https://meenews.co/post/6a9754462c5335ae104e1793 Ohio woman learns fate in fatal dragging of driver who climbed onto her hood in road rage death te 2026-09-01T22:40:06.360Z Ohio woman learns fate in fatal dragging of driver who climbed onto her hood in road rage death An Ohio woman who dragged a DoorDash driver to his death following a fender-bender in a grocery store parking lot was sentenced last week to up to 5½ years in prison. Danielle Henry was handed the sentence after pleading guilty last month to aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of 38-year-old Ibrahim Diakite, WBNS-TV reported. Henry had just shoplifted and was driving a stolen car when she collided with Diakite in October 2025, at a Kroger parking lot in Westerville. The incident escalated, authorities said, when Henry fled the scene in her vehicle. PREGNANT WOMAN DRIVING HOME FROM PRENATAL VISIT SHOT DURING ALLEGED ROAD RAGE ATTACK: POLICE Diakite followed and pulled up in front of her at a stoplight. He got out and stopped in front of Henry's vehicle in an effort to prevent her from leaving. He then climbed onto the hood of the car. Henry drove off and sped up to 45 mph before jerking the car. Diakite was pulled under the vehicle and dragged for about 300 to 600 feet before he was run over, authorities said. TEXAS DOORDASH DRIVER GETS HIT BY A CAR FLEEING FROM POLICE AND STILL DELIVERS THE ORDER Diakite was later pronounced dead at a hospital. At the time of the road rage incident, Henry had several active warrants, including charges of theft, receiving stolen property, and failure to comply with police. "She was obviously willing to do whatever she could to keep from being caught by the police and showed herself to be a danger to the community," Westerville Police Chief Holly Murchland told the news outlet. Henry will be required to serve at least four years, and her driver's license was permanently suspended. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9751eb2c5335ae104e171d House Censures Republican Accused of Sexually Harassing Two Aides te 2026-09-01T22:30:03.485Z House Censures Republican Accused of Sexually Harassing Two Aides Representative Chuck Edwards received a formal rebuke on the floor after a speech in which he apologized for his conduct but said it did not constitute harassment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f9a2c5335ae104e16c1 Best hikes to try around Lubbock ahead of Texas Tech's week one matchup with Abilene Christian te 2026-09-01T22:20:10.094Z Best hikes to try around Lubbock ahead of Texas Tech's week one matchup with Abilene Christian With week zero of the college football season in the books, we turn our attention to the main course: week one. Dozens of college football games will be played this weekend in a ton of amazing cities across the country, and many of you will be making your way out to these venues to take in some of the action. Much like with week zero, we here at OutKick OutDoors wanted to give you some of the best hiking spots in some of the most unique and picturesque destinations, and this weekend on the docket is Lubbock, Texas. FIVE BEST HIKES IN TALLAHASSEE TO TRY AHEAD OF FLORIDA STATE AND NEW MEXICO STATE'S WEEK ZERO SHOWDOWN The 12th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders will be taking on the Abilene Christian Wildcats, and if you are making the trip to see this game in person, chances are you are going to want to explore all the natural beauty that the area has to offer. Much like with our week zero hiking spots highlight for Tallahassee, this one comes with a heat warning. HIKING ETIQUETTE RULES THAT SHOULD BE COMMON SENSE BUT APPARENTLY NEED TO BE SPELLED OUT FOR SOME PEOPLE West Texas in September is an oven, and it's a dry heat at that. You won't sweat quite as much as you might in the Florida Panhandle, but that just means the dehydration will sneak up on you, so make sure you're staying hydrated and dress appropriately. With all that said, let's unpack everything Lubbock has to offer. Consider this one the "must do" for anyone not from the Lubbock area. Lubbock Lake Landmark offers quintessential West Texas views and wide open spaces for a relatively easy hike. The entire trail includes nearly five miles of hiking and sits right along the Yellowhouse Draw, combining mixed-grass prairies with an archeological dig site. If you're into history, the trail takes you right past the excavation site and gives hikers a view of thousands of years of human occupation. And if the combination of West Texas views and archeological history doesn't sell you on Lubbock Lake Landmark, here's the real kicker: admission is free! You can't beat that price point. If you're looking for less of a "touristy" destination, Dunbar Historical Lake is the pick. The East Loop of the trail offers a two-mile hike that is a solid workout for beginning hikers, while the West Loop offers a more hilly, five-mile experience that will put your glutes and quads to the test. The actual elevation changes and dirt trails all winding around a lake will challenge you while also giving you some great views of the natural beauty that Lubbock has to offer. THESE ARE THE DEFINITIVE UNWRITTEN RULES OF CAMPGROUND ETIQUETTE EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW If you're a mountain biker, this site has some added appeal for you as well, as the trail is super popular among the biking community. Dunbar Historical Lake is super convenient to get to, sandwiched between several major thoroughfares, but it never feels too close to the urban sprawl. I promise they won't all be lakes! For anyone looking for the best scenery that Lubbock has to offer without venturing too far outside the city limits, Buffalo Springs Lake offers outstanding canyon and lake views. The 1.7-mile nature trail built by the Llano Estacado Audubon Society is definitely something to write home about, as you start out on the bluffs before making your way down towards the shores of the lake. Bird watchers will also get an added bonus, as there are plenty of different aviary species that call this park home. One thing to note, the trails aren't super well-manicured nor are they regularly groomed, so this is an example of "roughing it" for a hike. With that said, the trails are well worth it, and with the added camping, fishing, and water activities provided here, Buffalo Springs Lake should absolutely be on your list. Are you looking for wilderness vibes without straying from the city? Mae Simmons Park has you covered. You can get your fill of the Yellowhouse Canyon without ever having to leave the comfort of Lubbock at this local hidden gem. Both hikers and mountain bikers swear by Mae Simmons Park, and the trail network offers great views and wild terrain that ditches the conventional walking paths of most city hikes. Locals swear by this park, as hikers from the area give Mae Simmons Park high marks, and the Outer Loop Trail in particular is one worth checking out. Consider this an option if you don't want to burn an entire half a day driving to enjoy the great outdoors. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS This last one is a bit off the beaten path, but I promise it's worth it. For those of you making an extended stay in Lubbock, Caprock Canyons State Park is 90 miles outside the city limits, so make sure you dedicate a day for this one. With that said, the trail is simply astounding. Caprock Canyons offers 25 miles of trails, red-rock canyons, and challenging hikes for even the most seasoned veterans. If you happen to be one of those veteran hikers, might I suggest the Haynes Ridge Overlook, a 2.3-mile trail that is a serious workout and features a 600-foot ascent with some of the best views in the entire state. Wildlife lovers will have plenty to cheer about too, as the park boasts a large population of bison roaming throughout the area. There are so many trails to pick from, it's almost like a "choose your own adventure" in hiking form, so load up the car and don't miss out on this stunner of a state park. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f992c5335ae104e16b8 Republicans turn on House GOP lawmaker accused of late-night texts, lavish gifts to female staffers te 2026-09-01T22:20:09.318Z Republicans turn on House GOP lawmaker accused of late-night texts, lavish gifts to female staffers Nearly every House Republican joined all Democrats to admonish one of their own after a bombshell investigation found that the lawmaker had engaged in "unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" with his staff. The House voted to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., on a landslide 413 to 2 vote as Congress has grappled with multiple incidents of alleged sexual harassment and misconduct by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Only Edwards and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted against the resolution. The censure vote on Tuesday comes on the heels of a bombshell House Ethics Committee report released last month that recommended Edwards be rebuked for "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers." BAD BOSSES ON CAPITOL HILL COULD FACE RECKONING UNDER NEW ANONYMOUS STAFFER REVIEW PLATFORM The committee is chaired by Edwards' fellow Republican Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., but acts on a bipartisan basis to investigate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Guest noted on the House floor that the investigation did not find evidence that Edwards engaged in sexual activity, nor did he explicitly proposition the staffers, but that his "conduct toward two young female staffers was inappropriate and violated rules prohibiting sexual harassment," and that it created a hostile work environment. "The committee found that Representative Edwards was, at a minimum, blind to the reality and at worst dismissive of the impact his conduct had on the career and well-being of the women on his staff," Guest said. REPLACEMENT GOP NOMINEE NAMED AFTER REP CHUCK EDWARDS DROPS RE-ELECTION BID Ahead of the vote, Edwards told Fox News Digital, "They’ll make their argument, and I’ll make mine," and countered that the House Ethics Committee had abandoned "its own rules" in its handling of his case. That report detailed lavish gifts, trips, and the reading of a poem to one of the staffers, going to a staffer's home to perform chores, late-night personal texts, and taking one of the staffers to a casino, among other interactions. He ended his bid for re-election two days after its release. He disputed the report on the House floor — after apologizing to the pair of staffers at the center of the Ethics Committee’s probe, along with his wife and family — accusing the bipartisan panel of cherry-picking the context of the incidents to fit a specific narrative. He challenged the censure vote at hand and contended that his regret over the situation was "not an admission of sexual harassment." "Generosity is not sexual harassment. Caring deeply about the people with whom you've worked for years is not sexual harassment," Edwards said. "And conduct that is otherwise permissible does not automatically become misconduct, simply because enough individual moments are assembled together and viewed through the darkest possible ends." CAPITOL SEX SCANDALS SPARK PUSH TO BAN HOUSE LAWMAKERS FROM SLEEPING WITH STAFFERS Still, his arguments weren’t enough to dissuade his colleagues. Notably, the entirety of House Republican leadership voted for the resolution. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., who chairs the Democratic Women’s Caucus, contended that since Edwards "continues to show no remorse, it's obvious that Edwards refuses to understand sexual harassment or his abuse of power." "If we don't take action today, there is no opportunity for these women to receive justice," Leger Fernández said. Edwards became the 30th member of the House of Representatives to be censured, which carries the penalty of a public rebuke for his conduct but does not force him to resign from his seat. It also comes as other members of the House have grappled with their colleagues’ conduct in recent months. Earlier this year, former Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales both resigned on the same day. Swalwell resigned after being hit with allegations of rape and sexual assault, while Gonzales exited Congress after being accused of sexual misconduct with a former staffer, and after he admitted to having an affair with his former staffer, Regina Santos-Aviles, who later died by setting herself on fire. Both faced the rare threat of expulsion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f982c5335ae104e16af CBS chief Bari Weiss' reported involvement in viral El-Sayed report sparks debate among critics te 2026-09-01T22:20:08.479Z CBS chief Bari Weiss' reported involvement in viral El-Sayed report sparks debate among critics The alleged involvement of CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in a report about Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has fueled a fiery debate on social media. The network drew far-left outrage Monday for a report putting a spotlight on El-Sayed's deleted posts about 9/11 and linking them to the forthcoming 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack. "As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack," CBS News wrote Monday. CBS NEWS TAKES HEAT OVER REPORT ON DEM HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED'S NOW-DELETED 9/11 POSTS Later that evening, Status News reported that Weiss "praised the story during the network's daily editorial meeting" and that she "personally directed that the headline be tweaked to specifically mention that El-Sayed had deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attacks." Weiss' version of the headline, which was published, "Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks," provided context to the substance of the report. Fox News Digital learned the pre-Weiss headline originally read, "For Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Sept. 11 commemoration invites scrutiny of past remarks." SOCIALIST CANDIDATES CAN DELETE OLD POSTS, BUT THEY CAN'T ERASE THEIR RADICALISM Many on the left viewed Weiss' involvement in the El-Sayed story as a "scandal." "A major scandal for CBS," the liberal outlet MeidasTouch reacted on X. "It should be a scandal that a major American news network is now led by an overt, hands-on, undisguised Islamophobe but... it isn't. Islamophobia has been normalized in our media, and in our country. Shamefully," Zeteo founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan wrote. "Not a good look whatsoever," Democratic strategist and podcast host Dan Turrentine said. "Democrats: CBS must not be invited/allowed to host any debate in which Dem candidate appears," former Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared on the liberal social media platform Bluesky. "The penalty for gutter racism and toadyism to a MAGA/fascist regime is that you do not get accorded treatment as a real news outlet. PERIOD." Meanwhile, many conservatives laughed off the zealous reactions from the left and the report's findings about Weiss doing her job. "So she’s the editor-in-chief?" National Review senior editor Charles C.W. Cooke reacted. "How dare she improve the objective journalism of the entity she is responsible for," The Federalist editor-in-chief and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway replied. "An editor does editing. News at 11," Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross quipped. "Fascinated by the Bari Derangement Syndrome," GOP strategist Matt Whitlock reacted. "The Democrat candidate in the top Senate race in the country has been deleting tweets about how he feels about 9/11... After campaigning with a surrogate who said America deserved 9/11. Seems pretty newsworthy!" CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The CBS report cited El-Sayed's deleted social media posts, including some from 2020 comparing the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 to the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. Another post from Sept. 11, 2021, first uncovered by The Washington Free Beacon, read, "Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith. Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my country." UNEARTHED EL-SAYED ESSAY DRAWS EXPLOSIVE TRUMP-BIN LADEN PARALLEL: ‘RECRUITED, RADICALIZED AND REASSURED’ El-Sayed was confronted about his deleted posts by a local CBS News reporter on the campaign trail. "What happened on 9/11 is a disaster. It was a terrible attack on our country," El-Sayed said. "And our responsibility is also to think about, how do we build an America where we are protecting our servicemen and women from being asked to fight in wars we have no business fighting in?" A CBS News source familiar with the story previously shrugged off the criticism, telling Fox News Digital that reports about deleted social media posts from politicians are published "all the time." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f962c5335ae104e1698 Haitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent Suicide te 2026-09-01T22:20:06.724Z Haitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent Suicide The 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f952c5335ae104e168f Shooting at Tucson Gay Bar That Killed 2 Investigated as Hate Crime te 2026-09-01T22:20:05.866Z Shooting at Tucson Gay Bar That Killed 2 Investigated as Hate Crime Two men were fatally shot in the bar’s parking lot early Monday morning. The suspected gunman, who also died, was carrying a list of other L.G.B.T.Q.-friendly businesses, the police said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974f942c5335ae104e1673 Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name te 2026-09-01T22:20:04.206Z Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d462c5335ae104e163e Deadly mystery unfolds as canoeists are found unresponsive after midnight trip te 2026-09-01T22:10:14.251Z Deadly mystery unfolds as canoeists are found unresponsive after midnight trip Two canoeists were mysteriously found dead after setting out shortly before midnight on California's Tomales Bay — prompting an investigation.  The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said the canoeists were found unresponsive Sunday. Authorities have publicly identified only one of the two victims: San Francisco resident Casey Flynn Melia, 36. NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: 'A FREAK THING' The two individuals had been camping along Tomales Bay before setting out in a canoe shortly before midnight Saturday, according to officials. "When the pair did not return the following morning, members of their camping party alerted emergency services via 9-1-1," a statement read. "First responders immediately initiated a search-and-rescue operation." After finding Melia's companion "unresponsive in the water," rescuers later located Melia, who was "unresponsive near Hog Island."  US WARNS TRAVELERS TO AVOID PICTURESQUE COUNTRY AS SECURITY RAPIDLY WORSENS Both were subsequently pronounced dead. "A forensic post-mortem examination and routine toxicology testing are scheduled for later this week," the statement said. "The official cause and manner of death remain pending, awaiting the final findings of a joint investigation conducted by the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, the USCG [United States Coast Guard] and the NPS [National Park Service]." Officials added, "Because this remains an active investigation, no further details are available from the Coroner Division at this time." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Fox News Digital reached out to the Marin County Sheriff's Office for additional information. Nighttime kayaking has become increasingly popular in the Point Reyes area as visitors take to the water after dark to see bioluminescence, according to the NPS. The bay contains bioluminescent plankton that creates a blue-green glow in the water when disturbed.  But officials warn that kayaking after dark requires extra caution and additional safety measures. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "While kayaking at night, it is essential that you remain visible to other boat traffic," NPS's website states. "We strongly recommend the use of a working 360-degree light for all vessels, including kayaks and canoes." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The deaths come amid other recent tragedies involving visitors to national parks and remote wilderness areas. Earlier this month, a 68-year-old French tourist died after his vehicle became stuck in mud in Death Valley National Park, prompting him to set out on foot. In Australia, an 18-year-old hiker was found dead in dense bushland in Nattai National Park following an eight-day search. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d452c5335ae104e1635 Ted Cruz shuts down Trump Supreme Court talk with a fiery 'not just no, but hell no' te 2026-09-01T22:10:13.488Z Ted Cruz shuts down Trump Supreme Court talk with a fiery 'not just no, but hell no' Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has dismissed speculation about a potential Supreme Court nomination, saying his response to President Donald Trump would be "not just no, but hell no." Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Cruz said he would rather remain in politics than serve on the Supreme Court. "So look, my answer is not just no, but hell no. And listen, I don't say that lightly. I mean, it’s a big deal. The court is an institution I revere," Cruz told Hannity. ALITO NOT EXPECTED TO RETIRE THIS TERM, COOLING SUPREME COURT VACANCY SPECULATION: SOURCES "And a lot of people are surprised, because I've spent an awful lot of my professional life around the court, in the court. And for so many people, it is their life dream to do," he added. Trump has floated Cruz’s name for the Supreme Court in the past, joking he’d be the only nominee to get "100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote" because lawmakers would want to "get him out" of Congress. TRUMP CHEERS ALITO STAYING FOR ANOTHER SUPREME COURT TERM: 'ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME' Before entering politics, Cruz graduated from Princeton University and got his law degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, he clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and later worked in private practice. During his conversation with Hannity, Cruz called Trump a "good friend," despite their rivalry during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. He also said that federal judges typically have to stay out of politics and policy battles. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE PINPOINTS WHAT AMERICANS MISUNDERSTAND ABOUT HIM AND HIS COLLEAGUES "Because a principled federal judge stays out of politics and stays out of policy fights," Cruz said of why he would not want a seat on the bench. Cruz was sworn into the Senate in 2013. He previously served as solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008 and argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Texas Tribune reported that Cruz was among 20 potential Supreme Court picks on Trump’s 2020 short list. Cruz responded to his inclusion on the list in a statement on X, then known as Twitter: "I am grateful for the president’s confidence in me and for his leadership in nominating principled constitutionalists to the federal bench over the last four years," Cruz said. "It’s humbling and an immense honor to be considered for the Supreme Court. The High Court plays a unique role in defending our Constitution, and there is no greater responsibility in public service than to support and defend the Constitution of the United States," he added. At the time, Cruz said he had been "blessed to lead the fight to preserve our constitutional liberties" in the Senate and looked forward to continuing that work. Fox News's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d442c5335ae104e162c Ketel Marte booed in return to Arizona after declining to deliver a message to Diamondbacks fans te 2026-09-01T22:10:12.707Z Ketel Marte booed in return to Arizona after declining to deliver a message to Diamondbacks fans As the 2026 Major League Baseball season somehow draws to a close, one of the most bizarre and inexplicable stories is the saga of Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte. Marte, long one of the best players in baseball and a pivotal part of a team pushing for a wild card spot, decided not to show up to a game between the Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox at Fenway. He didn't tell anyone, including his teammates, manager, front office or coaching staff, that he wouldn't be at the ballpark. Didn't have a solid excuse ready, or a solid explanation, other than revealing a few days later that he was going for an MRI on his knee. His manager, Torey Lovullo, admitted that he felt "betrayed" by Marte's absence, and his teammates were clear that they also did not appreciate the fact that he didn't show up. The Diamondbacks' front office was also disappointed, saying it was a "complete mystery" and that the entire incident was "bizarre." KETEL MARTE'S UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE GETS STRANGER AS DIAMONDBACKS FIGHT FOR NL WILD CARD SPOT Marte eventually met with Lovullo and team executives at Chase Field in Phoenix, apologizing for his behavior and reaffirming his commitment to the team. And on Monday night, he finally made his return to the dugout as the Diamondbacks start a big series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Before the game, Marte answered questions from the media, including one in which he addressed how he'd handle speaking to the rest of the clubhouse. DIAMONDBACKS STAR SPOTTED AT CASINO DURING TEAM'S GAME AFTER NO-SHOWING TO STADIUM EARLIER IN THE WEEK "I'm going to stand in front of my teammates like a man," he said. "I'm going to ask for forgiveness. We're human, we all commit mistakes." As for what happened to lead to Marte's unexcused absence? Well, that's still unclear. "A moment of frustration," he explained. "No one made the decision for me, I'm the one that made the decision to not show up. I get along really well with Torey, and in that instance I failed him by not showing up," he added. Given that Marte missed so much time during a playoff race, fans were always going to have a difficult time accepting his absence. He was asked about that too, whether he had a message for the Diamondbacks' fan base after what happened, but Marte shook his head without giving an explanation. Well, those same fans clearly weren't thrilled about it. When Marte came up to the plate for his first at-bat, he was met with a chorus of boos. Boos that got louder after he grounded out in his first plate appearance. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! After the game, Marte explained that he hadn't understood the phrasing of the question asking what he'd like to say to the fans. "Going back to the press conference, when the question was made to me, I didn’t really quite understand the word that was used at that moment," he said. "I’m never going to stop loving my fans, and that’s what I want them to understand." English isn't Marte's first language, and he relies on an interpreter to talk to the media, so it's very possible he didn't fully understand the question. But his hat choice for postgame media availability raised some eyebrows and gave some cause to doubt whether that explanation was fully accurate. "May the bridges I burn light the way" is certainly a choice for someone who missed two weeks' worth of games late in the season. Marte has missed games in the past, and it's very possible that there are other mental health issues at work here, not to mention potential off-the-field problems. Supporting someone as they deal with off-field problems, personal issues, or other family concerns is part of fandom and sports in general. It’s hard, though, for fans to have grace when they aren’t given much explanation, justification or apology. But if Marte leads Arizona back to the playoffs, all might be forgiven sooner rather than later. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d432c5335ae104e1623 Conservative journalists fire back at Washington Post after report claiming Pentagon 'secretly installed' them te 2026-09-01T22:10:11.948Z Conservative journalists fire back at Washington Post after report claiming Pentagon 'secretly installed' them Conservative journalists attacked The Washington Post for a report on Sunday suggesting they were "secretly installed" by the Pentagon to push pro-Trump administration narratives. The article, written by Dan Lamothe and Tara Copp, suggested that former military members Rob Maness, Kurt Schlichter and Thomas Anderson were hired as "civilian employees" under the Pentagon, adding that each has supported Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and attacked critics of the Trump administration's military strategy. "The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's viewpoints and attack those who scrutinize the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter and corroborating material," the report read. It continued, "At least some of the influencers have been assigned to civilian roles that could lead to changes in policy, the people familiar with the matter said." HEGSETH ANNOUNCES JOINT TASK FORCE WITH DOJ TO PROSECUTE LEAKS TO JOURNALISTS 'WITH THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW' After the article was published, Maness, Schlichter and Anderson pushed back on its implications, accusing the publication of using illegally obtained information to frame them as federal plants. Each clarified that they were invited by the Department of War to take part as advisors in a task force studying senior service colleges through their military experience and past commentary on ways to improve the institutions. They added that they were previously compensated only for their roles in the task force, which has since concluded. "My service with the Department of War as a 'Special Government Employee' was exclusively limited to participation in such task force and ended on July 26, 2026," Anderson, under the account "Cynical Publius," posted to X Sunday. "At no time have I ever received any compensation of any kind from any government source of any kind for anything I write or have ever written on X or in any magazine or other source. Those who claim otherwise defame me. I proudly and unabashedly support the efforts of President Trump and the Department of War because it’s the right thing to do." FIRED STARS AND STRIPES STAFFERS SUE PENTAGON, ALLEGE RETALIATION AND FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION Maness wrote on X Monday, "The Washington Post article published about me attempts to establish a context with its subtitle that is completely fabricated, categorically false, and defames me. The article also publishes illegally obtained personally identifiable information from government data sources about me. I patriotically and unashamedly support the efforts of President Trump, Secretary Hegseth, and the Department of War to ensure we are producing senior officers who can win our nation’s wars because it’s the most impactful thing to do for America’s future." Schlichter published his own article critiquing The Washington Post in his column on Townhall.com on Monday. "The leftists who seized on this innuendo don’t care about the truth, and it’s irrelevant whether the regime media reporters wrote garbage on purpose or because they are grossly incompetent. I don’t argue with people who, through malice or ineptitude, act in bad faith unless I’m in court. But I will use this situation as a cautionary example of why the regime media is trash and why your contempt for it is so well-deserved," Schlichter wrote, adding that the original piece misspelled his name. HEGSETH EXCORIATES MEDIA, LIKENING THEM TO ‘PHARISEES’ IN TRUMP DEFENSE In a comment to Fox News Digital, Post journalist Dan Lamothe said the article was "accurate as written" in that neither the journalists nor the Pentagon "disclosed they were special government employees" while they were commenting on Pentagon matters. The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment. When reached for a comment, the Pentagon pointed to a comment written by Under Secretary of War Anthony Tata on X Sunday. "Senior officers deserve the best possible education: effective, unbiased & laser-focused on our core warfighting mission. @SecWar directed a Senior Service College Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of @DeptofWar SSCs. Its mandate: ensure these institutions are anchored in military history, strategy, high standards, meritocracy & overall excellence. That review is now complete. Special thanks to @RobManess, @KurtSchlichter & Tom Anderson for answering the call to serve on this Task Force. Led by Dr. Maurice L. Todd—ASW(R), PhD, MA, MS & top 5% West Point graduate—they delivered critical recommendations to strengthen our SSCs & prepare our military leaders to achieve peace through strength," Tata wrote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d422c5335ae104e160d Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits te 2026-09-01T22:10:10.108Z Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974d3d2c5335ae104e15f1 AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B te 2026-09-01T22:10:05.710Z AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a974ae82c5335ae104e1590 Carmen Electra turns heads in barely-there look during breakfast while on her European vacation te 2026-09-01T22:00:08.742Z Carmen Electra turns heads in barely-there look during breakfast while on her European vacation Carmen Electra chose a bold outfit to enjoy the most important meal of the day. In a recent Instagram post, the 54-year-old actress and model left little to the imagination when she shared photos from her "breakfast in berlin 🍓🍌." One of the photos shows the "Epic Movie" star standing near the breakfast table on her balcony in blue lingerie worn over it featuring adjustable drawstring ties hanging from each hip. She paired the look with a matching blue bra, which she cheekily pulled down in one photo and posed with slices of pineapples cleverly placed in front of her chest. CARMEN ELECTRA CHANNELS HER PLAYBOY PAST IN LEOPARD-PRINT BUNNY COSTUME ON THE RED CARPET In another photo, Electra is seen sitting down to eat in her bold breakfast attire, opting for various fruits, including berries, grapes, melons and Coca-Cola. "Still the most gorgeous ❤️❤️" one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added, "wtf🤔shes geting younger?🔥👍❤️" "Carm babes you look amazing!!!❤️🙌🔥" a third follower wrote and a fourth chimed in writing, "Whoa whoa whoa!! Breakfast for Champions 😎." Electra recently made her return to Playboy after she first appeared in the pages of the magazine in 1996 when she was 24. She made her return in Playboy's Summer 2026 issue, posing in fishnets and sheer black fabric. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE When speaking to Fox News Digital following her return, Electra encouraged women not to "let anyone tell you you're too old," adding, "that's a myth." "You are living your own life. You're not living your life for other people," she said. "And honestly, if you're manifesting that, that's what it's going to be for you. You have to change your thought process. You have to start telling yourself every morning, 'I'm beautiful. I'm good enough. I look great. I'm pretty.' Whatever it is that you want to be, you can be that." After making her Playboy debut in 1996, the "Baywatch" actress returned a few more times, gracing the cover in 2000, 2003 and 2009 for the magazine's 55th anniversary issue. Although she is one of the magazine's most iconic cover stars, she told Fox News Digital she didn't think she would appear in the magazine again, but that she is "happy" she did. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I just thought, 'I'm going to go with the flow of life,'" she laughed. "But look, I figured I'm already posting sexy stuff on my Instagram page. So why not? Let's go for it. Let's do it. And it's Playboy. Playboy is so iconic. So let's do it. And I'm so happy that I did." In addition to posing for the magazine, Electra also answered a series of fan questions, and gave her insight into what it's like dating as you get older. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE She assured women looking to date after a divorce, that if they are in their "'40s, you’re still so young" and that they "need to go have fun, keep having fun and live your life," while also letting men know what they should and shouldn't do when trying to get the attention of a middle-aged woman. "We do appreciate texting or calling appropriately," she said. "What you really need to do is make sure you don’t call her and say, ‘Hey, come meet me at a bar right now,’ when it’s midnight. That’s a huge no-no." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97488c2c5335ae104e151f Have You Felt Any Impact From Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’? Tell Us How. te 2026-09-01T21:50:04.720Z Have You Felt Any Impact From Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’? Tell Us How. To help us report upcoming stories, we want to hear whether President Trump’s signature domestic legislation has had any effect on your household budget. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97463a2c5335ae104e1472 USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ harm to elections under Trump vote-by-mail order te 2026-09-01T21:40:10.476Z USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ harm to elections under Trump vote-by-mail order A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower in a report published Sept. 1, 2026, alleged that USPS rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. (Photo by Simone Hogan/Getty Images) The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The unnamed whistleblower predicted the result could be “foreseeable catastrophic disruption to our coming nationwide elections based on the reckless pursuit of readying a new, insufficiently tested, poorly planned mail-in ballot screening system.” The system contains several massive flaws and, with virtually no time to spare before the November elections, USPS officials kept on developing an online verification system in violation of a Massachusetts judge’s injunction, the whistleblower said.  The system’s verification standard is “a zero percent failure rate,” meaning that any batch of ballots that contain any single ballot with an error would result in an entire batch being rejected, the whistleblower said.  The verification system itself is suspect due to a hurried and untested development of an online portal that states were to use to upload voter and ballot information for verification by federal officials, the whistleblower said.  Up against a tight timeline ahead of the midterm elections, the agency also continued to develop an online tool related to the regulation, despite the federal court order to pause the work, according to the whistleblower. No specific USPS officials were named as responsible for directing the work to continue in defiance of the courts. USPS did not immediately return a request for comment from States Newsroom. States were expected to begin using the system as soon as Tuesday, according to the whistleblower. Potential for millions of missing ballots The allegations from the whistleblower, a federal official whose exact role is not specified, were detailed in a report by Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit legal group that is representing the whistleblower.  Blumenthal, of Connecticut, attached the report to a letter to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner. “The apparently sloppy and rushed manner in which the Federal Ballot Mail Portal and supporting IT systems are being built poses significant risk,” the report said. “Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all.” The new policy, which President Donald Trump initiated in a March executive order, has been the subject of intense legal fighting over the past few weeks that continues with an appeal now sitting at the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. Democratic state officials and voting rights groups have said the regulation would likely disenfranchise voters. Blumenthal said the USPS should reject the policy entirely. “We urge you to abandon this ill-conceived, unconscionable plan and ensure that all Americans can exercise their constitutional right to vote, including by mail, without interference by USPS,” he wrote. ‘Problems at every stage’ In a final rule published Aug. 21, the Postal Service said states would use a to-be-developed online portal to upload information about the envelopes being used for mail ballots and the voters who received them. USPS would also use the portal to verify that all ballots and voters complied with the requirements set out in the new rule. But the project was beset with several challenges, in part spurred by the unrealistic timeline for development, the whistleblower said. The whistleblower’s disclosure “identifies problems at every stage of USPS’s development of the Portal, demonstrating deeply flawed plans for implementation,” Blumenthal wrote. A project of the portal’s size and importance would normally “take nine months to a year or more” to finish, according to the whistleblower’s disclosure. Smaller current Postal Service IT projects have been given eight-month timelines, according to the whistleblower.  USPS began developing the mail ballot portal in June, just three months before it was to be introduced and less than five months before Election Day, according to the disclosure. Individual elements of the tool have not been sufficiently tested, “rendering meaningful testing of the project impossible,” the whistleblower said. “The Whistleblower believes that there has been insufficient internal testing of the system,” the disclosure said. “Such testing is critical to determine whether it will work on September 1, when states could be expected to start using it.” Software developers on the project have “considerable concern” that the project skipped “standard principles of testing and debugging new software before launch,” the whistleblower said. One faulty barcode The IT problems heighten the danger of another major issue: a policy of rejecting entire batches of ballots based on a faulty barcode on a single ballot. According to the whistleblower, “the administration has hidden the high likelihood” that standard raises for major disruptions in ballot delivery.  “As presently designed, if even one bar code on one single ballot in a bulk-mailing of 10,000 ballots fails to properly scan during the verification process, the entire batch is rejected and sent back to the state – effectively stopping the ballots from being mailed to voters,” the report said. A misread barcode could result from something as simple as a voter’s changed name after marriage or a move of address, Blumenthal said. Court order The whistleblower said the USPS paused work for about a month after Judge Indira Talwani in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts issued an injunction against Trump’s executive order, finding, in part, that it likely violated the U.S. Constitution’s provision granting states the power to administer elections. But USPS officials then ordered work to resume on the project, in defiance of the judicial order that remained in effect, the whistleblower said. The whistleblower added that the agency ignored another temporary restraining order Talwani, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued last week and upheld Monday, and continued to work on the project. In his letter to Steiner, Blumenthal asked if that was true and posed several other questions stemming from the whistleblower’s report, and asked for a response by Friday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9746382c5335ae104e143f Falcons' Tua Tagovailoa gets roasted on social media after allegedly commenting on his own post te 2026-09-01T21:40:08.338Z Falcons' Tua Tagovailoa gets roasted on social media after allegedly commenting on his own post Tua Tagovailoa’s latest errant pass came in the comments section of his recent Instagram post. The 28-year-old quarterback posted six pictures on social media of him with the Atlanta Falcons and captioned the post, "For the A" with a salute emoji. However, his mishap came in the comments section. The quarterback appeared to comment on his own post, "We’re so proud of you!! You got this," with a heart emoji. The comment was deleted, and then his wife took to the comments section and posted a strikingly similar message. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "We are so proud of you! You got this!!" Annah posted with a heart emoji. The only difference between the comment from Tua’s account and Annah’s was the number of exclamation points. While the comment was quickly deleted, the internet caught the mistake and roasted the quarterback for the mishap. "Not even trying to hide the self-love is hilarious," one user wrote on X. "Tua forgetting the burner is comedy gold," another posted on X. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Oh brother this guy STINKS," someone else posted on X. Another called the message of self-support "His Daily Affirmations." OutKick reached out to Tagovailoa’s representatives for comment but did not immediately get a response. Tagovailoa signed a one-year contract with the Falcons after being released by the Miami Dolphins to compete with Michael Penix Jr. for the starting quarterback job. Tagovailoa seemed to have an inside track toward the starting job with Penix’s training camp debut delayed because of his recovery from a torn ACL. Tagovailoa has reportedly struggled in training camp, leaving the door open for Penix to take the job. However, Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski has not yet named a Week 1 starting quarterback for the team’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team carried four quarterbacks on its initial roster, with Cooper Rush and Jack Strand also on the roster. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9743df2c5335ae104e10da Colin Kaepernick is right about the NFL's 'performative' racism campaign — but he's also a hypocrite te 2026-09-01T21:30:07.627Z Colin Kaepernick is right about the NFL's 'performative' racism campaign — but he's also a hypocrite As part of an ongoing media blitz to promote his upcoming memoir, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick dismissed the league’s condemnation of racism as "performative." In an interview with NBC News, Kaepernick criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell over a video he released in 2020 amid nationwide protests following George Floyd’s death. "His response through that video was only because of pressure from players, not because it was altruistic," Kaepernick said. COLIN KAEPERNICK TO RECEIVE MUHAMMAD ALI AWARD FOR FIGHTING 'RACIAL INJUSTICE' In the video, Goodell said the NFL condemned "racism and the systematic oppression of Black people." "[Goodell’s message was] so laughable, in my mind, and so disingenuous," Kaepernick continued. "We had been trying to address the issue that the NFL created with blackballing me for years. To come out and say we should have listened on the back of that — while I’m still actively trying to play in the NFL — it’s so performative." Kaepernick is right. The NFL’s social justice campaigns and messaging are performative. Painting "End Racism" in the end zones and approving "Black Lives Matter" on helmets were ways for the league to signal its virtue. They were public-relations decisions, perhaps even financial ones, designed to avoid potential backlash from sponsors and consumers. ABDUL EL-SAYED DODGES 'RACIST NFL' CLAIM, CONTINUES DEFENDING COLIN KAEPERNICK The fact that Goodell, or anyone else, felt obligated to announce that the NFL does not support racism and the systematic oppression of black people perfectly exemplifies the term "performative." That said, Kaepernick is not the one to lecture anyone about fraudulent behavior. The former quarterback has spent the past decade performing, pandering, and spreading propaganda. His entire claim to activism is fraudulent. Most notably, Kaepernick participated in a Netflix docuseries in which he compared the NFL scouting combine to a slave auction. "Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod, and examine you. Searching for any defect that might affect your performance," Kaepernick narrated in Colin in Black & White. "No boundary respected. No dignity left intact. What they don't want you to understand is what's being established is a power dynamic." The scene then shifts to one in which players transform into enslaved black men in shackles while white slave masters bid on them and whip them. Meanwhile, Kaepernick continued trying to return to the NFL, despite comparing the process of entering the league to slavery. Imagine that. He is no more honest than Goodell or the sports media figures who championed his campaign. Kaepernick has not played in the NFL since 2016. He later filed a grievance accusing the league and its owners of colluding to keep him out. The case was settled in 2019, with neither side admitting wrongdoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9743dc2c5335ae104e10c6 On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent te 2026-09-01T21:30:04.566Z On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been in the majority in divided cases more times than any other chief since 1953. But not this time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97418a2c5335ae104e0fea Dan Le Batard thinks there are too many white NFL analysts, despite the racial makeup of his own company te 2026-09-01T21:20:10.482Z Dan Le Batard thinks there are too many white NFL analysts, despite the racial makeup of his own company Dan Le Batard is unhappy with the racial makeup of NFL analysts on television. He says there are too many white analysts and not enough black ones for his liking. "Luke Kuechly is now the up-and-coming broadcasting star that people like. When they look at Tony Romo and they put him on the bench for a while, they replace him with J.J. Watt," Le Batard said on his podcast. "[Rob Gronkowski] has a job, even though Gronk is a notoriously bad talker. I just wonder if you guys notice that the sport is disproportionately black, and the broadcasters that get hired are disproportionately white, and it’s on purpose. I’m asking the question. It’s to make it palatable to the broadest section of people." He continued, asking his co-hosts and listeners to, at least, notice the whiteness on air. "I’m just asking if you guys notice that all of the up-and-coming people are always the white guys. There aren’t that many white stars in football. There are plenty of black stars. Why are the white ones the only ones who get the broadcasting jobs?… I’m just wondering whether people notice. It’s always J.J. Watt. It’s always Luke Kuechly. As if there aren’t a bunch of Jonathan Vilmas out there that are available." JEMELE HILL POSTS MISLEADING STUDY TO SUGGEST THERE ARE TOO MANY 'WHITE MEN' IN SPORTS MEDIA Imagine hosting a sports show and choosing that as your topic on Sept. 1, just days before the start of the college football season and a week before the NFL season. For background, Le Batard has spent much of the past year complaining about the number of white people he sees on television. More on that later. Not only is Le Batard pandering, but his gripe is also invalid. He cherry-picked a few media hires while ignoring many others. Le Batard pointed to the promotions of Kuechly and Watt. Notice how he ignored ESPN adding Jason McCourty to Monday Night Countdown, the pregame show that will serve as bumper programming for the Super Bowl this season. He also neglected to mention that McCourty’s brother, Devin, is now a halftime analyst at NBC. CBS elevated Charles Davis to its lead college football game analyst role this offseason. Fox Sports recently added Robert Griffin III to its color-commentator lineup. Le Batard mentioned neither move. What’s more, the majority of NFL analysts at ESPN are black. Dan Orlovsky is the only full-time white NFL analyst who contributes daily across various programs. ESPN’s featured NFL analysts include Orlovsky, Mina Kimes, an Asian woman, and several black former players, including McCourty, Marcus Spears, Chris Canty, Andrew Hawkins, Louis Riddick, Sam Acho and Booger McFarland. We could continue. In fact, we could not find a major sports network where white NFL analysts outnumber black ones. DAN LE BATARD DEMANDS THE MEDIA MAKE JAXSON DART 'UNCOMFORTABLE' FOR INTRODUCING TRUMP So which network is Le Batard referring to and shaming? OutKick asked him that exact question Tuesday: "Dan, did you count the number of white vs. black NFL analysts in the industry? If not, why did you make a false claim that networks ‘disproportionately’ hire white ones over black? "I just looked at the rosters of ESPN, Fox, CBS and NBC. There are far more black NFL analysts than white ones." Notice that we did not include Meadowlark Media, the sports media company Le Batard owns and operates. It turns out Meadowlark is one company in which black people appear to be underrepresented on air. Meadowlark’s NFL show is hosted by Dave Dameshek, a white man. Other hosts on the network include David Samson, Brendan Hunt, Rebecca Lowe, Anthony Curcio and Jessica Smetana. All of them are, wait for it, white. The only non-white host we could find was Pablo Torre, who is Asian. RYAN CLARK MADE IT TOO DIFFICULT FOR ESPN TO JUSTIFY KEEPING HIM AFTER YEARS OF CONTROVERSY We asked Le Batard about the lack of black analysts and hosts at his network. We will update the story if he responds. But do not count on it. We also asked Le Batard about a previous comment he made on a similar topic. In July, he criticized ESPN for not putting any black faces in positions of leadership. "You’re gonna have a network run by McAfee and all of the white people now in charge there," Le Batard said about ESPN after the network fired Ryan Clark, whom he referred to as a "proud black man." As we noted at the time, Le Batard’s company also lacks black leadership and is made up mostly, you guessed it, of white people. He did not provide an explanation for his hypocrisy. Nor did he explain why he criticized the UFC for retaining Dana White, seen on video slapping his wife after she slapped him, and then apologizing, while employing Howard Bryant, who was arrested for allegedly beating and choking his wife. In sum, unless your workforce properly represents Bluesky’s preferred demographics, you best not get into the business of counting the skin colors of employees at a particular company. You will likely end up looking like a hypocrite yourself. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! And a poser. Dan Le Batard is a fraud. No serious person is that concerned about the racial breakdown of the people breaking down NFL games. He is pandering. He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9741892c5335ae104e0fe1 Houston mayor says his city is a better location than Austin for an NHL expansion franchise te 2026-09-01T21:20:09.534Z Houston mayor says his city is a better location than Austin for an NHL expansion franchise After a strong round of expansion over the last decade, bringing in the Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle Kraken and Utah Mammoth (who are considered an expansion team; confusing, I know), the NHL is looking to grow again. The league wants to add two more clubs, one of which will be based in Texas. The question is whether it will be Houston or Austin joining the league. Now, Houston's mayor is making his case for why his city is the best option for the league. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Both cities offer upsides. For Austin, the league has a chance to be the first of the four major leagues to set up shop there, a strategy that worked well in Las Vegas. However, Houston is currently the biggest media market in the nation without an NHL team, something NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly recently confirmed is a big factor in the decision. "We're ready. In fact, we're talking to multiple parties that are interested," Mayor John Whitmire said in an interview with The Sporting News. "So when we get a proposal, if the city can do something to a system, we'll be there. We'll definitely be a better location than Austin." Houston has never had an NHL team, but was home to the World Hockey Association's Houston Aeros in the 1970s. Since then, it has been home to some minor league teams, as has Austin. STANLEY CUP FINAL RATINGS SHOW OLYMPIC HOCKEY FEVER IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE UNITED STATES "I think [the NHL] would never regret it if they gave a franchise to Houston. They'd never regret it," Whitmire said. "Austin is a great city, but it's not Houston... If you talk to the sports franchises in town, I think they'd tell you we're great partners." Austin Mayor Kirk Watson's office has not replied to a request for comment on Whitmire's remarks. While the two Lone Star State cities battle it out for Club No. 33, some cities are still angling for Club No. 34. Atlanta is routinely coming up as a top destination, which would be the third time the league has put a team there. It's a large media market, and there are currently two competing arena projects in the works in the city's suburbs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9741882c5335ae104e0fd8 Pro wrestling star Tessa Blanchard joins Major League Wrestling, eyes top of women's division te 2026-09-01T21:20:08.570Z Pro wrestling star Tessa Blanchard joins Major League Wrestling, eyes top of women's division Tessa Blanchard has found a new pro wrestling home in the U.S. Blanchard revealed Monday in an interview with TMZ’s "Inside the Ring" that she is joining Major League Wrestling (MLW). The company said she will make her debut at MLW Fightland on Sept. 12 in Charleston, South Carolina. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK "Heavy is the crown, but legacy isn't handed to you... it’s forged under pressure," she said in a news release. "I’ve earned my place as one of the best in the world at what I do, but I’m not coming to MLW to rest on the Blanchard name. MLW is bringing some of the purest, hardest-hitting action in the sport today, and the ‘Undeniable Diamond’ belongs right at the top of it." Blanchard parted ways with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June. Blanchard is a third-generation pro wrestler. She’s the daughter of Tully Blanchard and the granddaughter of renowned promoter Joe Blanchard. She’s also the stepdaughter of Magnum T.A. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS MLW’s relationship with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) makes Blanchard a good fit for the company. The promotion has utilized CMLL talent during its shows and has run joint events together, including Lucha Apocalypto in Chicago this year. In CMLL, Blanchard has won the Women’s International Grand Prix and was a CMLL women’s tag team champion with Lluvia. She joins a division that already includes star-studded names like Shotzi, Scarlett Bordeaux, Lady Frost and Priscilla Kelly. Shotzi currently holds the MLW Women’s World Championship. Fightland is one of MLW’s major events on its calendar. Killer Kross, Matt Riddle, Austin Aries and Trevor Lee are expected to be on the card. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9741852c5335ae104e0fc5 Officer Charged in Shooting of College Athlete Who Knocked at Wrong Door te 2026-09-01T21:20:05.967Z Officer Charged in Shooting of College Athlete Who Knocked at Wrong Door Prosecutors said the police officer from Upper Pottsgrove, Pa., committed manslaughter when he fired on the student, who was returning from a night out at bars. A homeowner had reported a burglary in progress. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973f2e2c5335ae104e0f50 Open AI’s Astra model is on the way—and very good at breaking into computer systems te 2026-09-01T21:10:06.685Z Open AI’s Astra model is on the way—and very good at breaking into computer systems OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973cf02c5335ae104e0f0c Ex-Indiana deputy charged with felony for allegedly using Flock cameras to stalk girlfriend te 2026-09-01T21:00:32.433Z Ex-Indiana deputy charged with felony for allegedly using Flock cameras to stalk girlfriend A former Indiana sheriff's deputy has been charged in connection with abusing access to Flock camera technology to stalk his girlfriend for over a year by allegedly conducting more than 2,000 searches for her license plate. Skylar Thompson, 31, faces one count of official misconduct as a Level 6 felony and a misdemeanor count of fraud. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department discovered that Thompson used the Flock technology to conduct the searches between Dec. 31, 2025, and Aug. 2, during an internal audit of the system, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office said. POWERFUL CRIME-FIGHTING SURVEILLANCE GROWTH SPURS LAWMAKERS TO ISSUE WARNING: 'ORWELLIAN' Thompson reportedly listed his searches as "city planning/traffic analysis" despite never being assigned duties involving either duty, prosecutors said. The agency then asked the Indiana State Police to investigate. Thompson turned himself in to authorities Monday. He resigned from the sheriff's department the day he was confronted about the alleged abuse. He also drove to his then-girlfriend's home and admitted what he had done, WKBN-TV reported. FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS NEED CONSTITUTIONAL GUARDRAILS BEFORE FURTHER DEPLOYMENT, TENNESSEE MAYOR ARGUES "Law enforcement officers are entrusted with access to sensitive information and investigative tools, and that access must be used responsibly and only for legitimate law enforcement purposes," the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said. "No person is above the law, including those entrusted with enforcing it." Flock cameras have come under heavy scrutiny over privacy concerns and the potential for misuse. Flock Safety spokesperson Paris Lewbel defended the technology as an important public safety tool in a statement to Fox News Digital last month. "Flock’s technology is an important public safety tool for law enforcement agencies across Texas, helping officers solve serious crimes, find missing people, recover stolen vehicles, and support safer communities," Lewbel said. "We support thoughtful legislation and strong privacy, transparency, and accountability guardrails that ensure technology is used responsibly while preserving law enforcement’s ability to use effective tools to keep people safe," Lewbel continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973ce32c5335ae104e0ee6 Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more te 2026-09-01T21:00:19.943Z Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more The new features coming to Android are aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind users navigate their surroundings, and more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973cdd2c5335ae104e0ed9 New database tracks deaths in ICE detention; 4 in Arizona te 2026-09-01T21:00:13.386Z New database tracks deaths in ICE detention; 4 in Arizona Deaths in immigration detention have skyrocketed under the Trump administration, with more than 50 people dying while in civil detention across the country since Trump took office.  Four people died while detained at immigration facilities in Arizona under the second Trump administration. They are Serawit Gezahegn Dejene, Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, Oscar Rascon Duarte, and Emanuel Cleeford Damas — all of whom died at medical facilities after being held at local detention facilities.  That’s according to a newly launched database project called the ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard built by research group Relevant Research. The dashboard is based on public records and can be filtered by state, year and where the death occurred from 2018 to 2026.  “I write about these deaths because I want the public to understand the context and consequences of the U.S.’s growing immigrant detention system and I believe in making this work legible to as much of the public as possible,” wrote Austin Kocher, a longtime analyst of the immigration system, in a newsletter post announcing the database.  Tucson-based immigrant legal group The Florence Project has long documented medical neglect and poor conditions in Arizona’s immigration facilities. In a March 2026 report they highlighted inadequate prenatal care for pregnant women, shackling of patients hospitalized for serious illness, and dismissal of detainees’ complaints about pain and other symptoms.  Operational facilities where detainees are held in Arizona include the Eloy Detention Center and the Florence Correctional Center. Haitian asylum-seeker Emmanuel Damas was being held in custody in Florence before he died of an untreated tooth infection this year.  In the current environment, where tens of thousands more people are being arrested and detained under the second Trump administration than at any other time in the modern history of immigration enforcement, advocates have also raised concerns about what might not appear in the data.   There are two levels of reporting on immigration deaths required by ICE: one is a detainee death notification where the agency is expected to post details about a person’s death in custody on the website within two days. The other is a detainee death report, which the agency is expected to produce within 90 days.  But that process may not always catch suspicious deaths, or people who die after their release from detention.  One stark case is the death of 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos. Immigration authorities initially said Campos’ cause of death at an immigration detention camp in El Paso in January was from “medical distress,” but was later classified as a homicide by the medical examiner.  Screenshot of the map from the Ice Detention Mortality Dashboard The post New database tracks deaths in ICE detention; 4 in Arizona appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973ac62c5335ae104e0b89 Today's poll: Should graduates who attended an Arizona high school for at least two years qualify for in-state college tuition regardless of immigration status? te 2026-09-01T20:51:18.108Z Today's poll: Should graduates who attended an Arizona high school for at least two years qualify for in-state college tuition regardless of immigration status? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973abf2c5335ae104e0b80 Mohave College Soccer Schedule for September 4-22 te 2026-09-01T20:51:11.346Z Mohave College Soccer Schedule for September 4-22 Men Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973ab82c5335ae104e0b77 Mohave County Sheriff's Office seeking information on 1995 homicide cold case te 2026-09-01T20:51:04.092Z Mohave County Sheriff's Office seeking information on 1995 homicide cold case KINGMAN - Mohave County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations unit is seeking public help in an open homicide cold case investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973ab12c5335ae104e0b6e Jean Brady MCSO SIU.jpg te 2026-09-01T20:50:57.226Z Jean Brady MCSO SIU.jpg Jean Andrae Brady was 48 years old when her body was found June 25, 1995 in Standard Wash in Lake Havasu City. Her cause of death was determined to be multiple gunshot wounds. Mohave County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations unit… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973aab2c5335ae104e0b65 Cutter Boley wins Arizona State starting quarterback job te 2026-09-01T20:50:51.027Z Cutter Boley wins Arizona State starting quarterback job TEMPE – The wait is over. Arizona State named Cutter Boley its starting quarterback on Saturday, one week ahead of the Sun Devils’ season opener against Morgan State. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973aa42c5335ae104e0b5c Cutter Boley wins Arizona State starting quarterback job te 2026-09-01T20:50:44.423Z Cutter Boley wins Arizona State starting quarterback job Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham named Cutter Boley (pictured) his starting quarterback after practice on Saturday. Boley will lead the Sun Devils in their season opener against Morgan State on Sept. 5 at Mountain America Stadium Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973a932c5335ae104e0b21 Glen Powell reveals wild night with country stars ended with beer pong at Jelly Roll’s Nashville bar te 2026-09-01T20:50:27.691Z Glen Powell reveals wild night with country stars ended with beer pong at Jelly Roll’s Nashville bar Glen Powell recalled having a wild night out in Nashville with country music royalty while preparing for his role in the upcoming movie "The Comeback King." In the Judd Apatow-directed comedy, the 37-year-old actor plays Aubrey King, a disgraced country star who attempts to rebuild his life and career after experiencing a dramatic downfall. During a recent appearance on "Jimmy Kimmer Live," which was guest-hosted by Jelly Roll, Powell, who co-wrote the script with Apatow, explained how he collaborated with real-life country musicians and set out to fully immerse himself in Music City’s culture to make the project feel authentic. JELLY ROLL ROLLS AWAY FROM APOLITICAL PAST AFTER TRUMP JOKES SPARK MAGA AND ‘SNOWFLAKE’ LABELS "I've been a fan of country music my whole life and I wanted to make sure that we did this right," Powell told Jelly Roll. "We made it not about country music. We wanted to make it with country music." "And one of the things I did as we were like writing, I was like, "Oh, I want to get the full experience of writing with Nashville,'" he remembered. Powell recalled that he decided to team up with country singer-songwriter HARDY for a daytime writing session. "Did y'all write or did y'all go out drinking?" Jelly Roll joked. "We first wrote, then we drank," Powell replied. "So we wrote this great song. I was really excited about it. And then he's like, 'Hey man, we should go out and really hit the town.'" Powell said that he and HARDY joined his "buddies," country duo Dan + Shay, for an outing in Lower Broadway, Nashville's iconic entertainment district known for its packed honky-tonks and live country music. GLEN POWELL SHOTGUNS A BEER ON STAGE WITH COUNTRY SUPERSTAR LUKE COMBS "All of a sudden like one bar turned to 12," Powell recalled. "Oh, you went honky-tonk," Jelly Roll quipped. JELLY ROLL UNLEASHES CRUDE JOKES ABOUT TRUMP'S WEIGHT ON 'KIMMEL', 'FROM ONE FAT PIG TO ANOTHER' Powell remembered that 12 stops later, the group finally landed at Jelly Roll’s Broadway establishment Goodnight in the early morning hours. "We ended up playing beer pong there, I think, at like 3:00 in the morning," Powell admitted. "Let's go!" Jelly Roll exclaimed. "You strike me as a great beer pong player. How'd you fair?" Powell said that while he considers himself a "pretty good" player, he proved no match for HARDY. "HARDY smoked me," he said. "I'll be honest with you." "HARDY's an absolute rager," Jelly Roll agreed. JELLY ROLL HID PAINFUL 'SECRET' WHILE CELEBRATING AT AWARDS SHOW "Do you recall the first time you ever played beer pong?" the "Save Me" hitmaker asked Powell. "First time I ever played beer pong? Oh, wow. That's a good question. Do you remember yours?" Powell asked. "Well, I went to prison instead of college, so I missed the entire beer pong era, you know," Jelly Roll, who has been open about his past incarcerations quipped. "You know, I missed out on the whole prison beer pong experience, but that one's not on my bucket list," Powell joked as the audience laughed. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Jelly Roll was among the country stars including Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and Riley Green who made cameos in "The Comeback King." During his appearance on the late night show, Powell recalled how "The Comeback King" marks the first time that he has ever sung on screen. The "Top Gun: Maverick" star credited his voice coach Eric Vitro, his experience singing with his mother in nursing homes, and his sister Leslie for guiding him through the vocal preparation. Powell noted that Leslie, who is an accomplished singer-songer, "wrote a lot of music" for the movie. Leslie previously contributed music to some of Powell's other projects, including "Anyone But You," "Twisters" and "Set It Up." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The actor admitted performing his songs live on set in front of Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, and Brad Paisley was "the most terrifying experience" of his life. However, Jelly Roll praised Powell's performance, noting that he did not know what to expect before hearing Powell sing for the first time. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "And then this dude started belting, y'all, it's like he's been singing his whole life," Jelly Roll said. "It was unbelievable." "The Comeback King" is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 5, 2027. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a973a852c5335ae104e0afb X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money te 2026-09-01T20:50:13.108Z X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97386d2c5335ae104e0abc County renews search for answers in 1995 Havasu homicide te 2026-09-01T20:41:17.126Z County renews search for answers in 1995 Havasu homicide For more than 30 years, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has remained in possession of boxes belonging to Jean Andrae Brady: the remnants of her life, in the form of personal property recovered from a storage unit in Lake Havasu… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9738622c5335ae104e0a96 Methodist university denies operating 'hidden' DEI program after undercover video posted of school official te 2026-09-01T20:41:06.253Z Methodist university denies operating 'hidden' DEI program after undercover video posted of school official An official at Southern Methodist University was captured on undercover video describing what she called "a lot of maneuvering" surrounding the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to footage released by Accuracy in Media that purports to show how DEI initiatives continued under different names. The video, shared Monday by school-choice activist Corey DeAngelis, alleges SMU renamed its "Office of Diversity and Inclusion" the "Office of Cultural Intelligence" as part of an effort to keep DEI programming less visible. The SMU staff member, who is identified in the video by Accuracy in Media as Danielle Palomo, coordinator for community engagement, social change and intercultural engagement division of student affairs, said, "As you can probably imagine, we've had to do a lot of maneuvering in order to remain kinda hidden under a lot of things. But as long as we can keep doing what we're doing even to a smaller capacity, that is what we're going to do. We're going to do our best." JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES TITLE VI INVESTIGATION INTO DEI PROGRAMS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY In the video, an undercover journalist asks Palomo, "I was hoping to see if y'all had any existing like equity trainings that maybe y'all provide for staff faculty and that would give us an idea of what to go off of." Palomo responded, "So, all of that is held through our Office of Cultural Intelligence. As you can probably imagine, we've had to do a lot of maneuvering in order to remain kind of hidden under a lot of things. But my office in particular, we do — we have had trainings like that in the past with students." TRUMP DEI CRACKDOWN ‘MISSES CORE IDEOLOGY' AND MUST TARGET LINGERING DANGER ON CAMPUSES, WATCHDOG WARNS "It's not going to be as severe, hopefully, as some of the other public universities have had to deal with, but I know that the university is definitely finding its like 'P's and Q's' and it's slowly like working to like rename things and maybe do away with things," Palomo said in the video. While SMU is a private university, it holds 164 active federal grants totaling nearly $30 million from agencies, including the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Education, according to a May 2025 report by its independent student newspaper, The Daily Campus. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HIT WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OVER RACE, SEX-BASED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS The outlet also reported that SMU’s research and development spending has more than tripled since 2010, rising from $18.7 million that year to nearly $59.8 million in fiscal year 2023. The Trump administration has moved to restrict DEI initiatives at federally funded schools through executive actions and Department of Education directives, though federal judges have blocked portions of those efforts amid constitutional and procedural challenges. DOJ OPENS PROBE INTO PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE OVER ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION FAVORING MINORITY STUDENTS The Department of Education has also warned state education departments that they must remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies or potentially lose federal funding. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for SMU said, "SMU does not operate a hidden Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program. The University does offer activities under the Cultural Intelligence framework that was originally adopted in 2017. Cultural Intelligence focuses on the ability to learn from and understand different perspectives, strengthen relationships, and foster mutual respect and community." "Through this approach, we equip members of our University community with the skills to communicate, lead, teach, coach, and innovate effectively across different perspectives and experiences," the spokesperson added. "As with all University programs, SMU regularly reviews its practices to ensure they align with applicable legal requirements and our institutional mission." In a statement to Fox News Digital, school-choice activist Corey DeAngelis said, "The Trump Administration should pull every dollar of federal funding from universities that keep pushing DEI after pretending they shut it down. The radical left running these campuses is not rooting out Marxist DEI ideology. They are moving the goalposts, renaming offices, and hiding the same agenda under new labels like ‘cultural intelligence.’" CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION SLIPS AFTER BRIEF RECOVERY, GALLUP POLL FINDS He added, "SMU tuition is $63,736. Parents might be surprised to learn they are paying that much for a Christian university that is still pushing divisive far-left ideology. SMU also takes more than $25 million in federal funding each year. A school charging that kind of tuition does not need taxpayer money to keep DEI alive under another name. If they want to keep the ideology, they can do it without federal funds." Fox News Digital reached out to Palomo for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97385a2c5335ae104e0a8d Spanberger fact-checked after Trump mail-voting warning raises military ballot fears te 2026-09-01T20:40:58.809Z Spanberger fact-checked after Trump mail-voting warning raises military ballot fears Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger claimed the Trump administration was attempting to take away the ability of Americans serving overseas to vote by mail — despite the Postal Service’s final rule explicitly exempting military and overseas ballots from its new requirements. The Postal Service’s (USPS) final rule at the center of the dispute expressly exempts ballots covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) from the new federal ballot-mail requirements — though an Obama-appointed federal judge temporarily stayed key provisions of the rule Thursday. "If you are serving our country abroad, I believe that you should have the ability to cast a vote in our elections. The Trump Administration is attempting to take that ability away," Spanberger wrote on X on Aug. 29. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM RESTRICTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS The final rule says UOCAVA voters are excluded and explains that the separate treatment reflects the circumstances facing military personnel, their families and other overseas voters. Spanberger made a similar argument during a CNN interview after anchor Wolf Blitzer raised the possibility that Virginia military personnel overseas could be affected. CNN subsequently returned on air to clarify that UOCAVA ballots are exempt from the new USPS requirements. "The continued attacks that we're seeing from the Trump administration [are] really just an effort to get people fearful, to get to stay home, and in many cases, to eliminate what is a valid, safe, secure way for people to be able to make their voices heard and to vote," she said. Blitzer added that Virginia is home to "a lot of military personnel who totally rely on mail-in ballots if they want to be able to express their opinion." Spanberger agreed, pointing to members of the military and diplomatic services, saying the administration’s actions were impacting them along with other Virginians who find vote-by-mail "a better option." TRUMP SCORES SUPREME COURT WIN ON MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MIDTERMS Spanberger did not respond to a request for comment, but when reached, a representative for CNN said Blitzer issued an on-air correction Monday. "On Friday, I interviewed the Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger. We discussed legal challenges to the Trump administration's directives for the Postal Service on mail-in voting," Blitzer said in the correction. "A comment that may’ve suggested that U.S. military and overseas voters' ballots would be impacted by these directives -- I want to be clear right now, those ballots are exempt from the Postal Service's new rules implementing the president's March executive order. Those groups are covered under [UOCAVA], just to be specific on that point." An X community note added as an appendix to Spanberger's tweet of her exchange with Blitzer also surfaced the correction. "Military and overseas voters' UOCAVA ballots are explicitly exempt from the USPS rules implementing the March 2026 executive order; service members abroad can still register/request absentee ballots via the Federal Post Card Application," it read. Several users also pushed back and cited federal statute as well as the USPS’ own rule. Others said the governor was allegedly "lying" and suggested she should know of UOCAVA as a former CIA officer. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, picked up on her original tweet, responding that he had personally discussed overseas military voting with Trump "many times" and said Trump had consistently made clear he did not want to interfere with Americans serving abroad voting by mail. "This is completely false," Lee tweeted. 2028 DEM HOPEFUL SLAPS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH LAWSUIT OVER MAIL-IN VOTING AFTER MAJOR SCOTUS VICTORY The Supreme Court in August handed Trump a largely favorable procedural ruling, staying an earlier injunction after finding that the states’ challenge was premature at that stage. The ruling did not decide the legality of the administration’s mail-voting policies on the merits. America First Legal President Gene Hamilton previously told Fox News Digital that the court prevented the administration from being effectively "enjoined from thinking" before agencies had settled on concrete policies. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The broader fight over Trump’s mail-voting push remains unresolved. The Supreme Court stayed a judge's earlier injunction after concluding the administration was likely to prevail on its argument that the challenge was premature, but her latest temporary restraining order sets up yet another speed bump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9738532c5335ae104e0a84 Uber lets parents watch teen rides live te 2026-09-01T20:40:51.314Z Uber lets parents watch teen rides live School, soccer practice, a shift at work or a friend's house. Teens have places to go, and parents can't always be there for every ride. Uber is giving families a new way to check in. The company is adding live video streaming to Uber Teen Accounts, allowing a linked parent or guardian to see their teen inside the vehicle during an active ride. The feed comes from the front-facing camera on the driver's smartphone. Uber says the feature is live now in nine U.S. markets. Uber plans a nationwide rollout over the coming weeks. If you have a teen who uses Uber, the idea may sound reassuring. However, a live camera inside the car also raises privacy questions. Who can watch? Does Uber see the stream? What happens to the video after the ride? Uber gave CyberGuy more detail on exactly how the feature works. Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the Protect Your Money replay Our free CyberGuy LIVE class, Protect Your Money From Today's Biggest Threats, has ended, but you can still watch the full replay and download our financial protection checklist. 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The parent can tap the notification and watch the live feed through the driver's front-facing smartphone camera. Uber says both the teen and the driver receive a notification when the parent begins watching. Everyone inside the vehicle knows when the live stream is active. Only the parent or guardian linked to the teen's account can view the live video during the trip, according to Uber. Uber also told CyberGuy that the company cannot access the live video in real time. The feature is starting in a limited number of U.S. markets before expanding more broadly. Uber told CyberGuy that live video is currently available in: Uber says it will roll out live video nationwide over the coming weeks. Keep in mind that availability also depends on whether the driver has live video enabled. This is the privacy detail parents should know before using the feature. Uber says the live video is encrypted. After the trip, the driver cannot access the recording. The teen cannot access it either. The linked parent or guardian also loses access once the ride ends. However, the encrypted recording does remain on Uber's servers for a period of time. Uber told CyberGuy that the encrypted video recording is automatically deleted after 14 days, unless it has been shared as part of a safety report. The company says it may access the decryption key when investigating a reported safety incident. Uber says that access is limited to that safety investigation. If a submitted file becomes part of a safety-related report, Uber says it will keep the file according to its data retention policies. So, parents get a live view during the ride, but they cannot go back later and replay the trip. AI CHATBOT PRIVACY: WHAT YOUR AI MAY KNOW ABOUT YOU Uber says Teen Accounts grew from an idea from parents and feedback from drivers. Since launching in 2023, the service has expanded to more than 50 countries. Uber says families now use Teen Accounts for tens of millions of trips every year . Live video builds on safety tools already available for teen rides. Parents can use live trip tracking and PIN verification. Uber also offers audio recording as another safety feature. The new video option gives parents something a map cannot provide: a real-time look inside the vehicle. For a parent watching a ride take an unexpected turn or run longer than expected, that extra visibility could be reassuring. I can see why this feature will appeal to many families. Watching your teen safely travel across town can offer reassurance that a moving dot on a map cannot provide. At the same time, you are introducing a camera feed into the ride. Parents should understand what happens to that video before deciding how often they want to use it. Uber says only the linked parent or guardian can watch the stream live. The company also says it cannot access the live feed in real time. However, an encrypted recording can remain on Uber's servers for up to 14 days. Uber says it may access the decryption key when investigating a reported safety incident. That setup gives families more visibility during the ride while leaving an encrypted copy with Uber for a limited period afterward. Live video can be helpful, but a few simple habits can make teen rides safer from the start. It is also worth reminding your teen to trust their instincts. If the driver, vehicle or situation looks different from what appears in the app, they should stay out of the car and contact you. If your teenager already uses Uber, live video gives you another way to check on a ride without repeatedly calling or texting. Still, I would talk with your teen before the feature becomes part of your routine. Some parents may want to open the feed only when something seems off. Others may check briefly at the beginning of a ride. The right approach will depend on your teen's age and how much independence your family is comfortable giving them. Also, remember that live video depends on the driver having the feature enabled. You should still pay attention to the trip details shown in the Uber app. Technology can give you more visibility, but your teen should also know what to do when a ride feels wrong. RIDESHARE DRIVER ARRESTED IN ALLEGED SCHEME TARGETING IVY LEAGUE STUDENTS FOR SEX: PROSECUTORS I like that Uber is giving parents more visibility into teen rides and alerting both the driver and teen when a parent starts watching. That transparency makes sense when a camera enters the ride. Still, parents should understand the full privacy picture. The live feed ends for the family when the trip ends, while an encrypted recording can remain on Uber's servers for up to 14 days. Uber says it may decrypt that recording when investigating a reported safety incident. For me, live video works best as a tool you can reach for when you need reassurance rather than something you feel compelled to watch for an entire ride. Teens need opportunities to build independence. Parents also need practical ways to respond when something feels wrong. Would you feel safer knowing you could watch your teen's Uber ride live, or does a camera inside the car cross a privacy line for you? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97384c2c5335ae104e0a7b LOVB owner defends WNBA’s Caitlin Clark handling, sees women’s sports as investment opportunity te 2026-09-01T20:40:44.093Z LOVB owner defends WNBA’s Caitlin Clark handling, sees women’s sports as investment opportunity Chantell Preston thinks the WNBA has done a good job handling Caitlin Clark and the popularity she brought to the league. That is ... a generous interpretation. Preston, a healthcare entrepreneur and author of The Success Lie, is a co-founder and owner of the incoming San Francisco Signal, a League One Volleyball franchise. She also owns a stake in LOVB, the women’s professional volleyball league. "Caitlin Clark’s done some phenomenal things for women’s sports as a whole," Preston told OutKick. "What Caitlin Clark has been able to do and the visibility that she’s brought to the WNBA has been invaluable to not just the WNBA, but all sports." LOVB FRANCHISE OWNER SAYS TRANSGENDER ATHLETES 'SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY' IN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Clark brought record ratings, sold-out arenas and a fan base the WNBA had spent nearly three decades trying to find. Preston said the league didn't do everything perfectly, but she believes it handled the moment well. "Nothing’s ever perfect," she said. "And I think they’ve done a good job. I think there’s still some areas of opportunity." In May, the WNBA promoted a Fever game on NBC and Peacock with a social media graphic featuring A’ja Wilson, Angel Reese, Zia Cooke and Fever guard Raven Johnson, who was averaging one point per game at the time. Clark wasn't included. ESPN followed in July with a six-part documentary about the WNBA’s growth. It centered on Wilson, Napheesa Collier and DeWanna Bonner. Clark appeared in game and All-Star footage, but the documentary didn't interview Clark or feature her in any storylines, and barely acknowledged her role in the league’s popularity boom. The filmmakers also didn't answer OutKick’s questions about whether they asked Clark to participate. Preston would rather see attention on the league’s players than the drama surrounding them. "How do we focus on the positive, not the negative?" she said. "Talk about the incredible players that are coming in, the ones coming from college. You’ve got Caitlin Clark, but then you’ve also got three or four other players that have come up in the last few years that are making huge, huge differences." Preston said the league shouldn't sell only one player. "It doesn’t have to be one individual," Preston said. "It can be multiple individuals, but really focusing on what they’ve done well for their teams and how they can help as a whole. It’s about visibility and storytelling." The WNBA doesn’t need to put Clark on every graphic because she’ll get people to watch either way. But it also can’t act like she isn’t the main reason those people are tuning in. CAITLIN CLARK HELPS WNBA SHATTER ANOTHER TV RATINGS RECORD AS FEVER-DREAM DRAWS MASSIVE AUDIENCE Fever-Sky on Aug. 23 averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. It was the most-watched WNBA regular-season game since the league’s opening weekend in 1997 and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. Fever-Aces in July averaged 2.64 million viewers, the second-largest WNBA regular-season audience of the season. ION Sports left Clark off an August graphic naming its five MVP candidates and fans were not thrilled. It's not just the league that has seemed eager to ignore Clark's impact. ION’s graphic was another example of the disconnect between how the sport is often marketed and what viewers are actually watching. Some people who came to the WNBA for Clark will stick around for Wilson, Collier, Bueckers or another player, and some will only watch games that involve Clark. Let them. But the league is not helping itself by arguing with the audience it has. Preston said she spent three years looking at different leagues before putting money into LOVB. "When I’m looking at businesses to invest in, I’m looking at where can I get the best return on my investment?" she said. "For a long time, people say, ‘Oh, well, invest in women. It’s charity.’ No, it’s not." It's refreshing to hear Preston say that women's sports leagues should act like businesses. Some of the biggest complaints about the WNBA come from the idea that it's run like a charity instead of as a for-profit entity. For a long time, that was simply the truth. The WNBA has long operated with NBA backing and has reported losses, but Clark’s arrival changed the economic conversation. The league hasn't adjusted to the audience and money that followed. WNBA SUDDENLY WANTS TO STICK TO BASKETBALL AFTER YEARS OF MAKING POLITICS PART OF THE PRODUCT Preston is betting on volleyball following a similar trajectory. She said youth participation and the Olympic audience helped convince her that the sport presents a new opportunity. "Volleyball is the No. 1 girls’ sport in the U.S.," Preston said. "You look at how many people watch it in the Olympics, there’s a lot of tailwinds and we see growth." LOVB began play in 2025 and has announced expansion franchises in Los Angeles, Miami, Minnesota and the San Francisco Bay Area to start play in 2027. Preston said she also liked that team owners hold a stake in the league. "We own part of the team, and we own part of the league," she said. "So everyone’s aligned. When the league is doing well, everyone’s doing well. When teams are doing well, everyone’s doing well." That doesn't mean she assumes women’s sports will keep growing forever. "We’re not quite sure," she said. "Is this sustainable for all sports, women’s sports, or is it just the WNBA?" Preston thinks the next few years will depend on brands and media companies. "If the brands and the media come together and realize that there’s a great opportunity to support women’s sport, I think that to me shows sustainability across the board," she said. LOVB has to give people a reason to care about its players, too. "It’s our responsibility and job to make sure that we’re telling the stories of those players so they become household names," Preston said. "That’s the storytelling, that’s the branding." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9738452c5335ae104e0a72 UN pushes nations to consider slavery reparations but legal group says idea 'not going to fly in the US' te 2026-09-01T20:40:37.721Z UN pushes nations to consider slavery reparations but legal group says idea 'not going to fly in the US' The United Nations (UN) said on Monday that countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and other measures to address what it says is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination, but an attorney seeking to shut down the effort insists it won't work in the U.S. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is calling on "States to implement comprehensive restorative justice, combining compensation, restitution, rehabilitation and structural reforms," the UN News reported. "Irrespective of the legal characterization of the original historical acts, States Parties remain bound by their present obligations under the Convention to address structural inequalities," the UN document states. Guidance published by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination stated that the obligations stem from a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination, not from the legal standards that existed during the slave trade era. 1619 PROJECT CREATOR CLAIMS PAYING REPARATIONS WOULD BE ADMISSION THAT US EXISTENCE IS A 'CRIME' "It's just outrageous that the United Nations comes in and tells countries that they have to give free money away to their citizens," Michael Bekesha, a senior attorney at Judicial Watch, told Fox News Digital. "I mean, who are they to say what we can and can't do? The bigger issue for Judicial Watch and something we'll be watching is if the States were ever to do something like this, they would have to follow our Constitution and our laws, and the UN doesn't care about that … whatever the UN is thinking isn't going to be constitutional and is not going to fly in the United States." Bekesha made the comments after the DOJ joined their class action lawsuit challenging the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program in the City of Evanston, Illinois. TRUMP ADMIN VOWS TO STOP REPARATIONS PROGRAMS, ACCUSES OFFICIALS OF 'VIRTUE SIGNALING' TO GET 'VOTES' The DOJ contends the Chicago suburb's initiative unlawfully distributes public benefits based strictly on race and ancestry. The DOJ’s proposed complaint alleges that the program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as the Fair Housing Act, because the housing-related financial assistance is distributed on the basis of race. The litigation began in May 2024 when Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of six non-Black descendants of Evanston residents, arguing they were unconstitutionally excluded from the program.  The announcement came after the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution earlier this year declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity and for member states to pursue reparations to rectify "historical wrongs." The implementation of reparations has been a growing trend in the United States, spanning from the East to West Coast. Evanston, Illinois was the first U.S. municipality to establish a reparations program and later began providing $25,000 benefits to eligible Black residents and descendants to address the city's history of housing discrimination. CHICAGO SUBURB LOCALS HOPE REPARATIONS ADDRESSES 'AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES' AS BLACK POPULATION DWINDLES Despite efforts to issue reparations, some of these programs are facing obstacles due to budgetary or legal pressures. While some states and local governments push for reparations, "financial compensation alone is not sufficient," according to the CERD. The committee additionally called for comprehensive measures beyond financial compensation.  "It also advocates for comprehensive and far-reaching remedial measures, both financial, non-financial and structural, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-recurrence," UN News reported. Reparations can take many forms but broadly refer to payments or other compensation intended to address harms suffered by Black Americans and their descendants because of slavery or discriminatory government policies. "To ensure the effectiveness of reparations, they advocate the implementation of national action plans with specific deadlines, developed in consultation with people of African descent and the committees in charge of reparations," UN News reported. Bekesha added that reparations are by nature discriminatory. "The Evanston case of Judicial Watch in the United States were to win this case, it would show not only the United Nations but every other state and city in the United States that you cannot in the United States provide benefits to individuals solely based on the color of their skin," Bekesha said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97383e2c5335ae104e0a69 Ex-NFL star believes Odell Beckham Jr 'still better than most of the receivers' in NFL as he returns to Giants te 2026-09-01T20:40:30.100Z Ex-NFL star believes Odell Beckham Jr 'still better than most of the receivers' in NFL as he returns to Giants The full circle career moment for Odell Beckham Jr. truly hit its peak on Tuesday when the New York Giants announced that the 33-year-old receiver, who became a household name with the franchise over a decade ago, will be wearing the No. 13 after making the 53-man roster out of training camp. Giants fans have been hoping Beckham would show new head coach John Harbaugh and the rest of the offensive staff enough to warrant a roster spot to open the season, and even at 33 years old and seven years removed from being a Giants superstar, Beckham did just that. Beckham told reporters that Harbaugh put his arm around him and congratulated him on making the team following a solid final preseason game against the New York Jets. The former first-round pick out of LSU has been through quite the career rollercoaster since he was traded to the Cleveland Browns by former GM Dave Gettleman in 2019, but he’s excited for this second chance to do what he envisioned when he was drafted in 2014: win a championship in New York. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Beckham’s return to New York has fans and peers alike celebrating with him, including former Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, who told OutKick that Beckham’s movement and performance with the Giants certainly earned him a spot on an NFL 53-man roster. "I mean, there’s no scenario — I don’t care what camp he was in on any of the other 31 teams where he wouldn’t have made the team," Ochocinco said, while highlighting his partnership with DraftKings. "A healthy Odell that can create separation, that can beat any DB, that is still fast, that can take a slant route or hitch route and take it 80, 90, 70 [yards]. Whatever it may be. Odell Beckham Jr., even at 33 years old, that can still take the top off a defense? That Odell? ODELL BECKHAM JR EYES HIS OLD NUMBER AMID DRAMATIC RETURN TO THE GIANTS "I don’t need him to be the Odell of old that was with the Giants when he first got there. I don’t need him to be the Odell in his prime. I need him to be the Odell that, when your opportunities come, make the most of those opportunities. Those few opportunities he does get? He can take a slant to the house. He can make people miss. He still has flashes of greatness. I don’t need him to be the old Odell. But even at 33, Odell is still better than most of the receivers in the NFL. And not your elite receivers — let’s be realistic here." The patented separation and speed that Beckham is known for was on full display throughout training camp and the Giants’ preseason games, where he had ample opportunity to prove himself in a crowded wide receivers room. But to Ochocinco’s point, the Giants are not expecting Beckham to be their top dog once more, even if he is back in his old threads wearing his old number. Malik Nabers, whom the Giants hope will be ready for Week 1 against the Dallas Cowboys, is another first-round pick out of LSU who has shown flashes of greatness. He heads into his third season coming off a severe knee injury suffered in Week 4 of last year, but should be the top dog in terms of targets and catches. Ochocinco, then, is thinking about those other opportunities where Beckham is going to have to make the best of what he’s given. "Now, making an impact, it all comes down to the opportunities that he’s given. That’s what it comes down to," he explained. "Preseason’s one thing. Now, game-planning and having plays for him, that’s a completely different animal. "You have a group of receivers, all of them do something different. There’s some things they do well and there’s some things they don’t do well. Where are those opportunities and where will Odell go do what he does well? It’s not going to be like it was years ago, it’s just not. You have to understand that, especially at 33. They weed you out of the offense once you start to hit your 30s in general anyway." Ochocinco admits he has "no idea" what the Giants and their new offensive coordinator Matt Nagy have in store for Beckham. Still, the fact he made the roster says everything you need to know: Harbaugh and the Giants believe in Beckham to make an impact — whatever that may be. "They got to use him. He’s special even at 33," Ochocinco said. Come Week 1, Giants fans will dust off their own No. 13 jerseys and wear them to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the return of their former mercurial superstar. Beckham, meanwhile, will be waiting for an opportunity to help his team — no longer his old team — earn a win against an NFC East foe. We’ll see how the 17-game-plus season shakes out for Beckham, but Ochocinco is simply happy because football is back, and he’s excited to impact the fan experience with DraftKings. "DraftKings Gameday," which will take place on Sept. 2, was announced on Monday with quite the activation as it celebrates the first football season with DraftKings Sports & Casino available in all 50 states. As a way to fuel fans with the return of football, DraftKings will be offering free gas, while supplies last, to passenger vehicles at select gas stations in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Detroit. Specific locations and event times will be announced separately. "For me, I think it’s fun because who else would do something like this outside of DraftKings? This is a great touch for NFL fans to start the season," Ochocinco said. "We’re giving you free gas, so when your respective team plays, you’re fueled up to go. And word of mouth will be, ‘You won’t believe this? You know what DraftKings did? I was able to save money and get tickets to go to a game because they paid for my gas.’ That makes sense." There will also be exclusive DraftKings Gameday promotions for customers, a customized in-app experience, in-person activations, a charitable donation through the DraftKings SERVES program and a new campaign featuring Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas this season. "It’s all about the fan experience, so some of the offers and luxuries throughout the season is what sets us apart from everybody else. I’m happy to be a part of them," Ochocinco said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97382c2c5335ae104e0a57 Jerome Smith, Freedom Rider Who Challenged Robert Kennedy, Dies at 87 te 2026-09-01T20:40:12.718Z Jerome Smith, Freedom Rider Who Challenged Robert Kennedy, Dies at 87 He castigated Robert F. Kennedy for failing to protect civil rights activists, forcing the attorney general to reckon with the depth of Black anger. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97339b2c5335ae104e09a3 Dick Van Dyke shocks fans by posting inversion table workout at age 100 te 2026-09-01T20:20:43.847Z Dick Van Dyke shocks fans by posting inversion table workout at age 100 When it comes to his fitness, Dick Van Dyke is not slowing down anytime soon. On Friday, Van Dyke, 100, shared a video of himself stretching on an inversion table. "#DVD100 1/2 workout inversion table #keepmoving," he captioned the clip, which he shared on Instagram on Friday, Aug. 28. ‘A MAN WITHOUT LOVE’ SINGER ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK CREDITS UNDERWATER WORKOUT FOR KEEPING HIM ‘ALIVE’ AT 90 Fans took to the comments section to gush about the actor and his athletic skills. "I love this, let's all work out with DVD! We need you in this world and it makes me happy to see you!" one fan wrote, while another said: "Thank goodness you're doing amazing. Stay healthy." Other comments from fans include: "He's showing all of us what we could be doing. I'm not of course," "Stretching will definitely help you stay in your best shape," "Truly amazing and inspirational," "This is why you're going to outlive us all and I'm happy to be here for it." One fan said "Protect this man!!" while another simply wrote: "Very impressive!!!!" Last year, Van Dyke wrote an essay for The Times U.K., which described how staying active has been key to keeping himself physically strong and mentally sharp. "I still try to hit the gym three times a week," he explained. "I don’t know why this is something I still want to do, but it is. I’m not a ‘wake up and go back to bed’ type just yet, unless it’s cold and rainy. If I miss too many gym days, I really can feel it — a stiffness creeping in here and there. If I let that set in, well, God help me." WILLIAM SHATNER SAYS HE'S 'TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS' AT 95: 'THE LEAST OF ALL I WANT DO IS DIE' "At the gym, I usually do a circuit, going from one machine to the next without a break, in a circle," he said. "I start with the sit-up machine. Arlene says I could do 500, but that might be exaggerating. Then I do all the leg machines religiously, because my legs are two of my most cherished possessions. And then the upper body." "The secret ingredient is the music," he continued. "Most of my humming and singing really happens when I’m going from one machine to another. By ‘going’ I mean dancing. You heard me — dancing! And if I’m really feeling it, I’m no quiet warbler; I’m a Broadway belter." ELLEN BURSTYN ON THE HABITS SHE GAVE UP TO STAY THRIVING AT 93 YEARS OLD Van Dyke also gave up cigarettes and alcohol decades ago. And when he’s not breaking a sweat, Van Dyke makes it a priority to find something to be grateful for each day. "He came out of a small Midwestern town," filmmaker Steve Boettcher said. "He wrote a couple of books ago about his hometown, Danville: ‘There’s a rich side of town, and there’s a poor side of town, but there’s not a bad side of town in Danville.’ I think he has a way to see that everything is great in life. He believes there’s always 90% of life that is great and 10% that’s probably not as great — and he’s always focused on that 90%." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9733922c5335ae104e099a Miami waitress accused of extortion & threatening to send intimate pics after learning she was the other woman te 2026-09-01T20:20:34.573Z Miami waitress accused of extortion & threatening to send intimate pics after learning she was the other woman Let me start off by saying that I'd never want to discourage anyone from following their heart. There are plenty of success stories out there from people who weren't led astray. This is not one of those stories. Warning signs surrounded this businessman's decision to pursue a relationship with a waitress he encountered while she was on the job. Chief among those signs was the fact that he was already in a relationship with someone else. Another contributing factor to the downfall of this short romantic relationship with the waitress is that she didn’t know about his girlfriend. THIS SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING: SENDING YOUR EX'S NUDE TO HER BOSS ISN'T A BIRTHDAY GIFT When 19-year-old Nathalie Rodriguez Gonzalez found out that she was the side chick, she allegedly sent threatening text messages demanding thousands of dollars from him, reports Local 10. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, she sent threatening text messages to the man demanding that he pay up to the tune of $20,000. If he didn’t send it, another $5,000 would be added, and she would send intimate pictures to his girlfriend and his business partner. Deputies allege that she also said that she would post the images on all of her social media accounts. This started after Rodriguez Gonzalez learned that he had a girlfriend during the "entire time they were together." DODGERS PITCHER'S WIFE RECEIVES HORRIBLE THREATS DIRECTED AT NEWBORN CHILD When he refused to pay, she reportedly sent one of the intimate pictures to his business partner. From there she is said to have sent it to the man's girlfriend along with this message, "This will genuinely get posted if he doesn’t wire me money BTW." The heartbroken waitress, according to deputies, did post a censored version of the image on her TikTok as well as others. There were allegedly more threats made too. Threats like, "The deportation does not have to happen, but I want my money," and "If he doesn’t wire me the money, his d*** will get posted followed by your face, his face." Rodriguez Gonzalez was arrested on Friday on charges of threats and extortion. According to deputies, she gave a "full confession." Again, this shouldn't discourage people from following their hearts. Instead, it should serve as a reminder that sometimes your heart can lead you into choppy romantic waters. Be careful out there. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97338a2c5335ae104e0991 Luke Bryan threatens to 'knock the s--- out of' online trolls trashing his new song te 2026-09-01T20:20:26.208Z Luke Bryan threatens to 'knock the s--- out of' online trolls trashing his new song Luke Bryan has a bone to pick with his haters. During an appearance on the "This Past Weekend with Theo Von" podcast, the "American Idol" judge and country star opened up about the backlash surrounding his latest song, "Fish Hunt Golf Drink," which some social media users accused of being created with artificial intelligence. Bryan said the controversy began with a "narrative" that was created and amplified online. LUKE BRYAN CREDITS RELIGIOUS ROOTS AND SMALL-TOWN VALUES FOR HELPING HIM NAVIGATE A ‘CHALLENGING LIFE’ "That’s the crazy thing about where we’re at with social [media]," he said. "They started a narrative that we AI-ed it. And now whether you like the song or not, or whether you like me as an artist, whether you like what I'm about or whatever … now I'm the guy that somebody said that I AI-ed a song and wrote it." He complained, "You get one or two kids with a bunch of Instagram, a bunch of followers, that say we AI-ed it, and then the whole world goes on their narrative." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Von argued that he doesn't think people actually believe he used AI to create the song, but Bryan said that the backlash has been "pretty crazy," and he recalled seeing posts from people who told him they hated him. "And they’re like at a camera going, ‘I hate you.’ … And I’m like, ‘I can see your face. If I see you one day, I’m going to f---ing knock the s--- out of you, dude,’" he said. However, Bryan acknowledged that many of the online comments were coming from teenagers. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "But then I’m like, well, wait. I’m not sure I’m happy about a bunch of teenagers telling a 50-year-old man he’s a piece of s--- songwriter," he said. "And then I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re 16. You’re talking to a grown man who’s made a s--- ton of money doing this.'" "It’s just so far out there," he added. "I’m like, if I caught my kids doing some stuff like that, I would kill them." Earlier this year, Bryan addressed the AI accusations shortly after the song's release. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "We’ve had some negativity out there. Some trolls kind of saying that I ‘AI-ed’ it, which is completely false," he told NBC4 at the Memorial Pro-Am on June 3. "That song was designed for one thing," he added. "To have fun and tell the world what I love to do and what I strive to do." Songwriter Chase McGill and Matt Dragstrem also shut down the false narrative during an interview with Rolling Stone. "[Bryan] is the least artificial person I’ve ever met," McGill said. "The only way I’ve actually succeeded in country music, ever, is by sitting in the room with good friends and enjoying making the song up that day. I don’t believe that I would feel any fulfillment from saying, ‘AI, write me a song about whatever.’ That’s not what I signed up for." The idea behind the song came up organically, said McGill. "Luke was texting one of his buddies, and the guy was like, ‘Let’s hang soon,’" he said. "Luke sent him an emoji of a fish, an emoji of a deer, an emoji of a golf club and a beer emoji, and said, ‘You pick which one.’ Then he showed it to us. He was like, ‘Dude, this could be a cool song.’" "The dude loves to have fun. He can outfish most people I know, he’s awesome in the woods, I hear he’s really good at golfing," McGill continued. "And the dude can drink pretty well." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97312f2c5335ae104e0559 Allies of disgraced ex-House Dem poised for criminal charges for refusing Congress' probe te 2026-09-01T20:10:23.776Z Allies of disgraced ex-House Dem poised for criminal charges for refusing Congress' probe Allies of a former House Democrat under federal indictment are now facing potential criminal charges themselves. The House of Representatives unanimously agreed to hold two people in contempt of Congress on Tuesday — North Miami Beach, Florida, Mayor Michael Joseph and Hector Roos, a former aide to ex-Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla. — for failing to work with the House Ethics Committee's investigation into the disgraced Sunshine State Democrat. It's now up to the Department of Justice (DOJ) whether it pursues criminal charges against both. A contempt of Congress conviction carries a fine of up to $100,000 and up to a year in jail. DISGRACED DEM CUT OFF FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT AFTER ALLEGED ‘OUTRIGHT FRAUD’ UNCOVERED "The committee cannot fulfill its obligations to safeguard the integrity of the House for witnesses, ignore its subpoenas, and the House cannot accept such willful disregard of its authorities. Mr. Roos and Mr. Joseph willfully fail to comply with multiple subpoenas issued by the committee," Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., said. "They impeded the investigative subcommittee's investigations into the allegations concerning former Representative Cherfilus-McCormick. Those allegations were serious and included violations of federal law to which Mr. Roos and Mr. Joseph were party there. Their conduct warrants referrals to the United States Department of Justice for contempt of Congress." MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE SUPPORTS EXPELLING SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK OVER DOZENS OF ETHICS VIOLATIONS The measure passed by voice vote on Tuesday afternoon, meaning lawmakers were not individually put on the record over where they stand. Any lawmaker can stand and object to a voice vote and call for a roll call instead, which none did. The Democrats present instead signaled they were fully in support of the bid against their fellow left-wingers. FLORIDA DEM FILED FOR RE-ELECTION DAYS BEFORE RESIGNATION AS HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE RAMPED UP PRESSURE "At a time when public confidence in Congress is at historic lows and the House's ability to self-police member conduct is under intense scrutiny, enforcing lawful congressional process is vital to delivering swift transparency and accountability for any misconduct," Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., said. "A witness who refuses to cooperate with the Ethics Committee hinders the thoroughness and swiftness of an investigation." Guest charged that Roos "filed inaccurate reports" with the Federal Election Commission while working for Cherfilus-McCormick. He said Roos did not provide adequate justification for not complying with the committee. "Mr. Joseph was the president of a company that improperly provided corporate funds for the congresswoman's campaign, influenced her staff to submit community funding project requests for entities that he supported," Guest said of the other target. He said Joseph cited attorney-client privilege in his decision not to comply with the committee, but that lawmakers argued it was not a valid justification to dodge the probe. INDICTED DEMOCRAT SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK REFUSES TO RESIGN AS EXPULSION VOTE LOOMS Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress earlier this year amid intense pressure from both the left and right. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., had been threatening to push a resolution to expel her at the time. The DOJ said she and her co-defendants "conspired to steal" $5 million in emergency federal funds and used the money to bankroll her 2021 congressional campaign. EXCLUSIVE: WOMAN WHO STOLE $1.7M MEANT FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS GETS PRISON TIME AS DHS CRACKS DOWN ON FEMA FRAUD "According to the indictment, Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, both of Miramar, worked through their family healthcare company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021. In July 2021, the company received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds," the DOJ said in November 2025. "Prosecutors allege that a substantial portion of the misappropriated funds was used as candidate contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick’s 2021 congressional campaign and for the personal benefit of the defendants." She has pleaded not guilty. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972ef52c5335ae104e00fa Cubs set franchise record for most home runs in a single game with offensive outburst vs rival Brewers te 2026-09-01T20:00:53.608Z Cubs set franchise record for most home runs in a single game with offensive outburst vs rival Brewers The Chicago Cubs bludgeoned their National League Central rival Milwaukee Brewers and made all sorts of home-run history in the process. The Cubs blasted a franchise-record nine home runs in the victory, with star third baseman Alex Bregman clubbing three of them. The team’s nine home runs matched the second most by one team in a single game in MLB history. Cubs starter Clay Holmes threw a scoreless first inning, and then the offense went to work. Left fielder Tyrone Taylor opened the scoring with a two-run, 419-foot homer into the left-center-field bleachers off Brewers' starter Kyle Harrison. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner went back-to-back with Taylor, hammering Harrison’s 94-mph fastball into the left-field seats for a solo home run to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead. The home run barrage continued into the bottom of the second inning when Bregman cranked the first of his three home runs, a two-run shot off another Harrison fastball that gave the Cubs a 6-0 lead. In the fourth inning, the Cubs went back-to-back for the second time in the game. Right fielder Seiya Suzuki hit a solo home run to center field, and Bregman’s second home run of the game went to left-center field. Bregman’s second home run was the fifth blast Harrison allowed in four innings of work. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Cubs catcher Carson Kelly hit the team’s sixth home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, a solo shot off DL Hall that gave the Cubs a 10-2 lead. After Kelly’s blast, Brewers manager Pat Murphy had seen enough and put first baseman Andrew Vaughn on the mound to finish the game. With a position player on the mound, the Cubs didn’t stop slugging. Matt Shaw, Michael Conforto and Bregman all hit home runs off Vaughn over two innings. With the Cubs' nine home-run output, they set the National League record for most home runs in August, with 62. "The position-player stuff gets a little ridiculous at the end there, honestly," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, according to MLB.com. "That’s great we set a record. And the guys aren’t going to stop hitting. Guys are not going to stop hitting. They’re going to take advantage of it, and they should. They absolutely should. We’ll take it." RED SOX STARTER RECORDS AN OUT IN HILARIOUS FASHION BY HUGGING MARINERS' BASERUNNER With their 62nd home run, the Cubs passed the 2023 Atlanta Braves for the most home runs in August. The Braves had 61. The 2019 New York Yankees hold the record for the most home runs in August, with 74. The list of home run feats does not end there. With Bregman’s second three-home-run game of the month, the Cubs now have four such games this season. NL MVP candidate Pete Crow-Armstrong, who did it Saturday, and shortstop Dansby Swanson, who did it July 1, were the other two players to accomplish the feat. The 2001 Brewers, 1956 Cincinnati Reds, 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers and now the 2026 Cubs are the only four teams to have four individual three-run home-run games in a season. Bregman, who hit 12 home runs in August, and Crow-Armstrong, who hit 15, are just the third pair of teammates to each hit at least 12 homers in the same month. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris did it twice for the Yankees, in July 1961 and June 1960. Iván Rodríguez and Rafael Palmeiro did it in August 1999 with the Texas Rangers. The Cubs (78-60) will look to keep their bats hot when they play the Brewers (85-53) in the second game of their four-game series Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972eee2c5335ae104e00f1 Aryna Sabalenka mocks her haters with another mesh dress, NFL legends go fishing & Tua is proud of himself te 2026-09-01T20:00:46.309Z Aryna Sabalenka mocks her haters with another mesh dress, NFL legends go fishing & Tua is proud of himself '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. September! How did this happen? I swear yesterday was April. I'm glad it wasn't, though. Because man am I ready for some football and cooler weather. I'm not really a pumpkin spice latte kind of gal — more like a walk-outside-without-my-skin-melting-and-being-swarmed-by-mosquitos kind of gal. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK I got a little taste of fall this weekend. I spent a few days in upstate New York on the St. Lawrence River, and WOW. Where has this beautiful place been hiding all my life? Look, I live in the South, so traveling damn near to Canada is a bit of a haul. So forgive my ignorance. I was up there to cover the Bassmaster Elite tournament and the Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am. What a hoot that was — eight Hall of Famers paired with professional anglers and competing for the biggest bass. Heading into it, Randy was awfully confident in his chances to take home the trophy. In case you didn't know, he's an avid outdoorsman and even has his own bass fishing YouTube channel. On the docks, I asked Randy, "If you don't win this thing, are they going to have to rename the tournament next year?" I was obviously joking, but Randy was not having it. All business, that guy. Did Randy win? Is Megatron as good at catching smallmouths as he is at catching footballs? Did Dave Robinson bag any bass after he baited his hook with Joe Thomas' Wagyu beef jerky? Guess you'll have to read my story to find out! See how I finessed that? Anyway, if you love fishing content like this, get ready. Because now that OutKick OutDoors is officially a thing, we're going to be covering a lot more of it. Plus hunting, camping, hiking and dudes gouging out gators' eyeballs, too. TRIATHLETE WHO SURVIVED ALLIGATOR ATTACK TELLS HARROWING STORY OF HIS ESCAPE: 'I GOT SUPER LUCKY' Beats the heck out of 24/7, wall-to-wall WNBA coverage, don't ya think? Now, let's get to some Nightcaps, shall we? Remember when the tennis fashion police threw a certified hissy fit over Aryna Sabalenka's black mesh kit? The World No. 1 wore the see-through Nike dress over a bright orange sports bra and shorts during mixed doubles at the U.S. Open, and judging by people's reactions, she might as well have walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium wearing a Hefty bag. To jog your memory: Sabalenka was unfazed by the haters. So unfazed, in fact, that she showed up for her first singles match Monday wearing an orange version of essentially the same mesh getup. And then she went out and smoked Camila Osorio, 6-2, 6-4, to begin her bid for a third-straight U.S. Open title. Our fishnet queen. Aryna's been on a content heater since she arrived in New York, by the way. Painting the town, as they say. Back to the mesh kit... turns out Nike gave Aryna separate day and night kits — orange for the daytime, black for night. And they're paying her a lot of money to wear them. So maybe just relax, fashion snobs, and have yourself one of those honey deuce cocktails. A few of those and mesh starts looking good on everybody. The world's most concussed quarterback has a new home in Atlanta, and he seems happy to be there. With just a little over a week until NFL Kickoff (thank God), Tua Tagovailoa posted a photo carousel on his Instagram account. They're all pictures of the QB in his new Falcons digs. "For the A 🫡," he wrote. Unfortunately for Tua, he also wrote something else: "We're so proud of you!! You got this ❤️" Oh nooooo, Tua! The comment was quickly deleted but not before the entire internet got the screenshot. Some have speculated that he might have meant to switch over to his wife's account, as she typically replies to his posts with some sort of "we're proud of you" message. But that's still a weird thing to do. Unless he and his wife share a phone. Like one of those boomer couples who share a Facebook account. Now, let me let you in on a little industry secret: a lot of professional athletes don't run their own social media. I know this because it used to be my job to run athletes' social media accounts for them. Keep that in mind before you hop in the DMs with some hateful nonsense. Or some nudes. (Trust me, I've seen it all.) Tua has said before that he's not on social media. So what likely happened here is that his wife runs his accounts. She probably posted the photos then forgot to switch back to her account to leave her sweet little comment. Embarrassing, but it happens. Anyway, don't worry, Tua, this Instagram snafu will all blow over, and everyone will forget about it next week — when you throw that famous fourth quarter death pick to seal the loss to the Steelers. Trust me, guys. I'm a Dolphins fan, and I've seen this movie before. 📩 Email: amber.harding@outkick.com (Send your thoughts, stories, tips, rants and photos of your dog.) 🐦 Twitter/X: @TheAmberHarding 📸 Instagram: @amberharding No mailbag today. I'm on a plane home to Nashville and the WiFi connection is abysmal. But shoot me your thoughts on Sabalenka, Tua, bass fishing or life in general, and we'll catch up next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972ee52c5335ae104e00e8 Swimmer rushed to hospital after suspected shark attack at Martha’s Vineyard te 2026-09-01T20:00:37.179Z Swimmer rushed to hospital after suspected shark attack at Martha’s Vineyard Emergency personnel in Martha’s Vineyard rushed a swimmer to a hospital on Monday after the woman sustained what appeared to be a shark bite, officials said. The incident happened in the afternoon at South Beach in Edgartown, Massachusetts, along one of the island’s most popular shorelines. Officials said the victim, in her late 20s, was in the water when she suffered a wound to her lower leg. SHARK WEEK PUTS SHARK BITE SURVIVAL IN FOCUS WITH ER DOC'S EXPERT TIPS "Based upon the nature of the injuries, however, the wounds were considered consistent with a potential shark bite," Town Administrator James Hagerty said in a statement. Her injuries were considered non-life-threatening and "did not involve the loss of a limb or other life-threatening trauma," Hagerty said. Multiple Edgartown agencies responded to the scene, where the woman received initial medical treatment before being transported to a local hospital for further care. Following the suspected shark encounter, no marine predators were observed or confirmed in connection with the incident, officials said. SHARK SIGHTINGS SPIKE NEAR AMERICA'S BEACHES AS JULY 4 CROWDS HEAD TO SHORE FOR WEEKEND In accordance with town protocol, officials suspended swimming at South Beach for several hours as a precaution, allowing personnel to assess conditions before later lifting the water restrictions. The town thanked emergency personnel and beach staff for their prompt response. SHARK WEEK WARNINGS AS EXPERTS REVEAL 6 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF A SHARK BITE "Beachgoers are reminded to remain aware of their surroundings while in the water and to comply with instructions from lifeguards and any posted beach advisories," Hagerty said. Confirmed shark attacks at Martha’s Vineyard have historically been rare, though marine predators are known to pass through the area. Nearly all serious or fatal shark attacks in Massachusetts over the last two decades have occurred along the coast of nearby Cape Cod, which is two hours away by car. Cape Cod is considered a major hotspot for great white sharks in the North Atlantic due to its large population of gray seals, a primary food source for the predators. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972edb2c5335ae104e00df Teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ just days after young girl succumbs to same rare infection te 2026-09-01T20:00:27.989Z Teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ just days after young girl succumbs to same rare infection A North Carolina teenager has died from a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba found in warm freshwater, state health officials said. In a GoFundMe set up by the teen’s mother, she shared that his first symptom was "severe headaches." "I never imagined that something like this could be so serious," she said. BEACHGOERS WARNED AFTER DEADLY 'FLESH-EATING' BACTERIA KILLS 5 IN SOUTHERN STATE The illness is caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba (one-celled living organism) that inhabits ponds, lakes and rivers. "We extend our condolences to the family, friends and community impacted by this loss," the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement obtained by news outlets. The teen’s death was reported just days after an 8-year-old girl in Louisiana succumbed to the infection. "While these infections are very rare, this is an important reminder that this amoeba is present in our state and across the U.S.," State Epidemiologist Zack Moore, M.D., said in a prior statement. "There are steps people can take to reduce their risk of infection while swimming during the warmer months." DOCTORS THOUGHT MAN HAD BRAIN CANCER — THEY FOUND LIVE TAPEWORMS INSTEAD Naegleria fowleri — commonly referred to as a "brain-eating amoeba" — causes a life-threatening brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The amoeba is most active in the months that the water temperature stays elevated. "It's typically this time of year when it's very hot outside, when there hasn't been a lot of rain … and the lakes and ponds get pretty stagnant and get very warm, and that's a great breeding ground for these type of natural inhabitants of those waters," Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UT Southwestern and Children's Health in Dallas, Texas, told Fox News Digital. The infection can occur when water containing the amoeba is forced up the nose, allowing the amoeba to travel to the brain. This can occur when someone jumps or dives into the water or participates in water sports. "Once that happens, it's nearly a lethal disease," Kahn warned. "The mortality rate is close to 100%." Naegleria fowleri does not cause illness via swallowing. The initial symptoms of PAM usually begin about five days after exposure, but they can be noticed sooner. Early signs usually include headache, nausea, fever and/or vomiting, the CDC’s website states. As the infection progresses, people may experience confusion, slurred speech, stiff neck, disorientation, hallucinations, seizures and coma. "The initial symptoms are actually quite nonspecific — they don't point to one disease or another — but they can progress very rapidly," Kahn noted. Diagnosis involves testing cerebrospinal fluid obtained through a spinal tap; specialized laboratory testing may be needed. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Symptoms usually begin about five days after exposure, although they can appear anywhere from one to 12 days later. Once symptoms start, the disease progresses rapidly. Most people die within one to 18 days after symptoms begin, typically around five days, per the CDC. To prevent potentially fatal infections, Kahn recommends either avoiding the types of waters where the amoeba is likelier to be found, or taking added precautions. "If you are swimming in those waters, wear a nose clip, don't put your head underwater, those types of things," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Drinking contaminated water does not present a risk, and the infection does not spread from one person to another. Because the amoeba is found in soil, the CDC also recommends avoiding stirring up the sediment at the bottom of lakes, ponds and rivers. When a patient has been diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba, treatment involves a combination of antimicrobial and anti-amoebic medications, including amphotericin B, azithromycin, rifampin and miltefosine. "There has been a cocktail of antibiotics and antimicrobials that have been tried over the years — but with a very, very small number of cases every year, it's tough to draw any conclusions from that," Kahn said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "In the cases we've seen, we typically throw a lot of these antibiotics as a therapeutic modality, but by the time the [amoeba] enters the brain and starts to basically erode the brain tissue, it's too late." Those who experience sudden headache, fever, stiff neck or vomiting — especially if they have recently been swimming in warm freshwater — should seek immediate medical attention, the CDC recommends. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972c862c5335ae104dffed Mine inspector candidates debate as incumbent questions challenger’s credentials te 2026-09-01T19:50:30.170Z Mine inspector candidates debate as incumbent questions challenger’s credentials Key Points:  A Republican and a Democrat will be on the ballot for state mine inspector for the first time since 2018 Neither candidate has been elected to office before,... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Mine inspector candidates debate as incumbent questions challenger’s credentials first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972c742c5335ae104dffa9 John Ternus hypes ‘huge launch next week’ in first memo as Apple CEO te 2026-09-01T19:50:12.730Z John Ternus hypes ‘huge launch next week’ in first memo as Apple CEO Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first ever foldable iPhone. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a682c5335ae104dff8c Wildcats take down Mogollon with 3 wins te 2026-09-01T19:41:28.193Z Wildcats take down Mogollon with 3 wins By Greg Perkins Joseph City is in a rebuild mode this year, but they fought hard in their opening season match vs Mogollon on Thursday last week. The Mustangs prevailed 3-0, winning 25-20, 25-16 and 25-18.  Individually, the Wildcats posted some impressive stats in the first match. Tori Beatty led the team in kills with 8. Peyton Bushman, Kynlee Miller, Julianna Fraley, Jackie Richards and Shenoa Skidmore each had 2 kills.  Reese Fish, Miller, Richards, Kayelana Puhuyesva and Skidmore each served an ace.  Miller had 3 blocks at the net. Fish, Fraley and Richards each had 1.  Skidmore led the defense with 19 digs. Tori Beatty added 10. Miller led in assists with 7 and Beatty helped with 3.  After hosting an improved Holbrook team on Monday, the Wildcats will travel to Mayer on Wednesday.  This weekend, they will compete in the Longhorn Volleyball Invitational in Payson. Pool matches are scheduled on Friday with Payson, Northwest Christian, Fountain Hills, Northland Prep and Safford. Saturday’s bracket play will be determined by pool play results. Next week, the team hosts Dishchii’bikoh on Tuesday. The post Wildcats take down Mogollon with 3 wins first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a5e2c5335ae104dff83 Wildcats fall to the Patriots, 62-42 te 2026-09-01T19:41:18.644Z Wildcats fall to the Patriots, 62-42 By Greg Perkins The Wildcats football team was hoping to go 2-0 on the season, but they were also hoping to face Valley Lutheran on Friday night in Joseph City. The Flames bailed out on the game late in the week, leaving Joseph City scrambling for a game.  They found an opponent, Mohave Accelerated, but had to travel over four hours to face the Patriots. Mohave Accelerated could end up being a good barometer for the Wildcats later in the season since they defeated Mogollon 44-40 in week one.  The 1A West region opponent put up the points, but so did the Wildcats, who combined for 104 total points. Unfortunately, 62 of those points belonged to the Guardians, leaving the Wildcats with a loss despite a night with 42 points on the board.  This week, the Wildcats, now 1-1, will travel to face Salome on Friday night. The Frogs are also 1-1 on the season with a 50-0 win over Fort Thomas in week one, followed by a 42-6 loss to Hayden last week.  The Wildcats lost this matchup 46-6 last year and will be looking to get even with the Frogs, albeit on the road this season. The post Wildcats fall to the Patriots, 62-42 first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a562c5335ae104dff7a Roadrunner turnovers lead to a loss against the Redskins te 2026-09-01T19:41:10.036Z Roadrunner turnovers lead to a loss against the Redskins By Greg Perkins Holbrook traveled to St. Johns for a rare Thursday night varsity game last week. Due to the Apache County Fair, the game was moved up one day.  Holbrook received the opening kickoff and went a quick three-and-out. Punting from deep in their own end, the snap was bad, leaving the Redskins with only 12 yards of turf for a score. They covered those 12 yards in one play and quickly led 6-0. Holbrook’s next possession ended with a turnover on downs. St. Johns scored in three plays from 49 yards out, making it 13-0 this time with a good PAT. Holbrook blocked the first point-after attempt. Damien Ohlson picked up Holbrook’s initial first down of the game on their next drive, but they again turned the ball over to the Redskins. St. Johns scored in one play from 30 yards away, extending the margin to 20-0.  Holbrook fumbled the ensuing kickoff, which was recovered by St. Johns, and they scored in three plays, making it 27-0 with less than a minute left in the first quarter.  With Holbrook’s offense struggling, the Redskins added to their lead with 6:36 left on a short run, then quickly scored again with a short pass, and it was 42-0 at the end of the first half.  Drayden Baldonado connected with Dustin Tsabetsaye for the longest play of the game for Holbrook in the third quarter, breaking into St. Johns territory for the first time. That drive ended when Holbrook turned the ball over on downs. St. Johns kicked a 30-yard field goal, making it 45-0. The fourth quarter saw three scores, all on the defensive side of the ball. Tsabetsaye picked off a short pass by St. Johns and sprinted 48 yards for a score, keeping the Roadrunners from getting shut out.  Soon after, quarterback Adain Stump found Tsabetsaye down to the Redskin 6-yard line, but the scoring threat quickly ended when the Redskins returned a Stump interception 95 yards for a score.  Holbrook’s final possession of the game also ended with a pick six. Baldonado’s pass was picked off and returned 28 yards for the final points of the night in St. Johns 59-6 win.  This week, Holbrook may still be without starting quarterback Jonathan Sample, so they will need to find some consistent offense to stay with Monument Valley in what is a winnable game.  The Mustangs were stopped 41-0 by St. Johns in week one, and eked out an 8-6 win over Needles, Calif., last week.  Holbrook defeated Monument Valley last year in Kayenta 24-6, but this is an inexperienced team compared to that one. Playing at home should help, with the Mustangs making the long trip to Roadrunner Stadium. The post Roadrunner turnovers lead to a loss against the Redskins first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a492c5335ae104dff71 Bulldogs fall to the Minotaurs te 2026-09-01T19:40:57.942Z Bulldogs fall to the Minotaurs By K. Conner On Aug. 28, the Winslow Bulldogs traveled to Buckeye to take on the Minotaurs of Odyssey Institute. The Bulldogs would start out by dominating all of the first quarter and most of the second until the Minotaur seemed to get their footing and with some unfortunate turnovers that they would capitalize on to take the lead. The Bulldogs would close the gap but time would not be on their side. Early in the first quarter Bulldog quarterback Michael Magallanes would connect with Noah Quinones on a 33-yard pass for the touchdown. Followed with the 2-point conversion for a score of Odyssey 0, Winslow 8. In the second quarter Bulldog Marquez Romero would find the end-zone on a 28-yard run followed by the 2-point conversion. The Minotaur’s would then get a quick touchdown following a Winslow turnover. Just prior to the end of the half the Minotaur would score on an 8-yard run for a halftime score of Odyssey 14, Winslow 16. Starting off the third quarter, the Minotaur’s would again take advantage of a Bulldog turnover scoring from the one yard line. The Minotaur’s would at the end of the quarter on a Bulldog turnover find the end-zone for a score of Odyssey 34, Winslow 16. In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs would dig deep and finally on a 2-yard run by Dre Bailon score, followed by the 2-point conversion. For a final score of Odyssey 34, Winslow 24. At 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, the Winslow Bulldogs will have their home opener when the Valley Pirates of Sanders come to town. The post Bulldogs fall to the Minotaurs first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a3e2c5335ae104dff46 One glaring issue goes unaddressed in UN chief's high-stakes talks with Iran's president te 2026-09-01T19:40:46.832Z One glaring issue goes unaddressed in UN chief's high-stakes talks with Iran's president United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday as Iranians detained in connection with January's nationwide protests continue to face prison sentences, alleged torture and a growing number of death sentences and executions. The UN readout of the meeting, held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, said Guterres raised the humanitarian and economic consequences of the conflict involving Iran and stressed the need for diplomacy and respect for international law.  The readout made no mention of Iran's treatment of protesters, executions or allegations of torture. Asked by Fox News Digital at Tuesday's UN briefing whether Guterres raised those issues directly with Pezeshkian, and if so, why they were not included in the readout, the secretary-general's spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said he had "nothing to add to the readout." 'KILLING OFF THE COUNTRY': IRAN EXECUTES DOZENS, ARRESTS 4,000-PLUS IN WAR CRACKDOWN But Dujarric said Guterres had raised the issues with senior Iranian officials in other meetings. "I can tell you that in other meetings with senior Iranian leaders, in New York and other places, the Secretary-General has raised those issues directly," Dujarric said. "We have, from this podium, on behalf of the Secretary-General, condemned in no uncertain terms the use of the death penalty in Iran, as we stand against the death penalty in every country." The exchange comes as human rights organizations report that Tehran's crackdown has continued months after the January demonstrations. Iran International reported Aug. 7, citing rights groups, that more than 60,000 people were detained across Iran following the protests, while some independent sources put the number of people summoned, detained or interrogated above 100,000. IRAN HANGS 2 PROTESTERS IN PUBLIC, CROWD CRIES 'DISHONORABLE' AS SECURITY FIRES TEAR GAS In Ardabil province alone, roughly 800 people were arrested during the protests, according to the report, which cited the Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA. As of early August, at least 54 remained in Ardabil Prison, including 29 who had not yet received a hearing. New figures released Tuesday show the punishments have continued. In its monthly report published Sept. 1, HRANA said it documented 78 executions across Iran in August, including two people executed in connection with the January protests. Iranian courts issued 21 death sentences during the month, including against 10 defendants in an Isfahan case stemming from the protests. The group also documented six cases of forced confessions, four cases of prisoners being beaten, four transfers to solitary confinement and nine cases in which detainees were denied access to legal counsel. HRANA reported Aug. 31 that 13 people arrested in connection with the January protests were sentenced to a combined 24 years, three months and one day in prison. Four of the defendants also received a combined 196 lashes, while one was sentenced to two years of exile. The crackdown has also increasingly involved capital punishment. Iran International reported Aug. 26, citing HRANA, that two additional January protest detainees had been sentenced to death. The same report cited the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center as saying it had documented 950 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026, including at least 30 protesters. INSIDE TEHRAN: IRANIANS DESCRIBE IRGC'S BRUTAL RULE, POVERTY — ASK TRUMP TO 'STAY THE COURSE' Among those imprisoned is Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi, a 32-year-old psychologist whose case Fox News Digital reported in August. Seyedabdollahi posted an English-language video Jan. 4 appealing directly to President Donald Trump to support Iranian protesters. He was arrested 10 days later and ultimately sentenced to seven months in prison and barred from government and public services for five years. His relatives told Fox News Digital that Iranian authorities later pressured him to record another video insulting Trump and Americans. Fox News Digital could not independently verify those specific demands, but IranWire reported Aug. 11 that security agents instructed him to read a prepared anti-Trump script on camera and that he repeatedly refused despite alleged threats and coercion. His relatives also alleged that Seyedabdollahi was subjected to solitary confinement and torture. Hana Human Rights Organization reported Aug. 9 that he had been held in Borujen Prison since July 7 and that authorities opened a second case against him on a charge of "propaganda against the system of the Islamic Republic." WALTZ CALLS OUT IRANIAN DIPLOMAT AT UN FOLLOWING DRONE STRIKES ON BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT The fate of Iran's detainees also surfaced Tuesday at the UN Security Council as France assumed the rotating presidency for September. The Security Council's official presidency list shows France holding the September presidency, with Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont serving as council president. Asked by Fox News Digital whether France planned to address Iranians detained following the protests and reports of torture and executions during its presidency, Bonnafont said the council's central focus on Iran this month would be Tehran's nuclear program, but stressed that those discussions would not take place "in a vacuum." "You referred to this matter with the situation of the civilian population in Iran," Bonnafont told Fox News Digital, according to a translation of his remarks. "They are the victims of the choices made by the Iranian authorities for years now, with these episodes of mass repression to which you referred." Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American environmentalist who spent years imprisoned in Iran before his release in a 2023 prisoner exchange with the United States, previously described to Fox News Digital the conditions detainees can face inside the Iranian prison system. Tahbaz said he spent four months alone in a small cell under a bright light that remained on 24 hours a day. He was allowed out twice a day for about 10 minutes and was blindfolded whenever he left the cell. He described the IRGC intelligence facility at Tehran's Evin Prison as "probably the harshest and toughest imprisonment that any prisoner will go through." Tahbaz said one of the most difficult aspects of being held by Iran was knowing that even the end of a prison sentence did not necessarily mean freedom. "When you are a hostage … [you don't know that] at the end of your sentence they'll necessarily let you go," Tahbaz told Fox News Digital. "They'll just come up with another charge to keep you there for as long as you're of value to them." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a292c5335ae104dff22 Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer te 2026-09-01T19:40:25.250Z Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a972a1e2c5335ae104dff19 Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive te 2026-09-01T19:40:14.198Z Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9727fc2c5335ae104dfef6 Roadrunners suffer a loss against the Cougars te 2026-09-01T19:31:08.792Z Roadrunners suffer a loss against the Cougars By Greg Perkins Holbrook opened their volleyball season at home on Wednesday last week with a tough loss to visiting Show Low. Playing in a warm Mike Starr Gym on the junior high campus due to repair work on Tony Munoz Gym, the ladies fought back from an 8-1 deficit in the first game, but came up just short, losing that game 25-22. The second game was competitive through the early portion of the match, but the Cougars pulled away for the 25-18 win. Show Low controlled the third and final game, winning it and the match 25-13.  Holbrook was in Window Rock over the weekend for the Lady Scout Tournament. The team played better, finishing third in the nine-team field.  Holbrook went 4-1 in pool play on Friday, picking up wins over Monument Valley Utah, Greyhills, Wingate and Valley Sanders. Their lone pool loss was to Window Rock.  Bracket play on Saturday saw Holbrook defeat Pinon in the first round, but they fell to host Window Rock in the semifinal round. That loss dropped them to the third-place match, which they won over Monument Valley Utah to claim third place in the tournament. Ninti Pittman and Angelica Uranga Williams were named to the all-tournament team. After playing in Joseph City on Monday afternoon, this week the team will travel to Blue Ridge on Wednesday for what is now a Freedom game with the Lady Yellowjackets. Next Tuesday, they host Coolidge. The post Roadrunners suffer a loss against the Cougars first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9727f12c5335ae104dfeed Roadrunners lose two close games te 2026-09-01T19:30:57.282Z Roadrunners lose two close games By Greg Perkins The Roadrunner boys soccer team has had two close games to start the season, but they are still searching for their first win. Last Tuesday, they traveled to face the Phantoms in Grand Canyon and, despite playing an extra 10 minutes of overtime, they came home with a 2-2 tie. Patrick Cassidy and Tildyn Larson scored the goals for Holbrook. The following day, Holbrook hosted Page in another competitive game in which Page held a 2-1 lead at the half. Holbrook’s score came from the foot of Braylon Taliman. The second half went back and forth, but neither team could find the mark, leaving Holbrook with a hard-fought 2-1 loss. This week, the 0-1-1 Roadrunners will travel to Camp Verde on Thursday to face the Cowboys. Next week Holbrook hosts Williams on Wednesday night.  The Lady Roadrunners have been shut out in their first two matches to start the season. Hosting Chino Valley on Aug. 20, they fell 8-0. Then, hosting Page as the first game of a doubleheader, followed by the boys’ game, on Wednesday evening, the Sand Devils were the much better team, scoring 9 goals in the first 10 minutes, eventually winning the match 12-0. Holbrook had a couple of scoring chances, but shots missed the goal.  This week Holbrook plays just once, traveling to Snowflake on Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. match. The post Roadrunners lose two close games first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9727e82c5335ae104dfee4 Lady Bulldogs take second at Window Rock Invite te 2026-09-01T19:30:48.813Z Lady Bulldogs take second at Window Rock Invite By K. Conner The Winslow Lady Bulldogs volleyball season began this week with a very young team. They would start on the road on Aug. 26, where they traveled to Payson to take on the seasoned Lady Longhorns. The Lady Bulldogs would end up falling in three sets but they kept things close in the first set with a final of Payson 25, Winslow 17. Second set it was Payson 25, Winslow 13, and the third set was Payson 25 Winslow 8. On Aug. 28, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Fort Defiance to take part in the two-day Window Rock Invitational. On the first day they participated in pool play. They first faced the Hopi Lady Bruins, winning the first set with a final score of Winslow 21, Hopi 14 and the second set Winslow 21, Hopi 9. In the second match they faced Valley Sanders. The Lady Pirates won the first set Winslow 21, Valley 10, the second set was Winslow 20, Valley 21. In the last match of pool play they faced the Pinon Lady Eagles. The final score for the first set was Winslow 21 Pinon 13, and the second set was Winslow 21, Pinon 13. The Lady Bulldogs would finish pool play in first. In cross-play they faced the host team Lady Scouts. In the first set the score was Winslow 21, Window Rock 20. The second set was Winslow 21, Window Rock 15, which gave the Lady Bulldogs the first seed in bracket play the next day. On Aug. 29, the Lady Bulldogs faced the Lady Bruins on Hopi. The final score for the first set was Winslow 21, Hopi 14, and the second set was Winslow 21, Hopi 10. In the second match of the day, they took on the Lady Cougars of Monument Valley, Utah. The final score for the first set was Winslow 21, Monument Valley 16. In the second set it was Winslow 21, Monument Valley 13. The Lady Bulldogs would then again face the Lady Scouts of Window Rock in what has become a tradition in the championship match. This year it would be the Lady Scouts taking the crown. The final score for the first set was Window Rock 25, Winslow 19 and the second set was Window Rock 25, Winslow 12. The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Page to take on the Lady Sand Devils on Sept. 1. The Lady Bulldogs home season opener will be at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with the Lady Warriors of ALA-Ironwood. The post Lady Bulldogs take second at Window Rock Invite first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9727e02c5335ae104dfedb Lobos lose four against Monument Valley te 2026-09-01T19:30:40.467Z Lobos lose four against Monument Valley By Greg Perkins Snowflake opened its volleyball season in Kayenta on Wednesday against what is traditionally a very good Mustang team. Snowflake is also very good and this early-season matchup may be a preview of a late-stage state playoff game in a couple of months.  Monument Valley won the match in four close games: 25-22, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-23.  The Mustangs finished the match with 42 total kills, served 6 aces, had 97 total digs, and 39 assists in a back-and-forth match.  This week, the Lobos will host Payson on Tuesday and then travel to Chino Valley on Wednesday.  Next Tuesday, they will play their first Metro Mountain Region game when they travel to Northwest Christian. The post Lobos lose four against Monument Valley first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9727d52c5335ae104dfed2 Lobo’s kick off the season with a 37-7 win over Coconino te 2026-09-01T19:30:29.236Z Lobo’s kick off the season with a 37-7 win over Coconino By Greg Perkins Trevor Reddick’s Lobo football team started the 4A season on a good note on Friday night with a 37-7 home-field win over Coconino. The Lobos are coming off a 10-2 season last year, which ended in the second round of the playoffs. This year’s team is hoping to make a deeper run in those 4A playoffs. Jacob LaDuke returns as the Lobo signal-caller, and it took only seven plays for the Lobos to march 80 yards for the first score of the game, a 35-yard rush by Brenner Green giving Snowflake a 6-0 lead with a missed PAT. The Panthers turned the ball over on downs six plays into their opening drive. Seven plays later, Green scored for the second time, putting the Lobos on top 13-0 with McCoy Norton’s PAT.  Snowflake’s defense forced a three-and-out by the Panthers, and the offense returned the favor to close out the first quarter.  Back-to-back negative plays by Coconino forced them to punt back to the Lobos early in the second. Snowflake’s drive stalled, but Norton booted a 38-yard field goal, extending the lead to 16-0.  Green scored his third touchdown midway through the second period on a 24-yard run. Pushing the margin to 23-0 with Norton’s PAT.  Maverick Greer connected with Green on a 23-yard scoring toss, pushing the lead to 30-0 at the half. Greer scored Snowflake’s final points on a 4-yard drive, giving the Lobos the 37-0 lead.  