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Parents accuse Oregon hospital of making them drive dead baby home to Seattle: lawsuit
A Seattle couple is suing after hospital staff in Oregon told them to drive the body of their nearly 9-month-old son four hours home in their private car following his sudden death in an emergency room.
Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev filed a $10 million lawsuit against Salem Health and Dr. Stefani Sorensen. The parents had allegedly sought respectful and dignified care and transportation of the remains of their son, Michael, but the lawsuit alleges staff insisted they bring the body back home with them.
Michael was born with Down syndrome and spent the first six months of his life at Seattle Children's Hospital.
"His parents had made sure that he had received really excellent care. So, I think it was a really, really sad and just very tragic way for his life to end and for it to be so undignified right there at the end," Anna Bruckenhoefer, the family's attorney, said in a statement, according to Fox 13.
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On September 22, 2024, the family was visiting Salem, Oregon, for a religious retreat when Michael developed rapid, shallow breathing late at night and was rushed to the emergency room at Salem Health Hospital, where he died, according to the complaint.
When the parents asked how to arrange respectful transport to send Michael’s body back home to Seattle, hospital staff allegedly pushed back on the suggestion to contact a local funeral home because it would be "too expensive" and instead pressured the family to bring their son’s body corpse with them in their own personal car, which they ended up doing due to feeling like they had no other option.
"They have repeatedly asked the hospital for assistance in helping them with what are the next steps," Bruckenhoefer said. "This was all occurring overnight. They felt rushed that they had to make quick decisions and the hospital left them with no choice other than to take Michael's body with them and head back to Seattle."
Aleksandr drove about four hours from Salem to Seattle with his son’s body laid across the backseat, while his wife and other children followed in a separate car.
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He suffered severe emotional distress as he feared police stops, car crashes and the visible deterioration of his child's body, according to the lawsuit. When he arrived at a Seattle funeral home, the father had to clean bodily fluids that leaked onto the seat during the trip.
"It is legal in the state of Oregon and in the state of Washington to transport a deceased with the proper permits. But that is not what our clients wanted to do here. They were looking for help. They were looking for guidance. They were looking for the hospital to tell them, "These are the next steps,'" Bruckenhoefer said. "This is a hospital. It's an emergency department. Unfortunately, death is something that they are accustomed to and that they deal with. They should have had procedures and protocols in place to assist the Yeremeyev’s while they were dealing with literally the worst moment of their lives. Instead, what they did is they just compounded their grief by essentially telling them that they were on their own in this."
"No parents, no loved ones should ever be placed in the position that the Yeremeyev’s were placed in," Bruckenhoefer added. "Just completely surprised that something like this would happen in 2026."
The lawsuit names Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, Salem Health, Salem Emergency Physicians Service and Sorensen as defendants, alleging direct negligence, vicarious liability, and a breach of the heightened duty of care owed to bereaved parents for the respectful treatment and custody of a child's body.
The family is seeking $10 million in non-economic damages for severe emotional distress and psychological trauma, although they plan to amend the complaint to include punitive damages.
Salem Health Hospital said out of respect for privacy and because the matter is in litigation, it is unable to discuss the details of the child's care.
"Salem Hospital responded in accordance with the family’s wishes and followed both hospital policy and Oregon state law in consultation with the appropriate local authorities, including the medical examiner," Salem Health told Fox 13 in a statement.
"Care with respect is a guiding principle of clinical practice at Salem Hospital and remains central to how we support patients and families during some of life's most difficult moments. We recognize the profound grief families experience following the loss of a loved one and treat every patient and family with empathy, dignity, and respect," the statement continued.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico
President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico suffered a setback Thursday after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore White House access to the outlets.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking the ban and ordering White House officials to "immediately return, reinstate, and restore" the outlets' hard-pass press credentials while their legal battle continues. The order will be in effect for 14 days.
Kelly wrote that the outlets had shown they were likely to succeed on their claim that their White House "hard passes were revoked without constitutionally adequate due process."
"This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it," Kelly wrote of the standard for obtaining a temporary restraining order.
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Kelly also rejected, at least for now, the administration's national security justification, writing that "the record lacks factual support" for the contention that revoking the passes protected national security or that restoring them would endanger it.
