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Steelers legend Jerome Bettis says there's 'excitement in the air' as Aaron Rodgers returns for final season
Pittsburgh Steelers legend Jerome Bettis got what he was hoping for: Aaron Rodgers to play one more season in the black and gold.
The Steelers officially signed Rodgers to a one-year deal worth up to $25 million last week, and Bettis said there is excitement in the air.
"It was hoped, not necessarily expected, was hoped that he would consider coming back for one more year. Now it's an excitement in the air obviously knowing that it is his last year as well. We're in that space where we're excited about the upcoming season," Bettis told Fox News Digital.
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Rodgers told reporters that this upcoming season will be the final season of his illustrious career. Bettis said that the Steelers want to send him off on a high note, and they want to have a great season too.
"You want to send him off well, but you also want to have a great season and look forward to the future. So, there's a lot of excitement around Aaron coming back for his last year," Bettis said.
Last season was Rodgers’ first with the Steelers, and he started 16 games while missing one due to injury. The four-time NFL MVP proved he still had some juice left in the tank, completing 65.7% of his passes for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Before the Steelers signed Rodgers, they drafted Penn State quarterback Drew Allar in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft. They also have Will Howard and Mason Rudolph as their backup quarterbacks.
Bettis is one of the best running backs in Steelers history. Nicknamed "The Bus," Bettis is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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In 13 seasons in the NFL, with the last 10 with the Steelers, Bettis ran for 13,662 yards and 91 touchdowns while catching 200 passes for 1,449 yards and three touchdowns. He was an integral part of the Steelers’ Super Bowl XL win over the Seattle Seahawks, as he ran for three touchdowns during their playoff run.
American Century Championship
Bettis will be playing in the American Century Tournament from July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.
The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising at the tournament to drive direct donations to Stowers each year.
Bettis has been a longtime competitor in the tournament since retiring in 2006. He said it has been "incredible" to see the event grow over the years.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer said he is still trying to round into form for the tournament. Bettis said he is trying a new swing and is wondering how it will hold up.
Bettis said his favorite part of the tournament is interacting with the athletes and having fun with the guys.
"I think the favorite part is really getting to chop it up with the athletes because obviously being retired, you don't get the chance to do that anymore. And so, when you do get a chance to kind of rib guys and have fun with guys like that locker room experience again, it's really fun and exhilarating," Bettis said.
The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.
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‘Designated target’ Mojtaba Khamenei to sign Trump deal in ‘unprecedented’ courier setup
Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, would have to approve any final deal with the U.S. through secret courier networks while remaining in hiding as a "designated target," counterterrorism experts said Tuesday.
The unprecedented arrangement, they claimed, means Washington is negotiating a high-stakes accord with an entirely invisible counterparty, with a potential memorandum signed by a regime leader and a "designated target" who can never publicly show his face.
"Khamenei is a designated target, and every confirmed sighting is a coordinate," Dr. Omar Mohammed told Fox News Digital.
"The courier system used for messaging is not transitional. It is the operating system of his rule.
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"Any deal the United States signs will have to be designed for a permanently invisible counterparty whose enforcement depends on his continued survival. That is not arms control as it has been conventionally understood. It is a memorandum signed under American military pressure, with a regime whose leader cannot show his face."
Mohammed’s remarks came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained to reporters in India why the deal was suffering delays.
"It’s just the response," Rubio said. "I mean, when you get down on some of these things, you’ve got to hear back, and it takes the Iranians — takes them a little while longer to get back," he explained.
"That is Secretary Rubio confirming the courier latency on the record," said Dr. Omar Mohammed, director of the Antisemitism Research Initiative Program on Extremism at George Washington University. "Rubio is describing a structural feature of negotiating with a supreme leader no one can locate.
"Mojtaba is in hiding, messages are moving by courier, and responses are arriving days late.
"Rubio just confirmed the symptom, and the administration is being honest about the problem. The question is whether the framework can be designed to survive it," Mohammed claimed.
Khamenei has spent nearly three months in hiding as tensions with the U.S. escalate.
He went underground as soon as a strike on Feb. 28 killed his father, amid reports that he was gravely injured.
He was struck in Operation Epic Fury — "wounded and likely disfigured," according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. His wife and son were killed in the same strike.
"Officials at the highest levels of the Iranian government do not know where he is," Mohammed said, meaning every piece of information he receives is "dated, and his responses come with significant latency."
The remarks come as Iran and the United States continue talks aimed at reaching a deal to end the war that began Feb. 28.
