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Hamas used sexual violence 'deliberately and systematically' on Oct 7, commission report finds
WARNING: This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.
Hamas and its Palestinian collaborators used sexual and gender-based violence "deliberately and systematically" as an inherent part of a wider strategy of the 2023 massacres in southern Israel, according to a report released Tuesday by the Civil Commission on Oct. 7 Crimes Against Women and Children.
The Israeli nonprofit said its investigation documented evidence of abuse at multiple sites during the Oct. 7 terror invasion, including the Nova Music Festival, kibbutzim near the Gaza border, Israel Defense Forces bases, among hostages in captivity and in the condition of recovered bodies showing signs consistent with sexual violence.
According to the report, investigators identified at least 13 recurring forms of abuse, including rape, sexual torture, shootings directed at victims’ genital areas and abuse carried out after death.
Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, founder and chair of the Civil Commission and a principal co-author of the report, told Fox News Digital that the greatest challenge in compiling the findings was the team’s repeated exposure to graphic material and the trauma associated with reviewing it on a regular basis.
"We had to not only collect materials, but also review and analyze it alongside forensic experts while witnessing human suffering at its worst," Elkayam-Levy said. "What motivated us was the denial, the hesitation and the questioning. We wanted to ensure that the world knows what happened to the victims.
"For us, it is a final act of justice for the victims," she added.
The report also detailed cases in which sexual violence was inflicted in front of or involving family members, including one incident in which relatives were allegedly forced to carry out acts on each other.
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It further accused Hamas and allied perpetrators of using videos, digital platforms and social media as tools to magnify psychological harm, spread fear and publicize the attacks, including by distributing sexualized material.
Elkayam-Levy said she hopes the findings will not remain confined to academics, human rights organizations or activists, but will also be studied by counterterrorism and national security experts to better understand and confront such atrocities.
"We cannot prevent what we do not fully understand," Elkayam-Levy said. "No single prosecution could ever capture the full magnitude of these crimes in the way this report does. It is therefore critical that policymakers, decision-makers, members of Congress and senators find ways to formally recognize these findings and hold hearings so we can begin addressing this issue. We want the findings of this report to receive formal institutional recognition."
The report, Elkayam-Levy noted, underscores that victims of the Oct. 7 atrocities came from 52 countries, highlighting the global scope and impact of the attack.
Witness testimony cited in the report included an account of a woman being sexually assaulted before being beheaded. Another witness described seeing a woman dragged from a vehicle, pinned against a wall, repeatedly raped and then stabbed, with the assault allegedly continuing after her death.
In another case, a witness described discovering the body of a man whose genitals had been severed, lying beside the body of a woman holding them, in what the report described as an apparent effort to degrade and humiliate the victims.
Investigators said some female victims were found naked or partially unclothed, with evidence of severe mutilation and objects including grenades, nails and household tools inserted into their bodies. The report also cited gunshot wounds, cuts and burn injuries concentrated on intimate areas.
The report said some female bodies brought to morgues showed broken pelvises or legs, bloodied underwear and additional trauma to the abdomen or groin.
Former hostages, both women and men, have also testified to rape, sexual torture and other forms of abuse during abduction or captivity, according to the report. It said some female captives reported sexual assaults while receiving treatment in Gaza hospitals for injuries sustained during the attacks.
Male hostages likewise described sexual abuse while in captivity, including assaults in showers and incidents carried out under armed threat while victims were naked, the report said. One former hostage recounted being sexually assaulted when a captor forcibly rubbed his genitals against the victim’s anus.
Last month, former hostage Rom Braslavski recounted the abuse he said he endured during captivity in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.
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"They would hit me with whatever they had on hand. I underwent severe torture, bondage and sexual abuse. Everything they could do to me, they did. My body is still covered in scars. After four months of torture, I was clinically dead, rolling my eyes and passing out. They decided to stop the violence and brought doctors to treat me with injections and gave me food again," he said.
The report said sexual and gender-based violence was "widespread and systematic" and constituted an "integral component" of both the Oct. 7 attacks and the subsequent treatment of captives, while calling the prosecution of such crimes an "urgent" priority to be pursued through international accountability mechanisms.
Among its recommendations, the commission called for targeted sanctions against individuals and entities accused of carrying out or materially supporting the Oct. 7 attack and its aftermath. It also urged action against what it described as denial, minimization or politicization of the sexual crimes committed during the massacre and in captivity.
"The Commission further recommends that Israel adopt a comprehensive gender strategy within its prosecutorial framework and establish a specialized chamber or panel of judges dedicated to the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes committed on October 7th and during captivity," the report said.
Elkayam-Levy said the report has received widespread international attention, including front-page coverage in U.S. and global media outlets. "We feel the discussion has shifted from questioning whether these crimes occurred to examining their consequences," she said. "There is now a substantial legal evidentiary foundation preserved in a secure archive that cannot be denied."
New cancer tech sends chemo straight to tumors
Chemotherapy can save lives, but anyone who has watched a loved one go through it knows how hard it can be. The nausea. The exhaustion. The infections. The days when even getting off the couch feels like too much.
That happens because standard chemotherapy travels through the bloodstream. It attacks cancer cells but can also harm healthy cells along the way. For some pancreatic cancer patients, that approach may be changing.