Trump announced the ban last week, writing on social media that the three outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES."
Reporters from all three organizations were subsequently denied entry to the White House, with their press credentials deactivated or confiscated.
The outlets and three individual reporters sued the administration, alleging the revocation of their White House press credentials violated their First Amendment free speech rights and Fifth Amendment due process rights.
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Lawyers for the Justice Department argued that White House press access is a privilege, not a right, and defended the president's authority to determine who receives access.
Following Trump's ban, White House television pool members FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News announced Monday that they had agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of the president.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
Tennessee cops raided man's home after he criticized officer for speeding: lawsuit
A Tennessee man who was arrested in a pre-dawn raid after he filmed and criticized a police officer sued the police department alleging it violated his First Amendment right to free expression.
The civil lawsuit against the city of Kingsport, its police chief and its officers was filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) in 2023 on behalf of Joshua Gibbons, but he is only now making the complaint public after he was successful in having his conviction overturned and the remaining charge dismissed by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
"They tried to intimidate me, but I’m not backing down," Gibbons said in a statement. "I can’t let this injustice stand, because my family doesn’t feel safe anymore. There’s no coming back from that raid on our home. They sent eight heavily armed officers to arrest me because I embarrassed them."
In October 2022, Gibbons filmed a Kingsport Police Department SUV speeding at night without lights or sirens, which the lawsuit alleges violated department policy and state law. He followed the vehicle and approached the officer at a fast food drive-thru, where he filmed his brief criticism of the officer’s conduct.
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"When he caught up with the officer, the officer did the right thing. He ignored Joshua Gibbons, didn't arrest him, didn't view it as a crime, and went and got his hamburger," FIRE Senior Attorney Adam Steinbaugh told Fox News Digital.
Gibbons, who uploads videos of police on duty as a way to hold them accountable, later published a second video of an officer giving him the middle finger.
A fellow citizen later complained to the department about the officer’s conduct, and the department responded by searching Gibbons’ YouTube channel for something to use against him, according to FIRE.
The department found the video of their own officer speeding. But instead of disciplining the officer, officers were sent to arrest Gibbons.
"The First Amendment protects the right not only to criticize and film police, but also to post it online. The police department didn't treat this as a crime until Joshua posted this online and embarrassed the department," Steinbaugh said.
Steinbaugh also said the case was "as lawless as it was hypocritical" and that the department’s actions "were all to make an example out of a critic."
According to the lawsuit, within two hours of being "made aware" of Gibbons’ video of the speeding officer, an arrest warrant for Gibbons was obtained for speeding, using a cell phone while driving and disorderly conduct. The warrant was obtained from a court clerk rather than a judge, according to FIRE.
Just before dawn the following morning, eight armed officers were captured on security and cell phone footage raiding Gibbons’ house and arresting him in front of his elderly mother and his daughter, just nine days after he filmed and criticized the speeding officer.
Gibbons then faced two trials over nearly four years before a Tennessee appellate court recently dismissed the charges.
"That's a long process that can take a mental toll on someone. I think that Joshua wants to send a message to this department. I think he wants to see some reforms to this department, and we're happy to support him," Steinbaugh said.
In the first trial, a judge acquitted him of the speeding and cell phone charges but found Gibbons guilty of disorderly conduct, saying he was "offended by the way" Gibbons was "talking to that officer." Gibbons appealed to the county circuit court, and a jury found him guilty of disorderly conduct.
But in June, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee unanimously overturned the verdict and dismissed the disorderly conduct charge, finding there was "no evidence" that Gibbons’ criticism of the officer "prevented any person from doing any lawful activity."
The court said Gibbons "did not threaten anyone, did not engage in any violent behavior, and did not create a physically offensive or hazardous condition." The court noted that even "'profane and insulting' words alone will not rise to the level of a crime, particularly when uttered against the police, who 'are trained to exercise a higher degree of restraint than the average citizen.'"
"If you are a law enforcement officer, you are required by your uniform and by the First Amendment to tolerate criticism. Some of that's going to be fair criticism, some of it's going to be unfair criticism. But you don't get to go and arrest people for it. That's the message we want to send to this department and to departments around the country," Steinbaugh said.
