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Mike Macdonald apologizes to Sean Payton for revealing Spygate-type accusations between Broncos and Seahawks
The rift between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, personified by threats of NFL investigations and counter-threats of a lawsuit by coaches Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald, has been put to bed by an apology.
Macdonald said Wednesday he has apologized to Payton.
But the interesting thing about the whole deal is that the apology came for the fact the exchange between the teams and coaches went public. And it got out because the Seahawks' coach shared the saga on a podcast without expecting it to get out.
"It's something that I didn't intend for public use but you know, it just felt like it was the most appropriate thing to reach out to Sean and really just apologize to him for having that end up being public where it wasn't meant to," Macdonald said.
"You're kind of, something that they have to deal with in real time that wasn't really on their end. So that's really where you're like, 'Crap!'"
The reason Macdonald was cursing the situation is because he shared on the "In Depth With Graham Bensigner" podcast the story of Payton and the Broncos wrongfully accusing Macdonald and the Seahawks of cheating in 2024 by using practice video obtained from fans.
Macdonald shared the story not expecting it to be shared.
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But, yes, it was shared.
And because it had Payton threatening to report the Seahawks to the NFL for violating NFL filming rules a la Spygate, and because the Seahawks threatened to sue Payton and the Broncos if he took that step, it went viral.
"It's a lesson learned," Macdonald said. "You know, honestly, I got to be better in that moment for understanding, like, I'm responsible for what I say, really, no matter the circumstance – whether you're mic'd up, whether or not you have some certain type of understanding.
"So I fell short in that moment ... It stings for me, frankly, but it's something that I'm definitely going to learn from."
The lesson Macdonald will learn is not to share interesting stories expecting confidentiality – especially when the story is as juicy as this one.
On the clip, Macdonald tells the story of how in 2024 the Seahawks took video sourced from fans attending Broncos training camp practices in scouting their upcoming opponent.
"We took like 100 plays from their training camp. We were scouting them," Macdonald said.
Payton somehow found out the Seahawks had seen some of Denver's plays, called Seahawks general manager John Schneider and "lost it," according to Macdonald.
"He basically threatened to come out publicly and do a whole Patriot Spygate-type of thing," Macdonald said on the podcast.
"I'm sitting there like, 'Oh my God. We didn't cheat.' They thought it was a Michigan thing where we had a plant and the whole thing. So, we had to counter with him and say, 'If you come out with this, we're going to sue you because it's not true.'"
Payton and the Broncos obviously didn't make good on their threat to report the Seahawks, but things got a little frosty between the coaches.
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That relationship, oddly enough, has warmed in part because of Macdonald making it public and calling Payton to apologize.
"Sean was great," Macdonald said. "I'll say, I respect the heck out of him and his program. Always have. He's a phenomenal football coach. It's been it's been great to get to know him at the owners meetings the last couple years.
"And and he was awesome. So I know we're both looking forward to moving forward from it, but I really appreciate how he handled it."
NBA player predicts American athletes' performances will dip in November while they play GTA
NBA player Steven Adams is warning sports fans to expect a dip across all major professional sports leagues this November as athletes focus on playing the Grand Theft Auto VI video game.
"Look at the NFL, look at all the leagues, and watch them plummet. Just for the month of November, performance is gonna go down," Adams, a center for the Houston Rockets, told reporters this week.
Adams predicts the slump will last only a short time as athletes dedicate themselves to completing the game’s story mode.
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"It should come back up, though. Most of the boys will get it done. Hopefully they finish the game [in a month]," he said.
Adams also expects other aspects of professional sports to suffer, predicting coaches and staff members will be just as distracted by the new game.
"[Efforts in sports will be] horrendous," Adams said.
Before you get uptight over the thought of your favorite athletes and coaches setting aside winning to play a video game, there is important context to consider.
Grand Theft Auto VI is arguably the most anticipated video game of the last few generations. It has been 13 years since the release of Grand Theft Auto V, and Rockstar Games has spent more than a decade developing the sequel.
The game is expected to feature an expansive open world set in the fictional state of Leonida (based on Florida), including a modern-day version of Vice City (based on Miami).
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The story follows Jason and Lucia, two criminals who become entangled in a sprawling conspiracy.
