https://meenews.co/post/6ae2d52c43dbccbaac79c96e Five Takeaways From the New Hampshire Senate Debate te 2026-10-29T05:10:04.960Z Five Takeaways From the New Hampshire Senate Debate Representative Chris Pappas and former Senator John E. Sununu both stressed their willingness to buck their parties on occasion. Neither had kind words for President Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2d07e43dbccbaac79c852 DHS investigates massive data breach exposing 40,000 employees, including ICE and Border Patrol agents te 2026-10-29T04:50:06.404Z DHS investigates massive data breach exposing 40,000 employees, including ICE and Border Patrol agents The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating a potentially massive data breach that may have exposed the identities and contact information of tens of thousands of employees, sources told Fox News. The suspected breach, which sources described as a "catastrophic" security incident, may have exposed the names, titles, locations and, in some cases, phone numbers and email addresses of approximately 40,000 DHS employees and contractors, including roughly 10,000 ICE personnel, according to sources familiar with the data. The data also includes records associated with more than 20,000 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees, including Border Patrol personnel. Multiple sources confirmed the authenticity of portions of the data. EXCLUSIVE: DHS SECRETARY MULLIN SLAMS SANCTUARY POLITICIANS AS ATTACKS ON ICE OFFICERS SKYROCKET The data leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said Wednesday it had released information about the employees. Fox News independently confirmed that the leaked records include the names of several undercover ICE agents working in different parts of the country. An anti-fascist hacking group calling itself the "Department of Peace" claimed responsibility for obtaining the data. "DHS is aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively," a department spokesperson told Fox News. NY COP CALLS FOR POLICE PROTECTIONS AFTER PROTESTER HE ARRESTED SHOWED UP TO HIS HOUSE, HARASSED HIS FAMILY "We take all security threats against our employees and officers seriously and will work to ensure all are properly protected," the statement continued. "We will update the public when more information is available." Distributed Denial of Secrets co-founder Emma Best said in a statement that a tool had been developed to allow the public to search the data, saying it would "replace anonymity with accountability." The Department of Peace said in its own statement that DHS employees "have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs" and that it hoped the data "can be used to limit further harm by the DHS and supports all efforts in that direction." The reported breach comes amid broader concerns about the security of government personnel records. FOREIGN ENEMIES HAVE A SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE WAY TO TRACK US TROOPS OVERSEAS, LAWMAKERS WARN Last month, a Pentagon personnel database breach exposed sensitive personal information belonging to more than 2.76 million living U.S. military and civilian personnel and 294,000 deceased individuals. Unauthorized users accessed unencrypted files containing Social Security numbers and military or civilian employment information between October 2025 and July 2026, a Pentagon official previously confirmed to Fox News. Fox News Digital's Brittany Miller and Fox News' Liz Friden, along with Reuters, contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2c71e43dbccbaac79c5e9 Trump Administration Moves to Close East Potomac Park to Begin Golf Project te 2026-10-29T04:10:06.403Z Trump Administration Moves to Close East Potomac Park to Begin Golf Project The government said in a court filing that it would meet the Nov. 15 deadline set by President Trump to close East Potomac Park to build a championship golf course there. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2c71c43dbccbaac79c5cd Savannah River Nuclear Site Fire: No Contamination Detected After Emergency te 2026-10-29T04:10:04.412Z Savannah River Nuclear Site Fire: No Contamination Detected After Emergency The emergency has been terminated after a reported fire at the nuclear site on Wednesday evening. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2c4c643dbccbaac79c540 Haley Stevens Backs Abdul El-Sayed Despite Fiancé's Rogers Endorsement te 2026-10-29T04:00:06.323Z Haley Stevens Backs Abdul El-Sayed Despite Fiancé's Rogers Endorsement The former Democratic Senate candidate plans to support her former rival, saying, “We’re a household divided.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2c4c443dbccbaac79c537 Brewers End Historic Drought, Defeat Rays For First World Series Title te 2026-10-29T04:00:04.341Z Brewers End Historic Drought, Defeat Rays For First World Series Title The Brewers defeated the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 of the World Series to claim their first-ever championship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2c26b43dbccbaac79c499 In Michigan, El-Sayed Faces Heat From Former Primary Rival as Election Nears te 2026-10-29T03:50:03.688Z In Michigan, El-Sayed Faces Heat From Former Primary Rival as Election Nears Representative Haley Stevens has been less than enthusiastic about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, injecting late intraparty tensions into a race that could decide Senate control. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2bdbe43dbccbaac79c365 Barack Obama and Donald Trump's Georgia Rally Crowd Sizes Compared: Photos te 2026-10-29T03:30:06.362Z Barack Obama and Donald Trump's Georgia Rally Crowd Sizes Compared: Photos The current and former presidents rallied in the battleground state just days apart in the final stretch before Election Day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2bb6a43dbccbaac79c305 Brewers win World Series for first time in franchise history with Game 5 victory over Rays te 2026-10-29T03:20:10.154Z Brewers win World Series for first time in franchise history with Game 5 victory over Rays For the first time in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers can call themselves World Series champions.  The Brewers couldn’t get the job done in seven games against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1982 World Series, and it took them 44 years to get back to the Fall Classic this season.  In Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Bays, one night after getting walked off in the bottom of the 13th inning, the Brewers defeated their AL opponent, 4-1, to claim their title.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Game 4 was a suspenseful thriller, where it seemed like 22-year-old rookie Cooper Pratt would go down in World Series history after belting a top of the 13th solo homer to finally break a 2-2 tie.  But, facing a potential sweep at the hands of the Brewers, who did the same to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, the Rays strung together four straight singles in the bottom of the frame to walk off Game 4 and keep their season alive.  THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! In Game 5, the Brewers didn’t blink despite momentum swinging in the Rays’ favor ever so slightly.  Once again, it was Pratt, three years removed from playing high school baseball in Mississippi, coming through in the clutch with an RBI single in the top of the second inning off Drew Rasmussen, who made a start on short rest given the circumstances, to take a 1-0 lead.  Meanwhile, Jacob Misiorowski, the likely NL Cy Young winner, was dealing triple-digit fastballs the Rays couldn’t handle in the bottom frames. He went 5.2 innings before cramping in the bottom of the sixth inning forced manager Pat Murphy to finally go into his bullpen, which was exhausted in Game 4 due to extra innings. Misiorowski gave up just two hits and one walk, while striking out two.  The Milwaukee bullpen took over with run support, though, as David Hamilton shot an RBI single past a diving Rays defender in the top of the fifth, and two more runs would come across one inning later thanks to another RBI from Pratt on a sac fly and Williams Contreras roping a double to score Christian Yelich.  A 4-0 lead was just what the Brewers needed, as the bullpen continued to get its outs and the suspense this time was felt from Tampa Bay all the way to Wisconsin, where fans were inching closer toward a history-defining victory.  HISTORIC 5TH INNING AND MUCH MORE: BREWERS' WORLD SERIES GAME 3 BY THE NUMBERS This was a team that had the best record in MLB this regular season at 103-59 despite having a payroll in the middle of the pack (19th overall at $146 million). The Rays' payroll was even lower at $95.6 million, which ranked 28th among the 30 teams, making this a World Series matchup of two teams that operated in another spectrum compared to those at the top of the list filled with All-Stars in every facet.  "Brewer Ball," however, became a fascinating watch for both baseball traditionalists and modern-day fans. New York Yankees great Derek Jeter said, "Quite frankly, that's how baseball's supposed to be played." The Brewers do everything needed to win games, especially those close ones. They did it during the regular season, and they did so in the postseason, including Games 1 and 2 against the Rays before blowing them out in Game 3, 10-1, at Tropicana Field.  So, in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Brewers did exactly what was needed one last time to cap their magical season in the best way possible.  Time to celebrate, Brewers fans. Your team just won it all. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2bb6543dbccbaac79c2d0 Travis Kelce-Justin Tucker Beef Resurfaces After Chiefs Sign Controversial Kicker te 2026-10-29T03:20:05.383Z Travis Kelce-Justin Tucker Beef Resurfaces After Chiefs Sign Controversial Kicker Shortly after the Chiefs signed Justin Tucker, a video resurfaced on social media of a dispute between him and TE Travis Kelce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2b910306e71d023e467b0 Sen Dan Sullivan brands Peltola’s alleged ballot scheme a ‘scandal at the highest order’ te 2026-10-29T03:10:08.330Z Sen Dan Sullivan brands Peltola’s alleged ballot scheme a ‘scandal at the highest order’ Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Fox News that Democrats will do "anything" to gain power while addressing reports that the campaign of his Democratic challenger Mary Peltola secretly participated in a months-long process to recruit people with his name to run in the Alaska U.S. Senate race. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Peltola’s campaign, as well as senior aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, carried out the alleged election scheme in hopes that voters would be confused by two Dan Sullivans and therefore draw support from the incumbent Republican senator. "This is a scandal at the highest order," Sen. Sullivan said during an interview on "Hannity" Wednesday. "She and her team, and at the highest levels of the DSCC, spent over a year scheming in a secret operation to trick Alaskans to get them to throw away their vote," Sullivan said. "It's remarkable. The Democrats will do anything to gain power." MARY PELTOLA'S CAMPAIGN, DEMS BACKED COVERT SCHEME TO FIELD SPOILER CANDIDATES IN ALASKA SENATE RACE: REPORT The Justice Department is moving to delay certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate election results since two individuals by the name of Dan Sullivan appear alongside each other on the ballot. Listed on the ballot as "Sullivan, Dan S.," is the state’s incumbent U.S. senator, while "Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.," is a retired schoolteacher. SCHIFF ACCUSES DOJ OF TRYING TO 'SUBVERT' ELECTIONS AS GOP ALLEGES SAME-NAME CANDIDATE MEANT TO CONFUSE VOTERS "They've been lying for almost a year about it, and now they're caught," Sullivan told Fox News host Sean Hannity. Peltola has dismissed reports of the alleged election scheme as "just another distraction," arguing that The New York Times’ report was solely purposed to "sell newspapers." DEM BUCKS PARTY OVER ALLEGED ALASKA VOTE-SIPHONING EFFORT: 'NEITHER PARTY SHOULD BE DOING IT' Her campaign also continues to assert innocence, previously telling Fox News in part that the Alaskans for Mary campaign "has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign." Republican Sen. Sullivan called out what he described as Peltola’s hypocrisy, saying the alleged election scheme shows her "total contempt" for the people of Alaska. ALASKA’S DAN SULLIVAN TELLS 'RUTHLESS' HE WILL OVERCOME DEM EFFORT TO ‘STEAL’ HIS NAME "She's run a campaign about supposed corruption. She's the corrupt one working with D.C. insiders to trick Alaskans," he said. "[Peltola and the DSCC] think so little of Alaskans that they thought they can trick them," he added. The Alaska senator argued that Peltola made a concerted effort to trick voters with another Dan Sullivan because her campaign had "nothing to run on." "This is what happens when you have a candidate like Peltola — far-left — who's got nothing to run on," Sullivan said. "I have a much stronger record… We have a vision for Alaskans that the Alaskan people want, and when they recognize that, they're like, ’Shoot, I guess we've got to cheat.’" THE NINE KEY RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE, AND WHERE THEY STAND Sullivan also noted that the alleged ballot scheme does not just apply to Alaska, but to the entire country as the state’s Senate race holds significant power in determining which party will hold a majority in the Senate. "This goes to the highest levels of the government," he said on "Hannity." "The seat in Alaska could determine who controls the United States Senate. This isn't just about Alaska — this is about America." ALASKA REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON SUSPECTED DEM PLANT AS 'BALLOT FATIGUE' THREATENS RACE Federal prosecutors are conducting an "aggressive criminal investigation" into how the second Sullivan secured a spot on Alaska's ballot, two sources familiar with the matter told Fox News. Sullivan told "Hannity" he will do his best to inform every single Alaskan of the scheme. "We're going to make sure every single Alaskan knows about this," Sullivan said. "We are campaigning 24/7, and we're telling every Alaskan, ‘Don't let your vote be stolen.’" Fox News Digital reached out to the Peltola campaign for comment. Fox News Digital's Robert Schmad and Olivia Palombo contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2b6b4306e71d023e4670a Obama Mocks Trump’s ‘Arts and Crafts’ as US Fights War, Prices Rise te 2026-10-29T03:00:04.641Z Obama Mocks Trump’s ‘Arts and Crafts’ as US Fights War, Prices Rise Obama mocked Trump for doing “arts and crafts” as he criticized the president over war, rising prices and White House renovations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2b45c306e71d023e4666a Chiefs 1st-Round Pick Might Be Done With Team After Fight With Andy Reid te 2026-10-29T02:50:04.661Z Chiefs 1st-Round Pick Might Be Done With Team After Fight With Andy Reid Josh Simmons got into it with head coach Andy Reid, got yelled at by Patrick Mahomes, and may be done with the Chiefs entirely. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2b207306e71d023e465d7 Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site te 2026-10-29T02:40:07.194Z Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site The fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory prompted officials to limit air traffic in the area. One person was hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2b204306e71d023e465bb Canadiens' Jacob Fowler Makes Franchise History in Amazing Start vs Blues te 2026-10-29T02:40:04.519Z Canadiens' Jacob Fowler Makes Franchise History in Amazing Start vs Blues Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacob Fowler made some franchise history with his incredible start against the St. Louis Blues. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2afac306e71d023e4650e Judge Denies DOJ Request to Halt Counting of California Ballots te 2026-10-29T02:30:04.841Z Judge Denies DOJ Request to Halt Counting of California Ballots A federal judge denied a Department of Justice request to require California election officials to set aside about 20,000 ballots. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2ad59306e71d023e464ad Garrett Wilson doesn't want to be traded – but he admitted he's sick of losing with Jets te 2026-10-29T02:20:09.242Z Garrett Wilson doesn't want to be traded – but he admitted he's sick of losing with Jets The Indianapolis Colts already declared themselves sellers before the Nov. 10 NFL trade deadline, and now football fans are wondering which struggling team might be next. The New York Jets, who share the Colts' 2-5 record, are among the teams with intriguing veterans they could trade. Among them, star receiver Garrett Wilson, who has long been a bright light on what seems to be a constant overcast for the franchise that owns the longest active playoff drought in professional sports — 15 seasons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE During a media gathering ahead of the Jets’ Week 8 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, Wilson was asked once again about trade rumors involving himself before the deadline. He made it clear he has no desire to be traded, but he’s also not happy with the losing culture that he hasn’t been able to escape since the Jets took him 10th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "Yeah, I want to be here, man," he told reporters, via ESPN. "I want to win games and that’s the one thing we’ve been missing on here. I love it here. Do I love it more than I love winning? Nah, to be completely honest, but I’m hopeful. "I’ve never been the best optimistic guy, but I’ve found a way and dug deep, and I’ve been optimistic for three, four, five years now. And that’s why these [losses] each weekend hurt a little more." The questions to Wilson came after he was noticeably frustrated on the Jets’ sideline during their 28-25 loss to the Miami Dolphins, who picked up their first win of the season. Wilson had only seen three targets from quarterback Geno Smith, hauling in two for 26 yards. The week prior, Wilson had four catches for 44 yards against the New England Patriots. But just over a year ago, Wilson cashed in on a four-year, $130 million contract that keeps him locked in with the Jets through 2030. As such, his price tag for a potential trade would be quite high. Then again, the Jets have proven to deal first-round talent after doing so last season amid a fire sale of their own. Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams landed with the Dallas Cowboys, while cornerback Sauce Gardner was dealt to the Colts, which came right after he signed his four-year, $120 million extension. Simply put, nobody’s safe on a struggling roster. And Wilson may want to stay put, but his frustration is building as the Jets continue to lose. Since he joined the Jets, Wilson has seen his team go 24-51, going no better than 7-10 in a single season. "I’d be lying if I said it's not," Wilson said about the compounding losses and lack of getting targets in some games leading to frustration, "but at the end of the day it comes down to ... winning and losing. Throughout my experience, when things go right, I tend to have a part in that. And when it doesn't, it seems avoidable. "That's my main frustration that may show on the TV or something like that. But I don't want it to ever be misconstrued. This all comes from a place in my heart of wanting to win. I'm biased, but it also comes from experience where I played my part in that." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2ad54306e71d023e4648d Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official te 2026-10-29T02:20:04.175Z Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2ab03306e71d023e46418 Big 12 Conference addresses offensive chants from UCF fans directed at BYU during upset win te 2026-10-29T02:10:11.817Z Big 12 Conference addresses offensive chants from UCF fans directed at BYU during upset win On the field, the UCF Knights had one of the biggest and most surprising wins of the season this past weekend in Orlando. A series of absurd, classic college football plays in the fourth quarter led to overtime, and the eventual program-changing win for UCF. It was shocking, both for how the game played out, and the ultimate result. There was a blocked field goal, a goalline stop, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty all in the lead up to overtime. Then we had two overtimes filled with more drama. And the obligatory field storming. Then there's BYU, coming off a massive win over Notre Dame in Provo that rearranged the College Football Playoff picture and put the Cougars in the top 2, losing as a clear favorite. But the other shocking part of the game came before it started. UCF KNIGHTS PULL OFF STUNNING UPSET OVER UNDEFEATED BYU IN MIND-BOGGLING OVERTIME THRILLER Video from inside Acrisure Bounce House showed a number of UCF fans chanting "f--- the Mormons," a reference to BYU's religious background. There's always room for good-natured college football fan ribbing, chanting, rivalries, and even some good old-fashioned hate. But insulting the other school's religion is, well, a bit too far. Some fans were removed by security, but the Big 12 Conference had a lot more to say about it in a new statement on Wednesday afternoon. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "While the Conference recognizes the pregame protocols followed by UCF and immediate actions taken during the game, including removal of some individuals responsible for the conduct, discriminatory behavior has no place in the Big 12," it reads. "The Conference has issued UCF a $100,000 fine, which will be directed toward student education initiatives. In conjunction with this action, the Big 12 is implementing an updated Conference-wide policy establishing escalating consequences for discriminatory conduct at athletic events effective immediately." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The new punishments include an "automatic minimum $100,000 fine" for the first incident such as this, along with a "formal warning" to the institution while allowing them to "immediately address the behavior and prevent further incidents." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Money is bad enough, but more misbehavior in the same game will now result in a penalty. A second "confirmed incident" will now be a "competitive penalty, e.g., a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty in football or an unsportsmanlike two-shot technical foul in basketball." Anyone ejected for similar conduct will be "prohibited from attending all athletic events for the remainder of the academic year and are subject to applicable University fan/student conduct policies." That's the right way to handle this particular situation, though, of course, it's possible this gets overused if the conference starts cracking down on typical college student behavior and chanting. Not just when it goes too far, like it did during UCF-BYU. The Knights' home crowd will have an opportunity to redeem themselves on Friday night when they host Baylor, while BYU hosts Arizona State on Halloween in Provo. They likely won't need to worry about too much misbehavior there. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2aafe306e71d023e463e5 Before Alaska's Two Dan Sullivans, JFK Had Two Joe Russos te 2026-10-29T02:10:06.330Z Before Alaska's Two Dan Sullivans, JFK Had Two Joe Russos A dispute over two Dan Sullivans echoes JFK's 1946 congressional race, when two Joe Russos appeared on the ballot. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a8ad306e71d023e4635d Jon Lovitz reacts to Crystal Hefner's label as Playboy's 'No. 1 customer' te 2026-10-29T02:00:13.457Z Jon Lovitz reacts to Crystal Hefner's label as Playboy's 'No. 1 customer' Jon Lovitz refused to dwell on the past and instead took the high road in response to claims made by Crystal Hefner. In a recent appearance on the "Lisa Guerrero Unleashed" podcast, Hugh Hefner's widow marked Lovitz, 69, as Playboy Mansion's "No.1 customer," even claiming he's "one of the biggest pervs" in Hollywood. The "Rat Race" actor was spotted leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, where he admitted to feeling pride about his starting role on the roster. HOLLY MADISON SAYS PLAYBOY MANSION FELT LIKE A 'SAFE HARBOR' AFTER SHE ENCOUNTERED HOLLYWOOD'S DARK SIDE "Any time someone says I’m No. 1, it’s a compliment," Lovitz said before doubling down on his admiration for the late media mogul. "Hugh Hefner was one of the nicest, most generous people I’ve ever met and all of his friends know it," Lovitz said. "That’s all I have to say about that." HOLLY MADISON BLASTS ‘PUPPET MASTERS’ FOR PLAYBOY GIRLFRIENDS’ FEUD On Tuesday's episode, Crystal criticized the "Saturday Night Live" star for allegedly being a "lurker" at the Holmby Hills house, once known for its opulent parties. "He would be up there all the time," Crystal claimed. "His eyes would go front to back [looking at] all the women that walked through the door at the party." PLAYBOY'S CELEBRITY-DRIVEN RELAUNCH FACES CREDIBILITY TEST IN ONLYFANS ERA, EXPERT SAYS She also claimed Lovitz's dog "peed all over the place," and said, "I remember him. Every time, every party." Crystal began dating Hefner when she was 21 years old. The couple got engaged in 2010 when she was 24 and the Playboy founder was 84. JACK NICHOLSON'S DAUGHTER CALLS OUT HOLLYWOOD'S STATUS-CHASING ELITE IN SCATHING NEW ESSAY ABOUT MODERN LA They called off their wedding just days before the ceremony in 2011 but later reconciled. Crystal and Hefner married in 2012 and remained together until his death in 2017. He was 91. On her own "After the Mansion" show, Crystal called out another Hollywood star and claimed that Jack Nicholson treated the Playboy Mansion like his own hot-spot. "They used to call it Jack Nicholson’s drive-thru at one point because he would drive up, grab some food or whatever else he could get there and leave," she claimed. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Nicholson's daughter, Lorraine, once shared her own experiences at the famous mansion where she spent her childhood playing with Hef's sons, Marston and Cooper. "People assume that my father took me to the Mansion, but they assume wrong," she wrote in a 2024 essay for Vanity Fair. "In fact, I can venture with confidence that I spent more time there than my father ever did." Crystal alleged her late husband was obsessed with Hollywood lore and stardom. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "One thing that mattered most to Hef was fame," she claimed. "Any celebrity was treated extremely well whenever they visited. He would have Bill Maher for chats, hang with Berry Gordy of Motown and then you’d see plenty of other people there. Buzz Aldrin, the original Catwoman." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Shortly after Hefner's death, Crystal told Fox News Digital, she was thankful for her marriage to the late business mogul. "He taught me love. He taught me kindness. He gave me life. He really did," she explained. "He opened my mind, my world, to all of these opportunities and experiences I would have never in my lifetime been able to have." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a8a8306e71d023e4632b Braves Suddenly Emerge as Potential Landing Spot for 26-HR Star te 2026-10-29T02:00:08.062Z Braves Suddenly Emerge as Potential Landing Spot for 26-HR Star The Atlanta Braves have been linked to Seattle Mariners star outfielder Randy Arozarena ahead of MLB free agency. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a8a4306e71d023e46322 Phillies Linked to $120M Star Outfielder Before MLB Free Agency te 2026-10-29T02:00:04.947Z Phillies Linked to $120M Star Outfielder Before MLB Free Agency The Philadelphia Phillies are being viewed as a potential landing spot for Chicago Cubs star Seiya Suzuki in free agency. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a651306e71d023e4620c Dem strategist shrugs off Alaska ballot scandal on MS NOW, insists 'this stuff happens all the time' te 2026-10-29T01:50:09.765Z Dem strategist shrugs off Alaska ballot scandal on MS NOW, insists 'this stuff happens all the time' Democratic strategist Adrienne Elrod chalked up Wednesday's revelations about an alleged Democratic scheme to influence Alaska's Senate race as something that "happens all the time," comparing it to Republican support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential bid against then-President Joe Biden during the 2024 election cycle. The New York Times published a bombshell report alleging alleging that Democratic operatives recruited a man named Dan Sullivan to run as a spoiler candidate against incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, potentially aiding his Democratic opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola. Appearing on an MS NOW panel, Elrod was quick to shrug off the controversy. PELTOLA CAMPAIGN'S ALLEGED DAN SULLIVAN SPOILER PLOT TAKES NEW TURN AS DOJ FACES MAJOR LEGAL HURDLE "Some of this stuff happens all the time," Elrod reacted. "Let's not forget that ... RFK Jr., when he ran against Joe Biden, Republicans propped him up, a lot of Trump donors were giving him money because they thought he would dig into some of Biden's supporters. And then he ran as an independent. They thought he would draw away supporters from Biden. It actually had the opposite effect." "The bottom line is this stuff happens all the time. There are tactics that both campaigns can use ... It is very clear, as you mentioned, who is the incumbent. So if you're a Republican or any voter in Alaska, and you want to support the incumbent, you know who you're voting for," Elrod added while prefacing she hadn't read the Times report. MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander said the "funny business" involving Democrats in Alaska was "not illegal" and pointed out that the Republican senator is listed as "incumbent" on the ballot, which he argued undermined the Trump administration's concerns about voter confusion. SCHIFF ACCUSES DOJ OF TRYING TO 'SUBVERT' ELECTIONS AS GOP ALLEGES SAME-NAME CANDIDATE MEANT TO CONFUSE VOTERS Republicans have long been suspicious about the candidacy of Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher who is among four Senate candidates listed on Alaska's rank-choice ballot. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Alaska seeking to block certification of the election results if the incumbent senator loses and votes cast for the other Sullivan could have changed the outcome. "In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was eyeing a run for Senate, received unusual instructions from top campaign aides: Find as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as you can," the Times began its report Wednesday.  "The staffer complied, combing through voter records to produce a list of Dan Sullivans from across the state ... [I]f the Peltola campaign or its allies could track down and persuade another Dan Sullivan to run for Senate, the confusion could cost the senator crucial votes on the state’s unusual, four-person ballot. The plan worked," the report added. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS According to Peltola's former campaign manager, Elisa Rios, Peltola was not directly involved in the scheme but was "definitely aware." "The Peltola campaign has repeatedly denied any involvement in his candidacy. But The Times has found, based on interviews and text messages, along with documents prepared for a potential lawsuit against the campaign, that not only did Ms. Peltola’s team work with people trying to recruit Mr. Sullivan to run for Senate, but the effort was much broader. The group worked to coax other would-be spoilers into the race, to dilute the incumbent’s support and help catapult the Democrat to victory," the Times wrote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a3f7306e71d023e46164 Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots te 2026-10-29T01:40:07.069Z Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a1ac306e71d023e460e3 Eagles' Saquon Barkley says NFL directed him to sell stake in prediction market platform te 2026-10-29T01:30:20.489Z Eagles' Saquon Barkley says NFL directed him to sell stake in prediction market platform Saquon Barkley’s name has been linked to speculation that the Philadelphia Eagles could trade the star running back before next month’s deadline. The three-time Pro Bowler has missed two games this season due to injury, and the Eagles have lost quarterback Jalen Hurts for the remainder of the year, fueling speculation that Barkley could land with a new NFL team at some point this season. While Barkley is still carrying the ball for the Eagles, he’s apparently dropping one of his business ventures. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Barkley said he was forced to divest his equity stake in Polymarket because of league rules that ban NFL players from investing in or endorsing gambling or prediction-market companies. He told Front Office Sports that any involvement with prediction markets is no longer allowed by the NFL. "I was in it before, but no bueno," the Super Bowl champion said. NFL SUSPENDS ARIZONA CARDINALS EXECUTIVE FOR VIOLATING GAMBLING POLICY, LEAKING DRAFT INFO The NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL and MLS all have deals with either Kalshi or Polymarket or both. Philadelphia 76ers star LeBron James has a reported $15 million per year salary as a paid endorser for Polymarket. He recently appeared in a star-studded commercial that included cameos by Derek Jeter, Eli Manning, Sue Bird and others. Prediction markets provide an opportunity to trade on the result of future events. Sports account for a major portion of the volume generated by the array of typically yes-or-no questions, depending on the platform. Barkley has not practiced this week and remains listed as questionable for Sunday night’s game against Washington. He scored his first rushing touchdown of the season in a Week 7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley has rushed for 244 yards this season. The Eagles enter Week 8 with a 2-5 record. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2a1a1306e71d023e460b1 Packers Urged to Trade for Eagles Star in Intriguing Move te 2026-10-29T01:30:09.662Z Packers Urged to Trade for Eagles Star in Intriguing Move The Green Bay Packers are being urged to make a trade for Philadelphia Eagles star Landon Dickerson before the deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29f63306e71d023e46060 Voters sour on mass deportation as citizenship support holds strong, even with AZ Republicans te 2026-10-29T01:20:35.535Z Voters sour on mass deportation as citizenship support holds strong, even with AZ Republicans A detainee boards a 747 that is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Air Operations at Mesa Gateway Airport on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Voters overwhelmingly favor a path to citizenship for the 15 million immigrants living in the country without legal status and believe that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign is hurting the economy, according to a new survey of voters.  A new report from Wave Polling and Research found that voters across the country, including in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, increasingly disapprove of the Trump administration’s handling of immigration and aren’t convinced by claims from Republicans that mass deportation will lead to lower costs and higher wages.  According to that report, 62% of Americans believe mass deportations are hurting the country’s economy and only 23% agreed that deporting all immigrants living in the country without authorization would lead to better wages for them.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE G. Elliott Morris, the founder of Wave Polling and Research, noted that offering immigrants a path to citizenship is highly popular across levels of residency. When given hypothetical requirements for citizenship, voters still preferred offering legal status to immigrants who have lived in the country for five or more years.  “It’s still incredibly popular to give citizenship to people who were here as recently as the pandemic,” Morris said Oct. 27 during a virtual discussion of the report.   While 79% of voters agreed that citizenship should be an option for immigrants who have lived in the country for 10 or more years, are paying taxes and pass a background check, support for immigrants who have lived in the country for at least five years, are employed and don’t have a criminal record wasn’t much lower, at 72%.  Multiple efforts to create a path to citizenship at the federal level have been unsuccessful for the past two decades. A bipartisan push to move beyond that stonewalled movement three years ago sought to grant Dreamers — immigrants brought to the country as children — and others a temporary form of legal status. Known as the Dignity Act, the legislation would have made Dreamers eligible for a 10-year work permit and shielded them from deportation. It would also have given other immigrants the opportunity to apply for a new category of lawful status after paying $5,000 over seven years, passing a background check and enrolling in healthcare coverage, among other requirements.  But a Dignity Act-style compromise doesn’t appear to resonate with voters. Wave Polling and Research found that 50% of voters oppose legislation like the Dignity Act that would create a new legal class of immigrant workers instead of a clear path to citizenship.  The national support for a pathway to citizenship is echoed at the state level in Arizona. The 2026 Arizona Voters’ Agenda found that 86% of voters planning to cast a ballot in November believe the federal government should work on creating a “clearer and easier legal pathway” to citizenship for immigrants who meet certain requirements. And that support holds across party lines: 75% of Republicans in Arizona agreed with that statement, even though mass deportations and limiting immigration is a core part of the national GOP platform. Voter attitudes towards immigrants and the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement policies is likely to impact the midterm elections. In surveys taken by Wave Polling and Research, voters ranked Democrats as more trustworthy on handling immigration and deportations than Republicans and reported trusting them equally on border security issues. Morris attributed that shift to disapproval of the violent tactics employed by federal immigration agents carrying out Trump’s agenda and said it creates an unprecedented opening for Democrats to make their pitches to voters.  “Democrats are now trusted to handle immigration for the first time in a decade, even on deportations and crime and coming up to even on border security, which Republicans had a 30-point lead on in 2024,” Morris said. Concern over immigration rates and border security dominated Trump’s electoral campaign two years ago, and helped award him the presidency. But those issues now appear to be dragging his public opinion approval rating and the perception of his party down, according to Morris. In conversations with voters who previously supported Trump, researchers found that immigration was among the top reasons they’ve turned away from the Republican and his party this year. “Immigration is a big driver of defection from Trump, it’s not just the economy for the midterms,” Morris said. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29f5d306e71d023e46040 El-Sayed blames American guns for rise of Mexican cartels, pushes working 'diplomatically' te 2026-10-29T01:20:29.161Z El-Sayed blames American guns for rise of Mexican cartels, pushes working 'diplomatically' Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said Wednesday the U.S. needs to work "diplomatically" to combat Mexican cartels and blamed American guns for their rise. Appearing on "The Moment Podcast," El-Sayed was asked by co-hosts Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos about the Trump administration's efforts to fight Mexican cartels since the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term in 2025. When asked whether he would support using troops or drones, El-Sayed rejected the idea and suggested that the U.S. bears some responsibility for their rise. "Let's be clear, American-manufactured guns are responsible for a lot of the cartels," El-Sayed said. COAST GUARD FIREFIGHT PUTS US, MEXICO AT ODDS DESPITE COORDINATED BORDER OPERATIONS He emphasized the need to be "working diplomatically" to address the flow of drugs and guns across the border and "contain" what he referred to as "cartel behavior" involving U.S. guns. "We need to be working with Mexican counterparts to support them in an effort to contain cartels," El-Sayed said. "Containing cartels doesn't mean that we go and do war-like actions south of the border. It means working alongside them to ask what is the flow of guns that might be turned into cartel behavior down the stretch." "How do we address our side of things?" he continued. "And how do we get serious about the complex system that is cartel behavior and how do we stop the flow of fentanyl coming northward?" El-Sayed's campaign reiterated his position to Fox News Digital, saying, "Abdul was referring to working with the Mexican government to crack down on the cartels to prevent the flow of guns and illegal drugs across the border." 'SQUAD' DEMOCRAT FORMALLY INTRODUCES BILL TO ABOLISH ICE, BORDER PATROL AND DISMANTLE DHS Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for comment but did not immediately receive a response.  Although El-Sayed criticized the lack of control over drugs or guns crossing the border, he previously called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). El-Sayed's comments came a month after the Trump administration, through the Treasury Department, sanctioned 21 individuals and 25 entities linked to Los Mayos, a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. ‘DONROE’ DOCTRINE AND CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES SQUEEZE CARTELS IN LATIN AMERICA "Today’s action underscores that no cartel kingpin, corrupt Mexican government official, or financial facilitator is beyond the reach of Treasury’s authorities," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News Digital at the time. "Our message is clear: the Trump administration will identify and disrupt any cartel actor who threatens our security or the integrity of our financial system." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29f56306e71d023e46037 Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after fire erupts at lab te 2026-10-29T01:20:22.992Z Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after fire erupts at lab An emergency has been declared at a massive Department of Energy nuclear site in South Carolina after a fire broke out at a laboratory, officials said. The fire ignited at the Savannah River National Laboratory at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina, around 5:39 p.m., officials said. The incident triggered emergency response activities, but crews extinguished the fire roughly two hours after it was reported, according to SRS.  "No contamination has been reported outside the affected facility," officials said. As a precaution, barricades at site entrances have been closed to incoming traffic, officials said.  Traffic via rail, river, and air near the SRS vicinity were also placed under restriction.   Employees in areas affected by the incident who are not involved in emergency response or shutdown operations have been directed to shelter in place as a precaution. SRS officials are directing response efforts and relevant state and local government agencies have been notified.  Local residents are advised to monitor local radio and television stations for updates and any instructions from state officials. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29f4a306e71d023e46005 Patriots Emerge as Potential Trade Landing Spot for Star WR te 2026-10-29T01:20:10.386Z Patriots Emerge as Potential Trade Landing Spot for Star WR The New England Patriots have been named a potential suitor for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jauan Jennings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29cf8306e71d023e45fa5 Attorney compares SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to ‘Kim Jong’ in LSU-RJ Luis eligibility lawsuit te 2026-10-29T01:10:16.354Z Attorney compares SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to ‘Kim Jong’ in LSU-RJ Luis eligibility lawsuit The ongoing legal battle between the LSU Tigers and the Southeastern Conference took another turn on Wednesday afternoon inside the same courthouse that has drawn plenty of attention over the past two months. Former St. John's basketball player RJ Luis has been fighting to play this season for Will Wade and the Tigers, but SEC rules prohibit him from taking the court for LSU due to him signing an NBA contract or having professional experience. At first, Luis was granted the ability to participate in the upcoming season thanks to an order granted by a Louisiana judge based off a lawsuit filed against the NCAA over its eligibility rules pertaining to the members of the 2022 class who felt as though they should have been enjoined with new guidelines established. MAHJONG IS THE NEW TAILGATE GAME TAKING OVER COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR WOMEN — AND EVEN AT HOME WITH HEAD COACHES Now, thanks to an injunction granted by a Louisiana judge, RJ Luis has provided LSU with protection to roster him this season if they have the fortitude to continue battling the SEC. The latest injunction granted allows Luis to practice and play with LSU until a Nov. 13 hearing in Baton Rouge, allowing LSU the legal power needed for the Tigers to roster RJ Luis without facing penalties from the SEC. But, will LSU follow the court's ruling? During the time between the order being granted and Wednesday, there has been another case that saw both the SEC and LSU added to a lawsuit that pertained to the eligibility of athletes. As OutKick previously reported, a judge in the 19th Judicial District Court of Baton Rouge granted an injunction for former athletes that had NFL 'experience' in Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. It was at the injunction hearing for those two athletes where SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey was called to the witness stand, testifying for over three hours on the Thursday before LSU opened the season against Clemson. INSIDE A LOUISIANA COURTROOM: SEC-LSU LEGAL CIRCUS PLAYED OUT LIKE A JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL IN STUNNING SHOWDOWN Thanks to a ruling by Judge William Jorden in the favor of the athletes, both players were eligible to be rostered by Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers without punishment from the SEC. But, the threat of recourse by the conference, along with a federal lawsuit filed by the SEC that very same week, saw the LSU athletic department make the decision to keep them off the team. LSU HOLDS OFF ON ADDING PLAYERS WITH NFL TIES AS SEC LAWSUIT LOOMS OVER PROGRAM, LANE KIFFIN Now, nearly two months later, LSU basketball coach Will Wade technically has the same decision to make. After Will Wade noted that he would be following SEC guidelines pertaining to former professional athletes not being added to the official roster, he now faces another decision that should not be that difficult to make, unless he's worried about being sued. Attorney Tony Clayton, who is also part of the legal team for Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, told reporters outside the Baton Rouge courthouse on Wednesday that since he added both the conference and LSU to the amended complaint, it provides his client with a path to play this season despite what the SEC guidelines say. "My client, Mr. Luis, felt that it was in his best interest to file this claim against LSU and the SEC because of the commissioner's actions and the commissioner's threat," attorney Tony Clayton told NOLA.com, "LSU may be intimidated by ‘Kim Jong’ Sankey, but we're not." Okay, that's not going to sit well with the conference, as they continue fighting LSU in federal court, in a separate case. Does RJ Luis actually think he will be rostered by Will Wade this season? Well, attorney Tony Clayton pointed out why in his legal filing he brought LSU into this fight, and why he thinks this provides the Tigers with cover from conference rules. "The reason why we brought LSU into the suit is because LSU is being threatened by Mr. Sankey," Clayton told NOLA.com. "LSU is a great institution. Coach Wade is a good guy, a good coach, but both of them need to be forced to allow RJ to play basketball since he's obviously qualified. And not have the threat of the SEC, which is threatening LSU. In effect, stopping coach Will Wade from letting this kid exercise his fundamental right to play basketball." But, if you've been paying close attention to what has taken place over the past two months, this might actually come down to monetary damages, and not RJ Luis playing basketball for LSU this season. According to multiple sources, attorneys for the two former football players could end up bringing a civil suit against the SEC over the coming weeks that seeks damages for them not being rostered by Lane Kiffin and LSU. In their eyes, it's the SEC's threat of action against LSU if they were to roster these athletes that prevented them from playing this season. So, could the injunction granted to RJ Luis on Wednesday, which remains in effect until a Nov. 13 hearing, be the next step in the former St. John's basketball star's lawsuit against the SEC as he seeks monetary damages? Or, maybe a settlement with all athletes somehow tied to LSU in these cases. Nothing should surprise you any longer when it comes to matters involving both LSU and the SEC with former professional athletes. Not even a long game that plays out inside courtrooms from Alabama to Baton Rouge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29ab5306e71d023e45f3e Navajo County news today: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 te 2026-10-29T01:00:37.714Z Navajo County news today: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 The Painted Desert Tribune published 18 stories from Holbrook, Joseph City, Heber-Overgaard and more on Wednesday. Here is the day at a glance; every item links to the full report. Top stories Down and dirty at the Petrified Mud Run · Folks got down and dirty during the Petrified Mud Run in Holbrook last weekend. The two-mile course provided obstacles and lots of mud for participants to make their… (Holbrook) Area residents report not receiving mail-in ballots · Several Joseph City residents have reported to The Painted Desert Tribune that they have not received their early ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, despite having used… (Holbrook · Joseph City) Bull market on the Hashknife land · This 1880s photo of Hashknife cowboys shows some of the rough, hard-working men who rode for Aztec Land & Cattle Company. The outfit managed thousands of head of… (Heber-Overgaard · Holbrook) WUSD moves to raise wage of business manager · Winslow Unified School District’s Business Manager Casey Hancock announced that he is resigning and as a result the governing board held a special meeting last Monday where the… (Winslow) Sports Lobos couldn’t break 0-0 tie against St. Johns · Snowflake's boys' soccer team battled to a 0-0 overtime tie with top-ranked St. John's on Tuesday last week. Their regular-season finale, scheduled at Lobo Stadium vs. Holbrook on… (Snowflake) Lady Lobos take down the Cougars · Snowflake regrouped from back-to-back losses to the two top-ranked teams in 3A a week ago, with a straight-sets win over visiting Show Low on Tuesday. That win moved… (Snowflake) Bulldogs prepare for final game · On Oct. 30, the Winslow Bulldogs will host the Scouts of Window Rock for their final game of the season. Prior to the game the Bulldogs will honor… (Winslow) Roadrunner soccer wraps up the season · Both Holbrook soccer teams wrapped up their seasons last week. The boys team hosted Show Low on Tuesday afternoon for their regular-season finale, falling to the third-ranked Cougars… (Holbrook) Police and courts HPD investigates two theft cases · The Holbrook Police Department received two reports of theft during the period of Oct. 14-20, according to dispatcher reports. At 11:25 on Sunday, Oct. 18, an employee of… (Holbrook) Sheriff’s Areas One and Two report · The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity in Areas 1 and 2 during the period of Oct. 11-17. Areas 1 and 2 include Joseph City, Woodruff,… (Holbrook · Joseph City) Sheriff’s Area Three report · The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity in Area 3 during the period of Oct. 11-17. Area 3 includes Heber, Overgaard, Aripine, Chevelon Retreat, Chevelon Acres,… (Clay Springs · Heber-Overgaard) Sheriff’s Area Four report · The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity in Area 4 during the period of Oct. 11-17. Area 4 covers approximately 1,800 square miles, and encompasses the… (Navajo County · Show Low) Juvenile arrested for firearms theft · At approximately 2:06 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, officers with the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department investigated a report of a suspicious juvenile carrying what appeared to be a firearm… (Snowflake · Taylor) Snowflake-Taylor police report · The following incidents were among the 182 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department during the period of Oct. 14-20. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by STPD… (Snowflake · Taylor) WPD arrest report · The following persons were cited, charged, or arrested by Winslow police officers recently. These persons are accused of committing criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference… (Winslow) HPD investigates one collision · One collision was investigated by Holbrook police officers during the period of Oct. 14-20, according to dispatcher reports. At 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, a two-vehicle collision… (Holbrook) WPD investigates 17 thefts · The Winslow Police Department received 17 reports of theft during the period of Sept. 28 – Oct. 18, according to dispatcher reports. Persons who were cited, charged, or… (Winslow) Holbrook City Police report · The Holbrook Police Department received 64 reports during the period of Oct. 14-20. During that time, officers responded to six reports each of citizen assists and disorderly conducts,… (Holbrook) Opinion Finding a sustainable path forward that protects local taxpayers · Arizona is standing at a critical energy crossroads, and finding a sustainable path forward requires a shared commitment from state lawmakers and county leaders alike. While the state’s… (Navajo County) The art of waiting in the rain · Folks around the high desert are talking about the weather again and for once the complaint is too much of a good thing. This has been one of… (Navajo County) Tomorrow in Navajo County 4:00 pm · Community Baby Shower 5:00 pm · NCSO 6th Annual Trunk or Treat Compiled by the Tribune newsroom from the day’s reporting. The Tribune is in print every Wednesday and online every day at tribunenewsnow.com; the newsletters bring the week to your inbox. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29aa2306e71d023e45ee5 Chiefs’ Andy Reid Sparks Outrage With Response to Justin Tucker Allegations te 2026-10-29T01:00:18.186Z Chiefs’ Andy Reid Sparks Outrage With Response to Justin Tucker Allegations Chiefs coach Andy Reid couldn't have handled the grilling he got about signing Justin Tucker more poorly than he did on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29a99306e71d023e45edc Micah Parsons Sends Blunt Message on Chiefs After Seahawks Loss te 2026-10-29T01:00:09.986Z Micah Parsons Sends Blunt Message on Chiefs After Seahawks Loss Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons explained why the Chiefs don't scare him, pointing to a major weakness in their offense. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2985a306e71d023e45e7c Colts star wide receiver Josh Downs requests trade following sweeping changes: report te 2026-10-29T00:50:34.061Z Colts star wide receiver Josh Downs requests trade following sweeping changes: report Josh certainly seems Down(s) to head out of town. Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs has requested a trade, according to ESPN. The 25-year-old did not deny the report when speaking to reporters. "I’m open to whatever. Whatever comes my way, comes my way and we go from there," Downs said, according to ESPN. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Downs’ trade request comes amid the Colts' roster overhaul, which included trading two of their franchise cornerstones, Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner, in separate deals Tuesday. The Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard last week, and after Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the team appears to be entering a rebuilding phase. The Colts traded Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks for third- and fifth-round draft picks and sent Buckner to the San Francisco 49ers for a fourth-round pick. The picks are particularly valuable to Indianapolis because the team does not own its first-round selection in next year's draft after trading it to the New York Jets for cornerback Sauce Gardner last year. COLTS CONTINUE TALENT SELLOFF, SENDING DEFOREST BUCKNER TO 49ERS, WHILE MAKING THE NEW YORK JETS HAPPIER Downs has spent his entire four-year NFL career with the Colts after Indianapolis selected him in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of North Carolina. In seven games this season, Downs has caught 26 passes for 307 yards. In 54 career games with the Colts, he has recorded 224 receptions for 2,447 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has also returned punts, averaging 9.4 yards per return during his career. The trade deadline is Nov. 10, and Downs could be playing elsewhere by then if the Colts grant his reported request. If he remains with Indianapolis through Sunday, the Colts will face the Jacksonville Jaguars at 1 p.m. ET in what could be his final game with the team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2984d306e71d023e45e4c Georgia Predicted to Face Familiar Opponent in SEC Championship te 2026-10-29T00:50:21.671Z Georgia Predicted to Face Familiar Opponent in SEC Championship The Georgia Bulldogs are predicted to play in the SEC Championship for the sixth consecutive season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29846306e71d023e45e43 Vikings Veteran RB Trending in Wrong Direction for Week 8 te 2026-10-29T00:50:14.520Z Vikings Veteran RB Trending in Wrong Direction for Week 8 The Minnesota Vikings could be without one of their veteran running backs this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29840306e71d023e45e3a Charles Barkley Gets Emotional Over Ernie Johnson's 'Inside the NBA' Retirement te 2026-10-29T00:50:08.384Z Charles Barkley Gets Emotional Over Ernie Johnson's 'Inside the NBA' Retirement Charles Barkley became overwhelmed with emotion while reacting to Ernie Johnson's retirement on ESPN's "Inside the NBA." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2960c306e71d023e45dd0 Mark Walter says he will keep Dodgers 'no matter what' despite federal investigation into businesses te 2026-10-29T00:40:44.413Z Mark Walter says he will keep Dodgers 'no matter what' despite federal investigation into businesses Mark Walter, amid a federal investigation into his businesses, shockingly sold his stakes in the Los Angeles Lakers and Chelsea Football Club, which begged the question: what about the Los Angeles Dodgers? The billionaire purchased the franchise in 2012 under his Guggenheim Baseball Management business, and if he continued a fire sale of sports ownership, that would be the next target. But Walter stood firm when asked by the California Post if he planned on doing so. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "We’re going to keep the team no matter what," Walter replied to the outlet. "We’re going to be winning for 10 years or more. I think our commitment to do so will be just like it has been in the past, And, you know, we don’t win every year, but we’re going to try to." Walter’s team running the show — president Stan Kasten and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman — have been saying their majority owner plans to run his team like they usually do. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The man himself reiterated that sentiment. "I certainly hope we can look forward to winning another World Series next year under my ownership," he added. "And I think we’re just trying to win consistently, and do so for not just next season, but for the next decade and decades beyond that." Under his ownership, the Dodgers have become a villain of sorts with their ability to land superstar talent over the years, while paying record-breaking contracts. But with the federal government’s investigation into the alleged use of investment funds to make loans directly to other businesses, some of which within Walter’s business, speculation that there was fraud within the Dodgers started trickling out on social media. Walter’s company, TWG Global, addressed those comments earlier this year, denying the conspiracy theories that the Dodgers’ payroll, the second-highest in MLB at $322.39 million, was supported by loan fraud. "Over the past several weeks, multipronged attacks against TWG have been advanced by unnamed sources with self-serving interests that have been reported in the media. It is important to set the record straight," it said. "TWG stands firmly behind the integrity of its business and remains focused on continuing to deliver value to its stakeholders." But with the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission looking into these allegations, Walter’s move to sell his controlling stake in the Lakers, another iconic American sports franchise like the Dodgers, sounded alarms, especially considering he had bought the majority stake with a $10 billion valuation from the Buss family just one year ago. The Lakers were sold to Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger at a $12.5 billion valuation. Walter then began the process of selling his stake in Chelsea, the English Premier League club, which he held alongside business partner Todd Boehly, who is also a member of Guggenheim Baseball Management. Reports also emerged that investment firm Guggenheim Partners was trying to raise funds for its insurance operations amid the federal investigation. TWG Global denied any wrongdoing. "There is no victim here. No one has been harmed, and no one has claimed they were harmed," the statement said in August. "TWG is committed to working with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve their inquiries. "The Dodgers have the highest revenue in baseball, and it significantly exceeds the team's obligations to its players." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29606306e71d023e45dc7 Barbara Barrie, Oscar-nominated 'Barney Miller' and 'Suddenly Susan' actress, dead at 95 te 2026-10-29T00:40:38.349Z Barbara Barrie, Oscar-nominated 'Barney Miller' and 'Suddenly Susan' actress, dead at 95 Barbara had died at 95 years old following a terminal cancer diagnosis, according to a report. The "Barney Miller" actress’s death at her home in New York City was medically assisted, her daughter told The New York Times. The Oscar-nominated actress’ TV and film career spanned multiple decades from the 1950s until last year. EVA MARIE SAINT, OSCAR-WINNING ‘ON THE WATERFRONT’ AND ‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ STAR, DEAD AT 102 Barrie was known for her small screen roles as Barney Miller’s wife on "Barney Miller," a police series that ran from 1975 to 1982, and as Brooke Shields’ grandmother on "Suddenly Susan." She was nominated for an Academy Award for 1979’s "Breaking Away" and she won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for 1964’s "One Potato, Two Potato." She lost to Meryl Streep for "Kramer vs. Kramer" at the Oscars. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE She also played Goldie Hawn’s mother in 1980’s "Private Benjamin." Barrie was also a prolific Broadway actress who was nominated for a Tony for her performance in the original 1970 cast of Stephen Sondheim’s "Company." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The 95-year-old made her Broadway debut in "The Wooden Dish" in 1955 after she moved to New York when she graduated from college in Texas, telling the Akron Beacon Journal in 1963 that she only went there because of a man. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "To tell you the truth, the only reason I went was because I had a boyfriend who was living there. We were supposed to get married, but couldn’t right away," she said. "Since I had gone to all the trouble of moving to New York, I figured I might as well try to act." Barrie told the Westside Rag in 2024 that she has been acting for 55 years, and "I think it took 45 years to become a good actor. I think it takes that long. You strip away everything. You strip away all the junk. You strip away all the egos. You strip away all the temperament, and you just deal with the person you’re playing. That’s all you have to do, but it takes years to learn that." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae295f8306e71d023e45d7b Trump Calls for Mary Peltola, Alaska Senate Candidate, to Be Prosecuted te 2026-10-29T00:40:24.999Z Trump Calls for Mary Peltola, Alaska Senate Candidate, to Be Prosecuted The president lashed out at the former representative after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime was committed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae295f1306e71d023e45d57 Bills QB Josh Allen Gets Honest About Upcoming Lamar Jackson Matchup te 2026-10-29T00:40:17.949Z Bills QB Josh Allen Gets Honest About Upcoming Lamar Jackson Matchup The Buffalo Bills will welcome the Baltimore Ravens for a highly-anticipated Week 8 matchup this coming Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae295ea306e71d023e45d4e Eagles Place Veteran RB on Injured Reserve te 2026-10-29T00:40:10.902Z Eagles Place Veteran RB on Injured Reserve The Philadelphia Eagles continue to deal with the injury bug. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae293ad306e71d023e45d08 MUSD has shown what local override funding can accomplish te 2026-10-29T00:30:37.244Z MUSD has shown what local override funding can accomplish When voters approved the override in 2016 and renewed it in 2021, MUSD made a promise: to maintain lower class sizes, keep classroom technology current, and provide RAM Academy, an alternative credit recovery program where approximately 60 students earn diplomas each year. These investments also help the district retain excellent teachers.  As a taxpayer, I take that accountability seriously. Voters should be able to see where their money went and whether the district delivered what it promised. MUSD did.  Families in Maricopa have educational choices, and MUSD must compete for students and great teachers. The override helps the district remain a strong choice. The impact reaches beyond the classroom. Businesses considering Maricopa look closely at the quality of our schools. Strong schools attract excellent employers, stimulate our local economy and protect property values. Proposition 416 is not a new tax. It continues locally controlled funding already approved by voters. MUSD made commitments. It followed through. Proposition 416 keeps that progress moving forward. Vote YES on Proposition 416. Nancy Smith  The post MUSD has shown what local override funding can accomplish appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2939d306e71d023e45cca A Top Dartmouth Leader Steps Down Over Undisclosed A.I. Use in Writings te 2026-10-29T00:30:21.242Z A Top Dartmouth Leader Steps Down Over Undisclosed A.I. Use in Writings Santiago Schnell, who had been provost since last year, will leave after a review found that he had improperly used A.I. in published opinion articles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29397306e71d023e45caf Indiana Pacers Announce Timeline on Star Guard Tyrese Haliburton’s Injury  te 2026-10-29T00:30:15.653Z Indiana Pacers Announce Timeline on Star Guard Tyrese Haliburton’s Injury  Want the good news or the bad news first? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29391306e71d023e45ca6 Bears QB Caleb Williams Addresses Cleats Decision After Nearly $12K NFL Fine te 2026-10-29T00:30:09.032Z Bears QB Caleb Williams Addresses Cleats Decision After Nearly $12K NFL Fine Caleb Williams addressed his decision to wear Caddix cleats in an NFL game after receiving a nearly $12K fine from the league. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29146306e71d023e45c16 Lakers Suffer Major Injury Blow Ahead of Clippers Matchup te 2026-10-29T00:20:22.061Z Lakers Suffer Major Injury Blow Ahead of Clippers Matchup The Lakers will be without Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams against the Clippers as both deal with injuries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2913e306e71d023e45c0d Darline Graham Hit with Troubling Poll One Day Before Trump Rally te 2026-10-29T00:20:14.965Z Darline Graham Hit with Troubling Poll One Day Before Trump Rally The new poll shows Graham and Andrews tied in the race for U.S. Senate in South Carolina less than a week before midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae29137306e71d023e45c04 Bengals QB Joe Burrow Responds to Ja'Marr Chase's Locker Room Explosion te 2026-10-29T00:20:07.745Z Bengals QB Joe Burrow Responds to Ja'Marr Chase's Locker Room Explosion Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was asked about Ja'Marr Chase's impassioned halftime speech from Week 7. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28eea306e71d023e45104 Derwin James Suffers Injury Setback Amid Chargers' Struggles te 2026-10-29T00:10:18.160Z Derwin James Suffers Injury Setback Amid Chargers' Struggles Chargers safety Derwin James has played in three of the team's six games this year because of a hamstring injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28ee4306e71d023e450c5 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Responds to Ernie Johnson's Career News te 2026-10-29T00:10:12.268Z NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Responds to Ernie Johnson's Career News NBA commissioner Adam Silver released an official statement reacting to the recent career decision from Ernie Johnson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28ee0306e71d023e4509f Javonte Williams Credits Cowboys for Saving His NFL Career te 2026-10-29T00:10:08.136Z Javonte Williams Credits Cowboys for Saving His NFL Career Cowboys running back Javonte Williams said he almost retired from football before he signed with Dallas in 2025. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c9b306e71d023e446ca Dream ownership group voices frustration in open letter over WNBA Finals venue concerns te 2026-10-29T00:00:27.860Z Dream ownership group voices frustration in open letter over WNBA Finals venue concerns The logistics surrounding the WNBA Finals have drawn almost as much attention as the compelling, hard-fought action on the court. After negotiations reportedly described as "tense," the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries learned they would play Game 6 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta on Thursday. The game will tip off at 12:30 p.m. ET, making it a matinee on the East Coast and a breakfast-time start on the West Coast. Several Atlanta players downplayed the early start time, instead focusing on the task ahead. The Dream will look to keep their championship hopes alive and a find a way to force a decisive Game 7. Golden State took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series Monday. The 12:30 p.m. ET tipoff drew mixed reactions, including from the Dream organization, which viewed the compromise as less than ideal. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE In an open letter released Wednesday, the Dream suggested their concerns about finding a venue with enough capacity to host WNBA Finals games "did not receive the attention they deserved." The team also said that moving Game 6 to the early afternoon was "not what we fought for." Dream owners Larry and Robyn Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair and Renee Montgomery said the team brought up concerns about potential scheduling conflicts months before the Finals started. "Two months ago, when the WNBA finalized playoff dates and times, we raised concerns that the W Finals schedule conflicted with NBA games at State Farm Arena," the letter stated. "As we moved through the playoffs, we reiterated those concerns. Our concerns did not receive the attention, nor the urgency that they deserved." All of Atlanta’s home playoff games this postseason have been played at State Farm Arena, the longtime home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. The venue can accommodate roughly 17,000 fans. For the past several seasons, the Dream’s primary home court has been Gateway Center Arena, which holds a WNBA-low 3,500 spectators. The Dream recently announced plans to return to State Farm Arena for all home games beginning in 2027. The schedule changes have also affected the Hawks. Game 4 pushed Atlanta’s home game last Saturday against the Houston Rockets to 8:30 p.m., while Thursday’s Hawks-Cavaliers matchup will move to 8 p.m. to give arena crews time to prepare the building after the Dream-Valkyries game. WNBA FINALS GAME 6, A POTENTIAL TITLE-CLINCHER, WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY Game 3 was moved up one day, meaning all three WNBA Finals games played in Atlanta have needed some level of schedule adjustments. The ownership group also suggested the scheduling issues may have stemmed from an assumption Atlanta would not reach the Finals. "Perhaps it was assumed that the Dream would not make it this far. Perhaps, our place in the Finals was not accounted for. Whatever the reason, the reality is that we are here. We earned our place in the Finals, and our city deserves the opportunity to show up for its team." The Hawks also host the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, effectively ruling out an afternoon home game Thursday. VALKYRIES STARS TELLS FANS TO ‘CALL IN SICK’ FOR GAME 6 AS EARLY WNBA FINALS TIPOFF SPARKS FAN REACTION "As much as we have great affection and nostalgia for Gateway Center Arena, we believed that our fans and the city wanted the opportunity to be a part of this historic series, and to see it played on a world-class stage," the letter continued. "That meant State Farm Arena." ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne described the decision to schedule Game 6 on a weekday afternoon as "the best of the bad solutions." Shelburne reported that moving Game 6 to Friday and Game 7 to Tuesday was among the options discussed. Tuesday, Nov. 3, is also Election Day for the midterm elections. The Golden State Warriors, who share Chase Center with the Valkyries, have home games scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 1, and Monday, Nov. 2. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert praised the sellout crowds for Games 3 and 4 and welcomed more fans for Game 6. "The sellout crowds and extraordinary atmosphere at State Farm Arena for Games 3 and 4 were a tremendous success, and we’re excited to give thousands more fans the opportunity to experience Game 6 with a championship on the line," Engelbert said in a statement on Monday. "We thank the NBA, Dream, Valkyries, Hawks, State Farm Arena and USA Network for the collaboration and flexibility that made this move possible. We look forward to delivering another unforgettable Finals experience in Atlanta." This year's playoff dates were distributed internally to teams on Dec. 4, 2025, ESPN reported, citing sources. The WNBA, Dream, Valkyries, Hawks, NBA and broadcast partners held discussions over the weekend as they worked to find a solution, according to ESPN. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens urged employers and educators to "extend a little grace" to Dream fans on Thursday afternoon. "Whether they’re at the game or catching a few moments on their devices, please allow them to be excited for our home team," he wrote in a social media flyer. Despite the logistical challenges, the Dream confirmed Wednesday that tickets for Game 6 had sold out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c98306e71d023e446c1 Portland Public Schools rescinds ban on woman who questioned child's gender identity assignment te 2026-10-29T00:00:24.737Z Portland Public Schools rescinds ban on woman who questioned child's gender identity assignment Portland Public Schools rescinded its trespass order against an Oregon mother over her opposition to the district's gender curriculum, according to a legal group representing the parent. In August, Allison Roberts sued Portland Public Schools after she expressed concern last year over Meriwether Lewis Elementary School's decision to repaint its traditional rainbow pride flag into an "Intersex-Inclusive Progress" variant to include support for racial inclusion and transgender rights. Roberts also discovered an "identity flower" assignment given to her 11-year-old child that asked students to identify and discuss their gender identity with classmates and teachers. After receiving what she described as an unsatisfactory response from the school, Roberts wrote an open letter to the community criticizing the school's policies, which she distributed on a public sidewalk outside school property. PORTLAND PARENT FIGHTS CHILD'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER 'FINAL STRAW' OF ADDING TRANS-INCLUSIVE FLAG The school later accused Roberts of "harassment, intimidation, and threatening behavior" as part of a pattern of "animus and harassment targeting vulnerable members of [the] community." The district issued Roberts a one-year trespass order barring her from attending school events, including her child's graduation ceremony. According to the Liberty Justice Center, which represented Roberts, Portland Public Schools agreed to several concessions before a scheduled hearing on Roberts’ motion for a preliminary injunction. These included rescinding her campus ban, exempting her children from certain LGBTQ2SIA+-related curriculum requirements and reviewing its nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Portland Public Schools confirmed that the school district "agreed to rescind the trespass notice in mid-November." "PPS has and will continue to comply with all laws that serve and protect children," the district's statement read. EXCLUSIVE: INDIANA SCHOOL COUNSELOR FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT ON GENDER IDENTITY POLICY SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $200K Timothy Snowball, lead attorney for the Liberty Justice Center's PARENTS Initiative, called the concessions a "victory" and told Fox News Digital that they were a sign of the school district recognizing that these actions were unconstitutional. "The timing of this settlement is not a coincidence," he said. "Only two days before the negotiations started, the district was set on fighting Allison Roberts. But after an hour or two with a federal judge explaining to them why their conduct was unconstitutional, they immediately changed their plans."  Just goes to show that the students aren’t the only ones in Portland who need an education on basic civics," Snowball added. Another hearing on the district's policies is scheduled for Dec. 1, with a focus on policies Snowball said allow teachers to withhold information from parents. EXCLUSIVE: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCUSED OF HIDING KIDS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS "Portland Public Schools tried to silence a mother who dared to question what was happening in her children’s school. Now the district has agreed to withdraw its warning, rescind its campus ban, and recognize her right to speak freely," Snowball said in a separate statement. "This is a major victory, not just for Allison Roberts, but for every parent who has been told to stay quiet and leave these decisions to school officials," the statement continued. "But the fight is not over. The district continues to defend policies that allow school officials, under certain circumstances, to withhold important information from parents about their own children." "Parents have the fundamental right to direct their children’s upbringing and education. We intend to keep fighting until those rights are protected," Snowball added.  Roberts previously told Fox News Digital that she had received widespread support for her legal efforts. "It has been heartening to see the outpouring of support from my local Portland community, and from parents and grandparents across the country," she said. "I never wanted things to get to this point. But knowing that I'm fighting this battle not just for my family, but for millions of American families, reassures me that bringing this suit is the right thing to do." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c91306e71d023e44694 Draymond Green Reacts to Ernie Johnson's Major 'Inside the NBA' Announcement te 2026-10-29T00:00:17.706Z Draymond Green Reacts to Ernie Johnson's Major 'Inside the NBA' Announcement Draymond Green responded to Ernie Johnson revealing that's leaving "Inside the NBA" after the 2026-27 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c8d306e71d023e4468b Dream's Angel Reese Makes Bold Claim Ahead of Crucial WNBA Finals Game 6 te 2026-10-29T00:00:13.304Z Dream's Angel Reese Makes Bold Claim Ahead of Crucial WNBA Finals Game 6 Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese made a bold claim ahead of her team playing in a must-win Game 6 of the WNBA Finals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c89306e71d023e44682 Baltimore Ravens Announce Exciting Injury Update on Lamar Jackson te 2026-10-29T00:00:09.998Z Baltimore Ravens Announce Exciting Injury Update on Lamar Jackson The Baltimore Ravens are trending toward getting Lamar Jackson back for Sunday's Week 8 matchup against the Buffalo Bills. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28c87306e71d023e44679 Early Voting in Alaska on Pace to Hit Record Amid Two Dan Sullivans Fiasco te 2026-10-29T00:00:07.008Z Early Voting in Alaska on Pace to Hit Record Amid Two Dan Sullivans Fiasco Thousands of ballots have already been cast in Alaska's midterm, six days before Election Day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28a41306e71d023e445f8 Maine girls to speak out on trans athletes as parents revive ballot push on eve of Senate election te 2026-10-28T23:50:25.845Z Maine girls to speak out on trans athletes as parents revive ballot push on eve of Senate election Maine high school girls will speak publicly about competing against transgender athletes Monday as parents prepare to submit nearly 5,000 additional signatures in a renewed effort to put restrictions on girls’ sports and school facilities before voters. The Nov. 2 news conference in Augusta comes one day before Maine’s closely watched Senate election, bringing renewed attention to the issue that triggered a confrontation between President Donald Trump and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in early 2025. The Protect Girls Sports in Maine ballot committee is seeking a place on the 2027 ballot, after its earlier petition fell 532 valid signatures short of qualifying for this year’s election. Two female athletes from Windham High School and Fryeburg Academy are scheduled to participate alongside parents, representatives of Alliance Defending Freedom and the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, known as ICONS. "It’s appalling and shameful what these girls and hundreds of others have endured in Maine, and we are so glad they reached out for support," ICONS co-founder Kim Jones said in a statement ahead of the event. "Their stories are a historical dark mark on Maine’s treatment of its women and girls." FEMALE ATHLETES, WOMEN'S SPORTS ADVOCATES SPEAK ON CAPITOL HILL AS TRANS ATHLETE ISSUE HOVERS OVER MIDTERMS "We are proud to stand alongside these young female athletes and their families to unapologetically say that women and girls deserve fair and safe sports, as well as privacy and dignity in places of undress," Jones continued. "There should be no male students on girls’ teams, and no male students in girls’ restrooms and locker rooms." The initiative, "An Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex," would establish requirements based on students’ sex as recorded on their original birth certificates for participation in designated school sports and access to bathrooms and other private spaces. It would also allow students to sue schools over violations. Leyland Streiff, the ballot committee’s principal officer and a leader of Maine Girl Dads, said approximately 100 volunteers collected the additional signatures over the past month. "Despite needing only 532 more signatures to make the 2027 ballot, the committee is submitting almost 5,000," Streiff said in the event announcement. The signatures would still require review before the initiative could qualify. The renewed push follows months of litigation over the original petition. According to Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court, organizers submitted 79,692 signatures in February, and election officials initially determined that enough were valid to move the proposal forward. SUPREME COURT MAKES RULING ON TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN'S SPORTS A subsequent challenge resulted in a revised determination leaving the petition below the required 67,682 valid signatures. The dispute included 1,520 signatures collected by four nonresident circulators who had not timely consented to Maine courts’ jurisdiction. The state’s highest court upheld their invalidation July 10. Organizers say they pursued a federal court challenge while collecting additional signatures to advance the initiative for 2027. Retired professional soccer player Carly Smolak, who will appear with ICONS, said the effort concerns recognition of female athletes’ accomplishments. "I am honored to stand beside these courageous soccer players to stand up for the right of every female athlete in Maine to know that her hard work, dedication and accomplishments will be honored and recognized, not overshadowed," Smolak said in the announcement. The event returns attention to a debate that put Maine at the center of national scrutiny in February 2025, when a transgender Greely High School athlete won the girls’ Class B indoor pole-vault championship. Greely won the girls’ team championship by one point. On Feb. 21, Trump confronted Mills at a White House governors’ event over Maine’s refusal to follow his executive order barring transgender athletes from female sports. Trump threatened to withhold federal funding, while Mills said she would follow state and federal law. WHERE TOP DEMOCRAT SENATE CANDIDATES AND THEIR GOP OPPONENTS STAND ON TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN'S SPORTS "See you in court," Mills told him. The Maine Principals’ Association maintained that its participation policy followed the Maine Human Rights Act, which protects against discrimination based on gender identity. Mills defended her response as a stand against presidential overreach, arguing that Trump could not withhold congressionally appropriated funding to force the state to comply with his demands. Now, the renewed ballot effort coincides with a Senate contest featuring candidates with differing records on transgender participation in sports. Republican Sen. Susan Collins faces Democratic former state Senate President Troy Jackson in the Nov. 3, 2026, election, a race that could help determine control of the Senate. Collins voted in March 2025 to advance the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Explaining her support for a similar amendment in March 2026, she said her longstanding position was that "transgender athletes should not compete in girls’ and women’s athletics." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Jackson voted in June 2023 to accept a committee recommendation against passing LD 930, legislation seeking to restrict participation in women’s and girls’ scholastic sports. In an April 2026 questionnaire during his gubernatorial campaign, he also answered "No" to a question asking whether he supported a transgender sports ban and dismantling other protections under the Maine Human Rights Act. Jones said advocates intend to continue pressing the issue through elections and other avenues. "The feelings of boys do not take precedence in the areas and opportunities set aside to let girls thrive," she said. "An ever-growing wave of public support exists to ensure that girls in blue states have a light at the end of the tunnel." "The men who want to protect their daughters, the young female athletes, and the public are not going to let up," Jones continued. "The courts, the voting booth, the media and every other available tool will be used to ensure that these girls are not shoved into the shadows to be harassed and ignored." The news conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Eastern on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Capitol Building’s Welcome Center in Augusta, with a short question-and-answer session following prepared remarks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28a3e306e71d023e445ef BOBBY BURACK: Justin Tucker signing exposes sports media’s selective outrage over NFL misconduct te 2026-10-28T23:50:22.183Z BOBBY BURACK: Justin Tucker signing exposes sports media’s selective outrage over NFL misconduct The Kansas City Chiefs signed kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad Wednesday, drawing fierce criticism from the sports media. Head coach Andy Reid faced five straight minutes of questions about Tucker during his news conference. "He’s done his suspension. Took care of his business there. I’ll leave it at that," Reid said. The NFL suspended Tucker for 10 games in 2025 for violating its personal conduct policy after 16 female massage therapists accused him of sexual misconduct in the Baltimore area between 2012 and 2016. Tucker vehemently denies the allegations, including in a statement to OutKick at the time of the claims. The usual suspects criticized the move. "It only takes one ounce of desperation from one franchise to welcome back into the league somebody who was a pariah," Dan Le Batard said. ESPN analyst Mina Kimes responded by posting a screenshot of the allegations against Tucker. Several Kansas City media members also expressed frustration with the signing. But a proper response to the signing is not as binary as one on social media. JUSTIN TUCKER AND WIFE SPEAK OUT AMID MORE ALLEGATIONS FROM MASSAGE THERAPISTS: OUTKICK EXCLUSIVE By NFL standards, Tucker has paid his due. The Chiefs signed a player eligible to play this week. The situation is hardly unique. Look around the NFL. Packers running back Josh Jacobs returned to the field Sunday after the NFL placed him on the commissioner exempt list before the season. Jacobs was arrested and charged with allegedly strangling and suffocating his girlfriend. His legal team has worked to keep a video of the alleged incident private. Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper also returned from the commissioner exempt list Sunday. He faces a felony charge of second-degree assault by strangulation, along with several misdemeanor charges stemming from alleged altercations with his then girlfriend. The Seattle Seahawks signed Terrion Arnold in August after the Lions released him. Detroit cut the cornerback after he was charged with eight felonies connected to an alleged plot to kidnap, pistol-whip and rob three men he believed had stolen from him. Arnold faces up to life in prison. Then there is Deshaun Watson, who faced allegations similar to Tucker’s, but from more women and involving more serious claims, including allegations that he forced women to perform oral sex. The therapist also filed a civil lawsuit against Watson. Tucker's accusers have not. Still, despite the allegations and lawsuits, the Browns signed Watson to the largest guaranteed contract in NFL history in 2022. In each of those cases, the player is accused of criminal or inappropriate conduct, denies the allegations, is suspended or placed on leave, and eventually returns to the league. The case of Justin Tucker is no different. And yet, the outrage from the sports media is notably selective. Compare the coverage of Tucker joining the Chiefs’ practice squad to the lack of coverage over the Seahawks signing Arnold, who is facing criminal charges. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Again, the conversation is complicated. The Kansas City Chiefs have also long shown a tolerance for players with baggage. Examples include Tyreek Hill, Rashee Rice, Kareem Hunt, Charles Omenihu and Frank Clark. It's barely a surprise the team would show interest in Tucker if it believes he can solve its kicking woes. This Sunday, NFL stadiums across the country will feature players accused and/or convicted of heinous actions and crimes. Tucker joining a practice squad probably shouldn't be the one to draw the line on NFL teams employing players with questionable character. Alas, the Chiefs signing Justin Tucker warrants a more nuanced conversation than the one happening. A much broader discussion should be had. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28a33306e71d023e445d4 Cabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law. te 2026-10-28T23:50:11.650Z Cabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law. As Trump officials stump for Republican candidates facing difficult races, ethics experts say they are being lax about complying with the Hatch Act, a federal anti-corruption law. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28a2f306e71d023e445cb She Was Arrested After Leaving Her Kids for Days. Parents Are Debating. te 2026-10-28T23:50:07.025Z She Was Arrested After Leaving Her Kids for Days. Parents Are Debating. A Florida sheriff’s office arrested a mother who had left her children home alone for days to go a work trip, reigniting the cantankerous debate over when parents act irresponsibly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28812306e71d023e4457d Phoenix not on list of next potential men’s Final Four host sites, raising questions about city’s big-event future te 2026-10-28T23:41:06.694Z Phoenix not on list of next potential men’s Final Four host sites, raising questions about city’s big-event future PHOENIX – The NCAA has announced possible locations for the men’s and women’s Final Four basketball tournaments from 2032-2036, and the Valley is in the running for only one of them. The cities being considered to host the men’s Final Four are Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville and New Orleans. Meanwhile, the sites vying to host the women’s Final Four are Phoenix, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New Orleans and San Antonio. “We are grateful for the record number of cities that expressed interest in hosting the men’s Final Four, which continues to be one of the world’s preeminent sporting events,” said Martin Newton, Samford vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics, who will serve as chair of the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the upcoming season.  “Narrowing it down to seven cities to host during this five-year cycle was challenging for the committee. We have a terrific blend of experienced host cities and potential newcomers, each of which we are confident will demonstrate that their competition venue, hotels and infrastructure will deliver at the level our participating teams have come to expect at the Final Four.”  Phoenix hosted the women’s Final Four in 2026 for the first time and could do so again in the next rotation. However,  the city has been excluded from hosting the men’s Final Four in the coming seasons, despite having previously hosted the tournament in 2017 and 2024.  “The strong interest in hosting the Women’s Final Four reflects the championship’s stature as one of the premier events in sports, and the committee is grateful to every city that participated in the bid process,” said Liz Darger, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Brigham Young and chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee.  “The finalists selected to date demonstrated the infrastructure, competition venues, hotel accommodations and community support needed to deliver an exceptional championship experience. They also offer the committee an opportunity to thoughtfully assess how each city can support the Women’s Final Four’s continued growth in areas such as competition venue options and evolving future needs. We look forward to the next stage of the evaluation process and to learning more about each finalist.”  The Valley’s exclusion as a host finalist for the men’s tournament raises a bigger question about the future of large-scale sporting events potentially being held in Arizona’s capital.  Outside of the Final Four, the Valley has hosted the Super Bowl four times, first in 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, followed by three NFL title games held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale in 2008, 2015 and 2023. Phoenix will also host the NBA All-Star game at Mortgage Matchup Center in February 2027.  Although the Valley has proven to be a metropolitan area that can host multiple premier sporting events, other cities such as Los Angeles and Las Vegas have built completely new, state-of-the-art stadiums. Both cities are in a close proximity to Phoenix and may become preferred destinations for events in the future because of their infrastructure and modern facilities.  SoFi Stadium in LA hosted the Super Bowl in 2022 and will host it again in February 2027. Vegas hosted its first Super Bowl in 2024 at Allegiant Stadium and is expected to host another in 2029.   Despite the growing appeal of other cities, Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego is not concerned about the city being overlooked.  “We feel like we are incredibly competitive with large scale sporting events,” Gallego said Wednesday at a press conference at the Collier Center in Phoenix. “For our region, we have been incredibly competitive. People on the national level have started calling us ‘Championship Valley’ because we do so many great mega events here. And I think the future is bright.”  Despite her optimism, Las Vegas is quickly equalling Phoenix as a go-to sporting destination.  Nevada did not have a big four professional sports team until 2017 when the Golden Knights joined the NHL as an expansion team. The Oakland Raiders relocated to Vegas in 2020, while the Athletics departed their longtime home in the East Bay and are expected to begin playing MLB games in a new Vegas stadium by 2028. Originally founded as the Utah Starzz, the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces relocated to Nevada in 2018.  The NBA is actively working through the expansion process with Las Vegas and Seattle the leading candidates. With three professional sports teams now calling Las Vegas home and a fourth potentially on the way, the city has established a growing presence outside of its tourism attractions, backed by modern stadiums and arenas capable of hosting major events.  Even so, Kyle Hedstrom, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Arizona Sports and Events Alliance, still believes Phoenix will not be pushed aside. “I think what’s happening is a continuing growth in competition,” Hedstrom said. “There used to be only 10 cities that could compete for a men’s Final Four and now I think they’re up to 14 or 15. So I don’t think we’re concerned necessarily but it’s good to be aware of the fact that the competition is growing and that means that we’re going to have to be more aggressive in how we pursue major events.”  As other markets continue to invest in their sports infrastructure and expand their presence on the national stage, Phoenix will need to remain competitive to ensure Arizona continues to be a destination for major sporting events. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28804306e71d023e4455f Havasu man gets prison instead of probation in drug case te 2026-10-28T23:40:52.941Z Havasu man gets prison instead of probation in drug case A probation eligible plea agreement has instead resulted in a prison sentence in a Lake Havasu City drug case. Robert Williams, 58, was arrested during a June 8 traffic stop in the 3000 block of Irwin Lane. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287ff306e71d023e44556 Mohave County approves road worker raises amid 67% turnover in entry-level jobs te 2026-10-28T23:40:47.378Z Mohave County approves road worker raises amid 67% turnover in entry-level jobs Mohave County is losing entry-level road maintenance workers at an alarming rate, prompting supervisors to approve $157,000 in annual pay increases aimed at keeping employees on the job. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287fa306e71d023e4454a SWAT raid leads to arrests in alleged fentanyl operation te 2026-10-28T23:40:42.513Z SWAT raid leads to arrests in alleged fentanyl operation A Lake Havasu City Police SWAT operation led to the arrest of five local residents this week at a home on the 200 block of North Lake Havasu Avenue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287f4306e71d023e44541 Forecasted rain cancels Mohave County Sheriff’s Office ‘Candy Crawl’ in Havasu te 2026-10-28T23:40:36.206Z Forecasted rain cancels Mohave County Sheriff’s Office ‘Candy Crawl’ in Havasu Rain in the forecast has canceled the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Public Outreach Program's Candy Crawl in Lake Havasu City. Multiple Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Facebook pages shared cancellation notices on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287ed306e71d023e44519 Convicted murderer got over 5-hour head start after prison escape before local police were notified: Official te 2026-10-28T23:40:29.865Z Convicted murderer got over 5-hour head start after prison escape before local police were notified: Official FIRST ON FOX: The convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison had at least a five-hour head start before local police were notified he was missing, the local police chief told Fox News Digital. Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, Sunday, although authorities have not disclosed the exact time of his escape. Staff at the prison noticed Morley was unaccounted for at around 11:30 p.m., and a review of surveillance footage subsequently revealed him crossing through the prison's perimeter fence. According to Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatch audio, Morley was last seen at the prison around 4 p.m. on Sunday. Surveillance footage recorded Morley taking a pickup truck from the 400 block of Keystone Drive, a location roughly 2 miles south of the prison, at around 1 a.m. Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. The truck was found abandoned by law enforcement officials early Tuesday morning in Marion, Illinois, but Morley wasn't located. TENNESSEE INMATE CONVICTED OF MURDER ESCAPES FROM PRISON, STEALS PICKUP TRUCK, MANHUNT UNDERWAY: OFFICIALS In a statement to Fox News Digital, Tiptonville Police Department Chief Joe England said his department wasn't notified about a potentially missing inmate until 4:40 a.m. on Monday, over 5 hours after prison staff first realized Morley was unaccounted for. Officers responded to the prison and worked with staff to assess the situation. At 5:14 a.m., England said, officers at the scene alerted the rest of the department that the inmate's escape had been confirmed. At 6:20 a.m., prison officials formally notified Lake County Central Dispatch, which handles 911 calls and coordinates law enforcement services, that an inmate escape has been confirmed. The notification set off a broader search for Morley in the area surrounding the prison. ESCAPED TENNESSEE KILLER'S ABANDONED TRUCK OFFERS CLUES TO WHAT HE MAY DO NEXT: RETIRED FBI AGENT "The Tiptonville Police Department immediately coordinated with the Tennessee Department of Correction and the Lake County Sheriff's Office to conduct a search of the surrounding area," England said. "The Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and numerous other state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies also participated in the search efforts." While Morley stole the pickup truck at around 1 a.m. on Monday, England said his department wasn't made aware of a potentially missing truck until 2:15 p.m. on Monday, which was confirmed missing at 2:30 p.m. He noted that the pickup truck wasn't stolen within city limits. Sunday, Oct. 25 Monday, Oct. 26 Tuesday, Oct. 27 In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson said their agency was notified of the prison escape on Monday morning, but didn't elaborate on an exact time. The Lake County Sheriff's Office didn't respond to Fox News Digital when asked when their agency was first alerted of the prison escape. The Tennessee Department of Correction didn't respond to multiple requests for comment to Fox News Digital. Former federal prison warden Cameron Lindsay told Fox News Digital the delay in notifying local police of an inmate escaping prison is "100% unacceptable." "Part of any correctional facilities, basic tenets of operations should include emergency plans. And one of those plans that you have for an emergency is an escape. And part of your escape plans entails notifying law enforcement, local law enforcement, state law enforcement, U.S. Marshals Service. And everybody in the community, you need to get that word out immediately. So for them to have that kind of delay raises a huge red flag," Lindsay said. "And it begs the question, why, why did they delay? Because it is 100% unacceptable in the profession of corrections," he added. Lindsay said local law enforcement should have immediately been contacted once prison staff realized the inmate was unaccounted for. Retired FBI Special Agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital the community should have been notified much sooner. "That community should put out an emergency text to everyone to make sure none of their family members are missing as he could have killed or kidnapped someone after ditching the truck," Gilliam said. TBI said on Wednesday afternoon that the reward in the search for Morley is now $15,000 – $7,500 from the governor’s office, $5,000 from the U.S. Marshals and $2,500 from TBI. Morley is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and 240 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said he should be "considered dangerous," adding Morley is now on the state's most wanted list. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X In addition to the first-degree murder conviction, he was also found guilty of burglary, vandalism, tampering with evidence and evading arrest. Morley was serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of Cody Birchfield. Birchfield disappeared in early February 2022 after he was last seen in Elizabethton, Tennessee. According to WJHL, investigators from the Carter County Sheriff's Office saw indications that a "violent crime" had occurred inside his house. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS WATCH: Escaped Tennessee inmate seen on video stealing truck, officials say On March 2, 2022, Morley was arrested after a police chase that went to the North Carolina state line. After the arrest, Birchfield's body was found underneath Morley's home. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Morley's former girlfriend, Landree Sheperd, testified at Morley's trial and claimed that the defendant said at one point that "he f------ killed him." SEND US A TIP The prison escape comes at a tumultuous time for the Tennessee Department of Correction, less than a month after the botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike. GOT A TIP? Pike survived the Sept. 30 execution attempt after the state administered two doses of pentobarbital, and she was transported to a hospital. Gov. Bill Lee then suspended Tennessee's remaining scheduled execution for the year and directed an independent review to examine what had gone wrong. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Former Knoxville Police Chief Phil Keith, who handled the case, previously told Fox News Digital that Pike showed "no remorse" in the interrogation room after an attack that a psychiatrist later said involved "satanic elements" at trial. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "She represents pure evil," he said of Pike. People with information about Morley's whereabouts are encouraged to contact 844-832-3463. Fox News Digital's Ashley Papa contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287e9306e71d023e44510 NFL star Jonathan Taylor's wife worries about Colts' future amid trade frenzy: 'Do I need to start packing' te 2026-10-28T23:40:25.540Z NFL star Jonathan Taylor's wife worries about Colts' future amid trade frenzy: 'Do I need to start packing' Indianapolis Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor’s wife, Ayanna, is asking the question on every Colts fan's mind: "Is literally anybody safe on this team?" The 2-5 Colts traded two of their franchise cornerstones Tuesday, sending Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for draft picks. Indianapolis hopes those picks will help build its next competitive roster. For right now? The trades have left other prominent Colts players and their families wondering whether they could be moved before the Nov. 10 trade deadline. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Jonathan Taylor is reportedly available in trade discussions, raising questions about his future in Indianapolis. Ayanna Taylor is uncertain about the disruption a potential trade could bring to their family. "So naturally, my mind is spiraling. Is this the start of the trading frenzy? What does this mean for my husband and I? Do I need to start packing our bags? Are we even going to be spending our daughter's first Halloween together? Will we make it to game day? Or was last week the last time my husband will be putting on a Colts jersey?" Taylor said in a video posted to TikTok. "Because here's the thing. In the NFL, your life can literally change with one phone call or apparently one post. And sometimes you just find out while running errands on a random Tuesday." She said the season already felt different because the Colts traded wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. and linebacker Zaire Franklin during the offseason. Taylor had grown close to both players' families. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "Something that people may not realize about the NFL is like, yes, you understand that changes come with it. For years, I've been surrounded by the same women. Our husbands work together. We've built friendships and you know, we've just grown up in the league together," Taylor said. "At least for me, we were on a completely different team because for the first time, some of the women who I started this life experience with were no longer going to be on the same team as me." Taylor also pondered how the team would do without Nelson, who has been the best offensive lineman her husband has had in his career. Despite the Colts’ struggles, Jonathan Taylor has still thrived. In seven games, Taylor has rushed for 587 yards and eight touchdowns and caught 17 passes for 178 yards. He signed a two-year, $44 million contract extension with the Colts in August and is under team control through 2028. The Colts host the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-2) at 1 p.m. ET Sunday. If Indianapolis continues making trades, it could be Taylor's final game with the team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287e1306e71d023e444f6 Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges te 2026-10-28T23:40:17.544Z Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287dc306e71d023e444db Chloe Kim Gives Update on Boyfriend Myles Garrett Amid Injury Rehab te 2026-10-28T23:40:12.019Z Chloe Kim Gives Update on Boyfriend Myles Garrett Amid Injury Rehab The Los Angeles Rams linebacker has been on the IR since Week 1 of the season, and he doesn't have a timeline to return. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae287d7306e71d023e444d2 David Pollack: Arch Manning Will Not Play for Texas in 2027 te 2026-10-28T23:40:07.029Z David Pollack: Arch Manning Will Not Play for Texas in 2027 David Pollack spoke to an SEC coach about Arch Manning, who has had his-ups and downs during his time at Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae285a2306e71d023e4448d Cities face financial, political obstacles in replacing lost Colorado River water te 2026-10-28T23:30:42.143Z Cities face financial, political obstacles in replacing lost Colorado River water Key points: Cities that depend on the Central Arizona Project for their water have a limited amount of backup supplies stored, providing time to shift to new sources Bringing new... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post Cities face financial, political obstacles in replacing lost Colorado River water first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2859a306e71d023e44469 Hidden danger in cockpit surfaces as 3 in 4 pilots report 'microsleep' episodes te 2026-10-28T23:30:34.794Z Hidden danger in cockpit surfaces as 3 in 4 pilots report 'microsleep' episodes A hidden problem is surfacing regarding certain pilots' behavior. More than three in four pilots reported having at least one "microsleep" while operating an aircraft in recent weeks, according to a report by aviation consultancy Baines Simmons based on responses from 7,200 pilots across 32 European countries. The findings were published by the European Cockpit Association (ECA), which represents over 44,000 pilots across Europe, according to a press release. HOW MUCH REST SHOULD FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GET? NEW PROPOSAL IGNITES FIGHT IN THE SKIES The concerns extend beyond brief episodes of sleep in the cockpit. Nearly 39% of pilots said they usually or always did not get enough rest to keep fatigue from building up, according to the report. The findings also raised questions about whether pilots feel comfortable reporting when they are too tired to fly. Only 37.2% said they typically report when they are too fatigued to fly, while 24.2% said they do not report it and fly anyway, according to the findings.  "When pilots fear career consequences, fatigue goes unreported, and the risk returns to the cockpit," Capt. Coen George, an ECA board director, said in the press release. He warned that the reluctance to speak up could leave airlines unaware of how widespread fatigue is among their crews. In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented stricter pilot rest and duty requirements in 2012 to address fatigue and improve safety, the agency said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Under the rules, pilots must receive at least 10 consecutive hours of rest before a flight duty period, including an opportunity for eight uninterrupted hours of sleep. Pilots who feel fatigued or unfit to fly must report it and be removed from duty by the airline, according to the FAA. Pilot fatigue can be particularly challenging when crews work overnight or travel across multiple time zones. Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, a former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot who later flew for American Airlines and FedEx, previously told Fox News Digital that having scheduled time off does not necessarily mean a pilot gets enough sleep. "It's just unnatural to sleep during off-hours," Buckley said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Pilots may arrive at a hotel early in the morning and then have to sleep during the day, while long-haul flights can further disrupt normal sleep patterns, Buckley said. "Where it really takes a toll on the body for pilots is east-west," he said. "When you're crossing multiple time zones, [that's] when your body can really get messed up." Buckley also emphasized that pilots ultimately have to assess whether they're rested enough to safely operate an aircraft. "At the end of the day ... you know who determines if a pilot is fit to fly? You," Buckley said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Having nearly "77% of respondents [in the new survey] say that they reported micro-sleeping or dozing off while at work is definitely an alarming number, and the industry does need to take note of this," Bobby Laurie, a Pennsylvania-based travel expert and former flight attendant, told Fox News Digital.  "But it's not necessarily a warning sign that the flight that you've been on had a pilot or both pilots asleep." He said that while there are things the industry can do to "rectify this problem," travelers, too, should take note of a few things.  "If you find yourself at the airport, and the departure board is saying you're delayed due to crew rest … you need to realize that the delay is posted for safety reasons. You might not have gotten to your destination in one piece if those crew members did not get the rest they needed," he said.  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Fox News Digital previously reported that rest requirements for flight attendants have faced scrutiny in the U.S. The FAA recently proposed a nationwide rule that would prevent state and local governments from setting separate meal and rest-break requirements for flight attendants and pilots. Major flight attendant unions opposed the proposal, arguing that some crew members already work for hours without enough opportunities to eat, drink or use the restroom. Fox News Digital reached out to Baines Simmons and Flight Safety Foundation for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28590306e71d023e44450 An Unpredictable President, a Grim White House: Trump Faces Down the Midterms te 2026-10-28T23:30:24.398Z An Unpredictable President, a Grim White House: Trump Faces Down the Midterms The White House has been rocked by turnover and anxiety over the midterms. The president, who is tightening his inner circle, has lashed out at critics, held meandering rallies and feasted on a diet of news clips and “A.I. slop,” as one aide put it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2858c306e71d023e44435 Hasan Piker Puts Ted Cruz on Notice After $72M Lawsuit Against Jennings te 2026-10-28T23:30:20.702Z Hasan Piker Puts Ted Cruz on Notice After $72M Lawsuit Against Jennings Hasan Piker took aim at Ted Cruz over his X post, warning him he'd sued a conservative commentator for similar comments. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28586306e71d023e4442c 5 Indicators James Talarico Has a Better Shot Than Beto O'Rourke in Texas te 2026-10-28T23:30:14.137Z 5 Indicators James Talarico Has a Better Shot Than Beto O'Rourke in Texas O’Rourke trailed Cruz in every final 2018 poll. Talarico is tied with Paxton or ahead, helped by fuel costs and Trump’s slide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2857f306e71d023e44407 TUSD closures list: 14 schools recommended for closure or merger te 2026-10-28T23:30:07.484Z TUSD closures list: 14 schools recommended for closure or merger Lee en español On Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Cavett Elementary and consolidating it with Utterback Middle School — the 13th and 14th schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district. The two schools are among the 14 so far, of the district’s 88 schools named over the last 10 days for reconfiguration, pending approval by the Governing Board in December. • Cavett has preschool through fifth grade and was built in 1956. As of last school year, it had 169 students and its capacity is 530, according to state education data. It earned a C grade last school year and has 44 staffers, its website says. • Utterback is currently grades 6-8 was built in 1957. Its capacity is about 1,345 students and had 264 students as of last school year, the state says. It earned a C grade last school year and has 55 staffers, according to its website. The changes above are proposed to begin in the 2028-29 school year.  