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49ers wide receiver punches Panthers player after game following groin shot
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings got into a scrap with Carolina Panthers defensive back Tre’von Moehrig after their game on Monday night.
Jennings threw a punch at Moehrig after the final whistle sounded in San Francisco’s 20-9 victory. He said it was in response to Moehrig hitting him below the belt late in the game – a moment that was caught by ESPN’s cameras during the broadcast.
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49ers personnel held Jennings back from escalating the situation further.
"I was just responding to some childish behavior," Jennings said after the game.
Moehrig said the groin-area shot was in response to physical play after the whistle and trash talk throughout the game. He acknowledged that he’s likely to be fined for his actions.
"He was pushing me in the back and stuff, so, you know. That’s really all it was," Moehrig said. "There really isn’t much to it. It was just that, you know what I’m saying? Like I said, I’ll take that one. He wanted to do a little dirty stuff, so. ... It is what it is man."
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Jennings suggested the blow from Moehrig caught him off guard.
"It was just out of nowhere," Jennings said. "It’s probably just the history of me playing ball. I play hard. I’m physically stronger than a lot of DBs out there. A lot of things happen in between the whistle with me at least."
Panthers head coach Dave Canales said he would "get to the bottom" of the situation. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said he was "proud" of Jennings for "not losing his mind out there."
Jennings, who is the 49ers’ top receiver in the absence of Brandon Aiyuk, may be suspended for his punch. Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch was suspended earlier this year for punching Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster after a game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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College freshman died after fraternity hazing led to 'horrific' abuse, family says
The family of a Texas college freshman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from allegations that fraternity hazing drove him into a mental health crisis that led him to take his own life.
Sawyer Updike, an 18-year-old from Pearland, accepted a bid to pledge the Sigma Chi fraternity through the University of Texas at Austin’s Alpha Nu Chapter in August 2023, according to FOX 7.
Throughout his time as a member of the chapter’s pledge class, Updike was allegedly subjected to months of "horrific hazing" that ultimately drove him to suicide, the lawsuit states.
"This was just an outstanding young man," Ted Lyon, an attorney representing Updike’s family, told Fox News Digital. "He scored 1410 on the SATs. He was a straight A student in high school."
The 6-foot-6 freshman had just made the school’s skeet shooting team and "had the whole world ahead of him," according to Lyon.
The alleged hazing took place at the Alpha Nu fraternity house in Austin, Lyon said.
"The culture that uses this type of, I call it depraved activity, is not the kind of culture that any major university ought to condone," Lyon told Fox News Digital.
According to the lawsuit, Updike was allegedly subjected to various methods of brutal hazing by members of the fraternity. The acts reportedly consisted of spearing a large fishhook through Updike’s leg, puncturing his hip with a staple gun and pressuring him through fear of punishment to ingest illegal substances, such as cocaine, according to FOX 7.
Additionally, the lawsuit alleges members of the fraternity forced Updike to consume harmful amounts of alcohol, repeatedly burned him with lit cigarettes, and subjected the freshman to physical whippings and beatings, the outlet reported.
"We have a picture of the kid that stapled them before he did it," Bill Johnston, an attorney representing the family, told FOX 7. "I mean, again, they were in some sick way, they were proud of it. They were proud enough to record it."
The psychological damage from the alleged hazing was noticeable to Updike’s parents when he returned home for holiday break in 2023, according to Lyon.
"When he came home at Christmas, his mother and father knew something was wrong," Lyon told Fox News Digital. "He weighed 192 pounds and looked emaciated, but they didn't really know what it was. They didn't know that he was being serially hazed and abused."
The lawsuit reportedly states that Updike’s mental state was already deteriorating when he was provided with cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms on Jan. 16, 2024, the first day of the second semester of Updike’s freshman year, according to FOX 7.
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Shortly after he was allegedly provided drugs, Updike drove to a local gas station parking lot and took his own life.
"He committed suicide in January 2024 and, of course, the parents wondered why," Johnston said. "The mother was able to access his phone, talk to some people, and learn that he had been subjected to extreme hazing."
