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Vance says Canada friendlier to China on trade than to US: 'Insanity'
President Donald Trump's trade talks with Canada have stalled – with threats of retaliatory tariffs ramping up again – but Vice President JD Vance was in Maine, explaining to voters that Canada has been friendlier to China on trade than to them, particularly farmers.
"They treat Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come from the people of Maine: It’s insanity," Vance said during a question-and-answer session in Brewer, Maine, on Monday afternoon. "And what we’ve said to Canada is stop it."
Vance said he believes the U.S. and Canada had been close to reaching a trade agreement before negotiations broke down, blaming Ottawa for bringing what he described as "unreasonable last-minute demands" to the table.
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"I frankly thought we had a deal," Vance said. "I think that we should have a deal, but I think that we need to send a message loud and clear to the prime minister of Canada: Stop taking advantage of the people of Maine. Stop taking advantage of America. It’s over."
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that Canada was suspending negotiations. Trump posted Monday on Truth Social that he plans to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles, auto parts and steel beginning in January 2027.
"Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years," Trump wrote. "Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries. Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE!"
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Vance made the remarks during an appearance at Compotech, a defense technology manufacturer in Brewer, as the vice president fielded a question about how the administration’s tariffs could affect Maine businesses and consumers.
"We’re very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada," Vance said. "There’s a lot of cross-border transaction between Maine and Canada. And what we’re trying to do here is just make sure that Maine actually gets a fair deal."
Vance argued that Canada and China have been among the worst offenders when it comes to trade barriers against the U.S., while drawing a sharp distinction between what Washington expects from an economic competitor and from a longtime ally.
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"China, you of course expect — they’re our biggest economic competitor," Vance said. "I would expect that from China. I would not expect that from Canada."
Vance then briefly referred to Canada as a "state" before immediately correcting himself, referencing Trump's long-running trolling of Canada, teasing it as the 51st state.
"We have to remember Canada is a state — sorry, Freudian slip — that was actually an accident," Vance said. "Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America."
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He argued that Canada had responded to that relationship by imposing trade restrictions on American products while expecting the U.S. not to retaliate.
"They apply ridiculous tariffs and other non-tariff duties on Maine products coming into Canada, and they don’t expect Maine or anybody else to fight back," Vance said. "We’re sick of that."
"We are actually going to fight back against unfair trade practices, whether it’s coming from China or Canada."
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Vance pointed specifically to dairy products, contrasting the treatment of Canadian products entering Maine with the tariffs that can apply when U.S. dairy exports exceed Canada’s tariff-rate quotas.
"If a Maine farmer sends dairy products into Canada, they could be paying as much as a 250% tariff," Vance said. "Now, how is it fair to the farmers of Maine that they pay 250% when the Canadian farmers pay nothing?"
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Canada’s dairy system provides duty-free access for set quantities of U.S. products under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but steep tariffs can apply once imports exceed those quotas. Canada’s tariff schedule, for example, lists a 241% over-quota rate for certain milk products, while other dairy categories can carry even higher rates.
Vance also accused Canada of allowing Chinese goods to use the country as a route into the North American market, saying that issue had become part of the latest negotiations.
"We know that Canada allows itself to be used as a back door for Chinese goods," Vance said.
Vance nevertheless left open the possibility of the two sides returning to an agreement, even as he made clear the administration was prepared to keep tariffs in place without concessions from Ottawa.
"I think that we should have a deal," Vance said. "We expect fairness in our trade policy."
Royce White predicts Enes Kanter Freedom will be suspended from WNBA events after run in with Natasha Cloud
Former NBA player Royce White believes Enes Kanter Freedom’s removal from a WNBA game following his exchange with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud may be only the beginning of the league’s response.
White, who, like Freedom, has officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft to challenge the league's eligibility policies, joined 'Don't @ Me w/ Dan Dakich' on Monday and shared his reaction to the now-viral moment that unfolded in Chicago on Sunday during the Indiana Fever's 113-90 win over the Sky.