As of Oct. 28, TUSD administrators have recommended 10 schools be merged or closed for the 2027-28 school year: • Hudlow Elementary closing and merging into Sewell Elementary • Dunham Elementary closing and merging into Marshall Elementary • Cragin Elementary closing and merging into Blenman Elementary • Collier Elementary closing and merging into Bloom Elementary • Magee Middle School closing and merging into Sabino High School In 2028-29: • Secrist Middle School closing and merging into Santa Rita High School in the 2028-29 school year A middle-high school proposal would establish a middle school “secondary academy” within the receiving high school, TUSD said. That means separate building, classes, lunch periods, and daily bell schedule specifically for middle school students and does not include the “mixing” of middle school-aged students with high school students. It also includes transferring middle school teachers and staff to the receiving high schools, the district says. As of Oct. 28, TUSD administrators have recommended eight elementary schools and one middle school and one high school be merged or closed for the 2027-28 school year. Another middle school and high school would merge in the 28-29 school year. Here’s how that’s gone down over the last 10 days: Oct. 26 • Secrist Middle School was built in 1972;  just under 209 students and its capacity is 657 according to the state; 61 staffers, Grade: C. • Santa Rita High School was built in 1967; capacity is about 2,600 students and had 365 students according to the state;  91 staffers; Grade: B. Oct. 23 • Collier Elementary was built in 1973; 93 current students and 38% full; 33 staffers; Grade: B. • Bloom Elementary was built in 1972; 280 current students and 60% full; 60 staffers; Grade: B. Both schools are on the northeast side of Tucson with major cross streets at Bear Canyon and Tanque Verde roads and about four miles apart. Oct. 22 • Magee Middle School was built in 1963; 266 students and 35% full; Grade: B. • Sabino High School was built in 1971; 767 students and 42% full; 109 staffers; Grade: A. Both schools are on Tucson’s far east side — think Speedway Boulevard and Houghton Road. and about eight miles apart. For its first decade, Sabino was a junior and senior high school, but that ended in 1982 as part of the desegregation settlement agreement, TUSD told Arizona Luminaria. Oct. 21 • Cragin Elementary was built in 1950; 177 students and 38% full; 44 staffers; Grade: D. • Blenman Elementary was built in 1942; 288 students and 41% full; 45 staffers; Grade: B. Cragin and Blenman Elementary schools are in central Tucson near Country Club and Grant roads and about two miles apart. Oct. 20 • Dunham Elementary was built in 1973; 124 students and 41% full; 38 staffers; Grade: A. • Marshall Elementary was built in 1963. 199 students and 43% full; 57 staffers; Grade B. Both Dunham and Marshall are on 29th Street on the far east side — less than a mile apart. Oct. 19 • Hudlow Elementary was built in 1959; 132 students and 30% full; 44 staffers; Grade: D. • Sewell Elementary was built in 1959; 125 students and 47% full; 40 staffers; Grade: B. Hudlow and Sewell are about a two-mile commute from each other, near East Fifth Street and Wilmot Road.  School info above includes the current attendance and full rate as reported by TUSD at the Tuesday meeting and the year constructed from the Arizona School Facilities Portal. The letter grade posted last April is the most recent for  the state accountability model used to annually measure school performance by the Arizona Department of Education. Staffing numbers are sourced from the TUSD webpages of each school for this school year and include part-time and full-time workers. Enrollment decline is due to lower Pima County birth rates and families using Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to homeschool or attend private schools and have cost the district revenue, causing the need to close, district officials say. Last year, TUSD lost nearly $8 million in state funds because of lower enrollment.  Over the last six weeks, the district held four community meetings, three in-person and one online, to gather feedback on TUSD demographics, enrollment and financial data. More than 300 people, including staff and community members attended the meetings. The timeline to sort out and vote on the plan over the next five weeks includes a Nov. 10 governing board meeting to study more realignment proposals and a legally-mandated public hearing on Nov. 17. The board is scheduled to vote on the recommendations on Dec. 8. From 2010 to 2016, the district approved and closed 10 elementary and middle schools and one high school. Cragin and Sewell were on that list and spared 14 years ago.  The post TUSD closures list: 14 schools recommended for closure or merger appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28340306e71d023e443c4 El-Sayed rallygoers urge 'major change', cash handouts to fight cost crisis te 2026-10-28T23:20:32.502Z El-Sayed rallygoers urge 'major change', cash handouts to fight cost crisis DETROIT – Supporters of Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told Fox News Digital that the Great Lake State is due for a progressive champion and person of color in statewide office. "I personally think he's resonating with people in Michigan because he is a person of color, obviously, and then secondly, he gets down, and he's 10 toes down," said Emily Walker, a teacher at Cass Technical High School, the venue where El-Sayed hosted a rally on Saturday. "He's out here with the people, he's knocking on doors, he's talking to the community," Walker added. "He's also a medical professional, and I just feel like he's very educated, and he understands what's going on in policies." OBAMA PREPARES TO RALLY WITH MICHIGAN DEM WHO ONCE DELIVERED SCATHING VERDICT ON HIS PRESIDENCY Fox News Digital spoke with voters outside Cass Technical High School, where El-Sayed hosted a campaign rally featuring former President Barack Obama on Saturday. Obama’s appearance alongside El-Sayed became a major event as the progressive candidate continues working to consolidate backing across the Democratic Party spectrum ahead of the November general election against Republican nominee Mike Rogers. While exiting the overflow venue, supporters were asked for their thoughts on guaranteed income programs and whether candidates should campaign on them. AS AMERICANS ARE CRUSHED BY AFFORDABILITY, GROWING TREND OF MAYORS PUSHING CASH HANDOUTS AS THE ANSWER "I think we need a major change in what we have with Donald Trump and his cohorts," said Dave, a attendee at the event. "The Democrats, I don't think have been listening well enough. I think we need to change big time instead of just slowly." Kiana Montgomery, a publicist attending the rally, agreed that El-Sayed's message aligns with what local voters are seeking. "I think he won because he is speaking to the things that are important to people: education, healthcare, and bringing down the costs that are going on right now," Montgomery said. "People are trying to do more than just exist. They're trying to thrive, and they're unable to do that in the economic times right now." El-Sayed’s campaign platform centers heavily on universal healthcare through Medicare-for-All, raising the federal minimum wage, and expanding social safety net initiatives. He has also voiced support for guaranteed income programs—government-distributed financial assistance provided without strings attached to support residents during economic hardship or pregnancy. VOTERS PREPARE TO WEIGH-IN ON TRUMP'S ECONOMY AS COSTS CONTINUE TO SURGE Jamal Jenkins told Fox News Digital that progressive proposals are finding traction because voters want tangible action on the cost of living. "I think a progressive is resonating because people want to see more action towards putting a dent into affordability," Jenkins said. "When you look at corporate profits and the wealth gap between the wealthy, the shrinking middle class, and the impoverished, I think folks want to see action, so more people are actively participating in a positive way in the economy and can live a dignified life." DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'LL MAKE LIFE AFFORDABLE. YOUR WALLET MAY DISAGREE "I think everybody wants the same thing for themselves and for their kids," Jenkins added. "Just to have a shot at an education, a good life, work-life balance, and to live life without having to struggle as much for reasons that really don't make much sense." El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former Wayne County health director, has made expanding healthcare coverage a central focus of his bid to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. He has consistently championed Medicare-for-All to create a government-funded health coverage system. FOX NEWS POLL: MICHIGAN VOTERS SPLIT BETWEEN EL-SAYED AND ROGERS TRUMP DOMINATES EL-SAYED'S ATTACKS AGAINST ROGERS, BUT GOP RIVAL OFFERS UNEXPECTED POLICY SPLIT Mohammed, a resident of Bloomfield Hills, said El-Sayed brings fresh perspective to economic and foreign policy discussions. "The old way of doing business isn't working anymore," Mohammed said. "We don't want to see our money being taken away from us. We want to see our money being used for the children here, for the elderly here, and for those in need. With our grocery prices and gas prices being the way they are, we shouldn't be fighting stupid wars anymore, as he keeps saying." "I think for all of us as citizens of Michigan, he's a better fit because he's looking out for us as opposed to big pharma and PACs," Mohammed added. El-Sayed has bristled at media questions about his criticism of Israel, which has become a mainstream position in the Democratic Party, saying it distracts from issues voters want to talk about. El-Sayed’s and Mike Rogers' campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28334306e71d023e44399 Trump's Signature Legislation Fast-tracked Social Security Crisis: Report te 2026-10-28T23:20:20.558Z Trump's Signature Legislation Fast-tracked Social Security Crisis: Report Government estimates suggest the OBBBA will reduce Social Security revenue and accelerate the retirement fund's depletion date. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2832f306e71d023e44390 CEO of eClinicalWorks Says AI Will 'Cost a Lot.' So Why Offer It for Free? te 2026-10-28T23:20:15.323Z CEO of eClinicalWorks Says AI Will 'Cost a Lot.' So Why Offer It for Free? Girish Navani is betting big on health care's little guys. And he's not ready to cash out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae28328306e71d023e44374 Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer te 2026-10-28T23:20:08.087Z Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae280cf306e71d023e44310 Huerta Is Remembered as a Labor Champion With a Multidimensional Legacy te 2026-10-28T23:10:07.869Z Huerta Is Remembered as a Labor Champion With a Multidimensional Legacy Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, was lauded after revealing she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27e82306e71d023e442b5 Water settlement would be game-changer for northeastern Arizona tribes, experts argue te 2026-10-28T23:00:18.853Z Water settlement would be game-changer for northeastern Arizona tribes, experts argue Key points: Tribal leaders said passage of the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would give their communities access to a secure source of clean water The agreement matters especially to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, which would gain the exclusive reservation it has pursued for decades under the legislation The bill would benefit the entire Colorado River basin by providing certainty and increasing water levels at Lake Powell, tribal and water experts said Leaders from three tribes in northeastern Arizona urged Congress on Wednesday to pass legislation settling their water rights, saying the agreement would ensure their access to the vital resource and provide greater certainty for water users across the Colorado River basin. The legislation, known as the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, was the focus of a panel discussion, part of the Arizona Capitol Times’ Morning Scoop series. It featured leaders from the Hopi Tribe, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and Navajo Nation. A settlement would resolve the tribes’ outstanding water claims, fund a pipeline from Lake Powell to deliver water and create trust funds for the three tribes. It would also establish a reservation for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and allow the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe to lease their Upper Basin Colorado River water to other Arizona users — a provision that Upper Basin states oppose. “If we’re able to get this settlement through, it’ll mean a lot of opportunity for our people, the region,” said Lamar Keevama, chairman of the Hopi Tribe. “It’ll mean safe, clean, reliable water for our people and the younger generation and the ones that are still coming.” In 2025, Arizona Rep. Juan Ciscomani introduced the act in the House following a 2024 agreement among the tribes and other stakeholders. Sen. Mark Kelly introduced it in the Senate, where the Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing in March. The infrastructure funding is critical, Keevama said, because it would let the tribes use their water rights rather than leave them on paper. Meanwhile, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe has been waiting for a reservation for more than a quarter century. The Navajo Nation agreed to transfer two tracts of land to the tribe in 2020, but Congress has yet to ratify the treaty. “We’re still waiting for this ratification. It’s been 26 years and ongoing now,” said Johnny Lehi Jr., vice president of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. “With the settlement, it’s going to be completed. We have elders and other tribal council who fought for this tirelessly years before, and a majority of them are not here with us today.” The San Juan Southern Paiute is the only federally recognized tribe in Arizona without its own reservation, which denies the tribe legal authority to build and maintain infrastructure. “This is a foundation for our people,” Lehi said. “Water settlement is great, because what is the land without water?” For Keevama and Lehi, the settlement would end the need for tribal members to haul water or buy it in neighboring towns and cities. The settlement agreement has already achieved significant stakeholder consensus, said Crystal Tulley-Cordova, a principal hydrologist for the Navajo Nation’s Department of Water Resources. While it would benefit the tribes by resolving their outstanding water claims, she said a settlement would also provide basin-wide certainty and increase water levels in Lake Powell. More Colorado River surface water would allow the Navajo Nation to rely less on groundwater, which can be brackish or contaminated with dangerous pollutants, she said. “Having the settlement provides that opportunity for us to close that clean water access gap and be able to be at the level that most Americans are with their water rights,” Tulley-Cordova said. The agreement would protect both the three tribes and Arizonans across the state, said Brenda Burman, general manager of the Central Arizona Project. The leasing provision would provide a vital water source to communities in central and southern Arizona facing potentially drastic cuts to their Colorado River water supplies, she said, while protecting existing water uses in the area. “I think we all know it’s time,” she said. “The people, the members of these three nations, aren’t going anywhere. They live there. They deserve this infrastructure.” Andy Mueller, general manager for the Colorado River Water Conservation District in Colorado, said the agreement is about social justice for Arizona’s Native American communities. “Our nation owes this to these tribes to get this across the finish line to help the communities and the people actually have drinking water,” he said. He said ongoing litigation over appropriation of the Colorado River should not hold up the agreement’s passage, though he added that some of his colleagues disagree. He argued Congress ought to pass the bill after the election, during its lame-duck session. The post Water settlement would be game-changer for northeastern Arizona tribes, experts argue first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27c4e306e71d023e4421a Radicals bring life in America's largest city to screeching halt and vandalize 9/11 Memorial te 2026-10-28T22:50:54.179Z Radicals bring life in America's largest city to screeching halt and vandalize 9/11 Memorial Anti-gun and anti-ICE radicals are breaking laws and quite literally leaving their mark on New York City. A group of anti-ICE menaces blocked entrances to New York City's Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday, causing bumper-to-bumper traffic. Meanwhile, one man is facing charges for allegedly spray-painting over victims' names at the 9/11 memorial. Both events happened this week in the Big Apple while city leaders have remained quiet on both issues. MAMDANI DEMANDS TRUMP RELEASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SHOT BY ICE AGENT AS PROTESTS ERUPT IN THE BRONX The anti-ICE crowd's demonstration was met with frustrated drivers – many of them commuting to work – who were stuck in the gridlock; drivers were seen on video pleading with agitators to gain access to bridge. MAMDANI MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH ICE RESULTS IN VIRAL INTERNET BACKLASH: 'TREASON' One driver was heard saying, "I just want to get to work!" The radicals were heard on megaphone shouting "NYPD, K-K-K, I-C-E, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!" FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF DOMINICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SHOT BY ICE DURING NYC ARREST ATTEMPT One person shouted "Free Oscar Bergal!" in response to a recent ICE arrest of the illegal Dominican national that resulted in a shooting in Marble Hill, Manhattan, earlier this month. Police eventually arrived to arrest and remove the people disrupting traffic. FBI ARRESTS GEORGIA MAN ACCUSED OF THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AT ATLANTA ICE FACILITY The bridge caused delays for about an hour when the group showed up at 12:30 in the afternoon, and were eventually arrested and removed by 1:30, according to ABC7. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The NYPD confirmed to Fox News Digital that 14 people were arrested and there were no reported injuries. Fox News Digital has reached out to the mayor's office for comment. Port Authority Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that Johnathan Tijerina, 31, was arrested after he allegedly vandalized the 9/11 Memorial earlier this week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB On Monday, a message reading "just stop killing kids" was sprayed across several engraved names on the memorial. WWII MEMORIAL VANDALISM SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES, PIRRO SAYS SEND US A TIP The suspect was seen in his own self-recorded video spray painting the memorial; his organization "Just Stop Killing Kids" shared the video. GOT A TIP? In another post the organization wrote: LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "On October 26, 2026, Jon Tijerina was arrested for spraying red paint on Freedom Tower in NYC. He is demanding that Trump and Mamdani enforce common-sense, highly popular demands with respect to guns such as Universal Background Checks and a National Gun Registry." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL A spokesperson for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum told Fox News Digital that security personnel and law enforcement responded quickly and restored the affected area. "The 9/11 Memorial is a sacred place of reflection at the heart of a rebuilt World Trade Center that honors the 2,983 victims killed in the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 terrorist attacks," the spokesperson said in a statement. "This brief incident was swiftly addressed by security staff and law enforcement, and the impacted area was immediately restored to its commemorative state." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27c3b306e71d023e44203 Atlanta’s Mayor Walked Away After Covid Chaos. Will Voters Make Her Georgia’s Governor? te 2026-10-28T22:50:35.328Z Atlanta’s Mayor Walked Away After Covid Chaos. Will Voters Make Her Georgia’s Governor? Keisha Lance Bottoms, in her bid for Georgia governor, has faced pointed criticism of her leadership in Atlanta and disappointment in her decision to leave after one term. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27c30306e71d023e441e7 Zohran Mamdani Popularity Surging in New York Despite Record-High Rent te 2026-10-28T22:50:24.855Z Zohran Mamdani Popularity Surging in New York Despite Record-High Rent A new Siena poll finds rising support among city voters as housing costs continue to challenge the mayor’s affordability agenda. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27c24306e71d023e441cb Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme te 2026-10-28T22:50:12.963Z Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae279df306e71d023e44181 Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy may have cost his team a chance to clinch the World Series te 2026-10-28T22:40:31.608Z Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy may have cost his team a chance to clinch the World Series Until late Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers coasted through the 2026 Major League Baseball playoffs. They had won eight straight games against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. The hottest team in baseball in the second half of the season, a high-powered, star-studded, expensive roster that won 100 games, and the best team in the American League that also won 98 games. It seemed like every single move manager Pat Murphy made worked perfectly. Better than perfectly. When they started light-hitting utility infielder David Hamilton, he hit a home run off Edwin Diaz to give the Brewers an insurance run in the ninth inning of a clinching Game 4 in the NLCS. Sal Frelick was perfectly positioned to run down a 106 mph line drive to right center field off the bat of Freddie Freeman, potentially changing the course of game two. RAYS STAY ALIVE IN WORLD SERIES, WALK OFF BREWERS IN THRILLING EXTRA-INNING GAME 4 Aaron Ashby, a very good reliever, had become the best reliever in postseason history. Better than Mariano Rivera, better than Kenley Jansen, or Billy Wagner, or other elite pitchers. His 18 scoreless innings to start a postseason set a new baseball record. Robert Gasser, an average to below average starter, had allowed just one run in 15 innings, despite getting few swings and misses or strikeouts. In Game 4 of the World Series, Hamilton, who had just four homers in the regular season, hit another one to tie the score at two. Then rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead homer in the top of the 12th inning, putting the Brewers three outs away from clinching their first ever championship. If that doesn't sum up Milwaukee's postseason run, it's hard to imagine what would. But in the bottom of the 12th, it all fell apart in the blink of an eye. Junior Caminero reached on an error. Liam Hicks singled, sending Caminero to third. Jonny DeLuca tied it with a single to center. Chandler Simpson singled to load the bases. Then Ben Williamson ended it with a very Brewers-like hit, a ground ball to the right side that took a huge bounce over first base to reach the outfield. Innings like that happen all the time in baseball. An error to start the inning, followed by things quickly spiraling. There are a few well-placed hits, a lucky bounce goes the opposing team's way, and before you know it, two runs have scored and the game is over. But what made this outcome especially frustrating for Milwaukee was that it might not have needed to happen. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The Brewers had Antonio Senzatela on the mound to start the inning, then replaced him with little-used reliever Shane Drohan. Drohan hadn't pitched since Oct. 15, when he gave up a run to the Dodgers in the NLCS. He'd pitched in a competitive game just once in the past month. At first glance Murphy had few other choices, as all of his best relievers had already been used. Aaron Ashby went over two innings. Trevor Megill was used for just one out. DL Hall had pitched, as had Abner Uribe and JoJo Romero. And it's easy to second guess, knowing the outcome, but there was one other option to get the final three outs against the heart of the Tampa Bay lineup: the likely NL Cy Young Award winner, Jacob Misiorowski. Misiorowski was set to start game on Wednesday, which complicated the decision somewhat, but there's one guaranteed way to avoid having to worry about Game 5: win game four with three outs to go. After the game, Murphy explained his thought process on going to Drohan over his young ace. Which, uh, wasn't great. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Per Brewers beat reporter Curt Hogg, Murphy said Misiorowski was not an option he wanted to burn in a one-run extra innings game while the Brewers had a 3-0 series lead. As for game five, Murphy added that it's now "all hands on deck" for Milwaukee. "Yeah, it’s all hands on deck," he said. "You can write it up and hope that they perform like the back of their baseball card, but that doesn’t always happen. You go with what you believe is the deal. I trust our guys. I trust them. They put themselves in a position to win." Here's the problem with that: you don't need all hands on deck if you win Game 4. There are two schools of thought here, and again, it's easy to second guess in hindsight. One is that Drohan, any reliever, really, has a very high likelihood of getting three outs against Liam Hicks, Jonny DeLuca and Chandler Simpson. The other? You're three outs from winning the World Series, and you have arguably the best pitcher on the planet available to finish the game. It's not worth worrying about tomorrow, or rest, or injury risk if you win the World Series that's right in front of you. Yes, it would be out of Misiorowski's comfort zone, but the downside was exactly what happened. Instead of scheduling your parade for downtown Milwaukee this weekend, you're going to Game 5. The Brewers are still overwhelming favorites to win the series, and especially win Game 5 with Misiorowski on the mound. But they used all of their high leverage relievers, and given Ashby's drop in velocity towards the end of his outing, their suddenly unhittable multi-inning super reliever might not be available. If the bullpen falters again in Game 5, you're looking at going home for a Game 6. And history for Tampa starts to look a little bit more possible. Instead of a title, Milwaukee is now facing a bit more uncertainty. Murphy forgot the golden rule of World Series baseball: flags fly forever. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27548306e71d023e44090 Levi's sale: Save 30% sitewide when you buy two or more items te 2026-10-28T22:20:56.126Z Levi's sale: Save 30% sitewide when you buy two or more items Upgrade your fall and winter wardrobe with Levi's fall sale. When you buy two or more items from the site, you'll get 30% off sitewide, automatically applied at checkout. Whether you need a new pair of jeans, a warm jacket or a basic tee, you'll find a new wardrobe staple below. Original price: $110 Levi's Curve jeans are made for a curvier body type and eliminate a pesky waist gap. The straight leg design is flattering for dressing up or down. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27094306e71d023e43f57 Craig Carton rips Chiefs' 'win at all costs' approach after controversial Justin Tucker signing te 2026-10-28T22:00:52.715Z Craig Carton rips Chiefs' 'win at all costs' approach after controversial Justin Tucker signing The Kansas City Chiefs signing embattled kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad has ruffled many football feathers on social media. Tucker, who served a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy after 24 total women accused him of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior during massage sessions, signed on the Chiefs’ practice squad amid kicking woes with another field goal specialist, Harrison Butker. Considering the Chiefs’ history with controversial players in recent seasons, OutKick’s Craig Carton believes the Tucker signing has to beg the question: Is it really win at all costs? CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "Remember what Kansas City is," Carton said. "A guy like Justin Tucker — 24 different women accused him of inappropriate sexual misconduct. 24 of them. The NFL doesn’t even like suspending its players, no matter what the crime is. And they suspended him for 10 full games. Like, at some point, let that sink in and then ask yourself the question: Is it really win at all costs? Is that really what Kansas City and the Hunt family should stand for? Is it? Apparently, it is." Carton continued by saying the Chiefs and their owners, the Hunt family, "don’t care about their community" when they sign someone like Tucker to compete for a job. "They don’t care about the type of person that wears the Kansas City colors. They just care about it doesn’t matter how bad a guy that guy might be," he added. "Can he help me win a football game? I know it’s naïve of me to think otherwise that any other team doesn’t do it, but Kansas City is the worst at it. "So, yeah, celebrate Patrick Mahomes — one of the greatest players we’ve ever seen, who also appears to be a really good guy and does everything right despite knuckleheads around him like his father, like his brother. We should celebrate the Patrick Mahomes out there, and I think we do. But we shouldn’t do it without also paying attention to the bad guys in football, and ask the Kansas City Chiefs, and specifically Andy Reid, the question of: At what cost? At what cost is that Lombardi Trophy worth?" THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! In January 2025, The Baltimore Banner reported 16 female massage therapists had accused Tucker of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior during sessions between 2012 and 2016 at eight different spas in the Baltimore area. Tucker was playing for the Ravens, the franchise he thrived with on the field as one of the greatest kickers of all time in the NFL. According to the report, the accusers said they ended sessions early or refused to work with Tucker again because of the allegations. The report also stated that Tucker was banned from returning to two of those spas, a claim Tucker’s legal team denied. The report also mentioned that five of the women accusing Tucker claimed he was erect during sessions with him and that he fully or partially exposed himself, while others made other accusations of egregious acts. Then, on Feb. 16, 2025, the same outlet reported seven more women came forward with allegations similar to the previous about the NFL player. The second wave of allegations accused Tucker of "acting inappropriately" at some of the best luxury spas in Baltimore, including the spas at the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton Residences in the city. Tucker denied all accusations in a statement to OutKick last year. "I maintain I did not act inappropriately at any point before, during, or after a professional bodywork treatment session, nor have I ever been told I am unwelcome at any massage therapy provider," he said. "These claims are simply not true." He added at the time that he was recounting 13 years of experiences with bodywork professionals. "I can assure whoever is reading this that I have never intended to disrespect anyone, cross any boundary, or make anyone feel uncomfortable in any way whatsoever. "It devastates me to know that anyone I have worked with would not have felt respected and valued as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and to anyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry," Tucker said in his statement, the full text of which can be found below. "I want you to know I am committed to ensuring that everyone I interact with continues to feel that I respect them and care about them as a human being." The Ravens cut ties with Tucker after 13 seasons in May 2025, saying it was a "football decision." Tucker was never criminally charged or sued civilly over the allegations, but the allegations, and subsequent NFL suspension, led some to compare him to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Both of their cases involved allegations from multiple female massage therapists, with Watson facing an 11-game suspension in 2022. The Chiefs’ history with controversial players includes wide receiver Rashee Rice, who was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Dallas in March 2024, leading to felony charges. He served jail time this offseason after violating his probation. In the past, running back Kareem Hunt was cut by the Chiefs after surveillance video surfaced of a domestic dispute with a woman in a hotel hallway. He served an eight-game suspension in March 2019, though the Chiefs re-signed him in 2024. He spent the last two seasons with Kansas City, playing 30 games. At the time of his re-signing, head coach Andy Reid said that the running back matured, took accountability and deserved a second chance with the club. Tyreek Hill was also a polarizing receiver who faced a 2014 domestic assault case that was dismissed and a 2019 child abuse probe, though no charges were filed. And while it isn’t a legal situation, Butker fell into controversial waters after delivering his commencement speech at Benedictine College, where he criticized Pride Month, abortion policies and traditional career roles for women, which drew widespread media reaction and caused Reid and others to field questions about his cultural stances. On the field, the Chiefs suffered their first loss at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks on "Sunday Night Football" in Week 7. They still lead the AFC West with a 5-1 record, and look like a team ready to compete for the Lombardi Trophy once more. It’s unknown how much of a leash Reid and the Chiefs have on Butker’s starting kicker status. He is tied for the most missed field goals in the NFL this season with five. Tucker, who turns 37 next month, had his worst statistical season of his career in 2024, making only 73.3% of his field goal attempts, which is a career-low. However, he is one of the most decorated at his position to ever play the sport, tallying five first-team nods and seven Pro Bowls. His 89.1% field goal percentage is the second-best mark of all time. OutKick's Ryan Morik contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae27088306e71d023e43f4e New 123.4-proof whiskey prompts expert warning that stronger isn't always better te 2026-10-28T22:00:40.385Z New 123.4-proof whiskey prompts expert warning that stronger isn't always better A new whiskey from a family-owned Nevada distillery is bottled at 123.4 proof — a number that might intimidate some whiskey drinkers. But does a higher proof necessarily mean a better drink? The answer isn't as simple as the number on the bottle, according to a spirits expert and the distillery's owners. MAKING WHISKEY AT HOME COULD LAND YOU IN PRISON, BUT SUPREME COURT MAY CHANGE THAT Aged in oak barrels for five to eight years, the Third Harvest whiskey from Frey Ranch Farmers & Distillers in Fallon, Nevada, is 61.7% alcohol by volume (ABV) — the equivalent of 123.4 proof. Colby and Ashley Frey, co-founders and owners of the distillery, spoke with Fox News Digital about their farming heritage and the new whiskey. Colby Frey's family began farming in northern Nevada in 1854, and he's kept the legacy alive. "We've been continually farming in Nevada ever since," he told Fox News Digital. The Third Harvest whiskey is made from a blend of corn, rye, malted barley, wheat and triticale, a wheat-rye hybrid. HIGH-ALCOHOL, READY-TO-DRINK COCKTAILS SPARK OVERCONSUMPTION CONCERNS FOR GEN Z DRINKERS Frey Ranch grows 100% of its grains onsite, and the sole purpose of those grains is to become whiskey. "It's really rare in the whiskey world to do that," Colby said. Despite its high proof, the number is not outrageous, Derek Brown of Drink Company, a Washington, D.C.-based hospitality consulting and events company, told Fox News Digital. "There are many whiskies that are barrel strength, although this one is certainly toward the upper limit," Brown said, adding that some of his favorite bottles are high-proof. Brown noted that, ideally, a high-proof spirit will have more complex flavors from the barrels it's aged in, as opposed to an overpowering alcohol flavor. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "It can definitely produce a burning sensation and be too much if the other flavors, especially those from wood maturation, are not also present," he said. The Freys acknowledged that this specific bottle has quite a high proof, but they said the number doesn't tell the whole story. "We like to pick our whiskey and proof our whiskey based on flavor profiles, not on proof," Ashley Frey said. "So we'll always taste it at various proofs, and for us we want to be able to say we're tasting the best expression of our grain as a whiskey." This batch, she added, "is going to be for somebody who's really searching and has a refined palate that's able to pull out all these flavor profiles." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Brown agreed, saying it's "definitely for the initiated." "However, if you're willing to take a chance, it's entirely reasonable to add water or an ice cube to whiskey if it's too strong for you," he said. Those who are sensitive to bitter, bold flavors might be better off choosing a different beverage, Brown recommended. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Only about 700 bottles will be made from this specific batch, priced at $299 each. "It's really a piece of me and Colby's hard work and heritage and love for the land and agriculture that's expressed through a bottle of whiskey," Ashley Frey said. Still, it's important to consume high-proof spirits mindfully, ideally with food, Brown suggested. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2706f306e71d023e43f11 Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion te 2026-10-28T22:00:15.974Z Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26e59306e71d023e43ebd Dave Hakstol takes Arizona State’s hockey helm, returns to NCHC te 2026-10-28T21:51:21.811Z Dave Hakstol takes Arizona State’s hockey helm, returns to NCHC TEMPE – In July 2011, a group of NCAA Division I programs announced a plan to form a new conference, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), which would launch for the 2013-14 season. Dave Hakstol, then the North Dakota coach, was actively involved in the conference’s development. Fifteen years and a lifetime of hockey later, Hakstol’s world has come full circle as he returns to the conference. “It’s pretty special, I gotta be honest with you,” Hakstol said Tuesday at Mullett Arena when he was finally introduced as ASU’s new coach, 12 days after he officially took the helm. “I can remember the first couple of meetings where there was only a couple of us with a yellow legal pad jotting things down.” This time, however, he returns as the coach charged with righting an Arizona State team that has been rocked by tragedy. After two seasons in the NCHC, Hakstol left college hockey to become coach of the Philadelphia Flyers ahead of the 2015-16 season, becoming the first coach in over 30 years to jump directly from the NCAA to the NHL. Now, along with returning to the conference he helped launch, Hakstol is tasked with restoring a program that has been rife with controversy following an outdoor workout that left defenseman Matthew Mayich hospitalized after he collapsed from heat stroke at Sun Angel Stadium on Aug. 20. Hakstol, who left his role as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche to join ASU, said he recognizes the significance of his new position. “I’m aware of some of the things that these players are possibly dealing with,” said Hakstol, who took over for Greg Powers, the longtime ASU coach who departed the program per a mutual agreement with the university. “Yet, I make no assumptions. We kind of hit things head-on on a daily basis, and the overriding thing that these guys want: they want to be coached. They want to find success, and they’ve done a great job of that in terms of what they’ve brought to the rink mentally and physically.” Hakstol spent 11 seasons as North Dakota’s coach before moving to the professional level. He reflected on the start of the NCHC during his introductory press conference at Arizona State. College hockey faced a unique landscape at the time, including the introduction of Big Ten hockey after the addition of the program at Penn State and the eventual dissolution of the men’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Hakstol said coaches had to start planning ahead as they considered the league’s future. “There were stresses coming to our current league (at the time) with the advent of Big Ten, and Big Ten hockey,” Hakstol said. “As we wrote things down and, you know, tried to formulate a plan, it became kind of a daunting task.” Since its inception, the NCHC has established itself as the nation’s best conference, with eight national titles in the past 10 seasons. Even while Hakstol’s journey took him to the pros, from Philadelphia to Toronto, Seattle and then Colorado, he continued to follow the conference he helped build.  “The amount of success that the NCHC has had on a national level is amazing,” Hakstol said. “The level of college hockey is amazing, and I used to think it was amazing, even the year that I left.” He joins an ASU program that has been working to establish itself in its third season in the conference after previously competing independently.  After an emotional start to the season with Mayich still on life support in a Valley hospital and the program in the midst of an investigation surrounding his collapse, the 4-2 Sun Devils are taking a turn and entering a new phase under Hakstol’s leadership, able to draw on both his college and professional coaching experience. ASU Athletics Director Graham Rossini introduced Hakstol by listing some of his major accolades. “Eleven seasons at North Dakota, 11 NCAA tournament appearances, seven Frozen Fours, a remarkable record of sustained success at one of college hockey’s most respected programs,” Rossini said. “Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken, first-ever head coach, along with time with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche, Dave brings 11 seasons of NHL experience and a deep understanding of player development preparation and the standards required to compete at the highest levels of the sport.” Internationally, Hakstol was part of the coaching staff for Team Canada, which won silver medals in the 2017 and 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships. Before joining ASU, Hakstol was named a finalist for Division I coach of the year multiple times. His other honors include USHL Coach of the Year for 1997-98, WCHA Coach of the Year for 2008-09, NCHC Herb Brooks Coach of the Year for 2014-15 and a 2023 finalist nomination for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s best coach. Despite already having an array of professional experience, Hakstol said he believes ASU’s current program has potential for future growth, making it one of the major draws in his decision to join the program. “When I look at the foundation that has already been laid here within the program and the hard work of everybody previously involved with this program, including the alums, and then I look as we look to the foundation of the future, I just think there’s so much here,” Hakstol said. “There’s a ton of challenges here, but way more opportunity to continue to grow and build this program.” One of those challenges is to better develop players for the next level of hockey, including the NHL. “I believe that’s one of the next steps for for our program, and we’ll work hard to make sure that this is a great place for players to choose – to come and not only grow and develop and have an opportunity to play in the National Hockey League, but we want them to be able to be successful and win while they do that with a great group of people in the dressing room,” Hakstol said. With ASU’s first conference games of the season set for Friday and Saturday against St. Cloud State at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in Minnesota, Hakstol is taking a fresh step back into the conference he helped build. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26e3d306e71d023e43e81 The definitive fast-casual sit-down restaurant Mount Rushmore in the wake of 'CheesecakeGate' te 2026-10-28T21:50:53.430Z The definitive fast-casual sit-down restaurant Mount Rushmore in the wake of 'CheesecakeGate' I was on vacation in Chicago this past week, and while I try to stay up to date on current events as much as I can when I'm out, that usually just equates to me watching a ton of college football and forgetting the outside world exists. Last week was no different, and when I got back home on Monday night and started to shift back into "OutKick mode," I saw the fine dining establishment known as the Cheesecake Factory was trending on social media. I felt pretty out of the loop, but after seeing people pick a side of the aisle to fall on in the Great Cheesecake Factory Debate as well as rank some of their other favorite sit-down restaurants, I knew it was time to throw my hat in the ring. BABY BOOMERS CROWN THEIR FAVORITE CASUAL DINING CHAIN AS GEN Z CHOOSES A DIFFERENT WINNER If there are three things you must know about me, it's that I'm passionate about sports, music and eating at restaurants. That might come as a shock to anyone who has seen me in person, considering I'm about 160lbs soaking wet and looked like an emaciated child until I was 25 years old, but I am a chain restaurant connoisseur of sorts. With all the commotion surrounding the Cheesecake Factory, and American eateries as a whole, I thought now would be as good a time as any to share my Mount Rushmore of fast-casual sit-down restaurants. AMERICA'S FAVORITE FAST-FOOD CHAIN NAMED: MCDONALD'S WINS HEARTS BUT NOT BEST BURGER, SURVEY SAYS This isn't just some slapped together list either (shout out to "Rolling Stone"), as this topic is something that I'm constantly revisiting and reevaluating. This Mount Rushmore represents a good mix of four different kinds of food and dining experiences, with different menus, atmospheres, and themes. With all the preamble out of the way, let's begin. We start this list off with a bang, and a somewhat controversial one at that. I'm not sure why Olive Garden has this reputation as a classless knockoff (my dad calls it the McDonald's of Italian food), but I would never slander a place that offers endless breadsticks and pasta. The soups are incredible, the variety of pastas is awesome, and the entrées are varied and filling. BELOVED RESTAURANT CHAIN DWINDLES FROM 850 LOCATIONS TO 87, BUT EXPERT SEES 'A LOT OF LIFE LEFT' The vibes are immaculate too, giving me a classy place to "sample The Boot." My go-to choice is the chicken parm (duh), but I've never had a bad meal at Olive Garden and I don't plan on it anytime soon. If you're looking for good old American fare at solid prices, look no further than Texas Roadhouse. Their steaks are some of the best you can get at their price point, and the ability to smother them in sautéed onions and mushrooms is underrated. Texas Roadhouse isn't just a one-trick pony, though, as their appetizers — the cheese fries in particular — are immaculate, and their chili is some of the best in the biz. I know what you all are here for, and I would be remiss if I didn't mention the bread rolls, which would probably merit placement on this list by themselves. They really lean into their Texas themes here, too, and if you've ever had a birthday at Roadhouse, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Can I get a "yeehaw?" Maybe it's just because I lived in Dallas for six years, but TexMex is supremely underrated and should be more of a national delicacy. Luckily, Chuy's is a national TexMex chain that is worthy of both Lone Star State natives and outsiders alike. Their signature sauces go with just about any of their entrées, and although I'm not a big drinker, I have to say that their frozen margarita machines are worth the price of admission alone. Whether you're into spice or just some good old-fashioned, hearty fare from the southwest, Chuy's has you covered. The biggest selling point, to me though, is the creamy jalapeño ranch dip they give you with your chips and salsa. Every great sit-down restaurant has a "gimmick," and this one is undeniably delicious. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It's the perfect blend of creamy ranch and spice that will have you filling up on chips before your meal even comes out. For my money, there is no greater fast-casual sit-down establishment in this great country than Chili's. The menu is insanely diverse. You can get seafood alfredo, steak, southwestern salad and traditional American fare all on a single page. CHILI'S GOES VIRAL AFTER ROASTING FAST-FOOD PRICES: 'WHY LET THEM PLAY YOU LIKE THIS?' Their lunch deals are also second to none, with the Three-For-Me and Three-For-$10 being go-to's for yours truly. There is nothing better than sitting in the Chili's bar on a college football Saturday afternoon, ordering some chips and salsa and an ice-cold Coke and just soaking in the ambience. My personal favorite has to be the Chipotle Fresh Mex Bowl, but I've been known to get a classic sirloin, the Margarita Grilled Chicken, or even the boneless wings, which are incredible even though I'm normally a traditionalist when it comes to wings. I could write an entire book on my love for Chili's, but this has gone on long enough and my mouth is starting to water, so if you'll excuse me, I think I hear a Triple Dipper calling my name. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26e24306e71d023e43e44 Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows te 2026-10-28T21:50:28.678Z Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26e15306e71d023e43e22 Pima County supervisors choose Carmine DeBonis Jr. as next administrator te 2026-10-28T21:50:13.866Z Pima County supervisors choose Carmine DeBonis Jr. as next administrator The Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Carmine DeBonis Jr. as the county’s next administrator Tuesday, choosing a longtime county employee to lead the local government after its first comprehensive search for the position in nearly four decades. DeBonis, who has worked for Pima County for more than 30 years, will replace retiring County Administrator Jan Lesher on Jan. 8, 2027. The board voted 5-0 to appoint DeBonis during its Oct. 27 meeting and is expected to review his employment contract Nov. 10. “I am grateful to the Board of Supervisors for the trust they’ve shown in me to provide stability and continuity in County governance and to fulfill the responsibilities of an immense and diverse County,” DeBonis said in a news release. The decision follows a nationwide recruitment process that drew more than 70 applicants and culminated in interviews with three finalists. The board’s decision followed a selection process that included a recruitment committee, county staff and community members. District 1 Supervisor Rex Scott emphasized the significance of the search. “The board engaged in a full-blown search process for a county administrator, our most important employee, for the first time in almost 40 years,” Scott said. Scott said DeBonis demonstrated extensive knowledge of county operations while presenting a vision for the future of county government. “He also committed to being a collaborative and inclusive leader who will encourage others to bring forth their own good ideas,” Scott said. The county administrator is Pima County’s highest-ranking appointed employee, overseeing thousands of county workers, coordinating department operations and carrying out policies adopted by the five-member board. The position plays a central role in developing the county’s budget and managing services ranging from public health and infrastructure to housing and economic development. Board Chair Jen Allen, of District 3, described the importance of the position during Tuesday’s meeting. “The county administrator is the most important appointed official in the county,” Allen said. “The administrator is the fulcrum upon which the entire county balances.” Allen said supervisors spent nearly a year looking for a candidate who could protect vulnerable residents and natural resources while finding ways to make county government more efficient and accessible. DeBonis’ county career began in 1991 as an aide to former Supervisor Ed Moore. He later served as director of the Development Services Department before becoming deputy county administrator in 2016. In that role, he has overseen several county departments, including those involved in economic development, environmental quality and public works. District 5 Supervisor Andrés Cano said DeBonis’ experience would help him translate the board’s priorities into results for county residents. “Selecting our next county administrator is one of the most consequential decisions we will make as a board,” Cano said. Cano pointed to DeBonis’ work on affordable housing, economic opportunity, climate action and the county’s One Pima initiative.  Cano said he wanted a county administrator who would listen to employees, support their professional development and recognize their contributions to public service. District 4 Supervisor Steve Christy, the sole Republican on the board, has served on the board for nine years. He said he had supported DeBonis for the position from the beginning. “I have been a strong proponent of him in the role as the next county administrator from day one,” Christy said. Christy said his years working with DeBonis on county issues had given him confidence in his leadership.  The other two finalists were Leonard Hernandez, county manager of Thurston County, Washington, and Leah Rhineheimer, assistant town manager of Gilbert, Arizona. DeBonis will succeed Lesher, who became county administrator in April 2022 after longtime administrator Chuck Huckelberry was seriously injured in a bicycle crash in October 2021 and then retired. Lesher took over county operations and supervisors later appointed her permanently to the position. Huckelberry held the position from December 1993 until April 2022, making him one of the longest-serving administrators in Pima County history. Unlike DeBonis’ appointment, Lesher’s selection did not follow a nationwide recruitment process. She was appointed by a 4-1 vote in April 2022, after Christy’s motion to keep her in an interim position while the county conducted a search failed. Supervisors spent part of Tuesday’s meeting recognizing Lesher’s years of service. Allen became emotional while describing Lesher’s influence on her own experience in public office. “She has been a mentor to me for the last two years as I have learned the ropes of public service and county governance and public office,” Allen said. The post Pima County supervisors choose Carmine DeBonis Jr. as next administrator appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26c4ffe47d612ca2ed221 A wave of new laws is reshaping voting rights for people with felony convictions te 2026-10-28T21:42:39.918Z A wave of new laws is reshaping voting rights for people with felony convictions Incarcerated people at the Cook County Jail in Chicago cast their votes in the 2020 Illinois primary election. This year, more than a handful of states across the country have enacted laws changing voting rules for people with felony convictions. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) A half-dozen states enacted laws this year changing voting rules for people with felony convictions, including when their rights can be restored and how they can register to vote — affecting voters in next week’s elections. A couple other states advanced measures that will affect such voters in future elections. And Virginia voters will decide on Tuesday whether to approve a measure advanced by the legislature to automatically restore such rights. Altogether, at least eight states — Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia — advanced or enacted legislation addressing voting rights for people with felony convictions or people who are incarcerated, according to legislation tracked by Ballotpedia and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Currently, 23 states automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration for a felony conviction, while 15 require people to complete additional conditions, typically probation or parole, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In 10 states, certain felony convictions can result in indefinite disenfranchisement or require additional steps to restore voting rights, while Maine, Vermont and the District of Columbia allow people with felony convictions to vote even while incarcerated. In Virginia, voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions upon release from incarceration. Currently, the state constitution requires the governor or another appropriate authority to restore the rights. Lawmakers approved the proposed amendment earlier this year, along with legislation that would align state law with the change. But the statutory changes are contingent on voter approval of the amendment and would not take effect until January 2027. Missouri enacted a law in July allowing people convicted of certain felonies to regain voting rights before completing probation or parole, while maintaining the requirement for people convicted of specified offenses to complete those terms. The measure went into effect in late August. In Oklahoma, lawmakers revised voting eligibility requirements for people with felony convictions, allowing those who receive a pardon or commutation to regain voting rights, provided they are not incarcerated or serving probation, parole or supervision for another felony conviction. The law, which takes effect Nov. 1, also clarifies eligibility requirements for people who have completed their sentences. Tennessee this spring revised its voting rights restoration requirements, replacing provisions requiring payment of court costs and current child support obligations with a requirement that applicants have complied with child support orders for the preceding 12 months. A new law in Alabama, which went into effect on Oct. 1, requires the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to publish voting rights restoration procedures and an application on its website. The law also requires the board to post identifying information for people on probation or parole whose voting rights have been restored. Meanwhile, a new law in Idaho, which went into effect in July, prohibits people convicted of treason in another state or jurisdiction from registering or voting in Idaho, even after completing their sentences. The change brings voting restrictions for out-of-state treason convictions in line with those for people convicted of treason in Idaho. Some measures would affect voters in future elections. In Delaware, lawmakers advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions upon release from prison, rather than requiring them to complete their sentences, including probation and payment of fines. The measure would have to pass the legislature again in the next session before taking effect. In Maryland, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed into law a measure requiring state corrections officials by Jan. 1, 2028, to provide monthly information about people released from state correctional facilities to election officials, who must use the information to automatically restore their voter registrations.  Stateline reporter Amanda Watford can be reached at awatford@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/6ae26c43fe47d612ca2ed203 Woman wearing burka escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording te 2026-10-28T21:42:27.382Z Woman wearing burka escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording A woman wearing a burka was escorted out of a Florida county commissioners meeting on Wednesday after playing a recording of the Islamic call to prayer during the public comment period. The incident occurred as the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners was listening to residents address the board. A woman covered head-to-toe in black, with only her left eye visible, and approached the podium. Rather than making a verbal statement, she activated a recording of the call to prayer. It was not immediately clear whether the gesture was a protest or a prank. PASTOR UNLEASHES ON DEARBORN AS RELIGIOUS TENSIONS ERUPT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' The audio played for nearly a minute before Board Chairman Dave Eggers interrupted, pointing out that county rules require public speakers to deliver verbal comments rather than play recordings. "Ma’am, you’re going to have to stop … stop the music, stop the tape," Eggers said. TEXAS POLICE ADMIT OFFICER MADE INACCURATE FIRST AMENDMENT REMARKS AFTER PREACHER CITED AT PRIDE EVENT When the woman refused to comply, a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputy approached the podium and escorted her out of the meeting room and the building. Her removal sparked immediate friction in the room, with several audience members shouting and arguing with Eggers over the decision. LAWSUIT ACCUSES DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, OF BEING 'HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANS AND JEWS' WITH ISLAMIC DISPLAYS "Please. Just please exercise some decorum and kindness of your own," Eggers told the audience. "We’re all people living together here." He further clarified the board’s rules to the crowd. "We don’t allow taped things," he said. "You can record the meeting, but we don’t allow taped activity like that. We ask you to come here and make comments, and that was not a comment. That’s why she was asked to step out." The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the woman was escorted from the premises without further incident and will not face any criminal charges. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26c37fe47d612ca2ed1fa Legendary host Ernie Johnson announces he is stepping away from 'Inside the NBA' after this season te 2026-10-28T21:42:15.802Z Legendary host Ernie Johnson announces he is stepping away from 'Inside the NBA' after this season Legendary "Inside the NBA" host Ernie Johnson announced Wednesday on X that he will step away from the show after the 2026-27 NBA season. Johnson, 70, revealed in the video that he has dealt with heart issues and underwent bypass surgery 14 months ago. He said he wants to slow down and spend more time with his wife and five grandchildren. "I've been hosting 'Inside the NBA’ for a long time. This is my 37th year, and I've long described it as a get-to job. Still amazed that I get to do this for a living. Now, as the years have gone by and I turned 70 this past summer, folks have asked me, 'So, how long are you going to keep doing Inside?' Well, I want to take a couple of minutes of your time to answer that. This will be my last season. Totally my decision. It's just time," Johnson said in his video. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Johnson clarified that he is not retiring from broadcasting entirely, only from "Inside the NBA." The broadcaster said he recently launched a production company, 32 Bow Ties, and plans to continue working on March Madness coverage and other projects for TNT and CBS . "So why now? Total honesty here. I've always prided myself on my preparation, the hours I put in every day getting ready for the next show. I've always loved that part of my job, but I've always vowed that if that ever became more of a challenge than it is a joy, then I'll know it's time to step away. And now after 37 seasons, it's time," Johnson said. He cited his heart issues and his desire to spend time with family as a contributing factor in his decision. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "This isn't a case where my doctor said, ‘You need to stop working.’ It's nothing like that. But here's the deal. Going through that has made me treasure even more every second with my amazing wife of 44 years, Cheryl, and being Poppy to our five grandchildren. So, I just want to slow down a bit, spend more time I'm enjoying that," Johnson said. He said it has been an honor to work for decades alongside Shaquille O’Neal (who joined the show in 2011), Charles Barkley (2000) and Kenny Smith (1998). Johnson joined "Inside the NBA" in 1990, one year after its creation. Johnson is not the only "Inside the NBA" personality planning to retire after the 2026-27 season. Barkley announced last month that the season would be his last. "I've just started a new production company called 32 Bow Ties, geared toward telling feel-good stories in sports. So, this is by no means the end. It's just a turning of the page. And I'll forever cherish every chapter we have written with inside the NBA," Johnson said. "And lastly, I just want to say thanks to you. Thanks for your loyalty, for your love, for your support, and on this day for your understanding. We'll see you on TV tonight." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26c2cfe47d612ca2ed1f1 Brewers star Jackson Chourio becomes first player to since Babe Ruth achieve historic World Series feat te 2026-10-28T21:42:04.452Z Brewers star Jackson Chourio becomes first player to since Babe Ruth achieve historic World Series feat Whenever your name is mentioned in the same breath as Babe Ruth's, you know you're in rarefied air. Milwaukee Brewers star Jackson Chourio and the Sultan of Swat are tied for the most hits through the first four games of a World Series with 10 apiece. Ruth accomplished the feat in the 1928 World Series, when the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately for Chourio, the Brewers were unable to complete the sweep in Game 4 Tuesday night, as the Rays rallied in the 12th inning to win 4-3 at Tropicana Field and force Game 5. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The 22-year-old has been red-hot, going 10-for-20 in the Fall Classic. In Game 3, Chourio became the youngest player to record four hits in a World Series game since Joe Garagiola accomplished the feat in 1946. The Brewers’ left fielder is batting .291 with two home runs and nine RBI in 12 postseason games, building on the best regular season of his career. In 127 games this season, Chourio batted .291 with 25 home runs, 75 RBI and 23 stolen bases. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! With his stellar postseason performance, Chourio has emerged as a strong World Series MVP candidate alongside catcher William Contreras and reliever Aaron Ashby. The Brewers will look to bounce back from their extra-inning loss in Game 4 and secure their first World Series championship in franchise history with a Game 5 victory. The Brewers are starting the presumptive National League Cy Young winner in Jacob Misiorwski, but the Rays’ pitching plans are unclear. The scheduled Game 5 starter, Nick Martinez, pitched two innings in relief for Tampa Bay on Tuesday. The Rays could turn to Drew Rasmussen, but they may be cautious with his workload because he has undergone three elbow surgeries. Game 5 is scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday on FOX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26c20fe47d612ca2ed1e8 Actor Mandy Patinkin urges Jewish voters to support Abdul El-Sayed for their own 'safety' te 2026-10-28T21:41:52.683Z Actor Mandy Patinkin urges Jewish voters to support Abdul El-Sayed for their own 'safety' Actor Mandy Patinkin has posted several videos on social media, including one on Friday, urging Jewish voters to support Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed if they're concerned about their "safety" in the country. "Jewish safety depends on a real multiracial democracy, and Abdul is the one fighting to protect it," the "Homeland" and "The Princess Bride" actor said in one such video. Patinkin, who is also Jewish, said that El-Sayed's Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, was pushing a political movement attacking the "rights and dignity of certain people" and argued that El-Sayed was the only candidate fighting for democracy. "Jewish safety is tied to the health of our democracy," Patinkin said. "We can’t protect one without protecting the other. And in this Senate race, Abdul is the candidate who understands that and is willing to fight for it."  ABDUL EL-SAYED HITS BACK AT ISRAEL QUESTIONS, SUGGESTS HIS NAME AND FAITH ARE BEHIND PRESS SCRUTINY Patinkin continued to voice his support for El-Sayed in another video posted on Sunday, in which he called out efforts to make people "afraid" of the Democratic candidate because of his name and Muslim background, suggesting the criticism was similar to how Jewish people have been treated because of their identity. "It’s hard for me to hear Muslims and Arabs talked about this way without thinking about our own Jewish history," Patinkin said. "We know what it’s like to have people treat your identity as a reason to distrust you, to make you seem threatening just because of who you are. I’m not telling anyone what they have to believe about Abdul. I’m asking people to recognize that this kind of talk should sound familiar to Jews."  "Who is going to protect the democracy that has helped keep Jews safe in America? Abdul," he added. "Who is going to stand up for the rights of all of us? Abdul. Because I believe protecting our community means protecting the democracy we all depend on. Please vote for Abdul El-Sayed and get him in the Senate seat." Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed and Rogers campaigns for comment but did not immediately receive a response. ABDUL EL-SAYED INVOKES JFK TO DISMISS 'CRAZY' QUESTIONS OVER FAMILY'S ALLEGED TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, criticized Patinkin's "lack of actual knowledge" about whether El-Sayed would support Jewish safety. "Few candidates have expressed disdain for Jewish safety more than Abdul El-Sayed, who attempted to explain away a terror attack on Jewish preschoolers due to a war on terror 6,000 miles away, and who called the rescue of Jewish hostages from torture, rape, and murder, ‘genocide,’" Menken told Fox News Digital.  El-Sayed caused controversy in March when he responded to an attack on a Michigan synagogue by saying "Hurt people, hurt people." Federal investigators say a gunman inspired and radicalized by Hezbollah crashed into the place of worship seeking to kill as many Jewish people as he could. The alleged attacker was a Lebanese-born man who a week earlier had lost relatives in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. El-Sayed later apologized for his comments about the attack.  Menken said the Democratic candidate "refused to endorse the right of Jews to their own identity, opinions, and self-governance, and campaigned alongside Hasan Piker until other Democrats prevailed upon him to stop. And, of course, when confronted about family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and its genocidal antisemitism, El-Sayed has called it an attack on his religion."  "To call Patinkin deluded and naive would be the height of understatement," the rabbi added. "El-Sayed's values are not those that made America a great and welcoming country." JEWISH MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ADMIT THEY WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN IF ABDUL EL-SAYED BECOMES NOMINEE Patinkin previously supported New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's 2025 campaign, celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with the democratic socialist after he was elected.  Throughout his campaign and since taking office, Mamdani has faced accusations of antisemitism. Fox News' Paul Steinhauser and Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26c08fe47d612ca2ed1d4 Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against It te 2026-10-28T21:41:28.022Z Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against It Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center say that federal prosecutors capitalized on the informant’s money problems and exposure to indictment to persuade him to assist the government. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26bfdfe47d612ca2ed1cb Officials Back Trump’s Claim That Triumphal Arch Is Needed for National Security te 2026-10-28T21:41:17.203Z Officials Back Trump’s Claim That Triumphal Arch Is Needed for National Security Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, submitted sworn statements to a federal court regarding the construction project. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26bf1fe47d612ca2ed1b1 Millennials Weren’t a Lost Generation. They Were a Late One te 2026-10-28T21:41:05.403Z Millennials Weren’t a Lost Generation. They Were a Late One Uncommon Knowledge: Aging, riddle with anxiety, and poorer than their parents. Or are they? The millennial myth is dying. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26be4fe47d612ca2ed1a8 RFK Jr. Rallies in Iowa as Healthcare Emerges as Key Midterm Issue te 2026-10-28T21:40:52.951Z RFK Jr. Rallies in Iowa as Healthcare Emerges as Key Midterm Issue The HHS secretary will rally alongside Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn and congressional candidate Joe Mitchell. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26bd8fe47d612ca2ed19f Republican ACA Cuts Could Cost Hundreds of Jobs: What to Know te 2026-10-28T21:40:40.462Z Republican ACA Cuts Could Cost Hundreds of Jobs: What to Know A new report found that increases in Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums could ripple through the broader economy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26bcbfe47d612ca2ed184 Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record- breaking revenue in a row te 2026-10-28T21:40:27.976Z Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record- breaking revenue in a row Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19% increase over the year-ago quarter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26bbffe47d612ca2ed17b Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI te 2026-10-28T21:40:15.967Z Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2626f876989b59d07e6f8 Yankees president Randy Levine says he is 'confident' MLB will avoid a lockout despite cap fight te 2026-10-28T21:00:31.370Z Yankees president Randy Levine says he is 'confident' MLB will avoid a lockout despite cap fight Game 5 of the World Series could very well be the last baseball game for the foreseeable future. The league's current collective bargaining agreement with the players expires on Dec. 1, and the players and owners appear as far apart as they ever have been. Assuming there is no deal, the owners are expected to lock out the players, as was the case five years ago which led to the season being delayed by one week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Despite the apparently harsh circumstances at the moment, New York Yankees president Randy Levine is actually "confident" things will all work out. "It's very, very early... They want to reach an agreement. It's always this way in every labor negotiation I've done. It's always posturing at this point in time, getting your position out," Levine said on "The Craig Carton Show." "We have until December. I think they're really going to work hard, and I'm very hopeful they'll reach an agreement. I've seen circumstances where it looked harder than even this, and this one looks hard, but at the end of the day, I'm confident everyone wants to get a deal." "The whole playoffs have been great, the whole season has been great. Baseball is regaining popularity, it's the national pastime, so we gotta work hard to just preserve it," Levine added. Levine's boss, Hal Steinbrenner, said last week he "support[s]" the owners' proposals — all of which include a cap. "I've said before — let me put it this way, as a member of the labor policy committee — I helped craft, one of many, the proposals that we have given at the bargaining table. And I support those proposals in their entirety. That's absolutely the case, so that should answer your question," Steinbrenner told reporters. The Yankees' $336 million payroll was the third-largest in baseball during the 2026 season, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers ($422 million) and New York Mets ($338 million). FANS DEBATE BREWERS DECISION TO KEEP JACOB MISIOROWSKI IN DUGOUT WITH CHANCE TO WIN FIRST EVER WORLD SERIES Arguments skew both ways, but a constant has remained in that the highest payrolls continue to go up, while the lowest payrolls remain at a stall. The Marlins' payroll is actually roughly half of what it used to be in 2017, despite a sale of the team and everyone in the league making more money than ever. Meanwhile, the Dodgers have already committed more money in 2030 than 12 teams have this season. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has said that owners are simply "listening to our fans" regarding a salary cap and said it "defies human experience... to think that the bottom end of that [payroll] gap has the same opportunity to win the top end." It should be noted, though, that the National League-winning Milwaukee Brewers swept the Dodgers with the 11th-smallest payroll, and they are facing the Tampa Bay Rays, who have the league's third-smallest payroll. They defeated the Cleveland Guardians, who rank 29th in payroll, in the American League Division Series. Major League Baseball has never had a salary cap. "Salary cap is the ultimate excuse not to compete. It's the ultimate excuse for an owner to say, 'Gee, I would like to make the team better, but you know I can’t,'" interim MLBPA executive director Bruce Meyer said during the All-Star break. "Salary caps are bad for fans. Salary caps prevent teams from doing the things that they believe are in their interest to make the team better." "Every team in baseball can afford to compete, many are choosing not to," Meyer added. "To me, that's the biggest problem right now." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2601f876989b59d07e657 Trump Voters May Help Abdul El-Sayed Defeat Mike Rogers in Michigan te 2026-10-28T20:50:39.115Z Trump Voters May Help Abdul El-Sayed Defeat Mike Rogers in Michigan Some Arab Americans who backed Trump in 2024 now see Abdul El-Sayed as the “America First” pick against Mike Rogers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26012876989b59d07e64e Jim Harbaugh Decides Whether OC Mike McDaniel Will Call Plays or Not te 2026-10-28T20:50:26.678Z Jim Harbaugh Decides Whether OC Mike McDaniel Will Call Plays or Not The Chargers are coming off a bye week as the only winless team remaining in the NFL. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae26006876989b59d07e645 Joanna Wietrzyk Returns to Racing After Viral HYROX Controversy te 2026-10-28T20:50:14.521Z Joanna Wietrzyk Returns to Racing After Viral HYROX Controversy Australian HYROX runner Joanna Wietrzyk announces her return to racing after Beijing incident. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25bc5876989b59d07e587 Bears star Montez Sweat says he never wants 'cheat the game' as returns from PED suspension te 2026-10-28T20:32:05.303Z Bears star Montez Sweat says he never wants 'cheat the game' as returns from PED suspension Chicago Bears star Montez Sweat is set to return from his two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Sweat, 30, did not disclose what caused his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs and said the result came as a surprise. "It was a surprise, but you take a lick on the chin and keep moving forward," Sweat said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The defensive end apologized to his teammates and the fan base, and said he would never intentionally cheat the game. "Yeah, it’s definitely something I got to live with my career," Sweat said. "I never want to cheat the game, and I would never do it intentionally, but what happened happened and I’m moving forward." The most difficult part of the suspension for Sweat may not have been missing two games, but facing Bears coach Ben Johnson. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "It was tough," Sweat said. "Nobody wants to look someone in the eye after you’ve done something detrimental like that to the team, but those are things you have to do to move forward." The Bears won both games during Sweat's suspension, defeating the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. Sweat praised the team's "next-man-up mentality," saying it didn't miss a beat without him. "I’m just happy to be back in the building with my teammates. I think that’s what I missed the most, just being in the locker room around my guys." The Pro Bowler is in his eighth NFL season and fourth with Chicago. The Bears acquired Sweat from the Washington Commanders midway through the 2023 season. Sweat signed a four-year, $98 million contract extension with Chicago shortly after the trade. In 4 1/2 seasons with the Commanders, Sweat recorded 35.5 sacks in 67 games. In 47 games with the Bears, Sweat has recorded 23.5 sacks. In five games this season, Sweat has recorded two sacks. He will return to the lineup when the Bears face the Seattle Seahawks on the road Monday night. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25bb1876989b59d07e57e 'Never-ending' cruise grinds to devastating end, stranding over 200 passengers abroad te 2026-10-28T20:31:45.211Z 'Never-ending' cruise grinds to devastating end, stranding over 200 passengers abroad A dream cruise around the world has come to an abrupt halt after two years at sea, reportedly leaving passengers scrambling to find somewhere to stay in Cambodia. The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise ship that promised passengers the chance to make the ocean their permanent home, suspended its voyage Tuesday after its operator said soaring fuel costs had made it too expensive to continue. CRUISE VACATION COMES TO CRASHING HALT AS SHIP SLAMS INTO 2 CARGO VESSELS The ship was carrying 203 passengers, most of them Americans, and 156 crew members when it arrived in the Cambodian port city of Sihanoukville, according to The Associated Press. Passengers said they were given just seven hours' notice to leave the vessel Tuesday and had to make their own arrangements, despite the company's claims that it was helping residents find temporary accommodations. In a statement, Villa Vie Residences, which is headquartered in Florida, announced that it had been "unable to continue carrying the resulting operating losses." The company said monthly fuel expenses per cabin had climbed from roughly $1,800 to as much as $8,000 in parts of Asia. ANGRY CRUISE PASSENGERS SAY FRUSTRATING ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED BEFORE BOOKING "Passing the full increase on to residents is not a realistic solution," the company said, according to the AP. "Our focus now is on supporting residents, crew, and employees." The company added, "The company is working with residents to coordinate disembarkation and identify temporary living arrangements." The ship first set sail from Belfast, Northern Ireland, in October 2024, on what was supposed to be a 3 1/2-year journey around the world. For some passengers, the ship was supposed to be their permanent home long after the initial voyage ended. MAJOR CRUISE LINE HIKES ITS POPULAR PACKAGE PRICES IN MOVE THAT COULD HIT VACATION BUDGETS Fox Business reported in May 2024 that Villa Vie Residences was offering lifetime access to its Odyssey cruise ship through its "Endless Horizons" program for a one-time payment of $299,999 for a single-occupancy cabin or $499,999 for double occupancy. At the time, the experience was billed as a budget-conscious alternative to traditional retirement. The company marketed the program to retirees concerned about inflation, rising living expenses and the possibility of outliving their savings. CEO Mikael Petterson similarly promoted the experience as a way for retirees to live on a fixed budget without worrying about ongoing expenses. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "For less than the price of an average home, you can secure a lifetime of experiences," Petterson said at the time. Speaking to AP, passengers expressed disappointment over the abrupt end to their voyage. Paul and Lynn Montoya, a retired couple from Wyoming who boarded the ship 17 months ago, said they purchased a cabin with plans to spend years traveling the world — but were repeatedly asked to contribute more money for fuel. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "We were tired of every two to four weeks being asked for money for fuel, money for everything," Lynn Montoya said. "We had hopes, but they just kept sinking further and further into the hole," the AP reported.  California sisters Carol Larson, 69, and Crystal Lavering, 72, also said they were heartbroken after spending 18 months aboard the ship. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Larson, who paid $120,000 for her cabin, said she hoped residents could buy the ship and keep the cruise going. Despite the setback, she told the AP she had no regrets about her investment. "Because it was a startup company, I believe that it was a risk," said Larson.  "From the very first day, I said to myself that if it lasts a year, I can walk away and feel like I got my money's worth. … I still feel that way." Fox News Digital reached out to Villa Vie Residences for comment. The Associated Press contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25ba0876989b59d07e56c Dem AG’s ‘too many golf courses’ remark goes viral as critics tee off te 2026-10-28T20:31:28.304Z Dem AG’s ‘too many golf courses’ remark goes viral as critics tee off Arizona’s Senate president took aim at viral comments about the future of golf from the state’s Democratic attorney general as their battle to be the state’s top law enforcement officer entered its final stretch before this week’s midterm elections. A remark about potentially restricting golf courses and the Grand Canyon State having "too much grass" turned a debate over water conservation into a campaign flashpoint, with Sen. Warren Petersen accusing Attorney General Kris Mayes of targeting a multibillion-dollar industry in the desert state while Mayes later insisted her remarks were taken out of context. "Kris Mayes thinks Arizona has too many golf courses. I think Arizona has too many radical politicians who believe government should dictate which industries get to thrive," Petersen, R-Maricopa, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. 100 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WINNING BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MESSAGE "Our golf courses support jobs, tourism, small businesses, and communities across this state. Instead of attacking an industry that contributes to our economy, the attorney general should be focused on enforcing the law, protecting consumers, and defending Arizona families." In an interview with Politico delving into the data center debate — and whether the proliferation of water-intensive facilities is wise, particularly in an arid state — Mayes cited neighboring states allegedly "backed by" the Trump administration as hindrances to Arizona’s local supply. Mayes' golf-course remarks came shortly after she warned that Arizona was headed toward a potential Supreme Court showdown over Colorado River water supplies. "We could do a Hell of a lot more when it comes to conservation," she said, citing tax incentives for catchment and removal of lawns. GRAND CANYON WATER PIPELINE DAMAGED AGAIN AS FLOODING COMPLICATES REPAIRS "We have way, way too much grass in Arizona. We probably, frankly -- and I'm sure the golf industry is not going to like this when I say this -- we probably have too many golf courses in Arizona right now." That remark sparked blowback from Petersen and many others. "We don’t have a golf course problem in Arizona. We have a dumocrat (sic) problem in Arizona," quipped Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. "Kris Mayes is promising to get rid of golf courses. I promise to get rid of Kris Mayes," Petersen added in his own tweet. E-procurement software CEO Tom Spengler added that Arizona "honestly need[s] more golf courses." "Tee times are very hard to get and rates have doubled or tripled since COVID," he said. "We have too much grass — said no one ever, other than Kris Mayes," added Turning Point USA executive Justin Streiff. Arizona’s business community also took notice, as Arizona Chamber of Commerce Vice President Courtney Coolidge responded to Mayes with several statistics about golf’s impact on the state. Coolidge reported a $6 billion economic impact, 66,000 jobs, $2.3 billion in wages and $520 million in tax revenue. Most relevant to the water debate, she said golf courses collectively use 2% or less of the state’s water resources. Those stats also lined up closely with separate figures in a 2023 study by the Arizona Alliance for Golf. Popular golf satire site PGA TUOR shared a clip of Mayes’ comments, writing, "How to not get re-elected 101." Another putting enthusiast said Mayes’ comments cost her his vote: "[She] has no idea what the economic impact golf has on our entire state." Fox News Digital reached out to Mayes for comment on the viral nature and content of her remarks. The Democrat separately tweeted that she was intending to make a larger point about water usage: "Relax, nobody's closing golf courses," Mayes said. "My point is we need incentives to help all Arizonans and major industries swap thirsty grass and catch rainwater, especially if our water situation gets worse— while I take on the foreign mega-farms and data centers draining our water." She then accused Petersen of spreading "false claims." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER But Mayes’ response was also met with ridicule, as X critics called it "condescending" while one also quipped, "you relax – we all heard you." Others characterized her stated approach toward the golf industry as "communist." With Election Day just days away, Petersen is betting the controversy will resonate beyond the fairways, casting Mayes' remarks as part of a larger dispute over government intervention in Arizona's economy as Republicans seek to regain control of a state government they once reliably held. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25b87876989b59d07e548 New York Mets Urged to Sign Padres Star Pitcher to Bolster Rotation te 2026-10-28T20:31:03.803Z New York Mets Urged to Sign Padres Star Pitcher to Bolster Rotation The New York Mets are being urged to sign San Diego Padres star pitcher Michael King in free agency this offseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25b7a876989b59d07e53f Rays Announce Starting Pitcher for Must-Win World Series Game vs Brewers te 2026-10-28T20:30:50.768Z Rays Announce Starting Pitcher for Must-Win World Series Game vs Brewers The Tampa Bay Rays named their starting pitcher for Wednesday's World Series game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25b6e876989b59d07e536 LSU's Lane Kiffin Fires Shot at SEC Over Alabama Decision te 2026-10-28T20:30:38.574Z LSU's Lane Kiffin Fires Shot at SEC Over Alabama Decision LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin wasn't happy with the SEC for the way they scheduled the Alabama game for Nov. 7. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25b5a876989b59d07e52d Jets WR Garrett Wilson Addresses Trade Rumors te 2026-10-28T20:30:18.220Z Jets WR Garrett Wilson Addresses Trade Rumors The wide receiver was rumored to wanting to request a trade out of New York after four-plus seasons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25940876989b59d07e4c5 Hayden Panettiere’s death ruled accidental, police say te 2026-10-28T20:21:20.417Z Hayden Panettiere’s death ruled accidental, police say Police announced on Wednesday that actress Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled accidental. "Based on the Medical Examiner’s determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled accidental," the Greenville Police Department said in a statement. The ruling brings the police investigation into her death to a close, the statement said. Panettiere died on Aug. 16 at age 36. She was found unresponsive at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2591b876989b59d07e49f Patrick Mahomes Explains Why He Needs More 'Confidence' After Seahawks Loss te 2026-10-28T20:20:43.128Z Patrick Mahomes Explains Why He Needs More 'Confidence' After Seahawks Loss The Chiefs quarterback blamed himself for part of the reason his team suffered its first loss of the season on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25906876989b59d07e496 Tyrese Haliburton News Adds to Shocking Number of NBA Stars With Early Injuries te 2026-10-28T20:20:22.874Z Tyrese Haliburton News Adds to Shocking Number of NBA Stars With Early Injuries The 2026-27 NBA season is only eight days old, yet a shocking number of star players have already suffered injuries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae256de876989b59d07e437 Tom Brady’s latest romance sparks Victoria’s Secret model war: report te 2026-10-28T20:11:10.905Z Tom Brady’s latest romance sparks Victoria’s Secret model war: report Tom Brady’s rumored romance with Victoria's Secret model Candice Swanepoel has reportedly ignited a bitter feud with fellow VS model and longtime friend, Joan Smalls. According to Page Six, Smalls and Swanepoel — who have been "inseparable" friends for 15 years — have had a falling out after Swanepoel allegedly became involved with Brady, whom Smalls reportedly dated on and off for about a year. Sources told the outlet that Smalls is now giving mutual friends an ultimatum to choose sides, which has ignited a bitter war within the VS circle. VICTORIA'S SECRET MODEL CANDICE SWANEPOEL STRIPS DOWN TO JUST SWIMSUIT BOTTOMS IN SULTRY NEW CLIP In since-deleted comments, the model allegedly appeared to take aim at Swanepoel on social media, referring to her as a "backstabber" and accusing her of violating "girl code." "And the disrespect and carelessness in how they treat you is so unimaginable. There’s no going back. Some people lack humility and moral compass," she reportedly wrote. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "And the way they gaslight, lie and minimize your feelings is the worst slap in the face after 15yrs of friendship. Not a sorry said or written. Onwards and upwards!!!" In a statement to Page Six, Swanepoel's representative said: "Candice has always been exceptionally private about her personal life, with her focus remaining on raising her children. She and Joan share a longstanding history and a friendship that Candice will always respect." Representatives for Smalls, Swanepoel and Brady did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The reported romance marks the latest high-profile relationship linked to Brady since his divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen. Brady and Bündchen finalized their divorce in October 2022 after 13 years of marriage. The former couple share two children, Benjamin and Vivian. Brady also shares son Jack with actress Bridget Moynahan. Since splitting from Bündchen, Brady has been linked to several notable women, including Russian model Irina Shayk. In 2023, the former NFL quarterback and Shayk were photographed together in Los Angeles, sparking romance rumors. Brady was also connected to "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara in 2025 after the two were reportedly seen spending time together aboard a luxury yacht in Ibiza. A source described the connection as a "summer romance," according to Page Six. Earlier this year, Brady was spotted with social media personality Alix Earle during a New Year's Eve celebration in St. Barts. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS In video footage obtained by TMZ, the influencer was seen whispering into the ear of the football star and father of three as well as putting her hand on his back. Weeks later, Brady and Earle were again seen together at a pre-Super Bowl party. A source told People that the two were "hooking up." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Brady has not publicly addressed his reported relationship with Swanepoel, who shares two sons with her former fiancé, Brazilian model Hermann Nicoli. Swanepoel and Smalls both walked in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, despite the reported tension between them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae256bd876989b59d07e410 Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents te 2026-10-28T20:10:37.551Z Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae256a8876989b59d07e401 Free before- and after-school care, more closures ahead: Highlights from quiet TUSD board meeting te 2026-10-28T20:10:16.867Z Free before- and after-school care, more closures ahead: Highlights from quiet TUSD board meeting Ninety minutes into Tuesday night’s Tucson Unified School District special Governing Board meeting, board member Natalie Luna Rose asked staff to “turn up the mic” at the lectern. With fewer than 200 people in the 1,400-seat Palo Verde High School theater, a venue the district picked to hold a bigger crowd, her request carried easily across the room.  Those who came heard the history and financial breakdown behind the district’s recommendation to close or consolidate 10 schools by next school year with as many as six more in 2028-29. The meeting’s public comment section was lengthened to include more voices. But while the conviction was there, the energy in the room was not. Audience speakers ranged from a middle schooler to parents, a bus driver and board candidates in next week’s election. Some drew applause.. No tears. No voices cracking with emotion. No shouting. Realignment timeline Nov. 10: Governing board meeting to study more closure/consolidation proposals Nov. 17: A legally-mandated public hearing Dec. 8: Scheduled board vote on the recommendations It was a sharp contrast to the passionate public school meetings over the last year, including when Amphitheater Public Schools closed four elementary schools and when Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind closed its 100-year-old campus in May.  “I expected this to be full and I am concerned,” board member Jennifer Eckstrom said more than four hours into Tuesday’s meeting. It seemed apathetic and lacking empathy, she noted. Southern Arizona’s largest school district says enrollment decline has forced it to recommend closing or consolidating 12 of the district’s 88 schools over the next two years, pending a board vote in December. The meeting’s understated vibe may have belied what the community learned Tuesday night, including: More closures and consolidations are coming: TUSD Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo says he will make two more recommendations over the next week, involving possibly four more schools. In one scenario, “we are looking at a very, very large campus absorbing potentially two smaller elementary schools,” Trujillo told reporters before the board meeting. Free before- and after-school care will be available starting next school year: No-cost child care is budgeted for at least a year at receiving schools. “We also want to make sure that we’re incentivizing families from outside the district who can see, ‘Wow, it’s no cost. I’m going to go in here and be a part of this,’” Trujillo said. The No. 1 issue is declining enrollment, the district says: Trujillo focused on this point, steering away from budget analysis. “The primary goal is solving the enrollment crisis and creating a product and creating opportunities and creating environments that are attractive for families to start selecting our schools,” Trujillo said. Closures would save money: TUSD’s financial picture shows a $3.4 million in savings in operational costs with the first five scenarios, most of that due to job cuts — about 40 full-time equivalent staff, including 15 teachers. Trujillo says savings could reach $7 million in operational costs with all scenarios combined and does not include selling or leasing the buildings. TUSD needs to close a $27 million budget gap, TUSD Chief Financial Officer Ricky Hernández told Arizona Luminaria. And the district is one of nine in the state on the Arizona auditor general’s list of “highest financial risk.”  Sales or leases of empty buildings must be approved by voters: It will be at least six months and likely more before the district can see the money from sales or leases of empty buildings because voters must approve the changes, Hernández said. Students are guaranteed transportation. “There will be a no-walk zone,” Trujillo said, adding, “If a parent wants the bus, they’re getting the bus. And it will be guaranteed transportation from the neighborhoods of the closing schools over to the receiving schools.” Bus driver Nicholas Bruno wonders how that will happen. As a TUSD driver for the last three years, Bruno has traversed the city taking students to and from school and on field trips. Bus driver and parent Nicholas Bruno speaks at the TUSD Governing Board meeting at Palo Verde High School on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Credit: Noelle Gomez This week, a student boarded his bus and had a question: “Are you sad?” she asked.  He is, he says. And he’s also questioning how the district is going to create new routes and staff them, he told Arizona Luminaria after Tuesday’s meeting where he spoke to the board. “I don’t think that this is a good idea,” he says of closing schools. “It’s going to be devastating, like, not just academically but socially.” Bruno, 31 has also worked as a preschool classroom assistant in the district and has a first grader in the district. He is concerned about the cost for families who may have to take their children to a campus farther away and for the bus crew, which is already understaffed, he says. “There hasn’t been anything compelling to show that this is a good idea,” Bruno said. “There’s nothing that people are like, ‘Oh my gosh, yes.  Let’s, yeah! Let’s do that.’” As of Oct. 27, TUSD administrators have recommended 10 schools be merged or closed for the 2027-28 school year: • Hudlow Elementary closing and merging into Sewell Elementary • Dunham Elementary closing and merging into Marshall Elementary • Cragin Elementary closing and merging into Blenman Elementary • Collier Elementary closing and merging into Bloom Elementary • Magee Middle School closing and merging into Sabino High School In 2028-29: • Secrist Middle School closing and merging into Santa Rita High School in the 2028-29 school year The post Free before- and after-school care, more closures ahead: Highlights from quiet TUSD board meeting appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25460876989b59d07e3aa Dueling rallies thrust deep-red Lone Star town into the center of the political universe te 2026-10-28T20:00:32.497Z Dueling rallies thrust deep-red Lone Star town into the center of the political universe LUBBOCK, Texas — Two rallies, two crowds and two very different visions for Texas converged in deep-red Lubbock on Tuesday night as Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico made their cases to voters. Trump supporters camped out at Lubbock’s Civic Center as early as Monday night, calling the event a "once-in-a-lifetime experience." About four miles away, roughly 4,000 Talarico supporters descended on the neighborhood around the Fiesta Center. The rallies put Lubbock’s political identity on display. Long a ruby-red Republican stronghold, the city is now a battleground in a Senate race polls show Talarico narrowly leading Paxton. Outside Paxton’s rally, supporters remained confident the Lone Star State would stay red. Jenny, who traveled from Brownsville, dismissed the idea that the race was close. "What else do the Democrats have? They have Talarico going against Paxton," she told Fox News Digital. "All they’ve got is the ability to try and make people think that it’s close and there is no point in voting." "No, it’s not close," Jenny added. "Paxton is going to wipe the floor with him." MEET THE VOTERS WHO COULD BREAK THE GOP’S DECADESLONG GRIP ON A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD Eric, a Lubbock resident, also predicted a Republican win, saying Democratic policies do not align with his views. "Most of the Democrats that you talk to, when you start talking common sense to them, a lot of them, they don’t know if it’s a red or a blue policy, and a lot of them line up with red as well," he said. "It’s gonna stay red, absolutely." Nathan, from Milton, said he wants to preserve what he sees as Texas’ traditional values, including gun rights and opposition to abortion. "I want to make sure we are keeping all the normal values that we have in Texas," he said. "I want to make sure that we are keeping our guns, we are keeping our safety, keeping abortion as far away from Texas and do everything we can to keep Texas, Texas." Across town, Talarico supporters said Trump’s appearance alongside Paxton showed Republicans were worried about losing ground in a reliably red state. "Trump’s in Lubbock? Trump’s in Lubbock, Texas? He’s scared, he is scared," one supporter told Fox News Digital. Natalie, from Friona, also viewed the same-day rallies as a sign of nervousness. "I think they have to be nervous, and I think it’s performative, like to come the exact same day as he is here," she said. "I really hope so, and looking at all of this, I think it is." DEEP IN TRUMP COUNTRY, A NEW GENERATION REVEALS THE DIVIDE BEHIND TEXAS’ TIGHT SENATE RACE Elias, a Lubbock resident, said Paxton’s reliance on Trump reflected poorly on the Republican candidate. He pointed to Paxton’s past controversies and impeachment by the Texas House. "I think it shows that Paxton is a weak leader," Elias said. "He had a chance to kind of redeem himself despite his ugly past, but he’s not a man, he can’t stand up for himself. He needs daddy Trump to come and support him." Other Talarico supporters said they believed Texas could turn blue. Jessica, from Lubbock, and Shelby, from Houston, cited dissatisfaction with how the state has been run in recent years. "I think they’re scared that it is going to flip, and I believe it will because of how they have run this county the last few years," they said. Christine and John, both from Lubbock, also predicted change. "They are nervous, and this is the year we are going to change it all," Christine said. Paloma, a Lubbock resident, put their optimism plainly: "This is the year that we flip blue. We are definitely going to flip the state." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae252bb876989b59d07e358 Meetings scheduled for West Phoenix Extension te 2026-10-28T19:53:31.766Z Meetings scheduled for West Phoenix Extension The existing light rail at Central Avenue and Indian School Road is one potential new connection to the Valley Metro system that would extend the transit service into West Phoenix (photo courtesy of Valley Metro). After a series of West Phoenix Extension open house events concluded on Oct. 14 at Steele Indian School Park, Valley Metro is gearing up for its “Connecting with Community” meetings. This new round of public engagement is focused on sharing the preliminary technical analysis of the two potential connections to the existing Valley Metro Light Rail B Line: 19th Avenue/Camelback Road and Central Avenue/Indian School Road. The Oct. 28 and Nov. 9 meetings will include a project presentation covering the technical analysis, followed by an open house where attendees can ask questions, speak one-on-one with project staff and provide feedback. Virtual meetings are scheduled for Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. and Nov. 10 at noon and will also have a presentation with an opportunity of Q&A. A Nov. 21 meeting will have a modified format because it is being held during a community event. Project information and staff will be available for questions, rather than the presentation-and-open-house format. After November, additional public meetings are planned for early 2027, when Valley Metro will return to the community to present the recommended connection point to the existing B Line, according to program coordinators Brett Benninghoff and Debbie Lopez. Meeting dates and locations are to be determined. The current schedule anticipates updating the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) in early 2027 with the adoption process for spring/summer 2027, the coordinators added. Website feedback will be collected through early 2027. Visit www.valleymetro.org/projects/west-phoenix-extension for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae252aa876989b59d07e327 Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon says 'I don't know' when asked if she's capitalist or socialist te 2026-10-28T19:53:14.887Z Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon says 'I don't know' when asked if she's capitalist or socialist Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon struggled to identify whether she was a capitalist or socialist during an interview on Friday — drawing sharp criticism from Republican Sen. Ashley Moody's campaign as the candidates entered the final week of Florida's Senate race. Politico's Dasha Burns confronted the nominee over her membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), noting that she had previously identified herself as a capitalist despite joining the socialist organization. When Burns pressed Nixon to explain how she personally identified, the Jacksonville Democrat repeatedly expressed uncertainty. "I don't know. I don't know. Like, I don't know," Nixon said on "The Conversation." "I identify as Angie Nixon, as a Black woman who was a former single mom, who wants to make sure that no one has to struggle the way I struggled when I was a single mom," she added.  LA MAYORAL HOPEFUL NITHYA RAMAN CALLS HERSELF BOTH A 'CAPITALIST' AND 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST' Cameron Gambini, a spokesperson for Moody, criticized Nixon's response in a statement to Fox News Digital, questioning her ideological commitments and referencing a separate controversy surrounding her recent comments about Cuba. "Angie Nixon voluntarily signed up to be a member of the Democrat Socialists," he said. "Now she's clearly regretting letting her true colors shine. And just yesterday, she refused to say Cuba was a dictatorship. Socialist Angie is a radical lunatic who will never step foot on the Senate floor. Case-closed." When asked directly during an interview on Monday with CBS News whether Nixon considered Cuba a dictatorship, she said, "You know, that is what people have told me. I have never been to Cuba, and so I will have to take their word for it." Nixon subsequently challenged CBS News' characterization of her answer, maintaining that she believed Cubans who described their government as a dictatorship. CBS deleted its initial social media post and acknowledged that its description had inaccurately represented her response. "It’s disappointing to have to say this, but [CBS News], this is a serious failure of editorial reporting," Nixon said in a post on X. "I clearly state in this clip that while I have not personally been to Cuba, I have spoken with Cubans who have described it as a dictatorship, and I believe them. To claim I declined to answer the question is categorically false." "That is not journalism. It is misinformation," she continued. Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet criticized the Democratic nominee's response to Politico about whether she was a socialist, in a statement to Fox News Digital, suggesting she was attempting to distance herself from socialism because of its political implications in Florida. "Some pollster or political consultant probably told her socialism doesn’t sell in Florida," he said. "So she’s offering the flimsiest and most insincere of explanations for how radical, and economically illiterate she really and truly is. She seems to contend that existing within the land border of America makes you a capitalist." "But just like existing in America doesn’t make someone an American, running for Senate doesn’t suddenly make Angie Nixon a good liar," he continued. WHO IS ANGIE NIXON? BULLHORN-WIELDING SOCIALIST UPSETS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE IN SUNSHINE STATE STUNNER Initially, in the same exchange on "The Conversation," Burns asked Nixon whether she considered herself a capitalist or socialist, prompting the Democratic nominee to first emphasize her support for government assistance programs. "So what I would say is, I live in a capitalistic society and I just want to make sure that people have strong social programs and safety net programs because I've had to use them before," Nixon said. "So, you can call me whatever you want, but just know that I'm going to be out here working and fighting for hardworking and retired people and folks living with disabilities." Throughout the interview, Nixon pushed back against political ideological branding, saying that she didn’t "care about labels" and considered herself a "humanist." She also said she remains a "lifelong Democrat," and noted that both she and her husband are small business owners who wouldn’t "want to take over anyone’s business."  Nixon also explained that she joined the DSA due to local community work, noting how members helped her nonprofit when "the government shutdown happened" and people lost SNAP benefits.  DSA CO-CHAIR MOCKED FOR PROUDLY CONFIRMING SOCIALISTS WANT TO ABOLISH THE SENATE, NATIONAL BORDERS, PRISONS Nixon's uncertainty contrasted with her August appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press" when host Kristen Welker pressed her about her DSA membership. During the interview, Nixon rejected the socialist label and explicitly embraced capitalism. "I'm a capitalist who believes that we need some strong regulation," Nixon said. Nixon joined the DSA in June but previously rejected several proposals in its national political program, including abolishing the U.S. Senate, drafting a new Constitution and defunding the military.  The organization has also advocated public ownership of major corporations and essential industries, although it did not nationally endorse Nixon's campaign. Nixon is challenging Moody, whom Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to the U.S. Senate after Marco Rubio became Secretary of State.  Fox News Digital reached out to Nixon, CBS and the DSA for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2529e876989b59d07e31e 'Radical Left Lunatic' judge Trump wanted impeached takes up Ilhan Omar warrant fight te 2026-10-28T19:53:02.596Z 'Radical Left Lunatic' judge Trump wanted impeached takes up Ilhan Omar warrant fight A federal judge who has become a frequent legal thorn in the side of President Donald Trump and his allies is now presiding over a fight to unseal the warrant used to search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. The battle over whether to unseal the search warrant comes amid two separate federal investigations into the Democratic congresswoman stemming from concerns about discrepancies between financial disclosures filed a year apart and allegations that her father committed fraud when completing immigration paperwork. Omar immigrated to the United States from Somalia in 1995, when she was 12 years old. Investigators are examining whether her father misstated her age on his citizenship paperwork in 2000, potentially allowing her to obtain citizenship through him as a minor. Trump, a longtime foe of the progressive congresswoman, has been vocal in his attacks against Omar, having also accused her of committing immigration fraud by allegedly marrying her brother — referring to her first husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. In the weeks following the Oct. 12 raid on Omar's Washington, D.C., home, Trump called for Omar to be "put in jail." TRUMP SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD GO TO JAIL OR BE DEPORTED, CALLS HER ‘A DISGRACE TO OUR COUNTRY’ But the fight over whether to unseal the records is being overseen by Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, an Obama appointee and longtime target of Trump. In March 2025, after Boasberg temporarily blocked deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members, Trump called him a "Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator" and called for his impeachment. Trump also accused Boasberg of bias, saying it was "virtually impossible for me to get an Honest Ruling in D.C." The raid on Omar’s home came just weeks before the midterm elections, as alleged fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs had become a major political issue in the state. ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS Days after Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI conducted a raid on Omar's home under a search warrant issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh, three separate requests were made to unseal the warrant — by the New York Times; Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group; and 14 press organizations. Boasberg ordered the Justice Department to defend its position on keeping the warrant sealed in response to a consolidated request from the Times and 14 press organizations by Oct. 22, but he extended the deadline following a Justice Department request to wait until the search warrant was "fully executed." The Justice Department argued that releasing the information could compromise the integrity of the investigation. "This request sounds rash because it is rash," Pirro wrote. "The Court should reject it without prejudice for renewal after the search warrant has been fully executed and a charging decision is made public." The filing indicated that the Justice Department was still in the process of executing the search warrant, while other details about the investigation and warrant records remained redacted from the public record. But the Times and other media groups argue that the physical search occurred weeks ago and that any sensitive information in the warrant should be redacted rather than the entire warrant being withheld. Meanwhile, Omar is engaged in a separate dispute with the Justice Department. Her attorneys have demanded the return of property seized from her home, arguing that agents violated protections for her congressional work. They have also alleged that agents failed to provide her with a copy of the warrant and prevented her from contacting her attorneys during the search. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE PHONE OF REP ILHAN OMAR IN RAID TIED TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD PROBE Boasberg’s oversight of efforts to unseal the records follows a series of decisions that have drawn criticism from Trump and his allies. In June 2025, he ordered federal agencies to preserve Signal messages exchanged by senior officials while discussing U.S. military strikes in Yemen, saying the communications could constitute federal records. During the Biden administration's Arctic Frost investigation, he signed nondisclosure orders barring phone carriers from notifying Republican lawmakers that prosecutors had subpoenaed their records. Boasberg also drew criticism over his sentencing of former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith. Clinesmith pleaded guilty to altering an email used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to renew surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser suspected of acting as a Russian agent. Boasberg, who previously served a seven-year term on the FISA Court, said Clinesmith’s alteration of the email undermined the court’s integrity but was a misguided mistake that provided Clinesmith no personal benefit. He sentenced Clinesmith to 12 months of probation and 400 hours of community service. Boasberg said in his sentencing decision that he believed Clinesmith's role at the center of a years-long media "hurricane" had provided sufficient punishment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25290876989b59d07e315 Madison Beer heckled by Chargers fans during Disney show, Madden impressions & Rays reporter Aileen Hnatiuk! te 2026-10-28T19:52:48.516Z Madison Beer heckled by Chargers fans during Disney show, Madden impressions & Rays reporter Aileen Hnatiuk! 'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com. Final Hump Day of October, boys and girls. Feels like we just started what is, objectively, the greatest month of the year — and now it's just about over. Sad. You know what's even worse? An even bigger punch to the gut? CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Look at what I walked into at the Lowe's down the street yesterday afternoon: Disgusting behavior. I get it, by the way. Don't get me wrong. Save your, "This is how advertising works!" emails. I know. I gotcha. Doesn't make it any more palatable, though. Lowe's has already turned the page on Halloween. In fact, not pictured is the giant tent out in the parking lot that they've already got set up. That's the Christmas tree (!!!) tent, and it's been up since last week. As Mike Gundy once said, "Where are we at in society today?!" Anyway ... Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Justin Herbert's fiancee, Madison Beer, hears it from sad Chargers fans during her performance at Disneyland. Happiest Place on Earth my butt! What else? I've also got Nic Cage portraying the late John Madden (I use 'portray' loosely), Rays fans under fire for being swallowed by Brewers fans, and OutKick legend Aileen Hnatiuk may have single-handedly willed Tampa to a Game 5 last night. You'll see. OK, grab you a pumpkin beer for our final Hump Day class of October, and let's get this show on the road. DOLPHINS AVOID 0-17 CRISIS, PICK UP FIRST WIN OF SEASON AGAINST STRUGGLING JETS ON THE ROAD No stalling today. As I've said, time ain't our side right now. We've all got things to do and pumpkins to carve before Mariah Carey invades our homes for the next two months. So, let's start with the NFL ... If you would've told me in August that the Colts and Chargers would be the two most embarrassing teams in the league by Halloween, I would've said you were NUTS. I'd just naturally assume it was my Dolphins, but they've been more than respectable this season. Most ethical tank job of all time. Well done, Miami. Yesterday, the Colts started their fire-sale, and I assume the Chargers ain't far behind. They're coming off a bye week, and now get to play the Rams. When they lose, I wouldn't be surprised to see Mike McDaniel canned. ROB GRONKOWSKI CALLS CHARGERS 'PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MESS IN THE NFL' RIGHT NOW AFTER ROUGH START Even as a miserable Dolphins fan who was ready to see McDaniel go, I'll admit, I'm a little shocked at just how bad they've looked on offense this season. For years, the debate was, "Tua or Herbert?" The answer, it seems, is neither. They both stink. Trust me, I have a ton of Herbert in fantasy this year, and my teams STINK. He's looked genuinely terrible. Which brings me to his fiancée, Madison Beer ... Welcome to hell, Madison! And I ain't talking about Disneyland: "FIX THE CHARGERS!" has got to be such a deflating thing to hear if you're Madison Beer performing at Disneyland. She signed on for a great season, and it's just been pure misery week in and week out. Madison and Herbert were all the rage in the offseason. We couldn't get enough of them. They had the NFL world wrapped around their fingers, and now she's having to deal with questions that should be directed at the front office. Sad. Chin up, Madison! Surely it can't get any worse, right ... Can't say I blame Justin here. Lord knows it's how I'd handle an 0-5 start. I respect the choice of beverage, too. Miller Lite is elite. Nobody does the aluminum bottle game better. Moving on ... Speaking of doing things better, let's check in with Nicolas Cage as his new John Madden biopic gets set to hit your Prime Video streams in just three shorts weeks! I'm gonna level with everyone ... that's just an awful John Madden impression. I'm not sure we can even call it an impression? I think it's just Nicolas Cage ... talking like Nicolas Cage? He didn't even attempt to sound like Madden. I don't get it? And how about the dude playing Pat Summerall? He's getting a pass today because everyone is focused on how bad Cage's Madden is, but that's equally horrible. If you had me close my eyes and gave me a thousand guesses at who that was speaking, I would never land on John Madden. Ever. I'd say it was Nicolas Cage ... because it sounds like Nicolas Cage. For those too young to remember, this was peak John Madden: Goodness. Did we have it all, or what? Those were the days. Our family grew up eating turducken on Thanksgiving, and it was all because of Madden. He was the best. PS: Turducken? Good. The process of putting it together? Disgusting. But still, you do it right, and it's delicious. OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day class into a one final October Hump Day night. First up? I'll be the first to admit, I was wrong about this World Series. I figured Fox would get slammed in the ratings with the Rays and Brewers, but the numbers are out, and they're actually really solid: Look, they aren't Yankees or Dodgers numbers — or Phillies, Red Sox or Cubs — but it's a really strong start. Over 12 million for Game 1, and nearly 11 million for Game 2? I'd that in a heartbeat, especially given Game 2 went up against college football. Game 3 will be interesting to watch because it went up against Cowboys-Eagles. There's a reason the Cowboys are in primetime six times a year. But still, this is a win for for MLB. Not really a win for the owners, though. The whole "small market teams can't compete, on and off the field" argument has sort of fallen apart this postseason. I just think it's gonna be a tough sell when the lockout inevitably begins in five weeks. Sadly, I think that means we're in for a really long offseason. We'll see. Next? While the TV ratings look good, the optics inside the Trop on Monday ... did not: Lordy. That's A LOT of Brew Crew on my screen. A lot. I know it was a blowout. I know it's a big park. But still, I can't imagine Rays ownership loved seeing that. But hey! We've got a Game 5 tonight. Still time to show out, Rays fans! Let's extend this season to a Game 6, fellas. Again, it might be the last time we get baseball for a while. OK, that's it for today. Good final October Hump Day, everyone. Solid work. On the way out, here's Tampa reporter Aileen Hnatiuk, who went mega-viral a few years back as a Saints reporter, willing the Rays to a big Game 4 win in extras. Welcome back, Aileen. See you tomorrow. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25285876989b59d07e30c WWE's Crown Jewel premium live event 'moved to a new venue' as tensions increase in the Middle East te 2026-10-28T19:52:37.170Z WWE's Crown Jewel premium live event 'moved to a new venue' as tensions increase in the Middle East WWE premium live event Crown Jewel, which was set to take place on Nov. 7 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is moving to a new venue amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Riyadh Season, which is the entertainment festival held in the city across several months and is organized by Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, made the announcement in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE "We would like to inform you that ‘WWE Crown Jewel’ has been moved to a new venue," the statement posted to X read. "All ticket holders will receive a full refund, and tickets will be re-released to everyone within the next 48 hours." OutKick Dropkick reached out to WWE for further information. Crown Jewel was set to be one of three events being held in Saudi Arabia this season and was set to take place at Riyadh Season Stadium. WWE’s premium live event calendar kicked off with the Royal Rumble in January – the first traditional Royal Rumble to be held in the country. The country also hosted Night of Champions in June. In between the events was President Donald Trump’s decision to hit Iran with airstrikes, sparking months of unrest in the region. The U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Houthis in Yemen and Iran have all been involved in the conflict since late February. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Tensions were heightened earlier this month when Houthis struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, leaving more than a dozen dead. The attack quickly put Crown Jewel in the focus of the pro wrestling world as worries began to increase over WWE personnel possibly being put into a dangerous situation. Those concerns only increased as the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and U.S. government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia "due to safety risks." "Iranian-supported Houthis have engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure resulting in civilian casualties and severe travel disruptions," the embassy said. "The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly beyond that immediate area." The U.S. State Department also updated travel advisories for several Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, to Level 4 and urged Americans not to travel there over fears of Houthi attacks and threats against Americans. Saudi Arabia said Monday its coalition shot down three missiles fired by Houthis toward the Eastern Province. "Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 3 ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the eastern region," Saudi military spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said in a post on X. WrestleMania 43 – WWE’s biggest event of the year – was still set to take place in Saudi Arabia next year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2526d876989b59d07e2ee College Football Playoff Hopeful Takes Aim at SEC and Big Ten te 2026-10-28T19:52:13.236Z College Football Playoff Hopeful Takes Aim at SEC and Big Ten A College Football Playoff hopeful sends a blunt message about 24-team expansion, raising concerns over the rich getting richer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25261876989b59d07e2e5 Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Makes Promise for Week 8 Matchup vs Broncos te 2026-10-28T19:52:01.807Z Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Makes Promise for Week 8 Matchup vs Broncos Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce promised improvement heading into Sunday's Week 8 matchup against the Broncos. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25255876989b59d07e2dc Andy Reid Addresses Chiefs' Controversial Justin Tucker Signing te 2026-10-28T19:51:49.784Z Andy Reid Addresses Chiefs' Controversial Justin Tucker Signing Kansas City Chiefs Andy Reid explained the team's thought process behind signing kicker Justin Tucker on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25249876989b59d07e2d3 Broncos Labeled Best Trade Landing Spot for Colts Star RB te 2026-10-28T19:51:37.388Z Broncos Labeled Best Trade Landing Spot for Colts Star RB The Denver Broncos have been named a top potential landing spot for Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2523c876989b59d07e2ca DeForest Buckner Breaks Silence After Colts Trade Him to 49ers te 2026-10-28T19:51:24.010Z DeForest Buckner Breaks Silence After Colts Trade Him to 49ers The Indianapolis Colts traded three-time Pro-Bowl defensive lineman DeForest Buckner to the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2522f876989b59d07e2c1 Lakers Get Encouraging Cameron Carr Injury Update From JJ Redick te 2026-10-28T19:51:11.881Z Lakers Get Encouraging Cameron Carr Injury Update From JJ Redick Lakers rookie Cameron Carr takes a major step toward his return after JJ Redick confirms he completed a full practice. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25224876989b59d07e2b8 Jaxon Smith-Njigba on Pace for Record-Breaking Season After Hot Start te 2026-10-28T19:51:00.040Z Jaxon Smith-Njigba on Pace for Record-Breaking Season After Hot Start Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba could be the first NFL player to have 2,000 receiving yards in a single season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae25218876989b59d07e2af Dodgers' Tarik Skubal Linked to Shocking New Team With Free Agency Looming te 2026-10-28T19:50:48.199Z Dodgers' Tarik Skubal Linked to Shocking New Team With Free Agency Looming The Chicago White Sox are being linked to Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Tarik Skubal with free agency approaching. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2520b876989b59d07e2a6 Duke Lands Top-10 Recruit Asa Montgomery in Major Recruiting Win te 2026-10-28T19:50:35.623Z Duke Lands Top-10 Recruit Asa Montgomery in Major Recruiting Win Five-star forward Asa Montgomery commits to Duke, giving Jon Scheyer another top-10 recruit for the 2027 class. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae251fa876989b59d07e29d Hall of Fame QB Not Buying 5-2 Steelers as Super Bowl Contenders te 2026-10-28T19:50:18.965Z Hall of Fame QB Not Buying 5-2 Steelers as Super Bowl Contenders A legendary NFL quarterback doesn't see the Pittsburgh Steelers going "very far" in the AFC despite a strong start. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2500d876989b59d07e25c Articles of Incorporation of Kikihut’ Ow Puhu Tahni te 2026-10-28T19:42:05.517Z Articles of Incorporation of Kikihut’ Ow Puhu Tahni ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DOMESTIC NON-PROFIT CORPORATION BUSINESS INFORMATION Business Name: Kikihut’ Ow Puhu Tahni Business ID: 25119299 Effective Date: 09/09/2026 Business Type: Domestic Nonprofit Corporation Period of Duration: Perpetual Character of Business: 888888-Other-Charitable and educational purposes Will the Corporation have Members? No Does the corporation have stock? No HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION Will the corporation be a homeowners’ association, unit owners’ association, or planned community association? No STATUTORY AGENT INFORMATION Statutory Agent Name: Michael James Novotny Physical Attention: ATTN Michael J. Novotny Physical Address: Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States Mailing Attention: ATTN Mchael J. Novotny Mailing Address: Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States Statutory Agent has provided Consent on: 09/09/2026 Statutory Agent Acceptance Statement: Michael James Novotny has accepted the role of Statutory Agent for the business. KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS Attention: Michael James Novotny Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States MAILING ADDRESS Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States PRINCIPAL INFORMATION Director: Chandler Timms Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States Director: Nathanel Lomakema Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States Director: Elfina Kalemsa Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ 86042, Navajo, United States INCORPORATORS Michael J. Novotny, Mile Post 380, Highway 264, Polacca, AZ, 86042, Navajo, United States SIGNATURE & AFFIRMATION I affirm, under penalty of perjury, that information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and that I have authority to submit this filing. Incorporator: Michael J. Novotny – 09/09/2026 9967-T10/21,28;11/4 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fff876989b59d07e253 Articles of Amendment of White Mountain Property Care LLC te 2026-10-28T19:41:51.062Z Articles of Amendment of White Mountain Property Care LLC ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BUSINESS INFORMATION Business Name: White Mountain Property Care LLC Business ID: 25013943 Business Type: Domestic Limited Liability Company Character of Business: 236118014-Handyman construction service, residential building Effective Date: 09/30/2026 Period of Duration: Perpetual PRINCIPAL INFORMATION Management Structure: Member Managed Member: Ryan Christopher Ralston 2103 E Aspen, Pinetop, AZ, 85935, Navajo, United States Date Taking Office: N/A SIGNATURE & AFFIRMATION I affirm, under penalty of perjury, that information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and that I have authority to submit this filing. Member: Ryan Christopher Ralston – 09/30/2026 9968-T10/21,28;11/4 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fee876989b59d07e24a Summons #S0900CV202600385 te 2026-10-28T19:41:34.208Z Summons #S0900CV202600385 Harold D. Burr 316 N. Stapley Dr. Mesa, AZ 85203 Telephone: 480-964-9400 Email Address: joeburr1988@gmail.com Attorney for: Jeanna Taylor Lawyer’s Bar Number: 016868 AZ SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN NAVAJO COUNTY Case Number: S0900CV202600385 SUMMONS Jeanna Taylor Name of Plaintiff AND Jorge Arreguin Rodriguez et al Name of Defendant WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: Jorge Arreguin Rodriguez (Name of Defendant) 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this “Summons”. 2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the court and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to Clerk of the Superior Court, P.O. Box 668, Holbrook, AZ 86025 or electronically file your Answer through one of Arizona’s approved electronic filing systems at http://www.azcourts.gov/efilinginformation. Mail a copy of your “Response” or “Answer” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons. Note: If you do not file electronically you will not have electronic access to the document in this case. 3. If this “Summons” and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If this “Summons” and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address at the top of this paper, or from the Clerk of the Superior Court. 5. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least ten (10) judicial days before your scheduled court date. 6. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of your scheduled court date. SIGNED AND SEALED this date: June 29, 2026 Michael Sample Clerk of Superior Court By: ACARROLL Deputy Clerk 9970-T10/21,28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fe0876989b59d07e241 Summons #S0900CV202600409 te 2026-10-28T19:41:20.666Z Summons #S0900CV202600409 Ryan E Kessler 9237 E. Via De Ventura, Ste. 230 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Telephone: (480) 644-0093 ryan@KesslerLawGroup.net Attorney for: Lawyer’s Bar Number: 029408, Issuing State: AZ SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN NAVAJO COUNTY Case Number: S0900CV202600409 SUMMONS Tyrone C Lomeli Name of Plaintiff AND Daniel G Byars, et al. Name of Defendant WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: DANIEL G. BYARS; JOLYN D. BYARS; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ABOVE (Name of Defendant) 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this “Summons”. 2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the court and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to Clerk of the Superior Court, or electronically file your Answer through one of Arizona’s approved electronic filing systems at http://www.azcourts.gov/efilinginformation. Mail a copy of your “Response” or “Answer” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons. Note: If you do not file electronically you will not have electronic access to the document in this case. 3. If this “Summons” and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If this “Summons” and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address at the top of this paper, or from the Clerk of the Superior Court. 5. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least ten (10) judicial days before your scheduled court date. 6. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of your scheduled court date. SIGNED AND SEALED this date: July 13, 2026 Michael Sample Clerk of Superior Court By: ACARROLL Deputy Clerk 9971-T10/21,28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fce876989b59d07e238 Summons #S0900CV202600450 te 2026-10-28T19:41:02.663Z Summons #S0900CV202600450 Ryan E Kessler 9237 E. Via De Ventura, Ste. 230 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Telephone: (480) 644-0093 ryan@KesslerLawGroup.net Attorney for: Lawyer’s Bar Number: 029408, Issuing State: AZ SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN NAVAJO COUNTY Case Number: S0900CV202600450 SUMMONS Tyrone C Lomeli Name of Plaintiff AND Phillip B Spires, et al. Name of Defendant WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: PHILLIP B. SPIRES; DARLA L. SPIRES; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ABOVE (Name of Defendant) 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this “Summons”. 2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the court and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to Clerk of the Superior Court, or electronically file your Answer through one of Arizona’s approved electronic filing systems at http://www.azcourts.gov/efilinginformation. Mail a copy of your “Response” or “Answer” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons. Note: If you do not file electronically you will not have electronic access to the document in this case. 3. If this “Summons” and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If this “Summons” and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address at the top of this paper, or from the Clerk of the Superior Court. 5. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least ten (10) judicial days before your scheduled court date. 6. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of your scheduled court date. SIGNED AND SEALED this date: August 3, 2026 Michael Sample Clerk of Superior Court By: TORRES Deputy Clerk 9972-T10/21,28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fc1876989b59d07e22f Summons #S0900CV202600524 te 2026-10-28T19:40:49.346Z Summons #S0900CV202600524 Eric W Kessler 9237 E. Via De Ventura, Ste. 230 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Telephone: (480) 644-9047 Eric@KesslerLawGroup.net Attorney for: Lawyer’s Bar Number: 009158, Issuing State: AZ SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN NAVAJO COUNTY Case Number: S0900CV202600524 SUMMONS ZEBRA 2022 HOLDINGS LLC Name of Plaintiff AND J Santos P Villa, et al. Name of Defendant WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: J SANTOS P. VILLA; GRISELDA VILLA; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ABOVE (Name of Defendant) 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this “Summons”. 2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the court and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to Clerk of the Superior Court, or electronically file your Answer through one of Arizona’s approved electronic filing systems at http://www.azcourts.gov/efilinginformation. Mail a copy of your “Response” or “Answer” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons. Note: If you do not file electronically you will not have electronic access to the document in this case. 3. If this “Summons” and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If this “Summons” and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address at the top of this paper, or from the Clerk of the Superior Court. 5. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least ten (10) judicial days before your scheduled court date. 6. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of your scheduled court date. SIGNED AND SEALED this date: August 31, 2026 Michael Sample Clerk of Superior Court By: SMAESTAS Deputy Clerk 9973-T10/21,28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24fad876989b59d07e205 DAVID MARCUS: In Dallas, Talarico’s firewall is starting to show some real cracks te 2026-10-28T19:40:29.156Z DAVID MARCUS: In Dallas, Talarico’s firewall is starting to show some real cracks I met Mark, in his late 50s, at an upscale restaurant in downtown Dallas. He is a lifelong Democrat and an immigration attorney, and, in general, is the kind of voter Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico needs not only to vote for him but to be excited to do so. "My dad worked the railroad, made me go to college, we were LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] Democrats, and well, let’s just say, Talarico is obviously very different from Johnson, or even Ann Richards [Texas’ last Democratic governor, who served in the 1990s]." Mark declined to tell me who he was voting for, or even whether he would vote, but I suspect Talarico can count on him, especially given Mark’s less-than-favorable view of Republican Ken Paxton. But there was no excitement when he talked about the race. Like so many others I spoke with, he said, "This isn’t like when Beto [O’Rourke] ran." FOX NEWS POLL: IT’S A LONE STAR SENATE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TALARICO AND PAXTON If enthusiasm is a potential weak point for the Talarico campaign, then an even more worrisome one is his lagging support in the Black community, long the bedrock of Texas Democratic politics. Jay and Darryl are two Black men in their 50s whom I met while they were having breakfast near the AT&T Discovery District. They each have very different ideas about what is going to happen Tuesday, when voters have their final say. Jay told Fox News Digital of the Senate race, "Actually, I don’t think it's going to be close, he’s going to kill it, because he can get people to flip over," adding, "He would have had a harder time with [Sen. John] Cornyn." Darryl, however, seemed less convinced, arguing that in Texas, "Conservatives aren’t loud, they don’t march, they don’t act up, they paint their hair, but I think they are the silent majority." TALARICO SKIPS BERNIE SANDERS RALLY IN TEXAS, CAMPAIGNS SEPARATELY AS SENATE RACE HEATS UP Both men agreed that Talarico’s failure to mend fences with his primary opponent, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is a problem for Talarico, but they differed on how significant a problem it was, with Jay arguing, "She’s still helping, just down-ballot." Carlos, who lives in Dallas and works in a hotel, told me over a cigar that looking "at the trajectory of America … I just don’t feel represented in any way." He went on to say, "I really wanted to believe it, the whole thing about no wars … my gas is super expensive from the people who said there was not going to be a war." VOTERS PREPARE TO WEIGH IN ON TRUMP'S ECONOMY AS COSTS CONTINUE TO SURGE This is good news for Talarico, in part because Carlos is a Joe Rogan fan who, though not a President Donald Trump voter, was open to the possibility that Trump could sway him, something that has not happened. On the other side of the ledger for Talarico, or perhaps I should say for Ken Paxton, is Debbie, a suburban mother who told Fox News Digital, "I’m a moderate, I have voted for Democrats, I voted for Beto, but Talarico just says so much crazy stuff, it's too much for Texas." Had these conversations taken place across the Lone Star State, it might be good news for Talarico, but all of these people are in the Dallas area, where he needs to rack up major numbers to offset GOP dominance in rural areas. On Tuesday, I spoke with GOP consultant Vinny Minchello before we appeared on "The Will Cain Show." He said, "I do not like what I see in the early voting for Paxton." He estimated that the GOP was about 100,000 votes behind but acknowledged that, as a consultant, he never tries to paint a rosy picture. TRUMP WON THIS RELIABLY RED STATE BY DOUBLE DIGITS. NOW A DEADLOCKED RACE IS BRINGING HIM BACK When asked specifically about the early vote in the Black community, he told Fox News Digital, "It looks like it is down." So again, a mixed bag. One wild-card issue that continues to come up in my conversations on the ground is the riots in France, with one voter telling me, "What if that was New York City, or D.C.? That doesn’t really seem impossible." The GOP, especially at Vice President JD Vance’s rallies, has been hitting the France issue, and what it says about unchecked immigration, hard in recent days, and I would expect that to continue. Make no mistake, the Texas Senate race is tight, but if James Talarico cannot shore up the many votes he needs in Big D, it very well could leave Ken Paxton with enough votes in red counties to close the deal with Texas voters and help keep the Senate in Republican hands. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24d64876989b59d07e185 Mary Peltola's campaign, Dems backed covert scheme to field spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: report te 2026-10-28T19:30:44.430Z Mary Peltola's campaign, Dems backed covert scheme to field spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: report The campaign for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola actively participated in an effort to peel votes away from incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by recruiting namesake and spoiler candidates, according to an investigation The New York Times published Wednesday. The covert operation, internally dubbed the "ballot composition project," allegedly involved aides from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), top campaign advisors, party lawyers and an operative who traveled across the state under assumed names. The effort began in the summer of 2025, when a Peltola staffer was directed to comb through state voter rolls to compile a list of Alaskans named Dan Sullivan, according to the report.  The plan worked earlier this year when Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher and left-leaning voter from Petersburg, switched his voter registration to Republican shortly before filing his candidacy in the Senate race. TRUMP SAYS 'WE ARE LOOKING INTO' OTHER DAN SULLIVAN ON ALASKA BALLOT, WARNS ABOUT GOVERNOR'S RACE PERSONAL ATTACKS FLY AS SULLIVAN, PELTOLA SPAR OVER CORRUPTION, CHARACTER AND CONTROVERSY Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager who was fired in August, told the Times that while Peltola was not directly involved in orchestrating the project, she was "definitely aware." "Alaskan voters need to know," Rios said. "There was a lot of speculation, and voters should get the full picture when making their decisions." Rios later attempted to retract her comments prior to publication, but the newspaper noted that her initial interviews were corroborated by text messages, internal documents and 11 other sources. Central to the plan was Democratic operative Jerid Kurtz, who allegedly traveled through Alaska using aliases such as "Zane," the report states. TOP ELECTION SCHEMES ROILING KEY MIDTERM RACES AS BOTH PARTIES ACCUSE RIVALS OF TRICKERY Kurtz allegedly met potential recruits at local pubs and diners, offering outside financial backing to persuade conservative and independent candidates to run and split the right-leaning vote. Beyond the second Sullivan, operatives recruited other potential candidates, including drywall contractor Gerald Heikes, according to the report. GOP SENATOR, EX-HOUSE DEM EMERGE FROM ALASKA’S ‘JUNGLE PRIMARY’ DESPITE FAR-LEFT MEDDLING They also allegedly successfully pressured progressive candidate David Leslie to drop out of the race to avoid siphoning votes from Peltola, paving the way for Heikes to claim the fourth spot on Alaska’s ranked-choice ballot. Campaign advisors and the DSCC also weighed creating a third-party "MAGA party" to siphon votes from the incumbent senator before abandoning the idea in May, according to the report. Jacquelyn Lopez, an attorney with the prominent Democratic firm Elias Law Group, which represents both the DSCC and Peltola’s campaign, was looped into discussions regarding the third-party strategy and field operations, the Times wrote. Internal messages allegedly showed staff asking whether they needed to "follow up with Jackie about maga party stuff," while another noted that Lopez was in touch with Kurtz. CLICK HERE FOR MORE U.S. NEWS "The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign and did not recruit any candidates into the race," Peltola’s campaign said in a statement to the Times. The DSCC echoed that stance, stating it had no role in recruiting either Sullivan or any other Republican candidate. In a statement to Fox News, the DSCC said it was not involved with Dan J. Sullivan, while pointing to Republicans' allegations of political shenanigans. "Republicans have a long history of recruiting and propping up candidates in an attempt to boost their own campaigns, including recruiting a prisoner with a New York address to run against Mary Peltola and spending nearly half a million dollars to secure a spot on the ballot in Alaska for an Arizona resident in the Senate race this cycle," a DSCC spokesperson said. The White House pointed to a social media post by Communications Director Steven Cheung on X: "BREAKING: Democrats' secret, CORRUPT plan to stack Alaska's ballot EXPOSED!" The report came just days before Election Day and amid a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of the election if the incumbent Sullivan loses due to voter confusion over the two identical candidate names. Under Alaska's four-person general election system, Peltola enters Tuesday as the sole Democrat on the ballot, facing off against Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, Dan J. Sullivan and Gerald Heikes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24d47876989b59d07e15e Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying te 2026-10-28T19:30:15.463Z Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24b13876989b59d07e113 UCF gets another big win by dodging a field-storming fine after stunning upset over BYU te 2026-10-28T19:20:51.893Z UCF gets another big win by dodging a field-storming fine after stunning upset over BYU The UCF Knights pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history when they beat the BYU Cougars in an overtime thriller on Saturday. Now, the school has earned a victory that the athletic department might be even more excited about: not getting fined for the post-game field-storming. Field-storming sometimes gets a bad rap, but if ever there was a time for it, beating the No. 2 team in the country when you're unranked is probably it. TEXAS BANS FAN WHO WAS CAUGHT FLIPPING OFF FLORIDA PLAYERS IN POSTGAME VIDEO FOLLOWING GATORS' UPSET So, that's what Knights fans did ... even if it was a little tricky getting down the field at Acrisure Bounce House. Alright, so they might need to pony up a few bucks for more canopies, but they won't need to pay the Big 12 as a mea culpa for the field storming. Why not? Because it turns out that the school did such a good job preparing and implementing a plan in the event of a good ol' fashioned field stormin' that there's no need for a fine. MARYLAND IS GOING TO SOME EMBARRASSING LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS STAY UNTIL THE END OF GAMES "We provided the Big 12 Conference w/thorough documentation of our safety preparations, including coordinated escorts for visiting players, coaches & officials," said UCF athletic director Terry Mohajir, per On3's Brett McMurphy. "We’re proud of our athletics staff for their planning, preparation & execution in helping protect everyone involved." So the trick to not having to cut a check after a field storm is to prepare for a field storm. Paradoxically, if you're expecting a field storming ... then maybe that win is not worth storming the field. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! But while there's no way UCF came into that game thinking they'd be beating a really solid BYU team, it happened, and they were ready. Which, in the end, saved them a heck of a lot of money. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24aef876989b59d07e0ec How Flávio Bolsonaro Fled Brazil and Reached Miami: Flight Path and Details te 2026-10-28T19:20:15.678Z How Flávio Bolsonaro Fled Brazil and Reached Miami: Flight Path and Details After leaving Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro took an unusual route before appearing in Miami. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae248c5876989b59d07e08d Ms Rachel pushes racism narrative in Florida soccer dispute involving 3-year-old prodigy te 2026-10-28T19:11:01.635Z Ms Rachel pushes racism narrative in Florida soccer dispute involving 3-year-old prodigy Children’s YouTube creator Ms. Rachel called it racist for police to respond to a Florida youth soccer game, where a Black league official said the parents of a 3-year-old player were causing a disturbance. In an Instagram post, the pink headband radical political activist who is best known for entertaining toddlers with her "Songs for Littles," has donated thousands of dollars to liberal candidates during this election cycle. She's hopped on as many pet Liberal causes as she can find. And then the headlines of the cops being called on the Black boy playing soccer started flooding in on social media. MS RACHEL BUILDS SPRAWLING MEDIA EMPIRE WHILE SHELLING OUT THOUSANDS TO PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES Ms. Rachel quickly declared she was "LIVID" over what she says is an incident where cops "were called on a 3-year-old Black boy because he's too good at soccer." As OutKick has reported, the cops were not called to a Winter Park, Fla., soccer field because the boy named Nevada was too good at soccer. Bodycam footage obtained by OutKick shows an unidentified league official explaining to police how the boy's parents caused a "disturbance" after the official held the boy out of the game, so other kids could get game experience. "He was kicked out of the league," Ms. Rachel, who's hailed as a champion of children, declared. "I need my sports people to show up!!! This is racist, sick, traumatizing and disgusting," she added. Even with the bodycam footage readily available for her to watch, Ms. Rachel's statement remains on Instagram. OutKick reached out to Ms. Rachel to ask if she'd like to clarify her stance on the situation being an example of racism. Neither Ms. Rachel, nor her representatives at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), have responded. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Instead of correcting the record for the millions of fans she has on social media, Ms. Rachel quickly pivoted to posting a video claiming ICE broke the wrist of a 20-year-old student who has special needs. What Ms. Rachel missed about the Florida soccer story, because she's not interested in hearing the truth, is that the parents of the boy were using him as a content factory for likes and followers on TikTok and Instagram, where Nevada was a star before Saturday's incident. MOMS FOR LIBERTY CO-FOUNDER WARNS PARENTS ABOUT MS RACHEL’S POLITICAL ACTIVISM, ‘NOT MR ROGERS’ The kid was encouraged to dominate 5U beginner soccer kids by a father who yelled to keep the ball. The words "pass the ball" never come out of the father's mouth. There's no doubt that the boy is talented. "Nevada Missed 3 games this season and still ended the season with 40 goals in just 4 games," the parents bragged in a May Instagram post. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The family parlayed Saturday's incident into a GoFundMe that has now generated over $46,000. They have shown no interest in correcting the record. Mom and dad continue to push the same narrative that the cops were called on the boy. And Ms. Rachel doesn't appear interested in correcting the record, either. "The reality is that Rachel Griffin Accurso, who plays the character of Ms. Rachel, should not be trusted with your kids," Fox News Digital's Karol Markowicz wrote in September. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae248ab876989b59d07e066 One Social Media Habit Linked to Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Teens te 2026-10-28T19:10:35.982Z One Social Media Habit Linked to Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Teens The researchers reviewed how five behaviors online affected mental health, such as hostility from others and social comparison. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2489d876989b59d07e04a Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’ te 2026-10-28T19:10:21.433Z Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’ The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. Accord Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2467c876989b59d07dfd7 FBI reports 67% jump in violent crime arrests under Trump compared to Biden’s final months te 2026-10-28T19:01:16.484Z FBI reports 67% jump in violent crime arrests under Trump compared to Biden’s final months The FBI has made significant gains in combating crime and arresting violent offenders and child predators over the past 21 months under the Trump administration, according to data released by the agency on Wednesday. In that timeframe, the FBI arrested more than 47, 000 violent criminals and gang members — a 67% increase compared to the final 21 months of the Biden administration. Arrests of child sex predators and human traffickers also rose 13%, reaching just over 6,000, agency figures show. KASH PATEL TO TOUT 'LARGEST' YEAR-TO-YEAR VIOLENT CRIME DROP IN US HISTORY "Over the last 21 months under the Trump administration’s leadership and working alongside our Department of Justice and law enforcement partners, this FBI has delivered the largest reduction in violent crime in United States history," said FBI Director Kash Patel. Patel highlighted several key metrics, including a 30% drop in the national murder rate, a 114% increase in violent crime suspect arrests, and the seizure of over 4,600 kilograms of fentanyl — an amount capable of killing more than 350 million Americans. FBI REPORTS LARGEST DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME AND MURDER SINCE 1937 AS HOMICIDES FALL MORE THAN 18% Additionally, law enforcement apprehended 10 of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives, 2.5 times the number captured over the previous four years, as well as six fugitives from a newly created "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list within its first four months. The FBI faced intense criticism from Republicans during the Biden administration over allegations of political bias, government overreach, and its handling of high-profile investigations. KASH PATEL DEFENDS FBI'S ‘MOST WANTED’ BUSTS AMID MANIPULATION ACCUSATIONS, HIGHLIGHTS 'SUMMER HEAT' SUCCESS Addressing the shift, Patel added that his agency faced one of the highest threat environments in American history when Trump began his second term. "This FBI and law enforcement responded by delivering in the biggest way they ever have," he said. "This is what happens with a President who backs the blue, an Attorney General who relentlessly prosecutes criminals, and good cops all over the country getting the job done." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24670876989b59d07dfce Peltola campaign's alleged Dan Sullivan spoiler plot takes new turn as DOJ faces major legal hurdle te 2026-10-28T19:01:04.417Z Peltola campaign's alleged Dan Sullivan spoiler plot takes new turn as DOJ faces major legal hurdle The Department of Justice faces an uphill legal battle in Alaska, where it is trying to convince a federal court that confusion between two Senate candidates with nearly identical names could be enough to delay certification of the election results. Roughly two weeks before Election Day on Oct. 22, the DOJ filed a federal lawsuit seeking to delay certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and votes cast for another candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan could have changed the result, pending an investigation into whether voters mistakenly selected the wrong candidate. The DOJ's complaint stems from a controversy in Alaska where two individuals by the name of Dan Sullivan, one a retired school teacher and the other the state’s incumbent senator, appear alongside each other on the state’s ballots. Although Alaska has traditionally been a Republican stronghold in Senate elections, the state's race could carry greater national significance this year as Republicans seek to defend their narrow Senate majority. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the campaign of Mary Peltola, the Democrat running for Senate in Alaska, reportedly worked with operatives to recruit another Dan Sullivan to run for Alaska’s Senate seat, hoping voter confusion would draw support from the incumbent Republican senator. Citing interviews, text messages and documents prepared for a potential lawsuit, the Times reported that the effort also targeted other potential spoiler candidates, despite the Peltola campaign’s repeated denials of involvement in the second Sullivan’s candidacy. TODD BLANCHE CHALLENGES DANA BASH FOR ONLY CITING PART OF CONSTITUTION DURING HEATED ELECTION CLASH On Sunday, Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee filed a proposed motion to dismiss the Justice Department's lawsuit, arguing that the federal law cited by the DOJ governs voter registration, not candidate eligibility or ballot design. They also urged the court to resolve the case before Election Day. Conservatives have argued that two similar names on the same ballot could possibly lead to voters who would prefer to reelect the state’s Republican senator accidentally voting for the retired school teacher. Opponents of the effort to remove Daniel J. Sullivan from the ballot argue that sharing a name with an incumbent is not grounds for disqualification and that Alaska's ranked-choice voting system allows voters to rank both candidates, potentially limiting the effects of mistaken selections. Alaska’s Division of Elections initially sided with conservatives, disqualifying Sullivan the school teacher by finding that his candidacy was not a genuine, good-faith bid for office but instead was designed to confuse voters into mistaking him for the senator. Alaska Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews overturned the decision in June, holding that the Division of Elections had no authority to void a candidacy on that basis. Alaska's general election ballot identifies the incumbent as "Sullivan, Dan S.," with Republican and incumbent designations, while listing the other candidate as "Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.," without a party affiliation, a measure some argue is enough to clear up potential confusion. Lawyers at the Justice Department, however, remain unconvinced. Although Attorney General Todd Blanche has suggested that officials could examine ranked-choice ballot patterns for signs of confusion, the Justice Department has not explained how those patterns could establish that individual voters mistakenly selected the wrong candidate. Voter privacy protections pose a major obstacle to a potential federal case, as it would be nigh impossible to tie specific voters to specific ballots to serve as evidence of confusion. ALASKA HAS A VOTING SYSTEM LIKE NO OTHER STATE; REPUBLICANS WORRY IT COULD COST THEM IN NOVEMBER "This is just the stuff that is just impossible to measure after the fact," Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said of the DOJ’s plan to infer voter intentions from anonymous ballots. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in interviews with the press, has provided some insight into how he would like the DOJ to go about solving this problem. "So because of rank-based voting, voters … they write not just one, not just two, but multiple names on the ballot. And so there are a number of scenarios where it could be obvious that a voter was confused by the way they wrote down candidates," Blanche told CNN’s Dana Bash. Blanche's comments suggest that the Justice Department could examine ranked-choice ballot patterns for potential signs of confusion, although such patterns alone would not establish whether voters intended to support a different candidate. "It will be obvious from the results and from the ballots that voters were confused, and that could be obvious from the way that they rank the Dan Sullivans or not including a Dan Sullivan on the ballot," he said in a later interview with CBS. ALASKA REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON SUSPECTED DEM PLANT AS 'BALLOT FATIGUE' THREATENS RACE Don Palmer, senior legal fellow for election integrity at the right-of-center Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital that he feels the Justice Department might have a case if the agency's lawyers construct it properly. Statistical analysis of ballots alone, he maintains, will likely not be sufficient to convince a judge of the administration's position.  "You'll have the opportunity to interview witnesses, do some statistical analysis, and make a decision whether or not the campaign wants to contest the results of the election," Palmer said. "So it's actually quite a high standard where you have to bring in witnesses. You can't generally just prove it with some statistical analysis … the campaign would have to show to the court through statistical and expert testimony, plus witness testimony, plus affidavits, that enough voters were confused, that they made inaccurate choices on what they intended to do. Then and only then could the court determine whether the race should be overturned." "If voters voted for the non-Republican Dan Sullivan as their 1st choice but voted down ballot for Republicans as their 1st choice otherwise, that could indicate patterns of confusion whereby voters were looking to vote straight Republican as their first choice and were prevented from doing so because the inclusion of Daniel J. Sullivan on the ballot confused matters," a spokesman for the America First Policy Institute told Fox News Digital. Ben Hovland, a senior fellow at the left-of-center Center for American Progress and an expert on elections, was more bearish on the DOJ’s prospects. SEEING DOUBLE: SECOND DAN SULLIVAN ADVANCES, SETTING UP BIZARRE ALASKA SENATE BALLOT "You've never seen a claim like this made under the National Voter Registration Act," he told Fox News Digital. "This is not a matter of federal law. This is a state ballot qualification issue and the Alaska Supreme Court addressed this issue months ago. For the Department of Justice to step in at this point and sort of make this claim, you know, doesn't appear to be about winning in a lawsuit because it doesn't seem like there's any scenario where [they win], this is clearly about trying to sow confusion or sow doubt or set the stage to undermine the results of the election if the administration doesn't like what the voters will have to say." Walter Olson, a senior legal fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute, also isn't convinced that the Justice Department will be able to get its case off the ground. "I wouldn't expect Blanche's local allies to get very far in this effort unless a federal court rules in favor of his theory that Alaska violated federal (as opposed to state) law by letting the schoolteacher stay on the ballot," Olson told Fox News Digital. "I think the state is likely to beat Blanche in federal court on that point, and that should end the case." Alaska has already moved to have the DOJ's case dismissed. The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2464d876989b59d07dfa8 Trump Claims Netanyahu’s Success Even as Israel Vote Remains Unsettled te 2026-10-28T19:00:29.680Z Trump Claims Netanyahu’s Success Even as Israel Vote Remains Unsettled Donald Trump took credit for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stronger-than-expected performance in Israel’s election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24640876989b59d07df9f Ted Cruz Predicts AOC Could Win 2028 Presidential Race te 2026-10-28T19:00:16.952Z Ted Cruz Predicts AOC Could Win 2028 Presidential Race Ted Cruz says an El-Sayed win in Michigan could propel AOC to the 2028 Democratic nomination and potentially the White House. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24411876989b59d07df51 Fly fishing and fatherhood: The bonds built by water te 2026-10-28T18:50:57.032Z Fly fishing and fatherhood: The bonds built by water PHOENIX – In canals and streams across Arizona, an enticing commodity lurks below the surface, pursued by fly fishermen with eager but precise minds. But is it really the fish that they’re pursuing? For it’s been written with a romantic flourish that “many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after” – a quote that is often attributed, probably incorrectly, to Thoreau. The answers vary, from the challenge and adrenaline that comes with a catch to the bonds built on the water. One bond in particular floats to the top – the relationship that’s fostered through fatherhood and fly fishing.  At the heart of the desert’s fly fishing scene is Chris Rich.  As a young boy, Rich spent his Friday afternoons waiting for his father to return home from work. His arrival meant the embarking of an adventure to the mountains. And within these quests by the creek lies one of Rich’s core memories.  Perched upon a rock, Rich set his mind on his first solo catch. When he finally got one, his fixation was left unsatisfied, so he remained by the water – until he fell asleep by the creek that night.  “At some point my dad (carried) me back and (put) me in my tent, my sleeping bag,” Rich said. “I remember that something came alive inside of me when I caught that fish.” Rich’s undeniable curiosity led him to fly fishing, and if only that 7-year-old could see where it’s taken him to this day. A self-taught hobby that blossomed into AZ Fly Shop in Phoenix, a rare find in a city built along a dry river bed. For Rich, fly fishing comes in stages: first catching a fish, and then catching a whole bunch of fish. The third stage involves catching bigger fish, then a whole bunch of big fish – and after catching all those fish, then one teaches someone else how to do it. Now in the teaching stage, Rich’s shop serves as a way to give back, especially to a community he believes can make a difference.  “I believe that the world would be a better place if there were more people fly fishing,” Rich said. As a professional, Rich offers something rare to newcomers in his shop in Phoenix: a trip on his boat, free of charge. His generosity on the water encapsulates what he believes the fly fishing community should be about.  “I’m sharing with you what sets my soul on fire and livens me up in life,” Rich said. “I want you to pursue what sets your soul on fire and livens you up in life and I want you to share that with people in your life.” Chris Rich, founder and owner of AZ Fly Shop, casts a fly line at Silverado Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz. during the 20-team, 24-hour urban fly-fishing tournament “Valley of the Sun Carp Rally” on Sept. 19, 2026. Rich organizes the annual event. (Photo by Lavanya Paliwal/Cronkite News) After meeting Rich one day in the fly shop, Troy Holtorf, a former GCU baseball player from 2002-03 who currently works for the Phoenix Fire Department, was inspired by his enthusiasm for fly fishing. Their discussion regarding the sport resonated deeply with Holtorf. “Fishing has the potential, (it) can and will change your life and it can make you better,” Holtorf said. “Not just as a fisherman, but as a man, as a husband and as a father. And he didn’t say that explicitly, but it’s what he was implying.”  Three generations “fly” together in the Holtorf family, but one story from Rich motivated Troy to pursue an additional project with his father and son.  Rich shared that as his dad got older, medical problems arose, diminishing his purpose and keeping him bedridden. In an attempt to bring back his dad’s spark, Rich stumbled upon build-your-own wooden skiff boats.  He and his dad made a plan – they would work on the skiff every weekend, and after nearly a year it was completed. More important than the finished product was Rich’s father, who was reignited by the activity. So Holtorf got the plans and a notebook and set out on building a skiff of his own, with the help of his son.  “We’re going to build a boat, and it’s going to be a boat that we pass on from generation to generation,” Holtorf said. “Grandpa is going to help, and you’re going to help, and you’re going to learn a trade through this and have a lot of memories on this boat.” These memories, built with a partner you can trust, fill the space that often comes with waiting out fish — a tedious, sometimes unrewarding activity. Steve Cserpnyak met Rich shortly after the shop opened in 2021, and has frequently participated in AZ Fly Shop’s Valley of the Sun Carp Rally, where he’s seen the impact of a fishing companion.  Over the past few years, Cserpnyak has competed with his friend, Scott Long. A couple years back, the two won the categories for most and biggest fish. Despite their success and unfortunately for Long, Cserpnyak will always have a favorite partner.  “On a deeper level, my son and I share (fishing) now,” Cserpnyak said. “He’s 13, and he and I go fishing, and he enjoys it. For me, he’s my favorite fishing partner.” Out on the water, Holtorf has seen the walls that once separated two men become thinner and thinner. He believes that being on a “mission side-by-side” allows for more natural conversation than sitting across from one another at the dinner table.  There’s a magic to this vulnerability that you can’t find anywhere else. “The beauty of fishing is there’s this bond that happens on the water, or on the shore next to the water that you can’t really get anywhere else,” Holtorf said. “When you put men, father (and) son, side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, there’s this conversation.” Being outside fly fishing and nurturing the bond with his son, Holtorf also uses the activity as a way to impart life lessons, using the experience and terminology in his analogies.  “Sometimes it’s gonna feel like, man, everything I say and do for them just doesn’t work,” Holtorf said. “But you got to keep praying. You got to keep seeking. You got to keep going, and eventually you’ll feel the tug and you’ll reel them in, and you’ll be like ‘Whoa, I finally caught one.’” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae24405876989b59d07df48 Memories of Formula One racing in Phoenix are fading, but a vibrant reminder remains te 2026-10-28T18:50:45.195Z Memories of Formula One racing in Phoenix are fading, but a vibrant reminder remains PHOENIX – Just two blocks south of Mortgage Matchup Center, beyond the developed boundaries of downtown Phoenix, sits a remnant of Phoenix’s past that has all but faded into history.  On South Central Avenue, oustide the hustle and bustle of downtown life, a mural of the legendary Ayrton Senna can be seen on the side of a building in the city’s warehouse district. To anyone passing by, the mural might blend into the background, but for those who recognize the Brazilian enshrined on the wall, the mural provides a glimpse at the greatness that once graced the streets of downtown Phoenix.  On June 4, 1989, Phoenix hosted the first of three Formula One Grand Prix races along The Phoenix Street Circuit that threaded through the downtown area, featuring motorsport greats such as Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell, as well as the one American on the grid, Phoenix native Eddie Cheever.  Across the three years that the U.S. Grand Prix (the official name for the race) ran in Phoenix, there were a number of problems that led to its ultimate removal from the Formula One calendar. Bringing Formula One to Phoenix With the success of motorsports at what was then called Phoenix International Raceway during the 1980s, specifically with stock car racing, it seemed logical that the next step for racing in the Valley would be to bring the action to the streets. The Phoenix City Council, at the urging of the so-called motorheads in the Valley, established a citizens committee to examine whether or not a street race in Phoenix would be wanted or even plausible.  “When it came time for the citizens committee to make a decision about which class of racing they would like to go for, they made a unanimous decision to go for Formula One,” said Jack Tevlin, an executive assistant to the city manager at the time.  The next step was to put that recommendation in front of a city council subcommittee, and the subcommittee accepted it. It then went before the full council, which adopted it and went forward with submitting an application for Formula One to come to Phoenix.  “I don’t think anyone really thought that there was much chance that Phoenix would get that,” Tevlin said. “I think most people thought that, at best, we might get IMSA or IndyCars, and it came as a bit of a shock to the city that Formula One accepted our application.” Preparing for the first race On Jan. 13, 1989, the city council approved an agreement with Formula One to host a Grand Prix on the streets of Phoenix for the next five years. Officially called the United States Grand Prix, the race was scheduled for the first weekend in June, giving the city less than six months to get the streets of downtown ready. From the beginning, it seemed like the race was going to be problematic, due to both its location and the lack of motorsports interest in the greater Phoenix area. There also were serious questions about staging the event during the torrid heat of a Phoenix June. Former Phoenix mayor Terry Goddard, who served from 1984-1990, recalled that in some areas, the city prepared too well for the race.  “The city did too good a job of smoothing out the course, and Formula One didn’t want that,” Goddard said. “They wanted rooster tails, and so there were a couple of places where we actually had to put bumps back into the street so that they would get their rooster tails.” Additionally, the course layout did not fit the traditional track characteristics for which Formula One is known.  Since Phoenix is built in a massive grid pattern where major streets sit one mile away from each other and squares are formed by the cross streets, the city’s streets did not lend themselves particularly well to the twists and turns that are typical of a Formula One road course.  “You don’t want to have right-hand turns if you can help it,” Goddard said. “Those are very hard to maneuver, and they slow the race down.”  Unfortunately for the race course’s layout and construction, 90-degree right and left hand turns were everywhere. On top of that, most of the streets remained flat and straight, offering little difficulty or variation.  “There wasn’t a lot of good about it,” said Craig Tribken, a former city council member who served from 1990-1998. “I don’t remember anybody other than a few race friends telling me ‘This is cool.’ I just don’t remember anybody liking it.” The Phoenix Formula One street circuit wound through the heart of downtown Phoenix, passing some of the city’s defining landmarks and sites where others would later be built. (Artificial intelligence was used in the creation of this graphic, which is modeled off maps from Motor Sport Magazine. It has been reviewed for quality and accuracy. AI policy: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/ai.) Lack of public support An additional problem that quickly arose was the seeming scarcity of excitement in the area for the race. In the U.S. during the late 1980s and early 1990s, NASCAR and CART IndyCar were both incredibly popular, and fans of those types of racing were not likely to be interested in Formula One. Motorsports fans in the Valley also had access to the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, west of Phoenix.  The European style of racing that Formula One is famous for was literally a foreign concept to the people of Arizona.  “Formula One was completely new for Phoenix,” said Cheever, who was born in Phoenix but moved as a child. “People had no idea what to expect. They think of racing in terms of NASCAR, not in terms of Formula One.” The race initially attracted some of the international fans that Formula One draws, hinting that the event might be a success. Celebrities such as David Letterman were spotted in the pit areas. “It attracted an international crowd, a very wealthy international crowd,” Goddard said. “I don’t know if it was a record, but the number of chartered and private jets that came into Sky Harbor (International Airport) was over the top. We’d never had anything like that for a while.”  As for the Phoenix locals, the race was not turning out to be as much of an excitement as it was expected to be. Local businesses, specifically those located near and around the track, complained to the city that the race was going to disrupt their daily business.  Additionally, the track itself was walled off to prevent anyone without a purchased ticket from seeing the action. This further congested the downtown landscape, as people were forced to reroute their daily commutes or typical walks to work to accommodate the 2.3-mile track.  Tevlin said that some businesses, particularly accounting and law firms, were worried about the disruption so much that they threatened to sue the city.  Apart from the concerns expressed by the businesses in the vicinity, the bigger issue was the lack of community buy-in.  “There was no community understanding of Formula One,” Tevlin added. ”We get quite a big crowd out at (Phoenix) International Raceway for NASCAR and IndyCar, and our racing crowd likes to see the cars racing. When you race on city streets, you’re in a grandstand and you see the cars pass by, but then you don’t have any idea of what’s going on for the rest of the race.” Famously, the 1990 race was so poorly attended that the nearby Chandler Ostrich Festival drew a bigger crowd. An estimated 75,000 people went to Chandler that weekend, while only 10,000 to 15,000 people watched Formula One.  The underlying issue of the Phoenix community not being interested in Formula One left the city in a tough position, unable to get enough fans to support the race.  The problems with the races  When it finally came time for the first race weekend, it became clear that the streets of Phoenix were not going to be the same for the drivers as other, more-established circuits.  During the 1989 Formula One season, there were three street races on the calendar. The Phoenix Street Circuit, Adelaide Street Circuit and Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo all represented a different type of circuit that presented different challenges for the drivers.  As opposed to the well-kept permanent tracks that only existed for motorsports, such as the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain, Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy and the Suzuka Circuit in Japan, street circuits are bound to the layout of the city, and present their own unique set of challenges for each. However, unlike the Monaco race, a favorite of fans and drivers which was a part of the inaugural Formula One season in 1950 and has been on the Formula One calendar continuously since 1955, the Phoenix race proved to be difficult and somewhat annoying for the drivers on the circuit. “I remember the track breaking up,” Cheever said. “The asphalt hadn’t cured enough. It was not your usual Grand Prix race where everything is perfect and immaculate and the temperature is right. Whoever thought that we’re going to have a race in Phoenix that early in the summer did not know Arizona.” The weather proved to be one of the biggest issues, as temperatures were reportedly over 100 degrees on the day of the race, and many drivers were not accustomed to the Valley’s infamous dry heat. Only nine of the 26 drivers who began the race were classified as finishers, with 17 drivers retiring during the event. Many of those retirements were attributed to heat-related or mechanical issues.  “The first 10 laps were great, the asphalt was perfect,” Cheever said. “The next 20 laps, if some of (the track) was coming up, you would just change your line and drive around it. But the last 20 laps, it was horrible. Really, quite a mess. But it was what it was. That was where we were racing and I took advantage of it.” Those issues that plagued other drivers, causing the retirements of drivers such as Senna, Piquet and Mansell, hit Cheever as well, but he was able to recover enough to secure a podium finish.  “I had a front left brake fail the last 10 laps when I was racing (Riccardo) Patrese for second place,” Cheever said. “That didn’t just happen; it kind of happened slowly.” For Cheever, finishing the race in third place was a moment of great pride for him as a native Phoenician.  “It was awesome,” Cheever said. “I can understand why, in the Olympics, so much focus is put on the nationality of every athlete. I was the only (Formula One driver) that was an American, and I also happened to be from Arizona. So that was a double thing.” Cheever noted that although he was born in Phoenix, he only lived in the city for less than a year before moving to Australia and then Italy, where he spent most of his formative years.  His podium in Phoenix ended up being the last of his career, as the 1989 season was his final one in Formula One. Out of his nine podiums, two came in the U.S., but the Phoenix one just meant more.  “My father and mother are both from Arizona so it did mean something to me,” Cheever said. “I just had a little bit more responsibility… And the older I get, the more important it was.” Prost won the first Phoenix race, taking the victory by nearly 40 seconds. Patrese finished second, while Cheever finished four seconds later.  After the intense heat that plagued the 1989 race, and all the problems that came with it, Formula One elected to move the United States Grand Prix to the beginning part of the calendar. For the 1990 and 1991 seasons, Phoenix was the first Grand Prix event on the calendar.   The 1990 and 1991 races saw a repeat winner, with Senna finishing on the top step of the podium both times. In 1990, he finished eight seconds ahead of his next closest competitor, Jean Alesi, and in 1991, he completed the race more than 16 seconds faster than Prost, who came home in second.  The need for a professional sports identity At that time, Phoenix was not the same major destination for professional sports as it is today.  The Suns were the only professional sports team located in the downtown Phoenix area. The Cardinals had just arrived and were playing at Arizona State. The Coyotes didn’t arrive until 1996 and the Diamondbacks were still about six years away from being announced as a new franchise, and 10 years from becoming a Major League Baseball team in 1998. In fact, the Phoenix Street Circuit looped through what is now Chase Field. In that same vein, only eight MLB teams were coming to Phoenix for Cactus League spring training, compared to the 15 that train in the Valley today.  “We were trying everything,” Goddard said. “That was the same period we were trying to get a professional football team, the Suns were finally doing better, and the Diamondbacks were just a possibility. It was clearly a time where Phoenix was looking for a professional sports identity that we didn’t have.” The problem with Formula One was that the motorsport giant attracted mainly European fans, and catered largely to European fan bases and cities. This made it difficult for Phoenix to garner the same amount of attention as cities in other countries.  Historic tracks such as Monaco, Silverstone and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium were established locales that the dedicated fan bases continued to flock to year after year for the race weekends.  “We’re not Monaco,” Goddard said. “There are those iconic Grand Prix destinations, and Phoenix will never be that. Maybe someday, but I doubt that we’ll ever be Monaco.” Goddard also mentioned that the city was determined to make a name for itself in the professional sports realm. Given the population and market size of the city, many involved saw Formula One as a possible avenue that could bring in the revenue and fans needed to solidify the city’s identity and establish Phoenix on the professional sports map. Unfortunately, it very quickly became apparent that Formula One was not going to be that for the city. The absence of support from locals showed when the race finally came around. A lack of community buy-in led to underwhelming numbers for attendance and ticket sales.  Mark Armijo, a former motorsports writer for The Arizona Republic, recalls that the first year of the race had very low attendance, to the point where it was noticeable.  “In Phoenix, that first year, there was virtually nobody there,” Armijo said. “I remember walking the course with two other reporters and we were amazed. This was pretty close before the race was supposed to start on Sunday, and there was virtually no one there.” Attendance improved the next two years, but not enough that it made much of an impact. In an article written after the 1991 race, Armijo acknowledged the reported attendance of 35,000 and remarked “If 35,000 were here, half of them came disguised as empty seats.” The future outlook Formula One abruptly ended its contract with Phoenix for the remaining two races on Oct. 7, 1991, with Formula One Promotions and Administration CEO Bernie Ecclestone paying the city a reported $1.2 million. After that, it took nine years for the motorsport giant to return to the U.S. with the 2000 United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis.  Since then, Formula One has made the journey to America for at least one race every year, with the exception of a four-year stretch from 2008-2011.  In 2026, there were three races in the U.S., with the Miami Grand Prix in May, the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, in October, and the Las Vegas Grand Prix in November. The USGP, located at the Circuit of the Americas, has been on the Formula One calendar every year but one since 2012 (the 2020 race was canceled due to COVID-19). The current contract has the United States Grand Prix on the calendar until 2034.  The Miami and Las Vegas street races are newer, with Miami joining the calendar in 2022 and Las Vegas following a year later. However, both cities have long contracts, with Miami contracted to the Formula One calendar until 2041, and Las Vegas until 2037.  The likelihood of Formula One ever returning to the Valley of the Sun is slim, as the popularity and success of the three American races offers little chance that Formula One would consider replacing any of them.  For now, Formula One racing’s legacy in Phoenix will remain connected to the 1989-1991 Grands Prix as memories of the race fade into time.  But the mural of Senna remains as a vibrant reminder of a time when the world’s best drivers roared through the streets of Phoenix in search of glory. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2420a876989b59d07de98 50,000 airline miles stolen from a travel expert te 2026-10-28T18:42:18.147Z 50,000 airline miles stolen from a travel expert If you're anything like me, you've probably spent years collecting airline miles, dreaming about the trip you'll eventually take. Maybe it's a business class seat to Europe or that vacation you've been putting off. You keep earning points and watching the balance grow. But what happens when you finally check your account and discover someone else has already spent them? That's exactly what happened to Katy Nastro, a travel expert with Flighty, a flight-tracking app that provides real-time updates on delays, cancellations and gate changes. During our conversation on The CyberGuy Report podcast, Katy shared how more than 50,000 American Airlines miles vanished from her account. Someone had redeemed them for a flight without her permission. What surprised me was that Katy knows the travel industry inside and out. Yet she still found herself dealing with a problem that could happen to anyone with a frequent flyer account. Her experience offers a warning, especially as holiday travel approaches. 9 WARNING SIGNS OF IDENTITY THEFT YOU SHOULD NEVER IGNORE Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You’ll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. Katy had just landed in New York and was riding home in an Uber. Like many frequent travelers, she opened her American Airlines app to check how many miles she'd earned from her latest trip. Instead, she noticed a substantial drop in her balance. At first, she figured the app had made a mistake. She remembered redeeming about 10,000 miles recently, but the balance was off by roughly 50,000. So she refreshed the app. The missing miles were still missing. That's when she called American Airlines. The airline told her that someone had redeemed the miles for a ticket in another person's name. Katy had been saving for a trip to Asia. Unfortunately, those miles were now associated with a flight she knew nothing about. "I really had this just stomach drop moment," Katy told me. She had spent years earning those rewards, including through long flights to Australia. Suddenly, someone else had benefited from all that travel. "I naively never thought this could happen to me because I work in the industry," she admitted. I found that particularly revealing. Katy had previously warned people about loyalty account theft. Even with that experience, she never expected to become a victim herself. You might assume the airline could simply reverse an unauthorized redemption. After all, the ticket was booked in someone else's name. Unfortunately, Katy discovered that getting her miles back required additional work. American Airlines instructed her to submit a formal fraud complaint by email. She also had to file a police report and provide documentation before the airline would restore her miles. "I had to have the police report filed with them before anything was credited," Katy explained. She eventually recovered her miles, but the process didn't end there. Katy also had to create a new email address and establish a replacement American Airlines AAdvantage account. Thankfully, the airline transferred her existing status along with her restored rewards. What caught my attention was the police report requirement. Katy had to involve local law enforcement even though the theft happened entirely online. She understood why the airline might want official documentation, but she questioned whether the process needed to be so cumbersome. There's another concern for travelers. Airline loyalty points generally don't carry the same protections as money stolen through an unauthorized credit card purchase. In fact, American Airlines' current AAdvantage terms say the airline has no general obligation to restore miles withdrawn without authorization. The company may review requests submitted within three months of the unauthorized withdrawal, but reimbursement remains discretionary. That makes discovering suspicious activity quickly especially important. Also, keep in mind that each loyalty program has its own fraud procedures. A police report may be requested, but the requirement isn't universal. I asked Katy something that had been bothering me. Who was actually flying around using her miles? She had no idea. The airline identified a redemption involving someone else's name, but Katy didn't know who was behind it or where the traveler was headed. Loyalty programs often allow members to book tickets for other people. Some also permit mileage transfers or gifts. Those legitimate features can create opportunities for criminals who gain unauthorized access to an account. For example, someone who controls your account could redeem miles for a ticket under another person's name. Depending on the program, the points might also be transferred or exchanged for other rewards. However, Katy never learned exactly how someone accessed her account. During our conversation, she acknowledged that password reuse may have played a role. "I think I fell into the trap of using the same password for everything," she said. That's an easy habit to fall into. If criminals obtain a password from one compromised service, they may try using it to access other accounts. And here's something worth remembering. A loyalty balance may look like a collection of numbers on your screen, but those numbers can pay for expensive flights. Katy shared another piece of advice that might surprise anyone who's been patiently saving miles for years. She believes travelers should think twice about holding on to their rewards indefinitely. "I would highly suggest that you should not be waiting on those miles," she told me. Her concern comes down to depreciation. Airlines can change their award pricing, which means a flight that once required 50,000 miles might eventually require considerably more. I compared holding on to miles to buying a new car and watching its value drop after driving off the lot. Katy agreed. In her view, people often wait too long for that perfect first-class redemption. She recommends considering redemptions within a year instead of endlessly saving for a future trip. Of course, you still want to check whether an award flight offers reasonable value. Spending 80,000 miles on an inexpensive economy ticket could be a poor deal. However, if you need to travel during a busy holiday period, using miles for an economy seat may make sense. Award tickets can also offer more flexibility than certain restrictive cash fares. Just check the airline's cancellation and redeposit rules before booking. We've shared more strategies in our article Are airline miles still worth it? And if you're looking to earn more rewards for your next trip, check out my picks for the best airline credit cards of 2026 at CyberGuy.com to see which programs might work best for you. YOUR CREDIT CAN LOOK NORMAL WHILE SOMEONE STEALS YOUR IDENTITY Watch out for fake airline alerts and customer service scams During our conversation, I told Katy about something I've been seeing more frequently. I receive emails that look like legitimate airline notifications, claiming miles were redeemed from my account. Some are convincing enough that I've nearly clicked them myself. That's a particularly sneaky approach because many airlines send real notifications when members redeem rewards. Criminals can imitate those messages to create panic and lure people toward fake login pages. Katy warned that scammers also create fake airline support accounts on social media. Someone looking for help with a delayed flight or missing miles might contact what appears to be an official account. The conversation can then move to a private message or even WhatsApp, where the criminal asks for personal information. Katy's warning was clear. Avoid sharing sensitive account information through social media conversations. If you receive a suspicious redemption notice, open the airline's official app yourself. Check your account activity directly rather than following links in the message. Before your next trip, take a few minutes to secure the loyalty accounts you've spent years building. These steps can help you spot unauthorized activity sooner and make your accounts harder to compromise. Open your airline and hotel loyalty apps at least once a month. Review recent redemptions and compare your current balance with what you expected. Katy said she sometimes went several months without checking her account. That made it harder to know when the unauthorized redemption occurred. Setting a recurring calendar reminder can help you catch unusual activity sooner. Also, enable account activity and redemption alerts if your loyalty program offers them. That way, you may find out about suspicious transactions before you notice missing miles. Never reuse your airline password on another website. A password manager can generate strong, unique passwords and store them securely. Also, protect the email account connected to your loyalty program. Someone who gains access to that inbox may be able to reset your rewards password. Look for two-factor authentication (2FA), passkeys or other login verification options offered by your airline or hotel program. These protections vary by provider, so check your account's security settings. Also, review any unfamiliar changes to your contact information and remove devices or sessions you no longer recognize when the service allows it. If an email or text claims someone used your points, resist clicking its links. Instead, open the official airline app or type the website address into your browser. Legitimate-looking logos and familiar formatting offer no guarantee that a message is genuine. Also, be skeptical of anyone claiming to represent airline support through an unsolicited social media message. Use strong antivirus software to help detect malicious links, block dangerous websites and protect against malware designed to steal your passwords. While antivirus software can't stop every phishing scam, it provides an additional layer of protection if you accidentally click something suspicious. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. FAKE BOOKING.COM TRAVEL CREDIT SCAM TARGETS TRAVELERS Contact your loyalty program through its verified customer service channels as soon as you notice an unauthorized redemption. Ask the airline to secure your account and investigate the transaction. Save your account statements and any correspondence. If the airline requests a police report, follow its instructions and keep a copy. Don't delay because some programs impose deadlines on fraud claims. Katy suggested using a dedicated email address for loyalty programs. That can make account notifications easier to track and reduce exposure if an unrelated service suffers a breach. Another option is to use an email alias, which helps keep your primary address private. It lets you create unlimited email aliases, helping you organize travel accounts while reducing spam and unwanted exposure. You can also follow my guide on how to create and use email aliases. For recommendations on private and secure email providers that offer alias addresses, visit CyberGuy.com. Your personal information may already be circulating on data broker websites, making it easier for scammers to target you with convincing airline phishing emails or impersonation attempts. Consider using a personal data removal service. It helps remove your personal information from hundreds of data broker and people-search sites and continues submitting removal requests when your details reappear. While no service can erase everything or directly prevent someone from stealing your airline miles, reducing your online exposure can make it harder for scammers to gather personal details and tailor their attacks. 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. Be careful about sharing photos of boarding passes, luggage tags or travel confirmations online. These documents can contain booking reference numbers, frequent flyer details or barcodes that expose information about your trip. Criminals may use those details to access reservations or impersonate travelers. Avoid posting travel documents on social media, and securely dispose of printed boarding passes after your trip. You can use an AI assistant like ChatGPT with scheduled tasks to monitor airline loyalty programs for changes that could reduce the value of your miles. Set up a daily alert to check for announced changes to redemption rates, award pricing or loyalty program rules. You can even ask it to track news about American Airlines AAdvantage or other programs you use. That way, you may hear about upcoming changes while there's still time to redeem your miles at current rates. Keep in mind that airlines don't always announce devaluations in advance, so AI can't predict every change. For step-by-step guidance, check out my article on 8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent. I keep thinking about Katy sitting in the back of that Uber, casually checking her mileage balance and discovering that 50,000 hard-earned miles had disappeared. I've collected airline miles for years, and I know how much planning goes into using them. The thought of some stranger enjoying a trip on my points would make me furious. What concerns me even more is that Katy works in the travel industry and still couldn't explain exactly how someone got into her account. That tells me we should give our loyalty accounts the same attention we give our financial accounts. Check your balances, use unique passwords and pay attention to unusual activity. And while I love saving miles for a great trip, Katy makes a convincing argument for enjoying those rewards while they still offer good value. I encourage you to listen to The CyberGuy Report podcast at cyberguy.com/podcast/ to hear my full conversation with Katy Nastro. Her experience might change how you think about the miles you've been collecting. And if you want more ways to make those rewards go further, visit CyberGuyLive.com to sign up for my free upcoming webinar: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money on October 31 at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. If someone stole 50,000 airline miles from your account, do you think the airline should be legally required to give them back, or should that responsibility fall on you? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae241f0876989b59d07de78 Anthony Edwards Faces Brutal $304 Million Blow After Knee Injury te 2026-10-28T18:41:52.031Z Anthony Edwards Faces Brutal $304 Million Blow After Knee Injury Anthony Edwards' knee injury could cost him a massive $304 million supermax extension with the Timberwolves. 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Odds are subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23cf9876989b59d07dd10 NBA Insider Makes Eye-Opening Admission About Cooper Flagg and LeBron James te 2026-10-28T18:20:41.027Z NBA Insider Makes Eye-Opening Admission About Cooper Flagg and LeBron James Cooper Flagg shines in the Mavericks' win over Miami as Brian Windhorst compares the 19-year-old star to a young LeBron James. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23cec876989b59d07dd07 Nick Sirianni Responds to Nick Foles’ Harsh Criticism of Eagles Culture te 2026-10-28T18:20:28.136Z Nick Sirianni Responds to Nick Foles’ Harsh Criticism of Eagles Culture You can actually feel the glare from Sirianni‘s side-eye toward Foles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23cdd876989b59d07dce9 Behind the scenes at UA Homecoming and Bear Down’s 100th te 2026-10-28T18:20:13.885Z Behind the scenes at UA Homecoming and Bear Down’s 100th Behind Arizona’s 39-3 Homecoming win over Iowa State on Oct. 24 were merchandise workers setting up tables two hours before kickoff, marching band members rehearsing about 16 hours a week and organizers planning a royalty crowning since mid-September. Students, alumni and Wildcats fans gathered at Casino Del Sol Stadium on Saturday for Arizona’s annual Homecoming celebrations, which also marked 100 years of Bear Down, a tradition that has become part of the university’s identity. For Anna-Rose, a first-year member of the Pride of Arizona marching band, Homecoming meant additional preparation and an opportunity to perform in front of returning alumni and Wildcats fans. “We practice Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We’ve been prepping what we’re going to do with alumni, as well as practicing our pre-game performance,” Anna-Rose said. The band also prepares for campus events and performances, with members spending roughly 16 hours each week at practice. “It’s a lot of work,” Anna-Rose said. “Blood, sweat, and tears every week. A lot of repetition.” For Anna-Rose, performing during Homecoming is different from a regular game because of the larger crowd of alumni, students and fans and the heightened spirit. “People are very excited. I think there’s more school spirit,” Anna-Rose said. “There’s usually a lot of school spirit. But particularly now for Homecoming, there’s extra.” Southern Arizona news written by journalists who live it. Free in your inbox. Arizona running back Antwan Roberts Jr. (44) is tackled by an Iowa State defender during the Wildcats’ 39-3 Homecoming win. Ryder Jerome / Tucson Spotlight. As a first-year band member, Anna-Rose said adjusting to the demands of the program has been challenging but rewarding. “It’s been a big adjustment ... and I think it’s been rough, but I think now I’m getting the hang of it,” Anna-Rose said. New to Tucson, Anna-Rose said joining the marching band has helped her build friendships and become connected to the university community. “I’m not from here, I’m from New Jersey, so it’s been lovely getting to know the Arizona community,” Anna-Rose said. While the marching band handled last-minute preparations, other workers were getting ready to welcome fans arriving for the game. Employees at a university merchandise booth had begun preparing hours before kickoff to make sure fans could purchase clothing and accessories. “We get here about two hours early, we put up all the tables, we put up all the (table)cloths, and then we’ll take out all the shirts, organize them by men’s, women’s and kids,” said Emma, a stadium merchandise worker. The booth offered shirts, hats, accessories and more, with Homecoming bringing new items celebrating the university’s traditions. “With these games, we have Bear Down 100 merch, since it is the 100th year of Bear Down,” Emma said, adding that Homecoming brings larger crowds and increased sales compared with other football games. Iowa State cornerback Keyon Washington (1) gestures toward the sky on the field before the Cyclones’ game at Arizona’s Homecoming. Ryder Jerome / Tucson Spotlight. But Emma said the most meaningful part of the weekend wasn’t the new merchandise or the high volume of shoppers. It was seeing the Arizona community come together. “I love everyone getting together for Homecoming and just celebrating this huge day,” Emma said. Beyond the stadium, Homecoming provided additional opportunities for students and alumni to celebrate their communities and connections to the University of Arizona. During the MLK Homecoming Royalty Celebration, students, alumni and community members recognized student involvement and celebrated the UA’s Black history and community. Adiba Nelson helped organize the celebration, which brought together several university and community organizations. The event was a collaboration among the UA’s Black Alumni Association, the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Southern Arizona and the university’s MLK student organization. Preparations for the event began in mid-September, with organizers meeting to coordinate the celebration. For Nelson, one of the most rewarding parts of the celebration was seeing current students participate and former students return. “(I love seeing) all the students come together. Having my past students come back and getting to see them,” Nelson said. The celebration also included the crowning of MLK Homecoming Royalty. “This is our second year crowning MLK Homecoming Royalty and the students really went all out with it,” Nelson said. “They were so excited and that really warms my heart.” Arizona running backs Kedrick Reescano (3) and Wesley Yarbrough (0) stand together on the field during Homecoming against Iowa State on Oct. 24. Ryder Jerome / Tucson Spotlight. The event also brought together alumni who wanted to continue supporting the university community. Tanisha Price-Johnson, president of the University of Arizona Black Alumni Association, said Homecoming provides an opportunity to strengthen relationships. “This bridges the campus and the Tucson community,” Price-Johnson said. “And being able to learn about Black history, U of A history, is what’s really important.” Price-Johnson said the association’s work extends beyond Homecoming and that the group welcomes participation from the broader community. “We are here and we’re for everybody,” Price-Johnson said. She also highlighted the importance of recognizing the university’s Black community and continuing to create opportunities for students and alumni to connect. “We have a vibrant and growing Black community here at the University of Arizona,” Price-Johnson said. “And we’re just going to keep doing it up and doing it big.” The Wildcats’ victory over the Cyclones gave fans another reason to celebrate, but for the people who made Homecoming happen, the weekend meant more than the score. Their jobs were different, but they shared a purpose: bringing generations of Wildcats back to the university. As Arizona marked 100 years of Bear Down, Homecoming showed that the university’s traditions reach well beyond the football field. Arizona running back Kedrick Reescano (3) lines up opposite Iowa State safety Duhron Goodman (21) in front of the Homecoming crowd at Casino Del Sol Stadium. Ryder Jerome / Tucson Spotlight. Kyleigh Pandhi is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist based in Tucson. Contact her at kyleighpandhi@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b6f876989b59d07dcbb SPD, SFD respond to barricade incident te 2026-10-28T18:14:07.837Z SPD, SFD respond to barricade incident Sedona Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2400 block of Whippet Way at Page Parkway on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 22, for a barricaded woman in a behavioral health incident. “[A] third party contacted police after [the] female did not show up for appointment,” the Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b60876989b59d07dcaf Notice of Trustee’s Sale File #26-02257 te 2026-10-28T18:13:52.013Z Notice of Trustee’s Sale File #26-02257 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #26-17131-JP-AZ Tezak The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 10/25/2012 as Document No. 2012-18273 , Navajo County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on January 21, 2027 at 2:00 PM Courtyard of the Navajo County Governmental Complex, 100 East Code Talkers Drive, Holbrook, AZ 86025 and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811). The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: All that Parcel of Land in Navajo County, State of Arizona, as more fully described in Deed Doc # 2000-1880, ID# , being know and designated as Lot 103, of THE SHORES AT RAINBOW LAKE, according to the Plat of record in the Office of the County Recorder of Navajo County, Arizona, recorded in Book 16 of Maps, Pages 21-27.. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 842 Rainbow View Dr Lakeside, AZ 85929. Tax Parcel No.: 212-16-103 0. The undersigned Trustee Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Original Principal Balance: $321,704.00 Original Trustor: Sandra L Tezak, unmarried woman, PO Box 1565, Pinetop, AZ 85935. Current Beneficiary: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; Care of/Servicer: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. , 3415 Vision Drive Dept. OH4-7126 Columbus , OH 43219; Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald, 2525 East Camelback Road #700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035. /S/Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. On this day of 10/19/2026 before me, /S/Stephen Daniel Clem a Notary Public for said State, personally appeared Leonard J. McDonald, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal /S/Stephen Daniel Clem. This firm is not a Debt Collector as that term is defined pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act within this jurisdiction (see Mansour vs. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corp., 618 F.Supp.2d 1178 (D. Ariz. 2009)). Should a subsequent determination be made that this firm is a Debt Collector as that term is defined within the Act, then you are notified that any information obtained will be used for the purpose of collecting a debt. Please be advised that if your personal liability for this debt has been modified or extinguished by a discharge in bankruptcy, this communication is provided solely in reference to the foreclosure on the deed of trust remaining on your property and is not an attempt to collect the discharged personal obligation. The notifications provided herein do not limit or detract from the effect of foreclosure upon the subject property. NOTICE: If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.NOTICE: To the extent that the sale is subject to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule (31 C.F.R. Part 1031), purchaser agrees to provide all required information and further agrees to reimburse trustee for any costs, expenses or fees incurred as a result of the collection of such information. 9974-T10/28;11/4,11,18 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b51876989b59d07dca6 Articles of Organization of 407 Iowa LLC te 2026-10-28T18:13:37.345Z Articles of Organization of 407 Iowa LLC NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR: I. Name: 407 IOWA, LLC II. Entity ID: 25134947 III. The address of the known place of business is: 407 East Iowa Holbrook, AZ 86025 IV. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jason D Lyman 134 East 4th Street North Snowflake, AZ 85937 V. Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Jason D Lyman, Manager & Member 134 East 4th Street North Snowflake, AZ 85937 9976-T10/28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b41876989b59d07dc9d Articles of Amendment of S Lazy T Enterprises te 2026-10-28T18:13:21.287Z Articles of Amendment of S Lazy T Enterprises ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BUSINESS INFORMATION Business Name: S Lazy T Enterprises, LLC Business ID: 23324636 Business Type: Domestic Limited Liability Company Character of Business: 531390-Other Activities Related to Real Estate / 888888-Other-Any lawful business activity permitted under Arizona law. Effective Date: 10/05/2026 Period of Duration: Perpetual PRINCIPAL INFORMATION Management Structure: Member Managed Member: LONNIE T SHERWOOD, PO Box 2003, TAYLOR, AZ, 85939, Navajo, United States Date Taking Office: N/A Member: TRACI H SHERWOOD, PO Box 2003, TAYLOR, AZ, 85939, Navajo, United States Date Taking Office: N/A SIGNATURE & AFFIRMATION I affirm, under penalty of perjury, that information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and that I have authority to submit this filing. Authorized Agent: Traci H. Sherwood – 10/05/2026 9977-T10/28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b30876989b59d07dc94 Notice of Hearing #PBS0900PB202600175 te 2026-10-28T18:13:04.276Z Notice of Hearing #PBS0900PB202600175 NOTICE OF HEARING NO. PB S0900PB202600175 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NAVAJO In the Matter of the Estate of: BERNADETTE TRUJILLO-FISH, Deceased. NOTICE IS GIVEN that SALENA LOREDO, by and through undersigned counsel, have filed a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs and Appointment of Personal Representative, in the above-entitled Court. WARNING: This is a legal notice; your rights may be affected. Este es un aviso legal. Sus derechos podrian ser afectados. You are not required to attend this hearing. However, if you oppose any of the relief requested in the petition that accompanies this notice, you must file with the court a written response at least seven (7) calendar days before the hearing date, OR you or your attorney must contact the division assigned to the case at the time of hearing using the following instructions: At least 30 minutes before the time of the hearing, call the assigned Judicial Officer's division at the phone number listed below and request instructions on how to appear electronically at the he a ring. Any written response must comply with Rule 15(e) of the Arizona Rules of Probate Procedure. If you do not file a timely response or attend the hearing: (1) the Court may grant the relief requested in the petition without further proceedings, and (2) you will not receive additional notices of Court proceedings relating to the petition unless you file a demand for notice pursuant to Title 14, Arizona Revised Statutes. COURT HEARING. A Court hearing on the Petition has been scheduled as follows: DATE AND TIME: November 12, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. JUDICIAL OFFICER: Judge Michael S. Penrod PHONE NUMBER: 602-753-0140 ADDRESS: 100 East Code Talkers Drive Holbrook AZ 86025 The information for appearing electronically at the Court hearing is as follows: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/6826248772?pwd=6OuiTqDXZHaV3Ef7bYuAA6mVUFg3M2.1&omn=93466640551 Meeting ID: 682 624 8772 Passcode: 123456 Dated this 19th day of October, 2026. /s/Yvette N. Banker Pursuant to A.R.S. § 14-1306(A), if duly demanded, a party is entitled to trial by jury in any proceeding in which any controverted question of fact arises as to which any party has a constitutional right to trial by jury. 10/28, 11/4, 11/11/26 CNS-4090049# PAINTED DESERT TRIBUNE 9978-T10/28;11/4,11 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b1e876989b59d07dc8b Notice of Intent/Transaction Privilege te 2026-10-28T18:12:46.945Z Notice of Intent/Transaction Privilege NOTICE OF INTENT AND PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED NEW & INCREASED CITY FEES AND PROPOSED TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX AMENDMENT The City of Winslow provides Notice of its Intent to consider certain new or increased City fees and an amendment to the City's transaction privilege tax provisions. This notice is provided pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 9-499.15, 42-6054, and other applicable Arizona law to inform the public of the proposed changes and the opportunity to comment before final action is taken. 1. FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES The City is considering new Fire Department fees associated with the City's fire and life-safety inspection program. The proposed fees relate to contractors performing inspection, testing and/or maintenance services on fire and life-safety systems within the City and submitting compliant and non-compliant inspection reports electronically to the City. 2. RESIDENTIAL SOLID-WASTE COLLECTION FEES The City is considering increases to existing residential solid-waste collection fees. 3. PROPOSED TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX CODE AMENDMENT The City Council is also considering an amendment to the City's transaction privilege tax provisions relating to the City's existing additional one-percent (1%) transaction privilege tax. The proposed amendment would continue the additional 1% transaction privilege tax for a ten-year period beginning February 1, 2027 and ending February 1, 2037, subject to the exemptions and other terms contained in the proposed ordinance. The proposal would also provide that twenty-five percent (25%) of the proceeds from the additional tax be transferred for operational expenses of the Little Colorado Medical Center, as provided in the proposed ordinance. PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENTS The Winslow City Council will hold a public hearing concerning the proposed changes identified above at its meeting on November 18, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Winslow Visitor's Center, Main Hall, 523 West Second Street, Winslow, Arizona. Members of the public may provide written comments before the meeting or may speak at the public hearing. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This Notice of Intent will be published at least 15 days before the public hearing in a newsparer of general circulation in Winslow, posted on the city’s website with a copy of the report and/or data supporting the changes to the city’s Schedule of Rates, Fees & Charges and Winslow City Code, and will be distributed through the City’s social media accounts. A copy of the City’s fee schedule, City Code and written report or data may be reviewed at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Winslow, 102 East Third Street, Winslow, Arizona during normal office hours, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Information is also available on the Winslow website at www.winslowaz.gov. EFFECTIVE DATE OF FEES & TAXES If approved by the City Council, the new or increased Fire Department and solid-waste fees are proposed to become effective January 1, 2027. If approved by the Voters/Council, the tax changes will become effective February 1, 2027. Dated this 17th day of September, 2026. CITY OF WINSLOW Suzy Wetzel City Clerk DATE POSTED ON CITY WEBSITE: September 17, 2026 DATE POSTED ON FACEBOOK PAGE: November 3, 2026 DATE PUBLISHED IN PAINTED DESERT TRIBUNE: October 28, 2026 9979-T10/28 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23b11876989b59d07dc82 Notice of Trustee’s Sale STOX#962750 te 2026-10-28T18:12:33.476Z Notice of Trustee’s Sale STOX#962750 TS#: 26-42254 Order #: 101-10910395 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 3/20/2025 and recorded on 4/17/2025 as Instrument # 2025-05191, Book Page in the office of the County Recorder of Navajo County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at In the courtyard, County Governmental Complex located at 100 East Code Talkers Drive, South Highway 77, Holbrook, AZ 86025, on 1/14/2027 at 12:00 PM of said day: Lot 17, Block 12, Second Amended Plat of Olds Brothers Addition to the City of Winslow, according to Book 3 of Maps, Page 20, records of Navajo County, Arizona. The successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as trustee of the Trust Deed in the trustee’s capacity as a licensed insurance producer as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A. Name of Trustee's Regulator: Arizona Department of Insurance. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 327 W GILMORE ST WINSLOW, AZ 86047 A.P.N.: 10327122 Original Principal Balance: $317,781.00 Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) Gilbert Davis and Odell Davis 327 Gilmore St Winslow, AZ 86047 TS#: 26-42254 Order #: 101-10910395 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC c/o Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC 500 N. State College Blvd., Suites 1030, 1300 & 1400 Orange, CA 92868 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have not further recourse. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. Please be advised that the trustee may require entity or trust bidders at this trustee's sale to provide information, documentation and/or certification of the vesting instructions and the data required to be reported pursuant to FinCEN regulations effective for transfers of residential real property to covered transferees on or after March 1, 2026. The required information must be provided to the trustee before a trustee’s deed upon sale will be issued for covered transfers. The Buyer may be required to pay charges associated with the gathering and reporting of information to FinCEN. Additional information regarding these regulations and the required transferee information and certifications can be found at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/29/2024-19198/anti-money-laundering-regulations-for-residential-real-estate-transfers and https://www.fincen.gov/rre-faqs#D_5 NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Vylla Solutions, LLC P.O. Box 3309 Anaheim, California 92803 (888) 313-1969 Dated: 10/5/2026 Vylla Solutions, LLC LaTedran Franklin, Trustee Sales Specialist Sale information can be obtained online at www.STOXPOSTING.com or use the automated sales information at (844) 477-7869. TS#: 26-42254 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document State of Texas ss County of Collin) On 10/5/2026 before me, Irma Covarrbubio Notary Public, personally appeared LaTedran Franklin, Trustee Sales Specialist personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and official seal. Irma Covarrbubio My Comm. Expires 01-25-2028 9956-T10/14,21,28;11/4 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23afc876989b59d07dc79 Notice to Creditors #PB2026-00162 Estate of: Randall Carl Boylan te 2026-10-28T18:12:12.232Z Notice to Creditors #PB2026-00162 Estate of: Randall Carl Boylan Case No.: PB2026-00162 / NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN PROBATE KATHRYN K. STEELE, 2047 Princeton Way Unit B, Montrose, CO 81401 (970) 901-9184 Pro per Christina Webster, AZCLDP #81598 Arizona Legal EASE, Inc., AZCLDP #80340 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF Navajo RANDALL CARL BOYLAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS GIVEN: 1. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: KATHRYN K. STEELE has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. DEADLINE TO MAKE CLAIMS: All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. A.R.S. §§14-3801 through 14-3816. 3. NOTICE OF CLAIMS: To present the claim, claimant must either: a) Deliver or mail a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at the following address: KATHRYN K. STEELE, 2047 Princeton Way, Unit B, Montrose, CO 81401 b) Commence a proceeding against the Personal Representative in the following courts: Superior Court, NAVAJO County, State of Arizona, PO Box 668, Holbrook, AZ 86025 Dated: 10/7/2026 /s/ KATHRYN K. STEELE 9965-T10/21,28;11/4 ____________________ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23adf876989b59d07dc4e Maryland is going to some embarrasing lengths to make sure students stay until the end of games te 2026-10-28T18:11:43.628Z Maryland is going to some embarrasing lengths to make sure students stay until the end of games For some college football programs, getting students to stay in their seats until the final whistle is no problem. In fact, in some cases it might even be harder to get them to leave. However, for other schools, especially those struggling on the field, the students may need some convincing to hang around until the game goes final. Unfortunately, the Maryland Terrapins fall into the latter camp, and they're going to some wild lengths to keep students from going home and studying... or more likely, getting blasted in the parking lot. The Terps are 2-5 on the year, 0-4 in Big Ten play, and just fired head coach Mike Locksley. That's usually a recipe for making it hard to keep students in the stadium. No one wants to stand there and watch their team lose when the Tri-Delts are dishing out free Jell-O shots down the street. So, with the Illinois Illini coming to town on Halloween, they decided to raffle off free spring tuition to one lucky student... who stays in the stadium through the end of the game. ARIZONA FOOTBALL COACH PURCHASES $2,000 WORTH OF TEQUILA FOR FANS IN FIVE-MINUTES AFTER IOWA STATE WIN That's awesome for whoever wins, but man, as a program, this is not good. For some reason, it wouldn't seem as bad if they were raffling some Amazon gift cards or free Papa John's pizza (which is as much as you should ever pay for one of those). Offering the chance to win free tuition — thousands of dollars — to sit through a college football game is rough. Still, I am sure this will work wonders. Ask anyone who's paying off their student loans. Forget staying until the game ends; I'd chain myself to the stadium for a free semester (still open to this, by the way). The downside is that this little tidbit of info is now out on social media, which means any team that plays Maryland just got serious ammunition for opposing fans to use against them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23ab6876989b59d07dc29 Latest on Kamario Taylor’s Future is Good News for Mississippi State Fans te 2026-10-28T18:11:02.889Z Latest on Kamario Taylor’s Future is Good News for Mississippi State Fans ESPN's Pete Thamel just shared an big update on Kamario Taylor's future with the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23aa2876989b59d07dc20 Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer Breaks Silence on Press Conference Attitude te 2026-10-28T18:10:42.603Z Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer Breaks Silence on Press Conference Attitude Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer explained the reason for his unusually short press conference on Monday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23a8e876989b59d07dc17 Todd McShay Addresses Dante Moore’s NFL Draft Stock After Season-Ending News te 2026-10-28T18:10:22.267Z Todd McShay Addresses Dante Moore’s NFL Draft Stock After Season-Ending News College football analyst Todd McShay shared his thoughts on Dante Moore's NFL Draft stock after his season-ending concussion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23885876989b59d07dbbb Islanders star Matthew Schaefer pulls off an NHL first that sounds absolutely exhausting te 2026-10-28T18:01:41.668Z Islanders star Matthew Schaefer pulls off an NHL first that sounds absolutely exhausting The average shift in the National Hockey League is well under one minute before a player hops back over the boards, but tell that to New York Islanders star defenseman Matthew Schaefer. The Islanders paid a visit to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night, in what turned into a wild game. New York built up a 3-0 lead, but the Predators rallied with three unanswered goals to force overtime. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE That is where we saw Schaefer do something that has never been seen since the NHL started tracking this kind of data in 2009-10. Schaefer, the reigning Calder Trophy winner, is a dynamic two-way defenseman, which means he was practically purpose-built for 3-on-3 overtime. So, unsurprisingly, head coach Peter DeBoer sent the 19-year-old out to get the extra frame started. Schaefer stayed on the ice for the first half of the extra period before Nashville's Filip Forsberg tripped him, forcing the period's first stoppage. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The top pick in the 2025 NHL Draft quarterbacks the Isles' top power play unit, which is more than likely why DeBoer used a timeout to give his boys a rest. When play resumed, Schaefer stayed on the ice for the rest of overtime. That made him the first player in at least fifteen years to stay on the ice for the entirety of a 3-on-3 overtime. That sounds brutal. Sure, the timeout and the fact that the second half of OT was almost exclusively in the Nashville zone due to the power play helped make it happen, but that is some insane endurance. While the Isles needed a shootout to win the game 4-3, Schaefer logged a whopping 32:16, which, per Sportsnet, is the third-highest single-game total for any player this season. Schaefer also had an assist in the game, giving him 11 points (2G, 9A) on the year, putting him at just under a point-per-game pace. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23874876989b59d07dbb2 Democrat House candidate hit with felony summons at campaign event te 2026-10-28T18:01:24.039Z Democrat House candidate hit with felony summons at campaign event A Democratic candidate running for the House of Representatives said she is facing criminal charges and that she was hit with a police summons while at her own campaign event this month. Lakesha Womack, who is running to represent North Carolina's 14th Congressional District, currently held by Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C., said in a Facebook video that she was confronted by police about felony charges related to failure to pay for a rental car in 2019 when she arrived to a campaign event in Polk County, N.C., on Oct. 11. Womack claimed she was first made aware of the felony case just days before, despite records showing it had been opened in January 2020. Moore's campaign said the incident "raises serious questions" and that "she owes voters an explanation, especially since her court date is one week after the election." DEM HOUSE CANDIDATE SETTLES YEARS-LONG $55K DEBT FIGHT WITH FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAW WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION "How is she going to be an advocate for our community when she can't manage her own personal affairs? As an attorney for over 30 years, I think everyone should be held to the same standard of justice, and this situation is no different. Free legal advice: When the rental agreement ends, so does your right to keep the car," Moore's campaign told Fox News Digital. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital that she was served a criminal summons for Felony Fail to Return Hired Motor Vehicle on Oct. 11 by a deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. It did not confirm that it took place at a campaign event. DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE SEEN SOBBING, PRAYING IN PATROL CAR AFTER DUI ARREST: VIDEO Womack recalled being told about her criminal charges days before the campaign event during a conversation with the Gastonia, N.C.'s NAACP branch. In 2019, she said she was homeless with little money when she had a medical incident that sent her to the intensive care unit (ICU), during which time her son was placed into foster care with no one immediately able to look after him. After retrieving her son, Womack said, "I'm living in a hotel and, you know, scraping together, you know dollars to buy food from Dollar Tree, to like, buy dinner for him every night. And I had a rental car. Couldn't afford the rental car, and they came and got it. And so I never knew that, you know, they have filed, you know, I guess that it was a pending felony." DEM HOUSE HOPEFUL ALLEGES SHE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED DURING 2 AM CAMPAIGN ERRAND "I didn't post that I was gonna be in Polk County, but they knew exactly what car I was driving. And as soon as I parked, they pulled up behind me and served my papers with my address from 2019. So, y'all hadn't looked for me in the past seven years, but now all of a sudden, you know exactly what car I drive and where I'm going to be," Womack said. She did admit in an Oct. 9 video addressing the charges that she did owe fees, "But I just want you all to know that, you know, I do owe them people some money." She said in the same video that she thought she previously "had resolved the issue, but it’s not resolved." Womack said in that video that she could not receive the January 2020 criminal summons at the time because she was homeless and therefore did not have a stable address. That video appears to have since been deleted from her campaign Facebook page. Womack said in later videos that she could not discuss an active case. If found guilty, she could face between four and 24 months behind bars or community service for that duration. North Carolina's 14th Congressional District is located in the western part of the state and spans from the suburbs of Charlotte to more rural areas in the North Carolina foothills. Fox News Digital reached out to Womack's campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23857876989b59d07db8d Wizards Reveal AJ Dybantsa Debut Date Amid Ankle Injury te 2026-10-28T18:00:55.741Z Wizards Reveal AJ Dybantsa Debut Date Amid Ankle Injury Washington Wizards forward AJ Dybantsa will make his long-awaited NBA debut in Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23843876989b59d07db84 Ravens RB Derrick Henry Gets Honest About Lamar Jackson's Absence te 2026-10-28T18:00:35.489Z Ravens RB Derrick Henry Gets Honest About Lamar Jackson's Absence The Baltimore Ravens have been without superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson in each of their last three games. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23835876989b59d07db7b LSU Predicted to Edge out 3 SEC Rivals for College Football Playoff Spot te 2026-10-28T18:00:21.445Z LSU Predicted to Edge out 3 SEC Rivals for College Football Playoff Spot LSU could still reach the College Football Playoff at 9-3 as Joel Klatt backs Lane Kiffin to lead the Tigers past 3 SEC rivals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23692876989b59d07db25 Halloween Stock te 2026-10-28T17:53:22.380Z Halloween Stock Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23686876989b59d07db1c Our View: Schools need clear boundaries for artificial intelligence te 2026-10-28T17:53:10.965Z Our View: Schools need clear boundaries for artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is changing how students learn and how teachers teach. Schools need to figure out how to use it without allowing the technology to take over the work of education. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2365e876989b59d07dadb Manhunt underway for violent illegal immigrant who was released under NYC sanctuary policies te 2026-10-28T17:52:30.436Z Manhunt underway for violent illegal immigrant who was released under NYC sanctuary policies FIRST ON FOX: New York City's sanctuary policy is again coming under fire after authorities released an illegal immigrant accused of assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon without notifying or cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent repeated requests for federal officials to detain Alpha Bah, an illegal immigrant from Guinea, after he was arrested on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and intent to obtain transportation without paying, Fox News Digital has learned. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer request with Queens Central Booking on Oct. 7, 2026. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) ignored the detainer and released Bah without notifying ICE. "This is the vision of sanctuary politicians in a nutshell: the open-border policies of the Biden Administration let this criminal into our country, and then sanctuary politicians in New York released him after arresting him without notifying ICE," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News Digital.  Bah's release is just one of many examples of sanctuary cities in the U.S. allowing illegal immigrants back into the U.S. following their arrest, and it flies in the face of the Trump administration's crackdown on allowing people without legal status to remain in the country. HOUSE REPORT SAYS NYC PROSECUTORS TAILORED PLEA DEALS TO SHIELD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM DEPORTATION "This illegal alien from Guinea was arrested for assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon. Despite these violent charges, New York City sanctuary politicians refused to honor ICE’s detainer and RELEASED him back onto the streets, and he remains at large," Mullin said in a statement.  He added, "DHS is calling on Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani to knock it off with these evil sanctuary policies before another American gets hurt, or worse." ICE has now twice requested that Bah be held in custody. He was previously charged with intent to obtain transportation without paying in June 2026. ICE lodged a detainer with Manhattan Central Booking, but the NYPD also released him following that arrest. Bah entered the United States illegally in November 2023. He resided in Arizona before being arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol. He was also arrested in January 2025 for criminal trespassing, but was released before ICE was able to request a detainer on him under Biden-era policies, according to DHS. HOCHUL REMAINS DEFIANT AFTER SHERIFFS SUE OVER LAW BANNING COOPERATION WITH ICE: 'BRING IT ON' Bah’s release has prompted DHS to call on all pro-sanctuary politicians, not just Hochul and Mamdani, to reconsider policies that restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., has been a large proponent of implementing policies that place restrictions on state and local law enforcement cooperating with federal immigration authorities. In May, she signed legislation that imposed laws blocking New York's law enforcement agencies from entering into official agreements with ICE. New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has similarly supported sanctuary policies in the city, signing an executive order to "reaffirm the city’s commitment to being a sanctuary for all New Yorkers." The order made it more difficult to access data of illegal immigrants, restricted federal immigration enforcement on city property, and put in place an audit to check that city agencies are complying with sanctuary policies. MAMDANI MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH ICE RESULTS IN VIRAL INTERNET BACKLASH: 'TREASON' "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnerships with local law enforcement are key to removing criminal illegal aliens including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from American communities," DHS said in a statement responding to the introduced policies. "7 of the 10 safest cities in the U.S. cooperate with ICE." Both Hochul and Mamdani's offices did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23650876989b59d07dad2 DOJ fires back at Dem AG over Election Day guidance telling officials when to call cops on federal agents te 2026-10-28T17:52:16.341Z DOJ fires back at Dem AG over Election Day guidance telling officials when to call cops on federal agents The Justice Department blasted Virginia Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones' Election Day guidance as "bluster and political posturing," pushing back against his 10-page directive advising local election officials to call police when federal agents approach polling places and to document their activities. The Oct. 15 bulletin, jointly issued by Jones' office and the Virginia Department of Elections, outlines how officials should respond to federal agents, scrutinize requests from DOJ election monitors and prepare for potential federal demands for ballots and voting equipment. The dispute comes as conservative litigation firm America First Legal pursues records concerning the state's warnings about potential federal election interference, which Fox News Digital has learned. "The Virginia Attorney General's performative actions attack a strawman," a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "DOJ's election monitors will be engaging in the same routine monitoring we've done for decades." SPANBERGER AG DRAWS FIRE OVER TWO-FRONT FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP ENFORCEMENT AGENDA "We're hopeful local election officials in Virginia continue their longstanding practice of allowing DOJ election monitors into polling places to evaluate for compliance with federal law," the spokesperson continued. "The Virginia AG's statement reads as nothing more than bluster and political posturing for his own self-interested purposes." DOJ has already announced it plans to send election monitors to Democratic-heavy Fairfax and Prince William Counties. Del. Wren Williams, R-Stuart, an attorney who battled Jones over Democrats’ failed redistricting-related litigation, said Jones has his election-security priorities backward. "Jay Jones wants poll workers collecting ICE agents’ badge numbers, but God forbid they verify a voter’s ID," Williams said. "Plus, I thought Democrats said illegals weren’t voting, so who exactly is Jones trying to protect?" MAP IT: DOJ ILLEGAL VOTING CRACKDOWN SWEEPS 17 STATES AS RAZOR-THIN ELECTIONS FACE SCRUTINY Virginia still requires voters to present identification or sign an identity confirmation statement, although legislation enacted this year eliminated Election Day challenges to individual voters' qualifications at polling places. The blueprint noted that ELECT — the Virginia elections agency — received multiple inquiries about how to respond to federal representatives showing up at polls. It instructed election officials to consult with lawyers and establish communications with local prosecutors and police: "Having these discussions prior to Election Day ensures that election officials can provide their perspective to local law enforcement about what counts as intimidation and interference during elections, including issues related to the presence of unauthorized individuals." "If, for example, an armed individual attempts to gain access to a polling location, officials should call local law enforcement immediately," it added in a section addressing unauthorized individuals and prohibited conduct. The bulletin separately advises officials to consider contacting police and counsel if federal agents approach or enter polls, while cautioning against physically obstructing them. Virginia State Sen. Danny Diggs, R-Poquoson — the former sheriff of York County — told Fox News Digital that in his 45 years in law enforcement he never saw an officer or official observer "make a polling place less safe." "I routinely visited every polling place, inside and outside, while armed and in uniform and was always welcomed by election officials and voters. The Attorney General apparently thinks otherwise," Diggs said. He also called it "reckelss" for the attorney general's gameplan to urge election officials to confront federal observers. On Page 4, the plan says ordinary DOJ monitors must obtain local authorization to enter polling locations, under rules similar to those for neutral observers. If a DOJ monitor requests access, the plan prescribes that local registrars discuss the scope of the monitoring with the agency before consenting, and "consider asking whether DOJ is assessing compliance with civil or criminal federal laws." The bulletin also advises election officials to consult attorneys and prepare to respond to federal subpoenas seeking ballots or voting equipment. Fox News Digital reached out to Jones and ELECT for comment and a response to critics. Jones, however, spoke out days earlier after launching a related new Voter Protection Section within his office. "I was raised by people who understood that the right to vote was never simply given. Generations of Americans had to sacrifice, organize, and show extraordinary courage to claim that right," Jones said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "That history is personal to me, and it reminds us that the work of civil rights and voting rights is never finished. "That is why we created a dedicated Voter Protection Section within the Office of the Attorney General. This work now has a permanent home, and a team focused every day on defending voting rights and enforcing Virginia law. Virginia votes every year, and protecting the franchise must be a year-round responsibility. In Virginia, the right to vote will be defended." Virginia Beach attorney Tim Anderson also analyzed Jones' gameplan, calling it a "remarkable directive to election officials." "While all this is happening, Virginia has eliminated the ability to challenge a voter's qualifications at the polling place," Anderson said. "Think about what we're witnessing: The attorney general is preparing election officials to scrutinize federal law enforcement while Virginia has eliminated a longstanding Election Day safeguard for questioning voter eligibility," he said in a statement. "The bulletin identifies no specific planned unlawful federal operation in Virginia." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER America First Legal (AFL) exclusively told Fox News Digital on Tuesday it filed a public-records request Monday seeking legal analyses and communications behind the bulletin, records concerning Jones' newly launched Voter Protection Section and inquiries about federal election monitoring. The dispute now turns on what evidence, if any, prompted Jones' office to prepare for potential federal interference at Virginia polling places, and whether the records sought by America First Legal will shed light on the attorney general's concerns ahead of Election Day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23643876989b59d07dac9 Hochul reveals which election result would make her job 'a lot easier' — and it's not her own te 2026-10-28T17:52:03.393Z Hochul reveals which election result would make her job 'a lot easier' — and it's not her own Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that her job would be "a lot easier" if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loses his bid to remain in power. "A lot easier. And here’s the challenge: I represent the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel," Hochul told Politico Magazine when asked "how much easier would your job get if [Benjamin] Netanyahu loses." "And I know they’re suffering," Hochul continued. "A lot of people are anxious about antisemitism, which is sky-high right now. And I take that personally, because I represent everyone. I went to Israel right after Oct. 7. I saw a lot of pain there. But I actually cautioned the government there, in private conversations, not to overreach." Israelis cast their ballots on Tuesday in the country's first general election since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre. Tuesday's election in Israel notably came just one week before the U.S. midterm elections – which includes Hochul's race to retain her position as New York's top leader. POTENTIAL 2028 DEM CONTENDER UNLOADS ON NETANYAHU, ADMITS US-ISRAEL TIES AT 'CROSSROADS' "The world is with you when it comes to the brutal assault by a terrorist organization known as Hamas on innocent Israeli people," she continued. "An overreach could change that dynamic, and that’s what’s happened." The Democratic governor went on to say that she does not believe it is currently in Netanyahu's "interest" to "have a safe Palestinian state." Hochul is not the only prominent New York Democrat to criticize Netanyahu. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been even more outspoken, calling the Israeli leader "the architect of horrific genocide against Palestinians" in September. Hochul is also facing voters in November, but a Siena Research Institute poll released Wednesday showed her holding a 14-point lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman, 54% to 40%. RAHM EMANUEL ACCUSES ANTI-ISRAEL DEMS OF HAVING NO MIDDLE EAST PLAN BESIDES CUTTING FUNDING TO JEWISH STATE Hochul notably issued a proclamation on May 11 recognizing the month as Jewish American Heritage Month in her state. "We have to have leadership there that understands the security of Israel is paramount — critically important to me, but also the world — but to have a safe Palestinian state as well, which has been talked about my entire life," Hochul told Politico Magazine. "I still believe that this can happen. I believe we have to get people of goodwill who can make this happen, and as long as Netanyahu is sitting there, that is not in his interest to do that. It’s just not, and it won’t happen." When reached for comment, Hochul's office directed Fox News Digital to the governor's remarks to Spectrum News NY1 during a Q&A with the press in New York City on Wednesday. "Well, that's certainly [voters'] prerogative to decide who they want to lead Israel," Hochul told NY1. "It's not mine. But I was simply asked a question, if you see how it's framed. Would your life be a lot easier if Netanyahu was not the leader of Israel? I'm like, yes." FORMER ISRAELI ARMY CHIEF GADI EISENKOT EMERGES AS NETANYAHU’S LEADING ELECTION CHALLENGER Tuesday's vote marked a major test for Netanyahu's political future as Israelis headed to the polls for the first time since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. "I am proud of Israel's democratic process," Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon told Fox News Digital. "Yesterday, millions of Israelis exercised their democratic right to vote, with voter turnout reaching one of the highest levels recorded in Israel this century - 77.7%. The Israeli people have made their voices heard, and their democratic choice deserves to be respected." "I encourage all elected officials in the United States to respect Israel's democratic process, just as Israel respects the democratic process in the United States," Danon added. "Our shared commitment to democracy is a fundamental pillar of the strong and enduring partnership between our two countries." With about 70% of the votes tallied as of Wednesday morning, partial results reported by Israeli media showed Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious bloc leading with 54 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, versus 47 for the main opposition and 19 for Arab parties. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23621876989b59d07daa6 Trade Rumors for Colts WR Josh Downs Take Major Turn: Report te 2026-10-28T17:51:29.802Z Trade Rumors for Colts WR Josh Downs Take Major Turn: Report Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs has reportedly requested a trade following the team's recent moves. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2360f876989b59d07da9d What Happens Next In Israel Election: 4 Possible Outcomes te 2026-10-28T17:51:11.063Z What Happens Next In Israel Election: 4 Possible Outcomes Neither current leader Netanyahu or main opposition leader Eisenkot clinched enough votes for an outright win on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae235fa876989b59d07da8b Jets Fans Think Team Posted a Big Hint About Potential Garrett Wilson Trade te 2026-10-28T17:50:50.810Z Jets Fans Think Team Posted a Big Hint About Potential Garrett Wilson Trade New York Jets fan treating potential trade rumors like a serial killer podcast — everything is a clue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae235e7876989b59d07da82 Michigan Makes Difficult QB Decision Before Rutgers Game te 2026-10-28T17:50:31.365Z Michigan Makes Difficult QB Decision Before Rutgers Game The Michigan Wolverines made a decision on what quarterback to play against Rutgers as the offense continues to struggle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae235db876989b59d07da79 Map Shows States Facing Thanksgiving Travel Delays Amid 'Strong' El Niño te 2026-10-28T17:50:19.549Z Map Shows States Facing Thanksgiving Travel Delays Amid 'Strong' El Niño The greatest risks may lie across the Southeast, Florida, the Gulf Coast and Texas, according to The Weather Channel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23453876989b59d07da28 Maricopa honors loved ones with a celebration of life te 2026-10-28T17:43:47.473Z Maricopa honors loved ones with a celebration of life Photographs, marigolds and favorite treats carried a simple message Saturday at Global Water: “Te recuerdo.” I remember you. Residents gathered Oct. 24 for an ofrenda celebration honoring Día de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday that keeps the memory of departed loved ones present through food, art and family traditions. An altar of memories At the heart of the celebration is the ofrenda, a temporary altar decorated with photographs and offerings for those who have died. Inside Global Water, residents from across Maricopa contributed pictures and mementos to a community display. Ofrendas can include levels representing heaven and earth, with each offering carrying meaning. Marigolds and candles help guide spirits home. Water quenches their thirst. Sugar skulls acknowledge death as part of life, while pan de muerto, a traditional sweet bread, joins favorite foods left in remembrance. Families typically assemble their displays in late October ahead of Día de los Muertos observances Nov. 1 and 2. Food, art and family traditions Saturday’s gathering made room for the living, too. Vendors offered pottery, books and trinkets, while food trucks served tamales, tacos and pupusas. Children painted and decorated sugar skull cookies. Homestead mural artist Mecca Hunter invited residents to help paint a scene featuring luchadores, or Mexican wrestlers. Hunter has made art throughout her life and spent the past five years building her mural business. Exploring the paranormal For visitors interested in exploring the supernatural beyond the holiday, Sara Carroll introduced Paranormal Journeys, a new Maricopa group. “We’re starting a new group here in Maricopa to explore new experiences. We’re hoping to get some interest here in Maricopa, build a community for people who like paranormal things and have a place to express that,” Carroll said. Her plans include paranormal movie nights, tea and tarot readings with Adriana Sheehan, tea leaf readings, tailgates, discussions and paranormal investigations. Those explorations may seek answers about what comes after death. Saturday’s ofrenda offered something more tangible: photographs, favorite foods and memories that still have a place among the living. Mecca Hunter painting a community mural at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Adriana Sheehan reading tarot at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] People milling through the ofrenda display at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Mecca Hunter painting a community mural at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] People milling through the ofrenda display at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] People milling through the ofrenda display at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] An ofrenda at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] A tarot reading at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] Loteria trinkets for sale at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] An ofrenda at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek] The post Maricopa honors loved ones with a celebration of life appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23443876989b59d07da02 New York Times editor admits paper should be more 'discerning' on labeling liberals te 2026-10-28T17:43:31.935Z New York Times editor admits paper should be more 'discerning' on labeling liberals A New York Times editor acknowledged during an interview on Thursday that the paper applied political labels to analysts and professors inconsistently after a law professor challenged the newspaper's decision to identify him as a conservative. Patrick Healy, the assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at the Times, said during the "Sound Off" podcast that law professor Josh Blackman reached out after he was labeled a "conservative" in Times reporting twice within 24 hours. "Josh, you reached out after the Times twice described you as a, quote, conservative, end quote, law professor. And you said the conservative label was accurate, but that The Times applies labels like conservative and liberal inconsistently to law professors and analysts, and that a scholar’s view should speak for itself," Healy said. DEPARTURE OF NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST PUTS A SPOTLIGHT ON THE VOID OF PRO-TRUMP VOICES IN ITS OPINION PAGES Blackman described the issue as a longstanding grievance with all major media outlets and said he was quoted twice as a "conservative law professor" in New York Times articles in February. "I just thought that was strange. So I went through the Westlaw archives and just sort of searched for 'liberal' law professors and 'conservative' law professors in the New York Times database, and it was far more likely that you’re identifying a conservative than a liberal. And those numbers are stacked because liberals are quoted even more often. So the numbers even have a greater disparity," he said during the conversation with Healy. CONGRESS TO PUT AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION IN HOT SEAT OVER DEI RULES TIED TO LAW SCHOOL ACCREDITATION "And this sort of reinforces, I think, a perception that both the academy and, frankly, the media views a liberal position as a neutral position. And the conservative position is the other, the outlier. And that’s why you have to have this sort of nomenclature, this sort of adjective to describe it," Blackman said. He said he wrote a letter to the editor in February and the Times didn't publish it, but added that he appreciated Healy reaching out to him about it. LEGACY MEDIA TRUST HITS NEW LOW WITH SWALWELL STORY LATEST EXAMPLE OF PROTECTING DEMS Healy went on to acknowledge the validity of Blackman's critique: "I think there’s real truth to your critique and it’s something we need to do a better job on."  "It can come off like The Times treats liberals as normal and conservatives as unique and worthy of labeling," Healy said. "In the legal academy, there are a lot of liberals, but that doesn’t justify it. I think we need to be more discerning about it." NEW YORK TIMES PROBES NICHOLAS KRISTOF COLUMNS AFTER REPORT HE FAILED TO DISCLOSE CAMPAIGN DONOR CONNECTIONS Fox News Digital reached out to the New York Times for comment. Blackman argued that the label should reflect a professor's involvement in an issue rather than their political affiliation. He said, "And some of your reporters have said, well, 'Professor Blackman has filed briefs in support of the Trump administration', or 'has filed a brief in opposition to the Obama administration on health care,' or, you know, 'has filed a brief in support of the Texas attorney general' — whatever it happens to be. That's actually a data point that's useful because it shows a person has sort of a dog in the fight." He said broad labels, such as conservative and liberal, don't tell the reader much. "So it presumes that, well, because he’s conservative, you know, you should discount his views supporting Trump, or conversely, because the person’s liberal, you should perhaps discount their views supporting President Obama or President Biden, whoever it happens to be. I would — if you’re trying to build up trust and standards, I would focus on the potential reason for a conflict or bias, and not just how the person identifies politically," Blackman said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Curtis Houck, a managing editor at NewsBusters, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "It seems like Healy is aiming to go to Halloween parties this weekend as Captain Obvious. It's one thing to recognize you have a problem, but as most people are aware, that's only step one, and it can often be used to punt or not actually follow through on changes." Houck added, "Healy, if pressed on camera, would probably try to back off or memory hole this conversation instead of making any concrete commitment to The Times doing any better. He's probably more upset that someone reached out to catch the paper red-handed instead of the fact that he — through his own journalism career — and his colleagues have spent more than a lifetime burying and/or smearing conservatives." The Wall Street Journal's assistant editor to the editorial page, James Freeman, praised the NYT in a piece on Monday, and credited them for acknowledging a source's criticism. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23438876989b59d07d9f9 Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Rays vs Brewers Ahead of Game 5 te 2026-10-28T17:43:20.517Z Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Rays vs Brewers Ahead of Game 5 Tonight brings us Game 5 of the World Series between the Brewers and Rays with Milwaukee leading 3-1 in the series. Underdog is offering new users' promo code FOXNEWS to earn $50 in bonuses from a $10 wager.  The Rays finally showed that the Brewers are not invincible. Through the first three games of the World Series, it looked like no matter what happened in the game, the Brewers were going to win. It even looked like it in 11.5 innings of yesterday’s game, but perhaps the Rays have flipped the script.  The Brewers were trailing twice in Game 4, and they responded with runs of their own to tie the game. It wasn’t until the top of the 12th inning that they got the lead for the game. Cooper Pratt, a guy not really known as a power hitter, blasted a ball to left and gave them the lead. The Brewers have had multiple people with big hits that aren’t normal for them. It felt like they were ready to party, and then the bottom of the 12th happened. Junior Caminero stepped to the plate, and you had to think that if anyone would get things going for the Rays, it would be him. Caminero reached base via error. The next four Rays all got hits, and the team scored two runs to give themselves the win. The four hits for the Rays were almost as many as they had in the first 11 innings of the game.  Game 5 could be either a Brewers win to end the series, or we will see it shift back to Milwaukee after the Rays get two wins on their home diamond. Underdog is offering new user's promo code FOXNEWS to earn $50 in bonuses from a $10 wager. Brewers vs Rays Odds Odds are subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23424876989b59d07d9f0 Federal judge who oversaw Maduro, Trump cases dead at 92 te 2026-10-28T17:43:00.447Z Federal judge who oversaw Maduro, Trump cases dead at 92 Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was overseeing the case against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, died at the age of 92 on Tuesday. Hellerstein had served as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York since 1998, after being appointed by then-President Bill Clinton. He had also presided over President Donald trump's attempts to move his New York criminal case from state courts to federal courts. The court said Hellerstein died of natural causes just short of his 93rd birthday. TRUMP PICKS JAMES MCDONALD TO LEAD POWERFUL SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AFTER JAY CLAYTON'S DEPARTURE Hellerstein earned his JD and Bachelor's from Columbia University, according to the Federal Judicial Center. He served in the U.S. Army, JAG Corps from 1957-1960 before 38 years of private practice prior to his judicial appointment. DENVER MAN’S ESCAPE EXPOSES CHILLING TREN DE ARAGUA KIDNAPPING PLOT THAT LANDS TRIO IN PRISON A new judge is set to be randomly assigned to handle the Maduro case following Hellerstein's passing. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are both charged with with conspiracy to commit torture against Americans and others to stay in power, according to a superseding indictment filed in early October. Maduro's government, according to the indictment, "presided over a system of repression that relied on violence against political opposition, arbitrary detention, and the torture of detainees, including United States citizens." The torture included "electric shock, asphyxiation, rape, forced nudity, prolonged isolation, starvation, punishment cells, and psychological torture, such as threats to harm and kill victims' families, including children," the indictment read. MADURO ALLY DEPORTED TO US OVER ALLEGED BILLION-DOLLAR CORRUPTION SCHEME TIED TO OIL, FOOD PROGRAM The charge carries a maximum of life imprisonment if any of the alleged torture resulted in death, and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if not. The indictment alleges Maduro and Flores "inflicted severe physical and mental pain and suffering to repress and punish political opposition, silence dissent and perceived dissent, preserve and protect the power and authority of the members of the conspiracy, and intimidate, harass, and neutralize their opponents, including through kidnappings." MADURO'S ALLEGED 'BAG MAN' ALEX SAAB ARRESTED LESS THAN 3 YEARS AFTER BIDEN PARDON: REPORT The pair, who face numerous other charges, were arrested in Venezuela in January during Operation Absolute Resolve. Maduro was originally charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices in a 2011 indictment that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice unsealed in 2020. Flores was then charged in a superseding indictment in January with cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. They have pleaded not guilty and a trial is scheduled for June 2027. Flores appeared in court earlier this month for a bond hearing on her motion for release from jail. Her lawyers were requesting home confinement with GPS tracking, citing a heart condition and arguing she does not pose a danger to the community. Hellerstein denied the request. Fox News' Robert McGreevy contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23418876989b59d07d9e7 Date rape drug at center of Cornell sex assault allegations can leave victims unaware of surroundings te 2026-10-28T17:42:48.451Z Date rape drug at center of Cornell sex assault allegations can leave victims unaware of surroundings An investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity has thrust the illicit use of ketamine into the spotlight, calling attention to the powerful anesthetic’s use on college campuses as a date rape drug. The former Cornell student testified before the university’s hearing panel that ketamine made her feel "like her lights were on but no one was home," describing a state of "vague consciousness." During an Oct. 23 appearance on "Fox & Friends," Dr. Stephanie Widmer, a Fox News contributor and addiction specialist in New York, warned that the drug’s physiological effects can leave people unable to defend themselves or understand their environment. INSIDE EXPLOSIVE CORNELL RAPE ALLEGATIONS: 7 MEN ACCUSED, CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS AND A POLITICAL FIRESTORM "When you say the lights are on, but nobody’s home, that’s a pretty good way to describe it," Widmer said. "You can essentially have no awareness of your surroundings." Ketamine affects NMDA receptors in the brain and can alter vital signs, according to the doctor. "It can cause profound sedation, and it can cause dissociation, which is essentially the sensation of your brain not really being attached to your body," she said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES While ketamine has legitimate medical uses — it was used as a battlefield anesthetic during the Vietnam War and remains FDA-approved for general anesthesia — the drug is also abused recreationally at parties, raves and nightclubs. The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies ketamine as a Schedule III controlled substance and identifies it, alongside Rohypnol and GHB, as a drug that can be used to facilitate sexual assault. The agency says these substances can cause sedation, confusion and memory loss, leaving victims vulnerable. When asked why ketamine falls into the category of date rape drugs, Widmer said it can affect both cognitive function and physical awareness. "There are a number of date rape drugs that are out there, and ketamine does fall into that category because of what it can do to your sensorium," she added. Widmer also warned about mixing ketamine with alcohol or other substances, which can compound the drugs’ effects and increase the risk of dangerous sedation and respiratory depression. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "They’re combining them with other substances, they’re combining them with alcohol, and that can compound the effects of these drugs," she said. "It can cause really profound sedation. It can be incredibly dangerous." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Widmer said her biggest concern is how parents discuss the dangers of drugs with their children, especially before sending them off to college. "Everybody knows to say drugs are bad and not to do drugs and you never know what you’re getting, but really understanding what some of these drugs can do is really important ... that they’re not benign and that they can cause dissociation." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233f6876989b59d07d9c8 Swiss Model Who Accused Trump of Rape Fears for Her Safety: 'I Am Scared' te 2026-10-28T17:42:14.497Z Swiss Model Who Accused Trump of Rape Fears for Her Safety: 'I Am Scared' A former model who has accused President Trump of raping her in 1993 is concerned about her safety, Newsweek has learned. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233eb876989b59d07d9bf Former Ravens Coach Believes Team Could Be Heading Toward a Major Shakeup te 2026-10-28T17:42:03.169Z Former Ravens Coach Believes Team Could Be Heading Toward a Major Shakeup The Ravens face fresh concerns as Wink Martindale warns of potential changes ahead of a crucial matchup with the Bills. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233da876989b59d07d9b6 How James Talarico's Viral Voter Clash Could Prove Decisive in Texas te 2026-10-28T17:41:46.142Z How James Talarico's Viral Voter Clash Could Prove Decisive in Texas Inside the passionate issue that's got everyone talking, except perhaps Ken Paxton and James Talarico. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233c8876989b59d07d9ad Social Security Chief Reveals ‘First Solution’ to Fix Funding Crisis te 2026-10-28T17:41:28.862Z Social Security Chief Reveals ‘First Solution’ to Fix Funding Crisis Bisignano said the Social Security Administration has been working to clean up its records and improve its technology. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233b6876989b59d07d9a4 Tension Rising Between Knicks Players, Owner James Dolan: Report te 2026-10-28T17:41:10.629Z Tension Rising Between Knicks Players, Owner James Dolan: Report Stephen A. Smith reveals reported tension between Knicks owner James Dolan and players as the team begins its title defense. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233ab876989b59d07d99b Three Tankers With Russian Diesel Heading to US te 2026-10-28T17:40:59.414Z Three Tankers With Russian Diesel Heading to US The shipments follow an agreement announced by President Donald Trump to allow Russian diesel back onto international markets. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae233a0876989b59d07d992 Green Card Update: New Fees and Application Changes Coming in November te 2026-10-28T17:40:48.243Z Green Card Update: New Fees and Application Changes Coming in November USCIS is raising filing fees for EB-5 investor green card applicants under a new rule taking effect November 30. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23393876989b59d07d989 Chiefs Sign Former All-Pro Justin Tucker After NFL Suspension te 2026-10-28T17:40:35.875Z Chiefs Sign Former All-Pro Justin Tucker After NFL Suspension The Chiefs have signed former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad following his NFL suspension. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23384876989b59d07d980 Bears Linked to Potential Big Trade for Cardinals Star Edge Rusher te 2026-10-28T17:40:20.889Z Bears Linked to Potential Big Trade for Cardinals Star Edge Rusher The Chicago Bears are being linked to Arizona Cardinals star Josh Sweat ahead of the 2026 NFL Trade Deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae231c3876989b59d07d914 El-Sayed accused Biden of exploiting 9/11 mastermind's killing in resurfaced attack: 'Troubling' te 2026-10-28T17:32:51.604Z El-Sayed accused Biden of exploiting 9/11 mastermind's killing in resurfaced attack: 'Troubling' When American forces killed one of the architects of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized then-President Joe Biden, accusing him of using the operation to boost his political standing rather than focusing on the significance of the strike. On Aug. 1, 2022, Biden announced that Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a U.S. drone strike. "He was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11, one of the most responsible for the attacks that murdered 2,977 people on American soil," the president told the nation following the strike. Intelligence officials have long held that al-Zawahiri was involved in the planning behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks as well as other deadly assaults on Americans overseas. CBS NEWS TAKES HEAT OVER REPORT ON DEM HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED'S NOW-DELETED 9/11 POSTS El-Sayed condemned al-Zawahiri as a terrorist in an essay, but criticized Biden for what he portrayed as an attempt to capitalize politically on the strike. "President Biden is using the strike to bolster his approval here at home. It is troubling to watch yet another American president flog ‘War on Terror’ themes to resurrect a laggard term," El-Sayed wrote in 2022 for The New Republic. "This strike, then, offers the Biden administration a fig leaf, demonstrating that even in Taliban hands, Afghanistan is not off-limits for direct action against terrorist targets." EL-SAYED’S SCATHING OBAMA CRITIQUE RESURFACES AHEAD OF JOINT CAMPAIGN RALLY El-Sayed argued that Biden was using the killing of al-Zawahiri to bolster his political standing ahead of the looming midterm elections He went on to argue that, if Biden was serious about "projecting strength in the Middle East," he would challenge some of the autocratic leaders in the region with whom the United States had traditionally aligned. While El-Sayed criticized Biden's handling of the death of al-Zawahiri, he condemned the al-Qaeda leader in no uncertain terms, calling him a "craven terrorist" who "died with the blood of innocent civilians on his hands." The Washington Free Beacon was the first to report on the newly unearthed essay. ABDUL EL-SAYED PROTESTED AGAINST 'EX-TERRORISTS' WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY, UNEARTHED REPORT REVEALS El-Sayed has previously criticized other high-profile U.S. military and counterterrorism operations. Similarly, when President Donald Trump ordered the 2020 drone strike of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, El-Sayed warned that "one shouldn't kick a rabid dog." When President Barack Obama’s administration killed terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen living in Yemen, El-Sayed characterized it as an "extrajudicial assassination." El-Sayed has also compared Trump to Osama bin Laden, suggesting that both inspired people to engage in terrorism and that Trump should be held to account like bin Laden was. Bin Laden was killed by American operators in May 2011. El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae231af876989b59d07d90b Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Rays vs Brewers Game 5 te 2026-10-28T17:32:31.511Z Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Rays vs Brewers Game 5 The Rays did it, and they extended the World Series for another night as they finally won a game. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users a chance to bet $20 on Game 5 to receive $350 in FanCash when using promo code FOXNEWS350.  The Brewers and Rays will now meet for the fifth time, and the teams are both looking for different outcomes, but also have the same goal overall. The Brewers want to take the game and win the World Series. The Rays want to win the game just to extend the World Series.  Milwaukee looked vulnerable for the first time in the postseason, and it took 12 innings just to get them to a point where they didn’t have the upper-hand. The Brewer's bullpen was lights out for six or seven innings last night, then they started to fall apart by giving up an error and four hits in a row to cost themselves the game. The Rays finally looked like the Tampa team that won almost 100 games this season. They never got a big power hit; instead, they got multiple singles in a row to score two runs and take their first game of the series. They now need to ride that momentum into tonight’s game and hope they can get another win to keep the series going.  Will the Brewers regroup and leave Tampa with a party on the plane? Or will the Rays send the Brewers back to Milwaukee with a little bit of doubt in their heads? Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users $350 in FanCash from a $20 wager when using promo code FOXNEWS350.  Odds are subject to change Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23187876989b59d07d8f8 System to Report Campaign Donations Shut Down After a Hacking Attempt te 2026-10-28T17:31:51.201Z System to Report Campaign Donations Shut Down After a Hacking Attempt A “bad actor” tried to breach the system, according to the Federal Election Commission, disrupting political finance disclosures during the final week of campaigning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23172876989b59d07d8de Eating Out Shouldn’t Cost Gluten-Free Diners Their Health | Opinion te 2026-10-28T17:31:30.910Z Eating Out Shouldn’t Cost Gluten-Free Diners Their Health | Opinion Gluten-free options should be built into menu planning, not added as an afterthought. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2315e876989b59d07d8d5 Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader, Dies at 96: Her Life and Legacy te 2026-10-28T17:31:10.531Z Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader, Dies at 96: Her Life and Legacy Huerta became nationally significant by helping organize a largely Latino and Filipino workforce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2314b876989b59d07d8cc I Begged My Sister Not to Try Ibogaine. I Never Spoke to Her Again te 2026-10-28T17:30:51.989Z I Begged My Sister Not to Try Ibogaine. I Never Spoke to Her Again Marisa believed this might be the answer. She wanted to be healthy, sober, and present for her children. She wanted her life back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2313c876989b59d07d8b0 Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro te 2026-10-28T17:30:36.728Z Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae23128876989b59d07d8a5 Tucson to test car-free Halloween on Congress Street te 2026-10-28T17:30:16.914Z Tucson to test car-free Halloween on Congress Street Downtown Tucson’s Halloween crowd, an estimated 24,000 people last year, will get the street to itself this Saturday when Congress Street closes to cars for the first time. The effort was organized by the Downtown Tucson Partnership and the city, which announced earlier this month that Congress Street will be closed to vehicles from Toole Avenue to just west of Scott Avenue from 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to 3 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. “This pilot has been years in the making,” said Crystal Moore, president and CEO of the Downtown Tucson Partnership, in a news release. “With Downtown Links complete and our transportation and public safety partners aligned, we can finally put years of planning into practice. Our nighttime merchants have been instrumental in this effort, and their continued collaboration is helping us create a safer, more vibrant downtown for everyone.” The move will allow the city and its partners to evaluate pedestrian movement and other transportation access along roughly four blocks of downtown’s entertainment district. Restaurants, bars, venues and other cultural spaces in and around the pilot area will remain open, and the Sun Link Streetcar will operate on its regular schedule. The partnership plans to post more information in the days leading up to Halloween. Moore attended the Oct. 20 Tucson City Council meeting, thanking the mayor and council for their support. “As the evening progresses, downtown will transition into a full lineup of entertainment, including live music at 191 Toole, themed celebrations at the Rialto Theatre, Art Bar, Playground, Brandy Lion and Velvet Cowboy,” Moore said. Join the people who keep Tucson Spotlight going. Congress Street will be closed to vehicles from Toole Avenue to just west of Scott Avenue from 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to 3 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. The Treasury 1929, a one-of-a-kind venue built as a bank, will also be open to the public. The space has been renovated into a ballroom and bar inspired by the Roaring ’20s. Hotel Congress is also getting in on the festivities by hosting Haunted Hotel tours during the day and celebrations in the evening. The partnership has worked with the Tucson City Council to reroute traffic and ensure necessary safety measures are taken ahead of the pilot, with the partnership and the Tucson Police Department donating barricades and safety officials for the event. Mayor Regina Romero said during the meeting that the pilot was the result of planning and investments made over many years by previous mayors and councils, from the streetcar to recent transportation safety initiatives. “People are going to be like, ‘Well, we’re just talking about closing a street here, girl,’ but it really really is more than that,” Romero said. The change was pushed after year-over-year evidence that foot traffic downtown reaches record levels every Halloween. “We’ve seen it other Halloween nights before, where we get 40,000 visitors downtown, but have ten-foot sidewalks where people have to walk,” Romero said. “Where parents, children and individuals have to figure out how to keep themselves safe.” During the meeting, the council unanimously passed Council Member Miranda Schubert’s motion directing the city manager to lay out a strategy for a phased approach to pedestrian-focused street closures downtown and elsewhere in Tucson, as appropriate. “I want to make sure Halloween is the beginning of this conversation and not the end,” Schubert said. “Creating more pedestrian-friendly streets was a central priority of both of my campaigns for city council.” She said she wants the city to think beyond one-night events. “I don’t want us to limit our ambition to figuring out how to close Congress Street a few times a year. I want us to explore a progression,” she said. The pilot is being billed as more than an entertainment event. It’s also considered a safety step in a city where pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities are a major concern. Smart Growth America’s “Dangerous by Design 2024” report ranked Tucson the third deadliest metro area in the nation for pedestrians, according to a Living Streets Alliance news release. “I was hit by a car in a crosswalk on Congress. I know what it costs when our streets are designed for cars instead of people,” Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz said in the Living Streets Alliance release. “This pilot is a chance to show what downtown can feel like when we put safety first for the families who walk, bike and support our homegrown businesses.” Local pedestrian advocates also welcomed the closure. “I think this is an amazing step in the right direction,” said Matthew Boepple of Car-Free Tucson. “It’s a great reminder that people activate public spaces, not parked cars.” Car-Free Tucson is a local action group pushing for more pedestrian-safe areas of Tucson. “I’d love to see Fourth Avenue and Main Gate Square follow Downtown’s lead and explore how car-free streets can create a better experience for everyone,” Boepple said. Pedestrian-friendly streets are good for business, according to Vanessa Cascio, executive director for the Living Streets Alliance. “When we make it easier and more enjoyable for people to walk around, explore downtown, and discover local businesses, everyone benefits,” Cascio said. “Halloween on Congress is a great opportunity to see that in action here in Tucson.” Quentin Agnello is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at qsagnello@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22f12876989b59d07d86f All the way to the NFL: Maricopa’s own te 2026-10-28T17:21:22.880Z All the way to the NFL: Maricopa’s own “My Boy From Mars,” a book about a Maricopa football player turned NFL pro, covers more yards than an NFL field ever could. Sure, the book is about Maricopa’s NFL hometown hero, Jacob Cowing, but author Monte Cowing, Jacob’s father, touches on parenting more than football. The proud father and Pamela Cowing, Jacob’s grandmother, hosted a book signing near the entrance of Fry’s Marketplace Saturday morning, chatting with locals and displaying copies of Monte’s recently published book. The sign next to the book table read, “Are you a helicopter parent? Read my book and land safely and allow your child’s gifts to manifest.” At heart, the story is about allowing your children to follow their passion. A natural gift It was clear early on that Jacob Cowing had a gift for athletics. “He took to sports, he took to football” “He took to sports, he took to football,” Monte said. Jacob finished his Maricopa High School career with 89 catches for 2,065 yards and 21 touchdowns. That talent sometimes drew questions. Monte said people often accused him of putting Jacob in special programs or hiring special coaches. One person even accused him of putting his son on steroids. “I was always asked, ‘What do you have him on? What kind of food, what kind of regimen?’ I said nothing! He eats McDonald’s. He’s just a kid!” Monte said. Coming-of-age sports stories often carry an expectation of struggle or overcoming adversity, but Monte said that wasn’t the case with raising Jacob. “What’s crazy is everyone thought there were some hardships raising him and all that, but like I said, if you can play, they’ll find you, and he could always play,” Monte said. Navigating recruitment The struggle came when it was time for Jacob to get recruited to his first university, Monte said. “Maricopa just wasn’t ready for his level of athletics so when it came time for him to get recruited, they didn’t know how to help,” Monte said. “They had never done it before. We were all just learning how it works.” As larger universities began recruiting Jacob, the family learned he was missing credits required for admission. Jacob had to cram a whole semester into two stressful weeks, Monte said. By the time he completed the coursework, his college options had dwindled. Only the University of Texas at El Paso remained, according to Monte. From a childhood dream to the NFL His next opportunity brought him closer to home. When the University of Arizona recruited Jacob, he jumped at the chance to play there. It meant realizing a childhood dream, one reflected in the posters on his bedroom wall. He spent two seasons at Arizona before the San Francisco 49ers selected him in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL draft. The wide receiver wears No. 4 for the 49ers. For Monte, the journey comes back to his son’s love of the game — and the parenting lesson at the center of his book. “I used sports as a way to make sure he did his homework or did his chores,” Monte said. “He couldn’t wait to get out on that field.” “That’s what the book’s about, to not push your kid. If they like doing something, cultivate it.” You can purchase the book on Amazon. Grandmother and father, Pamela and Monte Cowing, at "My Boy From Mars Book Signing" on Oct. 24 at Fry's Marketplace chatting with a past friend of Pamela's. [Karen Bartunek] Monte Cowing selling one of his books at "My Boy From Mars Book Signing" on Oct. 24 at Fry's Marketplace. [Karen Bartunek] Grandmother and father, Pamela and Monte Cowing, at "My Boy From Mars Book Signing" on Oct. 24 at Fry's Marketplace. [Karen Bartunek] The post All the way to the NFL: Maricopa’s own appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22efc876989b59d07d85f Told her baby wouldn’t survive, she had to leave Idaho for an abortion. She’s sharing her story. te 2026-10-28T17:21:00.253Z Told her baby wouldn’t survive, she had to leave Idaho for an abortion. She’s sharing her story. Rebecca Crozier, 27, of Meridian, Idaho, poses in October 2026 with mementos from her baby, Haven. At 11 weeks, she received a fatal fetal diagnosis of anencephaly, and had to travel out of state to terminate the pregnancy because of her state’s near-total abortion ban. (Photo by Otto Kitsinger for Stateline) MERIDIAN, Idaho — It didn’t take long for doctors to see that something was amiss with Rebecca Crozier’s pregnancy. At her eight-week ultrasound in 2025, they mentioned a possible neural tube defect, she said, but after some research, she thought it was something that could be managed or treated.  “If it was a fixable problem, I was ready to quit my job and full-time care for a disabled child,” said Crozier, who is now 27. “That was something that we were prepared to do.” In the time between the two ultrasounds, she had a dream that she was carrying a baby girl, and she and her husband named her Haven. The couple lived in eastern Idaho at the time, and drove two hours to the Boise area to see the maternal-fetal medicine specialists at St. Luke’s, the state’s largest health system. Now at 11 weeks’ gestation, the specialists told her Haven had anencephaly, which occurs when the brain does not develop normally and the skull is left open, exposing brain tissue to amniotic fluid that causes the tissue to dissolve. It is a fatal condition. Rebecca Crozier takes a photo of her belly during her pregnancy before she and her husband, Kris, were told that the fetus would not survive. (Courtesy of Rebecca Crozier) “She was missing a lot of brain tissue,” Crozier recalled. “They were very clear that this baby will not go home with you. You will not take this baby home. This baby will die in the hospital if the baby survives that long.” In many states, even ones with abortion bans, Crozier would have had the option to terminate the pregnancy. But Idaho’s near-total prohibition includes no exceptions for fatal anomalies. It’s one of 11 states that do not have exceptions for anencephaly or other fatal anomalies.  Next Tuesday, Idahoans will vote to determine whether the state’s near-total abortion ban should remain the law. Proposition 1, the title of the citizen-led ballot measure, would restore access to abortion until fetal viability, which was the state law before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.  Idaho is the only state this election cycle with an initiative that would restore access in a state with a ban. In Missouri, voters will consider a different initiative — to reinstate a near-total ban after passing a constitutional amendment in 2024 allowing abortion access until viability.  If Idaho’s measure passes, patients like Crozier would no longer have to leave the state for an abortion. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the rate of anencephaly among newborns is about 1 in 10,000, and those babies die within a few hours or days. Most cases end in miscarriage or stillbirth; the fatal birth defect affects about 1 in 1,000 pregnancies.  Crozier’s was among them.  Quotation We called our families and told them: Something is very, very wrong, and we have to decide what we want to do here. – Rebecca Crozier, recalling the hours after an anencephaly diagnosis “They told me that I could try and continue my pregnancy and that they would handle my care from then on, or I could just not choose … which was in and of itself a choice,” Crozier said. “We went back to our hotel and we called our families and told them, ‘Something is very, very wrong, and we have to decide what we want to do here.’”  In a post on Facebook this past July, Crozier’s husband, Kris, disclosed their choice. He wrote that if they had decided to continue the pregnancy, every appointment thereafter could potentially be the one where they discovered Haven had died.  “For us, our choice wasn’t whether to let her go or whether she would pass. It was when she would die,” he wrote. ‘Because I loved her’ Dr. Duncan Harmon, the maternal-fetal medicine specialist who diagnosed Crozier in Boise, said he counseled about the high risks of miscarriage or stillbirth with the pregnancy and other risks to Crozier’s health with higher levels of amniotic fluid. And while termination was an option, he said, he couldn’t provide it for her in Idaho. She would have to go out of state and navigate insurance, lodging and any other logistics on her own. “It’s truly awful that patients can’t receive care in their home state, being surrounded by their primary care team, surrounded by their support people in their time of grief,” Harmon, who now practices in the Southeast, told Stateline. After a few days of discussion with her husband, Crozier recalled, they decided it was best not to continue the pregnancy for the sake of both her health and their future fertility options.  “I didn’t want my first experience with motherhood to be watching her struggle. I wanted it to be doing something really hard because I loved her,” she said. Rebecca Crozier holds a print from one of her ultrasounds, showing the top of the fetus’ skull open from a fatal anomaly called anencephaly. (Photo by Otto Kitsinger for Stateline) But making that decision was only the first step. Idaho is the only state in the West with a near-total ban, but the travel distances between clinics are vast, and those clinics are often overloaded. Calls to clinics in California, Oregon and Washington all yielded appointments that were several weeks away.  The couple have family members who live in Utah. Crozier called clinics in Utah, where abortion is permitted up to 18 weeks, and got an appointment at a hospital within two weeks. Her mom flew in from California to be by her side. “There was a lot of coordinating with the funeral home, actually, because we had to figure out how to get her transported back to Idaho,” Crozier said.  The funeral home suggested the couple pick out a few items to cremate with the remains, including a security blanket with a white bunny at the top, so that there were enough ashes for the urn. Crozier held the items right up until it was time.  Rebecca and Kris Crozier have publicly shared their story of leaving Idaho to terminate a pregnancy with a fatal diagnosis because the state’s near-total abortion ban does not contain exceptions for fatal conditions. (Courtesy of Rebecca Crozier) She spent $3,000 out of pocket for the procedure, which was not covered by her insurance, and another $1,000 for the urn and cremation, including the costs to transport the  remains across state lines. In the recovery room, Crozier asked about footprints and handprints, but learned Haven was too tiny and the tissue too soft. “I got really upset, and they had to bring my husband in,” she said.  For the next year, they kept the full story extremely private and only told a few close friends and family members. Everyone else just knew that Haven had died. The couple opened up  over the summer, including on social media, in support of Idaho’s ballot initiative. But Crozier found that some people’s responses were more dismissive than she’d imagined they would be.  “A lot of people were like, that’s not really an abortion, that doesn’t really count,” Crozier said.  Since the summer, the Croziers have been vocal online and in person about the initiative, telling Haven’s story and trying to convey that an abortion ban like Idaho’s affects many people in situations like theirs.  “With Prop 1 being on the ballot, I feel like people have this kind of idea in their brain of what people who have abortions are like, and I feel like I kind of break that mold for a lot of people,” Crozier said.  “The whole situation was just so heartbreaking, and on top of being in that situation, having to go out of state and to hide what had really happened from friends and family for fear of being judged.” More babies born with this anomaly under abortion bans Dr. Kerri Brackney, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Tennessee who is a member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, said anencephaly diagnoses are not uncommon, and they are usually clearly identifiable early in pregnancy.  The diagnosis does come with risks, Brackney said, including a buildup of amniotic fluid that can cause preterm labor or high blood pressure, but she said it’s typically manageable.    “The vast majority of patients I care for are able to find some beauty in the hard,” she said. “It doesn’t take away the hard, doesn’t take away the pain, but unfortunately neither does abortion.” Idaho is losing OB-GYNs. Doctors who remain are trying to shoulder the extra burdens. Tennessee also has a near-total abortion ban with no fetal anomaly exceptions, and Brackney said more anencephaly babies are being delivered because of the ban, giving doctors a better sense of what it looks like at full term delivery. Brackney said she is honest with patients about the prognosis, and said the longest she’s seen a baby with anencephaly live after delivery is a couple of weeks.  She has had patients who chose to leave the state and terminate, even though she doesn’t recommend it, and said she will refer a patient to a reputable clinic in another state if that’s what they decide to do. “But I also really try to encourage my patients that, No. 1, I think they’re stronger than they realize and we can walk through any hard situation with them,” Brackney said. “They’re not alone, and we can help them to find even the small bits of beauty and joy that are found in a very hard journey.” Brackney said she thinks patients grieve better over the long term when they “follow their pregnancies to their natural conclusion,” whether that’s a miscarriage, stillbirth or death in the hours or days after delivery. She doesn’t think exceptions for fatal anomalies like anencephaly are necessary in states with abortion bans. “Sometimes moms find stillbirths to be a gift, where they didn’t have to decide and it happened naturally,” she said. Early on in Idaho’s campaign, polls showed relatively high support for a ballot initiative to restore reproductive rights, including a Boise State University School of Public Service poll last November showing 61% support. A year later, recent polls have tightened considerably or shown more support on the opposing side, after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated $1 million and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise donated $300,000, helping to usher in a wave of messaging against the measure. A public memorial Most of the Facebook posts from the Croziers over the summer didn’t make huge waves. But in early October, Rebecca Crozier made another one that was more direct, complete with multiple photos of her pregnant belly, her ultrasounds and Haven’s memory box.  She wrote that she was affected by Idaho’s abortion laws and recounted her story, and encouraged people to vote yes on the ballot measure.  Quotation A lot of people were like, that’s not really an abortion, that doesn’t really count. – Rebecca Crozier The post quickly went viral. It was shared more than 2,700 times, with almost as many comments. Although it was a political post, she also felt it was a way she could permanently memorialize the baby she never got to meet.  “I kept telling my friends and my family that I was scared that people were going to forget about her,” Crozier said. “That we would get pregnant, and we would have other kids, or that time would go on and that she would be forgotten.  “And it felt like a way that I could remind myself and other people that she was real, and she mattered to me.”   The Croziers are still trying for a healthy pregnancy. Stateline reporter Kelcie Moseley-Morris can be reached at kmoseley@stateline.org. Editor’s Note: This story will be included in The Aftermath, an upcoming collaborative project with PBS News Hour and Stateline collecting the personal stories of patients harmed by abortion bans since 2022. If you would like to share your story, please email kmoseley@stateline.org.  This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22ee9876989b59d07d83e Celebrities love Angara jewelry — and it's on sale for the holidays te 2026-10-28T17:20:41.053Z Celebrities love Angara jewelry — and it's on sale for the holidays With the holiday season quickly approaching, finding a gift that truly stands out should be everyone's goal. Fortunately, Angara, the celebrity-favorite fine jewelry brand, is offering a variety of deals on beautifully handcrafted jewelry that'll impress that special someone on your gift list. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22cc5876989b59d07d7d6 GOP lawmakers urge Rubio to weigh visa restrictions on corrupt officials as Albania rocked by protests te 2026-10-28T17:11:33.437Z GOP lawmakers urge Rubio to weigh visa restrictions on corrupt officials as Albania rocked by protests EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican members of congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concern over the state of NATO ally Albania’s democratic backsliding, urging the department to use its visa restriction authority against Albanian officials complicit in significant corruption. "We write to express concern about the state of democracy and the rule of law in the Republic of Albania, a NATO ally and candidate for European Union membership. The United States has invested heavily in Albania's justice reforms and has a strong interest in their success. Recent events suggest that progress is fragile and, in key areas, at risk of reversal," the letter to Secretary Rubio said. Specifically, the letter urges Secretary Rubio to use the State Department's authority under Section 7031(c) of the annual Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act to publicly designate Albanian officials and their immediate family members, if necessary, if credible information of involvement in significant corruption exists. SERBIA’S LONGTIME LEADER FACES BIGGEST POLITICAL TEST AS STUDENTS MOUNT ELECTION CHALLENGE The letter, written by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and his Republican colleague, Chairman of the House Europe Subcommittee, Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, requested the administration answer four key questions by Nov. 5. In addition to asking the state department to commit to reviewing Albanian officials for designation under its visa restriction authority, the members of congress inquired about what assistance is being provided to Albania's broader justice reform efforts and whether the U.S. embassy in Tirana is working with local officials to protect protesters and journalists. The Republican representatives are also requesting an update on former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, who was charged with interfering in public procurement for road construction. Prosecutors asked parliament in Dec. 2025 to lift her immunity so she could be arrested, but Prime Minister Edi Rama called the request unconstitutional, and parliament has not allowed the arrest to proceed. The members of congress say that Albania's anti-corruption institutions cannot succeed in rooting out corruption when political leaders shield the officials they investigate. US LAWMAKERS SOUND ALARM AS VIOLENCE GRIPS NATO ALLY ALBANIA AMID ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS Like fellow protesters in France and across Europe, tens of thousands have protested amid allegations of government corruption, inadequate education, unemployment and a lack of opportunity. The growing nationwide protest movement is driven by students and citizens also demanding accountability, an end to corruption and what they say is the restoration of democratic institutions and the rule of law. Demonstrations broke out in the capital, Tirana, two weeks ago, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. The protests quickly turned violent as demonstrators lobbed Molotov cocktails at the Education Ministry and clashed with police. Protesters also took aim at Rama’s Socialist Party headquarters in Tirana, squaring off with riot police who had been dispatched to protect government property. Rama blamed "foreign hands who do not want Albania in the European Union and who promote the masks that claim to represent students, but who in fact, more than students, represent organized crime itself." So far, the prime minister has refused to resign but has proposed entering into dialogue with the protesters. FRANCE ROCKED BY STUDENT RIOTS AS HUNDREDS ARRESTED, VIOLENCE SPREADS NATIONWIDE The violence taking place across Albania is a worrying sign for a country struggling to maintain its democracy and continue the path to EU accession. "Congress is deeply concerned about the situation in Albania as the government uses excessive force against citizens who are demanding accountability and clean institutions. Corruption and narcotrafficking associated with the Rama government must be countered," Rep. Wilson told Fox News Digital in a statement. The turmoil in Albania comes as the country has long sought European Union membership, which began in 2014 when it became an official candidate for accession. While the 2025 annual European Commission report stated that Albania made significant strides in judicial reforms and combating organized crime, the continued allegations of corruption in the Rama government and the current violence taking place will complicate its path to EU membership. The student protests in Albania mirror the mass protests that took place in neighboring Serbia, where a student-led political movement toppled longtime leaderAleksander Vucic. "Vucic’s defeat by a student-backed movement, following nearly two years of demonstrations over corruption and government accountability, is a striking parallel with the unrest now confronting Rama in Albania, where protests have been ongoing for over 150 days," Agim Nesho, former Albanian ambassador to the UN and U.S., told Fox News. "In Albania, students and other citizens have been demonstrating since May, with the latest wave of daily protests intensifying demands for the resignation of a prime minister who has governed for more than 13 years with rampant corruption and declining public services," Nesho added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22ca2876989b59d07d7b2 Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms te 2026-10-28T17:10:58.453Z Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22c8e876989b59d07d7a9 As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps te 2026-10-28T17:10:38.743Z As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22c7a876989b59d07d7a0 Xreal Aura is a new wired headset powered by Android XR te 2026-10-28T17:10:18.387Z Xreal Aura is a new wired headset powered by Android XR Xreal Aura will start at $1,279 and will have multiple XR specific launch apps at launch Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22a5f876989b59d07d756 LEE ZELDIN: Biden's energy rules cost billions. Trump's EPA is lowering costs te 2026-10-28T17:01:19.304Z LEE ZELDIN: Biden's energy rules cost billions. Trump's EPA is lowering costs So much of America runs on oil and gas. It's fuel in vehicles and heat in homes. It's the diesel in the tractor that grows your food and the truck that hauls it to your grocery store. When it costs more to produce and supply goes down, you pay more for almost everything. That's why President Trump and I were in Lubbock, Texas, today to announce our biggest step yet to fix one of the Biden administration's costliest mistakes. EPA's new proposal to overhaul the Biden-era oil and natural gas rules is expected to save Americans $45 billion. It would also unleash an estimated 210 million more barrels of American oil and 1.41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. In 2024, the Biden EPA slapped one-size-fits-all mandates on oil and gas producers, from the biggest companies to families with a single well. By its own estimate, the rule would cost $18 billion and push natural gas prices higher, and even those estimates were too low. Worse, the Biden EPA refused to admit what producers told us again and again: these rules would shut down existing wells and keep new ones from ever opening. THE IRAN WAR DIDN'T MAKE YOUR HEATING BILL THIS HIGH. BLUE-STATE ENERGY POLICY DID Producers don't absorb those costs. You do. You pay at the pump, on your heating bill and at the checkout line, because farmers paying more for diesel have to charge more for their crops. Nobody was hit harder than America's marginal well owners. About 783,000 of the nation's oil and gas wells, roughly 79 percent, are small, low-producing wells, many on family land. Families use them to heat their homes, run their farm equipment and build their retirement. The Biden rule would have forced mass closures of these wells. BIDEN-ERA ENVIRO RULE ACCUSED OF STRANGLING TRUCKERS, SQUEEZING AMERICANS LANDS ON TRUMP CHOPPING BLOCK Our proposal fixes that. We are proposing separate, workable standards for different kinds of well sites, so a family's stripper well isn't treated like a major operation. We are proposing to end the so-called super emitter program, which is unnecessary, ineffective and built on shaky legal ground. And for the natural gas that comes up alongside oil, we are restoring a commonsense standard: 95 percent efficient flaring or other controls, instead of a mandate that every bit of it reach a sales line that simply doesn't exist in many producing areas. Protecting human health and the environment is EPA's core mission, and that isn't changing. The Clean Air Act requires standards that sources can actually achieve. The Biden EPA touted "zero emissions" requirements while ignoring that existing rules already required 95 percent reductions, then stuffed its rule with exemptions to paper over the gap. TRUMP'S EPA REFORMS ARE A HUGE BOOST TO MANUFACTURERS, BUT THERE'S MORE RED TAPE TO CUT: EXPERT We are writing rules that match reality, and we want to hear from the states and operators who know it best. Beyond today’s announcement, the Trump EPA has racked up a series of wins that have proven popular everywhere the President has traveled, and Texas is no exception. Over the past year, the agency finalized a record $1.6 trillion in deregulatory savings, a historic effort that is advancing consumer choice and lowering costs on vehicles, energy, food, and more with common-sense actions that prove we can protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time. The repeal of the 2009 Obama-era Endangerment Finding alone delivered $1.3 trillion in cost savings and made vehicles more affordable, while eliminating the federal incentive behind the almost universally hated start/stop feature that killed engines at every red light. That stands in stark contrast to the $1.3 trillion in unnecessary rules the Biden EPA piled onto American families and the economy. The Trump EPA has also moved aggressively to reverse the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) deratements that left farmers and truckers stranded on the side of the road and in the field. John Deere has now updated all major models for the Fall 2026 harvest to align with EPA’s guidance, and the agency is finalizing a new deregulatory proposal to permanently remove all DEF deratement requirements on new vehicles, non-road equipment and engines. Building on that work, EPA has protected Americans’ Right to Repair their own tractors and non-road equipment under the Clean Air Act, and this past July took further action to advance the Freedom to Fix in accordance with President Trump’s memo. The math here is simple. When American producers can produce, America wins through lower gas and diesel prices, lower heating bills, lower grocery costs and more good-paying energy jobs. Lower costs at the well and higher energy supplies mean more money in your wallet. President Trump promised to end the war on American energy and this proposal is one more promise kept. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22a46876989b59d07d732 Women Deserve More Understanding For Their Menopause Symptoms | Opinion te 2026-10-28T17:00:54.114Z Women Deserve More Understanding For Their Menopause Symptoms | Opinion When it comes to changing hormones, we need to assess how well are we preparing women. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22a38876989b59d07d729 Trump's Arch Would Cast a Long Shadow Over History te 2026-10-28T17:00:40.169Z Trump's Arch Would Cast a Long Shadow Over History The president wants to build his own place in history but there is something impatient about his approach to posterity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22a2a876989b59d07d717 Jeanine Pirro Bounces Back Into the Trump Attack te 2026-10-28T17:00:26.546Z Jeanine Pirro Bounces Back Into the Trump Attack Pirro's position appeared precarious after Trump rebuked her for dropping charges in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22a1d876989b59d07d6f8 Tucson grad helps run deep-sea livestream near Wake Island te 2026-10-28T17:00:13.766Z Tucson grad helps run deep-sea livestream near Wake Island Adam Harper used to watch ocean exploration livestreams in the background while studying at the University of Arizona, and this summer he spent 30 days picking the camera shots for one. Harper, a UA and Catalina Foothills High School graduate, worked as a video engineering intern with the Nautilus Live Science and Engineering internship program, a highly competitive opportunity that receives hundreds of applications each year. As part of his internship, Harper participated in an exploration of Wake Island’s deep sea from Aug. 20 to Sept. 18. Located approximately halfway between Hawaii and the Mariana Islands, Wake Island is among the most remote landmasses on Earth. The area has been surveyed before, including by NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer in 2016, but the Nautilus team was still breaking new ground. “No matter what, we knew we were setting a new foundation,” Harper told the Tucson Spotlight. The journey represented “one of the most poorly surveyed areas under U.S. jurisdiction,” according to Nautilus Live, which says most of the roughly 157,000 square miles of seafloor around Wake remains unmapped. The 30-day expedition used the remotely operated vehicle, mapping and telepresence systems of E/V Nautilus, with a focus on “science priorities of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and the Wake Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.” Harper’s job was to run the livestreams, choosing camera shots for viewers and keeping the audio clear so the scientists could be heard. “It’s a lot of button pushing and back-to-back action, but it’s an important position for sure, and one that has been an incredible opportunity to join the team and contribute,” according to nautiluslive.org. Help us build local news that brings people together, not apart. A deep-sea animal photographed by a camera on E/V Nautilus’ remotely operated vehicle during the expedition near Wake Island, where most of the seafloor remains unmapped. Courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Nautilus produces 24/7 livestreams of its exploration vessel. Harper first learned about the program as a regular viewer, watching the livestreams in the background as he studied for exams. Harper graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in film and television and a minor in marine sciences. “Once I got (the minor) established, I would watch aquarium or nature ambience (channels), and while on one of those, I saw a video from a live stream at E/V Nautilus,” Harper said. “It wasn’t until 2025 I got home from working at Spirit Halloween. I had heard them say on their live stream that ... applications for the internship (were) open.” Less than a year later, Harper was on an expedition of his own, exploring one of the least explored areas of the ocean. The trip set records for the organization. “We mapped more seafloor than our organization has seen before,” Harper said. “We had spent many hours underwater, we had the record for the longest dives spent underwater, we were underwater for almost four full days, which is rarely seen in our organization.” The trip was not all about records, though. Harper recalls both scary and fun moments. “We ended up dodging a total of four typhoons and tropical storms due to the very active El Niño weather activation,” he said. “Even despite the trials, we still produced a high-quality stream and found important information for future dives.” Harper, who had never traveled solo before, said the most stressful moment came about three nights into the trip, though not because of the travel itself. “When I actually got on the ship and set sail, there were some things I needed to adjust to. But nothing that had me worried until about three nights in, during one of our extended dives, hearing lots of noise coming from a room that I hadn’t heard, and I was like, ‘Do we need to report this? Am I the only one noticing this engine draining in the room?’” Harper said. “Thankfully it ended up being a non-issue. There was a secondary door and someone just left it open.” Harper found an unexpected link between his work with the University of Arizona hockey team and his job on Nautilus. He credits his past film jobs with preparing him for the work at sea. “While I was at the U of A, I worked really closely with the hockey team. I was the technical director for broadcasting,” Harper said. “I can say confidently that my broadcasting internship helped prepare me for what I had to do with E/V Nautilus as well.” As Harper settles back on dry land, his post-grad plans are still evolving. He plans to return to his family business and look for local film jobs, but the ocean is still on his mind. “I’m crossing all my fingers and toes, hoping I could work with (E/V Nautilus) again,” Harper said. “I remember when I first got off the ship I instantly started looking for more opportunities with them or their partners.” Macy Hernandez is Tucson Spotlight's social media manager and a journalism and business administration major at the University of Arizona. Contact her at macyhernandez@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/6ae22810876989b59d07d6b0 Jennifer Lawrence's candid plastic surgery reveal overshadowed by fans calling her 'unrecognizable' te 2026-10-28T16:51:28.231Z Jennifer Lawrence's candid plastic surgery reveal overshadowed by fans calling her 'unrecognizable' Jennifer Lawrence's fans were left with more questions than answers after the "Hunger Games" star launched her latest business endeavor. Lawrence, 36, debuted her new mes° beauty brand online with The Cut and also revealed she'd gone under the knife for a breast augmentation in an attempt to become a "sexy mom." While some users celebrated Lawrence's candid approach to plastic surgery, others admitted the actress was "unrecognizable" in the photo spread. MOLLY SIMS CALLS OUT HOLLYWOOD FOR LYING ABOUT BEAUTY SECRETS "Who else had no idea this was Jennifer Lawrence??" one user wrote, while another noted, "I would not have been able to recognize this as Jennifer Lawrence without the text!!" "Unrecognizable. What did she do to her face," one fan asked. ROSIE O'DONNELL ADMITS FEELING 'SHAMEFUL' AFTER SECRET FACELIFT SHE ONCE CALLED A BETRAYAL OF FEMINISM "She looks like a completely different person. Like when Jennifer Grey got her nose job and nobody knew who she was," another fan wrote. Some users suggested the Academy Award winner had "eye surgery," while others asked, "Who retouched these pictures?" Others praised her photos, with one person writing, "She literally looks younger every time I see her." "She can do whatever she wants," another noted. In the profile published Tuesday, Lawrence confessed that part of the reason she wants to look her best has to do with her children. "I want to be a sexy mom," she said. "At drop-off, I want to look like a woman that has her s--- together even when I’ve just woken up and don’t have my s--- together." Lawrence and husband Cooke Maroney have two sons together: Cy, four, and a 19-month-old boy whose name has not yet been publicly disclosed. She told The New Yorker in October 2025 that she was strongly considering getting a facelift, after previously admitting to dabbling in other cosmetic procedures in a Vogue interview. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I can’t really get very much done," she said. "I need to have movement in my face — I get baby Botox, but I can’t do a lot." Lawrence said she was "nervous" about fat transfers, but celebrated others in their quests for beauty. "I support other people doing them because I want to continue to watch and see what happens, but I don’t know about that," she said. "I mean, I would love to have a buccal fat removal." She explained that she wouldn't pursue the treatment "because everybody would know, but just know that I want that," and then noted that she preferred radiofrequency treatments "because I have huge cheeks, and so I feel like exercising them as much as possible." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Earlier this year, Lawrence admitted she thought of herself as a "stay-at-home mom" more than anything while appearing on the "Smartless" podcast. "That’s me. I identify as a stay-at-home mom," she said while describing her life as an actor. "But I am obviously working. I’m not used to being busy like this." She added, "I normally have a busy three months while I’m filming, but even in that sense, it’s calm because there is nothing else to do. I just go to work, I do that, I come home, I sleep, and then I do it again. And then, like, two weeks while you promote. It is hectic." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae227f8876989b59d07d68e Cowboys New Star Linebacker Trade Target Emerges te 2026-10-28T16:51:04.191Z Cowboys New Star Linebacker Trade Target Emerges The Dallas Cowboys are being linked to Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker Patrick Queen as the deadline gets closer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae227ec876989b59d07d685 Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors Get Notable Update from Colts HC Shane Steichen te 2026-10-28T16:50:52.674Z Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors Get Notable Update from Colts HC Shane Steichen Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is the hottest name on the trade market, especially after Tuesday's major moves. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae227e1876989b59d07d67c Michael Penix Jr Wins First NFL Award After Leading Falcons Over 49ers te 2026-10-28T16:50:41.748Z Michael Penix Jr Wins First NFL Award After Leading Falcons Over 49ers Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. has won his first NFL award after leading the team to a 29-20 victory over the 49ers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae227d6876989b59d07d673 Yankees Linked to Padres Star Reliever Ahead of MLB Free Agency te 2026-10-28T16:50:30.392Z Yankees Linked to Padres Star Reliever Ahead of MLB Free Agency The New York Yankees are being linked to San Diego Padres star pitcher Adrian Morejon ahead of MLB free agency. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae227cb876989b59d07d66a Mom Left Devastated by What Happens to Disabled Son, 6, on School Bus te 2026-10-28T16:50:19.007Z Mom Left Devastated by What Happens to Disabled Son, 6, on School Bus Victoria Hable, 31, says her 6-year-old son was clinger than usual following the "distressing" incident on July 16, 2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae225bf876989b59d07d5f3 Anthropic Warns Staff Visas Could Be 'Targeted' Under Trump te 2026-10-28T16:41:35.826Z Anthropic Warns Staff Visas Could Be 'Targeted' Under Trump Anthropic warns staff could face targeted visa action as the Trump administration tightens restrictions on legal immigration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae225b4876989b59d07d5ea Growing Nuclear Demand Could Push Uranium Mining Into New Areas | Opinion te 2026-10-28T16:41:24.665Z Growing Nuclear Demand Could Push Uranium Mining Into New Areas | Opinion Geological evidence suggests that Canada’s Thelon Basin is demonstrating real potential. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae225a8876989b59d07d5e1 Damian Lillard Ends Lakers' Perfect Start With Clutch Performance te 2026-10-28T16:41:12.746Z Damian Lillard Ends Lakers' Perfect Start With Clutch Performance Damian Lillard's clutch 3-pointer lifted Portland past the Lakers, ending Los Angeles' unbeaten start despite Luka Doncic's 41. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2259d876989b59d07d5d8 Flanagan Far Ahead in Top-Rated Minnesota Poll as Other Data Show Near Tie te 2026-10-28T16:41:01.746Z Flanagan Far Ahead in Top-Rated Minnesota Poll as Other Data Show Near Tie Democrat Peggy Flanagan has an impressive lead over Republican Michele Tafoya in the race for Minnesota's Senate seat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22593876989b59d07d5cf NFL Makes Joe Burrow Announcement After Stellar Week 7 Performance te 2026-10-28T16:40:51.090Z NFL Makes Joe Burrow Announcement After Stellar Week 7 Performance The Cincinnati Bengals secured a dominant road victory over the Baltimore Ravens this past Sunday, notching a 35-13 final score. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22587876989b59d07d5c6 The Worst Attack Ads of the Midterms—Ranked te 2026-10-28T16:40:39.937Z The Worst Attack Ads of the Midterms—Ranked This election cycle has been unique in both the scale and standard of ads that have aired. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2257c876989b59d07d5bd ESPN Analyst Drops Scorching Hot Take on Seahawks’ Quenton Nelson Trade te 2026-10-28T16:40:28.295Z ESPN Analyst Drops Scorching Hot Take on Seahawks’ Quenton Nelson Trade Kyle Brandt said the Seattle Seahawks acquiring guard Quenton Nelson from the Indianapolis Colts is a "huge deal." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2256f876989b59d07d59b Fallece Dolores Huerta, influyente líder sindical, ícono feminista y de derechos civiles te 2026-10-28T16:40:15.254Z Fallece Dolores Huerta, influyente líder sindical, ícono feminista y de derechos civiles Read in English Dolores Huerta, quien cofundó el sindicato United Farm Workers para mejorar las condiciones laborales en los campos agrícolas del país y acuñó la frase “¡Sí, se puede!”, falleció. Tenía 96 años. La familia de Huerta informó en un comunicado, a través de su fundación, que murió el miércoles en su casa. Huerta mantuvo una agenda ocupada hasta bien entrados sus 90 años, marchando en protestas y hablando en ciudades de todo el país sobre raza, pobreza y los derechos de las personas LGBTQ+ y de las mujeres en nombre de su fundación con sede en Bakersfield, California. La determinación de Huerta consolidó su lugar en la historia como una de las líderes laborales más influyentes del país, íconos de los derechos civiles y activistas feministas. Su eslogan “Sí, se puede” se basaba en la creencia de que la gente podía generar cambios. Su trabajo a lo largo de las décadas le valió varios reconocimientos, incluida la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad, el mayor honor civil del país. Cuando el entonces presidente Barack Obama le entregó el premio en 2012, elogió a Huerta como una líder tenaz y bromeó que había robado su eslogan para su campaña de 2008. Este año, Huerta provocó conmoción en la comunidad latina cuando reveló que fue abusada sexualmente por el cofundador del movimiento de trabajadores agrícolas, César Chavez, lo que llevó al nacimiento de dos hijos, un secreto que mantuvo durante 60 años y mucho después de que él muriera. Desde principios de la década de 1970, la pareja de Huerta fue Richard Chavez, el hermano de César, y juntos tuvieron cuatro hijos. También tuvo siete hijos de dos matrimonios anteriores. Huerta dijo que había guardado silencio durante tanto tiempo porque temía que dar a conocer lo ocurrido comprometiera el trabajo de su vida y deshiciera todo el progreso logrado para los trabajadores. La líder de los Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos (UFW), Dolores Huerta (centro), encabeza una manifestación en el Distrito de la Misión de San Francisco el 19 de noviembre de 1988, junto con Howard Wallace, presidente de la sección de San Francisco de la UFW (izquierda), y María Elena Chávez, de 16 años, hija de César Chávez (derecha), como parte de un boicot nacional contra lo que la UFW considera el uso peligroso de pesticidas en las uvas de mesa. (Foto AP/Court Mast, Archivo) Activismo desde casa Huerta nació como Dolores Clara Fernández en 1930 en Dawson, Nuevo México. Su padre era minero y activista sindical que luego ganó un escaño en la Legislatura estatal. Sus padres se divorciaron cuando ella tenía 3 años, y su madre la llevó a ella y a sus hermanos a California. Inmersa en un crisol de familias trabajadoras mexicanas, filipinas, afroamericanas, japonesas y chinas, Huerta aprendió de su madre —quien era dueña de un restaurante y un hotel— sobre independencia, compasión y activismo. Huerta era una joven y enérgica maestra de primaria en el fértil valle de San Joaquín cuando decidió responder a otro llamado después de frustrarse por las malas condiciones de vida de sus estudiantes. El trabajo inicial de Huerta con un grupo de derechos civiles en Stockton dio como resultado que conociera a Chavez. Los dos querían centrarse más en la difícil situación de los trabajadores agrícolas, así que en 1962 iniciaron la National Farm Workers Association, que se convirtió en United Farm Workers of America unos años después. Fue una líder clave y negociadora del sindicato durante años. Fue una de quienes se unieron a los recolectores filipinos de uva en lo que se convirtió en la huelga “Delano Grape Strike”. Con Chavez, negoció convenios de negociación colectiva y contratos con grandes productores, logrando los primeros planes de salud y beneficios para los trabajadores agrícolas. Chavez, quien murió en 1993, una vez la describió como intrépida, comprometida con la causa y dura cuando se trataba de negociaciones. En la campaña Conoció al senador Robert Kennedy de Massachusetts durante su visita a Delano en 1968 y se convirtió en voluntaria en su campaña presidencial, registrando a mexicoestadounidenses en California para votar. Huerta estaba en el escenario con Kennedy después de que ganó las primarias de California y él le agradeció públicamente momentos antes de ser asesinado. El asesinato devastó a Huerta, pero siguió organizando por los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas. Huerta fue encarcelada 22 veces por manifestarse por el sindicato. En 1988, resultó gravemente herida mientras protestaba contra la oposición del candidato presidencial republicano George H.W. Bush al boicot de uvas de la UFW durante su visita a San Francisco. Atrapada en una multitud, fue golpeada por la porra de un policía, sufrió tres costillas rotas y el bazo destrozado, y requirió más de una docena de transfusiones de sangre. Llegó a un acuerdo con la ciudad para resolver sus reclamaciones. Después de una larga recuperación, Huerta cambió de enfoque e hizo campaña por los derechos de las mujeres y alentar a las latinas a postularse para cargos públicos. También hizo campaña por los presidentes demócratas Bill Clinton, Obama y Joe Biden. El gobernador de California Gavin Newsom la consideraba una amiga cercana. Impulsada por el valor Emilio Huerta, uno de los 13 hijos de Dolores, una vez señaló el valor de su madre durante una entrevista, diciendo que era uno de los motores más significativos del trabajo de su vida. “Dedicar tu vida a construir un sueño de un sindicato para los trabajadores agrícolas, enfrentarte a la agricultura, que hasta hoy sigue siendo una potencia. … Eso requirió mucho coraje”, había dicho. Huerta aprendió el arte de hacer cabildeo con los políticos. Consiguió ayuda financiera para los desempleados y seguro por discapacidad para los trabajadores agrícolas de California. Se pronunció contra los pesticidas tóxicos, impulsó la amnistía para los inmigrantes y luchó contra los programas federales de trabajadores invitados. Al dirigir boicots nacionales de uvas y lechuga a principios de la década de 1970, ayudó a crear la presión económica y el clima político necesarios para que California aprobara lo que sería la primera ley estatal que reconocía el derecho de los trabajadores agrícolas a la negociación colectiva. Su trabajo le valió muchos reconocimientos. Fue la primera latina en ser incorporada al Salón de la Fama Nacional de Mujeres y ha recibido nueve doctorados honoris causa de universidades estadounidenses. Hay escuelas que llevan su nombre en California, Texas y Colorado. Su imagen adorna muchos murales, y calles llevan su nombre, pero no siempre se ganó el favor de activistas más liberales. En 2016, cuando respaldó a Hillary Clinton en lugar del senador Bernie Sanders de Vermont en las primarias presidenciales demócratas, la actriz Rosario Dawson —partidaria de Sanders que interpretó a Huerta en una película de 2014 sobre César Chavez— dijo que Huerta se había convertido en “un instrumento del establishment”. Dawson y Huerta luego se reconciliaron. El guitarrista Carlos Santana más tarde supervisó un documental basado en la vida de Huerta después de que la pareja tuviera una conversación nocturna sobre música mientras estaban en Hawai. Santana, fan de Miles Davis, descubrió que Huerta era una gran admiradora de la leyenda del bebop Charlie Parker. Fue su trabajo como líder dentro del movimiento laboral lo que resonó en Estados Unidos y más allá, haciendo que su nombre fuera sinónimo de derechos civiles. En el documental de 2025 “Seeds of Change: The Life and Legacy of Dolores Huerta”, relató su trayectoria de décadas en el activismo y habló sobre la inspiración que obtuvo del movimiento de mujeres durante la década de 1970, diciendo que le brindó validación de que ella también podía estar en el escenario con otros líderes laborales. En la película, ella dice que espera que su legado sea el de una organizadora que organizó para luchar contra la injusticia, que el movimiento quiere darle a sus hijos una herencia de justicia en vez de joyas o propiedades. Dijo que lo principal es darles amor por la justicia y que ese es el mayor regalo que uno puede darles. El corresponsal Brian Melley contribuyó con esta nota. El ex periodista de AP Russell Contreras también contribuyó previamente para esta nota. The post Fallece Dolores Huerta, influyente líder sindical, ícono feminista y de derechos civiles appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2237d876989b59d07d552 Ranking which Power 4 college football head coaching job is most likely to come open next te 2026-10-28T16:31:57.372Z Ranking which Power 4 college football head coaching job is most likely to come open next The college football coaching carousel is constantly turning, and although this year's firing cycle doesn't look quite as star-studded as it did around this time last season, that doesn't mean we won't have a crazy end to 2026. Last October, a string of elite job openings occured within a few weeks of each other, as Penn State, Florida, and LSU all jettisoned their head coaches for underperforming relative to the expectations placed upon them. So far, 2026 has seen its fair share of Power 4 firings, but most fans and coaches alike seem to be waiting for a "blue blood" type of job to come open. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE UNDER-THE-RADAR NAMES DURING THIS SEASON'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHING CAROUSEL While Florida State appeared to be the most likely opening heading into the season, their new administration has made it clear a change at head coach in 2026 is unlikely. That begs the question, then: Which "big boy" job will be the next to open up this season? The way I see it, there are three big time Power 4 coaches who have the potential to be handed their pink slip before season's end. Let's explore all three of these jobs, ranked in order of how likely they are to be open by the end of the year. Things are going pretty poorly for the Clemson Tigers, and have been for quite some time now. Their offense is absolutely putrid, and they're coming off a dismal performance against Virginia Tech, dropping them to 4-3 on the year. There's still technically plenty of season left to right the ship, and if the Tigers win out, there's an outside chance they sneak into the ACC Championship Game with just two conference losses. Now for the reality: even if they win out, they'd still need losses from SMU and Wake Forest (whom they don't play) and another loss from Virginia Tech thanks to that aforementioned defeat to the Hokies last Saturday. Looking at the schedule, it might not be as easy as it looks, as the Tigers still have to play a Florida State team who played SMU, Alabama, and Miami closer than almost anyone this season, as well as a 5-2 Duke squad and a resurgent South Carolina team at the end of the year. With all that being said, I still don't think head coach Dabo Swinney's job is in jeopardy outside of an epic collapse. If Clemson fails to make a bowl game, Swinney could start to feel the heat heading into 2027, but I haven't seen anything to suggest Dabo is in danger. Anything is possible, and the results haven't been there for a program that just a few seasons ago had perennial national championship expectations, but Swinney has built up plenty of equity while coaching the Tigers. Coaches waiting for the Clemson job to come open shouldn't disregard it completely as an option, but they also shouldn't hold their breath. For as bad as things are going in Clemson, they're magnitudes worse in Boulder. The Buffs haven't had much to cheer about for most of head coach Deion Sanders' tenure, outside of a miraculous 2024 season which seems even more improbable the further removed we are from it. Colorado finished the season ranked in the top-25 thanks to a nine-win campaign and even produced the school's second Heisman winner in program history (Travis Hunter). Since then, it's been a rocky road for Coach Prime, marked by a disastrous 3-9 campaign in 2025 and a 2-5 start to 2026. Sanders has an 18-25 record while at Colorado, but the results on the field only tell a part of the story. DAN DAKICH CALLS DEION SANDERS' COLORADO PROGRAM A 'TROJAN HORSE': 'THIS IS A S— SHOW' The recruiting has been a disaster, something Prime was supposed to excel at when he arrived in the Centennial State, and the talent he has managed to bring in doesn't seem to help in the win/loss column. Then there was the report of Sanders offering $50,000 to silence any of his critics, which Sanders called "a joke," but regardless, something is definitely up in Boulder. I can't say whether Sanders will last the entire season, but his job is way less safe than someone like Dabo Swinney's. The Buffaloes basically have to win out to make a bowl game, and with games against Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF to end the season, that looks highly unlikely. I doubt even a program like Colorado would tolerate paying a coach $10 million a year to make one postseason trip in four seasons, so the clock may be ticking on Prime's future with the Buffs. Of all the "big boy" jobs with the potential to open up in 2026, USC might be the one to keep your eyes trained on. Entering the season, two things were simultaneously true: head coach Lincoln Riley was on an increasingly warming seat, but this was also the best chance the Trojans had at a College Football Playoff berth since his first season in Los Angeles. Those expectations may be what ultimately damns Riley in the end, as USC enters Halloween with two losses. Another defeat could mean curtains for the Trojans' CFP dreams, and could also give the administration a reason to show Riley the door. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE That third loss could come as early as this weekend, with the Trojans welcoming the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes to the Colosseum. The Buckeyes are a touchdown favorite, even without starting signal caller Julian Sayin, and if USC drops a home game to a backup quarterback, the patience may finally run out for the 43-year-old head coach. A loss to a team as talented as Ohio State, in a vacuum, isn't anything to be ashamed of, but as I mentioned before, it's about the body of work, and Riley has been an abject disappointment since arriving in Southern Cal in 2022. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Trojans haven't made the Playoff once in his four and a half seasons, and they don't have a single top-ten finish to show for their efforts either. It looked like things were starting to turn around this past offseason, as Riley and USC signed the number one recruiting class in the country to go along with one of his most talented rosters to date. On paper, the Trojans were expected to compete for Big Ten supremacy and ultimately make the postseason tournament, but that looks to be a pipe dream at this point, as a loss to Wisconsin (who has a coach of their own on a hot seat) effectively put those CFP hopes on life support. If the game on Saturday goes how Vegas thinks it will, you might want to keep your phone close to you on Sunday. The firing news will travel quickly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22370876989b59d07d549 Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder who accused César Chavez of sex abuse, dead at 96 te 2026-10-28T16:31:44.902Z Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder who accused César Chavez of sex abuse, dead at 96 Dolores Huerta, the pioneering labor activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union and spent decades fighting for better working conditions for America's agricultural workers, has died. She was 96. Huerta died at her home on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California, surrounded by her close family, her foundation announced. Born in New Mexico and raised by a single mother in California's San Joaquin Valley, Huerta began her career as a schoolteacher before helping establish a local chapter of a grassroots organization that challenged segregation and police brutality. Eventually, her focus turned to labor organizing, and together with Cesar Chavez, whom she'd later accuse of sexual abuse, she built the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. Four years later, that association merged with another organization to form the United Farm Workers union. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2235b876989b59d07d529 New Report Sheds Light on Jets HC Aaron Glenn's Hot Seat Amid 2-5 Start te 2026-10-28T16:31:23.157Z New Report Sheds Light on Jets HC Aaron Glenn's Hot Seat Amid 2-5 Start NFL insiders revealed whether head coach Aaron Glenn is expected to receive more time to turn around the New York Jets. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2234e876989b59d07d520 Notre Dame Gets Surprising CFP Prediction Ahead of Miami Clash te 2026-10-28T16:31:10.709Z Notre Dame Gets Surprising CFP Prediction Ahead of Miami Clash Notre Dame faces a major test against No. 1 Miami, while Joel Klatt has made a bold prediction about the Irish's CFP hopes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22342876989b59d07d517 NFL Insider: Titans RB is 'More Likely' Trade Than Jonathan Taylor te 2026-10-28T16:30:58.616Z NFL Insider: Titans RB is 'More Likely' Trade Than Jonathan Taylor Titans running back Tony Pollard could become an NFL trade deadline option for teams unable to acquire Colts star Jonathan Taylor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22337876989b59d07d50e Chiefs Linked to Star Wide Receiver After Embarrassing Seahawks Loss te 2026-10-28T16:30:47.773Z Chiefs Linked to Star Wide Receiver After Embarrassing Seahawks Loss The Kansas City Chiefs are being linked to Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs ahead of the trade deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2232d876989b59d07d505 Map Shows Where MRSA Most Drug-Resistant as CDC Warns ‘Serious Threat’ te 2026-10-28T16:30:37.835Z Map Shows Where MRSA Most Drug-Resistant as CDC Warns ‘Serious Threat’ CDC data reveals stark differences in MRSA drug resistance across U.S. states as officials warn it remains a serious threat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22323876989b59d07d4fc NFL Forces Eagles’ Saquon Barkley to Give up Stake in Polarizing Business te 2026-10-28T16:30:27.236Z NFL Forces Eagles’ Saquon Barkley to Give up Stake in Polarizing Business Eagles star Saquon Barkley says the NFL forced him to give up his stake in a controversial prediction-market platform. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae22316876989b59d07d4f3 Warriors Receive Concerning Kristaps Porzingis Updates Amid Uncertainty te 2026-10-28T16:30:14.637Z Warriors Receive Concerning Kristaps Porzingis Updates Amid Uncertainty The Warriors face growing uncertainty over Kristaps Porzingis as his future with Golden State comes under fresh scrutiny. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2210d876989b59d07d3fa Trump’s waning Latino support could tilt balance in Arizona midterm contests te 2026-10-28T16:21:33.303Z Trump’s waning Latino support could tilt balance in Arizona midterm contests WASHINGTON – Latino support for Republicans has thinned since 2024 as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have dropped. In Arizona, the shift could be crucial in statewide races and three hotly contested congressional contests. Latinos made up 23% of Arizona’s eligible voters, according to data from the state’s redistricting commission. And a large chunk of them are up for grabs, with 41% identifying as independents, according to a 2024 survey from Univision. “I would argue that Latino voters are the ultimate swing vote,” said Ricardo Rauseo Landa of Somos Votantes, which encourages voting by Latino Democrats in Arizona and other states.  Far more Latino registered voters identify as Democrats than as Republicans in Arizona – 42% to 18%, according to the Univision survey – but Democrats barely outnumber unaffiliated voters. “We are very pragmatic,” Rauseo Landa said. The relatively high number of independent Latino voters in Arizona tracks a nationwide move away from party identification, said Lisa Sanchez, associate professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona.  In 2025, a record-high number of adults in the United States identified as independents, according to a survey by Gallup.  “Latinos are no exception,” Sanchez said, adding that because they are more likely to be split-ticket voters, they “are important voters to mobilize in competitive elections.” Somos Votantes canvassed for Democratic nominee Jonathan Nez in Congressional District 2, where Rep. Eli Crane, R-Oro Valley, is seeking a third term.  Trump won the district by 15 percentage points in 2024, and Crane defeated Nez by 9 percentage points.  But the national political environment favors Democrats this year. Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda has especially alienated many Hispanic voters, Sanchez said, and polls consistently show that economic concerns are a major factor for these and other voters. In 2024, 48% of registered Latino voters nationwide supported Trump, according to the Pew Research Center.  His approval among Latino voters has plummeted – from 38% when he returned to office in early 2025 to just 24% ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. Even among those who voted for him in 2024, Trump’s approval has plunged – from 93% in early 2025 to 57%.  Samara Klar, a professor at the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy, noted that presidents’ parties typically lose seats in midterms. Trump’s historically low approval ratings will likely make that “a little more intense” than usual, she said. On Oct. 23, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report with Amy Walter shifted its rating of the Crane-Nez race from likely Republican to lean Republican – one step above toss-up. Latinos account for 14% of eligible voters in that district, according to Arizona Redistricting Commission data. In Congressional District 6, Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Tucson, faces Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza.  The Cook Political Report moved its rating in that district from toss-up to lean Democratic on Oct. 23. In 2024, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris barely edged past Trump in the district as Ciscomani won reelection by a slim 50-47.5 margin. Roughly one in five eligible voters in that district are Latino. Ciscomani, who was born in Mexico, has been reminding voters about his family’s journey and leans into the phrase “Proud American Immigrant.” On Oct. 1, he was endorsed by the Libre Initiative Action, a group created in 2011 by the billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David Koch, to improve conservative outreach to Latinos. (David Koch died in 2019.) “He talks quite a bit about DACA and immigration reform, and the importance of border security,” said Lea Márquez Peterson, Arizona Corporation Commissioner and chairwoman of the Hispanic Leadership PAC, launched last year to promote Republican Hispanic candidates. These are “things that really resonate with Latino families in Southern Arizona,” she said. “I think it’s going to be a tight race.” In Congressional District 1, being vacated by Rep. David Schweikert, R-Fountain Hills, former NFL kicker and GOP candidate Jay Feely faces Democrat Amish Shah, an emergency room physician. The contest was long seen as a toss-up. Schweikert drew 51.9% in 2024. Trump lost the district by more than 3 percentage points.  In late September, the Cook Political Report shifted its rating from toss-up to lean Democratic. Roughly one in 10 eligible voters is Latino. Nationwide, a Pew Survey released Oct. 16 found that enthusiasm is on the side of Democrats among Latino voters. Those voters are far more likely to say they are “extremely motivated to vote” in congressional elections than Latino Republicans.  And among all registered Latino voters, more than twice as many say they will vote for a Democrat as for a Republican. The economy is the top issue for Latino voters, the Pew survey found.  “What we’re hearing, almost in every conversation, is the economy being top of mind,” Rauseo Landa said.  Latinos in Arizona “care about kind of the same things that everyone else cares about, which is in this election cycle, cost of living, cost of gas, and the economy,” said Klar, whose research is in political psychology. “That’s really driving the vote right now, and it’s driving a lot of discontent with Republicans, which is why we are seeing trends moving back toward the Democrats.” Pita Juarez, organizer and communications consultant for Climate Power, a group that advocates for clean energy, noted that gas and electricity prices have continued to rise under Trump. “Latino voters are seeing the evidence of false promises from Trump, where he made a lot of promises on affordability,” she said. “People have had enough.”  In the governor’s race, Latinos favor Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, 57-20 over Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, according to a survey released in September by the Hispanic Research Center and Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research at Arizona State University. On Oct. 15, Hobbs announced a $6 million Spanish-language mail, media and small business engagement push. Biggs, who enjoys Trump’s support, has held conversations with Latino small business owners during the campaign. Turning Point Action, a conservative organization that supports Biggs, drew criticism recently for distributing artificially-generated images of state Rep. Lorena Austin, D-Mesa, holding a sign that said, “Democratas por Biggs,” which translates to Democrats for Biggs. Juarez called it an attempt to mislead voters about the breadth of Biggs’ support in a key part of the electorate.  “I’ve certainly seen a lot of activity on the Republican side and the Democrat side just recently with national groups coming out and endorsement signs going up, and people attempting to influence the Latino vote,” she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae220f2876989b59d07d3c0 Former Ohio State hockey star dead at 31 after suffering stroke te 2026-10-28T16:21:06.023Z Former Ohio State hockey star dead at 31 after suffering stroke Former Ohio State Buckeyes men’s hockey goaltender Sean Romeo died from complications of a stroke, the school announced on Monday. He was 31. Romeo suffered a stroke on Oct. 15. The death of Romero sparked tributes from the hockey world, including from the ECHL – a developmental hockey league that serves as part of the NHL’s minor league system. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "The ECHL mourns the passing of former goaltender Sean Romeo at age 31. Our thoughts and condolences go out to Sean's family, friends, and former teammates during this time," the ECHL wrote on X. "We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of former Cyclones goalie Sean Romeo, holding his friends and family in our thoughts," the Cincinnati Cyclones added. Romeo transferred to Ohio State from Maine in 2016. He was a second-team All-Big Ten Conference winner and a Mike Richter Award semifinalist. He was named the NCAA Midwest Regional’s Most Outstanding Player as the team made the Frozen Four for the second time. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Lisa Romeo explained on her son’s Caring Bridge page that his situation "continued to worsen" after he suffered the initial stroke. She revealed a second stroke occurred on Oct. 22 on the opposite side of his brain. Ohio State said that the goaltender was an organ donor and will be "donating his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys to give others a second chance at life." Romeo played 30 games in the ECHL before pursuing a career in business in Chicago. A celebration of life for the former athlete is set to be held on Nov. 9 in Cary, North Carolina. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae220e7876989b59d07d3b7 'Ruthless' podcast breaks down investment by Ohio Democrat in China-linked fund te 2026-10-28T16:20:55.657Z 'Ruthless' podcast breaks down investment by Ohio Democrat in China-linked fund With less than a week until the midterm elections, the "Ruthless" podcast hosts questioned Rep. Greg Landsman's, D-Ohio, reported investment in a fund with holdings in Chinese military-linked companies. "How are you allowed to hold that [fund as] an elected official in this country?" podcast co-host Comfortably Smug asked in an episode released Wednesday morning. "That is stunning." Ohio News previously reported that, according to financial disclosures, Landsman and his wife held between $30,001 and $100,000 in the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF. The Department of War has identified some companies held by the fund as Chinese military companies. DEMS RAKED IN MILLIONS FROM EMPLOYEES AT FIRMS NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS 'CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES' Podcast co-host Josh Holmes explained the possible national security significance of a congressman owning these types of funds. "The reason why this is significant is the Pentagon puts out a list every year of companies that are associated with national security threats," Holmes said. "If you are a company that wants to contract anywhere in the federal government, if you have holdings in those companies that are on that list, you can't get a government contract. Evidently, you could get elected to Congress." Landsman's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Washington Free Beacon reported in September that Landsman amended his 2022 financial disclosure nearly three years after filing it, revealing dozens of previously undisclosed stock holdings. In a press release from 2025, Landsman claimed that he sold all of his stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs to become compliant with the TRUST in Congress Act. WALL STREET BANKS HELPED CHINESE MILITARY-LINKED FIRM RAISE BILLIONS DESPITE RED FLAGS, LAWMAKERS FIND EX-HOUSE DEM WHO RIPPED CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING BAN AS 'BULLS---' CHANGES HER TUNE IN COMEBACK BID "I wanted to be one of the first members of Congress to comply with this legislation – even before it becomes law – because people see a system that’s broken, and I’m determined to be part of the generation that fixes it," Landsman said at the time. "I don’t want a single constituent to think that I’m doing anything in DC but thinking about them." Landsman faces Republican Eric Conroy in the general election to represent the 1st Congressional District in southwestern Ohio. Fox News’ latest rankings classified the race as "likely Democratic." Republicans view the seat as an opportunity to expand their narrow majority against the insurgent Democrats. Political eyes have centered on the Buckeye State in recent weeks as Ohians will also vote in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the chamber and a hotly contested gubernatorial election. 