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Brock Lesnar makes stunning return to WWE, attacking Oba Femi
Brock Lesnar made his shocking return to WWE on "Monday Night Raw," exactly one month after he appeared to be retiring following his loss to Oba Femi.
Femi was about to host his weekly open challenge to any Raw competitor. As he got into the ring, Lesnar attacked him from the back and sent the crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina, into a frenzy.
Lesnar hit four F-5s on Femi, catching "The Ruler" completely off guard. Lesnar smiled as Femi writhed in pain from the multiple finishing moves.
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It seemed as though Lesnar was actually retired after the loss at WrestleMania 42. Paul Heyman was even convinced that Lesnar was finished with pro wrestling as he was seen crying in the ring when the two embraced.
"Oh, did I forget to mention that BRRRRRRRRRRRROCK LESNAR decided to do something about Oba Femi?" he wrote on X later in the night. "My apologies. It must have slipped my mind!"
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T weighed in on Lesnar’s potential retirement in an interview with Fox News Digital last month.
"You know wrestlers, we never really retire," he said. "It’s always in the back of our heads we can go out there and have one more match. One thing about this business too, man, it’s hard to leave money on the table.
"So, if somebody comes to Brock Lesnar with the right number for one more match, I’m sure Brock Lesnar could suck it up for five minutes and go out there and get it done. I can suck it up for five minutes and go out and get it done."
Heyman delivered a contract to Raw GM Adam Pearce for a rematch between Lesnar and Femi at Clash in Italy. He said Lesnar’s name was already on the contract and that Pearce only needed Femi’s signature.
"Tribal Combat" coming to Clash in Italy
"Monday Night Raw" has finished similarly – either Roman Reigns or Jacob Fatu call each other out and one man beats down the other to end the show. This time, it went differently.
Fatu started the night going to the ring while Adam Pearce tried to convince Reigns that it was time to fire Fatu following his actions last week. But the original plan went out the window. Jey and Jimmy Uso came out behind Fatu to confront him.
Jimmy Uso tried to calm Fatu down, but Jey Uso was having none of it. He entered the ring with a chair. It seemed like Fatu was going to be able to take out The Usos with ease until Reigns joined the fray.
The Bloodline faction worked together to send a message to Fatu. As Pearce stepped out to formally announce Fatu’s firing, he grabbed the microphone and addressed Reigns. He wanted "Tribal Combat."
Reigns seemingly agreed and the match was set for Clash in Italy on May 31 with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line again.
"Tribal Combat" has been a match primarily used among Bloodline faction members in order to crown a new "Tribal Chief." Reigns has been in each of the two previous matches, defeating Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa. The two were forced to acknowledge him as their "Tribal Chief" after losing to Reigns.
Fatu will have to do the same if he ends up losing to Reigns for a second straight time.
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Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker’s feud grows
Seth Rollins came to Raw with a challenge for Bron Breakker, claiming that Breakker couldn’t defeat him by himself. Instead, he got fellow Vision member Austin Theory.
Rollins acknowledged that he had no allies on Raw and had to take out The Vision alone. At least one person appeared to be in Rollins’ corner – Street Profits tag team member Angelo Dawkins.
"Look fam, we ain’t gotta be friends. Hey, we ain’t gotta trust each other. I can’t speak for ‘Tez, but last week, good looking out," Dawkins told Rollins before the latter’s match against Theory.
Rollins said he understood that nobody had his back but he thanked Dawkins for his words and apologized that he took the brunt of Breakker’s spear last week.
Rollins and Theory’s match took fans to the end of Raw with Rollins trying to do as much damage as he could before Theory and Logan Paul defend the tag titles against the Street Profits at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Rollins picked up the win over Theory with a pedigree.
As Paul came in to put a beating on Rollins, Dawkins came out to make a save. The tables turned on him quickly, allowing Montez Ford to begrudgingly get involved. Ford questioned Dawkins’ involvement and then saved him from Breakker’s spear.
Rollins got back into the ring and started going after Breakker. But after a distraction from Paul, Breakker hit a spear. Rollins and Breakker started going after each other and were pulled apart by Pearce and officials.
Saturday Night’s Main Event card finalized
Saturday Night’s Main Event will take place on Saturday night on Peacock. The card for the event was finalized during Raw.
Penta (c) vs. Ethan Page for the Intercontinental Championship.
