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Donna Mills on why she never married despite decades-long romance: 'I was always so independent'
"Knots Landing" star Donna Mills is revealing the reason that she has never walked down the aisle despite her 25-year romance with actor Larry Gilman.
During a recent appearance on the "Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko," the 85-year-old actress, who has been in a relationship with Gilman, 76, since 2001, opened up about why she has chosen to avoid marriage.
"I was always so independent," she told Kmetko. "I’m still very independent."
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"I just didn’t ever want to be subject to whatever you have to do when you get married," Mills continued. "I also didn’t want to say I was going to love somebody forever."
"I don’t know if I would do that or not," she admitted with a laugh.
Mills shared the topic of marriage had also come up between herself and her daughter Chloe, who recently tied the knot herself.
"It’s funny because my daughter asked me that. My daughter just got married," Mills said. "And she just had a baby."
After Kmetko told her that she didn't "look like a grandmother," Mills pointed to a necklace she was wearing that was inscribed with the word "Grandma," which she said was a gift from Chloe.
"She gave me this, and I wear it all the time," Mills said.
Mills explained that she and Chloe have had many conversations about what name her grandson would call her.
"And I said, "'Oh, I know. Glamma,'" Mills told Kmetko with a laugh. "But she didn't like that."
The Daytime Emmy Award winner Chloe adopted as a newborn in 1994 when she was 54. Seven years later, Mills began dating Gilman, whom she has described as an "incredibly kind, funny, wonderful man."
"I love him," she told The Daily Beast in 2022. "I’m lucky to have found him. I found him late, but I found him. Everybody loves him. He’s great."
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Prior to meeting Gilman, Mills and advertising executive Richard Holland, who was previously married to singer Chaka Khan, had an on-and-off relationship for around 20 years starting in 1979.
When asked why she has never married, Mills said, "I don’t remember anyone ever getting down on one knee."
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The "Nope" star also cited her independent streak and explained why she and Gilman never felt the need to marry after meeting later in life.
"I am so freaking independent. I just am. I’m very independent and by the time Larry and I met we were both pretty established," she said. "To combine everything at that point is really difficult. So we just combined our lives but not our finances and stuff like that. It’s much cleaner, much better."
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Mills shared that maintaining her independence had always given her a sense of security, even while sharing her life with a partner.
"I’ve always felt a woman being independent was important," she said. "It made me feel safer, I guess, to know that I can take care of myself. I want someone to be in my life to love and be with, to be a companion and to go places and all that, but if I have to I can take care of myself."
"And really, I had enough marriages as Abby!" she added, referring to the character she played on "Knots Landing."
Mills became a television sensation playing the glamorous and ruthless Abby Cunningham on "Knots Landing" from 1980 to 1989.
Abby tied the knot four times over the course of the hit primetime soap, though one union was annulled almost immediately after the wedding.
Mills and Gilman share a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, where they have a vineyard. In 2015, Mills told Closer Weekly that the vineyard was a gift from her longtime partner.
"Larry planted a vineyard for me last year," Donna shared. "He’s really such a good guy."
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The couple went on to launch Mandeville Vineyards, a small-scale wine brand produced from grapes grown on their vineyard in Brentwood's Mandeville Canyon.
Mills, who surprised her fans when she announced that she had launched an OnlyFans account in July, previously discussed how she had received some unusual requests from subscribers, including one involving her vineyard.
In August, Mills appeared on "Creators Inc. Podcast," which is hosted by Andy Bachman, the CEO of the talent agency Creators, Inc., which manages her OnlyFans account.
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During her appearance, Bachman noted that some "foot kink people" had asked to see the actress "stomping on grapes" with her bare feet in her vineyard.
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"I’m gonna do it," Mills said. "I tried to shoot it myself. But you can’t shoot something while you’re stomping, it just doesn’t work."
"I'm going to uh… I'm going to do that very soon… and do it right so that you know people can… really enjoy it," she continued. "I think it's really funny and fun and uh it's the kind of thing that I want to be able to share with the fans."
