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Georgia voters set early-voting record as midterm elections heat up
Over 180,000 Georgians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, setting a record for midterm elections.
Tuesday's total eclipsed the first day of early voting in 2022 by more than 55,000 votes, state election officials say. Georgia's early voting schedule runs through Oct. 30.
"This record-breaking turnout proves that voters have confidence in the integrity of our elections," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement. "It’s a testament to our strong election system overseen by 159 of the best county election officials in the country."
Georgia's contentious U.S. Senate race erupted into a heated confrontation Tuesday night as Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., accused GOP challenger Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., of allowing the dissemination of "neo-Nazi propaganda" inside his own home, prompting Collins to fire back over Ossoff's financial support from a billionaire with ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The exchange unfolded during the candidates' second and final debate ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, which was hosted by the Atlanta Press Club and broadcast by Georgia Public Broadcasting network.
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During the debate, Ossoff sought to tie his GOP opponent to White nationalism and repeatedly demanded that Collins commit to stopping the dissemination of hateful rhetoric involving his campaign staff, in particular Collins' son-in-law, which Ossoff alleged had continued despite blowback.
"How weak a person do you have to be to be unable to stop someone under your own roof from disseminating neo-Nazi propaganda while you run for the Senate?" Ossoff asked, referencing reporting about his opponent's son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, who was the subject of a CNN investigation about sharing Nazi propaganda imagery, promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and polling his online followers about whether he should produce a video titled, "Why Gen-Z Doesn't Hate Hitler."
Meanwhile, Collins accused his Democrat opponent of fueling threats against his family and refusing to return campaign support connected to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, He also questioned Ossoff over his support for candidates linked to controversial streamer Hasan Piker.
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"I'm a little tired of this, Jon," Collins said. "There's a crazy person in jail right now because of your rhetoric," he alleged, before saying he had received another threat just the previous day.
"You have not denounced, you've not condemned Reid Hoffman, one of your largest donors out there, one that's been supporting you with over $1 million," Collins shot back. "Why don't you denounce that? Why don't you return that money?"
Fox News' Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
Bradley Chubb's detailed version of Alaric Jackson punch incident paints Rams lineman as a hothead
Alaric Jackson's fateful punch of Bradley Chubb, which has been in the news cycle for multiple days, finally received a firsthand explanation from the man on the receiving end of the blow.
On the same day the NFL reduced Jackson's suspension from two games to one, Chubb gave reporters a moment-by-moment account of what happened.
And, frankly, Chubb's account paints Jackson as overreacting, if the Buffalo Bills linebacker is to be believed.
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Chubb admitted that the highly charged fourth quarter between the Bills and Rams played on everyone's emotions. Chubb said both he and Jackson were "talking junk" to each other and admitted he carries some blame.
"I'm not going to say to y'all I don't have any fault in the situation," Chubb admitted. "I'll tell you exactly what I said. I heard I've been talking about his mom and different things. That's not true at all."
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So what's Chubb's truth?
"I went up to him, I said, 'Hey, we're gonna see y'all [butt] again,'" Chubb said, "and when we see y'all again, that chip ain't going to save you. That tight end, that guard is not going to save you. That's what I said."
So, let's understand the footballspeak here: Chubb claims he warned Jackson that the next time they meet, presumably in the Super Bowl, the Rams tackle won't be helped by Los Angeles running backs chipping Chubb or tight ends and guards helping with double-teams.
"And then he said, 'What you say?'" Chubb added.
Jackson approached Chubb and got closer.
"People said I put my hand in his face," Chubb continued, now backing away from the huddle of reporters to demonstrate how he started counting off things that wouldn't help block him next time.
"I said, 'The chip's not going to save you. The guard's not going to ... boom."
Chubb said that after the punch he thought about how to respond but obviously decided not to punch back.
"There's so many different ways you can react," he said. "Everybody wants you to react a certain way. Everybody wants you to do a certain thing, but it's like, boom. I got to think about where I'm at, what situation I'm in.
