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White Sox ride another dramatic comeback win to beat Guardians and take commanding 2-0 ALDS lead
The Chicago White Sox are moving closer and closer to one of the most unlikely postseason runs in recent history, after completing yet another come-from-behind win on Monday evening.
Chicago won Game 1 of its series against the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday afternoon behind a parade of relief pitchers and four heroic innings from Grant Taylor to finish out the win. A mammoth 440-foot home run from Munetaka Murakami in the fourth inning gave the White Sox a 2-0 lead they'd never relinquish, with the Guardians leaving seven runners on base and going 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.
On Monday night though, Cleveland looked to turn the tables. The Guardians jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when pitcher Sean Newcomb, replacing starter Anthony Kay, made a throwing error on a Nathaniel Lowe grounder.
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In the 4th inning though, Murakami struck again. After Kyle Teel singled and Miguel Vargas walked, Murakami hit a hard grounder through the right side of the infield to drive in Teel.
With Cleveland still up 2-1, the big blow came a few innings later from another Chicago rookie.
In the sixth inning Vargas led off with a single, and Randal Grichuk walked after Murakami grounded out. Reliever Erik Sabrowski threw a wild pitch that let the two runners get to second and third, but Tommy Pham flew out without scoring the tying run. Braden Montgomery though, delivered.
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On the very first pitch, Montgomery laced a sharp double to right field, bringing in both runners and giving the White Sox its first lead, 3-2.
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With high leverage Cleveland reliever Hunter Gaddis now in the game, Chase Meidroth floated a blooper to right, scoring Montgomery and extending the lead to 4-2.
The Guardians built a rally of their own in the bottom of the 8th, with Chase DeLauter singling off bulk pitcher Sean Burke with two outs. White Sox manager Will Venable brought Grant Taylor back out, just two days after throwing 42 pitches in game one. It backfired, with Jo Adell crushing a 413-foot triple off the top of the left-center field wall and making it 4-3.
Taylor recovered to get Lowe and send the game to the 9th. Remarkably, he finished it out himself on just five pitches, getting Angel Martinez, Travis Bazzana, and Patrick Bailey in order. Two appearances in three days, covering 5.1 innings and 49 pitches. That's the stuff playoff legends are made of.
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The series now shifts to the South Side of Chicago on Wednesday, with neither team having announced a starter. But the win makes the White Sox overwhelming favorites to advance to the ALCS against the winner of the Yankees-Rays series and continue a remarkable season.
Just two years removed from losing 121 games and becoming the laughingstock of the league, the White Sox have rebuilt quickly. Smart trades, like acquiring Miguel Vargas from the Dodgers at the deadline in 2024 have combined with Murakami's outstanding first season and strong player development. Players like Montgomery, Colson Montgomery, Meidroth, Taylor and Kyle Teel have grown in their farm system, leading to them scoring the most runs in the American League in 2026.
Cleveland, meanwhile, needs three straight wins to extend their season and avoid another postseason disappointment. They'll have to take down a team that has yet to lose in the playoffs, and has the Pope behind them, to do it.
Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House Speaker and convicted child molester, dies at 84
The late House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was an accidental speaker.
And it was a sheer accident that the world learned a dark secret about Hastert, years after he left Capitol Hill.
It was twenty years ago, almost to the date. House Republicans were on the verge of losing their majority in the 2006 midterms. And their Speaker, Dennis Hastert, was in meltdown.
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Word had just broken that then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) had sent inappropriate messages to high school-age male teens, serving as House pages. The Republican-led House was meeting on September 29, 2006, trying to escape town so the GOP could defend their majority. But nothing was going right for Republicans. The public was growing weary of President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. Democrats were poised to retake the House in November.
Yours truly and Deirdre Walsh — then of CNN — spotted the portly Hastert lumbering across Statuary Hall toward the Speaker’s office.
"Did he call you?" Walsh asked Hastert about Foley.
"What are you going to do about it?" I inquired.
"We’ll talk about that shortly," mumbled Hastert under his breath, his wide glasses nearly tumbling over the bridge of his nose as he huffed into the Speaker’s suite.