During a break in the action in the third quarter, Cloud began talking towards Freedom, who was sitting court side. The former NBA forward responded by stepping toward the floor, leading Cloud to approach him, before security got involved and escorted Freedom out of the arena.
When asked by Dakich whether he believes Freedom may have made a mistake by getting involved with Cloud, White took things in a bit of a different direction, and predicted the WNBA will intervene with authority.
"I just know how the business works and how the PR works, and they're going to say that he instigated a conflict with a player, and there is an immutable line between the spectators and the players," White began.
"They're going to make a statement that he's, you know, indefinitely suspended or banned from WNBA events, if not NBA and WNBA. Same as the guy who was caught throwing the dildo on the court. Now it's a very different deal what that guy did and Enes, but they'll treat it the same because of the nature of the politics and the controversy. In my opinion, that statement is coming in the next couple of days."
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After being escorted out of the arena, Freedom shared his side of what took place on the floor with Cloud.
"Sophie Cunningham shot a three, and I put my hands up to celebrate," Freedom told Jackson Thompson of Fox News Digital. "Literally, a couple possessions later, Natasha came back and started screaming and yelling and said, ‘She’s not gonna sleep with you.’
"And I was like, ‘I am not trying to sleep with her. I’m just here to protect women and support her.’ And then, obviously, after that she started yapping, and she started to walk towards me, and literally I just got up, and then I was like, ‘I’m just here to protect women, and that’s all.’"
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Freedom also explained that Cloud began using "some very heavy language" towards him, which surprised him given the many young fans seated within shouting distance.
Freedom and White both declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft earlier this month after Fever star Sophie Cunningham received backlash for stating her opinion that women's sports should be exclusive to women. Freedom and White are using the league’s rules to challenge the WNBA to clarify its eligibility standards.
The WNBA’s current collective bargaining agreement states that "only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA." It does not publicly define the term or establish specific eligibility requirements for transgender athletes.
EXCLUSIVE: LA ICE director reveals officers followed home, harassed as police fail to help in sanctuary city
EXCLUSIVE: From agents being followed home and harassed to dealing with riots and local police refusing to assist, ICE Los Angeles Field Office Director Thomas Giles gave Fox News Digital an inside look at the daily risks of conducting operations in one of America’s largest sanctuary cities.
Fox News Digital accompanied Giles and a team of ICE officers on an immigration enforcement operation in the Los Angeles area early Thursday morning. In an interview from inside his vehicle during the operation, Giles emphasized that while "it's not going to shut us down and stop us," California’s sanctuary policies put both his agents and the community at risk.
"The sanctuary policies definitely impact our operations in terms of it'd be a lot easier for us to have that transfer of custody in a secure environment," he explained. "So, what it does for us is it sends our officers out into the community, putting our officers at risk and other community members at risk to go out and try to apprehend this individual."
Fox News Digital witnessed ICE arrest six illegal immigrants Thursday morning, including one who had been convicted of assault with a baseball bat and another who had been convicted of illegally re-entering the U.S. multiple times.
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Giles explained that because of ongoing litigation in California, ICE officers are not allowed to knock on a target’s door or even set foot on the area surrounding the property. This complicates enforcement by forcing officers to apprehend targets in public spaces or through potentially dangerous vehicle stops.
He said that "before we had all these sanctuary policies … we were picking up hundreds of people a day at the local jails and bringing them in and processing them." Now, local law enforcement "can't even work with us," which he said "is definitely a big, huge public safety threat."
As an example, Giles pointed to one of the operation’s targets, 20-year-old Honduran national Julio Alberto Aroca-Rodriguez, whom local police had arrested the week before for assault with a deadly weapon using a baseball bat. Aroca-Rodriguez entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location and has been subject to a removal order since 2019. Local authorities declined to honor ICE’s request to hold Aroca-Rodriguez and released him.
When ICE officers encountered Aroca-Rodriguez on Thursday, they also detained four other "collaterals" identified as illegal immigrants. After making the arrests, the officers quickly relocated because a crowd of anti-ICE agitators had begun to form.
Giles described the treatment of ICE law enforcement officers by many California politicians, the media and members of the public as "degrading to the work that the men and women of ICE do."
