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Shohei Ohtani ruled out of MLB All-Star Game as Dodgers plan to manage nagging injury
The face of baseball will not be at Tuesday's All-Star Game.
Shohei Ohtani was scratched from his start on Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers said he will also miss the Midsummer Classic with what the team called left knee irritation.
Ohtani, for obvious reasons, has become an All-Star Game fixture. He has earned the honor in each of the past five seasons and made his first start in 2021.
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The two-way phenom is on his way to winning his fifth MVP award in his last six seasons as he is hitting .290 with a .939 OPS and pitching to a minuscule 1.79 ERA, the second-lowest in the sport among pitchers with 80-plus innings. His OPS is also the seventh-best mark in the league.
The Dodgers said Ohtani will be the team's designated hitter up until the break, but he will "have some interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season."
Ohtani dealt with knee issues earlier in the season.
It is certainly a big hit for the game as the other face of the sport, Aaron Judge, will miss the game due to a fractured rib that has kept him out since late May.
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Ohtani hit 99 home runs combined in 2024 and 2025, leading the National League with a 1.025 OPS in that span. Ohtani did not pitch in 2024 after elbow surgery but returned to the bump last year and owned a 2.87 ERA and 11.9 K/9, a figure he also put up in 2022 that led the American League.
The "Japanese Babe Ruth" is the only player in MLB history to have 300-plus plate appearances and 40-plus innings in six separate seasons (Ruth only did it twice and never stole 50 bases), and he has more than excelled at both.
Ohtani is not hitting like he has in the past, but certainly the best pitching performance of his career will make up for it. He "only" has 20 homers and 56 RBI this season.
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'Shameless' star Emmy Rossum reveals secret marriage at 21 after boyfriend's alleged shocking ultimatum
"Shameless" star Emmy Rossum admitted she ignored glaring red flags when an alleged ultimatum from her then-boyfriend led to a rushed, secret wedding.
Rossum admitted she accepted a marriage ultimatum at 21, kept the wedding a secret and was already thinking about divorce before saying "I do" during an appearance on "Call Her Daddy." She had been dating Interscope music executive Justin Siegel for a few months after working together recording her first album, "Inside Out."
Rossum said the whirlwind decision came during one of the most emotionally vulnerable periods of her life. Facing six months away in Mexico to film "Dragon Ball Evolution," she recalled how the alleged ultimatum from Siegel in 2008 quickly escalated into a marriage she now recognizes was driven by fear rather than love.
"And I remember the day that I was going away to make the movie, he said something to me like, 'I don't know if the relationship is gonna survive the distance. So like, maybe we should break up or get married,'" she claimed.
Looking back, Rossum admitted she ignored what she now sees as glaring warning signs, convincing herself at 21 that a divorce would be simple if the marriage didn't work out.
"Well, at that moment I thought to myself, well I'm just coming off these two really rough heartbreaks. Like abandonment is my core wound. I don't want, I don't want that. That hurts me. And I literally thought ... My 21-year-old brain thought, you know, divorce doesn't seem that complicated. Like it, it's probably pretty straightforward."
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"Not you planning the divorce before," host Alexandra Cooper joked.
"A hundred percent," Rossum admitted.
Within days, the couple quietly tied the knot in an impromptu ceremony Rossum described as anything but romantic. Rather than celebrating the milestone, she said she kept the marriage hidden because she already sensed something wasn't right.
"And so ... he literally printed out like a marriage contract online and got some guy on the internet to like come over to my house," she claimed. "I found like a white turtleneck that was in my closet and like threw it on 'cause like I was like this is appropriate. Right?"
"Literally not hearing the smoke detector in my head being like, don't do this. You don't have to do this. No guy should be like, 'let's marry.' You know what I mean? It was my intention not to tell anyone because I knew in my gut it wasn't right."
Those instincts, Rossum said, proved to be correct. The actress said the relationship continued to unravel while she spent six months filming in Mexico and her husband didn't even visit.
"It's also not that long of a flight. I don't know what … like everyone was very dramatic. I don't know. Like it's literally just like going – people go to Mexico for the weekend. Like what are we talking about?"
By the time production wrapped and she returned home, Rossum said it was obvious the marriage had no future.
"I was away for six months. When I got back, it became abundantly clear we weren't a match in any way."
Despite keeping the marriage a secret from nearly everyone, Rossum eventually had to tell her mother — not to share happy news, but because she needed help ending the relationship.