A targeted drug-delivery system from RenovoRx is designed to send chemotherapy directly near the tumor instead of through the entire body. The system, called Trans-Arterial Micro-Perfusion, or TAMP, is being studied in a Phase III clinical trial for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
For 83-year-old Hernando Salcedo, who had been left weak, nauseous and overwhelmed by standard chemotherapy, the trial offered something he desperately needed: a reason to hope. He enrolled at Miami Cancer Institute and soon began to feel the shift in his own body. His appetite started coming back. His energy improved. He felt more like himself. "The difference was tremendous," Hernando said. "I completed eight sessions, one every 15 days, and I felt dramatically better than I did with the original chemotherapy."
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RenovoRx's platform uses the FDA-cleared RenovoCath device to deliver chemotherapy through a catheter placed in an artery near the tumor. A physician guides the catheter into position using X-ray imaging.
Shaun Bagai, CEO of RenovoRx, said the platform is designed to localize chemotherapy delivery near the tumor instead of relying on the drug to travel through the whole body.
"Once in position, two small balloons on the catheter are inflated, and the system is adjusted to isolate a targeted segment of artery adjacent to a tumor," Bagai said. "The chemotherapy drug is then infused between the balloons, creating pressure to push the drug across the vessel wall and near the tumor, directly bathing the target tumor."
That setup allows doctors to focus treatment in a specific area rather than exposing more of the body to chemotherapy. "The procedure itself is minimally invasive and is typically performed in an outpatient setting without the need for patients to be put under general anesthesia," Bagai said.
For patients already dealing with pain, fatigue and fear, that outpatient approach may feel less overwhelming than a major hospital procedure.
To understand why this approach matters, it helps to start with the problem doctors are trying to solve. Dr. Ripal Gandhi, a vascular interventional radiologist and interventional oncologist at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Miami Cancer Institute, explained why standard chemotherapy can be so hard on the body.
"With IV chemotherapy, the drug travels through the bloodstream, affecting both cancerous and healthy cells, which can lead to side effects," Dr. Gandhi said. TAMP takes a more targeted route. A doctor places a catheter in an artery near the tumor, then delivers chemotherapy into that area instead of relying on the drug to circulate throughout the body.
Dr. Gandhi compared it to "a drip irrigation system for individual plants instead of watering an entire lawn." For patients, that means doctors are trying to focus more of the treatment near the cancer while reducing how much chemotherapy reaches the rest of the body.
Pancreatic cancer has a reputation for being one of the hardest cancers to fight, partly because the tumor itself can block treatment from working the way doctors want it to.
Dr. Gandhi said that creates a major challenge for standard IV chemotherapy. "Studies have shown that less than 10% of chemotherapy administered intravenously actually reaches tumor cells due to the few blood vessels in the tumor as well as dense fibrous stroma, which serves as a physical barrier in the tumor microenvironment," Dr. Gandhi said.
That helps explain why targeted delivery could play an important role. TAMP sends the drug closer to the tumor rather than depending on the bloodstream to do all the work.
"This targeted approach via TAMP does not rely on chemotherapy circulating through the body to carry the drug to the tumor via tumor feeder vessels," Dr. Gandhi said. "Trans-arterial micro-perfusion is a drug-delivery platform that delivers chemotherapy directly near the target tumor where it is needed most."
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Hernando's cancer journey began after he went to the doctor with a swollen stomach and hip pain. Doctors diagnosed him with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. When he started standard chemotherapy in August 2015, the side effects hit hard. "My body was going through an incredible amount of stress," Hernando said. "My stomach was inflamed, I had persistent pain in my head, and I had almost no energy."
He was also receiving chemotherapy and radiation at the same time. "It was a very difficult period, both physically and emotionally," he said. "I remember feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and unsure of what the future would look like."
When doctors presented the targeted treatment option, Hernando saw it as more than another medical procedure. "To me, it felt like a new opportunity to live," he said. "It gave me hope at a time when my family and I really needed it."
He credits Dr. Gandhi and the team at Miami Cancer Institute with helping him through it all. "From the beginning, he was honest, supportive and clear with my wife, my family and me," Hernando said. "That meant everything."
"Before, I was losing weight, had no appetite and felt drained," Hernando said. "After switching treatments, things began to change. I stopped losing weight, my appetite came back, my color improved and I had more energy."
Cancer treatment can sometimes take over everyday life. When side effects ease, patients can get pieces of their normal life back. "After about eight weeks, we could see real progress," Hernando said. "I was eating more, moving more and feeling excited about life again."
One moment still stands out. Hernando was able to attend a family wedding and dance the entire night. "That moment meant everything to me," he said. "After everything I had been through, being able to celebrate with my family in that way felt like a gift." For Hernando, it was a chance to feel like himself again. "That night at the wedding, I was not thinking only about cancer or treatment," Hernando said. "I was living."
The early data from RenovoRx's Phase III TIGeR-PaC trial suggest the targeted approach may offer both survival and tolerability benefits for some patients.
Dr. Gandhi said completed clinical studies with TAMP in pancreatic cancer showed "a potential for better outcomes and less side effects for patients."
"In the initial interim analysis of the TIGeR-PaC clinical trial, there was a trend towards improved overall survival by 6 months and improvement in the progression free survival by 8.1 months with 65% fewer adverse events in the TAMP arm of the study," Dr. Gandhi said.
This approach isn’t for every pancreatic cancer patient. Doctors still need to look at the cancer stage, tumor location, treatment history and whether the cancer has spread.
