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France takes on England in World Cup third-place game with Mbappe chasing Golden Boot

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:36:26 -0400

For Americans, the World Cup has a lot of weird stuff. We aren’t used to games ending in ties. We don’t really recognize the beauty of teams passing the ball back and forth, trying to see where it makes sense to attack the defense. Most of all, though, we are not used to major tournaments having a third-place game, but we get that here as France takes on England.

France disappointed me for a variety of reasons. Even if I didn’t have a ticket on them to win the World Cup, I would’ve probably been disappointed as they played Spain. They looked like they were little kids playing against adults out there. The lack of urgency, the skill disparity, and the overall performance looked brutal in comparison to what we’ve seen from France in all of the other games of the World Cup.

The only thing that France really has to play for now is pride. It was disappointing to see them not bother against Spain, but they have still been very strong against almost every other team in the league. Now, the other thing that they can take a shot at is getting Kylian Mbappe another goal. He has eight, which is tied with Lionel Messi for the Golden Boot, but he has fewer assists, so if he doesn’t score, he will lose.

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England blew it. That’s really the overwhelming thought from almost every analyst and everyone else. England fans are furious at their coach for "parking the bus" in the second half of the game. I can’t say I blame them. England looked like they were just trying to run out the clock instead of being aggressive. We know Argentina is a good team, but England wasn’t really playing keep away; they seemed to just be loading the box and hoping that their opponent wouldn’t score.

England can still make this a successful World Cup with a win. Sure, it isn’t the same as winning the tournament, but coming in third does seem like it would be a surprisingly successful run for them. Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have proved to be one of the best duos in the entire tournament. The problem remains that it just hasn’t been enough. I do expect them to be more aggressive after the disaster of the last game.

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Does that mean they will find the back of the net multiple times? I kind of doubt it, but I do expect both teams to attack regularly. The opening line of this game was at 2.5 with juice on the over; it has now moved to 3.5, which gives a good middling opportunity if you bet the over originally.

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France still, in my eyes, remains the best team in the tournament – aside from Spain, I guess. I think they probably win this game in 90 minutes at -110, but I really don’t know how motivated either team will be in a third-place game. I think Mbappe is going to try to score as many goals as possible for the Golden Boot. Him at +300 is worth a flyer for two goals. I will also take under 3.5 as I just don’t see this game getting four goals.

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Why a blown-out plane window nearly sucked a passenger outside at 16K feet

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:48 -0400

After a passenger was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair plane when a window failed shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, Greece, experts are explaining how the window could have cracked and broken.

In the wake of the frightening ordeal, they also urge flyers to heed important warnings.

"Follow crew directions," Steve Arroyo, a Florida-based aviation safety expert and retired airline captain with 37 years of experience, told Fox News Digital.

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"It seems redundant, but always have your seat belt fastened whenever you're seated," he added.

Richard J. Levy, an aviation consultant, former American Airlines captain and Boeing 737 flight crew training instructor in Texas, told Fox News Digital that the depressurization happened after a piece of the engine reportedly broke off and struck the window.

"With a cracked window and the pressure on the window from cabin pressurization, the window cracked, broke — and then the extreme difference in air pressure from the cabin to the outside creates a strong suction," the expert said.

"The person was then sucked out."

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Rapid decompressions are "extremely rare events" at major airlines, Arroyo said, adding that commercial aviation is overall one of the safest modes of transportation today.

"It is mind-boggling that 4.4 billion passengers flew on the world's airlines in 2023 — 1.8 billion international passengers and 2.6 billion domestic passengers," he said. "Yet, there were zero accidents."

But one expert told Fox News Digital that incidents like these are "not as uncommon as most passengers would like to think."

William J. McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel at the Washington, D.C.-based American Economic Liberties Project and the author of "Attention All Passengers," blamed what he called "weak government oversight of aviation safety," which he said has worsened in recent years.

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"There is still much that we don't know about what happened on that aircraft," said McGee.

A Greek hospital official told The Associated Press that the 61-year-old passenger was treated for neck and shoulder injuries, as well as friction burns.

The passenger was identified as Serbian national Ljubisa Karović. Karović's wife, Svetlana Grković, told Serbian outlet Nova that she "immediately reacted and grabbed his legs."

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"I thought: 'If we die, we die together,'" said Grković.

Grković told Greek outlet ERT that her husband lost consciousness three times, the BBC reported.

"The girl who was sitting next to him was holding him by the hand," she said. "Three of us were pulling him back inside. The oxygen masks dropped and chaos broke out."

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"They put a suitcase against the window, but it was sucked out," she added.

A spokesperson from Ryanair confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital, noting that the passenger's window had "dislodged in-flight."

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The official also said that the aircraft landed safely, and that passengers returned to the terminal.

"One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki," the representative said.

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"In order to minimize any delay, a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen, which departed Thessaloniki at 9:53 local [Friday] morning."

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Far-left activist conference at teachers union HQ raises classroom concerns

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:34 -0400

A two-day conference featuring socialist, anti-war and pro-Palestinian activists at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters is drawing criticism from an education advocate who says the gathering reflects priorities far removed from the classroom.

The conference included workshops on protest and media tactics, approaching port workers, tracking weapons shipments, fundraising, coalition building and strengthening ties with labor and community groups in Latin America and Africa, according to AWAN’s website.

"I'm not sure that has much to do with empowering teachers in the classroom," North American Values Institute (NAVI) Chief Advocacy Officer Josh Weiner said about the conference.

"We've seen the barriers and boundaries between this political activism and the classroom break down in a lot of different circumstances. Certainly, the classroom is not the priority. It's a political agenda that's very extreme."

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CTU was not listed as an official conference sponsor, although the venue featured union signage and a mannequin wearing a CTU T-shirt, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Conference rooms were temporarily named by conference organizers for political figures and activists including Fidel Castro, Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores, Rasmea Odeh, Ibrahim Traoré and Patrice Lumumba.

Speakers addressed attendees from behind a podium draped in a Palestinian flag. The program included representatives of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Anti-War Action Network, Anti-War Committee Chicago, the Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression, and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, according to the conference program.

Other speakers were Michigan preschool teacher Jessica Plichta, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, which describes itself as a Marxist-Leninist organization fighting for socialism. Plichta was arrested on camera immediately after finishing a television news interview in support of Maduro. Police accused her of blocking a roadway and failing to follow commands to move.

Another speaker, U.S. Palestinian Community Network Chairman Hatem Abudayyeh, previously served as a spokesperson for the Rasmea Defense Committee.

Conference resolutions called for ending U.S. aid to Israel, supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns, and expanding pro-Palestinian activism, while another resolution referred to the Iranian government as "anti-imperialist" and pledged support for Iranian sovereignty, according to NAVI.

Weiner accused the union of intentionally keeping "themselves at arm's length of something" while sharing "the same circles" as organizers.

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"CTU didn't sponsor this conference, they weren't officially a part of it, but that's on purpose to keep themselves at arm's length of something that, clearly, they've been in the same circles as," he said.

NAVI also noted that CTU Vice President Jackson Potter and CORE, the union’s governing caucus, follow Anti-War Committee Chicago on Instagram.

Weiner said children are being taught "that the U.S. is imperialist, that it is the purveyor of violence throughout the world" while "platforming leaders that, frankly, are majorly oppressive."

"Public education is meant to really teach foundational knowledge and formulate our future citizens of our country and to prepare students to be productive, happy, successful citizens within our country and our country is a democratic capitalist system, albeit imperfect, but it still is," he said.

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AWAN says on its website that it aims to "build a country-wide movement of people who will fight against U.S. imperialism in the streets and in the halls of power."

Weiner called the conference "the opposite" of what education should look like, saying teachers are "bringing extremism" into the classroom.

"It's totally anti what education is supposed to be about, and this is an intentional play," he said. "These teachers believe education is about teaching kids about power, and how to take back power and where to seek power, and to make it a political act in and of itself."

The conference comes after the Chicago Teachers Union previously faced criticism in April for its collaboration with the National Education Association on a "curriculum build" to bring "social justice into the classroom" ahead of May Day.

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But Weiner said the union's tactics won't stop in Chicago, warning that "you're going to see that playbook essentially happen in other cities," adding "It's not as though we think it's going to happen. They're saying, it's going to happen."

"I think every time they push a boundary and break it, you see it pop up somewhere else and you see them pushing the boundaries further," he said.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Chicago Teachers Union and the Anti-War Action Network for comment.

Relationship expert challenges one of America's biggest assumptions about divorce

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:28 -0400

Divorce is often viewed as the failure of a marriage, a painful last resort that leaves families fractured. One therapist is trying to change that perception through an approach that she calls "compassionate divorce," taking the sting out of ending a marriage by viewing the process in a different way.

"Discovering Diamonds: A Story of Compassionate Divorce" author and therapist Sarene Arias argues that divorce does not mean failure, and that it can be the beginning of a new phase in life rather than the end of one. She often works with couples in crisis through her "diamond workshops" with the goal of helping them define success on their own.

"My work, in the largest sense, is to help to normalize what I call 'compassionate divorce,'" Arias told Fox News Digital.

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While Arias is advocating for a different way of thinking about divorce, Pew Research Center says that Americans have been divorcing less frequently in recent decades. According to Pew, the refined divorce rate, which measures the number of divorces per 1,000 married women ages 15 and older, fell from 20.5 in 2008 to 14.4 in 2023. Researchers suggested the decline may be partly tied to changing marriage patterns.

In her book, Arias explains the origin of her "diamonds" terminology. It came about as she and her now- ex-husband told their children that they had decided to get a divorce. Upon hearing the news, Arias' son, who was seven years old at the time, said that the family was changing shapes from a square to a diamond. Her son explained that in his mind, it was because Arias and her ex-husband were moving further apart, but the unit was "still one family."