"I told my mom, 'Hey, I'm breaking up with Justin and I need a lawyer.' And she was like, 'You did not.' And I was like, ‘I did,’" she recalled.
"And my mom has always been somebody that mobilizes," she said. "My mom is like, if anyone is going through a breakup, my mom is not employed right now. So if you need someone to show up, she'll send you for a manicure and be like, 'I have the U-Haul. Like go take care of yourself.'"
The divorce was eventually finalized in 2010.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Siegel for comment.
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Years later, Rossum remarried after meeting director, screenwriter and producer Sam Esmail on the set of "Comet." The two began dating in 2013 and later married in 2017.
Rossum and Esmail share two children – a daughter born in 2021 and a son born in 2023.
She told Cooper that "my relationship with my husband and watching him be the world's greatest girl dad" is "the ultimate healing" from her troubled relationship with her own father.
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"The ultimate," she said. "And my husband is so loyal and so kind and so giving and so everything I've really ever wanted."
Rossum began her career as a child, finally landing her breakthrough role in Clint Eastwood’s "Mystic River." She became an international star with "The Phantom of the Opera" and later earned widespread acclaim as Fiona Gallagher on Showtime’s "Shameless," a role she played from 2011 to 2019.
Sitcom star Candice Bergen reveals that she accidentally lit a Swiss restaurant on fire
If someone said to me, "Hey, man! Looking good, by the way. You been losing weight? Anyway, take a guess which sitcom star once almost burned down a restaurant in Switzerland," I don't think I'd get it right.
I'd run through everyone from William Frawley and Larry Storch to Red Foxx and the dog who played Tiger on "The Brady Bunch" before I ever got to the real answer...
"Murphy Brown" star Candice Bergen.
The sitcom legend was a guest on fellow sitcom legend Ted Danson's podcast, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," when he asked her to tell a story about lighting a restaurant on fire.
You've got to hand it to Ted, he knows podcast gold when he sees it.
"It wasn't just any restaurant either, it was the nicest restaurant," Bergen said. "It was the Olden in Gstaad in a ski resort where the school I was going to was set."
Whoa, so not even just an abandoned Golden Corral or something? Candice, come on!
"I had snuck out. Because I was only 14, I wasn’t allowed to go out at night, so I’d snuck out."
She said that she was having meat fondue — meat cooked in fat — with some older girls while drinking wine, which you could do in Switzerland at 14-years-old.
"I said, ‘Oh, let’s flavor the fat. Let’s put some wine in the fat,’" she explained. "So, I jauntily dumped my glass in the fat, and this flame went up onto the ceiling of the restaurant. And we were all evacuated; it was snowing outside."
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This sounds like one of those stories a friend breaks out when you're hanging out and discussing teenage debauchery.
You tell one about how you egged your buddy's house one time, and then they completely one-up you: "Yeah, well, I almost burned down a classy Swiss restaurant once."
Of course, you don't forget the person who nearly burnt down a restaurant. Bergen said she returned to the area years later and got recognized.
"And he said, ‘Aren’t you the woman who burned down the Olden?’" she recalled. "And I said, ‘Yes, I am.’ So, my name had lived on."
What a story. Honestly, what an entire interview.
This was the same podcast episode in which Bergen revealed she had gone on dates with Donald Trump and Henry Kissinger.
How Maine's Democratic meltdown could shape the Senate midterms
Political watchers expected this fall’s Maine Senate contest to emerge as the main event in the midterms as Democrats try to unseat five-term Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
Again.
It is said that as Maine goes, so goes the nation. And this year, Maine could dictate how the Senate goes. But Democrats are facing trouble in the Pine Tree State.
Progressives thought they discovered a pearl of a candidate in waterman Graham Platner and his oyster enterprise.
But the party has now shucked Platner and is diving to find a replacement by July 27th.
For Democrats, defeating Collins is like the pursuit of the Great White Whale in Moby Dick. Potentially in their grasp. Yet elusive. Republicans aren’t concerned about the veteran GOPer.
"There's a reason that she's been a United States Senator for Maine since God was a baby," said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Fox. "People like her."
The Democratic Party was fractured before as its "mainstream middle" scraps with progressives.
However, the Platner debacle may have underscored what made the schism worse.
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will soon release their long-term platform. The DSA wants to eliminate the Senate. Expand the House. Pack the Supreme Court? How about having the House pick the Court instead?
The DSA pushes a 32-hour workweek without changes to pay or benefits.