Ann-Margret seen in wheelchair outside Los Angeles hotel months after breaking elbow in fall
Hollywood icon, Ann-Margret, was recently photographed outside a Los Angeles hotel in a wheelchair.
The 85-year-old actress was spotted arriving to a hotel for an event, where her staff met her outside and helped her get out of her car.
She was seen smiling as she was being wheeled into the event by her staff, in an all-black outfit, which she paired with a green blazer, glasses and a necklace.
Her appearance at the event occurred only a few months after the actress shared she suffered a fall in her home in April, which led to a broken elbow.
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"I fell the other day and so now my right elbow is broken," Ann-Margret told Parade magazine at the time. "That’s OK. … I have fallen so many times. I don’t intend to, but I do! What can I say?"
Although she was forced to cancel a fan event at the time during which she would be signing autographs, she assured the outlet that she was on the mend, telling them, "Yes I am. I sure am!"
Dubbed "The Female Elvis," Ann-Margret had her breakout performance in the 1963 movie musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," which established her as a leading lady early in her career. She then starred alongside Elvis Presley in the 1964 movie, "Viva Las Vegas."
Her transition to dramatic films came in the 70s, with the actress receiving her first of two Academy Award nominations in 1972 for her role in "Carnal Knowledge."
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Throughout her career, the sex-symbol received five Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award, two Academy Award nomination and two Grammy Award nominations.
When speaking with Fox News Digital in June, Ann-Margret shared her love for motorcycles, revealing she rode one for the first as a child in Sweden with her uncle, saying after that "I had to have one of my own." After all these years on a bike, the actress said she has never been scared.
"Isn’t that something?" she said. "I never have been. I love the speed. I try not to go too fast, although I do love the speed. I’m joyful when I get on that bike. I don’t get scared. That’s the problem!"
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She previously spoke to People magazine in February 2024 about her love for motorcycles, noting, "I love speed. Not the drug."
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The performer also spoke to the outlet about her decades-long career in Hollywood, saying she had zero plans to slow down. Ann-Margret described how she took dance lessons early on in life to prove to her parents she was born to entertain.
"I remember wanting to be in show business all my life," Ann-Margret told the outlet. "And I remember one day I said to mother and daddy, ‘I want to talk to you. It’s a very, very important thing for me and I want to get into show business.’"
Bojangles opens Las Vegas Strip restaurant with feature never before offered by chain
Charlotte, North Carolina-based fast-food chain Bojangles opened a new restaurant complete with a full-service bar on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 7, marking the company's first foray into alcohol sales.
LV Petroleum, the chain's Las Vegas franchisee, has about 20 Bojangles locations in the works for the Las Vegas market, Nation's Restaurant News reported.
Aside from the bar, the restaurant is outfitted with a stage for live music, a covered patio and TVs throughout, which "give the restaurant a distinctly Vegas vibe," the company's news release stated.
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"We are ecstatic about adding another Bojangles to the Vegas Strip and bringing our unique Southern charm to this location," Jeanette Davis, senior vice president of LV Petroleum, said in a statement.
The company also operates franchises of brands such as Jimmy John's, Arby's, Starbucks and Dunkin'.
Founded in Charlotte in 1977, Bojangles' menu centers on Southern classics like fried chicken, biscuits and sweet tea, among others.
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At the Vegas restaurant, guests can order from the chain's regular menu, which features items including dirty rice, baked macaroni and cheese, chicken tenders and milkshakes.
Breakfast is sold every day until 2 p.m., with options like breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and gravy and hash browns.
Over the years, Bojangles has grown to include 890 restaurants in 24 states, according to the company.
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A primarily Southeastern chain, the company has extended its reach in recent years to states like Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and New York.
In 2025, Bojangles opened 43 new restaurants nationwide, according to QSR Magazine.
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The expansion into Las Vegas marks a big move in the chain's growth plan, the news release noted.
"Our recent expansions into markets have been met with tremendous enthusiasm, and we are confident that the community will embrace our delicious offerings with the same excitement," Davis said.
Will College Football Playoff committee drop LSU Tigers out of playoff picture after blowout loss?
The release of the first College Football Playoff poll recently was treated with shock, disdain, and outright anger from many fans across the sport. Unless they root for the SEC.
