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WWE star Austin Theory says injury was 'low moment' as he talks getting back to ring, developing new look
Austin Theory burst onto the WWE main roster in 2021 after two years on the NXT brand.
He made his mark when he won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match in July 2022, earning himself an opportunity for a title shot anywhere, any time. However, he became one of only a few people to unsuccessfully cash-in when he lost his impromptu United States Championship match against Seth Rollins.
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Theory later followed it up with a U.S. title win in a triple-threat match against Rollins and Bobby Lashley in November 2022. A few months later Theory challenged John Cena to a match at WrestleMania 39 and won. It felt like Theory was going to make a play for one of the WWE Championships.
Two years later, Theory found himself on the sideline due to an injury. He missed about five months before he returned to align himself with Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed as a member of The Vision.
Theory told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that coming back from the injury was tough.
"It was definitely a low moment for me, for sure," he said. "Just a lot of things hitting me at once. I think everybody in life has these down moments but I think it’s how you look at it. Sitting there looking at it is like, ‘Why’d this happen to me?’ and doing the whole victim thing. I think that gets you nowhere. I think for me, it was a chance to kinda reevaluate myself – what did I really want deep inside? What are the things that I’m trying to achieve and have and how do I want to be looked at?
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"That was definitely a time for me to reset and figure out where I wanted to be. Sure enough, I saw The Vision and I didn’t know how I was going to get into The Vision. But I needed to kinda show them that I was about business. I put on the masked man thing and I went around stomping people like Seth Rollins and The Vision appreciated that and now here we are. Me and Logan Paul – greatest tag team champions of all time."
Theory returned to "Monday Night Raw" in December 2025 with a completely new look.
He shaved his head and grew out his beard.
Theory said that having a shaved head was something he wanted to try and his new mindset and focus with The Vision allowed him to go for it.
"It was something I actually always wanted to try," he said. "A lot of people, man, under their hair, they have a very weird shaped head I had no idea what was going to happen. … I’m glad that I tried it out.
"While my time was out, I was just like, man, let’s just really commit to the change of this different Austin Theory, this different energy. I think the Austin Theory before was … might be too over the top with confidence, which I don’t blame him. But I think there needs to be a plan and there needs to be a vision and here we are."
Now, Theory is a tag team champion with Logan Paul, who aligned himself with The Vision as well.
Theory and Paul will defend the tag team title against The Street Profits at Saturday Night’s Main Event. The show takes place at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock.
AEW star Darby Allin reacts to Mick Foley's upcoming pre-show appearance at Double or Nothing
Pro wrestling legend Mick Foley will make his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on Sunday at Double or Nothing.
Foley will join Renee Paquette on the Buy In portion of the show before the pay-per-view begins.
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Darby Allin, who is set to square off against Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) in a hair vs. title match for the AEW Championship, reacted to the announcement that Foley was making an appearance in AEW in an interview with Fox News Digital.
"He was one of my guys growing up because he was one of those guys, you flip through the TV and you’re like, ‘wait.’ Growing up, I don’t feel like I could relate to a lot of wrestlers," Allin said. "But him, being like this, Evel Knievel, stuntman performer, every night doing something – that was definitely inspiring. And it spoke to me because it’s everything I love. So, to have him around Sunday, it’ll be awesome.
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"He’s definitely somebody I’ve looked up to."
There are three matches set for the pre-show in New York.
Megan Bayne and Lena Kross will take on Zayda Steel and Vita Van in a 5-minute tag team title eliminator match, "Big Boom" AJ, QT Marshall, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong vs. Shane Taylor, Anthony Ogogo, Capt. Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo and Lee Moriarty in a 10-man tag team match and Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta vs. Anthony Bowens, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata in a trios match.
3 title matches set for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event in Indiana
Saturday Night’s Main Event is back for the first time since Jan. 24.
