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Legendary women's basketball coaches Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma get into heated shouting match
Friday's women's March Madness game between UConn and South Carolina saw an eruption of tempers boiled over as two of the game's sport’s most legendary coaches got into engaged in a heated sideline confrontation.
UConn's Geno Auriemma and South Carolina's Dawn Staley were seen shouting aggressively at each other in the closing moment moments of the game. South Carolina was on the verge of a 62-48 win in the Final Four, when With South Carolina closing in on a 62-48 Final Four win, Auriemma approached Staley, and the exchange began to speak to her aggressively, before the conversation devolved into quickly escalated into a visible shouting match.
After the game, Auriemma did not shake Staley's hand.
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Staley addressed the incident in an interview with ESPN immediately afterward.
"I have no idea, but I'm going to let you know this, I'm of integrity. I'm of integrity," Staley said. "So if I did something wrong to Geno, I had no idea what I did, I guess he thought I didn't shake his hand at the beginning of the game, I didn't know, I went down there pregame, shook everybody on his staff's hand, I don't know what we came with after the game, but hey sometimes things get heated. We move on."
Auriemma was seen shaking Staley's hand in ESPN footage before the game.
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Auriemma addressed the incident in the postgame press conference.
"I don't want what happened there to dampen what we were able to accomplish today," Staley said.
Meanwhile, Auriemma expressed displeasure with Staley and the referees during an in-game interview on ESPN.
"There were six fouls called that quarter — all of them against us," Auriemma said on the broadcast. "And they’ve been beating the (expletive) out of our guys down there the entire game. I’m not making excuses, ’cause we haven’t been able to make a shot. But this is ridiculous.
"Their coach rants and raves on the sideline and calls the referee some names you don’t want to hear. And now we get 6 to 0, and I got a kid with a ripped jersey, and they go, ‘I didn’t see it.’ Come on, man. It’s for a national championship."
After the game, Auriemma declined to elaborate on the incident.
"I said what I had to say and... nothing... nothing," he said when asked what happened with Staley, refusing to tell reporters what he said.
"Why would I say it. I said what I said and obviously she didn't like it. I just told the truth."
Auriemma later addressed the speculation over the handshake pre-game and his mid-game interview.
"I don't have any regrets," Auriemma said of his mid-game interview.
"I've been coaching a long time, I never had a kid have to change their jersey because somebody ripped it and the official said they didn't see it. There were a lot of things that happened in that game. Unless you're on that sideline you have no idea what's happening on that sideline...
"The protocol is, before the game, you meet at halfcourt, anybody ever see that before? The two coaches meet at halfcourt and they shake hands... they announce it on the loud speaker. I waited there for like three minutes."
Footage of the shouting exchange quickly went viral on social media, with many fans shocked to two of women’s basketball’s most respected figures clash so publicly.
ESPN star Stephen A. Smith blasted Auriemma for the incident in an X post.
"That was some straight B.S. from the GREAT Geno Auriemma. Never — ever — thought I’d see the day when the greatest woman’s college coach in history would go down so CLASSLESSLY!!! Horrible look, and should be called out for it. He got OUTCOACHED," Smith wrote. "Plain and simple. And gets in her face like she did something wrong to him instead of being gracious. Had Dawn Staley acted like that we would be all over her."
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Power 4 college sports conferences react to Trump's latest executive order
The leaders of college sports’ most powerful conferences quickly aligned behind President Donald Trump’s latest executive order.
Commissioners from the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 all released statements on social media Friday evening unanimously thanking Trump for his executive action.
Trump's EO directs federal agencies to potentially restrict funding for schools violating new, tighter rules on player transfers (limited to one) and eligibility (maximum five years), while curbing pay-for-play booster collectives and protecting women's and Olympic sports funding.
The conferences struck a consistent tone of appreciation for federal involvement, coupled with a renewed call for Congress to establish national standards governing college athletics, particularly with respect to athlete compensation, employment status and name, image and likeness (NIL) rules.
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Big 10 Commissioner Tony Petitti wrote, "The Big Ten Conference would like to thank President Trump for his leadership and continuing efforts to protect college athletics and joins him in urging Congress to quickly pass legislation addressing the critical issues undermining its long-term stability.