"My team needs me. They brought me here to play and to be a leader. And I feel like if I would have reacted, if I would have did anything in both of those situations, I'm not doing what they brought me here to do."
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Whether Chubb's account is 100% accurate or not there are things that are not refutable.
Jackson swung, thus violating NFL policy. Chubb did not swing which is the reason he's not suspended for Sunday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
And while Chubb moves forward, Jackson suffers another black mark on his record because this will be his second NFL suspension.
Jackson was suspended in September 2024 for violating the NFL Personal Conduct Policy in connection to an encounter with a woman pertaining to the taping of their intimate relations.
And in an unrelated incident on the morning of June 9, 2026, Jackson was arrested after Los Angeles police responded to a domestic disturbance call at his West Hills home late the previous night. Police booked him on suspicion of felony domestic violence and set bail at $50,000. Jackson was never formally charged because the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office assigned the case to a pre-filing diversion program.
Officials said the matter remained open and could be reconsidered if new developments emerged.
It's unclear if assaulting an opposing player after a football game qualifies as new developments, but it certainly paints Jackson as a hothead.
FIRST ON FOX: Wikipedia’s editorial safeguards failed to correct antisemitic content, ADL says
FIRST ON FOX: More than a year after the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) uncovered a group of at least 30 Wikipedia editors seemingly coordinating to add anti-Israel bias, misleading information and antisemitic narratives, the group says the online encyclopedia has yet to edit or remove much of the concerning content.
"We had expected that these editors would be removed. We had expected that their edits would have been reversed. We expected that new policies would have implemented. Almost nothing has changed," ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt told Fox News Digital.
In the 2025 report, "Editing for Hate," the ADL raised several issues, including a "coordinated campaign" of manipulation of Wikipedia content related to Israel, Palestine and similar topics. Additionally, the organization said it found pro-Hamas perspectives informing Arabic-language content on those same topics. The group of 30 editors, according to the ADL, were more active than comparable groups "by a factor of at least two."
Wikipedia's community banned some of the editors from the topic area or from the site entirely following the 2025 report. However, the ADL claims the issues that it flagged were not resolved with the restrictions on those named in its previous report.
In its 2026 report, "Damage Done: Wikipedia Leaves Biased Edits Unchecked Despite Editor Bans," the ADL stated that "no banned editor's body of work has been systemically reviewed to determine which edits should be corrected." The organization found that across seven articles reviewed for its 2026 report, six of which are "flagship pages," 91% of a banned editor's edits were still live.
"A topic ban is great in theory, but in practice, if you're not doing it, if you aren't really taking action, there's really no ban at all," Greenblatt told Fox News Digital. "It's as if you had an individual who was spraying graffiti on the walls of public buildings. You might arrest that individual, but you don't erase or clean up the graffiti. You still leave it on the public institutions. Like, no one would do that in the real world. I don't know why that is acceptable as a practice on Wikipedia."
An account known as Iskandar323, which was part of the group of 30 editors documented in the 2025 report, serves as a case study of what has happened in the time since then. The ADL found that the account had a years-long editing history that showed a notable uptick following Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
The account, according to the ADL, made 485 edits across six articles, 225 of which came after the Hamas massacre, including 85 that were made in Oct. 2023. The ADL noted that the six pages that were edited "are among the highest-trafficked English-language Wikipedia entries on the topic." The pages were "Israel," "Gaza war," "October 7 attacks," "Hamas," "Zionism" and "Jews."
Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) discussed Iskandar323's conduct in public proceedings. ArbCom found that Iskandar323 "engaged in disruptive behavior in the PIA topic area, including consistently non-neutral editing." The account was given a site ban after continuing to edit topics related to Israel and Palestine despite already being under a topic ban, according to the ADL.
Just days after the Oct. 7 attacks, Iskandar323 removed much of the substance of Wikipedia's "Hamas" article, including materials detailing the group's antisemitism, anti-Zionism, use of human shields and child combatants, human rights abuses and more to "a far less-read companion article" titled "Criticism of Hamas."