"A diamond, black coal forged under years of pressure into a translucent, radiant gem, is a perfect metaphor for Compassionate Divorce. None of us sets out to separate when we commit to marriage, and yet, in some cases, parting ways is the most generous, loving choice a couple can make," Arias wrote in her book.

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Arias said her work is not about encouraging couples to separate, but helping couples in crisis determine the healthiest path forward for their families. In her workshops, she defines success not by whether couples stay together, but by whether they are able to create a healthier family dynamic.

"And so, in a diamond workshop, I define success as, you know, that it's really gonna be like 50-50, that half the couples who come through are gonna find that spark and choose to keep growing and healing together and the other half are gonna commit to compassionate divorce," she said.

"We can both feel, we can treat one another with mutual respect and we can work collaboratively to continue to make the best choices for our families even when that sometimes means that the couple needs to split," Arias told Fox News Digital.

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Arias said that approach stands in contrast to the way divorce is often portrayed in pop culture, where separating spouses become adversaries going through lengthy, expensive legal battles that are treated as inevitable. She argues that divorce can instead be handled respectfully and collaboratively.

When asked why couples who can problem-solve and work together in the way that compassionate divorce requires would choose not to stay together, Arias emphasized the difference between preserving a marriage and creating a healthy home.

"That's just not the same thing as a healthy thriving home. And I think it's okay to want for oneself to thrive," she said.

That philosophy extends to the way Arias thinks about children and divorce.

For couples with children who are contemplating ending their marriage, they often wonder how the decision will affect their kids, fearing that it could be a traumatic experience. However, Arias argues that people often conflate the impact of the divorce itself with the conflict that surrounds it.

"Children respond to toxicity in a home," she said. "And that toxicity, if the extent to which the toxicity in the home becomes a contentious divorce, of course that's extremely damaging to kids."

Arias said she has seen firsthand the toll contentious divorces can take on children. By contrast, she said children who experience what she describes as a compassionate divorce often want to understand what is happening, particularly those who are middle school age or older.

She aims to help couples understand that "deciding to change the terms of their relationship, that's on them, it's theirs. And it's separate from the family and the family dynamics."

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Arias said her own divorce helped shape that perspective. More than a decade after separating, she said her ex-husband remains part of her "broader support network," and that the two have a healthier relationship now than they did during their marriage.

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"We are way, way way more successful and happy now than we were," she said.

"This sort of binary of married, you know, Disney ending or divorced as failure, that's just not, that's not the real world."

Jerry O'Connell reveals the life decision that transformed him into a family man

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:05 -0400

Jerry O'Connell knows firsthand how one decision can change everything.

While discussing his new movie, "Summer's Last Resort," now streaming on Tubi, the actor told Fox News Digital that the biggest turning point of his own life was meeting his wife, Rebecca Romijn.

"My wife was definitely the biggest turning point in my life," O'Connell said. "I can't believe that my wife is with me, first of all. Thank you, honey, if you're watching this, thank you for being with me this week."

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The 52-year-old star said meeting his wife forced him to grow up and embrace a future he never saw coming.

"Meeting my wife was one of the biggest turning points of my life. I was very immature," O'Connell admitted. "And then I met my wife, and my wife wanted to start a family… I was like, 'It's not going to get better than this for me, so I might as well settle down.' And I'm so glad I did. We have two great kids, and we have a lot of fun."

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O'Connell and Romijn first met in 2004 at the Maxim Hot 100 party. The couple got engaged the following year before tying the knot in July 2007. They now share 17-year-old twin daughters Charlie and Dolly.

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The themes of family and personal growth also resonated with O'Connell while making "Summer's Last Resort," in which he plays the overenthusiastic boyfriend of a single mom whose relationship is tested by her skeptical teenage daughter.

As the father of twin teenage girls himself, O'Connell said his daughters unknowingly inspired many of his comedic choices in the movie.

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"It's not one scene. I think it's just like an aura," he told Fox News Digital. "I live with teenage girls, my daughters, and they are eternally embarrassed by me. They can't stand my presence. Everything I say is the wrong thing to say."

He continued, "And I really, I really brought that to 'Summer's Last Resort' and our set. Anytime I did a scene with Violet, I thought, 'Oh, what is something my daughters would not talk to me for weeks at a time for?' And I just did that in every scene."

Fatherhood has also changed the way O'Connell approaches parenting, he confessed.

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"They also taught me to give people space... I have to trust my kids — they're pretty good kids," he said. "I have one daughter who was playing volleyball and then wanted to quit volleyball, and I was sort of getting on her for quitting volleyball."

He explained that as his daughters discover new passions, including acting, he's learned to step back.

"I just sort of let them find their own way... I have to trust them. I have to stop telling them what to do. That's something that they taught me. Stop trying to control situations."

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O'Connell also embraced that same philosophy while working alongside young co-star Violet McGraw.

McGraw said watching veteran actors like O'Connell and Sophia Bush work taught her to be more fearless on set.

"Just by watching them, I feel like I learned so much," McGraw said. "Basically just, you can improv, take risks and trust your instincts… just fully go for it and really commit."

O'Connell acknowledged that confidence came with experience.

"When I was a younger actor, I was afraid to, like, go off script and like, goof around," he said. "I think when you're younger, you're sort of… afraid of, like, making too much of a splash. I was just a little quieter. And when I got to set, I wanted to really loosen up for Violet."

McGraw said his example encouraged her to do the same.

"I learned to have more fun with it and with [improvising] that really, really helped."

"Summer's Last Resort" follows a high-strung teenager whose vacation is upended when she's forced to spend time with her free-spirited mother's eager-to-please boyfriend — who also happens to be her vice principal. Determined to break up the romance, she launches a secret sabotage plan that quickly spirals into unexpected lessons about family, love and growing up.

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Alongside O'Connell and McGraw, the movie stars Sophia Bush, Tim Rozon and more.

"Summer's Last Resort" is available to stream on Tubi.

Angel Reese dangerously peddles racist conspiracy theory after WNBA coach calls her two words

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:45 -0400

On a night where Caitlin Clark went off on the court, Angel Reese went off ... off the court.

Is the WNBA a content machine, or what?! Credit where it's due, this league just won't quit. The summertime is their time, and they're not letting it go to waste.

Let's dive in.

Reese and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Toronto Tempo, 111-92, Friday night. Reese finished with 23 points on 7 of 11 shooting, adding 12 rebounds. She was dominant. I'm not here to disparage Reese's play on the floor, because it was excellent.

The stats don't lie. As they say, the numbers are the numbers. Well done, Angel.

Now, it didn't come without controversy. You always need controversy in the WNBA, and it usually has to do with racism. That's the buzz word right now.

Reese and Tempo forward Nyara Sabally collided late in the game, with Sabally suffering a rib injury but ultimately being called for a shooting foul. She eventually had to be helped off the court.

While she was still down, Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello came over to plead her case to the officials, and a hot mic picked up part of the conversation.

That's when Brondello called Reese a "protected species," thus sending the WNBA world into a frenzy because, of course, it was deemed racial.

Take a listen:

Angel Reese pushes the narrative out of context

"Calling a black woman a species ..." one fan posted on X, to which Reese replied, "ARE WE SURPRISED?!" while also tagging Brondello in the post.

Right on cue! A tale as old as time.

Here's the thing: This wasn't a racist comment. Come on. Context, as always, is important when it comes to these things. Usually, that's when common sense prevails.

Sandy Brondello is Australian. A quick Google search would've shown that the term "protected species" is slang over there for someone who gets preferential treatment. Fans were quick to point that out on social media, by the way. But it fell on deaf ears.

Frankly, it shouldn't have even taken a Google search to figure that out.

"Protected species" is a sports term that's been around forever. It's used all the time in the NFL, specifically with quarterbacks.

Patrick Mahomes is a protected species. It's a running joke during NFL season because defenders seemingly get flagged if they breathe on him.

Tom Brady was a protected species.

LeBron James has spent decades getting calls with his Hall of Fame flopping. He's a protected species.

In baseball, veteran hitters and pitchers routinely get calls other players don't. Veteran players can be considered a protected species. There's a reason Justin Verlander gets a call on the corner when some rookie doesn't.

In college football, you could argue the entire state of Alabama was a protected species during the Nick Saban years.

Again, this isn't a new term. It's not a racist term. It's a sports term that has been around forever.

The problem? Angel Reese is black, and the internet has selective hearing. So, someone posts that she was called a "species," and then Reese peddles the narrative by reposting it with a sarcastic comment and a clown emoji.

That's silly. That's disingenuous. Frankly, it's dangerous.

Earlier this week, a fan got fired from his job because he allegedly sent WNBA player Chelsea Gray a racial slur after a game. She shared it on the internet, it went viral, and the man's job ultimately fired him.

That's fair. If you're going to play stupid games, you're going to win stupid prizes. The proof was in the pudding on that one.

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But this? This is a non-story that Angel Reese chose to breathe life into by pushing the narrative to her 740,000 followers.

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Now, nobody is talking about her great game on the floor. Instead, they're only screaming "RACISM!"

Par for the course for the WNBA.

California man admits targeting 3 Subway restaurants for robberies in less than a week, FBI says

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:37:26 -0400

A California man admitted Friday to carrying out a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies at three Subway restaurants in the Orange County area.

Freddie Alexander Lopez, 24, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge after admitting he threatened cashiers with weapons at three Subway restaurants and a donut shop, all over an approximately six-day period.

At each business he targeted, Lopez entered late at night wearing a dark hoodie and a mask, according to the FBI. He would approach the counter, order a bag of chips or another item and wait for the cashier to open the register before brandishing a weapon and demanding money.

Surveillance footage from the businesses, along with cellphone location data placing Lopez near the establishments at the time of the robberies, helped prosecutors link him to the crimes.

