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‘Free Karmelo’ mob hunted woman in bloody attack as thugs shouted support for killer, victim says

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:35:52 -0400

A woman from Texas is recovering from serious injuries after she said a group of women jumped her in a bloody attack.

The possible cause for the violent assault? Support for Karmelo Anthony.

In a graphic social media post, the victim said she was approached by the group of strangers as she and a friend were walking back to her car after going out "for drinks."

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The attack happened in Longview, Texas, over the weekend.

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The victim wrote in part, "While getting jumped they [were] yelling out 'Free Karmelo' — saying they [were] going to target the smallest white girl they could find."

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Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after he stabbed and killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. The verdict has sparked intense debate.

On Monday, a group of civil rights and criminal defense attorneys announced they were going to join Anthony's fight to appeal his conviction.

He has a new legal team that includes Ben Crump's law firm.

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The Longview victim said the attack was unprovoked. She also wrote in the post she "never said a word to these girls," she "never looked at them" and indicated she did not know them prior to the attack.

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In the same post, the victim wrote that the Anthony case has "nothing" to do with her yet the assault resulted in injuries including a black eye, staples in her head and significant bleeding.

Fox News Digital spoke to the victim's father, who said she is still very shaken up over the incident but that she feels it's important for the public to "know what happened," when referring to her public social post.

Fox News Digital confirmed the Longview Police Department is investigating the attack and has arrested one suspect in connection to it. Police did not name the suspect.

The investigation is ongoing.

Woman mourns the loss of beloved White Castle in Queens; will pull at your heartstrings

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:18:22 -0400

A beloved White Castle location in Queens has closed after 90 years in business, and locals are dealing with some serious grief at the thought of having to go to another White Castle for their slider needs.

Get a box of tissues ready, folks.

If you've ever suffered the loss of a beloved fast-food joint, this one's going to dropkick you smack dab in the feels.

The White Castle on 57th Avenue spun its last shake recently, and that led to some emotional reactions from locals.

One came from Karen Bartolo, who might be in the running for my favorite person to ever appear on local news.

"What are you gonna do?" Karen said. "They're gonna build more condominiums here? It's just one of the last things that you wish they'd have stayed. But that's it, God bless their journey, and I'm gonna miss White Castle."

Is someone cutting onions in here... because we know it's not that White Castle.

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If you've ever lost a favorite establishment, you know the feeling. It's like losing a family member. A distant one, but still.

You go through the same range of emotions in dealing with that grief, but kudos to Karen for having such a grounded, level-headed reaction to such a loss.

I can't say I'd handle it the same... unless she went home and uncorked an angry email to White Castle corporate.

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But Karen's memories of that White Castle are what really hit me.

"When there was the metal arena over there, going to see bands, we'd come here all drunk and silly and get our White Castle. Not making any trouble, just having fun.

"It's nostalgic, it's sad, but things change."

Karen, you rule.

Imagine, if you will, it's 1985 and you're in Queens catching Night Ranger and Cinderella (or whatever two hair bands you want to plug into this equation; Dokken, Kix, Winger, etc.) you have a good time and then you go cram nice, greasy sliders in your dumb face with Karen and her gal pals who I'm sure all had heads of giant, crispy '80s hair.

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If I get access to a time machine, I'm altering a few major world events, and then heading to Queens, because that sounds like the time and place to be.

What a video, but it might still play second banana to the greatest mourning of a fast-food joint on the local news ever.

That, of course, is the folks paying tribute to the Dunkin' in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

True story: I say "cold coffee" like Edna Faust more regularly than I'd really care to admit.

Golf star happy to have Tiger Woods back around PGA Tour after arrest: 'Good thing for us'

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:15:28 -0400

Tiger Woods made his first public appearance since his arrest in late March on Tuesday, as he introduced PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp at a press conference at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut.

Woods was arrested and charged with DUI involving property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test following his involvement in a two-car rollover crash on March 27 near his home on Jupiter Island, Florida. Authorities said Woods appeared lethargic and found hydrocodone pills in his possession at the scene, though he registered "triple-zeroes" on breathalyzer tests.

Woods pleaded not guilty to the DUI charge and was granted permission on April 1 to travel abroad for inpatient treatment. He is believed to have entered a rehabilitation facility in Zurich, Switzerland.

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But Woods is now back in the United States and wasted little time making his presence felt on one of the most significant days in recent PGA Tour history.

For Xander Schauffele, it was a sense of normalcy.

"I saw Tiger. It was good. I thought he looked good, said hi to him," Schauffele said of the 15-time major winner to Fox News Digital. "He was happy to be in the meeting. Definitely wanted to speak to the membership. Definitely good.

"Anytime Tiger's on property at a golf course, even if he's not even suited up to play, it's a good thing for us."

Woods introduced Rolapp before the latter spoke about a new series of recommendations from the Future Competition Committee that will bring forth significant changes to the circuit's structure beginning in 2028.

The arrest was Woods' second in under a decade, with both occurring near his home in Jupiter. In his first arrest, he was found asleep behind the wheel at around 3 a.m.

Outkick's Mark Harris contributed to this report.

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Cristiano Ronaldo shuts down reporter's Lionel Messi question in awkward moment after two-goal win

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:04:11 -0400

Cristiano Ronaldo’s international goal drought ended in grand fashion on Tuesday afternoon in Houston, as he scored twice in the 5-0 thrashing of Uzbekistan.

The Portuguese legendary striker was in good spirits throughout the match, but one question that he got during his post-match interview rubbed him the wrong way.

And it involved a comparison to Argentina’s Lionel Messi.

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Ronaldo was at the podium for his questions with reporters, when one of them began to discuss Messi. Ronaldo quickly turned away and asked another reporter to, "Go ahead," clearly not wanting to talk about anything related to the man he has been compared to throughout his career.

Tense and awkward would certainly be a way to describe the moment, and the other reporters got the memo as no other Messi questions were asked during Ronaldo’s session.

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Before scoring in the sixth minute against Uzbekistan, Ronaldo, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, went 10 matches without scoring a goal in a major international tournament for his country. It dated back to November 2022, and things only escalated after a lackluster performance in a 1-1 draw against DR Congo in Portugal’s first World Cup match.

Meanwhile, Messi made World Cup history in his latest match, as he broke Miroslav Klose’s all-time goals record after potting two more in this tournament. Messi already has five goals through two matches, scoring a hat trick in Argentina’s first win over Algeria before handling Austria.

Messi now has 18 total World Cup goals for his illustrious career, while Ronaldo has 10. They both, however, are the only men in history to have played in six World Cups.

It may have been a slower start for Ronaldo in this tournament, but like the other superstars who have been on full display – France’s Kylian Mbappe is closing in on Messi’s goals record, while Erling Haaland can’t stop scoring for Norway – he knew he’d show up sooner than later.

"Sooner or later, I’m there. It’s about continuing the work," Ronaldo told reporters, per ESPN. "I truly believe that God helps those who work hard. It’s always been that way in my career, nothing’s going to change. I’m very happy."

Ronaldo almost had his own hat trick, with chances in the second half that didn’t roll his way. He also elected to forego a free kick just outside Uzbekistan’s box, where Nuno Mendes shocked everyone and took the shot for his first goal of the tournament.

Ronaldo, 41, has been questioned by fans whether he can still provide the striking prowess he’s always displayed, especially on the world stage. That debate was silenced a bit after this match, but Portugal has a harder test this Saturday when they face Colombia, where they must win to take Group K. Colombia has defeated DR Congo and Uzbekistan.

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EXCLUSIVE: Guatemalan nationals plead guilty to horrific human smuggling crash that killed 56, injured 100+

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:58:32 -0400

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday that two Guatemalan nationals have pleaded guilty of their roles in a massive human smuggling operation that resulted in a catastrophic 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Mexico, which killed 56 people — including children — and injured more than 100 others.

Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala and Alberto Marcario Chitic entered guilty pleas for conspiring to bring illegal immigrants into the United States, placing lives in jeopardy and resulting in death, according to DHS officials.

The two smugglers were among five Guatemalan nationals extradited to the United States in 2025 to face charges, while a sixth alleged co-conspirator was arrested in Texas.

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Federal officials pointed to the crash as a tragic consequence of previous open border policies.

"This is yet another example of how Biden’s open borders created a humanitarian crisis that allowed smugglers to profit off the deaths of illegal aliens," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. "Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, these criminal aliens have pleaded guilty, and they will soon face justice."

According to prosecutors, the Dec. 9, 2021, crash involved a highly organized, profit-driven network that treated human beings "like a supply chain."

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The smugglers recruited migrants in Guatemala, collected their money, and packed them into cattle trucks and tractor-trailers for the treacherous journey north toward the U.S. border.

The fatal wreck happened just north of the Guatemala-Mexico border.

"This tragic event shows that human smugglers do not care about the illegal aliens they come in contact with and transport despite the numerous risks, including extreme heat and dangerous travel conditions," Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division wrote in a statement.

Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck for the Southern District of Texas highlighted the cold and calculated nature of the operation, revealing the smuggling network even "handed scripts to children so they could lie to law enforcement if caught entering the United States."

The successful prosecution was spearheaded by Joint Task Force Alpha, a specialized partnership between the Justice Department and DHS aimed at dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

To date, the task force's efforts to combat the border crisis have resulted in more than 458 arrests and over 408 U.S. convictions of leaders and significant facilitators of illegal immigrant smuggling.

Four-star high school football prospect 'shuts down' recruitment only to flip twice in 24 hours

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:51:20 -0400

If you follow recruiting in college football, you know it's a 365-day roller coaster of emotions, and nowhere was that more evident than on X Tuesday evening.

Our prospect du jour is none other than Ben'jarvius Shumaker, a four-star defensive tackle from Choctaw County, Mississippi.

Shumaker is a damn good player in his own right, a composite top-100 player in the country and the second-best player in the Magnolia State.

As most players from Mississippi tend to do, Shumaker committed to the Ole Miss Rebels back in March.

It was seen as a huge win for Rebels coach Pete Golding and Co., as Shumaker represented one of the cornerstones of a recruiting class that was closing in on the top-20 with plenty of room to grow with a first-year head coach trending upward.