Dr. Gandhi said Hernando was the kind of patient who could be a strong fit. "He is precisely the type of patient who would benefit best from this approach because he has a tumor which is too far advanced to be treated surgically, but it has not spread to other organs," Dr. Gandhi said.
He also pointed to clinical trials as an important option for pancreatic cancer patients."I discussed with him that the recommendation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network is that the best management for pancreatic cancer patients is participation in a clinical trial whenever possible and he was an ideal candidate," Dr. Gandhi said.
He went on to say that TAMP may be an option for patients who are not candidates for surgery, patients who have failed chemotherapy or patients who no longer want to continue IV chemotherapy because of side effects.
"TAMP can be used at any point within the treatment landscape, before, during or after other treatment modalities such as IV chemotherapy or radiation," he said.
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RenovoRx says the RenovoCath catheter is already FDA-cleared for general therapy and chemotherapy delivery. The company is also nearing the end of enrollment in its Phase III TIGeR-PaC trial.
That trial is evaluating intra-arterial gemcitabine (IAG) delivered through RenovoCath for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Bagai said enrollment is expected to be completed in mid-2026, with final results expected in 2027.
"If positive, data generated from this trial could potentially support a new drug application for this combination product to the FDA for IAG," Bagai said. RenovoRx also sees potential beyond pancreatic cancer. "The challenge we are addressing is not unique to pancreatic cancer," Bagai said.
He said the platform could apply to other solid tumors with limited blood supply, including bile duct cancer, certain lung cancers and sarcomas. "The platform is designed to work with different types of therapies, not just one drug," Bagai said. "That opens the door to future combinations and potential partnerships, with the goal of expanding options for patients who have limited treatment choices."
If you or someone you love has pancreatic cancer, this story is worth paying attention to. Clinical trials can open up options when standard treatment feels too hard to tolerate or stops working.
Drug delivery matters, too. The medicine itself is only part of the story. Where it goes inside the body can affect side effects, energy levels and quality of life. Targeted chemotherapy delivery remains a specialized treatment approach. Some cancer centers may not offer it, and every diagnosis will not be a fit. Your care team can review imaging, staging, prior treatments and overall health to see whether it makes sense.
Start with direct questions. Ask whether a clinical trial makes sense. You can also ask about targeted delivery options or a second opinion from a pancreatic cancer specialist. Hernando's advice to other patients is simple. "I would tell them not to lose hope and not to wait to ask questions," he said.
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Pancreatic cancer has a way of turning normal life upside down fast. One day, a family is making plans. The next, they are trying to understand scans, treatment choices and side effects that no one feels ready for. That is what makes Hernando's story so powerful. The part that stays with you isn’t only the technology. It is the fact that he started eating again. He had more energy. He felt more like himself. And he got to dance at a wedding after wondering what the future would look like. The final Phase III trial results will be important. Doctors still need to see how widely this approach could help patients. But the promise is easy to understand. If chemotherapy can get closer to the tumor while taking less of a toll on the rest of the body, patients may get something that matters just as much as treatment itself: more good days.
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Victoria’s Secret should sign Rachel Pizzolato to face Sydney Sweeney in lingerie war, Reds fan is dumb & MEAT
It's Thursday morning and the sun is out here in NW Ohio for another edition of Screencaps where we get started with more news about the world of pop culture healing from the woke, disgusting Biden era where being a loud-mouth purple hair lingerie model was more important than being a beautiful biological female like Rachel Pizzolato.
Who is Pizzolato? She's an Instagram content creator –– legit content creator; she can change brakes on a Hyundai –– who went in Wednesday for a test shoot with Victoria's Secret. Why is that a big deal? Well, because she's an actual female going in for a test shoot for a brand that has made a habit of trotting out biological males in lingerie for its annual fashion show.
Rachel isn't on the level of Sydney Sweeney going in and saving American Eagle, but she's the type of personality that pop culture needs and heals. Is there another Victoria's Secret model who can change the oil in a 2025 Hyundai? I highly doubt it. But, Rachel can.
Here's the proof. Is there a Victoria's Secret Angel who can repair a toilet? I've been working on the Internet 18 years and I can't name one. It turns out Rachel has a full video on her repairing a toilet.
Speaking of Sweeney, she's trying to steal lingerie market share from Victoria's Secret with her new SYRN brand. The energy right now is on SYRN's side. Pizzolato wouldn't be a complete game-changing move from VS, but it would be a move in the right direction. You'd have American women in a lingerie showdown like the old days of the United States.
Now we just need Victoria's Secret to do the right thing.
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I'd say he threw in the low 80s maybe the mid-80s. With control. I'm talking a 14-year-old kid straight out of central casting for a baseball movie. Probably 5'8. 230 pounds. Maybe a couple more pounds after a big breakfast. Growing up in Brookville, OH, my family would call this kid corn-fed. Thick as an ox. Any fat was actually muscle. Big boned. Head the size of a bull.
And he threw flat-out SMOKE. Highly controlled smoke. Here's the kicker: He was the second pitcher we faced last night. The first one went three innings and gave up one hit. That kid threw over-powering heat, but not nearly like this ox. Out of 12 pitches in the 4th inning, nine were strikes. He painted the corners. Up, down. Inside. Sliced and diced.
As I was coaching 3rd base, the shortstop and third baseman were talking to each other saying, "thank god we don't have to face him." At the plate, the ox went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple.
