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Scientists find 'signs of life' inside 5,300-year-old mummy in remarkable discovery
Researchers have uncovered traces of ancient microbes inside a mummy — unexpected "signs of life" that may have persisted for more than 5,300 years.
The study, recently published in the journal Microbiome, centers on Ötzi the Iceman, a mummy found by a tourist inside a glacier in the Alps in 1991, news agency SWNS reported.
Ötzi's remains date back to 3300 B.C., before Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids were built. He was between 25 and 35 years old when he died, and stood roughly 5 feet 2 inches tall.
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Researchers originally believed he succumbed to exposure or exhaustion while crossing the Alps, though later examinations found that an arrowhead was lodged in his left shoulder — suggesting he likely bled to death.
Experts at Eurac Research found that Ötzi's remains still contain a complex community of ancient and modern microorganisms — offering a rare glimpse into the microbial past of early humans.
While studying the mummy at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, researchers found cold-adapted yeasts and genetic traces of bacteria from Ötzi's ancient gut microbiome.
They also differentiated between microorganisms that were present during Ötzi's lifetime and those that colonized his body after his death, using tissue samples, swabs and genetic analysis.
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The team analyzed ice from the surface of Ötzi’s body, as well as meltwater inside the mummy. Researchers also drew on intestinal tissue and stomach-content data from previous studies.
A surprising discovery was the presence of cold-adapted yeast species, likely originating from the glacial environment, which have persisted on Ötzi’s body to the present day.
Ötzi's microbiome is also unique in that it contains gut bacteria that aren't typically found in the intestines of modern humans, researchers said.
"Ötzi therefore offers a rare glimpse into humanity’s microbial past," Eurac Research noted in a statement.
Some of the microbes may still exist in a dormant state more than 5,000 years after Ötzi's death, as his body sits at the South Tyrol Museum, the experts said.
Elisabeth Vallazza, director of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, described the mummy's preservation condition as "very stable today."
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"Close microbiological monitoring ensures that the mummy suffers no damage," said Vallazza in a statement.
"But further research and full conservation efforts are certainly needed to preserve it for many more generations."
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Despite the findings, there is still mystery surrounding how microorganisms survive and interact within Ötzi's frozen remains.
The conditions "are not yet fully understood," said conservation expert and co-author Marco Samadelli, as SWNS reported.
"This study expands our knowledge in this area."
Frank Maixner, director of the Institute for Mummy Studies at Eurac Research, said the discovery points to a continuous presence of certain microorganisms on the mummy throughout its long history.
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"These yeasts have accompanied Ötzi on his long journey through the millennia," Maixner said in a statement.
Ötzi is "not a static relic, but a dynamic biological system," he added.
The latest findings add to a growing body of recent research on mummies and other ancient remains.
Earlier this spring, officials announced that researchers from the University of Barcelona discovered a copy of Homer's "Iliad" placed on top of a mummy in Egypt.
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Last year, utility workers in Lima, Peru, uncovered a millennia-old mummy while on the job.
Chicago resident living in shadows of Obama Presidential Center reveal chaos caused by years-long construction
CHICAGO – A man who has lived on Chicago’s South Side for 18 years and now lives in the shadow of the newly opened Barack Obama Presidential Center described to Fox News Digital the havoc he says the years-long construction project wreaked on his housing complex.
Akoma Amanze is a local cab driver who lives in Jackson Park Terrace, a low-income housing community directly across the street from the 19.3 acre campus dedicated to the 44th president.
Over the weekend, while thousands of people from across the country — celebrities and ordinary folks alike — swarmed the area to visit Obama's new campus that features a museum, library, gardens and recreational activities, Amanze and other residents took in the spectacle.
But Amanze told Fox News Digital the buzz across the street was nothing new. While he made it very clear that he supports Obama, and described living at Jackson Park Terrace as a "very good experience," Amanze and others in his complex dealt with massive headaches caused by the construction.
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He described the construction process, which began in 2021, as "sometimes very, very disturbing."
