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Sidney Crosby reacts to the first embellishment penalty of his 21-year career
The Philadelphia Flyers took a pretty handy 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Wednesday night's Game 3 to take a commanding 3-0 series lead, but there was plenty to talk about, including the first embellishment penalty of Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby's career.
...No, you read that correctly.
Coming into the game, Crosby had played 21 NHL seasons and had never gotten the game for embellishment, until a bizarre sequence between whistles.
Flyers forward (and top-tier agitator, it must be said) Garnet Hathaway skated between Crosby and the linesman ahead of a faceoff in the Flyers' defensive zone and was, let's just say, "Careless" with his lumber.
There was no doubt it caught the Pens' captain in the face, but there was also no doubt that it wasn't hard enough to send Crosby sprawling to the ice as a sniper had fired from the rafters.
Both were sent to the box, and the game continued at 4-on-4.
After the game, Crosby offered his reaction to that incident and to another scrum involving teammate Bryan Rust a bit later that resulted in a Flyers power play and a power play goal.
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"I don't know how Rusty ends up with the extra [penalty] out of all of that, I don't know how I end up with the embellishment," he said. "It's hard to understand, but you gotta play through that."
I mean... you did sell it a bit, Sid.
Now on the Rust situation? The Flyers did luck out.
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But back to the most talked about dive since the days of Greg Louganis. During the broadcast, it was revealed that this was Crosby's first-ever penalty for embellishment. Fortunatley, I wasn't drinking anything when I heard this because I would've choked on it.
For 21 of my 30 years on this glorious space marble we call Earth, I've been tormented by Sidney Crosby, and a big part of that was his penchant for diving and whining.
Now, he has kind of grown out of that, but it was such a known thing that f
Former Flyers goalie Brian Boucher alluded to his old habits during TNT's broadcast of Game 3.
Hell, I remember reading in former NHL referee Kerry Fraser's book about this habit.
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And still, this was the first time?!
Unbelievable.
While the Penguins were not happy about the officiating — and I do think they had a pretty legitimate case on that Rust incident — they can't be hung up on these things down 3-0.
The Flyers have been the more solid team all series long, and that's why they have their cross-state rivals on the ropes going into Saturday night's Game 4 in Philadelphia.
Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini seen kissing at NYC bar in newly surfaced 2020 photos: report
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and former reporter for The Athletic Dianna Russini were caught kissing at a New York City bar in photos taken six years before they were spotted at an Arizona resort.
In pictures exclusively obtained by the New York Post, Vrabel and Russini were spotted together inside a bar in the early hours of March 11, 2020.
"They were kissing and they were all over each other," an eyewitness told the New York Post. "He had a ring on."
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The pictures show the coach and reporter sitting close to each other at the bar. According to the report, the two were at the bar for about an hour at 12 a.m.
"They were having a glorious time. They were (giving each other) pecks, a bunch of pecks constantly," the New York Post’s source said. "There was nobody in there. Nobody knew who they were. I don’t even think the bartenders did."
Russini reportedly married her now-husband, Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt, just six months after the photos were snapped. Goldschmidt and Russini share two children.
Vrabel married his wife, Jen, in 1999, and they have two sons together. His wedding ring is visible in the photos.
Russini was working for ESPN and Vrabel was coaching the Tennessee Titans at the time the photos were taken.
The pair were seen holding hands and hugging at a luxury hotel in Arizona in March, and photos of their interaction were first released in April. After the initial report, Vrabel said the photos show a "completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable."
"The photos don’t represent the group of six people who were hanging out during the day," Russini said.
Russini has since resigned from The Athletic. Vrabel said he is stepping away from the team during the final round of the NFL Draft indefinitely to seek counseling and be with his family.
Vrabel addressed the media for the first time since the first set of pictures were released.
"Let me first begin by saying thank you for your patience that you’ve shown in a personal and private matter — for me and obviously everyone involved. I know that’s not easy for you, and I respect that, and I appreciate your efforts in doing so," the Patriots coach began.
"I understand I could have addressed you sooner, but it was important to me I have a conversation with the players, which I did yesterday very candidly as we began our off-season program, which everyone is excited to be a part of."
"We believe in order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That includes me. That starts with me," he stated. "We never want our actions to negatively affect the team. We never want to be the cause of a distraction. There’s comments and questions that I’ve answered for the team and with the team, will keep those private and to ourselves."