Last night, as I was decompressing from the night, I did some investigating and it turns out the ox spends part of his summers playing in high-level Perfect Game travel ball showcases around the midwest. In the spring, while in school, it appears he plays with his school buddies. I had zero problem with him destroying our team. It was actually very impressive to witness. And the kid never said a word. Never ran his mouth. He just went about his business methodically and destructively.
If only there was a way to get my kids to take an ounce of that mentality. Final score: 11-1. That team might not lose a game this summer.
– CB emails: It’s been a minute since I chimed in, so I figured I’d toss my completely unsolicited 2 cents into the walk-up music debate. First—full disclosure—I don’t have a dog in this fight. My kids are grown and flown, so the only thing I’m managing these days is my coffee intake and the occasional hot take.
Phil suggested Rick might just be a grumpy old man. Possible, but I’d like to offer a counter-diagnosis: Phil is suffering from a touch of Main Character Energy (as the kids say and as I’m now obligated to misuse). Wanting a entrance song for yourself at your own wedding and pacing like a caged tiger? That’s not a wedding. That’s an origin story. And you could do better than Slayer. Also, Phil slightly overlooked a small, but critical detail - weddings are, traditionally speaking, about the bride. The groom’s job is to be more of Supporting Actor with speaking lines.
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As far as walk up music for 11 & 12 years olds? I think it’s harmless, fun even - a little swagger never hurt anyone. Until it does. The second a kid cares more about his intro than his at-bat, you’ve turned development into distraction and you’ve lost the plot.
At that age, the checklist is simple: No one on – get on base. Runner on 1st – move him over. Runner in scoring position – get the job done.Not: "Let me time my glove adjustment with the beat drop." They should be learning how to play the great game of baseball—not building a personal brand. And for the "Professional players have walk up songs" crowd – I hate to ruin your fantasy, but when they step into the box, they’re not thinking about Metallica vs. Drake. They’re locked in on: The situation. The pitcher. Swing cues. The music for the crowd.
It’s part of the show baseball has become (See also: closers entering like WWE superstars).One thing I would agree with Phil on is entrance music for work. This is a wildly underutilized concept. Lucky for me I work from home and can have an entrance song if I want. Personally, I’d go with AC/DC’s Thunderstruck or Big Bad Wolf (Warner/Chappell Productions) if I want to fully commit to bad decisions.
Of course if I did, my dogs would give me the side eye and my wife would seriously reconsider her life choices. But for a brief, glorious moment… I’d feel like I just crushed a walk-off dinger in Game 7.
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– Otis in Mobile checks in: A lot of talk lately about Walk up Music and the Savannah Bananas, which may be two sides of the same coin. Baseball may be America's pastime and going to games at any level is a lot of fun, but I just do not think it translates well to television, especially in today's world where everything seems to be instant gratification. So yes the Savannah Bananas are going to draw crowds because it adds some entertainment to the event. I have watched a few innings on TV and it was fun but it was not long before I switched the channel and I have no intention to attend a Bananas game for one simple reason. It's just too loud. If I want to constantly be bombarded with loud music and a thousand things going on at once I will go to Mexico. It is cheaper and the food is better. No hate, I think what Jesse Cole has fought through to make this thing successful is amazing and I wish that league all the best.
I feel that the walkup music in baseball is the same thing, a little something outside the norm to liven things up. The fans like it and even Outkick has posted articles dedicated to a single player's music and how it is awesome....or it isn't. Young players seeing this from players they want to imitate are naturally going to do the same, mostly in the interest of "look at me". And you know what? That is fine. Do your thing kid, but just remember that when you draw attention to yourself and fail to get the result you want, it can be embarrassing.
This is where I think the coach that was ejected by the teenage umpire made his mistake. If he thought the lyrics were unsuitable and complained that is one thing, but I really do not think that was the entirety of his complaint. I think he felt like his team was getting shown up and did not like it, so he decided he was going to stop it. The problem is that most of the time you cannot control other people and even if you can, maybe you shouldn't. I have never coached baseball but I have coached some kids flag football and every team has its talkers. When our kids complained about a talker my response was always the same thing. "If you don't like him talking, then shut him down. Beat that team. Do YOUR talking on the field with your play." My opinion is that after it was obvious the ref was not going to give him what he wanted he should have called his team to the pitchers mound and fired them up so that the walk up music became an advantage for HIS team. Instead he took his ball and went home, forfeiting the game.
One of the reasons that I love sports is that it is a metaphor for life, and he failed those kids by not teaching them some life lessons.
1. Control what you can control and make your own destiny, not what other people want it to be.
2. Sometimes no matter how hard you try things do not go your way. Finish what you start and get better every day
I am sure there are some other ones, but I am on a timeline today.
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Scottie Scheffler's shoes at PGA Championship pay tribute to one of the wildest stories in golf history
Scottie Scheffler will be wearing a pair of golf shoes with a two-word message printed on the bottom of them during the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club this week, and it's a tip of the cap to one of the wildest stories in golf history.
For years now, Nike has released special-edition golf shoes for each of the four major championships, and this week is no different. The Swoosh brand released three different models for the PGA Championship, all in the same colorway, and all with the word "lost" on the bottom of one shoe and "found" on the other.