There are five matches on the card with a few titles on the line as WWE’s superstars look to shake things up. Paige and Brie Bella will defend their women’s tag team titles, Austin Theory and Logan Paul will defend their own tag team titles and Penta will defend the Intercontinental Championship.
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The event will begin at 8 p.m. ET in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and can be seen on Peacock.
Read below for a brief look at each match and some predictions.
Paige and Brie Bella will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against The Irresistible Forces – Lash Legend and Nia Jax.
Legend and Jax have been critical of Paige and Bella re-joining WWE and being able to hold the title belts. Paige and Bella became tag champs at WrestleMania 42, while Nikki Bella was sidelined with an injury.
Bella and Paige already defeated The Irresistible Forces earlier this month. They also defended the tag team titles against Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez. Another successful title defense appears to be on the horizon.
Prediction: Brie Bella and Paige pick up the victory.
It will be a prove-it match for Sol Ruca as her first major match as a member of the "Monday Night Raw" roster will be up against the women’s intercontinental champion Becky Lynch.
It will be a non-title match as Ruca stepped up to Lynch earlier in the week. Lynch said that Ruca hadn’t done anything to deserve a shot at her title. Maybe that’s right, but a win for Ruca on Saturday will definitely make her a top contender for the championship.
Prediction: Ruca defeats Lynch.
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Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab have been allies of convenience since before WrestleMania 42. Cargill’s support system has helped her gain the upper hand over rivals Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, though she lost the women’s title at WrestleMania 42.
Since that loss, Cargill has returned to make Ripley the target. Flair and Bliss have been collateral damage and have been forced to make nice with Ripley ahead of their six-woman tag team match at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Ripley will have some extra fire coming into the match as she’s set to defend the women’s title against Cargill at Clash in Italy.
Prediction: Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab get a win.
There are some major storylines surrounding Logan Paul and Austin Theory’s World Tag Team Championship match against The Street Profits – Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins.
The Street Profits making a resounding return to the ring and earning a title shot while they try to dismantle The Vision. Paul and Theory are looking to get their first win as a tag team since winning the titles over The Usos on March 30. Meanwhile, Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker could come to blows and even affect the title match in one way or the other.
Rollins has had his issues with Ford and Dawkins as all three have their attention on The Vision.
Prediction: Logan Paul and Austin Theory retain the titles.
Penta has knocked down every challenge for the Intercontinental Championship since he became the champion on March 2 in a match against Dominik Mysterio.
He’s survived El Grande Americano, Dragon Lee, Mysterio again, Kofi Kingston, El Hijo del Vikingo and five others in a WrestleMania 42 ladder match. On Saturday, he will take on another in Ethan Page.
Page burst onto the scene the Monday after WrestleMania and immediately made an impact on the roster. He defeated Je’Von Evans in his debut match and teamed with Rusev to beat Evans and Penta. Page then declared himself the No. 1 contender for Penta’s title.
Page’s clout will grow if he is, somehow, able to upset Penta for the title.
Prediction: Penta tops Page to retain the title
UC Davis fraternity student's 2001 death ruled a suicide after 29 stab wounds questioned in true crime podcast
Twenty-five years after a University of California, Davis (UC Davis) student was found dead in his fraternity dorm room with 29 stab wounds, a death officially ruled a suicide, a new true crime podcast is taking a fresh look at the case and the questions Andrew Wieman’s family says have never been answered.
Wieman, a 20-year-old junior and member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, was found dead inside his locked room on Jan. 4, 2001.
After a 13-month joint investigation involving UC Davis Police, the Yolo County Coroner’s Office and the California Department of Justice, authorities ruled Wieman’s death a suicide.
Investigators pointed to several factors supporting that conclusion, including the discovery of a handwritten note in Wieman’s room, the fact the knife believed to have caused the wounds belonged to Wieman and contained his fingerprints, and the lack of signs of forced entry or struggle inside the room.
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Officials also noted Wieman’s room was locked, the windows were secured, and all keys were accounted for. According to investigators, there were no defensive wounds on Wieman’s body and no evidence another person had been present in the room.