The ADL said that Iskandar323 left only a "brief generalized reference behind." The organization noted that while nothing had been deleted, the moving of information made it so readers viewing the "Hamas" page would no longer see the material unless they went to a subsequent page.
On Nov. 21, 2023, the same account removed around 17,000 characters of text and citations from Wikipedia's "Gaza war" page, according to the ADL. The account deleted a section of the page detailing forensic evidence of violence committed during the Oct. 7 attacks, including decapitation, torture and sexual violence.
Two days later, Iskandar323 removed around 7,400 characters from what remained on the page, including witness accounts from Israeli soldiers and ZAKA, a first-responder organization.
"These are not innocuous edits," Greenblatt said. "These are intentional changes designed to drive a narrative, a narrative that number one, demonizes the Jewish state. That, number two, removes all context from terror incidents in general, and specifically, specifically, that sanitizes and launders what happened on October the 7th, the worst, most brutal attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust."
The ADL said that the consequences of the biased edits go beyond Wikipedia itself, calling the platform "the foundational infrastructure for the broader online ecosystem." Wikipedia is often favored by search engines, and can be "at or near the top of search results for most substantive queries," according to the ADL.
Greenblatt said that "Wikipedia has lost trust" at a crucial time as many large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and AI features embedded into other products rely on Wikipedia.
Pressure from congressional scrutiny, federal inquiries and Wikipedia's own enforcement following the 2025 report appeared to lead to a significant decrease in coordinated activity among the 30-editor group, according to the ADL. However, the organization acknowledges that while "visible signs of coordination" decreased, it does not necessarily mean that it has stopped. The 2026 report states that the problematic edits are still happening, but through "quieter, subtler techniques."
A July 2026 review identified 19 active accounts that have been editing articles related to Israel and Palestine, according to the ADL. The organization said that eight of the editors had avoided sanctions despite being part of the original 30 identified in the 2025 report. These editors are allegedly using subtle techniques, such as undoing other editors' changes, hedging factual claims and rebuilding articles slowly to avoid detection.
The other 11 editors have histories with Wikipedia, despite being new to the ADL's documentation. Like those in the group identified by the ADL over a year ago, the records of these editors — some of whom have been editing the site for years — are mostly on articles related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Across the 229 articles where the 19 accounts overlapped, the ADL found that the 11 newly identified editors were "far more active recently" and held the most recent edit on roughly six in 10 pages.
"I think the public has come to really appreciate that Wikipedia is, in theory, this source of unbiased information, has kind of integrity to it," Greenblatt told Fox News Digital. "But when Wikipedia is poisoning the public conversation because it is enforcing the intolerance encoded in it by these editors, it's pushing the prejudiced agenda of these anonymous actors, it's no longer an unbiased source of information. It's become, actually, a weapon."
Ultimately, the ADL gave a series of recommendations aimed at the Wikimedia Foundation, policymakers, search engines and AI developers, as well as the press and the public.
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The ADL called on the Wikimedia Foundation to strengthen accountability on sensitive pages by privately verifying editors' identities, ending anonymous IP-address editing and requiring vetted editors to resolve disputes. It also urged the Wikimedia Foundation to establish a task force on antisemitic bias modeled after the foundation's 2021 intervention against Holocaust revisionism.
For search engines and AI developers, the ADL is asking for more transparency when relying on Wikipedia as a source for an answer, particularly on sensitive topics. The organization also encouraged them to consider editorial caveats based on the topic, update information and develop bias-detection benchmarks.
When it comes to policymakers, the ADL would like to see continued oversight hearings on bias and antisemitism on Wikipedia, the creation of a task force to monitor coordinated content manipulation and the development of policy options by academics, technologists, Wikipedians and civil society leaders.