"He's my man, and I'm excited that this site is here" said Amanze, referring to Obama, "but as a resident, there has been a lot of things [that] have stopped us here."
"On two occasions, my apartment flooded while they were digging the lower level of that project," he said. "Two times. And I had to deal with the ramifications of that twice. Those ramifications were that all my apartment was flooded, and I had to throw away everything on the floor. Boxes, papers, clothes, I had to throw them away."
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He said he had to suck the water out of his home himself, and then clean the entire mess up himself. Despite the destruction, according to Amanze, neither the complex's management nor representatives from the Obama Center offered to help deal with the fallout, financially or otherwise.
Then there was the reverberation from the digging, he said.
"Sometimes, you stay in bed or in the apartment, [and] the digging — sometimes when they were digging deep— [it] would be shaking your bed," he said. "I had that experience all through the construction."
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Across the street used to be a community park where Amanze said he "more or less raised all [his] children."
"In fact, my last child, that is 14 today, there used to be a favorite swing on that park where I took him every time he starts crying or he starts showing signs of stress," Amanze said. "I take him there, and I put him on that swing, and I swing him up and down, and then he will fall asleep, and then I bring him back home."
The park is gone now, but Amanze is not bitter.
"When things are happening that you do not have the power to stop, you just have to learn to live with it," he said. "I just learned to live with it. I'm not upset. I'm excited that my brother Obama was able to establish something this big in my neighborhood. At least in my mind, I'm a part of the history."
Giants' Rafael Devers expresses frustration with pinch-run decision amid one-run loss to Marlins
The San Francisco Giants were attempting to rally down one run in the top of the ninth inning against the Miami Marlins on Sunday when Rafael Devers reached first base on a walk.
Giants manager Tony Vitello was about to pinch-run for Devers in hopes of adding speed on the bases to tie the game. Jonah Cox ran toward first while Devers tried to shoo him away. Devers pleaded from first base to stay in the game while Cox was caught in the middle of the ordeal.
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Devers walked back to the dugout in a huff.
Jung Hoo Lee, the next Giants batter, flied out and then Willy Adames grounded into a double play. The Marlins secured the 2-1 win.
Vitello seemed to understand Devers’ reasoning for wanting to stay in the game but also knew that Devers was battling some leg soreness. He said that once he made the decision to have Cox come into the game, there was no turning back.
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"So, just going with what our best effort is to win the game," the first-year MLB manager said, via MLB.com. "Obviously, you'd like to get Jonah to go get it back, you know, he's relatively quick to the plate, but on a double, going with our best chance to be able to score."
Vitello said he didn’t think the situation warranted another conversation with Devers outside of their daily chats.
San Francisco fell to 31-46 with the loss. Miami improved to 40-38.
The Giants acquired Devers in a blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox last season, but seem willing to part ways with him before this year’s trade deadline.
Multiple reports indicated last week that the Giants were exploring the possibility of a fire sale making Devers, Adames and Matt Chapman available.
Devers is hitting .238 with 11 home runs and a majors-leading 23 doubles.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Democrats aim to kill school choice from Wisconsin to the rest of the US
At a recent town hall, both leading Democratic candidates for the governorship of Wisconsin, state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lieutenant Gov. Mandela Barnes, pledged to abolish the school choice program in their state.
Meanwhile, the progressive legal organization Law Forward filed a suit that could end the Dairy State’s school choice programs, alleging that these programs run afoul of the state constitution. The 2000 state supreme court ruling that permitted vouchers did so only so long as the state legislature provides "sufficient resources" to traditional public schools. Even though the state currently funds Milwaukee Public Schools to the tune of $25,000 per student, Law Forward alleges that these resources are insufficient.
Wisconsin’s highest court may be primed to agree — the court flipped to a progressive majority in 2023.
Were either effort to succeed, it would be a travesty for the 60,000 students who currently enroll in one of Wisconsin’s choice programs and a stain upon the Democratic Party’s record. It would signal that the party would rather cave to pressure from teachers unions and progressives than actually serve student needs.
