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Lindsay Clancy holdout juror asks for one thing in new video after mistrial drama
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The lone holdout juror who defied 11 others by maintaining his belief that former Massachusetts nurse Lindsay Clancy was guilty of murder before a mistrial was declared earlier this month has made his most direct public remarks — speaking without a middleman for the first time.
Michael Desronvil, who is said to be hiding out at an undisclosed location, said tktk.
"I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels," he said in a video statement airing exclusively on Fox News' "Hannity" Monday evening. "The ones that can't speak for themselves, the ones that can't defend themselves, and the ones that can't fight the battles — and those are Cora, Dawson and Callan."
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He briefly spoke about himself as well.
"I want to thank God for my Catholic faith," he said, speaking softly. "I want to thank God for blessing me with the ability to love my daughter. And foremost, I would like to thank everyone, every individual, that has supported me throughout this difficult situation."
He had released prior statements through his attorney, Edward Paltzik, and in remarks to YouTuber Ray Marcel, who streams under the screen name FugitiveTV — primarily defending himself from allegations stemming from several other jurors.
In a series of interviews after the mistrial on Sept. 4, Desronvil was accused of wanting to find Clancy guilty despite harboring his own reasonable doubts about the prosecution’s case. He has denied those claims.
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"Michael has zero doubt." Paltzik said in an exclusive sitdown interview with Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany over the weekend.
He also defended his client against a local report about prior domestic violence allegations against him.
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"Every single allegation against Michael is false, fabricated, never happened, categorically false," he said. "It just didn’t happen."
Still, a war of words has been heating up between Paltzik and Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, who dubbed the holdout "the obstructionist juror" and has asked the court to launch an investigation into allegations from other jurors who say he refused to uphold the law in the deliberation room.
Clancy is due to return to court Tuesday for a status conference. Prosecutors are expected to give an update on their plans for a new trial, and Clancy’s defense has also filed motions seeking to have the charges dismissed and calling for an investigation into the other jurors’ allegations against Desronvil.
Arizona State hockey players ask school president to place coach on leave after workout left teammate in coma
Seven Arizona State Sun Devils hockey players have written a letter asking the university’s president to place their head coach, Greg Powers, and his staff on administrative leave after a workout left a teammate on life support and in a coma in August.
In a 26-page letter through an attorney, seven anonymous Sun Devils, fearing retaliation from Powers, wrote to Arizona State University president Michael Crow to place their head and assistant coaches on leave, per The Athletic.
These players are disputing the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout that led sophomore Matthew Mayich to collapse. Within the review’s findings were that Mayich didn’t receive proper hydration and had inadequate medical care after collapsing.
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"The head coach and his assistant coaches were all on the field on August 20, all remain in their positions, and together they decide our playing time, scholarship levels, and roster status," the players wrote in the letter. "No one has separate us from them since that morning.
"We should not have to choose between telling the truth about August 20 and keeping what we have worked our whole lives for."
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The players added that the "grueling" workout was run by an ex-U.S. Army Green Beret that day, but while an Arizona State review said players were given a water break about 20 minutes into the workout, the players wrote otherwise.
They claim that the water break was around 40 minutes into the 75-minute activity, but it was just a few seconds. The players added that only about eight players actually drank water because they were the first to finish a bear crawl drill beforehand.
"The first of us to finish had a few seconds at the bottles before being ordered back while others, including Matthew, were still crawling," the players’ letter read. "This was the only water break."
The players also wrote that the ex-Green Beret admitted forgetting they needed a water break, but added he didn’t drink water during combat missions.
As for Mayich himself, the players wrote that their teammate showed signs of distress early on in the workout, saying he started to become disoriented during the bear crawl. Also, he was unable to carry a teammate during a buddy carry exercise.
"No one at ASU properly monitored him during the workout and no one intervened," the letter read.
When Mayich eventually collapsed, the players claim he remained in direct sunlight for several minutes, which contradicts Arizona State’s report stating he sat upright twice. The players say that Mayich needed to be carried into the shade by his teammates.
As for cooling him down, the players said the only things available were towels from a cooler, water from the bottles and a garden hose. This was in Arizona heat, which in August regularly sits somewhere in triple digits.
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"Matthew spent most of his ‘off’ time in his air-conditioned apartment because the heat was too oppressive for him," the players wrote about the Ontario native. The players also noted that outdoor workouts prior to Aug. 20 last around 15 minutes before going back inside.
