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Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on Stephen Colbert’s "The Late Show" recently to claim Democrats will "hold the House by winning more seats."

Really? Since the creation of what political scientists call the "Second American Party System" between 1818 and 1824, there have been just two times that the party holding the White House gained House seats – 1934 and 2002. But while it can be done, today we don’t have President Franklin Delano Roosevelt bringing the nation back from the depths of the Great Depression or President George W. Bush leading the War Against Terror in the aftermath of 9/11.

Today, we’ve got President Joe Biden. He often seems lost and confused and is dragged down by a 43% approval rating with only 27% of Americans believing the country is going in the right direction, inflation at a 40-year high, 82% thinking the economy is "only fair" or "poor," a border crisis, and rising crime and lawlessness. 

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So what’s up with Nancy Pelosi? Is she delusional? Or was something else at play here?

Though at age 82 she’s lost a few steps, Pelosi, D-Calif., can’t be so out of it as to think that with only five seats between them and minority status, Democrats will actually hold the House in November.

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My bet is she said what she did to keep the bottom from falling out. She doesn’t want Democratic donors to stop giving. She doesn’t want Democratic candidates to slack off. She doesn’t want Democratic activists to hang up their clipboards and canvassing shoes. She doesn’t want Democratic voters to fail to turn out.

She wanted to project confidence on Colbert because she knew her audience (those in the studio cheered her ridiculous claim) and interlocutor (he joined in the partisan applause and didn’t challenge his guest). Her hope was to keep money flowing, get-out-the-vote efforts chugging, and candidates charging until the end. 

If that happens, then maybe, just maybe, a few more Democrats might win who’d otherwise lose and the Republican House majority would be a smidge smaller than it would have been otherwise. Minimizing her party’s political casualties would allow liberal pundits and partisan cheerleaders like Colbert to say, "It could have been worse."

Maybe that’s how it will play out. But for this observer, it was a sad moment. She seems a pale shadow of the Nancy Pelosi of 15 years ago when she became the first woman to wield the speaker’s gavel. After November, she’s likely to go swiftly, resigning from Congress to allow her party to attempt a reset with new leadership. Whether announced as such or not, her Colbert appearance was a late-night talk show swan song. 

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Liberal social media users inadvertently attacked President Biden’s latest gaffe by blasting Rep. Lauren Boebert’s, R-Colo., tweet on Saturday.

On Friday, Biden gave a speech at a car factory in Hagerstown, Maryland where he began with what many, including NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" saw as an embarrassing flub.

"Let me start with two words: Made in America," the president said.

Boebert poked fun at the gaffe with a tweet making her own intentional "two words" flub.

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"Two Words: Let’s Go Brandon!" she wrote.

Although the tweet was in reference to Biden’s mistake, many progressive Twitter users appeared to believe Boebert made the mistake herself.

"But which two words, though? ‘Let’s go?’ … ‘Go Brandon?’" MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted.

Actor George Takei wrote, "She can’t…count."

"Three words: You’re an idiot," liberal activist David Hogg tweeted.

"BREAKING: Lauren Boebert just completely humiliated herself, tweeting ‘Two Words: Let’s Go Brandon.’ That’s THREE words. She’s such a friggin’ moron!" Former Obama staffer Jon Cooper wrote.

Novelist Cole Haddon tweeted, "Dogs have a basic understanding of arithmetic, and can notice errors in simple computations such as 1+1 = 1 or 1+1 = 3."

"Is she on any kind of banking or budget committee? Because ... arithmetic," Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison wrote.

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Despite backlash against Boebert’s tweet, many other conservative and liberal users pointed out that the representative’s tweet was clearly a joke about Biden.

"That leftists don’t know she’s trolling Biden’s recent gaffe further proves how perpetually removed they are from reality. They say the things they do because they literally have no idea what’s going on," conservative podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey tweeted.

Liberal journalist Aaron Rupar remarked, "this is supposed to mock a Biden gaffe. were you even aware of that? if not, congrats, you probably don't have brainworms."

"Cue the meltdown," Wood Radio host Justin Barclay wrote.

Podcast host John Ziegler joked, "This is classic… The left presumes Boebert is a moron & their leftist propaganda outlets never told them Biden just dramatically declared, ‘two words: made in America,’ so they think she said something moronic, when in actuality it was even more brilliant than she even realized!" 

"Do not be surprised that Democrats do not get @laurenboebert's tweet that says ‘Two Words: Let's Go Brandon.’ They do not know she is mocking President Joe Biden last week saying ‘Two Words: Made In America’ because they only get their news from an echo chamber," conservative writer Carmine Sabia tweeted.

Boebert later responded to the backlash from her tweet, mocking her critics.

"Now imagine if they applied the same viewpoint to their guy when he did this rather than me for making a joke about him," Boebert wrote.

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Biden has made several notable gaffes during his presidency, many over the past month. On Friday, he warned that the U.S. has not seen the prospect of "Armageddon" like it does now since the Cuban Missile Crisis. On Sept. 28, he appeared to look for deceased Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski in a crowd after calling her name. The White House has repeatedly defended these moments without admitting that the president in any way misspoke.

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's re-election campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state's abortion access for women.

The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help." 

The advertisement also includes California's abortion resources website and a Bible verse. 

"Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commitment than these," the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.

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Similar billboards funded by Newsom's campaign have been set up in other Republican-led states with abortion restrictions, including Indiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

The billboard campaign is the latest Newsom advertising in Texas pushing his state's access to abortion. The California governor had ads placed in three Texas newspapers in July in which he criticized Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott for his stance on abortion and guns.

The newspaper ads feature a modified quote from Abbott about Senate Bill 8, which prohibits abortion in the Lone Star State after six weeks of pregnancy, to blast the Republican's response to gun violence in Texas following the school shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two teachers in May.

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The quote from Abbott reads, "Our creator endowed us with the right to life. And yet… children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. In Texas, we work to save those lives." 

The ad then shows "abortion" crossed out with "gun violence" written above it, "Texas" crossed out with "California" written above it and Abbott's name crossed out with Newsom's written below it.

Texas' abortion law, which made performing the procedure a felony except in cases to save the life of a mother, went into effect in August. The trigger law took effect when the Supreme Court issued its ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, allowing states to establish their own laws pertaining to abortion.

The law criminalizes performing an abortion from the moment of fertilization unless the woman is facing a "life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy." 

The measure states that a woman who receives an abortion will not be prosecuted.

Violations of the law are punishable by up to life in prison. And the Attorney General shall seek a civil penalty of at least $100,000, plus attorney’s fees, according to the statute.

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A San Antonio teenager's grandmother turned him in to police after discovering he allegedly shot his sister's boyfriend while on drugs.

Officials found the victim with a gunshot wound in his right thigh at around 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, according to FOX 29 San Antonio. The victim, who was found in his apartment, was sent to a local hospital.

