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Rams' disaster in Australia raises the question: Should the team have followed the 49ers there earlier?
Superteam. Unbeatable. Super Bowl bound.
These were all used to describe the Los Angeles Rams all offseason, yet Week 1 proved why there’s no such thing as a sure thing in the NFL.
The Rams faced their NFC West foe, the San Francisco 49ers, in the NFL’s first-ever game in Australia on Thursday night (or should we say, 10:35 a.m. local time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground) and were dominated in a 27-7 loss to begin the 2026 season.
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Let’s be clear: This is no slight to the 49ers, a team many believe will earn a playoff berth in a loaded division. Rather, the noise and astronomical expectations for the Rams made this Week 1 performance a shocker to say the least.
While the "overrated" talk has already begun for football fans on social media, the question must be asked: were the Rams right to fly to Melbourne less than two days before kickoff?
The Rams arrived in Melbourne on Thursday morning local time, with 28 hours until kickoff to begin their season. On the other hand, the 49ers spent close to a week getting adjusted to Melbourne time, practicing multiple times and making sure the team was ready to play a Friday morning game.
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The approaches were polar opposite, with the Rams arguing they still felt like they were on Los Angeles time, meaning kickoff to them felt like 5:35 p.m. PT on Thursday night.
"What gives me confidence is I’m not going to really make it a big deal," Rams coach Sean McVay said, via The Athletic, regarding the team’s plan to fly so close to gameday. "It’s, ‘Hey, this is what the reality is. We’ve got a long way to go, but let’s be ready to rock when that three-hour window that we’re allotted comes.’"
Both teams did their due diligence in terms of researching the best method and came to two completely different answers. The 49ers consulted sleep experts, coaches and anyone else they could find to see what would be best for the roster.
San Francisco knew the sleep conversation was coming. Considering this was only the NFL’s first game in Australia and the league continues expanding its global reach, it won’t be the last time franchises find themselves Down Under during the regular season.
"People are probably going to speculate after the game, ‘Well, this was better than the other,’" 49ers offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak explained, via the outlet. "But, at the end of the day, we’re going to go out there to play.
"It’s an unprecedented situation. We believe in the way we’re doing it. They believe in the way they’re doing it, and we’re going to play the game."
It seemed pretty clear during these four quarters which team had the better way of doing things with this Australia game.
The 49ers came out buzzing and held that same intensity on both sides of the ball throughout the contest. Meanwhile, the Rams couldn’t find their usual rhythm, especially the reigning MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford.
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Year 18 didn’t begin the way he wanted, seeing just a handful of completions in the first half, though L.A. was only down by three points heading back to the locker room. The Rams scored the first touchdown of the contest early in the second quarter, but Stafford, for the most part, was not his accurate self in key moments.
One of them came after the Rams secured an interception on 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy following the L.A. touchdown drive, which running back Kyren Williams celebrated after busting into the end zone. Stafford was picked off by Renardo Green on a pass intended for Puka Nacua.
And then there was a clear show of force between these two teams when Nacua failed to break the plane on third-and-goal, leaving a fourth-and-goal situation for the Rams and half-a-yard to go. The 49ers just scored a touchdown to open the second half and secure a 17-7 lead.
Stafford went for the quarterback sneak, but he was stuffed right before the goal line, and the 49ers’ defense, which was stellar throughout the game, went ballistic.
To make matters worse, the Rams’ defense, which started the game hot and seemed to lose juice as it went along, gave up a 99-yard touchdown drive to the 49ers after Stafford’s failure to break the plane.
From there, the white flag was virtually raised by McVay on the sideline, sending out Stafford’s backup, Stetson Bennett, and other second-stringers to finish out the lopsided loss.
Also worth noting: Myles Garrett, whom the Rams acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Browns this offseason and has an insane impact on the "superteam" debate, didn’t finish with a single stat in his debut. He did deal with a knee situation during training camp, but he looked gassed as he came in and out of the game when the Rams were on defense.