Powers was asked earlier this month about the incident, but he didn’t speak due to the "difficult time" it has been for the program. Players, though, said their head coach downplayed Mayich’s condition when initially speaking to them about it. They said that he simply suffered a "little heat stroke," while adding they were "closer to making the Frozen Four because of the workout…"
The Frozen Four is the equivalent to the Final Four in college basketball.
"From what we could tell, at no point did Coach Powers seem to appreciate the severity of the situation," the players’ letter added.
The Sun Devils are set to begin their 2026–27 season on Friday against Lindenwood.
Reparations activist does not expect compensation from New York officials as action is delayed for years
A reparations activist with a grassroots organization called the U.S. Freedmen Project told Fox News Digital that their group expects no financial compensation from New York state officials after lawmakers quietly delayed a high-profile study into historic remedies.
"What the mainstream reparations movement is really about ... is spinning your wheels until [those] to whom the debt is owed tire out, give up, and give in," U.S. Freedmen Project President Devine Prince told Fox News Digital. "That's the only reason why you would pursue race-based policies within a system and within a country that has the 14th Amendment, which bans and prohibits race-based policies."
The U.S. Freedmen Project — a group of self-identified "Foundational Black Americans" — aims to educate the public on the legal and historical distinctions between African Americans who are direct descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. and immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean who arrived voluntarily in recent decades.
Prince’s comments follow sharp backlash after state leaders extended the timeline for the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies to issue its final report. A provision embedded in the recently passed state budget pushed the commission's deadline back two years — from 2027 to 2029 — nearly four years beyond its original 2025 deadline.
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) publicly criticized the delay in June.
"The state’s decision to spend an additional three years before it takes any action to address these harms raises a lot of questions about when Black New Yorkers will receive reparations," said Chantelle Williams, assistant director of the NYCLU’s Racial Justice Center.
"Meanwhile, the impact of discrimination continues to harm Black individuals and communities across the state. This delay is not just a bureaucratic inconvenience. It is a disservice to those who have suffered the profound and lasting consequences of inequality," Williams added.
The nine-member state commission, established by legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in late 2023, was tasked with examining the Empire State's historical ties to slavery, Jim Crow-era discrimination, and economic disparities like redlining. The panel was charged with delivering recommendations for potential state-level financial compensation and policy reforms.
The commission recently concluded a series of statewide public hearings, culminating in a May 30 forum in Harlem titled "From Extraction to Repair: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap."
However, state lawmakers opted to move back the commission's deadline. Assemblymember Michaelle C. Solages, D-N.Y., who sponsored the original legislation, acknowledged the extension was requested to navigate a shifting national legal environment. Solages cited conservative legal challenges targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and the broader erosion of race-conscious policies.
The budget measure also included a provision shielding commissioners from personal legal liability if targeted by lawsuits over their findings.
Lineage advocates with the U.S. Freedmen Project, who attended the Harlem hearing, pushed back strongly against both the delay and the commission's framework. They argue that reparations should be strictly limited to direct descendants of individuals enslaved within the United States rather than broader race-based categories.
Activists with the group contend that progressive organizations like the NYCLU fail to represent the distinct legal and historical claims of descendant Black Americans by attempting to include recent Black immigrants under the same umbrella.
Prince claimed that members of the New York commission were appointed to preserve the status quo rather than deliver tangible results.
"These are individuals that have been put in place to keep the status quo intact while pretending they're working to undo it," Prince said. "There's a bunch of things moving around in the background that tie them to this ideology that benefits them if we keep the status quo of race-based advocacy alive."
"What we are focused on is true repair — and, unfortunately, true repair means repairing those who were truly harmed. Not everyone who comes in and says, 'Hey, I'm included in that, too,'" he added.
Supporters of the Freedmen Project maintain that any state-level reparations bill based on race rather than direct lineage would violate the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. They urged state officials to adopt strict lineage-based criteria to reduce the program's exposure to legal challenges.
New York is part of a broader wave of blue states and municipalities attempting to construct local reparative frameworks. In Illinois, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois made headlines as the first U.S. city to distribute reparations, offering $25,000 housing grants to eligible Black residents.
Despite public hearings and ongoing research, Prince expressed skepticism that New York state will ever deliver payments to descendants.