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"If there’s going to be a deal, we’re going to have to work through that. But this is, you know, it’s either going to be a good deal or there isn’t going to be one," Rubio said Tuesday.
A senior administration official said the U.S. is prepared to ease sanctions if Iran makes major concessions on uranium enrichment. Frozen Iranian assets have also emerged as a key hurdle.
Iran said Monday that no agreement with the United States was imminent, despite progress toward a framework in talks.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the focus of talks remained ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and that a possible memorandum of understanding did not include specific details on managing the Strait of Hormuz.
"The real question for Washington is not how fast the framework can be signed," Mohammed added.
"It is also what enforcement looks like when the counterparty’s signature comes through a courier."
Jaxon Dart faces more backlash for introducing Trump than NFL players face for violent crimes
In the NFL, introducing President Donald Trump is apparently where players and the sports media draw the line.
Last Friday, New York Giants quarterback Jaxon Dart welcomed Trump to the stage before a speech in Suffern, New York. The moment drew national headlines. ESPN’s "First Take" made it a lead topic on Monday, and Dart’s teammate, Abdul Carter, publicly criticized him on social media for it.
Mind you, Dart didn’t endorse a policy, campaign or political movement. He introduced the sitting president of the United States during a visit to the city where he plays football.
Still, the backlash was immediate. The hypocrisy was evident.
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The sports media does not react this passionately when NFL players commit actual violent crimes. Teammates don’t publicly condemn each other when one is accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women. They don’t create media firestorms when a player beats his wife or girlfriend, which happens often.
NFL locker rooms are filled with players accused or convicted of serious offenses, and teammates almost always rally around them.
"In the NFL no one Tweets if you beat a woman, but don’t you DARE speak at an event when you’re invited by the president of the United States," OutKick founder Clay Travis wrote on X over the weekend.
Last season, members of the Kansas City Chiefs, including Travis Kelce, wore "Free 4" shirts in support of teammate Rashee Rice during his suspension for drag racing at 120 mph, crashing into another vehicle and fleeing the scene.
Rice, who was also reportedly involved in a shooting incident while in college, united his teammates after pleading guilty to felony charges. Dart, meanwhile, was publicly smeared by one of his own teammates for politely introducing Trump.
In fact, there hasn’t been this much outrage over an NFL player’s off-field behavior since Harrison Butker's commencement speech in 2024, encouraging young women to consider motherhood. Journalists openly called for the NFL to suspend Butker over his traditional views on marriage and family.
The pattern is obvious. NFL players face harsher scrutiny for expressing conservative-leaning values or showing basic respect toward Donald Trump than they do for physically harming people.
Consider that Jemele Hill and producers from "The Dan Le Batard Show" rushed to defend Abdul Carter for publicly calling out a teammate. This is the same Abdul Carter who was previously charged with assaulting a tow truck driver.
Perhaps Hill will once again play the "he’s black and Muslim" card to minimize that incident.
We used to argue that athletes faced stiffer consequences for word crimes than violent crimes. While that remains true, Dart and Butker didn’t even commit word crimes. They simply triggered activists and ideologues who cannot tolerate views outside their own bubble.
To reiterate, we don’t know Dart’s political beliefs. At most, we can infer that he doesn’t despise Trump to the degree Carter apparently expects from his teammates.
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Despite what the media class would have people believe, these politically motivated double standards do not reflect the country at large.
Most reasonable Americans are no more bothered by Dart introducing Trump than they were by NBA players hugging and shaking hands with Barack Obama during All-Star Weekend in February. Why would they be?
Most fans do not care about athletes’ political views unless they force those views into games and public spectacles, as Colin Kaepernick did during the national anthem.
Dart introduced Trump on his own time. He didn’t campaign for him, endorse him, or advocate for any policy position. The introduction was not partisan. It was patriotic.
Jaxon Dart isn’t the villain here. Legally, and by definition, the NFL already has enough of those.
Graham Platner vows to ‘come after’ Bezos as Senate hopeful escalates billionaire tax fight
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner blasted Jeff Bezos for opposing higher taxes on billionaires, rejecting the Amazon founder’s argument that raising taxes on the wealthy would hurt economic growth amid a broader political fight over wealth inequality and taxation ahead of the 2026 elections.
During a Monday appearance on MS NOW alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Platner argued Bezos’ opposition to higher taxes reflected the interests of billionaires seeking to preserve their wealth, rather than a serious economic concern about the impact of higher tax rates.