Rockstar North co-head Rob Nelson reportedly said his own playthrough took approximately 80 hours, including optional objectives with narrative consequences. Other estimates have placed the main story at roughly 45 to 50 hours, compared with approximately 32 hours for GTA V.
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That is a lot of storyline to complete.
One estimate suggests that 1.5 million Americans could skip work to play the game when it launches. Call them nerds, if you wish. But the scale of the anticipation is difficult to dismiss.
Now, we don't expect the play of every athlete in America to suffer in November. However, we wouldn't be surprised if the play of a few starts to suffer because they are busy trying to complete GTA 6.
If Kyler Murray looks less focused, we'll know why.
Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. But we caution that the game has been delayed many times before.
Inside GOP Senate hopeful's financial ties to controversial data center boom
Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee and the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, holds between $246,000 and $690,000 in energy investments with companies fueling the data center growth in the Tar Heel State, according to his federal reporting.
Those holdings raise questions about whether Whatley stands to benefit from his support of data center expansion, an issue that has drawn national attention over community zoning, energy use and state growth.
Most of his reported holdings are with four companies.
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Whatley and his family have holdings between $149,000 and $410,000 in Duke Energy, between $1,000 and $15,000 in Arista Networks, from $80,000 to $200,000 with Dominion Energy, and between $16,000 and $65,000 in GE Vernova.
While most of those, like Duke and Vernova, don’t directly build data centers themselves, they offer services or products used by them. Duke is a major utility provider in North Carolina, and Vernova produces on-site gas turbines used by data center facilities operated by companies like Amazon and Microsoft.
In addition to those investments, Whatley reported $361,000 from CAPCVentures LLC, a D.C. for consulting services in 2025, according to his financial disclosure. That firm lists GE Vernova— a major supplier of turbines and grid equipment used to power data centers — as a client, along with Centrus Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association.
Earlier coverage put his pay from the same shop at about $755,000 between 2022 and 2025.
When asked about his holdings and whether he saw them as a potential conflict of interest, Whatley's campaign noted that he supports restrictions on stock trading for members of Congress.
"Whatley supports the Stop Insider Trading Act and urges the U.S. Senate to pass the commonsense legislation, and supports commonsense reforms requiring elected officials to place their assets in qualified blind trusts, ensuring they have no control over how those assets are invested," DJ Griffin, a campaign spokesperson, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The campaign also said that Whatley would support letting local communities decide for themselves what kinds of data center projects to accept and which ones to rule out.
"Michael Whatley's standard is simple: data centers pay their own way, families pay nothing and communities decide. That means Big Tech builds or buys every megawatt it needs and covers every dime of the grid upgrades to deliver it, with zero costs shifted onto residential ratepayers. It means no special subsidies and no sweetheart deals cut over the heads of taxpayers," Griffin continued.
"And it means the people of North Carolina's counties and towns, not bureaucrats in Raleigh or Washington, decide what gets built in their communities. North Carolina should win the AI economy, and it should win it on terms that protect the families who live here."
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Whatley's campaign also turned the spotlight on his Democratic opponent, Roy Cooper, the former governor of North Carolina.
"Roy Cooper is the only candidate in this race who has used the powers of his elected office to recruit data centers to NC and to have them subsidized by NC Taxpayers," Griffin added, noting that Cooper also has supported restrictions on congressional stock trading.
Notably, the bulk of North Carolina’s tax breaks already existed by the time Cooper became governor in 2017.
The year before, in 2016, the state had implemented statute G.S.105-164.13. Under that provision, lawmakers had expanded data center tax exemptions on sales, servers, storage and networking for companies investing at least $75 million in projects over five years.
The state did, however, approve several major grants to companies like Apple and Corvid Technologies under Cooper's watch through "Job Development Investment Grants" (JDIGs). Those aimed to further job development in the state, dovetailing with existing development efforts. Among the more high-profile JDIGs, Apple entered into a $845 million grant over a period of 39 years alongside another $112.4 million that would go to an industrial development fund to build out rural infrastructure. The agreement is contingent on Apple creating a certain number of jobs, but the company has yet to meet the JDIG's projected goals since its implementation.
For his own part, Cooper's campaign bashed Whatley for, in their view, not being sensitive enough to local resistance to data center expansion.