In a statement released at the time, UC Davis Police Chief Calvin Handy described Wieman as a "troubled individual" and said investigators believed the evidence, taken "in totality," was most consistent with suicide.
But Wieman’s family has never accepted the official ruling. For years, they have continued pushing for answers, raising concerns about whether all aspects of the case were fully examined.
Now, Emmy Award-winning producer Kyle Olson is revisiting the case in Season 2 of the true crime podcast "Love & Justice," which premieres May 26.
Olson said his team was immediately struck by several details in the case when they began reviewing investigative files and evidence.
"When you start to piece all these things together, and then you hear the determination is suicide, it’s inherently something that brings curiosity," Olson told Fox News Digital.
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Olson said the case stood out because of several details investigators acknowledged at the time, including that Wieman suffered 29 stab wounds, several of them fatal, had no drugs or alcohol in his system, and was found inside a locked room.
"Those are all things that make you scratch your head," Olson said. "That’s not something we normally see in a case like this."
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The podcast host said another detail that surprised his team was learning Wieman was allegedly found "tucked into bed" and wearing earplugs — details Olson said were not widely discussed publicly at the time.
"What does it mean?" Olson said. "Does it mean something, or is it just a small tiny detail in a much bigger story?"
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The series also explores a roughly 60-hour gap between the last confirmed sighting of Wieman in the early hours of Jan. 2, and when he was ultimately found dead.
"Sixty hours is a very long time," Olson said. "What was going on during those 60 hours, and does somebody know something that perhaps they haven’t shared in 25 years?"
According to Olson, the podcast does not attempt to force a predetermined conclusion, but instead re-examines the case using modern forensic reconstruction technology and fresh expert analysis.
"We’re interested in hearing from all sides," Olson said. "There’s going to be some people that think maybe, with the evidence that we’ve seen, it could lead to suicide. There’s going to be others that say, ‘I disagree.’"
Olson said the investigation has involved forensic experts from around the world and focuses heavily on whether advancements in science and reconstruction technology can better explain the circumstances surrounding Wieman’s death.
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"One of the biggest questions for me always comes back to feasibility," Olson said. "Is it possible that someone can inflict 29 stab wounds to themselves, especially when multiple of those stab wounds are fatal?"
Olson said the passage of time could also play an important role in generating new information.
"There may be people that were too shy to bring up information 25 years ago that are willing to talk now," Olson said. "Now might be the time to say something."
Season 1 of "Love & Justice" focused on the murder of Olson’s childhood friend, Ashley Love, whose killer has never been found.
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Olson said that experience helped him better understand how families continue living with unanswered questions long after investigations end.
"For me, I would really like to find justice for Andrew," Olson said. "We’re here to find out what the truth is."
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks lament end of Colbert show. They love his anti-Trump antics
The leftist bubble could easily be defined as people who think late-night comedians are the best Americans ever. The demise of Stephen Colbert's CBS show was greeted by Democrats like a funeral for a "national treasure." That's what they called Colbert.
Outside the bubble, "The Late Show" sounded more like a leftist therapy session, combined with a Democratic Party precinct meeting. Colbert could not imagine why anyone would support President Donald Trump. It's inconceivable to them, and they can't imagine anyone who thinks Colbert is insufferably smug and vicious, not the spin as "kind and generous."
NBC’s "Today" broke out the eulogies on the morning of Colbert’s last show. Entertainment reporter Chloe Melas gushed, "this farewell tour, it has been full of big moments, even bigger laughs as these lights get ready to dim." Melas added Colbert would love to have the pope as a guest on his final show, spurring co-anchor Savannah Guthrie to claim: "Well, Stephen is a devout Catholic."
That hasn’t been true at all. Even at Comedy Central, Colbert mocked the Holy Eucharist, and featured a close-up photo of a priest distributing condoms instead of the consecrated Host. In his last week of shows, when Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan asked what happens after we die, Colbert gave a nebulous answer that didn’t sound like Christianity at all.
