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College Football Playoff rankings: Oregon climbs after win over USC
The latest College Football Playoff rankings showed minimal movement as the college football regular season approaches its final week.
One notable change from last week saw Oregon overtake Ole Miss, swapping the No. 6 and No. 7 spots.
Oregon’s win over USC moved the Ducks ahead of Ole Miss during the Rebels' bye week.
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The other meaningful shift was Miami’s move to No. 11 in a switch with Utah after the Utes gave up 472 yards rushing in a tight win over Kansas State.
There are two more rounds of rankings to be revealed, ending on Dec. 7, when the rankings will set the bracket for the 12-team playoff starting Dec. 19,
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Ohio State and Indiana will play in what should be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 Big Ten title game if both win rivalry games on the road over Thanksgiving weekend. Ohio State’s task is more difficult against Michigan, which moved up three spots to No. 15. Indiana plays Purdue.
No. 10 Alabama plays at Auburn with a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game on the line. The Tide’s opponent would be Texas A&M if the Aggies win at No. 16 Texas.
Here are the full rankings:
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Paramount revives 'Rush Hour' franchise reportedly after Trump's request
Paramount Pictures is distributing "Rush Hour 4" after a report suggested President Donald Trump personally lobbied the company for another sequel.
Deadline confirmed Tuesday that Paramount Pictures will distribute the fourth installment of the buddy-cop action series starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker on behalf of Warner Bros. Discovery. Chan and Tucker are expected to return, along with franchise director Brett Ratner.
The news followed a Semafor report Sunday that Trump had been speaking with Paramount owner David Ellison, son of longtime donor Larry Ellison, about possibly reviving the franchise.
"Trump appears to want to revive the raucous comedies and action movies of the late 1980s to late 1990s," the report read. "He’s passionate, for instance, about the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme sports flick 'Bloodsport.' A person directly familiar with the conversations told Semafor that the president of the United States has personally pressed the Paramount owner to revive another franchise from Ratner: 'Rush Hour,' a buddy-cop comedy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that blended physical comedy, martial arts and gags about racial stereotypes."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Paramount for comment.
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Ratner previously worked with the Trump family after directing a documentary about first lady Melania Trump in the days leading up to the 2025 inauguration that is set to be released in January.
Arthur M. Sarkissian, who produced all three "Rush Hour" films, also produced the 2024 documentary "The Man You Don't Know" through his company, Global Ascension Studios. The documentary, released before the 2024 presidential election, sought to offer "fresh perspectives" on Trump through interviews with friends and family.
Franchise stars Chan and Tucker have been comparatively supportive of Trump in the past, especially when compared with outspoken liberal figures in Hollywood.
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In 2016, Chan encouraged people to give Trump "a chance to try to change America and change the world" after he won his first presidential election.
"He’s a businessman…I think he knows how to handle these types of things," Chan told Yahoo Celebrity.
In 2018, Tucker told "Good Morning Britain" that he hoped Trump "does a good job" and that he would "pray for him."
"I hope he does a good job because, listen, we need a great president. We need a lot of things to happen in our country, in America. I hope he does good. I hope tomorrow he wakes up and does the right thing," Tucker said.
Miami woman allegedly slices boyfriend with machete after restaurant fight over infidelity
A South Miami woman was arrested for allegedly attacking her boyfriend with a machete and injuring him during a violent confrontation at her home, according to reports.
Officers first encountered the victim at the South Miami Hospital Emergency Department, where he was being treated for what police said was a "deep laceration" to his right elbow, according to Law & Crime.
The man reportedly told investigators he was injured during a fight with his girlfriend, Liz Frechel, 49, the outlet reported.
According to the arrest report, the argument began the evening of Nov. 20 during a date at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Fontainebleau.
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The man said the couple argued after he confronted Frechel over a photo that appeared to show her hugging and holding hands with another man. He told police he left Frechel at the restaurant.
The situation reportedly worsened the following day, Nov. 21, when the man drove to Frechel’s home near Southwest 72nd Street and 62nd Avenue in Miami to return her medication, glasses and a mug.
At that point, he said, Frechel became enraged and yelled at him, according to the report.
Police said that once he was in Frechel's bedroom, she "locked him inside the bedroom against his will." She then allegedly told him, "You are not going anywhere, you son of a b----. You're going to pay." Frechel then went into her closet and pulled out a machete, police said.
According to Law & Crime, the arrest report states the boyfriend tried to grab his keys and make a run for it, but Frechel allegedly swiped the machete at him and sliced his right elbow while she shouted, "I'm going to kill you, you son of a b----."