Logan Paul and Austin Theory (c) vs. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins for the World Tag Team Championship.
Paige and Brie Bella (c) vs. Nia Jax and Lash Legend for WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab.
Becky Lynch vs. Sol Ruca.
Raw match results:
Finn Balor def. JD McDonagh in a street fight.
El Grande Americano, Rayo and Bravo def. Brutus Creed, Julius Creed and Original El Grande Americano.
Brie Bella and Paige def. Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
Seth Rollins def. Austin Theory.
Retired Austin cop tears into leftist city council for stripping police of key tools before shooting rampage
After a weekend shooting rampage that spanned nearly 24 hours in Austin, Texas, and left four people injured, one former police officer says left-wing city council members have "handcuffed" the city's police department by stripping it of critical technology.
Three suspects, teenagers ages 15, 16 and 17, were taken into custody on Sunday afternoon and evening, two in Austin and one in neighboring Manor, Texas. There were 12 separate shootings during the rampage, which police say appeared random, including at a fire station.
The suspects, all unnamed due to their status as juveniles, are accused of stealing four cars during the spree.
The 17-year-old suspect, Cristian Mondragon-Fajardo, is the only named suspect, as he has reached the age of criminal responsibility under Texas law. Police say he had a warrant for allegedly previously stealing a firearm from a local store, and one 15-year-old suspect allegedly stole a weapon from the same store on Saturday.
He is expected to be charged with multiple counts related to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault/motor vehicle, deadly conduct, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, evading arrest, theft of a firearm, and other related offenses
Dennis Farris is a retired Austin police officer and current president of the Austin Police Retired Officers' Association.
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He said last weekend's chaos would have been a great use case for technology that Austin police were using before it was stripped from them last year.
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"At some point, the [police department], and some of the [police departments] started connecting the dots, right?" Farris told Fox News Digital. "And it took a little while longer because the Austin Police Department is really been handcuffed by its own city council from using technology that could help in stuff like this. Facial recognition technology, license plate readers, you know, specifically the one that comes to mind with everybody is Flock."
Austin used to have a contract with Flock Safety for license plate reading technology until last year, when Farris says left-wing members of the council along with local activists succeeded in campaigning for its removal.
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One of the main issues taken up by opponents of the technology was that, in theory, local authorities could share data with federal immigration officials that could cause illegal aliens to be arrested.
Farris said the Austin Police Department rarely has contact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"At the end of that one-year trial period, the activists decided they didn't like [the cameras]," said Farris. "And when I say the activists, I'm talking about the 25 or 30 people that are always at city council, complaining about anything the police department does, and the activists on the council, and we have very much so an activist council."
While he said there are a couple of council members who are not leftist activists, including Mayor Kirk Watson, he described one member of the council, who he did not name, as a "committed Communist."
"The rest of them are just far left liberal radicals who think it's better to hamstrung the police and keep them from protecting the public than it is to letting them go on out and do their job, and it's putting the citizens of Austin in danger," said Farris.
Farris then noted that it was Flock technology in Manor, just east of Austin, that helped authorities there capture the rampage shooting suspects.
"Think about if we'd had those cameras in Austin, they would never have gotten to Manor, right? We may have caught them before they shot this — there was a poor individual walking down the street with his dog and was shot in the back by these kids," said Farris.
"So my message to council is gonna be stop with the grandstanding, stop with the fear mongering," said Farris. "Give the police the technology they need to do their jobs with safeguards in place to make sure that the job is done correctly. What this council needs to do is they need to take the handcuffs off the Austin Police Department let them do the job, and let's get this crime under control in the city before we lose the city."
Watson said in a media briefing Sunday night that license plate readers likely would have been helpful under the circumstances over the weekend.
"As I expressed yesterday, we need to make sure Austinites are safe and feel safe. We must assure our law enforcement has the tools to make this possible," Watson told Fox News Digital on Monday.
"The Council has passed the TRUST act, which gives us the framework and clarity needed to move forward on the use of [license plate readers] in Austin," he continued. "This weekend’s events shined a spotlight on the real-world benefits of this technology to assist law enforcement professionals in complex and emergency situations."
The TRUST Act stands for the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology Act.
It allows the city to use certain technological public safety features like license plate readers, but requires departments to seek approval from the city council before implementation, and to disclose how data will be obtained and stored, according to KVUE. It also bans facial recognition technology.
