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The 2026 NFL season hasn't even started yet and the Jacksonville Jaguars are already taking a massive L
I tend to talk a lot about college football uniforms more than NFL uniforms, but that all changed Tuesday morning.
The NFL rolled out their "Rivalry" series of uniforms for all eight teams from the NFC North and AFC South, and by and large, they did a pretty nice job.
The league partnered with Nike to deliver some uniforms that feature a good bit of franchise history and community pride stitched into each team's garments, and I have to say I'm a fan of the overall concept.
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I've always been a bigger fan of college uniforms and felt the NFL threads were a bit too "corporate" and "samey" for my liking, but almost all of these are sweet looking alternate kits.
All of them except for one team, that is.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars, being an AFC South team, were included in the "Rivalry" uniform rollout, and if I'm being blunt, they massively swung and missed their intended target with these monstrosities.
Okay, let's start with the positives. At least they aren't the "Color Rush Thursday" mustard uniforms the Jags wore back in the late 2010s.
Well, that's about the only positive I can find, so let's dive in, shall we?
This is way too busy for my liking. The helmet, jersey and socks, and pants all being different colors is murder on my eyes. It looks like a 13-year-old kid customized Jacksonville's uniforms in Madden and picked the most garish combinations possible.
Why didn't they go with a black helmet like the good old days?
Or, if they wanted to do the teal lids, at least get a matching jersey and make the pants white.
And, oh Lord, the pants!
You might not be able to tell, but if you look closely enough on the graphic, those are indeed, spotted pants.
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You know, like a jaguar?
People like to rag on another team from the Sunshine State, the Florida Gators, for their "Gator Skin" jerseys, and rightly so. But these pants are just as egregious and deserve just as much flak.
And believe me, they are catching some heat from fans on social media.
The season hasn't even started yet, and the Jags are already taking L's all over the place.
On the bright side, if Trevor Lawrence throws for 400 yards and three touchdowns while wearing these and Jacksonville wins their division this year, everyone will look back fondly on these uniforms a few decades from now.
Time heals all wounds. Hell, just look at how popular the "Creamsicle" jerseys are in Tampa.
As Marty McFly would say, "I guess you aren't ready for that. But your kids are gonna love it."
NYC mom survives neck-slash attack on hiking trip in Arizona: 'I can’t die like this'
A birthday hiking trip of a lifetime wound up being a death-defying fight for her life for a New York City mother of two, leaving her neck slashed, her hand stabbed, as well as physical and emotional scars that left 13 stitches and a nightmare that will never be forgotten.
Alexis Rowan, 27, survived the northern Arizona mountain-hike attack only because of screams that were heard by a woman in a nearby home, forcing the suspect to flee, harrowing doorbell camera footage showed.
"I was like, oh my God, my neck: I can't die like this, this is not the way," Alexis Rowan told WABC after returning to New York City after last week's ordeal on a tourist mountain hike in Arizona. "I have my kids to go home to."
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Graphic photos shared by the New York Post showed the deep slash left on her neck and the 10 stitches that closed it, along with three more from being stabbed in the hand.
She never wants "to look at another mountain again," she told the Post, while the lasting scar will remind her of the horror with every look in the mirror.
On the Wednesday, Aug. 19, hike at the Havasupai Indian Reservation – just one day after her 27th birthday – Alexis was left briefly behind a friend when the suspect approached. The suspect, identified as Taylor Nardo Paya, 29, is a Havasupai tribe member with a rap sheet that included a guilty plea to assault, according to FOX 10 Phoenix.
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"It was the first person that I've seen in the village, and I said, 'Hey, excuse me, is that the gift shop?'" Rowan told WABC in one of the few interviews she granted. Fox News Digital reached out to her and her mother for an interview, but they have yet to respond.
"I kept walking, I went to go in and that's when he just came up from behind," she continued, "and as soon as I felt my neck, I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to die.'"
Footage showed Rowan fighting for her life as she was dragged by the hair from the ground – with her screams finally bringing a woman to open the door and causing the suspect to flee. The video obtained by Fox News Digital did not have the sound of the screams, but they were key to the suspect fleeing, according to reports.