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Melas vaguely admitted Colbert’s show was full of "politically charged humor," and addressed the show’s cancellation by saying "questions swirled if it had anything to do with the show’s critical eye towards President [Donald] Trump" despite CBS’s insistence it was "purely a financial decision."
The conspiracy theorists who adored this show would naturally believe that Paramount (with a merger proposal in front of the Trump administration) were somehow currying favor. The left expects corporations to endlessly subsidize their propaganda no matter how many millions it loses. Ask Washington Post owner and billionaire Jeff Bezos.
NBC also interviewed an angry David Letterman about the show’s end. Craig Melvin offered a ponderous softball: "What does the end of that show say about comedy in America?" Letterman compared Colbert to Johnny Carson, like they were similar in any way. He complained, "we’re losing a valuable perspective. I think it’s very, very important to the American culture. I think it’s too bad that Stephen is gone. I think it’s a huge mistake."
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But it’s really like Burger Chef losing out to McDonald’s and Burger King. There’s no shortage of greasy Trump-hating jokes on television. There’s a surplus. Over the last few years, Colbert’s show told 87% of its political jokes on Trump and the Republicans – that’s nearly the same percentage as the other late-night "comedy" options.
This is where the lamentations of rocker Bruce Springsteen on the penultimate show (and others) were wrong that Trump "couldn’t take a joke." He takes thousands of jokes a year from this People’s Republic of Late Night. As usual, calling these jokes "negative" is under-selling it. Many remember Colbert’s rant in 2017 that the only thing Trump’s mouth was good for was to be a holster for Putin’s sex organ.
Colbert rejoiced when Trump was politically endangered. In 2019, he oozed: "Tomorrow is the first day of televised impeachment hearings. I’m so excited, I won't be able to sleep." In 2022, he found Christmas wasn’t about Christ: "It may be hot outside, but in here it’s Christmas. Because yesterday, we all got the present we wanted: FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago." In 2023, when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump, Colbert gushed he’d eaten ice cream out of a baseball helmet and "we're finally saying Merry Christmas again."
This year, Colbert erupted against ICE. In January, Colbert cracked: "Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces." This is the "comedy" David Letterman is going to miss.
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On Friday, NBC’s Melas was back to celebrate Colbert’s last show as "the end of an era, as one of television's most respected figures steps away from the spotlight." There’s the bubble again, that they can’t imagine anyone who thinks he deserves a "Most Respected" title, as if he is making something noble.
Inside the leftist bubble, they also shamelessly describe Colbert’s performative denunciations of the Trump side as the "truth." NPR critic Eric Deggans recalled how Colbert in his Comedy Central days coined the concept of "truthiness," that his fake conservative expressed "I don't trust books …They're all facts and no heart."
This goes along with his Bush-mocking joke at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner that "reality has a well-known liberal bias." Therefore, Deggans mourned the loss of the Colbert show "speaking truth to truthiness at a time when the world needs it most."
The news divisions of the broadcast networks see the late-night comedy shows as a way of reinforcing their narratives and putting a nastier spin on it. Team Trump might get a soundbite or two or rebuttal in a news story. There is no rebuttal space in late night. It’s all aggression, all the time. One less aggressor isn’t going to make much difference.
Washington business owner says crime, soaring costs forced him to rent out home, bathe with bucket
A Washington manufacturing owner says soaring costs and rising crime have forced him to live inside his factory, bathe using a bucket and rent out his home as he prepares to move his family’s 48-year-old business out of state.
"The cost of living is so expensive, I've actually moved out of my primary residence and have renters living in there to help me cover the cost of living," Jon Bodwell, whose family founded Delta Camshaft in 1977, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
"My day-to-day living arrangement after hours, you know, once the business closes, then it becomes Jon's house," Bodwell said. "I do not have a showering facility here. I am currently basically, just like when I was in the Marine Corps, taking the old sponge bath out of the wash tub out back, it's inside the facility, but it's basically just running hot water into a plastic bucket and dumping it over [the] top of my head, soaping up my body and then I had to rinse the bubbles off."