"Now that we have the framework in place, it is time we move forward. We need to give our law enforcement professionals the tools they need to make sure people are safe," Watson said. "We must also make sure that as we move forward, we find balance between protecting the privacy of our residents with the need and desire of our residents to feel and be safe."
Council Member Marc Duchen also weighed in.
"Protecting the safety of Austin residents is City Hall’s top priority, and I’m grateful for our police department’s swift response to these crimes and Mayor Kirk Watson’s leadership throughout the crisis," he told Fox News Digital.
"My colleagues and I have a duty to give first responders the tools they need to prevent incidents like these. As our mayor and police chief pointed out, license plate readers would have helped law enforcement officials track down and arrest the suspects," he said.
"Systems like these need to prevent and solve serious crimes while protecting the privacy of community members, and I remain open to discussing the use of a resource that meets these standards. No one deserves to hear that a loved one could have been saved if the right technology had been in place."
Fox News Digital reached out to the city council, Austin police and Flock.
Expert warns China already waging ‘unrestricted warfare’ against US through fentanyl, espionage and sabotage
One of America's most significant adversaries is already waging "unrestricted warfare" against the U.S., author Gordon Chang warned Monday, citing widespread fentanyl deaths, espionage and sabotage as components integral to the plan.
"China has redefined warfare..." Chang said on the "Will Cain Country" podcast.
"In May 2019, People's Daily, the most authoritative publication in China, carried a landmark editorial that declared a 'people's war' on us, and although we may dismiss that as propaganda, that phrase, 'people's war,' has a meaning which resonates in the Communist Party. It's total war," he said.
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Chang provided the example as a broader warning that fentanyl deaths in the U.S. are no coincidence. He argued such deaths are "murders" — not overdoses — at the hands of the CCP.
"It has actually done all it can to kill as many Americans as possible," he said of the party.
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"And I know that's hard for Americans to understand, but if you look at what the Chinese Communist Party has been doing to support the fentanyl gangs, it becomes evident."
Chang also accused the country of maintaining biological weapons facilities on U.S. soil, secret police stations, drone flights over military facilities, bomb plantings, importing modified pathogens and more.
"They're fueling protests, they're urging violence and urging violence openly, which they did in 2020. They are importing into the U.S. counterfeit currency, which is an act of war. They're importing into the U.S. automatic weapons parts, which they have done. The list just goes on and on," Chang said.
"When you look at the totality of this plus what they'd say in their propaganda... you have to assume that this is a war, a war fought on sort of a different thing than we Americans are used to. We're used to war as we see it in the movies. The Chinese have taken this to a new level."
Final casino resort closure marks end of era for once-booming Nevada town
→ A once-booming casino town is set to close its final resort this summer after years of declining tourism.
→ Five divers died while exploring a deep underwater cave in a luxury tourist destination, leaving families searching for answers.
→ A tourist skipped the coin toss and dove straight into trouble at an iconic landmark.
→ A popular tourist city is fast-tracking a new cruise passenger tax as officials push to reduce short-stay visitors.
→ Officials unveiled the interior of a massive ancient tomb believed to be connected to Alexander the Great.
→ A beloved theme park's summer opening is facing uncertainty as maintenance workers weigh a possible strike.
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→ A dog walker's routine stroll in a picturesque forest led to the discovery of a 3,000-year-old find beneath a fallen tree.
→ Ancient artifacts uncovered beneath Cape Canaveral Space Force Station revealed centuries of Indigenous life — while one mysterious object continues to puzzle researchers.
→ A hiker uncovered a 1,500-year-old gold sword relic hidden beneath a tree in a discovery reminiscent of a real-life Excalibur.
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A zebra and giraffe formed an unlikely bond at a Georgia animal park, where caretakers said the pair now spend much of their time together.
Ex-Yankees infielder Gio Urshela retires from MLB at 34
MLB infielder Gio Urshela announced on Monday he was retiring from the sport at 34.
Urshela played 10 seasons in the majors, spending most of his time with the New York Yankees from 2019-2021. He also played for the Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves and the Athletics.
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"Today is the day. The day you never dream about, the day you never imagine, the day you never expect to come… but deep down you know that one day it will arrive," he said in a statement posted to his Instagram account. "Today is the day to close this chapter as a professional player, and this is not a moment to be sad, it is a moment to be grateful to God for allowing me to play this beautiful sport that changed my life.