The boyfriend ran out of the apartment and back to his car and drove himself to the hospital with a wound on his elbow.
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Police arrested Frechel shortly after 7:15 p.m. that evening at her home. She was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center just before midnight, per reports.
According to records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Frechel faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment with a deadly weapon.
Frechel appeared in bond court Nov. 22, where a Miami-Dade judge ordered her to have no contact with the victim.
The court denied bond on the attempted murder charge and set a combined $15,000 bond for the aggravated battery and false imprisonment counts, according to documents.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Miami-Dade Police Department and Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation for comment.
Gary Bettman defends NHL’s integrity as league eyes expanded oversight tools amid wider gambling scandals
Several gambling scandals have dominated headlines across the sports world in recent weeks and months.
On Tuesday, longtime NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman touched on the topic during a wide-ranging interview. The league recently struck a partnership with leading prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.
Bettman argued that the harmony between prediction markets and sports betting positions the NHL to have better oversight and ultimately more power to "take down any contracts that we don’t think are appropriate."
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While no current NHL players or coaches have been implicated in the recent scandals that have rocked the NBA and MLB, Bettman believes the top pro hockey league is positioned to avoid similar issues.
"I don’t believe our game is susceptible in the way that some others might be ... you can’t really get away with that kind of cheating anymore," Bettman told CNBC.
In early November, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and All-Star pitcher Emmanuel Clase were the targets of the investigation and the two face charges in the alleged scheme.
The pitchers face charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery and money laundering. Both pitchers pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Also, last month, the NBA was rocked by a widespread betting investigation. Dozens of individuals with ties to the league, including a current head coach, were arrested on Oct. 23.
Despite Bettman's assertion that the league he oversees is not currently limited in its potential problematic gambling exposure, a look back reveals the complicated history the league and betting share.
In 2003, Jaromir Jagr reflected on the decisions he made that led up to $500,000 in betting losses through an online gambling site. Jagr spent more than a quarter-century in the NHL, playing for nine franchises. He last appeared in an NHL game for the Calgary Flames during the 2017-18 season.
Despite acknowledging he made missteps, Jagr insisted he did not engage in illegal gambling activity.
"It was 1998, and I made mistakes," Jagr, who played for the Washington Capitals at the time, told reporters. "I just wasn’t smart. It was stupid. It wasn’t illegal, and it was five years ago. Everything was taken care of in 1999. That’s all I can tell you."
Several decades before Jagr ever took the ice, Don Gallinger was at the center of a high-profile gambling scandal. The NHL suspended Gallinger on an indefinite basis in 1948 after an investigation determined he placed wagers on Boston Bruins games. Billy Taylor, Gallinger's teammate at the time, also faced punishment.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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Joy Reid suggests JD Vance could ditch ‘Brown Hindu’ wife for ‘White queen’ Erika Kirk to appeal to MAGA base
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid wondered on the "I’ve Had It" podcast whether Vice President JD Vance is planning to find a new wife to appeal to the MAGA base because she's Indian American.
Reid speculated that Vance might not be the 2028 heir apparent to President Donald Trump because MAGA supporters wouldn't accept someone like Usha Vance as first lady.
"They can't have the successor to MAGA be the guy with the Brown Hindu wife," she said of Vance. "They're also Christian nationalists. That ain't going to work. That's why he's throwing his wife under the bus. Poor Usha. Or she's in on it."
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"Playing slap and tickle with Erika Kirk, it's the weirdest s--- I've ever seen," "I’ve Had It" co-host Jennifer Welch said. "She's like in her Tammy Faye era."
"Holding on the back of his head and rubbing on his head," Reid said in surprise, adding she would be suspicious if a woman held her husband like that, referring to how Erika Kirk embraced the vice president at a Turning Point event last month.
"You not doing that right thing. [You're] supposed to be a widow, you in leather pants?" Reid said of Erika Kirk. "That's not widow wear."
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Reid appeared to suggest that Vance ditching his current wife for Erika Kirk would be a strategic political move to consolidate the MAGA bases around him.
"Wouldn't it be the most perfect fairy tale, MAGA fairy tale, if he finally sees the light that he needs a White queen instead of this Brown Hindu?" she asked. "I mean, I'm not saying that's happening, or maybe that Usha is not even in on it."
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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, JD Vance’s team and to TPUSA and did not receive an immediate response.
Reid's show was canceled in February by MSNBC, the progressive cable channel that changed its name to MS NOW earlier this month. The far-left anchor now hosts "The Joy Reid Show" on YouTube.