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Milwaukee boasts the nation’s first voucher program after Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson teamed up with local civil rights groups to pass a choice policy in 1990. Notably, it was a civil rights framing, not appeals to libertarian or religious concerns, that won support.
In his book "Voucher Wars," attorney Clint Bolick tells of the rows of African-American parents who supported the voucher by attending every court meeting. The Wall Street Journal ran three op-eds in support of the initiative and Bolick writes that "for the first time in a major national media outlet, the civil rights banner was unfurled over the school choice movement." Such a proclamation remains true.
The primary beneficiaries of choice policies are the students who themselves receive vouchers and thereby can access school options that they could not otherwise afford. Students who attend participating schools are more likely to attend college, persist through college and abstain from criminal activity into adulthood.
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Affluent families already leverage their resources to purchase homes in well-to-do communities with successful schools. Vouchers afford this same ability to everyone else.
Other surprising beneficiaries of school choice, however, are students who remain in traditional public schools. There’s a robust body of literature that studies the so called "competitive effects" of school choice programs, whereby the competition from charter, private and other such options apply pressure to public schools such that they improve the outcomes of their own students. Good intentions are laudable, but nothing incentivizes institutional change quite like threatening the bottom line.
In a recent Education Next report, researcher Patrick Graff compares the effects on academic outcomes of competitive pressure from school choice to the effects of increased spending. He writes that the expenditures of Florida’s choice programs "improved public school student achievement" far more than "had the same amount of new funding instead been spent directly through the public school system." Researchers have found similar effects in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin only leads the charge of a growing effort among Democrats to kill of school choice policies. Illinois ended a similar school choice program in 2023. Arizona Democrats have attempted several referenda to either end or limit choice policies in the Grand Canyon State. And countless policies at the state level have been proposed to heap burdensome regulations on education freedom.
But these grim indications for school choice needn’t become reality. Florida is an instructive case study. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis won because a savvy social media campaign pressed the issue, emphasizing Democrat competitor Andrew Gillum’s opposition to school choice. In the end, DeSantis won because of so-called "school choice moms," including a significant share of African-American women who voted for him on the issue of school choice.
However, this fight ends, it has several lessons for national reformers: The fate of voucher, tax credit and education savings account programs remains tenuous, even moderate Democrats are turning against education freedom, and most importantly, every student deserves access to quality education. Destroy these programs, and it may prove a win for Democrats, but it’s a loss for children and their families.
8 common food preservatives linked to higher risk of high blood pressure and heart disease
Common food preservatives may contribute to higher risks of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to a large French study.
Researchers analyzed data from 112,395 adults averaging 42 years of age, assessing their detailed dietary intake with an average follow-up of nearly eight years.
Among the participants, 5,544 developed hypertension during the follow-up period, and 2,450 experienced cardiovascular disease events.
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Higher consumption of total non-antioxidant preservatives was associated with a 29% greater risk of hypertension and a 16% higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
Higher consumption of total antioxidant preservatives was linked to a 22% spike in hypertension risk.
Out of the 17 preservative additives consumed by at least 10% of participants, eight in particular were associated with higher rates of hypertension, including the following.
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Only one of the preservatives – ascorbic acid, which is the food additive form of vitamin C – was significantly associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk.
The finding does not mean that dietary vitamin C itself causes cardiovascular disease, the researchers noted. The study examined ascorbic acid in the form used as a food additive in processed foods, not vitamin C from fruits, vegetables or supplements.
The findings were published in the European Heart Journal.
"This is a very important study that puts together what we already know – that preservatives of all kinds raise blood pressure and contribute directly to heart disease and stroke over eight years," Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, told Fox News Digital.
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"Whereas potassium itself can lower blood pressure, the additive potassium sorbate has previously been found to be associated with hypertension in a large study in the European Heart Journal," the doctor, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. "Potassium metabisulphite was also found to raise pressure in the same study."
The same was found for sodium nitrite in the new study, Siegel noted, with 73% of participants consuming it regularly – "mostly in processed foods like hot dogs, ham, bacon and deli meats."