"Consistent with President Trump’s executive order, the bipartisan SCORE Act thoughtfully addresses name, image, and likeness for student-athletes, protecting academic and athletic opportunities provided through women’s and Olympic sports programs, and expands resources to support student-athletes on and off the field.
"We will continue to work with a broad coalition of college sports stakeholders and members of Congress to enact this legislation."
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey wrote, "The establishment and enforcement of consistent national standards for college athletics remains a top priority, and President Trump’s executive order provides important clarity to help ensure all programs operate under comparable policies.
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"We are grateful for the President’s leadership and the continued, bipartisan engagement of members of the House and Senate on these key issues.
"We support House of Representatives approval of the SCORE Act and meaningful Senate consideration of similar legislation to preserve academic opportunity for student-athletes and the long-term future of college sports."
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wrote, "Federal action is essential to protect the future of college athletics, and on behalf of the Big 12, we appreciate President Trump’s commitment to advancing a solution. To build on this momentum and provide long-term clarity and stability, Congress must now act.
"The bipartisan SCORE Act offers a comprehensive framework for many of the issues facing our industry, and I look forward to continue working with President Trump and Congress to enact meaningful reforms."
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips wrote, "We deeply thank President Trump and his administration’s ongoing commitment to protecting college athletics by issuing today’s executive order. Following the White House’s college sports roundtable, there continues to be significant momentum to preserve the athletic and academic opportunities for the next generation of student-athletes, and we appreciate the efforts.
"We remain optimistic that the SCORE Act, which would provide stability to college sports, will pass the House of Representatives in the near future."
The executive order "directs Federal agencies to bolster the effectiveness of key college sports rules on transferring, eligibility, and pay-for-play by evaluating whether violations of such rules render a university unfit for Federal grants and contracts."
It also says that a "five-year participation window" will be enforced, along with "structured transfer rules" and a "banning (of) improper financial arrangements including pay-for-play agreements facilitated by collectives and similar entities."
Trump's executive order comes roughly a month after he hosted a roundtable addressing several hot-button issues with notable sports figures and officials.
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The SCORE Act was at the forefront of the roundtable. It was scheduled to be voted on in December, but the vote was canceled shortly before it was to take place.
The White House endorsed the act, but three Republicans — Byron Donalds of Florida, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Chip Roy of Texas — voted with Democrats not to bring the act to the floor. Democrats have largely opposed the bill, urging members of the House to vote against it.
The act would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption in hopes of protecting the NCAA from potential lawsuits over eligibility rules and would prohibit athletes from becoming employees of their schools. It prohibits schools from using student fees to fund NIL payments.
The president's order from July prohibits athletes from receiving pay-to-play payments from third-party sources. However, the order did not impose any restrictions on NIL payments to college athletes by third-party sources. It also demands that schools account for preserving resources for the non-revenue sports.
A month before Trump's order, a judge approved a settlement between the NCAA, its most powerful conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The deal means the NCAA will pay close to $2.8 billion in back damages over the next 10 years to college athletes who competed from 2016 to 2025. The settlement also allows college programs to pay athletes directly.
Fox News Digital's Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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Trump says ‘America needs God’ in Good Friday message touting ‘resurgence of religion'
President Donald Trump delivered a Good Friday message from the Resolute Desk celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ while declaring that religion is experiencing a "resurgence" across the United States in his second term.
"As I have often said, to be a great nation, you must have religion, and you must have God," Trump said.
The president framed his message with faith as a central pillar of American strength, pointing to what he described as a broader cultural shift toward religion.
The video, shared via Truth Social on Good Friday, honored the Christian faith tradition and what he claims is a renewal of religion in the United States.
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President Trump has often recalled his Presbyterian upbringing, attending Sunday school. He has previously credited his faith to his devout Scottish mother and a "very strong" but "great-hearted" father in remarks at the 2024 National Faith Summit.
"In churches across the nation on Sunday, the pews will be fuller, younger and more faithful than they have at any time in many, many years," Trump said. "Religion is growing again in our country for the first time in decades."