The ADL is also calling on the press and the public to recognize that chatbots and AI search summaries may be relying on Wikipedia's framing, even without disclosing that. It also urges individuals and the media to verify citations and quotes on AI-generated answers.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Wikimedia Foundation for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Stepmom says Great Wolf Lodge massacre suspect drained family's 401(k) before pricey weeks-long stay
Allegations of a drained 401(k) account and kitchen knives brought from home point to a possible preplanned plot in the stabbing deaths of a Pennsylvania man and his 3-year-old son.
Metallica Harrison, 27, is facing charges in the murders of her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, and their young child inside a hotel room at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos.
April Thetga, the accused murderer's stepmother, told Fox News Digital she is in disbelief and that the tragedy appears to have been deliberately orchestrated in advance.
Thetga said Metallica Harrison possibly drained her 401(k) account ahead of the family's three-week stay at the resort. It was not immediately clear if Chaz knew the account was possibly drained.
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According to Thetga, the kitchen knives found at the crime scene were brought from the family's modest home in Towanda.
"This was definitely preplanned, which is horrifying," Thetga said.
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A probable cause affidavit states officers discovered those knives, along with blood and medications, inside the Harrisons' hotel room.
Police initially responded to a 911 call made by the suspect, who was "suicidal."
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The horrific scene marked the end of the family's three-week stay at the popular resort, where room bookings can range from hundreds of dollars to up to $2,000.
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The extended vacation raised questions about how the working-class couple could afford to foot the bill, as Chaz worked for a cabinetry company in Sayre and Metallica worked in an undisclosed healthcare position, Thetga said.
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The grieving grandmother expressed deep devastation and anger over the sudden, violent loss of her grandson.
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"I want to hear him say 'Grandma April look at me!' I want it back, I need it back. I'm so broken, angry and just don't understand. She just destroyed our whole lives," Thetga said.
She added that she just wants to hold her grandson again and give him her love, noting that "he didn't deserve this."
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Harrison is currently sitting in a Monroe County jail cell with no bond while she awaits her next hearing.
Authorities said that the investigation into the murders is active and ongoing.
Why corporate America needs one playbook for a divided Washington after November
Data center companies learned the hard way that winning Washington isn't the same as winning the country. They had the permits, the agencies and a president who warned that towns rejecting them would end up "backwards and poor." Then the neighbors showed up.
Next month's midterms set the same trap. Polls show Democrats could sweep Congress, and the temptation in every C-suite would be to mistake a Democratic Congress for a Democratic Washington.
Companies avoid that mistake when corporate communications and government affairs leaders work hand in hand. Corporate communications staff know that November's vote won't tell you what stakeholders believe about each issue that comes up in the next two years. Government affairs workers know that Congress' flip doesn't mean President Donald Trump is out of power.
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After all, voters sent Republicans packing in 2006, but President George W. Bush still ordered the surge in Iraq two months later and lifted the executive ban on offshore drilling in 2008. President Barack Obama pushed through an immigration order, the Iran nuclear deal and Title IX guidance on gender identity after Republicans took Congress in 2014. And President Joe Biden's Federal Trade Commission kept suing corporations into his final days in office.
In each case, congressional power belonged to the president's opponents while the regulatory regime stayed in his hands. And Trump's record shows that he'll use that power. After losing the House in 2018, he did not pivot to the center. He presided over a 35-day government shutdown and then declared a national emergency to fund the border wall. He will make a deal, but on his own terms, and agencies will be his strongest leverage. Any plan that assumes he will spend two years as a quiet lame duck is hoping for a president who has never existed.
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Voters haven't changed sides, either. Voting for Democrats doesn't make voters card-carrying members. The party in the White House has gained House seats just four times in midterm elections since 1900, which means even modest losses are normal. Big losses will be about the most apolitical of all issues: the economy, where the Iran war and tariffs have raised what Americans pay at every gas station and with every grocery order.
All of this means that communications and government affairs teams need to think through the stakeholders each group normally tackles alone. Data centers show what happens when they don't. When we studied the industry for Proven Media Solutions' Insider Insights report earlier in October, government affairs teams had spent years winning permits from state and federal agencies and support from elected officials at every level of government. Corporate communications seemed to have been left out of the loop until local communities – passed over for the big important players – played a key role in slowing 40% of data centers that were due to open this year.