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Lopez's spree of robberies began on Jan. 27, 2026, when he walked into a Subway in Santa Ana at 11:57 p.m., according to court records.

After pulling a knife on the cashier, Lopez was able to get away with $300, per the criminal complaint.

During the early morning hours of Jan. 30, Lopez entered a Subway in Fountain Valley and once again demanded money while threatening the cashier with a knife, according to the plea agreement.

"Give me all the money, or I'll hurt you," Lopez said, according to witnesses who spoke with law enforcement.

This time, the cashier refused and shut the cash register, prompting Lopez to flee on foot, according to the criminal complaint.

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Less than 30 minutes later, Lopez robbed a Yum Yum Donuts store about 5-and-a-half miles from the Subway he had just targeted, investigators said.

Two days later, on Feb. 1, Lopez walked into a third Subway restaurant in Anaheim, per the criminal complaint.

Surveillance footage reviewed by the FBI showed Lopez was armed with what appeared to be a black pistol. When the female cashier refused to give him money, the footage showed him jumping over the counter and trying to wrestle the key to the register out of her hand.

After Lopez failed to get the key and could not open the register with the touch screen, he left the restaurant, according to the criminal complaint.

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On Feb. 6, the Santa Ana Police Department arrested Lopez during a traffic stop, believing his vehicle was the one that was driven by the suspect in the robberies, according to the FBI.

Officers found what appeared to be "the same handgun, knife, mask, and glasses used during the robberies," the FBI said. Investigators noted that they found a replica gun in his car that appeared to match the one used in the Feb. 1 attempted robbery.

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After his arrest, Lopez was released ahead of his trial but was re-arrested on April 30 on the federal robbery charge.

Following his guilty plea, Lopez is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 2. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Kristin Cavallari gets rave reviews for her first pitch at Cubs game, 7'6 15-year-old basketball player & MEAT

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:31:58 -0400

The sun is out for now, the Canadian wildfire smoke isn't supposed to be back until tomorrow and it's time for a dog days of summer edition of Saturday Screencaps where we scrape for content during these quiet times.

Let's start by going to Chicago where Kristin Cavallari's first pitch had the Cubs mascot a total mess. I have to give Cavs credit. She has been a complete drama queen over the years, but I'd be lying if I said she hasn't provided us with millions of pageviews. She's an absolute content hall of famer and last night was just another notch on the belt.

Remember, this woman turns 40 in January. She's in rarified air. Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica. I've seen it way too often where celebs will waste about a decade from 35-45 b----ing about the government, Trump, etc.

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Not Cavs. Just this week, she made headlines where she said her kids can sit in coach while she's in first class on planes. Now she's throwing out a first pitch in shredded jorts. THIS IS CONTENT 101. Keep the content flame burning. Thank you, Cavs.

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Why are local TV weather people always over-smiling in photos? Is this a thing from your weather people? Just once, give me a normal smile on Facebook. I don't need an open mouth smile every single time you take a photo. Tone it down just a bit. There's no way you're that happy.
While I'm at it, just think of how miserable golf Big Js are. At every turn, they want to CRUSH Bryson. Last night, it was a feeding frenzy over a guy who has made them a ton of money while they constantly chase validation from Rors. The outrage last night over Bryson mashing down the wheat field behind his ball was hilarious. I'm left wondering which one is a bigger circlejerk: Golf media or football media?

This is a headline this morning from Canada's national news outlet CBC: "Minister says nothing went wrong with Ottawa's response to Ontario wildfires." In other words, buckle up because this is going to go on every summer for the foreseeable future. The lady in charge has the following title: Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister Responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada.Not kidding.
I find myself wanting to attend the Tour de France and stand on the road where the fans get so tight that only a single procession of riders can pass through the crowd. Last night, I spent part of the night watching Friday's race where the riders had to climb up a mountain where there were thousands of fans going absolutely crazy. I want to feel that adrenaline. Have any of you ever been as a fan in that environment?
We watched Jurassic Park this week with Screencaps Jr. and I was shocked how well it has held up over 33 years. The CGI actually looks pretty good.
I stand corrected on bowling alleys using cords to set pins. The inbox went nuts Friday. I guess it's now a thing that the private equity guys figured would save them on maintenance. I cannot believe what this world has come to.

– Michael V. says: Hello Joe, hope all is well. Yes I have been to a bowling alley that has pins held up by plastic cords. It was a lucky strike (not sure if that counts as a real bowling alley) close to my house. I prefer bowling on a regular lane because I find the plastic cords get tangled and cause delays in play. AMF offers a great summer deal (#notsponsored) where you pay $50 per person and can play up to 2 games a day everyday until labor day. The pass pays for itself after 3 visits. My daughter and I have done it the past few summers and some of her friends join us now as well. Topgolf has a similar deal that is a bargain as long as you dont buy a lot of food and drinks when you go.

– Chris from California writes: Reading today's column and Justin in Sherwood Park name checked my state and brought up how he feels our state government's mismanaging of things has lead to more wildfires. Sadly, he couldn't be more right.

I've lived in Southern California my entire life and year after year the wildfires seem to be getting worse and worse, yes some of it is environmental and based on the way a bunch of areas have been developed but a huge factor is the way our idiot government does things. I feel like there's three major factors at play, one; there's less controlled burns, clearing of brush, etc. all in the name of helping the environment (that then burns to the ground), two; a lack of oversight and holding utility companies accountable for faulty powerlines, infrastructure and that sort of thing and finally the way we handle water. The most cursory of Google searches will lead you to countless articles about the truly moronic way our state handles water, not routing it where it's truly needed and can actually help the parts of my state that tend to be really dry. At this point, like with most things California does I'm not sure I can even logically explain to use the reasoning behind why any of this is done. I'd like to think I'm a relatively smart, educated person but most of the policies and laws enacted by this state and the reasoning behind it bounce off my brain because they simply don't make any sense. It's like a toddler throwing a box of crayons at a wall and then saying they painted a Picasso.

The only solace I can take is that my state seems to be slowly waking up to just how poorly we are run. There is an honest to God shot at a Republican being elected Governor and with each passing day, as Gavin Newsom gets closer to announcing his run at the Presidency, Republicans are frothing at the mouth and Democrats are trying to gird themselves because they all know if he runs he will get utterly destroyed. All anyone running against him has to do is bring up where California was 8 years ago and where it is now because of his mind-numbingly terrible leadership and he'll be laughed into obscurity.

Also, to chime in on the pool thing, as well as something else that was brought up this week.

I own a pool and I have 3 boys, 14, 12 and 10 so I have a bunch of idiot teenager or almost teenagers over all the time. They all know they can act like idiot teenagers, but there's a rules and limits to make sure they are safe and no one walks away with more than a skinned knee or a wedgie. Their parents all know and support this and likewise if my kids go over to their friends' houses, they know not only do my rules apply, but whatever other rules the people that are hosting them might have as well.

This brings me to the other thing someone brought up about respect and being called, Mr., Mrs., etc. I'm not sure how I got so lucky but I've been very fortunate that all the parents that are part of my kids' friend circles have the same views and rules I do for my kids. You treat all adults with respect and call them Mr. or Mrs. unless they tell you otherwise. You shake hands when you meet them, you follow their rules, etc. It took a bit of getting to know everyone and maybe we all gravitated towards each other because we had the same expectations for our kids and the way they are supposed to interact with society and we subconsciously excluded people that don't hold those same views, but we all feel perfectly comfortable when they are over at each other's houses because we all know there's rules and a level of respect that each of them will observe. This has allowed us to create a nice "bubble" for lack of a better term where they can be moronic teenagers but within limits. It's one thing to throw each other around on the giant trampoline in the backyard, boys will be boys, but the moment someone says stop or an adult tells you to do something, you do it. You treat every house like your own, you clean up after yourself without being asked, you say "please" and "thank you" every time, it's just basic stuff that makes sure no matter the situation or the place they will be civil, respectful and responsible and that it's okay to have fun, but not be dumb about it.

Kids don't have to but when a young man comes up to me, looks me right in the eye, shakes my hand and calls me Mr., that goes a long way towards me being okay with my kids hanging out with him because I know the person that taught the kid that is gonna be pretty inline with my thinking. I'm pretty certain they think the same thing when my kid does it to them. It's a small thing, but it's those small things that add up to a complete, competent, productive, well-rounded member of society.

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– Carl was there: I was at the Blue Angels practice on Wed when the low flyover took place. It was incredible and everyone there loved it. They have two separate groups that practice. First, 4 planes practice (#1,2,3 and 5), then an hour later, they go home and #4 and #6 fly. There was another low pass over the pier that everyone thought the plane was going to hit the pier because it was so low. However, there were no people that far out on the pier because they restrict them to beginning of it. I missed the Thursday practice but people are saying the Blue Angel #3 wasn't there. That is the same plane that did the low flyover. Also, Blue Angel #6 is the loudest, absolutely deafening! The Blue Angels are absolutely amazing.

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That is it this morning. I have a weekend facing me down. It's time to get this published so I can close the laptop. Let's get out there and create some new storylines for next week.

Pratt takes Walz to task in scathing X post over pardoned child rapist: 'Have your hard drives checked'

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:25:15 -0400

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt took aim at Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in a post that was widely praised by conservatives on social media.

"If you find yourself defending a child molester, saying: ‘WE can’t be judged by OUR worst day’, you probably need to have your hard drives checked," Pratt posted on X on Friday.

Pratt was responding to a clip of Walz defending the pardon of a convicted child rapist, contending that his deportation by the State Department did not make the U.S. safer.

"Did that make us any safer?" Walz questioned. "Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable? Did it improve the idea that we can’t all be judged by our worst day?"

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Pratt’s post quickly spread on social media from other conservatives bashing Walz.