"Realistically, I'm expecting the same thing that I expected going into this: nothing," Prince said. "Based on all the advocacy we did before this was even signed into law — all the recommendations we suggested and experts we brought to the New York Legislature to inform them on how to get this right — once all those things were ignored, I knew it would end up right where it is now. Realistically, I'm expecting them to find a way to distance themselves from this."
New York officials did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
ABC's 'The View' co-host Ana Navarro urges viewers to vote for Dem in key Florida congressional race
ABC is facing blowback Monday after "The View" co-host Ana Navarro urged viewers to vote for a Democrat in a key Florida congressional race.
Navarro marveled at the tightening race between incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and her Democratic opponent Eliott Rodriguez in the Sunshine State's 27th district. Salazar recently made headlines for releasing an ad critical of President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
The host noted to viewers she lives in that district.
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"I had taken for granted this race because she won two years ago by 20 points. And this is a district Donald Trump won by 15 points ... but polls have her dead even," Navarro said.
"So, anybody who lives in Coral Gables, in Miami, in Key Biscayne, in downtown Miami, pay attention to that race and go vote because it's going to matter," she continued. "And we can actually knock this woman out. There's a great guy running. His name is Eliott Rodriguez. Give him a look!"
Critics have accused ABC of "electioneering" and questioned whether Navarro's comments violate broadcast licensing rules.
"How is this not electioneering? She's literally telling them who to vote for," Daily Wire opinion editor Ben Domenech reacted on X.
"Wannabe ‘bona fide’ news," Media Research Center President David Bozell wrote.
"This should be the absolute end of ABC’s license," Heritage Foundation media fellow Tim Young posted.
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"The View" has been under intense scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has had a bitter legal battle with ABC and whether programs like "The View" are considered "bona fide news," allowing it to be exempt from equal time rules for political candidates.
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Navarro has never been shy about her politics. She has been a vocal Trump critic and served as a host at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Neither ABC News nor the FCC responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
Michigan Dem Abdul El-Sayed wants Bill Maher to get his 'a-- whooped' if invited on show
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told former NBC News host Chuck Todd on Friday that he would want to go on comedian Bill Maher's show to see his "a-- whooped" after his anti-Islam comments.
During the "Noosphere" interview, El-Sayed said he'd be willing to appear on Maher or Joe Rogan's respective shows despite them espousing what he considered to be "terrible" beliefs because he'd want to speak with their audiences.
In addition, El-Sayed claimed that he'd be willing to go on "Real Time" in order to watch Maher get his "a-- whooped" by a Muslim.
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"You know how many terrible things Bill Maher has said about people like me?" El-Sayed said. "Terrible, awful things. Of course, he's still got his show on Comedy Central, and everybody seems to be perfectly okay going on that show despite the fact that he said deeply terrible things."
"But you know who else would go on that show?" he continued. "I would go on that show. You know why? A: I wanna give people the image of watching him get his a-- whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do. And I'd also go on the show because I want to convince the people who watch his show, right, that a lot of the things that he says, just not viable."
Maher responded to El-Sayed's comments during his show on Friday and offered an invitation for the Michigan Democrat to appear on "Real Time."
"It’s not people like you, I would love to have you on, sir, by the way," Maher said. "And I hope we can make that happen. I talk about Islam. It’s never personal, and it’s never about race. It’s about ideas. Religion is an opinion. That’s all religion is: a group of thoughts that form an opinion of something. I have different views on what, you know, how women should be treated and things like that, that we will discuss. I hope you will accept our invitation."
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Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign and Maher's representative for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
El-Sayed has frequently invoked aggressive language against his GOP rival Mike Rogers. Last month, El-Sayed challenged Rogers to a game of tackle football despite being more than 20 years younger than the Republican candidate.
"Since you’re too afraid to debate me, how about you ‘hold me accountable’ on a football field instead," El-Sayed wrote on X. "Tackle, no pads like we used to play when we were kids. I’d be happy to show you [how] much I love football."
Speaking to Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams earlier this month, Rogers dismissed the comment as "unserious" in light of real election issues.
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"I think that is so unserious. You think about what the problems are here. People are facing this affordability [sic] credit. He wants to thump his chest and show how macho he is, and he spends a lot of time talking about high school. This is not about high school," Rogers said.
Philadelphia serial killer probe brings in reinforcements to dig through home tied to missing women: report
Investigators have returned to the infamous Philadelphia home of the late Raymond "R.C." Horsch to search the property yet again for any clues in a case involving multiple missing women and a potential serial killer.