'DARK MONEY’ GROUP ACCUSED OF 'SCHEME' TO TIP ELECTION IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS, MANIPULATE GOP VOTERS The hosts of the "Ruthless Podcast" have covered the midterms at length over the last year, interviewing candidates in 20 states as part of the Ruthless Midterm Interview Series. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Ruthless," which typically publishes new episodes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings, added an extra Wednesday recording during election season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae220db876989b59d07d3a5 Why the over at 222.5 looks appealing as depleted Magic and Raptors meet without their stars te 2026-10-28T16:20:43.035Z Why the over at 222.5 looks appealing as depleted Magic and Raptors meet without their stars The NBA is loaded with action tonight, and we have some great games ahead of us. It has been an interesting start to the season, but there have also been some lowlights. There have already been a lot of injuries around the league, and even with the season just starting, we are getting guys sitting out for rest purposes. Even though it is frustrating, I guess I can understand it. They want to extend the careers of players and keep them healthier, if possible, for the playoffs instead of a random October game. I'm locked in on a game tonight between the Magic and Raptors. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Orlando Magic eventually need to take the next step forward. There were high expectations for this team last season because they traded for Desmond Bane, and they looked like they would finally advance. They ended up barely getting into the playoffs. It was an interesting series because Orlando was up 3-1 in the series and lost the final three games to lose the series. In their final home game of the year, they scored just 19 points in the second half, including only eight points in the fourth quarter. They fired their coach in hopes of getting some new voices in the locker room. So far, the team is 1-2 for the season, and their star, Paolo Banchero, is out for tonight's game and most of November. Jalen Suggs is also out for tonight's game, so that brings the team down two starters. Anthony Black could be back tonight, and he is a difference-maker if he is available. If he is out, this team is going to struggle. That means the offense will flow through Franz Wagner. NBA LEGEND TORCHES MAGIC AFTER EMBARRASSING PLAYOFF EXIT The Toronto Raptors are 2-1 for their season, and they are also looking to take the next step forward. Toronto went out and traded for Kawhi Leonard so that the team had a superstar to lead them. No one should be surprised; Leonard is out with an injury for most of November. The trade for Leonard did give them a guy who is a true difference-maker when he is available. However, when he isn't, the team does lose a bit of depth. In their first game of the season, they absolutely demolished the Bulls. They went to Washington for their second game and took down the Wizards. In the third game of the year, they traveled to Minnesota. The Raptors did not have Leonard for this game, and they were rocked by the Timberwolves. This isn't to say the Raptors have no one if Leonard is out. They have plenty of decent players, and the team made the postseason last year behind Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett, and Scottie Barnes. Looking at the game, I think the Magic are live dogs here, but I wouldn't necessarily back them. Toronto tends to play better basketball at home than on the road. Orlando is not a fast-paced team, but they might be quicker without Banchero on the floor. The Raptors probably will play a bit faster without Leonard out there. I'm going to take the over in this one. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE At 222.5, the teams should be able to get solid looks at the basket, and I think the offenses will be better than the defense. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae220c1876989b59d07d378 Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 te 2026-10-28T16:20:17.074Z Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Huerta’s family said in a statement through her foundation that she died Wednesday at home. She kept a busy schedule well into her 90s, marching in protests and speaking in cities across the country about race, poverty, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights on behalf of her Bakersfield, California-based foundation. Huerta’s resolve cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most influential labor leaders, civil rights icons and feminist activists. Her three-word Spanish-language slogan — which translates to “Yes, it can be done” — was grounded in the belief that people could affect change. Her work over the decades earned her a number of accolades, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. When then-President Barack Obama presented the award in 2012, he praised Huerta as a tenacious leader and joked that he had stolen her slogan for his 2008 campaign. This year, Huerta sent shockwaves through the Latino community when she revealed that she was sexually abused in the 1960s by the farmworker movement’s co-founder, César Chavez, leading to the birth of two children, a secret she kept for 60 years and long after he died. From the early 1970s on, Huerta’s life partner was Richard Chavez, César’s brother, and together they had four kids. She also had seven children from two earlier marriages. Huerta said she had kept silent for so long because she feared that coming forward would compromise her life’s work and unravel all the progress made for workers. When asked during a 2026 interview with the news organization Latino USA about keeping the secret, Huerta said: “It was my personal pain, it was my personal problem and, you know, I think it was worth it because it was my cross to bear. I’ll say it that way.” FILE – United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta, center, leads a rally in San Francisco’s Mission District on Nov. 19, 1988, along with Howard Wallace, president of the San Francisco chapter of the UFW, left, and Maria Elena Chavez, 16, the daughter of Cesar Chavez, right, as part of a national boycott of what the UFW claims is the dangerous use of pesticides on table grapes. (AP Photo/Court Mast, File) Homegrown activism Huerta was born Dolores Clara Fernandez in 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico. Her father was a miner and union activist who went on to win a seat in the state Legislature. Her parents divorced when she was 3, and her mother took her and her brothers to California. Immersed in a melting pot of Mexican, Filipino, African American, Japanese and Chinese working families, Huerta learned from her mother — who owned a restaurant and hotel — about independence, compassion and activism. Huerta was a young, energetic elementary school teacher in the farm-rich San Joaquin Valley when she decided to answer another calling after growing frustrated by her students’ poor living conditions. “I couldn’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes,” she said in a 2017 PBS Independent Lens documentary on her life. “I thought I could do more by organizing farmworkers than by trying to teach their hungry children.” Huerta’s early work with a civil rights group in Stockton resulted in her meeting Chavez. The two wanted to focus more on the plight of farmworkers, so in 1962 they started the National Farm Workers Association, which became United Farm Workers of America a few years later. She was a key leader and negotiator for the union for years. She was among those who joined Filipino grape pickers on the picket line in what became the five-year “Delano Grape Strike.” With Chavez, she negotiated collective bargaining agreements and contracts with big growers, winning the first health and benefit plans for farmworkers. Chavez, who died in 1993, once described her as fearless, committed to the cause and tough when it came to negotiations. On the campaign trail She met U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy of Massachusetts during his visit to Delano in 1968 and became a volunteer on his presidential campaign, registering Mexican Americans in California to vote. Huerta was on stage with Kennedy after he won the California primary and he publicly thanked her moments before he was shot. The assassination devastated Huerta, but she kept organizing for farmworkers’ rights. Huerta was jailed 22 times for union demonstrating. In 1988, she was seriously injured while protesting Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush’s opposition to the UFW grape boycott during his visit to San Francisco. Caught in a crowd, she was struck by a police officer’s baton, suffered three broken ribs and a pulverized spleen, and required more than a dozen blood transfusions. She reached a settlement with the city to resolve her claims. After a long recovery, Huerta shifted focus and hit the road to campaign for women’s rights and encourage Latinas to run for office. She also campaigned for Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton, Obama and Joe Biden. California Gov. Gavin Newsom considered her a close friend. Fueled by courage Emilio Huerta, one of Dolores’ 13 children, once pointed to his mom’s courage during an interview, saying it was one of the most significant drivers of her life’s work. “To dedicate your life to building a dream of a union for farmworkers, to take on agriculture, which to this today is still a powerhouse. … That took a lot of guts,” he had said. Huerta learned the art of lobbying politicians. She secured financial aid for the unemployed and disability insurance for California farmworkers. She spoke out against toxic pesticides, pushed for amnesty for immigrants in the country illegally and fought federal guest worker programs. By directing nationwide boycotts of grapes and lettuce in the early 1970s, she helped to create the economic pressure and political climate necessary for California to pass what would be the first state law recognizing farmworkers’ right to collective bargaining. Her work earned her many accolades. She was the first Latina to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and she’s received nine honorary doctorates from U.S. universities. Schools are named in her honor in California, Texas and Colorado. Her image graces many murals, and streets bear her name, but she didn’t always win favor with more liberal activists. In 2016 when she endorsed Hillary Clinton instead of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the presidential Democratic primary, actor Rosario Dawson — a Sanders supporter who played Huerta in a 2014 movie about César Chavez — said Huerta had become “an instrument of the establishment.” Dawson and Huerta eventually reconciled. Guitarist Carlos Santana later oversaw a documentary based on Huerta’s life after the pair had a late-night conversation about music while in Hawaii. Santana, a Miles Davis fan, discovered Huerta was a huge fan of bebop legend Charlie Parker. “I even met Charlie Parker. That’s my claim to fame,” Huerta joked during an interview with The Associated Press when she was 87. It was her work as a leader within the labor movement that reverberated through the U.S. and beyond, making her name synonymous with civil rights. In the 2025 documentary “Seeds of Change: The Life and Legacy of Dolores Huerta,” she recounted her decades-long journey in activism and talked about the inspiration she drew from the women’s movement during the 1970s, saying it provided validation that she too could stand on the stage with other labor leaders. “I hope that my legacy will be one of an organizer that organized to fight injustice,” she said in the film. “We want to give our children an inheritance of justice, right, not jewels or property or money because they’ll just fight over it. So the main thing to do is to give them this love for justice — and that is the greatest gift I think that any of us can have.” ___ Associated Press journalist Brian Melley contributed to this report. Former AP journalist Russell Contreras also contributed reporting previously for this story. The post Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21e9f876989b59d07cfce GOP Senate majority faces fresh uncertainty as 2 key races tighten days before midterms te 2026-10-28T16:11:11.907Z GOP Senate majority faces fresh uncertainty as 2 key races tighten days before midterms Two of the country’s most watched Senate races in Ohio and South Carolina remain neck and neck with under a week to go until the Nov. 3 midterm elections, polling results released on Wednesday show. In both states, the tight margins are a welcome sign for Democrats as they try to unseat a pair of Republican incumbents: Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C. Should both races go their way, Democrats would find themselves within striking distance of eliminating the current 53-seat Republican majority in the Senate. FOX NEWS POLL: GENDER GAP AND POCKETBOOK PAIN SHAPE OHIO SENATE RACE In Ohio, findings from Suffolk University show Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown leading Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, 47% to 44%. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, putting the race within the margin of error. Four percent of voters were undecided, while 3% backed another candidate. Brown, a former senator who lost his seat in 2024, is trying to make a political comeback, pitching himself as a familiar face amid public frustration with the cost of living. Throughout his campaign, he has highlighted his career as a policymaker, promising to bring that expertise to issues like affordability and data center expansion. Before losing his seat to Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, Brown represented Ohio from 2007 to 2025, chairing the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. DARLINE GRAHAM FOCUSES ON KITCHEN-TABLE ISSUES AS SHE ANNOUNCES FULL-TERM SENATE BID In South Carolina, polling from the Siena Research Institute in partnership with the New York Times has found Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., in a tie with Annie Andrews, the Democrat in the race, at an even 48% apiece. In that race, 3% of respondents said they were still undecided while less than 1% said they planned to vote for some third candidate. Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was appointed to the seat in July, is looking to secure a full six-year term after beating out a crowded field of Republican challengers in the primary. Although new to the political scene, Graham has the backing of President Donald Trump and is running in a state that went the president’s way by a 17.8% margin in 2024. Andrews, Graham’s opponent, has framed her as inexperienced and an extension of Lindsey Graham — one of Trump’s key allies in the Senate. For her own part, Andrews has championed policy positions like enshrining access to abortion, increased requirements for gun ownership and expanding access to healthcare. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21e97876989b59d07cfb5 Murkowski snubs Trump-backed Alaska candidate, endorses Democrat for governor te 2026-10-28T16:11:03.428Z Murkowski snubs Trump-backed Alaska candidate, endorses Democrat for governor Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has thrown her support behind Democratic Alaska gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins as well as his nonpartisan running mate for lieutenant governor Zac Johnson. "I am announcing my endorsement of Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins," Murkowski told KTUU, describing the candidate as "a common-sense guy who has a known ability to be working together." "Our future is too important to be hamstrung by partisan divisions," Murkowski said, according to a press release from the Kreiss-Tomkins campaign 6 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS, TRUMP RETURNS TO OHIO AS REPUBLICANS FIGHT TO HOLD ONCE-SAFE STATE "Jonathan understands that governing requires listening to people with different perspectives and finding common ground to solve the problems all of us face. Alaska needs a serious conversation about our fiscal future, as well as a focus on the cost of energy and growing our economy. I believe Jonathan is committed to working toward solutions that serve all Alaskans, regardless of party," she added. "I encourage Alaskans of every political stripe, whether Republicans, independents, or Democrats, to take a close look at Jonathan and Zac. Alaska needs leaders who will put our state first, and I’m proud to support them." SCHIFF ACCUSES DOJ OF TRYING TO 'SUBVERT' ELECTIONS AS GOP ALLEGES SAME-NAME CANDIDATE MEANT TO CONFUSE VOTERS While there are multiple Republicans running in the ranked-choice voting contest, President Donald Trump has endorsed Bernadette Wilson. "I'm honored to have Senator Murkowski’s support," Kreiss-Tomkins noted, according his campaign's release. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS IRAN LOOMS LARGE, CAN THE GOP KEEP THE FAITHFUL? "Alaskans deserve a government that can work through disagreements and make progress on the issues that matter. I am committed to working with our congressional delegation, the legislature, industry, and communities across the state to move Alaska forward. That work requires cooperation, not political conflict," he added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21e8c876989b59d07cf8f GOP senator takes aim at blue-city mayor for move promoting foreign workers in key industry: 'Lit on fire' te 2026-10-28T16:10:52.139Z GOP senator takes aim at blue-city mayor for move promoting foreign workers in key industry: 'Lit on fire' FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is taking aim at the Democratic mayor of Columbus, Ohio, over a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed with the African nation of Ghana promoting a joint nursing program. "Instead of investing in Ohio’s domestic workforce, you and the Columbus City Council chose to direct $225,000 in public dollars towards recruiting nurses from overseas," Moreno wrote to Mayor Andrew Ginther on Wednesday morning, expressing "disappointment" over the MOU in Columbus, the state capital of Ohio. "But this figure is only a fraction of the approximately $8.3 million in taxpayer dollars you have lit on fire to benefit noncitizens and foreign governments since you were elected as mayor." Moreno’s criticism comes after the city and Ghanaian officials signed a memorandum of understanding in September establishing the Ghana-Columbus Nursing Partnership Programme. The agreement is intended to strengthen nursing education, expand workforce development, and create legal pathways for qualified Ghanaian nurses to enter Ohio’s health care workforce. RED-STATE SENATOR DROPS HAMMER ON DEM MAYOR OVER NEW 'WOKE' DEI ORDINANCE WHILE VIOLENT CRIME SURGES Moreno argued that the agreement could result in American nurses being replaced by lower-cost foreign labor and said public funds should instead be used to expand enrollment and training capacity at Ohio colleges and universities. "You were elected to serve the citizens of Columbus, not the citizens of Ghana," Moreno wrote. "Increasing publicly subsidized foreign nursing recruitment programs will likely negatively impact American nurses’ wages. These funds should be invested directly in Ohio nursing students and utilized to expand Ohio’s universities and colleges nursing programs’ capacity. I recommend you implement policies that invest public funds in American nurses." AMERICA’S BROKEN LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS REPLACING US WORKERS BY DESIGN The partnership between Ghana and Columbus has been widely blasted by conservatives on social media in recent weeks, with many arguing that American citizens should fill those jobs. "Why aren’t our tax dollars funding nursing scholarships and careers for Ohioans instead?" Attorney and GOP strategist Mehek Cooke posted on X in response to reporting from journalist Natalie Winters. "Stop sidelining Americans with OUR money." "It’s worth noting that earlier this year a homecare nurse from Ghana named Roberta Achampong fled the country back to Ghana after allegedly stealing millions from Medicaid and buying a swanky house and a Porsche," policy analyst Parker Thayer posted on X. "And now the mayor of Columbus wants more nurses from Ghana.' The $225,000 referenced in Moreno’s letter was approved by Columbus City Council as a 2026 general fund grant to Greater Columbus Sister Cities International. The ordinance says the money is intended to support business, government, cultural, educational, and environmental exchanges among Columbus’ 10 sister cities, including Accra, Ghana, as well as the organization’s staffing and administrative costs. Fox News Digital reached out to Ginther’s office for comment. "Ghana has made significant investment in training nursing professionals who can migrate legally to enter a ready market in Columbus," Ginther said during the signing ceremony, according to a press release from the government of Ghana. The press release added that Ghanaian officials "emphasized that the agreement extends far beyond simple labor migration and stated that the MoU serves as a strategic platform for: mutual skills transfer between medical professionals, institutional strengthening for healthcare facilities, joint research collaborations and health innovations and global improvement of patient health outcomes." Moreno wrote that he hopes the mayor will "reallocate public dollars toward expanding enrollment and training capacity at area colleges and universities, which would generate additional high-earning job opportunities for younger generations in our community and improve patient care." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21e75876989b59d07cf74 Linda McMahon Spends $43,000 on Furniture as She Looks to Close Education Department te 2026-10-28T16:10:29.246Z Linda McMahon Spends $43,000 on Furniture as She Looks to Close Education Department The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21e67876989b59d07cf2b Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed te 2026-10-28T16:10:15.598Z Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21c39876989b59d07ce1c Harvard’s Asian Student Enrollment Jumps as Black Enrollment Declines te 2026-10-28T16:00:57.857Z Harvard’s Asian Student Enrollment Jumps as Black Enrollment Declines Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21c27876989b59d07ce01 Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers te 2026-10-28T16:00:39.010Z Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21c1b876989b59d07cdf8 AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public te 2026-10-28T16:00:27.163Z AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21c0e876989b59d07cdec Marana amplía su planta de tratamiento de aguas te 2026-10-28T16:00:14.102Z Marana amplía su planta de tratamiento de aguas Leer en inglés Marana inició el 22 de septiembre una ampliación que duplicará la capacidad de su planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales hasta alcanzar los 3 millones de galones diarios, mientras uno de los municipios de más rápido crecimiento del Sur de Arizona trabaja para satisfacer la demanda. Debido a dicho crecimiento, el municipio ha autorizado a su Departamento de Agua a avanzar con un plan de ampliación en tres etapas que ya había sido aprobado. El plan maestro, una estrategia de tratamiento de agua establecida hace más de una década, entra ahora en su segunda fase con esta ampliación. "El agua es uno de nuestros recursos más preciados, como la mayoría de nosotros sabemos hoy en día," declaró Heidi Lasham, directora del Departamento de Agua, durante la ceremonia de inicio de obras. "Esta ampliación refuerza nuestra capacidad para gestionarla de manera sostenible, responsable y con una visión a largo plazo." Lasham señaló que alrededor de una docena de empleados operarán la instalación una vez finalizada la construcción. "Toda el agua que recogemos mediante nuestros sistemas de recolección se trata y se recarga en nuestra cuenca; posteriormente, los pozos de la zona extraen esa agua y la tratan antes de que llegue a los hogares," explicó Lasham a los asistentes. La Instalación de Recuperación de Agua de Marana ofrece actualmente tratamientos primarios, secundarios y terciarios, transformando las aguas residuales entrantes en agua limpia y potable para diversos usos; se trata de una práctica común en Arizona, dado el acceso limitado del estado a fuentes de agua continuas. "Este arduo trabajo garantiza que cada galón tratado aquí beneficie a nuestros residentes y proteja el futuro de nuestra comunidad," afirmó Lasham. El Foco de Tucson es gratuito para todos los lectores gracias a los donantes. Únete a ellos. Unos paneles informativos detallan el plan para ampliar la capacidad de la Planta de Recuperación de Agua de Marana a 3 millones de galones diarios. Quentin Agnello / El Foco de Tucson. La instalación tiene una capacidad nominal de 1.5 millones de galones diarios promedio de flujo diario anual. Sin embargo, las técnicas modernas de esterilización y filtración tienen límites frente a la creciente demanda. La segunda fase busca solucionar esto mediante la incorporación de más tanques de almacenamiento, una estación de bombeo más profunda y sistemas de filtración adicionales, incluidos clarificadores y sopladores suplementarios. El resultado previsto es una capacidad nominal de 3 millones de galones diarios de flujo promedio. "Adquirir esta planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales fue, sin duda, una de las medidas más importantes que debíamos tomar," afirmó el alcalde Jon Post, explicando que, antes de ser propietaria de la instalación, Marana carecía de los créditos de agua y de las conexiones de servicios públicos fiables necesarios para fomentar un mayor crecimiento. Fue necesario superar numerosos obstáculos, además de insistir y luchar, para que el municipio llegará a su situación actual: la de un proveedor de agua fiable. "Los desafíos que hemos superado para llegar a este punto han sido increíbles," señaló Post, añadiendo que el coste de la ampliación no repercutirá en las facturas de los servicios públicos de los residentes. "Estos costes no se trasladarán a nuestros clientes, sino a los promotores inmobiliarios y constructores comerciales a través de las tasas por impacto urbanístico. No verán reflejado este gasto en su factura mensual." La ampliación se lleva a cabo en un momento en que la mayoría de los municipios del estado están reduciendo el suministro de agua no obstante, Post aclaró que el proyecto no responde a recortes en las asignaciones de agua de las cuencas regionales. Post afirmó que Marana, y el sur de Arizona en general, están mejor adaptados a los periodos de sequía que otras comunidades del estado, gracias a las numerosas iniciativas de conservación de agua implementadas en las últimas décadas. Las autoridades municipales estiman que la ampliación estará terminada para el año 2028. Quentin Agnello es egresado de la Universidad de Arizona y periodista independiente en Tucson. Puede contactarlo en qsagnello@gmail.com.  Esta nota fue traducida por el equipo bilingüe de El Foco de Tucson. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21a05876989b59d07cda7 Democrat's 2-word answer on a possible presidential run draws cheers from Maine crowd te 2026-10-28T15:51:33.100Z Democrat's 2-word answer on a possible presidential run draws cheers from Maine crowd Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., appeared to leave the door open for a presidential run in 2028 while giving a stump speech on Tuesday for Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine. Kelly was in the middle of an argument about how the economy no longer works for young Americans when an audience member interrupted him with a suggestion about his political future. "I'm the son of two cops who went to public schools and went on to become a Navy pilot and then an astronaut and now a U.S. senator. I was fortunate," he said. Just as Kelly mentioned becoming a senator, someone in the crowd shouted "president," prompting a two-word response from the Arizona Democrat. WATCH: DEM SENATORS DODGE BACKING KAMALA HARRIS IN POTENTIAL 2028 RUN: ‘VERY MESSY’ "We'll see," said Kelly, whose short response drew cheers from the crowd. Kelly, who is up for re-election in 2028, is routinely featured in 2028 Democratic presidential primary surveys and often polls below more established contenders like former Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Still, Kelly has begun gaining support as his national profile rises. He drew widespread attention in Nov. 2025 after appearing in a video alongside other Democratic lawmakers telling U.S. service members that it is their duty to disobey illegal orders, including those issued by the executive branch. The video prompted a criminal investigation into Kelly and the five other Democratic lawmakers, although a federal grand jury declined to indict them in February. HARRIS KEEPS 2028 DOOR OPEN AS SHE HITS MIDTERM CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WARNS ‘28 WON’T MATTER’ WITHOUT 2026 Axios reported last week that Kelly is eyeing a run for the White House. He told the outlet that he will decide whether he is running for president or another term in the Senate after the midterms. However, Kelly would not necessarily have to choose between the two. Under Arizona law, presidential and vice presidential candidates are permitted to simultaneously seek election to one additional federal office, meaning Kelly could run for both president and Senate in 2028. The provision in Arizona law could make a presidential bid less of a political gamble for Kelly, allowing him to pursue the highest office in the land without necessarily jeopardizing his Senate career. If Kelly secures the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, he could appear on Arizona ballots as a candidate for both president and the Senate, though he wouldn't be able to occupy both offices if he won both races. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219ef876989b59d07cd97 Right-Wing Provocateur James O’Keefe Charged in Minnesota Voting Stunt te 2026-10-28T15:51:11.509Z Right-Wing Provocateur James O’Keefe Charged in Minnesota Voting Stunt He and another content creator, Cam Higby, are accused of breaking the law when they posed as Islamic voters in August. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219e4876989b59d07cd7e What 600 Years Of Research Reveals About The Secret To A Happy Life te 2026-10-28T15:51:00.207Z What 600 Years Of Research Reveals About The Secret To A Happy Life Happiness comes down to a number of factors, but one habit in particular stood out in the vast amounts of research. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219d9876989b59d07cd75 Map Shows Nations Urging People to Stockpile Food as France Issues Warning te 2026-10-28T15:50:49.674Z Map Shows Nations Urging People to Stockpile Food as France Issues Warning “Being prepared means having your own food, water and other supplies to last for several days,” official US guidance states. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219ce876989b59d07cd6c Inside the World of Naruto: Junko Takeuchi and Noriaki Sugiyama on Legacy te 2026-10-28T15:50:38.641Z Inside the World of Naruto: Junko Takeuchi and Noriaki Sugiyama on Legacy Legendary voice actors of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha talk about the lasting legacy and the future of the global franchise. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219c2876989b59d07cd63 Timberwolves Star Anthony Edwards to Miss Up to Two Months te 2026-10-28T15:50:26.539Z Timberwolves Star Anthony Edwards to Miss Up to Two Months Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will undergo a procedure on his right knee and could miss up to two months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae219b5876989b59d07cd47 South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks te 2026-10-28T15:50:13.349Z South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2178b876989b59d07ccf6 Fans debate Brewers decision to keep Jacob Misiorowski in dugout with chance to win first ever World Series te 2026-10-28T15:40:59.863Z Fans debate Brewers decision to keep Jacob Misiorowski in dugout with chance to win first ever World Series It is hardly a new phenomenon to see starting pitchers - elite ones at that - get the final outs of the World Series, but the Milwaukee Brewers passed on that opportunity. Up 3-2 heading into the bottom of the 12th, the Brewers were three outs away from a sweep to win their first Fall Classic. Having used up plenty of relievers, manager Pat Murphy decided to keep impending Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski in the dugout and go with Shane Drohan. But Drohan, who got bitten by his defense, did not record an out, and a Game 5 will be played Wednesday night. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE After the game, Murphy said Misiorowski, who was always slated to, and will, start Game 5, was not an option. "You can't blow that type of situation on a one-run lead on the road," Murphy said. "If we were in the 13th inning and had a three-run lead, that might be a little bit different, and I probably still wouldn't have." The move was highly debated on social media in the early morning hours after the game. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I'm not crazy for thinking that the Brewers should have put in Misiorowski to start the inning, right? You need 3 outs, go use your best arm to get them," one X user said. "Not sure it gets as utter woke nonsense as saving the best pitcher in the world for a hypothetical game 5 where you’d still be up 3-1," said another. "Wouldn’t have needed a game 5 , congrats on out thinking yourself," added one more. And, of course, there's the contrary. YANKEES LEGEND SAYS HE DOES NOT 'FEEL WELCOME' BY TEAM DESPITE LEGENDARY CAREER "They had 3-0 game lead. No reason to throw Misiorowski in this game," one opposer said. "What if he had and Tampa still won. He would have lost him for at least game 5," a Rays fan wrote. Misiorowski pitched to an MLB-leading 1.80 ERA this season, and his 252 strikeouts and 13.0 K/9 were also league bests . He has not found similar success in October, but he's still fared quite nicely (2.70 ERA, 14 strikeouts in 13.1 innings spanning three starts). Had Misiorowski blown the save (an unlikely scenario), who knows who would pitch Game 5, but it's hard to imagine that he would not be available in a necessary Game 6 at home. Murphy went with seven relievers after starter Dustin May tossed just three innings. Trevor Megill was used for one batter in the eighth inning, and Aaron Ashby, who has now allowed a run in 18.0 innings, started the ninth and was taken out after recording one out in the 11th. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER After an error to start the inning, the Tampa Bay Rays rattled off four straight hits to force Game 5 at Tropicana Field. First pitch is shortly after 8 p.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2177f876989b59d07cced Rays ride walk-off momentum into Game 5 after stunning 12th-inning comeback in World Series te 2026-10-28T15:40:47.633Z Rays ride walk-off momentum into Game 5 after stunning 12th-inning comeback in World Series For a series that is lopsided in terms of the outcomes, this has actually been a really entertaining World Series. It doesn't matter that one team is up 3-1 in the Fall Classic; the games have been exciting. Well, all of them except Game 3. The Brewers are set up to win tonight with their best pitcher on the mound, and the Rays are hopeful that yesterday's win leads to another one today. The Milwaukee Brewers had all sorts of emotions yesterday. They once again came back in a game and took a lead. That's been the case for the Brewers in most games this postseason. It seems like the other team scores, the Brewers respond with a bigger punch, and then they turn to a bullpen that has been elite all postseason. It is hard to believe that Milwaukee has been this consistently good in the playoffs, but they finally stumbled a bit last night. RAYS' COMEBACK EXTRA-INNINGS VICTORY IN WORLD SERIES GAME 4 GIVES TEAM KERNEL OF HOPE, HISTORY SHOWS Tonight, they have the upper hand by sending the best pitcher in baseball this year to close out the World Series. Jacob Misiorowski takes the ball tonight. In the regular season, he was 16-5 and led the Majors in ERA, strikeouts, and WHIP. He hasn't quite been unhittable in the playoffs, but he's been very good. Additionally, his arm really shouldn't be tired, as this is the first time anyone has had the opportunity to face him a second time. In 13.1 innings this postseason, he has allowed four earned runs on 13 hits and five walks. He still has 14 strikeouts as well, but this is still a lot to ask of a 24-year-old. The Tampa Bay Rays have to feel thrilled to get the monkey off their back last night. After dropping the first three games of the series, the Rays had their backs against the wall, and they were down to their final three outs. In the 12th inning, they found a way to make it work. After giving up a homer in the top half of the inning, they led off with a sharp hit ball to third. Junior Caminero lumbered down the first-base line, and thanks to a throwing error, the Rays had a runner on first to start the inning. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It was a bit strange that Caminero, clearly injured, wasn't pulled from the game. The next hitter, Liam Hicks, hit a ball that found a hole, and Caminero made it to third. Then DeLuca singled to center and tied the game. Chandler Simpson hit another single, but it wasn't deep enough to score a run.  After the Rays sent a pinch hitter to the plate, he chopped a ball over Jake Bauers' head, and the Rays walked off the field happy. What was most impressive for them is that they got four hits in the inning and had only five hits in the first 11 frames. Momentum is a funny thing. The Brewers had all of the momentum in the top of the 12th after a Cooper Pratt homer. Then the Rays took it back. Did they take it for the series, though? I think they might've. Look, facing Misiorowski is not going to be fun or easy, but I think the Rays might have a bit of confidence finally. Maybe it was just a blip in the Brewers' championship run, but I am taking the Rays tonight to get another win before the Brewers close it out at home. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21761876989b59d07ccde Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies te 2026-10-28T15:40:17.212Z Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21586876989b59d07cc5a S&P Global Tech Chief to Break Down What Makes Enterprise AI Work te 2026-10-28T15:32:22.638Z S&P Global Tech Chief to Break Down What Makes Enterprise AI Work S&P Global's Firdaus Bhathena will explore competitive advantage, AI investment returns and how leaders bring employees along. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21572876989b59d07cc51 Who’s in Control of Your Business? You or AI? | Opinion te 2026-10-28T15:32:02.013Z Who’s in Control of Your Business? You or AI? | Opinion AI debates are often trapped between catastrophic predictions and promises of extraordinary productivity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2155d876989b59d07cc48 Putin Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile Amid Dispute Over NATO Phone Call te 2026-10-28T15:31:41.731Z Putin Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile Amid Dispute Over NATO Phone Call The Norwegian and Finnish leaders had a "frank and substantive" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Helsinki said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2154c876989b59d07cc3f Jaylen Waddle's Status for Chiefs Game in Doubt After Chest Injury te 2026-10-28T15:31:24.403Z Jaylen Waddle's Status for Chiefs Game in Doubt After Chest Injury Denver is riding a three-game winning streak, but an injury to Jaylen Waddle could complicate their crucial clash with the Chiefs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21537876989b59d07cc36 Brewers Pitcher Breaks Playoff Record in Game 4 World Series Loss to Rays te 2026-10-28T15:31:03.892Z Brewers Pitcher Breaks Playoff Record in Game 4 World Series Loss to Rays Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Aaron Ashby continued his dominant postseason in Tuesday's 12-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21523876989b59d07cc2d Silicon Valley's Kids Get Screen-Free Schools. Why Don't Yours? te 2026-10-28T15:30:43.433Z Silicon Valley's Kids Get Screen-Free Schools. Why Don't Yours? 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BARC's hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae212d9876989b59d07cbd3 Mohave, Desert Star swim compete in final state qualifier te 2026-10-28T15:20:57.058Z Mohave, Desert Star swim compete in final state qualifier The Mohave and Desert Star swim teams traveled to Lake Havasu City on Friday and Saturday at the Lake Havasu City Aquatic Center to compete in the HavaStroke Northwest Championship, which was the final time to get a state qualifying… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae212c2876989b59d07cba2 Courts are weighing Trump’s ‘preemptive election interference’ as Election Day nears te 2026-10-28T15:20:34.165Z Courts are weighing Trump’s ‘preemptive election interference’ as Election Day nears Early voters line up at the Midtown Mall in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (Yereth Rosen photo/Alaska Beacon) Less than a week before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s unprecedented drive for power over elections has set the stage for a series of courtroom fights that could quickly lead to a high-stakes showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over the limits of federal authority. Democrats and voting rights advocates have long feared Trump would attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, especially if Republicans appear poised to lose control of Congress. With early voting well underway across much of the country, they say those concerns are being confirmed as the Trump administration rushes forward a last-minute legal campaign to pressure election officials in a growing number of states. The U.S. Department of Justice over the past two weeks has sued Alaska and California, seeking extraordinary federal intervention in their elections. Signs suggest the legal campaign might expand: On Monday the DOJ demanded election officials in Washington pull aside ballots of 400 alleged noncitizens. The department made a similar ask for 20,000 people in California before suing that state.. “I think we should be prepared to see suits like this anywhere where there’s a close election, especially in an election that could determine control of the House or Senate,” said Shelby Wayment, staff attorney at the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the University of California, Los Angeles. States administer elections under the U.S. Constitution, with only Congress holding the power to override state-level rules and regulations. But Trump has sought to bend that constitutional guarantee to the breaking point, legal experts on elections say. The Justice Department is claiming a federal criminal law against noncitizen voting entitles the agency to demand California and Washington election officials not count ballots. In Alaska, the Justice Department preemptively sued to block state officials from certifying the results of the U.S. Senate election if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola by a margin that’s less than the number of votes cast for an alleged spoiler candidate of the same name, Dan J. Sullivan. Trump has said the DOJ acted at his direction. Groundwork to challenge results? The Justice Department is engaged in “preemptive election interference,” Steve Vladeck, a leading expert on federal courts and a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, wrote online. While he expressed confidence that the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, won’t endorse the DOJ’s “nonsense,” he voiced concern that the lawsuits will eventually stop seeming extraordinary. “Preemptive election interference is a prelude,” Vladeck wrote. “Its whole point is to have the theories and the filings in place — and the specter of mischief in the air — before the counting starts so that the results can be attacked if, but only if, they don’t come out the ‘right’ way.” All of it comes as Trump stares down the prospect of political defeat in the midterm elections. If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they will likely launch a series of investigations into the president and members of his administration that could bog down his final two years in office. Asked Tuesday if he will respect the results of the midterms, Trump told reporters, “I will if they’re honest.” Trump has laid groundwork to attempt to discredit unfavorable results, writing on Truth Social on Monday that the federal government would be closely watching the race for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. Republican Michele Tafoya, a former broadcast journalist, faces Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat. “The only way she can lose is if they cheat by playing games with the Ballots as they come in,” Trump wrote of Tafoya. Courtroom losses Previous efforts by the Trump administration to influence elections this year have largely failed. The Supreme Court blocked proposed restrictions on mail ballots, and federal courts across the country have blocked the Justice Department’s attempts to obtain state voter rolls that contain sensitive personal information, such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. Democrats and voting rights experts anticipate that federal courts will also block the latest round of legal action from the Trump administration. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, emphasized in a statement that the Trump administration doesn’t have the authority to interfere in his state’s elections. “The Trump administration is afraid and desperate. Their attempts to take over our elections will fail,” Padilla said. The Trump administration has long said identifying and removing noncitizen voters is a top priority, though studies have consistently shown noncitizen voting rarely occurs. For instance, even if all 20,000 individuals on the DOJ list are noncitizens, it would represent only about 0.08% of the nearly 23.2 million registered voters in California.  Still, the Justice Department has stepped up arrests of alleged noncitizen voters in recent weeks as part of a heavily publicized campaign it calls “Operation Protect the Vote.” “Enforcing federal law increases the integrity of elections. It increases confidence in elections,” acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said at a recent news conference. The Trump administration’s new plan to assert authority over vote counting in California suffered its first courtroom loss on Monday, when a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to grant the DOJ’s request for an emergency order requiring state and local officials to segregate the ballots of voters on the list of 20,000. In a 2-1 decision, the panel dismissed the appeal on procedural grounds. The judges ruled the court didn’t have jurisdiction over the case because the Justice Department didn’t give a district court judge sufficient time to weigh the request. Emergency of the administration’s making The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in mid-October, despite the Trump administration initially saying this summer it had identified more than 190,000 possible noncitizen voters in California. DOJ lawyers then waited several days before seeking an emergency order, and then asked the judge to rule on their request in less than a day. “This timing challenge is entirely of the federal government’s own doing. And it understandably leads skeptics to believe that this isn’t about improving California vote rolls, but is an attempt to cause confusion and discredit the impending election,” Stephen Richer, a legal fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, said in a statement. The case could quickly be back before the 9th Circuit. The district court judge in the case, Judge David Carter, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, held a hearing Tuesday and said he would rule Wednesday. His decision is almost certain to be appealed, regardless of what he decides — first to the 9th Circuit and then, potentially, to the Supreme Court. The Justice Department would likely again encounter skepticism from the 9th Circuit. Appellate Judge Mark Bennett, a Trump appointee, wrote in a concurring opinion Monday that he would also deny the Justice Department’s request on the merits. The Trump administration offers “no workable plan” for how California would set aside ballots and he noted that the evidence that individuals on the list are actually noncitizens is contested. “Courts tend to frown upon people creating their own emergencies and then saying, ‘Hey, look, we’re in an emergency,’” said Aaron Blacksberg, federal policy counsel at the nonpartisan Institute for Responsive Government. Speedy resolution in Alaska  In Alaska, the Justice Department’s lawsuit may move quickly — because Democrats and voting rights groups want a quick resolution. Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the main campaign operation of Senate Democrats, have filed an emergency motion seeking a fast dismissal of the case. Lawyers for Alaska’s election officials are also asking a judge to rule by Monday, prior to Election Day. “This lawsuit and this requested relief cast a cloud over Alaska’s election that is contrary to the public interest and that the Court should not allow to linger,” Margaret Paton Walsh, an assistant Alaska attorney general, wrote in a Monday court filing. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, an appointee of President Barack Obama in Alaska, has ordered briefs in the lawsuit to be filed on an accelerated timeline over the next few days — a sign she plans to rule quickly. Keeping status quo Whatever cases may reach the Supreme Court, the justices are generally reluctant to authorize dramatic changes to elections close to Election Day.  Over time, the justices have adopted a doctrine called the Purcell principle, which advises against major changes to election policy and practice just before an election because voters could get confused.  The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has faced accusations that it applies Purcell unevenly. This spring the high court effectively paved the way for Republican-controlled Southern states to eliminate majority-Black congressional districts after it severely weakened the federal Voting Rights Act. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative, has drawn a distinction between federal courts ordering last-minute changes to elections and states making changes themselves. In September, the Supreme Court three times refused to overturn a Missouri Supreme Court decision that blocked the use of a gerrymandered congressional map drawn to aid Republicans. The court’s unsigned opinion in the Missouri case offers hints about what could lie ahead for a case challenging the Justice Department’s demands of California, where voters have been sending in mail ballots for weeks. “The Purcell principle applies with even greater force here. The election is not merely upcoming; it has already started,” the opinion says. In the Missouri case, the Supreme Court took a strong stand against chaos, Blacksberg said. “My hope is we’ll see an emerging theme of erring on the side of stability when there is a close question and also pro-light touch from the federal government,” Blacksburg said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae212b6876989b59d07cb81 The Castellows' Lily Balkcom goes viral with Grand Ole Opry Instagram photo dump post te 2026-10-28T15:20:22.417Z The Castellows' Lily Balkcom goes viral with Grand Ole Opry Instagram photo dump post Lily Balkcom has country music fans buzzing with her latest Instagram post. Balkcom makes up one third of the popular country music trio The Castellows. Her sisters Ellie and Powell make up the rest of the trio, and the group has seen a massive boost in popularity over the past couple of years. Their neo-traditional and Americana country music vibes have proven to be incredibly popular with fans of the genre. THE CASTELLOWS TEASE NEW SONG 'WAY THINGS WORK' FEATURING KELLER COX ON THEIR INSTAGRAM Now, Lily is reminding people of her draw on social media. The Castellows performed at the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 23 for the trio's fifth performance at the incredibly historic country music venue. Lily celebrated a couple of days later by hopping on Instagram and dumping out plenty of photos from the event. As you'd expect, they're stirring up plenty of attention. You can check them all out below. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Performing at the Grand Ole Opry is far from the only interesting thing The Castellows have going for them at the moment. They also recently announced their first ever full album and are also releasing the new song "Mr. Right" this Friday. There's a lot of positive momentum for The Castellows at the moment. Of course, that's not a surprise for anyone paying attention. The trio has had massive momentum for a long time at this point. What do you think of The Castellows and the group's music? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2107d876989b59d07cb21 Trump revisits 10-year warning to Macron as protests sweep France: ‘You have to get them out’ te 2026-10-28T15:10:53.563Z Trump revisits 10-year warning to Macron as protests sweep France: ‘You have to get them out’ President Donald Trump revisited his longstanding warning to French President Emmanuel Macron that France could "lose" its country if it doesn’t address immigration troubles. "It's not a school problem. It's an immigration problem," Trump told Fox News Digital Tuesday night after rallying in Texas in a final push for Republicans ahead of next week's midterms. "I've been saying that to President Macron for a long time, who I like a lot, by the way. But I said, ‘You're going to end up losing your country if you don't do something.’" Trump’s call for France to close its borders follows student demonstrations that have devolved into widespread protests over local grievances, packing streets, sparking clashes and ricocheting across Europe. TRUMP REVEALS DIRE WARNING TO MACRON AS VIOLENT UNREST SPREADS ACROSS EUROPE During a conversation with U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner earlier this week, Trump told Fox News Digital they discussed France’s immigration problems, which he believes were behind the protests. "You have people that hate France," he said. "They hate the buildings, hate the art, they hate the people. And they're in there, and you have to get them out." Trump called the situation in France and across Europe "very sad," saying his warnings to Macron have spanned a decade. "Something has to happen, and they better do something," he said. "I’ve been saying it for 10 years, too." Trump has raised concerns about immigration in Europe for roughly a decade, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 2016. Macron became France's president in 2017. VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS Trump has previously credited his own immigration policies with preventing similar unrest in the U.S. Macron accused foreign leaders last week of making "unacceptable and even stupid" comments, calling them false claims for political gain. He did not mention Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by name — both the U.S. and Israel are in the midst of high-stakes election cycles. In France, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said "nearly 1,000 people" were arrested Saturday as nationwide protests resumed. Macron said "ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic" are leading the protests and that those organized by "individuals or groups with no legitimate authority" would be banned. FRANCE'S MACRON BLAMES PROTESTS ON 'ULTRA-LEFT GROUPS WHOSE AIM IS TO BRING DOWN THE REPUBLIC' Remaining on high alert, Macron said anyone who loots or damages property will be forced to pay, as tens of thousands of police were deployed. A Fox News Digital investigation identified 50 Antifa groups among nearly 300 groups mobilizing around the protests, as well as a sprawling network of communist, socialist, far-left and anti-Israel groups. Protests also spiraled in other parts of Europe this month, with violence breaking out in Rome and Albania’s capital, Tirana, where demonstrators set government buildings on fire. Fox News Digital reached out to Macron's office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21073876989b59d07cb18 Holocaust educator says Mamdani could learn from UK's targeted approach to antisemitism in schools te 2026-10-28T15:10:43.700Z Holocaust educator says Mamdani could learn from UK's targeted approach to antisemitism in schools The British government’s decision to embrace sweeping measures addressing antisemitism in schools is drawing a sharp contrast with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently unveiled strategy, raising questions about why Britain’s plan appears more specific than the one proposed in America’s most Jewish city. The U.K. government accepted all 27 recommendations from an independent review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England. The measures include encouraging adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism, specialized training for educators, strengthened reporting procedures and independent oversight. Mamdani’s 33-page strategy — while not only focused on education — by comparison, does not adopt a single definition of antisemitism, explicitly address the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism or establish numerical benchmarks for measuring whether its initiatives succeed. British Jewish author and Holocaust educator Dov Forman, who recently graduated from university, said Mamdani could learn from Britain’s targeted approach to addressing antisemitism in schools.   MAMDANI PLEDGES MILLIONS TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM WHILE LEAVING KEY QUESTION UNRESOLVED The British review followed a BBC report from Yavneh College, a Jewish secondary school near London, where students described how antisemitism has affected their daily lives. Their accounts offered a window into the urgency behind the government’s recommendations. Education provides one of the clearest points of comparison between the two strategies. Mamdani's plan calls for expanding Holocaust education, including opportunities for students to visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage, while also addressing how public schools respond to antisemitic discrimination. The U.K. government's recommendations address many of those same concerns, placing greater emphasis on how educators recognize antisemitism, how schools respond when incidents occur and what protections are in place for Jewish students. The review, led by former senior education official Sir David Bell, found that nearly three in five Jewish people between the ages of 16 and 19 had experienced or witnessed antisemitism. It concluded that antisemitism is a distinct form of racism requiring a specific response and called for clearer guidance to distinguish legitimate political debate from harassment, intimidation and antisemitic rhetoric. British Jewish author and Holocaust educator Dov Forman, who recently graduated from university, called the recommendations "the bare minimum," while acknowledging that the government is attempting to confront the problem directly. "The least [Mamdani] could do is look at what has happened in the U.K. and adopt similar measures, such as adopting the IHRA definition, which is the agreed definition across the world and where there is a consensus of what antisemitism actually is," Forman told Fox News Digital. "The basic way to solve antisemitism is to actually agree on what it is and to understand that targeting a Jew deliberately because of what is going on in Israel, for example, is antisemitic, as the IHRA definition says," he added. Forman cautioned that the British recommendations remain largely optional and that their effectiveness will depend on whether institutions act. "I do think some of them will be enforced and listened to. I do worry, though, that the government says things and does not actually take it seriously enough." Education Secretary Lucy Powell said the government would establish an implementation group, while Bell was commissioned to conduct an independent assessment of its progress after one year. Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, welcomed Britain’s decision while emphasizing that adopting recommendations is only the beginning. JEWISH EDUCATORS FACE RAMPANT ANTISEMITISM IN TEACHERS UNIONS, NEW REPORT FINDS "I welcome the U.K.’s announcement that it has accepted all 27 recommendations," Kaploun wrote on X. "Now, the challenge lies in implementation and enforcement." Forman also said that British officials must examine whether their rhetoric about Israel contradicts their stated commitment to protecting Jewish communities. "It is very rich of the government to say that schools should adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and that Jews should not be demonized for what is going on in the Middle East, and then for them to get up in the dispatch box in the House of Commons every week and blame Israel," he said. "Stop talking and start acting," Forman added, calling on the government to confront Islamist extremism and the Muslim Brotherhood and identify more directly where antisemitism is originating. The U.K. has faced criticism for being slow in combating antisemitism. Jewish residents have faced physical attacks, threats and harassment, making the specificity of its new plan and its contrast with New York City’s approach particularly notable. Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, senior rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, called Mamdani’s strategy a "paper tiger," arguing that its announced $36 million price tag obscures how little would go directly toward physical security. "It’s a million dollars in security in a city with a million Jews. It’s a dollar a Jew," Steinmetz told Fox News Digital. The strategy includes $1 million to support physical security for vulnerable nonprofit organizations, including synagogues and other houses of worship, and $6.4 million for grants through the city’s Partners Against the Hate initiative. Steinmetz claimed that much of the money would support cultural centers and broadly defined community initiatives rather than immediate security needs. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER UJA-Federation of New York, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, the American Jewish Committee’s New York office and the New York Board of Rabbis issued a joint statement warning that Mamdani’s plan fails to address a central source of contemporary antisemitism. The organizations said rhetoric demonizing or delegitimizing Israel contributes to Jewish New Yorkers being treated as suspect, excluded or unsafe, and argued that any serious strategy must acknowledge that connection. "How can you have a strategy to keep New York Jews safe when you can’t even name what the danger is?" Steinmetz asked. One of Mamdani’s early actions as mayor was to revoke an executive order issued by former Mayor Eric Adams adopting the IHRA definition for city agencies. The definition provides examples of when criticism of Israel may cross into antisemitism while making clear that criticism comparable to that directed at any other country is not inherently antisemitic. Fox News Digital asked Mamdani’s office why the city’s strategy omits the IHRA definition and measurable benchmarks, and whether the administration would consider safeguards similar to those adopted by Britain. The mayor’s office did not respond by the time of publication. Britain’s measures have also only recently been accepted, and their impact remains untested. Britain has defined the problem, outlined specific recommendations and established a process for reviewing its progress. New York City’s Jewish leaders are still asking whether City Hall has accurately identified the threat it claims it intends to confront. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21069876989b59d07cb0f Trump admin hit with $461M lawsuit as embassy fight started under Biden comes back to haunt State Dept te 2026-10-28T15:10:33.800Z Trump admin hit with $461M lawsuit as embassy fight started under Biden comes back to haunt State Dept FIRST ON FOX — The latest lawsuit launched against the Trump administration seeks to recover more than $461 million after the State Department directed a longtime embassy builder to continue construction projects worldwide through the COVID-19 pandemic. B.L. Harbert International, which has built dozens of U.S. embassies and consulates over more than two decades, reached a $370 million settlement with the State Department to handle resulting claims — but the compnay claims the deal was reversed after current political leadership intervened. The builders are now seeking to recover lost funding through suing the Trump administration, and filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Fox News Digital first learned. The complaint covers 12 diplomatic construction projects across four continents, including facilities in Turkey, Iraq, Thailand, Morocco, Mexico and Central America. The company alleges career State Department officials reached the $370 million agreement in September 2025, but the government paid just $501,636 before backing out. Harbert claims political leadership "inserted themselves into the process after a settlement was reached" and that the decision to abandon it "came from the top." "We did not want to take this step. The U.S. Government is an important partner, and we are proud of the work we do together to advance America's interests and protect Americans serving overseas," Charles Bohn, president of BL Harbert's International Group, said in a statement. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNCOVERS $1.2B IN SUSPECTED COVID CONTRACT FRAUD TIED TO BIDEN-ERA SPENDING "But we have a responsibility to our employees and to the future of that mission. We kept our commitment under extraordinarily difficult conditions. We are asking the government to keep its commitment to us." Harbert is one of a small pool of U.S. contractors capable of building highly secure diplomatic facilities overseas — work that requires specialized security clearances, vetted workforces and the ability to manage complex construction and supply chains abroad. According to the company, some State Department embassy projects now draw just two or three qualified bidders. The dispute dates back to the beginning of the pandemic, when Harbert was working on 17 embassy and consulate construction projects around the world, representing nearly two-thirds of State's embassy construction program at the time, according to the lawsuit. As countries shut down and global supply chains seized up in early 2020, Harbert says it sought guidance from State on whether to pause construction. The company argues the pandemic constituted an "excusable delay" under its contracts that would have allowed it to send personnel home, secure construction sites and resume work once conditions stabilized. Instead, Harbert alleges State decided to keep its overseas construction program moving. The company says State directed it to remain ready to mobilize, continue procuring and shipping materials and work through the disruptions, while instructing Harbert to document the resulting costs and submit requests for reimbursement. In one March 2020 communication cited in the complaint, Harbert warned State that it could not afford to continue paying workers to remain on standby without assurances of reimbursement. Labor costs on the new U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City alone were running roughly $1.3 million per month, according to the filing. Weeks later, State directed Harbert to "continue to procure and ship materials" so projects would not end up at the "back of the line" when global construction activity resumed, the complaint alleges. State recognized that doing so could generate additional storage, shipping and other costs and directed the company to submit requests for equitable adjustments as those costs arose, according to the filing. The projects ultimately moved forward under pandemic restrictions that Harbert says increased costs and reduced productivity as the company dealt with workforce limitations, supply-chain disruptions and new operating requirements. The government has since taken possession of all 12 diplomatic facilities at issue in the lawsuit and has been using some of them for more than three years, according to Harbert. Harbert ultimately submitted more than $500 million in requests for equitable adjustments and other claims stemming from the pandemic directives and separate project disputes, including alleged design changes and government-caused delays. OBAMA CENTER SUBCONTRACTOR SHUTS DOWN AMID $4M FIGHT, LAYS OFF 25 Harbert alleges members of State Department political leadership "inserted themselves into the process after a settlement was reached" and that, "on information and belief," the decision to abandon the agreement "came from the top." Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department for comment. With deadlines approaching to preserve its claims, Harbert says it formally certified them in March 2026. The complaint alleges State's chief of staff encouraged the company to do so, representing that certification would make it easier for the government to implement the settlement. Instead, State contracting officers began denying the claims in July. By Oct. 13, 2026, all 13 certified claims now at issue in the lawsuit had received final decisions. Harbert is now seeking at least $461,097,380 in damages, along with interest and other relief. The lawsuit does not currently ask the court to enforce the alleged $370 million settlement itself. Harbert says its settlement-related claims remain in the administrative process and that it reserves the right to add them to the lawsuit later. The dispute could carry consequences beyond the hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Harbert has been awarded roughly 60 U.S. embassy and consulate construction projects since 1999. The company says the number of American contractors willing and qualified to undertake such work has dwindled significantly, in some cases leaving just two or three qualified bidders for projects. Embassy construction requires contractors to meet stringent security and workforce-vetting requirements while managing highly specialized construction, secure facilities and international logistics, creating significant barriers for companies seeking to enter the field. Harbert argues that if contractors lose confidence that State will honor its obligations, fewer could be willing to take on the work, further shrinking the government's options for constructing secure diplomatic facilities overseas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae21055876989b59d07caed Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model te 2026-10-28T15:10:13.155Z Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20e15876989b59d07caa5 Husband arrested in wife's disappearance after family kept getting mystery texts te 2026-10-28T15:00:37.410Z Husband arrested in wife's disappearance after family kept getting mystery texts A Florida man accused of murdering his missing wife allegedly sent her identification and credit cards to a relative in the Philippines as part of an elaborate effort to make it appear she was alive and living overseas, authorities said. Epifanio IX Ramos Gaminde was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the disappearance of his wife, Maria Gaminde, whose family has had no confirmed contact with her since January 2024. Her body has not been found, but investigators searched the couple's DeBary, Florida, property Tuesday after a neighbor reported seeing Gaminde doing extensive work behind the home around the time his wife disappeared. CALIFORNIA NURSE'S HUSBAND CLAIMED ICE TOOK HER — NOW HE'S CHARGED WITH MURDER Maria's family reported her missing in January 2024 after losing contact with her. By July of that year, relatives were raising concerns with investigators about text messages, emails and credit-card activity that purportedly came from Maria overseas. "The family starts to contact us and say, 'Hey, something's not right. These text messages and emails that we're getting, the spending on her credit cards, too. Something's not right,'" Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said during a news conference Tuesday. SISTER OF MISSING DC MOM SPEAKS OUT AFTER EX’S ARREST EXPOSES 'HORRIFYING' ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP Gaminde told investigators the couple was having marital problems and claimed his wife had left for either the Philippines or Japan. Detectives examined digital and forensic evidence and interviewed neighbors as the investigation increasingly focused on Gaminde. Investigators also learned he had previously been arrested twice for domestic violence, Chitwood said. NAVY RESERVIST ACCUSED OF MURDERING WIFE AND HIDING HER BODY IN FREEZER ARRESTED AFTER INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT The investigation eventually stretched overseas, with the FBI helping Volusia County investigators and prosecutors navigate international legal issues before a detective and prosecutor traveled to the Philippines to interview Gaminde's niece. "She gives up everything," Chitwood said. "She even gives us more information that the FBI has to work with international partners to recover digital evidence from when it occurred." 6 IN 10 IDENTITY CRIMES NOW BEGIN WITH A NEW ACCOUNT Gaminde allegedly emailed his niece Maria's important documents, including her driver's license and credit cards, and instructed her what to do with them, the sheriff said. Investigators believe the activity was intended to create the appearance that Maria was alive and avoiding contact with her family, friends and law enforcement. Authorities traced Maria's last known activity to December 2023. Investigators determined Maria and her children visited Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Dec. 16 after confirming their fingerprints were used to enter the park. ACCUSED WIFE KILLER BARRY MORPHEW BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER SEPARATE INCIDENT THAT SKYROCKETED BOND: PROSECUTORS Four days later, Gaminde allegedly sent his wife a text asking where she was. Communications from Maria then stopped, before messages purportedly from her began coming from overseas. Despite those communications and the apparent activity on Maria's accounts, investigators found no evidence that she was still alive. TEXAS MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING PREGNANT WIFE ALLEGEDLY CUTS OFF ANKLE MONITOR AND FLEES TO ITALY "There's no financial trail. There's nothing that would indicate that Maria is alive," Chitwood said. During Tuesday's search of the couple's property, investigators focused on an area behind the home where concrete appeared to have been added. Chitwood cautioned that investigators did not know whether the search would lead them to Maria's remains. PARENTS FOUND BURIED BEHIND HOME IN WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD AS POLICE LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT FOR SON FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "We may get lucky, we may not get lucky," Chitwood said. Prosecutors said they are prepared to pursue the first-degree murder case even if Maria's body is never recovered. PROSECUTORS SEEKING DEATH PENALTY FOR DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIEN INDICTED IN MURDER OF SISTER-IN-LAW R.J. Larizza, state attorney for Florida's 7th Judicial Circuit, said the outcome of Tuesday's search would not change the state's plans to prosecute Gaminde. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "We're fully prepared to move forward without the body," Larizza said. "And I have complete and total confidence in our ability to prosecute this case." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Gaminde was already in custody after being stopped for allegedly driving without a license when the grand jury returned the murder indictment. He is being held without bond at the Volusia County Branch Jail and also faces an immigration detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. SEND US A TIP Gaminde and Maria came to the United States together around 2008 and have three young sons, the sheriff said. The children were with their father when he was taken into custody and have since been reunited with Maria's family. GOT A TIP? Chitwood said the children had been denied contact with their mother's side of the family. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Gaminde has been interviewed repeatedly during the investigation, but authorities do not believe the accounts he provided. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "Every interview he has given us has just been a lie," Chitwood said. The investigation remains ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20e0a876989b59d07ca9c Former Obama aide declares Jewish Michiganders have a 'moral obligation' to support El-Sayed te 2026-10-28T15:00:26.407Z Former Obama aide declares Jewish Michiganders have a 'moral obligation' to support El-Sayed Former Obama aide Jon Lovett urged Jewish Michiganders to vote for Abdul El-Sayed, saying voters have a "moral obligation" to support the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan. On Tuesday's episode of the "Pod Save America" podcast, the co-host condemned President Donald Trump for his rhetoric about El-Sayed at a recent rally for GOP candidate Mike Rogers. Lovett urged Jewish voters in Michigan to reject Trump's rhetoric, arguing that antisemitism on the left paled in comparison to the "hatred" coming from the right, which he said would eventually make America less safe for Jewish people. "So Donald Trump says there that any Jew would be ashamed to vote for Abdul, and there's a debate among Jews in Michigan about whether to vote for Abdul. I just want to be very clear, Jews in Michigan have a moral obligation to support Abdul," he said. "They should do it to protect themselves from antisemitism and rising hatred in America." 'POD SAVE AMERICA' HOSTS WARN EL-SAYED TO TONE DOWN 'CONDESCENSION' ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD QUESTIONS "And if that sounds confusing to you at all, you should imagine two futures," he continued. "One in which there is a debate inside the Democratic Party about America's relationship to Israel, military aid for Israel, and antisemitism on the left, which is real. That is a big and important debate we could have to try to find places of agreement, places of consensus. There can be persuasion and argument and hard feelings, but there can be democracy." The other future, Lovett said, would be dangerous for Jewish people. "On the other, you have this kind of politics on the right where it is about dominance and hatreds and othering of people. It starts with Muslims," he said. "He does it for trans people. He does it for immigrants. He does it for Haitians, eating the dogs and the cats. If you think that that doesn't end with Jews, you are out of your f---ing minds." "A country where this kind of politics is rewarded is a country where Jews are less safe. And anyone who has allowed their own concerns and legitimate concerns about Abdul to cloud that ultimate larger point is missing the big picture here," Lovett continued. "For Jews in America, our safety is based around the idea that there's a society in which we can have arguments and disagreements, but we respect those differences. Trump does not believe in that. And we need to have a check on Donald Trump in a Democratic Senate. And maybe Abdul is not your cup of tea. Maybe Abdul is is not — is going to be a reliable vote against Israel. Fine, we can handle that. But we cannot handle a continued slide to this hateful authoritarian right. It will be dangerous for us." JEWISH DEMOCRATS ABANDON EL-SAYED FOR GOP RIVAL IN ALL-IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND STATE Manhattan Institute Vice President Jesse Arm, a pollster and Michigan native, wrote to Fox News Digital about Lovett's comments. "Jon Lovett is a bitterly partisan hack who backed a candidate in Maine with a literal Nazi symbol inked on his chest because he had a D next to his name. He’s in no position to lecture Jews about their moral obligations," he said, appearing to refer to former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who suspended his campaign in July following a sexual assault allegation, which he denied. Arm went on to criticize El-Sayed's response to the March attack on Temple Israel, a synagogue in suburban Detroit, saying in part, "hurt people, hurt people." "His argument that Jews should vote for the guy who rationalized a terrorist attack targeting their children in a local synagogue preschool because Republicans might turn on them someday is both immoral and idiotic. The hard left is already in the disgraceful, bigoted place he imagines the right someday going," he wrote. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Fox News Digital reached out to Rogers and El-Sayed's campaigns as well as the RNC and did not receive immediate replies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c7e876989b59d07ca1b Talarico rally warmup act calls for abolishing ICE, contrasting Senate hopeful's message te 2026-10-28T14:53:50.462Z Talarico rally warmup act calls for abolishing ICE, contrasting Senate hopeful's message Malik Williams, a Democratic candidate for a seat in Texas' state legislature, called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and for legalizing marijuana during a Tuesday rally for U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico in Lubbock, Texas. "We can legalize and tax THC and cannabis. We're gonna abolish ICE, we're gonna tax the rich and we're going to get my friend, the next United States senator from the state of Texas, James Talarico, elected!" Williams exclaimed to raucous applause. Talarico, a Democrat running in a historically Republican state, has shied away from making such direct calls to abolish ICE while on the campaign trail. During a joint CNN and Jubilee town hall, Talarico directly denied wanting to abolish ICE when asked if he supported the idea. JAMES TALARICO TORCHES BIDEN BORDER POLICIES IN STUNNING ATTACK AD AS PROGRESSIVE TRIES TO FLIP TEXAS BLUE "No, and I never have," Talarico responded, adding, "We need Immigration and Customs Enforcement in this country, but that's not what we're seeing. What we've seen over the last year is a secret police force, and that's what we don't want in this country." EXCLUSIVE: RESURFACED VIDEO SHOWS JAMES TALARICO DISCUSSING ‘EXCITING’ OPPORTUNITY TO END ‘OVER-POLICING’ Talarico's recent remarks, however, depart from past comments. In January, during a primary debate with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, Talarico said it was time to "tear down" ICE. "ICE shot a mother in the face. ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old boy. ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning. It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety," he said. FOX NEWS POLL: MAJORITY SAYS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT HAS CROSSED THE LINE Talarico also advocated for "hauling in" agents in front of Congress to testify on actions taken during enforcement actions. Abolishing ICE is an unpopular opinion among Republicans nationwide, with 67% strongly opposing the idea, according to a July YouGov/The Economist poll. The same poll found 48% of Americans overall supporting ICE's abolition. TRUMP WON THIS RELIABLY RED STATE BY DOUBLE DIGITS. NOW A DEADLOCKED RACE IS BRINGING HIM BACK Texas voters, meanwhile, have a moderately negative view of the agency as a whole. Only 42% of the state views the agency as very favorable or somewhat favorable, compared to 47% of the state viewing ICE as somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable, according to a February poll from The Texas Politics Project. In introducing Talarico on Tuesday, Williams also stumped for a wide number of policies popular with the rising crop of democratic socialists while appearing to bash President Donald Trump and Talarico's Republican opponent Ken Paxton. DEMOCRATS CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP ISSUES – DATA CENTERS "When we have embarrassing loser representatives that support a fascist, racist, rapist, war criminal, I say we deserve better! When the backbone of Texas, our ranchers and farmers, tell us that they do not want data centers and then our politicians, as they love to do, they force it upon us without consent, I say we deserve better!" Williams exclaimed to fanfare. Williams also advocated for more education funding, guaranteed childcare and an expansion of healthcare, all popular policies with the Democratic Socialists of America. The Talarico, Williams and Paxton campaigns did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c74876989b59d07ca12 China exile-turned-GOP nominee warns socialist surge could give Beijing greater influence in Washington te 2026-10-28T14:53:40.649Z China exile-turned-GOP nominee warns socialist surge could give Beijing greater influence in Washington A congressional nominee who escaped communist China after the Tiananmen Square massacre warned that a Democratic-controlled Congress could create opportunities for Beijing to expand its influence in Washington, threatening U.S. national security. Lily Tang Williams, the Republican nominee for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District, told Fox News Digital that China, a country she believes "wants to bring down the United States," would capitalize on "America’s weakness" if Congress were to be controlled by Democrats in January. "I fear that the country I love is becoming the country I left," Williams, who is challenging Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., told Fox News Digital. "China will be very happy to see Democrats control the House and Senate. The Democrats want open borders, they want to defund police and abolish private property. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is looking at this as good news." CHINA EXPERT WARNS BEIJING WANTS AMERICANS — NOT THE CCP — TO SPREAD ITS MESSAGE Williams pointed to a recent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) trip, claiming that more than a dozen high-ranking members of the organization traveled to China to "produce favorable coverage of China and its regime," as an example of the Chinese government taking advantage of the "vulnerable Democratic Party" to promote itself in the U.S. "They now share a similar ideology," Williams said. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA NEED TO ACTUALLY MEET THE CHINA THEY CLAIM TO LOVE Williams also argued that Democrats' immigration policies could make it easier for Chinese intelligence operatives to enter the U.S., warning about the potential for espionage along the southern border. The candidate said she believes the DSA's growing influence within the Democratic Party could shape congressional decisions even if Democrats remain in the minority or more moderate lawmakers hold leadership positions. "The Democrat Party is hijacked by the DSA," Williams said. "We’re going to have a DSA-run Congress, whether moderate Democrats like it or not. Moderate Democrat voters are still so complacent. They don't come out and condemn this extremism because they may even be afraid of repercussions from the DSA and DSA voters." A recent Gallup poll found that 43% of Americans have a positive view of socialism, for the first time since 2010. Williams pointed to the rise of socialism among Americans and the possibility that at least six new DSA-affiliated lawmakers could enter Congress in January as reasons for concern about the direction of the Democratic Party. "Congress will be controlled by people who sympathize with the CCP and its Marxist principles," Williams warned. TOP DEM TORCHES SOCIALISTS TAKING OVER HIS PARTY: 'THEY'RE ANTI-AMERICAN' Williams also criticized her Democratic opponent and other members of the party for what she described as their refusal to condemn Marxism, arguing that moderate Democrats could increasingly side with the party's progressive wing in the 120th Congress. "Our country could fall from within, because we don't really have a good policy to protect ourselves and our national security," Williams said. "My opponent refuses to condemn Marxism and Marxist American figures like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when asked. This is very troubling." During her phone interview with Fox News Digital, Williams raised concerns that lawmakers sympathetic to Marxist ideology could pose national security risks if they gained access to sensitive or classified information. Goodlander, the DSA and the Democratic Party did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c6b876989b59d07ca09 Mystery woman arrested in American's death after manhunt in Costa Rican tourist destination te 2026-10-28T14:53:31.364Z Mystery woman arrested in American's death after manhunt in Costa Rican tourist destination A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of an American citizen in a tropical beach town popular with tourists in Costa Rica. In a video statement, Costa Rica Judicial Investigation Agency Deputy Director Vladimir Muñoz said a woman identified as Ortiz was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in connection with the killing of Fleming, a 74-year-old American who was found dead Sept. 27 at a condominium near the beach. The incident took place in Playas del Coco, a seaside town in a popular tourist area on Costa Rica’s northern Pacific coast, at 4:50 p.m. on Sept. 27, according to Costa Rican authorities. MYSTERY WOMAN SOUGHT AFTER AMERICAN FOUND DEAD IN COSTA RICAN TOURIST DESTINATION Muñoz said Fleming met Ortiz online and picked her up near Playas del Coco before driving her to his apartment. The two later got into some type of dispute, during which Ortiz allegedly struck Fleming and caused a fatal head injury, according to Muñoz. She's accused of stealing his bank cards, but its unknown if they were used. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The woman had been on the run until authorities arrested her on Tuesday. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL At the time of the alleged homicide, the woman was wearing blue denim shorts, sandals and a white bra that had chain-like accessories on it. She was seen in security video released by police walking down a street with another woman, who has also been arrested. Muñoz said the arrest was the result of confidential tips that were sent to law enforcement, stating Ortiz was arrested at a house in San Felipe de Alajuelita. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c56876989b59d07c9fb Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot te 2026-10-28T14:53:10.818Z Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c4c876989b59d07c9f2 Map Shows Jacob Morley Sightings As Manhunt Continues For Escaped Killer te 2026-10-28T14:53:00.726Z Map Shows Jacob Morley Sightings As Manhunt Continues For Escaped Killer The sister of the man Morley killed says he is "very dangerous,” adding that he will kill if he gets hold of any kind of weapon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c42876989b59d07c9e9 Obama vs. Trump Popularity Compared as Both Rally in Key Midterm States te 2026-10-28T14:52:50.944Z Obama vs. Trump Popularity Compared as Both Rally in Key Midterm States Favorability ratings for former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump tell a drastically different story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c39876989b59d07c9e0 Democratic Candidate Says Meta Suspended Campaign Page During Key Rally te 2026-10-28T14:52:41.503Z Democratic Candidate Says Meta Suspended Campaign Page During Key Rally It’s the second incident this month after Meta suspended the “No Kings” IG account during a weekend of protests across the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c30876989b59d07c9d7 James Fishback Retracts Claims Against Florida Congressmen, Issues Apology te 2026-10-28T14:52:32.219Z James Fishback Retracts Claims Against Florida Congressmen, Issues Apology James Fishback apologized for claiming Byron Donalds and Cory Mills were under federal investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c25876989b59d07c9ce Susan Collins Slammed for ‘Despicable’ Attack on Troy Jackson te 2026-10-28T14:52:21.911Z Susan Collins Slammed for ‘Despicable’ Attack on Troy Jackson The 30-second ad features the former sportscaster Bill Green, who says Jackson does not possess "the tools" to sit in the Senate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c1b876989b59d07c9c5 Ancient Migration Linked to Genetic Health Risks for Native Hawaiians te 2026-10-28T14:52:11.862Z Ancient Migration Linked to Genetic Health Risks for Native Hawaiians Rare genetic variants found among Polynesians reveal gaps in global databases that could have implications for health care. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c12876989b59d07c9bc In an AI-Dominated World, Schools Must Focus on Real Intelligence | Opinion te 2026-10-28T14:52:02.840Z In an AI-Dominated World, Schools Must Focus on Real Intelligence | Opinion There's a danger students will stop practicing the skills that make them smart, and skip the struggle to really understand. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c0a876989b59d07c9b3 American Airlines’ New Strategy Puts Premium Travel First te 2026-10-28T14:51:54.086Z American Airlines’ New Strategy Puts Premium Travel First American Airlines is investing in reliability, technology and premium products as it rethinks its business for a changing market. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20c01876989b59d07c9aa Judge Warns Trump His BBC Lawsuit May Be Tossed Unless He Files More Papers te 2026-10-28T14:51:45.096Z Judge Warns Trump His BBC Lawsuit May Be Tossed Unless He Files More Papers Judge warns suit could be dismissed after Trump's team produced "a mere 20" papers already known or "retrieved from the internet." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bf8876989b59d07c9a1 Vivek Ramaswamy Attack Ad Backfires As Ohioans Switch Votes to Amy Acton te 2026-10-28T14:51:36.692Z Vivek Ramaswamy Attack Ad Backfires As Ohioans Switch Votes to Amy Acton A new poll suggests a controversial campaign ad persuaded more respondents to support the Democratic candidate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bef876989b59d07c998 From the Court to Kitchen: Nigel Hayes-Davis’ Mamba Mentality in Business te 2026-10-28T14:51:27.831Z From the Court to Kitchen: Nigel Hayes-Davis’ Mamba Mentality in Business EuroLeague star Nigel Hayes-Davis is taking his on-court focus and dedication to his off-court venture Nigel's Maple. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20be6876989b59d07c98f DOJ Says Close Alaska Peltola Win Would Be ‘Tainted Victory’ te 2026-10-28T14:51:18.694Z DOJ Says Close Alaska Peltola Win Would Be ‘Tainted Victory’ The Trump administration criticized Peltola’s campaign for decrying an attack on free elections in defense of “a sham candidate.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bdd876989b59d07c986 California's Business Elite Is Betting Big on Sports te 2026-10-28T14:51:09.070Z California's Business Elite Is Betting Big on Sports A new, walkable sports district is underpinning a fresh era of entertainment in Orange County, California. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bd6876989b59d07c97d 5 Insults Trump Has Aimed at Ken Paxton's Looks During Election Campaign te 2026-10-28T14:51:02.183Z 5 Insults Trump Has Aimed at Ken Paxton's Looks During Election Campaign President Donald Trump has repeatedly insulted the appearance of his chosen candidate in the closely contested Texas Senate race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bcc876989b59d07c974 Josh Turek Called 'Full of S***' By Older Women in Ashley Hinson Attack Ad te 2026-10-28T14:50:52.989Z Josh Turek Called 'Full of S***' By Older Women in Ashley Hinson Attack Ad "Josh Turek is full of it," Hinson said, sharing the ad on social media. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bc4876989b59d07c96b Deportation’s Human Cost Goes Beyond the Numbers | Opinion te 2026-10-28T14:50:44.002Z Deportation’s Human Cost Goes Beyond the Numbers | Opinion Deportation can tear families apart, but planning ahead can help protect children, finances and loved ones. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bbc876989b59d07c962 How China Surveils the ‘Five Poisons’ te 2026-10-28T14:50:36.869Z How China Surveils the ‘Five Poisons’ Researchers detail the technology behind Beijing's domestic political control. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20bb2876989b59d07c959 Trump's Repeated Trips To Ohio Fail To Move the Dial for Jon Husted te 2026-10-28T14:50:26.523Z Trump's Repeated Trips To Ohio Fail To Move the Dial for Jon Husted Polling remains tight as prediction markets favor Sherrod Brown ahead of the closely watched Senate special election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20ba9876989b59d07c950 Rams Named Best Trade Fit for Vikings Star WR te 2026-10-28T14:50:17.809Z Rams Named Best Trade Fit for Vikings Star WR The Los Angeles Rams have been named a top trade fit for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jauan Jennings ahead of the deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20ba1876989b59d07c947 Celtics Star Jayson Tatum Makes Stance Extremely Clear on Jaylen Brown Feud te 2026-10-28T14:50:09.866Z Celtics Star Jayson Tatum Makes Stance Extremely Clear on Jaylen Brown Feud Celtics star Jayson Tatum made it clear that he has no interest in discussing any drama involving former teammate Jaylen Brown. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20982876989b59d07c8ec Mohave County supervisors order review of childhood vaccination schedule te 2026-10-28T14:41:06.794Z Mohave County supervisors order review of childhood vaccination schedule Mohave County supervisors have ordered a review of the county’s childhood vaccination schedule after Supervisor Ron Gould raised concerns about administering multiple vaccines to infants during a single appointment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2097a876989b59d07c8e3 Lake Havasu City Council Candidate Q&A | How do you contribute to the community? te 2026-10-28T14:40:58.143Z Lake Havasu City Council Candidate Q&A | How do you contribute to the community? The general election is approaching, set for Nov. 3. Early voting is already underway. Two Lake Havasu City Council candidates are vying for the final remaining seat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20971876989b59d07c8da 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Political signs must come down soon te 2026-10-28T14:40:49.078Z 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Political signs must come down soon Election Day is almost here, and campaign signs are still dotting roadsides, intersections and front yards across Lake Havasu City. But once the votes are counted, candidates and supporters will have another task on their hands: cleaning up their signs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20967876989b59d07c8b2 Boxing fan favorite Amanda Serrano announces 'The Last Walk' fight in home country of Puerto Rico te 2026-10-28T14:40:39.876Z Boxing fan favorite Amanda Serrano announces 'The Last Walk' fight in home country of Puerto Rico One of the greatest boxers of all time is hanging up the gloves. World featherweight champion Amanda Serrano and Most Valuable Promotions, co-founded by Jake Paul, announced that Serrano will have her "Last Walk" on Jan. 9 against Skye Falzon in her home country of Puerto Rico. "Boxing has been my life, and I never could have imagined the journey it would take me and my family on. From the early days when women's boxing was fighting for recognition in small theater shows, to headlining Madison Square Garden in New York, reaching millions of fans around the world on the biggest shows, and helping open doors for the next generation of female fighters, [husband] Jordan [Maldonado] and I always believed and I'm proud of everything we've accomplished... CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "To close my career at home in Puerto Rico, in front of the people who have supported me from the beginning, means everything. On Saturday, January 9, I'm going to give the fans one final night to remember. This is The Last Walk of my boxing career, and I hope everyone who has been part of this journey, from Puerto Rico and New York to fans watching around the world... will be there to share it with me." Serrano also praised Paul and his MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian for helping her pave the way for women's boxing. "Nakisa, Jake and MVP believed in me and in women's boxing, and together we've helped change what's possible for women in this sport. We've fought for respect, equal opportunities, fair pay, and the choice to compete under the same rules as men. There's still more work to do, and I'll continue fighting for the next generation long after I hang up my gloves." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "Amanda Serrano is the MOAT. The Most Of All Time. The most accomplished female boxer of all time, the most watched, the most paid, and one of the most influential athletes this sport has ever seen," Paul and Bidarian said. "When Amanda became MVP's first signee, we made a commitment to build a platform where the greatest female fighters in the world could receive the recognition, compensation and opportunities they deserve. Amanda has been the foundation of that vision, and her success has helped change the entire landscape of women's boxing. Together, we've shattered records, delivered some of the biggest events in combat sports history and proven that women's boxing belongs on the world's biggest stages. "The Last Walk is a celebration of an athlete who changed the sport forever, and alongside DAZN who has supported women’s boxing’s biggest events time and time again, we're proud to give Amanda the farewell she deserves. Saturday, January 9, will mark the end of an extraordinary career inside the ring, but Amanda's legacy will live on through every female fighter who follows in her footsteps." Serrano had already made a name for herself in the boxing world but gained worldwide popularity when her second fight against Katie Taylor was the co-main event of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson in November 2024. Serrano lost all three of her fights to Taylor by decision, two of which were main events at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. She is 50-4-1 and has won each of her last three fights since facing Taylor on July 11, 2025. This will be her sixth pro fight in Puerto Rico and the second at the Coliseo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20954876989b59d07c8a5 For Democrats Eyeing 2028, the First Test Is ‘Money, Money, Money’ te 2026-10-28T14:40:20.634Z For Democrats Eyeing 2028, the First Test Is ‘Money, Money, Money’ As soon as the midterms are over, presidential contenders are going to need to raise millions, quickly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2094a876989b59d07c889 Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices te 2026-10-28T14:40:10.128Z Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices Amazon's other new decides include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20705876989b59d07c83c NFL fans horrified by Nicolas Cage's John Madden impression in upcoming movie: 'Embarrassing' te 2026-10-28T14:30:29.822Z NFL fans horrified by Nicolas Cage's John Madden impression in upcoming movie: 'Embarrassing' Brace yourselves, folks. It's almost here. We've waited all year for it. We suffered through the long, hot summer months. We stayed patient, and focused, and determined. In a few short days, the calendar turns to November, and it'll be here. The holiday season? Nope! Thanksgiving? Nope again! Not even close. Something even better ... CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The highly-anticipated John Madden movie, with Nicolas Cage starring as the late Hall of Fame coach/broadcaster, is set to release in theaters on Nov. 11! That's right. If you've ever wondered how John Madden went from football coach, to broadcaster, to creator of the biggest video game series of all time, you're gonna find out in about two weeks. And for those who can't wait even that long, here's a little taste of what to expect: Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! Thoughts? First impressions? I'm gonna level with everyone here ... that's just an awful John Madden impression. I'm not sure we can even call it an impression? I think it's just Nicolas Cage ... talking like Nicolas Cage? It's jarring to watch, really. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! If you had me close my eyes and gave me a thousand guesses at who that was speaking, I would never land on John Madden. Ever. I'd say it was Nicolas Cage ... because it sounds like Nicolas Cage. Hardcore NFL fans, naturally, are burying this movie before it even gets off the ground: This is an embarrassment to his legacy. That seems to be the overriding theme on social media today in response to the above trailer. Folks are not thrilled with what they see — or hear — and they're worried John Madden's legacy will be hurt by this. That's a little dramatic, if you ask me. Let's not be silly. But, it certainly won't improve Madden's legacy with the younger generations that didn't grow up with him. The question I have is ... why? Why didn't Nicolas Cage even bother trying to sound like Madden? There's just no effort there at all. I don't get it? John Madden's voice is iconic. It's what my generation grew up with. My dad knows Madden as the coach. I know him as the man in the booth talking turkey and football on Thanksgiving. NFL'S THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE THAT FEATURES FIVE GAMES IS DEFINITELY NO TURKEY And it was the best: You see? THAT's the John Madden I knew. Man, he was the best. The whole world grew up in the late-90s and early-2000s making Turduckens on Thanksgiving, and it was absolutely because of John Madden. What a wonderful time to be alive. I miss those days so much. We'll never get them back. Anyway, Madden premieres on Nov. 11. Enjoy! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20702876989b59d07c831 Mahjong is the new tailgate game taking over college football for women — and even at home with head coaches te 2026-10-28T14:30:26.022Z Mahjong is the new tailgate game taking over college football for women — and even at home with head coaches It's not only college football that has been the focus of my attention over the past three months. It is also the new American pastime that has taken over the kitchen tables of Southern women and is making its way into tailgates on a weekly basis across the country. It's not a new recipe, or a new table design. Instead, it's Mahjong. A simple walk to Tiger Stadium on the campus of Louisiana State University during the opening weekend of the college football season certainly changed my outlook on the newest trend sweeping the the nation, one expensive set at a time. LSU IS READY TO PARTY: LANE KIFFIN’S DEBUT BRINGS FIREWORKS TO DEATH VALLEY AFTER REVIVAL-LIKE BUILDUP It started a few months earlier when I was first introduced to this game, thanks to a friend we'll just call "Sam" for the sake of keeping the wild world of Mahjong between the groups that play it. I wouldn’t want to give away any secrets, and I would learn over time that this was on the same level as men getting together for a night of poker. The one thing I did not expect to see while making my way into a college football game was four ladies sitting at a table within a tailgate playing this game while others around them were immersed in your normal pregame activities that included alcohol. Did I just stumble into a whole new world? What was it about this game that led to women, and men, finding themselves sitting at a table covered in a 'mat' playing with 'tiles' that were labeled differently and a rule pamphlet that was also used to stir up the same table of 'craks', 'barns' and 'dots'. Yes, those are different items used to play Mahjong, which I still have no idea how to play. Also, it had unbeknownst to me, the game had made its way to other tailgates across college football that included Ole Miss, Alabama and Indiana. Yes, I know for a fact it's being played at other tailgates across this country, even if I haven’t been able to see it firsthand just yet. And why were there so many different colors involved, or why did every playing surface look different? Turns out, I was on the cusp of being astonished at how much this was actually being played around college athletics. No, I'm not just talking about the wives of coaches who might get together on a weekly basis to discuss life while playing this game. I still remember, three or so months ago, when "Sam" told me i'd be surprised to know how many men participate in Mahjong as a way to decompress. More on that later, with a coaching twist. Now, for full disclosure, I have yet to learn the intricate details of this game, nor have I sat down to play a round. And, I'm not just talking about a hand of "cards." These were elaborate get togethers, with women hosting game nights usually on a rotating basis, while some outings will take place in a local studio or room that could also be used as a storefront. COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S JERRY JONES? TEXAS TECH BOOSTER CODY CAMPBELL DEMANDS RETURN ON INVESTMENT This turned into an investigative mission to find out how deep this whole Mahjong craze goes. It just so happens that there are actual stores that sell 'tiles'. playing 'mats', sets that include marketing agreements with the 'Grateful Dead'. Yes, the band. How would I know about this? I'm sure by now you are wondering why in the world a sports writer would become so fascinated by a game that is played a majority of the time by women. It probably helps that "Sam" is so into this game that I have been running at system overload for months now, even though I enjoy hearing about these game nights that can most certainly be competitive. So, what did I do? This particular weekend had me in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, not far from home. Besides my algorithm on social media steering me toward different social media pages thanks to my curiosity, I needed to see what all the fuss was about. One google search later I found myself taking a detour on the way to Bryant-Denny Stadium to the Tuscaloosa Mahjong Parlor, just off the boulevard near the University of Alabama campus. The nerves I felt walking into this store were almost as intense as interviewing a head coach following a game, wondering where my brain would take me in the press conference setting. Luckily, Heather Bikes welcomed me into her store that is also home to a business ran by her husband, Steve, like I was just another friend on a random Friday afternoon. The colors were something I had never seen before, with boxes of "sets" stacked eloquently throughout the store. There were also 'mats', travel cases and just about anything else one could imagine needed for such a hobby. The awkward introduction by myself as a sports reporter looking to learn more about this game turned into a 45-minute conversation on nearly every single item for sale in this beautiful area designed just to sell the game known as "Mahjong." And no, sorry guys, this hobby is not cheap. I had to do a double-take when I heard that the colorful "Grateful Dead" set that caught my eye would cost over $400, which I immediately texted "Sam" about in full disbelief. Not because it wasn’t worth it, but more so at how shocked I was to learn how this game had taken on a life of itself over the years, at least in the deep south, and if get caught in the storm it can be pricey. But don't worry, guys I also didn’t know you could have a Mahjong "hookup" that could get you the same looking game equipment, but for a much cheaper price on what I would normally call the 'black market'. It was also Heather's husband, Steve, that reaffirmed my thoughts that this game was essentially the same as poker is for men. A way for women to gather within their communities to either let off some steam, congregate to share details of their life, or actually get into the competitive spirit. Yes, this can also get confrontational at times, with words being traded and attitudes checked at either the tailgate tent or the door to each hosting house. Turns out, this was more relevant than I had imagined, and not just outside the college football stadium in this case. For the sake of not giving other coaches ammunition to use within the group texts within the community of each conference, I decided to hold-off on actually naming the coaches who were drawn into this game by their wives or significant others. Also, there were coaches from six different conferences polled, so it would be hard to pin down a specific school. Thanks to "Sam" giving me the idea, along with a few sources with insider knowledge, I started randomly communicating with a number of college football head coaches to gauge whether they had been pulled into this lifestyle. "Dude, who told you I was playing?" one Power Four head coach responded to my question on whether they had ever played. "I use it as a way to relax, but unfortunately this damn game is addicting. I get home from the office and play a few rounds with my girls and wife. "But man, I thought we were competitive on the football field. This is a whole different animal. I did win a round last month, though." Then, it was another message to an unsuspecting coach within another conference. "Alright, who gave me up? That's some bulls—," another Power Four coach jokingly replied. "Yea Trey, I probably play at least once every two weeks. When you sit down at the table, and you have all of those darn tiles, I was lost for the first couple weeks. "I've got my wife over here talking smack, and then I'm getting it from my sister. Then, if I come home and she has friends over, I like to get at least one game in before heading upstairs. Every now and then I'm allowed to sit for a few rounds until it's time for me to leave the room so they can continue their night. If you're going to play, you better lock in, because they don't cut you any slack after a few practice rounds." For full transparency, I sent inquiries to ten different head coaches over a two-day period asking if they had ever played Mahjong. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Out of the 10, six of them let me know they had at least played the game, with five of them informing me that they actually partake on a monthly basis. "I'm so confused most of the time, but it also gives me something that allows me to spend some extra time with my daughters," another head coach told OutKick. "So, if I get an extra hour a week with them over this game, I'll one day figure out a way to beat them. "They don't know it yet, but I've been watching tutorials online." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! And while I admit that I have not had enough time to sit down and learn the intricate details of this phenomenon that was first brought to my attention through "Sam's" weekly game nights, I can now say that I at least understand the craze that comes with it. My wandering mind has sent me all across this country investigating stories related to college athletics. In no way did I expect to see Mahjong intersect with college football. But, I also got to see this game through someone else's eyes, which will make this easier once I finally get the time to learn, I hope. I guess that's the best part about my job. You learn something new every day, or at every tailgate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae206fd876989b59d07c828 Nightmare at Halloween attraction sparks hunt for more victims, 1 arrested te 2026-10-28T14:30:21.580Z Nightmare at Halloween attraction sparks hunt for more victims, 1 arrested Investigators are urging the public to come forward as there may be more victims of an alleged serial sex offender who attacked a woman at a popular Halloween attraction. Edward Eisenhard, 38, is facing a slew of charges after prosecutors in Bucks County, Pennsylvania say he sexually assaulted three female victims; one of them was under 12 years old. "There are real monsters in the world," said District Attorney Joe Khan during a Tuesday news conference. FLORIDA SEX OFFENDER ACCUSED OF BABYSITTING-AD TRAP AS POLICE INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL INTERSTATE PREDATOR He went on to say the suspect is a "highly dangerous recidivistic sex offender." One of his alleged attacks happened at Valley of Fear, which is a haunted hayride attraction in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. CONVICTED CHILD PREDATOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKS TWO WOMEN INSIDE PLANET FITNESS WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM Eisenhard is accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a victim while he was on a break while working at the attraction. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB A criminal complaint says on September 25, the attraction's opening night, the suspect approached an employee who was working alone and "grabbed the victim tightly by her throat to the point that she had difficulty breathing, pinned both of her wrists above her head against a wall, made sexual comments, and indecently assaulted her over her clothing." DELAWARE DANCE TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE, SOLICITATION OF TEEN STUDENTS FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Valley of Fear fired him the next day. Two days after he was fired, he allegedly sexually assaulted the victim again at Five Below in Hilltown Township — where he also worked. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS The victim told investigators Eisenhard, who was her boss, restrained and sexually assaulted her as she was cleaning the back stockroom of the store. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RIDESHARE DRIVER CHARGED WITH RAPE IN MARYLAND HAD PRIOR NYC SEX ABUSE ARREST: DHS He was arrested on October 1. SEND US A TIP Before those cases — investigators say he also "repeatedly" abused and sexually assaulted a victim under 12 years old at a home in Springfield Township. HSI AGENT WHO INVESTIGATED CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES INDICTED ON RAPE AND CHILD ABUSE CHARGES Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office discovered additional allegations of this behavior at both of Eisenhard's workplaces and "strongly believe that there are additional victims." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Eisenhard is currently in jail after he was unable to post bail following his initial arrest. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL His charges were upgraded Thursday, and the DA is requesting that he be held without bail. Fox News Digital has reached out to Valley of Fear and to Five Below for comment. 