The two words are a tribute to Walter Hagen, who won five PGA Championships in his historic career, but it's specifically his third victory in 1925 and what quickly followed that this week's shoes pay homage to.
After his victory in the then-match-play tournament at Olympia Fields, Hagen handed the Wanamaker Trophy to a cab driver and instructed him to take it to his hotel. The Wanamaker is among the largest trophies in sports, and toting it around for a night of celebration would turn into a challenge.
As it turns out, the trophy never made it to Hagen's hotel. A major championship trophy was officially lost.
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Equal parts impressive and hilarious, Hagen went on to win the tournament in 1926 and 1927, meaning he was able to avoid having to tell anyone that he had no idea where the Wanamaker was.
According to the PGA, when Hagen arrived at the 1928 PGA, he told officials who asked where the Wanamaker was, "I will win it anyway, so I didn't bring it."
Hagen's luck ran out that year when he lost to Leo Diegel in the quarterfinals at Baltimore Country Club, forcing him to admit that he had lost the trophy a full three years after it had gone missing.
Without a trophy to hand to Diegel, officials were forced to present him with the Maryland Cup Trophy sitting in the country club's lobby.
All was not lost, at least not forever.
In October 1930, Hagen just so happened to stumble upon the Wanamaker Trophy he and everyone else thought would never be seen again.
"In Detroit last week. Hagen, while going through some old trunks, unearthed a bulky package. Lo, and behold! It was the P.G.A. trophy which had been lost and was found again," a headline in the New York Evening Journal on Oct. 6, 1930, read.
There you have it, the story of the "lost and found" shoes that Scheffler and other Nike-sponsored players are wearing around Aronimink this week.
Illegal immigrant who killed American woman outside her home walks free decades later – then into ICE custody
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arrested a Vietnamese illegal immigrant after he was released from prison for murdering a Texas woman 30 years ago.
Nahn Tu Hoang killed then-32-year-old Sarah "Kathy" Arceneaux at her home in Port Arthur, Texas, on Feb. 29, 1996 when he shot her five times, according to ICE.
She was killed when Hoang and a group of friends went out drinking and decided to rob homes in the Port Arthur area, the agency said.
Hoang got access to a .22-caliber rifle, and the group went on a shooting spree firing shots at dogs and homes.
According to court documents, "Hoang testified that as he was walking to the front of the house, he was startled by a woman leaning over her dog. Hoang testified he was scared and started shooting. Hoang shot the woman five times, killing her."
ICE called it a "horrific, tragic story" in a post on X announcing the arrest.
He was taken into custody by ICE on May 5 after being released from prison and is being held pending deportation.
‘Dutton Ranch’ star Cole Hauser says Rip Wheeler is a ‘throwback to the old school American man’
In a television landscape often defined by antiheroes and moral gray areas, Cole Hauser says Rip Wheeler stands apart.
The longtime actor, who reprises his fan-favorite "Yellowstone" role in Paramount+’s new series "Dutton Ranch," told Fox News Digital that Rip was always designed to embody an older kind of masculinity rooted in loyalty, honesty and grit.
"I mean, there's pieces," Hauser said when asked how much of Rip reflects who he is in real life. "You know, obviously I don't kill people, which is a good thing."
"But, you know, I think what Taylor and I originally wanted to create is kind of a throwback to the old-school American man," he continued. "And I think Rip is that. He's extremely loyal. He's honest. He has great honor. He loves, he fights. I mean, he is the epitome of a Montana man."
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"Dutton Ranch" marks the next chapter for Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler after the massive success of "Yellowstone," with Kelly Reilly and Hauser leading the Paramount+ spinoff alongside newcomers including Academy Award nominees Ed Harris and Annette Bening.
The new series follows Beth and Rip as they attempt to build a future together in Texas while facing new threats, rivalries and challenges far from Montana.
For Hauser, the role has always felt personal.
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The actor, who has long split time between Montana and Florida, said his connection to the West runs far deeper than the screen.
"Well, Florida is, I feel like I'm on vacation when I go home, which is what we wanted to create, my wife and I," Hauser said. "Montana, my family has been there since 1886. So the Hauser legacy there is huge."
"I mean, Samuel T. Hauser was the seventh governor of Montana, helped start that state," he continued. "So going back there felt like a homecoming for me."
Hauser previously told Havok Journal that he discovered more about his family history while visiting Montana with his son and had always felt deeply connected to the state before fully understanding why.
That personal connection helped shape the authenticity audiences came to associate with Rip Wheeler over the years.
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That authenticity, Hauser believes, is part of the reason audiences around the world connected so deeply with "Yellowstone" and Rip Wheeler.
Hauser believes the emotional attachment audiences have to "Yellowstone" and now "Dutton Ranch" goes beyond just cowboys and ranch life.
"You know, it's interesting, you know, 10 years ago when we started this, it was really kind of a grassroots show in Montana and then, you know, we grew out to the edges, Los Angeles, now New York, and now the world," Hauser said.
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"I mean, we were just in Europe and it's amazing to watch, you know, the Germans dress up as cowboys, the English," he continued. "I've been to Australia and New Zealand. I mean just how many people have been touched by it."
Hauser credited creator Taylor Sheridan’s storytelling and the larger mythology of the American West for the franchise’s worldwide appeal.
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"I honestly don't know other than the tremendous writing and storytelling of Taylor Sheridan," he said. "I mean, he created unbelievable characters and Montana is a character in its own."
