Latest & Breaking News on Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/ Discover the latest breaking news feed with Fox. Find out what the latest news is and read about the latest news happening today. Copyright 2024 FOX News Network en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:22:33 -0400 https://global.fncstatic.com/static/orion/styles/img/fox-news/logos/fox-news-desktop.png Latest & Breaking News on Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/ https://www.foxnews.com/sports/steve-tensi-former-broncos-chargers-quarterback-dead https://www.foxnews.com/sports/steve-tensi-former-broncos-chargers-quarterback-dead Steve Tensi, former Broncos and Chargers quarterback, dead at 81 Steve Tensi, a former starting quarterback with the Denver Broncos, died last week, the team announced on Monday. He was 81. He also played for the San Diego Chargers. <p>Steve Tensi, a former NFL quarterback who played for the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/denver-broncos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Denver Broncos</a> for most of his career, has died, the team announced on Monday. He was 81.</p><p>Tensi spent four of his six-year career with the Broncos. He played in 41 games, recording 5,153 passing yards and 38 touchdown passes. He also played two seasons with the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/los-angeles-chargers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Diego Chargers</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</u></strong></a></p><p>The team said his family will hold a celebration of life on March 23 in Boone, North Carolina. The family requested donations to be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in lieu of flowers.</p><p>"I'm really sorry to hear that," Tensi’s former teammate defensive back Billy Thompson, told the Denver Gazette. "He was a good teammate. We had a lot of fun together. He was one of the guys, always joking around. He always had something good to say."</p><p>The former Florida State standout was drafted to both the NFL and the AFL in 1965. The Baltimore Colts chose him in the 16th round of the NFL Draft and the San Diego Chargers took him in the fourth round of the 1965 AFL Draft.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-cowboys-star-leighton-vander-esch-retires-nfl-several-neck-injuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>EX-COWBOYS STAR LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, 28, RETIRES FROM NFL AFTER SEVERAL NECK INJURIES</strong></a></p><p>He chose to play for the Chargers and did not appear in games regularly until the 1966 season. San Diego ended up trading Tensi to the Broncos for the Nos. 4 and 9 overall picks in 1967.</p><p>Tensi would end up starting 32 of the 41 games he appeared in for the Broncos.</p><p>When the AFL merged with the NFL, Tensi threw the team’s first NFL touchdown pass on the road against the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/buffalo-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo Bills</a>. Denver won the game 25-10. He retired after that season due to injuries.</p><p>Tensi was a coach at Wichita State and later the World Football League’s Chicago Fire before he started a construction career.</p><p>He finished his playing career with 5,558 passing yards and 43 touchdown passes.</p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s</strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong> <u>sports coverage on X</u></strong></i></a><i><strong> and subscribe to</strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</u></strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> 5c0c558f-1172-5047-9c6b-ddd7c510470c fnc Fox News fox-news/sports/nfl/denver-broncos fox-news/sports/nfl fox-news/sports/nfl/los-angeles-chargers fox-news/sports article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:22:33 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wedding-photographer-tips-dos-donts https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wedding-photographer-tips-dos-donts Tips from a wedding photographer for do's and don'ts, from booking to your big day When choosing a wedding photographer for your big day, follow these tips and tricks provided by an expert to help lead you to making the right choice. <p>A <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/lifestyle/weddings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">good wedding photographer</a> will be able to beautifully encapsulate the moments, big and small, of the happy day. </p><p>Every wedding photographer is going to have his or her own approach to capturing weddings. </p><p>Since all photographers have their own unique styles, doing diligent research and deep dives into photographers' work can give you an idea of whether they could be a potentially good match to shoot your big day. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/diy-wedding-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>SAVE MONEY ON YOUR WEDDING WITH THIS DIY GUIDE</strong></a></p><p>Your wedding photos are prints you'll look back on in the years to come. </p><p>One wedding photographer spoke to Fox News Digital about her tips for couples, from the booking process to the big day. </p><p>Photographers all have their own styles and techniques for shooting a wedding. Looking through a wedding photographer's gallery can help you get a good idea of the person's shooting style.</p><p>When searching for a photographer to shoot your wedding, it's vital that everyone is on the same page. During the booking process, just as you will have questions for your potential photographer, this person will likely have questions for you, too. </p><p>"As much as it's important for the client to interview the photographer, it's just as important for the photographer to also interview the client," Kristin Piteo, a U.S. and Europe-based wedding photographer told Fox News Digital. </p><p>"I think in the booking process, it's important to make sure that you're aligned with the same vision of approach, artistic views and overall essence of the day."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wedding-venue-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>A GUIDE TO FINDING THE PERFECT WEDDING VENUE FOR YOUR BIG DAY</strong></a></p><p>Many wedding photographers have questionnaires for potential clients to fill out prior to their first call. This is to make sure the client and couple are a potential good fit for each other before getting too deep into the booking process. </p><p>Piteo shared that some questions asked on her questionnaire are the date, venue, wedding investment, whether the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wedding-theme-personalization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">couple has a wedding planner</a>, plus mood and inspiration. </p><p>Piteo also noted that couples should ask potential photographers to see their galleries and about their experience in the field. </p><p>Your wedding photographer is going to be part of one of the most important days of your life. They are going to be there for all the moments, big and small, that are part of your wedding day. </p><p>As a couple, you'll want to feel comfortable with your photographer in order to get authentic, beautiful photos. Piteo spoke about the importance of building a relationship with her clients before the big day. </p><p>"I find that my work is really inspirational to my clients because I have a way of creating a space of comfortability and allowing my clients to be vulnerable," Piteo said. </p><p>"I show up on the day, and I want to make sure that I feel like a friend, I feel like somebody you've known for a long time, and I do this because the intention behind my photos is to have a feeling and to embody the essence and the personalities of my couples."</p><p>"The reason I'm able to do that is from inception of booking, I make sure that I build a relationship with them, whether that be via social media, phone calls or texting. I try to be an aid to them in the process and through being that person to them, we obviously end up developing some sort of deep friendship outside just being their photographer," Piteo continued.</p><p>There is a client for every photographer and a photographer for every client, according to Piteo. Finding that perfect partnership can be tricky. </p><p>This all begins with combing through photographers' galleries and wedding websites to find work that speaks to you and your partner. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</strong></a></p><p>"I think when couples are looking for a photographer, really go with what your intuition is telling you. … If you feel something from the images, then that should mean a lot. Go ahead and book a call and see what that looks like," Piteo noted.</p><p>"That's my biggest advice. Just make sure that whoever you choose resonates with you because that is the person that's in charge of documenting one of the most important days of your life."</p><p>There's an abundance of stressors that can come up during a wedding day. Avoid letting these stressors overtake what the day is about. Don't lose sight of what you are celebrating. </p><p><strong>"</strong>I think a huge mistake on the wedding day is not being present and letting the outside stressors of what's going on in the background affect the clarity of your wedding day," Piteo said. </p><p>"I've seen couples being taken away from the day." </p><p>If you feel yourself getting overwhelmed throughout the day, take a step back, a deep breath and focus in on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/events/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">love you share with your partner</a>. </p><p>This is an occasion you'll want to look back on as a day full of happiness and love, not stress and worry. </p><p>Unless you have requests for specific family photos or a very small detail that a photographer should know about, as long as you've hired someone you trust, an extensive shot list isn't necessary.</p><p>There are so many other things you need to plan for leading up to your big day. Take the shot list off your plate by letting your trust lie with the photographer.</p><p>"I don't particularly work off shot lists because it kind of takes me away from being in the moment on the wedding day. Unless there's something very in particular, like, 'Oh, I'm wearing my grandmother's ring, I want to make sure that I get a photo of me wearing my grandmother's ring,' something like that I want to be brought to my attention. Other than that, you chose your photographer because you trust them and you like their work and you've invested in them," said Piteo. </p><p>"I would say the only time a shot list would come into play is for anything that's out of the ordinary or family photos or something like that."</p><p>Your photographer is tasked with an enormous responsibility. Don't underestimate the importance of a photographer on your wedding day. Hire someone who is well-qualified to take on the task and will be able to artistically document your wedding day. </p><p>"I think a mistake that couples can make when looking for or booking a photographer is maybe not realizing the importance of what your photographer is capable of," Piteo said.</p><p>"I've seen it before, where couples say, 'Oh, we're just going to go with a family friend route' or 'We're going to go through this or that' — and they're not really understanding the level of importance of what the documentation of their wedding day means. I think that that could be a mistake." </p><p>Don't make the mistake of waiting until the last minute to get your photographer booked. Getting a photographer locked in should be one of the first vendors you secure. </p><p>If you wait until closer to your wedding date to hire a photographer, your top choices will likely be booked already. </p><p>Piteo said that the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wedding-planning-timeline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wedding planner, venue and photographer</a><a rel="noopener"> </a>are the three vendors you want to book first. She noted that she's seen couples book these three in different orders, but getting these locked in early is vital.</p><p>"It's very important because the wedding industry these days is very aggressive in the bookings. So, for example, 2024 is completely booked and 2025 is starting to fill up," Piteo said. </p><p>"So, if you want the vendors that align with you and that really inspire you, I would say that very early on in the wedding process, you should start looking at who you want to book for those."</p><p><i><strong>For more Lifestyle articles, visit </strong></i><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><strong>www.foxnews.com/lifestyle</strong></i></a><i>.</i></p> a9fea0f9-39cf-54ff-a1b4-5568439c9a69 fnc Fox News fox-news/lifestyle/weddings fox-news/entertainment/events/marriage fox-news/lifestyle/relationships fox-news/lifestyle fox-news/lifestyle/occasions fox-news/special/occasions fox-news/lifestyle article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:00:25 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/media/brooklyn-residents-protest-proposed-men-only-homeless-shelter-neighborhood-going-war https://www.foxnews.com/media/brooklyn-residents-protest-proposed-men-only-homeless-shelter-neighborhood-going-war Brooklyn residents protest proposed men-only homeless shelter in their neighborhood: ‘It’s going to be a war’ Protesters unified in the streets of Brooklyn to protest the city-proposed establishment of a men-only homeless shelter in a residential neighborhood. <p>Hundreds flooded the streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood this weekend to protest the establishment of a men-only homeless shelter. </p><p>Residents, politicians and local business owners of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city"><u>neighborhood of </u></a><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>Bensonhurst</u></a> united in protest Saturday against the creation of the shelter that is expected to hold 150 homeless men, including those with mental health challenges.</p><p>Marie Brullo, a Bensonhurst resident for the past 58 years, told local affiliate <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/bensonhurst-community-rallies-against-new-homeless-shelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX 5</a>, "It's just going to cause more problems than we already have. It's going to increase crime. People are going to be fighting against them. It's going to be a war here."</p><p>Some at the rally held signs calling for more affordable housing instead of a temporary shelter that they say can't truly help the homeless, while others emphasized concerns about community safety and proximity to schools and playgrounds.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-found-dead-double-homicide-denver-hotel-homeless-shelter"><strong><u>2 FOUND DEAD IN DOUBLE HOMICIDE AT DENVER HOTEL BEING USED AS HOMELESS SHELTER</u></strong></a></p><p>A local father at the protest, Michael Huang, expressed his worries surrounding the shelter and the possible danger it poses to children attending schools in the neighborhood.</p><p>"We're concerned that the homeless will affect the safety of kids," Huang said.</p><p>City officials plan to open the shelter later this year and pushed back against opposition from local residents. They said Bensonhurst, which has a predominantly Asian population, is one of the few neighborhoods without a shelter, and that residents have known about the project since November.</p><p>However, some local elected leaders have joined residents opposing the new facility and plan to fight back.</p><p>District Assemblyman William Colton doesn’t agree with the shelter plans.</p><p>"This is the wrong place and the wrong policy. Homeless shelters don't help homeless people, and we are not going to be silent about it," Colton said, according to FOX 5.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/subway-brawl-sees-man-shot-head-own-gun-passengers-run-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>SUBWAY BRAWL SEES MAN SHOT IN HEAD WITH OWN GUN, PASSENGERS RUN FOR COVER</u></strong></a></p><p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., whose district includes Bensonhurst, opposes the shelter and said in a <a href="https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-slams-nyc-warehousing-homeless-new-proposed-brooklyn-shelter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">press release</a>, "Instead of building permanent solutions to the housing crisis, the City has resorted to warehousing people in shelters that offer no transitional resources to get their lives back on track. Placing a homeless shelter in Bensonhurst just blocks away from six different schools is not only unfair and unsafe for the surrounding community, but also demonstrates a lack of leadership when the federal government has taken action to increase opportunities for cities to build more affordable housing units."</p><p>The city-proposed shelter is set to include a 32-room hotel that will provide case management, housing placement, and more through a partnership with the non-profit Project Renewal in order to help the housed men find employment and guide them towards permanent housing.