Kingsport Police did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment in time for publication.
Aaron Judge says he intends to be ready for Yankees' Wild Card series despite calf injury
With fans wondering whether New York Yankees three-time MVP Aaron Judge will be playing in the AL Wild Card series next week as his calf injury looms over the franchise, the man himself isn’t so worried.
"That’s what the plan is," Judge told ESPN. "Try to get my body ready so I’m ready to go."
Judge intends to be ready for Game 1 of the Wild Card series, which begins at Yankee Stadium next Tuesday against a to-be-determined opponent from the American League.
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Judge was placed on the injured list this past Saturday after suffering a right calf strain, though he added more concern that he could be out awhile at the worst possible time given the postseason was right around the corner.
He specified that he has a soleus muscle strain, which is what he said is essential for running and hitting – the things the Yankees desperately need him to do if they wish to reach the World Series again.
Judge confirmed reports that he received a Platelet-Poor Plasma (PPP) injection on Monday in his calf, and he and the Yankees are now waiting for clearance to resume baseball activities involving his leg.
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However, while Judge is intending on playing, manager Aaron Boone had a different thought process on Tuesday.
"We’re planning on him not being a part of that," he told reporters regarding the AL Wild Card series, though he hasn’t ruled him out officially. The Yankees still have time to figure out their roster.
But, if Judge isn’t on the Wild Card roster, he won’t be allowed to play until the Yankees make it to the ALDS, which only occurs if they win the best-of-three series.
Judge added that he’s had talks with those within the organization that make decisions, though he wasn’t going to divulge.
"I can’t control what people say," he said. "So, you’ll have to talk to them about that."
Judge’s injury came after he had just returned from a three-month stint on the injured list with a fractured rib . This ailment may not be as serious, but after getting an MRI this past Thursday to reveal the grade of the strain, it’s serious enough at a time when the Yankees would love for him to be 100%.
Since his return to the team, however, Judge hasn’t struggled to get back to his usual slugging self. He went 4-of-23 with one homer and 13 strikeouts over 24 plate appearances. And they came right after he was deemed healthy enough to play instead of going to the minor leagues for a rehab assignment.
"We’ve got games to win," Judge said. "I’m getting paid to play games for the New York Yankees, so I’ll get back as soon as I can."
There are multiple opponents the Yankees could play in the Wild Card series, but it is most likely to be a rematch from 2025 in the Bronx against the Boston Red Sox.
Illegal alien allegedly grabs school police officer's gun, shoots him in femoral artery: DOJ
A Mexican national accused of grabbing a Dallas school police officer’s gun and shooting him after the officer stopped to help him has been indicted on a federal firearms charge, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Jose Santiago Pantoja-Morales, 27, allegedly shot the uniformed Dallas Independent School District (DISD) police officer during an Aug. 6 struggle after the officer encountered him near the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, according to a federal complaint.
Pantoja-Morales, who prosecutors say was in the U.S. illegally, had allegedly jumped out of a co-worker’s car and into the freeway’s center median.
The co-worker flagged down the DISD officer, who was on routine patrol and offered Pantoja-Morales a ride to a nearby safe location.
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During the ride, prosecutors say Pantoja-Morales began rummaging through the officer’s bag in the back seat.
The officer pulled over and tried to remove him from the car, but Pantoja-Morales allegedly resisted, leading to a physical struggle.
During the fight, Pantoja-Morales allegedly grabbed the officer’s gun and fired once, striking the officer in the femoral artery of his right leg, according to the complaint.
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Despite being wounded, the officer regained control of his gun. Pantoja-Morales ran from the scene and was quickly apprehended by law enforcement, prosecutors said.
Another DISD officer provided medical treatment at the scene before the wounded officer was taken to Parkland Hospital for further treatment.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Sept. 16, charging Pantoja-Morales with possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
"The illegal alien’s alleged actions in this case represent an attack on the rule of law and a direct threat to public safety," U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said in a news release. "Every day, we ask the men and women who wear the badge to stand between good and evil. It is my duty — and the duty of this office — to do all we can to protect those who protect us.