Vrabel later said he was stepping away from the team indefinitely for counseling.
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Colorado DA pursues assault charge against federal immigration officer, DHS condemns 'political stunt'
A Colorado district attorney charged a federal immigration officer with third-degree assault and criminal mischief on Tuesday in a move the Department of Homeland Security called "unlawful" and a "political stunt."
Eric P. Murray, the district attorney for Colorado's 6th District, announced Tuesday he's charging U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Nicholas Rice with the two counts for an incident that occurred during an immigration enforcement activity in Durango, Colo., between Oct. 27–28.
Anne Francesca Stagi told investigators that Rice knocked her phone out of her hand while she was protesting outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Durango, according to The Associated Press.
Video of the incident shows Stagi holding her phone in front of a masked immigration agent's face before the agent grabs it.
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Stagi then appears to grab the officer's shoulder as he walks away at which point he grabs her and, along with other federal agents, brings her to the ground, the video shows.
Stagi claimed that the officer put her in a chokehold and that she still feels pain when she puts on a jacket.
The prosecution comes after the Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI) opened a probe into the incident at the behest of Durango Police Department Chief Brice Current, according to the AP.
DHS claimed that the prosecution was a political stunt and that states have no authority to investigate cases of this nature. "Federal officers acting in the course of their duties can only be investigated by other Federal agencies," DHS told the AP in a statement.
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The agency is still investigating the case, per the AP.
Fox News Digital contacted DHS, CBP, Colorado's 6th district, CBI and the Durango Police Department for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Mets fans beg Mamdani to stay away from team after snapping 12-game losing streak
The "Curse of the Mambino" has been lifted.
After New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hugged Mr. and Mrs. Met on April 9, the New York Mets lost every game afterward until Wednesday night.
Their 12-game losing streak started the day before Mamdani's trip to Citi Field, but Mamdani still got plenty of blame, including the New York Post's wild back page.
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After the Mets finally got back in the win column Wednesday, Mamdani posted to X, "LGM."
That did not sit well with the Flushing faithful.
"Get your filthy stank away from this team you communist," one reply read.
"Bro, can you just shut the f--- up and stay away for a month or so? We win one f---ing game to make us 1-12 since you showed up and "jinxed us" and then laughed about it. We don’t really believe in jinxes like that, but read the f---ing room, man," another upset Mets fan wrote.
"Get this commie loser away from the Mets," said one more.
Mamdani took the curse on the chin after the team lost their 11th game in a row.
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"I will accept being addressed as Mayor Mambino for the day," he said in a press conference on Tuesday, via the Post.
"There’s a lot of baseball to be played," he added. "I’m still keeping the faith, as I know that many Mets fans are across the city."
The Mets did get Juan Soto back from a calf strain Wednesday, but they lost Francisco Lindor to the same injury.
New York is 8-16, tied for the worst record in the majors. Their .288 on-base percentage is the lowest in the majors, and their .334 slugging ranks 29th. They've also scored a league-low 78 runs.
But the Amazin's are in the midst of a nine-game homestand, and with Soto back, things could always turn around quickly.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver floats bold idea for Grizzlies amid rumors of team leaving Memphis
Rumors of the Memphis Grizzlies potentially leaving the Bluff City are nothing new, but they've gotten louder in recent months on the heels of the franchise's worst season in nearly a decade. NBA commissioner Adam Silver, however, recently explained that Memphians have nothing to worry about, but did offer up a suggestion for the team that some fans may be hesitant to commit to.
Silver recently joined the "Pardon My Take" podcast and, for the most part, delivered the Memphis-friendly message.
"[Memphis] has been a great market historically for the NBA, and there is amazing history in that city and amazing culture," Silver explained on the podcast. "There's no reason why the Memphis Grizzlies can't be successful."
He also noted that Grizzlies owner Robert Pera "has no interest in moving the team out of Memphis, he's made that clear."
Those comments from Silver are music to the ears of any Memphis resident and Grizz supporter, especially with LeBron James recently starting an onslaught of criticism towards the city in the scope of NBA destinations.
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Nobody in their right mind, including myself who lived in Memphis for years, would rank it in the top-half of NBA cities from a destination standpoint. What made James' criticism more noteworthy, however, is that he specifically suggested the Grizzlies should move to Nashville.