The 16-year-old was reportedly doing drugs with the victim when they got into a verbal dispute. Officials believe the teenager shot the victim and immediately fled the scene.

Police said that moments later, the assailant's grandmother brought him to a police station. While turning him in, she brought the handgun he allegedly shot the victim with.

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The teen was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm.

The case is being investigated by San Antonio police and no other details are immediately available at this time.

The San Antonio Police Department did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

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A Nevada man delighted fast food patrons by bringing a rescue camel to an In-N-Out restaurant in Las Vegas last week.

Fergie, a dromedary camel, stood calmly as she was surrounded by cars in the restaurant's drive-thru on October 4. 

Video shows the camel slowly moving through the drive-thru at the West Coast fast food chain while onlookers laughed and admired the animal from afar.

After securing her meal, the camel walked with her handler to the parking lot area where she was surrounded by people who watched her enjoy her food. 

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The camel's handler, Brandon Nobles, explained that Fergie is a 12-year-old rescue camel from Colorado.

In the video, Nobles is heard saying that the camel, that could live to be up to 65 years old, loves fast food.

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"She loves the French fries!" he said as Fergie devoured the box of fries.

"She's very acclimated to heat, obviously," the handler explained. "She just didn't quite get along with where she was at, so she needed a home."

The animal rescue's Instagram account, @jeffrys_farm, shows Fergie enjoying treats from Wendy's and Einstein Bros. Bagels. Her adventures can be followed through the hashtag #FergieTheCamel.

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A string of miscues from Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman on the Senate campaign trail is fueling questions about his fitness for office. 

Fetterman suffered a stroke in May, and his gradual return to the campaign trail has been marred by verbal stumbles and miscues. 

"The [Philadelphia] Eagles are so much better than the Eagles!" Fetterman told a Philadelphia crowd late last month. 

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"I'm doing fantastic, and it's not about kicking balls in the authority or anything," Fetterman recently told MSNBC host Chris Hayes. (Fetterman mixed up the phrase "kicking authority in the balls," which is how Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz had described Fetterman.) 

"And make sure you take advantage of this amazing opportunity to, the only thing you have… stand… to lose is your record," Fetterman said in a prerecorded video to supporters last month.

Fetterman's stumbles are providing Republicans with plenty of ammunition to raise questions about his fitness for office.

Fetterman about his stroke recovery at a Pittsburgh rally earlier this month while taking aim at Oz.

"As you know, I had a stroke," Fetterman told the crowd. "Oh and I'm so grateful to be here today now after surviving that better and better, you know?"

"You know, the only lingering issue that I have after that stroke is sometimes auditory processing, sometimes. And, every now and then, I might miss a word or, sometimes, you know, I might mush two words together," Fetterman said before bringing up a video of Oz that his campaign has mocked all summer.

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Fetterman has taken criticism for not being open about his health since his May stroke, which occurred days before he handily won the Democratic nomination for Senate. Oz and others have raised questions about whether the 52-year-old former mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, is up to the task of serving in the Senate. 

Brittany Yanick, communications director for Oz, who is closing the gap on Fetterman in the highly-watched toss-up race, told Fox News Digital that "on KDKA radio, John Fetterman swore up and down he's not on the heart transplant list."

"If he's willing to tell a journalist that he doesn't need a heart transplant on the record, what is the big deal about making his medical records public to back that up?" Yanick said. "Fetterman already hid the fact that he had atrial fibrillation when he ran for Lieutenant Governor and throughout the Democratic primary for Senate, so how can we take him at his word now?"

"The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called on both candidates to release their medical records weeks ago. Oz released his. Why hasn't Fetterman?" she continued. "It's bizarre and strange he hasn't done it yet. What is John Fetterman hiding?"

"As we've said over and over again, John is healthy and he also still has a lingering auditory processing issue that his doctors expect will go away," Fetterman campaign spokesperson Joe Calvello told Fox News Digital in a statement.

"John has already released a letter from his cardiologist, put out a candid letter directly from himself about his stroke, and talked about his health openly with local and national media," Calvello continued.

"Unfortunately for Dr. Oz and the pathetic Republicans who are desperately rooting against his recovery, John is getting better every day and he is going to win this race to be Pennsylvania's next Senator," he added.

Fetterman’s health will continue to be a central theme of the race going into November, and even the White House growing nervous about the topic, the Associated Press reported. 

The Pennsylvania Democrat is still up in the polls against his Republican opponent, but with the Keystone State’s purple hue, it’s anyone’s ballgame.

Fox News Digital’s Thomas Phippen and the Associated Press contributed reporting.

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One adorable cat has traveled a very long way to find his forever home.

Chaz, an all-white domestic shorthair cat, is currently up for adoption at King Street Cats in Alexandria, Virginia, after he was rescued in Kuwait.

As a small kitten, Chaz was picked on by other cats — as discovered by a caretaker. 

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Chaz was brought to King Street Cats after spending a year with a rescuer — and was declared to be positive for FIV — feline immunodeficiency virus. 

(HIV infects only humans, while FIV infects only cats. But not all cats with FIV become clinically ill.)

Now, Chaz is two-and-a-half years old and needs a home.

He's a big, talkative boy with "lots of stories to tell," staff at King Street Cats told Fox News Digital.

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The 18-pound cat loves to be petted, is curious about the world around him and loves to sleep with his humans, the staff also reported.

He does not enjoy being left alone, so a home where he can get lots of attention is best for him. 

The rescue facility also suggested a home with an adult-only environment or with older children, since Chaz’s manners "aren’t always the best."

Chaz must be the only cat in the house, yet he will get along with an easygoing small dog.

"We know he would be the best companion ever if someone would just give him a chance," King Street Cats told Fox News Digital.

Interested in adopting Chaz? 

Visit kingstreetcats.org to complete an adoption application.

Want to read about other pets up for adoption? Check out this article from Fox News Digital: Beautiful brindle dog available for adoption in New Jersey: ‘Old-school charmer’

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Joe Berlinger is certain Jeffrey Dahmer had a "death wish" when the serial killer requested to be moved to general population.

It was February 1992 when Dahmer arrived at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, to serve 15 consecutive life sentences. His horrific crimes had drawn worldwide attention, and he was nicknamed the "Milwaukee Cannibal." Police officials decided to put Dahmer in protective custody out of concern that an inmate would attempt to make a name for himself by targeting the killer. But Dahmer was eventually moved out of his isolated cell.

"I can’t say he knew this was a way out for him," the Oscar-nominated filmmaker told Fox News Digital. "But I do think it was part of his decision-making. I do ultimately believe he felt remorseful for what he did. I know that goes against a lot of conventional thinking. People say that to be a serial killer, you can’t have empathy. But I do think he had a severe mental illness. He wasn’t insane in the legal definition of insanity, but obviously, anybody who is creating zombies and killing people to lie with them is mentally disturbed."

"I can’t say that he knew in three weeks that he would be killed," Berlinger shared. "But I do believe he was someone who didn’t resist it."

