with the organization during college in Egypt, saying, "Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect." MICHIGAN DEM AG TURNS ON EL-SAYED OVER TERROR ATTACK RESPONSE, WARNS OF MENTALITY THAT 'BOTHERS ME A LOT' Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin noted how quickly El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, but said she was still troubled by his response to an antisemitic terror attack in Michigan, arguing that such concerns cannot be disregarded as "Islamophobic." She also pointed to his past campaigning with far-left streamer Hasan Piker. Fellow co-host Sara Haines argued, "The comparison to JFK isn't quite an equitable comparison, because when you question his loyalty based on his Catholicism, that's different than asking a question about reported ties to a terrorist organization." She added that while the reported ties involved El-Sayed's family, not El-Sayed himself, the fact that people were framing concern about the Muslim Brotherhood as Islamophobia was making the entire conversation worse. Co-host Ana Navarro argued that concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood were overblown. "The Muslim Brotherhood is practically defunct in Egypt. That's like asking him to denounce bell-bottoms," she said. "To me, this is a binary choice. Do I want somebody that's going to push back on Trump or do I want someone that's gonna rubber-stamp Trump?" Navarro asked. "Well, I want something that's going to demand accountability, that is going to demand oversight, and that's to pushback on the abuses of power that are going on in this country by this administration right now." Human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein, executive director of The Lawfare Project and founder of the #EndJewHatred movement, spoke to Fox News Digital about the segment and criticized Navarro for downplaying the Muslim Brotherhood. "Nobody asked El-Sayed about his faith," Goldstein said. "He was asked about the Muslim Brotherhood, whose Egyptian and Jordanian chapters were designated as foreign terrorist entities by the Treasury Department this year for materially supporting Hamas, and whose Lebanese chapter was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department. Hamas even describes itself as the Brotherhood’s wing — and clearly neither the Brotherhood nor Hamas is 'defunct.'"  "The question El-Sayed deflected — the comparison to Kennedy is inapt because Kennedy actually did answer the question, to a room full of Protestant ministers — is about national security concerns, not religious ones," she continued. "The Kennedy comparison is nothing more than a deflection from unanswered questions about a designated terrorist organization." "The co-hosts of ‘The View’ are missing the point," Goldstein added. "JFK faced religious prejudice. Questions about Abdul El-Sayed’s alleged family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood raise a different concern: where does a candidate’s loyalty lie, with the United States and its constitutional values, or with a foreign terrorist organization?" "The evidence cited to raise these concerns is compelling enough to warrant serious scrutiny and direct answers," she said. "Voters have every right to demand transparency when potential connections to Islamist movements are questioned. National security is not bigotry, and invoking discrimination should not end legitimate debate."  "Anytime there’s serious questions into somebody’s affiliation with a terrorist group, they claim religious prejudice," Goldstein continued. "Asking somebody about their ties to a terrorist organization is anti-Islam, what then, is pro-Islam?" "Meanwhile, DSA candidates are advancing an anti-Western ideological agenda that deserves far more scrutiny. Their radical socialist policies and hostility toward traditional American values risk weakening the institutions and freedoms that made this country exceptional," she said.  Goldstein cited rioting in France as an example of what can happen if such issues aren't taken seriously.  "France is a warning of what can happen when progressive ideology, failed integration policies, and inadequate responses to Islamist extremism collide," she said. "America must not follow that path by handing power to DSA radicals who put ideology ahead of national interests." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6954075342cf4db928733 Beleaguered Macron cites US-Iran war as factor in protests amid Trump, Vance criticism te 2026-10-19T22:10:08.967Z Beleaguered Macron cites US-Iran war as factor in protests amid Trump, Vance criticism The embattled French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pinned some of the blame on the U.S. war against the terrorist regime in Iran for the widespread riots and looting unfolding across France. The controversial passage referring to the Iran war from his televised speech triggered criticism from some experts. Macron said that "demonstrators expressed concern about the cost of living and the price of fuel. Both are driven by the conflict launched in the Persian Gulf, a conflict in which France has taken no part but whose consequences we are suffering." He added, "I fully understand their concern. It is being expressed in several other European capitals as well. That is why I have taken several initiatives at the international level to secure our fuel and our gas and to act on energy markets." Macron announced that he would be traveling to the Gulf on a three-nation stop to discuss the energy crisis. FRANCE’S TEEN RIOTS TAKE EXPLOSIVE NEW TURN AS GOVERNMENT POINTS FINGER AT HARD LEFT It is unclear which demonstrators Macron signaled out for alleged concerns about fuel prices. Fox News Digital reported on Monday on the inner workings of the large-scale riots with many of the groups named seeking to abolish the free enterprise system. Macron stressed that those who have tried "to bring down the republic will be held accountable." President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that, "I said the first time I met Macron, I said, you got to close up your borders. You're going to ruin your country. And they've ruined their country. It's going to be hard to get it back. But hopefully France will come back." A spokesman for the French foreign ministry pointed Fox News Digital to President Macron's televised address on Sunday and referred Fox News Digital to the Elysée press office for other questions. The Élysée press office did not respond by time of publication. Lisa Daftari, an Iran expert, told Fox News Digital, "Macron is pointing at the Iran war, but fuel is expensive because Iran's regime closed the Strait of Hormuz and held the world's energy supply hostage. The bigger question is whether this is really about students and fuel prices at all. Major infrastructures and landmarks have been set on fire, shops were looted across the country and nearly 2,400 people were arrested in a single day." According to Daftari, who is the Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief, "That's not a protest over the price of diesel. It's organized lawlessness and Macron's own government admits it, blaming ultra-left groups and criminals. France has a domestic crisis, and current geopolitics are not the alibi for it." WHO'S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC.' FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu accused the "ultra-left movement" of "orchestrating profound disorder in the country leading up to the presidential election " Barak Seener, an associate research fellow at the London-based Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that "Illegal immigration from the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa as well as from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to European states serve as Trojan horses to dominate the West. Calls to ‘globalize the intifada’ and ‘Free Gaza’ and ‘Stop the genocide’ are codes to subvert and ultimately dominate Western civilization and impose Sharia law. Macron is still making the mistake of ignoring this." VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS In a social media post Vice President JD Vance criticized France for its porous immigration policy. Vance wrote on X that "Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion." He added: "They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn’t listen." Seener said that similarly, the French political establishment’s political correctness and unilateral support of a Palestinian state have come home to roost. Just as Macron ignorantly declared at the 81st United Nations General Assembly that Hamas ‘has never been active’ in the West Bank, it is remarkable how Macron is reframing reality to suit his political agenda." Seener, who has written extensively about Iran, added that "He has chosen to address students, teachers, trade unions, lawmakers and business leaders and increased oil prices due to the U.S.-led war against Iran. It is unrelated to this. More fundamentally, Macron is choosing to ignore the Red-Green alliance that has contributed to the riots across France, including 38 radical Left and Muslim organizations and 16 student organizations which includes communist youth groups and a Muslim student association such as the Muslim Students of France." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6953c75342cf4db9286f2 Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’ te 2026-10-19T22:10:04.998Z Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’ Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad692fa75342cf4db9286e4 Fewer migrants are crossing the Mexico-Arizona border, but the migrant death toll remains high te 2026-10-19T22:00:26.662Z Fewer migrants are crossing the Mexico-Arizona border, but the migrant death toll remains high PHOENIX – Apprehensions along the Arizona-Mexico border have fallen, but in the Sonoran Desert, the migrant death toll remains disproportionally high.  In July 2026, recorded migrant deaths peaked at 19, the highest death toll for July in two years, according to the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner and Humane Borders. So far this year, there have been 89 migrants’ bodies recovered compared to 102 in total for 2025. Remains recovered in a single calendar year may not coincide with the actual year of death, as most remains are found after several months to a year of the individual’s death.  In contrast, attempted migrant crossings, or what the Border Patrol calls “encounters” in Arizona’s Tucson and Yuma border sectors dropped by roughly 61% from fiscal year 2025 to fiscal 2026, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. From fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025, migrant crossings dropped by 88%.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection data and data from Humane Borders, a Tucson humanitarian organization, do not cover identical time periods nor exact geographical areas. However, the decline in migrant deaths has not kept pace with the decline in migrant encounters, suggesting that even as fewer people attempt to cross the border, those who do may continue to face significant risks in the Sonoran Desert. Aid workers who have spent years in the field providing water stations in the desert agree, “The amount of people crossing has significantly decreased,” said Joel Smith, operations manager for Humane Borders. “No matter what the politicians in Washington say, it’s much quieter now than it was during the George W. Bush years.”  The Harder Path Working with the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, Humane Borders tracks deceased migrant data in an interactive map, which shows the location where human remains have been found.  A volunteer for Humane Borders refills a water barrel in the desert. (Photo courtesy of Humane Borders) “What I like to point out to people when you’re looking at that map,” said Miranda Haley, a representative of the nonprofit group that maintains water tanks in remote areas of the southern Arizona desert. “I want you to see what’s not on the map.” Study it closely, she said, and a pattern emerges: The recorded deaths are clustered along roads. It doesn’t necessarily show where people are dying, but where the bodies have been reached.  “The desert is vast. It is very good at cleaning itself, and there are large areas that are mostly inaccessible except on foot,” she said. “So what’s not on there are thousands and thousands of deaths that we do not have recorded because we simply have not found the remains.” As border enforcement tightened around ports in 2025, crossings did not stop, they moved. Border activists say migrants attempting to cross the border illegally were forced to find harsher routes.  “In 2006, it was easy. They just walked through the Altar Valley,” Smith said. “Now you rarely see anybody walking through the Altar Valley because the Border Patrol has flooded the Altar Valley.” The area is a long north-south valley, roughly northeast from Sasabe on the border to west of the Tucson Mountains.  Now, Smith said, migrants are crossing through mountains where there’s less surveillance. “They’re in the Baboquivaris, which is much more inaccessible, more steep, much more challenging,” he said, adding that border patrol agents don’t favor that terrain either. “Once they get off the roads, they have to go by foot, and it’s some tough terrain.” Mónica Ruiz House, the media outreach and digital organizing coordinator for No More Deaths, another Tucson humanitarian group, pointed to research from the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Arizona’s Binational Border Institute describing the same dynamic.  “The more surveillance, the more border tech, the more border militarization you have, the deadlier it becomes,” Ruiz House said, “because it becomes much harder to cross in easy crossing routes, because those become surveilled.” In the West Desert area, which includes the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts, they said, reaching a highway can mean walking 60 miles in 115-degree heat. Both the Border Patrol and humanitarian groups agree that migrants are being pushed to dangerous terrains. The only difference in opinion is who is at fault. Humane Borders blames greater border surveillance as the main reason for migrant deaths in Arizona’s borderlands, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection blame smuggling organizations, among other factors.  Many migrants who attempt to cross the border illegally are working with smuggling organizations who may push them to take the rougher terrains to cross, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Smuggling organizations are adaptive and routinely put profit above human life,” a Border Patrol spokesperson said in an email. “They may exploit remote and dangerous terrain, provide illegal aliens with misleading information and abandon individuals during dangerous crossings.” The spokesperson said the Border Patrol has agents trained as emergency medical technicians as well as Search, Trauma and Rescue teams, who can respond in remote and austere environments, including the Sonoran Desert.  The Unknown Numbers  The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner reports that of the 4,517 migrant remains found in the Arizona borderlands since 1981, 1,639 are unidentified. The Border Patrol, Humane Borders and No More Deaths agree that the numbers are only a fraction of the number of migrants who die crossing the border.  “We talk to statisticians across the country regularly. We get mixed reports, but what I hear pretty consistently is that our death numbers seem to reflect probably about half to maybe a third of what is actually out there,” Haley said. “I’ve heard numbers as high as 10 times what is reported.” Humane Borders Operations Manager Joel Smith refills a water barrel in the Sonoran Desert. (Photo courtesy of Humane Borders) When asked if that matches what Humane Borders volunteers see in the desert, Smith says it goes even further. Smith says that scavengers like coyotes and vultures scatter remains quickly. On a search, “if you’re lucky, you find a bone,” he said. “I would say we don’t even find one in ten,” he said. “And that’s going to scare and anger people.” A smaller gap to estimate, Smith says, is about procedure. Smith said Border Patrol counts only the remains its own agents find.   “If a sheriff’s deputy finds remains, it doesn’t get counted. If you or I find remains, it doesn’t get counted,” he said, “even though the medical examiner has the remains on a table at the morgue.” Customs and Border Patrol didn’t respond to whether its published death totals leave out the remains recovered by non-agents. However, a 2024 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office explained that Border Patrol officials said their policies could exclude some migrant deaths when agents are not directly involved with locating or identifying the remains.  According to the 2025 Pima County Medical Examiner Annual Report, the office documented 106 migrant remains recovered during the fiscal year 2025. The Border Patrol Tucson sector reported 70 migrant deaths for the same period.  The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner reported 36 more cases than Border Patrol. However, the two agencies use different reporting methods and geographic boundaries. Still, the difference raises questions about the accuracy of the recorded migrant deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border, and whether federal statistics are capturing the full extent of migrant fatalities.   Where the Water Can’t Reach Humane Borders tries to help migrants travel through the desert by setting up water stations with poles and flags and one or more 55-gallon blue industrial strength plastic barrels, which are refilled as necessary. But sometimes the barrels are vandalized. Smith listed what it costs to repair a station: A new barrel costs around $100 and the poles and flags are about $50. The locks that keep the water barrel from being opened and contaminated run roughly $85 and the stands cost less than $5.  A makeshift flag flies above a water barrel in the desert. (Photo courtesy of Humane Borders) Damage to the barrels can run from opened spigots to barrels that have been stabbed, shot or attacked with power tools and accelerants. Smith said the vandalism rises in the winter. Haley said that “vigilantes and alt-right provocateurs are very fair weather;” they don’t like coming out in the extreme heat and during monsoon season. To her, it’s easier working during the extreme heat and storms because in those conditions, the vandals stay home.  When setting up the water stations, money and vandalism aren’t the only concerns. Another major limitation is the roads. “With our current methodology, we are very road dependent,” Smith said. Near Tucson there’s a road every six miles or so, “but if you go out west, you can go over 20 miles and not see a road,” he said. Water can be placed only as far as a truck can drive plus the length of the water hose.  Much of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Mexico-Arizona border are federally designated wilderness areas, which means new roads cannot be built. That also means water can’t be placed in some areas where people are known to die while crossing the border.  Earlier this month, additional roadblocks were placed by two federal agencies in humanitarian group efforts to offer water to border crossers. On Oct. 1, 2026, Humane Borders announced that federal agencies had declined to renew their permits for 12 water stations across southern Arizona. The National Park Service denied permission for water stations at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied permits affecting Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.  Raquel Montez, superintendent for Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, sent a letter to Humane Borders rejecting their permit renewals, according to an article published by the Tucson Sentinel. The letter expressed concern that placing the water stations in remote federal lands facilitates unauthorized border crossings through harsh desert environments. “While we understand the stated intent is to assist migrants and provide lifesaving water, their presence on park service lands inadvertently encourages migrants to travel deeper into dangerous terrain under a false sense of security,” Montez wrote. Haley has a standard reply to those who oppose placing water barrels in the desert, because it encourages migrants to cross. Nobody, she says, leaves their family and their home to hike a dangerous desert for her “warm, slightly chlorinated tasting water.” Haley said they put out water stations where the data shows there are deaths. “Those red dots on that map, they show up long before the blue water barrels do,” she said. “It’s already happening. The very least we can do is put out water.”  Weather Patterns and Night Crossings Volunteers Scott Larson and Pam Golden stand at a cattle tank on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 south of Amado, Arizona. (Photo courtesy of Humane Borders) While extreme heat remains the biggest cause of migrant fatalities, Arizona’s monsoon season is also a concern. Floods can wash out migrant remains, Haley said, “pick up and disperse them or just obliterate them.”  Haley said her group’s water runs to refill barrels often get cancelled when storms are coming, because volunteers stranded in a flooded canyon only adds to the problem. Smith has returned to stations and found debris piled against the stand and at least one flood carried a barrel away entirely.  Enforcement adds to the danger for migrants during night crossings. When groups of migrants run into agents, Haley said, they “tend to scatter and panic.” And in steep canyon country, the desert devours light at night, she said. Falls and flash-flood drownings have been the cause of several recorded migrant deaths. Still, recovery figures can’t prove seasonal death patterns, and Ruiz House was careful in considering the correlation. “One thing that’s really important to emphasize is that the actual date of recovery is not the date of death,” Ruiz House said. “So it’s really difficult to say if monsoons were a direct cause of that, and to establish that causal relationship.” Someone’s remains recovered in July may have died weeks, months or even a year earlier. From 2020 to 2023, 27% of migrant remains recovered in Pima County had an estimated postmortem interval of more than six to eight months, according to data from the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner.  Prevention through Deterrence  Haley said she expected disagreement over how to fix migration to follow party lines, but the responses were surprising. “When you are talking to conservative people on the border, Republican ranchers who are staunchly Republican, they will say the same thing to you that I would say, which is that we need a better immigration policy that allows people to come and work here (in the U.S.), maybe only for a little while, and then go home and then come back. But it shouldn’t be prevented through deterrence,” she said.  Haley said that when looking at the location of migrant deaths, one statistic stands out. A sudden jump in deaths followed enforcement operations of the 1990s, she said. “Operation Gatekeeper, Operation Hold the Line, they were all born out of the policy of prevention to deterrence,” she said. “We have over 20 years of evidence showing that prevention through deterrence does not work at keeping people out. What it does is drastically increase the number of deaths in the desert.” Operation Gatekeeper was a U.S. border enforcement initiative under President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno with a goal to stop unauthorized border crossings along the 66-mile San Diego sector of the border. Operation Hold the Line was a 1993 Border Patrol enforcement initiative in El Paso to block unauthorized border crossings through physical lines of agents and vehicles. “The map that you’re looking at, all of those red dots, all of those deaths are engineered by policy,” Haley said. “They are not inevitable. It is an engineered death.” The Border Patrol had no further comment on questions about prevention through deterrence or the research linking it to deaths in the desert. Their statement did acknowledge “the extreme dangers posed by the Sonoran Desert, including heat exposure, dehydration, difficult terrain, and the exploitation of vulnerable people by transnational criminal organizations.” Haley often reminds people that illegal entry is by law a misdemeanor, “it does not come with a death sentence, and it certainly doesn’t come with a death sentence before it’s been tried in court. But the prevention through deterrence policy has turned the desert into a weapon, and it is skipping the court system.” She said that what migrants tell aid workers remains strikingly consistent. She said it’s the same sentence in different languages, dialects and accents: “I would not be here if I had any other option. But I would rather die in this desert trying than watch my family starve in front of me.”  Haley said she does not believe her work is drawing migrants to cross illegally since they have been crossing long before water stations were placed in the desert.   “There is not a more painful or lonely way to die than the way that you die in the desert,” she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad692ef75342cf4db9286b3 Antonio Brown booked for comedy debut at New England club while facing attempted murder charge te 2026-10-19T22:00:15.740Z Antonio Brown booked for comedy debut at New England club while facing attempted murder charge Just when it seems ex-NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown can’t surprise you anymore, he enters a new side quest – even as he faces an attempted murder charge. Brown has been booked to make his "comedy debut" at the New England Comedy Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts , on Dec. 18. The website promoting the event said that Brown will perform as well as do meet-and-greet opportunities with fans. Tickets are on sale now for $77. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Meanwhile, Brown was expected to plead no contest to aggravated assault as part of a deal to avoid jail time, but his court date was postponed. He accepted "an offer he couldn’t refuse" from Miami-Dade County prosecutors after facing a second-degree murder charge and a possible 30-year prison sentence. His attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in a statement last month that the plea deal offered by prosecutors will "dramatically reduce the criminal charge against him and result in probation rather than a prison sentence." The charges stemmed from a shooting on May 16, 2025, outside a celebrity boxing event in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami. Now, there’s nothing remotely funny about the charges Brown faces, as well as the ones he has dealt with since his final NFL day in 2022. However, if Brown is will be self-deprecating with his comedy routine, we can start at that final day. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Brown’s last time on an NFL field was out of a comedy sketch, except he really took off his Tampa Bay Buccaneers jersey and pads midway through a game and ran off the field before halftime. He threw up peace signs to the crowd, and it was clear that even he knew at the time it would be his last moment in the league. Tom Brady was the Buccaneers’ quarterback during that 2022 season, where both he and Brown were coming off a Super Bowl victory in their first season in Tampa. Brown caught a touchdown pass in that 31-9 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. Brown and Brady played together with the New England Patriots , too, after the former was released from the Las Vegas Raiders . However, Brown would get released amid a sexual assault investigation, ending his Patriots career with just one game played. Since his days in the league, Brown has been a tabloid content machine. For one, he mocked Kamala Harris and her 2024 presidential campaign running mate Tim Walz during one of President Donald Trump’s rallies in Pennsylvania. Then, he started to openly criticize and mock Trump on his social media. And that’s just for starters. From harassing Brady over his divorce from Gisele Bündchen on social media to trying to be a rapper and much more, Brown’s post-football life has been one filled with public outbursts and controversial statements and stunts. But this was a player that was arguably the best at his position midway through his career, collecting seven Pro Bowls and leading the league in receiving twice during his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even then, Brown was causing headaches for his coaches and teammates, whether it be going on Facebook Live in the locker room after beating the Chiefs in the 2017 Divisional Round, or going 100 mph on a 45-mph road hours before a "Thursday Night Football" game. So, yes, there is loads of comedic material to work with here, though much of it is quite serious including the legal situation he’s going through now. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad692ec75342cf4db9286aa The Eagles owe it to Jalen Hurts to address these serious allegations te 2026-10-19T22:00:12.620Z The Eagles owe it to Jalen Hurts to address these serious allegations The Philadelphia Eagles' front office ought to address the Jalen Hurts situation publicly, preferably at a press conference. The leaks, PR-approved statements, and secondhand medical analysis aren't helping. If anything, each new development raises further questions about whether medical malpractice occurred. Here's what we know. Hurts was reportedly cleated in his left calf against the Rams on October 4. He first sought treatment on October 8. An ultrasound in London on October 10 revealed a superficial blood clot. Doctors cleared him to play against Jacksonville in London on October 11. Hurts then participated fully in practice on October 14, preparing for the Eagles' game against the Panthers on Sunday. That evening, a follow-up ultrasound revealed movement in the blood clot. On October 15, the Eagles released a statement announcing that Hurts would miss the Panthers game while doctors determined the appropriate course of treatment. The team emphasized that his health and safety were its highest priority but provided no timetable for his return. On Saturday morning, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the Eagles did not plan to place Hurts on injured reserve, which would require him to miss at least four games. The reporting suggested that Philadelphia believed Hurts could return to the field within a month. Later that day, Schefter reported that the Eagles had reversed course and placed Hurts on injured reserve. JALEN HURTS TO REPORTEDLY MISS REMAINDER OF NFL SEASON AFTER BLOOD CLOTS FOUND IN QUARTERBACK'S LUNGS Later that day, Schefter reported that the Eagles had reversed course and placed Hurts on injured reserve. On Monday, The Ringer's Tom Pelissero reported that Hurts was expected to miss the remainder of the season after further medical evaluations revealed a more serious condition. In a joint statement, the Eagles and Hurts' agent, Nicole Lynn, confirmed that he had been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli, meaning blood clots in both lungs. "Hurts is now on blood thinners and should have no long-term effects," according to the medical prognosis outlined in the statement. In a follow-up report, Pelissero said doctors instructed Hurts not to sleep after discovering the blood clot in London as a precaution. According to the report, Hurts had been awake for roughly 36 hours when he started against the Jaguars. Hours later, amid growing scrutiny from members of the media, Lynn offered a "clarification." Lynn told Pelissero, "Hurts was up until early Sunday morning getting evaluated at a hospital, he was able to sleep upon rejoining the team and the Eagles set aside a room for him at the stadium." John Clark offered a different timeline, reporting Monday that blood clots were discovered in Hurts' lungs on Friday, a day before ESPN reported that the Eagles had no plans to place him on injured reserve. So, what are we to make of all this? At this point, it's difficult to say. The reporting is conflicting, the timeline keeps changing, and each attempt at clarification seems to introduce another layer of uncertainty. Only a small number of people know precisely what happened, including when doctors discovered the clots and whether the Eagles allowed Hurts to play in London after going 36 hours without sleep. Unfortunately, the lack of clarity has made the public discourse worse. Former NFL player Michael Robinson suggested that Hurts was faking the blood clot to avoid playing for a losing team. Meanwhile, doctors analyzing the situation from afar have debated on social media how Hurts' condition should have been treated, often disagreeing with one another. The Eagles owe it to Hurts, their fans, and the integrity of the organization to address these questions directly, in front of reporters. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The handling of Hurts' condition is a serious matter. The reports have raised legitimate questions about whether medical malpractice occurred and whether the Eagles prioritized winning a regular-season game over the health of their franchise quarterback. Those are serious allegations, not established facts. If the Eagles followed appropriate medical protocols and did not expose Hurts to unnecessary risks, they should explain the decisions that led to his clearance and provide the public with a coherent timeline. Doing so would not require disclosing every detail of Hurts' private medical history. It would require accountability and a willingness to answer difficult questions. At this juncture, one thing is clear: the leaks, conflicting reports, and carefully crafted statements have done little to resolve the uncertainty. It has only fueled speculation. That doesn't help Hurts. It doesn't help the Eagles. And it certainly doesn't help the public understand what actually happened. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6909175342cf4db92864d As water becomes an election issue, experts hope public attention will spur solutions te 2026-10-19T21:50:09.958Z As water becomes an election issue, experts hope public attention will spur solutions Key points: Arizonans are increasingly concerned about the state’s water supply as midterm elections near Candidates have sought to use the issue on the campaign trail, which experts said could... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post As water becomes an election issue, experts hope public attention will spur solutions first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6908f75342cf4db928628 Oregon school officials silent after football player levels opponent carrying American flag te 2026-10-19T21:50:07.720Z Oregon school officials silent after football player levels opponent carrying American flag If you're looking for answers as to why a Portland, Oregon high school football player lit up an opponent who carried an American flag onto the field this past Friday night, you're out of luck. OutKick's attempt to get answers from Jefferson High School, where the player attends, were left unanswered on Monday. An attempt to reach Jefferson Athletic Director Donnie Siel Monday afternoon by phone went unanswered, as did an attempt to reach Jefferson principal Drake Shelton. A message left for his office was not returned. The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), the state school athletic governing body, told OutKick in a statement that it "is aware of the pre-game incident" and noted that the player was ejected and didn't play in the game. "Rivalry game or not, there’s no place for this behavior before, during, or after an interscholastic contest," the OSAA added. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REFEREE SUSPENDED FOR GRABBING A PLAYER AND ACTING LIKE A BUFFOON The remaining question that many have is: Was a Grant High School football player targeted because he carried an American flag onto the field before a game against the Jefferson Democrats? FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME ERUPTS INTO VIOLENT BRAWL INVOLVING PLAYERS, COACHES AFTER FINAL WHISTLE With the school not talking and the football team's Instagram page now deleted, it's not a question that's easily answered. All we're left with are screenshots from the Jefferson football account that were saved by Taren Feist, an Oregon-based campaign manager, before they were also reportedly deleted. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "The video was not intended to disrespect the American flag," the now-deleted Jefferson Instagram page stated. "However, there was disrespect shown toward Jefferson by Grant players and members of their coaching staff before the game, and if you were there to witness what happened, you would understand the full context. "There was an option to go around the field, but they chose not to. This was our last game ever on Jefferson Field, our Senior Night, and Homecoming. This was a special and emotional night for our school, our seniors, our players, and our community. What happened before the game was not appropriate, especially given the significance of the occasion. If you have an issue with the video or with me personally for posting it, you can address that with me directly. OPINION: SPORTS IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST TRADITIONS AND A POWERFUL FORCE THAT UNITES US "I am willing to take accountability for my own actions and for the content I choose to post. However, you will not use this situation as an excuse to be racist toward my students, my players, our staff, or anyone who represents Jefferson. They do not deserve to be targeted or disrespected because of a rivalry or a video posted online. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "At Jefferson, we are proud of who we are. We are Black, Hispanic, white, and people from many different backgrounds who come together as one school and one community. Our diversity is something to be proud of, not something to attack." As for the game itself, Grant won 35-14. Jefferson's record dropped to 1-6; Grant is 6-1. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6908c75342cf4db92860a Man Who Died in ICE Custody in Texas Was Denied Medicine, Daughter Says te 2026-10-19T21:50:04.389Z Man Who Died in ICE Custody in Texas Was Denied Medicine, Daughter Says The man had been detained at an immigration center in Laredo, Texas, since June. Immigration officials said he had received proper medical care. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68e3d75342cf4db9285c2 First look at proposed Mountainside Fitness in Maricopa te 2026-10-19T21:40:13.322Z First look at proposed Mountainside Fitness in Maricopa Mountainside Fitness is taking shape on paper. New architectural renderings offer the first look at the proposed gym planned south of Lowe’s Home Improvement, according to documents obtained last week through a public records request by InMaricopa. The plans show a large entrance with the Mountainside Fitness logo, light-colored exterior walls, reddish-brown accents and a charcoal gray roof. Large windows line the front of the building, with desert landscaping surrounding the parking lot and entrance. The project was first announced in June through a brief update from Mayor Nancy Smith. Two months later, Phoenix-based Evolve Ventures submitted pre-application paperwork for a 40,000-square-foot gym near John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue, next to Lowe’s and Trulieve Dispensary. The project would be the fitness chain’s second attempt to open a Maricopa location. An earlier proposal fell through in 2008 after the company cited city-related delays and poor timing for the investment. Mountainside Fitness has more than 20 locations in Arizona. A construction timeline and opening date for the proposed gym have not been announced. A rendering of the proposed Mountainside Fitness at the southeast corner of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue. [City of Maricopa] The post First look at proposed Mountainside Fitness in Maricopa appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68e3975342cf4db9285b5 Arizona congressman demands answers on unmarked ‘pop-up’ immigration courts te 2026-10-19T21:40:09.148Z Arizona congressman demands answers on unmarked ‘pop-up’ immigration courts Greg Stanton at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in Tempe in November 2016. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0) Democratic U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton learned that the Department of Homeland Security was using a Federal Emergency Management Agency building as an immigration court, but when he went to inspect it, he was met with roadblocks.  “No. 1, there is no signage indicating this is an immigration court room,” Stanton told the Arizona Mirror in a phone interview, adding that the door was blocked by two “ICE guards” who refused to let him in.  After three hours of phone calls and waiting, Stanton was finally let in to view the court and its proceedings, but not much was happening once he finally got inside.  “I was pretty pissed off about taking 2 to 3 hours to be allowed in there, and the fact that they wouldn’t allow professional staff, so I went back the next day when they had court scheduled,” Stanton said.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE After being denied access and seeing the court, Stanton and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, are demanding answers.  The court, set up in an office building owned by FEMA in Washington, D.C., is one of several new “pop-up” immigration courts that have been found in places like New York, Texas, California, Colorado, Illinois and Florida, according to reporting by Bloomberg.   Immigration courts are generally open to the public without prior notices and Stanton said that being blocked from observing is a violation of the United States’ Constitution. It is unclear if one of these courts currently exists in Arizona, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review would not answer the Mirror’s questions.  Instead, an unnamed Department of Justice spokesperson attacked the administration of former President Joe Biden for allowing “millions of unvetted migrants into our communities” and claimed that they are “restoring integrity to our immigration system by hearing cases fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly, in accordance with the law.”  The unnamed spokesperson for the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration review, or EOIR, confirmed that they are “opening new hearing locations as needed” but would not elaborate further on where those locations are.  And not knowing where the courts are and the lack of information around them is a major concern of Stanton’s when it comes to ensuring that immigrants who go through them are getting proper due process.  “I’m a member of Congress and I know where the FEMA office is, I can walk down there from the Capitol,” Stanton said. “But if you’re a regular citizen and you get a last minute change in your court from a traditional immigration court room to a nondescript unmarked office building, you may miss your court date. And, in fact, all the people that were supposed to check in, none of them were there when they were supposed to be there.”  Immigration attorneys have warned that these new “pop-up” courts have the potential to confuse those who are seeking to show up but then ultimately cannot find the court, denying them the right to due process.  “If they don’t show up for a court date, it can cause an order of removal,” Stanton said.  Stanton and Raskin sent a letter in September to DHS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DOJ asking for a briefing about the courtrooms and answers to some questions they have. Stanton told the Mirror he has not gotten a response.  Stanton, who oversees FEMA on the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, said that while it is concerning that FEMA resources are being used for immigration related issues, his bigger concern is with the constitutionality of limiting public access and due process.  “It doesn’t matter if it is FEMA or not, what matters is that the American people have access to the American judicial system,” Stanton said.  FEMA, which operates under DHS, was an early target of President Donald Trump’s administration in its second term. Trump has tried to close it. That hasn’t happened, but Republicans and Trump did make significant cuts to its budget.  Those cuts, coupled with the court at the Washington, D.C., FEMA office has Stanton worried about how the agency is operating amidst a slew of powerful storms currently hitting the United States.  “You’re telling me that FEMA, the agency that responds to natural disasters as we are entering hurricane season — and you’ve seen just recently hurricanes bearing down on the United States of America — that, somehow, they have plenty of open space?” Stanton said. “We need to be fully supporting FEMA so they can save American lives in times of national emergency.”  While Stanton has visited the “pop-up” court twice now, he said he intends to visit again after the election in November to conduct further oversight. He also said that if he gets wind of one in Arizona, he’ll be there, as well.  “They are planning to do these all over America. I’m not aware of one in Arizona yet but as soon as we hear about it we are going to go visit it to make sure citizens have the opportunity to have eyes on the court just as they are in any court,” he said. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68e3575342cf4db92856b West Bank Christians Put Trump’s Support for Israel to the Test te 2026-10-19T21:40:05.584Z West Bank Christians Put Trump’s Support for Israel to the Test Christians in the West Bank are "at risk of erasure," one acitvist told Newsweek. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68bea75342cf4db92852d Foothills at Palomino Ranch celebrates grand opening Oct. 24 te 2026-10-19T21:30:18.896Z Foothills at Palomino Ranch celebrates grand opening Oct. 24 House hunters can tour furnished models and explore special offers when Century Communities celebrates its newest Palomino Ranch collection. The Foothills Collection grand opening takes place Saturday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guests can visit the community at 48579 W. Starry Road in Maricopa. During the event, visitors can enjoy refreshments, explore home designs and speak with the builder about available homesites. Located just south of Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, Palomino Ranch includes the Foothills and Overlook collections. The builder’s event materials advertise Foothills homes starting in the $340,000s. Meanwhile, the company says Overlook homes start in the upper $200,000s. Foothills floor plans range from 1,914 to 2,935 square feet and come in single-story and two-story options. Depending on the plan, buyers can choose features including studies, lofts, pocket offices and additional storage. Two-car and three-car garage options also provide flexibility. Beyond the homes, residents have access to basketball and pickleball courts, shaded play areas, dog parks and open lawns. Picnic spaces, barbecue grills, cornhole and bocce ball areas round out the community’s recreation options. Grand opening guests can also learn about the builder’s Founder Home Packages and homesite selection opportunities. The event flyer advertises a move-in package valued at approximately $15,000 for the first five eligible homes sold. It includes a washer, dryer, refrigerator, window coverings, garage floor epoxy and backyard landscaping. Qualifying homes must close by Nov. 30, and restrictions apply. The builder also identifies homes as USDA-eligible. Financing remains subject to borrower qualifications, lender approval and program requirements. Visitors can compare the models, explore the neighborhood and ask which current offers apply to their preferred home. RSVP for the grand opening or get directions.   *Sponsored content The post Foothills at Palomino Ranch celebrates grand opening Oct. 24 appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68be775342cf4db928508 Former Biden aide predicts socialists will be sidelined in 2028, 'Baby gets put in a corner' te 2026-10-19T21:30:15.203Z Former Biden aide predicts socialists will be sidelined in 2028, 'Baby gets put in a corner' Former Biden White House aide and Democratic strategist Yemisi Egbewole predicted that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) would be sidelined ahead of the 2028 presidential election during a Wednesday episode of "The Fifth Column" podcast, hosted by Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan, despite the socialist movement's recent primary victories. When asked by Foster whether the Democratic Party was moving toward the DSA's ideology, Egbewole, a senior fellow at the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, predicted the movement would struggle to translate its recent successes into national influence. "Going into 2028, the DSA... Baby gets put in a corner," Egbewole said. CARVILLE WARNS DEMOCRATS MAY NEED TO BLOCK FAR-LEFT CANDIDATES FROM JOINING CAUCUS, MODERATE GROUP DISAGREES Egbewole acknowledged that socialist-backed candidates had performed well in recent Democratic primaries but questioned whether those victories reflected broader support for the movement among voters nationwide. "Anybody running to represent America is not going to seek anybody who's a part of the DSA," Egbewole added. Republicans rejected the suggestion that Democrats could distance themselves from socialism ahead of the next presidential election. RNC national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre criticized the party's ideological direction in a statement to Fox News Digital. "It's too late for Democrats to rewrite their socialist brand," she said. "They've embraced socialism with open arms, and every 2028 Democrat contender is a tax-hiking, open border radical who will eagerly bend over for the far-left base." RAHM EMANUEL WARNS ‘BERNIE BROS’ COULD SINK DEMOCRATS BY SADDLING MODERATES WITH SOCIALIST AGENDA Curtis Houck, managing editor of media watchdog NewsBusters, was also skeptical of Egbewole's claim. "The train seems to have left the station," he told Fox News Digital. "The liberal, elitist media are deathly terrified of their base voters. The red-green alliance is a tidal wave the press sure don't seem interested in litigating. They will either downplay the aims of DSA, or ignore them. Neither seems to be a winning strategy." Egbewole's comments followed a series of primary victories by candidates aligned with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. In June, three Mamdani-backed candidates swept Democratic congressional primaries in New York, with Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier unseating Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat, respectively, and Claire Valdez winning an open-seat contest. During the podcast appearance, Egbewole downplayed the ideological significance of those victories, arguing that defeating established Democrats did not necessarily amount to defeating moderates. RAHM EMANUEL CHALLENGES DSA’S INFLUENCE ON DEMOCRATS, WARNS GOP ‘WING’ IS DISAPPEARING "I'm okay with admitting they did well," she said. "They won their races. They didn't really defeat moderates . . . Dan Goldman wasn't a moderate." Egbewole's own organization, Third Way, works to limit socialist influence within the Democratic Party. The centrist organization had launched a $15 million campaign targeting the DSA through 2028, including opposition research, polling and outreach to Democratic leaders. Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett previously explained why the organization considered the socialist movement a threat to the party's electoral prospects. "We believe the DSA poses a serious threat to Democrats," Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Their ideas are dangerous, and their politics are toxic. If we are to beat MAGA Republicans, we cannot allow our party to be defined by radicals." The ideological battle also extended into Michigan, where progressive Abdul El-Sayed defeated moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in August's Democratic primary. Egbewole suggested that even a victory by a DSA-adjacent candidate would not necessarily establish the movement's broader electoral strength. "I say if it's anything less than like five points, then it doesn't count," Egbewole said. The divide has also reached prominent Democrats considering their political futures. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said in September that Democrats were "pretty aligned" with the DSA on several policy priorities, including universal healthcare and climate change. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Meanwhile, Mamdani faced pressure from socialist allies over his governing decisions. The mayor said Thursday he had no plans to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch despite calls from the Democratic Socialists of America's New York City chapter for her removal following an ICE-involved shooting in the Bronx. The DSA previously defended its growing political influence after Third Way announced its campaign against the organization. DSA co-chair Megan Romer said in an August statement to Fox News Digital that the group intended to continue organizing despite the opposition. "We believe in people power, and our vision for a better future is winning. We will keep building our movement, and they will waste their money," Romer said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad68be275342cf4db9284dc Tucson Prop. 422 would extend Reid Park Zoo sales tax te 2026-10-19T21:30:10.846Z Tucson Prop. 422 would extend Reid Park Zoo sales tax Tucson voters helped build a jaguar habitat and flamingo lagoon at Reid Park Zoo, and on Nov. 3 they will decide whether to keep funding what comes next, including a new elephant barn and a bigger lion exhibit. Proposition 422 will determine whether to renew a 0.1% sales tax to fund expansion, capital improvements, repair and replacement, infrastructure, operations and maintenance at the zoo through 2047. The sales tax was first approved by voters in 2017 and is set to expire at the end of next year. If approved, the city will establish a Reid Park Zoo improvement fund, and all money collected through the sales tax will be placed into the fund for future use to be determined by the mayor and city council. The zoo is owned by the city as part of its Parks and Recreation department, but it’s operated by the nonprofit Reid Park Zoological Society through a contract with the city. From 2025 to 2026, Reid Park Zoo saw more than 610,000 visitors, a quarter of them tourists. The tax approved in 2017 has paid for 85% of the costs related to large capital projects as part of the 2018 Reid Park Zoo Master Plan. This includes the jaguar habitat in 2019, the flamingo lagoon in 2021 and the ongoing Pathway to Asia expansion, set to open on Nov. 13. Additionally, the zoo has several projects planned over the next 10 years that the sales tax, if approved, would help fund. Help us build local news that brings people together, not apart. The Reid Park Zoo had more than 610,000 visitors from 2025 to 2026, a quarter of them tourists. Tucson voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to extend the 0.1% sales tax that helps fund the zoo. Caitlin Schmidt / Tucson Spotlight. Those projects were presented to the Tucson City Council at its Oct. 6 meeting. They begin with a new pygmy hippo exhibit in 2028, followed in 2030 by a new savannah area that would sit alongside the zoo’s existing one for giraffes, rhinos and birds and add small animal exhibits. A new elephant barn is planned for 2031 to make room for the zoo’s growing herd, and the wild dog habitat would be expanded in 2032. Additional small animal exhibits would arrive in 2034. The lion exhibit would grow to six times its current size in 2035, and a combined habitat for warthogs, porcupines and meerkats would be built in 2036. City officials also have linked the expansion of the zoo to a number of other strategies, including the Safe City Initiative, the Prosperity Initiative and Plan Tucson 2025, all with the goal of improving local culture, increasing tourism and providing social cohesion. Zoo and tourism leaders have voiced support for the measure. Nancy Kluge, president and CEO of the Reid Park Zoological Society, said in a letter supporting Prop. 422 that the 2017 sales tax allowed the zoo to hire additional veterinary and animal care staff, make major improvements to habitats and increase the number of children visiting the zoo through free visits. She stressed that the renewal will not result in an increase in taxes. “Proposition 422 simply extends the existing voter-approved sales tax so we can complete the zoo’s long-term vision,” Kluge wrote. “Proposition 422 ensures these dedicated funds remain at Reid Park Zoo and continue to be used only for capital improvements, operations and maintenance.” The Pathway to Asia expansion is set to open Nov. 13 at Reid Park Zoo and is part of the work funded by the 2017 sales tax Tucson voters will decide whether to extend Nov. 3. J. Felipe Garcia, president and CEO of Visit Tucson, submitted a letter pointing to the critical role the zoo plays in Tucson tourism and the local economy, calling the sales tax a “proven investment” that has already delivered for Tucson. “When families plan Arizona vacations, they compare destinations. A world-class zoo keeps Tucson on their itinerary, driving hotel stays, restaurant visits, and retail spending throughout our community,” Garcia wrote. “Every out-of-town visitor who comes to the zoo spends money at local businesses, creating jobs and generating tax revenue that far exceeds the minimal investment.” Garcia wrote that without the renewal of Prop. 422, the zoo would face “deteriorating infrastructure and an inability to expand exhibits that meet modern standards.” “Competing cities like Phoenix continuously upgrade their attractions,” he wrote. “We cannot afford to fall behind.” There were no submitted arguments opposing Prop. 422 and no organized opposition campaign. 💡 The general election is November 3. Pima County voters can register, check their registration or request a mail ballot at recorder.pima.gov. 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/6ad689b475342cf4db9284d0 ‘It’s my biggest pride’: NASCAR’s Daniel Suárez helping build Latino, Hispanic fan bases te 2026-10-19T21:20:52.396Z ‘It’s my biggest pride’: NASCAR’s Daniel Suárez helping build Latino, Hispanic fan bases AVONDALE – Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano’s fans were all loud and proud at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, but there was one racer whose fans stood out from the crowd: Daniel Suárez.  The Freeway Insurance 500 was an important race for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, but one of the biggest storylines of the weekend was the throngs of Hispanic and Latino fans in attendance, showing support for the sport. And Suárez.  According to NASCAR, in 2024, 26% of fans were defined as multicultural. That number has grown throughout the years, but further growth remains a top priority. “NASCAR wants to grow diversity, inclusion, multicultural efforts internationally,” Suárez said. “For me, it’s very important to continue to represent and continue to be there for NASCAR for communities.” Suárez, the Monterrey, Mexico-born driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet, is one of two full-time international drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. The 34-year-old has made history throughout his NASCAR tenure. In 2016, he won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship, and in 2022 he became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race. Daniel Suárez passes Turn 4 during the NASCAR Cup Series Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Zina Garcia/Cronkite News) His success and history-making efforts have brought him a wealth of fans, especially in Phoenix. They were on full display Sunday at the racetrack with fans wearing shirts, jackets, caps and one sporting a sombrero while dressed as a taco. “There are a lot of Latinos here,” Suárez said. “It has always meant a lot to race here in Phoenix, Arizona already for many years. So it’s always a lot of fun to come here.” It is no secret that Latinos and Hispanics love sports. An analysis from Fast Company on that sports market in the United States found that 94% of Hispanic males identify as sports fans, with 56% of them describing themselves as “avid” fans. Many of those “avid” fans were on display at Phoenix Raceway.  “Latino people always support Latino people, so I think it’s part of our own culture,” said Saúl Valle, a NASCAR fan of 22 years. “I think if we saw a Mexican doing something good, we’re gonna cheer him up.” Valle’s first time at a racetrack was on Sunday. He became a Suárez fan after learning of all the hardships that brought him to the Cup Series. Valle was one of many to cheer on the No. 7 car as he finished in seventh place, the eighth top-10 finish for Suárez. Another set of fans, father and daughter Rudy and Adriana Chavez, were big fans of NASCAR before Suárez entered the Cup Series, but after learning more about Suárez and where he comes from, they were ready to follow. “I don’t really like the machismo mentality that some drivers have,” Chavez said. “He’s really down-to-earth, just a good person. So (it) really brought me in as a fan, and then seeing someone from the same heritage is really cool, too.” For Adriana, as a younger fan than her father, she not only follows the sport by going in person, but also keeps up with what is going on via social media. She sees how Suárez is continuing to build the sport not only through the older generation of NASCAR fans, but also for people like her. “A lot of younger people are getting into NASCAR, I think because of him and a few other racers,” Chavez said. “The fact that he’s really in tune with his culture is really bringing a lot of us into it.” One of the biggest events surrounding the expansion of NASCAR in Hispanic and Latino communities was the “Daniel’s Amigos” initiative at Chicago’s Harrison Park. Chavez received an invitation and loved her time there. These initiatives and Suárez taking the time to attend events in Phoenix, such as the fan fest showcases, are just some of what he and NASCAR are doing for the community. As more and more Latinos become NASCAR fans, Suárez will continue to be the face of a population of people who love sports. He was recently extended at Spire Motorsports for next season.  Suárez wants to make history for Latinos. It’s personal. “It’s a lot of fun for me to be able to represent my community and the Spanish-speaking people,” Suárez said. “It’s my biggest pride.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6899d75342cf4db9284a2 Famed wedding venue of Michael Douglas, others closing for years, leaving brides scrambling te 2026-10-19T21:20:29.083Z Famed wedding venue of Michael Douglas, others closing for years, leaving brides scrambling One of New York City's most storied hotels is shutting its doors for years, leaving brides and grooms scrambling to secure new wedding venues. For over a century, The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan has stood as the ultimate crown jewel of luxury weddings, setting the stage for extravagant celebrations — most notably the star-studded 2000 nuptials of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones and a glamorous gathering back in 1968 for Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower. The Fifth Avenue landmark is also deeply woven into the fabric of popular culture. It has served as the backdrop for blockbuster films like "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" and "Bride Wars."  LUXURY HOTEL FAVORED BY KENNEDYS, GRACE KELLY CRACKS DOWN ON INFLUENCER PHOTO SHOOTS It was also the beloved stomping ground of Eloise from Kay Thompson's classic children’s books. The Plaza Hotel will close in January 2027 for at least four years as the landmark undergoes extensive restoration work, the hotel said in a press release shared with Fox News Digital. The hotel, which opened in 1907 overlooking Central Park, said the work will focus on repairing and restoring its historic façade. "Due to the complexity of this undertaking and significant intrusion to operations, The Plaza Hotel will be closing for at least four years commencing January 2027 while the work is underway," the hotel said. The announced closure is creating uncertainty for couples who had planned to marry at the hotel. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Several brides with upcoming weddings said they were left scrambling for alternate venues after learning of the closure, according to the New York Post. Christine Carney, 38, had planned a roughly 200-person wedding at the Plaza for May 1 after booking the venue nearly a year in advance, the outlet reported. Carney told the Post she learned about the closure from a friend rather than the hotel itself, leaving her worried about the money already paid for her wedding. "I'm definitely frustrated and disappointed that this happened, and I'm anxious to figure out what the next steps will be," she told the outlet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES The closure drew reactions from New Yorkers and travelers online, including some who immediately thought about the weddings affected. "I feel sorry for all the weddings that had to [be] canceled," one Reddit user wrote. "[I] was [supposed] to go to a wedding in [February] and now the groom is scrambling." Another commenter responded, "It's going to be impossible to find something comparable on such short notice." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The Plaza said additional details surrounding the planning and execution of the restoration remain under review. The hotel has hosted some of the country's most high-profile weddings and receptions, including Patricia Kennedy and actor Peter Lawford's reception in 1954, as well as Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower's reception in 1968. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6898b75342cf4db928485 Joe Manchin to Campaign With Susan Collins in Maine Ahead of Midterm Elections te 2026-10-19T21:20:11.600Z Joe Manchin to Campaign With Susan Collins in Maine Ahead of Midterm Elections Former Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said he told Senator Susan Collins, who is locked in a tough re-election fight, “Whenever you run again, I’m going to come.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6873775342cf4db92840b Commanders Announce Major RB Move Before 'MNF' Matchup vs 49ers te 2026-10-19T21:10:15.096Z Commanders Announce Major RB Move Before 'MNF' Matchup vs 49ers The Washington Commanders moved starting running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt to the injured reserve on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6873175342cf4db928402 JD Vance Rally Crowd Chants ‘USA’ as Protester Removed in North Carolina te 2026-10-19T21:10:09.026Z JD Vance Rally Crowd Chants ‘USA’ as Protester Removed in North Carolina The disruption came one week after a scuffle interrupted President Donald Trump’s October 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad684d875342cf4db9283ba SEC's crazy, history-making Week 7 weekend is the latest example of college football's new era te 2026-10-19T21:00:08.668Z SEC's crazy, history-making Week 7 weekend is the latest example of college football's new era Week seven of the college football season was everything fans love about the sport. Chaos. Rivalries, like Tennessee-Alabama and Auburn-Georgia. Upsets, with BYU taking down Notre Dame in front of an exuberant home crowd in Provo. And debate over what it all means for the rest of the year. Not one team ranked in the AP Top 25 poll in week six stayed in the same position in the week seven poll. Texas dropped 12 spots. Florida gained 12. Multiple other schools moved up or down at least six positions, with Missouri falling a whopping nine places after their blowout loss to Ole Miss. But no stat better exemplifies the chaos of week seven better than this one. Tom Fornelli from CBS Sports posted on X this week that, "The SEC is the first conference this century to have 5 AP Top-20 teams lose in the same week." WEEK 7 AP TOP 25 POLL FEATURES A COMPLETE SHUFFLE AFTER CHAOTIC WEEKEND, WITH MIAMI TAKING OVER THE TOP SPOT We're just a few months away from completing our 26th year in this century, somehow, and the SEC was the first conference in that time frame to have five teams rankedin the top-20 lose in just one weekend. That's pretty remarkable. And it's also a sign of things to come. We've known for some time that the advent of NIL and the transfer portal would change college football. But it doesn't seem like we've come fully to grips with just how quickly that change would happen and how much of an impact it would have on the sport. The reasons for this, and the results from it, are obvious. In decades past, a say, four-star recruit might choose to commit to Nick Saban's Alabama, or Pete Carroll's USC, hoping to play for championships and reach the NFL. Then find themselves losing out on a starting role to an even more highly regarded five-star player. With little recourse, short of transferring to sit out an entire season, that player likely would stay put, wait their turn, and hope they get their chance on the field. Now though, many of those players don't pick Georgia, Alabama, or USC in the first place. NIL has allowed smaller programs to compete for recruits they'd previously have missed out on. They might not offer the same coaching or championship aspirations, but they can offer something more immediately valuable: money. It's the same with the transfer portal. Lose out on a starting job? Hit the portal, go start elsewhere. Suddenly that four-star backup for Alabama is now a starter at Auburn or Tennessee. Again, it's obvious, but this weekend's chaos shows the result of this new era in practice: the gaps between teams are smaller than they've ever been. And we have the data to prove it. ESPN's SP+ ranking system is an efficiency-driven rating that measures success on offense, defense, and special teams, adjusted for tempo and opposition. Essentially, trying to use the most sustainable and predictive parts of a team's resume to remove some of the randomness inherent in sports. These ratings generally track very closely to those used by sports books to set their lines. And sports books are the best in the business at ranking the best teams, because their livelihood depends on it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Thus far in 2026, just a little over halfway through the season, there's a clear pattern: there's not nearly as much of a gap separating the top handful of teams from the back end of the top 25. And it's why we're seeing so many more upsets, with more likely coming the rest of the year. Ohio State is currently the number one team in the rating at 26.8, roughly corresponding to 27 points better than the median college football team, around the 70th best in the country, for example. Georgia is right behind at 26.5, then Miami at 25.3, Notre Dame at 24.8, and Indiana at 23.6. That's already very tightly bunched, but expanding it shows how close the margins are in college football this year. Utah, the No. 10 team in SP+, is rated at 19.4, just a touchdown behind OSU. Ole Miss, at No. 14, is 17.1, meaning they're less than a touchdown worse than Indiana. You can look all the way down to Kansas State at No. 25 and they're essentially one score worse than No. 9 BYU. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! So how does this compare to the pre-portal era? Well, looking back at 2022, it's apparent how much, and how quickly, things have changed. The 2022 Georgia Bulldogs, in the post-bowl results, had a 37.3 rating. They were over 37 points better than the median team, compared to Ohio State's 26.8 points in 2026. Georgia's 37 rating was a whopping 23 points better than the No. 25 team in that year's rankings, Arkansas. Halfway through the 2026 season, the gap between No. 1 and No. 25 is just 13 points. Georgia was 18 points better than the No. 10 team, funnily enough also Utah, in 2022. Right now, the gap between OSU and Utah is seven points. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Those are gigantic differences, and it's why the era of runaway dominance and multi-year dynasties seems to be at an end. Indiana's 2025 season was remarkable; running through an entire year undefeated in the portal, superconference, expanded playoff era is an incredible achievement. Even Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said prior to the season that he believed those days were over in college football. Then Indiana went 16-0. But already, in just week seven, there is only one undefeated team remaining in the Big Ten and SEC, combined. And it's UCLA. Just as everyone expected. Alabama has two losses. Georgia lost at home. Texas has two losses and is lucky not to have a third. Indiana's winning streak was snapped. Oregon has two losses and remains unranked. LSU spent about $150 million to hire Lane Kiffin and revamp their roster, and lost twice in the first six games. The gaps between teams is small, and shrinking. Which is why there are more upsets and surprises than even the typically chaotic college football season usually provides. Oh, and Ohio State just lost their starting quarterback for "several weeks," ahead of games against USC and Oregon. And in a perfect example of how this new era works, instead of another experienced, highly-ranked recruit backing Julian Sayin up, they're turning to a three-star true freshman to replace him. That hypothetical backup? He's probably starting somewhere else. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6828175342cf4db9282e5 Bills Bring Back Former Star CB After CJ Gardner-Johnson Suspension te 2026-10-19T20:50:09.312Z Bills Bring Back Former Star CB After CJ Gardner-Johnson Suspension The Bills are welcoming a familiar face back to the organization by signing him to the practice squad on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6827f75342cf4db9282dc 49ers Rule Out Veteran Wide Receiver vs Commanders te 2026-10-19T20:50:07.566Z 49ers Rule Out Veteran Wide Receiver vs Commanders The San Francisco 49ers offense will be even more short-handed against the Washington Commanders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6827d75342cf4db9282d3 Giants HC John Harbaugh Addresses Starting QB Decision for Texans Game te 2026-10-19T20:50:05.684Z Giants HC John Harbaugh Addresses Starting QB Decision for Texans Game Giants head coach John Harbaugh addressed the team's starting quarterback situation ahead of their game against the Texans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6803775342cf4db92821f MMA fighter receives big bonus on OnlyFans after suffering a wardrobe malfunction during loss te 2026-10-19T20:40:23.192Z MMA fighter receives big bonus on OnlyFans after suffering a wardrobe malfunction during loss A loss, no matter how you get there, counts the same in the record books. The reality, however, is that not all losses are created equal. Some are closer to the win column than others and some earn a big unexpected bonus due to a boob falling out and receiving camera time. The latter is how MMA fighter Lucero Acosta's PFL debut played out in Chicago on Friday night. The fight ended in a TKO loss to 9-1 Shannon Clark when the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! While the 32-year-old from Mexico did inflict some damage on her opponent during the fight, she was on the receiving end of a flurry of elbows that bounced her head off the canvas and at some point had one of her boobs pop out. Not all the angles of the end of the fight caught Acosta's slippage. This is one of the safe ones. The other angle, if you're really interested in that aspect of this fascinating story, can easily be found on social media. A tough loss by TKO in the record books for Acosta, who once went viral training underwater in a bikini, but a TKO loss unlike most TKO losses. As you would expect, the wardrobe malfunction that accompanied the third round stoppage also went viral. It then earned her that unexpected bonus. WWE STAR ADDS TO HER LEGACY WITH 'BUILT IN THE FRONT & STACKED IN THE BACK' EXPLANATION FOR LOCKER ROOM NUDITY In a moment of preparation meeting opportunity, Acosta said in a post on Instagram that she's cashed in on the attention thanks to her OnlyFans. "Extra payment on @onlyfans because we showed our nipples during the @pflmma live," she wrote. "It’s cute. Official sponsor." She then suggested that the "extra payment" might be as much as $500k. Not a bad bonus in a loss where, by the end, your head was being dribbled by the winner's elbows — if, indeed, it's anywhere even remotely close to that amount. The loss for Lucero Acosta, her first by TKO, dropped her professional record to 6-3. It also ended a four-fight win streak that ran from September 2022 to April 2025. I think we've learned something from all this. You win some, you lose some, and some losses turn into a win of sorts thanks to a wardrobe malfunction. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6803575342cf4db92820d Repeat offender accused of shooting National Guard member has lengthy history with the law, records show te 2026-10-19T20:40:21.351Z Repeat offender accused of shooting National Guard member has lengthy history with the law, records show A repeat offender accused of shooting a National Guard member in Washington, D.C., as troops tried to break up a street fight had previously been convicted of assaulting police officers and illegally carrying a gun, federal officials said. The U.S. Marshals Service on Monday identified Jerrell Jackson, 41, as the suspect in the shooting, which happened at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of 8th Street SE. Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assault of a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license and had three parole violations, the agency said. NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER SHOT IN DC, POLICE CHIEF SAYS Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show Jackson has faced at least 13 prior criminal cases or arrests in the District dating back to 2004, involving allegations ranging from gun and drug offenses to assault, threats and unlawful entry. Some cases resulted in convictions, while others were dismissed or resolved through diversion. "We are praying this National Guard member has a quick and speedy recovery," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "The suspect in the shooting has a lengthy rap sheet including two counts of assault of a police officer, illegally carrying a pistol, and multiple parole violations." The National Guard member was shot in the leg and has since been released from the hospital. DC GUARD SHOOTING SUSPECT STARES DOWN DEATH PENALTY IN FIRST COURT APPEARANCE A fight broke out between at least two men outside a local business before National Guard members stepped in. At least one of the men then opened fire. National Guard members returned fire, hitting Jackson in the abdomen, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. 100-SHOT SOMALI GANG GUN BATTLE ROCKS MINNESOTA AS SHERIFF WARNS 'WE'RE IN TROUBLE' Jackson was taken to another hospital for treatment. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Investigators recovered a gun in an alley next to the shooting scene, along with at least 14 shell casings. No other suspects were at large, and no other National Guard members or civilians were injured. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB The U.S. Marshals Service and National Guard said they would not identify the wounded Guard member because of privacy concerns and the ongoing investigation. SEND US A TIP The shooting comes as the Trump administration touts the work of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which brings together more than 20 federal and local agencies along with the National Guard. TRUMP'S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN 'WORKING' AS CITY SEES HOMICIDES PLUMMET 43% SINCE 2025: SLAIN INTERN'S MOM LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The task force has made more than 18,000 arrests, seized nearly 2,200 illegal guns and returned 28 missing children home, the U.S. Marshals Service said. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Bis credited the task force with driving down violent crime in the nation's capital. "Thanks to the President's Safe and Beautiful Task Force violent crime in the city has drastically decreased," Bis said. "D.C. residents and visitors are thankful for all the Task Force has done to drive down crime and make our nation’s capital safe again." Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6803175342cf4db9281d9 Rams Lose Replacement Kicker to Injured Reserve Following Week 6 Loss te 2026-10-19T20:40:17.166Z Rams Lose Replacement Kicker to Injured Reserve Following Week 6 Loss The Los Angeles Rams placed kicker Blake Grupe on the injured reserve following his first game with the team in Week 6. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6802e75342cf4db9281d0 Vivek Ramaswamy Breaks Unwanted Record in Ohio Race vs. Amy Acton: te 2026-10-19T20:40:14.985Z Vivek Ramaswamy Breaks Unwanted Record in Ohio Race vs. Amy Acton: CNN says Ramaswamy is performing worse with Ohio independents than any Republican gubernatorial nominee this century. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6802d75342cf4db9281c7 Stephen Curry Injury Update Gives Clarity For Warriors-Lakers NBA Season-Opener te 2026-10-19T20:40:13.004Z Stephen Curry Injury Update Gives Clarity For Warriors-Lakers NBA Season-Opener Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr provided a big injury update on star guard Stephen Curry Monday afternoon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6802a75342cf4db9281b5 Jaguars HC Liam Coen Sends Pro Bowler Clear Message After Week 6 Benching te 2026-10-19T20:40:10.524Z Jaguars HC Liam Coen Sends Pro Bowler Clear Message After Week 6 Benching Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen addressed a wide receiver sitting out the second half of Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6802875342cf4db9281ac Patriots Lose Key Offensive Weapon to Injured Reserve Before Bears Game te 2026-10-19T20:40:08.289Z Patriots Lose Key Offensive Weapon to Injured Reserve Before Bears Game The New England Patriots have placed key wide receiver Romeo Doubs on injured reserve after their win against the Jets. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6802575342cf4db92819a Apple $250 Million Settlement: How to Get Your Payout Before Deadline te 2026-10-19T20:40:05.694Z Apple $250 Million Settlement: How to Get Your Payout Before Deadline The settlement covers eligible U.S. customers who bought the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 16-series devices. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dd775342cf4db928088 Trump renews push to rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ touts higher home values and incomes te 2026-10-19T20:30:15.346Z Trump renews push to rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ touts higher home values and incomes President Donald Trump is giving New Mexico another branding pitch, urging the state to swap "Mexico" for "America" and suggesting the change could boost everything from home values to state pride. "New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The name would add great value and prestige to the State! Home Values and Incomes would rise, and you would be even prouder while saluting our beautiful American Flag!" The president also worked in a swipe at the state’s elections. AFTER 'LAKE AMERICA,' TRUMP SUGGESTS A NEW NAME FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO "Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!" he wrote. MAP IT: DOJ ILLEGAL VOTING CRACKDOWN SWEEPS 17 STATES AS RAZOR-THIN ELECTIONS FACE SCRUTINY Trump offered no evidence in the post to support his election allegation or explain how a name change would increase property values and incomes. The suggestion revives an idea Trump floated last month, when he shared a map showing "Mexico" crossed out in red and replaced with "America." The White House amplified that post on its official X account. TRUMP TAUNTS CANADA ON RENAMING LAKE ONTARIO THE 'LAKE AMERICA' AMID RISING BORDER TRADE RIFT Trump also pitched the change during remarks at the RNC Midterm Convention on Sept. 9, suggesting neighboring New Mexico become "New America" and claiming the idea was popular. "You have a neighboring state, New Mexico. We think it should be called New America," Trump said. "I’ll tell you, the people love the idea." "I don’t know about the radical left. I’m sure it doesn’t like it, but the people love it," he added. New Mexico’s Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, pushed back at the time, telling Fox News Digital that the state’s name "isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed." She accused the White House of focusing on a distraction while her administration worked on child care, education, health care and housing. NEW YORK GOV HOCHUL REJECTS TRUMP'S 'LAKE AMERICA' RENAMING WITH BLUNT MESSAGE "While the White House wastes time coloring on maps, Nuevo México is busy doing the work," Lujan Grisham said last month. Trump’s latest post calls for the state to change its name but does not lay out a formal process for doing so. New Mexico’s name is expressly written into Article I of its constitution, which states, "The name of this state is New Mexico." HOUSE DEM DEBBIE DINGELL PLACES TRUMP'S LAKE ONTARIO NAME CHANGE IN THE CROSSHAIRS The proposal follows Trump’s moves to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" for federal use and the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Fox News Digital's Amanda Macias contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dd575342cf4db92807f Kylie Jenner makes Victoria's Secret runway debut wearing $50M fantasy bra te 2026-10-19T20:30:13.409Z Kylie Jenner makes Victoria's Secret runway debut wearing $50M fantasy bra Heads turned for Kylie Jenner at the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as she stormed the runway wearing a $50 million fantasy bra. Jenner, 29, wore the legendary piece to make her catwalk debut Sunday for the iconic womenswear brand at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif. The reality star sauntered alongside a number of VS supermodels, including new mother Barbara Palvin and rising superstar Tate McRae. KYLIE JENNER GOES TOPLESS ON INSTAGRAM FOR LATEST FASHION LAUNCH Designed in collaboration with famed jewelers Jacob & Co., the Fantasy Bra featured 4,410 natural diamonds with a massive 75-carat radiant-cut yellow diamond anchored in the middle. FORMER DISNEY STAR DYLAN SPROUSE SAYS ACTING AS A KID WAS ‘CHILD LABOR’ The mother-of-two wore a pair of white bottoms with a matching skirt and silk angel wings across her shoulders. Palvin, 33, returned to the runway decked out in sparkling diamonds only six weeks after giving birth to her first daughter with husband Dylan Sprouse. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "I’m going to be six weeks postpartum tomorrow, which is, I think in the US, most people have to go back after six weeks," she told People magazine. "So it’s not that big of a deal." Palvin added, "I’m feeling great. I think it’s very empowering that the Victoria’s Secret team is having me at the show and we’re supporting women." Sprouse sat front row to cheer on his wife, and later wrote on Instagram, "Proud of my missus, jumping right into the vs fashion show post birth. Built different. I don't know where you find the energy but damn!" LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Bella Hadid opened the star-studded show, which was hosted in Los Angeles for the first time since 2007 and also featured appearances by her sister Gigi Hadid, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. In addition to a lively performance by Tate McRae, Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Moroney and Katseye performed for the stars, which included mega momager Kris Jenner sitting front row with Timothée Chalamet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dd375342cf4db928076 Former OJ Simpson attorney, longtime friend both support possibility of accomplice in 1994 murders te 2026-10-19T20:30:11.820Z Former OJ Simpson attorney, longtime friend both support possibility of accomplice in 1994 murders A mob-linked drug trafficker with ties to OJ Simpson secretly became a jailhouse snitch and claimed to have information about efforts to dispose of evidence, potentially including a murder weapon that was never recovered, according to a new report. A former member of Simpson's "Dream Team" defense during one of the most scrutinized murder trials in American history says the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are still an "open case" and that the claims should be further investigated. "It seems plausible and perhaps credible," former Simpson defense attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Fox News' "America Reports" Monday. BROTHER OF POSSIBLE OJ SIMPSON ACCOMPLICE CLAIMS HE RETURNED WITH BLOODY HANDS ON NIGHT OF MURDERS: REPORT He said he believes there are "unresolved" questions that deserve to be looked into. Those questions were raised in a New York Times report Sunday about Joseph Ippolito, a former cigarette boat racer, drug trafficker and restaurateur who knew Simpson and had become close with Al Cowlings, the former NFL star who drove the white Ford Bronco ahead of Simpson's arrest in Los Angeles. NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON TOLD FORMER LOVER SHE'D 'RATHER DIE' THAN RETURN TO O.J. SIMPSON BEFORE HER MURDER Ippolito told federal prosecutors he had information on the murder weapon. One has never been recovered. Further, Ippolito's brother Sam told the Times that his brother returned home on the night of the murders with a heavy bag and apparent blood on his hands. He claimed to have ditched the bag in a dumpster on Los Angeles' Doheny Drive without asking questions. He later asked for payment for his story and recanted, according to the report. But the claims are worth a look, Dershowitz said. "I think we ought to start from scratch and look at this evidence anew and see if there is credible evidence of a second person," he told Fox News. "I've often, right from the beginning, thought that this was very difficult for one person to have brought off and not only killed two people, but then disposed of the evidence and done all the things that we know occurred in this case." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Charlie Ehrlich, a friend of Ippolito since 1971 and eventually a close pal of Simpson's, said it's possible that a second person was involved — while vehemently denying unproven online speculation that it could've been him. "In my mind, there is a secondary guy," he told Fox News Digital Monday. "Who? I have no clue. But I believe, in my mind, there is." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Ehrlich, who was charged in connection with Simpson's 2007 Las Vegas memorabilia robbery case, has said he did not meet the running back until the former NFL star moved to Florida, following his trial. They became very close, however. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB "Do I think he did it? I don’t know," he said. "If he did it, or if he did not do it, I never saw him get angry — and I was with him a lot the last 10-12 years here of his life here in Florida. We were together every weekend." He has not been charged in connection with the Brown Simpson and Goldman case — nor was Ippolito or any of Simpson's other associates. SEND US A TIP Dershowitz noted that many of the case's key players are already dead. Simpson died in 2024. Ippolito died in 2006. "This should be looked at," Dershowitz said. "This is not a closed case." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Dr. Michael Baden, a Fox News contributor and renowned forensic pathologist who had been hired by Simpson's defense alongside Dr. Henry Lee, had been tasked with evaluating the autopsy findings, including that the same weapon was used on Brown Simpson and Goldman. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL While he said he was not involved with looking into whether someone could have assisted with the slayings after the fact, he told Fox News Digital that there was "no scene, autopsy [or] scientific evidence of more than one attacker." Cowlings did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dd075342cf4db92805b Mahmoud Khalil Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt Deportation te 2026-10-19T20:30:08.469Z Mahmoud Khalil Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt Deportation Mr. Khalil was a graduate student at Columbia when he was arrested by ICE agents and became the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dce75342cf4db928052 Trump Rallies Red States Amid Fears About G.O.P. Voter Enthusiasm as Midterms Near te 2026-10-19T20:30:06.876Z Trump Rallies Red States Amid Fears About G.O.P. Voter Enthusiasm as Midterms Near The president’s swing is taking him to states including South Carolina and Kansas that were not seen as competitive just a few months ago. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67dcd75342cf4db928036 Andy Reid Defends Harrison Butker After Missing Two Kicks vs Chargers te 2026-10-19T20:30:05.086Z Andy Reid Defends Harrison Butker After Missing Two Kicks vs Chargers The Chiefs kicker has been struggling from the 50-yard-plus range so far this season, including on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67b7775342cf4db927fc1 Trump Threatens Reflecting Pool ‘Vandals’ in Update After Major Repair Work te 2026-10-19T20:20:07.762Z Trump Threatens Reflecting Pool ‘Vandals’ in Update After Major Repair Work Prosecutors dropped charges against a former Olympian for the damage, blaming contractors instead, but Trump says it was vandals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad67b7575342cf4db927fb8 NFL To Host First France Game After Weekend of Rising Chaos and Protests te 2026-10-19T20:20:05.567Z NFL To Host First France Game After Weekend of Rising Chaos and Protests The NFL’s first game in France remains on schedule despite fresh protests slated for Paris ahead of Sunday’s matchup. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6793575342cf4db927f95 NAU football vs. Portland State te 2026-10-19T20:10:29.452Z NAU football vs. Portland State Northern Arizona running back Jon Wilson (32) runs by a diving Portland State defender during a game on Saturday in the Walkup Skydome. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6793375342cf4db927f8c NAU football vs. Portland State te 2026-10-19T20:10:27.671Z NAU football vs. Portland State Northern Arizona quarterback Ty Pennington (6) hurdles a Portland State defender during a game on Saturday in the Walkup Skydome. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6792675342cf4db927f5d Steve Sarkisian faces brutal Arch Manning decision as Texas’ season begins to slip away amid losses te 2026-10-19T20:10:14.305Z Steve Sarkisian faces brutal Arch Manning decision as Texas’ season begins to slip away amid losses As the noise around college football continues to get louder pertaining to what is transpiring at Texas right now for Steve Sarkisian. It's starting to become clearer that the Longhorns head coach is feeling the pressure regarding the ongoing situation with Arch Manning. There are problems with the Texas offense that many thought would be fixed by the time its quarterback reached his second season as the starter. Unfortunately for those in Austin, the problems have only increased since the Longhorns put together a fourth quarter comeback to beat Ohio State in early September. TEXAS BLOWS 14-POINT LEAD, ARCH MANNING EXPERIENCES FIRST HOME LOSS AS QUESTIONS MOUNT IN AUSTIN Now, coming off their second straight loss, this time to unranked Florida, the college football world is wondering whether Sarkisian is ready to make the tough decision to bench Arch Manning if the quarterback cannot start putting together consistent play on the field. But, it should come as no surprise that Manning will be leading his team onto the field in Austin this weekend against Ole Miss as the starting quarterback.  Though that doesn’t mean the Texas head coach is ready to risk the chances of them making the CFP if Arch cannot show progress in the first half on Saturday. "I think there’s no doubt about it, Arch can play better for us," Sarkisian said on Monday. "He’s our starter, but I need to see a better version of Arch Manning like I need to see a better version of a lot of guys on our offensive football team right now, but we need to see a better version of him this week." Sarkisian can say this until he's blue in the face, but actually replacing the starting quarterback for 2nd-stringer KJ Lacey is going to be a decision that will come with ramifications. COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAOS: HISTORIC UPSETS, ARCH MANNING'S FIASCO, CLOCK CONTROVERSY AND CFP RAMIFICATIONS ARISE Even though it would be undoubtedly the hardest decision Steve Sarkisian has had to make during his time in Austin, there are plenty of folks wondering if the Longhorns coach is prepared to yank his starting quarterback out of the game if the situation calls for it. And I promise you there is plenty riding on the decision if it comes down to it. WEEK 7 AP TOP 25 POLL FEATURES A COMPLETE SHUFFLE AFTER CHAOTIC WEEKEND, WITH MIAMI TAKING OVER THE TOP SPOT Steve Sarkisian cannot risk losing his job over Manning, even if it comes across as a coach falling on the sword. Nor should he in this situation. I know it might shock folks, but one player cannot take precedence over a team fighting to make the postseason and compete for a title. The problem for Texas is that it's one loss away from losing out on all hope of the college football playoff. But, if the Longhorns fail to capitalize on the amount of talent they have accrued via the transfer portal and recruiting, there will be a number of other decisions that need to be made from within the Texas athletic department regarding the future of this program. So, what in the world does this staff do in this situation besides riding out the storm and hoping it gets better this Saturday against Ole Miss? Encouraging one the most high-profile players in college football to keep pushing, but also realizing that this is a business that comes with high-stake decisions. "I think that’s our job as coaches, and that’s partly for Arch, the player, right? There are two parts to this, right? It’s continuing to pour into him and coaching him and putting him in the best frame of mind to be successful," Sarkisian said. ARCH MANNING AND TEXAS LONGHORNS ERASE 20-POINT DEFICIT TO STUN OHIO STATE IN SHOCKING COMEBACK FOR THE AGES "Sometimes that’s patting him on the back. Sometimes that’s tough love, and we've got to be honest with him of where he needs to improve. And like I said earlier, we need to see a better version of him this week in practice and in game, because ultimately the player is in there, and it’s our job to try to get it out of them. That is the million-dollar question right now that has spurred plenty of conversation within the college football community. There is nothing Arch has done this season that proves he is worthy enough to be a first-round pick in next year's NFL Draft. But, that also doesn’t mean Manning is ready to test the professional waters rather than returning for another season. TENNESSEE BEAT ALABAMA, SMOKED CIGARS AND HELPED FUND KALEN DEBOER’S NIL FUND WITH $500K FIELD-STORMING FINE If Texas were to make a decision to go with KJ Lacey, would that then mean that the Arch experiment is over? Could Manning look to the transfer portal if things continue trending south in Austin? These are questions that are being asked behind the scenes right now within the collegiate world, and they are becoming louder by the weekend. Nobody really knows what the future holds for this Texas football program, but the evidence is starting to mount that Manning might not actually be the answer everyone thought he could be at some point. And by the way, that's ok. Arch does not have to live up to the hype, though it's understandable why he feels the pressure. But at the same time, Steve Sarkisian is risking his job with this Texas offense that is not producing results  So, the real question is whether the Longhorns coach is prepared to make one of the boldest decisions of any coach's career and bench a 'Manning'. Sarkisian is hoping it doesn’t come to that, though I can assure you he's at least starting to think about it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6792375342cf4db927f54 Carville says he'd rather Republicans keep the House than Democrats win by five seats, held 'hostage' by DSA te 2026-10-19T20:10:11.967Z Carville says he'd rather Republicans keep the House than Democrats win by five seats, held 'hostage' by DSA Democratic strategist James Carville said during an interview on Sunday that he would rather the Republicans win by five seats in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections than the Democrats win by the same number, worrying that the Democratic Party would become "hostages" to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). While speaking to "The Bulwark Takes," Carville provided his midterm election predictions, and said he would be disappointed if Democrats won by a slim margin. "I would be disappointed if it comes in at 225 House seats. And that would almost be — I would rather the Republicans keep the House by five than the Democrats win by five because if that happens, they're hostage to the DSA," Carville said. "Like Hakeem cannot move. There's no place for him to go. Even if you have a close Senate, Fetterman would keep Schumer [on] Pepto-Bismol all night. So, I think this is one of these races where margin matters a lot." STEWART EXPECTS SCHUMER, JEFFRIES TO DISAPPOINT IF THE DEMS WIN BACK THE HOUSE AND SENATE "Winning big is almost as big as winning, which is weird but it’s a nightmare at 225," he added. Bill Kristol, the host of "The Bulwark Takes," pushed back and said that was "a lower bound" for Democrats in the House. MAHER PREDICTS 'CLASSIC HISTORICAL A-- WHOOPING' FOR GOP IN MIDTERMS BUT WARNS DSA COULD HAUNT DEMS IN 2028 Moderate Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff pushed back on Carville's assertion in a statement to Fox News Digital. "I do think we have seen DSA figures overexploit their leverage to the point of sabotaging actual progress. One need look no further than the upcoming 10-year anniversary of Secretary Clinton losing to Donald Trump to find the data behind that claim. So I understand the concern, but Carville is absolutely wrong here and does a disservice to the vast majority of Democrats who absolutely want Democrats to win back the House and Senate, by any margin possible, to finally have a check on Trump’s radically anti-democratic agenda and the widespread corruption in his administration," he said. Shroff continued, "To suggest otherwise gives fodder to figures like Hasan Piker who claims Democrats are more against their farther left flank than MAGA — which is simply untrue. But when a figure like Carville makes this sort of statement, it goes viral and actually dissuades leftists in our big tent from even showing up. So it’s an irresponsible line from him." He argued that losing the House majority by five seats, as Carville suggested, was not the way to overcome the DSA's leverage. SOCIALISM SURGES AMONG DEMOCRATS AS PARTY LEADERS REJECT DSA AGENDA: ‘PACK OF FOOLS’ Carville also offered a behind-the-curtain take about the Democratic Party. "El-Sayed had AOC campaign with him on the upper peninsula," he said. "That doesn't make any sense." CARVILLE SAYS ONE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST'S 'LUNACY OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL' POLICY COULD HAUNT SWING-STATE DEMS "They had five progressive Democrats on the upper peninsula of Michigan," Carville continued to say. "What they're lining up to say is, 'You see that the moderate — the Clinton Democrats, like Carville, said they can only — all the DSA can win is in hardcore urban areas.' We have showed you that the people all over the country are waiting to be the sound of true progressivism." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE He said that progressives, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are setting themselves up to say that the progressive agenda could succeed anywhere in the country. JAMES CARVILLE WARNS FAR-LEFT CANDIDATES 'TOO HARD-HEADED' TO KNOW THEY'RE UNPOPULAR "It's not. But it's not going to stop them from saying it. Trust me, that's what they're going to say," he said. Democrats are projected to take back control of the House and the Senate. The latest Power Rankings in the Senate point to Democrats and Republicans each taking 47 seats in the midterms, leaving six races rated as true toss-ups. Additionally, three races are rated as leaners — one step shy of a toss-up. These nine showdowns will likely determine whether the Democrats make a net gain of four seats to win control of the Senate or if the GOP holds the majority. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6791d75342cf4db927f16 Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet with new TorchNeuron dev tool te 2026-10-19T20:10:05.442Z Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet with new TorchNeuron dev tool Amazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad676cf75342cf4db927cbf DOJ Charges 28 California Residents With Voting-Related Crimes Amid Trump’s Voter Fraud Push te 2026-10-19T20:00:15.776Z DOJ Charges 28 California Residents With Voting-Related Crimes Amid Trump’s Voter Fraud Push The effort by the Trump administration comes as it wages a broader fight with California officials over voter rolls. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad676ce75342cf4db927ca6 NFL Announces Punishment for Bills' CJ Gardner-Johnson After Spitting Incident te 2026-10-19T20:00:14.126Z NFL Announces Punishment for Bills' CJ Gardner-Johnson After Spitting Incident The NFL punished Buffalo Bills defensive back CJ Gardner-Johnson for spitting toward Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad676c975342cf4db927c9d Why Cris Collinsworth Thinks Aaron Rodgers Would Make a Perfect Commentator te 2026-10-19T20:00:09.751Z Why Cris Collinsworth Thinks Aaron Rodgers Would Make a Perfect Commentator This is likely the last year for Aaron Rodgers to play in the NFL, so could he end up in commentating afterwards? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad676c775342cf4db927c94 Ohio Shooting Near Columbus Mosque: What We Know as Police Respond te 2026-10-19T20:00:07.532Z Ohio Shooting Near Columbus Mosque: What We Know as Police Respond The ATF said its agents were responding to reports of multiple victims near to a mosque in the northeast area of the city Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad676c575342cf4db927c8b Kyrie Irving on Future Retirement: 'Not the Same NBA I Fell in Love With' te 2026-10-19T20:00:05.216Z Kyrie Irving on Future Retirement: 'Not the Same NBA I Fell in Love With' Veteran point guard Kyrie Irving is entering his 14th active NBA season in 2026-27, suiting up for the Dallas Mavericks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6747375342cf4db927c1f Rob Gronkowski Shares Thoughts on CJ Gardner-Johnson Spit te 2026-10-19T19:50:11.101Z Rob Gronkowski Shares Thoughts on CJ Gardner-Johnson Spit Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson spit towards Raiders tight end Brock Bowers on Sunday, causing him to be ejected. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6747175342cf4db927c16 Patriots DT Gives Blunt Reaction to Mike Vrabel's Trash Talk After Jets Win te 2026-10-19T19:50:09.146Z Patriots DT Gives Blunt Reaction to Mike Vrabel's Trash Talk After Jets Win Patriots defensive tackle Milton Williams had a blunt reaction to head coach Mike Vrabel's trash talk for the Jets game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6746f75342cf4db927c0d 49ers Could Reunite With Pro Bowl Defender After Front Office Shakeup te 2026-10-19T19:50:07.175Z 49ers Could Reunite With Pro Bowl Defender After Front Office Shakeup The San Francisco 49ers are being urged to reunite with Indianapolis Colts star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6746d75342cf4db927c04 Ravens HC Jesse Minter Provides Cryptic Injury Update on Lamar Jackson te 2026-10-19T19:50:05.054Z Ravens HC Jesse Minter Provides Cryptic Injury Update on Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson missed each of the Baltimore Ravens' last two games since suffering an ankle injury in Week 4. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6722275342cf4db927bba Hungary and Poland defend tough migration policies as France reels from violent unrest te 2026-10-19T19:40:18.554Z Hungary and Poland defend tough migration policies as France reels from violent unrest As images of burning cars and historic buildings in France and Italy ricochet across Europe, leaders in Hungary and Poland are seizing the moment, not to address the unrest, but to redefine the migration debate. Both Hungary and Poland have laid down markers on allowing migrants into their nations. Even to the point of being fined and sanctioned by the European Union courts for refusing to open their gates to unchecked immigration, in Hungary’s case under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, while Poland faced sanctions in 2025. Eurostat’s latest available figures show that in 2025 France had almost 10 million and Italy about 7 million foreign-born residents. Poland had roughly 1 million foreign-born residents, while Hungary had less than 700,000, with most born in other EU countries and in Poland’s case about half came from Ukraine. TRUMP, WALTZ LINK FRANCE RIOTS TO MASS IMMIGRATION AS THOUSANDS ARE ARRESTED Reacting to the violence, Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar posted on X that, "Europe can count on Hungary." He stated that, "In the face of this senseless destruction and unjustified violence, perhaps it is now clear to everyone why Hungary advocates the strictest possible approach to migration, and why we will not weaken our border protection or immigration policy under any pressure." It is a sentiment echoed by Magyar’s Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk posted: "Poland will not repeat the mistakes of other European countries, nor will it pay for them," he wrote on Sunday night. "We are firmly defending the border against illegal migration, we have our own asylum policy (we do not accept applications), we deport those who break Polish law. On security issues, we will be relentless."  Sweden-based political scientist Daniel Schatz told Fox News Digital, "Burning buildings and looted shops in France and other countries are becoming political ammunition across Europe… Leaders pushing tougher immigration policies have a blunt message for voters at home: ‘This is what we intend to prevent.’ Images of chaos can carry more political weight than a hundred policy speeches." According to the latest available crime statistics from Eurostat, the European Union’s official statistical office, in 2024 France reported 304,900 police-recorded offenses, among the highest totals in the EU. Italy reported 142,600, while Poland with 57,300 and Hungary’s 28,600 were among the lowest totals in Europe. This as Eurostat’s 2023 "perception metric," or what percentage of people report crime or vandalism in their areas, showed France was again among the highest with about 20%, Italy reported 14-17%, Poland 7-8%, and Hungary at 6-7%. FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’ "In Central and Eastern European countries, the riots in France are linked to immigration and to the issue of non-adaptation and non-integration of immigrants," Boštjan Udovič, Chair of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Social Sciences in Slovenia, told Fox News Digital. "Magyar and Tusk are delivering a blunt message to Brussels," Schatz added, "being pro-European does not mean signing up for liberal immigration policies… Magyar explicitly presents the French disorder as vindication of his migration policy. Tusk’s warning against repeating other countries’ mistakes reinforces a similar political message." Magyar said last week’s European Council summit "made it clear that the overwhelming majority of European countries have woken up and want to break with the permissive policies of the past. We hope it is not too late. "The Europe we all love is in serious trouble today," the Hungarian leader said. "It is our responsibility, too, to help preserve our continent as the most wonderful place in the world for our children and grandchildren… I express my full solidarity with the French people." ITALY’S SCHOOL VEIL BAN EXPOSES EUROPE’S ASSIMILATION FIGHT AS EXPERT WARNS US COULD BE NEXT Schatz said Magyar and Tusk "do not need to invoke Polish King Jan Sobieski’s leadership of the allied army that broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 — a victory long celebrated as a defense of Christian Europe — to cast themselves as Europe’s protectors. Burning buildings provide a vivid contemporary backdrop for that message." Udovič is not surprised by Magyar and Tusk’s positions, noting that Central and Eastern European countries "usually link their EU membership to their identity, based mostly on a single nation." This is part of their history, he says, and "it would be unrealistic to expect that countries that fought for their independence based on their national movement would adopt… a concept of a multiethnic society." Schatz added, "This is ‘all politics is local’ playing out across borders. The streets are French or Italian; the voters being addressed are Hungarian or Polish." Udovič noted that Tusk is entering "a sort of pre-election campaign where migration will also be an issue." MELONI CONDEMNS ‘GANGS OF THUGS’ AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT ACROSS ITALY Poland’s next parliamentary election is slated for Nov. 2027, and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, a possible Tusk opponent, is echoing his successor’s remarks. "France is burning, and we must be wise before the harm is done," Morawiecki posted to X Monday morning. He added that his new center-right political coalition, Rozwoj Plus, "has a package of comprehensive solutions that will allow Poland to be not only prosperous, but also the safest country in the world!"  Meanwhile, "Strict immigration policies enjoy broad support in Hungary," former government official under the previous Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and current board member of the Hungarian Atlantic Council Á. Félix Debrenti told Fox News Digital.  He said, "Magyar understands that abandoning Orbán’s tough approach to immigration and border protection could cost him significant political support, particularly at a time when his party is already facing growing pressures." He said, "Taking a strong position on immigration allows Magyar to shift public attention away from the government’s domestic challenges and onto an issue where there is a broad national consensus," Debrenti continues. "All this comes just days before Oct. 23… when Hungarians commemorate the 1956 Revolution and the fight for freedom against Soviet oppression." Touching on the protests, Magyar posted: "Let there be no doubt: peaceful and lawful protest is one thing; vandalism and violence are quite another. The former is a fundamental right; the latter is a serious crime." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6722075342cf4db927bb1 Olivia Dunne and an NFL WAG dominate the Victoria's Secret show, Aaron Rodgers goes off & the refs STINK again te 2026-10-19T19:40:16.778Z Olivia Dunne and an NFL WAG dominate the Victoria's Secret show, Aaron Rodgers goes off & the refs STINK again '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. Third full week of October is here, boys and girls. Time to lock in. Everything is out in front of us. We're in the absolute sweet spot of football season, both college and NFL. Was that the greatest Saturday slate of all time? It may have been. Hockey is here. The NBA starts this week for those who care. The World Series is right around the corner. SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE WOMAN-HATING WNBA PLAYERS WITH HER HAT, CRANKY PRIME & MAGGIE SAJAK! The WNBA is still, somehow, doing WNBA things and disrespecting our great national anthem. The weather has finally started to turn here in Florida. It ain't much, but when your highs are only 80 and not 90 on a consistent basis, it feels like winter. I only have to change shirts twice a day now! What a blessing. How lucky are we? Let's roll. Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where Olivia Dunne and an NFL WAG stole the show at last night's Victoria's Secret fashion show, which is apparently still going on. Who knew?! I didn't, but I do now. What else? I've got Aaron Rodgers absolutely blasting the turf in Tampa after yesterday's OT thriller, I'm still in awe of how bad the refs were in Saturday's FSU-Miami game, and I've got some random reader mail to clean out as we start a new week. It's overflowing right now! Been too long since we heard from you guys. That's on me. We'll fix it here in a bit. Grab you some chicken and waffles as we celebrate National Chicken & Waffles Day, and settle in for a Monday 'Cap! Normally I'm against popular trends, but I can't knock chicken and waffles. Great pairing. I've got nothing bad to say about either. Cracker Barrel, if I recall, had a solid chicken and waffle special at one point. No clue if they still do, but from what I remember, it was good. Side note: Anyone been to a Cracker Barrel lately? I know it's been a rough year for them, but I'd be curious to see if things improved over the summer after they canned that terrible CEO. Let me know! HAILEY OSTROM HITS GOLF COURSE IN MIDDLE OF HER 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN COSTUMES, VERONIKA RAJEK IS BACK & MEAT OK, let's go ahead and start class — and the week — with another elite pairing: Sports and Victoria's Secret fashion shows. The two have gone together beautifully for years, and — despite VS going woke for a stretch during the horrible Biden years — it appears that bond is stronger than ever. Just last night, while the Cowboys were peeing all over themselves at Lambeau, the models were out and about at the annual show in LA. Olivia Dunne was on the "Pink Carpet," along with Kristin Juszczyk — the wife of 49ers fullback, Kyle Juszczyk. Unsurprisingly, both had dominant showings: Good to see a couple OutKick Hall of Famers dominating out in LA! Well done, Kristin and Livvy. While Dunne is officially in her offseason with Paul Skenes and the Pirates in vacation mode, Kristin has game tonight in San Fran. 49ers-Redskins ... who ya got? Normally, I'd say San Francisco by a billion, but after the weekend we just experienced with upsets, I'm staying away from this one. Seriously, I can't remember a weekend with more upsets between college and the NFL. Obviously, Saturday was insane. I was stunned Georgia lost. Stunned. I thought Kirby Smart was upset-proof. And how about the Colts choking yesterday against the TITANS of all teams? That one cut me especially deep, because I had the Colts in Hard Rock's $2 million survivor pool. I couldn't believe what I was watching. Unfathomable. The biggest near-upset of the weekend took place in Coral Gables Saturday night, where Miami — now the No. 1 team in the country — nearly lost to FSU. Frankly, they should have. This holding call was maybe the softest "holding" call I've ever seen in my life: It was just so bad. I said it at the time, and I'll say it again today: FSU was robbed. If that's a hold, they might as well just go ahead and call it on every single play. These refs just can't help themselves, can they? They HAVE to make themselves part of the story. They're addicted to it. Of course, it got worse a play later: This one isn't quite as clear to me, but I still think it's pretty bad. I thought it was a pick at first. But after seeing all the replays, I'm not so sure it shouldn't have been simultaneous possession. I give the refs a bit of a pass for this one, but still ... Getting robbed on back-to-back Hail Marys is nasty work. I've never seen that before. Nice work! Another weekend of terrible refereeing in the books. Par for the course this season. Speaking of ... let's rapid-fire this Monday class into a big Monday night and start with some reader mail. From Jim D: More great content by the officials this weekend! 1. FSU vs. Miami … both of the last second plays in double OT … officials just wanted to get to their cars alive … 2 terrible calls back to back against FSU. 2 BYU/ ND … how many times is clock management going to be an issue with 12+ grown men watching a replay? And frankly - the stripes have to explain in black and white (no pun intended) why we have PI … it’s never called consistently. But it makes it great to manipulate the betting markets. 3 IU/OSU … call Klatt on this one, roughing the passer and targeting! Oh my! Klatt got it right on the broadcast … then the expert official from California joined the broadcast to tell us all the officials were correct with the pass interference and not targeting. Of course, because we have to protect the IU winning streak - makes for good tv drama. Thanks, Jim! I assume the Notre Dame frustration stems from the last five minutes of that game Saturday night, which were ... Well, they were just bad: What do we think? PI or let them 'em play? I'm always an advocate of letting them play, but that precedent has to be set in the first quarter. If refs are calling PI left and right all game long, then that should probably be a PI, too. As for the game clock ... I can't defend that one. There should've been a second left. Hat's off to BYU's scoreboard operator on that one. He/she gets the game ball! OK, that's it for today. Good start to the week, everyone. Solid way to kick off this third week of October. Let's end class with Aaron Rodgers absolutely torching the playing conditions in Tampa yesterday after stunning the Bucs in overtime. Tell us how you really feel, Aaron! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6721c75342cf4db927b87 Former NFL Player Believes Cowboys Have 'Exciting Outlook' After 'SNF' Loss te 2026-10-19T19:40:12.899Z Former NFL Player Believes Cowboys Have 'Exciting Outlook' After 'SNF' Loss An NFL analyst explained why the Dallas Cowboys still have hope after Sunday night's loss to the Green Bay Packers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6721a75342cf4db927b7e Colts Expected to Receive Major Trade Interest in Former Top-10 Pick te 2026-10-19T19:40:10.844Z Colts Expected to Receive Major Trade Interest in Former Top-10 Pick Indianapolis Colts guard Quenton Nelson is expected to generate a lot of trade interest around the league as the team struggles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6721875342cf4db927b75 Judge Warns Trump of Sanctions Over Conduct in BBC Lawsuit te 2026-10-19T19:40:08.578Z Judge Warns Trump of Sanctions Over Conduct in BBC Lawsuit A judge slammed President Trump for a “lack of participation” in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6721675342cf4db927b6c Brian Schottenheimer Reveals His Message to Cowboys After Second Straight Loss te 2026-10-19T19:40:06.455Z Brian Schottenheimer Reveals His Message to Cowboys After Second Straight Loss Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer revealed his message to the team after their loss to the Green Bay Packers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66fbe75342cf4db927aca Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users’ AI accounts te 2026-10-19T19:30:06.613Z Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users’ AI accounts OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that's become a popular alternative to Claude Code and Cursor. But hackers got into part of its online platform and stole some users’ API keys, and the AI tools it turned to for help kept refusing to look at the malicious code. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66d6d75342cf4db927a99 Reporter’s Notebook: Senate sneaks in one last political play before voters have their say te 2026-10-19T19:20:13.116Z Reporter’s Notebook: Senate sneaks in one last political play before voters have their say In politics, you sometimes just do what you can. All 100 duly chosen and sworn U.S. senators understood why the Senate met for a week at the end of September. Yes there was the college sports bill. Yes there was the confirmation of Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling. Yes there was a big hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith. But you’d be badly mistaken if you thought both sides were really there to hammer out a package to bring down the cost of living for Americans. Don’t take my word for it. Take the word of the senators. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: A GUIDE TO THE COLLEGE SPORTS VOTE AND SENATE’S OHIO SHOWDOWN You are correct to say that Democrats blocked two bills that Republicans say voters really want. One was a measure to diminish the costs consumers pay for data centers and a plan to restrict stock trades by lawmakers. The latter bill even included a voter ID requirement – crucial to the GOP and its base. But Republican senators knew that Democrats wouldn’t accept these proposals. This was about politics. And Democratic senators wouldn’t accept any of the GOP’s legislative propositions, either. So let’s start with the Ratepayer Protection Act. Both sides know that voters are tripped out about AI and utterly losing it when it comes to data centers. An internal GOP memo in August revealed that the party was especially leery of what this meant for Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Husted to the Senate last year to succeed Vice President JD Vance. Husted helped foster development of data centers as an official back in the Buckeye State. So, the final week of the Senate’s session before the midterms crawled with politics. REPUBLICANS FEAR THEY ‘HAVEN’T DONE A DAMN THING’ TO LOWER PRICES AHEAD OF MIDTERM RECKONING Republicans aimed to curb skyrocketing utility costs associated with the construction of data centers. "(People) ought to be guaranteed no electricity bills will go up by a cent because of a data center," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. "It sends a clear message that these AI companies and these data centers can't just come into local communities and strip mine out (land). Raise the electricity rates. Kick people off the grid. Take their water." But Democrats say the bill didn’t compel compliance by AI firms. This was just a suggestion that those who build the data centers help foot some of the bill. "It is a sham. A charade because it has no enforcement," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. "Everything in that bill can already be done by a state regulator. Or it can already be done by a data center developer. And the bill requires nothing of them," argued Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. I pressed Kaine on if "something was better than nothing." He disagreed. "No. You shouldn't trick people. And this is not even something," replied Kaine. "It's nothing," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., piled on with, "The Ratepayer Protection Act is a fraud. It does not require any protections at all. While Americans are demanding real guardrails on AI and data centers, Republicans are offering a toothless messaging bill." The bill is laced with midterm politics. Democrats claim Republicans called the vote to throw a lifeline to Husted. Many Senate Republicans were ready for the Senate to leave town for the midterms. But they hedged their bets around the data center bill. And, Husted. "Can you say 110 precent this is not a vote to help Jon Husted in Ohio?" yours truly inquired of Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. "I think it will help him," replied Hoeven. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., agreed with Hoeven. "The one thing I'll just say is that this is clearly a political ploy," said Kim. "This is not something that's good for the American people. But it's certainly good for Sen. Husted." DATA CENTERS COULD BE THE SLEEPER ISSUE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS The tilt between Husted and former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is one of the nation’s most contentious Senate contests. "I don't think that there's a secret that Sen. Husted is trying to pass a piece of legislation so he could go home and run a campaign ad," said Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M. Husted conceded as much. "We gave everybody a chance to do something about affordability and the Democrats blocked it. So we'll go campaign on it," said Husted. So yes. The Senate’s last week of session was about the midterms. "Has there ever been a late September or October before an election that wasn't all politics?" asked Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. The evolving positions on the data center bill by Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., may be an example of that. Welch was a yea when asked about the legislation on September 23 , after it overwhelmingly cleared the House. "I support it and I'd be glad to vote on it," said Welch. But the Vermont Democrat flipped to nay when the issue approached a roll call vote on the floor. "Why did you change? I asked Welch. "Well, two things. One, they won't allow us to have an amendment. And the problem with this bill is that it has no teeth," he replied. So the question is whether the sides prefer action. Or, if they’d rather have the issue. In fact it could be argued that Husted may have scored some political capital, deploying the blocked bill as a foil in an effort to contrast himself to Democrats. "It ought to be something that should be a no brainer here on the floor of the Senate," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. TRUMP’S DATA CENTER PUSH FRACTURES CONGRESS AS LOCAL ANGER EXPLODES: 'GRASPING AT STRAWS' It’s rare that competitive Senate contests pivot on a solitary issue. And certainly an individual debate or vote. Democratic Maine Senate nominee Troy Jackson is pushing Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Bret Kavanaugh in 2018. It was one of the most factious confirmation battles in history. But Collins won reelection in 2020. That vote was eight years ago. A vote like the one on the data center measure just before the election can plant a seed in the mind of voters. And since Republicans were struggling on affordability – and then AI and data centers emerged as an issue – forcing this vote was probably the best political play the GOP had at its disposal. In campaigns, you do all you can. Let’s say for a moment that Husted loses narrowly to Brown in two weeks. And maybe Republicans would have held the Senate had Husted prevailed. Perhaps exit polling reveals that voters wished Republicans had done more on affordability. Party insiders would then accuse the Senate GOP brass of political malpractice by denying Husted a chance to make his case. It was the best Husted could do. And the best Senate Republicans could do. It may not work. But at least Republicans can say they did what they could. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66d6975342cf4db927a90 Smithsonian screening dispute puts museum's commitment to diverse views on trial: 'Right kind of Black?' te 2026-10-19T19:20:09.389Z Smithsonian screening dispute puts museum's commitment to diverse views on trial: 'Right kind of Black?' FIRST ON FOX — A Black conservative filmmaker is challenging the Smithsonian to explain why his documentary questioning progressive views on race has yet to secure a public screening at its African American history museum, which has previously showcased films examining systemic racism. "White Guilt," directed and co-produced by Eli Steele, is based on a book by his father, noted Black conservative academic Shelby Steele. The younger Steele, who is Black, Jewish and deaf, has drawn on his own experiences to challenge prevailing views on race and identity. The documentary argues that White guilt over America's racial history, along with fears of being labeled racist, has pushed institutions to prioritize racial identity over individual merit. The dispute comes as the Smithsonian faces mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and his administration over allegations of ideological bias in its portrayal of American history. The White House has accused the institution of promoting progressive narratives and threatened to restrict federal support, escalating a broader battle over whose perspectives are represented in the nation's museums. SMITHSONIAN AMERICA 250 EXHIBIT FEATURES 3X MORE LIBERAL ITEMS THAN CONSERVATIVE ONES Steele provided communications to Fox News Digital showing that the museum declined his proposed screening dates and offered him a private rental option instead. The filmmaker says the museum has yet to respond to his request for alternative dates for a public screening. "The film is professionally shot, the quality is there. A comparable film that they've shown is '13th,' which itself is a very controversial film," Steele told Fox News Digital. "So that's the big question we have here: Do we have viewpoint diversity or do we not? Do you have to be the right kind of Black to be shown at the Smithsonian?" "That's the big question that we have to address in this room. But I hope that it's not about any of that," he continued. The filmmaker has questioned the apparent decision to not screen his film, given that the museum has allowed numerous other films with more progressive messages to have public screenings, though stopped short of accusing the museum of ideological discrimination. "13th," the film mentioned by Steele, is featured in educational and public programming at the NMAAHC. It argues that the 13th Amendment’s exception permitting forced labor as punishment for a crime enabled racial control to persist after slavery by allegedly criminalizing Black behavior. Other films shown by the NMAAHC in public screenings include such titles as "Hidden Figures" in 2016, "I Am Not Your Negro" in 2017 and "Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality" in 2023, the latter presented in partnership with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORT While Steele was hesitant to speculate as to why his film hadn't been scheduled for a public screening, other Black conservatives saw the museum's handling of his request as part of a familiar pattern. "Academia is not what it was years ago when I went to graduate school, when it touted itself as a marketplace for ideas," Carol Swain, a retired Black conservative professor and prominent media commentator, told Fox News Digital. "There would always be a token conservative included. And I have found over the years that conservatives were tolerated less and less. And if they were black, at some point they were not tolerated at all." "When you look at an institution like the Smithsonian, that's supposed to belong to all of us, to all Americans, you would think that it would be open to divergent views," Swain, who spent her career at institutions such as Princeton and Vanderbilt, continued. "That is not what we find." Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Jason Riley shared a similar perspective. FORMER DEMOCRATIC STAFFERS, DEI LEADERS SHAPE SMITHSONIAN LEADERSHIP AMID POLITICAL FIRESTORM "I think the type of people who run the Smithsonian Institute are part of the broader liberal intelligentsia in this country that prevails in academia, prevails and the media. And this is not a point of view. That they take kindness to," Riley told Fox News Digital. "In fact, this film takes some rather direct shots at that group of people. So there might be some self-interest here. It might cut a little too close to these folks." "I do think that they have a vested interest in putting forward a narrative out there to advance a political agenda. And I think that's what's really going on here at places like the Smithsonian," Riley continued, citing his experience as a Black commentator who has spent his career sparring with White liberals. TRUMP V. SMITHSONIAN: A TIMELINE OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE FIGHT OVER 'WOKE' HISTORY UNFOLDED Both Riley and Swain argued that viewing the film could do a service to White progressives by challenging their assumptions about race and forcing them to confront whether their preferred policies are actually helping Black America. Riley stated that the Black Americans who regularly attend the NMAAHC could benefit from Steele’s film as it challenges the popular assumption that they are blocked from social mobility by virtue of their race. In recent months, the Smithsonian has been the target of criticism from Republican elected officials, including the president, who argue that the institution has allowed political bias to overshadow the neutral presentation of history, an argument some within the organization reject, claiming that they are simply presenting the good and the bad aspects of the American story. As part of its effort to pressure the Smithsonian over what it describes as ideological bias, the Trump administration has threatened to restrict federal support, including discretionary grants and cooperation from federal agencies. While Riley and Swain raised questions about the Smithsonian's motives, the museum told Steele that his proposed dates were unavailable but did not explain whether it would consider alternative dates for a public screening, according to correspondence reviewed by Fox News Digital. Steele and his team reached out to the Smithsonian in late August about a public screening of their film, receiving a response within the day directing them to fill out an event application form, according to correspondence reviewed by Fox News Digital. In early September, they submitted a completed application form and provided two possible dates for a screening. About two weeks later, the NMAAHC responded by informing them that neither date was available for a public screening, according to the correspondence. After Steele's team asked about alternatives, the museum offered them the option of renting space for a private screening at a quoted cost of $35,000, according to correspondence reviewed by Fox News Digital, rather than arranging a museum-sponsored public screening. INSIDE THE BEHEMOTH SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM NETWORK DRAWING FIRE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION When Steele and his team clarified that they wanted a public screening and signaled flexibility on their requested dates, they received no response from the museum, per correspondence reviewed by Fox News Digital. "Answering email does not take that much time," Steele told Fox News Digital. "I watched the film last night. It's a well-made and powerful representation of ideas that Shelby Steele has been developing over the last 40 years," Glenn Loury, an African American professor at Brown University who has described himself as "conservative-leaning," told Fox News Digital. "Those ideas — about how racial identity interacts with the pursuit of ‘black power’ and the quest for ‘white innocence’ in the West — are vividly illuminated through the film's exploration of a number of exemplary cases." "The arguments advanced via Steele's eloquent narration in the film are not beyond questioning, but they are invariably provocative and insightful," he continued. "It would certainly be an appropriate use of the platform of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to screen this documentary, as a means of provoking critical engagement with its themes from all corners of the political/ideological spectrum." IN PICTURES: HISTORIC SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM PACKED WITH WOKE POLITICAL MESSAGING ON RACE AND GENDER NMAAHC did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital. "My father, Shelby Steele, was born into segregation and has spent decades examining how America has changed, how far we have come, and what still divides us. ‘White Guilt,’ drawing on his 2006 book, brings that work to the screen," Steele said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "We approached the Smithsonian’s African American museum because we believe that conversation belongs there. Sharing his life’s work in a museum dedicated to the history he lived would mean a great deal to both of us." "Our proposal remains open, and we would appreciate an answer." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66b2575342cf4db927a41 Maricopa chess club helps kids find their people te 2026-10-19T19:10:29.412Z Maricopa chess club helps kids find their people For some Maricopa kids, finding a chess partner can be harder than learning the game. Kevelyn Tellez started a club to change that. Tellez, founder and program director of the Piece of Life Youth Chess Club, said her son wanted to play chess but didn’t have anyone nearby to play with. She met head chess coach Ferdinando Fortuno, who goes by Coach Nino, at a nonprofit event in Phoenix, where he had set up a chess table. “I said, ‘Hey, how would you like to come to Maricopa and teach some children chess?’” Kevelyn said. Before launching the club, they held a free session at the Maricopa library to gauge interest. Kevelyn expected about five children to show up. “That first day we had 15, and we didn’t have enough boards,” she said. The response led to formal classes, which quickly filled. The first session drew 20 students, and the club has since reached capacity each month, with about 25 students participating monthly, Kevelyn said. By early October, the club had reached 80 students, she said. Building social connections But the game is only part of the draw. Kevelyn said about half of the club’s students are homeschooled, and families have looked to the program for opportunities to socialize and connect with the community. “When I facilitate the class, the children love socializing,” she said. “I’m going be honest with you; they love chess, but they love that they found someone who has the same interests as them, which otherwise they wouldn’t have.” The club gives students a chance to practice more than chess, Kevelyn said. Along with learning strategy, they can work on communication, problem-solving and building relationships. Kevelyn Tellez and Fernando Fortuno of Piece of Life chess club stand for a photo inside Maricopa Library and Cultural Center on Oct. 10, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Learning life lessons Coach Nino, who has played chess since he was 12, also wants students to learn how to handle setbacks. He said players can learn from losses rather than treating them as failures. “I love, I love, I love losing, and that sounds weird, but you have to think about loss as learning,” he said. “So the more you’re learning, the better your chances at winning.” The club initially held classes on Saturdays, but interest led organizers to add Thursday sessions. Kevelyn said they are also looking at additional space at Central Arizona College to offer more classes, including opportunities for age groups beyond children. Eventually, the club hopes to introduce tournaments as students become more interested in competition, Coach Nino said. For now, the focus is on helping students learn the game while keeping classes enjoyable. “It’s a lot to learn, but we just want to make sure that it’s fun,” Coach Nino said.  How to sign up The Youth Chess Club offers four weeks of chess lessons for $50 per month. Chessboards are provided during sessions, though students are encouraged to bring their own. Families can visit pieceoflife.org to look for Thursday and Saturday chess classes.  The post Maricopa chess club helps kids find their people appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66b1e75342cf4db927a35 Trump creates women’s health task force, revokes Biden research actions te 2026-10-19T19:10:22.580Z Trump creates women’s health task force, revokes Biden research actions A National Institutes of Health researcher's lab jacket, embroidered with the NIH logo with blue chevron detail. (Photo courtesy NIH) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing a Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health.  The new division is set to work with the agency’s existing Office of Research on Women’s Health, which was established in 1990 and “has served as the focal point for women’s health research at NIH,” according to the NIH website. The White House said first lady Melania Trump was involved in formulating and leading work on the order, which also creates a White House Women’s Health Task Force that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will co-chair.  The order is meant to “strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women and girls throughout every stage of life,” according to a White House fact sheet.  The order says it “is the policy of the United States to prioritize translating research into improved clinical care that benefits women and girls through a comprehensive approach to women’s health that recognizes evolving health needs from infancy, childhood, and adolescence through pregnancy, midlife, menopause, and aging, and supports timely, stage-specific prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care.”  The order does not mention research into contraception or reproductive rights. The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an ongoing safety review into abortion medication.  Reshaping NIH The initiative came just two weeks ahead of the midterms, as the GOP vies to maintain its razor-thin majority in the U.S. House and Senate. The order also followed many other announcements on new projects by the administration in the days leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3.  The Trump administration has sought to reshape NIH to align with its political priorities and has sought to cut its funding, prompting pushback from Congress. NIH, the country’s largest research agency, is housed under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  “Today, we’re taking historic action to promote women’s health through all phases of life,” Trump said during a signing ceremony at the White House Rose Garden alongside the first lady.  “Despite amazing advances in medical science, many diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect women remain chronically understudied,” the president added.  The first lady touted the effort as establishing a “new ambition, transforming hardship and pain into scientific discovery, effective treatments and lasting cures.”  Kennedy and Wiles were in attendance Monday, along with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Erica Schwartz and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, among others.  Trump said the order will promote “new research and really go after the understudied diseases affecting women and promote innovative technologies to diagnose conditions sooner and improve treatment using the best available science, and we’ve got that.”  The task force — which will hold its first meeting Monday — will “mobilize the entire federal government to coordinate action focused on improving women’s health,” Trump said.  Revoking Biden actions Trump in his order also revoked a 2024 executive order by then-President Joe Biden that sought to improve women’s health research as well as a 2023 memorandum that had established the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. The National Women’s Law Center criticized the administration for rolling out the order amid “major attacks on women’s health,” pointing to the GOP’s mega tax and spending cut law signed by Trump in 2025, which includes sweeping Medicaid cuts that axe roughly $1 trillion in program spending over 10 years.  “Women’s health has long been ignored as a federal priority, and while we agree that steps must be taken to close disparities in women’s health care, it’s hard not to point out the blatant hypocrisy of this unfunded order coming from an administration that is actively decimating health care access for women,” Dorianne Mason, senior director of health equity and contraceptive access at NWLC, said in a statement Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66b1a75342cf4db927a14 France's massive intel failure sparks resignation offers amid days of rioting te 2026-10-19T19:10:18.099Z France's massive intel failure sparks resignation offers amid days of rioting France is confronting a major intelligence failure after authorities badly underestimated the scale of nationwide protests that descended into riots and looting. The days of chaos have prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to order a security review as senior officials acknowledged police "lost control" in several major cities and senior government officials have offered to resign after they failed to predict the level of pandemonium. Some 550,000 people joined 110 marches nationwide Saturday, according to France's Interior Ministry, far exceeding an intelligence estimate of roughly 200,000 demonstrators. Organizers put turnout even higher, at 800,000. Cars burned in the streets, more than 1,500 stores were reportedly ransacked or destroyed and public buildings were attacked across the country. In Limoges, rioters broke into and torched a 19th-century city hall that had survived both world wars, causing its roof to collapse. By Monday, the Louvre remained closed as student protesters blocked its entrances, extending the disruption into another day. TOP TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE WORLD SHUTS DOWN AMID VIOLENT PROTESTS The unrest overwhelmed some 60,000 police, gendarmes and other security personnel deployed nationwide. Nearly 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters were injured, at least 2,400 people were arrested and French authorities estimate some 3,000 businesses sustained damage. As crowds swelled, police were stretched across multiple flashpoints while groups of masked rioters smashed storefronts, set fires and clashed with security forces. In some cities, authorities were unable to keep looters from moving through commercial districts even as officers struggled to contain the larger demonstrations. By Monday, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez was acknowledging what shopkeepers and residents had already witnessed. FRENCH NEWSPAPER RIPS MACRON AFTER RIOTS ERUPT ACROSS FRANCE: ‘INDELIBLE STAIN’ "Yes, Saturday, in certain large cities, we lost control," Nuñez said. He acknowledged a "lack of anticipation" ahead of the demonstrations and said authorities had underestimated not only the number of protesters but the violent groups that would exploit the unrest. Nuñez offered his resignation to Macron. The president refused it and instead ordered a review of what the Élysée described as failures in planning and intelligence, demanding an accounting of how authorities had been caught so badly off guard. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin was even more direct. "We unquestionably failed," Darmanin said, pointing specifically to intelligence and France's difficulty tracking and confronting the ultra-left. The failure is particularly striking because the unrest did not emerge without warning. The warning signs had been building for weeks. The unrest began in September with high school students protesting teacher shortages, deteriorating school buildings and other conditions in classrooms around Paris. The movement quickly spread nationwide, drawing teachers, labor unions and other groups frustrated by rising living costs and declining public services. Violence had already begun creeping into the demonstrations. Students set fires at schools, cars were torched and protesters clashed with riot police as authorities made thousands of arrests. French intelligence services were watching the shift. At an Oct. 1 government crisis meeting, intelligence officials assessed that the movement had reached a "tipping point" from school blockades toward urban violence and attributed its origins to the hard-left France Unbowed party and its allies, Reuters reported. Yet little more than two weeks later, authorities were caught off guard by the scale of what hit the streets. Saturday brought together students, trade unionists, Yellow Vest veterans and other groups under a loose "convergence of struggles." Hundreds of thousands marched peacefully, while smaller groups of masked rioters broke away, looting stores, setting fires and attacking police. The violence has since ignited a separate political fight over immigration. WHERE'S MACRON? FRENCH LEADER BLASTED FOR ATTENDING CONCERT AS RIOTS ESCALATED President Donald Trump blamed the destruction on France's migration policies, writing Monday that "the migrants have taken over France" and urging the country to close its borders. Other right-wing political leaders across Europe have made similar arguments. French authorities, however, have not blamed immigrants for the violence. Macron and his government have instead accused ultra-left militants and criminals of exploiting demonstrations rooted largely in education, living costs and public services. The unrest is nevertheless intensifying a political battle already reshaping France ahead of its 2027 presidential election, giving the right fresh ammunition on immigration, crime and the government's ability to maintain public order. Marine Le Pen's National Rally has seized on the violence to argue that Macron's government has lost control of the country, while other figures on the French right have pushed for tougher policing and immigration restrictions. The images of burning buildings, ransacked stores and overwhelmed police are landing at a particularly vulnerable moment for France's political establishment. Macron cannot seek a third consecutive term in 2027, leaving an open presidential contest as voters increasingly identify immigration, security and purchasing power among the country's major political concerns. The riots have also widened a debate over whether the breakdown reflects a failure of policing, deeper economic and social grievances or years of government policy on immigration and integration — competing explanations that are likely to shape France's political fight long after the streets are cleared. For Macron's government, the immediate question is more concrete: how security services that were already tracking an increasingly volatile protest movement still failed to anticipate the scale of Saturday's violence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66b1175342cf4db9279e7 Undecided Iowa Voters Are Making Up Their Minds in Tight Hinson-Turek Race te 2026-10-19T19:10:09.508Z Undecided Iowa Voters Are Making Up Their Minds in Tight Hinson-Turek Race Undecided voters are making up their minds in the tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad66b0d75342cf4db9279d1 Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life te 2026-10-19T19:10:05.771Z Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad668ba75342cf4db92796a How Long Would You Last Working for Donald Trump? te 2026-10-19T19:00:10.102Z How Long Would You Last Working for Donald Trump? Trump's White House has a job security problem. We crunched the numbers to see how long you'd last before hearing "You're fired!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666cd75342cf4db92792f Donnie Wahlberg praises God and pilots after plane skidded off runway at Las Vegas airport te 2026-10-19T18:51:57.232Z Donnie Wahlberg praises God and pilots after plane skidded off runway at Las Vegas airport Donnie Wahlberg is thanking God and the pilots who helped prevent a "serious disaster" after the private jet carrying him and seven others skidded off a runway at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. On Sunday, Wahlberg — who had just performed with New Kids on the Block during the final show of the band’s Las Vegas residency — took to social media to recount the incident and thank the pilots and God for keeping everyone on board safe. "Getting a lot of concerned messages and texts about my flight's failed attempt at leaving Las Vegas this morning," he wrote in the caption. "I appreciate your concern and well wishes." AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ABORTS MIAMI TAKEOFF AFTER BUSINESS JET ENTERS RUNWAY "I made this video for my friends and family after the incident, but so many of you all are my family too so I figured I’d share with you," Wahlberg continued. "Yes, it was me and my team/friends onboard the aircraft." "It was a rather intense few moments, which felt like a few long minutes," he added. DATA SHOWS AMAZON JET’S KEY BRAKING SYSTEMS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING DEADLY MIAMI CRASH: NTSB In a video filmed after the incident, Wahlberg said the plane never made it into the air. "We're all okay. I'm okay," he said. "We were taking off and didn't get up in the air and ran out of runway." "I’m just going to tell you these pilots saved our lives," Wahlberg continued. "God covered us. I'm not sure how many fences we avoided, we didn't avoid the last one." Wahlberg also said the plane narrowly missed trucks, heavy equipment and dumpsters near the end of the runway. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "God is good," he said. "I just finished praying, and I looked out the window and said, ‘We're not going up in the air today, but we're safe and thankful.’ All is good. Praise Jesus." In his Instagram caption, Wahlberg praised the pilots and emergency personnel who responded to the scene. "Thankful to God, of course, and to our incredible pilots who did an amazing job of keeping us safe and avoiding a serious disaster," he wrote. "The airplane did take some lumps — but we did not." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Thank you to all the emergency personnel on the ground in Las Vegas! You all were absolutely wonderful," he added. "All glory to God! By His grace, we are all ok." Wahlberg’s wife, Jenny McCarthy, reacted to the incident in the comments section of his post. "God is so good!" McCarthy wrote. Harry Reid International Airport spokesperson Monika Bertaki confirmed to the Associated Press that the aircraft skidded off runway 1L at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday and made contact with the airport’s perimeter fence. "At approximately 11 a.m., upon departure, a general aviation aircraft skid off runway 1L at LAS and made contact with the perimeter fence," the airport said in a statement shared on social media. "There are no known injuries at this time." The airport said runways 1R and 1L would be closed for inspection and warned travelers that they could experience delays. The airport posted an update later that day confirming that both runways had reopened following inspections. An air traffic control recording circulated on TikTok captures a voice saying, "Aborting. Aborting," after which an air traffic controller confirms that emergency vehicles are en route.  A representative for Wahlberg did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666c875342cf4db927926 'Coming out coach' charges women hundreds for support navigating late in life lesbian transitions te 2026-10-19T18:51:52.654Z 'Coming out coach' charges women hundreds for support navigating late in life lesbian transitions After decades of marriage and motherhood, some middle-aged women are spending hundreds of dollars to join online lesbian support groups led by a "coming out coach" to guide them through the process of coming out late in life, according to a New York Times report. Coming out coach Anne-Marie Zanzal charges $400 for a private online membership designed to help "late-blooming" women, some of whom are still married to their longtime husbands, navigate what she calls "sexual identity transitions." "She helped me see that leaving my marriage wasn’t selfish. It was honest. And my kids are better for it," a testimonial from Zanzal’s website reads. Zanzal also offers a separate 16-week program called "This Authentic Life," which includes live group coaching, individual coaching and access to her "Authentically Us" online community. RELATIONSHIP EXPERT CHALLENGES ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DIVORCE According to Zanzal’s website, the program helps LGBTQ+ women unpack heavy questions regarding their sexuality alongside others navigating similar experiences. "It is not too late, and you are not too late. Come as you are, and let us walk this part of the road together," Zanzal’s website reads. "We were looking for women who came to this the way we did, later in life and carrying a whole history, who would never ask us to explain any of it." Zanzal, who holds a master's degree in divinity from Yale Divinity School, began her "coming out coaching" business in 2018. She came out at age 52 after being married to a man for nearly 30 years and raising four children with him. "I help women come home to themselves — with clarity, self-kindness, and community — so they can live authentically without abandoning the lives and relationships that matter to them," Zanzal writes on her coaching site. "That is why I built this work. Not because I have a degree in it — though I do … But because I lived it, in the dark, for a very long time." PARENTS DROP EYE POPPING FEES ON SORORITY RUSH COACHES TO GET KIDS INTO ELITE COLLEGE GREEK LIFE During the support meetings, women share personal updates with the group and their coming-out coach. One woman, for example, discussed preparing to tell her son that she was a lesbian over a beer, according to a profile of Zanzal's business published in the Times on Wednesday. In an interview with the outlet, one of Zanzal’s clients named Shelly said she worried that coming out to her family would upend her "perfectly good" dynamic. Shelly said Zanzal helped her understand that any unhappiness her children felt about her sexuality transition was "likely to fade with time and be only a part of their story," whereas, her own pain could be permanent if she continued to conceal her identity. Podcast host Ben Ferguson told Fox News Digital he found the messages being sent to women through this coaching service "outrageous." "What’s especially outrageous is the suggestion that a mother’s unhappiness is permanent, but her children’s pain will somehow just fade away," Ferguson said in a statement. "Children aren’t disposable characters in their parents’ journey of self-discovery. Marriage involves commitment, and parenting requires sacrifice," he added. GROWING TREND OF HATING MEN BACKFIRES AS ANTI-MARRIAGE CULTURE LEAVES SINGLE WOMEN LOSING OUT Ferguson argued that the business model — which includes $150 one-hour "clarity calls" with a coming out coach and $77 self-paced courses, including the "Maybe I am Not Straight Course" — is "deeply disturbing" and appears to monetize women’s personal struggles. "This isn’t about being gay or straight," he said. "It’s about charging people hundreds of dollars to navigate decisions that could tear their families apart, with seemingly zero accountability for the damage left behind. That’s not compassion or empowerment. That’s opportunism disguised as counseling." Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff offered a different perspective, arguing that Zanzal’s "community-driven" coming-out coaching reflects a broader cultural shift in how people seek support. "There is so much more freedom and language around sexuality and what makes a modern relationship that it isn’t surprising older women are looking at that and realizing they never had space to ask some of these deep questions of themselves," he told Fox News Digital. Just 1% of LGBTQ+ women come out at 50 or older, according to a 2024 Gallup survey, and the number of teenage girls identifying as lesbian or bisexual has plunged in the last four years, a new study reveals. Zanzal did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666c475342cf4db92791d Selena Gomez warns fans after vaping habit leaves her with permanent consequence te 2026-10-19T18:51:48.006Z Selena Gomez warns fans after vaping habit leaves her with permanent consequence Selena Gomez kicked her nicotine habit, but she's still living with the consequences. Gomez, 34, explained her own nicotine habit left her voice forever changed in a warning given to fans. "I'm not going to be able to change my voice," she said in a video uploaded to her Instagram Story. "I vaped nicotine, a lot." The "Only Murders in the Building" star made it clear that her vaping days came at a cost. Gomez urged fans to take her experience as a warning, particularly those considering trying vaping for the first time. CARA DELEVINGNE ISSUES STARK WARNING AFTER SURVIVING TERRIFYING DRUG ADDICTION "Everyone knows – that's somewhat vaped – nicotine is so hard to quit," she said. "And I think I just wanted to say, if you're going through it, or if you are even trying to vape, it's just not worth it." "And it's changed my voice," Gomez added. "So, if you guys don't like listening to my voice that's totally understandable I don't mind, just don't listen to it. Just don't listen." While Gomez acknowledged that her voice might never sound the same, she made it clear that she was focusing on the positive. The singer celebrated her decision to stop vaping and offered a message of encouragement to fans who were fighting to break free from their own difficult habits. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "But I am really excited because I stopped, and I just hope we can keep it up. It's really hard, but I know if you are going through something you can get through it too. It sucks." Gomez's candid confession came after years of speaking openly about her health struggles and the physical challenges she's faced in the spotlight. In 2014, the former Disney star entered a mental health facility shortly after she was diagnosed with lupus and later revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "My lupus, my kidney transplant, chemotherapy, having a mental illness, going through very public heartbreaks – these were all things that honestly should have taken me down," the actress explained in a 2021 interview with Elle magazine. "Every time I went through something, I was like, ‘What else? What else am I going to have to deal with?'" The former Disney Channel star has made a habit of sharing deeply personal experiences with fans, using her platform to discuss everything from her physical health to her mental health. Gomez released the documentary "My Mind & Me" in 2022. The film chronicled six years of the actress' life, career and mental health struggles. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The "Wizards of Waverly Place" star has also included her mental health work in her business ventures. In 2020, she launched Rare Beauty to "create a safe, welcoming space in beauty – and beyond," according to the brand's mission statement. The brand includes the Rare Impact Fund, which raises money for mental health services. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666bf75342cf4db927914 BBC calls France protests 'mostly peaceful' as footage shows rioters torching cars, battling police te 2026-10-19T18:51:43.827Z BBC calls France protests 'mostly peaceful' as footage shows rioters torching cars, battling police BBC "News at Ten" host Jane Hill introduced a Sunday report detailing widespread riots across France, where thousands were arrested and nearly 1,000 law enforcement and emergency personnel were injured, before the network's Paris correspondent described the demonstrations as "mostly peaceful" while footage showed burning cars, looted businesses and violent clashes with police. Hill outlined the scale of the destruction before introducing Paris correspondent James Waterhouse's report on the nationwide unrest. "Across the country, nearly a thousand police officers and firefighters were injured. The Interior Ministry says nearly 2,400 people were arrested," Hill said. FRENCH NEWSPAPER RIPS MACRON AFTER RIOTS ERUPT ACROSS FRANCE: ‘INDELIBLE STAIN’ Despite the figures, Waterhouse characterized the demonstrations as largely peaceful while reporting on the approximately half-million people who gathered across France to protest rising living costs and deteriorating public services. "In Paris and beyond, half a million people had filled cities across France to protest over the future of their country. They were mostly peaceful, but as we saw in the capital, in the wings were those who wanted to take advantage of the disorder," Waterhouse said. The BBC defended its coverage in a statement to Fox News Digital, maintaining that its reporting accurately reflected the scale of the unrest while distinguishing between peaceful demonstrators and those responsible for the violence. "No one watching, reading or listening to BBC News coverage of the France protests and riots can be in any doubt as to what was happening – there is coverage of the fires, the looting and violence," the spokesperson said. "James Waterhouse and the team of reporters in France over the weekend gave broader context to the protests and riots – making the point that as well as the destructive scenes, several hundred thousand people were on the streets in peaceful protest, and those carrying out the violence and looting were a small fraction of that number." WHO'S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC' FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS The White House responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment on the escalating violence in France, a key U.S. ally, by pointing to two Truth Social posts from President Donald Trump addressing the unrest. In his Sunday post, Trump blamed immigration for the violence and urged French authorities to close the country's borders. "France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country," Trump said. The president doubled down on his immigration concerns in a Monday morning post, calling for immediate border restrictions. "The migrants have taken over France. They must CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST! President DJT." VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS The BBC's footage showed masked rioters clashing with police, setting vehicles ablaze and ransacking businesses, including a wine shop and an electric bicycle store. Waterhouse acknowledged that the destruction was being attributed to individuals exploiting the larger demonstrations. "The shops that have been hit have been completely gutted. Like this wine shop has been looted from top to bottom," Waterhouse said. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence during a televised national address Sunday, distinguishing between demonstrators with legitimate grievances and those responsible for widespread destruction. "Nothing justifies it, nothing explains it, nothing excuses it. Tonight, we all feel anger and shame," Macron said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The violence prompted French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to offer his resignation Monday, which Macron rejected. Nunez acknowledged that police had lost control in several major cities as the government considered additional security. According to a report Monday by Agence France-Presse, more than 2,500 people have been arrested, nearly 1,000 security personnel have been injured and at least 3,000 businesses were affected by the unrest. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called for localized curfews to restore public order. Fox News Digital reported that rioters also set fire to the historic Limoges Town Hall, built in 1883, causing extensive damage to the landmark. Waterhouse maintained that the violence was largely the work of individuals exploiting the demonstrations rather than those who had gathered to protest rising living costs and deteriorating public services. "Few believe this was at the hands of the genuine protesters, but down to an opportunistic minority who came in and sought to rob and cause carnage," Waterhouse said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666b775342cf4db9278fb U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says te 2026-10-19T18:51:35.612Z U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says The police in Long Beach, Calif., said they were called by ICE for backup and found a man who was bleeding and handcuffed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666b375342cf4db9278eb Patriots HC Mike Vrabel Pumps Brakes on AJ Brown Concerns te 2026-10-19T18:51:31.889Z Patriots HC Mike Vrabel Pumps Brakes on AJ Brown Concerns New England Patriots wide receiver AJ Brown made his return to the field in a Week 6 matchup against the New York Jets on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666ae75342cf4db9278e2 Alabama Put on Notice After Stunning Loss to Tennessee te 2026-10-19T18:51:26.901Z Alabama Put on Notice After Stunning Loss to Tennessee Paul Finebaum has concerns about Alabama's playoff hopes after the Crimson Tide suffered a stunning loss to Tennessee. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666a775342cf4db9278d9 Broncos HC Sean Payton Rejects QB Change Talk Over Bo Nix ‘Garbage’ Critique te 2026-10-19T18:51:19.697Z Broncos HC Sean Payton Rejects QB Change Talk Over Bo Nix ‘Garbage’ Critique Sean Payton pointed beyond Bo Nix after Ryan Fitzpatrick’s ‘garbage’ jab. Here’s where the Broncos coach put the onus. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad666a175342cf4db9278d0 NFL Insider Gives Projected Monday Night Update for Mike Evans te 2026-10-19T18:51:13.782Z NFL Insider Gives Projected Monday Night Update for Mike Evans Mike Evans is listed as questionable for Monday night's game versus the Commanders because of Achilles soreness. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6669c75342cf4db9278c7 Stephen A Smith Calls for NFL Player's Suspension After Week 6 Incident te 2026-10-19T18:51:08.775Z Stephen A Smith Calls for NFL Player's Suspension After Week 6 Incident Sunday's matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Las Vegas Raiders featured an ugly moment for veteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6669275342cf4db9278be Rams HC Sean McVay Comes to Blunt Conclusion After Loss to Cardinals te 2026-10-19T18:50:58.714Z Rams HC Sean McVay Comes to Blunt Conclusion After Loss to Cardinals Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay came to a blunt conclusion following Sunday's Week 6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6668c75342cf4db9278b5 BBC Wants Jack Smith to Testify About Jan. 6 in Trump Lawsuit te 2026-10-19T18:50:52.496Z BBC Wants Jack Smith to Testify About Jan. 6 in Trump Lawsuit The fight over Smith's testimony centers on how far the BBC can go in seeking evidence about Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6668575342cf4db9278ac Texas' Steve Sarkisian Delivers Stern Message to Arch Manning te 2026-10-19T18:50:45.574Z Texas' Steve Sarkisian Delivers Stern Message to Arch Manning Texas coach Steve Sarkisian has challenged Arch Manning to improve after the Longhorns suffered back-to-back losses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6667e75342cf4db9278a3 Colts Insiders Shut Down Peyton Manning, GM Rumors te 2026-10-19T18:50:38.981Z Colts Insiders Shut Down Peyton Manning, GM Rumors Multiple Indianapolis Colts insiders said the talk linking Peyton Manning to the team's general manager role could just be rumors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6667975342cf4db92789a Japanese Star Takes First Step Toward Signing With MLB Team as Free Agent te 2026-10-19T18:50:33.979Z Japanese Star Takes First Step Toward Signing With MLB Team as Free Agent A Japanese slugger took the first step toward signing with an MLB team as a free agent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6667275342cf4db927891 Rams Urged to Bench MVP QB Matthew Stafford Amid 2-4 Start te 2026-10-19T18:50:26.623Z Rams Urged to Bench MVP QB Matthew Stafford Amid 2-4 Start A writer said the Los Angeles Rams should bench Matthew Stafford for Ty Simpson after Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6666d75342cf4db927888 Trump Admin Unclear on Ukraine, Sudan Immigrant Protections Before Midterms te 2026-10-19T18:50:21.295Z Trump Admin Unclear on Ukraine, Sudan Immigrant Protections Before Midterms DHS said decisions on Ukraine and Sudan's TPS would be made at an appropriate time, an answer criticized by advocates Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6666675342cf4db92787f Veteran WR Mike Evans Explains Why He Left Buccaneers for 49ers te 2026-10-19T18:50:14.116Z Veteran WR Mike Evans Explains Why He Left Buccaneers for 49ers Wide receiver Mike Evans is in the midst of his 13th NFL season, but first as a member of the San Francisco 49ers organization. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6666075342cf4db927869 Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago te 2026-10-19T18:50:08.810Z Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a twist, free and downloadable to anyone today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6643f75342cf4db927783 Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $100 on 49ers-Commanders on Monday Night Football te 2026-10-19T18:41:03.804Z Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $100 on 49ers-Commanders on Monday Night Football It was a wild weekend of football where almost every top-10 team lost in college, and we had some crazy NFL finishes as well. Will we get another on Monday Night Football as the Commanders take on the 49ers? Underdog is offering new users a chance to earn $100 in bonuses from a $5 wager using promo code FOXNEWS. Bet $5 or more on tonight’s game and earn a $10 bonus bet token. Repeat the process for 10 days to earn the full $100. Commanders vs. 49ers, Monday, October 19, 2026 at 8:15 ET | Levi Stadium, San Francisco, CA | ESPN/ABC This isn’t exactly the matchup that the schedule makers were expecting when they scheduled this game for prime time. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels had been out for multiple weeks, but returned to action last week only to tie the Giants in overtime. Daniels hasn’t played poorly this season, but he hasn’t exactly been all that impressive either. In his two full games, he is 35-for-59, with just 363 yards and two touchdowns.  They now have to head to San Francisco to face the best team in football. The books have officially listed the 49ers as the team to beat for the Super Bowl, moving them to favorites. It is justified. The team is 5-0 and has a great chance to move to 6-0 here. Brock Purdy is playing like an MVP candidate, and the usual string of injuries the 49ers deal with is nonexistent. In tonight’s game, you can expect the Commanders to try to attack the 49ers on the ground. Not only is the rush defense slightly worse than the passing defense, but if the running game is going, the clock is running, and that leaves less time for Purdy to operate on offense.  Who are you going to back tonight with Underdog? Place a $5 wager using promo code FOXNEWS and earn a $10 bonus bet token. 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They were unable to get really anything going in Game 2.  Once the series shifted over to Cleveland for Games 3-5, the Guardians took the first game with some clutch hitting, but haven’t been able to get much of that in the past two games. They lost 7-3 in Game 4 of the series and then lost again 3-1 in Game 5. That gave the Rays a 3-2 lead they carry into tonight’s game.  The Rays get two chances to close it out, and the Guardians need to win two straight on the road in order to advance. Tampa has been elite at home all season, but the Guardians have won three straight elimination games in the postseason. One of the two will eventually move on to face the Brewers; will it be the Rays tonight, or do the Guardians have at least one more?  Underdog is offering new users a chance to use promo code FOXNEWS to wager $5 on tonight’s game and earn a $10 bonus bet. You can repeat that process for ten days to earn a full $100 in bonus bets.  Guardians vs. Rays Odds Odds subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6643575342cf4db927771 Walz-era fraud scandal takes center stage as Klobuchar, GOP rival clash in debate: 'Why didn't you do more?' te 2026-10-19T18:40:53.631Z Walz-era fraud scandal takes center stage as Klobuchar, GOP rival clash in debate: 'Why didn't you do more?' Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican state House Speaker Lisa Demuth traded fire over Minnesota's massive fraud scandal as they faced off for the first time on the debate stage in the race to replace embattled Gov. Tim Walz. The race is unfolding against the backdrop of the state's welfare assistance fraud scandal, which has attracted national attention for nearly a year and prompted Walz, a two-term Democrat, to abandon his 2026 re-election bid. The fraud schemes, involving pandemic-era social services, siphoned hundreds of millions, and potentially billions, of taxpayer dollars from federal and state programs in Minnesota. Demuth is aiming to become the first Republican in twenty years to win a gubernatorial election in the blue-leaning Midwestern state. Polls indicate Klobuchar holding an upper single digit lead over Demuth, and the Fox News Power Rankings rate the race Likely Democrat. Demuth, during the first half of the debate, repeatedly steered the conversation to the fraud scandal. FRAUD EXPERT EXPOSES HOW HIDDEN NETWORKS DROVE MINNESOTA FRAUD "We have allowed a culture of waste and fraud to go on far too long and we can’t keep going this way," she said, as she worked to link Klobuchar to Walz, who has taken full responsibility for the scandal. "Klobuchar, referring to Walz, said, "I have been very clear. I would have caught that fraud. I would have done something about it. We have very different backgrounds." Demuth asked her rival, "You could have reached out to the governor and said I think we have a problem in Minnesota... Why didn't you do more." And Demuth asked, "Why weren’t you at the hearings about fraud in your own Senate Judicial Committee hearing when we had Minnesotans who were concerned about fraud." FORMER NFL SIDELINE REPORTER PUTS MINNESOTA'S SENATE SEAT IN PLAY FOR REPUBLICANS Klobuchar, pushing back, highlighted that "the minute that the fraud went public, I did something that was real….. I called the justice department and asked for more resources. The senator said her actions led to more federal prosecutors assigned to investigate the fraud scandal. "That’s doing the real work," she emphasized. Responding to Demuth's claims of missing hearings, which Fox News Digital reported on earlier this year, Klobuchar said, "I’ve been at a dozen hearings where I’ve raised or asked questions about fraud. The particular hearing that was raised here was a subcommittee that I was not even on." Demuth also pledged to fire "all of the commissioners in the state of Minnesota" in order to start "fresh" after the fraud scandal. The two candidates also sparred over healthcare, with Demuth pointing to Klobuchar's support of ObamaCare as being tied to the rising healthcare costs in the state. "We must recognize that our healthcare costs have exploded across the country and in Minnesota because of the Affordable Care Act," Demuth said. "The senator said that it would bring the cost of our healthcare down, we could access whatever we needed and it would be more affordable. That is absolutely untrue where we find ourselves today." The two candidates, in what was billed as a business forum hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, also took aim at each other over high gas prices, healthcare, paid family and medical leave, and efforts to cap insulin costs. On state taxes, both seemed in agreement. "Tax hikes are absolutely off the table for me," Demuth emphasized. Klobuchar said, "I’ve made clear I’m not going to increase taxes." And she touted, "I’ve been willing to take on my own party on taxes in the past." Klobuchar launched her gubernatorial campaign in January, three weeks after Walz, who served as the Democrats' 2024 vice presidential nominee, dropped his re-election bid. Klobuchar, who was first elected to the Senate in 2006, won all four of her Senate elections by healthy margins, including a nearly 16-point re-election in 2024. Before serving in the Senate, Klobuchar was elected twice as county attorney in Hennepin County, Minnesota's most populous. She also ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. She captured nearly 90% of the vote in the August Democratic primary against a large field of longshot rivals. Demuth, who was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2018, has served as GOP leader in the chamber since the start of 2023 and as speaker for the past year and a half, In the GOP gubernatorial primary, Demuth topped a crowded field, defeated by 11-points second place finisher Mike Lindell, the My Pillow founder and former CEO who is a close ally of President Donald Trump and who joined the president in denying former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 White House race. Trump endorsed Lindell a month before the August 11 primary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6642f75342cf4db927768 Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: Get $200 and Four Free Picks for 49ers vs Commanders MNF, Rays-Guardians Game 6 te 2026-10-19T18:40:47.209Z Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS: Get $200 and Four Free Picks for 49ers vs Commanders MNF, Rays-Guardians Game 6 We have two big games tonight: Monday Night Football and Game 6 of the ALCS between the Guardians and Rays. Betr is offering new users a chance to earn $200 and four free picks on the games when using promo code FOXNEWS. Both games start at roughly the same time tonight, with first pitch scheduled for 8:00 ET and kickoff scheduled for 8:15 ET. Let’s talk a little bit about what each of these teams is looking for tonight in their games. Cleveland is looking to extend the series. That’s their main, and really only, goal for the night. If they don’t do that, the series and season are over. Cleveland won three straight with their backs against the wall against Chicago, and now must do it again. They are 3-1 on the road in the postseason; can they make it to 3-3?  Tampa is looking to close out the series. As much fun as Game 7 can be for us, players can’t possibly like playing in them. The Rays are up 3-2 in the series, but they want to get Freddy Peralta to end the series tonight. Anything could happen with a Game 7, so the Rays definitely want to avoid it.  The Commanders are just 1-3-1 for the season, and desperately need a win. The NFC East is not a very clean division right now, with no team looking all that impressive. The Eagles are struggling, the Cowboys look terrible, and the Giants don’t have a quarterback. Now would be a great time for the Commanders to take charge of the division.  The 49ers are looking to get a win tonight so they can stay perfect. The team is 5-0 and the current favorite to win the Super Bowl. 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We’ve already seen the Dodgers, winners of the past two championships, eliminated because they couldn’t figure out the Brewers' pitching staff. The Rays have shown an advantage on the mound and now have a 3-2 series lead.  The Guardians have not announced who will start tonight, but my guess is that they will go with an opener and then someone like Foster Griffin. The reason teams use openers is so they can send one of their best pitchers to the mound to face the top of the order, then send another pitcher to face the lineup. That essentially steals about three outs.  The Rays are not utilizing that strategy; instead, they are sending Freddy Peralta to the hill. Peralta has been very good in the postseason and in most of his starts for the Rays. In the first game against the Guardians in this series, he went six scoreless innings. This will be the third time seeing Peralta, though. Perhaps the Guardians can get to him this time.  Will the Guardians extend the series? 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Commanders vs. 49ers, Monday, October 19, 2026 at 8:15 ET | Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA | ESPN/ABC The Commanders and 49ers are located on opposite sides of the country so they really don’t play each other all that often. They have met each other 36 times total (with four in the playoffs). The 49ers are the leaders with a 23-21-1 record in the series. The two franchises have also played each other three times in the past six years.  In the past three meetings, the 49ers are 2-1. In 2020, the Commanders earned their lone win of the past three matchups. The teams look significantly different from how they do today. Alex Smith was under center for the Commanders in that game, and Nick Mullens was quarterback for San Francisco. In 2022, the 49ers hosted the Commanders and absolutely clobbered them. Brock Purdy was under center and threw for two touchdowns. Both of those passes went to George Kittle. Christian McCaffrey and Ray Ray McCloud scored two more on the ground. The 49ers won the game by 17.  In 2023, the 49ers won by 17 points again. They held the Commanders to 0 points in three of the four quarters. Sam Howell was the quarterback for Washington in this one, so this will be the first taste of action for Jayden Daniels. Purdy gets his shot to beat the Commanders for three straight matchups.  Now in 2026, with very different teams, we will see if the 49ers can cover the tough spread. You get to determine whether you think the Commanders can keep it close, or if the 49ers can once again win by multiple scores.  FanDuel is offering new users a chance to wager $5 and earn a $50 bonus bet token. 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If the 49ers were to lose, it probably would just be a head-scratching blemish on what looks to be a great season.  The Commanders started their season with a loss against the Eagles. They had to travel on the road to face Philadelphia. The final score was close, but the reality is that Philly was in control most of the game. In Week 2, they were dismantled by Dallas, and starter Jayden Daniels left the game early. They got their lone win against the Seahawks in their home opener. Marcus Mariota was under center for that one and the next week’s loss against the Colts. Last week, Daniels returned, but they lost to the Giants. The 49ers have had a tougher schedule, but have navigated it very well. They opened against the preseason consensus favorite for the Super Bowl, the Rams. They destroyed Los Angeles 27-7 in the Australian game. Weeks 2 and 3 were against bad teams, the Dolphins and the Cardinals. San Francisco had a bit easier of a time with the Dolphins than the Cardinals, but prevailed in each. In the past two weeks, they’ve beaten the Broncos and Seahawks, both Super Bowl hopefuls.  Will the 49ers get the win here and stay perfect, or will the Commanders get a much-needed upset? You make the call on Fanatics Sportsbook. Bet $20 on the game and earn $350 in FanCash when new users sign up with code FOXNEWS350.  Commanders vs. 49ers Odds Odds subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6640a75342cf4db9276f9 Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips te 2026-10-19T18:40:10.015Z Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad661b575342cf4db92761f Visitor Killed by Roof Debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West te 2026-10-19T18:30:13.862Z Visitor Killed by Roof Debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West A 55-year-old rector from a university in Brazil was killed while on a walking tour of the famed architect’s winter home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad65d4675342cf4db9274b7 Tyler Reddick wins at Phoenix Raceway, Kyle Larson’s NASCAR Chase lead shrinks te 2026-10-19T18:11:18.079Z Tyler Reddick wins at Phoenix Raceway, Kyle Larson’s NASCAR Chase lead shrinks AVONDALE – A late caution and a two-tire gamble gave Tyler Reddick his first NASCAR Cup Series win in nearly six months Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, and Series leader Kyle Larson had a disastrous afternoon that turned a record-pace championship lead into a slim five-point margin. It was Larson’s misfortune that ultimately helped Reddick capture the checkered flag.  Reddick led only the final 18 laps of the 312-lap Freeway Insurance 500, holding off polesitter Ryan Blaney by 0.801 seconds to secure his sixth victory of the season and 14th of his Cup Series career.  The decisive moment came on Lap 283 when Larson suffered a right-front tire failure and slammed into the outside wall between Turns 1 and 2 in the Phoenix Raceway tri-oval, bringing out the race’s final caution flag. With fewer than 30 laps remaining, teams faced a critical decision: Stay out to preserve track position or pit for more grip. Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott and Ty Gibbs elected to stay out, while Reddick’s crew chief Billy Scott called for new rubber for two scuffed tires on Reddick’s Toyota No. 45.  The gamble paid off as Reddick emerged ahead of the other drivers who pitted, restarting fourth behind the three drivers on older tires whom he quickly picked off, one by one. “We weren’t really ever at the forefront of our strategy until the end of the race,” Reddick said. “I thought we had a really good Stage 3. We were just kind of in the mix, got to pit road and jumped ahead except those who didn’t pit.” With the win, the No. 45 Toyota driver for 23XI Racing earned 61 points, moving within 56 points of Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson in the championship standings. Larson entered Phoenix with a 49-point lead over Denny Hamlin and an average finish of 2.2, the best in NASCAR postseason history after six races. The result carried significance beyond Victory Lane. With Phoenix hosting the seventh race of NASCAR’s renewed 10-race Chase rather than its championship finale, which it had hosted since 2020, Larson’s 34th-place finish allowed Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, who finished fourth, to close within five points of the lead with three races remaining. For Reddick, the victory ended a 23-race winless streak dating to April 19 at Kansas Speedway, after he opened the season with five victories in the first nine races. “To go six months without getting a win, it was tough on the 45,” Reddick said. “It was really cool, the way we did it. It was a big day for us in the Chase and a big day for Rockstar Energy, our first win with them on the car, which is awesome.” Reddick started sixth and stayed competitive all afternoon, finishing ninth in Stage 1 and seventh in Stage 2. But the championship contenders around him dominated much of the race. Ryan Blaney led the opening 44 laps from his pole position start before a crash involving Phoenix native Michael McDowell and Riley Herbst brought out the first caution flag. Joey Logano capitalized on the ensuing pit stops, winning the opening stage on Lap 60 and sweeping the stages with another victory on Lap 185, gaining 20 points towards his championship campaign. Bell also established himself as a contender, leading a race-high 85 laps, while Reddick and Scott worked to improve the No. 45’s balance. “It started not terrific. I think we were just kind of maintaining the car,” Scott said. “Track position is important, as always. And then (we) worked on it at some point in Stage 2. And by the time we went through the green-flag pit cycle on Stage 2, we felt pretty good about it.” Then came the gambit under the final caution.  When the race restarted on Lap 294, Reddick quickly worked through traffic, made an aggressive move through the field, and overtook Briscoe for the lead just one lap later.  He never relinquished the position, pulling away as Blaney moved into second. Briscoe, seeking his third consecutive victory after taking the checkered flag first in Charlotte and Las Vegas, faded to eighth on his worn tires. Bubba Wallace led 52 laps and looked set to contend for the win, but he took on four tires during the final caution then received a pit-road speeding penalty, dropping him to 17th. The contrasting strategies underscored the challenges of Phoenix Raceway’s one-mile layout. Its relatively flat banking and distinctive dogleg place a premium on mechanical grip, tire management and track position. Deciding to stay out, taking two tires or changing all four can be consequential. Several drivers, including Austin Dillon and Cody Ware, also faced tire-related problems. Blaney led 51 laps but settled for second, with Elliott third and Bell fourth. Corey Heim delivered another standout performance for 23XI Racing, finishing fifth after starting 36th. The part-time Cup driver, who previously won at Naval Base Coronado and Indianapolis this season, will join 23XI full-time in 2027. While Reddick celebrated his return to Victory Lane, the championship picture shifted dramatically. Larson entered Phoenix with a 49-point advantage over second-place Hamlin, but struggled from the outset after qualifying 22nd. An early two-tire strategy failed to improve his position, and he finished both stages outside the top 10 without earning any stage points. His late crash ended an already difficult afternoon. Hamlin also suffered a costly setback. Running near the front during the final stage, he experienced a right-rear tire failure on Lap 221, forcing an unscheduled green-flag pit stop. A subsequent speeding penalty compounded his problems, leaving him 28th at the finish. Bell capitalized on both drivers’ misfortunes. His fourth-place finish and 16 stage points moved him into second in the Chase with 2,365 points, just five behind Larson’s 2,370. Briscoe climbed to third, 24 points behind Larson, while Hamlin slipped to fourth, 31 points back. Blaney sits fifth at 40 points behind the leader, followed by Logano at 44 and Reddick at 56. In total, seven drivers are separated by just 56 points entering the final three races. Despite the implications of Larson’s crash, Scott said the No. 45 team remained focused on its own performance rather than tracking the changing championship standings during the race. “No, we didn’t mention it at all,” Scott said when asked whether he informed Reddick of Larson’s accident and its implications. “Honestly, somebody did bring it up to me on our intercom, but I didn’t even really realize there are so many up there that are within striking distance of him.” The Chase now heads to Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama on Oct. 25, then to Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on Nov. 1. It ends at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 8. With Talladega’s unpredictable superspeedway racing next on the calendar, Larson’s once-commanding advantage offers little room for another setback. Reddick, meanwhile, hopes Sunday’s victory can provide momentum for the remaining races as he pursues his first Cup Series championship. “I think, week to week, (I’ll) primarily still just focus on trying to win races,” he said. “But if we can have a calm day and get stage points and finish with the car in one piece, I think we’ll be in a good spot at Talladega. Then it’ll fall to Martinsville.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad65d2d75342cf4db92747c Republicans Barely Mention Trump in Political Ads Ahead of the Midterms te 2026-10-19T18:10:53.607Z Republicans Barely Mention Trump in Political Ads Ahead of the Midterms Only a small fraction of recent G.O.P. broadcast and streaming ads mention the president, according to a Times analysis of ad data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad65d2775342cf4db927473 Supreme Court Will Not Revive Plea Deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 9/11 Defendants te 2026-10-19T18:10:47.039Z Supreme Court Will Not Revive Plea Deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 9/11 Defendants The justices rejected a request from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two others accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, clearing the way for a potential death penalty trial. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad65d1d75342cf4db92745a What To Do If You Get ‘Final Notice’ Over Student Loan Change te 2026-10-19T18:10:37.487Z What To Do If You Get ‘Final Notice’ Over Student Loan Change Millions of student loan borrowers have 30 days to choose a new repayment plan before automatic fixed payments begin. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6585375342cf4db92737a Washington Commanders face unbeaten San Francisco 49ers in Monday night football showdown te 2026-10-19T17:50:11.235Z Washington Commanders face unbeaten San Francisco 49ers in Monday night football showdown This was a wild weekend of football. Most of the chaos started with college football, but some of it carried over into the NFL. I wouldn't say we had the same level of upsets or anything, but there are some interesting things going on in the league. The Browns are the leader in their division, which seems like the first time in years. The Colts fell apart and gave the Titans their first win. The Falcons made a game of it late, but the Bears prevailed and showed how good they can be with Caleb Williams under center. The Cardinals beat the Rams at home. The Chargers are potentially the worst team in football. The phrase "Any Given Sunday" rings true this year more than any other time I can remember. Could it happen on Monday with the Commanders and 49ers playing? The Washington Commanders come into the game with a 1-3-1 record. It has been an interesting season for the Commanders, who have suffered injuries, bad play, and poor clock management throughout the season. They started the season with the Eagles, and although the final score of the game was close, the actual game wasn't exactly impressive for Washington. They scored a late touchdown to give themselves a chance, but the Eagles were in control for most of the game. The next week, they played Dallas and were blown out. They lost their starting quarterback in the process. In Week 3, they hosted the defending champion Seahawks and narrowly defeated them 33-31. This was with Marcus Mariota under center. He did a great job in the game, but couldn't do much against the Colts two weeks ago. Last week, the team faced the Giants and the game ended in a tie. I can't believe it is 2026 and games still end in a tie, but here we are. Much worse, the Commanders were in field goal range, and they somehow got sacked. It ran out the clock, and the game ended. Complete mismanagement of the situation. COMMANDERS RUN OUT THE CLOCK ON THEMSELVES, SETTLE FOR TIE WITH GIANTS IN OVERTIME MELTDOWN The San Francisco 49ers have been elite this season with a 5-0 record. They are the Super Bowl favorites, and really look like they might be one of the few minimally flawed teams in football. Last year seemed like one riddled with injuries. They still found a way to get to the playoffs. What we are seeing, though, is a healthier team, back together, and rolling. They started by crushing the Rams in the first game. Then, returning home, they destroyed the Dolphins. Up until last week, the only game that was close was between them and the Cardinals in Week 3. Perhaps Arizona is better than we expected; after all, they beat the Rams yesterday. The Broncos came into town two weeks ago, and the 49ers won by 10. Last week they faced the Seahawks and won on the road by three points. This was a revenge game for San Francisco. What I think has been most impressive about the 49ers is that they have been able to win with the run, the pass, defense, and in a variety of ways. That makes them more versatile than a team like the Bills, who rely on one person to do everything. NFL WEEK 5 SUNDAY TAKEAWAYS: RODGERS DEFIES FATHER TIME, COEN GETS BAILED OUT, 49ERS SURVIVE UGLY PERFORMANCE The 49ers have the 11th-best team vs. the opponent's running game in terms of yards allowed. They are seventh against the pass, so the Commanders' offense will have a tough task of stopping them. The Commanders are terrible against the pass, having the fourth-worst defense in football. They are better against the run. Last time the two teams played, George Kittle was a star with two touchdown receptions. Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel could both be out for this game. Kittle is +110 to score a touchdown. I'm going to take a different shot, though. I'll take Purdy to throw for 3+ touchdowns at +130. The Commanders' defense and Purdy's success this season make me think this is a good shot. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6585175342cf4db927371 Brewers fans are cashing in on decade-old $1K ticket promotion for World Series tickets te 2026-10-19T17:50:09.401Z Brewers fans are cashing in on decade-old $1K ticket promotion for World Series tickets Way back in 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers were not a World Series contender. They collapsed in the second half of the season in 2014 and then had an abysmal 68-84 record in 2015. It was a tough time to be a Brewers fan, but the team did something interesting. They offered fans what might be one of the the coolest promotions in baseball history: Pay $1,000 for a ticket to any future Brewers home game. Not just any regular-season game, either. We're talking Opening Day, the playoffs, or even Game 7 of the World Series. Eleven years later, that gamble is looking like an absolute steal. With Milwaukee headed to its first World Series in more than four decades, a handful of incredibly patient Brewers fans are about to turn their $1,000 investment into one of the hottest tickets in sports. FLORIDA PANTHERS GM BILL ZITO HAS UNUSUAL TIE TO MILWAUKEE BREWERS' LAST WORLD SERIES RUN The promotion, appropriately called the "Timeless Ticket," looks like the gold bar-looking version of Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket. For $1,000, fans received a personalized, one-pound brass ticket that could be redeemed for any future home game. The team sold just 1,000 of them, bringing in a cool $1 million. It was genius marketing and a great way to receive an influx of cash. It was an interesting and innovative way to get fans excited while the play on the field couldn't do the same. The Brewers even advertised that the ticket could be used "whether it's this season, the year 2050, or the 7th game of the World Series." At the time, the latter sounded like a pretty good joke. Milwaukee hadn't appeared in the World Series since 1982, when the Brewers lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. But the beauty of the Timeless Ticket was that it never expired. Fans could hold onto it for decades, waiting for that perfect moment. Now that moment has come. A DODGERS-LESS WORLD SERIES WOULD HURT NOW, BUT HELP MLB LATER | BOBBY BURACK Fast-forward to 2026, and those patient fans are sitting on something pretty valuable. According to Gametime, the cheapest available resale ticket for Game 1 of the World Series is currently listed at a whopping $2,681. Even seats in the upper reaches of the stadium are reportedly fetching more than $3,500. And here's where the deal gets even sweeter. Timeless Ticket holders also have the right to purchase up to three additional tickets at face value, subject to availability. In other words, someone who spent $1,000 on what seemed like an outrageous baseball souvenir more than a decade ago could now have the opportunity to bring the whole family to the World Series without paying today's eye-popping resale prices. Not bad for a chunk of brass that's been collecting dust for 11 years, but here's the catch. Unfortunately, owning one of these golden tickets doesn't mean fans can simply stroll up to the ballpark, flash their shiny brass souvenir, and demand a front-row seat. The Brewers require ticket holders to submit redemption requests, and the team has made clear that World Series seating is subject to availability. RAIN FORCES MLB TO POSTPONE GUARDIANS-RAYS ALCS GAME 4 IN CLEVELAND Milwaukee has said it's working diligently to process the inquiries, with fans expected to receive information about their assigned games and seats soon. The Brewers are scheduled to host Games 1 and 2 on Friday and Saturday, with potential Games 6 and 7 coming the following weekend. While the promotion promises access to a future game, not every remaining ticket holder is necessarily guaranteed their preferred World Series matchup. Still, that's a pretty good problem to have. A World Series ticket for $1,000, regardless of game, is a steal. After a few tough seasons in 2015 and 2016, the past nine seasons has been good for the Brew Crew. They've made eight postseason appearances, transforming themselves into one of baseball's most consistent contenders. BRIGHT LIGHTS NOT TOO BRIGHT FOR THE BREWERS OR SUPERFAN FRONT ROW AMY IN GAME 1 OF NLCS What started as a clever marketing gimmick to generate excitement and ticket sales has turned into an incredible reward for some of the franchise's most loyal supporters. In an era when sports tickets have become increasingly expensive and fans are constantly being squeezed by resale markets, dynamic pricing, and astronomical postseason costs, a group of Brewers diehards are getting rewarded for believing in their team before it was fashionable. Sure, they essentially gave the Brewers an interest-free $1,000 loan, but this has be one of coolest stories in baseball fandom history. Sometimes the best investment isn't a stock, cryptocurrency, or real estate. Sometimes it's a one-pound brass ticket and a whole lot of faith in your baseball team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6584f75342cf4db927368 Freddy Peralta gets the nod, but one bettor doubts he will go deep into the game te 2026-10-19T17:50:07.893Z Freddy Peralta gets the nod, but one bettor doubts he will go deep into the game We don't have much baseball left, and that makes me a little sad. The playoffs are always enjoyable, and this season has been no exception. We are already assured of having a different World Series champion. We are also assured of having one team win for the first time in years, potentially ever. It isn't just that - we will have the two teams in the bottom part of the payroll for baseball. Before we get to the World Series, we have at most two games remaining, and tonight we see the Guardians and Rays play in Game 6. The Cleveland Guardians are down in the series, and the last time they played in an elimination game during the playoffs before this series, they won three straight. They faced the White Sox in the ALDS and were able to win three straight. In Game 1, they looked completely outmatched by Drew Rasmussen, until they didn't. They hit two solo homers to tie the score, and then the bats broke out in the second half of the game against the Tampa bullpen. They were able to get seven total runs in that game. Ever since that game, it has been a struggle for this team to score. The Guardians scored seven runs in Game 1. Since then, they've scored just eight runs in four games. Of course, they've gone 1-3 in those games. It isn't like the Rays have been lighting up the scoreboard. Perhaps the pitching for the Guardians is the issue. We don't know who will start for the Guardians tonight. My guess is that there will be some sort of opening pitcher for them, and then they will turn to Foster Griffin or someone else out of the bullpen. It will be an all-hands-on-deck approach. TAMPA BAY RAYS MOVE ONE WIN FROM WORLD SERIES AFTER DREW RASMUSSEN DOMINATES CLEVELAND GUARDIANS The Tampa Bay Rays are on the verge of making it back to the World Series. They have never won the World Series, but this would be the third time since 2008. The last time was in 2020. I'm sure most will think they have no chance of winning the World Series against the Brewers, but they have been one of the best teams in baseball all year. The Rays continue to find ways to manufacture runs, and that's what is most encouraging about the team. They don't rely on homers; they draw walks, don't strike out much, and find ways to get from station to station. Tonight, they send out Freddy Peralta to the mound. This has been a good season for Peralta, at least since he came over from the Mets. His time in New York was a bit of a disaster. Let's just focus on his time with the Rays in September and October. In 39.1 innings, he has allowed a total of four earned runs. He has made three appearances in the postseason. In his first outing against the Yankees, he went 4.2 innings and allowed just one earned run. Against Cleveland, he allowed four hits over six scoreless innings. He was used Saturday to pitch two-thirds of an inning and allowed just one walk in a scoreless appearance. The Rays do have a bit of an advantage with Peralta starting, but I'm not sure he is going to be at his optimal level. I think he goes under 15 outs recorded tonight. Peralta only needed to throw nine pitches, but this is just two days removed from game action. I expect him to only go four innings at most, and that would be 12 outs. I'm backing the under here. The only way he goes 5+ innings is if he is still pitching scoreless and the Guardians aren't threatening. He has been great, but they may save some bullets if they need him for tomorrow. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6584b75342cf4db927353 Republicans Attack El-Sayed’s Faith. The Candidate’s New Ad Highlights It. te 2026-10-19T17:50:03.843Z Republicans Attack El-Sayed’s Faith. The Candidate’s New Ad Highlights It. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign in Michigan released a new ad highlighting his faith, which Republicans have used to attack him in a tight Senate race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad655fa75342cf4db927315 Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit te 2026-10-19T17:40:10.658Z Trump threatened by judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC defamation suit President Donald Trump was threatened by a judge with sanctions if he doesn’t sit for a deposition in the $10 billion defamation lawsuit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC late last year for its 2024 "Panorama" documentary that distorted his remarks to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Critics claim the documentary was misleading because it omitted Trump's call for supporters to protest peacefully, splicing together separate portions of a lengthy address to give a wrong impression. But Trump has been too busy to sit for a deposition, and the BBC said the president’s legal team insisted "has no availability whatsoever" before the end of the discovery period on Dec. 18 because he is busy dealing with "matters of national importance." TRUMP FILES 'POWERHOUSE' $10 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST BBC OVER DOCUMENTARY EDITING HIS JAN 6 REMARKS As a result, the BBC filed a motion to compel Trump’s deposition. The BBC has said it understands that Trump’s deposition requires "additional planning," and he "accepted the obligations of civil litigation" when he chose to file the lawsuit. "The Court has admonished Plaintiff for his lack of participation to no avail. Going forward, the Court expects strict compliance with its 29 Order, the failure of which will lead to sanctions," Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett said on Friday, scheduling a hearing by Oct. 22. When asked for comment, Trump’s legal team blasted the British broadcaster. "The formerly respected and now disgraced BBC defamed President Trump by intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively doctoring his speech in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 Presidential Election. The BBC has a long pattern of deceiving its audience in coverage of President Trump, all in service of its own leftist political agenda. President Trump’s powerhouse lawsuit is holding the BBC accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference just as he has held other fake news mainstream media responsible for their wrongdoing," a spokesperson for his legal team told Fox News Digital. LEGAL ANALYST PREDICTS TRUMP COULD WIN 'CONSIDERABLE' DAMAGES FROM BBC DOCUMENTARY LAWSUIT The BBC declined a request for comment. Trump filed the lawsuit against the BBC in December in a personal capacity for both defamation and for a violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for $5 billion apiece, seeking $10 billion total. The documentary omitted Trump urging his supporters to protest "peacefully" and instead spliced two separate comments made nearly an hour apart, making him appear he was calling for violence. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And I'll be there with you. And we fight — we fight like hell," the documentary showed Trump saying. In reality, Trump said, "We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong."  It wasn't until 54 minutes later that Trump called on his supporters to "fight like hell" for election integrity. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The New York Times referred to the ordeal as "one of the worst crises in its 103-year history" of the BBC. The controversy led to the resignations of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie. The BBC previously issued an apology for the erroneous edit and said it had pulled the program from its platforms. Despite the apology, the broadcaster has insisted the mistake is not enough for a defamation claim. Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfson contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad655f675342cf4db9272f7 Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’ vehicle designs te 2026-10-19T17:40:06.139Z Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’ vehicle designs His vision will culminate with the R4 vehicle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad653a375342cf4db9272a8 Dem 2028 hopeful sparks backlash over France riot comments as critic says he wants to ‘ride the rage wave’ te 2026-10-19T17:30:11.485Z Dem 2028 hopeful sparks backlash over France riot comments as critic says he wants to ‘ride the rage wave’ Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a potential 2028 presidential contender, drew criticism from across the political spectrum after pointing to the riots in France as a warning about wealth inequality and urging the U.S. to "listen to our young." "This is what happens when the nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few," Khanna wrote in a post to X on Sunday evening. Khanna's post comes on the heels of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and public services that descended into violence, looting and arson in several French cities on Saturday, prompting critics to accuse the progressive Democrat of giving political legitimacy to the destruction. Spencer Pratt, former mayoral candidate for Los Angeles, blasted what he saw as an attempt to side with rioters. JONATHAN TURLEY: SOCIALISM IS BACK IN STYLE AND DEMOCRATS ARE BUYING THE PITCH "Of course Rohit Conman sees mass communist riots destroying businesses and historic buildings in Paris and lies about it as some noble ‘ask’ for justice," Pratt wrote. "These commies lie as easily as they breathe." The comment also drew criticism from Shannon Watts, a Democratic gun activist who, in recent months, has criticized the far-left portions of her party. "If you’re a member of Congress who condemned the January 6 insurrection, you don’t get to excuse riots in France as a ‘cry for help.’ Political violence doesn’t become acceptable just because you sympathize with people committing it," Watts wrote in a post of her own. Still others warned Khanna against using the moment as a way to build political momentum. "Ro Khanna has long sought to ride the rage wave to power," Jonathan Turley, a political commentator and legal analyst, said. "Khanna could indeed learn much from France. This is history repeating itself. That history, by the way, does not bode well for establishment figures who pander to the mob," Turley added, giving a nod to the infamous French Revolution that targeted the country’s political and financial elite in a bloody crusade. Planned demonstrations in France over the weekend quickly spiraled out of control on Saturday, leaving behind broken storefronts and fires in Paris. French authorities said that by Sunday evening they had arrested nearly 2,400 people nationwide, including 855 in the Paris region. Nearly 1,000 police officers and gendarmes were injured, seven seriously, according to France's Interior Ministry. One protester died after suffering cardiac arrest during demonstrations in Paris, authorities said. WHERE'S MACRON? FRENCH LEADER BLASTED FOR ATTENDING CONCERT AS RIOTS ESCALATED In Limoges, a fire that authorities said was deliberately set at the city hall caused significant damage to the historic building. Shops were looted in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon and other cities, while public buildings were vandalized or targeted by fires. Authorities estimated that more than 550,000 people participated in demonstrations across France. Organizers put the figure at roughly 800,000. Despite the mayhem, Khanna argued the moment should prompt American lawmakers to take younger voters' political demands more seriously, especially on topics of equity. "This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future. In America, let us listen to our young. We need an economic and political transformation. America’s Next New Deal," Khanna wrote. "From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in," Khanna wrote. But in the face of the backlash online, Khanna quickly clarified his stance in a follow-up post, noting that he did not support the destruction that had unfolded. "I unequivocally condemn violence and vandalism. I have always championed my grandfather’s example of non-violent protest," Khanna wrote, referencing his relative, Amarnath Vidyalankar, who was imprisoned for advocating for India’s independence in the early 1930s. "Let us not be blind to the anger young people have against the unholy alliance of wealth and power. The billionaires buying politicians. The corruption," Khanna added. But even after issuing his clarifying statement, Khanna continued to face condemnation — even from figures like former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. "These are not mere students… my friend, I regret to inform you, this is an invasion," Santos wrote, referring to France’s high intake of refugees in recent years. Khanna, responding to Santos, doubled down on his view. BERNIE SANDERS ADMITS DEMOCRATS FAILED WORKING-CLASS VOTERS ON ECONOMICS, DRIVING THEM TO DONALD TRUMP "George, is the lesson not to tackle the vast disparity here and young people’s hopelessness?" he asked. Khanna’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Bradford Benz contributed to this report Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad653a075342cf4db927281 Paul Finebaum Sends Blunt Warning to Notre Dame After BYU Upset te 2026-10-19T17:30:08.051Z Paul Finebaum Sends Blunt Warning to Notre Dame After BYU Upset Notre Dame faces a familiar dilemma after its loss to BYU, as Paul Finebaum questions whether the Irish could miss the CFP again. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6539e75342cf4db927278 Colts May Bring in This NFL Legend As GM: Report te 2026-10-19T17:30:06.291Z Colts May Bring in This NFL Legend As GM: Report The Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard on Monday after an embarrassing loss to the Titans on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6516a75342cf4db927233 Jordan Love Reveals Mid-Game Message He Got From Packers WR Matthew Golden te 2026-10-19T17:20:42.438Z Jordan Love Reveals Mid-Game Message He Got From Packers WR Matthew Golden Green Bay Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden delivered a message to his quarterback Jordan Love after two drops. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6516175342cf4db927206 Bears QB Caleb Williams Responds to High Praise from Tom Brady te 2026-10-19T17:20:33.678Z Bears QB Caleb Williams Responds to High Praise from Tom Brady Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams responded to some high praise from Tom Brady after Sunday's Week 6 win. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515f75342cf4db9271fd Jets HC Aaron Glenn Pushes Back on Viral Halftime Interview Confusion te 2026-10-19T17:20:31.710Z Jets HC Aaron Glenn Pushes Back on Viral Halftime Interview Confusion Aaron Glenn says CBS halftime comment was misread. What the Jets coach insists he meant in the Patriots loss. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515a75342cf4db9271e2 Microsoft’s Cloud Chief: Energy Problem Is People, Not Power te 2026-10-19T17:20:26.097Z Microsoft’s Cloud Chief: Energy Problem Is People, Not Power Microsoft’s cloud chief says AI’s power demands are manageable, but public trust and people pose a bigger challenge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515875342cf4db9271d9 Kansas Adds Former NBA Draft Pick Ahead of College Basketball Season te 2026-10-19T17:20:24.435Z Kansas Adds Former NBA Draft Pick Ahead of College Basketball Season Kansas has added a former Purdue standout and NBA draft pick as the Jayhawks prepare for the 2026-27 college basketball season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515675342cf4db9271d0 Old Farmer’s Almanac Map Shows Snow Forecast for Thanksgiving te 2026-10-19T17:20:22.580Z Old Farmer’s Almanac Map Shows Snow Forecast for Thanksgiving The Old Farmer's Almanac has published its Thanksgiving week weather predictions for the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515475342cf4db9271c7 Alabama OC Gives Offense Harsh Reality Check After Tennessee Loss te 2026-10-19T17:20:20.454Z Alabama OC Gives Offense Harsh Reality Check After Tennessee Loss Ryan Grubb didn’t spare himself or his Alabama offense after the Tennessee loss, but one player escaped the criticism. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515275342cf4db9271be Giants WR Malik Nabers Delivers Positive Response to JJ McCarthy's Debut te 2026-10-19T17:20:18.688Z Giants WR Malik Nabers Delivers Positive Response to JJ McCarthy's Debut JJ McCarthy entered the game for his first extended period of quarterback reps late in Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6515075342cf4db9271b5 Ex-Prince Andrew Faces New Epstein Pressure if Democrats Win Midterms te 2026-10-19T17:20:16.663Z Ex-Prince Andrew Faces New Epstein Pressure if Democrats Win Midterms Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor is being investigated by UK police who have struggled to obtain the original Epstein Files documents. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6514a75342cf4db92719a Florida Coach Jon Sumrall Takes Subtle Shot at Texas After Upset Win te 2026-10-19T17:20:10.646Z Florida Coach Jon Sumrall Takes Subtle Shot at Texas After Upset Win Florida coach Jon Sumrall insisted the Gators still have plenty to improve even after upsetting Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6514875342cf4db927191 Giants QB JJ McCarthy Delivers Emotional Message to New York Fans te 2026-10-19T17:20:08.384Z Giants QB JJ McCarthy Delivers Emotional Message to New York Fans New York Giants quarterback JJ McCarthy delivered an emotional message to the fanbase after his debut against the Saints. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6514675342cf4db927188 Rays All-Star Calls His Shot 1 Win Away From World Series Berth te 2026-10-19T17:20:06.235Z Rays All-Star Calls His Shot 1 Win Away From World Series Berth Tampa Bay Rays All-Star designated hitter Yandy Diaz made a bold prediction heading into ALDS Game 6. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad64ef975342cf4db927169 Schools, budgets and the balance of power frame the contest in a swing Scottsdale-area district te 2026-10-19T17:10:17.870Z Schools, budgets and the balance of power frame the contest in a swing Scottsdale-area district Clockwise from upper left: Rep. Matt Gress, Karen Gresham, Rep. Pamela Carter and Tammy Caputi. (Photos by Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 and submitted) If Republicans can’t hold on to a pair of legislative seats in a competitive and wealthy legislative district, Democrats could find themselves in control of the Arizona House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years. While Republicans labor to maintain the majority they’ve held in the chamber uninterrupted since 1966, Democrats see this year as their best chance ever to flip control of one or both chambers.  With sentiments nationwide turning against Republicans, but in  Republican-leaning Legislative District 4, incumbent Republicans Reps. Matt Gress and Pamela Carter and their Democratic challengers Karen Gresham and Tammy Caputi are locked in a battle to see who will win the district’s two House seats.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE LD4 covers northeast Phoenix, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, where candidates on both sides of the aisle are striving to appeal to independent and moderate voters. “I’ve had 25 bills signed into law with bipartisan support, because whether you voted for me or not, I work for you,” Gress said in an ad posted on his campaign website. “I don’t want the title of representative. I want to be your representative. I’m here to earn your trust and do the work.”  Gress, a former budget director for Republican Gov. Doug Ducey who now works as a lobbyist for an anti-union advocacy group, has been one of his party’s key budget architects since he was elected in 2023, at the same time as Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. That means his only option to get any legislation passed, which requires a signature from the governor, was to gain support from Democrats.  During budget discussions, Gress was not always so willing to consider the opinion of Democrats.  “We don’t need Democratic votes to pass this budget,” he said during an April hearing on the budget. “I understand the Democrats believe the governor will veto this bill. And then what? We have a unified Republican majority.” Gresham, a school board member who is facing Gress for a second time after failing to unseat him in 2024, told the Arizona Mirror that she’s not sure he has the expertise to be given so much sway over the state budget. Gresham has an accounting degree from Arizona State University and worked as a certified public accountant. Gress has a Master’s degree in public administration. “I would like to know how many people have an actual accounting background and financial background in our legislature,” she said.  Gresham said that balancing the budget and putting more money toward schools, water and infrastructure were top priorities for her.  There has to be balance, Gresham said, between spending and cutting. She criticized the state’s budgeting process, which often leaves many Democratic legislators in the dark, with final deals between Hobbs and Republican legislative leaders rapidly put to a vote after they’re made.  “Right now, Democrats are completely shut out of the process,” Gresham said. “So, we have the governor who can negotiate, but other than that, it’s the Republicans behind closed doors. Literally in the middle of the night, they will pass these, and they won’t allow anyone in the gallery.” She pointed out that school boards, like the Madison Elementary School Board, where she’s in her second term, must have multiple public budget hearings each year.  “I don’t know why the legislature does not have to follow the same rules,” Gresham said. “Like, this is billions of dollars. So, there needs to be more transparency and more input. And yes, right now, it’s a lot of political games.” Both Gress and Gresham are particularly focused on schools and have a history of facing each other on the ballot.  Gress, a former teacher, was a member of the Madison Elementary School Board in 2021 when Gresham ran against him, and booted him from his seat. In one of his ads, Gress said some of his accomplishments as a legislator were making schools safer and increasing pay for teachers. You can’t strengthen Arizona schools by dismantling the team behind our teachers Gress was one of the sponsors of legislation that became Prop. 320, a measure on the November ballot that, if voters approve it, would require schools to spend 60% of their funding on direct instructional spending. Proponents say that the measure would increase teacher pay, but the language of the measure wouldn’t guarantee that, and some law enforcement organizations like the Arizona School Resource Officers Association believe it would put funding for school safety at risk.  Gress and Carter are also fierce advocates for the state’s universal school voucher program, which Caputi and Gresham have criticized for its ballooning budget while public school funding suffers and for parents improperly using the money to purchase things like lingerie and major appliances. Neither Gress nor Carter responded to requests for an interview.  Caputi, who built her own construction business over the last 25 years, says she has the background and skills to understand the state’s building projects and has a history of building consensus during four years on the Scottsdale City Council.  “I was one of seven, and everybody’s very different on council, and you can’t do anything without a counting of four,” Caputi told the Mirror. “And so that skillset of finding consensus, figuring out how to land the plane on an issue where no one is together, was incredibly valuable to me.” Caputi said she already has experience collaborating on legislation with Republican legislators like Rep. Alexander Kolodin, who she worked with to restore water access to Rio Verde Foothills in 2023.  And she says she’s the person to keep working across the aisle, taking a pragmatic approach to make positive change for Arizonans.  “I don’t want to play partisan politics,” Caputi said. “I don’t want to waste time on fringe issues. I’m very focused on staying in the middle, on having a strong, growing economy, on getting a handle on the cost of living, paying our cops and firefighters, and having great schools. That’s it. That’s where I want to land, and I will work with anyone who wants to work on these issues with me.” All of the candidates in the highly competitive race for LD4 are marketing themselves to the middle.  On her website Carter describes herself as a “common sense Republican.”  But the two Republicans are far enough that the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Action, which has been most successful in getting far-right Republicans to win in primary elections, saw fit to endorse both Gress and Carter.  Carter is a former Trump campaign advisor and Christian minister who says that her faith motivates her work as a legislator. She worked as a Christian wellness influencer for many years, promising her followers that she could help them “learn how to increase (their) metabolism through Biblical eating habits,” Mother Jones reported.  “Faith isn’t a footnote on a campaign biography for me,” her campaign website says. “It’s the ground I stand on, the way I treat people, and the reason I stand up for parental rights, religious freedom, and the protection of children online.” Carter’s website says that she uses her background running a sports medicine and performance company in Scottsdale to get things done at the Capitol.  “Leading that operation taught me how to balance a budget, manage people, and deliver results under pressure,” she wrote.  Carter’s campaign website says that some of her biggest wins in her two years as a legislator were sponsoring Cade’s Law, which expands the definition of manslaughter to include people who encourage someone to take their own life. The law was named after Cade Keller, a teen who died by suicide in 2022.  Other accomplishments included sponsoring an extension of Arizona’s Lemon Law to apply to leased vehicles and doing away with vehicle taxes for deployed members of the military.  Caputi and Gresham described their opponents as too extreme for Arizona.  “They’re definitely lined up with the far right,” Gresham said. “They both vote with their party every time. So, these are not reasonable moderates we’re dealing with. Those really don’t exist in the Republican Party anymore.”  Gresham criticized Gress for working as an anti-union lobbyist in other states, at the same time he sponsored anti-union bills as an Arizona legislator, bills that would benefit his employer, Americans for Fair Treatment. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad64ef575342cf4db927148 BYU tight end's 'DWTS' girlfriend on hand for game winning catch before hitting Victoria's Secret red carpet te 2026-10-19T17:10:13.498Z BYU tight end's 'DWTS' girlfriend on hand for game winning catch before hitting Victoria's Secret red carpet Rylee Arnold had herself a one of a kind weekend this past weekend. On Saturday, she was in Provo, Utah, not only watching BYU upset No. 2-ranked Notre Dame, but watching her boyfriend Walker Lyons haul in the game-winning touchdown. Lyons finished the game with five catches, none bigger than the one to put the Cougars on top, for 49 yards and a touchdown. He also had a decent postgame celebration that should be noted somewhere on the official stat sheet. After celebrating the win with the tight end, the Dancing With the Stars dancer was off to Los Angeles where a red carpet was calling her name. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show red carpet, to be specific. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "The proudest girlfriend ever!!!" went from an oversized BYU hooded sweatshirt to a dress worthy of a fashion show red carpet. You want to talk about a dual threat. Rylee Arnold is a dual threat. As much as hitting the red carpet was about having a good time, it was also a business trip for the 21-year-old. A chance away from the field and the dance floor to mingle with some other hot people. Nobody can dance forever. If BYU can keep playing the way they have been this season, we could be looking at the next star of the College Football Playoff. I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves here, but it will be here before you know it. BYU QB BEAR BACHMEIER SAYS NOTRE DAME 'DISRESPECTED' HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOLLOWING UPSET WIN OVER IRISH The scouting starts now. Rylee can handle the big wins. She can work the red carpet, and she knows what it takes to compete at the highest level, given her job as a competitive dancer on TV. The bright lights aren’t going to be a problem should she find herself in their path. First things first. BYU needs to keep winning, and she has a performance to get through in season 35 with her celebrity partner, Connor Wood. Best of luck, and hopefully we see BYU as one of the teams that makes it to December with a shot at a National Championship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad64c9a75342cf4db927105 Manchin bucks Schumer, throws support behind Republican Democrats want to oust te 2026-10-19T17:00:10.996Z Manchin bucks Schumer, throws support behind Republican Democrats want to oust A top Senate Republican whom Democrats are salivating at the chance to unseat is getting an unexpected assist from a former member of their own party, delivering a political snub to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Former Sen. Joe Manchin, who left the Democratic Party to become an independent before retiring from the Senate, is making a swing into Maine to support Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the lawmaker’s campaign confirmed to Fox News Digital. Collins is locked in a tight race against former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson as she seeks a sixth term in the upper chamber. The race has remained close after it was shaken up earlier this year when Graham Platner dropped out after a sexual assault allegation rocked his campaign. 'OH, SHUT UP!': DEMOCRAT SNAPS AT COLLINS AFTER HECKLER DRIVES MAINE SENATE DEBATE OFF THE RAILS Manchin’s visit on the trail with Collins, first reported by Semafor, comes as Schumer and Democrats have tried to paint Collins as a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump, though she has often broken with the president during his second term, most notably on his signature legislation, the "one big, beautiful bill." Manchin told the outlet that his appearance alongside Collins, whom he served with during the entirety of his career in the upper chamber, was meant to demonstrate to Maine voters that Collins has a bipartisan track record that was instrumental in advancing key legislation, like his infrastructure package passed under former President Joe Biden, and blocking Trump’s policy desires, like repealing Obamacare. SCHUMER’S ‘NUMBER ONE TARGET’ SAYS VOTERS WILL SEE HER DEMOCRAT SENATE CHALLENGER AS TOO EXTREME "She is not a Trump senator," Manchin said. His foray onto the campaign trail in Maine on Wednesday will come just 24 hours before another major surrogate for Democrats will make her way to Vacationland: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Jackson has had other progressive heavyweights join him on the campaign stump, too, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. "Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez represent the far left of the national Democratic Party," Collins spokeswoman Blake Kernan told Fox News Digital. "That they are all campaigning in Maine for Troy Jackson tells voters exactly how he would govern." SCHUMER SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT HIS OWN CANDIDATES AREN'T READY TO BACK HIM "Senator Manchin campaigning for Senator Collins is a testament to her record of effective, independent leadership and commitment delivering results that have greatly benefited Maine and America," she continued. Manchin’s decision to stump for Collins serves as a sharp rebuke to Schumer and the Democratic Party and comes after his years of serving as a thorn in the side of Democratic leadership and previous Democratic administrations while he was still in the Senate. In his memoir released last year, Manchin tore into former President Barack Obama, Biden and Schumer, particularly over Schumer’s support for nuking the filibuster. That reasoning is why he wrote that he "wanted Republicans to win the Senate majority in 2024." "I believed it was the only hope for preserving the Senate as an institution," Manchin said. "I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad64c9575342cf4db9270e8 Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant te 2026-10-19T17:00:05.811Z Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant Amazon and X-energy have inked another deal to deploy nuclear power to the grid. This one will generate nearly 1 gigawatt of electricity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6433c75342cf4db926513 How a foreign government helped accused Saudi spy's family flee US after OpenAI bug scandal te 2026-10-19T16:20:12.565Z How a foreign government helped accused Saudi spy's family flee US after OpenAI bug scandal A former OpenAI engineer accused of secretly planting listening devices inside the artificial intelligence giant's facilities was communicating with Saudi royalty and searching company records involving the Kingdom before his arrest, according to federal prosecutors who are investigating whether his alleged surveillance was intended to benefit a foreign government. In a detention filing Sunday, prosecutors revealed that Saudi government officials helped arrange international travel for Abdulrahman Alfozan's wife and three-month-old son shortly after his arrest. They also raised concerns about Alfozan's potential access to foreign government assistance if released. Prosecutors disclosed that Alfozan had been in frequent contact with a member of the Saudi royal family who sought to recruit him for a Saudi artificial intelligence initiative. The filing does not allege that Saudi Arabia directed his alleged surveillance. TRUMP INTEL CHIEF WARNS AI FIRMS ON HACKS, SAYS NEW DEPARTMENT IS THE 'COP ON THE BEAT' The investigation remains ongoing and "may result in additional serious charges," prosecutors said. Investigators are examining whether Alfozan sought to record sensitive OpenAI meetings to advance his own business interests, aid a foreign government or both. According to the filing, Alfozan spent weeks researching how to construct an encrypted recording device with live-listening capabilities and where inside OpenAI he could capture sensitive conversations. He allegedly used an internal OpenAI tool to identify meeting rooms used by company executives and outside partners before concealing a customized audio recorder behind a television in an executive conference room in late September. The room regularly hosted leadership meetings, technical and product discussions, and briefings with government officials and business partners. Conversations frequently involved proprietary research, OpenAI's technical capabilities, strategic decisions, government engagements and commercial relationships, according to prosecutors. Government officials met with OpenAI executives in the room around the time of the alleged surveillance, prosecutors said, warning that Alfozan's conduct "could pose a danger to the national security of the United States." Investigators also uncovered evidence suggesting his alleged surveillance extended beyond a single device. OpenAI security personnel discovered a second similar recorder inside a bag Alfozan left in a printer room. Searches of his home and electronic devices subsequently uncovered similar components and photographs that appeared to show reconnaissance of other locations inside OpenAI, including another conference room used for sensitive meetings. Investigators say Alfozan was also showing particular interest in OpenAI's dealings with Saudi Arabia. His browsing history showed that he accessed a folder titled "Saudi Gov Docs" on Oct. 4, 2026, and used an internal OpenAI tool to search for engagements involving Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Among the subjects he searched were planned OpenAI visits to Saudi Arabia, an upcoming visit by the Saudi ministry and a meeting labeled "HUMAIN x MCIT @OpenAI," according to prosecutors. At the same time, Alfozan maintained frequent contact with an unidentified member of the Saudi royal family, including just four days before his arrest. "Saudi needs you more then [sic] the US!" the royal told Alfozan in May, according to the filing. Alfozan responded "100," which prosecutors interpreted as agreement. The royal repeatedly tried to recruit Alfozan for an artificial intelligence initiative in Saudi Arabia and asked when he planned to leave OpenAI. Alfozan said he would not leave until his stock vested, according to prosecutors. He was also allegedly pursuing other opportunities in Saudi Arabia, including applying to the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation's "2030 Leaders" program. GOOGLE ENGINEER STOLE AI SECRETS FOR CHINA, SENATE HEARS IN EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY The Saudi connections have become a focus of prosecutors' argument that Alfozan poses a serious flight risk. At the time of his arrest, Alfozan had one-way tickets from San Francisco to Riyadh for Oct. 12, 2026, and was scheduled to begin two months of parental leave from OpenAI. The FBI arrested him Oct. 9, 2026. The accused's wife and infant son initially had a one-way flight to Saudi Arabia booked and paid for by the Saudi government, prosecutors said. Then a Saudi military official purchased business-class tickets for the pair en route to Qatar. They departed San Francisco roughly 36 hours after Alfozan's arrest. Prosecutors cited the travel arrangements as evidence that Alfozan could receive substantial assistance from the Saudi government if released. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Saudi Embassy, OpenAI and Alfozan's attorney for comment. The government also pointed to a previous federal case in which prosecutors alleged that a former Twitter employee received Saudi assistance leaving the United States after being confronted over his access to internal user data. After Twitter confronted employee Ali Alzabarah in 2015, prosecutors alleged, calls were exchanged with a Saudi foreign official and the Saudi consul general in Los Angeles to coordinate a flight to Saudi Arabia the following day. Alzabarah later went to work for the Misk Foundation, according to the filing. Charges against him remain pending. Prosecutors argued that Alfozan similarly has access to "considerable support from a foreign government" with no extradition treaty with the United States and the resources to provide extraordinary travel assistance. Alfozan, a legal permanent resident, was earning $385,000 annually at OpenAI and had received a $2.2 million equity grant, according to prosecutors. OpenAI fired him following his arrest. He is charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications. Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to keep him behind bars pending trial, arguing that he poses a serious flight risk and an ongoing danger to the community. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6433675342cf4db9264f6 People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again te 2026-10-19T16:20:06.057Z People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again Fed up with ads, tracking and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad640ec75342cf4db9264cb Anthropic AI sends fake murder tip to Philadelphia police te 2026-10-19T16:10:20.753Z Anthropic AI sends fake murder tip to Philadelphia police Artificial intelligence can write your emails, research complicated questions and even handle tasks while you're away. But what happens when an AI system takes an action nobody intended? Philadelphia police recently got an unexpected answer. An AI model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated eyewitness tip about an unsolved murder through a Philadelphia police website. The submission happened during automated testing, and the model apparently believed it was generating an example interaction. Fortunately, the tip was flagged as spam before reaching investigators. However, the incident raises an uncomfortable question about what happens when AI agents interact with websites and public services without adequate safeguards. AG BLANCHE REJECTS CALLS FOR NEW AI LAWS AFTER ROGUE AGENTS TARGET US GOVERNMENT WEBSITES Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You'll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. The incident involved PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website where people can submit information about unsolved homicide cases in Philadelphia. On July 18, 2026, an AI model submitted a tip claiming to have information about a killing. According to Anthropic's October 9 report, the model was Claude Haiku 4.5. It had been assigned to generate and perform example tasks on randomly selected webpages. During one test, Claude encountered a page about an unsolved homicide that included a police department tip form. Rather than simply demonstrating how someone might use the form, Claude filled it out with invented information and submitted it. Here's what the model wrote: "I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant." There's a particularly troubling detail here. The website contained no description of the perpetrator. Claude invented that reference while presenting itself as someone who might have witnessed something relevant to the investigation. The model also left the name and contact fields blank, which the website permitted. It then submitted the tip. Fortunately, the police department's spam filtering caught the submission before it could reach detectives. Anthropic's explanation reveals how a relatively simple oversight can lead to an unintended action. Claude had been instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal information, make purchases or submit anything destructive. However, those restrictions did not explicitly prohibit submitting online forms. As a result, the model completed the tip form as part of its assigned task. Anthropic says the available transcript suggests Claude was generating example content rather than intentionally trying to mislead law enforcement. However, the company acknowledges that determining a model's intentions requires further analysis. That qualification is important. The evidence does not establish that Claude deliberately set out to deceive investigators. Instead, the incident shows how an AI system can carry out an action that its developers never intended, even while apparently attempting to complete its assigned task. Because Claude had access to the live internet during testing, it was able to submit the fabricated tip directly to a police website. According to the Philadelphia Police Department's October 9 statement, the submission was flagged as spam and never forwarded to its Real-Time Crime Center for investigative review or distribution. After Anthropic briefed police on October 8, department personnel located the submission in the website's tip records and confirmed that the corresponding email remained in spam. Police also reported no evidence of unauthorized access to department systems or compromised police data. The department emphasized that all crime tips undergo human review before investigators act on them. Even when a tip appears credible, detectives must assess the information and look for supporting evidence. That process provides another layer of protection against fabricated submissions. While that is reassuring, the timeline raises additional concerns. The submission occurred on July 18, 2026, at 11:27 p.m. According to Philadelphia police, Anthropic discovered the incident on September 28 and notified the department on October 7. Police met with company representatives the following day. That means more than two months passed before Anthropic discovered the false submission. The department called the two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the city "unacceptable" and urged technology companies to strengthen their safeguards. AI AGENT HACKS GYM SYSTEM TO MOVE UP WAITLIST Think about what could have happened if the fabricated tip had reached detectives. Investigators might have spent time chasing information that had no legitimate source. An innocent person could potentially have faced unnecessary scrutiny. Neither outcome occurred here. However, the incident raises serious concerns for law enforcement agencies that depend on public tips. Police departments regularly receive information from witnesses, neighbors and people who believe they may know something about a crime. Those submissions can help investigators uncover new evidence, especially in cases that have remained unsolved for years. Now consider how easily an AI system can generate convincing text and submit it through a public website. Without adequate safeguards, automated submissions could overwhelm investigators or make legitimate leads harder to identify. There's also a legal question. Pennsylvania law generally prohibits knowingly providing false information to law enforcement. However, the law's application to AI-generated submissions and the people or companies responsible for them would require separate legal analysis. The available evidence does not establish that Anthropic or its employees committed a crime. Meanwhile, Philadelphia officials are also considering a broader response. The department said Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration will explore regulatory protections with state and federal partners to address incidents involving AI systems. Police are coordinating with the city's Law Department and technology officials as they continue reviewing what happened. The Philadelphia incident was one of several cases described in Anthropic's October 9 report, titled Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use. The company identified four categories of unexpected behavior involving Claude models interacting with outside websites and systems. In one case, Claude exploited a software flaw on a university server to run commands after a scientific analysis tool stopped working. The model examined the website, found a vulnerable script and used it to complete the calculation. Another model found ways to access publicly available information that normally required a fee or an access token. Anthropic also observed models using URL-shortening services to work around limits designed to restrict certain web requests. And the Philadelphia case was not the only example involving an online form. Anthropic reported that some models submitted real forms when they were supposed to use practice versions or stop before final submission. These incidents occurred during evaluations and internal use. Anthropic said the incidents had minimal impact and, to its knowledge, did not involve customer data or its own internal systems. Following its investigation, Anthropic announced additional safeguards designed to prevent AI models from interacting with outside systems in unintended ways. The company said it has stopped running certain evaluations, moved others into offline environments and rebuilt some tests to avoid contacting live websites. It also expanded restrictions on live internet access to all internal evaluations until it can confirm that its security and monitoring systems reliably detect this behavior. Additionally, Anthropic strengthened restrictions on tools that allow Claude to retrieve information from websites. The company developed automated systems to identify and block unexpected actions. According to Anthropic, those systems blocked every incident described in its report when the company tested them against the previously identified cases. However, that result does not guarantee the safeguards will catch every future problem. Anthropic acknowledged that further work is needed to improve how its models handle ambiguous instructions and unexpected obstacles. GRANDMOTHER SUES AFTER ALLEGED AI FACIAL RECOGNITION ERROR LED TO MONTHS IN JAIL, EXPERTS SOUND ALARM You might be wondering what an incident involving a police website has to do with your own use of artificial intelligence. The connection is that AI agents are increasingly capable of performing actions instead of simply providing answers. Depending on the tools and permissions available, they can browse websites, complete forms and interact with connected services. That's incredibly useful when everything works as intended. However, an agent can misunderstand instructions or continue pursuing a task when it should stop. For example, you might ask an AI assistant to research travel arrangements. If that assistant has permission to complete bookings, a misunderstanding could potentially result in an unwanted reservation. The Philadelphia case shows why AI agents need clear instructions and firm limits, especially when they can submit information to police departments, government agencies or other organizations. We reached out to Anthropic for additional comment, but the company did not respond before our deadline. You don't need to abandon AI agents because of this incident. However, I recommend keeping control over actions that could affect your accounts or other people. These precautions cannot eliminate every risk. However, they can help reduce the consequences of an unexpected action. What concerns me most about this incident is where the AI decided to act. We're talking about an unsolved murder involving real victims and families still waiting for answers. A model generated a fabricated eyewitness account and submitted it through a police website. Fortunately, the department's safeguards prevented that information from reaching investigators. But I find it troubling that Anthropic didn't discover the incident until more than two months later. I see tremendous potential in AI agents, and I've written about how they can save us time by taking over frustrating tasks. However, this incident shows why giving AI the ability to act independently requires careful oversight. Anthropic deserves credit for publishing details of what went wrong and explaining its response. At the same time, companies developing these systems need to demonstrate that their safeguards work before allowing their models to interact with sensitive services such as police departments and government agencies. We should expect better detection, faster disclosure and clear accountability when something goes wrong. If an AI system submits false information to police or another government agency, who should be held responsible: the company that developed it, the people operating it or nobody if the action was unintended? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad640e775342cf4db9264c2 Violent far-left riots in France are 'chilling warning' for Americans at home, Mike Johnson says te 2026-10-19T16:10:15.512Z Violent far-left riots in France are 'chilling warning' for Americans at home, Mike Johnson says The violent riots rocking France are a dark harbinger of what could happen in the United States if Democrats win the midterms, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is warning. The top leader in the House of Representatives compared the far-left groups plunging France into chaos to the socialist insurgency that's gripped the Democratic Party. And the coming election, he argued, is the best way to prevent the same scenes from playing out in the U.S. "France is descending into chaos because they wanted OPEN BORDERS — just like the socialist Democrats in America," Johnson posted on X. "What we are witnessing is a chilling warning for all Americans of what happens if the radical Marxist insurgent left gets their way." FRANCE’S VIOLENT STUDENT PROTESTS RAISE WARNING FOR AMERICA: ‘A CAUTIONARY TALE’ He blamed the riots on France having overly lax rules for illegal immigration, an issue that proved pivotal in Republicans' 2024 victories here at home. "America is not merely in a battle of political ideologies — it’s a battle for the preservation of our civilization, our freedoms, and our way of life. If Democrats take back control, it will be open borders and criminal illegals overrunning our country, many of whom want to destroy it," Johnson said. More than 500,000 people took to the streets in various cities and towns across France this weekend, protesting high living costs and the price of education, among other issues. French authorities said 1,800 people were arrested nationwide, with over 800 of those in the capital city of Paris alone. VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT FRANCE PROTESTS AS MACRON WARNS UNREST IS BEING EXPLOITED Photos and videos showed centuries-old buildings being destroyed as protesters set fire to public property and looted stores. France's centrist government blamed far-left groups for fomenting the violence. LIMOGES TOWN HALL 'LARGELY LOST' AFTER FAR-LEFT RIOTERS SET HISTORIC BUILDING ON FIRE AMID FRENCH UNREST And images showing some protesters carrying Algerian, Palestinian and Moroccan flags have led figures on the right to blame France's immigration policies. "What's happening in France is the progressive political agenda at its natural conclusion. When you build a massive welfare state while increasing your population through third-world migration, it isn't long before basic social order collapses," Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, posted on X. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad63e8c75342cf4db926480 Jalen Hurts to reportedly miss remainder of NFL season after blood clots found in quarterback's lungs te 2026-10-19T16:00:12.176Z Jalen Hurts to reportedly miss remainder of NFL season after blood clots found in quarterback's lungs Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is reportedly being shut down for the remainder of the NFL season after doctors discovered multiple blood clots in his lungs. NFL Network's Ian Rapaport has reported that the treatment process will take at least three months, which would sideline the signal caller for the rest of the year. The Eagles released a joint statement with Hurts' agent, Nicole Lynn, laying out the details of the quarterback's diagnosis and the process of recovery. Hurts has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis as well as bilateral pulmonary emboli, which involve multiple blood clots in the lungs. "Jalen was initially diagnosed by specialists in London with a left calf superficial vein thrombosis. After further testing and monitoring, the current diagnosis is a deep vein thrombosis, as well as bilateral pulmonary emboli," the statement read. "He is clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations. His treatment should only involve anticoagulation (i.e. "blood thinners"). During this time, he will not be allowed to participate in any contact activities, including football. "Jalen’s prognosis is very good, and we expect a full recovery. We anticipate that he will have the opportunity to resume contact football activities when off the blood thinners." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The joint statement did not specifically indicate that Hurts would miss the remainder of the season, but NFL insider Adam Schefter, among many others, is reporting that he is done for the year. The unfortunate update about Hurts' health comes after the Eagles discovered a blood clot in the quarterback's leg before the team's matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 11 in London. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The team and medical personnel determined that Hurts could play against Jacksonville, which he did, in what was a 19-17 loss. According to NFL reporter Tom Pelissero, the discovery of the blood clot in Hurts' leg was superficial, and with that, doctors told him not to sleep. Hurts made the start against Jacksonville after reportedly being awake for roughly 36 straight hours. The 28-year-old practiced with the Eagles this past week, but a follow-up ultrasound revealed that there was "movement in the small blood clot," which ruled him out for the Eagles' road loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Hurts is expected to make a full recovery, according to the team's joint statement, which also noted that there is anticipation that he will have no long-term effects. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad63c3175342cf4db926434 LSU student and firefighter fiancé mowed down near campus, impaired underage driver arrested te 2026-10-19T15:50:09.200Z LSU student and firefighter fiancé mowed down near campus, impaired underage driver arrested A Louisiana State University student and her firefighter fiancé, high school sweethearts, were killed when a woman allegedly struck them with her vehicle as they walked along the side of a road on early Sunday morning. The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the victims as 21-year old Leah Fonte and 21-year-old Shane Hirstius, who were engaged. Officers arrested Mia Dawson, 20, in relation to the incident on charges of operating while impaired, reckless operation of a vehicle, hit and run driving, vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injuring. Officials said Dawson veered off the road at around 2:40 a.m. Sunday and struck the two people who were walking on the right shoulder of the road. SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER KILLS 2 PEDESTRIANS IN VIOLENT CHAIN-REACTION CRASH ON MANHATTAN'S UPPER WEST SIDE Fonte died at the scene, while Hirstius was taken to a hospital, where he later died. GOT A TIP? In a Facebook post, the River Ridge volunteer fire department said "Shane was much more than a firefighter. He was a person with an enormous heart, an unforgettable smile, and a genuine passion for helping others." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "He gave 110% of himself to his responsibilities as a first responder, always willing to step forward when someone needed help. His dedication, compassion, and commitment to serving others represented the very best of what it means to be a firefighter," the department said. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Fonte was a senior at Louisiana State University studying biological sciences, according to a statement from the institution. "On behalf of the LSU System and all nine of the institutions that make up our LSU family, we send sincere condolences to the Fonte family as they learn of Leah's passing," said LSU president Wade Rousse. "We pray that God will comfort those she loved during this time of reflection and mourning." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad63c2d75342cf4db926420 Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Race and School Admissions te 2026-10-19T15:50:05.933Z Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Race and School Admissions The court’s decision to review an admissions policy for selective middle school programs in Maryland follows its rejection of affirmative action in higher education. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad639d575342cf4db92616c Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs  te 2026-10-19T15:40:05.692Z Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs  Nvidia is leaning hard into the trend of enterprise companies wanting to run their own open models in their own data centers and also trying to make on-device, private AI agents a thing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637b375342cf4db926136 Dan Dakich shares his unfiltered reaction to Colts firing of GM Chris Ballard: 'This is seven years too late' te 2026-10-19T15:30:59.901Z Dan Dakich shares his unfiltered reaction to Colts firing of GM Chris Ballard: 'This is seven years too late' Dan Dakich is not upset about the Indianapolis Colts firing general manager Chris Ballard; he's just upset that it took the franchise this long to make the move. On Monday, a day after the Colts lost to the winless and hopeless Tennessee Titans at home, Indianapolis announced that Ballard has been relieved of his duties as team general manager. Carlie Irsay-Gordon, owner and CEO of the Colts, issued a strong statement regarding why the decision to fire Ballard unfolded at this specific point of the regular season. "As I said at the start of the season, the sense of urgency has never been higher. Our standard is to compete for championships, and I believe a change in leadership is necessary to meet that standard," Irsay-Gordon's statement said in part. Making this change during the season was a deliberate decision. Waiting would only delay the important work that needs to begin now." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Dakich, the Indiana legend and host of 'Don't @ Me,' has been adamant for years that Ballard simply was not the right man for the job, and believes he got exactly what he deserved by being fired six games into the season. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Well, the worst general manager in the history of the NFL just got fired," Dakich said on Monday while reacting to the breaking news. "Look, this is seven years too late. As I said last night on Twitter to one of the Irsays, how did I know this a long time ago and none of you did? How could I watch 'Hard Knocks' five years ago and go 'this is an absolute sh–tshow and none of you did?' How could you keep a guy over the last five to seven years, who hasn't made the playoffs in the last five, hasn't had a draft pick worth a damn since Jonathan Taylor, however many years ago, has spent your money frivolously, and been incredibly arrogant to fans, and actually cried blaming white people for social unrest? "No, this guy was a sh–show from the beginning." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER As he noted, Dakich did tag Irsay-Gordon on Twitter on Sunday afternoon following the Colts' 26-20 loss to the Titans, asking her how he knew that Ballard wasn't fit for the job, and she didn't. Ballard was officially hired by the Colts in January 2017. Indianapolis never won the AFC South and made the NFL playoffs just twice, winning just one postseason game in 2018, during his tenure. He was relieved of his duties with the team sitting at 2-4 on the year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637b175342cf4db92612d Trump takes border crackdown to deep-red state as shock Senate battle threatens GOP stronghold te 2026-10-19T15:30:57.618Z Trump takes border crackdown to deep-red state as shock Senate battle threatens GOP stronghold EXCLUSIVE: WICHITA, KANSAS — President Donald Trump is expected to tout his immigration agenda in ruby-red Kansas on Monday, weeks after federal immigration agents made dozens of arrests in the southwestern portion of the state. Trump is headed to the Sunflower State for a rally just outside of Wichita as a tighter-than-expected Senate race that could determine the balance of power in the upper chamber unfolds. Fox News Digital has learned that Trump will lean into the policy positions that helped propel him and Republicans to power two years ago. TRUMP DHS HITS 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH 0 RELEASES AT THE BORDER "President Trump stopped the invasion of our country and delivered Americans the most secure border in American history," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. "Under the President’s leadership, 3 million illegals have left the United States and zero illegals have been released at the border in seventeen months." "Meanwhile, radical Democrats want to go back to their extreme open border policies, abolish ICE, and grant amnesty to the illegal aliens they released into our communities," she continued. The Trump-led Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have touted a string of arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants in the state over the last several months. GEORGIA ICE SWEEP NABS OVER 700 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING SEX OFFENDERS, CHILD ABUSERS According to the White House, among some of the "worst of the worst" who were arrested in the state by federal immigration officers include Omar Israel Hernandez of Mexico, convicted of first-degree murder, Jose Luis Rauda-Diaz of El Salvador, convicted of aggravated robbery and two counts of possession of a weapon, Oscar Sanchez-Corona of Mexico, who had previously been deported for drug offenses, damaging property, and driving under the influence, Greg Chukwuka Orji of Nigeria, convicted of dangerous drugs and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and Alberto Estrada of Mexico, convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and rape. Trump’s rally comes as the race between Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton has cranked up in a state the president has won by double-digits in the last three presidential cycles and has given Republicans cause for concern in a state where voters haven’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century. The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan race ranker, downgraded the contest to a toss-up earlier this month and money from GOP and Democratic groups is flowing into the state. KANSAS DEMOCRAT BEGS KAMALA HARRIS NOT TO CAMPAIGN WITH HIM, ‘PLEASE DO NOT COME TO MY STATE’ Marshall, who is vying for a second term, has run close to Trump, rarely breaking from him on key issues throughout this cycle. Hamilton, however, has run away from the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C., and warned that if elected, he wouldn’t support Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for another term leading the caucus. Trump’s appearance in the state also follows ICE’s three-day sweep in Southwest Kansas last month, dubbed "Operation Safe Community — Kansas," where agents made over 100 arrests. Marshall pushed back on the operation, demanding that "when ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement." "Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe," Marshall said on X. Meanwhile, Republicans have targeted Hamilton for his immigration stance, accusing him through ads run by outside groups, like the Senate Leadership Fund, of supporting mass amnesty. Hamilton, however, pushed back on the Biden administration’s immigration policies and told the Johnson County Post that the previous administration's open border policies "caused a different kind of chaos." "Record crossings overwhelmed communities, and the immigration courts fell years behind," Hamilton said. "I’m not for open borders, and dangerous criminals don’t belong here." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637ad75342cf4db926117 Commanders Could Make NFL History for All the Wrong Reasons vs 49ers te 2026-10-19T15:30:53.565Z Commanders Could Make NFL History for All the Wrong Reasons vs 49ers The Commanders face a critical test against the 49ers, with a loss putting Washington in the middle of an unwanted NFL first. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637ab75342cf4db92610e Dak Prescott Gets Honest About Cowboys After 'Frustrating' Loss to Packers te 2026-10-19T15:30:51.011Z Dak Prescott Gets Honest About Cowboys After 'Frustrating' Loss to Packers Dak Prescott gave his blunt assessment of the Cowboys' loss to the Packers and discussed how Dallas can turn their season around. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637a875342cf4db926105 Stephen Curry Gets Encouraging Injury Update After Warriors Practice Scare te 2026-10-19T15:30:48.868Z Stephen Curry Gets Encouraging Injury Update After Warriors Practice Scare The Warriors got a positive update on Stephen Curry after he left practice with an injury days before his team's season opener. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637a675342cf4db9260fc Trump Slams 'Crazed Lunatic' Judge as DOJ is Rebuked in Golf Course Hearing te 2026-10-19T15:30:46.627Z Trump Slams 'Crazed Lunatic' Judge as DOJ is Rebuked in Golf Course Hearing The president said the government did not need court approval to start work on the public golf course, despite a legal challenge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637a375342cf4db9260f3 Gen Z Is Ditching Instant Messages for Letters - Psychologists Explain Why te 2026-10-19T15:30:43.987Z Gen Z Is Ditching Instant Messages for Letters - Psychologists Explain Why With its wax seals and fancy calligraphy, Gen Z's snail mail obsession offers more than just nostalgia, experts say. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad637a275342cf4db9260ea The Palestinian Cause Has Never Been Freer te 2026-10-19T15:30:42.017Z The Palestinian Cause Has Never Been Freer The Palestinian flag has escaped its borders to become a universal protest symbol. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379f75342cf4db9260e1 Colts Hit Reset Button After Humiliating Loss to Titans te 2026-10-19T15:30:39.850Z Colts Hit Reset Button After Humiliating Loss to Titans A stunning Week 6 collapse against the division-rival Titans has prompted a major change in Indianapolis. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379e75342cf4db9260d8 Giants QB JJ McCarthy Gets Major Endorsement After Saints' Loss te 2026-10-19T15:30:38.041Z Giants QB JJ McCarthy Gets Major Endorsement After Saints' Loss J.J. McCarthy sparked a late Giants rally against the Saints, earning Rex Ryan's endorsement as New York weighs its decision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379c75342cf4db9260cf Troy Jackson Has No Regrets Telling Susan Collins To ‘Shut Up’ te 2026-10-19T15:30:36.007Z Troy Jackson Has No Regrets Telling Susan Collins To ‘Shut Up’ Jackson refused to apologize and said groups backing Collins had spent millions "attacking me and my family" with "untrue claims." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379975342cf4db9260c6 Growth, Tech and Consolidation Are Changing Credit Union Leadership te 2026-10-19T15:30:33.331Z Growth, Tech and Consolidation Are Changing Credit Union Leadership U.S. credit unions face new succession rules as consolidation and technology reshape the sector. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379675342cf4db9260bd Victoria's Secret Is Bringing Sexy Back te 2026-10-19T15:30:30.344Z Victoria's Secret Is Bringing Sexy Back Victoria’s Secret revived its signature glamour at its 2026 fashion show, five years after stepping away from its old image. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379375342cf4db9260b4 Four Supreme Court Justices Sit Out Decision Preventing Quorum te 2026-10-19T15:30:27.081Z Four Supreme Court Justices Sit Out Decision Preventing Quorum Without enough participating justices to hear the case, the decision will revert to its lower-court ruling. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6379075342cf4db9260ab LeBron James' Knicks Connection Takes on New Meaning Before Opener te 2026-10-19T15:30:24.617Z LeBron James' Knicks Connection Takes on New Meaning Before Opener LeBron James' Knicks connection resurfaces ahead of the season opener, adding intrigue to his return to Madison Square Garden. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6378e75342cf4db9260a2 Eagles QB Jalen Hurts’ Season Comes to Stunning End After Alarming Health News te 2026-10-19T15:30:22.064Z Eagles QB Jalen Hurts’ Season Comes to Stunning End After Alarming Health News Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season and undergo three months of treatment for a blood clotting issue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6378b75342cf4db926099 Texas Makes Surprising Move That Could Put Arch Manning's Job at Risk te 2026-10-19T15:30:19.029Z Texas Makes Surprising Move That Could Put Arch Manning's Job at Risk Texas is making adjustments after back-to-back losses, raising new questions about Arch Manning's future as the Longhorns QB. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6378875342cf4db926090 Is Pete Hegseth to Blame for UTSA Rappelling Death? What the Record Shows te 2026-10-19T15:30:16.704Z Is Pete Hegseth to Blame for UTSA Rappelling Death? What the Record Shows The deceased airman was named by U.S. military officials as Technical Sergeant Ian Patterson, from Georgia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6378475342cf4db926087 Who Is ‘Tommy’? Report Identifies Man in El-Sayed Clash as Ex-GOP Staffer te 2026-10-19T15:30:12.890Z Who Is ‘Tommy’? Report Identifies Man in El-Sayed Clash as Ex-GOP Staffer A report identified the man who questioned El-Sayed at a recent town hall event as a former Republican staffer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6378075342cf4db92607e Paul Finebaum Urges Texas to Bench Arch Manning After Latest Loss te 2026-10-19T15:30:08.411Z Paul Finebaum Urges Texas to Bench Arch Manning After Latest Loss Paul Finebaum calls for Texas to bench Arch Manning after another loss, raising questions ahead of the Ole Miss showdown. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62e1e75342cf4db925f06 Amelia Earhart search suffers crushing setback after researchers make disappointing find te 2026-10-19T14:50:06.563Z Amelia Earhart search suffers crushing setback after researchers make disappointing find Researchers who embarked on a grueling journey to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane have suffered a devastating setback. Purdue University announced that the team had "found no conclusive evidence" to confirm the Taraia Object hypothesis — which suggested that wreckage from Earhart's aircraft lay in a lagoon on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro. The theory centered on the Taraia Object, a visual anomaly first spotted in satellite imagery in 2020 that researchers suspected could be wreckage of Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER UNEXPECTED TWIST IN SHIPWRECK MYSTERY AFTER CLUES DON'T ADD UP But the university said the object was "likely a collection of large trees deposited along the peninsula’s sandspit." The university added, "By the time the team arrived at the site, a good portion of the debris had fragmented and washed away, leaving only a single Y-shaped segment — a fraction of the anomaly’s original size observed in imagery when the Taraia Object hypothesis was developed." The remaining fragment's reflective surface was caused by a "carbonate veneer," which researchers said had made the debris appear metallic. "Other items found by the team were similarly coated with a shiny concretized amalgam of coral sand," the university added. HAUNTING CLUES EMERGE IN 7-YEAR FISHING BOAT MYSTERY AFTER WRECKAGE FOUND OFF ISLAND Despite the setback, Rick Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and leader of the expedition, said the team "remains in great spirits and proud of what was accomplished." "We accomplished our goal to determine what the Taraia Object was, and we’re deeply grateful to the private donors who shared our vision and made this journey possible," he said in a statement. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Officials added that the expedition uncovered several artifacts, including a 30-inch steel tube, that could offer clues about how debris travels through the island's lagoon and accumulates along the Taraia Peninsula. The discoveries will undergo further study, though officials did not report finding any artifacts conclusively linked to Earhart's missing aircraft. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Despite the disappointing development, researchers aren't giving up on the theory that Earhart ended up on Nikumaroro. "While the expedition did not uncover the 'smoking gun' connecting Earhart to Nikumaroro, the team reiterated its collective belief in the broader castaway hypothesis," Purdue University added. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Earhart vanished on July 2, 1937, while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world. The famed aviator and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared while flying from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island during one of the final stretches of their journey. Earhart was just 39 years old when she vanished, leaving behind one of aviation history's most enduring unsolved mysteries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bd575342cf4db925e53 Democrats could flip legislative chambers, break GOP supermajorities, analysis finds te 2026-10-19T14:40:21.048Z Democrats could flip legislative chambers, break GOP supermajorities, analysis finds Members of the New Hampshire state House meet during session this May. Both of New Hampshire’s legislative chambers are considered among the most competitive this midterm election cycle, according to a recent analysis by Sabato’s Crystal Ball. (Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin) Party control is up for grabs in 15 state legislative chambers across the country as Republicans are increasingly on the defensive this midterm election cycle, a new analysis found.  2026’s most competitive legislative chambers These are the state chambers considered most competitive by Sabato’s Crystal Ball Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson: Alaska House Alaska Senate Arizona House Arizona Senate Georgia House Maine House Michigan House Michigan Senate Minnesota House Minnesota Senate New Hampshire House New Hampshire Senate Pennsylvania Senate Wisconsin Assembly  Wisconsin Senate Source: Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics The nonpartisan newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics released its final analysis of state legislative races ahead of November. Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson changed projections for 10 chambers — all shifting in favor of Democrats. “In many states, Democrats are looking forward to a favorable year driven by a reaction to President Donald Trump and his policies,” he wrote. Of the 15 competitive chambers this cycle, nine are currently controlled by Republicans and three are controlled by Democrats. Both of Alaska’s legislative chambers are controlled by bipartisan coalitions and the Minnesota state House is split evenly.  Jacobson said Democrats may make inroads even in states not considered competitive. In 15 chambers expected to remain in Republican control, for example, he said Democrats could chip away at majorities or break GOP supermajorities — when a party has enough votes to override a veto. Those chambers include the Georgia state Senate, the Indiana state House, the Kansas state House and both chambers in Florida, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. In addition to winning control of the U.S. Congress, Democrats are looking to flip hundreds of state legislative seats this November following years of Republican dominance in statehouses. In addition to controlling a majority of governor’s offices, the GOP has held a majority of state legislative seats and chambers since 2010. This year’s state legislative races are the third most competitive since 2010, according to Ballotpedia. The nonpartisan political encyclopedia measures competitiveness as the extent of choice available to voters: “More open seats, more contested primaries, and more races where both major parties field candidates mean more meaningful decisions on the ballot.” Voters across 46 states will vote on 6,137 state legislative races next month. Of those races, 4,052 seats — 66% — are contested by both major parties. Ballotpedia found that 1,156 incumbents faced contested primaries this cycle — higher than its 16-year average. Stateline reporter Kevin Hardy can be reached at khardy@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/6ad62bd275342cf4db925e33 DOJ official defends Trump's noncitizen voter probe on '60 Minutes,' accuses show of editing out her answers te 2026-10-19T14:40:18.512Z DOJ official defends Trump's noncitizen voter probe on '60 Minutes,' accuses show of editing out her answers Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon defended the Trump administration's investigation into noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections during CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday. "There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system. There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting — very, very few. And so, therefore, what's the purpose?" Lesley Stahl, host of "60 Minutes," asked Dhillon. ELECTION CRIME ARRESTS KEEP PILING UP AS DEMS INSIST IT 'JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN' Dhillon responded, "The point is actually the opposite of what you were saying. It's not to sow distrust. The distrust is there. And so, all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really, in volume. And look, even the Biden administration prosecuted 13 people for noncitizen voting." Stahl interrupted and said the numbers were tiny. "So Lesley, we've been in office for less than two years. We've had investigations ongoing for over a year, and it takes time. There are literally thousands of them out there that we are looking at," Dhillon responded. DEMOCRAT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS DISCOVERED ON VOTER ROLLS, PURGED Dhillon pledged in July that the Trump administration will pursue every provable case of illegal voting under what she described as a "broken windows" enforcement strategy, marking a sharp shift from prior administrations as the DOJ intensifies scrutiny of voter rolls following revelations that noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey. Dhillon told Fox News Digital at the time the department's approach is to investigate every credible lead and prosecute every case supported by the evidence, rejecting what she described as the prior view that only widespread fraud or election-altering misconduct warranted federal action. Her statement came after Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill revealed that thousands of noncitizens ended up on the state's voter rolls through the motor-voter system. The "60 Minutes" host asked if there were plans to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to polling locations. Dhillon said there were "no plans" to do so. Dhillon dismissed concerns that President Donald Trump would challenge the results of the midterms as "paranoia," Stahl said during a voice-over moment in the segment.  The "60 Minutes" host asked Dhillon, "So would you consider a noncitizen voting an irregularity that would lead to a challenge of the vote?" CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I think that would lead to the person's vote being challenged, but not the entire election," Dhillon said. Stahl went on to ask if Dhillon could rule out a challenge to a state vote. "I set some fake news straight on @60Minutes tonight, though as usual they edit out 95% of the answers," Dhillon posted on X in response to a video of her exchange with Stahl. CBS did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bd075342cf4db925e2a Convicted serial rapist originally sentenced to 124 years walks free after 20, sparking outrage te 2026-10-19T14:40:16.791Z Convicted serial rapist originally sentenced to 124 years walks free after 20, sparking outrage A California man convicted of drugging and raping three women and originally sentenced to 124 years in prison has been released after serving approximately 20 years, sparking outrage from local officials who have raised public safety concerns. Andrew Luster, the great-grandson of cosmetics mogul Max Factor, was released from state prison earlier this month and is reportedly residing in Glendora, California, according to KTLA. Glendora Mayor David Fredendall condemned the release in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, calling it unacceptable that a convicted serial rapist is now reportedly living in the community. NEWSOM-BACKED LAW LETS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILD RAPIST SEEK EARLY RELEASE AGAIN AS DA URGES 'STOP THE MADNESS' "The City of Glendora is beyond disappointed. We are outraged," Fredendall said. "Andrew Luster was convicted of 86 felony counts stemming from the drugging and sexual assault of unconscious women. He was originally sentenced to 124 years in prison. He has now been released from State prison and is reportedly residing in our community. This is unacceptable." Luster was convicted in 2003 of 86 felony counts stemming from the drugging and sexual assault of three women at his beachfront home in Ventura County. Prosecutors said he used the drug GHB to render the women unconscious before sexually assaulting them. Luster fled to Mexico in January 2003 while free on $1 million bail during his trial. He was convicted in his absence and later captured by celebrity bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Max Factor heir was originally sentenced to 124 years in prison, but a California judge set aside the sentence in March 2013 after finding that the trial court failed to adequately explain its reasons for imposing consecutive sentences, as Fox News Digital previously reported. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kathryne Ann Stoltz rejected Luster's attempt to overturn his convictions but granted him a new sentencing hearing. CALIFORNIA SUED OVER POLICY THAT COULD FREE SERIAL KILLERS AS LACI PETERSON'S FRIEND SOUNDS ALARM In April 2013, Stoltz resentenced Luster to 50 years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Prosecutors opposed the reduced sentence, describing Luster's crimes as "cruel, vicious and callous." NEWSOM BLASTED BY SHERIFF IN HIS OWN BACKYARD OVER CALIFORNIA CRIME AS VICTIMS CRY FOUL His release has renewed criticism of California's criminal justice system, particularly Proposition 57, a voter-approved measure passed in 2016 that expanded parole consideration for certain offenders. KTLA reported that Luster was denied parole in 2022 before being granted parole in 2024. Ventura County prosecutors successfully challenged that decision, and Luster was denied parole again in April 2025. CHARLES MANSON FOLLOWER TIED TO SHARON TATE MURDERS GETS RECOMMENDED FOR PAROLE AFTER 55 YEARS IN PRISON He was subsequently expected to remain incarcerated until October 2026, when his calculated prison term would end, the outlet reported. Fredendall argued that the outcome undermines promises made to California voters when Proposition 57 was approved. CALIFORNIA DEMS TRIGGER OUTRAGE AFTER SIDING WITH CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS IN SHOCKING VOTE "When California voters approved Proposition 57 in 2016, they were assured by Governor Jerry Brown and his administration that dangerous offenders would remain behind bars," Fredendall said. "The State may argue that this was not technically an early release. It can point to sentencing credits, legal calculations, and administrative requirements," the mayor continued. "However, those technical explanations do not address the larger concern: how an individual originally sentenced to 124 years in prison for heinous crimes is able to walk out of a secured facility after only 20 years." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X California Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio also criticized the release in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "I am outraged and deeply disturbed by the decision to grant parole to convicted serial rapist Andrew Luster," Rubio said. "It is incomprehensible that an individual originally sentenced to 124 years in prison for such horrific crimes could be granted parole after serving approximately 20 years." Rubio, who represents California's 48th Assembly District, said the decision raises questions about the state's parole system and whether it adequately protects victims and communities. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "Our justice system is supposed to protect the innocent, hold violent criminals accountable, and provide victims with a sense of justice," she said. "Decisions like this undermine public confidence in that system and send a devastating message to survivors of sexual assault." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Rubio said she is working with local officials and law enforcement to learn more about the circumstances surrounding Luster's release, including the conditions of his supervision. SEND US A TIP Fredendall also expressed concern about Luster reportedly living near schools, parks, playgrounds and other community spaces. GOT A TIP? "Our Police Department will work with State parole authorities to ensure every applicable law and condition of supervision is followed," Fredendall said. "We will do everything within our lawful authority to protect our residents. But local governments should not be forced to shoulder the public-safety consequences of decisions made in Sacramento without adequate transparency and accountability." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The mayor said the city is demanding additional information from state officials about the release and measures being taken to protect residents. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "The victims deserve better. The people of Glendora deserve better. California must do better," Fredendall said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation seeking confirmation of Luster's release date, clarification of the sentencing calculations that led to his release and details about his parole supervision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bcd75342cf4db925e06 Everything Abdul El-Sayed Has Said About the Muslim Brotherhood te 2026-10-19T14:40:13.114Z Everything Abdul El-Sayed Has Said About the Muslim Brotherhood Abdul El-Sayed denies Muslim Brotherhood ties after his half-sister's posts alleging family links resurfaced. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bcb75342cf4db925dfd Apu Gets New Voice: List of 'Simpsons' Characters Recast Following Backlash te 2026-10-19T14:40:11.004Z Apu Gets New Voice: List of 'Simpsons' Characters Recast Following Backlash Apu is the latest in a line of characters that have been recast by the animated show since 2020. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bc875342cf4db925df4 US Contradicts Zelensky On Intelligence Sharing Claim  te 2026-10-19T14:40:08.851Z US Contradicts Zelensky On Intelligence Sharing Claim  Marco Rubio responded to comments by the Ukrainian president said that U.S. intelligence had been "unblocked." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad62bc675342cf4db925deb Veteran QB Rejects Eagles Offer Amid Jalen Hurts Injury te 2026-10-19T14:40:06.162Z Veteran QB Rejects Eagles Offer Amid Jalen Hurts Injury A veteran quarterback turned down an offer from the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles need a QB after placing Jalen Hurts on IR. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6296f75342cf4db925db0 Alberta holds non-binding separation vote as independence fight grips Canada te 2026-10-19T14:30:07.536Z Alberta holds non-binding separation vote as independence fight grips Canada OTTAWA: Residents of Alberta began voting Monday in a non-binding referendum that will determine whether the western-Canadian province should pursue separation from Canada. The vote comes at a time when the province is mourning the deaths of four soldiers, while dozens of others were injured from a fast-moving fire that burned through a military base in Alberta. While the results of a poll involving 1,021 respondents released by Abacus Data on Saturday showed that 74% of decided voters favor Alberta remaining within the Canadian Confederation, the independence issue won’t disappear for the nearly 30% (26%) who want Alberta’s government to begin the process to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether Alberta should separate from Canada, according to veteran separatist organizer Cory Morgan, who leads a group called Pathway to Independence. "It will say that about one in three Albertans have had it," Morgan told Fox News Digital. "There is a big rift within Alberta and if things don’t change, it will be a growing faction in this province – so this vote is an important one." EXCLUSIVE: ‘BROKEN COUNTRY’ FILMMAKER WARNS CANADA’S SLOW DECLINE OFFERS CAUTIONARY TALE FOR AMERICANS About three million Albertans are eligible to vote in the referendum. Another recent Abacus poll found that 61% of the 1,021 eligible voters surveyed expect Albertans will vote again on separation, even if most will choose to remain in Canada. On Friday, the Angus Reid Institute released the results of its poll that found 62% of 1,010 Albertans surveyed believe "there will never be an end to the separatist movement" in the province. Morgan, who led the short-lived Alberta Independence Party from 2000 to 2001, said that while "a vocal minority" within the separatist movement favor Alberta becoming the 51st state, most pro-independence Albertans "don’t want to become a small fish in an even bigger pond." He added that "Albertans in general are not too thrilled with President Trump right now and that makes them less inclined to leave the federation." At a "Forever Canadian" rally on Friday in Edmonton, where he was raised, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a crowd of over 5,000 people that "this referendum comes at the worst possible time." He said that "the world is becoming more dangerous and divided [and] some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us," making an indirect reference to Trump’s trade war against and annexation talk about Canada. Alberta-born and raised, 55-year-old Morgan said that his home province is "politically and culturally different" than eastern Canada. "There’s a lot more focus on individual freedoms and property rights," he noted, acknowledging that those values are traditionally viewed as American. "Most Albertans are going to feel much more comfortable sitting down for a beer with people from Great Falls, Montana than they would in Ottawa," said Morgan. He explained that when Alberta became a Canadian province in 1905, its population grew largely from a migration of Montanans, and when oil was discovered in the 1940s, U.S. companies Chevron and Mobil helped develop what became Alberta’s biggest industry. Also earlier this year during an appearance on Real America’s Voice at Davos, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described Alberta as "a natural partner for the U.S." and described Albertans as "very independent people." In response, Carney said that he "expect[ed] the U.S. administration to respect Canadian sovereignty." Earlier this month, The Globe and Mail reported that Alberta separatist leaders met with Republican strategists in Calgary in January to look at software designed to identify and mobilize supporters. Separatist leaders also reportedly suggested exchanging water and oil for U.S. support when they met with State Department officials in Washington last year. CANADIAN PM TELLS TRUMP TO 'STOP TRYING TO BE TOUGH' IN TRADE FIGHT Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told CBC News that if most Albertans support staying in Canada, she would not hold another referendum on the matter as long as she heads the provincial government. However, on Oct. 18, 2027, residents of the province will vote again in a general election, and Smith could be out of her job by then, warned Morgan, a founding member of the former conservative Wildrose Party, for which Smith served as leader. That party merged with the then-Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta in 2020 to form the United Conservative Party (UCP) that Smith heads. But Morgan explained that more than half of the UCP’s nearly 55,000 members support Alberta’s independence. The premier has said that she will vote to keep the province in Canada. Angus Reid, founder and chairman of the Angus Reid Institute, told Fox News Digital that in his firm’s recent polling, 67% of the 293 UCP voters who support a future binding referendum on separation, said that they would either "definitely support" or "consider" supporting the creation of a separatist provincial political party – not unlike the Parti Québécois, which won the recent election in Quebec. The emergence of an independence party in Alberta "would probably spell the death of the UCP since it is so badly divided between separatists and non-separatists, and it would likely end the career of Danielle Smith because of the amount of breakage in her party," said Reid, whose firm’s survey found that 60% of the respondents who support a future binding referendum are "more likely sending a message to Ottawa" about the Canadian government’s often fractious relationship with Alberta. "Separatist types are looking at how much leverage Quebec has been able to achieve in Canada as a result of its threats of exiting, and saying ‘Hold it, we can pay that game too,’" explained Reid. As of Saturday, more than 1.2 million Albertans had cast a ballot on the referendum, which, in addition to the question on separation, has nine others, five focusing on immigration, such as one asking voters whether their province should take more control "for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6274275342cf4db925b27 Teen helps teens find scholarships te 2026-10-19T14:20:50.696Z Teen helps teens find scholarships Easy-to-use website expanded to include jobs and internships Sahil Katukojula, a senior at Desert Vista High School in Ahwatukee, was frustrated, like many high schoolers planning their futures and how they are going to be able to afford the education and training they need to succeed — but he decid Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273c75342cf4db925af8 Trump Says Work on Disputed Golf Course Will Begin Immediately te 2026-10-19T14:20:44.059Z Trump Says Work on Disputed Golf Course Will Begin Immediately A federal judge has ordered tree cutting halted at the city course as she considers a lawsuit over the legality of the administration’s plans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273a75342cf4db925aef Nate Silver Revises Democrats’ Chances of Winning the Senate te 2026-10-19T14:20:42.469Z Nate Silver Revises Democrats’ Chances of Winning the Senate Nate Silver has upgraded Democrats’ chances of winning Senate to “Likely D,” with his forecast putting their odds at 75 percent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273875342cf4db925ae6 Autistic People Need Choices, Not Care Gaps | Opinion te 2026-10-19T14:20:40.984Z Autistic People Need Choices, Not Care Gaps | Opinion Service shortages can force autistic people and families to accept what's available over support tailored to individual needs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273775342cf4db925add Trump and Dugin’s Shared Recipe: Let Them Eat Borscht te 2026-10-19T14:20:39.414Z Trump and Dugin’s Shared Recipe: Let Them Eat Borscht Blood-red and sour. Is there a more fitting dish for the Russian solution to European problems? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273575342cf4db925ad4 Gen Z Needs Brands To Go the Extra Mile To Earn Loyalty te 2026-10-19T14:20:37.745Z Gen Z Needs Brands To Go the Extra Mile To Earn Loyalty Gen Z is tech-savvy but selective, making trust and authenticity essential for brands looking to win young consumers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273475342cf4db925acb Pete Hegseth Saying 5 Countries Fought in Afghanistan Criticized by Veterans te 2026-10-19T14:20:36.102Z Pete Hegseth Saying 5 Countries Fought in Afghanistan Criticized by Veterans The U.S. invoked NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, preceding the Afghanistan war. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273275342cf4db925ac2 Who is Mitchell Fairbairn? Canadian Accused of Stealing Peachy the Flamingo te 2026-10-19T14:20:34.339Z Who is Mitchell Fairbairn? Canadian Accused of Stealing Peachy the Flamingo Fairbairn testified that he had consumed between 30 and 40 beers before taking the bird from a Las Vegas hotel as a "funny" prank. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6273075342cf4db925ab9 As France and Albania Riot, Trump Is Only Talking About One te 2026-10-19T14:20:32.767Z As France and Albania Riot, Trump Is Only Talking About One Trump and Vance blame immigration for France's riots, but have stayed silent on Albania's protests and a Kushner-linked project. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272e75342cf4db925ab0 Is France Gonna Make It? te 2026-10-19T14:20:30.996Z Is France Gonna Make It? An "increasing sense of malaise" has triggered riots across France that are fraying the fabric of La République, says one analyst. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272d75342cf4db925aa7 Moment Boy, 4, Gets His First Hearing Aids—His Reaction Says It All te 2026-10-19T14:20:29.075Z Moment Boy, 4, Gets His First Hearing Aids—His Reaction Says It All Titan was born with just 30 percent hearing capacity, but four years later, he finally got the chance to hear the world properly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272b75342cf4db925a9e Justice Department Investigating 'Thousands' of Noncitizen Voters te 2026-10-19T14:20:27.310Z Justice Department Investigating 'Thousands' of Noncitizen Voters Trump officials say tougher enforcement is needed to protect elections, but documented cases of noncitizen voting have been rare. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272975342cf4db925a95 Katie Zacharia Appears to Give Away Trump's East Potomac Golf Course Plan te 2026-10-19T14:20:25.611Z Katie Zacharia Appears to Give Away Trump's East Potomac Golf Course Plan The post comes just days before a hearing about controversial tree removals at the site. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272775342cf4db925a8c Housing Rights Mean Little Without Legal Support | Opinion te 2026-10-19T14:20:23.960Z Housing Rights Mean Little Without Legal Support | Opinion Tenant protections cannot prevent displacement when vulnerable renters lack sustained legal representation to enforce them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272675342cf4db925a83 Man, 30, Reveals What Finally Made Him Walk Away From the Manosphere te 2026-10-19T14:20:22.246Z Man, 30, Reveals What Finally Made Him Walk Away From the Manosphere The man who once embraced red pill culture reveals why he left the manosphere behind and what replaced it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272475342cf4db925a7a Data Centers Should Build Skills, Not Just Capacity | Opinion te 2026-10-19T14:20:20.278Z Data Centers Should Build Skills, Not Just Capacity | Opinion Training and local contracting should ensure the data-center boom leaves communities with lasting skills and stronger businesses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272275342cf4db925a71 Map Shows New Green Cards Issued in Each US State te 2026-10-19T14:20:18.385Z Map Shows New Green Cards Issued in Each US State The figures predate a series of moves by the Trump administration to tighten scrutiny of legal immigration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6272075342cf4db925a5f Scientists Studied People With Dementia Before 65—One Link Kept Appearing te 2026-10-19T14:20:16.478Z Scientists Studied People With Dementia Before 65—One Link Kept Appearing Large study finds epilepsy may be a key warning sign for young-onset dementia, linked to higher risk before age 65. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6271e75342cf4db925a56 Map Shows Where Millions Will Vote on Housing in Midterms te 2026-10-19T14:20:14.423Z Map Shows Where Millions Will Vote on Housing in Midterms In four of the country’s worst states for affordability and homebuilding, voters will get a chance to change things next month. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6271b75342cf4db925a4d New Jersey Officials Backtrack After Residents Raised Alarm Over Data Centers te 2026-10-19T14:20:11.100Z New Jersey Officials Backtrack After Residents Raised Alarm Over Data Centers The community of Wallington raised concerns about the wording of an ordinance that is now set to be changed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6271975342cf4db925a44 Martial Arts Must Balance Technology and Tradition | Opinion te 2026-10-19T14:20:09.167Z Martial Arts Must Balance Technology and Tradition | Opinion As training changes, instructors must balance digital innovation with traditional hands-on practice, says Ramon Malavé. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6271675342cf4db925a3b Neil Gorsuch Joins Sotomayor Raising 'Serious Concerns' About Police Power te 2026-10-19T14:20:06.708Z Neil Gorsuch Joins Sotomayor Raising 'Serious Concerns' About Police Power Sotomayor, joined by Gorsuch, raised concerns about police power in a dispute about Chicago's vehicle forfeiture policy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad624bf75342cf4db9257d8 Top tourist destination in the world shuts down amid violent protests te 2026-10-19T14:10:07.487Z Top tourist destination in the world shuts down amid violent protests The Louvre, the globe's most visited and prominent museum, has closed its doors as turmoil sweeps across Paris. The institution, which houses renowned masterpieces like the "Mona Lisa," announced on Monday that it has shut down due to protesters barricading the entrances, pushing the disruption past a weekend of nationwide riots and demonstrations, according to local newspaper Le Monde. "Dear visitors, due to student strikes, the museum is currently closed. We apologize for the inconvenience," the Louvre said in a post on X.  FURIOUS CROWDS PROTEST SKY-HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND MASS TOURISM IN MAJOR CITY No re-opening time was provided at the time of publication. Visitors arriving for a Monday morning visit found the iconic glass pyramid, as well as the Carrousel du Louvre and Passage Richelieu entrances, barricaded by protesters from the École du Louvre, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The blockade — organized in solidarity with nationwide protests over the rising cost of living and recent police actions — forced management to turn away crowds at a site that normally draws up to 20,000 visitors on its busiest days, French media reported. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The disruption extends far beyond the Louvre's courtyards. Following a weekend of violent street clashes that left hundreds of businesses damaged and led to nearly 2,400 arrests across the country, other top Paris destinations, including the Eiffel Tower and major central shopping districts, have been heavily affected as international travelers navigate a city gripped by mass demonstrations and heightened security cordons, according to The Associated Press (AP). The Eiffel Tower was recently forced to turn away visitors and close its operations for a full day after staff initiated a sudden strike, AP reported. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The monument's unionized employees organized the walkout to protest limitations placed on female staff members during a private delegation's visit, completely halting public access to the world-famous iron structure, according to several French media outlets. Outside the immediate city center, the Chateau de Versailles has also faced abrupt closures that have derailed tourists' itineraries.  The sprawling palace had to close its interior doors to the public on Oct. 6 following a severe power outage in the surrounding area, Xinhua News Agency reported. Operational hurdles have historically impacted several prominent cultural sites across the French capital.  In September 2025, major institutions including the Musee d'Orsay and the Arc de Triomphe experienced temporary closures due to staff shortages amid strikes over proposed government spending cuts, Artforum reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6200d75342cf4db92572f Idaho deputy rescues juvenile moose tangled in wire in heartwarming video now going viral te 2026-10-19T13:50:05.572Z Idaho deputy rescues juvenile moose tangled in wire in heartwarming video now going viral An incredible video shows a police officer going the extra mile to help an animal in need. As our loyal readers know, there are few things online that move the needle as much as nature footage. It's always great to see the beauty of nature on display. It's a reminder of just how blessed we are here in America when it comes to our outdoor opportunities and spots. VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS MASSIVE ELK SMASH CAR WINDOW WITH BRUTE FORCE IN COLORADO It's also always great to see positive interactions between humans and animals, and that's exactly what leads us here today. The Latah County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho posted a video on Instagram a couple of days ago that will be one of the best things you see all week. NEW JERSEY POLICE PULL OUT 3-FOOT PYTHON FROM WOMAN'S CAR GRILLE, BODYCAM VIDEO SHOWS An officer found a moose tangled up in wire, and he showed zero hesitation to get involved in order to save the animal. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "This week, Deputy Frantz responded to a welfare check on a juvenile moose who was having beef with some wire. The moose was cut loose and sent on his way, safe, sound, and full of apples," the caption on the video explained. Check out the awesome video below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. People in the comments were quick to offer the officer a lot of praise and other reactions. One person wrote, "Well done guys." Another added, "Thank you for helping this moose 🫎. God bless the boys in blue!" SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER A third commented, "Omg thank you to this officer. The cries when he first came up 💔💔." It's always great to see some heartwarming content, and that's exactly why this video is going viral. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61dc075342cf4db925703 AZFEC: Proposition 406 – Page Residents Get Their Say On Lake Powell Boulevard te 2026-10-19T13:40:16.616Z AZFEC: Proposition 406 – Page Residents Get Their Say On Lake Powell Boulevard By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Last year, residents of Page, a small town in northern Arizona, fought back against plans to reduce vehicle lanes on Lake Powell Boulevard, one of the town’s most important roads. This November, they have the opportunity to protect it by voting YES on Proposition 406. A Yes vote on this measure would prevent the City from reducing the road’s vehicle lanes without further voter approval, pumping the brakes on a proposed road diet.  At the center of the controversy is the Page Downtown Streetscape Master Plan, approved by the City Council in 2022. Among the plan’s proposals is a “road diet,” the quippy name for stripping perfectly good roads of their vehicle lanes, and narrowing streets to accommodate bikes, buses and other barely used transportation methods. In Page’s case, that means cutting two of the four travel lanes on Lake Powell Boulevard through the downtown business district, a stretch of about 1.4 miles.  Despite years of resident opposition, the idea remained on the table. So, residents took action, gathering around 1,000 signatures to put the issue before the voters. The City challenged the initiative, and the fight went all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court. In July 2025, the justices unanimously ruled that the initiative was legislative in nature and could proceed. In other words, the people of Page are allowed to vote on their own main street… >>> CONTINUE READING >>> The post AZFEC: Proposition 406 – Page Residents Get Their Say On Lake Powell Boulevard first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61db875342cf4db9256df Chris Janson has a message for hunting critics as country stars face social media backlash te 2026-10-19T13:40:08.876Z Chris Janson has a message for hunting critics as country stars face social media backlash Chris Janson isn't losing any sleep over people who get upset when he posts photos from his hunting trips. And if you've spent any time on social media lately, you know those people aren't particularly hard to find. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS Anti-hunters always seem to find their way into the comments section when someone posts a photo of a successful hunt. But the trolls really come out of the woodwork when that hunter happens to be a country music star. Just ask Cody Johnson, who faced backlash over a grizzly bear hunt in Alaska earlier this year. Johnson defended the hunt as a conservation effort, explaining the role of predator management in protecting other wildlife, including moose and caribou. Then there was Jordan Davis, who caught heat for harvesting an axis deer in Hawaii. Never mind that axis deer are an invasive species that can wreak havoc on the islands' native ecosystems. And most recently, old hunting photos of Ella Langley resurfaced online, prompting some critics to call for the "Choosin' Texas" singer to be canceled. So, what does Janson think about all of this? Well, not much, actually. Because unlike the rest of us, the "Buy Me a Boat" singer has figured out the secret to a happier existence: Stay off social media and don't read the comments. "I don't watch much internet. I don't watch much TV," Janson told OutKick OutDoors. "I hunt and fish and raise kids and love my wife." Amen to that. Watch Chris Janson's entire interview with OutKick OutDoors here: Janson said he hadn't seen the controversy involving Langley, but he's certainly familiar with the criticism that comes with being a hunter in the public eye. "If you're in the public spotlight, no matter if it's me, Jordan, Cody, it doesn't matter who it is, you better be ready for arrows to come against you and just build your shield up," he said. "I don't really care what people think. I want them to like me. I think everybody wants someone to like them, but if they don't, that's okay too." Janson said his wife, Kelly, and his team handle much of his social media, allowing him to steer clear of the negativity. And frankly, he figures people will find something to complain about no matter what he does. Post a photo of a Ford truck, and the Chevy fans are upset. Drive a Chevy, and the Dodge guys have something to say. You get the idea. While Janson isn't particularly concerned about what strangers on the internet think of his hunting habits, he does wish more people understood everything that goes into responsible hunting. "Who doesn't love a big rack on a great big elk or a big whitetail? And who doesn't love holding up a big fish in a picture?" he said. "But I'm also a conservation guy." For starters, Janson hunts for food, and much of that food actually ends up on someone else's dinner table. "Every animal that I've harvested, at least this year, at least 50% of it has gone to someone else to help somebody," he said. "And that's a big part of why I hunt." Regulated hunting also plays an important role in wildlife management across the United States. Hunting license fees and federal excise taxes on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment help fund habitat restoration, wildlife research and conservation programs. And in some areas, hunting is an important tool for managing animal populations and reducing damage to native ecosystems. In other words, there's often a whole lot more to that grip-and-grin photo than meets the eye. Janson's commitment to conservation extends beyond his own time in the woods. Since 2019, he's partnered with Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris on a signature conservation hat, with proceeds benefiting three nonprofit organizations: Tennessee Hunters for the Hungry, Tennessee Riverkeeper and the Harpeth Conservancy. Through the Tennessee Wildlife Federation's Hunters for the Hungry program, hunters can donate harvested deer to participating processors, who prepare the venison for distribution to food banks and other organizations serving people in need. The other two organizations focus on protecting waterways and aquatic ecosystems, including the Harpeth River, where Janson lives. "I have a very close connection with it," Janson said of the Harpeth. "Lots of Native American history there, and just the best hunting grounds you could ever imagine." EVA SHOCKEY SAYS SHE RECEIVED 'THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS' OF DEATH THREATS FROM ANTI-HUNTING ACTIVISTS And he's taken that same give-back approach into other business partnerships. Through Crav'n Flavor, Janson helps recognize peer-nominated hometown heroes with grocery assistance and gift cards. He's also teamed up with agricultural seed company Pioneer on its "Hats Off to Farmers" initiative, which raises money for Rural Minds, a nonprofit providing mental health resources to farmers and rural communities. The partnerships may support different causes, but Janson sees them as part of the same commitment to giving back. For him, hunting and conservation aren't just about what happens in the woods. They're about taking care of the land, the wildlife and the people who depend on both. As for the critics, Janson isn't interested in arguing with them. "For any haters out there on social media, I would just encourage them to try it," he said. "If you haven't, you can't knock it." "The hunting thing may not be your thing, and I understand that. But the fishing thing, you can throw a fish back, and there's nothing like catching a great big fish or even a small fish. It's fun." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "If you think you hate it, you might find something that you love." Sure beats griping at strangers on the internet. Love all things fishing and outdoors? Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram and TikTok! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61db775342cf4db9256d6 Obama's lengthy reaction to Omar investigation triggers instant backlash: 'Spare me' te 2026-10-19T13:40:07.365Z Obama's lengthy reaction to Omar investigation triggers instant backlash: 'Spare me' Former President Barack Obama sparked an online firestorm on Sunday after posting his support for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., amid multiple federal investigations into her immigration status and finances. "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say," Obama wrote. "But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota." The former president went on to explain in the lengthy post that the Omar situation is "appalling" and suggested the reason she is facing an investigation is that she is a critic of the Trump administration. "Think about that," Obama said. "The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president." ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS Obama added, "The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views." Obama’s post, viewed over 5 million times, was quickly blasted by conservatives, many of whom pointed to the political targeting that occurred during his administration, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) going after Tea Party groups and the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into then-candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. "This cannot be real," conservative commentator and former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino posted on X. "This petty tyrant lecturing us about ‘American democracy’ is like being lectured by a screaming five-year-old about self-control. Sit down Mr. President, everyone knows who you really are." "Think about the utter gall of the man behind the Russian collusion hoax, and who, along with his henchmen and hitmen, helped bloom a million poisonous ‘probes’ and persecutions whereby the ‘full weight of the federal government’ was ‘brought down’ on the ENTIRETY OF THE OPPOSING POLITICAL PARTY," Federalist senior contributor Benjamin Weingarten posted on X. "Say, didn't this guy bug Trump Tower?" Center of the American Experiment policy fellow Bill Glahn posted on X. MIKE DAVIS: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MUST BE WRAPPING UP REP. ILHAN OMAR'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT "The original community organizer rushes to the defense of one of his protégés," conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza posted on X. "Both of them are part of a deliberate scheme to ‘decolonize’ America by uprooting its western and Christian roots." "This is the same guy whose IRS went after Tea Party groups," conservative influencer Gunther Eagleman posted on X. "Spare me the lecture, Barack." "No one investigated more perceived ‘enemies’ of the administration than Obama did," political commentator Matthew Brodsky posted on X. "Of course, if you support Abdul El Sayed, you’d support Ilhan Omar. Obama was the original booster of the Muslim Brotherhood (and the regime in Iran) in US politics. We continue to deal with those repercussions." The White House also pushed back on Obama's comments in a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday. "Unlike Joe Biden, President Trump has not weaponized the Department of Justice against his political foes," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said. "The Department is focused on restoring law and order and keeping Americans safe." DEMOCRATS' FURY OVER ILHAN OMAR RAID DRAWS STINGING GOP REMINDER ABOUT RAID FROM THE PAST: ‘SET THE PRECEDENT’ Trump has denied involvement in the investigation, previously telling reporters that the matter was up to the Justice Department. Fox News Digital reached out to Obama’s office for comment. Sources previously told Fox News Digital that investigators are examining whether Omar or her father committed fraud on immigration paperwork when she became a U.S. citizen decades ago. Fox News Digital was first to report that Omar’s Washington, D.C., home was raided by federal agents last week. Additionally, Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Washington, D.C., announced her office was investigating Omar's financial disclosures, which had previously been subject to public scrutiny and congressional oversight, but never by authorities. Omar has defended herself on social media in recent days. "This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," Omar's office said in a statement. "For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back. Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies." Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6975342cf4db92565c Troy Aikman stuns Michael Irvin with his reaction to two women swimming in his pool, NFL memes & a rogue whale te 2026-10-19T13:30:17.015Z Troy Aikman stuns Michael Irvin with his reaction to two women swimming in his pool, NFL memes & a rogue whale Welcome to Screencaps, "America's Best Daily Column," as named by the readers. Screencaps, which publishes seven-days-a-week, is a mix of sports, pop culture, and emails from sane readers from around the world. This column isn't for the coastal elites. Give us a week to steal your heart. Our track record is pretty good. Let's have some fun. Would you call the cops on them? As Troy Aikman tells the story, he came home one night years ago to women helping themselves to his pool. "I was single," he recalled in a recent podcast. "I was living by myself at my house, and I came home and I had two fans, two female fans, that were swimming in my pool in my backyard...I called the police and just said, ‘Hey, I’ve got some intruders and somebody could come take care of this.’" TROY AIKMAN RESPONDS TO REPORT OF TENSIONS IN THE BOOTH WITH JOE BUCK OVER CONTRACT SITUATION "[Michael] Irvin laughs. He said the police would have been the last people he was calling, which is a pretty good indication of Michael and I being a little different." Of course, in the comments, people assumed the worst would've happened to Troy. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps • Michael P. in Allons, TN checks in: You're definitely not the only one. Gus Johnson is an automatic mute for me (by far the worst). Tessitore, Fowler and Herbstreit get to be too much later in the game. All the screaming on a simple first-down play is exhausting, and it only escalates as tight games go on. Throw in most sideline reporting and coach interviews, completely useless. While Al Michaels gets a lot of heat for showing no emotion, I'd much prefer that style over screaming on every play. My two favorite play-by-play announcers are Tom Hart and Jason Benetti. Kinsey: Benetti is great. He stays steady. Doesn't over-sell the action. I have been anti-Fowler for years. I'm not sure what his deal is, but to me it's always felt like Fowler feels superior to the common man, the fan who pays the bills. And Herbie is just spread too thin. I had to mute him Saturday night when he identified a Notre Dame safety as "No. 28" making a big play. No kidding, we all could see the number on his jersey. That's Luke Talich, who is not some grad transfer. The guy is in his fourth year playing for Notre Dame. Herbie should've known the guy's name just based on a few days of research. I cannot recommend Skycast enough. No broadcasters, just action, and no commercials. • Mike in Las Vegas says it's not all doom and gloom watching these broadcasts: Your column is a must read every morning. Thanks for all you do! Am I the only guy who raises the volume when Carrie Underwood sings, Waitin' for Sunday Night? We need more political signs like this Back in May, the company laid off hundreds of workers across the U.S., but since then things have quieted down. Now, based on this new deal, some are wondering if the golf range industry is on the verge of collapse. Don't buy the funeral proceedings. New locations are still opening. • Chris B. asks: Anything worth going to eat or see in this area.  Here for work the next couple of days and possibly have Wednesday and Thursday night open if my buddy can’t make it into town for work as might have to be in Alabama instead. Kinsey: Sorry, I have no idea what to do in town. I haven't been there since the Bengals held training camp at Wilmington College in the 1990s. GOO GOO DOLLS' JOHN RZEZNIK DRAWS LINE ON POLITICS AT CONCERTS: 'I'M NOT GOING TO LECTURE YOU' • Paul in Vegas had to walk out of a recent show: Yes, we walked out of a concert about nine months ago out here in Vegas where we live. It was the band, The Fixx.  Super small venue too, and we were in the front row. We paid to sit up front because they put on a good show. Unfortunately, about four songs in, they decided to make a comparison between masked terrorists from the Middle East in the 90’s, and the fact that they didn’t think they would see them again in the United States. This was an obvious inference to ICE  agents. It was right after those two deaths of the wack jobs. Me and my wife had had instituted a no politics/woke policy right before that. I don’t go to concerts much  and she finally coaxed me to go to this concert. She was very upset as well, and we both stood up and walked out right in the middle of a song. It was pretty obvious since we were in the front row and right in front of the lead singer. As we were walking out, we heard somebody say "F$&k ICE".   As I we  were nearing the exit, one fan looked at us and said "where are you going?" And I told him I’m not gonna stand for this political crap. In hindsight, I have tremendous regret I didn’t stand up right then and there, just 6 feet from him when he said it, and made a big deal and got myself kicked out. It would’ve been a better way to go out. Crummy part is as we hit the door, they started playing my favorite song in their catalog. Figures. Great part was my wife was in complete symphony on it instantly, and that actually was a wonderful bonding moment. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE • Phil from Virginia shares: I've got one that predates even Brad's 1979 one. In 1976, Jerry Brown was running for President and raising money by going around to concerts with his GF Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles. I saw the ad for it happening that night at the old Capital Centre in Landover, MD, went by my then-GF's desk at work and said "wanna see the Eagles tonight?" We saw the Eagles, Linda, Dan Fogleberg, Jackson Browne, and Joe Walsh before he formally joined the Eagles. Great concert, and I guess they hauled Jerry out on stage at one point, but I don't remember anything he said. It was 50 years ago, after all. BTW, my then-GF is now my wife of 49 years. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! • Kirk B. in Duluth checks in: Milwaukee being in the World Series last time was 1982  now 44 years later in 2026. I would like to see a Cleveland Indians Milwaukee Brewers World Series ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Here's my take: In 1989 The Major League Movie was released it was about the always "loveable losers" the Cleveland Indians which part of the movie was filmed at the old Milwaukee County Stadium and 3rd base sits out in the parking lot at American Family Field in Milwaukee WI. ############ And that is it this morning as we head into a beautiful week of weather full of sunshine, which, around here, you have to take advantage of before the clouds off the Great Lakes move in. Let's go get after it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6675342cf4db925651 The Frenzy Behind Getting an Initiative on the California Ballot te 2026-10-19T13:30:14.141Z The Frenzy Behind Getting an Initiative on the California Ballot An army of signature gatherers made plenty of cash hitting the streets to qualify various November initiatives. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6475342cf4db925648 At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s Next te 2026-10-19T13:30:12.638Z At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s Next These doctors and community health workers are a safety net for patients losing coverage as premiums soar and Medicaid cuts mount, even as their clinic struggles to stay afloat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6375342cf4db92563f Ken Paxton Has Tried to Overturn Tight Elections. He’s in One of His Own. te 2026-10-19T13:30:11.271Z Ken Paxton Has Tried to Overturn Tight Elections. He’s in One of His Own. The Texas attorney general’s powers could come under scrutiny in a close Senate contest, though election experts say courts would likely constrain him. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6175342cf4db925636 Republicans in Ohio Are Worried About Turnout. Here’s What They’re Doing About it. te 2026-10-19T13:30:09.894Z Republicans in Ohio Are Worried About Turnout. Here’s What They’re Doing About it. To boost Senator Jon Husted, who is in a tight race to keep his seat, some Republicans who were making a jobs pitch have pivoted to focus on socialism. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b6075342cf4db92562d Midterm Elections: Who Is Winning the Race for Congress? te 2026-10-19T13:30:08.160Z Midterm Elections: Who Is Winning the Race for Congress? It’s Oct. 19 — 15 days from the midterms. Here’s the state of play. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b5e75342cf4db925624 Vital Early Voting Period Begins in Texas te 2026-10-19T13:30:06.823Z Vital Early Voting Period Begins in Texas Early voting in Texas, where the outcome of the Senate race could determine which party controls the chamber, will run through Oct. 30. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad61b5d75342cf4db92561b That Huge Republican Cash Edge? It’s in Senate Races, Not House Races. te 2026-10-19T13:30:05.344Z That Huge Republican Cash Edge? It’s in Senate Races, Not House Races. With Republicans seen as less likely to hold their majority in the House, the party is focusing more on the battle for the Senate, where it is vastly outspending Democrats on ads. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6190675342cf4db9255e5 Duke football player apologizes to trainer after swatting her arm away during injury timeout te 2026-10-19T13:20:06.593Z Duke football player apologizes to trainer after swatting her arm away during injury timeout Duke cornerback Kimari Robinson has issued an apology after swatting the arm of a member of the Blue Devils' training staff while she was attending to an injured teammate of his during the team's loss to North Carolina on Saturday. In a video that went viral over the weekend, Robinson is seen standing over teammate DaShawn Stone, who was injured, lying on the turf. A female trainer was then seen running onto the scene, giving Robinson an innocent nudge so she could get into a position to attend to Stone. Robinson reacted by swatting her arm away. In an apology he shared on X, Robinson explained that he checked on the trainer immediately after the game before issuing the public apology on Sunday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "I want to publicly apologize to the member of our training staff for how I acted toward her during Saturday’s game. I was completely wrong, and she did not deserve that," Robinson wrote. "Immediately after the game, I apologized to her personally and checked to make sure she was okay. The injured player on the ground, DaShawn Stone, is like family to me, and I was scared he might be seriously hurt. But being worried about him does not excuse how I treated her. I should have controlled my emotions, and I didn’t. I’m truly sorry for my actions and for letting her, myself and our program down. I have to be better than that." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The injury to Stone and the incident that followed occurred during the third quarter of Duke's 24-20 loss to the Tar Heels. A stretcher was brought out for Stone, but he ultimately was able to walk to the locker room under his own power. Robinson and Stone are both redshirt juniors who have played alongside each other for the last four years at Duke. Robinson, a Miramar, FL native, finished Saturday's contest against North Carolina with three tackles. After beginning the season 4-0, the Blue Devils have lost back-to-back games in the ACC, falling to Georgia Tech and North Carolina by a combined seven points. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad616b075342cf4db92559b NASCAR's most hated driver attacked again, attacker's wife gives the double-bird & why did the sport die? te 2026-10-19T13:10:08.832Z NASCAR's most hated driver attacked again, attacker's wife gives the double-bird & why did the sport die? Monday Morning Pit-Stop is a weekly NASCAR column that runs on OutKick.com and Fox News Digital. If you're looking for a normal NASCAR recap, go check out insufferable ESPN ... assuming they still know NASCAR exists. And then, there were three. That's right. Three races left in this 2026 NASCAR season. I'd give you the usual, "Doesn't it feel like we were just at the Daytona 500?" line, but ... it doesn't. This is the longest season in all of sports. It's a grind. Name another sport that starts its season in February, and ends it after Halloween. You can't. It doesn't exist. CHASE ELLIOTT SAYS NASCAR'S GRUELING 10-MONTH SEASON CAN 'EAT YOU UP' WITHOUT AN ESCAPE So yes, it's a grind. These guys are GRINDING right now. They have been for eight months now, and we only have three races left to crown a champion. After Phoenix, I'd say five guys have a legit shot at a title: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney. None of those guys won yesterday, by the way. Nope. Tyler Reddick won yesterday at Phoenix for the first time since Kansas ... back in APRIL. As I was saying (see, there's a point to all of it!), the NASCAR Cup Series season is the longest in all of sports. I bet you forgot Tyler Reddick started the season with three straight wins, didn't you? Sunday's return to Victory Lane was probably too little, too late in terms of a title, but it does give him a puncher's chance. We'll see. Speaking of punching ... wait till you see what Zane Smith did to Carson Hocevar after the race. Do these two HATE each other, or what? Also, I've seen a lot of folks comparing modern day college football to peak NASCAR in terms of recent decision-making about playoff expansion. Some people believe college football is following the same ill-fated path NASCAR took way back in the day. THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS SACRIFICING ITS SOUL TO BE AN ATM FOR CONFERENCES WITH EXPANSION TO 24 TEAMS Honestly, it's not the worst comparison I've seen. We'll dive in here in a bit. Four tires, enough fuel to get us through three more races, and maybe a neck brace for Carson Hocevar ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'Wreckers After Checkers' edition — is LIVE! Let's spin the wheel and get this class started with ... BEEF! We love beef around here. It's what keeps me in a job, and what keeps this column an award-winner (allegedly). All the beef this season has revolved around Carson Hocevar. Pretty much all of it. If there's been an issue, Carson's somehow been involved. ROSS CHASTAIN CALLS RYAN BLANEY'S FIGHT WITH CARSON HOCEVAR AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY 'NASCAR 101' Whether it was Ryan Blaney attacking him last month at Bristol, or Brad Keselowski vowing to wreck him after Darlington, it's been the Garage vs. Carson in 2026. Hell, I'm not sure he even has one single ally in the entire garage. Not one. Least of all, by the way, is Zane Smith. Nobody — and I mean nobody — hates Carson more than Zane Smith: Lordy. You don't see that often, do you? Zane hits the gas and absolutely plows into Carson's backside (hey now!) ... and it was all for literally no reason at all. Carson, as you can see in the first video, did nothing wrong. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Ross Chastain got into Hocevar, which sent Hocevar up the track into Zane Smith. Clear as day. "I don't give a f–k," Smith said when he was told that info after the post-race fender-bender. Alllllll righty then! Clearly, this had nothing to do with the contact in the race, and everything to do with Zane Smith simply just looking for a reason to start a fight with a driver he admittedly despises. And I mean DESPISES. Take a look at this little clip from last summer: "I just don't like him as a human," is such a simple insult. Simple, and hilarious. You have to respect that, despite who you root for on the track. Calling him a "goon" was also funny. I may not agree with what Zane did yesterday, but I do think he's funny. I also very much appreciate his wife, OutKick OG, McCall Gaulding. She also hates Carson Hocevar, and has been incredibly open about it. I don't want to get into specifics, but if you're interested, I sort of talked about it last month after the Bristol stuff. More importantly — at least to me — McCall's also really good at pumping out Instagram content ... like this post from last week where the second slide features McCall wearing what appears to be only a T-shirt featuring her and Zane giving the double-bird. Patriot: Amazing. McCall has been an OutKick legend for years now — way before she became this Instagram superstar. We know how to spot talent around here, and we identified McCall early. Clearly, she's still got the fastball here in 2026. Head on a swivel, Carson! OK, let's put the pedal to the floor and rapid-fire this third-Monday-of-October in a big Talladega week. First up? Yes, Tyler Reddick won yesterday for the first time in months. Yes, it was a season-saving win given it keeps him in the championship discussion. No, it probably won't be enough ... But never say never: There you have it. The standings with three races to go, including this weekend's Big One in Talladega. Anything can — and will — happen at 'Dega. What happens if Larson and Bell, Briscoe and Hamlin are all caught up in a wreck early in the race? It sort of blows the door wide open for anyone behind them, right? Again, it's unlikely, but not completely out of the question. This is always my favorite race of the season. I expect this weekend to be no different. Next? On the way out, I'd like to give everyone in class some homework for the week, and it revolves around this now-viral X post in the wake of college football's decision to move to a 24-team playoff: NASCAR went from the second most watched sport to nothing by implementing postseason gimmicks and chasing a mainstream audience. They tried to undo it but they had their lowest ratings ever for the 2025 title race. I never thought we’d see another sport be so shortsighted. Thoughts? First impressions? I don't think NASCAR's massive ratings decline is because of the implementation of a playoff (The Chase) back in 2004. I don't. Ratings were just fine in '04, '05, '06 and '07. I think NASCAR had a lot working against them — a lot of it self-inflicted, and some of it not. Those are just a couple things that come to mind, by the way. I'm sure y'all have more. As always, let me know! Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. See ya at 'Dega. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad616ae75342cf4db925592 LEE CARTER: 2026 election could all come down to just one type of voter te 2026-10-19T13:10:06.774Z LEE CARTER: 2026 election could all come down to just one type of voter For decades, political consultants have been hunting the elusive swing voter. You know her. She's sitting in a Pennsylvania diner, staring into her coffee, agonizing over whether to vote Republican or Democrat. Pollsters call her. Reporters interview her. Campaigns spend millions trying to win her over. But maybe we've been looking for the wrong person. LEE CARTER: THE SUMMER POLLS MISSED THE POINT: VOTERS ARE MOVING — AND THE MIDTERMS BEGIN What if the most important swing voter in America isn't deciding between Republicans and Democrats? What if they're deciding between voting and staying home? As a pollster, I've spent my career studying why Americans change their minds. But the numbers suggest we should be paying a lot more attention to Americans changing their habits. EVERYONE IS WATCHING TEXAS AND MICHIGAN. AS A POLLSTER, I KNOW WHERE THE REAL STORY IS Consider 2024. According to Pew Research, 12% of voters had skipped both the 2020 presidential election and the 2022 midterms, despite being eligible to vote. THE HISPANIC VOTE IS UP FOR GRABS IN 2026. CANDIDATES WHO IGNORE IT WILL LOSE President Donald Trump won that group by 14 points. Meanwhile, the people who voted in all three elections split almost evenly: Trump 50%, Harris 48%. And of all Americans eligible to vote in those three elections, just 41% actually voted in all three. We're spending fortunes trying to convince people to switch parties while millions can't be counted on to show up in the first place. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: HOUSE CONTROL COULD HINGE ON WHETHER THE OLD POLITICAL RULES STILL APPLY In 2022, Republicans won the House popular vote. But among people who voted in both 2020 and 2022, just 6% switched parties or voted for a third-party candidate in either election. What changed? Turnout. MIDTERM HISTORY MASSIVELY FAVORS DEMOCRATS. BUT THEY ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE Seventy-one percent of Trump's 2020 voters returned in 2022. Only 67% of President Joe Biden's did. Republicans didn't need millions of Democrats to change their minds. They benefited because more of their own voters showed up. Now consider the strange arithmetic of 2026. FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS Republicans have made enormous gains in voter registration since 2018. Their registration margin relative to Democrats has improved by eight percentage points in North Carolina, seven in Pennsylvania, five in Nevada and four in Arizona. These aren't polls. They're actual voter-registration records. DEMOCRATS THINK A BLUE WAVE IS BUILDING. HERE ARE 3 FORCES THAT COULD STOP IT But Democrats have something Republicans currently lack: greater reported enthusiasm. A new Pew survey finds 63% of Democratic House-candidate supporters say they're extremely motivated to vote. Among Republican supporters, just 46% say the same. So, Republicans have strengthened their registration position. Democrats sound much more eager to vote. And neither party should be celebrating just yet. In 2022, America had its highest midterm voter-registration rate in decades. Yet fewer eligible Americans actually voted than in 2018. Apparently, filling out the paperwork is easier than finding your way to the polling place. Which is why, with less than three weeks until Election Day, I'd be paying less attention to another two-point movement in the polls and more attention to who's actually voting. Are the people who skipped the last midterms coming back? Are the voters Trump brought out in 2024 showing up without his name on the ballot? Will Democrats' enthusiasm translate into votes? And are those newly registered Republicans actually voting? These are questions neither party can afford to ignore. Of course, persuasion still matters. People change their minds. I've made a career studying how and why. But we've spent decades treating elections like a tug-of-war, with Republicans and Democrats fighting over a handful of voters standing in the middle. Sometimes the outcome changes because people switch sides. Sometimes it changes because one side shows up and the other doesn't. The swing voter hasn't disappeared. We've just been defining the swing too narrowly. The old swing voter was deciding who deserved their vote. The new swing voter doesn't necessarily switch sides. Sometimes, they switch off. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION And the most important undecided voter in America may have already decided exactly whom they'd vote for. They just haven't decided whether they're going to bother. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEE CARTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6145675342cf4db925525 Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review te 2026-10-19T13:00:06.575Z Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review Apple said that it will ban AI apps that don't moderate offensive content. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6120375342cf4db9254d1 Gubernatorial ad spending ramps up ahead of midterms te 2026-10-19T12:50:11.704Z Gubernatorial ad spending ramps up ahead of midterms Voters are being inundated with political advertising as candidates running for governor empty their campaign coffers ahead of November’s midterm elections, a new report shows. Data collected by the Wesleyan... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Gubernatorial ad spending ramps up ahead of midterms first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6120175342cf4db9254b0 'Choosin' Texas' turns one as Ella Langley reflects on the song that made her country's biggest star te 2026-10-19T12:50:09.011Z 'Choosin' Texas' turns one as Ella Langley reflects on the song that made her country's biggest star Ella Langley hopped on social media to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her most popular song. Langley has become the most popular woman in country music over the past year, and there's really nobody who can come close to taking the throne from the "Dandelion" singer. It's been absolutely insane watching her career explode. A big reason why she shot to the top of the mountain can be tied to one thing: Her song "Choosin' Texas." ELLA LANGLEY SAYS 'CHOOSIN' TEXAS' SUCCESS IS 'CHANGING MY LIFE' AFTER HER SONG BREAKS MARIAH CAREY'S RECORD Her song "Choosin' Texas." The popular song spent a record-breaking 23 weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and has taken the country world by storm. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ELLA LANGLEY PROVES HER SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINANCE WITH VIRAL TOUR PHOTOS I don't think I know a single country music fan who can't sing the song word for word. The music video is also electric. Well, Langley jumped on Instagram to celebrate the one-year of success since its Oct. 17, 2025, release. "One year of Choosin’ Texas 🤍 This song… I am constantly & consistently amazed by what this song has done & how much y’all continue to love it. You’ll never know how much it means to me & everyone involved in making it come to life, thankful is an understatement. Here’s to 365 days of madness," the talented country artist captioned the video. The post is also putting up massive numbers. It's sitting with more than 362,000 likes as of publication. Check it out below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. MIRANDA LAMBERT SAYS SHE AND ELLA LANGLEY CLASHED WHILE MAKING HIT RECORD It certainly feels like country music is going through a bit of a revival at the moment, and Langley is one of the major players driving that movement. "Choosin' Texas" is also far from her only success over the past 12 months. She's racked up awards, released a new album and dropped music with Koe Wetzel and Miranda Lambert. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Her song "Snakeskin Boots" with Lambert feels like a 1960s cowboys vs. outlaws spaghetti western. It's 100% worth giving a listen if you haven't already. Now, fans wait to see what Langley cooks up next. Expectations are high, but as she's proven time and time again, she will exceed them. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad611fd75342cf4db92549e Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares te 2026-10-19T12:50:05.592Z Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares That's more than $10 billion in shares, or around 1% of Musk's current net worth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad608a075342cf4db9252d3 Ancient DNA challenges theories about when humans first reached North America te 2026-10-19T12:10:08.036Z Ancient DNA challenges theories about when humans first reached North America Researchers examining ancient DNA have narrowed down the timeline of early human migration into North America — shedding light on a question that's puzzled scientists for decades. The study, published online ahead of its appearance in the December 2026 issue of the journal Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, looked at previously published genetic and archaeological evidence to better understand when humans first arrived in the Americas. Genetic evidence most strongly supports humans reaching the Americas between 14,000 and 20,000 years ago, the study suggests — with an arrival before 15,000 years ago considered likely. CAVE DISCOVERY PUSHES BACK EVIDENCE OF HUMAN ANCESTORS USING FIRE TO 1.79M YEARS AGO Previously, scientists thought the first humans arrived in North America roughly 13,500 years ago, a theory known as "Clovis First." Later archaeological discoveries have challenged that timeline, suggesting humans may have reached North America thousands of years earlier. The researchers, led by Bethany Potter and Savannah Hay of the University of Kansas, reviewed existing ancient DNA and archaeological evidence, including 23,000-year-old human footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The footprints suggest humans may have inhabited North America earlier than the timeline supported by currently available genetic evidence. DNA FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON'S HAIR DELIVERS COMPELLING NEW EVIDENCE IN CENTURIES-OLD PATERNITY MYSTERY Such early populations could have belonged to genetic lineages that have not yet been sampled or that left no surviving descendants, the researchers said.  By comparing previously published genetic data from ancient human remains in Asia and the Americas, researchers examined shared ancestry to trace how early Indigenous populations split into distinct groups. Some ancestral lineages diverged roughly 21,000 years ago, according to the review. The researchers also highlighted evidence that ancestral Native American populations split into northern and southern groups roughly 15,500 years ago, likely south of the massive ice sheets that once covered much of North America. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER That would mean their ancestors had already reached the continent before the split occurred. "Genomic data show us that the dynamics of the peopling of the Americas were quite different — at one point, a small group of people must have entered the American continents completely devoid of other humans," the researchers wrote. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Still, the researchers acknowledged that questions remain about exactly when and where early populations diverged. "The timing and geographic location of key divergence events mentioned above remain uncertain," the authors wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Ancient DNA has also played a key role in other recent archaeological discoveries. Earlier this summer, researchers announced the discovery of ancient sheeppox virus DNA in the York Gospels, a 1,000-year-old manuscript written in England. In Chile, researchers recently discovered ancient smallpox DNA in two centuries-old mummies, providing the first genetic evidence of the disease in that region of South America. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6089d75342cf4db9252c8 Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life te 2026-10-19T12:10:05.342Z Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6065175342cf4db9252ae Steven Roberts: Even hit shows get canceled te 2026-10-19T12:00:17.815Z Steven Roberts: Even hit shows get canceled "President Trump has been saying, 'Vote as if I was on the ballot,' and that's exactly what I'm going to do -- not vote," Brandon Tremaine, a graduate student in Texas who voted for Trump in 2020, told The New… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad6019775342cf4db925214 Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate and more top headlines te 2026-10-19T11:40:07.424Z Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate and more top headlines 1. Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate 2. Inside France's 'Chaos Inc.' franchise of communist groups, labor unions and global activists 3. 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And with Game 2 set for Monday night, neither team has told OutKick whether it plans to be on the floor for the anthem this time. GABBY WILLIAMS DELIVERS LATE AS VALKYRIES SHUT DOWN ANGEL REESE, DREAM TO WIN WNBA FINALS OPENER Both teams were warming up on the court Saturday at Chase Center before leaving just ahead of the national anthem. Within seconds of the performance ending, the players were jogging back onto the floor. Getting an explanation for why the teams chose to be off the floor for those roughly two minutes has been incredibly difficult. OutKick contacted the WNBA, and both the Dream and Valkyries on Saturday, then followed up with all three Sunday. None answered the anthem questions before publication. OutKick also attended all five of Saturday’s pregame and postgame press conferences but was not called on. We had planned to ask about the teams’ plans before the game and their absence from the anthem afterward. The follow-up questions to both teams were straightforward: Why were their players off the court during the Game 1 anthem? Would they be there for Game 2? Had the WNBA communicated any instructions or expectations about the anthem since Saturday? ANGEL REESE'S WNBA FINALS APPEARANCE AFTER CHICAGO EXIT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WINNING MENTALITY The WNBA’s 2026 official rulebook includes an anthem provision covering players, coaches and trainers. It calls for them to form a standing line at a sideline or foul line while the anthem plays. The league has not answered OutKick’s questions about its anthem requirements, whether any discipline is planned or under consideration, or whether it will instruct either team to be present for Game 2. We also asked the league to confirm whether both teams would be on the court for Monday's anthem. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! If Saturday's absences were simply part of the teams' pregame routines, both have had an opportunity to explain that. Neither has done so in response to OutKick’s inquiries. But a pregame routine that keeps players off the floor during the national anthem deserves scrutiny. HOSTILE VALKYRIES FANS VERBALLY ATTACKED WOMEN'S SPORTS ACTIVISTS AT WNBA FINALS GAME 1 IN SAN FRANCISCO Game 2 is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET Monday at Chase Center. It took the teams mere seconds to return to the floor after the anthem. More than a day after OutKick asked why they left, the teams and the WNBA still haven’t answered. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5fa9275342cf4db924f30 NFL Week 6 Sunday takeaways: Giants have a new QB1, Bills keep rolling and Shane Steichen is on the hot seat te 2026-10-19T11:10:10.188Z NFL Week 6 Sunday takeaways: Giants have a new QB1, Bills keep rolling and Shane Steichen is on the hot seat Six weeks into the NFL season, the Giants and Browns are in first place, the Eagles should probably start thinking about next year, and I'm still not buying the Jaguars hype. Just a perfectly normal Sunday. We also got a reminder that a big fourth-quarter lead is only comfortable until your team decides to stop playing football. The Bears nearly turned a blowout into a disaster, and the Giants somehow went from getting embarrassed to creating a quarterback controversy. If you figured either game was over early and changed the channel, I can't blame you. But you missed a few things. Here's my biggest takeaway from each game on the Week 6 Sunday slate. Takeaway: I tried to warn y'all about jumping on the Jaguars bandwagon. Look, this isn't to say Jacksonville isn't a solid team. But the media was very quick to anoint them as a major contender in the AFC. I've said many times that this team isn't nearly as good as everyone thinks, and that showed against the 1-4 Texans. Jacksonville even had the advantage of already being in London, while Houston had to travel across the pond this week. FORMER NFL QB SEAN SALISBURY WANTS OFFICIALS TO FACE POSTGAME QUESTIONS LIKE PLAYERS AND COACHES The Jaguars allowed C.J. Stroud to throw for 312 yards and three touchdowns. Trevor Lawrence is definitely playing some of the best football of his career and the Jags are the best team in the AFC South. But they're not a true AFC Championship contender right now. Takeaway: Don't look now, but the Browns are in first place. Well, kinda. With the upset win over the Ravens, Cleveland moves to 4-2 and into a tie with Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Yes, the Ravens were missing Lamar Jackson, but this was a huge win for the Browns. I don't think many people, myself included, would have predicted that Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns would be 4-2 and tied for the AFC North lead after six games. Watson only threw for 164 yards and he still doesn't look that good, but, as the great philosopher Bill Parcells once said, "You are what your record says you are." Right now, it says the Browns are 4-2. Takeaway: There's a new QB1 in New York. Jameis Winston showed some of that Jameis magic in Week 5 when he led the team from two touchdowns down in the second half to force overtime and eventually a tie against the Commanders. But the magic wasn't there in Week 6. Winston threw two interceptions before New York turned to the recently acquired J.J. McCarthy … who promptly threw an interception of his own. But even after the rough start, McCarthy rebounded to lead three consecutive scoring drives, cutting the 34-10 deficit to 34-27. He finished with 243 passing yards and a touchdown pass in just over 11 minutes. He even moved the team to the Saints' 14-yard line in the final seconds, but couldn't quite make the game-tying play. Still, it's pretty clear that this team (which is in first place, by the way) has to give the reins to McCarthy moving forward. Takeaway: Shane Steichen's seat should be red hot. Losing to the previously winless Tennessee Titans at home is nearly a fireable offense on its own, especially when your team had a 13-0 lead at halftime. Last season, Steichen could point to Daniel Jones' season-ending Achilles tear in Week 14 last year as the Colts' season unraveled. This year, Jones is healthy and playing as badly as he did at times with the Giants. Jones threw two picks and was sacked six times. The offensive line struggled, but Jones holding the ball too long didn't help. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Takeaway: I want to feel bad for Nick Sirianni, but I don't. The Eagles placed Jalen Hurts on injured reserve Saturday because of a superficial blood clot in his calf, sidelining him for at least four games. His health is obviously the priority, and his absence isn't Sirianni's fault. And yes, playing with a backup QB is always tough. But scoring just 14 points against a Carolina defense that allowed 59 points earlier this season is not good enough. This is a Philadelphia team that should already be looking ahead to 2027, but whether Sirianni is still the head coach next year remains to be seen. My money is on no. Takeaway: The Patriots still don't look like the defending AFC champions. Yes, the Patriots won. But it wasn't particularly pretty. They let the Jets hang around for most of the game, thanks in large part to two costly fumbles. Drake Maye is looking more comfortable as the season goes along, but a team like the Patriots shouldn't have this tough a time with the Jets at home. The defense clamped down in the red zone and on two crucial fourth-down plays, but still allowed New York to gain 324 yards. Takeaway: The Bears have to finish better than that if they want to be true NFC contenders. The NFC is starting to look wide open beyond the unbeaten 49ers, and the Bears have a chance to make a run. But head coach Ben Johnson isn't going to be happy that his team nearly blew a 24-point lead with just over 12 minutes to go. Not only did the defense allow two quick touchdowns (and two two-point conversions), including one on a 91-yard drive that took just 2:38, but the offense went three-and-out, fumble, three-and-out on three consecutive fourth-quarter possessions. Atlanta had the ball with a chance to tie, and the defense redeemed itself with a strip-sack, but it got a little too close for comfort. Johnson had pulled most of his starting defense with Thursday night's game against the Patriots in mind, but this should serve as a reminder to the second-year head coach that the game isn't over until it's over. Takeaway: Teams should stop electing to kick off in overtime. I understand the strategy of wanting to know what the other team does before you get the ball. Here's the problem: regular-season overtime is only 10 minutes. The Bucs became the latest team to kick off and then watch their opponent run nearly seven minutes off the clock before scoring a touchdown. The Steelers got to run their normal offense, while Tampa Bay was forced into a must-throw hurry-up offense. Plus, if overtime becomes a three-possession period, the receiving team has the advantage. Adding it all up, it should be clear that receiving the ball in OT is the correct decision. Takeaway: So much for the superteam. Look, I still think the Los Angeles Rams are a good football team. But, as I wrote earlier, "you are what your record says you are." Right now, their 2-4 record doesn't say anything good about the preseason Super Bowl favorites. The Rams are too talented to struggle all season, but they should have serious concerns about the offensive line. Matthew Stafford was under duress all game, and he struggled badly when pressured, as he has all year. The upcoming schedule isn't overly difficult, so they can turn it around, but they did just lose to the Cardinals, so the opponents might not matter as much as the Rams would like. Yes, another questionable call helped cost the Rams a win. But it's their own fault for being in that position against a team that entered with one win. RAMS HAVE LEGITIMATE GRIPE WITH NFL OFFICIALS, BUT 2-4 RECORD IS A BIGGER PROBLEM Takeaway: Josh Allen is a magician. If you didn't see Allen's ridiculous touchdown pass to Keon Coleman, I suggest you go take a look. The 2024 NFL MVP is in MVP form again this season, and the Bills are 5-1 and leading the AFC East. This is a good win for a Buffalo team that is wrapping up a two-game trip out West, beating the preseason Super Bowl favorite Rams and the better-than-expected Raiders. But, as we know, Allen's career isn't defined by his regular-season success. Buffalo is well on its way to another playoff berth, and Allen needs to finally break through and lead his team to the Super Bowl. Takeaway: Do Chargers fans miss Brandon Staley yet? I kid. Sort of. But Staley was hated and run out of Los Angeles after posting a 24-24 regular-season record and zero playoff wins in nearly three seasons. Jim Harbaugh was hired to much fanfare, but he's now 22-18 in the regular season with zero playoff wins as the Chargers head coach. And it doesn't look like he's going to win a playoff game this year, since Los Angeles is basically out of it in Week 6. Say what you want about Staley, but none of his three Chargers teams started 0-6. Takeaway: The Cowboys are all hype, no bite... again. Feels like every year we hear, "This is going to be the Cowboys' year!" And, every year, it isn't. Dallas had a ton of hype surrounding it in the preseason, per usual, but this season actually felt a little different. Dallas used two first-round picks on safety Caleb Downs and edge rusher Malachi Lawrence to try to fix a defense that was basically a sieve in 2025. But every game it seems one unit shows up, and the other doesn't. For the second straight week, it was the offense pulling a no-show. This is a unit that features two-star receivers, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, so there's no excuse for that. It's particularly embarrassing against a Packers defense that was missing several key starters and that had allowed at least 30 points twice this season. Before Sunday, the Packers had held three opponents under 20 points. Those teams' starting quarterbacks: Geno Smith, Jalon Daniels and Case Keenum. Well, now we can add Dak Prescott to that list. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5fa9175342cf4db924f27 SCOTT WALKER: Just three votes on one ballot helped decide Wisconsin’s future te 2026-10-19T11:10:09.148Z SCOTT WALKER: Just three votes on one ballot helped decide Wisconsin’s future Three votes. That is the margin that helped launch one of the most consequential political careers in modern Wisconsin state government. In September 2010, Tyler August was a 27-year-old candidate running in a six-way Republican primary for an open seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly. When election night ended, it appeared he had lost. Adam Gibbs was reported ahead by four votes. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS THE HOUSE FALLS, THE SENATE STAYS IN PLAY Then came the recount. When it was finished, August had won 1,760 votes to Gibbs’ 1,757. Three votes. Out of more than 7,300 cast. Fewer people than fit around most kitchen tables separated winning from losing. GEORGIA VOTERS SET EARLY-VOTING RECORD AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS HEAT UP August went on to win the general election that November. Sixteen years later, he serves as majority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly, one of the most powerful positions in state government. Think about everything that had to pass through that three-vote doorway first. Every vote he has cast in the legislature. Every bill he has introduced. Every budget he has helped shape. Every negotiation, committee assignment and leadership decision that came afterward. Every Wisconsin family, worker or business affected by legislation enacted during his time in office. None of it happens the same way if that primary ends differently. That is the part we tend to forget when we say our vote "doesn’t matter." We imagine elections as enormous things. Millions of people. Billions of dollars. Television ads, polling averages, consultants, candidates and endless political noise. Against all of that, one person standing in a voting booth can feel almost comically insignificant. But elections are not actually decided by "the electorate." They are decided by individual people, one ballot at a time. And my home state of Wisconsin offers a remarkable example of just how thin the distance between two outcomes can be. FOX NEWS POLL: COST-OF-LIVING CONCERNS WEIGH ON GOP IN MIDTERMS In the 2020 presidential election, more than 3.2 million Wisconsinites cast ballots. The final margin was 20,682 votes. Only Georgia and Arizona had narrower margins by percentage, with their presidential contests decided by just 11,779 and 10,457 votes, respectively. Four years later, more than 3.4 million Wisconsinites voted, and the presidential margin was 29,397, making Wisconsin the closest state in the country by percentage of votes cast. Those numbers sound large until you compare them with the millions of ballots cast. Then there is Tyler August. Three. Wisconsin's experience offers a lesson for voters across America: No election should be treated as a foregone conclusion. And the consequences stretch far beyond which name appears on an office door. GINGRICH: NOBODY SHOULD ASSUME THIS ELECTION IS OVER State and local governments across the country make decisions every year about taxes, regulations, housing, licensing, education, infrastructure, employment rules and the cost of doing business. Those decisions determine how easy it is to open a storefront, hire another employee, build a home, expand a farm or invest in a community. Free enterprise does not exist separately from government policy. The rules government writes shape the environment in which people take risks, build businesses and create opportunity. Which means the people who write those rules matter. And the people who choose them matter too. Voting is sometimes talked about as an expression of personal identity. Increasingly, politics itself feels that way. Pick a team, wear the jersey, argue about it online. But a ballot is much more practical than that. It is one of the few moments when every citizen gets the exact same unit of political power. One person. One vote. The business owner with 40 employees gets one. The college student voting for the first time gets one. The retiree who has voted in every election for 50 years gets one. So does the person who nearly stays home because the weather is lousy, the line might be long, they have errands to run, or they assume everyone else will decide the outcome anyway. The margin between having political power and never getting the opportunity to exercise it can be three people. And somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin are voters who helped create that margin. They probably went home that night without feeling particularly powerful. They were. On Nov. 3, Americans across the country will make thousands of similarly unremarkable choices. Get up early or hit snooze. Stop at the polling place or drive past it. Return the absentee ballot or leave it sitting on the kitchen counter. Most of us will never know precisely what depended on our decision. That is the point. Democracy asks us to participate before we know whether our vote will be one of the millions or one of the three. Whether you live in Wisconsin or somewhere else in America, the first step is knowing when, where and how to vote. Check your registration status, find your polling place and make a plan for Nov. 3. Election information and registration requirements are available through your state or local election office. So, vote for the candidates you believe will make your community, your state and your country stronger. Vote for the policies and principles you want represented in your state capital and Washington. But vote. Because somewhere in Wisconsin history are voters who helped create a three-vote margin, proving that the difference between "my vote probably won’t matter" and changing the direction of government can be almost impossibly small. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION They may never know who they were. They showed up anyway. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM SCOTT WALKER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5fa9075342cf4db924f1e 'You Can See Everything' Review: The buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary is worth the hype te 2026-10-19T11:10:08.056Z 'You Can See Everything' Review: The buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary is worth the hype The best documentaries don't feel like documentaries. They have a connotation of being educational, but even career documentarians will tell you that all they're doing is telling a story just like any other film.  Well, A24's "You Can See Everything" is not like any other film, nor is it like any other documentary.  Comedian Nathan Fielder shocked the internet during the festival circuit earlier this year when he unveiled a documentary he spent three years developing featuring Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder who granted him unfettered access in the 34 days leading up to her 11-year prison sentence in 2023.  ‘WHALEFALL’ REVIEW: AUSTIN ABRAMS IS SWALLOWED BY A SPERM WHALE IN IMMERSIVE SURVIVAL DRAMA You likely know the story already: Holmes became a media darling in the mid-2010s as her company had allegedly developed a medical device that can detect virtually all diseases from a single drop of blood. However, investigative reporting by The Wall Street Journal led to her downfall and she was ultimately found guilty of defrauding investors in 2022.  Having lived in obscurity since the collapse of Theranos, Holmes providing unprecedented access to Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim certainly turned heads.  Fielder serves as our on-camera shepherd, spending intimate moments with her, her husband Billy Evans and their two infant children. He isn't shy about expressing his skepticism towards Holmes and Evans as she maintains her innocence while the two of them are in the early stages of scheming a major comeback for what can be dubbed "Theranos 2.0."  Both Fielder and the audience alike stare into Holmes' big blue eyes above her porcelain red cheeks, hoping to read between the lines of whether she's being as authentic as she claims to be or if she's the cunning manipulator the world believes she is.  ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING’ REVIEW: ZUCKERBERG, FACEBOOK ARE THE ENEMY IN PREACHY SLOP DISGUISED AS JOURNO DRAMA What's remarkable about "You Can See Everything" is how it becomes increasingly indiscernible on who we can really trust as the documentary progresses. Her husband is a peculiar character in his own right, and we begin to suspect his motives. We even start to question the filmmakers behind the documentary at one point, thanks in part to Fielder and Oppenheim pulling back the curtain. A fun mystery thriller develops in the process.   While not notorious like Holmes, Fielder made a name for himself as the host of Comedy Central's "Nathan For You" and HBO's "The Rehearsal," both of which are part comedies, part docuseries. For comedic effect, Fielder often blurs the lines of what documentaries are supposed to do. So the strange twist and turns "You Can See Everything" takes in the second act may not exactly shock those who are familiar with his work, but the direction it goes is spellbinding nonetheless.  Fielder is as awkward as he is hilarious, and the way he often uses bluntness to seek the truth is amusing. Despite the nearly three-hour runtime, it doesn't drag thanks to editor Adam Locke-Norton. The cinematography by David Bolen and the score from composer Ari Balouzian (both of whom also worked on Oppenheim's "Primetime") add to the documentary's high production value.  And the internet rumors about Charlie Kirk being invoked in this documentary are true. I'll leave it to you as to how he comes up.  DIGGER REVIEW: TOM CRUISE DESTROYS THE PLANET IN ALEJANDRO IÑÁRRITU'S GRANDIOSE, MESSY POLITICAL SATIRE CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS Films are a dime a dozen, but a cinematic experience is rare. "You Can See Everything" is not just a fascinating, thought-provoking documentary starring one of the 21st century's most vilified figures, it challenges the entire medium. And it's even more fun when you're able to discuss it with others after, so it's best not to go stag. Don't miss one of the biggest and best surprises of 2026 at the movies.  "You Can See Everything" is rated R for language and some graphic nudity. Running time: 2 hours, 54 minutes. In theaters now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5fa8f75342cf4db924f15 Adult children cutting off parents as some blame therapy for family estrangements te 2026-10-19T11:10:07.100Z Adult children cutting off parents as some blame therapy for family estrangements Amid a reported surge in parent-child estrangements, some have questioned whether therapy could play a role in the family fracture trend. Nearly four in 10 Americans are currently estranged from at least one close family member, according to a 2025 YouGov poll of 4,395 U.S. adults, including 24% from a sibling, 16% from a parent and 10% from a child. While therapy can be helpful in facilitating communication and mending relationships, some believe it could contribute to "cutoff culture." 5 REASONS MORE AMERICANS ARE CUTTING OFF THEIR OWN PARENTS, ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGIST In two recent large-scale surveys of over 5,200 U.S. parents who were estranged from adult children, 1,014 parents reported that their children began therapy within the year before the estrangement. Meanwhile, 515 parents reported that their adult children had indicated therapy influenced their decision about the relationship, and 1,254 said their child had received a mental health diagnosis. (The surveys were not peer-reviewed or nationally representative and relied on parents' accounts of their adult children’s experiences, limiting what can be concluded about therapy’s role in estrangement.) Richard Blake, PhD, a Texas-based psychology researcher with a focus on anxiety and family estrangement, refers to the trend as an "overcorrection" happening in today’s society. "There is a lot of debate online about whether it's happening or not," Blake, who was a researcher in the surveys referenced above and has written a book about how therapy could be fueling family estrangement, told Fox News Digital. "I hear it from both sides. I hear from parents who say, ‘My child said my therapist should cut you off,’ and people who've told me, ‘My therapist told me I should cut my parents off.’ How much it's happening and when it's appropriate and inappropriate is where the nuance comes in." Laura Wellington, a Connecticut mother who has been estranged from her adult daughter since 2024, also weighed in on the potential role therapists play in the growing divide. "Do therapists, in my opinion, play a role in the estrangement epidemic? 100%," she told Fox News Digital. "But that doesn't mean there aren't some really good therapists out there." Wellington, known on social media as "Doormat Mom," said she believes some therapists have contributed to family fractures by focusing too narrowly on one person's experience, when it’s actually a "multi-pronged situation." CUT OFF BY YOUR ADULT CHILD? PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCHER REVEALS WHAT PARENTS SHOULD DO NEXT She said some therapists have even contacted her to reconsider their approach to estrangement cases. "I've had them come to me and ask me, ‘What did we miss?’" she said. Wellington added that she has seen parents encouraged to apologize to their adult children — something she supports when the parent has done something wrong — but believes therapists should consider the broader circumstances surrounding the estrangement. Differences in values can contribute to family fractures, even in the absence of severe behavior such as violence or abuse, according to Blake. "People are cutting people off because of divergence in values," he said. As one example, Blake pointed to a recent online comment in which someone wrote, "I cut my parents off because they didn't condemn ICE enough." At the same time, he emphasized that there are legitimate circumstances in which ending contact with a parent may be warranted, including physical or sexual abuse. "Then you get into the sort of very murky area of emotional abuse, and this is where therapy culture comes in," Blake added. WHEN IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TOO SEVERE FOR TELEHEALTH? WARNING SIGNS FAMILIES SHOULDN'T IGNORE The researcher said he believes the term "emotional abuse" is sometimes applied more broadly in therapy and online spaces, particularly in conflicts over politics, religion and language. "Emotional abuse can be [about] differing political values, a little difference in religious beliefs," he said. "It can be about the words people use." What a parent views as legitimate criticism can sometimes be interpreted as emotional abuse by an adult child, according to Blake. "Therapy has sort of raised the bar of what is good enough parenting," he added. "There's just a massive sort of overselling in therapy of how much your parents affected you." In some cases, Blake said, he will hear from parents that their children never told them the issue that led to them being cut off. "They’ll say, ‘We were best friends. And then I got a letter saying, ‘never contact me ever again.’" Blake emphasized, however, that it’s important for parents to listen if the adult child makes an attempt to communicate. 1 IN 6 ADULTS PLAGUED BY LONELINESS AS RESEARCHERS REVEAL LASTING IMPACT OF COVID PANDEMIC "A frequent complaint that most adult children make is, ‘My parents just don't listen. I cannot get through to them. It's like talking to a brick wall,’" he said. "And that is a genuine frustration." "If you don't listen to your child, then don't be surprised if you have conflict with them." Blake recommended active listening techniques, such as allowing the other person to speak without interruption, repeating their concerns back to show understanding, and asking whether they have more to share before offering a response. Blake emphasized that his concerns do not apply to all therapists, saying only a "small subset" may view cutting off family members as an appropriate response to conflict. In situations involving ordinary family conflict rather than abuse, he cautioned that ending contact can have longer-term repercussions even if it initially brings relief. ‘QUIET QUITTING’ IN MARRIAGE: THE SUBTLE SIGNS A SPOUSE HAS EMOTIONALLY CHECKED OUT "It makes you feel good, but there are consequences afterwards — very serious consequences," Blake said. He also challenged the idea that the sole act of cutting off a parent will necessarily resolve underlying mental health struggles. "This is the sort of myth that pervades in cutoff cultures, like, ‘I needed to cut my parents off to protect my mental health,’" he said. The assumption, he added, is: "My parents were the cause of my mental health issues, therefore cutting them out resolves that issue." Other experts have emphasized that people's experiences with therapy during family estrangement can vary. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Lucy Blake, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist in the U.K. who studies family estrangement, told the American Psychological Association that therapy can be "very helpful" in some cases. "I think people can find therapy very helpful if their therapist has an understanding of estrangement, so some appreciation that it’s rarely one relationship that’s affected when there’s an estrangement," she said. Therapy can also be beneficial when therapists understand underlying factors that can contribute to family estrangement, such as abuse or mental health challenges, the psychologist noted. Blake has also heard from people who found therapy "very unhelpful," particularly when they felt their therapist lacked warmth and validation or did not understand the "enormous impact" of estrangement and the grief and loss that can accompany it. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Overall, Blake said therapy can be a "really helpful avenue of support" for some, while noting that researchers are "still really learning" what is helpful or unhelpful for people experiencing estrangement. For families experiencing conflict, bringing in a neutral third party may be a better option when both sides are willing to participate, experts agree. "Communication with a mediator, whether it’s a therapist or a professional mediator, can be really productive," said Richard Blake. Once a family member has already ended communication and asked not to be contacted, however, getting both sides into therapy may no longer be an option. "I certainly think it’s worth a try," he said of mediation. "I know a lot of very good mediators out there who can help people." Wellington agreed that bringing parents and adult children into therapy together could be helpful, although both sides need to be willing to repair the relationship. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ She also added that differing beliefs do not necessarily have to end a relationship. "You can have a different opinion," she said. "You can also have a relationship with your parent who has the other opinion, and that's OK." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84775342cf4db924ea7 Cozy Up with Comforting Soups and Stews te 2026-10-19T11:00:23.017Z Cozy Up with Comforting Soups and Stews Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84675342cf4db924e9e Cozy Up with Comforting Soups and Stews te 2026-10-19T11:00:22.027Z Cozy Up with Comforting Soups and Stews Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84475342cf4db924e95 4 Ways to Enjoy Fresher Foods at Home te 2026-10-19T11:00:20.819Z 4 Ways to Enjoy Fresher Foods at Home Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84375342cf4db924e8c 4 Ways to Enjoy Fresher Foods at Home te 2026-10-19T11:00:19.708Z 4 Ways to Enjoy Fresher Foods at Home Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84275342cf4db924e83 Simplify Family Dinners with Easy, One-Pan Meals te 2026-10-19T11:00:18.586Z Simplify Family Dinners with Easy, One-Pan Meals Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f84175342cf4db924e7a Simplify Family Dinners with Easy, One-Pan Meals te 2026-10-19T11:00:17.169Z Simplify Family Dinners with Easy, One-Pan Meals Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f83675342cf4db924e46 New iPhone spyware can steal passwords and photos te 2026-10-19T11:00:06.328Z New iPhone spyware can steal passwords and photos Your iPhone probably holds more personal information than your wallet. Think about the passwords you've saved, the photos you never intended to share and the private notes you keep handy. Now, security researchers have uncovered a more aggressive version of spyware designed to get its hands on that information. The threat is called P7 DarkSword, and researchers at mobile security company iVerify discovered it while investigating an infected iPhone. According to their Oct. 8, 2026, report, the spyware can collect sensitive information and communicate with attackers who can issue additional commands remotely. That sounds alarming, and it should get your attention. However, the research does not establish that every iPhone is vulnerable. Here's what researchers discovered and how you can better protect your device. YOUR PHONE SAYS IT'S UPDATED. CHECK OTHER SETTINGS, TOO Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You'll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. P7 DarkSword is a newly identified variant of DarkSword, an existing iPhone spyware family. Researchers at iVerify discovered it while investigating a suspicious infection in August 2026. Their security system had flagged unusual activity on a customer's device. After examining the phone with the customer's permission, the team discovered that the spyware behaved differently from versions they had previously encountered. The researchers also searched for related malicious code using the Validin threat intelligence platform. Eventually, they identified another version of the spyware hosted on suspicious infrastructure. Their analysis revealed that the attackers had modified the code to make it more capable and harder to investigate. The name P7 comes from a prefix the attackers used in their programming code. While that detail won't mean much to most iPhone owners, the changes behind it are concerning. The spyware now performs more data collection directly on the infected phone and gives attackers additional control over what happens next. Apple told CyberGuy that DarkSword originated from sophisticated mercenary spyware developed at considerable expense. After the spyware leaked, the technology became available to common criminals. Once attackers successfully compromise a vulnerable device, P7 DarkSword can reach information that most people would consider deeply private. Researchers identified several capabilities in the spyware's code. For someone who keeps sensitive documents or financial information on an iPhone, the potential exposure is serious. However, these findings describe the spyware's capabilities. They do not establish that attackers successfully stole every type of information from the device involved in the investigation. One particularly troubling feature is how frequently the spyware can contact its operators. According to iVerify, P7 DarkSword uses a command-and-control system that can check for instructions every 15 seconds. Attackers can change that interval remotely. This allows the spyware to receive new instructions after the initial infection. For example, an attacker could direct it to collect additional files or examine information stored on the device. The malware also supports commands that scan the phone's file system and execute JavaScript inside its running environment. Researchers found that the spyware injects its communication component into SpringBoard, a core iPhone system process responsible for the Home Screen and other interface functions. The attackers also removed some diagnostic logging and reduced certain activities that could reveal the infection during an investigation. These changes make the spyware harder for security researchers to examine. However, iVerify did not establish that the malware is completely undetectable. APPLE AIRDROP, ANDROID QUICK SHARE FLAWS PUT PHONES AT RISK DarkSword is associated with an iOS exploit chain that attackers can use to compromise vulnerable devices through malicious web content. Security researchers have linked the P7 variant to distribution through malicious advertisements and compromised websites, sometimes called watering-hole attacks. That means someone using an outdated, vulnerable iPhone could encounter malicious content while browsing the web, potentially without realizing anything unusual happened. However, these attacks depend on exploitable security weaknesses. Installing Apple's security updates protects against the known vulnerabilities used by earlier DarkSword attacks. The original iVerify investigation focuses primarily on how P7 operates after infection. It does not fully reconstruct how the customer encountered the malicious content. That's why the exact circumstances of that particular infection remain unclear. Earlier DarkSword attacks targeted iPhones running iOS 18.4 through iOS 18.7. Apple told CyberGuy that it patched the underlying vulnerabilities in 2025, before DarkSword first leaked. The company also released a security update in March 2026 for older devices that could not install newer versions of iOS. According to Apple, iPhones running the latest available updates for iOS 15 through iOS 27 remain protected against the known DarkSword exploits. Researchers also identified exploit components associated with iOS 18.7 in the newer P7 investigation. However, they have not confirmed that the spyware can compromise fully updated iPhones. As of October 2026, iOS 27 is Apple's current major iPhone software generation. However, the latest available update depends on your iPhone model. Devices that have not received available security updates may remain exposed to known vulnerabilities. The research is a reminder that even sophisticated phone security can face serious threats. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to reduce your exposure. Start with these protections, especially if you've been putting off a software update. Apple regularly releases updates that fix vulnerabilities attackers can exploit. Checking for updates is especially important if you haven't updated your iPhone recently. To check your current version and install updates: Next, go to Settings > General > Software Update > Automatic Updates and enable Automatically Install. This helps your phone receive future security fixes without relying on you to remember. On iOS 27, Apple also offers Background Security Improvements. These provide additional protections between major software updates. This setting adds another layer of protection against newly discovered security problems. Avoid opening unexpected links in text messages or emails, especially when they pressure you to act quickly. Malicious web content has played a role in previously documented iPhone attacks, so this is a sensible precaution. Consider using strong antivirus software that offers malicious website blocking, phishing protection and scam-link warnings. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com. These features can help you avoid dangerous content before you open it. However, iPhone security apps cannot perform the same deep malware scans available on computers. They also cannot guarantee detection or removal of sophisticated spyware like P7 DarkSword. That's why keeping iOS updated remains essential. HOW TO FIND COMPROMISED PASSWORDS ON IPHONE AND ANDROID If you believe someone may specifically target you with sophisticated spyware, Apple's Lockdown Mode offers stronger security protections. It restricts certain website technologies, messaging features and device connections to reduce opportunities for attackers. Apple designed this feature for people facing unusually advanced threats. Most iPhone owners won't need it because some everyday features become limited. According to Apple, security researchers confirmed that the known DarkSword exploits do not work on devices with Lockdown Mode enabled. To turn it on: For more on targeted attacks, read our article about Apple's spyware warnings reaching iPhone users in 110 countries. Because P7 DarkSword can target keychain and cryptocurrency wallet information, pay attention to unusual activity in your sensitive accounts. Apple recommends protecting your iPhone with a passcode, using a strong password and two-factor authentication (2FA) for your Apple Account and installing apps from the App Store. Use a reputable password manager to generate and securely store strong, unique passwords for every account. Review alerts from financial services. Keep in mind that a password manager cannot protect credentials if sophisticated spyware has already compromised your device. If you have credible evidence that your iPhone was compromised, change important passwords using another trusted device. Also, contact your financial institutions if you notice unauthorized transactions. Cryptocurrency users should seek trusted wallet-security assistance before moving funds. These steps can limit damage after an account compromise, although they cannot remove sophisticated spyware from an infected phone. Advanced spyware may operate without obvious symptoms. Your iPhone could appear to work normally, so a healthy battery or the absence of strange pop-ups cannot prove that your device is clean. If you receive what appears to be an Apple threat notification, verify it by signing in directly at account.apple.com, rather than clicking links in the message. Apple provides additional information about recognizing and responding to these alerts on its threat notification support page. Then seek assistance from a qualified mobile security specialist. A routine security app scan may not detect an advanced infection. If you have strong reason to suspect spyware, avoid using that phone for sensitive activities until you've received guidance. From a separate trusted device, secure important accounts and review recent sign-ins. You should also preserve any genuine Apple threat notifications or suspicious messages. For a potentially targeted attack, contact a specialist before erasing your iPhone. Resetting the device can destroy evidence investigators may need, and it may complicate efforts to determine what happened. What concerns me most about this discovery is how much information attackers could potentially collect from a single phone. We trust our iPhones with some of our most private information, often without thinking twice about where we store it. P7 DarkSword shows how dangerous that access could become if attackers successfully exploit a security weakness. It's also troubling to see expensive mercenary spyware leak into the hands of common criminals. Apple says the vulnerabilities behind these known attacks were patched before the spyware leaked, which is reassuring for people who keep their devices updated. I would check your iPhone's software version today, especially if you haven't updated it recently. And if you use your phone for financial transactions or store sensitive personal information, take a few minutes to review your account security. Do you trust your iPhone to keep your personal information safe, or does discovering spyware like DarkSword make you question how secure your phone really is? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f5dd75342cf4db924e0c US lawmakers sound alarm as violence grips NATO ally Albania amid anti-government protests te 2026-10-19T10:50:05.212Z US lawmakers sound alarm as violence grips NATO ally Albania amid anti-government protests U.S. lawmakers are growing concerned with ongoing violence gripping the small NATO nation of Albania as police clashed with protesters in the capital Tirana. The violence continued for a sixth straight day on Sunday as the lawmakers issued warnings on social media to Albanian authorities.  "The Albanian people deserve freedom, rule of law, and institutional accountability. The government must refrain from all violence against protestors. Young people deserve a voice in the future of their country," Republican South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson posted on X.  Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., posted on X that: "All parties must reject violence, and the government must respect the rights of peaceful protesters. Albania’s young people deserve a voice in shaping their nation’s future." Aderholt and Wilson were joined by Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas., who stated on X: "The protests in Albania are a culmination of the people’s distrust of corrupt politicians and fatigue over the total disregard for the rule of law." Police said 388 people had been charged with criminal offenses during the demonstrations, and an unspecified number of protesters and police have been injured, according to Reuters. The U.S. embassy in Albania called on all demonstrators to exercise their right to protest peacefully with no violent rioting, urging restraint and calm on all sides. EUROPEAN CAPITAL ROCKED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS AS GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION PROBE FUELS UNREST Tens of thousands have protested amid allegations of government corruption, inadequate education, unemployment and a lack of opportunity. The growing nationwide protest movement is driven by students and citizens also demanding accountability, an end to corruption and what they say is the restoration of democratic institutions and the rule of law. The student-led demonstrations in Tirana, which have turned violent, have quickly spread to other parts of the country. Protesters have hurled rocks at police, burned government buildings, smashed shop windows and destroyed private property. They are demanding the resignation of Rama and have been met with a heavy-handed police presence, including rubber bullets, water cannons, and tear gas. Prime Minister Edi Rama is portraying the demonstrations as a threat to Albania's European future, with the country on the unsteady path to European Union membership. On Monday, Rama blamed outside forces for the violence, according to Reuters. "They are young men and women who have been ideologized and radicalized under the pressure or inspiration of that dark and new force that has emerged in Europe and the United States, which the President of the United States has designated a terrorist organization: ANTIFA." In a post on Facebook translated by Reuters on Friday, Rama said, "These are also foreign hands that do not wish for Albania to be at peace; they do not want Albania to see clearly, to move forward, or to focus daily on addressing its own challenges for the sake of improvement. They do not want Albania to be part of the united European family — a place where it could finally, once and for all, escape these hands and the yoke of a forced choice." FORMER ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES, OPPOSITION CLAIMS CHARGES ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED "Rama's attempt to equate the unrest in Albania with the protests taking place in France, Italy and elsewhere in Europe overlooks the specific political grievances driving Albania's demonstrations," Agim Nesho, former Albanian ambassador to the U.S. and the United Nations, told Fox News Digital. Nesho said Albania's European future must not be confused with the political survival of Edi Rama or any government. "European integration is supposed to reinforce democracy, judicial independence, transparent governance, and fundamental freedoms—not provide political protection from public accountability. Brussels has a responsibility to examine allegations of police abuses independently, uphold the rights of peaceful demonstrators, and take seriously the grievances behind this national movement," Nesho added. The European Commission Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighborhood condemned the violence gripping Albania. "We condemn the use of violence in Tirana and other cities in Albania, including arson, attacks on State institutions and the destruction of public and private property. Violence has no place in a democratic society, and the response to it must remain within the law and proportionate," the Commission said. The Commission, noted the important gains Albania has made toward EU membership, reminded Albanians that grievances should be handled through constructive dialogue and in a peaceful manner. The turmoil in Albania comes as the country has long sought European Union membership, which began in 2014 when it became an official candidate for accession. While the 2025 annual European Commission report stated that Albania made significant strides in judicial reforms and combating organized crime, the continued allegations of corruption in the Rama government and the current violence taking place will complicate its path to EU membership. Reuters contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f38575342cf4db924d9e The Rock's protein-heavy post-workout smoothie may not be right for everyone te 2026-10-19T10:40:05.748Z The Rock's protein-heavy post-workout smoothie may not be right for everyone Actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently shared his post-workout smoothie recipe on social media, and it contains a hefty portion of protein powder, as well as an unexpected ingredient. The smoothie contains 70 grams of protein powder, according to Johnson's Oct. 5 Instagram post. However, it remains unclear exactly how much protein is in the 70-gram serving because the powder is a prototype Johnson is testing as research for a supplement line he hopes to release in the coming years. POPULAR SMOOTHIE INGREDIENT MAY REDUCE ONE KEY HEALTH BENEFIT, STUDY SUGGESTS Regardless, it's safe to assume that the protein content is high, South Carolina-based registered dietitian Lauren Manaker told Fox News Digital. In addition to a large serving of protein, The Rock's smoothie also contains 10–15 grams of creatine. This dose is reasonable for someone of Johnson's stature and weight — 236 pounds, according to his Instagram post — but it might be a bit high for someone who weighs less or is at a different fitness level, Manaker noted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Creatine is a compound derived from amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. The body produces creatine naturally, and most of it is stored in muscles, but physically active people may take creatine supplements to help with muscle growth or recovery after a workout, according to the Mayo Clinic. Jasmine rice, which might not seem like a typical smoothie addition, is most likely included to fill the carbohydrate portion of the smoothie's macronutrient, or "macro," composition, Manaker said. Johnson eats about 4,000 calories per day, according to the post's caption. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "If I'm not sharp with my macros, at 6 foot 4 inches, I can easily start to look stringy," he said. "I'll eat a real food meal 2–3 hours later, pending my work schedule." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "I think this smoothie is quite balanced, and it does provide a wide array of nutrients, especially because he is including whole foods like blueberries," Manaker said, adding that it also provides hydration, which helps with post-workout recovery. The smoothie's calorie count and protein content are high, she noted, but given Johnson's caloric goal, it's "a great addition to his diet." Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f12e75342cf4db924d5d Everyone taking this long to see Los Angeles Rams not a Super Bowl favorite was NFL's dumbest moment of Week 6 te 2026-10-19T10:30:06.618Z Everyone taking this long to see Los Angeles Rams not a Super Bowl favorite was NFL's dumbest moment of Week 6 We let it go when the Los Angeles Rams didn't immediately get signature offseason addition Myles Garrett help for his troubled knee during training camp and waited until a season-opening performance he called "the worst version of myself" to finally get the matter addressed. Garrett is now eligible to return from the injured reserve list but there is no absolute certainty that will happen this week following his Sept. 14 surgery. We also looked the other way when the Rams took their travel scheduling advice to Australia from an Instagram trip planner (not really, it was coach Sean McVay) and were sluggish and generally a step slow in the season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers because they traveled across the planet 36 hours before a game while the 49ers spent a week in Australia acclimating. RAMS' DISASTER IN AUSTRALIA RAISES THE QUESTION: SHOULD THE TEAM HAVE FOLLOWED THE 49ERS THERE EARLIER? But we cannot unsee what happened on Sunday. We cannot forget or forgive the 18-16 loss to the upstart Arizona Cardinals. At home. Marking a second consecutive loss at SoFi Stadium. The Rams are now trolling the people who picked them as the Super Bowl favorites before the season began. They're making us — yes, me included – look dumb as they've piled curious, questionable, disappointing things atop each other en route to last place in the NFC West. SHAWNE MERRIMAN SAYS RAMS' AARON DONALD-MYLES GARRETT COMBO IS 'INSANE' FOR NFL OFFENSES: 'PICK YOUR POISON' We're a bunch of dummies because we thought the Rams would be a steamroller. But they're a household flat iron. "You know," McVay said after Sunday's loss, "we won't win a game unless we figure out how not to beat ourselves." The Rams have talent. Their quarterback was the NFL's MVP last season. Garrett is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and they coaxed Aaron Donald out of retirement long enough to delay his eventual induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Did I mention they added not one but both of the Kansas City Chiefs starting cornerbacks from last season? 2026 NFL SEASON PREDICTIONS: DIVISION WINNERS, PLAYOFF TEAMS AND SUPER BOWL PICK REVEALED They made all these moves and have all this name recognition on a team that went to the NFC Championship game last season. So, you're darn right us dummies picked them as a Super Bowl fave. But that logical choice came with the inconvenient fact that teams must actually play games to prove their worth. And the Rams have not only failed to do that, but failed in epic fashion. This is a club that held a 16-0 halftime lead against the Denver Broncos in Week 3 and collapsed in the second half on the way to a 30-26 loss. This is a team that accomplished something never done in NFL history against the Buffalo Bills in Week 5. The Rams amassed over 400 total yards, gained 30-plus first downs, scored five touchdowns, converted 50 percent of their third downs, and committed zero turnovers against the Bills. They still lost, 37-34. SEAN MCVAY IS 'SICK' ABOUT HIS OVERTIME CALL AS ANOTHER SUPER BOWL COACH PUBLICLY REGRETS END OF GAME DECISION ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Then came Sunday against the Cardinals. That team has first-time head coach Mike LaFleur trying to change the culture, the club traded former first-rounder Marvin Harrison Jr. last week, and there are trade rumors swirling about other players. And that team not only matched the Rams but seemed a step ahead on defense against Stafford and his mates who made too many mistakes. "A lot of different guys are taking their turn [making mistakes]," McVay admitted. "I talk about it, we try to harp on it, and we've got to figure it out. We don't have those answers right now otherwise it would have gotten fixed. "We've had some really critical errors at unfortunate times. But that's what our narrative has been for this year" Our narrative this year was trusting the Rams. And they've made us all look dumb. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5f12d75342cf4db924d54 Tennessee beat Alabama, smoked cigars and helped fund Kalen DeBoer’s NIL fund with $500K field-storming fine te 2026-10-19T10:30:05.676Z Tennessee beat Alabama, smoked cigars and helped fund Kalen DeBoer’s NIL fund with $500K field-storming fine If Alabama wanted to get creative with its loss to Tennessee on Saturday night, it could point to the SEC’s rules that will see its athletic department receive a significant payout after dropping another game in Knoxville. In the middle of one of the craziest Saturdays in college football history — one that saw five of the nation’s top eight teams lose on the same day for the first time since 1989 — Tennessee pulled off an upset over Alabama in front of more than 100,000 fans inside Neyland Stadium. Now, in the aftermath of that dominant performance against the previously No. 6-ranked team in the country, the Vols will either be writing a check or sending a $500,000 wire transfer to Tuscaloosa. COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAOS: HISTORIC UPSETS, ARCH MANNING'S FIASCO, CLOCK CONTROVERSY AND CFP RAMIFICATIONS ARISE But, Tennessee’s athletic department did everything it could to avoid the fine that came after fans stormed the field just over one minute after the final whistle. Sometimes, there's just nothing hourly-paid security officers can do when thousands of fans start heading in their direction. Vols' athletic director (AD), Danny White, appeared on the jumbotron with under one minute remaining in the game, urging fans to hold-off on rushing the field until Alabama players and staff members could be safely escorted to the locker room. But as we all know, it only takes a few fans to ignite the chaos. TENNESSEE DOMINATES ALABAMA, AS CRIMSON TIDE SUFFERS FIRST BACK-TO-BACK REGULAR-SEASON LOSSES IN NEARLY TWO DECADES For the third-straight time in Knoxville, it was Tennessee on the victorious side of this heated rivalry that is also known as the 'Third Saturday in October', defeating Alabama 26-10 in what was a dominating performance by the Vols defense. Once Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell threw the final pass of the game, which Tennessee intercepted in the end-zone located right in front of the Vols student section, the cigar smoke had already started making its way out of the stadium. Then, also for the third-straight time, the Tennessee football team was joined on the field by thousands of fans looking to celebrate the monumental win over their hated rival. COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MEGA ROSTERS AREN’T DELIVERING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS LSU, TEXAS A&M AND OREGON PROVE After Josh Heupel wrapped up his interview with ESPN, the Vols head coach immediately started celebrating with those clad in orange and white. At the same time, AD Danny White was standing on the field and lighting up his own victory cigar as fans danced to 'Dixieland Delight' playing throughout Neyland Stadium. Maybe Kalen DeBoer could ask for the funds to go straight towards a backup offensive lineman, or put that money into its NIL fund. In this era of college athletics, receiving a $500,000 check from a hated rival could come to good use. If you're going to lose, at least you're going to receive a financial bump for the embarrassment. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Obviously, Alabama would have preferred its athletes had safely exited the field in hopes of avoiding another catastrophic incident like the one that took place in 2022 when wide receiver Jermaine Burton was seen on cell-phone video pushing a female fan. Who knows? Maybe Alabama will use the additional funds to help pay Nick Saban’s monthly salary in his advisory role following his retirement. There are obviously endless options for how the money could be allocated. Still, I imagine Alabama’s athletic department would have preferred not to watch DeBoer suffer his second straight loss of the 2026 season. The chaos that unfolded this past weekend will be remembered for years to come. I’d imagine, however, that Alabama will have spent the $500,000 before the actual wire transfer arrives from Tennessee’s athletic department. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5ec7e75342cf4db924ce7 Mom accused of slaughtering husband, toddler at Great Wolf Lodge could face death penalty: PI te 2026-10-19T10:10:06.427Z Mom accused of slaughtering husband, toddler at Great Wolf Lodge could face death penalty: PI The mother who police say killed her husband and their 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge could face the death penalty, according to a private investigator. Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, is currently behind bars in Monroe County, Pennsylvania after prosecutors say she used kitchen knives – which she allegedly brought from home – to stab and kill Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan. She's due in court next month. GREAT WOLF LODGE FAMILY MASSACRE BLEW UP DURING ‘UNCOMMON’ THREE-WEEK STAY AT PRICEY RESORT, OFFICIALS SAY Private investigator Rod Devine, who is based in the Lehigh Valley area, said it's possible Harrison could face the death penalty. Devine has sat face-to-face with convicted killers in jail cells and been hired as an expert witness by criminal defense teams in multiple cases. MURDER WEAPONS IN GREAT WOLF LODGE FAMILY MASSACRE MAY OFFER PREMEDITATION EVIDENCE: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR He said there are "factors that have to be reached," when it comes to capital punishment in Pennsylvania. A convicted killer can be sentenced to death in the Keystone State. According to the state law, to be put to death a person must be convicted of first-degree murder and a "statutory aggravating circumstance." STEPMOM SAYS GREAT WOLF LODGE MASSACRE SUSPECT DRAINED FAMILY'S 401(K) BEFORE PRICEY WEEKS-LONG STAY Devine previously told Fox News Digital it appears the killings may have been premeditated – which could meet the first degree-murder component. "The other component is that there’s a 3-year-old child that was killed," he said. TEXAS MOTHER FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING HER TWO SONS TO DEATH State law says a victim under 12 years old counts as that aggravating circumstance. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The bigger question: will it actually happen? Most likely, no. GOP GOV DEWINE URGES OHIO TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY, SAYS IT IS NO LONGER A DETERRENT Politics are at play here. If Harrison was to be found guilty then sentenced to death for the killings – it's unlikely she would face the actual execution. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Why? In Pennsylvania the form of punishment is still on the books – but executions have been halted for more than a decade by an active gubernatorial moratorium. ACCUSED NC KILLER MOM PLANS INSANITY DEFENSE — AS RETIRED JUDGE SAYS MORE MAY FOLLOW LINDSAY CLANCY STRATEGY Devine said before any insinuation of penalty, it's important to understand how Harrison's defense team will possibly strategize. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB SEND US A TIP "As a defense, working with defense counsel, what they would probably be looking at in something like this would be mitigating circumstances." GOT A TIP? One of those being "mental illness," he said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "There's also speculation that possibly the husband could have been part of a murder-suicide," he said. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL He went on to say the possible plot may have been "botched on her end." Harrison is now scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 3. Fox News Digital reached out to the governor's office and the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5ec7d75342cf4db924cde It took 3 months to get inside this massive Texas data center — here’s what we saw te 2026-10-19T10:10:05.489Z It took 3 months to get inside this massive Texas data center — here’s what we saw EXCLUSIVE: As massive data centers rise across the country to power America's artificial intelligence boom, one of the industry's biggest builders is making the case that the benefits extend far beyond the technology inside. During an exclusive tour of Compass Datacenters' sprawling campus in Red Oak, Texas, Fox News Digital got a rare look inside the infrastructure behind the nation's growing appetite for computing. Getting inside took roughly three months' of approvals. Once on site, Fox News Digital passed through six layers of security and suited up in personal protective equipment before entering the facility, where photos and recording devices were prohibited. Beyond the checkpoints, the interior was remarkably clean and surprisingly quiet, with little of the industrial noise one might expect from an operation running around the clock. Inside, rows of towering server racks stretched across the spotless floor, surrounded by the electrical and cooling systems needed to keep the equipment operating. At Red Oak, Compass uses a closed-loop cooling system that recirculates coolant rather than continuously drawing water to cool the equipment. DATA CENTER CEO SHARES THE POWERFUL WAY AMERICAN COMMUNITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM THE NEW TECH BOOM Compass CEO Chris Crosby, a North Texas native, said the Red Oak campus has not used water for cooling since it began operating. "We haven't used water since inception," Crosby said, noting the importance of conserving the region's resources. "Water is precious in North Texas." Beyond cooling, security is another major consideration for facilities housing vast amounts of computing infrastructure. Crosby the extensive security is not about keeping the facilities secret, but rather protecting the sensitive information and critical infrastructure housed inside. "Hacking is real, attacks on infrastructure are real," Crosby said. "If people knew that a bank or a government was operating at a particular facility, they could infiltrate that facility. So that's why the levels of security are so high at our campuses." The campus, roughly 20 miles south of Dallas, will eventually include 10 data center buildings spanning roughly 2.6 million square feet. A Schneider Electric manufacturing facility and a workforce training center operated in partnership with Texas State Technical College are also located on the campus. AMERICA’S NEW BLUE-COLLAR JOB BOOM IS ONE NOBODY SAW COMING — AND IT’S JUST GETTING STARTED Crosby says the development offers a glimpse at an often-overlooked side of America's data center boom: blue-collar jobs. "Data centers are where the economic engine is going to be going forward," Crosby told Fox News Digital, pointing to the jobs, economic activity and tax revenue generated by the industry. Roughly 600 people work for Compass at the campus, while Schneider Electric employs about 300 more, according to Crosby. Thousands of construction workers have also cycled through the development since work began in 2019. And the company says it needs more. "We can't get enough people into this career," Crosby said. That demand helped spur the creation of MEI Pathways, a workforce development program built in partnership with Texas State Technical College. The $12.6 million training facility offers a 12-week program aimed at preparing electricians, mechanics and technicians for jobs in the industry. Building data centers also requires an array of skilled trades, including carpenters, welders and concrete workers. A SOUTHERN STATE JUST TOOK THE TOP SPOT IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING INDUSTRIES "There was a war on blue-collar jobs for a long time — everybody had to get a four-year degree," Crosby said. "I'm so glad that's over with." Compass has worked with local officials on roads, sewer and other infrastructure and donated $15 million toward a new animal shelter after Ellis County's previous shelter arrangement ended. The investments come as Texas grapples with how to accommodate the enormous electricity demands accompanying the industry's growth while protecting the reliability of its power grid. For Crosby, however, the debate should also account for what is happening outside the server rooms. "I am tired of the elitism that this doesn't create jobs," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5ec7c75342cf4db924cd5 Prince Harry risks 'lobbing a grenade' at Prince William as chance to heal years-long feud emerges: expert te 2026-10-19T10:10:04.492Z Prince Harry risks 'lobbing a grenade' at Prince William as chance to heal years-long feud emerges: expert Prince Harry’s return to the U.K. could offer him his best chance yet to reconcile with his estranged brother, Prince William, but royal experts say a major obstacle remains in his way. A source told People magazine that Harry's return to Britain presents the "best opportunity" to repair his fractured relationship with Prince William. "It would never happen with him in America," the insider said. "This gives them [an] opportunity to try and mend that bridge." PRINCE WILLIAM ‘INCANDESCENT WITH ANGER’ AT PRINCE HARRY AS DIANA ANNIVERSARY DEEPENS ROYAL RIFT: PIERS MORGAN But royal experts told Fox News Digital that Harry's reported plans to consider making a documentary about Princess Diana could threaten that opening, giving the Prince of Wales another reason to remain wary of his younger brother. "I don't buy this," royal broadcaster Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "Harry says [he and his family] relocated for so many different reasons, but the main reason is clear: it's the reported planning of the Diana documentary for the 30th anniversary." "This isn't bridge building," she said. "This is lobbing a grenade at Prince William's feet. Prince William has said no to every Diana documentary offer. He doesn't want to speak so openly about Diana. And also, doing this would just drain him if he was going to do it as a working royal. He doesn't want to create publicity for Prince Harry's documentary, and he also doesn't want him and Harry pitted against each other as brothers." WATCH: PRINCE HARRY'S POSSIBLE DIANA FILM IS ‘GRENADE’ AT PRINCE WILLIAM'S FEET: EXPERT "Friends also say that next year is going to be tough enough," Chard continued. "Prince William just wants to let his mother rest in peace. So, he’s likely going to want to do something privately. Enough is enough, he thinks." Fox News Digital reached out to Archewell and Kensington Palace for comment. Several royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that the brothers have not been on speaking terms since 2022. The Times recently reported that the Prince of Wales will not make a film about Princess Diana to mark the 30th anniversary of his mother's death in 2027, in part because he wants to avoid further conflict with Harry. According to the outlet, William has declined several offers to make or appear in documentaries about his mother. Meanwhile, Harry is considering several projects to mark the 30th anniversary of Diana's death, People magazine reported. According to the outlet, the Duke of Sussex has been exploring how he can "most meaningfully" honor his mother and her legacy ahead of the Aug. 31, 2027, anniversary. Although several ideas are under discussion, People reported that no documentary has been finalized or confirmed. Harry has reached out to family members and friends connected to his late mother, several sources told the outlet. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "If Harry wants reconciliation, can he not drop the film or give the proceeds to charity, which will change perception overnight?" Chard said. "I just don't see healing. I see the ruffling of Prince William's feathers. Prince William is entirely focused on his family and the long-term survival of the monarchy, but that's not to say that things can't change in the future." People reported that tensions between the brothers deepened after Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in 2020. The relationship further deteriorated following the couple's 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, their 2022 Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan," and Harry's bestselling memoir "Spare," published in 2023. All three projects included personal revelations about life inside the royal family. A source told People magazine that while Harry's relationship with his father, King Charles, is "better," the brothers have "no contact." "I thought it would have perhaps eased a little bit by now, to be honest. But there has been no movement, especially on William's side," a source close to the family told People in July. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital he isn't surprised by William's apparent reluctance to reconcile with Harry. "William deeply resents the way the Sussexes have monetized their royal connections," he said. "The Sussexes, as non-working royals, have the advantage as they are in situ and can do what they like. This does not mean that they will be accepted by the royal family in any of their activities in the coming months. … [But] it may be impossible to totally shut them out, given the international pull of their brand." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The insider told People magazine that the Sussexes' return to Britain could create more opportunities for the brothers to reconnect. Other members of the royal family, including Kate Middleton, could also encourage reconciliation, they reasoned. "Catherine may step into that breach and try to help, too, because she knows how important family is and how important Harry is to William," the source said. "She would want to see that healed, as any wife would. This gives them [an] opportunity to try and mend that bridge." However, several royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that the Princess of Wales has reportedly shown no interest in being drawn into the brothers' rift, preferring instead to focus on her family and supporting the monarchy. For William, the biggest obstacle to reconciliation is reportedly a lack of trust. "While Harry might wish to reconcile, the consequences of his divulging private family grievances, as well as monetizing it all can never be undone," British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. "...Reconciliation will become harder, if not impossible, upon William's ascension to the throne." A source told People magazine that the king could play a key role in reconciling his sons. People reported that the monarch "welcomed the news of Harry's return" after being informed of the family's plans to return to the U.K. just days before they became public. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "He will want to see his sons together over time," the source said of the king. "This is the best opportunity we have seen in recent years. ... It’s wonderful for the king to have his son home and to spend time with his grandchildren." Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that the king could intervene by asking William to consider reconciliation. However, he warned that William "is too entrenched in his ways." Whether or not Harry moves forward with a documentary honoring his mother's legacy, another potential test of the brothers' relationship could come during the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham, England. "The Invictus Games will be held in Birmingham in July," Fitzwilliams said. "It is a fine military charity, and the king is head of the armed forces. What happens will be very important indeed. And next year does mark 30 years since Princess Diana's tragic death. The way that it is commemorated could deepen the rift between the brothers, or it could mean a form of reconciliation takes place." In a May 2025 interview with the BBC, Harry said he would "love reconciliation with my family." "There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5e31c75342cf4db924bdd National Guard member shot in DC, police chief says te 2026-10-19T09:30:04.401Z National Guard member shot in DC, police chief says A National Guard member was shot during an incident on Sunday night, DC Metropolitan Police Department Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said. The suspect was also shot, he noted. National Guard members attempted to intervene in a fight. This is a breaking story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5de6f75342cf4db924b7f AI could go rogue. Washington needs answers to these five questions ASAP te 2026-10-19T09:10:07.412Z AI could go rogue. Washington needs answers to these five questions ASAP Since Jacob Coxon’s posts in September, Americans have grappled with AI risk. Last month, a POLITICO poll found 63% of Americans see at least a moderate risk that AI could destroy humanity. With lawmakers split, the public is rightly concerned: What happens if AI goes rogue? How do we prepare? Am I at risk? Every American already lives with decisions made by AI, from loan approvals to job applications. Yet Washington’s response has been disjointed: Some in Congress propose a select committee on AI, some in industry want antitrust rules waived so labs can coordinate on safety, and the White House drafted a charter for its "Super Intelligence Force." It may seem like there’s no way out of this mess, but urgently answering five questions would put these anxieties to rest. Too narrow a definition of risk could miss the harms ordinary people face, while too broad a definition could bury every AI product in red tape. Depending on who you ask, risks range from economic disruption to mass casualties to extinction. California's SB 53 sets the bar at a "foreseeable and material risk" of more than 50 deaths or serious injuries, or $1 billion in damage. New York's RAISE Act doubles SB 53’s casualty threshold from 50 to 100, but focuses on instances where a developer "caused or materially enabled" covered damages during the development process. AI EXTINCTION WARNINGS DOMINATE HEADLINES AFTER EX-ANTHROPIC EMPLOYEE'S VIRAL POST Last month, Anthropic's threat intelligence report found researchers using Claude in ways that could support bioweapons development. Anthropic banned the accounts even though it couldn’t determine intent, since the same work could produce vaccines. Some call it legitimate research; others call it nefarious. The government needs to draw that line now, as it decides which dangers the public hears about. When you buy a car, you know someone has inspected it. Americans deserve the same clarity in who decides whether AI is safe. Lawmakers and industry stakeholders increasingly agree that tech companies shouldn't grade their own homework. That's where consensus stops. The evaluation ecosystem is thin relative to the responsibility regulators would like to place on it. Model Evaluation and Threat Research and Apollo Research are among the few organizations floated as neutral arbiters. Lab funding to grow this space would raise neutrality questions, yet the government may hesitate to grant private groups that authority. Many lawmakers would rather Commerce's AI testing center take it on. It has testing agreements with five major labs, but with roughly 30 staff and $10 million in funding this year, it needs an overhaul. Anthropic has forged ahead, naming Accenture its first embedded evaluator. Until policymakers decide on an evaluator, Americans have few ways to judge whether the AI they use every day is safe. The strictness of AI regulation will come down to one judgment call: how much risk Americans should accept at home to avoid falling behind China. Chinese lab Moonshot AI rattled markets this summer with Kimi K3, matching American models at a fraction of the cost. Concerns about Chinese AI risks grew after the release of GLM 5.3, a Chinese model reported to have weak safeguards and dangerous cyber capabilities. As cheap open-weight models, distillation, and fast adoption advance China’s ambitions, many policymakers argue an unencumbered buildout is the only answer, or America will depend on Chinese infrastructure. The public hasn't bought it, with three in four Americans telling pollsters in 2024 that they would prefer a "careful, controlled approach" to AI development rather than racing to be first. Critics note China already imposes guidelines requiring developers to detect, interrupt, and recover from AI behaving improperly. Safety advocates add that AI risks don’t stop at the border. Officials need to strike this balance quickly, as it will shape the guardrails on the AI Americans use. Americans trust the FDA to step in when a medical product is defective, but have no equivalent agency to turn to when AI goes rogue. Fears of recursive self-improvement — AI building smarter versions of itself — grew this summer after roughly 700 autonomous OpenAI agents bypassed Hugging Face security to obtain answers to a capabilities test, and peaked when similar agents breached Australian government systems and probed U.S. federal websites. Anthropic and Google have reported similar incidents. REP TED LIEU: AI IS ALREADY TOO POWERFUL. WE NEED A KILL SWITCH BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES Some want kill switches, as in the AI Kill Switch Act. Others want mandatory incident reporting and investigations, as in cybersecurity and aviation law. Much comes down to whether the developer or a federal body pulls the plug and, if the latter, what access the government would need inside AI labs. Looming over it all are worries about stifling innovation, government overreach, and political bias. Americans deserve to know who will stop a malfunctioning AI system before it’s too late. If an AI system causes harm, the law doesn’t clearly say whether the person who built the system (the developer), the business using it (the deployer), or the user is responsible. With some experts warning that artificial general intelligence — AI that can surpass human abilities — could be less than a decade away, some argue existing liability law isn’t up to the task. REP TED LIEU: AI IS ALREADY TOO POWERFUL. WE NEED A KILL SWITCH BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES Those who propose holding developers liable claim AI defects stem from design flaws, weak safety testing, and failures to warn users. Advocates of deployer liability claim responsibility rests with the business tailoring AI to its operations; after a car crash, the first instinct isn’t to sue the manufacturer. Open models, which anyone can fine-tune, complicate things further. In Congress, Rep. Lori Trahan’s, D-Mass. CLAIM Act would hold developers liable if their AI causes harm, unless the user or the company modifying the system intentionally or negligently caused it. In the Senate, the AI Agent Accountability Act would extend liability under computer hacking laws to operators whose AI agents cause damage, and to developers who overlook reasonable safeguards. Whoever is made responsible will shape how carefully every company builds AI, underscoring the need for swift action. The risks posed by AI grow every day. Washington must address AI governance or risk waiting until the damage is done. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5de6e75342cf4db924b76 There is no AI in Armageddon. Artificial intelligence is a tool, not an apocalypse te 2026-10-19T09:10:06.634Z There is no AI in Armageddon. Artificial intelligence is a tool, not an apocalypse Over the last several years, we have heard a lot about the doomsday scenarios of artificial intelligence (AI). Tech giants have told us all about how AI will take control away from society, steal our jobs, allow bad actors to design dangerous pathogens or cause a catastrophic cyberattack or destroy our financial systems. The reality is: It’s all fearmongering. I have worked in this industry for more than 20 years and have seen firsthand how important AI is to the future. Let me break it down and explain why this emerging technology is simply a tool. Just think about it like this: AI is just like the internet, the beepers your parents had back in the day, your cellphone, Apple Watch or any other major technological advancement over the last 50 years. It’s not inherently evil by any means, it’s actually an amazing step forward for our generation. AI is not setting out to take our jobs or steal our data or any of the other fears that have been propagated by pop culture about "man vs. machine." DAN GAINOR: THE AI APOCALYPSE IS THE MEDIA'S LATEST SCARE CAMPAIGN. DON'T BUY IT The problem with AI isn’t the technology itself, it’s what happens when individuals utilize these tools for nefarious purposes. Let’s make something abundantly clear: AI models, even those that have errantly hacked government websites or escaped their sandboxes, have humans involved throughout every stage of development. To protect Americans, and the world by extension, from these bad actors, we need to get a better handle on how humans engage with AI. AMERICA CANNOT WIN THE GLOBAL AI RACE IF AMERICANS ARE AFRAID TO USE AI Think about it this way: The internet has given us nearly unrestricted access to the rest of the world, revolutionized the way we work, and created opportunities for engagement we’ve never before seen. It has also given criminals, terrorists and evil people more ways to collaborate, plan and beat the system. I think the vast majority of people would say that the rapid growth of the internet has been an overwhelmingly positive societal development. AI is growing in much the same way. How can we improve the ways in which humans train and interact with AI models? First and foremost, AI lacks a moral compass. It cannot weigh moral dilemmas, so the humans involved in training need to apply strong "constitutions" to ensure compliance with the moral standards we want to see. AI IN EDUCATION GIVES US TO A CHANCE TO USE THE BEST TECH TO FIX OUR BROKEN SCHOOLS AI large language models, like the ones that have become household names across the globe, are trained to give "probabilistic" responses to your queries – in short, meaning they are giving the answer they believe is the answer that you, the user, most likely want. In many cases, that creates frequent hallucinations, industry jargon for false information. Human users and governance provide a necessary check – another reason why we need humans to verify facts and check sources. So, rather than asking ourselves whether AI is good or evil, beneficial or harmful, we should be asking ourselves: Who is training AI models and for what purposes? What capabilities might AI have as we look into the future, or how will AI shape the future over the next decade? ONE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST MANUFACTURERS SAYS AI IS CREATING JOBS — NOT REPLACING THEM As humans, we can responsibly continue developing AI models and encourage others to have faith in the system. But first, we have to stop the fearmongering and recognize the tremendous benefits AI brings to numerous industries and sectors of society, and the impact it will have on the future of industries like healthcare, finance and manufacturing. Growing up, I remember my elementary school math teacher saying math was important because you’re not going to carry a calculator in the grocery store, gas station or department store. Just a couple decades later, every single person carries a calculator on their phone. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Similarly, AI is another tool in our toolkit we can reach for when we need an extra set of hands, to speed things up or to help simplify work. AI is not a tool that is intended to take our jobs away or take control of our lives; we are constantly developing new AI models with the help of humans to simplify things in the future. As AI continues to develop, and humans create more AI models, I hope that our future can fully grasp the tremendous benefits of AI and close the door to fearmongering once and for all. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5de6d75342cf4db924b6d SCHOEN, COOPERMAN: Democrats could be riding a midterm wave. These numbers should terrify the GOP te 2026-10-19T09:10:05.690Z SCHOEN, COOPERMAN: Democrats could be riding a midterm wave. These numbers should terrify the GOP With an 8-point lead on the generic congressional ballot — among their highest of the cycle — Democrats could well be on the cusp of a major wave election. We say this based on historical trends and the current political mood. At this point in 2018, the last blue wave, Democrats led the generic ballot by roughly 7 points before gaining 41 House seats. Moreover, the president’s party losing seats in midterms is essentially law in American politics: It has happened in all but three elections since the Roosevelt administration. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: FOR THE DEMOCRATS, WHERE COULD IT POSSIBLY GO WRONG? From 1934 through 2018, the president’s party lost an average of 28 House seats and four Senate seats, and over the past five midterms, the average net loss for the president’s party has been 31 House seats. To be clear, Republicans could make up ground for a number of critical reasons: Democrats remain divided ideologically, lack a message and an identity other than being anti-President Trump, and Republicans have a considerable cash advantage. DEMOCRATS SEE NEW CHANCES TO FLIP RED STATES — BUT A $400M GOP SPENDING ADVANTAGE COULD DERAIL THEIR PLANS That being said, by most measures, Democrats have the upper hand in the House and a genuine opportunity in the Senate. Recent polling suggests Democratic strength in several key Senate battlegrounds — enough to put the upper chamber in play in what was supposed to be a GOP-friendly map. DEMOCRATS ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE IN THE SENATE, BUT SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE YET In North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper leads Republican Michael Whatley by nearly 10 points in the polling average. In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed holds a narrow 3-point lead over Republican Mike Rogers, who had led during the spring and part of the summer as Republicans emphasized El-Sayed’s socialist lean, controversial statements, and his association with far-left influencer Hasan Piker. EL-SAYED’S SCATHING OBAMA CRITIQUE RESURFACES AHEAD OF JOINT CAMPAIGN RALLY In Maine, Democratic challenger Troy Jackson holds a slight edge over Republican Sen. Susan Collins, although the race remains effectively a toss-up per RealClearPolitics. Victories in those three states alone would not give Democrats control of the Senate. They need a net gain of four seats. SCHUMER WARNS OF REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE THAT COULD CHANGE THE BATTLE FOR SENATE CONTROL The deeper problem for Republicans is that Democrats have expanded the map. In Texas, which has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, James Talarico leads Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton — President Trump’s preferred candidate — by roughly 3 points. FOX NEWS POLL: IT’S A LONE STAR SENATE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TALARICO AND PAXTON Races in other reliably Republican states, including Iowa, South Carolina, Alaska, and even Kansas — which has not elected a Democratic senator in nine decades — also show Democratic candidates running far more competitively than expected. Most of these polls remain within the margin of error. But that should offer Republicans little comfort: The fact that these races are close at all reflects a national environment currently favoring Democrats. That is not to predict that Democrats will win all, or even most, of these contests. SLEEPER SENATE RACE EMERGES AS UNEXPECTED HEADACHE FOR REPUBLICANS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS Outside North Carolina, their leads are essentially ties, and polling has underestimated Republican support in several recent elections. The generic ballot also cannot be applied mechanically to an individual Senate race or House district, particularly when the number of competitive districts has declined sharply since 2018. The Cook Political Report currently rates 21 House races as toss-ups and another 21 as leaning toward one party or the other. In 2018, 75 races were considered competitive — a decline driven by redistricting and growing political polarization. Even with those caveats, Democratic competitiveness in traditionally Republican territory is significant in its own right. DEMOCRATS THINK A BLUE WAVE IS BUILDING. HERE ARE 3 FORCES THAT COULD STOP IT It reflects voters’ deep frustration with the state of the economy. In Fox News polling, nearly four times as many Americans said they were falling behind financially as said they were getting ahead, 44% to 12%. Fox also found that 55% believed Democrats would do a better job handling inflation, compared with 40% who chose Republicans.  President Trump’s approval rating, meanwhile, is below 40% — another warning sign. Low presidential approval has often produced punishing midterms. In 2010, when President Barack Obama’s approval stood at a still-weak 44%, Democrats lost 63 House seats and six Senate seats. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Nevertheless, Republicans retain important advantages. They have only just begun deploying their substantial cash advantage. The Democratic Party’s weak brand — exacerbated by the growing influence of socialists and the far left — could alienate moderate voters, an argument Republicans are now making. Further, with an average approval rating of 40%, the Democratic Party is virtually as unpopular as Trump. It is also possible that lower-propensity Republican voters heed Trump’s call to behave as if he were on the ballot and turn out. If they do, the election results could look markedly different from today’s polling. Ultimately, both history and current data favor Democrats. They are likely to win the House and have a better-than-even chance of capturing the Senate. They are competitive in states that would ordinarily be out of reach and are running strongly across the core battlegrounds. But with three weeks remaining, a Democratic sweep is far from a foregone conclusion. Republicans still have structural advantages and Trump’s unparalleled ability to mobilize his base. The direction of the race is clear; the scale of the outcome is not. 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Cory Booker, D- N. J., said his unscripted style may be the secret sauce to making history and ending a Republican Senate drought in New Jersey that stretches back more than half a century. Justin Murphy, a Navy veteran and former deputy mayor of Tabernacle in the state’s Pine Barrens, stunned his incumbent Democratic opponent when, in response to a question about Iran War strategy, he bluntly said President Donald Trump should forcefully "finish it." "I don’t have a speechwriter. There’s no teleprompter — I shoot from the hip because I want people to see a very sincere, genuine and authentic Justin Murphy," Murphy told Fox News Digital. BOOKER 'WOWED' BY GOP CHALLENGER'S BLUNT MESSAGE TO TRUMP "This came up. And I had no idea it would become as viral or explode as it has on social media. It's what I felt. I meant what I said. I said what I meant. It wasn't planned to try to spark the reaction that we got… through social media." Clifford Case, the last Republican to represent the Garden State in the Senate, was last elected in 1972 – the same year Giants Stadium broke ground, years before the Jets joined the Giants in New Jersey and before NJ Transit was created. Murphy said that in his 60 years, he cannot remember a time when Iran’s support for terrorism, "export" of assassination or killing of its own people was not a feature of the nightly news. "I think we have a president now that is breaking from the past, and he's no longer kicking the can down the road. And I think that's important that our young people know tomorrow that they will not have to worry about what the words ‘Strait of Hormuz’ mean when this is over." TRUMP IS DISMANTLING IRAN’S WAR MACHINE, BUT AMERICA STILL NEEDS AN ENDGAME Asked how his message on Iran can overcome concerns about the war’s effect on energy prices – including among Republicans and independents in the crucial Philadelphia metro area where he lives – Murphy said it is important to offer a vision focused on long-term national and energy security. The "long-term" aspect of his message is twofold, he said, noting that he was in first grade in the Philadelphia suburb of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, the last time New Jersey elected a Republican to the Senate. "Number one – it’s time for a change. We had a good cordial debate with [Cory Booker] but he’s been a senator for 13 years – he’s been [in Washington] longer than Donald Trump." "I don't think he gets to blame Donald Trump for anything. He's part of the branch of government that passes our country's laws and writes our tax codes and passes our budgets. I'm wondering what he's willing to take responsibility or blame for." "So what I tell people is that we need a new generation of Americans to serve in Washington, a new day in New Jersey politics, and our working and middle class New Jersey desperately need a voice in the U.S. Senate, and my campaign represents all three of those." Looking to that "better tomorrow," Murphy said he understands concerns about the Iran conflict’s effect on gas prices in his area, which he put at $4.20 per gallon as of Wednesday and which have become a major point of criticism of the current administration. RNC THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS OVER NONCITIZENS ON VOTER ROLLS: 'ON NOTICE' "If they're upset at gasoline at $4.20 … you were paying over $5 a gallon with Joe Biden with a 9% interest rate, with a 20% cumulative inflation rate, with an open border, rising crime rates, declining wages, and an 8% percent interest rate that is a full point or two higher than it is now," he said. Murphy said those concerned about prices should also look to domestic energy production and support policies that increase refining capacity to reduce exposure to global oil markets. He also pointed to legislation introduced moments before the interview by "Squad" member Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security. "This is madness and insanity, and it's not the tomorrow that Americans want or can build together," he said. Murphy was also asked about election security in New Jersey, where hundreds of noncitizens have been found to have voted in recent elections as the Sherrill administration pushes back on federal efforts to crack down. "Election integrity is extremely and critically important, not only to me and my campaign, but to the country. We're designed as a representative government, a constitutional republic, and we need to know our elections are secure – We know we have contaminated rolls in New Jersey," he said. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Murphy stressed that he does not want an election system that benefits Republicans, as critics claim, but one that is fair, accurate and reflects the will of American voters. He also called Trenton’s immigration enforcement posture "utter insanity." For Murphy, the debate’s viral "Wow" moment was more than a campaign breakthrough. He sees it as a test of whether an unscripted message on national security can cut through voters’ immediate concerns about gas prices — and give Republicans a path to end their decades-long Senate drought in New Jersey. Booker's campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the exchange. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5d05f75342cf4db924697 Epstein-linked billionaire pours $500K into super PAC backing Kentucky Democrat: 'Dirty Epstein-class money' te 2026-10-19T08:10:07.927Z Epstein-linked billionaire pours $500K into super PAC backing Kentucky Democrat: 'Dirty Epstein-class money' A Kentucky Democrat campaigning against the influence of wealthy political donors is facing calls to disavow a $500,000 contribution from billionaire Reid Hoffman to a super PAC supporting his congressional bid, with his Republican opponent blasting the financial support as "dirty Epstein class money." Hoffman contributed $500,000 to Kentuckians Not Corruption, an independent super PAC supporting Democratic congressional nominee Zach Dembo in Kentucky' s 6th Congressional District, on Sept. 24, 2026, according to Federal Election Commission records. The contribution came as the group was spending heavily on television advertisements supporting Dembo and opposing his Republican opponent, former Kentucky state Sen. Ralph Alvarado. Advertising records filed with the Federal Communications Commission show the super PAC' s weekly television advertising orders on Lexington' s WLEX- TV increased more than sevenfold between mid- September and early October, climbing from $ 14, 650 before Hoffman' s contribution to $ 109, 990 for the week of Oct. 6. "This is really, it's dirty Epstein class money fueling Zach Dembo's campaign," Alvarado told Fox News Digital. "It's offensive." EXCLUSIVE: OSSOFF CHALLENGED TO RETURN EPSTEIN-LINKED DONATION OR RETRACT ‘EPSTEIN CLASS’ ATTACK "If he has any integrity, he should, but he won't disavow it," Alvarado added. "Dembo will not disavow it. I don't even think I'll bother to ask. Again, the least they could do is apologize." Fox News Digital reached out to Dembo's team repeatedly about the contribution but did not receive a response. The criticism comes as Dembo has made combating political corruption and the influence of wealthy donors a central part of his congressional campaign, arguing on his website that "big business and the ultra-wealthy shouldn't be able to buy influence in Washington" and that we need to "get rid of dark money in politics." ABDUL EL-SAYED CONFRONTED ON SOROS TIES AFTER RIDICULING POLITICIANS FOR TAKING CORPORATE MONEY The Democratic candidate for Kentucky's 6th District has also criticized tax breaks for "billionaires and coastal elites" and pledged to fight for working families rather than wealthy political interests. Dembo, a former federal prosecutor and Navy veteran, is facing former Kentucky state Sen. Ralph Alvarado in the race to replace Republican Rep. Andy Barr, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell. The central Kentucky district, which includes Lexington, has been represented by Barr since 2013 but has drawn increased attention from national political groups as Democrats seek to flip the Republican-held seat in November. THE SOROS POLITICAL MACHINE IS PUTTING MILLIONS TO WORK BEFORE ELECTION DAY — AND ZEROING IN ON KEY RACES Hoffman's $500,000 contribution went to an independent super PAC, not Dembo's campaign committee, and federal records do not establish that Dembo solicited or directed the donation. Federal advertising records show Kentuckians Not Corruption's television operation expanded in the weeks surrounding Hoffman's donation. Kentuckians Not Corruption booked $14,650 in television advertising on Lexington's WLEX-TV for Sept. 15–21, before Hoffman contributed. Its weekly orders climbed to $26,450 for Sept. 22–28, the period during which Hoffman made his $500,000 contribution, and rose again to $35,820 for Sept. 29–Oct. 5. WATCH: GEORGIA SENATE DEBATE ERUPTS OVER WHITE SUPREMACY ALLEGATIONS, EPSTEIN TIES IN FIERY EXCHANGE The following week, the group's advertising orders surged to $109,990 for Oct. 6–12, more than seven times its mid-September level. The purchases included spots during NBC Nightly News, Today and local evening newscasts, according to the FCC records. The group's advertising campaign extended well beyond WLEX. Kentucky Public Radio reported that federal filings show Kentuckians Not Corruption had spent approximately $1.6 million on advertising in the race by mid-October, including commercials promoting Dembo and attacking Alvarado's record. "Reid Hoffman is not just an associate or a casual acquaintance of Jeffrey Epstein," Alvarado said. "He was one of his best friends. I mean, Hoffman was a guest on Epstein's private island. He was in his Manhattan townhouse. There's all kinds of images of those two together." DEM ‘EPSTEIN CLASS’ ATTACK BACKFIRES AS TOP CANDIDATES FUNDED BY EPSTEIN-TIED BILLIONAIRE "Hoffman once sent Epstein a shipment of ice cream on Christmas Eve with a note that said that the treat was either for yourself or for the girls," Alvarado continued, citing documents released by the Justice Department. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Alvarado also accused Dembo of hypocrisy over his criticism of wealthy political donors and opposition to dark money, arguing that the Democrat was benefiting from the very kind of outside financial support he has publicly criticized. "The hypocrisy is so thick from Dembo in which he claims he won't take it, but yet here he is," Alvarado said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5d05f75342cf4db92468e WHO'S WHO: Inside France's 'Chaos Inc.' franchise of communist groups, labor unions and global activists te 2026-10-19T08:10:07.015Z WHO'S WHO: Inside France's 'Chaos Inc.' franchise of communist groups, labor unions and global activists As France's fiery student protests merged with a nationwide revolt on Saturday, a communist leader and academic, Vijay Prashad, celebrated the unrest with a message linking protests across three continents. "Paris-New Delhi-Buenos Aires," Prashad posted on X, borrowing a line from the British punk band The Clash: "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power." Prashad was important not only for what he said but who he is: executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit funded by an American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai. The message captured how France's riots have become part of a wider international narrative of rebellion — a kind of "Chaos, Inc." — amplified by a transnational network of communist and socialist organizations stretching from Europe to Asia, Australia, Africa and South America and North America. FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations and movements in France's October student protests and their wider network of supporters and international amplifiers, including communist parties, revolutionary socialist groups, labor unions, environmental activists, Muslim student advocates, Palestinian-solidarity organizations and international media outlets. Of the 54 organizations identified in the October protest ecosystem, 16 — or only about one in three — are student or youth organizations, including communist youth groups and a Muslim student association. The remaining 38 include adult-led communist groups, labor unions, political parties, revolutionary-left organizations, advocacy groups and international propaganda outlets. They include Gilets jaunes, or "Yellow Vests," a radical far-left group that led protests with other groups this weekend, and far-left socialist political party La France Insoumise (LFI), or France Unbowed. From the outset, far-left socialist and communist organizations helped organize and amplify France’s student revolt, using grievances over school conditions as a pretext to mobilize a broader political struggle against capitalism, government austerity, policing and military spending. HOUSE PANEL WARNS SINGHAM-LINKED NONPROFITS: COMPLY WITH SUBPOENAS OR FACE CONGRESS In a sign of unrest to come, France is inspiring an expansion of Chaos Inc. Fox News Digital has learned an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth and organizations are galvanizing students and youth for a coordinated strike across 12 countries in Europe under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!" They are calling for walkouts, demonstrations, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Among the international amplifiers for this mayhem are organizations within the Singham network, including Tricontinental, named for a communist convention in Havana, Cuba in 1966, CodePink and BreakThrough News, a New York-based media outlet, which promoted coverage of the weekend's mayhem in France with the headline: "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."  It shared a montage of chaotic scenes from Montpellier, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Saint-Étienne, showing activists engulfed in smoke, Palestinian flags flapping above the crowds, black smoke billowing over flames and police hitting demonstrators with clubs. Its editors added a soundtrack of dramatic music. Its videos include politicians from the far-left socialist political party La France Insoumise (LFI). In an interview with BreakThrough News, Jodie Evans, Singham's wife and co-founder of a far-left group he funded, CodePink, promoted a planned November campaign in Washington opposing U.S. military spending. She explicitly invoked youth demonstrations abroad, including France, Spain and India, while urging Americans to participate in CodePink's campaign. "I want people to look at France, Spain, and India," Evans said, urging Americans to take to the streets. Fox News Digital has prepared a "Who's Who Guide to Chaos Inc. in France," identifying the 54 organizations in the international network promoting the riots and protests in France, from direct organizing to participation, public solidarity and media amplification. FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5cbb575342cf4db924622 Shah Campaign Received Support From PAC Opposing Restrictions On Minors’ Gender Transition Surgeries te 2026-10-19T07:50:13.663Z Shah Campaign Received Support From PAC Opposing Restrictions On Minors’ Gender Transition Surgeries By Matthew Holloway | Democratic congressional nominee Amish Shah’s campaign reported financial support from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC. HRC opposed the same restrictions on gender transition surgeries for minors and girls’ sports participation in Arizona that Shah voted against as a state lawmaker. Shah’s campaign disclosed two in-kind contributions totaling $152.66. The entries list a $50 press release contribution dated Aug. 21 and $102.66 in signage dated Sept. 18. The contributions provided campaign materials and services. The press release entry coincided with HRC PAC’s endorsement of Shah for Arizona’s First Congressional District. In announcing its endorsement, the organization described the race as important to securing a congressional majority supporting its policy priorities. “The Human Rights Campaign is proud to endorse [Amish Shah’s] candidacy and to work to get him elected this November,” HRC President Kelley Robinson said. Arizonans, you deserve a champion who will address the real issues — let’s send Dr. Amish Shah to Congress and help secure a pro-equality majority! Read more ➡️: https://t.co/JrqPNMbKb3 — Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response (@HRC) August 21, 2026 The endorsement announcement’s disclaimer identifies Human Rights Campaign PAC as paying for the communication and states that Amish for Arizona authorized it. Shah responded to the endorsement in a statement describing himself as “a longtime ally of Arizona’s LGBTQ+ community” and saying he was “proud to fight for the community in my time in the State House.” The endorsement and reported contributions have drawn criticism from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which pointed to Shah’s votes on legislation involving minors’ surgeries, school athletics, and restroom access. “Arizona families don’t agree with Socialist Amish Shah’s extreme views like backing child transgender sex change surgeries or men in women’s sports. But that’s exactly the far-left agenda Socialist Shah would pursue in Washington if elected,” NRCC spokesman Ben Petersen said. Shah voted against Senate Bill 1138, which prohibited physicians from providing specified irreversible gender reassignment surgeries to patients younger than 18. The House passed the measure 31–26 on March 24, 2022, and then-Gov. Doug Ducey signed it March 30. The law’s definition includes mastectomies, breast augmentation, and specified genital procedures performed for gender transition. It preserves exceptions involving certain disorders of sex development, treatment of complications from previous procedures, and physical conditions requiring surgery to prevent imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function. Its prohibition addresses surgical procedures. Shah did not explain his vote during the House floor decision on the legislation. HRC urged Ducey to veto SB 1138, arguing that lawmakers were interfering with healthcare decisions involving transgender children and their families. “It is simply not the job of legislators to make healthcare decisions for the families who this legislation will directly impact,” HRC Arizona State Director Bridget Sharpe said. The same statement opposed Senate Bill 1165, the Save Women’s Sports Act, which Shah also voted against. That legislation required covered school athletic teams to be designated according to biological sex and prohibited students of the male sex from participating on teams designated for females, women, or girls. The sports measure covered public schools and private schools competing against them, including institutions of higher education. It permitted female students to participate on teams designated for males and preserved coeducational competition. The House approved it 31–24, with five members not voting, on March 24, 2022. After Ducey signed both bills March 30, HRC issued a statement condemning his decision, expressly identifying the surgery and sports restrictions. Shah had previously opposed House Bill 2706, a 2020 proposal restricting participation on female school athletic teams based on biological sex. The House passed that bill 31–29, with all Democrats voting against it. The measure subsequently stalled in the Senate Rules Committee and never received a Senate floor vote. His voting record also includes opposition to Senate Bill 1040, a 2023 proposal governing public school restrooms, changing facilities, and sleeping accommodations. The bill would have required reasonable accommodations for people unwilling or unable to use facilities designated for their sex. Possible accommodations included single-occupancy or employee facilities. The proposal excluded accommodations allowing access to opposite-sex restrooms or changing facilities when others were or could be present. It also would have authorized lawsuits under specified circumstances involving access to facilities designated for the opposite sex. Shah voted against the measure when the House passed it 31–27 on May 15, 2023. Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed it June 8. Shah faces Republican nominee Jay Feely in Arizona’s First Congressional District. 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 Shah Campaign Received Support From PAC Opposing Restrictions On Minors’ Gender Transition Surgeries first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5cbb375342cf4db924619 Pima County Asks Voters To Increase Spending Cap By $610 Million te 2026-10-19T07:50:11.578Z Pima County Asks Voters To Increase Spending Cap By $610 Million By Staff Reporter | Pima County voters will decide on Election Day in November whether to increase the spending cap by 75%, from $817 million to more than $1.4 billion.  Proposition 425 would increase the county’s permanent base, or expenditure, limit that aids in calculating the county’s spending limit under state law.  Arizona law requires all counties, cities, and towns to limit how much local revenue may be spent. Counties and municipalities calculate expenditure limits by multiplying the amount spent in fiscal year 1979-80 by the estimated growth in population and a measure of inflation.  The county spent $1.8 billion and accrued a revenue of $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2026-2027. Estimates from the county show that it has utilized at or near 100% of its expenditure limit since 2001.  The county FAQ page states that the approval of Proposition 425 would add $70 million to its 1979-80 expenditure base. As noted by Scott Day Freeman, an attorney with the Goldwater Institute, a Phoenix-based public policy and litigation firm, the $70 million was based on 1980 dollars rather than 2026 dollars. According to the ballot language, the $70 million is actually more than $610 million when adjusting each future year for population and inflation growth since 1980.  In the proposition, the county stated that it doesn’t anticipate approaching full utilization of the increased expenditure limit for another 20 years at least.  Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott told KOLD that the county will continue to run out its expenditure limit in the years to come. Scott said that the expenditure limit by design has failed to keep up with modern budgeting needs. “What we know from looking at our own expenditure and revenue projections is that we’re going to bump up against that expenditure limit in the next two to three years,” said Scott. The county also stated that the spending cap increase would not authorize any new tax or raise any existing tax, and would be allowing the county to spend existent revenue that it cannot legally touch.  Pima County Supervisor Steve Christy told The Center Square that he had concerns with how the board plans to spend the money, which he called a “blank check,” if the proposition is approved. Christy said he believes the board has failed to target spending on “core foundational matters,” citing infrastructure, road repair, public transportation, and public safety.  “They want to have the ability and flexibility to spend more money by removing these cap restrictions,” said Christy. Some citizens believe the county’s ask is too great. A coalition of these citizens formed the bipartisan “No on Prop 425” campaign to try to dissuade voters from approving an expenditure limit increase. The campaign’s co-chairs, State Sen. Sally Gonzales (LD-20), a Democrat, and Jay Tolkhoff, a former Republican candidate for Tucson City Council, believe the spending cap increase is too large.  Despite what the county promised, Tolkhoff said he worries the increase would eventually cause property taxes to be raised. “They can say, you know, no taxes,” said Tolkhoff. “You start spending more money; that money’s going to come from some place, and it’s going to come from higher property taxes.” AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Pima County Asks Voters To Increase Spending Cap By $610 Million first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5c95475342cf4db9245bd Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India’s hospital economics te 2026-10-19T07:40:04.397Z Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India’s hospital economics Even Healthcare reaches a $300 million valuation in a Khosla Ventures-led round as it plans to expand its hospital network in India. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5c4ad75342cf4db9242e7 Federal Prosecutors In Arizona File Immigration Charges Against 279 Individuals In One Week te 2026-10-19T07:20:13.733Z Federal Prosecutors In Arizona File Immigration Charges Against 279 Individuals In One Week By Ethan Faverino | Federal prosecutors in Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 279 individuals during a weeklong enforcement operation targeting illegal entry, unlawful reentry, and human smuggling along the southern border. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, the charges were filed between October 10 and October 16, 2026, as part of ongoing federal efforts to combat illegal immigration and human smuggling throughout the state. During the enforcement period, prosecutors filed 136 cases involving individuals accused of illegally reentering the United States after previously being removed, along with charges against 123 individuals accused of illegally entering the country. Federal authorities also filed 17 cases against 20 individuals accused of smuggling illegal immigrants into and throughout Arizona. The cases were referred or supported by several federal law enforcement agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Among the notable cases highlighted by federal prosecutors were charges filed October 13 against Jesus Manuel Calixtro-Rodriguez and Julio Cesar Ramos-Mendez, who were accused of conspiring to transport illegal immigrants for profit. According to the criminal complaint, Border Patrol surveillance cameras observed Calixtro-Rodriguez driving a Dodge Ram along Federal Route 15 on the Tohono O’odham Nation on October 10. Authorities reported that he stopped near a location known for human smuggling pickups, where several individuals entered the vehicle. When Border Patrol agents attempted to conduct an immigration inspection, Calixtro-Rodriguez allegedly refused to stop, prompting agents to deploy a tire deflation device. The vehicle’s occupants fled on foot, but agents apprehended Calixtro-Rodriguez and three passengers, including Ramos-Mendez. Authorities determined that the passengers were Mexican nationals unlawfully present in the United States. Investigators identified Ramos-Mendez as the group’s foot guide and discovered that he had previously been removed from the country without authorization to return. He was additionally charged with illegal reentry. In a separate case, Christopher Paul Lopez was charged on October 9 with transporting an illegal immigrant following an October 8 traffic stop along Interstate 10. According to federal prosecutors, an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper discovered Lopez lying in the rear of a Land Rover and subsequently recovered a loaded Glock 19 handgun from a bag inside the vehicle. Following further questioning, authorities suspected that Lopez and the driver were involved in human smuggling. Border Patrol agents later determined that the driver was a Mexican national unlawfully present in the United States and learned that Lopez had allegedly been paid to accompany the driver from Tucson to Phoenix. Another case involved Jose Avendano-Soto, who was charged on October 13 with transporting an illegal immigrant after Border Patrol agents observed a group crossing the U.S.-Mexico border wall using a rope ladder. According to the criminal complaint, seven individuals exited an SUV near the border wall on October 8. Five crossed into the United States, while two remained behind to conceal the group’s footprints before returning to Mexico. Agents later located the five individuals hiding in vegetation while wearing camouflage clothing. Four were identified as Guatemalan nationals and one as a Mexican national, all unlawfully present in the United States. Investigators identified Avendano-Soto as the group’s foot guide, responsible for leading the individuals across the border. The cases reflect ongoing federal efforts to prosecute illegal border crossings, unlawful reentry, and human smuggling operations throughout Arizona. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Federal Prosecutors In Arizona File Immigration Charges Against 279 Individuals In One Week first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5bd9b75342cf4db924225 Firefighters save historic 'Godfather' church from raging NYC warehouse blaze te 2026-10-19T06:50:03.559Z Firefighters save historic 'Godfather' church from raging NYC warehouse blaze Firefighters saved a historic New York City church, notable for its appearance in "The Godfather," as a four-alarm fire tore through a nearby vacant warehouse. More than 200 firefighters and EMS personnel rushed to Mount Loretto in Staten Island after the blaze began to spread inside an empty warehouse at around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, FDNY chief of operations Kevin Woods said at a press conference that evening. "There is heavy, heavy damage to this structure, the roof did collapse, and right now we’re maintaining a collapse zone around that structure," Woods said. NYC 5-ALARM FIRE INJURES AT LEAST 17 FIREFIGHTERS, OTHERS AS BLAZE DAMAGES MULTIPLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS "Upon arrival, units encountered heavy fire throughout the building and immediately went into a defensive operation," Woods said. "We set up multiple large-caliber stream tower ladders and handlines." The warehouse at 6581 Hylan Boulevard has been vacant for five years, but it is located near several other structures on the Mount Loretto grounds, including two schools and the historic Old Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne, which was famously featured in exterior shots of the baptism scene of the 1972 film "The Godfather." FIRE BREAKS OUT AT HISTORIC BROADWAY THEATER THAT HOSTS 'THE BOOK OF MORMON' IN NEW YORK CITY The ornate Catholic church was largely destroyed by a fire in 1973, though its façade survived, and it was rebuilt three years later. Firefighters managed to control the blaze on Saturday and stop it from spreading to the other buildings. The fire was under control at around 8:30 p.m. "It’s very windy out here tonight. Our units did a great job with many of the flying embers, preventing additional structures from going on fire," Woods said. Woods said one firefighter suffered a minor burn injury to his leg. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s office. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad59cd475342cf4db923599 Council to hold hearing on general plan amendment te 2026-10-19T04:30:12.953Z Council to hold hearing on general plan amendment BULLHEAD CITY — The Bullhead City Council will hear arguments for and against a major amendment to the Bullhead City General Plan during a public hearing at Tuesday's regular council meeting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad59ccd75342cf4db92356f Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier secures state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro te 2026-10-19T04:30:05.936Z Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier secures state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro Florida has obtained a state arrest warrant for former Cuban leader Raúl Castro on a no-bond charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder stemming from the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, according to a warrant obtained by Fox News Digital. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, whose office reopened the state's investigation into Castro after he took office, is expected to announce the new arrest warrant alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis at a press conference Monday morning. The no-bond warrant, issued in Miami-Dade County, directs law enforcement to immediately arrest Castro and says a judge found probable cause to believe he conspired to commit first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of four men aboard the unarmed civilian aircraft. The warrant marks a new front in efforts to hold Castro accountable for the Feb. 24, 1996, attack, which has long reverberated through South Florida's Cuban-American community. Castro already faces a separate federal prosecution over the shootdown. HAVANA REGIME IN SUSPENSE AFTER CASTRO INDICTMENT WITH TRUMP PRESSURE ON, SAYS CUBAN-BORN GOP REP. "The investigation revealed evidence of a conspiracy to kill persons aboard BTTR aircraft. The deaths of Carlos Costa, Pablo Morales, Mario de la Peña, and Armando Alejandre Jr. were the object of that conspiracy," the warrant reads. According to the warrant, investigators allege that in 1996, the Castro regime's foreign intelligence service's plan to shoot down Brothers to the Rescue aircraft and kill their occupants traveled through the chain of command, with Raúl Castro and his brother, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as the final decision-makers. "They have violated the airspace, the waters of the Republic. I made it clear that this had to be decentralized if we wanted it to do its job, and five generals were given the authority. I used to say: Try to shoot them down over our territory. But they would come into Havana and leave," Raúl Castro, now 95, said in a recorded statement months after the incident, recounting orders he gave to senior military leaders before the shootdown, according to the warrant. "Of course, with a missile shot like that, plane against plane, what comes down is a ball of fire, and it is going to fall on top of the city. So I said: Fine, shoot them down at sea when they show up, and those who have the authority are not to consult anyone," he added in his statement. RAÚL CASTRO MAKES FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CHARGED HIM WITH MURDER Brothers to the Rescue is a Miami-based organization that flew unarmed civilian aircraft to search for Cuban migrants stranded or lost at sea. By the mid-1990s, the group had also become involved in anti-Castro political activity, including dropping pro-democracy leaflets over Cuba. The Cuban government has rejected the U.S. prosecution of Castro, maintaining that Brothers to the Rescue repeatedly violated Cuban airspace and that Cuba acted in defense of its sovereignty. The warrant indicates that Florida authorities are seeking full extradition of Raúl Castro if he is arrested outside the Sunshine State, authorizing authorities to pursue his return to Florida to face the felony charge if he is arrested in another U.S. jurisdiction. The attorney general’s Office of Statewide Prosecution will assume jurisdiction over the multi-circuit criminal conspiracy case against Castro. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad59a7675342cf4db923517 NFC East nearing second straight winless week as Packers beat struggling Cowboys on 'Sunday Night Football' te 2026-10-19T04:20:06.352Z NFC East nearing second straight winless week as Packers beat struggling Cowboys on 'Sunday Night Football' The Green Bay Packers’ win over the Dallas Cowboys, 23-13, on "Sunday Night Football" maintained a tale of two divisions in the NFC. The NFC North is once again a very strong group to begin the 2026 season, and perhaps for the second straight week, the NFC East will be winless. Last week, the Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles both lost, while the New York Giants and Washington Commanders managed an overtime tie in wacky fashion. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE After the Giants and Eagles lost in the 1 p.m. slate this Sunday, the Cowboys were routed at Lambeau Field by a Packers team that did much of the same against their divisional foe, the Chicago Bears. That leaves the Commanders, sitting at the bottom of the division at 1-3-1, as the only team still able to pick up a victory, though it will be tough on the road against a red-hot San Francisco 49ers squad that remains unbeaten. It’s too early to say this NFC East division has shades of 2020, when Washington won it at 7-9, but it’s been an interesting start to say the least. In recent seasons, one team usually breaks away from the pack and wins pretty comfortably, but each team has its own issues that need addressing at the moment. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! For the Cowboys, it was the defense entering this game against the Packers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels looked too comfortable in "Jerry’s World" in just his second career start, and first road game, in Week 5’s shocking win over Dallas. The Cowboys brought Mike Pettine out of retirement, hiring him as a senior defensive assistant to help out Christian Parker, the team’s defensive coordinator, get this group back on track. A seasoned football mind might be what the Cowboys need in the long run, but it didn’t work tonight against the Packers. It was an inauspicious start for the Packers through the first three weeks. In fact, Mike LaFleur’s seat was getting quite hot after a blowout loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 3. Since then, they’ve ripped off three straight wins, and a big reason is Jordan Love looking comfortable again in the pocket for Green Bay. The franchise man continues to build a strong rapport with his receivers, finishing 23-of-41 for 276 yards with a touchdown pass to Matthew Golden, who led the game with 104 yards on six grabs. And this comes after Love threw for 367 yards with two touchdowns in the 31-7 win last week. The Packers are simply buzzing now, which includes their defense continuing to take the ball away. They came into this game with nine on the year, and they added two more after picking off Dak Prescott twice. Unlike the NFC East, the North, a division where every team finished above .500, have all gotten off to solid starts. The Packers and Bears are both 4-2 now after their wins on Sunday. The Minnesota Vikings, who remain undefeated at 5-0, and Detroit Lions, who are 3-2, are both on bye weeks. There’s so much football left to play, but the fact that the NFC East could go two weeks without a single team getting a win, while the NFC North can’t stop winning, goes to show the parody that makes the NFL so much fun each week. For teams in the East, though, it would be more fun if they could get a victory. But at this rate, with a slow division race, all three who played Sunday will hope Washington doesn't shock the football world on Monday night. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5911475342cf4db92329d 49ers Star Reveals CJ Gardner-Johnson Spit on Him After His Ejection vs Raiders te 2026-10-19T03:40:04.148Z 49ers Star Reveals CJ Gardner-Johnson Spit on Him After His Ejection vs Raiders After Bills' C.J. Gardner Johnson was ejected for spitting on a Raiders player, a 49ers star said he also spit on him last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad58ec775342cf4db9230fb NAU ROUNDUP: Women's basketball announces 2026-27 schedule te 2026-10-19T03:30:15.680Z NAU ROUNDUP: Women's basketball announces 2026-27 schedule A look at news and results from NAU, including women's basketball's complete 2026-27 schedule that includes trips to Arizona, Arizona State and USC. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad58ec675342cf4db9230eb Ursenbach out as county's economic development director te 2026-10-19T03:30:14.369Z Ursenbach out as county's economic development director KINGMAN — Tami Ursenbach is out as director of the Mohave County Economic Development Department but is not leaving the position empty handed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad58ebd75342cf4db923095 'Growing Buzz' Chargers Will Make Big Coach Firing After 0-6 Start te 2026-10-19T03:30:05.505Z 'Growing Buzz' Chargers Will Make Big Coach Firing After 0-6 Start The Los Angeles Chargers could soon part ways with offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel amid an 0-6 start to the season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad58c6475342cf4db923048 Larry David Mocks the D.S.A. Some Are Not Amused. te 2026-10-19T03:20:04.720Z Larry David Mocks the D.S.A. Some Are Not Amused. The comedian satirized the Democratic Socialists of America, its platform and its opposition to Israel in an essay that some did not LOL at. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad58a0c75342cf4db922fdd Giants’ Cam Skattebo Breaks Silence After Being Punished by HC John Harbaugh te 2026-10-19T03:10:04.950Z Giants’ Cam Skattebo Breaks Silence After Being Punished by HC John Harbaugh Giants RB Cam Skattebo addressed reporters after Sunday's loss to the Saints — a game in which he had zero carries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad587b875342cf4db922fa3 Arizona man accused of plotting mass casualty attack on religious site with 'cookbook' tied to OKC bombing te 2026-10-19T03:00:08.102Z Arizona man accused of plotting mass casualty attack on religious site with 'cookbook' tied to OKC bombing An Arizona man who allegedly plotted a mass casualty attack on a Jewish or Muslim house of worship is being accused by prosecutors of possessing an infamous bomb-making manual linked to the Oklahoma City bomber. Matthew Bjornholt, 27, faces a felony count of making a terrorist threat in connection with his alleged plot to attack a religious site. Prosecutors in Maricopa County said Bjornholt laid out a chilling blueprint for violence that involved guns, explosives and an accomplice tasked with gunning down survivors. During an initial court appearance on Friday, prosecutor Stephen Garcia sought a $500,000 cash bond, calling Bjornholt an imminent danger to the community, according to FOX 10. TRANS NEO-NAZI ACCUSED OF PLOTTING HINDU TEMPLE MASSACRE, WILL RECEIVE HORMONE TREATMENT IN JAIL: OFFICIALS Bjornholt allegedly outlined detailed plans to attack a religious site, according to Garcia, who also claimed the suspect kept a copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook," a manual containing bomb-making instructions that has been linked to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Garcia alleged that Bjornholt referred to the book as his "Bible." The alleged plot included plans to detonate bombs before an accomplice of Bjornholt's would begin "picking off people" with firearms, according to prosecutors. Investigators later seized three guns and ammunition from Bjornholt’s home. Bjornholt’s defense attorney, Chad Schell, pushed back against the allegations, claiming that the charges are based solely on unverified hearsay from a disgruntled former acquaintance, according to FOX 10. Schell told the court that the tip came from a "homeless alcoholic" whom Bjornholt had briefly let crash on his couch before kicking him out late last month. PENNSYLVANIA MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING ISIS ATTACK ARRESTED WITH RIFLE AND 190 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION: DOJ Schell said federal authorities had already investigated the claims weeks ago. Schell said the FBI executed a search warrant at Bjornholt’s home on Sept. 29 and that Bjornholt voluntarily provided investigators with his electronic devices and passwords. According to Schell, federal investigators found no evidence of terrorism or bomb-making materials and did not pursue federal charges before county authorities took over the case a couple of weeks later. "There is no evidence he's a danger to the community. What is the evidence that he's a danger to the community? Some hearsay statements from some dude — that my client kicked out of his house two days before September 29," Schell told the court. "Again, the FBI served a search warrant, got all of his electronic devices. He gave them access, gave him his passwords to those devices. They went through all of those electronic devices. They didn't see anything about terrorism. And FBI cut him loose," he continued. Schell also argued that the three seized guns were lawfully possessed, adding that Bjornholt's civil rights were restored after completing a previous sentence on a drug charge stemming from a closed first-degree murder case. According to Schell, the murder charge against Bjornholt was dropped because of a lack of evidence. The ammunition found inside the home, Schell said, was no more than standard magazine loads. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and FBI Phoenix for comment. Despite prosecutors citing Bjornholt's criminal history in arguing for a larger bond, the judge said the state's preliminary evidence relied heavily on hearsay and set Bjornholt's bond at $100,000, according to FOX 10. The judge nevertheless found enough probable cause to move the case forward. It remains unclear whether specific houses of worship were targeted in the alleged plot or whether there was a specific accomplice. Bjornholt is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 22 for a status conference and then later for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 26. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5855b75342cf4db922f14 Rams RB Kyren Williams Calls Out HC Sean McVay After Loss to Cardinals te 2026-10-19T02:50:03.515Z Rams RB Kyren Williams Calls Out HC Sean McVay After Loss to Cardinals The Cardinals upset the Rams on Sunday, and star RB Kyren Williams made it known he wasn't happy with head coach Sean McVay after. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5830475342cf4db922eb0 Bears QB Caleb Williams Reveals Unexpected Motivation Behind Falcons Win te 2026-10-19T02:40:04.959Z Bears QB Caleb Williams Reveals Unexpected Motivation Behind Falcons Win Caleb Williams had a surprising source of extra motivation before returning to help the Bears defeat the Falcons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad580af75342cf4db922e45 Kevin Bacon pleads for help recovering missing FedEx package rerouted multiple times around the globe te 2026-10-19T02:30:07.348Z Kevin Bacon pleads for help recovering missing FedEx package rerouted multiple times around the globe Kevin Bacon was yearning and burning for somebody to tell him where his lost clothes were hiding. Bacon, 68, pleaded with his followers to help him figure out where FedEx sent a package of clothing he sent last month to a location across the pond. "Hey everybody, it's me. I'm over here, I'm working in Ireland," Bacon told his followers. "I wanted to pack light, so I decided to ship some old clothes over here to Ireland. I don't buy a lot of clothes. I've had these clothes probably since the '90s. 'FOOTLOOSE' STAR KEVIN BACON SHARES HOW THE MOVIE STILL HAUNTS HIM "So I used a shipping service that I don't want to say the name but it rhymes with BreadX," he said before explaining that he shipped a box of clothing on Sept. 26 from upstate New York to his filming location. "It went straight to Memphis, and then from Memphis it to France and by Sept. 28 it arrived in Germany, and by Sept. 29, they shipped it straight to Israel, not Ireland – Israel." The "Footloose" actor went on to explain that the package traveled from Israel back to France on Oct. 3, only to be sent back to Israel the following day. It traveled to Germany on Oct. 5 before being routed back to Israel on Oct. 6. KEVIN BACON'S DREAM OF BEING A FARMER LED TO 'BIGGEST FIGHT' WITH WIFE KYRA SEDGWICK "On Oct. 10, that box of old clothes made its way all the way to France, and on Oct. 11 it arrived in the UK, in England," he said. "Pretty close. Guess what? On Oct. 11, it left the UK and came straight to Ireland, where it has been sitting for five days, and they say they're unable to deliver it." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Bacon admitted he was frustrated with the situation and couldn't see a solution to his problem. "I don't understand why. It's just sitting there," he said. "I can't get a person the phone. I have not been able to talk to anybody. I know what you're thinking: Just go buy some more clothes. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "And you're right. I could buy some clothes, but I want these clothes. I've had them since the '90s. These are like ... they have a certain sentimental value." The "Tremors" star noted that the package contained "old boots, old jeans, old hats" as he wondered if he was "ever going to see this stuff" again. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "It's starting to get cold here," Bacon said. FedEx representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The company has separately apologized for the incident and said it was in direct contact with Bacon's team to deliver the package and was reviewing what went wrong. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad580ae75342cf4db922e3c Strait of Hormuz crisis traps 6,000 sailors as attacks on ships mount, UN maritime chief says te 2026-10-19T02:30:06.128Z Strait of Hormuz crisis traps 6,000 sailors as attacks on ships mount, UN maritime chief says Thousands of sailors remain stranded near the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating attacks on commercial ships, the United Nations' top maritime official warned Sunday after Iran accused the U.S. military of using an international emergency radio channel to threaten civilian crews. The warning also came amid reports that 24 ships had been attacked on the waterway over roughly two weeks, underscoring growing concerns about maritime safety in the region, according to Financial Times. "The situation continues to be severe and critical when it comes to international shipping," International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told Fox News Digital. "There is a double blockade and too many vessels have been attacked, particularly in recent days. 'VAST MAJORITY' OF IRAN'S ATTEMPTED ATTACKS ON STRAIT OF HORMUZ ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, CENTCOM SPOKESMAN SAYS "Seafarers have continued to perish in these attacks and around 6,000 seafarers remain trapped since the beginning of the conflict," he warned, adding that his message was not to transit the Strait of Hormuz or put seafarers at risk "until we have guarantees." Dominguez's warning followed an Oct. 9 letter to the IMO in which Iran alleged that the U.S. military used VHF Channel 16, an internationally designated maritime distress and safety channel, to intimidate Iranian crews in the Persian Gulf. "VHF Channel 16 has been repeatedly occupied for prolonged periods by the United States military forces operating in the Persian Gulf," the letter stated. TRUMP OPENS HORMUZ UNDER FIRE WITH ‘PROJECT FREEDOM’ AS IRAN WARNS OF ATTACKS "During such transmissions, Iranian seafarers have been addressed in Persian with threatening, abusive and provocative language and in certain instances urged to abandon their vessels." In a statement to Fox News Digital, U.S. Central Command defended its enforcement of the naval blockade of Iranian ports. "The U.S. naval blockade has been in place for months and is professionally communicated to all international mariners," CENTCOM said. "Vessels that refuse to comply with blockade enforcement receive multiple warnings, with ample opportunity to comply. "American forces remain highly vigilant, focused, and professional while fully enforcing the naval blockade against Iran." Iran's complaint was submitted by Seyed Ali Mousavi, its ambassador to the IMO, and circulated to member states on Oct. 9, according to a copy reviewed by Fox News Digital. Tehran also accused American forces of turning the maritime safety channel into an "instrument of military intimidation and psychological pressure against civilian crews." The letter cited commercial vessels, shipping companies and maritime operators but provided no recordings, transcripts or specific details of the alleged exchanges. Fox News Digital could not independently verify the accusations. IRAN THREATENS TO HALT RED SEA TRAFFIC IN RESPONSE TO US MILITARY BLOCKADE OF PORTS "Seafarers are not trained for combat, and they are not guilty of any conflicts that are happening around the world," Dominguez said. "And we have seen this in several parts of the world where Channel 16, that should not be used for this kind of communication, starts receiving messages that may be perceived as actually threatening or that are outside the remit of why it was created." Iran also asked the IMO to raise its allegations with member states and relevant international organizations, potentially including the International Telecommunication Union. Dominguez said the IMO could review its regulations and procedures to determine whether stronger safeguards are needed, though he did not announce a formal investigation. "Our role here at IMO is that when those situations take place, we will then look into any technical measures or any operational aspects that we may need to clarify further within our regulatory framework," he said, stressing that member states have equal rights to raise concerns, regardless of the conflict. "We have a responsibility, and I have a duty as well, to circulate letters and notes that the countries actually put forward when they're also being affected." WHO CONTROLS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ RIGHT NOW? HERE'S WHAT THE SHIP TRAFFIC ACTUALLY SHOWS "We take all that information, meet at the level of different meetings of the organization and have the discussions," Dominguez added. "If it's demonstrated that we probably need to improve our rules in order to avoid communications issues, or that we need to enhance the knowledge of how these channels should be used, that is a role for us." The IMO had recorded 100 confirmed maritime incidents across the region as of Oct. 9, with 24 seafarers killed since the conflict began Feb. 28. Dominguez also warned that fraudulent ship registrations and false flags have become major contributors to the danger. "What we've also seen right now is an increase in fraudulent registries with false flags that are taking the risk and acting as shuttle tankers in order to bring goods in and out," he said. "That's one of the reasons that we're seeing an escalation. "And it's the irresponsible shipowners that are taking the risk in order to actually be able to trade and move some of the goods and the cargoes." WHITE HOUSE SILENT ON IRAN-OMAN HORMUZ PLAN TEHRAN SAYS WOULD BAN US WARSHIPS "For me, any single case, any vessel that is attacked, any life of a seafarer that is lost, is a critical situation for me, because they are all relevant, they are all important." Despite the confrontation, Dominguez said diplomatic channels with Iran remain open, though he has no direct contact with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "I have communications with all the member states of IMO, and that includes the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said. "Of course, that's through the diplomatic channels. I don't have direct contact with the IRGC. "I have conversations with them and they respond to my messages. You know, the information flows. What is difficult is to get final decisions because of the conflict that is ongoing." Fox News Digital has reached out to the Iranian embassy for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad57bfc75342cf4db922d5e Kelsey Plum Reveals Who She Thinks is the WNBA's Next Superstar te 2026-10-19T02:10:04.863Z Kelsey Plum Reveals Who She Thinks is the WNBA's Next Superstar Phoenix Mercury star Kelsey Plum revealed which WNBA player she believes could become the league's next superstar. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad579ac75342cf4db922cdc Talarico Kicks Off Campaign Tour of Texas as Senate Election Looms te 2026-10-19T02:00:12.700Z Talarico Kicks Off Campaign Tour of Texas as Senate Election Looms The Democratic candidate invoked a rallying cry from the TV show “Friday Night Lights” as he began his final campaign push before the Nov. 3 election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad579ab75342cf4db922cb8 JJ McCarthy Makes NFL History in Giants Debut vs Saints te 2026-10-19T02:00:11.144Z JJ McCarthy Makes NFL History in Giants Debut vs Saints Giants QB J.J. McCarthy put on quite a show when he came on in relief of Jameis Winton vs. the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad579a875342cf4db922caf Amelia Earhart Search Hits Setback as New Expedition Rules Out Key Theory te 2026-10-19T02:00:08.624Z Amelia Earhart Search Hits Setback as New Expedition Rules Out Key Theory A new expedition searching for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane has ruled suspected wreckage on a remote Pacific island. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5774c75342cf4db922926 Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Ties Patriots Legend Tom Brady for Historic NFL Record te 2026-10-19T01:50:04.913Z Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Ties Patriots Legend Tom Brady for Historic NFL Record Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ties Tom Brady for an NFL record after his team's Week 6 win over the Chargers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad574fa75342cf4db922904 London Bridge Beard and Mustache Competition celebrates 55th anniversary te 2026-10-19T01:40:10.288Z London Bridge Beard and Mustache Competition celebrates 55th anniversary Hand-grown craftsmanship was centerstage on Saturday as the community celebrated the 55th anniversary of the London Bridge Beard and Mustache Competition. It's a beloved holdover from Lake Havasu City's earliest London Bridge Days, honoring Havasu's roots. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad574f775342cf4db9228dd Caitlin Clark and Taylor Swift spotted together again cheering on Travis Kelce at Chiefs game te 2026-10-19T01:40:07.716Z Caitlin Clark and Taylor Swift spotted together again cheering on Travis Kelce at Chiefs game Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was back enjoying some Kansas City Chiefs football alongside music sensation Taylor Swift, as they both cheered on Travis Kelce and the gang at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Swift, the wife of the Chiefs’ beloved tight end, was spotted wearing a red turtleneck sweater next to Clark and fellow musician Este Haim in her usual suite at the stadium on the CBS broadcast. CBS cameras cut to Swift and Clark as they celebrated a Kelce catch over the middle during the Chiefs’ 22-6 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers to remain undefeated on the season. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Kelce finished the game with four catches for 53 yards, while star running back Kenneth Walker III continued to be a bully in the Chiefs’ backfield with 128 yards on just 19 carries with two scores. Just a week ago, Kelce and Swift were celebrating the future Pro Football Hall of Famer’s 37th birthday while in New York City. The Chiefs were on an early Week 5 bye. Meanwhile, Swift was spotted at the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday night, helping raise money for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! This isn’t the first time Swift and Clark have been spotted together at a Chiefs game. It was this time last year Clark, a big Chiefs fan, joined Swift inside the suite with many others, including Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce. Clark revealed last summer how much she loves the Chiefs after being questioned about what she was whispering to Swift in a viral clip from a Chiefs' playoff back in January 2025. "Honestly, I love football, and I know a lot about football," Clark responded to the question from Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on their "A Touch More" podcast. "So, I was telling her why they threw a flag or like — but in the best way. Like, I don't even know everything. "I was just explaining things, but, yeah, that was really fun. I’m a big Chiefs fan. So, getting to spend time with Taylor, and then also Travis played really well that game — the Chiefs won, it was the playoffs." Clark has noted that Swift "treats everybody with the same amount of kindness," as she told ESPN back in May 2025. While she’s enjoying time with Swift, Clark would rather be in the WNBA Finals with her Fever teammates. Instead, it’s the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, with the latter taking Game 1 at home over the weekend. Game 2 tips off in Golden State on Monday night. The Fever fell to the Las Vegas Aces in the first round of the WBA Playoffs, losing 94-83 in Game 3, where Clark struggled from the field. She went 6-of-18 for 18 points, though she was just 3-of-12 from three-point territory. It was still another great season for the three-time All-Star, averaging 22.3 points and 8.3 assists per game across 40 contests. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad574f675342cf4db9228d4 Massachusetts GOP ticket rocked by alleged drunken crash as candidate abruptly halts campaign te 2026-10-19T01:40:06.520Z Massachusetts GOP ticket rocked by alleged drunken crash as candidate abruptly halts campaign A late-night crash has thrown a Massachusetts Republican’s statewide campaign into turmoil just weeks before voters head to the polls. Shawn Oliver, 42, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor and a New Bedford city councilor, suspended his campaign on Sunday. The move came after Oliver was arrested following a rollover crash that involved five parked vehicles, police confirmed to Fox News Digital. Officers responded around 11:40 p.m. Saturday to 448 Dartmouth St., where a vehicle had overturned after striking multiple parked vehicles, the New Bedford Police Department said. Two of the five parked vehicles sustained extensive damage. BODYCAM SHOWS NANTUCKET OFFICIAL SLURRING, SWAYING DURING DUI STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO SIGN: POLICE Oliver, identified by police as the driver, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Following an investigation at the scene and at the hospital, officers arrested Oliver and charged him with operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation and speeding, police said. DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE SEEN SOBBING, PRAYING IN PATROL CAR AFTER DUI ARREST: VIDEO Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue publicly called on Oliver to suspend his campaign. "I am extremely disappointed. Shawn is lucky to be alive and lucky that no one innocent was hurt," Minogue wrote on X. "There is no excuse for driving under the influence." NEW JERSEY LT GOV DALE CALDWELL RESIGNS AFTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATION Minogue, a businessman and military veteran challenging Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, said he spoke with Oliver before demanding he step aside. "After speaking with Shawn, I am asking him to suspend his campaign immediately, and when elected, I will formally ask for his resignation," he wrote. TRAFFIC DRAMA THREATENS TO END DEM GOVERNOR'S TENURE AS VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS IN RHODE ISLAND Oliver confirmed his campaign suspension on X, saying "the election is too important to be overshadowed by personal matters." New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said in a statement posted to Facebook that the crash happened in the city’s South End. MASSACHUSETTS MAYOR CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD IN $1.5M COVID RELIEF SCHEME "This morning, I was made aware that City Councilor Shawn Oliver was involved in a car accident in the South End and taken into custody," Mitchell said. "I’m grateful to the New Bedford Police Department for their prompt response and relieved that no one was seriously injured." The Democratic mayor also called for Oliver to address the incident publicly. EX-NEW JERSEY MAYOR, HER HUSBAND CHARGED FOR USING FAKE BALLOT SIGNATURES AFTER SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO DUI "The allegations against Councilor Oliver are deeply concerning, and the public deserves to hear his explanation of what happened," Mitchell said. Minogue urged Oliver to focus on his family and take steps to prevent another incident. "Shawn is a father and grandfather, and he needs to put his family first. He needs to do the work to ensure this never happens again," Minogue wrote. "If he needs help with that, I will help him." He also took aim at his Democratic opponent. ICE BOSTON ARRESTS BRAZILIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WANTED FOR MURDER DAYS BEFORE GOV HEALY SIGNED PROTECT ACT "As governor, I will put the Commonwealth first. That starts with accountability, something Massachusetts has not seen from Maura Healey," Minogue wrote. The Massachusetts Department of Correction confirmed to Fox News Digital that Oliver, a New Bedford city councilor employed by the department, has been placed on restricted work duty following his arrest. "Shawn Oliver has been placed on restricted work duty while all facts and circumstances are reviewed. He is currently assigned to the Massachusetts Treatment Center," department spokesman Scott J. Croteau said. The campaign suspension comes just weeks before the November election, with Minogue challenging Healey and Democratic Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll seeking another term. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad574f375342cf4db9228a7 Ben Simmons Hit With Horrible, Season-Ending Injury Prior to NBA Comeback te 2026-10-19T01:40:03.962Z Ben Simmons Hit With Horrible, Season-Ending Injury Prior to NBA Comeback ”This injury is another chapter in my journey, not the end of my story,” the guard said in an emotional Instagram post. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5729f75342cf4db922871 Kansas City Chiefs star defensive lineman Chris Jones caught in screaming match with coaches on sidelines te 2026-10-19T01:30:07.681Z Kansas City Chiefs star defensive lineman Chris Jones caught in screaming match with coaches on sidelines The Kansas City Chiefs are once again heading towards yet another AFC West division title and likely Super Bowl win, but you'd never know it by how their sideline looked on Sunday. The Chiefs hosted the 0-5 Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon, and the game pretty much went as expected. LA's hapless offense wasn't able to move the ball with any consistency and the Chiefs' offense imposed their will, outside two turnovers. While the outcome might never have been in doubt, for whatever reason, one of the team's best defensive players wasn't happy about something on the Kansas City sideline. JALEN HURTS CURSES AT RECEIVER IN VIRAL HOT-MIC MOMENT DURING EAGLES' COLLAPSE AGAINST RAMS With his team ahead 9-3 in the second quarter, Chris Jones, the Chiefs' star defensive tackle, sat down on the Kansas City bench. Joe Cullen, the team's defensive line coach, came over to talk to him, putting his hand on Jones' shoulder, as coaches are wont to do. Bizarrely, Jones wasn't happy about it, immediately shoving Cullen's hand off him and starting a screaming match. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Trent Green, calling the game as an analyst for CBS, said on the broadcast that he believes Jones and Cullen "have a great relationship." As for what the disagreement was about, Green speculated that he didn't "think Chris liked the fact that he put his hand on his shoulder." He added that instead of immediately getting physical, Jones should have "asked him politely to take it off." It's still unclear what exactly the fight was over. Cullen coached Jones for the past five seasons, starting in 2022. During those five years, Jones has been first-team All-Pro three times, made the Pro Bowl each season, and won two Super Bowls. Not a bad resume together. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER After the game, Jones was seen walking off the field with tight end Travis Kelce, seemingly no worse for wear. The Chiefs went on to win Sunday's game 22-6, because of course they did. The schedule gets a little harder with a road trip to play the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field Sunday night, though given how dominant they've been, Kansas City seems likely to coast their way to another deep playoff run. Fully putting the fluky one-score losses during the 2025 season behind them. As long as their players and coaches can get along while they're winning, that is. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5704875342cf4db92280f Mike Rogers presses CNN's Dana Bash on why the press is 'eager' to defend Abdul El-Sayed te 2026-10-19T01:20:08.926Z Mike Rogers presses CNN's Dana Bash on why the press is 'eager' to defend Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers accused the press of being "eager" to protect his opponent, Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. During his interview with host Dana Bash, Rogers criticized El-Sayed as Bash repeatedly pressed him to comment on President Donald Trump calling El-Sayed a "jihadist." Rogers denied ever referring to El-Sayed as a terrorist himself but argued that there were legitimate concerns over El-Sayed's ideology and his family's alleged past support for the Muslim Brotherhood. HISTORIC NEWSPAPER GIVES EL-SAYED A SAVAGE REBUKE FOR HIDING HIS PAST WHILE ENDORSING HIS OPPONENT "He has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which, by the way, diminishes women's role in society, just as they did when they took over in Egypt in 2012 and 2013," Rogers said. "He supported that regime." Bash began interrupting, but Rogers remarked that the press should be more concerned. "He called for the purging of the press. He called for purging of police. As a matter of fact, if I were the press, I would start looking at this," Rogers said. Later on in the segment, Rogers and Bash sparred again over a viral clip of El-Sayed responding to whether he disavows the Muslim Brotherhood after past scrutiny of his family's alleged connections to the group. Bash insisted that El-Sayed responded, "Sure, yes" when asked, but Rogers denied it, calling it a larger issue with his ideology. MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW'S TERROR WATCHLIST LAWSUIT DAYS BEFORE OBAMA CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE "No, that's not true. Dana, listen —" Rogers said. "I don't want to debate with you," Bash interjected. "I don't know why the press is so eager for him to protect this guy," Rogers remarked. "Congressman, I just want to be factual," Bash said. "And it is. It's an ideology. My argument is, is that ideology something we should worry about? I think it is," Rogers said. Fox News Digital reached out to CNN and Rogers' campaign for comment. EL-SAYED ASKED IF HE BELIEVES AMERICA IS 'READY FOR A MUSLIM PRESIDENT' AHEAD OF SENATE RACE El-Sayed has faced increased scrutiny in his campaign over his family after unearthed social media posts from his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, implied that their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed's campaign has denied these claims in a statement to Fox News and argued that Rogers' accusations are "racist and untrue." "Abdul is a dad and a doctor. He has spent his entire career working to keep Michiganders healthy and safe. Independent fact checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s lies, but their campaign continues to use bad faith attacks on Abdul's faith and family. Mike wants to distract from Trump’s agenda that is terrorizing Michigan families at the pump and at the grocery store," the statement read. A Fox News Digital review of Grabien transcripts found that several legacy news organizations hesitated to report the initial allegations last week. When media reported on the claims, it was often limited to reporting on El-Sayed's denial. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5704775342cf4db922806 Shane Steichen says Daniel Jones won't be benched but coach and general manager Chris Ballard are in trouble te 2026-10-19T01:20:07.908Z Shane Steichen says Daniel Jones won't be benched but coach and general manager Chris Ballard are in trouble Head coach Shane Steichen was asked about his job status and whether quarterback Daniel is going to be benched, and it made sense because the Indianapolis Colts lost to the previously winless Tennessee Titans on Sunday. And let's cut to the chase: Steichen said Jones is not going to be benched despite throwing two interceptions to increase his season total to six in as many games. Jones has thrown at least one interception in each of the past four games. FROM THE CHARGERS TO THE COLTS AND FALCONS, WHICH OF THE NFL'S EIGHT WINLESS TEAMS ARE ALREADY IN PANIC MODE So Jones sticks for now. "I think Daniel knows he's got to play better," Steichen said. "I got to coach better." We all know by now that neither Steichen nor general manager Chris Ballard are likely to remain past the end of this season – assuming they even last that long – unless the club gets on a roll. That's how it is when the team has lost four of its six games, including two of three at home, and the home crowd booed lustily on Sunday afternoon. The boos metastasized to "fire Ballard" chants by game's end. Steichen understood the sentiment. "We've got to give them something to cheer about, you know?" he said. "I don't blame them for booing one freaking bit." The thing is, owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon seemed inclined to agree with fans' frustrations last season when she put everyone on blast. "I'm pissed. We're all pissed," she famously said after her team's 2025 collapse, consisting of seven consecutive losses to end the season. "We have been very clear with Chris and Shane that giving them another opportunity means that the sense of urgency for them to deliver and perform has never been higher. Chris and Shane are both capable of facing this challenge head-on and finding a way to achieve the results that our fans deserve, which is winning games, getting to the postseason and ultimately winning championships." So if that was the starting point, would Irsay-Gordon be likely to support her coach and GM now in the face of boos from her best customers? Nope. TITANS CEO APOLOGIZES TO BELEAGUERED FANBASE AFTER DREADFUL START TO THE SEASON: 'WE'RE SORRY' Losing to the Titans, who have struggled to merely keep their organizational flow chart straight the past three years, blew the pick of Malik Willis as their franchise quarterback, followed that by blowing the pick of Will Levis and are on track to blow the pick of Cam Ward, is embarrassing. So, of course, questions about Steichen's job status are fair. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Obviously, my job is to get this team ready and that's what I'm focused on right now," Steichen said. Steichen would be lucky to finish out the season barring a change of direction by his team. Such a move wouldn't necessarily fix things, but it would help give Irsay-Gordon a head start on a search for new people while avoiding the untidy approach of going behind her coach's back. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5704675342cf4db9227fd Kristin Cavallari says she learned a painful $250K lesson involving her father at 22 te 2026-10-19T01:20:06.907Z Kristin Cavallari says she learned a painful $250K lesson involving her father at 22 Kristin Cavallari is reflecting on a painful lesson after lending her father a quarter of a million dollars. During a recent episode of her podcast "Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari," in which the 39-year-old reality star shared her opinions on women and finances, Cavallari recalled how she ended up $250,000 "in the hole" following two loans to her father Dennis Cavallari that were never repaid. "My dad came to me — I was filming ‘The Hills,’ so I must have been 22 — and asked for a large sum of money to borrow. Six figures," she said. KRISTIN CAVALLARI ADMITS HER KIDS FLY COACH WHILE SHE SITS IN FIRST CLASS "And I was making great money at the time, but it’s still — I’m 22," Cavallari continued. "Six figures is a big deal for me." "But I lent it to him, and he promised me he would pay me back," the Uncommon James founder remembered. "He probably said six months, and he was going to give me interest on top of it. And, you know, well, I didn’t get paid back. And instead, he asked to borrow more money, another six-figure number." JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER CLAIMS HER EX-HUSBAND SECRETLY STOLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FROM HER 'SOPRANOS' EARNINGS Cavallari said that she confronted Dennis about not repaying the first loan but ultimately relented. "I said to him, ‘You haven’t even acknowledged the first payment, and now you want more money?’" she recalled. "But because I’m such a f-----g sucker — or I was at the time — I lent him more money." WYNONNA JUDD ADMITS HELPING DAUGHTER DURING METH BATTLE ‘BIT ME IN THE BUTT' The "Laguna Beach" alum admitted she has no expectation of ever getting the money back. "I will never see that money," she said. "So, when I tell you, I’m in the hole with my own dad, a quarter of a million dollars." THE RICH HAVE ONE FINANCIAL HABIT MOST AMERICANS IGNORE AT THEIR PERIL "Talk about a bad business decision," Cavallari added. However, the TV personality acknowledged that the experience taught her the importance of setting boundaries with family and friends when it comes to money. JENNIE GARTH ADMITS ‘SCARY’ FINANCIAL SPIRAL AFTER ‘90210’ FAME "I didn’t know how to set boundaries in my early 20s," she admitted. "I’ve learned that. You know, it would be a very different conversation probably today, but it’s the lending-money-to-people thing." "When you have money, it’s almost like people expect it," Cavallari continued. "And you are in no way, shape or form required or obligated to lend anybody money, especially if you’ve worked your f---king tail off for that money." JENNIFER GARNER SAYS SHE 'PANICKED' ABOUT FINANCIAL STABILITY AFTER DIVORCE FROM BEN AFFLECK "Like I have worked my ass off for all of my money," she added. "And so I think that’s why probably that stings the most." "It just was like sort of taking advantage of me at such a young age." CUT OFF BY YOUR ADULT CHILD? PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCHER REVEALS WHAT PARENTS SHOULD DO NEXT Now a mother herself, Cavallari said she struggles to understand her father's decision to turn to her for such a large sum of money when she was so young. Cavallari shares sons Camden, 14, and Jaxon, 12, and daughter Saylor, 10, with her ex-husband, former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler. JENNIFER GARNER SAYS DIVORCE FROM BEN AFFLECK CAUSED 'UPHEAVAL' THAT KEPT HER FROM WORKING FOR YEARS "I can’t imagine going to my kids when they’re 22 and asking for that kind of money," she said. "I guess I understand that he didn’t have a lot of options. But I don't know." "And also my relationship with my dad is very complicated," Cavallari continued. "So there are other layers to it. But for the purpose of this conversation, I just think you’re allowed to do what you want to do with your money." Cavallari shared a clip from the episode on Instagram, emphasizing the importance of financial literacy for women. "We’re talking all things MONEY this week!!" she wrote. "I’m over money being a taboo topic for women. We’re talking financial independence, the mistakes I’ve made, and everything I’ve learned along the way. If you wanna chase the bag, this one’s for you." Cavallari previously discussed her difficult relationship with Dennis and the unpaid loans during a July appearance on the "Aspire with Emma Grede" podcast. The "Balancing in Heels" author shared that she eventually came to terms with the financial loss. "I've had to grapple with it, you know, and I've ultimately put it to bed and made peace with it," she said. "I think at the time, I didn't know how to say no to my dad. That's also been sort of like a big life lesson for me. I mean, I've ultimately cut my dad out of my life." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "So I really figured out how to say no to him," Cavallari continued. "But it was really hard for me when I was younger. And so, that's probably like the biggest thing that stands out in my mind in terms of how you think about teaching your kids about money." In June 2025, Cavallari reflected on cutting ties with her father after claiming that he "traumatized" her children. "I always had a rough relationship with my dad," she said during an appearance on the "Boyfriend Material" podcast. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "He crossed the line with one of my boys, and that's a dealbreaker for me. Especially when he had zero accountability, no apology. Like, he traumatized my kids, and I have no room for that in my life. And so, that was it," she continued, without detailing what took place. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Cavallari said she hasn't spoken to her father in roughly three years. According to "The Hills" star, her father never tried to make amends after crossing the line with her son. "To be honest with you, as a mom, if I had a kid, and I really f----- up with my kid, and they wanted to cut me out of their life, I would do everything imaginable to not let that happen. I would be like I am so f------ sorry, showing up at your house, like doing everything imaginable. And my dad, in a lot of ways, was like, ‘OK.’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5704475342cf4db9227d0 Trump Defends Russia Sanctions Waiver Amid Republican Backlash te 2026-10-19T01:20:04.527Z Trump Defends Russia Sanctions Waiver Amid Republican Backlash President Donald Trump is defending his decision to waive key sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad56df075342cf4db92278c Tampa Bay Rays move one win from World Series after Drew Rasmussen dominates Cleveland Guardians te 2026-10-19T01:10:08.126Z Tampa Bay Rays move one win from World Series after Drew Rasmussen dominates Cleveland Guardians The Tampa Bay Rays sit just one win away from the World Series after putting on a postseason clinic in Cleveland on Sunday. Behind a pitching gem from Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay silenced Progressive Field with a clinical 3-1 Game 5 victory, seizing a 3-2 series lead that pushes the Guardians to the brink of elimination and sets up a potential World Series showdown against Milwaukee. Rasmussen was lights-out. Over seven strong innings, he surrendered just one run on four hits and gave Cleveland virtually no room to breathe. The Guardians had no answers at the plate, and when they threatened again in the seventh, Rasmussen erased the danger with a 6-4-3 double play. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Rays didn't need big home runs to take control; they simply chipped away early. Jonny DeLuca worked a bases-loaded walk in the first, Jonathan Aranda lined an RBI single in the second, and Liam Hicks dropped in an RBI single of his own in the third. Cleveland looked flat from start to finish. The Guardians had no rhythm at the plate, swinging right through Rasmussen's best pitches and struggling to string at-bats together. Their only run came on an infield groundout in the sixth, and Tampa Bay's bullpen locked down the final six outs without breaking a sweat, capped by Bryan Baker closing it out in the ninth. BREWERS MANAGER HAS EPIC QUOTE STRAIGHT FROM HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT AFTER SWEEPING VAUNTED DODGERS The series now heads back south to St. Petersburg for Game 6. The Rays have two chances on their home turf to capture the American League pennant, while the Guardians have to find a way to revive their offense. And Milwaukee is waiting. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad56dee75342cf4db922783 Saudi Arabia on edge: Iconic Kingdom Centre sends workers home amid Houthi attacks te 2026-10-19T01:10:06.636Z Saudi Arabia on edge: Iconic Kingdom Centre sends workers home amid Houthi attacks One of Saudi Arabia’s most iconic skyscrapers ordered office workers to stay home Sunday as escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels rattled the capital of Riyadh amid fears of a widening Middle East conflict. The move came after the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two drones in the Riyadh area, a third over the Eastern Province and two ballistic missiles in southern Saudi Arabia overnight, after authorities had earlier issued a threat alert in the capital, also shared on X. Management at the 99-story Kingdom Centre, a landmark on Riyadh's skyline, ordered office employees to work remotely until further notice, according to reporting by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The directive affects a building whose tenants include major international financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch, consulting giant McKinsey & Company and the International Monetary Fund. THE HOUTHIS AREN'T SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM. AMERICA CAN'T AFFORD TO LOOK AWAY "Please be advised that remote working arrangements are mandatory for all office employees at Kingdom Centre, effective immediately and until further notice," building management said in an email obtained by AFP. Employees were instructed not to report back to their offices. The shopping mall at the base of the tower, however, remained open to the public. Management did not specify a reason for the directive, but it came as repeated missile and drone attacks by Yemen's Houthis disrupted the Saudi capital. The security concerns also follow a deadly Oct. 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300 others. As previously reported by Fox News Digital, another strike the following day killed one person and injured 11. Airport operations have been severely disrupted, while schools in Riyadh have extended remote learning measures amid continued security threats. SAUDI ARABIA FACING 'BIGGEST THREAT' EVER TO OIL PRODUCTION AS IRAN-PROXY HOUTHIS LAUNCH ATTACKS, EXPERT SAYS The mounting crisis comes as Saudi Arabia's military reported two deaths in a helicopter crash near its southern border with Yemen. Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, said Sunday that an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in the Najran region because of a technical malfunction, killing both crew members. Saudi civil defense authorities also reported Sunday that six people were injured when a hostile projectile struck a residential neighborhood in Najran, damaging three homes and three vehicles. Meanwhile, Egypt moved toward potentially providing military assistance to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom confronts the growing Houthi threat. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi requested an emergency parliamentary session to authorize defensive military support for Saudi Arabia if requested by Riyadh, Reuters reported. Lawmakers were expected to continue discussions Monday. NEW RISK FOR US CONSUMERS AS IRAN-BACKED ATTACKS THREATEN A SECOND MAJOR OIL CHOKEPOINT The Egyptian presidency said Cairo was prepared to provide Saudi Arabia with necessary support to defend its security, stability, territorial integrity and Islamic holy sites. The statement followed a meeting of Egypt's National Defense Council chaired by el-Sissi and attended by senior government and military officials. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan about regional developments and the importance of de-escalation, according to a post on X. The potential involvement of Egypt, which has one of the Arab world's largest militaries, could significantly expand the regional response to the Houthis. The Iran-backed group now controls Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and much of the country's north. Fighting with the Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen's internationally recognized government, has intensified amid the broader U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad566e875342cf4db92267d Ohio State QB Julian Sayin's injury may completely reshape the College Football Playoff race te 2026-10-19T00:40:08.228Z Ohio State QB Julian Sayin's injury may completely reshape the College Football Playoff race It was a stunning week seven in the world of college football, both for the number of top programs that lost, and for who they lost to. BYU took down Notre Dame, with a little help from yet another controversial last second game clock issue. Auburn beat the heavily favored Georgia Bulldogs in Athens. Florida rose from the dead to upset Texas in Austin on the back of another disappointing performance from Arch Manning. Tennessee had a big home win over Alabama, holding the powerful Crimson Tide offense to just 10 points. Miami held on to beat Florida State thanks to some questionable officiating, but just not losing bumped the Hurricanes up to No. 1. But arguably the most impactful win of the weekend was The Ohio State Buckeyes ending Indiana's 22-game winning streak in Bloomington. With around a minute remaining, Indiana seemed to tie it when Josh Hoover hit a wide open Nick Marsh in the end zone. Marsh's foot came down just out of bounds, however, and Ohio State hung on to the 19-15 win. WEEK 7 AP TOP 25 POLL FEATURES A COMPLETE SHUFFLE AFTER CHAOTIC WEEKEND, WITH MIAMI TAKING OVER THE TOP SPOT Thanks to the 12-team playoff, the win for OSU and loss for Indiana wouldn't typically mean either team is out of the running. And this week's AP Top 25 Poll reflects that; Ohio State is No. 3, and Indiana is No. 5, thanks to the carnage around them. So how could it be the most impactful? Because of what happened to starting quarterback Julian Sayin's shoulder in the fourth quarter. Indiana defensive lineman Mario Landino sacked Sayin in the fourth quarter, forcing a fumble and the injury when he hit the ground. The 21-year-old junior immediately could be seen favoring his right arm and went to the locker room, emerging a few minutes afterward with his arm in a sling. After the game, head coach Ryan Day was light on specifics, saying he didn't have further details on what exactly the injury was, but did admit that Sayin's likely to miss "several weeks." Day was adamant that true freshman backup Luke Fahey would be able to step in, particularly with a bye week approaching. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "We'll regroup," he said. "We've got a good team. When Luke's in there, we just may need to do things just a little bit differently, but the bye week gives us a chance to regroup on that and put our heads together." After replacing Sayin, Fahey went 0-2 passing, though he did draw a penalty that helped extend a Buckeyes' drive. The bye week reps will help, but as a true freshman, Fahey's light on college experience and now thrust into the starting role at a pivotal time. Which is why Sayin's injury could reshape the playoff picture. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Though OSU has the bye week coming up, their next game is on the road against the No. 16 USC Trojans. With Sayin, the Buckeyes would be sizable favorites. With a true freshman backup? The calculus might change significantly. The SC defense isn't Indiana, but making your first career start, on the road, in front of what's sure to be a sold-out, hostile LA Coliseum crowd, against a team hungry to make statement and reach the College Football Playoff for the first time in Lincoln Riley's tenure? It's not ideal, to say the least. If Sayin isn't able to return after SC, the Buckeyes return home to face ... Oregon. While that matchup no longer looks like the battle of top-5 teams it looked like in the preseason, the Ducks' defense is still extremely talented, and even with their backup QB's, pulled out an impressive win against a very good Nebraska team. The schedule doesn't get much easier after that either. Ranked Northwestern comes to Columbus. Then the Buckeyes travel to Lincoln to play Nebraska, and host Michigan in "The Game." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Without further specifics on Sayin's injury, it's hard to say how many games he might miss, but even the SC game alone could have enormous ramifications. USC is on the playoff bubble, but if the Trojans beat Wisconsin and OSU, now with Fahey playing, they'd immediately move into the top-10. A slip up at home against a still dangerous Oregon team, and the Buckeyes could suddenly be on the outside of the top-12 looking in. That could open the door for more SEC or Big 12 teams to jump in. Or maybe Iowa, considering the Hawkeyes' relatively favorable closing schedule compared to other top programs in the two superconferences. There's a long way to go, with nearly half the season's games left to be played. Ohio State could still beat USC on the road, even with a backup, considering the Trojans' struggles to win big games under Riley and their suffocating defense. Sayin could also return by the first week of November, with OSU staying on track to go to the Big Ten Championship Game. But there are suddenly a lot more variables for the Buckeyes than it looked like. In a year where any and all teams seem beatable, by anyone, Ohio State heads into games against USC and Oregon with a true freshman quarterback. It could be bad news for the Buckeyes, and good for everyone else. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad566e575342cf4db922650 Bills’ CJ Gardner-Johnson Ejected After Spitting on Raiders Player  te 2026-10-19T00:40:05.634Z Bills’ CJ Gardner-Johnson Ejected After Spitting on Raiders Player  The CBS Halftime show broke it down and even played it back in slow motion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5649075342cf4db92260c Luke Bryan's son thanks fans for prayers after painful high school football injury te 2026-10-19T00:30:08.616Z Luke Bryan's son thanks fans for prayers after painful high school football injury Luke Bryan's son suffered an injury Friday while playing quarterback during a high school football game. Thomas Boyer Bryan, 18, exited a game after landing on his right shoulder when he was sacked during the opening drive, according to The Tennessean. Thomas Boyer Bryan, who goes by "Bo," was later spotted on the sidelines wearing a sling on his right arm as his Battle Ground Academy team played against Pope John Paul II Preparatory School in Tennessee. LUKE BRYAN THREATENS TO 'KNOCK THE S--- OUT OF' ONLINE TROLLS TRASHING HIS NEW SONG Bo threw for 2,006 yards and 30 touchdowns with three interceptions through seven games this season to bring the team to a 6-1 record in his first season as a starter, the outlet reported. Bo told The Tennessean he would undergo an X-ray following the game. "I don’t know what we’re looking at yet," coach Bobby Bentley told The Tennessean. "We’ll have to figure this thing out. That’s the challenge for us as a team and as coaches. What do we do? How do we do it? We’re going to figure it out." LUKE BRYAN TRIES HIS HAND AT WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY WITH JASON ALDEAN BY HIS SIDE On Instagram the following day, Bo told his social media followers that he broke his collar bone. "Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We will be back," he said, per USA Today. Bryan's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. TOM BRADY AND BRIDGET MOYNAHAN REUNITE AT SON JACK'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION The country music legend admitted last month that he was "super impressed" watching his son play. "He's learning as he goes, everything that happens to him this year it's the first time he's had all these pressure situations," Bryan told USA Today High School Sports. "Can't be more proud as a dad." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE He added, "Well the main thing is, you see the hard work that he puts in and you just want the hard work to pay off. The main thing is to see his hard work and his commitment and his love for the game... I'm just so proud of him." Bryan and hiw wife, Caroline Boyer, have sons Bo and Tatum "Tate" Christopher Bryan. Following the death of his sister Kelly Bryan and brother-in-law Ben Lee Cheshire, the couple took in Kelly and Ben’s three children to raise alongside their sons. The "American Idol" judge previously told Hook & Barrel that he often reflected on how his kids were watching his every move. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Just last week I had to tell one of my boys, ‘I know you have seen me do this… but that doesn’t mean you do it.’ But it all starts with the father in the home — they lean on us as the example," Bryan said. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "I did it with my dad. I mean my wife tells me once a week, ‘You sound like your daddy.’ When I know I have a hunting trip coming up, my dad used to do it too, my gear is all laid out perfectly and ready to go — I do it the same way he did it, and now my boys do it too." He added, "I think too, through all their good days and bad, you have to uplift them. To teach them to cut themselves some slack." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ad5648f75342cf4db922603 Rams have a legitimate gripe with NFL officials, but their 2-4 record is the bigger problem te 2026-10-19T00:30:07.459Z Rams have a legitimate gripe with NFL officials, but their 2-4 record is the bigger problem The Los Angeles Rams have another reason to complain about NFL officiating. They also have a 2-4 record after losing at home to an Arizona Cardinals team that entered Sunday with one win. I'd be a lot more concerned about the second part. Yes, a questionable personal foul helped Arizona get into position for the winning field goal in its 18-16 victory. Rams fans have every right to be frustrated, especially given what happened against Denver earlier this season. FORMER NFL QB SEAN SALISBURY WANTS OFFICIALS TO FACE POSTGAME QUESTIONS LIKE PLAYERS AND COACHES But this was supposed to be the NFL's superteam. The preseason Super Bowl favorite. A team built to win a championship right now. Instead, Los Angeles needed a touchdown in the final minute just to take the lead against the Cardinals. Then it couldn't get through the remaining 47 seconds. That's a problem that goes well beyond the officials. Matthew Stafford's 6-yard touchdown pass to Colby Parkinson capped an 86-yard drive and tied the score 15-15 with 47 seconds remaining. But what should have been a routine go-ahead extra point was anything but. Rams kicker Blake Grupe had injured his knee tackling Devin Duvernay just over five minutes into the game and did not return, leaving punter Ethan Evans to attempt the crucial kick. RAMS KICKER BLAKE GRUPE KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT OF HIS DEBUT WITH A DISASTROUS TACKLE ATTEMPT He drilled it, and for a moment it looked like Los Angeles was going to escape with a win it probably didn't deserve. But one play, albeit a controversial one, was all Arizona needed to reach field-goal range. The Rams jumped offsides on the first snap of the Cardinals' possession, giving quarterback Jacoby Brissett a free play to take a shot down the field. He hit Jalen Brooks for 21 yards. Rams cornerback Josh Wallace was flagged for unnecessary roughness on the tackle, adding 15 yards and moving the Cardinals to the Los Angeles 29-yard line. FOX analyst Greg Olsen repeatedly insisted during the broadcast that Wallace's hit wasn't a foul. FOX rules analyst Mike Pereira also said there wasn't enough to warrant a personal foul. After three running plays, Chad Ryland hit a 43-yard field goal as time expired. It was Ryland's sixth field goal of the day. The questionable call certainly helped Arizona. But the Rams had already given Brissett a free play and allowed a 21-yard completion on a drive that began with 47 seconds remaining and the Cardinals out of timeouts. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Making the ending even more frustrating for Rams fans was the player involved. Wallace was flagged for pass interference against Denver, erasing an interception. Rams head coach Sean McVay later said the NFL acknowledged it was a mistake. Now Wallace and the Rams have another call to be angry about, and another loss in the standings. Look, saying a team should have played better doesn't excuse a questionable call that helps decide the game. The officials still have a job to do, regardless of what happened before the flag. But so do McVay, the Rams' offensive line and a defense that took the field with a lead and 47 seconds remaining. Los Angeles needed a last-minute touchdown to take the lead over a team that entered the red zone five times and failed to score a single touchdown. SEAN MCVAY IS 'SICK' ABOUT HIS OVERTIME CALL AS ANOTHER SUPER BOWL COACH PUBLICLY REGRETS END OF GAME DECISION Arizona's pass rush repeatedly disrupted the Rams' offense, keeping Stafford off-balance for most of the game. Now, credit to Stafford: He showed up with the game on the line and led his team on an 86-yard touchdown drive to take the lead. Still, the Rams had nine points through 59 minutes. That's a pretty big concern for a team led by Stafford with offensive weapons like Puka Nacua, Davante Adams and Kyren Williams. The upcoming schedule gives the Rams a chance to recover, with the Raiders, Chargers and Commanders up next. But after watching this performance, I'm not sure Los Angeles should be looking at anyone as an easy win. They're too talented to write off after six games. They're also 2-4, and the preseason hype isn't going to help them climb out of that hole. Neither is another explanation from the NFL about a flag. 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