Coconino avoided the upset in the last minute of the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass, making the final score 37-7. This week the Lobos travel to face ALA West Foothills on Friday night. The Guardians shut out Westview 43-0 in their season opener last week. Snowflake won this matchup 30-10 last season in Snowflake. With many of their key players returning, look for the Lobos to once again take care of ALA. The post Lobo’s kick off the season with a 37-7 win over Coconino first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725cd2c5335ae104dfe6b Hopi tribe consolidates schools into single district te 2026-09-01T19:21:49.120Z Hopi tribe consolidates schools into single district By Shawn White The Hopi Tribe has begun operating a unified school system this year after the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education approved the tribe’s application to consolidate its seven tribally controlled schools under a single governance structure. The federal agency granted the approval on May 15, and the new Hopi School System formally took effect July 1. A yearlong transition period is underway during the 2026-27 school year, with the Hopi Board of Education overseeing the change. The restructuring places all seven schools on the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona, including Hopi Junior Senior High School in Keams Canyon, under one administrative framework for the first time. Under the new arrangement, the schools will move toward consistent academic standards, unified operational policies and expanded student support services. Tribal officials have said the system is also intended to strengthen instruction in the Hopi language and culture. The Bureau of Indian Education determined that the Hopi Board of Education met all statutory requirements under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act. The agency found no evidence that the transition would negatively affect students’ health, safety or educational interests. The effort has been decades in the making. According to the tribe, planning for a unified system traces back to education policies adopted in 1981. In 2016, the tribe received a Bureau of Indian Education Tribal Education Department grant to study whether it could operate a consolidated system. A feasibility study completed in 2018 concluded that bringing the schools under one tribal education framework could improve academic continuity, operational efficiency and the development of culturally based curriculum. The Hopi Tribal Council then enacted the Hopi Education Code in 2019, which established the legal framework for the system and formally asserted tribal authority over education on the reservation. Hopi Chairman Lamar Keevama described the federal decision as “a strong affirmation of the Hopi Tribe’s sovereign capacity” to direct the education of Hopi children. LeRoy Shingoitewa, chairman of the tribe’s Health and Education Committee, said the effort grew out of a recognition that longstanding challenges in the schools required a unified response. During the transition year, principals at the individual schools will continue to manage day-to-day operations. Meanwhile, the Hopi Board of Education is establishing a central administration office and recruiting a chief school administrator to lead the system. The board is also filling vacancies through an election scheduled for Nov. 12, 2026. Officials have said educational services and academic programs are expected to continue without interruption while the transition proceeds. The full shift to the new structure is planned across the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years. The post Hopi tribe consolidates schools into single district first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725c42c5335ae104dfe62 NPC rolls out new CDL training program  te 2026-09-01T19:21:40.533Z NPC rolls out new CDL training program  Photo courtesy of Northland Pioneer College NPC board members and staff recently welcomed AZ U.S. Representative Eli Crane (in baseball cap), Holbrook Mayor Kathleen Smith (to the left of Crane) and Navajo County administration to the Holbrook campus to learn more about the college’s new CDL program and to see it in action. Photo courtesy of Northland Pioneer College Congressman Eli Crane takes a spin on NPC’s CDL training simulator for a firsthand look at how NPC is preparing the next generation of skilled, safety-conscious professional drivers. The demand for professional drivers continues to grow nationwide and regionally. Now, Northland Pioneer College (NPC) has invested in a new, innovative workforce training program to prepare local students for high-demand careers in the field. A CDL training program is now being offered at the college’s skills center at the Holbrook campus. The program provides students with specialized training to gain the skills, confidence and credentials they need to enter the workforce, and prepare for the road ahead.    Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, NPC has a new state-of-the-art CDL training simulator, equipment including an International bus with two dry vans, a late-model Freightliner Cascadia, and a Volvo VNR, along with qualified industry experts to lead the program. Students will train on both standard and automatic vehicles.   The program is approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and ADOT.  Classes meet one day a week in a four-hour block, Monday through Thursday. For additional flexibility, students have the option to attend either morning or afternoon sessions. The campus is located at 2251 E. Navajo Blvd. in Holbrook. Additional training locations are coming soon. NPC CDL Training Faculty and Chair Brian Jager, said, “We are excited to offer this program locally. The need for qualified, safe, and dependable employees in the field is evident. We offer training for first-time CDL drivers, Class A and B series credentialing, school bus drivers, and refresher training for those wishing to brush up on skills and re-enter the field. We can also customize training for partnerships in construction, paving, excavation, trucking and other industries.”   Enrollment for upcoming fall sessions is currently open. Prior CDL experience is not required. The cost of the program starts at $4,000. In addition to practical training, students are required to complete a $125 online Entry Level Driving Training (EDLT) theory course. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Discounts are also being offered to companies that enroll employees and provide their own training vehicles. Students must register through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.  If not already registered through an employer, the course will sponsor the student and the cost of the drug screen. Before entry, students are also required to show proof of a CDL learner’s permit, a copy of their driving record from the prior three years, a copy of their driver’s license, and a Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) physical, including a D.O.T. drug screen.   “Investing in our region’s workforce is a priority at NPC,” Jager said. “Providing residents in Navajo and Apache counties with access to affordable, quality instruction close to home is our goal. We work to create ways for people to better provide for themselves and their families. Students can complete this program in less than eight weeks and enter the field as professional drivers. It’s a path to a career and an investment in the future.    For more information on this program or to register for an upcoming session, visit www.npc.edu/cdl. Questions about the program can be directed to Brian Jager at 928-524-7492 or email brian.jager@npc.edu. The post NPC rolls out new CDL training program  first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725ba2c5335ae104dfe59 Winslow Sunset te 2026-09-01T19:21:30.066Z Winslow Sunset Photo by Jim Buckley Golden light spills across downtown Winslow as the late-summer sun sinks toward the horizon, sending long shafts of light streaming over the historic storefronts and casting the street in a warm evening glow. The post Winslow Sunset first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725b02c5335ae104dfe50 Bulldogs compete at Rick Baker Invite te 2026-09-01T19:21:20.391Z Bulldogs compete at Rick Baker Invite By K. Conner On Aug. 26, the Bulldog cross country teams would start their season at the Rick Baker Invite at Hopi High School. The varsity level girls would finish fourth in the 500-meter, with top finisher Lilyana Jones finishing in seventh place with a time of 24:32.5. In the varsity level boys Winslow would come in seventh with top finisher Juelz Soke finishing in 24th with a time of 19:56.3. In the middle school girls 2.3-mile Winslow would finish seventh with top finisher eighth grader Nevaeh Fuson coming in 13th with a time of 17:37.2. In the middle school boys 2.3-mile Winslow would finish in sixth with top finisher 6th grader Eric “Five” Greer coming in eighth with a time of 15:33.9. On Aug. 28, the cross country teams traveled to Flagstaff to compete in the Peak Invitational. The Winslow girls would take first in the 5K with 19 points. Their top five runners included Naomi Yazzie in third with a time of 25:35.4, Kayleigh Hosteen fourth in 25:59.3, Kalayla Begay fifth in 26:27.1, Emiah Yazzie seventh in 26:58.6 and Keilon David 12th in 27:14.7. In the boys 5K Ascent Run Combined Winslow would finish in second with 73 points the top five runners: Riley Dahozy was fifth in 20:01.1, Hohiwalani Tsosie was 13th in 21:12.1, Jerron Jordon was 14th in 21:14.4, Angel Machado was 17th in 21:24.5 and Colby Jesus was 24th in 21:50. In the 5K Ascent Varsity girls run Winslow’s Sonway Masayesva would run individually finishing in ninth with a time of 24:01.6. The post Bulldogs compete at Rick Baker Invite first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725a62c5335ae104dfe47 Lobos soccer team competes at Longhorn Invitational te 2026-09-01T19:21:10.852Z Lobos soccer team competes at Longhorn Invitational By Greg Perkins Snowflake High School’s boys’ soccer team is off to a solid start. After having their first match postponed due to weather, the team saw their first action at the boys Longhorn Invitational hosted by Payson over the weekend of August 21st and 22nd. They split their two games on Friday, suffering a 1-8 loss to Grand Canyon early in the morning, then bouncing back with a big 13-0 win over Williams in the afternoon. Saturday, they won both matches, defeating Chaparral, Nev., 2-0, then took care of Ash Fork 5-0. Their first regular season match ended in a 1-1 tie at Payson on Wednesday last week.  Tuesday, the team will have its home season opener when they welcome Pima on Tuesday evening for a 6 p.m. start time at Lobo Field. Snowflake is 3-1-1 early in the season.  The Lady Lobo team is unbeaten through the first week of the season, although they do have one tie in a tournament game. After going 3-0-1 at the Payson tournament last week, they hosted Payson in a regular season match on Tuesday, handing the visiting Longhorns a 3-1 defeat. The Ladies take to the field twice this week, with both matches at home. Wednesday, they host Winslow. The following day, they will welcome Holbrook to town.  Next week just one game on Tuesday, with a trip to St. Johns. The team is officially 4-0-1 heading into their two games this week. The post Lobos soccer team competes at Longhorn Invitational first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97259b2c5335ae104dfe3e Roadrunners compete at Rick Baker Invite te 2026-09-01T19:20:59.610Z Roadrunners compete at Rick Baker Invite By Greg Perkins Holbrook’s cross country teams opened their season this past week, competing in two meets. Wednesday, they ran in the Rick Baker Invite hosted by Hopi, then Saturday the runners were in Flagstaff competing in the Peaks Invitational.  Holbrook joined 17 other teams in Hopi for the initial meet of the season. This is the first year in quite a while that Holbrook has enough female runners to qualify for a girls’ team score. The ladies finished eighth out of 12 scoring teams with 216 points. Coconino won the meet with 28, followed by Hopi with 63 and Ganado with 102. Individually, Holbrook was paced by Ariel Begay’s 12th place overall finish, with a time of 25:46.19. Hannah Nez was 35th; Kylie Dashee, 54th; Mollie Larson, 75th; and Haylee Kabinto finished 125th. One hundred thirty-eight runners completed the varsity event. Coconino’s Laney Scott won the event with a time of 23:01.46. Holbrook’s boys’ team placed sixth in the 14-team field with 172 team points. Hopi won their own event with 33 points, followed by Tuba City with 93, Ganado with 94, Coconino with 110, and Alchesay was fifth with 113.  Holbrook’s team was paced by Tyler Begay’s 19th-place finish, with a time of 19:41.22. Anthony Moyte placed 32nd; Ethan Nez, 48th; Daman Nez, 54th; Brayden Smith, 65th; Gerad Belin, 69th; Dylan Smith, 79th; Dillon Dougi, 106th; Carter Chiquito, 124th; Trace Attakai, 130th; and Devin Goldtooth was 146th in the 180-runner field. Jaiden Tsedah from Page won the event with a time of 14:42.48.  Saturday, both Holbrook teams were at Buffalo Park in Flagstaff competing in the large Peaks Invitational. Sixty-one schools competed across 12 different events throughout the morning and early afternoon.  Holbrook’s boys’ team ran in the Ascent Varsity 1 race, where Tyler Begay again paced the team, finishing 21st with a time of 20:04.2. Anthony Moyte was 22nd; Daman Nez, 41st; Ethan Nez, 42nd; Gerald Belin, 60th; and Brayden Smith placed 62nd in the 83-runner field. In the women’s Ascent varsity race, Hannah Nez placed 30th with a time of 26:07.9. Kylie Dashee finished 69th. Ninety-eight runners finished the race.  This week the teams will compete on Saturday at the Canyon De Chelly Invitational hosted by Chinle High School. The post Roadrunners compete at Rick Baker Invite first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725922c5335ae104dfe35 Wildcats compete in first invitational te 2026-09-01T19:20:50.049Z Wildcats compete in first invitational By Greg Perkins The Wildcat runners saw their first action of the season at the Rick Baker Cross Country Invitational meet held on Wednesday last week.  Joseph City has small numbers this year, but they did field a full team, which placed 14th in the boys division. William Grant led the way, finishing 83rd with a time of 24:19.40.  Jimmy McLaws was 89th; Brayden Bushman, 95th; Sam Birk, 167th; Paxton Bushman, 170th; and Caleb Case was 175th in the varsity boys’ race.  The Lady Wildcats were represented by two runners. Lileah Kinlicheenie placed 14th with a time of 25:48.34, and Karly Hansen finished 40th in the 5,000-meter race.  The next event for the Wildcat runners will be this coming Saturday in Chinle for the Canyon De Chelly Invitational. The post Wildcats compete in first invitational first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9725882c5335ae104dfe2c Lobos open the season at Peaks Invitational te 2026-09-01T19:20:40.496Z Lobos open the season at Peaks Invitational By Greg Perkins The Lobos opened their cross-country season at the Peaks Invitational on Saturday in Flagstaff. Competing in the Ascent Varsity 2 race, Snowflake’s boys team was paced by Woodrow Lowry’s 10th-place finish with a time of 20:05.1. John Young was close behind in 12th, Logan Jones 18th, Scott Brinton 22nd, Talmage Flake 23rd, Cody Potter 25th, and Eil Hargrave finished 30th in the 77-runner field. The Lady Lobos had three runners compete in the Ascent Open Division race. Brielle Reidhead placed 38th with a time of 29:59.5. Lila Stewart was 68th and Jobie Benally finished 85th.  Snowflake teams’ next scheduled meet is on Thursday, Sept. 10, when they run in the Cougar Invitational meet hosted by Show Low. The post Lobos open the season at Peaks Invitational first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97257b2c5335ae104dfdfd Illegal immigrant’s ‘over-the-top’ sexual assault on elderly woman sends sheriff into rage: ‘Out of control’ te 2026-09-01T19:20:27.074Z Illegal immigrant’s ‘over-the-top’ sexual assault on elderly woman sends sheriff into rage: ‘Out of control’ A sheriff in the Florida suburbs took to X to voice his outrage over a 24-year-old illegal immigrant allegedly breaking into a local home to conduct an "over-the-top," "vicious sexual battery" on a 77-year-old woman. Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd blasted Honduran illegal immigrant Axel Antonio Espinal Herrera, who he said is was arrested on charges of committing "one of the most horrific crimes that we’ve seen in this county in a very long time." Though the sheriff voiced his frustration that "this couldn’t have occurred if [Herrera] was not in this country," he promised that his office’s goal is to make sure that Herrera "will be in a United States prison for the rest of his life upon conviction." "Sexual battery of an individual is without a doubt one of the most horrific crimes that occurs. And a violent, out-of-control sexual battery on a stranger even elevates that one more level. And then you take on top of that the suspect is in this country illegally, that pushes it over the top," said Judd. EXCLUSIVE: DHS ASKS FLORIDA NOT TO RELEASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF DRUGGING, RAPING WOMAN AFTER CLUBBING According to the sheriff’s office, the sexual assault occurred around 4 a.m. on Saturday. A statement by the office said the elderly victim awoke after a noise and saw an unknown man who entered her bedroom, forcibly removed her clothes and sexually battered her, slapping her when she attempted to get away. The office said the victim "attempted to escape through the front door when the suspect went into the bathroom, but the suspect chased after her and dragged her back inside and choked her." After the assault, the suspect vacated the scene, which is when the victim contacted the sheriff’s office. Sheriff’s Office detectives canvassed the neighborhood and encountered Herrera in a nearby home with two other illegal immigrants also from Honduras. WHITE HOUSE BRINGS RECEIPTS AFTER MEDIA CLAIMS NONCRIMINAL ICE ARRESTS ‘SOARING’: ‘FALSE NARRATIVES’ Herrera was in the shower when detectives first arrived at the house. The office said that Herrera matched the victim’s description and that clothing described by the victim was found in the home. During the detectives’ search, they found multiple scratches on Herrera’s body consistent with the victim’s statements. He was also found to be in possession of cocaine. Herrera was arrested and taken to the sheriff’s processing center. He is being charged with kidnapping, sexual battery by force, burglary and battery, tampering with evidence, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, loitering and prowling. The sheriff’s office also noted that under Florida law, each charge against Herrera is elevated by one category due to his illegal status, meaning he is facing the possibility of multiple life sentences. The office said it notified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which placed a detainer on Herrera. The two other illegal immigrants found in the house were also taken into custody on ICE holds. DOZENS OF ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCK DRIVERS BUSTED WITH LICENSES FROM DEEP BLUE STATES Judd did not hold back in his disgust for Herrera’s alleged crimes, calling him a "very violent, very dangerous rapist" and his actions "graphically very vile and out of control." "He was a young man, 24 years of age, sexually battering a 77-year-old woman after he broke into her house in the middle of the night. Do I need to say more?" said the sheriff. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9723422c5335ae104dfdc9 Charles Gardner selected for Governor’s Youth Commission te 2026-09-01T19:10:58.841Z Charles Gardner selected for Governor’s Youth Commission Photo by Holli Salley Charles Gardner of Joseph City is one of 69 youth throughout Arizona represented on the Governor’s Youth Commission for 2026-27. By Holli Salley Charles Gardner almost missed the news that he had been selected for the Arizona Governor’s Youth Commission. He had skimmed past the email until Julian Cashman texted him personally and told him to check his inbox. “At first, I was confused,” Charles said. As he realized what the message meant, the confusion quickly turned to excitement. Charles Gardner, a senior at Joseph City High School, is the only student from Navajo County serving on the commission this year. The Governor’s Youth Commission gives high school students from across Arizona’s 15 counties opportunities to develop leadership skills, serve their communities and work on issues affecting young people throughout the state. A longtime FFA member and officer, Charles said service and leadership were what first attracted him to apply for the commission. He hopes the experience will also help him grow as a speaker and leader while giving him an opportunity to make a meaningful impact close to home. During the commission’s first meeting at the Arizona State Capitol, members divided into groups focusing on different issues. Charles chose mental health, an area he believes is becoming increasingly important for young people. His goal is to bring that work back to Navajo County by raising awareness about mental health resources already available to local teens. “Oftentimes, the resources are right there, but no one knows where to find them,” he said. Charles said he is considering organizing assemblies in Holbrook, Winslow and Joseph City and hopes to work with schools, FFA chapters and community leaders throughout the area to make his vision a reality.  He said he was surprised by how much freedom he has to shape his work locally and by the possibilities for projects he could bring to the area. “How much of a difference I’m going to be able to make is what surprises me,” he said. “I’m excited to make a difference.” The post Charles Gardner selected for Governor’s Youth Commission first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9723382c5335ae104dfdc0 Navajo County taking steps to improve health outcomes te 2026-09-01T19:10:48.411Z Navajo County taking steps to improve health outcomes By Talaina Kor Convening as the Navajo County Public Health District (NCPHSD) on Tuesday, Aug. 25, the board approved a five-year contract between Navajo County Public Health and the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for Rural Health Transformation funding (RHT), which will provide a yearly amount of $549,000, effective from June 1 of this year to May 31, 2030. In a presentation provided by Health Director Janelle Linn, she explained that the RHT funding will be used to strengthen rural access, prevention, care coordination and long-term service sustainability. In a breakdown of fund usage, Linn stated, “Eighty-six percent of our funds that were allocated to us by the state have to be used on chronic disease measures, then 14% on maternal child health, specifically identifying and addressing congenital syphilis.” Linn presented on the goals for the project, as well as plans to sustain the work being done after financial supplementation from RHT has ended. Implementation will begin by using county employees as a pilot group. Investing care gaps, social needs and screenings for chronic disease will be followed by connecting employees with preventive care, benefits and education. The results will be tracked and measured. “From a county perspective, this gives us proof of concept to measure our reach, resolve barriers, appropriately utilize funds and develop long-term value prior to rolling this out into a community model,” she explained. Once it is ready to be applied communitywide, the program will provide simpler pathways for receiving care. “Our role is not just to make a referral, it’s to help connect people to care, to follow up, and to document whether the needs are actually being resolved, so that we can make data informed decisions as we further this important work.” Linn also touched on how the district is collaborating with tribal partners and how tribal entities can apply for non-competitive funding from RHTF. Work on the program has already begun, with the hiring of two new staff members and a contract currently underway with a company to gather data. While still convened as the NCPHSD, the board received a presentation on the 2026 Navajo County Community Health Assessment (CHA) Report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the county’s current health status, community-identified priorities and factors that are affecting the health and well-being of county residents. CHA is conducted every three years in partnership with Summit Healthcare and Little Colorado Medical Center and is the foundation of the County’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). Data was collected through focus groups conducted in the fall of 2025 and a Community Health Needs Assessment Survey (CHNAS) February through May of this year. “We asked about health needs, barriers to services and what residents feel should be the priorities in their communities,” explained Project Services Manager Sherry Fish. The survey had 1,750 residents respond, but it was noted that survey findings do not statistically represent the entire population, only those residents that participated. “And that’s why we don’t rely on survey data alone.” Fish explained that the survey data is paired with countywide health data in order to create a complete picture. Deputy Health Director Ciera Hensley walked through the results for the board, revealing with the number one health priority for survey respondents was access to care. “Data from our survey showed that 69% said that shortage of specialists was the top barrier to accessing community health resources. Sixty-eight percent said they had to travel more than 40 miles for needed healthcare services, and 27% said a lack of providers accepting new patients was a reason that prevented them from getting needed healthcare services.” “While residents are telling us that access is difficult, the provider data shows that we are moving in the right direction,” Hensley explained, adding that provider ratios have improved in dental care (one per 2,011 to one per 1,902), primary care (one per 1,240 to one per 1,013), pediatric care (one per 2,363 to one per 1,710) and mental health care (one per 2,806 to one per 2,085 ) from 2022-2025. Another priority found in the survey was mental health. Seventy-three percent of CHNAS respondents said anxiety or depression affects their daily lives, or the daily lives of someone in their family. “Loneliness was also identified by survey respondents as the top social concern in our county. This is consistent with our 2023 results.” Hensley referenced a participant who stated that they waited six months for an in-person care provider for a mental health crisis. During the 2023 assessment, a priority that was identified was substance use. As a result of this, Narcan distribution increased throughout the county as well as the hiring of a substance use case manager/peer support specialist. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) were also highlighted as a priority from the previous CHA. “This continues to be a significant concern in our county. Navajo County has the highest STI incident rate in the state.” A work group within the health district collaborated with hospitals, providers, healthcare organizations and tribal nations to make a big impact on this issue. “Congenital syphilis reached a peak in 2022, but by 2024, the rate had decreased by about 60% from that peak,” stated Hensley, going from 885 to 500 per 100,000 live births. Another priority that came from the most recent CHA was senior health and aging services. Falls were found to be the leading cause of accidental deaths in the county for residents 65 and older, with 19 accidental fall deaths occurring in 2024. Among the survey respondents who needed Alzheimer’s care, 54% did not receive it, furthering highlighting the need for senior services. “This tells us we need to think beyond just healthcare alone and consider caregiving housing, transportation, assisted living and the ability for our residents to age within their own community,” stated Hensley. Other changes of note that were found in the CHA results showed that the life expectancy for county residents decreased from 77 to 68.1 from 2023-2026. A 41% increase for the cost-of-living wage also occurred, going from $15.79 to $22.26 per one adult. “At the same time we also had an improvement in kindergarten vaccination rates,” stated Hensley, which saw an increase in vaccination rates from 3% to 9.1%. Next steps following these CHA results now that the assessment stage is complete, will be planning for the CHIP 2026 to 2027, “The CHIP is where we take what we learned, identify the issues our community will work on together, determine strategies, bring partners to the table and establish ways to measure progress.” The board also received an annual report from the Navajo County Emergency Management & Preparedness. Emergency Management and Preparedness Director Catrina Jenkins, during which she explained the mission areas of emergency management. Jenkins encouraged residents to sign up for the county’s alert system, which can be found on the county’s website. “This alert system allows us to inform our residents, businesses and community members, as well as visitors of any incident that may be happening and the instructions that might be lifesaving for them.” She also presented a proclamation to declare the month of September as National Preparedness Month 2026, which the board approved. “National Preparedness Month provides an opportunity to highlight the importance of taking proactive steps before an emergency occurs and to recognize the shared role residents, communities, and first responders play in strengthening resilience,” Jenkins read. Convening as the Navajo County Public Health Services District, the board: * Approved the amended agreement between Randox Laboratories & NCPHSD-Medical Examiner for an address change to the new Code Enforcement building, located at 1121 W. Pinedale Road, suite B in Taylor. This address needed to be updated in the contract, with no other changes. * Approved an amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Winslow and Navajo County Animal Care & Control for animal shelter services to increase the number of animal holding kennels available to Navajo County Animal Care & Control. The expansion would provide four additional kennels, increasing the total available kennel capacity to 13 kennels. The increase required an additional $1,300 per month, resulting in an annual increase of $15,600.  * Approved an IGA amendment for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and breastfeeding peer counseling services between Navajo County and the Arizona Department of Health Services. The WIC Program is 100% federally funded, with funding increasing from $594,273 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2026 to $603,595 in FFY 2027 to offset expense of increased client numbers. No major changes have been made to the scope of work. The post Navajo County taking steps to improve health outcomes first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97232d2c5335ae104dfdb7 County supervisors learn details and receive feedback regarding Chimney Canyon solar project te 2026-09-01T19:10:37.308Z County supervisors learn details and receive feedback regarding Chimney Canyon solar project By Talaina Kor During the Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday on Aug. 25, an initial project briefing for a proposed utility-scale solar power plant and battery energy storage system southwest of Joseph City was reviewed. The review included a summary of the proposed project, called Chimney Canyon Energy Center 1 LLC., an affiliate of Clearway Energy, as well as its location, anticipated facilities and key terms of the proposed development agreement. Although the site plan uses a smaller footprint, an approximately 17,995 acres is under lease for the project. It will host up to 975 megawatts (MW) in solar and an up to 750 MW battery system. Phase 1 of construction is planned to begin in 2027 and be online by 2029, and Phase 2 is to be online by 2030, with an agreement length of 40 years with up to two 10-year extensions. Requirements for land, water and wildlife were reviewed, safety standards, water usage, assessment and studies as well as end of project life and land restoration requirements were discussed. “As a part of our technical review, planning development services staff have found that the current design of this project meets or exceeds all design standards of the Navajo County zoning ordinance,” stated Planning Manager Cody Cooper. Fencing will comply with Arizona Game and Fish Department standards, which includes small game gaps and wildlife corridors. County Supervisor Alberto Peshlakai asked about road use, referencing residents’ complaints he’s received on the four way stop that has been used during the building of West Camp II located south of Joseph City, and stating that the road “Is not in the condition as it was before due to the heavy traffic from construction or current construction.” Cooper replied that there would have to be an agreement for maintenance of roads utilized for construction. Chimney Canyon Energy Center 1 LLC Project Development Manager Jake Almquist and Clearway Energy Environmental Permitting Manager Deandra Cass provided a more detailed overview of the project, as well as the benefits it will provide and the company’s commitment to safety and transparency, as well as multiple community engagement opportunities. Joseph City residents spoke on their thoughts about the project. Ruth Hansen stated that, “There is no one in this room that is affected more negatively than I am with this project. My family has leased this land for over 150 years, and now I will not be able to run my cattle on this area,” she continued, “Still, having said that, I’m not against the solar at all. I do think they could do a lot of things to help create a symbiosis of natural resources and help the environment with this even more.” Hansen offered ideas to create a more mutually beneficial relationship between the land and solar, mentioning the increase of dust storms in the area due to the implementation for other projects in the area and that foliage would help mitigate that, as well as washing down solar panels to help plant life grow and mitigate the unsettled dirt. She also asked about the possibility of raising the height of the solar panels so antelope and other larger wildlife could still graze and use the land. “I know they’re having corridors, but that’s still 18,000 acres not being used for our wildlife and for our cattle.” Joseph City resident Randy Baird, who is leasing some of his family’s land to the project, spoke on his rights as a private property owner and the struggle with maintaining the land as his family gets older. “The point I’m getting at is this land isn’t state land. It’s not federal, not county, not tribal. It’s private.” Claire Bellinger with the Aztec Land and Cattle Co., which is also leasing out a part of the land that company owns, stated she appreciated the robust ordinances. She noted that the soil testing before and after the project was important, she wondered what the value of the intermittent soil testing during its operation would be. “I do sometimes question how effective a policy might be.” Brian Jolly, who stated that his family lives and owns 160 acres adjacent to the project, also voiced his support for the project. “Those of us who have lived here for a long time have heard promises of major economic development before,” citing potash, gas and other industries that never fully came to fruition. Jolly added that Clearway has worked with him on concerns and questions. “Clearway has been great about keeping us informed through the process. They’ve included us in important project updates and they’ve worked with my family in good faith.” Supervisor Jason Whiting noted that he wants to ensure a firm road agreement to ensure those are being maintained. Vice Chair Dawnafe Whitesinger also noted that as needing to be a focal point as well. “Ensuring that with the company that we’re having stringent conversations about what that looks like, and how do we partner with our local communities and being able to responsibly use roadways.” Chair Daryl Seymore agreed with previous comments made by Bellinger, that soil testing before and after project implementation is fine, “unless there is some type of an event of major breakage, a major fire or something like that, then that event needs to have soil testing done at that time, and maybe periodic for a few years till we know that’s absolutely clear.” County residents Donna Wastchak and Brent Meyer also gave their opinion in opposition to the project during the presentation. This presentation was part of a new implemented two-step process for public feedback on incoming renewable projects. It was informational and public-engagement purposes only and no action was being taken by the board. County Manager Bryan Layton also noted that the county website has a new portal where the public can share suggestions and feedback under Chimney Canyon Solar Energy Center section, which also provides details on the project. Readers can also watch the entire presentation on the county’s website. The board took part in honoring Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Cooper Stubblefield, Deputy Chance Flores and Lead Dispatch Communications Specialist Phylicia Bennett for their efforts in helping locate a missing person who suffers from dementia and was reported missing. The man was later found safely in New Mexico due to their efforts and collaboration with other departments. Deputy Tyler Schaefer also was honored and received the Medical Aid Award for his attempt to save a victim of an ATV collision. During call to the public, Katelynn Contreras with American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona spoke on the over 1,300 undelivered ballots that were found from 2024 during the last primary election in a Heber/Overgaard polling location. She asked that the board request a full written account from the recorder’s office and stronger procedures for voter roll clean-up and forwarding notices. During the meeting, the board: * Approved awarding Lacy Gayle Deets, Cody Lam and Jaycee Greer the 2026 Jana Richards Legacy Scholarships. * Approved a letter of support for Winslow Unified School District’s building renewal grant application. The grant would fund a new heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system for the school gymnasium, due to the increasingly urgent health and safety concerns associated with the facility’s inadequate temperature control. * Approved an amendment to the pavement markings contract with Arizona Lines, LLC. to extend the contract one additional year, which will now end September 2027. * Approved contracts signed by the county manager/assistant county manager for J2 contract amendment for Linden Trails to include additional services for the tank and retention/detention basin design for Linden Trails Development project and extended the contract through May 2027.  Also a John Osgood contract amendment for Little Colorado River Risk Management Project to read “Assist County, in coordination with USACE, in meeting its non-federal sponsor obligations related to project design and construction” and extended the contract to September 2027. * Approved an amendment to the parcel fabric contract with Bruce Harris & Associates, Inc. to extend the contract one additional year, which will now end September 2027. * Adopted a resolution canceling the Nov. 3 election for the Northland Pioneer College District and Navapache Hospital and appointing or deem positions vacant. * Approved an amendment to the AZ-NAUA and Michael Baker International contract to renew the validate, edit, and provision (VEP) service. DATAMARK Technologies and Navajo County Services agreement, and DATAMARK Technologies and NAUA proof of concept agreement. This system manages and cleans up Geographic Information Systems mapping data for Next Generation 9-1-1 call routing. Additionally, DATAMARK Technologies requires a client services agreement with Navajo County to provide automated nightly data downloads from VEP’s cloud-based enterprise database to a secure S3 location for use by Navajo County. This service comes at a cost of $3,927. DATAMARK Technologies has implemented a pilot program at no cost to Navajo County, which will integrate Location Validation Fallout and Critical Next Generation Core Services Checks directly into VEP. After the pilot program ends, and if public works feels it was beneficial, there will be a cost for the services.  * Approved the acceptance of the surplus and seized vehicle and equipment list and authorization to publish the notice of the same scheduling the Public Surplus online auction for surplus and seized vehicles and equipment running Sept. 21-28. * Approved the Navajo County Elections Department to conduct special bond and override elections for Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32, consolidated with the Nov. 3 General Election. * Approved awarding the Navajo County Complex Master Plan contract to 4Line Studio LLC. in the amount of * Approved the appointment of the following people to the Disciplinary Appeals Review (DAR) Committee: Ashley Ryan, Show Low human resources manager; Misty Hatch, Holbrook director of administration; Julia Wilson, Northland Pioneer College executive assistant; Katelin Lerma, Navajo County personnel commission/court service coordinator; and Krista Beazley, Fort Apache Heritage Foundation CEO. * Approved the FY 2026 Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification annual report. This report reflects last fiscal year’s expenditures and revenues for Federal asset forfeiture funds received through the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury.  Convening as the Navajo County Jail District, the board: * Approved an agreement for the housing of inmates of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. The agreement shall be effective until the last WMAT inmate is returned to the custos of the WMAT. The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office shall be paid $180 for the first day, and $105 every day after that based on a twenty-four-hour period. WMAT shall reimburse Navajo County for all medical, dental, and/or pharmaceutical expenses incurred by, or on behalf of inmate. Convening as the Navajo County Flood Control District, the board: * Awarded the Woodruff Drainage Construction contract to Jud Co, LLC.  The contract is to construct drainage improvements that include installation of concrete channel lining, storm drainpipe, culverts, pavement replacement and associated site work in the amount of $1,197,456. Funds are budgeted in the Flood Control District budget. Convening as the Victory Heights Road Maintenance District, the board: * Appointed Richard Griner to the Victory Heights Road Maintenance District Advisory Committee. Convening as the Board of Equalization, the board: * Approved the swore in the assessor, appraisers and petitioners approved a stipulation between the County Assessor and Petitioner on the petition for review of real property valuation of APN 210-36-048 (Corbett). * Denied the petition and approved what the assessor appraised Real Property Valuation of APN 210-08-034 (Arizona Limited Partnership). * Denied the petition and approved what the assessor appraised Real Property Valuation of APN 309-58-045 (Ponderosa Meadows). The post County supervisors learn details and receive feedback regarding Chimney Canyon solar project first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9723212c5335ae104dfd8c Drunk man steals plane, sends fighter jets scrambling near nuclear plant te 2026-09-01T19:10:25.270Z Drunk man steals plane, sends fighter jets scrambling near nuclear plant A 24-year-old man allegedly stole a small plane from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated before prompting a dramatic military response — a "very dangerous" and "rare" occurrence, according to an aviation expert.  The man took a Cessna 172 from Kalocsa Airport on Saturday morning after pulling the ropes that secured the plane from the ground, according to a translated video posted on Facebook by Hungarian police. The man then took off using a service road and headed toward Paks, home to Hungary's only nuclear power plant, according to a Facebook post from Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Ph.D., Hungary's defense minister.  TSA OFFICER SEES ALARMING SHAPES ON X-RAY BEFORE STOLEN CIVIL WAR MYSTERY UNRAVELS Hungarian military radars detected the aircraft, prompting a pair of standby fighter jets to take off, Ruszin-Szendi said. The Cessna later came down in a sunflower field near Gerjen — where the fighter jets located the damaged aircraft and remained overhead until rescue crews arrived, the post said. The pilot suffered minor injuries during the landing and made his way through the field to a nearby road, according to the translated video. A passing driver stopped after the man asked for help — but the 24-year-old then allegedly attempted to take the vehicle, according to a translated press release from Hungarian police. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The driver prevented him from leaving with the car — and responding officers, within minutes, apprehended the suspect nearby, police said. Authorities said the man appeared to be intoxicated at the time of the incident. "According to our current information, the man was drunk, and the police are investigating whether he was under the influence of other drugs," Hungarian police said in the translated release. Fox News Digital reached out to the Hungarian police for further comment and details. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the plane theft with aviation officials and other experts. The suspect was taken into custody and faces charges related to the incident, police said. "For someone operating an aircraft without any experience whatsoever, or limited experience, it could be very dangerous," said Steven Arroyo, an aviation expert and retired airline captain based in Florida (he is not involved in the investigation of the case in Hungary).  "Stealing [an] aircraft and going out on joyrides is extremely rare," he added. "It's really not a major event that occurs on a regular basis — but it's a serious event [when it] occurs. There are strict regulations in terms of consuming alcohol if you are behind the controls of an aircraft. Those rules are worldwide." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ There can be a "severe impairment of judgment, especially when you gain altitude because the air is thinner, so the bloodstream is getting reduced oxygen. … The effects of alcohol can be extreme," he added. Fox News Digital previously reported on another Cessna theft involving a small plane at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles in December 2025. A 37-year-old man allegedly gained access to the airport and a Cessna C172 before the aircraft struck a hangar, according to Los Angeles Airport Police and the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane was never airborne and hit the building while taxiing, according to reports.  The suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of burglary and aircraft theft. Bonny Chu of Fox News Digital contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9720bc2c5335ae104dfd37 Another ActBlue leader pleads Fifth as House investigates alleged foreign donations te 2026-09-01T19:00:12.312Z Another ActBlue leader pleads Fifth as House investigates alleged foreign donations Kimberly Peeler-Allen, a board member of the ActBlue Democratic fundraising organization, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself while testifying during a House probe into alleged foreign donations to ActBlue, sources familiar with the testimony told Fox News. Allen's appearance on Capitol Hill came amidst a joint probe by the House Administration, Judiciary and Oversight Committees into allegations that ActBlue accepted illicit foreign donations and failed to prevent fraud. Allen's decision to plead the Fifth follows suit with ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis, who pleaded the Fifth during his closed-door deposition in front of the same three committees on Aug. 20. FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS STILL USING ACTBLUE AS 88-YEAR-OLD DISPUTES DONATING NEARLY $150,000 TO FUNDRAISING GIANT The Committee on House Administration first opened a probe into ActBlue in 2023. Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., claimed the group could be potentially accepting foreign or fraudulent donations by neglecting to require a credit card CVV number for contributions. Steil, in a Tuesday interview with Fox News' Mark Meredith, expressed consternation over the ActBlue-affiliated individuals' refusal to cooperate with the investigation. ACTBLUE SCRUTINY FUELS NEW GOP BILLS TO TIGHTEN ELECTION DONATION RULES "I've been frustrated, that individuals [in] ActBlue haven't answered our questions on the record," he told Meredith. "We've had individuals come, in public testimony, and plead the Fifth. They have a right to do that. And I understand why they did that. But I think the American people deserve to know exactly what's going on. We have an entity here with ActBlue, that has raised roughly $20 billion since its creation. And moved that into Democratic campaigns and Democratic causes. We want to make sure that they have the fraud preventions. We want to make sure that they have the fraud prevention protocols in place to make sure that foreign funds are not coming into U.S. elections," he said. HOUSE DEM LASHES OUT AT GOP EFFORTS TO PROBE FOREIGN DONATIONS WITH STUNNING CLAIM ON MOTIVE Responding to allegations that the investigation into ActBlue is partisan in nature, Steil rebuked the notion. "This investigation began is a review of online fundraising platforms and a determination whether or not those platforms had fraud prevention programs in place to prevent foreign funds from coming into U.S. elections. One of those, ActBlue, has been called out by The New York Times [for] having misled or lied to Congress. We're trying to get to the bottom of that exactly what has been taking place inside Act Blue, per the public reporting," he told Meredith. KEY HOUSE COMMITTEE SCHEDULES HEARING WITH EMBATTLED ACTBLUE CEO: 'NEEDS TO COME CLEAN' In an April investigative report, The New York Times revealed that ActBlue's legal counsel advised the organization that, in a letter to House Republicans, ActBlue's chief executive Regina Wallace-Jones may have misled lawmakers. Responding to a congressional inquiry, Wallace-Jones characterized the organization's screening process to ensure its donations were not foreign as "multilayered," according to the report. TEXAS AG PAXTON SUES DEM FUNDRAISING PLATFORM ACTBLUE, ALLEGING 'FRAUDULENT AND FOREIGN DONATIONS' The Times, however, noted that ActBlue's counsel advised them that they didn't always follow the steps Wallace-Jones described in her letter, calling her response "a substantial risk for ActBlue." Wallace-Jones, in her own deposition to Steil's committee in June, also pleaded the Fifth. Fox News Digital contacted ActBlue for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9720ba2c5335ae104dfd2e Hunter Biden says Kamala Harris is getting 'bad political advice,' refuses to explain loyalty criticism te 2026-09-01T19:00:10.144Z Hunter Biden says Kamala Harris is getting 'bad political advice,' refuses to explain loyalty criticism Former President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, said on Sunday that former Vice President Kamala Harris was getting bad political advice, after he refused to explain why he thinks she wasn't a good politician. Zeteo founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan pressed Biden on why he said that Harris was "not a very good politician," despite her repeatedly refusing to break from Joe Biden on key issues while campaigning in 2024. "Here's what I'd also like to say about the vice president. I think that the vice president served the country incredibly well and that she has a deep, rich future in politics. Whether she wants to run for president again, she'll be one of the, if not, the frontrunner," he said.  Hasan pressed, "But she's not a very good politician?" "No, and I think that the way that she's going about it right now is, at least from my perspective—" Biden began, as Hasan pressed him to elaborate. HUNTER BIDEN REVEALS HE NEVER WANTED JOE BIDEN TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT REFUSED TO TELL HIM TO STOP Biden said, "I think that this administration, unlike you, I don't think that she should have ever been any daylight between, she can make daylight between herself and my dad, but not in terms of what they were able to accomplish over that four-year period. I think that there might be daylight as issues related to Gaza and as it relates to Israel that of course, she needs to be able to stake her own ground on that." The Zeteo founder noted that Harris didn't really break from Biden on Gaza or Israel.  Biden insisted Harris' refusal to break with his father on the issue didn't have anything to do with his father. "He didn't pressure her? No daylight, kid?" Hasan asked.  A post-2024 election book by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes said Joe Biden had told Harris repeatedly that there could be "no daylight" between them and reported that he told her, "No daylight, kid," during a call ahead of her debate with Donald Trump. KAMALA HARRIS LEAVES BIDEN OFF LIST OF TOP THREE 'MOST EFFECTIVE' PRESIDENTS The former president denied doing this during an interview on "The View." "Nothing to do with loyalty to my dad, from my perspective. But here's the thing, is this, is that, you know what? She's a free agent now. I'm Hunter Biden," he said. "I get to think whatever the hell that I want to think about anybody." Hasan pressed him again, questioning, "I'm asking why do you think she's not a very good politician?" "That's between me and her," Hunter Biden told Hasan. Hasan responded and said, "You can't just dangle that out." HUNTER BIDEN REVEALS HE'S 'DEFINITELY NOT RUNNING' FOR OFFICE DESPITE MEDIA TOUR "You know why I can? Because I ain't running for anything, Mehdi, I can say whatever the f--- I want," Biden shot back. Hunter Biden said he did not agree with the perspective that Harris was loyal to his father throughout her campaign. "I think that she was loyal to my father and I don't think she was loyal to a fault, however. There are certain things she was not loyal on. I think right now her recent appearances that I've seen and what she's trying to distance herself from my dad, the things that she wrote in her book, that we're not loyal in any way. And so there is not like this 100%," he said. Later in the interview, during a discussion about a possible 2028 ticket, Biden said he would love for Harris to be President of the United States. "I would love for her to be President of the United States. I think she would make a great President of the United States. I just think that right now, she's getting bad political advice. That's it," he said. Harris' office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Author and psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told Fox News Digital, "Harris’s problem was psychological as much as political: voters wanted change, and she couldn’t bring herself to say what she would change. That was the trap." He continued, "She was so careful about showing loyalty to Biden that she never established a strong identity of her own. When she was asked what she would have done differently, she struggled to give voters a clear answer. Voters cast their vote on leadership, confidence and authenticity. If the country is unhappy with the person in charge, you can’t run as the change candidate while essentially saying, 'I wouldn’t have changed much.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a971e5e2c5335ae104dfca1 Former PGA Tour star Hunter Mahan shares his thoughts on controversial Good Good ad, fallout that followed te 2026-09-01T18:50:06.551Z Former PGA Tour star Hunter Mahan shares his thoughts on controversial Good Good ad, fallout that followed Hunter Mahan, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour, shares the opinion of the majority in the golf world on the controversial Good Good and Callaway golf ad and the fallout that continues to unfold: the advertisement was dumb, but the consequences that have followed seem too severe. "Their impact on the game is huge, and with that size and scope of that lens on you, there is a responsibility, and I think they've realized that, probably in this ad and everything," Mahan told OutKick. Good Good, the wildly popular YouTube channel and golf brand, teamed up with Callaway in late August and collaborated on a driver. To promote the new club, Good Good shared an advertisement in which co-founder Garrett Clark shoved a female member of the brand to the ground. THE SCOTTIE VS TIGER COMPARISON, MICHAEL BLOCK'S PARTY GETS SHUT DOWN, AND A FINAL WORD ON YOUTUBE GOLF DRAMA After deleting the ad and sharing multiple apologetic statements, Callaway has cut ties with Good Good, the brand split with the PGA Tour ahead of its sponsored tournament set for November, and the brand's apparel has been pulled from the shelves at multiple retailers, among other ramifications. "For as much as the ad is sort of silly, it's a terrible ad, I thought, and just in general kind of stupid, you're under a bigger lens now than when you were when you were just on YouTube," Mahan, the former No. 4 player in the world, explained. "I think they might have learned that lesson, and they maybe didn't realize who was watching and how people are going to be judging them, but like anything, it was probably an overreaction to losing all of these things. "You're with a large partner, Callaway, PGA Tour, you can't do those things now," Mahan later continued. "I think they may have still lived in their small ecosystem and didn't realize they had entered a large ecosystem, which is awesome through all the hard work you've done, but there are going to be consequences for that. Probably too severe, but that's sort of the world we live in." GOOD GOOD GOLF DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE CANCELED FOR THEIR DUMB AD IN COLLABORATION WITH CALLAWAY Callaway announced in a statement from CEO Chip Brewer that the "content review process was not comprehensive enough," and they have taken "appropriate internal corrective actions and significantly strengthened our approval procedures to help ensure this does not happen again." The statement also explained that Callaway approved the ad before it was posted. The company also explained in a later statement that it was committing "$1 million to support organizations working to prevent violence against women, provide resources to survivors, and advance education and awareness efforts." Hours after Callaway announced that it was ending its relationship with Good Good, the PGA Tour announced that Good Good had pulled out of its sponsorship of the scheduled event in November. The PGA Tour has the now-sponsorless event listed as the Austin Championship on its official website. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a971c0a2c5335ae104dfc5b US House clears spending stopgap backed by Trump that averts government shutdown te 2026-09-01T18:40:10.456Z US House clears spending stopgap backed by Trump that averts government shutdown The U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a short-term government funding bill Tuesday that would avoid a shutdown this fall once President Donald Trump signs it.  The 370-48 vote showed neither Republicans nor Democrats want a repeat of the funding lapse that took place last year when disagreement over enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits led to a historic 43-day shutdown.  The stopgap spending bill, which the Senate approved in early August, would provide mostly flat funding for federal departments and agencies to keep up and running from the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 through Dec. 11.  The short-term funding patch is supposed to give Congress more time to reach bipartisan agreement on the dozen annual appropriations bills. Absent that, lawmakers can pass a series of stopgap spending bills or force another government shutdown.  House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said during floor debate the bill doesn’t include any “poison pills” or “partisan riders.” “The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less,” he said. “It gives the nation and our constituents certainly.” The measure, Cole said, would “allow Congress time to get past the November elections and allow us time to assess and move forward with further appropriations measures in November and December.”  Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member on the committee, said the bill doesn’t include any additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and would block the administration from moving any of the money to the Border Patrol.  Republicans in Congress approved a $70 billion package earlier this year intended to fund ICE and the Border Patrol for the next three years. That funding was on top of the roughly $170 billion for immigration enforcement included in the GOP’s “big, beautiful” law. “We will not support a single cent in further funding without substantial reforms to protect our communities from abuse,” DeLauro said during debate.  The stopgap spending bill, she said, “is in no way a substitute for the full-year funding process. It is merely a means to complete this important work while averting a lapse in government funding.” Senate action Senators voted 96-0 to approve the spending measure in early August after making changes to a bill the House passed in late July.  The White House indicated last month that Trump plans to sign the bill when it reaches his desk, writing in a Statement of Administration Policy that the president “strongly opposes another futile Government shutdown.” “Every Member of Congress should support passage of this CR to keep the Government open as discussions on full-year appropriations continue,” it said. The current version of the legislation “closes the loophole that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding for other programs to Border Patrol” and “extends authorizations of important health, veterans, infrastructure, and other programs,” according to a summary from Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash. Rule on grantmaking blocked The bill also blocks the White House budget office from moving forward during the next few months with a rule that would give political appointees more influence over grants. Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, wrote in a letter released in early July that “rule would impose new, burdensome requirements on award recipients that would harm small and rural communities, undermine scientific and biomedical research, and conflict with Congress’ control over the federal funding process.” Democrats in Congress also oppose the proposed rule, arguing it “will make it impossible for grant recipients to faithfully carry out the funding priorities that Congress establishes in statute, and would turn federal grants into a new cudgel for the President to unilaterally advance his partisan agenda and punish political rivals.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a971c052c5335ae104dfc1d Who is John Ternus, the new Apple CEO? te 2026-09-01T18:40:05.902Z Who is John Ternus, the new Apple CEO? Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9719b42c5335ae104dfbd3 Johnson quells House GOP rebellion to advance anti-socialism resolution te 2026-09-01T18:30:12.565Z Johnson quells House GOP rebellion to advance anti-socialism resolution Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., scored a commanding victory on Tuesday after overcoming a House GOP rebellion to advance a resolution to condemn socialism. House conservatives had threatened to tank a procedural vote, called a "rule vote," meant to unlock debate on several bills GOP leaders wanted lawmakers to vote on this week. But the rebels' issue was not with the measure itself, nor the bills it would have allowed the House to pass. Their votes were a protest against how their leaders handled a plan to avert a government shutdown just before the midterm elections, a short-term funding bill called a continuing resolution (CR). JOHNSON SCORES WIN AS CONSERVATIVE REBELS END HOUSE FLOOR BLOCKADE OVER VOTER ID BILL "NO ON CR. NO ON RULE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO AMEND AND FIX THE CR: The House of Representatives will be voting for a government funding continuing resolution TODAY that FAILS to deliver on common-sense policies for the American people," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., also told reporters he would vote against the rule in protest of the CR. A handful of GOP lawmakers took issue with how the Senate modified an original House-passed CR, including adding an unrelated measure to delay a congressionally approved hemp product ban by 30 days and a provision curbing the Trump administration’s control over federal grants. TENSIONS ERUPT IN HOUSE HEARING AS GOP ADVANCES ANTI-SOCIALISM RESOLUTION WHILE DEMS RAGE: 'SILLY SEASON' "The Senate did violence to our bill," Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "Hemp and the grants are the two big ones…and frankly, I just don’t think CRs ought to be on suspension…when you put it on suspension, you’re not asking for my vote, okay, you’re going to get Democrats." Roy also criticized the bill for not cutting off funding to sanctuary jurisdictions or abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. DEMOCRATS BLINK AS SCHUMER HELPS GOP CLEAR KEY SHUTDOWN HURDLE Voting on a bill under "suspension" means it gets fast-tracked past multiple procedural hurdles in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds. That means the rule vote's survival does not affect whether the CR passes or fails. A CR is a short-term extension of current federal funding levels. It's normally used to give lawmakers extra time to cobble together a new budget for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. The CR up for a vote on Tuesday would kick the government shutdown fight to a Dec. 11 deadline. A rule vote traditionally falls along party lines and until recently, it was unheard of for lawmakers to defy their leaders by joining the other side to defeat it. But it's become increasingly common in recent years for lawmakers, specifically on the right, to weaponize it as a form of protest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9719b32c5335ae104dfbca North Carolina climber airlifted after plunging 20 feet down gorge, sustaining serious injuries te 2026-09-01T18:30:11.246Z North Carolina climber airlifted after plunging 20 feet down gorge, sustaining serious injuries A hiker who fell 20 feet in a North Carolina gorge and sustained serious injuries was airlifted out of harm’s way over the weekend. Emergency crews were called around 2 p.m. Sunday amid reports of a fallen climber along a steep section of Shortoff Mountain in Linville Gorge. "The lead climber was attempting to place gear approximately 40 feet above the ledge when they took a lead fall of approximately 15–20 feet," Burke Rescue Inc. and SAR posted on its Facebook page, "during which they swung away from the climbing wall and struck an adjacent rock pillar." An online fundraiser shared by Burke Rescue identified the climber as Jacob Gregory. HELICOPTER RESCUE CREW CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAVING 2 CLIMBERS TRAPPED ALONG POPULAR CALIFORNIA BEACH CLIFF Paramedics initially responded, rappelled down to the climber, and assessed the patient while additional resources were requested. "After a request for whole blood, a Burke Rescue volunteer ran approximately 1.5 miles, covering 1,000 feet of elevation in just 31 minutes," the Facebook post states, "while carrying critical whole blood to the patient to help stabilize them for transport." AMERICAN RED CROSS DECLARES NATIONAL BLOOD CRISIS AS TYPE O SUPPLY DROPS TO DANGEROUS LEVELS A North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team Black Hawk helicopter was eventually called to assist with an air rescue because of the steep, rugged terrain. The helicopter, known as "Kill Devil 244," lifted the climber off the mountain and took him to Charlotte for medical treatment. The rescue involved two dozen agencies from surrounding counties. RESCUERS FREE CLIMBER TRAPPED BENEATH 16,000-POUND BOULDER ON OREGON'S MOUNT HOOD IN COMPLEX OPERATION "It took an extraordinary number of people, coordination, and courage to get Jacob from that remote mountainside to the care he needed," the online fundraiser said. "To every responder who answered that call: thank you. You saved a life and brought a husband, father, brother, son, friend and loved one to safety." Burke Rescue noted that climbing comes with inherent risks and urged climbers to "know your abilities" as well as use appropriate equipment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9719b12c5335ae104dfbc1 Week one upset special: These three college football teams should be on upset alert this weekend te 2026-09-01T18:30:09.987Z Week one upset special: These three college football teams should be on upset alert this weekend I hope you all canceled your plans for the next 20 or so Saturdays, because college football is back. After a nice appetizer over the weekend courtesy of week zero, the action ramps up in earnest with a full slate of games going all the way through Labor Day. There are quite a few high-profile match ups on the docket for week one, and with that comes the inevitability of upsets. SEC LAWYERS, LANE KIFFIN AND DEATH VALLEY: COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S WEEK 1 IS SET FOR FIREWORKS It is college football, after all, and no season opener would be complete without a few shockers (happy 19th anniversary to Appalachian State's win at The Big House, by the way). With that in mind, here are three teams favored to win this weekend that should be on upset alert. Let me preface this pick by saying that I truly believe Auburn head coach Alex Golesh will do great things on The Plains, but this game reeks of upset potential. The Tigers are breaking in a ton of new players as well as the aforementioned new coaching staff, and the fact that this is at a neutral site in Atlanta makes this game extra wonky. The Baylor Bears weren't exactly world beaters last year, and new quarterback DJ Lagway was a train wreck at Florida in 2025, but he was dealing with a litany of injuries all last season as well as having to perform in a Billy Napier offense, so I expect the junior signal caller to look more like a five-star than he did throughout much of his time in Gainesville. SLEEPER TEAMS FROM EACH POWER 4 CONFERENCE: WHO WILL EXCEED EXPECTATIONS THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON? Auburn won this game handily last year, too, but did so with an entirely different coaching staff and set of players, so that result is a largely irrelevant data point. I wouldn't put money on the Bears to win this game outright, but I wouldn't be shocked if they did, and I almost expect them to get inside that 7.5 number as Golesh tries to work through some first-game jitters. If you had asked me to pick this game seven days ago, I would have hammered UNLV, but with the benefit of seeing both teams perform during week zero, I might have to pivot to the Rainbow Warriors of Hawaii. The Rebels struggled to stop Memphis's offense in the 27-21 loss to the Tigers at home, and I have a feeling some of that defensive fog lingers for this game too. Conversely, Hawaii might have actually gained some confidence in their week zero loss to Stanford, a game in which they were the underdogs and were leading midway through the fourth quarter. The biggest factor here is that the game is in Honolulu, and that kind of trans-Pacific travel coupled with a season-opening loss could spell trouble for the Rebels. If that does happen, and UNLV goes from G6 Playoff darlings to 0-2, some uncomfortable conversations will start to spring up about head coach Dan Mullen's future in Vegas. And no number of Elvis impersonators will be able to save him from that. A good old-fashioned Tiger on Tiger match up, and this one has some layers to it, so bare with me. When these two teams met last year in South Carolina, it was thought to be somewhat of a College Football Playoff preview, with both LSU and Clemson ranked in the top-ten to start the season. As it turned out, both teams wound up winning only seven games apiece and LSU even sent head coach Brian Kelly packing. Now, the Bayou Bengals have Lane Kiffin roaming their sidelines armed with a $40 million roster, but there have been several distractions to come out of Baton Rouge in recent weeks, most notably the staff being at the center of the controversy regarding NFL players going back to college. That could prove to be enough of a headache for the coaches and players to make what should have been a fairly comfortable win into a dog fight, but that's not to say Clemson can't win this game even on their own merits. The talent disparity between the two teams isn't as wide as some say it is, and Clemson has some serious firepower at the wide receiver position as well as along its front seven. I do worry about how Clemson starting quarterback Christopher Vizzina will handle the noise in Death Valley with this being only his second career start, but he has the talent profile as well as the aforementioned stable of receivers to get the job done. LSU can ill afford to overlook this game, even as double-digit favorites, and no one should be shocked if Clemson comes in and plants their flag in Tiger Stadium. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9719b02c5335ae104dfbb8 Coast Guard rescues 37 suspected migrants stranded for 2 days off California coast te 2026-09-01T18:30:08.544Z Coast Guard rescues 37 suspected migrants stranded for 2 days off California coast FIRST ON FOX: Dozens of suspected migrants were rescued from a 30-foot pleasure craft after spending two days stranded without fuel, food or water, nearly 90 miles off the Southern California coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said 37 suspected migrants were aboard the boat when crews reached it Friday, about 88 miles from Channel Islands Harbor. The rescue began around 3:40 p.m., when the boat’s operator radioed the Coast Guard for help. OVERCROWDED MIGRANT VESSEL WITH 240 PEOPLE ON BOARD INTERCEPTED NEAR TURKS AND CAICOS The operator said the boat had been drifting for two days without fuel, food or water and had no personal safety equipment. The Coast Guard sent several crews to the area, including the cutters Sockeye and Halibut, boats from stations in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Channel Islands, and an air crew. Crews found the boat around 8:30 p.m. and brought all 37 suspected migrants aboard the Sockeye. "I could not be prouder of the Coast Guard crews on scene who were directly responsible for 37 lives saved last night," said Master Chief Peter Nelson, the Sockeye’s officer in charge. COAST GUARD SEIZES 7K POUNDS OF COCAINE WORTH MORE THAN $54 MILLION NEAR PUERTO RICO, FIVE ARRESTED Nelson said crews carried out the rescue at night in rough conditions far from shore. "Despite operating far offshore in rough conditions at night, they persevered until every person in danger was rescued," Nelson said. "Their extraordinary professionalism, superb judgment, and impeccable seamanship shined throughout the entire case." The Sockeye brought the group to Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, where they were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol. The Coast Guard did not immediately say where the group was from, where the boat began its journey or where it was headed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97175e2c5335ae104dfb58 Suspect in custody for strangling Massachusetts woman to death in her home is Brazilian illegal immigrant te 2026-09-01T18:20:14.622Z Suspect in custody for strangling Massachusetts woman to death in her home is Brazilian illegal immigrant Federal authorities say they arrested an illegal immigrant accused of strangling a woman to death inside her Massachusetts home on Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say Flavio Alcantara Dias, 43, is an illegal immigrant from Brazil who was released into the U.S. under former President Joe Biden's administration, despite previous arrests for DUI and aggravated assault. "Alcantara Dias illegally entered the United States in April 2019. In October 2024, an immigration judge granted Alcantara Dias’ motion to terminate his immigration hearings based on a technicality, bringing his immigration case to an end despite his criminal history and unlawful presence in the United States. He was then released into the country by the Biden administration," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. BIDEN ADMIN RELEASED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING FAIRFAX COUNTY MOTHER "The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers. 7 of the top 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE. We are urging the Framingham Police Department to participate in a controlled transfer of this criminal illegal alien to get him out of our communities once and for all," the statement continued. "Our message is clear: if you come into our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will deport you," DHS added. EXCLUSIVE: LEGAL GROUP TELLS NYPD COPS THEY CAN CONTACT ICE DIRECTLY DESPITE BLUE CITY'S SANCTUARY RULES Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Brandt recounted a 911 call Dias made after an altercation with the 33-year-old Brianna Connolly in her home last week. "He states very clearly, ‘Can I have police? A homicide just happened here right now,’" Brandt told the courtroom, according to Boston 25 News. ICE LODGES DETAINER FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANT CHARGED WITH STRANGLING WIFE AND DUMPING BODY NEAR OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY "He then states, ‘I ended up killing a woman by mistake.’ He says, ‘I went crazy and suffocated her later on, says that he strangled her,’" Brandt said, noting that Dias had been speaking Portuguese. Brandt said Dias had told police on the call that he and Connolly had been doing drugs inside her home and got into an argument because he wanted to have sex and she did not. Dias claimed he fell asleep and woke up to find Connolly not breathing. Brandt added that police observed that Connolly had "blood marks on her forehead and also on the back of her head" in addition to a "fabric-y cord around her neck." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97175c2c5335ae104dfb4f US embassies in Middle East warn Americans of 'unforeseen escalation' as latest strikes hit Iran te 2026-09-01T18:20:12.709Z US embassies in Middle East warn Americans of 'unforeseen escalation' as latest strikes hit Iran Multiple U.S. embassies in the Middle East warned Americans Tuesday of the "potential for unforeseen escalation" as U.S. Central Command launched fresh strikes on Iran. Similar messages posted on the websites of the U.S. embassies in Jerusalem, Jordan and Qatar said "Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise caution and heightened vigilance and should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions." The warnings came as CENTCOM said its forces "began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran" around 12 p.m. ET. "The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region," CENTCOM added. US STRIKES IRGC, IRANIAN PORT TARGETS AFTER TRUMP VOWS TO 'HIT BACK HARD' "The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. "If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!" he added. U.S. strikes over the weekend targeted two Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first such strikes in a month. Iranian forces were preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the strait when U.S. forces targeted Larak Island, U.S. Central Command said. In response, Iran launched eight ballistic missiles targeting U.S. bases in Jordan. NEW REPORT EXPOSES INTACT IRANIAN BUNKER THAT MAY HIDE REGIME'S ONGOING NUCLEAR WORK The embassies also said Tuesday, "Due to tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. "U.S. diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted. Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including U.S. businesses and other institutions," it continued. "The situation in the Middle East remains fluid," the message also said. "The Iranian regime is unpredictable, as seen by its recent decisions to attack areas in the region without warning or provocations as well as to expand attacks to areas not previously targeted (such as Egypt). Americans should remain vigilant, as merely because U.S. interests or businesses have not been attacked in a country in the past does not ensure their safety." Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97175a2c5335ae104dfb46 DHS secretary bashes New York leadership after announcing thousands of arrests in sweeping operation te 2026-09-01T18:20:10.679Z DHS secretary bashes New York leadership after announcing thousands of arrests in sweeping operation Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin detailed the arrest of thousands of individuals in New York considered to be public safety threats during a Tuesday press conference announcing the success of the federal Operation Rotten Apple. During the announcement, Mullin blasted New York's leadership, including Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City's Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for working against law enforcement. "Operation Rotten Apple was initiated because New York City has a liberal, socialist mayor who, instead of working with law enforcement, tried to cut NYPD's budget by $22 million and refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement. You also have a governor who refuses to work with us. Over the last 30 days, Operation Rotten Apple has taken over 2,100 of the worst criminals off our streets statewide," Mullin said. ICE MAKES NATIONWIDE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES IN HOLIDAY BLITZ Mullin specifically cited the cases of three foreign nationals, each with violent criminal histories. One arrestee was a 39 -year-old Indian national with an International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) red notice out on him for an alleged rape he was charged with in Germany, Mullin relayed. ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE AND CHILD SEX CRIMES IN TARGETED CRACKDOWN Another, a 50-year-old Ukrainian citizen, has a lengthy criminal history that includes convictions for kidnapping, abduction, possession of a weapon and murder, Mullin said. Mullin said the individuals were roaming New York's streets because of the city and state's sanctuary policies. DHS DEMANDS NEW YORK SANCTUARY POLITICIANS HONOR DETAINER FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING CORPSE ON SUBWAY "These individuals should never have been on our streets. While radical-left sanctuary states protect illegal immigrants, the Trump administration and ICE officers (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are out there every day protecting Americans," he said. He also claimed New York's Democratic politicians have successfully lobbied for the release of over 13,000 illegal immigrants, while imploring for those politicians to cease obstructing DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from doing their jobs. MAMDANI SAYS EVEN IF HE CAN GET ALONG WITH TRUMP, HE STILL DEMANDS THAT 'ICE SHOULD BE ABOLISHED' "Earlier this summer, the mayor of New York City said he believes ICE raids are 'cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to protect public safety.' Are you telling me that taking these arrested individuals off the street is not in the interest of public safety? We took them off the streets to protect New Yorkers while the mayor refuses to cooperate and attempts to slash NYPD's budget. He is extremely out of touch with what the American people want and what public safety looks like," Mullin added. Mullin specifically bashed Hochul for terminating 287(g) agreements, which allow local municipalities' police departments to coordinate and work with federal agents. "Keep in mind that seven of the safest cities in the country cooperate with ICE and the 287(g) program," he said. HOCHUL REMAINS DEFIANT AFTER SHERIFFS SUE OVER LAW BANNING COOPERATION WITH ICE: 'BRING IT ON' "In private, almost every sheriff and police chief wants to work with us. They took an oath to enforce the law, but radical local politicians prevent them from doing their jobs. I thank the sheriffs who stand up against local political interference on behalf of their constituents. Restoring law and order is an issue supported by 80% of the public across party lines," Mullin continued. He also revealed that the federal government is willing and able to send more federal agents into New York and other cities where leadership refuses to cooperate with federal law and immigration enforcement. BORDER CZAR HOMAN VOWS TO 'FLOOD' NEW YORK WITH ICE AGENTS DESPITE HOCHUL'S RESISTANCE "Because local leadership refuses to cooperate through the 287(g) program, we will send as many personnel as necessary to restore law and order. President Trump loves New York and is committed to restoring safety here alongside ICE and DHS," Mullin said. Fox News Digital contacted the offices of Hochul, Mamdani, DHS and ICE for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9717592c5335ae104dfb3d Baby killed after illegal immigrant allegedly strikes family at grocery store parking lot te 2026-09-01T18:20:09.415Z Baby killed after illegal immigrant allegedly strikes family at grocery store parking lot An illegal immigrant from Guatemala was charged with manslaughter after allegedly crashing into a mother and her two children, killing her 9-month-old son, in a New Jersey grocery store parking lot Friday, according to authorities. A 9-month-old boy was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune after Maria Cobon-Guzman allegedly struck his mother and the baby carriage carrying him and his 5-year-old sister in the parking lot of a kosher grocery store in Jackson on Friday. "An innocent baby would still be alive today had it not been for Joe Biden’s disastrous open border and reckless immigration policy that released countless illegal aliens into our country," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital. EXCLUSIVE: DHS ANNOUNCES NEW JERSEY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTS AS NEWARK PROTESTS RAGE OUTSIDE FACILITY "We are urging the Ocean County Jail to honor ICE’s detainers on these two criminal illegal aliens to take them out of American communities once and for all," the spokesperson said of the Republican-friendly county in the otherwise blue state. All three victims were transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. The mother and her five-year-old child remained hospitalized in stable condition, while the 9-month-old boy died. Another woman, Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, was also charged in the incident after she reportedly allowed Cobon-Guzman to drive her car knowing she was unlicensed. An inmate report listed Lazaro-Flores as charged with "endangering the welfare of an incompetent person." Both women illegally entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, with Lazaro-Flores doing so five times in October 2023 and being removed each time, DHS told Fox News Digital. "She last illegally entered the United States through the Biden Administration’s open border at an unknown place and time," the agency said. ICE MAKES NATIONWIDE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES IN HOLIDAY BLITZ Cobon-Guzman entered once but was released unvetted into the nation’s interior, DHS added. On July 31, an immigration judge issued an order of removal against her. "New Jersey must honor ICE's detainers on these two criminal illegal aliens to take them out of American communities once and for all,"," the agency tweeted. Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who signed legislation codifying New Jersey’s Immigrant Trust Directive, had not commented as of Tuesday morning. When reached for comment, a Sherrill spokesman directed Fox News Digital to Attorney General Jennifer Davenport. Davenport did not immediately respond. Observers took notice of the relative silence as Sherrill's social media posts about other things including a critique of President Donald Trump's battle with Iran sparked outrage: "How about sticking to doing something about the highest property taxes in the US [or] stopping illegals from killing and maiming us?" read one response. "Any comment yet? Hello?" another said. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The Trust Directive, as drafted by Davenport predecessor Gurbir Grewal, limits voluntary assistance New Jersey law enforcement may provide DHS. New Jersey Republicans fired back at Trenton leadership, suggesting they created the conditions to allow the tragedy to occur. "An innocent baby is dead. A mother and another child were seriously injured. Now, ICE is seeking custody of the two women charged in connection with the crash," the state party said in a statement. "This should not be complicated: New Jersey must comply with ICE detainers. Governor Sherrill has a responsibility to put the safety of New Jersey families ahead of sanctuary policies. When federal immigration authorities seek custody of individuals charged with serious crimes, the state should cooperate — not stand in the way." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9717552c5335ae104dfb2c House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections te 2026-09-01T18:20:05.198Z House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections Lawmakers sent the legislation to President Trump in an overwhelming vote, reflecting bipartisan enthusiasm around punting a messy spending fight until after the midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9715082c5335ae104dfaf3 London Zoo: The Azores Bullfinch, a truly rare bird te 2026-09-01T18:10:16.502Z London Zoo: The Azores Bullfinch, a truly rare bird This week's London Zoo column from Karen London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9715042c5335ae104dfaca Democrats blink in shutdown fight, hand Trump and GOP win before midterms te 2026-09-01T18:10:12.608Z Democrats blink in shutdown fight, hand Trump and GOP win before midterms House Democrats relented to Republicans in their quest to prevent a government shutdown after spending months raising the possibility ahead of the crucial midterm elections. Tuesday’s successful vote in the House, the second such attempt since July, means that lawmakers have officially punted funding the government until after the November election and are sending the short-term funding patch, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to President Donald Trump’s desk. It also marks the end of months of concerns that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would again shut the government down for political gain as they vie for control of Congress. DEMOCRATS BLINK AS SCHUMER HELPS GOP CLEAR KEY SHUTDOWN HURDLE Both top Democrats caved on pushing for another shutdown, for now. And that gave House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who needed Democratic votes to pass the bill, a win. But while House Democrats agreed to support the bipartisan CR that passed the Senate last month, conservatives raged about certain changes that negotiators in the upper chamber wove into the bill. Conservatives were outraged over an unrelated measure to delay a congressionally approved hemp product ban by 30 days and a provision curbing the Trump administration’s control over federal grants. TRUMP COULD FACE IMPEACHMENT IF DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE MAJORITY, GOP LEADER WARNS House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., and members of Johnson’s right flank have criticized the CR over the hemp ban delay and grant rule change, a sentiment shared by Republicans in the Senate. "The Senate did violence to our bill," Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "Hemp and the grants are the two big ones…and frankly, I just don’t think CRs ought to be on suspension…when you put it on suspension, you’re not asking for my vote, okay, you’re going to get Democrats." Voting on a bill under "suspension" means it gets fast-tracked past multiple procedural hurdles in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds. But the modification to the grant rule doesn’t permanently kill it. SCHUMER CAVES, HANDS REPUBLICANS SHUTDOWN WIN AFTER MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY Senate Republicans were assured by the administration that the push for more control over federal grants could be ready to go by the time the stopgap expires in December. Democrats argue it could be used as a tool to dictate which states do and don't get federal dollars. Meanwhile, the CR punts the deadline to avert a government shutdown to Dec. 11, giving lawmakers a little over a month to create a new federal budget for fiscal year 2027, which begins Oct. 1. But House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., whose panel is in charge of writing those spending bills along with its Senate counterpart, told Fox News Digital that would not be enough time. He placed blame squarely on Senate Democrats, who he argued were trying to hinder Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, and her bid for re-election come November. "They clearly do not want Susan Collins to have any success. So all of America has to suffer until they figure out who's going to win in Maine," Cole said. "We're going to risk a year-long CR, if not a shutdown. So they've just been incredibly irresponsible." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9715002c5335ae104dfac1 Dad of girl left permanently disabled in crash with illegal immigrant rips Dems: ‘I reject your sympathy’ te 2026-09-01T18:10:08.929Z Dad of girl left permanently disabled in crash with illegal immigrant rips Dems: ‘I reject your sympathy’ The father of a 7-year-old girl left permanently disabled after an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler slammed into the vehicle she was traveling in tore into Democratic lawmakers during a fiery Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, rejecting their expressions of sympathy and accusing them of failing families like his. "I reject your guys’ sympathy," Marcus Coleman, whose daughter Dalilah suffered a fractured skull, broken femur and traumatic brain injury in the 2024 California crash, told lawmakers during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary policies across the United States. Coleman said Democratic lawmakers had "never reached out to me" after his now-7-year-old daughter’s catastrophic injuries. GRIEVING MOTHERS SCORCH DEM LAWMAKER AFTER HE PIVOTS DURING HEARING TO ATTACK 'MAGA REPUBLICANS' "Not one of you guys have ever sat there and seen me in the hallways and said, ‘Hey, sorry about your daughter.’ You guys do it right here where you guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox," Coleman said. "This is when you guys care. Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care." Coleman said his daughter "doesn’t deserve" what happened to her. "She didn't ask for any of this," the father said. "The people that jumped the fence did though, they knew exactly what they were doing. They still chose to move forward in that direction. And every day something's happening to somebody and it is your guys' fault. I hold each and every one of you responsible for it and I always will." Dalilah was critically injured in Southern California in 2024 when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer traveling at 60 mph slammed into a vehicle she was riding in. Authorities identified the truck driver as Partap Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who had obtained a commercial driver's license in California. Singh was driving at an unsafe speed and failed to stop for traffic in a construction zone before the crash, authorities said. The hearing focused on sanctuary policies in California, Colorado and Maryland, and Republicans’ argument that the policies put Americans at risk by limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Coleman told lawmakers the consequences for his family have extended far beyond his daughter’s catastrophic injuries, saying he has stopped working as a truck driver and is now struggling financially while raising nine children. "I'm no longer truck driving. I no longer make the money that we used to make. I'm now pinching pennies," Coleman said. "I have nine kids, by the way, that I take care of, and I had to sit there and stretch that." ANGEL FAMILIES PLEAD WITH LEADERS TO 'CHOOSE' AMERICAN CHILDREN OVER PROTECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Another parent testifying at Tuesday’s hearing described the lasting toll a separate crash involving an illegal immigrant has taken on her family. Patricia Fox said her daughter, Carissa "Luu" Aspnes, was permanently disabled after a March 2025 hit-and-run crash in Colorado involving an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Fox told lawmakers her daughter was thrown headfirst into a concrete barrier at nearly 50 mph and that the driver and passenger fled without checking whether she was alive. "Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived. Praise God, but survival and recovery are not the same," Fox testified. Fox said she now uses a Hoyer lift to get her adult daughter out of bed because Aspnes cannot sit up or stand on her own. She said she blends her daughter’s food and feeds her through a G-tube, administers her medications and bathes her, while sleeping lightly at night in case her pulse oximeter sounds an alarm. "One collision created an entire family of victims," Fox said, arguing that her daughter’s case carried an additional source of anguish because of the accused driver’s immigration status. "If an American citizen had hit my daughter, I wouldn't be here asking, ‘Why was somebody who had no lawful right to be in this country here to hit her in the first place?’" Fox said. Fox later delivered a pointed message about the partisan divide over immigration policy, telling lawmakers that cases like her daughter’s "shouldn’t be partisan." "The lives of American citizens should matter to both sides," Fox said. "We get it. You guys hate Trump. The campaign ads, they're all the same. Taking the fight to Trump, standing against Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. "You need to love Americans more than you hate Trump," she added. "That's not partisan politics. It's literally your job." MOM FROM VIRAL RO KHANNA DEBATE SAYS DEMS CAN'T CLAIM TO SUPPORT BOTH SECURE BORDERS AND SANCTUARY POLICIES Coleman also pointed to his wife, an immigrant who he said followed the legal process to come to the United States, while arguing that people who enter the country illegally should not be afforded the same treatment. "My wife, an immigrant. She did what she's supposed to do," Coleman said. "She did exactly what she's supposed to do to get here." Coleman saved one of his sharpest attacks for lawmakers who support sanctuary policies, telling them that the consequences were sitting directly in front of them. "I think that building needs to get checked for mold or something, because you guys are really out of your guys' mind thinking that sanctuary cities are the way to go," Coleman told the Democratic lawmakers. "This is the end result of Sanctuary City right here," he said, pointing to his daughter Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712ae2c5335ae104dfa7a Fontes, Kolodin clash over Arizona election security te 2026-09-01T18:00:14.565Z Fontes, Kolodin clash over Arizona election security PHOENIX —  The outcome of the highly contested race for secretary of state could depend on whether voters believe Arizona’s elections are safe and secure. “They’ve been safe and secure... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Fontes, Kolodin clash over Arizona election security first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712ac2c5335ae104dfa56 LeSean McCoy throws his support behind the guy who allegedly scammed women by posing as a 49ers player te 2026-09-01T18:00:12.244Z LeSean McCoy throws his support behind the guy who allegedly scammed women by posing as a 49ers player The world is still unpacking the lengths to which one man and his alleged accomplice are accused of going to scam women out of money by making them believe he played for the San Francisco 49ers. Just when you thought that team's offseason couldn't take any more wild turns, right? But it turns out that Daejon Love (great name) has some support in his corner, courtesy of ex-NFL running back LeSean McCoy. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE OutKick's Dan Zaksheske — who covered this story as far back as 2024 — wrote last week that the 35-year-old Love was arrested in Boise, Idaho with alleged accomplice Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. With that, photos and videos of Love seemingly pretending to play for the Niners started making the rounds, showing the lengths the alleged ruse went to. Running routes on the beach while wearing a helmet will go down as an all-timer... The legal process is underway, but former NFL star LeSean McCoy likes the cut of Love's jib. He said as much on a recent episode of his show, "Speakeasy." "I love Daejon Love, and let me tell you why," McCoy said, winding up for a doozy. "Every time a man does something, they want to crucify us for it. I watch women do this all the freaking time! "Yo, you go to social media, you see the girl, she has all these bags," he continued. "Birkin this, Birkin that, nice house, nice car, all this stuff. 'I'm a self-(made) millionaire, I got all these things going on,' right? So you meet her, you date her, and now, as your girlfriend you like, 'Oh, she's been scamming me.'" I get what he's saying... but how many of those women pretended to sign NFL contracts and ran routes in the sand with a Riddell on their noggins? Maybe one gave it the old college try, but I'm pretty comfortable saying it's zero. Neither one is cool, but they're very different. There's a pretty big difference between presenting yourself as something you're not and doing that to allegedly scam twenty-six women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California out of $1.3 million. I'm with Shady on this part of his argument: just be yourself. Whether you're posing with expensive handbags or trying to convince people you signed an NFL deal, people will find out eventually. It's better to just accept what you are than get caught being something you're not. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! It's the same message I have to dudes losing their hair. Brother, you're not fooling anyone; just accept it or shave it off and move on. It's always going to be less embarrassing than having your toupee fly off when you're playing a pick-up game of hoops at the Y. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712aa2c5335ae104dfa4d NY Gov Kathy Hochul accuses Trump of 'defunding the police,' says DHS is 'withholding' counterterror funds te 2026-09-01T18:00:10.910Z NY Gov Kathy Hochul accuses Trump of 'defunding the police,' says DHS is 'withholding' counterterror funds Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security of "withholding" millions of dollars in counterterrorism funding. "The Department of Homeland Security, the agency created in response to 9/11, is withholding 40% of New York State's counterterrorism funding," Hochul asserted during a press conference on Tuesday. "That 40% adds up to $87 million dollars," she said. FLASHBACK: MAMDANI TORCHED FOR RECYCLING 9/11 TRIBUTES AFTER YEARS OF NEAR-IDENTICAL POSTS The Democratic governor accused the president of "defunding the police" and said that he is "endangering public safety to yet again extract revenge on a blue state." "Don't play political games with people's lives. Release the $87 million dollars you owe us," Hochul said, directing her words towards the president. "Because if you don't release the counterterrorism funding, you're betraying every family that lost someone on 9/11. You're betraying every police officer and firefighter who puts their lives on the line every single day. And you're betraying every New Yorker who no longer believes that the federal government is there to protect them," she said. BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AFTER DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY CLAIMS ICE IS 'TERRORIZING LITTLE KIDS' Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the DHS on Tuesday. Mamdani declared that "the federal government's refusal to provide $87 million dollars in critical public safety and emergency readiness funding that was promised is so unacceptable." RETIRED PORT AUTHORITY OFFICERS TELL MAMDANI, HOCHUL TO STAY AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO ON 9/11 "We are talking about the money needed to fully fund 12 bomb squads across New York. We are talking about the money needed to ensure that in the event of a catastrophic attack, the FDNY can communicate internally and respond effectively. And we are talking about making sure that should New Yorkers ever face a radiological threat, our first responders have the training, the equipment and the capabilities they need to respond. To put it simply, there is no excuse for the federal government to leave the nation's largest city to shoulder this burden alone," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712a92c5335ae104dfa44 Swim instructor needed 38 stitches after being attacked by an otter while swimming in Lake Tahoe te 2026-09-01T18:00:09.523Z Swim instructor needed 38 stitches after being attacked by an otter while swimming in Lake Tahoe A Reno swim instructor found herself going toe to toe with an otter while she was out for a swim in Lake Tahoe over the weekend. The attack, she swears, was five minutes long, landed her in the emergency room. Lynnette Bellin said in a video showing the aftermath of the attack that she had been swimming in Lake Tahoe for 25 years and didn’t even know there were otters there. She found out there were about 30 minutes into a swim Sunday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS This particular route she was on when she encountered the otter is one that she's been swimming every Sunday since July, reports the Reno Gazette Journal. "At first I thought it was a person pulling on me because it was so strong," Bellin told the outlet on Monday. "I haven't seen anyone else out there swimming, so I wasn't sure. And then I felt the teeth and claws, and it was relentless." She says the harder she fought the otter, the more aggressive it became towards her. While fighting it off, she picked it up and tried to throw it. It responded by biting and clawing her hands and face. 14 TAILGATING ESSENTIALS FOR GRILLING, WATCHING THE GAME AND STAYING WARM "I'm screaming as it's happening, but there are people on the bike trail and no one can hear me," she said. "Eventually I got to some rocks, but they were slippery, and as I tried to get up, the otter was coming up, too." Bellin was finally able to get away from the angry otter by climbing up on a bigger rock. The otter circled the area nearby, and she was forced to climb over a fence to a bike trail where she walked back to where she had started her swim barefoot and covered in blood. VETERAN LIFEGUARD, 71, DRAGGED UNDERWATER OFF THE COAST OF MAINE BY GREAT WHITE SHARK Police, firefighters and an ambulance met her. She would later drive herself to the emergency room where she received 38 stitches and rabies shots. "Swimming in Lake Tahoe is my absolute favorite thing to do. It is my peace and my sanctuary. I feel like that was robbed from me after the otter attack," Bellin said in a video she posted after her emergency room visit. TRIATHLETE CHANNELS HIS INNER 'THREE STOOGES' TO ESCAPE HARROWING ALLIGATOR ATTACK IN SOUTH CAROLINA Yet another reminder to keep your head on a swivel out in nature. You never know when a Sunday swim can turn into a battle in the water against a wild otter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712a72c5335ae104dfa3b Seattle superintendent torches teachers union over strike threat as district faces reported $100M hole te 2026-09-01T18:00:07.389Z Seattle superintendent torches teachers union over strike threat as district faces reported $100M hole Seattle's public school superintendent issued a blunt warning as the new school year is set to begin, declaring the district is "broke" as it grapples with a multimillion-dollar budget hole while its educators union threatens to strike. "Let me be absolutely clear, SEA does not have to strike," Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner said in a letter posted Sunday. "Period, full stop. If they do, that is completely up to them. They have a contract that they signed and it will continue. The current contract they are working under remains in place. We are not the NFL owners who lock out our players trying to exact concessions or give-backs." KOMO News reported Wednesday that 91 percent of Seattle Education Association members, including teachers and staff, approved a strike authorization vote if the union does not get a new contract with Seattle Public Schools with higher pay and benefits. KOMO reported, "The district is facing a budget gap of around $100 million." NEWLY ELECTED SEATTLE TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER ALLEGED ABUSE OF AUTISTIC CHILD Special education supports, pay and decreasing pressure on educators were the "major sticking points" for the teacher’s union pursuing the strike, according to KOMO News. "We are good faith bargainers who are trying desperately to negotiate a contract that is good for staff and students," Shuldiner continued. "And the district has been clear that we would always be willing to provide retroactive pay, if they don’t strike, when a new contract is signed. There is absolutely no reason to strike other than to flex power. No one is 'forcing' the union to strike. There is no Special Education agreement unless the union votes for one. There is only a desire to work together for the betterment of the district." TEACHERS UNION FACING YEARS OF DEFICITS SEEKS TO BECOME OREGON'S LARGEST PAC, INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SHOW KOMO News reported Monday that Shuldiner again committed to a 9% pay increase over the next three years for educators in the district, but said that the district is in dire financial straits and needs to be watching its spending more carefully. "As everybody knows, we’re broke, so we have to be really thoughtful around how we spend the money," Shuldiner said Monday at a news conference. "If we had the money, I would love to give it to everybody. But the problem is we don’t." NEW YORK CITY'S DECLINING PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PROJECTED TO LOSE OVER 150K MORE AS POPULATION DECLINES KOMO News reported that Seattle Public Schools has an approximate $100 million budget deficit after earlier attempts to cut costs, including a proposal to close and consolidate schools, faced pushback from employees and community members. The district ultimately abandoned the school-closure plan, instead opting to pursue other operational savings while seeking additional money from state lawmakers and local levy revenue, according to KOMO News. Enrollment for SPS is also significantly down with about 5,000 fewer students enrolled now when compared to 2019. Shuldiner, who was appointed in November, said in February, "The first thing we have to do is stop spending money we don't have." In a statement to Fox News Digital, Jason Rantz, host of The Jason Rantz Show, said, "For years the Seattle Education Association has been able to say pretty much anything it wants about bargaining because the district never responded. They were too cowardly to." Rantz added, "Shuldiner answered with receipts. He showed that the union sat on the district’s request to start bargaining for almost four months, that its response to a special education overhaul was a pathetic two-word proposal, and that the teachers on the most common salary line earn $142,584 in total wages. None of that is a talking point. Shuldiner is brave. People need to realize: this kind of pushback never happens." Fox News Digital reached out to Shuldiner and the Seattle Education Association for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9712a22c5335ae104dfa13 “They Were Genuinely Who They Were”: Tucson Remembers Venture-N Shooting Victims te 2026-09-01T18:00:02.942Z “They Were Genuinely Who They Were”: Tucson Remembers Venture-N Shooting Victims By sunset, the memorial at Venture-N had grown from just a couple of candles to an entire section of the wall lined with flowers, candles and offerings, with people coming to pay their respects to Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros. They had been fatally shot at the LGBTQ+ neighborhood bar late in the night before, in a case which is being classified as a hate-related incident.  Alli and Brandon Lee pulled into the parking lot with their two daughters. They came to see the memorial: two framed photographs of Capara and Siqueiros surrounded by flowers, candles and a couple of beer cans people had left as an offering. But they also came to check on Capara’s truck, which they’d seen in the background of news clips and photographs. It was still parked out front next to the memorial.  “Look, it’s your Uncle Cam,” Alli said to her one-year-old daughter, squatting down in front of the memorial and pointing at his photo.  Alli was Capara’s best friend of over a decade and had been his roommate for several years. She said she’d seen him grow into himself throughout the years, and when his mother called her early Monday morning to give her the news of his death, she was in disbelief. He was like a brother to her, she said, and the uncle to her two daughters.  “He brought light to the things that people didn’t want to face,” she said. “He showed a light on hurt and pushed for change. He was a light. He was just full of life and love and smiling and he just wanted to get to know people and just shine a light.” Capara was known for his presence at protests and demonstrations, often wearing a flak jacket with the words “Press” written across it, camera in hand and always in the mix documenting Tucson’s dissent up close.  Cameron Davis Capara was known in Tucson’s movement space as a photographer, documenting protests and manifestations. He was outspoken about social justice issues and used his platform as a way to call attention to the things he cared about. “I was always so proud of Cameron being there out on the streets at every protest and rally and standing up for those that were the victims of hate,” Alli said. “He would never just bury his head in the sand or live with the duality. He was so full of empathy and lived without hypocrisy” She said that Capara had mentioned Siqueiros to her as friends that had recently started to reconnect, something she mentions he was very happy about.  “They were genuinely who they were,” said Brian King, a regular at Venture-N who knew both men. “They didn’t try to be anybody else, they didn’t conform, they didn’t kiss ass. They liked who they were and that’s why people liked them, because they were comfortable in their skins — you know when somebody isn’t, especially in a place like this.” A driver for Uber, King would often go to the neighborhood bar to stretch his legs and have a club soda. That’s where he met Siqueiros about a year and a half ago. He said that “Vinny —” as many fondly called him —was a fixture in the place, and remembers the first time meeting him.  Vincent Anthony Siqueiros was a fixture at Venture-N and was described as being a funny, caring and sweet person, never missing a thing around him and always welcoming people in. (Photo by Susan Barnett/LOOKOUT) “I was wondering where he worked because he was buying a lot of people drinks and drinking a lot, and I thought he reminds me of me a while ago when I was his age,” King said. “I thought he was funny and just well-meaning. He didn’t have anything bad to say about anybody — I mean, he would, but in the funny way gays do.” He adds that Capara was a new regular, but he’d quickly grown fond of him. They even had plans to mobilize people to go vote: Capara would round people up and King would drive them to the polls on election day.  “This has to motivate us,” King said. “If you didn’t feel motivated before, if you cared about these guys, if you even knew these guys, you want to be involved now to do whatever it takes to stop this from happening again. And if it does, let them be held accountable. (People) have to use their voices and they have to vote.” Capara and Siqueiros had been in the parking lot of Venture-N when they were confronted by Ousman Ceesay. Ceesay fatally shot both men and then turned the gun on himself, according to authorities. Both men were pronounced dead on the scene and Ceesay was taken to the hospital where he later died. Investigators found a note on Ceesay with other LGBTQ+-friendly businesses listed.  “I don’t know what accountability honestly looks like unless our community comes together to take care of each other,” Lee said. “And anybody who stands in the way of policies that could change to make that easier, that’s definitely not accountability.” Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva called attention to the shooting on Capitol Hill.  “When that hate is combined with easy access to firearms, the consequences can be deadly,” she said. “I am sick and tired of Congress refusing to lift a finger to protect our communities while, every day, dozens of people are shot and killed across the country. It does not have to be this way. The House of Representatives is returning to session this week, and our first action should be passing common-sense gun safety reforms that we know can save lives.” Lee and Ochs gave Capara’s truck a teary-eyed kiss as they left the memorial.  A candlelight vigil will be held at Catalina Park, 941 N. 4th Avenue on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The post “They Were Genuinely Who They Were”: Tucson Remembers Venture-N Shooting Victims appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a970dfb2c5335ae104df993 Federal judge pauses case on mifepristone access until after midterm elections te 2026-09-01T17:40:11.008Z Federal judge pauses case on mifepristone access until after midterm elections Three cases are pending in federal courts that could change access to one of two drugs commonly used to terminate a pregnancy and treat miscarriages. If the lawsuit out of Texas is successful, it would revoke access to the drug entirely in all states. A federal judge in Texas paused the case until at least Dec. 1, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues its safety review. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images) A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug. The Republican attorneys general of Florida and Texas filed a lawsuit against the FDA last December seeking to permanently revoke the agency’s initial approval of mifepristone from 2000, along with subsequent decisions over the years that eased access for patients. Florida and Texas had agreed to the FDA’s request for a stay.  If a judge were to rule in favor of Florida and Texas, the medication would become unavailable in all states, regardless of abortion laws. In the same ruling, U.S. Chief District Judge Reed O’Connor, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, denied a motion to dismiss the case from distributor Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, one of the drug’s main manufacturers. The company’s attorneys intervened as defendants in April. O’Connor’s ruling will delay any action in the case until after the midterm elections.   “We expect the FDA’s review of mifepristone to not contradict the decision they made in 2023 that reaffirmed our product is safe and effective,” GenBioPro CEO Evan Masingill said in a statement Monday. “GenBioPro will continue to use all legal and regulatory tools available to ensure Americans’ access to reproductive care.” The lawsuit by Florida and Texas is one of three suits pending in federal courts that would change nationwide access to mifepristone, and it’s the most sweeping in its goals.  Florida and Texas’s lawsuit cites in part the federal Comstock Act, a 150-year-old anti-obscenity law that made it illegal to send any materials that could induce an abortion through the mail. That law has not been enforced for many decades. Anti-abortion groups recently called for new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to revisit the Comstock Act’s prohibition.  Mifepristone, one of two drugs most commonly used to terminate a pregnancy before 10 weeks’ gestation and to treat miscarriages, has repeatedly shown in scientific studies to be safe and effective, but the FDA began another safety study in June and announced it would take about six months to complete.  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Sept. 9 in a case from Louisiana seeking to remove a rule allowing the medication to be dispensed without an in-person visit to a provider, and the attorneys general in Missouri, Idaho and Kansas have asked a federal judge in Missouri to roll back the rules to what they were before 2016. Prior to that year, the drug was only approved for use before seven weeks’ gestation and required three in-person office visits. Stateline reporter Kelcie Moseley-Morris can be reached at kmoseley@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/6a970df92c5335ae104df973 Tony Romo opens up about pain medication and alcohol dependence after pleading no contest to Wisconsin OWI te 2026-09-01T17:40:09.330Z Tony Romo opens up about pain medication and alcohol dependence after pleading no contest to Wisconsin OWI Tony Romo on Tuesday pleaded no contest to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a charge resulting from his July arrest on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Milwaukee, and then he released a statement admitting an "over-reliance on alcohol" to treat his chronic back issues. First the legal part: According to online court records, Romo's license will be revoked for six months and he will be required to pay a fine of $784. The records also show Romo must complete an Alcohol Assessment Program and install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he owns TONY ROMO ALLEGEDLY REFUSED INTOXICATION TEST AFTER OWI ARREST FOLLOWING MILWAUKEE GOLF EVENT: REPORT Romo, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and is now a CBS NFL analyst, was found to have a "strong odor of alcohol" during the July traffic stop, according to police records. Police allegedly found an open bottle of an alcoholic beverage on the passenger side of Romo's vehicle. Court records show Romo was cited for refusing to take a test for intoxication and first offense OWI. Now comes the sad but in some ways uplifting part: NFL ANALYST TONY ROMO PLACED ON LEAVE BY CBS SPORTS FOLLOWING DRUNK DRIVING ARREST IN WISCONSIN Romo released a statement on his Instagram account to his 658,000 followers in which he took responsibility for his actions. "This morning, I faced a recent personal failure by pleading no contest to a civil offense of OWI in Wisconsin," Romo said in his statement. "I own this completely." And then Romo outlined his struggles with pain killers and then alcohol, which he said he used to wean himself off the pain killers. "Multiple back surgeries ended my career earlier than I expected, and left me with constant debilitating pain," Romo said. "The pain led to a dependence on pain medication, and my efforts to get off those medications led to an over-reliance on alcohol. "As I have taught my three young sons, when you fall short, you stand up and take full responsibility. That is an important first step. The harder and more important step is examining the path that brought you here and making the changes necessary to move forward. "The path requires honesty. None of this is an excuse. These are my failures, and I take full responsibility for them." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Romo's authenticity, which made him the lead NFL analyst at CBS, is evident in his statement, particularly when he shares the extreme lows of his arrest and his attempt to rebound. "The past month has been difficult, but it has also been personally significant," Romo said. "It required me to confront and own my mistakes fully, to the Lord, to myself, to my family, and now to the public. "I am working closely with a team of doctors to address my health and make the necessary changes. I am deeply grateful for the support of my family, my friends, and the NFL community, including players, coaches and owners. "Your encouragement has meant more to me than you know." In a world where social media likes measure approval, Romo so far has nearly 17,000 likes for his posted statement. One of those was from Fox Sports lead analyst Tom Brady. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a970df82c5335ae104df96a El-Sayed torched online after uneasy union member struggles through campaign event te 2026-09-01T17:40:08.096Z El-Sayed torched online after uneasy union member struggles through campaign event A woman delivering remarks at a news conference held by Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Monday appeared visibly nervous and repeatedly paused during her speech, prompting a wave of speculation on social media about the reason for her unease. The woman, whom El-Sayed's staff identified as a union member employed by a truck factory, paused at multiple points during her speech, was breathing heavily and appeared uneasy. El-Sayed and Democratic State Sen. Mallory McMorrow both attempted to comfort the woman as she trudged through her remarks. Some conservative commentators on social media questioned whether the woman had been coerced into speaking at the event, while others used the moment to criticize El-Sayed's campaign organization. These claims drew the ire of Mallory McMorrow, who ran against El-Sayed in the state’s Democratic primary but has since endorsed his candidacy. "She had never spoken at a press conference before. Beforehand, she shared with me that she was really nervous. But she told me it was important for her to be there as a UAW member because she believed in using her voice for her fellow members and for working families," the state senator wrote on X. "But the way you all are tearing her apart … It's callous, cruel and it's no wonder why so many people absolutely despise this moment that we're in." DEMOCRATS' CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN Some commentators focused on the union member's race, tying the episode to broader criticism of El-Sayed's support among Black voters in the Democratic primary. BLACK VOTERS RIP DEMS OVER TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED IN EL-SAYED'S BACKYARD: ‘HUSH US UP’ "Abdul's support from black Michiganders summed up perfectly in 40 seconds," radio host and conservative columnist Derek Hunter wrote on X. "The El Sayed campaign is in free fall," Trump administration official Richard Grenell said. Others questioned whether the woman even wanted to be speaking at a campaign event. "Are they holding a gun to her back?" an organization purporting to represent Democrats backing GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers posted in response to the clip. "She seems to be under duress! Looks like she’s being coerced into speaking. Very eerie!" conservative commentator Link Lauren wrote. "Is it just me or does she look hostage-level nervous?" another X user asked. "Haven't seen someone set themselves on fire for no reason like this since Aaron Bushnell," Daily Signal senior correspondent Tony Kinnett posted. MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT MALLORY MCMORROW DROPS OUT OF SENATE RACE WEEKS BEFORE PRIMARY Zaid Jilani, a left-of-center journalist, responded to criticisms of the union member by stating that "conservatives lose a lot of support by being needlessly cruel." The El-Sayed campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a970df42c5335ae104df946 Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design te 2026-09-01T17:40:04.716Z Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a970b9f2c5335ae104df90b Red Sox starter records an out in hilarious fashion by hugging Mariners' baserunner te 2026-09-01T17:30:07.428Z Red Sox starter records an out in hilarious fashion by hugging Mariners' baserunner You never know what you might see at the ballpark. You could even see a hug between two players result in an out. During the top of the third inning of the Boston Red Sox’s 9-8 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Fenway Park, Red Sox starting pitcher Payton Tolle discovered a new way to record an out. With one out and no one on base, Mariners designated hitter Dominic Canzone hit a weak dribbler toward the pitcher's mound. Tolle, all 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, came barreling off the mound, quickly fielded the ball and then ran toward Canzone along the first-base line. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Canzone, seeing that Tolle had him beat to the first-base bag, slowed down. Tolle, instead of simply tagging Canzone, hugged him for the out. "It just kind of happened," Tolle said with a laugh, according to The Athletic. "I was right there in front of him, like, ‘Bring it in for the big one.’" Tolle said Canzone was probably a little surprised by his embrace. "I mean, probably for a second," Tolle said. "But then it's like, ‘Yeah, this is just going to happen.’" ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! As for Tolle and Canzone, that was their first interaction. "No, but we do (know each other) now," Tolle said when asked if he had met Canzone before the hug. For Tolle’s Red Sox teammates, hugs from the big left-hander are nothing new. "The guy gives hugs all the time, so I'm not sure which one you're talking about," Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story joked, according to MLB.com. "But yeah, that was funny, man. Payton's just a special person. He plays the game like a little kid, which I feel like we all should." Tolle pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six and earning a no-decision. The Red Sox (75-63) erased a three-run deficit in the eighth and ninth innings to force extra-innings before winning on Story’s walk-off single. They will look to keep their positive momentum going when they play the Mariners (64-74) in the second game of their three-game series at 6:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97094d2c5335ae104df8d8 E-bike rider collides with car in front of Lake Havasu High School, sustains non-critical injuries te 2026-09-01T17:20:13.183Z E-bike rider collides with car in front of Lake Havasu High School, sustains non-critical injuries An E-bike rider was injured Tuesday morning after hitting a car in front of Lake Havasu High School. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97094a2c5335ae104df8af Man allegedly brandishes edged weapon at Harvard-area coffee shop, prompting campus shelter-in-place te 2026-09-01T17:20:10.240Z Man allegedly brandishes edged weapon at Harvard-area coffee shop, prompting campus shelter-in-place Harvard University issued a shelter-in-place order Tuesday morning as law enforcement searched for a man armed with an edged weapon near campus, according to local reports. The suspect was taken into custody by the Massachusetts State Police, Cambridge Police Department director of communications Jennie Lopez told The Harvard Crimson. No injuries were reported. Lopez told Fox News Digital that the man brandished the weapon at a coffee shop in Harvard Square shortly after 8:45 a.m. She clarified that the weapon was not a machete, contrary to earlier local media reports. SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER LIFTED IN CHICAGO SUBURB AS POLICE HUNT SUSPECT AFTER REPORTED SHOOTING Cambridge and state police officers searched the area near John F. Kennedy Memorial Park for nearly an hour before the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) issued its initial emergency alert, according to the student newspaper. JUDGE’S HARVARD ANTISEMITISM RULING SENDS TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BACK TO DRAWING BOARD In its alert, HUPD stated the suspect was involved in an aggravated assault and battery. The emergency order was eventually lifted. The suspect faces charges of assault by means of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct, Lopez said. State police and campus police both referred Fox News Digital to the Cambridge Police Department. Fox News Digital has also reached out to the university. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9709462c5335ae104df89f U.S. Launches Airstrikes on Iran for 2nd Time in Three Days te 2026-09-01T17:20:06.633Z U.S. Launches Airstrikes on Iran for 2nd Time in Three Days U.S. Central Command did not say precisely what it was trying to destroy in Iran, but it said the attacks were aimed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9706fd2c5335ae104df854 WATCH: FBI agents confront Swalwell at airport in new footage as viewers zero in and pile on te 2026-09-01T17:10:21.021Z WATCH: FBI agents confront Swalwell at airport in new footage as viewers zero in and pile on New footage shows former Rep. Eric Swalwell being met by FBI agents at San Francisco International Airport, prompting criticism and mockery on social media. The video, first obtained by the California Post, shows Swalwell sporting a black sweatshirt and hat deboarding a plane where FBI agents met him at his gate on Aug. 15. The FBI seized Swalwell’s cellphone and laptop at the airport on Aug. 15, according to Fox News Digital’s previous reporting. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The FBI searched his Washington, D.C., home the following day, Fox News Digital previously reported. FBI SEIZES SWALWELL’S DEVICES AT AIRPORT AS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION ESCALATES: SOURCES Critics took to social media to roast the California progressive, including for his attire. "I needed this lol," wrote former Rep. George Santos. "He’s still cooked," said popular conservative account Catturd. "Looks like he’s headed to an Eminem concert," wrote one user. "Why is he dressed like Eminem," said another user. HOUSE AVOIDS UNPRECEDENTED FOUR-MEMBER EXPULSION WEEK AS SWALWELL AND GONZALES RESIGN INSTEAD "WTF is he wearing," asked one woman. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after 13 years in office following mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. He also withdrew from the California gubernatorial race. At least five women, including one former staffer, have accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct or rape. "I will fight the serious false allegations made against me," Swalwell wrote at the time of his resignation. "However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make." SWALWELL ACCUSERS DETAIL EXPERIENCES WITH LAWMAKER AFTER HE ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS The White House recently released declassified documents related to an FBI investigation into his relationship with Christine "Fang Fang" Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative. The California progressive told FBI agents he had "physical relations" with Fang on a handful of occasions and their last sexual encounter occurred in March 2015, according to documents released by the White House Government Transparency task force. Swalwell was interviewed by the FBI first in May 2015 and later in March 2016 regarding his relationship with Fang. CONGRESS IS A HUGE TARGET FOR SPIES. MEMBERS AND STAFF NEED A WAKE-UP CALL AND TRAINING Fang was previously described by U.S. officials as having suspected ties to China’s Ministry of State Security, while her parents were reportedly linked to Chinese intelligence. Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell's attorney and FBI for comment. Fox News Digital's Peter D'Ambrosca contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9706f52c5335ae104df845 Map Apps Are Handling Trump’s Renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America Differently te 2026-09-01T17:10:13.186Z Map Apps Are Handling Trump’s Renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America Differently Navigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9706f02c5335ae104df829 ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data te 2026-09-01T17:10:08.082Z ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9706ec2c5335ae104df81d Tucson's TimberTote Purses stages fashion show for NYFW te 2026-09-01T17:10:04.585Z Tucson's TimberTote Purses stages fashion show for NYFW Tucson's TimberTote Purses turned a distillery into a runway last month, staging a fashion show fundraiser at Whiskey Del Bac to help cover a trip to New York Fashion Week next month. TimberTote is a collaboration between Jason Robinson, owner of Sport Class Customs, and Chelsea Adler, owner of Desert Mariposa Boutique, who each ran their own businesses before joining forces. Though their crafts come from opposite sides of the industry, their combined expertise birthed the signature wooden purse. TimberTote plans to announce how much money it raised during the Aug. 14 fashion show and whether it met its goal. "After tonight, we'll see how close we are. Our goal was $10,000," Adler said. "We've paid back one small loan … and we were able to start paying back the other one." Whiskey Del Bac's Experiences Manager, Jessica Hennessy, said hosting the fashion show was an easy decision, given the distillery's longstanding relationship with Robinson. "Jason is clearly kind of an institution here, but the way that I know Jason was because of these mesquite boxes," Hennessy said. "We use mesquite to infuse into our barley and have done business with him for a while. When they said they wanted to do this fashion show, we had already bought some TimberTotes, we were 100% in." Your membership pays emerging journalists to cover Southern Arizona the way it deserves. Models pose backstage with TimberTote purses ahead of Friday's fashion show fundraiser at Whiskey Del Bac. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Adler handpicked her friends in business to participate in the show, all powerful female entrepreneurs. Amber Navarette of Navarrette Leather said it was Adler and TimberTote's vision that led her to model in the show. "Chelsea is actually a personal friend … and we also do vendor shows together," Navarrette said. "TimberTote in general, to be able to feature artists inside their purses, to be able to express their art, not only to carry them as the individual artist, but also make this broad for other businesses as well to assist for advertising and marketable from that." The event also featured a market with local vendors selling crafts and artistry, with all the businesses having some personal connection to TimberTote. Models wore jewelry from Made by Amy Jo, with creator Amy Jo Klauber also vending at the event. "When I got the chance to meet Chelsea, she just enjoyed my jewelry and gave me the opportunity to design the pieces to match her purses in the show tonight," Klauber said. "But this is actually my first day I've come to a market, so I'm really excited to be a part of the Tucson community and to get my stuff out there." Before the show, Adler and Robinson screened the mini-documentary they produced, telling the story of their meeting, their method for creating wooden purses, the application process for New York Fashion Week and the overall journey toward their goal. TimberTote purses on display, including pieces from the brand's New York Fashion Week collection. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Applause boomed throughout the distillery as the credits rolled, with the pair participating in a post-screening Q&A about Adler's inspiration for the theme. She explained the theme's meaning, based on the word "balance" and her Greek mythology influences. "My inspiration was the content of the stories of the dark goddesses and how all female characters have a similar story, kind of being pushed into a corner and then works to find her strength," Adler said. "She's expected to be this soft and gentle creature and instead she chooses to change it." After the Q&A, the music came to life and models lined up at the distillery's entrance. Their dresses ranged from hot pink and purple to white and beige, with wooden corsets serving as the centerpiece of each design. Each model wore a TimberTote purse matching the color of their wooden corset, stopping at the end of the runway to reveal the artwork inside the purse. The audience cheered as the models walked the runway before retreating to their waiting room, with Robinson toasting the guests as he closed out the night. TimberTote will announce when preorders will be available for its NYFW collection. Other designs can be found on Instagram and at timbertotepurse.com. Photos by Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Katlyn Vargas is a University of Arizona student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at katlynvargas@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/6a9704992c5335ae104df7e1 Randy Quaid blasts Anne Hathaway ‘Days of Thunder’ casting, says sequel needs ‘sex appeal’ te 2026-09-01T17:00:09.050Z Randy Quaid blasts Anne Hathaway ‘Days of Thunder’ casting, says sequel needs ‘sex appeal’ Randy Quaid questioned Anne Hathaway's casting in the upcoming "Days of Thunder" sequel Tom Cruise announced over the weekend. Quaid, who starred alongside Cruise in the original '90s flick, claimed Hathaway was a "leftist, woke, horrible choice" to replace Nicole Kidman in part two of the NASCAR-themed film. "Tony Scott, whose style I loved — I also loved working with him — would never cast Anne in a million years," Quaid said in a statement to Fox News Digital. BEAU BRIDGES SAYS TOM CRUISE ‘GETS BETTER WITH AGE’ AS ‘TOP GUN' STAR KEEPS DEFYING HOLLYWOOD ODDS "Tony was all about making well-made films with great actors who had sex appeal. A high-octane woman was Tony’s thing." Quaid added, "He could never get what he wanted for 'Days of Thunder' out of Anne; and trying to cut around her would be hell for everyone." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Representatives for Hathaway and Cruise did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The "Kingpin" actor first aired his grievances over the "Days of Thunder" news on social media. NICOLE KIDMAN ADMITS SHE WAS ‘VERY FEARFUL AND DEEPLY VULNERABLE’ AFTER KEITH URBAN DIVORCE "Anne Hathaway is a leftist, woke, horrible choice for DAYS OF THUNDER NASCAR audience who are MAGA," he told his X followers. "The sexy older chick for Tom in this film needs to be Nicole. That’s the casting that would sell the idea. "It’s interesting because when we made the first one there was also a rush to get it out; editors slept in the cutting room on shifts. This is a weird thing, like they want it to come out and tank." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Quaid then mused that if he were "in control of production," both Cruise and Kidman would be "together on screen again." Kidman portrayed a neurosurgeon who fell in love with Cruise's character, rookie NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. Hathaway is slated to play a team owner in the new Paramount movie. "We don’t need a new girl; we need a new race car," he argued. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Quaid was overwhelmed with joy and claimed Cruise personally called him with the news that the production was set, but quickly changed tunes once Hathaway was revealed as Cruise's co-star. "You need the original girl. It’s not personal; it’s filmmaking," Quaid said while sharing Cruise's X post. "Anne isn’t sexy, because and if you haven’t noticed, she’s pregnant." When Quaid shared his statement on X, followers were divided in response. "Yes exactly, being yourself is the very definition of acting as a character," one user wrote before musing that Hathaway probably "wants to change the character to her own name." Another user noted, "What made the last film so great was that it transcended stupid politics you are trying to bring into this." "I’m MAGA. Anne is fn hot Cousin Eddie. Big fan of all your work," one user shared on X. "Yes she might be a typical delusional lefty, but I’m ok with this for entertainment purposes only." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9702422c5335ae104df704 Colts GM Chris Ballard on Keenan Allen DUI arrest: 'He's a tremendous human being. Give him some grace' te 2026-09-01T16:50:10.648Z Colts GM Chris Ballard on Keenan Allen DUI arrest: 'He's a tremendous human being. Give him some grace' Keenan Allen remains with the Indianapolis Colts following a DUI arrest Sunday and, from listening to general manager Chris Ballard address the matter on Tuesday, that's not going to change anytime soon. "Good people make mistakes, OK?" Ballard said in articulating an initial defense for keeping the veteran wide receiver on the roster heading into the team's regular-season opener against the Baltimore Ravens. "He's a tremendous human being. Give him some grace. And he'll work through the process of the legal system." So, it is clear that is what the Colts intend to do. Allen was a late training camp addition because the Colts decided they needed insurance against Alec Pierce's return to health from a lingering calf and heel issue. ANTHONY RICHARDSON'S TURNOVERS IN PRESEASON OPENER RAISE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS COLTS FUTURE He signed a one-year contract on Aug. 19 and it made sense because the 34-year-old wide receiver is reuniting with head coach Shane Steichen, who previously worked with Allen in Los Angeles. Allen also came with an endorsement from Philip Rivers, who played for the Colts previously and after Daniel Jones was injured last year. Rivers and Allen were teammates with the Chargers. And that history is a major reason Ballard is defending Allen. "Fourteen years in a league, no issues, OK?" Ballard said. "Decorated career, decorated teammate, as you know, our relationship with Philip Rivers. I know Philip holds him in extremely high regard, and Shane was with him. "And after you meet his his mom and dad who are just amazing people, we feel good about who he is. "Unequivocally." Allen played in only one preseason game for the Colts after being signed. But hours after that preseason appearance Saturday, he was arrested at approximately 1 a.m., Sunday in downtown Indianapolis. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said officers investigated after seeing Allen's vehicle parked in a no-parking zone in the 100 block of South Meridian Street and reported signs of intoxication. PRO BOWL RUNNING BACK MILES SANDERS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES, COURT RECORDS SHOW Allen was booked on preliminary misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated while endangering another person and operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration of at least 0.08%. Authorities have not publicly disclosed Allen’s precise blood-alcohol reading. Allen was transported to the Marion County Arrestee Processing Center, with records indicating he was released at 3:49 p.m., Sunday. No bond amount has been publicly reported. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision on Allen, while the NFL continues to monitor the situation, according to a league source. Allen could be subject to discipline under the league's Personal Conduct Policy. The NFL has quite a few Personal Conduct Policy issues pending. Allen's first scheduled court date is Sept. 16, three days after the Colts' regular-season opener against the Ravens. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9702402c5335ae104df6fb Colin Kaepernick says NFL is 'actively blackballing me' 10 years after kneeling protest began te 2026-09-01T16:50:08.643Z Colin Kaepernick says NFL is 'actively blackballing me' 10 years after kneeling protest began It was 10 years ago to the date that Colin Kaepernick, as well as his San Francisco 49ers teammate Eric Reid, kneeled during the national anthem before their preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. The move, which was initially sitting on the bench during the anthem in August 2016 before switching to a kneel, was done to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the United States – an action that would cause Kaepernick to become one of the most divisive sports stars in the country. Kaepernick’s decision to kneel ultimately came at a cost for his NFL career, as no one team picked him up after he opted out of his 49ers contract in March 2017. He went 1-10 in his 11 starts the season before, where he was coming off a serious knee injury from the 2015 season. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kaepernick has said on many occasions he believes the NFL blackballed him because of his kneeling protest, though the league has denied that each time. Ten years later, Kaepernick told NBC News he still believes the NFL is "actively blackballing me." "I’m not gonna support an organization that one, is actively blackballing me, but two, has targeted my brothers who have been protesting as part of this as well," Kaepernick told the outlet. "I watch college football." Kaepernick added "there’s not a definitive moment that I would point to" in terms of why he believes the NFL has blackballed him. But rather, he believes, once he became a free agent in 2017 and his political and societal beliefs were out there, no team wanted him. "Coming on the back of going to a Super Bowl, going to an NFC Championship, setting records, and not a single team would bring me in, even for a workout?" Kaepernick said. Kaepernick still holds the NFL single-game playoff record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 181 against the Green Bay Packers, which was during the 49ers’ run to Super Bowl XLVII. They eventually lost to the Baltimore Ravens, 34-31, on Feb. 3, 2013. During the 2013 season, the 49ers lost in the NFC Championship game to the Seattle Seahawks – the team that would bring him in for his only meeting during the 2017 offseason to chat about potentially signing. Kaepernick claimed then-head coach Pete Carroll and GM John Schneider discussed his political beliefs. "In pretty much any environment outside the NFL, would be immediate litigation," Kaepernick added. Kaepernick also mentioned that some coaches and GMs in the NFL did reach out as he wasn’t being signed, saying "we want to bring you in, but it’s getting shut down above us." He mentioned in his upcoming memoir, "The Perilous Fight," that then-Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was among those he spoke with in 2017, with his brother, Jim Harbaugh, serving as the 49ers’ head coach while Kaepernick was there. Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL in October 2017 alleging that owners were colluding to keep him out of the league. He and Reid settled their collusion grievance against the league on Feb. 15, 2019, receiving less than $10 million total. Reid was playing for the Carolina Panthers at the time. NBC News reports a player within the league in 2016 said, "Everybody believes that he was blackballed" in reference to Kaepernick. ROGER GOODELL SAYS NFL WILL COOPERATE WITH FLORIDA AG PROBE INTO ROONEY RULE AND DEI HIRING PROGRAMS "Those are decisions that each individual owner has to make and their clubs, coaches, GMs," Goodell said to NBC in 2020 when asked about Kaepernick not being in the league. "And I’ve talked to a lot of our clubs about it and I’ve encouraged them. I’d love to see him play again." The NFL tried to set up a workout for Kaepernick in November 2019 following the lawsuit settlement, which he called off because of a waiver he believed would sign away his employment rights and potential future claims against the league. Instead, Kaepernick put together his own workout, setting it up at a high school field close to an hour away from the originally-planned venue to allow better media access than what the NFL was initially going to give him. There were seven teams that showed up to Charles Drew High School in Riverdale, Georgia to watch Kaepernick: the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans, 49ers, then-Washington Redskins, and Detroit Lions (the Buffalo Bills were also reported by some to have a representative present). Kaepernick never signed with a team. In 2022, the Las Vegas Raiders brought in Kaepernick for their own workout, and according to NFL legend Warren Sapp, he heard it was a "disaster" and "one of the worst workouts ever." Meanwhile, in 2021, a Netflix limited series titled, "Colin in Black & White," saw Kaepernick liken the NFL Draft process and scouting combine to a slave auction, causing a massive stir of debate and controversy. "Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod and examine you searching for any defect that might affect your performance," he said in the series., as scenes of players portrayed by Black actors transitioned to a slave auction. "No boundary respect. No dignity left intact." Now 38, Kaepernick believes the NFL, despite millions in donations to the Inspire Change fund, expanding the Rooney Rule, and working with the Players Coalition to help address social justice reform, has not "materially changed." "None of their actions show that," he told NBC News. "We have seen it time and time again. For them, it has gone back to business as usual, and I think that is a tragedy that we have allowed them to be able to get to that point." The NFL told the outlet, " The issues Colin and other NFL players raised remain important to the league and deserving of continued attention and action." STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! "Since 2017, that work has reached thousands of national and grassroots partners, backed by more than $575 million in contributions," the league added, referencing its work with Inspire Change. "We remain committed to listening, collaborating, and taking action that creates lasting impact." Kaepernick maintains that he’s still training as if he will play in the NFL again someday, including early-morning workouts, before working on his various business ventures. Kaepernick is set to receive the Muhammad Ali Center’s Humanitarian of the Year Award on Nov. 7, recognizing his work against racial injustice and efforts to support underserved communities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a97023c2c5335ae104df6d9 Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch te 2026-09-01T16:50:04.437Z Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ffee2c5335ae104df4b2 Woke stunt goes horribly wrong as Michigan Dems open convention with brutal ‘land acknowledgment’ te 2026-09-01T16:40:14.375Z Woke stunt goes horribly wrong as Michigan Dems open convention with brutal ‘land acknowledgment’ LANSING, Mich. — A woke stunt went horribly wrong at Sunday’s Democratic Party Nominating Convention in Michigan as a top official opened the event with a brutal attempt at a "land acknowledgment." "I am here to offer our land acknowledgment," said Portia Roberson, the vice chair of the state's party, at the outset of the afternoon gathering of Democrats. "Our land acknowledgments in Michigan recognize the state as the ancestral, traditional and contemporary land of the Anishinaabe, Three Fires Confederacy — " But she was cut off after an incorrect pronunciation of Anishinaabe when several audience members began shouting the correct pronunciation at Roberson, to which she replied, "Say it again for me." OBAMA CENTER EMBEDS 'INDIGENOUS' LAND MESSAGE ON CONTROVERSIAL SITE "Stand up," Roberson then told a woman wearing a white t-shirt in the crowd. "You do it better than me. Make it — I'm big on names being pronounced right, so make sure I get it right." The audience member then repeated the pronunciation of the word Anishinaabe until Roberson successfully mimicked it into the microphone. "Thank you. Wait, don't sit down yet," she told the convention-goer. "I might get another one wrong. You may have to correct me, and I want to get this right." OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER FOLLOWS WIDELY MOCKED 'STOLEN LAND' ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE SHOW She then picked up where she left off. "Including the Odawa, Ottawa, Ojibwe, Chippewa and ... Potawatomi," she said, sparking another round of audience shouting with a mispronunciation of the last tribe. "See, usually I rehearse before I come out. This time I rushed it and I didn't rehearse. I apologize," Roberson admitted before exiting the stage. The Democratic Party of Michigan did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment about the land acknowledgment or Roberson's pronunciation mishaps. Land acknowledgments have become a woke ritual for those aiming to placate the far-left by recognizing where an event is held or institution is located is on land that was originally inhabited by Indigenous people — with the implication that the land was 'stolen' from them. JEWISH AG’S CONVENTION BOYCOTT EXPOSES DEEPENING ISRAEL FAULT LINE AMONG MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS The convention room inside the Lansing Center, where the event was held over the weekend, was about half-full as Michigan's Democratic nominees for statewide office paraded onto the stage one-by-one. Each gave a brief speech surrounded by supporters holding campaign memorabilia. The convention's largest draw was embattled Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who mostly lashed out at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over economic issues, and stumped for socialized healthcare. EL-SAYED’S HASAN PIKER PROBLEM FOLLOWS HIM TO DEM CONVENTION AS JEWISH VOTERS BREAK RANKS Trump was also invoked by several of the candidates. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, Benson's nominee for lieutenant governor and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, a software engineer who is running for Secretary of State, were a few of the major attractions of the convention. "When I’m secretary of state, your data will belong to you," he said, "not the federal government." Brinks focused her ire on Rep. John James, R-Mich. "Time and time again, James has made it clear that he is not fighting for the people of Michigan," she said. "He’s fighting for Donald Trump." Gilchrist said he'd protect Michiganders' data from the federal government, which is seeking voter rolls in several states. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ffec2c5335ae104df4a9 Penta clinches World Heavyweight Championship match vs Roman Reigns after epic brawl with Rey Fenix te 2026-09-01T16:40:12.257Z Penta clinches World Heavyweight Championship match vs Roman Reigns after epic brawl with Rey Fenix Penta and Rey Fenix delivered one of the most exciting matches on "Monday Night Raw" this year as the two top Luchadores in the sport battled for a shot at a world title. Penta and Fenix were the final two competitors in the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament. The winner would receive an opportunity to face Roman Reigns in Mexico City on Sept. 14. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK On Monday, Penta and Fenix showcased the good that comes along with professional wrestling – two men who know each other very well battling it out with important stakes attached. That’s what fans in Cleveland and those watching on Netflix got to see. The two went blow-for-blow almost immediately out of the gate. Each of their high-risk, high-reward moves being outdone by what came next. Fenix, at one point countered an avalanche Mexican destroyer attempt, stunning Penta and turning it around into a Mexican muscle buster. It wasn’t long before the two needed to go on the outside of the ring to inflict pain. Fenix was going for a kill shot on the announcers’ desk. But Penta turned it around on him and sent Fenix through the table with a Penta Driver. The two competitors crashed through the table, leaving the fans stunned. Penta got Fenix back into the ring. He worked on Fenix’s arm and set him up for one more devastating Mexican destroyer. He pinned Fenix to win the tournament and to get his chance at WWE glory. Roman Reigns entered the ring before the show was over and got face-to-face with Penta. It will be a match that Reigns will really have to prepare for. Reigns has gone toe-to-toe with the best that WWE has to offer – Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, John Cena and more. But there’s not much he’ll be able to do to match what Penta does in the ring. It would be really something if Penta, somehow, walks out of Mexico City as the world heavyweight champion. Reigns’ recent run as champion has been dominant. But with the summer closing, could Penta possibly upset Reigns in one of the biggest spots of his career since joining WWE? Only time will tell. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Fenix may have lost to Penta on Raw but there are still big things ahead for him. He will be a part of Triplemania 34 – a two night spectacle showcasing the incredible roster of Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The first night will take place in Las Vegas on Sept. 11 and the second will be held in Mexico City on Sept. 13. Fenix is set to defend the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship against Jack Cartwheel, Mini Vikingo and Nathan Frazer. His three opponents battled each other at Ola De Calor on Sunday afternoon to see who will become the No. 1 contender for the title. However, the match reached a time limit. Fenix came out and announced he would take on all three at Triplemania. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ffe72c5335ae104df487 Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen te 2026-09-01T16:40:07.707Z Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ffe42c5335ae104df47b Venture-N shooting victims were regulars of the space te 2026-09-01T16:40:04.965Z Venture-N shooting victims were regulars of the space John Washington (he/him) / LOOKOUT This story was originally published by LOOKOUT News, the Southwest's only nonprofit LGBTQ+ newsroom. The two named victims of Monday morning’s shooting at Venture-N, a gay bar in midtown Tucson, were known as regulars at the establishment. Venture-N has long been an established space for the leather and fetish communities, but in recent years has evolved into a gathering place for Tucson’s older queer community. One of the victims, 33-year-old Cameron Davis Capara, was a regular at the bar and a photographer within the fetish community. The other victim, 42-year-old Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, was described by friends as a pillar of the queer community. Police said the suspect, 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, was carrying a list of LGBTQ+ businesses, according to a police press release. Investigators believe Ceesay went to Venture-N near Sixth Avenue and Speedway Boulevard and got into an argument in the parking lot with Siqueiros and Capara. Police said Ceesay shot both men, killing them at the scene. Ceesay was also shot and later died at a local hospital. A person with knowledge of the incident who agreed to speak with LOOKOUT said the shooting took place after midnight, with people inside the bar hearing multiple shots outside. After the shooting, he said, one of the men made his way into the bar on his own, staggered inside and said, “I’ve been shot.” That man later died inside the bar. By mid-afternoon Monday, a small makeshift memorial had popped up outside of the Venture-N. Photo by John Washington. On Monday afternoon, remnants of the crime scene were still apparent in the bar’s parking lot. A Mercedes SUV with a bullet hole remained parked out front, while bloody handprints were visible on walls inside the bar. Capara was described by people who gathered outside the bar Monday afternoon as being “a cinnamon roll as a person,” one person said. “He was so welcoming.” Friends described Siqueiros as “a pillar, one of the people who made this bar what it is.” One friend and coworker of Siqueiros, who worked as a bartender and caterer, shared a story about the last time she came to Venture-N. She had stopped drinking but needed the comfort the bar provided, so she called Siqueiros. “He squeezed me so tight, sat there while I had my Bud Zero, didn’t judge me. He was a teddy bear,” she said. Police were called to the scene just before 12:30 a.m. Monday, according to dashboard data first reported by Tucson.com. “We recognize this incident may cause fear and pain within our community,” Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto said in a statement. “The Tucson Police Department has dedicated increased police presence around LGBTQIA+ establishments and is coordinating with community organizations to provide support.” Photos and prayer candles were among items at a small makeshift memorial outside of the Venture-N. Photo by John Washington. Multiple local organizations and groups posted online in support of the victims and patrons. Queer Takeover Tucson, which holds monthly networking events at bars across the city, wrote that, “Bars and queer spaces are more than places to go out. They are places where people find community, belonging, joy and safety.” Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said online that the attack was being treated as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate incident. “Tucson Police Department investigators confirmed that the suspect possessed addresses for multiple LGBTQ+ friendly venues, intending to cause more harm. TPD is treating this entirely as a hate crime,” Romero said. But Arizona does not have a standalone hate crime law. Instead, prosecutors can seek a hate crime sentencing enhancement after a person is convicted of a felony if they can prove the crime was motivated by bias. The state’s law recognizes sexual orientation as a protected category but does not explicitly include gender identity, though transgender people may be covered under the broader category of “gender.” That means the Tucson investigation could raise questions not only about whether the shooting was motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias, but also about what legal consequences would follow if prosecutors ultimately establish that motive. In a statement to LOOKOUT, UCLA’s Williams Institute said, “LGBT people are five times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime and nine times more likely to be victims of violent hate crimes.” LOOKOUT delivers fearless journalism and community events with the unified purpose to improve and expand LGBTQ+ representation on the local news stage, while strengthening and engaging LGBTQ+ communities (and their allies) in the queer experience. 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/6a96fd982c5335ae104df44d Trump, Schiff forge unlikely alliance as Hollywood bleeds jobs te 2026-09-01T16:30:16.396Z Trump, Schiff forge unlikely alliance as Hollywood bleeds jobs One of President Donald Trump's most persistent political foes has found common ground with him in their shared push to save Hollywood. Trump wants to incentivize film and television production in Hollywood after years of job loss and other states and countries enticing projects to leave what has been the heart of entertainment in the U.S. for more than a century. And Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who once led the first impeachment against Trump and has maintained a strong opposition to him since he retook office, is on board with the idea. SCHIFF ATTACK ON TRUMP’S DC INDYCAR RACE BACKFIRES AFTER DRIVER POINTS OUT CONTRADICTION "I am in strong agreement with the President," Schiff said on X. "Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we've lost to other countries." "Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America," he continued. Hollywood’s stature as an entertainment colossus has taken a hit over the last few years following the COVID-19 pandemic and the burst of the streaming bubble. The industry has lost 49,000 jobs since 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. PARAMOUNT ESCALATES THREAT TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA AS DEM AG'S ANTITRUST LAWSUIT STALLS WARNER BROS MERGER Trump said on Truth Social after meeting with the actor Jon Voight, who serves as the U.S. special ambassador to Hollywood, that he was interested in launching federal tax incentives to stop the bleeding from Tinseltown. Trump is urging Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress to tackle the issue immediately to "craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America." "Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America. It can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America," Trump said. That comes with its own headaches, given Congress’ truncated schedule during September, the entire month of October being dedicated to campaigning for midterm elections and November officially launching the lame duck session of Congress in Washington, D.C. BILL MAHER, WOODY HARRELSON SOUND OFF ON CALIFORNIA BUSINESS CLIMATE, SAY STATE DESERVES TO BE 'S--- ON' Trump noted that film and television production has moved elsewhere in the country and abroad, leaving Hollywood a "complete and total disaster." California is lagging behind other states and countries in its tax breaks for the industry. Recognizing the substantial post-pandemic drop in jobs, the state Legislature moved to more than double California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program to $750 million, with sweeteners baked in to get productions to relocate back to California. That program was undermined by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, however, when he installed a $5 million state corporate tax credit cap over the next three years. Even with the strides taken to attract productions back to Hollywood, California is still behind Georgia and New York, which allocate more than $1 billion and roughly $800 million, respectively, in tax breaks for productions. Canada and the United Kingdom also offer generous tax breaks, attracting production away from the U.S. entirely. "There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly," Trump said. "Jon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96fd942c5335ae104df435 Red state heartlands put a ring on young love while progressive blue cities lag on early marriage te 2026-09-01T16:30:12.650Z Red state heartlands put a ring on young love while progressive blue cities lag on early marriage Young people looking to tie the knot in their twenties may want to rethink where they live. Moving to big coastal cities like New York and Los Angeles could mean lowering the odds of getting married— and living in an area with a high concentration of singles may not lead to more marriages. According to a new study from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), early-marriage rates are lower in many urban hubs and higher in parts of the heartland. The findings point to a geographical divide in family formation, with young adults in places like Tennessee, Indiana and Utah marrying at higher rates than their coastal big-city peers. "For singles, your best odds of finding love and getting married aren’t in big coastal cities where most singles live, but in middle America, where more marriage‑minded singles are," Wendy Wang, senior researcher at the Institute for Family Studies, told Fox News Digital. THE STATES REVEALED AS BEST TO START A FAMILY AMID CRATERING BELIEF IN THE AMERICAN DREAM The research is part of the IFS’s "Get Married Maps," which provides young people with information about regional marriage trends and examines factors associated with marriage rates. Those factors include employment, religion and recent presidential election results, among others. "Given the many benefits of marriage, a city where more young people are tying the knot might ultimately provide a more fulfilling life than one with just excellent entertainment and tasty food—but few weddings," the study explains. For adults ages 22-29, regions with the highest marriage rates include Provo, Utah, as well as parts of Tennessee, Indiana, Nebraska, Kentucky, Idaho, North Carolina, Kansas and Georgia. In contrast, eight of the ten regions with the lowest early-marriage rates are concentrated in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. NORTH TEXAS DOMINATES IN POPULATION GROWTH AS BIG BLUE CITIES FAIL TO RECOVER TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS "These findings demonstrate that, for young adults, the ‘best place’ to get married may depend largely on when they hope to marry. Those who are committed to marrying in their twenties may want to think carefully about moving to a major coastal city; meanwhile, those same cities could be an excellent option—though not the only choice—for marriage-minded adults in their thirties," the study notes. While coastal cities have lower marriage rates for 20-somethings, the picture changes for singles in their thirties. For adults ages 30 to 39, regions with the highest marriage rates include portions of the New York, San Jose, Los Angeles and Chicago metropolitan areas, along with suburbs in Texas and Indiana. POLL FINDS SHARP RISE IN YOUNG MEN CALLING RELIGION 'VERY IMPORTANT' Wang also explained that the research shows living in an area with a large population of single young people may not improve the odds of finding a future spouse. "If you think your best chance of finding someone to marry is in the places with the most singles, think again," Wang told Fox News Digital. "The nation’s top 10 areas with the highest share of singles (more than 80 percent unmarried) are far from the places where most new marriages are happening." The IFS research found that areas with more single men relative to single women tend to have higher female marriage rates, but the relationship is even stronger when researchers measure the ratio of full-time-employed single men to all single women. Military-adjacent regions like Oceanside, California, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, as well as tech-heavy areas such as Mountain View and Sunnyvale, California, have some of the highest ratios of full-time-employed single men to single women. DRIVEN BY PROGRESSIVE DOOMISM, LIBERALS ARE HAVING FEWER BABIES THAN CONSERVATIVE FAMILIES However, the link between male income and marriage rates varies by age. For women in their thirties, regions with a higher ratio of single men earning at least $60,000 a year had higher marriage rates. That financial link disappears for women in their twenties, suggesting younger couples place less emphasis on high salaries when deciding to tie the knot.  Still, on an individual level, young men in their twenties who earn $60,000 or more are about twice as likely to marry as lower earners.  "Single men’s jobs remain one of the strongest factors driving marriage in America," Wang added.  Regional marriage rates for young adults in their twenties also showed a strong positive correlation with areas that backed Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. However, for adults in their thirties, this correlation flips and turns negative. "One possible explanation is that more rural parts of the country, where Trump generally performed better than Harris, often have higher marriage rates for adults in their twenties," the study notes. The researchers noted that their findings show broad regional patterns, not proof that a particular location or political environment causes people to marry. The study measures where respondents currently live, not necessarily where they met their spouses or lived when they got married. The researchers also acknowledged that some people may have moved after marrying, potentially affecting the marriage rates of certain regions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96fb422c5335ae104df3dc What a smart firewall does and why it matters on home Wi-Fi te 2026-09-01T16:20:18.073Z What a smart firewall does and why it matters on home Wi-Fi Most of us think of home Wi-Fi as the invisible connection that lets a laptop stream a movie, a phone display photos and a printer work from across the room. In practice, it is also the meeting point for many devices, accounts and types of information. A typical home network may include computers, phones, tablets, smart speakers, televisions, cameras, printers and connected appliances. These devices regularly send and receive data. Some of that traffic is expected, such as opening a bank website or downloading a software update. Other traffic may be unwanted or suspicious. That is where a firewall comes in. A firewall is a security system that checks network connections and applies rules about which traffic should be allowed. Think of it as a doorman for digital connections. It does not know everything about every visitor, but it can help prevent some unexpected traffic from reaching a device. Understanding how firewalls work, where they fit and what they can and cannot protect against can help you make smarter choices about securing your home Wi-Fi. Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the Protect Your Money replay Our free CyberGuy LIVE class, Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest Threats, has ended, but you can still watch the full replay and download our financial protection checklist. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson walks you through five simple ways to help defend yourself against AI scams, fraud, identity theft and financial hacks. You’ll learn how to set up bank alerts, strengthen your account logins, protect your phone number, freeze your credit and help secure your retirement savings against unauthorized transfers. No technical experience is needed. Get the free replay and checklist now at CyberGuyLive.com FBI SAYS RUSSIAN HACKERS HIJACKED OLD WI-FI ROUTERS A router firewall is useful because one device can provide a basic layer of protection for the network as a whole. It can help reduce direct exposure for computers, phones and other connected equipment. However, its settings and capabilities depend on the router model, its software and how it was configured. A software firewall runs on an individual device, such as a Windows PC or Mac. It can add another layer of awareness and control at the device level. This becomes especially useful when a laptop leaves home, connects to a different network or needs to distinguish between applications running on that computer. TRAVEL MISTAKE PUTS PHONE, LAPTOP AND STREAMING ACCOUNTS AT RISK The two types can work together. A router firewall and a software firewall serve different purposes. The router helps guard the network's front door, while the software firewall helps watch activity involving a particular device. The terms sound technical, but the basic idea is straightforward. Inbound traffic is data traveling toward your device. For example, a website may send information back to your browser after you request a page, or a remote computer may try to connect to a service on your network. Some inbound traffic is expected, especially when it responds to a connection you started. Other inbound traffic may be unexpected. Outbound traffic is data leaving your device. Opening a webpage, sending an email, uploading a photograph or syncing a file all involve outbound activity. If an unfamiliar program tries to connect to the internet, that may also be outbound traffic. CHEAP STREAMING BOX COULD HIJACK YOUR HOME INTERNET A firewall may use rules, application information and other signals to decide whether a connection looks familiar or requires attention. Depending on the operating system and security product, it may alert you, allow the connection or block it. The goal is to help ordinary online activity continue while making unusual network behavior more visible and manageable. Online banking and shopping place sensitive information at the center of ordinary internet use. You may sign in to a bank, enter a card number, review a medical bill or manage a retirement account from the same computer you use for entertainment. BEWARE OF HACKERS SHOWING UP PRETENDING TO BE IT Remote work adds another reason to pay attention. A home laptop may handle work documents, personal files and video meetings throughout the day. If an unfamiliar application begins communicating online, security tools that provide additional context can help you understand what the computer is doing. A firewall cannot tell whether every website, email or message is honest. A scammer may persuade someone to visit a legitimate-looking page or approve an action that appears convincing. A firewall provides one layer of protection, while your decisions remain an important part of staying safe. YOUR BANK MAY STOP TEXTING YOU SIX-DIGIT CODES A firewall can help control certain network connections. It may reduce exposure to some unsolicited inbound traffic and help identify unusual activity involving applications. It can also add a layer of protection when a device connects to networks outside the home. A firewall cannot make a weak password strong or determine whether someone is being tricked by a convincing text message. It also cannot replace antivirus protection, software updates, multifactor authentication, secure router settings or reliable backups. No firewall can guarantee that files, accounts or devices will never be compromised. Some threats arrive through activity you intentionally start, such as opening a malicious attachment or entering information into a fake website. Other threats may exploit weaknesses in outdated software. Those situations call for additional defenses and safer habits. HOTEL WI-FI PHISHING ATTACK TARGETS MICROSOFT LOGINS A few simple router and Wi-Fi settings can strengthen your home network and reduce unnecessary security risks. Start with the router. Use the security mode recommended by the manufacturer or internet provider and avoid leaving the administrator password at its default. The administrator password controls important router settings and should be different from the Wi-Fi password. Install router firmware updates when they are offered. Firmware is the built-in software that helps the router operate. Updates may improve performance, fix problems or address security weaknesses. Use a strong, unique Wi-Fi password. If your router offers a guest network, consider using it for visitors or devices that do not need access to your main network. Review the list of connected devices occasionally so you know what is using your Wi-Fi. If you see a device you do not recognize, investigate it and change your Wi-Fi password if needed. Consider replacing a router that no longer receives security updates or cannot support current security standards. Check the manufacturer's documentation rather than assuming that a newer Wi-Fi label automatically gives you stronger security. A firewall works best as part of a broader security setup that protects your devices, accounts and important files. Keep your operating system, browser, apps and router updated. Turn on automatic updates when that option is available. Use multifactor authentication for banking, email and other important accounts. Multifactor authentication adds a second verification step, such as an approval on your phone, after your password. Be cautious with unexpected links, attachments and urgent requests for payment or personal information. Scammers often rely on urgency to get you to act before you have time to question what is happening. Before approving a remote-access request, confirm who is asking and why. If an alert appears, read it carefully rather than automatically allowing or dismissing it. Firewalls, antivirus software and backups each protect you in a different way. A firewall helps control network connections, antivirus software detects and responds to malicious software, and reliable backups can help you recover important files if they are damaged, deleted or locked by ransomware. Together, these protections create a stronger defense than any one tool can provide alone. When choosing antivirus protection, look for real-time malware and ransomware detection, phishing protection, automatic security updates and coverage for all the devices you use. Some products also include device-level firewall protection or cloud backup, but features, storage limits and compatibility can vary by platform. Visit CyberGuy’s best antivirus protection guide for our current recommendations, comparisons and special offers for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. Your computer may hold years of family photos, tax returns, medical records, scanned IDs, insurance documents and other files that would be difficult or impossible to replace. That makes protecting your data just as important as protecting the computer itself. Ransomware is malicious software that can lock or encrypt your files and then demand payment to restore access. A firewall may help block or limit some suspicious connections, but ransomware can reach a device in other ways. Strong security habits and reliable backups give you a better chance of recovering if something goes wrong. A useful guideline is the 3-2-1 backup strategy: keep three copies of important data on two different types of storage, with at least one copy stored separately from your computer. CISA guidance recommends this approach as one way to improve your ability to recover from ransomware. Backups work best when they are automatic, current and separated from the same incident affecting your computer. Test a few backed-up files occasionally to make sure you can open them. When practical, keep at least one backup disconnected from your computer or otherwise isolated from routine activity. CISA recommends offline backups because some ransomware can also reach connected storage. Protect cloud backup accounts with strong, unique passwords and multifactor authentication. Norton AntiVirus Plus includes 2 GB of PC Cloud Backup on eligible Windows systems. If your files suddenly become encrypted, disconnect the affected computer from the network if you can do so safely. CISA recommends isolating affected systems, including disconnecting them from Wi-Fi when necessary, to help prevent the infection from spreading. Avoid rushing to pay a ransom or deleting potential evidence. Preserve messages and notes about what happened and check whether clean backups are available. Consider contacting a qualified cybersecurity professional for help. If you believe an account may also have been exposed, change important passwords from a separate, trusted device. FCC ROUTER RULE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE UPDATES A firewall does a lot of work you may never see, and that is exactly why it can be easy to overlook. Your router firewall helps protect the network at home, while a software firewall can watch connections involving a specific computer wherever you take it. I would use both when available, but I would never count on a firewall by itself. Strong passwords, multifactor authentication, current software, antivirus protection and dependable backups all cover risks that a firewall cannot handle. The bigger point is visibility. Most of us have dozens of connections happening behind the scenes every time we use a computer. A good firewall gives you another set of eyes on that activity and another opportunity to stop something suspicious before it goes further. When was the last time you checked whether your router firewall was enabled and which devices are connected to your home Wi-Fi? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f8fd2c5335ae104df38b FRANK SILLER: 'I love you, brother' -- the 9/11 loss that inspired a mission of service te 2026-09-01T16:10:37.891Z FRANK SILLER: 'I love you, brother' -- the 9/11 loss that inspired a mission of service PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch Tunnel to Towers Chairman and CEO Frank Siller discuss his new book "Let Us Do Good," on "The Five" on Sept. 1 on Fox News Channel at 5 p.m. ET. There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after. For me, one of those moments came on September 11, 2001, when a firefighter calling from Ground Zero told me what I already feared but was not ready to hear: my younger brother Stephen was not coming home. In that instant, my family’s life changed forever, and so did the course of mine. Even though I knew that it was probably an exercise in futility, I also kept trying to call Stephen from my Nextel phone, on September 11, hoping that perhaps he had somehow already made it over the Verrazzano Bridge and back to Staten Island. We had the same phone; it was both a cellular phone and a walkie-talkie, which was popular in the early 2000s. I kept pressing the button on the walkie-talkie part while I called out for Stephen. He did not pick up. I called again, and again, and again. There was no answer—only an eerie silence. I wound up doing that all night and well into the next few days. I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11. PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIES Once I got home to join Pat, early in the afternoon, family members began to straggle one by one through my front door. All we could do was sit in my living room and watch the news, just as hundreds of millions of our fellow Americans did that day. I felt like I was dreaming. It was all so surreal, especially since much of the carnage had occurred in my beloved New York City. While it was tempting to excuse myself to go shed a few tears, I understood the need to be strong. I had already deep down accepted the harsh reality of Stephen’s fate and needed to be ready for the moment when other members of my family would soon be sadly forced to do the same—or maybe some already had. AMERICA’S HEARTLAND COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH 9/11 HISTORY AS 25TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS That was when my home phone rang. I snuck off into the kitchen to quietly take the call, as not to alarm any family members. On the other end of the line was a neighborhood firefighter named Richie Obermeyer, who lived a few houses away from Stephen. He was calling from the area that would soon be known to America and the world as Ground Zero. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter Elizabeth was watching me take Richie’s call from the hallway. Years later, she gave me her perspective of this exact moment. That’s the thing about tragedy—everyone has their own recollection and personal memory of the way things unfolded. "Hi Frank, it’s Richie Obermeyer. I’m down here at the Twin Towers . . ." he said. "Rich, I’m so sorry. That must be terrible," I said. "It’s just so hard to watch." "Frank, it’s really bad," said Richie. "I’m watching it—" I began to say. "No, Frank." He hesitated and sighed. "It’s really bad." Speaking slowly yet firmly, I tried to tell Richie that I understood while also hoping that he would have the courage to tell me the truth instead of making me ask him point-blank. That’s when Richie finally said it. 9/11 STEEL BEAM ARRIVES AT FLORIDA SCHOOL WHERE BUSH LEARNED AMERICA WAS UNDER ATTACK "No one is coming home, Frank," Richie whispered. "No one." I could hardly breathe. My chest started to tighten, and my eyes welled up. I then dropped my head, and tears began rolling down my cheeks. I already knew deep down that my brother was gone, but hearing the news from someone I trusted ushered in a whole new wave of emotion. AS AMERICAN PRIDE HITS A 25-YEAR LOW, A NEW 9/11 EDUCATION PLATFORM URGES THE NATION TO NEVER FORGET After I hung up the phone and took a deep breath, I walked into the living room to explain what Richie had told me. Elizabeth jumped into Pat’s arms. My sister Regina let out a startling shriek and yelled, "Not Stephen!" We all felt the same way. How could this have happened to Stephen, our little brother who went through so much in life at such a young age? Not Stephen. Not Stephen, the resilient little boy who became an orphan at the age of ten. His five children—Katherine, Olivia, Genevieve, Jake, and baby Stephen—would now have to live their lives without their father, who was a most spectacular human. Stephen’s wife, Sally, the love of his life, would have to raise these children on her own, perhaps never filling the void Stephen’s death would leave in her heart and soul. How would she do it, emotionally, physically, and financially? It all seemed so impossible. BENJAMIN HALL TACKLES GRUELING ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER CLIMB ON PROSTHETIC LEGS TO HONOR FALLEN HEROES Moments later, we began hugging each other while the tears continued to fall from our eyes. It was truly gut-wrenching. We pulled ourselves together, said a prayer while we were on our knees. One by one, we stood up, bundled into our cars, and drove over to Sally’s house to be together as one family and pledge our everlasting love and support for Sally and the children. When the sun came up on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I couldn’t wait to get out onto the golf course with George, Russell, and Stephen. Like I said, the four Siller brothers didn’t get to do this often anymore. As the sun went down on that unimaginably painful Tuesday evening, I repeated the last words I said to Stephen less than twenty-four hours before he became one of the nearly three thousand innocent people killed in the worst terrorist attack in American history. "I love you, brother," I whispered. "See you tomorrow." He had already finished his shift. When he turned his car around to return to his firehouse, FDNY firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller sacrificed his tomorrows so countless others could have their todays. When I later found out the full details of his ultimate sacrifice, it only enhanced my admiration and awe of what Stephen and his fellow first responders so bravely did on that awful morning. Our parents, Mae and George Siller, were devout Catholics and members of the Secular Franciscan Order. We grew up under the guiding philosophy of Saint Francis of Assisi, who famously wrote that "while we have time, let us do good." They were words that all of us lived by, but especially Stephen, as evidenced by his last moments on earth. Stephen’s life and heroic death serve as a reminder to us all to live life to the fullest and to spend our time here on earth doing good—this is his legacy. "A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows," is a quote often attributed to Saint Francis that illustrates how I feel about Stephen’s impact. In the shadows of the collapsed Twin Towers, the memory of my fallen brother helped guide me and all the siblings toward that light. Starting on September 12 and continuing every day thereafter, Stephen’s mission to do good would be my family’s mission as well. God willing, a few others would be willing to help along the way. I never could have imagined just how many kind and generous souls would end up joining the cause. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION To honor Stephen’s memory and the sacrifice of so many that day, my family started the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to carry forward the way he lived his life: by doing good and helping others. His sacrifice became our mission, and today T2T continues that work in service of America’s heroes and their families. To learn more, visit T2T.org Excerpted from "LET US DO GOOD: My Brother Stephen, 9/11, and the Mission to Honor America’s Heroes" by Frank Siller. Copyright 2026 by Frank Siller. Published with permission from Broadside Books and HarperCollins Publishers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f8f52c5335ae104df382 Locals torch migrant shelters as Spain's PM points blame beyond the border te 2026-09-01T16:10:29.590Z Locals torch migrant shelters as Spain's PM points blame beyond the border Residents in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta tore down and burned makeshift migrant shelters amid escalating tensions over a massive influx from neighboring Morocco, as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accused Russian and Israeli-linked networks of helping spread disinformation that fueled the crisis. Demonstrators carrying Spanish flags moved toward beachside migrant camps last week, destroying shelters and setting fires as police attempted to keep protesters and migrants apart, according to Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE and news agency EFE. Protesters chanted "Invasores, expulsión" — "Invaders, expulsion" — as they advanced toward the beaches where migrants have been staying, EFE reported Aug. 27. Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE. The unrest follows an unprecedented surge on July 30 and 31, when more than 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa. At least 100 people died attempting the crossing, according to Ceuta authorities cited by Reuters on Aug. 31. Roughly 5,000 migrants remained in the enclave as of Monday. STATE DEPARTMENT RAISES TRAVEL WARNING FOR PART OF SPAIN AS MIGRANT SURGE SPARKS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT Sánchez on Monday directly linked the mass crossing to what he described as a foreign-backed disinformation campaign. Spanish authorities have said misleading videos and posts circulating on Instagram, TikTok and other social-media platforms falsely suggested that migrants who reached Ceuta by sea would be permitted to remain in Spain. CEUTA MIGRANT SURGE EXPOSES SPAIN-MOROCCO TENSIONS AS ISLAMIST GROUPS REPORTEDLY SEEK TO EXPLOIT BORDER CRISIS Sánchez told radio station SER that research by the European Union’s diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, indicated Russian and Israeli networks had participated in spreading the disinformation alongside far-right networks, Reuters reported Aug. 31. He argued that Russia and Israel had seized on the crisis to attack Madrid because of disagreements with his government over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. However, Sánchez provided no further details about the evidence supporting the accusation, according to the reports. Both governments rejected his claims. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Sánchez of "lying shamelessly" and said in a post on X that the Spanish leader was attempting to divert attention from domestic policy failures. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov separately rejected Spain’s accusation that Russia was connected to the Ceuta migration crisis. Sánchez also rejected allegations that Morocco’s government deliberately facilitated the border surge, telling SER, "When people talk and speculate about the participation of Moroccan authorities, I deny this outright," according to Reuters. Spanish opposition parties and some human-rights organizations have accused Rabat of allowing the crossings, an allegation Morocco denies. SPANISH JOURNALIST SAYS CEUTA RESIDENTS BELIEVE GOVERNMENT ISN'T DOING ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANOTHER MIGRANT RUSH The disinformation surrounding the Ceuta crossing had been building well before Sánchez publicly accused Russian and Israeli-linked networks. Fox News Digital reported Aug. 4 that an open-source investigation by Golden Owl Intelligence traced weeks of activity across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp that circulated misleading interpretations of Spanish immigration law, along with information about routes, meeting points and recommended crossing times. The campaign intensified after Spain’s Supreme Court issued a July 8 ruling restricting the immediate return of migrants intercepted at sea near Ceuta and Melilla. Simplified accounts of the ruling, combined with confusion over Spain’s separate plan to regularize hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, were circulated online as evidence that migrants reaching Spanish territory would be allowed to stay. SPAIN'S MIGRANT SURGE REIGNITES DEBATE OVER EUROPE’S ISLAMIST TERROR THREAT Zineb Riboua, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute, said at the time that Islamist movements were also seeking to exploit the crisis politically. Riboua argued that Islamist voices in Morocco and Spain were amplifying the unrest and portraying Europe as an attractive destination while using Morocco’s ties with Israel and the U.S. to attack the Moroccan government. In a July 31 analysis, Riboua wrote that Islamist activists had spent years encouraging young Moroccans to believe their country offered them little future and depicting Europe as a place where prosperity and opportunity were easily available. The crisis has also spread beyond Spain. Italy on Monday extended for another 15 days its suspension of Schengen free-movement arrangements with Spain, a step first imposed July 31 in response to the mass influx into Ceuta. Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, warned Fox News Digital at the outset of the crisis that Ceuta could become "a key turning point in the unraveling of the European Union." "Once you unravel Schengen — which I think is inevitable — this breaks down the entire European project," Gardiner said. Reuters contributed to this story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f8e42c5335ae104df35c Tohono O'odham reitera lucha contra muro fronterizo te 2026-09-01T16:10:12.243Z Tohono O'odham reitera lucha contra muro fronterizo Leer en inglés La Nación Tohono O'odham afirma que está "considerando todas las opciones posibles" después de que un Tribunal de Distrito de los U.S en Washington D. C. denegara el viernes la solicitud de la tribu para impedir la construcción del muro fronterizo en su reserva, agravando así un conflicto que dura ya varios meses y que también ha provocado una oleada de comentarios racistas en internet. En un comunicado emitido el 14 de agosto, la dirección ejecutiva de la Nación señaló que el tribunal no evaluó adecuadamente el impacto del muro en las tierras, la cultura y los lugares sagrados de la tribu, haciendo referencia a la destrucción previa en Las Playas Intaglio, Quitobaquito Springs y Monument Hill, se trata de tierras tradicionales situadas fuera de la reserva que fueron profanadas a pesar de que las autoridades federales sabían que estaban protegidas. Los líderes tribales sostienen que un muro dividiría aún más al pueblo O'odham y se comprometen a seguir impulsando medidas de seguridad fronteriza que no sacrifiquen su patrimonio ni el medio ambiente. La Nación Tohono O'odham presentó una demanda ante el tribunal de distrito federal el 16 de junio con el objetivo de detener la construcción del muro. Los abogados de la Nación expusieron los argumentos a favor de una medida cautelar el 22 de julio. "El equipo legal de la Nación ha presentado un caso sólido y agradecemos al tribunal su compromiso de escuchar todos los hechos," declaró el presidente Verlon Jose tras la audiencia de julio. "Tenemos la esperanza de que el peso de las pruebas lleve al tribunal a aprobar la medida cautelar que impida la construcción de este muro, que es un derroche y resulta destructivo." Jose también expresó su agradecimiento al condado de Pima, a la ciudad de Tucson, al Congreso Nacional de Indios Americanos, así como a las tribus y particulares de todo el país por su apoyo. El juez Richard Leon denegó la solicitud para proteger las tierras de la construcción federal, dictaminando que es poco probable que la Nación prospere en el fondo de sus reclamaciones: que los contratistas están invadiendo tierras tribales y que los límites de la reserva han sido alterados ilegalmente. El Foco de Tucson es gratuito para todos los lectores gracias a las donaciones. Únase a ellos. Verlon Jose, presidente de la Nación Tohono O'odham, conversa con miembros de la delegación de la Nación tras una audiencia judicial celebrada el 22 de julio en Washington D.C. Cortesía de la Nación Tohono O'odham. El 7 de agosto, la Nación anunció la colocación de letreros de "prohibido el paso" en toda la reserva, tras enterarse de que contratistas federales encargados de la construcción del muro fronterizo podrían intentar acceder a tierras tribales sin autorización. El aviso subrayaba que los miembros de la Nación Tohono O'odham podían seguir desplazándose con normalidad y que la restricción se aplicaba únicamente a personas ajenas a la tribu vinculadas a la construcción del muro. Al día siguiente, la Nación emitió una aclaración adicional, enfatizando que el cierre no constituía una prohibición generalizada. La Nación permanecía abierta para actividades oficiales y "actividades adecuadas para visitantes," incluyendo a miembros de la tribu, residentes y empleados no tribales, viajeros en carreteras públicas, invitados, proveedores autorizados, así como clientes y personal del Desert Diamond Casino. La restricción se aplica específicamente a contratistas y subcontratistas del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) no autorizados, así como a cualquier persona que intente acceder a tierras de la Nación para realizar obras del muro fronterizo; dichas personas serán advertidas, informadas de que estaban invadiendo propiedad privada y escoltadas fuera del lugar por las fuerzas del orden, enfrentándose a posibles consecuencias legales. Tras el aviso de la Nación sobre la prohibición de acceso, las reacciones en redes sociales y medios que cubrían la noticia incluyeron comentarios hostiles y despectivos: algunos califican la demanda como una afrenta a la seguridad nacional, otros rechazaban de plano la soberanía tribal o empleaban expresiones que instaban a los críticos no indígenas a "volver a donde vinieron." Este tono refleja una frustración más amplia y arraigada que los pueblos indígenas han expresado ante el desconocimiento generalizado, histórico, jurídico y geopolítico, sobre las naciones nativas que habitaban lo que hoy es Estados Unidos mucho antes de su fundación. La hostilidad en línea hacia la demanda de la Nación refleja un patrón más amplio: el gobierno de Estados Unidos tiene un historial de militarizar su respuesta cuando las naciones indígenas intentan hacer valer sus derechos soberanos o los estipulados en tratados. Miembros de la delegación de seguridad fronteriza de la Nación Tohono O'odham y sus partidarios observan durante una audiencia celebrada el 22 de julio en el Tribunal de Distrito de los U.S. en Washington D. C. Cortesía de la Nación Tohono O'odham. Miembros de la Guardia Nacional equipados con material antidisturbios dispararon proyectiles de pimienta contra la multitud durante la protesta de Black Hills en 2020, parte de una manifestación para reclamar tierras que, según dictaminó la Corte Suprema, habían sido confiscadas ilegalmente en 1980. Durante las protestas contra el oleoducto Dakota Access en 2016, la Guardia Nacional desplegó cañones de agua a temperaturas bajo cero, roció con gas pimienta a manifestantes mientras oraban, disparó balas de goma y utilizó granadas aturdidoras contra los participantes. Más recientemente, en 2024, una cabalgata destinada a crear conciencia sobre la situación de la tribu Muwekma Ohlone, no reconocida a nivel federal, se tornó violenta cuando la policía de Washington D. C. agredió a niños, ancianos y mujeres del grupo y amenazó con sacrificar a los caballos. Existen muchos otros ejemplos. Una enmienda de 1927 a la ley federal establece que solo el Congreso tiene la autoridad para modificar los límites territoriales de las tribus, y no el poder ejecutivo. El escrito complementario presentado por la Nación ante el tribunal reiteró este argumento, señalando que la ley que autorizaba la construcción del muro fronterizo no incluía una aprobación explícita del Congreso para tomar tierras de la reserva. Durante décadas, la Nación Tohono O'odham ha colaborado con el DHS y la Patrulla Fronteriza para ayudar a asegurar la frontera internacional, y sus tierras son anteriores a la existencia de Estados Unidos y México por siglos. "Seguiremos impulsando soluciones fronterizas basadas en el sentido común que brinden seguridad sin destruir nuestro patrimonio ni nuestro entorno natural, tal como siempre lo hemos hecho," declaró la Nación el 14 de agosto. "Nos sentimos bendecidos por contar con el apoyo de nuestra gente y de otros aliados mientras defendemos lo que es justo y nos oponemos a lo que es injusto." Katherine Martinez es una estudiante de periodismo de origen nativo Kickapoo-Potawatomi en la Universidad de Arizona y pasante en El Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en martinezk29@arizona.edu. Esta nota fue traducida por Priscilla Daniel. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f6922c5335ae104df328 White House brings receipts after media claims noncriminal ICE arrests ‘soaring’: ‘False narratives’ te 2026-09-01T16:00:18.354Z White House brings receipts after media claims noncriminal ICE arrests ‘soaring’: ‘False narratives’ EXCLUSIVE: The White House and Department of Homeland Security are pushing back on "false narratives" being advanced by the mainstream media and bringing the receipts after the Washington Post and New York Times reported that noncriminal ICE arrests are skyrocketing under President Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported last week that ICE is arresting "soaring numbers" of "noncriminal" illegal immigrants. The outlet said the agency had "detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025." The New York Times took a similar line, reporting that "ICE arrests soar as people with no criminal record are increasingly targeted." However, Lauren Bis, a special assistant to the president and White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital that though "nearly 70% of illegal aliens arrested by ICE have been convicted or charged with a crime in the United States," the "actual arrests of public safety threats and criminals is much higher." This, she said, is due to many of the "noncriminal" illegal immigrants arrested by ICE having prior criminal history in their home country, including murder, child sex abuse and gang activity. "These are just a few of the media's ‘non-criminals,’" said Bis, adding, "Why does the mainstream media continue to peddle false narratives protecting criminal illegal aliens?" TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION PUSH FUELS ICE'S BIGGEST ARREST MONTH IN AGENCY HISTORY Fox News Digital reached out to the Washington Post and New York Times for comment. According to the Department of Homeland Security, "Nearly 70% of illegal aliens ICE arrested across the country have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges just in the U.S." The agency said, however, that this statistic "doesn't account for those wanted for violent crimes in their home country or another country, INTERPOL notices, human rights abusers, gang members, terrorists" and other offenses in foreign countries. While DHS has emphasized that entering the country unlawfully constitutes a crime, the agency has previously shed light on some of the serious criminal charges of individuals considered noncriminal arrests. This May, Homeland Security Investigations arrested Salvadoran national Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez, who, despite not having a U.S. criminal record, had an international warrant showing him as an active member of the foreign terrorist organization MS-13 and had been involved in extortion and robbery schemes in El Salvador for several years. NEW YORK TIMES TORCHED FOR ‘FALSE’ REPORTING ON ICE INVESTIGATIONS, OUTLET FIRES BACK Just days before, ICE had also arrested a Honduran national named Fredy Alexander Lopez Lara, who had an international warrant for homicide in his home country. Another MS-13 member, Salvadoran national Danny Granados-Garcia, was arrested by ICE in April. He was wanted in his home country for murdering a pastor. In March, San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested Mexican national Salvador Suazo-Garcia in Lemon Grove, California, processed him administratively, and turned him over to Mexican authorities. Suazo-Garcia entered the U.S. legally in May 2021 under the Biden administration. He was wanted in Mexico for lewd and lascivious acts upon a child. Shortly before Suazo-Garcia’s arrest, Border Patrol agents also arrested a female illegal immigrant from Mexico named Silvia Del Rosario Torres-Castro, who was wanted in her home country for homicide. Late last year, ICE arrested Antonio Israel Lazo-Quintanilla, a Salvadoran national who is a member of another foreign terrorist organization called the 18th Street Gang. DHS said that "while technically his only crime in the United States is driving without a license," Lazo-Quintanilla was on El Salvador’s most wanted gang members’ list and was wanted for aggravated homicide, extortion, possession of drugs and other felonies. Lazo-Quintanilla’s mugshot showed his face covered in tattoos, including the numbers "666" across his forehead. Months before that, DHS said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mexican brothers Pedro Luis Ortiz-Mendez and Jose Vicente Ortiz-Mendez in Texas. Both brothers are wanted for multiple murders tied to an attack on a festival in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where at least one victim was shot and another victim was attacked with a machete. BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AFTER DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY CLAIMS ICE IS ‘TERRORIZING LITTLE KIDS’ Bis said that "these are just a few examples of murderers, gang members, and pedophiles the media refers to as ‘non-criminals’ because they only have criminal records in their home country." "No one would want these heinous criminals to be their neighbors," she said. "From foreign fugitives, gang members, and terrorists, ICE is getting the worst of the worst off our street and out of our country." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f68b2c5335ae104df307 Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop te 2026-09-01T16:00:11.133Z Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f6862c5335ae104df2fe GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company te 2026-09-01T16:00:06.268Z GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f42d2c5335ae104df2af AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use te 2026-09-01T15:50:05.756Z AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f1db2c5335ae104df27a Ex-NFL star Chad Ochocinco dishes his 'storybook' Super Bowl matchup for the 2026 NFL season te 2026-09-01T15:40:11.551Z Ex-NFL star Chad Ochocinco dishes his 'storybook' Super Bowl matchup for the 2026 NFL season It’s never too early to think about Super Bowl winners, as we’re just one week away from the 2026 NFL season kicking off. For Chad Ochocinco, he doesn’t want to jump the gun too early on his prediction for Super Bowl LXI before he sees how teams start playing in the regular season. But, if it were up to him, he does have a "storybook" ending to the season he wishes to see happen at SoFi Stadium this upcoming February. And it’s the same Super Bowl matchup the stadium saw the last time it hosted the Super Bowl. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "For me, my storybook ending would be a rematch of the 2021 Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals again," Ochocinco told OutKick while highlighting his partnership with DraftKings. It was quite the battle between these two teams in 2021, as Matthew Stafford and the Rams, who took a big risk landing the veteran quarterback from the Detroit Lions via trade that offseason, came out on top over Joe Burrow and the Bengals. LOS ANGELES RAMS BETTING OUTLOOK: WHY ONE ANALYST IS ALL IN ON A SUPER BOWL WIN AT +550 Years later, no one could’ve predicted that Stafford would be coming off an MVP 2025 NFL season, and even crazier, Aaron Donald would come out of retirement to join Myles Garrett on the Rams’ defensive line. "Obviously, for Aaron Donald, I love the story. I love the story of him coming out of retirement," Ochocinco said. "I like it when you think about that team defensively and when you think about what they have offensively. They already have a high-powered offense. So, you add Aaron Donald coming back, you already have Myles Garrett. You have [cornerback] Trent McDuffie. "I think everybody would have to get hurt for them to lose. I’m just being honest. It’s almost unfair the kind of team they have right now, it’s the kind of team you build, if you play Madden and you play Ultimate Team, that’s exactly what the Rams are. Offensively and defensively. So, I don’t see them really losing many games. Obviously, you’re going to have some games where you fall short. But I see them coming out of the [NFC} West easily." But Ochocinco’s loyalty lies with his Bengals, the team he spent 10 of his 11 NFL seasons with and continues to believe in today. As someone who never shies away from calling it like it is, Ochocinco loved watching Burrow "being very vocal about not being happy last year and still doing talking this year." Burrow, in a "cryptic format" as Ochocinco put it, made a point to Bengals management that he doesn’t like losing and wants pieces on both sides of the ball to get back to the Super Bowl, which came in just Burrow’s second season in the NFL. The Bengals made sure to extend Burrow’s top receivers, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, while keeping tight end Mike Gesicki in place as well. Coupled with running back Chase Brown and some fortification on the offensive line, Cincinnati has what it needs on offense, which was never really the question. Could the Bengals’ defense, a pain point for this club for the last couple seasons, get upgrades to match the offensive firepower Zac Taylor’s team possesses? On paper, Ochocinco likes what he sees this time around, to the point where he assumes it’s Super Bowl or bust. "For my Bengals, it’s a put-up-or-shut-up year," he said. "Listen, management has given him everything he needs. You got [Ja’Marr] Chase, you got Tee [Higgins]. They went and did what they needed to do in the offseason, especially defensively. So, he has to get it done. So, I’m assuming this has to be our year. 'WE BACK': AARON DONALD RETURNS TO THE RAMS AND A DEFENSE NOW LOADED WITH MYLES GARRETT AND OTHERS "It’s because Joe Burrow talked about his displeasures publicly in cryptic format. If you’re a player, you understand what he meant. ‘Listen, I take winning serious. Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve always won. The pieces I had around me gave me the opportunity to win, and I want to make sure you guys are aligned with my same core values when it comes to winning and competing and giving me the pieces that I need.’ They showed you offensively and defensively, getting you [defensive tackle] Jonathan Allen, getting Dexter Lawrence, getting [safety Bryan] Cook from Kansas City. We got some good DBs. Therefore, now that you’ve done all the talking, and management has answered your requests, now it’s your turn. It’s on you to stay healthy, stay upright and deliver." Burrow has to stay healthy in Ochocinco’s eyes for the Bengals to get back to the Super Bowl, which seems obvious. However, Burrow’s injury bug struck once again last season, as he played just eight games one season after leading the NFL in passing yards (4,918) and passing touchdowns (43). But then again, is there any team that can take out the Rams this year if they stay healthy? "In a sense it is unfair," Ochocinco said. "But as great as Myles Garrett is, as great as Aaron Donald is, you have to have a scheme. You have to have a plan. You think about a player like Aaron Donald, you’re going to have to double-team somebody. I don’t know who it’s going to be – you’re going to have to pick your poison. Aaron Donald, the last time he played, he had a 20-sack season and he was double-teamed 64% of the team. And still had 20 sacks – that’s unheard of. Then, you have Myles Garrett coming off a 23-sack season. So, I mean, what do you do? When you have players like that come upfield so hard, I’m thinking about quick game. The ball has to come out quick, so they don’t have the time to be able to get to the quarterback. Also, running the ball, I think misdirection. You got to get them going one way and get them to stop their feet because they’re so good. It’s easy for me say what you need to do. It’s another thing to go out there and execute it in a structured environment. I’m not sure, but they have their hands full." OCHO LOVES DRAFTKINGS GAMEDAY We’ll see how the 17-game-plus season shakes out, but discussions and predictions like these with Ochocinco prove that football is back, and he’s excited to impact the fan experience with DraftKings. "DraftKings Gameday," which will take place on Sept. 2, was announced on Monday with quite the activation as it celebrates the first football season with DraftKings Sports & Casino available in all 50 states. As a way to fuel fans with the return of football, DraftKings will be offering free gas, while supplies last, to passenger vehicles at select gas stations in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Detroit. Specific locations and event times will be announced separately. "For me, I think it’s fun because who else would do something like this outside of DraftKings. This is a great touch for NFL fans to start the season," Ochocinco said. "We’re giving you free gas, so when your respective team plays, you’re fueled up to go. And word of mouth will be, ‘You won’t believe this? You know what DraftKings did? I was able to save money and get tickets to go to a game because they paid for my gas.’ That makes sense." There will also be exclusive DraftKings Gameday promotions for customers, a customized in-app experience, in-person activations, a charitable donation through the DraftKings SERVES program, and a new campaign featuring Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas this season. "It’s all about the fan experience, so some of the offers and luxuries throughout the season is what sets us apart from everybody else. I’m happy to be a part of them," Ochocinco said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96f1d92c5335ae104df271 Majority of Americans reject Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, poll finds te 2026-09-01T15:40:09.091Z Majority of Americans reject Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, poll finds A new poll has found that a majority of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s decisions to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America and impose higher tariffs on Canadian goods. In the 3-day Reuters/Ipsos poll that ended Sunday, 63% said they opposed renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, compared to 14% in favor. The rest were undecided or skipped the question. The survey also found that 57% opposed new tariffs on Canadian goods, compared to 20% who supported the measures. When asked by Fox News Digital for reaction, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said, "Canada has been a bad neighbor by ripping off our country for years. "President Trump promised voters that he would not allow our country to be taken advantage of anymore, which is why he is fighting so hard to protect American industries and workers. Thanks to the President’s bold leadership, we are putting America back on the map," she added. TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFF FIGHT REACHES CRITICAL POINT AS HOUSE GOP SUMMONS TRADE CHIEF Trump last Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came during a trade war with Canada. "The Lake of America was something I've been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico — we changed it — and now it's very routinely the Gulf of America," Trump said in the Oval Office. The president said he directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change. The order called Lake Ontario a "tremendous asset" to the United States. TRUMP URGES CANADIAN COMPANIES TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO US, SAYS 'I DON'T WANT CANADIAN ANYTHING' "The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario," the order states. "Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today." Trump later accused Ontario of ripping off American businesses in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, claiming Canada wants "to be treated like a state, but they aren't one." "They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop," Trump wrote. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods in late July, with the duties going into effect earlier this month. Canada responded with its own tariffs of up to 50% on U.S. imports. The Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted online gathered 1,023 responses from U.S. adults and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points. Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ef882c5335ae104df219 WWE star slyly reacts to former stablemates' incredible AEW debut at All In te 2026-09-01T15:30:16.169Z WWE star slyly reacts to former stablemates' incredible AEW debut at All In Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were a part of a WWE stable known as the New Day and for over a decade they were the team to beat in the tag team division despite different iterations. The New Day had seven WWE Tag Team Championship reigns among them and held the World Tag Team Championship for 483 days at one point. Despite Big E suffering a career-threatening injury, Kingston and Woods forged a path as a dominant team. The two won their last tag team titles at WrestleMania 41 and turned heel in their final run when they kicked Big E out of their group. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK WWE parted ways with Kingston and Woods earlier this year, officially ending their chapter with the company. But their impact on the pro wrestling industry remained strong and it was underscored with their debut with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) over the weekend at All In. Now known as Kofi and Austin Creed, the duo joined Swerve Strickland in a fight for the AEW World Trios Championship. They were re-introduced as The New Level and came out to a raucous crowd at Wembley Stadium in London. The three men outlasted six other teams to win the title. Big E, who still works for WWE in a broadcaster capacity, reacted to his former stablemates’ major accomplishment. He posted a cartoon that featured a sign with the words, "Look how far you’ve come," emblazoned on it. "Take a second today to recognize your own progress. You’ve made it farther than you think," he captioned the photo. As others commented on the post, he called Kofi and Creed his "brothers." "If you’re two living legends that are undervalued, sometimes you have to go to London!" he wrote in a separate comment. The sport of pro wrestling includes a wide range of promotions that features WWE and AEW at the top of the food chain. Wrestlers change promotions all the time as everyone in the industry deals with the ebbs and flows of the business. Kofi and Creed will likely have a successful run in AEW and it’s important for those on the outside to acknowledge that regardless of the company. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS The New Level aren’t resting on their laurels. The first AEW "Dynamite" after All In should be a doozy and Kofi and Woods are set to play a role in that. They will join Strickland in an AEW Trios Championship defense against The Rascalz – the group that features Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed and Zachary Wentz. AEW has a robust tag team division that was put on full display after Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defended the AEW Tag Team Championship against the Young Bucks. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) and The New Level were all seen in the ring after the match. Every team is gunning for the tag titles but it was made pretty clear who the top contenders were on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ef862c5335ae104df210 GIANNO CALDWELL: Sanctuary cities call it compassion. Patricia Fox calls it the ultimate price te 2026-09-01T15:30:14.338Z GIANNO CALDWELL: Sanctuary cities call it compassion. Patricia Fox calls it the ultimate price This week, Patricia Fox stood before the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee and told lawmakers what sanctuary policies actually cost a family. "My daughter, Carissa, was hit on March 28, 2025 by an illegal alien," she testified. "She was launched head first into a concrete barrier. The driver and passengers of the vehicle fled. Never checking to see if my daughter was alive." She continued: "Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived. Praise God. But survived and recovered are not the same." Sanctuary city and sanctuary state policies have been championed from coast to coast as the most compassionate, resolute action a city or state can take. But, no one has really asked what they cost the citizens who actually live there. Patricia Fox paid the ultimate price for sanctuary policies in Colorado. GRIEVING MOTHERS SCORCH DEM LAWMAKER AFTER HE PIVOTS DURING HEARING TO ATTACK 'MAGA REPUBLICANS' Carissa Aspnes was 22 years old and celebrating a new start. She had just returned home to Aurora, Colorado, from Chicago to launch a career as an esthetician, and on March 28, 2025, she climbed onto the back of a motorcycle to mark her birthday. Minutes later, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Valeria De Los Angeles Bermudez Marcano, ran a stop sign, crossed three lanes of traffic, and slammed into the motorcycle. She and her passengers fled the scene, leaving Carissa unconscious on the road without checking whether she was alive. Carissa survived. However, eighteen months later her mother is still living what survival actually looks like. Carissa underwent emergency surgery to remove part of her skull and relieve brain swelling. She is now minimally conscious, nonverbal, wheelchair-bound, and fed through a G-tube. "Every morning, I use a Hoyer lift to raise my adult daughter out of bed because she can’t sit up, stand or get herself up," Patricia testified. EXCLUSIVE: DHS HONORS ANGEL FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK, CALLS CRIMES 'COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE' Cariissa's physician says she needs two people to safely assist her. "Colorado Medicaid denied us in-home nursing," Patricia said. "So I figure it out." Medicaid denied the wheelchair Carissa actually needs, too. So Patricia blends her daughter’s food, feeds her through the tube, brushes her teeth, bathes her, and administers her medications, all while learning to read pain in a daughter who can no longer tell her where it hurts. The financial toll is staggering. Between emergency surgery, rehabilitation, and the $3,000 to $4,000 a month in ongoing therapy, equipment, and care that insurance routinely denies, Patricia says Carissa’s medical bills already total seven figures. She has been trying to raise money to cover those expenses through a GoFundMe campaign. And the toll isn’t only financial. Patricia’s 19-year-old daughter has already begun preparing for the day she and her older brother must take over Carissa’s care. At 19, her future has been rewritten by a crash she had nothing to do with. DHS BLASTS CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY POLICIES AFTER JAIL RELEASES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED IN HIT-AND-RUN "One collision created an entire family of victims," Patricia testified. And justice never arrived. Prosecutors dropped every charge against Bermudez Marcano except a single reduced Class 5 felony. As part of the plea deal, she was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution, but only for the motorcycle. For Carissa’s brain injury, her wheelchair, her feeding tube, her family’s shattered future, there was nothing. "A motorcycle received more justice than my daughter," Patricia testified. EXCLUSIVE: ANGEL DAD FINDS ‘NEW PURPOSE’ WITH ICE AFTER DAUGHTER’S KILLING TURNED HIS WORLD UPSIDE DOWN Bermudez Marcano was eventually deported, but only after Patricia’s family reached out directly to ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, which was created to connect victims and their families with case updates, resources, and support as they navigate the immigration enforcement process against the person who harmed them. Meanwhile, Colorado projected roughly $127 million from its General Fund this year for a program called Cover All Coloradans, which provides healthcare to people who lack qualifying immigration status, Patricia told the committee. Those are a state’s fiscal priorities laid bare: money for healthcare coverage regardless of legal status, while a citizen who was maimed by someone with no legal right to be driving on Colorado’s roads fights her own state’s Medicaid program for basic nursing care. OPEN BORDERS WERE INSANE, BUT POLITICIANS DIDN’T CARE. FAMILIES LIKE MINE PAID THE PRICE Patricia Fox is not a political operative. She is a mother who has become fluent in her daughter’s facial expressions, movements, and heart rate because that’s the only language Carissa has left. Yet she made the trip to Washington anyway, sharing her family’s story as one of the Angel Families whose lives were permanently altered by policies that hand driving privileges to people who have no legal right to be behind the wheel in the first place. Carissa’s story is not isolated. Mary Ann Mendoza has spent over a decade fighting the same fight since an illegal immigrant driving the wrong way on an Arizona highway, three times over the legal limit, killed her son, Police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza, in 2014. Joe Abraham buried his 20-year-old daughter, Katie, after a previously deported illegal immigrant struck her car at nearly 80 miles per hour and fled the scene. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Roughly 19 states and Washington, D.C., now allow people to obtain a driver’s license regardless of immigration status, sometimes without requiring English proficiency to read a stop sign. This is not compassion. It is a public safety failure with a body count, and the families paying for it are the ones who did everything right. I started the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety and the Caldwell Foundation for Public Safety because I believe the safety of American citizens has to come before politics, on both sides of the aisle. Carissa Fox’s family should not have to choose between fighting Colorado Medicaid and fighting for their daughter’s dignity. Every family in this piece did everything right. They followed the law, raised their children to do the same, and still buried them or, in Patricia’s case, watched a daughter’s future disappear in an instant. Sanctuary policies didn’t protect Carissa, Brandon, or Katie. They protected the people who took everything from them. Until we stop calling that compassion, more families will learn the same lesson the hard way. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ef7c2c5335ae104df1ee Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving te 2026-09-01T15:30:04.620Z Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ed2d2c5335ae104df1b2 Country music star Ella Langley celebrates Auburn roots with viral Instagram photo dump te 2026-09-01T15:20:13.443Z Country music star Ella Langley celebrates Auburn roots with viral Instagram photo dump Ella Langley fired up fans with her latest photo drop on Instagram. The "Choosin' Texas" mega-star has been on an unbelievable run in the country music world that is unlike anything we've seen in a very long time. It seems like fans following have reached a point in which no matter what Langley does, it puts up monster numbers. ELLA LANGLEY'S 'CHOOSIN' TEXAS' SPENDS 18 WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100; SETS NEW RECORD That now includes "Choosin' Texas" spending 20 weeks in the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Well, Langley is making it clear she has no plans of slowing down. She performed at Auburn over the weekend, and it was a little extra special for the country music star. Langley attended Auburn before becoming one of the most recognizable faces in America. She also brought a little extra flair while on campus by rocking the school's famous navy blue and burnt orange colors. The country music sensation hopped on Instagram to drop a bunch of photos from her time back at her old school, and as you'd expect, the post is already going mega-viral with more than 345,000 likes as of publication. Ella Langley knows the exact game she's in, and there's no question she's dominating at an unreal level. It's like watching a great athlete in their prime. Also, Langley dropping all the Auburn content with the full week one slate of college football starting this Saturday is the cherry on top. It's like I'm watching worlds collide here at OutKick. You simply love to see it. What do you think Langley will do next? Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ed2b2c5335ae104df1a9 Sarah Ferguson plots bold return to Britain after Epstein scandal shattered reputation: expert te 2026-09-01T15:20:11.183Z Sarah Ferguson plots bold return to Britain after Epstein scandal shattered reputation: expert Sarah Ferguson has made a career out of comebacks — and after seven months largely hidden from public view, the former Duchess of York may be preparing for another. Ferguson, 66, may be ready to step back into the spotlight, with one royal commentator describing the former Duchess of York as a "chameleon" who has repeatedly managed to reinvent herself. "Sarah Ferguson is forever the chameleon," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "She always seems to bounce back." SARAH FERGUSON IS HOPING 'TO EVAPORATE LIKE MIST' AS SHE'S SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 7 MONTHS: EXPERT "The one person who believes in Sarah is Sarah!" Chard added. One element of Ferguson's reported fresh start could be a new home in Britain. Chard said she understands Ferguson will be based in the Home Counties in a "£10,000 a month plush gated property with granny annex." But a new residence may only be part of the attempted reset. Chard said Ferguson has attracted interest from television producers and could use a documentary or interview to put forward her version of events. "Sarah has admittedly made some silly decisions. However, it's reported that she is lined up to appear in a TV documentary when settled in Britain," Chard said. "This is one of the options to put her side of the story forward, essentially a ‘Tell All’ interview. She has been bombarded with TV production offers. However, she is considering working on her own programme to retain control." FORMER PRINCE ANDREW FACES WIDENING MISCONDUCT PROBE AS POLICE LAUNCH WITNESS HUNT After Andrew lost his royal titles in October 2025 and was forced to vacate Royal Lodge, Ferguson also had to find somewhere else to live. The former Duchess of York has reportedly been spending her time abroad. Ferguson had been staying at a chalet in the Austrian Alps, People reported. The release of millions of DOJ documents in late January brought renewed attention to Ferguson's relationship with Epstein, including emails seemingly showing she remained friendly with him after his conviction. The fallout cost Ferguson charity affiliations, contributed to the closure of Sarah's Trust and damaged several of her business ventures. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Ferguson’s time away from the U.K. also coincided with mounting turmoil surrounding her ex-husband, the forme Prince Andrew, who was arrested in February amid the investigation into his ties to Epstein. One subject Ferguson reportedly does not want at the center of her new narrative is Andrew. "There is no mention of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor for now," Chard said. "Her priority is telling her story and the very mention of Andrew's name is a hindrance." Separating Ferguson's future from the controversies of her past may prove difficult – royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams offered a harsher assessment of Ferguson's record, calling her "a disaster as an entitled and shameless member of the royal family." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "When she was a working royal she was a catastrophe from the start," Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital. He pointed to Ferguson's "seemingly endless debts," the infamous "toe sucking" episode and the "fake sheikh disaster" as examples of controversies she managed to survive. "Somehow she bounced back from each setback," Fitzwilliams said. That ability to recover eventually culminated in a remarkable return to the royal fold. But Fitzwilliams believes Ferguson's latest controversy has placed her in a substantially more difficult position. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "The groveling, often farcical emails she sent to the deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have finally landed her in disgrace, and she has been out of the public gaze for seven months," he said. For Ferguson, who Chard says "always seems to bounce back," the next chapter could therefore become a test of whether her well-established ability to reinvent herself still works. Fitzwilliams remains deeply skeptical. "Whether anyone believes a word she says is another matter," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ed262c5335ae104df187 Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families te 2026-09-01T15:20:06.278Z Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96eada2c5335ae104df128 Inside immigration camps, trans women are forced off medications. The effects can be deadly. te 2026-09-01T15:10:18.649Z Inside immigration camps, trans women are forced off medications. The effects can be deadly. (Illustration by Joseph Darius Jaafari for LOOKOUT) Valentina was in her cell at Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center when, shortly following an afternoon headcount in June, a corrections officer came for her. With the guard by her side, she was led to an office where a wheelchair and several other officers were waiting. They patted her down, shackled her wrists behind her back, chained her waist, put her in the wheelchair, and turned on a video camera. She was told that someone else in detention had accused her of propositioning him for sex — a claim she denies making — and they began interrogating her. “My heart was racing,” she told LOOKOUT. “The guards were mocking me.” Twenty minutes later, she says, she was moved into an isolation cell that had only a mattress and a toilet. She was left there for nine days, a time period that has shown to have lasting psychological effects on people, and is considered a form of torture by the United Nations. She called the ordeal “horrible moral punishment” because of who she is — a transgender woman. Valentina, whom we are identifying by her middle name at the request of her lawyer due to fear of retaliation and her pending asylum case, is a 25-year-old migrant from Nicaragua who has spent more than six months in detention. She is one of at least 20 transgender women estimated to be held throughout Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities between Arizona and Colorado — a number obfuscated by the federal government’s refusal to track their numbers in accordance with President Donald Trump’s orders to deny trans people’s legal existence. Rather than being housed according to their gender identity, they are almost all housed in men’s units or, sometimes, in solitary confinement. In Aurora, Colorado’s ICE Processing Center once ran two transgender-specific housing pods for higher- and lower-security detainees. The lower-security pod was dismantled roughly a year ago to free up space to detain more men, leaving trans women there consigned to the general male population. But the more dramatic effect of trans people being detained in ICE’s immigration camps is that almost all of them are being refused medically prescribed and lifesaving gender-affirming care. Drawing on interviews with currently and formerly detained transgender women in both states, immigration attorneys, detention-center advocates and gender-affirming care specialists, LOOKOUT found that the rollback of federal oversight of medical care inside detention camps has left transgender prisoners more vulnerable than at any point in recent memory. And while there is a body of research that shows the benefits of gender-affirming care for people who need it, very little is studied on what happens when people are forced off their medication. What research does exist focuses almost exclusively on people who choose to detransition — and has overwhelmingly shown that people do so because of societal pressures. What is known is that people who are forced to discontinue their lifesaving care in immigration detention face dramatic physical changes that can worsen dysphoria symptoms, leading to dire mental health situations. Treatment across agencies Access to medically necessary care and protections for transgender prisoners across both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice has been almost completely denied. Last December, the DOJ made a significant revision to how the department would use Prison Rape Elimanation Act (PREA) regulations in light of an executive order — signed by Trump on his first day back in office — denying any federal recognition of gender-diverse people. According to the memo, PREA audits will no longer evaluate jail, prison and detention center standards to protect LGBTQ+ prisoners. Following suit, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced a new policy in February this year to stop providing gender-affirming medical or social transition care to transgender people. Those policies have been mirrored in immigration detention. Valentina and the others she knows of — she said there are at least five other transgender people detained in Eloy — have gone weeks at a time without hormone therapy. In her case, it was 22 days before she received any hormones at all — and what she got, she said, wasn’t enough to stop her body from rapid alteration. “I don’t feel any change in my body, nothing,” she said. Her facial hair started growing back — a source of deep anxiety for her. At immigration detention centers across the country, transgender women have described being cut off from hormone therapy for weeks at a time, triggering what medical providers call rapid, menopause-like symptoms, spiking suicidal ideation and severe psychological distress, while also facing solitary confinement and being treated as sexual threats simply for existing among men. Linda McFarlane, executive director of Just Detention International, an organization that works to end all forms of sexual abuse in detention, told LOOKOUT, “The one thing consistent is that transgender people face is being presumed to be predatory.” “Forcibly detransitioned” Being taken off hormone therapy can affect transgender people in ways similar to cisgender people. When cisgender men regularly take injected testosterone, their bodies may reduce or stop producing the hormone naturally. If they stop taking testosterone injections abruptly, the body does not immediately resume normal hormone production. Instead, they can experience withdrawal symptoms including mood swings, depression and low energy. More severe symptoms can include suicidal ideation. The longer someone has been on hormone therapy, the more difficult the transition off treatment can be. For trans women who have been on estrogen therapy for extended periods — sometimes decades, depending on their age — stopping hormone therapy can result in menopause-like symptoms, including hot flashes, emotional blunting and worsening gender dysphoria, according to medical experts interviewed, including Ari Kravitz of Spectrum Medical Care, who specializes in gender-affirming care in Arizona. Renata, who was locked up for eight months in another Arizona detention camp, told LOOKOUT that she had entered into depression after being forced off her medication: “It messes up your body,” she said. “Like it’s eating you up inside.” Renata said she and others detained with her all asked for ongoing hormone therapy and faced either denials or long delays. “Everything is hard,” Renata said of detention. “It’s so denigrating.” Greg Fay, a Tucson-based immigration attorney who has long focused on representing LGBTQ+ people facing deportation, said prisoners held in ICE detention facilities are always immediately taken off hormones. If they do get back on them, he said, there are delays that have only gotten worse under the Trump administration. He added that it’s a particularly difficult problem for people who had been taking hormones without a prescription on the outside, as they face indefinite interruptions in care. Emily Snyder, a nurse practitioner at Prisma, a community health provider in Phoenix where she specializes in HIV treatment and gender-affirming care, said there are “extreme mental health exacerbations” as a result of discontinued care, but also physical ones: “If you just discontinue therapy, you’re basically putting yourself into a very rapid menopause,” she said. According to recent reporting from the New York Times, the federal government has stopped offering specialized care for transgender people in at least 10 detention centers. The Times also reported that a DHS spokesperson said, “We are NOT wasting U.S. taxpayer dollars to provide hormone therapy to illegal aliens seeking to change their sex.” In Arizona and Colorado, transgender people are still sometimes receiving hormone therapy. But that access to treatment could change. Jorge Ramallo, a Virginia-based primary care physician focusing on LGBTQ+ health and president-elect of GLMA (formerly known as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association), told LOOKOUT that transgender people inside immigration detention are effectively “being forcibly detransitioned.” “That is a huge concern for us in the medical community,” Ramallo said, “because we know that these patients are suffering unnecessarily without access to these life-saving medications.” An ICE spokesperson, responding to a detailed series of questions about Valentina’s specific experience and changes in general detention conditions for transgender people in the system, said that ICE does not use solitary confinement, referring to the isolated confinement as “segregated housing,” and that people are subjected to it “based on heightened concerns related to the detainee’s health or safety. Those concerns include “medical illness, physical disability, mental illness, suicide risk” — none of which apply to Valentina, according to her and her attorney. The statement also referred to Valentina’s arrest, which took place in February when Valentina turned herself in at a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office “to serve a two-day sentence for a misdemeanor DUI conviction.” Valentina’s attorney explained to LOOKOUT that she had been taking all steps to comply with the court order. The ICE spokesperson added, “ICE has a longstanding practice of providing comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody. This care includes medical, dental, and mental health services, as available, along with access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care.” They further encouraged people to leave the country voluntarily: “Individuals in the United States illegally may choose to take control of their departure through the CBP Home App.” The changes and lack of care may rise to a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Last August, a class action lawsuit was filed in Georgia about a state law banning any gender-affirming care that relies on state funds. Attorneys in that case wrote that taking people off medically necessary care for gender dysphoria puts them “at grave risk of physical and psychological harm, including resurfaced gender dysphoria, depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, self-harm, self-surgery, or death by suicide.” Scaling back protections While the Trump administration has stopped reporting how many transgender people it detains in immigration camps, recent reporting estimates there are roughly several dozen transgender people currently in immigration detention. Talking to advocates and attorneys, LOOKOUT was able to count at least 20 transgender people detained between Arizona and Colorado. In Aurora’s ICE Processing Center in Colorado, transgender people held in detention were typically held in a pod specifically for them. A similar pod in a New Mexico immigrant detention camp transferred all the people out in 2020, making Aurora the only transgender-specific pod in immigration detention, according to Isabella Muscara, the program coordinator at Casa de Paz, an immigrant rights advocacy center in Colorado. Muscara explained that there used to be two trans-specific pods in Aurora, one for each level of security, but that changed in late 2025 to make room to hold more men, and there is now only one trans-only pod for people held in the higher-security wing. Muscara said that as of mid-August, there were two women held in Aurora’s trans-specific pod, and four women held in the men’s unit. While the transgender pod offers some protections and some mental reprieve, Muscara underscored that they are still confined in trying conditions: One transgender woman from an Arabic-speaking country, Muscara said, was recently detained in Aurora for about two years, suffering isolation, bad food, little programming such as access to the outdoors or a library, and persistent transphobia. Muscara said that lights in the transgender unit were sometimes left on all day and night, meals were often delivered late, and “specific guards made it obvious they were treating the women worse because they were in the trans pod.” “They were last of the line, almost forgotten about,” Muscara added. When asked about the treatment of transgender people in Aurora, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson referred to Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, executive order, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” and added that “ICE has taken appropriate action to ensure that detention space is designated by biological sex and not by gender identity.” Back in Eloy, Valentina said that even as she’s fighting for basic care and dignity, she’s also fighting to stay in the United States. She said that she has nobody, except for her attorney, fighting for her on the outside, and fears being sent back to Nicaragua, where LGBTQ+ people can face discrimination and violence. She said the discrimination she has faced in her home country is “horrible.” “It’s not good,” she said of her prospects in Nicaragua. “The machismo, homophobia and transphobia are really intense.” For now, she is left facing what both she and her former attorney, Ashley Moy-Wooten, describe as intense transphobia in Eloy. Moy-Wooten, who worked until recently with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, said she recognizes the palpable transphobia when she was with Valentina in court, but insisted that she is resilient and full of determination to advocate for herself and other transgender people inside. Moy-Wooten described Valentina’s self-presentation when she met with her, how she always found ways to put on makeup and do her hair. And yet, she said, “You can absolutely see the deterioration in her. It’s inevitable.” She added, however, that Valentina’s resilience is “testament to her beauty and willingness to fight.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ead72c5335ae104df107 Logan Webb and Paul Skenes face off as struggling Giants visit Pirates in pitching duel te 2026-09-01T15:10:15.880Z Logan Webb and Paul Skenes face off as struggling Giants visit Pirates in pitching duel Sports are fun for many reasons, but one main reason is that we expect one thing and then get something different. The idea that on any given night an underdog can beat a favorite, or that a bench player can have a career night, is what makes them so engaging. It can be incredibly frustrating as a sports bettor, but as a fan, it is awesome. As a sports bettor, there are a lot of people frustrated by these two teams and pitchers from this season as the Giants take on the Pirates. The San Francisco Giants are one of the worst teams in baseball, which is quite surprising. The Giants are 57-81 for the season, and with their next loss, they will guarantee they are going to have a losing season. It was pretty unlikely they would go undefeated this month, but they are likely to lose between 90 and 95 games. This is another team in the league with plenty of talent, but they just couldn't put it together. Can it be blamed on their manager? The front office? Or is it just a lack of success from the pitching and offense combined? I'd put most of the blame on the pitching staff as they carry a 4.34 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP into today's game. As usual with this pitching staff, the lone bright spot has been Logan Webb. This season, Webb is 8-8 with a 3.72 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. He is in a bad situation tonight, though. On the road, he has a 4.16 ERA, and in night games, he has a 4.98 ERA. Both are worse than his home and day starts. He did have a rather strong August with only one bad start. In four outings, he allowed four earned runs over 26 innings. In the lone bad start, he allowed five earned runs in 2.2 innings. The Pirates hitters haven't been great against him, with just 12 hits in 58 at-bats. The Pittsburgh Pirates were expected to compete for a Wild Card spot this season, but it hasn't gone as expected. The team is just four games under .500, so they still have a chance to end the season at .500 or better, but the chances of them making the postseason are slim. The hitting has improved, and that is a big reason for the improvement overall for the team this year. However, the pitching staff hasn't performed as well as needed this season despite having high hopes. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! It is easy to have high hopes for the team when you have the reigning Cy Young leading the roster. However, it has been a bit of a disaster season for Paul Skenes. Look, a lot of pitchers would love to have Skenes numbers - 9-11 record, 3.79 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, and 175 strikeouts. The WHIP and strikeouts are the better numbers, but his ERA and record are a bit rough. In his young career, this 3.79 ERA is two full runs higher than it was in his first two seasons. Skenes has been better at night and at home this season, so maybe he is in his optimal spot here. He had a decent August, going 20.1 innings over four starts and allowing just seven earned runs. This is the first time Giants hitters are facing Skenes, so he definitely has an advantage. It almost seems improbable that no one on their roster has had an at-bat against him. If you're looking for a player prop, I would consider under 0.5 hits for Bryan Reynolds or Oneil Cruz - both are strikeout-prone and don't make a ton of contact against Webb. My favorite prop, though, is to take under 6.5 strikeouts from Skenes. The Giants don't strike out a ton, and Skenes doesn't go overly deep into games, as the team is probably trying to conserve him for next year. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96eace2c5335ae104df0e5 Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns te 2026-09-01T15:10:06.099Z Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns Flock's searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties concerns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e87f2c5335ae104df0cf Public lands primary driver of Sedona tourism te 2026-09-01T15:00:15.728Z Public lands primary driver of Sedona tourism Public, private experts gather to talk numbers growth & future The Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association met at Enchantment Resort on Aug. 20, to present the Northern Arizona Industry Forecast along with public and private partners in the tourism industry. Arizona Office of Tourism Director of Str Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e87b2c5335ae104df0a2 Tampa Bay Rays look to capitalize on struggling New York Mets as Freddy Peralta faces former team te 2026-09-01T15:00:11.051Z Tampa Bay Rays look to capitalize on struggling New York Mets as Freddy Peralta faces former team The baseball season has entered the final month of the regular season. It is hard to believe how quickly everything is moving, but there is no slowing down, so we need to keep up. The NFL is about to start, College Football is back already, and the WNBA playoffs begin soon. Next month we get back the NHL and NBA, but first we need to finish this regular season and see how the playoffs stack up. The Mets won't be in the postseason, but today's opponent, the Rays, will be. The New York Mets had another disappointing season. They are currently 62-76 for the season and have losing home and road records. The problem has never been talent. They have plenty of big names on their roster, which is part of what makes it so hard to understand why the Mets are losing. Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Bo Bichette, Luis Robert Jr., etc. These are all guys that have All-Star appearances and a lot of success in the past, but for whatever reason it just hasn't been able to click for the team. The offense hasn't been great, but it isn't like the pitching staff has been much better. Tonight they send out Sean Manaea to the mound. He has bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen. Manaea has appeared in 28 games, and exactly half of them have been starts. Overall, he has a 4.55 ERA, and opponents are batting .258 against him. He really isn't that much different as a starter as opposed to as a reliever. August wasn't a great month, but it did start well. In the first two games, he turned in 13 innings and allowed just three earned runs. In the final three, he allowed 14 earned runs in 18 innings of work. Overall, Rays hitters are 5-for-25 against Manaea, with Yandy Diaz and Nick Fortes both having two homers off of him. The Tampa Bay Rays are one of the best teams in baseball, and you probably couldn't list almost anyone outside of their rotation on their team. They are a bunch of professional hitters. Junior Caminero is a very good player, and he has racked up homers and RBIs and is even batting .282 this season, but he still isn't a household name. Overall, the Rays are batting .260 as a team, and they are only middle of the pack in runs scored, so they need to find a way to get more people across the plate, because they aren't struggling to get guys on base. The good news is their pitching has been phenomenal this season, and that helps with lower-scoring games. Today they send out a guy they traded for from the Mets, Freddy Peralta. For the season, Peralta is 6-11 with a 5.11 ERA and a 1.41 ERA - part of the reason the Mets struggled, and he was traded away. His starts with the Rays have been a bit of a mixed bag. He had two starts where he allowed five or more earned runs. The other three outings were three starts of three earned runs or fewer. He's been great against Mets hitters, holding them to a .131 average against him. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! I'm going to put out two player props here and a play on the game. One thing I want to do is take Lindor under 0.5 hits and under 0.5 hits on Christopher Morel. Lindor is 1-for-11 against Peralta with five strikeouts, and Morel is 2-for-11 with seven strikeouts. I think we get some good value on both guys tonight. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! For the game, I am taking the Rays. Peralta is one of the better pitchers in the game when he is locked in. The Mets are a team that has struggled all year long, and I think this is one where Peralta can get the best of them. The Rays have had some success against Manaea and he isn't exactly a reliable starter. Give me the Rays on the moneyline. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e8762c5335ae104df080 This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient te 2026-09-01T15:00:06.462Z This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e61e2c5335ae104df02f Israel captures top Hamas commander in Gaza strike, defense minister says te 2026-09-01T14:50:06.918Z Israel captures top Hamas commander in Gaza strike, defense minister says The Israel Defense Forces captured Hamas' head of general security during a raid in Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said. An Israeli security official identified the Hamas leader as Mu'in al-Arabid, head of the General Security Apparatus, saying he was arrested during an Israeli incursion deep inside Hamas territory in Gaza. The IDF carried out airstrikes to cover the raid's withdrawal, adding that there were no Israeli casualties. "A short time ago, a senior Hamas terrorist was arrested, and this is our policy: We do not wait for threats. Instead, we pursue Hamas terrorists, thwart them, and destroy their terrorist infrastructure. We have built a strong and unprecedented security zone in Gaza to protect residents and IDF soldiers," Katz said in a statement. HAMAS STRUGGLES TO FILL LEADERSHIP RANKS AS ISRAEL HUNTS OCT 7 TERRORISTS "Nearly 70% of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, with no residents, no tunnels, and no homes, and the IDF controls the territory. We are not leaving Gaza until the Strip is demilitarized, Hamas is disarmed, and all terrorist tunnels are destroyed. Even after that, the IDF will remain in Gaza along defensive lines and ensure the security of the western Negev communities. Any attempt to bypass the security zone through aerial launches will be met with a harsh response," he added. The raid comes weeks after President Donald Trump's administration demanded that Hamas disarm and give up control of Gaza in August. Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, traveled to Israel last month and said the IDF may receive U.S. backing to "finish the job." NETANYAHU REJECTS BOARD OF PEACE'S GAZA PLAN: NO 'WITHDRAWAL UNTIL HAMAS IS GENUINELY DISARMED' "If they don't follow through now on their commitment, everyone will see that they're not genuine about peace, and then Israel will have a lot more support from the U.S. and others to go and finish the job in the appropriate way," Kushner also told Fox News' Trey Yingst of the terrorist group. The warning from Trump’s son-in-law followed a rare face-to-face meeting with Hamas in Egypt — only Kushner's second known meeting with the group. KUSHNER TOUTS UNPRECEDENTED IRAN CONTACTS AS TEHRAN DENIES TRUMP BACKCHANNEL "They said all the right things, but obviously, it's very, very hard to trust, you know, a terrorist organization that committed these terrible atrocities," Kushner continued. "But we had a very cordial meeting, and they said all the right things, and so we're going to give them a chance to perform." "It's going to have to be based on actions and steps, and I hope it will be true." The U.S.-led "Board of Peace" proposal centers on a phased ceasefire, demilitarization of Gaza, Israeli troop withdrawal, Palestinian technocratic governance and international reconstruction efforts. Reuters contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e3c82c5335ae104defc9 Progressive Florida Democrat insists Trump was pushing 'communism' with Venezuela deal te 2026-09-01T14:40:08.232Z Progressive Florida Democrat insists Trump was pushing 'communism' with Venezuela deal Democratic Florida U.S. Senate candidate and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Angie Nixon accused President Donald Trump of pushing communism through his recent deal with Venezuela on Monday. While appearing on MS NOW's "The Beat," Nixon was asked how she plans to appeal to Floridians during the Senate race, particularly Venezuelan and Cuban immigrants who feel apprehensive about the rise of socialism given their experiences in communist nations. Nixon pointed to her record of fighting for affordability before suggesting Trump and her Republican opponent, Sen. Ashley Moody, are the ones who are actually pushing communism. 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM FLORIDA SENATE PRIMARY: GOP SEN ASHLEY MOODY WILL FACE DSA'S NIXON "Point out how Ashley Moody is so in total lockstep with Donald Trump," Nixon said. "You just had a gentleman on who was talking about how he has taken over Venezuela. That sounds like communism to me. They’re taking over their oil reserves and wanting to sell them off. That is the epitome of what communism is, and that is what Ashley Moody is okay with. And I am totally not okay with that at all." Nixon referenced Trump's announcement on Friday that the U.S. had reached an oil deal with Venezuela involving more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves. The deal came after the United States launched an operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January and began working with interim President Delcy Rodríguez. SURGING DEM WITH DSA TIES IS 'EITHER A BONA-FIDE SOCIALIST, OR SHE'S NOT VERY SMART': GOP REP Fox News Digital reached out to Moody's campaign and the White House for comment. Nixon's comments also come as she faces scrutiny for her ties to the DSA. Though Nixon is a DSA member, she has denied being a socialist and claimed that she joined in support of public housing and healthcare. "Ashley Moody knows that I’m not a socialist," Nixon told "Meet the Press NOW."  "I joined the DSA because I believe in them in regards to fighting for adequate public housing, as well as fighting for quality healthcare, as well as making sure that we are getting our veterans off the street, taking big money out of politics, right?" she said. FAR-LEFT FLORIDA DEMOCRAT ANGIE NIXON CLAIMS GOP IS ‘LITERALLY TRYING TO KILL’ BLACK AMERICANS Nixon has also denied that she supports DSA measures such as abolishing the Senate or drafting a new constitution. However, the Republican National Committee has warned that Nixon still supports several far-left initiatives. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Socialist lunatic Angie Nixon wants to empty our prisons, open our borders, and raise your taxes to bankroll their far-left agenda," RNC spokeswoman Emma Hall said in a statement to Fox News Digital.  "Every word out of Nixon’s mouth is an in-kind contribution to Republicans in Florida and across the country," Hall said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e3c62c5335ae104defc0 Grandfather finds hidden treasure in plain sight as park officials 'dumbfounded' by discovery te 2026-09-01T14:40:06.816Z Grandfather finds hidden treasure in plain sight as park officials 'dumbfounded' by discovery A grandfather from Tennessee recently walked away from an Arkansas state park with a remarkable discovery: a yellow diamond. He made the discovery at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Pike County, Arkansas State Parks announced Aug. 29. At the time, Barry G. Smith of Germantown, Tennessee, was searching for diamonds in the park with his two granddaughters, Sage and Juniper. STUNNED COUPLE UNEARTHS 150-POUND MYSTERY HIDDEN BENEATH THEIR BACKYARD FOR DECADES ​"Not expecting anything more than a fun time, the family rented a wagon and basic kit from the park and began their diamond search," Arkansas officials said in a statement about the Aug. 16 discovery. After about 30 minutes of searching, Smith spotted something glimmering in the East Drain section of the park — but initially mistook it for mica, a glittery and common mineral. The grandfather placed the gem in his shirt pocket and didn't think much of the find until he had it inspected at the park's Diamond Discovery Center, he said.  "After further inspection, staff confirmed that Smith had found a gorgeous 2.29-carat yellow diamond," the release said. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MYSTERIOUS FACE HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES IN BOOK OF REVELATION CITY The diamond surprised even park officials. ​"I was dumbfounded when I first saw the diamond," facility supervisor Ralph Hall said in a statement. "Its overall shape and color immediately reminded me of the Pearadin Schumacher American Dream Diamond found earlier this year," Hall added. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MASSIVE ARTIFACT DEPICTING PHARAOH THOUGHT TO HAVE CHALLENGED MOSES IN EXODUS Park officials indicate that yellow diamonds rank as the rarest variety found in the park, with the majority of visitors discovering brown or white stones instead. ​"Yellow diamonds are created when nitrogen is absorbed into the crystal structure during formation," the ADPHT noted. "Nitrogen impurities absorb blue light and reflect yellow wavelengths, giving the diamond its yellow hue." Smith told park officials he was "absolutely" excited about his discovery. POLICE OPERATION TAKES UNEXPECTED TURN WHEN OFFICERS STUMBLE UPON ANCIENT BURIAL CAVE "I never expected to find a diamond here," the grandfather said. He added, "The potential was there, but you never come here expecting to find one." Smith chose to name the gem the Sage Juniper Diamond, after his granddaughters. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Park officials described the diamond as about the size of a black-eyed pea, noting that it was the third-largest diamond found at the park this year. "As of this publication, 351 diamonds have been registered by park guests in 2026," the release added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "An average of one to two diamonds is found at the park each day." Officials did not release an estimated value for Smith's diamond. Arkansas State Parks previously told Fox News Digital that park employees "are not trained to grade or appraise diamonds or other rocks and minerals." An official said, "Anyone interested in having their diamonds graded or appraised can reach out to a certified gemologist, who has had special training to properly grade gemstone quality and estimate value." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Several notable diamonds have been discovered at the park in recent months. Earlier this month, a grieving Pennsylvania woman discovered a 3.09-carat diamond just days after burying her father and months after losing her son. A few months before, a Texas man unearthed a 2.09-carat brown diamond during a family trip inspired by his 7-year-old son's interest in mining for crystals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e1722c5335ae104def62 Trump finds unlikely ally in longtime arch nemesis as Hollywood bleeds jobs te 2026-09-01T14:30:10.511Z Trump finds unlikely ally in longtime arch nemesis as Hollywood bleeds jobs One of President Donald Trump's most persistent political foes has found common ground with him in their shared push to save Hollywood. Trump wants to incentivize film and television production in Hollywood after years of job loss and other states and countries offering incentives to attract television and film projects to leave what has long been the heart of entertainment in the U.S. for more than a century. And Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who once led the first impeachment against Trump and has maintained a strong opposition to him since he retook office, is on board with the idea. SCHIFF ATTACK ON TRUMP’S DC INDYCAR RACE BACKFIRES AFTER DRIVER POINTS OUT CONTRADICTION "I am in strong agreement with the President," Schiff said on X. "Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we've lost to other countries." "Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America," he continued. Hollywood’s stature as an entertainment colossus has taken a hit over the last few years following the COVID-19 pandemic and the burst of the streaming bubble. The industry has lost 49,000 jobs since 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. PARAMOUNT ESCALATES THREAT TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA AS DEM AG'S ANTITRUST LAWSUIT STALLS WARNER BROS MERGER Trump said on Truth Social after meeting with the actor Jon Voight, who serves as the U.S. special ambassador to Hollywood, that he was interested in launching federal tax incentives to stop the bleeding from Tinseltown. Trump is urging Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress to tackle the issue immediately to "craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America." "Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America. It can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America," Trump said. That comes with its own headaches, given Congress’ truncated schedule during September, the entire month of October being dedicated to campaigning for midterm elections and November officially launching the lame duck session of Congress in Washington, D.C. BILL MAHER, WOODY HARRELSON SOUND OFF ON CALIFORNIA BUSINESS CLIMATE, SAY STATE DESERVES TO BE 'S--- ON' Trump noted that film and television production has moved elsewhere in the country and abroad, leaving Hollywood a "complete and total disaster." California is lagging behind other states and countries in its tax breaks for the industry. Recognizing the substantial post-pandemic drop in jobs, the state Legislature moved to more than double California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program to $750 million, with sweeteners baked in to get productions to relocate back to California. That program was undermined by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, however, when he installed a $5 million state corporate tax credit cap over the next three years. Even with the strides taken to attract productions back to Hollywood, California is still behind Georgia and New York, which allocate more than $1 billion and roughly $800 million, respectively, in tax breaks for productions. Canada and the United Kingdom also offer generous tax breaks, attracting production away from the U.S. entirely. "There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly," Trump said. "Jon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96e16f2c5335ae104def40 Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego and Tampa te 2026-09-01T14:30:07.129Z Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego and Tampa Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96df162c5335ae104def0a 'I literally think this is going to be it for me': Hiker recounts grizzly bear encounter in Canada te 2026-09-01T14:20:06.534Z 'I literally think this is going to be it for me': Hiker recounts grizzly bear encounter in Canada A hiker in Canada got the scare of a lifetime while out in nature. There's a lot of beauty in nature, and you often get to see some truly majestic things. For example, a monster albino buck was recently captured on video in Wisconsin. It was one of the coolest wildlife videos the internet has seen in a long time. However, it's not all sunshine and roses. VIRAL NATURE VIDEO CAPTURES STUNNING ALBINO DEER IN WISCONSIN NORTHWOODS, AND IT LIVES UP TO THE HYPE Enter a truly insane scene out of Canada. Keith Kerr was in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia when he encountered something nobody wants to see: An adult female grizzly bear who seemingly believed her two cubs were threatened. That's what happened when Kerr stumbled upon the three grizzly bears, and the adult female wasn't pleased to see him. "I heard the gnarliest sound I have ever heard in my life. A low gurgling growl...Mama bear comes around, and she's in my spot before I get there. She is so fast, and at this moment, I literally think this is going to be it for me," Kerr explained in a recent interview with CTV News. The female adult grizzly bear produced to bluff charge the man four different times, but fortunately, never launched an all-out attack. You can watch footage of the stunning incident and hear Kerr's breakdown in the video below. People in the comments on YouTube were quick to offer plenty of reactions spanning a large spectrum. One viewer wrote, "If a bear is coming at me, the last thing on my mind is taking pictures." I 100% agree! Another joked, "A real journalist would have reached out to the bear to get their side of the story." Above all else, this situation is a reminder to always keep your head on a swivel while in nature. You never know what might be lurking around the corner. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96dcc62c5335ae104deebc Dem AG urges Jewish voters to put humanity above 'safety and security' of own people te 2026-09-01T14:10:14.467Z Dem AG urges Jewish voters to put humanity above 'safety and security' of own people Addressing deep intra-party divides over Israel ahead of the general election, Michigan's Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel urged a private gathering of Jewish Democrats to place the needs of "the rest of humanity" above their own "safety and security." Nessel, Michigan's top law enforcement officer who is also Jewish, made the remarks during an Aug. 30 event in Birmingham hosted by the Michigan Democratic Party's Jewish Caucus, where members of the press were barred. According to a video recording reviewed by The Detroit News, Nessel invoked the story of Queen Esther to argue that Jewish Democrats have a "moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest," urging attendees to "sacrifice the comfort, safety and security and even the very future of our own people in exchange for the opportunity to save the rest of humanity." The comments highlight a boiling point for Democrats in crucial battleground Michigan, where many Jewish voters report feeling forced to choose between their faith and their party amid rising anti-Israel rhetoric from progressive, far-left candidates.  The private gathering was attended by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed—a vocal critic of Israel and U.S. military aid to the Jewish state—who used the event to publicly apologize to the Jewish Caucus for past controversial comments. Notably, Nessel has publicly stated she will not vote for Republican Mike Rogers in the tight Senate race, but has thus far withheld her endorsement from El-Sayed over concerns regarding his stance on Israel. JEWISH AG’S CONVENTION BOYCOTT EXPOSES DEEPENING ISRAEL FAULT LINE AMONG MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS During the speech, Nessel explicitly weighed the survival of Israel against global crises, including questioning the value of protecting the Jewish state if climate change goes unaddressed. "What good is defending the historic homeland of our ancestors and demanding that candidates acknowledge its right to exist if the planet upon which it rests is no longer inhabitable?" Nessel asked, according to the recording reviewed by The Detroit News. She went on to characterize supporting former President Donald Trump as an "abdication of our responsibilities as Jews," arguing that Jewish tradition demands "compassionate action toward others" over what she called "blind obedience to the world's biggest and most dangerous fool." CARVILLE WARNS DEMOCRATS ANTI-ISRAEL ‘LOUDMOUTHS’ COULD COST ELECTIONS While Nessel acknowledged the frustration in the room—noting that arguments equating Zionism to racism are often made "by people whose entire understanding of Jewish-Israeli history fits neatly into a 47-second TikTok produced by Qatar or Iran"—she also argued that the GOP and its loyalty to Trump poses a great threat and blasted Republicans for focusing on cultural issues like "transgender girls playing JV volleyball" instead of issues like wealth inequality and artificial intelligence. Fox News Digital reached out to Nessel's office to ask for more details about the intended effect of her remarks, but did not receive a response in time for publication. ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE REACHES DEADLIEST LEVEL SINCE 1994, NEW GLOBAL REPORT FINDS "Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reportedly told Michigan Jewish Democrats to channel Queen Esther and prioritize the survival of 'the world' over their own self-interest," Hen Mazzig, author and senior fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute, which describes itself as "an emerging media innovation lab" aimed at countering antisemitism and "changing" how people think about Jews and Israel, said. "I am a gay man and lifelong liberal," Mazzig continued. "I understand why many American Jews care so deeply about the Democratic Party. But Esther risked her own safety for the Jewish people’s survival, she didn’t risk them to save others. Using her story this way is not accurate or helpful." Meanwhile, George Mason University constitutional law professor, David Bernstein, offered a more pointed criticism of the reported remarks. MS RACHEL CONFRONTED ON ACCUSING ISRAEL OF ‘GENOCIDE’ IN PARK INTERACTION WITH PODCASTER "You may have thought I was exaggerating when I tweeted last week about how a segment of the American Jewish community is suicidal. The real news here is not that Nessel said this, but that she thinks it's a viable pitch to at least a large segment of an audience of Jewish Democrats," Bernstein said, adding that Nessel's comments reminded him of "Jewish Stalinists who stayed with Stalin through the pact with Hitler, and then through the antisemitic purges of the late 1940s, because they believed that absorbing this stuff was the price Jews needed to pay for a better world." Nessel, who skipped the recent Michigan Democratic Party convention due to safety concerns, has become a prominent voice amid Michigan's crucial Senate race.  Fox News Digital reported last week that during an appearance on The Atlantic’s "David Frum Show," Nessel accused the Democratic Party of not valuing its Jewish constituents and making them feel less welcome than members of other minority groups. She also argued that Jewish Democrats have felt ostracized by their own party since the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and accused leadership of cherry-picking issues that are relevant to supporters. Nessel added that if faced with the choice, she would choose her Jewish heritage over her party affiliation. She also criticized some of El-Sayed's past rhetoric about Israel and his refusal to retract certain comments prior to his apology to Jewish Dems in Michigan at the Aug. 30 private confab. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96dcc42c5335ae104deeb3 Gary, Indiana can’t blame racism for every failure exposed by its catastrophic blackout te 2026-09-01T14:10:12.819Z Gary, Indiana can’t blame racism for every failure exposed by its catastrophic blackout Gary, Indiana sits on the southern shore of Lake Michigan not too far from where I am on the South Side of Chicago. I know that city well and my Project H.O.O.D. has done many events and good works there. The one thing everybody knows about Gary is that it is the birthplace of Michael Jackson, a place where one of the biggest stars the world has ever known was forged. In the years before Jackson was born, Blacks moved to Gary from the South to work in the steel mills and many made good livings. But today, Gary sits in the middle of the Rust Belt, and it faces high poverty, widespread vacancy and a long population decline. Its population fell from more than 80,000 in 2010 to an estimated 67,289 in 2025. Gary is one of those places where the streak of bad luck never seems to run out. I say this with a heavy heart because I know that many people there are good people and they’re trying their best to make some kind of fortune out of their city’s misfortunes. What no one could have predicted is what hit them next — literally. THE MACHINES THAT KEEP AMERICA ALIVE ARE FAILING. WE FORGOT HOW TO REPLACE THEM The weather people on TV call it a derecho. Unlike a tornado that spins in a circle, a derecho consists of winds running straight through with great force. On Aug. 11, a derecho swept through Northwest Indiana, bringing widespread straight-line winds of 70 to more than 100 mph. A 99 mph wind gust was recorded at Gary/Chicago International Airport. Those gusts were comparable to the winds associated with a Category 2 hurricane. While many of the nearby towns and suburbs felt the derecho, Gary was among the communities hardest hit. I heard from my contacts there that trees that stood for generations had been uprooted and fallen into power lines. The poles holding these lines snapped. The storm brought down trees and power lines across Gary, causing widespread outages. More than 20,000 Gary customers were affected at one point. Within a few hours, it appeared as if nearly everybody in Gary lost power. The city that once powered America’s steel industry was now sitting in darkness. HURRICANE KATRINA TAUGHT ME HOW TO PREPARE FOR ANY STORM For nearly two weeks, thousands of Gary residents remained without power. The suffering on the ground was terrible. There was no air conditioning to combat the sweltering heat. Senior citizens who needed breathing machines had to do without. Parents had to take what food they had in their warm fridges and save what they could by cooking the meats at the nearby parks. Some families who were fortunate enough to have generators were soon reporting them stolen. People couldn’t charge their phones and businesses couldn’t stay open. Life in Gary came to a literal standstill. NIPSCO now says it has restored power to 99% of affected customers, though some residents still need repairs to privately owned equipment before they can safely reconnect. FORGET POLITICS. THIS IS WHAT I FOUND HELPING VENEZUELAN QUAKE VICTIMS In the nearby towns, the lights began to flicker back on and the people in Gary thought they would soon be next. But the days went by and there was still no power. My Project H.O.O.D. team drove into Gary along with many other nonprofits and churches, and we lent a helping hand wherever needed. After the derecho hit, we got calls and texts from our friends in Gary and we knew we had to help in any way possible. We brought people produce, hot meals and the basic necessities such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste and the like. Just because the infrastructure failed the people of Gary, it doesn’t mean that we humans can’t come together and help one another. DIVINE PURPOSE HELPED BRING CHICAGO’S MOST-DANGEROUS BLOCK BACK TO LIFE While in the streets, I started to hear the word that the reason for the lack of power was racism. Gary is a Black city and some folks there felt they were deliberately being left behind. People said, "Why isn’t our power on? Why do all the White folks have their power and we don’t?" As time passed, these mutterings grew angrier and expletive-laden. I understand their frustrations and I understand the human need to reach for explanations, but feelings are not facts. Gary was in the direct line of fire and the utility company’s damage assessments show that the city suffered an unbelievable amount of damage. The utility said the derecho caused historic damage across Northwest Indiana, including roughly 300 damaged distribution poles and 44 damaged transmission poles. The scale of that damage complicated restoration in Gary and other hard-hit communities. What I have read shows that the process to restore power must follow a standard order: major lines are targeted first so the greatest number of customers can be restored safely and efficiently. This is not bigotry. This is engineering. Blaming race here does not turn the lights back on. It only gives everyone an easy excuse to avoid the harder work. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION And the harder work has been avoided for too long. The outage has prompted serious questions about whether tree-trimming and grid preparedness were adequate. A proposed lawsuit makes those allegations, while NIPSCO disputes them and says it has increased vegetation-management spending. All around, the infrastructure weakens with every passing year and no one wants to invest. The leaders seem to be in the mode of managing decline instead of demanding excellence. And so, when the derecho exposes these failures on a catastrophic level, the temptation is to shout "systemic racism" and wait for someone else to fix it. This mindset has kept too many of our communities in the dark long before any derecho arrived. What the aftermath of the derecho revealed was a resilient, compassionate, and strong community. Residents have been caring for their neighbors and sharing what little they have. The churches and volunteers came together to hand out meals. Outsiders drove into Gary in trucks and even semitrucks full of food. My team will be back, and we plan to open our second Project H.O.O.D. location in Gary. We will provide workforce development programs, mentorship for the youth, violence prevention, reentry rehabilitation for the formerly incarcerated and more. Why all this energy now? There wasn’t much of this energy before the derecho hit, and that is why we have to ask, "Why now? Are we going to let this energy go to waste?" I hope not because this is the kind of energy that builds cities. That builds neighborhoods. What the derecho revealed is that we have the strength, manpower and will to make our lives better. All this talk about systemic racism will only keep us down. Perhaps that is the lesson here and the one that the people of Gary need to hold onto if they want to climb out of this hole. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PASTOR COREY BROOKS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96dcc12c5335ae104deeaa Big & Rich say Dolly Parton put fame aside to help neighbors after 2016 Tennessee wildfires te 2026-09-01T14:10:09.687Z Big & Rich say Dolly Parton put fame aside to help neighbors after 2016 Tennessee wildfires Big & Rich saw firsthand Dolly Parton put her fame aside after the 2016 Tennessee wildfires that devastated the community. During an interview with Fox News Digital, the country music duo, Big Kenny and John Rich, who recently released their protest single titled "Hello AI," recalled seeing Parton be an "extraordinary person" for her community and trying to help her neighbors. "One thing that struck me that particular day, you know, Gatlinburg had basically burned to the ground. And that's right in her backyard, where she's from," Rich began. "So, she was distraught over what was going on. In the moment of those performances, it wasn't like you were standing next to Dolly Parton, the world famous iconic singer. You were standing next to a country girl who was trying to help out her neighbors. That was really her whole point." After devastating wildfires tore through Gatlinburg and Sevier County in November 2016, Parton rallied the country music community to help her native East Tennessee. Parton hosted the star-studded "Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund" telethon on Dec. 13, with Big & Rich among the nearly 20 artists who performed. DOLLY PARTON'S LIFE IN HER OWN WORDS: FROM SMOKY MOUNTAINS POVERTY TO COUNTRY MUSIC IMMORTALITY The benefit ultimately raised more than $9 million for wildfire victims after the fires killed 14 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 buildings, according to ABC News. The money supported Parton’s My People Fund, which provided direct financial assistance to families who lost their homes. WATCH: John Rich recalls seeing Dolly Parton’s ‘heart’ during devastating Tennessee wildfires Big Kenny recalled not only the "Smoky Mountains Rise" performance with Parton, but every encounter with the late country music legend during their interview with Fox News Digital. "There have been multiple interactions over the years with Dolly and one thing you absolutely know about her is that she's a big-hearted and a super kind person. And that's how I would describe her that day. You could tell that, you know, it just meant the world to her to be doing what she was doing and it meant the world to her that we showed up that day to help her out," he said. DOLLY PARTON'S BELOVED LITERACY MISSION SEES SURGE OF SUPPORT AFTER COUNTRY ICON'S DEATH Big Kenny continued, "And every other time I've ever run into her, she's just a super sweet and kind and funny and smart and just every other kind of adjective you can use for an extraordinary human being like Dolly Parton." WATCH: Big Kenny remembers Dolly Parton’s ‘big heart’ during 2016 wildfire relief telethon Big Kenny, whose legal name is William Kenneth Alphin, told Fox News Digital that social media's reaction to Parton's death showed it did not matter what side of the political aisle people fell on or their religious beliefs – she was able to impact everyone. "I would say that the thing that gets me about Dolly and if you follow social media, I don't care what anyone's beliefs or what side of the aisle they might stand on, you know, whether it be in politics or in church, it seems like everybody, no matter what, had a big respect and has big respect for Dolly and everything that she's done and accomplished," he said. "She just crossed all borders, crossed all lines, and everybody loves her and everybody will always love her." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Big & Rich recently released their protest single, titled "Hello AI." The country music duo explained the impact that artificial intelligence is having on the music industry. The song officially dropped for download on Aug. 28, 2026. WATCH: John Rich warns AI-generated music is ‘ripping off’ American songwriters "So right now, there are AI generated songs being monetized. That's where the problem lies. It's not, the problem does not lie with someone on their personal time messing around with it with an AI program and coming up with a song they wanna listen to. It's when those songs start to be monetized that you find a real serious problem," Rich said. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS He pointed out that AI cannot legally own the copyright, only humans can according to our laws. "So the original pencil to paper work that a human American songwriter created is getting ripped off and ripped off to the tunes of millions of times," Rich said. Big Kenny said that he's "all for AI," but there needs to be some guidance when it comes to it. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "It just seems we need to hit the brakes a little bit and discuss it and talk about it. Man, I'm all about AI. I think AI could be one of the greatest revolutions that ever happens in America. And we want to see America be at the forefront of this," he began. "We want to make all of the goodness happen from artificial intelligence that we can possibly make happen, whether it be in music or medicine. I mean, there's so many great opportunities for it. But at the same time, things like this need to have guardrails on them." Big & Rich released "Hello AI" on August 28. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96dcbc2c5335ae104dee88 Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  te 2026-09-01T14:10:04.758Z Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96da6d2c5335ae104dee36 Ex-Dem fundraiser traces socialist surge to Biden-era leadership vacuum: ‘There’s no one there’ te 2026-09-01T14:00:13.299Z Ex-Dem fundraiser traces socialist surge to Biden-era leadership vacuum: ‘There’s no one there’ Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser who left the party after her warnings about then-President Joe Biden’s decline went unheeded during the 2024 campaign, says Democrats’ leadership vacuum has helped fuel the Democratic Socialists of America’s string of victories in 2026. "They’re a metastasizing cancer," Li told Fox News Digital in an interview. "I had a bird’s-eye view from the beginning, you know, [to] the ascent of the DSA — power abhors a vacuum. They’re simply filling a vacuum. There’s no one there." According to Li, the DSA has pressured candidates for years to push their platforms further and further left — a process she said she experienced firsthand when, in 2018, she tried to run for Congress herself. Li, who is publishing a new book titled "Unburdened" later this year, believes it’s one of the many layers of how the DSA and socialists have emerged as a force to be reckoned with within the Democratic Party in 2026. MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALISTS LOOK TO TAKE NEW YORK PLAYBOOK NATIONWIDE AFTER PRIMARY VICTORIES In her own experience, the DSA’s pressure came in the form of a questionnaire. "These over-educated bums, which populated the DSA — that's what they are — basically forced me to adopt its platform by handing me a questionnaire and saying, ‘everyone in this congressional race must fill out this questionnaire,’" Li recalled. At the time, in 2018, Li said she felt like she didn’t have a choice but to fill out the form and didn’t expect the answers to stick with her. She was running for Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. "That's what they do. I don't know if Americans are familiar with that, but that's how they enforce compliance. They hand you these candidate questionnaires, you fill it out, and so your name is forever attached. It even made it to my Wikipedia page. So now on my Wikipedia page it has me as some tree-hugging, marijuana-supporting whatever. I said none of that. They just grabbed it from the questionnaire," Li said. She recalled that other candidates in the field also filled out the form. EX-BIDEN CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAYS THERE'S 'NO SAVING' DNC CHAIR KEN MARTIN AFTER INSIDE REPORTS When asked if she was surprised that more DSA candidates had enjoyed success even against incumbent opponents, Li pointed to the state of the establishment and a clear lack of momentum among its more veteran figures. "Think about it, at this point in time, in the election cycle, in 2006, we knew who the candidate was likely going to be, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton," Li said. "Barack Obama had already given his ‘There's no, blue state, there's no red state, there's only United States of America’ speech. We knew he was gonna be a presidential candidate. Who's the candidate this time? We don't know." Li also pointed an accusatory finger at Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic Party. In her view, the DSA looks stronger in light of its competition. "We need a Democratic leader who is unforgettable, dynamic, vigorous, who can launch a compelling argument to the American people. Instead, we have this milquetoast man, who nobody remembers." "Keep in mind that the Democratic Party right now is so broke they put up their own headquarters up as collateral because they took out a loan. They're broke. They have no money. Ken Martin is a joke," she added. Reporting from Fox News Digital confirmed in July that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) used its building in to secure a $15 million loan, according to public records. Although the base agreement of the loan is for $15 million, the inclusion of the building allows the group to withdraw an extra $5 million. The DNC also has accumulated almost $18.5 million in debt as of June 30, campaign finance records show. EX-DEM INSIDER REVEALS SHE WILL EXPOSE DEMOCRATS WHO COVERED UP BIDEN'S COGNITIVE DECLINE IN NEW BOOK Although she now considers herself a conservative, Li noted that, even in her time as a Democrat, she had sounded the alarm about the DSA, believing they were eating the party from the inside out. "I did a Fox News documentary in 2020 warning against the DSA; I kid you not. I kid you not, these people have been poisonous for a very long time," Li said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96da682c5335ae104dee14 India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation te 2026-09-01T14:00:08.936Z India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation "We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that," Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. "I'm not going to dress these facts up." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96d80f2c5335ae104dedde Ex-House Freedom Caucus chair says GOP isn't 'a conservative party anymore,' but Democrats are 'worse' te 2026-09-01T13:50:07.897Z Ex-House Freedom Caucus chair says GOP isn't 'a conservative party anymore,' but Democrats are 'worse' Former Rep. Bob Good, who chaired the House Freedom Caucus during part of his congressional tenure, recently told Fox News Digital that the GOP is not, based on "any standard of measurement, a conservative party anymore." "Republicans have kind of been Democrat-lite in their policies" for "nearly two years," Good, who lost a 2024 GOP U.S. House primary in Virginia to a challenger backed by then-former President Donald Trump, told Fox News Digital during an interview on Friday. Republicans have held the majority in both chambers of Congress so far throughout Trump's second term. But Good suggested that during the last "year and a half, 19 months or so," they "have massively squandered the opportunity that was given to them by the voters." "We've taken the debt to $40 trillion. We've added new entitlement programs like Trump accounts," Good said. He pointed to "government taking ownership stakes in private companies," adding, "We haven't made the case for why we're in a war that's lasted over six months now." "The real emergency, the real crisis, is the debt crisis," Good asserted. FORMER FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR BOB GOOD BLASTS TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT RECORD: 'TRUMP IS THE PROBLEM' Good argued that Trump does not discuss the debt issue "in a serious way." "I think he suspects that spending cuts and spending reforms aren't particularly popular," the former congressman told Fox News Digital. "And I think wants to be popular." Republican National Committee spokeswoman Emma Hall said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday, "President Trump and Republicans are delivering America First results every day — and it’s why we’ll defy history and win in November. No one is interested in advice from certified loser Bob Good." White House spokesman Kush Desai declared in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, "President Trump was given a resounding mandate by the American people to smash Washington, D.C.’s obsession with consensus orthodoxy that has let Americans down. The Trump administration is turning the page on Joe Biden’s economic disaster by implementing traditional free market policies that do work — like deregulation and tax cuts — while rectifying longtime America Last policies that have left Americans behind." Good said he thinks that turnout will represent the "primary challenge" for the GOP during the midterm elections. He opined that Republicans are running on not being "as bad as Democrats." "Keep the House cuz we're not as bad as Democrats is not a truly inspirational motivating factor," Good noted. US ECONOMY 'WORSE' OFF THAN WHEN BIDEN DEPARTED, PETER SCHIFF SAYS, WARNING OF 2028 DEM SOCIALIST 'THREAT' Good indicated that the GOP should have drastically downsized government last year. "What they should have done in year one, in 2025, was to massively cut spending, massively shrink government, massively implement spending reforms, go for broke while they had the power before it was an election year, and then the American people I think would've rewarded them... with midterm victory," he said. He expressed hope that Republicans could perform well due to redistricting, as well as "because Democrat policies are so unpopular, and Democrat candidates are so extreme." And despite his criticisms of Republicans, Good asserts that "the Democrats are certainly worse." "President Trump has done a lot of great things. President Trump immediately secured the border, to such degree, it's not even talked about anymore," he said. FORMER FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR BOB GOOD CALLS OUT 'THE BIG GLARING WEAKNESS FOR ALL OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT Good pointed to other issues such as Trump's efforts to cut regulations and taxes, and to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology in the federal government and education. "Democrats would do none of those things," Good said, adding that every area in which "the Republicans have failed or been benign or weak or tepid or not followed through, Democrats would be even worse." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96d80e2c5335ae104dedd5 Colton Cowser's walk-off home run robbery stuns Rockies as Orioles stay in AL Wild Card race te 2026-09-01T13:50:06.277Z Colton Cowser's walk-off home run robbery stuns Rockies as Orioles stay in AL Wild Card race Colorado Rockies’ Jake McCarthy was about to live every ballplayer’s dream — hitting a walk-off home run at home to give his team a victory at the MLB level. But McCarthy wasn’t the one playing hero on Monday night at Coors Field. The cape was worn by Baltimore Orioles center fielder Colton Cowser, who looked like he was flying when he executed perhaps the greatest walk-off home run robbery of all time. In the bottom of the ninth inning and a runner on second base for the Rockies with two outs, McCarthy had the opportunity to at least tie the game and force extra innings with a base knock to knot things up at two runs apiece. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Instead, McCarthy connected his barrel to an Andrew Kittredge pitch, and the ball went soaring toward the deepest part of the field at 415 feet to dead center. Cowser was tracking the ball the entire way, inching himself closer to the wall and trying to anticipate when he needed to jump – because he absolutely had to as it kept carrying toward the fence. REDS' DANE MYERS CARTED OFF FIELD AFTER CRASHING INTO WALL MAKING ACROBATIC CATCH VS BREWERS McCarthy was rounding the bases hoping it had enough juice to get past a potential robbery, but Cowser crushed that hope when he leapt along the fence and snatched the ball that was destined to end the game in favor of the home team. As he came crashing down onto the warning track, Cowser was already in immense celebration, screaming as everyone would after making such a tremendous catch to end the ballgame. McCarthy couldn’t do anything but smirk as he went back to the dugout defeated, which is the only feeling the Rockies had after witnessing a highlight-reel grab. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS The catch quickly went viral on social media, as baseball lovers couldn’t fathom what they witnessed. Even Orioles great Adam Jones had to tip his cap to Cowser. "Wow what an amazing catch by Cowser to end the game. One of the best catches I’ve ever seen," Jones wrote on X. "Defense and speed are things that can’t slump! Helluva athlete." This catch may have been late in the night, at least for Orioles fans on the East Coast. But it meant a ton in terms of the Orioles’ playoff hopes. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! Baltimore is an even 69-69 after Cowser’s heroics, and though that record doesn’t usually scream postseason bound at this time of year, the American League hasn’t been as strong as years past. The Orioles are just half-a-game out of the third AL Wild Card spot, which the 69-68 Cleveland Guardians hold for the moment. The Texas Rangers (1.5 games), Toronto Blue Jays (1.5 games) and Minnesota Twins (3.5 games) are also gunning for a spot in what should be a very close race as the final month of the regular season kicks off on Tuesday. Cowser’s catch, in turn, meant so much in the moment and also for the potential future where every game truly counts for teams like the Orioles hoping for a chance at a World Series come October. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96d35f2c5335ae104decfe NFL girlfriend content was at an all-time high during training camp, an odd Ryan Day-Joe Biden card & Red Man te 2026-09-01T13:30:07.252Z NFL girlfriend content was at an all-time high during training camp, an odd Ryan Day-Joe Biden card & Red Man How am I feeling this morning after being attacked by the crud? I'm playing at about 55%. I'm good enough to get out there and give you guys a full day of work, but there are still some symptoms that are driving me crazy. If I take a sick day, I'll guarantee that I'm sick. It's not lost on me that I've been very fortunate to work at home for so many years, so even when I'm at 55%, it's time to get into the saddle and blog my heart out for you guys, so here we go. – Nick asks: Do you like-prefer 2 or 3 people announce teams for televised sporting events? I prefer the former. Three or more is too crowded with everyone trying to get their voice heard. NBC's Sunday Night Baseball essentially has 4 announcers, and it's beyond annoying. ESPN SLAMMED FOR AWFUL NFL DRAFT BROADCAST: 'IT'S A JOKE' Kinsey: Give me a two-man booth. Has there ever been a three-man booth that has worked? If so, I can't remember one. Go back to the disastrous 2018 season for ESPN and Monday Night Football. They trotted out Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten (and his fake hair) and Booger McFarland. That got so bad that someone decided to put Booger into a sideline cart that blocked the view of fans so bad (I raised so much hell online with photographic evidence of Booger blocking fans) that the Booger cart was a one-and-done. ESPN never went back to such a dumb setup, but they had to get Booger out of that three-man booth somehow. PAT MCAFEE HAS OFFICIALLY SURPASSED STEPHEN A SMITH AS THE FACE OF ESPN I'm also thinking back to a three-man booth from a couple of years ago with James Lofton and Jay Feely with a play-by-play guy. Jay got mad at me for saying it, but the booth was a mess. Jay is an alpha. He loves to talk. He would talk over Lofton at times. Jay thought I was being too harsh on him, but I was just stating the obvious. If CBS was going to have Feely in the booth, it needed to be a two-man. Now, Feely is a couple of months away from being voted into Congress. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 🗞️ Newsletter: 👉 Subscribe here JAXSON DART'S GIRLFRIEND MARISSA AYERS ADDRESSES NFL'S PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN, ANGEL REESE TRIES TO DUNK & FLAIR What will I remember about the 2026 NFL preseason? It has to be the fact that the NFL is openly admitting it wants to cook up content revolving around the ladies of the NFL and their boyfriends. Remember those odd interactions between Madison Beer and Justin Herbert where he had to act like he was filming a rom-com? This week, we travel to Ravens training camp where the Ravens' official Instagram account played a game of "How well do you know your NFL fiancé" with Elena Yates, who's engaged to tight end Mark Andrews. The good news here is that Elena didn't miss an a question. She seems to be a keeper. – Brandon in NW Houston writes: Congrats to SC Jr, 11:45:30 as a 14-year-old is phenomenal! Screencaps Jr. is off to a great start. I hope he sticks with it. For comparison, my son's 2-mile PR as a freshman was 11:47:10. By the time he hit his junior year, he was competing for podium finishes in his 6A district. Also, another no-drama sporting event... nice! What times are the varsity boys running at the high school? You prob know, but MileSplit is a great site to see what the kids are running in your district/state/etc. but I'm not sure if they track junior high times. Kinsey: Saturday was the first high school varsity race at one of the toughest courses in NW OH. Our best finisher (5K) was 16:46.70. At last year's state meet, our best runner finished at 15:44.77. Last night while I was sitting in the recliner all miserable from this cold, I happened to see this while flipping through the channels. Have you ever spent $90 for 3.75 pounds of meatballs? Those better be some tasty balls. – Doug G. asks me to start using new language: It would go a long way in solving the lie perpetuated by the left in this Country. Since it is not possible to change your gender, I would like to ask you to state the truth in your stories. At all times the person is a gender impersonator not a transgender. You are using a fake made up word that is impossible for a Human Being. Gender Impersonator is the factual way to describe it. If you do this, we can put an end to the ridiculous fantasy imposed on us. Kinsey: I sit here trying to fight the transGs in sports by pointing out absurdities and Doug can't even give me a little credit. You can't make everyone happy. – Paul in Brighton, CO reports on the price he's facing: I love your daily article. Big fan. I just wanted to chime in on the D.C. trip cost as I just booked my son's 8th grade trip today. We live in Colorado and they are going for 5 days instead of 3. Flight, hotel and food through WorldStrides was $2700 for him. An additional $3700 for me to go and have my own private room. Just ridiculous. We went to Europe last summer for 2 weeks. Flight for 4 people was $4300. We have family over there so only had to pay for 2 nights in a hotel and then of course cost for food/trips/beer. Crazy to compare the cost of a family of 4 in Europe for 2 weeks and 2 people going to D.C. for 5 days. Kinsey: There are more D.C. emails to come. ############### Now I go to work on getting my health back to 75% and keep trucking along. Let's go out and make the best of another day of life. And happy September. By the end of the month, the pool will be closed and we'll be hunkering down for fall. It makes me sick to even think about it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ceb12c5335ae104dec02 Obama-era mandate slashed after being blamed for 'skyrocketing' housing costs te 2026-09-01T13:10:09.266Z Obama-era mandate slashed after being blamed for 'skyrocketing' housing costs FIRST ON FOX: In a bid to tackle the nation’s housing affordability crisis, the Trump administration has scrapped a controversial Obama-era mandate blamed for driving up property costs and stifling the affordable housing supply. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), alongside the Department of Justice, jointly rescinded an Obama-era policy that allowed third parties to file accessibility-related complaints over original building design flaws indefinitely, putting subsequent building owners on the hook for millions of dollars years after a project is completed, even if they were not the original builders.  According to internal agency data, the previous policy forced property owners to spend more than $112 million in accessibility retrofits over the last five years just to qualify for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) refinancing—costs that HUD says directly choked off affordable housing supply. The rule eliminates the ability to hold current property owners indefinitely liable for architectural deviations committed by original builders decades in the past. Under the updated enforcement framework, the clock for filing Fair Housing Act design and construction challenges begins on the exact date a building receives its official certificate of occupancy.  ONE UNEXPECTED PRICE SURGE MOST AMERICANS DON'T SEE IS RAISING THE STAKES FOR TRUMP BEFORE NOVEMBER Individuals or advocacy groups now have a strict one-year deadline to file administrative complaints directly with HUD. For private civil lawsuits filed in federal court, the statute of limitations caps claims at two years from the completion of construction.  Once those respective windows close, property owners are shielded from retroactive, building-wide liability for original architectural flaws, though individual tenants retain the right to seek reasonable modifications for their specific housing needs at any time under existing Fair Housing Act protections. "[The Obama-era regulation] dramatically expanded the scope of the Fair Housing Act by declaring that deviations from HUD’s accessibility guidelines, at the point of initial construction, gave rise to strict liability against the builder in perpetuity," the new guidance says "That interpretation was egregiously wrong. It exceeded the Department’s statutory authority, failed to increase the supply of accessible housing for individuals with disabilities, and imposed an unwarranted and unduly prejudicial burden on American homebuilders." According to internal transaction data and industry reports provided to HUD, the financial toll of the previous policy extended far beyond standard compliance fees typically associated with federally-backed refinancing. For example, a single third-party housing inspection firm identified nearly $49 million in required accessibility fixes across almost 500 refinance deals since 2019—averaging over $100,000 in deficiencies per property. Industry insiders and lenders also report that the Obama-era rules severely choked off financing, with one major affordable multifamily lender attributing more than $1 billion in lost HUD-insured loan volume over the last four years to the guidance, according to internal HUD data. Lenders told the agency that the ongoing uncertainty triggered recurring deal dropouts and discouraged prospective borrowers from pursuing FHA financing altogether. NEWSOM TARGETS MAJOR AFFORDABILITY SQUEEZE IN 'STRIKING' CONVERGENCE WITH TRUMP "For too long, unnecessary government policies have contributed to the skyrocketing cost of building, buying, and renting a home. Today’s action rescinds unnecessary and expensive liability created by legal theories that have no basis in law," said HUD Secretary Scott Turner. "The Trump Administration is following the law as written by Congress and interpreted by the courts. We will continue to repeal and replace guidance that does not honor these lawful commitments while ensuring Americans can access affordable housing." At the heart of the administration’s rollback is a fundamental legal principle that federal agencies cannot rewrite laws passed by lawmakers, nor can they ignore rulings by federal judges. When Congress updated the Fair Housing Act in 1988, lawmakers built in a strict one-year deadline to file administrative complaints. HUD officials argue the 2013 Obama-era policy effectively ignored that congressional mandate by allowing property owners to be targeted decades after a project was completed. The shift also aligns federal enforcement with appellate court rulings, including a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judges in that case ruled that the illegal act of failing to properly design a building ends when construction wraps up and an official certificate of occupancy is issued. "Congress wrote a clear statute of limitations into the Fair Housing Act. That limitation is part of the law, not a suggestion for sly bureaucrats to disregard," said Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor. "We will not allow Obama-era guidance to rewrite the Fair Housing Act, expose American builders to indefinite legal liability, and make housing less affordable for hardworking American families." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ceaf2c5335ae104debf9 FLASHBACK: Mamdani torched for recycling 9/11 tributes after years of near-identical posts te 2026-09-01T13:10:07.406Z FLASHBACK: Mamdani torched for recycling 9/11 tributes after years of near-identical posts New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has received criticism online over the years as more and more observers have noticed that his annual messages around the 9/11 terror attacks have changed little since he entered the public sphere. "We mourn our neighbors who died that day. The countless first responders and families whose lives were forever changed. The millions who suffered in the wars that followed," Mamdani wrote in his 2024 post. "In their memory, we work toward a better world." But as onlookers point out that the remarks look nearly identical to his statement in 2023 — and, in fact, every year going back to 2019 — some can’t help but wonder if the expressions are genuine. Others go further, arguing that the message is a repeatedly deliberate refusal to dwell on the loss of American lives year after year. 9/11 FAMILIES PUSH TO BAN MAMDANI FROM 25TH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE OVER 'HOSTILE' RECORD That’s the view of Adam Fisher, a venture capitalist based in Israel. "On each 9/11 anniversary, Mamdani took to X with the same repulsive message of moral equivalence between the American victims of 9/11 and those killed fighting American soldiers hunting al Qaeda," Fisher, a staunch supporter of Israel, wrote in a post to X. "It doesn’t have to be said every year on the anniversary of 9/11 like a propaganda parrot. While he might not ‘cheer another 9/11,’ I know he wouldn’t blame the terrorists," Fisher added. Another user, going by the name of The Uri, noted that Mamdani had a similar pattern for Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 that stretched from 2021 to 2023. "He’s doing the same also for the Holocaust Remembrance Day," Uri observed. "When it comes to the holocaust, he LOVES the practice of copy+paste, as he posted the exact same thing for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 3 years in a row." Mamdani’s Holocaust Remembrance Day posts included a lament for the genocide of the Jewish people but also a mention of a darker story of how the U.S. turned away a group of Jewish refugees. MAMDANI FACES QUESTIONS OVER TIES TO OUTLET ACCUSED OF ANTISEMITIC TROPES "Today is #HolocaustRememberanceDay, the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. We mourn & honor the memories of the 6 million Jews & millions of Romani, queer and disabled people murdered by the Nazis, among them — Joachim," Mamdani wrote in 2023. "In 1939, the U.S. turned away a ship of 900 Jewish WWII refugees. 254 of them, including Joachim, were later murdered in the Holocaust." Mamdani also used the message in 2021 and in 2022. For 9/11, Mamdani has modified his message slightly every anniversary, swapping out the years and including slight variances over the past six years. The pattern began after 2019 — just as Mamdani began pursuing office in the New York Assembly. Mamdani won a seat in the legislature in 2020. An account named Lee Yimby, which frequently posts about progressive Democrats and their views, noted that Mamdani likely felt obligated to make some sort of remark as a public figure in the Empire State. "He copy-and-pasted this four years in a row while in assembly, because he had to say something as an NYC politician. Mamdani views the response to Islamic terrorist attacks as the real tragedy," Yimby wrote on Saturday. David Sivella, who describes himself as a former Democrat turned away by the party’s leftward surge toward socialism, also condemned the posts and their shared similarity. "For the past four years as a Socialist Muslim, NY Assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani has literally cut and pasted the same 9/11 statement every year, just changing the years," Sivella wrote last year. "Zohran never mentions 9/11 first responders, the people he would lead as mayor. Zohran posts about Gaza," he added. Other observers also echoed Sivella's criticisms, noting Mamdani's generalized descriptions of the attack. GOP SENATORS RALLY BEHIND 9/11 FAMILIES IN PUSH TO BAN MAMDANI FROM ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY: 'HE'S A DISGRACE' "Note no mention of how they died and who was responsible," Bill Ackman, a New York financier with an ample X following said in a post on Monday. "No mention that they were innocent civilians starting their work day and first responders who went to save them. No mention of the highjacking of the airplanes that were flown into the World Trade Center. No mention of murder or terrorism or who was responsible. Just a benign statement that a few thousand people died that day. He seems to imply they died of natural causes."  Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96cc5b2c5335ae104debc1 Flagstaff Event Almanac for September 1 te 2026-09-01T13:00:11.752Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for September 1 Sept 1 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96cc582c5335ae104deb99 Democratic Socialists of America backs 'our Twitch streamer' Hasan Piker, rips anti-socialism House resolution te 2026-09-01T13:00:08.077Z Democratic Socialists of America backs 'our Twitch streamer' Hasan Piker, rips anti-socialism House resolution The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have leapt to controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s defense, blasting both Democrats and Republicans on Sunday for criticizing Piker and for introducing a resolution to condemn socialism on the House floor. "The establishment: Ds, Rs + media, have pivoted from DSA wins to personal attacks, racist dog whistles, symbolic House resolutions, and an obsession with a Twitch streamer. What would happen if they devoted that same attention to the thousands of Americans who die each year because they can’t afford healthcare?" the DSA's official X account wrote Sunday. The account then followed up with a post calling Piker "*our Twitch streamer." HASAN PIKER IS BECOMING THE 'FACE OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT,' FORMER DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE WARNS Piker has become a prominent figure in the ongoing battle for the Democratic Party's soul, as moderate and pro-Israel Democrats implore their political allies to distance themselves from the popular content creator. While the DSA as an organization has now publicly backed the 35-year-old commentator, other Democrats have held him at arm's length. Some Democrats have gone as far as publicly criticizing Piker's rhetoric surrounding Jews. DEMOCRATS CONDEMNING HASAN PIKER AS BACKLASH SPREADS THROUGH PARTY Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., whose increasingly public attacks on President Donald Trump have some speculating he's gearing up for his own presidential run, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday through a spokesperson that he "unreservedly rejects reckless and dangerous rhetoric suggesting that policy advocacy invites violence against the Jewish community or any community." Ossoff's comments came after Piker, during an Aug. 20 Twitch stream, said, "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone’s going to come around and take action... Not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews." JON OSSOFF CONDEMNS HASAN PIKER'S RHETORIC AS STREAMER DECLARES MAINSTREAM MEDIA 'CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY' Ossoff is not the only Democrat to publicly criticize Piker. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., who, like Ossoff, is Jewish, said he doesn't believe his party's tent is big enough for both him and Piker. FLORIDA DEMOCRAT SENDS 'CONDOLENCES' TO HASAN PIKER AFTER DEFEATING DSA CHALLENGER IN FLORIDA PRIMARY "Well, I mean, we’re going to see if we can coexist with them. I mean, they can’t coexist with me," Moskowitz told FOX Business Network's Stuart Varney, referring to both Piker and the DSA. Moskowitz is one of four Democrats to introduce an amendment to a Republican resolution condemning socialism. The GOP resolution, which was advanced by the House Rules Committee on Monday, includes a provision calling for passage of the Trump-backed SAVE America Act. It's expected to receive a floor vote this week. SHOCKING PERCENTAGE OF DEMOCRATS IDENTIFY AS 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS' ACCORDING TO NEW POLL: 'TOXIC POLICIES' The Democrats' amendment — proposed by Moskowitz, Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. — would have retained language condemning socialism while removing election-related provisions, including the call for the passage of the SAVE America Act. DEMOCRAT RIPS HASAN PIKER AS 'HACK WHO THRIVES ON HATE' OVER HIS WARNING TO AMERICAN JEWS ABOUT ISRAEL The amendment, which did not get a vote and will not be included in the resolution, denounced socialism as "incompatible with American values and the United States Constitution." It listed several of communism's most notable historic failures, from Mao's China to the Soviet Union, adding that "socialist ideology necessitates a concentration of power that has, time and time again, collapsed into communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and repressive dictatorships." Fox News Digital contacted the DSA, Piker, Ossoff, Moskowitz, Gottheimer, Scholten and Suozzi for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96cc562c5335ae104deb90 2 Grand Canyon flooding victims photographed on hiking trip in days before deaths te 2026-09-01T13:00:06.533Z 2 Grand Canyon flooding victims photographed on hiking trip in days before deaths The two victims whose remains were found after flash flooding swept through the Grand Canyon were seen photographed on the same trip prior to the deadly incident. The families of Texas chiropractor John Giusti, 46, and martial artist Brent Rosenkranz, 42, identified them as the two people whose bodies were recovered, according to Hannah Barricks, a liaison for the families. She told The Associated Press that a third friend, Timothy Smith, 53, went on the trip with them and remains missing as of late Monday. All three men had ties to Granbury, Texas, and their families said they planned "several days of hiking, camping, fishing and exploring together," the AP also reported. The men spoke to their families Thursday and found their campsite Friday at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the three families said in a joint statement released earlier Monday through Barricks. The devastating flash flooding on Saturday, Aug. 29, happened along Bright Angel Creek, which flows into the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch. The area has a set of historic dormitories, a canteen and a campground that is a popular stopover for river rafters and people hiking from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other. GRAND CANYON WATER PIPELINE DAMAGED AGAIN AS FLOODING COMPLICATES REPAIRS Incident Cmdr. Dave Black said searchers used night vision and other equipment to find people who needed rescuing during the deluge. By sunset Saturday, 45 people were rescued, and 37 more were evacuated Sunday. Rangers referred to the park’s permit system and checked vehicle license plates to track the number of missing people. "As of right now, they have no reason to believe, from the tips we’ve been through so far, that there’s anybody besides the one" missing person, Black said during a news conference Monday evening. Hiker Daniel Evans told the AP that it rained several times before the worst 30-minute downpour Saturday afternoon. He had been planning to rest through the hot day and spend the night near the hard-hit Bright Angel Campground area. Earlier, rangers told him it looked to be safe. Then, as the rain poured, they told him it was time to go. He said he thought of Nepal and the massive floods and landslides that poured down mountain valleys last week. BELOVED TEXAS CHIROPRACTOR KILLED IN GRAND CANYON FLASH FLOOD "The entire time it was raining — the entire time I’m going through all this and packing — I’m just keeping my eyes upstream, just praying that a wall of water isn’t coming toward us," Evans said. Janet Giusti, the wife of John Giusti, wrote on a fundraising page that "John was living out a lifetime dream exploring the majesty of the Grand Canyon when tragedy struck." "Beyond his practice, he was a man of electric energy and boundless passion — an avid runner, an enthusiast of fast cars, and a massive fan of comic books and legendary heroes," she added. "Yet out of all the titles he carried, his absolute favorite was being a devoted father to his three beautiful girls." Rosenkranz had posted selfies from the Grand Canyon before the flooding, tagging Giusti and sharing his excitement about the grueling adventure ahead. "Just arrived at the Grand Canyon. Will be hiking over 31 miles next four days with vertical change of over a mile," Rosenkranz wrote. "Carrying a 40 lb backpack. This should be an adventure!" Tina Newberry, whose daughter co-owns the ATA Glen Rose martial arts location, said Giusti had been exploring the canyon with fellow "ATA fathers" Rosenkranz and Smith when disaster struck. Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca082c5335ae104deb1f Ashley Williams and Nikki DeLoach to Host Annual Dance Party to End ALZ Benefiting the Alzheimer's Association te 2026-09-01T12:50:16.340Z Ashley Williams and Nikki DeLoach to Host Annual Dance Party to End ALZ Benefiting the Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Association Logo Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca072c5335ae104deb16 Reign Roofing Breaks the Cash-First Rule as Necessary Roof Work Outruns Household Cash Flow te 2026-09-01T12:50:15.509Z Reign Roofing Breaks the Cash-First Rule as Necessary Roof Work Outruns Household Cash Flow Sugar Land, TX / Storyteller / Aug 31, 2026 / Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca062c5335ae104deb0d Reign Roofing Breaks the Cash-First Rule as Necessary Roof Work Outruns Household Cash Flow te 2026-09-01T12:50:14.696Z Reign Roofing Breaks the Cash-First Rule as Necessary Roof Work Outruns Household Cash Flow Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca052c5335ae104deb04 Voted Tri-County’s “Best of the Best”: Miller Brothers Automotive Marks 5 Years of Excellence te 2026-09-01T12:50:13.798Z Voted Tri-County’s “Best of the Best”: Miller Brothers Automotive Marks 5 Years of Excellence Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca042c5335ae104deafb Goldco Voted Best Gold IRA Company By Love Gold te 2026-09-01T12:50:12.927Z Goldco Voted Best Gold IRA Company By Love Gold Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca042c5335ae104deaf2 Geely Begins Global Rollout of D-Segment Hybrid SUV Monjaro EM-i in Egypt te 2026-09-01T12:50:12.045Z Geely Begins Global Rollout of D-Segment Hybrid SUV Monjaro EM-i in Egypt Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca032c5335ae104deae9 Embracing Weekends in Dubai: SOUEAST Defines the Leisure Travel Experience te 2026-09-01T12:50:11.146Z Embracing Weekends in Dubai: SOUEAST Defines the Leisure Travel Experience Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96ca022c5335ae104deae0 5 Ways to Celebrate National Piano Month te 2026-09-01T12:50:10.291Z 5 Ways to Celebrate National Piano Month (StatePoint) September, which is National Piano Month, is an opportunity to explore a wider range of music, build your skills and discover new ways to express yourself through playing. Here are a few ways to celebrate this month and beyond: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96c7a52c5335ae104dea5d Teen arrested in girl's murder one year after police said she accidentally shot herself while recording video te 2026-09-01T12:40:05.619Z Teen arrested in girl's murder one year after police said she accidentally shot herself while recording video The family of a 14-year-old Washington, D.C., girl who was initially believed by police to have accidentally shot herself says an arrest in her killing brings a measure of relief after they spent months insisting Zytina Mason-Brown did not take her own life. Police have taken a 17-year-old male suspect into custody in connection with Mason-Brown’s death. Authorities allege the teen was inside the apartment when Mason-Brown was fatally shot. "I’m feeling — I don’t want to say happy because it’s not a joyous occasion, I just wish we didn’t have to go through this — but I’m feeling satisfied that D.C. police did apprehend the suspect," Mason-Brown’s grandmother, Michelle Brown, told FOX5 DC. "And they did their job on this one." TRUMP'S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN 'WORKING' AS CITY SEES HOMICIDES PLUMMET 43% SINCE 2025: SLAIN INTERN'S MOM The arrest marks a major turn in a case that Mason-Brown’s family questioned from the beginning. Mason-Brown, an eighth grader who dreamed of becoming a beautician and real estate agent, was killed May 21, 2025, inside an apartment at the Benning Courts Pentacle complex in the 1700 block of Benning Road Northeast, across from Hechinger Mall. Police initially characterized the shooting as an accident, saying Mason-Brown had apparently shot herself while recording a video for social media. TEEN ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGES AFTER CITADEL CADET AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND FOUND SHOT DEAD Her family did not believe that account. Months after the shooting, the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner officially ruled Mason-Brown’s death a homicide in August 2025. "We knew that Zytina did not kill herself," her aunt Dawna Cooke told FOX5DC. "And I really want to thank the Metropolitan Police Department for fighting so hard to come to the conclusion and get the suspect in custody." Details about the 17-year-old suspect’s identity and upcoming court appearances have not been made public because of juvenile privacy laws. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96c2f52c5335ae104de5e7 Odell Beckham Jr eyes his old number amid dramatic return to the Giants te 2026-09-01T12:20:05.833Z Odell Beckham Jr eyes his old number amid dramatic return to the Giants Odell Beckham Jr. had a stranglehold on opposing defenses when he was with the New York Giants to start his career. He had 390 catches for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns while with the Giants for the first five years of his career, putting himself on a historic pace if he would have stayed healthy and available. Injuries and other issues turned the public perception around on Beckham as he moved his way through the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams to the Baltimore Ravens and finally to the Miami Dolphins through the 2024 season. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In a last-ditch effort to extend his career, Beckham found himself fighting for a roster spot with the Giants. After Calvin Austin III went down with an injury, Beckham was elevated to the 53-man roster ahead of the team’s first game of the 2026 season against the Dallas Cowboys. It’s not a complete full-circle moment for Beckham, though. There is one more thing he’s looking to accomplish before he suits up for the first game – his old number. Beckham wore No. 13 when he started with the Giants and kept the number as he played for the Browns. He switched to No. 3 when he joined the Rams, helping the team to a Super Bowl title. He was also No. 3 with the Ravens and Dolphins. Back with Big Blue, Beckham said Monday he’s hoping to get that jersey number again. "I think we all know what that means to me, and there definitely will be some conversations," he told reporters. "I'll just say we'll see what happens, but like I said, it would be an honor and a privilege to put that back on." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Jalin Hyatt is wearing No. 13 right now. He was cut and then signed to the practice squad. Hyatt was given No. 13 after the Giants selected him in the third round of the 2023 draft. But he has not exactly lived up to the expectations that come with being a wide receiver selected on Day 2 of the draft. He has 36 catches for 470 yards and no touchdowns in 41 games. Presently, Beckham is wearing No. 3. Numbers aside, Beckham said he felt like he can still produce at a high level. "I feel confident in my ability, and whatever it is that I need to provide, I'm looking to do that and more," he said. "I've never shied away from competition or anything like that. So, I feel that I can produce. I know that's what I want to do and now it's about putting the work in to be able to do that." Beckham isn’t going to be wide receiver No. 1 – that’s slotted for Malik Nabers when he’s back to full health. The offense also has Darius Slayton, Malachi Fields and Darnell Mooney as well. Second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart will have plenty of options to throw to this season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96c09d2c5335ae104de58c Social media photo craze sparks tourist invasion at picture-perfect vacation hot spot te 2026-09-01T12:10:05.602Z Social media photo craze sparks tourist invasion at picture-perfect vacation hot spot Long lines of tourists are forming at some of Santorini's most famous photo spots as visitors seek out the island's iconic views. Videos circulating online show crowds lining the narrow streets of Oia to pose in front of the Greek island's famous blue-domed churches — with some visitors lining up early in the morning for their turn. Mandee Migliaccio, CEO of New Jersey-based Stepping Out Travel, told Fox News Digital that Santorini was a bucket-list destination long before social media, but she believes that today's platforms have amplified travelers' desire to capture the same iconic images. ONCE-GLAMOROUS VACATION SPOT OVERRUN BY INFLUENCERS AND CROWDS: 'ALMOST UNBEARABLE' "People are wanting to go get those iconic pictures," Migliaccio said. "It's been there, but yes, it has been amplified." The churches, with their brightly colored domes, are among the island's most photographed locations — along with sunsets, windmills and whitewashed staircases, she said. Crowding can become particularly intense when cruise ships are in port. "You have thousands upon thousands of people getting off the boats and wanting to take the same four pictures," Migliaccio said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER She encouraged travelers not to plan their entire experience around recreating photos they've seen online. "Make your own story. Make your own vacation," she said. "Don't just go there and plan a trip around four photos you're gonna take [on the trip]." For those who still want the famous shots, she recommended going early and staying several days. On Mondays and Tuesdays, there tend to be more cruise ships in port, while Sundays may be less crowded, she said. The scenes have also sparked discussion online about whether social media has been changing the way people travel. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Traveling is so much fun if you're not doing it for social media," one TikTok user commented. Reddit users have expressed mixed views as well.  One commenter said seeing the same destinations online repeatedly can create expectations and diminish some of the surprise, while also acknowledging that social media has made planning trips easier. Another person called social media "an amazing resource" for discovering places, restaurants and attractions they otherwise might have missed. Migliaccio said travelers can also use social media to highlight experiences beyond the same famous photo spots, including cooking classes, wine tours and other parts of the island. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Santorini is so beautiful and there's so much to do," she said. "And it's not just about the photos. Go experience it." She also urged visitors to remember that the island is home to local residents. "People often forget, because you're on vacation, that this is people's homes," Migliaccio said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96be462c5335ae104de53b Massive chemical fire erupts at electrical transformer plant in Mississippi, forcing evacuation te 2026-09-01T12:00:06.641Z Massive chemical fire erupts at electrical transformer plant in Mississippi, forcing evacuation Flames and thick black smoke billowed from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi on Monday as a massive chemical fire forced employees to evacuate and drew fire crews from across the county, according to local reports. The fire broke out at a Howard Industries facility in Laurel after a paint booth caught fire next to a tanker truck carrying an explosive substance, Mayor Johnny Magee told local media. All employees were evacuated, and fire departments across Jones County were called to the scene, according to WDAM-TV. Crews had mostly contained the fire by 8 p.m. SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS GIANT BLACK PLUME OF SMOKE RISING FROM TENNESSEE PLASTIC RECYCLING FACILITY FIRE Video posted to social media showed flames burning at the facility as thick smoke filled the sky and fire trucks arrived. Several loud booms could be heard as people ran from the area and firefighters worked near the fire, according to WAPT-TV. "Everybody’s gotta leave," Brandon Herford Brewer, who posted one of the videos, could be heard saying. Brewer described the heat as unbearable as he prepared to leave the area. "My face is melting," he said. "It’s Howard industry, and I’m about to get out of here. I am sweating down." EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDING TO MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS-AREA OIL REFINERY: SHERIFF Brewer later said the building had been cleared and everyone had gotten out. Howard Industries makes electrical transformers, including the equipment utilities use to get electricity to homes and businesses. The company says its Laurel plant covers about 2.3 million square feet. Officials urged people to avoid the area, warning that traffic could slow firefighters and put workers and first responders at risk. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured or how much damage the fire caused. Officials did not immediately release more information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b99a2c5335ae104de483 5 Ways to Celebrate National Piano Month te 2026-09-01T11:40:10.657Z 5 Ways to Celebrate National Piano Month Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b9992c5335ae104de47a Our View: The tuition fight is really about what Arizona students have earned te 2026-09-01T11:40:09.782Z Our View: The tuition fight is really about what Arizona students have earned The Trump administration is suing Arizona over a tuition policy approved by voters four years ago. The lawsuit raises a fair question, but answering it requires looking closely at what Arizona voters actually approved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b4e82c5335ae104de3ae A brutal summer just got worse for the 49ers and they don't have an answer for it te 2026-09-01T11:20:08.172Z A brutal summer just got worse for the 49ers and they don't have an answer for it It's hard to find an NFL team that has had a worse summer than the San Francisco 49ers. And it just got worse. The 49ers, an otherwise good team, have for the past couple of months been weaving and slipping bad news like a boxer trying to avoid a knockout punch. Remember that head coach Kyle Shanahan in July got into a terrible head-on collision that he actually caused when he went looking for his cell phone in his car while relying on his Tesla's autopilot feature to drive for him. 49ERS COACH KYLE SHANAHAN ADMITS HE CAUSED CAR CRASH AFTER TAKING EYES OFF ROAD TO FIND HIS PHONE The ensuing head-on collision when his car drifted into an oncoming lane left Shanahan with broken bones, facial lacerations, a concussion and regrets. And, amazingly, that was perhaps the least bit of football-related bad news the team got during training camp. Because ... Defensive end Nick Bosa, trying to get ready for the regular season after ACL surgery last season, hasn't practiced in four weeks and is not ready to play. Tight end George Kittle, trying to get ready for the season after surgery to repair a torn Achilles, hasn't practiced during training camp either, despite constant reports he's on the mend and ahead of schedule. Then majority owner Jed York got popped in a prostitution sting by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in Ohio. The arrest and York subsequently pleading no contest to lesser charges didn't stop the story from going viral and putting York in the crosshairs of the NFL Personal Conduct Policy. Hey, um, did we mention that 2024 first-round pick Ricky Pearsall, required knee surgery the first week of August, effectively ending his 2026 season before it even began? Breaking: None of this is good. MORE DETAILS FROM JED YORK ARREST DURING PROSTITUTION STING But it gets potentially worse. On Sunday, Aaron Donald announced he is returning to the NFL to play for the Los Angeles Rams after being retired the past two years. Donald saw what the Rams have done this offseason in loading up for a run at the Super Bowl and decided he wanted to join the fun and make life difficult for rivals like ... the 49ers. And although the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year has been out since 2024, Donald thinks he's still going to be dang good at age 35. During his comeback news conference Donald detailed his grueling preparation to return to the game. He said he ran full-speed on the treadmill and lifted weights to stay in top physical shape during his time away from the game. And he explained that he worked with the trainer who had known him since high school to get an honest assessment of his current explosiveness compared to that of his youth. "You ain't missed a step," Donald said his private trainer told him. That's great for the Rams. But not so much for the 49ers because they play the Rams twice in the NFC West, including in their season opener Sept. 10 in Australia. More bad news? Of course. Shanahan on Monday announced he doesn't know who is going to start at left guard in that game to fill the assignment of blocking Donald. "Don't know yet," Shanahan told reporters when asked for details. The 49ers practiced Monday, then will do so again Tuesday and Wednesday before leaving for Australia. And until those practices happen, well, Shanahan isn't ready to pick a starter. "We haven't had those three practices yet and we just added a new guy to the group too," the coach said. "So, it's truly fluid." This isn't a coach being coy about an answer he doesn't want to reveal for competitive purposes. This feels more like Shanahan and his staff evaluated rookie fourth-round pick Carver Willis throughout training camp and do not feel comfortable enough to name him as the starter. And definitely not against Aaron Donald. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The 49ers were so uncertain about Carver they felt compelled to trade for depth-guy Jarrett Patterson in an exchange with the Houston Texans. And now the depth guy they acquired is suddenly in the mix to start less than two days after joining the team. "It's still fluid in all our positions in there, so I want to see where he fits in the group in these three days," Shanahan said. "So, I want to get him in the group, see where he fits, just see him in person, see how he can help us at guard, how he can help us at center and how he stacks up to the other guys." It's not all terrible news for the 49ers. The NFL has given Donald a roster exemption in case the Rams feel he needs more ramp-up time before playing again. That could mean he doesn't play the 49ers in that season-opener. Sure, Aaron Donald might decide after spending six weeks getting ready for his NFL return, it would be wise to not play in a nationally televised game against a rookie or a guy the 49ers just added to the roster. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b28f2c5335ae104de352 California’s affordability crisis threatens America’s defense industrial base te 2026-09-01T11:10:07.215Z California’s affordability crisis threatens America’s defense industrial base America is investing billions to build the world’s most advanced ships, aircraft, missiles, autonomous systems and satellites. But those investments mean little if we do not have the welders, machinists, technicians, engineers and mechanics to build and maintain them. California should be leading that effort. The state is home to more than 30 major defense installations and one of America’s most important aerospace and defense ecosystems. These industries offer skilled workers good careers – often paying $90,000 to $100,000 a year without requiring a four-year degree. AMERICA FACES A CRISIS IN OUR MILITARY ARSENAL THAT TRUMP IS RACING TO FIX There is just one problem: California has made it increasingly difficult for the workers we need to afford to live here. A $100,000 salary sounds impressive until rent approaches $3,000 a month. Gasoline, electricity, insurance, food and taxes consume more of every paycheck and homeownership feels increasingly out of reach. NEWSOM TARGETS MAJOR AFFORDABILITY SQUEEZE IN ‘STRIKING’ CONVERGENCE WITH TRUMP We cannot talk seriously about California’s workforce shortage without talking about California’s affordability crisis. The defense industrial base already faces an aging workforce and a shortage of skilled tradesmen. Across America, millions of manufacturing jobs could go unfilled in the coming years as experienced workers retire, and too few young Americans replace them. WANT TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S ECONOMY? THE KEY INVESTMENT IS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT California cannot afford to make that challenge worse by pricing workers out of the state. The first part of the solution is getting more young Americans into the trades. SKIP TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE DEBT AND GIVE YOUR FAMILY A LIFETIME OF WEALTH For too long, our culture promoted a "college for all" mentality that treated a four-year degree as the primary measure of success. That was a mistake. College is the right choice for many Americans. It is not the only path to prosperity. Skilled trades offer something increasingly valuable: the opportunity to earn while you learn. ELITE COLLEGES ARE LOSING AMERICA’S TRUST. COMMUNITY COLLEGES CAN WIN IT BACK Instead of spending four years accumulating student debt, apprentices can begin earning immediately while developing skills employers desperately need. A young machinist, welder, diesel mechanic or heavy-equipment operator can establish a career years before many college graduates enter the workforce. Artificial intelligence may disrupt some white-collar professions. But AI is not going to weld the hull of a ship, repair a diesel engine, machine a precision component, or maintain an aircraft on a flight line. AMERICA'S AI BOOM IS A JOBS OPPORTUNITY, NOT AN EXCUSE FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME These are good jobs. They are essential jobs. And California should be competing aggressively to attract the Americans capable of doing them. The Trump administration is taking important steps nationally by challenging the outdated "college for all" model, reducing unnecessary barriers to career and technical education, expanding apprenticeships and opening additional pathways for short-term vocational training. INNOVATION IS KEY TO AMERICA STAYING A SUPERPOWER. BUT IT IS MISSING AN ESSENTIAL PIECE The America First Policy Institute’s "America First Workforce Agenda" similarly recognizes that rebuilding American manufacturing requires government, education and private industry to put the American worker first. But Washington cannot solve California’s problem alone. THINK YOUR STATE IS EXPENSIVE? NEW DATA REVEALS WHERE AMERICANS FACE THE HIGHEST COST-OF-LIVING Sacramento has a responsibility, too. It makes little sense to train a 22-year-old Californian for a $90,000 defense manufacturing job if that worker concludes he can afford a better home, and have lower taxes, cheaper energy and a higher quality of life by taking his skills to another state. California government must make prosperity part of its workforce strategy. That means building more housing, lowering unnecessary regulatory barriers, confronting excessive energy costs, reducing the cost of doing business, expanding career and technical education and making it easier for manufacturers to build factories and hire workers. Workforce development cannot simply mean training people. It must mean creating a state where those workers can afford to build lives and raise families. California once embodied that promise. It was the Golden State because Americans came here to build things, start businesses, raise families and pursue opportunity. Its aerospace industry helped win the Cold War and put Americans on the moon. California can lead again. But we cannot simultaneously say we desperately need machinists, welders, mechanics and technicians while pursuing policies that make those same workers unable to afford a home near their jobs. National security and economic prosperity increasingly depend on rebuilding America’s industrial base. California possesses the installations, companies, universities, technical expertise and history to be at the center of that revival. Now it needs the workers. Parents should encourage young Americans to consider the trades. Schools should treat technical education with the respect it deserves. Industry should invest in apprenticeships and training. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION And California’s government must do its part by making the Golden State affordable and prosperous enough that the next generation of American workers actually wants – and can afford - to stay. America needs them to build our arsenal. California should make sure they can build their lives here, too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b28e2c5335ae104de349 7 new dementia risk factors revealed — including one millions struggle with te 2026-09-01T11:10:06.505Z 7 new dementia risk factors revealed — including one millions struggle with The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a major update to its guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The second edition of the original 2019 report was updated to "reflect the latest evidence and advances in dementia risk reduction." The following seven additional health conditions and exposures were added to the list. LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE MAY KEEP YOUR BRAIN YOUNGER, STUDY SUGGESTS These new risk factors joined the previously existing 12, which are listed below. WARDING OFF ALZHEIMER'S MIGHT MEAN MAKING THESE 11 LIFESTYLE CHANGES, EXPERT SAYS Dr. Daniel Amen, physician and founder of Amen Clinics in California, has his own formula for reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors, following an acronym called BRIGHT MINDS. This stands for blood flow, retirement and aging, inflammation, genetics, head trauma, toxins, mental health, immunity and infections, neurohormones, diabesity (co-occurrence of obesity and type 2 diabetes) and sleep. The WHO’s updated guidelines offer similar advice. Amen spoke with Fox News Digital about the new additions to the WHO's list of risk factors. The WHO does not recommend menopausal hormone therapy specifically to prevent dementia in postmenopausal women 65 and older. For younger women, it says there is not enough evidence to determine whether MHT affects dementia risk. Amen agreed that there is not enough evidence to support using MHT specifically to prevent dementia. He said hormonal changes during menopause may affect mood and memory, although the relationship between MHT and dementia risk remains uncertain. 'I'M A NEUROLOGIST — HERE'S WHY DEMENTIA IS RISING AND HOW TO REDUCE YOUR RISK’ "For women, as they go through menopause, lower progesterone makes them anxious, and [with] lower estrogen, they start to have memory problems," he said. "Hormone replacement early on is helpful, and that's what we see on the brain imaging work that we do." Experts note that while menopause-related hormonal changes can be associated with mood and cognitive symptoms, these effects can vary widely. A stroke occurs when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in or near the brain bursts, according to the American Stroke Association. Conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels can also affect brain health and are associated with a higher risk of dementia, according to Amen. That can include conditions such as heart disease, heart rhythm problems, stroke and transient ischemic attacks. Erectile dysfunction can also be associated with underlying vascular disease, he said. "And 40% of 40-year-olds have erectile dysfunction, 70% of 70-year-olds. So, if I'm an older person, I'm thinking if I get my brain right, my love life could be better, too," Amen added. Amen surmised that the WHO is "late to the party" on emphasizing the importance of head trauma as a dementia risk factor. TBI can range from a mild concussion to a severe brain injury. COMMON VACCINE LINKED TO 24% LOWER DEMENTIA RISK IN OLDER ADULTS "One of the big lessons from the brain imaging work we do is that mild traumatic brain injury ruins people's lives," he said. "They end up seeing psychiatrists because they have temper problems or ... depression or anxiety, and it's really from a snowmobiling accident in [their] 30s." Amen added that failing to protect the brain — which he described as "very soft" and about the consistency of "soft butter" — is "not the smart thing to do." A significant portion of the brain is dedicated to vision, according to Amen. "So, if your vision becomes troubled, your brain's troubled," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Amen said vision impairment may place additional demands on the brain. While the condition has been linked with cognitive decline, the WHO says there is insufficient evidence to recommend vision treatment specifically for dementia prevention. Sleep appears to support the brain’s waste-clearance processes, Amen noted. Sleep challenges affect tens of millions of Americans. In 2024, 30.5% of U.S. adults reported getting less than seven hours of shuteye per day, according to the CDC. For those with sleep problems such as sleep apnea, it can cause changes in the brain that resemble the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, the expert said. Research suggests that sleep may help the brain clear beta-amyloid, although the relationship between sleep and dementia remains complex and is still being studied. Inflammation and infections can affect brain health. Untreated HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) can affect the central nervous system and is associated with HIV-related cognitive impairment. Amen said he has scanned "hundreds of people" with HIV, stating that the virus is "clearly a risk factor." Untreated HIV is known to affect the central nervous system and is associated with HIV-related cognitive impairment. Effective antiretroviral therapy has greatly reduced the incidence of severe HIV-associated dementia. Exposure to any toxins, from alcohol and marijuana to lead, mercury or air pollution, could be detrimental to brain health, according to Amen. The WHO recommends reducing exposure to household and outdoor air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter. Research has linked long-term exposure to air pollution with a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia, although the WHO characterizes the evidence as low to very low certainty. Dementia risk rises sharply with age. A recent U.S. analysis estimated that about one in five people had developed dementia by age 85, with risk increasing further at older ages. While those with a genetic predisposition to the disease have a higher risk, Amen noted that certain lifestyle factors can increase the risk for anyone. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "We should be on a dementia prevention program our whole lives," the doctor said. "It’s not something to start when you're 65." Amen urged everyone to ask themselves the question: "Is what I’m doing good or bad for my brain?" TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Social activity is one of the prevention strategies. New learning is a prevention strategy," he added. "So always working on being connected with other people and then just making better decisions." "If you love and care for your brain, you're going to love your life a whole bunch more." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96b28d2c5335ae104de340 Meghan Markle’s UK return poses Palace control ‘nightmare,’ expert warns te 2026-09-01T11:10:05.643Z Meghan Markle’s UK return poses Palace control ‘nightmare,’ expert warns Meghan Markle is returning to Britain with more independence than she had as a working royal, an arrangement experts say could test Buckingham Palace's boundaries. Markle, 45, and Prince Harry, 41, recently relocated to the United Kingdom with their children Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, for an extended stay though they will remain private, non-working members of the royal family. While the couple is expected to establish a private residence outside London and keep their home in Montecito, California, royal observers told Fox News Digital that Markle's ability to pursue her own media, business and public-facing projects from Britain could create new tension with the institution she once represented. PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE PLANNING TO MOVE BACK TO UK WITH CHILDREN 6 YEARS AFTER ROYAL EXIT: REPORTS "The nightmare for the Palace is that they can’t be controlled," royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital. "Diary clashes will probably mean royal engagements are overshadowed by what the Sussexes choose to do and what they are, or are not, asked to by the Palace." Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered," said that Buckingham Palace will have "very little control" over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's public and commercial activities because they no longer represent Harry's father King Charles as working royals. PRINCE HARRY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL ROYAL PLAN COULD STILL BECOME REALITY, AUTHOR SAYS "They are private citizens and no longer working on behalf of the King, so Buckingham Palace isn’t approving Meghan’s interviews, appearances, Instagram posts or commercial projects," Schofield said. "But Harry is still the King’s son and Meghan is still the Duchess of Sussex, so there is an inevitable association with the monarchy," she added. "That’s the complicated part. They can operate independently while still benefiting from an enormous amount of public interest that exists because of Harry’s DNA." MEGHAN MARKLE’S ROYAL EXIT HAD WARNING SIGNS YEARS EARLIER, VETERAN CORRESPONDENT REVEALS Markle's status as a private citizen living in the UK marks a sharp departure from her life as a working royal, when Palace protocols and communications staff shaped much of her public role. The former "Suits" star is returning with her own career, team and support system, according to People magazine. "She has been vocal about how she felt about it before, but that doesn’t mean things are going to be exactly the same again," an ally told People. "It doesn’t mean it can’t be different and can’t change." Another source told the outlet that the Sussexes' support network is "stronger now than it ever was to protect her — to protect them." However, Schofield pointed out that Buckingham Palace retains one important source of influence. KING CHARLES SENDS 'DEFIANCE' MESSAGE TO PRINCE WILLIAM WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROOM OFFER TO HARRY: EXPERT "The palace can’t control what they do, but it can control access to the institution. It can decide how much proximity they have to working royals, royal residences, and official events," she said. "That is where the palace still has considerable leverage." "Meghan may be returning without palace restrictions, but she is also returning without palace protection," she added. "You don’t get one without losing the other." PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE BLASTED FOR ‘FAUX ROYAL TOUR’ AS EXPERTS ACCUSE COUPLE OF EXPLOITING TITLES However, Buckingham Palace's ability to the Sussexes’ access to official royal events, however, would not prevent their public appearances, announcements or business ventures from drawing attention away from the working royals. Fitzwilliams said that dynamic could become particularly challenging when it comes to the carefully coordinated royal calendar. "The problem is that royal diaries are planned well in advance," Fitzwilliams said. "Here there are likely to be numerous clashes, and this will fuel fascination with the Sussexes." PRINCE WILLIAM LIKELY 'LIVID' OVER MEGHAN MARKLE'S 'TASTELESS' PHOTOS AT PRINCESS DIANA'S HOME: EXPERT Schofield told Fox News Digital that a competing announcement would not necessarily violate a formal Palace rule, but she noted there are longstanding expectations around the timing of public engagements. "If Meghan were repeatedly scheduling appearances or announcements to coincide with major royal engagements, people would notice," she said. "She might not be breaking a written rule, but there are conventions and courtesies around these things." PRINCE WILLIAM'S ABSENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES AS KING CHARLES REUNITES WITH PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE: EXPERTS "If you consistently attempt to overshadow the working Royal Family, eventually the pattern becomes the story," Schofield added. Schofield explained that the concern over competing headlines echoes the central issue Queen Elizabeth II confronted when Harry and Markle stepped back from their roles as working royals in 2020. At the time, the late queen rejected a proposed hybrid arrangement that would have allowed the couple to pursue financial independence while continuing to carry out official duties and retain the benefits of their royal connection. "This is essentially the dilemma the late Queen was trying to avoid with the original ‘half-in, half-out’ rejection," Schofield said. "Meghan can enjoy enormous interest because she married into the Royal Family without having to behave or work like a royal." "But there is another side to that bargain," she continued. "She doesn’t have the institution behind her anymore either. There is no royal communications operation required to defend her, no royal security, and no guaranteed place at major royal occasions. A lot of the perks are gone." The experts agreed that the question of access is further complicated by the fractured relationship between the Sussexes and the royal family. The couple publicly detailed strains within the royal family in their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, their 2022 Netflix docuseries "Harry & Meghan" and Harry’s bombshell 2023 memoir "Spare." Schofield said that history could make Palace staff particularly wary as Harry and Markle establish a new life in the UK. "There is also a significant trust deficit," she said. "Harry published private family conversations in ‘Spare,’ and Harry and Meghan have discussed private royal relationships publicly in interviews and their Netflix series. That history doesn’t disappear simply because they’re living in Britain again." British broadcaster Helena Chard told Fox News Digital that Charles and his son and heir Prince William may need to establish clearer expectations around the Sussexes’ access to official engagements and the working royal family as they settle back into Britain. "Formalities need to be drawn up, put in place and made clear to all," Chard said. "These will essentially be the 'dos and don'ts' formalities." According to People magazine, the Sussexes' move back to the UK is also about more than their business interests or public profiles. The outlet reported that the decision was "taken as a family," with the couple viewing a longer stay in Britain as an opportunity to connect their children with Harry’s heritage. Earlier this summer, Archie and Lilibet joined their parents for a trip to the U.K. during which they reunited with Charles and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, the king's country home. The children also visited Althorp, the childhood home and final resting place of Harry's late mother Princess Diana. They were joined by Harry's uncle and Diana's brother Charles Spencer, and members of the late Princess of Wales' family. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Meghan feels very fortunate that they’re able to give Archie and Lilibet the opportunity to experience both worlds," a source told People. Another insider shared that Harry wants his children "to understand the world he grew up in and where their family comes from." Meanwhile, not every royal observer expects Markle’s return to immediately deepen the rift. Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that she may take a more restrained approach, similar to that of William's wife and the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, as the family establishes its new life in Britain. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I feel Meghan will play a very cautious hand at first similar to that devised by Kate and be the very epitome of decorum, style and elegance," Turner said. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "The ability Meghan has is real empathy with people, a strong intelligent mind capable of using well rehearsed opinions to drive forward opportunities for many cultures and communities in Britain," he added. "I think she will relish the chance to prove her doubters wrong and be an asset in waiting for the Royal family again." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96addc2c5335ae104de1bc Top election schemes roiling key midterm races as both parties accuse rivals of trickery te 2026-09-01T10:50:04.946Z Top election schemes roiling key midterm races as both parties accuse rivals of trickery Republicans and Democrats are deploying increasingly aggressive tactics to shape the 2026 midterms — including efforts to influence rival primaries, obscure political spending and exploit election deadlines. Both parties are accusing one another of using cynical tactics to influence voters and shape the field ahead of Election Day, even as operatives aligned with each of them employ similar strategies. Those maneuvers have included routing millions of dollars through deceptively named political committees to influence rival primaries and using filing deadlines in ways that gave favored successors a clearer path to the ballot Many of these schemes are being carried out in key races, meaning that control of Congress may come down to what many view as cheap tricks — a prospect that could serve to further erode public trust in government. Two separate individuals named Dan Sullivan are running for Senate in Alaska, and a third just endorsed one over the other. ALASKA SENATE RACE’S ABSURD NAME PROBLEM GETS EVEN HARDER TO UNTANGLE Republicans have argued that the confusing state of affairs in Alaska is the product of a Democratic ploy to disorient voters. Incumbent GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan is facing a challenge from teacher Dan J. Sullivan, whom Republicans have accused of running as a Republican solely to confuse voters to the benefit of Democrats. Alaska’s electoral system allows the top-four vote-getters in the state’s nonpartisan primary to advance to the ranked-choice general election. Fox News Power Rankings rates the Alaska Senate race as a toss-up, meaning neither party currently has a clear advantage. If enough voters confuse Dan S. Sullivan with Dan J. Sullivan, it could be enough to give Democratic nominee Mary Peltola an edge. Republicans point to the fact that Dan J. Sullivan worked with a Democratic-aligned consultant as evidence that he is part of a plot to siphon voters off of Dan S. Sullivan. Dan J. Sullivan, meanwhile, maintains that he is an actual Republican with legitimate grievances as to the incumbent senator’s representation of his state. A third Dan Sullivan, the former mayor of Anchorage, recently waded into the Senate race to endorse Dan S. Sullivan. Dan J. Sullivan is reportedly being investigated by the Justice Department and Alaska election officials in separate probes examining whether he sought to deliberately mislead voters. The investigation follows a failed Republican legal effort to remove him from the ballot. The National Republican Senatorial Committee reportedly worked behind the scenes to encourage Rep. Jasmine Crockett to enter Texas’ Democratic Senate primary. Once she entered, other Republican actors also ran messaging that Democrats argued could help her with primary voters. One source familiar with the process dubbed it an "AstroTurf recruitment process" when speaking with NOTUS in 2025. The NRSC began its alleged campaign by releasing a poll showing Crockett, who was believed by some to be a weaker candidate in a general election than Texas State Rep. James Talarico, leading the field in a hypothetical Democratic primary. Prior to the NRSC's poll, Crockett had not been included in most primary surveys. That quickly changed and subsequent polls showed Crockett pulling in considerable support. The congresswoman ultimately cited the strong polling as part of her motivation in entering the race. MORNING GLORY: ALASKA’S 'REAL' SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN STOOD UP OVER CHALLENGER The source who spoke to NOTUS claimed that the NRSC worked diligently to spread those polls in progressive digital spaces and drum up support for Crockett. Once she entered the race, conservative political committees ran ads ostensibly criticizing her liberal record, though critics argued this was merely an underhanded tactic to get more Democrats to support her by publicizing positions that are generally popular with the Democratic base. Multiple Republicans also said publicly that they were concerned about her candidacy, statements that could entice liberal voters to throw their support behind her. Even with Crockett defeated, tensions from the bruising primary have lingered, with some Black elected officials and activists pressing Talarico to do more to address concerns among voters who overwhelmingly backed Crockett. A network of Democratic donors, dark-money groups and left-leaning super PACs has spent well over $10 million backing five independents in Republican-leaning areas. Critics of the strategy see it as a way for liberals to sneak left-leaning lawmakers into Congress by eschewing the branding of the Democratic Party. Though the candidates identify themselves as independents, skeptics hold that they’ll vote like Democrats if elected, a charge many of them deny, stressing their independence. In the Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota Senate races, for instance, the Democratic nominees withdrew from their races, which Republicans have pointed to as evidence that the party is using independent candidates as a backdoor to get liberals into Congress. GOP SENATOR, EX-HOUSE DEM EMERGE FROM ALASKA’S ‘JUNGLE PRIMARY’ DESPITE FAR-LEFT MEDDLING "Dan has taken small-dollar donations from Republicans, Independents, and Democrats from all 93 of Nebraska's counties who are done being taken advantage of by D.C. lobbyists, corporate PACs, and party bosses," a campaign spokesperson for Dan Osborn, the independent running in Nebraska, told Fox News Digital. "Ricketts has been running from his record all campaign and has resorted to lying about Dan because he’s scared." On the other side of the aisle, Republican political operatives have admitted to using deceptively named super PACs to boost far-left Democratic candidates in primary elections as part of a strategy to elevate easier-to-defeat opponents. Conservative Americans PAC, a super PAC funded by the right-leaning dark money group American Prosperity Alliance, funneled millions of dollars into three ostensibly left-leaning committees called Lead Left PAC, Real Change PAC and California Blue PAC. The seemingly liberal committees, in turn, spent large sums of money backing candidates in Democratic primaries widely believed to be weaker general election contenders than their opponents. Conservative Americans PAC was able to do this undetected because the the ostensibly liberal PACs were formed sufficiently late such that disclosures revealing the right-wing funding did not need to be released until after the primary elections were over. This means that, as the ads were rolling, voters had no way of knowing who was paying for them. "Republicans are leveling the playing field after over a decade of Democrats meddling in our primaries, and with the Democrat Party in the midst of a civil war, Republicans would be stupid not to take advantage while pushing their candidates farther left," a spokeswoman for Conservative Americans PAC said of the spending. Some political polls that circulated widely this cycle were later revealed to have been fabricated. Median Strategies, an organization recently revealed to have been run by a 21-year-old, released polls on the Los Angeles mayoral election as well as the Wisconsin and Nevada gubernatorial elections that circulated through the media ecosystem, drawing coverage from news outlets and even being touted by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. After members of the press began raising scrutiny, however, Median Strategies folded and admitted that its polls were fake to the Los Angeles Times. ALASKA REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON SUSPECTED DEM PLANT AS 'BALLOT FATIGUE' THREATENS RACE "Median Strategies was created as a short term social experiment to examine how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification," the company said in an email to the Times. The fake polling outfit pushed polls claiming that Bass was leading her DSA-aligned rival by a significant margin and that Wisconsin state lawmaker Francesca Hong, who ultimately lost her primary, had a commanding lead over other Democrats. Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican from Montana, suspended his re-election campaign just minutes before the filing deadline for candidates. While this may seem puzzling on its own, Kurt Alme, Daines’ preferred successor, filed paperwork to run for Senate just minutes before the senator withdrew. STEVE DAINES' HANDPICKED SENATE SUCCESSOR KURT ALME VOWS TO KEEP MONTANA IN REPUBLICAN HANDS IN 2026 When a sitting member of Congress retires, top-tier candidates typically throw their hats into the ring to take advantage of the fact that there won’t be an incumbent to run against. Because Daines held off retiring to the last moment, and seemingly coordinated with Alme, he effectively cleared the field for him, as no high-profile Republicans filed to run in Montana’s Senate primary. "They obviously did this to keep certain people out of these races," former Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester said of the maneuver. "It wasn’t an accident." Daines wasn't the only one to leverage filing deadlines in this manner. Rep. Chuy Garcia, a Chicago-area Democrat, decided not to seek reelection, while his congressional chief of staff had gathered the signatures necessary to appear on the Democratic primary ballot. Once again, the maneuver effectively cleared the way for a lawmaker's chosen successor. Garcia cited health problems when explaining his sudden decision to retire, though he called criticisms over how the situation looked "fair." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a4812c5335ae104de04f Judge who axed 9/11 mastermind's confession blamed military’s ‘conservative tendencies’ for rising ‘extremism’ te 2026-09-01T10:10:09.199Z Judge who axed 9/11 mastermind's confession blamed military’s ‘conservative tendencies’ for rising ‘extremism’ The judge who recently threw out a confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, previously argued that the U.S. military had a growing domestic extremism problem fueled in part by "conservative tendencies" reinforced by "extreme right-wing groups." Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, an Air Force judge who specializes in military and environmental law, is presiding over the military commission in the 9/11 case. Last week, he tossed Mohammed’s 2007 confession on the grounds that it was not given voluntarily. The ruling could complicate what has already been a decades-long wait for the suspected plotter to stand trial. Just days before the 25th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Schrama rejected prosecutors’ request to begin the trial in January 2027 and instead set it for June 2028. The decision, which was not initially made public, has drawn criticism, including from journalist and author Gerald Posner, who called it a "shameful prelude to the 9/11 anniversary." Scrutiny of Schrama’s record has also resurfaced a 2023 essay he wrote titled "Creating a Codified Legal Response to Domestic Extremism in the Ranks" for the national security and foreign policy publication "War on the Rocks." In the essay, Schrama argued for creating a new provision in the military legal code to address what he referred to as the "rising population of military members engaging in extremist activities." NEWLY UNCLASSIFIED PENTAGON IMAGES SHOW SUSPECTED DRUG BOATS AS OFFICIAL ISSUES DEADLY WARNING Before his role on the military commission overseeing the 9/11 case, Schrama served as an Air Force trial judge at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has also served as a staff judge advocate and defense counsel and was deployed in 2019 as a staff judge advocate to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Between June 2017 and January 2019, he specialized in environmental law. He wrote in his essay that "as an active-duty Air Force military judge, I have seen firsthand a rising population of military members engaging in extremist activities." He said that "there is more than ample evidence that military members are a ripe population for extremist recruitment" and that the "rise of domestic extremism in the military ranks is a threat to national security." To illustrate his argument, he pointed to a 2021 study by the Center for Strategic & International Studies that said military personnel were responsible for 17.6% of domestic terrorism plots and attacks. CBC TELLS JOURNALISTS NOT TO CALL 9/11 ‘TERRORIST ATTACKS’ IN INTERNAL GUIDANCE He also wrote that 12% of those charged with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot had some form of military experience, including service members on active duty. As to the reasons for this rising extremism, he argued that "military institutions tend to become more conservative and isolated from civilian society" and that "these conservative tendencies are constantly reinforced, and young military members can be easy prey for the extreme right-wing groups that relate through similar conservative ideology." "Unfortunately, the United States Criminal Code and the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not currently provide the tools to deal with this crisis, as they do not treat domestic extremism as a specific criminal offense," he wrote, adding, "Codifying domestic extremism as a punitive article under the military code would provide a means for commanders to adequately address the rising tide of domestic extremism." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER He also noted a 2019 case in which a Coast Guard officer pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges after prosecutors said he stashed weapons and planned to murder Democratic politicians, Supreme Court justices and TV journalists. He wrote that "despite describing Hasson as a domestic terrorist, federal prosecutors chose these more minor charges due to the fact that no domestic terrorism statute currently exists." NEW EVIDENCE IN LOCKERBIE PAN AM FLIGHT 103 BOMBING CASE PUSHES FEDERAL JUDGE TO POSTPONE TRIAL Ronald Flesvig, a spokesperson for the Military Commissions Convening Authority, declined to comment on Schrama's ruling, saying it would be inappropriate to comment on the military judge's decision. He also declined to comment on Schrama's essay, saying it was published "not in his capacity as a judge for the military commissions." Mohammed’s case, along with those of three co-defendants — Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin 'Atash, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali — has been stuck in pretrial proceedings for years. Schrama became the fifth judge assigned to preside over the case in 2025. In response to Schrama’s decision last week, White House senior advisor Stephen Mueller told Fox News, "Our judicial system is so badly broken it sides at every turn with predators, monsters and, in this case, a 9/11 mastermind." Mueller also railed that the system "enables the persecution of innocent Americans who did nothing wrong, while protecting cartel killers and foreign terrorists." "It’s a disgrace, it’s a travesty, it’s an outrage," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a4802c5335ae104de046 Trump says Iran is ‘DEAD’ — experts point to the real sign Tehran is nearing the brink te 2026-09-01T10:10:08.522Z Trump says Iran is ‘DEAD’ — experts point to the real sign Tehran is nearing the brink President Donald Trump declared Iran a "Failed Nation" Monday, claiming the country is economically and militarily broken as renewed fighting with the U.S. raises questions about how much leverage Tehran still has left. "Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!" Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning. "They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police." Trump also claimed Iranian inflation had reached 300% and said the country's leadership was "in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country." Iran is facing pressure from nearly every direction — renewed U.S. military strikes, tighter sanctions and a steep drop in oil exports — raising fresh questions about how long Tehran can keep absorbing the economic pain and still maintain leverage against Washington. COULD IRAN’S REGIME COLLAPSE? EXPERTS ASSESS BESSENT’S BID TO SEVER FINANCIAL LIFELINES Official Iranian data cited by Reuters put annual inflation at 66% in July, while the IMF projects average consumer-price inflation of 68.9% in 2026. Trump's post came amid the sharpest US-Iran military escalation in weeks. U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island Sunday after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, according to a U.S. official. Iran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles toward U.S. bases in Jordan, while Jordan said it intercepted eight missiles that entered its airspace. The renewed confrontation comes as Washington ratchets up economic pressure. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters Sunday that the administration expects to roll out additional secondary sanctions as frequently as every week, initially focusing on banks and potentially cutting financial institutions that continue facilitating Iranian transactions out of the U.S. dollar-based financial system. IRAN’S DEEPEST WEAKNESS IS GETTING EXPOSED THROUGH AMERICA’S MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN Iran's own leaders are acknowledging growing economic strain. President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran's exports and imports have fallen nearly 35% because of U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade, while annual inflation reached 66% in July, Reuters reported Aug. 29. The IMF projects Iran's economy will contract 5.4% this year. Miad Maleki, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who previously served as associate director of Treasury's Office of Global Targeting at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, told Fox News Digital that the Islamic Republic may be nearing an economic breaking point. FDD says Maleki previously helped oversee U.S. sanctions programs and served as chief and senior sanctions coordinator for Iran and the Middle East. "I think where we stand today, it's very clear — we see very clear signs, indications of what I would call an economy that is on the verge of collapse, if it hasn't already collapsed yet," Maleki said. Maleki argued that the critical pressure point is Iran's ability to turn oil exports into usable revenue. US TARGETS CHINESE REFINERY IN SWEEPING IRAN OIL CRACKDOWN, SANCTIONS ‘SHADOW FLEET’ TANKERS He estimates Tehran needs roughly 1 million barrels of oil exports per day to sustain itself, about 1.5 million to avoid hyperinflation and approximately 2 million to support development. Maleki said Iranian exports have fallen dramatically and Tehran is increasingly struggling to repatriate revenue from the oil it can sell. Kpler data cited by Reuters showed Chinese imports of Iranian crude falling from an average 1.4 million barrels per day in 2025 to a provisional 534,000 barrels per day so far in August. Maleki said Tehran is increasingly relying on money creation rather than cutting politically sensitive salaries and pensions. But there are limits. "They can keep printing money, but they can't really print the type of commodities that they need, such as gasoline, such as wheat," he said. The pressure, however, may create a dangerous paradox. IRAN COULD UNLEASH ‘KINETIC’ RESPONSE AS US TIGHTENS ECONOMIC CONTAINMENT, ANALYST WARNS Iran analyst Danny Citrinowicz, a fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, told Fox News Digital that the maritime blockade, wartime losses and wider economic pressure are hurting Tehran, but argued Washington should not assume economic pain will lead to capitulation. Citrinowicz said continued pressure could instead increase Tehran's incentive to escalate if Iranian leaders conclude the status quo is worse than renewed confrontation. He said Iran could attempt to target "U.S. economic assets in the Gulf," ports or U.S. vessels involved in enforcing the blockade, even as its missile-production capabilities have been degraded. Maleki agreed Iran would likely attempt to escalate, but questioned how much leverage Tehran still possesses. "They're going to try to escalate," Maleki said, pointing to the attacks of the last 24 hours. But he argued that further escalation would increasingly affect Gulf states Iran has relied upon for trade, sanctions evasion and diplomacy — potentially bringing even greater economic and diplomatic pressure. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF IRANIAN OIL SIT BEYOND TRUMP BLOCKADE AS HE VOWS ‘ZERO LEAKAGE’ Asked whether Iran was losing its leverage, Maleki responded: "Absolutely." He argued Tehran has emerged weakened from internal unrest and the external war and is increasingly isolated domestically and internationally. What Maleki is watching next is not necessarily missed government payrolls, but shortages that could trigger another wave of domestic unrest. "What I'm looking for is shortages of items such as gasoline," Maleki said. "Right now they're fighting a war inside Iran that is way more challenging to the regime than it is from external forces that they're facing." Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained severely disrupted Monday, while Brent crude climbed more than 2% to above $90 as markets reacted to the renewed U.S.-Iran exchanges. Reuters reported Aug. 31 that Gulf oil flows have recovered from their wartime lows but remain below pre-war levels. Maleki said he expects Iranians to return to the streets and argued Western governments should prepare now to help them communicate and organize if Tehran again shuts down internet access. "What we need to do is to contain this regime, cut off this economic lifeline, empower the Iranian people, be prepared next time Iranians are back on the street [and] take actions to stop this regime from slaughtering Iranians," Maleki said. "Those are the right policies — put the pressure on, be prepared to push back on the Iranian regime every time it escalates," he added. "At this point, they are the weakest they've been since 1979. Every time they try to escalate, they become weaker." Reuters contributed to this story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a47f2c5335ae104de03d Democrats’ generational battle erupts as 80-year-old senator faces younger challenger te 2026-09-01T10:10:07.859Z Democrats’ generational battle erupts as 80-year-old senator faces younger challenger Massachusetts is the latest battleground in the political fight between the left and the center for the future of the Democratic Party. But in a flip of the script, progressives are supporting the longtime incumbent against a more moderate challenger as solidly blue Massachusetts holds primary elections on Tuesday. The Senate nomination showdown between 80-year-old Sen. Ed Markey and 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton is also the latest faceoff in the Democratic Party's push for generational change, which was fueled two years ago by then-81-year-old President Joe Biden's exit from the presidential race amid questions over his physical and mental stamina following a disastrous debate performance against Trump. There's a six-way scrum to succeed Moulton in the U.S. House, and four members of the state's all-Democrat congressional delegation, including House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, are facing challenges from the left. And Bay State Republicans will choose a gubernatorial nominee to challenge Democratic Gov. Maura Healey. THE TOP FIVE MOST HEATED MOMENTS IN THE FINAL MARKEY-MOULTON DEBATE SHOWDOWN But taking center stage on Tuesday is the battle between Markey and Moulton. Markey, who served 37 years in the House before winning election in the Senate in 2013, is backed by progressive champions Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who seven years ago teamed up with Markey to co-sponsor the Green New Deal. The senator is vowing to keep fighting for a left-wing agenda that along with the Green New Deal includes Medicare for All, a Trans Bill of Rights, taxing billionaires, and slashing military spending. WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE MIDTERM RACES SHOW Moulton, a Marine Corps combat veteran, is backed by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Naval Academy graduate who piloted helicopters, and recently landed the endorsement of the Boston Globe, the state's largest daily newspaper Moulton has made generational change a centerpiece of his primary challenge, "I served with some of the most amazing leaders in my life in the Marines, but at 23 years old, they don't get to run for Congress," Moulton said at last week's final debate. "I think we should have upper age limits as well." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Markey responded, "I think everyone watching this debate can see that I'm more energized than I've ever been before and in my life." "Congressman Moulton has a hard time keeping up with me," the senator added. But Markey seemed unclear of the topic when asked whether he uses A.I. platforms like Claude or ChatGPT in his work. The senator answered that he uses "whatever is inside of my iPhone or my iPad — whatever comes up." The two rivals agree on many issues, including abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and allowing biological males to participate in female sports. But Moulton during the primary campaign was forced to apologize for his past remarks that he did not want his young daughters "getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete." Markey was the clear polling and fundraising frontrunner heading into the primary election. The winner will be considered the overwhelming favorite to win the general election against attorney John Deaton, the presumptive Republican Senate nominee. Six candidates are facing off in the battle to succeed Moulton for the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District, including former Andover Selectman Dan Koh, financial technology executive John Beccia and state Rep. Tram Nguyen. Koh, who served in then-President Joe Biden's administration, is showcasing endorsements from Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris. The winner of the Democratic primary will face Republican Micah Q. Jones, who is unopposed for the nomination. THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE Among the incumbents facing primary challenges from the left is Clark, who is the second-ranking Democrat in the House. So is longtime Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch, who is working to fend off a challenge from attorney Patrick Roath, who out-raised the incumbent. In the race for the Republican nomination for governor, Army veteran, businessman, and former CEO Mike Minogue is facing off against Briani Shortsleeve, a Marine Corps veteran, businessman and chief administrator and a former acting general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Minogue has the backing of the Massachusetts GOP. The winner will face an uphill climb in the general election against Healey in a state dominated by Democrats but where Republicans have had success in gubernatorial showdowns. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Tuesday's primary could potentially be the last under the current system. That's because Massachusetts voters will decide during the general election on a ballot initiative that would get rid of the state's current primary system and replace it with a single, all-party primary. Under that system, the top two vote-getters would advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a47f2c5335ae104de034 Naked DoorDash driver delivers food to Texas home in shocking security camera video te 2026-09-01T10:10:07.126Z Naked DoorDash driver delivers food to Texas home in shocking security camera video A Houston DoorDash customer said he was shocked when he went to fetch his food from his doorstep and saw on his security camera that the delivery driver was naked. Kiante Matlock told FOX 26 Houston that he didn't expect the delivery driver to drop off his food while naked, "which is crazy." "And then to handle somebody's food … is ridiculous," he said. "[There] could have been an underage child coming to the door or a woman. … It's just sick." BURGER KING MAKES MAJOR CHANGES AFTER THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS SOUNDED OFF Matlock told FOX 26 he was playing video games inside his home when his daughter alerted him to a notification on his phone, which turned out to be a notice from DoorDash that his Burger King order had arrived. When he first looked at the Ring doorbell camera footage, Matlock thought the driver was wearing a onesie before realizing he was "completely naked." By the time Matlock got to the door, the driver was gone. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Matlock said he did not eat the food the naked driver delivered and that DoorDash refunded his order. "What this consumer experienced was abhorrent, and we've reached out directly to offer our support," a DoorDash spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "This man's behavior was vulgar and completely unacceptable, and as soon as we were made aware, our team permanently removed their access to our platform. We do not tolerate sexual harassment or misconduct of any kind, and we stand ready to assist law enforcement with any investigation." The driver has not been identified. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER DoorDash urges customers to report inappropriate or concerning delivery behavior through the app and to contact law enforcement, including 911 in emergencies, if they feel unsafe. Houston police told FOX 26 that residents should report concerning behavior and preserve surveillance footage or other evidence. Depending on the circumstances, criminal charges could be possible following an investigation. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Matlock said he wanted to share his experience to help protect others. "If you have the opportunity to go get your own food, go get your own food," he said. "But if you can't, I guess just be careful and get you some cameras, that's all I can say." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a47e2c5335ae104de02b NJ boater faces homicide charge as deadly summer on the water claims another life in third fatal crash te 2026-09-01T10:10:06.372Z NJ boater faces homicide charge as deadly summer on the water claims another life in third fatal crash A New Jersey man faces felony charges following a late-night crash in Barnegat Bay that killed a 26-year-old passenger and left two others critically injured along the Jersey Shore in late July. Troopers from the New Jersey State Police Marine Bureau arrested Kevin Wells, 40, of Warren, New Jersey, on Friday, charging him with vehicular homicide and two counts of assault by vessel while intoxicated. State police said troopers responded just before 11 p.m. on July 25 to reports of a serious vessel collision along the Intracoastal Waterway in Toms River Township. UNLICENSED NYC BOAT OPERATOR ALLEGEDLY IGNORED SAFETY WARNINGS BEFORE MOTHER, BABY DIED IN CAPSIZING: FEDS Investigators said Wells was operating a 32-foot Boston Whaler through the waterway when the boat struck a channel marker. Following the impact, Wells navigated the damaged vessel to a private residence on Silver Lagoon Drive in Toms River Township, where emergency personnel arrived to render aid. A passenger aboard the boat, Michael T. Bereheiko, 26, of Green Brook, New Jersey, was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died. Two other passengers – 27-year-old Steven Pochick, of Green Brook, and 27-year-old Nicholas Cherasaro, of North Plainfield – sustained serious injuries and were transported to a local hospital. A fourth passenger, 24-year-old Sarah Stulh, of Bayville, suffered minor injuries. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X According to his obituary, Bereheiko was a 2017 graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School, where he played varsity football on both offense and defense. Teammates affectionately called him "Bear." He later attended Lincoln Tech, studied to become a heavy diesel mechanic and worked for Schifano Construction Corporation in Middlesex. His family noted he possessed a natural mechanical talent and loved spending time at the Jersey Shore. TWO DEAD, INCLUDING INFANT, AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN NEW YORK HARBOR; 12 RESCUED Following his arrest on Friday, Wells was booked into the Ocean County Jail. Records show he is being held without bail pending a formal court detention hearing. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS State police said the investigation into the crash remains active. The incident marks at least the third fatal boating collision involving alleged impairment in the area this summer. State police charged another New Jersey boater in August for a separate fatal Memorial Day crash along the Jersey Shore. Jennifer L. Pearson, 59, of Barnegat, surrendered on Aug. 19 after authorities alleged she was intoxicated while operating a 23-foot center console vessel in Barnegat Bay near Brant Beach. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Pearson’s boat collided with a channel marker around 5:45 p.m., ejecting her 28-year-old son, Gunnar Pearson, and his girlfriend into the water. Gunnar Pearson was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, while four others were treated for minor injuries. Pearson faces charges of second-degree death by vessel, operating a vessel under the influence, reckless operation, operating without a safety certificate and failure to keep a proper lookout. SEND US A TIP Court records show investigators smelled alcohol when speaking with Pearson, who admitted to drinking earlier that afternoon. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST In a third fatal crash this summer, authorities charged 64-year-old Stephen Schneider after a July 19 boating collision claimed the lives of his two young grandchildren in the bay near Berkeley Township, NJ.com reported. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Schneider was charged with two counts of reckless vessel homicide after his boat struck a channel marker, the outlet reported. Police alleged Schneider was intoxicated at the time of the crash, which killed 9-year-old Mya Bella Golabek and 7-year-old Sigmund Paul Golabek. Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a47c2c5335ae104de01d Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail te 2026-09-01T10:10:04.513Z Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96a47a2c5335ae104de001 If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel? te 2026-09-01T10:10:02.608Z If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel? The team behind Starcloud's orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9698c72c5335ae104dd9af SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: Yes, we must hit the pause button on AI before it is too late te 2026-09-01T09:20:07.699Z SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: Yes, we must hit the pause button on AI before it is too late Very few people disagree. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will profoundly impact the lives of every man, woman and child in our country. These revolutionary technologies will radically change our economy and, quite likely, eliminate tens of millions of jobs over the next decade. They will result in the evisceration of our privacy, negatively impact the mental health of our children, radically alter how we as human beings relate to each other, undermine our democracy and transform the very nature of warfare. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI AS A RISK TO PRIVACY AND PAYCHECKS Further, AI data centers are raising electricity prices, straining water systems and harming the environment. That is why 75% of Americans oppose data centers near where they live and why over 500 communities have put in place restrictions on their construction. Let’s be clear: this revolutionary transformation of society is being driven by the wealthiest people on Earth – including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison. FOX NEWS POLL: MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, VOTERS SEE BIG TECH AS GREATER THREAT TO US As most Americans understand, these Big Tech oligarchs are not investing many hundreds of billions of dollars into AI because they want to improve the lives of ordinary Americans. Rather, they are doing it because they want to become even richer and more powerful than they already are – no matter how many lives they ruin in the process. And here is something even more alarming. Over just the past month, there has been a frightening new story nearly every day about how Big Tech companies are losing control of the technology they are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results. Last month, we learned that AI has been used for the first time ever to create new viruses. In the wrong hands, this could lead to new bioweapons that might result in the deaths of tens of millions of people. REP. TED LIEU: AI IS ALREADY TOO POWERFUL. WE NEED A KILL SWITCH BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES Further, in July, we learned that OpenAI had lost control of an AI model that hacked into another company’s computers – a clear violation of federal law. AI models from Anthropic and Meta had similarly escaped human control. Just last week, we learned that the OpenAI incident was even more serious than we were initially told.  It turns out that over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own, sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other and coordinated to break the restrictions imposed upon them by the company. Shockingly, it took OpenAI nearly two weeks to discover this breach. Bottom line: AI is developing at an extraordinarily rapid speed. It is becoming smarter and smarter every day. The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that the technology is escaping their control. Yoshua Bengio, the most cited living scientist in the world, said these incidents "should serve as a wake-up call." I agree. MAJORITY OF YOUNG ADULTS SAY THEY ARE 'MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED' ABOUT AI: PEW RESEARCH If the CEOs of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. These CEOs must immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI. And that pause must be international in scope. At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, represented nations with vastly different political and economic systems. But they both understood a fundamental truth: a nuclear war would benefit no one. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION When the survival of humanity is at stake, adversaries have an obligation to reduce the danger. And Reagan and Gorbachev found a way to negotiate nuclear arms control. Presidents Trump and Xi will be meeting in Washington later this month. Like Reagan and Gorbachev, they must negotiate an agreement that protects humanity from a potential AI-caused disaster. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Neither country benefits from an uncontrolled AI arms race to develop machines that are rapidly becoming too powerful for humans to control. The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future. We cannot simply sit by and be passive observers of a technology that could negatively impact and endanger not only us, but our kids and future generations. Our goal: we must make certain that AI and robotics are safe and work to benefit all of humanity, not just to enrich some of the wealthiest people on Earth. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM SEN. BERNIE SANDERS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9698c72c5335ae104dd9a6 MORNING GLORY: We're living through the Summer of the DSA (and Hasan Piker) te 2026-09-01T09:20:07.080Z MORNING GLORY: We're living through the Summer of the DSA (and Hasan Piker) 1967’s "Summer of Love" kicked off the American habit of defining a summer season with a phrase. Some phrases stick. Some do not. 1968’s "Summer of Rage" tagline stuck. The "Summer of Watergate" could be 1973 and the Senate Select Committee’s hearings would have stuck, but President Richard Nixon survived those and would have survived the summer of 1974 but for the release of the tapes. MORNING GLORY: HASAN PIKER’S RADICAL RHETORIC IS BECOMING DEMOCRATS’ 2026 BRAND The Bicentennial Summer was as memorable as this summer’s celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States — but those months are defined by a day, not months. 1977’s Summer of Sam, 1994’s Summer of O.J. and 2020’s Summer of George Floyd are not fixtures of the language, but do serve as reference points. With a week left in this summer, the touchpoints seem likely to be the rise of Democratic Socialists of America ("DSA") and the meteoric rise in awareness among the general public of Hasan Piker, an online Twitch streamer whose toxic combination of radical politics, profanity, vulgarity, anti-Israel and hate-filled rhetoric merged with the DSA’s march through the Democratic primaries to make it appear to "normal" Americans from the center-left to the center-right as though the Democratic Party had become unhinged and taken over by a cult-like group of crazed anti-American extremists. The "Summer of the DSA and Hasan Piker" is unwieldy, but accurate. Shorthand will probably reduce it to the "Summer of the DSA," and even though Piker is closely ideologically aligned with DSA, appearing at DSA events and rallies, Piker does not appear to be a dues-paying DSAer. Still, the "Summer of DSA" will catch him up even as it includes the primary election victories of Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander in New York (Lander is a former DSA member but left in 2023), and Democratic Senate nominees Angie Nixon in Florida and Troy Jackson in Maine who are DSA-endorsed candidates. Hard-left "progressive" Democrats running for Senate like Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, Sherrod Brown in Ohio and James Talarico in Texas have not been formally endorsed by their state DSAs or the national group, but their ascendancy compliments rather than contradicts the enormous shift to the left of the Democrats in the wake of President Trump’s re-election in 2024. DSA’S GROWING GRIP ON DEM PARTY HITS NEW TERRITORY AS ESTABLISHMENT FALLS IN LINE Will the "Summer of DSA" define the actual midterms ahead? Many in legacy media want to define the fall’s voting, which culminates on November 3, as a referendum on President Trump but that’s not what is unfolding. The rise of the DSA and unhinged rantings like those of Piker as well as numerous "co-chairs" of the DSA has muddied what would typically be a "referendum" election, turning it in many if not most statewide or Congressional district races into a "choice election" of the sort Republicans are hoping for. Because the DSA, Piker, candidates like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and James Talarico in Texas are just so far outside of the mainstream of American politics as to shift the awareness of the American electorate away from the issues of 2026 to the much bigger issue of the future of the country. The vast majority of Americans love their country. They can and do disagree among themselves on the politics of the moment and the policies that would best serve the country’s future. MARK HALPERIN CALLS HASAN PIKER A 'HORRIBLE PERSON' AS DEMOCRATS FACE PRESSURE TO DISTANCE FROM STREAMER But, that they want a future similar to the past, but improved at the margins remains the central and abiding truth of the American experience. We don’t want the "DSA way" and we sure do not want people addicted to rage the way Hasan Piker is to dominate our politics. El-Sayed’s limp attempt to distance himself from Piker this past weekend as summer draws to a close only guaranteed another week or more of scrutiny on El-Sayed’s choice to bring Piker into the Wolverine State’s politics. El-Sayed put on the Piker bodysuit and it turns out it is very difficult if not impossible to erase that choice from the electorate’s consciousness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION El-Sayed’s political free-fall has spillover effects across the country, as does the fact that the "Squad" in the House of Representatives is probably going to at least double in the next Congress. The Squad is almost certainly going to control the choice of the next House Democratic Leader. The increase in "Squad" numbers may remove Hakeem Jeffries as Leader of House Democrats, but it may not. Republicans are well aware of what a small majority means: The empowerment of the party’s fringiest members. The DSA could well be running the next House majority. DEMOCRATS NO LONGER HAVE THE NO. 1 WEAPON TO KEEP THEIR SOCIALIST WING IN LINE The "Summer of the DSA" has made that possibility a crucial issue across every federal race. It is not a cause for celebration among Republicans, who realize that the country needs a healthy Democratic Party and not one run by extremists from the left. Democrats need a way back to "between the '30s" competition in American political debates or the Democrats could face a wipeout of their extremist candidates outside of deep blue Congressional districts. (A "between the ‘40s" field would be even better for them.) An electoral train wreck in 2026 would, however, prevent an even worse crack-up in 2028, a presidential election year that could become a replay of the 1972 crash-out of the Democrats under the banner of George McGovern. The post-mortems of the 2026 cycle will be remarkable to read. The headlines of the ones faithful to the facts will include the abbreviation "DSA" and the name "Hasan Piker." Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9698c52c5335ae104dd999 Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Jury to Begin Fourth Day of Deliberations te 2026-09-01T09:20:05.549Z Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Jury to Begin Fourth Day of Deliberations Jurors have spent about 17 hours discussing the case over three days. They have several options for a verdict, ranging from not guilty to first-degree murder. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9696702c5335ae104dd94e Fears of a Canadian trade war are overblown. So far, it’s more of a skirmish te 2026-09-01T09:10:08.313Z Fears of a Canadian trade war are overblown. So far, it’s more of a skirmish Listening to most of the media and Canada’s prime minister, you’d think the U.S. and its northern neighbor were in a full-blown trade war after new tariffs were announced days ago. Au contraire: Anyone who checks the numbers can see this is merely a skirmish. On Aug. 22, the administration's Section 338 tariffs took effect, at 50% on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, or about 5% of what Canada sells the U.S. Ottawa's answer, effective Sept. 8, will be varying tariffs on roughly $20 billion of American exports to Canada, about 6% of what Canada buys from the U.S. While tariffs on $40 billion aren’t chump change, they’re a small portion of the roughly $900 billion in products and services that are exchanged across the U.S.-Canadian border annually. Roughly 95% of transactions are proceeding exactly as they did in July. A POPULAR COCKTAIL HAS A TRUMP TRADE PROBLEM YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT People should be much more focused on January, because that’s when 50% tariffs hit many more Canadian exports, including cars, trucks and auto parts. Throw in potential Canadian retaliation, and we’re looking at higher tariffs on well over $100 billion of trade between the two countries. When the artillery joins in like that, we go from a skirmish to a war. However, that doesn’t mean we can brush off these recent developments as insignificant. The current skirmish feels eerily similar to Union and Confederate reconnaissance units encountering each other outside Gettysburg. ‘CAPTAIN CANADA’ FIREBRAND UNLOADS ON TRUMP WITH PROFANE ONE-LINER AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES What makes this time different is the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Other tariffs had carveouts for USMCA-compliant products. This was extremely important because businesses invested billions of dollars over several years to create supply chains in North America, and they shouldn’t be punished for playing by the rules. That principle was violated, though not for the first time, with the recent implementation of these Section 338 tariffs, which apply regardless of USMCA qualification and which stack on top of the ordinary rate. Companies that played by the rules are now being punished for complying with a trade agreement that was heralded as "the new gold standard." WHITE HOUSE EXPOSES ‘TRANSSHIPMENT SCAM’ COSTING US UP TO $26B, POINTS FINGER AT CHINA This is pulling the rug out from under firms that acted in good faith, and on a large scale. The share of imports from Canada and Mexico claiming USMCA preference climbed from roughly 45% in late 2024 to 86% by February. Federal Reserve economists priced this regulatory compliance at $39 billion to $71 billion per year in manufacturing. Ironically, some firms that spent years moving some of their production and assembly plants to Ontario now face higher effective tariff rates than some firms that stayed in Shenzhen, China. Certain tariffs that are supposed to serve as leverage for benefiting American production are instead hamstringing it. TRUMP BET TARIFFS WOULD BRING BACK AMERICAN FACTORY JOBS. NEW REPORT SAYS IT DIDN'T WORK Consider that an American appliance manufacturer buying Canadian steel pays 50% on that input. The foreign competitor builds the finished washing machine overseas and typically ships it in at a lower rate. Because of how the current tariff regime has been thrown together, an appliance that’s USMCA-compliant can be hit with a tariff higher than an appliance made entirely in China. If a trade deal is not reached by January, the situation will get even worse. An American automotive assembly plant will pay 50% on Canadian components while a finished Korean car will enter at a lower rate. CANADA REPORTEDLY SCRAPS JOINT BRIDGE CELEBRATION WITH US AFTER TRUMP RENEWS TARIFF THREAT President Donald Trump has threatened to take auto parts from no tariff to 50%, slap higher tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and their components and effectively double the tariff rate on finished cars and light-duty trucks. If that happens, and Canada follows through with its threat to retaliate, then we’ll be in a full-fledged trade war. That very expensive fate can be avoided, however, if both sides agree to reduce trade barriers and open their respective consumer markets to the other nation’s producers. That’ll reduce manufacturing costs and consumer prices alike through increased efficiency and more competition. Unfortunately, that’s a tall order because of certain protectionist lobbies in both the U.S. and Canada, especially Ottawa’s notorious dairy lobby which has an outsized influence on its nation’s trade policy. Canada’s cozying up to China and permitting it to abuse country-of-origin provisions are also not helping negotiations. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION It’s important that a deal is reached soon because no one wins in a trade war. Yet not everyone loses equally. Hopefully, Canada realizes it has more to lose than the U.S. and backs down before both sides incur more casualties. Even if a deal is reached, the U.S. still needs to rationalize its remaining slapdash tariff schedule. Under no circumstances should American-made products face higher effective tariff rates than foreign-made competition. There’s no need to wait on Canada to address that particular issue. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM E.J. ANTONI Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96966e2c5335ae104dd943 Markey Leads Moulton in Polls of Senate Primary in Massachusetts te 2026-09-01T09:10:06.775Z Markey Leads Moulton in Polls of Senate Primary in Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey had double digit leads in every poll of the Democratic primary for Senate in August after Seth Moulton briefly narrowed the gap this spring. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96966d2c5335ae104dd93a What to Watch in the Massachusetts Primary Election te 2026-09-01T09:10:05.910Z What to Watch in the Massachusetts Primary Election Senator Edward Markey, who began his congressional career in 1976, faces a challenge from Representative Seth Moulton. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96860e2c5335ae104dd5a9 Rep. Crane Tours AZ With Sec. Burgum To Examine Rural Health Care, Water Security, Grand Canyon Recovery te 2026-09-01T08:00:14.833Z Rep. Crane Tours AZ With Sec. Burgum To Examine Rural Health Care, Water Security, Grand Canyon Recovery By Ethan Faverino | Congressman Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), spent the final days of the congressional district work period visiting communities and key infrastructure sites across Arizona, focusing on rural health care, the recovery of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, water security, and domestic mineral production. Crane was joined during portions of the visits by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05). The engagements included stops with the Gila River Indian Community, Grand Canyon National Park, Salt River Project, and Freeport-McMoRan as Crane highlighted what he described as efforts to strengthen Arizona’s long-term economic and infrastructure needs. Crane visited the Gila River Indian Community following the University of Arizona and Gila River Health Care’s announcement of a new partnership to expand medical education and physical recruitment in the community. The partnership will establish a Doctor of Medicine-granting program that the university describes as the first rural regional branch of its kind established in partnership with a federally recognized Tribe on Tribal land. Students will begin their foundational science coursework in Phoenix before moving to Gila River Health Care and other regional sites for clinical training. The program is intended to encourage medical students to establish careers in rural and Tribal communities, where access to physicians and other health services can be limited. Crane said the program could help create a long-term physician workforce within the community. The visit followed Crane’s support for the Ak-Chin Indian Community’s selection for the Indian Health Service Joint Venture Construction Program. The partnership is expected to support construction of a new health center providing primary care, dental services, behavioral health, and specialty care. Crane also pointed to more than $160 million recently directed to Arizona through the Rural Health Transformation Program for health care clinics, workforce development, and infrastructure. On August 25, Crane accompanied Burgum to both the North and South Rims of the Grand Canyon National Park. At the North Rim, park personnel and other stakeholders briefed the officials on recovery efforts following the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire, which severely damaged critical facilities. The fire has left the North Rim facing additional challenges, including erosion, flash flooding, and disruptions to its water system, along with longer-term infrastructure and rebuilding needs. Crane discussed his North Rim Restoration Act of 2025, which would streamline federal contracting procedures to allow the National Park Service to move more quickly on rebuilding efforts. He also highlighted an amendment he introduced to the 2026 Farm Bill aimed at expediting recovery efforts related to the White Sage Fire. Both measures passed the U.S. House unanimously and are awaiting further consideration in the Senate. This week, I had the honor of joining @SecretaryBurgum for critical meetings with leaders across Arizona's vital industries. To our friends at @GrandCanyonNPS, @SRPconnect, and @FM_FCX, thank you for your generous hospitality. Looking forward to more progress in #AZ02. pic.twitter.com/d9ME39oh3P — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) August 28, 2026 The following morning, Crane and Burgum traveled to Theodore Roosevelt Dam, located northeast of Phoenix. The dam and Roosevelt Lake are operated by the Salt River Project (SRP) and provide water storage, flood control, hydropower, and recreation. SRP officials briefed Crane and Burgum on the effects of recent dry winters, changing runoff patterns, and the importance of maintaining reliable water storage within the state. Officials also discussed a 2024 decision by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers that allows SRP to retain water in a portion of Roosevelt Dam’s Flood Control Space for up to 120 days, compared with the previous 20-day limit. The additional flexibility allows more water to remain stored following qualifying runoff events rather than being released downstream before it can be put to beneficial use. SRP estimates the change could help support the water needs of hundreds of thousands of households during eligible periods. Although Roosevelt Dam is not part of the Colorado River system, Crane said the reservoir remains important as Arizona prepares for potential reductions to Lower Basin water allocations beginning in 2027. During the visit, Crane and Burgum discussed several issues surrounding the negotiations, including avoiding costly litigation, maintaining adequate water storage capacity, and supporting potential desalination projects. While Governor Hobbs’ administration is leading the state’s interstate negotiations, Crane said he believes the federal government may need to intervene if the state cannot reach an agreement. This morning, I joined @SecretaryBurgum at Theodore Roosevelt Dam to discuss water security. I was able to use this opportunity to advocate for Arizona’s long-term water needs. Thanks to @SRPconnect for hosting and briefing us on their operations. #AZ02 pic.twitter.com/a26ACPdlIV — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) August 26, 2026 That afternoon, Crane, Burgum, and Biggs visited the Miami Smelter in Claypool, a copper processing facility operated by Freeport-McMoRan. The century-old facility processes copper concentrate from Freeport’s Arizona mines and is the company’s largest U.S. source of sulfuric acid for its copper leaching process. Freeport officials briefed lawmakers on the facility’s operations and recent maintenance work. According to the company, the smelter processed approximately 821,000 metric tons of copper concentrate in 2025 and produced roughly 209,300 metric tons of copper anodes. The 2025 maintenance turnaround was associated with approximately $73 million in maintenance and idle-facility costs. Company officials also discussed the possibility of expanding the facility, arguing that using the existing infrastructure could be more practical than securing permits and constructing an entirely new domestic smelter. Crane focused on federal regulations affecting the facility’s competitiveness, including Environmental Protection Agency standards finalized in 2024 for primary copper smelters. Freeport had previously warned that complying with the standards could require significant equipment changes and additional costs. Crane praised a two-year regulatory exemption granted to the facility by the Trump administration in October 2025, but said he believes a permanent solution is needed. Yesterday, I visited Freeport-McMoRan's Miami smelter alongside @SecretaryBurgum and @RepAndyBiggsAZ. This site is one of two copper smelters in America and plays a pivotal role in our copper supply chain. Appreciate the team at @FM_FCX for their hospitality. #AZ02 pic.twitter.com/42VQIgTmKi — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) August 27, 2026 Crane said the series of visits provided an opportunity to examine challenges facing several of Arizona’s major industries and communities while working with state, federal, Tribal, and private-sector leaders. “To our friends at Grand Canyon National Park, Salt River Project, Freeport-McMoRan, as well as the Gila River Indian Community and the University of Arizona, thank you for your generous hospitality,” stated Crane. “This past week and a half has been invaluable in terms of briefings, new partnerships, and progress toward recovery and growth.” Crane also thanked Burgum for traveling to Arizona and meeting with leaders across the state. “I’m also grateful to Secretary Burgum for taking the time to visit our state and meet with leaders across our vital industries. It was a tremendous honor to host the Secretary and his team as we worked to strengthen our blueprint for long-term stability,” Crane added. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Rep. Crane Tours AZ With Sec. Burgum To Examine Rural Health Care, Water Security, Grand Canyon Recovery first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96860c2c5335ae104dd5a0 Border Patrol Arrests 95 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers In Yuma te 2026-09-01T08:00:12.778Z Border Patrol Arrests 95 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers In Yuma By Matthew Holloway | Federal authorities arrested 95 commercial truck drivers identified as illegal aliens during a multi-agency enforcement operation in Arizona’s Yuma Sector, with more than three-quarters carrying commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued by California. The U.S. Border Patrol conducted the operation with local law enforcement partners from Aug. 10 through Aug. 14, resulting in 143 arrests involving individuals from 18 countries, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Of the 95 truck drivers arrested, 76 possessed California CDLs, while six held licenses issued by New York. CBP said the remaining licenses came from other states but did not identify them individually. The operation also intercepted two human-smuggling attempts, resulting in the arrest of four alleged smugglers and 17 smuggled aliens. Agents seized a firearm, 74 pounds of methamphetamine, and 169 pounds of marijuana. 95 ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCK DRIVERS ARRESTED. Working alongside law enforcement partners, @CBP arrested the truckers in Arizona — 76 of whom had driver’s licenses issued by CALIFORNIA. We won’t stop fighting to get illegal alien truckers OFF our nation’s roads.… https://t.co/OojGPH3lHC — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 31, 2026 Acting Chief Patrol Agent Dustin W. Caudle of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector said the agency is targeting threats involving improperly qualified commercial drivers as well as criminal organizations engaged in drug and human smuggling. “We are committed to protecting our citizens from all international threats,” Caudle said, “whether that is from unlicensed or untrained drivers, or transnational criminal organizations engaged in human or drug trafficking.” Fox News first reported the arrests Monday morning, before CBP publicly released the operation’s results. The arrests come amid increased federal scrutiny of state commercial licensing programs for foreign nationals and follow an August report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examining the issuance of non-domiciled CDLs nationwide. FAIR reported that California issued more than 128,000 non-domiciled CDLs between January 2022 and September 2025, more than doubling the state’s annual issuance during that period, and that in 2025 at least 17 fatal crashes involving foreign national CDL holders cost more than 30 Americans their lives. A non-domiciled CDL is a separate category of commercial license available under federal law to certain foreign nationals and is not synonymous with a license issued to an illegal alien. Under current federal regulations, foreign-domiciled applicants for a non-domiciled CDL must be lawfully present in the United States under specified employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories. FAIR’s report found California allowed CDL knowledge examinations in Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi, Russian, and Spanish. According to data cited in the organization’s 31-page investigative report, first-attempt pass rates were 22 percent for applicants taking the test in Arabic and 26 percent for Punjabi, compared with 63 percent for applicants testing in English. “Our investigation—powered by public records, litigation against New York’s stonewalling, and analysis of FMCSA’s own audits—lays bare systemic noncompliance on a massive scale,” Mateo Forero, FAIR’s director of investigations, said. “California’s 128,000-plus non-domiciled CDLs and abysmal foreign-language pass rates, the multi-state practice of issuing licenses beyond lawful presence, and the growing list of preventable deaths make clear that temporary executive fixes are not enough. Only permanent statutory reform can restore the integrity of the CDL program and protect every American driver.” Federal regulators separately identified problems with California’s non-domiciled CDL program during a 2025 review. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) found that approximately 25 percent of the California records sampled during its review failed to comply with federal requirements. FMCSA found that California issued some commercial licenses with expiration dates extending beyond the expiration of drivers’ lawful-presence documents. Regulators also found licenses issued to Mexican nationals who were ineligible under the applicable federal rules and found that some temporary commercial credentials were issued without first validating lawful presence or reporting the licenses to the national Commercial Driver’s License Information System. California informed federal regulators in late 2025 that it had begun proceedings to rescind approximately 17,000 noncompliant licenses. FMCSA subsequently determined California had failed to complete the corrective actions on the agreed schedule and withheld approximately $160 million in federal highway funding in January. The California DMV later said that, effective March 6, the federal government required it to cancel approximately 13,000 non-domiciled CDLs. The state agency said all affected drivers had federal work authorization and were legally present when their licenses were originally issued. California DMV also said it had sought permission to issue corrected licenses to drivers who remained eligible. New York has faced similar federal enforcement. An FMCSA audit found 107 of 200 sampled non-domiciled CDL records were issued in violation of federal requirements, a failure rate of more than 53 percent. The agency found New York’s licensing system routinely issued eight-year non-REAL ID commercial licenses without limiting their expiration dates to the period during which the foreign driver was lawfully present in the United States. FMCSA withheld more than $73 million from New York in April after concluding the state had failed to complete required corrective actions. Federal rules governing non-domiciled commercial licenses were tightened this year. An FMCSA final rule, effective March 16, limits eligibility to foreign nationals lawfully present in the United States under H-2A temporary agricultural worker, H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker, or E-2 treaty investor status. The regulations also require states to verify an applicant’s immigration status and require states unable to comply with the new standards to halt issuance of non-domiciled commercial licenses until their systems meet federal requirements. The Yuma Sector arrests are the latest enforcement action involving commercial drivers as federal transportation and immigration authorities increase scrutiny of the licensing and employment of foreign nationals operating commercial vehicles on U.S. highways. 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 Border Patrol Arrests 95 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers In Yuma first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96860a2c5335ae104dd597 Mayes Declines Scottsdale Schools Investigation, Citing Conflict Of Interest te 2026-09-01T08:00:10.549Z Mayes Declines Scottsdale Schools Investigation, Citing Conflict Of Interest By Staff Reporter | Attorney General Kris Mayes is declining to investigate Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) for potential violations of open meeting law due to a potential conflict of interest. Mayes referred the complaint, filed back in April, to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO). The complaint accused SUSD Superintendent Scott Menzel of violating open meeting law concerning school closures and consolidations, specifically with regard to the operations of the Phase II Design Advisory Team tasked with handling those decisions. The governing board voted to close Pima Elementary School and Echo Canyon School last December.  According to the complaint, the district’s Phase II Design Advisory Team must be open to the public because it was formed at the direction of the board, not the superintendent. The design advisory team operates under the classification of a Superintendent Advisory Committee, which is exempt from Open Meeting Law requirements. The Phase II Design Advisory team publicizes its past and upcoming meeting dates and materials but does not permit the public to attend the meetings. The team held five meetings as part of Phase A, which lasted from March through May, and recently concluded five meetings as part of Phase B, which lasted from June through earlier this month.  Menzel proposed the design advisory team during a regular governing board meeting last November, and the following month the board discussed the formation of the design advisory team in a regular meeting. The board didn’t vote at that latter meeting to form the design advisory team.  The citizen who filed the complaint told AZ Free News that MCAO informed him in late July that the attorney general’s office had referred the investigation to them. Caitlyn Mitchell, an attorney with the Civil Services Division, told the complainant that the attorney general could not investigate because it provides legal counsel to SUSD.  “The Arizona Attorney General’s Office referred your Open Meeting Law complaint against the Scottsdale Unified School District to us to avoid any potential conflict of interest because the AG’s Office also provides legal counsel to SUSD,” said Mitchell.  Around the time of our initial reporting, SUSD advised AZ Free News that their officials were not aware of the complaint filed against the district, nearly a month after the complaint had been filed.  AZ Free News asked the MCAO when the attorney general referred the complaint to their office, and when they might have the results of their investigation complete. We also asked about communications with SUSD, given the lack of awareness the district initially had when the complaint was in the possession of the attorney general’s office.  MCAO didn’t respond to our inquiries.  Last summer, the attorney general’s office found SUSD in violation of open meeting law for engaging in actions similar to those that led to the creation of the Phase II Design Advisory Team.  “The Open Meeting Law does not permit a governing board to evade the public meeting requirements by ‘informally’ forming or establishing, or by directing a superintendent to establish, a committee to perform work that would otherwise need to be conducted in public,” stated Mayes. “[W]e caution against an overly narrow reading of the law focused exclusively on the circumstances of a committee’s creation.” AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Mayes Declines Scottsdale Schools Investigation, Citing Conflict Of Interest first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9677f92c5335ae104dccf2 Georgia cop kills beloved pet donkey in his own pasture as heartbroken owner demands justice: 'We miss him' te 2026-09-01T07:00:09.090Z Georgia cop kills beloved pet donkey in his own pasture as heartbroken owner demands justice: 'We miss him' A Georgia police officer shot and killed a family's beloved pet donkey after officers searched the animal’s pasture in search of a missing child who was later found at a nearby church. Hannah Israel, 30, said officers entered her family’s property in Rockmart, Polk County without warning at about 12:45 a.m. on Sunday while looking for the missing child when they noticed the baby donkey named HeeHaw. "They claimed he ran up to them braying and they thought they were in danger and shot and killed him after trying to Taze him," Israel wrote on Facebook. "HeeHaw was shot and killed in his OWN pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger. There is no way this is legal!" She vowed to take legal action as she demanded justice for HeeHaw. POLICE DOG FOLLOWS HIS NOSE TO FIND MISSING AUTISTIC TEEN SCREAMING FOR HELP "We are heart broken. He was my SON!!" she wrote. "We miss him so much where is safe?? When my own baby was shot in his own home?" she added in another post. A photo taken after the shooting showed Israel crying over her pet donkey, as the animal's eyes remained wide open as it lay lifeless on the ground. "He would normally be standing right over there talking while I'm talking because he thought he could talk like a person could talk," Israel told 11Alive. "Every time he saw somebody, he would run up and bray," Israel said. "And then do a really goofy sound, and because he loved people, and he thought he was a person. He slept in my bed for the first three months of his life," she added. The Cedartown Police Department said the officer who shot the beloved baby donkey has been placed on paid administrative leave. "The Cedartown Police Department has turned over the investigation of the animal shooting to the Georgia Department of Agriculture Law Enforcement Division for investigation and placed the officer involved on paid administrative leave while this investigation is ongoing," the department said in a statement. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsom said body camera footage exists and he has viewed it, according to 11Alive. "That search took them to the incident location where this very unfortunate and heartbreaking event occurred," Newsom said, according to the outlet. Newsom said he understands the heartbreak that the family and the community is facing after the donkey's death. "They're members of the human family, and I am too, and heartbroken," he said. DOG SAVED FROM ISIS BY ARMY VETERAN 'KIDNAPPED' FROM FAMILY YARD BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES The Georgia Department of Agriculture's Law Enforcement Division was at Elsberry Farm on Monday investigating HeeHaw's death. Israel created a GoFundMe to help cover legal costs related to HeeHaw’s death. She said any donations left over would go toward the farm, care of the animals and a future HeeHaw foundation. She has raised more than $113,000 as of Tuesday morning. "My bottle baby donkey 'HeeHaw' was killed in his own pasture on Saturday night by trespassing cops," she wrote on the fundraiser. "He was a loved member of our family and did many petting zoos and made many people smile." She said she hired a lawyer but stressed that donations left over after legal costs would not be used for personal needs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9673472c5335ae104dcc1d Hikers flown out of Grand Canyon as floods damage trails and infrastructure, force closures te 2026-09-01T06:40:07.655Z Hikers flown out of Grand Canyon as floods damage trails and infrastructure, force closures More than 60 hikers were evacuated by air from Phantom Ranch and the lower North Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park this weekend during a significant flash flood event. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96608a2c5335ae104dc8e4 Scene pkg Aug 31 te 2026-09-01T05:20:10.624Z Scene pkg Aug 31 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9660892c5335ae104dc8db Bullhead City Police Department issues two Level 3 and five Level 2 sex offender notifications te 2026-09-01T05:20:09.814Z Bullhead City Police Department issues two Level 3 and five Level 2 sex offender notifications BULLHEAD CITY — In compliance with “Megan’s Law,” the Bullhead City Police Department issued a community notice of two Level 2 and one Level 3 sex offenders in the city. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a965e2d2c5335ae104dc826 Vance Defends Approach to Antisemitism in Remarks to Jewish Conservatives te 2026-09-01T05:10:05.068Z Vance Defends Approach to Antisemitism in Remarks to Jewish Conservatives In private remarks, Vice President JD Vance explained why he engages with some influencers accused of antisemitism. He also urged the audience to help articulate why a strong relationship with Israel is in America’s interest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a965e2b2c5335ae104dc80a Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma te 2026-09-01T05:10:03.042Z Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96597d2c5335ae104dc767 Grand Canyon water pipeline damaged again as flooding complicates repairs te 2026-09-01T04:50:05.915Z Grand Canyon water pipeline damaged again as flooding complicates repairs The one pipeline that supplies water for millions of visitors in Grand Canyon was badly damaged by flash flooding over the weekend, setting up a complicated repair scenario and disrupting a yearslong project to upgrade the aging line across rugged terrain where helicopters are often needed for even basic maintenance. Park officials estimate after conducting flyovers that about 40% of the pipeline sustained damage. The 12.5-mile long Transcanyon Waterline has suffered dozens of breaks in recent years. A more than $200 million repair and replacement project was well underway when the floods began. The long-term impacts on the park’s infrastructure, visitors and year-round residents were not immediately clear. BELOVED TEXAS CHIROPRACTOR KILLED IN GRAND CANYON FLASH FLOOD, 2 FRIENDS STILL MISSING AFTER HIKE "We anticipate miles of the pipeline being destroyed," Grand Canyon Deputy Superintendent Brian Drapeaux said. A full survey of the devastation will not be completed until Tuesday at the earliest. At least two people died in the floods, and one person remained missing as of Monday night after roughly 80 people were rescued over the weekend, according to officials. The park stopped overnight accommodations, with officials saying significant water reductions are needed. This includes limiting shower time, turning off the tap while brushing teeth and flushing toilets selectively to protect the limited stored water on the South Rim, where most visitors frequent. "They have got to keep law enforcement going, they have to keep rescue operations going, backcountry operations, park admin going, the clinic and the campground," longtime river runner and Grand Canyon hiker Tom Martin said, adding that the park has hauled water in tanker trucks in the past. The pipeline, which was completed in the 1970s, has broken more than 85 times since 2010. The pipeline moves water from one side of the canyon, down to its base, across a bridge and back up the other side of the rough landscape. Any attempt to fix a break from rock falls or flash floods is precarious and costly and can take time, so fixing the latest damage will be complicated. The pipeline upgrade project, which began in 2023, took more than a decade to design and fund. The project involves installing helicopter pads, building water treatment facilities and replacing several miles of pipeline. It also seeks to move the water intake for the pipeline further down the canyon to Bright Angel Creek, which would put it closer to Phantom Ranch, a popular lodge at the base of the canyon. A 2018 evaluation of the project said key infrastructure for the intake would be outside of areas likely to flood. Officials said even basic decisions proved to be complicated. For example, the original pipe was aluminum, which is lighter and easier to move into the steep canyon but is more susceptible to breaking. Engineers chose a flex-steel material to balance weight and durability. Even routine pipeline breaks lead to water restrictions. A decade ago, a hotel on the canyon’s rim that offers luxury dining and highlights its history hosting presidents had to reduce dishwashing and use paper plates and plastic utensils. In 1995, a nearly month long repair on the pipeline required officials to truck in water. The park had water conservation initiatives in place even before the latest flooding and damage. MISSING GRAND CANYON HIKER, 83, RESCUED AFTER GETTING SEPARATED FROM COMPANION The flooding has forced parts of the park to close, and more flooding was possible on Monday, according to the National Park Service. "Consider changing your plans if you were going to hike, boat, or paddleboard to a slot canyon or normally dry wash. If you do still decide to recreate, check in at a nearby visitor center or ranger station," the park website reads. Officials previously said that the repair and replacement project would allow the park to meet its water supply needs for at least the next 50 years. As the original pipeline was nearing completion in the 1960s, more than a foot of rain fell, which flooded the inner canyon and caused 40% of the project to be destroyed, according to officials. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96597c2c5335ae104dc75e Lindsay Clancy’s future could rest with ‘prosecution doctors’ as case echoes infamous Maine killings: expert te 2026-09-01T04:50:04.846Z Lindsay Clancy’s future could rest with ‘prosecution doctors’ as case echoes infamous Maine killings: expert If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A retired Massachusetts Superior Court judge says that a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity wouldn't be an easy out for Lindsay Clancy, saying that "prosecution doctors" would be the ones deciding when she would be released, and are likely more inclined to keep her locked up. Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6 — who were found strangled at the family's home in January 2023. Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital that even if Clancy is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would likely face a significant amount of time in a mental institution. ACCUSED NC KILLER MOM PLANS INSANITY DEFENSE — AS RETIRED JUDGE SAYS MORE MAY FOLLOW LINDSAY CLANCY STRATEGY He said a group of mental health officials would be responsible for periodically reviewing her commitment at the facility, but noted these are people who overwhelmingly side with prosecutors and usually testify on their behalf. LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS COME ACROSS AS 'TONE DEAF,' 'UNCARING' AND 'SNARKY,' DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS "They're viewed as an arm of the prosecution," Lu said of the officials. "I'm going to be very frank, they kind of view this through the lens of if in doubt, lock them up...The people making release decisions have a prosecutorial mindset." SEND US A TIP Lu said, if Clancy is committed to a mental hospital, "I imagine she'd be committed year after year after year for some period of time." "If you are committed on a mental health basis because of a major criminal case in Massachusetts, it is hard to get out... It is very difficult," he said. He said there is another way for Clancy to be released from a mental institution if found not guilty by reason of insanity, which would be through the courts. "The other way she could get out is if the government kept moving to commit her and the doctors did not really decide that she should be released, and then it goes to court and then a judge would decide whether she is a danger to herself or others," Lu said. "It could be more of a contested hearing, and if she were to win that contested hearing, that is the second way that she gets out." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Clancy's case has drawn parallels with Constance Fisher, a then-24-year-old Maine woman who drowned her three children in a bathtub in 1954, according to the New York Times. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST She was committed to a mental hospital, and after several years, she returned home. She was accused of drowning three more children in 1967 and was sent back to the mental hospital, before she escaped and was found dead in the Kennebec River. PROSECUTOR IN INFAMOUS KILLER MOM CASE SAYS WOMEN ON LINDSAY CLANCY JURY MAY BRING ‘STRANGE TWIST’ TO VERDICT The jury in Clancy's case, consisting of nine women and three men, led by a female foreperson, concluded a third day of deliberations on Monday without coming to a verdict. The jurors asked Judge William Sullivan around 4 p.m. to be dismissed for the day, and will return on Tuesday morning to continue deliberations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9652742c5335ae104dc61f Tyler Robinson hearing could decide death penalty fate, finally see plea in Charlie Kirk case te 2026-09-01T04:20:04.028Z Tyler Robinson hearing could decide death penalty fate, finally see plea in Charlie Kirk case PROVO, Utah — Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson returns to a Utah courtroom Tuesday for a hearing that could send his case to trial or dramatically reshape it, with a judge to weigh whether prosecutors have shown enough probable cause to support the aggravated murder charge that puts the death penalty on the table — and the suspect may finally be asked to enter a plea nearly a year after the slaying. Robinson, a 23-year-old from Washington, Utah, is accused of firing a single shot that killed the 31-year-old father of two during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. While the defense has argued that prosecutors have not established enough probable cause to pursue aggravated murder, which carries the potential death penalty, experts tell Fox News Digital that they don't expect Judge Tony Graf Jr. to take it off the table just yet. ACCUSED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN TYLER ROBINSON ASKS JUDGE TO TAKE POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY OFF TABLE "We’re at a preliminary hearing stage, so we’re at a very low burden," said Skye Lazaro, a Salt Lake City-based defense attorney who is not connected to the case. "It’s probable cause, and everything is taken in a light most favorable to the state." The court held a week-long hearing in early July, then gave both sides weeks to file briefs before Tuesday's expected decision from Judge Graf. WATCH: Retired FBI sniper says Charlie Kirk shooting put many lives in danger She said she expects the entire case to be bound over for trial, including the sole aggravating factor that makes the aggravated murder charge eligible for the potential death penalty — that Robinson allegedly put other people at great risk of death by shooting Kirk in a crowded place. Greg Rogers, a former FBI agent and SWAT sniper who now teaches at Utah Valley University, said the alleged risk to the crowd should be enough to preserve the aggravating factor at this stage. "Shooting into a crowd is always dangerous because you don’t know if someone moves, someone walks behind him," Rogers told Fox News Digital. "There are all sorts of things that could happen in the very instant you pull that trigger." TYLER ROBINSON RARELY HIT BULLSEYE IN PRACTICE SHOTS, PUTTING BYSTANDERS AT RISK IN KIRK SHOOTING: PROSECUTORS Rogers said even highly trained law-enforcement snipers would consider such a shot dangerous. "When you have a rank amateur that is shooting, it’s clearly, clearly very dangerous," he said. TYLER ROBINSON'S LAWYERS SEEK CAMERA BAN FOR SEPT. 1 HEARING, SAY CASE IS NOT A 'REALITY TV SHOW' Separately, a court spokeswoman said last week that Graf may or may not hold an arraignment after deciding whether there's enough probable cause to bind the case over for trial. If he does, it would be the first time that Robinson is asked to enter a plea. TYLER ROBINSON HEARING ENDS WITHOUT RULING AS EVIDENCE DISMANTLES CHARLIE KIRK CONSPIRACY CLAIMS "I would expect that they would enter not guilty pleas and move forward," Lazaro said. Lazaro said a different plea would likely require an agreement taking the death penalty off the table. ACCUSED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN TYLER ROBINSON FIGHTS BACK AS PROSECUTORS' SPRAWLING CASE COMES INTO FOCUS "I think the state has been so assertive on their position about the death penalty in this case that I don’t see them doing that right now," Lazaro said. To attack the aggravator, Robinson's defense argued that only a single shot was fired, from an elevated position. It traveled over the crowd, rather than through it, and it only struck Kirk. TYLER ROBINSON'S AND LANCE TWIGGS' DNA BOTH ALLEGEDLY FOUND ON KEY EVIDENCE IN CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION Prosecutors countered that Robinson was a bad shot, one who "seldom hit the bullseye and sometimes misses the target completely" when practicing shooting with the suspected murder weapon. Other evidence against Robinson includes the suspected murder weapon, a .30-06 Mauser rifle that prosecutors have said belonged to his grandfather and had his DNA on it. Robinson allegedly confessed to multiple people, including his roommate and lover, Lance Twiggs, according to court documents. ACCUSED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED IN TEXTS, APOLOGIZED AND DESCRIBED MOTIVE, AGENT TESTIFIES "This is likely as straightforward a bindover decision as this Court will ever see," prosecutors wrote. "After admitting to several friends, including his roommate and romantic partner, that he assassinated Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, in front of approximately 3,000 eyewitnesses, Defendant surrendered to law enforcement for that crime." SEND US A TIP Prosecutors also presented surveillance video, ballistic evidence, an alleged handwritten confession and witness statements. In one message to Twiggs, Robinson allegedly wrote that, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST A source close to the Kirk family said last week that Kirk's widow Erika, and his parents, Rob and Kathy, all plan to attend the Sept. 1 hearing together as they did during the July hearing. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL But even if the case moves forward, Lazaro said the pretrial sparring won't end any time soon. "I do think we’re going to see a lot more litigation come down the road in terms of 1102 and expert-witness designations, forensic testimony on the ballistics and things like that," Lazaro said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96501d2c5335ae104dc44e GOP secretary of state hopeful Alex Kolodin won’t say Arizona elections are secure te 2026-09-01T04:10:05.962Z GOP secretary of state hopeful Alex Kolodin won’t say Arizona elections are secure Alex Kolodin (R) and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) at an Aug. 31, 2026, candidate forum that aired on Arizona PBS's "Arizona Horizon" program. (Screenshot via YouTube/AZPBS Now) Alex Kolodin, the Republican running to be the state’s top election administrator as secretary of state, refused to say that Arizona’s elections are safe and secure in a candidate forum Monday on public television. He dodged the question multiple times, instead declaring that Arizonans don’t have confidence in the state’s elections and blaming Adrian Fontes, the Democratic secretary of state, for turning Arizona elections from “a national model to a national embarrassment.” Throughout the 27-minute forum that was broadcast on Arizona PBS, Kolodin evaded questions or gave meandering answers that only tangentially related to the question, as “Arizona Horizon” host Ted Simons repeatedly tried — mostly in vain — to get him to give straight answers. “He’s not answering your questions because his actual answers would turn off a lot of Arizona voters,” Fontes told Simons at one point. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Fontes openly needled Kolodin about his evasiveness, repeatedly interrupting the GOP state legislator to point out how he was failing to provide simple answers to questions. “Stop talking about me. What do you want?” Fontes said when Kolodin began answering a question about whether he would support President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict voting by mail by accusing Fontes of “making a big deal of things” that don’t concern Arizona. “Why don’t you just answer the question, Alex?” Fontes interjected at another point.  “You could have just said ‘no,’ but you didn’t,” Fontes told Kolodin after he rejected the label “election denier” in an answer that focused more on a dispute over election observers in Pinal County than it did in hewing to the question he was asked. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) at an Aug. 31, 2026, candidate forum that aired on Arizona PBS’s “Arizona Horizon” program. (Screenshot via YouTube/AZPBS Now) Fontes accused Kolodin of trying to hide his true views through misleading answers and prevarications, and said his refusal to be honest and straightforward does a disservice to voters. “What I’d like to do is invite Alex Kolodin to just give straight answers to questions. This isn’t, like, a show. This is serious. Arizona voters need to see who you really are, not the prepared, canned answers,” he said near the end of the forum. “They need to see who you are, not who you prepared to be. Come on.” Kolodin, a state representative from Scottsdale who is a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, has backed changes to Arizona election laws that are inspired by conspiracy theories, including banning no-excuse vote-by-mail and returning to voting in tiny precincts, which election officials said was logistically impossible. He handily won the GOP nomination for secretary of state in the July 21 primary election. Although he said it was “absurd” and “ridiculous” to label him an “election denier,” Kolodin’s record as an attorney and a state legislator are replete with unfounded claims about Arizona’s elections. He was one of the key attorneys for Trump’s campaign who challenged the 2020 election results in the state and has represented a number of prominent election deniers.  Following Trump’s 2020 loss in Arizona, Kolodin was among the attorneys who signed on to the so-called “kraken” lawsuit that was based on claims made by people with no actual knowledge of the elections. While Kolodin and the other attorneys submitted more than 300 pages of attachments, the purported evidence was mostly “anonymous witnesses, hearsay, and relevant analysis of unrelated elections,” and a federal judge nixed the case in a scathing dismissal, saying that it would “utterly disenfranchise” millions of Arizonans who voted in the 2020 election based on claims that were “sorely wanting of relevant or reliable evidence.”  An Arizona Supreme Court disciplinary panel later found that Kolodin “violated his duty to the legal profession, the legal system, and the public” by bringing that lawsuit because it was backed by no evidence, misrepresented Arizona law and sought relief that would be illegal.  During the “Arizona Horizon” forum, Kolodin appeared at times to struggle with separating himself from Trump and the election lies that have been a defining characteristic of his time as president.  Alex Kolodin (R) at an Aug. 31, 2026, candidate forum that aired on Arizona PBS’s “Arizona Horizon” program. (Screenshot via YouTube/AZPBS Now) For instance, Trump has attacked Arizona’s elections that he or his allies lost — like his in 2020 or Kari Lake losing the governor’s race in 2022 — as being riddled with fraud. On the question about whether the state’s elections are “safe and secure,” Kolodin answered not by saying what he thought, but by pointing instead to falling voter confidence in the state’s elections, which he said is “at an all-time low” because of Fontes’ mismanagement. Fontes shot back that Kolodin was lying — a poll in late 2025 found voter confidence had significantly rebounded — and accused him of establishing his political career by “grifting on the Big Lie” and trying to parlay that into being the man overseeing all Arizona elections. “You were one of the folks who was the architect of the Big Lie here in Arizona. You’re the one who has caused the misinformation and distrust,” he said. “You’re like the arsonist who causes the fire and then says you’re going to come in and cure things.” Kolodin retorted that Fontes was “a radical” with views “far outside the mainstream” and said his record at the legislature was one of working across party lines. “I have a documented record of solving problems,” he said. “Mr. Fontes has a documented record of causing them.” Later, Kolodin took pains to avoid criticizing Trump for his aggressive efforts to make sweeping changes to elections, particularly by cracking down on voting by mail, which the president — who regularly votes by mail — has baselessly said is a source of widespread fraud that aids Democrats. When asked if voting by mail is a source of fraud, Kolodin equivocated, saying that it can be done safely “when we have a secretary of state that will follow the law.” Fontes fired back that Kolodin was little more than a lackey for Trump who would do anything the president or his administration asks, whether it has to do with mail ballots or turning over the state’s voter rolls. Fontes fought that request from the Trump administration and won in federal court — as has every state that refused to comply with the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand for voter information.  “The clear answer is obvious: He would have done exactly what the Trump administration would have told him to do, because he’s one of those guys that buys into election denialism,” Fontes said. “He would have thought he was serving his political masters in Washington, D.C., by doing that.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a964b6e2c5335ae104dc36a Get right out of town te 2026-09-01T03:50:06.517Z Get right out of town The House of Representatives is back in town after not voting since July 23. But the House is only back for less than a week. And the Senate doesn’t even return until Monday, September 14. The first day of school, this is not. House members descending on the Capitol this week – then abandoning Washington for Labor Day is kind of like the third and final preseason game in the NFL. THE WILL OF 100: TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT SIDELINED AFTER SENATE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO AUGUST EXIT Lots of fans show up for the first game of the NFL preseason. It’s usually a nice – if sweltering – August night. Not some bone-shivering chill in Cleveland with a foot of snow on the ground in mid-December. There’s anticipation. The first look at the new team. The first tailgate. First-string players and highly touted draft picks even play a series or two. But by the third preseason game, few want to be there. The die is cast for the roster spots. Players are cut. Even the most robust fans only show up for a quarter or two. In the NFL, everyone is waiting for the regular season to begin in a few weeks. That’s kind of where things are now in the House. Congress has tackled most of its business for the year. The highly-touted GOP "Reconciliation 3.0" likely falls by the wayside. Lawmakers even tucked into bed the usual autumn drama surrounding a possible government shutdown. The chances of a repeat following last year’s 43-day shutdown saga dissipated in early August when the Senate approved an interim, bipartisan bill which will fund the government through December 11. The House votes on that bill Tuesday. Everyone on Capitol Hill is now waiting for the regular season to begin. That’s what awaits the body politic following the midterm elections in November. And most members don’t even want to linger in Washington right now. As fast as they came to Washington, they wanted to skate out of town to campaign. That’s why attendance might be sparse over the next few days. The House had 384 members present for one non-controversial measure Monday night. A second vote recorded 388 members present. Those attendance figures could slide if the House returns to Washington in mid-September – as the schedule dictates. Especially among those who either lost their primaries or are retiring. In fact, Fox is told that some members in both camps have even considered resigning early. Imagine what that could do to the narrow Republican majority. TRUMP DEMAND PUTS VULNERABLE REPUBLICANS IN IMPOSSIBLE SPOT AHEAD OF MIDTERMS So, will the House stick it out this week, go home and come back in a few weeks? "Are we going to be here the entire period?" yours truly asked House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. "We’re going to be here this week and then we're going to come back in a couple weeks?" "Well, it’s on the schedule," Johnson replied. That’s a schedule which the House Republican leadership etched out last December – on the heels of that epic government shutdown. Who could have anticipated that government funding could work out so easily this time around. So what’s on the agenda? Republicans plan a vote on a resolution to get Democrats on the record of either supporting socialism or democracy. In other words, the GOP wants Democrats to put their voting cards where their policies are. "They want to abolish things like the U.S. Supreme Court. The United States Senate," said Rep. Jeff Crank R-Colo. Republicans hope to compel Democrats to either accept or reject progressive, left-wing ideologies. "We need to see where Democrats stand on this because the American people are rejecting it," said Rep. Tom Tiffany R-Wis., on Fox. "They're going to try to distance themselves as much as they can," said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla. "But the fact is that's where the Democratic Party is going. That's where the energy of the Democratic Party is going." This is what’s described in Congress as a "gotcha" vote. Republicans will dare Democrats to vote no. And if they do, the GOP will deploy that vote against vulnerable Democrats in campaign ads this fall. Some Democrats could vote to reject any relationship with socialism. In fact, the vote could give those Democrats a gift to say they’re opposed to socialists in the Democratic Party. But Republicans ensconced a measure in the resolution which could oblige Democrats to vote no. The measure includes the SAVE America Act. That’s the hallmark of the GOP’s agenda. It requires proof of citizenship for voting. Most Democrats view the SAVE America Act as a poison pill. So Democrats could vote nay. And some Republicans will still say "gotcha" if they oppose it. "The resolution elevates the so-called Save America Act, which is just the ‘suppress the vote act,’ said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries D-N.Y. "I'm not clear how many Democrats are actually going to support a resolution whose focus is on trying to rig the midterm election by elevating this voter suppression legislation that Donald Trump has been trying to jam down the throats of the American people for the last year." The House could also wrestle with a resolution to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C. He admitted to inappropriate conduct around female aides and dropped his reelection bid. There could be an effort to expel Rep. Cory Mills R-Fla. He faces allegations of financial misconduct and alleged assault of a woman at his apartment last year. But Mills lost his primary. Then there is Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio. The Ohio Republican faces allegations of spousal and child abuse. Republicans implored Miller to drop his reelection bid. But Miller doubled down, saying the allegations are false. Johnson says he supports Miller’s "reelection." He contends the House shouldn’t take action until the Ethics Committee completes its inquiry. "He has been a great Member of Congress," said Johnson of Miller. "He has some personal issues he’s still working through." But it’s possible Democrats – and even some Republicans – could engineer a special resolution to expel or otherwise punish Miller. Johnson and the GOP leadership want nothing to do with that. So the solution? Get lawmakers off Capitol Hill and back into their districts. Fast. Yes, it’s unclear what the Senate may address when it returns in a few weeks. But House Republicans are more concerned with clinging to their narrow majority in November. So recessing until after the election could prove to be the safest political tactic for Republicans. Don’t be surprised if the House leaves Washington until November in the next few days. Think it’s not possible? Get right out of town. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a964b6c2c5335ae104dc34b California Lawmakers Pass Ban on Shock Gloves te 2026-09-01T03:50:04.539Z California Lawmakers Pass Ban on Shock Gloves The California Legislature moved quickly to approve the legislation in an attempt to stop ICE agents from using the gloves. Local law enforcement agencies have come out against the bill. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96491c2c5335ae104dc326 ZACARIE ROMERO.jpg te 2026-09-01T03:40:12.091Z ZACARIE ROMERO.jpg Zacarie Romero Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96491b2c5335ae104dc31d ANDREW FLANAGAN.jpg te 2026-09-01T03:40:11.254Z ANDREW FLANAGAN.jpg Andrew Flanagan Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96491a2c5335ae104dc314 MARUICE JOHNSON.jpg te 2026-09-01T03:40:10.352Z MARUICE JOHNSON.jpg Maurice Johnson Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9649192c5335ae104dc30b JON BANTLEON.jpg te 2026-09-01T03:40:09.551Z JON BANTLEON.jpg Jon Bantleon Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9649182c5335ae104dc2ff Letter to the Editor: Stand up for Arizona’s national monuments Before it’s too late te 2026-09-01T03:40:08.706Z Letter to the Editor: Stand up for Arizona’s national monuments Before it’s too late Editor: After the near elimination of two Utah National Monuments, Arizona could be next. It was already reported last year that the administration was looking to downsize or eliminate six national monuments in particular. Two were those in Utah, and… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9638b32c5335ae104dbf5c DAVID ROJAS.jpg te 2026-09-01T02:30:11.112Z DAVID ROJAS.jpg David Rojas Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9638b22c5335ae104dbf53 ALFONSO ROSALES.PNG te 2026-09-01T02:30:10.273Z ALFONSO ROSALES.PNG Alfonso Rosales Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9638b12c5335ae104dbf4a CALVIN HOSLER.jpg te 2026-09-01T02:30:09.390Z CALVIN HOSLER.jpg Calvin Hosler Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9636562c5335ae104dbec3 WATCH: Maryland carjacking suspect plows toward cops as they open fire te 2026-09-01T02:20:06.922Z WATCH: Maryland carjacking suspect plows toward cops as they open fire Newly released body camera footage shows an alleged carjacking suspect driving toward Maryland police officers, striking an officer and multiple cars before officers opened fire as she attempted to flee. Police in Anne Arundel County responded on May 7 at around 9 p.m. to the area of North Crain Highway and 11th Avenue in Glen Burnie for a report of a hit-and-run. When police arrived at the scene, they learned a woman had crashed her car into another vehicle before forcibly taking the vehicle belonging to a family member who had shown up to help her. The woman, identified as Jasmin L. Cooper, 28, was later located inside the vehicle on the 8500 block of Severn. WATCH: DEPUTIES HUNT WANTED MAN THROUGH CORNFIELD AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE CAUGHT ON CAMERA Officers can be seen in the video pointing their guns at the woman inside the car, yelling at her to "turn the car off" and "get out of the car." At one point, she raises her hands from the wheel, but she does not exit the vehicle. "So what, she stole her son's car?" one officer is heard saying in the footage. A short time later, the woman pulled out of the parking space and sped away while officers hurried out of the way. SUSPECT ACCUSED OF HURLING CHAINSAW AT DEPUTIES DURING CHAOTIC STOLEN CAR CHASE CAUGHT ON VIDEO Police said Cooper drove toward the officers, striking an officer, two patrol cars and another vehicle, prompting officers to discharge their firearms, striking her.. Additional officers responding to the scene observed Cooper turn onto Reece Road. She crashed into another car in the area of Reece Road and Telegraph Road and attempted to break into another occupied vehicle before officers apprehended her. The footage shows the woman lying on the ground in handcuffs. The video also shows officers bandaging the woman's wound after she was shot in the parking lot. Cooper was charged with carjacking, attempted carjacking , multiple counts of reckless endangerment, first- and second-degree assault and related charges. The suspect and the officer who was struck by her were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9636562c5335ae104dbeba CBS News takes heat over report on Dem hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's now-deleted 9/11 posts te 2026-09-01T02:20:06.196Z CBS News takes heat over report on Dem hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's now-deleted 9/11 posts CBS News faced heat from the far-left Monday over a report about past comments Democratic Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed made about 9/11 ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack. "As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack," CBS News wrote Monday. The report cited El-Sayed's deleted social media posts, including some from 2020 comparing the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 to the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. Another post from Sept. 11, 2021, first uncovered by The Washington Free Beacon, read, "Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith. Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my country." UNEARTHED EL-SAYED ESSAY DRAWS EXPLOSIVE TRUMP-BIN LADEN PARALLEL: ‘RECRUITED, RADICALIZED AND REASSURED’ However, many of El-Sayed's supporters and other liberal critics expressed outrage linking El-Sayed to the forthcoming 9/11 anniversary. "What an insane headline," far-left commentator Hasan Piker reacted on X. "This is why the [new Paramount owner David Ellison] bought CBS and put Bari Weiss in charge." Bari Weiss was tapped by Ellison to become the network's editor-in-chief last fall as part of Paramount's multimillion-dollar acquisition of her outlet The Free Press. "Hi @CBS @CBSNews @bariweiss do you think it's super offensive and disgusting and Islamophobic to do a tweet about the potential first ever Muslim Democratic senator which begins by referencing 9/11?" Zeteo founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan asked. "Despicable anti-Muslim woke right garbage from the house CBS account," The Bulwark podcast host and MS NOW analyst Tim Miller wrote. SOCIALIST CANDIDATES CAN DELETE OLD POSTS, BUT THEY CAN'T ERASE THEIR RADICALISM "What an insane, blatantly racist headline. Unreal," Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., posted. "The current state of institutional media legit bums me out," Vox host and editorial director Astead Herndon said. "We’ve burned through so much credibility in recent years. And our information ecosystem is worse for it." YOUTUBE STAR MS RACHEL GIVES FUNDS TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MICHIGAN SENATE HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED A CBS News source familiar with the story shrugged off the criticism, telling Fox News Digital that reports about deleted social media posts from politicians are published "all the time." El-Sayed was confronted about his deleted posts by a local CBS News reporter on the campaign trail. "What happened on 9/11 is a disaster. It was a terrible attack on our country," El-Sayed said. "And our responsibility is also to think about, how do we build an America where we are protecting our servicemen and women from being asked to fight in wars we have no business fighting in?" CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9633fa2c5335ae104dbe29 How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump te 2026-09-01T02:10:02.615Z How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9631a72c5335ae104dbdcd Chad Ochocinco warns Browns' Deshaun Watson has 'very short' leash, could lose starting job by Week 3 te 2026-09-01T02:00:07.372Z Chad Ochocinco warns Browns' Deshaun Watson has 'very short' leash, could lose starting job by Week 3 The Cleveland Browns made their quarterback decision entering the 2026 NFL season, but football fans are still trying to process why Deshaun Watson is getting the Week 1 start against the Jacksonville Jaguars over Shedeur Sanders. The decision by first-year head coach Todd Monken may have answered the question on everyone’s mind for the Browns this preseason, but the debate still rages on throughout the football world considering Watson’s track record in Cleveland and how the $230 million man hasn’t lived up to his contract in the slightest. In fact, fans booed Watson during their home preseason against the Buffalo Bills, to which he called them "disrespectful" and "personal" rather than a reaction to his performance on the field. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Either way, Watson heads into the new campaign – his first regular-season play since tearing his Achilles in 2024 – with an immense amount of pressure. However, one former NFL star believes the leash will be quite tight for the veteran signal caller. Maybe to the point where he doesn’t start under center come Week 3 – the Browns’ home opener against the Carolina Panthers. "If they start the season 0-2 – you open with the Jaguars. Then, you have Tampa Bay, then you come home. I’m not sure you play the third game, but you’d have to start that season off either 1-1 or 2-0. Either 1-1 or 2-0. One or the other. If you start off 0-2, they’re making a move. They’re making a move before the season gets too far away from them," Chad Ochocinco told OutKick in a recent interview while highlighting his partnership with DraftKings ahead of this NFL season. DESHAUN WATSON SAYS 'EMOTIONS GOT THE BEST OF ME' AFTER RIPPING CLEVELAND BROWNS FANS FOR BOOING Ochocinco has been very vocal about the Browns’ quarterback conundrum on his "Nightcap" podcast with Shannon Sharpe, where he’s noted on numerous occasions that there was never really a position battle between Watson, Sanders, Dillon Gabriel and anyone else on the quarterbacks' depth chart. "It was never a quarterback competition. It never was. At no point in any game is the $46 million man competing for a job and would lose to the younger player based on salary," Ochocinco said. "As an owner and person writing the check, Deshaun Watson was always going to be the starting quarterback no matter what. Now, it’s his job to lose now going forward, and his leash is going to be very short." From the fan perspective, Ochocinco also understands why the Browns faithful feel the way they do about Watson. Since he came over in a now-infamous trade with the Houston Texans, Watson, who was given a whopping $230 million, fully guaranteed contract over five years, has started just 19 games across three seasons, with injuries and his lengthy 11-game NFL suspension coming in 2022. In those games, the Browns have gone 9-10, including the most recent in 2024 where he went 1-6. Watson has thrown 19 touchdowns compared to 12 interceptions, competing 61.2% of his passes for 3,365 yards and a passer rating of 80.7. For comparison there, in his four years with the Texans, where he earned three Pro Bowls and led the NFL with 4,823 yards in 2020, he had a passer rating of 104.5. "The fans are upset, the fans are booing because they have nothing to cheer for," Ochocinco said. "You haven’t given them anything to cheer for in general. So, the bad taste that’s left in their mouths are the issues that came with you from Houston on top of coming here to Cleveland. You’ve given them nothing to cheer for, therefore that’s why they’re gonna feel the way they feel." So, what do Watson and the Browns do if even their home crowd seems to be against the most important player on the field for them come Week 1? As the saying goes, the shortest way through a storm is straight. Watson is going to have to face the music, and Ochocinco is hoping he can do it. HALL OF FAMER JOE THOMAS ON SKIPPING THE NFL DRAFT TO FISH, RAISING WAGYU AND TRANSFORMING HIS HEALTH "But one thing can happen: performing and winning cures all," he said. "Listen, they come out the gate, somehow find a way to beat Jacksonville, find a way to beat Tampa, and you go into Cleveland the first home game 2-0. Man, they will cheer their a—off. You’re gonna hear cheering and eruptions of cheering for Deshaun that he’s never heard before. Honestly, I’m hoping he does. "Winning cures all. It doesn’t matter what you did. You’re the quarterback of their team. If you start out the gate 1-1 at best – 2-0 best scenario – they’re going to love you in Cleveland despite what you’ve done. They’ll love you because you’re winning – something they haven’t had consistently for a very long time." It will be a tough task for Watson and the Browns to get those wins against playoff hopefuls in Weeks 1 and 2. But Ochocinco sees no other way for Watson to hang on to his job even if it is just the start of a new campaign. OCHO LOVES DRAFTKINGS GAMEDAY College football is already underway, and the NFL is right around the corner, which has Ochocinco very excited about football being back. Also, he’s excited to impact the fan experience with DraftKings. "DraftKings Gameday," which will take place on Sept. 2, was announced on Monday with quite the activation as it celebrates the first football season with DraftKings Sports & Casino available in all 50 states. As a way to fuel fans with the return of football, DraftKings will be offering free gas, while supplies last, to passenger vehicles at select gas stations in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Detroit. Specific locations and event times will be announced separately. "For me, I think it’s fun because who else would do something like this outside of DraftKings. This is a great touch for NFL fans to start the season," Ochocinco said. "We’re giving you free gas, so when your respective team plays, you’re fueled up to go. And word of mouth will be, ‘You won’t believe this? You know what DraftKings did? I was able to save money and get tickets to go to a game because they paid for my gas.’ That makes sense." There will also be exclusive DraftKings Gameday promotions for customers, a customized in-app experience, in-person activations, a charitable donation through the DraftKings SERVES program, and a new campaign featuring Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas this season. "It’s all about the fan experience, so some of the offers and luxuries throughout the season is what sets us apart from everybody else. I’m happy to be a part of them," Ochocinco said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a962f4d2c5335ae104dbd0f Gen Z Democratic lawmaker spars with Baby Boomers over whether American Dream is dead te 2026-09-01T01:50:05.838Z Gen Z Democratic lawmaker spars with Baby Boomers over whether American Dream is dead Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., engaged in a fiery debate with a group of Baby Boomers this week on the web series Surrounded, arguing that Generation Z faces economic hurdles their generation did not experience. The 29-year-old congressman appeared in the viral debate on the Jubilee YouTube channel, where a single public figure faces an entire room of challengers.  In the debate, Frost argued that young Americans were raised with the expectation that going to college — even if it required taking on student debt — would lead to a good job, allow them to repay that debt and provide a pathway toward the American dream. He argued that this bargain, and the American dream prospect itself, no longer holds for many young Americans. Frost cited his working-class family background and noted that he worked as an Uber driver to make ends meet while running for Congress. VANCE WARNS THERE WILL BE A SOCIALIST PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY IF GOP DOESN'T FIX ECONOMY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE "So that’s the American dream! You lived it!" his debate opponent, comedian Geno Bisconte, responded in a clip that went viral on Monday. "The American dream isn't driving Uber to barely make ends meet," Frost replied. "The American dream is upward mobility and being able to have success." "You went from driving an Uber to being a politician!" Bisconte shouted. "Is that upward!? What am I missing?" "But it's not about one person. It's about the totality of a generation," Frost replied. "That's part of the reason that I have the claim that I have. The majority of my generation is struggling and having a hard time to just survive. Just to survive. The American dream isn't survival, my friend. Is the American dream survival or is it thriving? The American dream is thriving. The fact of the matter is the vast majority of young people feel like they're not able to put aside enough money to have mobility." Another participant named William argued that many of Frost’s complaints can be attributed to population growth from mass immigration. BIDEN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SURGE CAUSED HIGHER RENT AND HOME PRICES, FED STUDY FINDS "When we started school, there was less than 157 million people in America today. Now there's 340," William responded. "More people needing homes means home prices go up. More people needing food means food prices go up. We can't correct that until we get rid of all the foreigners that have come in here. And your party is refusing to do that, even if they’re illegal!" Frost pushed back, saying immigrants provide a net economic positive and share more in common with everyday Americans than billionaires do. He added that entry-level wages haven't kept pace with living costs, making the prospect of buying a home on a retail or service job "a fantasy." Frost also pointed to competition in real estate, noting young buyers now face off against private equity firms. Analysts and policy experts offered mixed takes on the generational exchange in comments to Fox News Digital. Judge Glock, director of research and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, argued that in general young adults have a much higher net income than Baby Boomers did at the same age, but agreed that housing affordability is at its "worst it's been in decades." However, Glock disputed Frost’s contention that institutional investors or older generations are to blame, attributing price spikes to regulatory constraints that limit new housing construction alongside high mortgage rates. CEO UNDER FIRE FOR MASS LAYOFFS AMID FOREIGN WORKER HIRING SPREE NOW APPOINTED TO FED'S TASK FORCE ON JOBS "Frost is wrong that higher housing prices are due to competition from Baby Boomers or Wall Street," Glock said. "The fundamental reason housing prices have gone up is that we are building less than we used to. And we are building less than we used to because of ever-increasing regulations, from zoning to environmental mandates. When combined with high mortgage rates due to both inflation and high levels of government debt, homeownership is becoming increasingly out of reach." Glock also noted that "This generation also has much higher student debt levels than earlier ones. Due to their high student debt, and lack of wealth in housing, older Millennials have a lower net worth than Gen Xers at the same age. That's not because of a lack of jobs, but because colleges have been handing out ever more low-quality degrees at an ever higher cost." Elizabeth Pipko, a former Republican National Committee national spokesperson, agreed that Gen Z faces certain major challenges, but argued they should not overestimate the luxuries the Baby Boomer generation had. "Nobody is arguing that young Americans have it easy. And it is true that housing prices in many parts of America have risen much faster than incomes, particularly in desirable cities and suburbs. But, with that being said, times have changed and the comparison to baby boomers is not exactly fair," she said. "Households back then consumed much less. Today’s family is purchasing a much higher material standard of living. What is considered 'normal' today would have been a dream to many a few decades ago. For example, the material things that improve our quality of life which were mere dreams are now not only attainable by most, but vastly cheaper. Think about computers, televisions, household technology, air travel, etc. Times have changed, yes, and with that comes difficulties, but also incredible advantages and benefits." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Pipko added that immigration, artificial intelligence, and post-pandemic work shifts are compounding the tough entry-level job market for recent graduates. She cautioned against abusing H-1B visas for cheaper labor, warning that such practices put "American graduates in direct competition for the entry-level jobs that traditionally gave them their start." Link Lauren, an influencer and former senior advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also told Fox News Digital, "For years, I’ve recommended trade and technical schools. If you go to college and major in queer theater or LatinX literature, don’t be shocked when there aren’t tons of jobs waiting for you. Unless you really need that four-year degree to go on to medical school or law school, you really have to think twice about spending all that time and money on a college campus. The American dream is certainly attainable. But the landscape has shifted. This is something Charlie Kirk spoke about often." Fox News Digital also reached out to Frost's campaign and did not receive an immediate reply. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a962a9c2c5335ae104dbc3d Suspected DUI driver leads cops on wild chase before dramatic takedown on popular California beach te 2026-09-01T01:30:04.762Z Suspected DUI driver leads cops on wild chase before dramatic takedown on popular California beach A man accused of driving recklessly led police on an erratic pursuit through San Diego before the chase spilled onto a popular beach Sunday morning, where stunned beachgoers watched officers move in and take him into custody. The chaotic pursuit began just before 7:30 a.m. when the San Diego Police Department received multiple calls from witnesses reporting a man driving recklessly in the Pacific Beach neighborhood, police told Fox News Digital. Witnesses described a man behind the wheel of a tan or gold Nissan Frontier doing donuts in parking lots, nearly hitting other vehicles and possibly striking curbs and a retaining wall, according to police. Officers arrived in the area within minutes and spotted the truck heading west toward the ocean. An officer attempted a traffic stop, but police said the driver fled and a pursuit ensued. HUNDREDS BLOCK FLORIDA INTERSTATE IN ALLEGED STREET TAKEOVER BEFORE 140 MPH POLICE CHASE Officers eventually terminated the pursuit because of what police described as the driver's "increasing wanton disregard to public safety." BODYCAM SHOWS POLICE K-9 LEAPING INTO ACTION AFTER SUSPECTED IMPAIRED DRIVER REFUSED TO SURRENDER Police later located the truck again, but the driver allegedly failed to yield a second time, sparking another pursuit that officers also terminated. By then, police said the Nissan was wanted in connection with felony evading, and officers saturated the area in an effort to locate it. WATCH: DEPUTIES HUNT WANTED MAN THROUGH CORNFIELD AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE CAUGHT ON CAMERA Officers eventually spotted the truck again driving slowly but held off on another attempted stop until the department's ABLE, or Airborne Law Enforcement, helicopter was overhead and able to track it. The helicopter followed the Nissan as it drove onto the beach and headed toward the water, police said. WATCH: FELONY SUSPECT'S OCEAN GETAWAY UNRAVELS AFTER 90-MINUTE STANDOFF WITH LIFEGUARDS Video from the scene shows stunned beachgoers watching as officers converge on the pickup on the sand. The driver, identified by police as 25-year-old Griffin Charles Foy, is seen outside the truck with his hands raised as officers move in to detain him. A police K-9 was also at the scene but was not deployed during Foy’s arrest, authorities said. FLORIDA MAN IN BUNNY HELMET ALLEGEDLY LED POLICE ON 120 MPH CHASE BEFORE SURRENDERING TO TROOPERS Police said officers conducted a high-risk vehicle stop because of the nature of the alleged violations and Foy's "disregard to public safety." Foy was taken into custody without further incident. REPEAT OFFENDER WITH MASSIVE RAP SHEET LEADS COPS ON WILD CHASE AS BLIND PASSENGER BEGS TO ESCAPE: POLICE He was booked into San Diego Central Jail on charges of felony evading a peace officer with wanton disregard for safety, obstructing or resisting a peace officer and driving under the influence of drugs, according to police. Despite the chaotic pursuit, police said no one was injured. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9625ed2c5335ae104dbb51 Ketel Marte breaks unexplained absence from Diamondbacks, will face his teammates 'like a man' te 2026-09-01T01:10:05.645Z Ketel Marte breaks unexplained absence from Diamondbacks, will face his teammates 'like a man' Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte finally graced his team with his presence Monday, returning to the lineup after ghosting the club and leaving fans holding the bag for two weeks. Naturally, the D-backs rewarded his unexcused vacation by plugging him right back into the clean-up spot as the designated hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. "I'm going to stand in front of my teammates like a man," Marte said through a translator. "I'm going to ask for forgiveness. We're human, we all commit mistakes." Marte walked away from the club in Boston on Aug. 17 without permission, initially leading to a restricted list placement before the team cited knee inflammation. Marte admitted the no-show was entirely on him. PHILLIES SEND CY YOUNG CONTENDER CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ TO THE MOUND IN WILD CARD RACE SHOWDOWN "A moment of frustration," he explained. "No one made the decision for me, I'm the one that made the decision to not show up." He added, "I get along really well with Torey, and in that instance I failed him by not showing up," referring to manager Torey Lovullo. If that wasn't wild enough, Lovullo openly stated after Marte's return that this marks the fourth consecutive season the second baseman has missed a game without team authorization. If any normal American walked off the job without permission once a year for four straight years, security would escort them out of the building. In Major League Baseball, it just gets you slotted right back into the middle of the order for a playoff push. DIAMONDBACKS MANAGER TOREY LOVULLO APOLOGIZES TO CHICAGO CUBS AFTER SIGN STEALING CONTROVERSY: 'BUSH LEAGUE' While sidelined on the injured list, videos surfaced of Marte casually playing roulette at Talking Stick Casino in Scottsdale while his teammates were grinding out a home game across town. Pressed on the optics of hitting the gaming tables mid-game, Marte shrugged off the backlash like it was nothing. "I've been injured before, those are things that I do in my personal time," he told reporters. "I've been injured before, those are things that I do in my personal time," Marte told reporters. When asked directly if he had any message for the Arizona fans who pay his salary, the D-Backs star offered complete silence and simply shook his head no. The Diamondbacks are stuck in a corner. At 73-65 and fighting for a Wild Card spot, they desperately need Marte's bat (.249 average, 21 home runs). Locked into a contract through 2031 with full no-trade protection, Marte holds every piece of leverage in the building. Arizona gets its star back for the stretch run, proving once again that as long as you hit home runs, accountability is completely optional. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9623982c5335ae104db8ff Teen girl indicted on murder charges for allegedly helping spread livestream of deadly mosque shooting te 2026-09-01T01:00:08.073Z Teen girl indicted on murder charges for allegedly helping spread livestream of deadly mosque shooting If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting after allegedly recording a livestream of the deadly San Diego mosque shooting and sharing the attackers’ manifesto. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said Monday that the teenager, identified as Sarah L. Santiago in court records, was indicted on three murder counts and one conspiracy count, according to The Associated Press. Although she was across the country during the May 18 attack, she allegedly recorded and helped distribute the attackers’ livestream and published their manifesto. "She disseminated that information. And she published their manifesto," O'Neill said. NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN CHARGED IN ALLEGED HOUSTON SYNAGOGUE ATTACK PLOT AS INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR 2 OTHERS Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17, stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego armed and intending to kill people inside, according to authorities. The gunmen killed three men — Amin Abdullah, Nadir Awad and Mansour Kaziha — who confronted them and helped prevent further bloodshed. The attackers later died by suicide in a vehicle nearby, police said. Authorities said the mosque was one target in a broader attack plan. "Their plan that day was to commit mass murders not only at the mosque, but to follow up at a local Jewish temple. And finally, at a predominantly African-American high school there in town," O'Neill said. FBI NABS 7 FOR ALLEGED 'CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE' TO PRESSURE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, BUSINESSES OVER ISRAEL TIES The indictment alleges Santiago agreed before the attack to record and distribute the gunmen’s livestream and publish their manifesto. She is also accused of buying a patch bearing a white-supremacist symbol for one of the attackers to wear during the shooting, The Associated Press reported. O’Neill said Santiago could face charges in North Carolina even though she was not physically present in California. "She didn't have to be in California, she's in our jurisdiction," O'Neill said. "And today, a grand jury indicted her and held her responsible for her actions leading up to that disastrous day in May." O’Neill noted that North Carolina law allows a 17-year-old accused of such conduct to be treated as an adult. FBI BRINGS IRAQI MAN ACCUSED OF COORDINATING NEARLY 20 TERROR ATTACKS IN EUROPE TO FACE TRIAL IN NEW YORK Authorities said the broader investigation has included more than 100 interviews, over 30 search warrants and a review of more than 4 million messages. "Our investigation shows that the individual had multiple opportunities to come forward to law enforcement and alert us of these deliberate actions, and the failure to do so must have consequences," FBI Charlotte Special Agent in Charge Reid Davis said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9623962c5335ae104db8f6 Texas Tech head coach blasts USC, Lincoln Riley, for poor attendance at LA Coliseum in Week Zero te 2026-09-01T01:00:06.871Z Texas Tech head coach blasts USC, Lincoln Riley, for poor attendance at LA Coliseum in Week Zero Boy oh boy, do we need a full slate of college football games to start. Immediately, if not sooner. Despite the LSU Tigers program under Lane Kiffin essentially blowing up the college football model by adding NFL players in order to make their team better and pivotal week one storylines to track, the only topic of discussion around the sport this week has been the attendance at USC's home opener. The Trojans hosted San Jose State at the LA Coliseum on Saturday at noon, a game time that made little sense for everyone other than NBC. SC entered the game as 38-point favorites, temperatures were in the mid-90's with extreme, and unusual, humidity for Southern California, and the kickoff time ensured there'd be no shade or relief from the miserable conditions. USC FOOTBALL RIPPED FOR PATHETIC CROWD AT HOME OPENER: 'ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING' Unsurprisingly, many chose to stay home, rationally deciding that they could simply wait for the weather and a more favorable kickoff time to deal with the atrocious LA traffic, elevated parking prices, long walk, and terrible security lines. This has sparked days of outrage and clickbait videos from commentators and analysts in comfortable studios who are certain they'd sit in the heat to watch a full game that was over within 15 minutes. All while ignoring the many examples of other big schools, like the Florida Gators, that have struggled to fill seats for noon games in August. Now we can add the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, a program known for its moral character, to the list of complainants. At a news conference on Monday, Joey Maguire explained, just before taking a shot, that he did not want to "take any shots," before saying he's excited to play in front of a sold out crowd in Lubbock this weekend. "Not to take any shots because I have a lot of respect for USC and Lincoln Riley, but man, it's really awesome to be playing in Lubbock, Texas, knowing we're going to be playing front of 60,000, and it's going to be warm," he said. "It's going to be every bit as warm as it was Saturday. The great thing is we got some really tough people in West Texas that love their football and they're going to show up." DOES USC'S POOR OPENING GAME ATTENDANCE MEAN LINCOLN RILEY'S ON THE HOT SEAT ALREADY? It actually won't be as warm in Lubbock as it was in LA, with a forecast high of 92 degrees and lower humidity. And the game is at 4 p.m., meaning the sun will be going down behind the stadium by the second half, instead of only getting increasingly hot as the game wears on. Though, since weather is the topic of conversation in college football right now, it is a credit to fans in Lubbock that they show up to watch their teams in the heat. The problem though? They have no choice. Most Texas Tech home games in August and September are going to be miserable, because the weather in Lubbock in August and September is miserable. There's no, "I'll just go to the next game because it'll be more comfortable," because doing so would mean missing half the season. Same with Gainesville, Florida, and most of the South. The weather is objectively awful for two straight months, which means you have little choice but to subject yourself to hell in order to watch the team play. With USC, by contrast, these outlier heatwaves are pretty easily avoidable. The forecast for Friday night's game against Fresno State, for example, is 72 degrees. By the end of the game, it'll be 68. Some fans make the rational decision to simply...go to that game instead, not waste their time to watch 15 minutes of competitive football. Especially when there are multiple events per week that compete for entertainment dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Fans in other parts of the country have no choice and are used to atrocious conditions, because they live in places with atrocious summer climates. There's no competition for Texas Tech football in Lubbock, not the NFL, not Major League Baseball, and not Major League Soccer, all of which will have games in LA in the coming weeks. Should USC's attendance have been higher? Yeah, absolutely. Did it fill in more after kickoff? Also yes, though obviously well below what it could have been. For those who've never been to the Coliseum, it's in downtown LA, which means horrific traffic trying to get to the USC campus. There's little parking at the Coliseum, meaning fans are forced into a nightmarish hellscape of distant structures, and the security lines are infamously awful at an old stadium. Late arriving crowds are part of the LA sports experience, even at USC, because getting places in LA is an unpredictable guessing game. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Oh, and not that it matters to Maguire or to anyone else, for that matter, but there are plenty of good seats available for most Texas Tech home games this year. Yes, week one is sold out, but their game against Arizona has thousands of tickets just waiting for those "tough" fans to snap up. Even their "biggest" home game, against Arizona State, has seats readily available. Lower level tickets are $170, whereas desirable seats for SC's home game against Oregon in September are $425-$475. For a family of four, that's nearly $2,000 to go to a game, with parking and stadium concessions. Maybe that's part of the problem too, USC's administration simply pricing their tickets too high for what the market can support. Particularly given the competition in LA and Southern California. USC's student composition has also changed dramatically in recent decades, as the school now has a shockingly high percentage of international students, thanks to their wealthy donor parents, who have little interest in football. But nuance, rationality, perspective, and experience are not valuable commodities in college football, however, considering social media dunks are far more exciting and attention grabbing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961ee72c5335ae104db75e LSU alum Ben McDonald says he doesn't agree with NFL-to-college returns, but understands why coaches want them te 2026-09-01T00:40:07.346Z LSU alum Ben McDonald says he doesn't agree with NFL-to-college returns, but understands why coaches want them As the LSU Tigers prepare for their season opener against the Clemson Tigers, not all eyes are focused on the current matchups to expect in Death Valley. The college football world is waiting to see if tight end Dae’Quan Wright, as well as former Notre Dame defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka, among others, will be available to play for LSU after causing quite the controversy by reuniting with Lane Kiffin at the NCAA level after being released by the Cleveland Browns following a training camp stint with the NFL team. Even as college football's Week 0 has passed, the debate continues over a growing trend: former NFL rookies and other athletes attempting to move from the professional ranks back to college in pursuit of a fifth year of eligibility. The SEC and other major conferences have pushed back on new guidelines, but injunctions and temporary restraining orders issued by local judges have generated a series of court proceedings and strained relations among the NCAA, conferences, schools and others. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Ben McDonald, the first overall pick of the 1989 MLB Draft, Olympic gold medalist, and former LSU Tigers star pitcher, appeared on "America Reports" where he told Sandra Smith about his stance on the current stir running through the college ranks. "Personally, I don’t believe in it," McDonald explained. "I think once you get to play your four years, for me, it’s time to move on at that point. But things are so different now when you talk about the NIL money and the money that’s out there now, you get why these kids want to come back. "So, if you can’t make it in the NFL, MLB, wherever, maybe you have that opportunity to return for a fifth year of college and make some money. You don’t blame the players for wanting to continue to play. They love the sport, they want to continue their athletic career. But also, money is involved." MATT RHULE SOUNDS ALARM ON NFL RETURNEES, $45 MILLION ROSTERS AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S PAYROLL PROBLEM One of the NFL’s top agents, Drew Rosenhaus, who also represents Wright, explained why he supports players returning to college if they are within the current "5-for-5" rule set by the NCAA in June, which gives student-athletes five years of eligibility to play five seasons. For one, as McDonald mentioned, there’s the financial perks of returning to college rather than sitting on a practice squad for NFL rookies. "He is not going to make an NFL team this year," Rosenhaus said on "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade." "At best, he would be on a practice squad. He feels playing another year in college would be great for his development, and it will allow him to get bigger, stronger, more experienced and take another shot at the NFL. Oh, by the way, he would make more money in college than he’d make on an NFL practice squad." Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule recently appeared on OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich," where he added how much of a boost players like Wright got already because they’ve gone against pros in an NFL training camp. "Twice as good," Rhule said about Wright’s development having been with the Browns. "I think the hardest thing when you’re coaching these guys, you’re always telling them, ‘Hey, do this. This is what it’s like at the next level.’ It would be at least twice, if not three, times better than they were." So, in that respect, McDonald understands a coach like Kiffin wanting to go after these players wishing to get back to college. "Whether you agree with it or not, if I’m a college coach and I have the opportunity to get a kid that’s got four years of college experience, and he was in an NFL training camp, why would I not want him to come back to my roster? It only allows us a better chance to win," he said. "Everybody’s picking on Lane Kiffin because it’s low-hanging fruit for him. There’s been a lot of controversy over Kiffin lately, leaving Ole Miss and the great year he had the last few years at Ole Miss, and now he’s the head coach at LSU. But it’s not an LSU thing. This is across the board. …I don’t totally agree with it, but I understand where it’s at right now. And if I’m a head coach, hey, I want those players. There is pressure to win now, and why not get the best players you can?" NFL WARNS CLUBS THEY CANNOT SIGN ANY PLAYER WHO RETURNS TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR 2026 SEASON, MEMO SAYS McDonald added the other side of the argument, believing "it hurts our incoming freshman class because those kids don’t have really nowhere to go with the 5-for-5 deal that’s out there right now." Kiffin said that he spoke with his players’ leadership committee, where they were at a consensus to "bring ‘em" into the program if it meant winning this season. "We understand we have a team that's practiced together and worked together all offseason, but one of them said, 'Hey, this is how it works at the next level, and this is how the real world works.' So, that made me feel a little better in the struggle and being torn back and forth," Kiffin told reporters on Monday. Kiffin’s final roster is due to the SEC on Friday, which is the day before the team will take on Clemson. On Thursday, a judge in a Louisiana courtroom will either uphold the temporary restraining order, which would prohibit the SEC from punishing schools if they were to add a player like Wright, or reverse the decision after hearing from the SEC and NCAA following a show-cause order. Elsewhere in the SEC, coaches like Texas’ Steve Sarkisian opposed the idea of bringing back players that went pro. "The fact that somebody out there is going to take a player off of an NFL roster and tell somebody who's been doing it for nine months to go kick rocks, that doesn't sit well with me. I think that's wrong. That, morally, is wrong," he said, via ESPN. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961ee62c5335ae104db755 Texas Tech head coach blasts USC, Lincoln Riley, for poor attendance at LA Coliseum in Week Zero te 2026-09-01T00:40:06.529Z Texas Tech head coach blasts USC, Lincoln Riley, for poor attendance at LA Coliseum in Week Zero Boy oh boy, do we need a full slate of college football games to start. Immediately, if not sooner. Despite the LSU Tigers program under Lane Kiffin essentially blowing up the college football model by adding NFL players in order to make their team better and pivotal week one storylines to track, the only topic of discussion around the sport this week has been the attendance at USC's home opener. The Trojans hosted San Jose State at the LA Coliseum on Saturday at noon, a game time that made little sense for everyone other than NBC. SC entered the game as 38-point favorites, temperatures were in the mid-90's with extreme, and unusual, humidity for Southern California, and the kickoff time ensured there'd be no shade or relief from the miserable conditions. USC FOOTBALL RIPPED FOR PATHETIC CROWD AT HOME OPENER: 'ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING' Unsurprisingly, many chose to stay home, rationally deciding that they could simply wait for the weather and a more favorable kickoff time to deal with the atrocious LA traffic, elevated parking prices, long walk, and terrible security lines. This has sparked days of outrage and clickbait videos from commentators and analysts in comfortable studios who are certain they'd sit in the heat to watch a full game that was over within 15 minutes. All while ignoring the many examples of other big schools, like the Florida Gators, that have struggled to fill seats for noon games in August. Now we can add the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, a program known for its moral character, to the list of complainants. At a news conference on Monday, Joey Maguire explained, just before taking a shot, that he did not want to "take any shots," before saying he's excited to play in front of a sold out crowd in Lubbock this weekend. "Not to take any shots because I have a lot of respect for USC and Lincoln Riley, but man, it's really awesome to be playing in Lubbock, Texas, knowing we're going to be playing front of 60,000, and it's going to be warm," he said. "It's going to be every bit as warm as it was Saturday. The great thing is we got some really tough people in West Texas that love their football and they're going to show up." DOES USC'S POOR OPENING GAME ATTENDANCE MEAN LINCOLN RILEY'S ON THE HOT SEAT ALREADY? It actually won't be as warm in Lubbock as it was in LA, with a forecast high of 92 degrees and lower humidity. And the game is at 4 p.m., meaning the sun will be going down behind the stadium by the second half, instead of only getting increasingly hot as the game wears on. Though, since weather is the topic of conversation in college football right now, it is a credit to fans in Lubbock that they show up to watch their teams in the heat. The problem though? They have no choice. Most Texas Tech home games in August and September are going to be miserable, because the weather in Lubbock in August and September is miserable. There's no, "I'll just go to the next game because it'll be more comfortable," because doing so would mean missing half the season. Same with Gainesville, Florida, and most of the South. The weather is objectively awful for two straight months, which means you have little choice but to subject yourself to hell in order to watch the team play. With USC, by contrast, these outlier heatwaves are pretty easily avoidable. The forecast for Friday night's game against Fresno State, for example, is 72 degrees. By the end of the game, it'll be 68. Some fans make the rational decision to simply...go to that game instead, not waste their time to watch 15 minutes of competitive football. Especially when there are multiple events per week that compete for entertainment dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Fans in other parts of the country have no choice and are used to atrocious conditions, because they live in places with atrocious summer climates. There's no competition for Texas Tech football in Lubbock, not the NFL, not Major League Baseball, and not Major League Soccer, all of which will have games in LA in the coming weeks. Should USC's attendance have been higher? Yeah, absolutely. Did it fill in more after kickoff? Also yes, though obviously well below what it could have been. For those who've never been to the Coliseum, it's in downtown LA, which means horrific traffic trying to get to the USC campus. There's little parking at the Coliseum, meaning fans are forced into a nightmarish hellscape of distant structures, and the security lines are infamously awful at an old stadium. Late arriving crowds are part of the LA sports experience, even at USC, because getting places in LA is an unpredictable guessing game. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Oh, and not that it matters to Maguire or to anyone else, for that matter, but there are plenty of good seats available for most Texas Tech home games this year. Yes, week one is sold out, but their game against Arizona has thousands of tickets just waiting for those "tough" fans to snap up. Even their "biggest" home game, against Arizona State, has seats readily available. Lower level tickets are $170, whereas desirable seats for SC's home game against Oregon in September are $425-$475. For a family of four, that's nearly $2,000 to go to a game, with parking and stadium concessions. Maybe that's part of the problem too, USC's administration simply pricing their tickets too high for what the market can support. Particularly given the competition in LA and Southern California. USC's student composition has also changed dramatically in recent decades, as the school now has a shockingly high percentage of international students, thanks to their wealthy donor parents, who have little interest in football. But nuance, rationality, perspective, and experience are not valuable commodities in college football, however, considering social media dunks are far more exciting and attention grabbing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961ee32c5335ae104db724 Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year te 2026-09-01T00:40:03.767Z Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961c8d2c5335ae104db6d2 Duane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty of first-degree murder in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur te 2026-09-01T00:30:05.540Z Duane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty of first-degree murder in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur A Nevada jury on Monday found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 drive-by shooting death of rap icon Tupac Shakur. The verdict came after jurors began deliberating Monday following closing arguments in the closely watched trial, according to The Associated Press. TUPAC MURDER TRIAL FACES ‘SNITCHES GET STITCHES’ PROBLEM BUT DEFENDANT'S GHOSTWRITER COULD BE KEY The 16-member panel, including four alternates, heard nine days of testimony from 24 prosecution witnesses and three defense witnesses.  A gunman in a white Cadillac opened fire on a BMW carrying Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight on Sept. 7, 1996, on the Las Vegas Strip.  Knight recovered from minor injuries. Shakur succumbed to his injuries six days later at 25 years old. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961a382c5335ae104db63e Arizona can be a model for public-private data center collaboration te 2026-09-01T00:20:08.008Z Arizona can be a model for public-private data center collaboration Bob Stump For months, an erroneous narrative has been afoot in the United States: The advance of artificial intelligence and data centers is to blame for... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Arizona can be a model for public-private data center collaboration first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961a352c5335ae104db603 Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 te 2026-09-01T00:20:05.500Z Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a961a332c5335ae104db5e7 Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI te 2026-09-01T00:20:03.867Z Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9617dc2c5335ae104db59e Roughly 80 Americans still unaccounted for after Himalayan disaster kills 903, officials say te 2026-09-01T00:10:04.771Z Roughly 80 Americans still unaccounted for after Himalayan disaster kills 903, officials say Roughly 80 Americans remain unaccounted for following the catastrophic Himalayan flood last Wednesday that killed hundreds of people, the State Department said. The update marks a decrease from a previous estimate of at least 90 Americans who went missing near the Nepal-China border. "We can confirm that 13 American citizens have made their way to safety in Nepal," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News. Meanwhile, Nepal’s death toll has risen to 903, while the number of people still unaccounted for has nearly doubled to roughly 4,200, according to an update from local officials Sunday. TRAPPED NEPALI WORKERS PULLED FROM HYDROPOWER TUNNEL AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLOODING According to officials, the disaster occurred in north-central Nepal when a distant slope failure involving a glacier triggered a rapidly moving debris flow that traveled roughly 62 miles downstream before striking a populated area. Footage from the disaster showed a massive surge of water and debris suddenly rushing through the valleys, engulfing buildings in its path. On Sunday, a spokesperson for Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided an update on the toll. "So far, 903 bodies have been recovered from the areas and about 4200 people are still unaccounted for. Over 10,000 people have been rescued from the regions, including over 323 foreign nationals. As per the available data, about 590 foreign nationals are still missing, from 39 countries," the spokesperson said. Twenty-two of the missing Americans were part of a pilgrimage affiliated with a Tennessee-based nonprofit group, Isha Foundation coordination leader Jyoti Jankowski told Fox News Saturday. They were inside an immigration building when the flooding struck the area, Jankowski said. MORE THAN 3,000 MISSING AFTER COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES $15.5 MILLION IN RELIEF Authorities said Nepal is coordinating with neighboring countries and the international community to provide relief, with supplies already arriving from countries including India and China. More supplies are expected to arrive from the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Qatar, the U.K., Australia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other international organizations, officials said. "Relief and humanitarian assistance are being provided in the affected areas. We are deeply grateful to our friends and partners for their solidarity, goodwill and generous offers of support at this difficult time," the spokesperson said. DEATH TOLL FROM MUDSLIDES, FLOODING AT NEPAL-CHINA BORDER CLIMBS PAST 670; NEARLY 3,000 MISSING The State Department said last Wednesday that it was "monitoring the situation and is deploying a disaster response advisor to the region to support response efforts." "The Department will also provide $500,000 in assistance through its global award with Catholic Relief Services, supporting emergency shelter, relief items, and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance to flood-affected communities," the department said. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigators remain uncertain whether the initial failure was a landslide incorporating part of a glacier or a glacial collapse, in which a portion of a glacier breaks off and rapidly moves downslope with surrounding debris. The glacier-related event resulted in a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, according to the USGS. A second seismic event was recorded approximately three hours later, generating energy equivalent to a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. "The glacial debris contained water and ice that rapidly melted, picking up more material and water as it flowed downslope in the existing stream and river channels, creating a fast-moving, far-traveled landslide and flood laden with boulders and other rubble," the agency said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9615882c5335ae104db53e Trump calls Hollywood a 'total disaster,' pushes federal tax incentive for film after meeting with Jon Voight te 2026-09-01T00:00:08.442Z Trump calls Hollywood a 'total disaster,' pushes federal tax incentive for film after meeting with Jon Voight President Trump boasted about progress made with one of his Hollywood Special Ambassadors, Jon Voight. The commander-in-chief admitted he had a "great and very interesting meeting" with the "movie legend," who he appointed to a special envoy in 2025 which includes Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone. "He is a fantastic man who loves our Country, and feels strongly about the Motion Picture and Television Industry," Trump shared on his Truth Social platform. MEL GIBSON APOLOGIZES FOR MOCKING ASL INTERPRETER, BLAMES 'SPONTANEOUS THOUGHTLESS IDIOCY' "He hates what’s happened to it! It is being dissipated in its entirety. It has moved to Canada, and other Countries, with very little work being done anymore in the United States." Trump continued, "Hollywood is a Complete and Total Disaster! Despite the name, it is getting very little work. There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly." TRUMP NAMES SYLVESTER STALLONE, MEL GIBSON AND JON VOIGHT AS SPECIAL AMBASSADORS TO 'VERY TROUBLED' HOLLYWOOD The president noted that Jon, along with industry leaders, suggested a federal tax incentive in order to "Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!" "The amount of money spent on Tax Incentives will be made up tenfold by the money pouring into the Treasury’s coffers," Trump wrote. "Meetings are being set up with the Leaders of both Parties in order to get this done. It should be Bipartisan, especially since so much money is being lost in California, and other largely Blue States. "I am going to suggest that Republicans and Democrats get together, and immediately craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America. Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America." He added, "It can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America. What we watch on the Silver Screen should be made in what was once the Movie and Motion Picture Capital of the World. Let’s get this done!" Voight's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin welcomed the proposal from Trump. "For over a century, American studios, casts, and crews have produced the films and series that the world wants to see," he said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. "A federal incentive would be a landmark step toward bringing more production to local communities in all 50 states, strengthening our nation’s economy, and making our country a more competitive place to produce, create, and tell great stories." Rivkin added, "We applaud President Trump’s support for this vital action, and we look forward to continuing to work with the White House and bipartisan leaders in Congress to enact a meaningful and effective national incentive into law." Shortly before Inauguration Day for his second term in office, Trump revealed the Special Ambassadors program in efforts to promote business in Hollywood. "It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!" He added, "These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!" In May 2025, Voight, along with special advisor Steven Paul, submitted a "comprehensive plan" to the president to save the film and television industry. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Voight and Paul met with "dozens of leading film and television organizations (guilds, unions, studios and streamers) about what changes need to be made to increase domestic film production," according to a statement. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The meeting was conducted in person with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and included SP Media Group/Atlas Comics President Scott Karol. "The proposal includes federal tax incentives, significant changes to several tax codes, the establishment of co-production treaties with foreign countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, film and television production companies, and post-production companies," the statement said. "The proposal also includes a focus on job training, and tariffs in certain limited circumstances." He added, "This plan is about leveling the playing field so that producing right here in America is not only a competitive option, but the first choice." The White House and its relevant policy advisors were in the process of reviewing the proposal. "While President Trump regularly corresponds with his Hollywood Ambassadors, including Jon Voight, to restore America’s cultural dominance, it was President Trump himself who formulated the idea of using tariffs to Make Hollywood Great Again," White House Spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital at the time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96132d2c5335ae104db467 Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund te 2026-08-31T23:50:05.285Z Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9610d42c5335ae104db41c Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll Resigns as U.S. Military Grapples With Two Wars te 2026-08-31T23:40:04.956Z Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll Resigns as U.S. Military Grapples With Two Wars The resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, had been expected but comes at a tumultuous time for the service. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9610d32c5335ae104db413 Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’ te 2026-08-31T23:40:03.534Z Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’ The giant computing sites that power A.I. are increasingly opposed by communities across the country, a signal of voters’ concern about a changing economy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a960c282c5335ae104db368 Tensions erupt in House hearing as GOP advances anti-socialism resolution while Dems rage: 'Silly season' te 2026-08-31T23:20:08.214Z Tensions erupt in House hearing as GOP advances anti-socialism resolution while Dems rage: 'Silly season' House Republicans are teeing up a pair of bills this week to put Democrats on the record about where they stand on their party's socialist insurgency. The House Rules Committee just advanced a resolution to condemn socialism during its Monday meeting, with no Democrats voting in favor of moving it forward. Democrats, in fact, criticized the resolution as a waste of time. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., called the bill "nonsense" and argued it did little to better the lives of Americans. "So you're concerned about rising gas, or are you concerned about grocery prices? You know, don't worry. Republicans in Congress are passing another non-binding resolution condemning socialism," McGovern said. HOUSE REPUBLICAN AIMS TO PUT DEMOCRATS ON THE RECORD OVER DSA WITH RESOLUTION CONDEMNING SOCIALISM Tensions erupted at one point as Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., clashed with Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., over the definition of socialism. Neguse had attempted to press Steil on whether he would see President Donald Trump trying to take a "20% stake" in Kroger grocery stores as socialism, to which Steil replied he would "want to see the details." "Oh, you'd want to see the details," Neguse yelled as the two men spoke over each other. "You said if the government owns grocery stores, that would be socialist. But if, of course, Donald Trump were to announce an equity stake in a grocery store, well, 'I'd have to really see the details,' because we all know the play." Steil said he would be open to seeing such a proposal if it had a national security imperative, but stated repeatedly that Neguse was posing a hypothetical. At one point, Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chided Neguse for interrupting Steil. Steil shot back at one point, "Some folks on your side of the aisle would like to have government-run grocery stores. I think that's nuts." "And if the president of the United States announced that the United States government was taking an...equity stake in grocery stores?" Neguse pressed. After more back-and-forth, Steil said, "I think there would need to be a national security rationale for the action. I don't see any in your hypothetical. I don't see a national security focus." Neguse called it a "helpful answer," to which Steil quipped, "It's a hypotherical. So we're entering silly season." A House-wide test known as a "rule vote" on the resolution will take place on Tuesday afternoon, followed finally by a vote on the resolution itself on Tuesday evening, according to a provisional schedule obtained by Fox News Digital. SOCIALISM SURGES AMONG DEMOCRATS AS PARTY LEADERS REJECT DSA AGENDA: ‘PACK OF FOOLS’ It's not uncommon for Democrats on the House Rules Committee to oppose GOP-led measures. But the move is especially stark as Republicans seize on the left's inter-party civil war that has dominated the midterm election cycle. Republicans are capitalizing on that civil war with another measure expected for a vote on Wednesday afternoon, according to that provisional schedule. That vote will be on a constitutional amendment to cap the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CLAIMS GOP 'STOLE' TWO SCOTUS SEATS IN 2016, 2020, CALLS FOR EXPANSION Several top progressives, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., have called for expanding the Supreme Court to up to 13 seats. House GOP leaders have opted to fast-track that legislation past the House Rules Committee. In exchange, however, it will need two-thirds of the chamber to pass as opposed to a simple majority. CARVILLE UNLOADS ON DSA SOCIALISTS: 'DON'T USE OUR GOD---- NAME' "It's time for the Democrats to pick a side. Stop playing the middle. Be proud of who you are. You were elected to lead, so lead. Have an opinion. We intend to put you on record," House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., told Fox News Digital. "Do you want to pack the Supreme Court or not? It's really simple. It's a yes or no vote. It's no bigger than that. Two — do you believe in socialism? If you do, you should say it loud and say it proud. I personally don't believe in socialism. I like the fact that we have a democracy, that we have a republic, that we have a free society. And I'm proud to put myself on record." Meanwhile the top Democrat, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., side-stepped a question on whether he supports the anti-socialism resolution on Monday. "I haven't taken a look at that resolution, although it's my understanding that the resolution elevates the so-called SAVE America Act, which is just the 'Suppress the Vote Act.' And I'm not clear how many Democrats are actually gonna support a resolution whose focus is on trying to rig the midterm election by elevating this voter suppression legislation that Donald Trump has been trying to jam down the road to the American people for the last year," he told reporters. JOHNSON SCORES COMMANDING VICTORY IN FIGHT TO RAM SAVE AMERICA ACT THROUGH DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION In addition to condemning socialism, the resolution also hails Republican-led election security bills as "common-sense election integrity measures, including proof of citizenship, photo identification, and database checks." It calls for the "enforcement" of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which has passed the House but has not been taken up in the Senate. Democrats have largely panned that legislation as attempts at voter suppression. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., said the bill was a bid to "silence political opponents." "Let's scare people with yet another boogeyman and not do anything about it. Not really solve problems, just try to scare people," Scanlon said. Meanwhile, Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., pointed out that Democratic socialists were already in power in his own state and warned it could spread elsewhere. "I've seen firsthand the alarming rise of socialism...families in western New York have watched one-party rule in Albany pile on more taxes, more mandates, more government control, while hardworking taxpayers are left to foot the bill," Langworthy said. "And now downstate, we've watched the socialist left move more from the activist fringe into positions of real, serious political power. And anyone thinks that these ideas are going to stay confined in New York City is sadly mistaken." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a960c272c5335ae104db35f CNN admits error after suggesting US troops abroad would be impacted by Trump's mail-in ballot crackdown te 2026-08-31T23:20:07.414Z CNN admits error after suggesting US troops abroad would be impacted by Trump's mail-in ballot crackdown CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer issued a mea culpa Monday after he falsely suggested U.S. troops abroad would be impacted by the Trump administration's crackdown on mail-in voting. On Friday's installment of "The Situation Room," Blitzer sat down with Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to discuss the lawsuit the commonwealth filed alongside other blue states to block President Donald Trump's executive order from March to curb mail-in voting, which was slapped with a 14-day temporary restraining order last week by a federal judge. "The continued attacks that we're seeing from the Trump administration is really just an effort to get people fearful, to get people to stay home, and, in many cases, to eliminate what is a valid, safe, secure way for people to be able to have their voices heard and to vote," Spanberger said. CNN APOLOGIZES AFTER MISTAKENLY AIRING IMAGE OF DOLLY PARTON IMPERSONATOR DURING REPORT ON ICON'S DEATH "And in Virginia, you have a lot of military personnel who totally rely on mail-in ballots if they want to be able to express their opinions," Blitzer told the governor. "That's true," Spanberger replied. "It's members of the military service, of our diplomatic service, intelligence services, people serving overseas in service to our country who get their ballots mailed to them at the various postings throughout the world." FEDERAL JUDGE AGAIN BLOCKS TRUMP'S MAIL BALLOT ORDER JUST BEFORE MIDTERMS However, Blitzer made a "quick note of clarification" at the end of Monday's program in reference to his exchange with Spanberger. "We discussed legal challenges to the Trump administration’s directives for the Postal Service on mail-in voting. A comment I made suggested that U.S. military and overseas voters' ballots would be impacted by these directives. I want to be clear right now: those ballots are exempt from the Postal Service’s new rules implementing the president’s March executive order," Blitzer told viewers. "Those groups are covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, just to be specific on that point," he added. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS A spokesperson for CNN pointed to Blitzer's comments and declined to comment further. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a960c262c5335ae104db356 Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love' te 2026-08-31T23:20:06.558Z Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love' Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defended his past controversial comments about Fourth of July fireworks during a radio appearance Monday. While appearing on "The Breakfast Club," El-Sayed was asked by host Charlamagne tha God about his previous support for defunding the police and criticism of firework celebrations on Independence Day. El-Sayed pushed back against the criticism. "They're coming at me on fireworks," El-Sayed said. "I'm like, 'All right, first, if your whole conception of America is that it's fireworks, I'm so sorry. You don't have a complete conception of America. But even then, right, like what is it?'" WASHINGTON POST THROWS COLD WATER ON DC FIREWORKS WITH REPORT OF ‘HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTION’ He continued: "I said, 'Well, every time we do a fireworks show, it destroys the air quality and people have asthma exacerbations and heart attacks the next day.' That's all I was saying. You know what I mean? I'm not saying we shouldn't have fireworks. I'm just saying maybe like there are other ways to show your love." El-Sayed's comments follow a CNN report earlier this month that revealed that El-Sayed deleted or hid approximately 100 YouTube videos before launching his Senate campaign. Among them included a plea that Americans "please" find another way to celebrate the Fourth of July besides using fireworks, citing air quality and the risks to children and pets as reasons. SOCIALIST CANDIDATES CAN DELETE OLD POSTS, BUT THEY CAN'T ERASE THEIR RADICALISM The video allegedly included four reasons "why fireworks suck" and a chapter titled "Fireworks just aren't worth it: hear us out." While appearing on "Hannity" earlier this month, Republican nominee Mike Rogers called out El-Sayed for his deleted posts and comments. ABDUL EL-SAYED PLAYS DOWN HASAN PIKER TIES AFTER STREAMER’S VIRAL ANTISEMITISM FIRESTORM "This guy spent hours hating on what most Michiganders would enjoy in their pastimes, and he should be held to account for that," Rogers said. "These are views that he held, that he was pretty strong about, but he knew that he had to delete them all… If people really knew who he was, they wouldn’t vote for him." Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed and Rogers campaigns for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a960c242c5335ae104db33c Defendants in Minnesota Church Protest Case Challenge Charges in Flurry of Motions te 2026-08-31T23:20:04.722Z Defendants in Minnesota Church Protest Case Challenge Charges in Flurry of Motions In their broadest assault yet against the charges, lawyers for the defendants pointed to the unusual investigative tactics the administration deployed to make the case against them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a960c222c5335ae104db320 a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund te 2026-08-31T23:20:02.946Z a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9609ce2c5335ae104db2cb Prop. 317 would call drug cartels terrorists. Critics fear who else it could catch. te 2026-08-31T23:10:06.361Z Prop. 317 would call drug cartels terrorists. Critics fear who else it could catch. A worn out sign at the trailhead for Quitobaquito Springs warns visitors that they may encounter smugglers or migrants in the area and says to call 911 if they see suspicious activity. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Later this year, voters will decide whether Mexican drug cartels should be labeled terrorist organizations under Arizona law, a classification that critics say will, at best, do nothing and, at worst, be used by a future governor to justify sending military forces to the border.  Proposition 317 would declare drug cartels equivalent to terrorist organizations and order the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to do everything within its power to “address the threat posed by drug cartels.” Putting the law on the books has been a multi-year effort for Republican Steve Montenegro, the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, who has sought to set himself apart as a vocal immigration hawk among a party that is increasingly focused on the issue.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE In 2023, Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the Goodyear Republican’s first iteration of the drug-cartels-are-terrorists bill, prompting Montenegro to turn to voters to avoid future rejections. But the Republican-controlled legislature decided not to advance a ballot measure version in 2024.  It wasn’t until 2025, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order designating drug cartels terrorist organizations at the federal level — which was quickly weaponized to ship immigrants with tattoos to a Salvadoran mega prison, where they were subsequently tortured — that Arizona Republicans greenlit the move to ask voters to order state officials to go after drug cartels.  Joel Edman, a spokesman for Progress Arizona, called the proposal “pure, dumb symbolism” and said it amounts to nothing more than Republican lawmakers seeking to bolster Trump’s policy goals. “This is clearly trying to support and signal the local legislative Republicans’ loyalty to Trump’s agenda,” he said.  But Edman acknowledged that the language in the proposal could potentially be used by a future Republican governor to send Arizona National Guard soldiers to the southern border, under the guise of protecting against an “invasion” of undocumented immigrants and drug smugglers, which Republican lawmakers have long fought to declare. “(Prop. 317) is part of this broader effort to continue to militarize the border,” Edman said.  Darrell Hill, the spokesman for the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, echoed that concern, though he emphasized that using Prop. 317 as the basis for declaring an “invasion” would ultimately be legally indefensible.  “It has very loaded language that could lead to the deployment of law enforcement or other resources at the border in excess of what is necessary, but I don’t think the state has the power to declare an invasion,” he said.  Once an extreme position staked out by the most xenophobic Republicans, characterizing human trafficking and drug smuggling at Arizona’s southern border as an “invasion” has now become a common sentiment in the Republican Party under Trump.  In 2022, then-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, facing plummeting public opinion in a crowded U.S. Senate primary, published a legal opinion claiming that the governor has the right to invoke war powers under the U.S. Constitution’s definition of an invasion. Legal scholars have refuted that argument, noting that the Constitution leaves the decision about how to respond to an invasion to federal officials.  But Republicans have pushed forward with the theory. And Prop. 317 appears to have been born, at least in part, in a nod to that argument. During a February meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, Montenegro touted the legislation as a critical tool for law enforcement officers and a necessary defense against criminals at the Arizona-Mexico border. “(Prop. 317) underscores the urgency of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to utilize its authority to address the invasion of traffickers at Arizona’s southern border,” he said. Hill pointed out that, while the proposal threatens to lead to an overly militarized border, the more immediate concern is who could be classified a terrorist. The definitions in the initiative about what constitutes a drug cartel are too broad, Hill said, and they risk labeling Arizona residents or asylum-seekers as terrorists instead of people who are actually involved in drug trafficking.  Prop. 317 defines a drug cartel as an “ongoing formal or informal association of persons” whose members either individually or cooperatively participate in human smuggling, drug trafficking for profit or terrorism. That, Hill said, could sweep in low-level drug offenders, people with substance abuse issues or immigrants traveling with paid guides.  “Arizona residents who are engaged in buying and selling low amounts of drugs may find themselves designated as terrorists simply because they have a substance abuse disorder or are a low-level part of the drug economy,” he said.  A similar concern was raised during that House Judiciary hearing. Rep. Lupe Contreras, D-Laveen, pressed Montenegro on whether the legislation could lead to migrants being forced to carry drugs while crossing the border under threat of violence also being designated terrorists. Montenegro waved away that concern, saying that the Department of Homeland Security has processes in place to determine who is really at fault.  “The Department of Homeland Security has different processes and different definitions as to how they deal with terrorist organizations. It has to do with the transnational criminal aspects of the organization, it has to do with their activity,” Montenegro said. “If they’re going to be terrorizing people, that’s different than carrying a backpack.”  It’s unclear how the ballot measure will fare in November, but Arizonans have demonstrated a willingness to support proposals that take an aggressive stance against border-related crimes. Two years ago, 61% of voters approved of Proposition 314, which made it a state crime punishable with a minimum of 6 months in jail for people to cross the state’s southern border without authorization anywhere but at an official port of entry. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9609cc2c5335ae104db2aa 'Landman' star Michelle Randolph rocks white bikini months after going Instagram official with Glen Powell te 2026-08-31T23:10:04.790Z 'Landman' star Michelle Randolph rocks white bikini months after going Instagram official with Glen Powell Michelle Randolph is giving fans a glimpse at her off-duty style. The "Landman" actress shared a mirror selfie to her Instagram Story on Sunday, posing in a white triangle bikini top with a black skirt and a baseball cap. Randolph, 28, sat on the floor in front of a wood-paneled wall with her knees bent as she held up her phone for the photo. She finished the casual look with black-and-red slide sandals, layered bracelets and rings, while a pair of sunglasses and a glass sat beside her on the floor. 'LANDMAN' STAR MICHELLE RANDOLPH STUNS IN BARELY-THERE METALLIC YELLOW BIKINI IN NEW SUMMER PHOTO DUMP The effortlessly stylish snapshot comes as Randolph continues to draw attention both on and off-screen. Randolph first broke through in Taylor Sheridan’s "1923," starring as Elizabeth Strafford in the "Yellowstone" prequel. She later joined Sheridan’s "Landman" as Ainsley Norris, the teenage daughter of Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris. Randolph’s growing career has brought increased attention to her life off-screen as well, including her relationship with Glen Powell. The pair first sparked romance rumors in November 2025 after they were spotted dancing together in Powell’s hometown of Austin, Texas. They continued to be seen together over the following months, including during outings in Los Angeles and New York City. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE   Powell made their relationship Instagram official on July 7, sharing a black-and-white photo of the couple kissing. The social media debut came weeks after the pair had been photographed holding hands and kissing during an outing in Manhattan. Despite the attention surrounding their romance, Randolph has generally kept her personal life private. "I think, for peace of mind, those are really important for me to keep separate," she told InStyle earlier this year. "How people perceive you publicly is not who you are." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE She echoed that sentiment in a February interview with Bustle. "I think my personal life is so separate than my work life. And I understand that my job is something public, and I’ve chosen that," Randolph said. "But I just think for my peace of mind, I just try to keep those things as separate as possible. And it’s hard, but it’s important to me." ‘LANDMAN’ STAR BILLY BOB THORNTON SAYS WORKING PEOPLE RELATE TO THE STRUGGLES THE CHARACTERS FACE Randolph has also spoken about navigating increased attention as her acting career takes off. In a December 2025 conversation with "Landman" co-star Demi Moore for Interview magazine, Randolph said she has had to learn not to let outside opinions shape how she sees herself. TAYLOR SHERIDAN'S LANDMAN FACES LENGTHY WAIT AS SEASON 3 PRODUCTION TIMELINE REVEALED "I had to really unlearn caring so much about what people thought of me," she said. The actress added that staying off her phone more and spending time with family help keep her grounded. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Honestly, I have to just shut a certain part of my brain off, and I’ve gotten better at doing it," Randolph said. "I’ve gotten a lot better at not being on my phone as much, trying to be really present in just my life in general. And my family keeps me really, really grounded." Randolph said that despite the increasingly glamorous side of her career, life at home remains decidedly normal. "You go on these crazy press tours and you’re doing all these fabulous things, and then it’s like I go home and my parents are like, ‘Unload the dishwasher, please.’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9607762c5335ae104db24e Bernie Sanders claims some Democrats may want their own Senate nominee to lose te 2026-08-31T23:00:06.826Z Bernie Sanders claims some Democrats may want their own Senate nominee to lose Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused a small group of Democratic leaders and donors Monday of being willing to see Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed lose, telling "Politico Playbook" that progressives threaten wealthy interests and the party's approach to Israel as El-Sayed faces mounting scrutiny over his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker. Sanders said the resistance extended to people at the top of the Democratic Party and its financial base. "You’re talking about a small number of people who are at the head of the Democratic Party. You’re talking about the donor class..." Sanders said. "Are they less than enthusiastic about Abdul? Yes, they are." GRETCHEN WHITMER ENDORSES MODERATE HALEY STEVENS IN TIGHT UPCOMING SENATE PRIMARY Democratic strategist and former Biden White House chief of staff Yemisi Egbewole pushed back on Sanders' framing, pointing instead to the party's need to capture the Senate and El-Sayed's responsibility to consolidate Democrats after narrowly defeating Rep. Haley Stevens in the primary. "Dems want a majority in the Senate. El-Sayed apologized for his comments about the Temple Isreal attack and hasn’t campaigned with Hasan. No one is as caught up in this oligarchy business as Sanders is. Stevens lost. She endorsed Abdul. It’s now his job to win those voters," Egbewole said. RNC national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre rejected Sanders’ defense of El-Sayed in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday, arguing the Michigan Democrat’s record and associations made him unfit for the Senate. "Abdul El-Sayed is a terrorist bootlicker who downplayed 9/11, pals around with a radical streamer who thinks our country deserved it, and whose mother worked for an organization that funneled money to Osama bin Laden to orchestrate it," she said. "His presence in the Senate would absolutely pose a national security threat, and it's no surprise that Democrats are losing their minds at Bernie for propping up another unelectable extremist." HALEY STEVENS CONDEMNS HASAN PIKER BUT RALLIES BEHIND EL-SAYED AFTER NARROW PRIMARY LOSS Sanders, who backed El-Sayed throughout the primary, told Playbook that some Democrats viewed candidates like El-Sayed as challenges not only to wealthy political interests but also to U.S. policy toward Israel. Sanders said those Democrats view El-Sayed and similar progressives as "a threat to oligarchy" and a "threat to American foreign policy and our continued support for the extremist Netanyahu government in Israel." The exchange came as El-Sayed attempted to move past renewed questions about Piker, who campaigned with him during the Democratic primary. Piker drew widespread Democratic condemnation this month after remarks about American Jews and Israel, with critics including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. EL-SAYED TRIES TO MAKE PEACE WITH JEWISH DEMOCRATS BUT DRAWS LINE AT DUMPING HASAN PIKER Sanders declined to join those Democrats in focusing on Piker, instead dismissing the streamer's controversies while accusing Republicans and the media of distracting voters from economic issues. "Like every other podcaster in the world, he says dumb things that people should reject," Sanders said. El-Sayed similarly resisted repeated questions about Piker at the Michigan Democratic Party convention Saturday, where four reporters pressed him about the streamer. Fox News Digital previously reported El-Sayed campaigned and socialized with Piker during the primary. "We’re in the state of Michigan. If you want to make this race about a streamer in California, I just think you’re missing the boat," El-Sayed said. "This is about affordability in Michigan. This is about seeing a doctor in Michigan. This is about Donald Trump’s disastrous policies in Michigan. That’s what I’m focused on right now." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE El-Sayed also apologized Saturday for remarks he made following the March terrorist attack on a Michigan synagogue. He had said, "Hurt people, hurt people," following the attack, comments that drew criticism from Michigan Democrats, including Attorney General Dana Nessel. "To anybody who feels like my comments may have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention. We condemned that terrorist attack. We condemned it outright," El-Sayed said. "What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn’t the time for context, and you don’t ever want to trample somebody’s pain." An August Fox News poll showed Republican nominee Mike Rogers leading El-Sayed 51%-47%, within the survey's margin of sampling error, while a subsequent AARP survey also showed the candidates locked in a margin-of-error contest. Fox polling found 91% of Democrats backed El-Sayed, compared with 96% of Republicans supporting Rogers. Sanders urged El-Sayed to keep his campaign centered on economic concerns rather than the controversies surrounding Piker. "Stay on the issues that impact working families in Michigan," Sanders said. "Do that, you’re going to win — and I think he will." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96051e2c5335ae104db1e9 Knife-wielding woman accused of stabbing 2 in Times Square before being shot by police te 2026-08-31T22:50:06.568Z Knife-wielding woman accused of stabbing 2 in Times Square before being shot by police A knife-wielding woman stabbed two people in the heart of Times Square Monday afternoon before advancing on NYPD officers with two knives and being shot by police, authorities said. The violence erupted just before 4:30 p.m. near West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue, where the woman, described by authorities as emotionally disturbed, stabbed a man and a woman, police confirmed to Fox 5 New York. The armed woman then fled north toward an NYPD substation, where officers confronted her as she wielded two knives, according to police. TEEN SHOT IN TIMES SQUARE AS KNICKS CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATIONS TURN CHAOTIC Officers first deployed a Taser in an attempt to stop the woman, but she continued advancing toward them while armed, prompting officers to open fire and strike her, police said. The two stabbing victims and the female suspect were hospitalized following the attack. Authorities said the victims and suspect were transported to hospitals, but their conditions were not immediately clear. Police urged the public to avoid West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue and warned of delays in the surrounding area as investigators descended on the scene. Authorities said the incident does not appear to be terror-related. It was not immediately clear whether any NYPD officers were injured during the incident. Police are expected to hold a news conference later on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96051d2c5335ae104db1da Who pays for US power boom? Blue, red states offer starkly different ways to lower utility bills amid AI surge te 2026-08-31T22:50:05.675Z Who pays for US power boom? Blue, red states offer starkly different ways to lower utility bills amid AI surge As the AI boom drives an unprecedented hunt for electricity, two states are taking sharply different approaches to assuage fears that Big Tech’s massive energy needs will raise Americans’ utility bills. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s approach is to set statewide ground rules before large data centers connect to the grid. Under legislation she signed in July, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities must create a separate rate structure for large data centers and ensure that the costs of new substations, transmission lines or other grid upgrades built mainly for the data center, are not added to other customers’ bills. The law also requires large data centers to commit to paying for at least 85% of the electricity capacity they request for a 10-year period, in case they scale back their power use or close, and it directs regulators to encourage data centers to bring clean generation or energy storage online, use power more efficiently and reduce their electricity demand during emergencies. CHINESE BOT FARM CAUGHT RED-HANDED TRYING TO INFLUENCE HEATED AI DATA CENTER DEBATE Sherrill has paired those ratepayer protections with new disclosure and local-planning measures. A separate law she signed this week requires operators to report their energy and water use to the state twice a year. Sherrill’s administration says the reporting and new municipal guidance will give officials a clearer picture of data centers’ demands and help communities assess local impacts and negotiate with developers. Meanwhile, Indiana is taking a different approach. Rather than impose statewide rules for every large data center, state regulators approved a deal negotiated by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), the Fort Wayne-based utility serving customers in Indiana and Michigan, along with consumer advocates and major technology companies. The deal grew out of a wave of huge planned projects in I&M’s service area. Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced an $11 billion data-center campus near New Carlisle, Indiana, in 2024, while Google announced a $2 billion project in Fort Wayne. I&M and state officials then had to determine who would cover the cost of the additional power and grid infrastructure needed to serve those projects. FROM NETFLIX TO GPS: 10 WAYS THIS HIDDEN TECH INFRASTRUCTURE QUIETLY POWERS MODERN LIFE According to I&M, the 2025 agreement requires new large customers, including data centers, to make long-term financial commitments to pay for the electric service they request, even if their future demand falls short of expectations. With those commitments in place, I&M says it can turn the new demand into a benefit for existing customers. The utility is now asking regulators to cut base rates by $59 million in 2027, saying revenue from large customers, including data centers, makes the reduction possible. If the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approves the plan, I&M says an Indiana household using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month would save about $100 a year. The utility is also proposing to freeze all rates on customers’ monthly bills for three years, with a decision expected in June 2027 and any savings beginning that summer. Daniel Turner, executive director of the energy advocacy group Power The Future, said Indiana’s approach was better than New Jersey’s more prescriptive framework, but argued neither state had gone far enough to ensure the AI buildout adds power to the grid rather than simply consuming it. DSA CANDIDATE PUSHES FEDERAL AI DATA CENTER MORATORIUM WITH MICHIGAN EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY "Indiana’s approach is definitely the better of the two," Turner told Fox News Digital. "At least Indiana is saying, ‘Hey, we don’t know where this is going, but we’re not going to put in all of the guardrails yet to stop progress from happening. Let’s work together and figure out what the solution is.’" Turner said he would make new power generation part of the deal from the start. New Jersey’s law encourages data centers to bring clean generation or energy storage online, but Turner said facilities should be built alongside the generation needed to run them and add capacity to the broader grid. "Every data center should be built in conjunction with the necessary power-generating facility to power it and give back to the grid," he said. Turner posited that data centers have become a political football, with officials too often choosing sweeping restrictions or open-ended delays instead of working with utilities, developers and local communities on plans that protect ratepayers while adding needed power. KEVIN O'LEARY DETAILS MASSIVE UTAH AI DATA CENTER TO RIVAL CHINA'S TECH DOMINANCE "The solutions to data centers are not complicated issues to solve," he said. "They just require political will." The Trump administration has already sought to turn that argument into a national model. In March, the White House announced a Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed by major technology companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI, which the administration says commits the companies to cover the cost of additional electricity generation needed for AI data centers rather than pass it along to families. Turner noted the stakes of the data-center debate extend well beyond local utility bills, arguing that the United States cannot afford to fall behind China in the race to build and control artificial intelligence. "When you tell Americans why we have to win the AI race, look at what China did with the Wuhan flu and how they tried to lie about that," Turner said. "Now imagine they can do that with every single piece of intellectual property on every platform in real time. That alone should scare the crap out of Americans." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96051b2c5335ae104db1c1 JD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in Speech te 2026-08-31T22:50:03.216Z JD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in Speech The vice president also told Dr. El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, to “keep my wife’s name out of your mouth.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96006f2c5335ae104db10a Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation to Trump te 2026-08-31T22:30:07.414Z Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation to Trump Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. The resignation remains pending and has not been accepted by the White House, the official said. According to The Wall Street Journal, Driscoll is expected to depart the Pentagon in the coming days.  The move also comes amid ongoing tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the outlet reported. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a96006c2c5335ae104db0f2 Scott Brown Was a GOP Star. Will It Matter in the New Hampshire Senate Race? te 2026-08-31T22:30:04.806Z Scott Brown Was a GOP Star. Will It Matter in the New Hampshire Senate Race? Scott Brown is chasing the political limelight again with a seemingly improvised Senate campaign. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fe1b2c5335ae104db0bb MIKE BENGERT: Are Scottsdale School Board Members Leaders Or Menzel Followers? te 2026-08-31T22:20:11.684Z MIKE BENGERT: Are Scottsdale School Board Members Leaders Or Menzel Followers? By Mike Bengert | At the June 23rd meeting, the three-member progressive majority of the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUDSD) Governing Board approved a $20,000 raise and contract extension for Dr. Menzel. His annual salary, not including stipends, bonuses, or other benefits, is now $245,000. Member Amy Carney voted no. Explaining her vote, she said: “My vote for extending the superintendent’s contract through 2029 is based on performance, accountability, and the financial realities facing our district. Scottsdale Unified School District continues to face significant challenges. Enrollments declined by approximately 6,000 students over the past decade, resulting in ongoing budget pressures and difficult decisions about closing and consolidating neighborhood schools. And at the same time, district academic performance indicators, including ACT scores, are still declining. This year, the superintendent received a lower evaluation score from the board than he received in previous years. Despite that decline, the board majority has approved both a salary increase and a three-year contract extension. I believe contract extensions should be earned through demonstrated results. When academic goals have not been met over a long span of time and a district is operating in a season of budget deficits, extending a contract is wrong. In most organizations, declining performance would not earn you additional compensation or a lengthened contract. Given those realities, I don’t believe giving our superintendent a raise or long-term contract extension is appropriate. My responsibility is to exercise sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars and hold district leadership accountable for results. So, for those reasons, my vote is a no.” With this statement, Member Carney again showed the principled leadership she has brought to the Board throughout her four years serving SUSD students and parents. For those who have been paying attention, this is not surprising. Over the years, Member Carney has consistently challenged Menzel’s radical and destructive policies. For the past four years, she and outgoing Member Werner were the only voices of reason and common sense on the Board. Despite attacks and ridicule from progressive members who backed Menzel, they refused to serve as rubber stamps and would not be silenced. Now let’s compare what the Menzel-aligned board members said about his new contract. Menzel’s Followers on His Leadership Explaining his vote to approve Menzel’s raise and contract extension, Member Pittinsky said in part: “I think under Dr. Menzel’s leadership, we’re in the midst of several critical initiatives, all of which are multi-year, and he deserves the opportunity and we need his leadership and his expertise to see them through.” According to Pittinsky, SUSD needs Menzel’s “leadership and expertise” to carry out “several critical initiatives,” including closing and consolidating schools. Yet those initiatives stem from actions Menzel took, with support from the Board majority, as part of his effort to disrupt and dismantle SUSD. Then came comments from Governing Board President Dr. Lewis, another public education expert and former superintendent of the year. Explaining her yes vote, Dr. Lewis said: “Menzel’s asked frequently to serve and guide other superintendents around the state and that’s a compliment and a badge of honor for this district.” She conveniently left out that Menzel is paid for his involvement in the Superintendents Collaborative Network with Grand Canyon University. Dr. Lewis went on to say: “I appreciate that he symbolizes who we are and what we’re about and is very in touch with some of the points of disagreement. And that takes a sophistication and complexity to weather while leaning in and taking the risk of leading.” I’m not sure exactly what this means, especially the last sentence. But since Lewis and the other Menzel supporters on the Board routinely approve what Menzel wants, one interpretation is that, if Menzel “symbolizes who we are and what we’re about,” they also support his effort to “disrupt and dismantle” SUSD. Menzel’s Followers on Enrollment Pittinsky continued: “I would point out that if you look at retention, which is the number of students who are in our schools that continue in our schools, every single year that Dr. Menzel has been superintendent, our enrollment has grown. We’ve had more than 100% of our students renew, which means we are attracting more students. Our enrollment trends are a function of starting kindergarten classes that are much smaller than graduating senior classes and that is largely a function of demographics. That is simple math.” To try and understand Pittinskys’ statements about retention and enrollment trends, I went to the  various presentations used by Menzel at the Board meetings. Member Pittinsky’s statement that enrollment has grown under Menzel is proven wrong by Menzel’s own chart. Go to the 4/29/25 Enrollment Planning Study Session, slide #10, and see for yourself. From 2021 (21,455) to 2024 (20,930) enrollment has declined every year for a total of 525 (-2.4%) students. If you extend it to include 2025 (19,722) (from District Financial & Enrollment Overview 10/28/2025, slide #4) during period 2021-2025 the total drop in enrollment is 1,733, with 1,208 of that reduction happening between 2024 and 2025 alone. During Menzel’s tenure as superintendent the 1,733 enrollment reduction represents 29% of the total 6,032 between 2010 and 2025. Again, using Menzel’s numbers, while SUSD enrollment was declining by 2.4% from 2021 to 2024, Great Hearts enrollment increased 5.6%. Must be demographics. Pittinsky is arguing that Menzel should not be blamed for declining enrollment because kindergarten classes are smaller than graduation senior classes, due in large part to demographics. Yes, the math is simple, but it has followed the same pattern since 2010, with kindergarten enrollment lower than the number of graduating seniors every year by an average of over 500 students. But in the last five years under Menzel, we have graduated an average of over 700 more seniors than kindergarten students. Explain again how we are attracting more students. Menzel’s Followers on Capture Rate During the February 11, 2025, board meeting, where the 2025-2026 budget was reviewed, Member Pittinsky commented that, due in part to demographics and the SUSD capture rate (currently 55%), the district would be “doing the same thing again in 12 months” without rethinking its expense structure. At the February 2025 meeting, Pittinsky viewed the district low capture rate as a problem, but apparently now he views it as a positive while trying to defend his vote to give Menzel a raise and contract extension, he says: “…if you look at our capture rate under Dr. Menzel, our capture rate has declined at the lowest rate of any of the recent superintendents.” So, according to Pittinsky, while the SUSD capture rate under Menzel is bad and is declining, it is not as bad as other SUSD superintendents. This is the same logic Menzel uses when he says SUSD academic performance may be bad, but we still lead the state, a state where overall academic performance is a disaster. I think this kind of logic is what they call spin. Menzel’s Followers on Academic Goals Pittinsky also notes that in this contract extension, the Board has set multi-year academic achievement goals for Menzel. But in his five years at SUSD, Menzel has not met a single academic goal. Why should this time be different? Goals may sound meaningful, but if they are repeatedly missed without consequences, they become little more than wasted time. Menzel’s Followers on the State of the District Pittinsky claims that according to surveys SUSD is a well-run district. Perhaps Pittinsky needs to review slides 30 and 31 from the 4/29/25 Enrollment Planning Study Session. Those exit surveys identified parents’ concerns about academic rigor, technology overuse, discipline and policy enforcement, bullying and safety, and dissatisfaction with school leadership. According to Arizona Auditor General, a “review of the District’s data indicates that the District may be moving toward the highest-risk category.”  The Auditor cites five areas at SUSD as high risk, including the change in weighted student count (-7.19% in 4 years), and four critical financial measures. You can review the details here Scottsdale Unified School District Approaching Highest Risk. The Scottsdale Unified School District Spending Report shows that the District FY2025 instructional spending percentage of 54.0% is near the 25-year low of 53.6% This story from March 2024 talks about the poor performance of 8th graders on the math testing with only 54% being proficient on the standardized math test. Look at the FY2025 8th grade math test scores on the Arizona Department of Education website here. You will see that only 49% of all 8th graders are proficient in math. Does this sound like a well-run district? Here is the bottom-line. This November we have a choice. We need principled leadership on the SUSD Governing Board. We can’t afford to elect another member with no ties to the district other than being a Menzel supporter. Do your homework. Mike Bengert is a husband, father, grandfather, and Scottsdale resident advocating for quality education in SUSD for over 30 years. The post MIKE BENGERT: Are Scottsdale School Board Members Leaders Or Menzel Followers? first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fe162c5335ae104db08a Navy unveils ‘MALICE’ missile built to strike enemy aircraft from extreme range te 2026-08-31T22:20:06.401Z Navy unveils ‘MALICE’ missile built to strike enemy aircraft from extreme range The U.S. Navy is developing a brand-new, extra-long-range missile designed to shoot down enemy aircraft before they can get close enough to threaten American fighter jets or aircraft carriers. The department announced the new weapon on Aug. 22, saying the next-generation AIM-424 LRAAM is nicknamed "MALICE." The weapon is designed to be fired from a jet to target enemy aircraft or drones at extreme distances in the air. In practice, American pilots will be able to detect an enemy on radar, launch the missile from extreme ranges and destroy the target before coming within close proximity to the enemy, potentially increasing the pilot's survivability. ARMY CONDUCTS FIRST OVERSEAS TEST OF 'HAMMER OF THE GODS' WEAPON-DISRUPTING SYSTEM "LRAAM sustains the Department’s first look, first shot, first kill advantage by providing our aviators greater reach, greater survivability, and greater tactical flexibility in the air-to-air fight," the Navy said. The missile is designed to increase the "range, lethality, and combat effectiveness for Marine and Naval aviation forces," officials added. EUROPE'S $116B FIGHTER JET 'FAILURE' RAISES FRESH DOUBTS ABOUT ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF WITHOUT US Its range is listed as "in excess" of 250 nautical miles, or roughly 287 statute miles. That is a massive distance for an air-to-air missile, allowing jets to protect an entire fleet from far over the horizon. At 13.5 feet long and weighing 1,500 pounds, the missile is significantly larger and heavier than standard medium-range air-to-air missiles. In comparison, the AIM-120 AMRAAM weighs about 335 pounds, underscoring the size of the propulsion system needed to propel the LRAAM to extreme distances. The missile is also equipped with a blast-fragmentation warhead, meaning it does not necessarily have to score a direct physical hit. Instead, it detonates near the target, sending fragments outward to destroy or disable the aircraft. Officials said the missile is compatible with aircraft across multiple generations, including fourth and fifth-generation fighters as well as future sixth-generation aircraft. The LRAAM is being developed by Raytheon, one of the U.S. military’s primary defense contractors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fe152c5335ae104db081 Rickey Jackson wins first Bassmaster Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am on St. Lawrence River te 2026-08-31T22:20:05.521Z Rickey Jackson wins first Bassmaster Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am on St. Lawrence River CLAYTON, NEW YORK — The first-ever Bassmaster Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am wrapped Monday on the St. Lawrence River in Clayton, New York. And, surprisingly enough, it wasn’t Randy Moss who took home the trophy. The event paired eight Hall of Famers with eight Bassmaster Elite pros for a single day on the water. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS Here's how the football side of the field stacked up. Super Bowl XXIX champion linebacker Rickey Jackson, paired with two-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier John Garrett, won the whole thing with 21 pounds, 10 ounces. Jackson, a Pahokee, Fla., native who grew up around Lake Okeechobee, compared the win to the biggest stage he knows: "I mean, it's kind of like winning the Super Bowl." DENNY HAMLIN CHASES MONSTER LARGEMOUTH BASS IN TEXAS WITH BASSMASTER PRO CHRIS ZALDAIN Minus the free trip to Disney World, of course. Joe Thomas spent tournament week loudly promising a win and needling Randy Moss over the tournament bearing his name. "I would say these guys are trembling in their boots because I am by far the most experienced and talented of the bass fishermen here, pros included," Thomas (jokingly, we think) told OutKick Outdoors on the dock just before launch. "I mean, it's just a matter of when we collect our prize money and the trophy at this point. He and his partner, Jay Przekurat, nearly made good on the promise, too, finishing second at 21-5, just 5 ounces short of the win. Thomas kept the trash talk going all the way to the scale: "It would feel great to snatch that right from Randy Moss because he's been cheating a little bit... but as you can see, when you're from Wisconsin, you guys can cheat all you want, Randy Moss. The real fishermen are right here. We'll take care of it." Offensive lineman Kevin Mawae finished third at 20-6 alongside Robert Gee. Mawae turned out to be no stranger to the sport, revealing he lives near Toledo Bend Reservoir. It’s one of the top bass fisheries in the country, and he spends plenty of time there. EVAN KUNG WINS BASSMASTER ELITE AT ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN A TOURNAMENT FOR THE RECORD BOOKS Asked if he was ready to join the pro tour, Mawae explained that he still needed three things: his wife’s blessing, sponsors and a boat. "You don't have to have a boat," he said. "But you gotta make sure you're friendly with a neighbor who does." Words of wisdom from the Hall of Famer there. Packers legend Dave Robinson, who won the first two Super Bowls under Vince Lombardi, finished fourth at 17-15 with 2024 Bassmaster Classic champion Justin Hamner. Robinson came into the week with tremendously low expectations for himself. When we asked him to rate his confidence ahead of the tournament, Robinson gave his own fishing skills a "negative two" out of 10. But he still predicted a win. On the water, Hamner revealed Robinson tried a creative approach to baiting his hook: "He had beef jerky on the hook. I don't know if that's cheating or not, but I just wanted to let y'all know." It didn't work — no fish were caught on the jerky — but it was worth a shot. Cornerback Ronde Barber and Elite pro Tucker Smith finished fifth at 16-14. When asked what position his partner could play in the NFL, Barber tasked him to cover Randy Moss. "He's going to play Nickelback next to me," Barber said. "He’s going to be my backup." Way, way, way back, B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer noted. Robert Brazile, competing under his old NFL nickname "Doctor Doom" alongside partner Tyler Williams, finished sixth at 14-3. Together, they were "Doctor Doom and the Barefoot Bandit." If there’s ever been a better name for a fishing duo, we’ve certainly never heard it. Brazile leaned into his father's old fishing wisdom, explaining, "The best way to fish is to close your mouth." Which really just sounds like his dad wanted some peace and quiet on the water. Still, the advice stuck. "I never thought I could enjoy something more than football," Brazile concluded. "This is better than football." Fishing with 2025 Bassmaster Classic champion Easton Fothergill, Moss weighed in at 13-11, good for seventh place. Fothergill, who grew up in Minnesota idolizing Moss, said his partner held his own on the water, using forward-facing sonar to locate fish sitting 70 to 90 feet deep. Moss put this event together specifically to give his Hall of Fame brothers an experience he fell in love with roughly two decades ago. "I just wanted to team up, bring the two together, and see if we can put something on for years to come," Moss told OutKick Outdoors before the tournament. "This is the first annual, and I look forward to it." He described the event as a way to pull his fellow Hall of Famers out of the football-only orbit they usually share once a year at induction, and into something new. And the beauty of the St. Lawrence River in Clayton was an easy selling point. "Me being a country boy," Moss said, "just being around water just makes me feel at home." Megatron and Elite pro Brandon Palaniuk finished last as a team at 11-13 — but still walked away with the day's Phoenix Boats Big Bass award anyway, boating a 7-pound smallmouth. Johnson, ever humble about it, downplayed his own role. "I was just fishing today. I wasn't catching." It happens like that sometimes. But he did admit the day left an impression. "This is truly a one-of-a-kind experience for me," Johnson said. "I was talking to Brandon, I was like, 'Dang man, you got me thinking about getting a boat now.'" If Monday was any indication, Megatron won't be the only one. Moss set out to build something his fellow Hall of Famers would fall in love with the same way he did. And based on the reactions up and down the dock, it worked. Next year, something tells me there’ll be more than just eight teams. Love all things fishing and outdoors? Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram and TikTok! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fe122c5335ae104db056 A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms te 2026-08-31T22:20:02.375Z A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fbc12c5335ae104db03c NAU ROUNDUP: Men's and women's cross country picked as Big Sky preseason favorites te 2026-08-31T22:10:09.789Z NAU ROUNDUP: Men's and women's cross country picked as Big Sky preseason favorites A look at news and results from NAU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fbc02c5335ae104db032 HCH Pet of the Week: Arbor te 2026-08-31T22:10:08.753Z HCH Pet of the Week: Arbor Meet Arbor, a handsome German Shepherd mix with a heart of gold, and a desire to trade in shelter life for a loving family. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fbbf2c5335ae104db029 HCH Pet of the Week: Glitter te 2026-08-31T22:10:07.729Z HCH Pet of the Week: Glitter Hey, I'm Glitter, and I'm ready to sparkle in your home! I'm an 8-month-old brown and white mixed breed girl with plenty of growing room ahead — at nearly 35 pounds, I'm going to be a lovely medium-to-large companion. I'm… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95fbbd2c5335ae104db000 Mel Gibson apologizes for mocking ASL interpreter, blames 'spontaneous thoughtless idiocy' te 2026-08-31T22:10:05.580Z Mel Gibson apologizes for mocking ASL interpreter, blames 'spontaneous thoughtless idiocy' Mel Gibson apologized Monday after video surfaced showing the actor mocking a sign language interpreter. Gibson, 70, waved at attendees at the Fan Expo Canada panel Saturday in Toronto, before appearing to jeer behind an American Sign Language (ASL) translator on stage at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. "Sometimes when you get pushed out on a stage in a spotlight your mind is all over the place, and sometimes spontaneous thoughtless idiocy is displayed," Gibson told Fox News Digital. 'RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST' WRITER REVEALS MEL GIBSON'S DARK SPIRITUAL WARNING ABOUT 'PASSION' FOLLOW-UP "There was no intended maliciousness attached, and I certainly apologize to anyone who was upset by it." Backlash swiftly hit the Internet following Gibson's appearance in the Constitution Hall for his panel discussion, "From Braveheart to Mad Max: A Q&A with Mel Gibson." MEL GIBSON AND PARTNER ROSALIND ROSS QUIETLY SPLIT AFTER 9 YEARS TOGETHER "This choice is bonkers to me," one user wrote on X. "Interpreter just doing their job, people clapping for you, positive vibes ... Mel Gibson: makes fun of ASL interpreter for no reason at all. What dysfunction causes a brain to need to be casually cruel for no reason?" One user responded, "It’s dumb silly stupid and disrespectful sure. But why is it cruel? He’s a ten year old boy who never grew up trying to be funny." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Always disappointing to see my language mocked," one user wrote on a since-deleted post. "We work hard to get our language recognized and be taken seriously." Some weren't as negatively impacted by Gibson's on-stage actions. In a video circulating online, one X user wrote, "I’ve seen tons of comedians do that. People are way too caught up in their feelings." Another user noted, "Least controversial Mel Gibson incident." Representatives for the expo did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Gibson confirmed at the event that he's actively editing and working on post-production for "The Resurrection of the Christ" in Toronto. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE In 2025, President Donald Trump announced three special envoys with the purpose of promoting business in Hollywood. "It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!" He added, "These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!" The "Mad Max" actor was "surprised" to find out about his new role, but admitted he is ready to help the administration in any way. "I got the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised," Gibson said in a statement to Fox News Digital at the time. "Nevertheless, I heed the call. My duty as a citizen is to give any help and insight I can. Any chance the position comes with an Ambassador’s residence?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f9662c5335ae104daf9e Ms Rachel confronted on accusing Israel of 'genocide' in park interaction with podcaster te 2026-08-31T22:00:06.670Z Ms Rachel confronted on accusing Israel of 'genocide' in park interaction with podcaster Podcaster Avi Lichtschein confronted popular children's educator Ms. Rachel about her anti-Israel comments during an interaction at a neighborhood park, according to the Sunday episode of his show, "Depends on the Context." During the episode, Lichtschein described running into the YouTuber, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, while they were both taking their children to the park. After meeting her, he asked her why she was anti-Israel. Accurso reportedly told him that she was not anti-Israel, but anti-Israeli government and anti-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I pushed back on this, and I said, 'That's absurd,'" Lichtschein said. "Saying you're anti-Netanyahu, but you're not anti-Israel? Netanyahu is the democratically elected leader of the sovereign nation. I think what [she does] is way beyond that." YOUTUBE STAR MS RACHEL GIVES FUNDS TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MICHIGAN SENATE HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED Lichtschein said that Accurso also accused Israel of committing a "genocide" through its war with Hamas. "She said something along the lines of, 'Twenty thousand children have died. How is that not a genocide?'" Lichtschein said. "The answer is — and this is what I was trying to convey to her — genocide is not just a word for, like, a war. War is terrible. Again, Hamas started this war. Genocide is the specific accusation that [she's] hurling at the Jewish people, hurling at the state of Israel, and now it gives carte blanche to go open season on Jews literally around the world." Lichtschein added that Accurso repeatedly said that her "husband's father is Jewish" and that she supports the existence of a Jewish state. He informed her that she was "spreading blood libel" and that there was "blood on your hands" for her ignorance before she ultimately walked away. SCHOLAR CHALLENGES MS RACHEL’S GAZA MESSAGING AS ANTISEMITISM SURGES GLOBALLY Lichtschein then spoke to Accurso's husband on the matter, apologizing for upsetting her, though he did not take back his comments. "I wasn’t planning on changing her mind," Lichstein said. "I wanted to point out your words are creating a lot of damage and someone with an audience as enormous as hers has a responsibility to understand what happens downstream from the things that she says. I think that what she’s doing is motivated by compassion for children, but I think she’s very naïve and gullible and doesn’t realize what her actions are doing to the Jewish community at large, what her words are doing to the enemy of the Jewish people. What she’s doing is harmful." Fox News Digital reached out to Accurso for comment. YOUTUBE STAR MS RACHEL EMOTIONALLY APOLOGIZES FOR LIKING ANTISEMITIC COMMENT, SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT In a statement to Fox News Digital, Lichtschein recalled that Accurso told him that she considers herself a "Zionist" akin to former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. "The timing struck me because it was such a vivid example of the point I had been trying to make to Rachel. You may personally consider yourself a Zionist and may not intend your rhetoric to contribute to hostility toward Jews or Zionists, but when you have an enormous platform, you have to think seriously about what happens downstream from the rhetoric you amplify," Lichtschein said. He added, "I don’t think Rachel hates Jews, and I'm sure her advocacy comes from a place of genuine compassion for children. But when you have an audience as enormous as hers, you have a responsibility to understand the consequences of the claims you’re amplifying. That’s what I wanted her to hear." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f4b72c5335ae104daf08 Hobbs keeps legal donors under wraps amid ‘pay-to-play’ probe te 2026-08-31T21:40:07.100Z Hobbs keeps legal donors under wraps amid ‘pay-to-play’ probe GLENDALE — Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won’t disclose who is helping to fund the legal costs she has incurred in investigations of whether she was involved in a “pay-to-play”... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Hobbs keeps legal donors under wraps amid ‘pay-to-play’ probe first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f4b52c5335ae104daee4 NYPD warns public to avoid Times Square amid officer-involved shooting te 2026-08-31T21:40:05.399Z NYPD warns public to avoid Times Square amid officer-involved shooting The NYPD urged people to avoid a busy Times Square intersection Monday afternoon as officers investigated a police-involved shooting. Police warned the public to avoid West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue and expect delays in the surrounding area. The NYPD confirmed to Fox News Digital that a police-involved shooting had happened, but provided no additional details. A witness claimed on social media that a woman was "running around stabbing people." A video posted to social media showed a woman wielding what appeared to be a knife. She appeared to approach a group of police officers with the knife and was shot. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f4b42c5335ae104daedb Kirk Herbstreit and his former gymnast wife have four boys thanks to handstands on the bed te 2026-08-31T21:40:04.242Z Kirk Herbstreit and his former gymnast wife have four boys thanks to handstands on the bed Kirk Herbstreit knows the secret to having boys, and it starts immediately after you and your lady enjoy some alone time. He and his former gymnast wife Alison Bulter have gone four-for-four implementing this method. It's worth a shot for all the girl dads out there who want to try one last time for a boy, isn't it? Unless, of course, this headstand on the bed that his wife would do is a coincidence, and they were always going to have boys anyway. There is a chance that's the case, but where's the sense of adventure in going along with headstands being a part of the process? Wouldn’t you much rather live in a world where a bunch of women are going upside down in bed with their feet in the air hoping it will bring them a boy? ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! I know that's the kind of world I want to live in, and I'd like to think Herbstreit does too. He shared his bedroom secret for having boys during a recent appearance on Bussin' With the Boys. After being asked what his secret was, Herbstreit clarified that he was actually being asked about having boys specifically, then dove right into it. His wife had done some research on the subject, and apparently they didn’t want any girls, because they used the secret method for each of their four children, and they all ended up being boys. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "Well, my wife, to be specific, my wife was a gymnast…," Herbstreit said: "When we would get done with, when we were done... she heard the male sperm were faster. She would do a handstand, she would go up on the bed, and we're four-for-four." He wasn’t sure about the length of time required for these boy-making headstands, but that didn’t matter to the hosts. They were convinced, as we can only hope a lot of others are, that Herbstreit had cracked the code. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f25f2c5335ae104dae83 NYPD warns public to avoid Times Square amid reports of officer-involved shooting te 2026-08-31T21:30:07.675Z NYPD warns public to avoid Times Square amid reports of officer-involved shooting The NYPD urged people to avoid a busy Times Square intersection Monday afternoon as officers investigated an incident amid reports of an officer-involved shooting. Police warned the public to avoid West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue and expect delays in the surrounding area. A witness claimed on social media that a woman was "running around stabbing people." A video posted to social media showed a woman wielding what appeared to be a knife. She appears to approach a group of police officers with the knife and is shot. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f25c2c5335ae104dae6c U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine te 2026-08-31T21:30:04.740Z U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine The U.S. military said its attacks against Iran were in response to a threat to the Strait of Hormuz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f0072c5335ae104dae23 Bryan Kohberger's new lawyer says key questions may soon get answers in court te 2026-08-31T21:20:07.452Z Bryan Kohberger's new lawyer says key questions may soon get answers in court Bryan Kohberger's newest lawyer says upcoming filings and a potential evidentiary hearing will shed new light on the Idaho student murders case while their immediate legal fight concerns the constitutionality of the plea his client is attempting to withdraw. "We think the [amended] PCR and evidentiary hearing will naturally address some of the outstanding and unanswered questions," Jason Goldman, a New York-based attorney who is joining Kohberger's team, told Fox News Digital Monday. "That said, the main priority right now is to scrutinize the constitutional issues surrounding Bryan's plea." Kohberger, in a handwritten petition for post-conviction relief filed in July, told the court he had ineffective counsel, that his guilty plea was "not knowingly or voluntarily entered because it was induced by unkept promises" and that it was "not voluntarily entered because of threats asserted by petitioner's (Kohberger's) legal counsel." BRYAN KOHBERGER'S POST-CONVICTION RELIEF BID ENABLED BY FLAWED PLEA DEAL, PSYCHOLOGIST ARGUES "The circumstances surrounding Bryan's plea — and what occurred in the critical days leading up to it — deserve careful, independent judicial scrutiny," Goldman said. "Some of those circumstances are already part of the public record. Others are not." He also said that the support Kohberger receives from his family is part of why he agreed to join the case. BRYAN KOHBERGER'S MOTHER CALLED HIM 'MY ANGEL' AND INSISTED POLICE MADE A 'REALLY, REALLY BAD MISTAKE': BOOK "Most family and friends run for the hills when a loved one is quietly arrested, let alone charged with a highly-publicized murder," he said. "The unwavering support Bryan maintains speaks volumes."  Judge Steven Hippler set a Nov. 13 deadline for Kohberger's lawyers to file an amended petition which is expected to be written by attorneys and include more in-depth legal arguments than the handwritten petition Kohberger submitted in July. BRYAN KOHBERGER’S 2027 HEARING IS NOT GUARANTEED AS IDAHO SEEKS QUICK DISMISSAL Idaho defense attorney Greg Rauch was appointed to represent Kohberger last month. Goldman said he would be joining as out-of-state counsel but is not yet officially on the docket. Prosecutors have asked the judge to dismiss Kohberger's petition on numerous grounds, but Kohberger's lawyers filed a motion last week to have the judge removed from the case and to change the venue back to Moscow, Idaho, where the offices of Rauch and the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney are both located. Kohberger had previously sought a change of venue out of Latah County, where the murders took place, which landed him in front of Hippler in Ada County. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "The motion speaks for itself," Goldman said. "We must ensure that the serious constitutional questions at play are heard in a forum whose impartiality and neutrality cannot be questioned." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS The motion, signed by Rauch, questions Hippler's impartiality, noting that he declined to give Kohberger's former defense team more time when they said they were not finished with discovery review weeks before trial. READ THE MOTION: Rauch also took issue with some of the language Hippler has since used to describe his client: "someone in whom the Court could identify nothing remaining that was 'good or intrinsically human.'" LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Kohberger, 31, last year pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and a felony burglary charge for the 2022 stabbing deaths of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. He did not give a motive. GOT A TIP? In a motion filed last week, Deputy Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Keith Scholl asked for a transcript of Kohberger's July 2, 2025, change of plea hearing, in which Kohberger's own words could be used to rebut the new claims in his petition. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Hippler set a Nov. 13 deadline — four years to the day after the murders — for Kohberger's legal team to file an amended petition and set aside two potential dates for a status conference and evidentiary hearing next year. KOHBERGER DEFENSE EXPERT WANTS HIS LAWYERS UNDER OATH AFTER KILLER CITES FINDINGS IN BID TO UNDO GUILTY PLEA Hearings on the recusal and venue motions could be held before then. "We will let the evidence and the filings speak in due course," Goldman told Fox News Digital. "Stay tuned." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95f0052c5335ae104dae0d Teen Charged With Murder After Livestreaming San Diego Mosque Shooting te 2026-08-31T21:20:05.357Z Teen Charged With Murder After Livestreaming San Diego Mosque Shooting The authorities said the 17-year-old from North Carolina had recorded the attack, which killed three people in May. “She ran with the pack — she shared in the kill,” the district attorney said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edb42c5335ae104dadd8 Judge calls Trump mail ballot rule ‘substantively unconstitutional’ as court battle extends te 2026-08-31T21:10:12.031Z Judge calls Trump mail ballot rule ‘substantively unconstitutional’ as court battle extends (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror) A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday declined the Trump administration’s request to overturn the temporary restraining order she signed last week that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a rule placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. The 14-day order published Aug. 27 was not appealable, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a brief order Monday. But even if the order could be appealed, the administration would lose on the merits, Talwani wrote.  “It is likely that the USPS lacked authority to issue the Final Rule and that the Final Rule is substantively unconstitutional and contrary to law,” she wrote. She dismissed the administration’s argument that the temporary restraining order came too close to Election Day as a “cynical interpretation” of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Aug. 24 decision that allowed President Donald Trump’s related executive order to move forward on procedural grounds. The high court found that Trump’s executive order, which directed the Postal Service to create the rule, could not be challenged until the rule itself was in place. It made no determination on the merits of the rule. “A Final Rule has now issued and, contrary to Defendants’ cynical interpretation, the Supreme Court has not endorsed the view that any challenge to the Final Rule is now too late,” Talwani, whom President Barack Obama appointed to the bench, wrote. She added that she disagreed with the USPS argument that the requirements of the rule, which would force states to overhaul their vote-by-mail systems ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections and to gain federal government approval of lists of voters who requested mail ballots, were “modest.” The administration is also fighting Democratic-led states and voting rights groups in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over Talwani’s temporary restraining order and in Talwani’s court over a longer pause of the final rule. Several Republican state attorneys general, representing Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas, joined the suit on the federal government’s side. The rule’s challengers say it is an inappropriate incursion of states’ power to administer elections, and would likely disenfranchise people who depend on mail ballots to vote.  Trump has long claimed, without evidence, and despite his personal use of the service, that mail voting enables election fraud.  The administration has said its rule is needed to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in federal elections, which studies have shown is rare. Trump issued the executive order March 31. States and voting rights groups immediately sued to stop it, but the legal battle heated up last week with the Supreme Court’s procedural decision on its emergency docket.  The states and groups challenging the law quickly refiled their lawsuits to reflect that the rule had been published Aug. 21. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edb22c5335ae104dadbb Dad of third-grade girl in Massachusetts allegedly barged in on by trans student in bathroom calls for action te 2026-08-31T21:10:10.844Z Dad of third-grade girl in Massachusetts allegedly barged in on by trans student in bathroom calls for action The Massachusetts father of a third-grade girl who says his daughter was subjected to a disturbing bathroom incident involving a transgender classmate is not backing down from his fight with the school district. Luis Rivera, whose daughter attends Rochester Memorial School, has hired attorney Sam Whiting of the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center after filing a federal Title IX complaint against the Old Rochester Regional School District in May. A letter filed by Whiting on Rivera’s behalf alleges that Rivera’s 9-year-old daughter was the victim of sex-based harassment after a transgender female classmate, who was born male, entered her bathroom stall. The letter also alleges that the student had previously watched female students use the bathroom, which Rivera and his attorney argue invaded their privacy and undermined their dignity. Rivera and his wife, Kerri, along with other parents, have repeatedly contacted Rochester Memorial School Principal Heidi Letendre about the transgender student’s use of the girls’ bathroom, according to the letter. WASHINGTON MOTHER SAYS SHE FOUND ADULT MALE SHOWERING IN WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM DURING CHILDREN'S SWIM MEET "On numerous occasions, during this actual event, we reached out multiple times. And we were told by the principal that no boy is supposed to be in the bathroom. Then somewhere along the line, they changed their story," Rivera told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to Letendre for comment. Rivera said he has attended every school committee meeting since the incident, joining other community members in pushing the district to change its bathroom policy. He also said he and his wife have decided to remove their daughter from the school for the upcoming school year. His daughter wrote a letter to President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump asking for help with the situation. "I feel scared to use the girls' bathroom," she wrote. WASHINGTON MOTHER PULLS CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL AFTER PRIDE LESSON SHOWN IN MUSIC CLASS WITHOUT NOTICE The dispute centers not only on the alleged incident involving Rivera’s daughter but also on the district’s interpretation of state and federal anti-discrimination laws, Whiting said. Massachusetts law prohibits discrimination against students based on protected characteristics, including gender identity, and bars schools from excluding students from "the advantages, privileges and courses of study" they offer. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education also says transgender students should have access to school facilities, including bathrooms, consistent with their gender identity. For now, however, the Old Rochester Regional School District does not appear to have plans to change its policy regarding transgender students. In a message to parents, Superintendent Michael Nelson said that, following a Title IX investigation, school staff and district administrators acted in compliance with the law. The decision, he said, was made by an independent decision maker following the complaint brought forward by the Rochester Memorial School parent. TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS WOKE SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF HIDING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS In a written statement, Nelson said the district is bound by the Massachusetts laws. "Additionally, our schools adhere to the policies and procedures of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education," he said. "... We believe that we are bound by law and state education policy and that age-appropriate handling of student matters in a public school setting is best left to the professional educators who know how to do their jobs correctly and effectively," he said. He also noted that during this process, his educators and administrators have been subject to "innumerable explicit, angry and threatening communications," directly and indirectly through social media. Fox News Digital reached out directly to Nelson. Whiting said he and the parents involved are particularly disappointed by the superintendent’s response, which he claims downplayed the seriousness of the incident. According to Whiting, the response amounted to, "Oh, these things just happen between 9-year-olds… sometimes bathroom doors are unlocked and these things happen." PORTLAND PARENT BANNED FROM SCHOOL EVENTS AFTER OPPOSING GENDER IDENTITY ASSIGNMENT FILES LAWSUIT Whiting said he hopes the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will investigate the complaint. "Ultimately, we hope they will find that the school district is in violation of Title IX and will refer the case to the Department of Justice for enforcement," he said. "School districts who violate Title IX can be at risk of losing their federal funds… We’re always hopeful they’ll do the right thing, but if they don’t, our plan is to try to get this in front of the proper authorities at the federal level." Rivera said the lack of what he considers meaningful action from the district has left him with no choice but to escalate the matter. "They haven’t taken any remedial action. And so that’s why we feel like we have to kind of bring this up to the higher authorities and the federal government," Rivera said. "There’s no transparency. There’s no accountability. It’s just they’re running around free, and they’re violating these girls’ privacy rights, because what happened to my daughter should have never happened if the policies were put into place." "And I have to deal with her emotional trauma behind this," Rivera added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edb12c5335ae104dadb2 Tips for your fantasy football draft: How to build a winning team without overthinking it te 2026-08-31T21:10:09.909Z Tips for your fantasy football draft: How to build a winning team without overthinking it It's that time of year again. You've read the rankings, listened to the podcasts, watched some preseason football and probably done at least one mock draft that completely fell apart by the fifth round (or you literally stopped paying attention after round three). You've got a strategy, and you're ready for your actual fantasy football draft. So, naturally, the guy in your league who hasn't done a second of research and shows up 10 minutes late asking, "Wait, Mike Evans is on the 49ers now?" is probably going to win the championship. That's fantasy football. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of fantasy football analysts on the internet, and many of them are very good at what they do. They'll tell you which running backs are undervalued, which rookie wide receivers are about to break out and which quarterback is being drafted three rounds too early. TIME TO FACE FACTS: FANTASY FOOTBALL PUNISHMENTS HAVE OFFICIALLY JUMPED THE SHARK IN 2026 Find an analyst whose opinion you trust. Better yet, find a few. That's not what we're doing here. Instead, I want to talk about general fantasy football draft strategy. I've been playing fantasy football for a long time, in a lot of different leagues with a lot of different people, and there are certain mistakes that people make over and over again. Avoiding a few of them won't guarantee you a championship. Nothing will. But it certainly won't hurt. Let's start with the most obvious one, because it's also one that people routinely screw up: know the rules. Sounds simple, right? Well, is your league full PPR, half-PPR or standard scoring? How many wide receivers start? How many flex spots are there? Is it a one-quarterback league or superflex? Are passing touchdowns worth four points or six? Do you get bonuses for long touchdowns or 100-yard games? How many bench spots does everyone have? How does the waiver/free agency system work after the draft? All of that matters. A player can have significantly more value in one scoring system than another. A league that starts three wide receivers and a flex puts a lot more pressure on wide receiver depth than one that starts two receivers. Superflex leagues push quarterbacks way up the board. So before you start obsessing over whether Player A should be ranked 37th or 41st, make sure you understand the game you're actually playing. And that includes roster rules. I've seen people get halfway through a draft before realizing the league adjusted the roster spots between seasons. I've seen people draft like they're playing standard scoring when receptions are worth a full point. Don't be that person. This is especially important if you're playing in multiple leagues. If the setup is different enough, an elite draft in one league might be a last-place roster in another. Honestly, just knowing the rules probably puts you ahead of at least one player in your league (but likely more than one). This is one of the most important parts of fantasy football drafting, and I don't think people talk about it nearly enough. Who are you playing against? There's a huge difference between a casual home league and a league filled with people who spend all summer studying fantasy football. Maybe you're in a league with 11 friends you've known since college. Three of them are really into fantasy football. Five pay attention once the calendar flips to September but not one day sooner. One guy still thinks it's 2022. Then there's Derek, who forgot the draft was today. Side note: definitely don't be this guy. There's nothing worse than those frantic phone calls to first locate "Derek" and then, if unsuccessful, calls to find a last-minute fill-in. Home leagues are a completely different environment from a competitive league where nearly everyone understands Average Draft Position (ADP), knows the depth charts and has already done 50 drafts. If that's your league, I'm not sure why you're reading my fantasy football advice in the first place. In a casual league, good players tend to fall further. There's often no reason to reach aggressively for someone just because you like him. There's a decent chance your league mates aren't even looking at the same players you are. Sharper leagues are different. Sleepers aren't really sleepers when everyone knows about them. A player you think is going to last another round might have six other people waiting to draft him. You also need to know the specific people in your league. Home leagues develop personalities over time. One guy always takes a quarterback early. Another drafts rookies like he's waiting for his shot to be an actual NFL GM (it's not going to happen, Kevin). Someone else has to get at least three players from his favorite team every year. Pay attention. NFL COACHES AND EXECUTIVES SAY PATRICK MAHOMES IS NO LONGER THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL I live in Connecticut, and I've made this same point about NCAA Tournament pools. Filling out a bracket against a bunch of UConn fans is different because you already know UConn is probably going to be more popular in that pool than it would be nationally. Fantasy football works the same way. Drafting with a room full of Eagles fans? Philadelphia players probably aren't slipping very far. And after 10 or 15 years in the same home league, you probably know your friends' bad habits better than they do. In fact, they probably don't even realize their own bad habits. Now is the time to use that information against them. Are you drafting on ESPN? Yahoo? Sleeper? CBS? NFL? Or are you sitting in someone's garage with a giant draft board and a stack of stickers? Those are not the same drafts. Every fantasy platform has its own rankings and its own ADP. And whether people realize it or not, those rankings sitting on the screen have a huge influence on who gets drafted when. A player ranked near the top of the available list is going to attract attention. Maybe you're using rankings from an analyst who has a certain wide receiver ranked 45th overall. Great. But your league is drafting on a site where that player typically goes around No. 70. Why take him at 45? You might be right about the player. But the entire point is to get him as late as you reasonably can. That's why you need to check the site you're actually using. A player you have to grab in the sixth round on ESPN might still be sitting there in the eighth on Yahoo. And that's before you even get to live drafts. There isn't one universal list controlling the room when you're sitting around a table. One person has a printout from ESPN. Another has rankings from some fantasy analyst he follows. Someone is drafting off his phone. Then there's the guy who bought a fantasy magazine in an airport six weeks ago (this guy usually falls into the "Mike Evans plays for who?!" category). Good luck figuring out what he's going to do. Those drafts can get weird quickly, which is part of what makes them fun. This ties directly into the previous point. Rankings are your opinion, or somebody else's opinion, of how players should be valued. ADP tells you where people are actually taking them. You need to know both because that's how you're going to find value. Let's say you absolutely love a player and have him ranked 50th overall. His ADP is around 80. You have pick No. 52. Taking him there isn't necessarily wrong if you believe he's worth the pick. But what if you also select again at No. 69 (nice) and there's a very good chance he's still going to be available? Now you've got a decision to make. Fantasy football isn't just about identifying good players. It's also about figuring out how long you can afford to wait before somebody else takes them. Of course, ADP isn't some magical law that everyone has to follow. Players get picked ahead of ADP all the time, and sometimes that's the right move. Same thing with rankings. There isn't nearly enough certainty in fantasy football to pretend that the player ranked 42nd is definitely better than the player ranked 49th. They're probably pretty close. That's why tiers can be useful. You might have six wide receivers that you view almost identically who are all still available. Meanwhile, there's one running back left before you see a significant drop at the position. That matters a lot more than whether WR18 is technically ranked three spots ahead of RB17. It happens in almost every fantasy draft. Three quarterbacks go in quick succession. Then someone takes another one. Suddenly, a person who had absolutely no intention of drafting a quarterback starts thinking, "Oh no, I need to get one." Do you? Maybe. But it's also possible four people just helped you by taking quarterbacks while good players at other positions sat there. Obviously, you can't completely ignore a run. If the last quarterback you really like is sitting there and six have already gone, you might have to pull the trigger. But that's different from getting nervous because the room suddenly decided now is the time to grab QB1. There are drafts where jumping into the run makes sense. There are others where I'm perfectly happy watching everyone else do it and taking whatever good players they're leaving for me. This is called "board texture" if you're really into fantasy football, and I promise that's the last time I'm going to use a nerdy term like that. There's something satisfying about looking at your fantasy team during the draft and seeing every starting position filled. Quarterback? Got one. Running backs? Done. Wide receivers? Check. Tight end? Taken care of. Defense and kicker? Yep, got them, too. Great. Nobody gives you bonus points for that. Your goal isn't to be the first person in the league with a complete Week 1 starting lineup. You're trying to build a roster for an entire season. Maybe there's a tight end you like, but there are four others you'd be perfectly happy drafting later. Meanwhile, a running back you had ranked much higher than the rest of the board is still available even though you already have two running backs. I'm probably taking RB3 and dealing with tight end later. Obviously, this has limits. You can't completely ignore roster construction and just draft 14 running backs because they're the highest-ranked player every time you're on the clock. But I see people pass on good players all the time because they don't like seeing an empty spot next to "TE" or "QB" on the draft screen. Everyone loves sleepers. It's one of the best parts of fantasy football, and if you Google "fantasy football sleepers" you'll probably get 10,000 results. Why? Every analyst writes those articles because they know how many people are looking for that exact analysis. There's no better feeling than taking the guy no one in your league has even heard of and having him post a 1,000-yard, 10 TD season. Now you get to talk about what a football expert you are (but you're still not getting that GM gig, Kevin). The problem is that fantasy players sometimes get so excited about finding sleepers that they destroy the entire point of finding them. A player isn't much of a bargain if you draft him four rounds ahead of where anyone else was going to take him. Now, there's nothing wrong with reaching sometimes. In fact, you have to do it. Fantasy drafts don't let you select whenever you want. Maybe you pick 65th and don't pick again until 88th. There's a player with an ADP around 78 whom you really want. Take him. Waiting around for some perfect ADP value is a good way to watch the guy picking three spots behind you draft all the players you wanted. But taking someone 15 picks early because you know he won't make it back to you is different from taking someone 50 picks early because you watched two preseason highlights and fell in love. And, yes, maybe you really did find the next superstar. I'd still rather draft him later if I can. You can do 100 mock drafts before your real draft (but you shouldn't, because this is a major waste of time). It won't matter. Someone is going to take a player 25 picks earlier than expected. A player you've never seen fall past the fifth round is going to be sitting there in the seventh. You're going to have three players queued up for your next pick and watch all three come off the board right before you're on the clock. Welcome to fantasy football. This is why I never go into a draft thinking things like, "I'm definitely taking two running backs with my first two picks." Maybe that's how it works out. Then again, maybe the second round comes around and a receiver you never expected to see is sitting there. Same with waiting for a quarterback, taking an elite tight end early or any other draft strategy you decided on before the first team was even on the clock. Having a plan is smart. Just don't spend the entire draft trying to force the board to match the mock draft you did Tuesday night. I saved this one for last because I think people sometimes forget it. Fantasy football is supposed to be fun. Yes, we all want to win. Winning is a lot more fun than losing. And everything written above is designed to help you make better decisions during your draft. But you're also going to spend the next four months rooting for these players. You'll watch a random Monday Night Football game between two teams you don't care about because you need 11 points from your wide receiver (I'm looking at you, Falcons at Saints in Week 4). You'll spend Sunday afternoon checking your phone to see whether your running back got credit for a reception (c'mon, that wasn't a lateral; he definitely threw it forward!) You're going to care about these guys. So, if there's a player you really like, and you want him on your fantasy team, take him. Maybe it's your favorite player. Maybe you just really want to root for the guy this season. That's good enough for me. Take him. Does that mean you should take someone with a 10th-round ADP in the third round because you really like him? Probably not. But we're talking about fantasy football here, not managing your 401(k) (unless you're in a league where you're playing for the value of someone's 401(k), but again, you're probably not taking advice from me if that's the case). So pick a player a little earlier than ADP if you really want him. Who cares if some fantasy expert has another guy ranked two spots higher? Do your homework. Understand the room you're drafting in and try not to light value on fire for no reason. After that, get some players you actually like. You might even win the league. If you do, don't forget to tell everyone how good you are at fantasy football. And if you don't, blame injuries and bad luck. That's what everyone else does. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edb02c5335ae104dada9 Kansas City Chiefs may have ruined Jack Pyburn's plan to make big money at LSU by giving him a job in the NFL te 2026-08-31T21:10:08.853Z Kansas City Chiefs may have ruined Jack Pyburn's plan to make big money at LSU by giving him a job in the NFL Folks who track such things last week were estimating that Jack Pyburn could make around $1 million in 2026 if he was cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and allowed to return to college at LSU. Except, well, the Kansas City Chiefs had other plans. The Chiefs on Monday afternoon claimed the linebacker off waivers from the Bucs, per the NFL waiver wire. That means Pyburn's NFL career continues as a member of the Chiefs' 53-man roster. NCAA CREATED THIS MESS, NOW LSU SET TO MAKE DAE’QUAN WRIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S FIRST NFL RETURNEE It also means Pyburn is seemingly headed for a pay cut by being in the NFL rather than back in college. Yes, crazy world. Pyburn's rookie salary is scheduled to be $885,000. And that is less than the $1 million he was expected to make in college. So we have reached the critical juncture where the NIL rules and countless court filings and rulings on eligibility have turned college football into something of a financial competitor for the NFL in the case of some players. MATT RHULE SOUNDS ALARM ON NFL RETURNEES, $45 MILLION ROSTERS AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S PAYROLL PROBLEM It's been that way before. There have been examples where quarterbacks forego their final years in college and the sizeable pay they might have earned in that season, and go to the NFL to take a financial shave. But that's quarterbacks. Stars. And it is their choice to start what promises to be a lucrative career longterm. Jack Pyburn? He was not drafted in April coming out of LSU. He played only one season there after playing at the University of Florida in 2023 and 2024. Pyburn played in 12 games with 11 starts at LSU and collected 52 tackles with 2 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss. That's nice. But that doesn't scream $1 million nice. NCAA WINS TENTH CIRCUIT 'STAY', BUT FACES MORE ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS FROM 2022 CLASS ATHLETES IN CHAOTIC TIME And how did we get here? Pyburn was part of a lawsuit filed by more than 30 athletes in Louisiana that won a temporary restraining order allowing them to play in college in the 2026 academic year. Pyburn and other players meeting certain criteria who signed with or were drafted by NFL teams were allowed to return to school as long as they could terminate their pro contracts and repay any pro earnings. Pyburn was reportedly ready to do that with the Bucs because they were expected to cut him – as they eventually did. They had guaranteed him $115,000, including a $15,000 signing bonus. But now that contract is not terminated. It and the rights to Pyburn belong to the Chiefs. Pyburn, by the way, reportedly informed LSU that he is withdrawing his name from the ongoing eligibility lawsuit and will remain in the NFL – not that the Chiefs gave him a choice, really. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edaf2c5335ae104dada0 Mom loses grip on daughter as passenger ferry capsizes with 20 people still missing te 2026-08-31T21:10:07.802Z Mom loses grip on daughter as passenger ferry capsizes with 20 people still missing A ferry carrying 267 passengers and crew capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, leaving at least eight people dead and 20 others missing as search efforts continued Monday. The vessel was traveling from Kyrenia in northern Cyprus to the Turkish port of Tasucu when it began taking on water shortly after leaving port Sunday, according to Reuters. Survivors were rescued from the water and from the overturned ferry as nearby vessels and coast guard crews responded, Reuters reported. CRUISES THROWN INTO CHAOS AS DROUGHT STRANDS SHIPS, LEAVES PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING Among those still missing Monday were siblings Miray Bicer, 12, and Mehmet Asaf Bicer, 6, who had been visiting Cyprus with their family, the outlet reported.  Their mother, Ayten Bicer, described the struggle to hold onto her daughter as the vessel overturned. "She was saying, 'Don't let go,'" Bicer told Reuters. "And I didn't let go of my daughter. I swear, I didn't let her go." A suitcase fell on Bicer during the chaos, causing her to lose her grip on the girl.  She managed to grab her daughter's foot, but said oil from the vessel made the area slippery and the child slipped away. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Officials raised the number of people considered missing from 18 to 20 on Monday after checking passenger records against the list of survivors, according to Reuters. The search has also been complicated by the location of the wreckage, which lies in water more than 1,600 feet deep. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said a ship from Turkey equipped to assist with work on the seabed was expected to arrive on Tuesday, Reuters reported.  It remained unclear whether anyone was trapped inside the sunken ferry. Authorities have also begun investigating what may have caused the vessel to sink. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Nine people connected to the ferry's operations were detained as part of the investigation, according to Reuters. Authorities said the vessel had a valid seaworthiness certificate. Questions also remain about the conditions at the time of the disaster. Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel said the ferry encountered adverse weather and began taking on water about 15 minutes after departure, according to the Associated Press (AP).  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Erhurman, however, said weather conditions "were not bad" and cautioned against speculating about the cause of the sinking, the outlet reported. The internationally recognized government of Cyprus also offered to provide assistance with the search-and-rescue operation, according to AP. Reuters and The Associated Press contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95edae2c5335ae104dad97 Matthew Berry details how he reported Tom Brady signing with Tampa Bay while drunk at a bar with team official te 2026-08-31T21:10:06.688Z Matthew Berry details how he reported Tom Brady signing with Tampa Bay while drunk at a bar with team official Do you remember who first reported that Tom Brady would join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020? Matthew Berry thought about the question for a brief moment before remembering. "Oh, I believe it was me," he told OutKick. For context, Brady announced his departure from the New England Patriots weeks before signing with Tampa Bay. At the time, his rumored destinations included the Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts. No one had mentioned the Buccaneers. MATTHEW BERRY DISCUSSES WHETHER HE'D HIRE DIANNA RUSSINI FOR HIS BUDDING FANTASY FOOTBALL EMPIRE Then, after the NFL Combine, Berry wrote in his annual rumors column that he would bet on Brady heading to Tampa. He told OutKick he was quite confident about his prediction at the time. "I won’t give away my source, but I will tell you how I came across the information. I was at the NFL Combine, and it was about 2 a.m., and I was in a bar. I met somebody who worked for the Buccaneers organization," he explained. "We were drinking for an hour and were hammered. This particular person tells me, ‘I think we have a shot at Brady.’ And I’m like, ‘No, you don’t.’" Berry added: "And this person tells me, ‘No, man. We worked him out. We’ve had conversations with him. We think it’s down to us and, I think he said, the Raiders. He goes, Gisele wants a South Florida team to make it easier for her to get home, to fly out of a Florida airport." As they continued drinking, Berry realized the person was, in fact, serious. "The more he talked, the more convinced this person sounded. I thought, ‘Well, okay.’ These are things that I hear drunk in a bar." MATTHEW BERRY HAS HAD TALKS WITH ESPN ABOUT A RETURN, FOLLOWING PAT MCAFEE MODEL As I mentioned to Berry during the conversation, I remember reading his report and asking an NFL insider about it. The insider said they had not heard that. Fans and media were also skeptical that a fantasy football guru, rather than a traditional insider, would have the correct information about one of the biggest transactions in NFL history. Later that night, the insider texted me back: "Berry is onto something." Brady eventually signed with Tampa Bay and led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory in his first season there. The takeaway is obvious. For those who want to break major NFL stories, the real information is not obtained at journalism school, but while drunk in a bar at 2 a.m. Berry appreciated that we asked him about the scoop. "No one has ever brought that up before. Thank you." You can watch OutKick's full interview with Matthew Berry on YouTube here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95eb552c5335ae104dad35 Bessent Claims Canada Is Too Small to Fight a Trade War te 2026-08-31T21:00:05.457Z Bessent Claims Canada Is Too Small to Fight a Trade War At gathering of G20 finance ministers, the Treasury secretary accused Canada’s prime minister of starting a “political shouting match” over U.S. trade policies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e9182c5335ae104dad01 ASU tennis alum Desirae Krawczyk a leading voice beyond the lines te 2026-08-31T20:50:32.641Z ASU tennis alum Desirae Krawczyk a leading voice beyond the lines PHOENIX – At 18, a talented and effervescent Desirae Krawczyk was ready to commit to a college tennis career. But first, she had one thing to share with Arizona State University women’s tennis coach Sheila McInerney.  “I did play a prank on her,” Krawczyk said. “I called Sheila and I just said, ‘I really liked ASU, but I think I’m going to, you know, go somewhere else.’ “And she was so like, ‘You know, that’s all right. It’s great. I’m glad you enjoyed your time here,’” Krawczyk said of her coach’s immediate reaction. Krawczyk responded with “just kidding” and committed to her top choice of ASU in the same conversation.  “I was like, you know what? She’s going to have her hands full with me,” Krawczyk said. “So I’m just going to start with this one before I even get to school.” Fourteen years later, McInerney still speaks fondly of the four years she spent coaching Krawczyk. McInerney sends texts to Krawczyk after watching every one of her professional matches. “She’s always got energy, she’s always fun and she’s a risk taker,” McInerney said. Desirae Krawczyk defeated the No. 1 ranked player in the nation in back-to-back seasons at ASU, and she also reached the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 singles championship in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics) Krawczyk’s latest risk was the rollout of her joint podcast venture, “The Player’s Box,” at the 2025 U.S. Open. “It was the quickest launch ever, fastest launch ever,” Krawczyk said. “We joke about it all the time because it took us about a week.” She co-hosts with Jessica Pegula, Jenny Brady and Madison Keys, two Grand Slam singles finalists and an Australian Open champion, respectively.  “We wanted people to have a glimpse into our group chat, basically, and just into our lives and what we think,” Krawczyk said.  Coming up on the podcast’s one-year anniversary and heading into the 2026 U.S. Open in Queens, the podcast has 45,900 subscribers on YouTube. It’s quite a feat for an athlete who wasn’t always comfortable voicing her opinion publicly. “I remember as a college freshman, she hated to give speeches,” McInerney said.  While at ASU from 2012-16, Krawczyk played singles and doubles. In her senior season, she was ranked No. 34 nationally in singles, earning All-America honors.  “She was just a really, really good kid,” McInerney said. “Qnd then she was actually a very good tennis player, too, so we were lucky.” Desirae Krawczyk (second from right) poses with former ASU coaches Sheila McInerney (left) and Matt Langley (right) at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, following her 2021 U.S. Open mixed doubles championship win. (Photo courtesy of Sheila McInerney) Krawczyk joined the WTA tour after graduating, a move that came with certain adjustments following her illustrious college career.  “We would have three girls staying in one room, four girls staying in one room because it’s so expensive,” Krawczyk said. “You want to limit costs because at that point you don’t have a coach because that’s such an added expense and you kind of just want to go out there and just see how you do to start off with.” In those early years she became known as a doubles specialist, no longer entering tournaments to play singles.  She won her first mixed doubles Grand Slam title in 2021 at the French Open. Krawczyk said when she and her partner Joe Salisbury made the quarterfinals, he initially thought about pulling out after he lost in men’s doubles.  “He was kind of like, ‘Oh, I kind of want to go back and prep for the grass season,’” Krawczyk said. “He ended up staying. He was like, ‘You know what? We agreed to play, so let’s just stay in and play.’ And I was like, ‘OK, thank God.’” She won back-to-back-to-back mixed doubles Grand Slam titles that summer.  “We ended up playing my partner that I played with in the French in the finals of Wimbledon, literally three weeks later and we won,” Krawczyk said.  Later that summer, Salisbury and Krawczyk again held the trophy at the U.S. Open. “We were there for that,” McInerney said, “so it was a thrill for sure.” Krawczyk was only the seventh player in the Open era to win three-of-the-four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in a season. View this post on Instagram Despite their own levels of tennis success, the hosts of “The Player’s Box” podcast don’t insist on pomp and circumstance. They began premiering episodes without proper audio equipment and still often record in hotel rooms at odd hours.   “It’s not very tennis-focused as other podcasts are, but we kind of just keep it lighthearted,” Krawczyk said. They offer food reviews from the cities they visit around the world, and they begin every episode by each sharing their ‘unforced error’ of the week.  