"I'm just so grateful for the woman that opened the door that heard her screams; it's something you can never unhear," Tricia Rowan, Alexis' mother, told WABC of the "angel sent from heaven" woman who opened the door to help.
"She's a fighter. She fought to make sure she's coming home to her babies, and she's my baby. So I'm so glad she made it," Tricia Rowan said. "He picked the wrong one. My daughter is a fighter, she is a warrior. She wasn’t going to take it."
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Alexis Rowan told the Post she was "mentally aware" of the "danger" after her initial interaction with Paya.
"My gut instinct was like, ‘This is not OK. I’m not OK,’" she said, adding that the "next person may not be as strong, may not be prepared mentally that someone is going to attack them or able to put them in danger."
Reservation police located Paya the following day by pinging Rowan’s phone, which prosecutors say he allegedly stole after it fell from one of her backpacks.
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He was arrested and later taken into federal custody because the alleged attack occurred on tribal land, according to reports. Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Paya being cuffed and taken away on a golf cart by federal police before another video showed him in an orange jumpsuit being perp-walked to a helicopter.
Paya faces a federal assault with a deadly weapon charge, according to FOX 10. Court records show Paya pleaded guilty in 2016 to robbing and assaulting another woman in a 2015 attack, for which he received a five-year prison sentence and was ordered to undergo sex offender treatment and counseling.
The victim's mother wants to see the perpetrator locked up indefinitely.
"People are evil," she told the Post, calling him "a threat to society" and someone "you cannot rehabilitate."
"There is no place on earth that they belong," she added, "other than behind bars like an animal in a cage because they’re predators and they prey on innocent victims."
Mystery trio in headlamps and overalls emerges from Manhattan manhole, prompting NYPD probe
The New York Police Department is investigating after video showing three people in overalls and headlamps emerging from a Manhattan manhole went viral on social media.
The NYPD confirmed to Fox News Digital that the incident occurred on Aug. 18 at 4:19 a.m. on the southeast corner of 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue, which is near Penn Station.
No arrests have been made in this case, but police said they are reviewing surveillance video.
NYPD detectives told WABC that they believe many of the people who have been caught on camera doing this are migrants searching for valuables in the sewers.
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Detectives said a scavenger culture exists in nations like Venezuela.
City officials have said that sneaking into manholes is both illegal and "extremely dangerous."
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"DEP has inspected the sewers at the location, and our infrastructure is safe. DEP works closely with our public safety partners to help ensure the safety and security of critical infrastructure throughout New York City," the city's Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The statement continued: "Entering the sewer system is both illegal and extremely dangerous. Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces. For these reasons, members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole, or outfall."
New York City's sewer system is made up of an elaborate network of more than 7,400 miles of wastewater and stormwater pipes, parts of which date back to the 1800s.
In June, The Associated Press reported on three separate instances of people exiting manholes in Queens and the Williamsburg and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
Many of them were wearing headlamps and were carrying shovels or other tools when they were caught on video.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Antisemitic streamer finally makes Dem leader snap with rare rebuke: ‘Malicious’
House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is slamming comments from Hasan Piker after the far-left controversial online streamer suggested that Jewish Americans were inviting violence against themselves over their support for Israel.
"The malicious claim that American Jews are inviting violence against themselves is dangerous and antisemitic," Jeffries charged in a social media post. And he added in a CNN interview on Tuesday that Piker's comments were "malicious" and "should not be tolerated by anyone in the public square."
While Jeffries became the highest-ranking congressional Democrat to fire back at Piker, the criticism from the top Democrat in the U.S. House comes after he has largely stayed silent on the far-left insurgency, backed in part by Piker, that's gripped his party this election cycle.
Jeffries spoke out after Piker, on his stream last week, featured an image of state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. Moss, who is Jewish, has said that people are sharing a fake audio clip of him claiming that his entire reason for running for Congress is to make sure that America continues to support Israel.
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"If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker warned.
Piker, who has over three million online followers, has repeatedly stood by his numerous past comments slamming Israel over its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
Jeffries emphasized in his social media post, "There is zero justification for threats against the safety of our Jewish brothers and sisters at a moment of rising hate. We will fight the cancer of antisemitism with the fierce urgency of now."