"Longtime utility company lobbyist Michael Whatley believes people’s concerns about data centers are fake as he continues to shill for his billionaire buddies in the utility industry instead of standing up against rate hikes that are crushing hardworking families," a spokesperson for the Cooper campaign said in a statement.
Cooper has taken a more critical approach to their expansion, arguing that they are forcing local communities into higher and higher utility bills.
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Like many Democrats on the topic, Cooper has framed his stance in the broader context of championing affordability policies.
"[Cooper] believes local communities must have the final say on new projects coming to their area, which includes local moratoriums, and data centers must pay for all of the energy they use without passing on any of their costs to consumers," Cooper's campaign said.
Having cleared their respective primaries, Cooper and Whatley will face off in North Carolina's general election on Nov. 3.
Florida plastic surgeon found guilty of murdering attorney who vanished from bloody office
A Florida judge has found a plastic surgeon guilty of killing an attorney he’d faced in a dispute over payments for medical procedures.
The body of Steven Cozzi was never found. But prosecutors presented six days of testimony with dozens of witnesses that painted gruesome images of violent revenge.
Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, 47, represented himself in the case. He waived his right to a jury trial and, instead, put his fate in the hands of Judge Joseph Bulone.
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The trial began on Sept. 14, more than three years since Cozzi disappeared. On Wednesday, Bulone found Kosowski guilty of killing of Cozzi.
Kosowski, clad in an orange jail jumpsuit, showed almost no reaction.
He now faces the possibility of life in prison without the chance of parole or the death penalty.
On Wednesday, Bulone reminded Kosowski there were "disadvantages" in representing himself in court. He asked if Kosowski would like an attorney for the penalty phase of the trial.
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"Question No. 1: You still want to represent yourself?" Bulone questioned.
Kosowski answered without delay: "Yes, Your Honor."
"Question No. 2: Do you still want to go non-jury?" Bulone asked.
"Yes, Your Honor," Kosowski said.
It was not immediately clear when Bulone would hand down Kosowski’s sentence.
Before resting their case, prosecutors said evidence showed that Kosowski had become obsessed with Cozzi. Angry about a years-long lawsuit, the doctor had threatened Cozzi in a restroom and stalked him outside his home, prosecutors said.
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Cozzi’s husband testified that he’d been alarmed by the interactions. He’d suggested arranging for security if the two were to meet in person again.
In March 2023, Cozzi and Kosowski arranged to meet in a teleconference. A little before the scheduled meeting, Kosowski secretly slipped into the law firm, attacked Cozzi in a restroom and hauled him outside unnoticed in a wagon covered with a blanket, prosecutors said.
Kosowski showed up late for the meeting. Cozzi didn’t show up, at all.
His colleagues didn’t understand why.
Then they found a bathroom in the building spattered with blood. Investigators later found that the blood was Cozzi’s.
But Cozzi had vanished.
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Surveillance video, pieced together later using Flock cameras, showed a man pulling a wagon from the law firm, struggling to load its contents into the bed, and traveling to Kosowski’s multi-million-dollar, Tarpon Springs home.
There, prosecutors said, Kosowski transferred Cozzi to another vehicle and headed south toward the Everglades. DNA evidence found later in the garage was a match for Cozzi.
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Kosowski eventually made a stop in a remote area of Florida at a dumpster, pings from his cellphone showed. There, he hoisted Cozzi into the trash container and left, prosecutors and witnesses said.
The contents were hauled to a local landfill and soon were buried under thousands of tons of garbage. Though they felt certain of Cozzi’s location and combed through trash for days, searchers couldn’t recover a body.
Police arrested Kosowski in March 2023, and he’s been held in jail ever since.
Throughout the trial, Kosowski sat quietly, watching witnesses and prosecutors with a bland expression. Rarely, he cross-examined witnesses.
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He called into question evidence related to DNA evidence, cellphone pings, and whether he’d really had the time and physical strength to complete the crime in the way prosecutors had testified.
The trial wrapped up for the week on Friday and resumed on Tuesday.
In his closing arguments on Wednesday, Kosowski spoke calmly and confidently.
"Not only is it impossible, physically, to do what the state asserts is required of anybody—let alone me—it makes no sense in time," Kosowski told the judge.