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On Friday, Netflix released a new true-crime documentary by Berlinger titled "Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes." It features rare recordings based on hours-long sit-downs between Dahmer and his defense lawyer, Wendy Patrickus. Viewers can hear Dahmer candidly describe his horrifying crimes in unsettling detail.

In the film, Patrickus described how stunned she was when Dahmer told her that he desired more freedom to move around with other inmates. Patrickus suspected the move would be fatal.

Prison officials moved Dahmer to a unit for inmates with emotional problems. At first, he seemingly kept to himself as he attended classes and performed work duties. But then he began taunting inmates with his morbid sense of humor involving food.

In 1994, Dahmer and inmate Jesse Anderson were cleaning bathrooms when they found themselves unattended for 20 minutes. Christopher Scarver, who was repulsed by Dahmer’s crimes, bludgeoned him to death. Dahmer was 34. Anderson was also killed.

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"There’s a lot of reasons to tell this story today," Berlinger explained. "You have to remember that Netflix is a global platform, and it’s allowed me to tell this story in a responsible way. … Dahmer represents a phenomenon that is chillingly fascinating and important to present to a younger generation who may not be familiar with the stories. He appeared as a well-mannered guy and gave the appearance of being regular. But this is a lesson that cannot be repeated enough. Just because someone looks and acts a certain way, it doesn’t mean that you should trust them."

The premiere of this film is no coincidence. On Sept. 21, the streaming giant launched the Ryan Murphy limited series, "Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story." The show has racked up nearly 300 million hours during its second week on the streaming service, Deadline reported. Nearly 200 million hours were watched in its first week after it premiered. According to the outlet, "Dahmer" has become the ninth-most popular series on Netflix after only 12 days. It was seen by 56 million households in less than two weeks.

Berlinger has previously made two "Conversations" documentaries detailing the crimes of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. In 2019, he also directed "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile," which starred Zac Efron as Bundy.

There’s suspicion that there may be more victims out there today who were killed by Bundy and Gacy before they were executed. In Dahmer’s case, Berlinger believes that he was more matter-of-fact with his crimes.

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"You know, there’s always that chance because obviously you’re relying on his recollections," Berlinger said. "And largely, the identifications [of his victims] were made through the horrible findings of body parts from his apartment. There’s always the chance, but I would say it’s far less likely than with some of the other serial killers. He owned up to it right away. What makes these tapes so extraordinary was how forthright he was in how he revealed what he did. He felt comfortable with Wendy Patrickus, who got more information out of him than the police did."

Dahmer, a sex offender, committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism and the preservation of body parts. Dahmer was convicted of 15 killings in Wisconsin. According to prosecutors, there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him with the 16th slaying. He also pleaded guilty to the Ohio murder of a hitchhiker in 1978.

The newfound attention surrounding Dahmer's case has been panned by some relatives of his victims. They’ve said such projects have been "retraumatizing" as they’ve been forced to relive the tragedies once more.

Berlinger said the goal of his documentary is to show how Patrickus, who is unknown by many today, helped serve justice.

"You know, we tend to have a patriarchal view of these stories," said Berlinger. "We should celebrate the woman, the young female lawyer on the team, the junior lawyer on the team, who actually obtained all of this information. I think retelling the story from that perspective was so important in the context of where we are in 2022. And it was in the manner in which she communicated with him. It was a very brave conversation for her to have. She projected an image of trustworthiness and candor to Dahmer that allowed him to open up. It was her particular mannerisms and how she handled the situation that allowed for these revelations to come out."

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"This genre gets a lot of criticism, but in the hands of responsible filmmakers, there are very good reasons to tell these stories," he said.

There’s also another lesson Berlinger hopes viewers will take away from the film.

"Maybe people out there will recognize their own struggles," he said. "Maybe it will prompt people to get help when they hear this story and understand some warning signs. … As a filmmaker, I feel good about putting out that message into the world. And … just because people look and act a certain way doesn’t mean you should implicitly trust them."

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"Saturday Night Live" this weekend zeroed in on the tense state of the country with a cold open centered around a game show called "So You Think You Won’t Snap?"

The host of the game show (Bowen Yang) mentioned real headlines to contestants in the sketch until they inevitably broke down in some way. 

"Have you noticed that everyone around you is angry and crazy?" Yang asked at the top of the sketch with a game-show-host grin. "People are flipping out at Target, stabbing is back and the only thing that can cheer us up is watching a sexy show about Jeffrey Dahmer." 

The first contestant (Heidi Gardner), who Yang described one of the only four "people in America who have not yet snapped," was read increasingly concerning news about a potential nuclear threat from Russia and President Biden’s ability to deal with it.

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"On Thursday, Biden said we are closer to nuclear Armageddon than we’ve been in 60 years," the host said. 

When Gardner’s character answered, "don’t know where to put that in my brain but I love Biden," Yang sadistically reminded her of Biden's age. 

"When Joe Biden was born we didn't have highways," Yang said, adding the president didn’t get his first computer until he was 53 years old.

He then played a real video clip of Biden on '60 Minutes" talking about his "mental acuity."

"How would you say your mental focus is?" the "60 Minutes" interviewer asks in the clip before Biden answers: "Oh, it’s focused." He then laughs and mumbles, then: "I think it’s – I haven’t – look."

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The sketch then cuts to Gardner furiously chugging a glass of wine. 

A second contestant (Chloe Fineman) reached her breaking point (during which the fake game show allowed her to hit a flight attendant in a nod to recent disgruntled passenger outbursts) after she was told about Hershel Walker’s abortion allegation, 86% of kids say their dream job is to be a social media influencer and that Chris Pratt plays Mario in the new animated movie. 

The third contestant (Kenan Thompson) snapped after just hearing the name "Elon Musk." 

"That man needs to shut his mouth!" an infuriated Thompson shouted. "Rich dude talking about going to Mars, well take your a-- to Mars then!"

The final contestant (Davon Walker) wasn’t bothered by news that 401ks are down by 20% or that the Mars company has announced that in the "name of inclusivity" the orange M&M has anxiety but he started to stress out when the host brought up Ye, the rapper former known as Kanye West. 

"It’s OK, I still like his music," Walker’s character said through deep breaths after the host said Ye called Lizzo fans "demonic." 

The host continued, "Kanye West also recently opened a private school," prompting Walker to say, "Ok, it’s cool, yeah, that’s good right."

Then the host said, "and he says he’s never read a book in his life." 

Walker, who is Black, finally lost his cool, after the host showed him a photo of Ye’s controversial "White Lives Matter" t-shirt he wore at a fashion show in Paris last week. 

Brendan Gleeson guest-hosted the episode and his "The Banshees of Inisherin" co-star Colin Farrell popped in during his monologue to share a song with him. 

Willow Smith was the musical guest. 

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Oh, what fun it is to ... win! And that's exactly what three lucky people did as they won $1 million of Terry Bradshaw's money in last week's FOX Bet Super 6 NFL Sunday Challenge.