"I couldn’t agree more, @spencerpratt," Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, posted on X. "Tim Walz has ZERO morals. He is disgrace to Minnesota!"

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"To think... he was almost the Vice President," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., posted on X.

"I didn’t used to understand the phrase, 'bring common sense to DC,' but it becomes more apparent every day that it’s missing at every level of government," Florida Republican congressional candidate Tim Wilkins posted on X. "This is insanity."

Fox News Digital reached out to Walz’s office for comment.

The Minnesota Board of Pardons, composed of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, granted clemency to Laotian national Tou Lue Vang, 42, on June 10. Vang was scheduled to be deported from the United States before the pardon.

Vang was convicted for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl between 2002 and 2004, and told authorities after he was arrested that "it is a cultural thing... to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12."

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio stepped in to terminate Tou Lue Vang's legal status in the U.S. and ensure that Walz's actions would not create roadblocks for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removing him from the country before Vang was ultimately deported.

Pratt has been increasingly active in politics on social media since finishing third in the Los Angeles mayoral primary and recently met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office which increased speculation that another political run could be in his future.

"I will never stop fighting for my community," Pratt captioned the photo of the meeting on X.

Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.

US forest service workers kidnapped, ziptied for hours by father-son duo: California AG

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:12:05 -0400

A father-son duo in California allegedly kidnapped a pair of U.S. forest service workers, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a press conference.

Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and his son Phoenix Henrichsen allegedly took the two federal workers hostage inside a trailer in a rural area near Mt. Shasta.

The FBI deployed a hostage negotiator from Quantico to coordinate with local authorities. The authorities negotiated the hostages' release after hours of talks with the kidnappers.

The elder Henrichsen demanded to speak with the FBI after ziptying the hostages and holding them inside a trailer near Gumboot Lake in northern California's Shasta Trinity National Forest.

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A Forest Services employee called authorities shortly before 11 a.m. local time on Thursday to notify them of the kidnapping. The FBI secured the release of one of the hostages at 1:50 a.m. on Friday and the second hostage 15 minutes later. The alleged kidnappers surrendered themselves to the FBI at 2:30 a.m.

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"I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are home safe," Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said in a statement.

"This was a frightening experience for everyone involved. Their well-being continues to be our highest priority. We’re staying close to them and their loved ones, making sure they have the support and the space that they need after what they’ve been through," he concluded.

The FBI does not yet know what the kidnappers' motivation is or why they requested to speak with the FBI.

"The United States Attorney's Office intends to charge both men by criminal complaint with kidnapping a federal employee under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(a)(5)," Grant said during a Friday press conference.

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Fox News Digital contacted the FBI and the US Forest Service for additional comment.

Weight-loss drugs may improve job prospects and dating odds for one group

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:50 -0400

A recent study suggests GLP-1-related weight loss may improve some women’s relationships and employment status.

Rebecca Diamond, professor of economics at Harvard University in Boston, independently published research that found an association between weight-loss medications and a change in women’s social and economic outcomes.

Diamond used the Understanding America Study, a panel survey from the University of Southern California, to compare women who started GLP-1s for weight loss to those who wanted to start but had not yet done so.

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The comparison considered body mass, health, income, employment, partnership status and well-being before treatment.

The study focused on women because they are more likely to use GLP-1s than men. It excluded people taking GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, as their use is driven by a medical condition rather than weight-loss demand.

Women who successfully lost weight with GLP-1 medications experienced changes across several life outcomes, including employment, marriage and cohabitation, according to the study.

Marriage and cohabitation rose 29% for single women after about 18 months.

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Among women who were not employed at the start of the study, job prospects increased by 27% after the same amount of time. Those who were already employed did not display any clear upward progress in their careers, however.

Diamond argues that these findings suggest part of the "female obesity penalty" comes from how people are judged when being matched up, either in a new relationship or a new job.

Dr. Peter Balazs, MD, a hormone and weight-loss specialist from New York and New Jersey, commented on these findings.

"The effects showed up during ‘new match’ situations, such as job interviews or dating, and not within existing jobs or relationships," Balazs, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. "This says more about societal bias than it does about the medication itself."

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Balazs said his patients often report feeling more confident and "visible" after weight loss, which could translate into better interview performance and networking.

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"Weight loss (commonly) improves confidence, which opens new business and relationship opportunities," he went on. "Weight loss has hormonal impacts as well, so the normalization of hormones and the profound metabolic and psychological relief that comes with it can be a factor, too."

Dr. Krishna Vyas, a plastic surgeon at Blechman Plastic Surgery in New York, told Fox News Digital in a separate interview that many patients seek breast lifts or body contouring after significant GLP-1 weight loss, after which they find themselves "re-engaging with life."

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"That confidence effect is real in the exam room," said the surgeon, who also was not involved in the research. "This study, however, showed no clear improvement in depression, loneliness or life satisfaction, even as marriage and employment rates climbed dramatically."

"The opportunities opened, yet the women didn't report feeling better, which suggests it was largely the gatekeepers who changed, not the women."

Potential limitations

Because this was an observational study rather than a randomized clinical trial, it could only show an association — not cause and effect. The findings are also considered preliminary because the paper has not yet been peer-reviewed, the author acknowledged.

"Additionally, since the study only looked at women, that introduces another layer of potential bias," Balazs noted. "I'd be interested to see whether the findings would be the same if the study included men or compared them directly."

Another limitation is that the information from the individuals studied was self-reported, the expert noted.

The researchers were also unable to determine whether people who found new jobs were earning more money.

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"Additionally, even though GLP-1 users appeared to have better outcomes on paper, they did not report greater overall life satisfaction," Balazs added. "That raises important questions about whether these external changes translate into meaningful improvements in well-being."

Fox News Digital reached out to the study researcher and multiple human resources organizations requesting comment.

Bakery owner who went viral with response to critical influencer speaks out on why she defended her business

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:07 -0400

An Arizona bakery owner went viral after calling out incorrect claims an influencer made about her pastries in October after she turned down a collaboration.

Jenna Leurquin, the owner of Jenna Leurquin Patisserie, known as JL Patisserie, spoke with Fox News Digital about why she made the viral video and the importance of transparency among the new trend of influencers reviewing small businesses, even offering financial incentives for marketing.

JL Patisserie was opened by Leurquin, an immigrant from Belgium, in 2018, and now has three locations, two in Phoenix and one in Scottsdale.

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Aurora Griffo, who has reviewed restaurants on her TikTok account Glamorama, (now @glamoramaaaaa); stirred some controversy that many have called "pastry gate" after her review of JL Patisserie.

"I do not mind spending $10 on a pastry if they are really good, but you cannot use fake-a-- ingredients," she said in the now-deleted review.

Specifically criticizing the pistachio croissant, Griffo said, "That pistachio color is about as natural as my boobs, a-- and waistline."

She added, "With all of that being said, I think if you stay away from the expensive ingredients, like deez nuts, you can definitely enjoy delicious, rich pastry here." Griffo's review did not initially go viral, but it caught the eye of the bakery owner.

Leurquin expressed respect for different opinions. She felt the need to address the claims to defend her bakery, in a TikTok that now has over 73 million views.

Leurquin explained to Fox News Digital why she responded.

"So it felt that this video misrepresented our business, our culture and really what we are passionate about and what we really work hard to do. We really pride ourselves in the methods and like the artisanal methods of making everything that we make, all of our croissants, all our breads, our sourdough."

Leurquin hit back on the false ingredients claim in the video, sharing that most of the ingredients are imported from Europe.

"It felt the review specifically tried to hurt us because she didn't get what she wanted, she said. "And so she was stating facts that were not true about us. And so I just wanted to speak out and demonstrate really who we are and what we do."

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This comes as more stories continue to demonstrate conflicts that arise from influencers reviewing restaurants.

"Restaurant owner goes viral after calling out influencer asking for $1,800 to eat there," one story published on Yahoo Creators said.

"These L.A. Restaurants Are Speaking Out After The Influencers They Paid Ghosted Them," reads another by L.A. Taco.

"Social media influencer arrested for skipping out on nearly $400 restaurant bill after live streaming meal," another story from The Independent reports.

Although Leurquin acknowledged that influencers can be powerful, she had to turn down the offer to collaborate due to what her budget allowed at the time.

"She had originally DMed us and asked to work in a collaborative way for her to come in our restaurant or bakery and try some of the products. And I told her immediately when she reached out, ‘Hey, unfortunately, right now I have zero budget for social media or influencer marketing.’"

After the conflict took the internet by storm, Griffo changed her username and deleted her review videos.

Griffo posted a response amid "Pastry Gate," disputing Leurquin's claims that she requested payment for a review.

Although screenshots Griffo shared on TikTok appear to show she did not request monetary compensation, they also indicate she asked for her meal and gratuity to be comped and said she would not publish a review if her experience was poor.

Leurquin's statements matched up with the screenshots regarding the request for comped food.

Griffo also claimed in her response that the bakery "punched down" because they have a larger social media presence than she did.

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Before agreeing to anything, Griffo showed up to her restaurant anyway to film a review.

"We realized who she was early on in the interaction," Leurquin said. "And then she asked to turn the music down because one of my team members is French and he speaks with a bit of a French accent. And she said she couldn't understand him well. So we turned down the music. And then she complained about a few things. So we offered her drinks on the house. We were trying to be nice and accommodating. Obviously, we turned the music down and all of that stuff. So then she went to sit outside and she started recording."

According to Griffo, she was provided a shot of espresso.

After Griffo accused the bakery of using fake ingredients, Leurquin took to TikTok to set the record straight. Including showing the pistachio paste made out of pure pistachios and flour imported from Europe.

As a result of the viral incident, according to Leurquin, they saw an increase in customers. The bakery owner said the support came after a "rough" 2025 summer.

"I think the community really came and supported us," she said. "It also helped us tremendously.