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Silver doesn't hate a scaled-down version of James' idea, as he explained he'd "love" to see the Grizz play a few games in the Music City.
"Nashville is a city on the rise; there's incredible things happening there," Silver stated on the podcast. "If it were up to me, I would love for them to play a few games a year in Nashville and sort of be Tennessee's team, to the extent that they can."
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The San Antonio Spurs have experimented with a very similar idea that Silver floated, having played two 'home games' in Austin, Texas, over the past handful of years to expand their market. The Grizzlies taking a similar approach and playing two or so games in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, home of the Nashville Predators in the heart of downtown, certainly wouldn't hurt the franchise's cause.
While vastly different cities in every imaginable aspect, Nashville and Memphis are separated by just 212 miles, and even with the many transplants who have moved to Tennessee's capital city in recent years, it is still home to plenty of Grizzlies fans who would embrace a brief 'homestand' on Broadway.
How Florida retiree lost $200K in fake PayPal refund scam
Brian Oliver is retired, sharp and financially savvy enough to have a stock-and-bond portfolio worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is not the type of person you picture getting scammed. That is exactly why scammers picked him.
What happened to Oliver, 85, is the kind of story that makes your jaw drop, and your stomach turn at the same time. It started with a routine-looking email and ended with a box of gold coins rolling away in the back of a black Mustang. In between, Oliver lost $200,000 and nearly half of his retirement savings.
He told his story on my Beyond Connected podcast at getbeyondconnected.com, along with Detective Justin Torres of the Gainesville Police Department in Florida. What they shared together is equal parts chilling and clarifying.
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Brian got an email that said PayPal owed him money. It was not a wild claim. He had dealt with PayPal before and figured, "Maybe they found some money for me." So he responded. The email included a phone number, and that number connected him to a man who called himself Andrew Johnson.
"Yeah, we have $450 for you. Type in the number 100 on your computer and we'll get it started."
Brian typed 100. Andrew immediately said he had made a mistake: "Oh no, you put in 10,000."
Brian pushed back. He said he did not type 10,000. Andrew told him to check his Bank of America account. Brian opened it, and there it was: $10,000 sitting in his checking account.
Except it was not real. The scammers had somehow mirrored his bank's website. What Brian saw looked exactly like his actual Bank of America page, complete with a new balance and a phone number embedded in the "Contact Us" section. That number was fake, too.
Brian called it. A man named Josh answered, identifying himself as a Bank of America representative. He told Brian that the only way to return the money without triggering a $3,500 tax penalty was to withdraw $10,000 in cash and feed it into a crypto ATM.
Oliver had never heard of a crypto ATM before that day. Josh helpfully told him exactly where to find one. It was in a sketchy part of town, and Oliver walked in carrying $10,000 in his pocket.
"I'm on my knees, on a cement floor, and I'm 85," Oliver said.
He fed one hundred $100 bills into the machine, bill by bill, watching over his shoulder the entire time. Some bills got kicked back out. He fed them in again. When the machine finally accepted all of them, he photographed the receipt and sent it to Andrew Johnson, just as he had been instructed.
Then Oliver went home and told Andrew it was done. Andrew told him they still had to take care of his refund. He told Oliver to type in the number 200.
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Oliver typed it. Andrew's response came fast: "Oh my God, my boss is going to kill me. It's $200,000 we've transferred to your account."
This type of scam is becoming more common, and it often involves criminals impersonating trusted platforms like PayPal.
"PayPal does not tolerate fraudulent activity, and we work hard to protect our customers from evolving phishing scams," a spokesperson for PayPal told CyberGuy. "We always encourage consumers to learn how to spot the warning signs of common fraud, including our tips on the PayPal Newsroom for identifying phishing emails that attempt to impersonate trusted brands. We further recommend contacting Customer Support for assistance through official channels such as the PayPal app and our Contact Us webpage, and never responding to suspicious, unexpected emails."
Oliver opened his bank account again. The fake mirrored site showed $200,000 sitting there. Josh Wilson was back on the phone with a new plan. This time, the crypto ATM would not work because the amount was too large. Oliver needed to liquidate $200,000 from his stock and bond portfolio, convert it to cash and use it to buy gold coins.
