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Dianna Russini's relationship with Mike Vrabel was 'in clear violation' of standards, The Athletic review says
The Athletic has released a long-awaited standards review about former reporter Dianna Russini's relationship with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and it paints the media entity as something of a trusting victim of a reporter who hid truth from her employer.
The report does not attempt to conclude whether Russini had a romantic or physical relationship with Vrabel that helped her reporting through the years.
But the report, authored by The Athletic's editorial director for standards and quality Mike Semel, ultimately decided that the company was uncomfortable with the relationship Russini had with Vrabel.
"Russini’s relationship with Vrabel was in clear violation of The Athletic’s standards," the report reads. "Regardless of whether the relationship was romantic, it was a breach and should have been disclosed."
Semel believes Russini didn't use her platform to promote Vrabel. But he does not delve into the obvious possibility that the reporter used the relationship to help her own career.
"I’ve not found a clear link to conclude that Russini used her platform to help promote Vrabel or help his teams during her time at The Athletic," Semel writes. "That said, there are examples of Russini writing glowingly of Vrabel that in hindsight are awkward or even uncomfortable."
And let's be clear: The Athletic should be "uncomfortable" with Russini covering Vrabel "glowingly" because it raises an unspoken possibility of a quid pro quo exchange between the journalist and the coach that might help her work product
The Athletic report cited only one story by Russini that "likely would not have happened were it not for the connection between Russini and Vrabel."
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A source familiar with the report told OutKick that Russini did not speak with Semel for this report nor was her phone available for inspection by The Athletic.
The report states that on April 7, 2026, Russini contacted executives at The Athletic and The New York Times Company to tell them of an impending Page Six article that would suggest a romantic relationship between her and Vrabel.
She told her bosses the story would include photographs of the pair together, taken at a Sedona, Arizona resort. Russini apparently acknowledged a close relationship with Vrabel at that time, "but stressed that it was strictly professional," the report states.
Page Six eventually published photos of Russini and Vrabel on the roof of a bungalow holding hands and embracing. It also published photos of the pair at a pool and at a hot tub together.
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It should be noted that The Athletic did not contact Vrabel in authoring this report. It did, however, speak with Russini's friends and colleagues within the company.
The report does not specify if The Athletic asked Russini to provide exculpatory evidence that would alleviate concerns the company might have about a relationship it found in violation of its standards.
And ultimately, The Athletic report makes it clear that Russini lost trust within the company because of the manner she handled the release of the New York Post's information.
"[W]hen first confronted with the photos by The New York Post," Semel explains, "Russini waited two days before telling her editors and managers. She then told a story to explain the photos that did not align with facts, raising issues of trust."
Vrabel has suffered no professional discipline from this episode, neither from the NFL nor the Patriots. Russini resigned her post from The Athletic months ago and even deleted her social media presence.
She has not commented publicly about the issue beyond social media — at least not yet.
Judge in accused assassin Tyler Robinson's case explains why death penalty remains on table in written order
PROVO, Utah — When ruling that the death penalty will remain on the table in the case against accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, Utah Fourth District Judge Tony Graf Jr. found that allegedly shooting someone in a crowded place alone wasn't what convinced him that there's probable cause to believe Robinson knowingly put at least one bystander in "great risk of death."
Robinson, 23, is accused of shooting the 31-year-old father of two in broad daylight at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University last year, where thousands of people were watching.
The documented positions of multiple people near Kirk when he was killed do satisfy the statutory requirement, Graf ruled.
"The Court therefore considers the actual spatial circumstances surrounding the shot, the proximity of other individuals to Mr. Kirk, and the evidence bearing on Defendant's knowledge of those circumstances," he wrote.
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Kirk was sitting under a Turning Point USA-branded tent, on a small stage, responding to questions from audience members — one of whom was standing at a microphone "east of and in front of Mr. Kirk," Graf wrote. There was a security guard under the tent with Kirk and two more nearby, to the left and right in front of the canopy.
The fatal gunshot is alleged to have come from the east — the rooftop of the Losee Center on the far side of the courtyard.
The first part of Graf's reasoning is based on those "documented positions," Graf wrote.
"Second, the physical evidence establishes that the shot was fired from an elevated position approximately 415 feet from the canopy and 68 feet above it, and that the bullet traveled anatomically from front to back and downward after striking Mr. Kirk," he continued.