While it does not appear Updike personally reported the instances of alleged hazing, at least one complaint regarding the fraternity was lodged with UT that fall semester, FOX 7 reported.
Following Updike’s death, the university decided to close the Sigma Chi chapter, which had already been placed on deferred suspension due to a separate alleged hazing incident from the previous year, according to FOX 7. Hazing is illegal under Texas law and prohibited by university policy.
"There's something wrong frankly with someone that would think this is a rite of passage that can be applied to another young person," Johnston said, FOX 7 reported.
The wrongful death lawsuit names Sigma Chi International Fraternity, Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Texas at Austin, the Alpha Nu House Corporation and five fraternity members, according to FOX 7.
"UT Austin is committed to providing a safe educational environment for everyone and does not tolerate hazing by any group or individual affiliated with the University," the University of Texas at Austin said in a statement to FOX 7. "All such allegations receive the utmost attention and thorough investigation."
The National Sigma Chi Chapter and UT Austin did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
"I live every day with the weight of his absence," Sawyer’s mother, Sheryl Roberts-Updike, said in a news release, according to FOX 7. "No parent should ever lose a child, and certainly not because of hazing disguised as ‘brotherhood.’ What happened to Sawyer was cruel, senseless, and preventable. It is unbearable to know that a young man with so much promise was put through something so dangerous in the name of belonging."
Dems move to set limits on Trump’s donor-funded White House ballroom, claiming ‘bribery in plain sight’
Democrats are seeking to put limits on private donations to foot the bill for President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom amid what they say are bribery concerns.
Trump announced in October that construction had started on the ballroom — leading to the demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing — and would be privately funded at an estimated cost of $300 million. That was up from the $200 million estimate first provided in July when the project was unveiled.
But Democrats are concerned the donors — including individuals and other organizations — are footing the bill for the project because they are seeking something in return from the Trump administration, and recently introduced legislation to try to curb it.
Although the White House released a list of the donors in October, Democrats, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Adam Schiff of California, claim that additional oversight is needed and that the White House has not identified all donors, while others have been granted anonymity.
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Among those who’ve donated to the ballroom project are Google, Apple, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin. As a result, lawmakers argue that those who’ve contributed to the project could be doing so to curry favor with the administration, setting up a "pay-to-play" relationship with the Trump administration.
Specifically, lawmakers pointed to Google agreeing to a $22 million settlement with Trump in September, stemming from Trump’s censorship lawsuit against YouTube for banning him from the platform after the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. Google, which owns YouTube, is also involved in an antitrust case leveled against it by the Justice Department, and therefore, could benefit from soliciting favor from the Trump administration, the lawmakers claim.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
"Billionaires and giant corporations with business in front of this administration are lining up to dump millions into Trump’s new ballroom — and Trump is showing them where to sign on the dotted line," Warren said in a statement Tuesday. "Americans shouldn’t have to wonder whether President Trump is building a ballroom to facilitate a pay-to-play scheme for political favors. My new bill will put an end to what looks like bribery in plain sight."
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Warren, along with the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, spearheaded the legislation. Other lawmakers, including Schiff, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and others, have also cosponsored the measure.
Specifically, the legislation would bar donations from organizations or individuals that present a conflict of interest, and would prohibit the president, vice president or their families and staff from soliciting donations.
Once donations have been made and are cleared by the directors of the National Park Service and the Office of Government Ethics, the measure would then bar displaying donors’ names in recognition of the donation, and would also require a two-year freeze for the donor to lobby the federal government.
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Additionally, it would prohibit using any remaining donated funds to then go toward personal use, or to benefit the president, vice president or their family and staff.
Likewise, the measure also would require that donors disclose meetings with the federal government that occur in the year following the donation, and prohibit anonymous donations.
"President Trump has put a ‘for sale’ sign on the White House—soliciting hundreds of millions of dollars from special interests to fund his $300 million vanity project," Blumenthal said in a statement Tuesday. "Our measure is a direct response to Trump’s ballroom boondoggle. With commonsense reforms to how the federal government can use private donations, our legislation prevents President Trump and future presidents from using construction projects as vehicles for corruption and personal vanity."
Meanwhile, the White House dismissed the measure and Democrats’ efforts to impose new restrictions on donations.