Bodwell is the owner of Delta Camshaft, which manufactures and repairs camshafts — rotating metal shafts that control how an engine takes in air and fuel and expels exhaust. His company is leaving Washington after nearly five decades due to rising crime, taxes and a deteriorating political climate.
He said his father started the company in 1977 from a $3,000 loan from his grandfather.
"I listen to the scanner every day when I'm sitting at my desk to notify me if I have to go outside with the firearm or something to protect my employees from what's going on outside," Bodwell said. "We get high-speed chases through here all the time. Crime is terrible. We have the front of the building barred up and all the graffiti."
Bodwell said the police are doing their jobs, but prosecutors are soft on crime and people who should end up in jail do not.
"Right now, I think that everyone is feeling it across the board," Bodwell said. "I know that I'm not the only one. There's a lot of businesses that are, you know, you see them conducting business and, like two or three weeks later, all of a sudden there's a 'For sale' sign or a liquidation notice."
Bodwell said his health insurance has skyrocketed 20% and the cost of his natural gas and electricity has almost doubled in recent years.
He is renting out his house and has moved into his facility to try to make ends meet, and said his state is going after taxpayers.
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"What they're doing is just going after the taxpayers," Bodwell said. "But if they remove all their taxpayers from the tax base, then they have to go after additional tax money from the people that are staying there. And it's going to absolutely decimate the Pacific Northwest as far as businesses and people staying as residents."
In March, Washington state Democrats passed the "millionaires tax," which Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson signed on March 30. It has been described as the state's first-ever income tax, pushed by progressives and opposed by conservatives.
A recent survey by the Association of Washington Business covered by The Center Square found that 44% of business leaders said they are considering moving their personal residence out of state, with businesses also saying they are now more than twice as likely to expand outside of Washington than within it.
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"Economically, the state of Washington, it's beyond the point of return, I believe right now. There's so much negative finance stuff going on here right now that I don't think the state will be able to recover until we do a ‘control, alt, delete,’" Bodwell said.
If given the opportunity, Bodwell said he would ask those governing the state to leave office.
"If I had the opportunity to sit down with a congressman or a political person that had some pull down in Olympia, I would ask them to please remove themselves from office, for starters, because they're doing such a poor job," Bodwell said.
Bodwell added, "These political entities that have been sitting in these seats for years have destroyed the Northwest. I mean, it's an absolutely phenomenally beautiful place to be raised and born. I'm glad I have that in my past. But now I have to pick up everything and leave out of town."
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Gov. Ferguson's office said, "Governor Ferguson supports small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and our communities. They drive economic growth and create jobs. That’s why Governor Ferguson successfully advocated for the largest business tax break in state history with the Millionaires' Tax. When that goes into effect, it will reduce or eliminate B&O tax for 138,000 small businesses."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Pierce County Prosecutors Office for comment.
America's late-night fast-food culture may be making a comeback — here's why
Late-night fast food and 24-hour dining — once staples of American convenience — have shrunk dramatically in recent years, though some chains are beginning to expand overnight hours again.
Across the country, fewer chains are keeping locations open overnight, a shift that began during the COVID-19 pandemic and never fully reversed.
Restaurant sales plunged 47% in April 2020 from a year earlier, forcing operators to cut hours and reduce costs, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data cited by Tasting Table.
Years later, many of those reduced schedules remain in place.
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Between 2020 and 2024, the number of restaurants offering 24-hour service declined by 18%, according to Yelp data.
"The underlying consumer demand just isn't there the way it was pre-pandemic," David Henkes, senior principal and head of strategic partnerships for Chicago-based Technomic, a food service consultancy firm, told Fox News Digital.