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Data centers are the issue du jour, but here are some others that should be considered by both functions at the corporate, division and regional levels once election results are known.
Take DEI. Corporations had already long backed off on their most controversial and political aspects with relatively modest pushback, but Trump's early 2025 executive orders put the issue back in the spotlight for months. Government contractors were especially hard hit as words like "equity" were erased from websites – good for contracts but horrible for employee relations, as many felt that diversity had been traded for profit.
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Should Democrats call some of the large government contractors to testify about these changes, or accuse them publicly of racist behavior, lobbying or behind-the-scenes handshakes won't solve a thing. Corporate communications is going to have to build trust with all stakeholders, especially minority partners, investors and employees – through every possible messenger – before the hearing notice arrives.
Or look at immigration, where hotel chains have been under pressure over lodging ICE agents. In January, the General Services Administration removed a Minneapolis-area hotel from federal lodging programs after a Minneapolis-area franchise refused agents rooms. Weeks later, protesters occupied a Manhattan Hilton lobby over the opposite complaint.
The chains largely shook off the local controversies, often because they smartly issued statements and then went quiet, but that may be impossible once Congress is involved. It's going to take government affairs relationships with the committees and agencies, combined with corporate communications' read on customers, employees and franchise owners, to navigate these waters.
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That is why the post-election plan needs to be a single playbook, built by both teams, that maps where the company is vulnerable, where it has leverage and which of today's allies could become tomorrow's critics. Government affairs teams know the regulators, agency staff and appointees who will matter no matter who wins. Corporate communications staff know the customers, employees and communities who will judge whatever the company says. A message written for one group will be read by the other, so it has to be the same story every time.
Democrats were supposed to be irrelevant after 2004 and 2024, and the GOP likewise after 2012 and 2020 – and, allegedly, 2026. Voters who want more money in their pockets and data centers nowhere near their backyards are not changing parties, and companies that plan as if they were, will be talking to a country that doesn't exist.
Man claims he went blind after taking Ozempic, shares warning for other users
A Maryland man claims that a popular weight-loss drug caused his total vision loss, leaving him legally blind.
Todd Engel, 63, was first prescribed Ozempic in 2023 to help manage his diabetes. The GLP-1 medication, which is approved to treat type 2 diabetes, is also commonly prescribed off-label for weight loss.
Approximately four months after starting the medication, Engel was diagnosed with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION).
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The condition, in which reduced blood flow damages the optic nerve, can cause sudden and permanent vision loss.
"I first noticed it on New Year's Eve, 2024. I had just gotten out of the shower, was getting ready to go to work. And I said to Shelley, ‘I can't see in my right eye. It's totally black. It's totally dark in my right eye,’" Engel told Fox News Digital during an on-camera interview.
"I was horrified. I was very, very upset that I couldn't see."
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Engel was referred for further testing, including at Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute. He was told he had suffered an "eye stroke," another term used for NAION.
"The blood work came back in the normal range for me. My blood pressure was fine. They said, ‘You can go back to work,’" he said.
Engel continued taking Ozempic because, according to the family's account, neither he nor his doctors knew of a possible association between semaglutide and NAION.
About 10 months later, vision loss suddenly occurred in his left eye.
"At that point in time, losing sight in both eyes, there was a tremendous amount of concern," he said.
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Doctors told Engel there was no medication or surgical procedure that could restore his vision.
Shelley Engel said that medical testing did not identify another common factor beyond Ozempic. Her husband immediately stopped taking the drug after losing vision in his second eye.
"I didn't go blind — I had my vision taken from me, which was catastrophic to me and to my family," he said.
Engel has filed a lawsuit against Novo Nordisk, the Denmark-based manufacturer of Ozempic, alleging that the company failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the potential risk of vision loss.