The president has invited prayer and faith back into the public square with both an America 250 prayer initiative and the establishment of the White House Faith Office early in his second term.
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Trump said he's "proud to join with Christians" during Holy Week in his address.
"This Holy Week, I'm proud to join with Christians across the country and around the world to celebrate the most glorious miracle in all of time — the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ," Trump said.
"In his life, Christ displayed true humility. In His death, He modeled true love."
The president also invoked scripture in his address, quoting John 3:16.
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"As it says in Gospel of John, for God so loved the world that He gave His only son, for whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life," Trump said.
President Trump's outspoken approach to the Christian holiday serves as a foil to his predecessor. Former President Joe Biden most recently shared a brief three-paragraph statement during his tenure to celebrate the season in 2024.
Trump has been more candid in his approach to his faith since he survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.
"I believe that my life was saved that day in Butler for a very good reason," he declared during his address to a joint session of Congress in 2025. "I was saved by God to make America great again. I believe that."
The president ended his remarks by wishing everyone a blessed holiday.
"Happy Easter to all. May God bless you. May God bless the United States of America," Trump concluded.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Astronaut Victor Glover praised for saying moon mission is 'human history,' not 'Black history'
NASA astronaut Victor Glover drew praise on social media after he said his involvement in the Artemis II mission should be seen as part of "human history," not a racial milestone, and conservatives circulated clips of his remarks ahead of the crew's launch Wednesday.
He made the remarks during a March 29 press event ahead of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is returning astronauts to lunar orbit for the first time in decades. The mission has been noted for its historic crew composition, including the first woman and first Black astronaut assigned to a lunar mission.
Glover acknowledged the significance of representation while pointing to a broader aspiration beyond it.
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"I live in this dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina [Koch] and just physicalize her passion or her interests … and that young, Brown boys and girls can look at me and go, ‘Hey, he looks like me, and he’s doing what?' And that's great," he said.
"I love that, but I also hope we are pushing the other direction that one day we don’t have to talk about these firsts, that one day, this is just — listen to this — that this is the human history," he continued.
"It's about human history. It's the story of humanity — not Black history, not women's history — but that it becomes human history."
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Clips of Glover's comments circulated on social media, receiving reposts from conservative influencers such as podcast host Brandon Tatum, OutKick host Riley Gaines and "Officer Lew," praising his emphasis on shared human achievement over identity-based milestones.
"I am a new fan of this man. Thank you!!" Tatum said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"When even pioneers reject the identity game, you know it’s time to move on," Lew said.
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Glover's perspective aligned with a broader theme echoed by his fellow crew members, Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, during the same exchange.
Koch said, "If there is something to celebrate, it’s that we are at a time when everyone gets to work equally hard to achieve that dream."
Hansen added, "This is an acknowledgment that anybody who shows up and is able to contribute something meaningful can be part of this mission."
Glover also spoke about the personal significance of launch day, describing a tightly scheduled routine leading up to liftoff.
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"We wake up about eight hours before launch. … There is not a lot of time for personal rituals," he said.
"Before I fly an airplane, I generally say a very short prayer … and then I try to send my family a note to tell them that I love them."
As he described the final hours before liftoff, Glover emphasized how tightly structured launch day is, leaving little room for personal routines but making space for one meaningful moment with his family.
"Our families are outside the building when we walk out. … I get to tell them I love them instead of sending a text message."
Democrat governor and mayor booed at Red Sox home opener
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were booed by fans at the Red Sox home opener Friday.
The two Democrat politicians took the field at Fenway Park before Friday's game against the San Diego Padres for a pregame ceremony.
And the 36,000-plus fans in attendance showered the Democrats with relentless boos.
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Footage of the booing went viral on social media, providing a boasting opportunity for Massachusetts' GOP gubernatorial hopefuls.
One of those candidates, Brian Shortsleeve, said in an X video, "Hey, everybody, coming to you from Fenway Park. Here’s a quick update: It’s a beautiful afternoon. The Red Sox are up by one. Maura Healey and Michelle Wu just got booed very loudly."
In another post, he wrote, "It was even louder in person!"
Another candidate, Mike Minogue, posted a video of Healey and Wu being booed, writing, "Looks like fans want someone else up to bat."