"I've been saying for two or three years now — and I wish I could stop saying it — but it's never been more challenging to profitably run a restaurant than it is today," Henkes said.
Rising food costs, inflation and thin profit margins have made late-night service harder to justify, while keeping overnight shifts staffed continues to be a challenge.
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Safety concerns and local regulations have also played a role, with some cities restricting late-night operations — including a Philadelphia measure requiring certain businesses to close by 11 p.m., according to local reports.
Dining costs, or "Food Away from Home" prices, have surged nearly 30% since 2020 in U.S. cities, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Costs are up across the board for everyone, Henkes also said, and for restaurants, that means steeper prices for labor, food, rent, insurance, energy and more.
"When wages were lower, it was often cheaper to leave a store or restaurant open with a skeleton crew than to go through the processes associated with closing it and reopening it," Bryan Gildenberg, managing director of New Jersey-based market research firm Retail Cities, told Fox News Digital.
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"Today, with wages orders of magnitude higher than they were 10 years ago, those economics no longer work," he said.
Labor has always been a challenge for food service operators, according to Henkes.
"I looked at a study we did in 1970, and labor was the No. 1 issue then," he said. "It's still really the No. 1 issue today. It's finding [the right people]. It's recruiting. It's retaining. Typically, you're probably paying a premium for [those employees], and there are staffing nightmares that come along with staying open all night."
Consumers are also strapped and spending less at restaurants. Some 37% of Americans — and 44% of low-income diners — were eating out less frequently than they were the year before, according to a 2025 YouGov survey.
"Of these, 69% cite a perceived rise in [costs] as a reason for them visiting restaurants less often," the report said.
People's habits and priorities post-COVID have also changed. Statistics consistently show a growing interest in health and wellness since the pandemic.
There's also been a sharp decline in the number of people who say they drink alcohol.
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"Younger people are drinking less, and let's be honest — most of the people looking for fast food at 2:30 a.m. probably aren't sober," Gildenberg said.
Still, restaurants aren't going anywhere, Henkes said, and he expects limited-service chains to continue outpacing full-service and sit-down restaurants.
There might be some hope for late-night dining with traffic ticking up since 2023, according to Nation's Restaurant News; some chains are slowly expanding hours again.
Wendy's, for example, has pushed to keep more locations open later, with about 90% of its restaurants operating until midnight or beyond, CEO Todd Penegor said on an earnings call.
McDonald's announced last year that it would be extending its hours and hiring over 300,000 employees, FOX Business reported.
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Burger King also added more late-night operating hours last year, according to a Restaurant Dive report.
Taco Bell announced its "Encore Hours" initiative in 2025 to provide food for music lovers at select locations.
IHOP, Denny's and Waffle House are other restaurant chains with more reliable late-night hours.
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Experts also note that demand for 24-hour dining remains strongest in high-traffic areas near highways, airports and major cities — rather than in smaller towns.
Sami Zayn turns his back on Cody Rhodes during Gunther's post-match attack
Sami Zayn vs. Cody Rhodes could be a main event to be featured on any major show that the WWE runs, but on Friday night fans in Lexington, Kentucky, were treated to the match on "SmackDown."
The booking stemmed from Zayn’s continued complaints about not getting enough airtime and feeling like he’s been pushed to the back of the line. Zayn complained to SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis, but also caught the attention of Rhodes when he called the "American Nightmare," "golden boy." Rhodes didn’t take too kindly to that and the match was made.
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Rhodes entered the match with the prospect of Gunther – his Clash in Italy challenger – coming down for a sneak attack at any time. The wrestlers’ rivalry heated up over the last few weeks since Paul Heyman fulfilled his favor for Gunther – getting him a shot at the Undisputed WWE Championship.
Zayn wanted a fight – and a fight he got.
The two traded blows in the beginning of the match with each of them trying to get one over on the other. Rhodes was trying to end the match early. He went to the rope for either a Cody Cutter or a Disaster Kick, but Zayn caught him and knocked him down to the floor. He went on the attack from there, taking out Rhodes’ left knee.