"And I think people forget how beautiful the Old West is."
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"Dutton Ranch" follows Beth and Rip as they leave Montana behind after the Dutton family sells the Yellowstone ranch, setting out to start over in Texas and trade everything they fought to protect for a far more unpredictable and unforgiving new frontier.
"God, this next iteration, I mean, it has such new challenges," Hauser said. "Obviously the landscape of Texas, the heat, that was totally different, the new environment, the new characters that come in, the story."
Still, Hauser said one thing remained essential while stepping back into Rip’s boots.
"What stayed consistent is Beth and Rip," he said. "Kelly and I were very cognizant of making sure that those two characters continue to be the same polarizing, strong, loyal characters that they've always been."
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Director and executive producer Christina Alexandra Voros said the new setting helped reshape the visual identity of the franchise while preserving its emotional core.
"You weren't in these soft, green, blue, cloud-topped mountains of Montana," Voros told Fox News Digital. "You were in this sort of searing heat and dangerous dryness of Texas."
Voros said the series ultimately becomes "a very classically Western trope of finding your new frontier or building a new legacy."
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That evolution is also what actors Marc Menchaca and Juan Pablo Raba said makes the new series feel fresh despite remaining tied to the "Yellowstone" universe.
"It's exciting watching two of their favorite characters, Beth and Rip, stepping into another world," Raba told Fox News Digital. "Stepping into Texas. It's got to be exciting, right? It's like taking matches to a gasoline party."
"Dutton Ranch" premieres May 15 on Paramount+ and the Paramount Network.
America holds the advantage as Trump meets Xi in high-stakes summit
President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing with a strong hand to play in talks with China’s President Xi Jinping. It’s all due to his military and trade moves over the past 16 months.
Of course, to read the press, you’d think doom awaits. "Xi is confident in his country’s power; Trump is weakened with U.S. mired in war," fretted The Washington Post on Monday, May 11. From New York, the Council on Foreign Relations asserted on Sunday that at the Trump-Xi summit, China will have the upper hand. The general take is that Trump is reeling from the Iran war, while Xi is some sort of mastermind, ready to hop into global leadership. "Xi wants to project China as a more reliable and responsible counterweight to U.S. volatility," as the Post put it.
You’ve got to be kidding me. The reality is that Trump has put America in a much stronger geopolitical position versus China. Last spring, China was yanking export licenses for critical minerals and jeopardizing factory production around the globe. Now, the U.S. Navy sits athwart China’s No. 1 oil route in the Strait of Hormuz. That’s a new poker hand.
Xi has spent the past year purging military officers, dealing with a slowing economy, and coping with China’s lag in the AI race by turning inward.
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In contrast, Trump has cut trade deals around the world attracting trillions of dollars in foreign investment. He’s clobbered Iran’s military and ended the rule of Chinese chum Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. The U.S. Pacific Fleet has intercepted illicit shadow tankers bound for China’s teapot refineries that sneak in oil from Iran and Russia. The sophisticated display of military power in Operation Epic Fury made eyeballs pop in China’s People’s Liberation Army.
China experts caution Trump is forfeiting prestige by meeting on Xi’s home turf. But for Trump, it’s irresistible. Accompanying Trump to Beijing is an American dream team of CEOs who dominate everything from low Earth orbit (that’s Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX) to top-grade aircraft engines (that’s Larry Culp of GE Aerospace.)
He wants to look Xi Jinping in the eye, and there is no substitute for sitting down at a negotiating table.
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Watch for four major moves in Beijing.
This is a business trip. Team Trump hates what China’s rise did to the USA. Here’s the good news. "Our trade deficit in goods with China fell to $202 billion in 2025—the lowest it has been since 2004. And China’s share of total U.S. imports fell to about 9 percent, the lowest it has been since China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001," U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testified Apr. 28.
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What Trump wants now is a stable, balanced and civil relationship with China. His plan is managed trade: a new policy where the U.S. and China negotiate tariffs sector by sector and expand trade on non-sensitive goods.
Agriculture is at the top of the list, including exports of soybeans, dairy, and corn. Farmers are hoping for a long-term deal with China – although China has failed to live up to similar promises in the past. Aviation watchers predict Boeing could sell China up to 500 airliners and CEO Kelly Ortberg will be on the trip. This is all part of Trump’s plan to narrow the trade deficit. Trump wants America positioned for maximum sales.
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Trump will come down hard on China for selling Iran sodium perchlorate and other chemicals for ballistic missile fuels. Beijing is already anxious. Secretary of State Marco Rubio just slapped sanctions on Chinese satellite imagery companies and on Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co., which receives Iranian oil. Dwindling oil could hit plastics and chemicals industries and stunt Chinese economic growth.
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Trump and Xi may chit-chat about AI safety, but the U.S. should steer clear of so-called agreements. The U.S. must win the AI race. As of May 1, 2026, the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards reports the best U.S. model, Open AI GPT 5.5, is approximately eight months ahead of China’s DeepSeek V4 Pro.
Whatever you think about AI, you don’t want a world where Xi Jinping sets AI standards. America’s best chance here is the unfettered success of our tech titans and start-ups. They are winning this race with model innovation, and by deploying the whole AI tech stack across global markets ahead of China. Only our U.S. tech sector has the money to compete with China.