Shumaker was excited about getting to work with Golding and the Rebels, so much so that he announced on his Instagram he was "shutting down" his recruitment on Monday and locking in with Ole Miss.

Now, the cynic would say that they've seen plenty of high-level recruits "shut things down" only to flip later down the road, but even I couldn't have foreseen how quickly Shumaker would change his tune.

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Man, that is absolutely nuts!

Even by 2026 standards, flipping commitments less than 24 hours after shutting it down seems a bit cold. But hey, you have to go where your heart tells you to, right?

Regardless, this is a great pickup for Colorado, which desperately needs some elite players along both lines of scrimmage to get back into College Football Playoff contention.

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Now they just need a few more blue-chip linemen and... hold on, I'm being told Shumaker has flipped his commitment BACK to Ole Miss.

Snip snap, snip snap!

I can truly tell you, having followed recruiting for the last two decades, I haven't seen anything like this.

Monday morning "shut down," Tuesday afternoon flip, then a Tuesday evening flip back to your original school is utterly insane.

Shumaker issued a statement and tried to do some damage control, but the court of public opinion had already made up its mind with regard to this recruiting kerfuffle.

This is the sad state of recruiting in 2026.

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If I had a dollar for every time I warned you all that college football recruiting is not for the faint of heart, my favorite team would never have to worry about NIL budgets again, but I digress.

Shumaker says in his statement that he has shut down his recruitment yet again, reaffirming his pledge to Ole Miss, but if I were a Rebels fan, I'm not sure if I would take this young man at his word just yet.

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Vibes will be tense in Oxford for the rest of this cycle hoping to hold on to the second-best player in their 2027 recruiting class.

And with how transient football players are nowadays, just getting a recruit to sign on the dotted line isn't enough anymore, as you essentially have to re-recruit your entire roster every six months.

Take a good look at your favorite school's commit list when you get a chance and try not to get attached to any of the names on there.

You never know where one of those young men will end up next.

2026 Travelers Championship betting preview: capitalizing on disrespectful odds at TPC River Highlands

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:50:04 -0400

Fresh off a grueling test at Shinnecock Hills for the U.S. Open, the PGA TOUR heads to Cromwell, Connecticut, for the 2026 Travelers Championship. As one of the premier stops on the summer schedule, TPC River Highlands welcomes another elite, star-studded field.

This iconic Pete Dye design stretches just over 6,850 yards, heavily favoring precise driving accuracy over raw power. With its famously small greens and a dramatic, fan-favorite closing stretch, the event historically delivers low scores and chaotic Sunday finishes.

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Navigating these complexes requires dialed-in wedge play and strong course familiarity, making past success a massive indicator this week. The current betting board features glaring mispricings on several proven winners, leaving value.

Full disclosure: I'm getting waxed in golf betting this season, and my 2026 PGA TOUR bankroll is an embarrassing -41.47 units (u). For the Travelers, I'm allocating 2.3u on outright bets and 2.75u on top-10s/20s. Here's who I'm losing money on this week at TPC River Highlands.

The following odds are based on my previous bets on the golfers listed below. Subject to change.

🇺🇸 Collin Morikawa +3125 (0.64u) and Top-10 with ties +239 (0.5u), both at Kalshi

🇺🇸 Justin Thomas +3233 (0.62u) and Top-10 with ties +252 (0.5u), both at Kalshi

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aaron Rai +5500 at DraftKings (0.36u)

🇺🇸 Brian Harman +6800 (0.29u) and Top-20 with ties +162 (0.75u), both at DraftKings

🇯🇵 Hideki Matsuyama +8991 at Polymarket (0.22u) and Top-20 with ties +239 at Kalshi (0.5u)

🇺🇸 Alex Smalley +11527 (0.17u) and Top-20 with ties +265 (0.5u), both at Kalshi

These odds legitimately don’t make sense to me. He ranks in the top five of all the stat-based models I’ve run for this event. Granted, Morikawa has dealt with injuries and even withdrew from THE PLAYERS Championship as the second-betting favorite.

Nevertheless, he looked good at last week’s U.S. Open. Collin tied for 17th while gaining strokes with his driver, irons and putter. Morikawa tied for 29th at the 2026 RBC Canadian Open in his first tournament back after taking a month off following the PGA Championship.

Which isn’t anything for him to brag about, considering the field and his resume, but Morikawa gained strokes across the board in Canada. More importantly, Collin also took time away from golf because his wife was giving birth to their first child, so he is in a good headspace.

Furthermore, Morikawa was playing like a top-three player on TOUR before getting hurt. He won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, played through injury to tie for seventh at The Masters, and finished T4 at the RBC Heritage the week after.

"Around-the-green" (ARG) is the one area Morikawa bled strokes to the field at the U.S. Open. However, Shinnecock, host of the 2026 U.S. Open, has some of the toughest green complexes in the world, and Collin gained strokes ARG in nine of his 10 starts leading into the U.S. Open.

Speaking of "disrespectful odds," JT should be at worst +2500, and he is trading at 32-to-1-ish at Kalshi. Thomas is a 13-time PGA TOUR winner, including the PGA Championship twice, and a four-time American Ryder Cupper. He finished T9, T5 and T9 in his last three Travelers from 2023-25.

JT has played well at several similar courses to TPC River Highlands, with wins at Harbour Town (2025 RBC Heritage) and TPC Sawgrass (THE 2021 PLAYERS Championship).

He looks like his vintage self, finishing in the top 25 in his last six starts, highlighted by a T4 at the PGA Championship and T17 at last week's U.S. Open. Ultimately, if Thomas is playing to 90% of this ceiling, he should be a top-five betting favorite in this field.

He’s improved on the leaderboard in all three Travelers, with a T40 in 2022, T24 in 2023 and T17 last year. That said, TPC River Highlands should be a good course for Rai. It strongly favors driving accuracy over distance, and Rai is one of the most accurate drivers in the world.

Per Bet The Number, Rai is second in this field for driving accuracy over the last 40 rounds. He pounded fairways at Aronimink en route to winning the 2026 PGA Championship last month. TPC River Highlands has small greens, and Rai has gained strokes chipping in all three Travelers and with his putter in the last two.

Oddly, he’s lost strokes with his irons in his last two visits to TPC River Highlands. But most of the approach shots at this place are within 125-175 yards and Rai is seventh in this field for strokes gained from that range over the last 40 rounds.

Rai's betting odds don’t reflect how well he’s playing because the market doesn’t think he can win two tournaments in a short period. Nonetheless, if you focus on Rai’s trending form and player profile, his betting odds should be at least +3500, especially since he was +4000 at last year's Travelers.

This is a FOMO/value bet on my favorite golfer because Hideki's odds have drifted too far. I didn't bet him pre-flop when he fell to +8000 before winning the 2024 Genesis Invitational, and I was pissed. Matsuyama has won 10 times on the PGA TOUR, including the 2021 Masters, and hasn't missed a cut this year.

Hideki ranks 128th on TOUR this season in Strokes Gained (SG): Off-the-Tee, but he's gained strokes on the field in driving accuracy in his three career Travelers from 2023-25. TPC River Highlands has small greens and Matsuyama is still one of the best iron players on TOUR with a world-class short-game.

Over the last five years, Harman has had the best course history in this field. In his last 11 trips to TPC River Highlands, Harman has eight top-10 finishes, including five straight top-10s.

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Harman is a lefty, and two of the best left-handed golfers ever, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson, have won a combined five Travelers. He is a four-time winner on TOUR, most recently the 2025 Valero Texas Open at another TPC course in San Antonio, and most prominently, The Open Championship in 2023.

TPC River Highlands is a small, "less-than-driver" course, and Harman is second in this field for SG: Tee-to-Green at courses where you can club down off-the-tee over the last 18 months, according to Betsperts Golf.

I’m "buying the dip" on Smalley, who’s missed back-to-back cuts at the Memorial Tournament and U.S. Open entering the Travelers, but was on a heater before the Memorial. Plus, Muirfield, host of the Memorial, and Shinnecock are long, driver-heavy courses with steep missed fairway penalties.

As long as he doesn’t end up behind a tree at TPC River Highlands, Smalley will be able to hit the green from the rough. Meanwhile, his odds to win the Travelers are more than double his odds to win the Memorial (+5000), which had a similar field size and strength as the Travelers’, but had a tougher course.

Perhaps Smalley peaked and won’t get back to how he was playing entering the Memorial: T21 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, T14 at the Valero Texas Open, T7 at the Cadillac Championship, T17 at the Truist Championship, T2 at the PGA Championship and T3 at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

His odds for the Travelers should be roughly +7000 because he is gaining strokes across the board (driving, on approach, ARG and putting) on TOUR this year. Smalley missed the cut in the 2022 Travelers but finished T9 and gained strokes across the board in his only other visit to TPC River Highlands in 2023.

There are 5,400 entries in this league, so I'm pretty much dead, barring a miracle. However, I've been saving JT all season for the Travelers, and in poker terms, I still have a "chip and a chair".

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Illegal immigrant who entered US on visa to visit Disney World arrested after overstaying a decade, sex crime

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:46:50 -0400

His dream didn't come true.

An illegal immigrant who overstayed his U.S. visa by a decade after visiting Disney World was arrested this week, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Alejandro Saul Rico, an Argentine citizen, was taken into custody on June 19 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In addition to overstaying his visa, Rico’s criminal history includes a conviction for assault and a prior arrest for a third-degree sex offense in Maryland, DHS said.

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Rico told authorities that he originally entered the U.S. through Miami on a tourist visa in 2006 to visit Disney World. While he was granted a B1 visa in 2006, he remained in the country long after his authorized stay had expired in 2016, according to DHS.

"This criminal illegal alien overstayed his visa after visiting Disney World, has been convicted of assault, and has a prior arrest for a sex offense," said DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. "Too many illegal aliens believe they can overstay a visa, disappear into the interior of the country, and avoid the consequences of violating our immigration laws."

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Bis said President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin are restoring integrity to U.S. visa programs and ensuring the privilege isn't used as a "one-way ticket" for criminals to enter the country and exploit U.S. laws.