Perhaps his teammates were just as gassed, but it was clear on the scoreboard, and it will likely show up on tape, that the Rams just didn’t have the same energy as their division rival.
Of course, there’s still a long season ahead. Aaron Donald did not travel to Australia with the Rams for his highly anticipated return from retirement, and this squad could still become the juggernaut everyone expects it to be.
But they began the season on the wrong foot and will have a 15-hour flight home to consider whether flying down so late was the right decision.
‘I’m coming home’: Last words haunt a 9/11 daughter 25 years later as she builds a legacy in his honor
"I'm getting out. I'm coming home."
Those were the final words of William Lawrence Fallon Jr. before he was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 25 years ago.
He worked as an IT manager for Cantor Fitzgerald and was just 38 years old when he was killed.
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His daughter Kayla Fallon Smith was 8 years old when she learned her father would not be coming home.
Before the attacks, Smith, now 33, said her father – who always commuted into work early – would call the house phone in the morning to wish her and her sister well before they would head to school.
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He went in early so he could leave earlier in the afternoons to take her to dancing school after her school day.
"That was the kind of man he was. I remember he would get up and work out in the morning before even going to work, so you'd hear the weights dropping in the house. I do remember that as a kid," Smith said.
Those quick and light-hearted morning phone calls to his daughters set the tone for the day.
"He would tell us what the skyline looked like. Sometimes it would be cloudy below him and he couldn't even see the street, but it'd be sunny up there," she said.
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Smith remembers hearing her father's voice for the last time on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
"I spoke to him on the house phone that day, as I always did," she said, to which he said on the phone, "Have a good morning," she said.
"I'm sure I said something like, 'I love you, have a great day'," Smith said.
Her dad called again that fateful morning – sometime after the first tower was hit.
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This time, her mother answered the phone.
"He said something to the degree of, 'I'm getting out, I'm coming home,' and that was it," she said.
Smith's mother replied and said, "What are you talking about?" He responded and said, "Turn on the news."
After that he hung up.
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His family never heard from him again.
"Those words haunt me a little bit," Smith said. "Every year, grief is different. It doesn't go away. It's a myth when people say that time heals all wounds; it doesn't."
In the last 25 years of growing up without her father, Smith has turned her pain and grief into purpose. She's devoted her life to helping others living with grief and mental struggles.
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Smith is a licensed mental health counselor who founded Trails of Purpose – a nonprofit organization that provides free mental health counseling and equine-assisted therapy to military members, veterans, first responders and their families.
"As I was getting my graduate degree, I started to experience equine-assisted therapy, and I really—it just clicked for me," she said.
She went on to say, "I never experienced that as a kid, and I had a lot of trauma therapy growing up. The resources were abundant for 9/11 victims, and I never experienced equine therapy."
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She started her organization in 2019.
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"I needed a place to just be when my brain always felt on fire. I think I've created that, and it's seeming to resonate with other people."
Trails of Purpose has offered 30,000 hours of free mental health counseling and equine-assisted therapy to military members and first responders.
"The horses, and the connection that they have when when words don't seem to to come, the horses can just be with you," she said.
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"I created the thing that I think I needed: community and understanding, and a place that's safe, and quiet, and a respite," she said.
As she helps others heal, Smith said she'll never stop sharing her father's story.
"If we can remember the feeling that we had on September 12th, I think that would be my biggest point of education for the next generation."
American Jessica Pegula falls to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets in US Open semifinal
The current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka moved one step closer to a third consecutive U.S. Open title Thursday, defeating third-ranked Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the women’s singles semifinal in New York.
The match was even through most of the first set, but Sabalenka found another gear late, taking advantage of Pegula’s second serve and carrying that momentum into the second set. She turned the final set into arguably her most impressive stretch of tennis in the tournament.