Because the bullet did not exit Kirk's body, Graf wrote that he did not "assign a quantitative probability" of ricochet, over penetration "or a hypothetical deviation in aim."
"Rather, the relevant evidence is that Defendant allegedly discharged a .30-06 rifle toward a seated victim while several other individuals occupied positions in and around the canopy area," he wrote. "Viewed favorably to the State, their documented positions in relation to the intended target, considered together with the elevated location and downward direction of the shot, permit a reasonable inference at the preliminary-hearing stage that at least one third party was within the relevant zone of danger and that the risk was more than an abstract possibility."
Thirdly, he wrote, the state showed probable cause that Robinson was aware that people near Kirk were in danger after allegedly visiting the scene in advance and having a scope on his rifle.
"From the southwest roof area, there was a clear line of sight to Mr. Kirk's canopy," Graf noted. "The rifle also contained an optical accessory. Without making findings about the degree of magnification or precisely what Defendant saw through the optic, these circumstances support a reasonable inference that Defendant was aware that other individuals were positioned near Mr. Kirk when he fired."
Robinson faces seven charges total, all of which Graf green lit for trial.
The top charge, aggravated murder, is the only one that carries the potential for capital punishment. It requires prosecutors to show that "the defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to another individual other than Charlie Kirk and the defendant."
Other charges include felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and committing a violent offense in front of a child. The violent offense in front of a child allegations reclassify count 7 from a class B to a class A misdemeanor and are a sentencing consideration for count 2.
Another aggravator is that prosecutors allege that Robinson targeted Kirk over his political expression — which does not factor into the potential death penalty.
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The reasoning is laid out in the official written order binding over the case against Robinson for trial, which was published Wednesday — and it mirrors what Graf said in court earlier this week.
Kathy Nester, one of Robinson's defense attorneys, entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to all charges Tuesday.
He's due back in court on Oct. 23 for a pretrial conference, where Graf may set a trial date.
Richard Gere celebrates 77th birthday with wife Alejandra Silva, 43, and young son in rare family photos
Richard Gere rang in his 77th birthday with his 43-year-old wife, Alejandra Silva, and their six-year-old son.
Silva took to Instagram on Tuesday to celebrate her husband's special day. "No one I rather spend my life with, happy birthday, I love you, we love you 🥰," she captioned her post, which included an image of the couple hugging.
Also included in the post was a picture of their son, James Gere, joining in on the hug. Silva also shared an image of her sitting on a bench with their family pets.
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Gere and Silva reconnected romantically in 2014 after first meeting years earlier through family friends. They married in 2018 and share two sons, Alexander and James. The couple moved their family to Spain in 2024 to be closer to Silva’s roots.
In 2025, Silva spoke to the Daily Mail about her family's plans now that they live in her home country.
"For a few years [we’ll live in Spain], and then come back. But we're always coming back," she said, referring to her sons.
"We'll come back here in the summer because we have the kids at camp. We just have to balance our lives there and here," she continued.
After years of living in New York City with Gere, the couple decided to move to Spain, where Silva is originally from, and raise their children there.
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"I'm with my family... I missed them a lot. But I miss the U.S. So we come back and forth," she told the outlet.
Gere first talked about their imminent move to Spain in 2024.
"For me, going to Madrid is going to be a great adventure because I have never lived full time outside the United States," the actor told Vanity Fair Spain.
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"And I think it will also be very interesting for my children. For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture. She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so I think it's fair that I give her at least six others living in hers. In any case, I love Spain and I think your lifestyle is fabulous. Also, your ability to live, transmitting joy and happiness. It is a beautiful place, the food is extraordinary and people exude sensitivity and generosity, as well as a strong will to laugh and enjoy. So I'm looking forward to going there."
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The "Runaway Bride" star told Fox News Digital in November 2024 that he had lived in New York City since his early 20s.
"New York gets in your blood. It's very hard to remove that. It infects your DNA. But I love Spain too. I love Madrid. And it's time for my wife to be around her family and friends and culture," he said. "And good for our kids. I think it's great to be living — not just visiting — but living in another culture."
‘This is real bad’: 911 call reveals frantic moments after autistic daughter, 5, vanished in South Carolina
A 911 call made moments after a 5-year-old autistic girl disappeared from a South Carolina rental home captures her father reporting her missing and saying he needed to check the nearby water.
A massive search ended Monday after authorities found Saylor Hayes’ body in waters near Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Her parents were arrested in Tennessee the following day.