"President Trump is making the White House beautiful and giving it the glory it deserves," White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday. "Only people with a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome would find a problem with that."
Trump has initiated several renovation projects at the White House during his second term, including adding gold accents to the White House’s Oval Office and paving the Rose Garden.
Aggressive cancer warning signs revealed after JFK’s granddaughter's diagnosis
Days after Tatiana Schlossberg announced that she has terminal cancer, the spotlight is on the warning signs of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, 35, shared the details of her diagnosis in an essay published in The New Yorker on Nov. 22.
Schlossberg, who is the daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, learned of her disease in May 2024.
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She wrote that one doctor predicted she would live for about a year.
The first indicator of Schlossberg’s disease was an abnormally high white blood cell count, which doctors detected just hours after she gave birth to her second child.
AML is a type of leukemia that begins in the bone marrow, the soft, inner tissue of certain bones where new blood cells are produced, according to the American Cancer Society.
This type of cancer typically spreads rapidly from the bone marrow into the bloodstream and can also reach other parts of the body, such as the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, brain and spinal cord, and testicles, per ACS.
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In some cases, clusters of leukemia cells may form a solid mass known as a myeloid sarcoma.
Schlossberg's AML stems from a rare gene mutation known as inversion 3, which is an abnormality of chromosome 3 in the leukemia cells.
"Inversion 3 correlates with a very high rate of resistance to standard chemotherapy treatments and, therefore, very poor clinical outcomes," Dr. Stephen Chung, a leukemia expert and oncologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, told Fox News Digital. (Chung was not involved in Schlossberg’s care.)
The most common symptoms of Schlossberg’s type of cancer include sudden onset of severe fatigue, shortness of breath with exertion, unusual bleeding or bruising, fever and infections, according to Dr. Pamela Becker, professor in the Division of Leukemia at City of Hope, a U.S. cancer research and treatment organization in California, who also did not treat Schlossberg.
Chung noted that AML usually causes abnormally low blood cell counts, or in some cases an abnormally high white blood cell count.
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"This may be picked up in routine testing for other purposes, or because the patient develops symptoms from these low blood counts," he said.
AML can sometimes resemble a severe flu with a generally unwell feeling, noted Robert Sikorski, M.D., Ph.D., a hematology/oncology expert and chief medical officer of Cero Therapeutics in California.
"Some patients also experience bone pain or night sweats," he told Fox News Digital.
Known risk factors for AML include prior chemotherapy or radiation, smoking, long-term benzene exposure and certain inherited syndromes, although most cases occur without any identifiable cause, according to Sikorski, who has not treated Schlossberg.
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In some rare cases, people can inherit mutations that cause AML to run in families, with recent research suggesting that these cases may be more common than previously thought, Chung noted.
"We used to only check for this in younger AML patients, but we now believe all patients should be screened for these mutations," he said.
The standard treatment for AML is intensive chemotherapy with a combination of two drugs, with additional agents added based on each patient’s specific characteristics, according to Becker.
For patients with higher-risk types of AML, the chemotherapy is usually followed by a stem cell (bone marrow) transplant to prevent relapse. The transplants come from matched donors, often family members.
"This is a much more involved process that usually involves another month in the hospital, followed by close follow-up for many months, as well as a much higher risk for treatment-related side effects," Chung said.
There is not a specific treatment that is effective for Schlossberg’s specific chromosome abnormality, the doctors noted, although some new cellular therapies and immunotherapies are being investigated.
For older patients who are not strong enough to receive intensive chemotherapy, the standard treatment is venetoclax/azacytidine (a combination therapy used to treat certain types of AML), Chung said.
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"This can often be given mostly outside the hospital on a monthly basis," he said. "While it technically is not considered to be curative, it can work very well — in some cases, patients remain in remission for many months, if not years."
There is hope on the horizon, as AML treatment has advanced more in the past decade than in the previous 30 years, according to Sikorski.
"New targeted drugs have been approved in several AML subtypes, and early work in immune-based therapies, including CAR-T and other engineered cell therapies, is beginning to reach clinical trials for AML," Sikorski, told Fox News Digital.