"No complaints," the 28-year-old Belarusian tennis star said after securing a spot in Saturday's final. "I’m just super happy that I was able to pull out such tennis."
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Sabalenka will face the winner of the semifinal between No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina and No. 4 seed Coco Gauff on Saturday. A win over either opponent would make her the first women’s player since Serena Williams from 2012-14 to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles.
Rybakina will replace Sabalenka atop the women’s tennis rankings next week, and Sabalenka said this week she would be fine ceding No. 1 after she held it.
It will be hard to prevent that if she hits the ball Saturday the way she did against Pegula.
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Sabalenka pounded 29 winners to Pegula’s 12, turning their third straight meeting at the end of the U.S. Open into a rout, after her victory in the 2024 final and 2025 semifinals were tight most of the way.
"I was so desperate for the win, I wanted it badly," Sabalenka said.
She has won 19 straight matches at the U.S. Open since losing to Gauff in the 2023 final.
Megan Rapinoe says women's sports are facing 'regression' of 'equal rights' in new Kamala Harris interview
You thought Kamala Harris was done after getting summarily beaten in the 2024 presidential election by Donald Trump? Think again.
The former vice president is right back at it, laughing it up with friends, discussing her future in politics, and avoiding any and all difficult questions she does not have prepared answers to.
On Thursday, Harris joined former US women’s soccer player and political activist Megan Rapinoe for a fawning new interview on "Why Are You Like This?" where she touched on important questions, like, "Why are you so amazing?"
"You could do anything, you’re brilliant, and you’re talented, and you’re beautiful, and you’re smart, and you’re funny and you’re all these things," Rapinoe said in an incredible moment of journalism. The context for this question is Rapinoe's wondering why Harris chose to go into politics because she would be reminded that she’s "still a woman" and "still black."
Her answer? Well, not much. Determination, enjoying hard work, and some barrier breaking, of course. As for her upbringing, Harris said that she was taken to "marches" in a "stroller" by her parents, which she associates with her educational and political choices later on.
While the interview is light on important topics around women’s sports, Rapinoe couldn’t help herself when talking about her own experiences and what we’ve supposedly lost since her playing career ended.
"I’m thinking about my own experience being a female athlete, and I went through, in the prime of my career, just the most historic time in women’s sports," she said. "I mean, it was crazy in the best ways. We saw a huge amount of progress, which has led into a pretty significant regression in terms of just equal rights and people’s rights in general. I definitely think those two are tied."
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What rights have women in sports lost? Is she implying that because there are now limitations on males in women's sports, women are losing their rights?
The reality is precisely the reverse. Had a male athlete occupied Rapinoe's spot on the US women's soccer team, she would never have achieved the level of success and the accomplishments that defined her career.
Not to mention that male athletes are not prevented from playing sports, they're simply required to play sports against other males. That's the only reasonable and rational position, which is why Rapinoe opposes it so fiercely.
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Rapinoe then tries to tie women's sports being "different" to men's sports to governing "as a woman," to which Harris laughs aggressively, then responds with, "Well, I've always been a woman, so I don't know what to tell you," which about sums up the level of scintillating intellectual discussion present throughout the episode.
Harris then goes on a fascinatingly inept tangent, saying that in order to describe her experience as a woman in politics, she wants Rapinoe to close her eyes and picture someone based on four words: "the boy next door."
"Now you have a sense of what he looks like," Harris continues. He probably plays softball, he probably lives somewhere in suburban America. He's a good kid."
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Do boys play softball? What is she talking about?
Harris brings the comparison home by saying, "What four words together in our language would describe you or me?," then adds, "we don't have it."
Well, there are plenty of four-word phrases to describe Megan Rapinoe and Kamala Harris actually, just none that they would like.
Later in the interview, Harris says that "We have increasingly witnessed a concentration of wealth and power among a few, to the exclusion of the most, and that wealth and concentration being also a political power."