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, were arrested Tuesday evening in Tennessee and booked into the Carter County Jail on fugitive-from-justice charges.
The couple is accused of putting their daughter in danger or abandoning her under South Carolina law.
John Hayes called 911 just before 11:40 a.m. on Aug. 30 from a rental home on Old Waccamaw Drive in Pawleys Island.
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"I need help," Hayes told the dispatcher. "My little 4-year-old, 5-year-old girl, she’s very autistic, just escaped."
Hayes described Saylor as white with brown hair and green eyes and said he thought she was wearing a bluish bathing suit. The dispatcher asked whether Saylor responded when called by name.
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"She doesn’t talk," Hayes said. "She’s nonverbal."
"This is bad," he later said. "This is real bad."
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Hayes said the family had been preparing to go to the beach and that Saylor had been buckled up in a vehicle. He said he went inside to get juice and other items before returning to find her gone.
"We had her in the car, buckled in," Hayes said. "And I went inside to get her juice and some more stuff. And to leave, I came back out. She’s gone."
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As the call continued, Hayes began searching the property and said he needed to check the water.
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"Yeah, I need to go look at the water," he said. "I’ve got to look around. I’ve got to find her."
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Georgetown County dispatch records show a deputy arrived within minutes. Dispatchers noted that the caller was near water and later recorded that Hayes was searching the house because he could not stay on the phone while looking for Saylor.
The records show officials also sought information about a Project Lifesaver tracking device. A caller reported that Saylor had the device, but Washington County, Virginia, had the code needed to use it. Dispatchers contacted Virginia authorities and worked to obtain the equipment and the device’s frequency.
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Search crews also moved quickly into the water. Dispatch notes say command was established outside the home with personnel watching the water. The response included a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources dive team, drones, a marine unit and a helicopter.
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That early search activity is notable because arrest warrants allege that John Hayes and Geordyn Hayes directed search efforts toward a tracking device they knew Saylor was not wearing and away from a nearby body of water. The warrants allege the device had been removed before the family left Virginia.
The dispatch records do not establish what the parents knew about the device or what instructions they may have given searchers. They do show that law enforcement pursued both the tracking technology and the water during the initial response.
Saylor wandered from a rental home in the Hagley Estates community of Pawleys Island late Sunday morning, the sheriff’s office said. More than 200 residents searched nearby properties and guarded local docks while deputies, firefighters, state agents and other agencies joined the effort.
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Department of Natural Resources agents found Saylor’s body at about 9:45 a.m. Monday in waters near where she was last seen, the sheriff’s office said. A later entry in the call-for-service record noted that the child had been found and directed DNR personnel to take her to the morgue.
The warrants do not state Saylor’s cause or manner of death.
The sheriff’s office said John and Geordyn Hayes will be returned to South Carolina after extradition proceedings.
NASCAR's most popular driver has a TikTok girlfriend that's causing a stir, and he doesn't care
Carson Hocevar isn't your typical NASCAR driver. He's not your daddy's driver.
He's certainly not your granddaddy's driver.
He's no Dale Earnhardt. He's not Richard Petty or Cale Yarborough or, for those looking for a more recent driver, Tony Stewart.
In a way, he's probably the closest thing to Jeff Gordon we've had since ... Jeff Gordon.
Hocevar, 23, is rewriting the rules in just about every single way. He's only got one career Cup win — earlier this year at Talladega (hey, maybe he is Dale!) — but is currently leading the series in merchandise sales.
Last year, he wasn't even in the Top 30.
When I told my wife I was interviewing Carson Hocevar earlier this week, I expected her to look at me like I had three heads.
"Oh, I know him," she said. "From TikTok."
"I just kind of laugh about it," Hocevar said about all the attention — both good and bad — he's getting from a suddenly vibrant social media presence.
"You know, the night before Talladega, I was six hours away at my buddy's place driving $500 cars, and then we win the next day. So, you know, it's always ... you just put yourself in that spot sometimes that I think in racing, when people just want to have a reason for stuff, they don't want to just be like, 'Oh, circumstance, you know?'
"They just want to dictate a reason or, you know, push a story or whatever."
Hocevar's popularity, both within the sport and outside of it, has exploded this summer. In July, social media sleuths started linking him to popular influencer, Tabitha Swatosh.
Swatosh has over 15 million followers on TikTok, and unleashed a video last month that tallied nearly 500,000 likes.