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"My officers have been followed home and been harassed, harassed on social media, harassed just personally, and they get in your face and everything else," he said.
He also criticized anti-ICE agitators who wear masks while simultaneously "complaining about us wearing masks but they look the same as we do as well."
Despite this, Giles praised his officers as Americans who "love this country" and "want to support the Constitution."
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"We're out doing our job; we are sworn law enforcement officers. We're out trying to keep the community safe just like other law enforcement officers," he said. "I just think there's a lot of rhetoric out there that a lot of people don't know exactly what we do and we're trying to portray that out to the public."
Fox News Digital witnessed ICE process Aroca-Rodriguez and was told he would remain in custody pending removal to Honduras. Five other illegal immigrants were also processed for removal proceedings during the operation.
Iran-linked hackers suspected in UK power-plant shutdown after alleged Minnesota water attack
Iran-linked hackers are suspected of forcing a small British power generator offline for four days last month, the latest sign that Tehran-linked cyber activity may be moving from probing vulnerable systems to causing disruptions U.S. officials have long warned about.
Iran-linked hackers were behind the outage, according to British security officials who spoke with multiple news outlets.
"To be clear: there was no threat to the wider grid and nobody lost power. We have one of the most resilient energy systems in the world," UK Energy Minister Michael Shanks said in a statement.
He described the generator as "tiny" but said his department had briefed CEOs following the intrusion on "steps they should take to stay secure."
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The British shutdown came weeks after hackers struck more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota, accessing technology used to remotely monitor and control pumps and other equipment. Minnesota officials have not publicly attributed the attacks. Several news outlets, citing U.S. officials and a leaked industry threat-sharing memo, reported that Iran was the likely culprit. President Donald Trump has publicly rejected that assessment, saying he did not believe Iran was to blame.
Together, the incidents are putting civilian infrastructure at the center of another front in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. As the military confrontation stretches into its sixth month, relatively small and often lightly defended water and energy facilities offer hackers a way to cause physical disruption without penetrating a major power grid or striking a military target.
Those facilities can be especially vulnerable because many rely on internet-connected industrial control systems that allow operators to monitor and manage physical equipment remotely. Once inside, hackers can interrupt operations, lock out operators or manipulate controls for pumps and other machinery.
In a July alert, the FBI and Environmental Protection Agency said malicious actors had targeted water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states by accessing exposed programmable logic controllers and changing their internet addresses and passwords. Some incidents disrupted water operations, causing reported pressure loss and flooding.
Federal agencies have also warned that Iranian-affiliated actors have targeted similar industrial devices across water, energy and government sectors, seeking access to the software used to control them. That activity has already caused operational disruptions and financial losses.
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Iranian hackers have pursued U.S. infrastructure before.
The threat extends beyond industrial systems. On Aug. 18, the Justice Department charged 17 members of an Iran-based company with carrying out a sweeping cyber theft campaign targeting hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies. Prosecutors said many of the intrusions were conducted on behalf of the IRGC and other Iranian entities and resulted in the theft of more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property.
In 2016, the Justice Department charged an Iranian hacker with gaining access to the control system for a dam in Rye, New York. The dam’s sluice gate had been disconnected for maintenance at the time, preventing him from manipulating water levels and flow rates.
More recently, U.S. agencies linked an IRGC-affiliated campaign known as CyberAv3ngers to compromises of Israeli-made industrial controllers at dozens of U.S. facilities in late 2023 and early 2024, including water and wastewater systems, energy companies, food manufacturers and healthcare organizations. The campaign exploited devices exposed to the public internet that were still using default passwords.
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The more recent attacks underscore how little access may be required to produce a physical effect. In Minnesota, compromised controllers affected systems used to track water levels, pressure, pump operations and equipment alarms; in some communities, equipment was temporarily taken offline while operators restored systems.
Whether Tehran intends a wider campaign against Western infrastructure remains unclear. But the four-day shutdown in Britain illustrates what hackers can do once they gain access to a small industrial system: disrupt physical operations without breaching a major grid operator or triggering a blackout large enough to invite an immediate military response.