And then there are older suggestions like Medicare for all and guaranteed minimum wages.
Some Democrats are asking how Platner got this far – unvetted. That’s to say nothing of some Democrats looking past his awful text messages and Nazi-themed tattoo.
All in the name of trying to defeat Collins.
"I told you so" is essentially the mantra of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) He’s been outspoken against Platner since the start and railed against colleagues who blindly flocked to Platner.
"I’d say that the trash took itself out," said Fetterman on Fox. "Finally, people in Maine have a chance to really vote on someone that's not a total piece of trash."
But Fetterman held particular contempt for a Senate colleague: the godfather of modern socialism.
"(Sen.) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) needs to apologize to the voters of Maine and to everyone that donated to that train wreck of a campaign. More than anyone, he pushed Platner into the election. And now he keeps pushing these communists and these kind of awful anti-American people," said Fetterman.
That’s what worries some Democrats after primary victories in New York by Democratic House nominees Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander.
Then throw in Melat Kiros. She felled 30-year veteran Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in the primary last week.
Kiros then triggered a Colorado avalanche of controversy after an appearance with Walter Rhein on YouTube.
"One of the things that brought me into starting my PhD program was finally coming to the realization that we were never really going to be able to tackle white supremacy in the way that we need to without reparations," said Kiros.
This is why Democrats are concerned about the party steering left.
Democrats might not need to worry about allegations of sexual assault, texts and tattoos like they did with Platner.
But they could grapple with policies pushed by other Democratic Socialists.
Abdul El-Sayed is seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.). Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) is retiring.
Who knows what awaits Democrats in Maine, post-Platner.
But Democrats must retain Michigan if they have a fighting chance to seize control of the Senate.
"You can't retrain ICE. You have to abolish ICE," said El-Sayed at a recent debate with Stevens.
He equated radicalism in Iran to MAGA. And, he declared that people in Dearborn, MI were "sad" about the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Stevens, trying to run in the "middle" lane of the party, is focused on kitchen table issues.
"I will run through anyone and anything to lower costs," said Stevens during the debate.
Democrats are torn.
"I don't agree with everything either Haley or Abdul have said. They're both colleagues. They're both friends, and I'm neutral in this race. But we do have a big tent," said Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Fox.
But when pressed about progressives, Dingell replied, "I don't think that the DSA is painting us into the corners."
Political observers note that candidates like El-Sayed energize the party. But what does that mean in the general election?
"I think it is a great test case because I think El-Sayed is going to win that nomination. And I think with it, he brings a tremendous amount of enthusiasm, again from Democrats. The question is will he be able to appeal to independents? And that remains to be seen," said University of Akron political scientist David Cohen.
So here’s the Senate map for Democrats.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is retiring. Democrats hope to flip the Tar Heel State with former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) against former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.
In the Buckeye State, former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is mounting a comeback after losing to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) less than two years ago.
He’s up against appointed Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who succeeded Vice President JD Vance.
"There's a lot of money flowing into this state. Both Republicans and Democrats realize that Ohio is one of the keys to either Republicans holding the Senate or Democrats flipping it," said Cohen.
Iowa used to be a swing state. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is retiring after two terms. But the Hawkeye State is shaping up as a battleground as Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) faces Democrat Josh Turek.
The Democrats' last hope is to capture the Last Frontier: Alaska. Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska.) is up against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska.)
Democrats must also cling to Georgia as Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) faces Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.)
And just like Michigan and Georgia are for the Democrats, it’s "hold ‘em" in Texas after Republican Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the primary.
Paxton takes on Democrat James Talarcio.
Winning the Lone Star State may be a long shot for Democrats.
It seems that way each cycle. However, Democrats have made it relatively close for years now.
But Cohen says Democrats might win – despite losing.
"Even if Democrats come up short in Texas, Texas will have served a huge purpose in driving a lot of those resources to that state when they could have maybe spent more money in places like Ohio or Michigan or North Carolina or Georgia," said Cohen.
But Democrats must now devote time to figuring out what the progressive pull means for them. Especially after the Maine implosion. Republicans believe the Democrats are their own worst enemy.
"Our secret plan all along has been let them speak. Let Graham Platner speak. Let Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan speak," said John Kennedy. "A reckoning is coming for the Democratic Party."
It may have already come for Democrats in Maine.
And if this is the "secret plan" by Republicans, it’s not so secret. Democrats already understand their problem all too well.