"A NASCAR man invited me to be his date to an event," she said in the video before showing all 15 million followers how she gets ready for said event.
Side note: No, I don't get it. Don't ask me why people watch what they watch on TikTok. I have no clue. I'm not the target audience, though.
Anyway, fast-forward a few weeks, and the two were spotting together on the starting grid before the Brickyard 400.
Pretty easy to connect the dots after this:
Which brings us to August, where Carson finished 31st, 37th, 19th and, after a late crash last Saturday at Daytona, 38th.
Not great!
Add in some off-the-track drama around Swatosh after she "wore heels to a race," which apparently didn't sit well with some fans, and it's been a rocky summer for Hocevar.
Too much TikTok girlfriend and not enough practice in the simulator? Well, if you ask championship favorite Denny Hamlin ...
"I don't know. It just was not a very good day," Hamlin said about Hocevar on his 'Actions Detrimental' podcast following a wreck at New Hampshire.
"The best thing that's come out of that camp in a month is his girl's tutorial on makeup and racing."
Whoooooooof.
Hamlin wasn't alone.
"Here’s how it goes a lot of times when you see a young driver that gets a lot of attention, had some success, wins a race," former Cup champion Kevin Harvick said last week. "Got a TikTok girlfriend. All these things that go along with all that, and then they forget that they need to drive the freaking race car.
"The guy can drive the crap out of the race car, and all the other stuff is really cool ... No one cares if your car is not fast. It does not matter if you don’t have the results.
"They will forget about you in weeks."
There's certainly some truth to that. Fans want to root for a winner. Hocevar told me as much when I spoke to him earlier this week.
But if you win, and nobody knows anything else about you, that probably won't last, either.
"A lot of my friends love the WWE and they they were reading the WWE Reddit, and they're in some of the comments and they thought they accidentally switched to the NASCAR Reddit by accident because the fans over there kind of say the same stuff they do over here," Hocevar said.
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"They don't understand the new guys. 'This guy is popular, and I don't understand why.' A lot of my friends, some of them love WWE and all the intricacies of that world. But the casuals of it, they're like, 'Man, I loved Stone Cold when he walked out. I never even watched him wrestle, but I liked him, and the Undertaker and their shticks.
"It's very similar to how NASCAR fans describe everything and become negative to everything. A lot of times, they're not sure what they're looking for."
NASCAR, by the way, is sure what it's looking for.
The series has been pushing Hocevar over the past few weeks in a way we haven't seen ... maybe ever?
Last Thursday, the series sent out a press release titled, "Does Everyone Hate Carson Hocevar?" It was odd. You don't see that in this business.
The story made sure to note that Hocevar is currently No. 1 driver in retail sales on the NASCAR Shop website, and ranked inside the top five of trackside sales.
He was No. 32 this time last season.
"Love him or hate him, Carson Hocevar is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore … so catch him and all his enemies this Saturday night, Aug. 29, during the Coke Zero Sugar 400," the article concluded.
So, yeah — NASCAR isn't oblivious to this. They're very clearly pushing Carson Hocevar to the center of the table, and letting the chips fall where they may.
There's a reason I spoke to Carson earlier this week. I didn't ask. He was offered. That also doesn't happen often.
It's not the worst strategy in the world. Every sport needs a villain. A lightning rod. Someone who's going to move the needle.
NASCAR, in particular, has been desperate for that driver for a decade now. Jeff Gordon retired in 2015. Tony Stewart retired in 2016. Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired in 2017.
Kyle Busch, sadly, died in May. He was undoubtedly the most polarizing driver in the sport for years. His death rocked the series in more ways than one.
So now, apparently, it's Carson Hocevar's turn.
He's got the TikTok girlfriend, as Kevin Harvick said. The social media presence. Plenty of enemies on the track. He's also got a shot at winning a Cup championship in a few months.
The only thing left to do?
Win.
"I've had people try to wreck me and they just end up wrecking themselves lately," Hocevar said with a smile, referring to Zane Smith's move at Chicagoland in July. "I think we'll just enjoy these (next) ten (races) and keep working and, you know, just see where it works out."
Scottie Scheffler's caddie details conversation about potential $1 billion LIV Golf offer, why he'd decline
Scottie Scheffler recently took over the top spot on the PGA Tour's career money list with more than $130 million earned. It's fair to say that the 30-year-old who has already taken home $10 million more than Tiger Woods did in his career is doing just fine financially, but as his caddie, Ted Scott, recently explained, it's not all about the money for Scheffler.