"Through baseball, I met wonderful people, people who contributed so much to my career and helped shape me into the person I am today."
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He thanked his family and supporters in his native Colombia for supporting him throughout his career.
"And to every person who, in one way or another, helped make my career much better – THANK YOU. I will always carry you in my heart, and the beautiful memories will stay with me forever."
Urshela made his debut with Cleveland in 2015, playing 81 games for the team.
He last played for the Athletics last season, hitting .238 with 20 RBI in 59 games. He joined Colombia for the World Baseball Classic.
He hit .270 for his career with 73 home runs and 352 RBI.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
DHS, War Dept join probe into Singham network allegedly sowing discord in US
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of War have joined a widening interagency investigation into a network of nonprofit groups funded by Shanghai-based American Marxist tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, allegedly sowing discord in the U.S., Fox News Digital has learned.
The expanding probe now includes multiple Trump administration agencies examining the coordination, funding and online organization of agitator groups and nonprofits allegedly tied to Singham’s network, which investigators suspect of sowing discord in the United States.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News Digital he’s working with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and intelligence agencies to uncover the inner workings of organizations "trying to stir up discontent."
Mullin spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Manassas, Virginia, last week.
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Mullin said organizations have been coordinating their work using online channels. Anti-ICE agitators used the Signal encrypted text messaging app to facilitate anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, earlier this year.
"We know there's a coordinated effort trying to stir up discontent online, through online processes," Mullin explained. "This is something we talk about with Scott Bessent. This is something that we talk about with Secretary Hegseth. We're talking about it. You know, our directors and our intelligence agencies are constantly talking about it."
A Fox News Digital investigation peeled back the layers of the network of nonprofits into which Singham pumped $278 million, funding six 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits that have spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
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As reported, the Treasury, State and Justice departments are investigating the Singham network for alleged financial improprieties, malign foreign influence and other improprieties. Mullin's statement is the first time it's been revealed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of War are also involved in the investigations.
DHS agents are no strangers to Singham's network, as many have come face to face with agitators supported by various organizations backed by Singham over the past year. A campaign called "ICE Out of New York" is housed at the People’s Forum, a nonprofit funded by Singham, and it regularly holds volunteer meetings at the nonprofit’s headquarters on W. 37th Street in Midtown Manhattan and coordinates with the group to organize demonstrations.
Singham has given $22.44 million to the People’s Forum, a 501(c)(3) that just dropped $5.15 million for a new headquarters in Manhattan.
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation, a self-described Marxist organization supported by Singham’s network, has also played a central role in past anti-police and anti-ICE demonstrations.
When asked about Beijing’s influence in the U.S., Mullin compared the actions of actors supporting the Chinese Communist Party to that of Joseph Stalin, former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
"You go all the way back to Stalin, who basically was appropriating this, so he's going to destroy America from within," Mullin told Fox News Digital. "You stir that up by causing distrust in your government, discontent on the streets, distrust between law enforcement and the public, breaking up the family units and going after the Christian mindset. This was all part of their plan to begin with."
The DHS secretary explained that the attempt to influence and destroy America from within, and that the U.S. has been battling pro-communist enemies from inside its borders for years.
Mullin said that a key to combating propaganda comes from public awareness of foreign malign influence. He explained that he believes that "our adversaries" who are promoting communism and anti-ICE rhetoric are speeding up a "radical agenda" that is being supported by Democrats.
"The American public, it's an 80% issue. They want a secure border," Mullin told Fox News Digital. "They want the criminals off our streets. It unfortunately is 20% of the radical Democrats that are buying into this radical agenda that's being sped by our adversaries."
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In December, DHS initiated "Operation Metro Surge" in the Minneapolis metro area amid investigations of widespread fraud, predominantly in the Somali community.
Agitators took to the streets to combat agents, and federal agents killed demonstrators Renee Good and Alex Pretti for what the agency described as impeding law enforcement operations.
Following Good’s death, a number of organizations within Singham’s network acted quickly to facilitate unrest. Many are self-described Marxist-Leninists, including the ANSWER Coalition, the People’s Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and BreakThrough News.