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-deny-some-immigrants-right-shelter-compromise-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>NYC TO DENY SOME IMMIGRANTS 'RIGHT TO SHELTER' AFTER COMPROMISE WITH ACTIVISTS</u></strong></a></p><p>"This will be the first shelter in this community district offering New Yorkers experiencing homelessness the critical opportunity to receive quality care as they get back on their feet. As part of our equitable shelter siting approach, we are ensuring that every community has the safety net resources to help their vulnerable neighbors, and this community district has no shelters so we look forward to bringing this vital resource to the community," a DSS official told FOX 5.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/download"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p> d5a62ce1-432a-59b3-ac66-c0dcfc64e7a0 fnc Fox News fox-news/media fox-news/topic/homeless-crisis fox-news/us/new-york-city fox-news/us/crime fox-news/media article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:00:08 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/health/medications-could-make-driving-dangerous-fda-warns https://www.foxnews.com/health/medications-could-make-driving-dangerous-fda-warns These medications could make driving dangerous, the FDA warns Some medications can cause side effects and make driving dangerous. The FDA and doctors weigh in on which medicines could interfere with operating a motor vehicle. <p>It’s become common knowledge that drinking and driving don’t mix — but should you get behind the wheel after popping a pill?</p><p>It depends on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/medications"><u>type of medication</u></a>, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p><p>While most medicines are safe to take on the go, some may cause side effects that can interfere with the ability to operate a vehicle or heavy machinery, the agency warned in a notice on its website.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/kratom-overdoses-groups-call-regulation-better-testing-drug"><strong><u>AMID KRATOM OVERDOSE CLAIMS, GROUPS CALL FOR REGULATION, BETTER TESTING OF DRUG</u></strong></a></p><p>These side effects can include drowsiness, dizziness, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/vision-and-hearing"><u>blurred vision</u></a>, fainting, lack of coordination, nausea, inability to focus or pay attention, and excitability, the FDA noted.</p><p>"Some medicines can affect your driving for a short time after you take them," the notice stated. "For others, the effects can last for several hours and even into the next day."</p><p>Some medicines come with a warning to not operate a vehicle or operate heavy machinery for a certain period of time after taking them.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-dies-consuming-too-much-vitamin-d-experts-warn-risks-cascade-problems"><strong><u>MAN DIES AFTER CONSUMING TOO MUCH VITAMIN D AS EXPERTS WARN OF RISKS: 'CASCADE OF PROBLEMS'</u></strong></a></p><p>"Many different types of medications — such as antipsychotics, anti-epileptic medications, stimulants, muscle relaxants, opioids, benzodiazepines, sleeping pills, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/mental-health/depression"><u>some antidepressants</u></a>, and even over-the-counter medications like antihistamines — can cause side effects that impair mental and motor functions, including fatigue, headaches, nausea, blurred vision, delayed reaction times and visual impairment," Katy Dubinsky, a New York pharmacist and the CEO and co-founder of Vitalize, a private supplement company, told Fox News Digital. </p><p>"These side effects significantly reduce alertness and clear vision, which are crucial for safely driving and performing everyday tasks," she added.</p><p>Dr. Shana Johnson, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/arizona"><u>in Scottsdale, Arizona</u></a>, noted that central nervous system depressants can be particularly dangerous for driving — as these medications exert their effects by calming the brain. </p><p>"Side effects associated with this calming include sleepiness, loss of focus and fuzzy thinking," she told Fox News Digital. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/when-should-older-drivers-have-stop-driving"><strong><u>WHEN SHOULD OLDER DRIVERS HAVE TO STOP DRIVING?</u></strong></a></p><p>"Common examples of this class are medications for muscle spasms (muscle relaxants), pain (opioids), seizures (anti-seizure medications) and anxiety (benzodiazepines)." </p><p>Two other classes of medications that have sedating effects are antihistamines used for <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/respiratory-health/allergy"><u>allergy control</u></a> and anticholinergics used for bladder control and chronic pain, Johnson added.</p><p>The FDA website includes the following list of medications that could make it dangerous to drive.</p><p>Taking <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/sleep-disorders"><u>sleep medicines</u></a> at night can sometimes cause impaired driving the next day, the FDA warned.</p><p>"If you take sleep drugs, talk with your health care professional about ways to take the lowest effective dose, when to take the medicines before bedtime, and when it would be safe to drive again after taking a sleep medicine," the agency advised.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/seniors-sign-driving-contracts-agree-hang-car-keys"><strong><u>WHY SOME SENIORS SHOULD SIGN ‘DRIVING CONTRACTS’ AND AGREE TO HANG UP THEIR CAR KEYS</u></strong></a></p><p>Allergy medications may contain antihistamines that can also impede driving ability, the FDA added.</p><p>"Antihistamines can slow your reaction time, make it hard to focus or think clearly, and may cause mild confusion even if you don’t feel drowsy."</p><p>Johnson said the impact of medications on driving abilities may vary from person to person. </p><p>"One person may feel no sleepiness with an antihistamine, while another may feel sleepy the whole day," she told Fox News Digital. </p><p>"Seeing how a medication affects you is important to know before driving on it."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER</u></strong></a></p><p>In her practice, Johnson said she tells her patients to try a new medication when they don’t have plans to drive — so they can see how it affects them and avoid a dangerous situation. </p><p>"The risk of medications impairing driving increases if you are on multiple medications with sedating side effects and with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/geriatric-health"><u>older adults</u></a>," she added.</p><p>For those who are taking medications, it’s recommended to consult with a health care professional for guidance related to driving.</p><p>For over-the-counter medicines, the agency recommends always following directions for use and reading the warnings on the Drug Facts label. </p><p>For prescription medications, the agency recommends following the directions and warnings on packaging, as well as reading the FDA-approved labeling.</p><p>"Your <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/health-care"><u>health care professional</u></a> might be able to change your dose, adjust the timing of when you take the medicine, or switch the medicine to one that causes fewer side effects for you," the FDA stated.</p><p>It’s also important to tell your doctor about other medicines, vitamins or supplements you are taking, as it’s possible that they could impact any side effects.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health"><i><strong><u>For more Health articles, visit </u></strong></i></a><a href="http://www.foxnews/health"><i><strong><u>www.foxnews.com/health</u></strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> 98e86199-f449-5271-86b8-cfabcd65a471 fnc Fox News fox-news/health fox-news/health/healthy-living/medications fox-news/lifestyle fox-news/auto/attributes/safety fox-news/health article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:30:32 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/family-affair-child-star-turns-god-surviving-drug-addiction-alcoholism https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/family-affair-child-star-turns-god-surviving-drug-addiction-alcoholism 'Family Affair' child star turns to God after surviving drug addiction, alcoholism Former child star Johnny Whitaker starred as Jonathan &quot;Jody&quot; Patterson-Davis in &quot;Family Affair,&quot; which aired from 1966 until 1971. It also starred Anissa Jones as Buffy. <p>For the past 20 years, Johnny Whitaker has been conducting 12-step meetings at a local county jail – and the actor calls it a blessing.</p><p>"Once a month, I go in to share my experience, as well as offer strength and hope," the 64-year-old told Fox News Digital. "I do it through my ministry. I want to tell these guys that there is hope. They can get clean and sober. They can get out of the revolving door that they find themselves in."</p><p>The former child star skyrocketed to fame in the sitcom "Family Affair," which aired from 1966 until 1971. The series is now available for streaming on <a href="https://www.cineverse.com/channel/cineverse__sidandmarty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Sid and Marty Krofft Channel</a>. The producing pair were known for their imaginative children’s programming.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/land-lost-child-star-lived-yellowstone-life-after-hollywood-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>'LAND OF THE LOST' CHILD STAR LIVED 'YELLOWSTONE' LIFE AFTER HOLLYWOOD FAME</strong></a></p><p>"Johnny was already famous when he became part of the Sid and Marty Krofft family," Marty’s daughter, Deanna Krofft Pope, told Fox News Digital. "He was not only great in the role of Johnny Stuart in the original ‘Sigmund and the Sea Monsters,’ but when he returned in a cameo in our reboot, he was so good that we ended up writing him in for reoccurring appearances. And, of course, the fans loved it."</p><p>"Family Affair" centered on a swinging bachelor (Brian Keith) who is given custody of his late brother’s three children. Whitaker said he still has fond memories <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/sitcom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of bringing the series to life.</a></p><p>"It was always fun," he shared. "We were always coddled and cared for by Brian, along with the producers and directors. They took care of us. It was an adventure… It, unfortunately, ended because CBS had a change in management. That management wanted to get rid of the old shows and make way for new shows. Brian had also indicated at one point that he wanted out. He was ready for something new. We were still in the top 10 when we went out. But what better way to go than to be on top?"</p><p>But life wasn’t always kind to the show’s co-stars. Jones, who played Buffy, died of a drug overdose in 1976. She was 18.</p><p>"My agent claims that she was kind of out of it when she last saw her, possibly high or very depressed," Whitaker alleged. "I remember my agent said, ‘You need to contact her. She looks really bad.’ I did my best, but I was a young teen and getting ready for a new family variety show. I did try to contact her. Even after her passing, I tried to contact her family. And then her brother died a few years later from an overdose."</p><p>"She was my sister," Whitaker reflected. "I grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon faith. I understand that this life, our existence, is a very short one. But it was still difficult to lose her so young."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</strong></a></p><p>Whitaker is one of eight children. Growing up, he described having a "normal’" childhood, one where everyone was required to do chores at home, including him. Over the years, he kept busy making appearances on hit TV shows like "Bonanza," "Bewitched" and "Gunsmoke," among others. But at age 16, he found himself attending parties in Hollywood where he was exposed to drugs and alcohol. It didn’t take long for him to use – and it quickly took over his life.</p><p>"I had a family intervention," he recalled. "It was extremely embarrassing, and I was very upset. I signed this contract my brother gave me, but I didn’t stop. When you’re an addict, you don’t like to admit there’s a problem. You're not just going to suddenly stop. But I believe that every addict and alcoholic knows that they have a problem."</p><p>It wouldn’t be until 12 days later that Whitaker had "an a-ha moment, a God shot." The drugs no longer had the same effect he was yearning for. And on Sept. 25, 1997, he decided to finally get help. His faith in God also gave him a newfound purpose to get sober, he said.</p><p>"I had to make that decision on my own," he said. "… To have a successful childhood, you need to choose the right peers… Most of my peers were 20, 25, 30 years older than me. My peers were chosen for me… And when you’re in an environment where drinking and using drugs is acceptable, it becomes acceptable to you. You don’t think there’s anything wrong with using and drinking. When I was drinking, I could drink almost anybody under the table without getting too crazy… And to some extent, I didn’t always fit in. Those were just some of the reasons that I became an addict, an alcoholic. I wanted to fit in."</p><p>Whitaker said he resorted to drinking after his marriage ended in 1988. He described his divorce and the events that occurred afterward as "traumatic."</p><p>"I had a girlfriend who got pregnant after my divorce," he explained. "She already had a child before I met her… But when she became pregnant with my child, it was too much on her. She chose to take her life, along with my child’s. That was a traumatic experience for me, my divorce and then losing my girlfriend and child. That made it easy for me to choose drugs and alcohol."</p><p>Today, Whitaker said he’s <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/faith-values/faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found peace through sobriety and faith.</a> And through his ministry, he’s able to encourage other inmates to turn their lives around as a drug and alcohol counselor. He previously served as a missionary in Portugal from 1979 to 1981.</p><p>"I’m not planning to fully retire," he chuckled. "I’m working on my memoirs and hoping to get that out at the end of the year. I also have a documentary on the drug policies of Portugal… And this summer in North Carolina, I’m working with Charlene Tilton, a friend of mine, on a new film. She’s the female lead, so we’ve been busy working on that."</p><p>If Whitaker had to do it all over again, he said, "to a certain extent, I think I would."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong><u>LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</u></strong></a></p><p>"I wouldn’t have learned the things that I’ve learned," he shared. "But I always laugh about one big difference. I was making four Walt Disney movies in 1971. A peer of mine… told me, ‘Disney is giving away stock options.’ I had no idea what a stock option was, but I proceeded to tell my mom and dad. I said, ‘Why don’t we take half of the money that I get from the next Disney film and put it into Disney stock? Disney could then pay us back that same amount? At the time, Disney stock was 99 cents a share. I would’ve purchased 15,000 shares of Disney stock in 1971. Today, that Disney stock would be worth about $50 million."</p><p>"That’s unfortunate," he admitted. "I don’t have $50 million, but I’m still very blessed."</p> 75a10df5-d2a2-5d6a-a9f1-8c67d3291b5d fnc Fox News fox-news/entertainment/features/exclusive fox-news/entertainment/genres/then-and-now fox-news/entertainment/genres/classics fox-news/entertainment/genres/streaming fox-news/entertainment/genres/sitcom fox-news/entertainment/genres/faith fox-news/entertainment fox-news/entertainment article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-disgusting-new-york-ag-committed-fraud-allegedly-convincing-judge-undervalue-mar-a-lago https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-disgusting-new-york-ag-committed-fraud-allegedly-convincing-judge-undervalue-mar-a-lago Trump says 'disgusting' New York AG committed 'FRAUD' by allegedly convincing judge to undervalue Mar-a-Lago Former President Trump accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in fraud by allegedly convincing a judge to undervalue his Mar-a-Lago estate in his civil fraud case. <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Former President Trump</a> claimed Monday night that New York Attorney General Letitia James engaged in fraud by allegedly convincing a judge to undervalue his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida amid his civil fraud case in the Empire State.</p><p>In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump called James a "failed and disgusting" attorney general who significantly undervalued his Florida property.</p><p>"The only FRAUD in the Peekaboo James case, our failed and disgusting New York State Attorney General, was her convincing 'Judge' Arthur Engoron to put a value on Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, of just $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount," Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, wrote on the platform.</p><p>"This was fraudulently and illegally done, working closely together in a corrupt Communist system, to set their NARRATIVE after learning that their Values and Facts were completely wrong," he continued. "Businesses will flee the State as Migrant Crime and Violence continues to flourish. I paid $300,000,000 in Taxes, and this is what I get. WITCH HUNT!!!"