Scheffler became the No. 1 player in the world in March 2022, amid LIV Golf's efforts to lure players away from the PGA Tour, and just three months before the then Saudi-backed circuit's inaugural event.
Scott began caddying for Scheffler in November 2021, and having been in the partnership for less than six months at the time, he was still very much in the feeling-things-out stage with his new boss, but one conversation very much set the tone.
"When I first started working for him, he was 19th in the world, and he had a white golf bag," Scott said, referring to Scheffler, on a recent appearance on PGA Tour Radio. "I didn't know him that well, and I asked him, I was like: 'Why don't you have sponsors?'
"He's like, 'Well, because I just want to play with the equipment that I want to play.' And I was like, 'Okay.' And then I remember whenever all the LIV stuff was going on, you know, he was number one in the world at the time, I didn't know, but I said, 'They're probably going to offer you like $250m to go over there.'
"And he says, 'I don't care what they offer me. They can offer me a billion dollars. I'm going to play where the best players are because I just want to beat people.'"
Scott went on to admit that it was at that moment he realized just how differently Scheffler is wired.
While Scott already had a stellar resume as a caddie before joining forces with Scheffler, having been on the bag for both of Bubba Watson's Masters victories, he and Scheffler have turned into a two-headed monster over the last half-decade.
Scott has been on the bag for each of Scheffler's 22 PGA Tour wins, dating back to his first in February 2022, plus the four major championships Scheffler has won at this point in his young career.
Scheffler earned just shy of $31 million on the PGA Tour in 2026. With caddies typically earning around 10 percent of a player's earnings, on the low end, Scott likely earned well over $3 million this past season on Tour.
The privacy risk of moving to a retirement community
The moving truck hasn't even left the driveway. Somewhere, a scammer may already know three things about you: your name, your new address and something about your age. Maybe not your exact age, but potentially enough information to make you a more attractive target.
Federal law sets specific rules for communities that qualify as housing for people 55 and older. One requirement says at least 80% of occupied units must house at least one person who is 55 or older. Those requirements come from the Housing for Older Persons Act.
That means an address inside a known 55+ community can give scammers and data brokers another clue about you. Once public records connect your name to that address, data brokers can add it to a much larger profile.
That is the part nobody mentions in the moving checklist. Here is how that profile can come together so quickly. More importantly, here is how you can reduce the personal information scammers can find.
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Moving into an age-restricted community does more than change your ZIP Code. It can quickly create a new, highly concentrated data profile.
Here's what can become available:
Each detail may seem harmless by itself. However, scammers can combine those details to build a convincing profile of you.
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Criminologists at Florida State University spent years studying financial exploitation inside a large Florida retirement community. Their findings should change how you think about your first few months in a new home. Residents told researchers that scammers targeted them immediately and repeatedly after they moved into the retirement community. They also faced scams far more often than before their move.
One of the study's authors, Julie Brancale, told AARP that residents faced targeting almost immediately after moving in. She said the attempts then continued. Her colleague, Thomas Blomberg, described another problem. People may move into gated communities expecting greater safety during retirement. Instead, they can face repeated scam attempts.
AARP's reporting on The Villages also highlights real cases of financial exploitation. The Villages is the country's largest 55+ community and has more than 150,000 residents. For example, a pair posing as pool contractors allegedly collected nearly $200,000 in down payments from six residents. Police later arrested them. A Leisure World resident in Maryland lost close to $800,000 in a gold-bar scam. Meanwhile, one local anti-fraud group estimates that it has recovered roughly $40 million for Florida victims over the years.
Here's the part that should get your attention. When a scammer searches for information about you, your adult children may appear too. Data broker profiles may list them as relatives and connect them to current addresses. As a result, a scam aimed at a new resident can spread to the whole family.
A criminal may never need to trick you directly. For example, someone could call your daughter and pretend to represent your new HOA. The caller could mention your real address and ask her to confirm a payment on your behalf. That request can sound convincing because the caller already knows personal details. The more information criminals collect beforehand, the easier they can make a fake story sound believable.
This problem reaches far beyond individual retirement communities. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center logged more than 201,000 fraud complaints from Americans 60 and older in 2025. Those complaints totaled more than $7.7 billion in reported losses.