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Piker's comments were also blasted by Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., who charged that Piker is "a hack who thrives on hate."
Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., took to X to write, "Claims that American Jews are responsible for the violence being committed against their communities are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. It’s dangerous and antisemitic."
"We must stand up to the scourge of antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head," Lee added.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., praised Jeffries' pushback against Piker.
In an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom," Gottheimer called Piker's comments something "right out of the Nazi playbook."
Gottheimer, who is Jewish and a strong supporter of Israel, emphasized, "This is a call for violence against Jews,"
He was also critical of Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan.
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El-Sayed, who is facing off against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in battleground Michigan in a high-stakes Senate showdown, on Monday tried to put some distance between himself and Piker, who is a top supporter.
"I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople," El-Sayed said in a statement.
Gottheimer said that El-Sayed insufficiently pushed back against Piker: "El-Sayed's response was pathetic,"
"No Democratic members should allow Piker anywhere near them on the campaign trail," Gottheimer argued.
Piker endorsed El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination and appeared at some of the candidate's campaign events including a primary night party earlier this month in Detroit, Michigan.
Piker's latest comments were blasted by a growing number of Republicans since they grabbed attention this past weekend, including Rogers, who took aim at both Piker and El-Sayed in a social media post.
"More calls for violence coming out of the El-Sayed campaign," Rogers said on Sunday. And he claimed, "Here is his running mate, Hasan Piker, saying that if AMERICAN JEWS support Israel, they will be violently targeted because of it."
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Rogers, who is making a major push to court Democrats in Michigan, added, "Absolutely DISGUSTING. If Abdul El-Sayed had any courage at all, he would call this out and disavow Hasan Piker once and for all. We’re waiting, Abdul…"
El-Sayed, in his Monday statement, wrote, "I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence. This is particularly true for communities that have been intimidated for their beliefs in the past."
"My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters. Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk," he added.
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A former Wayne County Health Department director, El-Sayed, if elected in November, would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator. The epidemiologist who unsuccessfully ran for governor as an insurgent candidate in 2018 has made support for Medicare for all a major component of his campaign and has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
El-Sayed used the word "bloodthirsty" to characterize Israel's military moves in Gaza in an MS NOW interview this month and accused Israeli leadership of genocide against Palestinians. He has argued against unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel, as have other progressive politicians. And El-Sayed has repeatedly declined to directly answer whether Israel has the right to exist.
But El-Sayed has also repeatedly stated that he stands "in solidarity with my Jewish sisters and brothers" to "condemn antisemitism."
Former TOPGUN pilot analyzes Marine Corps pilot's eerie calm after emergency F-18 ejection
Former TOPGUN pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley told Fox News Digital that the recent crash of a Marine Corps F-18 in Washington state — and the pilot's split-second decision to eject — highlights both the violence of the maneuver and how the ensuing shock can leave an aviator feeling eerily calm.
On June 13, 2026, Marine Corps Maj. Jackson Simon emerged from a wooded area with a bloodied face and walked down the road toward a Yakima County sheriff’s deputy, whose bodycam captured the pilot appearing remarkably composed.
"I'm a little frazzled," was about as close as Simon came to expressing fear after his F-18 Hornet crashed into the forest and sparked a small wildfire near Rimrock Lake.
Buckley, who flew F-18 Hornets during his 15-year career in the U.S. Navy, said Simon was likely experiencing a combination of shock, an adrenaline letdown and the effects of training that teaches pilots to compartmentalize under pressure.
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"If anything's going wrong, we focus on the task. Everything else goes away," Buckley told Fox News Digital. "That was the most violent thing that ever happened to that Marine in his entire life."
Buckley served as a pilot in the Navy from 1991 to 2006 and said he was fortunate never to have ejected from an aircraft. The experience can have a devastating toll on the human body.
"Some folks don't go back to flying status. I mean, you can lose a couple inches in height. Your spine compresses. Some people get shorter," Buckley said.
A meta-analysis of more than a dozen studies looking at 1,710 military aircrew ejections found a pooled mortality rate of 10.5%, while 29.8% suffered major injuries. The studies were published between 1971 and 2019.