Phillies vs Mariners player props and over under picks as Philadelphia eyes 10th consecutive win
Baseball tends to be a season full of streaks from teams. Some months, teams are awesome; some months they stink. It is easier to notice the successes or failures of teams when they are earlier in the season. You can see when a team is struggling more easily when their record is 11-16 as opposed to 55-59, for example. What happens when one of the hottest teams in baseball takes on one of the coldest teams? That's what we have tonight as the Phillies play the Mariners.
The Philadelphia Phillies are one of the hottest teams in baseball, having won their ninth straight game yesterday on a walk-off homer. It was a bit of a miraculous comeback as the Phillies were down 4-0 before the team scored six in the bottom of the ninth to win it. The team has won 16 of their past 21 games and is now threatening to take over the Braves for the best team in the National League East. It is fairly unlikely that they would miss the postseason, but that wasn't something that could be said before this stretch. On July 31, they were just four games above .500 and looking like the team that started the season instead of the one that had a great turnaround.
Today the team sends out one of their aces, giving them a good chance to make it to 10 wins in a row as Zack Wheeler takes the hill. Wheeler takes the ball today with a 10-4 record, 2.92 ERA, and a 1.01 WHIP. He has also racked up 144 strikeouts. He has been solid on the road this campaign with a slightly lower ERA at 2.67. This has been the worst month of his season, though. In August, he has allowed 10 earned runs over 17.1 innings of work. He hasn't completed six innings in any of his last five outings. Wheeler has been good against the Mariners in the past, holding them to a .172 batting average.
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The Seattle Mariners are one of the most frustrating teams in baseball. They are seven games under .500 this season, despite looking like one of the best teams in baseball, at least on paper. Somehow, the team is under .500 and in jeopardy of missing the postseason. They are currently three games behind the Rangers and Astros, who are currently tied for first. It doesn't help that they also have to battle the Orioles, Twins, Blue Jays, and Guardians for the final Wild Card spot. They are also three games back in that race, and the Tigers are just behind at 3.5 games.
Looking to battle the Phillies and Wheeler is Logan Gilbert. For the season, Gilbert is 10-7 with a 3.35 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP. The problem that Gilbert has is that he has pitched much worse at home this season than on the road. He has allowed 20 homers this season, and 18 of them have come in Seattle. His road ERA is a stellar 2.49, but his home ERA is all the way up there at 4.01. He doesn't give up too many runs in the majority of starts, but this is not a place you'd want to trust him.
One guy that stands out for us to fade tonight is Randy Arozarena of the Mariners. For his career, he is just 1-for-13 against Wheeler with seven strikeouts. I'll take the under on his hits for tonight. Brandon Marsh of the Phillies is another one that might be worth fading tonight. He is just 2-for-17 against Gilbert with six strikeouts. I'm taking his under on hits tonight as well.
Aside from those plus-money props we have on the card, I've got a play for the game. The total is just 6.5 tonight, which is absurd to me. Gilbert allows runs on the road, and I think we should see the Phillies score three or four at least tonight. I'll take a shot on the over. I also think the Phillies will win this game tonight. The line is moving toward the Mariners, but Gilbert has shown he allows homers at home, and Wheeler has been great. Give me the over, Phillies, and the two player props.
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Kelly Stafford knows how to make an 8-year-old's birthday party more entertaining: Jell-O shots
Give it up for Kelly Stafford. While her husband Matthew is doing MVP award-worthy things on the field, she's doing them off of it.
She's one of my favorite oversharers out there and does what more wives of franchise quarterbacks should be doing. Having fun.
This weekend, Kelly proved that she will have fun anywhere. Even at her daughter's 8th birthday party. Let's be honest, the last place most people want to be is a kid's birthday party.
Nothing against the kids, but a bunch of sugared-up elementary school-aged children running around like maniacs isn't an example of a good time. Unless the party is being hosted by Kelly Stafford.
She was prepared, and like an MVP she is, she broke out the Jell-O shots for the other adults in attendance. I can't tell you how much I love this move.