The FTC estimates that the true financial impact could reach as high as $81.5 billion after accounting for unreported cases. An analysis of FBI complaint data also found another troubling link. Roughly 72% of fraud categories affecting older adults can become more dangerous when attackers have access to personal information.
The takeaway is simple. Personal information gives scammers material they can use to make a fraudulent call, text or email sound more believable.
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You cannot prevent every county property record from becoming public. However, you can reduce how much additional information someone finds once they start looking.
First, ask your HOA or community manager whether you can limit or opt out of resident directory listings. Also, ask what information the community shares with other residents. If possible, remove your phone number, email address and photo from community directories.
Next, search your name, phone number and new address online to see what appears. People-search sites and data brokers may already connect your new location with your age range, relatives and previous addresses.
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Moving into a 55+ community can create a privacy risk earlier than many people realize. What concerns me most is how quickly your new address can become connected to your age range, relatives and other personal details across public records and data broker sites.
The Florida State University research really stands out to me because residents reported scam attempts soon after moving. To me, that means privacy needs to be part of your moving checklist before you unpack the boxes, not something you think about after suspicious calls start coming in.
I would also pay close attention to what your information reveals about your family. Data broker profiles often connect relatives, previous addresses and household details. That gives scammers more ways to make a fake story sound convincing to you or someone close to you.
With Americans 60 and older reporting more than $7.7 billion in fraud losses to the FBI in 2025, I would not wait for a scam attempt to start protecting your information. Search for your name and address online, ask what your community shares and remove personal data from broker sites wherever possible.
Have you or someone you know noticed more scam calls, texts, emails or suspicious offers after moving into a retirement community? Did any of them include personal details that made you wonder how the scammer knew so much? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.
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Photographer hit in head with hard foul ball at Yankees-Angels game, carted off in scary scene
During the sixth inning of the New York Yankees’ 6-3 extra-inning win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, a scary scene unfolded when a photographer was hit in the head by a hard foul ball.
The photographer was sitting in the camera well on the first-base side of Angel Stadium when Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice yanked Angels starting pitcher Reid Detmers' 87-mph slider foul into the camera well. The ball came off Rice’s bat at 79.5 mph, and the All-Star slugger knew something was wrong immediately and had a concerned look on his face.
The Yankees medical staff quickly sprang into action as Mike Schuck, the director of sports medicine and rehab, jumped into the well to tend to the injured photographer. Tim Lentych, the Yankees' head trainer, called for a cart to come out.
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The game was delayed for about 10 minutes as the cart came out for the photographer, with the crowd remaining silent. Rice walked away from the batter’s box and over to the camera well to watch the emergency medical staff tend to the photographer.
The photographer eventually walked off under his own power, with a neck brace on, and made it to the cart. Rice shook hands with the photographer before returning to the batter’s box.
An Angels spokesperson relayed through the photographer’s outlet that he was OK and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Post.
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"Very relieved," Rice said, according to the New York Post. "I saw it, he definitely was not ready for any kind of impact there, he was looking the other direction."
"I wasn’t sure how square it hit him in the head, but definitely a scary scene, so happy to hear he’s OK."
Once the at-bat resumed, Detmers induced a flyout to center field from Rice on the ninth pitch of the at-bat.
Rice had two hits and an RBI in five at-bats in the team’s win.
Musk picks his first GOP warriors as a 2026 money surge takes shape
Elon Musk’s super PAC made its first major publicly disclosed burst of midterm spending, dumping significant amounts of cash over a very short period of time into races Republicans virtually must win to retain control of Congress.
Between Aug. 19 and Aug. 31, Musk’s America PAC reported just over $800,000 in expenditures supporting Republican candidates and opposing their Democratic rivals — an average of roughly $70,000 per day. By far the largest concentration of Musk’s spending was in the Texas Senate race, where America PAC spent nearly $248,000 supporting Paxton and opposing Talarico.
Republicans are heading into the midterms with a massive cash advantage, but are struggling to secure advantageous positions in even traditionally Republican states such as Alaska, Iowa, Texas and Ohio, according to Fox News’ Power Rankings. Musk opening his pocketbook for the GOP, an eventuality that was once in doubt given his prior split with the president, could provide Republicans with a much-needed lifeline as November approaches.
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The bulk of the spending went toward "printing" expenses paid out to Storytellers Group, a political vendor that specializes in direct-mail work.