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Candidate Mike Kennealy wrote in an X post, "Man, I love Red Sox Nation!"
Healey on Thursday demanded that two private airline companies stop providing flights for ICE to quickly remove illegal immigrants who have been detained, citing a recent ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis.
In October, one of Healey's aides was arrested for cocaine trafficking after investigators intercepted packages with the drug slated to be delivered to a state office building where he worked, prosecutors said.
Wu has been a target of frequent controversy due to her resistance to immigration enforcement.
In February, Wu accused federal immigration agents of conducting "unconstitutional" operations in the city and ordered the public release of surveillance and body camera footage from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.
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NFL clears Rashee Rice of league policy violations after probe into ex-girlfriend's abuse allegations
The NFL has concluded its investigation into Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice. In a statement, the league said it determined Rice "has not engaged in conduct that violates the personal conduct policy."
The league also investigated accusations brought by Rice’s ex-girlfriend, Dacoda Jones, and said that case is closed.
The announcement means the 25-year-old will not face NFL discipline, noting "insufficient evidence to support a finding that he violated the personal conduct policy."
Rice’s attorney, Sean Lindsey, said in a statement that "Mr. Rice wants to thank the NFL for its thorough investigation and looks forward to the start of the 2026-27 NFL season."
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The Chiefs declined to comment after the league’s decision Friday.
In January, Jones posted photos on social media appearing to show bruising and wounds across her body and alleged prolonged domestic abuse. The post did not name Rice or anyone else. However, Jones said her alleged abuser is her children’s father. Jones and Rice share two children.
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In a since-deleted Instagram caption, Jones wrote, "I’m so tired of keeping quiet. I’m so tired of protecting his image. I’ve been through too much in a span of eight years, and I’ve had ENOUGH!"
She said she and Rice split in 2025.
Jones filed a lawsuit in Texas in February. The suit alleges Rice repeatedly committed assault over a 1½-year span beginning in 2023. The legal action seeks damages in excess of $1 million. Jones also raised strangulation allegations she said occurred in December 2023.
"Rice has grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit and headbutted Ms. Jones, as well as struck her with inanimate objects," the lawsuit states.
Lindsey disputed the claims in the lawsuit, citing a sworn statement from Jones.
"On Oct. 9, 2025, well after the parties’ relationship had ended, Ms. Jones stated under penalty of perjury in an affidavit for non-prosecution that ‘Mr. Rice and I had a verbal argument, but he did not punch me.’ We will allow the legal process to run its course."
In March 2024, Rashee Rice drove a Lamborghini Urus at 119 mph on Dallas’ North Central Expressway, triggering a multicar crash that injured multiple people. Theodore Knox, a former teammate of Rice's at SMU, was driving a Corvette. According to authorities, Rice, Knox and three others fled on foot without checking on the injured before police arrived.
Just under two weeks later, Rice publicly accepted responsibility for the incident and issued an apology. He later turned himself in to police after an arrest warrant was issued. A judge sentenced the Super Bowl winner to 30 days in jail and five years of probation for his role in the incident.
In district court, he pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony counts of a collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. He was granted deferred adjudication, meaning the case will be dismissed if he successfully completes probation.
The NFL imposed a six-game suspension last season after determining Rice violated the league’s personal conduct policy in that case.
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Artemis II astronauts nearly halfway to the moon; NASA shares stunning photos from Orion spacecraft
The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are nearly halfway to the moon since launching Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center.
"Since [Thursday’s] trans-lunar injection burn to send the crew around the moon, the mission continues to perform well overall, and the crew is in great spirits," Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA’s exploration systems, said at a news conference Friday.
"Currently, the crew is more than 100,000 miles from Earth and about 150,000 miles to go away from the moon.
"We call amazing things that humans do moonshots for a reason, and, indeed, this is literally and symbolically our moonshot that we are in the middle of."
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Hawkins also shared two photos taken by Cmdr. Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft.
The first image, Hawkins said, shows a "backlit Earth revealing auroras as the crew heads toward the moon."