An hour later, Hastert, outgoing Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-TN) and other top Republicans convened a brief press conference to tout a national security bill they just passed. The legislation was designed as the GOP sendoff as lawmakers went home to campaign.
"Ok, we’ll take questions. Only on the bill," instructed Frist. "Only on the bill."
No one even squeaked.
Finally, I piped up.
"We have questions about other subjects," I announced, determined to ask about Foley.
"Alright," said Frist, shoving back from the table.
The Tennessee Republican knew what was coming. Frist was happy he wouldn’t have to address Foley. That was something for Hastert. Especially since Frist planned to run for President in 2008.
I inquired about Foley. Hastert muttered a non-answer which was barely usable for broadcast. He mumbled something about him not being "very happy" about Foley. But it was a soundbite from the Speaker of the House on the scandal, right as a bloodied GOP hit the exits for the midterm campaign.
Someone then quickly adjourned the press conference. And that was it.
FORMER REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT DEAD AT 84
A few days later, local reporters in Illinois pressed Hastert about how he handled the Foley matter. Back in Washington, asked one of the Speaker’s aides why Hastert – as a former teacher and coach – wasn’t more aggressive protecting the teen pages.
We may have found out why years later.
Eighty-four year-old Dennis Hastert died of natural causes over the weekend. The late Speaker is one of the most ignominious figures in American politics.
He was the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, wielding the gavel from 1999 to 2007. Hastert stumbled into the Speakership, rising thanks to the missteps of others. Yet despite his years in Congress, what we learned about Hastert nearly a decade after he left office revealed him to be one of the most grotesque persons to ever serve in Congress. In fact, Hastert is the highest-serving U.S. official to ever serve jail time.
Virtually no one knew it, but Hastert was an unbridled sexual predator. Known as "Coach" rather than "Mr. Speaker" to his Capitol colleagues, Hastert preyed on teenage boys when he taught high school in the 1960s and 1970s.
Hastert was never implicated in the page scandal. The House nixed the program soon afterwards, even though it was nearly as old as the republic. But in retrospect, how Hastert fumbled what was going on with the House pages shockingly added up later.
Democrats won the House handily in the 2006 midterms. Hastert didn’t run – and probably wouldn’t have won – a leadership race in the new Congress. He stuck around as rank-and-file member for a few months and resigned in late 2007.
Few heard much from Hastert after he departed Congress. Such was his style. He shunned interviews as Speaker and was rarely even spotted in the Capitol corridors. To defend his reticence with the press corps, the Speaker proclaimed that he was more of a "listener."
And then Hastert’s otherwise bland, nearly forgotten Speakership took a dark turn in 2015.
Federal banking regulators flagged Hastert’s curious withdrawals of staggering amounts of cash. They suspected the transactions signaled that someone could be blackmailing the former Speaker. So they investigated. But that’s how it came to light that Hastert was actually paying hush money to conceal his sexual transgressions with minors.
The feds indicted Hastert on charges of lying to investigators and evading banking laws. He later pleaded guilty to the bank crimes. Prosecutors dropped the charge of making false statements. Federal Judge Thomas Durkin declared that the former Speaker was "a serial child molester." In court, Hastert admitted that he "mistreated athletes" and "took advantage" of those he was supposed to mentor.
Prosecutors never charged Hastert in connection with sex crimes. He served 13 months of a 15-month sentence at a federal facility in Rochester, MN.
It’s remarkable that someone who operated at this level of American government obscured such a hideous secret for so long.
And as instructive as the day nearly 20 years ago when the Foley scandal broke and Republicans were on the verge of losing the House, unceremoniously terminating Hastert’s Speakership — the day that propelled him into the leadership is even more illuminating.
Republicans nearly lost the House in the 1998 midterms. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) was toxic and Republicans showed him the door. In late 1998, Republicans tapped then-Rep. Bob Livingston (R-LA), chairmanof the Appropriations Committee, to become Speaker in 1999. But then came December 19, 1998. The Saturday before Christmas.
I was on the job on 9/11. I was on the job on January 6. I’ve covered Congress for a litany of big hearings, the removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Even the day they banished Pete Rose from Major League Baseball as a kid reporter back in Cincinnati. You name it, I’ve seen it.