He gave reasons why he said he was innocent. Then, the judge paused the proceedings.
When the trial reconvened less than 30 minutes later, a statement was read aloud declaring that Bulone had found Kosowski guilty of first-degree murder.
Fox News Digital was not able to reach Kosowski for comment.
The trial will now move to the penalty phase, in which the only two options are life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. A Spencer hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 8, which allows a defendant to present more evidence or mitigating factors to consider before sentencing.
Giants 'hate' their fans after how they handled Jaxson Dart's season-ending injury, Craig Carton says
New York Giants fans are reeling on Wednesday, as quarterback Jaxson Dart’s season has been officially ended after needing surgery to repair multiple ligaments in his left knee after a brutal hit in Monday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
While fans think about what the rest of the 2026 season will look like, OutKick host Craig Carton believes that it is "effectively and tangibly" at an end before their Week 3 contest against the Tennessee Titans, but he wanted to bring up a different issue when analyzing this all.
Carton believes the Giants hate their fan base – and Dart’s injury is proof of that in his eyes.
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"The Giants hate you because they’re protecting information like it’s, I don’t know, what’s a good comparison? They’re protecting information like it’s McCarthyism back in the day. That’s a leap, I know it’s a leap. But follow the bouncing ball. "
The bouncing ball for Carton begins with what ESPN’s Laura Rutledge reported during the "Monday Night Football" broadcast, where the Rams defeated the Giants, 28-6, following Dart’s injury just seven plays into the game. Rutledge spoke with Giants GM Joe Schoen, who noted that Dart would be fine.
That obviously wasn’t the case.
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"The Giants hate you because they’re protecting information like it’s, I don’t know, what’s a good comparison? They’re protecting information like it’s McCarthyism back in the day. That’s a leap, I know it’s a leap. But follow the bouncing ball. "
The bouncing ball for Carton begins with what ESPN’s Laura Rutledge reported during the "Monday Night Football" broadcast, where the Rams defeated the Giants, 28-6, following Dart’s injury just seven plays into the game. Rutledge spoke with Giants GM Joe Schoen, who noted that Dart would be fine.
"Joe Schoen, the general manager of the New York Giants, essentially tells a national football audience that he’s fine. Jaxson Dart is fine. He might not come into this game, but the injury is nothing for Giants fans to be worried about," Carton said. "OK, great. Fast forward, we hear after the game, we’re thinking three-to-five weeks, maybe four-to-six weeks, and that it’s a sprain of the MCL. That’s good news. That means that Jaxson didn’t tear the ACL, there’s no meniscus tear, and it’s a injury he can come back from and still play football this year. Then, we look at the Giants’ schedule and theoretically, the next couple of weeks not that bad.
"But here’s the hubris of this particular Giants regime and it’s led by the capo himself, and that is Johnny Harbaugh. This is not a Mara thing. I don’t even think it’s a Schoen thing as incompetent as Joe Schoen is and as wrong as he was about the injury update during the broadcast, and man oh man, he could not have been more wrong. He screwed the pooch on that one."
When Giants fans, and the rest of football fans, found out that Dart’s injury was actually much more serious, Giants head coach John Harbaugh had just addressed the situation during his Tuesday press conference. He said he wanted to wait on further evaluations and wasn’t clear about what Dart was dealing with.
Remember, this came after the initial belief that Dart would miss time with an MCL sprain, but it wouldn’t be for the entire season.
Then, after Harbaugh’s press conference, NFL insiders began reporting that Dart is facing a much more serious injury and that losing him for the season was on the table.
"John Harbaugh decided that you, as a long-suffering Giants fan, the people that pay $100 to park at MetLife Stadium, the people that drop thousands and thousands of dollars on tickets and on the product, which has sucked, for the last decade, he decides to play Stalin with you. He decides you don’t deserve information," Carton added. "That’s a slap in the face to Giants fans when the report is out there. And the report only comes from one or two places. Let’s play this out for a second, OK? When the insiders get a report, it either comes from directly a team source, A, or it comes from directly the players or their representatives, B. There’s no C, there’s no D.