"Violence against an officer will not be tolerated, and we will pursue this prosecution with the utmost rigor to ensure full accountability."
Pantoja-Morales is awaiting transfer to federal custody under a writ of habeas corpus filed Wednesday. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in federal prison.
The ATF Dallas Field Office and Dallas Police Department investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nadin-Sarah Salkic is prosecuting it.
Michigan student confronts El-Sayed over Iran stance in tense exchange: ‘Do you stand with us?’
A Michigan student confronted Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about his position on Iran during a town hall Wednesday, invoking his family's stated persecution by the Iranian regime before repeatedly pressing the candidate on whether he stood with Iranians opposing the government.
Iman Dashti, who identified himself as Persian, told El-Sayed during a town hall at the University of Michigan that members of his family had suffered under Iran's government.
"My cousin was hunted in the streets of Iran by the IRGC because her hijab wasn't on right," Dashti said. He also alleged that her uncle was sentenced to death and received 50 lashes under the Iranian government.
Dashti then confronted El-Sayed over leaked audio from earlier this year in which he said he did not want to comment on the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today."
"That silence had a gaping hole in our community," Dashti told El-Sayed Wednesday.
Dashti asked El-Sayed whether he regretted that silence, whether he would renounce people who held vigils supporting Khamenei and whether he stood "unequivocally against the IRGC" and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
El-Sayed responded by arguing that the United States has too often acted as "the world's policeman" while saying he supported movements for democracy and freedom abroad.
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"One can disagree with the governance of a foreign country. One can stand in solidarity with freedom and democracy movements," El-Sayed said.
He went on to reject U.S.-led regime change in Iran.
"I will always stand for and with democratic movements always," El-Sayed said. "But I also don't believe that we were in the right to go to war to topple the government of Iran. It was not our responsibility to do. It is the responsibility of the people of Iran to decide what their leadership should look like."
Dashti pressed him again.
"You stand with us?" he asked.
"I will always stand with movements for freedom and democracy," El-Sayed responded, before again warning against U.S. involvement in regime change.
"We should not be in the business of regime change," he said.
El-Sayed added moments later, "I want freedom and democracy for the people of Iran, no question. But I want that to be done by the people of Iran, coming together as a community to decide how to create democratic change in their society."
Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign for additional comment on the exchange and attempted to reach Dashti through Instagram.
El-Sayed, who won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary in August, is running against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The contest has drawn substantial national attention and spending.
The Iran confrontation was one of several notable exchanges during Wednesday's "Students vs. Billionaires" town hall at El-Sayed's alma mater.
While discussing public health infrastructure, El-Sayed appeared to make a prediction about the party and the gender that will win the White House in 2028.
"I'm looking forward to working with the next Democratic president when she takes office in 2029," El-Sayed said, adding that he hoped to work with that administration to modernize the nation's public health infrastructure.
El-Sayed did not identify whom he had in mind.
His remarks came as former Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democrat presidential nominee, returned to Michigan to campaign with El-Sayed. Harris has not announced a 2028 presidential campaign.
El-Sayed also criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during the event.
"Donald Trump and JD Vance can't seem to keep my name out their mouth," El-Sayed said. "They don't really know how to say it, though, which is fine, because I believe in teaching opportunities."
Trump and other national Republicans have repeatedly targeted El-Sayed during the midterm campaign, while El-Sayed has responded by criticizing the president.
"As he noted in his response, Abdul will always stand with movements for freedom and democracy, and he condemns government anti-free speech violence," Roxie Richner, El-Sayed's campaign spokesperson, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Abdul has also been clear that the United States should not be in the business of spending our tax dollars abroad on regime change wars that take our service members’ lives, waste our tax dollars and raise our prices. He believes American taxpayer dollars are best spent here at home to invest in infrastructure, education and healthcare."
NYC kitten rescue defends ‘NO F---ING MAGA’ adoption policy as PETA calls for it to be abolished
After posting an explicit warning that MAGA supporters, conservatives and apolitical applicants need not apply, a New York City kitten rescue is defending its screening process against mounting criticism, including from PETA, which called on the group to scrap the ideological ban.