The B1 visa is typically used by foreign visitors to conduct business, as opposed to the B2 visa, which is used for tourism purposes, according to the State Department website.

The Trump administration has enacted sweeping overhauls of the visa program, prioritizing self-sufficiency and increased vetting of applicants.

Barry Morphew used fake name, lived with woman until arrest in wife’s murder case exposed him: police

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:45:09 -0400

Barry Morphew allegedly used a fake name while living in Arizona before his arrest in his wife's murder case, even moving in with a woman for a month while concealing his true identity, according to a newly released arrest report.

Morphew was indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder in the first degree after deliberation on June 20, 2025, in relation to the death of his wife, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew, who was also the mother to two daughters. She disappeared on Mother's Day in 2020 in Colorado, where the couple lived. Barry Morphew was arrested in Goodyear, Arizona, nearly 11 hours from where his wife went missing.

He's due in court on Wednesday afternoon for a status conference before his trial in October.

A newly released arrest report obtained by Fox News Digital through a public records request alleges that Morphew was using the alias "Lee Moore" while he was living in Arizona, and states that he moved in with a woman around a month before the arrest.

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Fox News Digital isn't naming the woman, as she hasn't been charged with a crime. The woman told troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety that she had only known Morphew as "Lee Moore." She said he began living with her on May 1, 2025, and moved in much of his personal property. Barry Morphew and the unidentified woman met in late December 2024.

On June 15, for unknown reasons, the woman said that Morphew revealed his actual identity and claimed his wife, Suzanne Morphew, was "abducted" in Colorado, the arrest report stated.

According to an arrest report, authorities found an AR-15-style rifle and a silencer inside Morphew's safe that was at the house he was living in.

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Notably, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation first reached out to the Arizona Department of Public Safety in February, asking them to keep tabs on Morphew's movements as a grand jury indictment was expected. A warrant was also obtained to place a GPS tracking device on his truck.

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As Fox News Digital has previously reported, Morphew paid property taxes for a property at the Stardust Trailer Park in Cave Creek, Arizona, and was self-employed.

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One restaurant employee in Cave Creek, Arizona, told Fox News Digital he knew Morphew by an entirely different name: Bruce.

Charlie Loots, bar manager at Harold's Cave Creek Corral, told Fox News Digital that he didn't know Morphew's real name until June 20, when news reports began to surface about murder charges relating to Suzanne Morphew's death.

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"I was shocked that, again, I mean, I was very caught off guard about all of it," Loots said. "I spent, honestly, as soon as I found about it, I spent like two hours reading articles about it. I was like, I was so intrigued, because I was, like, this s--- doesn't happen," he said.

Loots said he began seeing Morphew, or Bruce, as he knew the murder suspect, after the coronavirus pandemic. He said Morphew's go-to drink was beer, often switching between Miller Lite and Coors Light, adding that he was at the bar on June 13, exactly one week before his arrest.

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Prosecutors wrote in the June 2025 indictment that the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine were found in Suzanne Morphew's bone marrow. They alleged that Barry Morphew used "BAM" deer tranquilizer to sedate and transport deer on his farm when he lived in Indiana. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.

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Morphew was also the only person with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of the state he lived in, prosecutors said. The only two other entities with access to the BAM compound within the surrounding counties were Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the National Park Service, officials said.

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"Ultimately, the prescription records show that when Suzanne Morphew disappeared, only one private citizen living in that entire area of the state had access to BAM: Barry Morphew," the indictment states.

Morphew's attorney, David Beller, previously told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."

"Yet again, the government allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either."

Fox News Digital reached out to Morphew's lawyer for comment.

Sophie Cunningham protects Caitlin Clark with a rage-baiting finger-wag, miserable Buster & crash landing!

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:40:11 -0400

Final Hump Day of June. Is that right? Let's see ... how's the song go, again?

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ...

Ah yes, that's right! So we ARE in the final Wednesday of the month. Wow. Time flies. Feels like we were just celebrating a Memorial Day Hump Day, and now we're one week from the Fourth of July.

These Dog Days are BARKING right now. We're cruising. This time next month, we'll have a FIFA champion, MLB will be fresh off its All-Star Game with the trade deadline approaching, and NFL training camps will be underway.

Who has it better than us? Dumb question, of course. It's nobody. Nobody has it better than us.

Let's roll.

Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Sophie Cunningham continues to dominate the WNBA, one finger-wag at a time.

WNBA'S SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM'S LATEST VIRAL ATTIRE CELEBRATES HER LOVE OF BBQ, CORNHOLE GOLF COURSE & HOT STEAKS!

What else? I've got an emergency landing in Alaska that left me queasy, Buster Posey looks like he's being held hostage, and Paige Spiranac is ready to celebrate America's 250th birthday.

Pageviews has had a rough year, but the #content lately has been top-notch. She's getting back to the basics, and I appreciate it.

Grab you a ham sandwich for National Take Back The Lunch Break Day, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap!

Did we ... lose the lunch break? I certainly haven't, but I also work remote, so I have about three lunch breaks a day.

Today, for instance, I had leftover ribs from last night. Remember a few weeks ago when we all got into a heated debate because I smoked ribs but didn't take the membrane off? Well, I grabbed some baby backs yesterday from Fresh Market (elite store) and took the membrane off. Happy?

And you know what? Eh. I don't see much of a difference. Sorry. I think it's a sham. There, I said it!

You know who's not a sham? Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, who spent the week rage-baiting the rest of the league with a simple finger-wag.

What a moment:

Just incredible. DeWanna Bonner goes after Caitlin Clark, and Sophie wasn't having it for one single second. Not one.

And she never touches DeWanna. Just a simple finger-point. She just mocks her, while everyone else in the arena laughs. It's perfect. It's the best way to get under someone's skin. It's done with such elegance.

Perfectly played by Sophie, who has proven, time and time again, that she will not tolerate the Caitlin Clark head-hunting. Not on her watch.

She cracked skulls last summer, and she's back to enforcing the law once again this time around. Nobody — and I mean nobody — plays this game better than Sophie Cunningham. She's a star on the floor, and she's a content machine off of it.

What a player:

Absolute star. And don't forget where you saw her first. Right here, at OutKick. We were, once again, ahead of the trends.

A tale as old as time.

OK, let's leave Indiana and head west to check in with Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants. He seems like he's having a BLAST right now:

Reporter: Question about Pride night.

Posey: Baseball questions only.

Different reporter: Question about Pride night.

Posey: Again, baseball questions ONLY.

Rinse, wash, repeat. That's it. Well, to be fair, we did get one Rafael Devers question mixed in, but that was it.

Side note: You know things are bad in San Francisco right now when Buster Posey is thrilled to hear a question about Rafael Devers.

How miserable is Buster Posey right now? He looks like he wants to be anywhere else. I don't blame him. My big question? Why send him out there and feed him to the wolves if you weren't going to let him speak? What's the point?

Sure, the Big Js annoy me. This is insufferable. The line of questioning — and the tone they all use — is truly insufferable. But it's obviously going to be all they want to talk about. Why send him down there if you weren't going to let him talk about it?

My guess? They wouldn't like his answers. Born in Georgia. Played college ball in Florida. You do the math.

OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day into a big Hump Night. First up? If your plane was about to crash and you were on death's doorstep, would your last move in life be to record the whole thing?

Goodness gracious. The Nightcaps veterans know how much I absolutely hate flying. A few years back, I tried to bring back the road trip. I took one myself all the way to Nantucket (can't hide money!). It was awesome.

It's all because of this, right here. This moment. Yes, I know this can happen on the interstate, too. But at least there I have some modicum of control. I don't have that on a plane. It's all out of my hands.

How about the stones on this pilot? Kudos, young man. You'd never buy a drink again in your life if I was on that plane.

The worst part? I assume they all have to get back on a plane to get outta there. I think I'd just move there at that point. No SHOT I'm getting back on a plane after that.

OK, that's it for today. Excellent work, everyone. Good final Hump Day of June.

Fourth of July is right around the corner. Get us ready for it, Paige!

OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).

What do you think Buster wants to say? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

Experts urge extreme caution on Iran's 'crown jewel' Hezbollah — terror group with US blood on its hands

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:36:17 -0400

Foreign policy experts are advising the Trump administration to continue to carefully watch Iran's behavior over its terror proxy Hezbollah — a group with American blood on its hands.

The importance of Hezbollah to the Tehran regime is clear in the comprehensive U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. While the agreement does not mention the group by name, clause one of the 14-point MOU calls for the permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including the cessation of conflict in Lebanon.

Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief, told Fox News Digital that, "Hezbollah isn't just the Iran regime’s most prized proxy; it's the crown jewel of the regime's forward defense. For almost five decades, the Islamic Republic has invested billions building Hezbollah into a forward-deployed missile arsenal aimed directly at Israel's heart." She said "Losing Hezbollah would hurt the mullahs more than losing the Strait of Hormuz or anything else in their arsenal. That's why Hezbollah is clause one," of the MOU.

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Daftari said Hezbollah is "a forward-deployed arm of the IRGC Quds Force taking Lebanon hostage," She said that "the IRGC created Hezbollah in 1982, trained it, armed it, funded it, and to this day embeds Quds Force commanders inside its command structure. Treating them as separate organizations is a fiction Tehran exploits."

While the State Department didn’t answer Fox News Digital questions over concerns raised by critics regarding the administration’s handling of Hezbollah, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a tough line on the terror group when asked by reporters in the United Arab Emirates Tuesday about Tehran's terror proxies and why Iran's ballistic missile program was left out of the recent Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Rubio insisted that regional proxy threats are fundamentally covered by the framework. "I think a careful reading of the MOU will see that when you talk about, for example, a complete – an end of hostilities in the entire region, well, that’s not possible. You can’t have the end of hostilities and conflicts in the region as long as Iranian proxies are launching missiles and drones from Iraq and are participating in terrorism like Hamas did and like Hezbollah did. So I do think it’s covered by the MOU, and it is an issue that will be gotten to at the appropriate time in these negotiations."