But from a sheer news perspective, December 19, 1998 rivals many of those.
The House met on that Saturday before Christmas to approve articles of impeachment against President Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky scandal. This would mark only the second time in American history that the House impeached an American President.
President Clinton also ordered airstrikes against Iraq for violating no-fly zones following the first Gulf War that day. So that story was in full force. But the night before, there was news that Livingston – the GOP’s Speaker in waiting – had an affair with a lobbyist.
Juxtapose that with what the House was trying to do with Clinton because of his sexual exploits.
On the morning of December 19, 1998, Livingston took to the House floor to demand that the president resign for his transgressions.
"No! You resign! You resign!" came a cacophony of catcalls from Democrats in unison in the House chamber.
Livingston paused and held up his hand to quiet the din.
The Louisiana Republican then announced he would not stand as the GOP’s nominee for Speaker when the new Congress convened in January 1999. He promised to resign from the House a few months later.
Bedlam tore through the Capitol.
House Republicans scrambled. They needed a new Speaker-designee.
By nightfall, they conscripted J. Dennis Hastert for the job. The Chief Deputy Whip in the Republican Conference. Hastert was a part of the GOP leadership team. But he was a backbencher. His obscure leadership slot was to help count votes on the floor.
Many reporters who covered Congress didn’t even know who Hastert was.
Hastert was barely vetted by the press corps.
But there was other big news. Airstrikes against Iraq. The Livingston scandal. That’s to say nothing of only the second impeachment trial of a President in American history.
Hastert seized the Speaker’s gavel in January 1999. He remained on the job for another eight years. Longer than any other Republican. His odious past obscured.
But ultimately, Dennis Hastert did not take to the grave the loathsome secrets he hid for so long.
Is the Dodgers dynasty already in jeopardy after brutal game two NLDS loss to Atlanta Braves?
"They're ruining baseball."
"They've built a superteam."
"They're unbeatable."
"Too many fans and teams have no hope of their team reaching or winning the World Series."
"Lock 'em out."
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With some varying degree of consistency, all of these statements have become oft-repeated campaign phrases from either Major League Baseball itself or many of the league's fans. Mostly as a result of the Los Angeles Dodgers winning back-to-back World Series titles and continuing to add expensive players to their roster, despite the success.
For much of the 2026 season, off-field discussion and PR efforts centered on the league's owners demanding a salary cap in upcoming labor negotiations, as a direct result of the Dodgers' spending. Curiously, few of these proponents ever mention the New York Mets and their spending. Interestingly, the Mets missing the postseason for two consecutive seasons despite a top-2 payroll never seems to come up. Nor the Giants and Angels futility, despite their big markets and payrolls.
But beyond the labor discussion is the on-field results. Yes, the Dodgers have won the World Series in two straight years. And yes, there's still every opportunity for them to win a third title in 2026. The issue? Sunday night's game two of the NLDS against the Atlanta Braves showed why there's no such thing as a foregone conclusion in baseball. Why it's not possible to "ruin" the most unpredictable sport in the country. And why assembling even the best roster guarantees nothing.
The Dodgers won game one in mostly ho-hum fashion, with Tarik Skubal going six strong innings and Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernandez, and Max Muncy hitting home runs to win 5-3. When the Braves announced that superstar starter Chris Sale would be held back for game three, the widespread expectation was that the Dodgers had a tremendous advantage for game two.
Blake Snell, a two-time NL Cy Young Award winner, was set up to start for LA. Atlanta? They countered with little-used reliever Ray Kerr. Kerr didn't pitch in the majors in 2025, had a 5.64 ERA in 2024, and has such poor "stuff" that he struck out just 11 hitters in 18.1 innings in the regular season.
Game over, right? Of course not. The Dodgers missed every opportunity against the Atlanta bullpen, made several uncharacteristic mistakes, and lost game two 3-2 to even the series at one apiece.
Kerr went 3.1 scoreless innings against the Philadelphia Phillies in a decisive game three of the wild card series. He followed that up by going 2.2 scoreless innings against the Dodgers in a pivotal Game 2 of the NLDS. Because of course he did.