"I think it’s abject nonsense," Platner said Monday. "I think that’s what somebody says when they don’t want to see their taxes go up."
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Platner went on to argue that directing more tax revenue from the wealthy into public programs would improve the lives of working Americans and strengthen society overall.
"There is absolutely no question if we target the wealth where it has been hoarded and we pull it back into our system and put it into social programs like health care, child care and paying teachers what they are worth, we will absolutely improve the lives of working Americans and, quite frankly, improve our society as a whole," Platner said.
He went on to accuse Bezos of promoting arguments designed to protect the wealthy from higher taxes.
"I think what he [Bezos] is pitching is propaganda," Platner said. "It’s meant to protect himself and protect his crony friends. And we’re going to come after them for it."
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Platner was responding to comments Bezos made during a CNBC interview last week, where the Amazon founder argued that raising taxes on the ultrawealthy would not solve systemic income inequality. Instead, Bezos suggested eliminating federal income taxes for lower-income Americans while warning that politicians often oversimplify economic problems by targeting wealthy individuals.
"If people want me to pay more billions, right, then let’s have that debate, but don’t pretend you know that that’s going to solve the problem," Bezos said. "You could double the taxes I pay and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."
The world’s fourth-richest person also accused politicians of using an "age-old technique" of "picking a villain and pointing fingers," arguing that government overspending — not insufficient tax revenue — is the root cause of the nation’s fiscal challenges.
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The exchange underscores a growing divide between progressive Democrats pushing for higher taxes on corporations and billionaires to fund social programs and reduce income inequality, and business leaders and conservatives who argue such policies would discourage investment, slow economic growth and fail to address underlying government spending issues.
Tax policy is expected to remain a central issue heading into the 2026 midterm elections as lawmakers continue to debate the future of Trump-era tax cuts, the national debt and proposals targeting high earners and large corporations.
Platner has leaned heavily on progressive economic policy in his Senate campaign, centering his platform on affordability issues such as housing, healthcare and wages.
He has also aligned himself closely with Sanders, whose political brand has long focused on criticizing the "billionaire class" and advocating for higher taxes on the wealthy.
In April, Platner unveiled a tax proposal that would impose a 5% tax on wealth exceeding $1 billion while exempting working- and middle-class Americans from paying federal income taxes, according to Maine Public Radio. The Democrat is challenging longtime incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in one of the cycle’s closely watched Senate races.
Platner’s message mirrors a broader push from progressive candidates nationwide, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson, who have campaigned on raising taxes on wealthy Americans and expanding affordability-focused policies.
The exchange underscores how fights over wealth, taxation and affordability are becoming defining issues in the 2026 election cycle, particularly in competitive races where Democrats are leaning into populist economic messaging.
SEC Spring meetings turn into blunt reality check for broken college athletics
MIRAMAR BEACH, Florida -- Well, there is obviously a need for rules pertaining to governing college sports, but until schools are scared of the penalties that come with breaking them, not much is going to change.
Wait, were you expecting some type of grand reveal of a united front during SEC Spring meetings this week in Florida?
Come on, some of these coaches are playing at different levels, and they know it. But, if we keep heading down this path of no ramifications for the ongoing spending and just putting it on the tab, there will come a day when enough sports are cut to cause a ruckus.
Don't believe me? Look no further than the SEC godfather, Kirby Smart.
"There is a limit in rev-sharing. There is until there’s not. My biggest concern for our sport is that we’re going to ruin our other sports, like Olympics," Smart said on Tuesday.
The reality is that we are headed down a path of no return, if these schools don't start working under some type of unified rules, that can't be overturned in a court. And, I'm not just talking about eligibility or NIL contracts.
For some reason though, with all of the other problems going on in college athletics, we are hung up on the potential playoff expansion. If you see that your house is burning down from the inside, the smart thing to do would be to make sure you put that fire out first, before moving to the outside portion.
This is why Kirby Smart is not afraid to talk about breaking away from the current NCAA system, if unified guidance is not attainable under the current format.
"I've said this for a long time to our president," Smart started. "I've been a huge advocate that if we can't find rules that everybody plays by, then we should play on our own. I'm not afraid of that. I'm not afraid to break away and say that our conference (SEC) is strong enough to go out and play. If we could actually function financially, it would make our programs more stable.
"We could support things financially. I'm talking about all the sports, and do our own rules."
He wasn’t the only one who took to the podium and voiced his blunt opinion.