Zayn would continue to work on the knee as the match wore on. But Rhodes would fight through the pain and hit a Cody Cutter seemingly out of nowhere. Zayn wouldn’t stay down for long. After a two count, Zayn flipped Rhodes onto the apron. Rhodes staggered and Zayn bounced off the rope and pushed Rhodes onto the announce table.
Rhodes beat the 10 count, rushing back to the ring at nine. Zayn tried for a Helluva Kick and missed. Rhodes countered with a Cody Cutter and got a two count. Zayn tried a Blue Thunder Bomb and couldn’t put Rhodes away.
Rhodes was about to line up Zayn for a Cross Rhodes when Gunther came out and put him in a sleeperhold, but the referee didn’t see it. Zayn bounced off the rope and hit Gunther down to the floor as Rhodes moved out of the way. Rhodes then hit a distracted Zayn with a Cross Rhodes.
Gunther got back into the ring and started his assault. Zayn got into the ring and stared down Gunther. It appeared the two were going to come to blows, but Gunther ignored him and choked out Rhodes.
Zayn shook his head and let Gunther continue his attack. Zayn turned his back to Rhodes and walked away.
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Jade Cargill has vowed to get back the WWE Women’s Championship back around her waist after losing to Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 42. The constant attacks appeared to have force Ripley’s hand.
She started Friday addressing Cargill, Michin and B-Fab.
"Jade and her crew, they decided to try to send a message. But all they managed to do was really p--- me off. So, now that I’m back, I’m itching for a fight," Ripley said. "So Jade, if you want your rematch, then I will happily beat you again.
"You vs. me at Clash in Italy for the WWE Women’s Championship."
Cargill seemingly accepted as she, Michin and B-Fab came out to attack Ripley and Charlotte Flair after their tag team match against Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid later in the night. The three took care of Ripley, Flair and Alexa Bliss, sending another message before their six-woman tag team match at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Flair and Bliss came out during Ripley’s promo and reminded her about the match and that they all needed to stay focused.
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Major cruise company cancels rock-bottom fares after massive website pricing glitch
Carnival Cruise Line is facing some consumer dismay, even disbelief, after the company canceled a wave of cruise reservations tied to a website glitch that briefly displayed dramatically reduced fares on several sailings.
The issue reportedly occurred following a planned IT maintenance project that disrupted parts of the cruise line’s booking system.
"After the site maintenance on Saturday, I was able to book a solo balcony on a 6-day cruise for $300 yesterday. … Hoping Carnival will honor the price because it was quite literally a steal," a booked passenger shared on r/CarnivalCruiseFans on Reddit.
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Typically, a five-to-seven-day trip on Carnival costs between $600 to $1,500 per person, depending on the destination, according to reports.
Fox News Digital reached out to Carnival Cruise Line for comment.
The bookings were later canceled by Carnival, which reportedly alerted affected customers in an email that the prices shown were "far below any reasonable promotional fare."
The company provided refunds to the customers and offered a $100 onboard credit for guests who rebook another cruise before Aug. 31, 2026, according to Cruise Critic.
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The cancellations sparked debate online. Some travelers argued Carnival should honor the bookings despite the apparent pricing mistake.
"Sometimes when a company makes a mistake, they should just take the loss," a user on Reddit wrote.
Another traveler mentioned already booked flights after securing what the person believed was a legitimate deal.
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Others, however, argued the prices were too low to be real.
"If it looks too good to be true, it probably is," one user wrote.
"You took advantage of a 'glitch.' They don't have to honor that," one commenter added.
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Some users also pointed out that pricing errors occasionally happen across the travel industry and are often canceled once discovered.
Carnival’s ticket contract states that if a cruise fare is listed or advertised incorrectly because of an electronic, typographical, human or other error, the company may either ask the guest to pay the correct fare or cancel the cruise in exchange for a full refund.