Outsider observers might point to Kerr's 1.47 ERA in his regular season sample as evidence that his postseason performance is justified. Except the underlying stats show how fortunate he was to have those results. Kerr's BABIP allowed, or batting average on balls in play, was .143 in the regular season. The league average is around .300. In 2024, his BABIP allowed was .403, demonstrating that there's no secret formula Kerr is using to over-perform. And it's not just BABIP.
The league's average left on base percentage is around 75%, essentially, when baserunners reach against a pitcher, league average is that 75% of those runners won't score. Kerr's LOB% this year? 98%. Put simply, that's absurdly "lucky" and will regress to the mean over a broader sample.
But that highlights the problem with trying to "predict" postseason baseball: over a small sample size, like a single series, or even a few series, a pitcher like Ray Kerr can throw six shutout innings against two of the best lineups in baseball. Sure enough, thus far in October, Kerr's BABIP allowed is .200 and his LOB% is 100%. Over an entire season, those numbers will not continue. It's impossible. But in a playoff series? In any series? It's not impossible or even improbable.
The gaps between players in baseball are so small that on any given day, Ray Kerr can outpitch Blake Snell, who was mostly ineffective, over a few inning sample. Or Didier Fuentes, a good but inexperienced relief pitcher, can go 3.2 innings and allow just one run while retiring nine straight Dodger hitters.
Suddenly, the unbeatable Dodgers dynasty is in serious trouble. It's one game, though, you might be thinking. And of course that's right; LA is still favored, slightly, to win the series. But Atlanta can now start Chris Sale on regular rest in game three, at home, not long after he threw a complete-game shutout against the Dodgers at Truist Park with 11 strikeouts and just five baserunners allowed.
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It's a new game, it's the playoffs, each start is independent of the last, but even with Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting for Los Angeles, the Braves likely have the advantage to win game three. Suddenly, what looked like a foregone conclusion could turn into a 2-1 Braves series lead by Tuesday night. And therein lies the problem.
If your offense has an off night in a best-of-5, your season can end in a hurry. If your left fielder misplays a routine pop-up, like Teoscar Hernandez did on Sunday, your season can end in a hurry. If your relief pitcher throws a wild pitch after your defense allowed a gift triple, your season can end in a hurry.
In LA's case, it's not just Sale, it's that their best hitter, Shohei Ohtani, clearly isn't healthy. Ohtani, though he has two singles in the NLDS, has not looked anything like the dominant force he often was in the 2025 playoffs.
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In his first at bat, Ohtani struck out on four pitches from Kerr, only one of which was even remotely close to the strike zone. In his second at bat, he popped up with one out and runners on first and second, getting seven pitches, six of which missed the zone. In his final at bat, he once again struck out despite seeing just one pitch in the zone. The strike-out pitch nearly bounced off the plate.
When Ohtani is limited, the Dodger lineup looks a lot more beatable. And boy is he limited.
It's not to say that the Dodgers are done, that a 1–1 series when LA still has Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, and a second start from Skubal available to them is over. But it shows just how fragile the "superteam" moniker actually is in October. It's not just them.
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The New York Yankees tied for second in runs scored in the American League this season. In game one, they were dominated by Drew Rasmussen to the tune of one hit. One hit in which the runner was thrown out at third base. From what was supposed to be an even series, to the Rays becoming big favorites to advance in just one game, because a good pitcher had his best stuff.
Again, it always seems so obvious. The best team wins, because that's what happens in the NFL. The superstar hitters win out. But that's ignorant of actual history, when players like Eddie Rosario and his .560 NLCS batting average in 2021, carry teams to the World Series. Or Steve Pearce won 2018 World Series MVP after hitting three home runs and driving in eight runs in five games. Or Mitch Moreland hits a gigantic late-inning homer in game four of a World Series game to make that series 3-1 instead of 2-2.
Baseball isn't predictable. Which is what makes it so great. Hopefully everyone involved remembers that in a few months instead of canceling the season for nothing.
Russian bio-leak secrecy follows Chernobyl playbook, ex-CIA officer warns
Fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak following the death of a Siberian plague research institute employee don't bode well for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is facing a faltering economy and a stalled war in Ukraine that has claimed estimated hundreds of thousands of Russian lives, experts say.