"We're living in a society of no fear, and if I don't like the fact I got caught breaking the rules, go out and get a judge to grant an injunction," Steve Sarkisian mentioned.
They aren't wrong, but the words of coaches should come with a caveat.
What, you thought coaches were going to stand up for the sport they love? I hope you remembered that the house was fully engulfed in flames, while the current "flavor of the month" is to discuss expanding the current college football playoff.
Stop. How many times do we have to hear about the "better good" for college athletics? In all honesty, Mike Elko and most of his colleagues essentially nailed it: their opinion doesn’t truly matter.
"I don't know why you ask us. It doesn’t matter what we think. There is two-sides to that conversation. I think there's a 'good of college football' where we better be really careful. I don't know why we're trying to become a trophy sport. Then, there's self-preservation.
"If you're asking me, what Mike Elko wants. I want 40 (teams in CFP). Then, I won't get fired."
And, kaboom. There it is. You are getting the gospel truth from a coach who oversees a major program that spends a massive amount of money every season in this era to put a title contending team on the field.
Obviously, coaches want to stick around for as long as they can, until they can exercise their "buyout clause" because the wins stop coming.
But, don't just think everyone is on the same page in terms of where we are headed as a sport. This time last year, coaches left SEC meetings under the impression that there would be an agreement reached to expand the CFP to at 16-teams.
Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz remembers that conversation.
"Shoot, I remember last year we were told if we went to nine games (SEC) that the Big Ten was going to vote to be a 16-team playoff in 2026. And, I think we're still at a twelve team playoff. I don't get caught up in all that stuff."
The overarching theme is that while expansion talk will never cease, even if they committed to changing the format for next season, the other problems currently rearing their massive heads are overtaking the sport.
Don't worry though, we can always count on cooler heads prevailing in college athletics.
Newly elected Seattle teachers union president under investigation over alleged abuse of autistic child
The newly elected president of Seattle’s teachers union is under investigation over allegations involving the abuse of an autistic child, fueling outrage among parents and intensifying scrutiny of leadership inside one of the country’s most progressive education systems.
Fox 13 Seattle reported earlier this month that Ibi Idowu, the new president of the Seattle Public Schools teachers union, has been on paid leave since last December following allegations from parents of a third-grader at Rising Star Elementary School in Seattle, where Idowu was a special education teacher.
The parents claim that Idowu left bruises on their son’s arm, with a Seattle Police report shared in part by Fox 13 Seattle stating that the child had "four small bruises in a row, and one bruise next to the four."
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The report suggested that the bruising could have been caused by someone grabbing him by the arm and bruising him with their fingertips.
The Seattle Police report quoted by Fox 13 Seattle says that the student is "in third grade and attends Rising Star Elementary school and has limited verbal skills and is autistic."
Lara Hruska, an attorney for Cedar Law LLP, who is representing the third-grader’s family, said that someone else also witnessed an event where Idowu threw a marker at their son's head.
"The third party witness was an outside behavioral therapist who was supporting in the classroom. She reported that the teacher threw a maker at the student's face, she reported that the children … were afraid of this woman and she was hands-on with the other kids," Hruska said.
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Fox 13 Seattle reported that the Seattle teachers union, the Seattle Education Association, said that they cannot speak on individual investigations, but said that, "Employees facing allegations have the right to a fair process which includes an investigation. Placement on administrative leave is non-disciplinary and is in the interest of providing needed time for a fair investigation."
The SEA added that, "The district must establish evidence of sufficient cause before taking any disciplinary action."
Fox 13 Seattle reported that Hruska believes that the third-grader’s family "is frustrated with the school district's policy that does not provide copies of the investigation to families, instead making them go through a lengthy public records request."
The New York Post reported that Idowu was a former organizer for Black Lives Matter, and The Seattle Times reported Idowu has been teaching at SPS since 2021. Her election results were certified by the Seattle Education Association board on May 8.
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The Seattle Times reported that Hruska and Cedar Law "recently won $8 million in damages from the district for a former SPS student who was punched in the face by his middle school math teacher."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Seattle Education Association, Seattle Public Schools, Hruska, and attempted to reach Idowu for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
Spencer Pratt torches ‘Karen Basura’ and puts a twist on how Los Angeles would handle ICE if he were mayor
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said he opposes federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, but argued the controversy exists because of his top challenger.
Since last year, when ICE conducted raids in Los Angeles that spurred violent counterdemonstrations, federal immigration enforcement has focused on Los Angeles and California more broadly because of the state’s general aversion to coordinating with federal immigration officials and honoring detainer requests for imprisoned illegal immigrants.