You can almost feel the relief in the picture she reposted on her Instagram Story of what she announced were "Jell-O shots for Huntie's 8th."
Man, happy birthday Huntie. Almost as important as that, it wasn't all a cake and ice-cream-fueled nightmare. Thanks to a few Jell-O shots.
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Is she going to cross some lines sometimes? I guess you could call it that. Kelly's also going to celebrate her own birthday, as one does, with middle fingers while shaking her butt.
As she reminded us this weekend, the good times don't have to stop there. You don't have to subject yourself to a miserable kid's birthday party experience. You're choosing to do that.
You can go another route. A route with Jell-O shots and smiles. Let the kids destroy the house with a little less stress. Talk about leadership.
Trump wants cheaper beef. Republicans in key races warn his plan goes too far
Senate Republicans racing to keep their grip on power have beef with President Donald Trump’s latest affordability push.
A handful of Republicans in the upper chamber aren’t happy with Trump’s directive to allow hundreds of thousands of tons of foreign beef into the U.S. in a bid to lower grocery bills. It comes as Americans’ struggles with everyday affordability have erupted as a key issue for voters across the country.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who is up for re-election this cycle and is one of Trump’s top allies in the Senate, argued that beef prices are high "for a simple reason: Our cattle herd is too small."
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"Imported beef below market prices will only put more pressure on our cattlemen," Cotton said on X. "I have advised the President against this ill-advised action in the past and I now urge him to reconsider. We need to support our cattlemen, grow the herd, and let the market work."
Trump last week announced on Truth Social his intent to flood the market with 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef with a commitment that the product would be sold at 25% below current market prices over a 90-day span.
It comes as ground beef prices have soared to roughly $7 per pound, while the nation’s cattle herd earlier this year hit historic lows not seen since the 1950s, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Trump defended his import plan as he headed to South Carolina to stump for Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., arguing "that’s what the people want."
"That’s what the voters want, and that’s what I want. The ranchers are great. They’re my people. I love the ranchers," Trump said. "They’ve done a fantastic job, but they admit that we need a little help in order to get the prices down, so that’s what we’re doing."
Neither Trump, nor the administration, has so far said which countries the ground beef would come from. But earlier this year, he signed an executive order similarly aimed at lowering beef prices by allowing an influx of 80,000 metric tons of beef trimmings from Argentina.
Republicans at the time privately fumed over the directive in a closed-door meeting in the Senate with Vice President JD Vance.
And now, Republicans running for office in America’s heartland again disagree.
"I want to lower prices, but this is a bad idea," Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, said on X.
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Hinson is running in one of the tightest races in the country to replace retiring Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. Cook Political Report rated the race a toss-up last week.
Other in-cycle incumbents aren’t thrilled with Trump’s push, either. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., charged, "This Hurts!," while Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., contended that he appreciated the work to "lower grocery prices," but warned that "short-term policy shifts do not equal long-term solutions."
"Flooding the market with lower quality beef compromises Nebraska farmers and ranchers," Ricketts said.
Trump’s other key Senate allies aren’t thrilled with the plan either.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said he’s advised Trump not to do this for the last year because it would harm American ranchers, "most of whom are MAGA Republicans."
"The president’s heart is in the right place on wanting lower prices for the American people, and beef prices have been impacted by the Mexican screwworm," Sheehy said.
The White House and the USDA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Leon Slater has big night at TNA Lockdown, challenges Nic Nemeth for world title at Bound for Glory
Leon Slater had a big night in many ways on Sunday at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling’s (TNA) Lockdown pay-per-view.
Slater started the night with a huge match against Cedric Alexander for the TNA X Division Championship. Slater, essentially, put his legacy on the line agreeing to give up his name in the TNA history books if he lost the match.
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With every match on the Lockdown main card being in a steel cage, Slater used that to his advantage. He climbed to the middle of the cage, at one point, and hit a flying elbow drop. While Alexander did the best he could to keep Slater grounded, the young British star was just too much.