Philadelphia police and federal investigators were seen at the home on Monday as they executed a search warrant, FOX 29 Philadelphia reported.
Authorities are ramping up their search of Horsch's home on Chew Avenue in Olney – an effort they said will shut down roads and involve more digging at the property, according to the outlet.
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Police have warned neighbors during a community meeting that the investigation will involve more disruptive law enforcement efforts.
"We all came together just to make sure neighbors understood that this is an ongoing investigation, we understand it is disruptive, neighbors and businesses are concerned, so we need to provide support and resources," Councilmember Anthony Phillips said, FOX 29 reported.
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Police have linked seven missing women to the Olney neighborhood home and investigators recovered more than a million photos and videos. At least five of those women are believed to be dead.
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Authorities are working to determine what the disturbing images and videos depict, particularly because Horsch was known for producing violent pornography.
Horsch, an 82-year-old who produced brutally themed pornography and books, died last year.
His son Eugene Horsch, 44, was arrested in June on charges involving unlawful firearms and forgery, which led police to make concerning discoveries at the family home.
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Be like Sophie Cunningham, not Chris Simms — never give in to the outrage mob
Sophie Cunningham understands something that very few others in the sports world seem to.
You never, ever cave to the mob if you haven't done anything wrong.
The Indiana Fever guard proved as much this summer after she came out against biological males competing against females in sports.
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Her stance prompted her to garner the title "MAGA Barbie." It sparked fans to boo her when she entered the game in cities such as Seattle. It caused a sports reporter to say that she is "unafraid to be blatantly transphobic" and fans to call for her suspension.
Did Cunningham buckle? Hell no. She doubled down with an Instagram post that declared she isn't backing down for anyone.
"I said what I said," she wrote.
This is the only way to do it. If there's one thing the mob hates more than anything, it's courage. You show it to them, they go away. It's just sad that so few seem to possess it.
NBC Sports football analyst Chris Simms was the latest to bow to online outrage over some perfectly reasonable comments. After Oregon quarterback Dante Moore was knocked out of Saturday's game due to a helmet-to-helmet hit by USC's Desman Stephens II, Simms did what an analyst is paid to do: analyze.
At halftime, Simms said that Moore's injury was a "Debbie Downer" moment because fans want to see teams at full strength. He then shared some advice his father told him about how to "make sure you get down in time and don't take any big hits." He added how Moore's late slide put Stephens in a "no-win situation."
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This is an ex-football player talking football. But apparently all Oregon fans wanted to hear was that this was the dirtiest hit in the history of the sport, so Sunday, Simms took to social media to write "I clearly did not show enough sympathy for the situation. I mishandled the situation and I was wrong. I'm sorry for that."
It seems like we see a new one of these every week. Earlier this month, Texas quarterback Arch Manning laughed at an AI meme of ESPN reporter Holly Rowe getting slapped by Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian. He was shamed into apologizing two days later. In July, Sandy Brondello, coach of the WNBA's Toronto Tempo, wanted a foul to be called on Atlanta's Angel Reese, and could be heard telling refs that Reese was a "protected species."
This is common lingo in Australia — Brondello's home country — where it's meant to express frustration over a player getting special treatment. But Brondello still issued a written apology to Reese, saying "I used a phrase that I shouldn't have used, and I take full responsibility for that."
And then, of course, there was Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown caving last year after doing the Trump dance after a touchdown in a game vs. Commanders. Said St. Brown: "First of all, if I offended anyone, I do apologize. I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just, we're having fun."
It's hard watching these sports figures shed their dignity with each one of these mea culpas. What they don't understand is that they are losing respect from the public every time they issue one. The outrage mob simply sees them as people who will fold the next time they want to sink their hooks into them. And the folks who would have supported them if they stood strong? They now see a spineless pushover.
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This doesn't mean that people should never apologize. During his time in Seattle, Richard Sherman was infamous for his inability to ever take accountability for his wrongdoing. That's also a form of weakness — it's just wearing a different costume.
But to surrender when you've done nothing wrong? It's not noble, it's nauseating.
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People like Cunningham know this. Charles Barkley, too. The Hall of Fame hooper is on record saying trans athletes don't belong in women's sports, and the blowback has been almost nonexistent because everyone knows he is going to hold firm in his position. That's the power of integrity.