"This has been found in previous research for many years," he added.
Siegel also discussed the 22% increased risk linked to ascorbic acid. "I am dubious about this association, as it has not generally been found before, but perhaps the risk is when it is used as a chemical preservative."
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"For all the sodium additives, this is expected, but surprising with extracts of rosemary and citric acid – the key to both of these ingredients is when they are used as preservatives (chemicals)," he added.
As this was an observational study, it could not prove that the additives caused the health conditions.
Also, the participants who volunteered for the study were generally healthier, more educated and more often female than the general French population, the researchers noted.
There was also the chance that hypertension was underdiagnosed in some participants.
While the researchers estimated people's dietary intake as accurately as possible, there was a chance that some consumption was inaccurately reported.
The authors emphasized that these findings need to be confirmed in further research of other populations.
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If the results are replicated in future research, some food preservatives may face additional safety reviews focused on their effects on the cardiovascular system, the researchers suggested.
"The take-home is to use natural ingredients as much as possible, and especially beware of sodium chemical preservatives when it comes to risk of heart disease and stroke from associated hypertension," Siegel concluded.
America won't last another 250 years based on the 'current administration,' MS NOW guest warns
MS NOW guest and podcast host Akilah Hughes warned on Sunday that America may not last another 250 years based on the current trajectory.
"I don’t think America is making it to 500, if we’re on the same trajectory," Hughes said on "Current with Jacob Soboroff." "You know, 250 was a stretch."
After being pressed to continue, Hughes went on to blame the Trump administration for her concerns.
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"We have a concerted effort from the current administration to forget about history, to sort of destroy public education, to destroy public works, to privatize everything," Hughes said. "And if we know one thing about corporations, you know, in the long term, they are not giving back to the people."
She continued, "I think we are a very young democracy. There are so many other countries that have come and gone, and I don’t know why we believe we are immune to that."
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Hughes went on to call it a "pessimistic time" in the U.S., especially for young people. However, Hughes' fellow panelist, Aminatou Sow, admitted that, though she agreed with Hughes, she has seen more optimistic energy from her fellow Americans.
"I live in New York City, and the energy that I see here from people who just refuse to give up. Our community is just like so tenacious. And I’m like, this is the energy that America has. For 250 years, horrible people have been trying to destroy this place, and they have not succeeded. And so it’s not going to happen on our watch," Sow said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
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Other MS NOW hosts and guests have expressed pessimism towards the America 250 celebrations as July 4 approaches. MS NOW host Al Sharpton previously suggested that it was "crazy" to expect Black people to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted June 12–15 among 1,537 U.S. adults, 64% of Republicans said they would display an American flag or flag bunting outside their home this July 4 compared with just 27% of Democrats.
Pence says Iran agreement 'smacks of the kind of appeasement' Trump rejected in prior term
Former Vice President Mike Pence said that the Iran Memorandum of Understanding President Donald Trump signed last week "smacks of the kind of appeasement" Trump rejected in his first White House term.
"The president deserves tremendous credit for taking the fight directly to Tehran, and every American should welcome the prospect of peace. No one wants another prolonged war in the Middle East, despite the flippant accusations from isolationists on the populist right," Pence asserted in a Wall Street Journal piece.
Pence, however, characterized the agreement as nothing more than "a plan to make a plan."
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"But the memorandum of understanding with Iran signed last week falls well short of what is required to end the Iranian threat. It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term. It isn’t the deal a defeated Iran should be getting. It isn’t even a deal—it’s a plan to make a plan," he asserted.
"Maximum pressure worked. America’s military strength worked. The blockade worked. Iran came to the table because the regime’s existence teetered on a knife’s edge," Pence wrote.