</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-weigh-trumps-options-failure-secure-464m-appeal-bond-uncharted-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON TRUMP'S OPTIONS AFTER FAILURE TO SECURE $464M APPEAL BOND: 'UNCHARTERED TERRITORY'</strong></a></p><p>This comes after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his decision last month after a months-long trial beginning in October in which the former president was accused of inflating his assets and committing fraud in financial documents.</p><p>Engoron ruled that Trump and other defendants were liable for "persistent and repeated fraud," "falsifying business records," "issuing false financial statements," "conspiracy to falsify false financial statements," "insurance fraud" and "conspiracy to commit insurance fraud."</p><p>Later in February, a New York Appeals Court judge <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/executive/law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied Trump's request</a> to delay payment of the $464 million owed as a result of the lawsuit brought by James, but said he would temporarily allow the former president and his sons to continue running their business during the appeals process.</p><p>A New York Appeals Court judge previously ruled that Trump must post a bond for the full amount of the judgment and that an independent director of compliance will be appointed.</p><p>On Monday, Trump's lawyers wrote in a court filing that obtaining the $464 million appeal was a "practical impossibility under the circumstances presented."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-trials-heres-where-each-case-against-former-president-presumptive-gop-nominee-stands" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP TRIALS: HERE'S WHERE EACH CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT AND PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE STANDS</strong></a></p><p>Trump's attorney Alina Habba told the X22 report Monday she was "confident" her client's debt would be dismissed.</p><p>"Despite the fact that witnesses frankly had said that they were great clients, we all made money, they did nothing wrong, we got slammed with this egregious number, and I'm confident we'll overturn it," Habba said.</p><p>In a Truth Social post earlier on Monday, Trump said he "built a Magnificent Business, which helped rebuild New York City and State, with Amazing, Unparalleled, Historic Properties and tons of CASH, which Crooked Joe Biden and his Maniac Persecutors are trying to wrongfully and illegally take from me."</p><p>"A bond of the size set by the Democrat Club-controlled Judge, in Corrupt, Racist Letitia James' unlawful Witch Hunt, is unConstitutional, un-American, unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company, including one as successful as mine," Trump wrote. "The Bonding Companies have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-weigh-trumps-options-failure-secure-464m-appeal-bond-uncharted-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never heard of such a bond,</a> of this size, before, nor do they have the ability to post such a bond, even if they wanted to."</p><p><i>Fox News' Bradford Betz contributed to this report.</i></p> 82aaba1b-0acf-56cd-b211-e328f74a67b0 fnc Fox News fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/politics fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york fox-news/us fox-news/politics/executive/law fox-news/us/us-regions/southeast/florida fox-news/politics article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:56:51 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/massive-chinese-firm-sues-small-michigan-town-over-opposition-controversial-ev-battery-project https://www.foxnews.com/politics/massive-chinese-firm-sues-small-michigan-town-over-opposition-controversial-ev-battery-project Massive Chinese firm sues small Michigan town over opposition to controversial EV battery project Gotion Inc., a subsidiary of a Chinese electric vehicle battery maker, is suing a small Michigan township over local officials&apos; opposition to its green energy project. <p>The subsidiary of a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ccp-tied-ev-company-backed-dems-buys-michigan-land-miles-military-bases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billion-dollar Chinese energy firm</a> is suing a tiny Michigan town over local officials' opposition to the company's massive electric vehicle (EV) battery project.</p><p>Gotion Inc. – whose parent company, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/company-behind-contentious-michigan-battery-factory-quietly-registered-chinese-foreign-agent-filings-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gotion High-Tech is based in Hefei, China</a>, and has documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party – filed a breach-of-contract complaint against Green Charter Township in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The lawsuit is the latest escalation in a months-long feud between Gotion and Green Charter officials who have pumped the brakes on the company's proposed project within the town's jurisdiction.</p><p>"We are saddened and disappointed by their decision to proceed in this direction," Green Charter Supervisor Jason Kruse told Fox News Digital in a written statement.</p><p>"As Township Supervisor, my number one concern is protecting the interests of the people of Green Charter Township, and we will vigorously defend our township’s position in this matter," Kruse added. "We might be a small community, but we refuse to be bullied."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-green-lights-chinese-ev-battery-factory-michigan-despite-local-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>BIDEN ADMIN GREEN-LIGHTS CHINESE EV BATTERY FACTORY IN MICHIGAN, DESPITE LOCAL OPPOSITION</u></strong></a></p><p>According to the lawsuit, Kruse and other elected Green Charter leaders have pursued unlawful actions against the company and are "motivated by clear anti-Gotion animus." Gotion asked the court to reinstate permits canceled by the township, thereby allowing its battery project to move forward, and further filed a motion for preliminary injunction, requesting that the court intervene quickly.</p><p>"It’s unfortunate that Gotion has had to resort to litigation to get the township to comply with their obligations under the agreement," Chuck Thelen, Gotion’s vice president of North American operations, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. "We’re unable to comment further since this is now an ongoing legal matter."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nrsc-ad-puts-dem-rep-blast-signing-hush-agreement-involving-ccp-tied-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>NRSC AD PUTS DEM REP ON BLAST FOR SIGNING HUSH AGREEMENT INVOLVING CCP-TIED COMPANY</u></strong></a></p><p>The issue dates back to October 2022, when <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-asks-biden-pause-federal-gas-tax-vetoing-state-tax-holiday" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer</u></a> announced Gotion would invest $2.4 billion to construct two large production plants along with other supporting facilities spanning 260 acres in Green Charter, which is located in northwestern Michigan. Whitmer said the project would shore up Michigan's status as the "global hub of mobility and electrification."</p><p>Under the economic development package awarded to Gotion, the company is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/residents-erupt-michigan-democrats-approve-funding-for-chinese-backed-green-energy-project-im-angry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set to receive $175 million</a> in taxpayer-funded incentives and more than $500 million in tax incentives.</p><p>However, the project has generated substantial local uproar, with residents repeatedly expressing concern about Gotion's ties to China and calling on the Whitmer administration to cancel the project. For example, the projects' opponents have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lobbyists-ccp-tied-ev-company-funneled-cash-democrats-filing-foreign-agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted Gotion High-Tech's corporate bylaws</a> require the company to "carry out Party activities in accordance with the Constitution of the Communist Party of China."</p><p>In addition, Gotion High-Tech hosted multiple company trips in 2021 to CCP revolutionary memorials in Anhui Province, China. During the trips, Gotion High-Tech workers wore Red Army outfits and pledged to "fight for communism to the end of my life."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alabama-rejected-ccp-tied-ev-companys-project-blue-states-eventually-green-lit" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ALABAMA REJECTED CCP-TIED EV COMPANY'S PROJECT THAT BLUE STATES EVENTUALLY GREEN-LIT</strong></a></p><p>On Dec. 13, 2022, Green Charter Township approved a resolution in support of Gotion's project. Months later, in August 2023, the township authorized then-Supervisor James Chapman to privately negotiate the terms of a development agreement with Gotion, that is required to approve certain infrastructure at the site of the project.</p><p>That agreement was executed between Gotion and Green Charter on Oct. 10, 2023.</p><p>But, while the town pursued the agreement and negotiations with Gotion, local residents simultaneously organized a recall effort that proved successful in early November 2023. Every member of the town board, including Chapman, was ousted. After Kruse and the other new members of the board took office, they immediately rescinded the October development agreement.</p><p>"The Development Agreement was and remains a legally binding agreement between Gotion and the Township," Gotion's federal lawsuit states.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-ccp-panel-probes-biden-admin-chinese-green-energy-project-us-soil" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>HOUSE CCP PANEL PROBES BIDEN ADMIN OVER CHINESE GREEN ENERGY PROJECT ON US SOIL</u></strong></a></p><p>After the lawsuit was filed, meanwhile, Gotion was blasted by former U.S. Ambassadors Peter Hoekstra and Joseph Cella, who have led opposition to the company's plans over national security concerns. Last year, the pair founded the Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group, a watchdog group devoted to reviewing Chinese economic investments across the country with a particular focus on Michigan.</p><p>"PRC-based and CCP-tied Gotion continues to carry on every bit the way a company based in authoritarian Communist China would – in secrecy, heavy handedness, above the law operations, and reckless disregard for the environment," they said in a joint statement Monday. "Gotion, a $40 billion company, does not like the fact five elected officials who rolled over for them were recalled, and now they are suing over alleged 'breach of contract' to get the results they want, contrary to the will of the people."</p><p>"These are every day citizens from both sides of the aisle in Green Township that are fighting this," they added. "They are simply seeking to de-risk from this type of subnational incursion from Gotion that our national security and intelligence operations have warned present a national security threat, and preserve their pristine natural surroundings, water, and habitats. This is precisely why every day hard working Americans distrust government and business elites."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-cia-director-leon-panetta-warns-china-may-use-michigan-ev-plant-for-espionage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Former CIA Directors Leon Panetta</a> and Mike Pompeo have also raised the alarm on the project.</p><p>Gov. Whitmer's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p> 06d6be89-b4fe-5089-9ec3-913962800556 fnc Fox News fox-news/us/us-regions/midwest/michigan fox-news/columns/energy-in-america fox-news/world/world-regions/china fox-news/politics/judiciary/federal-courts fox-news/us/environment/climate-change fox-news/us/energy fox-news/politics/executive/national-security fox-news/politics article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:11:05 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/us/iraqi-immigrant-plotted-smuggle-assassins-through-mexico-kill-former-us-president-docs https://www.foxnews.com/us/iraqi-immigrant-plotted-smuggle-assassins-through-mexico-kill-former-us-president-docs Iraqi immigrant plotted to smuggle assassins through Mexico to kill former US president: docs An Iraqi immigrant living in Ohio planned to smuggle assassins into the U.S. through Mexico to assassinate former president, but his plot was foiled. <p>An <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/iraq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iraqi citizen</a> living in Ohio plotted to smuggle ISIS sympathizers into the United States "who do not care if they are killed during the mission" to murder former President George W. Bush, court records show.</p><p>Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 53, believed the former commander in chief was responsible for killing many Iraqis and destroying the country during "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/operation-iraqi-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation of Iraqi Freedom</a>."</p><p>Shihab pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide material support to terrorists and was sentenced in February to more than 14 years in prison for the plot, details of which were revealed in court documents.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-army-veteran-recalls-night-101st-airborne-division-was-ambushed-one-its-own-before-iraq-invasion" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>US ARMY VET RECALLS NIGHT 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION WAS AMBUSHED BY ONE OF ITS OWN BEFORE IRAQ INVASION</u></strong></a></p><p>Shihab <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/terrorism/al-qaeda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aided al Qaeda</a> as a gun runner during the war. He brought weapons from Syria into Iraq and smuggled explosive-packed vehicles that were set as traps along known roads Americans traveled, federal court documents say.</p><p>Shihab's plot included two former Iraqi intelligence agents, who were to carry out the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actual assassination</a> while he scoped out the former president's <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas home</a> and coordinated travel logistics, court documents show.</p><p>He planned to smuggle the Iraqi nationals across the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/border-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S.-Mexican border</a> for thousands of dollars, but he had no idea he was plotting the assassination with an unnamed informant, identified in court papers as "CS1."</p><p>In recorded conversations with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the FBI's</a> confidential source, Shihab admitted "he wanted to be involved in the actual attack and assassination of former president Bush," the criminal complaint says, and he would be "proud" to give his life.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/debate-iraq-bloody-quagmire-20-years-later" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>THE PAINFUL DEBATE OVER IRAQ, WHICH BECAME A BLOODY QUAGMIRE, 20 YEARS LATER</u></strong></a></p><p>He planned to smuggle at least seven assassins – all Iraqi nationals – across the U.S.-Mexican border for thousands of dollars each. </p><p>In the fall of 2021, he believed he successfully smuggled an ISIS member into the U.S. for $40,0000, but "in reality, the individual was fictitious, and the interaction was coordinated under the direction of the FBI," federal Ohio prosecutors said in a press release. </p><p><strong>READ THE FULL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT</strong></p><p>The court documents don't say what first put Shihab on federal law enforcement's radar or tipped them off about the plot.</p><p>But the complaint details several recorded meetings between Shihab and "CS1" between April 2021 and May 2022.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-iraq-war-veteran-held-insides-hands-2003-fragging-16-deserve-purple-heart" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>US IRAQ WAR VET SAYS 16 CASUALTIES OF MARCH 2003 ATTACK IN CAMP PENNSYLVANIA ‘DESERVE PURPLE HEART’</u></strong></a></p><p>In February 2022, Shihab traveled with "CS1" <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/dallas-fort-worth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to Dallas</a>, where he recorded the driveway leading to Bush's home and "took two passes by the front access gate leading into the neighborhood," court documents say.</p><p>He also recorded Bush's front access gate and the surrounding area that led into the abutting neighboring, and the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/george-w-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George W. Bush Institute,</a> according to the criminal complaint.</p><p>The FBI's informant talked Shihab out of sending the videos to the assassins by saying they could be intercepted by the U.S. government.