Pratt, meanwhile, has risen to political prominence after launching a mayoral bid based partially on how he and his Pacific Palisades have been ignored or worse by the Bass administration.
"I don't want ICE in LA, nobody wants ICE in L.A. — except Karen ‘Basura’ apparently," he said in a recent social media post, referring to Mayor Karen Bass by using the Spanish term for "garbage."
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"Because the way you keep ICE out of L.A. is by enforcing the law, not defying it," Pratt said.
Pratt contrasted Bass’ approach to the Trump administration with that of California’s fourth-largest city, San Francisco, where President Donald Trump recently appeared to reach an immigration-enforcement détente with fellow Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie.
"Look at what Mayor Lurie did in San Francisco, [he's] clearly no friend of the Trump administration, but he called the president and made a deal. He vowed to have SFPD crack down on crime, and the president vowed to keep ICE out of the city," Pratt said.
"Notice what you don't see — No riots. No crazy videos of ICE agents having chaotic arrests. That's how it's done."
In October, DHS reportedly converged on a U.S. Coast Guard installation in the Bay Area, after which Lurie successfully tried to lower tensions and connected with the White House, according to Trump.
Trump said in a statement at the time he spoke to Lurie and said he would give San Francisco a chance to "turn it around" — notably declining to disparage Lurie or Democrats in the message.
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Reports also cited Big Tech allies of Trump telling him about progress being made against crime in the city, helping convince the president to let it ride.
In his message, Pratt pointed to San Francisco and other liberal-led cities like Memphis that he said lack the "chaos" seen in Los Angeles.
"It’s not a Democrat or Republican thing…" he said. "So what’s the common denominator? It's activist mayors using their city, their residents, their businesses as fodder for their political grandstanding, and people suffer as a result."
Referring to her again as "Karen Basura," Pratt said Bass is therefore "guaranteeing" future ICE escapades.
"Adults put their egos aside," he said. "That’s exactly how I will end the ICE raids in L.A. Our city is not a political playhouse; it’s our home."
Fox News Digital reached out to Pratt, Bass and DHS for comment.
Twins expected to win behind Joe Ryan as both clubs face trade deadline questions this summer
I love sports. I think part of what I love about them so much is that you never really know what to expect. Even with this as my job of trying to predict what is going to happen, I know I'm going to get things wrong (hopefully no more than about 47% of the time). Being wrong is part of the job; we just try to avoid it as much as possible. A lot of us were wrong about the Twins and White Sox, and both square off tonight.
The Minnesota Twins are actually pretty good this season. They are under .500, so let's not start hanging banners and planning parades. The Twins are likely not going to make the postseason, and I'd be surprised if they even bother making a full push for it. Minnesota came into this year with the "rebuilding" label on them after they traded almost every valuable asset away last year. They still have some guys that can bring a return this year, so I expect them to trade them away.
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One of those guys is today's starter, Joe Ryan. There are many scouts and general managers who have looked into Ryan. There are some good reasons for coveting Ryan. He is 3-3 for the season with a 3.02 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP. He has been worse on the road than at home, which causes a bit of concern. He has a 3.95 ERA in five road starts. Most of that damage has come in two starts as he allowed nine of his 12 earned runs in two outings. He has also allowed just three earned runs over his last 18 innings.
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The White Sox are above .500 the day after Memorial Day. The last time they were over .500 on Memorial Day was 2021, and they were exactly at the mark in 2022. This has been a disaster of a team for the past two years. They supposedly had a championship window, but the players never even helped them sniff a championship push. This year has been different. They are fun to watch, seem like they are trying hard and could at least make a run at a Wild Card spot (even if I think it is unlikely).
It will be interesting to see if the team is a buyer or seller in two months when we have the trade deadline. I could see some teams interested in today's hurler, Sean Burke. For the year, Burke is 2-3 with a 4.08 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. The WHIP is encouraging, but the home ERA at 4.73 is a bit concerning. He has allowed 10 earned runs in his past two home starts, both White Sox losses. There isn't much experience against Burke from Twins hitters, but they are 4-for-9 against him with each hit going for extra bases.
The Twins are going to win this game. They are in a much better position with Ryan on the mound. Both starters are struggling on the road, but I think we can see them navigate the opposing lineup. I do think the first five innings is a bit safer of a bet, so I'll take that. White Sox hitters are 3-for-7 outside of Andrew Benintendi, who is 8-for-19 with half of those going for extra bases.