Oliver protested. He told them to just reverse the transfer. They said it was impossible.
"This is my retirement money. 50% of my retirement money," he said.
The scammers told him not to breathe a word to anyone. Josh specifically warned him that telling his broker the truth could trigger tax problems. So Oliver called his broker and said he had his eye on a piece of real estate he wanted to flip. The broker processed the sale without question.
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Oliver went to a gold coin store, wrote a check for $198,560 and waited two to three days for it to clear. Andrew Johnson stayed in regular contact the entire time.
When the gold was ready, Johnson gave Oliver one final instruction. A courier would come to his door to pick up the box. Before handing it over, Oliver should ask the courier for a password. The password was "blue."
The courier arrived. He was driving a black Mustang. He said the word blue. Oliver handed over the box.
"He told me the password," Oliver said. "I handed the box, and off went my $200,000."
The day after the courier left, Andrew Johnson called back with urgency. He told Brian Oliver another $200,000 had landed in his account, and they needed to do the whole thing over again. That was the moment it broke.
"That's when I came out from under the ether of this scam," Oliver said. "And I said, this cannot be right."
He immediately called the Gainesville Police Department.
Detective Justin Torres of the Gainesville Police Department took the call and started working the case immediately. The scammers had asked Oliver for photos of the gold and the purchase receipt, which gave law enforcement about a day and a half to set up an operation before the courier was scheduled to return.
Detective Torres pulled in four officers from the department's Gun Violence Initiative unit, a team of intermediate detectives trained for exactly this kind of boots-on-ground work. They set up covert and marked vehicles around Oliver's residence at a careful distance.
"It was pretty high intensity because I'm listening to Mr. Oliver's conversation with Andrew," Torres said. "And I'm also trying to be a good distance away to listen to my radio and be able to broadcast what I need to to the other officers on the outside."
The scammers were suspicious. They kept pushing Oliver to be more compliant. Oliver pushed back. The goal was to keep them on the line long enough for the courier to show up. The courier, a man named Seth Wayne, drove in from Tampa. The officers waited. When he arrived, they arrested him. The case went to trial. Seth Wayne received an 18-year prison sentence.
A federal jury has since convicted a second courier in the same scheme. Atharva Shailesh Sathawane, 22, an undocumented immigrant from India, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, with Brian Oliver among his victims.
Sathawane was arrested after the Gainesville Police Department set up a second sting operation at Brian's home. Court documents showed Sathawane was involved in more than 30 transactions across multiple states, contributing to nearly $8 million stolen from elderly victims. He faces up to 20 years on each count, with sentencing scheduled for Dec. 16 in Gainesville, though he is appealing his conviction.
Ten other victims testified at Seth Wayne's trial. They had come from all over the state of Florida, and their stories made Oliver furious.
Some had received fake arrest warrants, official-looking documents claiming their identities had been tied to gun running. They were told the only way to clear their names was to pull their savings and buy gold, which would be placed in a special locker in Washington, D.C., until their names were cleared.
One victim lost $1.8 million. Another lost $4.9 million. A third woman lost over $1 million across two separate pickups by the same courier. Her husband was in hospice care in Florida while all of this was happening. She drained her entire life savings, sold her condo and had to move in with her daughter and son-in-law in Alabama, leaving her dying husband behind.
Once the gold or cash leaves a victim's hands, recovery is nearly impossible. Most of Seth Wayne's deliveries went to parking lots at McDonald's or shopping centers, where he handed the money directly to a controller. One pickup went to a jewelry store, where an employee came outside to collect it. That connection is still under active investigation by the IRS and FBI.
The call centers running these operations are overseas. Higher-level couriers in the United States are still being investigated. The full network is, as Detective Torres put it, "very intricate" and "very complicated."
Seth Wayne himself was a mid-to-upper-level courier. He was also paying other couriers and compensating his handler. When investigators downloaded his cell phone after a judge-approved search warrant, they found evidence that he had researched exactly what he was doing before deciding the money was worth the risk.
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The defense of "willful blindness," the idea that a courier can claim ignorance and escape responsibility, no longer holds up in Florida courts. Seth Wayne found that out the hard way.
For a deeper look at what Oliver went through, you can hear the full story on my Beyond Connected podcast at getbeyondconeccted.com.