"When the information is now public that the injury is now worse than initially thought, and the Giants were the people that told the national audience and Giants fan base at halftime it’s not that bad, and that by proxy means you’ve given the fan base bad information and far more positive than the reality of the situation, why would you leave the fan base with bad information? Why not just, at that press conference, that took place within an hour of the report coming out that the injury to Jaxson Dart was far more serious, why not acknowledge it?"
Carton added: "You’d think that after a decade of losing and all the promise this year, the least the Giants could do is be straight with their fan base."
It’s a bleak outlook for Giants fans moving forward this season, and it hurts even more considering the hype that followed Week 1’s victory over the Dallas Cowboys. It felt that the Harbaugh era, led by Dart at quarterback, was on to bigger and better things than the second-worst record in the NFL over the last decade.
And while the Giants could still string together wins, especially with easier opponents in "toss-up games" over the next few weeks, Carton doesn’t want the fan base to have any false hope.
"Don’t get it twisted: the New York Giants’ season is over," he said.
Rockies make brutal MLB history not seen in 60 years as moribund season wraps up
The Colorado Rockies could lose every game for the rest of the season and still finish 14 games better than last season. The bad news? If that happens, they will finish with 105 losses.
On Tuesday, the Rockies clinched their fourth straight season with 100 or more losses with their 7-2 defeat against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field. They are the first team since the expansion New York Mets from 1962-65 to achieve the dubious feat and just the fifth to do it overall.
So while they will improve by at least 14 games, and maybe more if they finish strong, the season will go down in the books as another disappointing one. First-year manager Warren Schaeffer said the team has to learn from the experience.
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"You learn your hardest lessons in difficulty in life," said Warren Schaeffer, in his first season as Colorado’s full-time manager.
"This is not easy. Last year, we talked about it at the end of the year, how we want to feel this and never feel it again and remember it and hold on to it. The guys have done that. We’ve just lost 100 again. There are a ton of lessons to learn from it. If we don’t learn these lessons from these games this year, we won’t get better."
The moribund Rockies have struggled mightily for over a decade and a half now. They have made the postseason just twice since 2010, and have not won a postseason series since reaching the World Series in 2007.
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The Rockies' pitching staff has once again been a major problem, as their team ERA of 5.57 is the highest in baseball. Colorado has finished with the highest team ERA every season since 2022, and if it does so again this year, it will become only the third club since 1913 to have the worst ERA in the majors in five consecutive seasons.
Despite the rough season, the Rockies have a couple of promising pieces for the future.
Rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield entered Tuesday fifth in the National League with a .300 batting average and led all qualified rookies in batting average and on-base percentage. Hunter Goodman, Colorado’s 26-year-old catcher, was an All-Star for a second consecutive season and is one home run shy of becoming the first Rockies player with 40 homers in a season since 2019.
Veteran pitcher Kyle Freeland, who has been with the team for 10 seasons, said the team is heading in the right direction.
"I think everything we’re doing inside this clubhouse — coaches, players, front office, all staff — has been doing an incredible job to make sure that this team and this org is heading in the direction that is winning," Freeland said. "You see it."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
‘Miracle on the Hudson’ hero Sully Sullenberger reveals Alzheimer’s warning signs he missed years ago
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the former airline pilot celebrated worldwide for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in 2009, is taking on a new mission to raise awareness about the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
Sullenberger, who was diagnosed with the disease in August 2025, spoke on "Good Morning America" alongside his wife, Lorrie, to share their personal experience with the condition.
The couple revealed several subtle shifts in routine and behavior that began surfacing several years before he received an official medical evaluation.
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Reflecting on the timeline leading up to her husband's formal assessment, Lorrie Sullenberger noted that small adjustments in everyday life slowly pointed toward a bigger shift.
"A lot of what I think people see in the news are late-stage Alzheimer's symptoms. And, so, in the very beginning, they are so subtle. And my advice to someone would be, it's what's unusual for your person," she shared, emphasizing how early symptoms often manifest gradually rather than abruptly.
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Public understanding of Alzheimer’s disease frequently focuses on these late-stage symptoms, such as pronounced memory loss, severe disorientation or difficulty managing basic daily routines. However, medical experts say early-stage cognitive decline can be much harder to spot.