Leurquin said she believes this conflict may have impacted how people use influencers and the desire for authenticity.

"I do think prior to this really big moment, some people started realizing that influencers were a little bit biased," she said. "And so I think this was an opportunity for them to really see what's going on behind closed doors and how those influencers actually do engage with the restaurants."

The bakery owner acknowledged that influencers make money from content and collaborations, but shared that this expense can be difficult for small businesses trying to make ends meet.

As for Leurquin, she uses TikTok to demonstrate the behind-the-scenes of what goes into running a bakery, from interacting with customers and days spent making pastries.

"I think my approach in my social media is to showcase people what it takes to do what we do and the labor that's behind it for people to really truly appreciate it," she said.

The TikTok page has over 690K followers and nearly 24 million likes across all videos.

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Griffo shared an apology on social media after posting the response video, that said in part,

"First and foremost. I want to address the 'fake a-- ingredients' comment. When I tasted the pistachio pastry, I noticed a strong pistachio flavor that reminded me of extract or flavoring so I assumed that's what was used to enhance the taste. Maybe it was added, maybe it wasn't. But I want to be clear they do use real ingredients as well, and I should have been more thoughtful with my wording."

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"My review was not revenge for being turned down for a collaboration I had already planned to visit and review the bakery regardless, paid or not," Griffo wrote. "But I understand with how things unfolded, it might have looked like I did it out of spite. That’s not who l am, and that was never my intention."

Griffo added, "When the collaboration didn't work out, I completely respected that and went in as a regular paying customer. My goal was still to give an honest review, but I see how that message, followed by a negative video, made it seem like I only wanted free food or felt entitled and that's not true. That was never my mindset, and I truly regret that it came across that way."

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She apologized directly to the bakery as well:

"To the bakery, I’m sincerely sorry for any harm my words may have caused. I respect the time, effort, and heart that goes into running a small business, and I genuinely wish you nothing but success moving forward," she wrote. "At the end of the day, we’re all human. Sometimes we mess up publicly and all we can do is take accountability, learn, and grow from it."

Kai Trump reveals new celebrity crush after ditching 'Outer Banks' star Drew Starkey

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:56:39 -0400

Kai Trump is pushing "Outer Banks" star Drew Starkey to the side and filling her celebrity crush spot with the one and only Theo James.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Kai – who is President Donald Trump's granddaughter – explained that her taste has evolved since she revealed that Starkey was her celebrity crush in 2024.

"I think Theo James now, yeah, Theo James, I would say, so it's changed," Kai began. "I mean, like, I still like him [Starkey], but it's just changed a little."

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When asked why James has taken her number one spot, the 19-year-old gushed over his looks.

"He's very attractive," Kai said of James, 41.

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Two years ago, Kai took to her YouTube channel to answer questions that her fans submitted on X. In a clip titled "Get to know me better…Q&A," one social media user asked, "Celebrity crush?"

Before responding, Kai asked for her phone, noting she "had to look up" her celebrity crush. Upon glancing at the screen, she said, "Oh my God, I know. Why do I need my phone? His name is Drew Starkey. Do you guys know him — ‘Outer Banks?’"

"All right, my celebrity crush — Drew Starkey from ‘Outer Banks.’ I love him, so yeah, that’s my celebrity crush."

"I'm gonna blush right now!" Kai added as her cheeks turned red, and she fanned herself with her hand.

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Kai told Fox News Digital that having her grandfather in office has made her dating life "tricky."

"It's not easy, to be honest with you, but you know, you gotta live life," she said. "You gotta just keep on doing normal stuff, you know? At the end of the day, I was in high school, lived a normal high school life, and now I'm going to college, so just kinda live as normal of a life as possible."

During her interview with Fox News Digital, Kai shared that "a lot" of celebrities have given her praise for her YouTube channel.

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Kai has 1.5 million subscribers and her channel offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at her life as a competitive golfer, college student and member of the Trump family through vlogs featuring travel, golf, family moments and major public events.

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"I met this one celebrity one time, I was hanging out with him at the Masters, and he also said that what I'm doing, just continue being yourself and just kind of block out the haters and just keep on being you," Kai said without revealing the star's identity.

"That kind of stood out to me, especially when you're with someone that's that high profile, and they say that to you," she concluded.

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Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices after ByteDance's divestiture, DOJ says

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:55:32 -0400

Federal employees can now download TikTok onto their government devices after a yearslong ban, according to a memo from the Department of Justice.

This reversal comes after ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, transferred control of the app's U.S. user data and operations to TikTok U.S. Data Security (TikTok USDS), a majority American-owned joint venture. The deal was finalized in January.

A 2022 law banned federal workers from having TikTok on government devices due to national security concerns, but an opinion from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel said the restructuring eliminated the risks that prompted the ban.

The opinion, addressed to the deputy counsel to President Donald Trump, said the American-controlled version of TikTok "poses no such risk."

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"We understand you have since instructed that employees of Executive Branch agencies may download TikTok onto their official devices, subject to the agency’s discretion and consistent with all applicable workplace policies," the opinion said.

American and global investors own 80.1% of the new joint venture, while ByteDance owns 19.9%, according to the divestiture agreement.

"The fact that ByteDance Limited remains a minority shareholder in the joint venture operating TikTok USDS makes no practical difference," the DOJ said in the opinion.

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ByteDance's divestiture from TikTok was prompted by a 2024 law that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress.

The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April of that year, required ByteDance to divest control of TikTok’s U.S. operations or risk having the app barred from U.S. app stores and internet-hosting services.

TikTok attempted to challenge the constitutionality of the law, arguing that it violated the free speech rights of its tens of millions of users.

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On Jan. 17, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the right to impose a sell-or-ban ultimatum to address the "well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok's data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary."

The law was supposed to take effect on Jan. 19, 2025, but Trump delayed its enforcement after returning to office the following day.

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Trump repeatedly delayed enforcement of the law last year to allow enough time for investors to express interest in taking over TikTok, which is used by around 200 million Americans.

Oracle, Silver Lake and Emirati investment firm MGX emerged as the most prominent investors. The new venture said in January that U.S. user data would be protected in Oracle’s secure cloud and that TikTok’s recommendation algorithm would be retrained using U.S. user data.

Reuters contributed to this report.

World Series champion Mookie Betts says athletes shouldn't be seen as political figures: 'We go out and play'

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:25:44 -0400

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts just wants to be a baseball player, not a political figure or a political vehicle for people to push their agendas.

Betts, 33, visited the White House after the Dodgers won the World Series in 2024, but will not be going this year. The four-time World Series champion said he just had a baby and wanted to spend time with his family, and insisted the decision was not politically motivated.

The American League MVP winner questioned why athletes are viewed as political figures in today’s day and age.

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"I don't know why the world sees athletes as these political figures or these people that can make change or these people that can do this, that, and the other. We go out and play our sport," Betts told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

"I'm sure there are some guys in there that that love politics and want to be in it, but I'm not sure why the world sees us that way. But it kind of is what it is."

The eight-time All-Star said athletes are in a tough position when it comes to visiting the White House because someone is guaranteed to be upset with the decision.

"Athletes, we’re in positions where, you know, especially myself, where I'm kind of damned if I do or damned if I don't," Betts told Fox News Digital in an interview on behalf of LGND, his glove company.

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Knowing that backlash will come regardless of his decision, Betts decided to do what was best for him and his family.

"So instead of trying to make other people happy, it's let me just make myself happy, you know, make myself happy and get to spend some time with my family. Like I said, I got a new baby, so get to spend some time with her," Betts continued.

"I don't really worry about it too much. Like I said, my stance is really that if I'm going to make everybody mad, make somebody mad, then at least I'm gonna make myself happy. So, that's where I'm at."

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Betts is in the 13th season of his illustrious career but has struggled this year compared with previous seasons. The Nashville native is a career .288 hitter with 302 home runs and 944 RBIs, but is hitting just .235 with 11 home runs and 31 RBIs this season.

The six-time Gold Glove winner will look to get back on track in the second half and help lead the Dodgers to a third straight World Series title.

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Birth tourism crackdown expands as House chairman raises criminal conspiracy case

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:20:05 -0400

A House task force chairman says companies helping foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain U.S. citizenship could be engaging in a criminal conspiracy.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, told Fox News Digital that his panel has subpoenaed several so-called "birth tourism companies" as it investigates firms advertising services to help foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth.

"Right now, under current law, birth tourism is illegal. You cannot come into the United States for the purpose of giving birth," Gill said.

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"And I believe that there's a compelling legal case to be made that these businesses that are facilitating this process -- facilitating somebody coming into the United States to give birth -- lying on their immigration forms or on their visa forms -- are engaging in a form of criminal conspiracy, and that's what we're going to get to the bottom of," Gill said.

State Department regulations prohibit foreign nationals from obtaining visitor visas when consular officers determine that their primary purpose is traveling to the United States to give birth so their child obtains U.S. citizenship.

While Gill’s task force has been quietly looking into several companies since at least 2025, the national scrutiny intensified after photographs circulated in July of a billboard advertising for the Women’s Center at Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas – a stone’s throw from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

The Spanish-language billboard advertised a now-defunct "Have My Baby In Texas" website, and quoted Mission Regional providing births for $3,950 and Caesarean Sections for $5,525. It also displayed a phone number that included "001" – the country code required for international calls to the U.S.

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Gill and others have since issued responses to the controversy, with the State of Texas also launching its own investigation of the hospital.

"I think it's astounding," Gill said. His task force is investigating several similar operations, including one in Miami, and has requested records from that business and three others nationwide.

Gill said birth tourism is an "obvious and clear abuse" of the U.S. immigration system and of the benevolence of the American people and the nation’s institutions.