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"When you pull that handle, you have two choices: die or maybe live. And I said 'maybe live' because it's incredibly violent. I think the average ejection seat is like 10 to 20 G's of force," Buckley added. "Most folks don't even remember the ejection. They remember pulling the handle and then waking up in their parachute."
Buckley said the pilot's body positioning before the ejection is extremely important in preventing potentially life-threatening injuries. For example, if their arm is extended away from their body, the sudden wind blast could cause it to be "ripped out of the socket."
There's also a phenomenon called "seat slap," which occurs if the pilot does not have their legs flush with the seat prior to ejecting.
"If you look at an ejection seat in a fighter jet, it's rock hard. We're not sitting on a cushion," he said. "If your legs aren't flat on the seat, it could break both of your legs and now you bleed out and die."
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In some instances, pilots who find themselves in trouble have time to slow their aircraft and perform a controlled ejection, which can reduce the forces involved, Buckley said.
Based on video of the crash, Simon’s plane was traveling at a high rate of speed before it struck the trees and exploded, likely leaving little opportunity for a controlled ejection.
Simon had been performing low-flying maneuvers while spectators on the ground watched, according to KIRO 7. After that, his plane reportedly clipped some power lines, which led to it going down.
The Marine Corps has not publicly confirmed that Simon’s F-18 struck power lines before the crash and has said the cause of the mishap remains under investigation.
According to Buckley, this "clearly" wasn't supposed to happen.
"We have minimum altitude restrictions. And there ain't no 500-foot trees, right? So I don't know what they were doing. It doesn't sound like from his initial statement that there was anything wrong with the airplane. So that's usually not a good sign," Buckley said.
Buckley then speculated about what may have been going through Simon’s mind before the crash.
"It looked like a beautiful day. People out on a lake. 'Hey, there's some people down there on the lake. Why don't we go show them what their tax money is [for]? You know, America.' I hope it wasn't something like that," he said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the third Marine Aircraft Wing, the West Coast-based Marine aviation unit to which Simon’s aircraft was assigned.
Buckley said Simon will likely go before a review board that will evaluate his actions surrounding the crash. At the conclusion of the process, the board can recommend what should happen to an aviator’s flight status.
If he's found to be at fault, Simon could lose his "wings" or he could be allowed to continue flying, just under what Buckley described as "double secret probation."
"I don't know what the board's gonna do, but it'll come out. It should because...this is a $60 to $65 million Hornet. We deserve to know what happened," he added.
New Padres owner Kwanza Jones puts on a performance for the ages at introductory presser
As a singer and songwriter, Kwanza Jones knows a thing or two about putting on a performance, and she made sure to show off those abilities as she was introduced as a new owner of the San Diego Padres.
Jones, along with her husband, Jose E. Feliciano, took over ownership of the Padres in a $3.9 billion sale from John Seidler and his family earlier this month. The pair were introduced to the media in San Diego on Monday, and it's safe to assume that Jones is rather excited about the new, incredibly expensive endeavor in Major League Baseball.
"We gonna win. We gonna win. We’re going to win, win it all," Jones shouted while offering up some hand gestures as well. "We hope it’s sooner rather than later."
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Jones also stood up at one point during the news conference and took a picture of the gathered media with her phone.
Padres fans are hopeful that sooner rather than later part comes to fruition, especially considering that they've been waiting forever to see San Diego win a World Series.
The Padres have played in the World Series twice in franchise history, most recently in 1998, but have never hoisted the Commissioner's Trophy.
Feliciano is an investor and the co-founder and managing partner of the investment firm called Clearlake Capital, the 12th largest private equity firm in the world. Forbes reports that his net worth is $3.9 billion.
Feliciano is not new to the sports owner's world, as Clearlake co-led a group of investors in an acquisition of Chelsea in the Premier League in May 2022.
Jones and Feliciano could be in store to witness postseason baseball in San Diego this year, with the Padres currently holding onto the third Wild Card spot in the National League with a record of 71-61.
The Padres currently hold a two-game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Wild Card race with 30 regular-season games to go.
Formula 1 champ Max Verstappen set to take on 100 go-karters in wild made-for-TV stunt
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to turn one of the best Formula 1 drivers of all-time loose on a karting track with 100 mere mortals, we're going to find out.