A million dollars is a pretty nice chunk of change. As a matter of fact, it's the amount of money people often fantasize about having. "If only I had a million dollars ..."

Well, three very lucky football fans got to split a seven-figure jackpot worth a cool mil after winning the Week 4 contest.

Terry's money has officially left the building.

Out of almost 800,000 NFL Sunday Challenge entries in the app, the three contestants were the only ones to perfectly predict the six outcomes of the Super 6 marquee matchups. The winners are from Minnesota, Arizona and California, and each will pocket approximately $333,333 in winnings (pending verification).

Scoring that much cash during Sunday football is a call that looks good from every angle.

So what does it feel like to be one of the lucky ones who gets a piece of the pie? We caught up with a couple of our winners to find out.

Allison from California lives in an equal-opportunity household when it comes to NFL fandom. She, her husband and their five children cheer for the Raiders, the hometown Chargers and the Seahawks. 

"We cheer for the Raiders because I have a former student who now works for them. And the Seahawks — we've always loved them as a family," she said. "When it comes to the Chargers, they're a local team. And we sometimes see some Chargers players at the doctor we go to."

The mom of five admits that she had tinkered around with the FOX Bet Super 6 contest in the past because she had friends who played. But it wasn't until this year that she got serious about trying her luck.

"I started playing because it was free, it was easy, and it makes watching Sunday football more fun. However, I wasn't sure people really won."

But people really do win. Allison's own winning moment came last Sunday during the Cardinals-Panthers game. But before the grand finale, she kept up with her progress throughout the day.

"I'd look down and say, 'oh, I got the first one.' Then I looked down again, and I said, 'oh, I got the second one."

But as the Cardinals were en route to defeating the Panthers 26-16, cementing her as a winner, Allison had to tune into those final moments from her iPhone.

"We were installing a new television at my parents' house, and we couldn't get the SMART features to work. So there I was, watching the Cardinals kneeling, and I was saying, 'oh my gosh, they're kneeling, they're kneeling!

"And I was in disbelief. I was just staring at the app in shock. I'm not someone who knows players' stats. I'm just a mom, and I won!"

When it comes to knowing football, Allison considers herself an average Joe.

"I don't do any research. I always pick the Seahawks. I picked the Cowboys because we have a close family friend who passed and was a Cowboys fan. 

"To be honest. Most of it is flat-out guessing."
 
And speaking of guessing, Allison is still figuring out what she'll do with her money.

"We'll use some for upgrades on the house, and we'll put some away for the kids' college funds."

But one thing she knows for sure is that she'll be playing again.

"Why would I not keep playing? It's free, so nothing's lost if you don't win. Either way, you have fun while doing it."

Heather from Minnesota was another winner we caught up with. Like Allison, she plans on putting some of her prize money toward finishing up home renovations. But unlike our winner from the West coast, this mom from Minnesota had never played a Super 6 contest until she hit it big this past Sunday.

Heather's oldest son who's in college introduced the FOX Bet Super 6 contest to her. And because she and her family are huge sports fans, it was easy for her to get in on the fun.

Since fun and money are the current themes, we've got a few special picks for you as we look ahead to NFL Week 5.

FOX Bet Super 6 is a free-to-play contest where users choose the winners and the margins of victories for six games. Get all the picks right and cha-ching. In addition to playing NFL Sunday Challenge, fans can try their hand at College Football Pick 6, the Big Noon Saturday challenge and other weekly contests.

Terry's jackpot is $100,000 this week, so in addition to our predictions, Allison and Heather are providing theirs, too. 

If you're ready to play like a millionaire for this week's 100 grand, check out all the picks below.

FOX Bet Super 6 NFL Sunday Challenge Week 5 picks

ALLISON FROM CALIFORNIA 

Bears @ Vikings (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)
I just think wide receiver Justin Jefferson will do well.
Prediction: Vikings by 14 to 17 points

Seahawks @ Saints (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)
We are long-time fans of the Seahawks, and I think they may have some momentum after winning last week.
Prediction: Seahawks by 7 points

Steelers @ Bills (1 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS)
I think quarterback Josh Allen will do well.
Prediction: Bills by 14 to 17

Lions @ Patriots (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)
I think the Lions have some injuries.
Prediction: Patriots by 7 points 

Falcons @ Buccaneers (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)
I like Tom Brady.
Prediction: Bucs by 14 to 17 points

Cowboys @ Rams (4:25 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)
They're a local team.
Prediction: Rams by 8 to 10 points

HEATHER FROM MINNESOTA

Bears @ Vikings
I always cheer for the Vikings.
Prediction: Vikings by 14 to 17 points

Seahawks @ Saints
Prediction: Saints by 7 points

Steelers @ Bills
Prediction: Bills by 18 to 22 points

Lions @ Patriots
Prediction: Patriots by 3 points

Falcons @ Buccaneers
Prediction: Buccaneers by 8 to 10 points

Cowboys @ Rams
Prediction: Rams by 7 points

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Bears @ Vikings
FOX Bet oddsmakers have the Vikes favored by 7, and that's a spot we like. Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins has thrown a touchdown pass in 34-straight games, and the Vikings are 7-2 in their last nine divisional games.
Prediction: Vikings by 7 points

Seahawks @ Saints
The Seahawks with Geno Smith don't look as bad as we thought, and the Saints with a healthy Jameis Winston don't look as good as many imagined. 

Geno's 77.3% completion percentage is the best in the League. The Saints on offense this season have committed an NFL-worst 11 turnovers. Be on the lookout for a Hawks W.
Prediction: Seahawks by 8 to 10 points

Steelers @ Bills
The Steelers won the last matchup between these two in Week 1 of the 2021 season by a score of 23-16. No such luck this year, though. 

Buffalo is coming off a 17-point comeback win over the Ravens in Week 4, and the squad is 12-3 in its last 15 regular season home games. 

It's all about the Bills, baby.
Prediction: Bills by 6 points

Lions @ Patriots
The Lions are 3-1 against the spread (ATS) this season, so one thing we know they do well is cover. 

With Detroit's cover percentage in mind and the Lions sitting at +3 at FOX Bet, we're going to go with the Patriots. 

Look for New England to bounce back, but it will be close.
Prediction: Patriots by 1 to 2

Falcons @ Buccaneers
Who would've guessed that in 2022, Marcus Mariota would be leading the Falcons against Tom Brady's Buccaneers and that both squads would be 2-2? 

Not even Marty McFly could have figured this one out. 

Well, one thing we do know for sure is that, after TB & Co. got embarrassed 41-31 on Sunday Night Football, the Bucs are due for a revenge game. 

Watch out, ATL. You're about to feel the wrath of the GOAT.
Prediction: Buccaneers by 8 to 10 points

Cowboys @ Rams
Like the Bucs, the Rams need to save face in a major way after falling 24-9 to the Niners in Monday Night Football. 