Putin has for years maintained a tight grip on power, and while a single lab death isn't an immediate regime-killer, suppressed biological incidents—much like the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster or the Soviet-Afghan War—add to the compounding list of systemic failures in Moscow, retired CIA officer Dan Hoffman told Fox News Digital.
"The longer-term strategic question is, does this have an impact on Vladimir Putin and his hold on the Kremlin until his own people realize: 'This just isn't right for us. We don't like this. We don't like the war in Ukraine. This is just another thing,'" Hoffman told Fox News Digital.
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"The reason why the Soviet Union collapsed wasn't because of Chernobyl, but that was a part of it," he added. "It was it a failed economy? Well, they kind of got that going too. The failed war in Afghanistan? Well, that war in Ukraine doesn't look too good. So all these things just pile up on Putin."
The researcher who died has been identified as 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
There was no evidence that her illness was caused by pathogens linked to her work, Russian health authorities said. Shipilova died after being diagnosed with a pneumonia of "unknown" origin, authorities have said.
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On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States was "watching and monitoring" the situation closely.
Anna Popova, the head of Russia's Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, or the Rospotrebnadzor, which handles infectious disease, arrived at the research lab.
"No micro-organisms associated with the employee’s professional duties were detected in samples taken from the patient," the agency said.
Even if Shipilova's death is an isolated incident, Russia's history of hiding information related to sensitive matters could leave many outside observers with doubts, Hoffman said.
"Putin, you know, is a dictator and he's got pretty strict control over information, so they're obviously not going to release any truth to the public, and that means we have to rely on intelligence to understand what's going on behind the scenes," he said.
The Soviet Union tightly controlled news of its invasion of Afghanistan amid global condemnation and enforced a total media blackout when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded on April 26, 1986, suppressing information both domestically and internationally.
"Whatever Russia is saying publicly, that has nothing to do with the reality on the ground," said Hoffman. "What that is, is an influence operation for their own people."
Hoffman noted that China, one of Moscow's closest allies, also controls what information is disseminated to the outside world.
"China does the same thing. How much useful information did we get out of them with COVID?" Hoffman said. "That's the way dictatorships work."
Trump clears way for Fort Hood terrorist to face Army firing squad nearly 17 years after massacre
President Donald Trump has cleared the way for the Fort Hood terrorist to face an Army firing squad, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday, nearly 17 years after a deadly rampage.
"Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009," Parnell wrote on X. "He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting 'Allahu Akbar' during the attack. "
Nidal Malik Hasan, a former army officer, killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the 2009 attack at Fort Hood, shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire.
Where the death penalty has been used before and since that attack, Hasan's death, if carried out, will mark the first time a president has successfully signed off on a U.S. military execution since 1961, a penalty reserved for members of the U.S. military as the gravest use of a court-marshal under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Pvt. John Bennett was last executed by hanging on April 13, 1961, after he attempted to murder an 11-year-old girl in Austria. President George W. Bush also approved of a military execution but was stopped by a federal court in 2008.
In Hasan's case, he took a pistol and a 0.357 revolver with him to a mosque where he attended noon prayers. He then drove to a a soldier readiness processing facility, an administrative building, full of what Hasan knew were going to be unarmed soldiers. After shouting "Allahu Akbar," Hasan unloaded into "the greatest density of soldiers," according to witness statements.
"I shot to kill," Hasan told the Sanity Board report.
Hasan was eventually detained after engaging in a fire fight with law enforcement, sustaining multiple gun wounds. He was apprehended and rushed to intensive care. According to the sanity report, he denied experiencing depressive, manic, psychotic, anxiety or cognitive symptoms during the attack.
Hasan was court marshaled four years later and sentenced to death.
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"In Hasan's sentencing, lead prosecutor Col. Michael Mulligan rested the government's case on the morning of Aug. 27, after two days of emotional testimony from surviving widows and parents of some of those murdered, Nov. 5, 2009," the Army's press release stated.
"One of the witnesses, Joleen Cahill, said her husband, retired Chief Warrant Officer Michael Cahill, had given his life in an effort to stop Hasan. She spoke of the devastation experienced by her family in the time following the shooting."
