Small Midwest town reeling after gang-linked migrant allegedly stabs teen girl
After a teen girl was allegedly stabbed by an illegal immigrant while attending her brother’s baseball game in Lowell, Indiana, one of the coaches spoke out about the harrowing attack, recalling the moment the assault took place.
Matt Ramian, who was coaching the young girl’s brother’s baseball team at the time, joined “Fox & Friends” to discuss what he saw when she was stabbed with a butcher-style knife over the weekend.
“I was just coaching a baseball game, like I pretty much do all the time,” Ramian told Ainsley Earhardt on Wednesday.
AURORA POLICE REACT TO ALLEGED VENEZUELAN GANG PRESENCE AT APARTMENTS: ‘HAVE NOT TAKEN OVER’
“I’m on third base. I looked, talked to my on-deck batter, and out of the corner of my eye, I see this dude just come out of behind my dugout, and all he did was just jump on this girl, and then he started to… push her down under the bleachers, and then he pulls out at least a 16 to 20-inch knife.”
“It wasn’t even a regular-sized pocket knife, and just started swinging it and got her a few times, and blood went all over the bleachers and on the people sitting in front of them,” he continued. “Then he just takes off running down the sidelines and started waving the knife at a couple other people as he was running.”
Ramian said between 10 and 15 fathers and spectators took off after the suspect through the woods, prompting a massive manhunt for the alleged attacker.
Dimas Gabriel Yanez, 26, was eventually arrested after an hours-long manhunt. Officials said he was an illegal immigrant from Honduras who was previously deported back in 2018.
ABC7 Chicago reported he was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery posing substantial risk of death, battery resulting in serious bodily injury to a person under 14, battery by means of a deadly weapon and intimidation.
The sheriff’s office said Yanez “may have been engaged in criminal activity across the United States since returning to the country illegally.”
Yanez, who allegedly has ties to MS-13, has a criminal history ranging from battery, trespassing, intoxication and attempted burglary in New York, Illinois, Georgia and Ohio, ABC7 Chicago also reported.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO PLEADED GUILTY IN FATAL COLORADO CRASH FACES JUST ONE YEAR BEHIND BARS
Ramian said the young girl who was stabbed in the hand is doing well and has since been released from the hospital after being treated for her injuries.
“Me witnessing it as an adult, it kind of shocks me,” Ramian said. “It puts you in a different perspective… You change your views on a lot of things. The girl, she’s doing very well. I mean, she ended up getting out of the hospital. She’s… being a trooper about it. She actually went to school. Her mom told her she didn’t have to go to school if she didn’t want to, but she wanted to be strong.”
“All the boys were kind of shocked,” he continued. “They’re all strong kids… They’re only 12 years old, but at the same time… something like that happens… It’s something that adults shouldn’t see, but… for these kids to see that [it] just makes it a little bit harder and makes you a little bit more emotional for them.”
Ramian said the incident has shocked the entire community and surrounding towns as they continue to grapple with the aftermath of the assault.
“Lowell is one of those little close-knit towns,” Ramian said. “They have a big Labor Day weekend… music festival. They have fireworks shows, parades every day, something different, and… it’s one of those towns where everybody knows everybody.”
“So… for something like this to happen was shocking,” he continued. “Just not for Lowell, but for all the communities around them.”
Earhardt said the family has set up a GoFundMe page to help the victim’s family with medical bills.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
MSNBC host issues warning to liberal viewers about Trump’s chances in November
MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki said Tuesday that although former President Trump was trailing Vice President Kamala Harris by three points, the former president had come back from worse in previous elections to win or make it very close.
“If you are a Republican, looking at this poll average coming out of Labor Day, you could take some solace too, because Donald Trump is no stranger to this position, being behind come Labor Day in a presidential election,” Kornacki said.
According to a national polling average, Harris leads Trump 48% to 45% roughly two months out from Election Day.
“Back in 2016, on average, he was down by five points against Hillary Clinton coming out of Labor Day. Of course, Trump won in 2016. In 2020, on average, he was trailing Joe Biden by an even wider margin. And yet didn’t come back to win, but he came back to come close, Trump did, in the Electoral College,” Kornacki said.
KAMALA HARRIS BEATING TRUMP IN ‘VIBES,’ SAYS CNN’S FAREED ZAKARIA
“Certainly, from Trump’s standpoint here, to be behind three points, in some ways, that might look better than the last two times did,” Kornacki added.