Let's take the Twins through five, but I'll also do a fun Same Game Parlay of 2+ total bases for Josh Bell, Byron Buxton and Benintendi at +800.
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Woman killed by flying restaurant umbrella in freak accident at South Carolina lakeside restaurant
A freak accident involving a restaurant umbrella in a small South Carolina lake town led to a woman's death over the weekend, according to local authorities.
Dana Weinger, 56, was enjoying a night out at Driftwood Grill Home of the Lazy Gator at Lake Marion in Summerton, South Carolina, with her husband and other family members Saturday night when a gust of wind dislodged an umbrella, turning it into a projectile.
The umbrella struck Weinger in the neck, severing her carotid artery, Clarendon County Sheriff Tim Baxley told WIS 10.
Local EMS workers responded to the scene, where Weinger was found unresponsive. She died at the scene.
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Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell described the accident in an interview with KTVB.
"This is not an everyday occurrence," Blackwell reportedly said. "This is just one of those tragic things that happen."
"It was a strong, strong wind, like a microburst that came through and knocked not just the umbrella, it knocked all of the furniture and other debris came onto where they were sitting," she continued.
Blackwell described Weinger's husband as "emotional."
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"It was very emotional for him, and I spoke with the owners of the restaurant, and they say all the family members were gathered there as well," Blackwell said. "They were there eating, dining, they had a large crowd."
The Driftwood Grill offered condolences and expressed gratitude to first responders on its Facebook page.
"Our hearts are with the family, friends, and loved ones affected by the tragic incident during last night’s sudden severe weather event at Lake Marion," the restaurant said Sunday morning.
"This has deeply affected many people in our community, including guests, staff, first responders, and everyone involved," the post continued. Out of respect for the family and those impacted, we ask for continued prayers, compassion, and privacy during this incredibly difficult time."
"We are grateful for the emergency personnel and community members who responded and assisted during the situation," the post finished. "Please continue to keep everyone affected in your thoughts and prayers."
The restaurant is also coordinating with local officials to offer grief counselors to staff and members of the community, according to a later Facebook post.
Jennifer Lopez flashes her toned abs in tiny white bikini as she enjoys pool time session
Jennifer Lopez celebrated Memorial Day with bikini pictures.
The 56-year-old "Jenny From the Block" singer shared how she spent her holiday weekend in a new Instagram carousel, featuring photos and videos of her spending the day with her family and friends, as well as a few bikini shots.
In one of the photos, Lopez is seen smiling up at the camera while lounging poolside in a white string bikini, showing off her toned abs as she held her upper body up with her arms.
She accessorized the bikini with a large sunhat and a few layered gold necklaces.
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"Spending the day with the people I love. Happy Memorial Day everybody ❤️🤍💙," she captioned the post.
Other photos show the "Kiss of the Spider Woman" star tanning on a large pink and green pool floaty, as she gives the camera a seductive look.
Also included in the slideshow are videos of Lopez and her family and friends sitting together around the dining table as they break out in unison, singing Bonnie Tyler's hit song, "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
The big group was also seen taking shots together, as Lopez also posted photos of her with each of her two kids, 18-year-old twins, Max and Emme, as well as a picture of her holding a drink while floating in an innertube.
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"May you always be surrounded by happiness and the people you love. ❤️," one fan wrote in the comments section. Another added, "Serving elegance effortlessly ✨🤍."
The actress recently sent fans into a frenzy when she posted sizzling selfies from the gym which showcased her chiseled abs in a tiny crop top and low-rise leggings.
In the photos Lopez wowed in the long-sleeve low-cut crop top, paired with black leggings that put her toned mid-section on full display.
"Now that's the hotness right there!" someone wrote in the comments, as another said: "THAT ABS IS ALL I WANT FOR SUMMER LOVE YOU JENN!"
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During a recent interview on "The Howard Stern Show" in October 2025, Lopez said she was given the chance to star in 2002's "Unfaithful" but turned it down, a decision she still regrets today.
"[Director] Adrian Lyne offered me ‘Unfaithful’....The script wasn’t good, and then he made it great," she said. "And Diane Lane got nominated for the Oscar."
"It’s funny. It haunts me," she later added. "It haunts me a little bit, because it’s, like, the one that I turned down. It was just like, ‘Why did you turn down working with Adrian Lyne? What were you thinking?’ I don’t know what was going on in my mind at the time. Who knows what was going on with me at the time?"