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"We are the ones who often end up picking up the tab for a lot of these services," he said, arguing that birthright citizenship was intended for former slaves and their children when the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868.

"It had nothing to do with hordes of illegal aliens crossing our southern border and giving birth in America and using those babies to anchor illegal aliens into our country. And for all of America's history, we've always had a very clear understanding that there are certain people who are born within America's boundaries, within America borders, who are not American citizens, the children of an invading army."

The latter point was captured by Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and put into legislation Fox News Digital exclusively broke earlier in the week.

That proposal would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order deeming the illegal immigration crisis an "invasion" and cite the 1898 Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case’s exemption of citizenship for people not "bound to render obedience to the sovereign (U.S. government) whose domains are being invaded."

Gill said he had heard about but not fully read Banks’ bill – but underlined he believes it to be a "phenomenal" plan of action.

"I think that that is the type of legal clarification that could help us out quite a bit in the long run," he said.

"Remember that the goal is to make sure that our children's birthright isn't being taken away from us because foreigners are coming in and having babies in our country and then buying up our homes and taking American jobs and using welfare that the American people are paying for."

Gill said the crisis touches on the biggest issue from the 2024 election cycle, which he considered to be the illegal immigration crisis writ-large.

"In this case; seeing people cross the border so that their children can be anchored into the United States. That is such an obvious abuse of the American People economically, socially, culturally. It's a huge risk to America's national defense."

A Mission Regional spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday the hospital remains an "award-winning, nonprofit" infirmary that has been operating as such since 1954.

"We recognize that a very limited marketing campaign may have caused unintended misunderstanding and was immediately discontinued. The campaign was meant to highlight services available to the communities we serve and was never intended to encourage any unlawful activity and Mission Regional Medical Center remains committed to serving the Rio Grande Valley with integrity, compassion, transparency, and full compliance with all applicable laws," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said the billboard campaign returned very little patient volume and no financial benefit to a community they said has a high uninsured-patient rate and limited maternity care.

"The hospital does not support or facilitate unlawful activity and has never operated its obstetric program with the intent of attracting individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States, promoting birth tourism, or encouraging travel to the United States for the purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child," the spokesperson added.

Citing a separate order from Austin, the spokesperson said 99% of all emergency and inpatient patients who responded to a state-required survey were legal U.S. residents or citizens.

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"Birth tourism should never be big business in the United States. This tactic exploits U.S. immigration law, and those who willfully mispresent their intentions to temporarily come to the U.S. are breaking the law," Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the greater Oversight Committee said in May.

In a concurrence to the Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling striking down Trump’s birthright citizenship order, Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated that Congress could still act through legislation. Gill, Banks and other lawmakers have said they plan to pursue that route as they seek to restrict birthright citizenship.

Liberal law professor breaks with Obama judge over Trump lawyer crackdown: ‘I refuse to teach’ it

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:56 -0400

Legal minds across the political spectrum are admonishing an Obama-appointed federal judge for suggesting that bar associations should look into sanctioning lawyers working for the president or the Justice Department, with one liberal constitutional law professor refusing to teach his students that such a move is acceptable.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams formally referred Trump attorney Alejandro Brito to the Florida Bar in an opinion released Monday and ordered the ruling sent to authorities considering existing disciplinary complaints involving Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. The disciplinary actions stem from Williams’s ruling in a case involving a settlement that shielded Trump, members of his family and affiliated businesses from certain federal tax audits and claims.

Bar associations have the ability to suspend the law licenses of individuals practicing law in their jurisdictions, giving them significant power over the ability of lawyers — including powerful DOJ officials — to do their work.

"The court would also have litigants believe that, in such a circumstance, it is not only appropriate to dismiss the case but also to sanction and deprive litigants and their counsel of their reputation, license, or money," constitutional law professor Christian Lee Gonzalez-Rivera, who identifies as a liberal, told Fox News Digital. "As a law professor, attorney and former judicial law clerk, I refuse to teach the former or accept the latter."

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The existing complaint against Blanche alleges that he mishandled evidence linked to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, used the DOJ to attack Trump’s personal enemies and failed to properly represent the interests of the United States during the negotiations that led to the creation of the now-defunct $1.8 billion weaponization compensation fund.

Woodward, meanwhile, faces a bar complaint alleging that his approval of the creation of the weaponization fund constituted a conflict of interest as he had previously represented Jan. 6 defendants and Trump associates who could potentially benefit from it.

Gonzalez-Rivera, who teaches law at a Catholic university in Florida, said that the judge's order "effectively sanctions the bringing of debatable, if losing, arguments in high-stakes first impression cases," arguing that it would have been ridiculous if judges recommended professional punishments for lawyers who were on the losing sides of other high-profile, historical court cases.

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Jeffrey Clark, a former DOJ official now serving as the vice president of litigation at a right-wing watchdog group, cautioned that Williams’s order — if allowed to become the norm — could seriously damage the legal profession by empowering a small number of bar association insiders.

"This nonsense has to end. The State and local bars are not the superior officers of or the equivalent of a school-marmish national Principal's Office that sits in supervision of two highest-ranking leaders of the Justice Department," he wrote on Monday.

"If this trend continues, no future Republican lawyer is going to agree to enter the U.S. Justice Department to carry out the President's law enforcement orders as the Constitution intended," Clark continued. "Power will instead be monopolized and moved only to the Left … The Framers would be shocked to learn that the real boss of Executive Branch legal power is not the singular President of the United States, but instead committees of insular coastal elite lawyers purporting to wield the meta-power of legal ethics."

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Clark has also faced disciplinary proceedings in Washington, D.C., where a disciplinary board recommended he be disbarred over his role in a proposed DOJ letter to Georgia officials after the 2020 election — allegations he has denied and cast as politically motivated.

"DOJ has the power to put an end to this nonsense by issuing regulations preempting state/local bar weaponization," he added.

While Williams ordered the clerk to forward her opinion to disciplinary authorities reviewing existing complaints involving Blanche and Woodward, she formally referred Brito to the Florida Bar after finding that he advanced the case in "bad faith."

Williams said Trump's lawsuit surrounding his tax immunity settlement was used to give judicial legitimacy to a legally baseless settlement; she flagged conflict concerns involving Blanche and Woodward’s prior clients and ordered the opinion sent to their bars, while formally referring Brito to the Florida Bar because he signed the complaint that launched the case.

"I find it absurd that federal judges continue to attack DOJ lawyers, to include and especially Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, with roots in nothing more than the political viewpoints of those supposed unbiased judges," Jay Town, the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, told Fox News Digital.

Williams was appointed to the bench in 2011 by President Barack Obama. She previously issued a ruling against "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention center operated by the state of Florida to house illegal immigrants awaiting deportation, but was overruled by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

"On the bright side, this and the likely more orders like this one we may see out of other district courts nationwide ... may nevertheless present higher courts — perhaps our highest one, too — with a chance to revisit judge-made doctrines like justiciability, which increasingly show their ability to be weaponized not only from outside but also from within the judiciary itself," Gonzalez-Rivera told Fox News Digital.

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Conservative lawyer Mike Davis has called on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to overrule Williams’s ruling in this case.

"The federal Judge in Florida clearly strategically timed her referral of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the New York Bar to come just before his confirmation hearing to be elevated to the Attorney General's Office," Clark told Fox News Digital. "This is flatly unconscionable non-judicial conduct."

Golf analyst Brandel Chamblee disgustingly buries Bryson DeChambeau after British Open penalty

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:46 -0400

Let's go ahead and add another chapter to the Bryson DeChambeau-Brandel Chamblee saga that's captivated — or annoyed — golf fans for a decade now.

Shockingly (not really), the longtime Golf Channel analyst absolutely buried DeChambeau in the wake of Friday's controversial penalty at The Open.

For those who missed it, DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty hours after the fact when officials deemed he improved his position on the fifth hole by trampling down thick fescue behind his ball.

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Nothing was said at the moment, of course.

Because nothing can ever be normal in golf, this penalty was only assessed after officials saw a fan video making the rounds on social media. They looked into it as Bryson was finishing his round — he originally shot a 66 and was in second — and then took DeChambeau BACK to the fifth hole after the round to investigate the crime scene.

Again, nothing can ever be normal in golf. What a wild sport.

Anyway, DeChambeau clearly didn't agree with the decision, and appeared to tell an official he wouldn't play tomorrow (today) during the heated conversation.

OK, we all caught up now? Good! Now, let's see what Bryson's best friend, Brandel Chamblee, had to say about the whole thing:

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"There were multiple infractions here," Chamblee said during an incredible diatribe that was more dramatic than a daytime soap opera. "He just danced all over the path behind the golf ball ... He did everything but take a weed wacker to the tall grass.

"It is really hard to stomach the silliness that we've seen here from Bryson. You accept this like a man. You look at the evidence and you're like, 'You're right. I did break the rule.'"

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Lordy. Brandel Chamblee just despises Bryson DeChambeau, and it's so painfully obvious. Do we think he'd go that hard on Rory McIlroy? Come on. We all know the answer.

Of course not! Rory has these guys wrapped around his finger. They all bend the knee to him. They love him. They treat him with kid gloves.

But when it comes to Bryson? Those gloves come off, and they come off in a hurry.

Brandel Chamblee has feuded with DeChambeau for years now, and it all came to a head with Bryson joined LIV a few seasons ago. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Remember this famous tweet from Brandel?

"He signed up for this when he signed on to be a puppet for a murderous dictator and to play a tour that does not value the best conditioned courses, but those that will hold events for a murderous dictator."

THAT was in response to a post about Bryson complaining about the bunkers during some LIV event. Brandel was just waiting to unleash that little post, and boy, he did it.

Look, you can argue about the penalty all day long. Folks have, and folks will continue to do so during today's third round. Bryson DeChambeau still has a real shot to win this thing, and the controversial two-stroke penalty will be the topic for the rest of the weekend. I get it.