Hezbollah was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. in 1997. Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense for Democracies (FDD) and editor of its Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital that "Hezbollah has a five-decade-long track record of killing Americans, starting with the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983, attacks on U.S. embassies and airplane hijackings."

Roggio said the efforts "continue to this day," with Hezbollah playing "a key role in establishing, training, advising and supporting the Iraqi militias, which are responsible for killing more than 600 American soldiers. Hezbollah also trained al Qaeda to use suicide car bombs, which it implemented in the 1998 suicide attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and perfected in theaters such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia."

In May 2025, A U.S. District Court determined that the torture of Lebanese American Amer Fakhoury was the responsibility of Iran, through its proxy Hezbollah. Fakhoury lost sixty pounds during a six-month period of captivity after being kidnapped by Hezbollah in Lebanon in September 2019. He died six months after his return to the U.S. of cancer that was diagnosed in prison in Lebanon.

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Zoya and Guila Fakhoury, Amer’s daughters and co-founders of the Amer Foundation, told Fox News Digital that their "family wants to see a peaceful, sovereign, and prosperous Lebanon" and welcomes "any effort that genuinely reduces violence and helps Lebanon move toward stability."

The Fakhoury's said that "lasting peace cannot come at the expense of accountability. True stability in Lebanon requires ensuring that terrorist organizations like Hezbollah no longer hold the power to intimidate, detain, and silence innocent people."

They expressed disappointment that there has been "little public focus on the Americans who remain unjustly detained by the Iranian regime." They added that "Any meaningful agreement with Iran should include concrete progress toward bringing every wrongfully detained American home."

A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that "The Trump Administration is committed to securing the release of all Americans unjustly detained in Iran and around the world. The Iranian regime has a long and shameful history of unjustly detaining U.S. nationals and other foreign citizens. The Iranian regime should immediately release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran. To ensure the safety and security and security of those Americans, we have nothing further to share at this time."

As talks brokered by the U.S. between Lebanese and Israeli officials resumed in Washington, the Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, released a statement on his X account Tuesday, thanking the Vice President and Secretary of State, stating in part "for the attention that the United States is showing toward Lebanon, aimed at ending the war there, strengthening the authority of the Lebanese state, and the independence of its decision-making, considering it solely responsible for preserving national sovereignty, the dignity of the Lebanese people, and their safety."

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Walid Phares, a foreign policy expert and author of ‘Iran: An Imperialist Republic and U.S. Policy,’ told Fox News Digital that it was "a major mistake…to give the Islamic regime in Iran a power to include Lebanon and Hezbollah in the talks. He warned that "putting Lebanon on the agenda of the talks with the regime in Switzerland could collapse the Washington, D.C. platform."

Pressed by reporters while in Kuwait on Wednesday about Israel's continued military presence, Rubio drew a firm line on the administration's expectations, stating its hope is "that the Lebanese Armed Forces and the legitimate, sovereign Lebanese government will continue to be able to control and secure more and more of their own territory - because that's who needs to control Lebanese territory, not a terrorist group like Hezbollah. So that's the goal. And I think the Israelis have been clear. They don't have any quarrels with the Lebanese people, they don't have any claims on the territory of Lebanon."

Jonathan Conricus, a former international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, told Fox News Digital that "From an Israeli perspective, Hezbollah is not an organization that we can talk with or expect them to change their ways." He said that as a jihadi organization, "their primary objective in life is to wage holy war against the Jews, and then against Christians and against other what they consider to be infidels and Westerners. These are not people that you can negotiate or talk sense with."

Conricus, a senior fellow at the FDD, added that "there's a unique chance here to roll back Iranian aggression in the region and to dismantle the most important Iranian proxy Hezbollah." To do so, he called for "political pressure, information pressure and…economic pressure on Hezbollah [and] on all of its financial institutions."

A U.S. government official told Fox News Digital that "Secretary Rubio spoke to both [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] and Aoun on Friday about solidifying ceasefire and future talks. As a result of those calls, the U.S. started a monitoring mechanism via [U.S. Central Command] so that our policymakers have real-time and accurate information about fighting in Lebanon."

The Washington talks between Lebanon and Israel are expected to continue into Thursday.

Rising socialist stars on track to Congress: Who are Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander and Claire Valdez?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:21:17 -0400

The Democratic Party has an identity crisis.

Three far-left radicals backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primary elections Tuesday night in a clean sweep by socialist and socialist-adjacent candidates. The mayor's preferred candidates destroyed those backed by the Democrat establishment and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), leaving party leadership shellshocked.

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members Darializa Avila Chevalier and State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, along with progressive Democrat and former DSA member Brad Lander, all have a clear path to Congress after winning in heavily blue districts.

Here's what we know about them:

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Avila Chevalier, 32, is originally from Florida. She attended Columbia University and is currently pursuing a PhD at the City University of New York (CUNY).

She spent much of her time in college organizing against the political right, and is a hardline anti-Israel actor. At the Ivy League school, she helped found a group called Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which later caused a firestorm when it posted "Death to America" in Farsi on X.

In 2024, the group faced widespread condemnation when it stated that it was "fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization." Columbia has distanced itself from the group.

MAMDANI STANDS BY FELLOW SOCIALIST CANDIDATE DESPITE RESURFACED FAR-LEFT, ANTI-AMERICAN POSTS

Avila Chevalier identifies as "Afro Latina" and converted to Islam in recent years. Her parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic before she was born, and her nationality became a central focus of her primary battle in the largely Dominican 13th Congressional District, especially as she appeared to distance herself from her roots.

Tuesday night, she ousted five-term Democrat Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), a progressive in his own right, after running against him from his left.

Avila Chevalier deleted a rash of inflammatory far-left posts from her X account where she attacked other Democrats including former President Joe Biden, whom she called a "rapist" and a "war criminal," Vice President Kamala Harris, whom she cursed out, and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., whom she chastised for his "liberal Zionism."

MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST CANDIDATE STORMS OUT OF LIVE INTERVIEW WHEN CONFRONTED WITH OLD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS

Perhaps most egregiously, she has trashed the United States on multiple occasions — one time calling her home country "a f---ing disgrace."

"I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me," she said in yet another deleted post.

The soon-to-be congresswoman is also a rabid anti-borders activist, and has argued for completely abolishing police and prisons.

FAR-LEFT SURGE: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST DEM ESTABLISHMENT INCUMBENTS

In a 2021 repost on X, then Twitter, she said that abolishing borders, prisons and police is "possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward," and later amplified and echoed posts that claimed "all deportation is wrong" and to "literally abolish the border."

In a debate against Espaillat last week, Avila Chevalier argued that illegal aliens shouldn't be deported from the under any circumstances, even if they have committed violent crimes or served jail time. She bizarrely argued that deporting violent alien criminals constitutes "double jeopardy," since Americans who commit the same crimes cannot be deported.

She also waged a war on white women and even once blasted black and Arab men for "fetishizing ugly colonizer women."

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Valdez currently represents New York's State Assembly for the 37th District, a position she was elected to in 2024. She took office in 2025, and almost immediately launched her congressional bid to replace outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., who is retiring from Congress.

Valdez is from Lubbock, Texas, and moved to New York to pursue a career as an artist in 2015. She is part Native American and a citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation.

She, like Avila Chevalier, was endorsed by Justice Democrats, a far-left group that rose to prominence for helping launch the political career of socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The group describes Valdez as a "proud Democratic Socialist."

SOCIALISTS CHEER ‘SHOCKWAVE’ PRIMARY NIGHT AS DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES WIN, ADVANCE ACROSS THE MAP

The endorsement brags that Valdez "worked low-wage customer service jobs through high school, college and after." One of those jobs was as a worker at Columbia University, where she joined UAW Local 2110, which represents full and part-time secretarial and clerical employees. She was elected to the bargaining committee of the union.

Justice Democrats says that in her capacity as an assemblywoman, she "has fought to tax the rich, protect tenants, and empower working people."

Valdez, too, has called Israel's military action in Gaza a "genocide."

"Two and a half years ago, Israeli leaders clearly stated their intent to carry out a genocide in Gaza," she said in an X post on June 3. "And that's exactly what they did. I was in the streets with so many New Yorkers protesting our complicity and to free Palestine."

She has called for the U.S. to withhold funding to Israel.

Valdez has also outwardly called for the abolishment of ICE, which she described as a "fascist agency" and accused them of "terrorizing" the community and "kidnapping" people.

"This fascist administration is kidnapping our neighbors from their immigration court check-ins," she said in a 2025 post to X. "What is Albany waiting for? State leaders cannot ignore this emergency any longer. We cannot allow ONE MORE neighbor to be targeted."

"We must pass NY4ALL and get ICE OUT OF NEW YORK."

Lander served as the chief financial officer for New York City from 2022 to 2025 as comptroller.

Before that, he represented Brooklyn's 39th District on the New York City Council for 12 years, and founded the Progressive Caucus while on the council.

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Lander was a card-carrying DSA member until 2023, when he was turned off by the group's response to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack on Israeli concertgoers that killed 1,200 people.

He defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in a landslide on Tuesday night in New York's 10th Congressional District.

Lander says his first priority in Congress will be to "vanquish Trump's fascism" and abolish ICE, and accused billionaires of "rigging our economy."

MAMDANI-BACKED 'LIBERAL ZIONIST' OUSTS DEM WHO LED TRUMP IMPEACHMENT IN BID TO TAKE NYC HOUSE SEAT

He has described himself as an "ally" to the black community, and in a 2022 candidate survey for the comptroller job shockingly accused himself of possible white supremacy.

"As a white man, that work starts by listening as honestly as I can to black people about the anger and pain they are feeling, and the system of white supremacy and systemic racism it reflects," he said.

"That is not easy —because it implicates me, because the anger is so deep, and because what it would take to change it is so big. But it must be the starting point. From deep listening, action-oriented solutions and genuine commitments should follow."

In 2020, Lander called for police to suspend arresting criminals and demanded most inmates at Rikers be released. He also advocated for cutting NYPD's budget by $1 billion in a letter to constituents, according to the New York Post.

"My commitment to working to defund the NYPD," the letter reportedly said.