Encrypted Signal chats, command-and-control centers, rapid-response propaganda and orchestrated tear-gas clashes with DHS agents helped mobilize forces and manipulate public opinion in Minneapolis at the time.
While Mullin wasn’t leading DHS during the demonstrations, he acknowledged the clear coordination when speaking with Fox News Digital last week, but noted that violent protests and designed chaos don’t affect the department’s ability to fulfill its commitment to border and national security.
"It doesn't keep our men and women out here on the streets from doing their job," Mullin explained. "Thankfully, these guys, they signed up not for the glory or the fame, they signed up because they want to get criminals off our streets, regardless of what is happening online, regardless of the far-left Democrats want to criticize these individuals for simply enforcing the laws that Congress passed."
GOP bill targets blue state for billions in COVID-era unemployment debt dumped on businesses
FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican is moving to rein in California's ballooning unemployment insurance debt, arguing employers are being stuck with the bill as the state fails to repay what it owes.
Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., will introduce legislation on Tuesday that would require California to pay its outstanding $21 billion loan to the federal government before spending federal money on other programs.
Under Fong’s bill, California would have to direct eligible federal funds toward repayment within five business days of the money becoming available. If it violates that provision, the state would have to pay the full amount of misused funds to the federal government.
California is the only state that has not paid back its loans for a COVID-19-era program that helped states finance a surge in claims for unemployment benefits with federal money. Instead, the state's federal unemployment debt continues to climb and is projected to top $23 billion by the end of the year, according to CalMatters.
Fong argues the failure to pay off the massive debt has been detrimental to the state’s employers, who have been forced to help repay the loans through automatic tax hikes. Businesses were forced to pay an extra $42 per employee on their federal payroll taxes this year to help service the unpaid debt, KCRA reported.
The California Republican has sharply criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., for not prioritizing repayment of the debt despite a near $100 billion budget surplus in 2022. Instead, California Democrats continued funding infrastructure projects, homelessness initiatives and other priorities, including subsidized health insurance for illegal immigrants.
Newsom has since signed a budget scaling back taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants amid the state's growing fiscal challenges.
Fong, a former state legislator, tied the massive unemployment debt to broader concerns about the Golden State’s budgeting decisions.
"Fraud and mismanagement aren’t isolated incidents in Gavin Newsom’s California — they’ve become systemic failures with real consequences," Fong said in a statement. "Rather than using the state’s past $98 billion budget surplus to pay down that debt, Sacramento shifted the burden onto employers through automatic payroll tax hikes. Enough is enough."
"My legislation restores accountability, protects our local small businesses and farmers, and prevents California job creators from being punished for Sacramento’s negligence," he added.
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Fong's bill comes as California's unemployment benefits system faces federal scrutiny over allegedly weak fraud safeguards.
In February, then-Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer unveiled a "strike team" to probe fraud and abuse in California’s unemployment insurance program.
The Department of Labor referenced reports from the California State Auditor that found the state's unemployment insurance program was high risk due in part to "inadequate fraud prevention and claimant service" and warned the system’s fraud prevention efforts were "marked by significant missteps" that may have resulted in billions of dollars in fraudulent payments.
Thousands of California inmates, including those on death row, participated in an unemployment benefits fraud scheme that cost the state up to $1 billion, CNN reported in 2020. Prosecutors at the time dubbed it "the largest ever taxpayer fraud to occur in this state’s history."
In recent months, California has also been rocked by allegations of widespread fraud in the state’s social services programs, expanding scrutiny beyond the unemployment system.
The Trump administration announced last week that it would withhold $1.3 billion in federal Medicaid funding to California, citing fraud concerns among the state’s myriad hospice providers.
"The simple reason is because the state of California has not taken fraud very seriously," Vice President JD Vance said in a White House news conference.
A spokesperson for Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Teen stumbles on mysterious coin from legendary city, puzzling archaeologists over its journey
A German teenager recently uncovered an ancient Greek coin — marking the first such find ever recorded in Berlin.
The coin, which dates to the third century B.C., was uncovered by a 13-year-old male student in the district of Spandau, an area not typically associated with ancient Greek artifacts.
PETRI Berlin, an archaeology center in the German capital, announced the find in April.
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The organization said that finds from classical antiquity "are generally rare in Berlin."
The release noted, "While Roman objects can be identified occasionally but regularly, Greek finds had previously been entirely absent."