She said it was taken by astronaut Wiseman from of a window on the Orion spacecraft, and it features two auroras and zodiacal light "at the bottom right. It’s visible as the Earth eclipses to sun."
"It’s great to think — with the exception of our four friends — all of us are represented in this image," Hawkins said.
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A second photo taken Thursday by Wiseman after the trans-lunar injection burn, which propels a spacecraft out of the Earth’s orbit, shows the terminator line, separating day from night on Earth.
"So, we continue to learn about our spacecraft as we operate it in deep space with crew for the first time, and it’s important to remind ourselves of that as we learn a little bit more day by day," Hawkins said.
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Artemis II Ascent Flight Director Judd Frieling said, after the trans-lunar injection burn Thursday, the crew did an inspection of windows, planned medical conferences and, while they were asleep, the ground crew checked to see how the spacecraft was functioning.
And after the astronauts woke up Friday morning, they were able to talk to their families.
"We had planned a trajectory correction burn," Frieling said. "The systems are doing so well now — navigation and propulsion systems together — that that was not needed. So, we’ll roll that into the next planned correction trajectory burn tomorrow."
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Howard Hu, Orion’s program manager, said the subsystems on the spacecraft continue to perform well, the air revitalization system is "doing very well" and the propellant usage was within 5% of predicated usage limits.
He said they are working through one pressurization issue that relates to helium that pressurizes propellant tanks that push out the oxidizer and the fuel to make some of the major burns.
Hu said one branch had to be isolated, but it’s redundant and has no impact on the mission.
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"We’re able to do the rest of the burns across the mission without doing any regulation, what we call blowdown mode," he said. "In other words, there’s enough helium pressure in the tanks in the oxidizer itself that we can push out the fuel without needing to regulate or require more helium from the helium tanks."
Hu also showed a photo of part of the Earth seen through a window on the spacecraft, which he said was also taken by Wiseman.
"It just brings a lot of great emotion to me to see that picture being taken," Hu said.
Hu showed another photo of the crew, joking that Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen looked like he wasn’t "working that hard, so I’m going to have to check to make sure if he’s doing anything more than lying there on the side here, but great to see the crew. Great to see their smiling faces and hear them talk about their experiences so far."
Also on board the Orion capsule for the 10-day mission to fly around the moon is NASA Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialist Christina Koch.
Lakers superstar Luka Dončić suffers season-ending injury
The Los Angeles Lakers' championship hopes just took a major hit.
NBA scoring leader Luka Dončić will miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team announced Friday.
It's unclear what his status is for the postseason.
Dončić was the main reason the Lakers climbed into the third spot in the Western Conference standings. But an injury to his leg during Los Angeles’ blowout loss in Oklahoma City Thursday has taken that all away after an MRI exam revealed the severity of the strain.
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Lakers coach JJ Redick said Dončić was injured in the first half against the Thunder but was cleared to return to the game while his team was getting plastered by the defending NBA champion Thunder.
Dončić lasted only about four minutes before he spun, stopped and went down on the court in pain, leading to his departure.
The Lakers acquired Dončić in a surprising and controversial trade in February 2025, when the Dallas Mavericks sent the Latvian superstar, along with Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to LA in exchange for 31-year-old Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick. The move left many fans and pundits puzzled, believing the trade was lopsided in favor of the Lakers.
The Pacific Division champion Lakers (50-27) have just five games left before the postseason, starting Sunday at Dallas.
Grade 2 hamstring strains sometimes require several weeks of recovery, but Dončić also has prior experience with hamstring issues. He missed four games right before the All-Star break with another left hamstring strain but returned to the lineup after the break.
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Dončić is putting up spectacular numbers in his first full season with the Lakers, who acquired the Slovenian superstar from the Mavericks last season.
He is averaging 33.5 points, 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game for Los Angeles, and he was named the NBA’s Western Conference player of the month for March after racking up 13 consecutive 30-point performances, including seven 40-point games, a 51-point barrage against Chicago and a 60-point masterclass in Miami.
Dončić scored 600 points in March, becoming only the 10th player in NBA history to hit that mark in a single month. While LeBron James and Austin Reaves have also played well down the stretch, the Lakers depend on Dončić, who either scored or assisted on 58% of their total points in March.