It was announced that Red Bull's four-time champion Max Verstappen — fresh off a rough weekend in which he crashed out of his home race on the opening lap — will take on scores of karters in a special, made-for-TV event called "Max vs 100."
It will take place on a purpose-built karting track at Silverstone — site of the British Grand Prix — and will be broadcast on ESPN and streamed on Disney+.
This will be wild.
First of all, I'm a sucker for made-for-TV stunts. Motorcycle jumps, tightrope walks, whatever David Blaine feels like doing (which is usually hanging upside down or sitting in a chunk of ice for a few days), I'm in.
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While this doesn't have the danger factor of Evel Knievel sending it over the fountain at Caesars Palace, it will be a display of just how good the Dutchman is behind the wheel of anything.
I don't think it's a matter of whether Max Verstappen can overtake go-karters; it's how long it will take him to do it.
Like most F1 drivers, Verstappen started his racing career on karts, so he'll have to reach into his old bag of tricks.
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"In go-karts you learn all the basics: starts, defending, overtaking," he said in a statement, per Motorsport. "Of course, I spent a long period of my life go-karting, so it's always nice to return. It’s about understanding the grip of the go-kart. I've done so many years in go-karting that you quite naturally get back into things."
I'm curious to see how hard the karters defend against him. On one hand, it would be cool to say you made it hard for a driver of Verstappen's caliber to get past you, but you don't want to be the guy who causes a crash by moving under braking or not leaving enough space through a corner.
Don't. Be. That. Guy.
ICE lodges detainer for illegal immigrant with lengthy rap sheet after alleged jealousy-fueled killing
FIRST ON FOX: Federal immigration officials are asking authorities in the Miami area to honor a detainer request for an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal history who is now charged with fatally shooting a man on the street in an alleged act of jealousy.
William Serrano Domenech, 49, is being held in a Miami-Dade County jail in connection with the Aug. 17 murder of 42-year-old Raul Aballe, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
"He has a rap sheet a mile long, with prior convictions in Florida and Michigan for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm, as well as prior arrests in New Mexico and Tennessee for aggravated assault, theft, and resisting arrest," Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "This dangerous criminal should have never been in our country, and had it not been for the Biden Administration releasing him from ICE custody in 2023, Raul Aballe would still be alive."
Domenech, a Cuban citizen, was "socializing with the witness" on the evening of the slaying when Aballe appeared and the pair began arguing, authorities said. The dispute turned physical when Domenech started punching and slapping Aballe, authorities said.
Domenech allegedly pulled a gun out of a fanny pack and opened fire, striking Aballe in the stomach. Aballe was taken to a hospital where he later died.
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Domenech allegedly fled the scene, but he was arrested the next day. He allegedly admitted to the killing and said he was jealous of Aballe's relationship with the witness, according to authorities.
The witness reportedly told investigators that Aballe was not armed and didn't initiate the fight.
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Domenech is charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer with Miami-Dade authorities the day after Domenech's arrest.
His criminal history spans at least four states for a litany of offenses, DHS said. That includes a conviction for a weapons offense and arrests on charges of vehicle theft, burglary, driving without a license, and driving with a suspended license in Florida, as well as prior arrests on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, and bribery of a witness in New Mexico.
In addition, Domenech has prior arrests for unlawful possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, and theft in Tennessee, and convictions for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute an unknown quantity of marijuana, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and felon in possession of a firearm in Michigan, authorities said.
Domenech allegedly told authorities he entered the United States through Florida in 1995. A deportation order was issued by a judge in 2002.
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However, when ICE took him into custody in 2023, he was released back onto the streets by the Biden administration, DHS said.
"ICE has lodged a detainer and will work with our partners in Florida to ensure that this killer is never again allowed back onto our streets," Mullin said.
Georgia sheriff seizes 1,800 pounds of suspected black-market marijuana shipped from California
A massive shipment of 1,800 pounds of suspected black-market marijuana from California was intercepted in Georgia on Tuesday, with authorities saying the drugs were destined for Atlanta and Orlando.
The shipment originated in Sacramento, where recreational marijuana is legal, according to the Butts County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Gary Long said about half of the marijuana was bound for Atlanta, while the rest was headed to Orlando.