Over his 12-day expenditure period, Musk spent $123,000 opposing Talarico’s candidacy and about $125,000 supporting Paxton, according to a campaign finance filing released Wednesday.
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The spending, while helpful to Republicans, gives Democrats a new angle of attack to use in the districts where Musk’s PAC is deploying resources. Musk has suffered from low favorability ratings among Americans, and his efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency, likewise, proved unpopular.
Democrats running in the competitive races where Musk is spending can now credibly tie their opponents to the billionaire. Talarico, for instance, has made running against billionaire interests a focal point of his campaign, a plank that increases in relevance now that Musk has waded into his race.
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Musk’s PAC also spent a considerable amount in Maine’s Senate race, deploying roughly $135,000 against Democratic nominee Troy Jackson and about $35,000 to assist incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Collins has worked to distance herself from the Trump administration and national Republicans as she seeks re-election in a left-leaning state, an effort Musk’s spending could complicate.
Other races Musk’s PAC spent in include the Senate races in Michigan, Ohio and New Hampshire as well as a handful of competitive House races in states like New York, Florida and Wisconsin.
GOP donors, fundraisers and lawmakers are worried that their current cash advantage may not be enough to deliver victory in November. They worry that President Donald Trump may not deploy his $400 million political war chest aggressively enough.
Alanis Morissette sues ex-tour manager over alleged blackmail, false drug trafficking claims
Alanis Morissette claimed to be the victim of a "calculated blackmail campaign" allegedly orchestrated by her "disgruntled former tour manager," according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The "Ironic" singer accused Keren Urinov of civil extortion in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, and claimed her ex-manager attempted to frame her for drug trafficking at an airport in the United Kingdom.
"While temporarily employed to manage a Morissette tour, Urinov admitted to the British Border Force that a bag seized at an airport that allegedly contained marijuana and xylazine belonged to her," the documents stated.
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"Urinov now threatens to report to the British authorities that Morissette committed drug trafficking unless Morissette agrees to employ her as a tour director for fifteen years and pay her massive compensation."
The Canadian singer allegedly hired Urinov in 2025 to serve as her temporary tour manager. In July 2025, Morissette and her team were scheduled to fly from Farnborough Airport in the U.K. to Spain for a concert.
"At the airport, a British Border Force official flagged a bag for further inspection and asked who owned the bag. Urinov said the bag was hers," the documents stated.
Urinov allegedly told the team that the Border Force "had arrested her and issued her a seizure notice alleging that the bag contained marijuana and xylazine" after she admitted the bag belonged to her.
"Urinov showed the Border Force her Israeli medical marijuana license. The Border Force returned the bag to Urinov and released her," the lawsuit stated.
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The following day, the touring team flew back to the United Kingdom, and upon landing, Urinov was once again detained and re-affirmed ownership of the bag and the alleged drugs inside.
"After the tour ended, Urinov and her attorney sent a series of increasingly extortionate letters to Morissette," documents stated. "Urinov threatened to file a patently frivolous lawsuit against Morissette in the United Kingdom for unspecified claims if Morissette refused to tell British law enforcement that the alleged drugs were hers."
She continued, "However, Urinov communicated, Morissette could put ‘an end to the matter’ by entering into a fixed-term, full-time employment contract of fifteen years with Urinov, under which Urinov would receive an income equivalent to that of a tour director with annual increases and bonuses."
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Morissette claimed that Urinov also demanded that she arrange for an immigration attorney to obtain a work visa that would allow Urinov to work in the U.S. A demand for additional compensation was relayed if the visa could not be obtained.
"Morissette is not interested in employing Urinov for fifteen years—not only because she is a blackmailer, but also because she was a terrible manager of the 2025 tour," documents stated.
The "You Oughta Know" singer claimed Urinov made an "inexplicable error" in hotel bookings that allegedly cost the singer $70,000.
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Also while on tour, "Urinov told Morissette’s team that law enforcement in a Latin American country had arrested her and a friend several years ago for smuggling drugs in a surfboard," documents stated.
"Urinov explained that she had illegally fled the country after being released on bail. This was an astounding revelation, given that Urinov had told Morissette’s team during her interview for the tour manager position that nothing in her past would cause any complications with obtaining visas or traveling, and she never mentioned her arrest or crimes in Latin America."
Morissette sued Urinov for civil extortion, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and in addition to a jury trial, requested compensatory damages "of an amount in excess of $75,000 in damages."