</p><p>The former president was reportedly never worried, despite how close Shihab appeared to be.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/iraq-war-in-photos" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>IRAQ WAR IN PHOTOS</u></strong></a></p><p>"President Bush has all the confidence in the world in the U.S. Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities," Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, told The Guardian after Shihab's arrest in May 2022.</p><p>He was finally arrested by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in May 2022 and charged in federal court with attempting to provide material support to terrorists.</p><p>Shihab pleaded guilty last March and was sentenced in February to 178 months in prison.</p><p>He'll likely be deported after his prison sentence, but he will also be under supervised release for life.</p><p>Shihab entered the country in September 2020 on a visitor visa and worked a number of jobs, including in markets and restaurants in Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, according to prosecutors.</p><p>In March 2021, he filed a claim for asylum with U.S. citizenship, which was pending review when he was arrested.</p><p>Shihab obtained fake divorce papers from his wife in Iraq to set up a sham marriage with a U.S. citizen to gain immigration status. </p> 38bc755f-5a4f-5fa2-8913-3e93fd929a60 fnc Fox News fox-news/us/crime fox-news/us/terror/assassinations-murders fox-news/person/george-w-bush fox-news/politics/defense/wars fox-news/world/world-regions/iraq fox-news/us/us-regions/midwest/ohio fox-news/tech/topics/fbi fox-news/us/crime/trials fox-news/us/terror/al-qaeda fox-news/us article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:00:23 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/decoding-trump-how-he-engaged-deflected-ducked-questions-mar-a-lago https://www.foxnews.com/politics/decoding-trump-how-he-engaged-deflected-ducked-questions-mar-a-lago Decoding Trump: How he engaged, deflected or ducked my questions at Mar-a-Lago Former president Donald Trump answers questions related to Putin, illegal immigration and his use of &apos;over the top&apos; language in sit-down interview with FOX&apos;s Howard Kurtz. <p>I came armed with a fistful of blue cards, and still didn’t get to half the questions, but <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> made a whole lot of news in our Mar-a-Lago interview.</p><p>What’s revealing is how he chose to answer the most sensitive questions, or to deflect them, and how various media outlets chose to frame them.</p><p>Some, like the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times,</a> ABC and the Hill, played it straight. Other operations, many of them left-leaning, cherry-picked quotes to make Trump look as awful as possible, while ignoring the reasonable-sounding things he said.</p><p>A classic example was when I asked the former president about the murder of Alexei Navalny in a Siberian prison camp. I thought he might duck because of his friendly relationship with Vladimir Putin.</p><p>But I put it to him point-blank: Is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Russian dictator</a> responsible for the death of the opposition leader?</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6349128854112" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP: IF YOU’RE GOING TO BAN TIKTOK, BAN FACEBOOK TOO</strong></a></p><p>"Perhaps," Trump said. "I mean, possibly, I could say probably. I don't know. He's a young man, so statistically he'd be alive for a long time…Certainly that would look like something very bad happened."</p><p>Keep in mind that Trump has never even mentioned Putin in the same paragraph as Navalny, and now he’s saying "probably" responsible. Of course, Trump can’t prove it, and neither can I.</p><p>Here are some of the headlines:</p><p>"Trump Couldn’t Bring Himself to Condemn Putin for Alexei Navalny’s Death."</p><p>"Trump Delivers Head-Spinningly Awkward Answer to New Question About Putin." </p><p>"Trump: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Putin Was Responsible for Navalny’s Death."</p><p>You get the idea.</p><p>Which brings us to Trump’s rhetoric. I asked why he uses words like "vermin" and "poisoning of the blood" to describe illegal migrants – especially since the press says such language was used by Hitler and Mussolini.</p><p>Trump says he didn’t know that and then repeated "our country is being poisoned" – prompting a wave of headlines that he had doubled down on such harmful language.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6349131526112" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP: BIDEN IS ‘BAD FOR ISRAEL’</strong></a></p><p>I guess you could say that – and I’m not letting him off the hook – but the more telling part of his answer came next.</p><p>I asked <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/executive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 45th president</a> whether he uses "over the top" and "inflammatory" language to drive the media debate, meaning a focus on his words gets news outlets spending days on his turf, on his preferred issue, in the arguments over whether he went too far. And Trump didn’t deny it, saying he wouldn’t limit himself to "politically correct" verbiage.</p><p>"It also gets people thinking about very important issues," he said. "That if you don't use certain rhetoric, if you don't use certain words that maybe are not very nice words, nothing will happen." My theory, based on decades of observing him, was correct.</p><p>Then he went off on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">migrants coming from</a> insane asylums and how crime will double – neither of which has been shown to be true on a major scale. </p><p>The same was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/nato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">true with NATO</a>, when Trump caused a global uproar by saying he’d encourage the Russians to "do whatever the hell they want" to NATO countries that don’t pay their fair share of defense costs.</p><p>That sounds like someone taking a pro-Putin stance, I said.</p><p>"It sounds like somebody that wants to get people to pay money," Trump said. In other words, it was a negotiating tactic.</p><p>Half an hour before airtime, the media were awash in headlines about Trump saying there would be a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-fume-trumps-bloodbath-comment-taken-out-context-deceptive-headlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"bloodbath" if he lost the election.</a> So I watched that portion of his speech at an Ohio rally the night before.</p><p>There have been times when Trump used loaded words to signal the possibility of political violence. This wasn’t one of them.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6349129559112" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP: I’LL DEBATE BIDEN ‘ANYTIME, ANYPLACE’</strong></a></p><p>Trump was going on about Chinese cars and their impact on the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/auto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American auto industry.</a> Then he said if he wasn’t elected there would be a bloodbath – in terms of the impact on jobs. Then he went right back to talking about electric vehicles and industry competition.</p><p>Now some pundits said the mere use of the word bloodbath was like a bat signal, telling his supporters to get ready for violence. After all, he was so Machiavellian that he added, "That’s going to be the least of it." But as I said, too many outlets were so in love with the bloodbath story that they wrenched it out of context.</p><p>Trump also said at the rally that some migrants were "animals" and "not people." That’s unacceptable language, in my view, but remember what he said about inflammatory words driving the media debate. I wanted to decode his approach for viewers.   </p><p>Trump also made news on abortion. I asked him about a Times story that said he is discussing with advisers a national ban after 16 weeks of pregnancy – not knowing his campaign had dismissed it as fake news – and figured he’d dismiss the story.</p><p>Nope. He essentially confirmed the 16-week story – saying he’d make a decision "pretty soon," which would obviously be in that range – that had previously been attributed to unnamed sources. He said, despite my skepticism, that he wants to "make both sides happy."</p><p>When Republicans grapple with abortion in the post-Roe world, Trump said, "you have to go with your heart. But beyond that, you also have to get elected." He said that opposing the three exceptions – rape, incest, life of the mother – caused Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano to lose the governor’s race in a landslide.</p><p>Then Trump went off on the Democrats and late-term abortions – which I said in one of several fact-checks are exceedingly rare.</p><p>He also made news on subjects ranging from Israel to TikTok.</p><p>The first time I met Donald Trump was in 1987, in New York, when he was promoting his first book "The Art of the Deal."</p><p>And this, unprompted, is what he said to me:</p><p>"When I go up to New Hampshire – I'm not running for president, by the way – I got the best crowd, the best of everything in terms of reception. The politicians go up and get a moderate audience. I go up and they're scalping tickets. You heard that? They're scalping tickets. Why? Because people don't want to be ripped off, and this country is being ripped off. I think if I ran, I'd win."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p>I confess I did not then envision Trump, still a largely local real estate guy, in the White House, but now he’s going to head the Republican ticket for the third straight time.</p> 6919c5c9-c0f1-55fd-9251-5535c7487a11 fnc Fox News fox-news/columns/media-buzz fox-news/politics fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/media fox-news/person/joe-biden fox-news/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants fox-news/us fox-news/politics/elections fox-news/world/personalities/vladimir-putin fox-news/politics article Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:00:06 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-deliberate-hoax-machine-doing-what-does-best https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-deliberate-hoax-machine-doing-what-does-best GREG GUTFELD: The deliberate hoax machine is doing what it does best &apos;Gutfeld!&apos; panelists discuss the context surrounding former President Trump&apos;s use of the word &apos;bloodbath.&apos; <p>Happy Monday. What a glorious Monday. More like fun day. So, President Biden is wearing new sneakers that are designed to prevent him from falling. Here's the prototype. And this is exciting. They're also working on a shoe that will keep Kamala from talking. Meanwhile, the president is bracing for a huge national security threat as gangs flee a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nearly-1000-americans-haiti-plea-help-state-dept-says-gangs-unleash-new-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violent torn Haiti.</a> Joe's already gathered a force to repel them. Just days ago, the president was seen confused and feeble as staffers ushered him inside as it began to rain during an event, saying it's hard enough to keep his pants dry when he's indoors. The country of Niger has announced an end to their military relationship with the United States. </p><p>Don't expect Biden to comment on the matter. His staff is terrified he'll mispronounce the name. Two-thirds of U.S. adults would rather skip the movie theaters and watch new flicks at home on streaming. That way, women can look at their phones throughout the movie and then force you to rewind it 13 times to find out what happened. You all do that. On Friday, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/vice-president-harris-step-aside-good-country-washington-post-columnist-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vice President Kamala Harris</a> and rapper Fat Joe met to discuss easing marijuana penalties. Next up, she'll be discussing global warming with Vanilla Ice. According to a new study, woke people are more unhappy, anxious and depressed. Or it could be the reverse: unhappy, anxious and depressed people are more woke. Either way, they're ugly. Pet rocks, which were a fad in the 1970s, are making a comeback in South Korea. Like the classic toy, the rocks will be packaged in cardboard boxes but be called "The Biden." The CEO of Hertz has resigned following the company's bet on electric vehicles went bust. So, they're bringing in a new boss to slash prices.</p><p><i><strong>PICTURE OF OJ SIMPSON</strong></i></p><p>Old enough to remember that. A second man has been charged with the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz." And I'm thinking, come on, there has to be an easier way to tell your family you're gay. Reports allege that the tiny Arab state of Qatar apparently considered expelling Hamas leadership. No word yet whether Harvard will do the same thing. Sixty percent of likely voters oppose Biden's secretive flights that have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nearly-300000-illegal-immigrants-slipped-past-border-agents-less-four-months-sources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transported 300,000 illegal immigrants</a> across the nation. Some oppose it because it's cruel and unusual to make illegal immigrants fly United. A woman who identifies as a dog made headlines after appearing on an Australian radio show. That's nothing. In America, we have five dogs that identify as women on a TV show.</p><p><i><strong>PICTURE OF THE LADIES ON THE VIEW</strong></i></p><p>Terrible. How dare you applaud!</p><p>All right, to the monologue. Bad news, everyone. Jesse Watters is dead ...set against appearing on this show until his book is out. Which means... You've been hoaxed! Yes, it's time for "You've been hoaxed," where the reporting is as legit as the padding in Dylan Mulvaney's bra. It's the media's playbook written by their coaches on the left. First, they lie, then they attack you for saying it's a lie. Then they say it may be false, but it still fits a pattern of other lies they believe to be true. Which is how we got this weekend's bloodbath of a bloodbath. The media <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-historian-admits-trump-bloodbath-comment-about-auto-industry-compares-him-hitler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed Trump predicts a "bloodbath"</a> if he loses. Of course, leaving out that Trump was referring to the automotive industry if Biden's policies continue. True, the media hit the context like a microphone I hide in a construction worker's porta-potty.</p><p>I told you that was a bad joke. Here's what Trump actually said.</p><p><i><strong>DONALD TRUMP:</strong> Let me tell you something, to China, if you're listening, President Xi, and you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now, and you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans and you're going to sell the cars to us. Now, we're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole... That's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That'll be the least of it.</i></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-fume-trumps-bloodbath-comment-taken-out-context-deceptive-headlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CONSERVATIVES FUME THAT TRUMP'S ‘BLOODBATH’ COMMENT IS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT: ‘DECEPTIVE’ HEADLINES</strong></a></p><p>"The least of it." So there you go. Clearly, Trump's "bloodbath" referred to the impact of Chinese and Mexican imports on our auto industry. Trump's not suggesting anyone will bathe in blood. Even Pelosi, who actually bathes in blood to keep her figure. But Trump's actual words make this New York Times headline about as accurate as Stevie Wonder playing cornhole. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-slams-trump-political-violence-warning-bloodbath-discussing-auto-industry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Bloodbath," really?</a> Once again, it's the media whores who pretend to misunderstand metaphors. Truth is, of course, it's just a deliberate hoax machine doing what it does best; taking something out of context, creating a story around it, and trusting their media pals to amplify it. And a whole host of other media hacks did while assuming you're too dumb to notice. Here's Nancy Pelosi at ground zero for hoaxes, CNN. </p><p><i><strong>NANCY PELOSI:</strong> We just have to win this election because he's even predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? He's going to exact a bloodbath? There's something wrong here. How respectful I am of the American people and their goodness but how much more do they have to see from him to understand that this isn't what our country is about?</i></p><p>That was scary. Thought I was watching the latest version of Faces of Death. Talk about hard-hitting questions. You rarely see that many softballs tossed outside of a lesbian barbecue. Hey, Dana, bat your eyes or something next time so we know that you're alive. But like most Trump hoaxes, this one stood up to scrutiny as well as Jesse's hair in a wind tunnel. He looks pretty good bald. So why is that? Well, we've changed. We've learned that the media cannot be trusted. We know to check their work since they won't do it themselves. It wasn't always this way. Remember the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/in-his-own-words-president-trump-on-charlottesville-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"fine people" hoax?