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"Supportive care has also improved significantly, which helps patients tolerate treatment more effectively."
While there is not yet a drug tailored specifically to inversion 3, he reiterated, "many studies focused on high-risk AML are actively enrolling these patients, and the overall treatment landscape continues to expand."
Ex-NFL star praises Shedeur Sanders for 'mental toughness' to bounce back from poor debut to beat Raiders
Shedeur Sanders will receive his second career NFL start later this week when the Cleveland Browns take on the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13.
Sanders helped the Browns to a 24-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Though he didn’t dazzle in his first start, Sanders did enough to get the win and threw his first touchdown pass in the process.
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Trent Green, a Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowler in his NFL career, touted Sanders’ efforts against the Raiders after he only made four completions when he came in for an injured Dillon Gabriel in Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens.
"The fact that he was able to come back off of that performance he had last week where he was 4-of-16, it was a bad game," Green told Fox News Digital. "But you don’t get a lot of reps. You’re a young quarterback, you get thrown into a situation like that. I love the way that he responded.
"You have to have mental toughness to be able to do that. You’re in a tough environment. You’re trying to get a win. There’s a lot of pressure that comes from the name on the back of your jersey, and the fact that there’s so much attention around him as a player, he was able to handle all that and got the win. I’m looking forward to talking to him this week, study more tape on him and learn more about him. And he’s got a San Francisco team that’s coming in there."
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Green spoke to Fox News Digital days before he's set to help launch Caesars Sportsbooks in Missouri.
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski stressed the need for continued improvement when he spoke to reporters on Monday.
"First start for any young quarterback, you’re always going to make sure the operation is how you want it, and I thought by and large was good," Stefanski said. "There’s things that we can clean up and obviously that goes on all of us.
"Are there things that he can do better? Absolutely. We’ve already talked about that with him. He has the mentality that he will make the adjustments to the speed of the game, make the adjustments to what people are giving us, to make those improvements."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Fewer high school girls want marriage as culture shifts away from ‘happily ever after,’ expert says
A growing number of high school girls are losing interest in marriage, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. One marriage expert says changing messages from Hollywood and parents could be a factor.
"We’ve changed the stories we tell our young people," said JP De Gance, founder and president of the marriage ministry Communio, in an interview with Fox News Digital. "And that’s changed their imagination of what the future might look like."
The Pew analysis, based on 2023 data from the University of Michigan, found that just 61% of 12th-grade girls want to marry someday, down from 83% in 1993. Among boys, the number held steady at 74% — now higher than girls for the first time.
The poll also found fewer high school boys and girls expect to have children if they marry someday. In 2023, 48% of 12th graders said it was "very likely" they’d want to have children, compared with 64% in 1993.
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De Gance said changing entertainment trends have influenced how young people view marriage.
"The most common storyteller for young people, historically, has been Disney," he said. Happy endings where the lead character "gets the girl" or the guy were once a staple of Disney’s classic films, he explained.
That theme dominated through the 1990s but began to shift after "Tarzan" (1999), he said, noting that later films such as "Tangled" were exceptions to this pattern.
Since then, De Gance argued, the traditional "happily ever after" ending has been replaced by stories focused on independence and self-discovery. One recent example of this was 2025's live-action "Snow White" remake, which does away with the "prince" character and downplays the love story angle from the original animated film.
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Another key factor, De Gance believes, is how parents discuss marriage with their children.
As a father of eight who has been married for 22 years, he said many parents now emphasize independence, education and career above all else — unintentionally sending the message that personal success should come before family life.
That, he argued, has turned marriage from something people once built their adult lives around into something they pursue only after achieving success.
"Nobody's actually independent in life," he added. "We need to help our young people know healthy ways to discern who to depend on."
While career and financial independence are valuable goals, De Gance said they don’t necessarily lead to "the greatest amounts of human happiness."
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"There's an overwhelming body of data now that the happiest people in this country are married people and married people with kids," he said.
At Communio, De Gance and his team work with churches in 32 states, helping them run marriage and family outreach campaigns. He said churches, parents and community leaders should work to correct misleading narratives, such as the often-cited claim that half of marriages end in divorce.