SEC teams were shockingly, and consistently overrepresented and overranked, to the point that prominent rival coaches openly speculated about a connection between ESPN, the SEC, and the committee's willingness to abandon any pretense of objectivity.
Defending national champion Curt Cignetti, as one example, was blunt about his perception of the committee's bias.
"SEC gets a lot of love from ESPN and all their writers that they don't technically pay but march to their drum," he said. "That's why you see all these SEC teams up there, and some good two-loss teams from the Big Ten not quite as high. But like I said, it's all going to be played out on the field."
"Come on. These people, and there’s a whole bunch of them, they march out of the tent, and they’re given instructions on what to say," he added. "And they follow the company line. Right, and I don’t need to go any further."
There's little doubt that the SEC's marketing efforts have been extremely effective at ensuring voters ignore results and focus on perception instead. And the biggest winner might have been the conference's most effective marketer: LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin.
Kiffin has been loudly decrying the conference's move to nine games, correctly realizing that the extra losses , which put the SEC on equal footing with the Big Ten and Big 12, will be tough to overcome when evaluating resumes. To combat this, he's spent most of the past year campaigning for the benefit of the committee. Saying, incorrectly, that the SEC is Just Different and deserves to be treated like special snowflakes relative to other conferences.
"The conferences are so different," he said recently. "They are. They’re different stadiums, they’re different environments, they’re different middle to bottom of them. So you’re not playing equal schedules, they’re not even close. If you took an SEC team and gave them another one of those conference’s schedules, they’d average two more wins. Well, that’s a big deal. So, I say all that to say you had to go to more teams, because the system’s broke in how they pick them."
Pretty much all of that is wrong. But his propaganda efforts, based on the first week's poll, clearly worked. Losses in the SEC simply don't matter as much as they should, a trend that was obvious in 2025 when the Alabama Crimson Tide were blown out by Georgia in the conference championship game and didn't drop a single spot. The committee decided ahead of time that they should be in, so they determined that the SEC Championship Game could only help the winner, and not hurt the loser.
Will that same preferential treatment be given to the loser of a, say, Utah-BYU Big 12 Championship Game? Of course not. Because of the stadiums or something. Returning to Kiffin's diatribe though, one stat that he curiously never brings up is the SEC's recent performance when the games actually matter. And unfortunately for him and them, it's not very good.
In 2025-2026, the SEC went 1-8 in bowl games. They were 0-3 in the College Football Playoff against non-SEC P4 opponents. Texas A&M went 7-1 in the SEC and was a tiebreaker away from reaching the conference championship game, then scored all of three points against a lowly Miami Hurricanes team at home. In their awe-inspiring temple of an SEC stadium.
Houston beat LSU in their bowl game. Virginia beat Missouri. Illinois beat Tennessee. Iowa beat Vanderbilt. Then Alabama, the team gifted a spot in the playoff thanks to their conference patch, was obliterated by Indiana 38-3 in the Rose Bowl. So two of the top three teams in the SEC, Texas A&M and Alabama, lost their non-SEC playoff games by a combined score of 48-6. Six points combined.
"They're not even close." "They'd average two more wins." And people actually believe this stuff.
Since the expanded playoff format started, SEC teams are 2-5 against other P4 conference teams. They're 5-7 overall, while the Big Ten is 8-5. "They're not even close."
There's another part of Kiffin's ridiculous posturing that he never brings up: travel. This isn't the SEC's fault, of course, but the conference's geographic alignment gives them a tremendous advantage over the Big Ten or ACC. LSU is in the Central Time Zone. Of their 12 games, just two were or are scheduled for any other time zone, Kentucky and Tennessee. They already lost to the Wildcats.
USC, by contrast, plays four games in other time zones, including three in the Eastern Time Zone. USC, despite being based in Los Angeles, plays more times in the Eastern Time Zone than LSU does. UCLA has six games in time zones other than its home Pacific time zone. That's a massive advantage for the Tigers and for most SEC teams. Their travel schedules simply don't match up to the grueling gauntlet of the Big Ten. Just imagine how many more losses Kiffin and his marketing group would have if they had to travel like their peers. But stadiums or something.