</a> Everyone fell for it, including Fox. But thanks to some of us and others outside this network who doggedly exposed that hoax and many others, Americans are now smarter and savvier about the hoax makers. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/pelosi-suggests-trump-meant-exact-bloodbath-doesnt-win-rally-statements" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>PELOSI SUGGESTS TRUMP MEANT HE WILL ‘EXACT A BLOODBATH’ IF HE DOESN'T WIN AFTER RALLY STATEMENTS</strong></a></p><p>We suspect all stories like this and question them in search for context. This didn't used to happen. Now it does. And props to Elon Musk's X. Under the old regime, this would have been labeled fact before we even got out of bed. But now, with the full context out there, the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-trump-bloodbath-controversy-democrats-new-hoax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoaxers had to change track.</a> It doesn't matter that it's out of context, we're told, Trump is capable of anything. Right. Which is Democrat for crap, let's cover our smelly a**es. No, you jerks, you were caught again. These people are like smash and grabbers who forget the getaway car and commit the crime, but are left holding the case of men and speed sticks. So now you see the media shift from it not being true to, but it's true in the context of the other hoaxes. True, the hoax is based on other hoaxes. For you to believe that Trump meant a literal bloodbath, you needed to believe in the fine people hoax, the Jussie Smollett hoax, the drinking bleach hoax, and so on. It's like saying you should believe in the Easter Bunny because there's the Tooth Fairy. But while we watch the hoax implode on impact, Dems are still protected in a hoax bubble. They're as immune to the truth as Hunter is to penicillin. But maybe it's Trump's own fault. I mean, he's so over the top. The Democrat media would never use a term like "bloodbath," would they?</p><p><strong>MONTAGE OF THE MEDIA SAYING THE WORD "BLOODBATH":</strong> <i>Politico.com reports tonight on the 'bloodbath' at the RNC. Joe Biden was just talking the other day about, you know, his concerns about a negative 'bloodbath.' And the headline refers to it as an impending 'bloodbath.' Elections may not be the 'bloodbath' for Democrats. This is probably going to be a 'bloodbath.' It would be a 'bloodbath.' 'Bloodbath' at the ballot box.</i></p><p>I think shrinks call that projection, which may be why you feel like projectile vomiting right now. So how do they think they can still get away with this? Are they that stupid, delusional, or just plain lazy? Please don't make us choose. The reason they're sweating harder than Judge Jeanine going through an airport metal detector is they know we're on to them. We're not falling for it anymore. The media's goal is not to provide information, it's to persuade and use whatever means necessary to get you to fall in line. So maybe the Dems' obsession with the single word "bloodbath" is legitimate because perhaps <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-trump-hedge-biden-potential-2024-rematch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the polls are telling them</a> there's one on the way.</p> 9f842e68-90bd-5d66-b86d-89508403c244 fnc Fox News fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/media fox-news/shows/gutfeld fox-news/opinion article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:43:32 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/media/sean-hannity-left-wing-media-full-lying-dishonesty-hysteria https://www.foxnews.com/media/sean-hannity-left-wing-media-full-lying-dishonesty-hysteria Sean Hannity: The left-wing media is full of lying, dishonesty and hysteria Fox News host Sean Hannity said that former President Trump was clearly not calling for political violence in his recent campaign speech when he used the common term &quot;bloodbath.&quot; <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> host Sean Hannity said the Democrats cannot run on President Biden's record, so they use out of context quotes to energize his shrinking base. Their latest attempt is to pounce on former President Donald Trump's campaign rally analogy, "bloodbath," in reference to the economic effects on the auto industry if President Biden is elected. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-historian-admits-trump-bloodbath-comment-about-auto-industry-compares-him-hitler" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MSNBC HISTORIAN ADMITS TRUMP 'BLOODBATH' COMMENT WAS ABOUT AUTO INDUSTRY, STILL COMPARES HIM TO HITLER</strong></a></p><p><strong>SEAN HANNITY: </strong><i>I mean, you gotta laugh. Just, you know, full-blown lying, dishonesty, hysteria from NBC, CBS, fake news CNN, ‘MSDNC,’ The New York Times, pretty much everyone in the Democratic Party, every single "mainstream media outlet." They're just flat out lying to your face. Now, Trump's full remarks are on tape. He's clearly not calling for political violence at all. In fact, he is using, well, let's say, </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/keith-olbermann-suggests-hope-trumps-assassination-x-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>a pretty normal analogy</i></a><i>. So matter of fact, this phrase pay attention, Liberal Joe, is very common on the left. </i></p><p><i>--</i></p><p><i>They take the words of Donald Trump completely out of context. They pretend that we are facing an existential crisis, and this is what they do every day. The top donors to the Biden campaign this year, like in 2020, like Hillary Clinton in 2016, will be the mob in the media.</i></p><p><i>– </i></p><p><i>Joe has already jumped the shark, compared Trump to the KKK, is accusing Trump of ending American democracy. He's  lying about abortion. We now know they lied a lot about January 6th and kept a lot of information that was exculpatory from you, the American people. And he's lied about the economy. Are you better off? </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Joe Biden</i></a><i> is fomenting panic, hysteria, he's promoting a fake existential crisis. He's trying to prop up his shrinking base in the mob and the media. They just are an extension of the Biden campaign.</i></p> 6788ce04-a724-52f2-bc6b-38ae20b13c71 fnc Fox News fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/shows/hannity fox-news/shows/hannity/transcript/hannitys-monologue fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/media article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:06:22 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-murder-suspect-stabs-attorney-pen-charging-prosecutor https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-murder-suspect-stabs-attorney-pen-charging-prosecutor California murder suspect stabs attorney with pen before charging prosecutor An Oakland, California man on trial for murder grabbed his attorney&apos;s pen and stabbed him in the head before charging the prosecuting attorney on March 18, 2024. <p>An <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oakland, California</a> murder suspect faces additional charges after freeing himself from restraints in a courtroom on Monday morning and stabbing his attorney in the face and head with a pen before turning his angst toward the prosecutor.</p><p>The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 28-year-old Ramello Randle was attending his homicide trial at the A.F. Bray Courthouse in Martinez, California at about 10:55 a.m. on Monday when he attacked his attorney with a pen. He then went to attack the district attorney, who the sheriff’s office said was able to push him off.</p><p>The East Bay Times reported that the incident was witnessed by a Contra Costa jury, which is tasked with determining whether Randle is guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend in July 2020, as well as attempting to murder a man as a child custody dispute was underway.</p><p>The publication said Randle cut or broke through restraints keeping him attached to a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/events/in-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">courtroom chair</a>. He then grabbed defense lawyer Matthew Fregi’s pen and stabbed him in the face and head before charging Deputy District Attorney Kevin Bell, who suffered a scratch on the hand.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-francisco-couple-toddler-killed-suv-waiting-bus-zoo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>SAN FRANCISCO COUPLE, TODDLER, KILLED BY SUV WHILE WAITING FOR BUS TO ZOO</strong></a></p><p>Officials reportedly found a note written by Randle before the attack that read, "sorry."</p><p>Randle, Bell and Fregi are expected back in court on Tuesday to continue the trial, the publication reported.</p><p>Randle was in court because he and Christopher Slaughter allegedly worked together to kill the mother of Randle’s child, 24-year-old Jonaye Lahkel Bridges.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-california-rideshare-driver-punched-rider-thinking-man-jewish-israeli-doj-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>FORMER CALIFORNIA RIDESHARE DRIVER PUNCHED RIDER AFTER THINKING MAN WAS JEWISH OR ISRAELI, DOJ SAYS</strong></a></p><p>The plot allegedly involved tracking Bridges’ vehicle with a tracking device, following her to a store in Antioch, and shooting her and a man who was with her.</p><p>Bridges was killed in the attack, the publication reported, while the man was wounded but survived.</p><p>The case had gone to trial previously, but it was declared a mistrial in November 2022 after Randle shouted expletives at Bell during cross-examination. Randle also told Judge Charles "Ben" Burch to shut up, adding he was not his "b - - - h," when the judge tried to control the situation.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-coroner-discovers-dead-man-child-rape-suspect-thought-killed-self-15-years-ago" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LA CORONER DISCOVERS DEAD MAN WAS CHILD RAPE SUSPECT THOUGHT TO HAVE KILLED SELF 15 YEARS AGO</strong></a></p><p>The judge ultimately declared a mistrial and the judge told him he could not represent himself.</p><p>In September 2023, Fregi became Randle's attorney after he allegedly swung at another attorney, tripped and was handcuffed and taken to jail.</p><p>Now, Judge John Kennedy is presiding over the case and is tasked with looking at how courts have handled other situations when courtroom violence occurs before jurors.</p><p>After the situation on Monday, the courtroom was cleared and the fire department assessed both attorneys, who refused medical attention.</p><p>Randle was transported back to jail and now faces additional charges of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted murder</a>, assault with a deadly weapon and battery.</p> aad871b4-2a6b-5569-a1d7-dc5b06f6ab49 fnc Fox News fox-news/us/us-regions/west/california fox-news/us/crime fox-news/entertainment/events/in-court fox-news/us article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:55:59 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/blake-snell-lands-giants-2-year-deal-long-free-agency https://www.foxnews.com/sports/blake-snell-lands-giants-2-year-deal-long-free-agency Blake Snell lands with Giants on 2-year deal after long free agency: reports Blake Snell has finally found his next MLB team after an abnormally long free agency as he reportedly plans to sign a two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants. <p>One of the top remaining <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free agents in MLB</a> is off the market. </p><p>Blake Snell, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, is heading to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Giants</a>, according to multiple reports.</p><p>Snell is signing a two-year deal worth $62 million, though there is an opt-out after the first season. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</strong></a></p><p>Snell’s presence in free agency with spring training well underway was alarming to some in the baseball world as he and super agent Scott Boras continued to hold out on deals coming their way. </p><p>However, the market just didn’t develop the way they would’ve hoped, even after Snell won his second career Cy Young Award. </p><p>His market began to heat up more than it has in months over the past few days, with the Giants at the top of the list. With Robbie Ray on the 60-day IL as he works back from Tommy John surgery, as well as Alex Cobb and Tristan Beck set to miss the beginning of the year, the Giants were always in the market for more starting pitching to go along with ace Logan Webb and Kyle Harrison. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-will-face-yankees-exhibition-game-mexican-league-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TREVOR BAUER TO FACE YANKEES IN EXHIBITION GAME WITH MEXICAN LEAGUE TEAM</strong></a></p><p>Snell should fit well in the rotation, though it’s unknown when that will be as the season starts in just a couple of weeks. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/houston-astros" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houston Astros</a> were also among those reportedly showing interest in Snell, though they were considered long shots to sign him. They reportedly "balked" at Snell’s asking price, which was a $60 million guaranteed over two years that includes an opt-out after this upcoming season.</p><p>The New York Yankees, also in the market for a rotation arm after Gerrit Cole will miss the start of the season, reportedly moved on from Snell as well.</p><p>It’s unknown if this Giants deal includes the opt-out, but the money is right where he wanted it. If Snell feels he can clean up with a longer-term deal in free agency after the 2024 season, he has the ability to do so with this pact.</p><p>Snell, who won the Cy Young with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018, posted a 2.25 ERA in 32 starts with 234 strikeouts to a league-leading 99 walks in 180 innings last season for the San Diego Padres.</p><p>The 31-year-old features a nasty pitch mix, which includes a mid-90s fastball and a sweeping curveball that had a 56.3% whiff rate last season with a 33.5 put-away percentage, meaning hitters were fooled when it was thrown at a high rate.</p><p>The Giants need all the help they can get in the NL West, where they have to face the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers, Snell’s old Padres squad and the reigning NL-champion Arizona Diamondbacks.</p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s </strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>sports coverage on X</strong></i></a><i><strong>, and subscribe to </strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> 98f5079a-bed8-5665-875f-b267b219b4b1 fnc Fox News fox-news/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants fox-news/person/blake-snell fox-news/sports/mlb fox-news/sports article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:52:29 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-weigh-trumps-options-failure-secure-464m-appeal-bond-uncharted-territory https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-weigh-trumps-options-failure-secure-464m-appeal-bond-uncharted-territory Legal experts weigh in on Trump’s options after failure to secure $464M appeal bond: ‘uncharted territory’ Legal experts weigh in on Trump’s options after his attorneys said he couldn&apos;t secure a $464 million appeal bond he needs in a New York civil fraud judgement against him. <p>Legal experts are weighing in on Donald Trump’s options after attorneys for the former president said he has not been able to secure a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unable-get-464m-appeal-bond-stop-collection-attorneys-say-practical-impossibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$464 million appeal bond</a> he needs following a New York civil fraud judgment against him. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump’s lawyers</a> wrote in a Monday court filing that obtaining the nearly half-a-billion appeal was a "practical impossibility under the circumstances presented." </p><p>David Gelman, a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal defense attorney</a> and a former deputy district attorney, called the judgment a "unicorn." He argued that the judge should give Trump a lot more leeway to satisfy the bond because "not even the richest man in the world has $464 million lying around." </p><p>A New York Appeals Court judge denied Trump’s request late last month to delay payment of the $464 million owed as a result of the lawsuit brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, but said he would temporarily allow the 2024 front-runner and his sons to continue running their business during the appeals process. </p><p>A New York Appeals Court judge previously ruled that the former president must post a bond for the full amount of the judgment and that an independent director of compliance will be appointed.  </p><p>That ruling comes after New York Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his decision earlier in February after a months-long trial beginning in October in which the former president was accused of inflating his assets and committing fraud in financial documents.