The episode that premiered in the middle of the Cincinnati Open, the Masters 1000 tournament in August that precedes the U.S. Open, featured the following unforced errors: Brady thought her Uber driver was going to fall asleep and failed to engage in a conversation with him after being brushed off. A canceled flight from Toronto to Cincinnati for Krawczyk led to her getting a car transport to Buffalo, then picking up a rental car that she drove eight hours to Ohio.  Keys shared that four times in a row at the grocery store she knocked into shelving, causing merchandise to scatter onto the floor. Other patrons even made comments to her about the clumsiness. Pegula had two anecdotes she would not share on camera but talked about an uncapped lid when she went to shake her bottle, resulting in liquid all over herself.   The group picks the most egregious story as the week’s winner.  “I think people think that we make it up, but we really do not make this stuff up, like it just happens,” Krawczyk said.  Even though they giggle with each other over the mishaps, Krawczyk is candid about how much work the tour requires, including navigating typical travel nightmares. “I will say I am my own travel agent, so that is something that has gotten better over time,” Krawczyk said. “I’ve definitely booked the wrong flights.” Krawczyk has more fans than ever before. She even has Pokémon cards with her face on them. “We had one of our fans make what I think is the coolest gift,”  Krawczyk said in the episode before her Cincinnati travel issues.  View this post on Instagram “If you listen to the podcast, Madison and Jenny Brady will say Des is the one that’s going to go out there, she’s riding her bike through Paris and she’s going to do the escape room,” McInerney said. The attack move listed on Her Explorer Pokémon card ‘leads the opponent astray, steering them off track of victory.’  “It’s so different,” McInerney said. “I think just the tone of how they talk about things is so fun. You can’t get that when they’re talking to the press.”  As a doubles player, Krawczyk isn’t required to talk to the press at tournaments as singles players are required to do.  “You have to know what to say, what not to say, and I’m learning to speak more in communications – which I probably shouldn’t have skipped that class in college,” Krawczyk said. “I’ve learned so much from how to do media or press about certain things.” The U.S. Open has changed its mixed doubles tournament to favor top singles players pairing up for shortened matches that take place the week before the official tournament begins. It has kept Krawczyk out of the draw for the past two years.  The women’s doubles tournament begins Sept. 3. Krawczyk has partnered with Storm Hunter from Australia. The draw takes place Tuesday. Serena and Venus Williams will also be playing together. The post ASU tennis alum Desirae Krawczyk a leading voice beyond the lines appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e6b22c5335ae104dac84 Vance unloads on El-Sayed after Usha swipe with brutal warning: 'Way out of your league' te 2026-08-31T20:40:18.137Z Vance unloads on El-Sayed after Usha swipe with brutal warning: 'Way out of your league' Vice President JD Vance urged Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a rally on Monday to focus on substantive policy issues instead of attacking his wife. "I actually think that the people of Michigan think it's kind of weird when you talk about another guy's wife," Vance said at a metro Detroit rally organized by MAGA Inc., a super PAC aligned with the president. "I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about the public policy ideas …I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about how you're going to protect auto workers when you're supporting every single policy that has undercut the wages and jobs of Michigan auto workers your entire life in public service." EL-SAYED UNDER FIRE ONLINE AFTER TAKING AIM AT USHA VANCE, FEMALE TRUMP AIDE IN WEEKEND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS "But whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth because she's way out of your league," the vice president added. Vance's quip was in response to El-Sayed saying "do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no" after the vice president suggested that Sharia law would have been an alien concept to his grandfather.  Critics said the post appeared to take aim at Usha Vance’s Indian heritage. El-Sayed later said his point was that Vance seemed to be suggesting some people are "more American" than others because their families have been in the country longer, noting that Vance’s own in-laws are immigrants. "If you’re a rural White American living in Michigan, just remember El-Sayed believes you’re a racist," conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky said in response to the Democratic hopeful’s statement. SECOND LADY USHA VANCE FIRES BACK AT POINTED JAB FROM DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINEE ABDUL EL-SAYED Earlier in his speech, Vance accused El-Sayed of undercutting his support for working people by taking liberal positions on immigration issues. "We're here to talk about protecting Michigan truck drivers, but also protecting the safety of every single person who drives on the road with a semi truck, which is all of us," Vance said. "Here's the crazy thing. Just a few years ago, Abdul El-Sayed said that we need to make sure that illegal aliens have driver's licenses in this country. He would love to undercut the wages of American truckers." TRUMP ADMIN INVESTIGATING 75 TRUCK DRIVER SCHOOLS FOR FRAUD, HELPING NON-CITIZENS GET LICENSES In 2018, El-Sayed expressed support for allowing illegal immigrants to obtain standard driver's licenses, though he did not specifically push for those in the country illegally to receive the commercial driver's licenses necessary to operate long-haul trucks. While Vance and El-Sayed differ in their approaches to immigration, the two both agree, in principle, that tariffs should be used to benefit American industry. The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e6af2c5335ae104dac7b Lionel Richie hospitalized in St. Louis after summer of health scares and canceled concerts te 2026-08-31T20:40:15.005Z Lionel Richie hospitalized in St. Louis after summer of health scares and canceled concerts Lionel Richie was hospitalized Monday in St. Louis after a concert stop over the weekend at The Muny in Forest Park. Circumstances surrounding his hospitalization were not immediately known. Richie, 77, suffered a number of health scares over the summer, which forced him to cancel a string of shows. LIONEL RICHIE REASSURES FANS HE IS 'DOING WELL' AFTER DIZZY SPELL FORCED CONCERT CANCELLATIONS "Thank you for every message, every kind word, and for all your love," he wrote online in July. "I’m doing well, and I’m grateful for all of you." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE One week prior, Richie was forced to postpone shows from falling "dizzy" during his tour-opener in Minnesota. The United Center announced at the time that Richie's scheduled concerts in Chicago, and Columbus, Ohio, would no longer take place due to doctors' orders. JON BON JOVI ABRUPTLY ENDS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW AFTER HEALTH SETBACK "Under advisement by doctors to rest and return to full health, Lionel Richie has postponed his next two shows," the Instagram post read in part. "Lionel is heartbroken to postpone these two shows and cannot wait to be back performing for his fans." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS A St. Paul Fire Department public information officer confirmed to Fox News Digital last month that an individual was "transported from Grand Casino Arena late on June 24, 2026, to a local hospital by Saint Paul Fire-EMS." The "American Idol" judge was nearly an hour into his concert at the Grand Casino Arena when fans noticed a change in Richie. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE While performing his upbeat classic "Dancing on the Ceiling," Richie paused and took a seat on a platform before later revealing to the crowd that he was feeling lightheaded, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. "When you're feeling dizzy, sit your a-- down," he joked. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e6a72c5335ae104dac67 Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction te 2026-08-31T20:40:07.233Z Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e45c2c5335ae104dac1c Carrie Underwood honors Dolly Parton's faith and legacy during emotional concert tribute te 2026-08-31T20:30:20.802Z Carrie Underwood honors Dolly Parton's faith and legacy during emotional concert tribute Carrie Underwood admitted Dolly Parton's death was a shock that created ripples throughout the world. The "American Idol" judge was overcome with emotion as she honored the late country music icon during her debut performance Saturday at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass. Underwood, 43, told her audience that Parton was a "huge influence to so many of us, but just one of the nicest people I think I've ever met." DOLLY PARTON LAID TO REST AS NIECE SHARES EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO 'GRANNY' "It was such a shock, I feel like just the whole world, like could feel the ripples, like time just stood still, and it was just like... what?" Underwood said in a video circulating online. "She's just the one that transcends all space and all time." DOLLY PARTON'S PATH FROM NASHVILLE NEWCOMER TO BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST OF ALL TIME She added, "I feel like she was just out there with the brightest smile on her face up until the very last day... and that's something that I feel like we can all learn from. She is gone, but she's not forgotten." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS With one finger pointed up toward the sky, Underwood said, "I know where she is, and I know how much she loved Jesus." The "Jesus Take the Wheel" singer asked the audience to take out their phones and "light this place up" in honor of Dolly before dedicating "See You Again" to the late country legend. Underwood recognized Parton's longtime devotion to her faith while remembering Dolly on social media following her death. DOLLY PARTON'S LIFE IN HER OWN WORDS: FROM SMOKY MOUNTAINS POVERTY TO COUNTRY MUSIC IMMORTALITY "She’s not gone. I know exactly where she is," Underwood wrote on Instagram last week. "She was the epitome of faith, grace, talent, beauty and humor. She had a humble heart for Jesus and made everyone around her feel special. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "She was probably the one person on planet Earth that everyone loved and could agree on. She was a one of one and no one will ever come close. It’s alright to be sad that this world lost a legend, but heaven gained an angel. Well done, good and faithful Dolly. Welcome home." Parton died peacefully in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a press release. She was surrounded by loved ones at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. "Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched," her team said in a statement. "Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE They added, "Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact." Beyond music, Parton built a business empire in her home state of Tennessee, with Dollywood becoming one of the state’s most popular attractions. Her charitable work through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library also left an indelible mark on many. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e4592c5335ae104dac13 Trump's White House ballroom construction gets another lifeline from SCOTUS amid heated legal fight te 2026-08-31T20:30:17.608Z Trump's White House ballroom construction gets another lifeline from SCOTUS amid heated legal fight The Supreme Court has again sided with the Trump administration, allowing construction on the White House ballroom project to continue while the case continues to be litigated in the lower courts. This is a breaking news story. Check back for details. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e44f2c5335ae104dabed FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit te 2026-08-31T20:30:07.068Z FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e2192c5335ae104dabc5 Gas prices Aug 31 te 2026-08-31T20:20:41.183Z Gas prices Aug 31 National average: $4.08 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e20a2c5335ae104dab97 Trump's Canada tariff fight reaches critical point as House GOP summons trade chief te 2026-08-31T20:20:26.534Z Trump's Canada tariff fight reaches critical point as House GOP summons trade chief FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump's top trade advisor will huddle with House Republicans on Wednesday as the commander-in-chief's tariff strategy is quickly becoming a flashpoint on the campaign trail. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is attending the Republican Study Committee's weekly lunch this week, a source familiar with planning told Fox News Digital. Two additional sources told Fox News Digital they expect lawmakers to raise the issue of Trump's trade war with Canada. VANCE SAYS CANADA FRIENDLIER TO CHINA ON TRADE THAN TO US: 'INSANITY' It comes as tensions escalate between the U.S. and its northern ally. Trump accused Ontario of ripping off American businesses in a post on Truth Social Sunday, claiming Canada wants "to be treated like a state, but they aren't one." ‘CAPTAIN CANADA’ FIREBRAND UNLOADS ON TRUMP WITH PROFANE ONE-LINER AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES "They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop," Trump wrote. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods in late July, with the duties going into effect earlier this month. Canada responded with its own tariffs of up to 50% on U.S. imports. TRUMP JUST EXPANDED HIS TARIFF PLAYBOOK WITH A POWERFUL TRADE WEAPON NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER USED Trump also escalated tensions with the country this month by signing an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America." It's not clear when the meeting between Greer and RSC was planned, nor is it clear if Fox News Digital's sources expect questions or outright opposition to the trade war. But Trump's tariffs have been a political lightning rod for much of his second term. The House passed a bill in February aimed at reversing Trump's earlier Canada tariffs, with six Republicans voting in support. Just one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted against it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e2002c5335ae104dab84 Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race te 2026-08-31T20:20:16.152Z Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race The trading platform Kalshi issued a three-year suspension to the candidate, Laurie Buckhout, and fined her nearly $2,600. Ms. Buckhout said she had made a “dumb mistake.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95e1f92c5335ae104dab6a The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok te 2026-08-31T20:20:09.832Z The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95dfbc2c5335ae104dab05 Putting death row in the rear view mirror: Debra Milke finds her purpose as a ‘survivor’ te 2026-08-31T20:10:36.049Z Putting death row in the rear view mirror: Debra Milke finds her purpose as a ‘survivor’ Debra Milke in August 2026. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Thirteen years after she was released from Death Row, Debra Milke was in Phoenix to comfort a friend who is ill. Milke, 62, had been gone for a long while, trying to escape what her therapist called the source of her pain: Arizona. And though she still feels that drag of depression every day when she wakes up, she forces herself to look to the future, not the past. “Why do you think the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror?’” her husband asks her. “You’ve got to start looking out the windshield instead of the rearview mirror.” GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE In December 1989, Milke was arrested and charged with arranging the murder of her four-year old son, Christopher. It was that year’s crime of the century, a pre-internet, pre-social media Jodi-Arias-OJ-Simpson-kind of case. She was the demon with an angel’s face, the cold and calculating beauty whose small son was in the way of a vixen’s agenda, the woman who had confessed to inducing two men to take the boy out to the desert and shoot him in the head when he thought he was going to the mall to see Santa Claus.  Except the only evidence against her was the word of a crooked cop.  She denied having anything to do with the crime. And as for the supposed confession, there was no recording of it. There were no witnesses. There was no typed confession statement for her to sign. The cop in question had a reputation for lying in court, violating Miranda rules and extracting confessions from people who were unconscious on hospital gurneys.  Furthermore, the two co-defendants, who were also sent to death row, refused to testify against her.  No matter. She was convicted by a jury anyway and sentenced to death by a judge. It took 25 years for any court to pay attention to the police and prosecutor misconduct in her case. But when one did, it did so resoundingly. The 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals threw out the sentence and the conviction with scathing orders to either retry Milke or set her free.  Over the protests of then-Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, a judge let her out on bail. Then the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that retrying Milke would be tantamount to double jeopardy. Her ankle monitor was cut off. She went free.  But people still claimed she had got away with murder, after spending 25 years behind bars — the legal definition of a life sentence — for a crime she didn’t commit. She was 25 when she was arrested and 50 when she was released. Exactly half of her life had been spent in solitary confinement, locked in a cell the size of a bathroom. Still, she looked forward. “She is the strongest, most resilient person I have ever known,” said Lori Voepel, one of the attorneys who orchestrated Milke’s exoneration. They became fast friends. Milke is now her bookkeeper and does paralegal work for her. “She’s my hero to be able to withstand everything she went through.” “She didn’t get to grieve her son’s death,” Voepel said. “She couldn’t go to her mom’s funeral. She has taken an unimaginable trauma and horrific circumstances that would have debilitated anyone, and she has turned that into a way to educate people on wrongful conviction and the death penalty.” When Milke met with the Arizona Mirror earlier this month, she had just returned from Paris, where she had addressed the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. She has spoken to the United Nations International Women’s Conference. She talks to prosecutorial organizations, law students and police cadets. She is on staff for Witness to Innocence, a lobby and support group for death row exonerees, founded by another Arizona exoneree, Ray Krone and Sister Helen Prejean, the Catholic nun and activist who wrote the book “Dead Man Walking.” “You’d be surprised how many people don’t know that wrongful convictions happen,” Milke said. “They think the state gets it right all the time, and it’s not true.” Of course, speaking about her past means looking in the rearview mirror instead of through the windshield. “When I speak, I’m always going back. But it’s a healing thing to share,” she said. “I thought my therapist was crazy when she suggested I speak. She said, ‘No, it’s very therapeutic and healing,’ and it is.” THE CONFESSION Milke was born Debra Jean Sadeik in Germany in 1964 to a German mother and a U.S. serviceman. By the time her sister, Sandy, was born two years later, the family had moved to the U.S., and then did the usual military family relocations until settling in Phoenix. She graduated from Cortez High School and attended community college, and then went to work for American Express and later for insurance companies. While on a girl’s night out at a biker bar, she met Mark Milke and fell in love. They married, against her parents’ wishes. At age 21, she gave birth to Christopher. But things did not go well. Debra did not succeed in changing the bad boy. Mark Milke succumbed to drug and alcohol abuse, doing at least two stints in prison, and he was abusive to Debra and Christopher. She moved out after two years, eventually divorced him and they battled over custody and visitation, with Debra bouncing from one living situation to another, sometimes living with Sandy and Sandy’s young son, sometimes with Mark Milke’s mother. After a final confrontation with Mark, she turned to a man that she and Sandy thought they knew well from their apartment complex, Jim Styers, and Debra rented a bedroom in his apartment. Styers was older than Debra and Sandy, a disabled Vietnam vet with a young daughter about Christopher’s age who lived with him. He went to church three times a week and sometimes took Christopher with him. And he was a reliable babysitter. So, on that December day in 1989 when he said he was going to the mall and Christopher asked if he could go along to see Santa Claus, there was no apparent reason for Debra Milke to say no. Milke’s prospects were looking up. She had a new job at an insurance company where she hoped to train to be an underwriter. She had signed a lease for her own apartment, which she planned to move into after the holidays. And she had lined up daycare for Christopher. There was a pile of Christmas presents for him hidden under her bed. Then Styers called her from the mall and said that Christopher had disappeared while Styers was in the rest room. Milke went into a panic. Police were called, and Milke sat by the phone, waiting for Christopher to call. She had made him memorize the phone number in case he had to call in an emergency. The day dragged on, and her stepmother came to pick her up so that she could spend the night at her father’s place in Florence to wait out the search. Styers told his story to the security guards at the mall and to the police. He was with a friend, Roger Scott, a man Milke disliked. The police thought their stories were hinky. One of the cops leaned on Scott, and he confessed they had taken the boy to the desert on the pretext of hunting for snakes and shot him in the head. He took police up to the site off Happy Valley Road, which was open desert then, and they found the body. On the way to the site, Scott intimated that the boy’s mother was in on the plan. “The day Christopher was reported missing was an emotional day for me,” Milke remembers. “There was a lot going on. The police were at the apartment. I was talking to so many police detectives, and I was anxious and worried and feeling every emotion you can think of. And I was exhausted. My stepmother came down to Phoenix from Florence to be there, but we weren’t getting anywhere. There was no word. Nothing. So my stepmother suggested,’Why don’t you come down to Dad’s and get some rest?’ I didn’t really want to go, but the police told me they’d notify me as soon as they heard something, and that they thought it was a good idea for me to go be with my family. So, we went to Florence.” When she was summoned to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, she thought she was going to get news of Christopher’s whereabouts, possibly even be reunited with him.  Phoenix Police Detective Armando Saldate had flown to Florence in a police helicopter. He walked into the room where Milke was waiting, sat down at a desk, shuffled some papers, and then announced that Christopher was dead and she was under arrest. Milke became hysterical. Saldate read her the Miranda rights —the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney — and she said she wanted a lawyer. He ignored her and pounded away with questions for the next 30 minutes. When he finished with her, he got her into the backseat of a police car with him and they were driven to jail in downtown Phoenix. Reporters were waiting. Only later did she realize she had supposedly confessed. Saldate was known as a “closer.” He was quoted at the time as saying he didn’t believe in tape recorders because they got in the way of the truth. There was no recording of the interview. There were no witnesses to the confession, even though there were other Phoenix Police officers present at the Sheriff’s office. There was no typed confession to be signed. Saldate claimed he destroyed his notes after he typed up his report. According to the “confession,” Debra Milke wanted her son killed to keep him from growing up and being like his father. When she said, “God, I just wanted to take care of him,” Saldate twisted it to “I want God to take care of him.” Both Styers and Scott refused to testify. And though both were eventually sentenced to death, to this day it is uncertain which of them actually shot the boy. Saldate on the stand said that Milke had pretended to cry but he thought she was faking it. Milke remained stoic during the trial, partly because she had been sedated, and partly on the advice of her attorneys. It fit two common scenarios: the defendant was hysterical, she was faking it, so she’s guilty, or the defendant remained cold and unfeeling, so she’s guilty. Prosecutor Noel Levy based his case on Saldate’s word. Levy also allowed the jury to listen to a tape recording Saldate had made while interviewing Debra’s sister, Sandy. In it, Saldate alleged that Debra had exposed herself to him and propositioned him. The tape had not been played in the courtroom. But after hearing it in the jury room, the jury voted unanimously to convict Milke of first-degree murder. The judge sentenced her to death. DEATH’S WAITING ROOM Debra Milke was greeted on her arrival at Perryville prison with shouts of “baby killer.” At that time, death row prisoners were kept in solitary confinement, and she was the only woman with that designation in Arizona. A second woman was later sentenced to death for a 1996 murder but had her sentence reduced in 2002.  Milke waited out her appeals. She almost didn’t last. In January 1998, after an appeal was denied, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a warrant for her execution. Prison employees even took her from her cell to do an execution rehearsal, and she came within 17 days of being put to death before the U.S. District Court for Arizona issued a stay of execution. A third woman, Wendi Andriano, was sentenced to death for a 2007 murder, and she was housed in a cell next to Debra. To communicate, they had to lay on the floors of their cells and talk through the air vent. “After we became vent partners, I was able to convince her to go outside with me,” Andriano, who remains on Death Row, told the Mirror in an email. “It was the only time we could actually have a conversation while making eye contact. I found her to be very damaged by her imprisonment. She had bonds with a few people on the outside and did her best to maintain her normalcy and not become ‘prison.’ Some people conform to prison standards. She did not. She didn’t gossip or share war stories, preferring to focus on sharing current events or some scientific discovery from her magazines. We loved reading the Oprah magazine. We learned so much about trauma and healing from the Oprah show and the Dr. Phil show. To this day, she sends me wonderful books about healing the wounded soul.    “After learning she could trust me, she shared with me about her visitor. Officers and inmates alike would whisper about the hauntings from past suicides and murders. While Debbie was asleep, she would sometimes feel a touch on her shoulder. That would have sent me running and banging on the door, but she knew, deep down, it was Christopher. What their unspoken conversations were, I will never know, but he brought her peace. This I know.” Milke would also have dreams in which Christopher was calling out to her for help and she couldn’t get to him. “I never got to know what really happened to Christopher,” she said. “I never got to know that. I had to come to terms with that.” But she persevered. “Suicide never crossed my mind, for two reasons,” she said. “First, I’m the biggest baby — I wouldn’t want to do something that would hurt. And if you take a bunch of pills, you may be successful, but you may not be successful, and then you’re a vegetable. No. 2, I was determined to see this through, because I knew Saldate lied, and I had nothing to do with this crime. I wasn’t just going to give up, because then that would have meant that they won.”  The appeals process took 23 years. Even though attorneys had amassed at least eight other cases where Saldate had lied or had invented confessions, the Arizona Supreme Court and a U.S. District Court judge ignored them and let the sentence and the conviction stand. They also turned up two instances in which Saldate had demanded sex from women in exchange for leniency. Debra Milke and Lori Voepel in August 2026. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Voepel and her co-counsel, Mike Kimerer, came on board as Debra’s attorneys in 2001. Voepel argued the case before the 9th Circuit, and on March 13, 2013, the court issued its opinion.  Chief Judge Alex Kozinski was irate. “This is a disturbing case,” he wrote. “There’s no physical evidence linking Debra Milke to the crime, and she has maintained her innocence since the day she was arrested. Neither of the men who actually did the killing testified against Milke. Roger Scott refused to testify because his ‘testimony would not be what he felt was the truth.’ After spending many years on death row, James Styers continued to insist that ‘Debbie had nothing to do with it and thats [sic] the truth.’ The only evidence linking Milke to the murder of her son is the word of Detective Armando Saldate, Jr. — a police officer with a long history of misconduct that includes lying under oath as well as accepting sexual favors in exchange for leniency and lying about it.” “Could the people of Arizona feel confident in taking Milke’s life when the only thread on which her conviction hangs is the word of a policeman with a record of dishonesty and disrespect for the law?” he continued. “Bad cops, and those who tolerate them, put all of us in an untenable position.” Milke was released from prison, and a Superior Court judge granted her bond. Her attorneys spirited her away from the media. Sue Stodola, who was a mitigation specialist in death penalty cases, remembers serving Milke a vegetarian sandwich and Milke bursting into tears at the taste of fresh avocado. This is what I wrote for The Arizona Republic after Milke showed up for court while out of custody for the first time: “Debra Milke walked through the hallways of Maricopa County Superior Court with the uncertain step of a sleepwalker. She pressed her back into a corner of the elevator as it filled with people, her eyes big, her expression tentative, looking, in effect, like a person who had spent the last nearly 24 years in a cell and was now walking free.” Montgomery, the county attorney, was intent on sending her back to prison. He offered a plea deal and a ticket off death row to Roger Scott, who turned down the offer. He tried to get Saldate back on the stand, but he also refused. He appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court and lost. In March 2015, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that double jeopardy would attach, and the charges were dropped completely. I interviewed Milke that August at a house in the West Valley where she was staying. She was trying hard to acclimate to life outside prison. She had started by going out her back door, a step or two farther from the house each time. And by walking down the street, first with friends, adjusting to crowds in the supermarket, the people on their phones, the kids running around and chattering. It was not all negative. “I’ll tell you a story,” Milke said in an interview for this story. “I was grocery shopping right by my house, and I bought all these vegetables and fruit — all the things that you really can’t eat in prison. So, I’m putting it all on the conveyor belt, and the cashier says, ‘Well, this is definitely a lot healthier than prison food.’ And I looked at her, and she smiled and said, ‘I’m so happy for you that you got out.’” WITNESS TO INNOCENCE Milke met me for lunch recently at a Central Phoenix restaurant. She waited outside with her back to the building. “I’m not going to come into a crowded place and sit and wait,” she said.  She told of how she once went to a restaurant with her nephew, a veteran of the Iraq war who was afflicted with PTSD. They both headed for the same seat at the table, she so she could see who came in and he so he could see the way out. She still has a list of triggers. “Prison was so disgusting,” she said. “I just can’t be in a dirty place. Some things just remind me of prison.” “Kids with their parents in a store, begging for this, wanting that, throwing a fit. Those are all things my son used to do.” Cops give her flashbacks to Saldate’s interrogation, a trigger pulled when she spoke to a roomful of police cadets in uniform. Official records show that a person has been convicted, not that they have been exonerated. So there have been other problems: Background checks when she was trying to rent an apartment. Fingerprinting when she was applying for a job. When she worked as a paralegal in Florida, her employer ran her name through the system and had a big surprise. “When people are released from death row, they’re just kind of kicked out,” Milke said. “There you go, fend for yourself. If you committed a crime and got released on parole, you’d have all these resources available. But not from death row. Exonerees? There’s nothing. You’re on your own. They don’t have the resources to help us, so we just have to figure it out.” Kimmerer, one of her attorneys, hired her to do office work, and that lasted until COVID closed offices in 2020. Help came from elsewhere. (Kimmerer has since passed away.) When Milke was first released, she was contacted by Ray Krone, who told her about an organization called Witness to Innocence, an organization of death row “survivors,” as they call themselves. She turned him down, thinking it would drag up everything she was trying to forget. For relief, she would get in her car and drive, trying to be anywhere but Arizona. A year later, Krone’s wife reached out to her and convinced her to attend a “gathering” of more than 100 exonerees in Cincinnati. It was a pleasant shock to her. Krone had been falsely convicted of murdering a bartender in 1992. He was branded “the Snaggletooth Killer” because his front teeth were crooked, and Noel Levy, the same prosecutor who tried Milke’s case, based his argument on junk science findings that Krone’s teeth matched bite marks on the victim’s body. He spent 10 years in prison — two on death row — until he was cleared by DNA. Krone was the 100th death row exoneree in the country, and Sister Helen Prejean asked him to help start Witness to Innocence in 2005. “We were healing ourselves as a group and needed to get out and share our stories,” Krone told the Mirror.  They weren’t looking for forgiveness. “Forgiveness is what you do for yourself,” Krone said, quoting Prejean. The organization lobbies on behalf of death row exonerees, offers emergency help and other services. Milke met her current husband — also an exoneree — at a Witness to Innocence gathering and moved with him to Florida. “Oh my God: peace just overcame me,” she said. “For the first time in over 20 years, I felt at peace.” Witness to Innocence had hired professionals to teach the speakers how to condense and present their stories. So she started giving talks on their behalf. “Debra is requested a lot,” said Herman Lindsey, the organization’s executive director, who is also an exoneree. She talks to prosecutor groups and police officers, law students and others. “I was nervous the first time,” she said. “But I thought, you know what? These prosecutors need to hear this. So, I never go in wanting to lecture. I don’t go in angry, because I’m not like that. I just want them to know what happened to me, and just make them aware of how important it is that they have somebody’s life in their hands when they bring somebody to trial. “I get it that you want to prosecute criminals,” she continued. “I’m for that. But you’ve got to have your facts. Don’t just try to get a conviction because you get an award or something. That’s not right. You didn’t go to law school to become corrupt. You go to law school because you want to make a difference. At least that’s what a lot of law students tell me. So, never once have I had a bad reception. I was really surprised. In fact, I’ve had prosecutors come up and thank me for sharing my story.” Witness to Innocence then brought her on staff as administrative assistant, which she calls being a bookkeeper.  And she found family. When she was arrested, her father gave up on her and decided she must be guilty because the police said she was. He died before events could prove otherwise. Her mother, who stuck by her, died shortly after she was released, but Milke was unable to attend her funeral in Switzerland. Her sister, Sandy, was long estranged, and has since died as well.  But her sister’s son was born five weeks after Milke’s son, Christopher, which made him 41 now. “He grew up thinking he had this evil aunt,” Milke said, “that I was a spawn of the devil. So, when I got out, he was 28. My friend said, ‘Would you like me to look him up on Facebook?’ And I said ‘yeah.’ I didn’t even know what Facebook was. I wanted to see what he looked like. So, she found him, and then she said, ‘Would you like me to see if he wants to meet you?’ I was a little nervous, but I thought the worst had already happened to me. “So, my friend reached out and said, ‘I’m very good friends with your aunt, would you like to meet her?’ And he wrote back and said, ‘Hell yeah!’ “I was shocked. “And when I met him, I just started crying. This tall guy with a hairy face at my door; the last time I’d seen him he was four. It was very emotional. He told me a bunch about how he grew up, and I filled in a lot of holes for him, answered a lot of his questions. “He called me on Mother’s Day one time. He said, ‘I know you’re my aunt, and I’m really sorry that you lost your son.’ He doesn’t remember Christopher. He said, ‘I wish you were my mother. But at least I love you as my aunt.’” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95dfb52c5335ae104daabe New report exposes intact Iranian bunker that may hide regime's ongoing nuclear work te 2026-08-31T20:10:29.431Z New report exposes intact Iranian bunker that may hide regime's ongoing nuclear work A new report from a leading think tank has revealed what it says is a partially submerged Iranian uranium facility at the Natanz nuclear compound in Iran. The revelation of the secretive facility raises new concerns over whether Iran’s nuclear weapons apparatus was destroyed during the two American-Israeli-launched wars against the regime in 2025 and 2026. The Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) announced in late August that it has located an underground Iranian facility that is likely linked to uranium enrichment for the possible use in production of atomic weapons. EXPERTS ‘DEEPLY’ CONCERNED OVER IRAN’S WORK AT UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR SITE It wrote that "The facility does not appear to have been targeted in the military actions of either 2025 or 2026. Since the June 2025 war, no vehicle activity has been observed at the facility in available satellite imagery." According to the institute, "The Institute has identified a separately enclosed, partially below-ground, bunkered building at the Natanz Nuclear Complex that was likely intended to serve as uranium hexafluoride… storage facility to support large-scale uranium enrichment at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant. The bunkered structure was constructed between 2010 and 2017, with the bulk of construction occurring between 2015 and 2017." It further added that "The lesson for today is that any temporary enrichment ban must include a dismantlement and dissolution of remaining capabilities and must not allow for any type of preparatory activity for the end of a ban." IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL HINGES ON IAEA ACCESS TO LONG-BLOCKED ATOMIC WEAPON SITES, EXPERTS SAY Uranium is the crucial material to produce atomic weapons. Iran’s regime is vehemently opposed to the Trump administration’s demands that it stop enriching uranium and hand over its already enriched uranium. According to another report by the Institute for Science and International Security in April," From December 2024 to June 2025, a half-year period, Iran almost doubled its stock of 60% enriched uranium to 440 kilograms. This action dramatically increased suspicion that Iran was moving toward a decision to build nuclear weapons, significantly shortening timelines to be able to create a nuclear arsenal with up to ten nuclear weapons." The U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s vast nuclear weapons facility during Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025 significantly set back Iran’s ability to produce atomic weapons and enrich uranium. OBAMA-ERA INSPECTION FLAWS IN IRAN COULD PERSIST AS EXPERTS WARN OF NUCLEAR BLIND SPOTS Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital that "The report assesses the structure at the Natanz nuclear facility was not targeted during Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury. This raises questions as to why the U.S. and Israel did not target the site. Given that Iran is not allowing IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] inspections of bombed facilities, in contravention of its NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]obligations, this will require Washington and Jerusalem to rely on their own intelligence estimates as to this bunkered building." Brodsky added, "If it is still intact and can accommodate this kind of enrichment activity, the site should be destroyed in any future strikes. The allowance of such a facility under the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] demonstrates the flaws of the agreement — permitting Iran to retain an industrial scale enrichment program following the sunsets of various provisions — and underscores why zero enrichment in Iran has to continue to be the international demand." When asked about the facility and if the IAEA plans to inspect it, Fredrik Dahl, a spokesman for the IAEA, told Fox News Digital, that "The building you are referring to is well-known to the Agency as part of the Natanz site that the IAEA regularly inspected prior to mid-2025." Asked about the report, Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital that "First, Iran’s nuclear facilities were totally obliterated during Operation Midnight Hammer. Now, Operation Economic Outcast is severing every remaining economic lifeline sustaining the Islamic Republic of Iran. President Trump has been clear that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon, and America is entering the endgame with the single greatest financial offensive ever mounted against an adversary." Successive U.S. administrations have repeatedly designated the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 1980s as a leading state-sponsor of terrorism. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement last week that the U.S. imposed the economic equivalent of the military campaign that defeated Nazi Germany on the Islamic Republic of Iran could set off a series of events leading to the dissolution of the nearly 47-year-old dictatorship in Tehran, according to experts. Bessent’s declaration of economic warfare — formally designated Operation Economic Outcast — follows President Trump’s commitment to launch an "economic D-Day" against the clerical regime. The comprehensive U.S. economic pressure point campaign also aims to isolate the regime with respect to its efforts to rebuild its nuclear weapons facility. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95dfa32c5335ae104daa26 Spotlight's third hub links Tucsonans to civic power te 2026-08-31T20:10:11.266Z Spotlight's third hub links Tucsonans to civic power Tucson Spotlight's third resource hub is here: Civic Participation. It connects residents with the organizations and government offices shaping decisions across Tucson and Southern Arizona, from voter registration and advocacy groups to city, county, and town offices where those decisions actually get made. This follows our Basic Needs hub, connecting residents to food, shelter, and health resources, and our Immigration hub, linking residents to legal aid and humanitarian support. Civic Participation is the third of five hubs growing out of our Information Ecosystem Assessment, and Community Development and Education are still to come. You can explore the Civic Participation hub map here, read more about our IEA findings here, and stay tuned for details about our resource fair, planned for this fall. Let us know what you think through our short survey. Your feedback shapes what we build next. Know an organization or resource that should be on this map? Let us know. 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/6a95dd4a2c5335ae104da5e0 110 Trucking Schools Closed for English-Language Lapses te 2026-08-31T20:00:10.925Z 110 Trucking Schools Closed for English-Language Lapses Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who has targeted truckers in the country illegally, said the schools certified drivers later found to lack proficiency. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d8b12c5335ae104da542 Texas learns the hard way not to mock Florida high school football, Lindsey Vonn stuns & USC's poor showing! te 2026-08-31T19:40:33.807Z Texas learns the hard way not to mock Florida high school football, Lindsey Vonn stuns & USC's poor showing! '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. Final day of August, folks. This is it. At 12:01, we officially begin the 'Ber months — otherwise known as the greatest stretch on the sports calendar. Forget sports ... it's the greatest stretch on the calendar, period. September. October. November. December. Four of the best months of the year, staring us right in our fat faces. How lucky are we? We got our college football appetizer on Saturday, and it starts in full this week. We get NFL next Wednesday (!!!). We have a three-day weekend coming up. Fantasy football drafts are in full swing. The WNBA is taking the next three weeks off. Again, who has it better than us? Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Unreal stretch coming up. Strap in and hold on tight. We're in for a wild little ride. Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where a Texas high school football team learns the hard way not to disrespect the great state of Florida. This was never, ever going to end well. What else? I've got Lindsey Vonn smashing tennis balls and dominating in a green dress, my Red Sox got embarrassed over the weekend, and let's talk about that USC crowd from Saturday afternoon. It was pathetic, and for those screaming about it being a blowout Week 0 game, I've got some highlights out of South Dakota to show you. Give me a break. Grab you something tall and strong — but please don't make it a hurricane (we're entering PEAK time down here) — and settle in for a final-Monday-of-August 'Cap! Obviously, the end of August and beginning of the 'Ber months hit just a bit different down here in Florida. Case in point: We're currently spending the week monitoring 'Dolly,' which is, unfortunately, the next named storm on the list. Looks like we're just gonna get some possible rain remnants from her later this week, which is fine. Not the best, given it's rained all summer where I am, but better than the alternative. But it is a reminder that this is the time of year where the H-words really get active. This is a 'hold-your-breath' month for Floridians. Let's keep our heads down and eyes on the prize, folks. Let's GRIND. OK, let's get this class going by staying this great state and checking out last Friday's big national game between DeSoto (Texas) and St. Thomas Aquinas down in Fort Lauderdale: Hilarious. St. Thomas, by the way, has won seven straight state championships. They've been a Florida powerhouse since I was in school, and that was a long time ago. USC FOOTBALL RIPPED FOR PATHETIC CROWD AT HOME OPENER: 'ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING' There's always been this debate surrounding high school football ... which state produces the best talent? It's either Florida, Georgia, Texas or California. Those are the Big Four. I'd throw in Tennessee as well. Obviously, I'm biased. Duh. I live and breathe Florida. We have the greatest governor in the world, had no clue COVID was happening, and have so much leftover money in the budget we're about to nix property taxes (kinda). I played high school football down here. I covered it for years. I don't think it's particularly close. Don't poke the bear like that, DeSoto! Dumb decision. They went down, 38-0, in the first half and the second half took 15 minutes because there was a running clock. It Just Means More down here! You know where it doesn't mean more ... or, frankly, anything? Southern California: Goodness gracious. I know it was San Jose State, but come on. That's just pathetic. It was so bad, by the way, that USC felt the need to issue a STATEMENT on the attendance: "We understand the factors that impacted Saturday’s attendance," USC said, via USA Today. "We have high expectations and a premier home schedule this season, and we know the competitive advantage an electric Coliseum atmosphere can provide our program. We thank our fans who showed up Saturday and look forward to seeing increased attendance the rest of the season." Factors? What factors? The heat? It was 92 degrees. Give me a break. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE And no, I don't want to hear the "it was San Jose State!" argument. That's so weak. Guess who South Dakota State played on Saturday? The Stetson Hatters — otherwise known as, quite possibly, the worst team in all of college football. I know this, because I spent many years in DeLand. The Jackrabbits, a nationally ranked FCS team, were a 49.5 point favorite. I know this, because I hammered that and it was the easiest win I've ever had. They won 70-7. LOOK at this crowd for that game Saturday night: Spare me, USC. Don't bulls–t a bullsh–tter. OK, let's rapid-fire this Monday class into a big Monday night. First up? My Red Sox got embarrassed in New York this weekend, losing a winnable series, 3-1, because they chose to basically punt in two of the games. It was a disgrace, and the bellyaching from Red Sox Twitter today has been even worse. Everyone is complaining about this 'no catch' call from yesterday afternoon, which basically turned a 0-0 game on its head: I thought it was a catch in real time, and thought it was a catch after the replay. But, it was ruled a no-catch on the field, and they were never overturning that — especially at Yankee Stadium. But the whining and complaining afterwards was a sight to behold, and I'm a Red Sox fan! It got so bad, the Red Sox radio team started telling our crappy pitchers to start hitting their crappy players. Seriously: Good God. It's so pathetic. I like Will Middlebrooks. I don't particularly love Will Flemming. This was just insane to hear. Hey, fellas — it's Red Sox/Yankees. This was the biggest game of the year. Quit whining about the stupid catch, quit whining about Jazz stealing third, and maybe start talking about how the Red Sox were a complete no-show all weekend long. You're either the hunter or the hunted, and the Red Sox laid three eggs in the biggest series of the year and then whined about it for five innings yesterday. Grow up and start worrying more about not sucking in Yankee Stadium. You're gonna be back there in a month. Figure it out. Whew. OK, I needed to get that off my chest. Appreciate everyone allowing me to do so. Let's cool down with Lindsey Vonn on the way out. And, of course, let's have a big week. Was it a catch? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d8a62c5335ae104da531 DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoena to James Comey Confidant Daniel Richman te 2026-08-31T19:40:22.212Z DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoena to James Comey Confidant Daniel Richman The subpoena of Daniel C. Richman is the latest move in a persistent campaign to go after James B. Comey, one of President Trump’s most reviled political adversaries who has already been indicted twice. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d8a02c5335ae104da518 Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-08-31T19:40:16.723Z Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d8992c5335ae104da50e Rio Nuevo may pull support for stalled Friedman Block te 2026-08-31T19:40:09.675Z Rio Nuevo may pull support for stalled Friedman Block The Rio Nuevo District Board is weighing whether to pull its support from the long-stalled Friedman Block redevelopment after balking at a $2 million funding request that includes $1 million just for nearby parking. Overall, May's numbers were previously a driving concern, with final projections dropping from $1.6 to $1.3 million a year. However, prospects are now looking good as of June, jumping to $1.8 million. CFO Dan Myers said during the board's Aug. 11 meeting he believes part of the May decrease could be attributed to payments not being credited immediately to Rio Nuevo's account. "I think there may be still a couple hundred thousand in May that we didn't receive, and hopefully we'll get that in June," Myers said. Myers said part of the reason for the recent jump was that Rio Nuevo had to push some of its outstanding commitments to the next fiscal year. The district has yet to receive TIF rates for June and July. Board Chair Fletcher McCusker said a project involving Empire Pizza was pushed until next fiscal year to ensure it had sorted out communications with the Pima County Historical Society and received its permits from the city of Tucson. "There's nobody more transparent than us," McCusker said. "I think it just helps to remind people where our money is going." But in social media posts published before the meeting, Empire Pizza suggested its Hydra building expansion may be off entirely, citing delays from historic review and more than $500,000 in rent paid on a building that remains empty. 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. The Hydra building at Congress Street and 6th Avenue, where Empire Pizza's planned expansion now appears uncertain after the restaurant cited historic review delays in a series of social media posts. Photo by Gracie Kayko. Empire's patio was the site of two of the nine shooting victims struck during the July 19 mass shooting on Congress Street, an incident the restaurant referenced in the same string of social media posts that raised doubts about the Hydra expansion. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Rio Nuevo has reimbursed Empire Pizza $186,000 so far, out of a total $512,000 commitment under its 2023 agreement. The board also revisited the long-delayed Friedman Block project, a formerly stagnant site that has since been fenced off for public safety, thanks in part to Rio Nuevo. Union Hospitality Group's Grant Krueger, who has been working closely with the project, presented the board with an actionable budget for the block's renovation and reopening. Among other funding sources, Krueger estimated that a $2 million contribution from Rio Nuevo would help keep the project on its current 10-year timeline. With expected outside investment and TPT rebates factored in, Krueger said, funding remains tight. "Even all of these things combined are just going to be barely enough to bridge the gap to get this thing across the finish line," he said. "It's a big project, it's aggressive, but I think there's a way to get this done." Part of the block's previously unresolved issues was a lack of parking, and part of the current funding request would pay for an agreement with the nearby Council House apartments to make up the difference. According to the proposal, $1 million of that $2 million request is to pay Council House for continued use of its parking lot. Board members pushed back against the proposal. "There's no way we can fund the kind of ask that you're suggesting on the parking side," McCusker said, adding that it was unrealistic to ask for more than $1 million in funds just to provide parking. The Friedman Block sits boarded up and fenced off for public safety, with its future still uncertain as Rio Nuevo weighs a disputed parking deal. Arilynn Hyatt / Tucson Spotlight. He explained that the current plan would give Council House too much leverage over the completion of Friedman Block's renovation. "What's frustrating to me is that we've been talking about negotiating with Council House, probably for a year and a half, and all that has happened is the number has gone up, not down," said Board Member Corki Poster. Poster likened the negotiation terms to extortion, implying that Council House has grossly overestimated the value of its parking property. "In the next two weeks, I think we need a realistic negotiation with Council House," Poster said. No action was taken on the plan during the meeting, as the board intends to revisit the topic next session. However, members noted that unless a parking solution is reached, Rio Nuevo may have to pull its support for the Friedman Block project. In other developments, the Cornish Pasty is set to open downtown by early 2027, and the board approved $400,000 toward the expansion of Pueblo Vida brewery to a second location, a rustic brewhouse that is bike and dog friendly. The board also approved other funding requests that were discussed in previous meetings, including $111,300 for safety initiatives proposed by Downtown Tucson Partnership. This would fund Safe Ambassadors, off-duty officers, downtown cleanups, a marketing campaign and more. Ambassadors are meant to supplement the physical deterrent of police officers while remaining unimposing, with the goal of maintaining public order and trust while staying in contact with rapid response units when needed. The partnership is also planning a first-ever Fall Field Day for downtown office workers, an event yet to be formally announced, whose funding is part of the approved request. Quentin Agnello is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at qsagnello@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/6a95d64f2c5335ae104da4d5 Steve Sarkisian gives embarrassing explanation for Texas' College Football Playoff loss: 'We were tired' te 2026-08-31T19:30:23.271Z Steve Sarkisian gives embarrassing explanation for Texas' College Football Playoff loss: 'We were tired' Expectations for the Texas Longhorns football program have reached a fever pitch, with star quarterback Arch Manning heading into his second year as the starting quarterback. The Longhorns are expected to once again have one of the best defenses in college football, brought in a top six recruiting class, and some services believe Texas has the most talented roster in the sport. At least by recruiting rankings. They also finished out their 2025 season with wins over Texas A&M and Michigan, taking some momentum into a pivotal 2026. Unfortunately, despite all these factors aligning in their favor, the Longhorns also have arguably the toughest schedule in the country. They host Ohio State, play at Tennessee, have the traditional Red River Shootout against Oklahoma, host Ole Miss, play at LSU, and at Texas A&M. With that schedule, the Longhorns could be a significantly improved team from 2025 and still finish 9-3 without playing poorly. WHICH TEAMS HAVE THE TOUGHEST STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE HEADING INTO COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON? But that might not be the biggest hurdle in head coach Steve Sarkisian's quest to bring a national title home to Austin. It's being mentally tired. Seriously. Sarkisian revealed on a recent podcast that their loss to Ohio State in the 2024-2025 College Football Playoff was due to the Longhorns being "tired." ARCH MANNING'S NFL STAR GRANDFATHER LAMENTS HYPE AROUND TEXAS QUARTERBACK "I felt like the year we played Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, we were tired, and not necessarily physically tired," Sarkisian said. "We were mentally fatigued as well. That’s a long season. We had so many big games. So I think managing it this time around, how we manage their energy level, is as important as how we manage their legs and the physicality." Every team is tired at the end of a college football season. Every team deals with injuries and mental fatigue. And it's the job of a coach to prepare the players for each and every challenge. Specifically, if you can't overcome fatigue and being "tired" in the literal College Football Playoff semifinal, how can you ever? ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Not to mention, Ohio State was likely "tired" too. The Buckeyes finished their season with a top-5 Indiana team, rivalry game against Michigan, playing Tennessee in the first round, then the number one seed in the tournament, Oregon, in LA, then had to travel to Texas to play the Longhorns in what should have been an effective home game for Sarkisian just 200 miles from campus. There's no doubt Texas had a tough stretch to finish their season as well, but they played their final games either in Texas or Atlanta. And despite the easier travel schedule, they were very fortunate to escape with a win over Arizona State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It's not encouraging that, with Texas heading into what's likely their toughest schedule over the past few seasons, their head coach is explaining the team has been fatigued and tired for their biggest games. Whatever it takes, Sarkisian will apparently have to get them more rest to bring home a championship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d6482c5335ae104da4cc Stephen A Smith reveals Barack Obama privately called him after Biden criticism ahead of 2024 election te 2026-08-31T19:30:16.335Z Stephen A Smith reveals Barack Obama privately called him after Biden criticism ahead of 2024 election Podcast host Stephen A. Smith revealed on Friday that former President Barack Obama called him before the 2024 election to discuss his influence, noting that Obama wanted to speak privately rather than appear on his podcast. "What I never told y'all, and I never brought up, is that Barack Obama called me too. The content of that conversation will remain private because I will not violate trust," Smith said. "He called before the election to discuss my impact, but he didn't come on the podcast either." Smith spoke to "The Culture Table," hosted by Tori Cooper, Sumatra Abernathy and Ashley Christopher, about receiving a "thumbs-down" award from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at an Atlanta gala, defending himself against the criticism. STEPHEN A SMITH CALLS OUT JILL BIDEN, DEMS FOR 'LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH' AND DAMAGING PARTY'S BRAND "It was after I said that we need a new president because Joe Biden clearly was done. You know, he clearly looked done. So the point is, folks like to talk to me privately, but then when I ask them to come on camera and to have a fruitful discussion, now they go elsewhere," he continued. "So it's like I'm taking these hits, and these are people that want to facilitate or assist in the facilitation of these narratives being disseminated and projected about me. But the same people calling me privately, having discussions upon which I have never violated. This is the first time anyone has ever heard me publicly state that Barack Obama called me," Smith said. OBAMA BLAMES SPLINTERED MEDIA FOR PREVENTING SUPERSTAR DEMOCRAT FROM RISING UP The former president's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Obama wasn't the only one Smith accused of not coming on his show. He also named former first lady Michelle Obama, former vice president Kamala Harris, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. "I think the Democrats fear my footsteps," he said. "I think they know that they have a legitimate fear that I can influence the election potentially. I will never divulge what was said, but last week when I did my podcast and I responded to the NABJ, I pointed out how Kamala Harris reached out to me and asked to meet with me, and we met for two hours." KAMALA HARRIS BACKS MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SUPREME COURT, ELECTORAL COLLEGE AHEAD OF POSSIBLE 2028 CAMPAIGN "She did not speak to me and come on my show before the election," Smith said of Harris. "Once again, in my opinion, they take paths of smaller resistance." Harris' office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. AMERICA OWES BLACK WOMEN 'EVERYTHING,' REP JASMINE CROCKETT RANTS OVER JULY 4 WEEKEND Smith recently addressed the NABJ's thumbs-down award during his show. "The reality is that it was a personal hit job," Smith said. "We can sit up there and lollygag around and act like we don't know any better. It was a personal hit job. Which, by the way, usually doesn't phase me. I know you think something phases me, just because you see me commenting on it. No, I'm in this business. I have a platform. I can comment about anything I want to, and I will continue to do so." "That's not what this is," he added. "This is different. This is a journalism organization that didn't engage in journalism when it came to critiquing me. Disparaging Black women is a very incendiary thing to say. If you felt that adamant about it, [NABJ] President [Errin] Haines, how come I never got a call?" Smith speculated that the award was focused on his past criticism of high-profile Black female political figures like Crockett. He also revealed that he reached out to Haines regarding the organization's allegations to potentially discuss their differences, a conversation that ultimately went nowhere. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "While much of the public conversation in recent days has centered on Stephen A. Smith, he was one of five recipients named this year," the NABJ previously told Fox News Digital in a statement. "The concerns NABJ raised extend well beyond any one individual and include threats to editorial independence, the loss of newsroom diversity and reporting expertise, the treatment of Black journalists in the workplace, responsible use of influential media platforms, and decisions that affect the ability of journalists to fully and fairly cover Black communities and hold powerful institutions accountable." Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d4072c5335ae104da499 LOCAL ROUNDUP: Coconino football drops season opener to top-ranked Snowflake te 2026-08-31T19:20:39.484Z LOCAL ROUNDUP: Coconino football drops season opener to top-ranked Snowflake The Coconino Panthers had a tough first outing against the Snowflake Lobos on Friday, losing 37-7 on the road. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d4012c5335ae104da473 DSA leader's working-class image takes hit as public records pile up contradictions te 2026-08-31T19:20:33.078Z DSA leader's working-class image takes hit as public records pile up contradictions The contradictions are piling up around New York City Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, whose claims about his working-class credentials — from being a "union electrician" to his housing and family story — have increasingly collided with public records and other evidence. Gordillo has repeatedly invoked his family’s immigrant success story while explaining his support for socialism. "My parents came here, they had nothing," Gordillo told the New York Times in a profile piece earlier this month. "Their first jobs were in fast food and cleaning houses. They built success in this country. And they’re absolutely the exception." According to Gordillo, he advances the cause of socialism because he believes it can "build a world" where his parents’ success story is "not exceptional." LUXURY TRAVEL, SHOPPING, SIX-FIGURE INCOME: BATTLEGROUND DEMS RIPPED FOR 'PHONY' WORKING-CLASS NARRATIVE A 2021 obituary for Gordillo’s paternal grandfather, however, raises questions about the family history behind that account. Manuel Gordillo, Gordillo’s grandfather, immigrated from Peru to the United States to practice medicine in 1958. After settling in the United States, Manuel met his future wife in St. Louis, and the couple later had Gordillo’s father, Gustavo. The obituary also notes that Gordillo’s grandfather built a successful life as a psychiatrist in Ohio, at one point serving as the president of the Ohio Psychiatric Association, casting doubt on the socialist’s claim that his parents grew up in poverty. "My dad, his first job in the United States was working at Wendy’s, my mom’s first job was a house cleaner, and they did make a living for themselves, and they had success," Gordillo told Fox News in July. Gordillo and the New York City Democratic Socialists of America did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday. The questions surrounding Gordillo’s account of his family history come after discrepancies emerged over how he has described his occupation and living arrangements. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST HEADED FOR $142K LEGISLATURE SALARY BEGS FOR RENT HANDOUT, DELETES POST AFTER BACKLASH The 38-year-old socialist, for example, told the New York Times that he was renting a modest apartment in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn only for it to be revealed that he was actually living in a $1.4 million townhouse owned by his father in a trendier part of the borough. "Not only did DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo's parents buy him this rowhouse, they converted it from a two family and renovated it into a luxury single-family home for him," New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino said on X. "Exactly the kind of 'greed' the DSA rails against on a daily basis, and reducing valuable housing inventory by one more unit, which is supposedly something the DSA cares very deeply about." FRUSTRATED BLUE-COLLAR UNION BOSSES RIP SOCIALIST POLITICIANS, WARN OF LABOR EXODUS FROM DEM PARTY Also undercutting Gordillo’s working-class image is his continued self-identification as a "union electrician" despite the fact that he hasn’t been a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers since March, when he was fired for not showing up to his apprenticeship. "After learning of Mr. Gordillo’s prolonged absence from and failure to participate in required work and classes, the trustees of the Joint Apprentice Training Committee terminated Mr. Gordillo from the program," the IBEW said in a statement. Even with the IBEW publicly stating that Gordillo is not a member of their organization, the socialist leader still identifies himself as a "union electrician" on social media. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d3f32c5335ae104da463 What to Know About the Grand Canyon Flooding te 2026-08-31T19:20:19.909Z What to Know About the Grand Canyon Flooding The bodies of at least two people were found and more than a dozen were missing. Further storms could hinder rescue efforts on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d3eb2c5335ae104da44b Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles te 2026-08-31T19:20:11.019Z Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d1aa2c5335ae104da41b Trump admin revives ‘Apprentice’-era energy with $1M business battle in DC te 2026-08-31T19:10:34.263Z Trump admin revives ‘Apprentice’-era energy with $1M business battle in DC FIRST ON FOX: The Small Business Administration is bringing a celebrity panel to Washington next month to judge five entrepreneurs competing for a share of a $1 million prize pool, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned. "As our nation marks its 250th anniversary, the SBA is celebrating America’s legacy of free enterprise through the Million Dollar Pitch Competition—a historic live event showcasing the essential contributions of America’s small businesses," SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler told Fox News Digital. Entrepreneurs from across the nation submitted their ideas earlier this year, leaving five finalists to participate in a live pitch competition in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18. Rapper Nicki Minaj, entrepreneur and private equity fund manager Grant Cardone, co-founder of Airbnb and U.S. Chief Design Office Joe Gebbia will judge the final competition. Award-winning actor Dean Cain will host the event, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned. REP ROGER WILLIAMS: 250 YEARS OF HARD WORK PAYS OFF FOR MAIN STREET BUSINESSES The competition is another example of the Trump administration’s efforts to spotlight American ingenuity and partner with the private sector to support innovation and small-business growth, Fox News Digital learned. "Their participation brings invaluable real-world perspective as our five exceptional finalists compete for a share of $1 million in growth capital. I look forward to joining them next month as we recognize the innovators and job creators who power American strength," Loeffler added. The participants were evaluated based on categories of strengthening American competitiveness, examples of small businesses "punching above its weight," economic impact and quality jobs and business fundamentals and execution readiness. AMAZON EXPLORES 'THE APPRENTICE' REBOOT WITH TRUMP JR SET FOR PROMOTION: REPORT The five finalists are defense technology company Compotech, Inc. in Brewer, ME, metalworking machinery manufacturer Winton Machine in Suwanee, GA, plastic mold manufacturing company Plas-Tech Tooling in Garner, IA, pressure vessel manufacturer Red River in Gillette, WY, and machinery manufacturing firm VetPowered LLC in San Diego, CA. No finalist will go empty-handed with the first-place winner scoring $400,000, second place winning $250,000, third place gets $150,000 and fourth place will take home $125,000, leaving fifth place with $75,000. The competition also echoes the format of Trump’s hit early-2000s reality show, "The Apprentice," which put aspiring business leaders through a series of challenges for a chance to work for his company. 'SHARK TANK' STAR DAYMOND JOHN SAYS 'YOU'LL BE SCREWED' IF YOU DO THIS WHEN STARTING A BUSINESS The successful show aired for 14 seasons with Trump as host. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d1a42c5335ae104da412 Bon Jovi gives fans their money back after health issue forced early end to Madison Square Garden show te 2026-08-31T19:10:28.892Z Bon Jovi gives fans their money back after health issue forced early end to Madison Square Garden show Jon Bon Jovi made things right with fans after a health setback forced him to abruptly cut one of his Madison Square Garden concerts short. More than a month after the rock star struggled to make it through the July 23 performance, Fox News Digital can confirm Bon Jovi offered fans a full refund for the shortened show. "Thank you for being part of Bon Jovi's Madison Square Garden shows," an email from Ticketmaster read. "In effort to always put the fans first and create the best experience for them, Bon Jovi will be giving refunds to primary ticket purchasers at original point of purchase for fans who attended the Thursday, July 23, 2026 concert at Madison Square Garden." MEGAN MORONEY CANCELS SHOW MID-PERFORMANCE, LEAVES STAGE IN TEARS "Due to scheduling and logistics Bon Jovi was unable to offer an additional performance," the email continued. "As the primary ticket purchaser, you will receive an automatic refund for your ticket within the next 14 business days." Bon Jovi abruptly ended the July 23 show after having difficulty getting through his performance. Train frontman Pat Monahan stepped in to help before Bon Jovi made the decision to end the show. A representative for Bon Jovi confirmed to Fox News Digital at the time that the concert ended early, saying the singer told fans from the stage he had been battling a health setback. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Jon Bon Jovi spoke from stage and told fans he has been battling a sinus infection which led to the show's early ending," the representative said in a statement. "As part of the Bon Jovi residency at Madison Square Garden, Jon has said numerous times that it has been a joy to return to live shows for the band. Updated information will be available shortly." An insider who attended the concert told Fox News Digital Bon Jovi performed for roughly 90 minutes. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Bon Jovi's previous Madison Square Garden residency shows have lasted more than two hours and included roughly 19 songs, the insider noted. The July 23 performance wrapped after approximately 15 songs, ending earlier than fans had come to expect. Monahan was in the arena as a fan and was not part of the scheduled show, according to the insider. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The 64-year-old rocker was performing on night eight of his nine-show residency when he stopped the show early. Monahan joined him for "Livin' on a Prayer," taking over the vocals midway through the song. Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95d1912c5335ae104da3f4 Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down te 2026-08-31T19:10:09.328Z Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf492c5335ae104da39f Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Southwest te 2026-08-31T19:00:25.285Z Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Southwest WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road past junipers and sagebrush in search of Entrance Spring on land long connected to his tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf462c5335ae104da396 Gallego calls for New Deal-style Colorado River project te 2026-08-31T19:00:22.248Z Gallego calls for New Deal-style Colorado River project The U.S. government needs to launch a massive federal public works program to build more infrastructure to help Arizona and other Southwestern states cope with impending Colorado River water cutbacks, said U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf422c5335ae104da371 Portland Public Schools puts drag performer front and center in ‘radical joy’ welcome video te 2026-08-31T19:00:18.850Z Portland Public Schools puts drag performer front and center in ‘radical joy’ welcome video Portland Public Schools (PPS) opened an official Facebook welcome-back video for teachers, principals and staff Friday with drag performer Poison Waters, who thanked district employees as the 2026-27 school year began. Waters, whose legal name is Kevin Cook, appeared first and was identified onscreen as an advocate, educator and host. Waters thanked district employees for their work with students. "I’m here to wish you all a successful 2026, 2027 school year and to thank all the amazing principals, teachers, and staff for your dedication to your students and their learning," Waters said. "While we can often get caught up in the hustle and bustle, it’s so important to remember that together we rise with excellence and purpose." WATCH: FATHER OF THREE OUTRAGED OVER ADVICE HIS FAMILY RECEIVED AMID TRANS TEACHER FIGHT Heritage Foundation education research fellow Corey DeAngelis, a school choice advocate, criticized the district’s decision in a statement to Fox News Digital Monday and accused PPS of promoting gender ideology. "Portland Public Schools’ back-to-school video is beyond parody,"  DeAngelis said. "The government school system is trying to groom young impressionable minds into gender ideology. They want to brainwash other people’s kids and replace their families. The school system has overstepped their boundaries and needs to stay in its lane. The public school system is rubbing it in that they have control over children whether the parents like it or not. Kids don’t belong to the government. Parents are responsible for passing down values to their children, not government schools." "The video posted on the school district’s official Facebook account is free advertising for school choice and homeschooling," he continued. "Families need the power to take their children’s education funding to the schools that align with their values rather than subvert them." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS ‘HARD RESET’ FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS, VOWS TO PUT PARENTS ‘BACK IN CHARGE’ Sonja Shaw, a candidate for California superintendent of public instruction, claimed the decision to feature Waters was an intentional ideological choice. "That wasn’t an accident. It was a choice. And it tells you exactly where the district’s priorities are," Shaw said Monday in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Public schools exist to educate children in reading, writing, math, science and critical thinking. They are not stages for adult entertainment or ideological and cultural signaling." "Get politics and adult entertainment out of our schools and get back to educating children," she added. Tina Descovich, CEO and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, said in a statement to Fox News Digital that no student should be welcomed back to class by a man in drag. "Portland Public Schools has been unabashed about its objectives: hijacking the classroom to push a sexualized curriculum and progressive viewpoints on impressionable children," she said. "We see exactly what this district (backed fully by teachers unions) is doing, and Moms for Liberty will keep fighting to protect our children from the left’s indoctrination and get students back to learning again." OREGON SCHOOL COUNSELOR FACES BACKLASH OVER 'CHOSEN FAMILY' BOOK FOR YOUTHS A Portland State University profile described Waters as a longtime Portland performer, advocate and educator. Waters taught a noncredit course on the history of drag performance at Portland Community College and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Portland State in 2025. The district video later featured messages from Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., along with other Portland-area public figures. The video drew attention weeks after Portland mother Allison Roberts sued PPS and her children’s elementary school, alleging officials retaliated against her for objecting to gender-identity curriculum and an intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag. Fox News Digital previously reported that PPS declined to comment on the pending case. Portland Public Schools, Waters and Dexter’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the welcome-back video. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf402c5335ae104da368 Popular artificial sweetener linked to potentially dangerous heart risk te 2026-08-31T19:00:16.962Z Popular artificial sweetener linked to potentially dangerous heart risk People who consume greater amounts of a popular artificial sweetener could face a greater risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study suggests. The research, which was presented at the ESC Cardiology Congress in Germany this week, showed that higher levels of xylitol in the blood were associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that is commonly used as a low-calorie sweetener and sugar substitute, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is often used in higher amounts to sweeten foods, drinks, chewing gum and dental care products. ZERO-CALORIE SWEETENERS COULD ALTER THE GENES OF LATER GENERATIONS, NEW STUDY WARNS The researchers followed two large study cohorts of more than 17,700 Canadian and British participants. Over a six-year follow-up, people in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging with the highest xylitol levels had a 57% higher risk of death, myocardial infarction or stroke related to cardiovascular events compared to those with the lowest levels. Over 30 years, participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk group with the highest xylitol levels had an 18% greater risk of MACE. Both cohorts showed evidence of a dose-dependent association, where higher blood xylitol concentrations corresponded to higher rates of cardiovascular events. DIRTY SODA DRINKS ARE EVERYWHERE, BUT DOCTORS WARN OF HEALTH RISKS: 'METABOLIC DISASTER' These higher risks persisted even after the researchers adjusted for other factors like age, gender, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes and lipid levels. The study follows previous research that showed xylitol can enhance the ability of platelets to form clots, according to Dr. Marco Witkowski, the study presenter from Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. "Artificial sweeteners are consumed by people who think they are healthier than sugar and they are generally regarded as safe by regulatory agencies," the doctor said in a statement. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Our long-term findings in the general population highlight how little we know about the cardiovascular safety of xylitol and indicate that further studies are warranted, especially as the amount of xylitol in products continues to increase." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES The study was observational and does not prove that xylitol causes cardiovascular events, as the researchers noted that more studies are needed to confirm the findings. The report also does not establish whether high levels of xylitol in the blood necessarily reflects dietary consumption, as the sugar alcohol can also be produced naturally in the body as part of glucose metabolism. "These disturbing findings with plausible mechanism of xylitol increasing cardiovascular risk should be taken very seriously," Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist and public health campaigner based in London, told Fox News Digital. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "As a practicing cardiologist, I see many patients suffering from anxiety and palpitations that resolve as soon as they stop taking artificial sweeteners." Malhotra, who was not involved in the study, noted that one of the most important dietary changes to reduce cardiovascular risk is to "unsweeten your sweet tooth." "That’s why I advise all my patients to avoid all processed sugars and artificial sweeteners for six weeks to break the addiction," he added. Fox News Digital reached out to several food and beverage trade groups for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf3f2c5335ae104da35f Maine lighthouse proved to be no match for man dancing in the buff who was armed with a golf club te 2026-08-31T19:00:15.238Z Maine lighthouse proved to be no match for man dancing in the buff who was armed with a golf club A historic lighthouse on a small rocky island off the coast of York, Maine, was minding its own business last week, as lighthouses tend to do, when it was attacked by a naked dancing man armed with a golf club. Why was he naked? What was the purpose of the dancing? And what did the lighthouse do to him to prompt an attack with a golf club? If I was a betting man, I'd say we're never going to know the answers to those questions. The York Police Department hasn’t made the man's identity public, reports the Bangor Daily News. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! What they did reveal, along with the fact that he was naked, dancing, and in possession of a golf club, is that he was allegedly trespassing at Cape Neddick Lighthouse at around 6:15 pm on Tuesday evening. He was also alleged to have caused damage to the lighthouse, which is also known as Nubble Light. The outlet adds that police were able to take him into custody without incident and take him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. That's good news for any lighthouses in the area. Now, the unnamed man is known to several of the York establishments. According to police, he had been asked recently to leave them for disruptive behavior. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE I'd say it's safe to assume that this disruptive behavior didn’t involve the removal of clothing or the use of a golf club, since it was categorized by authorities as not criminal. As for whether any dancing was involved, that's hard to say. It wasn't specifically mentioned, but it's within the realm of possibilities. Perhaps he was a man who wanted to share his dancing with the world and when nobody noticed he took it out on the lighthouse. Whatever the case, I hope he gets whatever help he may need. I have a feeling the Nubble Light will be just fine, despite this ordeal. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf392c5335ae104da343 Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets te 2026-08-31T19:00:09.483Z Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95cf342c5335ae104da33a Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage te 2026-08-31T19:00:04.633Z Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ca8c2c5335ae104d9e38 Kelly Osbourne says she 'wasn't well' while facing harsh scrutiny, body-shaming after dad Ozzy's death te 2026-08-31T18:40:12.450Z Kelly Osbourne says she 'wasn't well' while facing harsh scrutiny, body-shaming after dad Ozzy's death Kelly Osbourne is opening up about the toll public scrutiny has taken on her following the death of her father, Ozzy Osbourne. In a new interview with Hello!, the 41-year-old addressed the comments surrounding her appearance, admitting she was not in a place to handle the criticism while grieving the loss of the Black Sabbath frontman. "I didn't navigate it — I wasn't well," Osbourne said when asked how she dealt with the scrutiny. KELLY OSBOURNE WOWS IN LEOPARD-PRINT SWIMSUIT AS SHE STEPS 'AWAY FROM THE MADNESS' "How can you navigate something so cruel when you're so sick?" she added. The TV personality said she is now working toward healing, both mentally and physically. JACK OSBOURNE FIRES BACK AT BODY SHAMERS CALLING HIM 'GROSSLY UNDERWEIGHT' "You've got to fix the head before you can fix the body," Osbourne said. "It's a slow process." "It's going to take me a minute. I'm not going to be fixed in a day. I'm not going to be fixed on one therapy session. This is a lifetime of work I've got to do and continue to do for the rest of my life." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE CHRISSY METZ SLAMS WEIGHT LOSS CRITICS, SAYS THEY'RE ALWAYS 'GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY' Osbourne, who said she has "all the help" she needs, explained that therapy has helped her better understand herself. "I'm getting to know myself in a whole new way, but it's a lot more healthy, I can tell you that," she said. Earlier this year, the 41-year-old — who accepted a lifetime achievement award with her mom, Sharon Osbourne, on her father's behalf at the BRIT Awards on Feb. 28 — took to social media to address those who criticized her appearance. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "This is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something, kicking me while I'm down, doubting my pain, spreading my struggles as gossip, and turning your back when I need support and love most," she wrote on her Instagram Stories. "None of it proves strength; it only reveals a profound absence of compassion and character," she continued. "I'm currently going through the hardest time of my life. I should not even have to defend myself. But I won't sit here and allow myself to be dehumanized in such a way!" A week earlier, Osbourne had a similar response to harsh comments surrounding her body. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Literally can't believe how disgusting some human beings truly are," she shared alongside a screenshot of an Instagram comment in which one user wrote, "Looks like a dead body… she's tooooo thin and fragile.… Looks like she's going to see her dad soon." During an appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" in December 2025, Sharon came to her daughter's defense after online trolls attacked Kelly's appearance. The legendary Black Sabbath frontman died at home in England on July 22. He was 76. OZZY OSBOURNE'S LATEST REINVENTION IS AN AI-POWERED INTERACTIVE HOLOGRAM EXPERIENCE While speaking about online commenters who had mocked Kelly's weight loss, Morgan shared a video that Kelly had posted on social media in response. "To the people who keep thinking that they're being funny and mean by writing comments like, 'Are you ill?' or 'Get off Ozempic' or 'You don't look right.' My dad just died and I'm doing the best that I can, and the only thing that I have to live for is my family," she said in the video. "I choose to share my content with you and share the happy side of my life not the miserable side of my life. So to all those people, f--- off." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ca8a2c5335ae104d9e2f El-Sayed torched online after brushing off questions about Hasan Piker campaign ties: ‘What a pal’ te 2026-08-31T18:40:10.662Z El-Sayed torched online after brushing off questions about Hasan Piker campaign ties: ‘What a pal’ Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing a wave of online blowback after dodging questions about his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker, a frequent presence on the campaign trail in Michigan. When asked about Piker’s influence on his campaign, El-Sayed told reporters the race is about Michigan and that he is "not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California." "But I don’t want to have a conversation about a Twitch streamer in California," El-Sayed said. "This is not a serious conversation." Fox News Digital then pressed El-Sayed on why he brought Piker to Michigan if that was the case, which he waved off before doubling down and calling Piker "a single streamer from California" when another reporter asked if he would condemn him. ABDUL EL-SAYED PLAYS DOWN HASAN PIKER TIES AFTER STREAMER’S VIRAL ANTISEMITISM FIRESTORM The clip exploded across social media and drew widespread ridicule as El-Sayed scrambles to distance himself from the streamer, who has roughly 10 million social media followers. In a post on X, writer and political commentator Stephen L. Miller wrote, "Amazing. They are so terrified of him that she literally jumps in one question deep." "Who is the candidate here?" Miller wrote in another post. "This keeps getting worse," Republican political strategist Kyle Martinsen posted on X. "I’m interested in it so there’s a problem here," Townhall senior columnist Kurt Schlichter posted on X. In another post on X, "The Charlie Kirk Show" executive producer Andrew Kolvet wrote, "It's very clear Abul El Sayed is panicking. He went from doing a half dozen campaign stops with Hasan Piker and taking glamor shots with him, to refusing to say his name. Now he's just ‘some media person in California.’ What a pal." HASAN PIKER INSISTS ABDUL EL-SAYED ASKED HIM TO 'STUMP' FOR MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN AMID BACKLASH "He might be worse than Kamala…," Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted on X. Pro-Israel activist and philanthropist Adam Milstein also wrote in a post on X, "El Sayed again refuses to condemn Hasan Piker — who himself recently confirmed it was El Sayed that asked him to campaign for him, not the reverse." Piker has emerged as a growing flashpoint within the Democratic Party over his past controversial remarks, including his claim that "America deserved 9/11." Last week, El-Sayed responded to outrage over his association with Piker after the streamer's comments on a viral audio clip involving Jewish Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the Democratic nominee in the state’s 11th Congressional District, sparked outrage. "I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople," El-Sayed said in a statement. EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTION Despite El-Sayed’s attempts to distance himself from Piker, the streamer has spoken openly about his invitation to join the campaign, saying at an April rally with El-Sayed, "The reason why, when Abdul asked for me to come on this journey with him, I said yes, absolutely." In a Friday interview with Semafor columnist David Weigel, Piker said El-Sayed also asked him to "stump" for his campaign. El-Sayed will face Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers for retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ seat in a race that could determine control of the Senate. Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ca842c5335ae104d9e14 Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a “Harvey for police officers” te 2026-08-31T18:40:04.403Z Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a “Harvey for police officers” The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c83b2c5335ae104d9de5 FBI extradites former Ten Most Wanted fugitive arrested for 2000 murder of 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia te 2026-08-31T18:30:19.094Z FBI extradites former Ten Most Wanted fugitive arrested for 2000 murder of 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia The FBI secured the extradition of a Honduran national wanted for over 25 years for the alleged rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia on Monday. Alexis Flores was arrested in Honduras in February and connected to the alleged 2000 rape and murder of 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. The FBI listed Flores on its top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and authorities in Honduras agreed to extradite him to U.S. custody. "Alexis Flores is yet another high value target brought back by this FBI, after he was arrested in Honduras in February by an anti-gang transnational task force connected to the 2000 murder of a 5-year-old girl, Iriana DeJesus," Patel told Fox News Digital. "After more than 25 years on the run, this arrest proves time and distance do not shield violent offenders from justice." EXCLUSIVE: ALLEGED $32M COVID-19 FRAUD FUGITIVE CAPTURED IN JAMAICA AND RETURNED TO US, FBI SAYS "This also comes as the FBI and Trump administration continue an unprecedented run of man hunting violent fugitives. This FBI has conducted nearly over 70 similar extraditions since the start of June. More than ever before, violent criminals cannot hide from the reach of law enforcement. Thank you to our overseas partners, department of justice, and brilliant FBI teams who got this done," Patel said. The FBI said Flores had been removed from the fugitives list in March 2025 due to the prior Honduran government’s refusal to extradite him for his offenses, citing local laws limiting extradition. PATEL SAYS FBI IS 'MANHUNTING' TERROR SUSPECTS AROUND THE GLOBE AFTER TWO HIGH-VALUE CAPTURES Authorities in Philadelphia celebrated Flores' arrest when authorities apprehended him in Honduras earlier this year. "The passage of time does not diminish our resolve or perseverance in the pursuit of justice," said Wayne Jacobs, special agent in charge of FBI Philadelphia, in February. "The arrest of Alexis Flores is the culmination of 25 years of tireless investigative effort and the strength of our partnerships across departments. Through this sustained collaboration and the support of our law enforcement partners, both domestically and internationally, the day is now here." COLD-CASE FUGITIVE BUSTED SOUTH OF THE BORDER AS NEW DNA TECH ALLEGEDLY TIES HIM TO TEEN’S ROADSIDE KILLING Flores' extradition comes just weeks after the FBI captured Most Wanted fugitive Gregory Henderson Jr., just three days after adding the alleged Indianapolis gang leader to its list and offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest. Henderson, 46, had evaded arrest since a sweeping federal takedown of his alleged organization in August 2023. He faces federal charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and conspiracy to engage in an animal fighting venture. The FBI alleges Henderson led a violent Indianapolis gang whose drug trafficking network was supplied by the Sinaloa Cartel and distributed methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl throughout Indianapolis and the surrounding Midwest. Fox News' Brittany Miller contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c8382c5335ae104d9ddc US Fish and Wildlife Service officer dies during wildfire evacuation efforts in Oklahoma, agency says te 2026-08-31T18:30:16.543Z US Fish and Wildlife Service officer dies during wildfire evacuation efforts in Oklahoma, agency says A federal wildlife officer is believed to have died while helping evacuate residents threatened by a wildfire in Oklahoma, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said over the weekend. Officials said David Taylor, 38, of Scio, Oregon, was helping people fleeing the fast-moving fire south of Oklahoma City on Saturday. He was going door-to-door to help residents alongside emergency crews. His last contact with dispatch came while he was assisting a family in leaving their home, the agency said. 11 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WORKERS EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER AMID CALIFORNIA FIRE "Everything we know about David's actions demonstrates extraordinary courage and selflessness," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik. " When people were in danger, David was there helping them get to safety. He remained committed to protecting others under the most dangerous circumstances. We mourn alongside his family, friends and colleagues, and we will never forget his service." Evidence recovered from a structure led officials to believe Taylor died during the evacuation effort, authorities said. MARINE VETERAN AND BOSTON FIREFIGHTER DIES AFTER RESCUE EFFORTS AT MASSIVE HOUSE BLAZE At the time of his death, Taylor was a senior chief petty officer in the Navy Reserve and previously served on active duty. During his 20 years of naval service, Taylor completed five deployments, including one to Iraq and four to Djibouti. Taylor also served the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge and the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico before joining the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior were coordinating support for Taylor’s family and co-workers, the agency said. UNCONTAINED BRUSH FIRE IN NEVADA TRIGGERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFERNO GROWS TO 13K ACRES Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has ordered all American and Oklahoma flags on state property to be flown at half-staff Sept. 1 through Sept. 4 in honor of Taylor. "Sarah and I are praying for his family, his fellow officers and everyone who was impacted by this tragedy," he wrote on X. "His courage, selflessness and devotion to protecting others will never be forgotten." The Railroad South Fire in Comanche County, Oklahoma, was reported on Saturday. All evacuation orders for residents affected by the wildfire have been lifted. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c8362c5335ae104d9dd3 ‘Backwards and poor’: Trump issues dire warning to communities blocking critical technology te 2026-08-31T18:30:14.543Z ‘Backwards and poor’: Trump issues dire warning to communities blocking critical technology President Donald Trump took aim Monday at the growing backlash against data centers, warning that communities that shut the door on the facilities risk missing out on the jobs and economic gains of America's AI boom. "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign," he added. Trump has made energy dominance and U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence central pillars of his second term, placing data centers at the center of his push to maintain America's edge over China. "China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement," Trump wrote, arguing that resistance to new facilities risks undercutting America's edge in the global AI race. ELECTION WHISTLEBLOWER WARNS FOREIGN ACTORS ARE SPENDING BILLIONS TO TURN AMERICANS AGAINST AI The data center boom has also emerged as a midterm flashpoint, as concerns over rising electricity costs, water use and rapid development collide with promises of jobs, investment and U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence . That tension is already playing out across the country. Trump has specifically criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's approach, calling the Lone Star State's stance toward data centers a "mistake" and pointing to the economic investment the projects can bring to communities willing to host them. Texas has cemented its status as a heavyweight in the industry, with Dallas ranking as the world's No. 1 primary data center market in Cushman & Wakefield's 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison. But billions of dollars in new investment have also brought enormous electricity demands and questions over who should pay for the infrastructure needed to support the boom. Abbott has moved to address those concerns, directing regulators to ensure data centers cover the infrastructure costs needed to serve them and calling on developers to add their own power generation rather than shift costs onto Texas residents. A SOUTHERN STATE JUST TOOK THE TOP SPOT IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST-GROWING INDUSTRIES Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro recently imposed new requirements on large data center developments. Other governors have taken a more restrictive stance. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyper-scale data centers as states grapple with concerns over electricity costs, grid reliability and the pace of development. Data centers house the servers and computing equipment that power artificial intelligence and cloud services, requiring vast amounts of electricity to operate and cool. Most Americans may never see the inside of one, but they rely on data centers constantly, often without realizing it. The growing patchwork of state restrictions and requirements could complicate Trump’s push for rapid data center expansion as communities weigh America’s AI ambitions against concerns over electricity costs, water use and development. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c82d2c5335ae104d9db6 State spent $1.1M on outside counsel in 4 UA lawsuits te 2026-08-31T18:30:05.888Z State spent $1.1M on outside counsel in 4 UA lawsuits The Arizona Board of Regents has paid outside law firms more than $1.1 million combined to defend the University of Arizona against lawsuits brought by a former administrator, a former student-athlete, a tenured professor and a longtime faculty senator, according to billing records obtained by Tucson Spotlight. Under Arizona law, the state's risk management division covers legal defense costs for both state employees sued individually over job-related conduct and state entities named as defendants. The totals above cover only payments to outside law firms. They don't include the cost of in-house UA attorneys or Arizona Attorney General's Office staff who may also have worked on these cases. The records, obtained through a public records request to the Arizona Department of Administration, cover four separate cases dating back as far as 2019. In each, more than 99% of the money went to attorneys' fees, with travel, filing and court reporting costs making up a small fraction of the total. The two largest bills stem from cases alleging retaliation tied to sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, both of which have already reached the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. "Litigation, and the use of outside counsel, is not unusual in state government," Megan Gilbertson, ABOR's associate vice president for public affairs, told Tucson Spotlight. "It is how disputes get settled lawfully, and it is how ABOR and the universities make sure they are doing right by taxpayers and employees alike." Southern Arizona news written by journalists who live it. Free in your inbox. Michael Grabowski, a former UA track and cross-country athlete, alleges coaches canceled his scholarship after he reported homophobic bullying. Courtesy of Western Colorado University. Bullying claim still active after 7 years ABOR has paid law firm Rusing Lopez the most of any firm in this review, $568,296 since 2019, to defend against a lawsuit from Michael Grabowski, a former UA track and cross-country athlete. Grabowski, a high school All-American runner from New York who chose UA over other scholarship offers, alleges teammates subjected him to homophobic bullying starting in 2017, based on their perception that he was gay, and that coaches made him a scapegoat and canceled his athletic scholarship after he complained. The lawsuit, filed in 2019 and seeking $10 million, cites a video from a 2017 team party and text messages allegedly telling teammates to bully Grabowski at a coach's direction. Grabowski's attorney accused the university of protecting its coaches and athletics program over its students, while UA denied interfering with the case. Grabowski's Title IX discrimination claim was dismissed with prejudice in March 2025. The judge found he'd misrepresented to the Ninth Circuit that he immediately transferred schools after losing his scholarship, when he hadn't, and applied judicial estoppel to bar the claim. That left only his retaliation claim, which alleges the university pulled him from the track team after he complained about bullying. On Feb. 26, the judge denied ABOR's bid to also toss that remaining claim, so it stays alive. The same order denied Grabowski's request to file a fifth amended complaint, citing four earlier amendments over six years of litigation and no new facts to justify another. The case has continued in active discovery since. The court issued a scheduling order in May, and both sides have filed a steady stream of deposition and discovery notices through July, the most recent entry in the docket. Anthony DeFrancesco, fired from UA Health Sciences in 2019, alleges he was targeted after his husband warned against hiring Dr. Michael Dake. Courtesy of Anthony DeFrancesco. Administrator fired after warning about hire The law firm Cohen Kennedy Dowd & Quigley has billed the state $366,678 since 2020 to defend UA officials against a lawsuit from Anthony DeFrancesco, a former senior director of operations at UA Health Sciences who was fired in 2019. DeFrancesco's legal claim says then-UA President Robert Robbins hired Dr. Michael Dake to run the university's medical schools at a salary of $875,000 a year, despite Dake ranking near the bottom of the search committee's candidate list and warnings from DeFrancesco's husband, then-CFO Gregg Goldman, that the hire could cost Robbins his job. DeFrancesco's complaint says Goldman told Robbins and other senior officials that the search process had been rigged in Dake's favor and that hiring him would be a mistake. DeFrancesco alleges Dake fired him in retaliation for those warnings and discriminated against him over his sexual orientation. His discrimination and equal protection claims were dismissed, and that dismissal was affirmed on appeal in January 2023. The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of DeFrancesco's retaliation claim in May 2025 on qualified immunity grounds, finding it was not clearly established in June 2019 that retaliating against an employee over a spouse's speech violated the First Amendment. The court left open whether public employees have First Amendment protection tied to a relative's speech. In a concurring opinion, Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon wrote that she would have gone further and ruled that Robbins and Dake did violate DeFrancesco's constitutional rights, saying the protection is "well-grounded in Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent." Theodore Downing, an 83-year-old UA faculty senator, alleges he was disciplined for testifying against a bill that would have repealed Arizona's faculty shared-governance law. Credit: Michael McKisson / Arizona Luminaria. Faculty senator says testimony triggered retaliation Stinson LLP and Ice Miller Legal Counsel have billed $125,378 since late 2025 representing UA officials named in a federal lawsuit from Theodore Downing, an 83-year-old tenured research professor, faculty senator and former state legislator who helped write Arizona's 1992 faculty shared-governance law. Billing began in November 2025, three months after Downing's attorney formally notified the university of the claim, and continued through the filing of his lawsuit in July. Downing alleges the university disciplined him twice in retaliation for protected speech. The first came after he testified before a state Senate committee in March 2024 against a bill that would have repealed that governance law. The second came last September, weeks after his attorney sent formal notice of a civil rights claim, when a university vice president accused him of misconduct toward an unnamed IT employee. That accusation stemmed from comments Downing made about an email policy he said would restrict the speech of roughly 5,800 university employees. The lawsuit, filed July 6 in U.S. District Court, names Robbins and five other current or former officials as defendants and seeks compensatory and punitive damages, plus removal of both disciplinary records from Downing's personnel file. Matthew Abraham, a tenured UA English professor, alleges his April firing was retaliation for opposing DEI hiring practices. Courtesy of UA. Professor's DEI complaints span nearly a decade Ballard Spahr has billed $80,412 since December defending ABOR against a federal lawsuit from Matthew Abraham, a tenured UA English professor represented by the Liberty Justice Center and a Phoenix law firm. Abraham alleges a multiyear pattern of retaliation for opposing what he calls race-based DEI hiring practices, including a four-year public-records fight against ABOR, EEOC discrimination charges dating to 2021, and repeated exclusion from faculty governance committees. The dispute has since escalated. UA removed Abraham from the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure last August, where he had been serving as vice chair, citing his outside employment at the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Then, on April 1, UA fired Abraham from his tenured position, citing that same outside-employment reason. Abraham says the reason was false and the firing was the end result of years of retaliation. He's since taken a lower-paying job out of state and says in his complaint that he now only sees his wife and teenage son on weekends. An amended complaint filed June 30 seeks Abraham's reinstatement, back pay and compensatory damages tied to both the committee removals and the termination. The UA is facing several other lawsuits from current and former employees in federal and superior court. The Arizona Daily Star reported last year that the board paid $190,000 to settle a pay-equity lawsuit brought by three former UA deans, and that a separate $20 million class-action gender-pay lawsuit against the university remained pending at the time. Caitlin Schmidt is Editor and Publisher of Tucson Spotlight. Contact her at caitlin@tucsonspotlight.org. 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/6a95c5e32c5335ae104d9d88 Clintons roasted over intern job listing demanding high level of ‘discretion’: 'Say no' te 2026-08-31T18:20:19.037Z Clintons roasted over intern job listing demanding high level of ‘discretion’: 'Say no' The Clinton Foundation is hiring for positions in the personal offices of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — a paid "Special Projects Associate" for his office and an unpaid intern for hers — and conservatives are having a field day with the titles. "Love how it’s the same job but for Bill Clinton they couldn’t call it an ‘internship,’" wrote Sen. Ted Cruz’s Rapid Response Director James Laverty. The jobs appear to have some overlapping administrative duties but are not the same. Hillary Clinton’s unpaid internship includes research, scheduling, briefing memos and event support, while Bill Clinton’s paid associate role requires a bachelor’s degree and includes executive support, communications and managing special projects. HILLARY CLINTON'S WHITE HOUSE UFC JAB BACKFIRES AFTER CRITICS POINT OUT WHAT HER HUSBAND DID IN 'OUR HOUSE' "Why, was there some sort of controversy involving Bill Clinton and an intern or something," joked Michael Knowles. "If Bill Clinton asks you to do a special project, say no," said conservative commentator Steve Guest. He added "my gosh" in another X post reacting to the listing.  Both listings also use the word "discretion." Bill Clinton’s position calls for "using discretion in scheduling," while Hillary Clinton’s internship requires a "high level of professionalism and discretion." MONICA LEWINSKY HAS ONE REQUEST FOR CRITICS NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER WHITE HOUSE SCANDAL "Where is Sgt. Hans Schultz when you need him? Hillary Clinton is seeking an intern ‘with a high level’ of ‘discretion’ to work for free. Applicants might want to Google this one," wrote Jonathan Turley referencing the show "Hogan's Heroes." Several of the posts referenced the scandal that erupted publicly in 1998 over Clinton’s sexual relationship with Lewinsky, who was a 22-year-old White House intern when the relationship began in 1995. MONICA LEWINSKY'S LINDSEY GRAHAM TRIBUTE DRAWS CRITICISM AND PRAISE FOR PLACING PEOPLE OVER PARTY: EXPERT Lewinsky later turned over a navy blue dress she said she wore during a 1997 sexual encounter with Clinton to Starr’s Office of Independent Counsel. FBI testing concluded Clinton was the source of DNA obtained from a semen stain on the dress. "Bold of HilDawg to be in Monica Blue," wrote Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Barrasso speech writer Charles Correll III, referencing the color of Hillary’s shirt in the photo. Fox News Digital reached out to the Clinton Foundation and Monica Lewinsky for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c5df2c5335ae104d9d7f Scottie Scheffler celebrates FedEx Cup title with a rare beer, offers warm praise for Brandel Chamblee te 2026-08-31T18:20:15.554Z Scottie Scheffler celebrates FedEx Cup title with a rare beer, offers warm praise for Brandel Chamblee Scottie Scheffler was in a great mood on Sunday evening after winning the Tour Championship and wrapping up the FedEx Cup. After securing his third victory of the year and picking up a $10 million check in the process, he celebrated like most would, by enjoying a cold beer in the clubhouse before hitting the countless media stops on the property before leaving Atlanta. Scheffler also handed out a huge compliment to Golf Channel's Brandel Chamblee during his post-victory sit-down with the network. While it was a straightforward gesture, it showed a side of Scheffler we don't often see, which is a completely laid-back guy who was both ecstatic and relieved that he ended his 2026 campaign on top. To close out his post-round news conference in the media center, Scheffler was asked what sort of celebratory dinner he was going to get into. The World No. 1 explained that all he wanted was a cheeseburger, but he did let everyone know he enjoyed a nice cold beverage before sitting down to answer questions. THE SCOTTIE VS TIGER COMPARISON, MICHAEL BLOCK'S PARTY GETS SHUT DOWN, AND A FINAL WORD ON YOUTUBE GOLF DRAMA "I had a beer for the first time in a long time. It just sounded good," Scheffler explained. "Right when we got off the course, I got in there, these guys are trying to get me to do media and all this stuff. I was like: how much time do we really have? They're like we've got a couple minutes. All right, let me go inside and get some air conditioning. There was an open bar inside, and I'm like, all right, I'm grabbing a beer. It tasted great. "I don't really drink very often. My wife and my manager were like, wow, I haven't seen you have a beer in a long time. Well, season's over now. I'm going to have a beer. Well-earned beer." Yes, most would say the beer Scheffler sank after his round was well-earned, given his three-win, five-runner-up campaign that saw him earn $31 million before bonuses are added. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER SHARES A PERFECTLY IMPERFECT ASSESSMENT OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE, THE CHALLENGES OF FATHERHOOD Scheffler then went on to join the Golf Channel's post-game show, and before leaving the set, he tipped his cap to Chamblee and the plethora of research and notes he puts together week in and week out. Chamblee, like any great broadcaster, has his fair share of supporters and critics, but there is no denying that he is a walking encyclopedia of golf knowledge. Whether it be golf history or the modern game, there may not be another human out there who has a brain filled with more knowledge about the sport. Scheffler giving props to Chamblee, and grabbing a page of his notes to show viewers back home made for a cool moment, and, again, presented a side of Scheffler that we don't get to see too often. There's nothing 'normal' about Scheffler on paper – this is a guy who has been the No. 1 ranked player in the world for 207 consecutive weeks – but at the end of the day, he's just someone who appreciates hard work and likes to hand out a compliment. At least with a beer in his system, that is. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c5d62c5335ae104d9d64 Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson te 2026-08-31T18:20:06.286Z Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c3972c5335ae104d9d3b Kris Mayes targets AI data centers as Arizona faces water, power crunch te 2026-08-31T18:10:31.294Z Kris Mayes targets AI data centers as Arizona faces water, power crunch (Photo via Getty Imates) Arizona Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling for a statewide pause on new data centers, specifically those aimed at powering artificial intelligence systems, amid rising energy costs and the federal government’s plan to cut 30% of Arizona’s Colorado River supply.  “The only sane thing to do is to pause the approval of new data centers,” Mayes said in a written statement. “Data centers are power- and water-intensive, and Arizona is challenged on both fronts right now.”  Mayes also said she is planning to hold a town hall in Ahwatukee on Oct. 14 to hear from members of the community about a planned data center project there.  The Menlo Digital hyperscale data center is a 38-acre campus featuring a one-million-square-foot data center planned in the Ahwatukee area. It has been facing criticism from locals.  The company has switched other properties from office space to data centers in other states and has had its data centers purchased by corporations like Amazon for $65 million.   The rapid construction of giant data centers has become a major point of controversy in Arizona and nationwide.  Across the country, politicians and lawmakers are trying to get ahead of the issue, as data center popularity continues to diminish ahead of the midterm elections.  Locally, high-profile data center projects have faced public outlash leading to some of those projects failing to get approval as developers continue to push for the projects.  “Arizona may be one of the most exposed states in the country to the negative impacts of excessive data center development,” Mayes said. “The Colorado River is in serious distress, and Wall Street firms are seeking to ship La Paz County’s groundwater to Phoenix to fuel the Valley’s growth — against the wishes of the county’s residents and leaders. We owe it to our communities, homeowners, and future generations of Arizonans to better manage our water and power needs before any new data center approvals are issued.”  Mayes is calling for state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs to pass legislation to halt data center approvals until the state has a plan to monitor and control their growth.  Getting legislative approval for such an idea will likely be an uphill battle.  Republican leadership in the Arizona House of Representatives have pushed the past few years for legislation aimed at helping data center power demand by disallowing counties to regulate them and allow the colocation of small modular nuclear reactors, a technology that is largely unproven.  That legislation was ultimately vetoed by Hobbs.  In her announcement, Mayes cited an analysis by the sustainability non-profit Ceres that estimates a more than 450% increase in water demand if all planned data center projects in the greater Phoenix area are built.  Mayes also cited an Arizona State University study that found that data centers can raise nearby neighborhood temperatures by up to four degrees Fahrenheit. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c3902c5335ae104d9d1b Kelani Jordan finally wins NXT Women's Championship, defeats Kendal Grey at Heatwave te 2026-08-31T18:10:24.547Z Kelani Jordan finally wins NXT Women's Championship, defeats Kendal Grey at Heatwave It has been a long road for Kelani Jordan to finally sit atop the WWE NXT women’s division. On Sunday night, she finally got there. Jordan defeated Kendal Grey in one of the best women’s matches of the year to win the NXT Women’s Championship at Heatwave. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK She always lamented bigger opportunities passing her by. This time, Jordan had her chance and took it. She nailed Grey into the turnbuckle as the champion was on the apron. Grey’s momentum carried her into the ring and Jordan was lined up for a perfect split-legged moonsault. Jordan pinned Gray and became the new champion. Grey tried her best to put Jordan away multiple times. She hit Jordan with an avalanche reverse Spanish Fly, but there was nothing she could do to put her opponent away. Grey had Jordan on the ropes again, picked her up and nailed her with her knee. Still, Jordan wouldn’t quit. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS The lack of quit in Jordan propelled her to the victory and launched her first title reign as NXT women’s champion. Jordan has held singles titles before, but never the NXT Women’s Championship. She was the first NXT women’s North American champion and even held the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) Knockouts Championship for a brief moment. Jordan held the NXT Women’s North American Championship until she lost it in a gauntlet to Fallon Henley at Halloween Havoc 2024. She was the TNA Knockouts champion until she lost it at NXT Gold Rush last November to Lei Ying Lee in a triple-threat match. But getting her opponent one-on-one seemed to be paramount for Jordan. She used her gymnastics background to counter Grey’s amateur wrestling abilities and came out the winner. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c3892c5335ae104d9d12 Grayson Waller's high-risk elbow drop pays off as he captures NXT Championship at Heatwave in four-way match te 2026-08-31T18:10:17.106Z Grayson Waller's high-risk elbow drop pays off as he captures NXT Championship at Heatwave in four-way match Tony D’Angelo entered Heatwave with a huge challenge – defend the NXT Championship against Grayson Waller, Cruz Montana and Zilla Fatu. It was the toughest obstacle yet of his NXT Championship reign. He didn’t need to be pinned to lose the title. He had hungry wrestlers trying to get to the top of the men’s division. Fatu was making his singles debut while Montana was coming out of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) trying to make an immediate impact and Waller was clawing his way back to the top. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK It took a while for any of these competitors to stay down. Fatu hit a nasty flying Samoan Spike on D’Angelo and pinned him. As the referee was just about to hit three, Waller pulled him out of the ring. Waller was seemingly spent after becoming the punching bag for each of his opponents. Later, Fatu was lying down on the announcer table after some more fighting with D’Angelo and Montana. Waller, back in the ring, knew he had to hit one more home run to keep Fatu down. He thought about it for a second, but decided to take advantage of the situation. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Waller climbed to the top turnbuckle and nailed Fatu with an elbow drop. The two crashed through the announcer table. D’Angelo and Montana battled in the ring as Waller tried to recover. Montana hit Spin the Block on D’Angelo. Waller rushed back into the ring and tossed Montana back to the outside and pinned D’Angelo for the victory. Waller became the new NXT champion. It is Waller’s first NXT title reign in NXT despite starting his career with the brand and winning the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge in 2022. He was never able to reach the heights that NXT has to offer – until Sunday night. Waller talked the talk when he returned to NXT TV and now he’s walking the walk. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c12c2c5335ae104d9cce CBC caves on 9/11 'terrorism' guidance as US, Canadian officials unleash cross-border backlash te 2026-08-31T18:00:12.636Z CBC caves on 9/11 'terrorism' guidance as US, Canadian officials unleash cross-border backlash Elected leaders and senior officials in the U.S. and Canada denounced the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Monday after it reversed guidance telling journalists not to describe the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorism without attribution. New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino told Fox News Digital Monday that the reversal had not resolved her concerns. "While it's certainly good that some modicum of reality has prevailed in this instance, it should not have required a week of international outrage and pressure from the United States Government. The fact that the institutional instinct of the CBC was to downplay the 9/11 terror attacks reveals a deep ideological rot that cannot be ignored," Paladino said. "Unfortunately, the CBC, like Canada itself, appears to be a fundamentally broken institution, and one correction made under severe duress doesn't change much of anything," she added. MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-LINKED NETWORKS EMBEDDED ACROSS CANADIAN INSTITUTIONS, NEW REPORT ALLEGES CBC Head of Public Affairs Chuck Thompson responded Monday by directing Fox News Digital to the broadcaster's revised Editor's Blog, which explained its Friday reversal. "After reviewing our current language guidance, we have decided to adjust it to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism," CBC News’ senior director of journalistic standards and public trust Basem Boshra said. The change came one day after Fox News Digital first reported that an internal memo authored by Boshra had directed staff to avoid the terrorism label unless it was attributed. Boshra's memo gave CBC journalists an explicit instruction on terminology. "Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks," the memo had said. SMITHSONIAN-LINKED MUSEUM IN EL-SAYED’S BACKYARD PUTS AMERICA’S POST-9/11 RESPONSE ON TRIAL Former New York Gov. George Pataki, who led the state on 9/11, said the guidance sanitized the deliberate hijackings. "Fear of being accused of Islamophobia cannot become an excuse for denying the plain truth. This is a shameful failure of moral courage. Truth matters in a free society," Pataki said on X. Canadian criticism crossed party lines.  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre demanded a retraction and apology. "To call 9/11 anything other than a terrorist attack is an appalling distortion of history. It dishonours the victims and their families, the survivors, and the first responders who suffered from the horrors of that day," Poilievre said on X. JUDGE THROWS OUT KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S 9/11 CONFESSION IN ALREADY LONG WAIT FOR TRIAL Canadian Culture Minister Marc Miller of the Liberal Party said the reversal corrected guidance that had caused legitimate anger.  Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Canada had always recognized 9/11 as history's deadliest terrorist attack. CBC posted its revision less than an hour after his statement. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE House Republicans also pressed Canada to explain the policy. "What possible motive could there be for sanitizing the worst terrorist attack on American soil? Care to explain, @Canada?" the House Republican Conference said. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., also criticized the guidance.  FBI Director Kash Patel said it bastardized history, while U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said failing to confront terrorist ideologies endangered the nations’ shared security partnership. The CBC initially told Fox News Digital that the memo reflected a longstanding attribution policy, pointing to an earlier explanation that the terms were politically and emotionally loaded. It later said the leaked excerpt lacked context and caused concern, anger and hurt. The 9/11 attacks, which happened 25 years ago next month, are the most lethal terrorist attacks in history. Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York City and another into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth airliner crashed in Pennsylvania without hitting its target after heroic passengers tried to retake the controls. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for comment, but did not immediately receive responses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c12a2c5335ae104d9cc5 Colorado family wakes up to bear eating breakfast in kitchen te 2026-08-31T18:00:10.940Z Colorado family wakes up to bear eating breakfast in kitchen A Colorado family woke up one July and found a bear making itself at home and eating breakfast in their kitchen. Security camera footage from inside the Colorado Springs home shows the bear entering the kitchen on July 21 and grabbing a snack. "I was getting ready in the morning and heard a bang. I asked my kids — 8, 6 and 3 years old — if they were all okay, and they were all upstairs playing," Nerissa England told Storyful. GATLINBURG POLICE FREE BLACK BEAR THAT LOCKED ITSELF INSIDE HOTEL BATHROOM IN WILD VIRAL VIDEO "I assumed it was a picture that had fallen off the wall, so my curious 8-year-old daughter, Zara Lee, went downstairs to investigate, and my husband followed to grab coffee," England added. "She rounded the corner into our kitchen, and a bear was eating our trash right outside the kitchen door." The bear apparently walked into the home through a back door that was left open so that a breeze could come in amid the hot temperatures. COLORADO BLACK BEAR DIES AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED INSIDE UNLOCKED CAR FOR DAYS: REPORT The animal then ate some Flintstones vitamins left on a table, dragged a trash can outside and began rummaging through it near the kitchen door, England said. Zara Lee and her father reportedly managed to scare the bear away by opening the door and making noise. CALIFORNIA COUPLE FIGHTS OFF 70-POUND BLACK BEAR WITH HATCHET AND WATER BOTTLE OUTSIDE THEIR HOME "We will be keeping the door shut for a while until the local bears get the food they need and go into hibernation!" England told Storyful. Bears have wandered into people's homes across the United States in record numbers after a dry winter wiped out plants, grasses, berries and nuts that form around 90% of their diet, Reuters reported. Their sense of smell has lured them to places with human food. This has led to record bear deaths in some states, as hundreds have been euthanized, run over, shot and even electrocuted as they interact with humans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95c1282c5335ae104d9cbc Ex-teammate exposes 'huge' difference between French trans star Julie Tetart and Brittney Griner te 2026-08-31T18:00:08.786Z Ex-teammate exposes 'huge' difference between French trans star Julie Tetart and Brittney Griner The narrative that French trans basketball player Julie Tetart wouldn't hold a competitive advantage in the WNBA just doesn't hold up, according to two former teammates who are speaking out about Tetart's raw physical power that they describe as "a train coming into you." During an interview with French podcast, "Club Five," Sara Crudo and Martina Bestagno explained their experiences playing with Tetart during the 2025-26 season and whether the French phenom could play in the WNBA after averaging a historic 20 points and 20 rebounds per game last season. "If they contact me, I won't say no. But you have to be realistic: I'm old, and there are far better players than me!" Tetart told OutKick in early August as the WNBA told the world that it was inclusive and welcoming of trans basketball players. FRENCH TRANS PHENOM JULIE TÉTART LOOKS WNBA-READY — SO WHY HASN’T THE ‘INCLUSIVE’ LEAGUE CALLED? Bestagno, who played against Brittney Griner over multiple seasons during EuroLeague competitions, describes Tetart's power as unlike anything she's seen in women's basketball. "I played against really big players such as Brittney Griner (6'9", 219 pounds), Isabelle Yacoubou (6'3", 229 pounds), and they're big. They're probably bigger," the veteran power forward Bestagno explained. "It's not just the size, it's the combination of size and strength that it's something that I never went against it before. I was blown away by the difference talking about strength. The difference is huge." CLAY TRAVIS SETS SIGHTS ON FRENCH TRANS PHENOM JULIE TETART FOR PROPOSED 'INCLUSIVE' WNBA EXPANSION TEAM Tetart is listed at 6'3" and 200 pounds. Does this size and power translate to the WNBA? The Club Five podcast host asked Bestagno and Crudo if Tetart would "dominate" the American league. "No, not at all. Not at all," Bestagno answered. "Physically, [Tetart] is probably the strongest that I ever faced. With that being said, basketball is not athletics. It's not because you're the strongest automatically you are the best player." WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT SENDS TRANS INCLUSION MEMO AFTER ENES FREEDOM, ROYCE WHITE ANNOUNCEMENTS Interesting. So a basketball player who's stronger and more physically dominating than Griner, and put up 20 points and 20 rebounds, shouldn't be on a WNBA roster? That doesn't make sense. At the very least, Tetart deserves a tryout, wouldn't you think? We don't know what the former teammates think because the host doesn't follow up with that question. It's simple: Can Tetart play in the WNBA? STEPHANIE WHITE, LET ME 'EDUCATE' YOU ON THE SCIENCE OF WHY MEN DON'T BELONG IN WOMEN'S SPORTS Relegated to the French second division, Tetart will return to Monaco's team when its season starts in September. Ex-teammate Crudo says enough is enough. "Is it unfair to let [Tetart] play? Yeah, absolutely yes. This is too much, and I'm sorry to say this, but I don't understand why no one says it," she added. JONATHAN ALPERT: WOMEN WERE TOLD TO SPEAK UP. EXCEPT ABOUT WOMEN’S SPORTS "Imagine me when I was 13 years old. I start to travel as a kid, you follow this dream that you have," the veteran forward said. "You fight for it. You don't arrive there in first league by chance, because you work your ass off. And then maybe there is a situation like someone like Julie, that at 30 years old—after she already went through puberty—can come in. I fight for my whole life to reach this level. She's taking a spot [from] another woman." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95becd2c5335ae104d9c69 Texas fire department makes save on crane 22 stories in the air te 2026-08-31T17:50:05.992Z Texas fire department makes save on crane 22 stories in the air Responders rescued an individual from the cab of a towering crane in Texas on Saturday, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department. The department detailed the save in a Saturday Facebook post, which noted that the individual was about 220 feet high. "The Fort Worth Fire Department Alarm Office received a call for a medical emergency at 11:50am today," the post noted, explaining, "The location was at... the construction site at JPS Health Hospital. Upon arrival, crews found that the patient was actually located approximately 220 feet up in the air, inside of a crane cab." Responders climbed up, provided medical aid and lowered the individual to the ground, the department noted. "When technical rescue teams arrived on scene, they gathered gear and began their ascent up the crane’s ladder. They carried with them all of the equipment they would need for the entire rescue on their backs," the department said. "Upon arrival at the top of the crane (over 22 stories in the air), they went to work. Immediate emergency medical care was started while technical rescue teams began devising a plan for the patient’s safe descent," the department continued. "Once the patient was safely hooked up to the ropes and rigging system, the crews had him lowered and on the ground. This all happened within less than an hour of their making it to him initially," the post read. The department shared multiple photos of the heroic rescue effort. "The crane operator was then transported to the hospital in stable condition," the department added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95bc762c5335ae104d9c1f Illinois man missing more than a week as crews scour Great Smoky Mountains National Park te 2026-08-31T17:40:06.593Z Illinois man missing more than a week as crews scour Great Smoky Mountains National Park A 57-member search team is combing Great Smoky Mountains National Park for an Illinois man who has been missing for more than a week after his vehicle was found at a popular visitor center. Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was last known to be at the Sugarlands Visitor Center parking lot on Aug. 22, 2025, according to the National Park Service (NPS). He was reported missing two days later and his vehicle was then found in the visitor center’s parking lot. Park rangers and volunteers, along with local agencies, have expanded the search in and around the park, looking both on and off trails and using drones to help cover the area, as they look for Bachleda-Blaszczak, according to NPS. 73-YEAR-OLD CAMPER VANISHES OFF THE GRID BEFORE HIS RV TURNS UP IN WILDERNESS Drones are normally prohibited inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, but are temporarily being allowed for the search. Bachleda-Blaszczak's family said nothing seemed unusual shortly before he disappeared. "The day before, I believe, was when he had pizza with his dad, you know, chatted with him, said he might pick up a shift the next day at work," his cousin, Corrina Auten, told CBS Chicago. "It was very, you know, like a normal, normal conversation. There wasn't anything strange or amiss," she said. "The next thing we knew, he didn't show up for work and he was missing." URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE AFTER GRAND CANYON FLASH FLOOD Rangers first searched the area around Sugarlands before widening their search. The team grew to 47 rangers and volunteers by Saturday and 57 by Sunday, according to the NPS. Bachleda-Blaszczak is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall and approximately 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Officials asked anyone with information or who believes they have seen Bachleda-Blaszczak to contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park dispatch at GRSM_Dispatch@nps.gov. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ba232c5335ae104d9bf3 Hobbs refuses to disclose donors to legal defense fund te 2026-08-31T17:30:11.361Z Hobbs refuses to disclose donors to legal defense fund GLENDALE -- Gov. Katie Hobbs won't disclose who is helping to fund the legal costs she has incurred in investigations of whether she was involved in a "pay-to-play'' scheme. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b7d82c5335ae104d9ba7 A unanimous vote from the Arizona Board of Education adjusts the school grading system te 2026-08-31T17:20:24.471Z A unanimous vote from the Arizona Board of Education adjusts the school grading system The Arizona State Board of Education takes the first step in revising the A-F school grading system by removing bonus points. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b7d32c5335ae104d9b81 We disagee with Dan Orlovsky. Matthew Stafford is great, but not that great. te 2026-08-31T17:20:19.569Z We disagee with Dan Orlovsky. Matthew Stafford is great, but not that great. According to ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky, Matthew Stafford could establish himself as one of the five greatest quarterbacks of all time with a second Super Bowl victory this upcoming season. "Matthew Stafford gets another one, he has an MVP in his back pocket, he becomes top-five, top-seven of all-time conversation," Orlovsky said on Get Up. Top five? Top seven? Let us first establish the modern-day quarterbacks whom Stafford ranks below historically, in no particular order:        8. Brett Favre MATTHEW STAFFORD, JOSH ALLEN HEADLINE 'MADDEN NFL 27' RATINGS AS 99 CLUB MEMBERS And then there is another group of pre-1980s quarterbacks who are also ranked ahead of Stafford on most all-time lists: A recent Bleacher Report ranking of the 99 greatest quarterbacks featured Stafford at 20th. He has some work to do to reach the top five, or seven. For the sake of argument, let's set aside the pre-modern era. The difference in competition, rules, statistics, and number of games makes such comparisons difficult and misleading. Today, Stafford is commonly listed in an echelon with the likes of Troy Aikman, Ben Roethlisberger, Dan Marino, and Steve Young. These are all-time greats who sit a tier below the, let's call it, G.O.A.T. category. For example, Brady is universally recognized as the greatest, but there are arguments, of varying degrees of validity, that Montana, Manning, Mahomes, and Rodgers are better. Of that top tier, a second Super Bowl win, the crux of Orlovsky's case, would give Stafford more rings than Brees, Rodgers, and Favre. Granted, he never quite achieved the sustained individual success of those three. Stafford was the best quarterback in the NFL last season, winning his first league MVP. The knock is that it was the first year in which he was definitively in that conversation. Brees, Rodgers, and Favre each spent multiple seasons among the two or three best players in the league. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE What also makes Stafford's résumé debatable is that he didn't experience notable team success until he joined the Rams in 2021, whom he did lead to a Super Bowl win that year. Stafford clearly elevated the Detroit Lions during his first 12 years in the NFL. The Lions were the first team in NFL history to go 0-16 the season before they drafted him. However, he didn't win a single playoff game while in Detroit. That matters. Moreover, the Rams are one of the bigger preseason favorites in recent NFL history, currently +500 on DraftKings. While Los Angeles would not be such favorites without Stafford, he is far from the only reason it is. Consider the surrounding talent. Puka Nacua is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. Sean McVay is an elite coach and game-caller whose 13-personnel scheme has transcended the league. In the offseason, the Rams added Myles Garrett, Trent McDuffie, and Aaron Donald. Garrett is the most dominant edge defender in the NFL. McDuffie is a top-tier corner. Donald, albeit 35 and coming out of retirement, was the premier defensive tackle of this generation. The Rams may have already had the best roster in the league. They then added all of that. Therefore, Stafford shouldn't have to carry a franchise at a historic level for the Rams to win, the way Mahomes did for his three rings. Stafford didn't have to in 2021 either, thanks to Donald, Leonard Floyd, Odell Beckham Jr., and eventual Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp. None of this diminishes Stafford's legacy. In general, he is underappreciated. That said, in this case, the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction. With all due respect to Dan Orlovsky, one of the best analysts in the industry, we must disagree. Even with a Super Bowl win this season, Matthew Stafford still won't be one of the five or seven best quarterbacks ever. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b7ca2c5335ae104d9b67 Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt te 2026-08-31T17:20:10.478Z Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b7c52c5335ae104d9b5e Un dúo transforma el agotamiento en compasión te 2026-08-31T17:20:05.209Z Un dúo transforma el agotamiento en compasión Leer en inglés En 2023, Jose Ocaño y Angel Guzman, una pareja casada y antiguos residentes de Tucson, atravesaban crisis personales cuando tomaron una decisión poco convencional: dejar sus empleos para iniciar un negocio juntos. Ese negocio, Hatching, enseña ahora a profesionales del sector asistencial que sufren agotamiento, desde trabajadores de refugios de animales hasta trabajadores sociales escolares, a reconectar con la compasión. Ocaño comenzó a trabajar en el Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) a los 19 años. Como técnico veterinario certificado, terminó teniendo que asistir en la eutanasia de animales. Aunque la eutanasia puede ser la mejor y más humana opción en algunos casos, no siempre era así en el refugio, señaló. "Vi animales a los que se les aplicaba la eutanasia porque estornudaban," dijo. "Los sacrificaban porque bufaba tras un largo viaje en coche."  Ocaño notó que tanto él como sus compañeros sufrían agotamiento profesional. Parte de la solución, afirmó, consistía en cambiar los procedimientos operativos del PACC. "Con el paso de los años, el PACC se ha convertido en una organización increíble y en uno de los mejores modelos de salvamento de vidas del país, y tuve la oportunidad de formar parte de ello," comentó Ocaño. Su éxito al implementar cambios en el PACC llevó su trabajo a un ámbito nacional cuando fue contratado por Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Sin embargo, mientras trabajaba en recursos humanos, empezó a experimentar esa sensación familiar de agotamiento que ya había vivido en el PACC. "A menudo iba a desarrollar programas y ofrecer apoyo operativo, pero sabía que abordar el agotamiento y el aspecto humano era una parte necesaria," dijo Ocaño. "Con el tiempo, me di cuenta de que esa era la pieza que faltaba, centrarse en la humanidad de las personas." Tu membresía permite pagar a periodistas emergentes para que cubran el sur de Arizona como se merece. Angel Guzman (izquierda) y Jose Ocaño (derecha) posan junto a una trabajadora social del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson durante su taller "Más Compassion", donde ambos compartieron herramientas para combatir el agotamiento emocional. Cortesía de Hatching. Ocaño afirma que, si no se atienden los desafíos emocionales que conlleva la labor de cuidado, la situación puede empeorar. "Lleva a las personas a sentirse... apáticas y sin esperanza," señaló. Durante su etapa en la organización Best Friends, la madre de Ocaño ingresó en cuidados paliativos y falleció. "Mi vida atravesaba muchos altibajos en aquel entonces y una compañera de trabajo me dijo que estaba ‘hatching’ (eclosionando)," comentó Ocaño. "Se refería a una nueva etapa, a crecer, aprender y tener que desenvolverse en medio de una circunstancia difícil. Esa idea se me quedó grabada." Guzman es un violinista profesional que ha actuado en Disneyland, ha realizado giras con artistas latinos y ha grabado con Camila Cabello. También es un experto en finanzas, su trayectoria incluye un puesto en la unidad de delitos financieros de los Servicios de Protección para Adultos y trabajó como investigador financiero para el estado de Arizona. Además, a Guzman le crecía un tumor benigno en la mandíbula, justo donde apoya el violín. La operación para extirparlo supondría el fin de su carrera, por lo que se resistió a someterse a ella hasta que la situación se volvió insostenible. Finalmente decidió operarse, pero echaba de menos tocar el violín como medio de expresión y válvula de escape. "Fue algo que cambió mi vida y la forma en que percibía el mundo que me rodeaba," afirmó. Guzman necesitaba encontrar otra vía de desahogo, así que dedicó su tiempo a prácticas de atención plena. "Adopté prácticas como el yoga y la meditación, ya que no podía ir al gimnasio (ni tocar el instrumento)," explicó Guzman. "Se trató, en gran medida, de adaptarse y aceptar la realidad de mis circunstancias." Los trabajadores sociales del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson se reúnen para un taller de Hatching, donde José Ocaño y Ángel Guzmán guiaron a los asistentes a través de ejercicios de cultivo de compasión para abordar el agotamiento. Cortesía de Hatching. La idea detrás de Hatching no comenzó como un plan de negocios. Nació al afrontar las dificultades de la vida y creció a partir de la evaluación emocional y la búsqueda de formas de sanar. Pero aunque el escenario estaba preparado para su negocio, todavía faltaba algo. Luego, Ocaño recordó una experiencia de su época trabajando en un refugio de animales en Fresno. "Estaba sentado en la sala de descanso con un miembro del personal y compartimos cómo fue la experiencia, trabajando en este entorno realmente intenso y con pocos recursos. Compartimos consejos y diferentes cosas que descubrí que me habían ayudado," dijo. "Entonces me di cuenta de que tenía este sentimiento de conexión, este sentimiento de 'Estoy en esto contigo.'" Fue en ese momento, dijo, que la idea de Hatching realmente despegó. "Vamos a centrarnos en las personas y en quienes nos ayudan porque los necesitamos para que el mundo sea un lugar mejor," dijo Ocaño. La eclosión ya había surgido y se había convertido en lo que Ocaño y Guzmán llaman "cultivo de la compasión." Se trata de ayudar a las personas a pasar del modo de supervivencia al modo de compasión, dijo Ocaño. La pareja descubrió que las personas a menudo estaban tan "hundidas en el modo de supervivencia" que incluso las buenas sugerencias parecían demasiado para aceptarlas, por lo que desarrollaron lo que llamaron "Más Compasión." "Muchas veces... el autocuidado... no es algo de lo que hablamos ni discutimos en nuestra comunidad. Así que esa es una pequeña idea de por qué lo llamamos 'Más Compasión,'" explicó Ocaño. Desde 2023, Hatching se ha asociado con más de 100 organizaciones, ha atraído a más de 830 participantes a través de The Más Compassion Experience y ha inscrito a más de 1,000 personas en sus cursos en línea. Comienzan con lo que denominan la rutina "333": tres minutos de estiramientos, tres minutos de reflexión musical mientras se plantean preguntas internas y tres minutos de escritura personal. "Aquí es donde ocurre la magia," afirmó Ocaño. Los participantes se hacen preguntas como "¿Cómo es ser yo?" y "¿Qué llevo conmigo?" para luego compartir sus respuestas con sus compañeros de trabajo. Los participantes responden a las preguntas mediante una aplicación de encuestas anónimas, compartiendo lo que descubrieron sobre sí mismos y sobre los demás durante los ejercicios. "Lo que más escuchamos en cada taller, y es la conclusión más poderosa, es: 'No estoy solo,' " señaló Ocaño. Ambos regresaron recientemente a Tucson para compartir herramientas destinadas a combatir el agotamiento laboral con los trabajadores sociales del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson. Explicaron que el objetivo es siempre conectar a las personas con el presente, reconectándose consigo mismas, entre sí y con su trabajo. Si los trabajadores pueden regresar a sus puestos con "más reservas de compasión, algunas herramientas y una conexión más profunda entre ellos y con el propósito de su labor," Ocaño y Guzman consideran que han logrado cultivar la compasión. Katherine Martinez es una estudiante de periodismo de origen nativo Kickapoo-Potawatomi en la Universidad de Arizona y pasante en El Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en martinezk29@arizona.edu. Esta nota fue traducida por Priscilla Daniel. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b57f2c5335ae104d9b41 Flagstaff cross country sees wins in summit races amid new race schedule te 2026-08-31T17:10:23.174Z Flagstaff cross country sees wins in summit races amid new race schedule Kylyn Taylor and Yohanes van Meerten took wins in the Peaks Invitational summit races to kick off the 2026 high school cross country season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b5782c5335ae104d9b1c Oilers legend Robert Brazile on fishing, wild Bum Phillips advice and how Howard Cosell coined Dr. Doom te 2026-08-31T17:10:16.838Z Oilers legend Robert Brazile on fishing, wild Bum Phillips advice and how Howard Cosell coined Dr. Doom Robert Brazile built a Hall of Fame career by wrecking offensive game plans, but these days, "Dr. Doom" is taking his talents to the water. The Houston Oilers legend reeled into OutKick OutDoors to share his outdoor routine, swap wild cowboy tales about Bum Phillips, and break down how he earned one of football's scariest nicknames. Before Lawrence Taylor ever terrorized quarterbacks, Brazile was already wrecking offenses. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Oilers legend stacked up seven straight Pro Bowls, a spot on the NFL’s 1970s All-Decade Team, and a long-overdue induction into Canton in 2018. These days, the defensive terror who spent a decade demolishing ball-carriers lives at a much different pace. He replaced bruising hits with early-morning bike rides, long walks and a growing love for life on the water. And make no mistake, Brazile is up long before most people hit snooze. "My day starts about 3:30 every morning," Brazile said. "I get up and I color by numbers on an app on my iPad. I sit there and color a picture every day, and then I send my daily creation out to a friend who is waiting to see what I colored." He then bikes to a creek near his Alabama home before taking a two-hour walk, relying on the exact same routine that helped him memorize his Hall of Fame induction speech. It is also how he ensures family comes first. "I still have both of my parents living," Brazile shared. "So I want to get everything done early in the morning, and by the time they wake up, I'm over there visiting them to see what I can do to help make a great day for them." Despite living right on the water, the former linebacker admits he isn't even the top angler under his own roof. CHARTER CAPTAIN JONATHAN MOSS EXPLAINS HOW TO GET KIDS HOOKED ON FISHING FROM AN EARLY AGE "My wife is the real fisherman in the house, and she's used artificial bait all her life," Brazile laughed. "I've been what you call a 'catcher.' I use live bait all the time." Growing up in Mobile and playing for the iconic Bum Phillips gave Brazile a front-row seat to pure Southern outdoor culture. Phillips, famous for his Stetson hats and Texas drawl, didn't mince words when Brazile asked about riding a bull. The legendary coach shut it down with a classic one-liner. "He looked at me and said, 'Rob, that bull will throw you higher than train smoke!'" Brazile recalled. His golf game didn't offer much refuge, either. As a rookie playing in the Houston Open alongside entertainment icon Jackie Gleason, Brazile was introduced over the loudspeaker. Before the announcer could finish saying his name, Brazile teed off and drilled Gleason square with the ball. "The golf pro turned to me and said, 'Mr. Brazile, you know you can get sued for that?' That took all the glare out of golf for me right then and there," Brazile joked. He officially hung up his driver after that and became a self-described "designated putter," traveling to charity events around the country with six putters in tow. RANDY MOSS LAUNCHES YOUTUBE BASS FISHING SERIES WHILE HEADLINING RECORD $3.25M TOURNAMENT IN NASHVILLE Of course, you can't talk to Brazile without asking about his terrifying moniker ... the man known as Dr. Doom. Before a College All-Star Game early in his career, fellow player Richard Wood suggested the comic-book-inspired nickname. Brazile wasn't sold until a coach overheard the conversation and gave it an unforgettable acronym. "He walked over and said, 'Young Brazile, you need to consider taking that name. D-O-O-M: Death On Opposing Men. Doesn't that fit you?'" Brazile recalled. "I said, 'Yeah, I'll take it!'" Now, Brazile is putting those outdoor skills to the test as the Bassmaster Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am gets underway on New York’s St. Lawrence River. Brazile is chasing smallmouth in a star-studded field hosted by Moss and featuring fellow heavyweights Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, and Ronde Barber. It isn't his first time hitting the water with NFL royalty, either. "I had the opportunity last year to go fishing with Ray Lewis. We went walleye fishing, and boy, it was a blast," Brazile said. "And to fish with another classmate, Randy Moss... I feel like a kid going to a Christmas party." "I'm going to be like a big sponge taking in all that knowledge on Monday so I can bring it back home to my wife," Brazile added. "And I've learned this about fishing: it's all about how you hold your mouth, and the best way to do it is to keep it closed!" For Brazile, reunions like this carry extra weight after waiting 30 long years for his phone call to Canton. "That day when we got the gold jackets... I took all of that day personally," Brazile explained. "I vowed at that second that if I have the opportunity to share that feeling, I'm going to every Hall of Fame event. That's why I show up every year for enshrinement." Looking ahead to the upcoming NFL season, the franchise icon remains deeply connected to the team's modern era in Tennessee under owner Amy Adams Strunk, offering veteran wisdom for young quarterback Cam Ward. "I believe in the young quarterback, his work ethic, and the things I hear about him," Brazile said. "I know what it's like. Remember in 1975 when I was Rookie of the Year? Whatever the coach tells you to do, lead your team to victory every game, and just leave it out on the floor." Before wrapping up, 'Dr. Doom' sent one final message to football fans everywhere. "Keep the faith. I know everybody says football isn't like it used to be, but it still runs on tackles," Brazile said. "Without y'all, we're nothing... continue to do what you can for your home teams. But cheer for the Titans, please! Titans up!" Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b5702c5335ae104d9b03 Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder te 2026-08-31T17:10:08.739Z Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods and other major hardware lines Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b0c92c5335ae104d9a45 Nashville school pulls LGBT books after Christian teacher was disciplined for refusing to read one te 2026-08-31T16:50:17.218Z Nashville school pulls LGBT books after Christian teacher was disciplined for refusing to read one A Nashville charter school has removed books featuring LGBT themes from its elementary school libraries months after a Christian teacher was disciplined for refusing to read one of the books to students, a decision the school later cleared from the teacher’s record. The Tennessee Star reported Friday that, according to the First Liberty Institute — a nonprofit legal organization — the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) in Nashville has taken out books that promote same-sex marriage. "We are thrilled that KIPP Nashville voluntarily removed books that could run afoul of parents’ rights under the Constitution and Tennessee law," Cliff Martin, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, said in a Thursday statement.  "It is paramount that religious views be respected in schools," Martin said. UTAH LIBRARY CONFIRMS LGBTQ 'PRIDE' BOOK FOR ITS 'SMALLEST PATRONS' IS KEPT EASILY ACCESSIBLE The development comes months after First Liberty said it reached an agreement with KIPP Nashville to clear the record of Eric Rivera, who taught at Antioch College Prep Elementary School and was issued a "final warning letter" after declining to read a children’s book about same-sex parents to his first-grade class. KIPP Nashville operates 10 high performing schools in Nashville for kindergarten-12th grade, including KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School.  In February, Rivera was denied religious accommodation for not reading a book that violated his sincerely held religious beliefs. CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHAPLAIN WINS SETTLEMENT AFTER FIRING OVER LGBTQ SERMON After receiving a demand letter from First Liberty, the school said they would accommodate any reasonable religious requests. First Liberty Institute’s demand letter read, in part, "Mr. Rivera’s sincerely held religious beliefs are protected under the First Amendment. Thus, he was within his rights to request a reasonable accommodation. As employees, teachers have the right to opt out of curricula that they find religiously objectionable just as students do unless the opt out would cause an undue hardship." EXCLUSIVE: INDIANA SCHOOL COUNSELOR FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT ON GENDER IDENTITY POLICY SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $200K Rivera’s record was subsequently cleared, and First Liberty Institute said that "the school also agreed to ‘permit all teachers to ask another employee to read materials objectionable to their faith.’" In a statement to Fox News Digital, Rivera said, "I am really glad that the parents who have kids at KIPP now have all the information they need to choose what’s best for their kids." Fox News Digital reached out to the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) program in Nashville for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b0c62c5335ae104d9a3c Debi Mazar says 'Entourage' set 'got toxic' after she returned from having her second daughter te 2026-08-31T16:50:14.657Z Debi Mazar says 'Entourage' set 'got toxic' after she returned from having her second daughter "Entourage" star Debi Mazar is opening up about what she described as a difficult experience on the set of the hit show. The actress, who played no-nonsense publicist Shauna Roberts throughout the HBO show’s eight-season run, reflected on her experience in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, calling the first season a "joy-fest" before saying the atmosphere shifted. "In the third season, the set was a testosterone-fueled environment," Mazar told the outlet. "I’m tough, but it got toxic towards the end for me." JACK OSBOURNE FIRES BACK AT BODY SHAMERS CALLING HIM 'GROSSLY UNDERWEIGHT' Mazar, 62, said she returned to work after welcoming her second daughter and felt judged over her appearance. "They didn’t like that I got fat, even though I got skinny again," she said. The "Goodfellas" star said the situation was complicated in part because she has never been one to keep quiet about how she feels. Still, Mazar stressed that she remained professional and was grateful for her time on the series. "It was a lot of fun, until it wasn’t," she said. Fox News Digital reached out to HBO for comment. "Entourage," which followed the highs and pitfalls of a rising actor navigating Hollywood with his childhood friends, ran on HBO from 2004 to 2011. Mazar reprised her role as Shauna in the 2015 movie based on the series. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Mazar is among several stars who have recently opened up about their "toxic" experiences on Hollywood sets. Earlier this year, Rose McGowan said Hollywood executives openly obsessed over her fluctuating weight during her stint on "Charmed" in the early 2000s. During an appearance on the "We Need to Talk" podcast, McGowan — who joined the cast in 2001 — recalled how show executives would often mull over her weight gain or loss. "They would circle around me to check my weight when I came back from season to season," she said, referencing show producers. "I think it was just really inspecting their product." BELLA THORNE SAYS HOLLYWOOD TREATED HER LIKE A KID ON SCREEN AND AN ADULT OFF CAMERA "There was no chill with it. It was completely fine to be that way," she added. "Now they have to kind of pay lip service to being different." Danielle Fishel — who famously portrayed Topanga Lawrence in the beloved '90s series "Boy Meets World" — has been open about facing significant body-image struggles during the height of the show's success. "I was aware, even if nobody said it to me directly... that as far as the people in power were concerned, my body was a problem," Fishel, 44, said in an April interview with Us Weekly. "I remember around the time of [1998’s] prom episode being aware that they didn’t want me wearing something sleeveless." Toward the end of the series, Fishel felt she was "no longer attractive" because she had put on weight. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "I just so did not want to be there; I was uncomfortable on set every day," she said. "There was this feeling that I was no longer attractive, because I had gained weight. I just wanted to be anywhere other than on set. I was probably a curmudgeon." During the show's last season, Fishel's weight gain was addressed in an episode titled, "She's Having My Baby Back Ribs." In the episode, Topanga pretends to be pregnant as she struggles with body insecurities. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Looking back, Fishel said those feelings of inadequacy almost ended her on-camera career after the series. "I feel some cognitive dissonance because I’m aware that what my eyes are seeing doesn’t match up with the way I feel watching," she told the outlet. "It just doesn’t feel good. The season 7 episodes are tainted with the feeling of incredible insecurity and fear of being on camera, which was hard for me to shake and probably why I didn’t really want to go forward with a career on camera." "I wouldn’t say or do [anything] differently other than be more accepting and loving of myself," she added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95b0c32c5335ae104d9a33 Creature dubbed 'Syracuse Figure' spotted in New York: Is it Bigfoot or an elderly skinny-dipper? te 2026-08-31T16:50:11.119Z Creature dubbed 'Syracuse Figure' spotted in New York: Is it Bigfoot or an elderly skinny-dipper? Researchers with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization are baffled, according to one of their own, Matthew Moneymaker. He posted on Facebook last week images of what they've dubbed the "Syracuse Figure." What is it? That's what they'd love to know. While they admit it looks like an old man wading into a pond, they're not convinced that's the case. "The Syracuse Figure does not look like a classic bigfoot, but it does not look like a normal human either. The location and behavior (wading in a swamp) are more consistent with bigfoots than humans. What appears to be skin may actually be thinning wet fur that is laying flat," Moneymaker wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS "The photos were shot at a relatively remote pond in Onondaga County (the county for Syracuse NY) by a hiker lady who was taking photos of the scenery around the pond. The BFRO's investigator in Syracuse saw the photos and was intrigued, so he investigated them, first to determine if the witness/photographer was credible, then to try to find out what the figure is." This curiosity and willingness not to write the sighting off as just an elderly skinny-dipper without first taking into consideration all the possibilities is how the answers are going to be found one day. Another wrinkle to this is the approximate size of the "Syracuse Figure." Moneymaker added that it is believed to be "around 4 foot 9 inches tall." WITNESS RECOUNTS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND BIGFOOT SIGHTING IN CONNECTICUT, SAYS 'THERE WERE NO BOOBS' There have been other, shorter Bigfoot sightings reported in Pennsylvania recently. In fact, the BFRO was in the process of investigating these pictures, which they received in early August, when the mini-Bigfoot reports came out. Is that what has been captured here? Is this a so-called mini-Bigfoot or an old guy without any clothes on going for a refreshing dip in a New York swamp? That's what the researchers are hoping to find out. They've concluded that the images are legit and the witness who took them is credible. They haven’t been able to identify what she captured on camera. "We are posting the photos of the Syracuse Figure in hopes of being able to identify him/it," Moneymaker added. "It might be an old man, or it might not be. If it's a man then we assume someone in or near Onondage County will recognize him." Is it Bigfoot or an elderly skinny-dipper? Let me know what you think or if you have any information about the "Syracuse Figure" sean.joseph@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ae742c5335ae104d99ec As food recalls mount, experts warn Trump has hollowed out America’s food safety system te 2026-08-31T16:40:20.802Z As food recalls mount, experts warn Trump has hollowed out America’s food safety system Vegetables and lettuces at a grocery store in Michigan. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance) Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding and staff at several public health agencies, and prompted questions about whether those changes have made consumers more vulnerable. In fact, this year’s tally of food recalls is roughly in line with the numbers in recent years. About 48 million people each year get sick from a foodborne illness. But experts worry that the scope, severity and scale of outbreaks and their associated food recalls are growing. While the United States sees some cyclosporiasis cases every year, this year’s outbreak has crushed records: Since May, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed more than 17,000 cases, with another nearly 12,000 reported cases still under investigation. The outbreak has resulted in at least 922 hospitalizations and two deaths. Federal officials have blamed this year’s multistate outbreak on processed iceberg lettuce from central Mexico. The lettuce was brought to the U.S. by Taylor Farms, a distributor that supplies foods to thousands of restaurants and grocery stores, including Target, Taco Bell, Whole Foods, Kroger, Walmart, Costco and Jack in the Box. Quotation I think there are valid questions around the timing of the response, the time it took for agencies to recognize the outbreak and to start to investigate it, get boots on the ground in Mexico. – Jennifer McEntire, food microbiologist and founder of Food Safety Strategy The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating at least six other clusters for which a source hasn’t yet been confirmed. Cuts at the CDC and FDA haven’t necessarily increased consumers’ chances of food contamination or outbreaks, said Jennifer McEntire, a food microbiologist and the founder of a food safety consulting firm. However, McIntire said, “I do think the cuts may have influenced the way outbreaks unfold.” “I think there are valid questions around the timing of the response, the time it took for agencies to recognize the outbreak and to start to investigate it, get boots on the ground in Mexico,” she said. Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert and professor emeritus at Northeastern University, noted that the U.S. is seeing more recalls affecting multiple states, rather than a small area. He added that more recalls are being tied to a problem earlier in the food chain — such as contaminated irrigation water at a large lettuce farm rather than, say, improperly stored deli meat at a sandwich shop  — which can spread the pathogen to a far higher number of people and make it harder to track and contain. “We’re seeing so many people impacted, so many states impacted, and the recalls are dragging on for a long time,” Detwiler. “There’s ambiguity or lack of transparency over who’s even behind a recall.” The White House dismissed concerns about the federal government’s ability to handle outbreaks. “The Trump Administration has never cut FDA food inspectors or other frontline personnel for domestic disease response,” White House spokesperson Allison Schuster told Stateline in an email. “President Trump’s top priority is the health and safety of the American people, and the federal government remains capable of robustly addressing any future outbreaks.” Fewer staff, less funding Last year, the Trump administration laid off thousands of employees at federal public health agencies including the CDC, which tracks and responds to disease outbreaks, and the FDA, which oversees and regulates food safety. While some of the layoffs were reversed through lawsuits or by Congress, the nation’s health public agencies remain at diminished capacity. The CDC workforce has been reduced by 28% since December 2024, the month before Trump took office, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Employee numbers at the FDA are down 23% during the same period. Last year, U.S. inspections of foreign food facilities, such as the Mexican farming operation linked to the cyclospora outbreak, plummeted to historic lows following those staffing cuts. The FDA suspended a quality control program for food testing. And the parasite surveillance staff at the CDC, which responds to outbreaks, was downsized last year by the Department of Government Efficiency from 11 people to three. Sandra Eskin, a food safety expert who worked in the office of food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the Biden administration, likened federal public health cuts to the game Jenga, where players construct a tower of wooden blocks and then remove the blocks one at a time while trying not to make the tower fall. “I think that’s what we’re seeing,” said Eskin, who now leads a public health nonprofit called Stop Foodborne Illness, which advocates for stronger food safety policies. “Whether it’s cuts in staff, cuts in funding that trickle down to the states, or late responses to outbreaks — these are all pieces of wood in that game where you start pulling them out and then the whole thing collapses.” The federal government also has delayed requiring companies to comply with new food safety rules, included in a law enacted more than a decade ago, that would help regulators track where food comes from and where it’s going during outbreaks. Detwiler and other experts say the new rules could have helped speed the government’s sluggish response to the cyclospora outbreak investigation after Taylor Farms initially tried delaying the recall. Last year, the Trump administration also drastically scaled back FoodNet, an early warning surveillance system that required tracking of infections caused by eight different foodborne pathogens. The federal-state collaboration is now only required to track two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E.coli. The other six pathogens, including cyclospora, were made optional. The CDC says the change was made because other surveillance systems monitor those pathogens. But McEntire and other food safety experts want them reinstated on FoodNet. State impacts Infectious outbreaks like cyclosporiasis are typically investigated by state and local health departments, which largely rely on federal dollars distributed through the FDA and CDC. Public health has been chronically underfunded for decades under several administrations, experts say. But the Trump administration since last year has terminated $5.78 billion in CDC grants — funds that were appropriated by Congress but had not yet been spent. Michigan, at the center of the cyclosporiasis outbreak with the highest number of cases and clusters, is one of 23 states (plus the District of Columbia) that successfully sued the Trump administration in June 2025 over federal funding cuts. Changes to federal funding last year affected public health infrastructure across Michigan, a representative from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services told Stateline. During the cyclosporiasis  outbreak, the state used its own resources to bolster local responses. “While we are able to support this investigation on a local level, sustained investment in public health capacity is essential to ensuring Michigan can respond effectively to future regional and statewide public health threats,” said department spokesperson Lynn Sutfin. Stateline reporter Anna Claire Vollers can be reached at avollers@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/6a95ae6e2c5335ae104d99cb El-Sayed tries to make peace with Jewish Democrats but draws line at dumping Hasan Piker te 2026-08-31T16:40:14.873Z El-Sayed tries to make peace with Jewish Democrats but draws line at dumping Hasan Piker Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed spent this past weekend trying to mend fences with Jewish Democrats in Michigan, but his Republican rival calls El-Sayed's comments a "sham apology." El-Sayed, in an appearance Saturday before the Michigan Democrats' Jewish Caucus, and in an answer to a question from Fox News Digital, apologized for comments he made after a March attack on a suburban Detroit synagogue. But he pushed back when asked to repudiate controversial comments from incendiary left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who is a strong supporter of his campaign. A vocal critic of Israel who describes its military actions against Hamas in Gaza as "genocide," El-Sayed is facing off against former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee in the Great Lakes battleground state, for a crucial open Senate seat the Democrats must hold in the midterm elections as they aim to win back control of the chamber. El-Sayed's narrow primary victory over more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in what was a divisive intraparty showdown was arguably the biggest victory to date for the left in its battle against the establishment for the ideological future of the Democratic Party. El-Sayed appeared this past weekend at the state party's nominating convention in Lansing, Michigan in an effort to unify Democrats in the wake of the primary battle. DEMOCRATIC MICHIGAN AG ACCUSES HER PARTY OF 'ABSOLUTELY NOT' DOING ENOUGH TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM Fox News Digital asked El-Sayed about a recent controversy stemming from comments he made in response to an attack on a Michigan synagogue, when federal investigators say a gunman inspired and radicalized by Hezbollah crashed into the place of worship seeking to kill as many Jewish people as he could. The alleged attacker was a Lebanese-born man who a week earlier had lost relatives in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. "Hurt people, hurt people," El-Sayed said in response to the attack. He was criticized by members of his own party, including Michigan Secretary of State Dana Nessel, who discussed the comments in a recent interview with The Atlantic, and declined to attend this past weekend's convention partly over concerns of antisemitism in the Democratic Party. El-Sayed told Fox News Digital his comments "might have been misconstrued to be justifying something I did not intend to justify," but then offered an apology. "To anybody who feels like my comments may have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention. We condemned that terrorist attack. We condemned it outright," El-Sayed added. "What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn’t the time for context and you don’t ever want to trample somebody’s pain." El-Sayed is an epidemiologist and former Wayne County Health Department director who, if elected in November, would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator. He has argued against unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel, as have other progressive politicians. And El-Sayed has repeatedly declined to directly answer whether Israel has the right to exist. He said his message to Jewish voters in Michigan is, "We may not agree on everything when it comes to foreign policy... I'm not going to stop fighting for Palestinian self-determination... but that does not mean that I will not stand up… for safety for all communities and I believe in the safety and dignity of Jewish kids like I believe in the safety and dignity of my own kids." Before taking questions from reporters, El-Sayed met in Lansing with the state's Democratic Jewish Caucus. "He just had a very good meeting with us," Daniel Rivkin, a convention delegate and member of the caucus, told Fox News Digital, as he referred to El-Sayed. "We're having real conversations." CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLL IN MICHIGAN'S BLOCKBUSTER SENATE RACE But hours earlier, some Jewish leaders in Michigan went public with an open letter urging Jewish Democrats and independents in the state to sign their names in support of Rogers, who is making a second straight run for the Senate after falling just 20,000 votes short in 2024. "Many of us have been fiercely supportive of Democratic candidates and principles. All of us have felt threatened and alienated by the politics and allies embraced by Abdul El-Sayed, which has included demonization of Jews, equivocation on terrorism, exclusion of Jewish Americans from public life, and expression of implacable hatred of the world’s only Jewish nation," the letter stated. Rogers, in a statement highlighting the letter, claimed that "Abdul El-Sayed fans the flames of antisemitism. We’re fighting to extinguish it." In an interview Monday morning on Fox News' "Fox and Friends," Rogers said, "We've had so many Democrat Jewish people here in the state of Michigan ring up our phone and say, "I can't do this. I'm for you." WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE MIDTERM RACES SHOW Referring to El-Sayed, Rogers said, "When someone says you might have been offended by what I said, that's not an apology." And he claimed that El-Sayed "has a long history of antisemitic and inflammatory comments." But El-Sayed has repeatedly pushed back, saying, "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own kids. We have a responsibility to take on antisemitism in all of its forms, wherever we see it." Making El-Sayed's mission to make peace with Jewish Democrats and independents more difficult is the backing he receives from Piker. Piker recently featured on his stream an image of state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. Moss, who is Jewish, has said that people are sharing a fake audio clip of him claiming that his entire reason for running for Congress is to make sure that America continues to support Israel. "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker warned. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Piker, who endorsed El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination and appeared at some of the candidate's campaign events including a primary night party in Detroit, has repeatedly stood by his numerous past comments critical of Israel over its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. El-Sayed, who over the past week appeared to try and distance himself from Piker, responded to the firestorm by saying, "I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople." On Saturday, El-Sayed was peppered with questions from reporters about Piker. "We’re in the state of Michigan. If you want to make this race about a streamer in California, I just think you’re missing the boat," El-Sayed told reporters. "This is about affordability in Michigan. This is about seeing a doctor in Michigan. This is about Donald Trump’s disastrous policies in Michigan. That’s what I’m focused on right now." As the questions about Piker continued, El-Sayed repeatedly characterized him as "a streamer from California" who is irrelevant to his race in Michigan. "This is not a serious conversation." THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE Besides his numerous antisemitic comments, Piker is known for saying "America deserved 9/11," praising Mao Zedong and Communist China, and arguing that capitalists should be murdered in the streets. The Democrats' discord over Israel comes as most GOP leaders continue to showcase their support for Israeli leaders. As the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership summit got underway Sunday evening in Las Vegas, El-Sayed and the far-left drew boos from the audience of high-powered GOP activists and donors. Meanwhile, there's no letup in the battle between the left and the center for the future of the Democratic Party. Rahm Emanuel, a former ambassador, congressman, Chicago mayor and former White House chief of staff to then-President Barack Obama, took aim at the socialist push taking aim at the party's establishment. "The Democratic Party is not open to being taken over," Emanuel, who's seriously mulling a 2028 White House run, told Fox News' Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "I don't consider the Democratic Socialists are part of the Democratic Party. About four weeks ago, they had a convention in Chicago. Separate party. They believe in defunding police, letting prisoners out of prison, opening borders, eliminating the Pentagon. If you're so confident people want that, I'll see you in November. Put it on the ballot. Let's go. Run as a separate party," Emanuel emphasized. Democratic Party leaders, when asked about the party's current ideological warfare, often point to Democrats as a "big tent" party. But veteran Democratic strategist Julian Epstein criticizes such responses and jabs at his party for failing to call out the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). "They’ve taken cover behind the empty 'Big Tent" lie as radical DSA members and allies, like Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Colorado’s Melat Kiros, triumph in Democratic primaries," Epstein wrote in an opinion piece last week in the New York Post. Epstein, who served as chief counsel for the Democratic minority on the House Judiciary Committee during the 1998 impeachment proceeds against then-President Bill Clinton and who later served on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, argued, "Moderates should unite and shed the Big Tent delusion — because they have nothing to lose but their chains." With the House of Representatives back in session, a resolution "condemning socialism in all its forms" could see a vote later this week. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., introduced a measure Thursday condemning socialism in all its forms, telling Fox News Digital he wanted to use the vote to force moderate House Democrats to take a more public stance against the DSA. Fox News' James Cirrone contributed to this report . Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ae662c5335ae104d99bc Death Toll Rises in Grand Canyon Flood as Search Efforts Continue te 2026-08-31T16:40:06.600Z Death Toll Rises in Grand Canyon Flood as Search Efforts Continue Officials announced a second death and said more than a dozen people remain unaccounted for following heavy rain. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ac202c5335ae104d9982 Far-left streamer Hasan Piker equates Israel's 'right to exist' to Nazi Germany te 2026-08-31T16:30:24.732Z Far-left streamer Hasan Piker equates Israel's 'right to exist' to Nazi Germany Far-left streamer Hasan Piker equated Israel's "right to exist" to Nazi Germany on Saturday during an interview on "The Breakfast Club," calling it an "apartheid state." "I think Israel in its current formation, given that it’s a settler colonial operation that’s seeking out the expulsion or complete extermination of the indigenous population as an apartheid state does not have a right to exist," he said. "It’s like, for me, it’s like saying does Nazi Germany have a right to exist or does apartheid South Africa have a right to exist? Does Rhodesia have a right to exist? No, of course not." Host of "The Breakfast Club," Charlamagne tha God, asked if it was like saying MAGA didn't have a right to exist, and Piker said yes. "That doesn't mean kill all Republicans or whatever, right? I mean, I'm sure that's how people would present it as. I mean, this is a trick that every political movement deploys, right?" Piker responded. HASAN PIKER CLAIMS ISRAEL HAS NO ‘RIGHT TO EXIST’ IN ITS CURRENT FORM WHO IS HASAN PIKER? MEET THE FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY AND DIVIDING DEMOCRATS He added, "So the, 'Does Israel have a right to exist?' deployment as a statement, as a question, is a technique to shift the conversation away from Israel's crimes against the Palestinians to make it seem like the opposition is actually being crazy, and they want like all Jews to be exterminated, all Israelis to be exterminated, which is not the case. That's not a real point of advocacy, it's certainly not my advocacy," the streamer continued. UCLA professor Benjamin Radd refuted Piker's characterization of Israel in a statement to Fox News Digital.  "Piker’s comments about Israel as a ‘settler colonial operation’ and its alleged objective of ‘seeking out the expulsion or complete extermination’ of one of the region’s indigenous groups reflects a profound ignorance of the historical development of the land, and of the various ethnic, religious, and colonial-imperial powers — including the Ottoman Turks — that have traded control over it. If Piker were intellectually honest, he could hold two uncomfortable truths simultaneously: that different groups, including Jews, have legitimate indigenous claims and that the current Israeli leadership does not represent nor serve as an indictment of those claims," Radd said.  Piker, an outspoken anti-Israel voice, also compared Zionism to fascism and Nazi Germany during the conversation. "I think the reason why the Israeli society broadly has shifted so far to the right in a matter of decades is because of this ideology that guides Israeli society. It’s Zionism, which I, by the way, have no problems like, equating to fascism because it is a fascist ideology and even make these comparisons to Nazi Germany, which is very frustrating for a lot of people. They say that’s antisemitic," he said. Piker has divided the Democratic Party, as some have chosen to embrace the streamer and others have denounced him. HASAN PIKER CALLS HAMAS 'FAR MORE MODERATE,' DISMISSES TERROR GROUP’S BRUTAL RULE IN GAZA Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has campaigned with Piker and has dismissed any focus on his controversial statements. Though, recently, El-Sayed has put some distance between himself and the streamer. El-Sayed, who is facing off against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in battleground Michigan in a high-stakes Senate showdown, on Monday emphasized in a statement, "I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople." The statement from El-Sayed came after Piker, on his stream last week, featured an image of state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. Moss, who is Jewish, has said that people are sharing a fake audio clip of him claiming that his entire reason for running for Congress is to make sure that America continues to support Israel. DEMOCRAT RIPS HASAN PIKER AS 'HACK WHO THRIVES ON HATE' OVER HIS WARNING TO AMERICAN JEWS ABOUT ISRAEL CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker warned. Piker, who endorsed El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination and appeared at some of the candidate's campaign events, including a primary night party in Detroit, has repeatedly stood by his numerous past comments critical of Israel over its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. Fox News Digital reached out to The Anti-Defamation League and The Jewish Federation for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ac1b2c5335ae104d9979 New Orleans Saints projected under 5.5 wins as roster transition continues into 2026 season te 2026-08-31T16:30:19.537Z New Orleans Saints projected under 5.5 wins as roster transition continues into 2026 season There has been a lot of transition and long-term retooling over the past few seasons for the New Orleans Saints. With head coach Kellen Moore stepping in to take over the reins and second-year quarterback Tyler Shough looking to hold onto the starting role, New Orleans is aiming to prove that its ongoing transition phase can yield immediate results in an open NFC South. The Saints endured a difficult 2025 campaign, finishing near the bottom of the division with a 5–12 record and missing out on postseason action entirely. It wasn’t all bad. Their defense had some low-scoring performances to keep games manageable, and the offense showed occasional explosive pop when Chris Olave stretched the field. The offense was brutal for most stretches, as an aging Alvin Kamara seemed to be the only real consistent for the team. The inability to pull out one-score decisions down the stretch eventually led to a mid-season coaching shift and set up a busy winter of structural changes in the Big Easy. SAINTS MAKE SHOCKING JA'LYNN POLK RETIREMENT MOVE AFTER FORMER SECOND-ROUND PICK DISAPPEARS To jump-start an offense that lacked identity, New Orleans hired former Chargers and Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as head coach. On the player personnel front, the front office handed big-time extensions to core pieces—re-signing star wide receiver Chris Olave to a four-year extension through 2030 and bringing back franchise legend Cameron Jordan on a one-year deal. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS BETTING OUTLOOK: CAN JUSTIN HERBERT AND MIKE MCDANIEL FINALLY DELIVER? In free agency, the Saints made noticeable waves by signing former Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. to a four-year contract, adding tight end Noah Fant, and retooling the linebacker corps with Kaden Elliss. They also added depth across the board, signing quarterback Zach Wilson, cornerback Martin Emerson, running back Ty Chandler, and safety Terrell Burgess. They no longer will have Swiss Army knife Taysom Hill on the roster, and some other losses happened, but I wouldn’t call any overly significant. The offense receives a decent boost with Travis Etienne Jr. joining Alvin Kamara in the backfield, forming a versatile, dual-threat running back duo tailored for Kellen Moore’s up tempo system. Out wide, Chris Olave remains the clear focal point of the passing game. The big question still surrounds who will be the most reliable under center. Shough was fine, but I wouldn’t be excited if I was a Saints fan. However, Moore might like him as the team didn’t draft anyone. Spencer Rattler looked lost when he played, and Zach Wilson really hasn’t had success anywhere. I think their defense will struggle. There have already been injury issues on the line. The Saints are ranked by PFF as the 28th defensive line in football. If you need any clarification, that is terrible. If Chase Young can have a great season, maybe they can make it work, but there should be a lot of concerns on this side of the ball. COLTS FACE QUARTERBACK UNCERTAINTY AS DANIEL JONES RECOVERS FROM ACHILLES INJURY There really just aren’t many things you can be sure of with this team. Moore should make the offense a little more consistent and dynamic. However, I really don’t believe in any quarterback on their roster. Perhaps I’ll eat those words, but right now, I don’t love their options. On defense, I think the team needs to be playing nearly perfectly in order to win games. I think under 5.5 games is a realistic look for them. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95ac172c5335ae104d9970 Hall of Famer Joe Thomas on skipping the NFL Draft to fish, raising Wagyu and transforming his health te 2026-08-31T16:30:15.144Z Hall of Famer Joe Thomas on skipping the NFL Draft to fish, raising Wagyu and transforming his health In Cleveland, Joe Thomas became the rare franchise star whose greatness was measured less by noise than by the standard he brought every Sunday. Thomas gave Browns fans an early glimpse of that character on draft day. While the league gathered its top prospects in New York, he spent the 2007 NFL Draft fishing with his father on Lake Michigan, then took the Browns’ call and became the No. 3 overall pick. Now retired, leaner and fully invested in life beyond the NFL, the 2023 first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer joined OutKick Outdoors to revisit that unforgettable draft-day call, the health transformation that changed his life and Hall of Fame Farms, his Wisconsin cattle business. Thomas made national news before he became a Browns legend by skipping the New York draft spectacle. While other top prospects wore custom suits, walked across the stage and hugged Commissioner Roger Goodell, Thomas preferred a fishing rod and open water. TOP FIVE HILARIOUS NFL DRAFT NIGHT MOMENTS TO GET THE NOSTALGIA FLOWING "I wasn't really interested in the pomp and circumstance of the NFL Draft," Thomas said. "Didn't have a suit, and would much rather spend the day fishing with my dad." When NFL representatives called to urge him to attend, warning teams might hold it against him, Thomas held his ground. On draft morning, he headed onto Lake Michigan to fish for salmon and trout with his father. "I had a nice little Motorola flip phone with me. The Cleveland Browns called me, number three overall, and I said, 'Yup, I'm excited to be a Cleveland Brown. I'll be there this afternoon.' And that's what happened." JACK STORY SKIPPED HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TO GO BASS FISHING AND WALKED AWAY WITH $100K That down-to-earth approach defined Thomas’ 11-year career in Cleveland and continues to shape his post-football life in Wisconsin. But retirement in 2018 also forced him to confront the toll of playing at 310-plus pounds. "I had so much inflammation, so much pain, couldn't even walk down the stairs, was basically sliding down on my butt," Thomas recalled. "The doctor said, 'Your knee needs a knee replacement or you can lose weight.' And I was like, 'Well, say less.'" INTERMITTENT FASTING’S REAL BENEFIT MAY COME AFTER YOU START EATING AGAIN Thomas went all-in on rebuilding his body, cutting processed foods, refined carbohydrates and seed oils while embracing intermittent fasting, garden vegetables and high-quality animal proteins. He said the result was less joint pain, restored mobility and a physique that now looks closer to an NFL tight end than the 310-pound lineman Browns fans remember. That health overhaul eventually led to Hall of Fame Farms. What began as a Wisconsin cash-crop operation took a turn when Thomas’ kids decided a "real farm" needed livestock. CARRIE UNDERWOOD SAYS HER FAMILY COULD BE 'SELF-SUSTAINED' ON TENNESSEE FARM AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHT "My passion that I had from football that made me a perfectionist and allowed me to be a Hall of Famer started to get poured into the cattle business," Thomas said. "We treat each one of our animals like a professional athlete. I learned a lot about health and nutrition and how to treat myself to get the best out of me on Sundays. And I'm learning that if you treat your cattle the exact same way, you're going to have beef that's deserving of the Hall of Fame." These days, Thomas’ Hall of Fame Farms is turning out Wagyu and Certified Angus beef, from premium steaks to Wagyu beef tallow. But the bigger payoff is right there on the Wisconsin farm: raising four kids, working the land and enjoying the life he worked his tail off to build. CHARTER CAPTAIN JONATHAN MOSS EXPLAINS HOW TO GET KIDS HOOKED ON FISHING FROM AN EARLY AGE Whether he’s chasing smallmouth in Canada, tagging calves at the farm or fishing the Bassmaster Randy Moss Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro-Am alongside Randy Moss, Thomas is happiest sharing the outdoors with his kids. "When I see them catch their first fish and the joy that they have, I feel like that's even more exciting than when I caught my first fish," Thomas said. "Because I'm able to pass that onto the next generation: that love of fishing, that love of the outdoors, that respect for nature. It's one of those things that make you feel like, 'All right, Dad, you're not doing a bad job. You're doing all right.'" Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a7772c5335ae104d98f9 Fake Chrome update scam could infect your computer te 2026-08-31T16:10:31.528Z Fake Chrome update scam could infect your computer You are browsing the web when a warning suddenly takes over the page. It says your browser needs a "Critical Update" before you can continue. It looks like Chrome. The message feels urgent. So, clicking Update may seem like the safest thing you can do. That is exactly what makes this fake Chrome update scam so convincing. Recent reports linked aggressive fake browser update warnings to a Chrome extension called Enable Right Click & Copy - Smart Unlock + OCR. The extension was originally developed as a legitimate tool for restoring right-click and copying features on websites that block them. However, security researchers at Socket now say the extension was later acquired by a threat actor and updated with malicious functionality. It had around 70,000 users when that malicious functionality appeared, although researchers caution that this does not mean every user received the malicious version. The extension was delisted from the Chrome Web Store on Aug. 14 after being flagged as potentially malicious. FAKE WINDOWS UPDATE INSTALLS HIDDEN MALWARE The bigger lesson goes beyond one extension. Something you installed months ago and trusted every day can change after an update. Here's how this fake Chrome update scam works, how to spot the warning signs and what you can do to protect your browser and computer. Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the Protect Your Money replay Our free CyberGuy LIVE class, Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest Threats, has ended, but you can still watch the full replay and download our financial protection checklist. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson walks you through five simple ways to help defend yourself against AI scams, fraud, identity theft and financial hacks. You’ll learn how to set up bank alerts, strengthen your account logins, protect your phone number, freeze your credit and help secure your retirement savings against unauthorized transfers. No technical experience is needed. Get the free replay and checklist now at CyberGuyLive.com. The warning can appear while you are visiting an otherwise normal website. You may see language such as "Critical Update Required" or "Update available." The alert then pushes you to download something before you continue browsing. However, Chrome normally handles its updates through the browser itself. Google says Chrome usually updates automatically in the background. You can also check manually by opening Chrome and going to More > Help > About Google Chrome. A webpage asking you to download a .vbs script or an unfamiliar .exe file to update Chrome should immediately raise your suspicion. Google specifically advises users to avoid suspicious pop-ups asking them to install updates. Instead, Google recommends going directly to the program or its official website. Here is the part that can catch careful people off guard. You may have installed an extension when it had thousands of users, strong reviews and no obvious signs of trouble. You use it for months. Then the extension changes. Google confirmed to CyberGuy that it looked into Enable Right Click & Copy - Smart Unlock + OCR. "We've investigated the extension and taken action to protect our users," a Google spokesperson told CyberGuy. New research published by Socket on Aug. 27 shows the threat went beyond fake update warnings. Researchers linked the extension to a larger campaign involving 19 Chrome and Edge extensions capable of delivering malicious payloads. Those capabilities included credential theft, cryptocurrency wallet draining, injected phishing pages and fake browser update lures. Socket says some of the extensions began as legitimate products before being acquired and weaponized by the threat actor. We have seen that pattern before. Earlier this year, researchers found that QuickLens - Search Screen with Google Lens changed ownership before a malicious update arrived. The extension had previously earned a Featured badge from Google. Researchers later found malicious functionality capable of injecting code, displaying fake Google update prompts and targeting sensitive information. Google removed QuickLens from the Chrome Web Store. CyberGuy has also reported on trusted browser extensions that later became spyware. One campaign affected 4.3 million users after extensions that began as useful tools eventually received malicious updates. That history changes how I look at browser extensions. A great rating tells you what people thought when they reviewed an extension. It cannot guarantee what a future update will do. This recent extension case had another detail I think everyone should notice. Enable Right Click & Copy - Smart Unlock + OCR still had an average rating near 4.7 stars as reports of the fake update warnings appeared. That can happen because thousands of earlier positive ratings remain part of the overall score. Meanwhile, recent reviews can begin filling with warnings. In this case, August reviews accused the extension of injecting fake Chrome update alerts. Several users said removing or disabling it stopped the prompts. So, before installing an extension, look beyond the overall star rating. Read the newest reviews as well. CyberGuy previously covered another browser-extension scam involving a fake ad blocker. That extension created computer problems and then tried to convince users to run dangerous commands to fix them. One Reddit user who encountered the recent fake update warnings said a full scan found nothing. The user later traced the pop-ups to the Right Click extension. A clean scan should never convince you that a suspicious browser warning is safe. The extension itself may be creating or injecting what you see inside the browser. Meanwhile, a downloaded malicious file may pose a separate threat if you open or execute it. Google's Safe Browsing system checks installed extensions and downloads against known threats. Chrome can also disable extensions that Google identifies as malicious. Still, newly emerging threats can create a window where users encounter trouble before defenses catch up. That is why your own reaction to a suspicious prompt remains important. FAKE CAPTCHA SCAM CAN HACK YOUR COMPUTER Seeing a Chrome-branded warning inside another browser gives you a pretty good clue that something is wrong. Users of Chromium-based browsers including Brave and Opera have reported similar fake Chrome update prompts. Users connected those warnings with suspicious browser extensions rather than genuine browser updates. That makes sense because Chromium-based browsers can support many of the same types of browser extensions. If Opera suddenly tells you that Google Chrome desperately needs an update, do not follow the prompt. You never need to trust a random webpage to tell you whether Chrome needs updating. On your computer: Open Chrome > click the three-dot menu > Help > About Google Chrome. Chrome will check for available updates on that page. If an update has already been downloaded, you may see an option to relaunch Chrome. If you do not see Relaunch, Google says you are running the latest available version. That simple check can take much of the guesswork out of a scary update warning. Look carefully at what you have installed. Google lets you turn an extension off temporarily or remove it completely. You can also open an extension's details and review whether it can read or change data on every website you visit. If you have Enable Right Click & Copy - Smart Unlock + OCR installed, I would remove it even if you never clicked or opened one of the suspicious downloads. Researchers found malicious capabilities that went beyond the fake update prompts. Then restart Chrome, run a full security scan and change passwords for sensitive accounts you used while the extension was installed from another trusted device. If you have several unfamiliar extensions, disable them and re-enable only the ones you recognize and still need. For more help identifying warning signs, CyberGuy has a full guide explaining how to tell if your browser has been hijacked. A few smart habits can lower your chances of turning a convincing pop-up into a serious security problem. If a webpage tells you to download an update, close the warning. Then go directly to Chrome > Help > About Google Chrome. Google also warns people to use caution when websites claim you need to download software because your device has a virus. Strong antivirus protection adds another defense between a bad download and your computer. Look for antivirus software that provides real-time protection, rather than relying only on occasional manual scans. Real-time protection can monitor files as they arrive and look for suspicious behavior before malware gets a chance to spread. Keep the antivirus software updated as well. New threats appear constantly, so outdated security software can leave gaps. If you clicked a fake update or accidentally ran a suspicious file, perform a full system scan. Follow the antivirus program's instructions if it detects malware. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. Take a minute every few months to see what you have installed. In Chrome on your computer: Pay particular attention to extensions that can read and change your data on all websites you visit. Google classifies access to data across all websites as a higher-risk permission because an extension may be able to read, request or modify information on pages you visit. If an extension suddenly asks for broader permissions or you no longer remember why you installed it, I would remove it. FAKE PARTY INVITATION SCAM CAN HIJACK YOUR COMPUTER Do not rely only on the overall rating. Scroll down and look at what people have written recently. A long history of five-star reviews can hide a sudden change that users discovered only days ago. If recent reviews suddenly mention pop-ups, malware or unexpected redirects, choose another extension. For additional protection, open: Chrome > Settings > Privacy and security > Security > Enhanced protection. Google says Enhanced Protection can warn you about potentially dangerous websites, downloads and extensions, including threats that Chrome has not previously identified. It also provides deeper checks on suspicious downloads. If you clicked a fake update and it downloaded a .vbs, .exe or another unfamiliar file, do not open it. Delete it. Then empty your Recycle Bin or Trash and run a full security scan. Chrome may also block files it considers dangerous, suspicious or unverified. Treat those warnings seriously rather than overriding them to get the download through. A data removal service cannot remove malware from your computer. However, it can reduce another piece of the scammer's advantage: the amount of personal information about you that sits online. Data brokers can collect details such as contact information, previous addresses and other identifying information. Scammers can use exposed data to make follow-up phishing attempts feel much more believable. For example, a scammer who already knows your name, phone number and where you live has more material to personalize a fake security alert. Data removal services work by sending removal requests to data brokers and other sites that publish personal information. They can also continue checking whether your information reappears. Reducing that digital footprint will never stop every scam. However, giving criminals less information to work with can make targeted attacks harder to personalize. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting CyberGuy.com. If you actually executed the suspicious file, treat the computer as potentially compromised. If you removed a suspicious extension and the warning still appears, continue narrowing down the cause. What bothers me most about this fake Chrome update scam is how little suspicious behavior it requires from the person being targeted. You could have downloaded a useful extension from the official Chrome Web Store. It could have worked exactly as promised. It could even have thousands of happy users. Then something changes behind the scenes. That means we need to stop treating browser extensions as install-once-and-forget-about-it utilities. Every extension gets a level of access to your browser. The fewer you keep around, the smaller that exposure becomes. I would also make one rule nonnegotiable: Never update Chrome because a webpage tells you to download a file. Open Chrome's settings and check the update yourself. That extra 20 seconds could save you from turning a convincing fake warning into a much bigger security headache. How much do you trust a browser extension's star rating or download count when deciding whether it is safe to install? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a7692c5335ae104d98e2 Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M te 2026-08-31T16:10:17.065Z Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a7612c5335ae104d98d9 VLC crosses 7 billion downloads te 2026-08-31T16:10:09.512Z VLC crosses 7 billion downloads In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a50d2c5335ae104d98ac Lionel Messi retires from international soccer after leading Argentina to 2026 FIFA World Cup final te 2026-08-31T16:00:13.932Z Lionel Messi retires from international soccer after leading Argentina to 2026 FIFA World Cup final Lionel Messi officially announced Monday he was retiring from international soccer. Messi has been the face of Argentina soccer since he started playing for the squad in 2005 when he was just 18 years old. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "It was a decision that hurt — and still hurts deeply — but I understand that the time has come," Messi said in a post on his Instagram. "I swear to you that I always gave it my all— not just in these last few years when we won everything, but before that too; I always fought and left everything on the field for this jersey, to bring you joy and make you feel proud to be Argentine through football." Considered to be one of the greatest soccer players ever, Messi solidified that notion in 2022 when he led Argentina to a World Cup title. He nearly did it again this summer as Argentina made the final but fell to Spain in extra time. He will finish his international career as Argentina’s leading goal scorer, playing in six World Cups and capturing two Copa América titles for his country. He scored 98 goals on the international stage for Argentina. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Messi’s personal accolades on the world stage have very few rivals. He was the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner in 2014 and 2022, won the FIFA World Cup Silver Ball in 2026 and the FIFA World Cup Silver Boot in 2022. While his Argentina career comes to a close, he’s still performing at a high level in Major League Soccer. Messi joined Inter Miami in 2023 and immediately took the U.S. league by storm. He scored 20 goals in his first full season with the club in 2024 and followed that with a 29-goal season in 2025, leading the team to an MLS Cup victory. Messi is leading MLS with 18 goals this season. Inter Miami is second in the Eastern Conference – 10 points behind Nashville SC for first place. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a5082c5335ae104d989e Senate Primary in Massachusetts Is a Generational Fight, With a Twist te 2026-08-31T16:00:08.101Z Senate Primary in Massachusetts Is a Generational Fight, With a Twist In Massachusetts, the octogenarian senator Ed Markey faces a challenge from a much younger centrist, Representative Seth Moulton. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a2b72c5335ae104d9857 Former TCU safety Jacob Fields charged with aggravated assault after alleged locker room incident te 2026-08-31T15:50:15.345Z Former TCU safety Jacob Fields charged with aggravated assault after alleged locker room incident The ongoing saga involving former TCU safety Jacob Fields took another turn Sunday when the athlete turned himself in to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office over an alleged fight inside the Horned Frogs’ locker room. According to court records, Fields was charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. His bond was set at $50,000, and he was released later that afternoon. SEC Lawyers, Lane Kiffin And Death Valley: College Football’s Week 1 Is Set For Fireworks The Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported the locker room incident, which allegedly involved Fields striking TCU wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma. Fields was dismissed from the program for violating team rules following the incident. Fields transferred to TCU from Louisiana Tech, where he was named the Conference USA Defensive player of the year last season. The legal process continued on Sunday, with the former TCU safety being booked. Cory Dubose, who represents Fields, released a statement on social media on Sunday, mentioning that he was not allowed at the initial court appearance. "Jacob’s bond has been set at $50,000. This bond was set at a hearing where I was denied access to defend him. Worse, a jailer informed us that the bond "would probably be set at $50,000" prior to him having a hearing." In a crazy twist to this entire situation, TCU would go on to revoke the media credentials of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram the following week, based on their coverage of the alleged locker room incident that has now resulted in the arrest of Fields. This action led to an outcry on social media from members of the press, though the school has not changed its stance on credentialing the outlet. Before TCU traveled to Ireland for its game against North Carolina, head coach Sonny Dykes finally addressed the situation. "It was something that was certainly out of character for the team and the young man that was involved," Dykes said. "Look, you got 110 football players. I mean, things happen sometimes. You've got to find ways to move through them, and, man, these young kids are resilient. "It's like anything else, when something bad happens, it becomes a teaching moment. And so we were able to teach our players, and I think the guys are better off from having gone through it." Not only was the football program dealing with the fallout from this locker room incident, they are now coming off a lackluster loss to North Carolina this past weekend in Ireland. Going into the contest, there was talk of this being the last season for Bill Belichick if he could not turn the Tar Heels program around. Bill Belichick Finally Provides UNC With A Pulse, But Now He Has To Earn That $10 Million Paycheck Now, the conversation has shifted toward Sonny Dykes, who is clearly missing quarterback Josh Hoover after he transferred to Indiana. Just over three years ago, TCU was playing for a national championship against Georgia. Now, they are trying to survive in the Big 12, with Dykes also taking aim at ACC officials following the loss to North Carolina this past Saturday. "Not having ACC officials, for one," Sonny Dykes mentioned about fixing the penalty issues. "And then I think we have to do a better job of being more disciplined. We've got to be more disciplined, we've got to be more — just gotta do a better job." It might sound crazy to some, given where TCU stood just a few years ago. But, could Sonny Dykes have traded spots with Belichick, and joined the list of coaches who need a favorable year to save their jobs? Time will tell. But with the off-field issues, awkward media policies for the TCU athletic department and rough performance in Week 1, the heat had intensified for Sonny Dykes. As for Jacob Fields, the legal fallout from the alleged incident within the TCU facility will linger into the college football season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a2b42c5335ae104d984e South Carolina woman accused of stabbing Lyft driver 11 times claims mental health crisis te 2026-08-31T15:50:12.672Z South Carolina woman accused of stabbing Lyft driver 11 times claims mental health crisis A South Carolina woman accused of stabbing her Lyft driver 11 times before taking his vehicle was denied bond Friday as her attorney argued she was experiencing a severe mental health crisis during the alleged attack. Naziyha Weatherall faces charges of attempted murder, carjacking and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in Greenville County. The charges stem from an April 22 incident, court records show. FOX Carolina reported that prosecutors called the allegations a "frightening factual scenario" during Friday’s bond hearing and argued Weatherall posed an extreme danger to the community. FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED IN IHOP RESTAURANT AFTER POLICE SAY HE STABBED A RIDESHARE DRIVER "The victim was simply just trying to do his job and was stabbed 11 times," a solicitor said, according to FOX Carolina. "Not only was he stabbed 11 times, his car was then carjacked by this defendant." The driver’s wife appeared in court on his behalf, saying the trauma of the alleged attack prevented him from attending. "What concerns us most is that happened while my husband was simply working," she said. "He was not looking for any confrontation, he was providing a service to a person. If this level of violence could happen to someone who was simply doing his job, we are concerned about potential risks to other people in our community." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Weatherall’s lawyer urged the court to view the allegations through the lens of her mental state, saying she had never previously been charged with a crime and was in the throes of a psychiatric emergency. CHARLOTTE TRAIN STABBING SUSPECT DODGES POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY FOR NOW AFTER HE'S RULED INCOMPETENT The defense said paranoia had convinced Weatherall that others were monitoring her and trying to harm her, prompting her to summon a ride to report her fears to police. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "Her mother even called the police station to let them know she was on the way to make a report," the attorney said. "During that, the crisis got worse." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE The attorney said Weatherall believed she was being trafficked, panicked during the ride and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. SEND US A TIP The defense said Weatherall is now medicated, stable and competent, and asked the court to release her so relatives and a social worker could arrange placement at a treatment facility. BOYFRIEND ACCUSED OF STABBING DEFENSE TECH ENGINEER 15 TIMES DENIED BOND AFTER 911 CALL PLAYED IN COURT Weatherall’s mother apologized to the driver’s family while asking the court to consider her daughter’s mental state. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "She’s not a criminal. She would never, ever, ever hurt anybody like that," her mother said. "And I understand the family’s side, I truly do, because we are all suffering. We all are." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL A judge ordered competency and observation evaluations in June, court records show. On Friday, the judge denied Weatherall’s bond request and ordered that she remain jailed pending a psychological evaluation scheduled for September. Lyft told Fox News Digital it permanently removed the rider accounts involved from its platform and has continued assisting law enforcement. "Violence like this has no place in the Lyft community or in our society," a Lyft spokesperson said. "The driver’s well-being has been our priority, and we have reached out to them and their family to offer support." Fox News Digital has reached out to Weatherall’s attorney for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a2b02c5335ae104d9845 New federal grand jury subpoena issued to former James Comey advisor in leak investigation: sources te 2026-08-31T15:50:08.317Z New federal grand jury subpoena issued to former James Comey advisor in leak investigation: sources FIRST ON FOX: A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to former FBI Director James Comey's longtime friend and advisor on Monday as part of a new investigation into Comey allegedly leaking classified information to the media. The subpoena targets former Comey adviser Daniel Richman and indicates that the Justice Department has launched a fresh investigation into the leak of classified information to the New York Times. The issue was also investigated under President Donald Trump's first term, but was cut off when former President Joe Biden entered office. The new investigation is in addition to the one centered on Comey's alleged threats against Trump. This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95a0592c5335ae104d97ef Novak Djokovic suffers stunning defeat in first round of US Open after trying to battle through ailments te 2026-08-31T15:40:09.762Z Novak Djokovic suffers stunning defeat in first round of US Open after trying to battle through ailments Novak Djokovic could be argued to be one of the greatest tennis players of the last generation, but the pursuit of continued greatness on the court hit a snag on Sunday night at the U.S. Open. The 24-time Grand Slam winner was shockingly ousted in the first round of the 2026 tournament. He lost in straight sets to Argentina’s Mariano Navone 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Djokovic, 39, had 10 double faults in the loss and made 70 unforced errors. He explained afterward he was dealing with different ailments. "It’s something that I’ve been carrying, unfortunately, pretty much every match this year: vomiting, throwing up, a serious issue there," Djokovic said. "Then my whole body starts to collapse, basically cramping and pain. Yeah, the back just gave up in the end and shoulder, and I couldn’t close it out." The first-round exit at the U.S. Open was a first for Djokovic. He came into the tournament, which he had won three times, as the fourth seed. Despite getting back into the match, he didn’t have the ability to put Navone away for good. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS "Just struggled all the way since the fourth game of the match," Djokovic added. "When it comes to match itself and overall feeling of how I felt with (my) body and playing, it was really not enjoyable. I pretty much despised every moment that I spent on the court for that." Navone said he idolized Djokovic growing up and described the win as bittersweet. "(It) was very tough for me because you are playing with the ‘GOAT’ on this court," he said. "For sure it’s the best thing I’ve had on court. This is an amazing court and the biggest stage. It’s amazing, the way we play. I mean, five sets. ... I’m very happy. I don’t know. What can I say?" Navone, 25, won an ATP tournament earlier this year in Romania – the first of his career. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a959dff2c5335ae104d97ab Putin unleashes new fury on Ukraine as report exposes fear hanging over war’s end te 2026-08-31T15:30:07.427Z Putin unleashes new fury on Ukraine as report exposes fear hanging over war’s end Questions over whether the Russia-Ukraine war is entering a new phase are mounting as Kyiv endures repeated drone attacks and near-constant air raid alerts, including growing waves during daylight hours — an expansion beyond the nighttime barrages that have become grimly familiar to residents of the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched nearly 1,500 drones over four days, more than half of them jet-powered, accusing Moscow of attempting to wear down Ukraine and its population. The attacks have repeatedly interrupted Kyiv’s metro system and daily commutes, Reuters reported Aug. 31, as residents are forced to seek shelter during daytime air raid alerts. As Ukrainians seek some semblance of normalcy at the end of the summer and prepare for the start of the school year, the relentless attacks are again sending already exhausted Kyiv residents underground. RUSSIA UNLEASHES NEARLY 600 MISSILES AND DRONES ON KYIV IN DEADLIEST STRIKE SINCE MAY Russian President Vladimir Putin has simultaneously intensified attacks on Ukraine’s warehouses and logistics network, damaging distribution centers used by major retailers and disrupting food deliveries. Russian drone attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region stretched into a fifth consecutive day Monday, with strikes damaging warehouses, a retail outlet and residential buildings in the Kyiv region. The attacks are part of a broader campaign against Ukrainian commercial and logistics infrastructure. Reuters reported Aug. 28 that Russia had targeted warehouses belonging to major supermarket chains, Ukraine’s largest private postal company and home-goods retailers. Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi that roughly 90% of the food logistics infrastructure operated by retail chains had been destroyed. RUSSIA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK ON KYIV HOURS AFTER ZELENSKYY WARNS OF MAJOR STRIKE "As of today, roughly speaking, 90% of food logistics operated by retail chains have been destroyed, but that doesn't mean Ukrainians will be left without food," Vysotskyi told reporters in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform. He said retailers would shift logistics and use alternative methods of delivering food. Ukrainian outlet TSN reported Aug. 30 that some NOVUS locations in Kyiv were short of bread, potatoes, apples and oatmeal, while supermarket chain ATB had introduced limits on how much of certain products customers could purchase. Ukraine, meanwhile, has expanded its own campaign against Russian economic infrastructure. Ukrainian drones have targeted oil facilities as well as warehouses connected to major Russian online retailers including Wildberries and Ozon. Reuters reported Monday that a logistics hub in Yekaterinburg was also struck by a drone. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Newton, a former USAF assistant vice chief of staff, told Fox News Digital that he believes the military momentum has increasingly shifted toward Ukraine, particularly because of Kyiv’s expanding use of long-range drones. ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN 'LOST THE INITIATIVE' AS UKRAINE'S TECH INDUSTRY RESHAPES THE WAR "My sense is the momentum has swung in Ukraine's favor over the last year or so," Newton told Fox News Digital. "The Ukrainians have shown tremendous resolve and capability to push back against Russia." Newton pointed particularly to Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia against "energy production capability, logistics supply chains, and so forth," calling their use of drone warfare "quite remarkable." He cautioned, however, that Ukraine faces a critical vulnerability as Russia intensifies its aerial campaign. "The current challenge facing Ukraine is the shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors," Newton said, noting that the systems are also in heavy demand elsewhere around the world. TRUMP SAYS US WILL LET UKRAINE MAKE PATRIOT MISSILES IN MAJOR POLICY SHIFT The escalation comes amid new reporting about Putin’s calculations over how — or whether — the war can end. The Economist reported Aug. 30, that Putin fears ending the war without Russia achieving even what he considers a minimum objective — control of all of Donbas — could threaten his position and potentially his physical safety. "They will hang me," Putin reportedly told people around him at some point during the war, according to an unnamed insider cited by The Economist. Fox News Digital has not independently verified Putin remarks. The Economist also reported that dissatisfaction with the war is growing among ordinary Russians and that the mood among parts of Russia’s elite is even more pessimistic, with one source arguing that nearly five years consumed by the war represents a failure regardless of its eventual outcome. Newton argued that the intensifying confrontation makes NATO cohesion increasingly important. "In my view it's more important now for NATO to remain firm perhaps at any time since the end of the Cold War," he said. "A weakened NATO emboldens Putin and Russia not only against Ukraine but the entire alliance." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a959bb02c5335ae104d9750 John Cena maintains no amount of money will get him back in the ring: 'No Khan has got the pocketbook' te 2026-08-31T15:20:16.205Z John Cena maintains no amount of money will get him back in the ring: 'No Khan has got the pocketbook' John Cena has made it clear there is no amount of money that he could be offered to get him to return to the ring after his farewell tour in 2025 that saw him win the WWE title for the 17th time. Cena was broached again with the topic during Fan Expo Canada over the weekend where at least one fan was chanting, "One more match." He plainly stated that WWE president Nick Khan nor All Elite Wrestling (AEW) owner Tony Khan could come up with enough cash for one more match. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK "I’m out, dog. No Khan has got the pocketbook," Cena said. "Nick, Tony, they ain’t got the money. I’m out. And I’m going to take your chant and say that because a lot of you folks spent a whole lot of resources on my farewell tour. If I decide to selfishly come back for ego-driven reasons, basically that’s saying I’m lying to every one of y’all. "You might not mind, but there are people who paid a fortune to sit at that last match. And for me to be like, ‘Just kidding’ … I met so many families that put so much effort into saving just to see those moments. For me, I’m out of it with my health. I feel good. I got good clarity and good closure. As far as me falling down ever again, that’s out." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Cena’s farewell tour saw him turn heel for the first time in decades, which set up his main event match at WrestleMania 41 against Cody Rhodes. He won the Undisputed WWE Championship then and held it until SummerSlam – where he dropped the belt back to Rhodes. He had a brief Intercontinental Championship run and then lost his final match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Cena has since appeared on WWE programming in an announcer role. He revealed at Backlash in May there will be a forthcoming John Cena Classic to showcase the rising talent across the WWE roster. But details for that are still unclear. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a959baa2c5335ae104d973b Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout te 2026-08-31T15:20:10.761Z Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a959ba72c5335ae104d9732 How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools te 2026-08-31T15:20:07.015Z How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9596f32c5335ae104d937a MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario te 2026-08-31T15:00:03.592Z MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9594a12c5335ae104d9309 Verde Valley Regional SWAT trains in Uptown te 2026-08-31T14:50:09.484Z Verde Valley Regional SWAT trains in Uptown Vacant building at 401 Jordan getting some use before being torn down to make way for new fire station Verde Valley Regional SWAT team, the Sedona Police Department and the Sedona Fire District helped the building at 401 Jordan Road go out with a flash bang throughout Monday, Aug 24, as law enforcem Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9592452c5335ae104d92a7 Masked Israeli settlers attack NBC News crew and Palestinian family in West Bank te 2026-08-31T14:40:05.531Z Masked Israeli settlers attack NBC News crew and Palestinian family in West Bank An NBC News crew was attacked by masked Israeli settlers on Saturday in the West Bank, an incident that has been condemned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  NBC News reported that three crew members were interviewing Palestinian woman Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family when a gray car with Israeli license plates approached the group.  According to video released by the network, a group of masked men holding sticks jumped out of the car and began attacking Abdullah and the NBC News crew.  "They smashed our car windshield, hit our crew with clubs and beat Aida unconscious," international correspondent Matt Bradley told "Sunday Today." TRUMP VOWS TO REPORT NBC ANCHOR KRISTEN WELKER TO FCC OVER 'PURPOSEFUL INACCURACY' ON ENDORSEMENTS Bradley said that he got hit twice on the arm but is "recovering well."  Abdullah was hospitalized after the attack with non-life-threatening injuries, while a pair of NBC News staffers were also injured and treated following the ordeal, the network reported.  "The settlers had sticks. I saw a gun, but they didn’t use the gun," producer Lawahez Jabari told NBC News Digital.  Cameraman Khaldoon Eid, who resides in the area, was left stunned after the attack.  EX-HILLARY CLINTON STAFFER WARNS DEMOCRATS THAT COURTING FAR LEFT COULD COST THEM JEWISH VOTERS "We were in the middle of a Palestinian area next to Palestinian houses," Eid said.  Netanyahu said the attack, along with other violence in the area, was the work of a "handful of rioters" and "harms Israel's standing in the world," according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.  "Settlers began encircling homes in Qusra on Aug. 9, in what human rights groups referred to as an attempt to seize privately owned Palestinian land. They have since been documented roaming freely in full view of soldiers, who have failed to enforce the order barring Israelis from entering the area," Haaretz reported.  Doron Spielman, a spokesperson for Netanyahu’s office, also condemned the attack, calling it a "grave injustice."  DEMOCRATIC MICHIGAN AG ACCUSES HER PARTY OF 'ABSOLUTELY NOT' DOING ENOUGH TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM "Their actions violate the law, they endanger both Jews and Arabs, and they interfere with the Israel Defense Forces as they carry out vital security missions, and, of course, they harm Israel’s international legitimacy," Spielman said in a video posted to social media before promising those responsible would be brought to justice.  "We will not tolerate vigilantism of any kind," Spielman said.  NBC News did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a958fed2c5335ae104d89db The Scottie vs Tiger comparison, Michael Block's party gets shut down, and a final word on YouTube golf drama te 2026-08-31T14:30:05.981Z The Scottie vs Tiger comparison, Michael Block's party gets shut down, and a final word on YouTube golf drama Remember that narrative about Scottie Scheffler suddenly forgetting how to win golf tournaments and putting together a disappointing 2026 campaign? It was a popular one for much of the year, but that storyline is now dead with Scheffler winning the Tour Championship on Sunday, two weeks after dominating the first FedEx Cup Playoff event to wrap up his season with three wins and earning just shy of $31 million, a sum that excludes bonuses. While the final round of the Tour Championship lacked any sort of juice down the stretch, it did mark the 30-year-old's 18th win over the last three seasons. A player by the name of Tiger Woods also picked up exactly 18 wins during the same time frame by the age of 30, which leads us into our favorite exercise: making comparisons. Scheffler winning the Tour Championship by three shots and ultimately cruising down the stretch was the culprit of creating little excitement, but Michael Block doing Michael Block things over on the senior circuit was admittedly taking attention away from the proceedings at East Lake as well. The man is his own content factory. Lastly, the week-long drama in the YouTube Golf world with Good Good's terrible ad, the blowback, and Grant Horvat peddling kids' clubs at an obscene price tag, there is one final analysis of the situation that must be brought forward. Welcome to Par Talk, a weekly read to get you caught up on all the happenings that took place in professional golf that you need to know. You can follow Mark on X @itismarkharris and email him at mark.harris@outkick.com. BACKLASH OVER GOOD GOOD GOLF AD GOES TOO FAR AS STORES PULL MERCHANDISE, PGA TOUR EVENT POTENTIALLY CANCELED There isn't much to recap from the Tour Championship. The best player in the world, who played the most consistent golf all season, earned the crown as FedEx Cup champion at East Lake. Scheffler, far and away, had the best iron play for the week, and when he's in control of his irons, as he was in Atlanta, he's untouchable and capable of sizable victories, which is exactly what unfolded. Now, let's get into the fun stuff. Kyle Port of Normal Sport fired off a post on X after Scheffler's win, comparing his age 28-30 age season to Tiger Woods' age 28-30, and they're alarmingly similar. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER TURNS HOT-MIC F-BOMB INTO MOTIVATION, RALLIES FOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WIN Strictly looking at the numbers, the resumes are nearly identical, but Woods winning four majors compared to Scheffler's three, and Scheffler edging out Woods in the strokes gained category, is where things open up for a discussion. Strokes gained, remember, is a statistic relative to tournament fields and how a player performs against other players, not just the golf course, such as greens hit or fairways hit. If we stick to the golden rule that majors trump all things, that version of Woods beats out this version of Scheffler. There is no fun in that scenario, but where there is fun is claiming which era of the PGA Tour was deeper. Woods, battling with the likes of Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk, and other greats during his 28–30 run, may make that era more top-heavy than what Scheffler is dealing with at the moment. Does that also mean Woods' era was deeper overall, though? I'm not sure it does. Technology has played a huge role in professional golf, which has helped with the result that the PGA Tour is filled with more elite talent than ever before, but that shouldn't mean it should be cast aside as if it doesn't matter. Just because the times have changed doesn't automatically mean the times have gotten worse or less meaningful. Nobody is comparing Woods' overall career to Scheffler's, but over a three-year stretch, this version of Scheffler is (at the very least) on par with that version of Tiger. It may not be as flashy, it may not be as exciting, and you can call Scheffler 'boring' all you want, but that doesn't make the previous statement untrue. Michael Block turned 50 in June, making him eligible to compete on the PGA Tour Champions, and he's not-so-quietly made the most of his sponsor's exemptions on the senior circuit. Playing on another sponsor's invite in this past weekend's Ally Challenge, the PGA professional had not missed a cut in his four previous starts and earned a pair of Top 10 finishes along the way. The guy has simply been playing great golf, has brought juice to the senior tour, and has suddenly become one of the better players – for at least a stretch – on a 50-and-up circuit that is absolutely filled with legends of the game. Block began Sunday's final round at the Ally Challenge atop the leader board, and while he posted a 2-over 74 to finish T-3 and four shots back of eventual winner Steven Alker, he still stole the show, just as you'd expect him to. JUSTIN ROSE SLAM DUNKS HOLE-IN-ONE DURING FINAL ROUND OF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ON EXTREMELY DIFFICULT PAR 3 On the Par 3 eighth hole, one of the most absurd things ever witnessed in a professional golf tournament unfolded courtesy of Mr. Block. After hitting his tee shot on the 200-yard hole to about 15 feet, Block decided that this was the perfect opportunity to put on a show for the fans. Not only did he launch his club back to his caddie to catch and rip his putter out of his hand, he began walking backwards to share some fist bumps and high fives with the volunteers surrounding the tee box. Again, this all took place on the eighth hole after he hit a pretty standard shot onto the green. You would have thought he knocked it to eight inches and was about to tap in for the win, but no, the man hadn't even made the turn yet. If this were anyone else on planet Earth doing this, they'd be criticized until the end of days, but since it's Michael Block, it's just another day. Love the guy, hate the guy, don't care about the guy, whatever the case may be, one thing is for sure, and that is that you can't ignore him or escape him. Everyone, including myself, has an opinion about the Good Good and Callaway ad, the complete fallout that has taken place after the fact, and Grant Horvat jumping into the fray by creating a set of kids' clubs and selling them for the cool price of $200. It was a week to forget for the YouTube golf universe and the millions of fans who occupy it, and while there was no shortage of knee-jerk reactions to it all, one overarching analysis I saw simply has to be mentioned courtesy of Tweeth Mitchell on X. We live in this strange time when everything moves at a pace no one can keep up with, and analytics in the form of likes, shares, and engagement rule all. Good Good, and Grant Horvat, are the prime examples of a group and, frankly, a generation who know nothing else. It's not their fault; one doesn't choose when they are born, but it's just the fact of the matter. Horvat, who does not have children, diving headfirst into the kids' golf space and selling clubs that very much appear to be made of plastic for two hundred American dollars is strange and presents the image of a guy looking to get rich in what he sees as an opportune, never-ending market with humans continuing to create little humans looking to get into golf. You can't fault someone for taking a chance in business, but in Horvat's case, it's not taking a chance given he's at the top of the Golf YouTube pyramid, and that's why it comes across as a money grab. As Mitchell noted on X, there is no north star. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a958d952c5335ae104d889c Jim Clyburn regrets supporting Clarence Thomas' SCOTUS appointment, calling it a 'mistake' te 2026-08-31T14:20:05.181Z Jim Clyburn regrets supporting Clarence Thomas' SCOTUS appointment, calling it a 'mistake' Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., told NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday that he regretted supporting Clarence Thomas during his 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing, calling it a "mistake." During the show, host Kristen Welker remarked that Clyburn had previously testified in favor of Thomas' appointment to the Supreme Court during his contentious 1991 hearing. Since his appointment, Thomas has been considered a prominent conservative justice. Welker asked Clyburn whether he stood by his decision to support Thomas as the Democratic Party increasingly supports court-packing and enforcing term limits for justices. CLARENCE THOMAS PRAISED AFTER RARE TELEVISED ADDRESS WARNING OF PROGRESSIVISM GOES VIRAL "Absolutely not. I have made mistakes in my life," Clyburn said. "And that’s one that I made, and I will own up to that mistake. The fact of the matter is, I had faith and confidence in the fact that his background and experiences would instruct him in his professionalism, especially sitting on the bench. We had worked together when he was chair of the Equal [Employment] Opportunity Commission and, of course, I was running the state agency here in South Carolina." Clyburn said that, despite their political differences, he believed that Thomas would be "upholding those precedents" set by the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. "I had no idea that Clarence Thomas would rebel the way he has against his own background and experiences. He was raised by his grandfather, and he has shown very little sensitivity to the environment his grandfather grew up in Pin Point, Georgia," Clyburn said. During the 1991 hearing, Clyburn referred to Thomas as "a personal and professional friend, in spite of the fact that he shares a conservative Republican philosophy."  By Sunday, however, he referred to Thomas as a "very angry rightist." 'LOOK AT ME!' JUSTICE FIRES BACK AT CRITICS WHO DARE QUESTION HIS BLACKNESS "I had hoped that Clarence Thomas would follow the modern underpinnings of that Constitution of ours, but he has not done so," Clyburn said. "In fact, he decided to go all the way from an angry leftist to a very angry rightist." During a rare interview with Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz last week, Thomas rejected the idea that being a Black man requires him to subscribe to Democratic beliefs. "We had this saying [that there are] only two things I have to do: stay Black and die," Thomas said. "That was a retort to people who had these sort of requirements for us, these mandates for us because of our skin color… But at any rate, they think that here's the way you're supposed to think. Again, here's your skin color. There's this kind of deterministic view that you're supposed to think this because we say so." CONSERVATIVES HAIL JUSTICE THOMAS FOR 'TRUTH BOMB' ABOUT RULING PROTECTING WOMEN'S SPORTS He added, "And I, of course, declined that invitation. And so now that means something, that I'm a walking contradiction because I've deviated from their perception of what I should think." Fox News Digital reached out to the Supreme Court for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a958b3f2c5335ae104d886d Trump administration moves to roll back Forest Service’s ‘Roadless Rule’ te 2026-08-31T14:10:07.913Z Trump administration moves to roll back Forest Service’s ‘Roadless Rule’ The department’s initial announcement last year stating that it planned to rescind the rule was met with overwhelmingly negative public feedback. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9584352c5335ae104d7829 SEC lawyers, Lane Kiffin and Death Valley: College football’s Week 1 is set for for fireworks te 2026-08-31T13:40:05.243Z SEC lawyers, Lane Kiffin and Death Valley: College football’s Week 1 is set for for fireworks The appetizer that was week zero in college football certainly delivered in a time of desperation for fans across the country wanting just a taste of what is to come this season. But after seven long months of waiting, the main course finally arrives this week, headlined by Clemson’s trip to Baton Rouge for a Saturday night showdown in Death Valley — and Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut. COLLEGE ATHLETICS' LATEST MESS: COURT ORDERS SAY PRO ATHLETES CAN PLAY, BUT SEC AND BIG TEN READY TO FIGHT Trust me, I understand fans are sick of hearing about the ongoing court battles between athletes from the 2022 class and the SEC. But there is another fight brewing in Baton Rouge on Thursday morning that will draw plenty of attention. When plaintiffs in the Louisiana case added the SEC to their amended complaint over the weekend, taking aim at Conference commissioner Greg Sankey for his part in enacting new guidelines approved by member schools, it was only a matter of time before this route was taken by attorneys. Now, before LSU takes on Clemson on Saturday, a courtroom will be the setting for the latest round between class of 2022 athletes and the NCAA. NCAA WINS TENTH CIRCUIT 'STAY', BUT FACES MORE ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS FROM 2022 CLASS ATHLETES IN CHAOTIC TIME On Sunday night, OutKick asked the SEC about being added to the case, which the conference then provided a statement noting they would be inside the Baton Rouge courthouse in order to argue their case. "The order entered against the SEC and Commissioner Sankey is a temporary restraining order, not a final ruling on the merits, the conference noted. "The SEC and Commissioner Sankey are prepared to contest the allegations in the plaintiffs’ petition at Thursday morning’s hearing and defend the SEC’s rights as a voluntary association to fulfill its mission to its member institutions.  In the meantime, the SEC and Commissioner Sankey will continue to comply with the Court’s order. Following the hearing, the SEC will carefully review the Court’s decision and determine the appropriate next steps" What does that final sentence mean? GOVERNOR LANDRY BACKS LANE KIFFIN, LSU IN FIGHT WITH SEC: ‘DON’T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME’ Well, if an injunction is granted for the athletes in this case and some of those athletes take the field on Saturday night for LSU against Clemson, or listed on Friday's final roster report, the SEC would then have to make a decision on how to enforce their own rules pertaining to athletes with NFL ties. OutKick will have you covered this week from both the courthouse on Thursday morning, and inside Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. Thankfully, we had a number of games this past weekend that delivered enough drama to get us through the next four days. I don't think many of us, myself included, expected Bill Belichick to lead his North Carolina team to a win over TCU in Ireland. But, I'd also say that it's hard to take away a lot from that one game, besides the fact that Sonny Dykes is desperately missing quarterback Josh Hoover after he transferred to Indiana. BILL BELICHICK FINALLY PROVIDES UNC WITH A PULSE, BUT NOW HE HAS TO EARN THAT $10 MILLION PAYCHECK But, the Tar Heels certainly needed a win to create a spark in Chapel Hill before having to play Notre Dame and Clemson over the next month. Heck, they really just needed a win, which obviously was accomplished. Also, how about Memphis going to Las Vegas and upsetting UNLV? Monster win for Charles Huff, which left Dan Mullen complaining about his own fans starting the 'wave' while his offense was on the field. Yes, this actually transpired, Mullen was upset. FROM FSU TO DAN MULLEN, HERE ARE THREE 'OVERREACTIONS' FROM WEEK ZERO OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON Now, looking ahead to a jam-packed schedule this week, it all starts in Atlanta on Thursday night, as Deion Sanders will roam the Georgia Tech sidelines in primetime. Here's a look at which games I've got my eye on this week. We have spent seven months talking about Lane Kiffin leading LSU out of the tunnel at Tiger Stadium, and it finally comes to fruition Saturday night in Death Valley. Expectations are sky-high across Louisiana, and nationally, for this LSU team. But this is also a measuring-stick game for Dabo Swinney and Clemson. Can he lead the Tigers into one of the sport’s most hostile environments and leave with a victory? Predictions are coming later this week, but that is a tall task for Clemson. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Here we go. The Fighting Irish will face the Badgers at Lambeau Field to begin what should be a season that ends in the College Football Playoff for Notre Dame. We will also get a fresh look at Heisman Trophy candidate CJ Carr, while Luke Fickell and Wisconsin could have their hands full trying to keep this Fighting Irish offense out of the end zone. A potentially massive season awaits Marcus Freeman and his team. NCAA CREATED THIS MESS, NOW LSU SET TO MAKE DAE’QUAN WRIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S FIRST NFL RETURNEE Year One for Pete Golding as Ole Miss’ full-time head coach begins with a neutral-site matchup against Louisville in Nashville. We know what the Rebels have on offense, with Trinidad Chambliss at quarterback and Kewan Lacy back for what could be another highlight-filled season at running back. But don’t sleep on Louisville in this one. I’m just saying. After a lackluster showing against New Mexico State this past weekend, Florida State better figure out how to contain SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings. If it doesn’t, this could be the beginning of a stretch that puts Mike Norvell’s job in serious jeopardy over the next two months. Go ahead and get all of those chores done now, or figure out how to get out of an event planned by your family or significant other. College football is officially back, and I can promise there will be an upset this weekend that Vegas isn’t predicting. It might not be the strongest slate of games we’ll see all season, but nobody had better be complaining about a five-day stretch of action over Labor Day weekend. See all of you Clemson and LSU fans in Baton Rouge this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9581e02c5335ae104d77df Pittsburgh youth football coach loses his mind & fights opposing coaches, Maria Sharapova at the beach & Flair te 2026-08-31T13:30:08.297Z Pittsburgh youth football coach loses his mind & fights opposing coaches, Maria Sharapova at the beach & Flair If Monday Screencaps seems a little off, it's because I am working at about 55% this morning after coming down with whatever these kids brought into this house from school. I'm talking down for the count Saturday night. That led into a brutal Sunday with all the symptoms that comes with this crap. But, it's not enough to call in sick. Uncomfortable? No doubt. Bad enough to pass up pumping out an edition of America's Best Daily Column, as named by the readers? No. In better news, I can report that Screencaps Jr. has officially broken the 12-minute mark in his cross country career. In Saturday's race, he went 11:45:30 and finished 6th out of 238 runners. That's 30 seconds off his previous personal best. Jr.'s team finished first and our top runner clocked a 10:49.60, which was two seconds off the school record. It looks like they'll have a pretty good season. WISCONSIN PARENT STORMS FIELD DURING YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME AND TRIPS 9-YEAR-OLD KID IN WILD SCENE In other youth sports news, did you see this unhinged youth football coach lose his mind this weekend in Pittsburgh? "Its the 4th quarter, we're down 7-0 with 3:00 min left with the ball and a chance to tie the game, then this happens," the video uploader, Ryan Crux, wrote on Facebook. "The coaches are (100)% blame for this loss after they forfeit smh. Never thought i would have to protect my son from youth football coaches but here we are." You know what we didn't see at cross country this weekend? Drama. There wasn't a single mom yelling "Get the kids!" at the invitational. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 🗞️ Newsletter: 👉 Subscribe here We were fortunate enough to receive a flyer from Screencaps Jr. over the weekend announcing the 8th grade D.C. trip. Guess how you find out the dates and the cost? Yep, you have to scan a QR code that opens up a website that then wants you to authorize cookies on your phone. JUST GIVE ME THE F-ING DETAILS ON A FLYER WITHOUT MAKING ME JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. I didn't agree to the cookies, but I did find out that the $1,500 includes hotel for three nights, bus trip, admissions and "All Meals (unless otherwise stated). If that price seems high, have no fear. WorldStrides, who organizes the trip, promises that it will provide families with "shareable Facebook links students can send the friends and family" to beg for money. LINDA COHN, ONE OF THE FEW SPORTSCENTER ANCHORS WHO ALWAYS PUT THE FAN FIRST, SET TO RETIRE FROM ESPN – Lee D. in Tampa emails: I dunno, this made me want to puke. Years ago the talking heads at ESPN apparently had a near-revolt against their Disney overlords for installing a news ticker crawl (which the four-letter is finally getting rid of -- it morphed into something used mainly for selling, not informing). Why was there unrest among the anchors? The ticker might dilute THEIR airtime and might ruin THEIR "setup" or THEIR "clever line." You know, the same kind of bad one-liner that would otherwise get a guy (girl?) chased out of a local ChuckleHut in Kingman, Ariz. And seriously, 30 years ago when folks did watch SportsCenter for news, who the hell watched it for Linda Cohn? Did you ever meet anyone who said, "My day is ruined if I don't catch Linda Cohn tonight. She's so good!" I have never met one person who turned on ESPN for Linda Cohn. Maybe turned the channel because of Linda Cohn, but never tuned in because of Linda Cohn. The arrogance of both this interview, and the blow-drys on national TV in general, is staggering, but not really surprising. It's not about information with these people, it's about THEIR egos. https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/linda-cohn-bottomline-ticket-up-in-arms.html – Mike N. says: I caught the last inning of the LLWS 3rd place game on Sunday. Japan was down 0-2, runners on 1st & 3rd, 1 out, and a little kid from Japan gets a base hit and scores a run. Standing on 1st base the kid begins to cry. First thing that comes to my head is I hope he's not crying because he knows he has avoided a beating tonight from his chain-smoking dad who never accomplished anything in his life. The raw emotion after "a success" during the middle of any sporting event seems rare at any age. It had me rooting for him. Interested on your thoughts. Hope the CC meeting went well for you guys on Saturday. Here's to the Greatest Column in the Land! Kinsey: It might've been his first hit of the tournament. Or he's crying because this dream summer in the U.S. is over. I have to be honest, I didn't catch any of it because I was on the couch trying to sleep off this flu or whatever I have. – Mark in Bismarck, ND checks in: Never going to watch Nascar live on NBC. It's like trying to watch a game you've been waiting for and having your wife and 5 of her friends all talking at the same time and having 6 first graders standing in front of the TV trying to show you what they drew in class and you have a small window in the middle to try and watch through. Too much noise and way too busy on the screen. Kinsey: I have nothing against Leigh Diffey as a human, I just can't sit there and watch NASCAR and listen to his Australian accent on NBC. My brain has been trained to associate NASCAR with Mike Joy's voice. – Mike T. in Idaho gives us an update: We have a very busy year ahead of us, Cindy T is in full TGC ( Tour guide Cindy) mode. Fall trip over the Canadian Rocky’s, through Montana to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. Down through Colorado to visit family and SLC to home, 3 weeks. Winter trip Italy, France and Spain, some new places and revisit some favorite places! 90 days, the EU is saying they are enforcing Visa requirements of any longer stay. Cindy T and I are playing the Amen corner of life and will aim for every flag on the way to the clubhouse! I apologize if this image from Mike P. doesn't load. It's a Facebook embed showing Christmas trees for sale at Costco. You know it's coming, but it's always so startling to see this in August when we're not even to Labor Day weekend. ###################### And with that, I'm done this morning. Let's go out and have a great day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a957f852c5335ae104d77a6 Ella Langley honors Dolly Parton with emotional 'Jolene' cover during Alabama concert te 2026-08-31T13:20:05.074Z Ella Langley honors Dolly Parton with emotional 'Jolene' cover during Alabama concert Ella Langley performed an awesome tribute to music icon Dolly Parton. The legendary singer and country music icon passed away at the age of 80 last week, and Parton's death sent shockwaves through the country. She was universally respected and a beloved artist who left behind a legacy that will be near impossible to replicate. TRUMP MOURNS DOLLY PARTON, ORDERS US FLAGS LOWERED NATIONWIDE AFTER COUNTRY MUSIC ICON DIES Tributes immediately poured in following Dolly Parton's death, and that now includes an awesome moment from Langley. The incredibly popular and talented country singer was performing in Alabama on Friday, according to Whiskey Riff, when she took a moment to honor Dolly Parton. SHANIA TWAIN CALLS ELLA LANGLEY AN 'AUTHENTIC SONGWRITER' WITH A UNIQUE SOUND IN NEW INTERVIEW The "Nicotine" singer performed a cover of Parton's famous song "Jolene" for the crowd at Auburn, and it was an incredibly touching and awesome moment. You can check it out below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. There's no question it was an awesome moment from Ella Langley as she paid tribute to one of country music's biggest influences. People were also quick to show support in the comments. One fan wrote, "What an amazing version." Another added, "Ella you did a great job on this song. I know Dolly would be very proud of this tribute." A third wrote, "This song was a perfect choice for her voice." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE I have no doubt the tributes will continue to roll in for Dolly Parton following her passing. RIP to a true legend. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a957d2d2c5335ae104d776e Is the US already losing to China on innovation, logistics and rapid resupply? te 2026-08-31T13:10:05.260Z Is the US already losing to China on innovation, logistics and rapid resupply? It has been said that "An Army Marches on its Stomach." True enough. But even the task of quickly and properly feeding hundreds of thousands of military personnel to keep them battle ready, comes down to some form of logistics, innovation, and speed. The recent "controversy" involving the USS Abraham Lincoln during its 250-plus day deployment serves as a timely example of that truth. To be sure, many of the accusations made regarding the lack of food and low morale among the sailors were exaggerated by some commentators who harbor a strong dislike of President Donald Trump and were seeking to use the long deployment as a way to embarrass the president and his administration. That acknowledged, there also is an element of "Your side, my side, and the truth somewhere in the middle" associated with the resupply and morale issue connected with the USS Abraham Lincoln. CENTCOM COMMANDER TOUTS USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN MENTAL HEALTH RECORD AFTER MORE THAN 260 DAYS WITHOUT PORT CALL Logistics, innovation, and rapid resupply do matter. Be it food, basic staples, weapons systems, or medical supplies. All politics aside, at the very least, the resupply issue surrounding the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln — no matter the actual severity — can serve as a very valuable lesson going forward. "Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves" — a phrase often attributed to Benjamin Franklin — most especially proves true with our military. If the logistics chain breaks or dramatically slows down at the bottom, the war-fighting — and winning — capability at the top will suffer… or fail. AMERICA FACES A CRISIS IN OUR MILITARY ARSENAL THAT TRUMP IS RACING TO FIX What constitutes a "penny" for our military? Meaning, what is something which may seem so insignificant and tiny that it never enters the mind of the civilian population — or worse, our "decision makers" — but could prove a gamechanger for the military if either exponentially innovated and put into action, or because it aged out, failed, or was made irrelevant by the technology implemented by our adversaries? A recent conversation with a general opened my eyes to just one such "penny" that is off virtually everyone's radar screen. That being a rivet. The simple rivet. Ironically, about the same size as the penny we need to "watch" if we hope to grow our wealth. INNOVATION IS KEY TO AMERICA STAYING A SUPERPOWER. BUT IT IS MISSING AN ESSENTIAL PIECE More specifically, the general outlined the constant and increasing need to replace old rivets in military (and commercial) aircraft. To be honest, rivets, and more specifically, their replacement on aircraft never entered my mind in all my years until the general informed me not only how vital it was to the maintenance of our fleet and military readiness, while also stating they had fortunately identified a state-of-the-art technology which can do it fifteen times faster and more efficiently via robotics. "What’s the big deal" some might understandably ask until one stops to realize that there are collectively hundreds of millions of rivets on military and commercial aircraft which either age out or crack. Faster, cheaper, better, and safer is a real advantage. A technology the general informed me, the People’s Republic of China is already employing with its exponentially advancing AI and Robotics platforms. INSIDE CHINA’S AI ‘WOLF PACK’ DRONES BUILT WITH TAIWAN CONFLICT IN MIND Aside from their innovation in rivet replacement, a recent peek into just one of China’s robotic advancements was referenced on this site under the headline: "Chinese humanoid robot breaks Usain Bolt's 100m dash record at 9.39 seconds." Li Yanfeng, an education worker and a Beijing resident who witnessed the record-breaking robotic feat said in part: "At first, I wasn’t very accepting of artificial intelligence. I was even a bit resistant to it, because of the possibility that it might replace or displace humans. But now that I see this development is unstoppable, I decided to come and take a look." The Chinese educator spoke the one word which should strike fear into the hearts of all those in charge of safeguarding our national and economic security: "Unstoppable." That one word should — and must — force our decision makers to ask the most critical question of all regarding this topic: "Is the United States losing the innovation, logistics, and rapid resupply war to China in our military and commercial sectors?" Fortunately, it appears that question is being asked across the U.S. national and economic security spectrum. As mentioned in the piece, "The U.S. has stepped up scrutiny of robots from China, which makes the majority of the world's humanoid robots." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION To this point, President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stressed in part: "I welcome these Executive Branch national security determinations, and I am pleased that the FCC has now added foreign-produced advanced robotics and power inverters to the FCC’s Covered List. Following President Trump’s leadership, the FCC will continue to do our part to secure America’s critical supply chains and, with today’s action, the FCC is acting in lock step with our national security agencies to do just that." "Critical supply chains." Be it the replacement of rivets; prompt resupply of food or logistical materials; or actual robots performing any task faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than U.S. citizens, our nation can’t afford to fall behind China when it comes to the innovation which drives these endeavors. To that end, we had better watch the innovation "pennies" so our national and economic security "dollars" can protect us all. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a957d2b2c5335ae104d7765 FIRST ON FOX: Texas becomes testing ground for new defense against attacks on America’s water systems te 2026-08-31T13:10:03.972Z FIRST ON FOX: Texas becomes testing ground for new defense against attacks on America’s water systems FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is launching "Project Watershed 250" Monday, Fox News Digital exclusively learned, deploying American artificial intelligence and cybersecurity tools to protect Texas water systems from cyberattacks in a pilot the administration plans to scale nationwide. "Project Watershed 250 is another example of President Trump putting American families and communities first. President Trump is relentless in his work to secure our critical infrastructure against our most determined adversaries," National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross told Fox News Digital. "President Trump has cemented America’s leadership in AI security and innovation and is now bringing those exquisite tools to local communities and utilities in Texas and ultimately, across the nation through the launch of Project Watershed 250 – a scalable cyber water pilot program." The Trump administration is bringing federal, state and private-sector cyber defenses together in a six-month Texas pilot aimed at finding vulnerabilities in water systems before adversaries can exploit them — while testing whether the model can be expanded across the country. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IRANIAN HACKERS ARE LIKELY BEHIND CYBERATTACK ON MINNESOTA WATER SYSTEMS: REPORT The program will connect Texas water utilities with U.S. cybersecurity companies to test their existing defenses and strengthen vulnerable systems using private-sector cyber and artificial intelligence tools, a White House official told Fox News Digital. The program will use "red-teaming" to stress-test water utilities’ networks, identify weaknesses hackers could exploit and then strengthen those systems with cybersecurity tools, according to a White House official. TRUMP LAUNCHES GOLD EAGLE TO HUNT CYBER FLAWS WITH AI Dragos CEO Robert Lee said that U.S. water infrastructure faces active, documented threats, particularly at small utilities that often lack strong cybersecurity defenses. Lee said Watershed 250 will help get technology, training and support to those vulnerable systems before an attack occurs. "There is nothing more important to Texans than clean, reliable drinking water. Project Watershed 250 puts federal, state, and private-sector cyber defenses behind our utilities at no cost. The White House, the Texas Cyber Command, and industry now work from the same playbook," said Texas Governor Greg Abbott. A White House official, however, said the program is not in response to recent cyberattacks that targeted more than 30 Minnesota water systems, though the incidents underscored vulnerabilities in local infrastructure. "However, these recent attacks have reiterated the need for this modernization and focus on water systems," said the White House official. "Critical Infrastructure protection has long been a priority for ONCD and President Trump and this effort has been in the works since last year." IRANIAN HACKERS ATTACKED OUR WATER SYSTEMS. HERE ARE 5 THINGS OUR LEADERS NEED TO DO NOW The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will serve as federal partners in the effort, while Texas Cyber Command will work alongside the White House with local governments and tech companies such as Microsoft, Reflection AI, Palo Alto Networks and Dragos Inc. "Few things matter more than the safety of the water Americans drink, and this is a powerful example of how open-weight AI models, built in the U.S. and running on a utility’s own systems, can help keep communities safe," said Reflection AI Head of Corporate Affairs Becky Sosnov. ANTHROPIC'S MYTHOS AI FOUND OVER 2,000 UNKNOWN SOFTWARE VULNERABILITIES IN JUST SEVEN WEEKS OF TESTING CHINA-LINKED HACKERS INFILTRATED US GOVERNMENT NETWORKS BEFORE FBI TAKEDOWN "Microsoft applauds the Administration’s leadership in strengthening the cybersecurity of America’s water infrastructure and is proud to support the Project Watershed 250 effort in partnership with the Office of the National Cyber Director, the State of Texas, and Texas Cyber Command," said Microsoft US Public Sector president Chris Barry. "By bringing together Microsoft’s cybersecurity expertise, threat intelligence, and AI-powered security capabilities, we aim to help water utilities strengthen their resilience against evolving cyber threats and develop scalable approaches that can enhance the security of water systems nationwide." The push comes as the Trump administration races to build out U.S. data centers to fuel the AI boom, putting more attention on the water and power needed to keep them running. The pilot program builds on Trump’s June executive order on Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security and his Cyber Strategy for America released in March. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a957ad82c5335ae104d7718 NASCAR race includes half the field wrecking, furious drivers & Hollywood actor ripping a 'leftist, woke' move te 2026-08-31T13:00:08.890Z NASCAR race includes half the field wrecking, furious drivers & Hollywood actor ripping a 'leftist, woke' move Well ... that's all she wrote for the NASCAR regular season. Just like that, it's playoff time. Or "Chase" time. Whatever they're calling it nowadays. The longest season in sports now enters a 10-week race to the finish. We start in Darlington, and end in Miami. Daytona, meanwhile, takes a long, well-earned rest until next February. Ryan Preece, somehow, won Saturday night under the lights. He entered the race a billion points below the Chase cutline, needed a win — and some luck — to get in, and ... he got the win, and some luck. First NASCAR Cup Series win of his career, too. First real one, anyway (he won the Busch Clash earlier this year). "Daytona almost took my life," Preece said, referring to his nasty Daytona spin(s) a few years ago that led to the speedway removing the grass on the backstretch. "Or ended my racing career. It could've. We were inches away from something, possibly, really bad happening." Well, this certainly beat the heck outta that! Well done, Ryan. We'll dive in here in a bit. NASCAR WAG HOLDS ON FOR DEAR LIFE WITH HER WATERMELON FARMER BOYFRIEND, KIRK'S DOG IS BACK & AL VS TRUMP! Of course, that's not all from a pretty loaded Daytona weekend. I've also got a wild wreck on the final lap, drivers being accused of wrecking other drivers, one driver going airborne, and Tom Cruise. That's right. Tom Cruise! Well, we're not really gonna talk about him. Instead, we're gonna check in with old Days of Thunder teammate, Randy Quaid, who seems excited for the sequel! You'll see. Four tires, a splash of that Sunoco racing fuel, and maybe a bucket of popcorn for Randy as he watches the new movie ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'Leftist, Woke & Horrible' edition — is LIVE! We have so many places we could start this morning, I don't even know how to choose ... Never mind! This one's easy. If the race was yesterday, I'd start with Preece winning or Ricky Stenhouse (allegedly) hooking Ryan Blaney. But that was two days ago at this point. You guys have seen a lot of it already. What you haven't seen, though, is Randy Quaid (Cousin Eddie!) losing his everloving mind on Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway. NASCAR FANS RIP SOCIAL MEDIA POST FOR OBVIOUS REASON, JEFF GORDON'S BIGGEST REGRET & RACE WIFE HITS THE BEACH For those who missed it, Tom and Anne announced over the weekend that 'Days of Thunder' would be moving forward with a sequel, set for release in 2028 when we're all getting ready to vote for JD Vance (or Marco!). Cruise was at the track Saturday night with enough security for a president, by the way. Seriously: That's Tom in the white in the middle, with three guards leading the way, three more to his right, and one to his left. He had two escalades waiting for him beyond that gate. I've only ever seen a security presence like that at Daytona when Trump's in town. Wild. Anyway, Tom was NASCAR's big get this weekend, and he attended the driver's meeting before the race. I don't know what he said because I wasn't invited (not complaining, trust me), but I do know he respected Kyle Busch like any true patriot: Cole Trickle gets it. Not surprised. Someone who doesn't quite get what's going on is Randy Quaid, who played team owner Tim Daland in the original 'Days of Thunder.' There's been no official word yet, but it sounds like Randy was NOT invited back this time around: "Anne Hathaway is a leftist, woke, horrible choice for DAYS OF THUNDER NASCAR audience who are MAGA," Quaid posted via X shortly after the news broke Saturday. "The sexy older chick for Tom in this film needs to be Nicole. That’s the casting that would sell the idea. It’s interesting because when we made the first one there was also a rush to get it out; editors slept in the cutting room on shifts. This is a weird thing, like they want it to come out and tank." Quaid, of course, wasn't done! He went to bat, again, for Nicole Kidman a few posts later. "We need Nicole back. Don’t be a p—y, @TomCruise," he said. "You need the original girl. It’s not personal; it’s filmmaking. Anne isn’t sexy, because and if you haven’t noticed, she’s pregnant." Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! Tell us how you really feel, Randy! Lordy. It's no secret that Randy and Anne Hathaway ain't exactly on the same ends of the political spectrum, but calling her not "sexy" is a bit of a stretch. I'm certain I align far more with Randy than I do with Anne (on some things, not the burglary stuff), but if we're going purely based on visuals in 2026, I think I'm taking Anne over Nicole Kidman. I just think she still has the fastball. That's all. Fair is fair. OK, let's leave the fictional world of NASCAR and get to the real stuff ... Ryan Preece won Saturday night after surviving an overtime restart and finish that included the rest of the field exploding behind him down the backstretch. NASCAR chose to wait during the first set of wrecks on throwing the yellow, but eventually threw it when Ricky Stenhouse sent poor Ryan Blaney into the fence. It may be unpopular, but ... I think NASCAR made the right call to A) wait, and B) finally throw it when they did: Look, I hate that these races usually end under caution nowadays. Hate it. It angers me every single time, especially when the 500 ends under yellow. That race, in my opinion, should only be allowed to end under green. But I get this one. NASCAR tried to let them run to the finish after the first crash. They couldn't keep sitting on their hands when the rest of the field started imploding a few seconds later. The Blaney hit looked hard. They weren't gonna let him sit there for another 30 seconds while the leaders raced to the finish. They just couldn't do that, for obvious reasons. Speaking of Ryan Blaney ... I know everyone is blaming Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for hooking him today for no reason, but ... I give Ricky a pass here: Turns out, Dillon actually got doored by the No. 2, which sent him into Ricky, which sent Ricky into Ryan, which sent Ryan into the wall. Y'all got all that?! Good! Looked bad, though. Sounded even worse: "The f—ing 47, what the f–k! What the f–k are we doing?! We’re going down the backstretch and he f—n hooks me! Stupid f—k." "I can’t drive it, it’s f—in killed!" Six F-bombs from Rhino! That's the Angry Blaney we've all come to know and love. Missed him. It's been a while. Welcome back, Ryan. While Blaney was blowing off some steam, poor Kyle Larson was getting run over by Daniel Dye. And I literally mean RUN OVER. Amazing. Don't really know what Daniel's plan was here, but if this was it, he nailed it. Well done! OK, that's it for today — and this week. Good work, everyone. It's Chase time, now. Let's lock it in. Ten races to the finish. On the way to Darlington, here's Natalie Decker at her Daytona pool party after finishing 22nd in Friday night's O'Reilly race. Bottom's up! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a957ad52c5335ae104d7704 Meeting notetaker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers te 2026-08-31T13:00:05.848Z Meeting notetaker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95787c2c5335ae104d7407 WWE star rips 'f—ing weird' autograph-seeker after bizarre interaction while trying to catch connecting flight te 2026-08-31T12:50:04.055Z WWE star rips 'f—ing weird' autograph-seeker after bizarre interaction while trying to catch connecting flight Pro wrestlers have been clear with their rabid fans – be polite, respectful and refrain from being weird when seeing them in public. WWE star Paige had to make that clear once again. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK Last week, she fired off a warning on X about those seeking her autograph at an airport. "Airport scalpers are morphing.. Had someone waiting for me as I was getting off the plane at the gate of my connecting flight with like 30 pictures.. I’m easy going with this stuff but pulling up to my gate is f—ing weirdo behavior," she wrote. "Don’t do that." Paige caught up with TMZ over the weekend and detailed the incident further. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS "A lot of people in sports and anywhere really, or like any kind of celebrity, there'll be people wait to the airport like a bunch of pictures ready for you to sign," she said. "They want to sell it eventually. I’m usually pretty chill about it, honestly. I'm like, whatever, take my signature, I’m good. But this guy bought a ticket to go through to meet me at my connecting gate. So, he knew my flight, he knew where I was connecting through and he knew what time I was landing which is so f---ing weird. "It's too far. So he's waiting outside for me and he has like 30 pictures and I'm like bro this is really strange. And he's like, ‘I know it's weird.’ And I'm like, yeah, bro, like, ‘get the f--- away.’ I don't think it's the airlines fault. I think it's someone maybe working for the airline or someone working in the airport that's like telling these people exactly where we are. And I'm like, we have meet and greets. We tell you where we're going to be at the arenas. That's different, too. Come to the arena. Come to, you know, a meet and greet, but like don't turn up at my hotel. Don't turn up at my connecting day. And don’t even turn up at the airports because a lot of wrestlers hate that." While Paige deals with autograph-seekers, she’s also dealing with Nikki Bella in the ring. Bella turned on Paige at SummerSlam after dropping the tag team titles with Brie Bella to Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9576292c5335ae104d73da Steven Roberts: Trump's loss of trust te 2026-08-31T12:40:09.931Z Steven Roberts: Trump's loss of trust As President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney responded with a direct and damning comment: "We've recognized from the start that America has changed," he said. "We recognize that sometimes, its signature is written… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9576252c5335ae104d73a5 Melinda French Gates stuns festival crowd, pledges to match Olivia Rodrigo's fundraising for $20M haul te 2026-08-31T12:40:05.204Z Melinda French Gates stuns festival crowd, pledges to match Olivia Rodrigo's fundraising for $20M haul Olivia Rodrigo introduced Daisy Chain Fields festival attendees to a surprise guest with a huge heart. After revealing that her inaugural music festival raised $10 million for various women-focused nonprofits, the "Drivers License" singer revealed a shocking fundraising update. Before her headlining set at the event in Irvine, Rodrigo announced that Melinda French Gates would match every donation to the dollar, for a grand total of $20 million fundraised. Rodrigo, who announced her first female-driven festival in June, told the crowd that she was "grateful" for each of the booked acts who performed "for free" throughout the day as she celebrated her initial $10 million fundraising effort. "I really believe that giving women the tools to decide their own futures and live healthy lives free of violence and discrimination is the most effective tool we have at changing the world for the better," Rodrigo said. "And I don’t know many people who represent that idea more than Melinda French Gates." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE The former Disney Channel actress admitted that Gates was "one of the most inspiring women I've ever met," while championing her dedication to "empowering women and girls that might have otherwise been forgotten." "She's generous and brave and has done so much good in this world, and I’m totally floored because as well as being in attendance here tonight, she’s pledged to double every dollar that we made here today to a grand total of funds being donated to $20 million," Rodrigo told the crowd. "I'm so grateful!" "Look at what you have done," Gates told Rodrigo after joining the "good 4 u" singer on stage. "Look at what you created!" "What I love about you is that you know that real power is not up here on stage, it's with everybody there, all of you," Gates continued. "When women and girls come together to dream and to lead, we change the world." The former wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates added, "And, so long after the lights go down from this festival, the organizations doing this work will keep doing it because you all are here, so thank you for being here and thank you Olivia." During a press conference Friday before the festival, Rodrigo announced the multi-million figure raised for specific, women-focused nonprofits. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Ten organizations will receive an equally split total from the funds raised at the festival, which included: Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood. In addition to Rodrigo's headlining gig, Chappell Roan, Garbage, Doechii, Not For Radio, the Breeders, Bikini Kill, Quiet Light, Rachel Chinouriri, and Eli also performed at Daisy Chain Fields. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Katseye was initially slated to perform in the afternoon, but canceled due to member Megan Skiendiel's ankle injury. Three of the ladies in the girl group made a brief appearance to introduce Devon Again, who filled in for what would have been their time slot. Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan each joined Rodrigo on stage to sing duets, where Rodrigo admitted McLachlan's Lilith Fair was the inspiration behind her festival. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9571742c5335ae104d7332 Aaron Donald reveals wife's advice that helped him make decision to come out of retirement and re-join Rams te 2026-08-31T12:20:04.401Z Aaron Donald reveals wife's advice that helped him make decision to come out of retirement and re-join Rams Aaron Donald detailed the conversations he needed to have with his wife before he decided to come out of retirement and re-join the Los Angeles Rams for the 2026 season. Donald signed a one-year, $20 million deal to bolster a defense that already includes Myles Garrett, who the Rams acquired in a trade with the Cleveland Browns in the offseason. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! While Erica Donald posted on X, "I let him out of the house y’all," the brooding NFL defensive lineman told reporters he had to make sure his wife and household were good with him going back onto the field. "I think my wife played a huge part of me making this decision period because if the wife wasn't happy, it wasn't going to get done. I got to make sure that the household was good, the kids were okay with it all," he said. "Then having the hard conversations, figuring things out, what I wanted to do. If I was to do it, how would we do it? "My wife was on board. She said, 'If you want to do this, (I'm) with (you) 100%,' and there were days when I was like, 'I don't know.' She talked to me enough to be like, 'You want to do this. Don't make no decisions faster than what you need to make a decision. Take your time.' She played a huge part of me figuring this out because it really wasn't an easy decision. It took a lot of hard work, a lot of long conversations with a lot of different people, but I felt good enough to make the decision to come back and do this." Donald said he was on the fence about actually coming out of retirement. He said he spoke to Rams head coach Sean McVay almost every day to give him updates on where he was at about possibly coming back. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS "To be honest with you, it was on and off for a while, but I think we knew this decision about two weeks (ago). I knew the world was saying all types of different things and nobody knew what was going on, but I knew for two weeks," Donald said. "Then, I talked to Sean every single week, damn near every day. We stayed in contact. I gave him all my updates, how I was feeling, how things were going. I know he got annoyed with [media] asking all the questions in camp every damn day. I felt bad for him at that point, but I was doing everything I needed to do to give myself peace of mind and see if I can do it. "(There) wasn't (any) rushing. I just wanted to take my time and make the right decision because once you choose to come back, you’re all the way back in. You can't be halfway in, you (have to) be all the way in it. I had to get to that point where I felt like I'm 100% committed to playing football again because the last two years have been amazing. Building things that I've been building, working on what I've been working on, working from home, and jumping back in the fire playing football again. So, I really had to sit back, think about it, not just from the physical aspect (but) from the mental aspect as well. Everything just played out how it played out and we're here now." Donald retired after the 2023 season. He was a Pro Bowler in each of his first 10 years with the Rams and was a First-Team All-Pro selection in all but two seasons. Donald was on the team when the Rams won the Super Bowl in 2021. He has logged 111 sacks and 543 tackles in 154 career games. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a956f1c2c5335ae104d72f9 Nevada casino on brink of closure reopens to lure tourists fed up with Las Vegas prices te 2026-08-31T12:10:04.091Z Nevada casino on brink of closure reopens to lure tourists fed up with Las Vegas prices One month after a Nevada casino narrowly avoided closure and reopened its doors, the ironic destination is expanding its comeback — betting that lower prices and fee-free resort experiences can lure travelers frustrated by high prices in Las Vegas. Primm Valley Resort & Casino's July 22 reopening marked a dramatic turnaround for the town of Primm, which had been on the brink of losing its last operating casino-hotel and 344 jobs earlier this summer. The Primm family struck a last-minute deal with Las Vegas-based Terrible's to operate the properties, averting the planned closure. GHOST-TOWN CASINOS GET STUNNING RESCUE AFTER FAMILY FINDS LAST-MINUTE BUYER Primm Valley Resort & Casino reopened 17 days after Terrible's assumed management control. "We're off to a great start," Cory Clemetson, president of Primm's landowning group Primm South Real Estate Company and grandson of town founder Ernie Primm, told Fox News Digital. The company president pointed to the reopening of the pool and steakhouse, along with what he described as a positive response to the changes. Clemetson said Primm is also aiming to offer travelers a more affordable alternative to Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS ‘PRICING PROBLEM' IS SCARING OFF TOURISTS FROM 'GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD,' SAYS RICK HARRISON The property is operating without resort fees and matching previously earned rewards tiers for returning customers as it works to bring longtime visitors back to Primm. "I think right now in Las Vegas, one of the hot topics is ... people feel that private equity companies in general have taken away what's made Vegas great as a more affordable vacation by charging parking fees, resort fees," Clemetson said. "Your overall ability to have a much more affordable vacation and have a great experience feels like it cost you three or four times that today," he said. "Primm is trying to reposition that and get back to attracting people." BARGAIN BUFFET REFUSES TO DIE WHILE LUXURY DINING TAKES OVER VEGAS But affordability is only part of Primm's appeal, according to Clemetson.  He said nostalgia remains a major draw for longtime visitors. "Primm has a special place in so many people's hearts, not just Nevadans, but neighboring states and people throughout the country that have come to Las Vegas or have taken a trip out there," he said. "[People] don't want to see [the properties] go away, and they don't want to see them deteriorate in a way, especially the way that was being formulated by the previous operator," Clemetson added. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER More changes could soon be on the way, he indicated.  Table games could return to Primm Valley "pretty quickly," while another of the town's shuttered casino resorts, Buffalo Bill's, could eventually make a comeback, he said.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "I think eventually you'll see Buffalo Bill's here open, probably sooner rather than later," he said. "They're working on that, and so there's excitement." Beyond the immediate changes, Clemetson pointed to the planned Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport near Primm as a major factor in the town's longer-term future. "In the next 10 years, there's going to be a second major airport that will be built within a mile and a half of Primm, Nevada," he said.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "And that will give Primm a strategic advantage that it's never had," he said.  "With the right vision and the right strategy, we think that Primm can even potentially be better than it ever was, and it has a chance to do that," he added. "There's not a guarantee, but it certainly has a chance — so we're optimistic about our future." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a956cc42c5335ae104d72b0 Newark airport shuttle bus slams into concrete barrier, injuring 13 te 2026-08-31T12:00:04.930Z Newark airport shuttle bus slams into concrete barrier, injuring 13 An employee shuttle bus crashed into a concrete barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey early Monday, injuring 13 people, according to local reports. The crash happened shortly after 3 a.m. on the Terminal B Departures Level 3 roadway, News 12 New Jersey reported. Three people suffered serious injuries, while 10 others sustained minor injuries, according to the report. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. BUS CRASH NEAR PENTAGON INJURES 23, INCLUDING 10 WAR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed the badly damaged shuttle bus still pressed against the concrete barrier in the aftermath of the crash. The front end appeared crumpled, while glass from the bus door and windshield were shattered. Police tape surrounded the crash site as first responders worked nearby. The injured were transported to area hospitals for evaluation and treatment, according to WABC-TV. The crash prompted authorities to close the Terminal B Departures Level 3 roadway as crews worked to clear debris from the area. LAGUARDIA SHUTS DOWN RUNWAY FOR SECOND TIME IN WEEKS AFTER PAVEMENT ISSUE RESURFACES The Port Authority Police Department advised passengers departing from Terminal B to be dropped off on Level 2 because of the police activity. Authorities have not released the cause of the crash. The investigation is ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a956a6d2c5335ae104d71b2 Deadly Grand Canyon flooding knocks out critical water line amid race to find missing hikers te 2026-08-31T11:50:05.301Z Deadly Grand Canyon flooding knocks out critical water line amid race to find missing hikers Severe flash flooding knocked out a central water line in the Grand Canyon this weekend, forcing the National Park Service to implement strict water restrictions amid an ongoing race to find missing hikers. NPS says it will implement stage four water restrictions beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, saying the Saturday flooding caused "extensive damage to infrastructure," including the Transcanyon Waterline that supplies the park with water. Park officials say one person was killed and 15 may be missing after the flooding, though they say that is an estimate. Park officials confirmed they recovered the body of a 46-year-old man from the Colorado River on Sunday night. He has not been publicly identified. MISSING GRAND CANYON HIKER, 83, RESCUED AFTER GETTING SEPARATED FROM COMPANION NPS issued a request for the public to provide information on the 15 other people who are believed to be missing. "The National Park Service is asking anyone who knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright Angel Creek corridor on August 29, as well as anyone who had a campground reservation in the affected corridor, to provide information to the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch," NPS said in a statement. AMERICAN HIKER VANISHES ON TROPICAL TREK AS FLASH FLOODS, MUDSLIDES TURN JUNGLE GETAWAY INTO DESPERATE SEARCH Park officials say they have so far evacuated at least 62 people since the Saturday flooding. The stage 4 water restrictions affecting the rest of the park include forced dry camping with no access to water spigots, the temporary closure of overnight lodgings, and a strict no-fire rule for the South Rim and inner canyon areas. ARMY BLACK HAWKS AIRLIFT 200-PLUS STRANDED CAMPERS AS MISSOURI FLOODS TRIGGER MORE 350 RESCUES The flooding struck Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Aug. 29, according to NPS, which added that nearly all footbridges spanning Bright Angel Creek were destroyed. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said state emergency officials are coordinating with federal and local authorities as the search continues. EXPERTS ZERO IN ON LIKELY CAUSE OF DEADLY NEPAL MUDSLIDE, WITH MORE THAN 1,400 MISSING "My heart is with the families and loved ones of every person unaccounted for after the flash flooding at the Grand Canyon," Hobbs wrote on X. "DEMA is coordinating with NPS and Coconino County Emergency Management to support search and recovery efforts." Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes called the flash flooding "devastating" and thanked first responders for searching for those still unaccounted for and evacuating others from the affected area. "The physical damage includes a historic lodge near the bottom of the site and untold environmental upheaval," Fontes said in a statement. "I send my prayers to the community as the search for those unaccounted for continues." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9568172c5335ae104d706f Kazuchika Okada wins AEW International Championship, fends off Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita at All In te 2026-08-31T11:40:07.004Z Kazuchika Okada wins AEW International Championship, fends off Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita at All In Kyle Fletcher made his return to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) programming at Double or Nothing after Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kazuchika Okada for the International Championship. Fletcher worked his way back quickly to capture the title for himself. Fletcher entered All In on Sunday trying to defend the title against both men. With each wrestler in the ring, the match had a chance to steal the show. Fletcher started with a superkick to Okada, who appeared to be aligned as part of the Don Callis Family going into the match. Still, it proved that it was every man for himself. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK Okada hit Fletcher with two Rainmakers. When he went for a third, Fletcher countered with a devastating lariat of his own. Takeshita watched it from the outside as he caught his breath. He quickly got back into the match but trying to take out Fletcher proved to be a daunting task. Fletcher caught Takeshita on the top rope and went for a brainbuster. But Takeshita reversed the move into a tornado DDT of sorts. Thoroughly spent, Takeshita and Fletcher knocked Okada out of the ring. The two then met in the middle of the ring once more and began to throw forearms at each other. Fletcher then ate a Blue Thunder Bomb and hit Takeshita with a turnbuckle brainbuster. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Okada took his time and took advantage of Fletcher’s focus on Takeshita. He caught Fletcher with a Rainmaker. He pinned Fletcher for the win. Fletcher avoided hitting Okada with the belt after the loss. Fletcher lived up to his word and raised Okada’s hand for the win. It is Okada’s second reign as international champion. He initially held the belt for 316 days after he beat Kenny Omega at All In last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9568162c5335ae104d7066 AEW star Darby Allin crashes through stage with high-risk move, captures TNT Championship at All In te 2026-08-31T11:40:06.199Z AEW star Darby Allin crashes through stage with high-risk move, captures TNT Championship at All In All Elite Wrestling (AEW) All In became a family affair during an insane falls count anywhere match between Kevin Knight and Darby Allin with the TNT Championship on the line. It was supposed to be a singles match. Knight came after Allin hot, hitting the challenger with the belt to start the bout. The match got more chaotic from there. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK Don Callis Family members Brian Cage and Jake Doyle offered their support of Knight, beating down Allin and trying to give Knight the upper hand. Steve Borden entered the fray and lent his support to Allin in the midst of the match. But Cage and Doyle quickly jumped on Borden and continued to work on Allin. Moments later, the stadium lights turned off. Appearing at the top of the entrance ramp was "The Icon" Sting. The legendary pro wrestler brought his bat and inflicted pain on Cage and Doyle. Borden, Sting’s son, went to the top of a ladder and laid out the two intruders. As the fighting went back up the ramp, Knight was trying to follow them. Instead, Allin chased him down. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Allin had Knight in his crosshairs. After a body slam at the top of the ramp, Allin climbed up a pillar that was a part of the stage. He fell backward and hit a Coffin Drop on Knight. The two crashed through part of the stage. As AEW medical personnel strapped Knight to a gurney, Allin got his revenge from Double or Nothing. He leaped off the stage and onto a helpless Knight. Allin pinned Knight and picked up the win. It is Allin’s third reign as TNT champion. He last held the title from Jan. 4, 2023, to Feb. 1, 2023, losing the belt to Samoa Joe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9568152c5335ae104d705d Mercedes Moné captures AEW Women's World Championship for the first time at All In te 2026-08-31T11:40:05.291Z Mercedes Moné captures AEW Women's World Championship for the first time at All In Three years ago, Mercedes Moné was spotted in the crowd at All In keeping a close eye on the women’s division as she mulled whether she would make the jump to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Months later, Moné finally made her debut and took the AEW women’s division by storm. She later defeated Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship and started a reign that would last more than 500 days – that was until Nightingale defeated her on Dec. 31, 2025. It was the pretext for the feud that would begin when Nightingale captured the AEW Women’s World Championship and Moné won the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK On Sunday, Moné gave her blood, sweat and tears to finally win the AEW Women’s World Championship. She took full advantage of Nightingale’s broken hand, putting her in the Money Maker to make her pass out. Moné was bloodied to start the match as Nightingale nailed her in the nose. Nightingale tried to smile through the pain. She took out Moné with a suplex onto the mat outside the ring. She also hit a brutal pounce on Moné that sent her opponent into the referee. Both women used the knockdown to their advantage. Nightingale whipped the leather part of the belt against Moné. It was a lot for Moné to overcome even as Nightingale dealt with the hand injury. At the end of the match, Nightingale completely ran out of gas and the referee called for the bell. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Moné will begin her first reign as AEW women’s world champion, adding to her impressive resume in AEW. She’s been the aforementioned TBS champion and won the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament twice. She might already have her first challenger. High above Wembley Stadium, Thekla was watching closely. Thekla made her return to AEW programming earlier in the show. She lost the AEW Women’s World Championship to Nightingale at Redemption and hadn’t been seen until Sunday. All Out is about a month away and it could very well mean that Moné and Thekla are lining up for an epic match in September. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9568142c5335ae104d7054 Will Ospreay ascends to top of AEW with world championship victory at All In over Kenny Omega te 2026-08-31T11:40:04.237Z Will Ospreay ascends to top of AEW with world championship victory at All In over Kenny Omega Will Ospreay entered Wembley Stadium coming face-to-face with the ghosts of his past. He walked through the backstage area giving head nods to the likes of Zack Sabre Jr., Ricochet, Swerve Strickland and others as he got ready to go down the ramp. He gave his wife, Alex Windsor, a good-luck kiss and then met with Jon Moxley, who handed him the Union Jack before his music hit. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK Ospreay had the momentum of his home country being behind him as he challenged Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship at All In. It was the biggest stage of the year for the biggest match of Ospreay’s career. The history between the two goes back to their epic bouts in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Omega looked to end the match early. He bloodied Ospreay with a TV monitor and then powerbombed him through a table. Ospreay powered through the blood and nailed Omega with a nasty Hidden Blade, opening up Omega. Giving up was not an option for either competitor. Even as the referee was counting Omega out, he was trying to get him to stop. Ospreay hit another Hidden Blade but couldn’t get the win. He pulled out a Styles Clash on Omega – and still couldn’t get the pin. The two went blow-for-blow before Omega hit a V Trigger and a Tiger Driver ’91. A second V Trigger led to Omega’s One-Winged Angel attempt. Omega hit it cleanly and tried to pin Ospreay for the win. Ospreay kicked out. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS The AEW World Championship meant everything to Omega and Ospreay. Omega had one last V Trigger in him, but couldn’t get Ospreay to stay down. As he went for another One-Winged Angel, Ospreay countered and hit his own Tiger Driver on Omega. The crowd that was watching intently broke out "This is awesome!" chants. The two men slowly got back to their feet. Ospreay couldn’t muster up one punch and Omega couldn’t take advantage right away. Omega tried one more V Trigger before Omega caught him. Ospreay hit Omega’s finisher but only got a one count. Ospreay hit a Stormbreaker and got to one again. What would it take to put any of these men away? Through bloodied strands of hair, Ospreay hit Omega with one more Hidden Blade. He pinned Omega for the win. Emotions hit Ospreay in full force as he was declared the champion. He became the first Englishman to win a world championship in Britain and started his reign as the AEW world champion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9565bd2c5335ae104d6e1d Vulnerable Dem's own audit admits Medicaid oversight failure amid massive statewide fraud scandal te 2026-08-31T11:30:05.853Z Vulnerable Dem's own audit admits Medicaid oversight failure amid massive statewide fraud scandal Maine's state auditor Matt Dunlap, who is now pursuing a bid to represent Maine's 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat, released a report earlier this year sounding the alarm that the state's internal watchdog for its MaineCare program had a serious gap in utilization control. "[The Program Integrity Unit] could not provide documentation of the methodology used to identify projects and post-payment reviews performed in relation to surveillance of all Medicaid services provided under the State plan," the report reads, referring to the "PIU," the program's watchdog. The report’s release, which comes after revelations of healthcare fraud in Maine from federal investigators and a local whistleblower, puts renewed focus on Dunlap’s tenure as auditor and raises questions about Maine's past systems to detect fraud amid one of the country's most competitive congressional races. VANCE TURNS UP HEAT ON STATES WITH FEDERAL CASH THREAT OVER MEDICAID FRAUD CRACKDOWN In order to ensure that state programs are complying with federal requirements, the PIU, the watchdog, selects a set number of cases for review, picking those cases based on "data analytics." The report didn't expand on those analytics — but noted a key weakness. In addition to being unable to provide documentation of why those cases had been chosen for review, the process also didn't take into account possible misuse — by patients or by the companies that bill MaineCare. In the report's words, the PIU, the watchdog group, "does not document consideration of misutilization practices of beneficiaries or providers ... [and] may not provide adequate monitoring of all Medicaid services, resulting in potential noncompliance with Federal regulations." Dunlap's 2026 report also acknowledged that this particular reporting issue hadn't been caught before, noting that it had a "prior year findings: none" designation. When asked about the weakness and whether this was really the first time it had surfaced in an audit, Dunlap's campaign stressed that the report only narrowly applied to that particular weakness and that Dunlap had recieved praise — even from local Republicans — on his work identifying other liabilities. "As Auditor, Matt Dunlap has flagged many issues that date back to the LePage administration. He has been praised by local press and Republican leaders alike for his work to recommend ways to safeguard taxpayer dollars. Paul LePage should answer why his team didn't implement the recommendations of his own Auditors from when he was governor," Harry Burke, a spokesperson for the Dunlap campaign said in a comment to Fox News Digital, referring to the Republican nominee in the race, a former governor of Maine who served from 2011 to 2019. The campaign also observed that, Dunlap himself, as an auditor, has little power to implement changes he flags as problematic. Decisions to remedy issues within Maine's programs lie within the departments themselves, although auditors can recommend specific changes. "The auditor's job is to be a fire alarm: identify the problems so that state agencies can act. For example, last year, his recommendations led to the arrest and prosecution of a procurement fraudster saving taxpayer dollars," Burke added. Despite his campaign's pushback, Dunlap has received backlash from Republicans for failing to stop fraud schemes that have caught national attention. TRUMP TASK FORCE IS TACKLING $250 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT FRAUD. IT’S JUST GETTING STARTED Dunlap first came into the role in 2021 despite lacking the credentials to become an auditor. After being installed, he had to resign after twice failing the needed tests to become a certified auditor. Even so, Dunlap returned to the role in November 2022 after passing the requisite exams. That track record has become a focal point for Republicans in the congressional race after the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General revealed in January that the state had paid out at least $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism services. The findings only furthered concerns raised by a whistleblower in December. Christopher Bernardini, a former employee of Gateway Community Services, said his company had been defrauding Maine’s Medicaid program. According to Bernardini, the health services contractor had routinely filed false records about client visits, billing the state for services that Gateway had never provided. The compounding stories of fraud have captured the attention of figures like JD Vance, who highlighted them in a visit to the state on Monday. "How did Maine become one of the main capitals of defrauding the American taxpayer?’" Vance asked at a campaign event. "One of the answers is somehow you guys hired an auditor who is not actually an auditor and failed the auditor exam. Well, call it old-fashioned common sense, but if you want somebody managing your money, maybe they ought to actually meet the constitutional requirements to do the job," Vance said. Vance argued Dunlap’s track record should be disqualifying. "And for Matt Dunlap, if you’ve got a guy who cannot protect your tax dollars from fraudsters, who has turned your state into one of the fraud capitals of the United States of America, maybe you should be saying to Matt Dunlap, ‘You’re fired, not promoted to the United States Congress,’" Vance said. Previous years of reporting before Dunlap’s time as auditor also cast doubt on the office’s aggressiveness in uncovering fraud, hinting that the office’s zeal has declined under his watch. Notably, in the six years before Dunlap took over the reins in 2022, the state had identified that it had almost too many active fraud investigations. "Cases opened because of potential fraud, abuse, or questionable practices need improved supervisory review," several reports state. Audits going back to 2016 noted that the office had routinely taken on more cases than its resources and its staffing would allow for, leading to a lack of monitoring of individual cases. DR. OZ NAMES 5 STATES IN FRAUD CRACKDOWN AS TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS MEDICAID ABUSE Since Dunlap returned to the role in 2022, the auditor’s office has not resurfaced that concern. Having secured his party’s nomination in the state’s primaries earlier this year, Dunlap heads to the general election on Nov. 3, where he faces off against the Republican nominee, former Gov. Paul LePage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9563652c5335ae104d6cdf Vulnerable Dem's own audit admits Medicaid oversight failure amid massive statewide fraud scandal te 2026-08-31T11:20:05.122Z Vulnerable Dem's own audit admits Medicaid oversight failure amid massive statewide fraud scandal Maine's state auditor Matt Dunlap, who is now pursuing a bid to represent Maine's 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat, released a report earlier this year sounding the alarm that the state's internal watchdog for its MaineCare program had a serious gap in utilization control. "[The Program Integrity Unit] could not provide documentation of the methodology used to identify projects and post-payment reviews performed in relation to surveillance of all Medicaid services provided under the State plan," the report reads, referring to the "PIU," the program's watchdog. The report’s release, which comes after revelations of healthcare fraud in Maine from federal investigators and a local whistleblower, puts renewed focus on Dunlap’s tenure as auditor and raises questions about Maine's past systems to detect fraud amid one of the country's most competitive congressional races. VANCE TURNS UP HEAT ON STATES WITH FEDERAL CASH THREAT OVER MEDICAID FRAUD CRACKDOWN In order to ensure that state programs are complying with federal requirements, the PIU, the watchdog, selects a set number of cases for review, picking those cases based on "data analytics." The report didn't expand on those analytics — but noted a key weakness. In addition to being unable to provide documentation of why those cases had been chosen for review, the process also didn't take into account possible misuse — by patients or by the companies that bill MaineCare. In the report's words, the PIU, the watchdog group, "does not document consideration of misutilization practices of beneficiaries or providers ... [and] may not provide adequate monitoring of all Medicaid services, resulting in potential noncompliance with Federal regulations." Dunlap's 2026 report also acknowledged that this particular reporting issue hadn't been caught before, noting that it had a "prior year findings: none" designation. When asked about the weakness and whether this was really the first time it had surfaced in an audit, Dunlap's campaign stressed that the report only narrowly applied to that particular weakness and that Dunlap had recieved praise — even from local Republicans — on his work identifying other liabilities. "As Auditor, Matt Dunlap has flagged many issues that date back to the LePage administration. He has been praised by local press and Republican leaders alike for his work to recommend ways to safeguard taxpayer dollars. Paul LePage should answer why his team didn't implement the recommendations of his own Auditors from when he was governor," Harry Burke, a spokesperson for the Dunlap campaign said in a comment to Fox News Digital, referring to the Republican nominee in the race, a former governor of Maine who served from 2011 to 2019. The campaign also observed that, Dunlap himself, as an auditor, has little power to implement changes he flags as problematic. Decisions to remedy issues within Maine's programs lie within the departments themselves, although auditors can recommend specific changes. "The auditor's job is to be a fire alarm: identify the problems so that state agencies can act. For example, last year, his recommendations led to the arrest and prosecution of a procurement fraudster saving taxpayer dollars," Burke added. Despite his campaign's pushback, Dunlap has received backlash from Republicans for failing to stop fraud schemes that have caught national attention. TRUMP TASK FORCE IS TACKLING $250 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT FRAUD. IT’S JUST GETTING STARTED Dunlap first came into the role in 2021 despite lacking the credentials to become an auditor. After being installed, he had to resign after twice failing the needed tests to become a certified auditor. Even so, Dunlap returned to the role in November 2022 after passing the requisite exams. That track record has become a focal point for Republicans in the congressional race after the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General revealed in January that the state had paid out at least $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism services. The findings only furthered concerns raised by a whistleblower in December. Christopher Bernardini, a former employee of Gateway Community Services, said his company had been defrauding Maine’s Medicaid program. According to Bernardini, the health services contractor had routinely filed false records about client visits, billing the state for services that Gateway had never provided. The compounding stories of fraud have captured the attention of figures like JD Vance, who highlighted them in a visit to the state on Monday. "How did Maine become one of the main capitals of defrauding the American taxpayer?’" Vance asked at a campaign event. "One of the answers is somehow you guys hired an auditor who is not actually an auditor and failed the auditor exam. Well, call it old-fashioned common sense, but if you want somebody managing your money, maybe they ought to actually meet the constitutional requirements to do the job," Vance said. Vance argued Dunlap’s track record should be disqualifying. "And for Matt Dunlap, if you’ve got a guy who cannot protect your tax dollars from fraudsters, who has turned your state into one of the fraud capitals of the United States of America, maybe you should be saying to Matt Dunlap, ‘You’re fired, not promoted to the United States Congress,’" Vance said. Previous years of reporting before Dunlap’s time as auditor also cast doubt on the office’s aggressiveness in uncovering fraud, hinting that the office’s zeal has declined under his watch. Notably, in the six years before Dunlap took over the reins in 2022, the state had identified that it had almost too many active fraud investigations. "Cases opened because of potential fraud, abuse, or questionable practices need improved supervisory review," several reports state. Audits going back to 2016 noted that the office had routinely taken on more cases than its resources and its staffing would allow for, leading to a lack of monitoring of individual cases. DR. OZ NAMES 5 STATES IN FRAUD CRACKDOWN AS TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS MEDICAID ABUSE Since Dunlap returned to the role in 2022, the auditor’s office has not resurfaced that concern. Having secured his party’s nomination in the state’s primaries earlier this year, Dunlap heads to the general election on Nov. 3, where he faces off against the Republican nominee, former Gov. Paul LePage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95610f2c5335ae104d69ce Trey McKinney becomes youngest Bassmaster Angler of the Year at 21, breaking Kevin VanDam's record te 2026-08-31T11:10:07.488Z Trey McKinney becomes youngest Bassmaster Angler of the Year at 21, breaking Kevin VanDam's record CLAYTON, NEW YORK — Evan Kung's name is on the tournament trophy from the St. Lawrence River. But the biggest story out of Clayton this week might actually be the young guns. The Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River closed out the 2026 Elite Series regular season, and with it came the season-long Angler of the Year and Rookie of the Year titles. These are awards decided by cumulative points across all nine regular-season events — not by who wins this one tournament. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS Still, a lot was riding on how this Championship Sunday shook out. Trey McKinney came into the season finale having watched Chris Johnston walk away with the Angler of the Year title for two straight years — runner-up finishes that, as the emcee pointed out, meant McKinney had "never been out of the top two" in the AOY race in his young career. This time, the roles reversed: Johnston himself handed McKinney the trophy. A passing of the torch, you could call it. At 21, McKinney is now the youngest Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year in history — breaking a record held by Kevin VanDam since 1992. It's a fitting cap to a week where McKinney also boated the heaviest five-fish smallmouth limit ever weighed in Bassmaster history (30 pounds, 11 ounces, back on Day 2) and picked up his own Century Belt for good measure. None of it came easily. McKinney finished the tournament in second place, 2 pounds behind Kung. But by his own account, that was never really what he came to Clayton for. "Yes, I didn't win the tournament, but I wasn't even thinking about that," McKinney said. "Angler of the Year is the only thing I was thinking about all week. I was doing well in the tournament, but that title is what was on my mind." EVAN KUNG WINS BASSMASTER ELITE AT ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN A TOURNAMENT FOR THE RECORD BOOKS The final push very nearly didn't happen. McKinney described his last hours on the water as the most nervous he's ever been fishing. "I was more nervous today than I've ever been in my whole life," he said. "I couldn't even think straight. My fish were short-striking, not committing, and I thought there was no way I was about to hand this away. We kept running around, and thank goodness, right at the end we caught a 6-pounder to seal it. "I was about ready to leave when something told me to keep going a little longer. There was one rock. I gave it a shot, and it was a 6-pounder. If I hadn't caught that fish, I don't think I would have gotten it." McKinney credited three years of hard work finally paying off. His mom took the mic on stage afterward to share in the moment, crediting faith and the support of everyone who'd backed him through the chase. While McKinney was closing out his tournament, a tight Rookie of the Year race was being decided, too. And it included a man who wasn't fishing at all. Caleb Hudson led the rookie points race most of the season but didn't make the cut for Championship Sunday at St. Lawrence. This left him to watch from land as Fisher Anaya — the only other rookie still in contention — fished for the title. Anaya needed a top-six finish on the final day to overtake Hudson. He came in ninth, at 100 pounds, 5 ounces (a Century Belt, but not enough to flip the race), which meant Hudson held on to win Rookie of the Year without ever making a cast that day. "It was the most nerve-wracking day I've ever had to go through," Hudson said before the final leaderboard was announced. "I think today has felt like at least 30 hours long since I got up this morning. I'm ready for this to be over. I hate this feeling. Either way, I'm going to be happy. I've had an amazing season, and Fisher's a great angler. I'd have no problem losing to him. He's phenomenal." When it was official, Hudson — who picked up a $10,000 bonus check from Pro Guide Batteries along with the title — noted the timing: "Today's my mom's birthday, so I did it for her. Best birthday present — saves me some money on a gift." JACK STORY SKIPPED HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TO GO BASS FISHING AND WALKED AWAY WITH $100K Anaya, for his part, lost the title in dramatic fashion — losing what he described as one of the biggest smallmouth of his life on his first two casts of the day. "What a battle, what a season," Anaya said. "The last two days have been rough. I've lost more than I've caught. I knew heading out this morning it just didn't feel right. Congrats to Caleb. It was his time to win, and he had a heck of a season. I'm not mad about losing to him. If it was going to be someone, he's the guy to lose to." Maybe we’re seeing a changing of the guard. Between a 21-year-old breaking a three-decade-old record and a Rookie of the Year race that came down to who was and wasn't fishing on the final day, this St. Lawrence River finale was a doozy. And it showcased a few of the faces the sport will be talking about for years to come. Love all things fishing and outdoors? Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram and TikTok! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95610e2c5335ae104d69c5 Dietitian reveals simple eating strategy for better sleep — and one habit to avoid te 2026-08-31T11:10:06.747Z Dietitian reveals simple eating strategy for better sleep — and one habit to avoid How you eat can influence how you sleep, according to experts. Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based registered dietitian, certified diabetes care specialist and author of "The Sleepdemic Solution," says certain foods can make, or break, a good night’s sleep. "There are a number of foods that can help support sleep, and sometimes it's even a combination," she told Fox News Digital. 5-STEP SLEEP RESET COULD PROMOTE HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS, NUTRITIONIST SAYS Keeping blood sugar steady throughout the day may help prevent afternoon energy crashes and support more restorative sleep at night, Palinski-Wade said. Waking up in the middle of the night and struggling to fall back asleep may not always be insomnia, she suggested, but could be linked to fluctuations in glucose levels. Combining lean proteins, slow-digesting carbohydrates and healthy fats in meals and snacks can help stabilize those levels — what Palinski-Wade called the "No. 1 way" to improve overall sleep. Some small studies suggest tart cherry juice may support sleep, and the expert named tart cherries — or 100% tart cherry juice — as her top choice.  FOOD CRAVINGS AT 3:45 PM AREN'T RANDOM, HERE'S WHAT YOUR BODY MAY BE WARNING YOU ABOUT "Tart cherries [are] one of the foods that have the highest amount of melatonin naturally, but they also have compounds that help to really extend that melatonin in our bodies and our body's ability to use it," she said. Still, research linking tart cherry consumption to modest improvements in sleep duration or quality is limited and mixed; a 2025 systematic review reached a similar conclusion. For those who suffer from insomnia, Palinski-Wade recommends ingesting 4 to 6 ounces of 100% tart cherry juice, or about a quarter cup of dried tart cherries. "It's a really, really great tool to improve your sleep – and it's really tasty, too," she said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Foods and drinks that may help reduce inflammation can also support sleep, the dietitian said. "When we have more antioxidants in the body, more anti-inflammatory compounds, we're really helping our body to achieve that more restful state," Palinski-Wade said. Foods rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds — including nuts and seeds, olive oil and avocados — also provide healthy fats and other nutrients that may support sleep. On the other hand, Palinski-Wade warned that caffeine intake can negatively impact sleep quality. "So many of us have a poor night's sleep and the next day we reach for caffeine to give us a burst of energy," she said. "And there's nothing wrong with a little bit of caffeine, but you have to look at how much you're having and how close to bedtime." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "And it's a stimulant, so it's harder to fall asleep," Palinski-Wade warned. "If you have foods or beverages with a large amount of caffeine, and you're having them in the afternoon or toward the evening, that is going to make it very hard to get restorative, restful sleep in the evening." For those who do drink caffeine, it is best to stop about 10 hours before bedtime, the expert advised. The "sweet spot" for daily caffeine intake is 300 milligrams or less, she said. Any more than that becomes a "stressor to our body." A cup of coffee, traditionally 8 ounces, is about 100 milligrams. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES The FDA says up to 400 milligrams daily is not generally associated with negative effects for most adults, although individual tolerance can vary depending on factors such as medications, health conditions and sensitivity to caffeine. "We start to release stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, and that not only makes our body store fat versus burn it, but it also increases inflammation," Palinski-Wade noted.  "So now you have the stimulant, you have this inflammation, and all those things go against quality sleep." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95610e2c5335ae104d69bc SEN CHUCK GRASSLEY: Republicans are making America safer by restoring law and order te 2026-08-31T11:10:06.048Z SEN CHUCK GRASSLEY: Republicans are making America safer by restoring law and order The 119th Congress will be remembered as a decisive turning point for American safety and security. By electing Republicans to the majority in 2024, voters rejected the leftist ideals of defunding the police, abolishing prisons and supporting violent criminals over victims. In turn, Republicans have led a resurgence in commonsense crime-fighting legislation, supported by the historic confirmation pace of judicial and executive nominees who interpret and enforce the law. National security is the No. 1 responsibility of the federal government. The previous administration abdicated this duty by promoting soft-on-crime policies that left the American people with emboldened criminals, struggling police departments and Soros-backed district attorneys who refused to prosecute murderers, rapists and child abusers. But where Democratic leadership failed, Republicans in the 119th Congress have delivered. Republicans’ renewed focus on fighting crime, championing law enforcement and protecting American families has coincided with the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded in the United States. Murder and robbery declined approximately 20% from 2024 to 2025. And according to the Council on Criminal Justice’s midyear report, 2026 is on track to meet, if not exceed, 2025’s historic drop in crime. America is the safest it’s been in a century. TODD BLANCHE 'HONORED AND HUMBLED' BY TRUMP'S AG NOMINATION AFTER EXPLOSIVE WEEK OF FEDERAL ARRESTS This Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee has been at the epicenter of Republicans’ crime-fighting agenda. As chairman, I’m proud to have ushered major pieces of public safety legislation through the committee, including the passage of my "HALT Fentanyl Act" to crack down on deadly fentanyl knockoffs, the "Secure America Act" to fund law enforcement and border security measures, and numerous bills that back the blue. I’ve also led the confirmation of key Department of Justice leaders who have refocused federal efforts on protecting Americans, including Attorney General Todd Blanche. At the same time, I’ve processed and advanced President Donald Trump’s law-and-order judicial nominees at the fastest pace since the Reagan administration. CARGO THEFT HITS EVERYTHING FROM LEGO TO TEQUILA. WE NEED THE SENATE TO HELP STOP IT With less than six months left in the 119th Congress, my work as Judiciary Committee chairman is moving full steam ahead. I’m keeping my nose to the grindstone to continue confirming Trump’s nominees to keep our streets safe. I’m also pushing a landmark nationwide crime package to protect children from online exploitation, crack down on organized retail crime, combat the spread of illicit xylazine and stem the flow of contraband in federal prisons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION This bipartisan legislation has garnered widespread support from major child safety, law enforcement and technology groups, as well as the Trump administration. It’s imperative that this package is signed into law as part of the "National Defense Authorization Act." I’ve approached my responsibilities this Congress as a husband, father and grandparent who wants every American family to be safe from crime. I’ve worked hard to do just that, and I’m proud of Republicans’ achievements in delivering lasting security for generations to come. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95610d2c5335ae104d69b3 Iran retaliates against US forces after American strikes in key oil route and more top headlines te 2026-08-31T11:10:05.324Z Iran retaliates against US forces after American strikes in key oil route and more top headlines 1. Iran retaliates against US forces after American strikes in key oil route 2. US carrier joins operations to support security in Mideast 3. Trump says what would be 'big, big trouble' for America TRAIL OF DAMAGE — Around 15 people unaccounted for after flash flood tears through Grand Canyon. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955ebf2c5335ae104d6992 Finding the Right SUV for Your Lifestyle te 2026-08-31T11:00:15.509Z Finding the Right SUV for Your Lifestyle Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955ebe2c5335ae104d6989 Finding the Right SUV for Your Lifestyle te 2026-08-31T11:00:14.649Z Finding the Right SUV for Your Lifestyle Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955ebd2c5335ae104d6980 3 Practical Ways to Build Financial Confidence te 2026-08-31T11:00:13.754Z 3 Practical Ways to Build Financial Confidence Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955ebc2c5335ae104d6977 3 Practical Ways to Build Financial Confidence te 2026-08-31T11:00:12.965Z 3 Practical Ways to Build Financial Confidence Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955ebc2c5335ae104d696b Our View: Planning to vote this November? Make a voting plan now te 2026-08-31T11:00:12.047Z Our View: Planning to vote this November? Make a voting plan now The latest fight over voting by mail has landed at a bad time. But Mohave County voters should not mistake uncertainty over mail ballots for uncertainty over whether they can vote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955eb62c5335ae104d6941 Amazon makes Alexa+ free on compatible Fire TVs te 2026-08-31T11:00:06.569Z Amazon makes Alexa+ free on compatible Fire TVs AI is coming to your TV, and if you own a compatible Fire TV, Amazon may add it without you doing anything. Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ to compatible Fire TV devices across the U.S. at no additional cost. You do not need an Amazon Prime membership for the Fire TV experience. There is no app to download or subscription to activate either. Eligible devices get upgraded automatically. That means millions of televisions and streaming devices are gaining a more conversational AI assistant. But what you probably really want to know is: What can you actually say to it? 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Get the free replay and checklist now at CyberGuyLive.com ALEXA+ LETS YOU ORDER FOOD LIKE A REAL CONVERSATION The old Alexa worked best when you gave it a fairly direct command. Alexa+ can understand more natural conversations and follow-up questions. For example, you can describe the kind of movie you want rather than knowing its title. Then you can narrow the results without repeating your entire request. Amazon says Alexa+ users are having nearly twice as many conversations on Fire TV compared with the original Alexa. The company also says viewers choose Alexa's top movie recommendation more than 40% more often than they did previously. The assistant reaches beyond entertainment too. It can interact with compatible smart home devices and display supported camera feeds. You can also ask general questions while you watch TV. How you talk to Alexa+ depends on the Fire TV hardware you have. If you use a Fire TV Stick: Press and hold the Alexa or microphone button on your Alexa Voice Remote. Say what you want, then release the button. Amazon says current Fire TV Sticks use the remote for voice control. Hands-free control requires a linked Echo device. If you use a Fire TV Cube: You can press the microphone button on the remote or speak to Alexa from across the room. The current Fire TV Cube supports native hands-free Alexa through its built-in microphone array. If Alexa is built into your smart TV: Capabilities vary by model. Some supported televisions have hands-free Alexa while others rely on the voice remote or a linked Echo. Amazon's device specifications identify which models support far-field voice control. Once Alexa+ appears on your Fire TV, there is no special Alexa+ mode you need to open. Just start talking to it. The real fun starts when you stop treating Alexa like a search box. Try conversational requests and follow up naturally. Some features depend on the streaming service, your subscriptions and the smart home devices connected to Alexa. Amazon specifically highlights conversational entertainment searches, follow-up questions, Ring camera feeds, smart home controls and general information requests as part of Alexa+ on Fire TV. It also supports jumping directly to described scenes in thousands of Prime Video movies. That last feature may be especially useful when you are trying to find one memorable moment without dragging the progress bar back and forth. CHEAP STREAMING BOX COULD HIJACK YOUR HOME INTERNET If your current television still works perfectly, a streaming stick may be the easiest way to add the newer Fire TV experience. Amazon's latest Fire TV Stick HD supports Wi-Fi 6 and includes voice control through the Fire TV remote. It is designed for HD streaming and can also work with a linked Echo for hands-free Alexa control. The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus supports 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and Dolby Atmos. It includes an Alexa Voice Remote. Like the other current sticks, hands-free Alexa requires a linked Echo. The Fire TV Cube makes the most sense if you specifically want to speak to Alexa without reaching for the remote. Amazon's current Cube has a four-microphone array and supports native hands-free Alexa. To compare these Fire TV options and find links to the models we recommend, visit CyberGuy.com This is where the type of Fire TV you own makes a big difference. If you have a Fire TV Stick, the streaming stick itself does not provide native hands-free Alexa. You normally press the microphone button on the Alexa Voice Remote when you want to speak. Amazon says a blue indicator appears on the television when the remote is recording your request and sending it to the cloud. If you pair that Fire TV Stick with an Echo, the Echo can provide hands-free voice control. The Fire TV Cube works differently. It has built-in microphones designed to hear the Alexa wake word from across the room. Amazon says supported hands-free Fire TV devices use on-device wake-word detection. Once the device recognizes the wake word, audio is sent to Amazon's cloud for processing. Amazon says that audio can include a fraction of a second from immediately before the wake word. That is worth knowing before you start using Alexa+ heavily. If your Fire TV device supports hands-free Alexa, look for its microphone-off button or switch. Amazon says using that control disconnects power to the microphones. A red light appears to show that the microphones are disabled. With the microphones off, that device cannot record or stream audio when you say the Alexa wake word. You can still use an Alexa Voice Remote because the remote has its own microphone that activates when you press its voice button. That gives you a useful middle ground. You can disable hands-free listening while keeping voice commands available whenever you intentionally press the remote button. Alexa can support follow-up requests so you do not have to repeat the wake word every time. If you prefer Alexa to stop listening after each request, Amazon says you can disable Follow Up Mode in your device settings or through the Alexa app. There is an even easier option. Say: "Alexa, turn off Follow Up Mode." Amazon confirms that voice command can disable the feature. If you are going to use Alexa+ more often, I would spend a minute looking at your Alexa history. Here you can review voice recordings, transcripts and typed Alexa requests associated with your Amazon account. Amazon says you can also delete them. Amazon provides controls here for managing how your voice recordings are retained and whether they can be used to improve its services. If you use Alexa to control lights, cameras or other connected equipment, check More > Alexa Privacy > Manage Your Alexa Data > Smart Home Device History as well. Amazon says you can delete that history or have certain smart home information automatically deleted after three or 18 months. Keep in mind that deleting Alexa history may affect personalization and certain Alexa features. NEW AMAZON AI SEARCH TURNS WORDS INTO SHOPPABLE IMAGES Alexa privacy is only one part of the equation. Fire TV has its own data settings. Amazon notes that turning these settings off does not stop every form of data collection. Some device information still gets processed to provide features, troubleshoot problems and operate Amazon services. Apps such as Prime Video may have separate privacy controls too. These settings are device-specific. If you have more than one Fire TV in the house, Amazon says you need to review the settings on each one. Here is an important detail that could easily get lost in the word "free." Compatible Fire TV owners in the U.S. can now use many Alexa+ features on their television at no additional charge, regardless of whether they have Prime. However, Amazon still charges $19.99 a month for its broader Alexa+ Standard Plan for non-Prime members. Prime members receive the broader Alexa+ experience as part of Prime. Prime or the Alexa+ Standard Plan also unlocks additional capabilities. Amazon lists Alexa Routines, access to specific Ring camera moments and advanced Home Modes among the extra Fire TV features. Subscribers also get Alexa+ on compatible Echo devices. So, you can get plenty of Alexa+ functionality on a compatible Fire TV without paying another monthly fee. Just do not assume every Alexa+ feature across every Amazon device has become free. For most Fire TV owners, the biggest improvement will probably be search. Scrolling through endless rows of movies can get old fast. Being able to describe what you want and then refine the results by talking naturally could make Alexa+ genuinely useful. Smart home controls add another layer. If you already use Ring cameras, compatible lights or connected locks, the television becomes another place to manage them. The automatic upgrade deserves attention too. You may suddenly have an AI assistant with new capabilities on a device you have owned for years. That makes this a good time to understand whether your particular Fire TV has hands-free microphones and review the privacy choices connected to Alexa. You can use the convenience without leaving every data setting untouched. I like the direction Amazon is taking with Alexa+ on Fire TV because voice search badly needed an upgrade. Asking for a movie the way you would describe it to a friend feels far more useful than remembering an exact title. The hands-on features are where this gets interesting. I can see myself asking about an actor while watching a movie or pulling up a front-door camera without reaching for my phone. Still, an automatic AI upgrade should also trigger an automatic privacy check in your head. First, find out where the microphone actually lives. A Fire TV Stick's remote works differently from the hands-free microphones in a Fire TV Cube. Then look through Alexa Privacy and the Fire TV Privacy Settings menu. You may decide you are comfortable with everything exactly as Amazon configured it. You may also find a few switches you would rather change. Either way, that choice should belong to you. Would you rather have Alexa+ automatically added to your Fire TV, or should Amazon make AI features like this something you choose to turn on yourself? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955eb52c5335ae104d6938 Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese must now work together at Women's World Cup as WNBA takes a high-stakes break te 2026-08-31T11:00:05.543Z Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese must now work together at Women's World Cup as WNBA takes a high-stakes break The U.S. is headed to a battle in Berlin. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will have to work together to uphold American dominance in the Women's Basketball World Cup in September. At home, the WNBA will take a two-week break from hosting the chaos of the 2026 season. So Americans will have to root together for their biggest stars on the world stage. The U.S. has won four consecutive World Cups in a row and this year's team will also have to protect an active 30-game win streak. What happens in Berlin could very well shape the climate of the league that the players return to when the WNBA season resumes. Clark and Reese have spent more than three years framed as adversaries. The last time they were on a basketball court, Clark was seen laughing as she walked by Reese, who had just missed the game-winning layup. Their rivalry fueled the 2023 national championship game between Iowa and LSU. It followed them into a rematch in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, then into the WNBA as the top two contenders for Rookie of the Year. Every matchup, foul and postgame comment became another invitation for fans to choose a side. But at times, they've also shown glimpses of what that can look like when playing together. Reese first said, "one day, hopefully, we can be teammates," while discussing Clark in an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article. They first became teammates at the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, when Clark recorded 10 assists and Reese finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds in Team WNBA’s victory over the U.S. Olympic team. CAITLIN CLARK HELPS WNBA SHATTER ANOTHER TV RATINGS RECORD AS FEVER-DREAM DRAWS MASSIVE AUDIENCE In March, Clark and Reese helped the U.S. go 5-0 at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico. There was an awkward moment when Clark appeared to ignore a high five invitation from Reese during one of the games. Clark earned tournament MVP honors after averaging 11.6 points and a tournament-leading 6.4 assists. Reese averaged a team-high eight rebounds while shooting 52.2% from the field. "Team chemistry is everything," Reese said during the qualifying tournament. "Some of us have played with each other on our respective teams, but we have to come together and find your role. Everybody’s not going to be able to do everything that they do on their respective team." Clark and Reese will play alongside established champions A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and Chelsea Gray in Berlin. The available rules and national-team precedent point to the entire U.S. team standing on the court for "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Berlin. Whether every player places her hand over her heart or sings along is a separate question that neither USA Basketball nor FIBA rules answer. The issue has drawn new attention during the 2026 WNBA season because teams have followed different routines. Several WNBA teams historically and routinely remain in the locker room or clear the floor during the playing of the national anthem as part of pregame routines. CHINA’S INFLUENCE MACHINE: FEDERAL RECORDS EXPOSE BEIJING’S PUSH TO SWAY AMERICA The Atlanta Dream remained in their locker room while the anthem played before their Aug. 16 game against the Indiana Fever. That left Reese and Rhyne Howard, both members of the World Cup roster, off the court while Clark, Aliyah Boston and the rest of the Fever stood along the sideline. Clark stood facing the flag with her hands behind her back. Sophie Cunningham placed her right hand over her heart. The difference generated criticism of Clark online, although nothing in the WNBA rulebook requires players to sing or place a hand over their heart. The rules change when those players leave their WNBA teams and join the national program. USA Basketball’s code of conduct requires participants to follow FIBA and USA Basketball rules, attend team functions as directed and "demonstrate proper respect during the playing of the national anthem." The code does not define "proper respect," but it gives USA Basketball authority to investigate alleged violations and impose discipline. FIBA also controls the ceremonies in Berlin. Its 2026 regulations state that only anthems and flags of countries or national federations recognized by FIBA may be used. The regulations leave the details of World Cup ceremonies to the tournament’s hosting documents. They do not publicly prescribe whether a player must sing, place a hand over her heart or assume another specific posture. FIBA’s code of conduct additionally prohibits players and other "basketball parties" from using gestures, words or objects to transmit political or ideological messages that are deemed unfit for a sporting event. The rule does not specifically identify kneeling, remaining silent or declining to place a hand over the heart as violations. It does, however, give FIBA greater control over demonstrations than the WNBA has exercised during its domestic season. Past U.S. teams have treated international competition differently from the WNBA. American players who routinely remained off the court during WNBA anthems stood together for them at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Sue Bird, then the team’s captain and now the managing director who selected the 2026 roster, said wearing a USA uniform changed the context. "You are wearing USA jerseys and it does change the conversation a little bit and what you’re representing," Bird said at the time. "With that, I don’t feel like a hypocrite in any way. Everyone knows where we stand. I don’t think it contradicts anything since we’re actually doing the work." The U.S. players stood with their arms linked during that Olympic run. There also were no reported anthem protests during the United States’ five-game World Cup qualifying run in Puerto Rico in March. That team included Clark, Reese, Howard, Paige Bueckers and Kahleah Copper. As of Aug. 30, no member of the World Cup roster has publicly announced plans to kneel, leave the floor or conduct another demonstration during the anthem in Berlin. The Americans will open the World Cup against China on Sept. 4. It will be a rematch of the 2022 World Cup final. Women's basketball dominance over America's greatest current geopolitical rival will be on the line. There have been 15 World Cup and Olympic meetings between the countries, and the U.S. has won all 15. Two of those victories came at the 2022 World Cup. The U.S. beat China 77-63 during group play and then defeated it again, 83-61, in the final. The victory gave the Americans their fourth consecutive world championship. China still viewed its silver medal as a major national achievement. The championship game took place on Oct. 1, China’s National Day. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Afterward, China’s General Administration of Sport praised the team for competing "with the motherland in mind." The government agency called the silver medal "a perfect birthday gift to the country," according to China Daily. What happens during national anthems will also be a point of potential contrast during the game against China. China has had a national anthem law since 2017. The law specifically lists major sporting events as occasions for the anthem and directs those present to stand solemnly and behave respectfully. Deliberately insulting the anthem in public can result in detention or criminal prosecution under Chinese law. The law will not govern what the American players do in Berlin. But it shows how differently the two countries can treat displays of patriotism at sporting events. In the U.S., anthem protests have become part of the political debate surrounding professional sports. Players have been praised, criticized and placed under close scrutiny depending on whether they stand, kneel, leave the court or place a hand over their heart. In China, disrespecting the anthem can become a legal matter. The World Cup opener will arrive amid another sensitive period in U.S.-China relations. The countries remain divided over trade, tariffs, human rights and China’s relationship with Taiwan, even as officials work toward another meeting between their presidents. None of that will determine what happens on the court. But it will affect how the game—and especially the moments before it — are interpreted in both countries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a955eb22c5335ae104d692b What Is Phantom Ranch? Inside the Grand Canyon Lodge Hit by Flash Flooding te 2026-08-31T11:00:02.417Z What Is Phantom Ranch? Inside the Grand Canyon Lodge Hit by Flash Flooding Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9552ff2c5335ae104d680b This tiny farming town you’ve never heard of is helping Microsoft sell America on data centers te 2026-08-31T10:10:07.517Z This tiny farming town you’ve never heard of is helping Microsoft sell America on data centers In central Washington, a farming town of roughly 8,100 people has become an unlikely showcase for America’s data-center boom. Quincy, long known for potato fields, apple orchards and food-processing plants, has spent two decades attracting some of the world’s largest technology companies. Microsoft began building data centers there around 20 years ago, drawn by affordable land, the region’s cool climate and abundant hydropower from the Columbia River. Now the town is becoming central to Microsoft’s response to a backlash against the facilities powering cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The company this year cited Quincy as proof that data centers can bring tangible benefits to the communities that host them, as residents elsewhere raise alarms over electricity prices, water use and limited local job creation. ONE OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST INDUSTRIES IS SPARKING A BLUE-COLLAR JOBS BOOM The economic gains are visible in Quincy. KUOW reported that years of data-center tax revenue have helped support a state-of-the-art high school and hospital. The city recently opened a new aquatic center, complete with a six-lane lap pool, lazy river and waterslides, while a planned indoor sports complex Data centers are not an employment engine on their own. A single facility can operate with 50 employees or fewer, KUOW reported. But Quincy has enough facilities that the sector has become a meaningful employer in aggregate, while also supporting construction, service businesses and the city’s broader tax base. TRUMP HEADS TOWARD UNLIKELY CLASH WITH CLOSE ALLY OVER FUTURE OF MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY Microsoft says its new national approach will ask local utilities to set rates high enough to cover data-center energy use and grid upgrades without raising prices for residents. The company also says future facilities will use closed-loop cooling systems that recycle water rather than drawing from local supplies. Quincy already has such a system. Microsoft and the city partnered on a $31 million water-reuse utility that treats and recirculates cooling water. The EPA says the project reduces the company’s reliance on potable groundwater and saves an estimated 138 million gallons of water a year. Still, Quincy is not without skeptics. Former Mayor Patty Martin, according to KUOW, has warned that the town must look beyond its immediate economic gains and consider its long-term water and electricity needs, pointing to population growth, electric vehicles and changing snowpack as added pressures on the region. Quincy’s boom shows what data centers can bring to a small town and the questions communities must answer before they arrive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9552fe2c5335ae104d6802 Newly unclassified Pentagon images show suspected drug boats as official issues deadly warning te 2026-08-31T10:10:06.818Z Newly unclassified Pentagon images show suspected drug boats as official issues deadly warning EXCLUSIVE – Newly unclassified Pentagon images show suspected drug-smuggling boats at sea, including vessels loaded with apparent narcotics. The images come as the department warned traffickers that the U.S. will continue hunting down those who threaten Americans, nearly a year after the Trump administration began striking suspected drug-trafficking vessels. "Nearly one year after the first strike, the message to narco-terrorists remains unchanged: if you traffic deadly illicit narcotics and threaten the American people, we hunt you down, we will find you, and we will kill you," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. The photos, dated Oct. 27, Oct. 29 and Dec. 4, 2025, show the boats speeding through open water under U.S. military surveillance. DEM SENATOR ACCUSES PENTAGON OF MURDER WITH BOAT STRIKES TARGETING DRUG TRAFFICKERS Wilson said Operation Southern Spear has disrupted trafficking networks, forced traffickers to adapt their methods and removed "dangerous narcoterrorists." US MILITARY CONDUCTS MORE DEADLY STRIKES AGAINST VESSELS OF ALLEGED 'NARCO-TERRORISTS' "Operation Southern Spear has disrupted trafficking networks, forced trafficker adaptations, removed dangerous narcoterrorists, and demonstrated that the United States will use every lawful tool available to defend our Homeland and protect our communities," Wilson said. The Pentagon told Fox News Digital the operation has carried out 67 strikes, including the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025. US KILLS TWO 'NARCO-TERRORISTS' IN STRIKE 2 MONTHS SINCE LAST ANNOUNCED ANTI-'NARCO-TRAFFICKING' ATTACK One of the most recent strikes came Aug. 25, when U.S. Southern Command said four alleged drug smugglers were killed aboard a fast boat operating along known trafficking routes in the Caribbean. "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking," SOUTHCOM wrote in a post on X, saying the operation was carried out by Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere under the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan. US MILITARY KILLS THREE 'NARCO-TERRORISTS' IN LATEST LETHAL STRIKE ON VESSEL IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC "Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere continues executing precise, lethal operations against the cartels," Donovan said in a statement quoted in the post. "We will hunt, disrupt, and defeat these narco-terrorist networks." "SOUTHCOM is resolved to neutralizing cartel terror and violence throughout the region and into the U.S. homeland," he added. US MILITARY CONDUCTS STRIKE ON ANOTHER VESSEL CARRYING ALLEGED NARCO-TRAFFICKERS, KILLING 2 Days before the Caribbean strike, the U.S. military said two people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific. That was the first reported strike in more than two months. A video posted to X showed what appeared to be a moving boat before a flash filled the screen. Since the first strike last September, the Trump administration has targeted suspected cartel vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific that it says were carrying narcotics. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY SETS THE PATH TO END THE DRUG CRISIS FOR GOOD Trump has described the fight as an "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America and has argued the attacks are necessary to stop drugs from reaching American communities and fueling fatal overdoses. The administration is also pursuing agreements with allied nations that could extend its campaign onto land in multiple Latin American countries. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a visit to Panama this month that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to conduct joint operations against criminal groups on their soil, though Guatemala denied an agreement had been reached. Ecuador began similar missions with the U.S. in March. Reuters, The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Eric Mack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9552fe2c5335ae104d67f9 Queen Camilla puts past differences with Prince Harry aside as King Charles seeks closer family ties: experts te 2026-08-31T10:10:06.126Z Queen Camilla puts past differences with Prince Harry aside as King Charles seeks closer family ties: experts Queen Camilla will put King Charles III first as the royal family navigates Prince Harry’s return to the U.K., royal experts told Fox News Digital. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the U.K. on Aug. 26. Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will begin school in Britain in September. Royal experts believe the king, who is still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, wants a relationship with his grandchildren. Camilla, they said, is prepared to support her husband as Harry hopes for reconciliation with his family. PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE’S UK MOVE PUTS FRESH SPOTLIGHT ON THEIR EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS AGAINST ROYAL FAMILY Before the Sussexes’ return, the king met with Harry, Meghan and their children at Highgrove House on July 10. Vanity Fair royal correspondent Katie Nicholl later reported that, according to sources, "not even the Prince and Princess of Wales were made aware that the meeting was taking place." Camilla was present. "Camilla has weathered far bigger storms than the Sussexes’ 2020 move, or Prince Harry’s book, ‘Spare,’" royal commentator Meredith Constant told Fox News Digital. "Camilla knows how to lie low when she needs to. She’s going to go through the motions and put on a good face for her husband as he works on his relationship with his younger son." "While Prince William and King Charles are not in lockstep over how to handle Prince Harry’s return, they understand that they are a unit with their respective wives," she said. "William wouldn’t expect Camilla to take a stand against her husband anymore than Charles would expect that of Kate." WATCH: WHY KING CHARLES ALWAYS CAME BACK TO QUEEN CAMILLA: AUTHOR Royal biographer Tom Bower told the Daily Mail that Camilla approached her stepson with what InStyle magazine described as "an olive branch" — a "fixed smile" before she "offered him tea." A source told Bower the meeting was "polite with no recrimination." "Albeit this was indeed a polite gesture, it was merely a tiny aperture being opened, not a welcome for any full return as senior royals at all," British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. "It’s traditionally British to offer tea as merely a polite gesture. Camilla is dedicated to the king’s health and welfare, so it’s not surprising." Royal historian Catherine Mayer told People magazine that Camilla "is a non-negotiable part of Charles’ life," adding, "there’s no reconciliation with [the king] without her." The road to reconciliation may be a lengthy one for Harry. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior royals in 2020, saying they faced intense scrutiny from the British press and lacked support from the palace. After moving to California, the couple aired their grievances in interviews and documentaries. Harry’s 2023 memoir, "Spare," further strained his relationship with his family. Royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that Harry and his older brother, Prince William, haven’t spoken since 2022. After "Spare" was published in 2023, Harry accused his stepmother of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her reputation. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE In interviews, Harry accused family members of getting "into bed with the devil" to gain favorable tabloid coverage. He singled out Camilla's efforts to rehabilitate her image with the British public after her long-running relationship with his father. Camilla, who once faced widespread public criticism, eventually won over many royal watchers through her charitable work and support of the king. Charles was crowned in 2023. "Yes, she was hurt by Harry’s unkind words," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "However, she is made of tough stuff and plays a vital role as King Charles’ steadfast partner, prioritizing his protection. Supporting the king through rigorous treatment and applauding his determination, Camilla’s desire is to ensure her husband’s [golden] years bring him peace, health and joy." "There is the fleeting thought that, despite Harry’s series of cutting jibes, Queen Camilla is reminded of a sad young Harry," she said. "She is sympathetic to Harry’s deep-rooted problems. But their relationship is tricky." In 2023, Harry told "Good Morning America" that he and Camilla "haven’t spoken for a long time." "I love every member of my family, despite the differences," he said. "So when I see her, we’re perfectly pleasant with each other." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "She’s my stepmother," he continued. "I don’t look at her as an evil stepmother. I see someone who married into this institution and has done everything she can to improve her own reputation and her own image, for her own sake." In May 2025, Harry told the BBC that he wanted reconciliation, saying, "There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore" and "life is precious." At the time, the prince said, "I do not know how much longer my father has left." A source told People magazine that Harry had been thinking about the move "for a while." With Archie and Lilibet now school-age, the couple felt the timing made sense, the outlet reported. As for Camilla and the rest of the royal family, royal experts expect them to keep calm and carry on. "Members of the British royal family do not cause a scene," Constant said. "If they want information out there, it will find a way to the papers. Camilla doesn’t need to say a word to get her message across. As long as her stepson isn’t interfering with her husband’s reign, it’s just business as usual." Chard said she believes Camilla is choosing to put her personal feelings aside and prioritize what is best for her husband. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Queen Camilla raced to the July 10 meeting at Highgrove in support of her husband, not for the love of Harry," she said. "Camilla was a listening ear and offered the usual stability to her husband. Queen Camilla is interested in the best for her husband and the monarchy going forward." But not every royal appears to be on the same page about the Sussexes. "Prince William, to date, has still had no contact with his wayward brother," Fordwich said. "The imminent future looks rather awkward. If Harry and Meghan refrain from any public accusations, any monetization of royal contacts, and are discreet, William is likely to be more open to controlled conduct than any sort of reconciliation. Harry should take a page out of Camilla’s playbook to gain eventual trust and respect. Silence is golden." Kensington Palace, which represents the office of the Prince and Princess of Wales, told Fox News Digital that it does not comment on personal family matters. Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. Details about the location of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's private, non-royal home and the children’s school are being closely guarded, People magazine reported. The outlet also reported that the king was made aware of their plans on Aug. 16 and welcomed the opportunity to see more of his son’s family "in a private and personal capacity." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9552fd2c5335ae104d67f0 Shoppers are going hog wild for Piggly Wiggly's retro pig merchandise te 2026-08-31T10:10:05.280Z Shoppers are going hog wild for Piggly Wiggly's retro pig merchandise Merchandise from a regional grocery store chain with locations across the Midwest and South has become a hot commodity. Nicola Miller, of Suffolk, England, will detour as much as 50 miles to visit a Piggly Wiggly when she's in America, hoping to add another T-shirt featuring the iconic, cheerful Mr. Pig to her collection, Food & Drink reported. Miller first encountered the mascot in the 1978 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," which features the retro pig face in the film's final scene. 6 ICONIC AMERICAN RESTAURANTS STILL SERVING UP NOSTALGIA AND CLASSIC FLAVORS She told Food & Drink that Piggly Wiggly stores and the company's logo "spark joy" and nostalgia for her. Miller is not alone. The Piggly Wiggly brand "resonates across all ages and demographics," Terry F. Goins, Piggly Wiggly director of marketing and advertising for the Midwest, told Fox News Digital. "Younger shoppers are drawn to exactly the qualities that make it retro: the hand-drawn feel, the humor, the fact that it's unmistakably regional and not from a national chain," Goins said. "For a lot of younger customers, it's less, 'I remember this' and more, 'This is where I'm from.'" The branding is warm and "doesn't take itself too seriously," Goins added.  "Mr. Pig has never been redesigned into something sleek and corporate. He looks like he looked. In a category where most logos get sanded down every eight years, that consistency is rare, and people respond to it." VINTAGE PHOTOS REVEAL WHAT GROCERY SHOPPING LOOKED LIKE IN THE 1960s Piggly Wiggly was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1916 by Clarence Saunders. Saunders pioneered the then-unheard-of concept of modern self-service grocery shopping, according to the company's website. Before Piggly Wiggly, shoppers typically presented their orders to clerks, who gathered the goods from store shelves. The self-service concept proved wildly successful, helping Piggly Wiggly grow from a single Memphis store into a nationwide chain with more than 1,200 locations by 1923. Today, there are more than 500 Piggly Wiggly stores across 18 states. The origins of the Piggly Wiggly name "remain a mystery," according to the company, but its Mr. Pig mascot has been part of the brand since the beginning. For more than 20 years, Piggly Wiggly has formally sold branded merchandise online and in stores, while individual locations have also created their own designs. Piggly Wiggly shirts, however, had been circulating informally long before that. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "That's a big part of what makes this fun," Goins said. "Piggly Wiggly Midwest is a mix of franchise and corporate-owned stores across Wisconsin and Illinois, and our independent operators know their communities better than anyone at a corporate office does. "There are brand standards around how Mr. Pig and the logo are used — that mark is 110 years old and we protect it — but within that, stores have latitude to [make] designs that speak to their town, their high school colors, their local events. That's why you'll find shirts in one store you won't find anywhere else." Demand for Piggly Wiggly merchandise has been remarkably steady, Goins said. "What we see instead are lifts tied to moments: a new design drop, a seasonal item, a tie-in with something happening in the community," he said. "People aren't buying a shirt because a grocery store put its logo on one. They're buying it because Mr. Pig means something to them, and wearing it is a way of saying where they're from." T-shirts featuring the pig's face on the front and its backside on the back are far and away the favorite, Goins said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "It's not close," he said. "The retro self-service design does very well, and honestly, anything involving the pig butt tends to move." Some collectors treat the pastime like collecting ballpark or brewery merchandise, Goins said. "They'll pick up a shirt from a store they haven't been to before," he said. "Nobody has ever told us they own too many Pig shirts." Piggly Wiggly also offers seasonal and limited-edition designs, along with branded socks, shoes, hats, stuffed animals and more. At the Wisconsin State Fair this month, the enthusiasm extended beyond merchandise. "We had people lined up for over an hour — in August, at a state fair, with a thousand other things to do — for a temporary Mr. Pig tattoo," Goins said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The company also handed out 6,000 Piggly Wiggly reusable bags in under six hours. "That's not a merchandise transaction," Goins said. "That's people wanting to be associated with something." Everyone has their own Piggly Wiggly story, Goins said. "It's never generic," he said. "It's always personal and always tied to a specific place and a specific memory." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9552fc2c5335ae104d67e7 'Jesus was a radical': Progressives invoke Christ to sell left-wing agenda on campaign trail te 2026-08-31T10:10:04.188Z 'Jesus was a radical': Progressives invoke Christ to sell left-wing agenda on campaign trail Progressives seeking a seat in the Senate are taking a decades-old page from their Republican counterparts, using faith as a political tool to build connections with voters. Three progressive Democratic candidates running for the Senate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, Abdul El-Sayed and Texas state Rep. James Talarico, share a penchant for bucking the Democratic establishment in their meteoric rise this midterm cycle. They have also incorporated their religions and faiths into their campaigns and messaging to voters, showing shades of the "Moral Majority" coalition that formed during the late 1970s in the GOP when former President Ronald Reagan was running as Republicans sought to tie policy to Christianity. PROGRESSIVE FLORIDA LAWMAKER ANGIE NIXON TOPPLES TRUMP IMPEACHMENT WITNESS IN DEM SENATE PRIMARY UPSET Nixon, who scored a major upset against Alexander Vindman, a major figure during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial who was backed by the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C., has become a prime target for the GOP because of her connection to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). During a sermon last week at the Saint Paul AME Church of Jacksonville, Fla., Nixon, who will face Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., in November, contended that her "radical" positions were akin to those of Jesus Christ. "They are trying, y'all. They are trying … to label me as this extremist, this radical. But, you know, Jesus was a radical," Nixon said. EL-SAYED MAKES JESUS COMPARISON WHEN PRESSED ON SOCIALIST VIEWS: 'RADICAL IN HIS TIME, TOO' "And Jesus fought for — I mean, he pushed for the same things that I'm fighting for today, right? Right now, we're literally in a civil rights moment," she continued. "Whether or not people wanna believe it or not, but we are." She joined the DSA in June, prompting immediate backlash from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, which tied her to socialism, despite her denial that she’s a Democratic socialist. Nixon isn’t the only one of the three to make the same comparison. El-Sayed, during an appearance on the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, similarly invoked Christ when asked about his policy positions. El-Sayed, who is Muslim and running in Michigan’s toss-up race against former Rep. Mike Rogers, was asked about the similarities between his faith and Christianity and why they were being targeted as radical. "Well, you know, Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, was considered radical in his time, too," El-Sayed said. JAMES TALARICO ADMITS PAST COMMENTS 'MISSED THE MARK' WHEN CONFRONTED ON CLAIMS LIKE GOD IS 'NON-BINARY' "And there is a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in a time of corruption, and I think it's important for all of us to realize that popularity and zeitgeist don't make truth. And we live in a time where people are trying to normalize corruption," he continued. Of the three, Talarico, who is running in the toss-up race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has displayed his faith the most. He has been taking seminary classes to become a Presbyterian minister, and has blended Christianity with his policy platform since launching his candidacy last year. And like the others, Republicans have pounced on his use of faith as a point of attack, particularly in his defense of transgender children. In pushing back against the Texas GOP’s newly signed anti-trans bill in 2021, Talarico argued Texas Republicans were trying to justify the measure "in the name of God's law." "The first two lines of the Bible, the first two lines in Genesis, use two different Hebrew words to describe God. One is the masculine Hebrew noun for divinity," Talarico said. "The second is the feminine Hebrew noun for spirit. God is both masculine and feminine, and everything in between." "God is non-binary," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544f02c5335ae104d6661 Dozens of illegal alien truck drivers busted with licenses from deep blue states te 2026-08-31T09:10:08.431Z Dozens of illegal alien truck drivers busted with licenses from deep blue states FIRST ON FOX: A multi-agency operation in Arizona’s Yuma Sector led to the arrest of 95 illegal alien truck drivers earlier this month, striking at the heart of human and drug smuggling operations at the U.S. southern border. All 95 drivers had acquired state-issued commercial driver’s licenses; 76 from California, six from New York and the rest from a handful of other states, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics and human trafficking smuggling operations that are alive and well at the border — even as immigration numbers have plummeted in recent months. CHAOTIC BORDER CHASE ENDS WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND CRAMMED IN SEMITRUCK SLEEPING AREA "We are committed to protecting our citizens from all international threats, whether that is from unlicensed or untrained drivers, or transnational criminal organizations engaged in human or drug trafficking," Acting Chief Patrol Agent Dustin Caudle said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Since the end of 2024, border crossings have plummeted, going from over 144,000 encounters in December 2024 to just 33,000 in July. Even so, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported several high-profile smuggling attempts that have sought to bring weapons, narcotics and humans across the U.S. border. Earlier this year, CBP released reports on how it had prevented a car carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher from crossing the border, detected dozens of immigrants crammed into a semi-truck and even detained a boat off the coast of the Dominican Republic with the help of a Black Hawk helicopter. TRUMP ADMIN INVESTIGATING 75 TRUCK DRIVER SCHOOLS FOR FRAUD, HELPING NON-CITIZENS GET LICENSES Trucking, in particular, has been a key way in which smugglers have sought to bring weapons and humans into the country. According to CBP, the bust earlier this month, which took place between Aug. 10 and 14, also stopped two human-smuggling events, resulting in the arrest of four smugglers and 17 smuggled aliens. Additionally, agents seized 74 pounds of methamphetamine and 169 pounds of marijuana. In total, authorities arrested 143 suspects from 18 countries. To prevent schemes like these, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is finalizing a rule to prevent unqualified drivers from obtaining CDLs. If implemented, the rule would limit CDLs to H-2A, H-2B, and E-2 nonimmigrant status holders — types of visas with more stringent vetting requirements. The rule would also prevent an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as a way to prove eligibility, citing lax reporting and scrutiny on their approvals. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKERS ACCUSED OF MOWING DOWN AMERICANS IGNITE FURY OVER LOOPHOLES UNLEASHING DEADLY ROADS "Moving forward, unqualified foreign drivers will be unable to get a license to operate an 80,000-pound big rig," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a press release about the rule. "Under President Trump’s leadership, we are putting the safety of the driving public first," Duffy continued. "From enforcing English language standards to holding fraudulent carriers accountable, we will continue to attack this crisis on our roads head-on." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ef2c5335ae104d6658 Abdul El-Sayed shares dozens of donors with ex-GOP candidate at center of antisemitism controversy te 2026-08-31T09:10:07.770Z Abdul El-Sayed shares dozens of donors with ex-GOP candidate at center of antisemitism controversy Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed shares nearly two dozen donors with former Republican congressional candidate Dan Bilzerian, whose campaign included antisemitic attacks against Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla. El-Sayed and Bilzerian are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but both have criticized U.S. support for Israel and called on the United States to cease all aid to the Jewish state. Bilzerian has supported the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, while El-Sayed has called for abolishing ICE. Bilzerian has called for lower taxes and less regulation, while El-Sayed has called for higher taxes on the wealthy and Medicare for All. The two candidates’ shared donors have contributed more than $61,000 to their campaigns, according to a Fox News Digital review of FEC filings for both campaigns. The shared donors gave $23,144.12 to Bilzerian's campaign and approximately $38,626.20 to El-Sayed's campaign. EL-SAYED CAMPAIGN BACKED BY OVER $100,000 FROM DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF GROUP WITH ALLEGED TERROR TIES Bilzerian lost to Fine in the primary, and his campaign tactics and advertisements drew sharp criticism from Republican leaders. His attacks against Fine, who is Jewish, included a 2½-minute AI-generated campaign ad calling Fine a ".fat Jew" as well as other antisemitic remarks. "Jewish supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today," Bilzerian told Fox News Digital in response to a request for comment. Meanwhile, El-Sayed, who has routinely accused Israel of committing "genocide" against the Palestinian people, has drawn criticism for his associations with social media influencer Hasan Piker, who said the terrorist group Hamas was "a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state," referring to Israel. Donors to both El-Sayed and Bilzerian include prominent critics of Israel, such as Georgia attorney Ibrahim Awad of Awad Law Firm. He contributed $12,651.88 through a joint fundraising committee supporting Bilzerian’s campaign on April 25, 2026. It is unclear how much of that contribution was attributed to Awad. Fox News Digital reached out to Awad for comment. EL-SAYED DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM HASAN PIKER AFTER DISTURBING REMARKS ABOUT JEWISH AMERICANS A little more than a month earlier, Awad donated $7,000 to El-Sayed’s campaign. Awad, whose mother was born in Gaza, has been a vocal critic of Israel and has accused the Jewish state of committing a Holocaust in Gaza that may be worse than the Holocaust during World War II. "It’s a Holocaust," Awad shared during an appearance on the Sumud Podcast hosted by Dr. Ed Hasan. "Like, it’s present day. There are so many ways that it’s even worse than [the] World War II Holocaust because it’s happening in real time right in front of us." Awad appeared on the podcast in August 2025, where he decried Zionism as a "toxic way of thinking." "That’s the poisonous sin, right? The toxicity of Zionism," Awad said. "It’s all rooted in this supremacy. Racism is rooted in this supremacy. Slavery is rooted in this supremacy." He said he distinguishes Judaism from Zionism but argued that Palestinians should not be responsible for explaining that distinction. MICHIGAN SENATE RACE: EL-SAYED’S TIES TO EXTREMIST FUEL ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS AMONG JEWISH VOTERS "The onus is on the oppressor," Awad said. "I mean, about whether you’re coming in and you’re saying, ‘Hey, Israel is a Jewish state,’ and that same Jewish state is coming in and spray-painting the walls with the Star of David, and then I have to now, as the victim whose home was stolen, say, ‘Oh no, it’s not that you’re a bad Jew. It’s that you’re just a Zionist settler.’ "Nonetheless, we take the high ground and we distinguish, and we say, ‘No, this is Zionism, right? This is Jewish supremacy. That is antithetical to Judaism, right? But that’s what it is,'" Awad continued. Awad also rejected the characterization of the Palestinian resistance as "terrorism." Meanwhile, Hussein 'Sam' Mahrouq, a Texas resident and owner of Enterprises International, which is the parent company of AutoMax and Dollar Rent-A-Car, donated $3,500 to El-Sayed's campaign from May 2025 to April 2026 He also contributed more than $1,000 through a joint fundraising committee supporting Bilzerian. Mahrouq has donated to other candidates critical of Israel, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. He also donated $400,000 to American Priorities PAC, which was created this year to counter the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the New York Post reported. Mahrouq shared during an appearance on the podcast Bigger than Business that he is the child of Palestinian refugees. In a statement, Mahrouq did not directly answer Fox News Digital's question about whether El-Sayed and Bilzerian's stances on Israel factored into his decision to donate. MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE CONFRONTED REPEATEDLY OVER ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO EXIST, DEFUNDING THE POLICE "I have made contributions and donations to many different candidates, organizations, community initiatives and charitable projects over the years," Mahrouq said. "A contribution should not be interpreted as an endorsement of every position taken by a candidate or organization." Muhi Khwaja, co-founder of the American Muslim Community Foundation, donated $625 to El-Sayed’s campaign and $26.68 to Bilzerian’s campaign. Khwaja described a visit to Gaza in a November 2023 essay and advocated for building support for Palestinians beyond the Arab world. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "The Israel-Hamas war has made one thing clear: The philanthropic world can no longer turn a blind eye to the collective punishment facing Palestinians," Khwaja wrote. "As a student of philanthropy, I believe in the love of humankind. As a Muslim, I believe in compassion for all. My Jewish friends and colleagues believe in Tikkun olam — repairing the world. But Israel’s actions in Gaza are doing the opposite." Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign and Khwaja for comment. Awad was also contacted for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ef2c5335ae104d664f My family fled the ‘butchers’ in Iran 50 years ago. We can’t give them what they want te 2026-08-31T09:10:07.099Z My family fled the ‘butchers’ in Iran 50 years ago. We can’t give them what they want On Tuesday, Aug. 25, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Navy has removed or detonated every Iranian mine in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Tankers are moving again, gas prices should finally start to ease and Washington will be tempted to exhale. That would be a mistake. It took the most powerful navy on Earth six months to undo Tehran’s damage to the strait. The 60-day negotiating window produced nothing, Iran's foreign ministry said the deadline "essentially has no relevance," and the regime that just lost this round is already winding the next clock. I know that clock. My family lived under it before we fled Iran, a Jewish family that watched the revolution turn our homeland into a place where we could no longer safely exist. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the rest of the regime leadership are not trying to beat the American military; they are trying to outlast the American taxpayer, and the regime is banking its survival on exactly that. TRUMP OPENS HORMUZ UNDER FIRE WITH ‘PROJECT FREEDOM’ AS IRAN WARNS OF ATTACKS A year after Operation Midnight Hammer and the 12-Day War showed the world what American power can do in a matter of days, the American public’s worst fear is materializing anyway: a drawn-out conflict. The strait may be reopening, but the squeeze of the past six months reached pocketbooks nationwide, midterm elections are approaching and Washington is debating how, and how fast, to prosecute this war. The longer this war runs, the more the Iranian regime gains. The only question that matters is whether America fights the war Tehran designed or the war America can win. Since 1979, the dictatorship has run the same play, which U.S. officials have long described as "deception, defiance and delay." Buy time, bleed the adversary, survive to rebuild. The arithmetic of this war was built for that play. Tehran fields a Shahed suicide drone for about $20,000; America answers with Patriot interceptors at roughly $4 million each. Iran maintains the capacity to manufacture an estimated 10,000 drones a month, has begun rebuilding its missile facilities, and is moving valuable assets underground. Every truce and every pause becomes a rearmament window for Iran. Tehran is not waiting alone. The regime signed a 20-year strategic partnership with Russia, is receiving more than a thousand tons of missile-making chemicals from China, and collaborates on missile technology with North Korea. Each arrangement lowers what it costs the ayatollah to keep firing, which means our gravest geopolitical rivals are helping underwrite the missiles aimed at us. The rest of the bill lands on Iran’s neighbors, as the regime strikes airports, shipping and commercial districts across the Gulf states, from Dubai to Doha, to spread the pain and build pressure for American concessions. IRAN TAPS FINANCIAL LIFELINE, RUSSIAN ARMS AS TRUMP ESCALATES 'CRUSHING' ECONOMIC WARFARE A U.N. fact-finding mission found Iran responsible for the systematic rape and brutalization of women. Iran’s laws make homosexuality punishable by death, and the regime persecutes ethnic and religious minorities as policy. My family was one of those minorities. My mother pulled my brother and me out of Iran because being Jewish there had become dangerous, and she rebuilt our lives in America from nothing. In January, after a nationwide uprising, the regime reportedly murdered more than 30,000 people, most of them students and young people, in just two days. It has carried out nearly a thousand executions since. Those are my people, Jewish and Muslim alike. I am now a mother of four daughters, and I think about the mothers in Tehran raising girls under a regime that treats their bodies as state property. Every day this regime survives, more of them die waiting for the world to act. IRAN’S KILLER DRONES INCREASE SLAUGHTER IN SUDAN AMID WORLD’S FORGOTTEN WAR The violence has never been limited to its own captive citizens. Iran’s proxies killed 241 U.S. service members in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and at least 603 more in Iraq, by the Pentagon’s own count. The regime has funded anti-Israel protesters inside America, interfered in our elections, and plotted to assassinate American officials, including the president. I have seen that campaign up close. My daughter was a student at Columbia when the encampments took over campus, and she testified before Congress about what Jewish students were facing. The regime's reach into American institutions is not abstract to my family. For Tehran, delay is not a pause. It is an opportunity to extract more blood and damage America from within. Some in Washington counsel patience. The blockade is biting, they note, and U.S. intelligence has assessed the regime can withstand roughly 90 to 120 more days. But two things can be true at once. The blockade is hurting the regime and the regime does not care. The ayatollah will starve his own people, shake down his neighbors and cut back-room deals with Moscow and Beijing before he yields. Meanwhile, every passing day writes another costly line in America’s ledger. A war of attrition is the one war this regime can win, because it built the war that way on purpose. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION That leaves three roads. A long war, which Tehran wins on price. An accommodation, which leaves the regime its missiles, its nuclear ambitions and its proxies, and buys a pause, which they will spend preparing the next round. Or a decisive end to the war on America’s terms. Simply weakening the regime without ending it just kicks the can down the road. The United States must destroy the regime’s military-industrial capacity, cripple the energy infrastructure that bankrolls the Revolutionary Guard and break its ability to crush the Iranian people who keep rising against it. My family fled the butchers who stole my country nearly five decades ago, and I have spent every year since watching the world try to manage, contain and negotiate with them. The Iranian people are not our enemy; they are the regime’s first hostages. America proved in Operation Midnight Hammer what the most powerful military in human history can do, and it is our job to finish the job. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ee2c5335ae104d6646 Inside the dangerous US mission that cleared Iran’s mines from Hormuz shipping lanes te 2026-08-31T09:10:06.441Z Inside the dangerous US mission that cleared Iran’s mines from Hormuz shipping lanes President Donald Trump declared last week that the United States had removed or detonated all mines in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz. Now, the commander of U.S. Central Command has offered the clearest public account yet of the high-stakes operation behind that declaration: a months-long effort in which U.S. forces quietly cleared Iranian sea mines from established international shipping lanes used by commercial vessels. Other threats still stand between the cleared lanes and a return to normal activity in one of the world’s most important waterways. The latest maritime guidance still classifies the Strait at a "SEVERE" threat level. Recent attacks have struck tankers near Oman, and oil flows remain far below prewar levels. "We have successfully cleared sea mines in the Strait’s international shipping lanes that were laid months ago by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a video update. TRUMP SAYS IRAN’S NAVY ‘OBLITERATED’ AS US ENFORCES HORMUZ BLOCKADE — BUT KEY THREAT REMAINS "Internationally recognized transit routes in the Strait are free of Iranian sea mines thanks to the incredible work of the U.S. military," Cooper said. Cooper identified the cleared area as the Strait’s Traffic Separation Scheme, the long-standing system of opposing lanes that guides commercial vessels through the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. "Our forces meticulously and quietly cleared them of sea mine threats using a combination of Navy divers, Navy SEALs and U.S. air power from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps," Cooper said. The operation was carried out as the Navy was in the middle of a major transition in how it handles mine warfare. The service had retired its four Bahrain-based mine countermeasure ships the previous year as newer unmanned systems were still being fielded. In April, defense analyst Bryan Clark told Fox News Digital the Navy was at a "nadir" in its mine-sweeping capacity. At the time, retired Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, who previously commanded the Navy’s 5th Fleet, said newer technology was increasingly being used to locate and neutralize mines, including unmanned systems that map the seabed and identify potential threats before explosive ordnance teams move in. Cooper’s account now shows U.S. forces relied on a broader combination of Navy divers, SEALs and air power to clear the international shipping lanes. CENTCOM has not disclosed the precise role each capability played. "The circumstances were challenging and dangerous to say the least, but we got the job done," Cooper said. "Bottom line, today international shipping lanes are open and momentum is building." Donegan, who was not involved in the current operation, said mine-clearance operations begin with surface and subsurface vessels, including unmanned systems, locating and identifying possible mines. Once mines are identified, autonomous systems, specially trained Navy divers and SEALs can destroy or neutralize them. Different sections of a waterway can be at different stages of the process at the same time, Donegan said, with forces neutralizing mines in one area while detection and identification continue elsewhere. Throughout the operation, the Navy continues scanning the waterway to ensure it has not missed any mines, he said. Donegan said the Navy uses a sophisticated detection model before declaring a waterway clear. "In simplest terms they have to conduct enough sweeps of the lanes to drive the probability of detection of mines to virtually 100% in the model," he said. Donegan said the calculation takes into account factors including the detection systems and their effectiveness, characteristics of the waterway and the type of seabed. WHITE HOUSE SILENT ON IRAN-OMAN HORMUZ PLAN TEHRAN SAYS WOULD BAN US WARSHIPS The Navy has also spent years preparing for such an operation. Donegan said elements of large-scale mine clearance in the Strait have been practiced through recurring NAVCENT mine-countermeasure exercises dating to 2012, along with regular Navy training. Cooper said U.S. forces have assisted nearly 1,500 commercial vessels through the Strait in recent months by providing coordinated protection. Those ships carried nearly 750 million barrels of crude oil bound for global energy markets, he said. The CENTCOM commander said the military is pursuing two missions at once: enforcing a naval blockade on Iran and protecting commercial passage through the Strait. He said that since the blockade resumed in mid-July, U.S. forces have turned around 75 vessels attempting to run it and disabled three that failed to comply with directions. Cooper did not say how many mines U.S. forces found or destroyed. Axios reported Thursday, citing U.S. officials, that American forces swept more than 200 mine-like objects from the main shipping lane. Of those objects, 11 were actual mines, and only a few had been properly deployed. The figures illustrate the painstaking identification process Donegan described: Forces must investigate possible threats before determining which objects are actually mines. CENTCOM has not provided further details on the systems used during the operation or how individual mines were neutralized. A defense official told Fox News Digital that the military would not discuss operational specifics for security reasons. The broader maritime-security picture has yet to catch up with CENTCOM’s declaration. The latest Joint Maritime Information Center advisory, issued through the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations office on Aug. 25, keeps the Strait of Hormuz at a "SEVERE" threat level and says deliberate hostile action remains highly likely. The advisory says mine-danger areas remain active and warns of a continued risk from drifting or uncharted mines in and near the Traffic Separation Scheme. It says clearance and mine-surveying operations continue throughout the Strait and that commercial traffic is expected to remain below prewar levels. The assessment predates Cooper’s video update. No public advisory downgrading the threat level or lifting the underlying warnings had been issued as of Friday. Donegan said the possibility of drifting mines does not disappear entirely after a route has been cleared. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "In the Gulf there is always the danger of drifting mines that are not fixed, that are left over from this conflict or previous ones in the region," Donegan said. "That threat from those in the Gulf has historically been very low especially due to currents in that area that make it unlikely that drifting mines stay in the lane and contact a commercial vessel." Commercial crews are also still confronting attacks. UKMTO reported that tankers near Oman were struck by unknown projectiles on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, setting off fires that crews later extinguished. All crew members were reported safe in both incidents. The public alerts did not identify the vessels or attribute the strikes. Oil flows through the Strait stood at about 5 million barrels per day Monday, down from more than 20 million before the war, according to Reuters, which cited provisional Vortexa tracking data. The recovery remains uneven. Reuters reported Friday that seven commodity vessels transited the Strait on Thursday, down from 17 the day before and below the 10-day average of 15 vessels, based on preliminary shipping data. Iran and Oman separately announced this week that they were discussing a temporary joint navigation corridor and a joint mine-clearance project. Their statements did not specify whether that work would cover the same Traffic Separation Scheme CENTCOM says U.S. forces have cleared. Cooper’s announcement provides the most detailed official account yet of the operation behind Trump’s declaration and marks a significant step toward restoring commercial passage through the Strait. The U.S. military says the recognized commercial lanes are open and protected. But the latest maritime risk guidance, continued attacks and sharply reduced traffic show that the broader Strait remains dangerous and disrupted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ed2c5335ae104d663d GOV MIKE DUNLEAVY: China is holding critical minerals hostage. Alaska can help end the threat te 2026-08-31T09:10:05.751Z GOV MIKE DUNLEAVY: China is holding critical minerals hostage. Alaska can help end the threat America’s ability to compete with China hinges on secure access to critical minerals. That strategic imperative must guide federal policy on the resources that undergird our technology, economy, and national defense. It’s not an exaggeration to say that, without access to the critical minerals that form the backbone of our modern technological infrastructure, our economy would face major challenges growing and sustaining new jobs and equipping our military with the systems that keep us safe. Here in Alaska, our state hosts resources of 57 of the 60 most important critical minerals. These critical minerals include rare earth elements used in hard drives and laptops, smartphones, and electric motors. They also include graphite, an important component of batteries used in electric cars and computers. Graphite is not only a critical mineral, but also one essential to national security as designated under the Defense Production Act. Among its many mineral deposits, Alaska holds a bountiful reserve of graphite in the aptly named Graphite Creek Project. New estimates suggest that this one reserve alone could provide enough graphite to meet the entire nation’s needs for a century. Yet in recent years, rather than developing these American natural resources, the Biden administration instead frittered away $150 million in taxpayer funds on a loan to a graphite facility in Mozambique—a facility that eventually shuttered operations. THE CCP CONTROLS THE MOST INTIMATE ELEMENTS OF OUR LIFE. MOST AMERICANS HAVE NO IDEA Leftists believe that ending American production of critical minerals will somehow cure the world’s environmental problems. In reality, it has only moved production overseas, to countries with lower environmental and worker-safety standards. It has also increased our economic dependence on countries with unstable governments—like Mozambique, where the graphite mine was caught up in civil unrest linked to ISIS-affiliated terror groups—or interests opposed to our own, such as China. Not developing projects like Graphite Creek amounts to waving the white flag of surrender to China in our contest to shape the future of the world economy. Its Communist government has already used critical minerals to engage in economic blackmail, holding access to the minerals hostage to protest American trade policy. Americans should never agree to this extortion—and, by developing our own American resources, we need never do so. CHINA’S GRIP ON RARE-EARTH MAGNETS COULD CRUSH US DRONE INDUSTRY BEFORE IT GROWS Thankfully, President Trump understands Alaska’s needs and the imperative for the United States to establish dominance in critical minerals, just as it does in energy. Upon resuming office last year, the president immediately issued an executive order to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential, because Alaska "holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources" that "will raise the prosperity of our citizens while helping to enhance our Nation’s economic and national security for generations to come." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Indeed, developing the Graphite Creek Project will create quality, high-paying jobs right here in Alaska. More importantly, by ensuring that we develop one of the critical minerals integral to the global economy, it will ensure that our nation’s businesses and innovators will have unfettered access to the resources they need. It’s a simple equation: American energy dominance and American critical-mineral dominance will lead to American economic dominance for decades to come. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM GOV. MIKE DUNLEAVY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ed2c5335ae104d6634 The data center fight could decide the next president and cost America the AI race te 2026-08-31T09:10:05.040Z The data center fight could decide the next president and cost America the AI race It’s the fall of 2028. A debate moderator turns to two presidential nominees who spent their governorships fighting over data centers. "China’s AI lead is now a fact," she says. "In 2026, you decided to restrict data-center construction, and the machinist in Youngstown, Ohio, watched his job follow the servers to the Gulf. What do you tell him? Which of your policies would you take back?" That reckoning is two years away, but the choices that will decide it are being made now. Rising electric bills deserve a real fix, but not one rushed for political expediency that leaves the people it’s meant to help worse off down the road. The pressure to do something is building. Gary Elder retired to Lewisport, Ky., on a fixed income that makes any bill feel precarious. At a Public Service Commission hearing in Hancock County this July, the 69-year-old told regulators he was worried a 500-megawatt data center proposed nearby could push his electric bill toward $1,000 or more. Elder represents seven in 10 Americans who oppose a data center in their own backyard. And when politicians sense trouble, they move fast. FOX NEWS POLL: COOL YOUR SERVERS! VOTERS REJECT DATA CENTERS By August, Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, two governors who spent recent years courting hyperscale data centers, were both moving the other way. Shapiro signed an executive order he called the "strictest guardrails in the nation." Abbott froze new grid connections pending a statewide audit. New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul went further, pausing environmental permits for a year, and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis guaranteed local governments’ authority to reject data centers. Republicans and Democrats are arriving at the same anxiety from different directions. FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS, STATES SHOULD RESPECT LOCAL CONTROL ON DATA CENTERS In contrast, President Donald Trump has been the most unambiguous pro-buildout voice in the country, calling Abbott’s freeze a "mistake," while Senate Republicans have privately warned the issue could cost them Ohio’s Senate seat, where Trump-endorsed Sen. Jon Husted trails as "the face of data centers." The same dynamic is now repeating in the state’s gubernatorial race with Republican Vivek Ramaswamy calling for a moratorium of his own, and Democrat Amy Acton countering with hers. For any ambitious politician eyeing 2028, there is little downside to running as the candidate who stood for cutting electric bills and considerable risk in being the one who has to explain why America’s compute lead matters. TRUMP HEADS TOWARD UNLIKELY CLASH WITH CLOSE ALLY OVER FUTURE OF MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY Data centers are not just computer warehouses. They are the physical foundation of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, advanced manufacturing, scientific research, autonomous systems and, increasingly, national-security capabilities. Goldman Sachs estimates that U.S. AI-related investment will approach $600 billion in 2026. But every gigawatt of capacity America fails to build can flow to countries with faster permitting, cheaper power or more predictable policy, taking construction jobs, supply-chain work and the tax base with it. Ironically, many of this year’s stalled projects aren’t zoning fights at all. They’re running into a more fundamental constraint: scarce high-voltage transformers, a bottleneck that exists with or without protests. The strategic vulnerability is that China accounts for roughly 60% of global transformer production capacity. Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion HUMAIN program, the UAE’s Stargate and a Japan buildout backed by Gulf sovereign wealth are courting the same capital American localities are turning away. CHINA IS BUILDING AN AI WAR MACHINE. WASHINGTON MUST WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE So how do we address legitimate concerns while keeping our eye on the strategic imperative of becoming the "AI capital of the world," as Trump put it? Start by recognizing what this fight is actually about. Americans don’t oppose data centers; they oppose feeling like someone else gets the benefit while they get the bill. This shouldn’t be treated as us vs them, but as a solvable problem that comes down to three practical questions: where the power gets built, who pays for it and how fast the permits move. DATA CENTERS FORGOT THE CONSUMER — AND THAT COULD COST AMERICA THE AI RACE Data centers should pay the incremental cost of the electricity infrastructure they require, enter transparent power agreements, invest in new generation and storage where feasible and use energy- and water-efficient technologies. Communities should have meaningful input, and governments should tie tax incentives to measurable economic benefits. Done right, this isn’t just fair, it works. Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy found that large loads haven’t been the principal driver of rising rates, and in some places with the highest demand growth, prices have actually fallen, provided supply, cost allocation and tariff design are sound. AMERICA NEEDS AI TO SURVIVE. WORKING FAMILIES ALSO NEED TO SURVIVE IT States should also encourage data centers to locate where power is abundant, as West Virginia is doing. Its leaders view data centers as critical infrastructure and are positioning abundant energy, microgrids and proximity to population centers as advantages. Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey has described the approach as a 20-year strategy, while Google has announced a multibillion-dollar project there. That’s the model America should pursue: more capacity, in more places, with smarter rules. THE WAR ON DATA CENTERS JEOPARDIZES OUR ECONOMY AND NATIONAL SECURITY Technology companies have a role, too. In March, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI signed the White House’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing to bring or buy power for their facilities and cover required infrastructure upgrades rather than shift those costs onto households. Get that sequencing right, and there’s a benefit even the buildout critics tend to overlook: the trades. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Building a data-center campus requires a large skilled workforce, including electricians, pipefitters and high-voltage crews. Meta’s president estimates the U.S. could need roughly 500,000 additional electricians alone to support the AI infrastructure buildout. Microsoft’s president has called the electrician shortage the company’s biggest constraint. That’s why Google, Microsoft and the electrical workers’ union are pouring money into apprenticeships that lead to well-paying careers without student debt. We don’t have to choose between Gary Elder’s electric bill and America’s technological lead. We can do both. When those presidential nominees face the data-center question in 2028, they can say: "We kept bills affordable while keeping America in the lead." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEN KHODORKOVSKY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544eb2c5335ae104d6629 More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed te 2026-08-31T09:10:03.097Z More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9544ea2c5335ae104d6620 Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Jury Deliberations Expected to Continue te 2026-08-31T09:10:02.075Z Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Jury Deliberations Expected to Continue Jurors have already discussed the high-profile case for about 10 hours over two days. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a953b952c5335ae104d63fa FBI Reports Historic 2025 Decline In Violent Crime As Arizona Offenses Fall te 2026-08-31T08:30:13.190Z FBI Reports Historic 2025 Decline In Violent Crime As Arizona Offenses Fall By Staff Reporter | Reports of violent crime dropped by double digits last year, according to the latest federal reporting.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its Reported Crime in the Nation Statistics for 2025 last week, which reflected some violent crimes dropping by nearly 20% nationwide.  According to the FBI, its Uniform Crime Reporting Program reflected that 2024-2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crimes in nearly 100 years. The FBI began those estimations in 1936.  Nationally, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter offense reports decreased by more than 18%. Rape offense reports decreased by nearly 8%. Aggravated assault reports decreased by more than 18%. Property crime decreased by more than 12%.  Additionally, the FBI reported that the murder rate for 2025 tied with the lowest murder rate on record, which occurred in 1955 and 1956: 4.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.  In Arizona in 2025, there were: 21,499 reports of aggravated assault: a 10% decrease from 2024 (24,067) and a 7% decrease from (23,121) 363 reports of homicide: a 10% decrease from 2025 (407) and 23% decrease from 2023 (477) 2,867 reports of rape: a 10% decrease from 2024 (3,192) and 14% decrease from 2024 (3,361) 3,785 reports of robbery: a 23% decrease from 2024 (4,969) and 20% decrease from 2023 (4,775) These first two years of the Trump administration, from January 2025 through the latest reporting in August 2026, there have been 32,811 reports of aggravated assault, 495 reports of homicide, 4,281 reports of rape, and 5,804 reports of robbery in Arizona.  In a similar capture of the first two years of the Biden administration, from January 2021 through August 2022, there were 25,899 reports of aggravated assault, 540 reports of homicide, 4,081 reports of rape, and 5,034 reports of robbery. The last two years of the Biden administration, from January 2023 through August 2024, there were 39,485 reports of aggravated assault, 735 reports of homicide, 5,529 reports of rape, and 8,123 reports of robbery.  The entirety of Biden’s administration, there were 80,643 reports of aggravated assault, 1,616 reports of homicide, 11,825 reports of rape, and 16,594 reports of robbery.  The entirety of Trump’s first administration, there were 94,824 reports of aggravated assault, 1,640 reports of homicide, 14,111 reports of rape, and 26,652 reports of robbery.  FBI Director Kash Patel released a preview of reported crime data for 2026 which reflected a continued decline in violent crimes.  According to the report, preliminary trends established by reports made from January through June 2026 reflect violent crime down by more than 10%, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter down by 23%, rape down by more than 18%, robbery down by more than 19%, and aggravated assault down by more than 7%.  The agency also shared that there was a 2.4% increase in law enforcement agencies submitting their crime data compared with the previous year.  The FBI also reported on law enforcement feloniously killed in the line of duty. Last year, 53 law enforcement officers were killed; a decline from 2024. According to the agency, more law enforcement officers were feloniously killed from 2021 to 2024 than any other consecutive four-year period.  The White House claimed the declining crime rates as the result of the Trump administration’s focus on “unprecedented enforcement” along with the support of a Republican trifecta.  The FBI reported a 90% increase in violent crime arrests, a 13% increase in child predator and human trafficker arrests, and the capture of nine of the Ten Most Wanted fugitives and four of the Most Wanted Fraudsters.  AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post FBI Reports Historic 2025 Decline In Violent Crime As Arizona Offenses Fall first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a953b932c5335ae104d63f1 Mayes Accused Of Aiding A ‘Captured Government’ After Declining To Prosecute Hobbs In Pay-To-Play Investigation te 2026-08-31T08:30:11.377Z Mayes Accused Of Aiding A ‘Captured Government’ After Declining To Prosecute Hobbs In Pay-To-Play Investigation By Matthew Holloway | Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (AZ-08) said Arizona has a “captured government” after Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes declined to prosecute Gov. Katie Hobbs over allegations involving political contributions connected to Sunshine Residential Homes and rate increases the company received from the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS). Hamadeh made the remarks during an appearance on James T. Harris’ “The Conservative Circus,” calling Mayes’ two-year criminal investigation “a sham” that he said was intended to clear Hobbs before the November election. “Arizona has a captured government right now,” Hamadeh said. Congressman Hamadeh is not surprised that @KrisMayes dropped the investigation into crooked @KatieHobbs. Mayes is the illegitimate attorney general BECAUSE Hobbs withheld evidence when she was Secretary of State. They are in cahoots. This was a sham released sixty days before… pic.twitter.com/OJwDggjUKw — Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) August 25, 2026 “The most important thing we have to do this November is get rid of both Kris Mayes and Katie Hobbs.” Hamadeh said. Hamadeh accused Mayes and Hobbs of protecting one another and said the state’s news media had failed to hold either official accountable. “The attorney general is not going to hold the governor accountable,” Hamadeh said. “This is what you call a captured government. So it is up to We the People to show them accountability by voting them out of office.” The congressman also tied the decision to his continuing claim that Mayes is an “illegitimate attorney general,” arguing that Hobbs withheld evidence while serving as secretary of state during Hamadeh’s unsuccessful challenge to the 2022 attorney general election. Mayes defeated Hamadeh by 280 votes after a recount, a result later recounted in an Arizona Court of Appeals decision rejecting Hamadeh’s request for a new trial. Mayes announced earlier this month that her office found no evidence of a quid pro quo connecting Sunshine’s political contributions to the company’s DCS rate increases. “After two years of investigation, consisting of multiple interviews, reviews of campaign-finance records, procurement records, bank documents, and State emails and chats, totaling over one terabyte of data, including more than 100,000 documents, the investigation has not uncovered any evidence of the necessary quid pro quo to support a bribery charge,” Mayes said. The attorney general’s seven-page legal memorandum said investigators conducted 12 interviews and reviewed campaign-finance records, procurement documents, bank records, and state communications. The memorandum concluded that prosecutors lacked evidence establishing a reasonable likelihood of conviction for bribery or related offenses. Hobbs declined an in-person interview and submitted two written statements through her attorneys on Aug. 17, according to the memorandum. She stated that she had never discussed Sunshine’s rates or DCS contracting decisions with Sunshine founder and CEO Simon Kottoor or anyone affiliated with the company. Hobbs also denied directing anyone to intervene and said Sunshine’s political contributions did not influence state agency decisions. Sunshine gave $200,000 to the Arizona Democratic Party before Hobbs’ 2022 election, $100,000 to her inaugural fund and another $100,000 to the state party in August 2023. Kottoor and his wife, Elizabeth, also made contributions to Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaigns. The company received a mid-contract rate increase in May 2023 that raised its payment to $195 per bed, followed by an increase to $234 per bed during an April 2024 contract renewal. The AG memorandum said Sunshine’s rate increased 56% between 2019 and 2024. Two other providers received larger percentage increases over that period while retaining lower daily rates. Mayes’ Investigation found that DCS officials knew about Sunshine’s political contributions as they considered its request. Then-DCS official Robert Navarro told colleagues during a February 2023 meeting that Sunshine was likely to seek an increase and was a donor to Hobbs, according to the memorandum. Navarro told investigators that the donations created perceived pressure. The Attorney General’s Office concluded that any perceived pressure resulted from Navarro’s own knowledge of the contributions and found no evidence that Hobbs or her office directed DCS to increase Sunshine’s rate. The memorandum concluded that Sunshine’s rate increases resulted from its leverage as one of Arizona’s largest congregate-care providers. Sunshine accounted for approximately 20% to 25% of the state’s non-Division of Developmental Disabilities group-home beds. DCS officials told investigators that the company had threatened to move beds to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, which paid higher rates to house unaccompanied migrant children. Officials said losing Sunshine’s capacity would have strained the foster-care system and reduced beds available to keep siblings together. Mayes called for legislation increasing transparency around political contributions from state contractors when she announced the decision. Hobbs previously vetoed two bills sponsored by Republican Senate President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope (R-LD16) that would have required certain companies seeking state contracts or grants to disclose political contributions and required agencies to retain procurement records. Mayes’ criminal division recommended closing its pay-to-play investigation while keeping the matter open for the limited purpose of assisting the Arizona Auditor General. A separate review involving the Auditor General and Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell remains ongoing. The Arizona House has also commissioned an independent 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 Mayes Accused Of Aiding A ‘Captured Government’ After Declining To Prosecute Hobbs In Pay-To-Play Investigation first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a953b912c5335ae104d63e8 Biggs Urges Sens. Kelly And Gallego To Back Child Exploitation Bill te 2026-08-31T08:30:09.337Z Biggs Urges Sens. Kelly And Gallego To Back Child Exploitation Bill By Staff Reporter | As one of his last major moves in Congress leading up to the November showdown against Gov. Katie Hobbs, Republican nominee and Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) is attempting to reach across the aisle to pass core priority legislation.  Biggs publicly called on Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego to secure Senate consideration and passage of his bill addressing child exploitation.  The bill, Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act (CSAFE), passed in the House in mid-January earlier this year. Biggs urged Kelly and Gallego to work with him to root out the current flaws in the law that worsen child coercion and exploitation.   “It’s been 227 days since the U.S. House unanimously passed my CSAFE Act to deliver long-overdue legal clarity and serious consequences for criminals who coerce and exploit children,” said Biggs. “Passage of this bill would close gaps in federal law that allow predators to hide behind screens, anonymity, and outdated statutes while young lives are shattered. It’s time for action. It’s time for the U.S. Senate to pass CSAFE.”  The legislation would make it a punishable crime to coerce minors into committing self-harm, suicide, animal abuse, or other torturous or sexually exploitative acts. Those that violate this proposed law would face fines and up to 10 years in prison at minimum.  Coercion that results in the serious bodily injury of a child would bump the imprisonment maximum to 10 years, and coercion that results in death would empower a judge to sentence the offender to prison for life or as long as deemed necessary.  The bill defines coercion to include “the use of a threat, extortion, blackmail, fraud, deceit, or manipulation.” Coercion against children often occurs online.  In late 2024, the Department of Justice arrested a 20-year-old Tucson man for producing child sexual abuse material and cyberstalking. The man, Baron Cain Martin, was indicted last October on 29 counts related to his alleged participation in a child exploitation enterprise.  Martin was allegedly a part of 764: one of the more notorious online violent terror networks, also known as child sextortion sites.  According to the indictment and DOJ announcement, Martin produced and distributed child pornography and coerced and enticed minors to engage in sexual activity under the moniker “Convict.”  Martin was also indicted on conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; conspiracy to kill, kidnap, or maim persons in a foreign country; cyberstalking; animal crushing and distribution of animal crushing videos; and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  Martin allegedly first entered the world of child sextortion in 2019. His represents the first case in which a 764 member faces terrorism charges. His case, United States v. Martin, is ongoing in the Arizona District Court.  President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year directing federal agencies to coordinate on disrupting cyber crimes including sextortion, and the networks behind those crimes. The order is part of the Trump administration’s broader Cyber Strategy for America initiative.  The initiative identified six pillars for improving cybersecurity: shaping adversary behavior, promoting commonsense regulation, modernizing and securing federal government networks, securing critical infrastructure, sustaining superiority in critical and emerging technologies, and building talent and capacity.  An action plan for implementing this initiative is forthcoming. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Biggs Urges Sens. Kelly And Gallego To Back Child Exploitation Bill first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a952fd92c5335ae104d5fc8 Best Bets: Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 te 2026-08-31T07:40:09.428Z Best Bets: Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 Coming Up Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a952fd82c5335ae104d5fbf Gas prices Aug 31 te 2026-08-31T07:40:08.593Z Gas prices Aug 31 National average: $4.10 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a952fd72c5335ae104d5fb6 Davis Dam releases for Aug. 31 te 2026-08-31T07:40:07.622Z Davis Dam releases for Aug. 31 Monday Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9521c62c5335ae104d5e67 Cattail Cove to host Family Campout as state nearly doubles fall events te 2026-08-31T06:40:06.721Z Cattail Cove to host Family Campout as state nearly doubles fall events Cattail Cove State Park will host an Arizona Family Campout this fall as the state nearly doubles the number of events offered through a program that teaches families how to camp and enjoy the outdoors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9521c52c5335ae104d5e5e Campbell pushes for more weed control along Lake Havasu City paths te 2026-08-31T06:40:05.881Z Campbell pushes for more weed control along Lake Havasu City paths Lake Havasu City Councilmember Nancy Campbell wants the city to do more about weeds along its multi-use paths, particularly on the south side of the city. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a95160b2c5335ae104d5b45 Duffy teases 'unprecedented fraud crackdown' announcement with DHS, DOJ te 2026-08-31T05:50:03.999Z Duffy teases 'unprecedented fraud crackdown' announcement with DHS, DOJ Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Sunday teased an upcoming announcement about the Trump administration's fraud crackdown. In a post on X, Duffy said there would be "unprecedented fraud crackdown" announcement on Monday. "TOMORROW: UNPRECEDENTED FRAUD CRACKDOWN," the secretary wrote. WHITE HOUSE LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE MAP TRACKING BILLIONS IN SUSPECTED FRAUD In the post, he also tagged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Justice and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, suggesting a multi-department effort targeting fraud. Duffy did not disclose details of the announcement, including when or where it will take place, what type of fraud will be discussed or whether any arrests have been made. The announcement comes amid the administration's broader crackdown on fraud. Trump established the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in March to coordinate efforts involving federal benefit programs. TRUMP ADMIN INVESTIGATING 75 TRUCK DRIVER SCHOOLS FOR FRAUD, HELPING NON-CITIZENS GET LICENSES The DOJ has also created a National Fraud Enforcement Division to investigate and prosecute the theft or fraudulent misuse of taxpayer dollars. Duffy’s Department of Transportation has worked with DHS in recent months to crack down on alleged fraud and safety violations in the commercial trucking industry, including improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses, fraudulent driving schools and unvetted foreign drivers. The agencies announced a joint investigation in July into about 75 commercial driving schools suspected of fraud, including allegedly falsifying training records and improperly certifying drivers. The two departments have also conducted roadside enforcement operations targeting unqualified foreign commercial drivers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9503522c5335ae104d59a0 Noble Young-Blackgoat te 2026-08-31T04:30:10.432Z Noble Young-Blackgoat Northern Arizona linebacker Noble Young-Blackgoat (16) runs a drill during a spring practice on March 24 outside the Student-Athlete High Performance Center. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9503512c5335ae104d5997 Noble Young-Blackgoat sees big position change ahead of second year te 2026-08-31T04:30:09.705Z Noble Young-Blackgoat sees big position change ahead of second year The Flagstaff native made waves when he became a walk-on at NAU last year. Now, he looks to make an impact on defense in a new role as a sophomore. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a9500f52c5335ae104d593e Accused NC killer mom plans insanity defense — as retired judge says more may follow Lindsay Clancy strategy te 2026-08-31T04:20:05.042Z Accused NC killer mom plans insanity defense — as retired judge says more may follow Lindsay Clancy strategy The insanity defense planned by a North Carolina mother accused of killing her son has drawn parallels to Lindsay Clancy’s trial and raised questions about whether it could become prevalent in criminal cases. Andrea Faust, 41, is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Feb. 12 death of her 3-year-old son and the attempted murder of her 2-year-old son at their home in Durham, North Carolina. Her attorneys have filed notice that they intend to rely on defenses of not guilty by reason of insanity and diminished capacity, WRAL reported. The case is drawing parallels to Clancy’s Massachusetts trial. Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu said he expects similar defenses to be raised more often as the Clancy case draws national attention to postpartum mental-health conditions. LINDSAY CLANCY DIDN'T SHOW 'BREAK WITH REALITY' AS JURY WEIGHS PSYCHOSIS DEFENSE: SUSAN SMITH PROSECUTOR Clancy has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility in the 2023 deaths of her three children. Her defense argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors argue she understood her actions and acted deliberately. Jurors ended a second day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict. They will return on Monday morning to continue working toward a verdict. In Faust’s case, the filing does not establish that she was legally insane or had diminished capacity. Her attorney, Nicole Galinsky, told the local outlet that a defense expert concluded Faust could not distinguish right from wrong during the alleged murders. "Andrea and Lindsay’s cases are eerily similar, though not entirely the same," Galinsky told Fox News Digital.   Galinsky noted that Faust was not suffering from postpartum psychosis.  "However, both women were known to be loving, doting, responsible mothers who were worried about and caring for their children up until the very second they decided to kill them," Galinsky said, adding that Faust and Clancy were both struggling with similar issues, including hallucinations, hospitalizations and mental health.  "Neither woman did this out of the blue," Galinsky said in an email. "Both were struggling enormously with their mental health. But, like most women and almost all moms, they were just trying to get through each day, care for their children, be a good mom/wife/employee. Both were seeking help from doctors who weren’t really taking their concerns seriously. "Both of these cases highlight the failure in our society to take women and mothers seriously when it comes to their mental health. Both of these women advocated for themselves countless times and—for what? It got them nowhere.   "I am hopeful that our case will demonstrate how to properly treat and rehabilitate a woman living her own worst nightmare. Lindsay Clancy was not given that luxury." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Lu said society and the legal system have not fully understood the effects postpartum mental illness can have on behavior and criminal responsibility. "Most of the time, these criminal responsibility, insanity, mental health defenses are unsuccessful," Lu told Fox News Digital. LINDSAY CLANCY'S FAMILY WAS 'VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MONTHS BEFORE SHE KILLED HER KIDS SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Although he is not a mental-health expert, Lu said the Clancy trial has challenged and changed his own understanding of what a person might experience. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "I had no real understanding of what a person like Ms. Clancy was going through until this trial," he said. SEND US A TIP Faust was found incapable of proceeding to trial in March after court records documented serious concerns about her mental health and safety, according to WRAL. GOT A TIP? Central Regional Hospital later found her capable of proceeding as of May 21. Her attorney said another evaluation would examine her mental state at the time of the alleged offenses. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Lu said mental-health defenses should receive more serious consideration because they can explain behavior and reduce moral culpability. But allegations involving children create an especially difficult path with jurors, he said. "These cases should have legs," Lu said, "but unfortunately society and juries don’t give them much credence." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94f08d2c5335ae104d57cd Rockies player benched after flipping off Braves fans, caught on video giving the bird te 2026-08-31T03:10:05.062Z Rockies player benched after flipping off Braves fans, caught on video giving the bird Colorado Rockies rookie center fielder Cole Carrigg found himself in the doghouse after flipping off Atlanta Braves fans during Saturday's 2-1 loss at Truist Park. PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG GETS INTO UGLY, CURSE-FILLED SCREAMING MATCH WITH FEMALE WHITE SOX FAN As Colorado clung to a 1-0 lead, Carrigg dove for Michael Harris II's fly ball but came up empty. The ball went for a two-run double, giving Atlanta the lead. As Braves fans let him hear it, Carrigg lost his cool and flipped the bird toward the stands. Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer publicly condemned the gesture and said Carrigg would remain out of the starting lineup for a couple of days. "Cole made a mistake, and he knows that is an embarrassment to the organization and that we don't stand for that," Schaeffer said. "Listen, everybody makes mistakes. It is just one that he has to learn from. It is just that we will not put up with that here." WATCH: Despite being held out of Sunday's starting lineup, Carrigg entered the series finale as a pinch hitter. He went 0-for-2 with a strikeout, then remained in the game at center field and shortstop. Carrigg owned the lapse in judgment afterward. BREWERS PITCHER ABNER URIBE APOLOGIZES AFTER CONTROVERSIAL STRIKEOUT CELEBRATION SPARKS BACKLASH "First, I apologize to my teammates and the organization, that's not how I want to represent us," Carrigg said. "That's inexcusable on my part. "With that being said, I'm somebody who's going to play at 110 percent every game and give my all to this team and to the game to try to win ballgames. That was a play that I felt could or could not have won the game, so I'm very passionate about that. "Braves fans are pretty passionate themselves. Kudos to them. But that gesture can't happen." Flipping off fans gets you benched every time. But in a league full of canned answers, at least Cole Carrigg actually cares. Take the licks, learn the lesson, and move on. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94ebdb2c5335ae104d573c Many are making the argument that Jordan Travis was the greatest college QB of all time, and they aren't wrong te 2026-08-31T02:50:03.981Z Many are making the argument that Jordan Travis was the greatest college QB of all time, and they aren't wrong A lot has already been made about Florida State's lackluster 17-point win over New Mexico State on Saturday night. To most Seminoles fans, their week zero showing was just a microcosm of how rotten things have gotten in the past few years under the tutelage of head coach Mike Norvell. With the win, Norvell improved to a paltry 8-17 since the beginning of 2024, and failing to cover a 31.5-point spread against an undermanned G6 school did little to quell the bloodthirsty masses in Tallahassee. FROM FSU TO DAN MULLEN, HERE ARE THREE 'OVERREACTIONS' FROM WEEK ZERO OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON But it wasn't always this way between Norvell and the fans. There was a time not too long ago when all was right in the land of garnet and gold. You see, prior to 2024, Norvell and the Seminoles were seen as a program on the rise, due in large part to a 23-4 stretch between 2022 and 2023 that featured an ACC Championship, back-to-back top-10 finishes, and dominant wins over perennial rivals like Miami and Florida. What went wrong? WHICH HEAD COACH'S SEAT IS HOTTER HEADING INTO 2026 SEASON: SHANE BEAMER OR MIKE NORVELL? Much of that ground was covered in a previous article, but Saturday night's performance prompted a notable number of observers to focus on one name in particular — someone they argue carried Norvell to an inflated record and, in turn, a lucrative contract extension that has since bound him to Florida State for the foreseeable future. Jordan Travis. On the surface, it seems like an absurd claim that Travis would be in the discussion for greatest college quarterback of all time, let alone one of the best players overall. He certainly is far from the most accomplished. A one-time conference champion, a two-time All-ACC selection, and the 2023 ACC Player of the Year, Travis carved out a solid career with plenty of great stats and moments to make him one of the more revered Seminole quarterbacks post-Jameis Winston. But if you juxtapose how bad this Florida State team has been since his departure, it almost perfectly explains the downfall of this once-proud program. To be fair, plenty of other players on those 2022 and 2023 FSU teams had a part in Norvell's rise. Look across the NFL landscape, and you're bound to spot guys like Jared Verse, Braden Fiske, Keon Coleman, and Jammie Robinson on professional rosters, but Travis was the engine that made it all run so smoothly. Even that 2023 team that went undefeated in the regular season dropped off a cliff the instant Travis suffered his unfortunate injury that would ultimately end his playing career. Before losing Travis, the Noles were averaging a robust 38.8 points per game on offense. That number cratered to just 14.3 without him. Granted, it's a small sample size, but the way the team played without him even in that short stretch backs up this theory. FLORIDA STATE QUARTERBACK ASHTON DANIELS IS NOT HAPPY WITH PERCEIVED ON3 QB RANKINGS SNUB FSU escaped an absolute dogfight against a five-win Florida team, then immediately followed that up with a season-low 16 points against Louisville in the ACC title game. I won't even include the 63-3 beatdown against Georgia in the Orange Bowl because I don't feel like arguing with rabid Noles fans, but the point remains the same. The very next year, despite signing yet another loaded portal class, the Seminoles bottomed out with a 2-10 record. Things didn't get much better in 2025, which brings us to now. Together, Travis and Norvell posted a 29-10 record, and if you look at Norvell's overall record at Florida State (39-34), you don't need to be a math wiz to figure out the former had a lot to do with the latter's success. Numbers don't even tell the whole story, either. Travis was basically the football equivalent of Houdini, consistently bailing Norvell out of suboptimal play calls with his wizardry both in and out of the pocket. So, is Jordan Travis the greatest college football player of all time? Probably not, but you could certainly make the argument that he is perhaps the most underrated or underappreciated player of all time. For crying out loud, Mike Norvell was getting floated as a successor to Nick Saban at Alabama just two and a half years ago. Now FSU fans are practically begging another program to come along and take their embattled head coach off their hands. Call that the Jordan Travis Effect. Here's hoping anytime the two are in the same city, Norvell picks up the tab when they have dinner together. After all, it's the least he could do for the guy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94e9862c5335ae104d56ee Parkgoer airlifted after Batman roller coaster incident leaves man with fractures to both legs te 2026-08-31T02:40:06.154Z Parkgoer airlifted after Batman roller coaster incident leaves man with fractures to both legs Panic and confusion followed at a theme park in Spain Saturday after a ride on a Batman-themed roller coaster left a visitor with fractures to both legs, according to local reports. The incident occurred on the Batman Gotham City Escape at Parque Warner Madrid, the the park said in a post on X. The 49-year-old rider reportedly suffered an open fracture in his left leg and a closed fracture in his right leg, Europa Press reported, citing emergency officials. WOMAN ALLEGEDLY EJECTED FROM ROLLER COASTER, SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER DRAGGED ALONG TRACK: REPORTS According to the park, the ride opened in 2023 and was Spain’s first multi-launch roller coaster. The roller coaster features three launches that propel riders upward at high speeds and four inversions that leave riders briefly hanging upside down. Park officials said the ride was stopped immediately and emergency procedures were promptly activated. EIGHT RIDERS LEFT DANGLING ATOP 100-FOOT ROLLER COASTER FOR OVER THREE HOURS AT TEXAS AMUSEMENT PARK "The affected person was attended to immediately by emergency medical services," Parque Warner said. First responders then airlifted the visitor to a nearby hospital, Europa Press reported. Another visitor, Juan José Molina, described panic among some parkgoers. "There were people crying and having anxiety attacks," he said. Parque Warner said the roller coaster will remain closed while management reviews the incident in coordination with authorities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94e9832c5335ae104d56dd The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them te 2026-08-31T02:40:03.579Z The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94e72b2c5335ae104d569e Beloved Texas chiropractor, hiking group among those unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood te 2026-08-31T02:30:03.592Z Beloved Texas chiropractor, hiking group among those unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood A Texas chiropractor and the hiking group he was with are among those reported missing or unaccounted for after a flash flood tore through a remote stretch of the Grand Canyon, according to a public plea from his wife. Dr. John Giusti, a chiropractor and father of three from Granbury, Texas, was hiking and camping in the canyon when floodwaters swept through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Aug. 29, his wife said in an update shared by Whipple City Family Chiropractic. "Please pray for Dr. John’s safety," she wrote. The family’s update said Giusti’s hiking group is "among those currently reported missing and unaccounted for." It said National Park Service search-and-rescue teams were conducting ground sweeps and helicopter operations across the canyon floor. PARK VISITORS FACE FLOOD DANGER OUT WEST WHILE SEVERE STORMS RIP THROUGH NY, NJ His wife asked ChiroHabit’s community to keep "my husband, his hiking group, and our families" in their thoughts and prayers, adding that the family would share official updates as they are confirmed by park authorities. ARIZONA STATE STUDENT VANISHES DURING GRAND CANYON TRIP JUST DAYS BEFORE GRADUATION, FAMILY PLEADS FOR HELP "Dr. John is the heart of ChiroHabit, but above all, he is a deeply loved husband, father and pillar of our family," she wrote. Photos posted to Giusti’s ChiroHabit business page also show him in the Grand Canyon before the flooding began. GRAND CANYON MYSTERY ILLNESS REPORTEDLY TRIGGERS NPS INVESTIGATION AFTER RAFTERS REPORT ALARMING SYMPTOMS The National Park Service has not publicly identified the approximately 15 people it is working to locate or account for, and officials have not confirmed Giusti’s name. The agency is asking anyone who knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the Bright Angel Creek corridor on Aug. 29 or who had a campground reservation there to contact investigators. Giusti practiced chiropractic care for 19 years and was a partner at Whipple City Family Chiropractic in New York for eight years before moving to Granbury in 2020, according to his business biography. He and his wife, Janet, are raising three daughters in Texas. Outside of work, Giusti enjoys hiking, hunting, fishing, running and martial arts, his practice said. ARMY BLACK HAWKS AIRLIFT 200-PLUS STRANDED CAMPERS AS MISSOURI FLOODS TRIGGER MORE 350 RESCUES Separately, the National Park Service said Sunday evening that recovery operations had been completed for a 46-year-old man near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River. The Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office was on scene. NPS did not identify the man, disclose a cause of death or say whether his recovery was connected to the search for people who remain unaccounted for after the flooding.  The flash flood began at about 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, according to the National Park Service. As of Sunday morning, 62 people had been evacuated from Phantom Ranch and the lower North Kaibab Trail, and no injuries had been reported. Nearly all footbridges across Bright Angel Creek were destroyed, cutting off hiker access across the waterway. The flooding also forced the closure of Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Campground, the North Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch, Black Bridge, Silver Bridge and the Colorado River to river traffic. EXPERTS ZERO IN ON LIKELY CAUSE OF DEADLY NEPAL MUDSLIDE, WITH MORE THAN 1,400 MISSING Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said her "heart is with the families and loved ones of every person unaccounted for after the flash flooding at the Grand Canyon." Hobbs said the Arizona Division of Emergency Management is coordinating with the National Park Service and Coconino County Emergency Management to support search and recovery efforts. Anyone with information about people who may have been in the affected corridor is asked to contact the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or nps_isb@nps.gov. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94e4d22c5335ae104d5637 Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off te 2026-08-31T02:20:02.426Z Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off George Arison is done letting Wall Street's "Grindr discount" go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the "gayborhood in your pocket" he's been promisi Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94d91c2c5335ae104d53a2 California mom has both legs amputated after suspected impaired driver plows into her restaurant lunch table te 2026-08-31T01:30:04.720Z California mom has both legs amputated after suspected impaired driver plows into her restaurant lunch table An elderly California mother had both her legs amputated after an alleged impaired driver crashed into the outdoor dining area of a restaurant where she was eating lunch. Cristina Vargas, 81, was enjoying lunch at a sidewalk table outside Los Cinco Puntos in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights with her daughter, Gabriela Vargas, and their male friend when the SUV plowed into them at around 3:30 p.m. on July 7. Surveillance footage obtained by KTLA shows an SUV veering onto the sidewalk and into the outdoor dining area. Screeching tires were heard just before the SUV hit the group, sending patrons, the table and other items flying. ARIZONA GRANDPA TO UNDRGO AMPUTATION AFTER COLLAPSING ON SCORCHING SIDEWALK "I remember I just heard screeching and I was lifting up my head and I just saw headlights and a bumper and I heard a big boom," Gabriela told KTLA. "The next thing I knew, I was airborne." Cristina’s lower body was pinned under the vehicle and Gabriela suffered a head injury and a deep laceration on her knee. The two women and their male friend were rushed to a hospital for treatment. Gabriela and the male friend have since recovered from their injuries, but Cristina's injuries were significantly worse and faces a long road to recovery. Cristina underwent three surgeries and later had both of her legs amputated. She said she is thankful to be alive and has maintained a positive mindset. She has been undergoing physical therapy at a rehabilitation center and will soon be allowed to go back home. Cristina, a widowed mother of two, said she is looking forward to being surrounded by her family and friends. "My goal is to give her the best quality of care from here on out," Gabriela said of her mother. A police report alleges that the driver was impaired at the time of the crash. The unidentified woman was arrested and charged with multiple felonies, according to KTLA. A GoFundMe created by a friend for the Vargas family has raised more than $30,000 as of Sunday night. The fundraiser said the family is facing massive medical bills, ongoing rehabilitation and daily living expenses. "Cristina will need significant support to adapt to her new disability, including making their home accessible and covering the costs of specialized care. The road ahead is long and challenging, but with your help, they can focus on healing rather than the overwhelming financial stress," the fundraiser reads. CALIFORNIA MAN PICKS UP EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON A BEACH DURING JULY 4 CLEANUP, LOSES HAND The fundraiser described Cristina as a "vibrant and social person with a true lust for life." "She loved to dance and was a regular at events at the senior center, bringing joy and energy wherever she went," the GoFundMe reads. "Her vivacious spirit and love for connecting with others made her a beloved member of the community. This sudden change is especially heartbreaking for someone who has always embraced life so fully and actively." In an Aug. 17 update, Gabriela thanked supporters and said the recovery was progressing slowly. "Thank you everybody for your love and support. We greatly appreciate it. It's a slow recovery but day by day we're getting through it. My mom's spirits remain hopeful as do mine. Recovery is very painful but she's giving it her all," Gabriela said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94d6c32c5335ae104d535c Hasan Piker insists Abdul El-Sayed asked him to 'stump' for Michigan campaign amid backlash te 2026-08-31T01:20:03.450Z Hasan Piker insists Abdul El-Sayed asked him to 'stump' for Michigan campaign amid backlash Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said that Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed asked him to "stump" for his campaign during an interview Friday following the intense backlash the Democratic politician has faced for appearing with him. Piker spoke to Semafor columnist David Weigel about the backlash he has received from Democrats since appearing on the campaign trail with El-Sayed, which he claimed was El-Sayed's idea, not his. "He asked me to stump for him, and I had not considered that ever before," Piker said. "I'd never really delivered a speech like that before." EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTION Piker added that he had previously decided to get more involved with politics through New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's campaign but did not face significant backlash for that effort compared to campaigning for El-Sayed. He explained that after campaigning for El-Sayed, establishment Democrats and think tanks like Third Way came out to attack him. "I'll admit I didn't realize how much the media would think that this is different," he continued. "I had no idea that in the mindset of, you know, people in D.C., in the mindset of like, establishment media, doing a rally with a politician was apparently far more consequential than flying out to Dearborn and, like, working out with him, doing profiles, fundraising for him. I didn't realize that it was a very different thing," Piker said. He continued, "I did not realize that people would get so mad about it because, from my perspective, who cares if I'm doing a rally with a politician? I'm like, I've already had the guy on, like, a hundred times on the broadcast. You know, I've fundraised for him. I like him a lot. I have my disagreements with him, too, of course. But that was when the onslaught came in." ABDUL EL-SAYED PLAYS DOWN HASAN PIKER TIES AFTER STREAMER’S VIRAL ANTISEMITISM FIRESTORM Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign for comment. El-Sayed has received intense scrutiny for campaigning with Piker despite the far-left Twitch streamer's history of controversial statements, such as claiming America "deserved" 9/11. More recently, El-Sayed has attempted to distance himself from Piker after he suggested Jewish Americans were "making antisemitism worse" by voicing their support of Israel. El-Sayed has since repeatedly referred to Piker as "a streamer from California" with no relevancy to the race. "I am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California. And to folks who want to make this about a social media person in California, let’s not forget what actually matters in our politics, what our politics are really about," El-Sayed told reporters during Saturday's state Democratic Party Nominating Convention.  MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT DEMANDS REPORTERS STOP ASKING 'ABOUT HASAN PIKER' AHEAD OF SENATE RACE He added, "I don’t ever want my comments to hurt anybody’s feelings. It’s important to me that people understand that I take serious [sic] the pain of all communities in this state. But I don’t want to have a conversation about a Twitch streamer in California. This is not a serious conversation." In a comment to Fox News Digital, El-Sayed also apologized for his past comments made in response to an attack on a Michigan synagogue in March, where he remarked, "Hurt people, hurt people." "To anybody who feels like my comments may have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention. We condemned that terrorist attack. We condemned it outright," El-Sayed told Fox News Digital. "What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn’t the time for context and you don’t ever want to trample somebody’s pain." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94d46c2c5335ae104d5302 Nicolás Maduro flashes peace signs in first prison photos since US capture in Caracas te 2026-08-31T01:10:04.607Z Nicolás Maduro flashes peace signs in first prison photos since US capture in Caracas Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in photos posted to his social media accounts Sunday, offering the first known glimpse of him inside a New York prison since his capture by U.S. forces in January. Maduro, who was flown to the U.S. following a major military operation in Caracas, has been in custody for eight months at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while facing drug trafficking charges. In the photos, shared to Maduro’s X account, the former dictator wore a matching gray sweatsuit with white sneakers and appeared noticeably thinner as he stood against a plain wall. Maduro said he shared the images as a small gift of hope to his family and supporters, assuring them that "we will remain strong, serene, and confident" and that "Venezuela will be reborn." TRUMP TOUTS ACCESS TO 65 BILLION BARRELS OF VENEZUELAN OIL IN DEAL HE SAYS WILL SLASH GAS PRICES "I send these photos as a small gift to all my grandsons and granddaughters, to the boys and girls, and to all the noble people who love us," Maduro said. "I want you to know that we stand firm, with our hearts full of your love, that love that reaches us transformed into prayer, into constant action, into solidarity and true support. Infinite thanks for every word, for every gesture, for every blessing." "Enjoy this small gift with joy and hope. Cilia and I embrace you forever, with our souls devoted to you and with our faith in God intact," he added, referring to his wife, who was also flown to New York on related drug trafficking charges. MADURO ALLY DEPORTED TO US OVER ALLEGED BILLION-DOLLAR CORRUPTION SCHEME TIED TO OIL, FOOD PROGRAM While Maduro made the post Sunday morning, timestamps on the two photos indicate they were taken June 25, just one day after two major earthquakes killed more than 6,500 people in northern Venezuela near Caracas, according to The Associated Press. The images were released just two days after President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough in U.S.-Venezuela relations, with Venezuela agreeing to give the U.S. majority control over 65 billion barrels of oil from the nation’s reserves. The deal marks a major development for the American oil market as the ongoing war with Iran continues to push up prices at the pump. Since being detained, Maduro has reportedly spent much of his time reading the Bible, according to his son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, who spoke with El País in May. He added that the former leader has 510 minutes a month, or 8.5 hours, for conversations with people outside the prison, according to the report. Maduro and his wife are expected to go on trial in New York in June 2027. Both have pleaded not guilty and face potential life sentences if a jury finds them guilty of conspiring to send cocaine into the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94cfc02c5335ae104d4d7f Appeals court limits what homebuilding constitutes a ‘nuisance’ te 2026-08-31T00:50:08.098Z Appeals court limits what homebuilding constitutes a ‘nuisance’ PHOENIX — Just because a new home might look into a neighbor’s backyard or block a scenic view doesn’t mean it violates state law, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled.... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Appeals court limits what homebuilding constitutes a ‘nuisance’ first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94cfbe2c5335ae104d4d5f Billions in US aid to Ukraine under microscope as corruption rocks Zelenskyy’s inner circle te 2026-08-31T00:50:06.836Z Billions in US aid to Ukraine under microscope as corruption rocks Zelenskyy’s inner circle Washington is relying on extensive safeguards and dozens of oversight agencies to scrutinize and protect billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Ukraine amid the country’s continuing struggle with corruption, a regional security expert said Sunday. The oversight comes as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s inner circle faces renewed political pressure from widening investigations, with several senior officials and aides resigning, being dismissed or facing investigations since 2025. Zelenskyy dismissed Iryna Mudra, a deputy head of the presidential office, on Aug. 19 as anti-corruption investigators pursued a money-laundering case involving another deputy head of the office. Investigators have not named Mudra as a suspect, The Associated Press reported. ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN 'LOST THE INITIATIVE' AS UKRAINE'S TECH INDUSTRY RESHAPES THE WAR "Of course, in all of the former Soviet Union countries, there is significant corruption," former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Carrie Filipetti, now executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition, told Fox News Digital. "A lot more work needs to be done. But we know, at least on the U.S. side, as we're providing support for their military, we have a lot of mechanisms," she said before explaining how dozens of agencies are working on oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine. The U.S. committed $67.8 billion in defense articles and services to Ukraine from February 2022 through March 2026 through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and Foreign Military Financing, congressional reports show. That support is part of a broader U.S. response to the war. About $195 billion has been appropriated for Operation Atlantic Resolve, including funds to replenish U.S. weapons stocks, support U.S. military operations in Europe and provide economic, development and humanitarian assistance, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. AS TRUMP'S NATO GAMBLE PAYS OFF, ENVOY NAMES ALLIES HE'S STILL WATCHING "Over 24 federal agencies are involved in oversight," Filipetti said. "To make certain that there are no consequences to the U.S. taxpayer, to our equipment in terms of the corruption issue, U.S. contributions are very much protected." In recent months, however, senior Ukrainian officials have resigned, been dismissed or faced scrutiny by the country’s independent anti-corruption bodies, including NABU. Those developments include Andriy Yermak’s Nov. 28, 2025, resignation after investigators searched his premises and Mudra’s Aug. 19 dismissal during a money-laundering probe. Former Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna was dismissed by Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. on Aug. 3, two days before a suspicion notice was served against her, according to the Kyiv Post. He also fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on July 15 in a broader reshuffle over internal wartime disagreements which sparked protests across the nation. ZELENSKYY PRESSURES US AND EUROPE FOR MORE 'AIR DEFENSE' ASSISTANCE AMID ONGOING WAR WITH RUSSIA In interviews after he left government, Fedorov also complained about what he described as ingrained corruption and patronage networks, Reuters reported. "We've seen that Zelenskyy is taking really seriously the criticisms of corruption, and every time there is an allegation, he moves very swiftly to remove those individuals from the government," Filipetti said. "And the fact that there are these independent bodies is, I think, really important. They're listening to them. They're making sure that they're trying to root it out as much as humanly possible." THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN WEAPONS SYSTEMS NATO IS EAGER TO HAVE Zelenskyy has pushed back on suggestions that the investigations implicate him personally. "The heads of anti-corruption agencies have zero questions for me," Zelenskyy said in remarks published Aug. 23 regarding the investigations. "They understand perfectly well that I am not involved in anything like that." A February 2024 USAID inspector general review also found that the agency did not independently verify some Ukrainian health workers’ salary claims before reimbursement, though Filipetti said U.S. economic aid is now reimbursed only after verification. "A lot of what the United States has been providing, we're making sure that everything is through a reimbursement mechanism," Filipetti said. TOP UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS IN ZELENSKYY GOVERNMENT SUBMIT RESIGNATIONS AMID $100 MILLION CORRUPTION SCANDAL She said U.S. aid has not been tied to the money-laundering allegations and remains protected as Ukraine works to combat corruption. The scrutiny also comes as Kyiv faces shortages of Patriot interceptors amid intensified Russian strikes and a need for air defense interceptors. Zelenskyy said he wants to secure 300 additional interceptors for the coming winter, while Ukraine’s air force has requested 360. "One of the most urgent needs that the Ukrainians have right now is interceptor missiles," Filipetti said. "This is why this idea of sending Patriot capabilities and allowing them to produce them on the ground in Ukraine has become so important to Zelenskyy." RUSSIA’S GAS GAMBLE BACKFIRES AS TRUMP’S ENERGY VISION RESHAPES EUROPE President Donald Trump has expressed reluctance to further deplete U.S. missile inventories, saying the United States also needs the weapons, while pressing European allies to shoulder more of Ukraine’s defense burden. "We want missiles too," Trump said Aug. 6 when asked about Zelenskyy’s requests for long-range missiles and Patriot systems. "Biden gave him so much, Biden gave $300 billion worth of ammunition." Filipetti also said Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts remain an important consideration for its NATO aspirations. "I think every country has been really adamant that the Ukrainians move forward in their anti-corruption mechanisms," Filipetti said. "Obviously, if Ukraine ever wants to be a formal member of NATO, that's something that they will need to prove and demonstrate." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94cfbe2c5335ae104d4d56 Alex Palou clinches fourth straight IndyCar title and fifth overall in doubleheader at Milwaukee Mile te 2026-08-31T00:50:06.157Z Alex Palou clinches fourth straight IndyCar title and fifth overall in doubleheader at Milwaukee Mile Àlex Palou officially clinched the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series championship on a doubleheader weekend in Milwaukee that turned into an unusual partial doubleheader on Sunday. The 29-year-old Spaniard qualified well for both races, but served an engine penalty in the first, which got underway on Saturday. Rain, however, caused a red flag at the 90-lap mark, and the rest of the race was postponed to Sunday morning. Come Sunday morning, the track was still too wet, which led to an unusual schedule for the day: Race 2 would get underway at noon local time, finish, and then Race 1 would resume in the late afternoon. Palou started on pole for Race 2 — which was now kind of Race 1.5 — and came home in fifth, with Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward winning the race. KYLE KIRKWOOD HANGS ON TO WIN FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX IN WASHINGTON No biggie, because Palou just needed to have a championship lead of more than 54 points when the checkered flag fell on Race 1 (which, again, ended after Race 2; weird, I know), to clinch the title with one race left on the schedule. Palou played it safe for the remaining 160 laps, keeping his nose clean and getting his yellow No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda back in one piece. INDYCAR STAR ALEX PALOU REFLECTS ON WHITE HOUSE, OVAL OFFICE VISIT WITH TRUMP: 'INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE' He did it, coming home tenth in a race that Pato O'Ward won, meaning he pulled off the rare feat of winning two races in one day. But the big story was that Palou had built a big enough points buffer to claim his fifth career title in six years, and his fourth straight. INDYCAR'S FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX SPECTACLE IN WASHINGTON, DC DRAWS MASSIVE TV RATINGS It's an unbelievable run of form for Palou, who is now third on the all-time list for career championships behind AJ Foyt with seven, and his CGR teammate for one more weekend, Scott Dixon, with six. Don't think for a second that Palou will take it easy in the season finale now that he has the title locked up. The season ends at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, one of his best tracks. That race will get underway Sept. 6 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94cb0e2c5335ae104d4ce1 Abbey Gate survivor describes chaos before attack, says pullout was botched from the start te 2026-08-31T00:30:06.870Z Abbey Gate survivor describes chaos before attack, says pullout was botched from the start Abbey Gate bombing survivor retired Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews said Saturday on "The Big Weekend Show" that U.S. Marines were forced to improvise their way through the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan after inadequate preparation and support left them facing overwhelming crowds in the days leading up to the deadly attack. Vargas-Andrews, who lost his right arm and left leg in the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing, said Marines at Hamid Karzai International Airport were left to adapt on the ground despite warnings from leadership about how dire the evacuation could become. Vargas-Andrews told Fox News that the failures leading to the attack began well before the first explosion and renewed his call for accountability. "Everything we were doing while we were there was like figuring it out on the go," he said, even as he acknowledged that Marines are trained to "adapt, improvise and overcome." ARMY VET LAWMAKER MARKS ABBEY GATE ANNIVERSARY WITH BLISTERING MESSAGE FOR BIDEN-HARRIS: 'ABJECT FAILURE' "We were lacking in the support. We were giving [the refugees] our food. We were giving them our water. There was no tent set up to process refugees," Vargas-Andrews said. He recounted that day, comparing it to something out of the movie "World War Z," saying, "It was just hundreds of thousands of people. And if I filled up the whole room with sand, that's how many people it felt like [were] there." AMERICA’S PROMISE TO OUR AFGHAN ALLIES IS STILL UNFINISHED FIVE YEARS LATER "We were just put in a very, very precarious situation that could have been better prepared for over the weeks and months prior leading up to that," Vargas-Andrews recalled. "And that decision was never made." Vargas-Andrews said troops had received intelligence warning of a threat, but maintained that nothing was done proactively to prevent it. He did not place responsibility on any single person or group, instead pointing to multiple administrations, the State Department and other organizations and citing "decades of action and inaction and just poor decision-making." Vargas-Andrews welcomed the recent recognition by the Department of War of Marines who served during the evacuation, but said he did not want these awards to overshadow the fact that there has still been no accountability. "It's a good step in the right direction, is what I will say. I think that the real important things still haven't happened, but we hope it does and we pray that it does.," Vargas-Andrews said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94c8b62c5335ae104d4c28 Bipartisan revolt against Flock cameras spreads across the states te 2026-08-31T00:20:06.775Z Bipartisan revolt against Flock cameras spreads across the states Governors, attorney generals, state lawmakers and candidates for office are joining the growing, bipartisan tempest over Flock cameras. The solar-powered, artificial intelligence-equipped eyes in the sky capture images of vehicles,... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Bipartisan revolt against Flock cameras spreads across the states first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94c65e2c5335ae104d4be6 Meta settlement won’t stop legislative push te 2026-08-31T00:10:06.570Z Meta settlement won’t stop legislative push State lawmakers and youth advocates are calling for further social media regulations after the blockbuster, multi-billion-dollar settlement announced this week between state attorneys general and Meta. The sweeping agreement is... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Meta settlement won’t stop legislative push first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94c65c2c5335ae104d4bc5 San Diego Padres swept by Rays after outfielder drops fly ball over the fence for a home run: WATCH te 2026-08-31T00:10:04.923Z San Diego Padres swept by Rays after outfielder drops fly ball over the fence for a home run: WATCH With the calendar set to turn to September, the San Diego Padres are fighting for their playoff lives. Entering a tough weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego had a 16-8 record in August, including an impressive sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers. Their slumping offense had finally come alive in recent weeks, with Fernando Tatis Jr. breaking out of a power drought, Jackson Merrill turning around his year, and Ty France continuing to be a surprising offensive force. Their typically aggressive front office improved the pitching staff by bolstering the starting rotation with trades for Casey Mize and Robbie Ray. Mason Miller looked like an unstoppable force on the mound, encountering easily movable objects in the opposing batters box. JUAN SOTO'S MISREAD TURNS ROUTINE SINGLE INTO LITTLE LEAGUE HOME RUN AS METS' WOES CONTINUE Despite the Arizona Diamondbacks hanging around, the final wild card spot in the National League looked like the Padres' to lose. Fast forward to Sunday evening, and the Padres are suddenly on the outside looking in after a sweep in Tampa. That's frustrating enough, but what's worse for the team and their fans is how it happened. Particularly Sunday's 5-4 loss. Entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the Padres had the Rays right where they wanted them, a 3-1 lead with Miller on the mound. Junior Caminero led off the inning with a 78mph single to center, before Miller rebounded to strike out Liam Hicks and get Chandler Simpson to line out. Then, with two outs, Miller got outfielder Jonny DeLuca to hit a fly ball to left field. Samad Taylor had a beat on it, tracked it down into the corner, caught the ball as he ran into the fence and just...dropped it. Game-ending out turns into game-tying homer. Even more infuriating for Padres fans? DeLuca's fly ball had no business being a home run. With an exit velocity of just 90.7mph, the ball traveled 319 feet, with Taylor's help. That's a home run in literally one out of the 30 Major League Baseball stadiums, good for just an .010 expected batting average. Hits with those exact characteristics are outs 99% of the time, and the one percent turns into a game-tying home run. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It wasn't the last mistake San Diego would make. In the 11th inning, the Padres took a 4-3 lead on a Ty France fly ball, and reliever David Morgan got superstar Junior Caminero to strike out to start the bottom of the inning. Liam Hicks poked a bloop single to center, and San Diego walked Chandler Simpson to set up a double play after Hicks stole second. Then DeLuca, again DeLuca, tapped a weakly hit grounder to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Bogaerts had an easy out at home to get the second out and keep the game 4-3 and flubbed it, tying the score and putting the winning run at third with one out. Jorge Mateo immediately laced a walk-off single to left for the sweep, ending a brutal game and weekend for San Diego. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The loss dropped the Padres to 72-65, and if the season ended today, they'd miss the postseason after two straight appearances. It's hard to pin the outcome on Miller; he got DeLuca to hit what amounts to a routine fly ball to left to end the game, but the unique dimensions at Tropicana Field and a fluky misplay by Taylor led to the ball going over the fence. Bogaerts is typically sure-handed, but couldn't come up with a play he makes 99% of the time. That's what makes baseball so impossible to predict, and so exciting to watch. The margins between teams, games, and playoff appearances is often razor thin. While the team's fans will be lamenting a missed opportunity, for neutral baseball fans, the race for the final NL wild card spot is set to provide incredible drama. The Diamondbacks and Padres are separated by just half a game, they're tied in the all-important loss column, and the two finish the regular season by playing a three-game series against each other in San Diego. Even better, the season series between the two is tied at five apiece, meaning that final series will determine the tiebreaker. And thanks to the left-field fence in Tampa, it might be the most exciting three-games of the year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a94c4062c5335ae104d4b8e Curacao wins second Little League World Series in country's history, first since 2004 te 2026-08-31T00:00:06.549Z Curacao wins second Little League World Series in country's history, first since 2004 A dream 22 years in the making has become a reality, as Curaçao has captured its first Little League World Series title since 2004. The tiny island nation of less than 200,000 citizens rode a dominant pitching performance and an offensive onslaught to an 11-2 victory over Nevada in the championship game. It was the second championship in the country's history, coming on the heels of their shutout victory over Japan in the International final. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES SIGN-STEALING CONTROVERSY ERUPTS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR Nevada was looking for its first world championship after winning the U.S. title, and even took an early two-run lead in the second before Curacao would prove to be too much for The Silver State. Curaçao would immediately tie things up in the third before breaking the game wide open and scoring a combined nine runs in the subsequent three innings. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL GAME ENDS IN CHAOS AS PLAYER DOES SOMETHING RARE, BUT BEAUTIFUL The game wasn't without its drama, though, as Nevada had the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning with a loud out to straightaway center field that carried to the warning track. If that ball flies a little further, perhaps the Curaçao players start to sweat a bit more, but even then, a five-run gap would likely have been too large a gulf to overcome for the American team. Long viewed as a Little League World Series powerhouse, Curaçao legitimized those claims by running roughshod through the entire tournament, and, in the process, becoming only the second team in LLBWS history to win a title with the country’s name on its uniform, joining Japan. Japan would claim a prize of their own in this tournament, taking Ohio down by a score of 4-2 to claim a victory in the consolation game. Curaçao has been on a historic run with regard to international sports, as their soccer team also made it to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in program history and even recorded a point in the group stage. Congratulations to these young men for seeing their hard work come to fruition. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home