He also noted that Democrats would be happy about the national polling average because Harris was leading, a stark contrast to President Biden’s poll numbers prior to him dropping out of the race.
CNN’s data guru Henry Enten made a similar argument in August, noting that Trump has been historically underestimated in polling.
Enten said Trump was underestimated by 9 points on average in 2016 and by five points on average in 2020 in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE
“The bottom line is this: If you have any idea – if you’re a Kamala Harris fan and you want to rip open the champagne bottle, pop that cork, do not do it. Donald Trump is very much in this race. If we have a polling shift like we’ve seen in prior years, from now until the final result, Donald Trump would actually win. I’m not saying that’s going to happen, but I am saying that he is very much in this ballgame based upon where he is right now, and compare that to where he was in prior years,” Enten said, based on polling from early August.
Nate Silver, a polling and data guru, joined Fox News’ Bret Baier in August and also noted Trump had been underestimated in the past.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“One, we have three more months to go. There will be more surprises. And two, the polls have been wrong before. In both the last two general elections, they underestimated Trump,” he said, noting that Harris had a slight advantage in the polls at the time, all within the margin of error.
ESPN college football analyst fires back at critics of his dog being in the booth with him
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is not here for any kind of criticism toward his beloved canine, Ben.
Ben was in the booth with him and Rece Davis as the two called the LSU-USC game on Sunday night to help mark the official start of the college football season. Ben was seen lying down behind the two ESPN veterans as the game wore on.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Ben accidentally interrupted Herbstreit and Davis as the two got ready. It allowed for ESPN to have a wider shot behind the two commentators and give fans a glimpse of the production team.
However, any criticism of his golden retriever being in the booth with him was immediately pushed back on. Herbstreit made his feelings known on X.
Herbstreit is clearly doing the best he can to make his dog’s life as comfortable as possible as it deals with leukemia.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEGEND REGGIE BUSH EXPLAINS WHY EXPANDED PLAYOFFS ‘SHOULD’VE ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY’
“Ben is always ready. We’ve had a tough offseason. I haven’t really told anybody this, he got diagnosed with leukemia and most recently had to have an operation where they had to take a couple of masses,” Herbstreit said on “The Brett Boone Podcast” last month. “They had to open him up and took out his spleen where there was a mass and then another mass on his intestine, which is a pretty big procedure when you’re 10 years old.
“I didn’t know if we were going to lose him or what. He did not respond favorably the first three or four days; wouldn’t eat, wouldn’t go to the bathroom. This was just probably two-and-a-half weeks ago, and he’s slowly kind of coming out of that state and is back to taking walks and eating and wagging and starting to get back to his personality.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“So, I am praying every day for him and hoping that he’s going to be OK – first of all just to be OK and then, secondly, hope to be able to take him on the road with me again this year.”
Winona Ryder gets candid about why A-list actor wouldn’t kiss her in an audition
Winona Ryder has starred opposite many of Hollywood’s leading men – Keanu Reeves, Adam Sandler and Christian Bale to name a few – all of whom have played the actress’s love interest.
However, one A-list actor previously refused to entertain the idea of an on-screen romance with Ryder, all because of her age.
Acting since she was a teenager, Ryder was asked if she could remember auditioning for movies she had been rumored to be involved in over the years, including Tom Cruise’s blockbuster, “Jerry McGuire,” the 1999 classic “Fight Club” and the Coen brothers’ directed film, “The Hudsucker Proxy.”
TOM CRUISE, WINONA RYDER AND REESE WITHERSPOON: WHY YOUR FAVORITE ’90S STARS ARE STILL RULING HOLLYWOOD TODAY
Ryder was able to recollect the latter – a 1990s screwball comedy – which ultimately starred Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
“I auditioned a few times,” Ryder remembered on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast with Josh Horowitz.
“I wanted to work with [the Coen brothers] so badly. I worshiped the Coen brothers, obviously, as does everyone.”
LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
“I remember because I was also auditioning for ‘Fearless’ with Jeff Bridges, and I remember that audition. It was really around the same time, I think. Jeff Bridges, who I love, like, wouldn’t kiss me because I was, like, too young,” she said through laughter.
The film was released in 1994, which means at the time of auditions, Ryder was likely around 21 years old, putting Bridges at around 43.