Detective Torres laid out the most important red flags clearly, and Oliver added a few from painful personal experience. Here is what both of them want you to know.
Scammers manufacture pressure because it works. If someone on the phone is telling you that you must act right now, that is not a real emergency. That is a tactic. Torres put it directly: "They want to make you believe that you have to do all this right now."
If someone calls claiming to be from PayPal, your bank or a law enforcement agency, hang up and find the real number yourself. The number embedded in Oliver's fake bank website looked completely legitimate. It was not.
Literally ten seconds. Detective Torres confirmed what many security experts say: "If you pause these scams for just 10 seconds, many of them will just fall apart." A scammer who is pushed back even slightly will often overreact, and that reaction will feel wrong.
The moment someone on the phone tells you not to tell a family member, friend or neighbor what is happening, stop. That instruction exists for one reason: to prevent you from getting help before they get your money. "Once you start hearing that isolation conversation, that is the biggest red flag," Torres said. "You need to hang up the phone."
Oliver made this one simple: "If you're told to go buy gold, the only reason they tell you to buy gold is because it can never be traced. It's a scam." No legitimate company, government agency or financial institution will ever ask you to buy gold coins and hand them to a stranger.
If you have already bought gold and someone is coming to your home to pick it up in a box, Oliver's advice is direct: "Stop right there. It's a scam."
If someone claims they accidentally sent you money and asks you to return it, stop right there. Real companies fix errors on their own systems. They will not ask you to withdraw cash, buy crypto or purchase gold to correct a transaction.
If you need to check your bank account, use your official banking app or type the website yourself. Do not trust links, screens or phone numbers provided during a call. In many cases, scammers create fake sites that look identical to the real thing.
Scammers often stay on the phone and guide you through every move. That level of control should raise concern. Legitimate companies do not walk you through withdrawing cash, using crypto ATMs or buying gold to solve a problem.
Before moving a large amount of money, pause and call someone you trust. A quick conversation with a family member or friend can shift your perspective. In many cases, that outside voice is enough to stop a scam in progress.
Scammers build convincing stories using real details they find online. This can include your phone number, home address or financial history. To reduce that risk, consider removing your information from data broker and people-search sites. While you can do this manually, it often takes time, which is why some people use a data removal service such as Incogni to help automate the process and keep their information from resurfacing.
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Brian Oliver lost $200,000, leaving him with only half of his retirement savings. Today, he says he is slowly sinking toward bankruptcy, and the odds of getting that money back are slim. Even so, he chose to go public so others could hear his story before it happens to them. What makes this case different is that it led to real consequences. Detective Torres and his team moved quickly and set up a sting operation. As a result, they arrested a courier who later received an 18-year prison sentence. Meanwhile, the IRS and FBI are still investigating the larger network. However, this kind of outcome is rare. In most cases, victims lose everything and never see justice. These scams are complex, often run from overseas, and are designed to move money fast. Because of that, law enforcement usually focuses on the people closest to the victim and works backward. In the end, Oliver's turning point came during a second demand for money. At that moment, something felt off, so he paused. Then he said, "This cannot be right." That instinct matters. In many cases, that brief pause is enough to break the scam.
If you were in Oliver's position, at what exact moment do you think you would have stopped, and what would it have taken for you to make that call? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.
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DNA testing in Nancy Guthrie case could take months but may be fast-tracked, expert says
A leading genetic genealogist is predicting it could take months for testing results on a hair sample sent from a private lab in Florida to the FBI in the stalled search for answers surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — but there are reasons to believe answers could come sooner.
It's been more than 80 days since Guthrie's suspected abduction from her home in the Catalina Foothills, in northern Tucson, Arizona. She is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.
"In my experience, it usually takes months, but I am assuming they will make it a top priority since most of the other cases are generally cold cases so it may be much quicker," CeCe Moore, one of the nation's leading genetic genealogists at Parabon Nanolabs in Virginia, told Fox News Digital. "It also depends on a little luck because sometimes they have to make multiple attempts before they get the DNA."
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Local and federal investigators showed public friction early in the probe, when the Pima County Sheriff's Department elected to send DNA evidence to a private lab in Florida called DNA Labs International — rather than to the FBI.
More than 11 weeks later, tests on a hair sample have led to no publicly known advancement in the case, and authorities finally transferred the sample to the FBI.