Matthew Stafford was sacked seven times, and LA didn't score a single touchdown all game. Dallas comes into this matchup with the third-overall scoring defense in the league and with a backup QB in Cooper Rush, who's essentially playing with house money.

We're backing the Boys' backup to get his fifth win and cover in his fifth career start.
Prediction: Cowboys by 3 points

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Hundreds of supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gathered in London and Washington, D.C., on Saturday to demand the U.S. government end its efforts to extradite him over the publication of classified documents. 

Assange, who is currently being held at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison, will face espionage charges if he is extradited to the U.S. He is accused of publishing information detailing crimes committed by the U.S. government in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Iraq and Afghanistan, and reveals instances in which the CIA engaged in torture and rendition.

Britain's High Court ruled over the summer that Assange can be extradited to the U.S.

Supporters in London on Saturday formed a human chain outside Britain's parliament that stretched from its perimeter railings and across nearby Westminster Bridge to the other side of the River Thames.

JULIAN ASSANGE EXTRADITION TO US APPROVED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Assange's wife Stella said the British government should speak to U.S authorities to stop the extradition attempts.

"It's already gone on for three and a half years. It is a stain on the United Kingdom and is a stain on the Biden administration," she said.

In the U.S., supporters of the Australian-born activist gathered outside the Justice Department to call on the federal government to drop its extradition bid. The protestors said they hope Assange never steps foot on U.S. soil and that he would not be treated fairly by the judicial system.

"Julian wasn't trying to help dictatorships, he was trying to stop the United States from becoming one! And that's why they want him in jail, and that is why it is crucial that we fight to set Julian free," 2020 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Spike Cohen said at the rally.

Human trafficking survivor Eliza Bleu urged the "global elites, the ruling class" and employees of the CIA and FBI to "be a hero, quit your job and become a whistleblower."

"If it's a choice between free speech and the United States government, trust and know, one's gotta go! If one has to go, it ain't gonna be free speech!" she said, adding that she is so passionate about freedom because she knows what it is like to lose it.

EXTRADITION OF WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE APPROVED BY UK JUDGE

Bleu said that, despite being a female trafficking survivor, she skipped out on the Women's March that also took place on Saturday because, without a free press, there would be nobody to cover women's issues or survivor's issues.

Assange sought asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London years ago because he faced extradition to Sweden after two women accused him of rape. The investigations were eventually dropped. 

Multiple speakers at the rally in D.C. railed against the corporate press for their lack of journalists at the event, particularly calling out The New York Times and The Guardian for being among the outlets to also publish the contents of the documents Assange had obtained.

"We need watchdog journalists not lapdog journalists," two-time Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said.

In addition to publishing war logs leaked to him by former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning, who was convicted in 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, Assange's site published internal communications taken from the Democratic National Committee and then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign that shed light on the DNC's attempts to boost Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary.

Assange has been blamed for impacting Clinton's chances of winning the presidency in 2016.

The Wikileaks founder is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts over the publication of classified documents.

The U.S. has said that Assange put lives in danger with his publication of the documents but his supporters call him a political victim. 

The CIA has reportedly previously had plans to kill Assange over the publication of sensitive CIA hacking tools, known as "Vault 7." The agency said it suffered "the largest data loss in CIA history" after Wikileaks published the materials.

According to a September 2021 Yahoo report, the CIA during the Trump era had discussions "at the highest levels" of the administration about plans to assassinate Assange in London. Following orders from then-CIA director Mike Pompeo, the agency had drawn up kill "sketches" and "options." The report further noted advanced plans to kidnap and rendition Assange and that the CIA made a political decision to charge him.

Assange's legal team has appealed Britain's High Court ruling to authorize his extradition.

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Iranian protesters continue to confront the autocratic regime that rules over the vast Mideast country with chants of "death to the dictator," a slogan targeting the iron-fisted rule of the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The pressing question for many experts on Iran and veteran observers of Tehran is will the widespread demonstrations blanketing Iran end the regime that imposed a radical Islamic law system in the country after the 1979 revolution?

Iranians from all walks of life are now turning the tables with their calls for the dissolution of Khamenei’s regime. 

After all, the "founding principle of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution was ‘Death to America,'" according to Clifford May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who, as a New York Times reporter, covered the 1979 revolution. 

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The spark that ignited the mass protests was the morality police’s alleged torture and murder last month of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini for not complying with the nation’s dress code rule that a female’s hair be covered.

Contrary to the claim by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who told NPR in late September "there is a not going to be regime change in Iran," Iranian-American experts see potential for a transition to a post-Islamic Republic of Iran.

"While the regime has been more brazen than ever in their crackdowns against protesters, we've never seen the protesters as zealous as they've been this time around. The Achilles heel of this regime has always been its people. They know the only way they'll be toppled is by the people, the same way they came to power," said Lisa Daftari, an expert on Iran and editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk.

"The Iranian people are telling the world that they're accepting the burden of taking down their government, but they need help. It will start not just with support from the podium, but will require the West, spearheaded by the U.S., to fully support the task of removing Iran's regime by placing crippling sanctions on the sectors that deal directly with Iran's regime, stepping away from the JCPOA negotiations which will give billions of dollars and political leverage to the mullahs and, lastly, providing strategic and organizational resources to Iran's protesters to be able to carry out this endeavor."

The JCPOA is an abbreviation for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the formal name for the Iran nuclear deal that the Biden administration is working to conclude with Tehran’s rulers.

The Iran atomic accord is shrouded in intense controversy because it, according to reports, will pump as much as $275 billion into Iran’s coffers during the first year of the deal, according to an FDD study, and merely impose a temporary restriction on Tehran’s capability to build a nuclear weapons device.

Both Democratic and Republican administrations have classified the Islamic Republic of Iran as the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism.

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While Iran’s top diplomat, Amir-Abdollahian, continues to stress that the ubiquitous protest against the regime "is not a big deal," Mariam Memarsadeghi, a fellow for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, told Fox News Digital, "The people of Iran have shown that they are capable of coming out into the streets in all large and small cities at once and occupying most parts of large cities simultaneously, too.

"Their unity is unprecedented since the 1979 revolution. So is their fury. People have brought down other totalitarian regimes through mass civil disobedience. The people of Iran are more than capable of doing the same."

IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER BREAKS SILENCE ON AMINI PROTESTS, BLAMES US FOLLOWING SUNDAY CLASH

Memarsadeghi urged, in a reference to the JCPOA talks, "for the world’s democracies to stop legitimizing those oppressing Iranian protesters by continuing to negotiate with them."

"The Iranian people are showing the way for regime change," she added. "They’re deploying a diversity of tactics that engage a broad cross-section of society with street protests and labor strikes as the two main drivers of the revolution."

While the Treasury Department sanctioned "Iran’s morality police for abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors," in late September, Iran experts are seeking greater U.S. aid to the pro-democracy protesters across Iran.