China remains a formidable military competitor. China is once again landfilling for new bases in the South China Sea. China has doubled its nuclear missile arsenal from about 250 to over 600 weapons and massive expansion continues unabated. However, Trump’s blend of trade deals and military deterrence is proof positive of America’s unrivaled global leadership.
Mississippi's GOP governor drops election pledge in huge setback for Trump’s midterm plan
Republicans hoping to hold the U.S. House hit a setback Wednesday when Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves indicated he will not immediately pursue redistricting following a critical Supreme Court ruling, as officials seek to oust the leader of Democrats' January 6 probe.
Following the Supreme Court’s "Callais" ruling on how race can or cannot factor into redistricting, several Republican-led states have moved to redraw congressional maps, arguing for race-neutral approaches — and officials in Jackson quickly took note.
Mississippi lawmakers were primed to convene a special session next week to redraw state Supreme Court and potentially congressional districts, but Reeves canceled the session Wednesday after the judge who ruled the court district maps inhibited Black candidates was overruled — sparking a now-in-limbo effort to oust entrenched former January 6 Committee chairman Bennie Thompson.
"Understand something, that maybe while it may be in the best interest of some individual politicians in Mississippi to talk about congressional redistricting, what happens in Mississippi doesn’t happen in a vacuum," Reeves said in a talk-radio spot Wednesday.
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"I’m going to do what’s in the best interest of Mississippi and I’m going to do what’s in the best interest of America and I’m going work very closely with the Trump administration to accomplish both of those goals."
Reeves pushed back on claims he flip-flopped on congressional redistricting, noting the Magnolia State’s March 10 primary has passed — complicating any change in voting landscape, and also said he was onboard with ending what he called Thompson's 33-year "reign of terror."
However, Reeves suggested it is not a setback to State Auditor Shad White and others' renewed bid to shift the Magnolia State’s GOP representation from 3-1 to 4-0 and oust Thompson.
Thompson, a firebrand Democrat from Hinds County seeking his 18th term representing the predominantly Black and largely impoverished Delta region, is in danger of losing his reliably blue seat when redistricting commences.
Thompson and Reeves briefly sparred on X, with the Democrat depicting an elephant painting Mississippi "white" while Reeves countered that Thompson was wrong to claim ownership of the district with the term "my" versus the people of Mississippi.
"It must be done to go into effect before the 2026 elections," replied voting rights activist Scott Presler, while Pastor William Pierce of Columbia drew a state map that comprised evenly divided 22-24-point Republican districts saying "this must be done now" -— as Reeves said the issue is not "if" but "when" and that he plans for the changes to take effect for the 2027 statewide elections.
White told Fox News Digital he was the first statewide official to publicly consider drawing-out Thompson and creating a 4-0 map, while Reeves rejected claims of pressure from the White House and Republican Party to redraw now.
As the Supreme Court was set to hand down the Callais ruling, Reeves took to Instagram to say he "do[es]n’t typically make news on a Friday afternoon" but made an "exception" to call a special session 21 days after the decision to consider redistricting.
White, a rising star in the GOP following his major anti-fraud and waste investigations, said that Thompson is "the worst congressman in America" and the state's map favoring him must be dealt with promptly.
"Among Mississippians; normal taxpayers, Bennie Thompson is incredibly unpopular," White said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview Wednesday.
"As chair of the January 6 Committee, anyone who supports President Trump is not happy that Bennie Thompson represents a part of our state."
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"[I]t is absolutely both legally and practically possible to change our districts to a 4-0 state," he said, pointing to Callais and Alabama’s successful bid Monday to get their "Livingston Map" through the courts.
Like Alabama, White said Mississippi officials have "dozens" of already prepared maps to choose from, including some that give each of the four congressional districts an even-keeled level of Trump support totaling 15 points or higher, citing 2024 election results.
"The real question is just whether our politicians here have the courage to actually get Bennie Thompson out. And that question remains unanswered right now," he said.
White said Mississippi has been stuck with maps featuring a Thompson stronghold for decades, as Thompson himself told Jackson’s NBC affiliate it has been Republicans who have drawn the maps since his 1992 election to Congress.
Thompson said that the issue between the lines in the plans is race.
"I have a voting record that no other person in the [Mississippi] delegation can touch for those things that we need the most: Health care, housing, better educational opportunities… but they'd rather put somebody in position who's against those things. And the only difference between Bennie Thompson and the rest of the delegation that represent Mississippi in Washington is that I'm Black," Thompson told Memphis’ NBC affiliate.
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Thompson added Mississippi has a history of requiring federal intervention to provide equal rights to Black people, including during the Civil Rights era and suffrage fights, and compared it to the dynamic today, calling it "Jim Crow 2.0" that he will "fight back with every fiber."
Fox News Digital reached out to Thompson for further comment.
After Reeves’ comments were reported, White told Fox News Digital that he still hopes "Thompson is redistricted-out as soon as possible – even if it’s not going to happen next week."
Fox News Digital also reached out to Mississippi House Speaker Jason White, R-West, and Senate Leader Dean Kirby, R-Brandon for their take on Reeves’ latest move and efforts to redraw the map.
Meanwhile, Shad White pointed to New England as precedent for Mississippi drawing out Thompson, saying Kamala Harris’ 38% performance mirrors the GOP partisan makeup of multi-district blue states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine.
State Sen. Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, joined Shad White’s call to redraw the map to "give Speaker Johnson another ‘+1’ and send Bennie Thompson home."