"FBI asked to test this DNA 2 months ago with the same technology we’ve always had — when the local sheriff instead sent it to a private lab," said Ben Williamson, the bureau's assistant director of public affairs. "Any further developments we will share as soon as appropriate."
It remains to be seen who the hair belongs to and whether they could be considered a suspect.
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Due to the lack of answers, experts like Moore believe the hair sample is rootless, making DNA testing more complicated but not impossible.
"Hopefully that will mean the SNP profile can be created more quickly than is typical in my experience, so the IGG can begin to identify the owner of that hair," she said.
IGG is investigative genetic genealogy, the field she specializes in. It involves a combination of DNA profiles and traditional research, where investigators combine genetics, public records and other information to gin up leads that can help identify a person of interest through their heritage.
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"At that point, we just have to hope that the hair actually belongs to Nancy’s kidnapper and not someone else who happened to visit her or had their hair transferred to her home," Moore said.
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Rootless hair samples helped land Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann in prison decades after his first murder. He pleaded guilty earlier this month and is expected to receive multiple life sentences in June.
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San Francisco-based Astrea Forensics, which did lab work on the Heuermann case for the FBI, is now expected to be involved in the Guthrie investigation.
Lab officials contacted by Fox News Digital have declined to comment.
A combined reward of more than $1.2 million in the case remains unclaimed.
Anyone with information is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Abandoned resort of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, other Hollywood stars returns with $298 million remake
A historic Lake Tahoe resort once frequented by legendary Hollywood icons as well as political figures is preparing for a comeback after more than a decade of closure.
The Cal Neva Resort, which hosted such stars as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. — as well as frequent guest Marilyn Monroe — is being redeveloped into the Lake Tahoe Proper Resort and Casino, with a planned reopening in 2027, real estate developer Realberry announced.
Frank Sinatra partially owned the property in the 1960s, according to reports.
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Developers recently secured a $298 million financing package to restore the property — marking a major step toward its revival.
"The history of Cal Neva inspired every decision, from the reimagined Circle Bar to the cultural programming we're bringing back to the theater," Brad Korzen, co-founder and CEO of Proper Hospitality, told Fox News Digital.
"The design, the casino and the performances are all a nod to that golden era of Hollywood glamour, but translated" for a modern audience, he said.
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Located along the California-Nevada border, the resort became "a magnet for Hollywood stars," drawing Monroe, Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., along with political figures such as President John F. Kennedy, developers said.
Monroe is said to have spent her final weekend there in July 1962, shortly before her death, according to FOX 2.
We're "creating an experience that feels both rooted in history and completely of the moment," Korzen said.
The showroom's engineering allowed performers to see every face in the audience, while a network of private tunnels allowed guests to move discreetly throughout the property, creating what developers described as an "aura of glamour and mystique."
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Despite its celebrity past, the resort has faced years of uncertainty.
It closed in 2013 for renovations that never materialized. It later changed ownership multiple times, including a purchase by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison in 2018 before being sold again in 2023, FOX 2 reported.
"With a property as storied as Cal Neva, the approach isn’t about simply re-creating the past, but about being deliberate in what is carried forward," Chad McWhinney, CEO of Realberry, told Fox News Digital.
Nearly a century after it first opened, the redevelopment aims to "reclaim that legacy" while introducing a new era for the property, the company said.
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Plans for the reimagined resort include 197 guest rooms, suites and private villas, along with multiple restaurants and bars, a casino, a spa and event spaces including a restored theater.
Developers say the project is expected to boost tourism and economic activity in the Lake Tahoe region while preserving the resort’s historic character.
McWhinney added, "We are focused on preserving its cultural relevance while shaping a future that feels considered, enduring and deeply connected to Lake Tahoe."
Two freak plays in one MLB night leaves announcers, fans stunned
All eyes are on today's NFL Draft, but I doubt it'll produce anything like what Major League Baseball gave us Wednesday night.
Not one, but two "once-in-a-lifetime" moments, which is saying something given baseball is, after all, America's oldest pastime. Alas, you still see things you've never quite seen before, even 200 years after Abner Doubleday invented this great game.
Yes, I know that piece of history is widely debated. But, I stand with our great civil war general!