"Now is the time for the West to put their money where their mouth is on a human rights-centric approach to politics and standing with the Iranian people," Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow and Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "Washington needs to not only support Iranian strikers, which will amplify street power, with a potential strike fund that can be sourced from confiscated Iranian assets and illicit exports but also needs to have a strategy that encourages elite defection." 

He noted that other tactics to accelerate the protesters' activities include "ways to creatively send and secure hardware needed in Iran to make satellite internet a reality. The same goes for making sure Iranians have the capability to communicate with one another, particularly via mobile phone, in the case of the next internet blackout."

The clerical regime frequently pulls the plug on internet service to block communication among protesters and news to the international community.

Ben Taleblu stressed that the Biden administration "must drastically intensify the sanctions architecture against both regime elites and national level officials as well as the local commanders and political officials cracking down or calling for a crackdown against protesters."

The question, for many Iranian experts, is no longer will the clerical regime collapse but when. Memarsadeghi said democracies "should be investing now in strategic planning for the day after the regime falls."

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College football Week 6 is at our doorstep, threatening to barge in like the Buckeyes in the end zone on basically every possession.

And now that we're halfway through the regular season, it's time to take stock on how and where we've shelled out cash supporting our football habit.

Tickets and travel to games. A few bucks here and there on some top squads' moneylines. Team logo t-shirts and hoodies whose taxes and shipping cost as much as the clothes. Can you tell someone has some very personal experience in this department?

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To get in the game for your chance at the prize, download the FOX Bet Super 6 app, pick the winners and margins of victory of the six marquee matchups and submit your picks before the games kick off on Saturday.

It's really that easy and so much fun. More importantly, it's free to play! And if you were wondering if people really do win, the answer is yes. Just last weekend, we gave away $1,000,000 of Terry Bradshaw's money!

And if you need a little help before you make your picks for this week's contest, we have you covered! Check out our predictions for these exciting Week 6 matchups.

No. 4 Michigan @ Indiana (12 p.m. ET Saturday, FOX)

With every week that passes, Jim Harbaugh is proving his Wolverines deserve to be in the College Football Playoff (CFP) conversation and that their semifinals appearance last season was not a fluke.

We hear you loud and clear, Coach.

Big Blue rolls into this game 5-0 straight-up (SU) and 3-2 against the spread (ATS). The squad also comes into this contest knowing that they own the series. Michigan leads Indiana all-time 60-10, including last year's 29-7 spanking.

Do the Hoosiers — the team that hasn't lost a home game this season — stand a chance against the Wolverines? To keep it close, yes. To win outright, no.

Michigan's not-so-secret weapon, running back Blake Corum, has already rushed for 611 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. And there won't be any stopping him this weekend when he and his squad head to Indy for the sixth stop on their national championship campaign.

Prediction:
Michigan by 7 to 9 points

No. 17 TCU @ No. 19 Kansas (12 p.m. ET Saturday, FS1)

TCU took Oklahoma to the woodshed and left every splinter where it hurts in Week 5. We all saw that 55-24 dismantling of the Sooners, and it was ugly.

The Horned Frogs will be out for more frog food when they face the Jayhawks this weekend. And it looks like Kansas might be just the snack TCU is hunting.

The Purple and White are No. 2 in the nation in both scoring offense and total offense. In the state of Texas, TCU is the only undefeated FBS program. The Frogs own the all-time series 25-9-4, and since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012, the team is 9-1 against KU.

So Jayhawks, we see you with your 5-0 record and your 60% third-down conversion rate. But TCU has one of the best rushing attacks in the nation and one of the most efficient passing quarterbacks in Max Duggan.

Kansas, come talk to us when college basketball tips off.

Prediction:
TCU by 4 to 6 points

Texas @ Oklahoma (12 p.m. ET Saturday, ABC)

The Longhorns at 3-2 are not as average as their record suggests. In Week 2, they took No. 1 Alabama down to the wire in a game they lost 20-19. Their other loss was to Texas Tech in Week 4 when they fell 37-34. Texas is ready for battle, and the official snapback starts with Oklahoma this weekend.

At FOX Bet, away team Texas is favored by 7 points over OU, and we're siding with the oddsmakers on this one. We'll tell you why.

Oklahoma has allowed opponents 41 and 55 points in its last two losses. Considering the Sooners rank 94th in total defense, that certainly tracks. Texas' offense, on the other hand, ranks 20th in the nation, averaging 36.8 points per contest.

And since honesty is always the best policy, we're just gonna say it. We're still not convinced that Brent Venables is the right man for Oklahoma's head coaching job.

Prediction:
Texas by 14 to 17 points

No. 11 Utah @ No. 18 UCLA (3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, FOX)

UCLA is another one that made us look twice after the squad took down Washington in Week 5 by a final score of 40-32. In true Pac-12 fashion, it had all the makings of a Pac-12 After Dark thriller. But if you had asked us at the beginning of the season to predict the winner of this particular game, Utah would have been the easy answer.

Oh, how the tides have changed.

Like Kansas, the Bruins said they weren't waiting until basketball season to be relevant. UCLA completes 73.4% of its passes, and the passing game, led by QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, ranks fourth in the country. 

When they're 4- to 6-point underdogs — like they are this weekend — the Bruins are 7-3 SU and 7-3 ATS since 2010. Also, UCLA has gotten the W in its last six home games. The last time that happened was during the 2017 season. 

Hot tub time machine, anyone?

Utah, though, is as excellent as advertised. The Utes are averaging 42 points per game and are only allowing 155.4 passing yards per contest. The last time these two teams met was during the 2021 season, and Utah won that matchup at home 44-24.

This year, however, UCLA gets to play Hollywood host down in Southern California. And the Bruins do own this all-time series 11-8. Make that 12 after this weekend.

Prediction: 
UCLA by 7 to 9

Washington State @ No. 6 USC (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, FOX)

If you've heard it once, you've heard it 25,000 times. But this year could be the Year of the Trojan. The Renaissance of Troy. The Redemption of USC. 

Call it whatever you want, but USC is back on the map. Thanks, Lincoln Riley.

At FOX Bet, the Trojans are 13-point favorites over Washington State in this one. And while we applaud Washington State for taking the trip to the Coliseum for some fun in the California sun, this game will be all about SC.

The Trojans are the only team in the country to force at least 15 turnovers through the first five weeks of play, their 42.2 points per game lead the Pac-12 and their one turnover is tied for fewest in the country. 

One turnover in five weeks. Incredibly impressive.

If the Cougars are looking for some fun activities to make their trip worthwhile, we've heard the beaches are beautiful, and the street food is tasty. 

Prediction:
USC by 10 to 13 points

Texas A&M @ No. 1 Alabama (8 p.m. ET Saturday, CBS)

Texas A&M beat Bama 41-38 in the regular season last year, which means these two teams have had this game circled in maroon and crimson for 12 months. There's always a price for poking the bear. And Nick Saban & Co., do not forget.

