https://meenews.co/post/6a87fe862c5335ae10493fa1 University Of Arizona, Gila River Health Care Partner To Establish First Medical School Branch On Tribal Land te 2026-08-21T07:30:14.979Z University Of Arizona, Gila River Health Care Partner To Establish First Medical School Branch On Tribal Land By Matthew Holloway | The University of Arizona and Gila River Health Care have announced a long-term partnership to establish what the university says will be the nation’s first MD-granting medical school branch located on the lands of a sovereign Tribal Nation. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Regional Medical Branch will operate in Sacaton within the Gila River Indian Community and place medical students inside the community’s tribally operated healthcare system for part of their training. Beginning in July 2027, the branch will admit 10 students each year to the College of Medicine – Phoenix’s three-year Primary Care Accelerated Program. Students will complete the first 18 months of their medical education in Phoenix before moving to Sacaton for another 18 months of clinical education. Gila River Health Care will provide full-tuition scholarships to participating students and has committed more than $25 million through 2034 for scholarships, faculty positions, and educational infrastructure supporting the branch. U.S. Reps. Eli Crane (R-AZ-02) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) joined Gila River Indian Community, university, and healthcare officials at Tuesday’s announcement. Crane praised the agreement Wednesday, saying the partnership would strengthen healthcare in his district. “It was great to visit the Gila River Indian Community yesterday with @RepGregStanton to celebrate an important agreement between @uarizona and @Gilariverhealth,” Crane wrote. “This partnership will strengthen healthcare in #AZ02 for years to come.” It was great to visit the Gila River Indian Community yesterday with @RepGregStanton to celebrate an important agreement between @uarizona and @Gilariverhealth. This partnership will strengthen healthcare in #AZ02 for years to come. Learn more here: https://t.co/G6Z5Qqrt5T pic.twitter.com/5p4FQLNzHq — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) August 19, 2026 The program is intended to increase the number of physicians working in tribal, rural, and medically underserved communities, where officials say recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals has remained difficult. The University of Arizona said Arizona ranks 42nd nationally for primary care access and cited projections from the Association of American Medical Colleges that the United States could face a shortage of as many as 86,000 physicians by 2036. University President Suresh Garimella said the program combines accelerated medical education, scholarships, and potential residency opportunities aimed at keeping physicians in the communities where they train. “Tribal and rural communities have some of the nation’s greatest unmet primary care needs,” Garimella said. “This partnership to establish the country’s first medical school branch within a Tribal Nation will train physicians through an accelerated three-year MD program, support them with full scholarships to free them of debt burden and provide residency opportunities that anchor them to the places and patients they know. That is how you build a physician workforce that remains in the communities that need them most.” Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis said the program could allow members of the community interested in medicine to pursue careers closer to home. “For too long, many of our young people who dreamed of becoming doctors had to leave home to pursue that goal,” Lewis said. “This partnership with the University of Arizona changes that. It gives them the opportunity to learn, train and build their careers right here in the Community, where they can make a real difference for the people they serve.” Students will work under faculty supervision across multiple clinical settings within Gila River Health Care while learning about historical, cultural, and social factors affecting healthcare in Native communities. Officials are also exploring the development of primary care residency programs within Gila River Health Care in an effort to retain graduates in underserved communities. Dr. Fredric Wondisford, dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, told Arizona’s Family that patients in some rural communities can face drives of two to three hours to obtain healthcare. “The tribal community has unique ways of viewing Western medicine, all of which requires students to be in that community to learn about the community,” Wondisford said. “If they don’t learn about the community, they’re not really going to reach their patients, and they’re not really going to deliver good healthcare.” Gila River Health Care Board Chairman Robert Pablo said rural healthcare facilities continue to face difficulties attracting trained medical professionals. “There’s a real challenge for rural health hospitals to recruit trained professionals to come and work in their communities,” Pablo said. “We are very fortunate to launch this first-of-its-kind partnership between Gila River Health Care and the University of Arizona, which will establish a starting ground for these young doctors to jumpstart their careers.” The Gila River initiative follows another community-based medical education partnership announced by the University of Arizona with Onvida Health in Yuma last year. The Gila River medical school branch is scheduled to enroll its first 10 students in July 2027. 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 University Of Arizona, Gila River Health Care Partner To Establish First Medical School Branch On Tribal Land first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87fe852c5335ae10493f98 National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion As Biggs Calls For Discipline On Federal Spending te 2026-08-21T07:30:13.199Z National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion As Biggs Calls For Discipline On Federal Spending By Ethan Faverino | The United States has surpassed $40 trillion in national debt, marking another record for the federal government and prompting renewed criticism from Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) over Washington’s continued spending and borrowing. According to the Joint Economic Committee’s Debt Monitor, the national debt has increased by approximately $90,257.73 every second over the past year. That amounts to roughly $5.42 million per minute, $324.93 million per hour, and $7.8 billion per day. The national debt crossed the $40 trillion threshold on August 18, 2026, according to U.S. Treasury data. The milestone came less than five months after the national debt surpassed $39 trillion in March, highlighting the accelerating pace at which the federal government is adding to its debt burden. The Treasury Department also reported a federal budget deficit of more than $432 billion in July, adding to concerns about the government’s fiscal trajectory. Biggs, the Republican candidate for Arizona Governor, said the latest debt milestone demonstrates what he characterized as decades of congressional unwillingness to impose meaningful limits on federal spending. “It was fitting that America reached this grim debt milestone while legislators were absent from our nation’s capital,” stated Congressman Biggs.“For decades, Members of Congress have shown catastrophic unseriousness about reining in government spending and leaving a better future for the next generation.” “Regardless of which party controls Congress, I have sounded the alarm on this fiscal cliff since I entered the U.S. House of Representatives and have introduced legislation to help solve this crisis,” added Biggs. “Our children and grandchildren will be forced to suffer the immense consequences of this inaction and fear of making tough decisions. No one should be surprised when that time arrives for our great nation.” The $40 trillion milestone represents a doubling of the nation’s debt in less than a decade. Treasury data shows that approximately $32.3 trillion is held by the public, while another $7.8 trillion consists of intergovernmental holdings. Biggs has repeatedly made federal spending and the national debt a central focus of his legislative work in Congress. His office points to several measures he has introduced aimed at addressing the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. Among them is a proposed constitutional amendment, H. J. Res. 139, that would require the federal government to operate under a balanced budget by permanently prohibiting deficit spending. The proposal would also establish a two-thirds supermajority requirement for any legislation creating a new federal tax. Biggs has also introduced, H. Res. 631, a resolution formally recognizing America’s debt as a threat to national security, as well as hundreds of bills aimed at reducing non defense discretionary spending. The latest debt milestone comes as the federal government continues to run deficits approaching $2 trillion annually. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that federal revenues in FY26 will total roughly $5.6 trillion, compared with approximately $7.4 trillion in federal spending. The rapid increase in federal debt has also raised concerns over the growing cost of servicing that debt. Interest payments have climbed to more than $1 trillion annually, adding another significant expense to the federal budget. For Biggs, the latest milestone represents another warning that Congress will eventually have to confront the consequences of continued deficit spending. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion As Biggs Calls For Discipline On Federal Spending first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87fe822c5335ae10493f87 NAU ROUNDUP: Football ranked No. 24 in Preseason AFCA Coaches Poll te 2026-08-21T07:30:10.001Z NAU ROUNDUP: Football ranked No. 24 in Preseason AFCA Coaches Poll NAU football is ranked in the top 25 in the American Football Coaches Association FCS Preseason Poll. 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Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep in late June at 60 West, a secured Connecticut nursing facility that cares for older people in the justice system, according to the facility. Smith, who was just months away from turning 102, was cremated without a funeral. "Essentially, he died of old age," 60 West spokesman David Skoczulek told the BBC. "He had very limited family involvement around his passing but we assured it was appropriate, met his wishes and was dignified." CALIFORNIA INMATE WHO SPENT 45 YEARS ON DEATH ROW FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WIFE DIES Smith was 25 when he was first sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Grover Hart, a 68-year-old night watchman at a Connecticut yacht club, during an attempted robbery on July 23, 1949. Smith was one of two men arrested in connection with the killing. The other man, George Lowden, took a plea deal and initially implicated Smith, although Lowden later said authorities had beaten him into making the statement and refused to testify against Smith at trial. Over the next 76 years, Smith was scheduled to be executed eight different times, but he was spared on each occasion, according to the Boston Globe. He continued to maintain his innocence up until his death, his friends told the BBC. "I’m in here on no evidence at all," he told the Boston Globe in 2023. Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing. Those developments contributed to repeated efforts to prevent Smith's execution and obtain a new trial. "I'm not even sure he was present at the murder," Major Leo Carroll, one of the officers who had interrogated Smith after his arrest, testified to the Board of Pardons right before his eight planned execution, according to the Boston Globe. A key witness later recanted her account linking Smith to the crime, while Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith. Another man serving time in Alabama later claimed that he, rather than Smith, had been involved in Hart's killing. Smith nevertheless never received a new trial. A judge who reviewed the other man's confession rejected it as not credible, and Smith's murder conviction remained intact. Smith’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954. He served 76 years behind bars, except for three short stints of freedom, including 12 days on the run after he escaped in 1967. SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE WHO BELIEVES HE IS IMMORTAL CANNOT BE EXECUTED DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS, JUDGE RULES Then, in 1975, he was granted parole and remained free for about 10 months before he was arrested on larceny and weapons charges and returned to prison for violating parole. The Boston Globe reported that he was not ultimately convicted of those charges. Records indicate Smith declined or refused to participate in several later parole efforts, although he later disputed that characterization and said he could not remember. But in 2020, he agreed to go on supervised parole to the nursing facility where he recently died. He reportedly had dementia at the end of his life. Connecticut’s Department of Correction has not confirmed this diagnosis but said Smith was struggling with issues associated with old age. "He was 101 and a half," Andrius Banevicius, the public information officer for Connecticut’s Department of Correction, told the BBC. "He did pretty well as far as longevity is concerned." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87e70e2c5335ae10493c62 Charter plane with 8 aboard crashes near remote radar site in western Alaska te 2026-08-21T05:50:06.980Z Charter plane with 8 aboard crashes near remote radar site in western Alaska A charter flight carrying two pilots and six passengers crashed while approaching a remote site in western Alaska on Thursday, officials said. Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska region chief, told The Associated Press that two pilots and six passengers were on board. Johnson did not immediately have information on their conditions. The plane took off from Anchorage and is believed to have crashed early Thursday afternoon while approaching Cape Newenham, according to the AP. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HELICOPTER, SMALL PLANE COLLIDE IN MIDAIR, KILLING 1 AND INJURING 2 STATE TROOPERS The twin-engine Cessna was operated by Security Aviation and had been chartered to fly from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, located about 40 miles south of Goodnews Bay, according to KTUU. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center said it launched a search-and-rescue mission after receiving a report of an "aircraft incident" near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, reacted to the crash on X, offering condolences and noting her personal experience flying with Security Aviation. "I join Alaskans in condolences as we learn of the plane crash in Cape Newenham today," Murkowski wrote. "I've traveled extensively with Security Aviation throughout Alaska, and have met many of their experienced pilots." "I appreciate the U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB, Alaska State Troopers, and the Rescue Coordination Center for responding to the site," she continued. "Alaska is praying for those on board, their loved ones, and the team at Security Aviation." Fox News has reached out to the National Transportation Safety Board and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center for additional information. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87e2612c5335ae10493bbd ‘Darth Vader’ uses dark side to mock controversial surveillance cameras: 'The Emperor is a fan of Flock' te 2026-08-21T05:30:09.305Z ‘Darth Vader’ uses dark side to mock controversial surveillance cameras: 'The Emperor is a fan of Flock' A man dressed up as the "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader showed up at a San Diego City Council meeting to mockingly defend Flock police surveillance cameras, telling council members "this is what the emperor needs." He approached the podium at the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting on Wednesday, complete with Darth Vader's trademark heavy breathing heard through the council chamber’s microphone. The committee members even addressed the man as ‘Darth Vader’ as he appeared to mock the Flock-linked surveillance system, suggesting the surveillance tool could be an asset to the dark side. "This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and the hidden base on Hoth," the man said, referring to the frozen planet from "The Empire Strikes Back." FLOCK SURVEILLANCE SPREADS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS RED-STATE LAWMAKERS SEEK TO AX '1984'-STYLE TRACKING TOOLS He said the technology "will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-Wing. This technology is a necessary, necessary force." "The Emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground, from playground to pool, from pool to gymnasium, because we all know that the Flock cameras are not only following the license plate readers, they are following children," he said. He added that he needs the cameras "so I can stalk my ex-girlfriend." Addressing City Council member Jennifer Campbell, the man said she needs to work on her Jedi mind tricks. "And how will the people trust this City Council when this City Council continues to vote for surveillance technology that imprisons them? Ms. Campbell, you must work on your Jedi mind tricks," he said before waving his hand to the audience. In December 2025, the San Diego Police Department signed a one-year pilot agreement for Flock Nova, a separate investigative platform designed to integrate data from various sources. The department later said it was not using the platform and did not plan to integrate its license plate reader data into it. SDPD later told Axios it was not using the platform and did not plan to integrate its license plate reader data into it. LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS AT HOME DEPOT AND LOWE’S SPARK PRIVACY FEARS Local activists and some city officials have called for alternatives as public criticism of the cameras continues to mount in communities across the country, Axios reported. SDPD uses Flock automated license plate recognition cameras at approximately 500 locations citywide, according to the department’s 2025 annual surveillance report. A crowdsourced map maintained by the anti-surveillance project DeFlock lists additional cameras in the area, though its entries are not an official city inventory. San Diego police say the technology is used for official law enforcement purposes, including locating vehicles connected to investigations. The department says its ALPR database can only be accessed by authorized SDPD personnel and that data is retained for up to 30 days and automatically deleted unless it is preserved as evidence in an active investigation. Flock offers automated license plate readers, video cameras and audio-detection products. Its license plate readers capture plate numbers along with vehicle characteristics such as make, model and color, and some Flock systems can identify distinguishing features such as bumper stickers or aftermarket modifications. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87d6a82c5335ae10493a15 Scrimmage at Lake Havasu 8-20-8841.JPG te 2026-08-21T04:40:08.426Z Scrimmage at Lake Havasu 8-20-8841.JPG Lovieanne Phan serves the ball on Thursday at Lake Havasu High School. 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When Patrick Clancy took the stand in his ex-wife's murder trial, he had already begun building a new life hundreds of miles away in New York City, over four hours away from the Duxbury, Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy killed their her kids. Lindsay 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. The prosecution concluded its case Monday morning, and her defense attorney has since begun presenting arguments, asserting that she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children. LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS ‘SQUEEZE’ TIMELINE FROM EX-HUSBAND AS JURY WEIGHS ‘MURDER VERSUS MADNESS’: EXPERT Patrick Clancy, a business applications sales executive at Microsoft, has since divorced Lindsay, relocated to New York City and wed Dr. Rachel Danis in a Central Park ceremony in spring 2026. She reportedly moved into Patrick's Upper East Side apartment in 2025. He moved to New York City in spring 2023, just months after Lindsay Clancy killed her three children, according to public records obtained by the New York Post, and filed for divorce in February 2024. Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, said in court that Patrick "suffered one of the worst tragedies that anyone could ever suffer." "How that guy is not an emotional basketcase is beyond me, and he is trying hard to move on with his life. As the court is aware, they’re divorced, he’s remarried, he has a family," Reddington said. Danis and Patrick Clancy have no children together, though she has spoken publicly about wanting to become a mother. LINDSAY CLANCY’S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS PILL USE AS EXPERT SAYS EVIDENCE COULD SHAPE MURDER TRIAL "I remember when I first froze my eggs, I felt like, I mean, even sometimes still, feel like this black sheep," she said on the Fertility Forward podcast in September 2024. "I think for women, it’s just really hard. We have so much pressure to balance career and personal growth, but like, we’re riddled with this fertility stuff." Patrick Clancy was seen with his wife, Rachel Danis, on Aug. 13 at an apartment in Manhattan, a source told TMZ. A shared passion for hiking and fitness brought the couple together, Men's Journal reported. Patrick Clancy, along with family members, founded the Heard Foundation, which seeks to "change how parents are cared for—so no parent faces perinatal mental illness in silence and no family is left behind." According to the foundation's website, it was "founded in memory of Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy." Just days after Lindsay Clancy killed her kids in January 2023, Patrick wrote on a GoFundMe page, "I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have...The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone - me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients." "The very fibers of her soul are loving. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace," he wrote. Patrick Clancy remained composed while testifying in his ex-wife's murder trial, though he struggled to hold back tears as he spoke about his children. LINDSAY CLANCY JURORS VISIT CRIME SCENE IN KAREN READ-STYLE MOVE TO TEST TIMELINE: RETIRED JUDGE "Cora was into princesses and she had a lot of friends," Patrick Clancy said. "She just liked taking care of people." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X He said that Callan, the youngest child, "was just a happy baby." LINDSAY CLANCY JUDGE SHIELDS 911 CALL, AUTOPSY PHOTOS IN MOM’S TRIPLE-MURDER TRIAL Patrick Clancy said Dawson "liked the television show Paw Patrol" and was into firefighters and trucks. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Donna Rotunno, a criminal defense attorney, noted in an interview with Fox News Digital that Patrick Clancy's own mother, Susan Clancy, was a witness for the defense. PROSECUTOR CORNERS LINDSAY CLANCY'S CATHOLIC MOTHER-IN-LAW WITH 'MORTAL SIN' QUESTION LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "She is extremely sympathetic to what Lindsay was going through. And if you thought that, you know, anybody would wanna be upset about the loss of their grandchildren, it would be her, correct? She's the father's mother, and she's there supporting Lindsay so much so that she nodded to her as she walked out of the courtroom in this unbelievable, I think, show of humanity," Rotunno said. SEND US A TIP WATCH: LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Sheila Cavanaugh, a board-certified chaplain at Brigham and Women's Hospital, testified Thursday that during her visit with Lindsay Clancy on Jan. 31, 2023 — just days after she killed her children — the woman accused of murder told her, "I am so glad my children are safe." LINDSAY CLANCY DESCRIBED A MALE VOICE ORDERING HER TO ‘KILL HER CHILDREN AND KILL HERSELF’: TESTIMONY GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Cavanaugh said she responded that the children were safe in heaven with God, and the two prayed together. Judge William Sullivan ended court early on Thursday after one witness testified, sending jurors home until Friday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87caef2c5335ae1049387d No, the Dodgers didn't sign Shohei Ohtani or build a superteam because of Mark Walter's loans te 2026-08-21T03:50:07.042Z No, the Dodgers didn't sign Shohei Ohtani or build a superteam because of Mark Walter's loans The Los Angeles Dodgers have become baseball's evil empire over the last few years, starting with the signing of Shohei Ohtani in late 2023. They added Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Teoscar Hernandez and Tyler Glasnow that offseason as well, then won the 2024 World Series over the New York Yankees. And instead of resting on their laurels, they kept going afterward. The front office signed Tanner Scott and Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki chose LA over the other interested teams and they brought back Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez. Then won the World Series again. In the 2025-2026 offseason, baseball fans, particularly on X, lost their collective minds and any and all connection with rationality when LA added Kyle Tucker and Edwin Díaz. Nobody could compete with the Dodgers talent, the argument went, and with no weaknesses, they were virtually unstoppable other than with a salary cap. MLB'S SALARY CAP PROPOSAL WON'T FIX THE LEAGUE'S NON-EXISTENT COMPETITIVE BALANCE PROBLEMS Fast forward to August, and Tucker's been a below average hitter this year and Edwin Díaz has an ERA around 12. The Dodgers went just 2-11 over a recent stretch against the Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers. Those Brewers, near the bottom in total payroll, have the best record in baseball, along with the tiebreaker over LA in the race for the best record in the National League. The Dodgers' financial advantages over most teams, and their success in building consistently competitive rosters, has created a subculture of fans who view LA as the ultimate enemy. Fans who prefer when teams do not try to win, and when billionaire owners pocket more profits instead of signing players. And those fans were given an enormous gift when news broke that one of the team's owners, Mark Walter, was under investigation by the federal government over a series of loans connected to insurance companies he owns and controls. The details of the investigation are complicated, to say the least, but the short version is that two companies Walter controls, both insurance companies, used investor funds on private-credit deals, essentially making loans directly to businesses. Some of those businesses were also under Walter's control. This isn't entirely unusual, but the scale of it allegedly seems to go well beyond what's "typical" in these types of investments, and there are questions about how they were handled in investor disclosures. The scale of the potentially improper loans could be quite significant, with some reports putting it at $16 billion and others at $20 billion. Even for someone as wealthy as Walter, that's a lot of money. Which could explain why he was willing, or even looking, to sell the Los Angeles Lakers after just a year as team owner, for $12.5 billion. The widespread reaction to this on some corners of baseball internet has been that the insurance company loans meant that the Dodgers payroll and team is based on fraud. Particularly that the massive deferrals built into Shohei Ohtani's contract are part of some sort of Ponzi scheme. That is inaccurate, not what the investigation covers, and viral posts on X are misleading people either through incompetence or purposefully misleading information. One such example? That the Dodgers pioneered deferred contracts or took advantage of deferrals to sign Ohtani. Deferred contracts have been in place in Major League Baseball for decades, and most teams in the league have either used that strategy or are currently using it. Rafael Devers has $75 million deferred. Jose Ramirez has $70 million. Alex Bregman has $70 million. Corbin Burnes has $64 million. Dylan Cease has $64 million. Max Scherzer, Anthony Santander, Francisco Lindor, Nolan Arenado, Christian Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton, Framber Valdez, Christopher Sanchez and Devin Williams are all examples of players with significant deferred compensation. Yes, the Dodgers have used it more aggressively than other teams, but the assumption that deferred contracts are simply pushed out for free is wrong. Teams are required to put the present value of the deferred amount into specific accounts within roughly two years of the season the money was made. Organizations and owners can't just use the deferral system to offload every dollar to decades in the future, it has to be accounted for in the present day. Ohtani's specific case, which started the misinformed outrage over deferrals, is even less controversial. The Dodgers didn't demand he take just $2 million in salary and pay the $68 million later, he offered it. And he didn't just offer it to the Dodgers. When deciding between LA, the Giants, Blue Jays and Angels, Ohtani's agent presented the same arrangement to all the interested parties. The Dodgers, Blue Jays and Giants accepted, the Angels didn't. Had he picked the Blue Jays, as was rumored, they'd be the ones with $680 million in deferred payments, not the Dodgers. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Deferrals are not simply to benefit ownership either. For players in high tax states like California or New York, deferring that money to after their playing days are over can save them millions in taxes. The money is accounted for, safely in an specific investment account, they still receive big paychecks now, but get tens of millions in their retirement each year, when they live in Florida or Arizona, with much lower income tax rates than they pay in LA. Another supposed controversy? That the Dodgers, and by extension, Walter, own part of the Spectrum SportsNet LA channel. The YES Network is also partially owned by the New York Yankees, along with Main Street Sports Group, Amazon, The Blackstone Group, Red Bird Capital Partners and other investment groups. Welcome to modern financing in the sports world. Walter, too, owns just 27% of the Dodgers, with the rest broken up among members of the Guggenheim Partners group and other individuals. He may or may not need to sell his portion, but that would leave 73% of current ownership in place. Opposing fans on X have spent the past few days saying the Dodgers are broke, bankrupt, that this is worse than the Astros' cheating scandal, or that the entire organization is fraudulent and they signed players because of fraud. None of this is remotely accurate. It was widely reported not long ago that the Dodgers were the first team to bring in over $1 billion in revenue, with the contention being that their television deal is the sole reason for financial advantages over other organizations. The television deal, again, another source of inaccurate information, averages around $325 million per year. That leaves $675 million, at least, in revenue from other income streams. LA also benefits from an MLB rule that shields some of their television income from the revenue sharing that goes to small market teams, due to the team's bankruptcy under previous owner Frank McCourt. Estimates vary, but most estimate around $55 million to 60 million in revenue sharing that the Dodgers are able to keep. Even if that money were distributed to the other 29 teams, that's $2 million per team, per year, at best. Hardly enough to close the payroll disparity. The Dodgers are baseball's enemy because their ownership group has shown a willingness to win, and their front office is smart enough to do so. The Mets spend as much, or more, than the Dodgers. They have deferred contracts and signed the richest contract in sports history. They're also bad, so nobody cares. As is so often the case, though, the facts don't matter. Anger and outrage do. Even if the Dodgers had a smaller TV deal that guaranteed half of its current value, they'd have made more than $830 million in 2025. If Mark Walter sells his 27% stake, it doesn't mean the team will be broke or bankrupt. The deferred contracts have nothing to do with Walter's insurance company loans. Nothing they've done with those contracts is illegal or against MLB rules. Does it matter to the angry masses? No, of course not. Reality never does. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87c63f2c5335ae104937d3 Paige Bueckers grabs Caitlin Clark’s arm, draws foul in tense moment before halftime of Wings win over Fever te 2026-08-21T03:30:07.999Z Paige Bueckers grabs Caitlin Clark’s arm, draws foul in tense moment before halftime of Wings win over Fever Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers added another memorable moment to their growing on-court rivalry Thursday night, this time in the closing seconds of the first half of Dallas’ eventual 91-85 win over Indiana. With less than 10 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Clark controlled the ball as Bueckers played defense. Bueckers then wrapped up Clark’s left arm in an effort to stop the possession before halftime. The Wings notably had a foul to give at the time. Clark appeared frustrated by the contact as Bueckers continued trying to complete the foul. Clark then reacted and fired the ball down the court, with it sailing near Bueckers’ head before the two teams headed to the locker room. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The moment sparked a brief exchange between the two star guards, though television microphones did not clearly pick up what was said. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Bueckers was whistled for a common foul on the play, but the tension seemed to carry into the second half. She was later assessed a technical foul after arguing with an official following a separate foul on Clark in the third quarter. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 37 points, while Clark finished with a team-high nine assists. For Dallas, Arike Ogunbowale scored a team-best 32 points, and Bueckers added eight assists. Just last week, the Fever and Wings squared off, with Clark and Bueckers delivering matching 29-point performances. Indiana ultimately pulled away for a 98-87 victory, but Clark came away impressed with the Dallas star. "Obviously, she's an incredible player. [She] makes it really hard on us defensively... Paige is a tremendous player," Clark told reporters during a postgame media availability. "She takes what the defense gives her; she doesn't force anything; she's smooth; she finds the open teammate. So she's just a really tough guard." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87ba872c5335ae10493631 Fernando Mendoza throws pick-six in second NFL game as Raiders rookie faces growing pains te 2026-08-21T02:40:07.774Z Fernando Mendoza throws pick-six in second NFL game as Raiders rookie faces growing pains And now a reminder that Fernando Mendoza is going to have some difficult moments as a rookie, even though he was the NFL's first overall draft pick and is the hope for a bright future for the Las Vegas Raiders. On his second pass of the preseason game against the Houston Texans on Thursday night, Mendoza threw an interception. And not just any interception, because Texans linebacker Wade Woodaz plucked the ball out of the air and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown. RAIDERS ROOKIE FERNANDO MENDOZA THANKS GOD FOR NFL DEBUT THAT COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH 'MR. BRADY' No bueno, as they say in Miami, where Mendoza was born and grew up. Mendoza, clearly downcast, was seen red-faced on the Raiders sideline after the play even as some teammates tried to console him. Veteran Maxx Crosby, perhaps the Raiders' most accomplished player, was among the first to try to console young Mendoza. "Yeah, that's football, you know? It's not gonna be perfect, you know?" Crosby told ESPN's Laura Rutledge on the sideline. "He's a rookie. You got to go through, you know, some ups and downs as part of the game, and it's how you respond. "So that's basically what I just told him, keep being yourself, keep playing." RAIDERS NEW HEAD COACH KLINT KUBIAK NAMES KIRK COUSINS STARTING QB OVER NO. 1 PICK FERNANDO MENDOZA This outing was nowhere near as clean or efficient for Mendoza as his NFL debut last week. Against the Arizona Cardinals, Mendoza completed 10 of 16 passes for 97 yards and a TD pass. More importantly, Mendoza did not throw an interception in that game. He finished this game completing just over 50% of his passes (8 of 15) and his abysmal passer rating of 42.6 reflected the errant throw returned for a score. Mendoza was also erratic in the first half before his evening ended. He had the interception, then completed six consecutive throws, then missed on two more throws, although one of those was dropped. "Part of what [Mendoza] will learn as he moves through this game tonight, if he plays next week, and then throughout his rookie season, when he gets on the field, is that the relationship between defender and receiver is a lot tighter than what it was in college," said ESPN analyst Troy Aikman, himself a former No. 1 overall selection. "And these guys are that much quicker, and that goes on the inside of the field when they play the ball, as well as on the outside." Shorter transcript: Guys in the NFL are faster and Mendoza needs to figure that out pronto. In that regard, perhaps Mendoza's second NFL game and first start will provide exactly that lesson. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87b5d92c5335ae10493580 Mom of ex-SJSU volleyball star Brooke Slusser leads 8th 'Sophie Night' rally in Dallas before Fever vs Wings te 2026-08-21T02:20:09.381Z Mom of ex-SJSU volleyball star Brooke Slusser leads 8th 'Sophie Night' rally in Dallas before Fever vs Wings Kim Slusser, the mother of former San Jose State volleyball star Brooke Slusser, helped lead the 8th rally in support of Sophie Cunningham in Dallas on Wednesday. Kim Slusser and the Texas-based Christian advocacy and policy organization Texas Values held the rally outside of American Airlines Center ahead of the Dallas Wings game against Cunningham and the Fever. Kim Slusser gave a speech at Thursday's event, sharing her daughter's story of having to share a volleyball team and an apartment with a transgender teammate without knowing the athlete was a biological male. The entire Slusser family was thrust into the national spotlight in fall 2024 when Brooke decided to sign onto Riley Gaines' lawsuit against the NCAA, citing her experience at SJSU. SJSU VOLLEYBALL SCANDAL PROBE FINDS TEAM ALLEGEDLY RECRUITED MALE FOR ADVANTAGE WITHOUT TELLING FEMALE PLAYERS "Almost overnight Brooke was launched into a media frenzy, there were reporters, cameras, social media, and suddenly, people all over the world were celebrating, and in some cases, smearing our youngest daughter. It was overwhelming at times, and nothing our family was ever prepared for," Kim said at her speech. "And that's why it means so much to our family to be here in our home state Texas, supporting Sophie Cunningham. Sophie chose to use her voice to stand up for women and girls in sports. And what she's standing for is really very simple. Girls deserve a fair chance to compete. They deserve the opportunities created for female athletes. They deserve privacy in their locker rooms and in their apartments." Kim Slusser spoke to Fox News Digital after her speech about what Cunningham means to her family. "My daughter Brooke went through a lot at San Jose State University... it's one of the hardest thing our family has ever been through. So to see a woman speak up, and now its' becoming a movement... People are starting to come around and have a little more common sense thanks to Sophie because she's one of the few professional athletes that has come out and spoken up." Kim Slusser added she is rooting for Cunningham in the game against the Wings, but is open to supporting the Wings and WNBA as a whole if they follow Cunningham's lead. "I would prefer they acknowledge what the W means in the WNBA. I know they had a meeting last week and couldn't quite figure out what the W stood for so they're going to have to reconvene," she said. SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SEES SUPPORT SURGE AFTER STAR PUTS CAREER ON LINE FOR GIRLS SPORTS "I think focus on sport and focus on the women and focus on the many, and not on the ideology that they're focusing on." The Cunningham rallies have shaken the WNBA since the first one in Seattle in July. What started as isolated demonstrations has quickly snowballed into a season-defining narrative, forcing the WNBA to navigate a level of ideological polarization rarely seen in the league. Since that first rally, a co-owner has been suspended for berating two young girls who supported Cunningham in Seattle, four coaches have come under fire for their answers to questions about their stance on protecting women's sports, former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have declared for the WNBA Draft and the league has had to put out a statement after fans at Sunday's Fever vs. Dream game were told to cover their XX-XY Athletics shirts. While the WNBA and its players' union have fiercely defended their inclusive policies, the persistence of the rallies — and the loud, visible support they have generated for Cunningham’s stance — has introduced a divisive undercurrent to the season. It has forced league executives into defensive public relations postures, dominated sports talk cycles, and sparked intense debates among fanbases, creating a fracture that front offices are struggling to manage. Ultimately, these ongoing protests have transformed the season into a highly visible battleground for the broader national debate on women's sports. As the regular season pushes toward the playoffs, the narrative remains heavily anchored to the noise outside the arenas. For the WNBA, navigating the rest of the year will require managing not just the fiercely competitive basketball on the court, but the inescapable, polarizing movement that has firmly attached itself to the league's doorstep. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87b5d82c5335ae10493577 Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report te 2026-08-21T02:20:08.622Z Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report A jury awarded $550,000 to two teenage girls who were left hanging upside down for nearly 30 minutes when an amusement park ride malfunctioned in Oregon. The jury voted 10-2 this week to award the teens $275,000 each in their case against Oaks Park and ride manufacturer Zamperla over the June 2024 malfunction of the AtmosFEAR ride in Portland, according to FOX 12 Oregon. About 30 riders were stranded upside down when the spinning pendulum-style ride became stuck in a vertical position on June 14, 2024. EXCLUSIVE: TEEN GIRLS RECALL JERSEY SHORE RIDE MALFUNCTION THAT LEFT THEM STUCK HANGING UPSIDE DOWN Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded and worked with park engineers to manually lower the ride. The riders were brought down safely after roughly 25 minutes and medically evaluated. Oaks Park said in a statement to FOX 12 following the verdict: "While we agree that the ride should not have become stuck, we are grateful that all of the riders are safe, and this incident is now resolved," the statement read. "Safety is our top priority, and we will continue to work with ride manufacturers and state inspectors to ensure rider safety." The family of one of the teens, identified as Evie, said Thursday that the lawsuit was intended to seek accountability. MONTANA BOY KILLED AFTER BEING FLUNG FROM CARNIVAL RIDE OPERATING WITH MISSING RESTRAINTS, LAWSUIT ALLEGES "We filed this lawsuit to seek accountability and justice. Not only should the ride have never malfunctioned, but the crisis was further exacerbated by the lack of a safety plan at Oaks Park. They did not possess any knowledge of how to fix the ride if it got stuck in the inverted position, and did not have a tool at the park to lower the ride and rescue the riders," they told FOX 12.  "That required calling a 1-800 number to even know how to fix the ride, then wait for first responders to arrive on scene, and for the first responders to provide the tool. Additionally, Oaks Park evacuated the park without providing traffic control, which delayed first responders from being able to enter the park quickly in an emergency, prolonging suffering." The malfunction occurred on the park's first day of the summer season. Video from the incident showed riders suspended vertically as people gathered below. A spokesperson for Zamperla and Oaks Park did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87b5d42c5335ae1049354d Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up? te 2026-08-21T02:20:04.108Z Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up? Florida counted most of its primary ballots within hours on Tuesday night, well ahead of the days California took to report the results of its major election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87b37f2c5335ae10493510 Venezuelans, Cubans, Colombians arrive in African nation under Trump deportation deal te 2026-08-21T02:10:07.026Z Venezuelans, Cubans, Colombians arrive in African nation under Trump deportation deal Authorities in Liberia received the country’s first deportation flight from the U.S. on Thursday under an agreement with Washington to accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals over the next year. The West African nation, which was expected to receive 20 deportees, received nationals mostly from Latin America, including Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, Liberian Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah told Reuters. Many of the deportees were sent to Liberia to seek protection from being returned to their home countries, where judges determined they could face torture or other abuse, Liberian officials said. Liberia has said the arrivals reflect its longstanding role as a sanctuary for displaced people. Officials said the migrants will be "free to depart the country" when desired or apply for formal asylum. The deportees will also receive services from the International Organization for Migration and the U.N. refugee agency, officials said, Reuters reported. SOUTH AFRICA’S ILLEGAL MIGRATION BACKLASH MIRRORS POLITICAL BATTLES ACROSS THE WEST According to Reuters, the plane departed from Louisiana and stopped in Senegal before landing in Monrovia at 12:45 p.m. local time. In a statement Tuesday, Liberia highlighted its history of accepting people "seeking refuge from political and other crises" and said it will not repatriate anyone until legal proceedings are complete. "The Government of the Republic of Liberia agrees not to return any person transferred to Liberia by the Government of the United States of America to their home country or country of former habitual residence until a final decision has been made regarding any pending protection claims," officials said. "The Government wants to emphasize that those being brought to Liberia are not criminals and are not being prosecuted in any manner under United States or Liberian law. They are being received as guests of the Republic of Liberia," officials said. DHS TOUTS MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEPARTURES AS BORDER CROSSINGS DROP 94% UNDER TRUMP Liberia said it is not demanding compensation under the deal but will receive "support to help manage the program and strengthen its migration system more broadly." Reuters said the U.S. awarded Liberia $5 million this year for "migration management activities." Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees makes it one of the largest such deals on the African continent. The U.S. also reached agreements with several other African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone, Reuters said. Reuters contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87b12a2c5335ae104934bc New York Times loses defamation suit, ordered to pay $9.25M to former Alabama basketball player te 2026-08-21T02:00:10.433Z New York Times loses defamation suit, ordered to pay $9.25M to former Alabama basketball player The New York Times was defeated in a defamation lawsuit Thursday brought by a former college basketball player and ordered to pay millions in damages. An Alabama jury ruled that The Times defamed Kai Spears, then an 18-year-old freshman walk-on basketball player for the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide, who was swept up in a 2023 report linking him to a fatal shooting. After a nine-day trial, the eight-person jury determined that Spears was owed $9.25 million in damages. ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU INITIATING DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK TIMES OVER CONTROVERSIAL ‘DOG RAPE’ STORY Spears was mentioned in the March 2023 report authored by New York Times sportswriter Billy Witz. Spears was falsely identified as being a passenger in the car at the scene of a January 2023 shooting that resulted in the death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris. The Times issued a lengthy editor's note to the report in June 2023, but only after Spears filed the defamation lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. "The original version of this article, published March 15, misidentified the person who was in the car with [Crimson Tide star player] Brandon Miller when the shooting occurred," the note began. "Based on information from a person familiar with the case, the article erroneously identified that person as Kai Spears, a freshman basketball player. After the article was initially published, Alabama’s athletic director and Spears’s father denied that Spears was present. The Times included those responses and reviewed its reporting, but did not conclude that any other change to the article was warranted at that time." The note continued, "On Wednesday, Spears filed a defamation suit against The Times that included new details about the incident. Based on that information, editors assigned further reporting, which determined that the other person at the scene was not Spears but Cooper Lee, a student manager for the team. The Times regrets the error in the initial report." JURY FINDS CNN COMMITTED DEFAMATION AGAINST NAVY VETERAN, SETTLEMENT REACHED IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES Witz, who began reporting for The Times in 2008, relied on one anonymous source who claimed Spears was at the scene of the shooting. Witz testified the source was a "high-level person, professional." "I think the way I was looking at it, Source A, by their job title and by virtue of their access to the transcript, videos and impound photos, was somebody who knew a lot about this case," Witz said, according to a local report from The Patch. "In my mind, the story had a focus and this tragedy, as bad as it was, could have been much worse." A separate anonymous source had told Witz, "I can tell you it's a white guy on the basketball team, I just don't remember his name," per Witz's testimony. According to The Patch, Witz ultimately conceded from the witness stand, "Yes, [the story] had a mistake, no question." REPORTER WHO EXITED CNN AFTER BEING AT CENTER OF COSTLY DEFAMATION TRIAL LANDS AT AL JAZEERA ENGLISH The Times noted in its own report about the verdict that it had not lost a defamation lawsuit brought in the United States over one of its articles in more than 50 years. "We’re disappointed the jury found The Times liable for an honest mistake," a Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "We thank the jury for its service, but believe the verdict and award of damages are contrary to law and not supported by the evidence. We are reviewing our legal options." Spears' legal team did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87ac782c5335ae10493417 Surrogate says baby 'ripped away' 60 seconds after birth as custody fight erupts after abortion refusal te 2026-08-21T01:40:08.788Z Surrogate says baby 'ripped away' 60 seconds after birth as custody fight erupts after abortion refusal The surrogate mother who refused an abortion request after the baby she was carrying was diagnosed with a serious heart defect is pressing her legal fight after the newborn underwent lifesaving heart surgery — days after she says he was taken from her just 60 seconds after birth. McKenna West, an Alaska mother and cardiac nurse who carried the child, said Thursday she is continuing to fight for the baby after she was separated from him moments after giving birth Aug. 12. "I haven’t been allowed to hold this precious baby boy I carried and protected throughout my pregnancy," West wrote in a New York Post op-ed Thursday. "The only glimpse I got of him was during a very short 60 seconds while his umbilical cord was still connected. As soon as the cord was cut, he was taken away." FLORIDA COUPLE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH DAUGHTER'S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS AFTER ALLEGED IVF MIX-UP West agreed last year to serve as a surrogate for Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar of California, the child's intended parents. According to West, Ahmed and Gilkar asked her to terminate the pregnancy after the baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, at about 20 weeks. West refused and later traveled to Texas to give birth. Ahmed and Gilkar's attorney disputes key parts of West's account and says they consented to the child's surgery as soon as doctors determined he was eligible. Lee Budner, an attorney for Ahmed and Gilkar, said doctors determined on Aug. 14 that the baby, whom Ahmed and Gilkar call Rumi, was eligible for the Norwood procedure, the first of three open-heart surgeries for newborns commonly used to treat HLHS. NEONATOLOGIST SOUNDS ALARM OVER MASSACHUSETTS ABORTION LAW ALLOWING PROCEDURES UP TO BIRTH: 'VERY DISTURBING' "My clients immediately provided consent for the surgery to occur at the hospital’s earliest availability," Budner said in an Aug. 17 statement. The baby underwent surgery Aug. 17, and is recuperating under the care of Ahmed, Gilkar and his medical team, Budner said, adding that his condition "remains critical and complex." Budner also accused West of continuing to pursue custody despite court rulings. "Meanwhile, Ms. West continues to assert baseless claims for custody of Rumi, in violation of multiple courts orders out of both Alaska and California," he said. "We look forward to quickly defeating those claims as Rumi’s parents continue to focus on his health and safety above all else." BOARD-CERTIFIED OBGYN WARNS NEW MASSACHUSETTS LATE-TERM ABORTION LAW EXPOSES MOTHERS TO DANGER West, who is being represented with assistance from Alliance Defending Freedom, has said she is not trying to take someone else's child and described her goal differently. "I’m not fighting to try to take someone else’s baby," West wrote Thursday. "I’m fighting because this baby boy needs someone willing to advocate for and fight alongside him as he gets the ongoing treatment his fragile heart requires." Live Action founder and president Lila Rose, whose organization has supported West, told Fox News Digital that West intends to continue fighting for custody. "McKenna is fighting for custody because Gabriel needs someone willing to defend him," Rose said. "He deserves to remain protected and receive every chance to heal and live." PRO-LIFE PUBLISHER FACING DEMANDS TO RETRACT CALLING ABORTION ‘KILLING’ FIRES BACK: ‘THE ANSWER IS NO’ Rose also questioned Ahmed and Gilkar's account of events leading up to the surgery. "If they were willing for Gabriel to receive the surgery, why did a Texas court have to ensure that he received it under the force of law?" Rose said. "The court intervened, and Gabriel has now received the surgery he desperately needed. Praise God." Rose also alleged that Ahmed and Gilkar previously declined to consent to the baby's medical care and are now seeking to take him out of Texas. Their attorney has disputed West’s characterization of the case and said Ahmed and Gilkar consented to surgery once the baby’s medical team determined he was eligible for the procedure. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton previously intervened in the case, notifying two Texas medical centers of what his office said were their legal obligations to provide medically necessary care after the child was born. DEM GOV MAURA HEALEY SIGNS SWEEPING MASSACHUSETTS BILL ALLOWING ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTH The Norwood procedure is the first of three surgeries typically used to treat HLHS, leaving the child's future medical care at the heart of the continuing dispute. Budner said the child's condition remains "critical and complex" and that the family does not intend to provide further health updates. West, meanwhile, said she intends to continue fighting. "My plea, my only goal, is simple: Let’s commit to giving this baby the full treatment he needs to live," West wrote. Alliance Defending Freedom did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87aa212c5335ae104933b0 Murder convict accused of running 'full-service drug operation' selling to minors near Texas schools te 2026-08-21T01:30:09.485Z Murder convict accused of running 'full-service drug operation' selling to minors near Texas schools A Texas man with a prior murder conviction is accused of running a "full-service drug operation" near several schools where authorities say surveillance showed what appeared to be teenagers purchasing narcotics and fentanyl pills disguised to look like ecstasy. The Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force raided a home in the 1200 block of Appomattox Drive in Texas City Aug. 18 after a two-month investigation, and the Galveston County Sheriff's Office SWAT team conducted the tactical entry. The target of the investigation, Jahml McDonald, 50, of Texas City, was arrested and charged with two felony controlled-substance offenses, according to the sheriff's office. MEXICAN NATIONAL FACES FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER CBP FINDS $238K IN FENTANYL INSIDE ELECTRIC MOPED Detectives said they seized approximately one kilogram of fentanyl pills, along with THC wax, marijuana, THC vapes, promethazine and dozens of bottles of liquor. The sheriff's office said the fentanyl pills were "disguised to resemble ecstasy/MDMA pills" and were brightly colored to resemble recreational party drugs. POISON CENTERS LINK GROWING BENADRYL ABUSE AMONG TEENS TO DANGEROUS SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS Task force surveillance observed what appeared to be teenagers purchasing narcotics from the residence, which is near Giles Middle School, College of the Mainland and two local elementary schools, according to FOX 26. "This is a full-service drug operation, including the ability to pay with credit card," Galveston Police Chief Doug Balli said. "This is a convenience store for poison that was taken down." Galveston County District Attorney Kenneth Cusick said McDonald previously served 25 years for a murder conviction and was out on bond in a pending marijuana case at the time of his arrest. FENTANYL DEATHS COULD NOW COST DRUG DEALERS THEIR LIVES UNDER NEW GOP PROPOSAL Cusick pledged to seek the maximum prosecution available. "This offender needs the full attention of my office," Cusick said. "This person has a criminal history, a murder conviction, drug convictions and (is) now peddling these type of substances on a house near a college, a community college, two elementary schools within walking distance. This is outrageous." Residents living near the Appomattox Drive home said they had noticed heavy vehicle and foot traffic around the residence. "Every time I came by, there was traffic, traffic, traffic," neighbor Donald Moore told FOX 26. "Teenagers jumping out, running to the house. ... I know eventually, with all of this traffic and with all the drugs being dealt, the next thing is gonna happen is gunfire. Somebody's gonna get hurt or killed." A judge upheld a combined $2 million bond for McDonald, with $1 million set on each charge, according to FOX 26. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87aa202c5335ae104933a7 Trump says Michael Cohen was 'weaponized' by mainstream media in surprise radio reunion te 2026-08-21T01:30:08.779Z Trump says Michael Cohen was 'weaponized' by mainstream media in surprise radio reunion During an unexpected interview on Thursday with his former personal lawyer turned bitter enemy, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump said his one-time ally was "weaponized" against him by the mainstream media before the two recently reconciled. In the first part of a two-part radio interview with Trump on his radio show, Cohen recounted his 2016 CNN interview with host Brianna Keilar, which led to him going viral after questioning Trump's standing in the polls. "Do you remember, sir, when I went on CNN with Brianna Keilar, and she told me that you were underwater in the polls, and I responded with those famous two words ‘says who,’ which became some worldwide meme," Cohen recalled. EX-CNN ANCHOR DON LEMON AGREES TRUMP PLAYED LIBERAL NETWORK 'LIKE PUPPETS' "And then they weaponized you like nobody's ever been weaponized, like few have been," Trump responded. "Well, maybe just you and me, sir," Cohen said. "Well, yeah, me too, but mine was at a level that nobody's ever seen before, but they weaponized you, they weaponized a lot of people, and I respect the fact that you recanted everything you said. That's a big thing that you did," Trump said. Cohen then remembered the morning after the interview when Trump had told him, "F--- them, you're stronger than them, we've got this." TRUMP BYPASSES MEDIA GATEKEEPERS AS GOV SANDERS REVEALS LEGACY OUTLETS ARE LOSING THEIR GRIP "Now, the funny thing is that CNN never apologized. They never retracted anything and now, years later, CNN, MS NOW, the other left-leaning outlets, they're doing the exact same thing, constantly talking about you being underwater with favorability numbers," Cohen said. Trump and Cohen continued to criticize media polls later in the interview, with Trump targeting the New York Times specifically. "The polls are crooked. So the reporters that, you know, are crooked, many of them. You have some great ones too. But for the most part … when you read The New York Times, it’s so dishonest," Trump said. "When you read these things and they’re not doing well. Look, the reason they're not doing well is because they've lost a lot of credibility."  "Now you do have great journalists," he added. "You do have great reporters also. Many people are very good, very, very good. I could name them, but by naming them, I’ll leave some out." CNN FIRES BACK AT TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OVER ATTACKS ON REPORTER, CALLS THEM 'BENEATH THE OFFICE' Fox News Digital reached out to CNN, MS NOW and The New York Times for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Cohen told Fox News Digital that the conversation lasted 40 minutes and will be aired in two parts, the second part airing on his Sunday show "When You Know You Know." The man who was a key witness in two New York cases against Trump also penned a Substack post detailing the stunning reunion that was their first public conversation in nearly a decade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87a7c22c5335ae10493332 On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen te 2026-08-21T01:20:02.941Z On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen President Trump’s former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a879e682c5335ae104931b8 Vice President JD Vance blasts Mamdani, El-Sayed, AOC and Ossoff in rapid-fire TikTok roast te 2026-08-21T00:40:08.191Z Vice President JD Vance blasts Mamdani, El-Sayed, AOC and Ossoff in rapid-fire TikTok roast Vice President JD Vance offered an unfiltered assessment Thursday of some of the biggest names in politics in a rapid-fire TikTok, calling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a "communist," Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., "lame," and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani "crazy." The vice president was asked to describe a succession of Democrats, Trump administration officials and other political figures as their names flashed across the screen, producing a 30-second barrage of answers that ranged from complimentary to cutting. Vance appeared particularly unimpressed with far-left Democrats. He described Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as "cranky" and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as "odd." AOC CRUISES TO PRIMARY VICTORY AS SPECULATION SWIRLS ABOUT POLITICAL FUTURE But one of Vance's most dismissive assessments was saved for Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. "I mean, nothing," Vance said when Schiff's name appeared. "Irrelevant." Vance was considerably more complimentary when members of the Trump administration came across the screen, describing outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as "awesome," deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as "hardcore" and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles as "tough." Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was "interesting," while Vance called Secretary of State Marco Rubio "funny" and House Speaker Mike Johnson "kind." JD VANCE WINS GRUDGING PRAISE FROM JOY BEHAR ON 'THE VIEW,' WHO TELLS HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT One name, however, left the usually sharp vice president unusually short on words. When Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) leader Megan Romer appeared, Vance simply responded, "No comment." The video then cuts to a SpongeBob-style title card declaring "two minutes later" before returning for Vance's assessment of Schiff. President Donald Trump received a much warmer review from his second-in-command. CNN PANEL SWOONS OVER JD VANCE'S GLOW-UP, ADMITS MEDIA BLITZ IS 'IMPRESSIVE' FOLLOWING 'THE VIEW' APPEARANCE "Generous," Vance said of the president. The video offered a lighter glimpse at Vance's relationships with figures inside the administration while also giving him an opportunity to take shots at several prominent far-left Democrats and self-described democratic socialists. Fox News Digital reached out to Vance's office to confirm the identities displayed alongside each response and for additional context on the video. Fox News Digital also reached out to named Democrats and administration officials in the video for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a879c122c5335ae10493155 Danny Tyree: Singing the property tax blues?
 te 2026-08-21T00:30:10.655Z Danny Tyree: Singing the property tax blues?
 “With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard – and THEN they started taxing the cats!” – apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a879c0f2c5335ae10493147 A rare opportunity to ensure farmers have the labor we need te 2026-08-21T00:30:07.365Z A rare opportunity to ensure farmers have the labor we need There’s no waiting when cantaloupes are ready to harvest. These perishable fruits can go from unripe to unsellable in just a few days’ time. But this spring, our harvesters from Mexico did not receive their temporary work visas to begin their contracts in time. Nearly 15,000 cartons of cantaloupe never made it to grocery stores. They rotted on the vine before help arrived. Sadly, our story is not unique. Many of our neighbors also did not get the labor they needed this year.  And that’s a major blow not only for Yuma, where my family farms, but also to our state and our nation’s ability to feed itself. Farms rely on ag worker program Nearly all the leafy greens, broccoli and cauliflower in American stores during the winter are grown in Yuma, as are about a quarter of the melons in May, June and November. Our farms protect national food security — but only if we can find the labor to do this work.  Technology and automation are no silver bullets. Lettuce, broccoli and melons are delicate. Machine harvesters can easily crush or bruise them. And consumers hold exacting standards for fruits and vegetables. That’s why each piece is still hand-selected by someone who knows how to wield a harvesting knife with gentle hands.  Other workers hand-package produce in the field so it can be quickly transported to stores. It’s tough work. It often requires long hours. And few domestic workers are willing to do it.  According to federal Department of Labor data, domestic workers filled 182 of the nearly 415,000 temporary agriculture positions advertised across the nation last fiscal year. That’s 0.04% of available jobs. H-2A contains many safeguards The H-2A temporary agricultural worker program was created in 1986 to alleviate agriculture worker shortages.  It includes multiple safeguards to ensure that domestic workers are chosen first for open positions and that hiring foreign workers won’t negatively affect U.S. wages. Extensive reviews are completed before workers are issued temporary work visas and granted admission to the country. Farmers pay for these reviews, often flying prospective employees hundreds of miles to available embassies or consulates for interviews.  Once workers arrive, farmers ensure they are well cared for by providing them with housing, transportation and meals. That includes transporting workers once a week to the supermarket if their housing includes a kitchen, and if it does not, providing them with three meals a day that meet federal nutrition guidelines. The program has serious shortcomings Despite these considerable costs, an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis found that H-2A is on track for record use this year. For many farmers like me, this is the only way to legally fill some jobs. But H-2A has plenty of shortcomings. The program is administered by five federal agencies that often issue contradicting guidance, making it difficult and time-consuming to use. H-2A is also notoriously inflexible, requiring farmers to determine months in advance when they’ll need help.  Visas can be delayed with little explanation, sometimes missing short windows to complete time-sensitive work. Not to mention that the program only allows temporary work, when local irrigators and equipment operators also are in short supply.  Without domestic labor to fill these year-round positions, critical work to grow and harvest food for Americans simply goes undone. And our country steadily loses its ability to feed its people.  Congress must pass reforms now Many have tried and failed to reform H-2A in the four decades since it was created. This one is different. U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Penn., has spent more than two years gathering ideas to expand and modernize this critical program.   Unlike previous attempts, his Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act has garnered wide support from agricultural groups. It allows farmers to recover more of their costs for housing and transportation. It opens H-2A to dairy, forestry and other agricultural industries experiencing extreme labor shortages.  And it allows employers to hire workers for longer portions of the year. In a perfect world, farmers like me would not need H-2A. But the strong market forces driving domestic labor shortages leave us little choice. This is a national issue, but reasonable labor reform will have lasting and positive impact for Arizona.  Congress has a rare opportunity to ensure farmers have the labor we need, when we need it. They must act quickly, so we can continue to deliver high-quality food to your plate. John Boelts is president of Arizona Farm Bureau. He grows lettuce, melons and other crops on a 3,000-acre farm in Yuma. Reach him at johnboelts@azfb.org. The post A rare opportunity to ensure farmers have the labor we need first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a879c0a2c5335ae1049311f Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada te 2026-08-21T00:30:02.449Z Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8799b12c5335ae104930c5 AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom te 2026-08-21T00:20:01.738Z AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8797602c5335ae10493086 Bodycam shows Oklahoma secretary of state’s arrest outside a McDonald’s on public intoxication allegation te 2026-08-21T00:10:08.554Z Bodycam shows Oklahoma secretary of state’s arrest outside a McDonald’s on public intoxication allegation Newly released police bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital shows Oklahoma Secretary of State Benjamin Lepak's encounter with police outside a McDonald's before officers arrested him on suspicion of public intoxication. Lepak was arrested Friday night in Edmond, after police responded around 10:45 p.m. to a report of a man who appeared to be drunk in public, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. Officers found Lepak standing near the restaurant's drive-thru window and saw his vehicle in the parking lot, according to the affidavit. Lepak reportedly confirmed the vehicle belonged to him. According to the arrest affidavit, an officer said Lepak had "extremely slurred speech" and an "odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath." The officer also said Lepak struggled to remove his identification from his wallet. NEVADA GOVERNOR NAME-DROPS DURING TRAFFIC STOP AND AVOIDS RED-LIGHT CITATION Body camera video obtained by Fox News Digital shows officers questioning Lepak about where he had been, how much alcohol he had consumed and how he arrived at the McDonald's. Lepak told officers he had attended a gathering with other fathers at a church earlier in the evening, according to the video. As officers continued questioning him, Lepak disputed that he was unsteady on his feet. Police allege Lepak was unable to maintain a "coherent train of thought" during the encounter, according to the affidavit. Lepak acknowledged to drinking beer while speaking with officers. "I had a beer… that’s it," Lepak said, according to the affidavit. He later said he had consumed less than one beer because he did not finish it. BODYCAM SHOWS NANTUCKET OFFICIAL SLURRING, SWAYING DURING DUI STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO SIGN: POLICE Police allege Lepak also gave contradictory statements about whether he drove to the McDonald's and how he arrived there, according to the affidavit. Officers ultimately placed Lepak under arrest on suspicion of public intoxication. A spokesperson for Lepak told Fox News Digital that he was waiting outside the restaurant for his dinner and noted that police did not administer a breathalyzer test. "Mr. Lepak was waiting outside McDonald's for dinner. He was not given a breathalyzer test," the spokesperson said. "Mr. Lepak will address the ticket appropriately through the legal process." The arrest prompted Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond to call on Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt to fire Lepak. OKLAHOMA STATE AGENCY FIRES STAFF ATTORNEY AFTER ANTI-ICE SOCIAL MEDIA TIRADE "After reviewing footage from law enforcement body cameras, it is clear that Secretary of State Ben Lepak was thoroughly inebriated and very likely lied to law enforcement about how much he had to drink and how he and his car both arrived at the same place without him driving it," Drummond said in a news release. "This conduct is thoroughly unbecoming of a such a high ranking state official, and I am demanding that Gov. Stitt fire him immediately." Drummond also criticized Stitt for appointing Lepak. "Given the fact that Mr. Lepak had been arrested just a few years ago after being found unconscious in a running vehicle, Gov. Stitt should have known better than to elevate him to such a senior leadership position. Gov. Stitt has made countless errors in judgment like this during his tenure in office, including most recently when he intervened to help a campaign donor avoid further jail time," he added. "He cannot undo those past mistakes, but he can help our state avoid further embarrassment by firing Mr. Lepak immediately." FLORIDA MAYOR SAYS SHE 'DID NOT RESIST' ARREST OVER ALLEGED PROBATION VIOLATION FROM DUI CASE Stitt appointed Lepak to serve as Oklahoma secretary of state in October 2025. Lepak previously served as the governor's general counsel and as executive director of the State Chamber Research Foundation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87975f2c5335ae1049307d Carville unloads on DSA socialists: 'Don't use our god---- name' te 2026-08-21T00:10:07.836Z Carville unloads on DSA socialists: 'Don't use our god---- name' Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville did not mince words when he unloaded on his party's far-left insurgency on Thursday. "We get subjugated by some of the more outspoken people who, by the way, [are] not even Democrats," Carville said during a video news conference. "I wish they'd take the word Democrat out of their name. I have no idea why the Democratic socialists — if you hate the Democratic Party so much, well, then don't use our god---- name. Go think of your own name." JAMES CARVILLE BLAMES BERNIE SANDERS FOR TRUMP BEING PRESIDENT IN FIERY RANT He was one of several speakers at a media event promoting the Promise To America, a set of principles created in part by moderate House lawmakers, Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Adam Gray, D-Calif., as their party experiences a civil war over its identity and agenda. The Promise To America is about celebrating "capitalism, safety, fiscal responsibility, effective government, common purpose, and patriotism," according to its website. VULNERABLE DEMOCRAT WARNS PARTY TO 'FIGHT BACK' AGAINST GROWING SOCIALIST MOVEMENT It's the latest bid by moderate and pragmatic members of the left to distance themselves from the socialist wave that's already toppled several establishment-backed Democrats. The intraparty feud has also become a central campaign talking point for Republicans, who have argued that Democrats will try to push a far-left vision of the country beyond what most Americans want if they win the midterms in November. JOHNSON TURNS DEMOCRATS’ SOCIALIST CIVIL WAR INTO NEW WEAPON FOR MIDTERMS Carville said during the news conference that it was "just common sense." "That's so often what people are forgetting in politics. And for the life of me, I hope...that we do things like this that are popular, are actually helpful, that can help the country. Who's not for lower crime? I mean, everybody is, but we just need to restate it," he said. CARVILLE SAYS ONE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST'S 'LUNACY OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL' POLICY COULD HAUNT SWING-STATE DEMS He maintained that "80% of Democrats really want" what the Promise To America is promoting and criticized the far-left for drowning out those moderate voices. But just 10 House Democrats have signed onto the pledge so far — which Republicans have argued is evidence that the far-left is really capturing their party. Out of the litany of Democrats running for the House, just five are signatories. Suozzi argued, however, "We only want 10 members of Congress because we don't want to make it only about Washington. That's why we're going out to the state and local officials." Those who have not signed on include House Democrats' senior leaders, who have said little on the socialist insurgency. But Gray and Suozzi dismissed the notion that they were not getting enough support from their leaders when asked by Fox News Digital. "I think the leadership is being very supportive," Suozzi said of his own experience. "They have a lot to balance. They've got the whole country to worry about." Gray said, "The efforts on the cable news networks and everything else to nationalize our politics all the time, pretend that, you know, somebody in some big city represents all of us is absurd...it's a distraction, this idea that somehow some leader somewhere is supposed to win my district." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87905a2c5335ae10492c72 Obama strategist turns on rising Dem star over viral Trump attack: 'Gratuitous and unnecessary' te 2026-08-20T23:40:10.152Z Obama strategist turns on rising Dem star over viral Trump attack: 'Gratuitous and unnecessary' A top Democratic strategist from the Obama White House contended that Sen. Jon Ossoff’s latest shot at President Donald Trump was "gratuitous and unnecessary." The Georgia Democrat, who has grown his profile throughout his re-election campaign during this midterm cycle to new heights that have him in the conversation for the 2028 presidential race, recently went viral for his remarks while on the trail where he went after Trump. Ossoff was blasting Trump for the war in Iran and the record-breaking deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East when the lawmaker pivoted to a new foe: the president’s executive assistant Natalie Harp. FOX NEWS POLL: AN EARLY LOOK AT THE GEORGIA SENATE RACE "While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks," Ossoff said. "So he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar." The comment received strong pushback from Trump, his allies and family, and Ossoff’s opponent, Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., but also drew the ire of a major figure in the Democratic Party: David Axelrod, who was a key player in getting former President Barack Obama elected for two terms and served as his senior advisor. While Axelrod applauded Ossoff’s previous "eloquent or incisive" attacks against Trump, he warned that mentioning Harp may not have been warranted. JON OSSOFF DODGES ON WHY HE INVOKED TRUMP AIDE'S NAME DURING GEORGIA CAMPAIGN RALLY "The paragraph from his weekend speech that has gotten so much attention was a brutal takedown," Axelrod said on X. "But two words in it, ‘with Natalie,’ seemed gratuitous and unnecessary." He contended that the Ossoff campaign likely "juiced the virality" of the clip, which so far has over 6 million views on X, and that it "probably thrilled some in the base, who figured it was just giving Trump a taste of his own nasty medicine." "But they distracted and detracted from the power of the message," Axelrod contended. CNN FIRES BACK AT TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OVER ATTACKS ON REPORTER, CALLS THEM 'BENEATH THE OFFICE' And Collins agreed with Axelrod, to a degree, in a statement to Fox News Digital. "It's disgusting that he would attack a young female staffer just to score cheap political points with his radical activist base," Collins said. "It's unbecoming of a U.S. Senator, and the fact prominent Democrats are starting to call him out just proves it." But other notable Democratic social media figures disagreed, like Joanne Carducci, better known as Jojofromjerz online, who countered that Axelrod was "100% wrong" and called Ossoff’s callout of Harp "genius." "The political world has changed since you were a player in it, and if we continue to operate under the antiquated rules of the past, we’ll keep losing," she said on X. And Ossoff is reveling in the White House’s response, too, which included Trump calling him a "Pee-wee Herman look-alike," while defending the construction of the ballroom at the White House, which has been scrutinized by both sides of the aisle in the Senate. During an appearance on MSNOW, Ossoff countered, "no one cares about their feelings." "It's been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week," Ossoff said. "And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayers with immense power in positions of public trust." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8790532c5335ae10492c3b Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B te 2026-08-20T23:40:03.554Z Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen si Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a878e022c5335ae10492c16 Myles Gaskin retires at 29 after 7 NFL seasons and a Super Bowl win with the Seahawks te 2026-08-20T23:30:10.482Z Myles Gaskin retires at 29 after 7 NFL seasons and a Super Bowl win with the Seahawks Myles Gaskin is hanging up his NFL jersey, announcing his retirement from the game of football at 29 years old. Gaskin, a former seventh-round pick by the Miami Dolphins who spent seven seasons in the NFL as a running back, announced his decision on social media on Thursday. "Football…there will never be enough words to explain how I feel about you, so I won’t even try," Gaskin’s social media post read. "What I will do is give all the game you gave me to the next generation of young players who dare to be great. Thank you. It’s been real." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Gaskin’s last touch in the league was with the Seattle Seahawks during the 2025 Super Bowl-winning campaign. He played just one game, seeing action on offense with three snaps, while getting five special teams snaps. He totaled six yards on the three carries he had. The Lynnwood, Washington native attended the University of Washington, staying in-state where he shined in their backfield. He was the first true freshman running back to rush for over 1,000 yards in school history in 2015 when he ran for 1,302 yards on 227 carries. RECENT SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SHANE LEMIEUX RETIRES AT JUST 28 The Dolphins used the 234th overall pick to select Gaskin in the 2019 NFL Draft, and he would spend four seasons working his way up the depth chart to an eventual starting role. Gaskin’s best season came in 2021, where he rushed for 612 yards on 173 carries with three rushing touchdowns, while hauling in 49 receptions for 234 yards and four scores. With the Dolphins using a running back by committee scheme in Miami, Gaskin played a versatile role during his early years in the league. Gaskin signed a one-year extension with the Dolphins in 2023, but he was a roster cut before the start of the regular season. From there, he started to bounce around the league. First, he landed with the Minnesota Vikings, who quickly signed him after the release. He eventually joined their practice squad and was elevated to the active roster, appearing on special teams in Week 2 of that season. The Los Angeles Rams signed Gaskin off the Vikings’ practice squad later that season, where he played one game in Week 8. He was waived shortly thereafter. Gaskin returned to the Vikings, while also working with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2024, the Baltimore Ravens in 2025, and then joining the Seahawks in October 2025, where he was a part of their Super Bowl victory in Santa Clara. For his career, Gaskin rushed for 1,360 yards while catching 102 passes for 712 yards with 13 total touchdowns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a878dfc2c5335ae10492bf6 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors te 2026-08-20T23:30:04.152Z Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8789502c5335ae10492b56 El-Sayed booked for major Islamic convention alongside clerics with radical pasts te 2026-08-20T23:10:08.579Z El-Sayed booked for major Islamic convention alongside clerics with radical pasts Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is slated to speak at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) annual convention over Labor Day weekend, joining a speaker roster that includes Muslim religious leaders with histories of controversial remarks. Among the most controversial figures attending the ISNA convention is cleric Baqir Berry, who prayed for "mujahideen" in Palestine and Lebanon, using a term commonly associated with Islamist fighters, and asked God to grant them "a mighty victory." Islamic Institute of America head Hassan Qazwini is also attending after appealing to God to "grant victory to our brothers in Iran," a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism. Also appearing at the conference is Texas imam Yasir Qadhi, who previously made Holocaust-denialist remarks that he later repudiated. Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center terrorism case but never charged, is also scheduled to speak. EL-SAYED CAMPAIGN BACKED BY OVER $100,000 FROM DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF GROUP WITH ALLEGED TERROR TIES "We pray to Allah to save our people in South Lebanon from the evil of these Zionists, to support the Muslims and the mujahideen on His path in the East and the West, especially our mujahideen in Palestine, Lebanon, and everywhere," Berry said during a June sermon, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute. "Oh Allah, grant them a mighty victory." Qazwini, in addition to praying for an Iranian victory, was denounced by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign over what it called "antisemitic conspiracy theories" after Qazwini claimed ISIS was connected to Israel and acting as an "arm of the Zionists." Qadhi, Berry and Qazwini did not respond when Fox News Digital reached out for comment on Wednesday. This is not El-Sayed’s first brush with religious radicals. EL-SAYED TOUTS ENDORSEMENT FROM PASTOR WHO PRAISED NOTORIOUS ANTISEMITE INFAMOUS FOR CALLING JEWS ‘TERMITES’ Fox News Digital previously reported that the Democratic Senate candidate had touted the endorsement of a Detroit-area pastor who had praised notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan. El-Sayed has also faced criticism over his appearances with streamer Hasan Piker, who previously said America "deserved 9/11." El-Sayed later called the remark "dumb" and disavowed the comment, while declining to disavow Piker himself. He has also defended a 2021 blog post that compared President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to Osama bin Laden’s role in the Sept. 11 attacks. MICHIGAN CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED DODGES WHEN PRESSED ON CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS ABOUT DEATH OF KHAMENEI El-Sayed’s appearance comes as Republicans have increasingly focused on his past associations with controversial political and religious figures in the Michigan Senate race. El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8787012c5335ae10492b01 NFL fines Saints and Cowboys $500K for practice brawl, but fights won't stop unless players get fined te 2026-08-20T23:00:17.096Z NFL fines Saints and Cowboys $500K for practice brawl, but fights won't stop unless players get fined It was another day of joint practices around the NFL on Thursday with more fights between teams, including one between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants that apparently featured someone taking a swing at quarterback Jameis Winston. And, yes, this feels like it should be the tipping point because once Winston got in the scrum and apparently leveled someone, someone else took a swipe at him. And that led Giants starting quarterback Jaxson Dart to jump in. "I just looked over and saw the red 19 jersey (which is Winston) and I was like, 'I got to go,'" Dart said. "I got to go help my boy! I don't know what's going on over there." MASSIVE BRAWL AT COWBOYS AND SAINTS PRACTICE INCLUDES PUNCHES AND WWE MOVES The NFL has had enough. Well, sort of. The league levied $500,000 fines against both the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints on Thursday, one day after the teams were involved in a serious brawl. The NFL noted that its Competition Committee has made sportsmanship, including conduct during joint practices, a point of emphasis in recent years. The league also reminded all 32 teams of that emphasis this summer. So, the hefty fines are a solid attempt to curb the violence. But they don't go far enough. This week's brawl should make one thing clear to both the NFL and NFL Players Association: players themselves need to face fines for misconduct during training camp practices, just as they do during preseason and regular-season games. So you are aware, Thursday marked the fourth consecutive day that teams holding joint practices got into fights, scuffles, skirmishes, whatever noun you wish to use. BRONCOS QB BO NIX GETS IN A FIGHT AT PRACTICE, HANDLES IT LIKE AN ULTIMATE FOOTBALL GUY The Eagles and Patriots went at it the past couple of days, even though both coaches warned their teams to abstain before the practice sessions. "I don’t want anybody fighting," Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said. "I don’t want our guys fighting in practice. I don’t want them throwing punches." "They get thrown out of the game when those things happen," Vrabel added. Anyway, at the Bears joint practice with the Bengals on Thursday, we had multiple scuffles. The big one came when Bears receiver Ray-Ray McCloud seemed to throw a punch at a Bengals defensive back, after which multiple Bengals players piled on top of him. And then there was the brawling in Miami Gardens, where the Giants and Dolphins held a joint practice. Multiple players from both teams were removed from the practice for throwing punches or seemingly causing others to throw punches. Multiple players were removed or benched. And that punishment was supposed to serve to calm matters going forward. But here's the thing: Getting any part of a hot, muggy, uncomfortable workout off is not the punishment coaches think it is. For some players, especially veterans, it's a welcome reprieve. And having the club fined is also not going to cause individual players to curtail their emotions or not defend themselves against actual or perceived wrongs. Players are simply not going to hold back because their coaches say, or the NFL is fining their beloved club. The only way teams and the NFL are going to address this issue successfully is with fines to the players themselves. If the teams aren't going to go there, then the NFL should step in. Players don't generally act this way in regular-season or preseason games because it draws a fine for them. From their paychecks. The league's own compliance guidance explicitly says its enforcement staff oversees player conduct during preseason, regular-season and postseason games, and specifically identifies fighting as conduct within its jurisdiction. Not so in joint practices. So the NFL took a notable step on Thursday. But players are quite likely to continue engaging in joint practice skirmishes until it costs them money. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8787002c5335ae10492af7 Timeline reveals how man in 'Chucky' mask terrorized Philadelphia streets, evaded police te 2026-08-20T23:00:16.427Z Timeline reveals how man in 'Chucky' mask terrorized Philadelphia streets, evaded police Surveillance footage captured the brief window of time when a masked man wearing a creepy Chucky-style Halloween mask terrorized multiple people in downtown Philadelphia. Two police officers followed him before he evaded authorities, officials said Thursday. Zymire Hughes, 22, is being sought by the Philadelphia Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service after an arrest warrant related to the Aug. 12 incident was issued. "If Zymire Hughes was trying to scare people, make them run: Who's scared now? Who's running now?" Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said during a news conference Thursday afternoon. POLICE IDENTIFY SUSPECT ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING PHILADELPHIA WOMEN WHILE WEARING CREEPY CHUCKY-STYLE MASK On Thursday, authorities released surveillance footage showing Hughes leaving his apartment before heading downtown by bus. Once in the downtown area, Hughes donned his mask around 5:30 a.m. and began antagonizing people while filming his actions with a cell phone, police said. He allegedly threatened and assaulted a jogger near City Hall before chasing her. The first person confronted by Hughes appeared to be terrified. "The victim is absolutely terrified of Mr. Hughes," Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith said. "He crouches down with his hands up in a pleading motion. We don't know exactly what was said... but it's readily apparent that this individual is certainly in fear for their life. So then Mr. Hughes proceeds to make his way down Chestnut Street, harassing additional people." ALLEGED 'MIME' STALKER STRIPPED TO UNDERWEAR, COVERED HIMSELF IN COOKING OIL: OFFICIALS The incident culminated when Hughes allegedly chased the jogger. Holding up his phone, he allegedly asked: "Are you ready to die?" police said. The jogger injured her leg while fleeing and will require extensive medical treatment, Capt. Smith told reporters. At one point, Hughes was spotted inside Suburban Station by two Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) police officers in a golf cart and others on foot. The officers told him to remove the mask, Smith said, while showing footage of the interaction. Hughes removed the mask but attempted to conceal his identity. "Underneath that Chucky-style Halloween mask, he's got a black, COVID-style mask, which he never removes," Smith said. "Before they spot him, he is running around attempting to engage other people and scare them down in Suburban Station as well." The officers followed Hughes, but he eventually evaded them and boarded a bus back home, police said. He took the bus, placed the mask in a backpack, and arrived at his apartment complex, authorities said. Surveillance footage captured at the complex shows Hughes leaving for downtown before his alleged rampage began. Investigators were able to obtain images of him in a common area without the mask. SEPTA police officers were able to identify Hughes, along with two other people, police said. Smith said he believes Hughes initiated the spree for "his own sick personal amusement" or to create monetized social media content. Hughes remains at large but has ties to California and Nevada, police said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8786ff2c5335ae10492aee Progressives notch victory in race to replace Swalwell following sexual assault scandal te 2026-08-20T23:00:15.744Z Progressives notch victory in race to replace Swalwell following sexual assault scandal Progressive state senator and assistant majority leader Aisha Wahab has bested Melissa Hernandez, a more moderate public transit executive, in a special election to replace disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell. The race between Wahab and Hernandez represented another front in the Democratic civil war between the party’s establishment and progressive wings. Wahab counted on high-profile endorsements from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and labor icon Dolores Huerta, while Hernandez relied on large sums of super PAC cash and endorsements from local officials. While progressive Democrats opened the election season strongly, securing high-profile victories in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado and DC, they have more recently underperformed expectations in the Democratic primaries for Michigan’s Senate race and Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race. Wahab was the strong favorite heading into Election Day, earning 42.8% of the vote in the special primary against Hernandez’s 16.8%. PRIMARY TAKEAWAYS: DEMS’ LEFT-CENTER BATTLE INTENSIFIES AS SCHUMER TAKES ANOTHER HIT; SPLIT DECISION FOR TRUMP California has "jungle primaries" in which the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election. Wahab and Hernandez, both Democrats, occupied the top two slots in the special primary, effectively shutting Republicans out of a district that Harris carried easily in the 2024 presidential election. The special election, however, represents only a temporary victory because it determined who would serve out the remaining two months of Swalwell’s term. The two will likely face off again in November to determine who will serve a full two-year term in Congress. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS AWARDED $5.2M IN INHERITANCE DISPUTE DESPITE FAMILY'S OBJECTIONS Though the victory is technically temporary, incumbents tend to have an advantage in elections. The general election will take place under slightly different district boundaries as California’s newly redrawn congressional map takes effect. Some Democrats have pointed to recent underperformance by progressive candidates to argue that the socialist ascendancy within the party has been stymied, while others point to the continued popularity of socialist politicians and policies among young people as evidence to the contrary. LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS HECKLE PRO-ISRAEL DEMOCRAT HALEY STEVENS AT MICHIGAN CONVENTION On the campaign trail, Hernandez attacked Wahab primarily on ethical grounds, criticizing her for alleged missteps during her time in Sacramento. Wahab, meanwhile, painted Hernandez as the beneficiary of conservative and pro-Israel money, challenging her liberal credentials. Hernandez, for instance, accused Wahab of skirting campaign finance laws by routing $60,000 from her state campaign account through the Alameda County Democratic Party, which later funded pro-Wahab congressional mail. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Wahab hit back with her own campaign finance-related attack, criticizing Hernandez for allegedly taking money from pro-Israel donors and benefiting from expenditures by pro-Israel super PACs. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a major flashpoint in the internal struggle for control of the Democratic Party, with progressives seeking to push out Democrats who support Israel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8786fe2c5335ae10492ae5 Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence after star's death te 2026-08-20T23:00:14.970Z Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence after star's death Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks his silence after the sudden and tragic death of the actress. Hickerson's lawyer, Sloan Ellis, shared a brief statement with TMZ on Thursday. "Hayden's death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed. As has been publicly reported, police confirmed there were no signs of foul play," Ellis said. "Out of respect for Hayden's loved ones and the ongoing investigation, there will be no further comment at this time," the statement concluded. The Greenville Police Department told Fox News Digital that they are not participating in media interviews regarding this case. HAYDEN PANETTIERE'S MOTHER POINTS FINGER AT BRIAN HICKERSON AFTER 'NASHVILLE' STAR'S DEATH AT 36 "The GPD response is the same as in all death investigations. The Police Department works with the Coroner’s Office, receives its findings, reviews the facts and evidence, and then decides if a criminal investigation is warranted. There were no signs of foul play during the initial response and investigation," the statement concluded. Fox News Digital reached out to Ellis for comment. On Wednesday, Fox News Digital learned the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been contacted and is assisting in the investigation into Panettiere's death. Also on Wednesday, Greenville police showed up at a South Carolina home linked to Brian and Zach Hickerson just days after Panettiere’s death. Officers appeared to be carrying out a welfare check, but nobody answered the door. HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO DIED IN 2026: PHOTOS Two police cruisers were spotted around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning and again around 10 a.m. Panettiere died Sunday at the age of 36. She was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and the "Nashville" and "Remember the Titans" actress was pronounced dead. Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, Fox News Digital confirmed. A police report obtained by Fox News Digital revealed Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, called 911 after finding the actress unresponsive. Hickerson later handed authorities a bag of medication Panettiere had allegedly been taking. Hickerson was among those at the Greenville apartment when Panettiere was found, and authorities executed a search warrant at the residence, according to the report. The police report claimed Zach appeared "very emotional" while paramedics worked to revive Panettiere. Meanwhile, Hickerson did not become emotional until the "Ice Princess" star was declared deceased. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Panettiere had an on-again, off-again relationship with Hickerson in the years before her death at 36. Panettiere and Hickerson reportedly met through mutual friends in 2018 shortly after her split from Wladimir Klitschko. Hickerson, who is from South Carolina, worked in real estate before pursuing acting and had a small role in the 2017 thriller "M.F.A." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Hickerson reportedly traveled with the "Remember the Titans" actress from Los Angeles the day before she was found unresponsive at a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment complex on Aug. 16, according to TMZ. The two broke up briefly in 2022, but rekindled their romance the following year. Hickerson's brother confirmed to police Brian was in a relationship with the actress at the time of Panettiere's death. The former couple's relationship was marked by highly public legal troubles. Hickerson was first charged with domestic violence in connection to Panettiere in 2019. He was arrested again in 2020 on eight felony domestic violence charges, including felony charges of corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of battery on a spouse/cohabitant. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE In 2021, he was sentenced after pleading no contest to two felony charges connected to the domestic violence involving Panettiere. The rest were dismissed due to the plea agreement. Three days before Panettiere's death, Hickerson appeared in Los Angeles court in an effort to have his felony charges reduced. "On Aug. 13, the prosecution objected to the defense’s motion to expunge and reduce both counts," a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told Fox News Digital. "The court denied both." Hickerson had tried to have the charges reduced once before, appearing in court on July 18, 2025, Fox News Digital confirmed. Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz and Lorraine Taylor contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8786fe2c5335ae10492adc 'I heard you missed me': Melania Trump turns heads in patriotic Rose Garden look for major announcement te 2026-08-20T23:00:14.267Z 'I heard you missed me': Melania Trump turns heads in patriotic Rose Garden look for major announcement First lady Melania Trump made a memorable return to the White House Rose Garden Thursday, greeting the crowd with a playful five-word message before an announcement filled with patriotism and horsepower. "I heard you missed me. Here I am," Trump said as she took the podium, as the crowd — including President Donald Trump — erupted in laughter. The first lady stood before a wall of American flags in a crisp sky-blue oversized Michael Kors shirt with the collar popped and vivid red Dior pencil skirt, echoing the patriotic setting. She completed the look with red Manolo Blahnik suede pumps. TRUMP SHOWCASES RAW AMERICAN MUSCLE IN PREVIEW OF FIRST-OF-ITS KIND AMERICA 250 GRAND PRIX And Trump's clothes weren't the only thing turning heads. Sitting nearby was an IndyCar decked out in red, white and blue and carrying the branding of the first lady's "BE BEST" and Fostering the Future initiatives. Trump couldn't resist giving the machine her own review. "Look at this incredible race car," she told the crowd. "Gorgeous and powerful." TRUMP TOUTS INDYCAR DRIVERS' 'SPECIAL' ABILITY AT FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX SHOWCASE, SEEMINGLY ENDING HOT DEBATE DRIVERS JOSEF NEWGARDEN AND KYLE KIRKWOOD TALK INDYCAR'S 'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX The car brought horsepower to the White House grounds just days before IndyCar drivers are set to roar through the nation's capital for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. Six-time IndyCar Series champion and 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon joined Trump alongside 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, Graham Rahal and Scott McLaughlin. RACER STING RAY ROBB GEARS UP FOR FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX: 'THIS IS MORE THAN JUST AN INDYCAR EVENT' IndyCar President Doug Boles said the cars will blast through the capital at speeds exceeding 180 mph, passing the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument and racing around the National Mall. He described the event as a "massive and very fast spectacle" marking America's 250th birthday. TRUMP KICKS OFF FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WITH SYMBOLIC SALUTE TO AMERICA’S LEGACY For all the speed and spectacle, however, the Rose Garden event centered on a cause dear to the first lady: America's youth. Trump announced an expansion of her Fostering the Future initiative, which supports young Americans transitioning out of the foster care system. MELANIA TRUMP CHALLENGES CONGRESS TO MAKE HER FOSTER CARE EXECUTIVE ORDER PERMANENT LAW: 'THEIR BIRTHRIGHT' Fox Corporation and IndyCar are each contributing $1 million to establish higher-education scholarships at Indiana University and Purdue University, bringing the total commitment to $2 million. The two schools expand Fostering the Future's network to 26 colleges and universities nationwide. "The greatest investment America can make is not in technology, infrastructure or capital markets. It's our children," Trump said. She also announced that a Fostering the Future scholarship recipient became the program's first doctor this spring. GUCCI HEIRESS LAUNCHES SPECIAL EDITION MOTHER'S DAY HANDBAG BENEFITING MELANIA TRUMP’S FOSTERING THE FUTURE MELANIA TRUMP EMBRACES AI EDUCATION INITIATIVE IN WHITE HOUSE TECH PUSH: 'SHE'S BEEN A CHAMPION' "He will change the lives of so many people," she said. "Graduates will build new companies, launch new industries and redefine what is possible for all Americans." And on an afternoon when a race car sat gleaming in the Rose Garden ahead of a 180-mph dash through Washington, Trump offered a different measure of success. "Education is the one asset that can never be taken away," the first lady said. "It is the foundation upon which confidence is built, opportunities created, and the future is invented." Fox News Digital's Brian Flood contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8786f62c5335ae10492abe Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell te 2026-08-20T23:00:06.920Z Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8786f52c5335ae10492ab5 Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92 te 2026-08-20T23:00:05.554Z Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92 A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8784a12c5335ae10492a70 NFL fines Saints and Cowboys $500K for practice brawl, but fights won't stop unless players get fined te 2026-08-20T22:50:09.583Z NFL fines Saints and Cowboys $500K for practice brawl, but fights won't stop unless players get fined It was another day of joint practices around the NFL on Thursday with more fights between teams, including one between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants that apparently featured someone taking a swing at quarterback Jameis Winston. And, yes, this feels like it should be the tipping point because once Winston got in the scrum and apparently leveled someone, someone else took a swipe at him. And that led Giants starting quarterback Jaxson Dart to jump in. "I just looked over and saw the red 19 jersey (which is Winston) and I was like, 'I got to go,'" Dart said. "I got to go help my boy! I don't know what's going on over there." MASSIVE BRAWL AT COWBOYS AND SAINTS PRACTICE INCLUDES PUNCHES AND WWE MOVES The NFL has had enough. Well, sort of. The league levied $500,000 fines against both the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints on Thursday, one day after the teams were involved in a serious brawl. The NFL noted that its Competition Committee has made sportsmanship, including conduct during joint practices, a point of emphasis in recent years. The league also reminded all 32 teams of that emphasis this summer. So, the hefty fines are a solid attempt to curb the violence. But they don't go far enough. This week's brawl should make one thing clear to both the NFL and NFL Players Association: players themselves need to face fines for misconduct during training camp practices, just as they do during preseason and regular-season games. So you are aware, Thursday marked the fourth consecutive day that teams holding joint practices got into fights, scuffles, skirmishes, whatever noun you wish to use. BRONCOS QB BO NIX GETS IN A FIGHT AT PRACTICE, HANDLES IT LIKE AN ULTIMATE FOOTBALL GUY The Eagles and Patriots went at it the past couple of days, even though both coaches warned their teams to abstain before the practice sessions. "I don’t want anybody fighting," Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said. "I don’t want our guys fighting in practice. I don’t want them throwing punches." "They get thrown out of the game when those things happen," Vrabel added. Anyway, at the Bears joint practice with the Bengals on Thursday, we had multiple scuffles. The big one came when Bears receiver Ray-Ray McCloud seemed to throw a punch at a Bengals defensive back, after which multiple Bengals players piled on top of him. And then there was the brawling in Miami Gardens, where the Giants and Dolphins held a joint practice. Multiple players from both teams were removed from the practice for throwing punches or seemingly causing others to throw punches. Multiple players were removed or benched. And that punishment was supposed to serve to calm matters going forward. But here's the thing: Getting any part of a hot, muggy, uncomfortable workout off is not the punishment coaches think it is. For some players, especially veterans, it's a welcome reprieve. And having the club fined is also not going to cause individual players to curtail their emotions or not defend themselves against actual or perceived wrongs. Players are simply not going to hold back because their coaches say, or the NFL is fining their beloved club. The only way teams and the NFL are going to address this issue successfully is with fines to the players themselves. If the teams aren't going to go there, then the NFL should step in. Players don't generally act this way in regular-season or preseason games because it draws a fine for them. From their paychecks. The league's own compliance guidance explicitly says its enforcement staff oversees player conduct during preseason, regular-season and postseason games, and specifically identifies fighting as conduct within its jurisdiction. Not so in joint practices. So the NFL took a notable step on Thursday. But players are quite likely to continue engaging in joint practice skirmishes until it costs them money. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8784a02c5335ae10492a67 Substitute teacher arrested after allegedly triggering false active-shooter alerts at 5 schools: sheriff te 2026-08-20T22:50:08.917Z Substitute teacher arrested after allegedly triggering false active-shooter alerts at 5 schools: sheriff A substitute teacher in Louisiana was arrested after authorities say she triggered false active-shooter alerts at five schools, prompting security responses across the district. Lytonja Barfield, 58, was booked on five counts of menacing following an investigation into the alerts Wednesday, Caddo Parish Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. announced. The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office began investigating after officials with the Caddo Parish School Board contacted the agency about possible threats following emergency alerts at several schools. FLORIDA 12-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF THREATENING TEACHER, SAYING SHE WILL 'SHOOT UP' SCHOOL Don Gibbs, the school board's director of security, told investigators that Barfield, a substitute teacher, had allegedly used the district's emergency management system to report active shooters at five schools, according to the sheriff's office. School officials responded to the alerts by implementing security measures to protect students and staff while they worked to determine whether the reported threats were legitimate. Officials determined the alerts were false and identified Barfield as the person responsible for sending them, the sheriff's office said. HERO PRINCIPAL TAKES A BULLET TO STOP ALLEGED PLANNED SCHOOL MASSACRE Caddo Parish Public Schools told Fox News Digital that Barfield is no longer employed by the district, and was not assigned to work at any district location at the time of the incident. "We are cooperating fully with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office as they continue their investigation into the matter. Ms. Barfield is no longer employed by the district and at the time of the incident, she was not assigned to work at any district site," the district's statement read. "While we will not speak to the individual details of the investigation, as that is under the purview of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office, I can say that in response to the mobile alerts, the district followed our established security protocols to ensure student and staff safety at all locations." The sheriff's office did not identify the five schools in its announcement or say what specific security measures were implemented. A Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office detective later located Barfield and questioned her about the incident. Based on evidence and information gathered during the investigation, authorities arrested Barfield and transported her to the Caddo Correctional Center, according to the sheriff's office. TRENDING 'SENIOR ASSASSIN' GAME DRAWS STARK WARNINGS FROM POLICE NATIONWIDE: 'DANGEROUS MISUNDERSTANDINGS' Barfield was booked on five counts of menacing. The sheriff's office said false reports of active threats can disrupt schools, trigger emergency responses and cause fear among students, parents, employees and the surrounding community. Authorities did not disclose a possible motive for the alleged false alerts. The investigation remains ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87824b2c5335ae104929fd DAVID MARCUS: West Virginian fairgoers are worried, but not about prices te 2026-08-20T22:40:11.453Z DAVID MARCUS: West Virginian fairgoers are worried, but not about prices Since the 1950s, the Jefferson County Fair in West Virginia has been serving up prize pigs, hefty heifers and fried everything for a citizenry that still adores it. As politicians have long known, it is among the best places on Earth to take the temperature of the American voter. Over the two days, while stuffing the old Marcus face with corn dogs and pepperoni rolls, I had expected the political talk to be about prices, or affordability, as the Democratic Socialists and the mainstream media call it. But what most people wanted to talk about was data centers. "I’m a farmer," Roy, who raises cattle nearby, told me. "Data centers, power lines, all of that, it's a threat to us. All we've got is the land." FOX NEWS POLL: COOL YOUR SERVERS! VOTERS REJECT DATA CENTERS This is a sentiment I heard, not just from the regular folks of Jefferson County, but from those who seek to serve them. Jenny Thacker and Marta Beck are both Democrats running for the House of Delegates. While they aren’t completely opposed to data centers in the county, both have issues with how the developments are being implemented. FIRST-EVER MORATORIUM ON AI DATA CENTERS PASSES MAINE LEGISLATURE "We cannot afford to have water taken out of our system, so if we can make a law that says, 'Yes, you can use surface water, but you cannot use well water,' that goes a long way to protecting our ground water," Thacker said. For Beck’s part, her concern was that "They [the state] have taken away local control from the municipalities." That word, "control," really lies at the heart of this debate, not just in West Virginia, but everywhere I travel in the country. TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT EFFECTIVELY PAUSES NEW DATA CENTER PROJECTS PENDING STATEWIDE GRID AUDIT Also at the fair, was Tamara Thompson, vice president of We The People of Jefferson County, one of the original Tea Party groups still exerting power in the Mountaineer State. She said she has been getting an earful about data centers. "I hear a lot of people being against it [data centers]," Thompson said, noting that many complain of noise pollution. "I like boots on the ground, so going there and hearing whether or not there is an export of extreme sounds was something I took personal, and I didn’t experience that." SILICON VALLEY IS LOSING THE DATA CENTER FIGHT, RISKING A REPEAT OF A CLASSIC FAILURE One fairgoer, Sarah, a retired teacher, put it rather succinctly: "I guess we need ‘em," she quipped holding up her phone, "but nobody wants ‘em." What became clear, through Tuesday’s demolition derby and Wednesday’s antique tractor pull, is that data centers are a real issue, but also the Platonic form of a first-world problem. KEVIN O'LEARY WARNS CHINA IS WINNING THE AI RACE BECAUSE U.S. STATES ARE SLOWING DATA CENTER PRODUCTION That isn’t meant dismissively. Sometimes first-world problems are more intractable than third-world ones. But this is a crisis of opportunity, not lack thereof. Mickey Reagan is running to be a Jefferson County Commissioner. I chatted with a few volunteers at her tent, and when I asked what the top issue they were hearing about from voters was, the answer was a telling single word: growth. ‘BACKYARD BRAWL’ IGNITES AS WEST VIRGINIA'S MORRISEY MOVES TO POACH BLUE STATE RIVAL SPANBERGER'S JOBS With my eyebrows slightly knitted I said, "Wait, do you mean not enough growth or, like, too much growth and the county can’t handle it?" Without a beat they said, "Too much growth." AMERICA’S BROKEN PERMITTING SYSTEM IS QUIETLY RAISING YOUR COST OF LIVING It isn’t as crazy as it may sound. In the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, it seems a hundred new houses go up every day, but not a hundred new roads, or wells, or schools. Data Centers, on the other hand, can pop up like weeds. The main takeaway I got from both Democrats and Republicans enjoying their funnel cake was that they want local control and they don’t trust big tech as far as a baby calf could pull it. How can we blame them? FOX NEWS POLL: MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, VOTERS SEE BIG TECH AS GREATER THREAT TO US In the fast-as-lightning tech sector, when regulation lags behind innovation, we wind up with 12-year-olds watching hardcore pornography on their phones, not because we chose it, but because we let it happen. For Republicans nationally, there is good news coming from the fair. Two years ago, before Trump’s restoration, all people could talk about at such events was how much everything costs, there was little time to spare for debate on the relative value of data centers. Today, for Americans in West Virginia, and across the nation, we are not in an economic crisis. We are doing okay. The issue is not keeping our heads above water, but rather how to responsibly ride the rising tide. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8782452c5335ae104929e1 Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba te 2026-08-20T22:40:05.959Z Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8782432c5335ae104929c0 OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates te 2026-08-20T22:40:03.519Z OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies' investors pause about how "sticky" enterprise AI spending really is. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877ff32c5335ae10492970 AEW star Adam Copeland talks winning tag team titles with Christian Cage, Young Bucks being on wrestle list te 2026-08-20T22:30:11.657Z AEW star Adam Copeland talks winning tag team titles with Christian Cage, Young Bucks being on wrestle list For the first time in 25 years, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage were able to call themselves tag team champions when they defeated FTR in an I Quit match at Double or Nothing. Copeland and Cage have reigned supreme over the tag team division since then, dispatching The Death Riders and The Dogs in separate matches. The type of run that Copeland and Cage have put together since he joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is exactly what he wanted when he came to the company. Copeland wasn’t looking for a nostalgia act. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK "Just fun and exactly the type of reason I came to AEW is to go after these things that I still wanted to go after but I knew weren't going to be possible unless I made that that move and to get a chance to team with him and totally recreate the team and not have it just be the thing we used to do," he told Fox News Digital. "It's like we're a team again, but we're an entirely different team and we should be because we've experienced so much and gone through so much throughout our careers that we bring all of that now and to just go and try and rehash the chump stain stuff, I don't know, it almost be a disservice to us. Like we put in enough work in between to create and carve these character paths for ourselves that to just throw that to the wayside so we could do a nostalgia run, that didn't feel right. And that was the discussions we had going into this is trying to make sure that it didn't just feel like a rehash. "And I think we’ve been successful in that. We tried to change things like we never had a finishing move as a team. Like that's insane. We never had a finishing move. Our finishing move was a concerto which is illegal. So, what we always did is just cheat and we were heels so it worked. But this incarnation is different. So, it was before Forbidden Door, I was like, ‘Hey, I was thinking about this pop-up spear thing.’ We hadn't tried it. We're just like, OK, we'll try it out there in London at the O2 for the first time ever in our first match back in 15 years. It was like, ‘Oh, yeah, we hit it. Okay, we still got that thing.’" Now, Copeland and Cage are getting ready to take on the Young Bucks – Matt and Nick Jackson – at All In with the AEW World Tag Team Championship on the line. Copeland had made note in a social media post that the Young Bucks were on his list of opponents he wanted to face. The same list included historic venues he wanted to wrestle in, including Arena México. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS For Copeland, the Young Bucks have been for a little while. "Oh, they've been on the list from the time that any kind of reality of me and AEW started to come to fruition," he told Fox News Digital. "FTR, Young Bucks, team-wise, like, those are like got to do that, have to do that. They were definitely on the list, but also too, didn't fully know if Christian and I, were going to get back to teaming. So, it's like, OK, want to we got to make sure it's right and the right time and try and fit it into this story and into that to try. "So, really it was it was the match with Mox that was the vehicle to get him and I going as a team again and for him to lose the Casino Royale opportunity because of his selfishness and then for me to go, ‘See your selfishness isn't working, man.’ And then taking the turn of, OK, but you're selfish, that's you. And then I just got to accept it and then we could kind of start running and that's just been really fun. When I think of a word, the only one that comes to mind is we've just been having fun and I get to live vicariously through Jay's character. So, like I’m like what if you said this and he's like, oh, and some of the things, man, like it it's just it's so much. It's just fun." All In is set to take place on Aug. 30 at Wembley Stadium in London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877ff22c5335ae10492967 Pastor unleashes on Dearborn as religious tensions erupt at city council meeting: 'Enough is enough' te 2026-08-20T22:30:10.892Z Pastor unleashes on Dearborn as religious tensions erupt at city council meeting: 'Enough is enough' What started as a regularly scheduled town hall in Dearborn, Michigan, erupted into a flashpoint over the influence of Muslim culture in American civic life on Tuesday as the pastor of a local church accused the town of operating under Sharia law. "America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore," Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church, said. "Enough is enough." The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview — views Sewell believes are at odds with the vast majority of the country. EL-SAYED'S AGENDA PUTS ‘PERMANENTLY’ CHANGED AMERICA ON THE LINE IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACE, GOP FIREBRAND WARNS "You are only 1% of this nation. We are not a nation of Muslims," Sewell said. Sewell’s references to an implementation of Sharia law don’t refer to actual legislation looking to codify Muslim religious practices. Instead, they’re based on what he sees as a form of favoritism that’s being applied unevenly to Muslims in the name of religious freedom. In particular, Sewell and other Dearborn critics have pointed to a case where Muslim counterprotesters, in his view, suffered inadequate consequences for assaulting Jake Lang, a local political activist. "You are not up under American law. You are up under Sharia law. That is the reason why you have made no arrests," Sewell said, referring to the incident. Lang, the activist, is no stranger to brushes with the Muslim community in Dearborn. He frames himself as a faith-based champion of American culture. In one video posted to X, Lang is seen conducting baptisms while wearing military-style garb and a bulletproof chest plate — an outfit he dons in a lot of his online content. "I don’t know about you, but I am ready to load up CRUISE SHIPS with fu—ing AMERICAN GUNS & go and LIBERATE SPAIN from the Muslim hords. If the Democrats take power in 2028, I’ll be at the Southern Border laying these animals down by the HUNDREDS!!!!!" Lang wrote in another post, referring to a recent influx of immigrants to Spain. But his online opposition turned into a real-world altercation earlier this month when Lang took his protest to the city’s Arbaeen March, an annual religious commemoration. MICHIGAN SENATE RACE: EL-SAYED’S TIES TO EXTREMIST FUEL ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS AMONG JEWISH VOTERS In one video, Lang is seen taking a punch from behind while holding a sign "deport 100 million, save America." Muslim counterprotesters chased Lang back to his car and at least one tried to hit him with a rock. "Detroit Crime News JUST released video of 3 BARBARIC Muslims picking up large rocks to STONE me to death!!! For preaching the NAME OF JESUS!!!" Lang wrote online. Notably, the police did arrest one of the assailants and asked for help in identifying others who had engaged in unlawful behavior. "One individual was arrested by Dearborn Police during the altercation and is currently held without bond as the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office determines charges," a police press release of the incident read. In Lang’s view — and in the view of Sewell — that isn’t enough. Ahead of the Tuesday city council meeting, Lang, Sewell and other demonstrators announced plans to protest the gathering, pressing for the city to more seriously evaluate Muslim influence and the influence of Sharia law. City officials have pushed back on characterizations that Muslims are being treated differently than other citizens of Dearborn. "When people portray Dearborn as some place that has been overtaken by Muslims, they aren’t simply attacking our Muslim and Arab communities. They’re also trying to erase our Christian brothers and sisters who have contributed immeasurably to the city and folks of other faiths," Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said at the city council meeting on Tuesday. CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS' PUSH TO MAKE MUSLIM HOLY DAYS STATE HOLIDAYS SPARKS DEBATE OVER SCHOOL NEUTRALITY "Ultimately, they’re attacking something much larger than any one faith or community. They are attacking the idea that all of us can belong to America at the same time." According to the 2020 U.S. census, a majority of the Dearborn reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry, making it the first American city to have a predominantly Arab population, at roughly 54.5% of its residents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877fee2c5335ae1049294f A Sun City West resident had problems with her HOA, so she wrote a bill te 2026-08-20T22:30:06.052Z A Sun City West resident had problems with her HOA, so she wrote a bill Key Points: Residents who face HOA issues are talking to lawmakers to address the laws Six bills were signed that rein in HOAs’ power The Arizona Department of Real Estate takes complaints but does not regulate HOAs When Sun City West resident Caroline Trotter ran into problems with her homeowners association, she did something many might not think to do: She took her fight to the state Legislature. This dispute — started over squabbles with neighbors, an unsightly concrete wall and a retaliatory HOA — ultimately led to the bipartisan approval of a new law requiring HOA boards to be more judicious in how they use their powers and not play favorites. Trotter’s experience is part of a broader and growing push by Arizona homeowners to rein in HOA authority. More than 30 bills affecting HOAs were introduced this legislative session, though only six became law, according to an Arizona Capitol Times analysis. The proposals addressed everything from backyard shade structures to military flags and unpaid assessments. More HOA bills will likely be filed next legislative session, but Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said it depends on the constituents.  “Possibly. Most of my legislation is in response to some horrible story of victimization by some HOA member that I then respond to,” he said. “I haven’t gotten any yet so far, but the interim is young.” It’s no small matter in Arizona, where nearly a third of homes are governed by HOAs, according to Today’s Homeowner. HOA fees are also the second-highest in the nation: about $448 a month.  “I’m delighted this will help others, especially seniors,” Trotter said about House Bill 4011, which she got passed with the help of Rep. Beverly Ringerelli, R-Peoria. Trotter added that a home is often the only thing seniors have left.  The new law states that planned community association boards have a duty to act reasonably when exercising their authority. It defines “duty to act reasonably” as exercising discretionary powers neutrally, fairly, without favoritism and in a nonarbitrary fashion.  The goal is to educate HOA boards — quasi-government groups often made up of volunteers — who might not be aware of all the HOA’s legal responsibilities. Both Pingerelli and Trotter said it’s a starting point to move the needle and help homeowners in the future.  Pingerelli said she hasn’t had any issues with HOAs, but knows people face issues in other associations.  “The language we came up with was the most appropriate to start out the conversation,” she said. “It’s a very bipartisan issue.” Caroline Trotter is a Sun City West resident who experienced issues with her HOA and took them to a state lawmaker, resulting in a new law. (Submitted by Caroline Trotter) From HOA dispute to state law Trotter moved to Arizona after a long career in international business as a senior executive, president and CEO of several companies. For six years, she said she’s loved her neighborhood despite the issues she’s experienced over the past year. Trouble started with a series of small disputes that culminated in one neighbor building a concrete block wall on what Trotter said was her property. The wall is unpainted on Trotter’s side, and it’s the only one in the neighborhood. It also blocks her view of the golf course.  Trotter went to the Recreation Centers of Sun City West to complain. But instead of solving the problem, she said they accused her of violating HOA rules. She declined to go into details because she has since filed a lawsuit against her neighbors over the issue.  Representatives for Recreation Centers of Sun City West declined to comment at length about the case. Instead, they released a statement saying they “acted reasonably regarding issues and interactions with Mrs. Trotter.”  About HB 4011, they added, “Since 1979, the Recreation Centers of Sun City West has been and continues to be one of the nation’s top active adult communities. We set the standard for 55-plus planned communities. We have always and will continue to act reasonably in the exercise of the Association’s discretionary powers, so HB 4011 will not require any changes in how we operate.” The before-and-after photos above show Caroline Trotter’s backyard. The concrete block wall blocks her view of the golf course. (Submitted by Caroline Trotter) Three key laws curbing HOA power  House Bill 4011 isn’t the only new law trying to rein in HOA power.   Rep. Stacey Travers, D-Phoenix, filed House Bill 2342 and got it signed into law. It prevents HOAs from restricting the installation or use of a shade structure in a backyard.  Travers said earlier this year that the bill was inspired by a family in Chandler who installed a shade structure so their child could play safely outside.  The HOA told them to take it down, almost to the point of harassment, Travers said. They tried to use an umbrella, but they were told to take that down too.  “Expanding shade structure regulations within our HOA is a practical, forward-thinking step that benefits the entire community,” Travers said. “With clear design standards in place, the HOA can maintain neighborhood aesthetics while giving residents the ability to adapt to rising temperatures and changing needs.” Senate Bill 1184, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh and signed into law in June, states that HOAs cannot prohibit the display of flags of military branch divisions. This bill met some resistance from Democrats, who proposed an amendment protecting homeowners who want to fly pride flags. The amendment failed on the House floor. A third law, filed as Senate Bill 1246 and sponsored by Sen. Wendy Rogers, protects homeowners from losing their homes over relatively small, unpaid HOA or Condominium Owners Association assessments. It passed unanimously in the Legislature. Homeowners have limited recourse For retired attorney Steve Cheifetz, who has litigated HOA cases involving both homeowners and associations, the new laws highlight a larger issue: HOAs have considerable authority to limit homeowners’ rights over their own property.  HOAs generally operate under what’s known as a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (or CC&Rs). These are legally binding documents that outline what property owners can and cannot do with their properties, and the consequences for violating the rules. State laws limit some HOA authority, Cheifetz said, but homeowners are still bound by HOA property use limitations. No state department or agency oversees HOAs. Homeowners can file a $500 petition with the Arizona Department of Real Estate. It’s a legal action one party is choosing to file against another, and the matter is adjudicated by an administrative law judge through a case assignment at the Office of Administrative Hearings, Commissioner Susan Nicolson said.  But they offer reduced-fee mediation, and often the case will not proceed because there isn’t really a complaint, Nicolson said. They do not have any regulatory authority to enforce HOAs, and they don’t interpret the CC&Rs either, she added.  Between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, Nicolson’s department received 261 petitions regarding HOA complaints. Of those, the department issued 28 decisions and coordinated four rehearing requests.  So far in 2026, she said the department has received 246 petitions, and 77 cases are currently open.   Nicolson said the best advice she can give prospective homeowners who are considering an HOA is to read the CC&Rs before they buy. Many times, HOAs win their cases because they were following the law, she said.  “Homeowners associations are basically [homeowners] giving up some of [their] private property rights that came with the land in order to live in a community that’s agreed to certain rules,” she said. “Other people just want their private property rights, and if they want to paint their house turquoise and copper … go forth. They do not want anybody to tell them that they can’t do that, and that’s a personal choice.” The post A Sun City West resident had problems with her HOA, so she wrote a bill first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877feb2c5335ae10492942 Phoenix Police Investigate 2 Officers Accused of Violent Traffic Stop te 2026-08-20T22:30:03.536Z Phoenix Police Investigate 2 Officers Accused of Violent Traffic Stop The department opened a criminal investigation after a couple said they were shocked with a stun gun and beaten during the Aug. 5 encounter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877d9b2c5335ae10492900 Jill Biden entertains possibility Joe was drugged before debate, asked point blank if doctors ruled out stroke te 2026-08-20T22:20:11.063Z Jill Biden entertains possibility Joe was drugged before debate, asked point blank if doctors ruled out stroke Former first lady Jill Biden doubled down on the possibility of her husband, former President Joe Biden, being drugged ahead of the 2024 debate, and was asked during a podcast on Thursday if doctors ruled out a stroke that night. Podcast host Jamie Kern Lima asked Biden if a stroke was ruled out by doctors the night of the debate. "Well, they did. They said, I mean, I didn't say to them, when I was writing my book, I was reflecting, but I didn't say, 'God, did Joe have a stroke?' I just said, 'Is he okay? Is he okay?'" Biden responded. JILL BIDEN REVEALS JOE WHISPERED 'I REALLY F---ED UP' AFTER DISASTROUS DEBATE WITH TRUMP Lima asked the former first lady what her gut told her happened, and Biden said she didn't know. "I mean, there's all kinds of theories — you know, he had been traveling," she said. "I know he was tired, he didn't feel well that day, when I saw him, but there was nothing definitive that I could point to. And I had been on the road for two weeks up until that moment. So, I wasn't with him. I didn't see him days before, weeks before. I saw him maybe one hour before." JILL BIDEN SAYS SHE THOUGHT JOE WAS HAVING A STROKE DURING HIS DISASTROUS 2024 DEBATE PERFORMANCE Lima asked, "There's no way anyone could have, God forbid, laced his drink or something?" "Who knows? Who knows?" Biden responded. The former president's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. One of the most decisive moments of the 2024 election was then-President Biden's debate with now President Donald Trump. Biden stammered, had long periods of silence and intense, confused facial expressions, to the point some of his most vocal supporters broke ranks and demanded he relinquish the nomination. Jill Biden released a memoir, "View from the East Wing," which touched on the debate moment. Biden wrote that she thought Joe might have had a stroke. "I wasn’t horrified, I was frightened," Jill Biden recalled in a May interview. "I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since," the first lady said. "I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I said, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death." JAKE TAPPER DISPUTES JILL BIDEN'S CLAIM SHE FEARED FOR HUSBAND'S HEALTH AT CNN DEBATE She told Lima that she and the president had doctors around them at all times and she was told that Joe was okay that night before they went on to do more events. "It was like such an aberration," she added. Democrats and others have pushed back on Jill's book tour and the re-hashing of 2024, a sore point for the party as former Vice President Kamala Harris ultimately lost to President Trump. DEMOCRATS’ MIDTERM PUSH CLOUDED BY INFIGHTING OVER PARTY KEEPING 2024 AUTOPSY UNDER WRAPS Andrew Bates, a former Biden spokesperson, said of Jill Biden's book, "I don’t see why that painful conversation for the party needed to be publicly reopened right now." The former first lady responded to Bates, "I want to say to Andrew: Call me up, and say it to my face, buddy." George Washington University professor of political management, Dr. Matt Dallek, told Fox News Digital in a statement that while the memoir tour and rehashing of 2024 likely wouldn't matter to voters ahead of the midterms or 2028, members of the Democratic Party see the Bidens as focused on the past. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Democrats seem to feel like they're focused on the past, they're focused on Trump coming back to power," Dallek said. "They're focused on the perceived sense of failure of Biden, and his unpopularity as he left office." "I think that the memoir tour, the various appearances by — whether it's Jill Biden or Hunter Biden — I think there's still, you know, a lot of affection for Joe Biden, for the Bidens in the Democratic Party. There's also, I think, a certain amount of pain associated with the memory of the Biden presidency, and especially the last kind of year or two," he told Fox News Digital in a statement. The former president is expected to release his own book recounting his presidency in November, after the midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877d962c5335ae104928e1 Weekend equipment fire at Havasu Riviera extinguished quickly te 2026-08-20T22:20:06.714Z Weekend equipment fire at Havasu Riviera extinguished quickly Lake Havasu City residents on Saturday may have seen smoke coming from the south side. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877d942c5335ae104928d3 Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba te 2026-08-20T22:20:04.702Z Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877b452c5335ae10492896 Arizona Diamondbacks admit they have no idea what happened with star infielder: it's 'a complete mystery' te 2026-08-20T22:10:13.955Z Arizona Diamondbacks admit they have no idea what happened with star infielder: it's 'a complete mystery' The Ketel Marte saga just keeps getting stranger. Marte, one of the best players in baseball and a key part of the Arizona Diamondbacks lineup since the 2017 season, traveled with his team to Boston ahead of their very important series with the Red Sox at Fenway Park. And then just never showed up to the stadium. Not only did he not show up, he didn't tell the team front office, his manager, or his teammates that he wouldn't be there. Arizona waited until 20 minutes before first pitch to put him on the restricted list, and when asked about it after the game, manager Torey Lovullo admitted that "there was very little coming back" from Marte about his absence. KETEL MARTE FRUSTRATING DIAMONDBACKS BY OPTING TO TAKE DAYS OFF WITH TRADE DEADLINE LOOMING: REPORT Lovullo also acknowledged that nobody was even sure if Marte was still in Boston, or if he'd left to return to Phoenix or elsewhere. His agent then issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the 32-year-old is dealing with a "personal matter" and has a knee injury that requires an MRI. "[Marte] is currently managing a personal matter and will be undergoing an MRI on his knee tomorrow. Ketel appreciates the unwavering support from fans, teammates, the Diamondbacks organization, and Torey Lovullo during this time. He remains optimistic about his recovery and looks forward to returning to the field to contribute to the team as soon as possible," the statement said. On Thursday, the story turned even more bizarre, as team executives admitted they still have no idea what's going on or why Marte never showed up to the stadium. In a new interview with "Bickley & Marotta" on 98.7 in Phoenix, team president and CEO Derrick Hall admitted that it's a "mystery" what happened with Marte. "Still a complete mystery," Hall said on Thursday morning. "It’s just bizarre." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Hall added that Marte will need to provide more details on what happened, as well as apologize to his teammates and the organization, in order to "hopefully" move on. "We’re going to have to get explanations from him and apologies from him and hopefully we can pick up the pieces and move on and turn the page," he said. What made it even more odd is that Hall said he saw Marte at the team hotel on Sunday and "he appeared just fine and then was just a no-show, as you know. Just bizarre, and we’ve tried to get answers." More specifically, Hall added that there's no excuse for not showing up without prior communication and an explanation. "Any player who has a responsibility to be at the ballpark needs to be there, unless it’s been prearranged" he said, as the team traveled home to Phoenix. "We’re not sure what (this situation) is, that’s why we want to hear what the results of the MRI are right away, and still, we need to know: 'OK, if you were feeling sore, if you were hurting, why didn’t you go and have treatment?' That’s what you do. "Personally, I’m disappointed a player didn’t show up and go where he was supposed to, but I can get past it if I hear a reason why...Maybe there will be a reason to help him, and if it a personal issue as his agent is [saying], we need to hear what that is and see if there’s a way for us to help him or alleviate this whole situation." Any player not showing up to their team's game without an explanation would be bizarre and inexplicable. But for one of the best players in the sport, who's making $20 million a year, to not tell his team what's happening? That's one of the weirdest baseball stories in years. Maybe Marte does have a serious personal issue to deal with. Or his apparent knee injury has taken a turn for the worse. Those are legitimate reasons to not play, though, and all it would take for the absence to be excused is a text or phone call. For Marte to not have the courtesy to do any of it? When his team is fighting for a playoff spot? That's tough to forgive or forget. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877b442c5335ae10492887 Officials warn of a bleak Colorado River future as deadline nears te 2026-08-20T22:10:12.696Z Officials warn of a bleak Colorado River future as deadline nears Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, speaks to PBS News about the fight for Colorado River water near the banks of the river in Grand Junction, Colorado on Aug. 19, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube) The future of the Colorado River is looking bleak, and officials in the seven states that depend on its water say they’re happy to negotiate — but with current use rules expiring at the end of the year, compromise seems unlikely. During a more than two-hour PBS special on Wednesday, officials from the Upper and Lower basins, as well as farmers and water experts, painted an alarming picture of a shrinking river without enough water to meet legal allocation obligations set more than 100 years ago.  The Colorado River is a vital source of drinking water for 40 million people in the seven states, Mexico and 30 Native American tribes, and it provides water for farming operations and hydroelectricity.  The Lower Basin states — Arizona, Nevada and California — and the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming — have been attempting to negotiate an updated water usage agreement for more than two years. So far, they’ve been unsuccessful.  Because of the negotiating impasse, the federal government has devised a plan to replace the agreement that expires at the end of the year. It will impose drastic cuts on the Lower Basin states, and Arizona will feel the brunt of those cuts with a cut to its river water of  up to 77%. Arizona faces an outsized burden when it comes to reductions because the Central Arizona Project, a series of canals that supplies Colorado River water to the metropolitan Phoenix and Tucson areas, is one of the newest users of the river water, making it legally one of the first to be cut.  The major sticking point in the negotiations is the Upper Basin states’ refusal to commit to any mandatory cuts, while the Lower Basin states already take cuts in dry years.  Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s water commissioner, said that her state already deals with mandatory cuts, they’re just from Mother Nature, not the U.S. government. The Colorado River is fed by melting snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, which is at a record low this year.  “What I can’t promise is to deliver water when it’s not there,” Mitchell said. “Nobody can.” She characterized the Lower Basin states’ argument that the Upper Basin wasn’t taking mandatory cuts as a “major flaw,” since the Upper Basin uses anywhere between three to five millions acre-feet per year, based on what’s available.  An acre-foot of water is enough to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot, or about 325,851 gallons. That’s enough to provide three homes in Arizona a year of water, on average. Mitchell said the cuts from Mother Nature are “far more fierce than the federal government will ever be,” putting farmers on the western slope of the Rockies at risk of going out of business.  And while those in the Upper Basin balk at the swimming pools and golf courses in the middle of the desert that are prevalent in urban centers of Arizona and Nevada, municipalities account for only about 25% of the Lower Basin’s water use.  Agriculture accounts for the other 75%. Andrea Travnik, assistant secretary for water and science at the U.S. Department of Interior, dodged a question from PBS about whether the federal government would contemplate putting restrictions on water use for farming, which would be incredibly politically unpopular.  Travnik said that the federal government has already worked with the states to raise water levels in Lake Mead through conservation efforts, and will continue to push for conservation, in addition to other solutions like desalination — which is extremely expensive — and water reuse.  But Brad Udall, a water and climate scientist at Colorado State University, said that if the 1,500 farmers that depend on Colorado River water for their crops are pitted against the 5 million people in metropolitan Phoenix and the 18 million people in the greater Los Angeles area, the winner will be obvious.  Udall thinks the states need to ditch the outdated 1922 Colorado River Compact, which allocated 7.5 million acre-feet for each basin, and was based on a faulty model that assumed the river system could supply 15 million acre-feet annually. While use agreements have been updated numerous times since then, the allocations to each basin remain the same.  The region is in the midst of a 20-year mega drought that is wreaking havoc on the river. Since 2000, flows in the Colorado River have decreased by 20%. And since, 2020 flows are down 35%.  After negotiations with the Upper Basin were unfruitful earlier this year, the Lower Basin states in May offered their own proposal to reduce their shared usage by 1.25 million acre-feet annually in 2027 and 2028, with about a 30% cut for Arizona.  This proposal was aimed at helping to stabilize water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the system’s two key reservoirs, whose water levels fell this month to their lowest point since 1957.  Udall described both reservoirs as just above deadpool, the point at which water drops too low to flow past a dam by gravity.  “Deadpool is a point where you lose control of the reservoir,” he said. “Mother Nature controls what happens. It controls what comes in. It controls what you send out the bottom.” Reaching deadpool would turn those reservoirs into nothing more than concrete basins where water evaporates, Udall said.  “It’s kind of hard to overstate the consequences of losing those water bank accounts for the states that rely on it in the Lower Basin,” he said.  While Mitchell said that the Upper Basin couldn’t guarantee its 7.5 million acre-feet delivery of water to the Lower Basin, it would attempt to prevent the reservoirs from reaching deadpool.  Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, said that the basins could come to an agreement today, if the Upper Basin would agree to take a 2% mandatory cut of its annual available water supply, or about 100,000 acre-feet in a year with 5 million acre feet available.  Mitchell did not say she would agree to those cuts, saying that the Upper Basin states are already managing their water responsibly.  But Arizona and the other Lower Basin states have undertaken significant conservation efforts for Colorado River water since 2014 and have reduced their consumption from 7.4 million acre-feet in 2015 to just over 6 million in 2024, adding 165 feet of water to Lake Mead.  All of the water officials who participated in the PBS special said they would prefer to hammer out a compromise instead of going to court, but that they were committed to protecting their water rights.  In March, Arizona retained the high-powered law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to represent the state in possible litigation among the Colorado River Basin states and the federal government.  Kathryn Sorensen, director of research at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University, said that while the fight for Colorado River water has become “existential” because of overallocation, Arizonans shouldn’t panic yet.  Even if the Central Arizona Project goes dry, she said, Phoenix still has banked groundwater and the Salt and Verde rivers to fall back on. Sorensen said she doesn’t expect municipal water shortages, but she does predict higher water bills.  The Trump administration’s draft “preferred alternative” plan for the river, released last month, could reduce the Lower Basin’s allocation by 3 million acre-feet per year, slashing Arizona’s water supply from the river by more than 75%. But there’s still a possibility that the federal government could implement the Lower Basin’s proposal for smaller cuts instead.  The federal government’s new river usage rules, which are still being negotiated, will be released later this year.  Udall said that the U.S. is totally failing to address the overall cause of the river’s decline.  “There’s a whole bunch of scientific studies that suggest that this is very much human-caused,” Udall said. “It’s due to our greenhouse gas emissions and the warming of the earth right now.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877b402c5335ae10492877 New Arizona law limits custody for domestic abusers te 2026-08-20T22:10:08.529Z New Arizona law limits custody for domestic abusers PHOENIX — A new state law is designed to make it difficult, if not impossible, for those who commit domestic violence to get custody of their children — or even have unsupervised visits. The law also expands what is considered domestic violence to include someone exercising “coercive control” over the other, a form of abuse that can involve controlling a partner’s finances, movements, relationships, and daily activities. The changes to state law can all be traced to Hope Hooton, a Surprise woman whose ex-husband killed their two children during one of those visits and then killed himself. Arizona already has laws directing judges to consider the best interests of children when making decisions about custody, visitation and parental decision-making after a divorce. But Glendale Republican Rep. Lisa Fink said the previous law left too much room for interpretation. Under prior law, judges were required to determine if there was “significant domestic violence” when making those decisions.   “What is ‘significant domestic violence?'” Fink said. “Is two black eyes significant when one black eye is not?” The new law removes that word “significant” and makes several other major changes to the laws governing family court. It keeps the requirement in place that judges make custody and visitation decisions in the child’s best interests. But it adds a presumption that any history of domestic violence by one parent against another is not in the child’s best interests.  Judges also are required to consider evidence from various sources, including law enforcement, medical records, witness testimony and records from domestic violence shelters. And once a judge determines that domestic violence has occurred, it cannot require the victim to prove that the abuse was “severe or frequent” enough to justify restricting the offender’s decision-making authority or parenting time. A parent who committed domestic violence also cannot get unsupervised — or, even in some cases, supervised — parenting time unless that person presents “clear and convincing evidence”  that such restrictions are unnecessary. During hearings on the measure, Hooton detailed for lawmakers the mental and physical violence she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband, including being strangled and stabbed in her leg.  “He controlled our finances, what I ate, and how I exercised,” she testified. “He called me degrading names and threw objects at me.” Hooton said the abuse was initially not directed at her children. That changed in 2024 when her ex, Brock Mater, had the children for an unsupervised visit. Mater shot and killed 7-year-old Alec and 4-year-old Lydia before taking his own life.   Fink said Thursday that the facts of that case inspired the new law. “That’s something that we have seen over and over again: When there has been domestic violence, it does put the children at risk,” she said. Hooton told lawmakers that after she filed for divorce, she obtained an order of protection against her husband — an order that did not include Alec and Lydia. “The court did not fully evaluate strangulation, coercive control, suicidal or filicidal ideation, and acute psychiatric instability before granting unsupervised parenting time,” she said. And that, Hooton said, simply reflected the law at the time as interpreted by judges. “In family court, mothers are often told, ‘He was abusive to you, not the children,’ ” she said. “This bill recognizes that the research already tells us that abuse of a mother is a warning sign of danger to the children.” Though the law — dubbed the Alec and Lydia Act — took effect in June, Gov. Katie Hobbs held a ceremonial bill signing on Thursday. The post New Arizona law limits custody for domestic abusers first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877b3e2c5335ae1049286c Arrests & Citations: Lake Havasu City police (copy) te 2026-08-20T22:10:06.918Z Arrests & Citations: Lake Havasu City police (copy) Lake Havsu City Police reported the following arrests and citations: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a877b3b2c5335ae10492848 ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plugin te 2026-08-20T22:10:03.745Z ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plugin Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8778e42c5335ae1049280a A Man in a Chucky-Style Mask Was Scaring Philadelphians. Then He Picked the Wrong Woman. te 2026-08-20T22:00:04.112Z A Man in a Chucky-Style Mask Was Scaring Philadelphians. Then He Picked the Wrong Woman. When Jameka Wilson encountered a man wearing a Chucky-style Halloween mask, her stage combat training kicked in. Now she’s a minor local celebrity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8776902c5335ae104927cd Seattle Times columnist resigns after paper allegedly refused to run 'Save Women's Sports' column te 2026-08-20T21:50:08.570Z Seattle Times columnist resigns after paper allegedly refused to run 'Save Women's Sports' column The Seattle Times lost sports columnist Matt Calkins in a highly publicized resignation on Thursday, after Calkins claimed the paper refused to run a piece on women's sports activists. Calkins, who spent 11 years at the outlet, said the decision not to publish his column left him unable to perform the job he was hired to do. The column centered on two Washington student-athletes who oppose allowing transgender girls to compete in female sports, that were recently at the center of a national controversy after they attended a Seattle Storm WNBA game to support Sophie Cunningham's support for protecting women's sports. Calkins sought to make the case that supporting sex-separated athletic competition does not necessarily reflect hostility toward transgender people. "I tried to write a column through the eyes of two student athletes who were kind of speaking out against biological males in, in girls/women's sports and I submitted this column a couple Fridays ago to my editors ... basically six days went by and they said, 'Uh, we're looking at it. Um, let me give it to this editor. This editor is gonna have a talk with the top two editors.' And six days later they decided it wasn't gonna run," Calkins told Fox News Digital. "All they said was that, 'You didn't tell us you were doing this in advance, uh, so we can't run it.' But I didn't buy the excuse." Calkins added that he wanted to platform the voices of girls who speak out against trans athletes in women's sports. "I wanted to get their voices out there," Calkins said. "I feel like if you look at most media, the girls who have to compete against biological males, I feel like their voices get stifled a lot." Calkins said the rejection followed a pattern involving several previous columns. "Anytime I would kind of go against the grain, my columns would get spiked," he said. Calkins emphasized that he respects his former editors and understands the pressure they face when deciding whether to publish commentary on divisive subjects. He said he does not harbor personal animosity toward his former colleagues. "I have a lot of respect for my editors," he said. "I don’t know what I would’ve done if I were in their situation either." AMERICANS CLASH OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AS DEBATE HEATS UP: ‘JUST GETTING OUTRAGEOUS' At the same time, Calkins said he believed concern about public backlash had increasingly limited the range of opinions he was able to explore. "I couldn’t do my job as a columnist because I feel like they were stifling my voice," he said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Seattle Times for a response, but has not heard back. The controversy Calkins focused on in his column began before a July 28 game between the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever at Climate Pledge Arena. Calkins attended a rally supporting Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who has spoken against transgender women participating in women’s sports. At the rally, Calkins interviewed 16-year-old Ahnaleigh Wilson, a high school runner who said she had previously competed against a transgender athlete. He also later interviewed Tumwater High School basketball player Frances Staudt, who had declined to play in a game involving a transgender opponent. Wilson subsequently alleged that Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted her inside the arena and used profanity while criticizing her support for Cunningham. The Storm publicly apologized for the encounter, and the WNBA fined Keaton and suspended her from attending five home games, according to reporting on the incident. WHAT'S NEXT IN THE BATTLE TO 'SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS' AFTER SCOTUS RULING — AND THE HIDDEN DAMAGE DRIVING IT Calkins said the encounter prompted him to write the column, which he later published on Substack after leaving the newspaper The dispute came as Washington voters prepare to consider Initiative IL26-638 in November. The proposed measure would require schools to prohibit students it defines as biologically male from competing in certain athletic activities reserved for female students. It would also require healthcare-provider verification of a student’s biological sex for participation in those activities. Supporters describe the measure as a protection for fairness and safety in girls’ sports. Opponents argue that it would discriminate against transgender students and create invasive eligibility requirements. That wider political debate formed the backdrop to Calkins’s column, but his resignation raises a separate question about editorial discretion and the latitude afforded to newspaper columnists. Calkins said he had no firm professional plans when he resigned. He intends to continue writing independently while considering what comes next. "I love to keep writing. I love sports. I love to be able to speak my mind," he said. "Hopefully I can stay in that realm." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8774392c5335ae1049277b From Colin Kaepernick to Dylan Mulvaney, Nike's decade of left-wing activism has finally caught up to it te 2026-08-20T21:40:09.454Z From Colin Kaepernick to Dylan Mulvaney, Nike's decade of left-wing activism has finally caught up to it Nike spent much of the past decade making left-wing politics part of its brand and the company's stock hit a 12-year low this week. Before we get into that, we should acknowledge that the "social justice" messaging isn't the only reason the company is struggling. Nike is losing ground to newer competitors, its products haven’t created the same excitement and consumers aren’t exactly eager to pay more for sneakers right now. Still, it’s hard not to notice what Nike has been doing while its business has sputtered: picking fights over politics, race, patriotism, transgenderism and DEI. TED CRUZ TAKES VICTORY LAP AS ICONIC AMERICAN BRAND'S STOCK PLUNGES TO 12-YEAR LOW From Colin Kaepernick to the Betsy Ross flag, Dylan Mulvaney and a study involving "transgender" youth athletes that Nike quietly backed away from after OutKick exposed it, the company has built an impressive record of left-wing corporate activism. In February 2026, it added an EEOC investigation into alleged race discrimination against white employees and job applicants to the list. Nike wanted to be more than a shoe company. Mission accomplished. Nike made its choice clear in 2018, when it put former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick at the center of its 30th-anniversary "Just Do It" campaign. Kaepernick, of course, became a national political figure after sitting, and later kneeling, during the national anthem because he said he refused to show pride in a flag for a country that "oppresses black people and people of color." He specifically cited "police brutality" and later wore socks to an NFL practice depicting police officers as pigs and showed support for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Nike decided he was the perfect guy to launch a campaign with the slogan, "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." At that point, Nike wasn’t simply sponsoring a former NFL quarterback. It was elevating the most divisive figure in American sports at the time and daring consumers to take a side. THE WASHINGTON POST CAN’T QUIT COLIN KAEPERNICK Some did. Nike received plenty of backlash, including videos of customers burning products or cutting the swooshes off their socks. But the company also received glowing coverage from corporate-media types who loved the idea of a massive American brand embracing extreme left-wing political messaging. Nike didn’t back away from the Kaepernick experiment, either. The following summer, it pulled a Fourth of July-themed Air Max sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag after Kaepernick reportedly objected to the design. Nike said it halted distribution because of concerns the shoe could "unintentionally offend." Think about that for a second. A company built around American athletes decided that a sneaker featuring the flag associated with the country’s founding was too offensive to sell around Independence Day. Then came 2020, when nearly all of corporate America went all-in on left-wing political activism. And Nike was right there at the front of the line. After George Floyd’s death, the company released its "For Once, Don’t Do It" campaign, telling Americans not to pretend there wasn’t a problem in the country. Nike publicly supported Black Lives Matter and racial-justice activism while the NBA restarted its season in the Orlando bubble with social-justice slogans on jerseys and "Black Lives Matter" painted prominently on the court. Nike was the NBA’s apparel partner. Its logo was on the jerseys as the league put social justice slogans on players’ backs and ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the court. Nike wasn’t distancing itself from any of it. Nike can say whatever it wants. But after Kaepernick, the Betsy Ross shoe and the NBA’s Black Lives Matter moment, it was clear the company wasn’t simply interested in making an occasional political statement. Left-wing messaging had become as synonymous with Nike as its swoosh logo. In 2023, Nike featured trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a male, in a paid Instagram promotion for women’s sports bras and leggings. Mulvaney was already at the center of national debate after a Bud Light promotion helped trigger one of the most damaging corporate backlashes in recent memory. So, Nike wasn’t wandering blindly into a controversy nobody could have predicted. The company saw what had happened to Bud Light and made the decision anyway. Nike later defended Mulvaney and its support for the LGBTQ community. But it hired a male influencer to sell women’s sports bras and leggings. That was an absurd decision, and no one should have been surprised by the backlash. Still, Nike appeared committed to the idea that the public just needed more education, more visibility and more lectures from multinational corporations. What could possibly go wrong? This is where Nike’s activism went from poor marketing tactics to something much more serious. In April 2025, OutKick reported that evidence indicated Nike had helped fund a study involving "transgender" youth athletes as young as 12. The proposed research was designed to track athletic and physiological changes among young people undergoing so-called "gender-affirming care." Researchers connected to the project said publicly that Nike had provided funding. Boston Children’s Hospital magazine later described the research as being supported, in part, by Nike. Nike initially would not answer OutKick’s repeated questions. A company executive later said on background that the study "was never initialized" and was "not moving forward." Then, trans-identifying researcher Joanna Harper, a male, said Nike had "pulled out" after "haters got wind of it." So, which was it? Was the study never initialized, as Nike claimed? Or did Nike pull out after public pressure, as one of its researchers claimed? Nike has never provided a clear public explanation that resolves that contradiction. MARY CAIN'S BOOK AND NIKE'S TRANS-ATHLETE STUDY REVEAL THE SAME PATTERN OF CORPORATE HYPOCRISY The company had moved beyond slapping the standard rainbow logo on its website and social media accounts during "Pride Month." It was allegedly helping fund research involving children, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and the future of girls’ sports. Which is especially rich because, while this was all unfolding, Nike was telling the country how much it cared about women’s sports. For its first Super Bowl commercial in 27 years, Nike used Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu and other female stars in the company’s "So Win" campaign, which told viewers that women are constantly told they "can’t win." So, which side is Nike actually on? The company can’t spend millions promoting Caitlin Clark and women’s sports, then help fund research aimed at figuring out how boys can medically alter their bodies enough to compete against girls. Nike’s answer to that question has been a bunch of evasive statements, silence and an off-the-record claim that the study "was never initialized." The latest chapter came in February, when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an action to enforce a subpoena against Nike. The EEOC said it is investigating systemic allegations that Nike discriminated against white employees, job applicants and participants in training programs through DEI-related practices. The agency sought information involving hiring, promotions, layoffs, internships, mentorships, leadership-development programs and Nike’s diversity targets. Nike has denied wrongdoing, said it is cooperating and described the escalation as surprising and unusual. So Nike says it did nothing wrong, and maybe that’s true. The EEOC still has to prove its case. But the optics are almost too perfect. A company that spent years lecturing Americans about racial justice and fairness is now being asked by the federal government whether its own employment practices treated workers differently because of skin color. That’s quite a mess for a company that made DEI a central part of its corporate identity. Nike’s stock problems go well beyond its aggressive political messaging. But the company has spent years building a brand that often seemed more interested in impressing left-wing activists than connecting with consumers in middle America. A 12-year-low stock price should be a wake-up call. Nike needs to get back to making products people want to buy, not finding new ways to lecture them. Just do it, Nike. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8771e52c5335ae104926fa California controller candidate slams massive education spending despite worse student results te 2026-08-20T21:30:13.517Z California controller candidate slams massive education spending despite worse student results California is experiencing an educational paradox, according to Herb Morgan, a candidate for state controller — the state's chief fiscal officer, accountant and auditor. The Golden State, Morgan said, has spent billions of dollars educating public school students but has failed to boost educational outcomes despite the influx of taxpayer funds. California’s K-12 education funding rose from $97 billion in 2019 to $151 billion for the current budget cycle, said Morgan, who tracks and lists state expenditures through his "California Radical Transparency" website, a political and financial oversight initiative designed to track and decode state spending. EXPLOSIVE REPORT FINDS $230M IN ALLEGED K-12 EDUCATION FRAUD AMID TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN: 'ESPECIALLY HIDEOUS' Per-student spending jumped from $16,300 to $27,400 over that same period, said Morgan, an investment professional. "Why is it if we're spending all this money, why aren't we getting the results? It's because we have a broken accountability feature in state finances," Morgan told Fox News Digital. The disconnect between funding and classroom outcomes is not a lack of resources, Morgan said, but a breakdown in financial accountability at the state level, which he said allows billions of dollars to vanish into local bureaucracies without proper oversight. He noted several instances of alleged financial mismanagement and fraud schemes involving schools and school districts: the A3 Education Charter Network, where $400 million was allegedly diverted from the state by inflating enrollment numbers; the Scale Leadership Academy, where a founder was charged with siphoning $16 million in public funds; and the Magnolia School District in Orange County, where a former financial executive embezzled $17 million. RED-STATE AUDITOR REPORTS 'EXPLOSION' OF FRAUD TIPS AS HE TARGETS STATE EMPLOYEES 'RACKING UP' TAXPAYER WASTE In July, incumbent State Controller Malia Cohen praised the signing of legislation to strengthen financial oversight of California's local educational agencies. "Every dollar intended for California's students should reach the classroom and not lost to fraud, waste, or abuse," she said at the time. "Public trust depends on strong financial oversight, and this legislation gives California better tools to strengthen accountability, improve transparency, and detect fraud before it diverts resources from the students who need them most." Meanwhile, California trails states with significantly lower budgets. Mississippi spends around $12,000 per student, amounting to less than half of what California spends per pupil. However, Mississippi reports higher average standardized test scores in 4th and 8th-grade math and reading, according to data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Still, Morgan criticized Cohen and her office's oversight record. "It's a lack of desire. But more than a lack of desire, it's just a lack of skill," he said. "Running the fourth-largest economy in the world is a big, big job." Fox News Digital has reached out to Cohen's office and the California Department of Education for comment. Given the rise of artificial intelligence, Morgan said, AI-driven oversight can eliminate fraud across California's massive state budget. "The state controller has the constitutional authority over any recipient of state money, as far downstream as it goes," he said. "We don't need to look for needles in the haystack anymore. We just reach in and pull out the needles." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8771e42c5335ae104926f1 Unknown hacker allegedly leaks several minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay ahead of Netflix reveal te 2026-08-20T21:30:12.792Z Unknown hacker allegedly leaks several minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay ahead of Netflix reveal One of the most anticipated video games of last decade is set to release later this year, but a gameplay footage leak may have spoiled the surprise for millions of fans. "Grand Theft Auto VI" will be unleashed on a frenzied gaming community on Nov. 19, 2026, barring any more unforeseen delays, and developer Rockstar Games is even giving fans a sneak peak of gameplay footage on Netflix on Aug. 27. That wasn't enough for one anonymous X account, who decided to take matters into their own hands by leaking some footage of their own. THE FIVE BEST YEARS IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY RANKED: WHICH GAMING YEAR WAS THE GREATEST EVER? An X user going by the name "CyberLeek" has somehow allegedly obtained a build of the game and has posted several minutes of gameplay on their account. Their most popular and comprehensive video involves flying a plane across the map to show off the size and scale of the world Rockstar has spent the past 13 years building. INDYCAR AND IRACING STUDIOS SPILL DETAILS ON SERIES' FIRST VIDEO GAME IN TWENTY YEARS The game's map is based on a fictionalized version of the state of Florida, and anyone familiar with the Sunshine State, more specifically the city of Miami, can spot several key landmarks in the two-minute video, including the Freedom Tower, the Southeast Financial Center, and the Kaseya Center where the Heat play their home games. CyberLeek has several more videos driving vehicles and exploring interiors of buildings, so either they genuinely obtained a copy of a nearly finished GTA VI or this is all just really convincing AI. YOUTUBER BORDEAUX GOES IN DEPTH ON EA SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL 27'S 'MICRO TRANSACTIONS' Many on social media have expressed their anger in the comments section below the videos, though their ire isn't directed at CyberLeek, but rather at Rockstar. Their gripe is that the supposed game CyberLeek is showing off doesn't look as good as they expected it to, given the nearly decade and a half it spent in production. Arguments have broken out across social media questioning whether the videos posted are legitimate, and although no one has been able to confirm the validity, Rockstar and Take Two Interactive, the holding company that owns Rockstar, have yet to confirm nor deny these rumors while the videos continue to be flagged and taken down, fueling speculation. OutKick has reached out to Rockstar for comment but has received no response. CyberLeek claims they will continue to leak footage of the games to "fight for players (sic) rights," and are awaiting an apology from Rockstar. Much of the vitriol apparently stems from the developers releasing GTA VI without physical copies of the game, a decision that was roundly mocked and derided last month. It remains to be seen if these leaks are legit or not, but one thing is for sure, it has captivated an entire subculture of the internet and is just another chapter in the bizarre and seemingly never-ending story of GTA VI's development. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8771e42c5335ae104926e8 Taylor Sheridan's $330M Four Sixes Ranch purchase forced him out of retirement plans te 2026-08-20T21:30:12.107Z Taylor Sheridan's $330M Four Sixes Ranch purchase forced him out of retirement plans Taylor Sheridan was ready to kick his feet up and retire before deciding to buy a second ranch in Texas. During a recent appearance on the "Rodeo Time" podcast, the 56-year-old writer and director discussed how buying the Four Sixes Ranch for $330 million prevented him from retiring and led him to sign an exclusivity deal with Paramount. "I was set up to retire. I was going to be done after 'Yellowstone.' I'd bought the ranch in Weatherford and I paid cash. I didn't owe anybody anything," he said. "And I was going to put my feet up and show horses and have my little hobby herd over here and that was it. I knew that if I bought this ranch that I was not going to be quitting my day job for a while." He explained that before buying the ranch he needed to make sure the general manager would stay on to take care of the day-to-day duties, and ensured his son was willing to take on the responsibility of running the ranch in the future. TAYLOR SHERIDAN TAKES SWIPE AT LOS ANGELES AFTER BUILDING TV EMPIRE FROM TEXAS The ranch served as the backdrop for several episodes of season four of "Yellowstone,"and Sheridan first met its then-owner, Anne Marion, while arranging to film there. After Marion died, Sheridan recalled learning that the ranch had not been left to her daughter in her will and was going "to be broken up and sold off." "But before they did that, she had asked if they would try to find someone who would maintain her vision," he said. "And so the person they came up with was me." When they approached Sheridan with the $330 million price tag, he recalled telling them, "Well, boys, I'm a little short. I don't have, in fact, I'm about 300 million short." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Paramount had been after me to make an overall deal. They were terrified that I was going to go to greener pastures and leave them and go somewhere else, which I probably was," he said. "So they'd been for years trying to get me to sign an exclusive deal with Paramount, and I'd said no." He continued: "But once this happened, I called them and I said, 'You know what? I think I'm ready to make an overall deal.' They said, 'That's great. Do you have a number in mind?' And I said, 'Why yes I do. I sure do.'" Sheridan led a group of investors that purchased the ranch, with the sale closing on Jan. 21, 2022. Since signing the deal with Paramount, Sheridan created "Mayor of Kingstown," "1883," "1923," "Lioness," "Landman," "Tulsa King" and "The Madison." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Lioness" is currently airing its third season, and one of its stars, Michael Kelly, recently praised Sheridan for the quality of his work when speaking to ScreenRant earlier this month. "I have told Taylor, I'm like, 'Bro, anything you ever want me to do, I'll do. I love being in Texas. I love saying your words.' I think he's truly a standalone talent," he said. "There's nobody who's doing or has ever done what he's doing. It's incredible what he does. And he's just one of the smartest dudes you'll ever meet. He's fricking brilliant, man. Brilliant. And just one of the greatest storytellers." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8771dd2c5335ae104926c0 An Islamophobic Provocateur Keeps Dearborn, Mich., on Edge te 2026-08-20T21:30:05.426Z An Islamophobic Provocateur Keeps Dearborn, Mich., on Edge Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876d2d2c5335ae10492547 Homeland Security Unable to Prove That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada te 2026-08-20T21:10:05.500Z Homeland Security Unable to Prove That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada The Department of Homeland Security has told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876d2b2c5335ae10492527 The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss te 2026-08-20T21:10:03.336Z The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss An effort to transform the world of sports through steroid use doesn't exactly seem to be bearing financial fruit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876adf2c5335ae104924fa Frank Isola comments on Michael Wilbon naming him preferred 'PTI' co-host when Tony Kornheiser retires te 2026-08-20T21:00:15.535Z Frank Isola comments on Michael Wilbon naming him preferred 'PTI' co-host when Tony Kornheiser retires ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" is the highest-rated sports program on television, a distinction it has held for much of its near 25-year run. The show's simple format remains largely the same, as do its two co-hosts. ESPN has had little reason to tweak the format or cast. That is unlikely to change while Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon remain. Sources tell OutKick that the co-hosts signed new three-year deals earlier this year, with the expectation that both will fulfill their contracts. Still, both have made more than enough money to walk away at any time of their own accord. Kornheiser is 78 years old. Wilbon turns 68 in November. Wilbon, who is 10 years younger than Kornheiser, was asked by Awful Announcing this week whether he has pondered hosting the show if Kornheiser retires before him. "We do, because we do," Wilbon said when asked if he's considered continuing the show without his long-time partners. "With substitutes all along the whole 24 years. Could I see doing a show with Frank Isola, who I do the show mostly with now when Tony’s out? Yeah, I could do that. And I think Frank is like Tony and me, and I say that as a point of inclusion, not for anybody to read anything into it. PTI is Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon. That’s what PTI is. But Frank is like the last of the Mohicans." MICHAEL WILBON OPENS UP TO OUTKICK ABOUT LEBRON JAMES, STEPHEN A. SMITH, WINDHORST, & MORE For background, I've had the opportunity to interview Wilbon on several occasions. He first told me roughly eight years ago that Frank Isola, a former newspaper writer, was his preferred co-host if the show continued without Kornheiser. What's interesting is that Kornheiser and Wilbon have been doing "PTI" long enough to outlast several of the people once viewed as logical successors. Jason Whitlock and Dan Le Batard were once regular fill-in hosts and had relationships with "PTI" showrunner Erik Rydholm. Kornheiser once named Rachel Nichols, a fellow former Washington Post reporter, and Pablo Torre as potential successors at one point. When Scott Van Pelt moved back to Washington, D.C., where PTI is filmed, in 2020, there was industry chatter that he could be a fit for the next iteration of the show. That's not to say Isola will fall out of favor, but rather to emphasize that Kornheiser and Wilbon have already lasted longer than most outsiders expected. In a text exchange with Isola, 59, he joked to OutKick that they may outlast him as well. "Of course it’s beyond flattering, but Mike and Tony aren’t going anywhere. They still have the drive and passion to produce the best sports show on television. I see it firsthand. It’s an honor and a thrill just to be called out of the bullpen," Isola told OutKick. "Mick Jagger once had a great line about The Rolling Stones. He said ‘We’re not getting older we’re getting betterer.’ That was 40 years ago. So yeah, I’ll probably beat them to retirement." PAT MCAFEE HAS OFFICIALLY SURPASSED STEPHEN A SMITH AS THE FACE OF ESPN Kornheiser and Wilbon signing another contract in three years remains a possibility. In fact, some sources inside ESPN think it's more likely than not. For one, ESPN has made accommodations for them. The network allows the "PTI" co-hosts to broadcast from their home studios and take much of the summer off. The job does not require the type of schedule or travel that might otherwise push two veteran broadcasters toward a lighter workload. No matter your age, co-hosting a top-rated 30-minute sports show with one of your best friends for millions of dollars a year is hardly something you're anxious to relinquish. Of course, Wilbon and Kornheiser have earned the flexibility they have. Still, for argument's sake, suppose Kornheiser retires when his current deal expires. He would be in his 80s by then, an unusual age for anyone to remain a full-time daily television host. One option is the one Wilbon has proposed: continue "PTI" with Isola. This would not resemble the messy Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman dynamic on "First Take." Wilbon and Isola have chemistry, and Wilbon respects him. Wilbon also has never shown an interest in becoming the singular personality around whom a show revolves. The larger issue is that anyone replacing Kornheiser would be compared with him, likely unfavorably. The same would be true if the show had to replace Wilbon before Kornheiser. A drop-off is inevitable once one or both step away. EXCLUSIVE: MICHAEL WILBON TALKS WASHINGTON POST LAYOFFS, AI AND FUTURE OF SPORTS JOURNALISM The success of "PTI" is tied disproportionately to the relationship between the two hosts, which began in The Washington Post newsroom in 1980. Another possibility is that Wilbon and Kornheiser leave at the same time. If Kornheiser retires after their current contracts, Wilbon would be in his early 70s. At that point, he may decide there is little reason to continue a daily show with a different partner after spending nearly 30 years doing it with one. Wilbon doesn't need the money, exposure, or career validation that would come with proving he could do the show without his longtime partner. He would also have other opportunities at ESPN that require less of a daily commitment. The most obvious would be a greater focus on the NBA in a seasonal role. If Kornheiser and Wilbon both leave, ESPN could retain "PTI" and install two new co-hosts. Based on the current fill-in rotation, Isola and Mina Kimes would be among the most plausible candidates. That said, we aren't sure ESPN would choose that route. We lean toward ESPN ending the program entirely once Kornheiser and Wilbon are both gone. Kornheiser and Wilbon are the most successful duo in the history of sports media. No two replacements could replicate what they have built, and whoever follows them would face unreasonable expectations. Understand that viewership already declines considerably when both are absent. Replacing them permanently would likely accelerate that decline. There is also the issue of control. ESPN cedes considerable influence over "PTI" to Rydholm, whose production company owns the title. The network can justify that arrangement because of the show's sustained success. Giving Rydholm the same degree of influence would be harder to justify if the audience declined substantially with new hosts. For reference, Rydholm's judgment beyond "PTI" is questionable. His other creations were not nearly as successful. "Around the Horn" struggled during its final five seasons as Rydholm elevated many of the wrong personalities. "Highly Questionable with Dan Le Batard" and "High Noon with Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre" were also among the less successful shows created under the ESPN brand. Wilbon and Kornheiser made him. Not the other way around. At some point, ESPN will have to make its first programming decision about the coveted 5:30 ET time slot since 2001. Until then, for however long Wilbon and Kornheiser continue, expect "PTI" to remain the most-watched show in sports. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876ade2c5335ae104924f1 Cancer vaccine prevents deadly melanoma from returning or spreading in landmark trial te 2026-08-20T21:00:14.838Z Cancer vaccine prevents deadly melanoma from returning or spreading in landmark trial An experimental skin cancer vaccine significantly reduced the risk of melanoma returning or spreading in a late-stage clinical trial from Merck and Moderna. The results mark the first positive phase 3 trial of an mRNA-based personalized cancer therapy, according to the companies. Known as INTerpath-001, the study evaluated 1,137 patients globally who had surgery to remove high-risk (Stage IIB through Stage IV) melanoma. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either KEYTRUDA plus the personalized vaccine or KEYTRUDA plus placebo. 'TANMAXXING' TREND COULD COME AT A DANGEROUS COST, SKIN CANCER EXPERTS WARN Patients who received the combination experienced significantly better "recurrence-free survival," meaning their cancer was less likely to return than in those who received KEYTRUDA alone. The combination also significantly improved "distant metastasis-free survival," a measure of how long patients remained alive without the cancer spreading to distant parts of the body. "These phase 3 findings represent a pivotal moment for the field of cancer research," said Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, in the press release. "For many years, the idea of creating an mRNA treatment designed specifically for an individual patient's cancer was aspirational. We are now helping turn that vision into a reality." Unlike traditional vaccines that protect against external viruses, the custom-tailored mRNA vaccine (intismeran autogene) is a therapeutic vaccine given after surgery to train the body to hunt leftover cancer cells. After a patient undergoes surgery to remove a tumor, doctors sample both the cancerous tissue and healthy cells. Then, advanced algorithms analyze the tumor's genetic sequence to select up to 34 tumor-specific neoantigens to encode in the personalized treatment. PANCREATIC CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE IN FIRST HUMAN TRIAL, PREVENTING DISEASE IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS Dr. Murad Alam, chief of dermatology at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, noted that not all melanomas are the same. "They're slightly different in every patient, which is why traditional chemotherapies often stop working or don't work in a particular patient," he told Fox News Digital. "This is almost individualized immunotherapy, where you're finding specific issues in a particular patient." The individualized approach is designed to direct the immune system toward tumor-specific targets, Alam noted.  "It doesn't hit normal cells, and it hits the cancer cells very effectively because it's not just a generic vaccine. It's one that specifically knows the signs of your cancer and can find it," he said. FDA APPROVES FIRST-EVER MRNA FLU VACCINE FOR MILLIONS OF OLDER AMERICANS The goal of this particular vaccine, according to the doctor, is to extend the lives of people who "already have a bad case of the disease." It is not intended to prevent melanoma in people who do not have the disease, even if they have a family history that may put them at greater risk, nor is it intended for those with a very small melanoma. "This is designed for people where the melanoma has grown to the point where it's threatening not just the local area of the skin, but their whole lives," Alam said. Alam also spoke about the role of artificial intelligence in determining which antigens to include in the vaccine so that it is most effective. "These things are difficult, and historically [they] took a lot of time, and it just wouldn't be feasible to do this for every individual patient without the power of AI," he said. "And I'm sure that will become better and better in the future." "Here, AI is a tool that allows you in a reasonable amount of time, with a reasonable amount of resources ... to come up with a vaccine for that individual person." Following the successful phase 3 outcome, Merck and Moderna announced plans to engage with regulatory authorities worldwide, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, about potential regulatory filings. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Plans are in the works to test the vaccine technology against other hard-to-treat cancers, including lung, bladder and kidney cancers. "I think the underlying concept of targeting a particular tumor with the specific markers on that tumor is generalizable, meaning you could do this with different kinds of skin cancer, or different kinds of cancer in general," Alam agreed. "It's very exciting." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Although the companies said the results were significant and meaningful, the findings are still early and did not reveal how long patients remained cancer-free.  The phase 3 announcement also did not establish whether the treatment ultimately helps patients live longer. The recurrence-free survival results were also based on investigator assessments rather than an independent central review, the release noted. The study only looked at people with specific stages of skin melanoma who had surgery and no prior drug treatments, so the results may not apply to other types or stages of cancer. Merck said the treatments’ side effects were similar to those seen in earlier studies, with no new safety concerns identified. Alam reiterated that the vaccine seems to have both a "tremendous benefit [and] good side effect profile." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "When you're getting very strong cancer medications, even when they work, the toll on the patient is often terrible," he said. "It alters their life during the course of treatment where there's tremendous suffering." "The nice thing about this because it's so targeted, it doesn't damage many of your normal cells ... so the side effects are really mild — a little fatigue, a little chills, some injection side pain." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876ad82c5335ae104924d7 Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter te 2026-08-20T21:00:08.507Z Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876ad72c5335ae104924ce Ken Paxton’s $1,000 Pen Incident Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race te 2026-08-20T21:00:07.371Z Ken Paxton’s $1,000 Pen Incident Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race The pen Mr. Paxton pocketed more than a decade ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a876ad22c5335ae104924a2 Ok, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? te 2026-08-20T21:00:02.800Z Ok, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water -- his suggestion is not completely ludicrous. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8768852c5335ae10492462 Sean Duffy faces family dilemma over embattled Ivy League school and Christian values te 2026-08-20T20:50:13.016Z Sean Duffy faces family dilemma over embattled Ivy League school and Christian values Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused Harvard University of indoctrinating students with ideas that run counter to his Christian values, raising concerns about whether his own daughter should attend the prestigious Ivy League school. "I don't want them to get one viewpoint," Duffy said on an episode of the Department of Transportation-sponsored YouTube series The Great American Roadtrip. "I want them to get a lot of different viewpoints, but I don't want them fed only one viewpoint that's contrary to the way my kids were raised." The comments come as Duffy's daughter, Paloma, expressed interest in attending Harvard University, saying she couldn't turn down the opportunity if accepted. CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST CALLS OUT ANA NAVARRO'S CLAIM ABOUT SEAN DUFFY'S ROAD TRIP IN HEATED CLASH "But mom and I can," Duffy said, referring to his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a Fox News host. The couple has been married since 1999 and shares nine children. Like her husband, Campos-Duffy also expressed concern about Paloma attending Harvard, saying she could be exposed to perspectives contrary to the teachings of the Catholic faith, which Campos-Duffy described as the bedrock of their family's life. The episode was released Wednesday, less than a week after U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Harvard University, which accused the school of violating Title VI by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment on campus. Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023, Harvard University was one of dozens of colleges that faced anti-Israel encampments and protests. HARVARD PRESIDENT CALLS STUDENTS ‘IGNORANT’ ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Harvard Jewish students reported being harassed, intimidated and excluded from campus spaces. The Trump administration has been engaged in a contentious battle with Harvard since the early months of Trump's second term, freezing research funding for the school and attempting to revoke Harvard's ability to participate in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. President Donald Trump has called Harvard's handling of the rise of antisemitism on its campus a "disgrace" and said the Ivy League school is a "total disaster." Duffy further explained his concerns about Harvard University to his daughter. "If I send you there, I think what happens is they have professionalized figuring out how they can take good young girls like you and I think corrupt their minds," Duffy said. "You don't have to believe what I believe. You don't have to have the political viewpoints that I have, but I do think it's important that you make those choices for yourself and you have a fair representation of what they are." "And I don't think the Harvards of the world give you that kind of well-rounded picture," Duffy continued. Despite his qualms about Harvard, Duffy and his family traveled to Cambridge to visit the university as part of the limited road-trip series. While there, the family met with a Catholic priest who discussed campus life for young Catholic students, prompting Duffy to soften his stance on Harvard. "I think a smart good girl can completely navigate what is a really good school," Duffy said. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "Should Paloma have the opportunity to go to Harvard? I am more open," Duffy continued. "In some ways, we need to trust that what we armed her with will hopefully be enough for her." Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard University for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87687f2c5335ae1049243b Pennington sees plenty of reasons to stay at NAU ahead of final year te 2026-08-20T20:50:07.464Z Pennington sees plenty of reasons to stay at NAU ahead of final year NAU quarterback Ty Pennington could have very easily left NAU after an impressive 2025. He saw more reasons to stay for one last ride with his longtime college head coach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87687e2c5335ae10492432 ‘The play’s the thing …’ te 2026-08-20T20:50:06.585Z ‘The play’s the thing …’ After a 5-year hiatus, the Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase returns to the stage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87687d2c5335ae10492429 Ask a Ranger: Impacted in the pines by Camp Colton te 2026-08-20T20:50:05.609Z Ask a Ranger: Impacted in the pines by Camp Colton This week's Ask a Ranger column, from the NPS/USFS Roving Rangers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87687b2c5335ae10492420 Gardening Etcetera: Have you been bitten by the Coconino Garden Bug? te 2026-08-20T20:50:03.902Z Gardening Etcetera: Have you been bitten by the Coconino Garden Bug? This week's edition of the Gardening Etcetera column, written for the community by certified Master Gardeners of the University of Arizona's Coconino County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8766292c5335ae104923cc IndyCar driver Graham Rahal reflects on opportunity to compete at Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 'Iconic moment' te 2026-08-20T20:40:09.290Z IndyCar driver Graham Rahal reflects on opportunity to compete at Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 'Iconic moment' Graham Rahal will be one of about two dozen drivers who will be speeding through the streets of Washington, D.C., on Sunday at the Freedom Grand Prix 250. Rahal reflected on the opportunity to take part in the race as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary. He was among those who spoke at the IndyCar Grand Prix Media Preview on Thursday afternoon. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "As an American, this is an iconic moment," Rahal said. "Obviously, this sport is a very international feel to it in many ways as well. That has always been part of the fabric of open-wheel racing, in particular IndyCar racing, but to be able to come race in the U.S. capital, right in front of Capitol Hill, to drive down Pennsylvania Ave., these are all things as a young kid growing up in this country, some of the first things you learn is the value of those names. To be here, to have the red, white and blue on the car this weekend, all of friends and folks that are coming, military people that we’ve worked with and supported over the years, means a lot. Rahal said he was itching to get on the track. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS "We’re excited. Can’t wait to see the track, because I’ve seen parts, but to be able to go around the whole thing including to be able to go out there, race and compete for this trophy right here this weekend. "I’ve tried to hold myself back a little bit. The energy inside is a little bit more than what I’m gonna show." The fun begins Saturday morning when IndyCar holds its first practice session at 9 a.m. ET. The second session begins at 1 p.m. ET and qualifying starts at 5 p.m. ET. The first practice session can be seen live on FS1 with the latter events broadcasting on FS2. On Sunday, IndyCar drivers begin their warm-ups at 9 a.m. ET with the green flag dropping at 1 p.m. ET. The warm-up will be broadcast on FS1 with the race taking place on FOX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8763d12c5335ae10492369 First lady Melania Trump, Fox Corporation announce landmark strategic alliance to grow Fostering the Future te 2026-08-20T20:30:09.772Z First lady Melania Trump, Fox Corporation announce landmark strategic alliance to grow Fostering the Future First lady Melania Trump announced a $2 million scholarship initiative through her Fostering the Future initiative on Thursday, part of a landmark strategic alliance with Fox Corporation and IndyCar that is expected to expand academic opportunities for individuals transitioning from foster care. Fox Corporation is co-funding the initiative, contributing $1 million alongside IndyCar’s $1 million pledge. The funds directly create higher education scholarships at Indiana University and Purdue University specifically for young people with lived experience in the foster care system. The pact was announced at the White House ahead of the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, highlighting the strong connection between education and sport.  FOX NEWS DIGITAL THUMPS ALL NEWS BRANDS INCLUDING BROADCAST NETWORKS IN KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS DURING JULY "The greatest achievement America can make is not in technology, infrastructure or capital markets. It’s our children," Melania Trump said during the event.  President Donald Trump and the first lady were joined by FOX Sports CEO Eric Shanks, Penske Corporation chairman Roger Penske, IndyCar president Doug Boles, Indiana University president Dr. Pamela Whitten, Purdue University vice provost Cherise Hall and IndyCar Series drivers Scott Dixon, Alexander Rossi, Scott McLaughlin and Graham Rahal, and youths with foster care backgrounds for the Rose Garden event. Shanks, an Indiana native who attended Indiana University, and Boles presented the first lady with checks at the event.  "Through work that we do every day at FOX Sports, we believe in investing in the future of America. Today, that commitment takes on an entirely new meaning, on behalf of Fox Corporation and our entire team at FOX Sports, we are extremely excited to partner with first lady Melania Trump and her visionary Fostering the Future initiative to fund scholarships at Indiana University and Purdue University, giving extraordinary students the tools to build bright futures," Shanks said. Jamie Little, Will Buxton, James Hinchcliffe and Kevin Lee from the FOX Sports IndyCar broadcast team were also in attendance, and a car featuring the "Be Best" and Fostering the Future branding was on display.  FOX NEWS CHANNEL LEADS CBS AND NBC IN WEEKDAY PRIMETIME, DOMINATES CABLE VIEWERSHIP IN SECOND QUARTER RATINGS The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. is the first-ever auto race on the National Mall, honoring America’s 250th birthday. There will be live TV coverage airing on FS1 and FS2 Saturday and on FOX on Sunday. It will also stream on FOX One.  Every race car on the grid will carry special initiative decals to ensure the winning car displays support for foster youths.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Fostering the Future was established by Melania Trump in 2021 to secure college access, housing support and transition resources for youth aging out of foster care. Nationally, less than 3% of former foster youths complete a college degree, but the first lady believes the funding will bridge a critical gap. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8761792c5335ae10492310 Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s UK move puts fresh spotlight on their explosive claims against royal family te 2026-08-20T20:20:09.263Z Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s UK move puts fresh spotlight on their explosive claims against royal family Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are planning to move back to the U.K. despite years of public criticism of royal life and the British press. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to relocate their family to a private residence outside London later this month, according to multiple reports. Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, are set to attend a British school beginning in September, according to the BBC. King Charles III has been informed of the move and reportedly welcomes the chance to spend more time with his grandchildren. Prince William and Princess Kate have also been informed. The move is not expected to bring Harry and Meghan back as working royals. But it does put a fresh spotlight on the couple's long list of explosive claims about life inside the monarchy. Here are some of Harry and Meghan's most explosive claims and remarks about royal life, the British press and the U.K. PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE PLANNING TO MOVE BACK TO UK WITH CHILDREN 6 YEARS AFTER ROYAL EXIT: REPORTS Nearly a year after walking away from their working royal roles, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sat down for a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. Opening up about the immense pressure that drove them across the Atlantic, Harry didn't hold back when describing the reality of life behind palace walls. The Duke of Sussex said he would not have walked away without Meghan, explaining, "I wouldn't have been able to, because I myself was trapped. I didn't see a way out." "I was trapped, but I didn't know I was trapped," Harry told Winfrey at the time, before adding, "My father and my brother, they are trapped." PRINCE WILLIAM'S ABSENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES AS KING CHARLES REUNITES WITH PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE: EXPERTS The explosive interview revealed the extent of Harry's strained relationships with his family. He said he felt "really let down" by his father and described himself and Prince William as being on "different paths." The Sussex’s' tell-all quickly escalated tensions with the royal family when Meghan made a staggering allegation about conversations behind palace doors. During their March 2021 sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan made allegations about concerns within the royal family over the skin color of her firstborn son, Archie. Meghan said it was the palace — not her and Prince Harry — that decided Archie would not receive a royal title or royal security. She also claimed they were never asked to pose for the traditional hospital steps photo after Archie's birth. KING CHARLES 'FED UP' WITH PRINCE HARRY DRAMA AS REUNION WITH GRANDCHILDREN HANGS IN BALANCE: EXPERT Meghan also addressed security concerns surrounding her son's birth: When Winfrey pressed on who made the remarks, Meghan refused to name names, saying that revealing the identity of the royal involved would be "very damaging" to the family. Meghan also rejected comparisons between the press scrutiny she received and the negative coverage Princess Kate faced before marrying Prince William. Meghan and Prince Harry said racism in the U.K. media and a lack of support from the palace contributed to their decision to leave. In a follow-up clip on "CBS This Morning," Meghan explained her view: Meghan, whose father is White and mother is Black, said Princess Kate had a press team that could publicly defend her, while she and Harry did not receive the same support. MEGHAN MARKLE COMPARES HER RACIST TABLOID COVERAGE TO KATE MIDDLETON'S RUDE HEADLINES If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The royal scandal reached a harrowing peak when Meghan Markle said she experienced suicidal thoughts while serving as a working royal. When Oprah Winfrey asked if relentless media scrutiny drove her to the edge, the Duchess said: Prince Harry said he entered a "very dark place" watching his wife suffer. He has repeatedly drawn parallels between the media attention surrounding Meghan and the treatment of his late mother, Princess Diana, and said his requests for help from his family were met with "total silence" and "total neglect." When asked whether she was "silent or silenced," Meghan didn't hesitate: "The latter." However, she praised Queen Elizabeth II as "warm, inviting and really welcoming." PRINCE HARRY SAYS MOM PRINCESS DIANA WOULD FEEL 'VERY ANGRY,' 'SAD', ABOUT ROYAL FAMILY FALLOUT In a candid look at his relationship with his father, Harry said: The Duke revealed that the royal family cut him off financially in early 2020 after he and Meghan announced their step back, leaving him to rely on his inheritance from Princess Diana to pay for security. Meanwhile, the fallout was immediate. Just two days after the interview shook the monarchy, then-Prince Charles stepped out to visit a London vaccine clinic. When reporters shouted questions about the bombshell conversation, the future king at the time simply chuckled, remained silent and carried on walking. In December 2022, Prince Harry dropped a blunt reality check on the monarchy, calling out internal media manipulation and vicious palace leaks in his Netflix documentary, "Harry & Meghan": Meghan delivered a chilling realization to their explosive project: "I realized, ‘They’re never gonna protect you.’" Drawing an eerie parallel to the tragic fate of his late mother, Princess Diana, Harry spoke out about the brutal psychological toll placed on women marrying into the royal family: Fighting back tears in a London courtroom in January 2026, Prince Harry delivered a blistering indictment of the British press, testifying that aggressive tabloid intrusion reduced his wife’s life to "an absolute misery": Taking the stand for a grueling two-and-a-half-hour testimony in his high-profile privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, a visibly shaken Duke of Sussex choked up while condemning the relentless commercialization of his private life. Harry blasted the notion that he has no right to privacy as "disgusting," framing the bitter legal battle as yet another grueling chapter for his family. Recalling the bitter fallout of the emergency summit called by Queen Elizabeth II at the time, Prince Harry recounted the harrowing showdown where compromise was quickly thrown out the window: The Duke of Sussex detailed how the 90-minute sit-down with Queen Elizabeth II, then-Prince Charles, and Prince William failed to find common ground after his proposed "half in, half out" model was flatly rejected. The explosive Netflix documentary also spotlighted claims of deliberate negative briefings against the couple to protect other royal interests. PRINCE WILLIAM, KATE CONDUCT BUSINESS AS USUAL AS PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE CONTINUE WITH BOMBSHELL CLAIMS In his memoir "Spare," Prince Harry detailed a 2019 physical altercation with Prince William at Nottingham Cottage after the Prince of Wales labeled Meghan Markle "difficult," "rude" and "abrasive." According to Harry, a shouting match quickly escalated between the two: Harry wrote that William later returned to apologize — while bizarrely urging, "You don’t need to tell Meg about this" — prompting Harry to reply, "You mean that you attacked me?" to which William reportedly fired back, "I didn’t attack you, Harold." Prince Harry and Meghan Markle detailed the rigid, unyielding protocol of the British monarchy, revealing how jarringly formal traditions felt even behind closed doors in their 2022 Netflix documentary. Royal commentator and True Royalty TV co-founder Nick Bullen highlighted how the series deliberately contrasts the family's public image with a much colder private reality, pointing specifically to Meghan's description of her initial, highly formal meeting with Princess Kate and the carefully curated visuals meant to emphasize the family's sternness: Critics note that the narrative leans heavily into painting the institution as an unwelcoming, rigid environment, though Bullen also pointed out that the series sidesteps the immense privilege and luxury that came with their senior royal status. Battling to bring his children to Britain, Prince Harry argued that losing taxpayer-funded police protection left his family facing unacceptable dangers. In September 2021, Prince Harry originally applied for a judicial review of a Home Office decision that kept him from personally paying for police protection while he and his family were in the United Kingdom. Legal teams told the High Court that Harry refused to bring Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to the U.K. because he does not feel safe under current security arrangements. Harry offered to personally finance his own police detail out of pocket. However, the U.K. Home Office and government lawyers successfully blocked the bid, arguing wealthy individuals cannot "buy" police security. In May 2023, the legal defeat locked Harry out of official state-backed protection, leaving the Sussexes to rely entirely on private security during a battle that coincided with fresh security threats in the U.S. As the royal blasted his latest legal defeat as a "stitch-up," Prince Harry admitted in May 2025 that he can no longer envision bringing Meghan Markle, Archie and Lilibet back to Britain. Following a crushing blow to his long-running security appeal, Harry told BBC at the time: While claiming King Charles refused to speak to him over the ongoing feud, Harry confessed he was ready to drop the legal warfare, noting: "I would love reconciliation with my family. There's no point continuing to fight anymore, life is precious." Setting the record straight on who orchestrated "Megxit," Prince Harry confessed he was the one who pulled the plug on royal life. Facing what he called "total silence and total neglect" when seeking institutional help, he recalled the final straw: "I said that we need to get out of here." Years after fleeing to America as they built a home in Montecito, California amid fierce security battles, the Sussexes' saga has come full circle with reports that the couple is moving back to the U.K. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8761782c5335ae10492307 ACM Honors 2026 red carpet: Vote on your favorite country star looks te 2026-08-20T20:20:08.437Z ACM Honors 2026 red carpet: Vote on your favorite country star looks Music City was shining a little brighter as country music royalty stepped out for a night of celebration. The Academy of Country Music celebrated artists, songwriters and industry figures at the 19th ACM Honors Wednesday night at The Pinnacle in Nashville. Hosted by Carly Pearce and Parker McCollum, the star-studded event honored Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church and others for their contributions to country music. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Sheryl Crow, Dierks Bentley, Megan Moroney and Trisha Yearwood were among the night's performers, while Pearce and McCollum teamed up for a special tribute to Parton. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875f1a2c5335ae10492256 Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure te 2026-08-20T20:10:02.688Z Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using Google Docs as a way to deliver malware. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875cce2c5335ae10492223 Democrats who ‘never voted Republican’ back Rogers over El-Sayed in razor-close race te 2026-08-20T20:00:14.499Z Democrats who ‘never voted Republican’ back Rogers over El-Sayed in razor-close race EXCLUSIVE - DETROIT, MI - Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers has a message for Democrats who are far from happy with their party's nominee in battleground Michigan: "You have a home with us." Rogers, a former congressman and former FBI agent who is running a second straight time for the Senate after losing by a slim margin two years ago, on Thursday stood alongside a group of voters as he unveiled his "Democrats for Mike Rogers" coalition during a campaign event at a residence in a western Detroit neighborhood. After a combustible and divisive Democratic Senate primary, where Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens for the nomination, Rogers is heavily courting Democrats disaffected with their left-wing nominee, as he works to flip a crucial Democrat-held Senate seat in the midterm elections. "To Democrat voters who feel their nominee doesn't represent them and their values, all hope is not lost. I'm not asking you to be a Republican. I'm asking you for the opportunity to earn your trust. .. our door is open," Rogers said as he referred to Democratic voters uncomfortable with some of El-Sayed's controversial past comments and far-left policy positions.  DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB A new public opinion survey from AARP indicated El-Sayed and Rogers locked in a margin-of-error race. And in a Fox News poll conducted Aug. 6-10 and released last week, Rogers held a slight four-point edge. Rogers’ advantage in the Fox News poll was fueled largely by stronger party unity among Republicans. Nearly all Republicans (96%), including both MAGA (99%) and non-MAGA Republicans (89%), backed Rogers, the poll indicates. El-Sayed's support among Democrats was slightly lower, at 91%. While 98% of self-described Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) supporters backed El-Sayed, that number dropped to 69% of non-DSA Democrats and independents. "We definitely think it's an opening. This is going to be a tight race. It’s Michigan," Rogers said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview following the campaign event. "We're going to take advantage of the fact that people are pausing to think if he [El-Sayed] represents their values." Rogers highlighted that Democrats "who have never voted for a Republican in their life, they're going to vote for me. We take encouragement in that. It's inspiring. It's going to show that…values do matter in this election, and we're going to be talking to a lot of people that would not normally have…an opening with a Republican." One of those Democrats who stood alongside Rogers identified herself as Chelsea from West Bloomfield, Michigan. "I'm a lifelong Democrat. I voted for Obama. I voted for Hillary. I voted for Biden. I voted for Slotkin. I heavily supported Haley Stevens throughout her race and now I'm voting for Mike Rogers because sometimes the election calls for us to look at something bigger than our party lines," Chelsea explained. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLL IN MICHIGAN'S BLOCKBUSTER SENATE RACE Pointing to El-Sayed, she emphasized "the Democratic nominee that we've been given does not share my values and he does not agree with a world that I want my children to grow up in." Responding to the event, the El-Sayed campaign highlighted Rogers' ties to President Donald Trump, who is supporting the GOP nominee. "Mike Rogers will put Donald Trump ahead of Michigan every single time. Just like he carried water for Trump’s dangerous election lies, he’ll rubber-stamp Trump’s reckless agenda—driving up gas prices and sending your tax dollars to fight foreign wars," El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak charged in a statement to Fox News. Wozniak added, "Abdul's the only candidate with a coalition that can win this November and will get right to work in the US Senate getting money out of politics and putting money in your pockets." A former Wayne County Health Department director, El-Sayed, if elected in November, would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator. He is an epidemiologist who unsuccessfully ran for governor as an insurgent candidate in 2018. He has made support for Medicare for all a major component of his campaign. El-Sayed, who was endorsed and joined on the primary campaign trail by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is a vocal critic of Israel during its war with Hamas —characterizing Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide" against Palestinians. WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE MIDTERM RACES SHOW Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Huntington Woods, Michigan, who also joined Rogers at the campaign roll out, told Fox News Digital, "I do have a lot of issues with a lot of policies of the Trump administration. I do have concerns about the Supreme Court. But it's more important to make a statement that we cannot let someone like Abdul El-Sayed get into the Senate." Lopatin said that Jewish voters who "normally vote Democrat are going to vote for Mike Rogers, and I'm hearing that. And there's a growing movement like that. And I think the more they meet him...the more they're going to feel comfortable voting for a Republican, sometimes the first time in their lives." The rabbi also pointed to a state Democratic Party convention in April, where there was hostility towards anyone who openly supported Israel. Stevens, a strong Israel supporter, was booed at the convention. "Many people I talked to, many super progressive people, are really traumatized by the way they were treated, and the way Haley Stevens was booed, and the way other candidates were treated. It's a violent, uncivil kind of setup for politics, and that's the biggest danger: taking away civility from politics," Lopatin said. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Asked about concerns from Jewish voters, Rogers told Fox News Digital, "I've talked to two young women who were at University of Michigan, who were afraid to walk to class. They couldn't display their Star of David. To say that they're afraid is probably an understatement." He said "the violent rhetoric [is] going to make a difference" in the general election. El-Sayed's sharp criticism towards Israel and AIPAC, a powerful Israel-aligned political group that has long been a major player in American elections, were a central part of his primary campaign. But two weeks ago, after winning the nomination, El-Sayed emphasized, "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." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875cc42c5335ae104921ee Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway. te 2026-08-20T20:00:04.295Z Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway. This article was originally published by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Sign up for their newsletter here. On an August day in 2025, Celestin Dima had reason to celebrate. A judge at Arizona’s Eloy Immigration Court had just ruled that sending the African asylum-seeker back to his home country would likely bring further persecution. He’d fled Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in West Africa, where he was outed as gay, kidnapped, and later targeted by the military and tortured by police. Dima had sought refuge in the United States, and was detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024.   Under any previous administration, lawyers say, the immigration judge’s decision would have led to his release. Instead, nearly a year after the ruling, Dima was still locked inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center while the government looked for another country willing to take him in. The process, known as third-country removal, can take months or years, if successful at all. “When I arrived in the United States, the hope was to live peacefully, without being afraid of what I am,” Dima said. “But the reality is another thing.” Dima was one of at least 120 immigrants whom ICE continued to detain in Arizona after judges barred deportation to their home countries, according to an AZCIR analysis of more than 1,200 habeas corpus petitions—federal lawsuits challenging the legality of a person’s detention.  The true number is almost certainly higher, as the analysis captures only immigrants who were able to challenge their detention in federal court from January 2025 through March 2026. Many in Arizona remained in custody for months—and in some cases, over a year—while the Trump administration sought to deport them to countries where they had never lived. More than half were detained beyond the six-month mark at which the Supreme Court said the government risks running afoul of constitutional limits, AZCIR’s analysis shows. Attorneys argue these prolonged detentions violate the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process because there is no realistic prospect of deporting immigrants in the foreseeable future. The Supreme Court has ruled the government cannot indefinitely detain people under these circumstances. “(The goal is) to promote this uncertainty—to promote this fear—so that individuals might abandon any efforts to remain in the United States,” said Matthew Boaz, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky law school specializing in third-country deportations. The immigrants identified by AZCIR had been granted one of two types of humanitarian relief: withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture. Both protect people from being sent to countries where they are likely to face persecution. Unlike asylum, the protections do not provide permanent legal status, leaving open the possibility of removal elsewhere if another country agrees to accept them.  The Trump administration has seized on that distinction in an effort to ramp up removals, despite federal judges routinely siding with detainees who’ve challenged the practice in court and ordering their release. “ICE is applying the law as written. If a judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period,” an ICE spokesperson said in a written statement. Though the immigrants caught in this legal limbo represent a sliver of those affected by the administration’s broader deportation campaign, scholars say targeting them is less about the number of people ultimately removed than the message it sends to others seeking refuge in the United States. “It doesn’t matter that you prove you fled real harm,” said Yael Schacher, a director at the nonprofit Refugees International. “You’re not welcome here.” The Eloy Detention Center, a privately run ICE immigrant detention facility, is shown here on Friday, April 10, 2020. Photo by Nicole Neri | AZCIR Dima arrived in the U.S. in late July 2024, hoping to receive asylum. But because he crossed the border between official ports of entry, a Biden-era rule made him ineligible.  Dima instead was granted withholding of removal from Burkina Faso, protecting him from deportation home. Before a federal court overturned the rule in May, it had funneled many asylum-seekers toward these more limited protections.  To win withholding, immigrants must show they would likely face persecution because of their race, religion or other protected characteristic if returned home, a higher legal standard than asylum. Those with serious criminal convictions don’t qualify. The Convention Against Torture requires immigrants to prove they would likely be tortured if sent back. More than 3,800 people were granted one or both forms of relief in fiscal year 2025, according to the Congressional Research Service. Over several decades, tens of thousands more have won these protections. Though ICE has long had the ability to deport these immigrants to third countries, it historically did so only in extraordinary circumstances, such as when someone posed a threat to national security. In 2017, for example, only 21 people with withholding were removed from the U.S., less than 2% of those granted the protection that year.  These removals were rare largely because other countries had little incentive to accept people who weren’t their own citizens. As a result, people with these protections were typically released and allowed to live in the U.S. with a work permit.  That changed under the second Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security directed officials to review the cases of individuals who had been granted withholding of removal or CAT protections, including many who had been living in the U.S. for years and believed their immigration cases had been settled. Among those detained in Arizona facilities was a Colombian mother separated from her two young children during a routine ICE check-in in Baltimore before being transferred to Eloy, AZCIR found. Another was an Iraqi man showing early signs of dementia who was arrested by ICE agents in his front yard after living in the U.S. for more than 30 years. Judges had previously ruled both would likely face torture if returned to their home countries.  AZCIR’s analysis found that immigrants redetained under similar circumstances were held for nearly four months, on average. Once detained, immigrants can be removed to third countries with little notice. Most lack legal representation, and many never file habeas petitions challenging their detention. Even those who do can be deported before a judge has the chance to rule. “To be told, suddenly, from out of nowhere, because of a change in policy, they are at risk of being removed to a third country where they’ve never lived before,” said Ginger Jacobs, an immigration attorney in San Diego. “It’s shocking, and it’s extremely scary.” After a judge ruled in August 2025 that Dima couldn’t be deported to Burkina Faso, ICE began searching for another country willing to accept him. Officials first sought to deport him to Ghana, where homosexuality is punishable by up to three years in jail. A judge ruled he could not safely be deported there, either. ICE also raised Cameroon and Uganda—which has one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBT laws—as options. The possibilities terrified Dima. He recalled telling an ICE official at a hearing: “If you send me back to the countries you mentioned, it’s better to send me to my own country. Even if they kill me there, it’s better than sending me to countries where they burn homosexuals.” Dima also feared that if he was deported to another country, that country would send him back to Burkina Faso, a process known as chain refoulement. Immigrants the U.S. has sent to third countries have repeatedly been returned to the countries they originally fled, effectively bypassing the protections American immigration judges had put in place. The deportations have been made possible by more than $32 million in agreements the Trump administration negotiated to persuade foreign governments to accept people with no ties to their countries. “We are not supposed to, under domestic law and international conventions that were signatory, return people to situations where they’re going to be tortured or going to be persecuted. And this results in exactly that happening,” said Katharine Ruhl, an attorney at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project who represented Dima.  While detained in Eloy, Dima became depressed and anxious, growing so sick with worry that he stopped eating for stretches at a time. After repeatedly refusing food, he said, he was placed in solitary confinement for two weeks. ICE said the move was intended to allow medical staff to more closely monitor his condition. Immigrants’ rights groups have repeatedly characterized conditions at Eloy as inhumane, citing physical abuse and medical neglect. Officials there have used solitary confinement to coerce people into self-deporting, according to detainees, and there have been at least 16 reported deaths and five suicides. “There is no real difference between the inside of a prison and the inside of an immigration detention center,” said Keith Hilzendeger, a federal public defender in Arizona. “The effect on the person is the same.” As of June, more than 8,000 of the roughly 66,000 people in immigration detention nationwide had been held for at least six months, the constitutional benchmark for prolonged detention. That number had more than doubled since September 2024, the last month of the Biden administration for which data was available. After winning withholding of removal or CAT protection in detention, immigrants in Arizona were held in detention for an average of seven months, AZCIR found. Their total length of detention, including time spent waiting for a judge to grant them protections, averaged nearly a year. Arizona ranks among the top five states nationally in immigration detention book-ins, an NPR analysis found, with plans to open at least one more detention center this year. It costs taxpayers about $150 per person per day to detain an immigrant, according to DHS. In March, the Florence Project filed a joint habeas petition on behalf of Dima and eight others who remained detained despite winning withholding of removal, arguing their indefinite detention was unlawful. Among them were a woman from Iran arrested after filming a video about the country’s Kurdish minority, an Iranian convert to Christianity who had participated in the Women Life Freedom movement, and a Chilean man tortured because he belonged to the Indigenous Mapuche people. By June, Dima had been in detention for almost two years. “I’ve lost hope,” he told AZCIR from his cell. “Right now, I don’t even know what I want.” “To this day, I regret coming to the United States.”  Around 11 a.m. on June 30, a bus pulled into the parking lot of a small church in Phoenix. Twelve people got out. All were just released from ICE detention. Dima was among them. To his surprise, a federal judge had granted his habeas petition the day before, ordering Dima and the other detained immigrants on the Florence Project’s joint petition released within 48 hours. Dima sat at a table inside the church looking stunned, a volunteer recalled. Next to him was a man from Afghanistan and another from Cameroon. They ate plates of grapes and cherries with Costco roast chicken prepared by volunteers. “I cannot express myself—the way I’m feeling,” Dima later said with a chuckle. In ordering the immigrants’ release, U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa rejected the government’s reliance on potential third-country deportation to justify their continued detention. “Unconstitutional removal cannot cure unconstitutional detention,” she wrote. Arizona has seen a historic number of habeas corpus petitions challenging prolonged immigration detention. In nearly 90% of cases analyzed by AZCIR, judges sided with immigrants who’d won withholding or CAT protections and ordered their release. That excludes cases dismissed because of deportations or transfers. “I couldn’t understand the legal justification for their continued detention,” said Luis Campos, a Tucson immigration lawyer. “They were detained simply because the government felt it could detain, and they weren’t being challenged on it.” Still, for every individual who is released, there are many more who are stuck in detention without legal representation. “We’re up against a bit of a tidal wave,” Ruhl said. “We have many more clients who we have not been able to represent because of our limited capacity, who are in the same circumstance.” In July, Dima arrived in New York City hoping to start a new life. He moved into a shared room at a friend’s apartment in the Bronx and made plans to apply for a work permit. But he couldn’t escape the threat of deportation. Even after winning a habeas case, immigrants can be redetained if the government says it has found a third country willing to accept them. Dima rarely left the apartment. He feared the bulky GPS bracelet ICE had strapped to his ankle would attract the attention of police. Ahead of his first mandatory check-in with ICE, he struggled to sleep and lost his appetite. “I keep worrying,” Dima said. “Every day, I sleep maybe three hours or four hours.” His first check-in was on July 17, less than three weeks after his release from detention in Arizona. That morning, Dima woke early and went to the ICE field office in Lower Manhattan for a 7 a.m. appointment. Within hours, ICE had taken him back into custody. Officials told him they planned to deport him but would not say where.  “It’s just completely unimaginable to be in the custody of the government not knowing what is happening,” said Marlene Berroa Rodriguez, an attorney with nonprofit Make the Road NY who took on Dima’s case. Dima was transferred to a detention center in New Jersey, where he told an advocate immigrants were packed 10 to a cell beneath bright lights that never turned off. He reported that he couldn’t sleep and soon lost his sense of day and night. Two weeks later, after another transfer, guards woke him before dawn at another detention center outside Dallas, put him in chains and drove him to an airport, according to Dima’s lawyer. By then, his attorneys had learned through a court filing that the government planned to deport him to the Central African Republic, though Dima was still in the dark. He spent the day shackled on the plane, his lawyer said. Shortly before takeoff that evening, officials removed him from the plane. A judge had temporarily blocked his deportation.  Instead of leaving the country, Dima returned to detention. Credits Olivier Touron contributed French translation for this story. The post Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway. appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875cc22c5335ae104921d0 Mark buys a castle te 2026-08-20T20:00:02.642Z Mark buys a castle Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode somewhat close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875a722c5335ae104921a4 Police identify suspect accused of terrorizing Philadelphia women while wearing creepy Chucky-style mask te 2026-08-20T19:50:10.845Z Police identify suspect accused of terrorizing Philadelphia women while wearing creepy Chucky-style mask Police have identified the suspected masked menace who is accused of terrorizing women around the streets of Philadelphia. Now, they're asking people to be on the lookout for him as he may have fled from Pennsylvania. Zymire Hughes, 22, has an active warrant out for his arrest, police report. Hughes is the man who police allege was wearing a creepy Chucky-style Halloween mask as he assaulted a woman. He reportedly hunted her down and chased her. It happened last Wednesday. ALLEGED 'MIME' STALKER STRIPPED TO UNDERWEAR, COVERED HIMSELF IN COOKING OIL: OFFICIALS He allegedly yelled at a woman asking her if she was "ready to die" while chasing others, police told FOX 29. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Surveillance cameras allegedly show Hughes running up to people in the city. A Dunkin' Donuts in the city refused him service because he was wearing the mask. JUDGE BLOCKS PHILADELPHIA LAW TARGETING MASKED FEDERAL OFFICERS After terrorizing several people, police say, he allegedly came face-to-face with a woman who was ready to fight back, Fox News Digital learned. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST A woman trained in combat, Jameka Wilson, was able to fight Hughes when he reportedly threatened her. "He was not guarding his midsection, so she kicked him hard in the chest. He stumbled and ran," she said. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Police say Hughes has connections to California and Nevada. They describe him as a Black male with medium complexion, 5-foot-8, thin build, wearing a white Chucky-style Halloween mask with black hair, and a black/blue plaid backpack. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875a722c5335ae1049219b Angel dad takes major new role after daughter’s killing sparks sweeping illegal alien crackdown te 2026-08-20T19:50:10.113Z Angel dad takes major new role after daughter’s killing sparks sweeping illegal alien crackdown EXCLUSIVE: An Angel Dad whose daughter's life was tragically cut short by an illegal alien, is joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Fox News Digital has learned. "I am excited to accept the Executive Director role at VOICE because this is not simply a government position for me, it is deeply personal and rooted in a mission I have come to understand through unimaginable loss," Joe Abraham said, announcing the new move he hopes will help serve others in his situation. VOICE stands for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE), an office inside the agency that supports victims of illegal alien crime. Abraham's daughter, 20-year-old Katie Abraham, and her friend Chloe Polzin were killed in a January 2025 drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by criminal illegal alien Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national. He was charged with multiple offenses following the crash and later pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. PRITZKER CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO ICE AGENTS OVER ‘MIDWAY BLITZ’ CONDUCT Since then, Abraham has been an outspoken activist in favor of closing the borders and arresting and deporting illegal aliens. He is credited as the inspiration behind Operation Midway Blitz, a sweeping Chicago-area federal immigration enforcement operation from September to December 2025. The operation, which was heavily protested by Democrats, netted more than 4,000 arrests, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Abraham will lead ICE's Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office as the executive director. EXCLUSIVE: DHS HONORS ANGEL FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK, CALLS CRIMES 'COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE' "I want to use my experience, my voice and what I have learned through Katie’s story to make sure victims and their families are heard, treated with dignity and never become an afterthought in our immigration system," Abraham continued. White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis praised Abraham as he prepares to begin his new role. DAD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUI VICTIM ISSUES WARNING TO AMERICANS OVER LAX DRIVER'S LICENSE LAWS "Angel Dad Joe Abraham is the perfect choice to lead the VOICE office," she said. "Since the murder of his daughter, Katie, in a drunk driving hit-and-run in sanctuary Illinois, he has been a staunch advocate for victims of illegal alien crime and a powerful critic of the Democrats’ sanctuary policies." "In his new role in the Trump administration, he will help countless families who lost a loved one to a preventable tragedy caused by open-border policies." ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES AND METH TRAFFICKING IN NATIONWIDE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP The VOICE office was reestablished by the Trump administration in April 2025, after President Donald Trump directed DHS to revive the Biden-era-shuttered office upon taking office for his second term in January. Since then, it has had a major impact helping families of illegal alien crime victims. ANGEL FAMILIES PLEAD WITH LEADERS TO 'CHOOSE' AMERICAN CHILDREN OVER PROTECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS It has received 897 total calls from victims, family members and advocates and has helped 588 victims seeking assistance and information, according to a report published in June. Further, it has assisted 185 victim family members seeking services and information. The most frequently reported crimes are assault, at 35%, rape and sexual assault, at 17%, and homicide and manslaughter at 10%. The Trump administration has a longstanding feud with the state of Illinois and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his sanctuary state policies and refusal to cooperate with federal immigration officials. In May, when the state refused to cooperate with ICE after an illegal immigrant convicted of child sexual abuse was released from jail despite calls for state officials to turn him over to federal authorities, Bis, then the DHS assistant secretary, blasted the governor. "Governor Pritzker continues to refuse to do his job to protect his citizens from illegal alien crime and instead chooses to smear our law enforcement," she said at the time. "Where is the investigation into his own policies that allowed this pedophile to be released from jail and be loose in Illinois communities?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a875a712c5335ae10492192 NASCAR's Natalie Decker is having a pool party for Daytona weekend, ESPN reporter cries & even more McAfee! te 2026-08-20T19:50:09.365Z NASCAR's Natalie Decker is having a pool party for Daytona weekend, ESPN reporter cries & even more McAfee! '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. Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week. Phew. We made it. It's all down(up?)hill from here! We've got NFL football tonight. Raiders-Texans at 8 p.m. on ESPN! Joe and Troy in the booth and back in our living rooms, presumably. Not a bad little game for Week 2 of the preseason. I'll take anything at this point. Football is close, I can taste it. I can hear it. I can smell it. Nine days till Week 0. I pumped out two fantasy mock drafts last night. I'm woefully unprepared, for those wondering. But I've still got a few weeks. Back to the drawing board! On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Natalie Decker gears up for a big pool party before NASCAR's season-finale next weekend in Daytona. Feels like the fellas were just starting engines for the Daytona 500, and now the regular season is just about over. Nothing like a pool party to end the summer! What else? I've got ESPN's Holly Rowe crying over a WNBA crowd, Pete Alonso getting absolutely robbed of a home run, and let's check in with how things are looking over at Citi Field before we end the day. You'll never see it coming. Trust me. OK, grab you a pen and paper to start prepping for tomorrow's National Fantasy Football Draft Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap! First of all, tomorrow is far too early for a fantasy football draft. That's insane. Do you know how many players are going to get hurt between tomorrow and Week 1? The absolute earliest you can have a fantasy draft is next weekend, and that's even a little early. Like I said in the open, I'm woefully unprepared this year. During normal years, I would've already listened to a zillion podcasts and pumped out two dozen mock drafts by now. But, I have two kids, and a house, and a yard, and a wife. I just don't have the time I used to have, but perhaps that's not a bad thing. Every year, I prepare like hell for our big draft (in person, at Applebee's like patriots), and every year I lose this stupid league. I walk away thinking I had the best draft ever and I outsmarted everyone, and every year the dude who slams back 14 vodkas before the fifth round and double-picks a player by Round 9 ends up winning the league. It's uncanny. Every single year! So, this year I'm gonna go in woefully unprepared (to an extent) and see where that gets me. Bottom's up! OK, let's get this class started with NASCAR's Natalie Decker hitting the pool ahead of next Saturday night's Cup Series regular season finale at Daytona: No clue if Natalie is actually racing in next Friday's O'Reilly (Busch) Series race, but she'll certainly be in town. That much is clear! She'll be at the Shores Resort Saturday afternoon for a little meet 'n greet by the pool. Why? No clue. Sponsorships are everything in racing, I reckon. I used to live about 2 minutes down the road from The Shores. True story. Great spot. Solid bar/restaurant inside. I went to a St. Patrick's Day party there once. What a night. Anyway, Natalie has had a ... rough ... season thus far, as we've documented in these very spaces. She had an all-time radio meltdown at Dover in May where she basically quit mid-race, and it's been a rocky summer ever since. For those wondering, Decker has three O'Reilly Series starts this season with finishes of 33, 33 and 34. Credit for the consistency. Perhaps this is what turns this sucker around. Stay tuned! OK, let's keep this class moving and check in with ESPN's Holly Rowe, who was STUNNED at the crowd for this week's Fever-Tempo game in Canada: Incredible stuff here from Holly. Quick show of hands: Have you ever been so moved by something that you felt the need to turn the camera towards you and start crying? And then keep the camera on your for a solid 40 seconds? I get Holly is passionate about women's basketball. I respect that. But I just can't envision a scenario in my life where I record myself crying for the world to see. It just doesn't exist. Wild stuff. PS: Holly failed to mention that this was Caitlin Clark's first visit to Canada, and the game had to be moved to a bigger arena to accommodate the extra fans. This wasn't exactly a random Tuesday night WNBA game. The crowd was still great — Sophie Cunningham said as much after the game — but a little context matters. OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night. First up? How in the world was this NOT a home run for Pete Alonso last night? Yeah ... I'm not seeing a foul ball there. Looked fair in real time. Looked fair in the replay. I don't get it. We have all the technology in the world, and we still can't determine whether a ball is fair or foul? That seems silly. Come on. What are we doing here: Yikes. The O's went on to lose, 5-3, for those wondering. Not great for my Red Sox! Next? Let's stay on the diamond and check in with Pete's old team, the New York Mets: Goodness gracious. That gives me the shivers. I HATE raccoons. We have 'em all over the place down here, and they're just disgusting creatures. Raccoons and Opossums. The absolute worst. Filthy animals. OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. To end class, I'd like to give everyone a quick update on Pat McAfee. Yesterday, the internet was furious at ESPN for giving McAfee yet another platform — this time on the 'Monday Night Countdown' panel. Everyone and their mothers grabbed their pitchforks and started complaining about "McAfee fatigue." Anyway, I'm here to tell you all that ESPN heard your concerns ... SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS ... and promptly told you all to kick rocks! STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! Amazing. It's called leaning into the skid! It's the Year of McAfee, folks. Suck it up. See y'all tomorrow. Best fantasy football draft strategy? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87581a2c5335ae10491cdd Philadelphia woman says she used stage combat training to fight off masked man chasing residents te 2026-08-20T19:40:10.114Z Philadelphia woman says she used stage combat training to fight off masked man chasing residents A Philadelphia woman's art school training came in handy in an unexpected way as she was chased through the streets of Philadelphia by a man wearing a doll mask. Jameka Wilson, a 25-year-old Philadelphia-based actress, said a man in what police described as a "Chucky" Halloween mask chased her while she was on her way to an early morning workout class on Wednesday, Aug. 12. After the man chased her for "a few seconds," Wilson said, she decided that the wisest thing to do in the scenario was turn around and fight. "He seemed surprised that I had turned around initially," Wilson said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I saw his head like tilt from side to side, like trying to figure out what he's supposed to be doing in the scenario." "Essentially what he did in defense terms was that he opened up all of the lines of attack that I could possibly make to him," she said. MASEKD MENACE FILMS HIMSELF CHASING RESIDENTS AS TERRIFIED VICTIMS SCREAM FOR HELP: POLICE That's when Wilson decided to kick her attacker, "boom, right into the center of the chest." Wilson credits her ability to defend herself and read her attacker to her art school education in stage combat. "My alma mater was the University of the Arts, and I trained with fight masters there for stage combat," said Wilson. "The whole goal is to understand what the consequences of contact and violence are and hopefully keep your scene partner safe." "I feel like these experiences helped me fight off the attacker, as crazy as that might sound," she said. GEORGIA JOGGER RUNS FOR HER LIFE AFTER STRANGER ALLEGEDLY TRIES TO MOW HER DOWN 3 TIMES Wilson said she first saw the masked man as he approached another woman across the street who was "absorbed" in her phone. She described seeing the man accelerate toward the woman, "closing distance really quickly." "I started to wave my arms and started yelling, 'Hey, there's someone behind you,'" Wilson told Fox News Digital. "And at that point she heard me, she saw me, and then she started to run away." The masked man eventually turned his focus toward Wilson, chasing her until she turned around to fight. "As for intent, I'm not really sure what exactly it was. I don't know if he even knows," Wilson said. ALLEGED 'MIME' STALKER STRIPPED TO UNDERWEAR, COVERED HIMSELF IN COOKING OIL: OFFICIALS Police have identified 22-year-old Zymire Hughes as the masked suspect. An arrest warrant is active, and police believe Hughes may have fled Pennsylvania. Hughes was also seen that morning near City Hall and asked one woman if she was "ready to die" while chasing others, police told FOX 29. Police said the masked man chased a 40-year-old woman and made threatening comments while holding his hand behind his back. Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith said, "He was able to accost a good many of people, most of which haven't come forward yet." Hughes was seen on surveillance cameras running up to several people, and was refused service at a Dunkin' because of his mask. He left the restaurant after showing erratic behavior. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8758192c5335ae10491cd4 Atlanta resident speaks out after mayor tells him to ‘shut up’ over transit concerns te 2026-08-20T19:40:09.385Z Atlanta resident speaks out after mayor tells him to ‘shut up’ over transit concerns Atlanta Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens drew criticism Thursday after telling constituent Jonathan Brimer to "shut up" when Brimer pressed the mayor on voter-approved transit and pedestrian-safety commitments. The exchange began after Dickens posted a video on his Instagram last Friday showing his visit with Nature Gurlz, an Atlanta group that encourages Black women to spend time outdoors. Brimer responded to the post by pressing the mayor on transportation priorities. "Have some fun by restoring Peachtree St’s pedestrian-centric design in downtown and by delivering what we voted for with extra sales taxes for MARTA by getting Beltline rail done," Brimer said. VIOLENT TRANSIT ATTACKS IN ATLANTA, NEW YORK AND CHARLOTTE FUEL CALLS FOR TOUGHER TRACKING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS "Shut up and respect our legacy Black women residents that made this city that you get to enjoy freely," Dickens replied. In a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday, Brimer said he was surprised Dickens responded and even more surprised by the nature of the reply. "I wasn’t expecting him to agree with me, but I also wasn’t expecting the mayor to tell a constituent to ‘shut up’ for raising a policy concern," Brimer said. Fox News Digital asked Dickens' office on Thursday whether the mayor personally posted the response, whether he stood by it and whether he planned to apologize. The office declined to comment. "Not weighing in on that at all," a spokesperson for the mayor’s office told Fox News Digital. MAN FACING FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER ATLANTA TRAIN PASSENGER STABBED ABOUT 20 TIMES, FBI INVESTIGATING Brimer said his comment was aimed at the administration’s transportation decisions, not the women Dickens highlighted. "My comment wasn’t directed at them. It was directed at the mayor and at specific transportation and planning decisions his administration has made," he said. "I think this exchange confirmed for me that I’m no longer particularly supportive of Mayor Dickens’ leadership." Brimer said he lived on the city's south side and respected his neighbors but objected to the mayor's treatment of a constituent. The Peachtree Street request referred to a planned $4.85 million downtown safety project that called for a protected bicycle lane, narrower vehicle lanes and safer crossings. Construction was scheduled to begin in 2027 and be completed in 2029. Brimer’s Beltline criticism involved the More MARTA program, which Atlanta voters funded through a half-penny sales tax in 2016. Work on the proposed Streetcar East Extension was paused at 30% design in 2025 while city and transit officials reconsidered which projects to prioritize. DNC PANEL PICKS FIRST 2028 PRIMARY STATE AFTER BATTLE OVER KEY VOTING BLOCS Brimer said his concern extended beyond one project to the cooperation among the Dickens administration, MARTA and Atlanta Beltline. "My concern is not just with one project. It is with the overall lack of a clear, coordinated vision for improving public transportation and connectivity throughout Atlanta," he said. On Thursday, Dickens also directed sharp criticism at his own party in a letter to the DNC obtained by Fox News Digital after Atlanta was eliminated from consideration to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention. Dickens accused DNC chairman Ken Martin of disregarding Atlanta, the South and the party's Black base. "They are abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the South, and once again abandoning Black voters," Dickens said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The DNC narrowed its potential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia Thursday but did not explain why Atlanta and Chicago were removed. A final host city was expected to be selected later this year. The organization said that all five cities submitted strong applications and that the party considered arena size, hotel capacity, fundraising ability, partnerships with local leaders and alignment with Democratic values. Martin praised the three remaining cities in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday. "The 2028 Democratic National Convention will be an inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee, and a critical step on Democrats’ path towards retaking the White House. Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia all presented incredibly strong bids to host the convention," Martin said. "We look forward to continuing to work with them as the DNC makes a final selection in the coming months," the statement added. Fox News Digital reached out to Beltline but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8758122c5335ae10491cae Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer te 2026-08-20T19:40:02.690Z Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer Senator Darline Graham has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8755be2c5335ae10491c62 Arizona’s solar industry facing mounting backlash te 2026-08-20T19:30:06.708Z Arizona’s solar industry facing mounting backlash Key Points: Republican lawmakers introduced multiple bills targeting utility-scale solar The Corporation Commission is increasing fees and decreasing reimbursements for rooftop solar customers Solar and battery projects continue to be built, but natural gas capacity is expanding faster It has been a rough year for solar advocates in the nation’s sunniest state.  Republican lawmakers, state regulators and some utility companies have historically been unfriendly to renewable energy resources. But this year they’ve attempted to block the construction of utility-scale solar on state land, repeal tax incentives for rooftop solar systems and impose higher fees on ratepayers who choose to adopt solar.  While these attempts were ultimately unsuccessful, there’s no indication that opposition to Arizona’s solar industry is abating anytime soon. This comes amid what an industry advocate called “unprecedented” federal hostility toward renewable energy, driven by President Donald Trump’s plans to reinvigorate America’s coal industry and accelerate nuclear energy development. Major cuts to federal funding and tax incentives have further compounded state-level attacks.  “It’s death by a thousand cuts,” said Autumn Johnson, the executive director of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association.  Arizona is consistently ranked as the sunniest state in the U.S., but solar only makes up 13% of the energy powering its electric grid. Natural gas is by far the largest source of energy used in the state, while utility companies are moving toward thermal energy sources and away from solar and wind projects. Johnson represents solar energy businesses as a lobbyist at the Legislature and Corporation Commission, where she has already noticed a drop-off in participation from renewable energy businesses. “What I hear about is, ‘this company can’t renew their membership because they are cutting back on this state,’ or ‘they’re deprioritizing Arizona,’ or ‘they’ve gone belly up entirely,’” Johnson said. “Our membership numbers are down probably 25 or 30% over the last two years.” Lawmakers take aim at solar Republican lawmakers pushed three bills this year to discourage utility-scale solar development. All came from Reps. Ralph Heap and David Marshall, who launched a bid to unseat incumbent Republican Commissioners Kevin Thompson and Nick Myers. The first bill would have classified utility-scale solar projects as public nuisances if they were located within four miles of a residence. The second would have required utility companies to get 85% of their electric generation from “reliable sources,” excluding wind and solar from the definition of “reliable.” The third bill would have prohibited the State Land Department from using solar score maps to evaluate state trust land for potential solar development. Additionally, drafts of ASLD’s continuation bill, which was meant to extend the department’s statutory life, included a moratorium on solar and wind projects on state land until 2029. While none of those proposals ultimately came to fruition, it made for a dizzying legislative session for solar advocates like Johnson. She said this year marked the first time she has had to weigh in on an agency continuation bill or state budget negotiations. “[This year] was a lot worse, but more from an optics standpoint than from an actual outcome standpoint,” Johnson said. Heap, who unseated Myers in the July 21 primary, told the Arizona Capitol Times in May that his legislation was driven by Trump’s characterization of renewable energy sources as unreliable and uneconomic. “The utilities, [Arizona Public Service] in particular, gave the Corporation Commission their 15-year plan of how they’re going to generate energy between 2023 and 2038, and that plan was net zero, green energy, run the state on wind, solar and batteries,” Heap said. “And since then, almost all the projects that have gone in the state, up to 90% now, are green energy projects.” Natural gas versus solar By all accounts, utility companies are building more solar projects. Between 2025 and the first eight months of 2026, the Commission approved line siting proposals for 12 solar and battery storage projects. However, Johnson noted that new natural gas generation is still outpacing new solar generation as utility companies look to add more resources to meet skyrocketing energy demand. “They’re still adding renewables … but they’re building a ton of new gas over the next decade, so the percentage in Arizona that is actually renewables is flat or slightly decreasing,” Johnson said. Myers, the Commission’s chair, said in a statement that the line siting approvals demonstrate the Commission’s commitment to an all-of-the-above energy approach. “Arizona is building an increasingly flexible energy portfolio to meet record-setting demand,” Myers said. “The Commission’s siting decisions are helping bring new resources online while supporting the infrastructure needed to deliver electricity to Arizona customers.” But the Commission has also moved to disincentivize residential rooftop solar this year by considering a proposed increase in APS’s “grid access charge” and adjustments to solar export rates.  The Commission adopted the GAC in the 2022 APS rate case after an administrative law judge recommended setting rates for rooftop solar customers 15% higher than non-solar customers. APS did not specifically propose the GAC, but suggested in rate case proceedings that solar customers are underpaying the cost incurred to serve them. The Court of Appeals ruled in June that the Commission must either conduct a rehearing on the GAC or vacate it entirely, citing due process concerns. Meanwhile, APS is seeking to increase the GAC in its ongoing rate case.  And on Aug. 12, the Commission approved requests from APS and UNS Electric to lower export rates that reimburse residential rooftop solar customers for energy they provide to the grid by 10%. “Rooftop solar is one of the few actions Arizona ratepayers can take to control their energy needs and meaningfully reduce monthly bills,” the solar groups wrote in a letter to the Commission. “Unfortunately, this Commission’s continued approval of the maximum reductions to the [export rates] have made rooftop solar harder to pencil out for families across the state.” The upcoming Commission election could offer some hope for clean energy advocates if the two Democrats running can manage to upset the all-Republican balance on the body. But Johnson said she’s yet to see an entirely solar-friendly Commission. “Each Commission that I’ve observed has become more and more difficult for solar in the seven years that I’ve been doing this,” Johnson said. The post Arizona’s solar industry facing mounting backlash first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8753672c5335ae10491bfd Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public te 2026-08-20T19:20:07.356Z Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8753662c5335ae10491bdf Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders. te 2026-08-20T19:20:06.038Z Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders. Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid. Rippling celebrated by releasing a competing product. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8753642c5335ae10491bd6 Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses te 2026-08-20T19:20:04.704Z Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting their traffic as AI search sends fewer clicks to the web. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87510a2c5335ae10491b7f Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles te 2026-08-20T19:10:02.757Z Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles The $1 billion Series C was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JP Morgan Chase. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a874ebb2c5335ae10491b5a Moskowitz rejects Rick Scott claims he's 'scared to death' of socialists, beholden to Hasan Piker te 2026-08-20T19:00:11.858Z Moskowitz rejects Rick Scott claims he's 'scared to death' of socialists, beholden to Hasan Piker Rep. Jared Moskowitz hit back Thursday after Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., claimed the Florida Democrat is "scared to death" of his party's socialist wing and would take marching orders from far-left streamer Hasan Piker if re-elected. "Rick doesn't know what he's talking about there," Moskowitz said Thursday on "Fox & Friends." "Nobody in my district believes that I'm a Hasan Piker guy. Hasan would want nothing to do with me. I want nothing to do with Hasan, so, at the end of the day, Rick just doesn't know what he's talking about." PIKER DEMANDS DEMOCRATS DEFEND HIM FROM ATTACKS, CLAIMS HE'S NO 'TOXIC RADICAL FORCE' Scott made the remark during a FOX Business appearance Monday, arguing that whichever Democrat won the primary would do Piker's bidding. "Moskowitz has been in there. He was in the House before. I assume he's going to win," Scott said on "Varney & Co." "But just remember, whoever wins that seat, they’re going to vote the way Piker tells them to vote.... They all support the platform of the Democrat socialists, because they’re scared to death of them," he added. Moskowitz has been described as a more "centrist" Democrat who is outspoken in his support of Israel and critical of many aligned with his party's more progressive flank, including Piker. FLORIDA DEMOCRAT SAYS HIS STATE 'THANKFULLY' DOESN'T HAVE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS LIKE NEW YORK After defeating Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed challenger Oliver Larkin, Moskowitz took a victory lap on X, sending mocking "condolences" to Piker. Piker responded to Moskowitz's callout, writing, "its pretty wild that his first thought was a prominent critic of israel, before even thanking his constituents lmao. really worried about his genocidal emotional support apartheid state." Moskowitz has continued to oppose the DSA agenda and its candidates, arguing that they are "anti-American at their core" and reiterating that Democratic leadership should "speak out" against the DSA agenda. At the same time, he acknowledged an issue he believes mainstream Democrats cannot afford to ignore. "There is a economic populist movement to the DSA, and we've got to recognize that we've got to talk about how people are struggling to afford the American way of life," he said. Fox News' Hanna Panreck contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a874a092c5335ae10491a79 Dem mayor torches DNC in scathing letter for 'abandoning' Black voters after convention snub te 2026-08-20T18:40:09.257Z Dem mayor torches DNC in scathing letter for 'abandoning' Black voters after convention snub Atlanta's Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens launched a scathing attack on the Democratic National Committee's leadership Thursday, accusing party leaders of turning their backs on Black voters and the South after the DNC excluded the city from its shortlist to host the 2028 presidential convention.  "The DNC continues to make the wrong choices," Dickens wrote in a scathing letter obtained by Fox News Digital, singling out DNC Chairman Ken Martin after party officials narrowed their convention search to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia. Dickens’ rebuke echoes an argument other southern Democrats have pressed on the national party in recent months: that Democrats cannot afford to take the South — and particularly its Black voters — for granted heading into 2028. South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain declared last month, amid debate over the party’s presidential primary calendar, that "the South is not the past, it is the future," while Democratic chairs from five other southern states previously warned the DNC against sending Black voters the message that their loyalty is "taken for granted." "They are afraid to leave their comfort zone and blind to the fact that the South is the answer. They are abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the South, and once again abandoning Black voters," Dickens wrote in his letter. "Atlanta has not hosted a convention in nearly 40 years. One party has chosen the South to host their convention, and the other has chosen the same region over and over again. This isn’t by accident. It’s an intentional choice." JASMINE CROCKETT WARNS DEMOCRATS ARE TOO FOCUSED ON WHITE VOTERS, IGNORING BLACK VOTERS The DNC declined to comment specifically on Dickens’ letter when reached by Fox News, but pointed to the party’s broader efforts in the South and provided a statement from Martin about the convention selection process. "The 2028 Democratic National Convention will be an inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee, and a critical step on Democrats’ path towards retaking the White House," Martin said. "Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia all presented incredibly strong bids to host the convention, and we look forward to continuing to work with them as the DNC makes a final selection in the coming months." JAMES CARVILLE BLASTS FAR-LEFT 'WHITE TURDS' AMONG DEMS WHO HE SAYS VALUE LENIN MORE THAN MLK The party also pointed to its recent decision to place South Carolina first on its 2028 presidential nominating calendar. The full DNC voted last week to begin the six-state early window in South Carolina on Jan. 22, 2028, with Virginia closing out the slate. In announcing the calendar, the DNC emphasized its racial diversity and cited Census data showing roughly 4.6 million Black people live across the six early states. Meanwhile, the DNC announced Thursday that Boston, Denver and Philadelphia had advanced as the three remaining contenders to host the Aug. 7-10, 2028 convention, eliminating Atlanta and Chicago from a five-city field. The Democratic National Convention Committee will now undertake a contracts and logistics review of the three finalists, with the process expected to continue for several months before a final selection is made. REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HOST HISTORIC MIDTERM CONVENTION IN DALLAS, TRUMP ANNOUNCES ON TRUTH SOCIAL A DNC official said factors considered during the site visits and selection process included the ability to forge partnerships with local community, political and business leaders; operational and logistical capacity such as arena size and hotel availability; fundraising capability; and whether a city shares Democratic values. DNC leadership and representatives of the party’s Technical Advisory Group visited Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia in April and May after the five cities advanced from the initial application process. Atlanta had aggressively pitched itself as both a capable convention city and a strategically important Democratic foothold in the South. DNC officials toured State Farm Arena and the Georgia World Congress Center during an April visit to the city. Atlanta, which also lost out to Chicago for the 2024 convention, has not hosted the Democratic gathering since 1988. "At a time when Trump and the Supreme Court are minimizing Black electoral power we need a party that would come to Atlanta and galvanize the Southeast for 2028 and beyond. Real leaders produce for the present and the future," Martin continued in his letter.  "This was an opportunity for Ken Martin and the DNC leadership to show they have a thoughtful plan for the party and know how to win the White House in 2028. But instead they are running scared and retreat to their safe spaces. I’m ready for Democratic leadership that understands what every Democratic voter already knows: that this is a moment that demands we run toward battles and into the fight." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8747b62c5335ae10491a12 Man plunges 120 feet into creek while taking photo at famous national park te 2026-08-20T18:30:14.924Z Man plunges 120 feet into creek while taking photo at famous national park A man survived a serious fall into McDonald Creek at Glacier National Park thanks to the intervention of a Good Samaritan bystander.  The man who fell was identified as Ken Nurse, who was visiting the Montana park with his wife, family and friends, according to NonStop Local Montana. He tumbled from an overlook and reportedly went over a set of waterfalls on Aug. 13, according to Two Bear Air Rescue, a Montana-based helicopter search-and-rescue organization that responded to the incident. NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: 'A FREAK THING' A witness entered the creek after seeing him lying face down. The bystander then brought the man into shallower water and began chest compressions when he realized he was not breathing, the organization said in a Facebook post accompanying video of the rescue. Ken Nurse's wife, Renae, told NonStop Local Montana the group had stopped near McDonald Falls to take photos before she returned to the car to warm up.  He moved closer to the edge for a better view when the ground beneath him gave way — sending him about 120 feet down the cliff and into the creek. Glacier National Park rangers were tending to him in the middle of the creek when the Two Bear Air Rescue helicopter crew arrived, according to the organization. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Video of the rescue shows a crew member being lowered from the helicopter to reach him before he is secured and hoisted from the water. Ken Nurse was then flown to a waiting medical helicopter for further stabilization and transport to a hospital, the Facebook post said. Two Bear Air Rescue credited the bystander's life-saving efforts.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "We commend the quick action of the bystander whose actions saved the victim's life," the organization wrote. Nurse spent two days on a ventilator. He suffered multiple cracked ribs, a compound fracture to his elbow that required surgery, and fluid in his lungs, according to NonStop Local Montana. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Despite the severity of his injuries, he said he was grateful to those who helped him survive. "I just want everyone who helped me out to get the things they deserve. Because I should not be here right now," he said. "I owe everyone my life and I want that to be known," he added. Fox News Digital reached out to Glacier National Park for comment and additional details. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8747b62c5335ae10491a09 Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Hometown Judge backs Harvard, tosses antisemitism suit te 2026-08-20T18:30:14.146Z Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Hometown Judge backs Harvard, tosses antisemitism suit Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: - Harvard gets DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit tossed by hometown judge - Anti-Israel nonprofit under federal investigation over financial dealings - Man charged with assault, hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at NYC synagogue TOP STORY: A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s high-profile antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University. The court ruled that alleged campus incidents failed to prove an ongoing pattern of civil rights violations after official warnings were issued. Justice Department officials expressed strong disagreement with the decision and are currently reviewing their options for a potential appeal. VIDEO: StopAntisemitism founder Liona Rez told Fox News Digital she wants to see a broadcaster who made controversial comments against an Israeli athlete fired. WATCH HERE: TERROR TIES?: Feds are probing a deep-pocketed anti-Israel fund linked to Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani over claims donor cash was funneled to a sanctioned Palestinian group. The U.K.-based "PFF"—backed by Mamdani ally Bassema Yousef—commands a mega $100M war chest. Homeland Security is investigating potential ties to Al-Haq, though no criminal wrongdoing is proven. SHABBAT SAVAGERY: A Bronx man faces hate crime charges after terrifying worshipers during Friday Shabbat services at Manhattan's historic Central Synagogue. Police say 46-year-old Larry Montes struck a congregant, smashed property, then spat on and headbutted a security officer before being tackled by an off-duty cop. Top city officials condemned the violent outburst as the suspect remains in custody. STARVATION SCAM: State Department officials claim findings from UNICEF completely shatter long-standing allegations that Israel engineered a starvation campaign in Gaza. Officials point to data showing acute child malnutrition rates remained well below required famine thresholds. The U.S. government maintains the findings debunk propaganda claims, emphasizing that extensive humanitarian food aid and vaccines were successfully delivered throughout the conflict. HOLY WAR: Christian Zionists are flooding the West Bank to fight back against international outrage over Israeli settlements. Evangelical outfit The Israel Guys is busing thousands of global volunteers into contested territories to pick crops, open tourist hubs, and counter hostile media reports. They claim accusations of settler violence are fake news designed to demonize local Jewish communities. GUEST EDITORIAL: Loay Alshareef, an Arab Muslim peace advocate and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, writes that the Dead Sea Scrolls provide undeniable archaeological proof of the Jewish people's ancient bond to Israel. Dated over 2,000 years ago, these manuscripts shatter claims that Jewish connection to the land is a modern invention, offering a factual foundation for peace and reconciliation. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "The new data shows that the allegations of famine in Gaza were pure hysteria. While certain small pockets of hunger occurred in Gaza, we now know this can only have been an issue of distribution. Once again, international organizations removed Hamas and their share of the blame for Gaza’s suffering from the conversation, stoking the anti-Israel narrative." - Andrew Fox, a senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. - Looking for more on this topic? Find more antisemitism coverage from Fox News here. - Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe to additional newsletters from Fox News here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8747b52c5335ae10491a00 Arctic power play gives top US adversary new opening with Russia as US stakes grow te 2026-08-20T18:30:13.415Z Arctic power play gives top US adversary new opening with Russia as US stakes grow China is testing whether the top of the world can become a new strategic trade corridor, launching regular seasonal container service to Europe through Russia’s Arctic as Beijing and Moscow deepen their commercial and military footprint in a region Washington increasingly views as critical to U.S. security. The service remains limited in scale, with just over eight voyages planned this season, but China analyst Gordon Chang told Fox News Digital that its significance goes beyond the number of containers currently making the journey. "China has a major strategic push on the Arctic for various reasons," Chang said in an interview. "Arctic ice is melting, and this means that the Northern Sea Route, which hugs Russia's north coast, does become viable at least for a few months in the summer." TRUMP ENVOY WARNS CHINA'S POWER MOVE AT SEA IS THREAT 'WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE' Sea Legend Shipping’s Dubai Tower departed Ningbo-Zhoushan Port on Aug. 15 for Europe via Russia’s Northern Sea Route, with the journey to Felixstowe, England, scheduled to take about 20 days, according to China Daily on Aug. 17. The move comes as a new U.S. congressional commission staff report warns that Russia’s increasing isolation and dependence on Beijing are giving China greater leverage — including greater access to the Arctic. Chang warned that Washington needs a stronger physical presence in response. "We need to be in the Arctic, and President Trump has authorized more icebreakers," he told Fox News Digital. "We are woefully short in that department." TIM SHEEHY EXPOSES A 'SCARY' SHIPBUILDING COLLAPSE THAT LEAVES THE US VULNERABLE TO CHINA A White House official told Fox News Digital on background that, "The Arctic is a critical region for U.S. national security and the economy. As an Arctic nation, the United States will pursue its security and economic interests and ensure safety, stability, and prosperity in the face of growing competition from China and Russia." A fact sheet released Aug. 20 by staff of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent economic isolation from the West have "compelled Russia to accept a greater Chinese presence in the Arctic," a region Moscow has traditionally regarded as central to its sovereignty and national security. CHINA IS BUILDING A MASSIVE SHIP THAT SHOULD SCARE AMERICANS ABOUT THE FUTURE The report said Chinese state-owned enterprises now hold a combined 20% stake in the U.S.- and EU-sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, while China and Russia are developing year-round commercial shipping along the Northern Sea Route. The two countries have also established a joint venture to manufacture ice-class container vessels, with the first ship planned to enter service in 2027. The Pentagon’s 2024 Arctic Strategy similarly said changing climate conditions are increasing accessibility in the region while China seeks greater influence and access there. The strategy identified Beijing’s proposed "Polar Silk Road" as a vehicle for infrastructure and natural-resource investments in the Arctic and warned that growing cooperation between China and Russia could "‘alter the Arctic’s stability and threat picture.’" For China-Europe commerce, the Northern Sea Route offers a radically different path from the traditional westbound journey through the Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean, Bab el-Mandeb, Red Sea and Suez Canal. "This of course avoids some choke points, like the Strait of Malacca, the Bab el-Mandeb, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar," Chang said. "So this is important for China." The new USCC report argues that China is increasingly benefiting from an asymmetric relationship in which Moscow needs Beijing more than Beijing needs Moscow. It says China has become indispensable to Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, giving Beijing growing leverage to obtain discounted energy and greater access to Russian military technology while avoiding the obligations of a formal alliance. Energy is a major part of that imbalance. According to the report, China accounts for roughly half of Russia’s crude oil exports, while Russian crude represents only about one-fifth of China’s oil imports. The report says China has purchased approximately $372 billion in Russian fossil fuels since the invasion of Ukraine. UKRAINE POUNDS BLACK SEA FLEET’S ‘LAST MAJOR STRONGHOLD’ WHILE PUTIN FLEXES NAVAL POWER IN PACIFIC Moscow is now making increasingly aggressive use of the same Arctic passage to move oil east. Reuters reported Aug. 11 that Russia had sent seven crude shipments totaling roughly 6 million barrels toward Asia through the Northern Sea Route so far this season, nearly half the amount transported during the entire 2025 season. China is the principal destination for those shipments, according to Reuters. The growing Arctic activity comes as Washington has become increasingly concerned about Chinese and Russian cooperation close to Alaska. Chang pointed to the Bering Strait — separating Russia from Alaska — as a strategic vulnerability even on the Arctic route. CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA FORM 'AXIS OF AGGRESSORS' THAT COULD OVERWHELM US, BOOK WARNS "There is one choke point though, which is of interest," he said. "You have to go between Russia on the west and our 49th state on the east. And that gives the U.S. some leverage over here." The military relationship is also expanding. The new USCC fact sheet says China and Russia had participated in at least 119 combined military exercises as of April 2026, while their joint naval operations in July included submarine, anti-submarine and drone activity. It also noted that Chinese bombers entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone for the first time during a joint China-Russia bomber patrol in 2024. For Chang, the issue extends beyond whether the Northern Sea Route itself ever becomes a competitor to Suez. "There are some U.S. national security strategists who say, ‘Oh, the Arctic is a distraction. There are more important places in the world,’" Chang said. "But even more important, regardless of what one thinks of the importance of the Arctic, the Chinese and the Russians are pressing us in the Arctic," he added. "So we've got no choice to respond. Whether we think the Arctic is strategic or not, the Chinese and Russians are there in force. We have to be there too." Fox News Digital has reached out to the Chinese and Russian embassies in Washington and the White House for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8747af2c5335ae104919dd Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters te 2026-08-20T18:30:07.058Z Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president’s Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8747ab2c5335ae104919be Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule te 2026-08-20T18:30:03.786Z Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8745582c5335ae10491998 Rubio designates US citizen held in China as wrongfully detained as Trump prepares to host Xi at White House te 2026-08-20T18:20:08.836Z Rubio designates US citizen held in China as wrongfully detained as Trump prepares to host Xi at White House The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen Min Zin is "wrongfully detained" after the State Department reviewed the circumstances of his June 3 detention in Yunnan, the State Department said Thursday. Zin had traveled to China for an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the department. PASTOR FREED FROM CHINESE PRISON AFTER TRUMP RAISED HIS CASE WITH XI JINPING He is now one of two U.S. citizens the State Department considers wrongfully detained in China. The other is Dr. Youlin Chen, a Chinese-born American seismologist from Boston. "The safety and security of U.S. citizens is the State Department’s top priority," Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson said in a statement. "We will continue to advocate for Mr. Zin and call for the release of all U.S. citizens who are arbitrarily detained or exit banned in China." Zin was detained at the airport after arriving in China and has been repeatedly interrogated and held in isolation during nearly 11 weeks in custody, a senior State Department official told Reuters. DAUGHTER OF DETAINED CHINESE PASTOR SAYS SHE HAS 'HOPE' AFTER LEARNING TRUMP MAY RAISE CASE WITH XI JINPING "One minute his colleagues and family were engaging with him on the phone – exchanging updates on his arrival time and plans in China – and the next minute communication was lost," the official said. For the next 48 hours, his family and colleagues did not know where he was, whether he was alive or who had taken him, according to the official. Authorities in Yunnan later told the U.S. Embassy that Zin was under criminal investigation for allegedly endangering China’s national security, Reuters reported. China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Zin’s arrest in June and said he was suspected of spying and endangering national security, the report said. Beijing has denied that wrongful detention occurs in China and says such cases are handled according to Chinese law. The U.S. designation can bring more government attention and resources to efforts to secure Zin’s release. It also puts his detention in the spotlight ahead of Xi’s anticipated Sept. 24 visit to the White House. Zin, who writes about Burma and Chinese foreign policy, leads the Institute for Strategy and Policy, a think tank focused on Burma. He took part in that country's 1988 pro-democracy uprising before eventually seeking asylum in the United States. The State Department said it will continue pushing for Zin’s release and for Americans it says are being arbitrarily detained or prevented from leaving China. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8743032c5335ae10491941 Why Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings will shock Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever tonight te 2026-08-20T18:10:11.298Z Why Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings will shock Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever tonight If you like the WNBA, and judging by the page views, the Fox News audience LOVES women’s basketball, then I’m sure you’re pumped about the red-hot Indiana Fever (24-12) facing the slumping Dallas Wings (20-16) Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Indiana is 7-2 straight up (SU) and 5-4 against the spread (ATS) post-All-Star break with a five-game winning streak. Dallas, on the other hand, is 2-7 SU and ATS since the WNBA All-Star Game with losses in five of its past six games and six straight non-covers. The Fever-Wings season series is tied 1-1 SU and ATS. Indiana beat Dallas 98-87 this past Friday to even the season series after the Wings beat the Fever 107-104 in their season openers. CAITLIN CLARK OVERCOMES INJURY SCARE, DROPS 29 POINTS ON DALLAS WINGS AS FEVER TAKE TOP SPOT IN EAST Dallas was up 3 points heading into the fourth quarter last week despite not having its leading rebounder and leader in PER, starting C Jessica Shepard. In their first Fever-Wings meeting this year, Shepard had game-highs in rebounds (9) and assists (9). Indiana is due for a loss, and it’s tough beating a team twice in a short span. With that in mind, here are more reasons why I’m taking the points with Dallas in this game. This is a controversial take in these parts, and I don’t get why, but Paige Bueckers is better than Caitlin Clark. Both were No. 1 overall picks, won WNBA Rookie of the Year, and average nearly 20 points per game (PPG). Yet, Bueckers has a higher career PER (22.0-19.7) and on/off rating (+6.7 vs. +1.1), shoots better from everywhere on the floor and commits roughly three fewer turnovers per game (5.2-2.1). The Wings suffered a major blow this week with 2026 No. 1 overall pick Azzi Fudd undergoing season-ending arthroscopic surgery on her knee. Fudd leads the team in on/off net rating and 3-pointers made per game. AZZI FUDD WINS WNBA 3-POINT CONTEST, BECOMES FIRST ROOKIE CHAMPION However, that should increase Bueckers’ usage rate, which isn’t a bad thing. She is scoring 22.5 PPG on 51.5% shooting in six career meetings with the Fever. Also, the home/road scoring and shooting splits for these teams are massive, and the market isn’t giving Dallas a big enough boost for home-court advantage. The Wings have a +6.4 margin of victory at home and -2.1 on the road. Indy has a +8.7 margin of victory at home and a +2.8 margin of victory on the road. Furthermore, Indiana is much better at getting to the charity stripe, but Dallas is third in defensive FT/FGA rate, and teams tend to get a better whistle at home. The Wings got to the foul line more in both games vs. the Fever this season. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Meanwhile, and this is even truer in the WNBA, the "battle for possessions" is the most important thing in high-level basketball, and Dallas has a better turnover rate on both ends of the floor. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! Lastly, the Wings have a rest edge with their last game being Monday and Indiana’s previous game being Tuesday. Indy has played twice since its last game vs. Dallas, which has just played once since this past Friday, and the Fever are 4-8 ATS with a rest disadvantage. _____________________________ Follow me on X @Geoffery-Clark, and check out my "OutKick Bets Podcast" for more betting content and random rants. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8743022c5335ae10491938 Irish authorities seek extradition warrant for suspect in murder of American mom Jamey Carney: report te 2026-08-20T18:10:10.492Z Irish authorities seek extradition warrant for suspect in murder of American mom Jamey Carney: report Irish authorities are reportedly seeking a warrant to extradite the primary suspect in the brutal murder of Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old New York mother found beaten and suffocated in her Killarney home last month. Carney, who documented her life abroad as a "New Yorker in Ireland," was discovered by her teenage daughter on July 7. Investigators believe her partner, a Jordanian national seeking asylum in Ireland, beat her to death before fleeing the country on a last-minute flight to Istanbul and eventually traveling to Jordan, where he was subsequently detained. AMERICAN MOTHER MURDERED IN IRISH TOURIST TOWN AS INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT TARGETS ALLEGED ASYLUM SEEKER Authorities have submitted a file to Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommending murder charges, The Irish Mirror reported. The DPP is currently reviewing the evidence to determine if formal charges will be brought. If the DPP approves prosecution, Irish officials will face diplomatic hurdles to bring the suspect back, as Ireland lacks a formal extradition treaty with Jordan. An Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police force, declined to comment on the matter when reached by Fox News Digital. "The Garda investigation into the murder of Jamey Carney is ongoing," an agency spokesperson said. "A file has been submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions." UK ASYLUM SEEKERS COULD HAVE TO PAY GOVERNMENT $13K BEFORE APPLYING FOR SETTLEMENT Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said every diplomatic and judicial channel would be explored to ensure justice is served, The Irish Independent reported. "The gardaí are obviously pursuing a very clear line of inquiry. The person they want to speak to left the country before the body of the late Ms. Carney was discovered," he said. The suspect initially arrived in the United Kingdom before crossing through Northern Ireland to settle in County Kerry. While living in a state-run accommodation for asylum seekers, he worked in hospitality and construction and began spending increased time at Carney's home after they became romantically involved. Carney’s social media posts featured her partner, whom she referred to as part of a "mixed couple," and noted that she had recently begun learning Arabic. The Irish Independent reported that the suspect had expressed a desire to relocate to the United States and told acquaintances Carney was assisting him with securing U.S. residency. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Director of Public Prosecutions for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8742fa2c5335ae10491915 She Lobbied for Police Officers. Now She’s a Suspect in One’s Death. te 2026-08-20T18:10:02.884Z She Lobbied for Police Officers. Now She’s a Suspect in One’s Death. A Massachusetts woman who was known as an advocate for the mental health of emergency workers is being sought by the police after her husband, an officer, was found dead. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740b22c5335ae104918db Bryson DeChambeau reportedly calls media members 'the mafia' before having reporter booted from driving range te 2026-08-20T18:00:18.450Z Bryson DeChambeau reportedly calls media members 'the mafia' before having reporter booted from driving range Bryson DeChambeau seems to be on edge ahead of this week's LIV Golf season finale in Indianapolis. LIV Golf's future beyond 2026 is a complete unknown at this point after the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) officially announced in April that it would stop funding the breakaway circuit at the conclusion of the season. LIV Indianapolis has also seen its individual purse decrease from the typical $20 million to $10.1 million. Given those realities and the uncertainties ahead, it's understandable that DeChambeau, the face of LIV Golf, feels a bit frustrated. Taking out those frustrations on media members simply watching him hit golf balls on the driving range in Indy, however, is an interesting choice. According to Golf.com's Sean Zak, DeChambeau arrived at the practice area at The Club at Chatham Hills, the course playing host this week, and had a message for the group of reporters on site. "Oooh the mafia has arrived. The mafia. You guys love talking s–t," DeChambeau said. Zak noted that DeChambeau was "mostly joking" with his remark towards the media gathered at the driving range on Tuesday, but things got even more awkward the following day. Ryan French, the man behind the well-known Monday Q Info account on X, confirmed that he was asked to leave the driving range by a member of DeChambeau's team. Brandon Reef noted that French was doing nothing out of the ordinary, implying he was simply watching DeChambeau hit golf balls. A few hours after French was asked to leave by a member of DeChambeau's team – and after the story gained traction across social media – French shared that he received a call from the two-time U.S. Open champion. "Bryson gave me a call this afternoon, we spoke for about 20 mins," French wrote on Wednesday evening. "While the conversation will remain off the record, I really appreciate him calling. A lot of players wouldn't have done that." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS DeChambeau and his LIV colleagues are teeing it up for the last time in 2026 after the LIV Team Championship slated for Michigan later this month was canceled. The 32-year-old enters the week off of a disappointing T-38 finish at LIV New York and a major championship season that saw him miss three out of four cuts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740b12c5335ae104918d2 Darline Graham’s ‘embarrassing and inexcusable’ national security stumble spotlights break from late brother te 2026-08-20T18:00:17.402Z Darline Graham’s ‘embarrassing and inexcusable’ national security stumble spotlights break from late brother President Donald Trump has endorsed Graham and is scheduled to rally for her in Myrtle Beach on Friday, days before the GOP runoff against Norman on Tuesday. The debate question carried consequences beyond a campaign-stage stumble. China claims Taiwan and has not ruled out using force to take the self-governing island, a conflict that could draw the United States and its military into a major war in the Indo-Pacific. Beijing’s aggressive claims in the South China Sea have also put it at odds with U.S. allies and partners. As a sitting senator on the Appropriations Committee, Graham is positioned to vote on military and national security spending decisions that shape how the nation responds to those threats. Graham sought to clarify her comments during an appearance on "Hannity" and in a post on her social media account. LINDSEY GRAHAM’S SISTER ADMITS SHE’S ‘NOT THAT INFORMED ON NATIONAL SECURITY’ WHILE SEEKING FULL SENATE TERM "I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don’t speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports." "I did say, several times, that China is our enemy, a military and economic threat to the United States. Of course, Taiwan is our friend." DARLINE GRAHAM DETAILS HOW SHE'D FORGE OWN PATH IN SENATE WHILE CARRYING ON BROTHER LINDSEY'S LEGACY She added: "I’m not a politician. I don’t speak politician. I was just honest, and I think that’s a foreign concept in politics." Still, Graham’s answer drew a sharp online response, particularly because Lindsey Graham made national security and foreign policy defining parts of his Senate career and repeatedly pressed U.S. leaders to stand with Taiwan. Fox News Digital has reached out to Graham's campaign for additional clarification. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who backs Norman, wrote online: "Lindsey Graham was well informed on the United States’ national security. Darline Graham admits she’s not. This is not something you inherit. And it’s critical in the U.S. Senate." Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts wrote: "I’m sorry, but respectfully, even accounting for her being new to the job, this is embarrassing and inexcusable. China’s threat toward Taiwan is a bit of a big deal, especially — it would seem — for a member of the U.S. Senate." Conservative radio host Clay Travis called Graham’s answer "disqualifying in my opinion," while former South Carolina state Rep. Adam Morgan wrote that Graham had revealed she could not answer "basic national security questions." Norman seized on the moment in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, saying South Carolinians "can’t afford a grace period for on-the-job training while China buys up farmland near military installations and sends spy balloons over our state." TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT SAYS ISLAND 'WILL NEVER BE SACRIFICED OR TRADED' IN STERN REBUKE OF CHINA "We need to stand ready to support our allies and South Carolinians deserve to know where my opponent stands on this issue," Norman said. Mike Nelson, a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute, said no one expects Graham to immediately replicate her brother’s deep foreign policy focus. But he said the Taiwan exchange nevertheless raised a basic question about the job she is seeking. "Obviously, senators have particular focus areas based on their experience, committee assignments, or even just their interests. Senator Graham’s late brother was one of those most focused on foreign policy in the upper chamber and nobody expects her to immediately fill his shoes to that level," Nelson told Fox News Digital. "But one would expect a cursory familiarity with some of the most concerning flashpoints, particularly as it relates to our largest strategic rival and threat, if one wants to keep their job in the body that votes on military force and authorizes defense budgets. I’d expect at least mild curiosity rather than shrugging indifference." Graham was appointed to fill the seat after her brother’s death and is now seeking a full term. Her runoff against Norman is scheduled for Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740b02c5335ae104918c9 WWE star Ilja Dragunov departs company after being out of action for 4 months te 2026-08-20T18:00:16.497Z WWE star Ilja Dragunov departs company after being out of action for 4 months Ilja Dragunov, a one-time WWE United States champion, NXT champion and NXT UK champion, has departed the company. WWE moved Dragunov’s profile to the alumni section on Thursday. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICK Dragunov’s deal with WWE expired, PW Insider reported. The 32-year-old, who is arguably one of the best pro wrestlers in the industry right now, signed with WWE in February 2019 after years with Progress Wrestling and other European promotions. He immediately became one of the toughest and most fearsome competitors in the ring, rising through the ranks to become the NXT UK champion. Dragunov suffered a leg injury during his final moments with NXT UK and reappeared on the brand in September 2022, making his way overseas to NXT. He made his presence felt immediately with championship matches against Bron Breakker, JD McDonagh, Wes Lee, Carmelo Hayes and others but failed to attain gold during that time. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! He defeated Hayes to win the NXT Championship in September 2023, becoming the first person in WWE to have won both the NXT and NXT UK Championships. His run in NXT would end in April 2024 after he dropped the NXT Championship to Trick Williams. He was promoted to the Raw brand after WrestleMania 40 but a torn ACL injury kept him on the shelf for a year. When Dragunov returned, he was inserted into the WWE United States Championship picture and defeated Sami Zayn to win the title in October 2025. He had numerous successful title defenses before he lost to Hayes. Dragunov participated in the Royal Rumble earlier this year. He last appeared on WWE TV during the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the "Friday Night SmackDown" before WrestleMania 42. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740af2c5335ae104918c0 FBI arrests woman who allegedly plotted attack on New York state Capitol building te 2026-08-20T18:00:15.673Z FBI arrests woman who allegedly plotted attack on New York state Capitol building A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol building and kill lawmakers inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, federal prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash bag and hoped to strike when state senators were meeting, according to the complaint. This is a developing news story; check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740ad2c5335ae104918af Arizona voters won’t get to rein in vouchers. Don’t tell us they all love it. te 2026-08-20T18:00:13.335Z Arizona voters won’t get to rein in vouchers. Don’t tell us they all love it. Save Our Schools Arizona filled the lawn outside the Arizona House of Representatives denouncing a Republican plan to expand Empowerment Scholarship Account vouchers to all Arizona students on June 22, 2022. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Arizona school vouchers that are pulling $1 billion away from students in K-12 public schools are here to stay, whether we like it or not. And, unfortunately, they’ll stay with no real oversight that taxpayers like me might expect, leaving parents with remarkable discretion over how our public money is spent. What are we supposed to do about it now? GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Elect “pro-education candidates,’’ suggest the groups that tried but failed to give voters a chance to impose new restrictions, including a $150,000 household income cap.   That gives me little comfort that questionable spending on luxury items like electric dirt bikes, watches and Yeti coolers will be reined in without accountability. This week, the state’s Supreme Court ended the only chance voters had this year to weigh in on those proposed restrictions when it upheld the formula a lower court judge used to evaluate whether the voter signatures backers gathered were enough to qualify it for the ballot. The result of the legal interpretation and math means that the Protect Education Accountable Now committee failed to submit enough valid signatures. That means the Protect Education Act, which would have tightened eligibility requirements and spending rules for the Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, won’t be on November’s ballot. “Prop. 212 would have protected students and returned money to our underfunded public schools,” AEA President Marisol Garcia said in a statement.  Former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who signed the universal ESA program into law, celebrated the court’s ruling as a “sigh of relief for tens of thousands of parents and students.” “Arizonans overwhelmingly embrace school choice and will continue to do so, regardless of how many millions of dollars these groups waste trying to take it away,” he added. There’s no point of arguing the merits of vouchers anymore. But let’s not rewrite history about what Arizona voters actually said. Has Ducey forgotten that voters rejected a major expansion of the voucher program when they were given the chance? And that he and Republican lawmakers later enacted a universal expansion anyway? That’s worth discussing. When voters spoke directly on the issue, they said no. Now voters won’t even get the chance to decide whether the program needs tighter guardrails. A quick trip down memory lane explains how we got here. In 2011, lawmakers created ESAs for a limited group of students, including children with disabilities. Critics sued, arguing the program violated provisions of the Arizona Constitution barring certain uses of public money for private or religious institutions. In 2013, the court of appeals upheld the program. It concluded the money was put into accounts managed by a parent who decides how to spend the money rather than directly giving it to private schools. Then came the first major expansion. In 2017, Ducey signed legislation expanding ESA eligibility to every student in Arizona. Public school advocates successfully forced the issue onto the 2018 ballot as Prop. 305. Almost 65% of voters voted to reject the measure, blocking the expansion. But four years later, Ducey signed a new bill making every K-12 student eligible for vouchers and making Arizona the first state to offer a universal ESA program.  We don’t know if voters in 2026 would have done what they did in 2018, when they overwhelmingly rejected a voucher system with minimal oversight. But neither does Ducey, whose assertion that “Arizonans overwhelmingly embrace” vouchers won’t actually be put to the test. The record is more complicated than that. Voters rejected the expansion, which exists only because lawmakers and Ducey ignored their wishes. At this point, we can debate who benefits and who doesn’t, but don’t tell us the system is universally liked and loved. It isn’t. Again, vouchers are here to stay. But what do we do with the underfunded public schools designed to educate every child, regardless of ZIP code, income, disability or family circumstances? That’s the bigger challenge facing Arizona now. If that system isn’t working, then fix it. Reform it. Demand accountability. And our task as taxpayers is also to remain vigilant and demand accountability of the loosely regulated voucher system that lets parents exploit it. It really is just up to us. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8740a52c5335ae10491896 Lindsay Clancy Heard a Voice Telling Her to Kill Her Children, Witnesses Say te 2026-08-20T18:00:05.520Z Lindsay Clancy Heard a Voice Telling Her to Kill Her Children, Witnesses Say Ms. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to murder, citing postpartum psychosis. Two defense witnesses said she spoke lovingly of her children after the killings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a873e522c5335ae1049184d Sedona Real Estate – Summer ’26 wrapup te 2026-08-20T17:50:10.675Z Sedona Real Estate – Summer ’26 wrapup Sedona Real Estate: Six Months In, Two Very Different Stories We’re past the halfway point of 2026, and it felt like a good time to step back from the month-to-month noise and look at what the numbers actually say about where Sedona real estate stands so far this year. As usual, the story splits rig Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a873e512c5335ae1049182d Driver accused of killing 2 college cyclists in Tennessee crash allegedly failed to brake: court docs te 2026-08-20T17:50:09.437Z Driver accused of killing 2 college cyclists in Tennessee crash allegedly failed to brake: court docs A Tennessee driver accused of striking a group of college cyclists, killing two and seriously injuring five others, allegedly failed to brake or take evasive action before the crash, according to a newly filed affidavit. John Alexander Benfield faces two counts of reckless vehicular homicide and five counts of reckless aggravated assault in connection with Wednesday’s crash involving members of the Milligan University cycling team in Carter County. The collision happened around 9 a.m. on Highway 19E near Simerly Creek Road, according to the affidavit filed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Investigators said Benfield was driving a 2003 Subaru Baja Sport behind another vehicle when the vehicle ahead moved from the outside lane into the inside lane. LEGENDARY DUKE COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI'S GRANDSON CHARGED WITH DWI AFTER COLLISION THAT KILLED TEEN BICYLCIST Benfield told investigators he did not see the group of cyclists traveling ahead in the outside lane until the other vehicle changed lanes, the affidavit says. The trooper wrote that investigators found "no physical evidence" that Benfield attempted to stop or take evasive action before striking the cyclists. Two riders, Milligan University sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the university. Seven other cyclists suffered serious or critical injuries, the affidavit states. IMMIGRANT TRUCK DRIVER ADMITTED TO US UNDER BIDEN ALLEGEDLY KILLS UMASS SOCCER STAR, SPOKE NO ENGLISH Milligan said in a statement that the university was "profoundly shocked and saddened" by the deaths and asked the public to keep the victims, their families and the campus community in their prayers. "There are no words to adequately describe this level of loss," the university said. "Our prayers are with all those impacted by this tragedy. Please keep the Milligan community in your prayers." FOLLOW US ON X The affidavit also said that officers detected the odor of marijuana coming from Benfield’s vehicle. The document does not say whether Benfield was impaired, and he was not charged with driving under the influence in the warrant. CLICK HERE FOR MORE U.S. NEWS The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), which is leading the investigation, said Thursday that troopers are interviewing witnesses, reviewing evidence and examining the crash scene. GET BREAKING NEWS ALERTS "We owe it to them to take the time, follow the facts and get this right," Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security spokesperson Jason Pack said in a statement to Fox News Digital. SEND US A TIP THP said its findings will be submitted to the district attorney’s office once the investigation is complete. GOT A TIP? A judicial officer found probable cause for Benfield’s arrest Wednesday. His bond was set at $150,000, according to the warrant. USA Cycling also issued a statement mourning Engdahl and Rogers and offering condolences to their families, teammates, coaches and the Milligan community. "We are deeply saddened to learn of this morning's tragic crash involving the Milligan University Cycling team. Our hearts go out to the two student-athletes whose lives were taken far too soon, Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers, as well as to the riders who were injured," the statement said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Carter County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a873e502c5335ae10491824 Former bitter enemies Trump and Michael Cohen reunite for radio interview te 2026-08-20T17:50:08.626Z Former bitter enemies Trump and Michael Cohen reunite for radio interview President Donald Trump reunited with his former personal lawyer-turned-bitter enemy, Michael Cohen, for a Thursday radio interview in an unexpected twist to their years-long saga that now includes a "forgiveness" chapter.  Cohen told Fox News Digital that the conversation lasted 40 minutes and will be aired in two parts. The man who was a key witness in two New York cases against Trump also penned a Substack detailing the stunning reunion that will be their first public conversation in nearly a decade. The former Trump fixer wrote that his inbox has been flooded with hate mail since it was announced that the president would appear on his radio show, with many "righteous keyboard crusaders" who proudly display a deep Christian faith in their social media bios piling on the criticism.  MS NOW STAYS SILENT ON MICHAEL COHEN’S ADMISSION HE FELT 'COERCED' TO GIVE ANTI-TRUMP TESTIMONY "One minute, they’re posting inspirational memes about divine love and turning the other cheek. The next, they’re screaming into my digital throat with enough fury to melt the screen. There is a word for that. Irony," Cohen wrote.  "Colossians 3:13 says: ‘Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you,’" he continued. "That verse isn’t merely some theological footnote to what is happening between Donald Trump and me. It is the foundation of it." Earlier this year, Cohen said he felt "pressured and coerced" by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to deliver testimony that would help build cases against his former boss. Cohen wrote in his latest entry that he has repeatedly been asked, "How can two men who spent years in a very public war, who hurled verbal missiles across an enormous legal and political canyon, ever sit down together again?" "The answer is actually much simpler than people want it to be. We forgave. Not because the past didn’t happen. Not because the scars disappeared. Not because every disagreement suddenly became irrelevant. And certainly not because I have forgotten anything. I haven’t. Forgiveness doesn’t require amnesia. It requires the courage to stop allowing yesterday to dictate tomorrow," Cohen wrote.  MICHAEL COHEN SAYS NY PROSECUTORS 'PRESSURED AND COERCED' HIM INTO ANTI-TRUMP TESTIMONY Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to lying to Congress, as well as campaign finance violations and tax evasion charges, around work he did for Trump. He was sentenced to three years in prison, eventually finishing his sentence in home confinement. Cohen, a frequent guest on liberal cable news programs while he was a key member of the #Resistance, said in his Substack that society is addicted to "permanent outrage," but Americans shouldn’t build identities around "the people we hate." "Donald Trump and I spent roughly fifteen years in the trenches together. We built relationships, shared victories, endured setbacks and pursued a path that ultimately reached the highest office on Earth. Then everything exploded," Cohen wrote.  It's a long way from May 30, 2024, when Cohen's first interview after Trump's conviction in his New York hush money case was with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.  "It’s accountability. It’s exactly what America needs right now," he told Maddow. LEFT-WING NETWORK DROPS MICHAEL COHEN AFTER HE CLAIMS HE WAS 'PRESSURED AND COERCED' IN TRUMP CASES Cohen said this week he decided the past was not going to "own the future" and that "reconciliation doesn’t mean rewriting history." As a result, Trump and his former ally will have a discussion few would have expected after their bitter public feud.  "You don’t have to like Donald Trump. You don’t even have to believe that forgiveness is possible. But listen before you judge. Because history isn’t made only through elections, wars, betrayals and political bloodletting. Sometimes history is made in a much quieter way," Cohen wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The first part of the interview will air Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on 77WABC. It is available on WABC Radio, WABCRadio.com and on the 77WABC app. The remainder will air on Cohen's "When You Know… You Know" on Sunday night at 5 p.m. ET.  The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a873bf52c5335ae104917b2 Weary U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East te 2026-08-20T17:40:05.385Z Weary U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a873bf32c5335ae10491793 Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users te 2026-08-20T17:40:03.541Z Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users Affected users told TechCrunch say they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87399a2c5335ae10491735 The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know  te 2026-08-20T17:30:02.267Z The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know  Year after year, investors who've explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and learned from peers have proven why you need to be on the ground at Disrupt this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8737562c5335ae104914e2 Israeli defense minister puts NATO power on notice as Middle East tensions surge: ‘Dangerous adventures’ te 2026-08-20T17:20:22.600Z Israeli defense minister puts NATO power on notice as Middle East tensions surge: ‘Dangerous adventures’ Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early Thursday, accusing him of dragging Turkey into "dangerous adventures in Syria" and warning the Turkish leader not to test Israel’s resolve. "Israel will not allow any actor to threaten its security," Katz wrote on X "It would be better for Erdoğan to continue his detached-from-reality, fanciful rhetoric against Israel in the Turkish Grand National Assembly than to attempt to test Israel's determination to defend itself." The warning comes two days after Israel struck Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase. The increasingly heated rhetoric has put Washington in the position of trying to contain tensions between Turkey, a NATO member, and Israel, Washington’s closest security partners in the Middle East. Israel said Syria was on the verge of breaching a security understanding by allowing Turkish troops to deploy there, while Ankara rejected Israel’s account. Syria said there were no plans for a permanent Turkish base or troop deployment, although Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani acknowledged that Turkish military officers had visited the facility for training and exchanges of expertise. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said no Turkish military delegation was present at the base before or during the strike, Reuters reported. CRITICS SAY TURKEY'S VERBAL ATTACKS ON ISRAEL HAVE CROSSED INTO ANTISEMITISM On Wednesday, Turkey called these allegations from Israel "untenable," arguing that they are "intended to legitimize Israel’s unlawful airstrikes targeting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. ... The imputations voiced stem from Netanyahu’s intent to pursue expansionist and destabilizing policies in the region ahead of the elections in Israel," Turkey's government said in a social media post. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Reuters Thursday that Washington was working on "a de-escalation process" that was already in place but still needed to be refined. Asked whether the dispute could lead to a direct Israeli-Turkish confrontation, Huckabee said, "I don't think we're even close to that." He said Israel viewed Turkey as "moving further south" in Syria and perceived that as potentially threatening. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack sounded a sharper warning after the strike. Barrack said Turkey had received no advance notice and could have prepared a military response after detecting Israeli aircraft heading north toward Turkish territory. He said Washington was working to establish a more robust deconfliction mechanism among Turkey, Israel and Syria to prevent miscalculation or an accidental confrontation. Sinan Ciddi, director of the Turkey Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that Ankara is portraying the confrontation through a sharply different lens. FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA "Turkey is chalking up the increasingly escalatory climate between Turkey and Israel to election antics/propaganda by Netanyahu and driving a narrative that Israel does not want stable neighbors and regional powers in the Middle East," Ciddi said. At the same time, Ciddi said Erdogan "seems intent on taking actions inside Syria that are perceived by Israel as military escalation," citing proposed arms sales, military training and assistance, continued Turkish influence over former militia members integrated into Syria’s new army and, most significantly, "developing military bases with Turkish troops and sensitive equipment." "Israel established clear red lines about what it was willing to tolerate in Syria," Ciddi said. "Deconfliction only works if parties implement the agreed upon rules." NETANYAHU WARNS TURKEY SHOULD NOT GET F-35S, CITING ERDOĞAN'S HOSTILITY TOWARD NATO ALLIES The dispute was already being discussed at senior levels before the strike. Mossad chief Roman Gofman spoke with al-Shaibani on Aug. 14, four days before the attack, according to three sources cited by Reuters. The conversation focused on Israel’s concerns about Turkey’s military presence in Syria, including potential troop deployments, weapons sales and drones supplied to the Syrian military. Attempts to prevent an Israeli-Turkish clash are not new. Turkey and Israel began technical talks in Azerbaijan in 2025 aimed at preventing misunderstandings or military incidents in Syria. Turkey’s defense minister said in June 2025 that those contacts were continuing as Ankara trained and advised Syria’s military. Ciddi argued that a mechanism alone would not prevent further Israeli action if Ankara continued pushing against what Jerusalem considers its security red lines. TRUMP'S TURKEY ARMS SALE PROPOSAL SPARKS CONGRESSIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE NATO SUMMIT "To the extent that Ankara will push boundaries and attempt to position military capabilities that Israel feels is harmful to its safety, we are likely to see pre-emptive action by Jerusalem," Ciddi said. "The ball is in Erdogan's court to not raise the temperature." Netanyahu is also facing criticism from inside Israel. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a longtime Netanyahu adversary, accused the prime minister Wednesday of deliberately escalating tensions with Turkey for political purposes ahead of the Israeli election. "Turkey is not Iran or Assad’s Syria," Barak wrote in Hebrew on X, arguing that Israel’s strategic disputes with Ankara could be resolved, moderated or postponed through discreet diplomacy coordinated with the United States. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87374f2c5335ae10491488 A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show te 2026-08-20T17:20:15.217Z A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show Emails reveal that Iranian officials had significant influence over which Iranian immigrants in the U.S. were sent back to their home country in 2025, despite tensions between the countries. The National Iranian American Council released hundreds of emails on Tuesday… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87374e2c5335ae10491476 Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia te 2026-08-20T17:20:14.077Z Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87374c2c5335ae10491458 Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says te 2026-08-20T17:20:12.494Z Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says Federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California. That's according to a person familiar with the… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87374a2c5335ae10491446 Jury convicts Yucca man in Windsor Beach gun case te 2026-08-20T17:20:10.926Z Jury convicts Yucca man in Windsor Beach gun case It took only 35 minutes of deliberation for a Mohave County Superior Court jury to convict the defendant on all counts involving weapons offenses at the Windsor Beach launch ramp in Lake Havasu City. The guilty verdict determinations in the… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8737482c5335ae10491424 In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries te 2026-08-20T17:20:08.295Z In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8737462c5335ae104913f2 A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds te 2026-08-20T17:20:06.157Z A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8734f52c5335ae104911a1 Gavin Newsom avoids question on bringing back SAT scores after UC open letter, asks 'show me the data' te 2026-08-20T17:10:13.425Z Gavin Newsom avoids question on bringing back SAT scores after UC open letter, asks 'show me the data' Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., avoided directly answering Wednesday whether he would support reinstating SAT/ACT requirements after open letters from more than 3,000 University of California (UC) faculty members. During a press event to kick off the new school year, Newsom was asked about the open letter, released in May, which cited concerns about incoming students' math preparedness. A UC San Diego report found roughly one in eight incoming students fell below high school math standards, while one in 12 fell below middle school standards. The finding came after the UC Board of Regents voted in 2020 to phase out the SAT and ACT from admissions consideration. Newsom responded that "we all have our own perspective" on SAT requirements but said that he wanted to see more data on the subject before making a decision. NEW YORK TIMES CALLS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S 'TEST-BLIND' ADMISSIONS POLICY A 'TERRIBLE' MISTAKE "I think it's an important discussion and debate. I'm open to argument, interested in evidence," Newsom said. "Show me the data. I have feelings about this. There's anecdotes about this. But I want to see the data. And I made that point at the regental level." Newsom added that he has spoken to the UC president, James B. Milliken, and board on the topic and will continue to wait for more information. "The data needs to bear out the ultimate determination on this, but again, there's some contra-data that's coming out and suggesting different things," Newsom said. CAL STATE PROF WARNS SCRAPPING SAT IN NAME OF ‘INCLUSIVITY’ IS LEAVING STUDENTS UNPREPARED Fox News Digital reached out to the University of California for comment. A spokesperson for Newsom referred Fox News Digital to the governor's earlier comments. The UC announced after the letter was published that it was launching a review of its standardized testing policy. "The Board of Regents and University leadership take very seriously the critical issue of college preparedness, and the UC Academic Senate has proposed a comprehensive, data-driven review to support its recommendations to strengthen student readiness and success at UC," Milliken said at the time. "There are few things more important on our agenda." A Berkeley mathematics professor also sounded the alarm last week that many students are woefully unprepared when they arrive at college, blaming the "test-blind" policies. "Three days a week, I stand in front of lecture halls with 500 to 1,400 students. By the second week of the semester, I already know who is in trouble," professor Zvezdelina Stankova wrote in a San Francisco Standard op-ed published Saturday.  "Some students are five to eight years behind in mathematics. Office hours that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school," she wrote. HARVARD FACULTY VOTE TO CAP 'A' GRADES AT 20% IN SWEEPING EFFORT TO COMBAT DECADES OF GRADE INFLATION Karajean Hyde, co-director of the UC Irvine Math Project and a lecturer of education, previously told Fox News Digital that objective benchmarks are desperately needed to restore academic baselines. "I'd say we need some objective measures to go along with the whole picture," Hyde said. "A student's not just a single number or a single letter, but standardized testing can play an important role in ensuring one level of measuring where that bar is so that the bar doesn't move." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8734f42c5335ae10491198 An open marriage somehow leads to regret, woman hooks best friend up with sister's ex & dumb divorce excuses te 2026-08-20T17:10:12.675Z An open marriage somehow leads to regret, woman hooks best friend up with sister's ex & dumb divorce excuses I am coming to you this week from vacation with a heavy heart. It's not how I wanted to start this week's True Romance, but I don't have much of a choice. I go where the romance leads me. This week, on a Wednesday of all days, it was announced that Dakota Johnson and Role Model are no longer together. TMZ confirmed the stomach-churning, tear-jerking news. Not only have the couple broken up, they haven’t been together for some time. Again, this isn't how I wanted to kick this week off. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Take a moment. Do one of those extended eye close half squeeze things that helps clear the tears if needed. Let's try to make something of this week's column. Something that can take us through the rest of the week. I can't guarantee that I'll be able to land safely by the end of this one. That's the goal each week, but sometimes there isn’t enough out there to accomplish that. I'll never force it, that's not how we want to conduct business of the heart. We have unfortunate news of an open marriage that crashed and burned and a woman who helped her best friend find love with her sister's ex-husband. It's a story that gives us hope. Light amongst the darkness. Let's get to it. Go follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. Send your emails here: sean.joseph@outkick.com (anonymously if you prefer). A couple in their early thirties had love slip right through their fingers after six years of marriage. They had a once strong relationship with amazing chemistry. It wasn’t enough. Could it have been? That seems to be the answer that the husband who agreed to an open marriage is looking for. Somehow, agreeing to an open marriage leads to regret. It all started innocently enough. "A few months ago, she started talking a lot about her new colleague, like how good looking he is, how funny he is, etc.," the husband wrote on Reddit. His wife got drunk during a team building trip and texted her husband that she wanted to hook up with this new colleague of hers. "I was surprised, but I appreciated her honesty. Instead of cheating, she asked for my permission. I said yes," he continued. "After they slept together, we talked about it and agreed to open our marriage with one rule: each of us could have one person on the side." That, on paper, appears to be a beneficial arrangement for both of them. He still hadn't acted on finding his one person on the side when his wife was constantly seeing her colleague. A recipe for disaster? Not necessarily, they had an agreement in place. So one of them starts having second thoughts and isn't even acting on the open marriage arrangement. This is something that can be stopped as quickly as it got started, right? They have what was referred to as a strong relationship with amazing chemistry. "After the first talk (where I told her that we are cancelling open marriage) my wife got aggressive, tried to connect me with her friend, when I rejected her friend she left to stay at her parents’ for the weekend," he wrote. "When she came back home, nothing was changed, I tried to talk, but she treated me like garbage. Something in me finally broke that moment and I told her to pack her things and get out as I want a divorce. She broke down but I still told her to leave and she left. Haven't seen her since then." He ignored her attempts to communicate with him. He instead contacted a lawyer and got the ball rolling on the divorce. "It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done as she is the only woman I’ve ever truly loved and I still love her. I know a lot of people will call me weak or stupid for still feeling this way, but I don’t care anymore," he admitted. "Loving someone deeply isn’t a crime, even when they hurt you. I love her and can't change that, that's bad I know, but this isn't changing." You know people say they love their spouses all the time. But did this guy or was this all the excuse he needed to end his marriage. He could have said no when she drunk texted him from the work trip. Not only did he not, he agreed to an open marriage then proceeded not to hold up his end of the bargain even when his loving wife offered to connect him with a friend of hers. This has all the markings of a well-set trap by the husband. The worst part of it might be his attempt at trying to get sympathy from it. Not on my watch, buddy. Follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. An attempt by a wife to find herself and walk away from her marriage turns into a classic tale of one woman's trash being another woman's treasure. The part of the story that restores a small piece of my faith in humanity is the person who connected the dots and made it all happen. It was the sister of the wife who walked out of her marriage to "find herself." She saw the two people through the fog and acted for the sake of romance. "He was a devoted, hardworking guy who treated her like a queen and stayed completely respectful even through the divorce," she said of her sister's ex-husband. A year after her sister and the devoted, hardworking guy who was her brother-in-law were divorced, her best friend was discussing with her how hard it was for her to find a good guy. "My best friend was talking about how exhausted she was from dating toxic men and just wanted a reliable, good man. I set them up," she said. "Fast forward to today: they’re happily married with a baby on the way." The sister could have done nothing. She could have decided the stories about her best friend's dating struggles were too entertaining to set her up with the good guy her sister had tossed into the trash. She chose a different path. One where her sister found out, blocked her and called her a traitor for "giving away her husband." She didn't sit back and take that. She let her sister have it, "I told her plain and simple: 'you threw away a good man. You don’t get to leave someone in the trash and get mad when another woman sees their worth.'" I don’t know about you, but I like these sisters. The one walks out on her marriage, then gets mad at the other for hooking her ex up with her best friend. That takes some nerve, but so does setting your best friend up with your sister's ex-husband in the name of romance. I'm wrapping this week's edition up with dumb reasons couples get divorced. You could argue that getting mad after refusing to hold up your end of an open marriage agreement belongs, but it doesn't make the cut. More important issues, like preferring the windows open and a golf addiction make the cut. Good luck out there and don't for a second think that you can't have your marriage end over something extremely idiotic. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS ------------- STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! That's it for this edition of True Romance. I'll be back from vacation next week. A vacation, I might add, started with romance in the form of an out-of-town wedding. Thanks for reading. Keep the song of the week suggestions coming. You can reach me, anonymously if you prefer, at sean.joseph@outkick.com. And go follow along on Twitter and Facebook. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8734f32c5335ae1049118f Sherrill escalates Trump fight over voter fiasco day after Mullin praises NJ cooperation te 2026-08-20T17:10:11.948Z Sherrill escalates Trump fight over voter fiasco day after Mullin praises NJ cooperation New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill criticized the Trump administration Wednesday while releasing findings from her investigation into thousands of ineligible voters improperly registered in the state. Sherrill’s critique came one day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued a statement thanking her for agreeing to cooperate with his agency on the matter — an assertion a Democratic source disputed. Sherrill has faced criticism since mid-July, when she revealed that thousands of noncitizens were found on voting rolls because of a "software error" in the way the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) registers voters, commonly called the "motor voter" process. Sherrill’s findings said about 5,100 registrations were placed in deleted status, while thousands of others remain under review. "My administration has continued to move aggressively to fix the error at the Motor Vehicle Commission under the previous (Trenton) administration, to correct our voter rolls, and to protect the voting rights of eligible New Jerseyans," Sherrill said Wednesday, adding that her probe is "what accountable government looks like." NEW JERSEY REMOVES 6,600 PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A BALLOT FOR 2024 ELECTION "That stands in contrast to the Trump Administration and Republicans, whose only interest has been in trying to use this issue for political gain," Sherrill said. Mullin said Tuesday that Sherrill had agreed to participate with DHS in "stopping aliens from illegally voting in your state," citing correspondence from counsel for the state’s elections chief, Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell. MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES "Thank you, Governor Sherrill. We got news from your Secretary of State that New Jersey will participate with DHS in STOPPING aliens from illegally voting in your state," Mullin tweeted. "The 35,000 potential registered aliens [DHS] identified may only be the beginning. [I] look forward to helping NJ identify illegal voters and ensure election integrity." But a source familiar with the matter said they weren’t sure what Mullin was referencing and reiterated that there is no cooperation agreement between the Sherrill administration and DHS or the Trump administration. The source said the only correspondence from Trenton to Washington was a response from Caldwell’s office to a letter from House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., and fellow New Jerseyan Rep. Jeff Van Drew — and that Mullin may have been referring to it. Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment but did not receive a response before publication. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DOJ ACCESS TO NJ VOTER ROLLS AMID STATEWIDE CONTROVERSY When reached for comment, Sherrill spokesperson Darwin Pham said the governor "remains focused on safe and secure elections in New Jersey, in contrast to Trump and Republicans, who have consistently tried to use this issue for political gain." "We will continue working to fully remediate the issue left behind by the previous (Trenton) administration, and ensure the voting rights of every eligible New Jerseyan are protected." The White House dismissed Sherrill's criticism, saying she and Democrats have denied for years that noncitizens are registering and voting in elections. "It’s laughable for Governor Sherill to criticize the Trump Administration on election integrity..." White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said. In her announcement, Sherrill said about 5,100 names in the voter registration system were "placed in deleted status" because they had no other eligibility "attestations" beyond their original registration, which the state said was erroneous. Those names lacked further declarations of eligibility to vote. Sherrill previously said individuals who selected "no" in response to whether they were citizens were still added to the rolls. DEMOCRAT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS DISCOVERED ON VOTER ROLLS, PURGED An additional 1,450 registrants had their status changed to "rejected" pending county officials’ review of their documentation before they can vote. Sherrill’s report said just under 400 people who were wrongfully registered cast ballots in recent elections. "These individuals have been removed from New Jersey voter rolls because they were placed on the rolls in error," Sherrill’s office said Wednesday. Republicans, meanwhile, said Sherrill’s announcement raises more questions than answers about problems in the Garden State’s election system and how the state plans to address them. "New Jerseyans deserve to know exactly what happened, how it happened, and whether there are other problems we have yet to uncover," Senate Minority Leader Anthony Bucco, R-Boonton, told Fox News Digital. "Restoring confidence in our elections will require complete transparency from the state, cooperation from all necessary parties, and a commitment to leaving no stone unturned." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Bucco said he has already proposed forming a bipartisan select committee with subpoena power that would also work with the federal government on the issue. Senate Majority Leader Nicholas Scutari, D-Scotch Plains, previously told Fox News Digital the legislature will wait until Sherrill’s probe is complete before identifying "any necessary next steps." Bucco, however, said Sherrill’s announcement still leaves "many serious questions" about the veracity of her probe and what changes will be made to secure New Jersey elections. "Like, why is the investigation limited, and how can anyone say with confidence that only 6,600 non-citizens were improperly registered? New Jerseyans deserve to know exactly what happened, how it happened, and whether there are other problems we have yet to uncover," Bucco told Fox News Digital. Sherrill instructed county officials to continue reviewing names referred to them before early voting begins for the midterms. Mullin’s office also identified four noncitizens it said illegally cast ballots in recent elections — an Israeli national, a Jamaican national, a Liberian national and an Indian national — and said each faces charges. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8734ed2c5335ae1049116c Tucson restaurants cook for a cause with Primavera Cooks! te 2026-08-20T17:10:05.769Z Tucson restaurants cook for a cause with Primavera Cooks! Tucson restaurants Feast and NEX opened their kitchens to apprentice volunteers this fall for Primavera Cooks!, an annual fundraising dinner series that pairs professional chefs with community cooks to raise money for housing and homelessness services across Southern Arizona. For restaurant owners, participating in the series offers an opportunity to test creative culinary concepts and support regional housing and community assistance programs. Together, teams design, prep and execute multicourse, wine-paired benefit dinners with proceeds directly funding Primavera's community programs, including emergency shelter, street outreach, rental assistance and workforce development. As the series expands to include more local venues, both long-standing fine-dining staples and newer culinary concepts are preparing to open their kitchens to community volunteers. Agustin Kitchen and Chef Janos Wilder are also among the restaurants and chefs joining Primavera Cooks! this year. Feast owner and Chef Doug Levy's connection to the series spans back to its initial inception, long before it grew into its current iteration. "I've been participating in Primavera Cooks since before it was a dining event, since it was a cookbook," Levy said. "When I was a chef at Bocata, we would contribute recipes, and they would sell a cookbook... It sort of morphed into this series of events taking place all over town." Feast changes its menu monthly, but developing a specialized event menu requires balancing restaurant standards with non-professional kitchen staff in a different way. The process starts with a collaborative brainstorming session with the apprentice group to discuss their personal cooking interests and goals. "It needs to be something that people without a kitchen background can handle from a food preparation standpoint, and something that we know we can serve to 80 people all at once," Levy said. 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. Apprentice volunteers plate dishes alongside professional kitchen staff during a Primavera Cooks! benefit dinner at Feast. Courtesy of Feast. Feast's sold-out benefit dinner on August 12 included an apprentice-driven menu featuring sous vide branzino, chilled gazpacho, braised pork and peanut-crusted scallop and a homemade lemon balm ice cream. Beyond learning basic prep workflow, community volunteers participating at Feast experience the intense physical reality of a commercial kitchen during Arizona summers. "It is a very physically challenging job. It is really hot in an Arizona professional kitchen," Levy said, "You're on your feet for a big, long stretch. It's a physically taxing job for people who aren't in the habit of doing it every day." For Levy, the physical effort directly supports an urgent local cause. He noted that rising inflation and severe heat have heightened the visibility of regional housing instability. "I have never seen as many people experiencing homelessness in Tucson as I have in the last six months," Levy said. "It's painful to watch. Wondering where your next meal is going to come from, and not just feeling vulnerable all the time." Bringing a newer perspective to the series, co-owner and Chef Raj Sihota of NEX Restaurant and Bar and its adjacent speakeasy lounge, Afterlife, is preparing for his team's first Primavera Cooks! dinner on September 13. Located along Fourth Avenue, NEX specializes in Sonoran-influenced cuisine using regional ingredients. For Sihota and his culinary team, the multicourse event serves as a platform for menu development and culinary experimentation. "A five-course meal gets every chef's blood flowing," Sihota said. "It gets them thinking about how they would choose a new and interesting way of presenting the food to the guests. It makes us feel excited to try brand new things, and if we succeed, we can choose those things to be our seasonal, artisanal things that we can bring back on our menu." Braised pork and peanut-crusted scallop served over rice noodles was one the main dish for Feast's August 12 Primavera Cooks! benefit dinner. Courtesy of Feast. Although NEX frequently hosts specialized tasting dinners, partnering with amateur apprentices brings a distinct mentorship element to their kitchen prep. Sihota plans to structure the learning experience around core kitchen fundamentals, course pacing and layout. "Cooking in a restaurant is much easier sometimes because you have all those tools, then you have all these people to teach you," Sihota said. "You have to get your hands dirty to understand fully. We are going to use their assistance in some things that we think they can be good at." Above all, Sihota wants the apprentices to walk away from their shift on the line with a deeper appreciation for detailed execution. "Attention to detail is everything. What separates an okay restaurant from a great culinary experience in a good scratch kitchen is attention to detail," Sihota said. "Small things matter when it comes to the culinary arts. It's not important that everybody's going to notice those small things, but you know them. And it makes you feel happy that you did those small things to make that experience a little bit better." For both established operators like Levy and newer business owners like Sihota, Primavera Cooks! demonstrates the role local restaurants play in sustaining community support networks. As the Primavera Foundation plans to expand the initiative to eight or more participating restaurants in upcoming seasons, the collaboration between professional staff, apprentice volunteers and diners continues to provide direct funding for regional housing services. "There's a real unity and sense of community when we do Primavera Cooks, because everyone in the dining room is here to accomplish the same goal," Levy said. "We all want to raise money for the Primavera Foundation and help them help people experiencing homelessness." To learn more about Primavera Cooks! and to purchase tickets for a dinner, visit their website. Isabel Vidrio is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact her at  vidrioi@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8734ea2c5335ae10491150 Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner te 2026-08-20T17:10:02.180Z Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87329d2c5335ae10490ab4 ActBlue co-founder pleads Fifth Amendment in closed-door House GOP grilling te 2026-08-20T17:00:13.245Z ActBlue co-founder pleads Fifth Amendment in closed-door House GOP grilling FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his closed-door deposition before three key House committees, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue, a massive fundraising platform for Democrats, over allegations that lax fraud prevention standards may have allowed foreign donations to seep into U.S. campaigns. DeBergalis' deposition, which was scheduled for Thursday morning, lasted less than half an hour. He was seen entering and exiting the committee room within roughly 25 minutes. FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS STILL USING ACTBLUE AS 88-YEAR-OLD DISPUTES DONATING NEARLY $150,000 TO FUNDRAISING GIANT This story is breaking and will be updated... Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87329c2c5335ae10490aab Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon defends drag shows as 'wholesome' for children, brought her kids to one te 2026-08-20T17:00:12.286Z Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon defends drag shows as 'wholesome' for children, brought her kids to one Democratic socialist Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who recently won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, blasted the idea of restricting children’s access to drag shows, and called such entertainment "wholesome" during an interview in August. During a sit-down with Nixon on the Legal AF podcast, Melba Pearson, a criminal law expert and civil rights advocate, appeared to conflate Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, which concerns children’s education, with the Protection of Children Act that restricts minors' access to drag shows. "I believe it was today or yesterday, the appeals court upheld that, the law that basically we call ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ that the biggest provision that everybody’s most familiar with is that it makes it illegal for anyone under 18 to be at a drag show," Melba said. "So basically it’s criminalizing drag in a lot of ways, right? And so, you know, in seeing that, what does that tell you and how can you translate that into policy, you know, when you get to D.C.?" "Yeah, for sure. What that is telling me is that there’s an attack on an 'othering' of people who don’t look like Donald Trump. Like, right?" Nixon said. "Like, it is just an attack on marginalized communities. They want to create this country that looks a certain way, that acts a certain way, that believes a certain way. And it’s frustrating." FEDERAL APPEALS COURT CLEARS WAY FOR DESANTIS-BACKED LAW RESTRICTING CHILDREN AT SOME DRAG SHOWS She went on to defend drag shows as "wholesome entertainment," saying she has taken her own children to shows. "I don’t understand, like, there’s no sexualization at a drag show! It’s just people dressing up and singing and performing! I’ve taken my children to drag shows, and it’s fun! It’s entertainment," she said. "It’s wholesome entertainment and it’s nothing wrong. It’s just like, I don’t get it." Theo Wold, former assistant attorney general and former White House deputy assistant for domestic policy under President Donald Trump, told Fox News Digital that Nixon's statement was inaccurate. "Drag has always been sexualized entertainment — that’s why it originated in bars and nightclubs in front of adult audiences. On one hand, DSA candidates, like Rashida Tlaib endorsed Angie Nixon, want to Islamify America by opening our borders and electing radical Muslim clerics to high office, especially our courts; on the other hand, they want to bring drag performers to kids," he said. "It doesn’t make sense until you understand their larger project, which is to destabilize Western civilization — whether by undermining our legal regime or by destabilizing the nuclear family," he said. SENATE HOPEFUL SAYS TEXAS HOME TO THE 'BEST DRAG QUEENS IN THE NATION' IN RESURFACED COMMENTS Curtis Houck, the Managing Editor of the NewsBusters division of the Media Research Center, suggested that certain news networks will desperately try to avoid covering Nixon's comments. "Needless to say, it's doubtful this will be a comment that's played on the regular across the liberal, elitist networks like ABC or CNN in the months to come as proof she's outside the mainstream," Houck said. "It's a completely cockamamie claim that, if the so-called fact-checkers like Politifact were honest brokers, they would have already penned an item with a pants-on-fire rating. The only thing that's "wholesome" about drag shows is how wholly sexual they are. Even those who support that kind of thing should be able to acknowledge that. What a grotesque commentary on the left that someone like her would want young children to attend drag shows," Houck added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Founder of Gays Against Groomers, Jaimee Michell, condemned Nixon's statements of drag shows being wholesome family events as "dangerous" lies. "Angie Nixon’s comments are a lie, and a dangerous one," Michell told Fox News Digital. "There is no shortage of video of drag performers in pasties, thongs, or barely-there costumes grinding, twerking, and simulating sex in front of children — including babies and toddlers — while those kids are encouraged to stuff dollar bills into their outfits. That is not 'people dressing up and singing.' That is adult sexual performance. Calling it 'wholesome entertainment' is gaslighting," she said. Michell also said that the practice of drag was inherently sexual and built on "exaggerated, hyper-sexualized parody of women." "Nixon taking her own children to these shows does not make it wholesome. It makes her judgment a warning," she added. "Florida passed a law to keep minors out of lewd live performances for a reason. This is not about banning adults from performing. It is about whether we are going to keep pretending that exposing kids to nearly nude adults collecting tips is just 'fun.' It isn’t. "Nixon is wrong, the footage proves it, and Florida voters already know it," Michell said. Nixon, a progressive activist and DSA member, defeated establishment-backed candidate and retired Air Force officer Alexander Vindman by more than 10 percentage points despite Vindman’s $16.3 million campaign war chest, compared with Nixon’s roughly $1 million. Nixon will now face Trump-backed Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., in November for the right to serve the remaining two years of Rubio’s Senate term. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8730442c5335ae10490a59 The Terminal List season 2 first preview drops with Chris Pratt returning as Navy SEAL James Reece te 2026-08-20T16:50:12.730Z The Terminal List season 2 first preview drops with Chris Pratt returning as Navy SEAL James Reece The first preview for season two of "The Terminal List" has arrived. NEW LIONESS SEASON 3 TRAILER SIGNALS TAYLOR SHERIDAN IS TAKING THE PARAMOUNT+ SERIES TO NEW HEIGHTS Season one of "The Terminal List" was a monster hit when it premiered in July 2022. Fans watched Chris Pratt play Navy SEAL James Reece – a battle hardened SEAL on the hunt for revenge. TAYLOR SHERIDAN'S 'LIONESS' SEASON 3 IS AN ACTION-PACKED SAGA LOADED WITH VIOLENCE AND CARNAGE It was an epic season of TV. Instead of woke nonsense and fluff, it was nonstop action, carnage, violence and the unraveling of a dark and sinister conspiracy. Now, Carr and Pratt are running it back for season two. Judging from the preview, it looks like season two will keep the same electric energy and chaos of season one. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Carr has built a powerhouse writing career, and the crown jewel is the saga of James Reece. The first book in the series – "The Terminal List" – is an awesome read, and the show is every bit as elite. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Entertainment fans are desperate for shows and movies that focus on one single goal: Give people the most entertaining experience possible. Cut the woke nonsense and stupidity. Focus on what people actually want to see. In the case of "The Terminal List," that's a good guy using the skills taught to him as a Navy SEAL to kill bad guys. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Shockingly simple! You can catch season two of "The Terminal List" starting October 21 on Amazon. Let me know your thoughts on the preview at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8730432c5335ae10490a50 Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too' te 2026-08-20T16:50:11.980Z Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too' Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year. During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate. Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all, being anti-war and resisting corporate money in politics, from the Christian lens, appeared to be "very similar to the teachings of Jesus." EL-SAYED INVOKES JESUS WHILE ACCUSING MIKE ROGERS OF HIDING BEHIND ‘SIMULACRUM OF FAITH’ "And yet, those platforms and those policies are being named radical. And we know that you have been referred to as a radical," Stowe said. "So what do you think about that title, that these things that are, that seem to come very easily from the Christian faith that are shared in the Muslim faith? Like, why is that considered so radical?" "Well, you know, Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, was considered radical in his time too," El-Sayed responded. "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." DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH GETS LEGS AS EL-SAYED'S MICHIGAN SENATE VICTORY SPARKS PARTY DEBATE El-Sayed is currently locked in a contest that could determine the balance of power in the Senate, and one where his victory against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., shook the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C. Republicans see Michigan as a winnable opportunity on their path to maintaining and growing their thin majority in the upper chamber and believe former Rep. Mike Rogers, who narrowly lost in his bid for the Senate in 2024 against Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., can topple the insurgent progressive El-Sayed. And as the campaign has heated up between the two of them, both have used faith as a political cudgel. UNEARTHED INTERVIEW REVEALS EL-SAYED’S SHARIA ‘OBLIGATION’: ‘NOT BECAUSE OF FEAR’ "A radical Muslim with a self-proclaimed ‘obligation’ to Sharia law has gone from excusing violent attacks on Jewish Michiganders to comparing himself to Jesus Christ," National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital. "Abdul El-Sayed is unfit to represent Michigan, and he proves it every time he attacks other faiths," she continued. During an appearance on the "I’ve Had It" podcast earlier this month, El-Sayed was asked by host Jennifer Welch about Rogers going after him for his Muslim faith, where she accused him of being a "complete Christian hypocrite" over reported ties between members of his faith coalition and the Living Word Church franchise, which has been rocked by child sex abuse scandals. El-Sayed said Rogers was ignoring the "essential teaching" of Christianity. "He’s going to hide behind this simulacrum of faith, which clearly, you know, if you followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, it was about upending the system against the richest and most powerful in the ways that they used their power and their money to subjugate other people," El-Sayed said. "Like, that was the essential teaching." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87303f2c5335ae10490a35 Arizona manufacturers invited to compete for ‘Hottest Thing’ title te 2026-08-20T16:50:07.013Z Arizona manufacturers invited to compete for ‘Hottest Thing’ title Arizona manufacturers will again compete for statewide bragging rights as nominations open for the 2026 Hottest Thing Made in Arizona competition. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87303e2c5335ae10490a2c Arizona Supreme Court rejects challenge to Prop. 144 ballot description te 2026-08-20T16:50:06.113Z Arizona Supreme Court rejects challenge to Prop. 144 ballot description PHOENIX -- The Arizona Supreme Court won't order Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to recraft his description of a ballot measure that, if approved, would make some major changes in state election practices. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8730392c5335ae10490a05 Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router te 2026-08-20T16:50:01.685Z Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a872dec2c5335ae104909d3 Three teams ranked outside the 2026 preseason AP Poll who will crash the party by season's end te 2026-08-20T16:40:12.236Z Three teams ranked outside the 2026 preseason AP Poll who will crash the party by season's end Much was made about the preseason AP Poll when it dropped earlier this week, but most of that had to do with teams that actually made it onto the poll in the first place. For those of you that don't know it, there is a small section below the actual top-25 that says "received votes," followed by a list of teams that just missed out on having that glorious number next to their name to start the season. Fans of teams in this region of the poll shouldn't worry, though, because for every top-ten team who ends up unranked by the end of the season, there are more than a few teams in the "received votes" section who end up earning a ranking in the final poll, and that's the only one that really matters. I've zeroed in on three teams that were left off the inaugural edition of the 2026 AP Poll who will likely be ranked come January. Without any further ado, let's go dumpster diving for some gems. I'll be honest with you, when I scrolled through the AP Poll after it dropped on Monday, I was expecting to see the Hokies somewhere in the 20s and was mildly shocked when I found them hanging out in the "received votes" section. Many will point to their 3-9 record as justification for the "snubbing," but I think this Virginia Tech team is ready to compete in the ACC today and it starts with who they hired to be their next head coach. HOW MUCH LONGER DOES CLEMSON HEAD COACH DABO SWINNEY REALISTICALLY HAVE IN DEATH VALLEY? I haven't made it a secret how I feel about James Franklin and I think Penn State did the right thing in firing him, but he's still a damn good coach. A national championship-caliber coach? Almost certainly not, but his floor is way higher than anything the Hokies have seen since legendary coach Frank Beamer called it quits more than a decade ago. Franklin will get the Hokies back to where they were in the 2000s and early 2010s, and I believe it happens quicker than most will expect. Virginia Tech is also top-five in returning production and signed a transfer portal class that, while not very flashy, addressed some key needs along both lines of scrimmage as well as at quarterback. Former Penn State signal caller Ethan Grunkemeyer comes to Blacksburg as Franklin's hand-picked guy, and the experience he received starting in place of Drew Allar could prove invaluable for the Hokies in 2026. The first month of the schedule sets up nicely for Virginia Tech, and outside of a stretch in late October and early November featuring trips to Clemson, SMU, and Miami, the 2026 slate is a manageable one for an experienced Power 4 head coach like Franklin. I'm not a huge betting guy, but I would put hard-earned money on Virginia Tech being ranked by the end of the season. Two things can be true at the same time: South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer's seat is borderline radioactive while at the same time, his Gamecocks have enough talent to finish the season in the top 25. Beamer and the Gamecocks start the season with two layups against Kent State and Towson followed by a relatively tricky game against Mississippi State in the friendly confines of Williams-Brice Stadium. Then, the proverbial floodgates open, beginning with a trip to Tuscaloosa to take on the Crimson Tide. I don't see a ton of breaks on the schedule for South Carolina, but if the talent on this roster gels properly early on, they have enough firepower and returning production (top-five in the country in that category) to turn in a respectable record. IDENTIFYING THREE BREAKOUT SEC PLAYERS WHO WILL BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES BY SEASON'S END IN 2026 You'll find plenty of NFL-level talent up and down the roster, including standout names like quarterback LaNorris Sellers, wide receiver Nyck Harbor, edge rusher Dylan Stewart, and offensive tackle Jaccarius Peak, to name a few. I believe an 8-4 record is well within play for the Gamecocks in 2026, and against their gauntlet of a schedule, that would more than warrant a ranking in the final AP Poll. I really didn't want to put them here, given the fact that I will probably be called a shameless homer, but I truly believe even when looking at them through the most objective lens, that the Florida Gators are more likely to end up ranked than not by season's end. We will start with the fact that the Gators were a few plays away from being an 8-4 football team last year, and although that's nothing to hang your hat on in Gainesville, it does prove that even a competent coaching staff probably has Florida looking respectable. LANE KIFFIN KNOWS THERE AREN’T EXCUSES AT LSU. NOW COMES THE TEST OF MAKING IT WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION By all accounts, that seems to be the case for the Gators, as new head coach Jon Sumrall has a penchant for winning everywhere he goes and has surrounded himself with well-respected assistants, particularly offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner. The Gators rank in the top ten in returning production, and are number one in defensive returning production. Several high-profile players litter this roster, including All-SEC running back Jadan Baugh and a trio of future NFL draft picks at receiver in Vernell Brown III, Dallas Wilson, and Eric Singleton Jr., the latter of whom likely could have been a late day two selection had he declared this past April. An outsider might look at Florida's schedule and wince, given the fact that the Gators play six teams in the preseason AP Poll, but most fans of the team will tell you this schedule is a break when compared to the last several seasons. Gone are Miami and Utah from the non conference slate, and Florida gets Playoff-hopeful teams like Ole Miss and Oklahoma at home. Similarly to South Carolina, the path to 8-4 and a postseason ranking in the high teens doesn't look incredibly out of reach for the Gators. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a872deb2c5335ae104909ca Racer Sting Ray Robb gears up for Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 'This is more than just an IndyCar event' te 2026-08-20T16:40:11.551Z Racer Sting Ray Robb gears up for Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 'This is more than just an IndyCar event' Sting Ray Robb will be one of about two dozen IndyCar drivers set to take the track at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Sunday, racing around the streets of Washington, D.C. The 1.7-mile track will have drivers zooming near the U.S. Capitol and around the National Mall for 147 laps in what is expected to be one of the best spectacles in racing. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Robb appeared on Fox News Channel’s "The Ingraham Angle" and said he was thrilled to be able to get a chance to drive in the event, which coincides with the 250th birthday of the U.S. "Very excited. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. I don’t think we’ll have another chance like this to race around the streets of Washington, D.C., celebrating America in this way," he said. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS "This is more than just an IndyCar event. This is a celebration of our country, the freedoms we’ve been given, the opportunity that we’ve been given. As one of eight Americans in this series, it’s a great opportunity to hopefully fly our home colors top of the podium." The fun begins Saturday morning when IndyCar holds its first practice session at 9 a.m. ET. The second session begins at 1 p.m. ET and qualifying starts at 5 p.m. ET. The first practice session can be seen live on FS1 with the latter events broadcasting on FS2. On Sunday, IndyCar drivers begin their warm-ups at 9 a.m. ET with the green flag dropping at 1 p.m. ET. The warm-up will be broadcast on FS1 with the race taking place on FOX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a872de62c5335ae104909b0 Candlebox to bring Can’t Quit You Tour to Laughlin in October te 2026-08-20T16:40:06.724Z Candlebox to bring Can’t Quit You Tour to Laughlin in October LAUGHLIN, Nev. — Multiplatinum rock band Candlebox will bring its Can’t Quit You Tour to Laughlin this fall with an Oct. 3 performance at the Edge Pavilion at Edgewater Casino Resort. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a872de42c5335ae104909a1 A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds te 2026-08-20T16:40:04.077Z A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a872b8b2c5335ae1049092e Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards te 2026-08-20T16:30:03.754Z Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8729392c5335ae10490909 Tulsi Gabbard gives promising, emotional update on husband's successful bone cancer surgery te 2026-08-20T16:20:09.196Z Tulsi Gabbard gives promising, emotional update on husband's successful bone cancer surgery Tulsi Gabbard delivered a hopeful and emotional message in a video posted to X on Thursday morning, updating the success of her husband Abraham Williams' bone cancer surgery for sacral chordoma, an extremely rare cancer, and giving an update on the challenges of his recovery. "A few weeks after the surgery was done, the pathologist and the doctors said that they are confident that they were able to cut out all of the cancerous bone and tissue," Gabbard said in a 3-minute video. "So here we are now, almost three months after, and he started a very rigorous physical therapy program." "He gets frustrated a lot because he wants to be able to make progress faster, and sometimes he's pushed a little bit too far, but overall, Abraham is progressing very well," Gabbard continued. "The reality is that the battle isn't over yet." TULSI GABBARD REVEALS HUSBAND'S 'VERY RARE SACRAL CHORDOMA': 'IN A LOT OF PAIN' AFTER 7-HOUR SURGERY Gabbard announced her resignation in May from the Trump administration as director of national intelligence to support her husband's cancer fight. She officially stepped down from President Donald Trump's Cabinet at the end of June. "We are so grateful to God for His unconditional love, for being our shelter, for being our peace and our strength," Gabbard said at the end of the video. "We want to say thank you to the doctors, the surgeon, the pathologist, the anesthesiologist. We want say thank to all of you sharing the most beautiful prayers and well wishes with us. Mahalo nui loa to you all." She was joined on camera with a tight, loving hug from Abraham. DEMOCRATS, MEDIA SPARK FURY WITH 'DISGUSTING' RESPONSE TO TULSI GABBARD'S DNI RESIGNATION "Love you, darlin'," he said. "I love you," she replied. The video detailed the nature of the surgery and treatment options of what she called a "one in a million type of cancer." "Earlier this year, my husband Abraham was diagnosed with cancer," she began in the video. "I picked up the phone, and Abraham's voice was different. He said that he got a call from his doctor, and the doctor told him that he has sacral chordoma, very, very rare, one in a million type of cancer." CANCER TREATMENT DELAYS SURGE ACROSS US AS DOCTOR WARNS SYSTEM ‘NEEDS FIXING IMMEDIATELY’ She said they elected the surgery over radiation, with the video showing the tender moments before he went "under heavy anesthesia for almost eight hours." "His body, as he started to come out, started reacting to the drugs that were in his body," she continued. "It was tough." "So that night, more than a few times, Abraham said, I want to get up. He had some help from some great nurses to just start very, very slowly walking around," she recalled. "He would take a few steps. He would throw up as he was trying to walk around, but he kept going." PATIENTS REMAIN CANCER-FREE NEARLY 3 YEARS AFTER RECEIVING EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOTHERAPY Abraham also "refused to take any narcotic pain medication," she added, "so he really had to push through the post-operative pain." For now, Gabbard reports that her husband is cancer free, but that is going to be continued to be monitored. "You'll have to continue to get frequent MRIs to keep an eye on whether or not this cancer is coming back either in the same place or in other parts of his body," she said. A sacral chordoma is a rare, slow-growing cancerous bone tumor that develops in the sacrum, the triangular bone at the base of the spine above the tailbone. "This has been a challenging time for us and is hard to talk about," Gabbard wrote on X, sharing the video. "But so many of you have reached out asking how he’s doing, and sharing your prayers and well wishes with us. "We made this video to share a little about what this journey has been like, and to update you on his recovery. Mahalo for all of the love and support." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8729382c5335ae104908fd After exploitation, some human trafficking survivors carry the burden of criminal records te 2026-08-20T16:20:08.220Z After exploitation, some human trafficking survivors carry the burden of criminal records The post After exploitation, some human trafficking survivors carry the burden of criminal records appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726e82c5335ae10490857 Alex Murdaugh defense team lied about polygraph results, prosecutors allege in new filing te 2026-08-20T16:10:16.400Z Alex Murdaugh defense team lied about polygraph results, prosecutors allege in new filing A new court filing reveals the defense team for Alex Murdaugh, who was previously convicted of murdering his wife and son, may have lied about his polygraph test results. The Wednesday filing in Colleton County, South Carolina, details state prosecutors' allegations against Murdaugh's attorney Dick Harpootlian. Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was found to have improperly influenced jurors. ALEX MURDAUGH MOVES FOR NEW HOME FOR DOUBLE-MURDER RETRIAL During an Aug. 14 hearing, Harpootlian said, "Mr. Murdaugh passed a polygraph. Flying colors. Same polygrapher. It may play a role in this trial." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Prosecutors argue that when Murdaugh was initially tried in 2023, he never took a polygraph, or lie-detector, test. The time that he did in fact take a lie-detector test was after the trial in the fall of 2023. He took the test with the FBI when he was under investigation for serious financial crimes. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS The new document says: "Defense council’s claim on the record at the hearing that defendant Alex Murdaugh passed a SLED [South Carolina Law Enforcement Division] polygraph as to the murders, much less than any governmental polygraph on any subject, is categorically false, and clearly said for no other reason that an attempt to prejudice this court and the public." Read the filing below. In response to the state's filing, Harpootlian emailed a letter to Judge Debra McCaslin on Thursday saying that he incorrectly stated in court that Murdaugh had taken a polygraph and passed "with flying colors," saying he had mistakenly conflated several facts.  Harpootlian said, "I want to offer my apology to both the court and state for any confusion I may have caused." Here is the letter: LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Murdaugh is scheduled for his new trial in April of next year. That trial will not take place in Colleton County. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL On Friday, Judge Debra R. McCaslin ruled the retrial must move out of Colleton County but she did not yet mention a new location. It's possible the retrial could be in Richland County, as Murdaugh's defense recently pressed to move it – arguing the possibility of a larger jury pool in a new location. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726e72c5335ae1049084e Marc Jacobs says he'd dress Luigi Mangione at trial in podcast interview with fashion designer te 2026-08-20T16:10:15.639Z Marc Jacobs says he'd dress Luigi Mangione at trial in podcast interview with fashion designer Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said in a new interview that he'd be open to styling the confessed assassin Luigi Mangione at trial — and that the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is doing a fine job as a "trendsetter" while dressing himself already. In a sitdown with Vanity Fair's Lie Detector Test podcast, the host noted that celebrities including Winona Rider, Courtney Love and Lil' Kim had all worn Jacobs' designs in court in the early 2000s. Then she slid him a photo of Mangione and asked, "Would you be open to styling this person for his trial?" Jacobs, wearing a black Lacoste shirt, laughed as he looked at the photo, then replied, "Um...yes." LUIGI MANGIONE'S NEW YORK MURDER TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL DECEMBER OVER DOUBLE JEOPARDY CONCERNS "I think he looks pretty good the way he dresses, actually," the designer said. Trial fashion can draw a lot of attention, going back to OJ Simpson's so-called trial of the century in the mid-1990s, which was televised and involved the most famous American ever charged with murder at the time. Donna Rotunno, a criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor, said the media's treatment of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark during Simpson's trial influenced her courtroom style choices when she represented Harvey Weinstein. Still, she said, she was disappointed to see public support for an admitted killer like Mangione. "I find it sad," she said in an interview Thursday. "I find that sad that a designer would in any way, shape or form want to support that." Mangione has admitted to stalking Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, from Minnesota to New York City, where he shot him in the back on Dec. 4, 2024. His fashion choices have made headlines ever since — beginning with the high-end backpack he allegedly ditched in Central Park while fleeing the crime scene. In March 2025, he showed up in the courtroom wearing Rockport loafers and no socks — a detail that a photographer captured in a picture showing shackles around his bare ankles. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Later, prosecutors revealed that someone had slipped Mangione a pair of heart-shaped notes hidden within a pair of socks sent to the court along with other clothes he wore for the hearing. (Only one of the notes was addressed the Mangoine — the other was meant for someone named "Joan.") "He’s kind of become a character and this cult hero to some people, and it’s pretty sad to see," Rotunno said. A court officer seized the notes but allowed Mangione to wear the socks. However, "he felt that ‘they did not look good’" and took them off, according to prosecutors. Mangione, however, may end up wearing a jail jumpsuit for the rest of his life after he pleaded guilty to federal charges last week. As a result, his state case may come to an end without trial if his defense team's double jeopardy claim succeeds in court. He faces a maximum punishment of life in prison at his sentencing on Dec. 18, but it's up to Judge Margaret Garnett. Federal sentencing guidelines recommend around 25 to 30 years, and Garnett is not bound by those either. "So the fact that you would have any designer coming out saying that he would dress him or be happy to dress him, I think is pretty tone deaf," Rotunno said. If he does end up having a state trial, it could be the last time he's seen wearing street clothes, she said. But even so, she urged his defense team to walk a fine line. "I also think you have to be careful in front of juries," she said. "You dress up Luigi Mangione too much, and maybe he loses some of the sympathy that people have for him." Jacobs was hooked up to a lie detector test during his podcast interview. The host noted that after Mangione wore a red sweater in court, it sold out at Nordstrom stores. "Does this make him a trendsetter?" "Yes," Jacobs agreed. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Then she asked if he was offended that Gwyneth Paltrow didn't wear any of his designs at her own eight-day trial in 2023, after a retired optometrist unsuccessfully sued her over a ski crash in Park City, Utah. "No," he said. "He's being truthful," the polygrapher added. A spokesperson for Marc Jacobs did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726e12c5335ae10490830 FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Inquiry te 2026-08-20T16:10:09.928Z FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Inquiry Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell’s conduct, a person familiar with the case said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726e02c5335ae10490822 Clínica gratuita de la UA cubre vacíos en la atención médica para mujeres te 2026-08-20T16:10:08.962Z Clínica gratuita de la UA cubre vacíos en la atención médica para mujeres Leer en inglés 💡 Esta historia forma parte de la cobertura de periodismo de soluciones de El Foco de Tucson, que examina las respuestas a los desafíos de la comunidad: qué funciona, qué no y qué podemos aprender. Obtenga más información en solutionsjournalism.org. Cuando una mujer embarazada, sin seguro médico ni atención prenatal, acudió a la clínica para mujeres CUP de la Universidad de Arizona, no se trataba de una opción secundaria, sino de su única oportunidad para saber que su bebé estaba bien. La mujer recibió una ecografía y pudo escuchar el latido del corazón de su bebé gracias a este centro gestionado por voluntarios, una de las clínicas del programa CUP, Commitment to Underserved People o Compromiso con las Poblaciones Desatendidas de la UA. La clínica para mujeres CUP ofrece atención preventiva y primaria gratuita, derivaciones a especialistas y pruebas de diagnóstico a mujeres del sur de Arizona que no cuentan con otra fuente de atención médica; no se requiere seguro. Asimismo, brinda a los estudiantes una experiencia temprana en medicina comunitaria, acompañada de mentoría y observación por parte de médicos y estudiantes de medicina con mayor experiencia. "En el aula aprendemos que la atención prenatal debe ser frecuente y accesible; eso es realmente importante tanto para el bebé como para la madre," comentó Sarah Teeman, estudiante de medicina de la UA. "Y saber que éramos la única opción para esta paciente me impactó profundamente." En Estados Unidos, las mujeres presentan las tasas más altas de retraso o falta de atención médica debido a los costos, según un estudio que compara el acceso a la salud y los seguros médicos entre este país y otras 13 naciones de ingresos altos. Alrededor del 9% de las mujeres menores de 65 años en Estados Unidos carece de cobertura de seguro médico, según los datos preliminares de 2025 de la Encuesta Nacional de Entrevistas de Salud. Los expertos señalan que las personas con seguro médico tienen más probabilidades de buscar atención preventiva, controlar enfermedades crónicas y recibir tratamiento, lo que contribuye a mejores resultados de salud. Ante las deficiencias del sistema de salud estadounidense, las clínicas gratuitas se han convertido en un recurso provisional fundamental. Carolyn Dunlap y Sarah Teeman realizan trabajo voluntario en la clínica para mujeres CUP el 22 de julio de 2026. Cortesía de Sarah Teeman. El programa CUP nació en 1979 impulsado por el deseo de los estudiantes de servir a la comunidad durante su formación en la facultad de medicina. Ya por aquel entonces, los estudiantes percibían la falta de acceso a la atención sanitaria que sufría la población local. "Para muchos de nosotros, CUP no es simplemente una actividad extracurricular," afirmó Isabella Steidley, estudiante líder del programa. "Creo que, para muchos, representa una oportunidad de retribuir al lugar donde tenemos el privilegio de estudiar; ninguno de nosotros podría aprender medicina de no ser por la generosidad de los miembros de nuestra comunidad, que nos permiten, precisamente, ser estudiantes." La clínica para mujeres es una de las 12 que integran el sistema CUP, el cual incluye también una clínica pediátrica, la Clínica de la Familia Shubitz, una clínica para la comunidad LGBTQ+, una clínica de salud mental, una clínica de tratamiento de heridas, una clínica de vasectomías, una clínica de atención a solicitantes de asilo y una clínica de dermatología. Esta clínica para mujeres opera en colaboración con Emerge! Center Against Domestic Violence para asistir a mujeres y niños residentes en refugios que han sufrido violencia doméstica. La clínica abre tres miércoles al mes, de 6 a 9 p.m.; las pacientes deben llamar para concertar una cita, ya que no se atiende a personas sin cita previa. Funcionamiento de la clínica Una cita en la clínica para mujeres de CUP dura aproximadamente una hora. Las pacientes se reúnen con un estudiante de medicina de primer o segundo año y con otro de tercer o cuarto año para tratar temas de salud, tales como anticonceptivos, irregularidades menstruales e infecciones de transmisión sexual, entre otros. Los estudiantes de medicina determinan un diagnóstico y lo presentan al médico voluntario, quien evalúa y confirma tanto el diagnóstico como el plan de tratamiento. Una vez que el médico aprueba el plan, los estudiantes se lo comunican a la paciente; se cuenta con intérpretes para aquellos pacientes con conocimientos limitados de inglés. Al finalizar la consulta, es posible que a las pacientes se les extraiga sangre, se les administren vacunas o una prueba de Papanicolaou, o se programe una visita de seguimiento. Una vez al mes, la clínica organiza una jornada dedicada a procedimientos especializados, durante la cual un obstetra-ginecólogo ofrece servicios como colposcopias y ecografías transvaginales. La clínica para mujeres atiende a unas 12 pacientes en una jornada habitual y cuenta con una lista de espera de un mes. Su horario vespertino permite una mayor disponibilidad de los estudiantes y ayuda a los pacientes que no pueden ausentarse del trabajo, lo que lo hace más accesible al público, señaló Teeman. La Clínica para Mujeres CUP abre tres miércoles al mes, de 6 a 9 p.m., y atendió a 61 pacientes distintas en 2025. En 2025, la clínica para mujeres atendió a 61 pacientes distintas, 14 de ellas nuevas, lo que representa un aumento del 35 % con respecto a 2024. Muchas de las consultas son visitas de seguimiento de pacientes que regresan en varias ocasiones. El sistema de clínicas CUP atendió a 384 pacientes en 2025, sumando un total de 1.031 consultas, con un promedio de 2,7 visitas por paciente. CUP también cuenta con un equipo de enlace asistencial formado por estudiantes de medicina voluntarios que desempeñan funciones similares a las de los trabajadores sociales: orientan a los pacientes hacia recursos comunitarios, como bancos de alimentos, o los derivan a otras clínicas accesibles, como Clínica Amistad y El Rio Health, que aplican tarifas ajustadas según los ingresos del paciente. Participación comunitaria activa Todas las clínicas CUP son gestionadas íntegramente por estudiantes de medicina y médicos voluntarios. Alrededor del 90 % de los estudiantes participan en CUP durante sus dos primeros años de carrera, atraídos en parte por la reputación del programa en cuanto a la participación comunitaria práctica. "Descubrir que la Universidad de Arizona contaba con el programa CUP, gestionado totalmente por estudiantes, fue algo que me entusiasmó mucho," comentó Steidley, explicando que CUP es un elemento central en la formación médica de los estudiantes. Al participar en CUP, los estudiantes pueden obtener una distinción en el programa de servicio comunitario de CUP Community Service Track por su labor voluntaria. Sin embargo, incluso tras cumplir todos los requisitos para dicha distinción, algunos deciden seguir colaborando como voluntarios. "Sigo participando en estas clínicas porque realmente las disfruto. Me gusta mucho poder atender a nuestros pacientes y brindarles ayuda," afirmó Carolyn Dunlap, estudiante de segundo año de medicina que ya ha completado las horas requeridas para la distinción de CUP. "Creo que no solo es una buena oportunidad para convertirme en una mejor médica en el futuro, sino que también me satisface enormemente poder ayudar a estos pacientes en el presente." Estudiantes de medicina prestan servicios de voluntariado en la clínica Shubitz Family CUP de la Universidad de Arizona, la cual ofrece atención gratuita a residentes del sur de Arizona que no tienen otro acceso a servicios de salud. Cortesía de la UA. Dunlap comentó que, en una época en la que estaba entre empleos y sin seguro médico, un programa como CUP habría marcado una gran diferencia y le habría ahorrado mucho estrés. "Me quedé asombrada, realmente impresionada por la cantidad de servicios que ofrecen estas clínicas," dijo Dunlap. "Al participar y hacer voluntariado, veo lo valiosas que son estas clínicas; me parece increíble que podamos brindar este servicio." Asimismo, estas clínicas ofrecen un motivo de optimismo respecto al sistema de salud de Estados Unidos. "Al participar en la Clínica de la Mujer y en CUP en general, siento que realmente estoy marcando una diferencia; no me limito a estar frustrada con el sistema, sino que, a pequeña escala, contribuyo a mi comunidad y ayudo a garantizar que las personas puedan acceder a servicios de salud," afirmó Teeman, quien también cursa una maestría en salud pública. Recursos limitados, decisiones difíciles Al ser una clínica gratuita, CUP no puede abarcarlo todo. CUP depende de la financiación de la Facultad de Medicina de Tucson para cubrir gastos administrativos, así como de donaciones tanto en especie como monetarias que los estudiantes recaudan durante el año mediante eventos como ventas de repostería y carreras benéficas de 5 km. Dado que CUP es una organización estudiantil registrada en la ASUA, los estudiantes voluntarios pagan una cuota de 20 dólares destinada a suministros médicos, pruebas y análisis de laboratorio para los pacientes. Steidley señaló que contar con más fondos podría resolver muchas de las limitaciones de la clínica, desde organizar el transporte de los pacientes hasta solicitar una radiografía de tórax ante una tos preocupante o realizar una batería completa de análisis a alguien que no ha visto a un médico en 20 años, pero la clínica simplemente no dispone de los recursos necesarios para hacerlo todo. Reconocer estas limitaciones forma parte del proceso de aprendizaje de los estudiantes, quienes deben equilibrar la toma de decisiones basándose en lo estrictamente necesario para garantizar la atención del paciente, dentro de los límites de sus conocimientos y recursos disponibles. Cada año, CUP recibe una donación en especie valorada en $15,000 de Sonoran Quest Laboratories para cubrir los análisis de laboratorio. La clínica establece un límite de $100 por paciente y visita para estas pruebas, aunque se hacen excepciones en casos que requieren análisis urgentes. Una lista de las 12 clínicas CUP ofrecidas a través de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Arizona, que incluyen una clínica para mujeres, una clínica pediátrica y una clínica de salud mental, todas ellas dirigidas por estudiantes de medicina voluntarios. Aun con esas limitaciones, las necesidades que presentan los pacientes a menudo superan lo que la clínica puede ofrecer. "Al leer algunas de las razones por las que la gente necesita atención, me quedo impactada, porque son casos que tal vez deberían tratarse en servicios de urgencias," comentó Teeman. Dado que la clínica de salud femenina de CUP abre solo tres días al mes, en turnos de tres a cuatro horas, no puede ofrecer la misma continuidad en la atención que un proveedor de atención primaria con un consultorio abierto a diario y con un horario más extenso. "Queremos atender a más pacientes, pero tampoco podemos garantizar la continuidad de la atención que todos ellos podrían necesitar," señaló Steidley. A pesar de los recursos limitados, los responsables de CUP consideran que las clínicas benefician tanto a la comunidad como a los estudiantes de medicina, contribuyendo gradualmente a una mayor equidad en el acceso a la salud. "Más personas deberían conocer los recursos a su disposición; CUP es simplemente otro recurso comunitario que queremos que la gente perciba como accesible," afirmó Steidley. CUP enseña a los estudiantes que ser médico va más allá de acumular conocimientos sobre enfermedades y tratamientos, y que saber qué preguntas formular es tan importante como estudiar. Esas preguntas pueden no estar directamente relacionadas con el problema de salud del paciente, sino con aspectos generales de su vida, como el acceso a un transporte fiable. "Ser voluntario en estas clínicas de CUP permite ver el proceso, pero también conocer los distintos desafíos que, aunque están muy ligados a la medicina, no se aprenden explícitamente en los libros de texto. Creo que todo esto, sin duda, me convertirá en un mejor médico," comentó Dunlap. Diana Ramos es egresada de la Universidad de Arizona y reportera en El Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en diana@tucsonspotlight.org. Esta nota fue traducida por el equipo bilingüe de El Foco de Tucson. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726df2c5335ae10490809 Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast te 2026-08-20T16:10:07.850Z Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It's one of ten hurdles the company must overcome to make a profitable power plant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726de2c5335ae10490800 Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery te 2026-08-20T16:10:06.245Z Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery Patreon is overhauling how creators get discovered, adding short-form Clips, topic-based communities, and a revamped recommendation system designed to give smaller creators more visibility. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726dd2c5335ae104907f7 The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut te 2026-08-20T16:10:05.019Z The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, our annual handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8726db2c5335ae104907ee Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users te 2026-08-20T16:10:03.287Z Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after quietly testing it in Brazil. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87248c2c5335ae104907c0 Amazon just dropped this $190 Keurig coffee maker to $89 — its lowest price this year te 2026-08-20T16:00:12.725Z Amazon just dropped this $190 Keurig coffee maker to $89 — its lowest price this year Keurig coffee makers are popular, but they can be a bit pricey. Now is a good time to score one at its lowest price of the year. Originally $190, the bestselling Keurig K-Supreme Single Serve Coffee Maker is down to $89.99 — that's 53% off. Original price: $190 Price tracking data shows the Keurig K-Supreme reached its lowest price of the year in late-July and has sustained that year-long low until now. Based on its volatile price history, we anticipate this changing soon. With more than 10,000 sold in the past month, it's also a popular pick with Amazon shoppers. The Keurig K-Supreme is designed to extract more flavor and aroma from the brand's K-Cup pods compared to the K-Classic coffee maker. Upgraded features let you brew stronger coffee, make iced coffee and choose from multiple cup sizes. READ MORE: Amazon is selling a $190 Keurig for $89 — plus 11 more home deals at 40% off or more More than 31,000 Amazon reviews highlight the Keurig K-Supreme’s convenience, speed and brewing options. One reviewer purchased the K-Supreme to replace their 2013 Keurig coffee maker, calling it worth the upgrade and aesthetically pleasing: "I like how easy this machine is to use. 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They close the gates,” a neighbor said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8724822c5335ae10490782 There are less than 48 hours to save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket  te 2026-08-20T16:00:02.550Z There are less than 48 hours to save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket  If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8722312c5335ae1049075e Trump could face impeachment if Democrats seize House majority, GOP leader warns te 2026-08-20T15:50:09.398Z Trump could face impeachment if Democrats seize House majority, GOP leader warns A top House Republican is arguing that Democrats would upend work in Washington by impeaching President Donald Trump immediately if they win the majority in November. "Democrats aren't even being shy about it. They're telling you what they would do. I mean, they'll impeach the president day one," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital. House Democrats successfully impeached Trump twice the last time they held the House majority, though both efforts failed to get him convicted by the Senate. PUSH TO OUST TRUMP EXPOSES CRACKS AMONG DEMOCRATS ON STRATEGY, TIMING Their party leaders have not openly called for impeaching Trump again if they win in November, but progressive lawmakers have already introduced a flurry of impeachment resolutions targeting both the president and his Cabinet. And while the Democratic establishment has not endorsed any impeachment efforts — and even went so far as to join Republicans in killing one on the House floor in June 2025 — Scalise and other Republicans are warning that it's the far left that will soon have the reins of the party. GOP LAWMAKER UNVEILS HISTORIC MOVE TO 'EXPUNGE' BOTH 'MALICIOUSLY FALSE' IMPEACHMENTS AGAINST TRUMP It comes after a wave of socialist insurgents toppled Democratic incumbents and establishment-backed candidates in primaries across the country. Republicans have seized on the turmoil, arguing their candidates and vulnerable incumbents are much closer to where Americans currently are than those leading the leftward shift on the other side. "These are tough members. And these are members who have been working with President Trump to make life more affordable for families all across America, running against socialists," Scalise said. "Socialists who wanna raise taxes, open the border back up again, bring criminals back in." SCALISE WARNS 'BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION' TAKING OVER DEM PARTY AFTER SOCIALIST PRIMARY WINS Citing part of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) policy platform, he said, "Defunding prisons? Where are those prisoners gonna go? You know, are they going to take them in their house? This is insane." "And we've got seats, by the way, we have a real chance to flip. You know, go look at [Gov. Paul] LePage in Maine, poised to flip a Democrat seat over to Republican," Scalise said. "We've got seats in Texas and Ohio and Florida — so many other places where we have an opportunity to flip seats from Democrat to Republican because people are rejecting this crazy extreme socialism on the left." Fox News Digital reached out to House Democrats' campaign arm for a response to Scalise's impeachment comments. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8722302c5335ae10490755 Clark Lea thought Vanderbilt had no shot at Jared Curtis — but the 5-Star 'misfit' chose to flip the script te 2026-08-20T15:50:08.557Z Clark Lea thought Vanderbilt had no shot at Jared Curtis — but the 5-Star 'misfit' chose to flip the script What if I told you that Vanderbilt quarterback Jared Curtis took a different route in deciding where he wanted to play college football, with a school that put zero resources into recruiting him until one phone call changed the future for Clark Lea? And what would you think, as schools roll out the red carpet and do anything necessary to land a coveted prospect, if it was actually the player who recruited the school? A nonconventional recruitment, like the one that took place with Jared Curtis, is rare in this era of college athletics, especially when money is such a driving force in schools staking their claim to industry rankings. JAYDEN DANIELS WANTED ‘RESPECT’ FROM LSU. INSTEAD, HE STARTED AN UGLY FIGHT THAT WILL TARNISH HIS REPUTATION Whether it's private jet hours, parents securing houses, exotic cars or even schools offering real estate offerings to a recruit in the hopes of a signature, we entered uncharted waters over five years ago with the inception of NIL. But in the rare instance of the highly-touted quarterback's recruitment, money was the last thing discussed during a recruitment process that left those on West End, and college football, a bit stunned at how this all came together. It's one thing to just throw out an offer to a highly touted prospect to get your school's name on the list. It's another thing to actually find out that this potential five-star quarterback is sincerely interested in your school In fact, Lea was not going to waste his staff's time in pursuing a kid he knew there was no shot in landing. The reality for Vanderbilt was that in the grand scheme of things, even with all of the momentum created over the previous two years, Curtis was the prize recruit that seemed so far off their radar that inviting him out to practice was most likely the closest they'd get to having him around campus. "We really didn’t recruit Jared. Not that we wouldn’t have recruited him, but part of being effective is elimination. You don't wanna chase things that aren’t gonna happen," Lea mentioned earlier this summer to OutKick about Jared. "He came to a Tuesday practice the week we were playing Tennessee in 2024. PETE GOLDING DROPS UNFILTERED TRUTH ON 'EX' LANE KIFFIN, AND NCAA TAMPERING: 'WHAT HAVE WE CREATED? "That was really kind of it in terms of seeing him and interacting, and even on that day I don't know that I spent that much time with them, outside of sitting in the team meeting." All of this came during a time in which Curtis de-committed from Georgia, was lured to Oregon for a short time period, then re-committed to Georgia. All the while, Vanderbilt was still on the outside, not even thinking they had shot to get on his radar outside of a random appearance at practice like any other recruit. There might have been a visit to practice, but it wasn’t as if Vanderbilt was under the impression that the five-star quarterback who was garnering headlines due to his talent and subsequent recruiting process with Oregon and Georgia. But, what Vanderbilt would soon find out was that Curtis was not actually fully invested in leaving his city behind to play at Georgia. "I think the starting point really was about Jared being unsettled and trying to find a place he really felt great about I think he loved Oregon and loved Georgia. But, he was unsettled. We didn’t put much time and attention to it, we just focused on growing our program "He was paying attention, then kind of organically reached out and said 'I'd like to come and spend some time at practice," Lea recalled. COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS FINALLY BACK AFTER MONTHS OF NCAA LAWSUITS, NIL DRAMA AND CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT What turned into Jared showing up for a practice during Vanderbilt's bye week after losing to Alabama in 2025 blossomed into something the Commodores coaching staff did not see coming. It was actually Diego Pavia going to watch a friend of the family play high school football on a Friday night that had Vanderbilt coaches starting to change their tune, just a bit. Following that game, which had Pavia marveling at the talent of Curtis, a late-night phone call to his offensive coordinator Tim Beck put the wheels in motion for a story nobody in the high school football world thought was possible, especially those around the Georgia campus. "Diego goes to one of his games on a Friday night," Tim Beck recalled. "Diego calls me that night, and he says, 'Hey, man, you got to see this kid'. I go, 'Yeah, we know about him, we know about him, Diego'. He (Diego) didn't think we knew about him. It's like, 'yeah Diego, we know about him, but he's not interested in us, he's committed to Georgia'. And he goes, "Well, I talked to him. I think he's interested'." As for that next morning, after the late-night call from a stunned Pavia, Beck would come to find out that not only was Jared Curtis interested in the Commodores, he made it a priority to pay attention to what Vanderbilt was doing on the field. "He really didn't have a favorite team that he was. He really didn't have a favorite player that he watched," Beck told OutKick. "And so, I called Jared the next morning, on a Saturday morning, and I talked to him a little bit, and one of the first things i said is, 'Hey, I know you, you haven't been really been watching much ball, but I was just curious'. "And before I got through my sentence, he stopped me and said, 'Coach, I got to be honest with you, the only team I've watched this year has been Vanderbilt'." For Lea, running an authentic program, especially when it comes to recruiting, has always been at the forefront of his conversations with recruits. While some players are rightfully chasing the money, Vanderbilt's coach knew that there had to be more than just finances and merely getting along with Curtis. "There's something inauthentic about a full-court press when you haven’t had a relationship," Lea told OutKick. "I want to be authentic and genuine in the way we're presented. "So, my conversations with him were about 'Hey, I think this can be a really great thing for the both of us. Here’s the ways I think it benefits Vanderbilt, and here's the way I think it benefits you. I don't want you to do it unless you believe in it wholeheartedly because this is going to be too hard'." There weren’t conversations that started about how much it would take from a financial standpoint to land Curtis. In reality, there was still hesitation from those within the Vanderbilt stratosphere to even engage with Jared's NIL rep, Peter Webb. COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES ON HOT SEAT: BILL BELICHICK, MIKE NORVELL AND OTHERS FACING MAKE-OR-BREAK 2026 But, if Vanderbilt was going to swim in the deep end of the pool related to NIL in college football with such a highly-touted prospect, they had to dive head first. So, when noted attorney Ryan Downton and his highly regarded, successful wife, Pearl Downton, decided it was time to invest their time into the NIL space of college athletics, they needed to know Curtis was first making the decision to attend Vanderbilt for the right reasons. There were no monetary offers when the quarterback started to engage with Vanderbilt on a more consistent basis, which came when the Commodores hosted Missouri last season, which also brought "College Gameday" come to town. In fact, the Downtons had not even thought about starting an NIL IP entity that could help Vanderbilt athletes, even though they were fully-engaged as donors and fans of the program. But, once they knew this wasn’t just a ploy from Curtis to drive up the price and that the five-star actually wanted to stay in Nashville to create his own legacy like the one he was witnessing Pavia put a bow on, it was time for the family to start making calls. First, it was Jay Cutler, who just happened to be their next door neighbor. Once the former Vanderbilt quarterback was in, then it was time to call noted Nashvillian Nate Bargatze. It just so happened that Bargatze was already in, having mentioned on "College Gameday" that Curtis would be invited to have a small role in a movie he was starring in. Add in Vanderbilt graduate Griffin Perry, who is the co-founder and senior adviser at Grey Rock Investment Partners, along with being the co-founder at Fermi America, the Commodores have plenty of financial resources to play the NIL game in college athletics. But, this wasn’t some wild offer to persuade a high school kid to attend Vanderbilt. This was a group of dedicated fans who were trying to do their part in helping Lea continue growing the Vanderbilt football program. It's different on West End. There is a newfound sense of pride within the city of Nashville, thanks to what Clark Lea is doing, along with a quarterback in Pavia who drew the attention of college football fans across the country. Now, whether you liked his antics is another story. But to those who have been praying for times like these, they were all-in with their unwavering support. OLE MISS FILES LAWSUITS AGAINST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO LEFT FOR LANE KIFFIN'S LSU After representing Pavia in his lawsuit against the NCAA to gain an additional year of eligibility, the Downtons decided it was time to once again pull together the support needed to make sure Vanderbilt was in a great position for the future. A FaceTime conversation with Bargatze while on a jet to watch Vanderbilt take on Tennessee in Knoxville, followed by meetings with Jared Curtis' NIL representative Peter Webb, all led to Vanderbilt pulling off the 'heist' that had folks at Georgia scratching their heads. And while there will be folks who think a multiyear contract worth $10 million was the sole reason why Jared Curtis decided to stay home and play for Vanderbilt, it actually had nothing to do with money. Sure, one of the top players in the country is going to garner a very large financial offer, that's a given. But, having an athlete make a decision on their own, without the family trying to play such a large part in the recruitment is becoming rarer by the day. In college athletics, the schools are recruiting the family sometimes harder than the actual player, which obviously puts the athlete in a rather awkward position of not wanting to disappoint those closest to them. "He's gotta wanna come here. We were not going to chase after him..Jared had to decide, on his own," Tsunami Dores' CEO Pearl Downton told OutKick. "I don't think it was a way he had ever been recruited before (in the process). He has to decide he wants to come to Vanderbilt, and he's gotta decide that he's a misfit "In terms of being a misfit, there's nothing more misfit than turning down one of the top programs in the country to come to Vanderbilt." The opportunity to play at Georgia was obviously enticing, and almost happened. But, Jared Curtis saw what was continuing to be built on West End. He wanted the opportunity to try and help Lea continue building on the foundation laid by those that came before him, which at his position were players like Cutler and Pavia. Success won't happen overnight. Who knows, it might not ever happen for Curtis. Nobody can predict the future, and he's an 18-year-old athlete. But like many others have mentioned to me over the past seven months since he chose to wear a Commodores jersey, Curtis decided where HE wanted to attend college and continue his career. The money was going to be there at any school he chose. But now, Curtis gets to continue building upon the No. 2 jersey that was worn by Pavia. "I think it's absolutely unique in terms of a recruiting process ... I've really enjoyed that person. He's a good kid. Humble, modest, hard working, simple," Lea said. "He's a really good representation of who we are." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a871fde2c5335ae104906d9 Raiders vs Texans and 49ers vs Chargers highlight NFL preseason slate with key quarterback matchups te 2026-08-20T15:40:14.149Z Raiders vs Texans and 49ers vs Chargers highlight NFL preseason slate with key quarterback matchups We are less than three weeks away now from the start of the NFL season, and until we get there, we have to settle for some preseason action. I don't bet a ton of these, but there are some opportunities for us to grab some cash. Game plans are discussed, personnel is announced, and coaches openly (most of the time) share who will play in the game and for how long. That doesn't always mean anything, but it does at least give us a bit more information. We have two games on the slate tonight, and I think it is worth putting a bet on both. On the surface, these are two very different teams. The Raiders come in searching for a path to the postseason after years of missing out and having dysfunctional teams. They owned the No. 1 draft pick and took Fernando Mendoza in the draft. He looked really sharp in his preseason game. A couple of the throws that he had were absolute darts. He went 10-for-16 overall for 97 yards and a touchdown. He scrambled a bit as well, running twice for six yards. Aidan O'Connell got the remainder of the work, throwing 13 times. Kirk Cousins was the first quarterback for the team, and he looked excellent in his work, going 5-for-6 for 50 yards and a touchdown. This Raiders offense looks like it could be dynamic this season. RAIDERS' NO. 1 PICK FERNANDO MENDOZA WILL GET 'PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE' IN PRESEASON DEBUT THURSDAY However, they are going against a team that went to the postseason last year and has one of the best defenses in all of football. I like the Houston Texans, but they really didn't do anything to address their biggest need, their offensive line. PFF has them ranked at 27th coming into this year. Meanwhile, the defensive line is ranked second. The lines may not matter all that much here, as head coach DeMeco Ryans has said most of his starters will rest tonight. That means we won't see CJ Stroud for the second straight game. Davis Mills has been solid in relief, and I think he should be good again. I wouldn't be shocked to see this being a bit lower scoring. The Raiders haven't announced much about their starters. They are missing a few key players, and that might slow the offense a bit. Couple that with going against a tough defense, and I think this will be a lower-scoring game. I will stay away from the under, because even in preseason, there isn't much room for error here. Instead, I'm banking on the Raiders in the first half of the game. I'll take them to be in the lead at halftime. I think their combination of quarterbacks should be able to make more progress than what the Texans have to offer. HOUSTON TEXANS' 2025 WIN TOTAL SET AT 9.5 AS CJ STROUD FACES QUESTIONS ABOUT OFFENSIVE LINE Both coaches gave us a little bit of help in this game. For the Chargers, we know that Justin Herbert and the first-team will get some time on the field. I personally like this, as he should get used to Mike McDonald's schemes. The Chargers have plenty of talent and should make some progress down the field. After Herbert is out, expect to see Trey Lance and DJ Uiagalelei taking snaps. Lance was fine in his action, but Uiagalelei looked strong in his time on the field. 49ERS BRING BACK DEEBO SAMUEL TO FILL VOID LEFT BY RICKY PEARSALL'S KNEE INJURY: REPORT STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! The 49ers are also going to have their starters get some snaps tonight. Brock Purdy will be on the field, but a lot of other guys won't be out there. Christian McCaffrey, for example, is nursing an injury, so that dynamic player will be gone from the backfield. Instead, they will give most of the action to Kaelon Black. Expect them to have a lot of action from their draft picks. Adrian Martinez is likely to get the majority of snaps, as he did in the first game. They asked him to throw 30 times, but I don't expect that to happen again. I think this is a game we see a bit more action, but you have two strong defenses on the field. In a game like this, I think we have some tightly contested play. We should have one drive from both clubs, with a second likely going into the second quarter. I like the first quarter tie at +285 as the action for this. I think it is worth taking a small shot at it. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a871fdc2c5335ae104906d0 Family checks Las Vegas morgues in desperate search for missing New York grandmother te 2026-08-20T15:40:12.059Z Family checks Las Vegas morgues in desperate search for missing New York grandmother The daughter of a New York grandmother who vanished while visiting Las Vegas nearly two weeks ago has traveled across the country to search for her mother, checking hospitals and morgues as the family grows increasingly desperate for answers. Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug. 10, two days after she was last seen while visiting a longtime friend in Las Vegas, according to her family. "We have checked hospitals," Goods’ daughter, Kristen Goods, told FOX5 Vegas. "We have checked morgues." SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR AUSTRALIAN WOMAN WHO VANISHED AFTER SENDING MESSAGE ABOUT GOING FOR A HIKE NEAR LAS VEGAS Kristen traveled from New Jersey to Nevada to help search for her mother. "I’m extremely worried," she told the station. Goods had been staying with Roger John, a friend of about 20 years whom she had visited in Las Vegas many times before, according to her family. John previously told KLAS-TV that Goods left his apartment around 12:45 p.m. Aug. 8 to take a bus to a nearby CVS to go shopping. "Last I saw her, she was going down the stairs. And I said, ‘OK, see you later,’ And that’s the last time I saw her," John told the station. Goods' family told FOX5 she was later seen at a store near Paradise and Flamingo roads, where she bought supplements and water. Kristen said she did not personally see the CVS surveillance video but spoke with the store manager about her mother's visit. "I did not see the CVS footage myself, but I was privy to some of the footage," Kristen said. "By talking to the CVS manager that she was there." Goods never returned to her friend's home after the shopping trip. 'WONDERFUL' CA NURSE AND MOTHER VANISHES AFTER GOING TO CASINO, CAR FOUND ABANDONED AT MOUNTAIN PARK: FAMILY John notified Goods' family that evening and filed a missing person report two days later, according to FOX5. The family said they initially had questions about John but stressed that police do not consider him a suspect. "To us, he is not a threat, and he’s also been cleared by the police," Kristen told the station. "There isn’t anything to investigate in terms of his knowledge." Kristen said she is frustrated that surveillance cameras have not provided more clues about where her mother went. "I’m extremely frustrated because I would think that this town would have so much more surveillance because it’s such a bustling area," Kristen said. "I would think that there was a way for facial recognition to be able to locate someone." The family also does not believe Goods could have traveled far on foot. They said she recently underwent several leg surgeries that make it difficult for her to walk for long periods. Police searched within a 20-mile radius of where Goods was last seen, according to FOX5. Family members have also posted flyers throughout the area hoping someone will recognize her. Days after Goods disappeared, her family began receiving text messages from her phone asking for money and eventually Bitcoin. The family said it does not know who sent the messages or whether Goods still had her phone. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Goods' missing person case remained active and detectives had not found anything suspicious. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a871d812c5335ae10490674 Baltimore Ravens 2025 preview: Why the under 10.5 wins looks like the smart bet this season te 2026-08-20T15:30:09.976Z Baltimore Ravens 2025 preview: Why the under 10.5 wins looks like the smart bet this season With pretty much anything in life, there will be change. In sports, five years can feel like an eternity. John Harbaugh lasted for almost 20 years at the helm of the Ravens, so it feels more than a little strange to realize he is no longer calling the shots in Baltimore. Perhaps it was what the team needed after a disaster of an ending to last year. One kick can change a lot for a person and a franchise. Imagine for a second if Adam Vinitieri missed those field goals in the Super Bowl. With a chance for the postseason on the line, the Ravens had a solid return to set themselves up with a shot for stealing the lead back from Pittsburgh. On a fourth-and-7, Lamar Jackson hit Isaiah Likely for 26 yards. It gave them new life and put them at about a 44-yard field goal attempt. Tyler Loop lined up and missed the field goal, sending Pittsburgh to the postseason and Harbaugh to an exit from the franchise. The team ended with an 8-9 record and went home instead of going to the playoffs, where they would’ve had a good chance to keep advancing. Sure, not everything can be blamed on one game, but this was clearly the one that made the biggest difference. The biggest change for the team was obviously its head coach. The Ravens are now led by Jesse Minter, who has Harbaugh ties, having been the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers and the Michigan Wolverines, both coached by John's brother Jim. The Ravens also tried to make a push for Maxx Crosby this offseason, but the trade was nixed, and Crosby went back to the Raiders. Instead, they stole a rusher away from a division rival, getting Trey Hendrickson. They also lost their tight end Likely and rusher Dre’Mont Jones. They did lose their center as well, so there are a number of changes that the Ravens will need to adjust to. RAVENS COACH LAYS CHALLENGE TO DIEGO PAVIA AFTER TEAM SIGNED HIM AS UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS The success and failure of the Ravens, like almost any team, will fall on the quarterback, Lamar Jackson. Despite all of the regular season success, Jackson still hasn’t found it in the postseason, and it will be a knock on him until he does. The offense really shouldn’t be a problem considering the team has Jackson, Derrick Henry, Zay Flowers, and Mark Andrews. I’m a bit concerned about the offensive line. Any time you replace a center, it can be an issue. The defense should’ve improved a bit in the offseason, and if Minter can get the most out of that unit, it could be a good season in Baltimore. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! The Ravens have a win total of 11.5 for the season. I don’t see it. I’m looking at the schedule, and even if I’m trying to be optimistic about everything, I think they win fewer than 10 games. I’d be happier to place a bet on under 9.5 games at +220 than I would be to take under 11.5 games. Maybe a happy medium is under 10.5 games at +125. The Ravens are typically good in the regular season, but I think they take a step back this year. Give me the under 10.5 and even the 9.5. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a871b2b2c5335ae10490623 Lost city in area tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt te 2026-08-20T15:20:11.093Z Lost city in area tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered new evidence that could help pinpoint a long-lost ancient city along a military route, with possible ties to the biblical Exodus. The discovery was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on August 15. The excavation centered on Tell Abu Seifi, an ancient fortified site in northeastern Egypt near the Sinai Peninsula that archaeologists believe may be the long-lost city of Mesen. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MYSTERIOUS FACE HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES IN BOOK OF REVELATION CITY The site once stood along the Horus Military Road, a strategic route connecting Egypt with Sinai and Canaan, which some scholars have linked to the "way of the land of the Philistines" in the Book of Exodus. As Exodus details, the Israelites fled Egypt under Moses but were led away from the more direct route through the land of the Philistines, despite it being the shorter path toward Canaan. In a translated statement, officials said archaeologists found a massive sandstone lintel, or stone beam, bearing the titles of Ramesses II, the pharaoh often associated with Moses. Ramesses II, born around 1303 B.C., is considered one of the most influential and powerful Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom era. He died in roughly 1213 B.C., placing the newly uncovered beam at more than 3,000 years old. The lintel also bears an inscription referring to the restoration of a statue of Horus, described as "Lord of the City of Mesen." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Officials said the inscription strengthens the theory that Tell Abu Seifi may be the site of Mesen, which had been mentioned in texts dating to the New Kingdom. Archaeologists also unearthed the remains of a fortified temple complex, including a mudbrick enclosure wall and gates, along with storage rooms and two ancient stone roads leading into the temple. The new evidence "presents a strong archaeological and historical hypothesis linking the site to the ancient Egyptian city of Mesen," the statement read. "However, excavation and scientific study remain ongoing in the search for further evidence that could definitively settle the question," officials said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The site continued to evolve long after the temple was built, with parts of it converted into a Roman military barracks during the third century A.D. Archaeologists also uncovered fragments of falcon statues and other sculptures. In a statement, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy said the findings "represent an important addition to the ministry’s efforts to uncover the history of archaeological sites in North Sinai and the Qantara region." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "The discoveries at the site highlight the strategic and cultural role the region played in protecting Egypt’s eastern borders throughout history," added Fathy. The latest discovery is one of several significant archaeological finds in Egypt this year with connections to Ramesses II and the biblical world. Earlier this spring, archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a massive statue believed to depict Ramesses II at the Tel Pharaoh site in the Nile Delta. Shortly after, archaeologists uncovered an ancient settlement at Tell el-Koua in Wadi Tumilat, a region that has long been linked to debates over the setting of the biblical Exodus. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a871b2a2c5335ae10490606 FBI seizes Swalwell’s devices at airport as sexual misconduct investigation escalates: sources te 2026-08-20T15:20:10.133Z FBI seizes Swalwell’s devices at airport as sexual misconduct investigation escalates: sources The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized disgraced congressman and former California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell's electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night, two sources familiar with the incident confirmed to Fox News Digital. Swalwell's home in Washington, D.C. was subsequently searched on Sunday, a source said. DOJ OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO ERIC SWALWELL OVER SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS The devices seized included at least one cell phone. The devices were taken from the ex-lawmaker related to a probe into sexual misconduct, according to the sources. He was not arrested or detained. Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell's attorney. This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8718d12c5335ae104905ae Blue-city drug gear exposes hypocrisy as cleanup group faces probe, leader cries foul te 2026-08-20T15:10:09.811Z Blue-city drug gear exposes hypocrisy as cleanup group faces probe, leader cries foul The founder of a Seattle nonprofit that cleans up discarded drug paraphernalia distributed through city and county harm reduction programs says she was stunned to learn her organization is now under state investigation over how it handles those same supplies. Andrea Suarez is the founder of We Heart Seattle. She rallies volunteers to pick up and dispose of needles, smoking supplies such as pipes and foil, and other drug-use items distributed through King County "harm reduction" programs. Critics argue the policies can enable continued drug use rather than moving people toward treatment and recovery. "One of the biggest advocacy work I have done is that I go to the needle exchange and I get what they call the 'party kit,' and I demonstrated that our King County 'Health' Department is handing out cookers and tourniquets and glass pipes an paraphernalia to do drugs," Suarez told Fox News Digital. "I was referring to this 'party kit' as a 'suicide kit' with very little, if no information on where to get medical detox." SEATTLE CLEANED UP FOR THE WORLD CUP BUT ONLY WHILE THE WORLD WAS WATCHING, COMMENTATOR SAYS Suarez has been working on her mission of cleaner streets, parks and playgrounds for seven years, and We Heart Seattle has logged more than 50,000 hours of volunteer service. Founded in 2020 as a solo operation, Suarez has built an army of hundreds of volunteers over the past six-and-a-half years. The group is now facing a state workplace-safety investigation, which Suarez says is its first government probe. We Heart Seattle is under investigation by the Washington Department of Labor & Industries following a complaint alleging "improper handling and collection of hypodermic needles and fentanyl paraphernalia," according to documents sent to Suarez from the Washington Department of Labor & Industries and viewed by Fox News Digital. SEATTLE MAYOR GRILLED ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AS RESIDENTS DEMAND ANSWERS Suarez denied wrongdoing and said the group uses gloves, grabbers and sharps-disposal procedures, while pointing to safety guidance posted on We Heart Seattle’s website. That plan includes guiding supporters on what to wear to protect themselves from potential hazards, including wearing long pants and sleeves and closed-toed boots. The website also provides guidance for volunteers to stay safe while picking up debris. Suarez argued there is a double standard in the state scrutinizing how her group handles discarded drug-use supplies while local harm reduction programs distribute some of the same types of materials. SEATTLE MAYOR SAYS SOBRIETY WON'T BE REQUIRED AT NEW HOMELESS SHELTER "We have been out here for ... going on seven years every day, every weekend we're out there picking up needles and trash. And for my 'thank you' letter from the government, it was this letter saying, 'you're under investigation for allegedly improperly handling this very equipment that they hand out with no instructions." Suarez said that after learning of the investigation, she visited a harm reduction site and asked for specific guidance on handling "fentanyl foil" and other dangerous drug supplies, but said staff did not provide her with such instructions. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries told Fox News Digital that the investigation stems from a complaint made by someone outside of the organization. TAXPAYER-FUNDED 'METH MANSION' UNDER FIRE AS CRIME CONCERNS MOUNT AROUND HOMELESS CAMPUS Spokesman Matt Ross said inspections can take up to six months, and that once complete, the results are made available to the public. He said there's a related probe into a temporary staffing agency, but declined to provide specifics. "Inspectors may issue violations if an organization isn’t meeting those requirements, and may also issue violations for other safety hazards they observe in the course of an inspection," he said. "The inspectors also work with the organizations on the best way to address the hazards they find. Potential penalties will depend on the specifics of the violations." Suarez criticized state and local harm reduction policies, arguing they contribute to the conditions her volunteers are cleaning up. SOCIALIST MAYOR KATIE WILSON SILENT AMID PROTESTS OVER ‘HUMAN DUMPING GROUND’ AHEAD OF US WORLD CUP MATCH "You have to look at the optics of a state, a county, a city level that allows people to openly use lethal and illegal narcotics like methamphetamines and fentanyl, and they give you the paraphernalia to use those drugs on our taxpayer dime, to use in public spaces with no consequences ... and then I'm over hear trying to manage the problem, clean up our dog parks, clean up our children's merry-go-rounds, ensuring our playgrounds don't have needles and foil sticking up through the grass, and I'm the one under investigation," said Suarez. "The optics are egregious," she said. She also painted a gruesome picture of life in Seattle's public spaces. SEATTLE SENIORS BEG CITY FOR HELP AS ‘ABSOLUTE ANARCHY’ ERUPTS OUTSIDE LGBTQ HOUSING COMPLEX "I think I'm going to go after the state to say, 'why aren't you training me before I go into our city library when there's drug addicts slumped over in all of the computer chairs, using our bathrooms, shooting drugs and leaving their paraphernalia all around the perimeter, putting me or my child or dog at risk of picking something up and getting a blood borne pathogen infection of sorts,' right?" she said. "So this whole city is a blood borne pathogen risk for everybody. I think that's why people don't go to these public places anymore, and they really frankly have been overtaken by drug users." Suarez said she plans to look into whether her group was unfairly targeted. She described herself as relatively apolitical before starting the nonprofit, but said its cleanup work has increasingly drawn the organization into political disputes over Seattle’s drug and homelessness policies. King County defended its harm reduction approach, saying it is intended to reduce overdoses while connecting people with treatment and other services. "The influx of fentanyl led to a sharp rise in fatal overdoses across the U.S and in King County. Our comprehensive approach to overdose response and recovery focuses on getting more people into treatment and preventing more overdoses," spokesperson Sharon Bogan said, adding that the county saw a "promising overall decline in overdoses" of 32% between 2023 and 2025. Representatives form the city of Seattle did not return a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8718cb2c5335ae10490592 State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained te 2026-08-20T15:10:03.166Z State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8716872c5335ae10490553 Dem’s ‘sexist’ remark against cancer survivor provokes Republican to go scorched earth: ‘Guy’s got a problem’ te 2026-08-20T15:00:23.217Z Dem’s ‘sexist’ remark against cancer survivor provokes Republican to go scorched earth: ‘Guy’s got a problem’ Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins is going scorched earth, accusing his Democratic opponent Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., of making a "sexist" and "misogynist" viral remark involving a female cancer survivor working in the Trump White House. Ossoff, a 39-year-old freshman senator running for re-election in Georgia, drew criticism after making a remark about White House aide Natalie Harp during an Atlanta campaign rally Sunday. Ossoff suggested that President Donald Trump has been neglecting his duties, saying, "He doesn't want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar." Though the comment earned immediate cheers from the crowd, conservatives criticized it as sexist and defended the 35-year-old aide as simply doing her job. Ossoff sought to clarify his remarks Monday, saying, "I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his security blanket. And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the White House. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear." In an interview with Fox News Digital, Collins criticized Ossoff’s remarks. "It's sexist, misogynist. This guy has a problem, the way he has treated women, and it's all coming out in the open now." JON OSSOFF DODGES ON WHY HE INVOKED TRUMP AIDE'S NAME DURING GEORGIA CAMPAIGN RALLY Collins said Ossoff’s remarks about Harp reinforced his concerns about how the senator views women. "with what he said about Natalie is just one more nail in the coffin on how this guy actually feels about women," said Collins. "When he will say that about someone who is out there doing a fantastic job and to suggest those types of things. Yeah, he owes not only her an apology, but the American people an apology." Ossoff led the race in a July AARP poll, which showed him ahead by nine percentage points. Speaking with Fox News Digital, however, Collins emphasized that the polls "have been tightening" as remarks such as this have shown his "true colors." "There is a clear problem with him and females, and he needs to explain that. He needs to tell us why he is attacking a young lady like Natalie Harp personally like that," he said. "I mean, what he is a trust-fund kid who's never had a job, who's out there denigrating women, and the vulgarity that he is insinuating and talking about- this young lady, Natalie Harp, who has overcome so many odds. It's just unbecoming." Harp rose to prominence in 2019 after crediting Trump’s Right to Try Act with helping her access experimental treatment for a rare bone cancer. She later joined Trump’s 2020 campaign and became a special assistant to the president. WHITE HOUSE TEARS INTO OSSOFF WITH BRUTAL TAKEDOWN AFTER JAB AT KEY TRUMP AIDE: ‘LIGHTWEIGHT LOSER’ She has earned the nickname the "human printer" in Trump's orbit, providing the president with printouts of news articles, emails, social media posts and other material. Collins defended Harp as someone who overcame the odds and "does a great job," adding that "there's a pattern here with this guy and it's out of control." "You can take that further. The fact that he wants to allow men to participate in girls' sports, the fact that he doesn't mind if they use women's restrooms, this guy's got a problem," he said, adding, "He can't even define a woman." Collins also said Democrats "are nothing but hypocrites when it comes to these types of issues." DSA’S GROWING GRIP ON DEM PARTY HITS NEW TERRITORY AS ESTABLISHMENT FALLS IN LINE SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "For him to stand up there and denigrate her and to talk about her, this is nothing but him trying to make sure that he gets his social media-based platform raised and make sure he kind of tries to gin up the public out there." Fox News Digital reached out to Ossoff’s campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8716842c5335ae10490542 Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting te 2026-08-20T15:00:20.459Z Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting (Photo by Getty Images) New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals.  Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them. AI can handle time-intensive tasks such as scanning applications and flagging errors. The aim, some city officials say, is to eliminate repeated rounds of corrections that can add weeks or months to the process — but to leave final decisions in the hands of human reviewers. The sweeping new federal housing law enacted last month creates an Innovation Fund with $200 million annually for local efforts to speed up permitting. And the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is offering up to $3 million in grants for local governments to deploy automated building code permitting systems. Syracuse, New York, applied for one of the HUD grants, along with cities across the country, including Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Mobile, Alabama; and Richland, Washington.  Vincent Scipione, chief information officer for Syracuse, told Stateline that if the city wins the grant, it would open up a competitive bidding process for vendors and ask them about two big topics: data governance and algorithm design. The city wants to install an AI system to assist developers to file more complete applications upfront thus reducing time needed for revisions. “Who owns the data that is being handled, and how is it being handled? That’s important,” Scipione told Stateline. “If it ends up being an AI-based solution, then algorithms that are involved and we need to ask what they are going to be handling?”  Large cities including Baltimore, Denver and Los Angeles have recently launched AI tools to streamline housing permitting, and smaller cities such as Everett, Washington; Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Naples, Florida, are following suit.   Texas’ Harris County, which includes Houston, this month put $750,000 toward an artificial intelligence program meant to speed up the permitting process for new construction projects. The Denver City Council voted in March to approve a five-year contract for an AI Guided Plan Review platform to reduce permitting backlogs, for around $4.6 million. A city official said only about 37% of applications are accepted on the first round, and the goal is to increase that to 80% with the new tool.  The lone dissenting vote — council member Flor Alvidrez — raised concerns about the inaccuracies of AI systems generally. She also said local architects and developers raised concerns with her that AI may not be ready to handle the complexity of zoning codes and site-specific conditions.  Matt Mudd, press secretary for Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Craig Greenberg, told Stateline the city is testing an AI-assisted residential permitting system aimed at reducing delays caused by incomplete applications. The pilot uses property information, Geographic Information System (GIS) data and local permitting requirements to flag missing or incomplete information before an application reaches a reviewer, with early testing capable of reducing “avoidable” resubmissions by 50% or more, Mudd said. The project is in the testing phase with a small group of builders and has not yet launched publicly. Mudd said employees remain responsible for permit reviews and final decisions. CivCheck Honolulu was one of the first cities to introduce AI into its permitting process with a tool called CivCheck. That program examines building permit applications to check applications against local codes and bylaws, flag missing information and guide applications through corrections.  Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, director of the city and county of Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting, said the better the quality and completeness of the applications, the better and faster the department’s review. Prior to agreeing to work with CivCheck, Takeuchi Apuna said, city officials made sure the vendor knew that they weren’t looking to replace staff. She wanted AI to replace time spent by city planners reading incomplete applications and sending them back, and free them up for more face-to-face meetings with developers. The rollout of Honolulu’s overhaul of its decades-old permitting process, which included a cloud-based platform called HNL Build as well as CivCheck, wasn’t entirely smooth, however. An anonymous survey of more than 150 employees — half the staff — in the weeks after HNL Build launched provided almost universally negative feedback and many urged  a return to the old system, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported.   The median wait time to obtain a new building permit dropped to 2.5 months from August through April — a 40% decrease compared with the same period a year earlier, a Civil Beat review found. So far, Honolulu has reported that CivCheck pre-screening has dropped permit reviews from an average of 3.4 review cycles per application to 1.4 cycles for single- and two-family residential projects. A single review cycle is the time spent by a planner examining a permit application, identifying problems or incomplete information, sending it back to the applicant for corrections, and then reviewing the revised application.  CivCheck applications averaged 7.7 corrections, compared with 23.5 corrections for applications that did not use CivCheck, and the average time an applicant spent going through the city’s permitting process decreased from 73 days to 32.5 days, both officials from the city and county of Honolulu and CivCheck told Stateline. “We want to get back to just the face-to-face and the more complex part of the review,” Takeuchi Apuna said.  She added that AI “doesn’t necessarily catch or know how to make the decision on” the grayer areas of a project — where a proposal might meet basic requirements on paper but have unusual site conditions or neighborhood impacts — while a planner knows the context and ambiguities to determine how a rule or code applies.   Seattle also crunched the numbers during its pilot of CivCheck and found it was 87% accurate on application completeness checks and 92% accurate on design-compliance checks. CivCheck showed an approximate 50% reduction in average days for intake review of permits and a 35% reduction in correction cycles per review. However, Seattle officials noted in their reports that while CivCheck showed promise, the city was not ready to adopt it fully. As of its June 2026 report, the city was still exploring funding and logistical support for tools such as CivCheck.  CivCheck told Stateline it was working with more than 20 cities, ranging from pilot projects to full implementation.  “When you can remove three, four or five review cycles of feedback and turn that into one review cycle, that’s where you start to see material improvements in permit turnaround times,” said Cyrus Symoom, co-CEO of Clariti Software, a community development and permitting solutions provider that acquired CivCheck.  Their tool, Symoom said, is solely to be used as a fact-checker but isn’t meant to replace or take the place of human decision making on permits. Ultimately, if a mistake is made, it’s up to the planner to properly vet that information. “If you’re just gonna take the existing (permitting) process and bring it digital without an idea of what part of the process you want to fix, you’re not gonna see any real change,” he said.  A two-way street Zhenia Dulko, a planner and researcher with the educational and membership organization American Planning Association, said that group has identified more than 70 state and local cases of AI being used across planning functions, including 13 for zoning and development.  While automation can take technical and onerous work off planners’ plates, Dulko believes  it allows planners more time for the work AI cannot perform such as talking to residents, connecting stakeholders to projects and front-facing public engagement.  “AI will help speed up some of this work but there’s a lot of this planning work that doesn’t need AI because humans want to talk to humans about their ideas and visions, and find a way to finish that project.” Dulko said planners also consider factors such as the surrounding community, inclusion and equity goals that may be harder for an automated system to replicate. “Efficiency in terms of numbers is important but in terms of time it’s even more important,” Dulko said. “But we just should not miss these very other important things. We should remember that this is just one part of the permitting equation.”  An August 2026 Journal of Urban Economics paper looked at Los Angeles data on development timelines for all multifamily housing projects permitted by the city between 2010 and 2022. The analysis estimated that reducing approval times by 25% could have increased the rate of housing production by almost 24%, if the researchers accounted for both already-started projects that would have been finished sooner and the effect of incentivizing new development.  But some city officials caution that while AI can help speed the permitting process, applicants are responsible for some of the delays. “I think a lot of people assume that it’s all on the local permitting agencies, and think we’re this big black box that no one can figure out what we’re doing and that we’re just sitting on applications,” said Takeuchi Apuna. “It’s important to educate people and let them know that the applicant plays a major role. CivCheck helps address that role, but permitting is really a back-and-forth process. Applicants account for at least 50% of that whole dance and the actual review time.” Saf Rabah, CEO and founder of Govstream.ai, an AI tool that has contracted with Louisville and Bellevue, Washington, says the permitting process is a two-way street that relies on both city and developer. He said the process could use more guidance from cities to help applicants who may not be well-versed with building permitting. “A lot of people end up applying for the wrong permit and go down this rabbit hole when they upload their plans. There is no validation. There is no guidance. There is literally nothing. It is a minefield of ‘gotchas’ in front of a builder,” said Rabah.  Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira can be reached at rsequeira@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/6a8714232c5335ae104904ef Scorpions return to gridiron on Friday  te 2026-08-20T14:50:11.897Z Scorpions return to gridiron on Friday  Sedona Red Rock High School’s football team ready to sting in its second year back on the field  On Friday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. the reborn Scorpions football team kicks off its second year back at Sedona Red Rock High School with eight-man football in the 1A North against the Centurions of Cicero Pre Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8714222c5335ae104904cf Colton Burpo describes meeting Jesus and hearing angels sing during near-death experience te 2026-08-20T14:50:10.563Z Colton Burpo describes meeting Jesus and hearing angels sing during near-death experience What happens after we die remains one of humanity's most enduring questions, but one man who came perilously close to death says he caught a glimpse of what lies beyond and returned to tell the story. "I had a ruptured appendix for five days before doctors caught it, and when I was in that emergency surgery, I lifted out of my body and I looked down and I could see the doctors — they were working on me," Colton Burpo, the central figure behind "Heaven Is for Real," told the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast. Burpo was just three years old when the medical emergency landed him on the operating table. 'BLIND SIDE' STAR QUINTON AARON SAYS HE 'SAW JESUS' WHILE IN A COMA AFTER NEAR-FATAL STROKE What he says happened during the surgery would later inspire a bestselling book and major motion picture. Seated with Hannity, researcher John Burke and fellow near-death experience survivor Randy Kay, Burpo recalled watching the operation from outside his body and seeing his parents in separate rooms. "My mom, she was in one room, she talking on the phone, praying with people. My dad, he was in another room, and he was praying very loudly at God," Burpo said. Then he found himself somewhere else entirely. "I was sitting on Jesus's lap, so I wasn't in heaven yet, but I was with Jesus, and he had some angels sing to me to calm me down," he recalled. COUNTRY SINGER DRAKE WHITE DESCRIBES ‘GUNSHOT’ MOMENT HIS BRAIN RUPTURED MID-CONCERT: ‘I KNEW I WAS DYING’ Though Burpo recounted the angels singing songs familiar to his frightened 3-year-old-self, including "Jesus Loves Me" and "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho," one of his requests apparently didn't make the heavenly playlist. "I did request for them to sing 'We Will Rock You' by Queen. That is accurate," he shared, earning laughter from the group. "I was told no, so I'll just have to listen to Queen on this side of heaven." Burpo also recalled meeting a sister who he says died in a miscarriage before he was born — and whose existence he said he had never been told about — while describing his memories of encountering God the Father. The wide-ranging conversation also touched on Kay's account of surviving seven pulmonary embolisms and witnessing prayers ascend to God, as well as Burke's research into dozens of recurring similarities across thousands of near-death experiences — including accounts from blind people who reported being able to see. To catch the full conversation, look for the latest episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" on iHeart, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8714212c5335ae104904c6 Longtime ESPN reporter Holly Rowe openly weeps before WNBA game and Caitlin Clark is to blame te 2026-08-20T14:50:09.827Z Longtime ESPN reporter Holly Rowe openly weeps before WNBA game and Caitlin Clark is to blame Longtime ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe couldn't contain herself during Tuesday's Indiana Fever-Toronto Tempo game in Canada. And it had nothing to do with the game itself. In fact, it all went down before the game tipped off. Rowe, a fierce advocate for women's sports and the WNBA, filmed her emotional reaction to the sold-out arena before the game started. The nearly minute-long video featured crowd shots and a crying Rowe as she soaked it all in. CAITLIN CLARK KEEPS DELIVERING RECORD WNBA VIEWERSHIP AS FEVER TOP 1 MILLION VIEWERS YET AGAIN "I'm trying to work a basketball game tonight," she started before covering her mouth as she was overcome with emotion. "But I keep crying because look at what they have built. I literally cannot quit crying to do my job right now. I mean, we have 19,000 people coming tonight to watch women's basketball and I'm just so proud. "I'm just really proud." What a moment for Holly Rowe! Was it a little odd that her first instinct during this groundbreaking moment was to hit record and turn the camera to herself for 30 seconds while she cried? Sure. No argument there. It certainly wouldn't have been my first move. CAITLIN CLARK HELPS WNBA SHATTER ANOTHER TV RATINGS RECORD AS FEVER-DREAM DRAWS MASSIVE AUDIENCE But this is 2026, folks. This is how the world operates. Look, it's fine. Holly Rowe has been around forever, and she's very clearly passionate about women's basketball and the WNBA. She did leave out a pretty important detail though ... Caitlin Clark was in town for the first time. Sophie Cunningham was in town for the first time. The Indiana Fever are basically the Harlem Globetrotters at this point in terms of fan interest. If ESPN could, they'd put them on TV every single night. They basically do. Tuesday's game against the Fever was moved to the larger Scotiabank Arena to accommodate demand for tickets. That's called the Caitlin Clark effect, and it's been happening for years now in the WNBA. It happened with six teams last year alone, and Clark missed a good portion of the season. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS So, no, this wasn't an unusual occurrence. Add in all the drama surrounding Sophie Cunningham right now, and it's only heightened. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! Does it take away from the scene? No. Cunningham herself said Tuesday's crowd was awesome, despite all the booing. But does the scene deserve a little context? Probably. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8711c82c5335ae10490463 Boater's stunt to awaken sleeping polar bear backfires after brazen horn blast te 2026-08-20T14:40:08.256Z Boater's stunt to awaken sleeping polar bear backfires after brazen horn blast A boater in Norway was hit with a hefty fine after intentionally using a ship's horn to wake a sleeping polar bear. The incident happened this month while a boat was traveling in Lomfjorden in the Svalbard archipelago, according to a statement from the Governor of Svalbard. Those aboard the vessel spotted a polar bear sleeping on land before one person sounded the ship's horn — causing the animal to awaken and move elsewhere, officials said. YELLOWSTONE BISON ATTACK WITNESS BELIEVES MAN SAVED HIS GRANDSON BY TAKING BRUNT OF ATTACK Other people aboard the vessel later reported the incident to the governor. Authorities determined that the person had intentionally disturbed the polar bear and issued a fine of 50,000 Norwegian kroner, or roughly $5,300, for violating the Svalbard Environmental Act. The fine was accepted and paid, according to the statement. Polar bears in Svalbard are subject to strict protections aimed at preventing visitors from disturbing or getting too close to the animals. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Norway strengthened those protections in January 2025, requiring people to remain at least 300 meters, or about 984 feet, away from polar bears, according to an update to Svalbard environmental regulations. The required distance increases to 500 meters, or roughly 1,640 feet, from March 1 through June 30, when the animals are considered particularly vulnerable. Anyone who encounters a polar bear at a closer distance is required to move away until the minimum distance is restored, according to the government. Norwegian regulations also prohibit people from unnecessarily disturbing, attracting or pursuing polar bears. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES The rules are particularly relevant in Svalbard, where encounters with the Arctic animals can be a major draw for visitors but are tightly regulated to protect both wildlife and people. In 2024, another visitor was fined after getting too close to a walrus in Svalbard, according to a statement from the governor. The man walked onto a floating sheet of ice in Adventbukta and approached a walrus that was resting nearby.  Members of the public contacted authorities, and several governor's employees also witnessed parts of the incident. Authorities later fined the man 12,500 Norwegian kroner, or roughly $1,300, for violating a provision of the Svalbard Environmental Act requiring visitors to avoid unnecessarily disturbing wildlife. Following the incident, thegGovernor urged visitors to keep their distance from walruses, both to avoid disturbing the animals and to prevent potentially dangerous encounters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a870d182c5335ae104903b4 Austin Abrams fights to escape a 60-ton sperm whale in new 'Whalefall' trailer with Josh Brolin te 2026-08-20T14:20:08.655Z Austin Abrams fights to escape a 60-ton sperm whale in new 'Whalefall' trailer with Josh Brolin The latest preview for "Whalefall" might be one of the most absurd trailers cinema fans see all year. Basic info: Source material: Novel written by Daniel Kraus. NEW TRAILER RELEASED FOR UPCOMING POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER 'THE DOG STARS' WITH JACOB ELORDI I'm always going to click on a movie preview whenever Josh Brolin is involved. The man is a true A-list talent, and pretty much everything he touches turns into gold. That's why I rushed to watch the new trailer for "Whalefall," which was released on Wednesday. Little did I know what I was getting myself into. The film is about a young man swallowed by a sperm whale and has to fight his way out. No, that is not a joke. That is 100% the plot of the film. Give the preview a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. I am able to suspend reality for just about any film genre, but being swallowed by a sperm whale with an hour of oxygen left might be too much. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE The fact of the matter is that there's no proof such a thing has ever happened in human history. There were claims a man named James Bartley survived being swallowed by a sperm whale in the 1800s, but the story has been thoroughly debunked as not true. People in the comments were also having plenty of fun with the new trailer starring Brolin and Austin Abrams. One viewer wrote, "This film has the potential to be the best comedy of the year." Another added, "Yeah, same thing happened to me. Luckily, I had some pepper with me and got the whale to sneeze me out. I also found my dad in there, we all lived happily ever after." What do you think about the preview? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a870ac12c5335ae10490329 'DWTS' judge Carrie Ann Inaba admits she's 'always in pain' with 'debilitating' health battle te 2026-08-20T14:10:09.396Z 'DWTS' judge Carrie Ann Inaba admits she's 'always in pain' with 'debilitating' health battle Longtime "Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba is opening up about her "debilitating" pain. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital at Televerse 26, a festival by the Television Academy, the 58-year-old TV personality discussed her experience with Sjögren's disease. "It's debilitating. And so I am always in pain," she said. "And most of the time, when I'm not on camera, I'm in sweatpants. Maybe I haven't showered in three days, and I'm just kind of like roaming my little neighborhood, walking my dogs. My life is very unglamorous for the most part." Inaba said it is "really an important message in this day and age" for people to hear what life is actually like behind closed doors because everyone is "being shown these very hyper-realistic versions of people, and it's not true." DOLLY PARTON’S ONGOING HEALTH BATTLE FORCES COUNTRY LEGEND TO MISS MAJOR DOLLYWOOD EVENT "I think we need to know that people, we're all people, we are all going through something," she added. "And I'm grateful to have Sjögren's disease because it has given me even more compassion for people and I think it makes me a better judge because I really can feel people when they're going through stuff, and it's given me more empathy, and I'm grateful." WATCH: CARRIE ANN INABA IS 'ALWAYS IN PAIN' LIVING WITH SJÖGREN'S DISEASE According to the Mayo Clinic, Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disease that "most often affects the glands that make moisture in the eyes and mouth." The lack of moisture leads to "fewer tears and less saliva." Inaba symptoms started with dry eyes, but the ballroom judge said, "I also had a lot of pain, and I think people don't know this." "A lot of people think Sjögren's disease is just dry eyes and your moisture glands, but it's actually a whole systemic condition and can affect your organs as well, and I've had some organ interactions," she explained. "It's been a rough road." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER While at Televerse 26 — a three-day conference celebrating all things television with access to insider secrets, craft expertise and innovations propelling television forward — Inaba told Fox News Digital it took doctors 10 years to diagnose her, admitting that even after learning her diagnosis, it took her around 10 to 15 years before she was able to "come to peace" with the idea that this is "something I'm gonna live with forever." She said managing her energy has become "a key factor in how I plan my day and what I can take on," adding that while she hasn't "been able to do as much lately," she has "learned we don't always have to do so much." The dancer and TV personality shared with her Instagram followers that she suffered a "medical emergency" while en route to New York in April after she "suddenly felt quite ill." WATCH: 'DWTS' JUDGE CARRIE ANN INABA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AFTER 10 YEARS OF SYMPTOMS "While it seemed like food poisoning, I also suddenly broke out into a cold sweat, got dizzy and my arms went numb," she wrote. "Normally I handle most of my health things on my own. Like many people who live with autoimmune disease, I travel with a health tool kit and am prepared for the worst, but this scared me." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS She added that she knew "it was time to ask for help" when her arms went numb during the flight. Inaba later told USA Today that a flight attendant and a doctor on board helped her before paramedics took her to a hospital after the plane landed. She received fluids and was later released, continuing her recovery at her hotel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a870ac02c5335ae10490320 Bloodied, ejected Marine Corps pilot seen calm and collected after Washington crash destroys aircraft te 2026-08-20T14:10:08.635Z Bloodied, ejected Marine Corps pilot seen calm and collected after Washington crash destroys aircraft Bodycam footage shows a Marine F-18 pilot bloodied from facial lacerations after a June crash in Washington state. "I'm a little frazzled," Marine Corps Maj. Jackson Simon admitted to a Yakima County Sheriff's deputy wearing a bodycam after the June 13, 2026 crash. Despite that, Simon appeared unfazed by the wreck. The newly released footage captured the moments after the Marine Corps pilot ejected from his F-18 Hornet before the fighter jet slammed into a mountainside near Rimrock Lake. The crash sent flames and a thick column of black smoke rising above the surrounding trees. Despite blood covering parts of his face, Simon could be seen casually walking toward the deputy with a phone in his hand and appearing strikingly composed after coming down through the trees. DEADLY B-52 CRASH PUTS FOCUS ON ENGINES, CONTROLLABILITY AS INVESTIGATORS HUNT FOR ANSWERS Asked by a responder what kind of aircraft had crashed, the pilot began to answer, "That's an F-18," before quickly correcting himself. "Well, that was–," he began, before the responder said, "An F-18?" and the pilot confirmed. The pilot told deputies he had been conducting low-level training over the lake when something went wrong. "We were doing some circles over the lake," he told the officer. "I tucked in, and I'm not sure exactly. Honestly, I'm a little frazzled." COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CRASHES DURING ALASKA TRAINING MISSION, INJURING FOUR CREW MEMBERS When told by a bystander that "you hit the trees bad, bud," he responded: "I went through the trees." When the bystander noticed the pilot was "shaking," he admitted: "I have some adrenaline going." The footage also captured the pilot calmly making calls in the aftermath. In one conversation, he matter-of-factly tells someone, "Hey, buddy, this is Major Simon, I just crashed." After finishing his calls to his reports, he turned to the officer to say: "Without exaggeration: That's about as close as you come." DEADLY MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH IN TEXAS KILLS 2, SPARKS WILDFIRE AND FORCES EVACUATIONS: OFFICIALS Later footage showed his parachute on the mountainside and the officer helping him gather his gear and cut the parachute from the ropes tangled in the trees. The responding deputy wrote in the incident report that he found Simon standing on a hillside, "taking off his flight harness" and stacking his gear in a pile. Simon then slid down the embankment to meet the deputy, who performed a "buddy check" for injuries. Witnesses had watched the military aircraft circling near Rimrock Lake shortly before the crash. Several people called 911 after seeing the pilot eject and the jet plunge into the mountainside, where the impact ignited a fire in the wooded area. The first report came at 12:18 p.m. local time, according to the incident report. Less than a minute later dispatch was logging "JET CRASH" and "PILOT PARACHUTED OUT." Multiple callers reported the ejection and fire; one entry says a witness was "crying saying she saw the crash." EIGHT BELIEVED DEAD AFTER B-52 CRASHES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE The Marine Corps said the F-18 was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. It was conducting routine training about 55 miles southeast of Seattle when the "non-fatal aviation mishap" occurred at approximately noon Pacific time June 13. The pilot ejected and was recovered by the local sheriff's department. A military spokesperson valued the destroyed aircraft at close to $67 million. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, headquartered at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, California, has said it is withholding additional details while that investigation continues and noted that military aviation mishap investigations can take several months to complete. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87086d2c5335ae104902d1 Florida socialist Angie Nixon says she doesn’t ‘really know’ Hasan Piker te 2026-08-20T14:00:13.080Z Florida socialist Angie Nixon says she doesn’t ‘really know’ Hasan Piker Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon declined to embrace the prospect of campaigning with far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Wednesday during an appearance on "CBS Mornings," telling co-host Gayle King she was not personally familiar with him. "I don't really know who Mr. Piker is," Nixon told King. "I've heard about him."  When pressed, Nixon told King she didn't know who he was "personally, or anything like that." Democratic strategist and former Biden White House Press Office Chief of Staff Yemisi Egbewole told Fox News Digital Wednesday the approach was politically astute. "Piker has already said he’s staying away from her campaign to avoid being a distraction, and she clearly isn’t begging him to join," Egbewole said. "If a Dem wants any shot of winning a state like Florida, they should be careful, and it’s clear she’s using a different playbook than other DSA members. Smart!" WHO IS ANGIE NIXON? BULLHORN-WIELDING SOCIALIST UPSETS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE IN SUNSHINE STATE STUNNER The Republican National Committee offered a sharply different assessment of Democrats’ embrace of socialist candidates. RNC press secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the party’s ideological direction would prove damaging in the general election. "Their embrace of this poisonous ideology is political suicide, and it will be their downfall in November," Baldassarre said. King's question came one day after Nixon upset former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman, a whistleblower who became a key witness in President Donald Trump's first impeachment inquiry, in Florida's Democratic Senate primary.  King apologized after Nixon denied knowing Piker personally, then asked whether she would want him to campaign with her. "I am actually focused on Florida and making sure that I’m talking to voters here to uplift their needs and their concerns. So that’s what my focus is going to be over the next 76 days," Nixon said.  PIKER DEMANDS DEMOCRATS DEFEND HIM FROM ATTACKS, CLAIMS HE’S NO ‘TOXIC RADICAL FORCE' Nixon acknowledged that she had heard about Piker but did not answer yes or no when asked whether she would accept him as a campaign surrogate. Her response contrasted with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who repeatedly campaigned with Piker before winning his primary. Piker later criticized Democrats who had supported El-Sayed’s opponent and urged the party to punish members who considered the nominee too far left. Former Biden administration official Neera Tanden warned that Piker’s rhetoric could alienate general-election voters. "It’s hard to imagine a bigger turnoff to swing voters than this guy," Tanden said on X. JOE SCARBOROUGH GOES SCORCHED EARTH ON DEMOCRATS NOT SEPARATING THEMSELVES FROM HASAN PIKER Piker faced scrutiny for a 2019 remark blaming the United States for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, comments about Hamas and praise for Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. Piker later walked back the Sept. 11 remark and said it had been inappropriate. Nixon defeated Vindman by nearly 12 points despite his $16.27 million campaign war chest, compared with approximately $1 million raised by Nixon. She advanced to face Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., whom Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to complete Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Senate term. Nixon also sought to move the conversation away from ideological labels during the interview. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE   "It’s not necessarily a socialist message or a progressive message. It’s actually just about the needs of people," Nixon said. Nixon said she had recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, although DSA officials told Fox News Digital that she previously belonged to a local chapter, unsuccessfully sought its endorsement and had an unclear current membership status. Nixon will now face Trump-backed Moody in November for the right to serve the remaining two years of Rubio’s Senate term.  Fox News Digital reached out to Nixon and Moody for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Fox News Digital also reached out to Piker for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87086c2c5335ae104902c8 New judge has days to decide whether Karmelo Anthony's conviction and 35-year sentence survive te 2026-08-20T14:00:12.093Z New judge has days to decide whether Karmelo Anthony's conviction and 35-year sentence survive A newly assigned judge has only days to decide whether Karmelo Anthony’s murder conviction survives, putting his 35-year sentence and chance at a second trial on a fast-moving legal clock after the judge who presided over his trial was removed Wednesday. Retired District Judge Michael Chitty is scheduled to hear Anthony’s motion for a new trial Thursday, after Judge Sid Harle removed Judge John Roach from Anthony’s remaining trial-court proceedings Wednesday. Harle found that a reasonable outside observer could question whether Roach appeared impartial after Roach said in a post-trial television interview that the jury "got it right" and defended several of his trial decisions. TEXAS JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER KARMELO ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL REMOVED FROM CASE OVER 'GOT IT RIGHT' COMMENT Roach’s removal is a significant win for Anthony’s new legal team, but it does not erase his conviction or sentence. The far more consequential question is whether Chitty will grant Anthony a new trial. Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said Roach’s removal did not change his view of the case because it did not alter the evidence that led to Anthony’s conviction. "It’s just one step in a long journey," Metcalf said Wednesday on "The Will Cain Show." "It doesn’t really change the facts." Anthony, 19, was convicted in June of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, whom prosecutors said he fatally stabbed during an altercation at a Frisco track meet. A Collin County jury sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison. KARMELO ANTHONY ISOLATED IN JAIL AS TRACK MEET KILLER APPEALS CONVICTION, PREPS FOR PRISON STINT Criminal appellate lawyer Brett Ordiway said motions to remove a judge are difficult and uncommon, but a motion for a new trial is a much steeper legal climb. "Granting that motion wipes out the conviction and the sentence altogether and gives Karmelo Anthony a new trial," Ordiway told Fox News Digital. "It is very, very difficult to win these motions in any case, and I would be surprised if they were successful here." KARMELO ANTHONY BLASTS JUDGE IN NEW FILING OVER HANDLING OF MURDER TRIAL Anthony’s attorneys argued Roach could not fairly consider the new-trial request because his public comments addressed the same issues they raise in their motion, including courtroom access. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The motion argues Anthony’s trial was not open enough to the public. Cameras were barred from the courtroom and only 27 seats were available for members of the public. JUDGE DEFENDS BARRING CAMERAS FROM KARMELO ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL, SAYS IT WAS 'AN EASY DECISION' Anthony’s lawyers also accuse prosecutors of breaking an off-the-record agreement about character evidence and alleged acts unrelated to the murder charge. They argue the dispute forced Anthony to choose whether to testify while risking the introduction of evidence they say could unfairly prejudice jurors. The new-trial motion also challenges the jury instructions, arguing they limited jurors’ ability to fully consider Anthony’s claim of self-defense. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Chitty’s timeline is unusually short. Anthony was sentenced June 9, and Texas rules require a judge to rule on a motion for a new trial within 75 days of sentencing. That deadline falls Monday. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "If the judge does not grant the motion by Monday, then by operation of law, the motion will be denied," Ordiway said. SEND US A TIP If Chitty grants the motion, Anthony’s existing conviction and sentence would be set aside. Ordiway said the case would effectively return to the point before Anthony was convicted and sentenced, allowing Anthony to pursue another jury trial or negotiate a plea agreement. CONVICTED KILLER KARMELO ANTHONY CLAIMS HE IS 'PENNILESS' IN APPEAL DESPITE MAJOR DONOR-FUNDED LEGAL CAMPAIGN If the motion is denied, Anthony’s legal fight will continue on direct appeal, a process that differs sharply from the fast-moving new-trial request. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST A direct appeal is decided by a three-judge panel of the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas and can take a year or longer, Ordiway said. Appeals generally focus on legal errors raised and decided in the trial court, while a motion for a new trial gives the trial court an opportunity to correct alleged errors soon after a conviction. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Anthony filed both the recusal motion and his request for a new trial on July 7. Roach referred the recusal request for assignment to another judge under Texas procedure. Fox News Digital has reached out to Anthony’s defense team for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a87060b2c5335ae10490247 Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part te 2026-08-20T13:50:03.268Z Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part Y Combinator alumnus Apollo Atomics is shrinking a key nuclear reactor part, which promises to slash the cost of electricity below natural gas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8703b92c5335ae1049021a Battle over federal courthouses erupts as GSA warns against giving judiciary more control te 2026-08-20T13:40:09.074Z Battle over federal courthouses erupts as GSA warns against giving judiciary more control EXCLUSIVE: The agency overseeing U.S. courthouses is pushing back against a new bill that would give the judicial branch more property control, arguing that the judiciary has a history of mismanaging its buildings. The General Services Administration (GSA), which serves as landlord for most federal courthouse space, said the bill would allow the judiciary to assume real property authority over facilities in up to 10 federal judicial districts from the GSA, including responsibility for repairing and maintaining facilities. The bill, the Judicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness Act, was introduced July 30 by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and John Boozman, R-Ark. Proponents of the bill argue that it is necessary because the GSA itself has poorly maintained judicial facilities. Pointing to a building-management delegation program approved as a pilot in 1988, the GSA said participating courts encountered significant repair costs after assuming greater facilities responsibilities. Judiciary records say GSA changed the program in 2004 to make participating agencies responsible for additional repair costs, including major and unforeseen repairs, and that the Judicial Conference voted in 2005 to withdraw from the program as a cost-saving measure. VIDEO EXPOSES DISREPAIR LURKING BENEATH TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER AS $257M RENOVATION LOOMS Only one courthouse, the Hugo Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, remained under the judiciary, the agency said. The Judicial Conference later approved continued delegated management authority for the Birmingham courthouse under specified cost limits and provisions for catastrophic repairs. The building reportedly deteriorated significantly and accumulated $57.7 million in delinquent maintenance costs. An analysis revealed extensive safety hazards, including improper chemical storage, inoperable elevator emergency phones and poorly maintained fire protection systems, among other issues, according to the GSA. "The facility’s unique repair needs reflect poor maintenance practices that have shortened the useful life of expensive, critical systems, including elevators, chiller plants, and boilers," the agency said. Despite holding autonomy over the courthouse, the judiciary repeatedly turned to the GSA for technical assistance with complex repairs, the agency said. The judiciary also relied on GSA service contract templates to assist with its own contracting needs, according to the agency. After GSA shifted additional maintenance responsibilities to participating courts, the Judicial Conference endorsed ending the judiciary’s participation in September 2005 "as a cost-savings measure," according to Judiciary records. KENNEDY CENTER DISPUTES ALLEGATIONS ON CONTRACTOR BIDS DESPITE DEMOCRAT SENATOR'S CLAIMS The judiciary strongly disputed those claims in a statement to Fox News Digital. During a Senate hearing, Judge Julia S. Gibbons and then-Sen. Jeff Sessions both "enthusiastically praised" the property management results at the Birmingham courthouse, the judiciary said. "There simply was no suggestion of failure at that hearing, and in fact the Judiciary manages repairs in the Birmingham courthouse, with no GSA involvement, to this day," an Administrative Office spokesman said. "The courts have a long history of managing complex business operations, such as budgets, finances, and information technology." The judiciary also pointed to the current GSA-managed maintenance backlog, which it said has ballooned to more than $8.3 billion, leaving federal courthouses to cope with broken elevators, severe storm damage and undrinkable water. GSA has also acknowledged more than $8.3 billion in courthouse repair and alteration liabilities. "The Judiciary has endured 15 years of sustained failure to maintain our nation’s courthouses. We are seeking Real Property Authority for one reason—we have no choice," the Administrative Office spokesman said. WHITE HOUSE SEIZES ON DELAYED OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER OPENING TO CROWN TRUMP ‘BUILDER-IN-CHIEF’ The GSA attributed the maintenance backlog to a "broken Congressional authorization and appropriations process," pointing to delays and funding shortfalls. The agency said GSA Administrator Edward Forst has already made unprecedented efforts to address the backlog. "The fundamental issue at hand is outdated Congressional funding and approval rules," Forst said. "I’m leading an unprecedented effort to reimagine federal building management by raising the prospectus threshold and expanding access to the Federal Buildings Fund with support from 22 cabinet members and agency heads. Those changes — not Judiciary management — are what’s necessary to remediate and renew America’s federal facilities and courthouses." Separately, the GSA said it successfully completed construction on the new U.S. Courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama, in 2024. The project was completed $7 million under budget and features state-of-the-art security, energy efficiency and operations technology. Forst claimed that the agency is "the most experienced and efficient building manager in the federal government." "Multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO) studies show that breaking our model apart would not make courthouse projects faster, cheaper, or better-built. It would make them more fragmented, more expensive, less accountable, and less safe," Forst said. "Trials and audits have shown that the Judiciary struggles with basic upkeep and maintenance of their facilities, doesn’t effectively utilize its vast space, and is not equipped with the financial resources or expertise to manage their own buildings," GSA added. GAO has separately found that congressional funding constraints have contributed to deferred maintenance in federal buildings and has cautioned that transferring real property authority to the Judiciary would not itself provide additional funding and would require sufficient real property expertise. Defending the branch’s capability, an Administrative Office spokesperson argued that basic facilities upkeep is inherently tied to their work. "Maintaining a safe, functional environment is essential to the administration of justice," the spokesperson said. "Starting with the proposed pilot program, the Judiciary has the capacity to make property management decisions that better serve the public and the courts." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86ff092c5335ae1049017c Smokin' Charley Hull respects summer in a sizzling new social media post, Little League drama & illegal tackle te 2026-08-20T13:20:09.321Z Smokin' Charley Hull respects summer in a sizzling new social media post, Little League drama & illegal tackle Emotions are high this morning for Thursday Screencaps as we have a possible throat slash gesture from the Little League World Series and what was up with that massive New York Life advertisement that ESPN was running in dead center? Let's get right into it with New Jersey's Mason Rincon beating Massachusetts on a walk-off home run on opening night. The big drama there was that it appeared Rincon gave a throat slash to the MA bench as he was running the bases. That's a big no-no in Little League. Now, in travel ball, where Rincon spent his summer — on his Instagram there are multiple posts of Rincon playing 13U baseball at Perfect Game tournaments while also playing on teams that went to Ripken and Cooperstown tournaments — you can get away with throat slashes. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES SIGN-STEALING CONTROVERSY ERUPTS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR Again, I just hope none of you are sitting there thinking you're watching kids who spent May and June playing against their buddies in a 12U rec Little League division only to then create an all-star team that was entered in district tournaments. Those days are long gone. JOE GIRARDI, SHANE VICTORINO TO MANAGE TOP HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TALENT AT PERFECT GAME ALL-AMERICAN CLASSIC Rincon is as much of a hired gun as they come, but, it's all legal under the rules Little League has created as it deals with the loss of players to the travel ball world. ESPN has a TV product to sell, so it doesn't really matter where these kids spent the summer playing. They just need drama and eyeballs on that massive New York Life ad they popped up in CF. Watch that video of the home run again. Watch that massive box pop up out of nowhere. WISCONSIN BADGERS JUST ADDED THE PERFECT JERSEY SPONSORSHIP IF THERE IS SUCH A THING "New York Life sponsors Little League to connect with families and build community trust," Little League says on its website. Capital One is also a sponsor along with The Original Bomb Pop. At least that one makes sense. 📩 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 STAR GOLFER CHARLEY HULL HAS BLUNT MESSAGE FOR CRITICS WHO ARE UPSET WITH HER SAVAGE PRANK ON CADDIE There I was this morning creating this edition. I hit refresh on Instagram and Smokin' Charley Hull on a boat soaking up sun and heat was staring me in the face. What a relief. It is this time of year when too many women get caught up in the trap that they need to be thinking about hoodies and cozy blanket season. Not Charley. Imagine my frustration Wednesday when I learned about this weather guy who is giving out foliage reports from Alaska. Women see this nonsense and something in their brains triggers a need to bust out mantle decorations. It is up to all of us to fight this fight. We MUST stand with Charley. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! I spent Wednesday researching the women who will be featured on "Team Moms," the upcoming "reality" series on Paramount+ that will focus on travel ball moms. Let's just say that there are stars in the making and Rylee Baldri is a breakout star mom and I haven't even seen the show. She's a former Mrs. Arizona United States and an entrepreneur. "This journey has tested us in ways I can't even talk about yet. But I can tell you this: what you're going to see on September 24 is 100% real. The love, the chaos, the wins, the fights, and yes, the wine," Rylee promised in an Instagram post. Fights? Oh hell yeah! – Kristopher K. in New Hampshire responds: Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! Mikalya dating rumors heat up? How? That would imply she’s real. 110% Flawless skin & those Jessica Rabbit proportions – I always thought she was an invention of A.I. She’s not? My goodness. Well then, time to update the Hall Pass list (as if, ha!). Kinsey: She's 100% a real biological female. Remember, Screencaps was posting her before AI was introduced to the Internet. – Caio asks: I recently came across your article and wanted to reach out. I work with AirNav Radar, a global flight-tracking and aviation intelligence platform serving more than 2 million users daily. We provide real-time aircraft tracking, historical flight data, aircraft identification, and aviation data, along with statistical analysis, used by journalists, industry professionals, and government organizations worldwide. Given your coverage of aviation and transportation, I thought AirNav Radar could be a useful resource for future reporting. We'd be happy to provide you with complimentary access to an AirNav Radar Business Account. Kinsey: Hell yes, Caio! Now, I just want to preface this acceptance with the disclaimer that if AirNav doesn't work great, I'm going to tell these readers, my cherished readers, that it doesn't work great. These people are some of the brightest minds in the U.S. They will know if I'm trying to feed them a line. Fair warning. ################### And with that, it sounds like I am getting into the flight-tracking world with thousands of other Screencaps readers. I need you guys to walk me through what I should be tracking and how to have fun with these apps. I'll get connected with Caio and get this rolling. In the meantime, I need you guys to go put in 110% at your jobs. Go earn that money. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcb62c5335ae10490124 'Ghost Soldier' star Jim Caviezel says audiences are hungry for heroes as he takes on intense new role te 2026-08-20T13:10:14.649Z 'Ghost Soldier' star Jim Caviezel says audiences are hungry for heroes as he takes on intense new role Jim Caviezel believes people are hungry for heroes as he gears up to take on his next movie role in "Ghost Soldier." Fox News Digital has an exclusive first look at the trailer. "Ghost Soldier" follows a reclusive former Special Forces soldier and weapons developer (Caviezel) who is forced back into action when a powerful foreign corporation tries to seize his hometown’s land, according to the trailer. Using his elite training and advanced weaponry, he wages a one-man war to protect his community. In the action-packed trailer, Caviezel is seen protecting his community, the people within it and the land as he takes on a big corporation. Caviezel told Fox News Digital that audiences are looking to watch people in roles who represent faith, duty, and personal responsibility. MEL GIBSON WARNED JESUS ACTOR IN ‘PASSION OF THE CHRIST’ ROLE COULD COST HIM HOLLYWOOD CAREER "People want to see someone do the right thing, with all the odds stacked against them. We saw this phenomenon with 'Sound of Freedom'. Give them a hero who stands for what's true and audiences show up. That hunger is still there," Caviezel said. WATCH THE TRAILER: He went on to share that he connected with his character, Henry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, right away. "I connected with Fitz right away because he's a hero. He's a Green Beret who serves his country, and he lives by a moral code he won't break," he said. "He can't walk away from an injustice, whatever it costs him. I love a good action film, too. But it was Fitz's moral compass and his hunger for justice that made me say yes." Caviezel has had a history of playing characters willing to make sacrifices for their own convictions — he played Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ" and Tim Ballard in "Sound of Freedom." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Caviezel told Fox News Digital that taking on these kinds of roles showed him that doing the right thing "usually costs you something." "I want to play men who'll sacrifice for what they believe. That's the measure of a man, and it's the story I keep coming back to," he said. Caviezel said that over the past few years, Americans have seen a "resurgence" in protecting their home, land and community and this movie speaks directly to that. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Most people resonate with protecting their home, family and community because we were created with the instinct to protect what we love," he began. "Over the past few years, we've seen ordinary people standing up again, doing the right thing when it's hard. That's the resurgence I see, and this film speaks right to it." "Ghost Soldier" is set to premiere on November 6. Alongside Caviezel, the movie also stars Olivia Thirlby, Beau Knapp, Garret Dillahunt and Shea Whigham. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcb62c5335ae1049011b Iran proves that it might change its military leaders, but it’s not changing strategy te 2026-08-20T13:10:14.006Z Iran proves that it might change its military leaders, but it’s not changing strategy Military appointments in authoritarian states, particularly during wartime, reveal priorities, threat perceptions, institutional loyalties and leadership fears. The new military and security hierarchy under Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei should therefore be read as more than the reconstruction of a command structure damaged by war. It is an order of battle with two purposes: confronting the United States and Israel abroad and preserving the Islamic Republic against instability at home. Those elevated are not a postwar generation seeking accommodation with Iran’s adversaries, but veterans of the revolutionary-security establishment, formed through war, intelligence operations, ideological conflict, asymmetric warfare and domestic coercion. Claims that leadership decapitation has produced meaningful regime change in Tehran should be treated with caution. Commanders have died, offices changed hands and a new supreme leader replaced the old one, but regime change is not the replacement of individuals. It requires transformation of the institutions, ideology, strategic objectives and political relationships defining a governing order. IRAN’S UNSEEN SUPREME LEADER BECOMES WEAPON IN ESCALATING POWER STRUGGLE, EXPERTS SAY By those measures, the Islamic Republic has not disappeared. Tehran is reaching backward to men whose careers were forged in institutions that spent decades confronting Washington and Jerusalem while protecting the regime at home. Ali Abdollahi, the new chief of the General Staff, belongs to the revolutionary-security generation that emerged with the Islamic Republic, joining the Revolutionary Committees after 1979 and later the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). His appointment signals institutional continuity rather than generational renewal. IRAN ACCELERATES EXECUTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-REGIME ACTIVISTS AMID INTERNET CENSORSHIP Kiumars Heydari, now deputy chief of the General Staff, described the Army Ground Forces’ suppression of the November 2019 protests as a "proud" mission and dismissed 2022 protesters as "flies." Such rhetoric from the traditionally less ideological Artesh, or Iranian army, further blurs the distinction between defending Iran and defending the Islamic Republic. The appointment of Ahmad Vahidi to command the IRGC is particularly consequential for the United States and Israel. Vahidi emerged from the Islamic Republic’s intelligence and external-operations apparatus that evolved into the Quds Force. Argentine prosecutors have accused him of involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, and Interpol issued a Red Notice concerning him. WHO IS AHMAD VAHIDI? IRAN’S NEW IRGC CHIEF TIED TO GLOBAL ATTACKS AND ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ IDEOLOGY These are accusations rather than a criminal conviction, but his trajectory is instructive. The regime has entrusted its most important revolutionary military institution to a commander experienced in intelligence, irregular warfare, extraterritorial operations and the strategic culture through which Tehran has confronted adversaries beyond Iran’s borders. For American defense planners, Vahidi’s elevation should be interpreted institutionally rather than biographically. The IRGC has spent decades challenging stronger conventional opponents through proxies, missiles, drones, covert networks, maritime pressure, intelligence operations and asymmetric warfare, allowing Tehran to impose costs while managing escalation. EXPERTS URGE EXTREME CAUTION ON IRAN'S 'CROWN JEWEL' HEZBOLLAH — TERROR GROUP WITH US BLOOD ON ITS HANDS Its confrontation with the United States has included support for armed groups Washington has held responsible for American military deaths. Elevating veterans formed in this strategic culture hardly suggests its abandonment. Instead, Tehran appears to expect confrontation with the United States and Israel to remain central to its security environment. Hossein Taeb’s return to command the Basij, or paramilitary force, completes the other half of this architecture. He has served across the IRGC, Ministry of Intelligence, counterintelligence and the Guards’ intelligence apparatus. The United States sanctioned him in 2010 for serious human-rights abuses, while the European Union later imposed measures connected to violations of Iranian citizens’ rights. IRAN HANGS 2 PROTESTERS IN PUBLIC, CROWD CRIES 'DISHONORABLE' AS SECURITY FIRES TEAR GAS The Basij reaches into universities, workplaces, neighborhoods, schools, government institutions and social organizations, providing ideological mobilization, surveillance, intimidation and a mechanism for suppressing unrest. Putting a veteran intelligence operator back in charge signals how seriously the regime views its domestic security environment. Together, Vahidi and Taeb reveal the logic of the new hierarchy. One represents decades of confronting enemies abroad; the other embodies the machinery for identifying and suppressing threats at home. The arrangement reflects a regime that sees external war and internal instability as interconnected fronts. Military setbacks can weaken its mythology of strength, intelligence penetration can expose elite vulnerabilities, and economic deterioration can fuel protest and security fractures. From Tehran’s perspective, an Israeli strike, an American military threat, an intelligence breach and an Iranian protest movement may become manifestations of the same existential danger: loss of political control. TRUMP IS WINNING EVERY BATTLE IN IRAN—AND RISKING THE WAR THAT MATTERS This convergence has implications for future Iranian behavior. A leadership facing existential threats from foreign adversaries and domestic opposition is unlikely to moderate after military losses. Weak authoritarian systems can instead become more aggressive abroad and coercive at home, interpreting compromise as vulnerability. Iran’s new hierarchy may therefore support renewed asymmetric pressure against American and Israeli interests through regional networks, maritime coercion, missiles, drones and intelligence operations. The Islamic Caliphate’s stubbornness should not be underestimated. Despite serious military and intelligence shocks, it has replaced commanders and preserved a functioning chain of command. But resilience is not vitality. Nearly half a century after the revolution, Tehran still relies on the same aging revolutionary-security class for experienced and loyal commanders. Its trusted leadership pool appears increasingly narrow: a confident military develops a new generation; an insecure barbaric revolutionary order summons veterans of its past. For Washington and Jerusalem, this distinction matters. Strategic success cannot be measured simply by the number or seniority of commanders removed. If the institutions producing hostile strategy remain intact, new commanders can inherit old missions. If the ideology defining the United States and Israel as permanent adversaries survives, personnel turnover can coexist with strategic continuity. And if the regime equates survival with demonstrating strength after humiliation, its new leadership may have powerful incentives to prove it can still impose costs on its enemies. The central question for U.S. strategy is not simply who commands the IRGC, Basij or General Staff, but what system they are assembled to preserve. The answer is troubling: one that fuses revolutionary ideology with military power, intelligence operations with foreign policy and national security with regime survival. Tehran is rebuilding institutions used to confront the United States and Israel while strengthening those used to control Iranian society. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION This is the deeper meaning of the junta’s military reshuffle. The Islamic regime has not emerged from war as a fundamentally different political order. It is reorganizing for a period in which foreign confrontation and domestic insecurity may reinforce one another. The new hierarchy reflects a dual-front posture: security veterans facing the United States and Israel abroad, while intelligence and coercive institutions face the Iranian population at home. Washington and Jerusalem should not assume that damage inflicted on Tehran will produce moderation. A wounded regime led by veterans of revolutionary warfare, intelligence operations and repression may remain dangerous precisely because it sees the next phase as a struggle for survival. Iran’s old order has not vanished. It has put its boots back on. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM ERFAN FARD Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcb52c5335ae10490112 LIV Golf CEO says league is hopeful it can 'do right by' vendors suing them over alleged missed payments te 2026-08-20T13:10:13.288Z LIV Golf CEO says league is hopeful it can 'do right by' vendors suing them over alleged missed payments This week's LIV Golf event in Indianapolis is not only the finale of the 2026 campaign, but it will also serve as the final event of this current iteration of the breakaway circuit. There is even a possibility that Indianapolis is the final stop LIV Golf ever makes, with its future entirely uncertain. As it has been for the majority of LIV's four-year history, money, not golf, is the topic of conversation heading into another tournament week. Specifically in Indianapolis, the money talk centers around alleged missed vendor payments and a pending lawsuit. Earlier this week, Front Office Sports reported that Fresh Tape Media was suing LIV Golf for missed payments from its work producing the league's preseason media days. Fresh Tape's founder, Jared Kleinstein, publicly called out LIV on social media, writing, "When a small business does the work, it deserves to be paid for it." LIV GOLF PLAYER ADMITS BREAKAWAY TOUR MIGHT BE NEARING THE END: 'I THINK TIME MIGHT RUN OUT' While addressing the media in Indianapolis on Wednesday, LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil was specifically asked about Kleinstein's statement and alleged missed payments, and didn't necessarily deliver a message to cool off rumors and speculation. "Look, I come from a family of entrepreneurs, a family of small business entrepreneurs and know the challenge that that is," the CEO said when asked about the issue. "So what I would say to them is we’re doing everything we can to make sure we can do right by them and the work they committed, and I hope we can. "For the next generation, it will certainly be a different business with a different process." Fresh Tape Media is reportedly suing LIV Golf for $1.2 million in unpaid dues and interest. O'Neil stating that he has "hope" that alleged missed payments can be made only adds to the idea that LIV Golf if simply out of money at this point. In April, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced that it would no longer fund the league beyond the 2026 season. Since then, LIV has cancelled the LIV Team Championship in Michigan, moved the season finale up to Indianapolis, and slashed the individual purse in the event from $20 million to $10.1 million. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Earlier this month, O'Neil shared news of an unnamed investor being secured to keep LIV Golf afloat into 2027. Any specific details of the investor have not been shared. The circuit has announced that 'LIV 2.0' will include players holding a majority of equity and that the plan is to have 10 total tournaments, with five taking place in the United States and another five being held across the globe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcb42c5335ae10490109 AI firefighting drones take aim at wildfires te 2026-08-20T13:10:12.505Z AI firefighting drones take aim at wildfires Wildfires can get a frightening head start. A small ignition in remote terrain can grow while firefighters are still trying to reach it. Now, a new generation of AI firefighting drones could help shrink that response window. CAL FIRE recently tested Seneca's autonomous suppression drones in California. Meanwhile, teams competing in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition put other autonomous systems through field testing in Alaska. The goal is to detect a fire early and get suppressant onto it while it is still small. The timing is important. NOAA says human-caused warming is contributing to larger and more severe wildfires in California and the western United States. Research has also linked warming conditions with longer wildfire seasons in the West. Here's how these firefighting drones work, what recent tests revealed and where they could be deployed next. AMERICA’S FIREFIGHTER SHORTAGE HITS CRISIS LEVEL AS EMERGENCY CALLS TRIPLE, PUTTING LIVES AT RISK New! Free live CyberGuy class: Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest Threats Join us Saturday, August 29, at 10 AM ET for a free CyberGuy LIVE class covering five simple steps to help defend yourself against AI scams, fraud, identity theft and financial hacks. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will explain 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. You’ll also receive our financial protection checklist, and every registrant will get a link to the class recording afterward. Reserve your free spot today at CyberGuyLive.com. On July 15, CAL FIRE worked with the nonprofit FireWERX and engineers from California-based Seneca on a field test of autonomous firefighting drones. Five aircraft took part in the demonstration. CAL FIRE Deputy Chief Jack Worden said the technology could help firefighters who often attack small vegetation fires with backpack pumps and hand tools. Seneca is designing its aircraft to respond quickly after crews identify a possible fire. The company's current system uses onboard sensors with AI and computer vision to help locate a fire. It can then deliver aerated Class A foam onto a targeted area. Seneca says its full systems use four to six drones and can deliver between 500 and 1,000 pounds of suppression capacity per trip. One important point is that the payload figures can sound confusing. Reports from the CAL FIRE demonstration described the amount of water carried by individual drones and the volume of foam produced after mixing. Seneca's current product page instead describes suppression capacity by weight. Its Aspen deployment materials use yet another measure, finished foam volume. Those figures should not be treated as interchangeable. Seneca's aircraft cannot match the payload of a large airtanker. CAL FIRE already operates more than 70 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The agency says that fleet can reach many remote fires within its State Responsibility Area in about 20 minutes. Smaller drones could serve a different purpose. Seneca says its aircraft can be transported by utility vehicles or positioned near areas with high fire risk. The system is being developed for jobs that include early attack, nighttime operations and work in difficult terrain. That could matter when a fire starts somewhere that ground crews cannot reach quickly. San Bernardino County Fire tested an earlier Seneca Argo-1 system in December 2025. The county described that aircraft as semi-autonomous and said it used thermal tracking with precision targeting for early wildfire response. That description also highlights an important detail about the word "autonomous." The aircraft can handle substantial parts of the flight and targeting process on their own. However, the systems still operate under human supervision. For Aspen's planned deployment, Seneca says a single pilot will be able to oversee multiple aircraft. DOORDASH GETS FAA APPROVAL FOR ITS OWN DELIVERY DRONES A different firefighting system faced its own challenge in Alaska. XPRIZE held finals testing for its Autonomous Wildfire Response Track near Nenana, Alaska during June 2026. Three finalist teams had to use autonomous technology to detect and suppress early-stage fires without human intervention. Judges evaluated factors including speed, accuracy and suppression effectiveness. One of those finalists was German company Dryad Networks. Dryad combines its Silvanet detection network with a drone system called Silvaguard. Silvanet uses solar-powered environmental sensors placed in forests. These sensors monitor combustion gases and particulates associated with the earliest stages of a fire. They communicate through Dryad's network so a potential ignition can trigger a response. That wording is important because the sensors are doing more than looking for visible smoke. Once Silvanet identifies a possible fire, a Silvaguard observation drone can launch automatically. The aircraft uses infrared and optical imaging to locate the source and determine whether there is an actual fire. A separate suppression drone can then respond to the confirmed location. Dryad says its suppression drone can carry up to 100 liters of fire suppressant. That works out to about 26 gallons. The company has also demonstrated an observation drone that launches from a solar-powered hangar. In a November 2025 demonstration, Dryad said its system detected a controlled fire and extinguished it in under 12 minutes without human involvement. During the XPRIZE finals in Alaska, Dryad says its sensors detected a small fire and triggered an autonomous response. The Silvaguard system then located and attacked the fire. Controlled tests can show what the technology is capable of. Real fire operations will be a much tougher test. Aspen Fire Protection District in Colorado has already signed a five-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with Seneca. The agreement calls for a five-aircraft Seneca Strike Team and a mobile operations base. Seneca says the system has a capacity of about 500 gallons of finished foam per sortie. One pilot can oversee multiple aircraft because of the system's autonomy features. Seneca announced that the system would be delivered during summer 2026. For now, the contract represents one of the clearest moves from demonstration toward real-world deployment. The company also said Aspen firefighters would train on the aircraft before incorporating them into operations. MISSOURI TESTS MEDICAL DRONES TO SPEED UP RURAL HEALTH CARE Firefighting drones could eventually work alongside technology that California already uses for earlier detection. CAL FIRE works with UC San Diego's ALERTCalifornia program, which operated more than 1,200 cameras and sensor arrays as of February 2026. The program says its AI wildfire system detected more than 1,200 fires during its first season. It also beat the first 911 report more than 30% of the time. I've previously covered how Google's FireSat project uses specialized satellites and AI to spot wildfires earlier. That project has also taken a major step forward. Earth Fire Alliance launched the first three operational FireSat satellites on July 7, 2026. However, the system is still ramping up. The organization says operational data should begin reaching its Early Adopters at least twice daily during the fourth quarter of 2026. Eventually, systems like FireSat and ALERTCalifornia could help spot an ignition. A nearby drone could then give firefighters another way to respond quickly. That connection is still developing, but it shows where wildfire technology may be headed. If you live in a wildfire-prone area, these drones could eventually give local fire agencies another way to respond during the earliest stage of a fire. However, they have real limitations. Their payloads are far smaller than those of major firefighting aircraft. Their performance also depends on weather, terrain and safe coordination with other aircraft. In addition, autonomous firefighting technology is still moving from demonstrations into real operations. You should continue to rely on official emergency alerts and evacuation instructions. Know how you would leave your neighborhood if conditions change. Also, keep important documents somewhere you can reach quickly. The promise of these drones comes down to time. If they can reach a remote ignition while it is still small, firefighters may gain another opportunity to stop it before it becomes much harder to control. What interests me most about this technology is the focus on those first critical minutes. A drone will not replace a large airtanker. It also will not replace the judgment of experienced firefighters. Where I see potential is in getting suppression onto a remote fire faster. If a drone can slow a new ignition until more resources arrive, that could give crews an advantage they do not have today. Still, controlled demonstrations only tell us so much. The bigger test comes when these aircraft face unpredictable winds, active fire traffic and rapidly changing conditions. Fire agencies will also need clear procedures for coordinating autonomous systems with the people already working in the air and on the ground. That is when we will learn how valuable this technology can really be. Would you feel safer knowing autonomous firefighting drones were stationed near your community? 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/6a86fcae2c5335ae104900e2 On Mount Lemmon, volunteers give unemployed rocks a new job: Erosion control te 2026-08-20T13:10:06.334Z On Mount Lemmon, volunteers give unemployed rocks a new job: Erosion control Julius Gorton pushes a rectangle-shaped rock into the ground then shakes it. Still loose. He takes the pick axe next to him and hammers it down.  “OK, maybe it just needs to dig out a little bit,” Ella Marshall says. She moves the rock aside and starts digging a gap into the dirt, her hands protected by purple gardening gloves. They wedge the rock back in and hammer it down a few times. Satisfied, they start adding more rocks around it.   They play tetris with the rocks gathered from the mountain, filling gaps and turning each one to see how it fits best. Gorton puts a rock down; Marshall hammers it into place. They’re building a rock rundown, a type of erosion control structure, along a natural drainage on Mount Lemmon.  Gorton and Marshall were among 10 volunteers who spent a recent Sunday on Mount Lemmon with Sky Island Alliance, building erosion control structures to help keep soil and water on the mountain. Some of the volunteers arrived Friday night and camped at nearby Spencer Canyon Campground, working Saturday and Sunday.  A group of volunteers with the Sky Islands Alliance build erosion control structures along the Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams Sky Island Alliance is a 35-year-old nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and restore the diversity of life and land in Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora, Mexico. Sky Islands refer to isolated mountain ranges separated from other mountains and surrounded by drastically different environments on lower lands, in Arizona’s case, the desert.  The erosion control structures are a low-tech restoration technique that creates tiny dams to slow water down as it moves off the mountain, said Emily Burns, Sky Island Alliance’s program director for northern sky islands.  Get involved Sky Island Alliance’s next erosion control camping trip is Aug. 21-23. You can sign up to volunteer with the organization on its website.  The structures also catch soil and debris that would otherwise run down the mountain along streams and into city washes and rivers. Stopping burned debris was a priority for the Coronado National Forest and organizations like Sky Island Alliance after the Bighorn Fire burned almost 120,000 acres of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the summer of 2020.  Once the Bighorn Fire was contained, Sky Island Alliance partnered with the Coronado National Forest and started mapping out locations that needed erosion control.  Since 2023, Sky Island Alliance and its volunteers have built more than 500 erosion structures near springs on Mount Lemmon, said Bryon Lichtenhan, stewardship manager with Sky Island Alliance. Volunteers watch Andres Martinez explain different types of erosion control structures off of Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams Unemployed rocks On Aug. 2, the 10 volunteers followed Sky Island Alliance field technicians Becca Thompson and Andres Martinez, up the Crystal Spring trail, sometimes wading through dense deer grass, small branches crunching below their feet.  Before starting, Thompson gave the newer volunteers some direction.  “There’s a bunch of places up there where I would like to put more in because this whole side of the drainage up there is basically bare soil,” Thompson told the group.  “How do we know what rocks to pick up and which ones not to pick up?” someone asked.  “Great question. We like to look for unemployed rocks, rocks without jobs,” Thompson said.  Lifting a rock that requires some digging to get it out will probably create a new point at risk of erosion, she said.  The group scattered on the hill along the drainage joining the seasoned volunteers. Thompson had placed small red flags where a structure should be built. Some volunteers worked in pairs, others alone, finding loose rocks around the mountain to fill in the drainage.  “Water!” someone yelled. Others repeated the call. “Water!”  It was the group’s way of reminding each other to take a break and stay hydrated. If someone sees a rock rolling downhill, they yell “Rock!” in an alarming tone to warn the others. That only happened once on the trip.   Thompson approached Marshall to map the run rock dam she was finishing up. Sky Island maps every structure, collecting data so they can revisit sites and keep track of where they’ve already built.  “I’m gonna mark this because you did such a beautiful job on it,” Thompson said.  “Thank you, I think it might need some more rocks,” Marshall said.  Thompson took a closer look. “I think where it’s gonna fail is right here.”  “Yeah, that’s exactly where,” Marshall agrees.  “You want me to go find you an unemployed rock?” Thompson offers.  “Sure. I need some like chinking rocks too, for underneath,” Marshall says, pointing out an awkward gap under some of the larger rocks.  Ella Marshall and Becca Thompson drop rocks into a pile to use for building erosion control structures along the Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams “A large impact on the mountain”  Marshall’s first volunteer trip was about a year ago, when she joined Sky Island building erosion control structures on Mount Lemmon. That weekend, in August 2025, the group made about 40 erosion control structures, Marshall said.  Seeing how vast the Catalinas were, and how much damage the Bighorn Fire had left in its wake, Marshall left the mountain that weekend wondering whether those 40 structures would make much of a difference on the mountain. Then she thought, “part of me doesn’t really care because I had a lot of fun,” she said. “And so if we even helped this one drainage, then that’s fine.” Marshall has joined about 10 volunteer trips since then.  A few months later during another volunteer trip, they revisited some of the work Sky Island volunteers had done, and she was able to see how much of a difference the erosion structures could make.  “They’d actually caught a lot of debris,” she said, adding that another structure a Sky Island volunteer had made in the past had a small oak tree growing out of it, already a few feet tall.  “I think it’s cool that just putting down some rocks has such a large impact on the mountain,” Marshall said. “And if you scale that up to a few weekend trips a year, you can cover a lot of ground. And it’s very natural. We’re just moving some rocks around. Nothing too crazy is happening.”  Ella Marshall builds an erosion control structure off of the Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams It only takes one storm for a newly built erosion structure to fill in with sediment, creating a terracing effect of the water, Lichtenhan said. Building a structure starts a natural process. The rock structure holds back sediment which slows down water, creating a microclimate that allows vegetation to start to grow, Lichtenhan said. “The roots from those plants hold the soil together even better than our rock structure ever could, and as that vegetation grows, it helps to shade the soil around, and that cuts down on evaporation, and that cools the soil, and that means more moisture is held in the soil over time,” Lichtenhan said. “These processes compound upon themselves and help to create a more vibrant, a more biodiverse, a more lush, and a more moist ecosystem. So the work we’re doing it’s in response to a fire, but ultimately, when this work is successful, it can decrease the frequency or intensity of burns in the future.” A group of volunteers hike to work on erosion control structures with the Sky Island Alliance at Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams Six years after the fire The Bighorn Fire started with a lighting strike on June 5, 2020.  It had been months since COVID changed the way people worked and experienced everyday life. Masking, social distancing and working from home had become the norm. People were isolated.  Mount Lemmon is consistently about 20 degrees cooler than Tucson, making it a popular recreational space where people go to escape the constant triple-digit heat in the summer months. Public health leaders at the time said the outdoors were safe, as long as people practiced social distancing. But when the Bighorn Fire spread across the mountain range, finding reprieve from the heat and the isolation became more difficult for Tucsonans.  The forest burned for seven weeks before the fire was contained on July 23.  In its wake, it left burned debris, downed trees and bare soil, most of which is still visible on the mountain six years later. Without as many trees and plants on the mountain, there was a high risk for flooding below, especially in the midst of monsoon season in Arizona, which runs from June 15 to September 30. The rain would also likely bring with it the soil and debris. “We’ve all seen those videos after a fire and then floodwaters come down and it’s just black and carrying all this stuff with it,” said Burns, referring to videos that went viral in 2020 of black sludge running through the Cañada del Oro wash – a mix of ash and debris from the mountain.  Leonel Garcia, Michelle Ort and Molly Sugar grab gloves and tools before hiking out at Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams Michelle Ort, a volunteer with Sky Islands who lives on the west side of Tucson, said she remembers seeing the light of the fire and smelling the smoke when she walked her dog.  In the spring of 2021, Ort took a woman from El Salvador up to Mt. Lemmon. They went to the Butterfly Trail, one of Ort’s favorites. But the trail looked different, Ort said. There were fallen, burnt trees everywhere. “I was sad that a lot of the trees that had been there for a long time were gone, and that it looked so different,” they said. “But there was also a lot of new growth, like a lot of fern. So I think there was sadness and appreciation for the regrowth at the same time.” Bearing witness to a wildfire On a summer night in June 2020, Bryon Lichtenhan grabbed his binoculars, got in his Nissan Xterra and drove north to the end of Campbell Avenue. He parked along the street and watched from the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains as the Bighorn Fire ravaged through the forest, engulfing trees in flames.  Sometimes his girlfriend joined him. They were rarely alone, as others would also drive to the foothills and watch the fire, he said. Together, they were bearing witness to a wildfire that would change the way they experience Mount Lemmon. “I think it’s that kind of awe-inspiring nature of it, in a way,” Lichtenhan said. “Like, it’s just these forces that are so beyond our natural or our normal experience of the world. And you know that you’re witnessing a big change happening that’s going to affect … in my case, the rest of my life, that forest is going to be different.” As he looked up at the flames, he worried about how big the fire was getting, about what places would burn, about the wildlife that were losing their homes — and about the flooding that would inevitably follow.  “At that moment there’s not anything any of us could really do to stop it or to change the fact that it was burning,” he said. “But I think just kind of bearing witness to it was a part of my growing to accept it, and also a part of my grieving process for all that we were losing.” Arizona has been in a sustained drought since the mid- to late-1990s, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Under the arid conditions, the risk of wildfires remains high in the Catalinas. This summer, on Aug. 7, a lightning strike sparked the Finger Ridge Fire. It was 90% contained by Aug. 11, after burning 67 acres of land, a Coronado National Forest update said.  The Mule Deer Fire in the Rincon Mountains within the Santa Catalina Ranger District was much smaller, burning 8 acres in one day before it was fully suppressed on Aug. 11, according to the Coronado National Forest.  Lichtenhan understands that the work Sky Island does won’t replace what is lost in a wildfire, and it could all be undone by another wildfire.  Still, he plans to keep helping forests recover and grow.  “There’s nothing else I’d rather be doing. Anything I can do to make anything better for the natural world and for people, that’s what I want to be doing,” he said. “Despite everything, we still have this amazingly beautiful planet. A big way I deal with grief is by spending my time in the world and enjoying what we still have. Connecting with nature, those are the things that help me stay happy. Motivated to keep doing this work.” Patty Giles and Orion Leslie build an erosion control structure as Becca Thompson collects red flags marking each structure along the Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams Four sacred mountains Orion Leslie’s mother moved their family from the Four Corners region of the Navajo Nation to Tucson when he was a child. In his Diné, Navajo culture, they have four sacred mountains in the Four Corners, he said.  “In bringing us to the city of Tucson, she also brought in, kind of interweaved our heritage with that, and explained to us that you know Tucson has its own four sacred mountains that surround this valley,” he said. “We have the Catalinas, the Rincons, the Santa Ritas, and the Tucson Mountains, and those now act as our own boundaries now in kind of rehoming, since we’re not on the reservation anymore, not within our own homelands.” His mom would take them sledding and hiking on Mount Lemmon. Leslie continued those traditions with his own two children when they were younger, taking his family camping in Mount Lemmon, at Spencer Canyon Campground, the same campground where Sky Island stays when they do erosion control work. He also runs some of the trails, and has noticed many of them, like Marshall Gulch to Aspen Trail, or the Butterfly Trail, have far fewer trees and less shade to keep him cool during those runs.  He was drawn to volunteer with Sky Island because he enjoys camping and wanted to give back to the environment he has treasured his whole life.  Orion Leslie builds an erosion control structure along the Crystal Spring Trail on Mount Lemmon on Aug. 2, 2026. Credit: Summer Williams “It’s really critical you know as an individual to help sustain the environment and give my time back to the landscape that’s really helped me grow and be the person that I am,” Leslie said. Without the hundreds of volunteers that help Sky Island on all its projects, and those who donate to the organization to keep projects going, none of the restoration work would be possible, Lichtenhan said.  “If it was just the 14 or 15 of us doing this work in the region we would be getting nowhere,” he said. “The fact that there are so many hundreds of people in Tucson and in the region that feel the same way and are willing to give their time and energy to these projects is what makes it at all possible.” With only a small area left to cover, the volunteers team up to build two more structures for the day. Gorton carries a heavy rock up the hillside, working with Skyler Elzy on a dam. A few feet downhill,  Leslie pushes a rock the size of a large watermelon into a corner. Thompson and Marshall helped him fill in the dam which they were building against the edge of a boulder, where water would otherwise quickly fall off.  Below them, Martinez cuts logs and branches and wedges them sideways against the hillside.  “Nice beaver work,” Thompson tells her coworker.  As the group walks back to the Crystal Springs trail, ready to jump in a swimming hole nearby to cool off, they pass a burned tree trunk a couple feet tall that threatens to fall over and into the drainage. It’s a reminder of what was lost in the Bighorn Fire, and what they’re working to bring back to the forest.  The post On Mount Lemmon, volunteers give unemployed rocks a new job: Erosion control appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcad2c5335ae104900c4 For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage te 2026-08-20T13:10:05.183Z For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. 'Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley," is an advantage, the firm believes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86fcab2c5335ae104900bb AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack te 2026-08-20T13:10:03.811Z AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack The data search and AI giant confirmed unauthorized access to its systems during an incident on Tuesday, and said it was investigating the breach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f7fb2c5335ae1049000a US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI te 2026-08-20T12:50:03.253Z US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI Hackers are targeting internet-connected Siemens controllers used in water facilities around the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f5a92c5335ae1048ffd8 Michelle Rodriguez says Hollywood felt like the 'devil's world' after religious upbringing te 2026-08-20T12:40:09.016Z Michelle Rodriguez says Hollywood felt like the 'devil's world' after religious upbringing Michelle Rodriguez has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years and has starred in dozens of movies, including eight "Fast and the Furious" films, but she admitted this week that her religious upbringing left her feeling like she was in the "devil's world" when she first came to Hollywood. "I came from a Jehovah’s Witness background at the time," the 48-year-old said at a 25th anniversary screening of the 2001 original in Los Angeles on Monday, according to People magazine. "So it’s like none of this really means anything to me. And so you’re dealing with a kid who’s not affected. I’m already playing in the so-called devil’s world in my mind as a 20-year-old, obviously." Rodriguez had been in just two independent films, "Girlfight" and "3 A.M.," before she was cast as Letty Ortiz in the street racing franchise. "I was just getting introduced to what it is to be an actor in New York," Rodriguez told People. "And then I think Vin [Diesel] had seen ‘Girlfight’ and he really liked the character and wanted that character to be his girlfriend in ‘Fast.’" VIN DIESEL SHARES UPDATE ON FUTURE WITH 'FAST & FURIOUS' IN FIRST STATEMENT AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS Besides not giving two "s---s" about the movie because of her strict upbringing, "I really loved being able to get in a car, train, learn how to shoot guns, learn how to race cars," she told People. "To me, that was the exciting thing. Doing things that you weren’t allowed to do in real life. Break windows, be violent, all that stuff." "The Fast and the Furious" centers on an undercover police officer, played by the late Paul Walker, who infiltrates a street racing gang led by Diesel’s character. Rodriguez discussed how intense her upbringing was in 2020 on Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk. FORMER DISNEY STAR DAVID HENRIE REJECTED 'SECULAR' HOLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE AFTER LIFE-CHANGING MONASTERY VISIT "I mean, birthdays and celebrating Halloween are like evil," she explained at the time. "I didn’t get to watch Disney movies ‘til I was in my teens because of all the witchcraft." In 2015, she told Interview magazine that the religion "kind of scarred me for life." BILL BENNETT: WHAT I TOLD MY SONS ABOUT THEIR FAITH, FAMILY AND AMERICA She said she felt like she was living a "double life" when she went door to door with her family. "Sometimes I’d knock on the door of somebody I was going to school with, so it was like living a double life," she admitted. "At school, I was this tomboy kid who just loved to hang out with her friends and learn curse words, trying to fit in with the cool kids and defending all the kids who got picked on." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f3522c5335ae1048ff75 Pete Alonso's go-ahead home run ruled foul even after replay review, and O's fans are livid te 2026-08-20T12:30:10.459Z Pete Alonso's go-ahead home run ruled foul even after replay review, and O's fans are livid Even in today's world of ABS and instant replay, we still get some drama. See? Technology can't fix everything! Baltimore Orioles fans, players, coaches and announcers are fuming today after Pete Alonso's go-ahead home run Wednesday night against the Yankees was ruled foul. Alonso hit what looked like his 30th blast in the seventh inning. With the game tied at 3, the ex-New York Mets star launched a ball into orbit down the left field line, and started jogging towards first. PETE ALONSO RIPS ON TRAFFIC, CRUSHES HOMER AGAINST YANKEES IN RETURN TO NYC That's when umpires ruled it a foul ball, sending Alonso — and Camden Yards — into a frenzy. The umpires initiated a crew chief review, but ultimately didn't overturn the call, only saying "the call on the field stands." That's corporate lingo for, "We have no clue, so we're going to go with the call we made initially." Anyway, take a look and decide for yourself. Fair ... or foul? Thoughts? First impressions? I immediately go to the Yankees broadcast. Michael Kay sounds just distraught over the fact that it may get overturned. "That looks fair," he said. When the opposing teams' broadcast booth is admitting defeat, it was probably the wrong call. To me, this seems like a pretty cut and dry home run. I've seen a lot of them in my days watching and playing baseball, and this one feels pretty easy. Why did they call it foul on the field? I have no idea. But they did, and when it was called foul in the moment, it was NEVER getting overturned. No shot. The replay is certainly close enough to make any call on the field stand. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Had they called it fair, I'd be saying the same thing. Frankly, had they called it fair, I'm not sure anyone would've really thought anything of it. The Yankees' dugout doesn't have near the angle the Orioles' does being down the third base line, so I'm not sure anyone in there would've noticed. Yikes. Yeah, I think I'm firmly in the 'home run camp' here. Seems obvious to me. Perhaps it wasn't in real-time, but it certainly is now. Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said after the game that the dugout was convinced the ball was fair based on the ball-tracking data they have on their iPads. "It's really tough to have that come back and stands and to have that visual in the dugout. It's 2026. Technology has advanced pretty good," he said. "There's teams using AI on the iPads. Other sports using ball-tracking data for challengeable calls. I don't understand why we don't do it. But, it's not why we lost the game." Well ... it kind of is, isn't it? The Yanks won, 5-3, after plating a pair of runs in the eighth. Who knows what would've happened, but I'd imagine things play out a bit differently if the O's go into that inning up 4-3 and coming off a dramatic Pete Alonso home run. Oh well. That's baseball, as they say. Or something like that. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f0fa2c5335ae1048ff1b Super Bowl champion OJ Brigance dead at 56 after battle with ALS te 2026-08-20T12:20:10.101Z Super Bowl champion OJ Brigance dead at 56 after battle with ALS O.J. Brigance, a former NFL linebacker who won a Super Bowl title with the Baltimore Ravens, died on Monday after a battle with ALS, the team said. He was 56. Brigance played in the league from 1996 to 2002. He spent time with the Ravens, Miami Dolphins, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. He played 16 games for Baltimore in 2000 as the team went on to demolish the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "We are devastated by the awful news that we have lost O.J. Brigance," Ravens team owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement. "O.J. was a beloved legend, mentor and man to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him. He was a vibrant person who became one of the first Ravens heroes with his passionate play, including the first tackle in the 2000 Super Bowl. "Known for his big smile and welcoming nature, it was easy to feel a special connection with O.J. from the moment you met him. His infectious smile and the inspirational way he lived and played endeared him to everyone he touched, both inside our building and across this city." Brigance was diagnosed with ALS in 2007 and started a foundation to help ALS research. His activism in the ALS research field landed him the 2016 NCAA Inspiration Award. "This is a tremendously sad day for Baltimore. O.J. will be remembered for his service to our community, to the Ravens and to the fight to find a cure for ALS," Bisciotti continued. "With heavy hearts, the Ravens organization extends our deepest condolences to Chanda and the entire Brigance family. We are saddened by this loss, and O.J.’s spirit will remain part of this community forever." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS Brigance was a standout player for the Rice Owls in college before he decided to turn pro. He joined the Dolphins in 1996 as an undrafted free agent and played in Miami through the 1999 season. He joined the Ravens for one season in 2000, recording 12 tackles and a fumble. He played for the Rams and Patriots from 2001 to 2002 before stepping away from the sport. "We have lost a very special soul in O.J. Brigance. O.J. has been a member of the Ravens family for over 25 years and was an inspiring symbol of grace, class, compassion and competitive competence," former Ravens head coach Brian Billick and his wife Kim said in a joint statement. "If asked who best represents what we all aspire to as an organization and a person, O.J. would be the first person I would point to. Our thoughts are with his family with this loss, but he will forever remain in our hearts." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f0f92c5335ae1048ff12 Sandra Bullock says Bryan Randall was ill for 'half of our relationship' as she opens up about his death te 2026-08-20T12:20:09.421Z Sandra Bullock says Bryan Randall was ill for 'half of our relationship' as she opens up about his death Sandra Bullock broke her silence on the death of her longtime partner, Bryan Randall, who lost his battle with ALS in 2023. Bullock, 62, dialed in to the Smartless podcast from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she was watching her kids fish nearby. The "Speed" actress admitted she felt "safe" sharing her story with the group, nearly three years after Randall died. While Bullock previously spoke about their relationship during a 2021 episode, she confessed that her head wasn't completely there at the time "because of the whole Bryan thing," she said. "I don't remember anything." SANDRA BULLOCK HAS ‘DEEP CONCERN’ FOR FAMILY'S SAFETY AFTER RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA SCAMS "It's just horrible. Where I sit now, what I have now, I would not have to share had I not gone through that," Bullock said. "I would not ever want to go through it again, though you never know life is like .. life is tricky. I wasn't allowed to speak about it. That was the request, and I honored it." When asked about keeping his diagnosis a secret, Bullock said, "Yes, he asked me not to share." "I know why he asked me not to ... it isolated me in the process and plus the entire world was locked in with the pandemic," she said. "He was ill for half of our relationship and the diagnosis came almost at the same time with the cloak of the pandemic." SANDRA BULLOCK'S LONGTIME PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL DEAD AT 57 AFTER BATTLE WITH ALS "So as the pandemic came down, and i have a child with severe asthma – I was panicking. Then, we were trying to navigate all the tests, because with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis people – you don't go, 'Oh you have these symptoms, you have ALS.' It is literally like the process of elimination over the course of a year and somewhere you keep going back, and they give you all these milestones these things to do ... because ALS appears in different ways." Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is named after the former New York Yankee great who was forced to retire in 1939 due to the debilitating disease and after playing for the team 17 seasons. Gehrig retired at the age of 36 and died two years later. "His was not hereditary, which I think is a huge sigh of relief, but it was about a year and some of watching it to see what it was," Bullock remembered. "It could have been this, it could have been this, but what I saw, I knew." Bullock noted a history with caregiving, albeit minimally, as she witnessed her parents suffer from myriad illnesses. COURTNEY LOVE REVEALS SECRET HEALTH CRISIS THAT NEARLY KILLED HER: ‘MY BODY JUST EXPLODED’ "I'm a very good planner with illness because my father was ill and had horrible accidents and my mother had cancer – I fele like I'm very comfortable in a setting where someone is ill. It doesn't scare me, not the illness itself. It doesn't scare me. I can see and be around just about anything." "But I had two young kids that were navigating, especially a little girl who saw him as a father figure. So with COVID, and all of that, and being asked not to talk." She added, "I wasn't even allowed to tell Amanda [Anka] (Jason Bateman's wife), I wasn't allowed to tell anybody. My sister was the only one who knew for a while." The "Miss Confidentiality" actress was "so scared that I'd get in trouble for speaking" about Randall's diagnosis. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Because of my job, it's kind of like Sally Owens," she said, referring to her "Practical Magic" character. "I have a curse. I walk with this curse that knowledge is payment – for somebody, it is information that is valuable and, so that's why I keep very isolated, because I don't want to harm others because of what I do." Bullock admitted that "not talking for a while was good," but the physical illness coupled with "the mental health aspect" created a "trifecta that was pretty dark." She worked with child therapists to help guide her two kids, Lyla and Louis, who were "completely aware" of Randall's diagnosis as he battled ALS in secrecy from their home. "They could see, they have eyes. They are very, very astute kids," she said. "Very astute because they not only see the physical change, there's a behavior that changes in all of us. I'm hyper-vigilant, I became manic in my vigilance. I had to not only make sure he was OK, I had to make sure we could keep the nurses." She added, "The understanding that I now have of caregiving ... I had no idea what to do. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know who to call. Then there's pain management." When asked why it was so important to keep his secret, Bullock said, "You'd have to ask Bryan, but I think, where he was in his journey both physically and mentally. I started grieving Bryan four years before he passed. Something in me said, start the grieving now because I knew I would be the caregiver." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "The selfish part of me, my person left a lot earlier than the body left, and I had to… I don't think I ever dealt with that until after he passed because you're just on this treadmill," she said. "The thing with my journey with Bryan is that I didn't stop feeling guilt as a mother with my kids until I'd say about a year ago. There's things I didn't process." Randall died on Aug. 5, 2023. He was 57. "It is with great sadness that we share that on August 5th Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a 3 year battle with ALS," his family said in a statement at the time. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honor his request. We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this illness with us and to the astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours. At this time we ask for privacy to grieve and to come to terms with the impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan." Bullock and Randall, who was a photographer, had been dating since 2015. According to People magazine, the pair first met when he was hired to take pictures during the birthday party for her son, Louis, that January. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86f0f12c5335ae1048fede Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps te 2026-08-20T12:20:01.675Z Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps Meta said its Muse Spark model is powering the dictation feature. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea62c5335ae1048fe85 118-year-old mystery cracked as divers discover lost warship beneath the waves te 2026-08-20T12:10:14.175Z 118-year-old mystery cracked as divers discover lost warship beneath the waves Divers recently uncovered the remains of a Royal Navy warship off the Isle of Wight — 118 years after it went down. The ship, HMS Tiger, sank in 1908 after colliding with another Royal Navy warship, the 10,000-ton HMS Berwick, news agency SWNS reported. More than half of HMS Tiger's 57 crew members were killed in the sinking. The wreck remained undiscovered until Aug. 10, when the ProjectXplore dive group announced its discovery. WRECK OF DEADLIEST US NAVAL LOSS OF WORLD WAR I FOUND AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY: 'LOST WITH ALL HANDS' The ProjectXplore team spent five years going through archives and piecing together data that helped pinpoint the wreck's location. Images show divers exploring the twisted and rusting remains of HMS Tiger on the seabed over a century after it sank. A wreath was also laid on the wreck in memory of those who died. In a statement, the organizers of ProjectXplore called it "the privilege of a lifetime to research, discover and document the wreck of HMS Tiger." BOY STUMBLES ON STRANGE BEACH OBJECT IDENTIFIED AS RARE 1.8M-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL "We sincerely hope that our work will ensure that HMS Tiger, her story and the memory of those connected with her endure for future generations," organizers Leo Fielding and Dan McMullen said. The discovery comes as the British government moves to strengthen legal protections for military shipwrecks through its Armed Forces Bill. Under the proposed changes, wrecks such as HMS Tiger would be protected from the moment they're discovered, making it illegal to disturb the sites or remove items without permission. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Divers would still be allowed to visit under a "look but don't touch" approach. "This Armed Forces Bill is wide-ranging in the measures it proposes – from protecting our rich cultural heritage, to transforming the lives of military families by upgrading and improving the Defence housing estate," Armed Forces Minister Louise Sandher-Jones said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "These protections go further to ensure that these vulnerable and nationally significant monuments are protected from day one of discovery, giving lost sailors the dignity and respect they deserve." HMS Tiger is the latest in a series of historic shipwrecks to be discovered or documented in British waters in recent years. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Last summer, divers documented the remarkably preserved wreck of the British warship Northumberland off the coast of Kent, more than 320 years after it sank during the Great Storm of 1703. Earlier this year, the remains of a 17th-century merchant ship believed to be The Fame, which sank in 1631, resurfaced on a beach in southwestern England after winter storms exposed the wreck. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea52c5335ae1048fe7c Lost city tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt te 2026-08-20T12:10:13.562Z Lost city tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered new evidence that could help pinpoint a long-lost ancient city along a military route, with possible ties to the biblical Exodus. The discovery was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on August 15. The excavation centered on Tell Abu Seifi, an ancient fortified site in northeastern Egypt near the Sinai Peninsula that archaeologists believe may be the long-lost city of Mesen. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MYSTERIOUS FACE HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES IN BOOK OF REVELATION CITY The site once stood along the Horus Military Road, a strategic route connecting Egypt with Sinai and Canaan, which some scholars have linked to the "way of the land of the Philistines" in the Book of Exodus. As Exodus details, the Israelites fled Egypt under Moses but were led away from the more direct route through the land of the Philistines, despite it being the shorter path toward Canaan. In a translated statement, officials said archaeologists found a massive sandstone lintel, or stone beam, bearing the titles of Ramesses II, the pharaoh often associated with Moses. Ramesses II, born around 1303 B.C., is considered one of the most influential and powerful Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom era. He died in roughly 1213 B.C., placing the newly uncovered beam at more than 3,000 years old. The lintel also bears an inscription referring to the restoration of a statue of Horus, described as "Lord of the City of Mesen." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Officials said the inscription strengthens the theory that Tell Abu Seifi may be the site of Mesen, which had been mentioned in texts dating to the New Kingdom. Archaeologists also unearthed the remains of a fortified temple complex, including a mudbrick enclosure wall and gates, along with storage rooms and two ancient stone roads leading into the temple. The new evidence "presents a strong archaeological and historical hypothesis linking the site to the ancient Egyptian city of Mesen," the statement read. "However, excavation and scientific study remain ongoing in the search for further evidence that could definitively settle the question," officials said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The site continued to evolve long after the temple was built, with parts of it converted into a Roman military barracks during the third century A.D. Archaeologists also uncovered fragments of falcon statues and other sculptures. In a statement, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy said the findings "represent an important addition to the ministry’s efforts to uncover the history of archaeological sites in North Sinai and the Qantara region." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "The discoveries at the site highlight the strategic and cultural role the region played in protecting Egypt’s eastern borders throughout history," added Fathy. The latest discovery is one of several significant archaeological finds in Egypt this year with connections to Ramesses II and the biblical world. Earlier this spring, archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a massive statue believed to depict Ramesses II at the Tel Pharaoh site in the Nile Delta. Shortly after, archaeologists uncovered an ancient settlement at Tell el-Koua in Wadi Tumilat, a region that has long been linked to debates over the setting of the biblical Exodus. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea32c5335ae1048fe6b Email Encryption Market to Reach USD 23.33 Billion by 2030, Driven by Rising Cyber Threats and Data Privacy Regulations | Report by MarketsandMarkets™ te 2026-08-20T12:10:11.637Z Email Encryption Market to Reach USD 23.33 Billion by 2030, Driven by Rising Cyber Threats and Data Privacy Regulations | Report by MarketsandMarkets™ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea22c5335ae1048fe62 Crazy Beanies Redefines Headwear Fashion With Domestically Manufactured Designs That Appeal to Every Age and Style te 2026-08-20T12:10:10.777Z Crazy Beanies Redefines Headwear Fashion With Domestically Manufactured Designs That Appeal to Every Age and Style Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea12c5335ae1048fe59 NecroBrew Rises From the Shadows to Deliver Roasted-to-Order Coffee With a Dark, Alternative Edge te 2026-08-20T12:10:09.924Z NecroBrew Rises From the Shadows to Deliver Roasted-to-Order Coffee With a Dark, Alternative Edge Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea12c5335ae1048fe50 Storie Vault Launches a Custom Story Generator for Personalized Online Storytelling te 2026-08-20T12:10:09.119Z Storie Vault Launches a Custom Story Generator for Personalized Online Storytelling Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86eea02c5335ae1048fe47 "Faith Beyond Exclusion": Historic Earl Lectures Gather Leaders for an Urgent Moment te 2026-08-20T12:10:08.353Z "Faith Beyond Exclusion": Historic Earl Lectures Gather Leaders for an Urgent Moment Two-day Berkeley gathering, September 25-26, calls faith communities to confront exclusion, build belonging, and create hope Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86ec4d2c5335ae1048f8a2 Melting Swiss glacier reveals remains of two Belgian mountaineers missing since 1992 te 2026-08-20T12:00:13.293Z Melting Swiss glacier reveals remains of two Belgian mountaineers missing since 1992 A melting glacier in the Swiss Alps revealed the remains of two Belgian mountaineers who vanished more than three decades ago, authorities said Wednesday. A hiker spotted the remains on the Trift Glacier on July 26 after melting ice exposed them, according to police in Switzerland’s Valais canton. Authorities recovered the remains and sent them to a forensic medicine institute at a hospital in Sion for identification. REMAINS FOUND IN UTAH DESERT 28 YEARS AGO WITH HELP OF A PSYCHIC FINALLY IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA GENEALOGY DNA testing showed they belonged to two Belgian men who disappeared in the Weissmies region in 1992, police said. The men were 39 and 41 when they went missing. Valais police have kept records of missing-person cases dating to 1925. Many involve people who disappeared in the mountains or in bodies of water. WOMAN FOUND IN SHALLOW GRAVE ID’D AFTER 44 YEARS AS MILLIONAIRE TIED TO ESTATE MURDER PLOT As glaciers retreat, remains hidden beneath the ice for decades can emerge, police said. Similar discoveries have been made in Switzerland in recent years. In 2023, DNA testing identified a body found on a glacier near the Matterhorn as a German mountaineer who disappeared in 1986. Switzerland’s glaciers have been melting at an increasing rate, a trend some scientists have linked to rising global temperatures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86ec4a2c5335ae1048f88f "Faith Beyond Exclusion": Historic Earl Lectures Gather Leaders for an Urgent Moment te 2026-08-20T12:00:10.705Z "Faith Beyond Exclusion": Historic Earl Lectures Gather Leaders for an Urgent Moment Pacific School of Religion Logo Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86ec492c5335ae1048f886 Versatile Gear for Nature Enthusiasts te 2026-08-20T12:00:09.581Z Versatile Gear for Nature Enthusiasts (StatePoint) As most outdoor enthusiasts learn sooner or later, the gear you bring on your expeditions can make or break the experience. That’s why selecting multipurpose, adaptable equipment is so important. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e7982c5335ae1048f7d4 California lawmakers want corporations to disclose ties to slavery despite uncertain future for reparations te 2026-08-20T11:40:08.416Z California lawmakers want corporations to disclose ties to slavery despite uncertain future for reparations While the future of reparations in California remains uncertain, state lawmakers are continuing to push forward with related legislation despite a lack of clear consensus on broad direct cash payouts. Most recently, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Ladera Heights, introduced Assembly Bill 2599, known as the Truth in Disclosure Act. The bill would require major corporations doing business in California with annual worldwide gross receipts over $100 million to review their historical records and submit sworn affidavits disclosing any past ties to chattel slavery. If signed into law, AB 2599 would mandate that the California Civil Rights Department establish a digital public platform by Jan. 3, 2028, to archive disclosures on corporate historical ties to slavery. The measure focuses on sectors historically tied to the antebellum economy, including insurance, banking, tobacco, cotton, sugar, railroads, and shipping. CALIFORNIA COUNTY APPROVES REPARATIONS PLAN AS NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT 'BLACK THRIVING' EFFORT STALLS "The Truth in Disclosure Act requires any company doing business in California with annual worldwide gross receipts of over $100 million to verify and search their records for any transactions related to wealth gained during chattel slavery and report that wealth to the state to be held in a digital archive," Bryan said. The legislation was advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee in August as part of the legislative "suspense file" clearing process, sending it to the full Senate floor. If passed and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California would become the first state to require major private corporations to report under oath their historical or financial ties to chattel slavery. AB 2599 is part of a broader push by the California Legislative Black Caucus following recommendations from the state’s historic Reparations Task Force. Another measure introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, D-Inglewood, seeks to protect potential future reparations payments from state income taxes. SAN FRANCISCO JUDGE NOT CONVINCED REPARATIONS FUND WILL BE DISCRIMINATORY DURING LAWSUIT HEARING McKinnor expressed optimism about the future of reparations in a statement to Fox News Digital when asked about whether she thinks Newsom would approve the measure. "Governor Newsom has shown great leadership by creating a number of laws that benefit the descendants of formerly enslaved people. I am hopeful that Governor Newsom will continue that leadership by signing AB 2186 into law," McKinnor told Fox News Digital. Despite the legislative activity, actual cash reparations face steep political and budgetary headwinds in the Golden State. Newsom has previously expressed caution regarding direct payments, vetoing earlier standalone measures over legal and fiscal concerns. Meanwhile, federal policies under the Trump administration remain firmly opposed to government-funded racial reparations programs. CASH PAYMENTS ARE NOT 'RULED OUT' AS CALIFORNIA COUNTY OFFICIALS PUSH REPARATIONS FOR BLACK LOCALS Civil rights attorney Lisa Holder, a former member of the California Reparations Task Force, acknowledged that achieving full reparations will require a sustained legislative fight. "You can’t legislate yourself out of 400 years of inequality and injustice," Holder told KQED. "You have to do an entire body of laws to change the systems that have been disparately affecting Black folks for decades." Bryan did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e5432c5335ae1048f77f Pat McAfee endorses Saints' rookie wide receiver for WWE shot after training camp brawl te 2026-08-20T11:30:11.321Z Pat McAfee endorses Saints' rookie wide receiver for WWE shot after training camp brawl Who needs the WWE Performance Center when you’re at training camp launching players with German suplexes? New Orleans Saints rookie Brock Rechsteiner was involved in a training camp brawl with the Dallas Cowboys earlier this week. Rechsteiner, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner and nephew of Rick Steiner, was seen putting on pro wrestling moves to some of his opponents. A MASSIVE BRAWL AT COWBOYS AND SAINTS JOINT PRACTICE INCLUDES PUNCHES AND HELMETS THROWN AND WWE MOVES Rechsteiner’s involvement caught the eye of Pat McAfee, who used to be on the WWE commentary team with Michael Cole before stepping away thanks to Randy Orton’s loss to Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42 earlier this year. "This is Scott Steiner’s boy doing Rick Steiner’s German suplex and three, two and one, boom! He needs to just head to NXT right now and join Bron (Breakker) as the Steiner Brothers could return in this whole thing," McAfee said on his show on Wednesday. Rechsteiner’s cousin, Bron Breakker, is one of the fastest-rising stars in WWE. Breakker is set to face off against Oba Femi at Sunday Night’s Main Event on Sept. 6. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Meanwhile, the Saints rookie was suspended for the first six games of the NFL season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. The former Jacksonville State wide receiver had 53 catches for 629 yards and seven touchdowns from 2023 to 2025. In his final year with the Gamecocks, he had 36 catches for 383 yards and five touchdowns. Rechsteiner, and his brother Brandon, previously signed NIL deals with WWE last year. Brandon Rechsteiner was a guard for the Colorado State Rams men’s basketball team. He averaged 12 points per game with the Rams during the 2025-26 season and announced he was transferring to Kansas State. He initially signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent before moving to New Orleans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e2eb2c5335ae1048f728 Want to strengthen America's economy? The key investment is hiding in plain sight te 2026-08-20T11:20:11.739Z Want to strengthen America's economy? The key investment is hiding in plain sight Picture the morning your technicians don’t show up. Your flight never leaves the gate because there is no one to solve the maintenance issue. Your car sits in the shop for three weeks because the service bay has a lift and the necessary tools, but no one is there to utilize any of it. A factory line goes down and stays down. The trucks behind it don’t roll, the supply chain stalls, the packages never arrive. A data center overheats. A fire truck won’t start. None of that is hypothetical. It’s the direction we’re heading. The U.S. economy faces a massive shortage of skilled technical talent. Across 10 critical sectors (like automotive, aviation and HVAC), industry supply meets barely 42% of the total demand. This tech shortage drains $7.42 billion in wage-based economic output from the U.S. economy every single year. What makes this shortage so puzzling is that America is talking about the skilled trades. INNOVATION IS KEY TO AMERICA STAYING A SUPERPOWER. BUT IT IS MISSING AN ESSENTIAL PIECE Skilled technicians are exactly the high-skill, high-wage, in-demand jobs Americans increasingly say they want, and that employers, policymakers and philanthropists increasingly say they want to support. Most open jobs start at $50,000 to $80,000, require no four-year degree, and pay at or above the national median. The top techs can clear six figures. A modern vehicle is a computer on wheels. A modern aircraft is a data center with wings. Employers have started responding. Ford, Carrier and Snap-on have invested in scholarships, grants and workforce training to help build the next generation of technicians. This year alone, employers and foundations have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to the skilled trades, which is welcome, overdue news. So, if interest and investment in the skilled trades are rising, why is the technician shortage still so severe? Part of the answer is surprisingly basic: We don't actually see technicians as a workforce. When people think of skilled labor, they often think of construction workers or plumbers. (Spoiler alert: So do the government and funders.) A "technician" is an automotive, diesel and aircraft tech; a collision and ADAS calibration specialist; an HVAC tech keeping both your home and a hyperscale data center from overheating; an industrial machinery mechanic keeping the robots running; a wind and solar tech keeping the grid alive. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts close to 6 million in its maintenance-and-repair workforce – and that leaves out welders and excludes the self-employed entirely. Independent shops handle most of the nation’s vehicle repairs, and at TechForce, owning a shop is the dream for roughly seven in 10 of the thousands of technicians we serve. When you account for the full ecosystem — from automotive and aviation to HVAC, industrial machinery, energy and beyond — America’s technician workforce is roughly 7 million strong, collectively earning more than $375 billion a year. Yet the size and economic power of that workforce is obscured by the way our labor data categorizes it. Instead, they're scattered across dozens of occupational codes, making one of America's largest essential workforces effectively invisible. Viewed separately, their shortages can look like isolated problems facing individual industries. Taken together, they reveal something much bigger: an economy-wide shortage of the technicians who keep America running. And money follows the data. The attention and investment flow toward the trades the system can see, while an enormous swath of the skilled workforce remains fragmented across categories. Follow that to the bottom line. Americans will spend $435 billion this year just maintaining and repairing their vehicles. Airlines spend roughly $120 billion a year keeping aircraft airworthy. Ford CEO Jim Farley calls blue-collar work the "essential economy" and warns we aren’t building the workforce to sustain it, describing the shortage as "a bay with a lift and tools and no one to work in it." And lately it’s become bigger than any balance sheet. As the country reshores manufacturing, powers AI data centers that can’t be allowed to overheat and rebuilds its defense base, the people who keep those systems running are a strategic asset. Carolyn Lee, president of the Manufacturing Institute, warns that the coming shortfall of 1.9 million manufacturing workers by 2033 is "not just a workforce issue — it’s an economic and national security issue." America cannot invest trillions in new physical and technological infrastructure without investing in the human infrastructure required to maintain it. And doing that starts with making this workforce visible. We need the Bureau of Labor Statistics to stop fragmenting these jobs under dozens of separate codes, so policymakers and funders can see the true size, demand and economic value of the full technician workforce. TRUMP TAPS VETERANS TO FIX ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKING PROBLEM PLAGUING US ROADWAYS Then we need to build pathways that match the demand. Workforce dollars, scholarships, apprenticeships and career-and-technical education should reach roles like automotive, HVAC and industrial machinery technicians, not just the handful of skilled trades Americans already know by name. At TechForce, we see firsthand what happens when those pathways exist: students are eager to enter these careers, but demand for support far outpaces the resources available to help them get there. And companies investing billions in manufacturing, AI, energy, transportation and defense should treat the technician pipeline as part of that investment. New factories, data centers, fleets and advanced machines are only as valuable as our ability to keep them running. Technicians are the hidden force behind America's economy and investing in them is one of the most strategic ways to strengthen communities, rebuild the middle class and secure the country's future. America spends an immense amount of energy searching for the next breakthrough technology, but technologies don't maintain themselves. Every plane, server, wind turbine, factory robot, hospital MRI machine and delivery truck eventually needs someone who knows how to keep it working. Every major investment America is making has a technician workforce behind it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Maybe the highest-return investment is in the people who keep every machine moving. The next time your car starts, your flight lands, or your lights stay on through a heat wave — thank a tech. Better yet, help us build the next one. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e2eb2c5335ae1048f71f Is this 'lust-free' Christian gym the final battlefield for the gender wars? te 2026-08-20T11:20:11.162Z Is this 'lust-free' Christian gym the final battlefield for the gender wars? Surrounded by the loud clunks of iron, a multitude of machines and the smell of sweat are millions of Americans working out in gyms across the country, and while most tolerate the crowded ebbs and flows of co-ed commercial gyms, some men who find this setup distracting are seeking out "lust-free" gym alternatives. "[The] lust side, that’s just a small piece of what the gym does," Jeff Hambrecht, owner of Proverbs 27:17, a Christian men’s-only gym in Oklahoma City, told Fox News Digital. "The idea of a lust-free gym, it's not like we're a bunch of guys who can't control ourselves and we stay indoors. If you're an alcoholic… and you're trying to get out of that circle, you're probably going to avoid drugs and alcohol. So why would lust be any different? If you're struggling with pornography and lust and women, why would you keep going to a place over and over and where you're going to keep getting yourself in trouble? So I just eliminated that," he continued. DOES POT MAKE YOU A BETTER PARENT? THIS 'GARDEN MOM' SAYS YES, BUT THE REALITY IS HAZY EX-PRISONER WHO BECAME MAYOR AND PASTOR CREDITS FAITH-BASED PROGRAM WITH GIVING HIM SECOND CHANCE Hambrecht, an addict who recovered from his battles with drugs, alcohol and pornography through repairing his relationship with Christ, says his gym is an attempt to help men find community, remove stigmas and open up conversations around mental health and other struggles for modern men. "I just saw this gap of there's no place for guys to go and just be vulnerable and get closer to God with other men chasing that same thing," he added. "We're taking away the temptation of, hey, you're coming to a gym, whether you're single or married, and you're going to focus on what needs to be focused on. And then yeah, obviously you're going to go out in the world and there's going to be females. That's part of the deal. But the goal is you start re-looking at relationships and women and females and life in general from more of a biblical sense… that's my goal in a nutshell," he continued. TALARICO BLASTS 'INSIDIOUS' BIBLE-RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAM AS 'PROPAGANDA' Kim Abt, the owner of PWRGRLS gym in Sherman Oaks, California, a women-only gym decked out in a neon pink color scheme with palm trees reminiscent of the 80s, said that men wanting gender-secluded gyms is "fair." "[I] never thought about it, but I do hear it all the time. Guys complaining about, you know, being distracted by [women in particular workout clothes]. So I respect it," she added. Abt said that most of her classes were filled within a year, and that 80-90% of her clients sign up because they feel intimidated walking into a regular gym. She also noted that past harassment is another "main reason" women join PWRGRLS gym, citing that "the community aspect is huge" for most members. WASHINGTON MOTHER SAYS SHE FOUND ADULT MALE SHOWERING IN WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM DURING CHILDREN'S SWIM MEET Brad Jensen, better known online as "thesoberbodybuilder" with decades of experience in the fitness industry, weighed in on the discourse surrounding Proverbs 27:17 gym. "I've seen the pushback, I've also seen the praise of it. I actually understand more and have more empathy why women would want a women-only gym," Jensen said. "I would almost understand more if they said, hey, we're going to create a Christian gym where there's a little bit of a dress code, but we're all going to bond together… Where maybe they do create a dress code, and they have Christian values for this gym, but they don't exclude the women who also might want to work out in an environment with like-minded people… I can see that making more sense," he continued. "There is a fine line sometimes. There ha[ve] been some outfits where I've seen people wearing where it's probably a little too far on the other side," he added. "I've also seen a rise of people on social media that do ‘Only Fans’, promoting that at public gyms in really, really wrong ways. That's absolutely going too far," he continued. "I think there's a line that we can cross where it's disrespectful to the other people. And if we're making people feel uncomfortable… by our action [and] it's very obvious that we're making half the gym feel uncomfortable. I think that's where we're crossing a line too far," Jensen said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e2ea2c5335ae1048f716 Cancer doctor reveals 5 habits that may reduce disease risk and improve outcomes te 2026-08-20T11:20:10.541Z Cancer doctor reveals 5 habits that may reduce disease risk and improve outcomes Even as new data shows cancer’s continuing toll in the U.S., a surgical oncologist says some simple lifestyle measures could help lower the likelihood of developing the disease. An estimated 2,114,850 new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2026 — about 5,800 per day, according to the American Cancer Society. Dr. Loren Rourke, a Texas-based breast surgical oncologist and author of "Real Talk, Real Hope: Breast Cancer Your Way," emphasized that while no lifestyle choice can guarantee cancer prevention, healthy habits can help reduce certain risk factors. LEADING ONCOLOGIST REVEALS 6 HABITS THAT COULD PROMOTE LONGEVITY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF CHRONIC ILLNESS From maintaining a healthy weight to staying active, Rourke shared the following five everyday strategies that support the body and improve overall health. Being obese or overweight is associated with an increased risk of at least 13 types of cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. Rourke estimates that excess body weight is likely the third-biggest risk factor for breast cancer, after female gender and aging. OZEMPIC-STYLE DRUGS LINKED TO MAJOR SLOWDOWN IN CANCER SPREAD, NEW STUDY FINDS Growing research suggests glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications — including Ozempic and Wegovy — may be associated with a lower risk of cancer diagnoses and recurrence. Rourke said one possible reason GLP-1s could prove beneficial for cancer risk is that the drugs promote weight loss and reduce chronic inflammation. "We know that a lower BMI equals a better prognosis with breast cancer," she told Fox News Digital. "So if the secondary effect of taking a GLP-1 means that you’re going to lose weight, that’s a benefit, because we know you’re going to do better with breast cancer." GLP-1 drugs are not yet approved to prevent cancer, and more research is needed to determine whether they independently reduce disease risk. The American Cancer Society states that physical activity is linked to a lower risk of several cancers. The official guideline recommend 150–300 minutes of moderate activity or 75–150 minutes of vigorous activity per week for adults. DOCTORS SAY 8 FORGOTTEN HABITS COULD HELP FIGHT STRESS, OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE "I think people underestimate overall fitness," Rourke said. "We tend to think about it for heart health, but it’s not just heart health — it’s mental health and reducing your risk of having lots of chronic medical problems that span from one end to the other, in addition to other cancers." Even if staying physically fit doesn’t keep cancer at bay, it may help improve outcomes if the disease develops, she noted. "One in eight women get breast cancer. So if it comes knocking, you want to be ready," she said. "Women come to me and say, ‘I’ve done everything. I’ve exercised every day. I’ve eaten a healthy diet, and here I am sitting in your office.’ And I say, ‘Well, that healthy body is now ready for this fight.’" "If you can bring a healthy body and a healthy mind to the disease, you are going to do better." To lower the risk of cancer and premature death, the American Cancer Society recommends sticking to a diet rich in vegetables, whole fruits, whole grains and legumes, while limiting red/processed meats, sugary drinks and highly processed foods. Rourke agrees with these guidelines, but noted that even people who follow healthy eating patterns can face cancer diagnoses. CANCER SURVIVORS SAW MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN SLEEP AND WELL-BEING WITH ONE WEEKLY PRACTICE "I have vegans sitting in my office. I have people who don’t eat any sugar in my office. They’re all getting breast cancer," she said. "What I say is, [eat] a healthy, balanced diet, limited processed foods, as close to farm-to-table as you can get," the doctor advised. "Just healthy eating, reasonable portions … nothing in excess." "If you practice that, that’s going to suit you for so many things in your future." The doctor added that it’s not necessary to take an extreme approach to dietary choices: "Do you need to give up all sugar? No. Do you need to go to the extreme? No." Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of cancer deaths in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. The habit can cause cancer in numerous parts of the body, and quitting can reduce cancer risk at any age, experts say. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Meanwhile, alcohol consumption has been linked to an estimated 5% of U.S. cancer cases and 4% of cancer deaths in 2019, according to the National Cancer Institute. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The U.S. surgeon general issued guidance last year following research that linked alcohol to at least seven types of cancer, naming it as the "third leading preventable cause of cancer" in the country, after tobacco and obesity. Rourke advised that alcohol should only be consumed in moderation, although even light drinking has been shown to raise the risk of certain cancers. "Too many Americans are living with an outdated assumption that some amount of alcohol is not only harmless, but also good for you," Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel previously told Fox News Digital. "Increasing evidence shows that isn't true." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Even though traditional advice has been up to one drink a day for women and two drinks per day for men, in fact, no amount of alcohol is healthy," he added. Early detection programs have enabled doctors and patients to detect disease earlier than ever before, which increases survival rates, Rourke noted. "I think now there’s more awareness," she said. "People know if they have someone in their family and what kind of cancer they had." "I think people are much more educated in general, and that is promoting wellness, health, early detection and screening." Rourke also expressed concern about relying too heavily on artificial intelligence when investigating possible symptoms. "If you are worried about something, call your primary care doctor [or] gynecologist," she advised. "If you feel like something’s wrong, follow through with it and get it checked out. Never ignore your inner voice." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e2e42c5335ae1048f6f1 Flagstaff Event Almanac for August 20 te 2026-08-20T11:20:04.241Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for August 20 Aug 20 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86e08f2c5335ae1048f6b4 Christian Zionists take on anti-Israel ‘propaganda’ from biblical heartland te 2026-08-20T11:10:07.501Z Christian Zionists take on anti-Israel ‘propaganda’ from biblical heartland A major visitors center in the West Bank town of Har Bracha in Samaria was inaugurated last month by The Israel Guys, a Christian Zionist organization that has spent nearly two decades bringing more than 5,000 volunteers from 35 countries to help develop the Land of Israel. Joshua Waller, CEO of The Israel Guys, originally established as HaYovel, said the organization’s mission is to bring people to see for themselves how the biblical heartland is flourishing, despite what he says are media narratives portraying the area as beset by conflict. "We live here, we see the people who live here, and then we tell everyone what is actually happening. Our role is to expand that and bring thousands of internationals to come and see for themselves," he told Fox News Digital. US AMBASSADOR HUCKABEE SLAMS EXTREME GROUP OF ISRAELI SETTLERS FOR SEIZING PALESTINIAN HOMES ON WEST BANK "You may love the Jewish people but be unsure how to deal with the propaganda, specifically the term ‘settler violence.’ Jews in Judea and Samaria have been branded as a radical group that would probably be dangerous to encounter. Well, come to the visitor center, and you will see the exact opposite," he said. "You will see that it is a fake narrative built by the international community … it is a straight-up war against the Jewish [people]," he added. The organization’s volunteer programs include the Heartland Experience, a 10-day trip to Israel combining touring, volunteer work and interaction with local residents; the Grape Harvest trip, a two-week program held in late summer and early fall that focuses on helping farmers with the harvest; and the Men’s Pruning trip, a two-week program in early spring focused on pruning vineyards. Other programs include Zion Ops, a four-week program for young adults ages 18 to 30, and Day Visits, which offer two-hour visits to Har Bracha. ISRAEL LAUNCHES 'BIBLICAL HIGHWAY' AMID CAMPAIGN TO ERASE JEWISH HISTORY In 2004, Tommy Waller, Joshua Waller’s father, traveled to Israel for the first time, where he met Nir Lavi, founder of Har Bracha Winery. Lavi shared his plan to fulfill the vision of the Prophet Jeremiah: "You shall again plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food" (Jeremiah 31:5). Waller Sr. asked how he could help. In 2007, after moving with his wife, Sherri, and their 11 children from Tennessee to Har Bracha, Waller Sr. established HaYovel, a U.S. nonprofit that provides Christian volunteers with an opportunity to work the land alongside Israeli farmers. In 2013, the organization sought to counter anti-Israel rhetoric by launching The Joshua & Caleb Report TV show, its first dedicated pro-Israel media project, which in 2018 transitioned into a weekly podcast. Five years ago, the organization rebranded as The Israel Guys and stepped up its advocacy efforts. CHRISTIAN LEADERS HOLD EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM TO CONFRONT GLOBAL RISE IN ANTISEMITISM The Israel Guys currently counts more than 20 team members and, since its founding, has helped develop some 120 farms. Volunteers who come to Judea and Samaria work alongside local farmers, planting trees, erecting fences, harvesting crops and assisting with infrastructure projects. In the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 Israelis, The Israel Guys launched Operation Ittai and raised $3.85 million to provide tactical supplies to communities in the area and strengthen their defenses against possible terrorist attacks. The group went viral at the time after bringing American cowboys to Israel to help farmers whose workers had been called up as reservists. Addressing media coverage of recent incidents involving Christians in Israel, Waller said the narrative that they are no longer welcome in the country is false. AMBASSADOR GEORGE DEEK: THE CHRISTIAN ISRAEL YOU ARE NOT BEING SHOWN "People put a lot of money into trying to make it seem as though Christians would somehow be better off living in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan or other Arab countries surrounding Israel. Factually, that is completely wrong," he told Fox News Digital. "I know Christians living in those places, and I even know Christians living in areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and they suffer immensely. The fact is that Israel is the safest place for Christians in the entire Middle East. It is the only place where the Christian population is growing," he added. Volunteers, Waller explained, have come from a wide range of Christian denominations, including Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Mormons, Amish and Mennonites. He emphasized that Israel is a partner for peace and urged nations to align themselves with biblical values, which he said could pave the way for "some incredible days ahead." If antisemitism leads to efforts to destroy Israel, he added, "that’s not an option," saying Israel would have to fight that war while The Israel Guys would continue to "help on the information side." "The Bible says that this land that was desolate will become like the Garden of Eden. We are literally seeing it happen. It’s beautiful to see volunteers participate in the fulfillment of that prophecy and witness the ancient words of the Bible come back to life," Waller said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86dbe32c5335ae1048f5e3 Luxury travel, shopping, six-figure income: Battleground Dems ripped for 'phony' working-class narrative te 2026-08-20T10:50:11.437Z Luxury travel, shopping, six-figure income: Battleground Dems ripped for 'phony' working-class narrative Several battleground Democrats running in competitive House races have leaned on working-class, blue-collar biographies to connect with voters’ economic anxieties, but financial records and other materials reviewed by Fox News Digital complicate the images they have presented on the campaign trail. In New Jersey, for example, Democratic Party candidate Rebecca Bennett has pitched herself as a parent with firsthand understanding of the "rising costs and economic uncertainty" facing American families, but financial records show she collected a combined salary of nearly $250,000 in 2024 and holds an extensive investment portfolio with assets potentially worth nearly $1.8 million and no reportable liabilities. In New Mexico, Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., has said he "never had the luxury of financial wealth," argued voters are drawn to candidates who do not "come from wealth," and described his mother as working long hours in Mexico’s "maquiladora industry" to make ends meet. But records reviewed by Fox News Digital show his mother held corporate finance roles at GE, including as a finance manager and comptroller in Mexico and later as a senior finance analyst in Indiana, while social media screenshots shared with Fox News Digital show repeated European travel, luxury shopping and other upscale family photos. DEM IN KEY SWING RACE MISSED NEARLY HALF HER STATE HOUSE VOTES WHILE TAKING TAXPAYER SALARY: 'NO SHOW' Meanwhile, in Washington State, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., has built part of her blue-collar image around her time working in an auto shop and her Reed College history, saying she worked three jobs and paid for the private liberal arts school "by the credit hour" after her parents stopped paying tuition. But financial disclosures reviewed by Fox News Digital did not list reportable student-loan debt, while critics familiar with her time at Reed College have questioned whether jobs Gluesenkamp Perez cited, including as a nanny, campus barista and at an "iPhone case factory," could have plausibly covered the school’s cost. "Voters can see through the phony double-talk easier than politicians ever realize. It’s far better to be who you are and offer a compelling vision to make voters’ lives better than contort your own biography and background into something it’s not," Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital. "Under normal circumstances, financial success and upward mobility would be attributes to lean into as selling points on the campaign trail. But with socialism ascendant and the demonization of wealth not far behind, these are far from normal times." DEMOCRATS CAUGHT ON CAMERA COACHING CANDIDATE ON HOW TO BE 'AUTHENTIC' IN 2026 MESSAGING Bennett, who is running in New Jersey’s competitive 7th Congressional District, disclosed dozens of investments, retirement accounts and other assets in an amended candidate financial disclosure filed with the House on May 15 and reviewed by Fox News Digital. Based on the value ranges listed in the disclosure, her reported assets could be worth as much as roughly $1.8 million. The filing listed no reportable liabilities. Among the holdings were three valued between $50,001 and $100,000 apiece and 17 more valued between $15,001 and $50,000. Because the disclosure reports assets in broad value ranges rather than exact amounts, Bennett’s reported holdings total roughly $447,000 at the low end and nearly $1.8 million at the high end. Using the midpoint of each disclosed range puts their estimated value at roughly $1.12 million.  