The vocal minority shouldn't have the influence that it does. Yet it regularly turns titans of the sports world into mush. Don't be like Chris Simms, who gave into the mob. Be like Cunningham, who decided to stand up to it. Sophie's choice is the only choice.
Dan Wilson announces his own firing as Seattle Mariners manager in rare postgame moment
Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson personally broke the news to his team and the media Sunday that he will not return for the 2027 season.
Before Game 162 against the Los Angeles Angels, Wilson held a closed-door meeting to inform players and staff.
Postgame, he stepped to the podium to deliver the news publicly and face questions before front-office executives addressed reporters.
Standard MLB protocol calls for front-office executives to issue a news release or hold a solo news conference while the ousted manager stays out of sight.
A manager taking the microphone to announce his own dismissal is virtually unheard of in modern sports.
"This season has been very difficult, and of course, the results have not been what any of us have expected," Wilson said. "As a result, it's concluded that today is my last day as manager of the Seattle Mariners."
Wilson, a former Mariners catcher who took over as manager in August 2024, acknowledged his deep roots in the organization.
"I'm still processing this with my family, and it's a very difficult day," Wilson said. "We love this city. We love this community and we appreciate the organization for what it has meant to the family since coming here as a player in '94. We feel extremely blessed by all the opportunities we've been afforded."
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Expectations were sky-high entering 2026.
Coming off a 2025 AL West title and reaching Game 7 of the ALCS, Seattle fell just one win short of the World Series. Instead, the club collapsed to a 76-86 third-place finish.
The downward spiral was driven by offensive regression among core players, inconsistent starting pitching, a second-half bullpen collapse and some of the worst defensive metrics in Major League Baseball.
Late-season comments from players highlighted a lack of clubhouse accountability as a core failure. Pressed on whether leadership failed to enforce standards, Wilson faced the criticism directly.
"That's always a necessary component, and I think accountability comes in a lot of different ways," Wilson said. "Obviously, I think you look back, and there's a lot of things that you can point to, and perhaps that's one of them."
When asked if the front office made the final decision, Wilson accepted the reality of sports leadership.
"I've been in baseball a while, and this is what happens," Wilson said. "Managers shoulder the blame and shoulder the responsibility. And this is obviously difficult."
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Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto and General Manager Justin Hollander will return in 2027.
Dipoto noted that "collectively we failed to meet our own expectations" and agreed a leadership change was necessary.
Wilson finishes his tenure as Mariners manager with a 187-171 career record.
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Trump CMS faces bipartisan pushback over Medicare proposal tied to Biden-era drug pricing law
EXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of more than 50 lawmakers is urging the Trump administration not to finalize a proposed Medicare policy tied to the Biden-era drug price negotiation program, arguing it could discourage development of improved cancer treatments.
In a Sept. 21 letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the lawmakers called on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to remove the agency's proposed fixed-dose combination policy from its final rule implementing Medicare's Drug Price Negotiation Program.
The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program was created under the Inflation Reduction Act, which former President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. The Trump administration proposed the policy in June as part of implementing that program.
At the center of the dispute is how Medicare would treat newer versions of existing drugs for price negotiation purposes.
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The lawmakers argue the proposal would cause some improved treatments to face Medicare price negotiations much sooner after receiving Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.
They say that would reduce incentives for drugmakers to develop better versions of existing medicines.
"If finalized, the proposed fixed-dose combination policy would subject these advancements to negotiation almost immediately after FDA approval, harming patient access as well as incentives to develop these improved therapies," the lawmakers wrote.
CMS, meanwhile, said the proposal is designed to prevent drugmakers from avoiding or delaying negotiated Medicare prices by making only limited changes to existing drugs and introducing them as new products.
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The lawmakers pointed to advances in cancer immunotherapy that allow some patients to receive a quick injection instead of spending hours receiving an intravenous infusion.
They said those improvements can make treatment faster, easier and more accessible, particularly for patients in rural areas.
"Patients fighting cancer deserve access to the most advanced new therapies, and if CMS finalizes this proposal, those advances are less likely to reach those who need it the most," the letter states.
The lawmakers also argued the FDA already evaluates the therapies as separate medicines, requiring separate clinical trials and approvals.
They said CMS should treat those therapies as separate medicines under the Medicare drug price negotiation program.
The lawmakers also argued that CMS actuaries "have not been able to show this policy would produce meaningful savings for taxpayers."