But let's not be silly, Brandel. He did not "do everything but take a weed-wacker" to the spot behind his ball. Come on. You know that's not true. He did not "dance" behind his ball.

"I think there’s an aspect to [his team] that’s trying to curate his image all the time," Chamblee continued late last night, adding that Bryson was "childish" and "immature" while he was smashing golf balls at the range at 10 p.m. local time.

"I agree, I think he’s going to play, but let’s just say he may not — there’s a 1 or 2 percent chance he does not — I think this is purely performative to get the world to talk about him all night."

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Performative? Perhaps. I'll give Brandel that one. Bryson has YouTube content to make, you know? The business never stops!

But let's be honest ...

They were both being performative.

Onto Round 3.

Florida man who allegedly lured women with dating app could have more victims: authorities

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:40 -0400

Palm Beach County authorities are asking women to come forward if they’ve had encounters with a Florida man who allegedly met victims through online dating platforms.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office made the request on July 14, five months after responding to a sexual battery investigation at a Florida hospital. The victim said she’d met her alleged attacker, Stephen Hakim, on Hinge. Detectives later matched Hakim’s DNA to specimens found on the victim, according to court documents.

Toxicology testing detected multiple sleeping drugs in samples of the woman’s blood and urine. She didn’t take those substances, she told deputies.

Hakim, of Delray Beach, was arrested and charged with sexual assault on July 8. He was released the next day on a $25,000 bond. He has pleaded not guilty.

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After matching with Hakim on Hinge, the woman told deputies they exchanged messages on the app for about an hour. Then, the conversation moved to phone texts and video calls, reports show.

The alleged victim and Hakim, 27, agreed to meet later that day without "any expectations or pretenses" for "a relaxed evening to talk," deputies who reviewed the messages reported in court documents. The woman told deputies that Hakim picked up her up in his car around 11 p.m. to go to a bar, court records show. But instead, he drove her to his apartment.

She recalled riding in his black Tesla as he sped along at "90 to 100 miles per hour," court documents show. She reported that his "very clean" apartment had very little furniture and no television or pets. The woman told deputies they drank four beers and discussed topics like work. Then, Hakim offered to give her a massage, the alleged victim told deputies. It was then that she became "super tired" and "couldn’t get up" before being assaulted, she told deputies. Afterward, she was "very upset" and told Hakim that he’d raped her, she told deputies. She reported that Hakim asked what she was talking about in "gaslighting" behavior, records show.

Hakim’s attorney provided a statement to multiple news outlets saying his client denies allegations that his actions were "unconsented." The firm did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

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‘Stay safe on the internet’

About 53 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 have used a dating app, a 2023 Pew Research report showed. Since the late 90’s, the online dating industry has "transformed" the way that some adults find potential matches, study researchers wrote. Dating apps aren’t inherently dangerous, said Megan Cutter, chief of victim services for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). The organization operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

Many relationships that begin on dating apps go on to be healthy and long lasting, she said. But perpetrators also use dating platforms to further criminal behavior, Cutter said.

Only about one in three victims report their sexual assault to law enforcement, she said.

Sometimes, that’s because abusers and perpetrators threaten to hurt victims and their families if they contact authorities, Cutter said.

One in 6 women in the United States has experienced attempted or completed rape in her lifetime, according to RAINN. Women ages 18 to 24 are at the most risk of being victims of sexual assault than any other age group. "We really want to think about how we stay safe on the internet" when using online dating services, Cutter said. Profiles that don't have many details, links to social media, and aren’t "built out" should raise concern, she warned.

"Matches" who quickly want to exchange contact information and move conversations off the app also should spark wariness.

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"Once they have your email or your phone number, they might use that to figure out where you live or find your social media."

She warns users to post different photos on a dating profile than they would on personal social media. That’s because reverse image searches now quickly can link photos to other places they can be found online, such as on social media posts that could share personal information.

Removing the metadata from posted photos also decreases the risk of personal information being acquired, she said. Metadata is hidden information attached to digital files that can be accessed and may provide information, such as location and date. Online dating is "something millions of people use all the time," Cutter said. "People find really lovely, healthy, successful relationships online. The risk is really when perpetrators misuse that tool and hurt people."

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Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators believe there "may be additional victims who have not yet come forward," the agency wrote in a post on social media.

The Special Victims Unit is "asking for the public's help in identifying anyone who may have had encounters with Stephen Hakim, who allegedly met victims through online dating platforms."

Skip two years of college debt and give your family a lifetime of wealth

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:25 -0400

My grandfather advised my dad to skip buying coffee and to set that money aside for retirement. My dad taught me the same lesson. Given the cost of everything today — and the relatively paltry cost of coffee compared to healthcare and housing — it can be hard to take that advice seriously. This is especially true for elder Millennials and Gen X parents who are sending their kids off to four-year schools that cost over $100,000, plus interest.

The good news is that these parents do have a simple solution — one that can not only secure their own financial future but also set their kids up for retirement a half-century from now. They should seriously consider the value that community college and blue-collar certification programs will bring to the entire family's financial legacy.

Let's start with the sticker shock. The annual cost of an undergraduate degree is over $38,000. Annual attendance at a community college costs, on average, about $3,890 — roughly 10% of the price of a four-year school. Students earning a two-year associate's degree could save almost $70,000 for virtually the same first two years of education their peers receive at "prestigious" institutions.

But the raw tuition savings don't tell the whole story. Over half of student loans are federally backed, and last school year's lowest interest rate on those loans was 6.39%. Paying back the difference — $68,220 — these loans at $500 a month would cost an additional $53,851 in interest — a total of over $122,000 repaid to get back to zero.

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Compare that to paying under $8,000 cash for two years of community college. That's a $114,000 swing over the roughly 20 years it takes to pay off the first two years of a borrowed four-year degree.

Instead of making banks richer, parents and their children would be set up for the American Dream, whatever that looks like for them.

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Now, consider the kid who starts earning at 20 because he pursued a certification program that gave him a strong starting wage, real benefits and something white-collar workers can no longer take for granted: job security in the artificial intelligence (AI) era.

Plumbers made a median income of $62,970 in 2024, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting steady pay growth through 2034. That income and security come for the average cost of around $3,000 in training plus the requisite tools and licensing – still a lot cheaper than a debt-laden college education. Electricians require a bit more educational investment but have double the job growth projected by 2034, along with high income potential when their career is still very young.

Jensen Huang of Nvidia has said skilled manufacturing trades will earn six-figure salaries. But even if you don’t believe the billionaire with a vested interest, that trend was already on its way before data centers. Blue-collar workers of all types already had decades of critical employment in front of them due to supply and demand (few Millennials work with their hands) and the backlog of deferred maintenance in homes, schools, commercial buildings, highways and bridges.

After all, you can't train a model to snake a drain.

Picture your kid at 35, debt-free, with a solid 15-year career under his belt already. Maybe he’s thriving in his starter home, with an easy mortgage payment. Maybe he’s already got a couple of kids running around because debt didn’t intimidate him out of starting a family.

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Instead of spending tens of thousands on the promise of a white-collar career that may be disrupted by AI, parents can watch their kids earn tens of thousands of dollars before they are allowed to drink.

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Grandpa's coffee lesson was always just to show that small, consistent financial decisions compound into life-changing outcomes. The difference now isn't a few dollars a day — it's a few thousand a year, with interest payments stretching into middle age, versus a $3,890 golden goose.

That’s worth a celebration. Tell Grandpa you’re taking him out for a latte.

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Secret cache of 130-year-old wine uncovered beneath medieval castle chapel floor

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:20 -0400

Officials recently unveiled a collection of 130-year-old wine that was covertly hidden beneath a chapel floor in a medieval castle.

The wine cache was found at Bečov Castle in the western Czech Republic, a nearly-700-year-old medieval fortress dating to the early 14th century.

After careful restoration by the prestigious French winery ‌Château d'Yquem, the bottles were put on display at the castle earlier in June.

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The collection consists of 133 bottles dating from 1892 to 1899, Reuters reported, and the alcohol was likely hidden there at the end of World War II.

Bečov Castle, near the German border, was confiscated by then-Czechoslovakia after World War II because its owners, the Beaufort-Spontin family, were labeled Nazi sympathizers.

Toni El Khawand, Château d'Yquem's cellar master, told Reuters that the wine benefited "from very good conditions of conservation."

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The wine was stored in an old underground chapel with thick walls that was "very humid and very cold" — conditions that El Khawand said were ideal for preserving it.

"It preserved the moisture and temperature in a very constant way," he said. "Those were excellent conditions to store a wine."

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The restoration was so careful that preservationists even kept the dust that had accumulated on the bottles, El Khawand said.

Though the display is new, officials have known about the wine for quite some time.

The bottles were discovered in 1985 after an American businessman hired by the Beaufort-Spontin family sought permission to recover a hidden object, prompting authorities to uncover the cache.

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In 2016, experts tested the wine's quality by extracting a sample with a Coravin device, which uses a needle to pierce the cork without damaging it.

Discoveries involving centuries-old food and drink are rare but not unheard of.

Earlier in 2026, experts in Utah used a Coravin device to extract a sample from a 150-year-old bottle of alcohol unearthed at a former mining town.

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After additional research, experts concluded the Utah bottle most likely contained apple cider rather than beer.

Reuters contributed to this report.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event in New York City match previews, predictions and more

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:55:18 -0400

WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event comes to Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night.

The event is expected to feature the company’s top stars going at each other with possible additions to the Undisputed WWE Championship match at SummerSlam on the line.

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New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson is also supposed to be in attendance and having an angle with world heavyweight champion Roman Reigns. Brunson, who has appeared in a WWE ring before, said during the NBA playoffs that he and a trainer acknowledge Reigns before every game.