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He is among hundreds of patients currently pursuing legal action against makers of GLP-1 medications, including Ozempic and Wegovy, over claims that the drugs caused NAION.
The lawsuits allege that manufacturers failed to provide sufficient warnings about the potential risks, although a causal relationship between the medications and the condition has not been definitively established.
At the time of his vision loss, Engel was working for Howard County Highways as a heavy equipment operator and truck driver.
He had worked in the field for about 40 years and held a commercial driver's license for nearly as long.
"I was extremely mechanically inclined with my hands and in my mind. I can't do that anymore, which is extremely upsetting to me," he said.
"People want to be able to retire on their own accord when they want to, not when a medical catastrophic injury such as this ... takes away your livelihood."
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Beyond losing his career, Engel said even ordinary activities he once took for granted have become difficult.
An avid reader before his vision loss, Engel said he can no longer read newspapers, magazines or books. Inside his home, he has learned to count steps to help navigate familiar spaces.
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"I know that coming in from our parking lot, there are 10 steps ... nine going down into our basement, 13 going up into our bedroom."
Engel said he now uses a white cane to navigate outside his home and relies on his family for help with everyday activities. His four grandchildren often guide him during family gatherings.
"They will take me by my hand and talk to me: ‘Pops, three steps straight. Then we're gonna turn right,’" he said.
"For me personally, it's embarrassing. I'm 64 years old. I shouldn't need ... my grandchildren or my wife to help me get from point A to point B."
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His wife, Shelley Engel, said her husband's vision loss has affected the entire family.
"It has completely changed every aspect of our lives," she said. "There is not one piece of our lives that hasn't changed or been touched by this throughout our whole family."
For Engel, some of the most painful losses involve the things he can no longer do with the people closest to him.
"I will never be able to see my wife's beautiful face again, be able to see children and grandchildren, be able to play ball with them," he said. "And that is very, very upsetting to me."
"I wake up in the dark, I go to sleep in the darkness."
Engel said that if he had been warned about a possible link between Ozempic and vision loss, he would not have taken the drug.
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"Had I known, had my doctor had any inkling that this could have happened ... I'm sure he would have asked me and I would have said absolutely not," he said. "I will deal with the diabetes ... I refuse to jeopardize my eyes."
The Engels said they are speaking publicly in hopes of preventing others from experiencing the same outcome.
"Do the research for yourselves to make sure that my catastrophic injuries do not happen to you or anybody else," Engel said. "If we can help one person, then that's a pleasure to Shelley and I."
The family's attorney, Jonathan Orent, said the legal team is seeking a warning on the U.S. Ozempic label similar to information provided to patients and doctors in Europe.
"It's amazing what just a simple warning can do," he told Fox News Digital. "That's really what this case is about. It's about information."
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Novo Nordisk, the Denmark-based company that makes Ozempic, has disputed that the medication causes NAION, stating that the available evidence does not establish a causal relationship between semaglutide and the eye condition.
"A causal relationship between GLP-1RAs, including semaglutide, and NAION cannot be confirmed based on the totality of data," Liz Skrbkova, head of U.S. Media and Stakeholder Relations for Novo Nordisk, told Fox News Digital.
The company pointed to an analysis of its randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials that found very few confirmed cases of NAION and no increased incidence among patients taking semaglutide.
Novo said it continues to monitor NAION as part of its routine drug-safety surveillance.
"Novo believes the personal injury lawsuits filed in the U.S. are without merit, and we are defending them in court," Skrbkova said.
Independent wrestling promotion bringing the sport to New Jersey town for first time in over a decade
Independent professional wrestling is one of the last true sports where sports fans can get into an event, meet up-and-coming superstars, see a great show and leave with your shirt on your back. Tickets to shows are usually cheap, promotions – for the most part – try to keep the entertainment family friendly and you might leave with a smile on your face.
That’s what it’s all about, right?