None of the primary winners responded to Fox News Digital's comment requests.

Trump seeks $672M to stop Iranian nukes as negotiators weigh fate of uranium stockpile

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:18:14 -0400

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is seeking $672 million for the removal of Iranian nuclear materials, inspections and verification efforts, and other counterproliferation activities as part of its broader $80 billion supplemental funding request, Fox News Digital has learned.

The funding would support the removal and elimination of Iranian nuclear materials, including uranium hexafluoride (UF6), uranium in various forms and research reactor fuel, including highly enriched uranium, according to details shared by a White House official.

The request also would fund U.S. verification activities inside Iran, support inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, strengthen nuclear-smuggling detection efforts and expand Nuclear Emergency Support Team operations across the Middle East.

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The funding would go to the Department of Energy to support "activities that would terminate Iran's ability to develop or acquire a nuclear weapon, including the disposition of proliferation of sensitive material, technology, equipment, and infrastructure," a White House official told Fox News Digital Wednesday.

The funding request comes as U.S. and Iranian negotiators work to translate the recent memorandum of understanding into a more detailed agreement governing Iran's nuclear program and stockpile of enriched uranium.

Secretary Pete Hegseth is briefing members of the House Republican Study Committee on the $80 billion request to cover the costs of the offensive campaign against Iran known as Operation Epic Fury and rebuild munitions stockpiles. The text of the funding request is expected to be released to Congress in the coming days.

The funding request comes as U.S. and Iranian negotiators are attempting to translate the recent memorandum of understanding into a detailed agreement governing Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and future nuclear activities.

The memorandum of understanding, signed by the United States and Iran June 17, kicked off technical talks led by Vice President JD Vance in Switzerland and established the "minimum" acceptable terms for Iran's roughly 900-pound stockpile of uranium enriched to near-weapons grade as "downblending," or reducing the concentration of uranium through dilution.

"The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven with the minimum methodology to be down blended on site under the supervision of the IAEA," the memorandum states.

The agreement leaves unanswered key questions about the ultimate fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.

Neither side has publicly said whether they have reached an agreement on what will happen to the material, including whether it will remain in Iran, be downblended, transferred to another country, or be destroyed altogether.

In what Vance hailed as a "major milestone," he said Iran had agreed to allow U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back into the country for the first time since U.S. and Israeli military strikes targeted Iranian nuclear infrastructure last year.

OBAMA-ERA INSPECTION FLAWS IN IRAN COULD PERSIST AS EXPERTS WARN OF NUCLEAR BLIND SPOTS

President Donald Trump has insisted Iran agreed to what he described as "nuclear honesty."

"Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations!"

The $672 million request is part of the administration's broader $80 billion supplemental funding package related to the Iran conflict and its aftermath. The larger request is expected to cover military operations, replenishment of munitions stockpiles and other national security priorities stemming from the conflict.

The challenge of disposing of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile could be substantial. In 1994, the United States carried out a covert operation known as Project Sapphire to remove roughly 600 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Kazakhstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The mission required weeks of repackaging nuclear material, extensive security precautions and military airlift operations before the uranium could be transported to the U.S.

Bob Iger breaks silence on Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel over Charlie Kirk assassination comments

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:16:57 -0400

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is defending the company's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel after comments the late-night host made following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, saying Disney viewed the remarks as "in bad taste."

In an interview with the Financial Times published Saturday, Iger said that Disney removing "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was not to appease the Trump administration, but instead due to comments Kimmel made in September after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

"That was not the case," Iger said. "We thought it was in bad taste."

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Iger said Kimmel was asked to apologize, saying, "We just wanted him to acknowledge that it was an ill-timed and probably inappropriate comment."

In September, Kimmel suggested that Kirk’s suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, was a member of the "MAGA gang."

"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.

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Kimmel was suspended indefinitely from Sept. 17 through Sept. 22, 2025, following the remarks.

He later defended his remarks during an interview with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw, saying "I didn't think there was a big problem," Kimmel said. "I just saw it as distortion on the part of some of the right-wing media networks, and I aimed to correct it."

He said he realized the comments were an issue "when they pulled the show off the air," and added, "I can sometimes be reactionary. I can sometimes be aggressive. I can sometimes be unpleasant. I think that it helped me, really, having those days to think about it was helpful."

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He also said he believed his comments were mischaracterized.

"I didn’t ‘feel’ like it. It was," he said. "It was intentionally, and I think maliciously, mischaracterized.

"I think what has happened over the last, like, three weeks, I think was very unfair to my bosses at Disney. I don't think anyone should ever be put in a position like this. It is insane," Kimmel said. "And I hope that we drew a really, really bold red line as Americans about what we will and will not accept. I really hope that that's what comes out of all of this."

Fox News Digital attempted to reach Kimmel for comment.

Fox Nation teams up with Jack Carr to take viewers inside the global manhunt for Carlos the Jackal

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:03:53 -0400

Former NAVY SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr is taking his military insights to the small screen in a brand-new streaming event on Fox Nation.

Carr will host a three-part docuseries, "Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal" on Fox Nation. The show, premiering on Monday, June 29, centers around the life of Carlos the Jackal, the Venezuelan militant behind several notable terrorist attacks of the 20th century. Carr details how the notorious criminal evaded authorities for decades and showcases the only known recorded interview with Carlos, offering a disturbing look at one of the most twisted minds in modern history.

Fox Nation President Lauren Petterson praised her platform's partnership with Carr, lauding the acclaimed author's expertise and past writing success.

"We are proud to partner with Jack on this compelling new series to bring his unique perspective of special operations and knowledge of national security to the Fox Nation audience," she said in a press release. "His extraordinary insights in this series provide an unprecedented look at one of the most notorious terrorists of the modern era and the global effort to bring him to justice."

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Carr expressed his fascination with Carlos the Jackal in the same press release, revealing that his interest in the subject started when he was just a child.

"I grew up reading about Carlos the Jackal in any publication I could find that reported on him and his attacks." he said. "As a kid, I could not understand how intelligence services across the globe were unable to track him down and bring him to justice. Now, in this new Fox Nation docuseries, I explore the man behind the myth, the elusive Carlos, the murderer who inspired a new generation of terrorists through his acts of violence, some of whom were on our target decks following September 11, 2001."

Joining Carr in the series is a team of former CIA and FBI officials, alongside intelligence experts who give firsthand accounts of the search for Carlos. They help connect the dots to explain how the menacing militant influenced modern terrorism and recount some of his most brutal assassinations, hijackings and bombings.

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Carr has a prolific track record in the literary and television worlds, but he was a decorated former Navy SEAL before his screen career took off. He held leadership positions such as Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander and Task Unit Commander. He led assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan and led counterinsurgency efforts in the South Phillipines during his 20-year tenure in the military.

Using his deep tactical experience, Carr transitioned from combat to creative work with his debut New York Times bestselling novel, "The Terminal List." The blockbuster tale was later adapted into a popular Amazon Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt. Since then, he has released more than a half-dozen gripping tales, including "True Believer, "Savage Son," and "The Devil's Hand."

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"Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal" was produced in tandem with Bright North Studios in collaboration with Kuma Studios, NGI Productions and Kan 11. Bright North Studios USA CEO Morgan Hertzan praised Carr for his storytelling abilities in a separate statement to Fox News.

"No storyteller better understands the inner workings of government, elite military operations, and intelligence than Jack, which is on full-display in this new docuseries," Hertzan said. "Jack uses his background from a decorated 20-year military career, which included leading special operations teams for Navy SEALs, to tell the story of one of the world's most notorious terrorists. We are honored to partner with Jack, an incredible patriot and hero, as he makes his first foray into unscripted content."

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To fully uncover the shocking details about one of history's most notorious criminal masterminds, tune into "Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal," exclusively on Fox Nation.

EXCLUSIVE: Hawley pushes new legislation to save rural emergency rooms from 'breakneck' closures

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:59:13 -0400

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Wednesday introduced new legislation aimed at combating America's rural healthcare crisis, telling Fox News Digital that Congress must intervene to keep rural emergency rooms open.

"Americans in rural communities across the country are confronted with a concerning shortage of access to emergency medical care," Hawley said. "In Missouri alone, 12 rural hospitals with emergency rooms have closed in as many years, and those that remain open are struggling to keep the lights on.

"Congress must act swiftly to protect the necessary emergency care hardworking rural families deserve."

Hawley's comments come as he pushes the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, legislation aimed at saving rural hospitals from closing at a "breakneck pace."

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Since 2005, nearly 200 rural hospitals have shut down nationwide, a trend that is creating "widespread emergency-room deserts" and forcing some residents to drive an hour or more just to reach lifesaving emergency care, according to the senator’s office.

The situation is particularly dire in Hawley’s home state of Missouri, where 12 rural hospitals with emergency rooms have closed since 2014.

Records show that nearly half of all rural hospitals in Missouri currently operate at a loss, with 10 hospitals, or roughly 20%, at "immediate risk of closure."

SENATE REPUBLICANS LOOK TO SWEETEN MEDICAID POT TO SILENCE DISSENT ON TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'

To keep the lights on and emergency room doors open, the proposed legislation would establish a mandatory, 10-year dedicated funding stream administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, according to the senator’s office.

If the bill were to pass, eligible rural hospitals would receive a guaranteed baseline distribution of $1 million per year to cover normal emergency room operating expenses, which would be distributed on a quarterly basis and indexed for inflation, along with additional funding depending on a hospital's specific geographical, financial and patient-injury characteristics.

Participating rural hospitals facing an immediate risk of closure would also receive a one-time emergency payment of up to $250,000.

The senator’s office noted affected hospitals receiving the new guaranteed funding will not face negative impacts on their eligibility for any other federal healthcare programs, designations or grants.

Hawley is expected to announce the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act at a news conference scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Wednesday.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Winners and losers emerge after socialist earthquake rocks NYC primaries

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:57:10 -0400

NEW YORK CITY - New York City’s primary night produced clear political winners and losers as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s slate of socialist candidates swept establishment-backed Democrats.