As a part of the press release, the Ford Hood Public Affairs Office explained that Hasan's case would be automatically appealed, a part of the process for any death sentence.
"Given that the death sentence was imposed, the military justice system requires this case to be automatically appealed to the U.S. Army Criminal Court of Appeals and then to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces," the press release added.
After a court upheld the death sentence in early 2025, representation for Hasan appealed to the Supreme Court, citing procedural objections to how the trial was run, but that review was denied.
In the time since, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended the execution. With President Trump's approval, the Army secretary will set the execution's time and place, Parnell, the Pentagon spokesperson, said.
"Judgment day for Hasan has finally come," Parnell wrote.
Privacy fears push vacation spot to consider ban on favorite accessory for travelers
Travelers could face new restrictions on smart glasses in one popular European destination.
The government of Norway plans to propose a temporary ban on AI-enabled glasses in certain public places, according to a press release from the Norwegian Ministry of Digitalization and Public Governance.
The restrictions could apply to places that travelers regularly visit — including beaches, parks, museums, shopping centers and public events, the press release said.
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Smart glasses can be equipped with cameras and microphones capable of taking photos and recording video or audio.
Norwegian officials said they are concerned the technology could allow people to be recorded without realizing it.
"We do not want a society where people are concerned about hidden sound recordings, photography and filming in places and in situations where they are used to being without being monitored," said Torgeir Micaelssen, minister of Digitalization and Public Administration.
The proposed restrictions are not yet in effect. The government plans to bring legislation before Norway's parliament, known as the Storting, as soon as possible.
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Officials are still determining exactly which devices and locations would be covered, including whether the rules would apply only to AI-enabled glasses or to other wearable technology capable of recording, the press release noted.
The government said it is not seeking a complete ban on smart glasses.
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The devices could still be used privately and in certain settings where other people are not at risk of being recorded without their consent.
The proposal comes as privacy concerns surrounding smart glasses are also being debated in the United States.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed legislation that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record others without permission in places such as changing rooms and doctors' offices, according to The Associated Press (AP).
The measure also would have required smart glasses and other wearable recording devices beginning in 2028 to include a light or another feature signaling when audio or video was being captured, the AP reported.
Newsom said the bill's definition of a wearable recording device was too general.
He also noted that California already has laws prohibiting people from recording others without permission in places where privacy is generally expected, according to the AP.
Under the proposed legislation, people who secretly recorded someone in covered circumstances could have faced fines of up to $1,500 or possible prison time.
Companies selling devices that failed to comply with the proposed requirements could have faced fines of up to $2,500.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
Seattle Seahawks throw Joe Mixon another chance in the NFL following backfield disaster
Desperate times call for Joe Mixon.
With their running back room falling apart, the Seattle Seahawks pulled the trigger on Mixon, the 30-year-old veteran, Monday after bringing him in for a quick workout in the Pacific Northwest, according to multiple reports.
Even coming off a 30-23 Week 4 victory over the Chargers to move to 3-1, Seattle’s backfield is running on fumes. Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III left in free agency, and first-round rookie Jadarian Price was just placed on injured reserve.
Mixon spent all of 2025 on the shelf recovering from a severe foot injury suffered right after a 1,000-yard Pro Bowl campaign with the Houston Texans in 2024. He will start on the practice squad to work into shape, putting any immediate field time on hold.
An aging runner coming off a year on the sideline is already a tough sell in today’s NFL, but a thick file of off-field headlines dating back to college makes it even harder.
In 2014, video showed Mixon punching Oklahoma student Amelia Molitor and breaking four bones in her face. Oklahoma suspended him for the season. He later entered an Alford plea and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. Several NFL teams reportedly took Mixon off their draft boards before the Bengals selected him in the second round in 2017.
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The legal headlines followed him into the pros.
In 2023, Mixon faced a misdemeanor aggravated-menacing charge in connection with a road-rage incident in Cincinnati, but a judge found him not guilty at trial.
Separately, in March 2023, a teenager playing a Nerf game near Mixon’s home was shot by Mixon’s sister’s boyfriend. Authorities did not charge Mixon, but the victim’s family sued him and the alleged shooter. The lawsuit was settled in 2025.