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Titan Championship Wrestling, a New Jersey-based wrestling promotion, has made that formula work for several years. On Saturday, the company is bringing the sport back to Spotswood, New Jersey – a town in the central part of the state that hasn’t seen wrestling come through in nearly 11 years. The company will hold Resurrection and feature some of the biggest names on the scene.
"This is a great experience for the people of Spotswood or any kind of professional wrestling fan in the area," Titan Championship Wrestling co-promoter Charles DeLutri told OutKick Dropkick in a recent interview. "Wrestling has not been in that area for almost 11 years, and we're happy to bring you not only an unbelievable event, but at the same time, a portion of what we actually do here at Titan Championship Wrestling.
"We bring in any kind of sort of entertainment aspect to between the comedy style, the strong style, and the entertaining style to where that it's a fully rounded family experience for anybody to attend."
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Former WWE superstar Jay Tha Gawd (formerly known as JTG), Joey Janela and Michael Fain are just some of the names set to appear at the event.
DeLutri said he’s known Janela for a long time and has worked with him closely during different points in the business. Jay Tha Gawd has been making a new name for himself on the indie scene as well, appearing in several events in the area recently.
Fain is the TCW heavyweight champion, who DeLutri thinks is someone to watch out for on the scene.
"Michael Fain has to be one of the biggest up-and-comers out there," he said. "Michael Fain has been grinding with us since almost day one of Titan Championship Wrestling. And what he's done toward that, he's taken that title toward that, it's evolved to a faction called the TBA which was him and his organization tour that he's now called the king of the titans, and he uses that name well."
The bell will ring at 7 p.m. ET at the Spotswood Columbian Club.
'Heartbroken' Washington state superintendent says no consequences for girls who protested transgender runner
For one question, Camas School District superintendent John Anzalone chose not to answer as an administrator, but rather a father.
He has been navigating what may be the most contentious, controversial sports story in the country right now and understands the angst it has caused numerous teenagers.
That angst came to a head Tuesday when about a dozen runners from the Camas High School girls cross country team walked off the starting line when the gun went off in their race against Battle Ground, a fellow Washington state school. Why? They were protesting their male teammate competing against the females.
Last month, a Camas sophomore switched to the girls team midseason after finishing 76th in a boys race. He has since won a varsity meet and placed second in two others. Unsurprisingly, this has ballooned into a national story with teammates and opponents staging protests. Anzalone didn't take a side on the issue, but he empathizes with the students' plight.
"It's always hard to see when students are upset, let alone our families. And I know this issue has polarized our country for a long time, and this has probably added to that, right," Anzalone said. "And so, as a dad, it's always hard to see your own kids or any kids in the middle of something like this. And that's probably been the most heartbreaking for me, is to see certain students really kind of in the middle of this, right? They're kids. So that's been challenging, and that's always gonna be hard."
It's hard to know exactly how Anzalone or anyone involved with the school feels about the biological male competing in these meets after starting the year with the boys. They have been either neutral (Anzalone) or mute (the coaching staff) when asked about the topic. But at a meet in Arlington, Washington, last Saturday, numerous parents made their disapproval clear. And increasingly, the athletes are doing the same.
This isn't an easy thing to do. Despite most of the country supporting the separation of biological males and females in sports, the vocal minority can be vicious. A parent last week told me he didn't want to talk because "I don't want my house burned down," while one girl who protested last month said some of her friends stopped acknowledging her.
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But Anzalone wanted to make clear that there will not be consequences for the Camas girls who walked off the line Tuesday.
"The girls are entitled to handle this however is best for them, and I was at the meet and it was peacefully done. And of course, we'll support whatever they want to do," Anzalone said. "I felt that this wasn't just about supporting and protecting (the male runner). This was really about supporting and providing that space for the girls who did walk off to do so and not feel any repercussions. And of course, some of them looked very sad. I think some of them were very conflicted. But they're also teenagers. They're still children."
Next on the Camas cross country schedule is the Greater St. Helen's League district meet on Oct. 21. A parent of one of the Camas runners who protested Tuesday said she isn't sure how the girls will proceed. But the district meet allows for only seven varsity runners from each team, meaning the male runner will very likely displace one of his female teammates.