This isn't the first time the SEC boosters have done their fake superiority performance. And yet they learn nothing from it.
December 2024 - Lane Kiffin: "The SEC is just different, it's totally different. You might as well be in different leagues, not different conferences, different leagues."
June 2025 - Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia: "You want to play with the best — you don’t want to play with the Big Ten. … You ignore those calls."
July 2025 - Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko: "It’s a gauntlet going into the SEC season."
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October 2025 - Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer: "This is our third game in a row in the conference against a ranked opponent. That’s life in the SEC."
October 2025 - Paul Finebaum: "I’d like to see Indiana go through the gauntlet that Alabama has gone through…"
November 2025 - Lane Kiffin: "Texas A&M being [No.] 3 — what more do you want them to do to be [No.] 1?"
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December 2025 - SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: "I actually think we deserve seven in," he said referring to the number of SEC teams that should be in the playoff. "I think the seven teams that are in the top-14, half of the top 14 teams are from the SEC. That's an indication that this league is different, the expectations are different, the competition is different, and the rewards should respect each of those elements."
December 2025 - Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea: "This should be about the 12 best teams in the country and a 10-2 team in the SEC … look, obviously we love our league. It just means more here and all that kind of stuff, but there’s a level of respect that needs to be held for the gauntlet we’ve been through and how we’ve met the match and done the things we need to do," Lea told OutKick. "I mean, it is just absurd the idea that we’re going to open the door to teams that play in conferences that aren’t the SEC that have the same record we have. I mean, it’s crazy."
December 2025 - Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian: "If you really look at the body of work, and you look at the Southeastern Conference of what we have to go through every week, you look at the non-conference schedule we played, to go to Ohio State in Week 1 and lose by seven when we outgained them by nearly 200 yards—we got a really good football team. It would be a disservice to our sport if this team is not a playoff team when we went and scheduled that non-conference game."
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December 2025 - Alabama QB Ty Simpson: "In general, we think that... actually we know we have the best offense in the country."
This is why it's so galling that the committee listened to Kiffin and Sankey and Sark and the relentless propaganda: it's just wrong. It's been proven wrong. It is not accurate.
Kiffin's Tigers were blown out by Alabama on Saturday night, to the point where their awe-inspiring stadium was mostly empty halfway through the fourth quarter. Will the committee keep them without shouting distance of the top-12? Or will they do what they would to another team and conference, and drop the Tigers to the bottom of the top 25 or out of it entirely?
This is why Kiffin made these comments, because he hoped that the standards will be lower for him than they are for other schools. Lose three times? It's because of stadiums or some nonsense. Lose four times? It's because of Nick Saban in 2015. There can never be consequences for the SEC, because they're just special.
Kiffin's right, the system they use to select teams is broken. We'll just have to see how broken, in his favor, it actually is.
Joe Biden says cancer slowed him down, limiting memoir promotion tour
Former President Joe Biden said on Sunday ahead of the release of his presidential memoir that he would need to limit the promotional events due to his cancer battle slowing him down at times.
The memoir, titled "Promise Me, America," is set to be released on Nov. 17. The book reflects on Biden's four years in the White House, covering the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, domestic legislation, global diplomacy and his decision to run for re-election before later stepping aside in 2024. The memoir also details the personal deliberations behind his decision to end his 2024 re-election bid.
"My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th. I hope you'll read it. It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It's about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America's role in the world. More than anything, it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy," Biden said on X.
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The former president was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones in May 2025, which he said has not stopped him but has sometimes slowed him down.
"While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families. My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I've responded to treatment. And the prayers and kind words and well wishes from so many of you have meant more to me and Jill and our family than you can ever know," Biden said.
"Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves," he continued.
Biden recalled his father telling him, "When you get knocked down, get up."
"It's a good lesson for me. And for America," Biden said.
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"We are blessed. America is the most unique nation on earth. Unlike other countries, we're built on an idea. An idea bigger than any ocean. More powerful than any army. Stronger than any tyrant or dictator. That idea? All of us are created equal," he added.