The Lakers’ regular-season finale is next Sunday, April 12, at home against Utah. Their first-round playoff series is expected to start the following weekend.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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California 4-year-old boy survives attack by coyote that bit and tried to drag him away
A "repeat offender" coyote has been captured and euthanized after being caught on camera biting and attempting to drag away a 4-year-old boy standing in his grandparents' driveway in Southern California earlier this week.
Four-year-old Solomon suffered seven puncture wounds on his legs and torso after the coyote bit and attempted to drag the young boy away in heart-stopping video caught on surveillance camera.
"I just hear him screaming, and I turn around, and I scream as well because I see the coyote on top of him," Solomon's mother, Sarina Donohoo, told FOX 11 Los Angeles.
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"He bit me," Solomon said. "He tried to drag me."
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife believes the animal may be responsible for even more attacks than initially believed, according to reporting from FOX 11 Los Angeles.
The coyote may have been a "repeat offender," linked to two additional victims reporting attacks March 26 and March 30. According to FOX 11, DNA testing linked the coyote to a separate attack on a child Feb. 11 near an elementary school.
Wildlife authorities confirmed with FOX 11 that the coyote was "humanely euthanized" Thursday using "standard protocol" for animals that attack humans.
"For a wild animal to walk up into your yard and try to snatch your grandchild, it's like the most horrific thing in the world," Solomon's grandmother and property owner Stephanie Fields added.
The incident happened early in the morning, just before 9 a.m., as the boy's mother was unloading groceries from her vehicle.
"I was so scared because I know how bad it could have been," Sarina said, recalling the chilling incident. "My initial response was just, ‘I need to get him away.’"
Grandfather Stanley Fields shared that little Solomon is now undergoing a series of rabies treatments.
"He got nipped three times, and now he's going through rabies protocol," Stanley said. "He's 4 years old, and I just think it was a little much for a young child to experience."
A neighbor who operates a nearby daycare told FOX 11 she now carries an air horn and a golf club for protection in the area.
Authorities have urged residents in the neighborhood to "remain vigilant" as officials confirm whether other aggressive coyotes remain in the area, according to FOX 11.
Other recommendations for residents include supervising small children, especially outdoors, and using loud noises like air horns to deter wild animals. Residents are also encouraged to secure any food waste and trash bins.
Authorities encourage witnesses to call the Carson Sheriff’s Station at 310-830-1123 for coyote attacks or California Fish & Wildlife at 858-467-4257 for coyote sightings.
UConn Final Four run could trigger a $50M furniture giveaway for Massachusetts-based Jordan's Furniture
More than four decades ago, Eliot Tatelman worked with his father at a New England furniture store. He likely never expected that, years later, a bold bet tied to the 2007 World Series run by the Boston Red Sox would land him on a championship float alongside the franchise’s biggest stars.
As the parade wound through Boston’s streets, some attendees held signs that said "Thanks for the free furniture," a nod to the retailer’s promotion.
Now, Tatelman’s Jordan’s Furniture is revisiting the idea with a similar promotion, betting on how far UConn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will advance in this year’s NCAA Division I tournaments.
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The retailer promised refunds totaling up to roughly $50 million if both Huskies teams reach — and then lose — their respective national title games. Eligible furniture must have been purchased from Jordan’s Furniture between Jan. 20 and March 1, according to the company’s website.
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Tatelman served as the furniture retailer’s CEO, but the family-run business’s day-to-day operations continue to be overseen by his children.
The UConn women’s team faces South Carolina Friday at 7 p.m. ET in Phoenix, while the men’s team meets Illinois Saturday in Indianapolis.
"We have insurance," Tatelman told USA Today Sports. "We want them to win."
There are two Jordan’s Furniture locations in Storrs, Connecticut.
Tatelman reflected on the Red Sox promotion, recalling the bold offer that helped define the campaign.
"We said, ‘Come into Jordan’s and buy a sofa, a bed, a mattress, a dining room table,’" he said. "And if the Red Sox win the World Series, it’ll all be free.’"
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The Red Sox's four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series ended up costing the furniture company roughly $35 million. Tatelman said he "bought insurance for it."
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