Mamdani, sworn into office in January of this year, flexed his political might in the city after three congressional candidates that he endorsed in the primary, Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, were all victorious on Tuesday night, and are expected to cruise to victory against their Republican opponents in November.

All three candidates ran on platforms broadly aligned with Mamdani’s socialist economic agenda, anti-Israel posture and opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while facing candidates backed by the establishment wing of the party.

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"I think it was an incredible night," Mamdani said about the results before pointing to his own primary victory that shook the political landscape last June. "It is an incredible night and I think New Yorkers have shown that last June was not the end, it was the beginning."

Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus who has served in the House of Representatives since 2017, was defeated by Mamdani-backed socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier on Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District.

Avila Chevalier, who has called America a "f------ disgrace," supported the abolition of prisons and borders and said Israel "doesn’t exist," was victorious despite a variety of controversies, most recently after claiming that criminal illegal immigrants should not be deported regardless of their crime.

Another established Democrat in Congress, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., was handily defeated by Mamdani-backed Lander after having served in Congress since 2022.

Goldman, one of the most recognizable anti-Trump Democrats in Congress, and who was once viewed as a rising star in the party, lost his race to Lander. It was a race that became increasingly focused on Israel as Lander attacked Goldman for voting for U.S. military aid to Israel and slammed him for refusing to call the war in Gaza a genocide.

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Meanwhile, Goldman defended his support for Israel’s existence as a Jewish state and argued that voters in the district were more focused on domestic issues.

"As history has taught us: Antisemitic tropes and stereotypes, some of which I heard personally on this campaign, will ultimately be the undoing of our democracy if we all don’t lean in and speak out, even if it’s not politically expedient," Goldman said in his concession speech, a day after a Brooklyn coffee shop banned him over his pro-Israel views.

At least a dozen candidates endorsed by NYC-DSA across the state of New York were victorious on Tuesday night, signaling the embrace of Mamdani’s socialist policies and the reach of his influence in the party.

Avila Chevalier and Valdez were both endorsed by DSA, a group that promotes defunding the police, abolishing ICE, abolishing prisons, government-controlled housing and healthcare, and accusing Israel of genocide.

In October, Fox News Digital reported that DSA was primed to play a significant role in the Mamdani administration and last summer DSA members discussed in a panel how they were closely collaborating with Mamdani and positioning the organization to "seize state power."

Perhaps the most common response on social media to Tuesday night’s results was that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are in trouble going forward if they want to keep power.

"The Democrat party has officially become the party of Zohran, AOC, & Bernie," Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who represents New York’s 17th Congressional District, posted on X on Tuesday night.

"No, I think the future of the Democratic Party is going to fall, as far as we’re concerned, relative to the House Democratic Caucus and members who are doing great work all across the country," Jeffries said in November as Mamdani was set to become the next mayor of New York City.

Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe posted on X, "Hardest hit in tonight’s NY primaries: Chuck Schumer. I’d be shocked if he seeks re-election in 2028."

Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries’s and Schumer’s offices for comment.

"You’re next," socialist supporters at Valdez’s election night party were seen shouting at the television to Jeffries on Tuesday night.

Jeremy Carl, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, argued that the outcomes reflected broader ideological and demographic shifts within New York City, warning that the city had become a "post-American city" and predicting similar changes nationwide.

"The radicalism of these soon-to-be Congressmen is going to be a headache for Democrat leadership in the House and a gift to the GOP," Carl wrote.

"The future of the Democrat party is radical and post-American in it's (sic) orientation. Since all of these candidates are in the world's media capital, they are going to get tons of attention," Carl continued. "That isn't going to play well for the Dems in 2026 and 2028."

Fox News Digital’s Elaine Mallon and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

Wyndham Clark’s US Open victory tour included revealing that an ex-girlfriend of his cheated with an NFL star

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:54:52 -0400

During a stop on his media victory tour following his U.S. Open win last weekend, Wyndham Clark was asked about an old tweet of his about a current NFL starting quarterback.

The tweet in question is from December 2016 when the quarterback was a college football star at Oklahoma. Clark played golf at Oklahoma State that year before transferring to Oregon.

It would have been a decent guess that the golfer’s "I hate baker mayfield" tweet was related to the rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, but that’s not the case.

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During an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast, which aired on Wednesday, Clark was asked about the almost 10-year-old post. He revealed that he understandably fired off the post after an ex-girlfriend of his cheated on him with Mayfield.

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"I'm trying to decide if I should tell the story. Alright, screw it, I don't care. People already hate me… My girlfriend at the time cheated on me with Baker Mayfield," Clark said.

"But here's what I would say… I'm actually a Baker fan now, I think he's a homie. That's your initial response, ‘Screw that guy.’ But really it's screw the… she cheated on me."

All that is behind Clark now. He’s not still holding a grudge against Baker. He’s hoping that the two athletes can become bros and go golfing after finally revealing the story behind the tweet.

"This is personal. I hope this is a bro moment for us to be like, ‘Oh, bro, I didn’t know. My bad. She never told me,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s all good, we’re homies, let’s play golf.’ That’s where I hope this comes from."

Let's get these two on the course together. There's no need for a cheating ex-girlfriend to come between them. Baker's a married man now and Clark has moved on with golf's newest star.

California deputies use magnet-equipped drone to disarm knife-wielding sex offender hidden in garage

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:48:17 -0400

In what they called a "first in the nation," a California sheriff's office used a drone equipped with a magnet to disarm a wanted man, pulling a knife from his hand without risking the life of a single officer.

On Wednesday, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office posted a video to social media showing how its officers used emerging technology to arrest 30-year-old Austin Carter, who was holed up inside his filthy home.

Carter was being pursued by law enforcement for violating his parole. According to the sheriff's office, he is a registered sex offender who has a lengthy criminal history. On Thursday, a SWAT team arrived at Carter's home to apprehend him, according to the sheriff's office.

"Negotiators made repeated attempts to establish communication and have Carter, who was seen earlier with a firearm, surrender peacefully. They received no response," the sheriff's office said in a social media post.

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"[M]eet Buster! Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office's new robotic K9 platform," the sheriff's office announced in the post.

Deputies flew the drone into Carter's home and located him in the corner of his garage. Once they found him, they attached a powerful magnet to the drone in an attempt to wrest away the knife he was clutching.

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Footage from the drone shows it hovering right above Carter, who was lying down and unresponsive. Suddenly, the knife flew upward, out of his hand and onto the magnet.

After that, deputies used Buster, a robotic K9 unit, to remove all the obstacles in the garage so they could more easily get to Carter. They also used a large armored vehicle to provide support to officers.

In the video, two heavily armed officers could be seen dragging Carter out of the house as he writhed and tried to break free from their grip.

Once Carter was subdued, paramedics immediately rendered aid because authorities believed he consumed a large quantity of drugs while he had been barricaded inside the garage.

Carter was transported to a local hospital, and after he was medically cleared, he was taken to the Sacramento County Main Jail, where he is being held without bail. He faces multiple felony charges, including violating his parole conditions.

DAVID MARCUS: Old-school Dems out as far left seizes control of New York

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:44:27 -0400

Tuesday night’s Democratic primary contests in New York City pitted Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s slate of socialist candidates against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' establishment picks, including two incumbents. It was a massacre, with all three of Jeffries’ pals left eating dirt.

These three wins for the far left represent a sea change in the Democratic Party that is starting to look a lot like President Donald Trump’s takeover of the GOP a decade ago, one that left most of the Republican establishment shocked and defeated.

In a nutshell, what we see in New York and across the country is a battle between old school, native, often Black or Hispanic Democrats and a new anti-capitalist, immigrant-driven party, heavily invested in increasing Muslim political power and demonizing Israel.

It is no accident, for example, that Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y. (but not for long), was ousted by far-leftist Brad Lander. Both are Jewish, but while Goldman supports Israel’s right to exist, Lander says whatever his Islamist masters tell him to.

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Meanwhile, podcaster and Cuba tourist Hasan Piker gleefully issued a warning Tuesday night to pro-Israel New York Rep. Richie Torres, who won his Democratic primary: "I’ll see you in 2 years, motherf----r, I’m coming for you Ritchie," Piker ranted.

There are no better avatars for the battle over America’s oldest political party than Jeffries and Mamdani. The former is a classic machine Democrat, the latter a charismatic upstart, and it is perfectly clear who is in the ascendency. As Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., put it in his prediction on Tuesday: "The dirtbag left is surging,"

As usual, Fetterman is on an island. Most moderate Democrats are desperate to appease the communist electoral bitzkrieg in the hopes of being spared by it.

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Here is what Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who has the moral fortitude of a turnstile, had to say Tuesday night: "I don’t know man, who is ‘the Democratic Party’ if it’s not the voters?... and right now they are demanding our party be bolder."

Far out, dude.

This is precisely why the fight between the Democratic Socialists and the traditional Democrats has been so asymmetrical. Mamdani and his acolytes say people like Murphy and Jeffries are weak and need to be replaced, even call them monsters, while Murphy nods along, agreeing that communism must be embraced.

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The socialists don’t even need to fight the establishment anymore at this point, because the establishment has surrendered to them.

Further, what Tuesday’s results showed was that either through atrophy or incompetence, the once-vaunted Democratic political machine that Jeffries controls has just wasted away. Even public sector unions, once his bread and butter are leaking to the left.

The upshot is that, just as in last year’s New York mayoral race, a coalition of guilt-ridden, college-educated White voters and immigrants looking for government handouts has utterly eroded traditional Black and Hispanic political power.

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Between now and the midterms, you will hear pundit after pundit on both sides smile and say, "Well, socialism does OK in blue cities, but good luck beating Republicans in competitive districts." But the socialists don’t want to beat Republicans electorally, they want Republicans in re-education camps. The people they want to beat are the Democrats.

Well over a decade ago, lefties like George Soros realized that down-ballot races, such as for district attorney, are low-hanging fruit in big cities. The next thing you knew, the cities all had far-left prosecutors, then city council members and now mayors.

You look at guys like Goldman and think, "You brought these people into the country, you propped them up and now you're surprised that they ate you alive?" There's no place left for an old-school liberal, and the younger "enlightened" ones who thought they could have it both ways brought it on themselves.