When he stays on the field, Mixon delivers.
In seven seasons with Cincinnati, he won the 2018 AFC rushing title with 1,168 yards and earned his first Pro Bowl selection in 2021, helping the Bengals reach Super Bowl LVI. Mixon threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins in the game.
Mixon proved he still had plenty left in 2024 with Houston, rushing for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns in 14 games to earn his second Pro Bowl selection.
After missing all of 2025, Mixon gets another chance in Seattle.
Seattle is banking on Mixon having enough gas left in the tank to bring some much-needed muscle to a battered running back room.
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Jalen Hurts curses at receiver in viral hot-mic moment during Eagles' collapse against Rams
There is no reason to sound the alarm in Philadelphia after the Eagles’ late-game collapse against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.
However, the chemistry with this squad seems to be in question again after quarterback Jalen Hurts was once more caught in a moment that went viral involving his teammate.
And not in a good way.
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Last week, Hurts and star receiver DeVonta Smith shared an awkward-silence moment on the sideline. Now, Hurts was caught in a hot-mic situation at the line of scrimmage in which he wasn’t happy with one of his receivers.
It was during the first quarter when Hurts wanted receiver Dontayvion Wicks to move off the line of scrimmage and go in motion. But Wicks didn’t understand his signal caller, and that led to an expletive being heard on the FOX broadcast.
"Get off the f---ing ball! Come on!" Hurts shouted at Wicks, who finally understood his assignment.
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"Uh oh," Tom Brady was heard saying on the broadcast after Hurts’ curse at the line.
Brady’s play-by-play partner, Kevin Burkhardt, added: "That’s not good."
Philadelphia ended up leading Los Angeles 20-10 at halftime, so at the time, it wasn’t too bad. But things unraveled for the Eagles in the second half.
It was notable that the Eagles’ offense were without Smith, tight end Dallas Goedert, and running back Saquon Barkley went down early with a hamstring injury that forced him out of the game. However, it was shocking to see what the Eagles were doing, or rather not doing, on offense in the second half.
They didn’t convert a third down on any of their second-half drives, and seven of their 13 total times with the ball. Hurts only threw for 93 yards, which was a career low for the Super Bowl MVP in a game that he started and finished.
The Eagles’ defense, which had played a great game against Matthew Stafford and a high-powered Rams offense, couldn’t hold things together much longer in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles running back Kyren Williams scored two touchdowns in the fourth to take the lead and ultimately seal victory for the Rams in a 24-20 win on the road.
After the game, Hurts remained collected, as usual, no matter the result on the field.
"I have the utmost confidence in this team," he told reporters. "I have the utmost confidence in this group. We just have to endure. Be persistent and keep committing to one another."
Things get heated during games, but these are now back-to-back instances where Hurts has been at the center of a viral moment early this season. There are no more A.J. Brown comments or sideline moments to point at like last season.
Hurts and the Eagles, now 2-2 and looking up at the New York Giants in the NFC East race, will travel to London to face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
Luxury fashion designers found shot dead in California as family reportedly reveals troubling lead-up
The husband and wife behind a California luxury clothing brand were found shot dead outside their hillside home, as relatives reportedly revealed troubling details about the days before their deaths.
Oakland police confirmed to Fox News Digital that Bryan Walker and Michelle Min were the two people found dead on Oct. 2 in the 400 block of Panoramic Way. The couple founded women’s luxury apparel company Bryn Walker.
Min’s brother, Paul Min, told the Los Angeles Times he believes Walker fatally shot his sister before turning the gun on himself. Police have not confirmed that account.
"This remains an active and ongoing investigation. No additional details are being provided at this time," Oakland police told Fox News Digital.
Paul Min described a troubling decline in his brother-in-law after he allegedly lost millions of dollars in risky financial ventures, according to the outlet.
He called Walker the "most honest, responsible, hardworking guy you have ever known" and struggled to reconcile the suspected violence with the man he had known and loved for nearly four decades, the outlet reported.
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Min said he and his sister agreed Walker needed psychiatric help after Walker allegedly suggested that the three of them "end things."
Michelle Min was planning to have her husband admitted for psychiatric treatment on the day of the shooting, her brother told the outlet.