Obviously, Harris is excluded from this, despite being an extremely wealthy woman who just purchased an $8 million house in Malibu with a heated pool and in-ground spa. Joe Biden is excluded from this, despite his decades-long career in politics and his son, Hunter, using his influence with the former vice president and eventual president to increase his wealth. Barack Obama is excluded from this, despite owning multiple mansions, including a beautiful Martha's Vineyard estate.
As for whether the very wealthy Harris will run again for the 2028 nomination? She hasn't decided, she told Rapinoe. God help us all if she does.
The interview as a whole illustrates a central reason Harris fell short in 2024: her campaign and her party were, and continue to be, represented by figures such as Rapinoe. Who believe that males should play in women's sports and that every day is an opportunity for grievance. Harris has no meaningful insights to make about herself, politics, or how to improve the country. Only vague hand waving about the need to change things.
Whatever that might mean.
There's been no "regression" in women's rights in recent years, and if anything, the rise in popularity for sports like the WNBA has made it more obvious how important it is to protect those athletes. Both physically and in terms of competitive fairness. Rapinoe can't accept that, because it undermines her and Harris' worldview. Reality often does.
Charlie Kirk supporters return to site of assassination 1 year later: ‘We are still standing’
One year after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, the people who stood feet from him when he was killed returned to the campus Thursday night in what Turning Point USA (TPUSA) described as a deliberate effort to "reclaim" the space in his honor.
"We’re doing an event in Utah right now at UVU, a deliberate act reclaiming that space in his honor and for his legacy," TPUSA spokesman and "The Charlie Kirk Show" Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet told Fox News host Jesse Watters Thursday night.
Andrew Sypher, TPUSA’s chief field officer, told the gathering at UVU in Orem that he had been standing about 10 feet to Kirk’s left when the fatal shot rang out on Sept. 10, 2025.
"Steps from these doors is the ground where evil unfolded," Sypher said. "We did not come back to rehearse the crime scene."
Instead, Sypher said, they returned because "this is where they tried to end him" and "this is where we refuse to let the last word be a gunshot."
For the students of UVU’s TPUSA chapter, the anniversary marked a return to the campus where some witnessed Kirk’s assassination.
"A year ago, our lives changed forever," chapter President Sage Lloyd told the crowd.
Lloyd said students experienced "fear, grief, confusion, and heartbreak" and had every reason to walk away.
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"We could have packed our bags. We could have stepped away," she said.
Despite the tragedy, the TPUSA chapter stayed.
"The same students who witnessed a political assassination are willing to stand up, speak out and keep moving forward," Lloyd said.
"We can let it define us through fear, or we can let it strengthen us through courage," she added. "The Turning Point chapter at UVU has made our decision, and we chose courage."
Sypher also revealed what he said was a text Kirk sent him on the morning he was assassinated.
"Andrew, I’m not here to pick a fight. I am here to show them kindness," Kirk wrote, according to Sypher.
"That was the assignment this time," Sypher said. "To talk with students who hate you. To share the truth, and to not become cruel doing it."
Soon afterward, Kirk was fatally shot.
"Charlie’s assassination did not put our faith to death," Sypher told the crowd. "It woke it up."
The service was marked with worship performances and video tributes to the fallen conservative leader, as well as an unveiling of a new statue to stay on campus at UVU.
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Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, separately marked the anniversary with a black-and-white photograph from their wedding showing the couple holding hands.
Across the image were two words: "...until Heaven."
The university closed its campus for the one-year anniversary. UVU itself did not organize the memorial, but university President Dr. Jon Anderson previously told Fox News Digital the school supported TPUSA using campus space for its event.
Lloyd closed her remarks with a message about what returning to UVU meant for Kirk’s student movement.
"Our chapter is still here, we are still speaking, and we are nowhere near done," she said. "And that is how his voice lives on."
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this reporting.