The sheriff’s office did not say where or how the shipment was intercepted, whether anyone was arrested or whether charges were filed.
Long used the seizure to make his case that legalizing marijuana does not eliminate illegal sales.
"But here is the reality: the black market isn't going away," Long said in a press release announcing the seizure.
Marijuana laws vary among the three states connected to the shipment. California allows recreational marijuana, while Georgia and Florida allow marijuana only for certain medical uses.
"The illegal marijuana trade does not stop at the state line," Long said.
Long said Mexican drug-trafficking organizations and other criminal groups continue to move large amounts of marijuana across state lines. The sheriff’s office did not say the shipment seized Tuesday was connected to a cartel or any other criminal organization.
The sheriff also argued that illegal sellers can undercut licensed marijuana businesses because they don't pay taxes or licensing fees or have to follow testing and other regulatory requirements.
"As long as there is demand and money to be made, illegal dealers will continue to operate," Long said.
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Long urged Georgia lawmakers to look closely at what has happened in states that have legalized marijuana before making changes to Georgia's laws.
He pointed to California, which has changed its cannabis tax and regulatory system while continuing to fight illegal marijuana sales. He also cited past ballot initiatives filed in Colorado seeking to repeal constitutional provisions that legalized recreational marijuana, though those efforts did not reverse legalization.
"That should be a warning to Georgia," Long said. "We should learn from the experiences of states that have already gone down this road instead of repeating the same mistakes and then spending years trying to fix them."
Long said his statement was not meant to settle the question of whether marijuana should be legal. Instead, he argued that lawmakers need to consider how illegal sales and trafficking would fit into any changes to Georgia law.
"Georgia, let's get it right the first time," Long said.
Google Docs password leak reveals a costly security mistake
Passwords have a way of ending up in places they were never meant to live. Sometimes convenience wins in the moment, and security becomes tomorrow's problem. One company learned that lesson after a contractor stored credentials in a Google Doc so they could access them from different devices.
Then something happened that should make anyone who uses Google Docs take a closer look at their sharing settings. A developer searching the company's domain on Google saw one of its staging hostnames appear in autocomplete alongside what looked like a credential string. The company investigated and found a Google Docs URL that anyone with the link could access.
That's a rough way to discover that a password has traveled much farther than you intended. Here's how the exposure happened, what Google says about Docs privacy and the simple steps you can take to keep your own passwords and shared files safer.
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The story was reported by The Register and comes from Siim Kostabi, co-founder of Pageloot, a company that provides QR codes for businesses. Kostabi said his company brought in an outside contractor to help with back-end API integrations. The contractor had credentials for the company's staging environment, which is essentially a test version of its system.
The contractor wanted easy access to those credentials from multiple devices. So they put the information into a Google Doc and set the document so anyone with the link could view it. Later, a Pageloot developer was working on an unrelated problem and typed the company's domain into Google Search. Autocomplete surfaced one of the staging hostnames followed by what appeared to be a credential string.
The team checked and found the accessible Google Docs URL. The Register reported that Google Search had indexed the document and offered information from it as a search suggestion. Pageloot quickly cut off the contractor's access and rotated the exposed credentials. The company also adopted a rule against storing passwords in Google Docs, Slack or Notion and other collaboration tools.
Before you start worrying that every Google Doc you have ever created could suddenly appear in a search, there is an important piece of context. Google told CyberGuy that Google Docs are restricted by default. The person who creates the document controls how it gets shared.
Google's current Drive guidance says Restricted means only people with access can open a file. If you select Anyone with the link, anyone who gets that link can use the file without signing in to a Google Account. Google separately lists a Public setting, when available, that allows anyone to find the file through Google Search.
Google also told CyberGuy that a link to a publicly shared Doc may be indexed if someone posts that link somewhere public where a search engine crawler can find it. The Register says the Pageloot document eventually surfaced through Google Search autocomplete. However, the report does not explain how Google first discovered the Docs URL. For the rest of us, the useful lesson is simple: pay attention to the sharing setting before putting anything sensitive in a cloud document.
Kostabi also described a separate incident involving one of Pageloot's customers. The midsize retailer discovered that its QR codes had started sending shoppers to a competitor's website.