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-carville-biden-camp-right-concerned-about-black-vote-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>JAMES CARVILLE SAYS BIDEN CAMP RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BLACK VOTE: ‘IT IS A PROBLEM’</strong></a></p><p>Engoron ruled that Trump and other defendants were liable for "persistent and repeated fraud," "falsifying business records," "issuing false financial statements," "conspiracy to falsify false financial statements," "insurance fraud" and "conspiracy to commit insurance fraud."</p><p>Gelman told Fox News Digital that "everyone needs to realize how unprecedented this is." </p><p>"There has never been a judgment of this magnitude against a company or individual in the history of New York, so we are really in uncharted territory." </p><p>Gelman said Trump has three options: not appeal, ask the court to allow Attorney General James to use his property as collateral, or take it to a federal court and say the New York law is unconstitutional on its face. </p><p>"Courts really don’t deny bonds when there are other ways to pay. Again, because this is so unprecedented, and I don’t care how rich you are, nobody has that much liquid cash. So if a court had the option to allow a defendant to use some other collateral to satisfy the bond, they will," Gelman said. </p><p>He added that there was no reason for the judge or Attorney General James to say no. </p><p>"You’re dealing with Trump. He’s not going anywhere. He’s the most famous and well known person in the world. It’s not like he can just disappear and can’t be found," Gelman said. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/nathan-wade-cancels-person-network-interview-family-emergency" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NATHAN WADE CANCELS MAJOR IN-PERSON NETWORK INTERVIEW, CITING FAMILY EMERGENCY</strong></a></p><p>Former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky told Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum that he "would not count Trump out yet." </p><p>Cherkasky said that even if the court denies Trump’s appeal, he "still has paths to move forward through federal court – ultimately to the Supreme Court to complain about Eight Amendment violations." </p><p>Per the Eighth Amendment, which deals with cruel and unusual punishment, "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." </p><p>Cherkasky argued that the fines imposed on Trump were so "astronomically high here that it seems unbelievable for the Constitution to permit it under these circumstances." </p><p>"I think – and I hope – that the New York Court of Appeals looks at it appropriately," Cherkasky said. "But like I said, I think even the Supreme Court would have an interest in this case on Eighth Amendment grounds." </p><p>Trump attorney Alina Habba told the <a href="https://content.blubrry.com/x22report/alina_habba_rode_03122024_final_podcast.mp3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">X22 report</a> Monday she was "confident" Trump's debt would be dismissed. </p><p>"Despite the fact that witnesses frankly had said that they were great clients, we all made money, they did nothing wrong, we got slammed with this egregious number, and I'm confident we'll overturn it," Habba told the online podcast. </p><p>Writing on his Truth Social platform later Monday, Trump called the bond set by Engoron "unconsitutitonal, un-American, unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY company, including one as successful as mine." </p><p>"The Bonding Companies have never heard of such a bond of this size before nor do they have the ability to post such a bond, even if they wanted to," Trump wrote. </p><p><i>Fox News' Greg Norman contributed to this report. </i></p> 18465ff2-bcbc-5501-8eed-4fc547d6c812 fnc Fox News fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/us/new-york-city fox-news/politics/defense/trials fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york fox-news/politics/elections fox-news/politics article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:51:22 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/media/pleading-eighth-federal-prosecutor-dont-count-trump-despite-massive-fine https://www.foxnews.com/media/pleading-eighth-federal-prosecutor-dont-count-trump-despite-massive-fine Pleading the Eighth? Ex-federal prosecutor says don't 'count Trump out yet' despite massive fine Former President Donald Trump may not be out of options when it comes to Letitia James&apos; threat to begin seizing his assets in the Empire State <p>As <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-declares-border-war-zone-dings-newsom-terrible-job-migrant-epicenter-shifts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former President Trump</a> continues to fight legal battles on multiple fronts, conjecture arose that the massive fine levied against him by New York Supreme Court First District Judge Arthur Engoron might be the straw to break the presumptive Republican nominee's back.</p><p>On Monday, Trump's attorneys said he has not been able to secure a $464 million appeal bond he needs following a New York civil fraud judgment against him. In a court filing, Trump's team said obtaining one is a "practical impossibility under the circumstances presented."</p><p>However, at least one prosecutor said despite appearances, the former president may have a sound legal case to shrink or put aside the $464 million bond that New York State Attorney General Letitia James said she will seek to otherwise enforce as he appeals.</p><p>"I would not count Trump out yet," former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky told "The Story" on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/pence-declines-to-endorse-trump-wont-back-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>PENCE DECLINES TO ENDORSE TRUMP; WON'T BACK BIDEN</strong></a></p><p>"He has a week yet to actually have this money secured in order to file the appeal," Cherkasky said.</p><p>The former U.S. Air Force judge advocate general noted Trump is already attempting to get a court's approval for a $100 million bond amount instead or procure a ruling nixing the bond entirely.</p><p>The Constitution, Cherkasky said, appears to be in Trump's corner.</p><p>With the bond and fine being as high as they are, Trump has a potential Eighth Amendment defense, as James has threatened to begin seizing his New York assets, which include The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, a large stake in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/eric-trump-condemns-ny-set-up-father-built-nyc-skyline-this-his-thanks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a commercial skyscraper</a>, plus his iconic Trump Tower.</p><p>The Eighth Amendment decrees "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unable-get-464m-appeal-bond-stop-collection-attorneys-say-practical-impossibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP ATTORNEYS SAY $464M APPEAL BOND A ‘PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY’</strong></a></p><p>Judge Anil Singh, an Andrew Cuomo appointee to the state's appellate court, dealt another judicial blow to Trump in late February when he denied the former president a pause in the collection of the bond.</p><p>Singh, however, decided he would allow <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trumps-ny-penalty-cause-biz-exodus-fl-empire-legal-banana-republic-experts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump and sons Eric and Don Jr.</a> to continue running the family business during the appeals process – as Engoron has banned them from operating in New York for several years hereforth.</p><p>"[If] James actually does try to foreclose on some of his properties, I think he still has paths to move forward through federal court, ultimately to the Supreme Court to complain about Eighth Amendment violations," Cherkasky told "<a href="https://foxnews.com/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Story</a>."</p><p>The prosecutor added it seems "unbelievable" the Constitution would permit such a lien against Trump.</p><p><a href="https://FOXNEWS.COM/DOWNLOAD" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>"It does seem very unusual to have to essentially disgorge yourself of everything that you're still fighting for through the appellate channel," he said, noting Trump appears counter to the typical defendant attempting to delay or decrease fine enforcement.</p> 5bf7f9c2-2d1b-52f5-af51-b9635fa766c9 fnc Fox News fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york fox-news/us/constitution fox-news/politics/judiciary/federal-courts fox-news/shows/the-story fox-news/media fox-news/politics/elections fox-news/media article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:25:33 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-da-krasner-declines-retry-decade-old-mass-shooting-case https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-da-krasner-declines-retry-decade-old-mass-shooting-case Philadelphia DA Krasner declines to retry decade-old mass shooting case C.J. Rice will not be retried in a 2011 shooting that left four people injured, including a 6-year-old girl, following a decision by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. <p>A <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia man</a> won't be retried in a 2011 shooting that injured four people, including a 6-year-old girl, and sent him to prison for more than a decade at age 17, a prosecutor announced Monday.</p><p>A judge closed the case against C.J. Rice, now 30, months after a federal judge found the defense lawyer at his 2013 trial deficient and the evidence "slender." Rice had been serving a 30- to 60-year prison term until he was released amid the federal court ruling late last year.</p><p>The case was formally dismissed Monday after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local" target="_blank" rel="noopener">District Attorney Larry Krasner</a> decided not to retry it. While he said most of the 45 exonerations his office has championed have been more clearcut cases of innocence, he found a new look at the evidence in Rice's case more nuanced.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/severely-decomposed-body-unidentified-toddler-found-inside-duffel-bag-west-philadelphia-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>SEVERELY DECOMPOSED BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED TODDLER FOUND INSIDE DUFFEL BAG IN WEST PHILADELPHIA: POLICE</strong></a></p><p>"The case falls within that 15% or so (of exoneration cases) where we believe it's murky," Krasner said at a press conference where he was joined by defense lawyers who pushed back on that view.</p><p>The reversal hinged on a few key points. A surgeon testified that Rice could not have been the person seen running from the scene because Rice had been seriously injured in a shooting three weeks earlier that fractured his pelvis.</p><p>Rice was shot on Sept. 3, 2011, in what he described as a case of mistaken identity. His trial lawyer, now deceased, agreed to stipulate that one of the Sept. 25, 2011, shooting victims was a potential suspect in Rice’s shooting — giving prosecutors a motive — even though there was little evidence of that.</p><p>"The evidence of (his) guilt was slender. Only one of the four victims was able to identify him and she admitted that the last time she had seen (him) was at least four years before the shooting. No weapon was ever recovered," U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol Sandra Moore Wells wrote in her October report.</p><p>Rice left prison in December, but did not attend Monday’s court hearing. His lawyers said during a news conference that the case echoes many wrongful convictions that involve faulty eyewitness identification, ineffective counsel and overreach by prosecutors.</p><p>Nilam Sanghvi, legal director of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania Innocence Project</a>, said the crime should have been thoroughly investigated before trial, not years later.</p><p>"It takes courage to face the wrongs of the past," she said, while adding "we can never really right them because we can’t restore the years lost to wrongful conviction — here, over a decade of C.J.’s life."</p> 356741fc-e558-50a5-9b29-6f71c890ea4f fnc Fox News fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast/pennsylvania fox-news/topic/associated-press fox-news/us/philadelphia fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast fox-news/politics/state-and-local fox-news/us/crime fox-news/us/mass-shootings fox-news/us article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:20:47 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-teen-kaylee-gain-unconscious-suffering-fractured-skull-brutal-attack https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-teen-kaylee-gain-unconscious-suffering-fractured-skull-brutal-attack St. Louis teen Kaylee Gain still unconscious, suffering from fractured skull after brutal attack The family of the 16-year-old St. Louis student who was involved in a fight that went viral online has given an update on her injuries through their attorney. <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The family of the St. Louis teen</a> who was violently attacked in a viral video shared an update on her condition, saying the road ahead remains long and uncertain.</p><p>The video showed Kaylee Gain, 16, having her head repeatedly pounded on the pavement in the March 8 assault near Hazelwood East High School in Spanish Lake, Missouri, just outside St. Louis. </p><p>According to family attorney Bryan Kaemmerer, Gain suffered a fractured skull, resulting in life-threatening brain swelling and bleeding.</p><p>He said she has not regained consciousness in the week or so since the fight, Fox 2 reported.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-ag-says-juvenile-system-must-be-reformed-teen-arrested-slamming-girls-head-pavement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MISSOURI AG SAYS JUVENILE SYSTEM MUST BE REFORMED AFTER TEEN ARRESTED FOR SLAMMING GIRL’S HEAD INTO PAVEMENT</strong></a></p><p>The following day, police arrested a 15-year-old girl in connection with the fight. She’s currently being held by St. Louis County Family Court on assault charges.</p><p>After the attack went viral, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said the suspect who brutally beat Gain in the violent brawl should be tried as an adult and charged with murder if the offense rose to a homicide. </p><p>"We’ve got to reform our juvenile system to ensure that these sorts of issues are addressed," Bailey previously said. "I’m going to be following this case closely. I think there needs to be some accountability in our juvenile system. People are starting to notice that, and it’s causing problems across the State of Missouri."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-girl-critical-condition-teen-brutally-assaulted-her-high-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MISSOURI GIRL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER TEEN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED HER NEAR HIGH SCHOOL</strong></a></p><p>Friends and family of Gain have set up two GoFundMe accounts to raise money for her medical bills as well as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/childrens-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">share updates on Kaylee's condition.</a></p><p>"We are so grateful for the amazing medical staff who have been working tirelessly to give her the best possible chance at a full recovery. We know she has a very long road ahead of her, but we remain hopeful," the family said in a statement on Kaylee's Recovery funds page.</p><p><i>Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report. </i></p> bf0d55b2-2f93-57e5-9da9-10b52a6f6661 fnc Fox News fox-news/us/us-regions/midwest/missouri fox-news/us/crime fox-news/health/healthy-living/childrens-health fox-news/us fox-news/us article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:16:30 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-cowboys-star-leighton-vander-esch-retires-nfl-several-neck-injuries https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-cowboys-star-leighton-vander-esch-retires-nfl-several-neck-injuries Ex-Cowboys star Leighton Vander Esch, 28, retires from NFL after several neck injuries Former Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Leighton Vander Esch announced his retirement from the NFL after six seasons and a series of neck injuries. <p><a rel="noopener">Former </a><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dallas Cowboys</a> star Leighton Vander Esch announced his retirement on Monday due to injuries.</p><p>Vander Esch, 28, suffered a season-ending neck injury against the San Francisco 49ers during the team’s Week 5 loss to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco 49ers</a>. It would be the third time in six seasons he played in 10 games or fewer.</p><p>The Cowboys released him last week.</p><p>He thanked his wife, coaches, fans, his agent and his alma mater Boise State in his retirement message posted on the Cowboys’ team website.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</u></strong></a></p><p>"During my six years as a Cowboys player, I've always pursued success and winning football games, while preparing and training with the highest standards of competition, passion and perseverance," he said in part. "It has been an honor to represent my family, my teammates and the people of Dallas.