Anzalone said there will be no action taken to prevent such a scenario.
"As long as WIAA policy allows (the biological male) to run, and she's eligible to run, she'll continue running. Nothing's changed," Anzalone said. "We don't make political stances as a school district. We just won't, and we can't. And so, as long as the policy stands, we're going to follow the policy."
The male runner's midseason switch violated no rules. Under Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) policy, students are permitted to compete on teams consistent with their gender identity. This could change soon, though. On the November 3 ballot in Washington is Initiative 638, which would require students in K-12 sports to compete on teams corresponding to their biological sex. A spokesperson for Let's Go Washington — the group behind the initiative — said the measure would take effect 30 days after the November 3 election (although delays in certifying the results could push back that timeline.)
Cross country season would be over by then, but I-638 would prevent similar situations from arising in the future.
Anzalone said Camas would comply with whatever rules are in place.
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"I'm at a point where I have to stand by policy and by law," he said. "And like I said earlier, if those change or go in a different direction, we'll follow that."
The Camas School District issued its own statement on the matter Wednesday.
"Camas School District recognizes that students and community members hold differing views about athletic eligibility and have the right to express those views peacefully. Our responsibility is to ensure that school-sponsored events remain safe and respectful for all participants, staff, and spectators.
As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules. RCW 28A.642 prohibits discrimination in public schools based on gender identity and gender expression, and current WIAA rules permit students to participate in athletics consistent with their gender identity. The district does not set these eligibility standards independently.
We will continue to prioritize student safety, privacy, and well-being. We do not discuss individual students' eligibility, personal circumstances, or potential disciplinary matters."
This sparsely populated red state quietly climbed to the top of America's financial rankings
Of the 50 U.S. states, 24 don't have enough money to cover their bills. Meanwhile, one under-the-radar red state stands apart from the rest, according to a new analysis of state finances.
North Dakota ranked No. 1 in Truth in Accounting's 2026 Financial State of the States report, ending fiscal year 2025 with $21 billion more than it needed to pay the state's bills. That financial cushion gave North Dakota the highest "Taxpayer Surplus" in the country at $72,300.
The taxpayer surplus figure does not mean that the state's residents receive that amount of money back in their pockets at the end of the year — rather, it represents each taxpayer's share of the state's surplus under the group's methodology.
The divide between the states with surplus versus those with burden matters, especially when the economy weakens. States with stronger balance sheets have more room to weather downturns, maintain public services and meet retirement obligations, while states carrying large unfunded debts can face tougher choices over taxes, spending and borrowing when revenues fall.
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North Dakota's financial position was bolstered by its Legacy Fund, a state investment fund built with oil tax revenue.
Although oil, gas and coal tax revenues declined amid lower energy prices, strong investment earnings and federal grant revenue helped offset the drop, according to the report.
North Dakota was followed in the rankings by Alaska, Wyoming, Utah and Tennessee. The five states all had taxpayer surpluses ranging from $11,400 in Tennessee to topping out in North Dakota with $72,300. Those handful of states' financial position stands in sharp contrast to nearly half the country.
The report found that 24 states did not have enough available assets to cover their financial obligations.
New Jersey ranked last, with a $162.3 billion shortfall. Truth in Accounting translates that gap into a $45,800 "Taxpayer Burden," the highest in the country. Connecticut ranked 49th, followed by Illinois, Massachusetts and California.
The bottom five states had taxpayer burdens ranging from $16,000 in California to $45,800 in New Jersey.
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Long-term retirement obligations are a major source of pressure on state finances.
Across the country, states had $775 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and $490 billion in unfunded retiree health care obligations in fiscal 2025, according to the report.
Despite those shortfalls, most states improved financially in 2025. Strong investment returns boosted pension assets and helped reduce unfunded pension obligations, though Truth in Accounting cautioned that those gains can reverse when markets fall.
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