According to Kostabi, the company investigated and found that a former employee's credentials had never been revoked. He said the former employee used that lingering access to redirect the retailer's URLs. That mistake carries a very familiar lesson.
When someone no longer needs access to an account or shared file, their access should go away too. That applies at work, but it can also apply at home. Maybe you once shared a financial document with an accountant. Perhaps an old household file still includes someone who no longer needs it. Shared access can be easy to forget because the file quietly remains in Google Drive.
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You do not have to run a business to learn something from this story. Plenty of people use Google Docs and Drive to keep household information, travel plans or tax documents and other details they want available across devices.
The danger comes when sensitive information lands in a file with broader access than you realize. A Google Doc can feel private because you remember sending the link to only one person. What really counts is who currently has permission to open it and what the General access setting says. That makes this a good time to check the files you would least want a stranger opening.
A few small changes can reduce the chance that an old shared file or exposed password turns into a much bigger security problem.
If you have passwords sitting in a Google Doc right now, move them to a reputable password manager. Password managers are designed to securely store logins and make them available across your devices. They can also help you create unique passwords instead of reusing the same one. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at Cyberguy.com for options and what to look for. After moving a password, delete it from the document. If other people may have had access to the file, change that password too.
Start with documents containing financial information or account details.
On a computer:
Google says switching General access to Restricted means only people with access can open the file.
On iPhone, iPad or Android:
This setting can be handy when you need to share something quickly. However, anyone who gets the link can access the file without signing in to a Google Account. That link can also get forwarded or copied somewhere you never expected. For sensitive documents, share the file directly with specific people instead.
Open the sharing settings on important files and scan the list of people who can still get in. If someone no longer needs access, remove them. This is especially worth doing after you finish working with a contractor or service provider. At home, the same idea applies when you have shared a document temporarily and the reason for sharing it has passed.
Changing a Google Doc from broad access to Restricted helps close the door, but it cannot undo exposure that may have already happened. If a password was sitting in a document other people could access, change it. Then check the account's recent login or security activity for anything you do not recognize.
Two-factor authentication adds another step when someone tries to sign in to your account. That can help protect you if a password gets stolen. CyberGuy's guide to multifactor authentication apps can help you strengthen accounts that support this added protection.
Strong antivirus software adds another layer of protection on your computer and phone. It cannot fix a Google Doc with the wrong sharing setting. However, it can help detect malicious downloads, phishing attempts and other threats that may follow if criminals get hold of your login information. Keep your security software updated and make sure real-time protection stays turned on. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com.
Identity theft protection makes the most sense when an exposed document contained more than a password. For example, you may want extra monitoring if someone gained access to your Social Security number, financial account information or other highly sensitive personal data. Identity theft protection services can watch for signs that your information is being misused. Some also alert you to suspicious activity tied to your identity. If the exposure involved only one account password, changing that password and securing the account may be enough. The level of protection you need depends on what information was actually exposed. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at CyberGuy.com.
You probably have old Google Drive files you have not opened in months or even years. Spend a few minutes checking the sharing settings on documents containing sensitive information. You may find an old permission you completely forgot about. For more ways to lock down cloud files, see our guide on protecting sensitive documents and controlling file access.
Google also addressed a separate privacy question with CyberGuy. The company told us that it does not use private Workspace content, including Drive and Docs, to train its foundational AI models such as Gemini. Google's published Workspace guidance likewise says Workspace data isn’t used to train or improve the underlying generative AI models that power Gemini, Search and other systems outside Workspace without permission. That issue is separate from what happened in the Pageloot story. This case centered on how the document was shared and how credentials were handled.
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What gets me about this story is how ordinary the original decision probably felt. Someone needed a password on more than one device and chose an easy place to put it. That shortcut eventually left company credentials where Google Search autocomplete could surface them. The second incident carries another lesson I think all of us can use. Access should have an expiration date. When somebody no longer needs to open one of your files or accounts, remove them. I would also take five minutes today and look at the Google Docs you care about most. Check the people who can open them and look at the General access setting. You may find nothing wrong. Great. But if you uncover an old shared link or a person who should no longer have access, you will be glad you looked before somebody else did.
When was the last time you checked who can still open the Google Docs and Drive files you've shared over the years? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.
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