“At the end of the scene, he was supposed to kiss me,” said Ryder.
Bridges gave her a kiss on the forehead instead.
According to the star, Bridges told her, “‘You’re like my daughter’s age.'”
“And I was like, ‘Nooo, I love you!'” she recalled fondly.
“Jeff Bridges, who I love, like, wouldn’t kiss me because I was, like, too young.”
Ryder was ultimately not cast in the movie. She then redirected herself back to the Coen brothers audition, finishing that story.
“My final callback was while I was doing ‘[The] Age of Innocence,’ so I had to leave the set in a corset,” she remembered.
Ryder described how she was running late and still in costume. She felt “so discombobulated” that she “completely blew” the audition.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Ryder’s upcoming film, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” will be released in theaters this Friday. Her final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” will stream next year.
Dem leads former GOP gov in Senate race, despite 1 in 3 not knowing who she is
The Democratic candidate for senate in Maryland is leading her GOP rival despite more than a third of eligible voters not recognizing her name.
A poll published by Gonzales Research & Media Services this week found that Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has pulled ahead of Republican former Governor Larry Hogan by five points — 46% to 41%.
Alsobrooks’ current success in the polls comes as a surprise, given the Democratic candidate’s continued struggles with low name recognition among voters.
The Gonzales poll found that approximately 34% of registered voters do not recognize Alsobrooks by name. This includes approximately 33% of independents who do not recognize Alsobrooks, as well as 17% of eligible voters registered with the Democratic Party.
NEW POLL REVEALS REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE DEADLOCKED WITH DEM IN CRUCIAL DEEP BLUE STATE
Notably, 72% of total eligible voters told the pollster that they did not recognize the Democratic candidate.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMIT ON ABORTION
The winner of the November election will succeed Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, who is retiring this year after serving nearly two decades in the Senate and nearly six decades as a state and then federal lawmaker.
With Democrats trying to protect their fragile Senate majority, Hogan’s late entry into the race in February gave them an unexpected headache in a state previously considered safe territory.
Hogan left the governor’s office at the beginning of 2023 with very positive approval and favorable ratings.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
A vocal Republican critic of former President Trump who previously flirted with a 2024 White House run, Hogan has repeatedly said that he will not vote for the former president in November’s election. In the spring, he stood out from most other Republicans for publicly calling for the guilty verdicts in Trump’s criminal trial to be respected.
The Gonzales Research & Media Services poll was conducted from Aug. 24 to Aug. 30 and surveyed 820 self-described likely voters via phone interviews.
Simone Biles throws funeral for dangerous gymnastics move that earned her career highs
Simone Biles wowed gymnastics fans for years with the Yurchenko double pike on vault that has earned her some of the best scores of her career en route to several gold medals.
On Tuesday, Biles posted two photos on her Instagram as she threw a mock funeral for the move. The photos showed Biles, dressed in white, on top of a vaulting table with flowers around her.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
“Rest in peace yurchenko double pike,” she wrote in the caption.
USA Gymnastics wrote in the comments section, “gone, but literally never forgotten.”
The Yurchenko double pike had become a mainstay in her repertoire. She still managed to do it at the Paris Olympics despite dealing with a calf injury. She won three gold medals and a silver medal at the Olympics – three years after a bout with the twisties hampered her in Tokyo.
Biles first landed the move in May 2021. No woman had ever been able to complete the move before her. By October 2023, the move was renamed the Biles II.
RYAN CROUSER EYES ANOTHER GOLD AT 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS, CHANCE TO ‘RETIRE ON AMERICAN SOIL’
Biles said in an episode of her Facebook series, “Simone vs. Herself,” judges are docking her points because her abilities are far ahead of the competition.
“I’m almost 99.9% sure if any other athlete were to do it besides me, they would give it correct credit,” Biles said, reflecting on the new moves she did on the floor and the balance beam at the 2019 World Championships.
“But since I’m already way ahead of everybody, they kinda want to pull it back. … Because sometimes they don’t think it’s fair that I win all the time.”
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
For now, Biles will look ahead to the gold medal tour and start to prep for whatever her next move will be.
The new path to your dream job is shorter and doesn’t require a college degree, expert says
Taking an unconventional career path could give jobseekers an advantage in the highly competitive job market.