The Aggies aren't having the best year. They lost to Appalachian State in Week 2. Should we just stop right there? No shade to App State, but that loss, coupled with falling to Mississippi State last week, has effectively ended any CFP hopes A&M might have had. 

Why so average, Aggies?

Well, they have the second-fewest passing yards in the SEC. They've only scored 109 points over five weeks, which is the worst in the conference. And the Aggies have only scored 14 TDs all season. That 14 is also tied for the fewest touchdowns — not in the conference but the entire FBS.

And just to give you a glimpse into the greatness that continues to be Alabama football, the Tide — as usual — are rolling.

No other squad in the nation has more 50+ plays from scrimmage than the Tide. The 236.4 yards they allow per game ranks fifth in the country. And they average 7.35 yards per carry, which is the best in the country. 

Oh. And Saban is 26-2 against former assistants.

Go ahead and call it 27-2 come Saturday.

Prediction:
Alabama by 18 to 21 points

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Illinois Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, announced Friday that his daughter's death in June was from a cardiac arrhythmia.

"This past June, our daughter, Gwen Casten, died of a sudden cardiac arrythmia. In layman’s terms, she was fine, and then her heart stopped," the Casten family wrote in a statement.

Gwen Casten, 17, died peacefully in her sleep in June after eating dinner with her parents and then going out with friends for a few hours.

The congressman said after his daughter's passing that she had been looking forward to starting her freshman year at the University of Vermont this fall.

ILLINOIS REP. SEAN CASTEN REVEALS NEW DETAILS ABOUT DAUGHTER'S DEATH: ‘IT WAS PEACEFUL’

The family said Gwen was a healthy teenager who ate well, exercised, received regular medical check-ups, did not suffer from any behavioral issues and was close with friends and family. 

She was fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the family said in their statement.

"We are heartbroken, but we are not unique," the statement read. "Sudden, unexplained heart-failure among young, healthy people is rare but real. We are left grasping at the wrong end of random chance."

The family said they are grateful for the "outpouring of love" they have received over the past few months. 

ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN ANNOUNCES DEATH OF HIS 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

"We’ve cried again over each of your letters, messages, meals, and flowers, but they are appreciated. We are also grateful for the donations to the Downers Grove North Friends of Fine Arts and March for Our Lives, causes that Gwen was actively engaged in during high school. It is a comfort to know how many lives Gwen touched over her 17 years," the family wrote.

They recalled Gwen as having a big, beautiful, kind, loving heart.

"None of us know when our last heartbeat will come," the family wrote. "The best we can hope for is that when our loved ones do pass, we will have no regrets about the time we were lucky enough to share."

"So hug the folks you love a little harder today," they continued. "Be present in their lives. And spread your love a little farther. Because in the end, it’s all that remains."

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Three people — one student and two adults — were shot outside a high school football stadium in Toledo, Ohio, Friday night.

The shooting outside Whitmer High School's stadium occurred during the school's football matchup against Central Catholic High School. The game was paused after the shooting, FOX 19 reported.

The victims were transported to a local hospital and are expected to recover, Toledo police said.

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According to police, two people are in custody and two outstanding are "possibly" connected to the shooting.

Gunshots were heard during the game, prompting spectators to flee from the stands. Several bullet casings were seen scattered on the ground behind the school's field house.

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"An act of violence occurred outside the stadium at tonight's football game between Central Catholic and Whitmer. At this time, we know that three people were shot, including two adults and one Whitmer student and were transported to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries," Washington Local Schools spokesperson Katie Peters said in a statement.

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"No guests were injured in the evacuation and we could not be prouder of our students, staff, Whitmer fans, and our guests from Central Catholic," the statement continued. "The Whitmer Athletic policy of wanding and screening all guests was enforced and the WLS pre-established safety plan was initiated immediately. We will update as further information becomes available."

There were about eight minutes remaining in the game when it was paused.

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An explosion and a fire were reported Saturday in the middle of the Kerch bridge, which connects Crimea with Russia, according to multiple reports.

Authorities suspended travel on the bridge after a fuel tank caught on fire, according to Russia’s RIA state news agency. Ukrainian media outlets reported an explosion was heard in the surrounding area at about 6 a.m. local time, Reuters reported.

"A fuel tank is on fire on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge," RIA state news agency said without further details.

Photos of the road-and-rail bridge on social media show part of the bridge was destroyed and plunged into the water below. Some videos show a large blaze and a column of black smoke.

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The agency added: "The shipping arches are not damaged."

The reports of the fire occurred hours after Russia shelled the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, destroying several buildings and sending towering plumes of smoke into the sky.

 Authorities did not indicate any casualties.

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The Kerch Bridge was built after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. It was officially opened in 2018 to connect Crimea to Russia.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Now this is what you call a gorge-ous car collection, even if most of these cars need some work.

Gary Kuchar has been collecting and working on cars for the better part of his 84 years.

The native Nebraskan left his family farm after high school to head to California as part of the early hot rod scene, where he became a body man building custom cars.

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He returned home to take over the family business after his father retired, but kept looking for cars to buy for himself and fixed up others for fun with friends.

"I had a bucket list of cars, and I kept a lookout for them," Kuchar told Fox News Digital. 

"I especially like orphan cars from out-of-business companies. Studebaker, Kaiser, things that are different."

After 20 years, Kuchar gave up the farm and moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1992, bringing a few of his cars along with him.

He parked them on his new property, which is situated in a gorge in Custer, and just kept filling it up.

"I live tucked back up in there between the rocks and the trees," he said. "When I find a car I like, I find a place to stick it."

He has dozens now in various states of repair, but all very interesting.

He has a 1961 Ford Fairlane Police car and an Australian Dodge Phoenix and DeSoto four-door from the same year.

He also has a Graham-Paige sedan and an Austin Bantam from the 1930s, a 1951 Nash Ambassador and a 1974 Saab Sonnet sports car.

Among the standouts scattered among the trees and sheds are a 1971 AMC AMX muscle car and a 1981 DeLorean that "sort of runs."

Kuchar said that "quite a few of them have been fixed, but I’ve fallen behind on the others," so he’s decided to put 72 of them up for sale.

"At my age, I don’t get off the ground from under them as fast as I used to," he joked.

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The collection is being offered online by VanDerBrink Auctions through October 21, but in-person inspections can be scheduled. 

Some cars are fully functional and others "ran when parked," but a few will need plenty of work to get them in roadworthy condition.

Although many of them are rare, there’s one that is literally unique and hard to miss.

Kuchar created a hot rod that looks like a Model T drag racer with an extended frame filled with three Chrysler slant-6 engines that he calls "Three of a Kind."

"One night, I had a dream where I pictured it. So I mounted a 1925 Model T truck cab to a Graham truck frame with a Ford 9-inch rear axle and installed an engine. Then I thought, ‘Why not add more?’"

He never got it running with the trio of motors, but has brought it to cars shows over the years. 

He says it always gets plenty of attention.

He is keeping five cars so that he has something to fiddle with, including another creation that's odd, if not quite as bizarre as the tri-motor build. 