ICE arrests illegal immigrants convicted of attempted murder, rape and child sex crimes in targeted crackdown
In a series of sweeping nationwide operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Thursday arrested some of the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes.
Among those captured was Jose Solorzano-Felix, of Mexico, who was apprehended in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Solorzano-Felix was previously convicted for the attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer, use of a firearm during and in the commission of a felony, and being an illegal immigrant in possession of a handgun.
In Santa Clara, California, ICE agents took Paulino Lugos-Perez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, into custody following his conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child.
Meanwhile, in Forsyth County, North Carolina, authorities arrested Adrian Valdez-Lopez, a Mexican national convicted of second-degree forcible rape.
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The crackdown also targeted violent gang affiliates, resulting in the Pasadena, California, arrest of Edgar Josue Centeno, a Honduran national and member of the Latin Kings gang convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
In Mineola, New York, agents arrested Rodolfo Umana, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who had been convicted of burglary.
"Yesterday, the brave men and women of ICE risked their lives to arrest illegal criminal aliens convicted for attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer, lewd or lascivious acts with a child, rape, assault with a deadly weapon, and burglary," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting assistant Secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement.
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The arrests represent a targeted effort to remove dangerous illegal immigrants from the country, with Bis emphasizing that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, "ICE will continue to arrest and remove these public safety threats from our communities."
DHS said nearly 70% of ICE arrests are those of illegal immigrants who have already been charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.
"Thanks to our ICE law enforcement, our communities are safer," Bis wrote.
Golf star Scottie Scheffler loses impressive made cut streak just one week before The Open
For about four years, death, taxes and Scottie Scheffler making the cut were among the few things you could rely on.
Until Friday.
For the first time since the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Scheffler missed the cut at the Scottish Open, ending a streak of 78 made cuts. It was the longest streak on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods set the record of 142 consecutive cuts from February 1998 to May 2005.
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Scheffler finished two shots outside the cut line after shooting a 2-over 72 on Friday to finish even par for the tournament. The 30-year-old was blunt in his assessment of his play.
"Got off to a poor start and after that, I didn't really it close enough to give myself a bunch of looks," Scheffler said. "That's how you shoot over par."
The cut for the top 65 and ties was not official until the second round was completed. Scheffler was tied for 88th when he missed a 6-foot par putt on the par-3 ninth to fall back to even-par 142.
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Scheffler will look to turn the page quickly, as next week he will attempt to defend his title at The Open Championship. The 154th Open will be played at Birkdale, and Scheffler has not played the links course.
"A little different than I was planning," Scheffler said. "Figure out how I get down to Birkdale and go from there."
Scheffler was just three strokes off the lead to begin the day but struggled with the putter. He missed a 3 1/2-foot par putt on No. 11, his second hole. On the par-5 12th, his chip out of the high grass to a back pin caught a ridge and rolled into a bunker, leading to a second straight bogey.
Xander Schauffele had his streak of 72 straight made cuts end at Torrey Pines in January. The longest active streak now belongs to Matt Fitzpatrick at 29 in a row.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Ms Rachel posts support for hijab-wearing kindergartners after Trump post
Children’s YouTube star "Ms. Rachel" has waded into a political controversy after pushing back against President Donald Trump for sharing a viral video showing several children wearing hijabs at a Minnesota kindergarten graduation.
"Ms. Rachel," whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, took to Instagram to express support for the kindergarteners wearing hijabs.
"I saw some of you wore a hijab to your graduation," she wrote on Tuesday. "I am glad you wore something meaningful and special to you and your family. I think hijabs are beautiful. Different kids wear different things that are a part of their cultures and religions, such as hijabs, kippahs, or necklaces with a cross. Some kids don’t wear anything that is from their religion or are not religious."
The post also appeared to take an indirect jab at the president, without mentioning him by name, writing, "No one’s hurtful words can take away our worth and our value! Just because someone says something does not mean it’s true!"
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Accurso, who rose to fame creating educational videos for children, has more than 20.5 million subscribers on YouTube, along with nearly 9.3 million TikTok followers and over 5 million on Instagram.
Her reaction came after Trump reshared a graduation video on Truth Social. The clip was previously shared by the X account End Wokeness, which claimed it showed a school in St. Paul, Minnesota, and captioned it, "Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten."
Trump did not add a caption of his own when he reposted the clip, which shows several young children in head coverings wearing blue graduation regalia reading "kindergarten graduation." Over a dozen of the children featured are wearing hijabs or head coverings, which are traditionally worn by Muslim women.