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Now, progressive politicians like Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are trying to build a bridge between the Marxists and the establishment. Not only is this an obvious Trojan horse effort, but Khanna and AOC may find that after communists cross bridges, they tend to burn them.

At this point, it seems that the only way the Democrats can get out of this nosedive into communism is through a compelling 2028 candidate for president with the courage to attack it head on.

The only Democrat left who meets that description is Fetterman, and frankly, every Marxist win makes the case for him to run stronger and stronger.

For now, the rise of the new communist left in the Democratic Party is all but complete, and our country will never be the same.

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Miller warns Mamdani movement 'spreading across' Democratic Party after socialists notch key victories

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:39:38 -0400

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller argued Tuesday that the Democratic Party has fundamentally transformed as progressive candidates continue to win primaries across the country.

"[We have to] explain to the American people that Democrats you grew up with, the Democrats that your mom and dad grew up with, the Democrats that your grandma and grandpa grew up with, do not exist anymore at all, not at any level of government," Miller said.

"A vote for any Democrat, anywhere, for any office, is empowering a party that wants to strip this country to the bone, to take away our security, our defense, our way of life."

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Miller's warning came during a "Hannity" appearance, where he discussed Tuesday night's New York primary victories for Zohran Mamdani-backed candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez and Brad Lander.

Far-left progressivism and Democratic socialism are spreading beyond New York State, however. In Maine, progressive Graham Platner secured a primary victory earlier this month and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November's general election.

In other races, Democratic socialist Nithya Raman will square off against incumbent Democrat Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Texas Democrat James Talarico, another progressive, will face Republican Ken Paxton in a high-stakes Senate race in November, and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will first challenge two other Democrats for the primary nomination.

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The winner of the Michigan Democratic primary will go on to face Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the general election.

"Tonight brings really terrifying evidence of just… how far this cancer has spread and is spreading across and throughout the Democrat Party," Miller said.

"We've seen in every single race where there is an open Democrat primary, the radical left base of the Democrat Party is electing the most socialist, the most communist, the most lunatic candidates, the more fringe candidates that possibly exist. Every one of them against cops, against ICE, against border patrol, against borders, against jails, for every crazy trans idea, against every single tenet of traditional American values, principles, religion, God, all of it."

Miller went on to insist that President Donald Trump is the only thing standing in the way of the "tyrannical wave of left-wing insanity."

Indianapolis man charged with alleged stalking of Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham, threatening security exec

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:38:26 -0400

An Indianapolis man was charged after prosecutors say he stalked Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and later threatened a Pacers Sports & Entertainment security executive who tried to stop the alleged contact.

Kevin C. Singh, 49, was charged in Marion County with stalking, intimidation and harassment, court filings reviewed by OutKick show.

The stalking and intimidation charges are Level 6 felonies. The harassment charge is a Class B misdemeanor.

The case was filed Wednesday in Marion Superior Court 26. The charges are allegations, and Singh has not been convicted in the case.

Prosecutors allege Singh stalked Cunningham between Sept. 30, 2025, and June 2, 2026, through a repeated course of harassment that caused her to feel "terrorized, frightened, intimidated or threatened."

Singh is also accused of communicating a threat to John Ball, vice president of security and event services for Pacers Sports & Entertainment, between June 1 and June 11. Prosecutors say the alleged threat was retaliation for Ball sending Singh a cease-and-desist letter.

The probable-cause affidavit lays out a timeline that began on Sept. 30, 2025, when Singh allegedly hand-delivered a package addressed to "Sophie" at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Security cameras captured Singh walking into the arena and leaving the package with a security guard. Singh allegedly said the package was from his daughter and was intended for a player.

The package contained a Guns N' Roses T-shirt sprayed with men's cologne and a letter addressed to Cunningham. The letter thanked Cunningham for "a very special season" and was signed with a variation of the name tied to Singh's X account, investigators said.

Pacers Sports & Entertainment later began monitoring an X account investigators say belonged to Singh.

Investigators say the account made multiple posts directed at Cunningham, including sexually explicit comments and references to Singh's proximity to her.

One post included in the filing said, "You're literally down the street from me!" Another allegedly referenced a building visible in the background of one of Cunningham’s posts and suggested her building was safe.

Lt. Darren Stonehouse of the Marion County Sheriff's Office interviewed Cunningham on Monday.

Cunningham told investigators she first learned about Singh's posts in February after Dana Harvey, the director of executive protection, warned her because of the nature of the posts.

Cunningham said she read some of the messages and was also told about the package delivered to Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

At first, Cunningham told investigators she thought Singh was another person posting disturbing things online.

But she said the continued posts caused her to stay home more often and have nightmares. Cunningham also told investigators she felt like she was always watching her back, did not feel safe and was fearful of Singh.

She said she has never met Singh, never responded to his social media posts and wanted the posts to stop.

Ball sent Singh a cease-and-desist letter on April 30 because of the number and nature of the posts.

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The letter said Pacers Sports & Entertainment had become aware of "increasingly troublesome, inappropriate and unwanted communication" toward Cunningham. It directed Singh to stop all communication with Cunningham or any other Indiana Fever player or employee.

It also informed Singh that he was banned from Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Pacers Sports & Entertainment property and any Fever event or official team activity.

The posts continued after the letter was sent, prosecutors say.

Singh later called Ball's office and said he understood the need to protect players but disagreed with the letter.

Ball told investigators Singh's posts became more hostile and threatening after that conversation.

Several June posts included in the filing were directed toward Ball. One allegedly said Ball was going to see that Singh could reach out, too. Another said, "Pain is coming. I promise."

Ball told investigators he believed Singh was threatening him with physical harm.

Ball also said Singh referenced his wife and the county where he lives, which caused him concern. He said the situation led him to alter some of his daily activities, begin carrying a firearm and contact local law enforcement for extra patrols around his home.

Prosecutors requested a bond higher than the standard amount, citing Singh's prior convictions for stalking, intimidation and invasion of privacy. The state also said Singh was on probation in Hendricks County for two invasion-of-privacy convictions when the alleged conduct occurred.

The state requested that home detention and GPS monitoring be included as conditions of release.

A public case summary shows a magistrate found probable cause Wednesday and granted the state's request for a greater-than-standard bond.

A Marion Superior Court staff member confirmed to OutKick/Fox News Digital that Singh is being held on a seven-day hold that began June 24. After that, he faces a $40,000 cash bond with home detention and GPS monitoring with exclusion-zone monitoring.

A court order signed June 24 also bars Singh from Gainbridge Fieldhouse until the case is resolved or the order is vacated by the court. A no-contact order was also issued.

Singh's initial hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning, June 25. The public case summary did not list a defense attorney for Singh as of Wednesday afternoon.

The allegations against Singh add to recent stalking cases involving high-profile women's basketball players who now play in the WNBA.

Michael Lewis, a Texas man, was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to stalking and harassing Fever star Caitlin Clark. Authorities said Lewis sent Clark threatening and sexually explicit messages before he was arrested in Indianapolis.

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Paige Bueckers, now a Dallas Wings guard, was also the target of a stalking case before entering the WNBA. Robert Cole Parmalee pleaded guilty in Connecticut to second-degree stalking after he was accused of harassing and threatening Bueckers while she played at UConn.

Parmalee received a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation. He was barred from being around the UConn team and WNBA facilities.

OutKick reached out to Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the Indiana Fever and Gainbridge Fieldhouse for comment, but did not receive a response by publication.

Joe Manganiello turned to shamans and pagan rituals during seven-year health battle that nearly killed him

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:29:38 -0400

Joe Manganiello survived "multiple near-death experiences" over a seven-year battle with his health.

In his upcoming memoir, "Bloodlines," Manganiello detailed his experiences with a life-threatening medical scare, which led him "beyond medicine and into a remarkable, globe-spanning quest that revealed answers about his ancestry, inherited trauma and the deeper histories we carry," according to Simon & Schuster.

Manganiello, 49, endured a "cascade of autoimmune-related illnesses," that impacted his skin, thyroid, eyes, lungs and digestive system.

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During the seven-year medical ordeal, Manganiello battled "chronic pain, a life-saving organ amputation, existential crisis and a prolonged fight for survival that left doctors with few answers and no clear explanation."

As he struggled to not only survive, but also to find answers to his medical issues, the "Magic Mike" star pursued an unorthodox path.

Manganiello enlisted the help of "shamans, pagan rituals, ancient myths, long-lost family records and the rebirth of his own spirituality" in an attempt to cure his illness.

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Through researching his own genealogy, Manganiello discovered family members who survived the Armenian genocide, "ancestors shaped by violence and displacement, and the hidden patterns shared by others living with chronic illness."

"It was the most brutally difficult time of my life, one I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, but also my greatest adventure," Manganiello told People in a statement.

"I hope that what I went through on this journey can give readers hope that answers and healing may lie for them on the other side of whatever they are fighting through."

He added, "The process of writing this book gave me the gift of perspective that helped me to see that my suffering was a cocoon from which I would emerge forever changed."

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Last year, Manganiello and his fiancée, Caitlin O'Connor, left Los Angeles behind for their shared hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"I mean, L.A. has been both of our homes for over 20 years. I was born in L.A., but raised in Pittsburgh, so we're both from the same hometown," she told People magazine.

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O'Connor explained that their shared roots were something they initially bonded over, and they're both thrilled to be "back home."

"That's what we really connect on, you know. We share the same upbringing, the same hometown knowledge. And that's what really connects us as a couple."

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Manganiello and O'Connor first sparked romance rumors in September 2023 and confirmed their relationship a few months later. They announced their engagement on Instagram in October 2025 and noted that the actual proposal occurred that June.

In July 2023, Manganiello and Sofía Vergara announced that they were getting divorced after seven years of marriage.

"We have made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect of our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives," the couple said in a joint statement at the time.

Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.

Biden judge torches Trump ICE crackdown as ‘devoid of rational explanation,’ nukes courthouse arrest policy

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:09:22 -0400

A federal judge who has repeatedly blocked the Trump administration's immigration policies dealt another blow Tuesday, striking down rules that expanded courthouse arrests and prolonged detention in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facilities.