Crowd erupts as Vance smacks down protester waving Mexican flag: 'Get your a-- over there'
Vice President JD Vance blasted a heckler waving foreign flags and yelling at him from the GOP convention floor during his primetime keynote address Thursday night.
The rabble-rouser emerged from the crowd waving Mexican and Palestinian flags, catching Vance's eye as he delivered his rallying cry to thousands of GOP voters at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The incident wasn't captured by the convention's official television feed, but Vance described it for viewers at home.
"What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag.," he said. "Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a– over there. I'll buy you the plane ticket."
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The crowd erupted into chants of "USA! USA! USA!" as the troublemaker was escorted out of the event.
Vance delivered a deeply nationalistic keynote focused on America First principles.
"I believe the Founders built this nation on a promise that echoes our Creator: That every American child is born an heir, born with a birthright," said Vance. "Born with the right to inherit the blessings of this country. Not because of who their parents are. Not because of what they look like or where they come from. But because they are Americans."
Throughout his speech, event attendees interrupted with a chorus of "JD! JD! JD!" chants, and the roared as finished and departed the stage.
Clippers face federal criminal probe after NBA punishes team over Kawhi Leonard deals
Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that the Los Angeles Clippers arranged secret, off-the-books sponsorship deals for Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap, first reported by The New York Times.
The inquiry is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, which has previously pursued major sports integrity cases involving NBA referee gambling and FIFA corruption.
Federal authorities began scrutinizing the Clippers’ alleged conduct before the NBA announced its penalties, including a $30 million fine, the forfeiture of five consecutive first-round picks from 2029 through 2033 and a one-year suspension for owner Steve Ballmer. Two top Clippers executives also received suspensions.
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The Times reported that a grand jury has already issued at least one subpoena in the investigation.
Investigators are zeroing in on undisclosed endorsement deals, including a reported $28 million agreement with Aspiration Partners.
The green finance company later collapsed into bankruptcy, while co-founder Joe Sanberg was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for fraud.
Prosecutors are examining whether Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and team executives helped facilitate side deals that compensated Leonard beyond the NBA’s salary-cap limits.
The SEC has also entered the investigation. Daktronics, which supplied displays for the Clippers’ Intuit Dome, confirmed that regulators requested records tied to its sponsorship agreements with Leonard.
The federal investigation significantly escalates the Clippers’ scandal, which the NBA called a "pattern of misconduct" after a yearlong review by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
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Leonard’s uncle and manager, Dennis Robertson, received a five-year ban from the NBA, while Leonard was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution.
The Clippers strongly rejected the NBA’s findings, accusing the league of conducting a biased investigation designed to justify a predetermined narrative.
"We vehemently reject the NBA’s findings, which are the result of a heavily biased investigation seeking to justify a predetermined narrative rather than facts and evidence," the franchise said in a statement.
The team added, "We intend to vigorously challenge these findings and penalties through every avenue available to us and look forward to an ethical and impartial arbitration process."
David Kelley, Ballmer’s attorney, called the NBA’s investigation a "witch hunt" and a "gross injustice" in a letter to Commissioner Adam Silver.
Kelley argued that league officials privately acknowledged facts that contradicted the NBA’s public position.
"League counsel has acknowledged in our discussions that the league does not believe there was an agreement between the Clippers and Aspiration to funnel money to Kawhi Leonard," Kelley wrote.
He also emphasized that federal authorities previously determined Ballmer was "a victim of Joe Sanberg’s fraud, not a participant."
Leonard defended his conduct while acknowledging mistakes by members of his inner circle.
"Integrity and respect for this game are fundamental to who I am," Leonard said. "I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family."
Leonard added that he entered into his Clippers contract and the other agreements "in good faith," with no knowledge of any effort to circumvent the salary cap.
Ballmer and the Clippers are considering a federal lawsuit against the NBA to block the sanctions.
The criminal investigation could complicate that effort. Civil litigation may be delayed if key witnesses invoke their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
Spokespersons for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Clippers and the NBA declined to comment on the investigation.