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Anyway, where should we start? Let's go in chronological order, shall we? Let's first head out to Texas, where Pirates slugger Oneil Cruz hit a home run to a place I'm fairly certain no ball has ever landed ...
On top of the foul pole:
Goodness gracious. Have you ever seen a ball land there? I certainly haven't, and I've played, and watched, a lot of baseball over the past 20 years. Never seen that before. Impressive.
Just for good measure, Cruz's piss missile clocked in at a solid 116.9 mph exit velo, making it the hardest-hit ball this season. Analytics tells us it traveled 432 feet, which, frankly, seems low to me. But whatever.
Cruz, by the way, holds the MLB record for hardest-hit ball of the statcast era at 122.9 mph last season.
"That ball was killed," Pirates manager Don Kelly said.
Yep. Sure was. Solid analysis.
So was this one, a few minutes later, in Seattle:
Again, I'm quite certain that I've never seen that before. Pitchers take liners off the body all the time. It's one of the more (most?) dangerous aspects of the game.
But for one to land inside the jersey? Never seen it. What are the odds of that happening? They have to be astronomical, right? Everything has to line up perfectly.
Now, I don't quite understand why this wasn't ruled an out. Seems silly to me. The ball never hit the ground. What are we doing here?
Technically, though, the MLB rulebook does state that a catch must be made with a glove or barehand, "providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession."
Fine. Whatever. Fair is fair, and I reckon this was the right call. Still seems lame to me.
And I'm quite sure Abner Doubleday would've agreed!
'Queen of DEI' running for Congress ripped her rural state as 'backwards' on podcast
Christina Bohannan, a Democratic candidate in a battleground Iowa district, is facing scrutiny from Republicans over past remarks in which she said the state would be viewed as "backwards" without diversity training in schools and argued the nation’s founders were motivated by preserving slavery during the Revolutionary War.
Bohannan, a law professor and former Iowa state representative, is making her third attempt to unseat incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in the state’s 1st Congressional District after losing by less than a percentage point in 2024. The razor-thin margin has set up a high-stakes rematch this cycle, as Republicans work to defend one of their most competitive seats while highlighting Bohannan’s past positions on diversity, equity and inclusion.
"DEI Queen Christina Bohannan thinks George Floyd is a role model, and George Washington should be cancelled," Republican National Committee spokesperson Zach Kraft said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Iowans will channel the spirit of 1776 to reject this two-time loser once again so she can return to her day job calling everyone and everything racist."
Bohannan made the remarks now under GOP fire on the podcast "Under the Dome" in 2021.
Bohannan, then a state representative, said she was "really concerned" about a bill in the Iowa legislature banning diversity training, including implicit bias training, from being taught at public schools and universities. She said that implicit bias, an unconscious attitude a person may have toward someone based on race, is "very real," and is "serious."
"I think that it is going to be very divisive if passed," Bohannan said at the time. "I think that it's going to send a very bad message about Iowa and that it is going to seem like are kind of this backwards state that doesn't understand there are things like systemic racism."
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed that bill into law in June 2021.
Bohannan also said on the podcast that she was "glad" that a Republican-backed bill banning the 1619 Project, a New York Times initiative that suggests slavery is central to the nation's founding, failed during the legislative session.
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The 1619 Project focuses "on the fact that there were some Revolutionary leaders who became supportive of that Revolution because they wanted to preserve the institution of slavery," Bohannan said, noting there were other reasons for the revolution, such as taxation.
Fox News Digital reached out to Bohannan for comment.
Bohannan has supported diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, as well as police reform and migrant rights groups, for years.
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While in the Iowa legislature, she co-sponsored a bill requiring implicit bias training for health professionals, but the bill never made it out of committee.
As chairwoman of the University of Iowa law school's DEI Committee, she pushed students to support the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. In a letter to students, she listed five different funds students can donate to, including the Minnesota Freedom Fund and the National Bail Out Fund, which both support defunding the police.
During a candidate forum in 2020, at the time of Bohannan's first congressional campaign, she said she was "very active" in Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, a group focused on abolishing ICE, the Washington Free Beacon reported. A year prior, Bohannan donated money to the Prairieland Freedom Fund to help bail illegal immigrants out of jail. The Prairieland Freedom Fund seeks to establish a "world without police."
Fox News Digital reached out to Miller-Meeks' campaign for comment.