According to Ramsey Solutions’ Ken Coleman, upskilling constantly and specializing in a specific craft “is the game going forward.”
Coleman told FOX Business that he believes over time, degrees are going to become less valuable. Instead, people should look at what direction they want to go in, what skill sets are needed for those roles and where to attain them, Coleman said.
10K UNIONIZED HOTEL WORKERS HOLD STRIKES ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES, DEMAND HIGHER WAGES, INCREASED STAFFING
“Specific upskilling on the path that you want to go… it’s a lot easier and a lot less time-consuming than the potential four-year degree or two-year degree,” Coleman said. “We’re going to see more and more fields stop requiring a college degree.”
Upskilling is a term used to describe when an employee is provided with training programs and development opportunities to expand their abilities and minimize skill gaps.
Ian Zhu, CEO of SchoolJoy, a generative learning system, agreed with Coleman, saying that the U.S. is “shifting from a degree-centric economy to a skill-centric economy” and that a “vocational education or an associate’s degree supports this skill-centric economy.” This is especially true given the acceleration of generative AI in the workplace, Zhu said.
In July, ADP looked at data representing more than 16 million people at more than 31,000 U.S. employers from January 2019 through May 2024, and discovered that finding a job in today’s market has been harder for those who have attained a bachelor’s degree.
JOB OFFERS THROUGH TEXTS? BE CAREFUL, IT’S LIKELY A SCAM
Since mid-2022, hiring rates have fallen consistently for all jobs, but especially for those that typically require a bachelor’s degree, according to ADP data.
The data showed that as hiring rates fell for jobs that require college degrees, turnover rates fell even more. But, for jobs without advanced degree requirements, turnover rates fell more slowly in comparison to hiring rates, leading to slower growth in that sector of the labor market, ADP said.
Mark Hedstrom, executive director at Skilled Careers Coalition, said the current labor market is particularly tight for the top talent in traditional four-year degree careers as the U.S. unemployment rate sits near a historic low.
What makes matters worse is that the tight labor market is coupled with a “changing nature of work for these careers, such as the growth in AI, hybrid and remote workplaces.”
Hedstrom continues to see young people who opt for four-year college degrees not landing the jobs upon graduation that they were expecting, leaving them “disillusioned and in debt.”
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE
At the same time, the “skilled labor gap continues to widen” with more opportunities for highly trained professionals in skilled careers spanning construction, industrial, manufacturing, creative and service, according to Hedstrom.
“A rise in demand for skilled careers and skilled talent, and a drop in demand for four-year degree jobs has no doubt fueled the ‘toolbelt generation’ phenomena among 20-somethings who are turning to vocational and trade schools more and more to get a jump on a high-paying in-demand career,” he added.
The top killer in US behind heart disease, cancer: What to know, and how to avoid it
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson, 62, is sharing her recent health scare after she was hospitalized with sepsis, a potentially deadly disease that results from the body’s response to an infection.
“This entire health scare came unannounced — with no warning,” Gunvalson told Fox News Digital.
As Sepsis Awareness Month kicks off this September, Gunvalson’s timely story is helping to raise awareness of the illness.
‘REAL HOUSEWIVES’ STAR DETAILS ‘DEADLY’ INFECTION SHE BATTLED THAT HAD ’10 TO 20 PERCENT SURVIVAL’ RATE
“Sepsis awareness can and does save lives, yet only 65% of American adults have ever heard of it,” Selena A. Gilles, clinical professor and associate dean at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, told Fox News Digital.
Gilles is on the advisory board of the Sepsis Alliance, a California-based organization that works across the country to decrease suffering from sepsis.
“Prompt recognition and treatment can be of great importance in preventing significant illness and even mortality,” Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital on Long Island, New York, told Fox News Digital.
Gunvalson’s diagnosis
Gunvalson shared the details of her sepsis diagnosis with Fox News Digital.
“Two weeks ago, when I was heading to my office, I was very delirious and unclear on where I was going,” Gunvalson said via email.
OHIO WOMAN WHO LOST ALL FOUR LIMBS TO FLU COMPLICATIONS SPEAKS OUT TO RAISE AWARENESS
“Once I got into the office, my staff realized I was not acting normal,” she went on. “My assistant thought that I was possibly having a stroke.”