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Juror on Lindsay Clancy trial says 'we let down Lindsay' following mistrial
A juror on the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts said she believes the jury "let down Lindsay" and that it was "hard to separate the children from what our task was."
Clancy was on trial for strangling and killing her three young children in January 2023 after sending her then-husband, Patrick, out to pick up medication and takeout. When he returned, he found Clancy injured outside after an apparent suicide attempt and the children unconscious in the basement. Two children died that night, while the third was airlifted to a Boston hospital and died several days later.
The trial ended in a mistrial last week after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Eleven jurors sided with finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility — Massachusetts’ version of an insanity defense — while one holdout favored finding her criminally responsible.
"Everybody says you're not supposed to feel like you failed, but you have a task to come out unanimous. And we tried everything we could to get to that end. And I feel like we let down Lindsay," Paula, 65, who was one of the jurors who sided with the majority, told WCVB.
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Clancy's legal team did not dispute that she killed her children but argued that she should not be found criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Clancy also admitted in court filings to killing her three children, but claimed that severe mental illness left her not criminally responsible.
Paula said the jury's majority believed that Clancy needed help and that the healthcare system failed her, adding that she thinks the medical community should do more to support women with postpartum mental health issues.
"There was a clear indication that the medical community failed her and not just her, but her whole family, because something like that affects the whole entire family. And if everybody can be educated in a better way, then it will help the whole family unit," Paula said.
After attorneys made their arguments, Paula said the jurors were sent to deliberate with 297 pieces of evidence, including Patrick's emotional 911 call, which she said some jurors had trouble listening to during deliberations.
"We all tried to help each other. It was hard to separate the children from what our task was, and it was very emotional," she said.
The jurors polled themselves at the start of deliberations, at which point eight believed Clancy was not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility, two thought she was guilty and two were undecided, Paula said.
The majority eventually came to the belief that Clancy was not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility.
Prosecutors argued during trial that Clancy was criminally responsible for the killings despite evidence that she suffered from mental illness.
"We did not start out 11 to one," Paula said. "Everybody had different opinions and different reasons and different ways that they got there."
Paula said the majority had a hard time understanding why the one holdout wanted to vote to convict Clancy.
"We did not feel that he was following the law because he admitted that he had doubt at different times, that he had doubt about the case that was presented, and the way that the rule read to all the rest of us is if we had doubt, then we could not convict her of first-degree murder or second-degree murder or manslaughter," Paula said.
The foreperson then sent a note to the judge saying the jury could not reach a verdict and accusing the holdout of refusing to apply the law on reasonable doubt.
Judge William Sullivan called up each of the jurors and individually asked them if they could apply the law as he had explained it, and they reportedly answered in the affirmative.
"The judge has to believe that people are telling him the truth. And so, you know, 11 people told the truth and one maybe didn't. And I will never know why," Paula said.
Paula said she believed it would have been worth restarting deliberations with an alternate if the court had removed the holdout.
"If our holdout juror had given us evidence to support his reasoning, we would have felt differently about what we told the judge," Paula said.
Other jurors have also spoken out in recent days to take issue with the holdout's position.
"He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children," juror Kellie Farina previously told NBC10 Boston.
On Thursday, Clancy's defense filed a motion arguing the prosecution failed to meet its burden and asked the judge to enter a required finding of not guilty, which the defense argues would prevent a retrial.
Top GOP senator reveals what Dem colleagues are fretting about behind closed doors
DALLAS — As Republicans huddle for a last show of unity before the home stretch of the midterm elections, a top Senate Republican revealed what his Democratic colleagues are predicting about the future of their party.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told Fox News Digital that in private, his colleagues across the aisle are wringing their hands over the insurgent progressive wave that has fast become the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party during this election cycle.
"It's surprising how the energy of the Democrat Party has moved to the far, far left," Barrasso said during an interview at the Republican National Committee midterm convention.