"One of the first things I noticed was that it was harder and harder to remember people’s names, even people we knew," Sullenberger said. "That’s still an issue. Just forgetting things that I normally wouldn’t. Or repeating myself, not realizing that I just said that an hour ago."
Early indicators of Alzheimer's often present as mild cognitive impairment or subtle changes tailored to an individual’s normal baseline, according to health resources like the Cleveland Clinic.
These can include misplacing everyday items, mild difficulty finding the right words during conversations, subtle changes in mood or executive function or taking slightly longer to complete familiar tasks.
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Because these early shifts often mimic normal signs of aging, loved ones are usually the first to notice small anomalies in behavior.
"I’ve gone through harder things than this before," Sullenberger said in the interview.
The former pilot may be best known for successfully performing the "Miracle on the Hudson" in January 2009.
After US Airways Flight 1549 suffered a dual engine failure after a bird strike shortly after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport, Sullenberger drew on decades of flight experience to glide the Airbus A320 onto the frigid Hudson River, where all 155 passengers and crew survived, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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The emergency landing made Sullenberger an internationally recognized public figure and became known as the "Miracle on the Hudson."
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Lorrie Sullenberger noted that family members should trust their instincts when something feels off, advising that the key lies in identifying "what's unusual for your person."
The Sullenbergers stressed that acknowledging potential early symptoms and seeking evaluation can profoundly impact a patient’s journey. While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, early detection allows individuals and families to explore emerging treatment options, join clinical trials, adopt lifestyle modifications and plan for the future.
"An early diagnosis is so critically important," Sullenberger said. "If you have doubts, get tested. Because the sooner you act, the more options there are, the better the outcome is likely to be."
Mitch McConnell swarmed by security as reporter pleads: 'Can you say a word for us?'
Sen. Mitch McConnell remained silent as reporters peppered him with questions about his health and his wife’s response to his hospitalization during a striking scene in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
"How’s it going, Mitch? Can we get a thumbs up?" one reporter called as security and aides surrounded the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican.
"Were you upset that Elaine didn’t promptly return to see you in the hospital, sir?" another asked, referring to McConnell’s wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
"Senator, how are you feeling today?" a reporter repeatedly called. "Can you say a word for us, sir?"
McConnell did not answer as the group moved past the cameras.
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The striking scene comes amid ongoing questions about McConnell’s health after a series of falls and public freezing episodes in recent years.
McConnell returned to Capitol Hill last week after a roughly three-month absence following a June fall that briefly knocked him unconscious. He later said he was also treated for mild pneumonia.
The longtime Kentucky senator stepped down as Senate Republican leader at the beginning of 2025 and announced weeks later that he would not seek reelection. His current term ends in January 2027.
America's best national parks for fall revealed — plus the NPS director's personal picks
Year after year, the Great Smoky Mountains are America’s most-visited national park. Turns out, fall might be its most impressive season.
A new study ranking the best national parks for an autumn getaway put the Smokies at No. 1, ahead of Acadia, Shenandoah, Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton.
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The research, conducted by Sudoku Bliss, analyzed National Park Service visitation data from September through November between 2021 and 2025, along with Google ratings and reviews. Great Smoky Mountains earned the top overall score after welcoming nearly 19 million fall visitors over that five-year span.
And if you're looking for a second opinion, the acting director of the National Park Service happens to agree.
During a recent interview with OutKick OutDoors, Jessica Bowron named the Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway when asked where she'd send someone chasing fall colors.
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"I would send them to the Blue Ridge Parkway, with a close partner being the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," Bowron said. "Two really incredible parks to see the fall colors."
The Smokies finished well ahead of the rest of the field in the study, with a fall score of 94.7.
Acadia National Park in Maine ranked second at 86.6, followed by Virginia's Shenandoah National Park at 76.0, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado at 74.1 and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming at 72.9.
The rest of the top 10 included Yosemite, Zion, Yellowstone, Cuyahoga Valley and New River Gorge.
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And the rankings weren't based on visitor totals alone.
The study weighted total fall visits, total visitor hours, Google ratings and the number of reviews containing autumn-related language. Shenandoah, for example, had fewer visitors than several parks ranked below it, but 18.4% of its Google reviews mentioned fall — the highest share among the top 10.