The disclosure also showed that Bennett received nearly $200,000 in salary from Noom in 2024 and nearly $46,000 from Oshi Health that year, for more than $242,000 combined. The financial picture contrasts with the economic message Bennett has emphasized on the campaign trail, where she has repeatedly invoked her own family's finances and experience as a mother of two. In a June 18 campaign post titled "My 2010 Honda Accord," Bennett said she and her husband still drove the 16-year-old car because "it’s what we can afford," arguing Washington needs more "regular people" who understand families’ financial pressures firsthand. In the post, Bennett specifically pointed to childcare, writing, "I know what it’s like to worry about childcare costs," while also citing rising grocery bills and difficult financial decisions because there is not "an unlimited amount of money sitting in the bank account." Months earlier, she similarly said she was, "like so many of you," navigating the "astronomical" costs of food, education, childcare and healthcare. Those comments also come as FEC records show Bennett’s campaign has paid $21,250 since June 2025 to cover her childcare expenses. Federal election rules permit campaign funds to cover a candidate’s childcare expenses when they are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. "After serving our country for 15 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, Rebecca swapped her MH-60 Seahawk for the 2010 Honda Accord she uses to drop off her two young children at day care and public school. Rebecca knows firsthand how much childcare costs, and it’s critical that we have people in Congress that understand the challenges New Jersey families are facing," campaign spokesperson Carly Jones told Fox News Digital. "While Tom Kean Jr. plays the stock market in Congress, Rebecca is going to fight to lower costs and end Washington corruption." Meanwhile, Vasquez has also been explicit in casting his background in working-class and blue-collar terms. In his first House floor speech in March 2023, the New Mexico Democrat said, "I’ve never had the luxury of financial wealth," and during his 2022 campaign argued that voters were drawn to a candidate who "doesn’t come from wealth" or money. DSA CO-CHAIR STRUGGLES TO EXPLAIN MILLIONAIRE TAX POLICY Vasquez has also repeatedly pointed to his mother’s work in Mexico’s "maquiladora industry" as part of his family’s working-class story. In an October 2025 La Opinión op-ed, he wrote that his mother, Hortencia Banuelos, "worked long hours in the maquiladora industry working to make ends meet," describing her story as one of "sacrifice, resilience, and hope." In a 2023 interview, Vasquez similarly said his parents worked in the maquiladora industry, including assembling aerospace parts and building sensors for refrigerators and washing machines in Ciudad Juárez. But Banuelos’ own professional profile and other publicly available records reviewed by Fox News Digital show she held senior finance roles at GE during much of Vasquez’s childhood. Her LinkedIn profile lists her as a "Finance Manager/Comptroller" for GE in Mexico from December 1985 to March 1994, overseeing accounting, finance, payroll, accounts payable, IT and customs. She was promoted in 1994 to senior finance analyst at a GE operation in Bloomington, Indiana, where the profile says she analyzed a manufacturing plant with $800 million in revenue and 3,000 employees. A 2020 profile of Banuelos in Hispanic Executive separately reported that GE hired her in Mexico in the 1980s and selected her for a two-year training program geared almost exclusively toward Ivy League graduates before she later moved to Indiana. The professional record is also accompanied by social media material showing a more affluent family lifestyle. Posts from Banuelos’ Facebook and Instagram accounts, screenshots of which were shared and reviewed by Fox News Digital, showed repeated European travel, including a three-month stay in France, while other posts showed Banuelos and Vasquez’s sister shopping at luxury brands. Several photos from upscale locations also included Vasquez himself, including one in which he posed with a Corvette. Vasquez has faced scrutiny over a lavish 2018 ceremony he held with a former fiancée at Akiin Beach Tulum in Mexico as well. The Daily Mail reported in June that events at the beachfront wedding venue can cost between $30,000 and $90,000. Vasquez’s campaign told the outlet that the pair "participated in a private commitment ceremony but were never legally married and eventually separated." DAN BONGINO CALLS SOCIALISM 'BUMPER STICKER POLITICS' AS IT SURGES IN POPULARITY AMONG YOUTH Asked about Vasquez’s characterization of his family background and his mother’s professional record, campaign manager Patricia Socarras Santiago defended Banuelos’ story. "It’s pathetic that as Americans face Trump’s disastrous economy, Republicans attack Gabe’s mom who has worked incredibly hard, starting from the maquiladoras in Mexico, in pursuit of her American Dream," Socarras Santiago told Fox News Digital. "Gabe is incredibly proud of his mom and will work to ensure everyone can access the American Dream and reverse the impacts of Trump’s tanking economy." Gluesenkamp Perez has similarly made her own financial struggles and experience in the trades central to her political biography. In a 2023 interview with Reed Magazine, her alma mater's alumni publication, she said her parents stopped paying her tuition after she stopped attending church.  "Afterwards, I worked three jobs and paid for Reed by the credit hour," Gluesenkamp Perez said, identifying the jobs as working as a nanny, a barista and "in an iPhone case factory." Reed’s own historical records show tuition was $39,440 for the 2010-2011 academic year, with a per-credit tuition charge of $1,625, before rising to $40,940 and $1,750 per credit the following year.  Meanwhile, Gluesenkamp Perez’s latest House financial disclosure, filed May 15, lists two commercial-property notes and a mortgage on her residence but no reportable student-loan debt. Additionally, some of Gluesenkamp Perez’s former Reed classmates have publicly questioned her account of paying for the private college through those jobs. On a Jan. 29 episode of the NOEXIST INC podcast titled "Absolutely Sweet Marie Gluesenkamp Perez," former roommate Isaac Eger said the "iPhone case factory" was actually Grove, now Grovemade, a small Portland company that made bamboo iPhone cases by hand, and recalled that Gluesenkamp Perez did not begin working there until around 2010 or 2011, late in her time at Reed. He also noted the factory was closer to a small handmade bamboo case business that made its products by hand. Eger added on the podcast that Gluesenkamp Perez worked as a barista at Reed’s on-campus Paradox coffee shop and recalled that she did not begin that job until around her senior year. Another former roommate, identified during the episode as Sam and described by Eger as the person who hired Gluesenkamp Perez at the coffee shop, argued that the barista wages were nowhere near sufficient to cover Reed’s tuition, saying even the combined earnings of all the shop’s baristas during his four years at the school would not have paid for one student’s semester. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS DEMOCRATS TURN LEFT, BLACK VOTERS TAP THE BRAKES Questions have also been raised about the hands-on mechanic image Gluesenkamp Perez has used throughout her political career. Her campaign continues to describe her as a "small business owner in the trades," and campaign materials have featured her working on cars and turning wrenches.  But the Washington Free Beacon reported in 2024 that an archived 2018 biography on Dean’s Car Care’s website described Gluesenkamp Perez as working "mostly behind the scenes managing the business side" of the shop, which was cited for multiple workplace-safety violations during a 2017 Oregon OSHA inspection. Her campaign pushed back on the broader criticism of Gluesenkamp Perez’s working-class credentials. "Marie is fighting every day for families in Southwest Washington. She and her husband built their small business from the ground up — not with family money but with grit and determination," campaign manager Tim Gowen told Fox News Digital. "She knows what it's like to fill out a phone book-sized SBA loan and what it takes to make payroll. She's working to address the affordability crisis affecting folks in her community by clawing back power and giving real economic agency to regular people: the right to repair what you own, homes young people can actually afford, and a family farm you can pass to your kids. She'll keep doing that work because that's what Southwest Washington needs, not another career politician controlled by corporate interests in Washington or Olympia." The scrutiny over Democrats’ working-class branding has extended beyond those three battleground Democrats.  Fox News Digital reported last month that Montana Democratic House nominee Sam Forstag, who has campaigned as a blue-collar smokejumper who knows how to "swing a tool," previously spent years as a registered lobbyist for groups including the ACLU and Planned Parenthood.  In May, ahead of the Democratic primary for the same seat, Fox News Digital reported that Forstag rival Ryan Busse also faced authenticity questions in the battleground district after he filmed a campaign ad about fighting for working people in what appeared to be a staffer’s modest townhome rather than his own four-acre property, which real estate websites valued at roughly $1.6 million. Busse ultimately lost the primary to Forstag. "Only a rich liberal can afford to be a socialist in this day and age," Matt Gorman, chief communications officer at Targeted Victory, a Republican communications firm, told Fox News Digital.  "These Democrats represent a trend of the downwardly mobile who make up the base of the Democratic Party. They have the highest percentage of secondary degrees, yet the lowest income. These candidates don't mind walking around with their hands out expecting more of your money, while they hoard their own." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86dbe22c5335ae1048f5d7 Trump urged to stop targeting fellow Republicans as GOP fights to keep majority te 2026-08-20T10:50:10.751Z Trump urged to stop targeting fellow Republicans as GOP fights to keep majority FIRST ON FOX: Some Senate Republicans worry that their secret weapon on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump, isn’t making a strong enough case to voters that there needs to be more Republicans in the upper chamber. There are only a handful of primary races left between now and November, when the balance of power in the Senate could slip from the GOP’s grasp, with several seats on the line and Senate Democrats hungry to regain control. And there’s a major issue bogging Republicans down that has spurred internal animosity: the SAVE America Act. Trump’s pressure to pass the election integrity measure and his tendency to bash Republicans for not getting it done has placed vulnerable incumbents in between a rock and a hard place. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital in an interview that while some Republicans are making promises to voters that the bill could pass right now, the better tact would be to push why more Republicans are needed in the Senate. INSIDE THE SENATE'S CHAOTIC ALL-NIGHTER THAT LEFT TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACT ON THE SHELF "The president made the argument, ‘Well, pass the Save America Act, it will motivate our base,’" Thune said. "Yeah, but I think the base can be plenty motivated by other issues, and particularly by the president getting out there on the campaign trail and telling them why it's important that they elect Republicans to the Senate." "Everybody has their own ideas about how best to communicate our message, but I think our message between now and November ought to be why the Democrats are completely out of step with the American people and why we need to elect more Republicans so we can do things like the SAVE America Act," he continued. Anxious Republicans hope to see a shift in messaging from shooting inward at their own to turning their fire on Democrats, who themselves are undergoing a messy ideological change on the campaign trail. Republicans see prime messaging targets with candidates like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota pushing left-leaning policies.  SCHUMER SAID ‘DEMOCRATS SUPPORT VOTER ID’ — THEN EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST GOP BILL But the SAVE America Act has consumed much of the oxygen heading into the penultimate stretch of the election cycle.  The legislation has produced an online dogma that punishes any Republican, including Thune, who tries to convey the political reality in the Senate that Democrats continue to block the bill, and there just aren’t enough Republican votes to pass it as is. It’s caused private disagreements to take a new life on social media, where proponents, like Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, are sniping at their colleagues for the bill’s failure to launch, despite five attempts at trying to pass it throughout the year in various iterations. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (NRSC), warned that division would sow disaster for the GOP heading into November. "There's no doubt that the road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party," Scott told Fox News Digital. "I hope every American understands that, remembers that, and hears it several times between now and Election Day." And with a Senate midterm map with more vulnerable Republicans in play than Democrats, it will be a difficult task for the GOP to maintain and grow their thin, 53-seat majority in the upper chamber. TRUMP KEEPS CALLING THUNE DESPITE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER SAVE AMERICA ACT Republicans know that Trump will be the key to motivating their base, just as he’s motivated voters in years past, and some hope he’ll stop dragging Republicans through the mud. Thune isn’t the only one that wants to see Trump push more on the road. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., reportedly questioned members of Trump’s political operation during a closed-door meeting last week on when the president would start attacking Democrats instead of members of his own party. Daines, who helmed the Senate GOP’s campaign arm before Scott in 2024 when they flipped the upper chamber, told Fox News Digital that Trump would be "one of the most important voices in the 2026 election." He contended that Trump would be a powerful influence on showing the contrast between "common sense versus crazy" that’s been developing in the Democratic Party. "We’re seeing the Democrats are just running so far to the left that it's frightening where the center of gravity is now a Democrat Party," Daines said. "And this has been one of the more compelling arguments for ‘26, and the president can make that as well as anybody." When pressed on Trump’s involvement on the campaign trail, Daines noted that midterm election cycles tend to boil down to complacency versus motivation. "I think he's a very important voice here, because in midterm elections, it's about turning out your base. In midterm elections, the party that's not in power tends to be angry, and they're motivated, and they do vote," Daines said. "The party that is in powers base tends to be a bit more complacent. We've got to get our happy, complacent Republican voters out to the polls, because we cannot allow Democrats to take control." Meanwhile, Thune said, "Why not turn [the SAVE America Act] into a campaign issue," and argued that the key to winning out this cycle will be independent voters who aren’t moored to either party. But the Beltway issues, like nuking the filibuster and squabbling over legislation that has stalled since March, aren’t helping make the case to those voters, for now, that Republicans should be in charge. "If you look at Maine, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in Iowa, in Alaska, you know, it's the Indy voters, it is the middle of the electorate, and we are not talking to them when we are arguing with each other over whether or not to eliminate the filibuster," Thune said. "I mean, that's just not an issue that's going to win the hearts and minds of the American people in November," he continued. "So, I'd turn my fire on the Democrats, attack them for being against something that is fundamentally straightforward, simple to understand for the American people, and realize that the best way to get the SAVE Act across the finish line is to elect more Republican senators." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86dbe22c5335ae1048f5ce Lynx, Valkyries coaches rip 'Save Women's Sports' movement as pro-trans mob rocks 1st rally at non-Fever game te 2026-08-20T10:50:10.142Z Lynx, Valkyries coaches rip 'Save Women's Sports' movement as pro-trans mob rocks 1st rally at non-Fever game The WNBA's dealings with the "Save Women's Sports" movement expanded beyond Indiana Fever games. A rally to support the protection of women's sports was held outside the Chase Center in San Francisco ahead of Wednesday's game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Minnesota Lynx, and a mob of pro-trans activists aggressively descended on it. But before the game, the head coaches of both teams appeared to criticize the movement as a whole when asked about the rally. VALKYRIES COACH NATALIE NAKASE DEFENDS TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN'S SPORTS AS CULTURE WAR ENGULFS WNBA Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve said that "people are buying into" the movement but dismissed it as political talking point. "I have said this before, trans kids belong. And I think, as we're seeing sort of politically, in this country, they've found a talking point that people are buying into, and the only thing I ask is that people educate themselves further on these issues and what we're capable of doing together. And that something is not used just to marginalize a community," Reeve told reporters at a pregame press conference when asked about her stance on the issue. Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase was asked about the rally, and insisted that there is too much "hate speech" going on in sports. "In the world and just in sports right now, there's too much hate that's going on. Too much hate speech. I would highly suggest people lead with love. I love to lead with love," Nakase said. CHERYL REEVE SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM WITH ‘TRANS KIDS BELONG’ SHIRT DURING FEVER-LYNX GAME Both coaches had previously expressed support for trans athletes, and Reeve wore a "trans kids belong" shirt during a game against Sophie Cunningham and the Fever on Aug. 2. Meanwhile, outside the arena, a horde of pro-transgender counterprotesters swarmed the rally and outnumbered the women's sports activists, multiple attendees told Fox News Digital. The pro-trans crowd wielded signs and chanted loudly in unison in support of trans rights. Family rights attorney Erin Friday told Fox News Digital the opposition shouted obscenities at her and other women's sports advocates. "We were outside of this Chase Center holding signs peacefully. There were about eight to nine women, majority are lesbians, majority are Democrats or former Democrats, and the crowd came by us yelling profanities, telling us to get out," Friday said. "They would start, maybe with rational discussion, and then it would quickly divulge into name calling... We were surrounded for a while with a group of women holding signs who were knocking into us, quite agitated." Arianne Gieringer, the vice president of LGB Alliance USA, told Fox News Digital a counterprotester told her she "didn't belong" there. "One of the counter protesters kept shouting at us that we don't belong here because this is San Francisco," Gieringer said. "I just brought up was I was born and raised and spent my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area. I told her that. This is my home. I have been here my entire life. Are you telling a lifelong San Francisco Bay Area resident that I don't belong there?" WNBA WON'T NAME PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY INCIDENT OVER FANS' SHIRTS, AS DREAM BLAME LEAGUE Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed a security representative telling the women's sports activists not to bring their signs into the arena, but also telling them that their XX-XY Athletics shirts were fine and "not offensive." Fox News Digital has reached out to the Golden State Warriors, parent organization of the Valkyries and owners of the Chase Center, for a response. The verbal acceptance of the shirts comes just days after a national controversy when a WNBA security representative told a mom and daughter to cover their XX-XY Athletics shirts at Sunday's game between the Fever and Dream in Atlanta. The mom and daughter alleged the man told them the shirts were "offensive." The WNBA and Dream have since addressed the incident and said it should not have happened. The Lynx went on to beat the Valkyries 77-66 to improve to 30-7 and cement their spot at the top of the WNBA standings. The rally marked the third organized "Save Women's Sports" demonstration at a WNBA game this week alone, with two more planned before the week's end. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Rallies in support of Cunningham followed the Fever to their Sunday game in Atlanta and Tuesday game in Toronto. Similar rallies are now set to also take place outside the Fever's game in Dallas on Thursday and New York on Saturday. If those two rallies go off as expected, it will mark 10 total rallies at WNBA games in support of protecting women's sports in the span of 26 days. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86dbe12c5335ae1048f5c5 Drew Brees feels Tyler Shough has everything needed with Saints to succeed in 2026: 'Unbelievable situation' te 2026-08-20T10:50:09.479Z Drew Brees feels Tyler Shough has everything needed with Saints to succeed in 2026: 'Unbelievable situation' The New Orleans Saints were quick to give Tyler Shough, their second-round pick from the 2025 NFL Draft, their vote of confidence as the team’s starting quarterback heading into the 2026 season. Shough, who sat as a backup to start the 2025 season, gets an entire offseason and training camp to prepare for the starting role compared to a full quarterback battle this time last year. Fox News Digital spoke to Shough during Super Bowl week in February, when he expressed his excitement about having more time to develop and learn head coach Kellen Moore’s offense. He also mentioned an "incredible mentor" that has helped him since he was drafted by New Orleans. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Drew Brees, the Saints' legendary quarterback who was just inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, gave words of advice to Shough, and loved what he saw from him when Moore turned the offensive keys over to him last season. "I think Shough is in an unbelievable situation," Brees told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "He showed a ton of leadership traits this offseason. Gathering the guys together, structuring offseason workouts, getting them ready for camp." Shough was 25 years old when he came out of Louisville last year, playing for three different programs across seven years. While some viewed this as a crutch for Shough to break into the NFL, Brees viewed it differently. DREW BREES CALLS HURRICANE KATRINA 'DEFINING MOMENT' OF CAREER, CREDITS FAITH AND COMMUNITY FOR PERSEVERANCE "First off, Tyler Shough is a guy mature beyond his years," Brees explained. "I think he spent seven years in college — three at [Texas] Tech, three at Oregon and one at Louisville. He battled through his own fair share of injuries and adversity. Just having to overcome. So again, I think you learn a lot, develop a lot of gratitude. I think he was at a point in his career where he didn’t think the NFL was going to be an option. I think going to Louisville and being with Jeff Brohm, who I know really well — former coach at Purdue and former NFL quarterback. Really helped develop him and get him to the next level of, ‘Man, you can do this. You can play at a very high level.’" The Saints also went with Spencer Rattler as their starting quarterback to begin the 2025 season, but by Week 9, Moore turned the job over to Shough. He finished 5-4 in those starts, including a four-game win streak that had New Orleans feeling great about the future. Brees believes that time sitting and observing helped Shough. "I think him coming in last year, sitting for half the season, you observe so much when you do that. When you step in, it’s like, ‘You’ve earned this. It’s my time. Here we go,’" Brees said. "He just got incrementally better every week. He’s super talented. He’s big, strong, can throw the ball. Very good athlete, so you can do a lot in the run game with him. He has a lot of Josh Allen qualities in that way — running with the size and athleticism." And the Saints clearly saw everything they needed to start loading up on offense. "Man, they’ve built some pieces around him. They sign Chris Olave to a long-term deal. They draft Jordyn Tyson. Unfortunately, I know he’s got the hamstring now for two months. Nonetheless, he’s got these playmakers around him," Brees said. "They sign [Travis] Etienne [Jr.], you got Alvin Kamara, you got Juwan Johnson. You got a really good O-line. You drafted right tackle, left tackle in the first round the two years previous. And Kellen Moore, right? A very talented play-caller and developer of quarterbacks. "For all those reasons, I think he’s poised to continue to go in this upwards trajectory." SPORTS ALL IN ONE PLACE Outside of football, Brees is also a businessman, being a co-owner and partner in Walk-on’s Sports Bistreaux, one of the fastest-growing sports bar franchise concepts in the country. It began in Louisiana, has grown to 80-plus units, and it continues to pave its way through the country. As a sports bar concept, there’s nothing that matters more than having any game, any time, for customers walking into the establishment. Football is king in the Southeast, as well as throughout the rest of the country, and DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS makes it easy for those like Brees to bring together live TV and streaming networks all in one place. More than 300,000 bars and restaurants have access to local, national, college and pro games for fans to watch through DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS, which includes NFL Sunday Ticket. "We pride ourselves on Louisiana-inspired cuisine. It's unbelievable food," Brees said of Walk-on’s Sports Bistreaux. "My kids crave it all the time. But like a really family-friendly atmosphere, you know, whether it's date night, bring the family, bring the little league after the game — something for everybody. Obviously, it’s sports, and high energy, and excitement on the TV all the time.  "Thanks to our partnership with DirecTV for Business, that's what allows us to basically have access to every college and pro game around the country. And that's not just football. We're talking basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer. So big events like March Madness and the Kentucky Derby, Masters — you name it. So, we're really appreciative of that DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS partnership. It allows us to help create that energy and excitement around our establishments. "And for the fans themselves, sportsbarfinder.com allows them to find those sports from DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS at their local spot anywhere in the country, which Brees loved to see. "There's a saying: fans have more friends. You know, they really do. You step into your local sports bar wearing the local jersey. Man, all of a sudden, next thing you know, you're high-fiving everybody, and you just made 100 more friends. That's the kind of atmosphere and that's what sports does, it brings people together," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d4da2c5335ae1048f4cc Versatile Gear for Nature Enthusiasts te 2026-08-20T10:20:10.508Z Versatile Gear for Nature Enthusiasts Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d4d92c5335ae1048f4c3 Curitics Health Unveils Next-Generation AI Platform to Transform Clinical Workflows te 2026-08-20T10:20:09.729Z Curitics Health Unveils Next-Generation AI Platform to Transform Clinical Workflows New Curitics Point of Care Solution, Ambient Listening, AI Care Management, and mobile capabilities help reduce administrative burden, strengthen care coordination, and improve patient outcomes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d4d82c5335ae1048f4ba Curitics Health Unveils Next-Generation AI Platform to Transform Clinical Workflows te 2026-08-20T10:20:08.943Z Curitics Health Unveils Next-Generation AI Platform to Transform Clinical Workflows https://curiticshealth.com Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2842c5335ae1048f464 Princess Diana could have survived fatal Paris crash if she made one simple choice, investigator says te 2026-08-20T10:10:12.250Z Princess Diana could have survived fatal Paris crash if she made one simple choice, investigator says One small decision before Princess Diana’s 1997 crash could have saved her life and changed history. On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed alongside her companion, Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, when their Mercedes crashed at high speed in a Paris tunnel while paparazzi pursued them. The mother of two was just 36. The tragedy is getting a fresh examination in FOX’s new special, "Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana," which airs Aug. 20. Using modern recreation technology to reconstruct the events surrounding the crash, host and investigative crime journalist Jakson Buhaj joins British forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes and former U.S. Secret Service agent Rich Staropoli to revisit the evidence, scrutinize the theories and explore what really happened that night in Paris. INSIDE PRINCESS DIANA AND JFK JR'S SECRET MEETING THAT FUELED ROMANCE RUMORS FOR DECADES Buhaj told Fox News Digital that knowing one simple thing might have saved the princess makes her death all the more haunting. "It's very odd that no one was wearing a seat belt," he said. "You would think that [Dodi Fayed's bodyguard] Trevor Rees-Jones, who was sitting in the front seat directly ahead of Diana ... would caution her that she should definitely put a seat belt on, considering the car is driving way over the speed limit. ... Yet no one thinks to do that." Rees-Jones accompanied Diana and Fayed on their final trip, but he worked as a bodyguard for Fayed's family, not as Diana's official protection officer. WATCH: PRINCESS DIANA'S FINAL MOMENTS: WHAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER? "What I think is the most tragic thing about this is that had everyone been wearing their seat belt, unfortunately, Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed probably would’ve passed away, but Diana most likely still would’ve been with us," Buhaj said. "And I think that’s something that really stuck with me after we wrapped filming, that there is a whole other timeline out there where a seat belt could have saved Princess Diana." For years, one detail about the crash was widely repeated: Rees-Jones survived because he was the only person in the Mercedes wearing a seat belt. Investigators later determined that wasn't true. The official British inquiry concluded that no one in the car was wearing a seat belt when it crashed. After the official British police inquiry concluded in 2006, Lord Stevens said Diana, Fayed and Paul might not have died had they been wearing seat belts, The Guardian reported. Paul was scheduled to be off duty that night. His blood alcohol level was later found to be more than three times the French legal limit, People magazine reported. Surveillance video did not show obvious signs that Paul was intoxicated, and several witnesses said they noticed nothing unusual about his behavior. People magazine reported that Paul taunted photographers by announcing, "You won’t catch up with us." As he picked up speed, he couldn't shake the paparazzi chasing the Mercedes, including several photographers traveling on motorcycles and scooters. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "There are many, many things that could have prevented the death of Princess Diana," Buhaj said. "I think getting into that car with Henri Paul was a death sentence for Princess Diana. ... And had she not done that, she could still be with us today." The Mercedes slammed into the 13th concrete pillar of Paris’ Pont de l’Alma underpass shortly after midnight. The car then rebounded and struck the tunnel wall before coming to a stop. In the front seat, airbags were sprayed with blood, and Paul’s body pressed on the horn, People reported. Paul and Fayed died at the scene, while Rees-Jones suffered critical injuries. Diana was found on the floor of the mangled car, severely injured. Photographers descended on the crash scene and began taking pictures. Buhaj also found it alarming that about an hour and 40 minutes passed between the crash and Diana's arrival at the hospital. It's noted that French emergency teams followed an approach to trauma care that emphasized treating and stabilizing critically injured patients at the scene before transporting them. Diana also had to be freed from the wreckage and went into cardiac arrest before she was placed in the ambulance. Even after the ambulance left, the driver was instructed to proceed slowly because Diana's condition was so unstable. At one point, the ambulance stopped when her blood pressure dropped. Diana, whose heart had been restarted once, was treated by a team of about 20 doctors and nurses, People reported. She again went into cardiac arrest. In surgery, physicians discovered a ruptured pulmonary vein and massive internal bleeding. Doctors tried to repair the torn vein and stop the bleeding, but they were unable to restart Diana’s heart. She was pronounced dead at 4 a.m. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS In the years before her death, Diana had expressed concerns about her safety. She believed she was being watched and that her phones could be tapped. She also wrote privately about fears that she could be harmed in a car crash. "People in her close circle described her as quite paranoid," Buhaj said. "... She is the most famous person on the planet. ... So not only are billions of people across the world glued to the screen whenever she appears on it, but she’s also constantly having to look over her shoulder out of fear." "I think what I learned about her paranoia coming away from the special was that she had an extremely strained relationship, not just with her husband, but with the entire royal family. And I think that played a huge role in that paranoia." According to the Operation Paget investigation, several people close to Diana said she did not appear anxious about her safety in the weeks before the crash. Still, some of Diana’s earlier fears were revisited after her death. In one account, she had warned years earlier that someone might try to harm her in a staged car crash. In a handwritten note, Diana alleged that then-Prince Charles was planning an accident involving her car.  The note was written during a turbulent period in Diana’s life, amid her separation and divorce from Charles. The Guardian reported that there were also false rumors circulating at the time that the prince and their children's nanny were having an affair. Charles later told Operation Paget investigators he had not known about the note and did not understand why Diana had expressed those fears, the outlet reported. British investigators ultimately found no evidence that Diana's death was part of a deliberate plot. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Decades after her death, Buhaj said one thing is clear: Diana continues to be "the people’s princess." "... Princess Diana had this way of effortlessly merging with the people, walking through that minefield in Angola, going and reaching out and touching children suffering from AIDS, which is something that the royal family would never even dream of doing," he insisted. "But it put her in a different light. It immortalized her in a way where she was this polarizing figure who was one of the people. And I don’t think that will ever change." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2832c5335ae1048f45b Retro Pizza Hut draws customers from hours away as 1980s nostalgia sends sales soaring te 2026-08-20T10:10:11.624Z Retro Pizza Hut draws customers from hours away as 1980s nostalgia sends sales soaring Florida's only Pizza Hut Classic, featuring the nostalgic red plastic cups, vinyl booths, Tiffany-style lamps and checkerboard tablecloths reminiscent of the 1980s, has become so popular that employees from other locations have been brought in to help accommodate the influx of guests at the Homosassa Springs restaurant. "We have a big responsibility," Tim Sparks, president of Wichita, Kansas-based Daland Corp., which operates 82 dine-in Pizza Huts, told Fox News Digital. "We always want to provide great service, and we always want to provide a great product. But when you get put under a spotlight like this, and people are coming from two or three hours away, you've got to deliver on that expectation." PIZZA HUT BRINGS BACK VINTAGE VIBES AS FRANCHISEES EMBRACE NOSTALGIC MAKEOVERS Pizza Hut started the Classic initiative around 2017, according to Sparks. "They approached a few franchisees and said, 'Hey, we're thinking about doing this retro look. Do you guys want to participate in the test?' So I jumped at that opportunity," he said. The first Pizza Hut Classic that Daland opened was in Dahlonega, Georgia. "We flew out to see it once it was finished, and as soon as I walked through the door, it just really struck me," Sparks said. "I was super excited. I thought I was going to like it. I didn't know I was going to like it as much as I did. For me personally, it hit home." Leadership changes at Pizza Hut eventually led the brand to move away from the Classic remodels, Sparks said, but Daland was allowed to continue with them. "We did eventually run into a problem where we actually bought all the Tiffany lights that we could find," he said. "The brand quit producing them for us because … there just wasn't a big enough commitment from people to buy them." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Some of Daland's Pizza Hut Classic locations still don't have the distinctive lamps, but renewed interest in the retro restaurants could soon change that. "Now, because of the attention, we have five different vendors bidding to build those lights for us again," Sparks said. Customer feedback showed that the throwback styling "really resonated with everybody," Sparks said. Daland currently operates 39 Pizza Hut Classic locations. Since the Homosassa Springs restaurant was converted, dine-in sales have more than doubled, FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported. "Tons of people" travel from well over an hour away to visit the Pizza Hut Classic that Daland operates in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, which has attracted significant attention on social media, according to Sparks. "There's only 1,700 people in that town, and they will almost double the national average of Pizza Hut this year in sales," he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Older generations with fond memories of Pizza Hut aren't the only ones drawn to the retro restaurants. Sparks said he encountered skepticism early on from those who believed the concept would primarily cater to baby boomers. "That's where they were dramatically wrong," he said. "When we started to get a lot of traction with social media, these weren't 50- and 60-year-olds coming in and doing TikToks, right? These were [people in their] teens and 20s coming in and doing them." As a kid, Sparks said, he was drawn to the music, diners and drive-ins of his parents' generation in the 1950s and 1960s. "It wasn't something I ever experienced because it was gone by the time I became a teenager, but it was something I always saw in pictures and really wished I had," he said. He believes younger generations may feel a similar pull toward the Pizza Hut Classics. "I think it does take them back to a little clip of time and an era where, in their minds, things weren't as hectic," Sparks said. "It was a little simpler time." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Sparks has also noticed another phenomenon when customers visit the Classic restaurants. "People put their phones down," Sparks said. "Once they're over the excitement and they're taking pictures of the Pac-Man machine and the salad bar and the Tiffany lights … they set it down and they start having conversation," he said. "I can't explain it, but it's super cool to watch." While Daland won't necessarily convert all of its Pizza Huts into full Classic restaurants, Sparks said the company plans to introduce retro elements — including Tiffany-style lamps and red cups — at its locations. He also plans to bring back the old red curtains at the Tunkhannock location. "That would really take it all the way back," Sparks said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2822c5335ae1048f452 Trump reveals exact number of North Korea's nuclear weapons te 2026-08-20T10:10:10.983Z Trump reveals exact number of North Korea's nuclear weapons President Donald Trump said Wednesday that North Korea possesses 57 nuclear weapons as he previewed a possible meeting with leader Kim Jong Un later this year. Trump made the remark while defending his relationship with Kim, arguing that his rapport with the North Korean leader is "a good thing," not a bad one. Trump’s unusually precise figure appears to be the first time a U.S. official has publicly put an exact number on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Public assessments have generally estimated that Pyongyang has roughly 50 to 60 assembled warheads, while warning that the country’s secretive program makes a definitive count impossible. It was not immediately clear whether Trump’s specific figure was based on a classified U.S. intelligence assessment. TRUMP ORDERS MAJOR CUT TO US-SOUTH KOREA DRILLS AS NORTH KOREA RAMPS UP MISSILE TESTS Trump said Kim is "a very powerful player" and blamed prior administrations for allowing North Korea to develop a nuclear arsenal. "The fact that I get along with him, that’s a good thing," Trump said. "You can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And I know Kim Jong Un very well, and he’s going to be fine as long as we have a smart president." Trump said he expected to meet with Kim later this year, though he did not provide a date or location. NORTH KOREA EXPERT WARNS US CAN 'NEVER TAKE THEIR EYE OFF' KIM JONG UN FOLLOWING MISSILE TEST DURING IRAN WAR North Korea’s nuclear stockpile is closely guarded, and public estimates vary. The Federation of American Scientists estimated in 2024 that Pyongyang may have assembled roughly 50 nuclear warheads, while possessing enough fissile material for up to 90. Trump’s comment came after he ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth this week to substantially scale back the annual U.S.-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, arguing that the drills were costly and sent an "inappropriate and hostile" signal to North Korea. The U.S. and South Korean militaries said Wednesday they would shorten the exercises and end them Friday. The decision is one of several overtures Trump has made toward Kim as he seeks to revive diplomacy with Pyongyang. Trump has said he expects to meet with Kim later this year, potentially during a planned November trip to Asia, though no summit has been announced. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismissed the reduction in drills as insufficient, saying Washington’s policy toward North Korea remains hostile. Trump and Kim met three times during Trump’s first term, but their negotiations broke down in 2019 without an agreement to curb North Korea’s nuclear program. North Korea’s arsenal remains far smaller than those of the world’s two largest nuclear powers. Russia has about 4,400 nuclear warheads in its military stockpile, while the United States has 3,700, according to January estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. China has 620, followed by France with 290, the United Kingdom with 225, India with 190, Pakistan with 170 and Israel with 90. SIPRI estimated North Korea has about 60 assembled warheads — broadly in line with Trump’s figure — while cautioning that the secrecy surrounding Pyongyang’s program makes precise counts uncertain. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2822c5335ae1048f449 Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court te 2026-08-20T10:10:10.364Z Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court As roughly two dozen Texas families fight to keep the Ten Commandments off public school walls, one Austin-area mom is making no apologies for wanting them in her kindergartner's classroom. Brittany McFarland, a Christian mother whose 5-year-old daughter attends public school in Texas, told Fox News Digital she was "pleasantly surprised" by the new classroom displays and said the fierce backlash over them reflects a much bigger battle over faith, values and religious liberty in America's public schools. "I feel like our country, we've been kind of forced to erase religion and discussion of religion in schools in general," McFarland said. "Almost to the point where the topic is taboo, and our children are afraid and uncomfortable to mention their faith or talk anything about it." McFarland said she and her husband had weighed whether public school was still the right choice for their daughter, but said learning about the Ten Commandments law gave her a "sense of hope" about the direction of public education. TEXAS DEM JAMES TALARICO RIPS 'UN-CHRISTIAN' COURT DECISION ON WHAT'S ALLOWED IN CLASSROOMS "It gave me a renewed sense of hope in our school systems," she said. The fight is straightforward. Texas requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and roughly two dozen families want the Supreme Court to block the law. The families, represented by groups including the ACLU, argue the state is crossing a constitutional line by putting a religious text in public school classrooms. They say decisions about a child's religious upbringing should be left to parents and faith communities, not the government, and warn the displays could make students from other religious or nonreligious backgrounds feel excluded or pressured. TED CRUZ, CONSERVATIVES RESPOND AFTER TALARICO CRITICIZES BIBLE-RELATED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AS 'PROPAGANDA' Texas has defended the law, and a federal appeals court upheld it, reasoning that students are not required to recite the Ten Commandments, believe them or affirm their religious origins. Now the families are asking the Supreme Court to step in. The justices have not yet agreed to hear the case. If they do, the dispute could become a major test of how the First Amendment applies to religious expression in public schools. McFarland rejects the characterization that simply displaying the Ten Commandments amounts to imposing Christianity on students. "I look at the Ten Commandments as a reminder to do the right thing," she told Fox News Digital. "They're good standards for children to be exposed to." McFarland pointed to commandments against stealing and the instruction to honor one's father and mother as examples of principles she believes have value for children. "These are things that we should be talking about in our homes and in our classrooms," she said. McFarland also stressed that, based on what she has seen in her daughter's classroom and others, the Ten Commandments are not being presented as something students must recite or affirm. "It's not like you're walking to the classroom and you're seeing a five-by-six poster with it in huge font, right, front and center. That's not what's happening," she said. JUDGE ORDERS WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LOOSEN LIMITS ON OFF-CAMPUS BIBLE CLUB FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS "I don't see this posting historically significant religious text as imposing religion at all. It's not like the children are having to recite it. It's not like they're standing up and giving a Pledge of Allegiance to it. It's nothing of that sort." McFarland said her school district recently informed parents that teachers are instructed to tell students who ask about the poster that it is displayed because of Texas law. According to the message McFarland read to Fox News Digital, teachers would contact parents if students asked specific questions about its contents rather than providing religious instruction themselves. TRUMP DOJ EXPANDS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTIONS AFTER MAJOR SUPREME COURT RULINGS "To me, that's not imposing religion upon anyone," McFarland said. "That's giving them the opportunity to go home and talk about it. It's opening up conversation that can occur within the home and the walls of your home." Opponents, however, said the fact that students are not required to recite the text does not resolve their concerns. The ACLU has described the displays as government-imposed religion and argues they could lead to religious coercion, bullying or stigmatization. Some parents involved in the challenge said the mandate could make children who follow other faiths or no faith at all feel that the state favors one set of beliefs over their own. An Austin interfaith couple involved in the case has also argued that parents, rather than politicians, should decide how their children receive religious education. McFarland said she actually agrees with that principle, but disputes that a classroom display constitutes religious instruction. "I would actually tend to agree with the family that politicians shouldn't have a role in how teachers are specifically teaching religion to our children or trying to influence them on religion," McFarland said. "However, I see this very differently." "To me, having a poster up is not teaching your child that religion," she added. McFarland compared the distinction to a student seeing a human anatomy poster hanging in a health classroom, arguing that the presence of the material does not mean the child is being forced to receive instruction about everything depicted on it. She also pushed back on concerns that young children could feel pressured to adopt the religious beliefs contained in the Ten Commandments. "Five-year-olds can't read, for the most part," McFarland said, adding that she does not believe her daughter is entering the classroom, reading the poster and feeling pressure to embrace a particular faith. "Religion should not be taught from the teachers or enforced by the teachers, but this isn't that," she said. McFarland said she believes the controversy has become about something larger than the physical display itself. "I don't think that this fight is really a poster in the classroom," she said. "I think it's about religious liberties." At the same time, McFarland said she believes students would benefit from learning more about faith traditions beyond their own. "I think this is where our country could do a lot better, actually," she said. "If we took more time to learn about other faiths and other religions, we could see the good in other people and respect them, even though we have differences." McFarland said Americans should be able to acknowledge those differences without treating them as inherently threatening. "We need to stop finding so many differences and we need to see the good in our differences," she said. For McFarland, the debate ultimately comes back to what she wants her daughters to learn about expressing their own beliefs. "I want my daughters to stand up for what's right," McFarland said. "I teach my family that if you stand for nothing, you're gonna fall for anything." "Don't be embarrassed or ashamed to stand up for your religious beliefs," she continued. "We just need to stand up and use our voices." Fox News' Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2812c5335ae1048f440 How one NYC suburb could decide which party controls the House te 2026-08-20T10:10:09.758Z How one NYC suburb could decide which party controls the House The question of which party controls the House majority for the latter half of President Donald Trump's term could come down to a group of suburbs just north of New York City. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., the first Republican to represent the area in roughly 40 years, is facing off against Democrat Army veteran Cait Conley in his bid for a third term in New York's 17th Congressional District. The expected close margins and dwindling number of battleground districts mean the race has garnered national attention, but Lawler is accusing Conley of ducking national-level debates. HOUSE REPUBLICANS AIM TO TURN DEMOCRATIC CIVIL WAR INTO MIDTERM WEAPON "It is, you know, vitally important for the voters in my district to hear from us — and I think, frankly, nationally, folks would benefit from it because it's one of a handful of seats that really is going to make the difference and decide control of Congress," Lawler told Fox News Digital. "So, to me, if you're running for public office, you should be able to stand on your own two feet and answer the questions from reporters, but moreover, make the direct and compelling case to voters about why you should be elected." Lawler said he challenged Conley to six debates after she won the primary to take him on, but that she has so far agreed to only two that are hosted by local networks. When reached by Fox News Digital for comment, Conley's campaign confirmed that she agreed to two debates with Lawler and accused him of running cover for fellow Republicans. "Mike Lawler will do anything to avoid delivering for his constituents, like last week, when he went on CNN to defend domestic abuser Max Miller. While he continues to act like a spoiled brat begging for more national air time to lie about his record, Cait is focused on hearing directly from voters, who are sick of being represented by a career political hack and ready for someone who puts country over party," Conley's communications director, Maddy Rosen, said. "Cait looks forward to their two scheduled televised debates where she will hold Mike Lawler accountable for failing the Hudson Valley, voting with Trump 100% of the time, and being a spineless, self-serving politician." Lawler said her refusal to agree to more debates showed that Conley was "not prepared" for the House and accused her of not even residing in the district she's running to represent. Conley's communications director did not address the claims of her residency, but the candidate's website touts her as a "fourth-generation Hudson Valley native." Lawler was born and raised in the district. Tying the GOP lawmaker to Trump is likely to be an oft-used attack by Democrats as the election season wears on, with Lawler being one of three House Republicans in the entire country who won their seats despite their districts voting for Kamala Harris in 2024. But Lawler, who has sought to forge a reputation as a moderate, is in turn accusing Conley of pushing the same ideological issues as the far-left reaches of her party, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. JOHNSON TURNS DEMOCRATS’ SOCIALIST CIVIL WAR INTO NEW WEAPON FOR MIDTERMS "The fact is, she can try to obfuscate here, and she can try and hide, but she stands shoulder to shoulder with them, and she refuses to denounce any of them," Lawler said, referring to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). "In fact, she praised Zohran Mamdani throughout the primary campaign. So to me, at the end of the day, whatever she calls herself doesn't really matter. It's the policies." Republicans are pointing to Mamdani and other DSA figures as a warning sign of where the Democratic Party is headed, arguing they'll push the country further left if they win in the midterms. In Lawler's district just outside the Big Apple, that warning could be critical to his keeping the seat red. Lawler defeated former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., to win the seat in 2022. He then defended it against former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y. With just a handful of swing districts on either side, the race for the House majority is almost guaranteed to be close. Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win the majority back from Republicans in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d2812c5335ae1048f437 Biden admin released illegal immigrant accused of fatally stabbing Fairfax County mother te 2026-08-20T10:10:09.196Z Biden admin released illegal immigrant accused of fatally stabbing Fairfax County mother The man allegedly behind the stabbing death of a Virginia mother in Fairfax County is an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted by the Biden administration, a federal source tells Fox News. Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old Salvadoran national, was caught and released at the southern border during the Biden administration. The source said Cedillos-Campos was allowed into the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, in April 2024. "[Former President Joe] Biden and [former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas hand-delivered alleged killer Cedillos-Campos to the streets of Fairfax County. They recklessly unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities and abused the law to do so," DHS said in a statement to Fox News. "President [Donald] Trump and [DHS] Secretary Markwayne Mullin are now enforcing the law, arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country — and have reversed Biden's deadly catch and release policy." Fairfax County Police arrested Cedillos-Campos Wednesday on charges in connection with Monday's stabbing death of 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch. He is being held in the Prince George's County jail pending extradition to Fairfax County, where he faces a second-degree murder charge, according to police. FIRST ON FOX: MAN FOUND DEAD ON STREET TRIGGERS ICE ACTION AFTER SHOCKING HIT-AND-RUN A jogger spotted Puch unconscious just off a popular trail in the affluent Northern Virginia suburb. She had trauma to her upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene, Fairfax County Police Capt. Jason Chandler said during a news conference. Fairfax County, one of the most affluent counties in America, has seen a series of violent and sexual crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally, including several who were admitted under the Biden administration. Puch was from Reston, a suburb of Washington, D.C. She was the mother of a young daughter and worked at a nearby restaurant, according to NBC Washington. The outlet reported that "people who knew her … said she was soft-spoken and worked hard to support her young daughter." After a jogger called police at about 6:45 a.m. Monday, officers found Puch lying beside her vehicle. NBC Washington reported that sources familiar with the investigation said she was stabbed inside the vehicle. Puch is not the only Fairfax County victim of violent crime involving an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted under the Biden administration. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ISRAEL FLORES ORTIZ GETS 360 DAYS FOR GROPING GIRLS AT FAIRFAX COUNTY VA. HIGH SCHOOL One case involved 18-year-old Salvadoran immigrant Israel Flores Ortiz, who entered the country illegally in 2024, and was convicted this year of assault and battery involving the groping of several underage girls at Fairfax High School. Fox News Digital also reported on several homicides and other violent crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally in Fairfax County earlier this year. Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has faced criticism over her handling of crime involving immigrants in the country illegally. ICE CALLS OUT ‘DEPRAVED FREAK’ ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEPORTED AFTER HEINOUS CRIME IN DEM-RUN STATE On her first day in office, Spanberger rescinded an executive order by her predecessor, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, that directed state law enforcement agencies to assist federal immigration authorities. She also ordered state and local law enforcement agencies to terminate all 287(g) agreements with ICE and signed an order prohibiting ICE from using state property as a staging area, processing location or operations base for federal civil immigration enforcement activities. On Wednesday, the White House blamed the Biden administration's immigration policies for Cedillos-Campos' presence in the country. "This brutal killing of this mother was 100% preventable," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News. "The Biden administration released this illegal alien MURDERER into our country." Bis added that "extreme Democrat politicians' open border policies have consequences," pointing to murders, rapes and other violent crimes committed against Americans. Fox News Digital reached out to Biden and Spanberger for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d02f2c5335ae1048f3e6 Maricopa County Announces $800K Pilot Program To Cover Past-Due Rents te 2026-08-20T10:00:15.855Z Maricopa County Announces $800K Pilot Program To Cover Past-Due Rents By Staff Reporter | Maricopa County taxpayers will pay up to two months of rent for those facing eviction for nonpayment. Maricopa County has partnered with the city of Phoenix to launch a pilot program aimed at preventing evictions. The county allocated $800,000 from its fiscal year 2027 budget to pay for the pilot program, and the board of supervisors approved it in May. Board Chair Kate Brophy McGee said the program was modeled after the Texas Eviction Diversion Program, a pandemic-era relief program established via emergency order by the Texas Supreme Court which ended in 2023.  “For three straight years, Maricopa County Justice Courts have processed more than 80,000 eviction filings. That’s 80,000 individuals or families on the brink of homelessness each year, at a time when that population is already high,” said Chair Kate Brophy McGee, District 3. “This pilot, modeled after a successful program in Texas, aims to address our eviction crisis head-on with interventions that are sustainable and effective. They are a hand up, not a hand out.” Eligible residents may receive as much as $3,000 to cover two months of rental arrears; those with rental arrears exceeding three months past due and those with rental arrears exceeding $3,000 don’t qualify. Should every program participant qualify for the maximum relief amount, approximately 265 individuals would receive rental assistance.  Residents must reside in zip codes 85008, 85040, 85041, 85042; have citizenship or lawful permanent residency; have experienced a temporary emergency or financial setback; and can demonstrate ability to pay monthly rent moving forward.  Proof of ability to pay rent in the future includes an individual’s last two pay stubs, employment verification letter, Social Security income verification letter, a job offer letter, “other income verification,” or self-attestation.  The program also accepts on self-attestation from a resident to indicate financial hardship impacting their ability to make future rental payments. Verifiable evidence of the nature of the professed temporary hardship must be provided: terminated employment, reduced work hours, business closure, short-term illness or disability, medical bills, funeral expenses, car repairs, natural or manmade disaster, victimization by crime or domestic violence, or a self-attestation describing the temporary hardship.  Further, the program requires property owner participation. Property owners must provide documentation of the rental agreement, a tenant ledger, and other forms to include a W9.  “A key condition of receiving financial assistance includes the property owner agreeing that the amounts paid by the program fully satisfy the covered rental arrears and eligible charges,” stated the county press release.  The county’s application link sends users to an email with a domain name for HOM, an Arizona-based housing assistance and social services organization with operations in Colorado and Los Angeles, California.  On its website, HOM advertises as having assisted with the distribution of more than $9 million in monthly housing assistance, provision of monthly assistance to more than 6,900 households, and provision of housing subsidies for more than 3,000 properties.  AZ Free News reported earlier this month that the city of Phoenix is also considering the continuation of eviction legal services. That pilot program began in January 2025 with $1.2 million sourced from interest accrued from American Rescue Plan Act funds. City leaders say they would like to continue the program beyond its scheduled end date in June 2027. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Maricopa County Announces $800K Pilot Program To Cover Past-Due Rents first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d02e2c5335ae1048f3dd Arizona 529 Education Savings Plan Assets Nearly Double Under Treasurer Yee, Reaching Record $3.2 Billion te 2026-08-20T10:00:14.083Z Arizona 529 Education Savings Plan Assets Nearly Double Under Treasurer Yee, Reaching Record $3.2 Billion By Matthew Holloway | Arizona’s state-sponsored education savings program has reached a record $3.2 billion in managed assets, with the Arizona Treasurer’s Office reporting a 96.9 percent increase since Treasurer Kimberly Yee assumed administration of the plan in October 2020. The Arizona Treasurer’s Office announced Tuesday that the AZ529 Education Savings Plan has also added 74,995 new accounts during the 69 months it has operated under Yee’s administration. The latest figures represent continued growth from the beginning of the year. In January, the Treasurer’s Office reported that the plan held $2.87 billion in assets and had added 63,586 accounts since its transfer to the office. The new figures represent approximately $330 million in additional assets and another 11,409 accounts compared with those totals. Under the leadership of Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee, the @AZ_529 Education Savings Plan has increased assets under management by 96.9% to a new record high of $3.2 billion after 69 months of operation with 74,995 new accounts. | @AZTreasurerYee pic.twitter.com/mPXFB7rDQJ — Office of the Arizona State Treasurer (@AZTreasury) August 18, 2026 AZ529 came under the administration of the Treasurer’s Office on Oct. 1, 2020, after then-Gov. Doug Ducey signed SB 1528, transferring administration of the program from the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education to the State Treasurer and establishing the State Board of Investment as trustee. The plan itself was created by the Legislature in 1997 and launched in 1999. Two years after the transfer, the Treasurer’s Office reported that the plan had added 22,326 accounts and held approximately $1.67 billion in assets. At that time, assets had increased 3.1 percent since the Treasury took control of the program. By January 2026, assets had risen 76.7 percent from the October 2020 level to $2.87 billion. The Treasurer’s Office said at the time that 63,586 new accounts had been opened during the first 63 months of Treasury administration. The program allows parents, grandparents, and other account owners to invest money for a beneficiary’s education through tax-advantaged accounts. Funds may be used for qualified expenses including college and university costs, community college, vocational and trade programs, registered apprenticeships, and certain other educational expenses. Arizona taxpayers may deduct contributions made to any qualifying state 529 plan from state taxable income, up to $2,000 per beneficiary for single filers and heads of household and $4,000 per beneficiary for married couples filing jointly. Earnings grow tax-free, while qualified withdrawals are exempt from federal and Arizona income taxes. Families can begin saving with as little as $15 per month, depending on the plan provider. The program currently offers a direct-sold plan through Fidelity Investments and an advisor-sold plan through Goldman Sachs. Federal changes have also expanded the ways some unused 529 funds can be handled. AZ529 beneficiaries may roll qualifying unused funds into the beneficiary’s Roth IRA, subject to federal requirements and a $35,000 lifetime limit. The plan has received national recognition during its growth. In January, the Treasurer’s Office announced that Forbes named AZ529 one of six plans selected from 70 evaluated for its 2026 list. The program has also received a Silver rating from Morningstar for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Yee, who is running for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and serving her final year as state treasurer, has made expansion of the 529 program and financial-literacy outreach part of her office’s priorities. In her 2025 accomplishments report, the Treasurer’s Office said its outreach included communities across Arizona’s 15 counties, along with Spanish and Navajo-language materials promoting the education savings program. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Arizona 529 Education Savings Plan Assets Nearly Double Under Treasurer Yee, Reaching Record $3.2 Billion first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86d02c2c5335ae1048f3d4 Amish Shah’s Vote Against Ban On Child Sex Change Surgeries Resurfaces te 2026-08-20T10:00:12.323Z Amish Shah’s Vote Against Ban On Child Sex Change Surgeries Resurfaces By Staff Reporter | One candidate’s voting records are resurfacing amid a heated race for the 1st Congressional District seat. Democratic nominee Amish Shah, while a state representative, voted against a measure banning sex change surgeries for minors.  Shah took the vote in 2022 while representing the 24th Legislative District. He did not explain his vote during the House floor decision on the bill.  Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, sponsored the legislation.  Shah also voted against bills perceived as noninclusive of transgender individuals, including a ban on males from participating in female sports, and a requirement for students to use bathrooms in accordance with their biological sex.  This resurfaced voting record provides a context of continuity with Shah’s approach as a lawmaker, considering his promises to voters in recent months to represent a further-left faction of the Democratic Party. Publicly, Shah has styled himself as an independent that works beyond political party.  His platform proposes advancing socialized medicine, codifying abortion, ending tariffs, and increasing public school funding. When Shah first announced his candidacy last May, he pledged to defend abortion access, namely for the abortion drug mifepristone.  I believe in universal healthcare. The system is broken. #LD5 #ShahForAZ — Amish Shah, MD (@DrAmishShah) July 1, 2022 During his time in the state legislature, Shah balanced his public commitment to bipartisanship by introducing legislation that aligned with a more progressive arc, such as a bill to expand anti-discrimination laws by affording protections for gender identity and sexual orientation, and another bill to redefine marriage within the state constitution.  That anti-discrimination expansion bill has been included within Shah’s bipartisanship count, since Shah cosponsored the bill alongside former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican.  Shah played an active role in the 2020 presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Shah headlined a town hall for the Sanders campaign and endorsed his approach to socializing healthcare. In one town hall, Shah proposed replacing capitalism with socialism.  It was prior to his unsuccessful 2024 campaign for this same seat that Shah openly situated himself within the socialist camp of the Democratic Party. Shah lost that 2024 race despite outspending his opponent by several million, Rep. David Schweikert. Shah also signed onto a compact to make Washington, D.C., into the 51st state. Shah was among 33 Democratic lawmakers from Arizona to sign the 2021 letter. In 2023, Shah followed up on that letter by cosponsoring a 2023 resolution to support D.C. statehood.  Shah has declined to sign onto other compacts. Shah is not among the signatories on board with Promise to America, a commitment for Democratic elected officials and candidates to oppose socialism.  Shah’s primary election opponent, Marlene Galan-Woods, did sign onto the pledge.  Apart from himself, among Shah’s biggest single donors have been the IA Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee based out of D.C., and 314 Action Impact Slate, a hybrid PAC based out of D.C. Shah has raised more than $1.8 million this reporting period, per Federal Election Commission data.  The Republican nominee in the race, Jay Feely, has raised more than $2.5 million. As with Shah, apart from himself Feely’s top donors include Grow the Majority, a Virginia-based PAC, and Emmer Majority Builders, a Georgia-based PAC. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Amish Shah’s Vote Against Ban On Child Sex Change Surgeries Resurfaces first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86cdcf2c5335ae1048f388 Top Dem group reveals new congressional targets in bid to flip House: 'Proven fighters' te 2026-08-20T09:50:07.549Z Top Dem group reveals new congressional targets in bid to flip House: 'Proven fighters' The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is adding five new races to its Red to Blue list, a program that looks to equip candidates in particularly competitive districts. The Red to Blue program is backing Tom Perriello in Virginia, Nancy Lacore in South Carolina, Matt Dunlap in Maine, Zach Dembo in Kentucky and Leela Gray in Florida, bringing the program’s designated races to a total of 37. The additions indicate a growing number of seats the party’s House campaign arm believes it can win as they try to retake the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a slim majority. The announcement also telegraphs further investment in those particular races. DEMOCRATS TARGET MORE GOP HOUSE SEATS AFTER SOCIALIST VICTORIES ROCK LEFT-WING PRIMARIES "All of these candidates are proven fighters who are running strong campaigns, talking to every voter, and building coalitions across the ideological spectrum to power their victories in November." DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., said in a statement. The five new candidates can expect to receive strategic guidance, staff resources, training and fundraising support "to ensure they are in the best possible position to win in November," Red to Blue stated in a press release. Notably, all five candidates have some record of prior public or military service. Leela Gray, running in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, captured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday evening, highlighting her 30-year Army career, during which she rose to the rank of brigadier general. Her record is similar to that of Nancy Lacore, the Democratic candidate in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, and her story as a former three-star Navy admiral. HOUSE DEMOCRATS' CAMPAIGN ARM DRAWS PROGRESSIVE FURY FOR TRYING TO 'TIP THE SCALES' IN KEY HOUSE PRIMARY Similarly, Zach Dembo, who is trying to flip Kentucky’s 6th District, served as a Navy JAG officer and DOJ prosecutor. The remaining two candidates — Matt Dunlap in Maine’s 2nd District and Tom Perriello, the Democratic nominee in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District — both have held public office before. Dunlap served as Maine Secretary of State, while Perriello is a former congressman. Despite the additional focus, most of the districts are relatively safe for Republicans. Three of them, VA-05, S.C.-01 and KY-06, were all won by the GOP by an average 19.3% margin of victory. Only two of them, FL-13 and ME-02, were decided by less than 10%. Notably, the Maine race is the most competitive out of the group, having been decided by just 0.6% in 2024 in a narrow win for Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine. Golden is not pursuing re-election. In addition to their service backgrounds, DelBene, the DCCC chair, said the candidates would stress areas where voters might feel like Republicans have overpromised and underdelivered. REPUBLICAN MOVES CLOSER TO REPLACING NANCY MACE AS GOP LOOKS TO HOLD COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT "American families are struggling under the broken promises and higher costs caused by House Republicans, and they’re eager for leaders who will always put the well-being of their communities first, not rubber-stamp Trump’s failed agenda," DelBene said. Having cleared their respective primaries, all five candidates are now headed to their general elections on Nov. 3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86cb7a2c5335ae1048f327 Idaho coffee shop owner defends ejecting pro-life group from his business after backlash te 2026-08-20T09:40:10.084Z Idaho coffee shop owner defends ejecting pro-life group from his business after backlash An Idaho coffee shop owner says he and his wife have received "nonstop death threats" following a viral confrontation in which he demanded a pro-life group leave his business and compared them to the Ku Klux Klan. Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, posted a video to social media on Monday alleging that she and her group were ousted from Wydaho Roasters in Driggs after owner Jim Sheehan learned they were holding a pro-life meeting. Hawkins told Fox News Digital a group of about 15 people had gathered at the café to discuss a prospective ballot measure that would legalize abortion up to 24 weeks in Idaho, where most abortions are currently illegal. Her 16-year-old son, Bear, a fellow with Students for Life, organized the gathering to recruit local volunteers. They also planned to discuss ways to help support moms and families in need in their rural neighborhood, Hawkins said. STUDENTS FOR LIFE SPOKESWOMAN DEFIANT AFTER ANTIFA 'DEATH CULT' MOBBED HER, CELEBRATED CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER According to Hawkins, group members ordered food and drinks before sitting down, at which point Sheehan approached them and said they were not welcome to host their meeting there. Video footage shows Sheehan telling the group to meet at the public library instead. "This is my place of business," Sheehan says in the video. "I did a lot of work to get people on the ballot so women would have the right to choose in the state of Idaho, and this is something I do not support, nor does my wife, and it's our business. So we have that choice." When Hawkins asked if he was kicking them out, Sheehan replied, "Did I make it very clear that I did not want you here?" "It's like, if the KKK asked to meet here, I would say 'no,'" Sheehan explained in the recording. "In my world, it's the same sort of concept." SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS OVER MAMDANI'S SILENCE AFTER BROOKLYN COFFEE SHOP BANS JEWISH CONGRESSMAN Sheehan disputed claims that he "kicked out" the group, telling Fox News Digital the video posted online was misleading. He said he had politely asked the group on Facebook the day prior not to use his business for their meeting. "Sunday she announced on a local community page they were holding this meeting at our business naming it — I responded to the post politely asking them not to use our business as the agenda of the organization does not align with us," Sheehan told Fox News Digital. "They showed up anyway." Hawkins told Fox News Digital they had not seen the social media reply from Sheehan before holding the meeting. In an interview with Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday, Sheehan acknowledged the KKK comparison was a mistake, stating he "didn't think through that analogy." Sheehan said he and his wife have received "nonstop death threats" since the incident. He defended his right to host groups at his choice and said he objected to his business being associated with a cause that he and his wife adamantly opposed. "I figured they would respect my wishes and not hold it there," he told the outlet. SIX TRANSGENDER IDAHO RESIDENTS FILE LAWSUIT TO BLOCK NEW BATHROOM LAW Sheehan said his coffee shop is openly liberal, flies the pride flag and hosts LGBTQ coffee meet-ups. "It's not a surprise where my stance is on something like that," he said, adding that promoting a pro-life meeting would go against his fundamental values. "This is one of those black-and-white issues for me," he said. Students for Life maintained to Fox News Digital that Sheehan's actions amounted to an ejection, alleging he turned up the café's music after the interaction to prevent them from speaking. Hawkins said though the community in Driggs, Idaho, leans liberal, her neighbors are welcoming and friendly regardless of differences in politics, so she said she was shocked by the confrontation. "I think it was shocking to see somebody who had obviously said multiple times and in social media posts and has been out the community saying that they were a community organization, coffee shop ... you know, everyone's welcome sign and his rainbow flag is not welcoming to anyone who is a Christian or who is pro-life," she told Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86cb732c5335ae1048f2f6 Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users te 2026-08-20T09:40:03.266Z Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users Binance's Agent OS works with tools including ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c6c22c5335ae1048f273 Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say te 2026-08-20T09:20:02.394Z Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c4742c5335ae1048f237 The family group chat is a goldmine for scammers te 2026-08-20T09:10:12.081Z The family group chat is a goldmine for scammers The last message in your family group chat may have seemed completely harmless. It could have been a beach photo, a flight arrival time, a dentist appointment or an update about Dad's cardiologist. These are the everyday details that keep families connected. They can also give scammers the information they need to impersonate someone you love. A criminal may already know your relatives' names, phone numbers and addresses before making contact. Your family group chat can supply the current details that make the scam believable. New! Free live CyberGuy class: Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest Threats Join us Saturday, August 29, at 10 AM ET for a free CyberGuy LIVE class covering five simple steps to help defend yourself against AI scams, fraud, identity theft and financial hacks. 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For example, you might post that you just returned from Florida. Your daughter may mention that your grandson is backpacking through Europe. You might also share Dad's next doctor's appointment or the date the grandkids start at a new school. Those updates may feel private. However, they can become exposed if someone shares them elsewhere, posts similar details on social media or loses control of an account. The FBI has explained how criminals use this information in grandparent scams. A scammer may learn that a grandson is a photographer who often travels to Mexico. Then the caller claims to be stranded there after losing his passport and camera equipment. The story sounds believable because it includes real details. The FTC warns that scammers "may know your name, where you live, and other information they could have found on social media." In other words, criminals can combine public records with personal updates to create a convincing lie. In 2025, Americans age 60 and older reported $7.7 billion in losses to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, with more than 201,000 complaints filed. Here is the number that should stop you. A data removal service analysis of FBI data found that 72% of elder fraud cases in 2024 were enabled by victims' personal data being available online. Those cases accounted for $4.2 billion in losses, or 86% of the total amount stolen. An 86-year-old woman named Joyce received a call about her real grandson, Grant. The caller reportedly knew he wore glasses, worked as a teacher and was in his mid-20s. Her daughter-in-law later recalled, "There were comments like, 'He's such a nice young man. I love the glasses he wears.'" Gary Schildhorn told the U.S. Senate Aging Committee about receiving a call from what sounded exactly like his son's voice. The caller asked for nearly $9,000 in bail money. "There was no doubt in my mind that it was his voice on the phone," he said. It was an AI-generated voice clone. Security researchers say criminals may need only a short audio clip to reproduce someone's voice. That is the type of clip families share in group chats every day. In August 2025, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts charged 13 people in a ring accused of stealing more than $5 million from over 400 victims across five states. The victims' average age was 84. The U.S. Attorney's summary was blunt: "Their goal was to trick our parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends into handing over their life savings under false pretenses, and they succeeded." Scammers do not always rely on information posted outside the group. Sometimes they take over the chat itself. One common WhatsApp takeover trick starts with a message claiming that a verification code was sent to you by mistake. The sender asks you to forward it. That code is actually your registration code. Forwarding it may allow someone to register your number on another phone. The criminal could then lock you out, create a new PIN and start messaging your family while pretending to be you. Facebook Messenger accounts can also be cloned or hijacked. With iMessage scams, criminals may try to persuade you to respond to a disabled scam link so that the link becomes active again. SIM swapping presents another threat. A criminal who convinces your carrier to transfer your phone number to a different device may gain access without asking you to forward a code. Once that happens, the scammer no longer needs to guess your relatives' names. The criminal may be inside the group chat using them. HI MOM TEXT SCAM: HOW TO SPOT FAKE EMERGENCY TEXTS Good. You should not. Nobody is asking you to leave the family group chat. Disappearing from it would take away one of the best parts of getting older: staying close to your family every day. This isn’t about talking less. It is about making a few five-minute security changes that can close the doors scammers use while preserving the connection your family values. A few changes can strengthen your account security and help your family respond safely when a suspicious message appears. Two-step verification adds another layer of protection to your accounts. Therefore, turn it on for every messaging, social media and email account that supports it. WhatsApp: Open Settings > Account > Two-step verification. Facebook: Open Accounts Center > Password and security > Two-factor authentication. Apple Account: Open Settings > [your name] > Sign-In & Security > Two-Factor Authentication. This extra security step can help block an account takeover, even if a scammer steals your password or tries to register your account on another device. Create a family rule that nobody forwards a verification code received by text, email or an authentication app. A legitimate platform will not ask you to send your private login code to another person. A real family member should not need it either. Even when the request appears to come from your child or grandchild, call that person using a phone number you already have before taking action. Choose a word, phrase or question that only your real family knows. Before anyone sends money or responds to an emergency request, ask for the codeword. Apply the rule every time, even when the person's voice sounds convincing. Do not place the codeword in the same group chat you are trying to protect. Share it by phone or in person. YOUR FAMILY COULD BE ONE PHONE CALL FROM A BANK SCAM Post beach photos after you return home rather than while you are still traveling. Real-time travel posts may reveal that your home is empty. They can also give scammers a believable opening line about where you are, where you have been or when you are expected to return. You can still share every great photo. A short delay makes the information less useful to someone watching your activity. On WhatsApp, review who can see your profile photo, last seen status and About information. Consider limiting those details to your contacts. You can also restrict who is allowed to add you to groups. For conversations containing addresses, appointments or routines, consider enabling Advanced Chat Privacy when it is available. Review similar privacy settings on Facebook, Instagram and any other service your family uses. Treat an account as untrusted when a family member suddenly asks you to forward a code, send money, buy gift cards or keep an emergency secret. Getting logged out unexpectedly can also indicate that someone is attempting to take over your account. Stop responding in the chat and call the family member directly using a phone number you already had. Do not call a new number provided in the suspicious message. Use a password managerto create and store a different strong password for every messaging, email and social media account. Reusing the same password gives criminals more opportunities. If one service suffers a breach, the stolen password may be tested against your other accounts. Apassword manager also reduces the temptation to choose short passwords based on birthdays, pets or family names that a scammer could discover online. There is one problem these security settings cannot solve: the data broker profile that may have made the scam believable in the first place. Search for your name on sites such as Spokeo or Whitepages. You may find your address, phone number and relatives listed by name. That is the information a scammer can see before making contact. Meanwhile, your group chat supplies the current details that make the eventual call or message convincing. The data broker profile may have helped identify your family as a possible target. You can request removal from data broker sites yourself. However, the process can take time, and your information may reappear later. For ongoing help, consider using a reputable data removal service. These services send removal requests to data brokers on your behalf and continue checking whether your personal information returns. No service can remove every trace of your data from the internet. Still, reducing the number of sites that display your address, phone number and family connections can make it harder for scammers to build a convincing profile around you. 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 The family group chat may feel like the safest room in your digital life, but the information shared there can become valuable to criminals. Data brokers may already have your relatives mapped out by name, while travel plans, appointments and everyday updates give scammers the current details they need to create a convincing story. Real families have lost thousands of dollars to callers who appeared to know everything about them. Messaging accounts can also be hijacked through stolen verification codes, weak passwords, phishing attempts or SIM-swapping attacks. You do not need to leave the family group chat. Turn on two-step verification, use unique passwords stored in a password manager, create a family codeword and wait until you return home before sharing travel updates. Those precautions can protect your accounts, but they cannot remove information that is already sitting on data broker sites. Reducing that exposure requires regularly checking what is public and requesting that your information be removed. Stay close to your family. Just make it harder for someone else to use that closeness against you. Has a scammer ever contacted you or a relative using real names, travel details or other personal information that made the story feel convincing? 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/6a86c4732c5335ae1048f22e Want to stop socialism? A modern civic education needs a lot more than you'd think te 2026-08-20T09:10:11.491Z Want to stop socialism? A modern civic education needs a lot more than you'd think The recent election victories of socialist and progressive candidates in New York, Michigan and Minnesota, along with Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong’s narrow loss in Wisconsin, highlight the changing political and economic attitudes of a growing segment of Americans. Perhaps most surprising is the constituency driving this movement: younger, college-educated voters. Recent analysis shows support for Democratic Socialist candidates particularly strong among highly educated younger voters. By contrast, support among working-class voters without a college degree is weaker, despite these candidates’ emphasis on policies intended to benefit working-class households. There is no shortage of explanations for the recent rise in support for socialism among young college graduates. Conservatives emphasize ideological capture within universities. Progressives emphasize housing affordability and economic insecurity. Both likely play a role, but these results raise a more fundamental issue. Higher education has spent decades encouraging students to engage in political and economic debates without first ensuring that they possess the foundational knowledge to adequately evaluate those debates. Hence, before students decide what they believe about capitalism and socialism or vote to reform America's political and economic systems, they should first understand how our systems actually work. FOX NEWS POLL: FAITH IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE US IS COLLAPSING One promising response has been the emergence of schools devoted to civic education. These schools seek to restore serious study of history, constitutional government, economics and the traditions of self-government to undergraduate education. Their main purpose is not to produce historians, political scientists, philosophers or economists. Rather, they seek to prepare graduates for lives of informed citizenship and responsible leadership. Graduates will go into numerous fields, including business, medicine, law and politics. Regardless of their career choices, these students will be equipped to help shape America’s future. The renewal of civic education reflects a broader question confronting higher education as a whole: What knowledge should every educated citizen possess? Among these new schools, the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin illustrates one approach. As my dean, Justin Dyer, has argued, civic education should be pre-partisan: "Before we can develop a reasonable outlook on the policy issues of the day, we must first acquire knowledge of the character and basis of the political institutions we have inherited and must now steward as Americans. Civic education gives us this knowledge and in so doing prepares us for liberty." This vision rests on three pillars: history, constitutionalism and economics. History teaches students how the ideas and events that came before us shaped the American experiment. Constitutionalism teaches students how our institutions operate in a democratic republic. Economics teaches students how incentives, markets and institutions shape prosperity and public policy. Together, these three disciplines provide students with the intellectual foundation necessary to understand and steward our country, regardless of the profession they ultimately pursue. CAPITALISM IS ABOUT INCENTIVES. STOPPING THE STUPIDITY OF SOCIALISM IS A BIG INCENTIVE In practice, however, economics has often occupied a less prominent place in civic education compared to history and constitutional government. At its best, economic reasoning provides a pre-partisan framework for analyzing public policy. When applied properly, economic analysis does not begin with a predetermined policy outcome. Rather, it begins by examining costs, benefits, incentives and unintended consequences. Notably, economic analysis seeks to examine two important questions related to public policy: causality and efficiency. Causality tells us which policies achieve a desired outcome. Efficiency asks how to achieve that outcome at the lowest cost to society. Importantly, when taught correctly, economics doesn't tell students how to vote or which candidates to support. Rather, it provides a common analytical framework to teach students how to evaluate competing claims and consider tradeoffs. That shared framework, not agreement on political outcomes, is what makes economics uniquely suited to a pre-partisan civic education. COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPRESS STRONG TRUST IN SCHOOL LEADERS DESPITE BROADER PUBLIC CYNICISM: GALLUP Every citizen can vote or borrow money, and all of us have to pay taxes. And we have to live with the consequences of the economic policies enacted by our elected officials. Yet among students who began college in 2012, only about one-quarter received any college-level economics instruction. Citizens cannot meaningfully participate in those debates without first understanding basic economic principles. A civic education that omits economic reasoning is incomplete. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION If one purpose of higher education is to prepare graduates for the responsibilities of citizenship, then economics cannot remain peripheral. The resurgence of civic education has rightly restored emphasis on the study of America’s history and constitutional systems. However, we must also ensure every graduate understands the economic system that has helped make America the most prosperous nation in human history. Before Americans vote to reform or replace our economic and political institutions, they must first understand how those institutions actually work. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c4722c5335ae1048f225 When AI tests cause damage, we need stronger safeguards and real accountability te 2026-08-20T09:10:10.905Z When AI tests cause damage, we need stronger safeguards and real accountability When a cybersecurity experiment goes wrong, the public response is predictable: Find out who is responsible, punish them, compensate the victims and make sure it never happens again. That instinct is understandable. But imagine if automakers tested every vehicle at only 20 miles per hour because they feared a crash-test car might escape the warehouse. The public might be protected from a runaway test vehicle, but manufacturers would learn little about how cars perform under dangerous real-world conditions. Artificial-intelligence testing presents a similar dilemma. When powerful artificial-intelligence (AI) systems escape controlled testing environments and gain unauthorized access to outside organizations, punishment alone may create more problems than it solves. REP. TED LIEU: AI IS ALREADY TOO POWERFUL. WE NEED A KILL SWITCH BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES Recent disclosures have revealed that advanced AI models breached third-party systems during their cybersecurity evaluations. In some cases, the organizations conducting the tests did not immediately realize what had happened. Experts warn that other unintended intrusions may have occurred without ever being detected and commentators were quick to point the finger. The obvious response is to throw the book at the AI developers responsible. But there is a catch, if the penalties are too severe, that may deter AI labs from conducting similar research or make them even less transparent about how, when, and to what ends they are evaluating their models. AI safety testing is not an exact science. Even the world’s leading researchers struggle to build the perfect environments to elicit as much information about their models as possible without also introducing some risk of harm to third parties. Best practices can reduce the danger, but recent incidents demonstrate that even the leaders in the field may not always properly implement those safeguards and that even when they do so risks may still remain. IRANIAN HACKERS ATTACKED OUR WATER SYSTEMS. HERE ARE 5 THINGS OUR LEADERS NEED TO DO NOW Ultimately, excessive punishment may deter labs from performing this societally important research or from doing so in a way that’s likely to demonstrate a model’s full capabilities. Researchers must push advanced systems hard enough to expose their weaknesses before foreign adversaries or criminals do. At the same time, innocent businesses should not be forced to pay the price when those tests escape the lab. That means that we need a smarter answer than simply "punish the lab." Some argue that access to the most powerful AI tools should be restricted to a small group of government-approved partners. Under the status quo, the most advanced tools are first offered to "trusted partners," as established by a combination of the labs and the U.S. government. If you’re off that list, then you may find yourself particularly vulnerable to such incidents. FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS, STATES SHOULD RESPECT LOCAL CONTROL ON DATA CENTERS America’s response should focus on strengthening cyber defenses across critical infrastructure, the private sector, and civil society — not merely compensating victims after the damage is done. Nor can the United States solve the problem by bringing AI development to a halt. America is competing with hostile foreign powers to shape the future of this technology. Unilateral surrender would not make AI disappear. It would simply allow our adversaries to take the lead. The better path is to continue advancing American AI while requiring developers to bear the risks their most dangerous tests create, conducting the R&D necessary to design more robust testing environments and develop more steerable AI tools. Congress already has a model for balancing technological progress with potentially catastrophic consequences: the Price-Anderson framework for nuclear accidents. Under that system, nuclear operators carry insurance and can be required to contribute to a broader industry compensation pool when an accident exceeds ordinary coverage. Congress should consider applying the same basic framework to frontier AI, or state-of-the-art models that are highly capable across most domains. Frontier labs would pay a base assessment into a national cyber-resilience account, which would help civil-society organizations and critical-infrastructure operators shore up their defenses before an incident occurs. Those fees would be reduced when a developer follows verified containment standards, submits to independent review, maintains complete testing logs and cooperates fully with monitoring and incident investigations. In other words, responsible behavior should cost less. Reckless behavior should cost more. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Americans are right to demand accountability when an AI test goes off the rails. But accountability should do more than satisfy the desire to point fingers. It should make the country safer. The program should not shield labs from lawsuits based on gross negligence, willful misconduct, or concealment of evidence. Washington should allow American developers to conduct the demanding tests necessary to expose AI’s most dangerous capabilities. But when those experiments escape into the real world, the costs should not fall on innocent Americans who never agreed to become test subjects. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c4722c5335ae1048f21c One monthly bill Americans can’t avoid is quietly surging thanks to emerging industry: data te 2026-08-20T09:10:10.298Z One monthly bill Americans can’t avoid is quietly surging thanks to emerging industry: data Americans could soon feel the artificial intelligence boom in an unavoidable place — their monthly electric bills. Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds that the rapid growth of AI data centers could make electricity more expensive for households in the coming years. And researchers estimate existing data centers that have popped up all over the country in recent years have already pushed average wholesale electricity prices 2% to 6% higher nationwide, with even larger surges in areas where these facilities are concentrated. The issue is sure to take even more prominence as affordability, emerging technology and the future of energy-sucking data centers becomes central to many Americans' sentiments at the ballot box. A SOUTHERN STATE JUST TOOK THE TOP SPOT IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING INDUSTRIES The pressure in monthly bills could grow in conjunction with the AI boom. The preferred middle-range scenario for researchers show the cost increases of generating electricity could be 20% to 30% higher by 2028 compared to what it would be without new data centers. That does not mean a family's electric bill will jump 20% to 30% — that figure is much more nuanced. Depending on its size, a single large data center can use as much electricity as a small city, according to estimates compiled by Fed researchers. Wholesale electricity is only one part of what consumers pay for, alongside costs such as transmission and distribution. The researchers at the Dallas Fed estimate energy costs make up roughly half of a typical retail electricity price, and wholesale increases generally take time to work their way into household rates. In short – the future of electricity bulls is unclear, but is likely to steadily rise over the next two years. AMERICANS HIT WITH SOARING ELECTRICITY BILLS AS PRICE HIKES OUTPACE INFLATION NATIONWIDE At its core, the explanation is straightforward, though the implications are more complex. Data centers need enormous amounts of electricity to run the computers behind AI. As more data centers connect to the grid, utilities may need additional power plants, transmission lines, substations and other infrastructure to serve them. Who ultimately pays for those upgrades depends in part on how regulators and utilities divide the costs between data centers and other customers. The growing strain has is at the center of many political debates. President Donald Trump has pushed to expand America's AI infrastructure while backing a voluntary pledge aimed at preventing data centers from driving up household utility bills. TRUMP HEADS TOWARD UNLIKELY CLASH WITH CLOSE ALLY OVER FUTURE OF MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has ordered regulators to halt data center projects seeking to connect to the state's main power grid until they undergo a comprehensive audit. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has also moved to tighten oversight of large-scale data center development as the state weighs how to balance new investment with rising electricity demand. Other governors have gone further, including Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. States continue to grapple with concerns over electricity costs, grid reliability and the rapid pace of development. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c4712c5335ae1048f213 El-Sayed's agenda puts ‘permanently’ changed America on the line in Michigan Senate race, GOP firebrand warns te 2026-08-20T09:10:09.691Z El-Sayed's agenda puts ‘permanently’ changed America on the line in Michigan Senate race, GOP firebrand warns Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon is sounding the alarm on her belief that Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s opposition to Sharia law bans, association with far-left streamer Hasan Piker and progressive policies will "permanently" change America. "This is not, if this person gets in, how much damage can they do in six years?" Dixon told Fox News Digital. "This is someone who fundamentally disagrees with the Constitution and the founding of this country and has come out and said the founding of this was wrong and he disagrees with this. This is somebody who wants to go into government to permanently change America." Dixon highlighted El-Sayed’s past opposition to Sharia law bans, saying Americans need to know where he stands. DEM ATTORNEY BACKS GOP HOPEFUL IN MICHIGAN RACE AGAINST EL-SAYED, 'JUMPING SHIP' FROM HIS PARTY'S 'LUNATICS' "This is a guy who has gone out and he's done speeches on why it is a terrible thing to ban Sharia law. That, to me, the average American is terrified of the idea of groups coming in and taking over our culture and saying that they are going to change how we live and how women are treated," she said. During a 2022 speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma chapter, El-Sayed said efforts to ban Sharia law were rooted in white supremacy and driven by "the same exact forces" behind the forced removal of Native Americans and the destruction of Black Wall Street. "That comparison, to me, is something that the American people, and certainly the people of Michigan, need to know that that's how closely aligned he is with the Islamist values and the fact that he would bring Sharia law into our lives and defend it in that way," Dixon said. Sharia law is a body of Islamic religious principles governing personal, family and financial matters, with interpretations varying on issues including child marriage, women’s rights and criminal penalties. Turning to El-Sayed’s recent campaign appearances with Piker, Dixon took aim at El-Sayed for refusing to distance himself from the popular streamer. Piker, who has about 10 million social media followers, has faced backlash for saying that "America deserved 9/11," as well as for controversial comments about Hamas and the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and for recently wearing an outfit resembling that of former communist dictator Mao Zedong. "At the same time, [he is] campaigning with a man who says America deserved 9/11 and refusing to back down on that," Dixon said. HASAN PIKER CALLS FOR DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE ABDUL EL-SAYED TO BE 'PUNISHED' El-Sayed pushed back on criticism of his association with Piker during an April "Fox & Friends" appearance, saying, "[Just] because you appear with somebody, doesn't mean you agree with them on everything." But Dixon said El-Sayed’s ties to Piker and stance on Sharia law remain issues that "you can’t ignore." "Everybody I've talked to, I've said, this is about whether or not we preserve America, or we have somebody who's completely against everything that we are, and it goes well beyond what we've seen with Democrat and Republican," she said. Looking back at El-Sayed’s 2007 University of Michigan commencement speech, where he served as the student speaker alongside former President Bill Clinton and told the crowd they must have "the audacity to believe we can change the world," Dixon said "what he really meant was destroy America." The concerns over El-Sayed’s candidacy also extends to his policies, with Dixon arguing that his economic agenda goes "beyond socialism." She said the Democratic Party has "openly embraced" socialism, adding that El-Sayed "wants government that will take over people." "You won't thrive," Dixon said. "Everybody will be equally suffering." Dixon said El-Sayed will struggle to unite a divided Democratic Party and appeal to working-class Michigan voters. DAVID MARCUS: IN BOOMING DETROIT, VOTERS SKEPTICAL OF SOCIALISM SNAKE OIL "The working-class Democrats are not socialists," Dixon said. El-Sayed has previously denied being a socialist, saying, "I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated." Dixon cautioned that Democrats who opposed El-Sayed in the primary could back him through straight-ticket voting in November, which lets voters select one party’s candidates with a single choice. "The question that you're really asking is, will people hold their nose and straight-ticket vote?" Dixon said. But Dixon said some voters could "cross over" to support Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers. "It's going to be an interesting dynamic. It means the Republicans have to work very hard," she said. El-Sayed is facing Rogers in November for the seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, a race that could help determine control of the Senate. Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed’s campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86c4712c5335ae1048f20a MORNING GLORY: Alaska’s 'real' Senator Dan Sullivan stood up over challenger te 2026-08-20T09:10:09.106Z MORNING GLORY: Alaska’s 'real' Senator Dan Sullivan stood up over challenger Alaska U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan moved on to the general election following Tuesday’s primary, handily outpolling — though not eliminating — "dirty trick" Dan Sullivan. The challenger, a retired federal employee and teacher (of the sort who attends "No Kings" rallies) is suspected by most observers of being a "confusion candidate" meant to siphon votes in Alaska’s open primary, finished third. Because state rules send the top four vote-getters to the general election, both candidates will appear on the ranked-choice ballot in November. At this writing, Senator Dan Sullivan is a close second to Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola in the primary voting and the other Dan Sullivan is a very distant third. Why conclude the second Dan Sullivan is a dirty trick candidate, as described by Senator Dan Sullivan and others? ALASKA'S BLOCKBUSTER SENATE RACE THROWN INTO CHAOS AS SAME-NAME CHALLENGER FIGHTS DISQUALIFICATION IN COURT According to Alaska election officials, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. initially sought ballot access as "Dan Sullivan", although his voter-registration records identified him as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. The Division of Elections regarded that as evidence that he wanted voters to mistake him for the incumbent. He also changed his party affiliation to Republican immediately before filing, and had never before been registered as a Republican. "Dirty Trick" Dan Sullivan’s campaign also had connections to a Democratic political consultant, one whose work history included supporting Democrats. Alaska election officials actually tried to remove "Dirty Trick" Dan Sullivan from the ballot, but the state Supreme Court ruled he could be on the ballot. This week Reuters reported that The United States Department of Justice is investigating the campaign of the second Dan Sullivan and has issued Grand Jury subpoenas as part of a federal probe into what could be shenanigans. ALASKA’S DAN SULLIVAN TELLS 'RUTHLESS' HE WILL OVERCOME DEM EFFORT TO ‘STEAL’ HIS NAME Senator Dan Sullivan should be in good shape for the fall run-off as he is a relentless campaigner and a very effective senator who will run hard through the tape in a state President Trump carried by 13% two years ago, and do so with a general election voter turnout expected to more than double Tuesday’s vote. Voting numbers from the past year demonstrate that general election turnout can and does soar over the August primary totals, even in mid-term elections. The current statewide count in Tuesday’s primary was around 109,000 ballots when this column filed, and the final number should rise as absentee ballots are counted. In the 2024 general, 340,981 Alaskans voted after 108,906 voted in the primary. In the 2022 general, 267,047 voted after roughly 190,000 participated. That year the Senate and gubernatorial races generated unusually high primary interest. Much attention focused on the suspected dirty trick in recent weeks on the second Dan Sullivan and that focus will continue through the fall. The Alaskans I know are completely up to speed on the suspected bluff and the general electorate should decide on the merits, though the ranked choice rules are never well understood, even by long-term Alaskans. JUDGE RULES REPUBLICAN WITH SAME NAME AS SEN DAN SULLIVAN CAN STAY ON ALASKA PRIMARY BALLOT Senator Sullivan is a patriot and well known to his fellow Alaskans. Senator Sullivan joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, serving on active duty and subsequently in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring with the rank of colonel. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Senator Sullivan’s service included a short-term deployment in Afghanistan as a reservist, (he remained in the Marine Corps Reserve for many years while pursuing his civilian career) and his extended active-duty deployment was from 2004–06, with substantial time in the Middle East, Horn of Africa, and Central Asia. His military background has strongly influenced his Senate work, particularly on defense, Arctic security and veterans’ issues. TWO ICEBREAKERS HEADED TO ALASKA AS US COMBATS RUSSIAN, CHINESE INFLUENCE IN ARCTIC Senator Sullivan attended Harvard College and Georgetown University Law School, clerked for federal and state judges and worked as an attorney in Alaska before joining President George W. Bush’s administration, Security Council staff, before becoming W’s Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, serving in that job from 2006 to 2009. Senator Sullivan then served as Alaska’s Natural Resource Commissioner and as its Attorney General before successfully running for the Senate in 2014. At 61, Sullivan has entered his prime as a senator with the sort of Senate seniority that allows him to serve Alaska’s citizenry very well. Alaska’s most important economic issues — oil and gas development, mining, federal lands, resource management and Arctic development as well as the U.S. military presence in the Arctic state — depend on their Senate duo having the clout that comes with seniority. Sullivan, along with Senator Lisa Murkowski, have that. Senator Dan Sullivan will be on the November ballot with a ballot designation "Republican incumbent," backed by a major campaign effort across every media platform with a seasoned GOTV team turning out every voter. Alaskans who know the stakes for their state, and they know too the deep downside for the Alaska economy when Democrats control the upper chamber in D.C. They won’t get fooled by a faux Senate candidate working the weird rule set up north. 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. 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CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86b1af2c5335ae1048ef02 CBP officers seize nearly 850 pounds of khat packed into 12 suitcases after flight from London te 2026-08-20T07:50:07.905Z CBP officers seize nearly 850 pounds of khat packed into 12 suitcases after flight from London Two travelers arriving from London allegedly packed nearly 850 pounds of khat into 12 suitcases before the massive haul was uncovered by customs officers at a Maryland airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the two U.S. citizens from New York arrived at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Aug. 13 and were referred for secondary inspection. During a subsequent baggage examination, officers discovered what appeared to be a large quantity of tea leaves, which later tested positive for khat, or Catha edulis, according to CBP. MEXICAN NATIONAL FACES FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER CBP FINDS $238K IN FENTANYL INSIDE ELECTRIC MOPED Authorities said each traveler had six soft-sided suitcases filled with khat. The seized material weighed approximately 847 pounds and had an estimated street value of about $100,000. The men were released pending further investigation, CBP said. Khat, also known as Abyssinian tea and African salad, is typically grown in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and is chewed for its amphetamine-like effects, according to CBP. Dried khat leaves can also be boiled to make a stimulant tea. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), khat contains two central nervous system stimulants — cathinone, a Schedule I controlled substance, and cathine, a Schedule IV controlled substance. MAN BUSTED AFTER CUSTOMS UNCOVERS BIZARRE CARGO HIDDEN INSIDE 22 PAIRS OF SOCKS Symptoms of khat toxicity can include delusions, loss of appetite, difficulty breathing and increased blood pressure and heart rate, according to the DEA. The World Health Organization classified khat as a drug of abuse in 1980. The discovery came just days after CBP officers seized another 412 pounds of khat from unclaimed traveler baggage at the same airport. In that case, CBP said officers "spooked" a suspected smuggler, who fled the inspection station and left the khat behind. CBP SEIZES MASSIVE METH HAUL WORTH MILLIONS STASHED IN SECRET TILE SHIPMENT "Customs and Border Protection officers have observed substantial quantities of khat being smuggled in commercial shipments, but smuggling loads of this volume inside traveler baggage is a bit unusual, and not any more successful," CBP's Baltimore Area Port Director Adam Rottman said in a statement. "Khat is illegal and poses severe health risks to users," Rottman continued. "CBP will continue to seize khat and other dangerous drugs when we encounter it and we will work with our law enforcement partners to hold smugglers accountable." CBP officers seized roughly 46,000 pounds of khat last fiscal year and nearly 20,000 pounds during the current fiscal year so far, according to the agency. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a869c9a2c5335ae1048e97b Alina Habba shuts down speculation she could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary te 2026-08-20T06:20:11.006Z Alina Habba shuts down speculation she could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary One of the betting favorites to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary declared Wednesday that she is not in the running for the job. The 28-year-old White House press secretary, fresh off maternity leave, announced earlier this month that she would end her tenure at the podium at the end of August to spend more time with her two young children. As speculation continued to swirl over whom President Donald Trump would tap to succeed Leavitt, bettors on prediction market platform Kalshi began favoring Alina Habba for the role. KAROLINE LEAVITT'S REPLACEMENT AS PRESS SECRETARY FACES 'CRITICAL' TEST AS MIDTERMS LOOM, TRUMP ADVISOR SAYS Habba, who serves as senior adviser to the attorney general for U.S. attorneys, was previously floated for the position after Trump won re-election. Bettors on Kalshi gave Habba a 35% chance of being named Leavitt's replacement at the time before she publicly dismissed the speculation. Habba, however, threw cold water on that idea. "Flattered by the Kalshi odds, but I'm not in the running for any job," Habba posted on X. "However, if I'm getting a new one, I'd love for one of these anonymous sources to let me know first," she continued. "Fake news remains the undefeated champ…well…until I come at them." DAVID MARCUS: KAROLINE LEAVITT’S LASTING LEGACY IS OPENING THE WHITE HOUSE TO INDIE PRESS When speculation emerged about Habba potentially becoming press secretary following Trump's 2024 election victory, she said she was "flattered" by the consideration but believed she would "be better served in other capacities." Habba went on to serve just over two months as counselor to the president before being appointed interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. After a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that her subsequent service as acting U.S. attorney was unlawful, she resigned from the position and was later named senior adviser to the attorney general for U.S. attorneys. Habba also previously served as Trump's personal attorney and was a high-profile surrogate during his 2024 presidential campaign. JIM ACOSTA DEMANDS CNN FIRE SCOTT JENNINGS AFTER ON-AIR CONFRONTATION WITH PANELIST Following Habba's post Wednesday, CNN political commentator Scott Jennings became the new betting favorite on Kalshi, followed by Leavitt's deputy, Anna Kelly. Jennings, a former aide to President George W. Bush, was also reportedly considered for the press secretary role after Trump won the 2024 election before Leavitt was ultimately selected. Trump has touted Jennings' recent book and referred to him as a "patriot" who "gets it." "The next press secretary will undoubtedly be someone who has a strong existing relationship with President Trump," former White House press secretary Sean Spicer previously told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment. Fox News Digital's Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86852a2c5335ae1048e10c Erika Kirk urges conservative students not to back down in first school year since Charlie's assassination te 2026-08-20T04:40:10.067Z Erika Kirk urges conservative students not to back down in first school year since Charlie's assassination Erika Kirk is urging conservative students not to back down as they return to college campuses for the first school year since her husband Charlie Kirk was assassinated, challenging them to carry forward the movement he founded in 2012. Kirk, who took over leadership of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) following the fatal shooting of her 31-year-old husband at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, posted a lengthy message on Instagram Wednesday evening directed primarily at students beginning the new academic year. She warned that conservative and Christian students may encounter hostility at their schools but offered a stern message: Don't retreat from campus activism. YOUNG CONSERVATIVES REVEAL WHAT’S TOP OF MIND AS GOP, DEMOCRATS BATTLE FOR 'HOPELESS' GEN Z VOTERS "Your table might get flipped," Kirk wrote. "Someone might call you every name imaginable because you have a Turning Point USA sign sitting in front of you." "What are you going to do about it?" she continued. "Are you going to stop tabling? Are you going to shut down your chapter? Are you going to decide it is easier to keep your head down and get through the semester? No. You keep going." The CEO of the conservative nonprofit then invoked her husband's commitment to courage. "Charlie committed himself to a life of courage," she wrote. "I want to challenge you to do the same. He'd often talk about how courage is doing the right thing even when you don't know how it's going to work out. He would tell you that courage is being committed to the right course of action regardless of the cost associated with it." Erika Kirk also recalled how her husband deliberately traveled to college campuses where he encountered people who disagreed with him because he wanted debate rather than an audience that already shared his views. WATCH: CHAOS ERUPTS AS LEFTISTS INTERRUPT CONSERVATIVE GROUP'S UCLA EVENT FEATURING DHS LAWYER "Charlie wanted the conversation; he wanted the debate, he wanted you to ask the hard questions and challenge him," she wrote. "And he wanted you to learn how to defend what you believe instead of repeating something because somebody you follow online said it." "That is still who we are," she added. Charlie Kirk founded TPUSA to promote conservatism on college campuses nationwide. He was speaking before more than 2,000 people at a TPUSA event in Orem, Utah, when he was assassinated, leaving behind Erika and their two children. Erika Kirk argued that her husband's assassination ultimately failed to derail the student movement he created. TEXAS MAN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO BOMB TURNING POINT USA EVENT AND KILL CEO ERIKA KIRK IN ONLINE POSTS "What was meant to destroy the student movement my husband started 14 years ago did the opposite," she wrote. She pointed to the creation of new TPUSA chapters and said students have registered others to vote, tabled on campuses, organized events and knocked on doors. Erika also thanked students for supporting her over the past year and said being around them makes her feel her husband's presence. She acknowledged the emotional weight of beginning the first school year without Charlie. ERIKA KIRK CANCELS UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TPUSA EVENT APPEARANCE OVER 'SERIOUS THREATS' "It's still so painful that it's our first Start of the School Year without my Charlie," she wrote. "It hasn't been easy to do any of this without him." "But he left us a blueprint for how to continue his mission, and that's what we're doing," she added. Tyler Robinson, 23, is accused of fatally shooting Kirk and has not entered a plea. Following a weeklong preliminary hearing in July, Judge Tony Graf Jr. is expected to decide Sept. 1 whether prosecutors have established enough probable cause to send Robinson to trial. Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8685292c5335ae1048e103 Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, small plane collide in midair, killing 1 and injuring 2 state troopers te 2026-08-20T04:40:09.406Z Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, small plane collide in midair, killing 1 and injuring 2 state troopers A midair collision on Wednesday night involving a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small airplane killed the pilot of the plane and injured two state troopers, according to officials. A Bell 407 helicopter and a Cessna 150 airplane collided in midair at around 7:50 p.m. in central Pennsylvania, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Pennsylvania State Police Acting Commissioner Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens said the police helicopter was in a grassy area conducting routine training when it was hit by a small Cessna aircraft in Carlisle, which is located about 120 miles west of Philadelphia. DEADLY MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH IN TEXAS KILLS 2, SPARKS WILDFIRE AND FORCES EVACUATIONS: OFFICIALS "The Cessna plane, for an unknown reason, veered to the right at the last moment, struck the helicopter from the rear, hit the tail rotor and the main rotor, resulting in a violent crash" Bivens said at a news briefing. The one person inside the plane died in the incident, Bivens said. "The one known occupant of the Cessna did not survive the crash. We believe only the pilot was in the Cessna," he said. Both state troopers inside the helicopter were initially trapped before being able to get out. They were injured and transported to a hospital but are expected to recover, according to Gov. Josh Shapiro. "I’m pleased to say that after an aviation accident, two Pennsylvania State Troopers, while injured, are going to be okay," he said at the news briefing. 5 AMERICANS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN KENYA, INCLUDING TELEMUNDO EXECUTIVE "Lori and I are praying hard and we ask all of our fellow Pennsylvanians to join us," the governor wrote earlier on social media. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation, with the FAA assisting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a867e1e2c5335ae1048db34 Lindsay Clancy prosecutors come across as 'tone deaf,' 'uncaring' and 'snarky,' defense attorney says te 2026-08-20T04:10:06.932Z Lindsay Clancy prosecutors come across as 'tone deaf,' 'uncaring' and 'snarky,' defense attorney says If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Prosecutors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are coming across as "tone deaf" to how jurors likely feel about the case, a criminal defense attorney says. Lindsay Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under the age of 6 — who were found strangled at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts home in 2023. Prosecutors concluded their case Monday morning, and Clancy's defense attorney has since begun presenting arguments, asserting that she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children. LINDSAY CLANCY MURDER TRIAL BECOMES SOCIAL MEDIA OBSESSION AS TIKTOKERS, SLEUTHS DEBATE CONTROVERSIAL CASE Donna Rotunno, a criminal defense attorney, told Fox News Digital she feels that prosecutors are being "tone deaf" to the way jurors are feeling about the murder trial, citing specific examples. One of the main examples Rotunno cited was a moment from Tuesday, when Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham asked Susan Clancy, Lindsay's mother-in-law and a Catholic, if she knew murder was a "mortal sin." LINDSAY CLANCY'S FAMILY WAS 'VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MONTHS BEFORE SHE KILLED HER KIDS Susan Clancy offered no response to the question, prompting Judge William Sullivan to immediately call a sidebar and order the remark stricken from the record. Rotunnno said the prosecution has so far come across as "uncaring and snarky." "I understand that your job is to prosecute this murder case and you view this as a first-degree murder," Rotunno said, "but in sort of ignoring the true emotion that this type of a case invokes, and by ignoring it, you are really tone deaf as to the way the jurors feel." LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS ‘SQUEEZE’ TIMELINE FROM EX-HUSBAND AS JURY WEIGHS ‘MURDER VERSUS MADNESS’: EXPERT WATCH:  Rotunno also pointed to the testimony of Lindsay Clancy's grandparents, particularly her mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, as a pivotal moment for the jury. She noted that Susan Clancy appeared deeply sympathetic to what Lindsay Clancy was going through. If the individual with the most reason to grieve the children's deaths is standing behind Lindsay Clancy, Rotunno argued jurors will find it hard to see her as a cold-hearted murderer. Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, asked Dr. Paul Zeizel, a clinical forensic psychologist, about the numerous times the mother reached out for help, and was turned away. LINDSAY CLANCY DESCRIBED A MALE VOICE ORDERING HER TO ‘KILL HER CHILDREN AND KILL HERSELF’: TESTIMONY "She felt that her brain was damaged. She felt that she should kill herself. And she's never going to get any better," Zeizel said on Wednesday, explaining why Lindsay Clancy felt she needed to get help. However, when Lindsay Clancy sought help in the form of a suicide hotline in December 2022, she was turned away, according to Zeizel. WHEN IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TOO SEVERE FOR TELEHEALTH? WARNING SIGNS FAMILIES SHOULDN'T IGNORE "She called the suicide hotline, Zeizel said. "Did she receive any help from the suicide hotline?" Reddington asked. "She did not," Zeizel said, explaining that "They told us she did not meet the standard of care because she did not have a plan." She called the suicide hotline again, and according to Zeizel, didn't receive help. LINDSAY CLANCY DEFENSE SCORES ‘EXTREMELY HELPFUL’ PSYCHOSIS CONCESSION AS EXPERT FLAGS NEXT HURDLE WATCH THE TESTIMONY:  When asked by Reddington, Zeizel also said that Lindsay Clancy thinks about her kids constantly and "misses them." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "And when you speak with her and meet with her doctor, has she ever mentioned her children? Because apparently, according to the questioning that you underwent, she never talks about her kids," Reddington said. LINDSAY CLANCY’S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS ‘BIG SPIRAL’ AS EXPERT SAYS ONE PART ‘SCARED ME’ IN MOM’S MURDER TRIAL "She does speak about her children," Zeizel said. "She really loves them and misses them and thinks of them every single day. Almost every moment of the day." WATCH:  SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Also on Wednesday, Judge William Sullivan rejected a defense motion seeking to add Emily Thorndike, a former clinical social worker at McLean Hospital, to the witness list. The defense contended that Thorndike's firsthand experience in the same short-term unit where Clancy received treatment could counter what it characterized as a misleading portrayal of the facility as a "five star" hospital offering unlimited treatment options that Clancy chose to decline. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "Her involvement in this case came about after one of the prosecutors — I don't recall which — made it out on direct examination that McLean is some kind of a five-star institution where the doctors, the psychiatrists, the psychotherapists, and the counselors were all banging into each other in the hallway trying to interview Miss Clancy, who was just blithely refusing care and treatment, which is not the case," Reddington said previously. SEND US A TIP Sullivan didn't allow her to testify in front of jurors, but did allow a request from Reddington to include certain records relating to McClain's staffing when Lindsay Clancy was there, and programs it offers. GOT A TIP? The defense will continue arguments on Thursday, as a group of people plan to support Lindsay Clancy outside the Plymouth County Superior Court by wearing pink. People who can't attend are encouraged to organize a gathering in their city on Thursday morning, according to posts on social media. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Reddington told Fox News on Wednesday that closing arguments will be on Monday, and didn't say if he's made a decision on if Lindsay Clancy will testify. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL He said Lindsay Clancy is aware of the support she's getting when asked about the solidarity gatherings in her support, with people wearing pink. Fox News' Bryan Llenas contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a867bcb2c5335ae1048dadb Missouri judge hands Trump, GOP major redistricting win ahead of midterm elections te 2026-08-20T04:00:11.222Z Missouri judge hands Trump, GOP major redistricting win ahead of midterm elections A Missouri judge handed President Donald Trump and Republicans a major redistricting victory Wednesday, ruling that the state's referendum process cannot be used to challenge congressional maps drawn by the Legislature and allowing a new GOP-friendly map to remain in place for November's midterm elections. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday that Missouri's constitutional referendum provisions "do not apply to congressional redistricting enacted by the General Assembly," siding with Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in a closely watched fight over a Trump-backed map that could help determine control of the U.S. House. Green also ruled that Hoskins' decision not to certify the referendum petition was "lawful" and ordered that the Republican-backed congressional map "remains in full force and effect for the 2026 general election." TRUMP ALLIES NOTCH REDISTRICTING WIN AS JUDGES FIND NO 'SMOKING GUN' TO SCRAP RED STATE MAP Plaintiff Richard von Glahn appealed the ruling Wednesday evening, according to the court docket. The ruling preserves a map passed by Missouri's Republican-led Legislature after Trump urged GOP-controlled states to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the 2026 midterms. The new boundaries are aimed at giving Republicans an opportunity to defeat Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City. Missouri's current eight-member House delegation consists of six Republicans and two Democrats. The map splits portions of Kansas City between neighboring Republican-held districts and stretches the remainder of Cleaver's 5th Congressional District east into Republican-heavy rural areas. About 59% of voters in the reshaped district are new to it, according to an Associated Press estimate. TRUMP URGES REPUBLICANS TO 'BE BOLD' AS RED STATES PUSH TO REWRITE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS Republican state Sen. Rick Brattin won the GOP primary in the redrawn district earlier this month, while Cleaver was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The new boundaries were already used in Missouri's August primaries. Opponents collected thousands of signatures seeking to force a statewide referendum on the map, but Hoskins rejected the petition, arguing that Missouri's Constitution does not allow congressional redistricting to be put to a referendum. Green agreed, entering judgment for Hoskins and the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and Missouri Republican State Committee, which intervened in the case. BLOCKBUSTER SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS RULING IGNITES REDISTRICTING WAR ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES The Missouri fight is part of a broader national redistricting battle ahead of November. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe called lawmakers into a special session last year after Trump urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms. Missouri became the second Republican-led state, after Texas, to pursue new congressional boundaries as part of that push. Green's ruling leaves the Trump-backed map in place while the case moves to the appeals court. The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8674c22c5335ae1048d9cb Illegal immigrant accused of operating overcrowded boat that capsized near Liberty Island arrested by ICE te 2026-08-20T03:30:10.931Z Illegal immigrant accused of operating overcrowded boat that capsized near Liberty Island arrested by ICE The man accused of operating an overcrowded, unlicensed boat tour that capsized near Liberty Island, killing a mother and her infant daughter earlier this month, was living in the U.S. illegally and is now in ICE custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Manuel Hernandez, 46, an El Salvador national, was taken into immigration custody after a U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service investigation confirmed he was unlawfully present in the country, according to DHS. Hernandez was initially charged by New York authorities with 13 counts of reckless endangerment and was later federally charged with two counts of misconduct and neglect of a ship officer resulting in death in connection with the Aug. 8 capsizing in New York Harbor. OVERCROWDED MIGRANT VESSEL WITH 240 PEOPLE ON BOARD INTERCEPTED NEAR TURKS AND CAICOS Federal prosecutors allege Hernandez was operating unlicensed boat tours and ignored multiple safety requirements before the fatal excursion, which killed a 5-month-old girl and her 27-year-old mother. DHS said Hernandez claims he illegally entered the United States through Texas in 2007. He allegedly lied to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer and falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen to enter the country, according to the agency. Federal prosecutors said Hernandez was not licensed to carry paying passengers but had 14 people aboard the Yamaha AR210 he was piloting, despite the vessel having a maximum capacity of 10. He also allegedly took the 5-month-old infant aboard without an appropriate life vest. ICE ASKS NORTH CAROLINA TO HOLD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED IN TODDLER’S BATHTUB DEATH According to the federal complaint, Hernandez told investigators he did not know that a Merchant Mariner Credential or Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection was required. He also allegedly said the borrowed vessel did not have a capacity placard and that he did not know its maximum capacity. "This criminal illegal alien was illegally and recklessly conducting unlicensed boat tours in New York Harbor when his boat capsized, killing a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. Mullin said Hernandez would be removed from the country after facing the criminal case against him. "Once he faces justice for his crimes, we will make sure that he is swiftly removed from our country," Mullin said. HAWAII TOURIST CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, ACCUSED OF STABBING VETERAN BOAT CAPTAIN ON SNORKEL TOUR According to the federal complaint, Hernandez allegedly told investigators after his arrest that he had previously piloted at least two other paid boat tours for the same company using his own vessel. He allegedly acknowledged that he did not have the required Merchant Mariner Credential or Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection and said he was paid approximately $1,000 for each trip. SAN FRANCISCO BAY SEARCH SUSPENDED FOR 3 MISSING BOATERS AFTER VESSEL CAPSIZES AMID 5-FOOT SWELLS Before the fatal excursion began, Hernandez allegedly asked the baby's parents whether they had an infant-sized flotation device. When they said they did not, Hernandez told them the boat did not have one either, according to the complaint. Prosecutors said Hernandez nevertheless instructed one of the parents to wear a life vest and hold the baby during the tour. "The defendant allegedly flouted those regulations when he transported paying customers on a commercial vessel without appropriate licenses, overcrowded the vessel, and took on a 5-month-old infant passenger, with no infant life vests onboard," U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said in a statement. The vessel later capsized near Liberty Island, throwing all 14 people into New York Harbor. According to the complaint, Hernandez told investigators that he made a U-turn into a swell, possibly caused by the wake of a larger vessel, and tried to accelerate through it before water came over the bow. Eleven passengers and Hernandez survived, while the mother and infant were recovered unresponsive and later pronounced dead at a Brooklyn hospital. Each of the two federal charges carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a866db22c5335ae1048d437 Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms te 2026-08-20T03:00:02.891Z Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms The decision was a win for Republicans, who have been pushing for the new map in an effort to help maintain the party’s narrow control in the U.S. House in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8664582c5335ae1048d2bc Rory McIlroy gets snarky on the return of LIV Golf players to PGA Tour: 'have they brought value?' te 2026-08-20T02:20:08.193Z Rory McIlroy gets snarky on the return of LIV Golf players to PGA Tour: 'have they brought value?' Despite the FedEx Cup Playoffs entering their second week, and even more historic dominance from world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the main topic of conversation in golf right now is the future of the breakaway LIV Golf tour. With Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund pulling their financial support for LIV after the 2026 season and the lack of clarity around the mysterious investors who are reportedly willing to back it, there's plenty of discussion around what comes next. Some players, like Ian Poulter, have said that time is running out for LIV to arrange more funding. Bryson DeChambeau, arguably the tour's biggest star, has seemingly been keeping his options open. While it appears likely that Jon Rahm, the other big star on LIV, may try to bolt and return to the PGA Tour sooner rather than later. Even if it includes substantial financial penalties. JON RAHM COULD BE SET TO LEAVE LIV GOLF, PAY MASSIVE PENALTIES TO RETURN TO PGA TOUR IN MATTER OF WEEKS Given all the discussion, it's not surprising that one of the most prominent figures in the PGA-LIV battle was asked his thoughts about it, again, at the BMW Championship in St. Louis. During media availability on Wednesday, Rory McIlroy was asked about LIV golfers returning to the PGA Tour and whether they'd provide value by returning, and gave just about the snarkiest possible answer. "I mean, I’d argue have they brought value to LIV?" he said. "I think the PGA Tour's in a really good spot." McIlroy added a bit more context, saying that while he's not involved with whatever negotiations might be happening, he's confident that whatever deal they get may not be as lenient as the one Brooks Koepka got. BROOKS KOEPKA CALLS FIRST YEAR BACK ON PGA TOUR 'PRETTY PATHETIC' AFTER MISSING FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS "I mean, look, eventually they will," McIlroy said. "I'm not part of these discussions, but I'm pretty sure they're not going to be welcomed back straight away. If they were offered this returning member program back in February, the one that Brooks took, then maybe. But that has sort of come and gone. "And I think it was said at the time that the deal that they might get going forward, if they do decide to come back, isn't going to be as good as the one that Brooks got. So, yeah, I would say it's going to be a tough, tough road back." To an extent, McIlroy is right. If Rahm, DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Tyrell Hatton or even Phil Mickelson were enough of a draw on their own, LIV wouldn't be in the situation it's in. On the other hand, some of LIV's apparent failure comes down to the business model itself. They paid out massive purses and guarantees that were unsupported by ratings and fan attendance, in an effort to entice top stars to leave the tour. They offered equity to players in their LIV team, as though they would eventually become meaningful franchises people were attached to, like the Lakers or Yankees. Even though that might take years, if not decades, if it ever happened at all. An unlikely proposition considering golf is very different from traditional team sports. Then there was the other problem; fans are used to the courses on the PGA Tour. They know Torrey Pines and Riviera, Pebble Beach and Bay Hill, or TPC Sawgrass and Muirfield Village. LIV went to some very high quality courses, but without the history and tradition that many fans appreciate. International events were popular, including in Australia and South Africa, but that's clearly not enough to support the financial model LIV used. Still, you could make the case that if those stars were big enough, maybe it would have. In sharp contrast to McIlroy, Scheffler was asked a similar question and gave a much more magnanimous answer. He said LIV has some "really good" players that would, in fact, provide "a lot" of value in a return to the PGA. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "When we talk about the best players, LIV has a few players that are really good," Scheffler said. "I think the depth that we have on our tour is unmatched, but I think when you look at the higher levels of LIV Golf there’s definitely some players that would provide a lot of value to the tour, and guys that I love competing against as well." Rahm and DeChambeau in particular would inarguably provide value to the PGA Tour. They have fanbases, are in the prime of their careers, are consistent contenders in big tournaments or major championships, and in DeChambeau's case, have an existing competitive rivalry with McIlroy. It's also odd that McIlroy would make this argument when Rahm and Hatton are key members of the European Ryder Cup teams. The narrative on Europe's dominance in that event is that the players are all closer than the U.S. team, and that their desire to win gives them an intangible advantage. Now McIlroy's bad mouthing two of Europe's best players. Doesn't seem like they're that close, does it? Regardless, as McIlroy said, it seems inevitable there'll be a reunion. How and when? Well, that's still up for debate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8662022c5335ae1048d265 Idaho county probation officers compile ‘foreign-born list’ to hand over to ICE as critics raise alarms te 2026-08-20T02:10:10.094Z Idaho county probation officers compile ‘foreign-born list’ to hand over to ICE as critics raise alarms A southwestern Idaho county's probation officers have been compiling a list of foreign-born people on probation for federal immigration authorities, even though county officers did not independently verify whether everyone identified was in the U.S. illegally. In Canyon County, Idaho, more than 140 emails between county probation officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from May to July 2026 show how the probation department has coordinated with ICE’s Boise office, including by combing through its case files to create a list of foreign-born people on probation to hand over to ICE, according to communications obtained by InvestigateWest. In May, a probation officer emailed ICE about a man she would meet the next day for his regular check-in. "His meeting has not changed and he is expected to be here tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.," Norma Naranjo, a senior probation officer for Canyon County’s misdemeanor probation department, wrote in a May 13 email to six ICE agents. MISSISSIPPI LAW COULD CREATE STATEWIDE REGISTRY OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS The next day, the man arrived for his appointment a few minutes early, and Naranjo contacted the ICE agents again to ask if they would be coming soon. "He is here are you guys on your way?" she wrote. It was unclear from the heavily redacted emails if ICE agents took the man into custody at his probation appointment, according to InvestigateWest. The list compiled for ICE appeared to have been made without confirming that the people in question are in the country illegally. According to InvestigateWest, one probation officer said in an email that the names he submitted included everyone in his files who had reported being born outside the United States. Foreign birth alone does not indicate unlawful immigration status; foreign-born people can include naturalized U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, commonly known as green-card holders. Idaho law enforcement agencies have long worked with federal immigration officials to detain illegal immigrants who are in jail or serving their sentence on probation, but immigration attorneys and advocates fear that Canyon County’s foreign-born list could lead to probationers in the country legally being detained, particularly as ICE agents during the Trump administration detained or caught up U.S. citizens and people with lawful or pending immigration status in immigration enforcement actions. Some lawfully present noncitizens, including green card holders, can also be subject to removal based on certain criminal convictions or other grounds under federal law. Nikki Ramirez-Smith, an immigration attorney with Ramirez-Smith Law in Nampa, Idaho, said the county’s efforts to compile a list of foreign-born people on probation for ICE is "an invasion of privacy." "It’s one thing to know that someone is "undocumented", it’s another thing to just start targeting every single person who was born in another country," she told InvestigateWest. Jeff Breach, the director of Canyon County's misdemeanor probation department, said the list includes "individuals whose place of birth is a foreign country — and can also include individuals that have been previously flagged with an immigration hold." "Verifying and determining legal presence/status, along with any related enforcement, is within the purview of federal authorities," Breach told the outlet. Breach said ICE has requested a list of people that could be in the country illegally, typically on an annual basis and across administrations. He said the probation department coordinates with ICE the same way it would with any local or state law enforcement agency by providing them "information to carry out their lawful duties." Steve Cushman, director of constituent services for Canyon County, said he did not know exactly when the lists were first requested and provided, but added that it is his understanding that it goes back as far as the Obama administration. On June 3, Naranjo told five ICE officers that she would talk to Breach about  the "foreign-born list." "We are working on a procedure to keep a list current for your agency," Naranjo wrote. "I will get back to you on this as soon as we figure something out." Two days later, Breach sent an email to his staff directing them to compile a list of illegal immigrants. "ICE has requested a list of offenders who are in the country illegally," he wrote. "I need you to go through your caseload this month and send me a list of names of offenders who you believe are in the country illegally. I’ll review the names and put together a list that can be sent to ICE so that they can look into if the person is in the country illegally and if they want to take any action." The email shows ICE requested offenders believed to be in the country illegally, rather than all foreign-born probationers. Subsequent messages, however, show at least some probation officers used foreign birthplace as a way to identify people for review. Most of the emails from May 1 to July 10 are heavily redacted, but they show how probation officers used information in their case files to compile the list. "That’s everyone in my cabinet that filled out (an) intake form and stated not born in US," Brandon Black, a Canyon County probation officer, said in an email back to Breach on June 8. Another officer, Justin Donovan, told Breach that he only identified one person under his supervision who "may be here illegally," adding that the man "only had an ID from Mexico during his last arrest." More than half of the people on the list were on probation for driving under the influence, five people were on probation for drug-related crimes and nine people for disturbing the peace, according to InvestigateWest. Only seven people were identified as having an ICE hold, meaning the federal government had already identified them for potential deportation. Probation officers were regularly alerting ICE agents about the dates and times that certain probationers would be arriving at their office, according to the emails. In some cases, probation officers asked ICE if a person who had missed check-ins was in their custody. In two instances, officers emailed ICE just before and during the appointments to verify they were on their way to detain a probationer. One officer also gave ICE agents the home address and make, model and license plate of a probationer’s car. Breach estimated that in the last three months, ICE agents have been at one or two probation appointments per month. "All the law enforcement agencies we work with prefer to meet with offenders up in the office due to it being a controlled environment, which means it is safer for the offender, the officer, and the public," he wrote. "There is an expectation from law enforcement agencies and the public that probation officers work cooperatively with law enforcement to ensure the safety of all parties involved." Pressed on whether the department is concerned that U.S. citizens or others with legal status could be included in the list, Breach referred to a previous statement that verifying a person’s status "is within the purview of federal authorities." "ICE may still target someone if they think the conviction is a deportable or removal offense even if they (have legal) status. Sometimes, ICE doesn’t get that right," Alycia Moss, an immigration attorney with Fennemore Law in Coeur d’Alene, told InvestigateWest, noting that ICE agents should know if someone on the list is deportable or not but may still target people who are in the U.S. legally. NEW YORKER SUING ICE AFTER OFFICERS WENT TO HIS HOME TO WARN HIM OVER CRITICISM OF AGENCY Canyon County has faced criticism in the past for its attempts to help ICE. In 2019, staff at the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office were told to notify immigration officials of "all foreign-born inmates" who were booked into the jail. Some of the people they alerted agents to were U.S. citizens who had posted bond, according to the Idaho Press. If inmates served jail time and posted bond, staff were directed to contact immigration officials. That year, Canyon County faced three lawsuits from people who said they were illegally held in jail, despite posting bond, because the county refused to release them over their immigration status. The county settled with at least one man for $13,000. The sheriff’s office is also facing a lawsuit from the ACLU of Idaho over allegations that the county and other law-enforcement agencies involved in an October 2025 ICE raid racially profiled Latino attendees and unlawfully detained people at a horse-racing venue. The allegations have not been adjudicated. Fox News Digital has reached out to the county's probation department and ICE for comment. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a865d532c5335ae1048d169 AJ Brown says there's been silence between him and ex-teammate Jalen Hurts since his move to New England te 2026-08-20T01:50:11.441Z AJ Brown says there's been silence between him and ex-teammate Jalen Hurts since his move to New England A.J. Brown experienced a reunion of sorts this week when his new team, the New England Patriots, hosted his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, for joint practices during training camp. After an uneven 2025 season for both Brown and the Eagles' offense, Philadelphia traded him to the Patriots for a pair of future draft picks amid signs that his once-close friendship and productive on-field partnership with quarterback Jalen Hurts had deteriorated. While more than two months have passed since Brown's move to New England, questions about his relationship with the Eagles quarterback resurfaced Wednesday. Following the latest Eagles-Patriots joint practice, Brown confirmed that he has not spoken with Hurts since changing teams. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "No," Brown said in a one-word response when asked whether he had a conversation with Hurts since June. He otherwise kept his comments about his former Eagles teammates upbeat. "Honestly guys, none of that stuff even matters, man. You all should want to report something positive. You know asking the question is going to turn negative," Brown said when reporters pressed him with follow-up questions about his relationship with Hurts. "So let's not get into that. Let's keep everything positive. It's love my way." Meanwhile, Hurts offered a similarly warm assessment of Brown. "I've got a lot of love for him and always have," the Super Bowl LIX MVP said. FORMER EAGLES COACH REVEALS THE TWO THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEAM'S MAJOR REGRESSION LAST SEASON Brown did note that he could eventually reconnect with Hurts at some point during the joint practices in Foxborough. Brown set the two highest single-season receiving yardage marks in Eagles history, with 1,496 yards in 2022 and 1,456 in 2023. Philadelphia was eliminated in the wild-card round in January, losing at home to the San Francisco 49ers. Brown then told the Eagles' front office he wanted a change of scenery, general manager Howie Roseman said at the time. Sources told ESPN that part of Brown's frustration centered on Hurts and a belief that he was not being targeted enough when he faced zone coverage. Brown also made several social media comments and comments during media sessions during the 2025 season that appeared to reflect frustration with his role in the offense. During breaks in practice and after the session ended, Brown was seen chatting with former teammates Saquon Barkley and Cooper DeJean. Brown caught all six of his targets from third-year quarterback Drake Maye during 7-on-7 and team drills. He was unable to come down with a pass during a one-on-one rep against All-Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell. Brown said that while his chemistry with Maye is still developing, he has already seen what makes the young quarterback special. "There's definitely been some challenges, but he's very special, and he makes my job a lot easier. Just learning how he sees the game and getting on the same page," Brown said. Brown also made clear he did not view Wednesday’s moment with the Eagles as a sign of closure, saying his affection for Philadelphia remains even as his focus has shifted to New England. "It's love. I won a Super Bowl ring with them. It will always be love no matter how anyone feels. I love Philly and I will always love Philly but I'm here now," said Brown. "That's where my feet are and that's what I'm focused on." The Eagles open the regular season Sept. 13 at home against the Washington Commanders. The Patriots, meanwhile, visit the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 9 to open their 2026 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a865d522c5335ae1048d160 Chinese national in blue state charged with illegally voting in federal election under another man's name: DOJ te 2026-08-20T01:50:10.798Z Chinese national in blue state charged with illegally voting in federal election under another man's name: DOJ A Chinese national living in Massachusetts was arrested Wednesday after federal prosecutors said he impersonated another Chinese national to register and vote in the 2024 presidential election — then reported the alleged victim to immigration authorities for illegally voting. Yupeng Sun, 33, of Andover, was charged with one count of fraudulent voter registration and one count of fraudulent voting, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. The criminal complaint alleges Sun admitted during a July interview with federal investigators that he registered the victim to vote and later cast a ballot using the man's identity. "I tell you the truth, I register," Sun told investigators when shown the victim's voter registration information, according to the complaint. CANADIAN NONCITIZEN ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY VOTING IN FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTIONS After investigators showed Sun a photograph of the early voting ballot envelope submitted at Malden City Hall on Oct. 31, 2024, Sun allegedly responded, "I used his name to vote." Massachusetts voter records show the ballot cast under the victim's name was accepted for the 2024 presidential election, according to the complaint. Sun previously rented a room from the victim and his family in Malden, and investigators allege he also impersonated the victim and his wife in immigration documents requesting that they abandon their legal permanent resident status. When the couple returned from an international trip in June 2024, their green cards were confiscated and they were placed into removal proceedings.  An immigration judge restored their legal permanent resident status in January 2026, after finding their testimony credible and receiving forensic evidence that they had not signed the forms, according to the complaint. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LEARNS FATE AFTER USING STOLEN IDENTITY TO VOTE IN US ELECTIONS FOR DECADES Federal investigators say Sun later submitted anonymous tips to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services accusing the victim of illegally voting in the 2024 election. Sun allegedly acknowledged sending the tips when investigators interviewed him. "I went to post office and, uh, to report the father vote," Sun said, according to the complaint. Sun is a citizen and national of China who entered the U.S. in September 2020 on a B-2 tourist visa that expired in March 2021, according to the complaint. He has deferred action status based on a U-Visa application submitted in February 2022. DHS DIRECTS ICE TO DEPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO VOTE IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS UNDER NEW DIRECTIVE The Massachusetts Secretary of State's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Each voter fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. Prosecutors said Sun could also face deportation after completing any sentence imposed. U.S. Attorney Leah Foley and Jeff Grimming, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, announced the charges. The Lexington and Andover police departments assisted in the investigation. The charges contained in the court documents are allegations. Sun is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a865d512c5335ae1048d146 SPORTS-CAR-NASCAR-CHICAGO-FILEPIC-TB te 2026-08-20T01:50:09.390Z SPORTS-CAR-NASCAR-CHICAGO-FILEPIC-TB Racers tear around a turn during the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 on July 6, 2025, in Chicago. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a865d502c5335ae1048d13d NASCAR won’t race on the streets of Chicago next summer te 2026-08-20T01:50:08.081Z NASCAR won’t race on the streets of Chicago next summer CHICAGO — The streets of Grant Park will not echo with the sounds of 200-mph race cars in 2027. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86564f2c5335ae1048d04e Iran taps financial lifeline, Russian arms as Trump escalates 'crushing' economic warfare te 2026-08-20T01:20:15.700Z Iran taps financial lifeline, Russian arms as Trump escalates 'crushing' economic warfare Tehran is deepening its financial and military ties with Beijing and Moscow, forging a critical lifeline as it seeks to circumvent U.S. sanctions and weather Washington’s renewed "maximum pressure" campaign, regional security analysts warned Wednesday. As the U.S. continues to ramp up Operation Economic Fury, Iran, they say, has turned to non-Western blocs and alliances to unite further with Russia and China while positioning itself as a "linchpin" in a network that directly challenges American influence. The warning came as President Donald Trump announced Wednesday what he called the "most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country," threatening sweeping consequences for nations and businesses that provide Iran with an economic lifeline as he seeks to further isolate Tehran. "This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale," Trump said in a post shared on Truth Social. IRAN DEAL CLOCK HITS ZERO AS TRUMP DEMANDS ‘WHITE FLAG’ WITH NEW PRESSURE CAMPAIGN LOOMING "The Islamic Republic is looking to survive, but in order to survive, it needs to adapt," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital. "It needs to adapt not just to U.S. and Israeli military pressure, but this U.S. political and economic pressure." "There's no doubt the Islamic Republic is looking to maximize its enmeshment with countries like Russia and China that have been subject to U.S. political and economic pressure in the past." BRICS — an economic bloc consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and several recent expansion nations — and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian political, economic and security alliance led by Beijing and Moscow, have become key vehicles for Iran’s outreach of late. Trump has previously labeled BRICS policies "anti-American," CNBC reported. CHINA ORDERS FIRMS TO IGNORE US IRAN SANCTIONS, DARING US TO ENFORCE CRACKDOWN Abdolnasser Hemmati, governor of the Central Bank of Iran, said Tehran will soon join the BRICS-backed New Development Bank, though the bank told Reuters it could not confirm Iran’s membership. "The most important result of cooperation among BRICS member countries is the establishment of the New Development Bank, and our country will soon become a member of this bank," Hemmati said, according to state media. "You can see Iran trying to benefit from its role in BRICS, as well as a constellation of other organizations, that really would allow itself to be shielded—or try to make itself more shielded—from U.S. political and economic pressure," Taleblu explained. "The Islamic Republic is looking to be more formally integrated into economic orders brought about by Russia and China, which are looking to contest the U.S. dollar as much as they're looking to contest U.S. power and influence." "It is quite key and important for policymakers in Washington to wake up and see how interconnected these state threats are becoming," Taleblu warned. IRAN TURNS TO PUTIN AS US TALKS COLLAPSE, HORMUZ STANDOFF THREATENS GLOBAL OIL FLOW "These are independent relationships that have been coming together. They have differences, but as an authoritarian axis, these are countries that are better able to manage their differences at present than it seems like America and the liberal western order are able to handle their differences." NBC News also reported Aug. 17 that Russia is supplying Iran with ammunition, drone components and TNT via Caspian Sea shipping routes, citing a European government document verified by a Western official. The report comes amid indications that Tehran is relying on Russian technology and military support to adapt to U.S. military and economic pressure. "Even limited technology and military flows from Russia to the Islamic Republic help it fight to survive, adapt, and live another day to combat the U.S. order in the region," Taleblu said. "In the short term, there is less transaction cost on this anti-American authoritarian order that is fast emerging than there is on the pro-American order." TRUMP TO CONFRONT XI AT HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT OVER CHINA BACKING FOR IRAN, RUSSIA Taleblu also highlighted Iran’s dual role in what he terms the "Axis of Aggressors" — a coalition of hostile, authoritarian states including Russia, China and North Korea — and the "Axis of Resistance," Tehran’s network of regional proxy groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Shiite militias in Iraq. "They all have hostile intentions towards the U.S. and the liberal world order. They are authoritarians at home and creditors abroad. He also noted that even if Tehran’s economic goals within BRICS fail to fully materialize, the political and military backing it gets from Moscow and Beijing is significant. "So even if what the Islamic Republic wants from the BRICS countries, particularly the likes of Russia and China, doesn't happen, that doesn't mean that political, economic, and military support to this regime at a critical time is not happening. "The linchpin between the state threats that the U.S. faces in the 21st century, from the Axis of Aggressors and the non-state threats in the Middle East, is the Islamic Republic of Iran," Taleblu clarified. "It is actually a bridge for capabilities, money, and technology from states to flow to non-state actors," he warned. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86564e2c5335ae1048d045 Parents seek six figures from surrogate who refused abortion after baby’s heart diagnosis: report te 2026-08-20T01:20:14.995Z Parents seek six figures from surrogate who refused abortion after baby’s heart diagnosis: report The biological parents of a baby born after their surrogate refused their request for an abortion are now seeking more than $100,000 from the woman who carried their child, alleging she breached their surrogacy agreement. TMZ reported Wednesday that it obtained the countersuit filed by Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed against surrogate McKenna West weeks before she gave birth in Texas on Aug. 12. The couple is seeking more than $100,000 for alleged breach of their surrogacy agreement, along with unspecified damages over what they call West's "malicious, outrageous conduct." The couple alleges they paid West $60,000 during the pregnancy under the surrogacy agreement, which included provisions addressing termination, TMZ reported. The counterclaims accuse West of breaching that deal and causing the couple emotional distress. SURROGATE GIVES BIRTH IN TEXAS TO BABY WITH HEART DEFECT AFTER PARENTS REQUESTED ABORTION The filing comes after the pregnancy became the subject of a multistate legal fight. The baby was diagnosed around 20 weeks with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a severe congenital heart defect. Gilkar and Ahmed allegedly asked West to terminate the pregnancy after the diagnosis, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office. West refused and later traveled to Texas to give birth. YOUTUBER SPARKS OUTRAGE AFTER ANNOUNCING HE AND WIFE TERMINATED PREGNANCY OVER DOWN SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS West denies wrongdoing and is asking the court to dismiss the counterclaims, TMZ reported Wednesday. Live Action founder and president Lila Rose, whose pro-life organization has been working with West, sharply condemned the lawsuit in a statement to Fox News Digital. OUTCRY OVER YOUTUBER'S DOWN SYNDROME ABORTION PROVES AMERICANS ARE 'REPULSED BY EUGENICS,' ACTIVIST SAYS "The people who ordered McKenna to abort this little boy because of his heart condition are now dragging her into court, trying to punish and financially ruin her for refusing to kill him, while demanding custody of the same child they ordered to be killed," Rose told Fox News Digital. "This lawsuit is retaliation against a courageous woman who is barely a week postpartum after carrying this baby and fighting to save his life." The biological parents have disputed allegations that they threatened or tried to force West to terminate the pregnancy. The Texas Tribune previously reported that, in a court filing, their attorneys claimed West initially agreed to terminate and made the appointment before later changing her mind. TWO FAMILIES SUE NORTH DAKOTA HOSPITAL ON ALLEGATIONS BABIES WERE SWITCHED AT BIRTH The dispute has since played out in Alaska, California and Texas, with West asserting parental rights and the biological parents prevailing in key parentage proceedings. West calls the baby "Gabriel," while Gilkar and Ahmed call their son "Rumi." The child was born Aug. 12. LifeNews reported Tuesday that he underwent a Norwood procedure Monday, the first of three surgeries typically required for children with HLHS. NEONATOLOGIST SOUNDS ALARM OVER MASSACHUSETTS ABORTION LAW ALLOWING PROCEDURES UP TO BIRTH: 'VERY DISTURBING' Rose said the baby's survival underscores why West was right to refuse the abortion. "This child is alive today and recovering from his first life-saving surgery because McKenna had the courage to say no," Rose said. "No contract can give one person the right to order the killing of another. Women are not incubators for hire, and children are not products to be discarded when they are sick." PRO-LIFE PUBLISHER FACING DEMANDS TO RETRACT CALLING ABORTION ‘KILLING’ FIRES BACK: ‘THE ANSWER IS NO’ "McKenna acted heroically to save the baby boy she carried, and Live Action will continue to stand with her and defend the dignity and right to life of every child," she added. Attorney Lee Budner, who represents Gilkar and Ahmed, confirmed the procedure in a statement reported by LifeNews and said the child's condition "remains critical and complex." Budner has also called West's continuing claims of custody "baseless" and said they violate court orders in Alaska and California. BOARD-CERTIFIED OBGYN WARNS NEW MASSACHUSETTS LATE-TERM ABORTION LAW EXPOSES MOTHERS TO DANGER The fight over the baby's medical care also drew intervention from state and federal officials. Paxton secured an emergency court order before the birth requiring that medically necessary care not be delayed or obstructed. His office also notified UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center of Dallas of their obligations to provide life-saving treatment. "The court has made the right decision in immediately acting to protect baby Gabriel's life and ensure he receives the care he deserves," Paxton said at the time. "My office utilized every tool at our disposal to protect life, and we will not back down in continuing to support baby Gabriel's well-being. Every child in our state deserves to be cared for and protected, and that's exactly what I'll fight for." The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights later notified the two Dallas hospitals of their obligations under federal disability law, including requirements barring discrimination in medical treatment based on a patient’s disability. The parents ultimately authorized the heart surgery, and their attorney has said they are focused on their son's recovery. West continues to seek parental rights in Texas. A hearing in the Dallas County case is scheduled for Aug. 25. Fox News Digital reached out to Budner and Paxton's office for comment on the biological parents' counterclaims. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a86564e2c5335ae1048d03c RNC warns Democrats face 'political suicide' after DSA praises Fidel Castro, demands Rubio's prosecution te 2026-08-20T01:20:14.317Z RNC warns Democrats face 'political suicide' after DSA praises Fidel Castro, demands Rubio's prosecution The Republican National Committee warned Wednesday that the Democratic Socialists of America's online tribute to Fidel Castro would damage Democrats in November after the group praised the late Cuban dictator and demanded U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's prosecution over the Trump administration's Cuba pressure campaign. "Democrats are openly embracing the same policies that left the people of Venezuela, Cuba, and China with empty shelves, no electricity, and their freedoms stripped away," national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Fox News Digital. "Their embrace of this poisonous ideology is political suicide and it will be their downfall in November." Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, condemned Castro's legacy in a post on X last Thursday, the centenary of Castro's death. He did not mention the DSA by name. CUBA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSES MARCO RUBIO OF LYING TO AMERICANS TO JUSTIFY ACTION AGAINST CUBA "Fidel Castro was a complete failure at everything except destroying Cuba and impoverishing, jailing and murdering his own people," Rubio said. "I strongly suggest that anyone tempted to try and follow his example should carefully reconsider, because if they do they would be dooming themselves to failure as well," he added. The DSA statement described Castro, who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century after the 1959 revolution, as a model of anti-imperialist resistance. "Fidel was an organizer, a fighter, and endures as a stalwart symbol of anti-imperialist struggle and self-determination for the Global South," the organization said. TRUMP EXPANDS CUBA SANCTIONS BEYOND US COMPANIES IN MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON FOREIGN ENABLERS The DSA said U.S. restrictions had blocked critical resources from reaching Cuban civilians and constituted genocide under Rubio’s leadership. "By intentionally imposing conditions calculated to kill a civilian population, Marco Rubio is leading a genocide," the organization said. The group demanded an end to what it called a U.S. blockade and threats of military action, normalized relations, reparations for what it claimed were trillions of dollars in damage and Rubio's prosecution for crimes against humanity. The White House rejected DSA’s characterization of Rubio’s Cuba policy and blamed Cuba’s communist government for the island’s economic hardships and human rights abuses. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement to Fox News Digital Wednesday that the administration was prepared to pursue a new relationship with Havana. "The Cuban regime exemplifies everything that’s wrong with Communism as its population suffers from food shortages, blackouts, poor standards of living, and egregious human rights abuses," Kelly said. "Secretary Rubio wants a better future for the Cuban people, and the United States is ready to open a new chapter in the relationship between our two countries. The only thing standing in the way are those who control Cuba for their own gain." RUBIO WARNS CUBA HAS INFILTRATED US WITH SPIES, CALLS COMMUNIST REGIME AN 'ESPIONAGE SUPERPOWER' The administration’s pressure campaign expanded in June when Rubio designated five entities that he said generated revenue for Havana, including three associated with the military-controlled conglomerate GAESA, as well as a member of Castro’s extended family. The action followed a May executive order authorizing sanctions against those deemed responsible for repression in Cuba or threats to U.S. security. A State Department report released last month called Cuba the "capital of 21st century communism" and named DSA among organizations it alleged helped sustain pro-Cuba activism in the United States. DSA rejected the report three days before its tribute, saying it organized independently of the Cuban government and accusing the administration of trying to silence its movement. Castro died in 2016 at age 90, 10 years after illness led him to hand power to his brother Raúl. Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8653ed2c5335ae1048cfc1 Trump Threatens Economic Pain for Countries That Help Iran te 2026-08-20T01:10:05.403Z Trump Threatens Economic Pain for Countries That Help Iran The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8651952c5335ae1048cf50 NAU ROUNDUP: Football ranked No. 24 in Preseason AFCA Coaches Poll te 2026-08-20T01:00:05.347Z NAU ROUNDUP: Football ranked No. 24 in Preseason AFCA Coaches Poll NAU football is ranked in the top 25 in the American Football Coaches Association FCS Preseason Poll. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a864f422c5335ae1048cf15 Ex-New York Magazine writer announces he will 'take some time away' after plagiarism scandal te 2026-08-20T00:50:10.461Z Ex-New York Magazine writer announces he will 'take some time away' after plagiarism scandal Former New York Magazine writer and The Metropolitan Review editor-in-chief Ross Barkan apologized once again after several plagiarism allegations against him and revealed Wednesday that he plans to "self-reflect" with some time away. "Let me first begin by saying I'm sorry. I truly am sorry for the mistakes I made," Barkan wrote on X. "None of them, genuinely, were willful or intentional. In the course of writing many columns a week, I did not use citations as aggressively as I should have and did not paraphrase well enough. I never intended to crib from anyone's work. I promise all of you that. I recognize, though, how I failed. I am sorry to the journalists whose work I did not properly cite."  "I'm going to take some time away and self-reflect," he added. "I promise to do a much better job going forward." EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATION Barkan originally hinted at an event in September through the Metropolitan Review in an X post last week but has not provided any updates since then beyond his new statement. He has not yet clarified whether he will retain his position at the Metropolitan Review. Fox News Digital reached out to Barkan and The Metropolitan Review for comment but did not immediately receive a response. The controversy originally began in May when Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell accused Barkan of lifting from his report about conservative commentator Ben Shapiro and his outlet, The Daily Wire, for one of his columns. After Harwell highlighted the similarities between the two articles, New York Magazine updated its piece with an editor's note crediting to The Washington Post, though Harwell explained he wasn't "entirely sure what happened." HARVARD PROFESSOR CAUGHT USING AI TO CONDENSE FINANCIAL TIMES OP-ED TRASHING TRUMP TARIFFS NPR correspondent Bobby Allyn found additional examples of what appeared to be Barkan lifting similar phrases and descriptions from The Intercept and Compact Magazine in other reports. Barkan initially denied these accusations, calling them "ridiculous," but New York Magazine announced Friday that it would be severing ties with Barkan after an investigation found that he "did not adhere" to editorial standards of proper citation. "After an independent editorial review, New York found that Ross Barkan did not adhere to our editorial standards, and we have updated 67 columns that did not include proper attribution of language, information, and/or sourcing," the publication said in a statement obtained by Semafor.  "We have updated our archives to include proper attribution in all of the stories that our review found previously inadequate, noting that those updates were made, and are committed to addressing any other instances that come to light," the statement added. NPR’S NINA TOTENBERG LONG HISTORY OF CONTROVERSIES, FROM PLAGIARISM AND ETHICS CONCERNS TO ALITO RETRACTION In a statement to Fox News Digital at the time, Barkan wrote, "We've decided to end the column and I send all the best to New York Magazine. In the course of nearly 250 pieces, there were times I should have been more careful with citation. I'm sorry about these errors and will work to do better, more careful in the future." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a864f412c5335ae1048cf0c Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black market te 2026-08-20T00:50:09.790Z Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black market Harvard University has agreed to a proposed $53 million settlement with families who accused the school of negligently handling its anatomical gift program after a former morgue manager stole and sold body parts from remains donated for medical research and education. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to the class action settlement, which would establish two funds totaling $53 million to resolve claims against the university. A final approval hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2026, when the court will consider whether to grant final approval of the settlement. SAN FRANCISCO ARCHDIOCESE AGREES TO $395M SETTLEMENT WITH 530 CLERGY ABUSE SURVIVORS The litigation followed the 2023 arrest of Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School's morgue for nearly three decades and who prosecutors said stole and sold parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education. Lodge pleaded guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains and was sentenced to eight years in prison. His wife, Denise Lodge, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. PENNSYLVANIA MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER 100 SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS APPEARS IN COURT IN ‘HORROR MOVIE’ CASE Lodge admitted that, from 2018 through at least March 2020, he participated in the sale and interstate transport of human remains stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads and other parts from donated cadavers after they had been used for research and teaching purposes but before they were disposed of in accordance with anatomical gift donation agreements. He transported the remains to his home in New Hampshire without the knowledge or permission of Harvard, the donors or their families, officials said. Harvard condemned Lodge's conduct in a message to the school's community Monday. "His violations … were despicable, abhorrent, and a flagrant betrayal of our values as a medical community," George Daley, Harvard's dean of the faculty of medicine, and Bernard Chang, dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School, wrote in the letter. The university noted that the federal indictment said Lodge acted "without the knowledge or permission of HMS." MORE THAN 50 BODIES FOUND DECOMPOSING INSIDE CHICAGO FUNERAL HOME AFTER NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED OF 'STENCH' Harvard said the proposed settlement also includes a pledge by HMS to provide a statement to claimant families reaffirming that Lodge's criminal acts were "morally reprehensible and inconsistent with the standards that Harvard University and HMS expect for the treatment of anatomical donors and their loved ones." The university also said it will establish an annual financial aid scholarship for medical students beginning in the 2027-2028 academic year in appreciation and honor of its anatomical donors. "We hope that this resolution ensures that this never happens to another family ever again," John Morgan, whose law firm, Morgan & Morgan, represented families in the litigation, said in a statement. Fox News Digital's Alex Koch and Reuters contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a864f412c5335ae1048cf03 Hayden Panettiere death: DEA reportedly joins probe into what happened to late star te 2026-08-20T00:50:09.101Z Hayden Panettiere death: DEA reportedly joins probe into what happened to late star The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reportedly joined the investigation into actress Hayden Panettiere's death. TMZ is reporting that the DEA has agents assisting parallel death investigations that are already underway. Panettiere died Sunday at the age of 36. She was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and the "Nashville" and "Remember the Titans" actress was pronounced dead. Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, Fox News Digital confirmed. This is a developing story. Check back for details. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a864a912c5335ae1048ce56 UK Home Office guide tells asylum seekers not to rape, harass women or make kissing noises te 2026-08-20T00:30:09.923Z UK Home Office guide tells asylum seekers not to rape, harass women or make kissing noises A guide published by Britain's Home Office reminds asylum seekers not to rape women or sexually harass people, while noting that women are allowed to "earn their own money" and "make their own decisions about their lives." The nine-page document is among the resources provided to asylum seekers seeking refuge, though it appears to target mostly men. The guidance is meant to foster an understanding of expected behaviors for those arriving from other countries. Aside from earning a living, women are allowed to attend school, choose who they marry, travel freely, and generally make their own decisions. 200,000 SMALL BOAT ARRIVALS LOOM AMID UK RAISING THREAT LEVEL TO ‘SEVERE’ FOLLOWING RECENT TERROR ATTACK ELON MUSK DEMANDS PRISON FOR POLITICIANS WHO 'TURNED A BLIND EYE' TO GROOMING GANGS AS NEW REPORT RELEASED "Women do not need permission from a husband, father, brother, or any other man to do any of these things," the guide states. Sections of the booklet cover gender equality, domestic abuse, sex and consent, respect in public, getting help, and living in the UK. The section on domestic abuse warns of arrest and prison time for committing physical or emotional abuse against a partner. "We expect everyone who comes to the UK to abide by our laws," a Home Office spokesperson told GB News. "If they do not, they will face consequences, including the refusal of their asylum claim and removal from the UK." SOUTH AFRICA’S ILLEGAL MIGRATION BACKLASH MIRRORS POLITICAL BATTLES ACROSS THE WEST "Returns of failed asylum seekers have reached their highest level since 2010 under this government," the spokesperson added. The booklet notes that asylum seekers are expected to "treat your partner and family with respect," "let them make their own choices," and "never physically or verbally abuse or control them." In public, one must not direct sexual comments at people, even if they think it's appropriate, follow someone or block their path to refrain from whistling or making kissing noises at someone, it states. A section on consent adds that both people must consent to sex without threat or pressure, and that anyone can change their mind at any time. "If you have sex with someone without their consent, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime in the UK. You could go to prison, lose your support and accommodation, and it will affect your asylum claim," the document states. Anyone under the age of 16 is considered a child and cannot legally consent to sex, according to the guidance. Support hotline numbers for victims of sexual and domestic abuse are provided at the end of each section and at the back of the booklet. BYSTANDERS HAILED AS 'HEROIC' AFTER INTERVENING IN BRUTAL KNIFE ATTACK BY SUDANESE MIGRANT IN UK Nearly 70,000 illegal immigrants and foreign criminals have been returned or deported from the United Kingdom since the Labour Party came to power in July 2024, the BBC reported. "Instead of trying to train these mainly young, male illegal immigrants to behave in a civilized way towards women, they should be deported," Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8648392c5335ae1048cdfb Heather Graham flaunts fit physique in bikinis on romantic Italian escape te 2026-08-20T00:20:09.794Z Heather Graham flaunts fit physique in bikinis on romantic Italian escape Heather Graham soaked up the sun in style while enjoying a romantic Italian vacation with her boyfriend Michele Civetta. The 56-year-old actress stunned in a series of bikini photos that she shared on Instagram as she gave her fans a glimpse into her picturesque getaway in the famed village of Positano on Southern Italy's Amalfi Coast. "I love Positano and pasta Nerano! 🇮🇹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️And @mcivetta 💕," Graham wrote in the caption of her post on Sunday, tagging Civetta and adding the hashtags #positano, #italy and #summer. In the first photo of Graham's carousel, the "Boogie Nights" star showed off her fit physique in a royal blue string bikini and sported a pair of black sunglasses as she strolled down the shoreline towering cliffs and lush greenery behind her. JULIANNE HOUGH FLAUNTS HER TONED FIGURE IN BIKINIS AS SHE SHARES SNAPS FROM HER TRIP TO SARDINIA Graham also rocked a burgundy string bikini with white polka dots in several other images that she shared. The actress's two-piece featured a plunging halter top and matching bottoms that tied at the hips. She was seen wearing the swimsuit, which she paired with oversized black sunglasses, while wading through the waves of the Mediterranean Sea. The "Hangover" star also modeled the polka-dot bikini while posing on the beach in another image. Graham accessorized with a straw hat and a pair of yellow flip-flops as she stood in front of a boat with colorful umbrellas and lush mountains in the background. In one photo, Graham donned a brown string bikini, wide-brimmed sun hat and black sunglasses while standing on a pebble beach against a backdrop of Positano’s colorful cliffside buildings. She was also seen wearing the swimsuit in a selfie that she took with Civetta. The couple posed together on the beach with Graham flashing a peace sign as they beamed at the camera. LANDMAN' STAR ALI LARTER SHOWS OFF HER FIT PHYSIQUE IN BARELY-THERE BIKINIS DURING YACHT VACATION IN ITALY Graham's slideshow also featured photos in which she was seen taking a dip in the sea while wearing a dark brown polka dot bikini with black cateye sunglasses. In another snap, the "Austin Powers" star slipped on a sleeveless, sheer white floral cover-up over a white bikini along with a straw hat and tortoiseshell sunglasses as she posed against a sweeping view of the Mediterranean. Graham and Civetta were also seen enjoying Positano's cuisine and exploring the village in several photos that the actress shared, including one in which they were seen dining on plates of pasta. The duo were also pictured enjoying a night out in Positano with Graham donning a yellow sundress and Civetta sporting a brown-printed shirt with white pants and brown shoes. KIM KARDASHIAN STUNS IN BIKINI PHOTOS AS SHE GOES INSTAGRAM OFFICIAL WITH BOYFRIEND LEWIS HAMILTON CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER In another photo, Graham and Civetta posed together on a walkway overlooking the beach. Graham wore a pink satin slip dress with lace detailing as she wrapped her arm around Civetta, who was clad in a tan T-shirt, white shorts, burgundy slip-on shoes and sunglasses. Graham and the Italian filmmaker were first publicly linked earlier this year and made their relationship Instagram official in March. The Wisconsin native, who has never married or had children, previously opened up about her romance with Civetta during an April interview with Us Weekly. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Graham told the outlet that she and Civetta share similar views when it comes to relationships. NICOLE KIDMAN, RACHAEL RAY, TED DANSON KEEP MARRIAGES HOT WITH UNCONVENTIONAL RULES "I feel like I’m unconventional," she said. "Most people are like, I need to get married. I need to have kids. I’m just not totally feeling that, and he’s kind of similar. He was married, and he’s not opposed to marriage, but he feels like an unconventional person as well. It’s nice." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8648382c5335ae1048cde0 Scene pkg Aug 19 te 2026-08-20T00:20:08.500Z Scene pkg Aug 19 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8648322c5335ae1048cdc1 Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children te 2026-08-20T00:20:02.667Z Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a8645dd2c5335ae1048cd73 Court OKs ballot language on election law initiative te 2026-08-20T00:10:05.867Z Court OKs ballot language on election law initiative PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court won’t order Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to recraft his description of a ballot measure that, if approved, would make some major changes in state election practices. In a divided opinion Wednesday, Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer said the language prepared by Fontes, which will go on every ballot, “is not false or clearly misleading.” Plus, Timmer said the supporters of Proposition 144 who filed suit are not personally and immediately harmed by the secretary’s decision.  Not everyone on the high court agreed. “Petitioners, who are Arizona citizens and voters, have shown a sufficient beneficial interest to establish standing to seek mandamus relief for compliance,” wrote William Montgomery and Kathryn King. More to the point, they said Fontes was wrong not to mention two provisions of Prop. 144. Those would add language to the state constitution saying only citizens may vote in Arizona elections, and that elections “shall be decided solely by the votes of eligible citizen voters.” Montgomery and King said they would have directed the secretary to recraft what he had written. The ruling comes a day after the Supreme Court rejected a separate legal argument that Prop. 144 should not even be allowed on the ballot at all. The majority rejected arguments by Tempe City Councilman Randy Keating that there are too many unrelated proposed changes in election laws to be given to voters on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. As approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, Prop. 144 seeks to put several new provisions in the Arizona Constitution. Aside from the ones about only citizens voting, it would require that those who get their ballots in the mail have the option not just to drop them off at polling places on Election Day — something already in law — but to have the ballots tallied at that time by presenting proof of identification. That is designed to prevent delays in getting final results. Part of what provoked the lawsuit was that Fontes said Prop. 144 “may make it harder to challenge election laws.” Attorneys for the challengers, represented by the conservative organization America First Legal, argued that Fontes was predicting what might — or might not — happen, something they said he is not allowed to do. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Adele Ponce rejected that argument, saying that the secretary is entitled to describe the potential impact of the ballot measure. “The description can reasonably be regarded as an attempt to provide necessary and appropriate information to the voting public,” she wrote. The Supreme Court upheld that decision unanimously. King and Montgomery parted ways with the other justices over Fontes’s failure, in crafting a title for the measure that will appear on the ballot, to mention the two sections of Prop. 144 that would put the citizenship requirement into the state constitution. Fontes, for his part, said that’s not necessary in the 50 words he’s given to craft a title. He argued that, in a measure with multiple provisions, these were not “principal provisions” that had to be pointed out to voters. Timmer and the majority did not specifically address that issue. Instead, they concluded that the argument about what’s a “principal provision” is legally irrelevant because the challengers had no right to sue in the first place. “[The law] leaves to the secretary’s discretion the specific wording used to convey the measure’s principal provisions,” they wrote, with the attorney general given the same discretion to approve or reject the language. 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