It went on, "The current discovery therefore represents a scientific rarity."
The tiny bronze coin measures just 12 millimeters and weighs 7 grams. Though historically significant, it likely held little monetary value in the ancient world.
It was minted between 281 and 261 B.C. in Troy, the legendary city tied to the Trojan War.
The coin's front side depicts the head of the goddess Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet, while the reverse shows Athena Ilias, the local Trojan form of Athena, with a woven basket known as a kalathos.
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"Initially, it was unclear whether the find came from an archaeological context or was a modern collector’s item that had been lost," the organization's release stated.
"However, an examination of the site by specialists revealed clear evidence of long-term use of the area as a burial ground. Ceramic fragments, cremated remains and a bronze double button indicate a Bronze Age or early Iron Age cemetery."
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The low-value coin was likely left as a grave offering, said Jens Henker, an archaeological heritage officer with the Berlin State Monuments Office.
Henker told Fox News Digital that the boy who found it "was simply out playing in his usual area" before stumbling on the coin by accident.
"Because he is interested in old coins, he probably [had] an eye for that and took it with him ... without knowing what he found," he said.
Henker added that how the coin ultimately made its way to Berlin remains unexplained.
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"Because we have amber from the Baltic Sea in Ancient Greece, there were clearly trading connections as early as the Bronze Age," he noted. "The coin could have simply been a traded good."
There was likely some contact between ancient Greeks and Germanic tribes, but the extent remains unclear.
"Did the coin come not directly from Greece to our area, but via connections with Celtic tribes in the southwest?" Henker mused.
"At the end, we have many guesses and questions, but one thing should be recognized: there were connections between these ancient peoples, perhaps more than we can imagine today."
Greek contact with Germanic tribes was far more limited than the extensive ties seen under the Roman Empire, Henker noted.
"The connections between the Roman Empire and the German tribes was a much more intense one, mainly [because] the members of the German tribes [were] often used as helping troops for the Romans," he said.
"In return, but also by plundering, a lot of Roman objects came in our area. According to the lesser amount of findings here from the Greek period, the connections were less intensive."
The official underscored the significance of the find, saying his team "was never expecting such a find, although we wished it!"
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He added, "For Berlin, it is the first find, but not for the area of Brandenburg around Berlin."
"In the time around 1584, a [German] farmer found a tetradrachm [coin] from the island of Thasos, [from] after 146 B.C. … Still, these finds are really rare, but our recently found coin is not the only one."
New York's 'wrong-headed' defendant-friendly laws helped toss Mangione evidence: retired cop
New York's criminal justice laws are "wrong-headed" and favor defendants over victims, one expert claims, and says a judge's decision to toss key evidence in the Luigi Mangione murder case is the latest proof.
The debate over New York's criminal justice laws has been thrust back into the spotlight after Judge Gregory Carro ruled that Pennsylvania police conducted an unconstitutional search of Mangione's backpack, tossing evidence in the case against the alleged gunman accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan in December 2024.
For example, in 2019, New York removed cash bail for most misdemeanor and lower-level felonies.
Following the law's passage, judges couldn't set cash bail for most people charged with nonviolent felonies like drug possession, shoplifting, grand larceny, burglary and others.
Bail is an option for a narrow list of charges referred to as "qualifying offenses," which are considered violent felonies, sex crimes, terrorism and a few others.
Former NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor Paul Mauro told Fox News Digital that New York is considered one of the most favorable states for criminal defendants, and said it has the "most constitutional protections for defendants relative to search and seizure."
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In Mangione's case, as he was arrested in Pennsylvania, Mauro said that the laws in New York helped exclude evidence that can be introduced in court.
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He pointed to a difference in search laws, noting that while both New York and federal law allow police to search a bag near a suspect without a warrant, New York applies a stricter standard for what counts as "within reach."
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"If the suspect can lunge for and grab an item, if it's close enough to him that he can do that, you can search it, even a closed bag. But if it is not lungeable, grabbable, you got to get a search warrant," Mauro said.
New York also gives broad discretion to judges in sentencing, Mauro said, adding to the reasons he thinks the state is very favorable toward criminal defendants.
"You could get a state-level judge that for some ideological reason doesn't give him the top sentence," he said.
Following the cash bail reform law that was passed in 2019, Ontario County Sheriff David Cirencione told Spectrum News that too much is being done for criminals and not the victims.