Bear Grylls addresses Russell Brand's baptism, calls victims 'heroes of the day' after verdict
Bear Grylls is speaking out on Russell Brand's rape conviction two years after he baptized the comedian.
On Friday, British adventurer and television presenter Bear Grylls, best known for survival shows such as "Man vs. Wild," took to X to say that it was "right that justice has now been served."
"Brand’s faith seemed genuine to me at the time when I was a guest at his private baptism. I have attended a few now. Even visiting in prisons with people who have committed terrible crimes. It’s part of our calling as men and women of faith, to love and serve anyone."
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It is the sick that need healing. Judgement is for the courts and God… I wouldn’t want to ever discourage someone’s coming to faith," Grylls's statement began.
He continued, "It is right that justice has now been served. I can’t imagine how hard this time has been for the victims, the heroes of the day."
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In May 2024, Brand took to X and shared a video following the first week after the baptism. "I want to thank Bear Grylls and my mate Joe, the two men that stood either side of me and flanked me for the baptism itself," Brand said in the video at the time.
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Grylls, a devout Christian, also shared a statement with the Daily Mail after the baptism, calling his involvement a "privilege."
"Faith and spiritual moments in our lives are really personal, but it is a privilege to stand beside anyone when they express a humble need for forgiveness and strength from above. Friendships when we go through tough times are worth so much," Grylls told the outlet at the time.
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Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in London. The offenses involved four women and took place between 2004 and 2009, as Brand’s career and public profile were growing.
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The jury found Brand guilty of raping a 21-year-old fan in 2009 and sexually assaulting three other women in separate incidents. He was cleared of two additional rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Brand, 51, has maintained his innocence. He was refused bail after the verdict and remains in custody ahead of sentencing, which is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 9. Police are also investigating two further rape allegations against him.
Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making Dana White press secretary
President Donald Trump said Sunday he was joking when he announced on social media that he had offered UFC boss Dana White the White House press secretary job and lined up a roster of fighters to serve as his assistants.
"I will tell you, I was only kidding," Trump said when asked what prompted the pitch and whether he was serious.
Trump pointed to the fighters he had named as White’s would-be assistants, saying the lineup should have given the joke away. "And you see a lot of rough faces there," he said.
He also joked that some of the fighters came from "parts unknown."
Trump said he thought White liked the idea and called him "a very capable guy." As for how the UFC boss might handle the job, Trump said, "You wouldn’t mess around with him so much."
"But Dana is actually coming tomorrow," Trump said. He explained that the visit was for other reasons, saying he believed White already planned to be in Washington and would stop by to see him.
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Trump said some people took to the idea after he floated it. "And then people said, you know, that’s actually a pretty good idea," he said.
The clarification came a day after Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had offered White the job. His post named UFC stars including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes as prospective assistants.
"Dana, please take the job!" Trump wrote.
White shared Trump’s post on his Instagram Story, along with a photo of himself behind the White House podium. He captioned the photo, "On to the next chapter."
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The exchange came weeks after Katie Zacharia’s departure as press secretary. Zacharia had been tapped to succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left in August. Asked Oct. 23 about finding a replacement, Trump told reporters, "We’re in no rush."
Trump and White have known each other for decades, dating back to the UFC’s early years, when Trump hosted fights at his Atlantic City property. White introduced Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention and joined him on the White House South Lawn in June for UFC Freedom 250.
White previously told Sports Business Journal in November 2024 that he had "no personal political aspirations" when asked about a possible role in Trump’s incoming administration.
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Fantasy football managers fume as Ladd McConkey's pregame injury goes unreported until after kickoff
Fantasy football managers who started Ladd McConkey on Sunday got an injury update they probably would have appreciated a little earlier. Preferably, while they could still do something about it.
The Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver was suddenly listed as questionable with a back injury after Sunday's game against the Houston Texans had started. Then came the particularly frustrating news: According to multiple reports, McConkey experienced back spasms during pregame warmups.
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Pregame. As in, before the game.
The Chargers' announcement was posted at 4:17 p.m. ET, roughly 12 minutes after the game started.