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Accurso’s post also noted that last year she attended multiple celebrations of different faiths, including a Hanukkah celebration, an Eid brunch and her own family celebrations of Easter and Christmas.
The post continued, saying, "If anyone says anything hurtful about something you are wearing, tell a grown-up you trust. This will help us keep our communities and world safe," and continued with, "I hope you know that there is more kindness than fear, that love is stronger than hate, and that so many people stood with you."
This is not Accurso’s first step into the political arena. Earlier this year, she visited an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J., where she met with separated families, describing the children there as "traumatized." She has also previously faced backlash for her advocacy surrounding children in Gaza.
Accurso landed in hot water in January for appearing to like an antisemitic comment under one of her Instagram posts that read, "Free America from the Jews." At the time, in a statement to Fox News Digital, she cleared the air:
"[On Wednesday], I accidentally liked a hateful comment on my social media while trying to delete it. I have always been completely clear on this; I do not support language that targets or harms the Jewish community or any community," she said.
"Antisemitism and hate of any kind have no place in my life or my work," Accurso continued. "Everything I do is rooted in kindness, inclusion, and care for all humanity. Those values guide me every day, and I remain firmly committed to them."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Accurso for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Wealthy Americans choose one grocery store chain over rivals, survey finds
Costco was the grocery retailer where the largest share of higher-income Americans reported doing most of their grocery shopping, according to a recent YouGov survey.
Eleven percent of respondents earning at least $150,000 a year said Costco was their primary grocery store. Fourteen percent selected "other," while Kroger followed at 10% and Walmart Supercenter at 8%.
The warehouse retailer, known for its bulk goods and discounted prices, topped the rankings despite requiring shoppers to pay an annual membership fee.
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YouGov defines higher-income households as those earning at least $150,000 annually, or more than 200% of the U.S. median household income. Higher-income Americans make up 10% of the population, according to YouGov.
Just over half (51%) of higher-income households reported spending more than $150 each week on groceries, compared to 28% of middle- and lower-income households.
Walmart Supercenter was the most popular grocery store among middle- and lower-income Americans, with 20% of respondents naming it as their go-to supermarket. Five percent of those respondents reported Costco as their preferred grocery store.
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Walmart earned second place, with 12% of middle- and lower-income shoppers going there for food. Kroger and "other" tied for third place, with 10% of respondents selecting each.
The findings were not surprising, Santa Monica, California-based food industry analyst Phil Lempert told Fox News Digital.
"Wealthier households typically are larger households," he said. "So it fits perfectly with the model of Costco having larger sizes. Also, wealthier people shop more often, and what they want is value. One of the reasons they have more money is they're frugal."
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Costco's bulk sizes and lower prices naturally appeal to larger households looking to stretch their grocery dollars, Lempert said.
"Even though the hype says that these wealthier shoppers are going to the Erewhons and the Whole Foods of the world, not necessarily," Lempert said.
A Costco membership ranges from $65 to $130 a year, according to its website. Lempert said he doesn't think this is prohibitive enough to deter middle- and lower-income Americans and that it's well worth the savings it brings.
Kroger's strong showing among wealthier shoppers surprised him, though he noted that consumers often shop where they live, Lempert said. Costco stores are concentrated in larger metropolitan and suburban markets.
With higher gas prices, shoppers are less likely to drive longer distances in hopes of saving money on groceries, Lempert said.
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"People are nervous about what the future looks like," he said. "And when we get nervous, we get more frugal. We have to be smart consumers these days more than ever before."
To save money on groceries, Lempert offered several tips. "No. 1, always shop with a list," he said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sets standards for certain products, such as cheddar cheese. The cheddar cheese sold in a specialty cheese case often meets the same USDA standards as cheese in the dairy aisle but can cost 20% to 30% more, Lempert said.
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Seafood displayed at the counter is often previously frozen and thawed, while comparable frozen products may cost less, Lempert said.
The best thing to do is order groceries online and pick them up yourself, Lempert said.
Shopping strategically — whether by buying in bulk, comparing unit prices or ordering groceries online for pickup — can help consumers offset rising food costs, he said.
Congressman explains why he signed letter to WNBA demanding answers on Caitlin Clark's treatment
An Indiana lawmaker wants answers from the WNBA about why Caitlin Clark is seemingly treated much differently than her peers.
On the court, Clark has fallen victim to numerous hard fouls and boastful trash talk while being the clear face of the league.