Slater used Alexander’s finishing move, the Lumbar Check, on him three times before hitting a 450 swanton from the top rope. He pinned Alexander and burst into tears as he realized he was the X Division champion once again.
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But, as Slater later joked, his title reign quickly came to an end later in the night.
Slater stepped into the ring following Nic and Ryan Nemeth’s victory over The Hardys to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship. He grabbed the microphone and told Nic Nemeth he was cashing in his Option C opportunity to face Nemeth for his TNA World Championship.
Option C allows Slater to cash-in the X Division Championship for a shot at the world title. It meant that Slater was no longer the X Division champion.
Nemeth and Slater will compete for the TNA World Championship at Bound For Glory on Oct. 11 in Tampa, Florida.
Pennsylvania community raises thousands for small farm after carjacking left thousands in produce losses
A small Pennsylvania farm is facing thousands of dollars in losses after a barefoot carjacker allegedly attacked an employee and took off with a van packed with freshly harvested produce.
"It is really more surreal than traumatic," Hayday Farms owner Hank Whittenberg told Fox News on Monday.
"It was just a crazy situation at a stoplight where the man jumped onto the back of the van."
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The incident took place earlier this month when an employee on his way to a Philadelphia farmer's market was stopped at a traffic light and confronted by a man wearing scrubs.
Whittenberg said the employee was struck in the face during the confrontation, but is doing well despite suffering a black eye.
Bensalem police recovered the van two days later, but the five-acre farm was left facing thousands of dollars in losses after equipment was taken, the vehicle was damaged and much of the produce inside was left to rot.
"The van’s ripped up, equipment was taken," Whittenberg said, describing the lingering smell of rotting cantaloupes, tomatoes and corn inside the vehicle, which has since been replaced by the smell of chlorine and another scent he described as "mysterious."
Whittenberg told an area ABC affiliate that the perpetrator stole the cash box, a supply of honey and scales.
He said it could be several weeks before the van is back in service.
The costly setback prompted Whittenberg to launch a GoFundMe after supporters encouraged him to start one, with the community quickly rallying around the farm. As of Monday, the fundraiser had raised more than $11,000.
"We’re stunned with the response and just overwhelmed," Whittenberg said. "It really lets me know how much Philadelphia really stands behind us. It's really remarkable."
Slain NJ mom Brooke Hanlon's husband makes weekly visits to home as homicide probe continues, neighbors say
Neighbors have spotted the husband to slain New Jersey woman Brooke Hanlon, 35, in Chester months after she was found stabbed to death in the family's home.
Conor Hanlon, 36, has been making weekly stops at his Chester, New Jersey home — usually staying for Thursday into Friday stints, neighbors say. Many have seen his white Volvo SUV parked in his driveway.
His wife, Brooke, was found dead inside the home on June 6, with the Morris County Prosecutor's Office investigating it as a homicide case. So far, no suspect or person of interest has been named.
During his visits, neighbors have witnessed Hanlon doing yard work outside the home on Pottersville Road. Neighbors confirmed to Fox News Digital that while his car has been spotted during the day parked outside the home, the white SUV is never parked in the driveway overnight.
On Friday, Hanlon spoke publicly about his wife's death for the first time, denying any involvement while declining further comment due to the ongoing investigation.
"My heart is totally shattered," he told the Daily Mail. A reporter asked him if he had any involvement in his wife's death, to which he said, "Of course not." He went on to say, "It's a tragedy."
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Neighbors tell Fox News Digital they remain on edge as law enforcement has yet to release any update in the case.
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One of them said about three weeks before the young mother was discovered dead inside her home in early June, local police showed up knocking on doors to "check in" with residents on Pottersville Road after they reportedly told them a "911 call was made in the area."
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She confirmed to Fox News Digital that the police showed up to her door asking if "everything was OK" between 9:30 and 10 that night.
She lives next door to the Hanlons.
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In July, one gun-owning neighbor told Fox News Digital he's ready to defend his family should the time come. He said he has been looking over his shoulder more frequently, knowing a possible killer is still at large.
Conor Hanlon has not been charged with any crime or accused of wrongdoing.