So while the Smokies won on sheer popularity and overall score, the list includes everything from classic East Coast leaf-peeping destinations to red rocks and wildlife-heavy Western parks.
Bowron also shared some good news for travelers planning a trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway this fall.
"Just within the next few weeks, we should be reopening additional sections of the parkway that were hit by Hurricane Helene just two years ago," Bowron told OutKick OutDoors. "We're really excited to get that work wrapped up and see visitors back on that parkway."
For anyone planning a fall road trip through the region, that's certainly worth keeping an eye on.
If your idea of a relaxing fall weekend does not involve joining everybody else in America at the Smokies, Bowron also offered a more under-the-radar option.
Her pick: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
And this wasn't just an answer pulled from a list.
"I was there just yesterday, actually, we went for a hike on the C&O Canal with my husband and my daughter," Bowron said.
She highlighted the more than 100-mile towpath running from the Washington, D.C., area into Western Maryland, with opportunities to hike, bike and branch off onto other trails along the way.
"I don't know that folks recognize what an incredible resource that is," she said.
That might be the better play for travelers who want fall scenery without traffic and crowds.
Fall gets most of the attention this time of year, but Bowron said winter opens up a completely different set of possibilities.
For warmer-weather trips, she pointed to places like Death Valley, Mojave, Everglades and Saguaro — parks that can be far more comfortable once summer temperatures disappear.
And for travelers who actually want the snow, there are plenty of options for that, too. The Rockies offer snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, while Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park is a great place for winter hiking, snowshoeing and skiing among its snow-covered red rock formations.
Bowron warned, though, to check park websites for road closures, weather conditions and available facilities before you go.
"Days are going to be shorter. Conditions are going to change," Bowron said. "They're going to be very different from what you might expect in the summer."
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Massachusetts restaurant owner assaults teen dine-and-dashers, pulls gun during scuffle, police say
A Massachusetts restaurant owner allegedly beat two teenage dine-and-dashers and pointed a gun at a larger group that gathered after he chased the pair down when they skipped out on their bill last week, authorities said.
Nadim Kashouh, 62, chased the teens – a 17-year-old girl and Javonnie Lee, 18 – after the pair darted out of Nadim’s Downtown Mediterranean Grill on Friday evening without paying their $92.40 bill, the Boston Globe reported.
Kashouh reportedly chased the teens and caught them at a convenience store.
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The teens reportedly told the police that they tried to pay their tab twice but bolted after their card was declined both times, according to the newspaper.
Kashouh, an immigrant from Lebanon who came to the United States in 1990, allegedly grabbed the girl's phone and demanded they pay. He then elbowed the girl and punched Lee in the face, the Springfield Police Department said.
"As a larger group gathered, Kashouh is alleged to have pointed his firearm in the direction of the group. Kashouh stated he did so in self-defense," police spokesperson Ryan Walsh said, according to WMTV.
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Walsh said Kashouh's firearm and his license to carry permit were seized. He is charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery with a firearm, and assault and battery.
Meanwhile, the two teens will be issued criminal complaints for defrauding a restaurant.
Kashouh appeared in court earlier this week, according to his restaurant's Facebook page.
"He maintains his innocence and says he acted in self-defense. As this matter moves through the legal process, Mr. Kashouh looks forward to the opportunity to fully address the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident," the post states.
"Having just celebrated over 25 years serving the Springfield community, Mr. Kashouh is incredibly grateful for the many clients, guests, friends, and community members who have reached out and continued to support him and Nadim’s," it continued. "He sincerely thanks them for their kindness and support during this time."
Kashouh was born in Monrovia, Liberia, before moving to Lebanon as a child in 1974 where he worked in the family business during the summer, the New York Post reported.
Despite the allegations against him, some came to his defense.
"I have known Nadim to be respectful, fair, calm, and incredibly hardworking," Maureen Pinette, who worked for him between 2012 and 2014, wrote on Facebook. "I've watched him deal with difficult situations and difficult people, and I have never known him to be someone who simply loses his cool."
"I see so much of Nadim in both of his children—the love, the loyalty, the work ethic, and the way they show up for the people around them," she added. "I’ve also watched Nadim give to people and to his community without needing recognition for it. He has done things for people simply because they needed help."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the restaurant and the Springfield Police Department.