That prompted members of Congress to write a letter to WNBA Commissioner Kathy Engelbert demanding accountability and answers regarding Clark's treatment.
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The letter said "the face of your league" is subject to "repeated acts of unnecessary physical hostility and violence."
Marlin Stutzman (R-Indiana) said Alyssa Thomas' fist to Clark's throat was his tipping point to be a part of the letter.
"For me, the fact the way the WNBA handled it with a one-game suspension, it was such a blatant foul... and the fact that, last night they strategically sacked, Caitlin Clark, at the game against the [Phoenix] Mercury again, just to me is like, we're leaving an amazing talent on the bench because we're afraid of what could happen on the court," Stutzman told Outkick's Dan Dakich on "Don't @ Me."
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"I think all she has to do is respond to the letter, and make it an open letter and say, 'You know what? We're hearing you guys loud and clear. We appreciate your attention to, you know, the league and what's happening on the court. We're going to take every action needed, whether it's with our referees, whether it's with our coaches and the players. And be sure that we run our league professionally. But also, where it's still very competitive on the court,'" he continued.
The letter said Engelbert has a responsibility to ensure every player competes "in a safe and professional environment."
"As Commissioner, you have an obligation to ensure that every player competes in a safe and professional environment, both on and off the court, free from violence, discrimination, or retaliation," the lawmakers wrote. "If discrimination or retaliation is occurring and creating a hostile work environment, we support any appropriate investigation by the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. If true, such conduct could constitute violations of federal civil rights laws."
The letter concluded by urging the league to take stronger action.
"The league has an extraordinary opportunity to inspire the next generation of female athletes to pursue athletics, but that opportunity is undermined when its brightest stars are not adequately protected," the letter reads. "Your fans deserve better, and so do the young girls who look to the WNBA as a model for excellence, sportsmanship, and opportunity."
Clark recently went after the WNBA, saying it needs to do a better job of protecting its players both on and off the court.
OutKick's Amber Harding contributed to this report.
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Yale student charged after alleged sex assault on packed Manhattan subway train, attorney pushes back
An 18-year-old Yale student has been charged in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a woman aboard a Manhattan subway train last month, though his attorney says the accusation is false.
The New York City Police Department told Fox News Digital that Ari Shtein, of Washington, D.C., was arrested July 8.
Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show he faces charges including first-degree sexual abuse, third-degree aggravated sexual abuse, forcible touching on a bus or train, third-degree sexual abuse and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
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The charges stem from an incident reported June 28 at about 3 p.m. aboard a northbound R train approaching the West 28th Street and Broadway subway station in Manhattan, NYPD said.
Police said a 30-year-old woman reported she was sexually abused while riding the train. She exited at the station and was transported by EMS to a local hospital for treatment, while the suspect remained aboard the train.
Court records show Shtein pleaded not guilty at his arraignment before Judge Ilona B. Coleman and was released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to return to New York Criminal Court on Aug. 26.
Shtein's attorney, Priya Chaudhry, denied the allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Every strap-hanger has encountered unhinged people on the subway. Unfortunately, when Ari visited our City, it was his turn," Chaudhry said.
"Ari did not assault anyone. He was visiting bookstores with a friend when his life was turned upside down by a woman who falsely accused him of a vile crime," the statement continued. "His reputation has been destroyed. Before a single piece of evidence has been made public, he has been labeled a creep and convicted in the court of public opinion."
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Chaudhry also challenged the allegations on factual grounds.
"The allegation is nonsense. On the woman's own version of events, she would have had to have been wearing a swimsuit for the alleged conduct to have been physically possible," she said. "The subway car was packed. If you were on that train, and witnessed this woman's behavior, please contact my firm."
Shtein is listed as a staff columnist for the Yale Daily News opinion desk, where his most recent column was published in May.
Following Shtein's arrest on charges of sexual abuse, the Yale Daily News announced it had indefinitely suspended him from the publication.
"We have seen the disturbing reports regarding his arrest," Yale Daily News Editor in Chief Asher Boiskin said in a statement posted on the newspaper's website. "We have made the decision to indefinitely suspend Mr. Shtein from the paper pending the results of the legal process."
In an October 2025 post on his Substack, "Mistakes Were Made," Shtein criticized mandatory campus sexual misconduct training, arguing such programs were largely ineffective and citing research he said showed they had little effect on preventing sexual violence.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Yale Daily News for comment.