"Homeless animals don’t care which side of abortion you are on or whether you believe in global warming or support Palestine or Israel or if you don’t vote at all, ever. They care if you love them and will give them a good home," PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk told Fox News Digital.
"We hope this policy, which is humancentric, is reconsidered and abolished."
The dispute centers on Itty Bitty City Kitties, a Rockaway Beach-based rescue that describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit specializing in orphaned and neonatal kittens, feral cat welfare and adoptions. The organization is also listed among New York state’s registered pet rescues.
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In a social media post reviewed by Fox News Digital, the rescue laid out a series of political positions it said could disqualify prospective adopters.
"MAGA? Nope."
"Conservative? Nope."
"‘I’m not political’? Nice loophole. Still nope."
An accompanying image of a kitten bore the message, "NO. F---ING. MAGA."
The post drew wider attention after Libs of TikTok posted it on X, prompting questions about whether the language represented the rescue’s actual adoption practices.
Fox News Digital contacted Itty Bitty City Kitties and asked whether an applicant could be rejected for identifying as MAGA, conservative or apolitical.
Samantha Knox, who has publicly identified herself as the director of Itty Bitty City Kitties, defended the organization’s screening approach by saying its overriding responsibility is the welfare of the animals in its care.
"As an animal welfare rescue, our primary responsibility is ensuring the animals in our care go to safe, compassionate homes," Knox told Fox News Digital.
She said the organization considers "public conduct and demonstrated values" and argued that a record of "celebrat[ing] cruelty" can raise concerns about an applicant’s suitability to care for an animal.
"A history of celebrating harm or abuse, be it toward people or animals, is one of the biggest red flags in animal rescue," Knox said. "We stand by our mission and will never place a vulnerable animal with anyone, ever, who we feel is a danger to the welfare of the animal."
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Fox News Digital followed up with a narrower question, asking whether a person who identifies as MAGA or conservative, but has no documented history of animal cruelty, threats, neglect or violence, would be eligible to adopt.
"Itty Bitty City Kitties does not screen or reject applicants based on registered political party affiliation," Knox responded. "MAGA is a political movement and ideology, not a recognized political party."
Knox said adoption evaluations instead concern "conduct, ethical alignment and animal safety."
"We reserve the right to reject any application where an applicant’s expressed values, public statements or actions demonstrate a failure to meet our safety and welfare standards," she said.
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Asked again whether a MAGA or conservative applicant without a history of cruelty, threats, neglect or violence could adopt from the organization, Knox did not provide a yes-or-no answer.
"Media-driven requests to force complex animal welfare evaluations into a binary ‘yes or no’ premise fundamentally misrepresent how responsible adoption screenings operate," she said.
Knox added that "active support for or alignment with social movements" the rescue believes normalizes or promotes cruelty can be treated as "actionable conduct" and said adoption decisions are made "holistically under these welfare and safety standards."
Knox also provided Fox News Digital with screenshots she said showed explicit, hostile messages directed at the rescue after its political posts.
Knox said messages of that nature illustrated the kind of conduct the rescue considers relevant when evaluating prospective homes. PETA, however, drew a different line.
"Political affiliation is not a reliable measure of whether someone will be a good guardian," the organization told Fox News Digital, adding that a person's actions and statements, along with demonstrated treatment of people and animals, can be relevant to an adoption decision.
PETA said rescues should focus on "objective animal welfare factors," including an applicant’s history of animal care, ability to meet an animal’s needs and evidence of cruelty, neglect or violence.
"Shelters and rescues exist to protect animals, not to serve as political gatekeepers," PETA said.
Itty Bitty City Kitties’ public adoption page describes what the organization calls a "Fully Supported Adoption Model," under which prospective owners submit an application, references, employment and living information, participate in a phone interview and complete a FaceTime or Zoom interview in lieu of a home visit.
The rescue’s published "MUST LIST" says adopters must keep animals up to date on veterinary care; keep them indoors or leashed outside; never declaw them; maintain a plan for travel, illness or death; not simply give away an animal they can no longer care for; and be financially able to provide for its welfare.
The public-facing requirements reviewed by Fox News Digital do not mention MAGA, conservatism, political affiliation or political ideology.
The organization has also used its social media account for other political messaging.