Shedeur Sanders is the 'most powerful Black man' since Obama took office, NBA champ says
NBA champion Kendrick Perkins fired off a scorching hot take about Cleveland Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders as the quarterback gets ready to make the second start of his NFL career.
Perkins, an analyst on ESPN who has had his share of fiery opinions before, compared Sanders to former President Barack Obama in a recent podcast appearance.
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"You ready for this take? Shedeur Sanders is the most powerful Black man since 2009. You know what happened in 2009? That’s when President Obama got elected into office. He’s the most powerful Black man since 2009," Perkins said on "LGND TLK."
"Here’s why I say that. You said you were sitting there watching the game in your house, and what you did? You ran with the TV. … What were you doing? You were cheering like a motherf---er. When Shedeur Sanders is on the field, this is the only time that I see what Black people come together as one, drop all the swords. There’s no Black people beefing on nothing across … Everybody rooting for Shedeur Sanders.
"And when I say powerful, there’s two sides of it. He’s bringing the whole Black community together. I ain’t ran across one Black person that has said one bad thing about Shedeur. Not one because he has the balance. He has the balance of, ‘I’m arrogant but I’m humble too.’ And he’s having fun with this s---. … He’s the most powerful Black man in sports. You know, what, f--- Black man, he’s the most powerful player in sports. Because even when he’s not playing, he’s still getting talked about. "
Sanders has only appeared in two NFL games this season. The Browns selected him in the fifth round of the draft back in the spring and he had to work his way up to become the starter.
The former Colorado standout has shown how poised he is and how much confidence he has in his abilities as a football player. His debut against the Baltimore Ravens went much differently than the win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Browns gave him the nod for Week 13 against the San Francisco 49ers.
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Eric Swalwell says military can be a 'check' on Donald Trump to 'save us'
California gubernatorial candidate and Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed that members of the military are telling him they can be a "check" on President Donald Trump.
On Don Lemon's show Monday, Swalwell discussed the controversy over a video of six Democratic lawmakers urging service members to "refuse illegal orders" from Trump.
The Department of War later announced on X that it launched a formal review into allegations of misconduct against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, for appearing in the video.
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Swalwell argued that the Trump administration "told on" itself by going after Kelly for his call to resist "illegal orders" and revealed that some service members have been behaving as a "check" on the president.
"What gives me hope, and I talk to service members all the time. They tell me that I don't appreciate enough and the public doesn't appreciate enough that while Congress is not a check on the president anymore, and the judiciary at the Supreme Court is hardly a check, military members have told me, ‘We can be a check,'" Swalwell said.
"They’re essentially saying, ‘We’re not going to betray our oath to the Constitution because this guy tells us to.’ While it's not codified that way — they're not a branch of government on their own— their honor and integrity might just save us."
Swalwell agreed with Lemon that the Trump administration and, by extension, Republicans are now telling service members to "ignore the Constitution."
"To me, the only reason you’d go after Mark Kelly if he’s telling soldiers, ‘You don’t have to follow an unlawful order’ — and they don’t — is if you intend to carry out unlawful orders," Swalwell said. "If you don’t intend to carry out unlawful orders, why do you care that somebody would say that?"
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of War for comment.
Swalwell's comments came the same day Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., warned military members on CNN that there would be consequences for them if they went after Kelly.
"Donald Trump is going to be gone in a couple of years," Gallego said. "And if you’re part of the military that is going after sitting senators, sitting members of Congress and part of the weaponization of government, there will be consequences, without a doubt."
DHS says four House Democrats 'chose to stand with criminal illegal aliens' after visiting ICE detainee
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday accused several House Democrats of meeting with a criminal illegal immigrant at an ICE detention facility, calling the visit a move in which they "chose to stand with criminal illegal aliens over American citizens."
According to the department, four House Democrats — Reps. Juan Vargas, Mike Levin, Sara Jacobs and Scott Peters — visited the ICE San Diego Field Office on Monday and requested to speak with the Honduran national, who has been accused of kidnapping and abusing his spouse.
"Democrats once again chose to stand with a criminal illegal alien over American citizens," said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. "This criminal illegal alien these Democrat lawmakers met with has been charged with kidnapping and domestic abuse."
Peters’ office told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that the lawmakers did not specifically request to speak with that detainee. The members reportedly asked to speak with "any detainee" during their oversight visit and were brought Rojas-Molina. The office added that DHS did not present any evidence that the detainee was convicted of such crimes.