"There's a lot of good news about marriage that people just don't know, and our young people don't know. It’s incumbent on parents, churches and our thought-leader elite to actually get with the science and stop giving bad facts out to our young people," he said.
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De Gance emphasized that marriage should not be entered into lightly, saying men and women should use discernment when deciding whether a partner is right for them.
"There are ways to avoid a terrible marriage. We need to teach our young people how to do that well," he added.
De Gance’s message echoes broader research from the Institute for Family Studies on marriage and happiness, which found that a strong marriage is the top predictor of happiness for both men and women.
Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't endorse anyone in special election to replace her
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who recently announced that she plans to resign, noted that she will not make an endorsement in the race to fill her seat next year.
"Looking ahead towards the Special Election for my Congressional seat, I will not be endorsing anyone out of respect to my district. I truly support the wonderful people of Georgia 14 and want them to pick their Representative. So anyone claiming they have my endorsement would not be telling the truth," Greene said in a Monday post on X.
The congresswoman, who has served in the House of Representatives since early 2021, announced on Friday that January 5 will be her final day in office.
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Greene won re-election last year, which means her planned departure from Congress will occur well before the end of her two-year term slated to end in early 2027.
President Donald Trump targeted Greene on Truth Social prior to her resignation announcement and has continued to do so following the news of her decision, calling her "Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown."
In a Monday post on X, Greene described "Smears, lies, attacks, and name calling" as "childish behavior, divisive, and bad for our country."
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She has repudiated the idea that she plans to run for president.
"Running for President requires traveling all over the country, begging for donations all day everyday to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, arguing political talking points everyday to the point of exhaustion, destroying your health and having no personal life in order to attempt to get enough votes to become President all to go to work into a system that refuses to fix any of America’s problems," she wrote in a post on X.
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"The fact that I’d have to go through all that but would be totally blocked from truly fixing anything is exactly why I would never do it. And most importantly, I’m not the kind of person who is willing to make the deals that must be made in order to be allowed to have the title," she wrote.
OnlyFans star preaches to university students as professor says 'manifestation worked’
A University of Washington professor invited social media personality and OnlyFans star Ari Kytsya to speak to her students last week, a decision that was defended by both the professor and the university in statements to Fox News Digital.
Dr. Nicole McNichols teaches Psych 210 "The Diversity of Human Sexuality" at the university, and noted the adult content personality "understandably sparks mixed reactions" in her Instagram post touting the visit on Nov. 17.
"Our manifestation worked," McNichols posted to Instagram. "Yesterday, my class had the chance to hear from THE Ari Kytsya, someone who understandably sparks mixed reactions, but whose voice and lived experience are essential in any honest conversation about sexuality, labor, and the realities of today’s digital landscape."
"Much of commercial [porn] still portrays women in unrealistic, scripted, and at times even non-consensual scenarios," McNichols added. "[OnlyFans], by contrast, often features real people with real bodies creating content on their own terms."
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OnlyFans is a subscription-based platform that many amateur porn stars and adult content creators use to cultivate an audience and share X-rated content directly to subscribers, referred to as "fans," on the platform.
Kytsya, whose real name is Ariel Danyluk, also runs an Instagram profile that boasts 1.2 million followers, a TikTok account with 4.9 million followers, and an OnlyFans with roughly 645,500 likes.
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"When I was asked by Dr. Nicole McNichols to speak at her upper-division psychology lecture… I was immediately intrigued," Kytsya told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. "Speaking about what the sex industry is like and the dangers it comes with is something I am very transparent about on my social media."
"A lot of people are curious about what a creator's life is like, how we got there, and what being an OnlyFans creator actually entails," Kytsya added. "I took this unprecedented opportunity to speak candidly about my experiences, going through my professional career, my personal life, and the reality of the sex industry."
The 24-year-old content creator reportedly began her career as an Instagram influencer in 2016 before pivoting to more adult content on OnlyFans. She is also widely known for her public relationship with rapper Yung Gravy.
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"I wasn’t there to teach anybody any facts," Kytsya explained. "I stated at the beginning that these are only my opinions and experiences; it doesn’t mean that what I'm saying is right or wrong or that my experiences would be the same as anybody else in the industry."