It’s a 1966 Ford Mustang coupe, onto which he put the roof from a Volvo P1800 sports car.

"I was leaning on the Mustang, looking at the Volvo and got the idea in my head, so I grabbed my tape measure and it worked out fine," he explained of the inspiration for the orange hybrid. It wears GT1800 badging and has "A Horse of a Different Color" written across the top of windshield.

And the ideas keep coming. 

One of the cars that Kuchar is hanging onto is a 1951 Hudson that he’s planning to turn into a custom in the style of George Barris, the late builder responsible for the original TV Batmobile and the Munster Koach from "The Munsters," along with countless movie cars and hot rods.

"I’m not going to copy one," he said. "It’ll be my own design."

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The suspect believed to have carried out a deadly stabbing rampage in Las Vegas was arrested Thursday night hours after the attack, according to the Las Vegas Police Department.

Yoni Barrios, 32, was taken into custody and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon after police said he stabbed eight people on Las Vegas Boulevard Thursday morning.

He was also charged with six counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.

"This was an isolated incident," Deputy Chief James LaRochelle said in a statement. "All evidence indicates Barrios acted alone and there are no outstanding suspects at this time."

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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the rampage started at approximately 11:42 a.m. they received reports of multiple victims having been stabbed in front of a casino on South Las Vegas Boulevard.

The initial stabbing appeared to be "unprovoked" on a sidewalk, LaRochelle said.

"A total of eight victims were located," the Las Vegas police said. "One of those victims was pronounced deceased at the scene, and a second victim was pronounced deceased at University Medical Center. The remaining victims were transported to area hospitals."

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"Currently, three of them are in critical condition and the others are stable," the LVMPD added.

Investigators recovered a large kitchen knife they believe was the weapon used in the stabbings.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident and have gathered statements from "scores of witnesses," LaRochelle said.

No motive is known at this time.

Authorities have urged people avoid the area directly outside the Wynn Hotel.

Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

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A veteran window washer tragically died while working inside the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Mass. Wednesday morning.

Boston police responded to a report of a fallen worker in the library around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Fox 25. The worker, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

During a news conference, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said the worker was about five to seven stories high when he fell to his death.

"It does, at the end of the day, appear to be a tragic accident," Hayden said.

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Library and museum director Alan Price released a statement on the "shocking and tragic" incident Wednesday offering condolences to the worker's loved ones and "the JFK Library family."

"We are profoundly saddened by the death of a contractor who was washing windows in our facility earlier today," Price wrote. "Workplace safety has always been a priority in our facility."

Price said the man was a team member for a window cleaning company, identified as Gaeta Window Cleaning & Power Washing Services by Boston news outlets, and had worked safely in the library for many years.

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The company was onsite to pressure wash the building, but inclement weather caused the team to move indoors where they began cleaning the library's interior Pavilion glass.

According to the library’s Facebook page, the pavilion is 115-feet high.

Boston police and OSHA are investigating what caused the accident.

The library is set to reopen Friday after being closed since the fatal fall Wednesday.

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Tom Brady could still save his marriage to Gisele Bündchen.

Brady and Bündchen have reportedly hired divorce attorneys, and the NFL star was spotted in a video sans wedding ring, but "no one benefits" from a divorce, brand expert Eric Schiffer explained to Fox News Digital.

The divorce, which is allegedly being "steered" by Bündchen, could harm both of their brands, according to Schiffer.

"She is the one steering the divorce," a source told People magazine. "She is playing offense, and he is playing defense. He wants to protect himself, protect his interests, but he's only starting to go the legal route in his defense from her. He doesn't want this to be ugly, he doesn't want to fight. If the divorce is happening — and it seems like it is — he wants it to go as smoothly as possible."

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However, Schiffer told Fox News Digital that he isn't convinced Brady and Bündchen's marriage will "end catastrophically."

"You have two people who are strong, high achievers that have a family. They have children involved and both are aware of that," he said. "As focused as Brady is on performance, he also is aware of what it means to be a father that performs and a husband that performs. I think Gisele [is] making a boundary and a strong one."

"But it would not surprise me to see Tom, who over the years has been a master at great comebacks, find[s] a way to make this work and for them to reconcile on behalf of the children in a way that still allows him to do what he does — but perhaps with greater sensitivity to the family and Gisele's needs."

Brady and Bündchen married in 2009 after beginning their relationship in December 2006. The start of their journey to love was rocky. Brady's ex-girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan, was pregnant with the football star's first child at the time.

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Since then, both have curated their own brands and lead successful careers — Tom Brady as an NFL star and Bündchen as a supermodel. A divorce could affect their brands if things get "ugly," according to the brand expert.

"For instance, if they decide that one or both couldn't contain themselves, or they get, you know, ferocious lawyers that decide to throw claims, then all bets are off because things could come out that the public doesn't know," Schiffer said. "And that could affect brand relationships and brand alignments. And so, of course, that has a dotted line back to revenue. And it could also turn off those that were fans of either or both based upon a persona and a level of public conduct that obviously is going to now change."

Schiffer says "no one" benefits in the dissolution of marriage between Brady and Bündchen.

"If they do decide to file for a divorce, no one benefits from this being public. They both have classy brands that are seen as the pinnacle of excellence in terms of what they do, whether it's modeling or being a football star. And in cases like that, they've also built a lot of trust with brands," Schiffer said. "And when things get messy and there's a lot of naming verbally or through court action that is dangerous to brand relationships and to a splintering of your audience base."

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"Most importantly, it's extremely painful to the children. So, their focus, I'm sure, is going to be to limit negative media headlines for the children's sake because, you know, they're going to have it thrown in their faces by their friends and people they go to school with," he added. "There still is an opportunity for Tom to Band-Aid this at the last minute as he is known to do."

However, the media coverage has seemingly been focused on what Bündchen thinks about the marriage — with most coverage coming from sources.

"I think Gisele is handling the headlines perhaps better in the short run. And her desire is to have the family that she wants and to have a partner that's going to be more sensitive behaviorally to her needs at this part, at this point, in her life," Schiffer said.

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The brand expert noted that Bündchen was likely "whiplashed" by Brady's decision to un-retire. Brady originally announced that he was retiring from the NFL after 22 seasons on Feb. 1. However, just 40 days later, the Super Bowl-winning quarterback announced he actually was not retiring.

"I think she was whiplashed by Brady's desire to get back in — in many ways like an addict," Schiffer said. "But it's understandable when he's been given the gifts that he has, and he recognizes as well because he takes care of himself, that he's got more time, and he could still do and achieve more. And it certainly is an emotional high for him to participate, but he doesn't want to blow up his family and have it go boom."

"And so this is really the first serious crisis that he's had to face. But this is a man who is a master at managing — in a calm way — crisis," he added. "I expect there will be some reconciliation at some point. It may not look like it initially but at some point to prevent a detonation of what has been a storybook marriage in most cases."

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