McConkey wasn't on the team's Friday injury report, and he wasn't among the players declared inactive Sunday. Managers who checked those updates had no warning there that a back problem might interfere with his afternoon.
By the time the questionable designation arrived, managers whose lineups had locked could only wait for another update and hope for the best.
Judging by the reaction on social media, they weren't particularly interested in being patient.
One social media user argued that managers counting on McConkey had every reason to be upset that his "back spasms weren’t communicated to the public before kickoff."
Another called for an investigation into the Chargers' handling of the injury information. Others were simply fed up with having McConkey in their lineups.
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One frustrated fantasy manager complained that McConkey "has ruined my fantasy week 60% of the time this year."
Those were among the responses we can actually print on this website.
To be fair, if you were counting on McConkey to win your fantasy matchup, your team is probably already in trouble (mine included). The Chargers' offense has been a complete dumpster fire, and McConkey hasn't been lighting up the scoreboard.
Los Angeles entered Sunday 0-7 and without an offensive touchdown in its past nine quarters. McConkey had just 17 catches for 286 yards and one touchdown in six appearances, having already missed a game due to injury.
His four catches for 86 yards against the Rams the previous week had at least given managers some reason to feel better about putting him back in their lineups. However, 54 of those yards came on a fluky deflected Hail Mary at the end of the first half.
Even a questionable designation before the game would have given managers with another available receiver a choice. McConkey did not have a target in the first half against the Texans.
It's fair to ask when the Chargers first knew McConkey's back might keep him out and why that information didn't reach the public sooner. The timing of the announcement deserves an explanation, regardless of how much McConkey ultimately plays.
The American Gaming Association put its forecast for legal NFL betting at $29.5 billion this season, counting wagers at regulated U.S. commercial sportsbooks.
People placing those bets, trading through prediction markets and paying to enter fantasy contests are all making decisions with real money. Timely, accurate injury information is a basic requirement, and the NFL needs to make sure its teams provide it while people can still act on it.
Finding out after kickoff that a player was hurt before the game is infuriating. For a league with billions of dollars riding on its games, it's also unacceptable.
Trump’s proposed Russia deal raises NATO alarm as ex-commander warns Putin seeks influence over Europe
President Donald Trump's push for a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and potentially reshape European security has raised alarm among NATO allies, with a former top alliance commander warning Fox News Digital that President Vladimir Putin has long sought to divide the world into competing spheres of influence.
The warning came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also appeared to reject what he called a potential "Yalta 2.0," and NATO allies debated direct outreach to Putin ahead of delegations preparing for talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10-11.
Retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, warned that Putin's ambitions extend far beyond Ukraine and reflect a broader vision for how global powers should divide influence.
"Putin has a plan for the world, and he has pushed that plan on leaders several times," Breedlove warned before adding: "He talks about it and he writes about it."
Trump had suggested Thursday that an agreement with Moscow could extend beyond ending Russia's nearly five-year war in Ukraine.
"It's going to be a big agreement, and it's going to involve more than Ukraine... I could even say it might involve all of Europe," Trump told reporters after meeting Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House.
"It's going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone's going to be thrilled," Trump added.
Breedlove said Putin has repeatedly promoted a vision of dividing global power among Russia, China and the United States.
"The plan is three spheres of influence whereby China controls the Far East, Russia controls Europe, and America controls the Western Hemisphere. I do not expect there's going to be a lot of cooperation from the countries of Europe," he said.
"The Western world is waiting to see what this big plan is, and they are very concerned because it is about them," Breedlove added.
Zelenskyy also warned Friday against repeating the 1945 Yalta Conference, where Allied leaders negotiated Europe's postwar order before the Soviet Union consolidated control over Eastern Europe.
"We don't want to have Yalta 2.0," the Ukrainian leader told CNN. "We don't want to be divided by Russia," he said before adding: "For me, it's not simple and it can be dangerous."
On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that discussions on how Europe would look after the Ukraine war were already underway.
"It's one of the key topics that's been raised repeatedly in every conversation, anytime negotiations have been discussed," he said ahead of traveling to Paris for the G7 meeting.