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"The members asked weeks ago to conduct an oversight visit, ensuring that due process is followed and everyone is being afforded their legal rights," Communications Director Lena Jacobson said. "They were finally allowed to do so yesterday. They did not ask to speak with Mr. Rojas-Molina. There were three detainees present. The members asked to speak with any detainee. This is the person who ICE presented to them. DHS has not provided any evidence to Rep. Peters' office to show Mr. Rojas-Molina was convicted of the crimes they allege he committed."
McLaughlin described the representatives as "sanctuary politicians" who "continue to smear" efforts made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove offenders from the country.
"These sanctuary politicians continue to smear law enforcement and falsely claim ICE is not targeting the worst of the worst. It’s disgusting that these sanctuary politicians continue to do the bidding of criminal illegal aliens."
Dennis Mauricio Rojas-Molina, who was deported from the U.S. a decade ago, was arrested in May on charges of kidnapping and spousal battery.
In the summer of 2015, during the Obama administration, Rojas-Molina was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Lukeville, Arizona, but was later released into the country. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal several months after his arrest, and he was deported Oct. 14, 2015. He subsequently reentered the United States illegally at an unknown date and time.
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In a video posted to Rep. Mike Levin’s X account on Monday featuring all four lawmakers at a news conference, Levin confirmed they had visited a detainee who was recently arrested, though he did not name the individual. He noted that the man has two children — ages 11 and 5.
"Folks like him need a path to stay," Levin said of the detainees the representatives visited. "They need a path to legal status so that they can continue to work hard and contribute positively to our economy. … We need to treat them better than this."
Fox News Digital reached out to Reps. Juan Vargas, Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs for more information.
DHS added that ICE continues to arrest the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal immigrants despite Democrats’ claims that the department is not prioritizing offenders, citing Rep. Sara Jacobs’ post on X Monday stating, "ICE isn’t going after criminals; they’re targeting your neighbors and friends."
"Seventy percent of the illegal aliens arrested by ICE have criminal convictions or pending charges in the United States," DHS said, adding that the department continues to focus its enforcement efforts on murderers, rapists, gang members, pedophiles, terrorists and other dangerous individuals.
The department also emphasized that the figure does not reflect those wanted for crimes in other countries, those with Interpol notices or those facing human rights-related violations.
NFL Week 13 schedule: Fans get to feast on a ton of football
It’s Thanksgiving week and the matchups in Week 13 couldn’t be more intense.
Each NFL team is back in action as there are no bye weeks this time around. Starting on Thursday, several teams who are in playoff contention are in need of crucial victories. The entire slate on Thursday and Friday has playoff implications.
The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions will be the appetizer to the feast. The game, which can be seen on FOX, will feature two of the top teams in the NFC North. Both teams are behind the Chicago Bears in the division, but could have a better chance at taking the crown with a victory.
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Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott will clash in the middle game of Thanksgiving Day. Both teams are on the outside looking in, but have built a ton of momentum over the last week with hopes of making a bigger push to the postseason.
Joe Burrow is expected to return at quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals when they do battle against the Baltimore Ravens. The Lamar Jackson-led squad are on a five-game winning streak and could end Week 13 in sole possession of first place in the AFC North. Burrow hasn’t played since suffering a turf toe injury in Week 2.
But that’s only the beginning of what is sure to be an exciting week of NFL action.
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Navy sailor dies after rescuing 2 children from high surf in Hawaii waters
A Florida sailor stationed in Hawaii died after heroically rescuing two children in Waiapua‘a Bay.
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz, 47, of Florida, died Saturday, according to a news release from the Kaua‘i Police Department (KPD).
Diaz, who was stationed at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Barking Sands, jumped into the water to rescue two children who were struggling in the high surf, according to the release.
While the children made it back to shore safely, police said Diaz encountered trouble in the water.
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Personnel with the Ocean Safety Bureau and Barking Sands Fire and Emergency Services Department later pulled Diaz from the water and began lifesaving efforts.
He was taken to the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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"We are heartbroken by the passing of our shipmate and friend, MA1 First Class Jeffrey Diaz and extend our sincerest condolences to the family, friends and shipmates who are grieving," Capt. Robert Prince, commanding officer of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"We are grateful to the emergency responders, Sailors and their family members who provided immediate assistance, and we remain committed to supporting his family and those affected as we navigate this difficult time together," Prince continued.
An autopsy is pending to determine the cause of death, but police noted foul play is not suspected.
"The Kaua‘i Police Department extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz during this difficult time," officials wrote in a statement.