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"This 60-day period should be used to secure what this agreement doesn’t yet provide: an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, an end to Iranian-backed terror, and an end to its half-century of warfare against the U.S. and Israel. If those reasonable goals cannot be achieved, Mr. Trump should let the armed forces finish the job," Pence wrote.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
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Heel Turn: Preparing for four major pro wrestling shows this weekend, Los Perros del Mal reformed and more
May was a wonderful month of pro wrestling, but June has a chance to finish with an absolute bang as this weekend will feature four major events across three companies and four brands.
Saturday will be WWE's Night of Champions with the King and Queen of the Ring finals taking place. The winners will earn title shots at SummerSlam and there is much intrigue with both matches. Jey Uso will take on Oba Femi in the King of the Ring final and Liv Morgan will square off against Iyo Sky in the Queen of the Ring final.
The Uso-Femi match will have repercussions for both of their storylines. Uso is trying to prove himself, again, as a wrestler who could become "the guy" with The Bloodline. Femi has the cloud of a loss to Brock Lesnar hanging over him after Clash in Italy. Uso could win and challenge either Cody Rhodes or Roman Reigns for their world titles. Femi could do the same, but the possibility of him interacting with Lesnar in some way is very high.
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On the women’s side, Morgan is already a world champion. The pursuit of winning both titles and becoming unbeatable with a shot at Rhea Ripley on the line could be the more interesting storyline. But Sky, a friend of Ripley’s, may draw even more eyeballs.
Those are the main matches to be excited for on that card.
Moreover, Night of Championship will showcase three title matches. Cody Rhodes booked himself a triple threat against Sami Zayn and Gunther for the Undisputed WWE Championship, Trick Williams will put the United States Championship on the line against Ricky Saints and Tiffany Stratton has the Women's United States Championship up for grabs against Jade Cargill.
Sunday will feature three different events. WWE NXT’s The Great American Bash, AEW’s Forbidden Door and TNA’s Slammiversary. Each event with their own unique matches and storylines to watch.
The Great American Bash will have four titles on the line. Lola Vice defending the NXT Women’s Championship against rising star Kendal Grey, Tony D’Angelo putting the NXT Championship up for grabs against Naraku, Myles Borne defending the NXT North American Championship against Tavion Heights and Wren Sinclair defending the WWE Women’s Speed Championship against either Arianna Grace or Izzi Dame. Saquon Shugars is also facing off against Dion Lennox.
It will be an interesting show to see what the future of WWE holds. The Vice-Grey matchup might have the most on the line beyond the title. Vice is the AAA world mixed tag champion with Mr. Iguana. A loss could have her focused more on Mexico than NXT in the short-term future. Grey has been pegged as the future of NXT and giving her the title would certainly strap a rocket to her back.
AEW Forbidden Door has a lot on the line as well. Specifically, the pay-per-view will determine who goes to All In for their world title shots. Will Ospreay takes on Swerve Strickland in the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament final while Mercedes Moné will take on Maya World in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament final. Those matches will certainly raise the excitement for AEW’s biggest show of the year later this summer.
Additionally, a 12-man tag team match inside a steel cage will determine whether Mark Briscoe finally gets a chance at the AEW World Championship. Briscoe and his team of five will take on MJF and his team of five. The teams were announced on "Dynamite" last week.
Forbidden Door is also a fun show because it features pro wrestlers from around the world all in one place. To that point, Thekla will put the AEW Women’s World Championship on the line against Stardom’s Starlight Kid. Shota Umino will defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against Pac. The AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship is on the line when Megan Bayne and Lena Kross take on Thunder Rosa and Olympia. Christian Cage and Adam Cope put the AEW World Tag Team Championship up for grabs against Clark Connors and David Finlay.
Lastly, TNA holds its annual Slammiversary pay-per-view on the same night. All of the company’s six titles will be on the line during the show, which will include an Ultimate X match and a ladder match.
Cedric Alexander, the X Division champion, puts his title on the line against Leon Slater, Frankie Kazarian, Mr. Elegance, Fabian Aichner, KC Navarro and Amazing Red. Ultimate X matches are always fun to watch and the competitors in this match will definitely bring excitement.
Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance defend the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against Rosemary and Allie. Mustafa Ali will hold an open challenge for the TNA International Championship. Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside’s rivalry will come to a head when Lee defends the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
In the ladder match, Brian Myers and Bear Bronson put the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Hardys and Vincent and Dutch, known as The Righteous. The Hardys were seemingly deleted by The Righteous in their Wicked Garden match. But they are set to resurrect themselves in a match that they’re known for. Myers and Bronson, of The System, will have a lot to handle to keep their titles.
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The main event will feature Mike Santana defending the TNA World Championship against Nic Nemeth, who is calling his shot to get the title opportunity. Santana will look to keep his reign strong and make up for last year’s Slammiversary where he came up just short of winning the title against Trick Williams and Joe Hendry. Nemeth is a pro wrestling veteran in his own right and a former TNA world champion.
If you’re not locked in now, you’ll be itching for it by Thursday night.
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There are points when AAA may get lost in the shuffle with all of the incredible pro wrestling that is happening on television and streaming on a weekly basis.
This week, El Grande Americano returned to the ring to a hero’s welcome. He received a major pop from the crowd as he made it back to the ring. But while Chad Gable is behind him, he is facing a brand-new threat – Perro del Mal.
Los Perros del Mal has been one of the fiercest factions in Mexico since it first formed under Perro Aguyao Jr. The group has seen major stars join like Penta, Konnan, Hector Garza, Mephisto and several others. On Saturday night, the group was revived with a slew of fresh faces.
Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts. The crowd was frenzied, as was social media. It will be interesting to see where the story goes for group and who decides to join them.
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It has been quite a long time since Ausitn Aries had gold around his waist. On Saturday’s "MLW Fusion," the former TNA champion defeated Blue Panther to win the MLW National Openweight Championship.
Aries started with MLW as a broadcaster but he told Fox News Digital he was presented with an opportunity to get in the ring last year and put his body through the test. Since then, he’s been back full steam ahead.
He shared his thoughts about returning to action last week.
"It’s been great. Stepped in there to be a color commentator and kinda got the itch a little bit," he recalled. "They asked me if I was interested in doing the Opera Cup last year. And so, yeah, stepped in to do the Opera Cup and there was some real top talent – guys like Kushida and Paul London and Místico.
"It was a real test for me to see where I was at physically at this stage of my career. I felt good. I felt like I had plenty left in the tank. I can still perform at the high level I expect from myself. So I have been able to parlay that into the last year, and I’m back as a full-time wrestler with MLW, and it’s been a lot of fun."
He vowed to take the openweight title on the road with him and make it a global championship.
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Cape Verde's Cinderella World Cup run stays intact with draw against Uruguay
Cape Verde’s dream run in the 2026 FIFA World Cup continued on Sunday as the squad came to a 2-2 draw against Uruguay.
The country is one of the smallest in the 48-team tournament, making their debut. The team was given one of the toughest draws in the event with Spain, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in Group H. But the country got through its two toughest opponents with draws.
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Cape Verde wasn’t able to score in their World Cup debut against Spain, but found the back of the net twice against Uruguay. Kevin Pina scored on a free kick and Helio Varela scored the equalizer. The draw inched Cape Verde closer to the knockout stage.
"This is something we owe to other smaller national teams — teams that struggled to qualify for a world tournament," Cape Verde coach Pedro Leitão said through an interpreter.
Cape Verde now has two points.
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"We’re also here to show that a country may be small, may struggle financially, but if they are resilient, if they can endure struggle, they can also stand shoulder to shoulder with other major teams and with players who are on another level," the coach added.
Uruguay took a 2-1 lead after Maxi Arújo and Agustin Canobbio put their shots into the back of the net. But it was Varela who nailed the game-tying goal minutes after joining the game.
"I dreamed of this," he said. "But I never imagined it would happen this way. Scoring my first goal for the national team on my World Cup debut is incredible. I have no words."
Cape Verde has a chance to get into the World Cup's Round of 32 on Friday should they pick up a win over Saudi Arabia. Spain will take on Uruguay.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.