It’s unclear, but it appears there’s a chance Brunson could become an honorary Bloodline member. But we’ll see about that.

Read below for a list of matches for Saturday Night’s Main Event and predictions.

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Danhausen vs. JD McDonagh in a No DQ match

The Judgment Day have been upset with Danhausen for several weeks after he took Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh’s money without cursing an opponent for them. Mysterio and McDonagh stole the Knicks jersey that was given to Danhausen for "uncursing" them as New York won the NBA championship. The stakes were raised on Monday when it turned into a no disqualification match.

Prediction: You can’t let Danhausen lose in front of the New York crowd. It will be Danhausen going over McDonagh.

Paige and Brie Bella (c) vs. Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship

Paige and Brie Bella have been the WWE women’s tag team champions since WrestleMania 42. But their reign may be on the ropes as they take on Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley with the title on the line. Reid and Henley, members of Fatal Influence, have been on a tear since making their main roster debuts. There’s a good chance Reid and Henley will leave New York with the tag belts.

Prediction: Fatal Influence take the tag team titles.

Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria

Lyra Valkyria and Bayley were once friends but a tag team title loss saw Valkyria turn on Bayley a few weeks ago. On Monday, Valkyria came out broken. She blamed Bayley for holding her back as a competitor. Their feud will come to a head in the ring in Madison Square Garden.

Prediction: Valkyria will pick up a huge win over Bayley.

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CM Punk and Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther and Sami Zayn

The big-ticket match will be a tag team brawl among CM Punk and Cody Rhodes and Gunther and Sami Zayn. Rhodes, Gunther and Zayn have been involved in a major feud for more than a month, which saw Zayn become the undisputed WWE champion at Night of Champions in June. However, his title reign only lasted nine days as Punk made a dramatic return to "Monday Night Raw" and beat Zayn for the title. Punk and Rhodes agreed to a match for the belt at SummerSlam but the competitors could increase for that match based on the result on Saturday night. If Gunther and Zayn win, they will be added into the fracas. It raises the stakes for what should be an interesting tag team match.

Prediction: Punk and Rhodes work together to fend off Gunther and Zayn.

Argentina's controversial World Cup banner got into the stadium by way of some dude's underwear

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:39:32 -0400

I kind of feel like people tried to dance around it before the match, but as soon as I saw that Argentina and England were playing each other in the World Cup semifinals, I thought, "Someone is going to bring up the Falklands."

And, sure enough, they did. That someone was the entire Argentine roster who unfurled a banner that read "Las Malvinas son Argentinas," or "The Falklands are Argentinian."

However, the banner — referencing a long-time feud between Argentina and Great Britain over the South Atlantic islands that led to a brief war in 1982 — had to get into the stadium somehow, and that "somehow" was in some dude's underpants.

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According to The Daily Star, a fan named Santiago brought the banner — which was really a hotel bedsheet with black paint that he bought for a few bucks — into the stadium by stuffing it into his crotch.

"I folded it as much as I could, put it in my private parts to get through security checks, and in the end we managed to get in," he told Argentina's Todo Noticias.

Alright... but what if Argentina had lost?

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That would be a bad time to break out the banner. You can't lose and then be like, "You know those islands we've been fighting over, even though most of the people on the island side with you guys? Yeah, those are ours."

Just wouldn't have the same power, and that would've meant that Santiago would've left Mercedes-Benz Stadium with a politicized bedsheet crammed into the front of his pants.

But that's not what happened, and Santiago whipped out his crotch banner and threw it to the Argentines, who had no idea where that thing had been.

That might be the greatest crime of all.

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In the UK, they were not impressed by the banner. In fact, UK Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey demanded that the players involved be banned from Sunday's final against Spain.

Something that Spain would probably be a-okay with.

Incoming UK PM Andy Burnham rejects Thatcher-era policies, signals leftward shift

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:38:36 -0400

Britain’s incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first speech as Labour leader Friday to condemn the economic model established in the 1980s by Margaret Thatcher and promise greater public control of essential services, signaling a shift to the left from outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Burnham, who will formally become prime minister Monday, said that Britain had taken "a series of wrong turns in the 1980s," when political power was centralized and economic power was transferred to private companies. He was unopposed to run as party leader, having been nominated by 379 Members of Parliament to lead it.

"The country surrendered control of the essentials — housing, water, energy, transport — and left people exposed to higher costs," Burnham said during the July 17 speech in London, according to a transcript of his remarks.

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He declared that four decades of neoliberal economic policy had "not been kind" to the working-class and industrial communities that traditionally supported Labour and described his ascent as the country’s most significant political turning point in 40 years.

"The government I lead will confidently lay that path out starting next week," Burnham said. "That is why this change today is the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years.

Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, said Burnham’s speech offered a clear ideological signal but little detail about how his government would carry it out. "With Burnham, there is a lot of light and heat, but not much actual substance," he added. "We are all still waiting to see what that substance might be."

Mendoza said, "If he thinks Britain has been on the wrong track for the last 40 years, what is the right track? Is it socialism of a past kind? Is it some form of statism? What does he actually intend to do?"

Burnham's speech offered the clearest indication yet that the former Greater Manchester mayor intends to move the party away from Starmer’s more cautious economic positioning and toward greater state ownership, expanded council and social housing, giving more power to regional government and increased state involvement in essential services.

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Burnham said Labour would no longer attempt to imitate the right and far-left parties. "We won’t try to out-Green the Greens or out-Reform Reform."

Although he did not explicitly advocate returning Britain to the 1970s or refer to the late Lady Thatcher by name, free-market critics portrayed his attack on her reforms as an effort to revive the state-dominated economic policies that preceded her government.

Britain experienced the Winter of Discontent in 1978-79, when millions of workers participated in widespread strikes over pay that disrupted daily life. The strikes left trash uncollected, reduced hospital services and affected public transportation. The unrest is widely seen as a major factor in the election of Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives in 1979 as voters turned against the unions and the Labour government of that time.

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The Adam Smith Institute responded to his speech by publishing a lengthy defense of the Thatcher era, highlighting reductions in income and corporate tax rates, privatizations, rising homeownership and fewer days lost to labor strikes.

"Since you mentioned the 1980s, Andy Burnham, here’s a reminder of what was achieved," the free-market think tank wrote before listing economic indicators it said improved during the period.

According to the free-market think tank, the top rate of income tax fell from 83% to 40%, the basic rate dropped from 33% to 25%, and corporation tax was reduced from 52% to 35%. It said inflation declined from a peak of 21.9% in 1980 to 2.4% in 1986, while the number of working days lost to strikes fell from 29.5 million in 1979 to 1.9 million in 1990. The institute also said homeownership rose from 55% to 67%, the number of individual shareholders increased from 3 million to 11 million, and national debt fell from 47% of gross domestic product to 28%.

Emma Schubart, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society who previously worked at the Adam Smith Institute, told Fox News Digital that Burnham’s speech demonstrated what she described as a fundamental misunderstanding of taxation and economic incentives.

"The biggest takeaway is that he comes across as pretty economically illiterate," Schubart said in an interview Friday. She called Burnham’s "demonization" of Thatcher polices "strange and needless."

Schubart argued that Burnham’s message was internally contradictory because he presented his leadership as a national renewal while proposing to dismantle reforms associated with the 1980s.

"He keeps saying he’s bringing a renewal to the U.K. and a new chapter," she said. "But then he also says, ‘We’re going to go back to the ’70s.’ You have to pick one."

Burnham nevertheless insisted he would be a "pro-business leader," while calling for greater public control of essential services, new powers for regional governments and closer cooperation with private businesses.

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The ideological shift presents an immediate political gamble. Burnham must unite Labour’s competing factions, reassure financial markets and respond to Reform UK’s growing challenge — all while taking office without winning a national election.

Mendoza warned that Burnham’s effort to appeal to the left could complicate relations with the Trump administration. "The government could most definitely clash with the United States under Burnham’s vision, because the voters he is trying to bring back into his tent include many of those who are deeply hostile to America.

"If he adopts U.S.-friendly policies, he risks alienating the voting coalition he is trying to create," he continued. "But if he decides to pick fights with the United States, he risks damaging British national security and the alliance with America, which matters far more to the country than any electoral coalition."

Burnham is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on Monday by King Charles III.

Tom Brady, Logan Paul get into heated confrontation at Fanatics Fest in New York

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:15:36 -0400

Tom Brady’s rivalry with Logan Paul took a new twist on Saturday as the two came face-to-face on stage at Fanatics Fest in New York City.

The two competitors met on stage with New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns coming in between them. The NFL legend then attempted to slap the WWE star before they were pulled apart before things could really escalate.

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Paul and Brady responded to the incident on X afterward.

"This happened bc I was roasting Tom for beating him in flag football. And he tries to smack me ?? Horrible example for the kids," Paul wrote on X. "Aura -100 + Blocked. With a torn tricep."

Brady called him a "dork."

"I tried America… will try again next time I see this nerd," he added.

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Brady and Paul have been feuding since the seven-time Super Bowl champion said the YouTuber wasn’t a real athlete because he competed in WWE and not on the gridiron like him.

The former New England Patriots star made the initial remarks during Super Bowl week. The two had it out during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic.

Brady suggested in an interview on WWE star Cody Rhodes’ podcast "What Do You Wanna Talk About?" that he would want to get involved in a match.

"I need to get an invite. I've been waiting for (WWE president) Nick Khan to come up with some storyline for me to get in the mix," Brady said Thursday. "I feel like I'm retired from football, and I have an opportunity to go out there and still showcase that I'm a little bit of an athlete."

Brady told Fox News Digital in April 2025 that he might show up at WrestleMania 41.

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"I may be there," he said at the time. "But it’s amazing what’s going on there and it’s amazing what’s happening with WWE and all the different things surrounding that."