"I love what I do, and my hope was to simply share my experiences in the industry — the good, the bad and the ugly — so they can see a different perspective from a real person in the industry and get to hear more than just what is posted on social media," she added.
Following backlash and controversy online, the university and the professor who invited the OnlyFans star defended the move in statements to Fox News Digital.
"Psychology 210 is a course on human sexuality," university spokesperson Victor Balta told Fox News Digital. "The class includes discussion of ethical pornography and aims to eradicate shame and encourage open and frank conversations about sex. It is a 200-level and the students enrolled are adults."
"OnlyFans is a multibillion-dollar part of today’s sexual media landscape, and if we want open, honest and informed conversations about sexuality, we need to include voices from the spaces where people are actually engaging," McNichols told Fox News Digital.
"Inviting a creator is not an endorsement of any particular path," McNichols added. "It is an opportunity for students to think critically about the world around them, grounded in real human stories."
'Hugely exciting' ring found in English countryside may have link to infamous plot, heads to auction
A historic gold ring from the English countryside will go under the hammer this month — and experts believe it may be linked to one of the most infamous conspiracies in British history.
The piece of jewelry was uncovered by metal detectorist Andrew Rose, who found it six inches in the ground in Bushwood, Warwickshire, about 20 miles southeast of Birmingham.
The artifact features an inner inscription reading "Your Frende in Deede," a message thought to symbolize loyalty.
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The 16th-century band may be tied to the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, an attempt by English Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I.
James I's court got wind of the plans and eventually located Guy Fawkes hiding among 36 barrels of gunpowder on Nov. 5 — foiling the plot.
Though the Gunpowder Plot is remembered through Fawkes and the rhyme "Remember, remember the fifth of November," the mastermind behind the scheme was actually Robert Catesby.
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Rose found the ring near Bushwood Hall, where Catesby was born, as news agency SWNS reported.
The hall was also used as a hideout and weapons storage facility for the conspirators.
"The hall where Catesby was born can only be accessed down a track, which means it is even more likely the ring, which was found only yards from the moat, was connected to the hall or was owned by someone who lived there," Rose told SWNS.
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He added, "The words ‘in deede’ suggest [that] whoever gave the ring was prepared to prove his loyalty in actions rather than just words. It was a great find and hugely exciting."
The ring is expected to fetch up to £12,000 (about $15,800) when it's auctioned on Nov. 27, Hanson Auctioneers said.
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Speaking to SWNS, auctioneer Charles Hanson noted that the local area had a considerable Catholic population at the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
"Guy Fawkes, Catesby and their network — many of whom were related by blood or marriage — moved between safe houses in the Midlands," said Hanson. "They were protected by the region’s large Catholic base, which, like them, [were] against the king."
"Given the remoteness of the hall’s location, its link to Catesby [and] the date and inscription of the ring, it is tantalizing to imagine it belonging to one of the plotters," he added.
"Imagine it glinting by firelight as they planned one of the most audacious attacks in U.K. history."
Meghan Markle accused of clinging to royal title after recent interview: experts
Meghan Markle is said to be holding on to her duchess title despite previously airing her struggles with royal life.
Several royal experts said they were stunned to learn that the Duchess of Sussex allegedly had a staffer formally announce her by her royal title before a Harper’s Bazaar cover interview. The move, experts claim, shows how tightly the 44-year-old is holding onto the prestige of her royal status — despite having stepped away from the monarchy years ago.
"This is not protocol, let alone royal protocol," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital.
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"It’s bizarre and highlights that Meghan attaches enormous importance to her royal status. Meghan will cling to her Duchess of Sussex title because it gives her a sense of importance. The title remains useful for Meghan’s business activities, particularly in the United States. It gets people talking and keeps her in the limelight."
"One thing is for sure — she certainly keeps giving comedy writers fabulous content," Chard quipped. "They must be having a field day."
When describing her interaction with the former American actress in October, reporter Kaitlyn Greenidge wrote, "We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house."
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Previously, when they met at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, Greenidge described a golf cart pulling up before someone announced, "The Duchess of Sussex."