Even so, several travelers said Carnival should have handled the situation differently, especially for customers who had already made additional travel plans tied to booking.
Fraudsters abused Biden's lax policies to steal billions, financial watchdog claims
As pervasive fraud schemes continue to sweep across the U.S., a group that seeks to preserve economic freedoms at the state level says that former President Joe Biden's policies were a main driver for the proliferation of the issue.
OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation, said "relaxed controls" during the last administration opened the door to widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars. And state treasurers are now leading the fight to strengthen oversight and reclaim funds for the American people.
"This isn't a partisan statement, but it is a true statement to say that this kind of exploded during the Biden administration," Oleka told Fox News Digital. "A lot of the controls were turned off. A lot of states who have the philosophy that ‘more government is good’ just simply turned on the spigots and allowed anybody to get access to any benefit."
Speaking from SFOF's annual conference in Clearwater, Florida, Oleka said fraud has become so deeply embedded in government programs that it's now "a feature in the system, not a bug."
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SFOF's first-ever Oversight Report for 2025 found that affiliated state financial officers protected and returned $28 billion to taxpayers last year, uncovering $5.7 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. They, meanwhile, generated or returned another $22.3 billion through investment earnings and unclaimed property programs.
"We say that fraud actually has an industry in this country," Oleka said. "What we’re trying to do is root out the fraud industrial complex that exists within our government programs. That’s the biggest challenge."
He pointed to weak eligibility requirements during Biden's time in office — and sometimes no requirements at all — exploding the instances of fraud.
"Then practically anybody can have access to the benefits — people who don’t need them, people who don’t deserve them, people who aren’t even eligible for them," he lamented.
President Donald Trump this year tapped Vice President JD Vance to lead a nationwide "War on Fraud." It stemmed from the highly scrutinized Minnesota "Feeding Our Future" scheme, which allegedly defrauded the government out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Oleka praised the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts, and in a February letter to the White House told Vance that SFOF members are "allies already on the battlefield" ready to help protect taxpayer dollars.
"The beauty of what’s happening now is you’ve got the Vice President and the task force and our state financial officers rooting to get this stuff out," he said. "That’s the goal: you get it out root and branch, you stop it from being in the system, and you make a benefit system that actually works again for the American people."
But, he said, future administrations need to continue the crack-down if Americans want to see lasting change.
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The SFOF is also working directly with members of Congress, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and state officials to ensure fraud is addressed beyond the Trump administration, according to Oleka.
He also would like to see some of the changes cemented through executive order.
"You’ve got a system that is allowing you to do the things that you’re doing, but it’s clearly unethical, it’s clearly wrong, and you saw a lot of this actually take off during the Biden-era," Oleka said.
Massive fraud was recently exposed in California, Maine and Ohio, where he said Democratic leaders failed to act because they "don't have the political will to stop the fraud."
A multi-million dollar hospice fraud scheme in California was uncovered, while a Maine health services company was accused by a whistleblower of misusing millions in Medicaid funds in December. In Columbus, Ohio, hundreds of home health companies that shared the same addresses and operated out of vacant or poorly maintained properties were found to have billed the federal government more than $250 million in Medicaid spending.
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"We’ve seen it in Minnesota, we’ve seen it in California, Maine and Ohio, all across the country," Oleka said. "But what you also see are state financial officers who are standing up for the American people. What you also see is Chairman Comer standing up for the American people. You also see the Vice President and the task force and the President of the United States standing up for the American people."
He insisted that taxpayers should not be on the hook to foot the bill for fraud.
"The American people do not benefit when there is a system that’s giving out their money to people who don’t deserve it and who don’t need it," he said.
Oleka argued that the push to end fraud goes hand-in-hand with lowering costs for Americans.
"Our folks not only talked about fraud, but also about how they can help lead the fight to make things more affordable for the American people," he said. "As a result, the tone of the conference was hopeful."
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden's office for comment.