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"We’re going overboard for the suspects and the predators and not doing enough for our victims," Cirencione said. "I think a lot more needs to be done."
Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno called New York one of the most "favorable" states for criminal defendants, adding that progressive district attorneys have only compounded the issue.
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"Any big blue city with progressive DAs are always going to be places where it's more favorable for criminal defendants," Rotunno said. "They, you know, have progressive pretrial release programs. There's no more cash bail... I think that from that standpoint, yes."
Specifically, Carro ruled that the search of Mangione's backpack at a McDonald's was unconstitutional because it was made away from an arm's reach. The alleged handgun found during the search, which Mangione allegedly used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is admissible in court and can be shown to jurors.
Carro also ruled that most of Mangione's statements that were made to police in Pennsylvania could also be admissible, other than a remark that the murder suspect made about his alleged fake ID after he was given a Miranda warning.
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Hayden Panettiere says filming ‘Nashville’ was like living through addiction twice
Hayden Panettiere is opening up about what it was like filming a hit series which mirrored her real life.
In her recent memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning," the 36-year-old actress discussed how she felt filming the hit show "Nashville" while in a dark place in her life, and having to act out her personal struggles on television.
"During the better part of season four, my personal problems were writing the script. Juliette Barnes had postpartum depression, an alcohol and pill problem, and a divorce on the horizon. She was erratic, an absentee mother, and fought with everyone — including her fans," she explained.
She continued: "Every time I read the day's script, it was like I was looking in a funhouse mirror, seeing a distorted reflection of myself. I can't tell you how lost this made me feel."
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Panettiere shared that in the past she was able to "draw a line between my character and myself" when filming her other projects, noting that she no longer had "another world that was distinct from my own" to escape into while at work.
"I dove headfirst into my own hell," she wrote. "I was suffering from debilitating anxiety and an addiction I couldn't shake, and I had to live through it twice. First at home as Hayden, and then in front of millions, as Juliette."
When speaking about her addiction, Panettiere recalled the moment she realized she needed to seek treatment, in between filming season three and four of "Nashville."
She wrote that her house was stocked with three-ounce bottles of Fireball, which she explained gave her "instant relief," noting "the second I felt that burn, the anxiety was gone." Panettiere knew she needed to seek help when she found herself searching her home for bottles of Fireball at 6:00 AM, coming to the realization that she was trying to get drunk so early in the morning.
"The first thing I'd thought of when I woke up was alcohol. Not my child, not my job, and not the rest of my life. I needed a drink to function — at 6:00 a.m. — and that was f---ed. If I didn't get some help as soon as possible, I was f---ed."
Panettiere left the rehab center with a diagnosis of postpartum depression and a prescription for Klonopin to help with her anxiety, writing, "I'd walked into rehab addicted to one substance, and I'd walked out, completely dependent on something else."
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After a scary experience related to the Klonopin which left her in the hospital, the actress chose to stop taking it, saying she "switched to vodka, thinking no one could smell it on my breath."
"But I was fooling myself," she said. "Vodka smells like vodka. I'm sure everyone knew what was going on, but no one said anything. When you're an actor managed by a team who depends on you, people prop you up out of allegiance, blind trust, or fear of getting fired. Some call that support, but at times, I've called it enabling."
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The "Bring It On: All or Nothing" star shared with The New York Times in 2023 that she had been sober for two years, after seeking treatment in 2020 and 2021.
Looking back on her addiction, the actress was able to pinpoint the moment she first tried drugs, sharing a rep pulled her aside when she was doing press for "Heroes" at 16 years old and handed her a pill, telling her "take one of these...it's a happy pill."
She recalled taking the pill because she trusted those around her, and instantly feeling "a wave of energy" come over her, adding she felt like "a brand new Hayden." The actress writes that after a while she began asking her rep for the pill before every interview, without even knowing what they were, adding, "I didn't care."
"The happy pills had opened a door for me to feel more focused, energized, and alive," she wrote. "When I took my pills, rubbed my eyes, and could see clearly, the world was better. I was better."
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"At sixteen, they were the gateway drug that ushered me toward the good of pharmaceuticals and the downfall of addiction," she added. "They showed me how drugs can change your brain for better or for worse. They opened up my world, but years later, they'd forever change it as well."