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"We strongly urge CMS to withdraw the fixed-dose combination proposal from the final rule," the letter states. "The patients we represent need policies that expand access to lifesaving care and reward medical progress and innovation in the treatment of deadly diseases."
The letter was signed by more than 50 lawmakers from both parties, including Reps. John Joyce, R-Pa., Darin LaHood, R-Ill., Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, Tim Moore, R-N.C., Jim Costa, D-Calif., Donald Davis, D-N.C., and more.
CMS could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Grandmother sues after alleged AI facial recognition error led to months in jail, experts sound alarm
A Tennessee grandmother has filed a lawsuit against a North Dakota city and police department, accusing officials of wrongfully detaining her for nearly six months after allegedly misusing artificial intelligence facial recognition technology to investigate a bank theft case.
Angela Lipps, now 50, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, said she was caring for her neighbor's four young children when police showed up at the home and arrested her at gunpoint in July 2025.
The complaint, filed Sept. 15, 2026, alleges that authorities relied exclusively on a flawed AI facial recognition match to extradite Lipps from Tennessee to North Dakota, despite her having no connection to the crime or the state.
Experts on police technology told Fox News Digital that the case is among more than a dozen known instances involving alleged police mishandling of facial recognition technology.
"I sat in a county jail in Tennessee for 108 days," Lipps said in a GoFundMe post. "They said I was fugitive from justice. I had no bail. No one interviewed me. I just sat and waited."
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The bank theft case stemmed from April and May 2025, when an unknown woman allegedly used fake IDs and stolen identities to perpetrate bank fraud in Fargo and West Fargo, North Dakota, according to the lawsuit.
Officials then used a photo from a fraudulent ID card presented by the suspect, rather than surveillance footage, to conduct facial recognition searches using Clearview AI, prosecutors alleged.
While Clearview AI explicitly requires facial recognition matches to be treated as potential leads, Fargo police allegedly characterized the AI match as a positive identification without disclosing that it had not been independently corroborated, according to the complaint.
Meanwhile, the West Fargo Police Department reportedly declined to seek charges because the AI match was uncorroborated.
A West Fargo police captain reportedly characterized AI facial recognition as "close to a last-ditch effort" in police investigations, the lawsuit said.
According to the complaint, Detective Lucas Heck did not review Lipps’ financial or travel records that showed she was in Tennessee during the bank thefts and failed to conduct photo lineups with bank tellers. Surveillance video reportedly showed physical differences between Lipps and the suspect, including a different build and a neck tattoo on Lipps that was absent from the suspect.
"Heck ignored, concealed, and misrepresented exculpatory evidence that Lipps did not commit the bank thefts," the complaint alleged.
On July 14, 2025, U.S. Marshals surrounded a neighbor’s house in Tennessee and arrested Lipps at gunpoint on a nationwide warrant, prosecutors said.
Lipps was extradited to North Dakota and reportedly held on a $100,000 bond while facing eight felony counts, the most severe of which carried maximum sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors dismissed all charges on Dec. 24, 2025, after Lipps produced bank records showing that she was in Tennessee when the bank thefts occurred, prosecutors said.
"When she was released, she found that her residence, car, and personal property were lost while she was absent," the complaint said.
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Following public scrutiny, the Fargo Police Department and city of Fargo acknowledged at a March 2026 press conference that the department had made investigative errors.
"When chief found some errors that were made in this area of where we got our facial recognition and how that worked, we immediately addressed it," Mayor Tim Mahoney said.
Clare Garvie, the deputy director of Technology Law & Policy with the Policing Project, told Fox News Digital that incidents involving the alleged mishandling of AI have increased as law enforcement agencies adjust to "integrate AI and additional tools into police investigations."
"We are aware of 16 misidentifications stemming from a face recognition match where someone was wrongfully arrested and spent time in jail because of that misidentification, and in many of these cases, it was because additional investigative steps weren't taken to prove, or in these cases to disprove, the face recognition match," Garvie said in an interview.
"We're asking officers to do a different job now, such that we need to update how we think about these workflows," she added.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Nate Freed-Wessler, a deputy director at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the rise of artificial intelligence in law enforcement has fueled wrongful arrests across the country.
"We've been seeing these kinds of wrongful arrests happening for at least five or six years now out of this kind of AI technology. And the rate of them seems to be increasing," he said.
"We've seen cases where police intentionally avoid making any notes about their use of facial recognition technology or other AI."