</p><p>"I realize that I am no longer able to adhere to the unwavering standard of excellence that professional football demands. I say this with a heavy heart: I am medically retiring from the NFL. I love the game of football so much, but my body won't cooperate any longer. </p><p>"I cherished every moment of my NFL career, and it has been such a blessing to play the game for as long as I have played. This year, things may look a little different for me, but the sole focus is being a great husband and father for my loving family."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/robert-griffin-iii-thinks-caleb-williams-should-tell-bears-wont-play-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ROBERT GRIFFIN III THINKS CALEB WILLIAMS SHOULD TELL BEARS HE WON'T PLAY FOR THEM: 'PULL AN ELI MANNING'</strong></a></p><p>The Cowboys selected Vander Esch with the No. 19 overall pick of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl-draft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 2018 draft</a>. He quickly became an integral part of the defense, earning a Pro Bowl selection in his rookie season.</p><p>In his second year, the injuries began. He suffered a nerve issue in his neck which forced him to miss the final few weeks of the season. The 2020 season was also derailed because of another nerve issue in his neck. He managed to return in the middle of the season.</p><p>Vander Esch played in every game in 2021, racking up 77 tackles, a sack and an interception. But in 2022, it was more of the same. He suffered a neck stinger that cost him a few games. He managed to play for Dallas in the playoffs, but the Cowboys didn’t go far.</p><p>In 2023, Vander Esch had 30 tackles and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. He only played in five games.</p><p>"I thank God every day for all that He has given me: my family, my friends, my teammates, and being on this stage to impact people's lives in a positive way," he concluded. "Today, I would like to thank God for the countless blessings he continues to shower over my family and me. You have given me a new healthy baby girl and a wife that follows you.</p><p>"Without trusting in your unwavering love and guidance, I know I wouldn't have made it this far. You have blessed me with the ability to become a Dallas Cowboy and for allowing me the privilege of a 6-year professional football career. I strive to let you work through me in this next chapter to continue to impact people's lives and to be a light in this world."</p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s</strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong> <u>sports coverage on X</u></strong></i></a><i><strong> and subscribe to</strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</u></strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> ab4aac20-02c0-5344-9a16-8fc95b9d4199 fnc Fox News fox-news/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys fox-news/sports/nfl fox-news/sports fox-news/sports article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:14:03 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-will-face-yankees-exhibition-game-mexican-league-team https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-will-face-yankees-exhibition-game-mexican-league-team Trevor Bauer to face Yankees in exhibition game with Mexican League team Trevor Bauer to face another MLB team this upcoming weekend as he will pitch for the Diablos Rojos, a Mexican League team, against the New York Yankees. <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/trevor-bauer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Bauer</a> is once again pitching against an MLB team as he tries to get on a team’s roster in 2024.</p><p>Bauer announced via social media that he’ll be facing the New York Yankees, but he won’t be playing for the Asian Breeze, the independent team based out of Japan that he previously pitched with against <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> minor leaguers – his first pitching appearance in the United States in over three years.</p><p>This time, Bauer will be playing for the Diablos Rojos, a Mexican team, in a Sunday exhibition against the Yankees on March 24. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</strong></a></p><p>But it won’t be a one-and-done situation for Bauer, who agreed to play five more games for the Diablos as his own version of spring training.</p><p>"I’ll be pitching against the @Yankees on March 24 as a member of the @diablosrojosmx," Bauer wrote on X. "I’ve also agreed to pitch 5 games for the Diablos between April 11 and May 8 in lieu of a traditional spring training period as it’s the best way for me to stay ready to pitch. This will help me stay in game shape and I’ll be able to join a rotation immediately if or when an MLB offer comes. Hope to see you on Sunday and can’t wait to show y’all what Mexican baseball is all about!"</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-reacts-outing-dodgers-minor-leaguers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TREVOR BAUER REACTS AFTER OUTING VS DODGERS MINOR LEAGUERS: ‘I’M STILL ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE WORLD'</strong></a></p><p>The Yankees will be in split-squad exhibition games in Mexico City this Saturday and Sunday. </p><p>The 33-year-old Bauer has been trying to get back <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">into MLB</a> since serving his 194-day suspension that was originally a record 324 games after a woman accused him of sexual assault, which was settled last fall following the decision by prosecutors not to file charges in February 2022.</p><p>Bauer denied all allegations against him, saying the encounters were consensual. The woman eventually sued him after prosecutors didn’t file charges, and Bauer filed a countersuit. </p><p>He has noted wanting to play on the league minimum salary for any club to prove he can still be an asset on the mound. During his outing against the Dodgers, the team that cut him following his suspension ending, Bauer topped out at 99 mph several times with his fastball and struck out four of his 12 batters faced.</p><p>"It's not a money thing," he told reporters after his outing with the Asian Breeze. "I've served my suspension twice over. I've been cleared of everything in the legal system. If you think about it logically, there's really no reason I shouldn't have a job."</p><p>"But I don't. So, it is what it is. We'll see how it plays out. I don't want to predict the future. We'll see."</p><p>Bauer still feels he’s one of the best pitchers in the world, and he’ll have another chance to prove so against a team that could use some starting pitching with Yankees ace Gerrit Cole expected to miss time to start the season.</p><p>After his Dodgers release, Bauer went to Japan to pitch for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars. He owned an impressive 2.59 ERA over 156.2 innings in 24 games at two different levels for the Baystars. Bauer struck out 160 batters and walked just 34.</p><p>The last time Bauer was on an MLB mound was the 2021 season for the Dodgers, where he pitched to a 2.59 ERA over 17 starts (107.2 innings) with 137 strikeouts. </p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s </strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>sports coverage on X</strong></i></a><i><strong>, and subscribe to </strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> 10241b8c-1b5a-5e8f-a3a3-638f600948fe fnc Fox News fox-news/person/trevor-bauer fox-news/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees fox-news/sports/mlb fox-news/sports fox-news/topic/trending-news fox-news/sports article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:04:07 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-trump-bloodbath-controversy-democrats-new-hoax https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-trump-bloodbath-controversy-democrats-new-hoax JESSE WATTERS: Trump 'bloodbath' controversy gives Democrats a new hoax Fox News host Jesse Watters shares the full context of former President Trump&apos;s &quot;bloodbath&quot; comments as the media takes it out of context on &quot;Jesse Watters Primetime.&quot; <p>Fox News host Jesse Watters shares the full context of President Trump’s controversial "bloodbath" comment on "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><u>Jesse Watters Primetime</u></a>." </p><p><strong>JESSE WATTERS:</strong><i><strong> </strong>When "Inside Edition" is talking about the president's special shoes, saying he needs support so he doesn't stumble, this is a campaign that desperately needs a distraction and this weekend we got one. We have a new hoax, ladies and gentlemen. The dictator on day one now has company. "Trump says country faces bloodbath if </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-privately-rivalry-obama-former-presidents-staff-predicted-biden-would-suck-as-president" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i><u>Biden</u></i></a><i> wins in November." That was the headline everywhere! I looked at the news Sunday, I'm thinking, "Trump said, what?" So, I do my own research and this is what he actually said.</i> </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-sounds-off-dobbs-decision-too-many-questions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><u>FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER SOUNDS OFF ON DOBBS DECISION: 'TOO MANY QUESTIONS'</u></strong></a> </p><p><strong>DONALD TRUMP:</strong><i> "</i>Let me tell you something to China. If you're listening, President XI and you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal, those big monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now, and you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans, and you're going to sell the cars to us. Now, we're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That'll be the least of it, but they're not going to sell those cars."<i> </i> </p><p><i>Now </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/keith-olbermann-suggests-hope-trumps-assassination-x-post" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i><u>Trump</u></i></a><i> is not threatening bloody violence if he loses to Biden. He's saying the American auto industry will face a bloodbath from cheap Chinese cars manufactured in Mexico and then dumped here. That's the dictionary definition of bloodbath, "a major economic disaster."</i> </p> c002fd7e-1a4b-52cc-b1bb-f13cd3d6c29b fnc Fox News fox-news/media fox-news/shows/jesse-watters-primetime fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/media article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:01:12 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chase-young-heads-saints-one-year-deal https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chase-young-heads-saints-one-year-deal Chase Young heads to Saints on one-year deal: reports The New Orleans Saints are beefing up their defensive line, signing Chase Young to a one-year deal worth $13 million that will be fully guaranteed. <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/chase-young" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chase Young</a> has once again found a new NFL home, as he signed a one-year deal with the New Orleans Saints to join their defensive line, ESPN reported. </p><p>Young’s deal is a reported $13 million, fully guaranteed, for the 2024 season. </p><p>Young reportedly met with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/new-orleans-saints" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Saints</a> on Monday where he "likes the setup of the team’s defense."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</strong></a></p><p>He appeared to confirm the deal with three le fleur de lis emojis he posted on X. </p><p>Young, the second overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, was traded to the San Francisco 49ers by the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/washington-commanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Commanders</a> this past season for a compensatory third-round pick. </p><p>He had 2.5 sacks and 10 tackles in nine regular-season games with San Fran after totaling five sacks and 15 tackles in seven games with Washington. His 7.5 sacks total were a career high. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/drew-brees-announces-scholarship-honor-jason-kelce-legacy-transcends-gridiron" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>DREW BREES ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIPS IN HONOR OF JASON KELCE: ‘YOUR LEGACY TRANSCENDS THE GRIDIRON’</strong></a></p><p>Young also contributed in Super Bowl LVIII against the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, sacking Patrick Mahomes in the overtime loss. </p><p>The 24-year-old burst onto the NFL scene during his rookie year with 7.5 sacks, 44 tackles (10 for loss), 12 quarterback hits and three fumble recoveries, one returned for a touchdown, as he went on to win the Defensive Rookie of the Year. </p><p>But 2021 brought a tumultuous situation for Young, who tore his ACL after nine games, costing him most of the 2022 season on the sideline. </p><p>The Saints have been looking for more pressure on the defensive line after ranking 28th in the league with just 34 sacks. Players like Carl Granderson and Cam Jordan were signed to extensions, but Isaiah Foskey and Payton Turner — high draft picks used in the last few seasons — didn’t have a sack combined last season. </p><p>New Orleans will hope Young can provide that punch on the defensive line for a team looking to improve upon their 9-8 record last season.  </p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s </strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>sports coverage on X</strong></i></a><i><strong>, and subscribe to </strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> e28dc3bf-1d23-5c46-a495-010f8fe36317 fnc Fox News fox-news/sports/nfl/new-orleans-saints fox-news/person/chase-young fox-news/sports/nfl fox-news/sports fox-news/sports article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:56:13 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-lefts-hoaxes-piling-up-faster-leo-dicaprios-25-year-old-former-girlfriends https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-lefts-hoaxes-piling-up-faster-leo-dicaprios-25-year-old-former-girlfriends LAURA INGRAHAM: The left's hoaxes are piling up faster than Leo DiCaprio's 25-year-old former girlfriends Fox News&apos; Laura Ingraham discusses the context behind former President Trump&apos;s &apos;bloodbath&apos; remark on &apos;The Ingraham Angle.&apos; <p>Fox News host Laura Ingraham says on "The Ingraham Angle" that anyone with a "6th-grade understanding of the English language would know former President Trump was not calling for or predicting a civil war" when he made his "bloodbath" comment. </p><p><strong>LAURA INGRAHAM:</strong> <i>I mean, this was just preposterous. And former President Trump was </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-slams-trump-political-violence-warning-bloodbath-discussing-auto-industry" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>railing against China's move</i></a><i> into Mexico with auto manufacturing plants that crank out cheap EVs. Now, this is a point the "Angle" has raised repeatedly. China's goal isn't just to compete with U.S. car companies, oh, no. Its goal is to put them out of business permanently. This would be cataclysmic to the United States.</i></p><p><i>…</i></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/pelosi-suggests-trump-meant-exact-bloodbath-doesnt-win-rally-statements" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>PELOSI SUGGESTS TRUMP MEANT HE WILL ‘EXACT A BLOODBATH’ IF HE DOESN'T WIN AFTER RALLY STATEMENTS</strong></a></p><p><i>Now, anyone with a 6th-grade understanding of the English language, minus woke indoctrination, would know that </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-historian-admits-trump-bloodbath-comment-about-auto-industry-compares-him-hitler" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Trump was not calling for</i></a><i> or predicting a civil war. It's ludicrous. But people who call themselves historians but have turned into before our very eyes, unhinged left-wing pundits – they can't help themselves.</i></p><p><i>…</i></p><p><i>Now, I must have missed the part of debate class when swearing is a substitute for logic. It doesn't work. I'm like Joe, now I'm whispering. Now, what we saw over the weekend was the increasing power and influence of citizen journalists and the decreasing power of the corporate press. The left's hoaxes are piling up faster than Leo DiCaprio's </i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/look-back-leonardo-dicaprios-girlfriends" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>25-year-old former girlfriends</i></a><i>. First, it was the Russia collusion hoax, then the Charlottesville both sides hoax, then the insurrection hoax about January 6th and now the "bloodbath" hoax.</i></p><p><i>This is just another in a long line of smears peddled by the same people who follow the same steps. So first, it's an outright lie, or just a rank distortion of something usually Trump or another conservative says. Then the Biden campaign or a Biden surrogate picks up on the smear. </i></p><p><i>…</i></p><p><i>And then the regime media repeats the White House or the surrogate or the, you know, puppets, they're repeating it. Then, over time, it gets repeated as gospel with zero fact checking. The original transcript? The truth? That gets deep-sixed in the process. It's the way they roll.