On Sept. 10, Itty Bitty City Kitties posted an image of a kitten carrying the words, "Kittens. Don’t. Mourn. Nazis."
"For absolutely no reason at all on this day one year later..." text on the image stated.
"Just a little kitten making sure we all know where we stand," the accompanying caption read, followed by hashtags including "#kitten," "#cat," "#politics" and "#iykyk."
While the post did not name late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, it was published exactly one year after his assassination at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.
Knox also invoked the rescue’s nonprofit status in defending its ability to take positions on political and social issues, saying 501(c)(3) organizations are permitted to maintain issue-based standards aligned with their missions as long as they do not engage in partisan political campaigning.
PETA, while objecting to the use of political affiliation as a measure of adoption suitability, said an applicant’s actual behavior toward animals can, and should, matter regardless of ideology.
"More broadly, anyone who condones, celebrates or participates in harming animals demonstrates a troubling lack of empathy," PETA said.
English soccer star Harry Kane wants to play in the MLS and kick in the NFL at the same time
We don't see enough two-sport athletes these days. It's such a cool phenomenon that we haven't really seen in a while.
However, English soccer star Harry Kane wouldn't mind taking a crack at it.
Because if he winds up in the MLS, he wouldn't mind spending his free time on an NFL roster.
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According to The Athletic, Kane was recently quoted as saying that he was close to re-upping with the Bundesliga's Bayern Munich. That led to a question about his plans beyond this next deal.
One of those plans was something he has reportedly talked about multiple times over the years, and that was switching sports.
He's talked about golfing professionally, but this time he was focused on trading football for American football.
"That is something I will try and look at a bit more seriously," he said. "It all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years, the motivation and what I want to do. The NFL is a lot more realistic than the golf one, let’s put it that way."
But what had never come up before was the idea of Kane winding down his career stateside in the MLS while also moonlighting as a placekicker.
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"Maybe if I am in the MLS in the future or somewhere like that it might be a thing where you could connect the two, with the seasons," he said. "But it is in the back of my mind because right now, I am feeling that I want to play as long as I can here."
Nice save at the end. The team about to re-sign you probably doesn't want to hear about your plans to play in the MLS and kick extra points on the side.
But do you know who does want to hear that? The rest of us.
That would just be a fun thing to watch, and Kane obviously has the leg to boot a pigskin quite a long way if he can nail down those pesky mechanics.
Which it looks like he may have already done.
At least a few teams are probably setting reminders to see what Kane is up to when his Bayern Munich deal is up.
Maybe it's a pipe dream, but someone has to bring back two-sport professional athletes.
Trump likely ‘smirked’ as 'crass' Iranian president lashed out at US in UN speech: expert
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s sharp rebuke of Washington at the United Nations would have drawn little more than a "smirk" from President Donald Trump, who knows he "holds the cards," a foreign policy expert told Fox News Digital Wednesday.
The assessment came after Pezeshkian and Trump addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York from the same podium within 24 hours of one another, trading sharp rhetoric as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to mount.
"Trump understands he holds the cards, and he may not even have paid much attention to what the Iranian president was saying," Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital.
Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of attacking Iran while portraying his country as the victim of aggression.
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"We have only defended ourselves. We are not terrorists," Pezeshkian claimed.
"Our innocent people have been the targets of cowardly attacks and aggressions imposed upon our country. America and Israel attacked us."
"I’m sure that would have drawn a smirk or a smile or a chuckle from the president’s face, seeing that crassness," Taleblu said, pointing to what he described as a sharp contrast between Pezeshkian’s rhetoric and the Iranian government’s track record.
Pezeshkian’s address came after Trump used the same U.N. stage to defend the U.S. conflict with Iran and warn that Tehran faces a stark choice between reaching a deal and facing further destruction.
"Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?" Trump said on Tuesday.
While the rhetoric from both leaders was pointed, Taleblu said their broader diplomatic positions remain largely predictable.
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"To a certain degree, both President Trump and President Pezeshkian’s speeches before the U.N. General Assembly’s 81st session were predictable," Taleblu said.
"Predictable because the status of both countries and their foreign policy toward the other are in a fairly predictable pattern right now."