"Nothing she does is by accident," British royals expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. "This was very intentional. Instructions were given, so it appears she was making a point — sadly for her, probably not the point she intended. The use of her royal title is beyond pretentious. It’s hypocritical at best."
A week before the meeting, Greenidge and Meghan held court at a prime table in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel — perfectly positioned to be seen by other diners. Greenidge later called it a "calculated choice."
Toward the end of the interview, a waiter brought an unsolicited cappuccino featuring foam with a photorealistic image of Meghan. "Oh. I recognize this picture — that’s from our trip to South Africa," the "Suits" alum allegedly said, referring to her 2019 tour of the country with Prince Harry.
"What this story shows is how attached to her royal links Meghan is," royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital. "The scene where the title is used when there are only two people in the room highlights this. It just seems comical. It is, however, perfectly correct for her to use it when announced before meeting a group of children in Los Angeles — but that’s not exactly egalitarian."
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Fitzwilliams noted that, according to protocol, the reporter should have been announced rather than the duchess.
"Meghan would likely argue that this particular instance was an innocent moment she didn’t expect to see in print," royal commentator Kinsey Schofield, host of the YouTube series "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered," told Fox News Digital.
"However, Meghan had a similar issue earlier this year when she sent Jamie Kern Lima a gift basket and signed it ‘HRH Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’" Schofield said.
"Her team argued it was a private gift, so it didn’t violate royal rules. But the basket included some of Meghan’s products, and critics felt there was a violation. When Jamie shared the post on social media, some interpreted it as a way of promoting Meghan’s ventures — with her titles clearly on display."
Meghan became the Duchess of Sussex when she married Harry, grandson of the late Queen Elizabeth II, in 2018. The couple stepped back as senior royals in 2020, citing unbearable media intrusions and a lack of support from the family.
After moving to California, the couple spoke publicly about their struggles in interviews and documentaries. Harry’s 2023 memoir, "Spare," further strained his relationship with the royal family.
Meghan’s title was a hot topic earlier this year when her Netflix series, "With Love, Meghan," premiered in March. In one episode, guest Mindy Kaling referred to her as "Meghan Markle."
"You keep saying, ‘Meghan Markle.’ You know I’m ‘Sussex’ now," Meghan replied. "I share my [‘Sussex’] name with my children. I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to say, ‘This is our family name.’"
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Harry and Meghan remain legally entitled to their royal titles. Using "Sussex" as their family name is allowed under royal convention. However, they agreed not to use the His/Her Royal Highness styling publicly and not to use the "Sussex Royal" brand for commercial purposes.
Schofield warned that Meghan is "walking a fine line by flaunting her title commercially." She noted that since leaving royal duties, Meghan has rebranded herself as an entrepreneur in California. In February, she launched her lifestyle brand, As Ever.
"Meghan spoke to the publication to promote her business ventures, blurring the lines of appropriate title use," Schofield explained. "Even if no formal rule was broken, the optics are poor — especially given the tightrope the Sussexes agreed to walk after stepping back from royal life."
"Harry and Meghan aren’t supposed to use their titles for profit, but they obviously do," Schofield added. "Harry is being paid for an appearance at a Hilton in Toronto next month — not for his real estate expertise. These are the types of incidents the royal family hoped to avoid when rejecting the couple’s half-in, half-out proposal. Anything resembling cash for access or commercial endorsement threatens the monarchy’s credibility. The institution must appear selfless and community-focused to maintain public trust."
"By contrast, Harry and Meghan often come across as unusually self-focused, eager to attach themselves to any opportunity that elevates their profile," Schofield continued. "It creates a jarring juxtaposition. Their behavior continues to strain ties with the royal family, which has no interest in being linked to the Sussexes’ business ventures. The more Meghan and Harry blur the line between royal status and commercial ambition, the greater the distance the institution will put between them."
Chard said she’s certain this won’t be the last time Meghan’s royal titles make headlines.
"Meghan loves the pomp, sparkle and drama," Chard claimed. "She works on the premise that all publicity is good publicity. Visibility is her thing — but it can also lead to the collapse of a person or brand."