In a 71-page decision, U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts, who was nominated by former President Joe Biden, struck down the policies after finding that ICE and the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) did not provide the reasoned explanation required under the Administrative Procedure Act.

The ruling continues a pattern of Pitts intervening against Trump administration immigration policies. Earlier this year, he blocked an ICE initiative that would have allowed the agency to rearrest migrants it had previously released. In another case, he ordered sweeping changes at a San Francisco ICE detention facility, citing overcrowding and conditions he found likely violated constitutional standards.

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While Pitts' order applies nationwide, it differs from the broad nationwide injunctions that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in its 2025 decision in Trump v. CASA. Rather than issuing an injunction prohibiting the government from enforcing the policies, Pitts vacated them under the Administrative Procedure Act. When a court vacates a policy, it removes the policy itself rather than just limiting how it can be enforced.

Pitts' ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of asylum seekers challenging ICE's 2025 policies that removed restrictions on civil immigration arrests at courthouses, including immigration courts, and a separate ICE policy allowing detainees to remain in short-term holding facilities for up to 72 hours instead of the agency's longstanding 12-hour limit.

The judge found ICE failed to adequately explain why it abandoned prior guidance that limited courthouse arrests because of concerns they could discourage immigrants from appearing for hearings and interfere with the administration of justice.

"As the Court has previously detailed, the policies entirely fail to address the chilling effect of courthouse arrests on noncitizens' attendance at court proceedings, which is both a critical factor underlying ICE's 2021 guidance and an 'important aspect of the problem' in its own right," Pitts wrote.

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Pitts was particularly critical of the government's handling of arrests at immigration courthouses. According to the ruling, the administration spent months defending the policy as applicable to immigration courts before later disclosing that ICE internally viewed the policy as not applying there at all.

"Nothing on the face of ICE's 2025 courthouse-arrest policies or in the administrative record suggests that ICE recognized it was removing all prior limitations on civil enforcement activities at immigration courthouses without any substitute guidance," Pitts wrote.

He ultimately concluded that the agency offered virtually no explanation for the change.

"ICE's 2025 courthouse-arrest policies are devoid of rational explanation for (or even acknowledgement of) the agency's choices," the judge wrote.

Pitts also vacated a related EOIR policy rescinding restrictions on immigration enforcement activity at immigration courthouses. The judge found the agency relied on flawed assumptions and failed to grapple with evidence that courthouse arrests could discourage immigrants from attending proceedings.

The judge separately struck down ICE's nationwide waiver of its 12-hour detention limit. The waiver was adopted after ICE reported that increased enforcement activity had strained detention capacity and complicated transfers to longer-term facilities.

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Pitts found the agency failed to consider alternatives, reconcile the policy with its own detention standards or adequately address whether keeping detainees in holding facilities for extended periods could create unconstitutional conditions.

"Nothing in the memorandum announcing the 12-hour-detention waiver or in the administrative record suggests that ICE engaged in reasoned consideration of its obligation to avoid creating punitive conditions of confinement," he wrote.

Throughout the opinion, Pitts emphasized that the administration remained free to pursue tougher immigration enforcement policies if it followed the procedural requirements imposed by federal law.

"An agency may not ... depart from a prior policy sub silentio," Pitts wrote, citing Supreme Court precedent.

The ruling follows a similar decision last month by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in New York, who largely barred ICE from conducting civil immigration arrests at or near three Manhattan immigration courthouses while a separate challenge proceeds.

The Department of Homeland Security sharply criticized Pitts' ruling.

"When a judge sentences a defendant, the defendant is taken into custody. If an alien is ordered removed by an immigration judge, the same should happen. A district judge ordering otherwise is naked judicial activism in service of an anti-American, open borders agenda," DHS General Counsel James Percival said in a statement.

Ranking the 10 best World Cup players of all time, from Messi to Maradona and everyone in between

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:55 -0400

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup in full swing, we are seeing some of the best players on the planet duke it out for the most coveted trophy in soccer.

Plenty of all-timers are trying to stake their claim at immortality during this tournament, but few, if any, will ever catch the legends that came before them.

With that in mind, let's take a look at 10 of the greatest World Cup players in soccer history.

A note before we move forward: this list takes only their World Cup performances into account.

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Players like Johan Cruyff and Cristiano Ronaldo are legendary players, but lack some of the World Cup accomplishments that these 10 possess, be they missing titles or a dearth of longevity.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's begin!

Che Cannavaro! Che capitano!

We start this list off with a bang, as Italy's Fabio Cannavaro is arguably the greatest center back in World Cup history.

His 2006 run to the title is the stuff of legend, anchoring an Italy defense that gave up only two goals during the entire tournament, one of which was an own-goal and the other being a penalty.

Cannavaro was the captain of that '06 squad that knocked France out in the finals, and for the cherry on top, he won the Ballon d'Or that year, an extremely rare feat that only two other true defenders have accomplished.

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That's SIR Bobby Charlton to you!

English fans constantly bring up the 1966 World Cup, mostly because it was their last and only win, but also because of how magical that team was, and the heart and soul of it was Charlton.

His leadership and goal-scoring abilities were the driving force behind England's win on their home soil, and the country has revered him ever since.

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That '66 team is easily England's best team of all time, and Charlton was the talisman of that group, so he deserves his lasting place among this list of legends.

No one is more representative of the golden generation of Spain than Andres Iniesta.

The longtime Barcelona midfielder was the engine that made those legendary Spanish teams go, and his extra-time goal to win the World Cup against the Netherlands in 2010 is one of the most iconic strikes in the history of the sport.

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That goal alone would have him in consideration as one of the all-time greats, but he's a complete player who had one of the most celebrated careers ever.

His composure, intelligence and passing prowess made him one of the best midfielders of all time, and the fact that he was one of the best players on one of the greatest teams in the modern era of world soccer makes him a no-brainer to be included on this list.

The youngest inclusion on this list by a decent margin, Kylian Mbappé's career so far stacks up against some of the best the sport has to offer, and the crazy part is, he's only 27 years old.

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How's this for a World Cup résumé? He won the tournament at 19, scored a hat trick in the 2022 final, and he's on pace to absolutely shatter the all-time goal-scoring streak recently set by Lionel Messi.

If France were to win it all again in this World Cup or the next one with Mbappé playing a crucial role, then I could easily see him rocketing close to the top of this list by the time his storied career is over.

I'm as big of a Cristiano Ronaldo fanboy as the next guy, but this is all about World Cup performances, and Brazil's Ronaldo Nazario (better known by his first name) is the pick here and it isn't even close.

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During his peak, Ronaldo was one of the most feared strikers on the planet, and he saved his best performances for the biggest stage.

Ronaldo was a part of three World Cup teams with Brazil, and was arguably the best player in the world for two of those.

He scored 15 goals in World Cup play and won the Golden Boot in 2002, with his performance leading the charge for Brazil to win their fifth and most recent world title.

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If this was a haircut ranking, however, Ronaldo wouldn't even sniff the list (look it up).

Before Kylian Mbappé was setting the world ablaze, French playmaker Zinedine Zidane was leading the charge for Les Bleus with his elegance and poise from the attacking midfielder position.

Zidane was an absolute delight to watch; a soccer player's favorite soccer player.

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His 1998 World Cup performance is the stuff of legend, as he led France to the title on their home soil, doing so by being the conductor for the team's entire attack.

He nearly repeated the feat in 2006, as he captained France all the way to the finals, before his unfortunate momentary lapse in judgment and subsequent headbutt of Italian player Marco Materazzi led to Zidane being sent off.

France would ultimately lose on penalty kicks, and if Zidane had just kept his head, he might have perhaps been the greatest World Cup player of all time.

Up until roughly 10 minutes ago when Lionel Messi set the new World Cup goal-scoring record, the previous record holder was none other than Germany's Miroslav Klose.

Klose was practically a walking goal with the ball on his foot, notching 16 World Cup goals in just 24 games, a prolific pace that is almost mind-bending to think about.

But he wasn't just scoring empty goals, either. Klose experienced plenty of team success on the world stage, helping Germany reach four consecutive World Cup semifinals, culminating in winning the 2014 title with Die Mannschaft.

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If you were building a fantasy World Cup team and needed a striker in his prime for one game, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone better than Klose.

There is perhaps no better "carry job" in World Cup history than Diego Maradona's 1986 campaign on the world stage with Argentina.

That's not a slight to the Argentine national team that year, it's just a testament to how dominant Maradona was during their tournament run.

En route to winning the whole thing, Maradona knocked out world powers such as Uruguay, West Germany and England, the latter of the three producing two of his most iconic goals.

His first goal against England was deemed "The Hand of God" for his disputed hand-assisted header (there was no VAR back in '86 to review it), but his second goal left no doubt, as he dribbled through the entirety of the Three Lions' defense, dipped around the keeper and slotted it into the back of the net.

It was dubbed "The Goal of the Century," and many famous soccer players call it the greatest goal they've ever seen.

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Just edging out his fellow countryman and former coach, Lionel Messi nabs the silver medal spot on this list.

I mentioned the fact that Messi has the goal-scoring record for the World Cup, but he also has a title in 2022 as well as two FIFA Golden Balls, the only player to ever win the award twice.

He even saved his best performance on the world stage for the biggest game, scoring two goals in the 2022 final against France.

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There isn't much else to say about Messi. He is the modern-day GOAT, and if he wins it all again this year, I could maybe see him sliding into the top spot.

There is just one man, right now, who rightly holds the crown as the greatest World Cup player of all time.

It would be nearly impossible for anyone, even the esteemed Lionel Messi, to match Pelé's résumé on the world stage.

You want dominance? Pelé remains the only player in soccer history to win three World Cups. He has 12 total goals in only 14 World Cup matches. In addition to that, he was named the greatest player in soccer history by FIFA not once, but twice.

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Fellow countryman Ronaldo, a legend in his own right, even credited Pelé for inspiring him to play soccer. England's Sir Bobby Charlton once said that it seemed like the sport of soccer "was invented for this magical player."

When members of this list are in awe of you, you have rightly earned the top spot.

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