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He disputed timeframe concerns, saying that Democrats successfully sued Mississippi to redraw his region, costing the GOP their supermajority — and he was still able to run in a mid-off-year primary.
"When Democrats demanded redistricting, the establishment’s response was simple: ‘We have a court order, and we’re going to comply,’" McLendon said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "Now, suddenly, many of those same voices have gone completely silent."
Asked for his view on the matter, U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell, a Republican from Pascagoula, told Fox News Digital that redistricting is handled by the legislature in Jackson and that he trusts leaders there to "follow the law and do what's best" for the state.
"My focus remains on serving the people of South Mississippi and fighting for our conservative values in Congress," Ezell said.
Senate Minority Leader Derrick Simmons, D-Greenville and House Minority Leader Robert Johnson III did not respond to requests for comment.
With hopes of a 4-0 Mississippi map before the midterms dashed, House Speaker Mike Johnson in neighboring Louisiana will have one fewer likely pickup as he battles a series of Republican retirements and independent voter malaise toward Trump in the effort to keep the House red.
Fox News reached out to the White House for comment.
Cruise passenger jumps from balcony and dies after falling overboard into ocean
A passenger aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship died this week after going overboard while the vessel was traveling from Celebration Key to Nassau, Bahamas.
The man, whose name has not been released, climbed over the balcony railing of his stateroom on the Carnival Liberty and jumped into the water, according to the cruise operator.
Crew members responded to the incident, initiating a search effort after the man plunged into the water, according to the cruise line.
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"Carnival confirmed on Wednesday that a male guest on Carnival Liberty apparently climbed over his stateroom balcony and jumped overboard as the ship was sailing from Celebration Key to Nassau," Carnival said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday morning.
"The Carnival Liberty crew responded quickly with a search effort and successfully retrieved him from the water, but he did not survive," the statement continued.
"We are providing support to the guest’s family who were traveling with him, and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their loved ones."
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The Carnival Liberty was sailing from New Orleans to the Bahamas at the time of the incident.
Ship tracking information indicates the vessel had made a recent stop at Celebration Key, the cruise line’s private island, before the incident, Cruise Hive reported.
The death marks the second serious incident involving the cruise line in recent days.
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Over the weekend, an 88-year-old woman died after falling from a pier at Celebration Key.
Authorities said she lost control of her mobility scooter while near the edge and went into the water.
Investigators believe the woman struck her head against the side of a docked ship before entering the water.
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"Carnival confirmed that a female guest using a mobility scooter drove off the pier at Celebration Key and fell into the water while Carnival Celebration was in port on May 9. Carnival teams responded, successfully retrieving her from the water," a Carnival spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.
"Despite resuscitation efforts, she did not survive. The deceased was taken by the Royal Bahamian Police Department and the coroner’s office. Our thoughts are with her family," the spokesperson added.
Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
Israeli PM Netanyahu initiating defamation lawsuit against New York Times over controversial ‘dog rape’ story
The Israeli government will initiate a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over columnist Nicholas Kristof’s contentious "dog rape" story, the Israel Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.
Kristof penned the controversial piece headlined, "The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians," that features men and women alleging "brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators." Many critics blasted it as "propaganda" and poked holes in the reporting, specifically a claim that dogs have been trained to sexually assault Palestinians.
"Following the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times of one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times," the Israel Foreign Ministry wrote.
The New York Times did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment but issued a lengthy statement Wednesday evening defending the story.
"Nicholas Kristof’s deeply reported piece of opinion journalism starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.’ He draws together on-the-record accounts and cites several analyses documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers," Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander wrote.
Stadtlander continued, "The accounts of the 14 men and women he interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in — that includes family members and lawyers. Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys and in one case, with U.N. testimony. Independent experts were consulted on the assertions in the piece throughout reporting and fact-checking."
The Times has now issued multiple statements standing by the piece. Kristof's column has faced widespread scrutiny.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pushed back against The New York Times after he was quoted appearing to validate explosive allegations of systemic sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners.
"To try to make sense of what I found, I called up Ehud Olmert, who was prime minister from 2006 to 2009," Kristof told readers. "Olmert told me he didn’t know much about sexual violence against Palestinians but was not surprised by the accounts I had heard."
Kristof went on to quote Olmert, who said, "Do I believe it happens? Definitely. ... There are war crimes committed every day in the territories."
However, Olmert took exception to the placement of his quote, which was placed toward the bottom of Kristof's report.
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"Mr. Kristof's article includes claims of extraordinary gravity: that Israeli authorities have directed the rape of children, that dogs have been used as instruments of sexual assault, that systematic sexual torture is state policy. I did not validate these claims," Olmert said in a statement obtained by The Free Press.
"I have no knowledge supporting these claims as I said to Mr. Kristof. Therefore, the positioning of my quote after pages of such allegations misrepresents my views."
Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., also called out the Times.
"WTF @nytimes!" Gottheimer wrote on X. "Nick Kristof amplifies proven Hamas-affiliated sources and their propaganda, while the NYT continues to gloss over the systematic sexual violence, rape, and mutilation Hamas committed on October 7, now fully documented in the new Civil Commission report.
"We should expect better from the paper of record, particularly with allegations as serious as these. It’s almost as if the NYT is on Hamas’ payroll," the Democratic lawmaker added.
Fox News' Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.