Despite the threats and recriminations, the two adversaries also appear to be still testing a diplomatic path behind the scenes.
Trump said Tuesday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke with Iranian officials for roughly three hours on the sidelines of the General Assembly and characterized the discussions as productive.
Witkoff later said the talks were conducted through mediators who shuttled between the U.S. and Iranian delegations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also represented Tehran in the discussions, according to reports.
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Both sides, Taleblu said, are attempting "to make time a weapon on their side" and "to put the burden of choosing between escalation and engagement on the other."
But Taleblu went on to characterize Pezeshkian’s broader message as an attempt to cast Iran as a victim through an anti-American, anti-Israel and anti-imperialist framework.
"It seemed to be more of a global South, anti-American, anti-Israeli, kind of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist message that he was looking to kind of paint the Islamic Republic as the victim," Taleblu said.
"In reality, the long-serving victim in this entire crisis is the Iranian people because of the policies of the Islamic Republic."
The competing messages — confrontation from the U.N. podium and diplomacy behind the scenes — highlighted the unresolved tensions between Washington and Tehran as officials explore whether negotiations can produce an off-ramp from the conflict.
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"Despite the tough talk at the podium, both sides still feel like they need to signal an interest in talks, even though they’re both trying to use talks to shape an outcome that is more conducive to their interests," Taleblu said.
Pezeshkian also told the General Assembly that Tehran would not surrender to military pressure while signaling that Iran remained open to diplomacy.
"I think the Iranians are trying to signal an interest in talks, but they may run into a brick wall quite soon if they foot-drag or delay or don’t meaningfully provide any kind of substantive change in their policy," Taleblu said, citing Iran’s positions on the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and its nuclear program.
"Ultimately, if the positions remain the same, the fact that they’re oscillating between shooting and talking doesn’t mean much because the red lines haven’t actually moved.
"Of course, the Trump administration is looking for a political win here."
Tylenol murders mystery deepens after sheriff’s office solves decades-old ‘Unknown Wanderer’ cold case
A mysterious man who died of cyanide poisoning inside an Idaho church more than four decades ago has finally been identified, and investigators say his past raises questions about a possible connection to the still-unsolved 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders.
The man known for decades as the "Unknown Wanderer" was Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, an organic chemist with a history of discussing cyanide and poison, the Ada County Sheriff's Office in Boise announced Wednesday.
Investigators said they couldn't place Betkouski in Chicago during the final week of September 1982, when seven people died after taking Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide, and they are not naming him as a suspect.
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Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who was consulted during the original Tylenol investigation and reviewed the evidence gathered on Betkouski, offered a stronger assessment.
"It's an extraordinary thing to have been around at the beginning in 1982, and now today in 2026, to see very likely closure," Dietz said.
Dietz said groups of forensic psychiatrists, psychologists and criminal profilers who were anonymously presented with information about Betkouski overwhelmingly considered him a viable suspect.
Betkouski died on Dec. 4, 1982, after walking into Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise. Authorities determined he died from cyanide poisoning, but he carried no identification, and his fingerprints produced no match.
The mystery endured for decades until investigators traced one of nearly 30 keys found on him to Jacksonville, Florida, where Betkouski had lived. DNA recovered from his wallet and later compared with a sample from his brother helped establish his identity.
Investigators subsequently uncovered several details that drew their attention to the Tylenol case.
A former colleague recalled Betkouski discussing the "perfect crime" and cyanide, while another scientist recalled him saying poison could be introduced into over-the-counter capsules, according to investigators.
Authorities also found a map of Chicago and a bottle of sodium cyanide among belongings kept at his family's Los Angeles home. Investigators stressed that the poison was not the potassium cyanide used in the Tylenol murders.
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Photos showed Betkouski had visited Chicago, but investigators determined they were likely taken in December 1981 and said they cannot establish that he returned when the Tylenol poisonings occurred.
Betkouski disappeared from his New Mexico home on Oct. 15, 1982, and turned up dead in Boise seven weeks later after apparently changing his appearance.
Authorities have turned their findings over to investigators in the Chicago area and are seeking information about Betkouski's movements and communications in 1982.
"This isn't over," Ada County Sheriff Matt Clifford said.