"So I think that's what the president is alluding to, is that there's been some advances made and what that architecture could look like post-conflict. We obviously have to get past the conflict to get to that point," he added, clarifying Trump's comments.
Breedlove, however, questioned whether European governments and Ukraine would even accept a broader agreement negotiated without their involvement.
"I do expect that when we get a peek under the hood of what Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump have devised that there may be European partners and allies to include Ukraine that may or may not be enthralled with the proposed solution."
"We have always said nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine," the expert said.
"Neither have we heard anything about the EU or NATO being in this conversation. And yet the EU, NATO and Ukraine are central and the heart of the matter that apparently is going to be discussed."
Tensions also appeared to mount further after Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a rare 90-minute telephone conversation with Putin on Oct. 27, according to reports.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the separate European diplomatic initiatives.
"I think Europe should stick together rather than going solo," she said as Breedlove went on to defend the outreach.
"The two calls that recently took place between Northern leaders in the NATO alliance and Russia, I don't think that they're out of place at all," he said. "I think they're entirely appropriate."
"The great powers of Europe are getting very concerned that someone is dealing with their security without including them in the conversation," he added.
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed Sunday that France would participate in the Abu Dhabi negotiations.
"The Europeans will be well represented; France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in these discussions," Barrot said, according to Reuters.
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Breedlove warned that any agreement requiring European nations to sacrifice their security to satisfy Moscow would still face fierce resistance.
"If the maximalist demands of Russia remain intact and in order to find peace, all the rest of Europe has to give up its security, sacrifice its security, make itself more susceptible to Russian attack, then this is not going to go well," he said.
"Putin has never been a partner for peace in Ukraine. Putin is not now a partner for peace in Ukraine."
"The EU nations, the NATO nations, and Ukraine are not going to sign up to a plan that suggests that Russia will be able to once again amass its armies, march across borders and intervene in its neighbors' internal business."
"We need to understand that we are in a war. Mr. Putin is at war with the West," he warned.
Family trapped by powerful floodwaters until 2 neighbors grab a kayak and paddleboard
After heavy rainfall caused severe flooding that trapped a desperate Florida family inside their home for hours, two neighborhood brothers with a paddleboard and kayak took dramatic action to do what they could to help.
The rescue of a mother and son, plus their three dogs, took place Monday in Palm Bay, a city in Brevard County roughly 70 miles southeast of Orlando, as heavy rain flooded homes and streets across the area.
Brittany Grant, a Palm Bay resident, told ClickOrlando that floodwaters began pouring into her home — which forced her and her young son to climb onto the kitchen counter to dodge the rising water, she said.
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But with water continuing to rise, Grant called 911 to no avail, according to reports.
After Grant and her son remained stranded on the counter for hours, she decided to turn to Facebook to plead for help.
Her post caught the attention of a neighborhood mother — whose teenage sons, Lucas Marshall, 17, and Jonah Marshall, 15, set out to rescue the family using just a borrowed kayak and a paddleboard.
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Jonah Marshall told ClickOrlando he didn't think twice about helping another family.
"Because they needed help, and they were in trouble and danger, so [I] just didn’t think about it and just went to help them," the teen said.
Lucas Marshall described the rescue as "nerve-wracking a little bit," but said he tried to keep Grant's son calm by striking up a conversation.
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"It was good because, like, we’re physical and able to do it, so [we] might as well," he said.
"So I was just asking him, like, ‘OK, what’s your name?’" Lucas Marshall added.
"I was like, ‘How’s school going?’ I was like, ‘This is a weird day, isn’t it?’"
The stranded mom said that she was extremely grateful for her neighbors' help.
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"The community came together and saved us," Grant said, according to ClickOrlando. "If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know how we would have gotten out."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Grant for comment.
The flooding in Palm Bay also turned deadly Monday, when 34-year-old Joshua Bennett died after his vehicle became trapped in rising floodwaters.
His wife, Stacy Petit Bennett, told WESH 2 News he called her on FaceTime as water surrounded his vehicle.
"He called me on FaceTime, and he was just crying, like, 'I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do,'" she said.