📩 Send me a story idea: kelsie.cairns@fox.com 📸 Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv 🎥 Facebook: Kelsie Cairns Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae206f8876989b59d07c81f Trump's unusual legal gambit against Biden-era deportation rule pays off at Supreme Court te 2026-10-28T14:30:16.119Z Trump's unusual legal gambit against Biden-era deportation rule pays off at Supreme Court The Supreme Court, with no noted dissents, has allowed an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice ending a Biden-era immigration rule to go into effect. The Biden administration adopted the rule in 2024, formally establishing procedures for immigration judges to temporarily pause certain deportation proceedings through a practice known as "administrative closure," including when migrants were pursuing immigration relief through other federal proceedings. The Supreme Court's move leaves in place a lower court ruling eliminating that rule, stripping away a procedure that allowed certain deportation cases to be put on hold. Texas sued the federal government in June, arguing that the rule was adopted without proper legal authority. The Department of Justice agreed with Texas, asking the judge overseeing the case to vacate the rule and prevent similar rules from being adopted in the future. JUDGE WHO APOLOGIZED TO ACCUSED WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN LIGHTS UP DOJ IN HUNTER BIDEN FBI CASE Opponents accused Texas and the Justice Department of colluding to eliminate the Biden-era rule, arguing that the two sides worked together despite being on opposite sides of the lawsuit. On the same day the DOJ made its request, District Judge Reed O’Connor, an appointee of President George W. Bush, granted it. TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE SLAMS DOOR ON DOJ AS COURT LOSSES PILE UP DAYS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS' In August, however, three cities with large immigrant populations — Baltimore, Maryland; New Haven, Connecticut; and Columbus, Ohio — joined with Centro Legal de la Raza, an immigrant legal advocacy group, in an effort to intervene in the case and defend the Biden-era rule on appeal. The cities argued that eliminating the rule could lead to residents being deported, reducing their tax revenues and giving them legal standing to challenge the agreement. O’Connor rejected that argument. MAMDANI BLASTS FEDS FOR WAGING 'CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR' AGAINST NYC'S IMMIGRANTS On Oct. 9, the three cities and Centro Legal de la Raza asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the lower court's judgment while their appeal proceeded, accusing Texas and the federal government of engaging in "egregious collusion" to eliminate the Biden-era rule. Federal lawyers argued that the cities and their allies lacked legal standing to challenge the agreement because they had not demonstrated the concrete injury required for a federal court to consider their claims. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae206ee876989b59d07c7ff TikTok expands into restaurant guides with ‘Must Eat’ feature te 2026-10-28T14:30:06.115Z TikTok expands into restaurant guides with ‘Must Eat’ feature The move puts TikTok in more direct competition with platforms like Yelp and Google. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae2024b876989b59d07c749 NFL fans horrified by Nicholas Cage's John Madden impression in upcoming movie: 'Embarrassing' te 2026-10-28T14:10:19.784Z NFL fans horrified by Nicholas Cage's John Madden impression in upcoming movie: 'Embarrassing' Brace yourselves, folks. It's almost here. We've waited all year for it. We suffered through the long, hot summer months. We stayed patient, and focused, and determined. In a few short days, the calendar turns to November, and it'll be here. The holiday season? Nope! Thanksgiving? Nope again! Not even close. Something even better ... CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The highly-anticipated John Madden movie, with Nicholas Cage starring as the late Hall of Fame coach/broadcaster, is set to release in theaters on Nov. 11! That's right. If you've ever wondered how John Madden went from football coach, to broadcaster, to creator of the biggest video game series of all time, you're gonna find out in about two weeks. And for those who can't wait even that long, here's a little taste of what to expect: Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! Thoughts? First impressions? I'm gonna level with everyone here ... that's just an awful John Madden impression. I'm not sure we can even call it an impression? I think it's just Nicolas Cage ... talking like Nicholas Cage? It's jarring to watch, really. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! If you had me close my eyes and gave me a thousand guesses at who that was speaking, I would never land on John Madden. Ever. I'd say it was Nicholas Cage ... because it sounds like Nicholas Cage. Hardcore NFL fans, naturally, are burying this movie before it even gets off the ground: This is an embarrassment to his legacy. That seems to be the overriding theme on social media today in response to the above trailer. Folks are not thrilled with what they see — or hear — and they're worried John Madden's legacy will be hurt by this. That's a little dramatic, if you ask me. Let's not be silly. But, it certainly won't improve Madden's legacy with the younger generations that didn't grow up with him. The question I have is ... why? Why didn't Nicholas Cage even bother trying to sound like Madden? There's just no effort there at all. I don't get it? John Madden's voice is iconic. It's what my generation grew up with. My dad knows Madden as the coach. I know him as the man in the booth talking turkey and football on Thanksgiving. NFL'S THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE THAT FEATURES FIVE GAMES IS DEFINITELY NO TURKEY And it was the best: You see? THAT's the John Madden I knew. Man, he was the best. The whole world grew up in the late-90s and early-2000s making Turduckens on Thanksgiving, and it was absolutely because of John Madden. What a wonderful time to be alive. I miss those days so much. We'll never get them back. Anyway, Madden premieres on Nov. 11. Enjoy! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20246876989b59d07c740 Mike Collins drops Election Day gas price prediction in heated Georgia Senate race te 2026-10-28T14:10:14.915Z Mike Collins drops Election Day gas price prediction in heated Georgia Senate race EXCLUSIVE — Republican Rep. Mike Collins offered a behind-the-scenes look at his latest conversation with President Donald Trump and detailed his role in preparing Georgia's infrastructure for a multibillion-dollar manufacturing investment during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, exactly one week before voters decide one of the nation's closely watched Senate contests. Collins, a trucking company owner challenging Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff, said he spoke privately with Trump following Saturday's rally in Perry, Georgia, where the president announced a $4.2 billion investment by German automaker Audi. The Georgia congressman described a president eager to hear feedback from those around him and said he personally relayed what he had observed while meeting rallygoers. TRUMP SUPPORTERS CONFRONT IRAN, AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS WITH A MESSAGE FOR CRITICS: 'GIVE HIM TIME' "He always wants to know what you think. He wants to know what everybody thinks," Collins told Fox News Digital. "And I think that's just part of his personality." Collins said he made a point of asking attendees whether they had ever been to a Trump rally before. "Well over half of the people that were at that event, it was their first time ever attending a Trump rally," Collins said, describing his own conversations with supporters. The Republican also revealed that Trump helped amplify a new digital advertisement from his Senate campaign focused on the Laken Riley Act, legislation Collins championed in Congress. TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE SURVIVES GRUELING RUNOFF, ADVANCES TO HIGH-STAKES SENATE RACE "When he saw the ad, he retweeted it out there and of course, it has exploded with over 7 million views," Collins said. The president's involvement comes as Collins seeks to unseat Ossoff in the final days before the Nov. 3 election. Collins also elaborated on his involvement in improvements to the Port of Brunswick, which he credits with helping position Georgia to attract Audi's newly announced manufacturing investment. Trump announced Saturday that Audi would invest $4.2 billion in a new facility in the Macon area, with plans to manufacture approximately 200,000 vehicles annually. Collins said that after becoming chairman of the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee in 2025, he made the Port of Brunswick one of his first priorities. "Got down there and, lo and behold, that thing has not been fully dredged in over 10 years," Collins said. "Took me about 3 months, got the money, got it dredged. Now it is fully dredged." According to Collins, insufficient channel depth had previously limited the amount of cargo vessels could transport through the port. He argued that improving the port's capacity helped make Georgia more attractive to automakers looking to manufacture and export vehicles. "One of the reasons that they picked Georgia was because that port is ready to go down there," Collins said. ‘MISLEADING VOTERS’: OSSOFF WARNS DONORS HE’S FALLING BEHIND DESPITE LEADING SENATE FUNDRAISING The Audi announcement has become a point of contention in the Senate campaign. Ossoff has called for more details about the project, while Collins has pointed to his work on port infrastructure as evidence of his economic development record. The interview also turned personal when Collins was asked about reports concerning Ossoff's campaign spending on a Hollywood makeup artist. The Washington Times reported Sept. 26 that Ossoff's campaign had spent nearly $3,000 on hair and makeup during the election cycle, more than any other Senate candidate at the time. The outlet cited Federal Election Commission records showing payments to Georgia makeup artist Stephanie Ponder. Asked whether he personally wears makeup on the campaign trail, Collins responded with a joke. "The answer is no, I don't use makeup," Collins said. "Some people might want to suggest I put a bag over my head." Collins then said political advisers had deliberately changed how Ossoff looks and speaks. "I can't help it that they hired Pee-wee Herman's makeup artist," Collins said. The comments followed Trump's own references to the fictional character while criticizing Ossoff at Saturday's rally. Collins also claimed that Ossoff is positioning himself for a potential 2028 presidential campaign, an allegation he framed as his own interpretation of the senator's voting record, endorsements and fundraising. Ossoff has campaigned on his work in the Senate, including health care, affordability and economic issues, while criticizing Collins' support for Trump's policies. When asked whether he disagrees with Trump on any issue, Collins pointed to the timing of a potential change involving off-road diesel fuel. "Probably the only thing I would have, I would have jumped on the off-road diesel quicker to run in trucks," Collins said. The trucking company owner argued that allowing additional diesel supplies into the transportation market sooner could help reduce prices. He also predicted that consumers would see lower fuel prices following the election. "You're gonna see prices come down. It's amazing what election day is gonna do," Collins said. The prediction comes as rising energy costs remain a major issue in the Senate race. Collins defended Trump's broader economic agenda, arguing that lower taxes, deregulation and domestic manufacturing investment would help households struggling with everyday expenses. Ossoff, meanwhile, has criticized Trump's tariffs and the economic effects of the war with Iran, arguing that administration policies have contributed to higher costs for Georgia families. Collins ended the exclusive interview with a confident declaration about the approaching election. "I'm gonna win this race next week. I'm gonna be your next U.S. senator from Georgia," Collins said. He added that he would move his work from the House to the Senate while continuing to focus on affordability and economic development. "We're gonna just pick up that old desk, move it across the rotunda, and continue to deliver," Collins said. The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, with early voting in Georgia continuing through Friday, Oct. 30. The Ossoff campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae20242876989b59d07c737 Amy Grant says Vince Gill isn't 'afraid to put somebody in their place' after confronting radio host te 2026-10-28T14:10:10.657Z Amy Grant says Vince Gill isn't 'afraid to put somebody in their place' after confronting radio host Amy Grant is opening up about her relationship with her husband, Vince Gill, after over 20 years of marriage, saying he will always stand up for her. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 65-year-old singer touched on her marriage with Gill, noting that while he is "kind, kind, kind," he will do anything to protect her. "He does have a toggle switch, and if somebody does something to throw that switch, he can respond so quickly," she said. "And so he can see the field, and he's got a quick mind. And he is not afraid to put somebody in their place or be protective. And so, yeah, I mean, I feel so loved by him."  In March, Gill told the story of the time he confronted radio host Don Imus while on his radio show, and called him out for talking negatively about him and Grant. AMY GRANT'S EMOTIONAL ACCOUNT OF DOCTORS AND NURSES SINGING OUTSIDE DOLLY PARTON'S HOSPITAL ROOM He told the "Naked Lunch" podcast that Imus started out as a fan of his, but after he married Grant the radio host changed his tune and would say things such as, "Vince Gill, lost the Baby Jesus, married that Christian girl." While on his radio show, Gill waited until Grant's name came up and then took his chance to stand up for his wife. "I said, ‘Well, if you ever met her, you'd never say an unkind word about her,’" Gill said. "‘I'm going to shoot you straight.’ I said, ‘I really only came on this show for one reason.’ I said, ‘We're either going to talk this out, straighten this out,’ I said, 'or I'm going to crawl across this desk, and I'm going to kick your a--.'" Gill noted that on his way home from the interview, he caught Imus on the air and heard him say, "I don't know why I was giving that guy so much crap. I love that guy," adding that the two of them stayed friends until Imus' death in December 2019. When speaking with Fox News Digital, Grant described all the ways Gill has shown up for her throughout their marriage, including when she had unexpected open-heart surgery in 2020, and when she had a bike accident in 2022 which affected her short-term memory. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "My short-term memory was shot. There's so much I couldn't remember," she recalled. "I was processing so slow and I just remember saying to him, 'What if this is all I ever had? What, if this is as good as it gets?' And he said, 'Amy, anything could happen to any of us. An accomplished musician could have a stroke and never use their left hand again.' And he said, 'We're just going to take each day and it's enough.'" She explained that his message of staying together no matter what, is something he has always conveyed, "whether spoken or not." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Grant shared that when she told Gill she felt so understood by him, he responded by saying that he doesn't always understand her, but noted, "I welcome you Amy, whatever you bring, I welcome you." "I was trying to be like, 'You know me, you get it.' He was just going, 'I don't know if I can say that, but I'm here and my arms are wide open,' and that's how he's always done," she said. "We've just discovered each other day by day over 26 years and I love him more now. The more I know him, the more I love him. And everybody's life partner is just their life partner. And so you just get to know each other at every new chapter and life brings a lot to everybody." Gill and Grant got married in March 2000 and welcomed their daughter, Corrina, in March 2001, after first meeting in 1993 while both married to other people. They confirmed they were dating in October 1999, after Gill and his first wife divorced in 1997, Grant and her first husband separated in 1998. Grant also spoke to Fox News Digital about her recent tribute to Dolly Parton at the Dove Awards, which she did alongside Christian singer, Natalie Grant. When it came time to sing one of Parton's songs, Amy said she was nervous and didn't think she "could pull off any of her songs," noting "her stuff is tough," and just "fit" Parton's voice. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "All I'm saying is we all bring our unique gifts to the table, but I would not have had the opportunity to honor Dolly and song had Natalie not not asked me. And, afterwards, she and I just had a big hug and said, 'What a one time to sing. What a chance to share that we're honoring this icon.' So, it was so meaningful to both of us." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1fffa876989b59d07c702 Sedona Fire District looking for historical photos te 2026-10-28T14:00:26.299Z Sedona Fire District looking for historical photos Residents’ memories of station to be incorporated in new Station 4 Sedona’s firefighters have been saving lives and properties for over 70 years, and they’re hoping you might have some photos of their labors. Construction of Sedona Fire District’s new Station 4 at 401 Jordan Road is underway after i Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1fff0876989b59d07c6ce Justin Tucker signs with Chiefs after serving 10-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations: reports te 2026-10-28T14:00:16.725Z Justin Tucker signs with Chiefs after serving 10-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations: reports Justin Tucker is back in the National Football League. After serving a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, one of the greatest kickers of all time is reportedly signing with the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad. The Chiefs have had their fair share of kicking woes recently, as once-automatic Harrison Butker has struggled. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE In January 2025, The Baltimore Banner reported that 16 female massage therapists had accused Tucker of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior during sessions between 2012 and 2016 at eight spas in and around Baltimore. According to the report, the accusers said they ended sessions early or refused to work with Tucker again because of the allegations. The report also stated that Tucker was banned from returning to two of those spas, a claim Tucker’s legal team denied.  Among the allegations leveled in the report, five women claimed the NFL player was erect during sessions with him and that he fully or partially exposed himself, while others made other accusations of egregious acts. Then on Feb. 16 of last year, the same outlet reported that seven more women had come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Tucker. The second wave of allegations accused Tucker of "acting inappropriately" at some of the best luxury spas in Baltimore, including the spas at the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton Residences in the city. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Tucker denied the allegations in a statement to OutKick last year. "I maintain I did not act inappropriately at any point before, during, or after a professional bodywork treatment session, nor have I ever been told I am unwelcome at any massage therapy provider," he said. "These claims are simply not true." He added at the time that he was recounting 13 years of experiences with bodywork professionals. "I can assure whoever is reading this that I have never intended to disrespect anyone, cross any boundary, or make anyone feel uncomfortable in any way whatsoever." "It devastates me to know that anyone I have worked with would not have felt respected and valued as a professional, but more importantly as a person, and to anyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry," Tucker said in his statement, the full text of which can be found below. "I want you to know I am committed to ensuring that everyone I interact with continues to feel that I respect them and care about them as a human being." COLTS TRADE PRO BOWL GUARD QUENTON NELSON TO SEAHAWKS, THE FIRST OF WHAT COULD BE MULTIPLE DEADLINE MOVES The Baltimore Ravens released Tucker in May of that year, after 13 seasons with the franchise, calling it a "football decision." Tucker was never criminally charged or sued civilly over the allegations. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. The allegations prompted comparisons to those made against Deshaun Watson. Both cases involved allegations from multiple massage therapists. Watson faced allegations from more than two dozen women and ultimately settled 23 civil lawsuits. He received an 11-game suspension in 2022. Tucker will turn 37 next month and is coming off the worst statistical season of his career. In 2024, he made only 73.3% of his field-goal attempts, a career low. But he is a five-time first-teamer and seven-time Pro Bowler, and his 89.1% field goal percentage is the second-best mark of all time. The Chiefs' punter, Matt Araiza, was accused of rape in a highly-contested legal battle, but all suits were dropped. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Tucker worked out for the New York Jets last month. OutKick's Bobby Burack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ffed876989b59d07c6c5 Thune calls Ohio race 'ground zero' in 'knife fight' for Senate while rallying with Husted te 2026-10-28T14:00:13.099Z Thune calls Ohio race 'ground zero' in 'knife fight' for Senate while rallying with Husted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., called Ohio "ground zero" for Senate control during a campaign event with Republican Senate nominee Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in Lima, Ohio on Tuesday night. Following remarks from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Thune praised Oz's work in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse while insisting that Republicans must hold a Senate majority to allow Oz to continue his work. "That only happens if Jon Husted gets elected next Tuesday. This is ground zero. It seems like it is a lot of election years we come to Ohio, but this literally is ground zero. This is the firewall in the United States Senate. It's the difference between the next two years, President Trump having to deal with Democrats in Congress, House and Senate, where all you'll be doing is investigations," Thune told the crowd. SENATE CONTROL IS A COIN FLIP — AND DEMOCRATS’ PATH RUNS THROUGH TRUMP COUNTRY Top Democrats including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., have already signaled an intention to use subpoena power to investigate President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet. "When people ask what will we do, my answer is simple. We'll use those tools. We'll act like the Congress," Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Associated Press in September. HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY "I tell people that the first thing the House will do, Democrats, if the House flips, is they'll impeach the president," Thune continued Tuesday. "Well, that will that will require a trial, some sort of a trial in the United States Senate. And the only difference between a 24-hour impeachment trial in the Senate and a 24-month impeachment trial is a Republican majority," he said. DEM MAKING SENATE COMEBACK BID SAYS HE WOULDN'T SUPPORT A TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PUSH Thune then slammed Husted's Democratic opponent, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who served as a U.S. Senator in Ohio from 2007 until 2025, when he ceded his seat to Republican Bernie Moreno after losing in the 2024 election. "He proved that to us for 30 years when he was in the Senate, he was a rubber stamp for Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. We got to keep Jon Husted in the United States Senate, folks. It is absolutely, absolutely critical," Thune said. SHERROD BROWN'S 1971 LETTER ARGUED AGAINST RELEASING VIETNAM WAR POWS, PODCAST HOSTS REVEAL Thune continued to sing Husted's praises. "Jon Husted is as good as they come. He is just a solid, solid human being who is principled, hardworking, smart and solution-oriented. He's getting up every day thinking of things he can do to make Ohio better. He did that when he was here in the state legislature and as lieutenant governor for the state of Ohio. He cut taxes here. Came to Washington, cut taxes there. Allowed you to keep more money in your pocket. Secured the border. We haven't had a person released into the country illegally in 17 months. Think about that, folks," Thune continued. TRUMP ADMIN MARKS 15 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH ZERO BORDER RELEASES AS APPREHENSIONS PLUNGE 94% He closed his remarks by hammering home how crucial it is for Ohioans to get out and vote. "This is a knife fight, folks. This is a bare knuckles brawl, and all you have to do is turn on your television and see that. But the stakes couldn't be higher, consequences couldn't be greater. It's just so important that we get this done," he concluded. MAPPED: THE STATES TRUMP AND TOP DEMOCRATS ARE TARGETING BEFORE ELECTION DAY Husted, for his part, reiterated the tight nature of his race, also challenging Republican voters to get to the polls. "We got work to do because this is going to be a close race. This is going to be a close race," Husted told the crowd. "This is like the fourth quarter of a football game. I can tell you that the other side wants to intimidate us. The other side wants to make you think that we're not going to win. The other side is going to try to make you believe that what you do doesn't matter. What you do does matter. You get into the fourth quarter of a football game, and this is what people try to do. They try to intimidate you the whole game. Everybody has a game plan, but they keep punching you. They keep knocking you down. They want to make you quit. Are they going to make you quit?" FOX NEWS POLL: ECONOMIC ANXIETY AND CANDIDATE CONCERNS DEFINE OHIO SENATE RACE A recent Fox News survey of likely Ohio voters showed Brown with a slight lead over Husted, with 52% of respondents saying they'd vote for Brown compared to 47% for Husted. Leader Jeffries and Rep. Meeks, the Brown campaign, Leader Thune and Sen. Husted did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ffe2876989b59d07c6a5 Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World te 2026-10-28T14:00:02.545Z Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World Meta has launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1fd9b876989b59d07c655 Peter Berg says 'Call of Duty' movie will explore 'the cost of war' with serious tone te 2026-10-28T13:50:19.961Z Peter Berg says 'Call of Duty' movie will explore 'the cost of war' with serious tone It sounds like Peter Berg's upcoming "Call of Duty" movie will be an incredibly serious take on the video game franchise. The upcoming film, which is being written by "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan, is set to be released June 30, 2028. Despite its distant release date, the Sheridan-Berg collaboration is already generating significant buzz. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER That's what happens when there's already a baked-in and loyal audience tied to the video game series. The absolute last thing anyone wants to see from Berg and Sheridan is a war movie that is anything less than gritty and excellent. After all, we're talking about the man who made "Lone Survivor" (Berg) and the man responsible for the "Sicario" saga (Sheridan). It sounds like that's exactly what fans will be receiving in 2028. "So modern warfare, if you really look at the missions, and the storylines, and the characters — like Captain Price, and Soap, and Ghost, and Alex — these are complicated humans," Berg explained. "These are not — and no disrespect — cartoon characters or comic books. These are very nuanced storylines; like, there’s a real soul to the Modern Warfare universe… And, yes, there’s violence, and there’s hardware, and equipment, and there’s killing — but underneath it I think the game, and the craters of the game, are really looking at the cost of war, the cost of having to be a warrior who’s, for whatever reason, chosen to put himself between real danger and the rest of us, and the burden that these guys carry," Berg explained to ComicBook.com when discussing the upcoming movie. NETFLIX DROPS TRAILER FOR 'THE MOSQUITO BOWL' WITH PETER BERG DIRECTING WWII FOOTBALL EPIC Berg also touched on Taylor Sheridan penning the script for the movie and bringing realism and a serious soul. The "Friday Night Lights" director continued, "And that’s real stuff. This is not just ‘Hey, let’s shoot them all up and shoot popcorn!’ Like, there’s a soul underneath it, that I understand that Taylor Sheridan understands, and I think probably not quite as graphically violent as Mosquito Bowl, but there will be a very strong soul, and consequence of war within the film, called ‘duty.’" This is the exact kind of tone and tempo people have come to expect from Berg and Sheridan. Two Hollywood titans linking up is bound to yield some impressive results, but fans will have to dig in and wait until 2028. Let me know your hopes for the film at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1fd96876989b59d07c64c Who’s funding America’s protest unrest? Fox Nation's new 'Riot Inc.' follows the money to find out te 2026-10-28T13:50:14.016Z Who’s funding America’s protest unrest? Fox Nation's new 'Riot Inc.' follows the money to find out Behind some of America's most disruptive protests lies a network of wealthy donors, activist organizations and alleged foreign influence — and Fox Nation is following the money to uncover who's fueling the unrest. "This is a domestic terror threat with billionaire funding," said Fox News' Will Cain. Cain hosts the new Fox Nation special, "Riot Inc." which examines the forces behind some of the country's most contentious protest movements amid a wave of political unrest drawing comparisons to the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. CHAOS INC.: COMMUNISTS, ANTIFA, AGITATORS IN THE RED-GREEN ALLIANCE From anti-ICE demonstrations to pro-Palestinian rallies and broader anti-government protests, the special explores how organized activist networks, wealthy benefactors and potential foreign influence may be helping turn political grievances into coordinated campaigns. "The red-green alliance is something we have to maintain and monitor here," warned Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., in the special. "The United States was not founded on those principles, but it doesn't mean that other people are [not] trying to infiltrate and destroy from within," she added. HOUSE PANEL TO PROBE FOREIGN ‘TROJAN HORSES’ AS SINGHAM SCRUTINY WIDENS Luna's warning comes among a slew of others featured in "Riot Inc.," as lawmakers and experts raise concerns about the influence of outside interests on American protest movements and the potential national security implications of coordinated unrest. Independent journalist Nick Shirley is among those who have witnessed the threat firsthand. He offered an exclusive account of the dangers he says come with exposing alleged corruption and confronting activist groups across the country while critiquing the rhetoric that repeatedly flares into violence. "They have got these brainwashed individuals to think that this is what they need to be doing with their Saturday," he told Fox Nation. FBI SAYS NEW MISSION CENTER HAS IDENTIFIED 'NEFARIOUS' PROTEST FUNDING AND SUBJECTS "It's a lot of sick people that are being used by these organizations to cause chaos here inside the United States," he added. Shirley finds irony in the clash between protesters' eagerness to be heard and their outrage at his eagerness to record them. He recalled a particularly tense encounter in which a suspected Antifa member followed him and threatened his life as he walked away. "One of these Antifa members starts following me, trying to push me out of the protest, saying he's going to smoke me," Shirley recounted. Fox News Digital's senior editor of investigations Asra Nomani also appears in the special, relaying the role of tax-privileged nonprofits in keeping demonstrations thriving. "It's a machine, and it's an industry..." she said. "America created this nonprofit system to reward people who do charity work... just like our protests of today are not like our grandmothers' protests of the 1960s, the nonprofits that exist today are not the American Red Cross that was established decades ago. They are now agents of political operation..." As scenes of violent unrest continue to capture national attention, Cain raises a central question: How much of the outrage unfolding on America's streets is actually grassroots, and how much is being fueled by powerful interests behind the scenes? CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO FOX NATION To stream the entire episode and watch more Fox Nation content, subscribe to Fox Nation and watch "Riot Inc.: The Funding Behind the Protests" today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1fb38876989b59d07c5a9 Free Fire returns to India as Garena launches localized version four years after ban te 2026-10-28T13:40:08.905Z Free Fire returns to India as Garena launches localized version four years after ban Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f8df876989b59d07c569 Arizona Independents, your vote matters down the ballot too te 2026-10-28T13:30:07.518Z Arizona Independents, your vote matters down the ballot too Autumn Johnson Every election cycle, Arizona voters are inundated with political advertisements, partisan attacks, and increasingly divisive rhetoric. By October, candidates suddenly remember that independent voters exist, even though we represent roughly one-third of Arizona’s electorate and nearly as many registered voters as Republicans. As an independent voter myself, I find this ritual exhausting. Independents are not an afterthought. We are not simply undecided Republicans or Democrats waiting to be persuaded. Many of us are looking for something increasingly difficult to find in politics: candidates who demonstrate competence, exercise common sense, and are prepared to govern. This November, Arizonans should cut through the noise, research the candidates, and, importantly, complete their entire ballots. Down-ballot drop-off is a major problem. Voters participate in high-profile races while skipping contests farther down the ballot, often because they are unfamiliar with the offices or candidates. Yet those lesser-known offices can have an enormous impact on our daily lives and our wallets. Consider the Arizona Corporation Commission. Established by the Arizona Constitution, the Arizona Corporation Commission regulates electric, gas, and water utilities. Its 5 elected commissioners determine whether utilities can raise rates, oversee utility safety and reliability, and make decisions that influence household expenses, economic development, infrastructure investments, and Arizona’s energy future. These are decisions that directly affect what Arizonans pay to keep their lights on and their water running. The Commission currently consists of 5 Republicans: Chair Nick Myers, Vice Chair Rachel Walden, and Commissioners Lea Márquez Peterson, Kevin Thompson, and René Lopez. Two seats are up for election this November, and voters can select 2 candidates. Five candidates are competing for those seats. Democrats Jonathon Hill and Clara Pratte offer distinct experience. Hill is an engineer and geologist who has worked on NASA missions at Arizona State University. Pratte is a renewable energy developer and former federal and tribal government official with extensive experience in economic development.  Republicans Kevin Thompson and Ralph Heap bring different backgrounds. Thompson is an incumbent commissioner and former Mesa City Council member. Heap is a state legislator and retired orthopedic surgeon. Voters should examine each candidate’s experience, priorities, and understanding of the Commission’s responsibilities. Campaign slogans are not substitutes for regulatory knowledge, sound judgment, or the ability to evaluate complex evidence. Arizona’s 2024 election illustrates why completing the ballot matters. Comparing the highest-vote Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and Republican presidential candidate with their respective parties’ highest-vote Corporation Commission candidates reveals an average decline of nearly 300,000 votes. That is a staggering number of votes in an election where margins can be razor-thin. The 2024 Corporation Commission election offers another important lesson. The margin between the highest-finishing unsuccessful candidate and the lowest-finishing winner was about 100,000 votes, nearly identical to the votes a third-party candidate received. While third-party candidates can bring valuable perspectives to elections, voters should understand that in close races, the difference between expressing a preference and achieving a policy outcome can be significant. Supporting a candidate with little realistic chance of winning can sometimes help elect someone whose policies directly contradict the values that motivated that vote. Political independence does not require voting for a third-party candidate. It means evaluating candidates on their qualifications, judgment, and ability to govern, regardless of party affiliation. In a race with real consequences for Arizona’s future, voters should consider not only the principles they want represented, but also whether their choices will help advance those principles or inadvertently undermine them. As an independent, I believe voters should evaluate qualified candidates regardless of party affiliation. That requires looking beyond partisan labels and assessing who is prepared to do the job. Arizona deserves commissioners who understand their constitutional responsibilities, protect consumers, respect evidence, and make thoughtful decisions about our future. We also deserve elected officials who remember that independent voters matter in January just as much as they do in October. This election, do not stop after voting for governor or Congress. Take a few minutes to learn about the Corporation Commission candidates, consider the consequences of your choices, and remember that you can vote for 2 commissioners. These decisions will shape Arizona’s energy future, utility costs, and economic development for years to come. Our democracy works best when voters participate fully, not just in the races that generate the loudest headlines. Cut through the noise. Vote for competence. And finish your ballot. Autumn Johnson is the founder and principal of Tierra Strategy, a Phoenix-based consulting firm specializing in energy policy, government affairs, and strategic advocacy. She is an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in environmental law and policy. The post Arizona Independents, your vote matters down the ballot too first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f68c876989b59d07c4d9 Leftist streamer triggers fury after mocking 'funny' injuries to ICE agents at Ilhan Omar event: ‘Disgusting’ te 2026-10-28T13:20:12.760Z Leftist streamer triggers fury after mocking 'funny' injuries to ICE agents at Ilhan Omar event: ‘Disgusting’ Far-left streamer Hasan Piker sparked online controversy after he mocked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents injured in Operation Metro Surge during a campaign event alongside Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday night. Recalling his time in Minnesota amid protests over the Trump administration’s federal immigration crackdown, Piker said he thought agents must be "extra racist" to be out in frigid winter temperatures and mocked one of them who was injured as the crowd laughed along. "We saw a lot of funny compilations as well, you know. A lot of hip bones were broken. 'Officer Martinez down,'" he said while speaking to Democratic socialist and failed Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, who hosted the sold-out Minneapolis event. Piker has joined several prominent Democrats on their campaign trails, emerging as a polarizing figure within the Democratic Party that some are embracing while others are rejecting. He has made national headlines for past rhetoric, including his claim that "America deserved 9/11," and has faced accusations of antisemitism over his remarks on Israel and Hamas. ILHAN OMAR'S RADICAL STREAMER ALLY RALLIES WITH EMBATTLED LAWMAKER AFTER DC HOME RAID Omar, who shared the stage with Piker that night, has been immersed in controversy of her own after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents searched her Washington, D.C., home earlier this month and a federal court filing identified the congresswoman as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar." Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., publicly condemned Piker, while other Minnesota Democrats called for the event to be canceled as voters prepare to head to the polls ahead of next week’s midterm elections. Omar’s campaign backed her decision to attend to mobilize young voters. Piker also told Fateh that he was inspired by the "solidarity" and "mutual aid" following the deployment of thousands of ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents to Minnesota. Protests resulted in multiple arrests, objects and fireworks thrown at law enforcement and the disruption of a church service. Two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, were killed during interactions with federal law enforcement. ILHAN OMAR JOINS 'POLARIZING AND DANGEROUS' STREAMER AT CAMPAIGN EVENT DESPITE DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH "It wasn’t just the networks that were very quickly propped up, the mutual aid that I saw, the protests that sparked up that said, ‘We’re not going to take it. We’re not going to sit aside and watch this administration come and rip our communities apart and kidnap our neighbors,'" he said. Piker, who streams his commentary on Twitch, called Republicans "terrorists" during the event, and Omar referred to the party as the "pedophile protection party." Conservatives on social media quickly condemned Piker's comments. "Hasan Piker was asked what stuck with him from Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis: ‘Funny compilations’ of federal agents being injured," Charlie Kirk Show executive producer Andrew Kolvet posted on X. "He also called the agents ‘extra racist.’ This isn’t comedy. It’s tacit support for the far-left insurrection network against federal law enforcement. Pro-revolution. Pro-anarchy." "Every Democrat he campaigned with should be asked if they agree. Disgusting." "Hasan and his elected Democrats are sick," Loomer Unleashed posted on X. HASAN PIKER LASHES OUT AT REPUBLICANS, CALLS THEM 'TERRORISTS' IN EVENT WITH ILHAN OMAR In another post on X, Crucible Updates wrote, "Hasan watched federal agents get hurt and his takeaway was 'funny compilations… a lot of hip bones were broken.' Millions of young women take their politics from this guy. Let that sink in." "WTF?!" Gina Milan, a conservative media personality, posted on X. "This guy is America’s biggest cancer. Just another Nepo baby," Kevin Smith, host of Loud Majority Live, posted on X. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the "vilification" of ICE agents who "put their lives on the line" every day to enforce the law is contributing to a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them. "They should be thanking our law enforcement for removing these dangerous criminals from Minnesota—NOT vilifying law enforcement," the spokesperson wrote. "While these people smear ICE, law enforcement is arresting criminals and saving countless American lives." The spokesperson added that ICE agents do not target individuals based on skin color and take required steps to determine immigration status and removability before making an arrest. "Politicians and activists must turn the temperature down and tone down their rhetoric," the spokesperson wrote. Omar is running against former state trooper John Nagel and independent candidate DeVelle Jackson in the upcoming midterm elections for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and Omar for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f68a876989b59d07c4d0 Paige Spiranac leaves her fans speechless with 'fall golf' content series, Raiders fan fight & hot dog prices te 2026-10-28T13:20:10.147Z Paige Spiranac leaves her fans speechless with 'fall golf' content series, Raiders fan fight & hot dog prices Welcome to Screencaps, "America's Best Daily Column," as named by the readers. Screencaps, which publishes seven-days-a-week, is a mix of sports, pop culture, and emails from sane readers from around the world. This column isn't for the coastal elites. Give us a week to steal your heart. Our track record is pretty good. Let's have some fun. Personally, I didn't need any influencing, but now that Paigeviews has officially dumped out fall golf content, I suddenly feel the urge to play MORE fall golf. There's something about those cold mornings with a buddy in a golf cart where you're both hacking up a lung after a long night of drinking and watching college football as the sun shines off the fairway dew. There's something about getting out the golf cart seat blanket that I bought for those cold mornings. My buddy Diesel even figured out a way to hotwire a space heater to golf cart battery terminals so he can keep his cart warm. This guy even has a steering wheel cover that he'll break out to keep his hands warm. When it's real cold, like Thanksgiving Eve, Diesel will get that space heater and put a cover over his cart and turn it into a hot box. It'll be 41 and chilly outside while 78 and tropical inside his cart. The beauty of fall golf is the challenge. How long into winter can we go? We've played in SE Michigan on December 23. A pond on the course was frozen solid. But, the golf was good. The greens were rolling fairly smooth. Paige's content this morning was a bat signal. It's a reminder that us men must do whatever it takes to breathe that fresh air before winter crushes our soul. Get your heaters out. Get your hand warmers from Costco – Lil Hotties – and get out there and play real golf before going indoors where you'll shoot in the 70s and think you're really good. Thank you for your service, Paige. PAIGE SPIRANAC & FORMER PELOTON INSTRUCTOR SHOW WOMEN HOW TO TEE A GOLF BALL, NHL FAN FIGHT & DUMP DINNERS 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps Speaking of fall golf, I know this is going to make Ohio State fans puke, but I did go up with Canoe Kirk and a couple of other golf buddies to play Radrick Farms, a University of Michigan course. Beautiful course. Incredible design from Pete Dye. Here's what surprised me: If there wasn't a sign at the road announcing it was a University of Michigan property, you wouldn't know it. Arriving at the clubhouse, there are no signs that I saw mentioning the school. The golf carts don't have massive 'M' logos on the side. They're not even yellow. Not even a yellow stripe. The tee boxes aren't Michigan branded. The golf cart tees they provide aren't Michigan branded. The scorecard had a 'M' on the front, but the M was face down on the scorecard clip. PAIGE SPIRANAC NEEDS TO EMBRACE FULL INTEGRITY GOLF AFTER PUTTING INCIDENT, TRUMP'S NEW HIRE & DITKA! I shot a full integrity 44-44 with 38 putts from 6,000 yards. No gimmes. I will have nightmares over No. 16. I reached in two and had a putt for eagle only to spray it way wide right. Three putt par. For those of you keeping track, the last three courses I've played have been all private. It's time to get back to slumming it a little bit. • Michael V. in Florida emails: I have watched College Gameday for many years and was very hesitant about Pat McAfee replacing Lee Corso. Like just about any fan of the show I was a big fan of Corso even though he had a lot of trouble speaking the last few years. That being said, I do enjoy some of what McAfee has brought to the show. He is a little over the top sometimes but his enthusiasm seems genuine and he is not afraid to say and do things that ESPN doesnt agree with. The kicking contest every week is also entertaining. The show will.never be the same without the head gear pick but I still enjoy it. • Ryan F. tells on himself: My guy, you work for a content farm. I used to enjoy Fox sports articles before Outkick came along and now it's all poorly written tripe with a clear agenda of national division, just like this article. Please retire from writing and do something better with your life. Kinsey: I guarantee Ryan liked the narrative that the cops were called on the 3-year-old kid for being "too good" that the parents pushed. Ryan clearly didn't like that I went out and contacted the Winter Park police to get the real story of what's going on here: The parents are a pain in the ass. Ryan wanted me to explain where parents are supposed to send a 3 year old for soccer in Orlando. It turns out Paris Saint-Germain runs an academy for 4U kids in town. You know, the famous PSG club where other prodigies are training. COPS CALLED TO FLORIDA YOUTH SOCCER GAME TO DEAL WITH PARENTS OF 3-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PRODIGY But...but...but...it's expensive! The family could've shown up at the door with their kid and PSG would figure out a way to work with their finances. The kid is that good. You don't think PSG wouldn't want him in their club? Shame on Ryan for being such a LIB moron. • Rick in Sanger, TX asks: The youth league soccer director knew the kid was too good last season, why did they allow him to compete with three-year-olds again? Kinsey: I emailed i9 Sports asking questions about the incident and for the organization to provide some clarity. They still have not responded to those questions. My guess is that i9 is terrified of banning any kid from playing, but once the parents became a total pain in the ass, then they had grounds for removal. Were the parents a pain in the ass in the spring/summer? We don't know. • Joyce complains: My granddaughter was put on a 6u team. She missed the cut off date for the next level up (8u) by 12 days. We warned everyone that she was a good player since she had attended a few soccer clinics the last couple of years.  She ended up dribbling around everyone scoring at least 5 or 6 goals in the first 5 minutes of the game. After a couple of games she was told to play in the back field and pass it to the other kids so they could score goals. That was okay for part of the game but not the whole game each week. It was like she was being punished for being a good player and she had just turned 6 years old. They clearly did not want her scoring goals. As a result, We have to get her back in the soccer clinics for her to get her skills back to where they were.  All of that and not to mention my dad was one of the original founders of the AYSO. I’m sure that’s not what they intended. Needless to say we will be switching to club soccer as soon as she’s old enough! Kinsey: Find better clubs. There are plenty of clubs out there that will take your money at the 6U level. • Another Joyce emailed: I’ve coached youth sports for years. I cannot believe the parent! If the kid was fouling every kid wouldn’t he  be given a red card from the referee, not a jelly parent? I was in trouble when my team beat the other team really bad and we were holding back, they threatened to disband my team! It’s all about everyone gets a trophy. • Jason DeM. fires back: Whoa whoa whoa, pump the breaks a little bit bro…. "To me making it a performance is all about the singer making it more about them then the Anthem itself. Which is no different than taking a knee." You’re joking right? You’re comparing a talented singer putting a slight variation into their rendition of the National Anthem to scumbags who protest it? Not even close to being the same thing. Also, I’m a vet as well and Gary doesn’t speak for all who proudly served. Having said that, I think this young lady did a fine job but doesn’t hold a candle to Whitney or even Chris Stapleton’s Super Bowl anthem. Did Big Plastic have some sort of deal with Big Cereal to make us go like 75 years without innovation? • Dean in Wisconsin emails: No!  Never!  Not if I can have any say in it!  I don’t trust my local Kroger affiliate to have their employees pick my food out for me.  I worked in grocery stores almost a half -century ago when I was a college student and I wouldn’t have trusted my fellow employees to "shop" for me then!  I want to "eye ball" any and all fresh fruits and vegetables as well as check the sell by dates on meats, dairy products, and breads – I always go with the date that is the farthest into the future.  Would I trust a grocery store employee to do that?  Hell, no!  I would expect to get a gall on of milk that has a sell by date of the day I picked it up if I let the store employee pick it out for me.  THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! There is an employee at my local Kroger affiliate who does the shopping for online customers who I call "Co usin Itt" .  Cousin Itt was a character on the "Addams Family" TV show whose hair covered his face and body entirely .  This employee has hair that covers his entire face, sort of like Cousin Itt .   Yes, you can’t see this guy’s face.   I have no idea how he sees anything .   The one time I did partially see his face, it was covered in body piercings.  Would I trust him to do grocery shopping for me?   Umm, no. • Bob K. checks in: There is no way I am trusting anyone to pick out my food.  My wife hates grocery shopping , so every week I look at the Publix specials ( BOGO’s ) and make my plan and go to Publix every Saturday and do the shopping, ( I sometimes even put a pineapple upside down in my cart, if you know you know ) just to see if I get any reactions.  Not to be disrespectful, but I see the people who are doing grocery deliveries in the store and no way in H E double hockey sticks am I going to trust them to touch my food, pick out my food, put it in their vehicle and bring it to my house, just not happening. ################# SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER That is it for a MASSIVE edition. I love the passionate emails and conversation. There's plenty more piled up to get to. As for today, I have a sports experience planned for tonight that I've had on my radar for the last 6-8 weeks. More on that tomorrow morning. Let's get the day rolling. Go have a great one. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f687876989b59d07c4c7 How to get rid of unwanted AI on your phone te 2026-10-28T13:20:07.355Z How to get rid of unwanted AI on your phone You pull out your phone to look something up on Google. Maybe you're researching a purchase or trying to find a restaurant. You expect a list of websites. Instead, Google serves up a lengthy artificial intelligence-generated answer before you even get to the search results. Sound familiar? I like AI when it helps me get something done. But sometimes I just want to search the internet without an AI summary appearing every time. Fortunately, there are ways around it. One involves adding a few characters to your search. Another uses a built-in Google filter. And if you've had enough of Siri suggestions on your iPhone or AI features popping up on your Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel, there are settings worth changing there, too. Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money In this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season. You’ll learn how to secure your phone and personal information, find better travel deals, avoid common scams, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Join us Saturday, October 31, at 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com. HOW TO SEARCH ANYTHING ON IPHONE, GALAXY AND PIXEL Google calls those automatically generated summaries AI Overviews. They appear above traditional search results when Google's systems decide an AI-generated answer might be helpful. Sometimes they save time. However, they can also get in the way when you'd rather read information directly from a website. Unfortunately, Google confirms that AI Overviews cannot be permanently turned off through a standard Search setting. However, you have a few ways to avoid them. This trick takes only seconds and is worth trying on an iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel. Here's how. For example, instead of searching for: best walking shoes Try: best walking shoes -AI Adding -AI can keep an AI Overview from appearing. However, this is an unofficial workaround, and Google doesn't guarantee that it will work every time. There's another catch. Google uses the minus sign to exclude terms from search results. Adding -AI could also remove some relevant pages containing that term. If the trick doesn't work, Google's next option is more dependable. Google has a built-in filter that shows traditional web links without AI Overviews. Here's how to find it. Google will display text-based links without its AI Overview. The downside is that you generally need to select the Web filter again when starting another search. Still, it's a useful way to get straight to websites without an AI-generated answer taking up the top of the screen. One important note: Turning off an AI Overviews experiment in Google Search Labs won't necessarily remove AI Overviews from regular Google searches. If you're really tired of AI showing up in searches, there's another option worth knowing about. DuckDuckGo offers a dedicated search experience called DuckDuckGo No-AI. You can access it at noai.duckduckgo.com. According to DuckDuckGo, this version removes its AI-assisted answers and AI feature suggestions. It also filters AI-generated images from image searches. The company acknowledges that AI-image filtering may not catch everything. You can use the website directly without changing your phone's default search engine. If you want to use a different search engine more regularly, Apple makes switching easy. These instructions apply to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Keep in mind that choosing regular DuckDuckGo as your default doesn't automatically activate its separate No-AI experience. You can visit the No-AI website whenever you want to use it. MALICIOUS BROWSER EXTENSIONS CAN HIJACK AI ASSISTANTS Now let's talk about another feature that can get annoying. Ever swipe down on your iPhone's Home Screen to search for something and immediately see a collection of suggested apps? Those suggestions come from Siri, which can recommend apps based on your activity. Maybe you appreciate the shortcuts. Or maybe you would rather see a clean search screen until you start typing. Apple lets you turn those suggestions off. Your iPhone should stop showing those suggested apps before you begin searching. While you're there, you can also disable Show in App Library if you don't want suggestions appearing there. You can turn off Show When Sharing if you'd rather not see suggested contacts or other Siri recommendations when sharing content. These controls change where Siri suggestions appear. They don't disable Siri itself. Apple's more conversational Siri AI is available in beta on supported iPhones running iOS 27. If you enabled it and would rather return to the previous Siri experience, Apple provides that option. If you don't want to use Siri at all, leave it turned off. Important: Siri AI requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone, including the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 16 models or later. Availability also depends on language and region. Older iPhones won't have the same Siri AI options. There's another AI feature that may bother some iPhone owners. Apple Intelligence can summarize notifications, messages and emails. While that may sound convenient, AI summaries can leave out details or misunderstand what someone wrote. If you'd rather read the original text, you can disable those features. Turn off AI notification summaries Disable AI summaries in Messages You can also open Settings, tap Apps, select Mail and turn off Summarize Message Previews. These options are available on compatible devices running iOS 27. Disabling them won't affect your ability to receive regular messages or notifications. Samsung has been adding AI tools to its Galaxy phones, including features that help with calls or photos. Some can be useful. However, you may have no interest in having AI analyze information or suggest actions throughout your day. Fortunately, Samsung provides individual controls for many Galaxy AI features. Samsung notes that some AI features are built into the operating system and cannot be disabled. Also, available controls vary depending on your Galaxy model and software version. Samsung recommends restarting your device after disabling Galaxy AI features to ensure the changes take effect. Samsung's Now brief can show personalized information about your day, including upcoming events and other recommendations. If you don't want those briefings appearing on your Lock screen, try this. You can also open Settings, tap Galaxy AI and select Now brief to adjust the information included in your briefings. On supported devices, you can disable Show Now brief while phone is locked. Keep in mind that removing Now brief from the Lock screen doesn't necessarily remove the feature from your Galaxy phone. If you're concerned about information being sent to the cloud for AI processing, Samsung offers another option. This tells supported Samsung Galaxy AI features to process data locally instead of using cloud processing. However, some AI features require an internet connection and may become unavailable. Also, this control applies to Samsung's supported Galaxy AI features. It doesn't prevent every app on your phone from connecting to its own cloud services. Circle to Search lets you search for something displayed on your screen. However, you might accidentally activate it while navigating your phone. You can switch it off. Google Pixel phones have their own AI features designed to anticipate what you might need. Depending on your device, these can include Magic Cue or Google's newer Proactive Assistance. Both can provide suggestions using information from supported apps, depending on your settings and permissions. However, you may prefer to keep those suggestions out of your conversations. On supported Pixel 10 models, Magic Cue can display helpful information while you're using your phone. For example, it might surface flight details during a conversation. Here's how to adjust it. Magic Cue is available only on supported Pixel models and in supported regions. Google introduced a newer feature called Proactive Assistance on Pixel 11 devices in supported markets, including the United States. When enabled, it can use screen information and notifications to provide suggestions. It may also use information from connected apps and location data. If you'd rather skip those suggestions, Google gives you a direct switch. You can also tap Connected apps to decide which apps the feature can access. Proactive Assistance is opt-in, so you won't necessarily see suggestions unless you've enabled it. Circle to Search is also available on supported Pixel phones. If you find yourself activating it accidentally, you can turn it off. Google also lists the feature under System on supported Pixel devices. On supported Pixel phones, the Pixel Screenshots app can generate summaries and help you search through saved screenshots. If you don't want those AI features processing screenshot content, Google provides an option to disable them. If you also want to delete previously generated AI information, select Delete all AI summaries and metadata. That last option removes the generated summaries and metadata associated with the feature. Only select it if you're comfortable deleting that information. ANTI-SCAM SETTINGS ON IPHONE, PIXEL AND GALAXY YOU SHOULD CHECK Finally, there's Gemini, Google's AI assistant. On many Android phones, Gemini can launch when you say "Hey Google" or press and hold the power button. If you're tired of activating it accidentally, there are several ways to stop that behavior. Turn off Hey Google in Gemini This prevents Gemini from responding to the wake phrase. You can still open the app manually if you want to use it. On Google Pixel and other supported Android phones: On Samsung Galaxy phones, search Settings for Side button to find the equivalent shortcut control. If you'd rather stop using Gemini as your phone's main assistant, Google provides another option. You can also switch back to Google Assistant through the Gemini app on supported devices. Removing Gemini as the default assistant won't necessarily uninstall the Gemini app or erase any previous Gemini activity. There isn't one universal switch that removes every AI feature from an iPhone or Android device. Some functions are built directly into the software. Others come from individual apps or online services. However, you can make a noticeable difference by disabling the features you never use. And remember, turning off an AI assistant won't automatically remove AI Overviews from Google Search. Those require separate controls. If you're concerned about how AI services collect information, we've also covered how to opt out of AI data collection in popular apps. I use AI regularly, and I appreciate what it can do. But I also understand why people get annoyed when it starts showing up everywhere. Sometimes I want to Google something and read what an actual person wrote. I don't need an AI summary making that decision for me. That's why I like having Google's Web filter available. And discovering DuckDuckGo's No-AI search option gives people another choice. I also think it's worth taking a few minutes to look at the AI settings on your phone. You may discover features running that you never use. Turning them off can make your phone feel more like your own again. I want AI available when I need it, but I don't want companies deciding that I need it all the time. Are Apple, Google and Samsung giving us useful AI features, or are they pushing the technology so aggressively that we're losing control of our own phones? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f450876989b59d07c493 Bohemian Queen will rock Laughlin on Halloween weekend te 2026-10-28T13:10:40.578Z Bohemian Queen will rock Laughlin on Halloween weekend Bohemian Queen will capture the spirit and energy of one of rock’s greatest bands Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, at the Riverside Resort. Tickets start at $35, with $5 off for locals with ID. Shows begin at 8 p.m. each night,… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f44d876989b59d07c48a For your entertainment: Comedian Gary Owen puts on a show in doubleheader return to Laughlin te 2026-10-28T13:10:37.659Z For your entertainment: Comedian Gary Owen puts on a show in doubleheader return to Laughlin Laughlin fans are invited to let it go with comedian and actor Gary Owen as he returns to Tropicana's Pavilion Theater this Friday, Oct. 30, as part of his No Hard Feelings tour. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f44a876989b59d07c481 Stephanie Lueras: Grounding mats: Down to Earth wellness or just another shocking trend? te 2026-10-28T13:10:34.395Z Stephanie Lueras: Grounding mats: Down to Earth wellness or just another shocking trend? If you've spent any time exploring wellness trends lately, you've probably encountered grounding mats, sheets, patches, and even shoes promising to reconnect your body with the Earth's natural electrical energy. Supporters claim these products can improve sleep, reduce inflammation, relieve… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f447876989b59d07c478 Ask the doctors: Hot or spicy foods can cause nonallergic gustatory rhinitis te 2026-10-28T13:10:31.543Z Ask the doctors: Hot or spicy foods can cause nonallergic gustatory rhinitis Dear Doctors: Every time I eat something hot or a bit spicy, my nose starts to run. Sometimes it makes me start sneezing. I'm not allergic to anything, so I'm not sure what's going on. Could it be a new… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f439876989b59d07c436 LEE CARTER: America is angry at everyone — but who will actually vote? te 2026-10-28T13:10:17.582Z LEE CARTER: America is angry at everyone — but who will actually vote? America is furious. Democrats are furious at Trump. Republicans are furious at Democrats. Independents are furious at just about everyone. At last, something we can agree on. INDEPENDENT VOTERS AREN’T PICKING A POLITICAL TEAM, THEY JUST FEEL PICKED ON With just under a week until the midterms, Americans are being told that everything is at stake. Democracy. The economy. Our freedoms. The future of the country itself. And yet, according to AP-NORC polling, only about two in ten voters believe either political party is strongly focused on helping people like them or capable of solving important problems. We've never been told an election matters more. We've rarely expected less from the people we're electing. So here's the question I've been thinking about as a pollster. LEE CARTER: THE SUMMER POLLS MISSED THE POINT: VOTERS ARE MOVING — AND THE MIDTERMS BEGIN What happens when everyone is angry, but not everyone is angry enough to vote? Because that's what makes this election so difficult to predict. We spend an enormous amount of time asking Americans whom they support. But in a midterm election, the more important question may be whether they care enough to show up. And the latest polling suggests those are two very different things. TRUMP VOTERS REVEAL THEIR BIGGEST FEAR HEADING INTO MIDTERMS — AND IT'S NOT RISING PRICES A CNBC survey found that 74% of Democrats worry President Trump will exceed his constitutional authority if Republicans retain control of Congress. Meanwhile, 54% of Republicans fear Democrats will enact democratic socialist policies. Those aren't equivalent concerns, or equally intense ones. But they tell us something important about the electorate. Democrats fear a president with too much power. Republicans fear a government with too much reach. Both sides have plenty to be angry about. DEMOCRATS THINK A BLUE WAVE IS BUILDING. HERE ARE 3 FORCES THAT COULD STOP IT But anger doesn't vote. People do. And here's where things get interesting. Research examining the 2018 midterms found that worry helped predict who actually voted. Enthusiasm did not show the same relationship. Remember 2018? Nearly half of eligible Americans voted, the highest midterm turnout in more than a century. Apparently, Americans don't necessarily need to love their candidates to get themselves to the polls. Sometimes worrying about the alternative is motivation enough. Which brings us to 2026. Pew Research finds Democrats have a substantial motivation advantage. Among voters who say they're extremely motivated, Democrats lead Republicans by 24 points. If those were the only people voting, Democrats could start planning a very enjoyable election night. But look at a different group. Among people who actually voted in both 2022 and 2024, the Democratic advantage is just six points. That's an enormous difference. The people who say they're most motivated to vote aren't necessarily the same people with the strongest history of showing up. And that's a distinction worth remembering before anyone starts declaring a landslide. The latest Fox News poll gives Democrats a 54% to 45% advantage on the generic congressional ballot. But among voters certain to participate, that lead narrows to six points. CBS News projects Democrats will win 229 House seats, enough to reclaim the majority. But CBS has identified another complication. Democrats have more voters who say they're definitely voting or have already voted. Republicans have more voters who say they might vote. In other words, Democrats have more of the voters who say they're coming. Republicans have more of the voters who haven't decided whether to bother. And that may be the most important political question of the next week. Will those Republicans show up? Will they stay home? Will something happen in the final days that convinces them this election matters? Nobody knows for certain. And in a closely divided House, the answer could determine who controls Congress. This is why polling is both enormously useful and endlessly frustrating. We can measure what Americans think with considerable precision. Predicting what they'll actually do is harder. In fact, one of the most revealing findings from Pew's analysis of the 2022 midterms is that Republican gains were driven largely by differences in turnout, not a great wave of voters changing their minds. Among Americans who voted in both 2020 and 2022, very few switched parties. What changed was who showed up. Seventy-one percent of Trump's 2020 voters participated in the 2022 midterms, compared with 67% of Biden's 2020 voters. Four points. Not exactly the stuff of dramatic campaign commercials. But across millions of voters, a few points can change the outcome of an election. Sometimes elections aren't decided because Americans change their minds. They're decided because different Americans show up. And suddenly, a few things about this campaign begin to make more sense. Take Trump's whistle-stop tour. Why is a sitting president spending the final days of a midterm campaign racing from rally to rally when his approval ratings are so low? Because Republicans may not need him to change many minds. They need him to get the right people out of the house. Trump has demonstrated an unusual ability to attract voters who don't always participate in elections. The challenge for Republicans is getting those voters to show up when Trump himself isn't on the ballot. A rally may not change someone's opinion of the president. But it might change whether that person votes. And in a close election, that's worth considerably more than another favorable headline. Then consider something that has received surprisingly little attention: voter registration. Since 2018, the party-registration balance has shifted toward Republicans by roughly eight points in North Carolina, seven in Pennsylvania, five in Nevada and four in Arizona. Those aren't election results. Registering Republican doesn't mean someone will vote Republican, and it certainly doesn't guarantee they'll vote at all. But the shifts suggest the pool of potential voters has changed. And that matters enormously when turnout is the great unknown. Democrats may have an advantage among voters who say they're highly motivated. Republicans may have a larger reservoir of potential voters than older assumptions about the electorate would suggest. The question is whether those voters show up. Registration tells us who's on the roster. Polling tells us who's ahead. Turnout tells us who actually plays. That's why a few points of registration movement, a presidential rally and the enthusiasm gap are all pieces of the same story. And it's why the outcome remains so difficult to predict. Now consider the mood of the country. The latest Fox News poll finds that 74% rate the economy negatively. Sixty-six percent are dissatisfied with the direction of the country. Just 18% say their families are better off than two years ago. Americans are unhappy. That's clear. But unhappiness doesn't automatically tell us what they'll do. Some angry voters become activists. Some become reliable voters. Some decide the whole system is hopeless and stop paying attention. The same emotion can produce very different behavior. And there's another complication. Americans aren't particularly convinced that voting will solve their problems. An October AP-NORC survey found roughly eight in ten registered voters want Congress to prioritize lowering the cost of living. Yet CBS finds that most voters don't expect their financial circumstances to improve regardless of which party wins. Americans know exactly what they want fixed. They just don't have much confidence that either party will fix it. That creates two competing forces. Fear of what happens if the other side wins may drive people to the polls. But frustration with both parties may convince some voters that the outcome won't make much difference. Which force wins? That's the question. And the parties are spending an extraordinary amount of money trying to influence the answer. Since September 1, Democrats have spent more than $163 million on advertisements mentioning Trump. Republicans have spent approximately $11 million doing the same. Democrats are spending nearly 15 times as much talking about Trump as Republicans are. Apparently, Democrats have decided their most effective campaign spokesman is Donald Trump. Republicans seem considerably less enthusiastic about putting him in their advertisements. But all that advertising is ultimately aimed at the same objective. Get people to care enough to vote. Early voting is already running ahead of the comparable point in 2022. More than 13 million early and mail ballots had been cast nationally by October 22, compared with roughly nine million at a similar point four years ago. That sounds like a sign of enormous enthusiasm. Maybe it is. Or maybe people who would have voted on Election Day are simply voting earlier. Early voting tells us that ballots are being cast. It doesn't necessarily tell us how many additional people will vote. And it certainly doesn't tell us which party will benefit. The same is true of outrage. A country can be furious and still produce a surprisingly close election. A party can dominate among the most motivated voters and still struggle if the other side's less enthusiastic supporters decide to participate. And a candidate can win without persuading many people who weren't already inclined to vote for that candidate. That's what makes this election so difficult to predict. The most important voters may not be the ones changing their minds about Democrats or Republicans. They may be the ones changing their minds about whether to bother voting at all. Of course, the polls currently favor Democrats. The Fox News survey gives them a meaningful advantage. CBS projects they will reclaim the House. Those are important findings, and they shouldn't be dismissed. But a poll is a picture of an electorate. An election is an event in which some of those people participate and others don't. The difference can be decisive. So as we head into the final week, I'd pay less attention to the loudest voices and more attention to the people we aren't hearing from. The occasional voter. The dissatisfied independent. The Republican who dislikes the direction of the country but isn't sure the Democrats would be better. The Democrat who fears Trump but isn't convinced Congress can change much. These are the people who could decide the election. Not necessarily because they've changed their minds about politics. But because they may change their minds about participating. The swing voter who changes parties gets all the attention. But the voter who swings between voting and staying home may decide this election. And that's why Trump is on the road, Democrats are spending millions talking about him, and both parties are fighting over people who already agree with them. The question isn't just which party Americans prefer. It's which party can get its Americans to vote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f434876989b59d07c42b Here’s the latest. te 2026-10-28T13:10:12.909Z Here’s the latest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f432876989b59d07c422 Obama is set to visit Georgia ahead of the Senate and governor elections. te 2026-10-28T13:10:10.007Z Obama is set to visit Georgia ahead of the Senate and governor elections. The former president will rally in Atlanta for Senator Jon Ossoff, who is seeking re-election, and Keisha Lance Bottoms, a candidate for governor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f42e876989b59d07c407 7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open te 2026-10-28T13:10:06.802Z 7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders, investors, and startup leaders is almost here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f42d876989b59d07c3fe Kodiak lands first commercial deal to supply driverless trucks for public highways te 2026-10-28T13:10:05.125Z Kodiak lands first commercial deal to supply driverless trucks for public highways The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f1d7876989b59d07c3b5 Rays' comeback extra-innings victory in World Series Game 4 gives team kernel of hope, history shows te 2026-10-28T13:00:07.463Z Rays' comeback extra-innings victory in World Series Game 4 gives team kernel of hope, history shows The Tampa Bay Rays entered Tuesday night in the worst position in sports – down 3-0 in the World Series with a nearly impossible hill to climb to achieve the improbable. The Rays took care of business in Game 4, topping the Milwaukee Brewers in extra innings to pick up their first win of the series. Only one team in MLB history has come back to win a series being down 3-0 – the 2004 Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox went on to win the title and end the "Curse of the Bambino." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Tampa Bay’s victory in Game 4 put the team in good company. The Rays became the fourth team in World Series history to avoid elimination with an extra-inning comeback, according to Opta STATS. The franchise joined the 1912 Red Sox, 1986 New York Mets and 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. Each of those three teams won the World Series. However, none of those teams were ever down 3-0. "We've got a lot of fight in us. We’re never going to shy away," Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson said. "We were going to keep fighting until the end — the last inning, the last out, the last play, the last pitch." The Rays trailed 3-2 going into the bottom of the 12th. An error from the Brewers gave the Rays enough momentum to load the bases. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Ben Williamson came through in the clutch, hitting a single the other way and plating Nick Fortes. "It just shows the resiliency of this group," Williamson said. "We continue to fight, and that’s been the motto this series and this full season, is just fight." Winning Game 5 sure as hell isn’t going to be easy. Two-time All-Star and National League Cy Young Award favorite Jacob Misiorowski will take the bump for the Brewers. He allowed one run on four hits in five innings as the Brewers won Game 1. Now, Misiorowski can send his team home happy or a little worried about a potential historic comeback. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1f1d5876989b59d07c3ac TSA finds sharp object straight out of horror movie at airport security checkpoint te 2026-10-28T13:00:05.254Z TSA finds sharp object straight out of horror movie at airport security checkpoint Officers conducting a routine security screening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) uncovered a chilling object that seemed straight out of a horror movie. While reviewing X-ray images, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers spotted a suspicious object that looked like a cross between Wolverine-style claws and Freddy Krueger blades, officials said. "I saw three blades and distinct claw-like features," Officer Douglas Linn said in a report on the agency's website. "I was amazed, and even moreso when it came out of the bag. I have never seen anything like this during my two years at TSA."  SHARP WEAPON DISCOVERED BY TSA TUCKED INSIDE UNUSUAL ITEM IN PASSENGER'S CARRY-ON BAG Officer Dennis Oishii, who was the property search officer, conducted a bag search and quickly confirmed there was a dangerous object inside. The TSA shared an Instagram post about the object this week. Fox News Digital reached out to TSA for additional information. What looked like a replica weapon from a movie set was quickly discovered. "In my seven years with TSA, this is one of the most unusual items I have encountered. My first thought was, ‘Oh my gosh,’ and my second thought was, ‘Is this what I think it is?’" Responding Supervisory TSA Officer Ann Rhoades said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "When Dennis asked the passenger if there was anything sharp in the bag, he said he wasn’t sure. Obviously, there was," Rhoades added. The passenger voluntarily removed the object from the bag. "Officers Linn and Oishi demonstrated the vigilance, teamwork and professionalism that define TSA’s mission every day," said Robert Spinden, Seattle TSA's federal security director.  "Their actions prevented a prohibited item from moving beyond the checkpoint and reinforced the importance of careful screening, clear coordination and calm execution," Spinden continued. "I’m proud of their attention to detail and their commitment to keeping the traveling public safe. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES The claw incident is not the first bizarre discovery made by TSA recently. A routine security screening at upstate New York's Watertown International Airport (ART) took a startling turn when TSA officers discovered a spent smoke grenade hidden inside an aerosol container in a passenger's carry-on bag. The discovery was made by TSA officers recently, according to a Sept. 24 release from the agency. At Tampa International Airport, TSA officers discovered a 4-inch, double-edged knife concealed inside a baseball bat-shaped flashlight, the agency's website reported. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ TSA Officer Andrew Carter was screening the passenger's carry-on bag with an X-ray machine when he noticed something unusual about the flashlight and flagged the bag for a closer look. "The makeup and composition of the flashlight appeared unusual and outside what I typically expect, so I determined it required further examination," Carter said in the published note. Supervisory TSA Officer Michael Slaughter then searched the bag and felt a mass beneath its lining. After opening the lining, he found the baseball bat-shaped flashlight and noticed a line along its shaft. "That is when it detached from the flashlight, revealing a 4-inch double-edged knife integrated into the handle," he said. Andrea Margolis and Kelly McGreal, both of Fox News Digital, contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ef7e876989b59d07c32f Kathy Hochul 'excited' about prospect of Democrats tying Trump up in investigations te 2026-10-28T12:50:06.526Z Kathy Hochul 'excited' about prospect of Democrats tying Trump up in investigations Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., told Politico Tuesday that she was "excited" at the possibility of a Democratic Congress holding up President Donald Trump's agenda through investigations and hearings. Hochul brought up the concept while discussing the Democratic Party's chances of not only retaking the House in November, but the Senate as well. With both chambers of Congress, Hochul said Democrats could halt the "corruption" she alleged was occurring under the Trump administration. "We are hoping for the House, but to get the Senate on top of it, next level, game-changing, extraordinary," Hochul said. "So, I'm excited about this. When you talk about Trump's next two years with that Democratic House and Senate, hey, guess what? There's investigations, there's hearings, there's subpoenas, there's questioning. We're putting the media spotlight on everything he's doing and trying to stop his 'flood the zone' strategy of doing so much bad stuff in such a short time that you can't even keep track of it." THE NINE KEY RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE, AND WHERE THEY STAND She added, "And so now you'll have congressional oversight committees and subcommittees and commissions. So that's going to tie things up to at least not that we want to stop the workings of the good part of government, but stop the corruption, stop the abuse and things that he's getting away with now. A fraction of them would have been national scandals for years and taken out here." Despite her criticism of Trump's agenda, Hochul also voiced hope that she could work with the president in his final two years in office. "I think there are some legacy projects that I've encouraged him to look at in New York as well. I want to build nuclear. I want to power this state with what'll ultimately be low-cost, reliable power," Hochul said. GOV KATHY HOCHUL SIGNS NEW YORK ONTO TRUMP'S SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM DESPITE TEACHERS UNION OPPOSITION She added, "I can do nuclear and look, I committed that we're going to build more nuclear in New York than the entire country has in the last 30 years. I need the president. I have a proposal before him now, how to unlock this and do it in half the time and much less cost. I've got a plan. So, those are areas where he can make a legacy in his home state." In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said, "Democrats have no agenda to improve the lives of Americans—their only agenda is to continue their decade-long witch hunt against President Trump. This administration and commonsense Republicans will continue to secure our borders, restore law and order, putting more money back into the pockets of hard-working Americans, and deliver wins for the American people. The choice has never been clearer: doubling down on President Trump’s winning, commonsense agenda or the Democrats’ obstruction."  BRUCE BLAKEMAN HAMMERS DEM GOV HOCHUL, MAMDANI OVER SUBWAY SAFETY DURING NYC CAMPAIGN RIDE The New York Republican State Committee communications director David Laska criticized Hochul for saying the "quiet part out loud" and suggesting the Democrats' main goal is to halt the president's agenda rather than focus on the state. "Kathy Hochul said the quiet part out loud, admitting that if Democrats win control of either chamber, they'll use the powers of Congress to thwart the President's agenda with phony hearings and investigations. Kathy Hochul should worry less about President Trump and more about the fact that New York continues to lead the nation in outmigration because she keeps us the most taxed, least affordable, least free state in the nation," Laska told Fox News Digital. Hochul is up for re-election this November. She will face Republican nominee and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1eace876989b59d07c268 Attacker shouting 'Allahu Akbar' killed outside Israeli embassy in Serbia, police say te 2026-10-28T12:30:06.454Z Attacker shouting 'Allahu Akbar' killed outside Israeli embassy in Serbia, police say An assailant armed with two knives attacked a member of Serbia's Gendarmerie guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight Wednesday, prompting the officer to fatally shoot the attacker in self-defense, according to Serbian authorities. The assailant, who was a minor, allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" — or "God is great" in Arabic — as he slashed the officer in the face, leaving the officer "slightly injured." Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack, adding that security forces had been monitoring the assailant. Dacic said he supported ISIS and had displayed a black flag bearing the terrorist group's symbol on his Instagram account. The attacker was believed to be Serbian and from the town of Sabac, Dacic added. HALIMA SALMAN CONVICTED OF RECEIVING ISIS MILITARY TRAINING IN SYRIA, FACES 10 YEARS IN PRISON Israel's foreign ministry confirmed the "attempted terrorist attack," and said the incident was under investigation by the relevant authorities. "The attacker was neutralized by local police. No embassy personnel were injured, and the mission was closed at the time of the incident, which occurred late at night," the statement said. According to Serbian prosecutors, an unidentified person wearing black clothes opened the door to the security booth outside the embassy at around 12:15 a.m. local time. FRANCE ON EDGE WITH 70,000 POLICE DEPLOYED FOR UNREST AS AUTHORITIES PROBE SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK NEAR PARIS Prosecutors said the attacker then walked toward the officer inside, identified as D.S., and threw one of his knives in his direction, hitting the officer in the left cheek. D.S. then retrieved his service weapon and fired multiple rounds, killing the attacker on the spot, according to the office of the Higher Public Prosecutor in Belgrade. Photos from the scene hours after the attack show heavily armed police officers standing at the entrance of the embassy. Dacic said Serbia had raised its terrorism threat level to the highest level, prompting an increased police presence at sensitive sites and crowded public spaces across the country. In June 2024, a crossbow-wielding assailant wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade before the officer returned fire, killing the attacker. The latest attack comes a day after Israel held parliamentary elections, with exit polls pointing to no clear winner. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e647876989b59d07c1b7 Real Madrid issues apology to China over Mbappe controversy after state-run TV demands it te 2026-10-28T12:10:47.020Z Real Madrid issues apology to China over Mbappe controversy after state-run TV demands it Real Madrid stood firm longer than most clubs would – all of a few hours – before bending the knee to China and issuing a formal apology amid the controversy and backlash involving forward Kylian Mbappe and a meme of the late dictator Mao Zedong. The club initially argued that Mbappe had no intent to offend while also explaining that players have freedom of expression, which predictably did not go over well. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! During a recent interview on The Bridge, a French talk show hosted by Mbappe's Real Madrid teammate Aurelien Tchouameni, the 27-year-old superstar laughed about a meme with his face imposed on an image resembling Mao. One of Mbappe's most popular nicknames is "The Dictator," hence the meme and joking around. China did not find anything funny about the French star laughing at a meme of Mao, the communist dictator whose regime resulted in tens of millions of deaths. Several Chinese sponsors severed ties with Mbappe, and state-run CCTV stopped airing La Liga matches in China, the top-flight league in Spain that featured Real Madrid and 19 other clubs. La Liga wasted no time in issuing a public apology, explaining that Mbappe's comments do not represent the league. Less than an hour later came Mbappe's own public apology, which included a note that he now understands his comments "hurt many people in China and in Chinese communities around the world." BOBBY BURACK: KYLIAN MBAPPÉ JOINS LEBRON JAMES, JOHN CENA, OTHER ATHLETES IN BENDING THE KNEE TO CHINA Real Madrid did not follow suit with a public bending of the knee to China until Wednesday, that is, after immense pressure from state-run media. The Spanish giant tried distancing itself from Mbappe's comments, a virtually impossible endeavor given Mbappe is among the most popular athletes in the world, by releasing comments to Spanish news outlet Okdiario. According to the outlet, the club did not believe Mbappe's "personal expression" would affect commercial connections in China, nor did it believe he had any intent to offend the Chinese people. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE CCTV did not appreciate Real Madrid's initial response, and issued a statement explaining that it did "not accept this attitude" from the club and that until it issues an apology, "all other discussions are off-limits." Real Madrid wasted no time and issued a public apology very shortly after CCTV demanded it. "Real Madrid C.F. wishes to apologize to the Chinese people for any distress that may have been caused by the recent remarks made by our player, Kylian Mbappé," the apology began. "Our club holds deep respect for China — its history, its culture, and its citizens—as well as for the millions of Chinese fans who feel affection and admiration for Real Madrid." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Again, all of this fallout and barrage of public apologies are a result of a French athlete laughing at a meme of a Chinese dictator who died 50 years ago. Real Madrid may have stood firm beside Mbappe and freedom of expression, but the unfortunate reality quickly sank in with China ending the broadcast of La Liga matches and the league itself already issuing an apology. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e63e876989b59d07c1ae Poll shows Hochul adding to lead over Blakeman in New York governor's race: 'Running out of time' te 2026-10-28T12:10:38.919Z Poll shows Hochul adding to lead over Blakeman in New York governor's race: 'Running out of time' New York Gov. Kathy Hochul expanded her lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman to double digits in a new poll showing the Democratic incumbent pulling further ahead in the final days before Election Day. Hochul leads the Nassau County executive 54% to 40% among likely New York voters, according to a Siena Research Institute survey released Wednesday. The 14-point margin is five points wider than her lead in September, when she led 50% to 41%. "Heading into the final stretch, Hochul has a 14-point lead, with Blakeman quickly running out of time to close a gap that is growing rather than narrowing," Siena pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement. NEW YORK GOVERNOR DEBATE HEATS UP AS BLAKEMAN, HOCHUL SPAR OVER TRUMP, SANCTUARY STATUS, ICE SHOOTING The poll also showed Blakeman struggling to establish an advantage in areas where Republicans typically need strong support to compete statewide. The candidates are virtually tied in upstate New York and the downstate suburbs, while Hochul leads independent voters by 11 points. Republicans generally need strong margins in those regions and among independents to overcome Democrats' roughly two-to-one voter registration advantage and their dominance in New York City, Greenberg noted. "But with only a week to go, Blakeman and Hochul are running virtually evenly upstate and in the downstate suburbs, while Hochul has an 11-point lead with independents," Greenberg said, noting that Blakeman is "quickly running out of time to close a gap that is growing rather than narrowing." Despite Hochul's overall advantage, the survey revealed uncertainty among voters over whether either candidate would make life more affordable for average New Yorkers. DEBRA MESSING SAYS COST OF LIVING, SUBWAY VIOLENCE PUSHED HER TO BACK TRUMP-ENDORSED REPUBLICAN A plurality of voters, 35%, said neither candidate would make life more affordable, compared with 30% who chose Hochul and 27% who selected Blakeman. Hochul also reached a new milestone in the survey, with 51% of likely voters viewing her favorably compared with 45% who viewed her unfavorably. It marked the first time a majority of voters had viewed her favorably in Siena polling during her five years as governor. Her job approval rating also rose to 51%, up from 48% in September. Blakeman, meanwhile, received a 39% favorable rating and a 40% unfavorable rating. The survey found a sizable gender gap, with Hochul leading Blakeman by 23 points among women and six points among men. She also led among Black voters, 81% to 16%, while White voters were closely divided. The poll also found that 68% of likely voters believed Hochul would win the election, compared with 23% who predicted a Blakeman victory. Among Republicans surveyed, 40% said they expected Hochul to win. In New York's other statewide races, Democratic Attorney General Letitia James led Republican Saritha Komatireddy 54% to 39%, while Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli led Republican Joseph Hernandez 59% to 32%. The Siena poll was conducted Oct. 19–22 among 807 likely New York voters through telephone and text-to-web surveys. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Election Day is Nov. 3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e639876989b59d07c1a5 Cheesecake Factory among list of popular eateries in America's priciest neighborhoods te 2026-10-28T12:10:33.520Z Cheesecake Factory among list of popular eateries in America's priciest neighborhoods The Cheesecake Factory has been in the headlines after former President Barack Obama joked that President Donald Trump's White House décor looked "like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory."  The remark sparked debate over whether the chain is a spot for everyday Americans, and a new analysis of restaurant chains near neighborhoods with higher and lower home values found where it ranks. The Washington Sun found that home values near Cheesecake Factory restaurants were about 27% higher than in areas in the same region with similar population density, partly because many of them are located in upscale malls. The outlet analyzed data from Overture Maps, Zillow and the Census Bureau using a methodology adapted from housing expert Aziz Sunderji's analysis of businesses near areas with higher and lower home values. 5 RESTAURANT CHAINS SERVE UP THE BEST BREAKFAST VALUE AS AMERICANS LOOK TO SAVE The analysis also found that businesses such as Club Pilates, Whole Foods, Warby Parker and Apple stores were associated with neighborhoods with higher home values, while Five Below, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse and Planet Fitness were linked to areas with lower home values. The Cheesecake Factory ranked third among restaurant chains for the highest home values near its locations. Below are the top five, with two chains tied for fifth. For the fast-casual Mediterranean and Greek chain, home values within 3 miles of its locations were 39% higher than in areas in the same region with similar population density. It traces its roots back to 2006, when three childhood friends opened a Greek restaurant honoring their shared heritage. They began selling dips in grocery stores in 2008 and launched the fast-casual chain in 2011.  BELOVED RESTAURANT CHAIN DWINDLES FROM 850 LOCATIONS TO 87, BUT EXPERT SEES 'A LOT OF LIFE LEFT' Cava celebrated its 500th store opening in September, according to a news release. Home values near Shake Shacks were 38% higher than in similar areas. The burger chain began in 2001 as a hot dog cart in New York City's Madison Square Park, launched by restaurateur Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group to support a public art project. Shake Shack's popularity led to the first permanent location in 2004, according to its website. Since then, it has grown into an international fast-casual chain with hundreds of locations, known for its Angus beef burgers, crinkle-cut fries, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches and milkshakes.  REGIONAL BURGER CHAINS ARE BEATING FAST-FOOD GIANTS IN ONE KEY MEASURE It helped define the mid-2010s era of premium fast-casual smash burgers.  "We certainly didn't invent them — but as a category, they now seem to be everywhere," Meyer told Eater last year. The Cheesecake Factory's roots were in Beverly Hills, California, where David Overton opened the first restaurant in 1978 to showcase his mother Evelyn's cheesecakes. She began baking cheesecakes in Detroit in the 1940s before opening a small bakery in Los Angeles in 1972. Decades later, it ranked third among restaurant chains in the analysis and has expanded to about 250 restaurants worldwide.  BABY BOOMERS CROWN THEIR FAVORITE CASUAL DINING CHAIN AS GEN Z CHOOSES A DIFFERENT WINNER It has also cemented its place in American culture, synonymous with the suburban mall experience of the 1990s and 2000s and a symbol of American excess with its large portions, sprawling menu and over-the-top interior design. P.F. Chang's ranked fourth among the restaurant chains, with home values within 3 miles of its locations 26% higher than in comparable areas.  The Asian-inspired chain is known for dishes such as Chicken Lettuce Wraps and Mongolian Beef and is similarly tied to the casual-dining boom of the 1990s and 2000s.  Like The Cheesecake Factory, it serves generous portions and is a fixture in malls and shopping centers, with similarly elaborate decor. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Founded in 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona, it now operates more than 300 restaurants worldwide, spanning over 20 countries. Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bread tied for fifth, with home values within 3 miles of both chains' locations 17% higher than in comparable areas. Chipotle was founded near the University of Denver in 1993, serving burritos inspired by San Francisco's Mission District.  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER It has since grown to more than 4,000 restaurants across several international markets, offering customizable burritos, bowls, tacos and salads. Panera started as a bakery in 1987 and has grown to more than 2,250 bakery-cafes across 48 states, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada, focusing on soups, salads, sandwiches and baked goods.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Both commonly appear in suburban shopping centers and retail corridors, while Panera has announced plans to expand to locations such as hospitals and universities. Fox News Digital reached out to all the chains for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e637876989b59d07c19c Apple News pushed 84 negative headlines about GOP priorities ahead of midterms with zero positive, study finds te 2026-10-28T12:10:31.516Z Apple News pushed 84 negative headlines about GOP priorities ahead of midterms with zero positive, study finds Apple News promoted more than 80 stories that negatively framed the issues Republicans care about during the lead-up to the midterm elections while promoting zero positive stories about GOP-aligned issues, according to the Media Research Center (MRC). The MRC, a conservative media watchdog, analyzed Apple News’ top 20 stories from Sept. 15-30 and found that voters who rely on the platform for information were fed roughly five stories per day that negatively characterized the Republicans' top 10 policy priorities. During that same period, Apple News, which comes preinstalled on every iPhone in America, did not promote a single story that positively framed a Republican priority, according to the study. APPLE, GOOGLE NEWS ALGORITHMS SUPPRESSED NEGATIVE STORIES ON MICHIGAN SENATE HOPEFUL EL-SAYED, STUDY SAYS "Apple News ran 84 negative headlines on Republican priorities and zero positive ones. Zero! My dentist finds more good news in a root canal," David Bozell told Fox News Digital. "Millions of voters open that app before they vote, and Apple's editors are in there like a bartender who waters down only one party's drinks," David Bozell continued. "Come on, Apple, tell us who picks these stories and why Republicans got the whole bad-news buffet." MRC staffers Luis Cornelio and Madison Van Zant, who conducted the study, wrote that their findings add to the "growing body of evidence that the platform’s editors continue to curate its feeds to push a left-wing political agenda." The MRC found that 117 stories from outlets Apple News promoted GOP-aligned issues during the review period, with 84 stories featuring negative headlines (72%) and 33 (28%) receiving neutral headlines. None of the headlines promoted by Apple News presented GOP issues in a positive light. APPLE AND GOOGLE SUPPRESSED NEGATIVE GRAHAM PLATNER STORIES FOR MONTHS ON THEIR NEWS PLATFORM, STUDY FINDS "In short, Apple News ensured that immigration was framed through court defeats and sensationalist stories; the economy through high gas prices; law and order through positive portrayals of police abolition; cuts to government through accusations of radicalism; foreign policy through portrayals of America’s adversaries as warriors; and efforts to curb waste through claims of unlawful cuts," Cornelio and Van Zant wrote. The study was conducted after the MRC identified 10 prominent Republican-aligned issues based on recent polls: immigration and border security, the economy, law and order, reducing government spending, combating drug use, national security and foreign policy, taxes, countering terrorism, education and protecting the unborn. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Apple News has long been accused of having a liberal bias, and Fox News Digital reported earlier this year that many of the company’s top executives and board members have made substantial contributions to Democrats over multiple election cycles. Some conservatives were hopeful that Apple News would pivot once new CEO John Ternus took control of the company, but a previous MRC study found that the news aggregator increased the percentage of stories from leftist outlets during his first month on the job. Apple did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e633876989b59d07c193 Watchdog accuses DSA candidate of blurring charity, business and campaign: ‘What happened to all that money?’ te 2026-10-28T12:10:27.492Z Watchdog accuses DSA candidate of blurring charity, business and campaign: ‘What happened to all that money?’ The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a conservative government watchdog, filed a complaint on Monday against Angie Nixon, a state legislator and candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), alleging that she may have violated "a number of Florida and federal laws." The complaint asks authorities to probe whether she used her now-defunct nonprofit, the Moxie Group Inc., to benefit herself. It comes as Nixon wages an uphill race to unseat Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla. Nixon's campaign disputes the characterizations, noting that Nixon's involvement with the nonprofit ended in December 2025 when she resigned as its principal manager. The Moxie Group was initially intended to receive federal tax-exempt contributions for a community project named Café Resistance, a community-oriented bookstore and coffee shop in Jacksonville. NLPC is asking the Federal Election Commission, the IRS, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Florida attorney general to investigate the Moxie Group along four lines: unaccounted-for charitable expenses, overlap between the nonprofit and a for-profit business, whether it solicited donations even after the group was disbanded and whether Nixon’s use of her business space for campaign purposes violates federal campaign restrictions. DEFEATED PROGRESSIVE ‘SQUAD’ LAWMAKER IN HOT SEAT FOR NON-PROFIT’S MISSING PAPER TRAIL According to the Moxie Group’s 2024 reporting, it spent $210,000 with an "other" designation, leaving most of its spending unaccounted for. "While she itemized some of the charity’s expenses … a whopping $210,000 ... was simply listed as ‘other’ with no description or itemization of what those funds were spent for even though the form requires the charity to ‘list item’ for those ‘other’ expenses. What happened to all that money?" NLPC wrote in its complaint. Parts of the $210,000 figure have broad descriptions but lack itemization in the 2024 reporting. Two of them under "other" designation include one $42,560 payment and another $68,304 disbursement both under "program services." A third, a $3,437 item, is categorized under "management & general." Outside of the "other" category, listed expenses include equipment rentals, insurance, advertising, information technology and fees for non-employees. The unknowns in the money trail, NLPC contends, are especially important given the overlap between Nixon’s nonprofit and her business — the complaint’s second area of concern. The document notes that after founding her nonprofit in 2019, Nixon transferred its registration license to her personal for-profit company by the same name — DBA Café Resistance Bookstore and Coffee Shop. SENATE HOPEFUL'S 'TREADING WATER' NARRATIVE CRUMBLES UNDER $500K CAMPAIGN PAYOUTS TO FAMILY "Although the charity was ostensibly established to raise funds for a local community bookstore/café, the license for that establishment was transferred to her for-profit The Moxie Group LLC DBA Café Resistance Bookstore and Coffee Shop," the complaint reads. Third, NLPC questioned whether Nixon raised donations for her nonprofit even after its board of directors voted to disband the group on Dec. 15, 2025. "It waited over nine months to file Articles of Dissolution with the Florida Secretary of State on Oct. 1, 2026," the group wrote. The complaint says the Moxie Group did not take down its fundraising site, stating that its contributors were promised "a tax receipt for making a donation," a confirmation for charitable donations. The complaint includes screenshots of the now-archieved website. Fox News Digital is not aware of any specific contributions the Moxie Group may have received that were directed to the nonprofit during that time. Nixon's campaign noted that, because she stepped down as the non-profit's manager in December 2025 — ahead of the board's disbandment on Dec. 15 — she would not have been involved in any decisions about the group's articles of dissolution or donations received after her resignation. As its final area of concern, NLPC believes that previously reported accounts of letting the group use its space for campaign events — without some form of payment — would constitute a violation of campaign finance laws. "It appears that the Café Resistance and Bookstore has been functioning as the candidate’s campaign de facto headquarters or a branch thereof. Indeed, Café Resistance is hosting a phone bank operation on its premises," the complaint states. According to Nixon’s campaign website, the coffee shop is listed as the location for "Ten toes down Tuesday phonebank," an event scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 27. "Let’s go all in for Angie!! Tuesdays can be so fun when we spend them phonebanking for Angie! Together we will call registered voters to remind them that early voting is going on statewide and we need them to vote, now more than ever! Bring your charged-up phone, laptops and/or tablets!" the event’s description reads. Nixon’s campaign said it has not made payments to Café Resistance and has used only the group’s parking lot. The campaign also noted that Nixon does not own the building. Even so, NLPC also noted that if any of the funding that had been made as a contribution to the non-profit had ended up paying for the business’ rent, that could also constitute a campaign finance violation, the group contends. SENATE REPUBLICAN SETTLES SIX-YEAR-OLD CAMPAIGN BILL AFTER BEING CALLED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA "To the extent that contributions to the charity were used to pay the rent and expenses of the for-profit Café Resistance Bookstore and Coffee Shop, which in turn was used for Angie Nixon’s political campaign, that is a clear violation of 501(c)(3) rules that prohibit charities from using their funds for political campaign purposes," the document reads. Having secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate earlier this year, Nixon will face off against Moody next week in the state's Nov. 3 general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e631876989b59d07c18a Collin Gosselin calls out reality TV producers for putting ratings ahead of kids: 'The show must go on' te 2026-10-28T12:10:25.533Z Collin Gosselin calls out reality TV producers for putting ratings ahead of kids: 'The show must go on' Collin Gosselin is sounding the alarm on the reality TV industry, accusing adults of turning a blind eye when children are hurting — all to keep the cameras rolling. The "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star is revisiting the painful realities of his youth in his new memoir, "In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood," alleging that what made for compelling television often came at the expense of the children living it. "It's the simple fact that adults that are seeing these things, they surely understood that people are choosing not to say anything because the show must go on," Collin told Fox News Digital. 'JON & KATE PLUS 8' STAR COLLIN GOSSELIN ACCUSES MOM OF TRYING TO 'BURY' HIM TO 'PROTECT HER REPUTATION' "And if, at any point in time, a child can voice that they do not want to film, we need to take that seriously," he said. Collin, one of the sextuplets who rose to fame alongside his parents and siblings, said children should not have to clearly articulate their distress before the adults around them recognize something is wrong. "To understand and to know that at a young age, at any age, means that you really, you feel in your heart that it is not right, and you know you're being exploited and that's crazy for a child to know," he said. "But we should listen to that because that's a huge thing." WATCH HERE: COLLIN GOSSELIN CALLS OUT REALITY TV PRODUCERS FOR PUTTING RATINGS AHEAD OF KIDS Even when children remain silent, Collin argued, adults have a responsibility to pay attention. "But even without a child saying anything, you can tell, you can absolutely tell. It's reading body language," Collin said. "You can absolutely tell and we should be aware. We should be paying attention. We should be protecting children." WATCH: COLLIN GOSSELIN BLASTS MOM KATE FOR 'BURYING' HIM TO SAVE HER REPUTATION Collin said the show's production priorities came at the expense of his well-being and that of his siblings, arguing that the demands of filming conflicted with what was best for the children. "100% my entire childhood, what was best for production was this direct relationship to what was unhealthy for a child," he said. "But nobody cared about the welfare of me and my siblings, they cared about my paycheck." He also said his siblings were kept in the dark about what happened at home while they were at school, adding that he hopes they will examine his account for themselves. JON GOSSELIN CLAIMS HE'S 'PERFECT STRANGERS NOW' WITH SIX OF HIS KIDS AFTER YEARS OF NO CONTACT "A lot happened that was kept from them intentionally so that they could be told that their brother was this and that," Collin said. As filming intensified, Collin said the family's public image took priority over the children's experiences at home. "But once everything got going, and we were at the height of filming and production, it was absolutely more about what it looked like on the outside and not necessarily how me and my siblings felt," he said. "It was always about how it looked for everybody else." For Collin, the failure is not simply recognizing that something is wrong, but refusing to act. "Doing something about it because the biggest thing is when we know something's wrong, and we don't say anything that's worse than not knowing it," he said. Collin said the family that audiences watched on "Jon & Kate Plus 8" did not reflect the full reality of his childhood, arguing that viewers saw a more polished version of life at home. KATE GOSSELIN CALLED A 'MONSTER' IN SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS AFTER SON COLLIN ANNOUNCES MEMOIR When asked what cameras failed to capture, he described experiences and opportunities that he said were offered to the children for filming but later taken away. His criticism goes beyond editing and production decisions. Collin also revisited his experience of being placed in a treatment facility and given medication, describing a period when he felt stripped of control over his life. "For a long time, my name was dragged, and I was put away. I was essentially put in a juvenile prison, put on all these medications," he said. "I was a zombie half the time. I had no control, I had nothing." WATCH: COLLIN GOSSELIN DETAILS ALLEGED ABUSE, CONFRONTS FAMILY TRAUMA He said he spent that time doing what he was told, with little ability to change his circumstances. "I did what I was told. I went through the motions, and was like a zombie every day," he said. Reflecting on that experience, Collin said he feels compelled to speak publicly about what happened. "And so when you reflect on all that, you realize these things need to be talked about, and I feel just an urge to talk about them," he said. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Collin said he has not spoken to his mother. He recalled a visit from Kate when he was 13, claiming the encounter left him with a painful final memory. "She berated me for all of 20 minutes after not seeing me for over a year," he said. Meanwhile, Collin told Fox News Digital he held on to hope even during what he described as his darkest moments. "I had very little hope, but I always had some, and I hung on to that … I just kept telling myself that there's a better future for me and there will be a time where I will be past this," he said. The former child star said sharing his story had weighed on him for years before he finally decided to speak publicly. "It was heavy on my heart to tell my story and to hope that it would create change," he said. As for reconciliation with his mother, Collin said an apology alone would not be enough to repair their relationship. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Reconciliation requires action and accountability," he said. "I think we can all say, I'm sorry, but if we're not willing to take the actions and take accountability for what has happened in the past and what happened my entire childhood, then what does that really mean, you know?" "Jon & Kate Plus 8" followed Jon and Kate Gosselin as they raised their twin daughters, Mady and Cara, alongside their sextuplets: Collin, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Leah and Joel. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The series aired from 2007 to 2009 before returning as "Kate Plus 8" in 2010. Following the couple's divorce, Collin was placed in a treatment facility as a child. He later moved in with his father, Jon Gosselin, after Jon obtained custody. Collin's memoir, "In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood," is out now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e3fd876989b59d07c12c Angel Reese went from taunting Golden State to complaining about officiating as WNBA Finals shifted te 2026-10-28T12:01:01.013Z Angel Reese went from taunting Golden State to complaining about officiating as WNBA Finals shifted Following a dominant Game 3 performance in the WNBA Finals, Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese wanted all the smoke. After posting 21 points and 12 rebounds in a 97-71 win at State Farm Arena, Reese taunted Golden State players with a "too small" gesture. Atlanta had a 2-1 series lead, and Reese had combined for 51 points and 28 rebounds in consecutive victories. WNBA PLAYERS, COACHES REFUSE TO EXPLAIN NATIONAL ANTHEM ABSENCES AMID MOUNTING CRITICISM By the end of Game 3, Reese had become the odds-on betting favorite to win Finals MVP. Two games later, it’s Reese who looks small. The 24-year-old forward combined for 15 points on 4-for-20 shooting in Games 4 and 5, both Atlanta losses. She committed nine turnovers, more than twice her four made field goals. What had been a 2-1 series advantage is now a 3-2 deficit, leaving Reese and the Dream one loss from elimination. WNBA FINALS GAME 6, A POTENTIAL TITLE-CLINCHER, WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY Her tone has changed, too. After explaining how she was getting into Golden State’s head, Reese is now complaining about the whistle. During Friday’s media availability before Game 4, Reese sounded like a player who believed she had the Valkyries figured out. "They’re playing into my mental game where I can take their confidence and just try to do whatever to mess them up," Reese said. She wasn’t done. "I’m really confident within myself. Everybody knows that," Reese said. At the time, she had the performances to back it up. Reese scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in Game 2, then followed with another double-double in Game 3. Atlanta won those games by a combined 40 points. Then Reese and Atlanta got a harsh reminder that Golden State reached the WNBA Finals for a reason. Reese scored eight points on 2-for-12 shooting in Saturday’s 67-62 loss at State Farm Arena. She missed her first five shots of the fourth quarter and committed her sixth turnover on Atlanta’s final possession. ANGEL REESE'S LATEST WNBA CONTROVERSY SHOWS HOW VICTIMHOOD BECAME CENTRAL TO HER BRAND Afterward, she acknowledged that her finishing had been a problem. "I didn’t take my time finishing around the basket like I’ve been doing in the last two games," Reese said. She added that "it happens" and promised, "I’ll just be better." But Reese didn't play much better in Game 5. She finished with seven points on 2-for-8 shooting in Golden State’s 64-55 Game 5 victory at Chase Center. Reese once again had more turnovers (3) than made field goals (2), although she did grab 15 rebounds and dish out five assists. Before Game 5, Reese drew attention for arriving at Chase Center in a "Protect Black Women" shirt. After the game, Reese was less interested in saying that she should "be better." Instead, she directed her frustration toward the referees. "A lot of us are getting fouled, and they’re not calling it," she said. Reese said the officiating had changed after Atlanta took its 2-1 series lead. She pointed to an uncalled grab by Gabby Williams in Game 4 and complained about being whistled for offensive fouls after defenders pushed her first. "It definitely took a big turn," Reese said. Her coach backed her up. "The contact they allow on Angel compared to everybody else is just ridiculous. Just ridiculous," Karl Smesko said. Smesko argued that contact on Reese alone should have sent Atlanta to the foul line six to eight more times. He also complained about missed traveling and double-dribble violations, while acknowledging that Atlanta was missing shots it should make. There were calls worth questioning, including a play in which Veronica Burton’s arm hit Allisha Gray’s head as Gray drove to the basket, knocking off her goggles without a foul call. But the free-throw numbers hardly tell the story of a series tilted toward Golden State. Atlanta attempted 31 free throws to Golden State’s 13 in Game 4. The Dream missed nine of them in a five-point loss. In Game 5, Atlanta again had more attempts, 14-13. Eight of Golden State's 13 free throws came in the fourth quarter, all with the Valkyries leading. Through five games, Atlanta’s advantage in free throw attempts was 130-78. WNBA officiating has faced criticism throughout the season, so Reese and Smesko aren’t alone in questioning its consistency. But no whistle changes Reese’s four made baskets in two games. Reese won the WNBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award this season. But in these Finals, it’s Kiah Stokes who is looking like the league’s best defender, especially when Reese is trying to score against her. Stokes has blocked 17 shots through five games, already a WNBA Finals record. She has recorded at least three blocks in every game of the series, and her streak extends to six consecutive playoff games. Stokes tied Lisa Leslie’s 2003 record for the longest such run in a single postseason. Reese has had 11 of her 59 shot attempts blocked through five games, including eight by Stokes. Those Valkyries blocks account for exactly one-third of Reese’s 33 missed shots. Golden State’s center followed her 16-rebound, three-block Game 4 with 13 points, eight rebounds and three more blocks Monday. She made three three-pointers in Game 5, one more than Reese’s total field goals. Across Atlanta’s two losses, Stokes blocked six shots while Reese made four. Angel Reese was happy to tell Golden State how difficult she was to defend when Atlanta was winning. The Valkyries have since made her prove it, and she hasn’t delivered offensively. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Game 6 is Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET at State Farm Arena, with Atlanta needing a win to force a deciding game in San Francisco. Reese wants to be known as one of the best players in the WNBA, and those players are the ones who show up when the spotlight shines brightest. After Game 3, she was asked about joining the ranks of Atlanta’s sports greats. Reese said she had only been in the city six months, but explained how she measures greatness. "I think you become one of the greats … when you can win and impact winning," Reese said. She did that in Games 2 and 3. But her last two performances aren’t going to convince anyone that she belongs in that conversation right now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1e3e8876989b59d07c123 MATT CALKINS: Why are flagpoles allowed at Portland Thorns games? Alleged attacks raise serious questions te 2026-10-28T12:00:40.857Z MATT CALKINS: Why are flagpoles allowed at Portland Thorns games? Alleged attacks raise serious questions Ari Laureano is a detransitioned man who sported an XX-XY Athletics T-shirt at a Portland Thorns game Friday. Moments after opening his coat to reveal the logo, he said he was attacked by members of the emphatically pro-trans Thorns crowd. Laureano said fans struck him twice in the face with flagpoles, then used trans-pride flags to conceal themselves while poking other women in his group — most of whom were holding up a sign reading "Save Women's Sports." And while this unhinged reaction prompts a multitude of questions, one of them has to be: Why do they let attendees bring flagpoles into the stadium? 'SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS' ACTIVISTS EJECTED FROM NWSL MATCH AFTER BEING STRUCK, CONFRONTED BY PRO-TRANS CROWD' Most sports venues have strict rules about what fans can bring inside.  The NBA prohibits poles and sticks, while Major League Baseball stadiums such as Seattle's T-Mobile Park explicitly ban flagpoles. Yet at Providence Park, fans were apparently able to wield objects that, according to Laureano, were used as weapons. Why is that? Well, spokespeople for the Portland Timbers and Thorns — Providence Park's primary tenants — did not respond to emails inquiring about the policy. The likely explanation is that American soccer clubs have embraced the traditions of their European counterparts, where fans routinely wave flags, sing chants and unfurl massive banners. But Friday showed the risk associated with allowing said flagpoles into a stadium. And there is no immediate sign that any rule changes are coming. PORTLAND OFFICIALS SAY CITY DID NOT APPROVE POLICIES THAT LED TO REMOVAL OF WOMEN'S SPORTS SUPPORTERS THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! So what exactly is the policy? According to the stadium's guest guide, flag and banner poles "must be hollow PVC pipe and no longer than 6' in length." Wooden and metal sticks or poles are prohibited. The guide also says that a flagpole "cannot be used as a projectile, and must not be constructed of wood, metal or other materials that may cause harm to others." I can't say whether any of the poles Friday violated those specifications. But if Laureano's account is accurate, they were used as weapons regardless of their size or composition. And that raises a question the Thorns and Timbers should have to answer: Is preserving a soccer tradition worth putting spectators at risk? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1df43876989b59d07c05a China encroaches dangerously close to US land as a single ship breakdown exposes major vulnerability te 2026-10-28T11:40:51.940Z China encroaches dangerously close to US land as a single ship breakdown exposes major vulnerability America's ability to maintain a presence in the Arctic remains thin enough that a single mechanical failure cut the Coast Guard's icebreaking capability in the region in half this summer. And the breakdown comes as Chinese vessels are expanding their activity around Alaska. Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Coast Guard's Arctic District, told Fox News Digital the failure of Coast Guard Cutter Healy left him with just one of two icebreakers that had been slated to operate in the ice. Meanwhile four Chinese research vessels were operating in the region. "Healy's unexpected mechanical failure cut in half my capability to operate up in the ice," Little said. ARCTIC POWER PLAY GIVES TOP US ADVERSARY NEW OPENING WITH RUSSIA AS US STAKES GROW The shortfall comes as the U.S. faces a growing need to maintain a presence in waters that can take days to reach. Chinese research vessels are gaining experience in the Arctic and collecting data that can also have military applications, including for submarine operations, while Russia's much larger icebreaker fleet gives Moscow greater ability to move ships and supplies through the region. The Coast Guard is now racing to add ships, aircraft and surveillance capabilities as shrinking sea ice opens more of the Arctic to navigation. But its next generation of icebreakers is still years away. "I can't get those icebreakers soon enough, given the operational environment," Little said. Little said nearly $25 billion in recent funding will support 11 new Arctic Security Cutters, with the first expected to arrive in the region as early as 2028. The buildup comes as the Coast Guard's operating area is effectively growing. Declining sea ice is opening more navigable water around Alaska, bringing more commercial and military activity into areas that were once harder to reach. "As that new operational area becomes accessible, we see an increase in human activity for economic development, for military advancement," Little said. "And that activity is creating a need for additional Coast Guard mission." China has become an increasingly regular presence in those waters. Little said Chinese research activity has grown from as few as one vessel appearing episodically in the Arctic to five last year, while four operated there this year. Those vessels are not necessarily violating international rules. The Coast Guard Cutter Munro recently returned from a 112-day Arctic patrol that included monitoring Chinese research ships, and Little said the Coast Guard did not observe activity on the surface that fell outside customary law or international norms. RUSSIA PULLED BACK FROM THE ARCTIC, FOR NOW. NATO MUST ACT BEFORE THOSE TROOPS RETURN The concern, he said, is what China can learn simply by operating there. "Any research vessel that operates in the Arctic has the ability to conduct both scientific research," Little said. "It could be economic research that could be for future exploitation of critical minerals and scarce resources." "And then all of that research helps aid in military activity if you're trying to identify seabed floors and navigate subsurface assets," he added. Troy Bouffard, director of the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said China's research activity gives Beijing experience operating in an environment where it has historically had little. "They're pretty desperate to gain operational experience and knowledge in terms of their growing military capabilities," Bouffard told Fox News Digital. The research vessels collect legitimate scientific data, he said, but that information can have other applications, "especially when it comes to submarine warfare planning." For the U.S., Bouffard said the challenge is about more than the number of icebreakers. Unlike the North Atlantic, where the U.S. and its allies have decades of infrastructure and experience, the North Pacific side of the Arctic has far less infrastructure to support a sustained presence. "If we can't have presence, surface presence in an area, it's very difficult to manage issues that may escalate," Bouffard said. The distances compound the problem. Getting a ship from Kodiak, Anchorage or Seattle into the Bering Sea can take several days, Bouffard said. Russia already holds a substantial advantage in its ability to maintain access through its much larger icebreaker fleet. "Advantage certainly falls in their favor," Little said. Russia's fleet allows it to maintain access, sea lanes and logistical routes for commercial and military purposes, he said. "Certainly, as we look at the military advantage, there is a need for the United States to keep up and to ensure that we have ice presence and ice capability," Little said. The Coast Guard is also watching cooperation between Moscow and Beijing. Little said the service has observed joint Russian-Chinese military surface groups, cooperation between their coast guard forces and Chinese research vessels collaborating with Russia and "likely sharing information." "Either of them alone are worth paying attention to," Little said. "But anytime they're working together, we're watching closely to see if they pose any threat to homeland security or a military risk to the United States." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1df3a876989b59d07c051 Former immigration judge breaks down legal risks and what's next for Ilhan Omar and more top headlines te 2026-10-28T11:40:42.312Z Former immigration judge breaks down legal risks and what's next for Ilhan Omar and more top headlines 1. Former immigration judge breaks down what's next for Ilhan Omar 2. Trump heads to Ohio as Republicans fight to hold the state 3. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1da82876989b59d07bf91 Spain high-speed train crash kills at least 10 te 2026-10-28T11:20:34.463Z Spain high-speed train crash kills at least 10 A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 10 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, said authorities can confirm 10 deaths, but added "that number will surely rise." It was the second major train accident in Spain this year. Spain’s rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo. Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia. CRASH INVOLVING SPEEDING TRAIN, MINIBUS IN BELGIUM LEAVES 4 DEAD INCLUDING 2 CHILDREN Padilla told state broadcaster TVE that the accident was between two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers and heading in the same direction from the capital Madrid to Seville in southwestern Spain. One ran into the tail of the other that had stopped, knocking two of its cars off the track. She said the cause of the crash was not known. The crash, which occurred in a flat stretch surrounded by fields in between the towns of Urda and Los Yébenes, left one car shredded into bits of metal and other material, scattering debris down a gravel slope. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García told TVE that emergency workers were focusing on rescuing survivors and bodies from the two most damaged train cars. She said that the injured are being sent to different hospitals in the area. "It was a high-speed impact, so we are expecting this to be a tragedy," García said. BYSTANDER VIDEO CAPTURES NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN T-BONING SEPTIC TRUCK AT VIRGINIA RAILROAD CROSSING The accident involved a train from Spain’s state-owned RENFE company and the private rail company IRYO. It appeared the RENFE train rammed the IRYO train, Spanish media reported. Trains from those two companies were also involved in a deadly crash in January. Padilla said that 397 passengers were in the RENFE train and 147 passengers in the IRYO train. IRYO, an Italian-owned company, said in a statement that it has "activated its security protocols and is closely working with authorities." The mayor of the nearby town of Urda, Manuel Galán, told Spanish state broadcaster TVE that civil protection authorities had asked his town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to attend to injured passengers. A military emergency brigade was deployed to help emergency services, firefighters and police to the crash site. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez cancelled his agenda to focus on the crash. He wrote on X that he was "dismayed by the serious train accident in Toledo." "Emergency services are working on site to attend to the affected passengers," wrote Sánchez, who faces a national election next month. "All my thoughts are with the victims and their families." The regional president of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, wrote on X that he was on his way to the crash site. In January, 45 people died in southern Spain when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming train. The crash was the deadliest in Spain since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people. The January incident shook the confidence the European country has in its extensive high-speed rail network. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d85d876989b59d07bf29 Popular Christian YouTuber releases biblical fantasy novel meant to challenge today’s dark content te 2026-10-28T11:11:25.401Z Popular Christian YouTuber releases biblical fantasy novel meant to challenge today’s dark content Bible teacher and popular YouTuber Daniel Maritz is now sharing his take on the battle between light and darkness as the new co-author of the biblical fantasy novel "Lightborn: Dawn of Darkness." Maritz, who co-wrote the book with his brother Hernu, described the novel as the first in a larger saga centered on a world before the biblical flood, where ancient history and mythology intertwine. There, the main character — born a slave and named Uldako — seeks to uncover the deeper truths about his world, his heritage, and the war behind all wars. He walks a path of survival, pursued by beasts, scorched by loss, and drawn toward an ancient prophecy involving the Lightborn. MEL GIBSON SAYS 'MONSTER' EPIC 'PASSION' SEQUEL SPANS SPIRITUAL REALMS — AND THIS TIME, IT'S IN ENGLISH If it sounds like a video game, Maritz and his brother would likely agree. In fact, the two also plan to create a companion video game based on the book through their company, Ruach Entertainment. "Both of which are meant to relate to what’s happening in the world today — in culture, entertainment, and basically everything that’s around us," Maritz told Fox News Digital, noting that although the story is ancient, it is still relevant today. "There is not only a battle between light and darkness in Hollywood, but also in education, religion, and culture in general." 'WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE' STAR DAVID HENRIE SAYS HIS FAITH COST HIM AGENTS, MONEY AND FRIENDS IN HOLLYWOOD In a recent Fox News Digital opinion piece, Maritz pointed out that darker content is actually "a distraction from the good of fantasy: the imagined worlds, heroes, and adventures that call fans to a higher ethos." Maritz, who is from South Africa, grew up as the youngest of five children. He has spoken about two of his brothers who died, including one who was murdered in Johannesburg and another who was killed following a car crash. It was while sitting by his brother Etienne’s side in the hospital that Maritz experienced an awakening of sorts. He recalled hearing a voice ask him, "Daniel, where would you have gone if you died?" That’s when he knew he wanted to create stories for today that look back to the lessons of the Bible in a world oversaturated with violence and darkness. "So entertainment changes not just the West, but culture as we know it today. And so we have a lot of shows like ‘Game of Thrones' and other shows that bring a lot of vulgar scenes into them and a lot of cussing," Maritz explained. NETFLIX FACES TURMOIL AS GRETA GERWIG'S $280 MILLION 'NARNIA' MOVIE LOOKS HEADED FOR DISASTER Maritz modeled his book after works such as C.S. Lewis’ "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," which is deeply infused with Christian theology while serving as a rich Christian allegory, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings," which is also rooted in Christian theology. According to Maritz, today’s society is addicted to entertainment and what he describes as "the evil side of it." FORMER DISNEY STAR DAVID HENRIE REJECTED 'SECULAR' HOLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE AFTER LIFE-CHANGING MONASTERY VISIT "It’s through entertainment, through politics, and education that they mostly try to change culture as we know it," he said. "And I think people are waking up and getting tired of it — especially when they start changing stories that we know were written by great writers like C.S. Lewis. We know that he wrote the character of Aslan to represent Jesus in this world." In terms of adapting "Lightborn: Dawn of Darkness" into an interactive experience, Maritz, whose YouTube channels include DLM Christian Lifestyle and DLM Christian Perspective, wants it to serve as an alternative to more violent video games. SKILLET’S JOHN COOPER SAYS CHRISTIANS WHO CALL ROCK MUSIC ‘DEMONIC’ ARE ‘GETTING THE GOSPEL WRONG’ "We’ve got to share the Gospel because there are 3.5 billion gamers in the world. This industry is bigger than the music and film industries combined. But there’s just darkness in there," Maritz said, noting that many young people use video games as an escape. "Today’s games are just a different form of storytelling, but they let you engage with it." As he wrote in his Fox News Digital piece, "The question, then, is not whether evil exists, but whether fantasy creators ask their video game players to fight it or practice it, whether fantasy authors craft stories that expose darkness or train an audience to enjoy it." "To every storyteller reading this: The desire for wonder without wreckage is enormous. We need to craft worlds worth losing ourselves in for an afternoon, with heroes worth following into the dark because we trust they’re going to lead us back into the light," he wrote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d84d876989b59d07bf20 Greta Thunberg’s radical turn deserves scrutiny, not applause te 2026-10-28T11:11:09.858Z Greta Thunberg’s radical turn deserves scrutiny, not applause Greta Thunberg recently traveled to France to applaud the protest movement. Wearing a black-and-white scarf associated with pro-Palestinian activism, she appeared outside a high school in a Paris suburb and lent her celebrity to demonstrations marred by rioting, arson and vandalism — with authorities already putting the damage at no less than $34 million.  Thunberg brought the applause. Taxpayers were left to pay for the destruction. Her appearance fits a broader pattern of increasingly radical alliances and support for extremism. Before traveling to France, Thunberg had endorsed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism" adopted by Britain’s Green Party on Oct. 4. WEAPONIZING THE CHARGE OF GENOCIDE FUELS AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS ANTISEMITISM Her radical turn has been unfolding for years. Yet in progressive circles, she remains the Mother Teresa of the activist left — a secular saint whose moral authority is taken for granted and whose political judgment rarely faces scrutiny. As a Swede, I watched Thunberg join ABBA, Volvo and IKEA among my country’s most celebrated exports. Political leaders welcomed her. International institutions handed her a microphone. Much of the liberal media mistook her indignation for insight. She addressed parliaments, collected international prizes and was even touted for the Nobel Peace Prize. The world’s elites welcomed her criticism — and seemed rather pleased to be seen listening. The schoolgirl became a full-time activist and a political force. Her immunity from scrutiny survived the transition. As Gaza moved to the center of the progressive agenda, the climate movement’s global poster child became an increasingly vocal campaigner against Israel. Her endorsement of the "Zionism is Racism" motion shows how far that shift has gone. Criticizing Israeli government policies is one thing. Denying Jews the right to self-determination is another. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism - endorsed by the United States and 42 other countries - lists denying that right, including by depicting Israel’s very existence as racist, among its examples of Jew-hatred. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER Her choice of allies raises further questions. In Stockholm, Thunberg accepted an award from the Union of Palestinian Communities and Institutions in Europe — an organization that sent condolences to Hamas following the killing of its leader, Ismail Haniyeh. The representatives presenting the award wore scarves bearing the emblem of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization whose armed wing participated in the Oct. 7 attacks. Those questions followed her to sea. She joined two Gaza-bound missions and was detained and deported by Israel. Israeli authorities accused flotilla organizers of links to Hamas — allegations Thunberg rejected. Financial disclosures published by the Stockholm-based Greta Thunberg Foundation put its cumulative receipts and donations of award and prize money at approximately $1.3 million as of October 2025. Donations and royalties cover operating expenses, according to the foundation, which states that it does not pay Thunberg. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Meanwhile, her reported personal taxable income for 2024 was roughly $7,000 . That figure alone does not explain how her globe-trotting activism is financed. Who pays for her travel, logistics and organizing? Who funds the publicity and campaign machinery behind her activism? Thunberg must answer those questions as readily as she demands answers from governments and corporations. From France to Gaza, Thunberg increasingly resembles a conflict influencer: confrontation supplies the platform, and indignation over the cause du jour supplies the brand. Whatever the cause, Greta Thunberg takes center stage. It looks less and less like solidarity and more like narcissism dressed as a political cause. For a conflict influencer, peace and coexistence make poor content. Confrontation keeps the cameras rolling — and Greta in the frame. Until she answers who funds her campaigns, what she stands for beyond slogans and why she embraces movements shadowed by extremism while preaching morality to democracies, her claim to be a voice of conscience rings hollow. She is a warning — to my country and to the world. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d839876989b59d07bf17 Two-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion arrested on child porn charges while on probation: officials te 2026-10-28T11:10:49.741Z Two-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion arrested on child porn charges while on probation: officials A two-time "Jeopardy!" champion was arrested in North Carolina on allegations of possessing child pornography, roughly a year after a separate arrest in which he was accused of recording a woman in a bedroom and bathroom. Joey DeSena, 44, was arrested Friday in Wake County, North Carolina, and charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor after allegedly being found in possession of sexually explicit images and videos involving children, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Fox News Digital. DeSena was denied bond and booked into the Wake County Jail, with a judge saying that he allegedly had child porn while he was on probation for another crime. In December 2025, DeSena was arrested after he allegedly recorded a woman in a bedroom and bathroom. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X He pleaded guilty to two counts of felony secret peeping on July 27, 2026, and was sentenced to 60 months of probation. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST In addition, a judge also required him to complete 100 hours of community service in addition to completing a mental health assessment or evaluation. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL DeSena won two episodes of "Jeopardy!" in November 2024, bringing in just over $44,000. He returned to compete in the show's Champions Wildcard tournament in January 2025, but was eliminated in the semifinals round. His next court hearing is on Nov. 16. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d833876989b59d07bf0e Weight-loss drug could help address nighttime sleep disruptions for millions te 2026-10-28T11:10:43.019Z Weight-loss drug could help address nighttime sleep disruptions for millions An experimental obesity drug significantly reduced breathing interruptions and other symptoms of obstructive sleep disorder in two clinical trials, according to new research published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects more than 50 million Americans, and about 80% of cases are undiagnosed, according to the National Sleep Foundation. The study examined whether retatrutide, an investigational weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly, could help treat OSA in adults who were overweight or obese. EXPERIMENTAL OBESITY DRUG OUTPERFORMS TRADITIONAL WEIGHT-LOSS TREATMENTS IN EARLY RESEARCH Retatrutide is being evaluated in phase 3 TRIUMPH trials as a potential treatment for obesity and related metabolic conditions. The drug has not been approved by the FDA. The FDA has warned that unauthorized versions of retatrutide have been illegally marketed and sold online for weight loss. The two phase 3 randomized trials included 691 adults with moderate-to-severe sleep apnea and a BMI of at least 27. Participants received once-weekly injections of retatrutide at doses of 4, 9 or 12 milligrams, or a placebo, and were followed for 80 weeks. The trials included 243 participants without type 2 diabetes and 448 with the condition. WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS MAY FIGHT 7 SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS BEFORE THE POUNDS EVEN COME OFF Participants who received retatrutide lost between 12% and nearly 20% of their body weight and experienced significantly fewer breathing interruptions than those who received a placebo. About 68% of participants experienced more than a 50% improvement in OSA symptoms, regardless of whether they had type 2 diabetes. The study also found that hypoxic burden — the severity and duration of low-oxygen episodes caused by breathing disruptions during sleep — fell by about 75% among participants without type 2 diabetes and 65% among those with the condition. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES The researchers concluded that retatrutide led to significantly greater reductions in AHI (breathing interruptions) than a placebo among adults with OSA who were obese or overweight, regardless of whether they had type 2 diabetes. The researchers noted that retatrutide’s lack of FDA approval was a limitation, and further studies are needed to determine how the drug may affect long-term cardiovascular outcomes. Study co-author Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, told Fox News Digital that while the results were expected, he was surprised by the "magnitude of benefit in patients with type 2 diabetes," as well as the significant reduction in sleep apnea. "This is a very exciting time in treating sleep apnea patients," Somers said. Sleep apnea is associated with a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation. In the trial, participants experienced reductions in several cardiovascular risk factors, including systolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, systemic inflammation and neck circumference. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "A reduction in these measures would predict whether these patients were at increased cardiovascular risk," Somers told Fox News Digital. "In diabetics, blood pressure is a key determinant of future cardiovascular risk, and the fact that we were able to reduce it so significantly was both surprising and exciting." Somers said retatrutide also improved several diabetes-related measures. In participants without diabetes, insulin levels fell by more than 50%. Among those with type 2 diabetes, 40% progressed from diabetes to prediabetes and another 40% no longer met the criteria for diabetes, according to the researcher. The improvements were largely linked to weight loss, which can lead to better sleep and reduced sleep-related impairment, he said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "[The participants] reported much improved sleep beyond just the sleep apnea — what we call sleep-related impairment was significantly reduced," Somers said. The study included participants who were using CPAP and those who were not. Somers said CPAP use generally declined during the study, suggesting that some patients may eventually require less device-based treatment. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Dr. Wendy Troxel, a RAND senior behavioral scientist in Utah who was not involved in the study, noted that OSA is often under-diagnosed and under-treated, especially among postmenopausal women. "Although CPAP remains the frontline treatment for sleep apnea, my hope is that greater awareness of treatment options may encourage more people to get screened and seek treatment," she told Fox News Digital. Somers noted that the condition completely resolved in about 25% of participants without diabetes and 15% of those with type 2 diabetes. The study’s findings do not mean patients should stop using CPAP or other prescribed treatments, the researchers emphasized. Additional research is needed to determine retatrutide's long-term safety and effectiveness for sleep apnea. "There’s hope on the horizon," Somers said. "We have the CPAP, we have mandibular devices, we have postural therapy, where you try to avoid sleeping on your back, and now we’ve got drug therapies that can potentially not just reduce your apnea, but also make you sleep better ... and reduce the risk of future cardiovascular events." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d36d876989b59d07be50 Inside Melania Trump's secret diplomatic role in the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal te 2026-10-28T10:50:21.579Z Inside Melania Trump's secret diplomatic role in the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal EXCLUSIVE: Moscow and Kyiv remain locked in a years-long grinding war, but in one Ukrainian city, the fight has quieted — and soon the Russian-occupied aging population in Oleshky will be offered humanitarian relief and a way out. Behind the localized ceasefire is an unlikely mediator: first lady Melania Trump. And her diplomatic effort in the war-torn region is not over, Fox News Digital has learned. Trump spent weeks moderating between Russian and Ukrainian officials to hammer out a deal over the devastated city in Ukraine's Kherson region, ultimately winning the trust of both governments to serve as their "exclusive intermediary," according to a senior adviser for the first lady. The agreement brought officials from both countries together in Belarus last week to sign off on a detailed humanitarian operation aimed at getting food, clean water, medicine and doctors into Oleshky, Ukraine, and providing safe passage out for residents who want to leave. Fox News Digital obtained the signature pages of the agreement, signed Oct. 23 by Russia's human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, and her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Lubinets. The documents also lay out plans for continued humanitarian operations in the region coordinated with the first lady. For the Slovenia-born first lady, the war in her native Europe was not entirely unfamiliar territory: she had already mediated exchanges of Ukrainian and Russian children. Negotiating an agreement to stop the fighting, however, marked a significant expansion of that role. MELANIA TRUMP'S ADVISOR REVEALS HOW SHE BRIDGED PUTIN, ZELENSKYY TO BROKER FRONTLINE UKRAINE TRUCE Just across the Dnipro from the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson, Oleshky was once home to roughly 24,000 people. Russia seized the city at the outset of its 2022 invasion, and years of occupation and fighting have reduced its population to around 2,000, many of them elderly. The city now sits squarely on the front line. Russian forces use Oleshky as a base for attacks across the river into Kherson, while Ukrainian forces target Russian positions in and around the city. Roads have been mined, food and medicine have become scarce and basic services have largely collapsed. "It's hell there," Yuri Sobolevsky, deputy chairman of the Kherson regional council, told The New York Times. "People need to be evacuated from there, 1,000%. They're living 24/7 under risk of death." For Ukraine, the humanitarian mission presents a difficult tradeoff. The civilians trapped in Oleshky are Ukrainians in desperate need of food, medicine and a safe route out. But the city remains under Russian occupation and sits on an active front line, meaning halting attacks long enough to reach them also means temporarily easing military pressure on Russian forces operating in the area. Getting Russia and Ukraine to stop firing at each other has proven extraordinarily difficult — not just for the first lady, but for her husband and his administration, which has spent much of President Donald Trump's second term trying to bring the war to an end. In Oleshky, however, both sides found a narrow point of agreement. Oleshky first came onto Trump's radar during United Nations General Assembly week in September, when the city's worsening humanitarian crisis was raised at a Fostering the Future Together event that she hosted. By then, the first lady had already worked with both governments to reunify 34 Ukrainian and Russian children with their families across six separate efforts, according to her exclusive senior adviser Marc Beckman, building relationships she was able to leverage when she turned her attention to Oleshky. "The first lady's relationship with both Russia and Ukraine has been, over time, substantial," Beckman told Fox News Digital. "There's a lot of trust, and there's been a lot of success." Her team first approached Ukraine and asked whether Kyiv would authorize Trump to serve as its "exclusive intermediary" with Russia. Ukraine agreed in a formal letter, Beckman said. Trump's team then approached Moscow, and Putin responded with a letter granting her the same role on Russia's behalf. From there, Trump began negotiating with the highest levels of government in Russia and Ukraine, with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy involved in the talks, Beckman said. The U.S. side of the negotiating effort was unusually small. Asked how involved the traditional White House national security apparatus was, Beckman said Trump handled the effort. "It's just the first lady," Beckman said. "The devil is in the details," Beckman said of the negotiations. "There were moments in time where things became complicated." What began as an effort to get food, water and medicine to a city on the brink of collapse quickly became an extraordinarily detailed negotiation over how to temporarily stop two armies from fighting. The agreement remains narrowly focused on humanitarian operations in and around Oleshky and does not halt fighting elsewhere in Ukraine, where Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to battle along a sprawling front. RECOVERING FROM LUNG SURGERY, POPE LEO URGES PUTIN TO AGREE TO CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIAN-HELD UKRAINE CITY Trump and Beckman worked through maps, roadways and aerial imagery with the two sides, Beckman said. They negotiated what military equipment could enter the area, how civilians would be evacuated and even arranged refrigerated trucks to recover bodies expected to be found along the way. "We know all of the military equipment that will be brought in," Beckman said. "We even went as far as organizing for refrigerated trucks for the bodies that are going to be there." "It's going to be a very bad scene," he added. "That's the level of detail that the first lady was involved in." The negotiations eventually produced a plan mapped out not just by weeks and days, Beckman said, but by the hour. Russian and Ukrainian officials reconvened in Belarus at 4 a.m. New York time Friday for what was supposed to be a 5 a.m. signing. But negotiations continued for nearly three more hours, with Trump participating by video, before both sides finally agreed to the terms and signed at 7:40 a.m. The ceasefire was initially slated to begin Oct. 29, but the two sides moved the start up by two days, with the guns falling silent at 4 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday. Its geographic scope was also expanded beyond Oleshky to provide safe passage through the surrounding Kherson region for humanitarian convoys. "It was almost like momentum clicked," Beckman said. Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff, confirmed Russian forces would cease fire along the Kherson axis and facilitate the safe movement of humanitarian convoys into Oleshky. The humanitarian mission itself will be led by civilians from both countries, keeping Russian and Ukrainian troops apart as aid enters the city and residents are evacuated. "If the Ukrainian, the Russian militaries were going throughout Oleshky, they would just kill each other," Beckman said. Four American journalists from Newsmax will also accompany the mission to interview residents and document where they choose to go, providing a record of their decisions as civilians are evacuated from Russian-held territory. The humanitarian mission is expected to last about one week, with a goal of wrapping in early November. If more time is needed, Beckman said both sides could negotiate an extension with the first lady again participating in the talks. The agreement also envisions a role for Trump beyond the immediate Oleshky operation. Under the terms signed by the two sides, Russia and Ukraine are expected to establish regular humanitarian aid deliveries and repatriation efforts in communities across the Kherson region following the Oleshky mission, with Trump's assistance and coordination. Those efforts would take place as needed, but at least once a month, according to the agreement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1d11b876989b59d07bdf1 Deep in Trump country, a new generation reveals the divide behind Texas' tight Senate race te 2026-10-28T10:40:27.514Z Deep in Trump country, a new generation reveals the divide behind Texas' tight Senate race LUBBOCK, Texas — They share a roof, split the bills and attend the same university. But as Texas' unexpectedly competitive Senate race takes center stage in West Texas, three college roommates have very different ideas about who should shape the state's future. The students attend Texas Tech University, where they're balancing classes, career ambitions and newfound independence while navigating political differences that extend far beyond their shared apartment. For Isabella, the election could shape her future career in oil and gas, an industry heavily influenced by government policy. For Kate, women's healthcare and immigration are driving her support for Democrat James Talarico. And for Candy, rising everyday costs and concerns about public education are shaping her vote. Their differences come into focus as President Donald Trump descended on Lubbock to rally alongside Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Tuesday. Across town, Democrat James Talarico was courting voters in a state Republicans have dominated for decades. TRUMP WON THIS RELIABLY RED STATE BY DOUBLE DIGITS. NOW A DEADLOCKED RACE IS BRINGING HIM BACK Inside their cozy off-campus apartment, where laptops lie open, notebooks are spread out and favorite snacks are within arm's reach, the three roommates spoke candidly with Fox News Digital about the issues shaping their political views — and how they navigate those differences under one roof. "I don't think we’ll flip anytime soon," Isabella said of Talarico’s bid to turn Texas blue for the first time in more than three decades. Kate, who voted for Talarico, sees things differently. "I think, as a first-time voter, just in general, it's exciting to just feel like you have the ability to make a change," the 19-year-old who hails from Dallas said. The competing perspectives come as the Texas Senate race has become a razor-thin contest, despite Trump's nearly 14-point victory in the state in 2024. A Fox News poll conducted in October found Paxton and Talarico tied at 49% among likely voters, underscoring the unusually competitive contest in a state where Republicans have maintained a firm grip on statewide politics since the 1990s. MEET THE VOTERS WHO COULD BREAK THE GOP’S DECADESLONG GRIP ON A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD For Isabella, the election is closely tied to her career ambitions. Studying oil and gas at Texas Tech, she said Republican policies offer a more favorable environment for the energy industry, particularly when it comes to pipeline construction and government regulations. "I don't think that there should be extreme regulations against exploration and production," she said. Kate, meanwhile, said her support for Talarico was driven largely by his positions on abortion and immigration. "I think that women should have the right to their own bodies," she said, expressing opposition to Texas' near-total abortion ban. She also praised Talarico's approach to immigration enforcement, arguing that authorities should prioritize dangerous criminals rather than people working and contributing to their communities. HIGH PRICES PUT TRUMP’S ECONOMY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE GOP FIGHTS TO HOLD CONGRESS Candy, 21, who grew up in Chico, Texas, said she voted for Talarico and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, citing public education, healthcare and affordability. Candy said filling up her car now costs roughly $60 to $70, nearly double the $30 to $35 she previously paid. For a college student already juggling tuition, groceries and other living expenses, that extra cost every week adds up quickly, leaving less room in her budget. "That 30 or 40 [dollars] could go toward other expenses," she explained. Despite supporting Democrats, Candy expressed uncertainty about whether Texas is ready for a broader political shift. "I believe there's hope for Texas, but I don't think Texas is as blue yet," she said. Kate expressed similar uncertainty, saying her experience in a college town has exposed her to more liberal viewpoints than she might not encounter elsewhere in the state. "I hope it flips, but I also am not certain that it'd flip, and it wouldn't surprise me if we didn't flip," Kate said. For Isabella, the prospect of Texas electing a Democrat is considerably less appealing. But despite their competing political views, the roommates have found common ground in an area that sometimes divides people: their shared living space. Navigating those differences isn't always easy. Political disagreements occasionally surface, but the students are learning that difficult conversations can offer opportunities to better understand one another without necessarily changing minds. "I don't think that politics should play a huge role in a friendship or in your living situation," Isabella told Fox News Digital. Kate expressed a similar sentiment, explaining that she tries to understand her friends as individuals rather than judge them by their political preferences. "My entire personality doesn't change, based off who I vote for," she said. "And their personality doesn't change based off of who they vote for." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1cc79876989b59d07bd24 Netanyahu defies exit polls as vote shifts in his favor, but majority remains elusive te 2026-10-28T10:20:41.687Z Netanyahu defies exit polls as vote shifts in his favor, but majority remains elusive TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political bloc gained ground Wednesday morning as Israel counted votes from its first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, but remained short of the majority needed to form a government, leaving the country facing another potential political deadlock. With approximately 70% of votes counted, Netanyahu's right-wing and religious bloc stood at 54 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, compared with 47 for the main opposition and 19 for Arab parties, according to partial election results reported by Israeli media. Netanyahu's Likud led with 27 seats, while former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party held 20. As both Netanyahu and Eisenkot claimed victory Tuesday night, Israelis told Fox News Digital that although they had expected a tight race, the shifting numbers and uncertainty over who could form a government had left many confused about what comes next. ISRAEL HEADS INTO DEEPLY DIVIDED ELECTION AS OCT. 7 RECKONING LOOMS: WHAT TO KNOW Despite Netanyahu's lead, the parties outside his governing bloc collectively held 66 seats, a majority in the Knesset 120 seats, creating a potential path for the opposition to challenge his leadership if it can secure sufficient cooperation from Arab lawmakers. The results marked a shift from Tuesday night's initial exit polls, which prompted celebrations at Eisenkot's campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv. Eisenkot called on Netanyahu to accept the results and step aside, while Netanyahu declared later in the night from his headquarters in Jerusalem that Likud had emerged as the country's largest party and urged the formation of a strong right-wing government. The election has now shifted from the ballot box to a potentially complicated battle over coalition-building. President Donald Trump took credit Wednesday morning for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stronger-than-expected election performance, suggesting his endorsement helped shift the momentum of the race. NETANYAHU FIGHTS FOR POLITICAL FUTURE AS ISRAEL HEADS TO POLLS WITH IRAN THREAT LOOMING In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a statement from Irving C. Schwartz, who wrote, "When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime Minister, it looks like a big come-from-behind stalemate, or even a WIN for Netanyahu." Later, speaking to reporters near Air Force One, Trump said, "I heard the poll numbers were wrong... the exit polls; I heard he [Netanyahu] did very well. It was pretty close, but very well. When the endorsement went out, it helped him a lot." "It's a little bit early, but I'm hearing in Israel, top people say, 'Wow! He did a lot better than people thought.' It's looking like maybe a stalemate or a win," Trump added. JD VANCE DECLINES TO ENDORSE NETANYAHU DESPITE TRUMP'S STRONG BACKING The growing influence of Arab parties has emerged as one of the most consequential factors in determining Israel's next government. According to the partial results, the Joint List held 13 seats and Ra'am, led by Mansour Abbas, held six, giving Arab parties a combined 19 seats. Abbas signaled openness to political negotiations, saying figures from both sides of Israel's political divide had approached him. "Everyone is talking to us, not just the change bloc," Abbas told Israel's Channel 12. Democrats leader Yair Golan went further, openly calling for the formation of a new government in cooperation with Arab parties. "Netanyahu lost. I know how to count to 120–65 is greater than 55. That's how Israeli democracy works. Period," Golan wrote on X. Golan also rejected Netanyahu's distinction between Jewish and Arab political support, arguing that every Israeli citizen's vote should carry equal weight. "The vote of an Israeli citizen in Tira is worth exactly the same as the vote of an Israeli citizen in Givat Shmuel," he wrote. Golan's figures reflected an earlier stage of the count, but his argument highlighted an emerging disagreement within the opposition over whether to include Arab parties in the next government. Eisenkot has previously expressed opposition to including Ra'am in his coalition, while Netanyahu has warned against any government dependent on Arab parties. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LEGACY AND POLITICAL FUTURE ON THE LINE IN ISRAEL'S OCT 27 ELECTION Netanyahu could attempt to expand his current coalition by winning support from at least seven lawmakers outside his right-wing and religious bloc, which would bring him to the 61 seats needed for a conventional parliamentary majority. Alternatively, Eisenkot could seek enough parliamentary recommendations, potentially including those of Arab parties, to persuade President Isaac Herzog to give him the first opportunity to form a government. Those recommendations would not necessarily require Arab parties to join a future coalition. However, Eisenkot would still need enough parliamentary support to secure a confidence vote. A third possibility is another deadlock, with neither leader able to form a government and Israel potentially facing another election. The final outcome remains uncertain as vote counting continues, including ballots cast by soldiers and other voters using special voting procedures. Official results are scheduled for Nov. 4, after which Herzog will consult with parliamentary factions and select a lawmaker to attempt to form the next government. That candidate will initially have 28 days to negotiate coalition agreements, with the possibility of a 14-day extension.  Until a new government takes office, Netanyahu will remain prime minister. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ca40876989b59d07bcc8 Giant statues of pharaoh with Moses link discovered after farmer finds inscribed stone te 2026-10-28T10:11:12.746Z Giant statues of pharaoh with Moses link discovered after farmer finds inscribed stone An Egyptian farmer tending to his cucumbers stumbled upon an ancient stone that led archaeologists to a much bigger discovery. They found the remains of two colossal statues believed to depict Ramses II, the pharaoh some scholars believe may have confronted Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus. The finds were announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities earlier this month.  ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SETTLEMENT DISCOVERED FROM ERA THAT FUELED EXODUS DEBATE The farmer found the inscribed stone while working in a cucumber greenhouse on his property in the village of Behbeit El-Hagar, according to Egyptian news outlet Youm7. The man then alerted local archaeological authorities, who inspected the site and uncovered the remains of two statues during subsequent excavations, ministry officials said.  "One of the statues has been identified as depicting King Ramses II, while the other is also believed to represent the same pharaoh," the translated statement read. "The mission additionally discovered a pink granite block bearing hieroglyphic inscriptions that include several of the king's royal titles." Ramses II, who was born in 1303 B.C., was among the most powerful and influential pharaohs of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom period. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT TREASURE CACHE AT BIBLICAL CITY CONNECTED TO GENESIS Some scholars have suggested that Ramses II was the pharaoh described in the Book of Exodus, although the Old Testament does not identify the ruler by name. In the biblical account, the pharaoh refuses Moses' demands to free the Israelites, leading to a series of devastating plagues. Ramses II died in 1213 B.C. The first statue features a colossal head of Ramses II measuring more than 5 feet tall, officials said.  The pharaoh is depicted wearing a double crown, symbolizing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, while an inscription on the statue's back pillar bears one of his royal names. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Archaeologists estimate the original statue, including its base, may have stood nearly 28 feet tall. The second statue, also believed to depict Ramses II, measures nearly 8 feet long and is missing its legs and base. "The statue's head was also uncovered, with its facial features still clearly visible and well-preserved," officials said of the second statue. "These features closely resemble those of the first statue." Excavations and archaeological studies at the site are ongoing, officials added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "These investigations are expected to help researchers develop a clearer understanding of the two statues, the area's history and its architectural development during ancient Egyptian times," the statement concluded. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The discovery is the latest in a series of archaeological finds shedding new light on the ancient Egyptian ruler. In a similar discovery, archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II at a Nile Delta site northeast of Cairo earlier this year. Last year, Fox News Digital spoke with Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, an Egyptologist who identified ancient propaganda praising Ramses II on a 3,300-year-old obelisk in Paris' Place de la Concorde. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ca37876989b59d07bcbf Senate control is a coin flip — and Democrats’ path runs through Trump Country te 2026-10-28T10:11:03.663Z Senate control is a coin flip — and Democrats’ path runs through Trump Country With six days to go until Election Day, the battle for control of the Senate appears to be a jump ball, with the road to the majority running mostly through states President Donald Trump won in 2024. While the final Fox News Power Rankings ahead of the midterms revealed three key shifts in the direction of the Democrats, their hopes of retaking the Senate hinge on flipping seats in so-called Trump Country. As they fight to hold their slim House and Senate majorities, Republicans are fighting political history, as the party in power in Washington has traditionally lost seats during midterm election years. The GOP also faces a challenging political climate fueled by persistent inflation tied in part to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and Trump's increasingly negative approval ratings. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS IRAN LOOMS LARGE, CAN THE GOP KEEP THE FAITHFUL? Republicans currently control the Senate 53-47, with the Fox News Power Rankings rating the race for Senate control a toss-up. Both parties are three seats short of a majority, according to the forecast. Democrats are favored in 48 seats and Republicans are ahead in 47. The GOP needs to hold 50 seats to retain control of the chamber, since Republican Vice President JD Vance is the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. If Democrats ride a blue wave to victory by winning most or all of the competitive races, they could potentially come away from the midterms with up to 53 seats. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER But if Republicans have a good night and defy expectations, the GOP could hold the majority with up to 52 seats, according to the forecast. Ohio is one of the three shifts Fox News made in the final Power Rankings. It shifted from toss-up to Lean Democrat. Meanwhile, South Carolina moved from Likely Republican to Lean Republican, and Mississippi from Solid Republican to Likely Republican. DEMOCRACY 2026: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB In red-leaning Ohio, former longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is challenging appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted in the race to fill the final two years of the Senate term then-Sen. Vance won in 2022. In solidly Republican South Carolina, Democratic challenger Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, is taking on appointed Sen. Darlene Graham in the race to succeed the senator's older brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who unexpectedly died in July. And in Mississippi, a state Trump carried by 33 points two years ago, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith faces a challenge from Democratic District Attorney Scott Colom. Kansas, another red state, remains Lean Republican in the final Power Rankings. GOP Sen. Roger Marshall is facing a rough re-election as he battles Democrat Adam Hamilton, a pastor. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS Republicans are also playing defense in Alaska, Iowa, Maine and Texas, which are all rated toss-ups in the Power Rankings. In red-leaning Alaska, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan faces former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. In Republican-controlled Iowa, GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek are battling to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. Longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins is fighting for re-election in blue-leaning Maine against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president. And in red-leaning Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton is locked in an expensive and contentious showdown with Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in the race to succeed longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who was ousted by Paxton in a combustible Republican primary. Republicans hope to go on offense in Michigan, the fifth state listed as a toss-up in the Power Rankings. Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is taking on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrats' nominee, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The GOP is also trying to flip Senate seats in two blue states listed as Lean Democrat. In New Hampshire, former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu is facing off against Rep. Chris Pappas, a Democrat, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Meanwhile, in blue-tilting Minnesota where Democratic Sen. Tina Smith is retiring, Republican nominee Michele Tafoya, a former longtime NBC sportscaster, is taking on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat. With less than a week until Election Day, there are still plenty of undecided votes. "In Alaska, Iowa and Kansas, three states with recent high-quality polling, an average of 10% of voters say they haven’t decided who they will support or won’t support the major candidates," noted Remy Numa, a Fox News contributor who steers the network's Power Rankings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ca29876989b59d07bcb6 California rabbi accused of intentionally running down, killing worker painting Costco lot: prosecutors te 2026-10-28T10:10:49.354Z California rabbi accused of intentionally running down, killing worker painting Costco lot: prosecutors A California rabbi and educator allegedly drove his car directly at a 28-year-old worker as he painted lines in a Costco parking lot, intentionally striking and killing him, according to prosecutors. Abba Avrohom Bryski, 35, of Agoura Hills, is charged with murder in the Oct. 20 death of Nicholas Lang outside a Costco in Camarillo, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said. Ventura County jail records list Bryski's occupation as an "Educator/Rabbi." ACCUSED TEEN KILLER'S OWN DASHCAM COULD PROVE MURDER OF TWO GIRLS MOWED DOWN, LAWYER SAYS: 'NOT AN ACCIDENT' Lang was painting stripes at the Costco at about 8:30 p.m. when Bryski allegedly drove his Infiniti Q60 coupe at him and intentionally struck him, prosecutors said. Authorities have not disclosed what allegedly prompted Bryski to drive at Lang or whether the two men knew each other. WOMAN ACCUSED OF DEADLY REVENGE CRASH FACES JURY AS BOYFRIEND’S HOSPITAL ACCOUNT STAYS OUT OF TRIAL The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the Costco near the gas pumps at about 8:37 p.m. after a man was struck by a vehicle. Witnesses directed deputies to the driver, who was detained and identified as Bryski, the sheriff's office said. SILICON VALLEY DEVELOPER ACCUSED OF MURDER AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY TESLA REACHED 142 MPH BEFORE FATAL CRASH KTLA reported that Bryski was still sitting in his vehicle nearby when authorities arrived. Lang, of Modesto, was taken to Ventura County Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "This is a devastating and senseless loss of life," Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said. "The victim was at work, painting lines on a new parking lot, when his life was tragically cut short by an individual whose alleged actions demonstrated a shocking disregard for human life." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "We are committed to holding the defendant accountable and pursuing justice for the victim and his loved ones," Nasarenko added. MOTHER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL DAUGHTERS IN FREEWAY CRASH AND KNIFE ATTACK AS SOLDIERS STEP IN CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Bryski was arrested and booked into the Ventura County Jail on suspicion of murder. SEND US A TIP Prosecutors charged Bryski with murder and allege that he personally used a deadly weapon during the crime. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace officer. GOT A TIP? Bryski appeared in Ventura County Superior Court on Monday and continued his arraignment until Nov. 18 at 1:30 p.m. He remains in custody without bail. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Fox News Digital reached out to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office and Ventura County District Attorney's Office for additional information about what led up to Lang's death. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Fox News Digital also reached out to Chabad of the Conejo to determine whether Bryski is affiliated with the organization and to clarify his background as a rabbi. The investigation remains ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1ca1c876989b59d07bcad Unearthed filing shows largest teachers unions poured over $900 million into political activities te 2026-10-28T10:10:36.213Z Unearthed filing shows largest teachers unions poured over $900 million into political activities Two of the nation’s largest teachers unions spent hundreds of millions of dollars on political activism, lobbying and far-left advocacy groups over the last decade, according to a report from an education watchdog. According to an investigation by the North American Values Institute (NAVI), a nonprofit watchdog that tracks ideological activism in education, the National Education Association (NEA) spent at least $547 million on political activity and advocacy between fiscal years 2016 and 2025. That total includes $458.9 million filed officially as political activity and lobbying, along with an additional $88.2 million in direct funding to progressive advocacy organizations. To finance its political activities, "NEA delegates approved a $10 dues increase for a ballot-measure and media fund projected to generate more than $20 million annually," the report stated. With more than 3 million members, the NEA is the largest teachers union in the country. NATION’S LARGEST TEACHERS UNION UNDER FIRE AS CONTROVERSIAL AGENDA PUTS CENTURY-OLD FEDERAL CHARTER AT RISK "During a May 2026 curriculum-building webinar, NEA national education campaign manager Kyle Serrette described his work as 'movement building.' The event included classroom activities involving strikes, unionization, and comparisons between the Constitution and the Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Program," a NAVI spokesperson told Fox News Digital. NAVI claims the primary beneficiaries of the NEA’s spending are intermediary political groups — including the State Engagement Fund, Strategic Victory Fund, and State Victory Fund LLC — which received a combined $80.2 million. The watchdog noted that routing money through these political intermediaries makes it significantly harder for dues-paying union members to track where their money goes. The NEA also has its own super PAC, the NEA Advocacy Fund, which NAVI said received $116.9 million over the decade. The report also identified spending on international labor organizations. According to the report, $30.1 million went to Education International, a global federation of teachers unions that includes the General Union of Palestinian Teachers, which NAVI describes as an entity affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNS The findings follow earlier scrutiny of the union's financial disclosures. An NEA Form LM-2 tax disclosure obtained by NAVI showed millions of dollars directed to progressive advocacy initiatives and political causes, according to the watchdog. Meanwhile, the nation's second-largest teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), reported $383.2 million in political activity and lobbying expenditures between fiscal years 2016 and 2025, according to NAVI. "Of $331.95 million in itemized political payments, $123.35 million went to outside political organizations and committees, $179.99 million to affiliates and internal accounts, and $28.6 million to vendors and consultants," a NAVI spokesperson told Fox News Digital. According to NAVI, four national partisan political committees received a combined $45.7 million from the AFT, representing more than one-third of the union's payments to outside political organizations and committees. TEACHERS UNION FACING YEARS OF DEFICITS SEEKS TO BECOME OREGON'S LARGEST PAC, INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SHOW "The AFT spent heavily on political causes unrelated to traditional education bargaining, including $1 million on an Ohio redistricting measure, $1 million on Oregon's Measure 97, $1 million on California's Proposition 15 and $1.125 million across Wisconsin Supreme Court election cycles," a NAVI spokesperson stated. The spokesperson added that "the AFT provided at least $2.08 million in identifiable payments to Education International, the global teachers' federation that includes the PLO-affiliated General Union of Palestinian Teachers." NAVI concluded that the political activities of both the AFT and NEA extended far beyond core education policy into broader campaigns involving elections, redistricting, tax policy, foreign relations and ideological advocacy. Neither the AFT nor the NEA immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1c7c9876989b59d07bc3c JONATHAN TURLEY: Supreme Court must take Herridge case and protect reporters' sources te 2026-10-28T10:00:41.932Z JONATHAN TURLEY: Supreme Court must take Herridge case and protect reporters' sources Not long ago, former Fox News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge began a painful daily ritual. With her oldest son for support, she walked to the mailbox at the end of her street and dropped an envelope into the mail. It contained a check for a daily fine of $800 that she was ordered to pay to coerce her into revealing her confidential sources in a national security story that aired on Fox News in 2017. The money came from the college funds of her two children. As Herridge drained the savings of her military family, an alleged former colonel in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was demanding that a court increase the daily fine to $5,000. A court later rescinded the fines, but they will be reimposed unless the Supreme Court takes Herridge’s case and reverses the lower courts. Yanping Chen led a school called the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Northern Virginia, which catered to U.S. service members. According to investigators and experts, Chen’s past in the Chinese military suggested that UMT posed a national security danger, including by potentially gathering information on military personnel participating in its programs. The Department of Justice declined to prosecute Chen. Nevertheless, after Herridge's investigative report, the government terminated its contracts with UMT because it considered the school a national security risk. $800-A-DAY PENALTY THREATENS TO BLEED REPORTER DRY AS EXPLOSIVE LEGAL FIGHT HEADS TO SUPREME COURT In her investigation, Herridge published details that directly contradicted Chen, who denied being a colonel in the PLA. Herridge showed photos in her report of Chen in her PLA uniform, and a whistleblower said on camera that UMT collected information on the military training of its students and it was all remotely accessible from China on UMT’s computers. All of that would seem to be the makings of a Pulitzer, not a court sanction. It is not uncommon for journalists to be sued by aggrieved subjects of their stories for defamation or other civil claims. Those cases are routinely rejected given the protections for the press under First Amendment cases like New York Times v. Sullivan, requiring a higher burden of proof from public figures suing the media. However, Chen did not sue for defamation. She did not even name Herridge as a party. After all, Herridge is not being accused of writing anything false. Instead, Chen latched onto a clever tactic. The alleged PLA colonel sued under a law that does not exist in China: the Privacy Act. The Privacy Act regulates the government’s collection, storage, and use of private information, and includes a private right of action for citizens to sue for abuses or violations. She accused government officials of violating her privacy by serving as confidential sources to Herridge. Her counsel then subpoenaed Herridge and demanded that she reveal her sources. She refused. What is particularly alarming about this case is that the Privacy Act complaint was anemic and dubious from the outset. Much of what Chen references in her filing was available in the public domain. For example, Stephen Rhoads, a whistleblower and former UMT employee, was an FBI informant in the case and said publicly that Chen had admitted to him that she had been a PLA colonel and told him to lie about that fact when he was called to testify before a federal grand jury. Any viable claim is primarily based on the photos. However, given all the other information in the public domain, it would have been difficult to argue that the photos caused Chen substantial harm. Her association and alleged hidden former rank as a PLA colonel led the government to take action against her and UMT. However, Herridge had to litigate her claims of journalistic privilege in Washington, D.C. Despite being the single most important jurisdiction for investigative reporting, the federal courts in D.C. have long followed a more permissive approach to forcing the disclosure of confidential sources. Not only did Herridge find herself in a less-than-optimal circuit, but her supporters also raised concerns about the assigned judge. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, is the husband of respected attorney Amy Jeffress, who has been referenced in past Herridge stories and represents clients who have been subjects of her investigative reporting. In 2023, Judge Cooper ordered Herridge to identify her confidential sources. She refused. Cooper then held her in contempt and imposed a crippling $800-a-day fine. The D.C. Circuit later upheld his order. When Herridge asked the Supreme Court to intervene and stay the D.C. Circuit’s mandate it also declined (though Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated that he would have granted relief). She is now back on a final appeal, hoping four justices will let her present her case. They should grant this petition and address the morass left by the ill-considered 1972 precedent in Branzburg v. Hayes. One appellate judge summed up the view of many by saying that the standard in the case is "about as clear as mud." (United States v. Sterling, 724 F.3d 482, 523 (4th Cir. 2013) (Gregory, J., dissenting)). The result has been decades of dangerous ambiguity in an area that needs clear rules. Where circuits such as the First Circuit apply a balancing test that allows for greater contextual resolutions, the D.C. Circuit applies a standard that is easy to satisfy. Chen needed only to show that (1) the source is central to her case and (2) she has exhausted other avenues of discovery. That test could have allowed Nixon officials to force Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to disclose the identity of Deep Throat as a Privacy Act violation. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Herridge's counsel has argued that the Court should adopt the more protective standards applied outside of Washington or create a new standard. One suggested approach is to allow a judge to consider whether a case is likely to survive a motion for summary judgment before ordering such disclosure. In this case, Chen is unlikely to secure any relief based solely on the photos, given the rest of the publicly available information about her past in the Chinese military. Ironically, Chen is seeking to use rights that are denied in China in a way that would seriously undermine the protections of a free press in this country. However, if she thought ruinous fines would force disclosure of such sources in a national security case, she tangled with the wrong reporter. Herridge has long been a champion of journalistic privilege, even when fighting news organizations. Years ago, I disclosed in a column how CBS News seized Herridge's files containing confidential source information after she left the network. Herridge refused to yield and forced the network to surrender the files. Herridge is not asking for immunity. She is seeking to establish a fair standard, so a court can balance interests in cases such as hers. Chen was able to repurpose the Privacy Act as a way to circumvent press protections in areas like defamation. It would be particularly concerning if an alleged former colonel in the PLA whom DOD found to be a national security threat could claim privacy violations to force the disclosure of national security sources. There is ample ground here to strike a reasonable balance, but the Court must first accept review in Herridge v. Chen. Jonathan Turley previously worked for CBS News and currently works at Fox News as a legal analyst. His views do not necessarily reflect those of those networks. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM JONATHAN TURLEY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1c306876989b59d07bb85 What's next for Ilhan Omar? Former immigration judge breaks down legal risks amid federal probes te 2026-10-28T09:40:22.259Z What's next for Ilhan Omar? Former immigration judge breaks down legal risks amid federal probes MINNEAPOLIS — A former federal immigration judge says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is under investigation, could face both criminal charges and denaturalization. There are two federal probes ongoing into the congresswoman — the first into alleged immigration fraud and the second involving her financial disclosures and a sharp discrepancy reported just one year apart. "If somebody who's a naturalized citizen — which I believe Ilhan Omar is — is convicted of a crime, that doesn't automatically mean that they face denaturalization or anything like that," Nathan Hansen, an attorney of 23 years, told Fox News Digital. "They would be handled by any type of other normal punishment that would come from the court." Hansen was appointed by former Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as an immigration judge earlier this year. He served in the role for four months. GREGG JARRETT: ILHAN OMAR COULD FACE INDICTMENT, DENATURALIZATION AND DEPORTATION Denaturalization proceedings are separate from any criminal case that could arise from the federal investigation into Omar, whose "real name," according to sources familiar with the investigation, is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. Omar is under investigation for alleged immigration fraud related to the way she or her late father filled out her citizenship paperwork. "A denaturalization proceeding, or somebody to strip somebody of their naturalization, is another proceeding, which would be a civil proceeding brought by the Department of Justice, presumably maybe on behalf of the Department for Homeland Security, who handles most of these things," said Hansen. HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN "If there was some sort of nexus between the criminal conviction and somebody's citizenship, It might be more likely that The Department of Justice would bring a denaturalization proceeding," Hansen continued. "But I think it would be a discretionary matter within the people who are running the Justice Department." Omar's Washington, D.C. home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the principal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the early morning hours of Oct. 12. During the raid, investigators reportedly seized the congresswoman's phone, passport and computer. Fox News later confirmed that authorities are in possession of her DNA. Regarding the case, observers have speculated that if indeed Omar has broken the law, statutes of limitations could hinder a prosecution. Hansen has seen those claims, but doesn't believe them to be valid. "My view of that is generally that fraud stops any statute of limitations. In other words, if something isn't disclosed or something's hidden, then it would be unfair to the other party to toll a statute of limitations against them," said Hansen. "That's just sort of a general principle of law." FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE PHONE OF REP ILHAN OMAR IN RAID TIED TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD PROBE Asked about the prevalence of immigration fraud in general, Hansen pointed to the sheer number of pending immigration and removal cases across the country an in Minnesota. "I think I would take it from a 30,000 foot view of just the amount of cases that the United States is facing right now of people coming here," he said. "It's got to be in the tens of millions of people coming here, I think, but certainly millions." He said that in Minnesota alone, there are 20,000 to 30,000 removal cases pending that do not have a scheduled court date, due to a massive backlog of immigration-related cases. "Whether you want to call it fraud or whatever, it's like an overwhelming of the system and the system is not being used in the way in which it was intended," he explained. Bogus asylum claims are also contributing to the backlog, Hansen explained. ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS "Asylum relief has to do with protected grounds," he said. "The most common ones are that, 'I was persecuted at the acquiescence or directly at the behest at the government I am fleeing from based upon my race, my religion, my ethnicity [or] my political views.' These are common claims." Hansen said that during the time when he was an immigration judge, he frequently saw claims that "just totally didn't add up," or documents provided by the applicant were "clearly fake." "There were other asylum applications that just clearly lacked merit under existing law," he continued. "I mean, people would — I've seen cases where people would say, 'well, people insulted me in my country.' And my response to that is, 'your country probably provides more protection against insults than the United States. In the United States we have freedom of speech, and for the most part, you can be as rude as you want to someone and insult them, and it's not a crime.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1be86876989b59d07bab7 Can a Democrat stop Iowa’s red drift? 5 moments from the governor’s debate te 2026-10-28T09:21:10.836Z Can a Democrat stop Iowa’s red drift? 5 moments from the governor’s debate Zach Lahn, a businessman, and Rob Sand, a former Iowa assistant attorney general and two-term state auditor, are competing to succeed retiring Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has served as governor for nearly a decade. The opponents faced off Tuesday night for a 90-minute debate where they discussed fraud, culture wars and data centers, and even found agreement on some issues. The race in Iowa is the state's first open gubernatorial showdown in 20 years, with Reynolds last year announcing she wouldn't seek re-election. Sand, the only Democrat to currently hold statewide office in Iowa, quickly became his party's frontrunner and faced no opposition in this year's primary. Lahn, a self-described entrepreneur and farmer, had to navigate a crowded and contentious primary battle. He won a five-candidate Republican nomination race that included Rep. Randy Feenstra, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. Sand is aiming to become the first Democrat in two decades elected governor in Iowa, a one-time swing state that's shifted to the right over the past decade. The final Fox News Power Rankings ahead of Election Day rated the race between Lahn and Sand as Lean Democrat. Here are the five top moments. DRAG QUEENS, TRANS PASTOR, ABORTION RALLIES: INSIDE DEM GOVERNOR HOPEFUL'S PROGRESSIVE CHURCH The candidates differed on several culture war issues, such as abortion, parental rights and childhood transgender concerns. Sand affirmed that he would refuse to sign any new bill that he deemed culturally "divisive." "The divisive stuff that people don’t agree on, let’s end that," Sand said. "So vetoing culture war bills to me is just a different way to say I want us to put 100% of our legislating time into issues that impact 100% of Iowans." Sand also said that there is pressure from Republicans and the right to implement greater restrictions on abortion, even though the state has already implemented a six-week ban. "It’s incredibly restrictive," Sand said. "I do not think we have to go further but a lot of the folks in the legislature said when that ban became law that they want to go further. I would veto going further." Meanwhile, Lahn said he is "100%" behind culture battles being fought by conservatives. "There is an issue with these ideologies infiltrating into our culture and I think parents, especially when we talk about some of these issues coming up in schools, they’re just looking for something they should be able to count on. And I think it is absolutely important that we put every single protection in place to make that our daughters are protected, that girls are protected, that women’s sports are protected," Lahn said. Lahn also said that he was motivated to run for office to protect the most vulnerable. "That's the lives of the unborn. That’s our daughters. That’s the young kids in school," Lahn said. MEDICAID PROVIDER ALLEGEDLY BILLED $165K FOR DEAD PATIENT'S RIDES AMONG FRAUD EXPOSED IN EXPLOSIVE REPORT Fraud and improper spending of taxpayer dollars was top of mind for both Lahn and Sand, but the candidates differed in their approaches to tackling corruption. Sand, who used to be the state's auditor, pushed for mandated audits on the state's Education Savings Account program, calling it "common-sense." "They're not required to have audits, and they need to have rules for how that money gets spent," Sand said. "Same things that would get you in trouble as a public school should get you in trouble as a private school if you're taking public money. If you don't want to abide by those rules, then you can continue to not take public money." Lahn said during his time as auditor he saw payments being made to dead people and accused Gov. Reynolds of signing a law known as Senate File 478, claiming it made it harder for auditors to do their job. "They changed the law to make it harder for us to find misspent tax money," Sand said. "This is something that every single government watchdog in America that weighed in on said would be a terrible law that would lead to an increase in waste, fraud and abuse." Meanwhile, Lahn maintained that schools should be audited by third parties instead of being under government oversight. "I think third-party auditing is where it should go," Lahn said. "I think we could do something very similar, which allows these schools to still have their privacy, but make sure that the funds are being spent properly." Lahn also raised concerns of improper Medicaid payments, pointing to the fraud allegations from Minnesota's state program. He argued for implemented advanced technologies like blockchain to ensure that money is being properly spent. "This would create thousands of citizen auditors trying to find every single dollar that the government is wasting. And we start at the state level. Then we go down to the county level as well, where we can have radical transparency in spending," Lahn said. "We all want to have more efficient government. One of the best ways to do it is through radical transparency." DEMOCRATS AIM TO KILL SCHOOL CHOICE FROM WISCONSIN TO THE REST OF THE US Iowa's Education Savings Account program, which provides taxpayer dollars to families to cover tuition for private schools, faced scrutiny by Sand, who called for income restrictions on the program, pointing to the state facing a $1.1 billion deficit. "We are putting hundreds of millions of dollars every single year into the pockets of people who have plenty of money, good for them, and are already going to send their kids to private school, fine by me, but your tax dollars don’t need to go pay for that," Sand said. Lahn argued that the program was a "foundational freedom" and that when a school program isn't meeting a child's needs, parents should be able to go elsewhere regardless of their income. "I think that there's no such thing as government money," Lahn said. "There's the people's money, this is their money." The candidates also disagreed over whether private schools that receive public funding should be allowed to turn away students — an issue the Supreme Court will consider this term in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case from Colorado. "Private schools that are taking public money should have to take which ever students say they want to attend there," Sand said. "The fact that they don’t have to right now exposes the gulf between the rhetoric around this program and what it actually does because right now private schools can pick and choose which students can come in the front door." Lahn said the "best model" is for parents to have different options for what fits their child's needs best. "If you put these restrictions on schools, many of them, especially the smallest ones, will be burdened to a great degree," Lahn said. Sand and Lahn both agreed that data centers need to pay their "fair share" if they want to be building in Iowa. The topic of data centers — which has become a flashpoint issue this election cycle — was first raised by Sand when discussing his plan for balancing the state's budget was to cease giving data companies tax breaks. "Data centers should be paying all their taxes and then some," Sand said. "If they need to build the grid out to do what they need to do, they can pay for that." "Financially speaking, they should be contributing to the state of Iowa, and if they don't want to contribute, they can build somewhere else," Sand continued. Lahn said that he agreed with his opponent, noting it may be "the one thing" that they both agreed on. "A hundred billion dollar multinational company does not need welfare from the people of Iowa," Lahn said. He said that there was a data center receiving $529 million in property tax abatements and were only required to create 30 jobs to receive the tax break. "Not only is this happening too quickly with data centers, but it's also happening in a way that we feel like we're being take advantage of," Lahn said. "What they need to do is pay their fair share, and we need to actually create a new class of property tax, which would be above industrial, because these are employing far fewer people per square foot, and we need to have a higher rate of property, a property tax there," Lahn said. To end the debate, the moderators asked Lahn and Sand, who both have pledged support to protecting Second Amendment rights, if there was any legislation that they would sign to restrict or regulate firearms. Lahn shared that he's not in favor of signing any new restrictions, saying the state is in a "good place." Sand said that its important for law abiding citizens to be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights, but that he supported background checks. The question comes weeks after three children were gunned down in an elementary school in Oregon. Lahn pointed out that the school shooter was killed by a parent, who had a concealed carry permit. "I think that the last thing we want to do is restrict the ability for lawful, citizens that are carrying firearms to protect the people they love in their communities. That's something that we need to make sure we're protecting," Lahn said. Sand shared a story about how he, while prosecuting a man who was out on bail, he learned the man had received a concealed carry permit. "If I convicted him, and I knew that he could be following me to my hotel, or following me to dinner at night, or following me to court in the morning, this suit was one of the suits that I was carrying that weapon in," Sand said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1be72876989b59d07baa5 OLIVIA TRUSTY: FCC’s New Cyber Trust Mark aims to make all of our smart home safer homes te 2026-10-28T09:20:50.758Z OLIVIA TRUSTY: FCC’s New Cyber Trust Mark aims to make all of our smart home safer homes Before purchasing a new refrigerator, consumers can look for the Energy Star label to understand how efficiently it uses energy. Before purchasing food at the grocery store, consumers can look for the USDA Organic label to understand how it was produced. But before purchasing an internet-connected camera, baby monitor or door lock that we put in some of our most private spaces, consumers have no comparably simple way to know whether that device was designed to keep hackers out. The Federal Communications Commission is working to change that with the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program. This voluntary cybersecurity labeling program is intended to make security easier to understand by helping consumers quickly identify internet-connected products that meet established cybersecurity requirements. Some of these requirements include making sure the product protects consumer data, limits access to authorized users and securely updates software. Qualifying devices will also provide consumers with clear information about manufacturer support so that consumers do not need to become cybersecurity experts to protect themselves. WHAT A SMART FIREWALL DOES AND WHY IT MATTERS ON HOME WI-FI Products that meet the Cyber Trust Mark requirements will ultimately display a label with a distinctive shield that quickly lets Americans know the connected product they’re bringing into their homes meets certain baseline cybersecurity requirements. The shield will be accompanied by a QR code that consumers can scan to find accessible and up-to-date information about the product’s security. A buyer can learn, for example, how to change a factory-set password, where to find security updates and how long the manufacturer has committed to supporting the product. The FCC is working to roll out the Cyber Trust Mark program to a retailer near you by next year. FBI SAYS RUSSIAN HACKERS HIJACKED OLD WI-FI ROUTERS The commission’s efforts have taken on new urgency as cyberattacks increase and American homes become more connected. On average, there are approximately 20 to 25 connected devices in a typical U.S. household, and close to 1 million Internet-of-Things-related cyberattacks per day. To meet the commission’s 2027 implementation timeline, the ioXt Alliance, an organization with extensive security experience, was selected earlier this year as the lead administrator to manage the daily operations of the program. And in the coming months, the FCC will seek public comment on the design and use of the label, technical standards and testing procedures to determine product eligibility, and post-market surveillance rules to preserve the integrity of the Cyber Trust Mark label throughout the life of a qualifying product. APPLE WANTS TO MOVE INTO YOUR HOME. SHOULD YOU LET IT? As the FCC moves forward on each of these program elements, we welcome feedback from manufacturers, retailers, cybersecurity researchers, consumer advocates and other interested parties to make sure we get the details right. Because in addition to giving consumers more tools to protect themselves, our goal is to maximize participation in this program among product manufacturers. Manufacturers that participate will have a visible way of demonstrating their commitment to security. They will also distinguish themselves from competitors that lack this certification and give retailers and online marketplaces the opportunity to highlight the trusted products they sell. And before long, this will create economic incentives for others to build security into their products at the design stage and not bolted on only after a vulnerability has been discovered. CHINA-LINKED HACKERS INFILTRATED US GOVERNMENT NETWORKS BEFORE FBI TAKEDOWN These, among other benefits, can be expected from the Cyber Trust Mark program, but consumers should be aware that no label can promise that a product will never be hacked. This is why the Cyber Trust Mark program represents just one part of the FCC’s broader commitment to strengthening cybersecurity. Other commission-led initiatives include removing untrustworthy equipment from U.S. communications networks, improving the integrity of our equipment authorization process and increasing transparency into the foreign ownership and control of entities operating critical communications systems across the country. Each line of effort addresses a different point of vulnerability. Secure networks require equipment from trusted sources. Resilient infrastructure requires responsible operators. And connected homes require products designed with cybersecurity in mind. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION To be clear, the Cyber Trust Mark program is not intended to put the burden of cybersecurity squarely on consumers. It is a practical tool for consumers to protect themselves while continuing to implement strong passwords, multifactor authentication and security upgrades. And manufacturers are still expected to adopt reasonable cybersecurity practices whether or not they participate in the program. This is merely a way to keep consumers informed while rewarding companies that invest in security and raising expectations across the connected-device marketplace. The bottom line is that the promise of the smart home should not come at the expense of the secure home. And by next year, the Cyber Trust Mark will help make security a standard feature of a connected home – not an afterthought. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1be6d876989b59d07ba9c DSA-affiliated Senate nominee sparks bipartisan uproar with comments on communist dictatorship te 2026-10-28T09:20:45.888Z DSA-affiliated Senate nominee sparks bipartisan uproar with comments on communist dictatorship Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon is facing a wave of criticism over her response to a seemingly straightforward question about whether Cuba is a dictatorship, months after joining the Democratic Socialists of America as she campaigns for statewide office in a state shaped by generations of Cuban exiles. "You know, that is what people have told me. I have never been to Cuba, and so I will have to take their word for it," Nixon told CBS News when asked directly whether she considers Cuba a dictatorship. Nixon later pushed back on critics who portrayed her answer as a refusal to acknowledge Cuba's government as a dictatorship, saying she was referring to Cubans she has spoken with who described the country that way and that she believes them. WHO IS ANGIE NIXON? BULLHORN-WIELDING SOCIALIST UPSETS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE IN SUNSHINE STATE STUNNER "It's disappointing to have to say this, but CBS News, this is a serious failure of editorial reporting," Nixon wrote on X in response to the network's initial post about the exchange. "I clearly state in this clip that while I have not personally been to Cuba, I have spoken with Cubans who have described it as a dictatorship, and I believe them," she continued. "To claim I declined to answer the question is categorically false. That is not journalism. It is misinformation." CBS subsequently deleted its original post, which had characterized Nixon as declining to say whether Cuba is a dictatorship, and reposted the interview with an editor's note acknowledging that the earlier version "did not accurately portray Rep. Nixon's answer." But Nixon's underlying response still drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans. Among the Democrats criticizing Nixon was Phil Ehr, the party's nominee in Florida's 28th Congressional District, who tied his concerns directly to conversations he said he has had with Cuban-American voters while campaigning in South Florida. VAN JONES WARNS FAR-LEFT SOCIALIST AGENDA IS 'REGRESSIVE' THREAT TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY "I can't get past this after spending a week at early voting sites and seeing firsthand how frightened so many Cuban Americans are," Ehr wrote on X alongside a photo from an early-voting site. "People like this woman thanked us for standing up not only against DSA rhetoric, but for their dignity and humanity." In a separate statement, Ehr called Cuba a "communist dictatorship" and said there was "nothing progressive about making excuses for communist dictatorships." He added that he would "not stand behind Angie Nixon or defend her remarks," declaring, "If the Democratic party is unwilling to condemn them, I will." Ehr was not the only Florida Democrat to object. Elliott Rodriguez, the Democratic nominee in Florida's 27th Congressional District, said that while he and Nixon "agree on many issues," Cuba's status was not among them. "Cuba being a dictatorship is not a matter of opinion. It is a fact," Rodriguez wrote, pointing to political prisoners, repression and Cubans who have died seeking freedom. FLA DEM SEN-NOMINEE ANGIE NIXON BACKED ABOLISHING ELECTORAL COLLEGE, RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN RESURFACED CLIPS Republicans criticized the exchange as well, including Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who argued Nixon's answer reflected a broader problem within the Democratic Party. "Like many of her Democrat colleagues who can't seem to define what a woman is, we now have a candidate for the U.S. Senate who can't define a dictatorship," Scott wrote on X. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., was similarly blunt, calling Nixon's response "the craziest thing I've ever heard." "Of COURSE the Castro regime is a dictatorship," Donalds wrote. "It's sad to see what has become of the Democrat Party. They are fully consumed by socialism." The controversy comes months after Nixon joined the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a membership that has previously drawn questions about where she stands on the organization's positions involving Cuba. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER In an August interview with CBS Miami, Nixon was asked specifically about DSA's praise of Fidel Castro and distanced herself from the group's position. "I don't believe he's someone that should be praised," Nixon said, while adding that she does not agree with every position taken by DSA. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1be5e876989b59d07ba93 Dem eyeing Sen comeback to fix ‘broken DC system’ raked in cash from establishment Queen: 'Jekyll and Hyde' te 2026-10-28T09:20:30.485Z Dem eyeing Sen comeback to fix ‘broken DC system’ raked in cash from establishment Queen: 'Jekyll and Hyde' FIRST ON FOX: Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has pitched himself as a Washington outsider fighting against a broken system, but records reviewed by Fox News Digital show his campaign pocketed tens of thousands of dollars from Nancy Pelosi, one of the most notable establishment figures in Washington, D.C., whose husband is a prolific stock trader. A vocal critic of members of Congress "who are too busy lining their own pockets" and trading stocks, Brown's campaign has accepted a total of $33,000 from Pelosi-affiliated committees since 2006, including $28,000 since February 2024, according to Federal Election Commission records. Brown has taken a firm stance against congressional stock trading, writing on his campaign website, "No one – NO ONE – who serves in Congress, or their spouse, should be able to trade stocks. They also shouldn’t be able to turn around when they leave office and become a lobbyist. If you can’t agree to that, you shouldn’t be in public office." Just weeks after announcing his comeback bid last year, Brown received $7,000 from committees affiliated with Pelosi. PAC to the Future gave $5,000, while Nancy Pelosi for Congress gave $2,000. WATCH: DEM CANDIDATE GRILLED ON STOCK TRADING AFTER BEING DUPED WITH SELFIE REQUEST Mehek Cooke, a GOP strategist and attorney in Ohio, told Fox News Digital that Brown has always sided with the Democratic establishment and has "never worked for us." "I hate when people present themselves as one thing and then turn their backs on you in Washington," Cooke said, calling it another example of Brown’s "Jekyll and Hyde" platform. She pointed to Brown’s lengthy career in politics as proof that he has been part of a system for "50 plus years" that he frequently condemns. The former House speaker and her husband, Paul Pelosi, have an estimated net worth of roughly $278 million, according to a 2026 Yahoo Finance report. A 2025 New York Post report also found the couple made more than $130 million in stock profits during her congressional career. In statement to Fox News Digital, Nicholas Martin, a spokesperson for Pelosi, denied she had any involvement in stock trading. "Speaker Pelosi does not own any stocks and has no knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions," Martin wrote. Pelosi stood behind lawmakers trading individual stocks during a 2021 press briefing, saying, "We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that," before changing course in early 2022. Last year, Pelosi supported a ban, saying, "We must have strong transparency, robust accountability and tough enforcement for financial conduct in office because the American people deserve confidence that their elected leaders are serving the public interest — not their personal portfolios." FOX NEWS POLL: GENDER GAP AND POCKETBOOK PAIN SHAPE OHIO SENATE RACE Brown’s position comes amid ongoing debate over congressional stock trading, with critics arguing the controversial practice gives lawmakers an unfair advantage. Last month, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed bill, the Stop Insider Trading Act, that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks, arguing it wasn’t strong enough. Brown, recruited to run by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, is looking to reclaim a seat in the U.S. Senate and will face Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio’s closely watched midterm race. Brown, a former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was first elected to the Senate in 2006 before losing his 2024 re-election bid to Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. EX-HOUSE DEM WHO RIPPED CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING BAN AS 'BULLS---' CHANGES HER TUNE IN COMEBACK BID This is not the first time Brown has faced questions over his campaign donations. Fox News Digital reported in September that Brown targeted Husted over Ohio’s data centers in a campaign ad featuring a facility owned by Google, despite its PAC and lobbyists donating thousands of dollars to his campaigns. Cooke said Brown will continue accepting money from prominent Democrats like Pelosi rather than fighting "for the working man." "Sherrod Brown's always going to be part of the broken Washington system that President Trump just flipped upside down when he got into office," Cooke said. Fox News Digital reached out to Brown's campaign for comment. "Sherrod Brown spent 32 years in Washington literally building the system he now calls ‘rigged,’" Husted campaign spokesperson Amy Natoce told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Brown is backed and funded by the same people he claims to oppose - this is just another stunning example of Sherrod Brown’s hypocrisy and the fact that he’s willing to lie to Ohio families." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1be57876989b59d07ba8a MEHEK COOKE: Trump’s record is the GOP’s best weapon in the midterms te 2026-10-28T09:20:23.566Z MEHEK COOKE: Trump’s record is the GOP’s best weapon in the midterms From campaign speeches and television appearances to debates, Democrats have made their entire midterm strategy painfully clear: Repeat President Donald Trump’s name and blame him for everything. Since September 1, Democrats have spent more than $163 million on television advertisements mentioning Trump. They are betting that relentless attacks on President Trump will distract voters from their failure to offer solutions. Republicans’ winning strategy is to go all in on President Trump’s record and his blueprint for public safety, border security, affordability and government accountability. A new Fox News Poll found that 72% of voters said one reason for their congressional vote would be to express either support or opposition to President Trump. Republican candidates should lean in because voters have already placed Trump at the center of the election. Republicans have a clear roadmap to victory based on the numbers. Voters trust the GOP over Democrats by 10 points on crime, eight points on border security and three points on immigration. These issues powered President Trump’s 2024 victory and are now backed by measurable results: a secure border, stronger law enforcement, and safer communities. His broader record also includes an aggressive crackdown on government fraud. ‘PHANTOM’ OBAMACARE ACCOUNTS SPARK NEW CRACKDOWN AS OZ TARGETS BROKER FRAUD Democrats may currently lead the generic ballot, but Republicans can close the gap by making the election about Trump’s winning record. That case begins at the border, where Trump has achieved one of the biggest policy victories in modern American history. New DHS data show that Border Patrol recorded fewer than 99,000 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, a 95% decline from the annual average of more than 1.8 million under former President Biden. It was also the first fiscal year in history with zero Border Patrol releases. Democrats insisted that sweeping border legislation, more money and another Washington compromise were necessary to enforce the law, secure the border and protect American citizens. On day one, Trump used existing legal authority, restored consequences for those who entered the country illegally and proved that much of the crisis resulted from policy choices, not a lack of presidential authority. The loss of American lives, a deadly fentanyl crisis and federal failures that left vulnerable migrant children exposed to trafficking and exploitation were a direct result of political choices made by the Biden administration. President Trump is securing America on two fronts: protecting families through immigration enforcement and protecting taxpayer dollars through his crackdown on fraud. The federal government loses an estimated $233 billion to $521 billion annually to fraud, and Trump is confronting that theft. His anti-fraud task force. The Trump administration also canceled approximately 315,000 confirmed unauthorized Obamacare enrollments covering more than 760,000 people, and those cancellations are expected to save approximately $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. The difference between Republicans and Democrats is clear. President Trump believes government must protect law-abiding Americans, while Democrats repeatedly defend systems that protect criminals, fraudsters and illegal immigrants from consequences. Trump’s progress is undeniable, but voters still feel the cost of groceries, gas and health care. The same poll found that 60% consider the cost of living their top economic concern. DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'LL MAKE LIFE AFFORDABLE. YOUR WALLET MAY DISAGREE To address voters’ concerns, Republicans should explain that affordability involves more than what families pay at the grocery store or doctor’s office. It also includes the costs of failed border enforcement, what Washington takes from their paychecks and whether government protects that money. The immigration surge that began under Biden in 2021 imposed costs on state and local governments, with the largest expenses falling on schools, shelters and border security, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Federal Reserve has also acknowledged that immigration can increase rent growth in the short term when housing demand grows faster than supply. When Democrats failed to control illegal entry, local taxpayers and families searching for affordable housing faced the consequences. TRUMP IS FIGHTING OBAMACARE FRAUD. DEMOCRATS ARE DEFENDING THE NUMBERS Fraud follows the same pattern. When it goes unchecked, taxpayers finance improper payments while eligible Americans and legitimate programs compete for what remains. Every dollar Trump stops from reaching a fraudster is one taxpayers do not have to replace through higher taxes or additional borrowing. President Trump’s record makes the connection clear: Affordability begins with enforcing the law and protecting the money families already earned. While Democrats burn time and resources making the midterms a referendum on President Trump, Republicans must double down on his accomplishments and show how America is safer and government is more accountable than it was two years ago. They must also remind voters what Democratic control could bring: impeachment hearings, targeted investigations and two more years of partisan warfare. Do Americans really want Congress focused on investigating the president instead of lowering costs? Democrats made the midterms about stopping Trump. Republicans must make them about protecting what he delivered. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc87876989b59d07ba57 Sheriff’s Area Four report te 2026-10-28T09:12:39.685Z Sheriff’s Area Four report The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity in Area 4 during the period of Oct. 11-17. Area 4 covers approximately 1,800 square miles, and encompasses the unincorporated areas of Snowflake/Taylor, Shumway, Cedar Hills, White Mountain Lake and Show Low Pines. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by the officers are accused of committing criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. At 8:27 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, Xzavier Campa, 20, of Snowflake was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal damage after deputies were dispatched to the 5400 block of Valley Road in Snowflake in reference to a disorderly subject. Campa was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 6:46 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, Michael Reed, 48, of Snowflake was arrested for disorderly conduct involving a weapon after deputies were dispatched to the 5200 block of Sour Dough Road in Snowflake in reference to a threatening incident. Reed was booked into the county jail. At 11:23 p.m. on Thursday, Joseph Alvarez, 25, of Taylor was arrested for criminal speeding following a traffic stop in the area of State Route 277 and milepost 335 in Snowflake. Alvarez was booked into the county jail. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc70876989b59d07ba4e Lobos couldn’t break 0-0 tie against St. Johns te 2026-10-28T09:12:16.708Z Lobos couldn’t break 0-0 tie against St. Johns Snowflake's boys' soccer team battled to a 0-0 overtime tie with top-ranked St. John's on Tuesday last week. Their regular-season finale, scheduled at Lobo Stadium vs. Holbrook on Thursday, was canceled because of heavy lightning in the area. That match will not be made up because the state tournament begins on Tuesday of this week. … Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc5c876989b59d07ba45 Lady Lobos take down the Cougars te 2026-10-28T09:11:56.642Z Lady Lobos take down the Cougars Snowflake regrouped from back-to-back losses to the two top-ranked teams in 3A a week ago, with a straight-sets win over visiting Show Low on Tuesday. That win moved their regular season mark to 11-4.  They have two matches left in the regular season, both against top 10 teams. Monday, they will host seventh-ranked Blue Ridge,… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc50876989b59d07ba3c Juvenile arrested for firearms theft te 2026-10-28T09:11:44.721Z Juvenile arrested for firearms theft At approximately 2:06 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, officers with the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department investigated a report of a suspicious juvenile carrying what appeared to be a firearm in the fields between Papermill Road and Walmart in Taylor. During the investigation, officers located and detained a 15-year-old boy who had fled into a nearby wooded area. Officers recovered a rifle, and the juvenile admitted to discharging the firearm within Taylor city limits. Further investigation connected the rifle to a separate firearms theft reported on Oct. 19, at a residence in Taylor. Investigators determined that two firearms had been stolen from a vehicle. Both firearms were subsequently recovered. The juvenile was booked into the Navajo County Juvenile Detention Center on charges related to burglary, theft of firearms, minor in possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within city limits. The investigation highlights the importance of reporting suspicious activity and promptly notifying law enforcement of suspected criminal activity. The Snowflake-Taylor Police Department appreciates the community's assistance in helping keep our neighborhoods safe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc3c876989b59d07ba33 Snowflake-Taylor police report te 2026-10-28T09:11:24.623Z Snowflake-Taylor police report The following incidents were among the 182 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department during the period of Oct. 14-20. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by STPD officers are accused of committing a civil violation or of criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. At 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, Shirley Klassen, 78, of Show Low, was cited and released for shoplifting after an officer responded to a report of shoplifting at Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor. At 5:09 p.m. on Wednesday, someone reported that town signs were removed and placed into the box and other areas at the Snowflake Public Library, located at 418 S. 4th W. St. in Snowflake. At 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, Matthew Johnson, 35, of Snowflake was arrested on two warrants after an officer initiated activity on North Main Street in Taylor. Johnson was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 1:12 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, Skyler Lavender, 21, of Snowflake, was arrested for shoplifting and driving with a suspended license after an employee of Circle K, located at 315 N. Main St., in Snowflake reported the theft of alcohol. Lavender was booked into the county jail. At 5:01 a.m. on Friday, a resident reported that a vehicle struck a road sign at the corner of Highland Avenue and North Snowflake Heights Blvd., knocking it to the ground before fleeing the scene. The vehicle was not identified but pieces of the vehicle were left at the scene. At 1:50 p.m. on Friday,    Robert Coultard, 72, of Show Low, was cited and released for disorderly conduct following a report of a fight in the Walmart parking lot. At 5:19 p.m. on Friday, Laci Cox, 43, of Snowflake was arrested for organized retail theft and a warrant after an employee of Walmart reported the theft of a cart full of items. Cox was booked into the county jail. At 7:06 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, a gate at Snowflake Cemetery on 390 S. 4th W. St. in Snowflake was damaged by a vehicle that was no longer at the scene. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc2a876989b59d07ba2a Bulldogs prepare for final game te 2026-10-28T09:11:06.180Z Bulldogs prepare for final game On Oct. 30, the Winslow Bulldogs will host the Scouts of Window Rock for their final game of the season. Prior to the game the Bulldogs will honor the senior members of the football team and the band. Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. This past week on Oct. 23, the Winslow Bulldogs traveled to… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc26876989b59d07ba21 WPD arrest report te 2026-10-28T09:11:02.433Z WPD arrest report The following persons were cited, charged, or arrested by Winslow police officers recently. These persons are accused of committing criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. Monday, Sept. 28: Gerald Johnson, 29, assault and disorderly conduct; Mackenzie Shebala, 33, failure to appear; Antonia Brito, 26, criminal damage and disorderly conduct; Ginger Clay-Phillips, 65, failure to yield the right-of-way; Ernie Spencer, 71, trespassing and two counts of violation of a court order; and Cassio Ahasteen, 24, a warrant. Tuesday, Sept. 29: Irvin Poleahla, 34, violation of a court order. Wednesday, Sept. 30: Gilbert Crespo, 53, driving on a suspended license; and Regina Condon, 49, failure to appear. Thursday, Oct. 1: Rhonda Qotswisiwma, 57, endangerment and reckless driving; and Tremayne Lee, 39, violation of a court order. Friday, Oct. 2: Carlos Nezzie, 50, burglary, domestic violence and violation of a court order; Edison Dixon Jr., 41, violation of a court order; Trevor Begay, 32, failure to appear; Tyrone Nunsuch, 40, a warrant; and Sheridan Wagoner, 33, failure to appear. Saturday, Oct. 3: Samuel Kaye, 47, violation of a court order; Brian Nastacio, 42, violation of a court order; Joseph David, 55, a warrant; Lester Tunney, 70, failure to appear; and Forrest Pochoema, 31, violation of a court order. Sunday, Oct. 4: Kamara Bonner, 18, driving on a suspended license; Evander Lee, 42, violation of a court order; Ernie Spencer, 71, violation of a court order; Virginia Begay, 60, violation of a court order; and Kyle Tootsie, 40, a warrant. Monday, Oct. 5: Hanson Williams, 47, a warrant; and Edison Dixon Jr., 41, violation of a court order. Tuesday, Oct. 6: Norville Riggs, 62, violation of a court order; Eisa John, 18, trespassing and underage drinking; and Jerimiah Elliott, 25, trespassing and violation of probation. Wednesday, Oct. 7: Benjamin Shortman, 61, violation of a court order; and Randolph Begay, 50, two counts of violation of a court order. Thursday, Oct. 8: Leora Sommer, 50, violation of a court order. Friday, Oct. 9: Stacy Jensen, 45, violation of a court order; Michelle Six, 38, DUI; Jessie Yazzie, 30, violation of a court order and failure to appear; Eddie Tsosie, 51, possession of a narcotic drug and a warrant; Clayton Navakuku, 66, an open container violation; and Marina Harvey, 26, trespassing. Saturday, Oct. 10: Robert Brito, 21, assault; and Fabien Cortez, 22, violation of a court order. Sunday, Oct. 11: Lionel Lewis, 36, failure to appear. Monday, Oct. 12: Brandon Calavaza, 35, driving on a suspended license. Tuesday, Oct. 13: Estella Yowytewa, 20, failure to comply with a police officer and underage drinking. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 14-15: none listed. Friday, Oct. 16: Jalen Nelson, 33, two counts of violation of a court order; Alyssa Sam, 23, violation of a court order; Charlotte Nezzie, 47, violation of probation; and Ryan Kilday, 35, possession of dangerous drugs and a warrant. Saturday, Oct. 17: Jesse Elam, 30, driving on a suspended license and violation of an ignition interlock device. Sunday, Oct. 18: Drake Neswood, 21, violation of a court order. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc12876989b59d07ba18 WPD investigates 17 thefts te 2026-10-28T09:10:42.368Z WPD investigates 17 thefts The Winslow Police Department received 17 reports of theft during the period of Sept. 28 – Oct. 18, according to dispatcher reports. Persons who were cited, charged, or arrested by WPD officers in connection with these incidents are accused of committing criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. At 1:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, an employee of Circle K No. 2, located at 524 W. Third St., reported the theft of a can of beer. Hermilo Ramos Jr., 33, was arrested for shoplifting in connection with the incident. At 1:31 p.m. on Wednesday, an employee of Love’s Travel Stop, located at 720 Transcon Lane, reported a theft of souvenirs. At 9:05 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, a person reported that acetylene and oxygen tanks had been taken from the bed of a truck parked at Maverik, located at 2110 N. Park Drive. At 2:17 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, a person reported the theft of $546.35 after their credit card information had been taken by a skimming device attached to a card reader at Circle K No. 1, located at 317 N. Williamson Ave. At 3:03 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, an employee of Dollar General, located on 705 Mike’s Pike Street, reported the theft of a package of building blocks. At 4:31 p.m. on Monday, an employee of Maverik reported the theft of sunglasses. At 6:12 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, an employee of Walmart, located at 700 Mike’s Pike St., reported a theft. At 2:56 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of a beverage that he drank it in the store without paying. At 3:19 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 8, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of items. At 4:55 p.m. on Thursday, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of alcohol. Ferlando Curley, 28, was arrested for shoplifting in connection with the incident and violation of a court order. At 9:27 p.m. on Thursday, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of car oil. At 7:42 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of a pair of shoes and a charger pack. Blaine Choyou, 49, was arrested for shoplifting in connection with the incident. At 5:24 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, an employee of Circle K No. 1 reported the theft of a can of beer valued at $1.63. At 7:57 a.m. on Saturday, an employee of Good 2 Go, located at 90 Hipkoe Drive, reported the theft of a beer and a soda. Brandon Hart, 32, was arrested for shoplifting in connection with the incident. At 7:43 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, an employee of Walmart reported the theft of a can of infant formula and three packs of beer. At 1:11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, an employee of Denny’s, located at 400 Transcon Lane, reported theft of services valued at $67. At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, an employee of Maverik reported the theft of $150. Arlin Shorthair, 36, was arrested for theft in connection with the incident. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc0c876989b59d07ba0f WUSD moves to raise wage of business manager te 2026-10-28T09:10:36.609Z WUSD moves to raise wage of business manager Winslow Unified School District’s Business Manager Casey Hancock announced that he is resigning and as a result the governing board held a special meeting last Monday where the board authorized raising the salary for the position after Board President Debbie Martinez stated during the regular meeting the week before that the current pay is too… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1bc08876989b59d07ba06 Articles of Organization of WHITE MOUNTAIN PERMANENT LIGHTING LLC te 2026-10-28T09:10:32.062Z Articles of Organization of WHITE MOUNTAIN PERMANENT LIGHTING LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION Notice is given that Articles of Organization have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission for WHITE MOUNTAIN PERMANENT LIGHTING LLC, ACC Business ID 25118618. Principal address: 2778 Cedar Hollow Lane, Taylor, AZ 85939. Statutory agent: Brady Abbott. Statutory agent street and mailing address: 673 S Hillcrest Dr, Snowflake, AZ 85937. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. Member: Brady Abbott, 2778 Cedar Hollow Lane, Taylor, AZ 85939. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1b998876989b59d07b983 GREGG JARRETT: Ilhan Omar turns her defense over to a vile purveyor of hate te 2026-10-28T09:00:08.883Z GREGG JARRETT: Ilhan Omar turns her defense over to a vile purveyor of hate Sitting on a couch, they were a perfect couple making light of serious allegations. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota sat alongside her BPF (best political friend), the far-left streamer Hasan Piker, in advance of their joint appearance at an event with State Sen. Omar Fateh in Minneapolis on Monday night. Their casual chat was recorded and in unison, they downplayed the recent federal raid on her Washington, D.C., home. Just a "normal week," Omar joked with a Cheshire grin. Piker nodded along. There was some unintelligible banter about "Botox faces" and "fascists." The usual drivel. It seemed scripted. ILHAN OMAR JOINS 'POLARIZING AND DANGEROUS' STREAMER AT CAMPAIGN EVENT DESPITE DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH Once they took the stage together, at the "I'm the Host Now!" event, Piker kicked his defense of Omar into overdrive with a litany of wretched insults. "Republicans… are the most un-American force in this country. They are terrorists," he proclaimed. This has become a standard refrain for Piker. HASAN PIKER LASHES OUT AT REPUBLICANS, CALLS THEM 'TERRORISTS' IN EVENT WITH ILHAN OMAR Then he zeroed in on the accusations that Omar may have lied about her birthdate and true identity to gain citizenship. With the conviction of a zealous preacher in his pulpit, Piker declared, "A paperwork violation does not require deportation." This would appear to be the first time that anyone speaking on Omar’s behalf has conceded that something in her background or citizenship filings may be amiss. Piker did not explain what the "paperwork violation" was, as convenience would have it. HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN But his assertion also had the inconvenience of being wrong. A violation or false statement on U.S. citizenship or naturalization paperwork can, indeed, carry grave consequences. A material omission or misrepresentation can lead to revocation of citizenship and removal. It does not have to be a criminal act such as fraud to become actionable. Denaturalization can occur —and often does— through civil proceedings in federal court. The standard of proof is "clear and convincing evidence," which is far lower than in criminal prosecutions. REP ILHAN OMAR'S IMMIGRATION HISTORY FACES NEW SCRUTINY AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SUBPOENA RELATIVES Even if Omar did not herself misrepresent anything in her paperwork, she could still see her citizenship status vanish. If her father lied in his application, that could nullify his daughter’s citizenship since hers was derivative of his. If he never obtained legitimate citizenship at all, that would invalidate Omar’s citizenship. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE PHONE OF REP ILHAN OMAR IN RAID TIED TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD PROBE An honest clerical error or misunderstanding of a question might be forgiven. But that is clearly not what federal authorities are investigating. A U.S. District Court judge in Washington —a Democrat— approved the search of Omar’s home based on compelling evidence of suspected criminality. That kind of judicial order is not the result of an innocent "paperwork violation," as Piker unknowingly contends. ILHAN OMAR IS NOT THE MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN’S 'REAL NAME': SOURCES In the past, he has happily exploited the Omar case to accuse the Trump administration of targeting her for "political intimidation." This ignores the fact that the original investigation of the congresswoman began under Joe Biden’s presidency. Piker has also decried the long-running rumors that Omar married her brother to gain immigration benefits as a "heinous lie." How exactly does Piker know that? He wasn’t there when the nuptials took place. Has he ever met the alleged brother-husband, who is reported to be living in London? Doubtful. OBAMA BACKS ILHAN OMAR AMID PROBE, ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF 'APPALLING' TARGETING IN LENGTHY STATEMENT The unvarnished truth is that Piker doesn’t know what he’s yapping about. But DNA evidence would know. That is probably why the feds were so interested in obtaining it. Testing could answer a multitude of vexing questions. Are Omar and her ex-husband genetically proven siblings? Is Omar the person she purports to be? She is identified as someone else with a different surname in recent court filings by the U.S. Attorney in Washington. ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND INSISTS HE HAS ‘NO CONCERNS’ AMID FEDERAL IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION Platforming Hasan Piker at a campaign event tells you everything you need to know about extremist Democrats who have infected the party like a modern plague. Sponsoring his appearance implicitly condones his loathsome opinions. Judging him by his ugly rhetoric, this is a guy who is virulently antisemitic and a purveyor of hate. Yet, there was Ilhan Omar. She appeared all too happy to sit alongside him. Does she share the incendiary and bigoted views that Piker routinely spews? She did not disagree with him when he condemned Republicans as un-American "terrorists." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Nor has Omar ever denounced Piker’s other grotesque statements. He said that America deserved 9/11 but later apologized for the word "deserved" amid a severe backlash. But he has never retracted —and apparently does not regret— the dehumanizing insults that he has hurled at Jews and Israel. They are too disgusting to repeat here. Other prominent Minnesota Democrats have castigated Piker. But not Omar. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is running for governor, characterized his sickening statements as "reckless and unacceptable." Rep. Angie Craig called Piker’s demagoguery "polarizing and dangerous." Piker deserves to be ostracized, not embraced. Since Ilhan Omar has made little effort to distance herself from his beliefs, one can reasonably conclude that she countenances them. She reveals her true self, relishing his disdain for all things American. Perhaps it is true that a person is known by the company they keep. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM GREGG JARRETT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1a940876989b59d07b686 Gov. Katie Hobbs Yet To Sign Election Stability Pledge te 2026-10-28T07:50:24.541Z Gov. Katie Hobbs Yet To Sign Election Stability Pledge By Staff Reporter | Gov. Katie Hobbs has so far declined to sign a cross-partisan election stability pledge. The pledge from Leadership Now Arizona, issued to candidates earlier this month, contains the following six commitments: following Arizona’s election laws, promoting a peaceful election environment, protecting elections workers, respecting all eligible voters, resolving disputes lawfully, and accepting certified election results. Leadership Now Arizona noted in its announcement of candidates supportive of the pledge that Hobbs has so far rejected the commitments. “Gov. Katie Hobbs has acknowledged receiving the pledge but has not signed it,” stated the organization. “Leadership Now Arizona welcomes her campaign’s continued consideration and will update this record if additional candidates respond.” Hobbs’ opponent Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for governor and 5th District congressman, signed the pledge, as did other top Democratic candidates.  Attorney General Kris Mayes, Democratic incumbent, signed the pledge, as did Warren Petersen, the Republican challenger in the race. So did Adrian Fontes, the Democratic nominee and incumbent for secretary of state; Nick Mansour, the Democratic nominee for state treasurer; and Teresa Leyba Ruiz, the Democratic nominee for superintendent of public instruction. Leadership Now Arizona is a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and independents, and a state chapter of the Leadership Now Project, a national organization. The parent organization was founded and is led by Daniella Ballou-Aares, a former senior advisor in the Obama administration and a young global leader for the World Economic Forum.  Although the parent organization endorses Hobbs’ reelection as part of its sweeping slate of Democratic candidates, Hobbs hasn’t agreed to the terms of the pledge to support election integrity.   Leadership Now Arizona was co-founded by Adam Goodman and John Fees. Goodman is the CEO of Goodmans Interior Structures, an architectural company, and board chair of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Goodman said in a statement that those who don’t sign the election stability pledge are signaling opposition to the stability, predictability, and confidence of elections. “Our businesses depend on stable institutions, predictable rules, and confidence in the rule of law, and prolonged election uncertainty puts that at risk. It’s encouraging to see candidates from both parties put these commitments on the record,” said Goodman. “But the real test comes after November 3, when they’ll need to show the same respect for the process they’re committing to today.” Fees is co-founder and CEO of GradGuard, a tuition and renters insurance provider, and former chair of Education Forward Arizona. Fees echoed Goodman’s sentiment, stating that candidates determine the public’s response to election proceedings and results.  “Elections don’t end when the polls close, and in Arizona, we know that counting every eligible vote takes time,” said Fees. “Candidates have an enormous responsibility to set the tone for what happens next. That means giving election officials the time and space to do their jobs, rejecting speculation and unsubstantiated claims, and reminding voters that a careful, lawful process is more important than a rushed result.” The Leadership Now Project has eight state chapters across Arizona, California, Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts. It has a pilot student chapter in Massachusetts, and 22 states where members are present without a state chapter.  AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Gov. Katie Hobbs Yet To Sign Election Stability Pledge first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1a494876989b59d07b582 Rep. Crane, HUD Secretary Discuss Cutting Red Tape To Expand Affordable Housing te 2026-10-28T07:30:28.477Z Rep. Crane, HUD Secretary Discuss Cutting Red Tape To Expand Affordable Housing By Matthew Holloway | U.S. Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ02) joined Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner at a Champion Homes facility to discuss reducing regulatory barriers and expanding affordable housing. In a statement on X, Crane thanked Champion Homes for hosting the visit and credited the company with providing housing and employment in Arizona. “We had a great discussion on shared priorities with @HUDgov, including cutting red tape and expanding affordable housing,” Crane wrote. “Grateful for the quality homes and jobs they bring to Arizona.” Thanks to @Champion_Homes for hosting @SecretaryTurner and me at their facility in #AZ02. We had a great discussion on shared priorities with @HUDgov, including cutting red tape and expanding affordable housing. Grateful for the quality homes and jobs they bring to Arizona. pic.twitter.com/I7DBFeymop — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) October 26, 2026 Champion Homes manufactures factory-built housing, including manufactured and modular homes. The company sells homes through a network of retailers and offers multiple floor plans and configurations. The priorities Crane described overlap with a new federal initiative focused on manufactured housing. In an announcement earlier this month, HUD said Turner would co-chair the Task Force on Manufactured Housing Innovation alongside the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Veterans Affairs also serve on the task force. President Donald Trump established the task force through an executive order addressing housing costs. The order directs the group to submit recommendations within 180 days to facilitate modern manufacturing methods for manufactured and other factory-built housing eligible for federal housing programs. The task force’s assignments include identifying duplicative federal reviews, improving coordination of certifications and inspections, and examining how federal financing programs can support increased production. The order also calls for maintaining standards for safety, quality, durability, and consumer protection. The task force must also evaluate whether existing federal authority allows grants to be conditioned on, or used to encourage, state and local adoption of standardized permitting and licensing for factory-built housing. HUD described the initiative as an effort to modernize housing standards and accelerate approvals across federal agencies. Its announcement identified regulatory changes and innovation as tools the administration intends to use to expand housing supply. Crane’s post described the facility discussion in broad terms and did not announce a specific regulatory proposal, funding award, or construction commitment resulting from the visit. Just finished touring @cavcoindustries plant in Phoenix, Arizona with @RepEliCrane. This HUD-certified facility has been building quality homes for 45+ years. Under @POTUS, we’re supporting innovators to increase supply and help more families achieve the American Dream of… pic.twitter.com/zaPKIOt1hh — Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) October 26, 2026 In his own post to X, Turner wrote that under the Trump administration, HUD is “supporting innovators to increase supply and help more families achieve the American Dream of homeownership.” 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 Rep. Crane, HUD Secretary Discuss Cutting Red Tape To Expand Affordable Housing first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1a239876989b59d07b4ec Rep. Selina Bliss Named Hospital Association’s Legislator Of The Year For Work On Child Abuse Reporting Law te 2026-10-28T07:20:25.609Z Rep. Selina Bliss Named Hospital Association’s Legislator Of The Year For Work On Child Abuse Reporting Law By Matthew Holloway | Arizona state Rep. Selina Bliss (R-LD1) received the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association’s (AzHHA) 2026 Legislator of the Year Award for her work on legislation allowing hospital personnel to delegate child abuse reports when necessary to continue caring for patients. The association presented the award last week at the Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference in Tucson. Bliss, a nurse and nurse educator, chairs the House Health and Human Services Committee. Bliss was recognized in part for securing an amendment to Senate Bill 1127 that addresses how hospital staff meet their child abuse reporting obligations.. The legislation was signed into law in June. “As a nurse, I know that what we pass at the Capitol has to work in a hospital,” Bliss said. “Reporting suspected child abuse is a serious responsibility, and we needed to make sure the law gave hospital staff a practical way to meet that responsibility while caring for their patients. I’m pleased we got that change into law, and I appreciate AzHHA’s recognition and its work on behalf of Arizona hospitals.” 👏Rep. Selina Bliss Receives AzHHA’s 2026 Legislator of the Year Award “As a nurse, I know that what we pass at the Capitol has to work in a hospital. Reporting suspected child abuse is a serious responsibility, and we needed to make sure the law gave hospital staff a practical… pic.twitter.com/AKJ3Mio9yh — Arizona House Republicans (@AZHouseGOP) October 23, 2026 The enacted legislation adds a requirement that mandated reporters with direct knowledge of child abuse or neglect immediately report it to the Department of Child Safety and prohibits them from delegating that report, subject to an exception for employees and agents of healthcare institutions. Under that exception, those employees and agents may designate someone to make the report when delegation is reasonably necessary to continue patient care or comply with applicable standards of care, including state or federal legal obligations. The provision also specifies that the law is not intended to require multiple reports from healthcare institution employees or agents concerning the same facts and circumstances that prompted a reasonable belief of abuse or neglect. AzHHA identified the provision as particularly important for rural hospitals and facilities with limited resources. “Representative Bliss brings a nurse’s perspective to every healthcare conversation at the Capitol,” said Damien Johnson, the association’s director of government relations. “On SB1127, she ensured Arizona’s child abuse reporting law protects children without pulling caregivers away from the bedside when patients need them most. Her steady, practical leadership has made a real difference for Arizona hospitals and the patients we serve.” 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 Rep. Selina Bliss Named Hospital Association’s Legislator Of The Year For Work On Child Abuse Reporting Law first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae18ab9876989b59d07b05d Federal judge rules Bill Essayli unlawfully serving as de facto US attorney in California te 2026-10-28T05:40:09.149Z Federal judge rules Bill Essayli unlawfully serving as de facto US attorney in California A federal judge has disqualified Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Southern California, from overseeing two criminal cases after finding that he is unlawfully serving as a "de facto" U.S. attorney. U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled Tuesday that Essayli cannot participate in or supervise the prosecutions in the two criminal cases. However, the disqualification will not take effect immediately, giving the Justice Department time to seek a stay pending appeal. "We respectfully disagree with the court's order," Essayli said in a statement provided to Fox News. APPEALS COURT RULES TRUMP ADMIN UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED NEVADA'S TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR "The President and the Attorney General have every right to select supervisors within the Justice Department," Essayli continued, adding that "ultimately, this question will be decided by the Supreme Court, and I look forward to serving in my current role until then." Essayli originally served as interim U.S. attorney under an appointment that expired after 120 days. Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi subsequently appointed him as a special attorney and designated him first assistant U.S. attorney. He was never formally nominated by the president or confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Seabright previously found that the arrangement did not lawfully make Essayli acting U.S. attorney but allowed him to continue supervising prosecutions under his other titles. BLANCHE SURVIVES REPUBLICAN DEFECTORS AS TRUMP GETS HIS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL However, after the Ninth Circuit ruled over the summer against a similar arrangement involving a federal prosecutor in Nevada, Seabright decided to revisit the issue, according to the Los Angeles Times. Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a revised designation last month to narrow Essayli's authority and distinguish his situation from the Nevada case, but Seabright ruled the modified arrangement still gave Essayli enough authority to effectively occupy the vacant U.S. attorney position. "In sum, Essayli is unlawfully serving as a 'de facto' United States Attorney," Seabright wrote. The ruling came as Essayli has been helping lead a high-profile Justice Department effort challenging California over more than 20,000 registered voters the administration says are likely noncitizens. NINTH CIRCUIT QUESTIONS TRUMP DOJ'S EMERGENCY REQUEST TO SET ASIDE 20,000 CALIFORNIA MAIL BALLOTS The Justice Department has asked a federal court to require ballots associated with those individuals to be separated while their eligibility is reviewed, and U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said he would issue a ruling Wednesday on the administration's request. "I think this case is really on the forefront of the administration's battle to fight for election integrity," Essayli said during a news conference Tuesday. "We wanna stop illegal voting. We don't wanna chase it later," he added. When asked about Seabright's ruling during the news conference, Essayli gave reporters a brief response. "That case will be decided by the Supreme Court." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae18866876989b59d07afa5 Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster India IPO te 2026-10-28T05:30:14.107Z Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster India IPO Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae183d0876989b59d07aefa Winslow High School stages original Route 66 musical te 2026-10-28T05:10:40.094Z Winslow High School stages original Route 66 musical The cast of “Route 66: The Mother Road” performs on stage at Winslow High School’s Performing Arts Center during the Oct. 22 opening night. The original musical marks the highway’s 100th anniversary. Shawn White The Winslow High School Theatre Arts club opened its production of “Route 66: The Mother Road” on Oct. 22 at the… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae183be876989b59d07aef1 Workforce expo brings hands-on experience to local high school students te 2026-10-28T05:10:22.683Z Workforce expo brings hands-on experience to local high school students Students attending the NextWave Workforce Expo were able to use the tools of various trades to learn about potential career interests.Talaina Kor Grow Arizona Workforce Network hosted its 5th Annual Nextwave Workforce Expo on October 21 at Holbrook High School. This year, in partnership with STEM-sation, a program hosted by Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands in… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae18154876989b59d07ae27 Rays stay alive in World Series, walk off Brewers in thrilling extra-inning Game 4 te 2026-10-28T05:00:04.925Z Rays stay alive in World Series, walk off Brewers in thrilling extra-inning Game 4 The Tampa Bay Rays live to play another day, coming through with a two-run 13th inning to walk off the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the World Series.  The Brewers, smelling its first World Series title in franchise history after 22-year-old Cooper Pratt broke an innings-long 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the top of the 13th inning, were just three outs away from celebrating.  But after an error allowed Junior Caminero to reach base to start the frame, the Rays finally smelled some life. Liam Hicks made even more believers in Tropicana Field when his single moved Caminero to third base, and Jonny DeLuca told the Brewers, "Not so fast!" CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE DeLuca’s RBI single to center field scored the tying run, and the rally was on. Chandler Simpson, who had an RBI double to begin the scoring in this game, made it bases loaded with no outs.  Then, Ben Williamson, the last player on the Rays’ bench after they exhausted all options to keep the season alive, delivered a pinch-hit single to cap a thrilling Game 4 with Tampa Bay’s first win in this series, and a necessary one to force Game 5 on Wednesday night.  THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! It truly looked as if the hero for the Brewers would be Pratt, who had a 4-for-5 night including an RBI double earlier in the game, when he finally broke a 2-2 tie with his solo blast to left field.  The last time the Brewers were in the Fall Classic was 1982, where they fell to the St. Louis Cardinals. It took 44 years to get back, and the Brewers, who owned the best record in the regular season at 103-59, were hoping to end their magical season with another sweep after doing the same in shocking fashion to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.  The only postseason game Milwaukee lost before this one was Game 3 of the ALDS against the San Diego Padres.  Heading into Game 4, it felt almost imperative the Rays score first after what transpired on Monday night in Game 3, where the Brewers scored eight runs with two outs in the fifth inning. It was a brutal loss to take at home, but weirder things have happened in sports when teams are down 3-0 in a series. Simpson came through against Brewers starter Dustin May, doubling down the right field line to score DeLuca for the 1-0 lead. But Pratt remained confident at the plate for Milwaukee, hitting his own double for, yes, another two-out clutch hit to tie the game.  The Rays, though, hit back with DeLuca simply putting the ball in play, and Brewers third baseman David Hamilton throwing it away in the bottom of the fourth to allow Caminero to cross the plate for the 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. However, Hamilton made up for it the next frame in a big way, leading off the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run to right center field off Griffin Jax, whose solid start ended on a bad note. From there, both bullpens were put to the test, as each pitcher got through their batters and frames without letting a run through, forcing extra innings. But Shane Drohan, who hadn't pitched in a month due to injury issues and a poor outing his last time out, was no match for the hungry Rays desperate to keep their season alive following Pratt's potential game-winner.  The series stays alive and we get another thriller lined up in Game 5 between these pennant winners. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1781b876989b59d07ac3e Florida girlfriend allegedly tracks cheating boyfriend, shoots woman in his car: reports te 2026-10-28T04:20:43.536Z Florida girlfriend allegedly tracks cheating boyfriend, shoots woman in his car: reports An enraged Florida woman was arrested and charged with murder over the weekend after allegedly tracking down her boyfriend during a late-night meetup with another woman and opening fire on a vehicle. Katherine Dale Kelly, 24, of Cocoa, told investigators she was trying to "make a point" after believing her boyfriend, Elijah Baker, was cheating on her again, according to a police report obtained by the Space Coast Daily. She was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, firing a gun into a vehicle and using a firearm while committing a felony, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. OHIO MAN CONVICTED AFTER TRYING TO SHOOT EX-WIFE AT POINT-BLANK RANGE INSIDE RESTAURANT IN CHILLING VIDEO The confrontation happened in the early hours of Saturday in Port St. John, according to the outlet. Baker reportedly drove Kelly’s Volkswagen to pick up the victim, Angel Adenau, at approximately 1:20 a.m. Kelly then tracked Baker’s location and took an Uber to the area. She then approached the passenger side of the vehicle and fired one round through the window, striking Adenau in the left shoulder, Space Coast Daily reported. Following the shooting, Baker rushed Adenau to her residence, where emergency assistance was requested. Adenau was subsequently transported to a local hospital for treatment. OHIO DOG PARK SHOOTING OVER TRUMP ARGUMENT COULD END WITH TWO SELF-DEFENSE CLAIMS, OR NONE: LEGAL EXPERT During the investigation, Kelly claimed that she had acted in self-defense, according to reports. However, text messages recovered from Baker’s cellphone showed Kelly accusing him of infidelity and allegedly threatening to shoot someone before the confrontation erupted Saturday morning, the outlet reported. Her next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 24, according to the sheriff’s office. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae17807876989b59d07ac35 US military kills five in eastern Pacific strike on suspected drug-trafficking vessel te 2026-10-28T04:20:23.443Z US military kills five in eastern Pacific strike on suspected drug-trafficking vessel The U.S. military on Tuesday carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific that it said was involved in drug trafficking, killing five people it identified as "narco-terrorists," according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). "On October 27, under the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific," SOUTHCOM said in a statement. "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," the statement continued. SOUTHCOM said five people it described as narco-terrorists were killed during the operation. US FORCES OBLITERATE SUSPECTED 'NARCO-TERRORIST' VESSEL IN LETHAL EASTERN PACIFIC STRIKE, KILLING 3 Tuesday's strike was the latest in the Trump administration's monthslong campaign targeting suspected cartel vessels, which has now resulted in at least 240 deaths from more than 70 strikes, according to The Associated Press. Video of Tuesday's operation released by SOUTHCOM shows a vessel in the water before it erupts into a massive fireball. SOUTHCOM did not specify where the strike occurred beyond identifying the eastern Pacific and saying the vessel was operating along established drug-trafficking routes. US KILLS TWO 'NARCO-TERRORISTS' IN STRIKE 2 MONTHS SINCE LAST ANNOUNCED ANTI-'NARCO-TRAFFICKING' ATTACK Throughout its campaign targeting suspected drug-trafficking networks, the military has released videos and statements describing those aboard the targeted vessels as "narco-terrorists" or alleging links to designated terrorist organizations. However, it has generally not identified those killed or provided evidence that the vessels were carrying narcotics. The strikes have generated scrutiny from lawmakers, legal experts and human rights groups who have questioned the legal basis for using lethal military force against suspected traffickers outside a traditional battlefield. SOUTHCOM's continued operations in Latin America and the Caribbean come after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that the U.S. was increasingly seeking to conduct counter-narcotics operations in cooperation with regional allies and in accordance with their laws. Rubio told reporters that while the U.S. has "the capacity to act unilaterally," it would rather work with its allies because that is "the most effective way to do it." THE UNLIKELY SOUTH AMERICAN ALLY HELPING LEAD TRUMP'S DRUG CARTEL CRACKDOWN Rubio also said the U.S. military would "still blow up ships if need be" and that decisions would be made on "a strike-by-strike or operation-by-operation" basis. In recent months, SOUTHCOM has also released several videos showing military personnel intercepting and boarding vessels it said were involved in narco-trafficking before removing their crews and sinking the boats. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae175c3876989b59d07ab8f Governor Races Shift Toward Democrats in States Trump Won by Double Digits te 2026-10-28T04:10:43.203Z Governor Races Shift Toward Democrats in States Trump Won by Double Digits The Cook Political Report has shifted both Kansas and Nebraska's gubernatorial races one week before midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae175ae876989b59d07ab86 Packers' Micah Parsons Names Top AFC Team Without Hesitation te 2026-10-28T04:10:22.576Z Packers' Micah Parsons Names Top AFC Team Without Hesitation Packers star Micah Parsons predicts that the Cincinnati Bengals will be the No. 1 seed out of the AFC this season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae170ea876989b59d07aa86 Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix te 2026-10-28T03:50:02.542Z Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix It was a showdown of sorts in western Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae16e93876989b59d07aa15 Halima Salman convicted of receiving ISIS military training in Syria, faces 10 years in prison te 2026-10-28T03:40:03.878Z Halima Salman convicted of receiving ISIS military training in Syria, faces 10 years in prison A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Halima Salman of knowingly receiving military-style training from ISIS while living in Syria, bringing an emotional end to a closely watched terrorism trial. The case was believed to mark the first time a woman accused of joining ISIS stood trial in a U.S. federal court. Salman, also known as "Umm Khattab al-Muhajir," is a 27-year-old U.S. citizen and former Brooklyn resident who faces up to 10 years in prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 2. According to federal prosecutors, Salman's parents traveled with her and her eight siblings out of the United States in 2016, ultimately taking the family to ISIS-controlled territory in Syria. NAVY VETERAN AMONG TRIO WHO ALLEGEDLY WANTED TO BEHEAD SOLDIER AND FUND ISIS DRONE ATTACKS ON AMERICANS The Justice Department said she was 18 years old when she married an ISIS fighter and voluntarily sought military-style training from the terrorist organization. Prosecutors said Salman pledged loyalty to ISIS and willingly participated in its activities. She received authorization from ISIS to carry an assault rifle and was given a document certifying that she had completed the training. That document was later recovered from her husband's cellphone, officials said. FIRST USE OF ALIEN TERRORIST REMOVAL COURT SENDS AFGHAN WOMAN BACK AFTER ELECTION DAY ISIS PLOT: DOJ During the trial, jurors were shown video of Salman holding an assault rifle, a photo of her with an ISIS flag and supportive text messages she sent to her husband. "With today’s verdict, Salman is held accountable for joining forces with a terrorist organization," U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement. "ISIS ravaged Syria and caused havoc across the globe; our Office will continue to prosecute those who supported its murderous reign," Nocella continued. Following the reading of the verdict at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Salman broke down crying and was consoled by members of her defense team. Her mother, who arrived after word came that the jury had reached a verdict, also broke down and was seen crying on her knees in the gallery. Multiple members of Salman's defense team were also visibly emotional, including her lead attorney, Mia Eisner-Grynberg. SHE WAS MARRIED TO AN AL QAEDA MEMBER. NOW ONE WOMAN IS FIGHTING THE TERRORISM SHE SAW UP CLOSE Tuesday's verdict came after jurors previously indicated that they were struggling to reach a unanimous verdict and were sent back twice to continue deliberations. Salman's defense team portrayed her as a teenager who was drawn into Syria's civil war through her father and later her husband. Salman, who was born in Brooklyn, testified that she believed the family was traveling to visit relatives in Turkey when her father instead took them across the border into Syria. "I do blame my father for a lot of things that happened," she testified. She also said she didn't want to be "married off" at age 18 and had tried to get a divorce. DEPROGRAMMED: HOW A MAN RADICALIZED BY THE TALIBAN BECAME A COUNTERTERRORISM FORCE SAVING LIVES FROM EXTREMISM "You try to leave, it is death," Salman testified. Salman testified that she eventually fled with other refugees and separated from her husband. She was detained in Baghouz, Syria, in 2019 by forces fighting ISIS and was arrested by U.S. authorities after returning to New York in 2024. Salman's attorneys have asked the judge to set aside the verdict and acquit her, arguing that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to sustain the conviction, according to The Associated Press. Fox News' Brendan McDonald and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae169e5876989b59d07a8e7 Analyst: Oregon QB Dante Moore Could Skip 2027 NFL Draft te 2026-10-28T03:20:05.211Z Analyst: Oregon QB Dante Moore Could Skip 2027 NFL Draft An analyst explained why it "doesn't make sense" for Oregon's Dante Moore to enter the 2027 NFL Draft after the season ends. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae169e3876989b59d07a8de Lincoln Riley Sends Clear Message on Future at USC Ahead of Ohio State Clash te 2026-10-28T03:20:03.811Z Lincoln Riley Sends Clear Message on Future at USC Ahead of Ohio State Clash USC head coach Lincoln Riley addresses rumors about his future at the program ahead of their matchup with Ohio State on Saturday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae16538876989b59d07a82b Salsa Festival returns to Maricopa after hiatus te 2026-10-28T03:00:08.322Z Salsa Festival returns to Maricopa after hiatus The city of Maricopa’s Salsa Festival returned to Pacana Park on Saturday, Oct. 24, for the first time since 2022. The last time the festival was operated, there were many questions regarding whether the event was correctly meeting current health code standards, said Quinn Konold, the communications and cultural services director for the city of Maricopa. The Salsa Festival gives the community an opportunity to try different types of salsas that are made on-site and vote for their favorite. The event also had live performances including Mexican-style dancing and a mariachi band. Addressing health standards The break since the last Salsa Festival gave event coordinators time to talk about what it would take to meet health code standards this year and fund them in a way where the cost would not be passed on to the competitors, Konold said. In the past, there was less uniformity around preparing foods, and vendors had their own ways of preparing things, Konold said. “This year we wanted to focus on as much uniformity as possible,” he said. For the first time, the Salsa Festival was included as part of the city of Maricopa’s Stagecoach Days. This year’s Stagecoach Days started on Oct. 15 and are expected to end around Oct. 28, according to the city of Maricopa website. The celebration incorporates a variety of local events, celebrating Maricopa’s Western heritage and the city’s 23rd anniversary. The Salsa Festival is a long-standing local tradition that originated in 2005. On Saturday, people could enter for free and buy a salsa-tasting kit for $1. This kit came with enough tortilla chips to try salsa from each competitor.   The event was expected to bring somewhere between 5,000 and 8,000 people, Konold said. However, there is not a large emphasis on tracking attendees, he said. A family tradition “It is always a nice event, so it was good to come out again today,” said Kameo Burnett, a local who was attending the event for her fourth time. The event was important in order to keep a small-town feel while the city of Maricopa continues to grow, said Mayor Nancy Smith, who was present at the event. “I wanted to take [my family] out and do something as a family,” said Doug Peterson, who was attending the event. For some competitors, salsa making also brings their family together. “It is a family thing. Me, my kids, my grandkids and my son-in-law,” said Lolo Sarmiento, from Lolo’s Award Winning Salsa. This year’s salsa winners There were two types of competitions: on-site and at-home. The at-home contest was intended for people unable to make the large quantity of salsa needed for the in-person contest. The at-home contest was judged before the event. For the in-person contest, Hay Salsa Lovers won for the best mild salsa. The Salsa Chick was the runner-up for the best mild salsa. Duke’s Roadhouse won the best hot salsa contest, and Hay Salsa Lovers was the runner-up for the best hot salsa. Lolo’s Award Winning Salsa won the fan-favorite competition. Stephanie Putt won the at-home chef competition. Dave Vogel was the runner-up. On-site judges voted for the best hot and mild salsa, while the community voted for the fan-favorite salsa. “As far as tasting, it depends,” said Joseph Chee, one of the salsa judges. “If it’s hot, is it too hot? Is it something that I like to eat, but at the same time I am feeling the spices, I am feeling the tomatoes, I am feeling everything else besides just hot.” Hay Salsa Lovers had previously won at this event two other times. “I have done it off and on for 12 years, and I enjoy the competition,” said Brian Hay, from Hay Salsa Lovers. Drew Boyce is a master’s student studying journalism at Arizona State University. He covered Maricopa’s Salsa Festival as part of his coursework. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae16533876989b59d07a803 Deion Sanders says alleged $50,000 offer to silence critics was 'a joke' amid Colorado's struggles te 2026-10-28T03:00:03.469Z Deion Sanders says alleged $50,000 offer to silence critics was 'a joke' amid Colorado's struggles Colorado head coach Deion Sanders is addressing comments made by one of his longtime associates. Christopher Neely, a YouTube content creator who goes by "Uncle Neely," recently suggested that Coach Prime was willing to pay up to $50,000 to silence his vocal critics. "That was a joke," Sanders told reporters Tuesday. "For the most part, the people that attack him wouldn't be making the money they were making if he wasn't here to attack," Neely said in a video from an online roundtable program. "Which is why he told some of them, 'Hey man, let's just do this. I give you $50,000 to not mention my name for a year.' And ain't nobody took the deal yet." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Sanders appeared to need more context when reporters asked him about what was described as an offer of hush money for detractors of the Colorado program. Neely, who was in the room for Sanders' weekly news conference, quickly filled him in on the comments. DANTE MOORE WON'T QUIT ON OREGON, BUT CONCUSSION WILL KEEP STAR QB OUT OF GAMES MOVING FORWARD FOR DUCKS "Oh no, no, no! I think you misinterpreted that," Sanders said. "I said, like some of y'all in here sitting right now, 'I would love to give you money and not mention my name, and I want to see how far that goes.' ... That's what we were saying. Some people live on your name." Sanders said criticism was nothing new to him, having faced it during his NFL playing days before it carried over into his coaching career. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I would never offer a man money. I don't give a darn what you say about me," Sanders said. "That was really a joke about someone prospering off of your name and your brand. It's not in my heart to not like anybody in this room. I may not like some things you may do or say, but I don't know you enough to form that opinion. "This is normalcy because I'm just different. I'm unapologetic about things I say and how I live my life." Sanders is in his fourth season at Colorado, having taken over after a successful run at Jackson State. The Pro Football Hall of Famer quickly raised Colorado’s profile, winning nine games and leading the Buffaloes to a bowl appearance in his second season. Colorado finished the 2025 season with a 3-9 record. The team got off to a 2-0 start this season but has dropped its last five games. The Buffaloes face Kansas State on Saturday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1597d876989b59d07a566 Valkyries stars tells fans to ‘call in sick’ for Game 6 as early WNBA Finals tipoff sparks fan reaction te 2026-10-28T02:10:05.490Z Valkyries stars tells fans to ‘call in sick’ for Game 6 as early WNBA Finals tipoff sparks fan reaction Game 6 of the WNBA Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries has been moved up to 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday to give State Farm Arena enough time to get the building ready for an NBA game that evening. The early tipoff could create a challenge for fans in California, where the game will begin at 9:30 a.m. PT. The Valkyries defeated the Dream in Monday’s Game 5 in San Francisco to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, meaning Game 6 could determine the WNBA champion. While championship series games, especially potential championship-clinching contests, are routinely played in prime time, Thursday’s less-than-ideal scheduling doesn’t appear likely to stop Valkyries fans from tuning in to watch their favorite team. WNBA FINALS GAME 6, A POTENTIAL TITLE-CLINCHER, WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY Warriors coach Steve Kerr is among those who plan to tune in, even if he’s having breakfast when the game is starting. "We’ll have a day off that day, so, yeah, I’ll be watching," he said. Several of the WNBA Finals games have drawn record ratings, showing how much interest there is in the league, this series and its athletes. The Valkyries have sold out every game since they began as an expansion franchise last year. Shaunice Christmas-Miller and her wife, Kendall, have attended every home playoff game this season at Chase Center. Their jobs allow them to be flexible and work from home Thursday. Nevertheless, the couple believes the fan base will still show up Thursday. "Absolutely, they will definitely find a way," Shaunice said. Valkyries co-owner Peter Guber was largely unconcerned that the franchise’s devoted home crowd would come together when it matters most, despite morning challenges such as commuter traffic heading into San Francisco for a watch party. DREAM COACH KARL SMESKO CALLS WNBA FINALS OFFICIATING ‘JUST RIDICULOUS’ AS ANGEL REESE ALSO QUESTIONS REFS Supporters have been invited to gather outside Chase Center’s Thrive City viewing area beneath the big screen. Shaunice added that she wishes everybody involved had considered the various options well in advance to avoid such last-minute scrambling. "They should have thought ahead for the whole seven-game series," Shaunice noted. "The women deserve primetime slots." Others expressed their feelings on social media. Rapper Flavor Flav posted Tuesday: "Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so." Included in his post was a photo of a note directed to bosses everywhere as a permission slip of sorts requesting excused absences for employees, signed by Flavor Flav with dual titles beneath his name — "The World’s Greatest Hype Man" and "Official Supporter of Women’s Sports." Ole Miss women’s coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin sounded off. "I’d rather play anywhere else than have a 12:30 tip for a WNBA FINALS game man! Not a good look! For fans and for the players," she posted on X. "Just my 2cents that no one asked for." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Golden State coach Natalie Nakase and her players have focused all along on what they can control, and this certainly isn’t one of those things. But there were some clever postgame offerings: "Call in sick, I recommend it," point guard Veronica Burton cracked. "Yeah, right? Y’all know how to fake a cough, didn’t we all do that?" teammate Kiah Stokes added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Golden State guard Kaila Charles has no doubt the Valkyries will adjust for the early tipoff. "I think it’s a good thing that we’re able to play in a bigger arena so that they can have more people come and support women’s basketball," Charles said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1597b876989b59d07a55d Kylian Mbappé's embarrassing, groveling apology to China comes down to money: Dan Dakich te 2026-10-28T02:10:03.665Z Kylian Mbappé's embarrassing, groveling apology to China comes down to money: Dan Dakich It hasn't been the best few months for Kylian Mbappé. The French superstar striker entered the 2026 World Cup with his team as clear favorites to win the tournament, only to come up well short, losing 2-0 to Spain in the semifinals. Then, on Monday night, he lost the Ballon d'Or, the award given out to the best player in international soccer, to Harry Kane. Though Mbappé was brilliant in the "El Classico" against Barcelona, scoring a brace in the rivalry match, through the first 10 matches of the La Liga season, Real Madrid's goal differential of +15 pales in comparison to Barca's +29. He also refused to fully wear a shirt worn by the rest of his teammates, to reaffirm Cueta's status as a part of Spain after an unprecedented surge of illegal immigration from Morocco. KYLIAN MBAPPE PREDICTABLY BENDS THE KNEE AFTER LOSING CHINESE SPONSORS FOR LAUGHING AT MEME OF DICTATOR MAO But on Tuesday, his season somehow got even worse. Mbappé bent the knee to China and the Chinese Communist Party, after an appearance on "The Bridge," a French talk show hosted by a teammate, Aurelien Tchouameni. His big offense? Laughing at a meme. The one "that makes me laugh the most," he said, is "the one where there's a video of a guy, I think it's a Chinese dictator, they put my [face over it]. The show then cut to an example of the meme, his face covering an image of what looks to be Mao Zedong. Mao was, by any reasonable definition, a dictator. And a brutal, malicious, and violent one. Most historians blame Mao's policies for tens of millions of deaths through famine and politically motivated persecution. It's not a stretch to describe him as evil, and one of history's greatest villains. But in the modern world of professional sports, there are a few protected groups that must be protected at all costs, and the Chinese Communist Party is one of them. Why? Because there's money to be made for La Liga and Real Madrid in China, and telling the truth about the CCP's abuses is apparently forbidden. "My comment was ill-judged, and I now understand that it hurt many people in China and in Chinese communities around the world," Mbappé wrote in a humiliating statement on Tuesday. "I apologize to everyone my words have upset. I have deep respect for the Chinese people and their history, and I am sincerely sorry." If that wasn't enough, the entire Spanish soccer league added their own groveling, ridiculous apology. "La Liga deeply regrets the offense caused by Kylian Mbappé’s recent comments among Chinese fans. These comments were made in a personal capacity and do not represent LALIGA. To the extent of our institutional responsibility, we apologize on behalf of LALIGA and all its clubs," the league said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE He's just the latest in a long list of athletes and personalities whose concern for human rights and social justice ends at the Chinese border. And OutKick's Dan Dakich took him to task for how he handled it. "I don't think people fully understand soccer is, and how big soccer players like Mbappé are, all across the world. Mbappé, if you remember, one of the stars of the World Cup when he came to the USA," Dakich said. "Mbappé has all kinds of commercials, all kinds of billboards, all kinds of business interests all over China, including anything from cheese to soft drinks ... you name it, he's got a huge, huge presence in China. Well, that's all being threatened to go away, because as you know based on what happened with Daryl Morey and others, China doesn't take kindly to any kind of slur." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Sure enough, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, of course, immediately criticized Mbappé's remarks. "If you're going to get in bed with Communist China, if you're going to get in bed with somebody that isn't as open and free thinking as we are and Europeans are, then you better shut your damn mouth. You know, you better just sit back, take your money, and quit screwing around." The freedoms that many athletes take for granted here are not present everywhere. And Dakich brought up that there's no awareness of how lucky they are to play where they do. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "You can be political here in the United States because we enjoy freedoms that others don't," he said. "But when you come at China, they react. This is going to cost Mbappé a ton of money. A ton. I mean, this is going to be something that he cannot recover from now. Does he care? Don't know. Should he care, don't know? I don't even a little bit. "But I got to tell you, they always back down. Hell, you think LeBron James would practice his golf swing if he was in China listening to the Chinese anthem? Hell no. No, they're always back because it's big money." That's the reality, that Mbappé and James and all the rest of them will do anything to avoid taking a hit to their wallet, no matter how embarrassing and humiliating it is. They're the first to speak out on social issues when it's free, and the first to back down when it matters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae15273876989b59d07a3b6 The Best States for Trick-or-Treating te 2026-10-28T01:40:03.331Z The Best States for Trick-or-Treating Utah ranks No. 1 for trick-or-treating in 2026, with Texas, Oklahoma, California and Mississippi rounding out the top five states. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1501f876989b59d07a360 Macklemore called 'out of touch' over speech at 'Free Palestine' tour kickoff te 2026-10-28T01:30:07.322Z Macklemore called 'out of touch' over speech at 'Free Palestine' tour kickoff Macklemore took his political message to a new stage. The rapper doubled down on his pro-Palestinian activism during the launch of his Free Palestine tour, weeks after his controversial remarks prompted his removal from Ed Sheeran's lineup. "I ​am proud to stand here on stage in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We will ​continue to fight for collective liberation until our last breath," Macklemore told the crowd during his concert in Dublin, according to Reuters. "Six weeks ago, two words is all ​that it took," he said, referring to the fallout after he declared "Free Palestine" while opening for Ed Sheeran. PINK HITS BACK AMID BACKLASH FOR CRITICIZING MACKLEMORE'S PRO-PALESTINIAN CONCERT REMARKS "Those two words are so threatening to some people that we'd rather silence those two words than confront what they ​actually mean. ... Somehow those words have become more controversial than the suffering that made them necessary," Macklemore added. Macklemore's defiant remarks drew mixed reactions online, with some social media users applauding his outspoken activism while others questioned his motives and accused him of being out of touch. Critics also took aim at the rapper's priorities, suggesting he should focus his attention on problems closer to home rather than delivering political speeches onstage. One user called Macklemore "so performative and bored." "Imagine going to this and getting lectured by a person who is literally out of touch," one user wrote on X in response to a video shared. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Macklemore should care as much about Americans on Skid Row," another user said. "He could go down there or on any street in LA at this point, give some of his personal fortune away & save people." "It's one way to stay relevant I guess," another user wrote. Others praised Macklemore, calling the rapper "stunning and brave." "Thank goodness for the humanity and courage of artists like this," one user said. "Free Palestine." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The rapper launched his "Free Palestine" tour Monday after being removed as an opening act for Ed Sheeran. Macklemore, who's full name is Ben Haggerty, was kicked off Sheeran's Loop Tour following criticism from his "Free Palestine" messaging during his opening act at MetLife Stadium in early September. Sheeran later addressed Macklemore’s removal from his U.S. tour, saying the rapper’s departure was ultimately a decision made by the concert promoter and venues – not by him. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The "Shape of You" singer said he was "appalled" by the conflict between Israel and Palestine and described the suffering on both sides as "a human tragedy," according to a lengthy statement shared on Instagram after Macklemore accused Sheeran and tour organizers of sidelining him over his pro-Palestinian remarks. Macklemore claimed that Sheeran told him Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium, had rallied other stadium owners to oppose allowing the rapper to perform. Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour will continue in Paris and London. US dates and locations are expected to be announced at a later date. Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1501d876989b59d07a357 Taylor Swift’s hitmaker scolds Ed Sheeran, ‘stand the f--- up’ after Macklemore fallout te 2026-10-28T01:30:05.535Z Taylor Swift’s hitmaker scolds Ed Sheeran, ‘stand the f--- up’ after Macklemore fallout Grammy-winning producer Jack Antonoff said Ed Sheeran missed a "massive" opportunity to "stand the f--- up" to billionaire interests, criticizing the English singer for removing Macklemore from his tour over the rapper’s remarks on Israel-Palestinian conflict. Antonoff, lead singer for the band Bleachers and producer behind some of Taylor Swift’s biggest hits, made the scathing rebuke in a recent interview with The Guardian, more than a month after Sheeran faced backlash over Macklemore’s removal from the Loop Tour following the rapper’s calls for "Free Palestine" during his opening act. "If you think it is [controversial] you’re lost in some other sauce that is so crazy. They’re going to let some f---ing promoter tell me what I can say? Don’t book me. I’ll play for free outside," Antonoff told the outlet. COLIN KAEPERNICK ACCUSES NFL OF 'COLLUDING' AGAINST MACKLEMORE AMID 'FREE PALESTINE' CONTROVERSY New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was among a group of NFL team owners who reportedly threatened to bar Sheeran’s stadium performances if Macklemore was included in the lineup. Antonoff argued that Sheeran should have canceled the tour and staged free concerts outside the venues rather than give in to pressure from billionaires. "[Ed Sheeran] missed a massive, beautiful opportunity there: just cancel the whole f---ing tour, then play for free outside each venue, raise a bunch of money, rather than let a f---ing billionaire tell you what to do," Antonoff said. "The reason it’s not an anomaly or niche issue is because we all live in a world where billionaires are constantly telling us what to do. So stand the f--- up." KATHY GRIFFIN SAYS ED SHEERAN SHOULD HAVE TOLD ROBERT KRAFT TO 'GO F--- YOURSELF' OVER MACKLEMORE Sheeran addressed the controversy during his Philadelphia tour stop, saying in part: "What happened in Israel and at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain. What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate." Several other artists scheduled to open for Sheeran, including Finneas, Aaron Rowe and Lukas Graham, dropped out of the tour in solidarity with Macklemore, who has doubled down on his message with a "Free Palestine Tour." Antonoff, who has also voiced support for a "free Palestine," praised Macklemore for speaking out. The Jewish artist said he has "felt way more emboldened to say it now." "It’s not in any way a strange, uncomfortable or controversial thing to say, it’s a deeply human thing to say," said the producer. ED SHEERAN APOLOGIZES FOR MACKLEMORE BACKLASH, ENCOURAGES UNITY AT FIRST CONCERT SINCE FALLOUT Film critic and Hollywood in Toto founder and editor Christian Toto told Fox News Digital that Antonoff does not care about free speech, arguing that his comments are an attempt to gain approval within his industry. "Jack doesn't sound well-informed, either about Middle East politics or his own business," Toto said in a statement. "If Sheeran scrapped his tour, how many workers would lose their jobs? And, if he did an alternative tour, how would they get paid?" "He knows it's acceptable within his industry to blanketly bash billionaires, a lazy, thoughtless attack and do a variation of ‘Free Palestine,'" Toto continued. "He's trying to curry favor within his industry. Sadly, it might just work." Fox News Digital has reached out to Sheeran and Macklemore for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1501b876989b59d07a31e Brian Kelly Makes Feelings Clear on 3 Major College Football Openings te 2026-10-28T01:30:03.259Z Brian Kelly Makes Feelings Clear on 3 Major College Football Openings Brian Kelly called three major college football coaching jobs "unique" as questions grow about his next move after leaving LSU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14dc7876989b59d07a2c4 Timberwolves lose Anthony Edwards for 2 months after arthroscopic procedure on right knee: report te 2026-10-28T01:20:07.531Z Timberwolves lose Anthony Edwards for 2 months after arthroscopic procedure on right knee: report The Minnesota Timberwolves took a big injury hit on Tuesday, as All-Star guard Anthony Edwards will undergo an arthroscopic procedure to repair his right knee. As a result, he will need to be sidelined two months, according to ESPN. Edwards was deemed questionable for the Timberwolves’ Monday night contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which was the second half of a back-to-back. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE However, he played a full 41 minutes, dropping 47 points, though Minnesota fell to Cleveland, 127-125, in overtime. The initial injury presumably came during the Timberwolves’ win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, as he was seen grabbing at that right knee. Head coach Chris Finch called Edwards’ injury a "daily situation" after the injury designation. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The main thing was Finch didn’t seem too worried this would be more serious than a day-to-day ailment. Instead, Edwards will need to miss significant time. Edwards dealt with runner’s knee on the same leg last season, which forced him to miss time at the back end of the regular season. He also suffered a hyperextended left knee during the first round of the playoffs, where they defeated the Denver Nuggets in six games. Edwards missed a total 21 games last year, which was the most in his career. Hoping for better health this season, Edwards said he took time during the summer to let his knees rest. During training camp, there were no issues. The two-time All-NBA selection was playing very well across four games. He became just the fourth player in NBA history with 45-or-more-point performances through his team’s first four games, with his opening night 47-point contest against the Miami Heat. Finch will need to lean on his depth now, with Ayo Dosunmu and Bones Hyland perhaps filling the gap Edwards leaves as he recovers from surgery. The Timberwolves will be looking toward others on the starting five, including LaMelo Ball in his first season in Minnesota, to lead the way as well. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14dc6876989b59d07a2bb Micah Parsons moves closer to highly-anticipated return as coach Matt LaFleur gives encouraging update te 2026-10-28T01:20:06.210Z Micah Parsons moves closer to highly-anticipated return as coach Matt LaFleur gives encouraging update The Green Bay Packers may be getting a massive boost soon. Micah Parsons tore his ACL last December, delivering a crushing blow to the Packers' playoff hopes last season and dampening their pass rush this season, as he has begun the year on the reserve/physically unable to perform (PUP) list. Head coach Matt LaFleur indicated the star pass rusher could return to practice as early as next week. "I'm saying there's a chance," LaFleur said when asked whether Parsons could begin practicing next week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The Packers acquired the 27-year-old from the Dallas Cowboys before last season in exchange for star defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first-round picks, and Parsons appeared to justify the steep price. In 14 games last season, Parsons recorded 12.5 sacks and 41 tackles. Despite appearing in only 14 games, he finished third in NFL Defensive Player of the Year voting and was named to the Pro Bowl and the All-Pro first team. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The Packers are eager to get Parsons back on the field. Despite their 4-3 record, Green Bay sits last in the uber-competitive NFC North, with every team in the division above .500. The Minnesota Vikings lead the division at 6-0, followed by the Chicago Bears at 5-2 and the Detroit Lions at 4-2. Parsons has earned Pro Bowl honors in each of his five NFL seasons, and his return could significantly bolster Green Bay's playoff hopes. The Packers will remain without Parsons when they face the Carolina Panthers (3-3) Thursday night. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14dc4876989b59d07a296 Iran War Cost Rises to $47.1 Billion, Pentagon Told Lawmakers te 2026-10-28T01:20:04.467Z Iran War Cost Rises to $47.1 Billion, Pentagon Told Lawmakers The estimate through Oct. 16 shows that bombs, missiles and other munitions accounted for more than 60 percent of expenses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14dc2876989b59d07a266 VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more te 2026-10-28T01:20:02.594Z VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14b71876989b59d07a228 Federal officials identify 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state: 'Tip of the iceberg' te 2026-10-28T01:10:09.544Z Federal officials identify 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state: 'Tip of the iceberg' The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that investigators have identified more than 400 noncitizens illegally registered to vote in Washington state, some of whom have cast ballots in multiple elections dating back decades. Many on the list are green card holders with legal immigration status and permanent residency, according to the U.S. attorney’s offices for the Eastern and Western districts of Washington. "We have identified over 400 noncitizens who are registered to vote and have voted in multiple elections. This is only the tip of the iceberg," Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd for the Western District of Washington said in a statement. "We will continue to investigate and identify those who are committing crimes by voting illegally." The move builds on the DOJ's legal action against Los Angeles County, where it has sought to set aside roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots sent to individuals whose citizenship status is in question. Meanwhile, immigration officials told Fox News Digital Tuesday that dozens of noncitizens have also been arrested nationwide in a major voter fraud crackdown. DOJ HAS VERIFIED 20,000 NONCITIZENS ON CALIFORNIA VOTER ROLLS, FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAYS In an interview with Fox News Digital, Floyd said investigators identified hundreds of noncitizen voters by reviewing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records, which showed that some people who applied for certain benefits had also voted. While some individuals voted only once or three times in past elections, Floyd said others voted as many as 27 times. In total, his office counted approximately 1,500 instances of noncitizens casting ballots. He emphasized that some noncitizens had been voting for decades, predating Washington’s transition to a vote-by-mail system.  "I think the earliest moment we have is 1984," Floyd said. "It's early 90s, late 80s, I believe." However, Floyd said he had not checked whether any of the individuals voted in the upcoming midterms, explaining that he did not want to "interfere with the current election." The number of potential noncitizen voters could represent only a fraction of the broader population, Floyd said, because the list includes only individuals who sought certain benefits in Washington state. NINTH CIRCUIT QUESTIONS TRUMP DOJ'S EMERGENCY REQUEST TO SET ASIDE 20,000 CALIFORNIA MAIL BALLOTS "If you take that population, and you expand it out to include all the people that are here illegally that we haven't had contact with, just my estimation is that it's going to be in the thousands," Floyd said.  Federal officials said many green card holders were registered to vote without their knowledge through Washington’s Motor Voter program, which integrates voter registration into the state’s Department of Licensing. "We have heard from green card holders who were registered against their knowledge via the Washington Motor Voter program. Then they receive a ballot in the mail and assume they are legally registered — that simply is not the case," the notice said. According to the Washington secretary of state’s website, eligible residents are automatically registered to vote only if they provide proof of U.S. citizenship during a driver’s license or ID card registration process. The findings have prompted federal officials to identify patterns in how the voter registration process has failed, Floyd said.  According to the DOJ notice, federal officials are asking Washington state to set aside ballots cast by the identified individuals until their citizenship status can otherwise be confirmed. "Washington is now on notice that noncitizens are voting. It is up to the state to take action to make sure that they are not allowing these noncitizens to vote illegally," the notice said.    Officials warned that voting as a noncitizen can have serious consequences for those seeking to become U.S. citizens. Potential criminal charges include making false statements in a naturalization application, while some individuals could also face charges for fraudulent voter registration. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital that numerous illegal aliens had also admitted to unlawfully registering to vote or casting ballots in U.S. elections. Of the dozens of suspects arrested, at least 18 had voted in a federal election.  The individuals were from a range of countries, including Mexico, Somalia, Honduras, Guyana, Cuba, Germany, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, El Salvador, Cambodia, Guatemala, Portugal and Italy. Many also faced charges for numerous alleged crimes, including counterfeiting, fraud, kidnapping, DUI, sexual offenses, assault with a dangerous weapon, drug possession and burglary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14b6f876989b59d07a21d How Netanyahu Strained the U.S.-Israel Alliance te 2026-10-28T01:10:07.775Z How Netanyahu Strained the U.S.-Israel Alliance Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has long sold himself as the best politician to manage relations with America. Our reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how that alliance is now under strain as support for Israel erodes across party lines. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14b6d876989b59d07a1e9 Nate Silver’s Midterm Predictions on ‘End of the Trump Era’ and AI te 2026-10-28T01:10:05.668Z Nate Silver’s Midterm Predictions on ‘End of the Trump Era’ and AI Election forecaster Nate Silver predicts that the 2026 midterms could mark the onset of a post-Trump political era. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14b6c876989b59d07a1e0 Russell Wilson Makes Bold Push for Cowboys to Trade for Star Pass-Rusher te 2026-10-28T01:10:04.009Z Russell Wilson Makes Bold Push for Cowboys to Trade for Star Pass-Rusher Russell Wilson made the case the Dallas Cowboys should go all-in on trading for a Pro Bowl Micah Parsons replacement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1491b876989b59d07a1ab A tied Arizona House or Senate? It’s happened before te 2026-10-28T01:00:11.497Z A tied Arizona House or Senate? It’s happened before Key Points:  Both the Arizona House and Senate could see ties between Republicans and Democrats after next week’s election The only tie in state history happened in the Senate in... Subscribe Already a subscriber?  Login The post A tied Arizona House or Senate? It’s happened before first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14919876989b59d07a188 Dream vs Valkyries Game 6 bumped from prime time to Thursday afternoon but WNBA stays silent on why te 2026-10-28T01:00:09.404Z Dream vs Valkyries Game 6 bumped from prime time to Thursday afternoon but WNBA stays silent on why The WNBA moved a potential championship-clinching game from Primetime to Thursday afternoon. It has yet to answer OutKick’s questions about why it chose a weekday afternoon over other options. Game 6 between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries will tip off at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday at State Farm Arena, rather than its originally scheduled 8 p.m. start. For Golden State fans watching back home, that’s 9:30 a.m. PT. WNBA'S BIZARRE NATIONAL ANTHEM CONTROVERSY SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH THE LEAGUE NEEDS CAITLIN CLARK The game will still air on the USA Network and stream on Peacock. The Valkyries lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 and can win their first championship Thursday. Atlanta needs a victory to force Game 7, which will be played Saturday at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center in San Francisco. Unless the WNBA runs into yet another scheduling issue, of course. OutKick asked Versant, USA Network’s parent company, what role it had in choosing or approving the new start time and whether it supported the move. A source at the company said the scheduling change was the WNBA’s decision, but did not say whether USA Network approved the new start time or supported the move. DREAM COACH KARL SMESKO CALLS WNBA FINALS OFFICIATING ‘JUST RIDICULOUS’ AS ANGEL REESE ALSO QUESTIONS REFS Why did the WNBA decide that a weekday afternoon was the best time for one of its biggest games? The league has not responded to OutKick’s questions about the decision, the alternatives considered or concerns about the potential impact on viewership. The immediate scheduling problem was another basketball game. The NBA’s Atlanta Hawks host the Cleveland Cavaliers at State Farm Arena that night. The Hawks agreed to move their start time to 8 p.m. to accommodate the WNBA game and the arena turnaround. The teams used a similar arrangement for Game 4 on Saturday, with the WNBA game starting at 1 p.m. and the Hawks tipping off at 8:30 p.m. Keeping Game 6 at State Farm Arena allows the Dream to accommodate substantially more fans than their roughly 3,500-seat regular home, Gateway Center Arena. And give Atlanta credit: Fans filled the larger building for Games 3 and 4. I previously questioned whether the Dream could fill State Farm Arena for the Finals, but they answered that with sellout crowds and a loud atmosphere. Of course, neither Game 3 nor Game 4 was played at a time when most adults are at work and most kids are in school. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, another option under strong consideration was playing Game 6 on Friday at State Farm Arena and moving a potential Game 7 to Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Chase Center in San Francisco. Instead, the league kept Game 6 on Thursday and preserved the potential Halloween Game 7. Moving Game 6 to Friday and a potential Game 7 to Tuesday would have extended the series that began Oct. 17 into November if a seventh game were needed. ANTHEMS AND DEFINITIONS: WNBA KEEPS DOING DUMB THINGS FOR A REASON THAT WILL LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS Shelburne initially reported on ESPN’s "NBA Today" that a potential championship celebration could be moved to a practice court because of the arena turnaround. She later clarified that there was "a resolve" to ensure any championship won Thursday would be celebrated on the court. Winning a championship, then having to move the celebration to a practice court because the NBA needs the floor, would be a terrible look for the WNBA. In its announcement, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert emphasized the opportunity to keep the game in the larger arena. "The sellout crowds and extraordinary atmosphere at State Farm Arena for Games 3 and 4 were a tremendous success, and we’re excited to give thousands more fans the opportunity to experience Game 6 with a championship on the line," Engelbert said. She also thanked the NBA, both teams, the Hawks, State Farm Arena and USA Network for their collaboration and flexibility. But thousands more available seats don’t necessarily mean thousands more people can attend. Fans who made Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon work now have to figure out a Thursday lunchtime tipoff. The same problem applies to the television audience. Golden State fans who want to watch their team play for a championship will have to tune in at 9:30 on a Thursday morning. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The league announced the change Monday, three days before the game, with tickets going on sale that afternoon. The WNBA said it would work with the NBA and its broadcast partners on a coordinated marketing campaign across television, digital and social platforms to promote the new start time. More promotion might help people find the game, but it won’t change when they have to work. Perhaps Thursday afternoon was the best available compromise. But the league has been asked to explain why a potential championship clincher had to leave prime time. With fans being asked to rearrange their schedules, the WNBA should at least explain how it arrived at this one. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14918876989b59d07a17f Man accused of threatening to hijack United flight says it was a drunken joke te 2026-10-28T01:00:08.105Z Man accused of threatening to hijack United flight says it was a drunken joke A New Jersey man accused of sending a text threatening to hijack a United Airlines flight over the weekend told investigators he had been drinking and described the message as poorly worded banter on a coworker, according to an arrest report. Dante Milne, 25, allegedly sent the threatening message Saturday while aboard United Airlines Flight 1681, a Boeing 737 carrying 150 passengers and six crew members from Las Vegas to Newark, New Jersey. "I’m gonna hijack this b**** and crash ur row only," Milne allegedly wrote, according to an arrest report cited by FOX5 Vegas. AIRPORT SUSPECT PACKED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE FOR FLIGHT, CAUGHT WITH CRYPTIC MESSAGE ON PHONE: FEDS The message was allegedly spotted by a flight attendant shortly after departure, and the crew alerted the captain, who secured the cockpit and diverted the aircraft back to Harry Reid International Airport, where it landed at approximately 11:05 p.m. local time. The flight was delayed overnight after the crew reached its permitted working hours and departed for Newark the following morning, United Airlines previously told Fox News Digital. Authorities later charged Milne with one count of making threats or conveying false information concerning an act of terrorism. According to the arrest report, Milne told investigators he had consumed a beer and several shots at an airport bar before boarding. FAA EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP IN EMAIL TO WHITE HOUSE He said he then fell asleep aboard the plane and woke up to discover the aircraft was returning to Las Vegas. Milne initially acknowledged texting someone aboard the flight but said he could not remember the messages. When investigators specifically asked about the alleged hijacking threat, he described it as poorly worded "banter between coworkers," according to the arrest report. Milne reportedly said he never intended to take control of the aircraft and apologized for what happened. He told detectives he was returning home after spending three days in Las Vegas for an apprenticeship training program involving underwater welding, according to the report. Air traffic control audio previously obtained by ATC.com and reported by Fox News captured the pilot explaining the situation as the flight returned to Las Vegas, including that the passenger suspected of making the threat apparently did not realize the aircraft had turned around because of him. FRONTIER PASSENGERS TACKLE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY CHOKED OFF-DUTY FLIGHT ATTENDANT, TRIED TO OPEN DOOR MID-FLIGHT "The passenger does not know anything is going on," the pilot told air traffic controllers. "The flight attendant saw him texting that he was going to hijack the aircraft and called me and we went lockdown. … No restraint, passenger is compliant because he’s unaware." Milne was later released on $10,000 bail, and his attorney told a judge Tuesday that he intended to plead not guilty, according to KLAS-TV. Milne is due back in court on Jan. 5. Following the incident, United Airlines said the flight had returned to Las Vegas to address a "potential security concern." "United flight 1681 from Las Vegas to Newark on Saturday, Oct. 24, safely returned to Las Vegas to address a potential security concern," United Airlines previously told Fox News Digital. "The flight was delayed overnight due to crew timeout, and departed for Newark this morning," the airline added. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also confirmed that the flight's crew reported a "passenger disturbance" and that the incident remained under investigation. Fox News Digital's Jessica Mekles and Sophia Compton contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14916876989b59d07a176 Cassidy Hutchinson avoids indictment after DOJ effort to charge her over Jan. 6 testimony fails: sources te 2026-10-28T01:00:06.731Z Cassidy Hutchinson avoids indictment after DOJ effort to charge her over Jan. 6 testimony fails: sources A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson after the Justice Department sought criminal charges over statements she made to Congress in 2022, two sources confirmed to Fox News Digital. The Justice Department had sought to indict Hutchinson over allegations that she lied to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, but the effort failed Tuesday, according to the sources. It remains unclear whether federal prosecutors will make another attempt to secure an indictment. EX-FBI OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP PROBE AS TESTIMONY COMES UNDER SCRUTINY Hutchinson, a former top aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, emerged as one of the most prominent witnesses before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election. During a nationally televised hearing in June 2022, Hutchinson testified about Trump's actions on Jan. 6, including an account she said she heard from another White House official about the president's reaction after being told he could not travel to the Capitol. Her account of an alleged confrontation inside the presidential vehicle was subsequently disputed by other individuals familiar with the events. READ THE LIST: 44 LAWMAKERS SWEPT INTO JACK SMITH TEXT SWEEP AS HIS LEGAL RECKONING GROWS Fox News Digital previously reported that a federal grand jury in Washington had heard evidence concerning possible false statements Hutchinson made to the congressional committee. At the time, a source familiar with the matter said additional evidence could be presented to the grand jury as soon as the following week and that no final decisions had been made about whether the investigation would result in criminal charges. The New York Post also reported that the Justice Department was investigating Hutchinson over possible false statements to Congress. DOJ OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP ALLY COREY LEWANDOWSKI The grand jury's decision not to indict Hutchinson does not establish whether her congressional testimony was truthful or false. Hutchinson has previously maintained that she stands by her testimony. Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department, Rep. Barry Loudermilk's office and Rep. Bennie Thompson's office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14913876989b59d07a153 Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters te 2026-10-28T01:00:03.797Z Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae146bc876989b59d07a116 Judicial retention elections receive more partisan attention te 2026-10-28T00:50:04.989Z Judicial retention elections receive more partisan attention Key Points: Arizona voters gets to decide whether or not to retain appointed judges The races are non-partisan, but political groups have become more involved Judges hope voters are making decisions based on the merits, not politics Partisan election guides have infiltrated the nonpartisan judicial retention elections, with both sides airing lost lists of judges they feel are unfit to remain in their positions. In recent years, political groups have gradually ramped up efforts to recast the judicial section of the ballot with a partisan lens, focusing on the details of judges’ appointments, high-profile rulings, prior career paths and alleged ideological slants. Booting a judge from the bench could backfire on Republicans and Democrats alike, though, if the opposing party wins the governor’s race. Any vacancy created by voters this election cycle grants the future governor — whether incumbent Katie Hobbs or Republican Andy Biggs — the opportunity to choose replacements. Hobbs maintains that throughout her term, she has appointed judges without regard for political party, and a spokesperson for her campaign added she had not taken any position on the judicial retention races. “Governor Hobbs has always put politics to the side and selected the most qualified candidates for the bench,” Christian Slater, spokesman for Hobbs, said in a statement. “The governor is a social worker who is laser-focused on putting Arizona first and prioritizing nominees that demonstrate a commitment to public service, the rule of law and to building a judiciary that serves everyday Arizonans fairly.” Biggs spokesman Drew Sexton declined to say whether Biggs opposes the retention of certain judges this cycle. But he gave some insight into his philosophy on the judiciary. “As Governor, Andy Biggs will put a priority on selecting judges who adhere to and uphold the Constitution as it’s written, not imagined,” Sexton said. “He’ll take a hands-on approach in identifying judicial prospects who will be unafraid to carry out this approach from the bench.” Interest in judicial retention elections increased over the past two election cycles, climbing from near silence to a dull roar to a cacophony. In 2022, voters removed three judges from the Maricopa County Superior Court, a first since 2014. Then, in 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to keep Arizona’s pre-statehood abortion ban in place. As a result, judicial retention races received a groundswell of attention from political action committees and voters as campaigns sought to oust or protect Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King. Efforts to remove the two justices failed. But political interest in the judiciary kept momentum in 2026. Now, PACs, grassroots organizations and political parties have put out long lists of judges they think voters ought to fire. Republicans generally remained consistent in opposing Hobbs’ nominees but were otherwise scattered on which judges to keep or remove. The Freedom Club PAC, a conservative “Mega PAC” attached to the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, opposed the retention of three judges appointed by former Gov. Doug Ducey and one appointed by former Gov. Jan Brewer, both Republicans. And the Maricopa County Republican Committee advised voters to vote no on nine Republican-appointed judges. Some legislative district committees took it further. Legislative District 3 listed 14 Ducey or Brewer appointees no longer in its good graces.  The groups did not lay out their rationale for opposing the judges, though legislative action and losses in high-profile cases grant some insight. One judge, for example, became the subject of a legislative inquiry into family court. A handful returned adverse rulings on election issues, striking down Republican-led lawsuits against election procedures and policies, past election challenges, and attempts to access voter information. Other judges allowed measures opposed by Republicans on the ballot, or struck Republican-backed measures or ballot language from consideration. Democratic- and progressive-leaning voter guides laid out their reasons for opposing each judge in much more detail, but similarly split on which judges to oppose or retain. And unlike Republican voter guides, Democratic groups declined to list a judge on the reject list solely because of the political affiliation of the governor who made the initial appointment. Gavel Watch, the original judicial voting guide put out by Civic Engagement Beyond Voting, advised against retaining seven judges and expressed reservations on a dozen more. Arizona Judge Watch, a group formed in response to the “conservative capture” of state courts, opposed 37 judges, citing specific civil and criminal cases, backgrounds as corporate litigators or prosecutors, alleged political donations, and ties to conservative groups. State + Local Election Alliance, which bills itself as a national pro-democracy group, opposed 13 judges along similar lines, though it took into account a judge’s rulings on election issues. The group is also supporting Hobbs’ reelection. “SLEA supports judges who won’t play games with elections,” Kim Rogers, the alliance’s president, said in a statement. “Andy Biggs has been lying about the 2020 election for six years. We’re not trusting that guy with judges.” Arizona Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer said voters certainly have the First Amendment right to campaign for and against judges. But she told Capitol Media Services that the state’s system for choosing and voting on judges was set up to sequester judges from partisan politics. “I would urge people, that if they’re a great member of a group and they’re a big supporter and their group says, ‘Oh, don’t vote for this person’ (that they would) make a further inquiry of ‘well, why?’ ” the chief justice said. “Is it because of a single decision?” she continued. “Is it because you don’t like the governor who appointed them? Is it because you don’t like something they did as an attorney?” And overall, Timmer urged voters to fill out the entirety of the ballot as the judiciary continues to contend with lackluster voter participation down ballot. In 2024, Arizona voters cast a total of around 3.4 million ballots, but only around 2.6 million made it down to the retention races for Bolick and King. In Maricopa County, 2 million voters weighed in on the presidential race, while only around 1.5 million voted on the justices and 1.2 million voted on Superior Court judges. Former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Scott Bales echoed Timmer in encouraging voter participation and again noted that judges appointed to the bench are highly qualified in the first place. “We need to keep those people in office,” Bales said. He recalls facing a “minor” partisan effort to remove himself and other judges appointed by former Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano. But Bales, a Democrat, noted now opposition efforts have become a little more organized. Bales urged voters to move away from partisan voting guides and approach any recommendation with a degree of skepticism. “I wouldn’t want a judge that’s going to be gauging whether (they) share my political affiliation or my demographic background,” he said. “I wouldn’t want the judge to be influenced by whether he thought or she thought ruling one way or the other might be popular or not,” Bales said. “I want them to do the right thing in my case.” The post Judicial retention elections receive more partisan attention first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14464876989b59d07a06f Stephen A Smith makes 'uncomfortable' NFL Comeback Player case for Browns QB Deshaun Watson te 2026-10-28T00:40:04.496Z Stephen A Smith makes 'uncomfortable' NFL Comeback Player case for Browns QB Deshaun Watson The Cleveland Browns enter Week 8 with a 5-2 record, and Sunday’s matchup against division opponent Pittsburgh Steelers could determine which team sits atop the AFC North standings next week. At least part of the Browns’ unexpected turnaround this season has been attributed to Deshaun Watson’s return to form. But Cleveland’s decision to name Watson its starting quarterback before the regular season drew some criticism. The quarterback’s path to Cleveland included his turbulent departure from Houston amid sexual misconduct allegations made against him. Since joining the Browns, Watson has also dealt with a series of significant injuries. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE While Watson has not fully returned to the elite form he displayed with the Texans, he has thrown for more than 1,400 yards in seven games, remained healthy and provided stability at quarterback for Cleveland during its turnaround. Watson appears to have shown enough to convince ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith that he should currently be considered the favorite to win the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award. "Deshaun Watson right now is the Comeback Player of the Year," Smith said during Tuesday's edition of "First Take." NFL WEEK 6 SUNDAY TAKEAWAYS: GIANTS HAVE A NEW QB1, BILLS KEEP ROLLING AND SHANE STEICHEN IS ON THE HOT SEAT "It’s uncomfortable to say it, but it’s true." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Smith then pointed to Watson’s ability to deliver in crucial moments on the football field this season. "Five wins, first place in the division, all five wins were come from behind victories in the fourth quarter. Led by him. Considering where he was, how bad he looked on the football field to what he has looked [like this season.]" LEGENDARY AGENT EXPLAINS HOW DESHAUN WATSON'S $230 MILLION CONTRACT HAS CRIPPLED THE BROWNS Watson’s availability has been limited since 2020, when he was the NFL's passing leader. He has suited up in seven or fewer games in each season since then while navigating lawsuits, a suspension and rehabbing from shoulder and Achilles injuries. The Browns have been members of the AFC North since 2002, when the league realigned its divisions. Cleveland has never won the AFC North title. Watson and the Browns travel to Pittsburgh this weekend. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14212876989b59d079fe4 Alabama dismisses defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr from team after being arrested for second time te 2026-10-28T00:30:10.158Z Alabama dismisses defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr from team after being arrested for second time Alabama defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. has been dismissed from the team after being arrested for the second time in a year, coach Kalen DeBoer said Tuesday. Kirkpatrick was arrested Friday on charges related to allegedly harassing and doxxing the University of Alabama police officer who arrested him in 2025. According to police documents obtained by The Athletic, Kirkpatrick allegedly sent the officer a harassing message and posted a photo of the officer, his wife and their two children on Facebook with the caption "Dis him?" "After gathering more information on the situation, Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. will no longer be a part of our program," DeBoer said in a statement. "He did not live up to the standards and expectations that I have set for this team and our players." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Kirkpatrick allegedly sent profanity-laced messages to the officer through Facebook Messenger on Oct. 20, according to arrest records obtained by The Athletic. Kirkpatrick was initially arrested in Tuscaloosa on three counts of reckless endangerment and charges of attempting to elude police and speeding. Following the arrest, he was suspended for the final seven games of last season before re-joining the team in the spring. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Kirkpatrick, the son of former Alabama defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick, also faces a separate misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident stemming from an incident in June. Alabama suspended Kirkpatrick before Saturday's win over Texas A&M. The junior defensive back had appeared in all seven of Alabama's games this season, recording five tackles. In 28 games over three seasons with Alabama, he recorded 17 tackles and forced two fumbles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae14210876989b59d079fdb Sydney Sweeney recreates iconic 'Home Alone' scene for new lingerie campaign te 2026-10-28T00:30:08.695Z Sydney Sweeney recreates iconic 'Home Alone' scene for new lingerie campaign Sydney Sweeney is getting into the Christmas spirit with a little help from Kevin McCallister. The "Euphoria" star recreated several memorable moments from the 1990 holiday classic "Home Alone" in a playful new advertisement for her lingerie and loungewear brand, SYRN. In the beginning of the video, Sweeney stood in front of a bathroom mirror wearing a plunging navy blue top beneath a cropped cardigan, with her blonde hair styled in loose waves. SYDNEY SWEENEY WOWS IN LINGERIE LOOK AS SHE KEEPS SCOOTER BRAUN CLOSE WITH FAMILIAR ACCESSORY Sweeney then splashed a liquid onto her face before placing both hands against her cheeks and letting out a dramatic scream, recreating the iconic moment when Kevin McCallister applies aftershave in the 1990 Christmas classic. Sweeney continued the holiday tribute in another scene, this time wearing a burgundy loungewear set while holding a small white dog. As a shadowy figure appeared behind a curtain, the actress widened her eyes in alarm, adding another playful nod to the movie's home-invasion storyline. Another moment showed Sweeney enjoying a towering ice cream sundae topped with whipped cream, recalling the dessert Kevin treats himself to while enjoying the house without his family. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "The Holiday Shop is officially open ♥️ Shop Hibernation Nation early access NOW," SYRN captioned the Instagram video. The advertisement quickly caught the attention of fans, many of whom recognized the references to the Christmas comedy. SYDNEY SWEENEY SIZZLES IN WONDER WOMAN CORSET COSTUME AS SHE SOAKS UP SUMMER ROMANCE WITH SCOOTER BRAUN "I just realized that this is a reference to the movie Home Alone 😱," one person commented. "Who on earth would leave Sydney Sweeney home alone this Christmas? 😱 😅," another joked. A third wrote, "Home Alone Syd ! These are the best 🔥." Others focused on the new clothing collection. SYDNEY SWEENEY SHARES BIKINI AND UNDERWEAR PHOTOS IN INSTAGRAM DUMP FROM AUSTRALIA TRIP "Man she's so pretty, idc what anyone says, and I do want this setttttt," one follower commented. "The SYRN team is so underrated 🫡great job once again," another wrote. The video is the latest installment in Sweeney's holiday campaign for SYRN, which has drawn inspiration from several Christmas classics. In an earlier promotional video shared on the brand's Instagram account, Sweeney modeled looks inspired by Cindy Lou Who from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and characters from "The Nightmare Before Christmas." The latest release, called "Hibernation Nation," is part of the brand's holiday offerings and features cozy loungewear. Sweeney launched SYRN in January, expanding her career beyond acting and producing. In a January interview with Cosmopolitan, Sweeney discussed her approach to creating lingerie for different body types. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "My designers are all women, and I have an amazing diverse team," she told the magazine. "My models are a beautiful range of body types. I'm always like: 'I want to see it on every body.' I can't be the only model. I need to make sure everyone feels really good in it." "If I wouldn't wear it, I wouldn't want to make it," Sweeney added. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Sweeney also revealed that her own experiences shopping for lingerie influenced the brand's designs. "In sixth grade, I was a 32 DD, and I remember going to the store to get my first wire bra," she told Cosmopolitan. "It was silk and the only bra I felt good in. I literally wore it to the point that it had holes in it." She explained that she eventually brought the bra into her SYRN office as an example of the kind of lasting comfort she wanted to create for customers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1420d876989b59d079fb9 Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican’s Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’ te 2026-10-28T00:30:05.718Z Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican’s Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’ State Senator Brent Taylor, the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat, responded to a Nashville outlet’s report that he had sent “an unsolicited nude picture.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae1420c876989b59d079f9d FBI Warned Pat McAfee to Wear Bulletproof Vest After Charlie Kirk Shooting te 2026-10-28T00:30:04.094Z FBI Warned Pat McAfee to Wear Bulletproof Vest After Charlie Kirk Shooting The FBI urged ESPN "College GameDay" analyst Pat McAfee to take his safety more seriously after Charlie Kirk's assassination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae13fb3876989b59d079ee0 Seahawks Urged to Add Former NFL Rushing Champ After Quenton Nelson Trade te 2026-10-28T00:20:03.634Z Seahawks Urged to Add Former NFL Rushing Champ After Quenton Nelson Trade The Seattle Seahawks pulled off one major trade, and they could be poised to make another for a Pro Bowl running back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae13d5e876989b59d079e8f EA shuts down legendary game studio BioWare after recent high-profile disappointments, controversies te 2026-10-28T00:10:06.527Z EA shuts down legendary game studio BioWare after recent high-profile disappointments, controversies Electronic Arts shut down BioWare, the longtime video game studio behind the "Mass Effect" and "Dragon Age" franchises, following years of disappointing releases and controversy over its games' identity-politics themes. BioWare, founded in 1995, has closed after 31 years. Bloomberg reported that the studio "has struggled in recent years with critically panned titles such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem," and that "The studio’s most recent game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, missed sales expectations and led EA to gut the studio last year." The studio said in an Oct. 21 company blog post that "Now, after more than three decades of shared adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending. There is nothing easy about writing those words. Our focus right now is on our incredibly talented team who put their hearts into these games, and supporting one another through this transition." BioWare became famous for games like "Dragon Age: Origins," a critically acclaimed dark-fantasy role-playing game. However, the series’ most recent installment, "Dragon Age: The Veilguard," underperformed, attracting approximately 1.5 million players during its launch quarter, nearly 50% below EA's expectations, according to the company.  GAMING-WORLD VETERAN WHO RIPPED ‘WOKE’ CULTURE SCORES TRUMP-BACKED BATTLEGROUND PRIMARY WIN Former "Dragon Age" lead writer David Gaider later said another installment was unlikely under EA, and that the series previously survived because it had outperformed expectations. "The Veilguard" also drew controversy for its transgender and nonbinary themes, including a character-creation option allowing players to add top surgery scars. In one scene criticized online, a character accidentally misgenders another character, who is nonbinary, and performs a fictional apology ritual. Two months after the game’s release, Inverse reported that "The Veilguard" had faced backlash over its handling of identity politics, an issue that has sparked debate around other recent video games.  The game’s director, Corinne Busche, who is transgender, spoke to Inverse about how themes of identity influenced the game. "I’m an openly queer, trans woman," Busche told the outlet. "It shaped everything about who I am, and it’s been the source of a lot of joy, a lot of difficulty, and perspective. For me personally, one of the greatest gifts about being trans is the amount of introspection it forces upon you. You spend a lot of time deeply examining who you are, and why that matters." 'HALO' COMPOSER, GOP CANDIDATE SAYS VENUE CANCELED HIS EVENT FOR POLITICAL REASONS, HE WILL HOST IT ELSEWHERE BioWare became famous for games like "Dragon Age: Origins," a critically acclaimed dark-fantasy role-playing game. However, the series’ most recent installment, "Dragon Age: The Veilguard," underperformed, attracting approximately 1.5 million players during its launch quarter, nearly 50% below EA's expectations, according to the company.  Over the past decade, several video games have sparked controversy over the inclusion of progressive political themes. Marty O’Donnell, a Republican congressional candidate and composer for the "Halo" video game series, spoke to Fox News Digital about how he believes BioWare's closure reflects a larger phenomenon that has been developing for years. "For the last few years, BioWare hasn’t been in touch with its fans, as it got infected with woke ideology, including a scene in ‘Dragon Age’ where a character came out as non-binary," O'Donnell said. "The game failed to sell, which surprised no one who understands the industry."  CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "EA took BioWare and ruined it by preaching to their audience," he continued. "I knew Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, who started BioWare, well, and I’m glad they got out at a good time before EA destroyed their company. More companies like Bungie and BioWare will be shuttered until the executives wake up and realize fans want politics out of their games." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae13d5b876989b59d079e5a Kamala Harris and JD Vance's Popularity Compared as 2028 Rumors Swirl te 2026-10-28T00:10:03.290Z Kamala Harris and JD Vance's Popularity Compared as 2028 Rumors Swirl As the midterms are just one week away, speculation is growing over who could officially throw their hat into the 2028 race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae13b0d876989b59d079dff Mamdani under fire over NYC schools as critics say mayor is devoid of education agenda despite $38B budget te 2026-10-28T00:00:13.409Z Mamdani under fire over NYC schools as critics say mayor is devoid of education agenda despite $38B budget Ten months into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s term, education advocates tell Fox News Digital that the democratic socialist mayor is falling short of delivering on the education promises he made during his campaign. "It's not good enough to be the TikTok mayor for 900,000 New York City public school students and their families," said David Bloomfield, former general counsel for the New York City Board of Education. "We need movement, not just words." Mamdani, who campaigned on a progressive education platform, was expected to make significant changes to the city's struggling public school system, but education advocates argue that his first 10 months in office have produced few substantive changes to K-12 education. MAMDANI'S EDUCATION PLAN'S 'LACK OF MERIT' COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE STUDENT OUTCOMES: GOP LEADER WARNS "Mayor Mamdani has not addressed education adequately," Bloomfield said. "Ten months into his administration, there is no real overwhelming education agenda or, particularly, regarding racial segregation or enrollment decline and school mergers … We're really hearing nothing out of the administration." "Most people who are involved in education advocacy and many parents are disappointed because they really expected a big shift from the last administration. Mamdani ran on a very progressive agenda overall, a kind of activist agenda, and yet we haven't seen many changes from the Adams administration in terms of K-12 education," said Class Size Matters founder Leonie Haimson. Bloomfield, a professor emeritus at Brooklyn College, argued that Mamdani's administration has yet to establish a comprehensive strategy for addressing declining enrollment, racial segregation, overcrowded classrooms and other issues facing the Big Apple’s public school system. MAMDANI TURNS ON NEW YORK CITY TEACHERS UNION WITH LAWSUIT BLOCKING PAY RAISES FOR EDUCATORS "[Mamdani] is continuing mayoral control of New York City public schools, but without a real agenda," Bloomfield told Fox News Digital. New York City’s public schools operate under mayoral control, giving Mamdani broad authority over the system and its leadership, including Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels. New York City has allocated a $38.6 billion budget to its public schools, which serve nearly one million students. The city spends 50% more per student than Los Angeles and Chicago, the country's other two largest school districts, according to a New York Post analysis. Bloomfield questioned whether the city is directing funding where it is most needed. He said funding continues to support schools with declining enrollment, while overcrowded campuses "bursting at the seams" struggle to accommodate their student populations. "Money will go a long way to solving the education problem in New York," said Bloomfield. "The problem, though, where does that money go? How is that money used?" STEVE MOORE, ED POZZUOLI: STOP FUNDING SCHOOL SYSTEMS. LET THE MONEY FOLLOW THE CHILD Haimson, a longtime education advocate who fights for smaller class sizes in New York City, criticized Mamdani's sudden loss of momentum on overcrowded classrooms. A New York state law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and supported by Mamdani when he was a state assemblyman, requires New York City public schools to limit class sizes to between 20 and 25 students, depending on grade level. Mamdani has sought a two-year extension of the compliance deadline, which would push full implementation to 2030. "The one thing he was most enthusiastic about was lowering class sizes and complying with the class size law. And yet, as soon as he got elected, he decided he wanted an extension," Haimson told Fox News Digital. "I expected that they would come out with a real plan on how that space would be created, and they have not done so," she added. Haimson said Mamdani’s education agenda remains limited compared with his broader campaign platform, arguing that his approach to K-12 schools has largely mirrored that of his predecessor, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. CHICAGO'S HALF-EMPTY SCHOOLS REVEAL A CRISIS CITY LEADERS REFUSE TO CONFRONT Bloomfield echoed Haimson’s argument, saying that unlike Adams and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mamdani lacks a clear education agenda. "I think there's disappointment. People want change," he said. "Change is necessary, whether it's in terms of race … quality education, reading scores, math scores. There really is a need for improvement, and yet we're hearing nothing out of City Hall or the Department of Education." During his first six months in office, Adams issued 21 press releases related to K-12 education — including announcements about expanding the gifted and talented program and introducing dyslexia screening — compared with Mamdani's 11 releases during the corresponding period, according to an analysis by Chalkbeat. While Haimson credited Mamdani with launching the city’s first 2-K initiative, which expands early education and childcare to 2-year-olds through a partnership with Hochul, she said the administration has paid little attention to students older than five. POWERFUL TEACHERS' UNIONS SHARE STRIKING LINK WITH STATES STRUGGLING TO TEACH KIDS TO READ "He really hasn't taken much interest in anything that relates to education once the child turns 5 years old," she said. "And of course, there's many, many years of schooling that make a huge difference in a child's life after the age of 5." Both Haimson and Bloomfield told Fox News Digital that Mamdani and Samuels must make K-12 education a more prominent priority for the administration and develop a clearer strategy for addressing persistent challenges. "I'd like him … to pay more attention to K-12 education, because he did get mayoral control renewed, and it really is one of the top responsibilities of mayors in this city is to make sure that New York City kids are getting a good education," Haimson said. "We really need either the chancellor, Kamar Samuels, or the mayor himself to step up," Bloomfield added. Neither Mamdani nor Samuels responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6ae13b0a876989b59d079ddf White House Has Tight Grip Over FBI in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent Says te 2026-10-28T00:00:10.044Z White House Has Tight Grip Over FBI in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent Says In court testimony, the agent outlined the willingness of Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, to take orders from President Trump to investigate his perceived enemies. 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