The emergency room diagnosed Gunvalson with a “sinus disease” and sent her home, but by the next morning, she was “extremely incoherent” — so her boyfriend took her back to the hospital.
“I was admitted for six days with sepsis and pneumonia,” she said.
Gunvalson was treated with a course of antibiotics and is now recovering at home, while staying in regular contact with the sepsis team at the hospital.
OHIO WOMAN WHO LOST ALL FOUR LIMBS TO FLU COMPLICATIONS SPEAKS OUT TO RAISE AWARENESS
The reality TV star has experienced some memory loss and difficulty concentrating, but said she hopes the “brain fog” will improve over time.
In retrospect, the sepsis may have stemmed from a sinus infection two months ago that was treated by multiple rounds of antibiotics, Gunvalson said.
Symptoms and dangers
Common symptoms of sepsis include fever, chills, rapid heart rate, confusion, shortness of breath, extreme pain, and clammy or sweaty skin, according to Gilles.
A high fever – especially in those who are at increased risk of infection and are feeling extremely unwell – should warrant seeking medical attention as soon as possible, Glatt added.
“Sepsis awareness can and does save lives, yet only 65% of American adults have ever heard of it.”
“Fatigue and lethargy in the setting of infection can be a sign of pneumonia and potential sepsis, even without overt pulmonary symptoms,” Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News’ senior medical analyst and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.
NEW SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY CAN ‘LIGHT UP’ BACTERIA IN WOUNDS, HELPING TO PREVENT INFECTIONS
As sepsis can start within hours, Gilles suggested following the acronym “TIME” to remember that time is of the essence when it comes to seeking treatment.
T – Temperature (higher or lower than normal)
I – Infection (know the signs and symptoms)
M – Mental decline (confusion, sleepiness and difficulty awakening)
E – Extremely ill (severe pain, discomfort and shortness of breath)
Approximately 1.7 million adults are diagnosed with sepsis every year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The illness kills 350,000 American adults each year and is a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, Gilles noted.
It is the third-leading killer behind heart disease, which takes just over 700,000 lives each year, and cancer, which causes more than 600,000 annual deaths, per CDC data.
“Sepsis takes a life every 90 seconds — that’s more lives than opioids, breast cancer, prostate cancer and stroke combined,” she said.
Common myths about sepsis
Many people mistakenly assume that sepsis is an infection.
“Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death,” Gilles said.
The condition can come after any infection — whether just a scrape or cut, a dental procedure or surgery, or even a [bacteria], fungus or parasite — triggers a “chain reaction” in the body, the doctor added.
Another common myth is that sepsis only occurs in those who are (or were recently) hospitalized.
Most cases of sepsis, around 87%, start before a patient enters the hospital, Gilles said.
AFTER LOSING HER LEG TO THE FLU, VIRGINIA WOMAN URGES PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED: ‘DON’T WASTE TIME’
“Community-acquired infections, such as urinary tract infections, pneumonia and even simple cuts or scrapes can lead to sepsis if not treated properly,” Gilles noted.
Many people also think sepsis only affects immunocompromised people.
“Sepsis can strike almost anyone at almost any time,” Glatt said.
“While certain individuals are at higher risk of getting a severe infection that can even be deadly, serious infections can strike even a perfectly healthy young person with rare but potentially fatal consequences,” he went on.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Older adults, infants and those with chronic illnesses or weakened immune systems are at a higher risk, however.
Treatment and prevention
The first step is discovering the underlying cause of the infection, according to the CDC.
Sepsis often starts in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, skin or urinary tract.
Treatment will vary based on the underlying infection, but often involves administering antibiotics as soon as possible.
“While antibiotics are crucial for treating an underlying bacterial infection, managing sepsis often requires a comprehensive approach — including fluids, medications to support blood pressure, and sometimes surgery or [a ventilator], depending on the severity,” said Gilles.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER
Surgery is sometimes necessary to remove tissue damaged by the infection, the CDC states.
It’s also important to maintain blood flow to the organs, often with fluids.
“Sepsis can strike almost anyone at almost any time.”
“If you suspect sepsis, seek medical attention right away,” Gilles advised.
The risk can be reduced by quickly identifying and managing infections, according to the doctor.
Added Gilles, “It can also be prevented by practicing good hygiene, staying current with vaccinations, staying in good health, keeping cuts clean and dry, and promptly seeking treatment when infections are suspected.”