Police have not confirmed the family’s claims about Walker’s mental health, financial losses or a possible motive.
Berkeley officers responded to Panoramic Way shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday and found a man and woman suffering from gunshot wounds, KTLA reported. Officers attempted lifesaving measures until paramedics arrived, but the couple was pronounced dead at the scene.
Oakland police, the lead investigating agency, recovered a gun and had not ruled out murder-suicide or determined who fired the weapon, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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The couple met in Kansas in the 1980s before following Min’s parents to California and eventually building their Berkeley clothing business, according to the LA Times.
Bryn Walker has been based in Berkeley since 1992 and designs and produces its clothing in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the company’s website. The brand says it operates six company-owned stores and supplies roughly 1,000 boutiques nationwide.
Its store directory lists two Berkeley locations and a shop in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, on Martha’s Vineyard.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Berkeley police for comment.
Anyone with information, video or photos related to the case is asked to contact Oakland police’s Homicide Section at 510-238-3821, its tip line at 510-238-7950 or email cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.
Border czar Tom Homan clashes with CBS interviewer over migrant deaths, asks for Biden-era data
Border czar Tom Homan accused a CBS journalist of asking a "loaded question" in a Friday interview about how ICE treats detained illegal migrants, asking him whether he gathered statistics about migrant deaths under the Biden administration.
CBS News' immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez asked Homan about deaths in ICE custody under the Trump administration, noting that this year could set a "new record high."
"We looked at official ICE data, sir, and found that 57 people have died in the agency's custody so far under this administration," Montoya-Galvez said. "In fact, somebody was just reported to have died in ICE custody today by the agency. 2026 could set a new record high in the number of detainees dying. What is being done to prevent that? And I know one partial explanation is that more people are being detained and, so tragically, more people are dying. But that can't be the only explanation, can it be?"
"How many people died during the Biden administration?" Homan immediately replied, followed by a long pause. "How many people died in custody during the Biden administration? Do you know?"
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"A significant number," Montoya-Galvez replied.
"Do you know?" Homan pressed further.
"But this is going to be the highest year in 2026," Montoya-Galvez continued. "I'm just asking if the pace continues —"
"Do you know how many died during the Biden administration?" Homan pressed again.
"I don't have the data here," the CBS interviewer admitted.
"Of course you don't," Homan said. "Again, it's another loaded question against the Trump administration."
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Homan said that ICE maintains the highest standards for detention centers.
"We have the highest detention standards in industry, higher than any state or federal institution. Our deaths in custody ... are among the lowest of any state prison or Bureau of Prisons. Numbers are up because our population has doubled in custody. We got over 70 — I think the other day we had like 74,000 in custody," he said.
Homan went on to argue that the quality of ICE medical care is so high to the point detainees are helped with medical issues they didn’t even know they had.
"So we have more people in custody, and we're dealing with people from third-world nations," he said. "Some of the first doctors they see are our doctors. And matter of fact, no one ever talks about how many lives that ICE saves in detention when they found a serious medical issue that the alien didn't even know about and we treat. When I was ICE director, I think we spent almost a billion dollars on medical care."
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He compared ICE detention to federal or state prisons.
"Again, it's unfortunate, and it's sad when anybody dies. I don't want to see anybody die, but we do everything we can to give them the best medical care that we can provide. And again, highest detention standards," Homan said. "I think if you look at deaths in custody compared to state prisons or federal penitentiaries, I think we're one of the lowest. At least the last time I looked at the data — it was probably a couple years ago — we're the lowest."
Theo Wold, a former acting assistant attorney general and deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy during President Donald Trump's first administration, criticized Montoya-Galvez's questions in comments to Fox News Digital.
"This is what passes for journalism in modern America — a reporter comes prepared with gotcha questions but no backup data," he said. "The purpose isn’t to inform the public (which ought to be the goal of journalism), it’s to manufacture ideological sound bites for the nightly news."
"No one wants in-custody deaths, but no administration can avoid them," Wold added. "The Trump Administration has more than doubled Biden-era enforcement, which means more individuals detained and more in-custody deaths, most often through no fault of ICE or its enforcement officers."