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"Those are the people that are driving the party. And the concern that I have, talking to other colleagues in the Senate, who they’ll say that is the future of their party," he continued.
Republicans are trying to fight against history and anxious voters feeling the crunch on their wallets, and as the war in Iran continues to sputter on without a clear end in sight.
The convention in Dallas is meant to hammer home that while President Donald Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot, his agenda, and the incumbents and fresh candidates that could execute it, are.
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While that push to energize Trump’s base to hit the polls in November ensues, key races across the Senate map have seen progressive and far-left candidates emerge as the standard-bearers for the party during this cycle.
Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, James Talarico in Texas and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota all bucked expectations, and the Democratic old guard in Washington, D.C., including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to earned the nomination in their respective races.
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El-Sayed and Talarico, in particular, have been targeted heavily during the convention, which Trump declared was, in part, dedicated to ensuring Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would win out and prevent the Lone Star State from turning a shade of purple.
"And we cannot allow that to become the future of our country," Barrasso said. "So that's, to me, the reason that we need to win all of these races, why it's so critical, is that these people that are winning the Democrat primaries, I believe, would be terrible for our nation."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Patrol sergeant accused of murdering sheriff’s captain in yearslong romantic dispute over woman they dated
A North Carolina highway patrol sergeant has been indicted in the murder of a sheriff’s captain following a years-long romantic dispute involving a woman both officers dated, according to authorities.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Sgt. Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, reportedly shot Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Bean on March 27 outside the woman’s home in Hope Mills following a confrontation between the two men, according to authorities and CityView.
Police arrived to find the woman, Tara Lynn Whitman, performing CPR on Bean as Oxendine remained nearby, according to search warrant filings. Bean was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
The fatal shooting followed years of escalating tension surrounding Whitman’s relationships with both men, state investigators wrote in court filings.
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According to investigators, Oxendine had displayed persistent jealousy and insecurity over the years regarding Whitman’s connection to Bean.
According to the warrant, Whitman began dating Bean in 2022 after ending a long-term relationship with Oxendine. She eventually ended that relationship and returned to Oxendine.
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While Whitman was with Bean, Oxendine appeared to exhibit increasingly concerning behavior, according to text messages cited in the warrant. Whitman and Bean had described some of his behavior as "stalking," documents reported.
"I seen u have been talking to Adam!!! Best wishes!!!" Oxendine wrote in one message.
"Better tell that Mother F—er to get ready too!!! " he added.
Oxendine also sent messages questioning Whitman’s decision to stay with Bean, demanding to know the truth and claiming he knew where Bean lived, according to the warrant.
In December 2025, Whitman eventually resumed her romantic relationship with Oxendine, moving out of the home she shared with Bean.
For the next three months, however, Oxendine continued to show insecurity over Bean, asking Whitman whether Bean was more attractive and accusing him of having the power to "lure u in and out of my life on demand." He also sought continued reassurance about Whitman’s commitment, according to the warrant
Then, on the night of March 27, Bean asked Whitman to come to his residence after work to talk. Whitman initially agreed but later stopped responding to his messages.
When Whitman did not show up, Bean messaged her, "F— it, I’ll come to you," and threatened to blow his car horn and cause a scene if she did not come outside.
When Bean arrived, he became irate after seeing Oxendine’s vehicle parked outside, according to the warrant.
Oxendine stepped outside and fired about two warning shots into the ground. Bean continued advancing toward him, and Oxendine then opened fire two to three more times, according to the warrant.
Bean collapsed onto his back in the yard, according to the warrant. Police said they found a handgun and magazine nearby.
Oxendine has been charged with first-degree murder.
Bean had served with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office for 20 years and most recently served as assistant chief of detectives with the rank of captain.
He was posthumously recognized with the Merit Award for his outstanding service, forward-thinking leadership, initiative and lasting contributions to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.