</i></p> 2b6a9bc8-f13b-5ae5-a221-d1cc5723a959 fnc Fox News fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/media fox-news/shows/ingraham-angle fox-news/shows/ingraham-angle/transcript/lauras-monologue fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/politics/elections fox-news/media article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:50:31 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/us/eroding-dunes-leave-atlantic-city-casinos-desperate-new-sand-summer https://www.foxnews.com/us/eroding-dunes-leave-atlantic-city-casinos-desperate-new-sand-summer Eroding dunes leave Atlantic City casinos desperate for new sand by summer Winter storms have significantly eroded Atlantic City&apos;s beaches, generating uncertainty over what lies ahead for the South Jersey tourism hub in the usually-busy summer season. <p>The ocean and beaches have always been a part of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-jersey-shore-atlantic-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlantic City's</a> identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea.</p><p>But there is a little too much Atlantic in Atlantic City this year as the crucial summer season approaches. Weeks of winter storms have badly eroded beaches in the northern section of town, leaving little if any sand on which to play during all but the lowest tides.</p><p>Executives with the three northernmost casinos: the Ocean Casino Resort, Resorts and Hard Rock, are pressing the federal and state governments to expedite a beach replenishment project that was supposed to have been done last year.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/online-gambling-revenue-skyrockets-atlantic-city-in-person-slump-continues" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ONLINE GAMBLING REVENUE SKYROCKETS IN ATLANTIC CITY, WHILE IN-PERSON SLUMP CONTINUES</strong></a></p><p>But under the current best-case scenario, new sand won't be hitting the beaches until late summer, according to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/military/army" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a>, the agency that oversees such projects.</p><p>And that has the casinos concerned about not having an essential element of their tourism appeal. Atlantic City has long said its beaches set it apart from the plentiful gambling options elsewhere in the region and the country. Without them, it could be a harder sell in attracting tourists and gamblers.</p><p>"One of the highlights of coming to Atlantic City has always been the beaches and the Boardwalk," said Mike Sampson, general manager of the Hard Rock casino. "It's going to be a challenge."</p><p>Hard Rock lost its popular beach bar to repeated winter storms.</p><p>"It was totally destroyed," Sampson said. "Parts of it washed out to sea; debris remained on the beach and had to be disposed of."</p><p>He said Hard Rock is hopeful it can still rent out beach cabanas and umbrellas this summer, albeit on a smaller beach.</p><p>Sampson said that "unless someone can intervene, it's probably going to be a post-summer fill."</p><p>Anything that might make people less likely to come to Atlantic City is bad news for the gambling resort, which still has not recovered from the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19 outbreak</a>. Only three of the nine casinos are winning more money from in-person gamblers than they did in 2019 before the pandemic hit.</p><p>And while internet gambling and sports betting has added new revenue streams to the equation, that money must be shared with partners such as tech platforms and sports books, and is not solely for the casinos to keep. That is why the casinos consider money won from in-person gamblers to be their core business — and why they need usable beaches.</p><p>Last summer, the Ocean Casino spent $600,000 to truck in and dump sand on its beach, which was not in as bad a shape as it is this year.</p><p>"How do you run a beach resort without a beach?" asked Bill Callahan, Ocean's general manager. "It's a tough pill to swallow."</p><p>And an expensive one: that sand quickly washed away, and even less is left there now. At high tide, the ocean waves lap up against the dune, which itself is badly eroded.</p><p>"By the end of summer, all that sand was gone," said Ian Jerome, project director for Ocean's effort last year. "That is not a sustainable option."</p><p>Of the dozen beach entrances spanning the three casinos, only two are accessible, he said. The rest just dead-end in mid-air, with treacherous drop-offs that could cause serious injury — or worse — should anyone fall from them.</p><p>Atlantic City last received beach replenishment in 2020, and was due for additional sand last summer. But Congress failed to approve funding for the project then.</p><p>This year, $25 million in federal funding is available toward the $30 million cost, of which the state pays a smaller percentage.</p><p>But the government contracting process does not lend itself to quick fixes. Stephen Rochette, a spokesman for the Army Corps, said a contract for the work will be put out to bid in April or May, with the work starting "sometime this summer or in the fall."</p><p>He said the agency is aware of the tendency of Atlantic City's northern beaches to erode at a more rapid rate than other ones, and is studying the situation to see if any engineering improvements can be added to the eventual project design.</p><p>Mark Giannantonio, president of Resorts casino and of the Casino Association of New Jersey, said the casinos want at least some of the project to be carried out in early summer — what he called a possible "beach-lite" option.</p><p>"Everyone realizes the importance of getting this sand," he said. "The sense of urgency is real."</p> 2527996d-516e-5037-bc55-80c72128f789 fnc Fox News fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast/new-jersey fox-news/topic/associated-press fox-news/us/new-jersey-shore-atlantic-city fox-news/us/us-regions/northeast fox-news/politics/state-and-local fox-news/travel fox-news/weather fox-news/us article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:47:33 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/world/pentagon-looks-keep-troops-niger-junta-orders-departure https://www.foxnews.com/world/pentagon-looks-keep-troops-niger-junta-orders-departure Pentagon looks to keep troops in Niger as junta orders departure The Pentagon is attempting to broker a deal with Niger&apos;s military government to keep U.S. troops in the West African nation for counterterrorism operations. <p>The Pentagon is working with Niger officials, seeking a way for U.S. troops to stay in the country — a key base for counterterrorism operations in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sub-Saharan Africa</a> — following a weekend directive that they leave.</p><p>Last week a high level-delegation of U.S. officials, including Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander and the head of U.S. Africa Command Gen. Michael Langley, traveled to Niger to meet with members of the military junta.</p><p>Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Monday the U.S. officials had "lengthy and direct" discussions with the junta officials that were also in part spurred by concerns over Niger's potential relationships <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with Russia</a> and Iran.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/nigers-junta-lead-joint-security-effort-extremist-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NIGER'S JUNTA TO LEAD JOINT SECURITY EFFORT AGAINST EXTREMIST VIOLENCE</strong></a></p><p>"We were troubled on the path that Niger is on," Singh said.</p><p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the U.S. was "closely monitoring the Russian defense activities" there in order "to assess and mitigate potential risk to U.S. personnel, interests and assets."</p><p>On Saturday, following the meeting, the junta’s spokesperson, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, said U.S. flights over Niger’s territory in recent weeks were illegal. Meanwhile, Insa Garba Saidou, a local activist who assists Niger’s military rulers with their communications, criticized U.S. efforts to force the junta to pick between strategic partners.</p><p>"The American bases and civilian personnel cannot stay on Nigerien soil any longer," he told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/associated-press" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>.</p><p>Singh said the U.S. was aware of the March 16 statement "announcing the end of the status of forces agreement between Niger and the United States. We are working through diplomatic channels to seek clarification. These are ongoing discussions and we don't have more to share at this time."</p><p>State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the discussions were prompted by Niger's "trajectory."</p><p>"We are in touch with transition authorities to seek clarification of their comments and discuss additional next steps," Patel said.</p><p>The junta has largely been in control in Niger since July when mutinous soldiers ousted the country’s democratically elected president and months later asked French forces to leave.</p><p>The U.S. military still had some 650 troops working in Niger in December, largely consolidated at a base farther away from Niamey, Niger's capital. Singh said the total number of personnel still in country, including civilians and contractors, is roughly 1,000.</p><p>The Niger base is critical for U.S. counterterrorism operations in the Sahel and has been used for both manned and unmanned surveillance operations, although Singh said the only drone flights being currently conducted are for force protection.</p><p>In the Sahel the U.S. has also supported local ground troops, including accompanying them on missions. However, such accompanied missions have been scaled back since U.S. troops were killed in a joint operation in Niger in 2017.</p> 0b9d9a1e-ec3e-59ff-aa36-01b789d44b81 fnc Fox News fox-news/world/world-regions/africa fox-news/topic/associated-press fox-news/politics/defense fox-news/world/conflicts fox-news/politics/defense/pentagon fox-news/world/world-politics fox-news/world article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:45:50 -0400 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/510-jerseys-150-caps-ohtani-merch-sells-sky-high-prices-japan https://www.foxnews.com/sports/510-jerseys-150-caps-ohtani-merch-sells-sky-high-prices-japan $510 for jerseys, $150 for caps: Ohtani merch sells at sky-high prices in his native Japan Merchandise for Los Angeles baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani regularly sells for exorbitant prices in his native Japan, with Dodgers gear quickly replacing its Angels counterparts. <p>Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law.</p><p>They each picked up items in blue — Los Angeles Dodgers Blue, of course. This reflects the color revolution that's evident all over Tokyo in the last few months since Shohei Ohtani moved from the Los Angeles Angels — base color, red — to sign a $700-million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers.</p><p>Angels caps have almost vanished in Tokyo. A Dodgers lid is the fashion item — a bit like designer-label goods.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-opens-up-marriage-normal-japanese-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>DODGERS' SHOHEI OHTANI OPENS UP ABOUT MARRIAGE TO 'NORMAL JAPANESE WOMAN'</strong></a></p><p>"Ohtani just changed our store," said Takuto Yamashita, a part-time worker at a shop called Selection, which boasts Japan's largest array of MLB gear for all 30 teams, and the 12 Japanese pro teams, too.</p><p>But there's one team that matters more than the rest in Japan. And only one player, which is why <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Dodgers</a> invested so heavily in Ohtani; not just for his pitching and hitting, but for his celebrity status to market the Dodgers as Japan's team.</p><p>"The place is completely different. It went from all red to to all blue," Yamashita added. "Without Ohtani in these last few months, the sales in this store would be so different."</p><p>Fukuo eyed a traditional white jersey with "Dodgers" in script across the front. She lifted it off the rack — a quilt of Dodgers and Ohtani garb — and admired it for looks, size and texture.</p><p>"I'm thinking of buy this t-shirt for my co-worker because Ohtani is very famous — of course in Japan — and also all over the world," she explained. "He likes baseball and he likes Ohtani so I'm thinking of this."</p><p>In another shopping aisle, Chiba dropped a traditional Dodgers cap into his hand-held shopping basket.</p><p>"He (Ohtani) is like a hero to us, at least to me as a baseball fan," Chiba said. "Everybody knows him, even if they are not baseball fans. To me, he’s a Japanese icon. I think people expected him to be a good player, but he is more than anyone expected."</p><p>Store manager Hayato Daido estimated that 60% of the sales come from Dodgers gear, or Ohtani specific t-shirts, jerseys, key chains, etc. Assistant store manager Takato Suzuki suggested it might be as high as 70%. Daido said about 10% of sales were linked to local teams like the Tokyo Giants.</p><p>Daido said Ohtani-related sales are "four or five times" more than they were prior to the Dodgers announcing in December they'd signed him. He said gear has yet to arrive for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who joined the Dodgers on a $325-million, 12-year contract — reported to be the highest in money and longest in duration for any pitcher.</p><p>"There is no doubt there will be demand for it," Daido said. "We're just waiting."</p><p>Surprisingly, what's still selling are Ohtani caps and jerseys from his six years with the Angels.</p><p>"That's because they are not being produced any more and have become collector's items," Suzuki, the assistant manager, said.</p><p>The store resembles a museum to Ohtani, filled with posters, memorabilia and "Sho-time" emblazoned on myriad items. A few Ichiro Suzuki shirts hang for sale, reminders of the certain first-ballot Hall of Famer.</p><p>Shirts with Ohtani's dog are a big item — Dekopin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/japan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Japanese</a>, but known as Decoy in English. The next big seller could be anything related to his surprise marriage.</p><p>Being an Ohtani fan comes with a price — and it can be steep. The ordinary Dodgers cap, like other MLB caps, sells for about 6,300 yen — about $42.</p><p>However, Ohtani-specific items are much higher. A traditional blue Dodgers cap with the interlocking LA on the front, which also features No. 17 on the side and a replica of Ohtani's signature goes for 22,400 yen — about $150.</p><p>If you want a baseball that Ohtani threw in a game on April 27, 2023 — brace yourself. The price tag is a whopping 3.3 millon yen — about $22,000. An Ohtani-used glove sells for almost 2 million yen — $13,400.</p><p>Taiwanese Torben Lin offered a contrarian view. In town shopping, his interest was in buying a Masataka Yoshida jersey, the Japanese outfielder who wears No. 7 for the Boston Red Sox. He bypassed the Ohtani gear — intentionally.</p><p>"Ohtani is a good player. He’s really good," Lin said. "He has two or three skills. But to be honest, I think he’s not perfect. You know, it’s not like we all need to buy his stuff. His souvenirs. His shirts. I think we need to support other players."</p><p>That perspective didn't deter Hina Kishi. She works as a waitress in a Japanese restaruant, admired a blue Dodgers jersey on the rack and said she intended to buy it. Even after she looked at the price of 77,000 yen — about $510.</p><p>"Very expenisve," she said, muttering about how she’d work the spending around her payday. She said she works wearing a kimono, a wrap-around garment and Japan’s traditional dress. She said the jersey would offer a "different look."</p><p>"I saw baseball in person for the first time at the World Baseball Classic last year at the Tokyo Dome," she said. "I respect Ohtani so much for being the best and also such a good person."</p><p>She said she was so taken that she flew to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> shortly thereafter to see Ohtani play with Angels.</p><p>Fans seem willing to pay to be outfitted like Ohtani with demand soaring and profits to divvy up. A store employee said a blue Dodgers cap with a script "D" above the bill — being worn frequently in spring training — nearly sold out in a few days.</p><p>"They talk about Ohtani on Japanese news every day," Suzuki, the assistant manager, said. "We can’t think of what business would be like without him."</p><p>Ditto for MLB and the Dodgers.</p> cbca2cc9-25cc-5f1e-bbeb-41b0a7d2b6fe fnc Fox News fox-news/world/world-regions/japan fox-news/topic/associated-press fox-news/world/world-regions/asia fox-news/sports/mlb fox-news/person/shohei-ohtani fox-news/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers fox-news/sports/mlb/los-angeles-angels fox-news/sports article Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:44:31 -0400